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SEMINOLE COUNTY
Georgia’s Peanut Center
The richest and best farming section
of the world, the home of the in
dustrious farmer.
SI.OO A YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOLUME XXV.
Seminole Citizens
Visit Albany
Last Thursday
A group of Donalsonville and Semi- ■
nole county citizens enjoyed a trip’
to Albany last Thursday as guests'
of Radio Station WALD and the Al-!
bany Herald.
Arriving at Alabany around noon,;
a staff photographer for the Herald!
photographed the group, the picture!
being carried in the Thursday after-
I
noon edition of The Herald.
The group was then carried to thei
Hangar Club for a most appetizing!
luncheon. Ou the menu was bread ■
made from peanut flour which proved
quite a delectable addition to the meal, i
After the luncheon the group wa
carried to Radion Station WALIL
where a fifteen-minute broad cast i
saluting Seminole County was made.;
Two of the group. Ellison Dunn and
D. F. Wurst made short talk- on the i
progress of Seminole county.
The group then went on a tour of]
inspection of the radio station, the I
Cudahy Packing Plant and the Albanyl
Herald office.
At the Herald office the delegation
was conducted through the entire
building and shown what a mammoth
plant is required to publish a daily
paper. Most interesting was the high
speed press used to print the papers.
The Herald officials proved most
genial hosts and the trip was through
ly enjoyed by everyone.
Merchants Asked
Not To Park
On Mam Street
The Chamber of Commerce adopted
a resolution at one of its spring
meetings this year suggesting that
owners of cars working in or opera
ting a place of business on the main
streets of Donalsonville, park their
cars on some side street or in the
rear of their places of business.
This was a fine suggestion. Lets
not forget it and co-operate in every
waj’ possible and give the customer;
every opportunity to trade.
A side street, a good many times,
offers a good shady place for you car
also it stands less chance of being
scratched up by customers parking
in and out by it.
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Please don’t let that bother you for
a moment.
As a customer of our bank all our
facilities, our service and our ex
perience is at your disposal just as
though you were the biggest
customer on our books.
We ask for the opportunity to help
make this account of yours grow.
May we try?
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These Seminole Countians were guests of The Albany Herald and Radio Station WALB last Thursday. Left to right they are as fol
lows: (Back row) Clarence Hornsby, B. B. Clark, Lonnie Jernigan, Leon Barber, Lamar Hatcher, D. F. Wurst, R. C. Roberts, E. T. Kelly
Front Row: Merian Minter, Joe V. King, Bill Brigham, E. C. Smith, Jr., Ellison Dunn, P. E. Shingler, Dr. M. M. Minter and Rev. John S.
Lough.
1941 Tax Rate
In Seminole
County Is Set
The Board of County Commission
ers this week fixed the 1941 tax rate
for Seminole county at 12 mills for
county purposes, this being the same
rate as was in effect last year.
The rate was fixed by the board af
ter taking into consideration the in
crease in returns which will be offset
by costs of operation of the county
because of advanced prices on almost
everything purchased by the county.
For school purposes, as recommend
ed by the county board of education,
the commissioners also levied school
taxes for the year. In the Donalson
ville district five mills were levied for
schools and 8 mills for bonds, this
being a reduction of one mill over that
of two years ago.
In the Iron City district three mills
are levied for schools and five for
bonds, while the Spring Creek dis
trict levy will include five mills each
for bonds and schools.
Five mills additional are levied
county-wide for school purposes.
In the Donalsonville district the
rate this year for all purposes will be
as follows: County purposes 12 mills;
for courthouse and jail bonds 6 mills;
for schools 5 mills county-wide, five
I mills district and 8 mills for bonds;
I state tax five mills. This makes a to
tal levy of 41 mills or s4l per thou
sand.
The Iron City district will be 36
mills, the Spring Creek district 39
mills and the Carthage, Griselda and
Leia District will pay 33 mills.
SANCTIFIED CHURCH PEWS
Have you every seen a sanctified
church pew? Well, come to the Men’s
Bible Class room of the First Baptist
Church next Sunday and see them.
These pews are complaining at having
to take so much good lecturing, when
they have done no wrong. They are
substantially built and well able to
support a heavier load than is being
imposed on them each Sunday morn
ing. They want to be relieved of the
embarrassment of their emptiness.
They claim they were built for ser
vice and are anxious to serve the men
of the church and town.
The pastor is joined by A. J. Jones,
president of the class; Leon Barber,
secretary; and C. S. Forrester, as
sistant teacher, in this invitation to
the men of Donalsonville. C. B. Rick
man, the regular teacher, will be back
in a few days. Let’s work together
to have the pews filled when he re
turns.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hornsby, and
daughter, Jeannine, of Marianna, Fla.,
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hornsby, and
children, of Sylacauga. Ala., and Miss
Lydia Hornsby, of Jacksonville, were
guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
G. E. Hornsby here this week.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
Cotton And Cotton
Seed Prices
Show Advances
Cottotn ginnings have slowed down
considerably this week it was indicat
ed at the three gins in the county, the
total for the season thus far being
around 2750 bales, an increase of four
hundred bales since the report last
week.
Meanwhile cotton seed and cotton
showed advance this week as stronger
markets generally were noted. Cotton
seed advanced an additional $2 per
ton, bringing the price to SSO, while
cotton ranged upward to bring the
price to 17 cents. On Wednesday one
lot brought 17*4 cents, one buyer re
ported.
No new peanuts are as yet report
ed to have been marketed at the local
peanut plants, though it is said pick
ing is expected to begin in some fields
at an early date.
Produce prices as reported Thurs
day morning are as follows:
Cotton, middling 17c
Cotton Seed, ton ... SSO
Hogs, No, 110 c
Hogs, No. 2 9¥»c
Hogs, No. 3 9c
Peanuts, Spanish No. 1 S9O
Peanuts, Spanish No. 2 SBO
Shelled Corn, per bushel 60c
Law Enforcement
Officers Invitetd To
Attend Conference
A conference for the third quarter of
1941 to be held under the FBI Law
Enforcement Officers Mobilization
Plan for National Defense will be
held at Thomasville, Georgia, on Wed
nesday, September 10, 1941, This con
■ ference will be followed on Septem
ber 11 and 12 by conferences at Al
bany and Macon.
The confernence at Thomasville will
assemble law enforcement officials
and officers from the various de
partments in Mitchell, Miller, Semi
nole, Grady, Decatur, Colquitt, and
Thomas counties.
The following prominent law en
forcement officials and their officers
from Seminole county have been in
vited by Mr. F. R. Hammack, Special
Agent in Charge of the Atlanta FBI
office, to attend the conference at
Thomasville, Georgia: C, L. Chandler,
Sheriff of Seminole County, Donalson
ville, Georgia, L. L. Canington, Chief
of Police, Donalsonville, Georgia.
These quarterly conferences of law
enforcement officers, which are being
neld throughout the United States
under the direction of the Special
Agents in Charge of the various FBI
Field Offices, are for the purpose of
coordinating the efforts of all law
enforcement agencies in combating
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DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER STH, 1941.
Dove Season
Will Not Open
Until December 1
Dove season will not open until
December 1 this year and the Wild
life Division is appealing to —as well
as warning—hunters to observe the
regulation.
Director Zack D. Cravey said the
dove is a migratory bird as such
under Federal as weH as State
protection. Thus the violator is sub
ject to prosecution by either govern
ment.
A favorite game bird with many
huntetrs, the dove has fallen off in
population to such extent that strict
conservation will be necessary to pre
vent its extinction. For that reason,
Director Cravey said, hunters should
be willing to observe the closed sea
son, bag limit (12 birds), and the
prohibition against baited field hunt
ing.
He cautioned hunters that Rangers
ar on the lookout for such violators
and that he is asking the courts to
give the “stiffest fines possible,”
The “split” seasons which allowed
dove hunting in October in the north
ern zone and in November in the
southern zone, has been discarded.
Also the season, which runs from
December 1 to January 11, has been
cut from 72 to 42 days,
“However, a short season will help
restore the dove in more plentiful
numbers and sportsmen should be
far sighted enough to realize that
such regulations are made, actually,
in their own behalf,” the Director
pointed out,
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
J, A. Duren, Pastor
The pastor’s subject at the morning
hour will be, “A Good Appetite.” At
the evening service he will discuss
the theme, “The World’s Greatest
Partnership.”
The members of the church are
urged to join in the effort to have
one-hundred present in Sunday School
next Sunday and forty in the Train
ing Unions. The Sunday School Work
ers’ Council will meet at the home of
Miss Clyde Ward on Thursday even
ing of next week. Don’t forget the
spiritual fellowship hour at the
home of Miss Clyde Ward on Thurs
day evening of next week. Don’t for
get the spiritual fellowship hour at
the church each Wednesday evening, i
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
NOTICE!
Sunday School 10 A. M.
Worship 11 A. M,
Praise Service 8 P, M,
Subject of Sermon Sunday morning
“Carry Your Corner”
Come and help us sing Sunday
night. Be sure to come Sunday morn
ing.
M. C. Lidell, Pastor.
Donalsonville,
Colquitt Road
To Be Paved
Seminole countians were promised
this week that paving of the Colquitt-
Donalsonville highway would be let
within a short while, possibly within
the next two lettings, according to
Joe Johnson, Jr., and D. F. Wurst, of
, the Chamber of Commerce. These
gentlemen visited Atlanta this week
and held a conference with-Chairman
Eugene Wilburn of the Statfe High
way Department, urging paving of
this project at an early date.
Mr. Wilburn, they report, listened
very attentively to their pleas and
committed himself to pave the road
within the next few months.
The Donalsonville-Colquitt road is
a Federal road and funds are avail
able for paving Federal roads. From
Donalsonville to Neal’s Landing is a
state road and no funds will be a
vailable for paving this road for the
next two years as this must be paved
entirely with state funds, no federal
funds being available for this road.
It was also reported that a work
order has been received by Mr. John
McCracken, local W. P. A. superin
' tendent for paving three-quarters of a
mile through Iron City south to the
I city limits. This will connect with the
| post road paving on the north and
I pave the main street in the town. A
; work order to complete the grading
on Seventh street in Donalsonville
west is also said to have been receiv
ed.
Paving of the road from Donalson
ville to Colquitt will prove quite an j
asset to the county.
I STANDARD SERVICE STATION
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
i "
Os local interest is the announce
ment of the change in the manage
ment of the Standard Service Station
there, which has been in charge of Mr.
! Red Wilkes for the past several years.
Mr. Dick Slaughter, formerly with the
Gulf Service Station, has been nam
ed manager and took over the station
this week.
Mr, Wilkes has accepted a position!
with Seminole Drug Company and has i
moved his bus station agency to that!
store. All buses in the future will stop'
at the Seminole Drug Company, Mr.
Wilkes states. Patrons of the buses
are urged to bear this in mind. Bus
tickets will also be on sale there.
ENTER TOURNAMENT
Messrs. Grady Richardson, Henry!
j Vanlandingham and Ellison Dunn en- !
tered the labor day golf tournament
at Attapulgus Monday.
Vanlandingham in the third flight
lost both matches by close margins,;
Dunn won one match, but lost his
first and third matches, in the second
flight.
Richardson lost his first match, but
won the next two to win the conso
lation prize in the fourth flight.
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
Minutes Os The
Board Os County
Commissioners
The Board of County Commissior
°rs of Seminole county met in regu
lar session on Tuesday, September
2nd, Chairman L. R. Robinson presid
ing, with members present as follows:
D. 11. Miller, R. L. Johnson, Fred
Childree and E. J. Greene.
Minutes of previous meeting were
read and approved. *
Current bills were examined anti
vouchers issued in payment when
found in regular order.
Chairman Robinson and Attorney
E. P. Stapleton were appointed on a
committee to place fire insurance
policies on county property.
L. C. Hay resigned as clerk of the
board and Mrs. 1,. C. Hay was named
as his successors.
The recommendation of the Board
of Education for the 1941 tax rate
for school purposes was received and
approved.
The board discussed county fin
ances at length before fixing tax rate
for the year. Upon motion made and
unanimously carried, the rate for
county purposes for 1941 was fixed
at the same as last year, 12 mills..
Uncollected 1941 tax fi fas in the
hands of the sheriff were discussed
and a committee composed of L. R.
Robison, L. C. Hay and E. P. Stapie
; ton was appointed to work out ar
] rangements for the immediate collec
| tion of same.
There being no further business the
boarl adjourned, subject to call by the
chairman.
L. R. ROBINSON, Chairman,
L. C. HAY, Clerk.
Defense Saving
Stamps On Sale
At Iron City
Mr. T. A. Drake, postmaster at
Iron City, annuonces that sale of De
| sense Saving Stanps was begun at
his office effective September Ist and
urges that all patriotic citizens of
his section to buy stamps at once,
and often.
Mr. Drake states that Little Miss
Harriet Strickland, daughtetr of Mr.
and Mrs. Mosden Strickland, had the
honor of buying the first stamp this
week at his office.
OLIVE
THEATRE
Saturday Only
Three Mesquiteers, In
“PALS OF THE PECOS”
Monday And Tuesday
Anna Neagle, In
“SUNNY”
Wednesday
Richard Arlen, In
“FORCED LANDING”
Thursday And Friady
Ray Milland, Wayne Morris and
Constance Moore, In
“I WANTED WINGS”
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MIDGET THEATRE
SATURDAY
James Stewart and Robert Young,
In
“NAVY BLUE AND GOLD”
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NUMBER 32.