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SEMINOLE COUNTY
Georgia's Peanut Center
she richest and best fanning section
of the world, the home of the in
dustrious farmer.
SI.OO A YEAR IN ADI ANCE
VOLUME XXV.
Prices Up On
Spanish Peanuts 1
No. 1 Spanish Peanuts wore bring- .
ing $115.00 per ton on the market
here this week, it being reported that :
several sales were made at this figure. 1
Local farmers, members of the farm , 1
bureau, held a meeting at the court
house Friday night and adopted re- ‘
solutions calling for a minimum price
of SIOO per ton on excess and oil stock .
peanuts next year.
Seminole county has been asked for .
a 40 per cent increase in acreage next
year.
30 CENT THEFT IS REPENTED
AFTER 10 YEARS
Glenville. —Someone who has been
doing some really leisurely repenting
contributed 30 cents to charity here
recently.
Store owner 11. Lipsitz received a
letter stating that the writer had stol
en an article worth 29c some ten or i
twelve years ago. The letter contained i
30 cents. Mr. Lipsitz couldn’t recall '
the instance —a deserving charity re-'
reived the donation.
BIRD FIGHTS IMAGE
IN SHINNY AUTO
Cornelian. —A mocking bird’s ap-!
parent dislike for his own image led to
44# sad but necessary extermination:
leewjtly.
The bird was seen for several days;
scratching at his reflection in the side
Verne Knight’s automobile. Mov
ing: the car into the shade did not les
sen the warbler’s obsession; he claw
ed away at the mocking bird with in
creased vigor. Mr. Knight soon began
lx> envision costly paint bills and found
it necessary to use a rifle on the neu<
rotic bird. , _____ .
STATE’S PEANUT GROWERS
FACING TREMENDOUS TASK
I
MORE ACREAGE. MORE SEED, STORAGE SPACE AND
GOOD PRICE NEEDED IN FOOD-FOR-VICTORY DRIVE i
Production of a record-breaking
peanut crop in Georgia during 1942
will present a real task fcr Uie state’s
farmers, Roy Parrish, general mana
ger of the Georgia-Elorida-AlaWißp
Peanut Association, of Camilla, G®,,
asserted this week.
The Federal Government has asked
I CS *5.000 gv.
fl . MAXIMUM <l»
H IW/ INSURANCE \W © ;
I W7 rOREAO* -V ’
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that of paying bills by check,
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Open a checking account
with us today.
Commercial State
Bank
Donalsonville, Georgia
. This Bank Is A Member Os The
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
BnnatenmrilU Nma
Pickle Co. To
Give Farmers
Better Contracts
I
R. D. Bullock, of Cairo Pickle Com
pany, was a business visitor here this ‘
week and announced that contracts
for cucumber growers would be avail
able next week, that the contracts had i
been submitted to the printers fori
printing and only awaited completion
for the sign-up to begin.
County Agent W. E. Brigham will!
be in charge of the sign-up here and:
stations will be operated at Iron City'
and Jakin provided the acreage is ■
sufficient to warrant the stations.
Mr. Bullock did not state what thej
price would be but did inform The;
News that there would be a substan
tial increase in the price offered.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to extend our heartfelt
I
thanks and appreciation to those who,
were so thoughtful and kind to us
during the illness and at the death of
Dr. Thomas Chason.
We also wish to express our appre
ciation for the many beautiful floral
offerings.
! We pray God’s richest blessings on
ieach one of you.
MRS, THOMAS CHASON,
DR, GORDON CHASON.
MRS. JIM REYNOLDS,
MRS. MARY OLIVER,
—
Local attorneys attending the I\i
taula Bar Association meeting in
Cuthbert Tuesday night were E. P.
Stapleton, E> C. Smith, Jr., W. H.
VanLandingham and R. L. Cox. Mr.
Cox is president of the association and
Mr. VanLgndingham is secretary.
many friends are sgyry to
Jk*ar»-that Maw; Virginia Wrvn Lt dh
■ for plantings totaling at feqst 1,137,-
! 000 acres, 74.6 per cent above the pfQr
; duction this year. Most of these will
•! be grown for oil to supply Britain
with vegetable fats under the lend-
, ie®»e act.
Mr, Parrish expressed confidence
I that the state would do its part in the
, drive for increased production, but
pointed out four major problems that
must be solved to facilitate pepk
yields.
Pegged Price Needed
Die Government, he said, must es
tablish a pegged price on peanuts
produced for oil that will insure farm
ers a fair profit on their efforts. This
yppr the price on quota nuts—those
grown unde s *' sppeified allotments for
edible purpmma fa.as beep guaranteed,
but the price on excess nuts fop oil has
■ varied with supply and demand.
Increased production costs another
major point that farmers must con
sider in their drive for a larger crop,
Parrish pointed to the growing
i scarcity of farm labor and the higher
I prices that farmers must pay, both
for supplies and Hu«r z as detetrmin
jng factors.
More Storage Space
Dien the added question of;
providing increased storage facilities
1 to handle the crop, once it is produced- i
, The record high crop of 1940 taxed :
i existing facilities to the limit, and the;
I anticipated production for next year:
i is far beyond the previous high yield,
Mr. Parrish said that crushing mills'
and private interests would be forced
to build new buildings to supply space,
i for the nuts.
A final problem will be the avail
ability of seed. Farmers have been
urged to save sufficient quantities
the 1941 crop to plant next
year's and the GFA is work-
i ing to save xt»e4 for tbqsp haven’t
grown nuts before,
“We’ve got a real job ahead,"
Mr. Parrish declared. “Farmers
should be acquainted with all the dif
ferent angles, and plan their opera
tions accordingly. I’m sure, however,
that we can attain our goals and do
our part in the national Food for Vic
j tory drive.”
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
Dr. Thomas Chason, Beloved
Citizen, Passes Away Monday
l
’ Donalsonville and Seminole county (
■ suffered an irreparable loss Monday i
; morning at five o’clock when Dr.
■ Thomas Chason, beloved physician >
i and citizen passed away at his home,
I here. He had been ill for several
■ months, having spent a short while
i in an Atlanta hospital where the dia-
j e ’
j gnosis of his illness was said to be I
’ an infection of the blood stream. At- ’
; tending specialists abandoned all hope
j for a cure and he was brought home
j to spend his remaining days in his
• home city and county.
; Dr. Chason was born in Donalson
j ville December 17, 1872, the son of
! Reuben and Mary Trawick Chason.
;He obtained his medical . degree j
through courses at Vanderbilt Univer-’
sity, Nashville, Tennessee and at the ]
New York Post Graduate Hospital, |
New York city.
Returning to Donalsonville almost ;
fifty years ago he began the practice l
; of medicine here and had been active-
I ly engaged in this work and farming ■
, operations since that time.
i In 1896 he was united in marriage 1
i with Miss Eleanor Adams, of Scotts
yijle, Virginia, this faithful and de- 1
I voted wife being a constant eompan-
I ion and business associate through
the many years of their happy wedded
life.
For many years Dr. Chason. was
physician and surgeon of Chason’s
Hospital here and contributed much
to medical progress in Seminole Coun
, ty. He gave cheerfully of his ' time
' and p/e;* -’ s-iba ■anflvrprivistrg-
! ed of this section, as well as to his
j regular patrons. He was an outstand
i ing member of the Presbyterian
I church of which he was a deacon and
' which he always supported substan-
■ [ tially. He was always In the forefront
i in any undertaking for the promotion
■ of the interest of his city and county.
| In 1936 friends honored him by send
‘ ing him to the State Senate from the
i Eighth Senatorial District. He was
i author of the State Planning Board
i Law, and was pfjairman of the com-
■ mittee on hygiene and sanitation; and
i served with credit on 14 other eom
! mittees.
I He was a member of the Decatur
! Seminole Medical Society, the South-
■ ern Medical Association, the Chatta
: hoochce Valley Medical Society, The
: Atlantic Coast Line’s surgeon Asso
ciation. and the Americain Medical
! Association. Fraternally he was affil
i lated with tho Freu and Accepted Ma
' sons, and the Knights of Pythias,
He was an honorary member of the
j Lion’s Club and Vice-President and
jdirector of the Commercial State
Bank, of Donalsonville.
Funeral services were held on Tues
day afternoon at the First Presbyter
ian church, the Rev. M. C. Liddell,
! pastor of t|re church was tlie officiat
ing minister, with the Rev. Chester
Campbell of Camilla and Pelham, and
the Rev, C, U, Leach of DeFunjak
■ Springs, Fi«„ both former pastors,
assisting in the services. The active
pall bearers were nephews of Dr.
Chason and were: Arthur Reynolds,
! Albany, Will Reynolds, Enterprise,
I Alg. ( W. H. Miller, Bainbridge, H. L.
I Harrell, Colquitt, Claude Trawick,
Macon, Dr. Reubep Chason grid Dr. J.
■D. Chason. of Montgomery, Ala .u.-)
■ J. S. Reynolds of Atlanta.
; The eiders pr. 4 deacons of the Pres
; bytfcrian church a«d tfce business men
• of the town formed an honorary
; corl, Interment was in the Friendship
cemetery in DonsisonvjUv,
Immediate survivors are h|s wlfv,
Mrs. Eleanor Chason, two sisters Mrs.
i Julia A. Reynolds of Donalsonville,
; Mrs. Mary Oliver of Winter Haven,
Fla., and one brother, Dr. Gordon
i Chason, of Bainbridge.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles R. Richard-
I sop, qf Mjss., and Mr. and
Mrs, tJ. 13. keßy, ul Atlanta. re
I cent guests of Mr. and Mrs, J, L
, Harber, Sr.
1 Miss Aliene O’Neal and Mrs. Lona
I
' Lester, of Atlanta, are home for a few
days.
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 28TH, 1911.
G. P SHINGLER PRAISES
LIFE OF DR. CHASON
The following letter was received
■ this week from Mr. G. P. Shingler, of ■
the chenistry and engineering depart-1
ment of Agriculture at Olustee, Fla., i
Mr. Shingler formerly resided in.
Donalsonville and was well acquaint-'
ied with Dr. Thomas Chason, who j
I passed away this week.
■ The letter follows: ■
Editor
Donalsonville News
Donalsonville, Georgia
Dear Sir:
In the death of Dr. Thomas Chason
l the City of Donalsonville, Seminole ]
i County and Southwest Georgia have:
j lost a very progressive citizen and!
' community builder.
It has been my privilege to know j
i Dr. Chason as a family physician both.
' to my individual family as well as to
: that of my father. I have also known!
. him in the capacity of a citizen in the
I community in the early days of your,
’ town. In every relation, either as phy-,
i sician and surgeon, citizen or church- [
; man, Dr. Chason was true to his con-!
victions and was free to express him-:'
self in all matters of the day as well I
as on the subjects pertaining to the I
community welfare,
Dr. Chason wa a charter member of (
the first banking Institution in Donal
sonville wherein he took an active
part in the upbuilding of the com
munity through the bank’s facilities;
}i? W 35 th<r first, man t<> introduce in- ;
to the community a hospital which he;
carried as his own for a number of
years; and he was among the first!
to establish a Presbyterian church in ‘
the City of Donalsonville and was aqj
Elder for numbers of years.
The outstanding characteristic and
the work which will long be remem- •
bered by thousands of patients, is his.
medical care and his consideration of
those with whom he worked as phy-,
sician and surgeon, in pite of the
many cares upon him as businessman!
and farmpr fee never spumed be dh ‘
verted from the main purpose of hlsi
‘ career. He was the first among those
to advocate the formation of Seminole >
County and attended many of the'
meetings in Atlanta and elsewhere ;
for the establishment of Seminole ’
County. It was through his efforts
many a young man received his start
in a medical career or in business.
His life and work among the citi
zens of today is set forth in the
many institutions with which hisj
name is associated. Instead of retir-l
ing at a time when he could have re- i,
tired, he maintaind his practice and ■
his business interests until the very I.
last, and among his most noteworthy
service was that of membership in ‘
the Sta|e
These observations of his career;
are based upon a friendship that has
extended oyer p period of 44 year.
Never did he fail to exprss to the writ-1
er his interest both in himself and in;
his family and to offer encourage- j
ment in ever undertaking that was;
done and showed that he wanted a
part in the success that came to those I
whom he regarded as his friends, he
shared in the lives of others. This is
; the most pud
j tribute that can be paid to him by
numbers of friends and former pa-1
tients. Tills testimony is added td |'
many others that wj|| bo given at thia i
time, but jt is with a view that his
life and example will be followed by '
others in the community that this
brief statement is written and pre- ’
sented. «
Sincerely,
G. P. SHINGLER. J
I
—1
Miss Merle Reed is spending
Thanksgiving holidays with her p«i- >
ents a|
Rev. and Mrs, Ellis Mjljer and littje
daughter. Peggy, as Norman Park, :
are spendng a few days here this week
with Mrs. Miller’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Daniels.
’ Singing
Announcement was made this week
i that the Seminole County Singing
i Convention would Convene at the FDR
i School on the first Sunday in Decem
j ber, which is December 7.
Arrangements have been made to
heat the building and it should be
, comfortable regardless of weather.
. Public is invited,
I
I
TRY THIS TRICK
■ Omega.—B. W. Snellgrove recently
| performed for himself a feat of magie,
i but entirely to his amazement. He
■ produced a four-inch spotted snake
from an ordinary hen’s egg. The egg
! 'was being cracked preparatory to
■ making cake batter when the snake
was discovered.
COTTON AND WHEAT GROWERS
| TO VOTE ON CROP CONTROLS
By OVID MARTIN.
Confusion in official as well as
I trade quarters as to future agricul
j tural prices has millions of cotton and
wheat farmers guessing what they
should do about federal crop control
' programs.
I Cotton growers will vote ih an
) Agricultural Adjustment Adminis
tration referendum December l.‘l
on whether they want rigid mav->
[keting quotas continued UP next year’s
jerop. Wheat producers will ballot in
■ a similar referendum next spring.
Under quotas, the AAA tells farm
ers how much they may sell. Pro
' ducts sold in excess of a quota are
subject to stiff penalty taxes, which
this year were S cents a pound for)
; cotton and 49 cents a bushel for
i wheat. Quotas u\us| approved Uy
! two-thjrc|s us the tarmeiw voting.
This will be the fifth time that
[ cotton farmers have voted on market
ing controls. For wheat growers it |
| will be the second. The quota propo-j
. sals always carried, usually by top
. heavy majorities. But it has been con-1
i ceded by both supporters and
ents of the AAA system that there'
was little economic reason for rejec-1
tion of quotas.
Past cotton and wheat referenda)
were held at times when prices of I
[these crops were considerably below
' levels demanded by farmers. Tu-d m ■
with the quotas were government com-,
modity loan programs which lifted;
and prices at levels higher
than would otherwise have
J Consequently it was eaxy WX AAA of
ficials to <,g>gvn»ce farmers that they)
; would secure a larger income withi
quotas than without.
The situation is different now. Av
eraging above 16 cents a pound, cot |
ton prices this season have been the)
highest since 1930. This average is
virtually the parity price goal of the[
AAa programs. While not quite
close to the parity goal, whaftt prices I
have been the highest many years. |
Massy formers, traders as well as;
officials, believe these prices will go
higher, This belief la supported byj
administration requests for price-con
trol legislation. There has been muchj
talk in Congress and among officials
concerned over the possibility of in
flation that cotton, if not subject
price ceilings, might go to or 25;
cents a pound. Likewise there has been!
talk of wheat going to $1.50.
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard
himself has implied, through sujjpprt
of the administration’s
bill, he farm prices
gw to levels unfair to consumer
and not in the best interest of wjvicul
ure. He had President. Rowievelt veto
which would have, froxen
government-owned stocks of cotton
and wheat. This legislation would
have taken away from him the power ,
to release such stocks on tne market
to Iz.ep prices from going to exces-
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
| New Ten Cent x
I Store Will
Open Saturday
» ———-
W. \V. Mac Company 5c to SI.OO
Stores. \\ ill open their Donalsonville,
Ga., store on Saturday, November
' ’ 29th, their newest store is located
next door to Mills Drug Co.
Mr. M. It. McLellan, President of
the Company was so impressed with
c the city of Donalsonville a short time
back that he decided to open a store
here. Mr. McClellan said that Donal-
* ville seemed to him a wonderful
, business town second to none for its
3 I size.
e W. W. Mac Company was founded
a little over 5 years ago by Mr. Mc
-1 Lellan after resigning as President of
• the McLellan Stores Co. In 1916 Mr.
McLellan founded the McLellan Stores
Co. Starting with 10 Small Stores this
' Company grew to a chain of over 230
» stores doing an annual business of
! ! over $30,000,000.00.
H
: Miss Wynelle Daniels is spending
Thanksgiving at Andrew College, un-
■ nual homecoming of the college alum
i nae being held during the holidays.
sive levels.
In testimony urging controls, Wick
ard told Congress that one of the sur
est methods <4/ inflation
ary prices was bountiful production.
Some farmers have since suggested
that perhaps the AAA production and
marketing control program for cotton
and possibly 1» diiwon-
1 tinned in 1942.
t
While urging a record produc
tion of food products next year, the
Secretary has asked that the cotton
crop be held to this season's restrict
ed output and that the wheat crop be
reduced about 12 per cent, because of
present large supplies, because of pre
sent large supplies. He said there was
) enough of both crops at the beginning
j of the current marketing year to sup
. ply an extra year’s needs.
AAA officials contended that the
marketing quota system and the
i price-supporting loans are the princi
pal factors in the favorable
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