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SEMINOLE COUNTY
Georgia’s Peanut Center
she richest and best farming section
of the world, the home of the in*
dustrious farmer.
SI.OO A YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOLUME XXV.
Government Levies New Tax
Which Includes Most Every
Item Os Public Purchases
Uncle Sam Started dipping deeper
into the pockets of taxpayers October
Ist. These new levies were authorized
by congress in the tax bill which re
duced exemptions and increased rates
on incomes. These last go into opera
tion with the tax returns to be made
March 15.
The so-called nuisance taxes, pro
vided under the record-breaking $3,-
553,400,000 revenue bill, include al
most every item of public and busi
ness purchases which are not absolute
essentials.
In many cases, the excise taxes,
which are paid by the manufacturer or
retailer but are, naturally, passed on
to the consumer, are simply increased.
However, not a few new items have
been listed and taxes must be paid on
them starting October Ist. In the
group of articles now taxed in which
the rate has been increased are tires
and tubes, automobiles, radio receiv
ing sets and mechanical refrigerators.
Other items in this category on which
the tax remains the same are firearms
shells and cartridges, matches, electri
cal energy, gasoline and lubricating
oils.
Toilet preparations are removed
from the manufacturers’ excise tax
Category and a retailer’s excise tax is
substituted.
Toiler preparations are removed
from the manufacturers’ excise tax
categroy and a retailers’ excise tax is
substituted.
Generally speaking, this is how the
pew tax bill will affect Atlantans:
Telephone Service Taxed
Teknhone —Long distance calls —
.ive cents lax * >r eceh 50 <•<. " part
thereof of the charge. In other words,
if the call charge is $2.75, the tax is
30 cents. Local telephone service is
taxed 6 per cent, but pay stations are
not included.
Telegraph or Cable Messages—lo
per cent of the charge, or 5 per cent
for special services such as stock
quotations wires or burglar or fire
alarm services.
Admissions —New tax is one cent
for each 10 cents of the charge. This
tax now has been broadened to in
clude admissions where proceeds go
to religious, educational oi - charitable
institutions, admissions to agricultur
al institutions, admissions to agri-
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FILM BROUGHT BACK
The local theatre management an-
L nounces that the picture “The Bride !
| Came C. O. D. which could not be
shown here Tuesday night for lack of J
electrical current will be shown one
night only at the Midget Theatre I
next Thursday night.
The picture is brought back due toI
an avalanche of requests from patrons I
who failed to see it last Monday.
Navy Now Taking ’
Men Up To Fifty
Years Os Age
The big campaign in Seminole coun
ty and other parts of the southeast to
stimulate enlistments in the U. S.
Navy is now in its third week—and in
this issue of The News will be found
the third of a series of ads outlining
| the splendid opportunities offered
| therein for young men to obtain valu
able training estimated to be worth
lat least $1,500 with a choice of nearly
50 trades and vocations.
Moreover, it is emphasized, this
! training is received while the men
‘earn good pay and receive their cloth
es and lodging with cost, in addition
|to health protection and physical
i training.
The campaign is attracting much
interest here among young men —and
even those up to fifty are now aceep-
I table, although the age limits usually
start at 17 to 31. Selective Service re
gistrants not yet actually called for
Army duty are eligible for enlistment
in the navy.
A coupon in the Navy advertise
ment in this issue carries a coupon for
interested young men to procure an
i information booklet at The News of
fice in Donalsonville ,and Ellison
Dunn, Navy editor will be glad to as
sist young men in getting additional'
information. Be sure to read the ad in
this issue.
Defense Corps
Entertained At
Supper Monday
The State Defense Corps Unit en
tertained the Headquarters Offic
ers at a chicken supper on Monday
night, Guests of the organizations
were Lieut. Col. Hoyt Wimpy, Major
J. M. Clark, Captain Gainey of
I Thomasville, Captain M. G. Clark,
I Jr., of Atlanta, the board of County
Commissioners, Major Minter and
! the City Council, Joe Johnson, Jr.,
Miss Billie Cannington, and mem
' bers of the Inactive reserve.
, After drill, those assembled were
addressed by Major Clark on the or-
I ganization and purpose of the State
j Defense Corps, and by Col. Wimpy
| on the need of the Corps in the pre
; sent emergency. Forty-one men re
ported for drill and the evening was
declared to be a huge success. The
Supper was prepared and served un
' der th? direction of Sgt. Frank
Spooner and First Cook Sidney
I Shingler.
! A committee from the local Unit
appeared before the Board of Com
| missioners and City Council on
Tuesday and asked for appropria
tions from each for providing uni
forms. Each board very graciously
I ggye a check for $l5O. and their
. commendation of the program un
dertaken by the Corps. Uniforms
will be ummediateiy provided and the
Local Unit will participate in district
maneouvers and a perade to be held at
Thomasville on Nov. 11.
STAPLETON I.’ NAMED
CITY ATTORNEY
Attorney E. P. Stapleton was nam
ed City Attorney for Donalsonville at
the regular monthly meeting of coun
cil on Wednesday njght of this week.
Mr. Stapleton succeeds R. L. Cox
who resigned after serving in this
■ capacity for more than 20 years to ac
icept the position of Postmaster here.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUN TY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CIT Y OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
Crops Badly
Damaged By
Tropical Storm
I Seminole County suffered consider- !
i able damage from the tropical storm '
that swept this section early Tuesday!
i morning damaging peanuts, pecans !
( and timber extensively.
I A deluge of rain accompanied the!
high winds that overturned peanut I
‘ stacks, littered streets with limbs
and debris, and damaged pecans ex- ;
!tensively by blowing the immature |
i nuts from the trees.
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( Power service was interrupted from ,
' early Tuesday morning until shortly I
! after midnight Wednesday and the ■
i city water supply which is dependent ;
on electrically driven pumps was soon i
exhausted and no water was available-'
able throughout the day and far into
the night.
The power line between here and
Spring Creek was not damaged, but
the Spring Creek plant is not suffi
cient to pull the Donalsonville load,
hence power - line damage near Bain
bridge, Cairo and Thomasville was 1
necessarily repaired before the power
could be restored.
Damage in Bainbridge, Cairo,
Thomasville, Camilla, Pelham and Al-j
bany was reported as extensive to i
crops. Dwellings were unroofed and j
plate glass window in business hous- |
es were smashed. A college student at |
Norman Junior College was electrocu
ted by a falling electric wire.
Minutes Os
Board County
Commissioners
The Board of County Commission
ers of Seminole county met in regular
session on Tuesday, October 7th,
Chairman L. R. Robinson presiding,
with members present as follows:
D. H. Miller, E. J. Greene and Fred
Childree.
Minutes of previous meeting were
’read and approved.
Chairman Robinson reported that he
and Attorney Stapleton and L. C. Hay
had checked the unpaid fi fas in the
inlands of the sheriff and that only a
small per cent of them were collectible
and that these were being collected.
Mr. C. W. Bardsley and a committee
from the State Defense Corps appear
ed before the commissioners and out
lined their work and requested a do
nation for uniforms. The board ap
proved an aappropriation of $l5O
which will be matched by a similar do
nation from the City of Donalsonville.
A resolution concerning the Feder
al Housing Authority in this county
was passed and committees were ap
pointed.
A bid for furnishing gasoline for
the county was dispusseri and action
deferred until the next meeting on the
matter.
There being no further business, the
‘ board adjourned subject to call by the
chairman.
s L. R. ROBINSON, Chairman,
L. C. HAY, Clerk.
; Pecan Buying
Station To Be
Located Here
Announcement Is made in thjs issue
1 of The News that R. L. Forrester, of
■ Cairo, will locate in Donalsonville
-| next Monday for the purpose of buy
' ■ ing pecans for S. A. Pierce, of Cairo.
‘I In a letter to The News this week
• Mr. Forrester urges pecan owners to
’ ! pick up all pecans blown off the trees
’by the storm at once and spread
t! them, otherwise they will begin mold
tl ing if they remain WCI or on the
| ground.
He also advises to keep the pecans
that have not opened separate from
the ones that have, as the mixed nuts
- j will lower the price that can be paid
t I for good pecans.
He advises against forcing open the
green hulls and states that if spread
:; jn a dry place and left to mature be
’ tore taking the hull off it is possible
- that a good portion of these nuts can
. be saved.
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, 1941.
Committee Calls
[For Election
Os City Officials
The Donalsonville Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee this week issued a
! call for a primary to be held on Wed
nesday, November 19th to name party
! nominees for two city aidermen
■ and three members of the Democratic
; Executive Committee of the city for
two year terms beginning January
list, 1942.
| The committee set the time limit
jfor candidates to qualify at noon,
i 12 o’clock, Wednesday, October 22nd,
’ and fixed entry fees for candidates for
I aidermen at $5.00.
( Candidate must qualify in their own
! handwriting and pay the required en
|try fee to T. E. Roberts, clerk and
treasurer of the committee, prior to
the deadline for candidates to enter.
The terms of office of Aidermen
R. I. Evans and L. W. Martin and
Committeemen L. R. Robinson, T. E.
Roberts and Ellison Dunn will expire
on January Ist, 1942 and the primary
is called for the purpose of filling
these offices.
The call for a primary as drafted
by the committee is as follows:
NOTICE OF PRIMARY
; Notice is hereby given that a pri
imary election will be held on Wednes
day, November 19th between the
hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 3 p. m. at
the office of the city clerk of the city
of Donalsonville for the purpose of
naming two city aidermen, and
three members of the Democratic ex
ecutive committee for the city of
Donalsonville for two-year terms be
ginning January Ist, 1942.
Candidates for.the various offices
' must , ‘tallfv and nay io the clerk of
i this committee required entrance fees
not later than 12 o’clock noon, eastern
standard time Wednesday, October
22nd. Entrance fees for candidates for
1 Aidermen are hereby fixed at $5.00.
: Candidates must qualify in their
,own handwriting. No fees are requir
ed of candidates for executive com
mitteemen but candidates must apply
in their own handwriting.
In the race for the two positions of
aidermen the two candidates receiv
ing the highest number of votes will
be declared the nominees, and in the
races for executive committeemen the
three candidates receiving the highest
number of votes will be declared the
nominees.
All rules and regulations governing
general elections for said city are a
idopted and declared the rules that
shall govern said primary.
Done and ordered, this Bth day of
October, 1941.
L. R. ROBINSON, Chairman,
ELLISON DUNN,
T. E. ROBERTS, Clerk & Treas.
Donalsonville Democratic Exe
cutive connnjttep.
Lester Mathis
Badly Hurt In
Oil Tank Crash
His many friends here will learn
: with with regret that Lester Mathis,
of Bainbridge, formerly of Donalson
ville, suffered serious injuries in an
auto accident near Columbus this
i week. He was driving a large gasoline
i truck heavily laden with gasoline
! when he swerved into « ditph tq save
', striking a passenger car in front of
■ I him that stopped suddenly, the car
i being driven by two Columbus ladies.
. ■ • Mathis was pinned in the cab of the
truck and it was necessary to cut a-
Hway part of the cab to extricate him.
At a hospital it was said he suffered
a compound fracture of the left leg,
compound fracture of the right knee
■ cap, a fractured left fooj, multiple
fractures of the ribs and internal in
juries. His condition was regarded as
i serious.
; Three years ago on the same date
I, he suffered a broken back here when
■ an elevator fell on him at a local pea
nut mill. He remained in a local hospi-
I tai for several months as a result o,f
I this accident.
i Proper food habits constitute the
foundation of good nutrition.
P. S. C. Official
Report Regarding
Telephone Service
A rule nisi has been issued against
: the Seminole Telephone Company here
! by the Georgia Public Service Com-
I mission to show cause why the tele
■ phone service here should not be im
proved. The citation set October 29th
as the date for the hearing before
the public service commission.
The rule was issued following an
investigation by R. B. Alford, field
engineer who recommended certain
changes to improve the service. Mr.
Alford’s report to the Public Service
Commission is as follows:
“Upon my arrival in Donalsonville,
I intei viewed several citizens who pro
claim that Donalsonville telephone
service been gradually getting
worse until it was absolutely neces
sary to report this Company to the
Commission for investigation. They
claim that both the local and the long
distance service is very poor. Some
times it is necessary to wait two or
three hours before a long distance call;
can be completed. In the morning dur-;
ing rush business hours it takes from j
one to three minutes and sometimes;
longer to get the operator to answer
and once you get your connection it is !
very difficult to get disconnected in
order to ring another number.
“The service was tested during my;
visit and when calls were made from
different stations in town it required
from five to fifty-six seconds to get
the operator to answer the signal.
This time was checked by an accurate
stop-watch. The audilitity was very
good on various test calls that were
made and no complaint is made to
this,
“The outside plant was inspected
and found to be in very good condi
tion. There are two streets in the city
that still have open wire circuits but
the service man informed me that the
company is planning to replace these
circuits with cable at an early date.
The condition of these circuits are
such that a wind storm might cross
out various circuits or cause them to
be noisy in bad weather since the cir
cuits are in trees in many places.
“I visited the control office and |
talked with the chief operator and ob
served that the equipment was in
very good condition. The operator was
extremely efficient and courteous so
no complaint is made as to the opera-!
tors. However, these operators can|
only work one at a time because of l
only one position at the switchboard.
This operator must handle both local |
and long distance calls and it is not!
unreasonable to expect some local
calls to be delayed especially if a long
distance call is being placed at the!
same time. There has been added to
the present Western Electric 175 line
magneto switchhoard, an extension of
40 drops. These were necessary in or-1
der to provide additional telephones
in Donalsonville, However, no addi
tional cord circuits were provided for
these drops making It necessary to
use the existing cord circuits for the
i main switchboard. In other words,
‘ there are times when there are in-
I sufficient cord circuits to answer sig-
I nals from the subscribers. In order toj
I render satisfactory and reasonable
service in Donalsonville ;t appears;
that it is going to ho necessary to add
an additional switchboard in order
that additional cord circuits and arb
other position so that two operators l
can work at the sgmy. time, it may be
1 necessary to. p><W|ile an additional toll
circuit lu Donalsonville but it will be
necessary to make certain studies
to determine whether or not
this is necessary. The bottleneck on
long distance calls may be in Bain
bridge. This condition of poor long
distance service is prevalent through
out most of the exchanges in Ggw-gia.
“The citizens of |)°haUoiiville re
! spectfully reyueat that the Connnis-
I sion take steps to correct the above
I defects and if this cannot be done
through reasonable channels they re
-1 quest a rule nisi be issued against thv
Company to show cause why ade
quate telephone service cannot be
rendered and they will have a good re
presentation on hand when the case is
called.”
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Today more Georgia farm families
! have gardens than ever before. Yet
' there is still need for more gardens.
DONALSONVILLE
Capitol of Seminole County
The home of progressive people, pret
ty homes, good churches, splendid
schools and the best of climate.
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
DR. CHASON’S CONDITION
IS SERIOUS
His hundreds of friends throughout
this section will deeply regret to learn
that Dr. Thomas Chason is in a criti
| cal condition at an Atlanta hospital,
with very little hope being held for
i his recovery.
A blood stream infection with other
complications caused physicians to
express the opinion that his condition
was critical, it is said.
Lion’s Club
Enjoy Interesting
Guests In Meeting <
The regular weekly meeting of the
Donalsonville Lions Club was held
Tuesday noon at the Minter house
with eighteen members and two
guests present. The guests were Wil
liam F. Cummings who has been con
nected with the British Government
flying planes to England. The other
Guest being Mr. W. P. Riley of the
Albany Herald.
President Jenkins presided and read
a letter from the Georgia Publie Ser
vice Commission regarding telephone
service in Donalsonville.
Lion D. F. Wurst presented Mr. W.
P. Riley of the Albany Herald who ad
dressed the club in the interest of the
50th Anniversary Edition of the Al
bany Herald. Lion P. E. Shingler al
so urged the Citizens of Donalsonville
to cooperate with the Herald in put
ting out this Anniversary Edition as
the Herald was really doing its part
in furthering the best interests of
Southwest Georgia.
William F. Cummings related some
of his experiences in England which
were enjoyed by all present.
Lion E. C. Smith, Jr., gave an in
teresting resume of his trip to New
York where he witnessed the fight be
tween Joe Lewis and Lou Nova, also
the first game of the World Series be
tween Brooklyn and New York.
The following Lions were pi-esent:
Dr. H. B. Jenkins, P. E. Shingler D.
F. Wurst, M. M. Minter, Jr„ Henry
Van Landingham, Dr. M. M. Minter,
J. Hammond Harrell, C. S. Forrester,
O. 11. Lewis, E. W. Mosely, W. E.
Brigham, J. L. Barber, Jr., E. C.
Smith, Jr., John J, Cummings, Jno.
I. Spooner, Jr., C. W. Long, Rev. Jno,
S, Lough and E. T. Kelley. Visitors:
W. P. Riley and William F. Cum
mings.
OLIVE
THEATRE
Saturday Only
The Three Mesquiteers, In
SADDLE MATES”
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Monday And Tuesday
Dick Powell and The Andrews
Sisters In
“IN THE NAVY”
Wednesday
I Robert Sterling and Marsha
Hunt, In
“I LL W AIT FOR YOU”
Thursday And Friady
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Marlene Dietrich, In
‘The FLAME Os NEW ORLEANS’
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MIDGET THEATRE
SATURDAY
Donnis Morgan and Wayne Morns,
In
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