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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.
Policeman Is
Suspended Here
Policeman A. D. Hoover received a
fifteen-day suspension this week by
city council as a result of striking Joe
Johnson, Jr., last Sunday while on
duty.
Johnson preferred charges against
Hoover and after hearing evidence in
the matter, a fifteen day suspension!
was ordered.
SEMINOLE COUNTY RURAL
SCHOOLS OPEN SEPTEMBER 15.1
Sara Phillips, Jeans Supervisor, an
nounces the following faculties for
the rural Negro schools.
Iron City—Emory 0. Jackson,
Olivia Smith, Bessie Moore.
Qarthage—J. D. Jones, Susie B.
Jenkins, Daisy B. Allen.
St. John Ola D. Jackson, Eunice
Mitchell, (One to be elected).
Fairchilds—Sallie Williams Gra
ham, Coreatha Williams.
Dry Creek, —Castolow Williams,
Jessie Fulgeon.
Leia—Arabella Brown.
Reynoldsville—Tyra Salter.
Jeffrie Chapel—Lalea Reynolds.
Rock Pond—Lamar Moore.
Desser—Evencie Warren McClain.
Griselda—Gladys Coachman.
TALL FISH TALE
Reports come to The News this
week of an unusual fish story related
by Mrs. W. L. Trawick.
According to the story heard by
The News, Mrs. Trawie*. was fishing
in the Spooner- Springs and had
caught some small bream which she
trad strung on a piece of hay wire ami
placed in the edge of the water to
keep them alive.
While sitting there on the bank:
she saw a large jack fish swim up to;
her string and swallow one of the I
bream. She pulled on the wire and
landed the jack, a nice one.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to extend our sincere;
thanks to the people of Donalsonville!
for their many expressions of sym-|
pathy, for the flowers and the many :
acts of kindness during our bereave
ment.
We shall always cherish the mem
ory of those who were so good to us.
J. O. BAXTER, and family
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Commercial
State Bank
This Bank Is a Member of the
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
Sonalanntitlh Nrafl
New Drain For
Tennille Avenue
Under Construction
The State Highway Department is!
constructing a drain at the corner of!
Third street and Tennille avenue this !
week to aid in eliminating the sur
plus water that floods the corner at!
Second street and Tennille avenue at
the Presbyterian Church.
Larger catch basins are being in- 1
stalled along with a line of large pipe!
extending across Third street which
will permit all water from Third
street east of Tennille avenue to!
drain west instead of flowing north!
towards the church.
Water at times has reached two
feet deep at the intersection of Sec
ond and Tennille, marooning some of,
the property owners adjacent in their
homes. The improvements are expect
ed to divert the water through a large
storm sewer down west Third street
to a large ditch at Wiley avenue.
Travel 2,700 Miles
In 54 Hours For
Mothers Funeral
Messrs. Harris and S. T. Baxter
who attended the funeral of their
mother, Mrs. J. O. Baxter, here last
week, travelled 2,700 miles in 54 hours
from their home in San Diego, Calif.,
to arrive here Friday at noon, with
funeral services set for three o’clock
Friday afternoon. They averaged al
most 50 miles per hour on the trip
Advised by long distance telephone
of their mother’s death they left at
three o’clock a. m. Wednesday, arriv-
I ing here at noon Friday.
En route they drove night and day.
! They were compelled to stop twice' in
! Texas for more than an hour each
i stop where grasshoppers had cover
|ed the entire section, getting into
! food, homes, business houses and in
i fact practically everywhere. The
I grasshoppers got into the gas tank
' and then into the gas line causing it
| to stop up. The delays were to clean
i the gas line of the car.
I One brother, Rufus Baxtter, who is
in the U. S. navy, was on the high
seas and could not be reached to at
tend his mother’s funeral.
Get On The
News Honor Roll
The folow’ing names compose The
News honor roll. Other names will be
added from week to week. New ones
have been added this week.
Pay your subscription now and get
on The News honor roll.
HONOR ROLL
E ; C, Smith, Jr,, Thames Spooner,!
Herman Buie, Jakin, Shelby Carter,
M, C, Fain, Jr., J, I, Parker, John
Bowers, E, H. Howard, B, H. Davis,
Mrs, Eunice Hudson, J. C. Ashley,
Mrs. Julian Hickson, Gordon Spoon
j er, G. L. Earnest.
W. B. Dean, Canal Zone, Fred Chil
•dree, Clyde Williams, C. S. Forrester,
W. H. Roberts, J. D. Lane, Iron City,
S. P. Lane, Robert Davis, Ashburn,
C. M. Newberry, Iron City, L. T. Hud
son, C. W. Long, Earl Gibbons, M. M.'
Minter, R. E. Daniels, R. S. Roberts.
Curtis Roberts, Robert Pierce, Buck
Jones. Mrs. L Williams, Mr. A. I>.
Sheffield, 4- G- Braswell.
y. L. Roberts, Mrs. Bill Payker,
Mrs. Lesser Sheffield, J. W. Swapner.
W. H. VanLandingham, Airs. Ada
Zorp, Ejnier Smjtlp VV- 4- Folds, Mys.
J. H. Richardson, Jack prpom, Miss
Mary Hodges, P. Martin, Wpyrnap
Canjngton, J. J. Tolar, Bercy War<l,
D. M. IJughgs.
i F. A. Hughes, 4- R: Kirkland. ?|frs.
IA. 4. Topes, Gordon Barker, Simon
Cplempn, Et L- P r ake, Hill W- Face,
Mrs. Mildred Tru|opk, Carl 4, Patter
son, Mrs, Nathan Gilbert, J. D. Ra
i bon, Terrell Hartzog.
Marie Jernigan, H. A. Hasty, Bet
-Ity Jackson, R. T. Middleton, Jack
Sheffield, H. D. Buie, W. B. Warrin
er, B. B. Parker, Hilton Lynn, J. G.
Braswell, and G. W. J. Barber.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY’ OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
Thomas Garwood
Is First Star Scout
In Seminole
Thomas Garwood, young son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. B. Garwoocf has the dis
tinction of becoming the first “Star”
scout of the local Boy Scout troop, or
in the history of the county, according.
to Buddy Sullivan, scoutmaster.
At an encampment last week at
Camp Sawyer last week a court, of
honor was held and young Garwood
passed all examinations to win the
promotion and is well on his way to|
win his Eagle Scout award.
Quite a few other scouts were pro
moted at the court of honor and are
well on their way to win their star
scout awards.
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
JOINS WITH THE FEDERIAL
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TO
COMBAT FIFTH COLUMNISTS
Throughout Georgia, as in the rest
of the nation, there is taking place the
greatest mobilization of local law en
forcement officers ever known in this
country. This mobilization includes
State’ Patrols, Sheriffs and Deputies,
I Police Departments, Constables and
! town Marshalls.
The President of the United States,
in a directive on September 6, 1939,
designated the Federal Bureau of In
' vestigation as the coordinating agency
! for investigative matters in work re
i lating to espionage, sabotage ad vio
lations of neutrality regulations.
The FBI Law enforcement mobili
zation plan for national defense was
launched through the Special Agents
in charge of the fifty-four Field Di
; visions of FBI with a program of
I quarterly conferences of local offic-
I ers. These conferences are being held
' throughout the country. Local offic-
I ers are being instructed in detail how
to handle internal security matters
and are being advised that from time
to time matters will be sent to them
for investigattion. It is imperative
that every law enforcement agency
be represented at the conferences in
order that there may be a coordina
ting plan among all law enforcement
officers for the protection of the in
ternational security of this country.
During the months of May and
June of 1941 there were seven con
ferences held throughout the district I
covered by the Atlanta Field Division !
of the FBI. These conferences were
held in the following cities: Atlanta,
Rome, Athens, Macon, Columbus, Al
bany and Valdosta.
A conference was held at Albany, I
Georgia, covering the counties of
Baker, Calhoun, Crisp, Daughtry, De
catur, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mit
chell, Seminole, Sumter, Terrell, Tur
ner, Wilcox, and Worth, under the
direction of Mr. F. R. Hammac,
special agent ip charge of the At
lanta Field Division, at which time he
outlined the plans and policies for
investigating matters pertaining to |
National Defense and the manner in
which law enforcement agencies were
to submit their reports to the FBI
headquarters in Atlanta.
Attorney General Ellis Arnall,
Sheriff Fort Tarver, of Albany, Chief
of Police Jim Moore, Albany, Captain
J. J. Elliott, Georgia State Patrol,
and Gordon Stokes, of the Albany
Police Department, made short talks,
on National defense.-
A. R. Hoover, Assistant Chief p,f
Police, pona|spnv|lie, Georgia, attend
ed the conference; representing hjs
district-
The next quarterly conferences ot;
the FB( Raw Enforcement Mobjljza
tion Blap For National Defense will,
be held during August and September
and jt js expected that every law en
forcement agency jn Southwest Geor- ;
gja, as well as throughout the State, l
will he present to learn of the pro
gress that has Reep made in the in
vestigation of saboteurs and espion
age agents and learn the latest meth
ods of combating Fifth Columnists.
Specialists say that garments
should be sized according to height
and hip circumference rather than by
age.
Black snakes, king snakes., J(od rat-,
tiesnakes fee<l qp and young of
bird*.
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, AUGUST 29TH, 1941.
Wash Palmore Will
Not Be Tried
Until Sept. 5
Wash Palmore, charge with the
slaying of Curtis Warren near Gor
don, Ala., will not go on trial until
after September sth, it was learned
this week.
| Attorneys for Palmore filed a re
quest for additional time to prepare
for- trial, and under Alabama laws
the judge was required to extend the
time.
I No additional evidence, insofar as
could be learned, has been uncovered
in the case.
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Local Crops Are
Damaged
By Rains
Rainfall in Seminole county is
reaching damaging proportions this
week as the result of daily showers
that prohibit cotton picking and pea
nut stacking, and the farmers are tak
ing on rather a gloomy expression as
a result.
In the lower part of the county rain
fall last Friday afternoon was esti
mated to be around three inches or
more in a short while. One farmer
had plowed up his peanuts but had
been unable to stack them due to
rains. The heavy rain Friday covered
his field with water and floated the
peanuts in many places.
A good portion of Spanish peanuts
have already been stacked, but some
growers have not yet been able to
take up their crop. The rainfall each
day keeps the crop wet and stacking
is out of the question.
Cotton is being damaged in some
fields, though the major part of the
| cotton crop is said to have already
been harvested.
A dry spell of several weeks now
would be welcomed by the farmers.
Cotton And Seed
Prices Advance
Cotton ginning had reichcl a total
! of 2350 bales for the county Thursday
' according to reports from various ■
’ gins. Meanwhile cotton showed a
1 slight advance last week and cotton !
seed shoved an advante of £4 00 per |
, ton
Prices paid for produce on local
markets Thursday morning was as
follows:
Cotton, middling
Cotton Seed, ton _ S4BI
Hogs, No. 110 c
Hogs, No, 2 9 l /sc
Hogs, No. 3 9c
Peanuts, Spanish No. 1 S9O
Peanuts, Spanish No. 2 SBO
Shelled Corn, per bushel 60c
“FOOD FOR THE PUDDING” A
SHORT TO BE SHOWN AT THE
OLIVE THEATRE SEPT. 1 AND 21
Recently a county nutrition com-!
mittee composed of Mrs. Julian Hick
son, chairman, Miss Marie Griffin
Secretary, Mrs. Jewell Cutnbje, Mrs.
Avis Mrs. J. L- Dickenson, r
Mr- W- E, Brigham, and Mr. E. C.
Dayis was set up to study and help
with same us the malnutrition pro
blems of Seminole County.
This committee is stressing with |
the people the need of balanced meals
and how they may be obtained by
year-round gardens, ju vhurds, chick
ens, eggs, meat and food preservation
on the farm.
To help us realize the value of|
these the local theatre has secured a
“short” to be shown witn the regular
picture Monday and Tuesday nights of
next week. It is hroeJ as tunny as
possible will be present to see this
picture.
Soil conservation is essentially &
matter of wise land use ami sound
farming.
Estimated value of children’s cloth
es returned to retail stores chiefly be
cause of misfit reaches $10,000,000
annually.
English Student Pilot Escapes
Uninjured When Plane Crashes
In Peanut Field Near Here
All of Donalsonville was in a state
:of excitement for a short while
! Thursday morning, when the news of
! an airplane crashing nearby reach
!ed town. Upon investigation how
ever, it was learned that it was not
nearly as serious as the first re
ports had made it.
It seems that a young English
student pilot from the Flying school
in Albany, who was just flying
around getting himself some flying
hours, lost his bearing. He, at the
same time discovered that his gas
was getting a triffle low. Not being
familiar with the country around
here he spied, what from above ap
peared to be a perfectly level field.,
and attenpted to make a landing.
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When he touched the ground, he
found it to be a peanut field, owned
by Don White, five miles north of
Donalsonville. All would have been
: well however, had it not been for a
! two foot terrace that happened to be
! right in his path, this causing the
■ plane to nose-over. The pilot escap
! ed uninjured except for a badly shak
-1 en nervous system.
The young Englishman explained
1 the accident this way: “In England
we do not grow peanuts, and when we
farm we do not use little banks and
i hills. The field looked level to me.”
Upon being offered a bunch of raw
! green peanuts he asked, “how do you
I open them?” and “are these the same
peanuts we get salted.”
He asked that his name not be
mentioned.
(Picture On Back Pa?e)
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Seminole Soft
Ball Team,
Loses To Climax
After winning the first game from
' Climax in the softball play-off at
Bainbridge last week, the Seminole
; team dropped three in a row to their
opponents, the final game coming on
I Thursday night when the Climax
! boys cinched the championship by
winning 17-10.
The Seminole boys were haridicap
| ped by having only one available pit
! cher in the play-off.
Olive Theatre
Is Undergoing
Redecoration
The Olive Theatre here is undergo-;
ing a complete renovation this week
under the capable supervision of Mr.
W. R. Snook, of Detroit, Michigan.
Mr. Snook was for eight years with
the. Paramount Theatres Corporation
decorating theatres and worked for
several months on decorations in the
Fox Theatre in Atlanta when it was
built.
Both the interior and exterior will
be repainted and decorated to give the
theatre a more modernistic appear
ance. The work will require approxi
mately four weeks to complete.
SPECIAL LIBRARY NOTICE
As Monday, September Ist, is a
legal holiday the Public Library will
be closed.
Lillie Seale, Librarian
PENOENNIS CLUB
MEETS..—
The Pendennis Club, organized by
a group of Donalsonvillians, held a
meeting Wednesday night at the club
property on Lake
Dr. E. C. Bridges was named presi
dent of the club. Dr . E- €. Smith, vice
president and V. IX Thomas, treasur
er, ,
Other members of the club are L. C.
Hay, N. P. Malcom, Ellison Dunn, Dr.
H. B. Jenkins, Dr. H. B. Baxley, C. L.
Hatcher and Y. L. Roberts.
Members of the club were guests
of Dr. Bridges at a delightful chick
en supper.
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
DONALSONVILLE CITIZENS
HONORED IN ALBANY
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' A group of Donalsonville and
I Seminole County citizens were guests
• of the Albany Herald and radio sta
! tion WALB in Albany Thursday of
1 this week.
| At noon they were served a lunch
eon and short radio talks by members
of the party were made.
Gas Truck Wreck
Holds Up Traffic
At Neals Landing
Traffic over the Neal’s Landin—
Bridge was suspended early Saturday
morning as the result of a near ser
ious accident which occurred on the
east end before daylight Saturday.
A Warren Oil Company gasoline
truck, heavily loaded with gasoline,
smashed through the wooden railing,
falling to the ground below.
From evidence at the bridge it is
indicated that the driver lost control
of the truck soon after it crossed
the peak of-the bridge and started
down the incline. The truck struck
I the steel guard rail which held it on a
straight line until it reached the end
of* the steel railing, from which it
j swerved to the oposite side, the
heavy trailer swinging around and
crashing through the wooden railing,
dragging the truck with it. It fell
about 19 feet.' ' ’
William Henry Roland and Grady
Hardy, both of Donalsonville were in
the truck, but neither was injured.
Approximately 800 gallons of the
cargo was salvaged, the remainder
being a total loss as no insurance was
carried on it. The truck and trailer
i were partially covered by insurance.
State engineers were here this
week to inspect the damage and a
crew of bridge repairmen from the
State Highway Department was sent
] here Tuesday to begin repair work
on the bridge. It was expected that
it would be reopened to traffic by the
latter part of the week.
The value of protein in the dairy
ration has long been recognized by
farmers and agricultural workers.
OLIVE
THEATRE
Saturday Only
Don “Red" Barry,ln
“TWO GUN SHERIFF”
Monday And Tuesday
Priscilla Lane and Jeffrey Lynn, In
“MILLION DOLLAR BABY”
Wednesday
Cesar Romero and Mary Beth
Hughs, in
“RIDE ON V AQURF.O”
Thursday And Friady
Jean Arthur and Robert
Cummings, In
I “DEVIL AND MISS JONES”
MIDGET THEATRE
SATURDAY’
Alice Faye, Betty Grable and
John Payne, In
“TIN PAN ALLEY"
NUMBER 31.