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DONALSONVILLE NEWS Established February, 1916. ——————— Entered as second class matter j February 12, 1916. at the post office at Donalsonville, Georgia under the act of March 3, 1879. ELLISON DUNN, editor-owner Official organ of Seminole County and the City of Donalsonville, Georgia. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year SI.OO Six Months -50 , MEMBER: National Editorial Association Georgia Press Association Advertising Rates Reasonable And Furnished On Request Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Martin attended the community sing at Marianna, Fla., Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. A. E, Vickers, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Moye went to Americus. Monday to take Edsel Vickers who is entering G. S. W. College there, VACATION READING CLUB t CERTIFICATES PRESENTED The Vacation Reading Club mem bers, who read and report on the re quired number of books, have been presented with Reading Club Certifi cates from the Georgia Library Com mission. The certificates were present ed at chapel exercises by Principal C. B. Rickman. Those who read and reported on 10 books and received plain certificates were: Anna Lois Kidd. Geneva Kidd, Douglas Ferguson, Johanne Fergu son, Joyce Jackson, Jakin, Ga„ Wil ma Tom Odom and Ruth Wiley. Those receiving gold star certificat es for reporting on 25 books were: Agnes Golson. Dorothy King, and Johanne Walker. In 1936 our local library was made a unit of the State-Wide W. P. A. • Library Project under the sponsorship of the Georgia Library Commission.: Since that time our Co-sponsors have made it possible for the local WPA Library, to offer, each summer, to the boys and girls the privilege of parti cipating in this reading course and winning certificates. Many have expressed their appre ciation of the value of work done and benefits received by the school child ren. One of the main functions of a library is to aid school children in every way possible. k Call on us when you need us. Lillie Seale, Librarian. SERVICE FOR TEACHERS . AT BAPTIST CHURCH * » The pastor and members of the First Baptist Church wish to extend to the teachers of the Donalsonville Schools a hearty welcome as you re turn to your work. We have designat ed the evening service next Sunday as “Teachers Night,” and shall be happy to have you as our guests at this time. The message of the pastor will be on a theme which he feels will be of spec ial interest to those of the teaching profession, and also to the Sunday School teachers. Subject. “There is a Lad Here.” Next Sunday will be Promotion Day in the Sunday School. It is hoped that the parent of every child will be pre-' sent. The classes will assemble for : ANNOUNCING s • kCARL YARBOROUGH • • Is Now In Charge Os Our * 2 REPAIR DEPARTMENT 2 2 • • We Carry A Complete Line Os 2 2 PARTS An d ACCESSORIES 2 2 And Offer The Best 2 • REPAIR OR SERVICE WORK POSSIBLE • • Donalsonville Motor Co. 2 2 Five Points Donalsonville, Ga. • 2 • i their opening exercises and report, and come into the auditorium at 10:30 for the promotion exercises and award of certificates. Those passing from the Primary to the Junior group will receive a Bible as a gift from the Sunday School. The pastor’s morning subject will be “Christian Leader ship.” Mr. and Mrs. Frank Funderburk. Richard Funderburk, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Vickers, Edsel Vickers, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Evans, Mrs. W. J. Jerni gan and Miss Erie Jernigan, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Moye, and family, and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Avirett spent Sunday with Mrs. J. H. Richardson. COUNTY-WIDE MASS MEETING TO BE HELD AT THE METHODIST ■ CHURCH. THURSDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 2, AT EIGHT P. M. j Many people in Georgia seem to be 1 aroused oyer conditions relating to ’ the legal sale of liquor. Temperance leaders met recently in Atlanta and made plans for a campaign to or ' ganize the state with a view of elect- ■ ing a legislature next year pledged ’ t.o repp.aj the present law legalizing its sale., They have asked that the Anti Sa loon League of America send an ex- * perieneed man in such work to give his whole time to the organization of the cause for temperance. Dr. At ticus Webb has already been assigned 1 to that work and is now on the job. Arrangements have been made for ‘ a gounty-wide public rally of all those ’ opposed to the legal sale of liquor and ' the roadhousg gnd th? saloon to be held at The Methodist Church. Thurs ( day. October 2 at eight P. M. The s speakers will be the local pastors, * who will discuss local conditions. Dr. .IT. F. Callaway, pastor of the First . Baptist Church, Thomasville, who will djscgss conditions in Georgia, and Dr. , i Attjcus Webb, who will discuss meth : od« of organization jp the state at 1 large. Dr. Callaway and Dr. Webb are e thoroughly familiar with state and national conditions, and we feel sure '; that they will have something for the public at large that will be of 'i great interest and encouragement to 1 all who ppe opposed to the social evil L I at hand. % I j Plan to attetnd this rally! County 4-H Club Wins $25 Award I 1 ' As the result of their excellent i showing in a moving picture atten i dance contest sponsored by Sears, Roebuck and Co., the 4-H Clubs of ' Seminole County, have been awarded j $25, R was announced today by W. E. 1 Brigham, fcounfy Jigenp. The attendance wjis hpl<J 1 j during the past few years m conneu. ' tion with the showing throughout the ' country of the movie “Under the 4-H • Flag”, produced and distributed by ■ Sears. The awarding of 24 cash prlz i FUNERAL DIRECTORS E|Tf helming—Funeral Supplies Ambulant SfWifp Vaults. EVANS AND SON R. I. EVANS. Re J. EVANS, JR. Day Phone 34 Night phons 139 DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 26TH. 1941. es was based on the number of peo ple attending a county showing pro portion to the rural population of the county in which the showing occurred. The film was distributed through out 20 states and 1196 counties active ly participated in the contest. According to Mr, Brigham, Sears specified that the money be used for the promotion of farm youth activities within the various prize-winning counties. “It was certainly excititng news to learn that we had w’on a prize in this attetndance contest,” said Mr. Brig ham. “The farm boys and girls of this county as well as their parents turn ed out in large numbers for the show ing of the film when it was presented here, and this prize money is indeed a . fine reward for their interest and co . operation.” In addition to Seminole county, two 1 other Georgia counties also ww» prizes , in this contest. These were Brantley , and Douglas counties. The top prize I of SI,OOO went to Greeley county, . Kansas. ’ CANNED FOODS A family sis five <» Georgia will ’ consume 525 quarts of fruits, vege tables, and meats in 12 months. Also other stored foods include 35 pounds ’ dried fruits, 12% bushels wheat, 20 gallons syrup, 100 pounds peanuts and pecans, 15 bushels potatoes, 10 bushels ' cornmeal, 25 dozen eggs in water glass, 50 pounds carrots, two bushels rutabagas, slightly over a bushel of peas and beans, and 2% bushels of [ . onions. b By plowing up old cotton stalks farmers will help get rid of the boll i weevil. ■ Hot school lunches are doing much I for the health of Georgia’s rural child- ■ ren. FARM FOR SALE—322 acres of land lying just north of Mayhaw Court i Ground in MilNf County, op public II road leading from Blakely to Donal ‘ | sonville. 160 acres in cultivation, | three settlements, buildings ' and I fences in good repair, good soil. Price ’ $5500.00. See N. L. Stapleton, Col i quitt, Ga„ or D. J. Sheffield, Blakely, Ga. ’ < TAKEN UP—Eight head of hogs, in my field . Owner can get same by describing and payiPS damages and | expenses. L. E. Spqpnyf, RFP JrfiP 11 City, Gg, A RESOLUTION ;1941 Tax Levy. . GEORGIA, Seminole County: Be it resolved by the Board of Com missioners of Roads and Revenue of , Seminole County, Georgia, that for the year 1941, 12 mills or $12.00 on the SIOOO.OO be and the same is here by assessed, levied ape] fj x 9»] ee the I rate of paxatjop for pounty purposes on ail taxable property in said county, apd in addition thereto, 6 mills or $6,00 on the $1,000.00 is hereby leyjec], 1 assessed apd fjxej| for sapig year for , the purpiuse of paying bonds and in . terest thereon, making « total of eighteen (18) mills, ami the tax col lector of said county is hereby order ed to make out and collect county tax es at said rates on all of the taxable property in said county for said year 1941. It, is further ordered that said taxes be aprotioned and used for the following specific purposes, to-wit: 1. To pay the legal indebtedness of the county, due or to become due dur ing the year, or past due, one dollar and seventy-five cents ($1.75) on the thousand. 2. To build or repair courthouse, jails, bridges, ferries, or other public improvements, according to contract, one dollar and twenty-five cents ( sl.- 25) on the thousand. 3. To pay Sheriff, jailers, or other officers’ fees for which the county is liable, seventy (.70) cents on the thousand. 4. To pay coroners all fees due them by the county for holding inquests, ten (.10) cents on the thousand. 5. To pay the expenses of the coun ty, for bailiffs at courts, non-resident witnesses in criminal cases, fuel, em ployees’ wages, stationery, and the like, fifty (.50) cents on the thousand. 6. To pay jurors a per diem com pensation, fifty (.50) cents on the thousand. 7. To pay expenses incurred in sup porting the poor of the county, sixty (.60) cents on the thousand. 8. To pay any other lawful charge against the county, seventy-live (.75) cents op the thousand. 9. To pay the expenses of working public roads in the county, three dol lars and fifty cents ($3.50) on the thousand. 10. To pay for the collection and preservation of records of birth, death, and health, ten (.10) cents on the thousand, 11. To pay county agricultural and home demonstration agents, (Georgia Law, Extra Session 1937-38 page 144), fifty (.50) cents on the thou sand. 12. To provide for payment of old age assistance to aged persons in need and for the payment of assistance to the needy, blind, and to depondent children, and other welfare benefits: (Acts 1937-38, Extra Session, page 292-293.), Quo dollar and fifty cents ($1,50) bn the thousand. 13. To provide medical or other care and hospitalization for the indi gent sick people of the county, twenty five (.25) cents on the thousand. 14. To create a fund for the pay ment of the principal and interest due during and for the year 1941, on_the courthouse and jail and road bonds and to create a sinking fund thereon, six dollars ($6.00) on the thousand. 15. For the support of the public schools of the county upon the recom mendation and request therefor from the Board of Education of said coun ty, under authority of an amendment to paragraph 1, Section 4, Article 8 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, adopted at the general elec tion held in 1920, five ($5.00) Dollars on the thousand. 16. That there be assessed, levied and fixed as the rate of taxation for educational purposes for the year 1941 in accordance with the provisions of section 129 of the School co.clg us Georgia, for eqcji of the |oya| school districts of Seminole County the num ber of mflls hereinafter set out as recommended by the local Board of Trustees for each district, together with the county superintedent, as fol lows : Donalsonville Consolidated District for school 5 mills; for bonds 8 mills, total 13 mills. Iron City Consolidated District for schools 3 mills, for bonds £ qiflis; total 8 mills. Carthage district, for schools 5 nulls. Griselda District for schools 5 nulls. Leia District for schools, 5 mills. Spring Creek Consolidated School District for schools 5 mills, f>>i bonds 5 mjlls, tolaj Id mi!l». This levy to be jn addition to the County-Wide levy of 5 mills, as above recommended by the county Board of Education and assessed and levied by this Board. Done in regular session with all members of the Board present this the 2nd day of September, 1941. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND REVENUE, SEMI NOLE COUNTY GEORGIA . t|. HUBINSoS], Chairman, <, 6. HAY, Clerk CITATION GEORGIA Senunoje County; J, (J, Baxter, having in proper ■ form aplied to me for permanent let ters of administration on the estate • of Mrs. Trudie Baxter, this is to cite ■ all and singular the creditors and next | kin of Mrs. Trudie Baxter to be and Jappear at my office within the I allowed by law, and »hoy v vau»e,’ if ' any tjiey \vui_ admini ’stfation should not bo granted to J. O. Baxter on Mrs. Trudie Baxter I estate. —■- Witness my hand and official signa ture this 28th day of August 1941. G. B. Garwood, Ordinary. Paid 5-12-19-26 DIVORCE i GEORGIA, Seminole County: j Gladys Williams Buckins Vs. J. P. Buckins. Libel for Divorce Seminole Super ! ior Court October Term, 1941. By order of Honorable C. W. Wor- I rill, Judge of the Superior Court of | the Patula Circuit, the above named * defendent is hereby required, person i ally, or by attorney, to be and appear ; at the next October Term, 1941 of the i Seminole Superior Court of said j County, on the third Monday in Octo i ber next, then and there to answer the I plaintiffs complaint for divorce, as in I default thereof the Court will proceed. I as to justice shall appertain; Witness the Honorable C. W. Wor j ril|. Judge of said Court, this August ■ 19th, 1941. Oudia Ward, Dep. Clerk Superior Court, Seminole County, Georgia. Aug. 22-29 Sept. 5-12 —SEE— D.F. WURST C N For Your N INSURANCE Needs R A A UPSTAIRS |\q | SEMINOLE DRUG CO. £• Building mb >1 ai n n I FOR EFFICIENT 1 I Cleaning, Pressing 1 | And Dyeing I J CALL 122 ■ J CITY DRY CLEANERS | C B. E. 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