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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.
UflD ata
if a n glance •
As Gathered From Late News
Bulletins Thursday night.
Filipino troops smash Japanese,
throw invaders back many miles; Tok
yo says Japanese pincers driving to
ward Manila from north and south;
U. S. Army reports Philippine “sit
uation unchanged.”
Japan admits five submarines lost j
in attack on Pearl Harbor, claims!
five U. S. battleships and two cruisers j
sunk; U. S. fighting forces in Hawaii]
get new commanders to avenge Hono- j
lulu attack; Tokyo reports three “ene
my” submarines sunk in Pacific.
British admit new withdrawal as
Jananese drive down Malaya penin
sula toward Singapore; Hongkong
scorns new Japanese demand for sur
render; Allied troops occupy Portu
guese part of Timor Island, balk
threat of Japanese seizure for sub
marine base.
Britain announces Axis front com
pletely shattered in North Africa,
with German-Italian armies “now in
full retreat”; British troops chase
fleeing Axis forces 30 miles.
Russia says German invasion ar
mies in chaotic flight, Red soldiers
complain “we can’t keep up with the
Germans, they run so fast”; Soviet
broadcast reports Italian and Ruman
ian troops fight Germans; Red armies
battle to recapture Kharkov, “Russia’s
Pittsburch”; Finns hint Germans quit
siege of Leningrad.
Greek and Yugoslav “Freedom
Armies” join forces, battle Nazi con
querors.
Funeral Held
For 0. Easom
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Funeral services for Mr. O. Easom,
71, were held at Springfield Church
in Early county Wednesday afternoon
at 3 o’clock, Rev. Charles McMullen
conducting the services.
Mr. Easom, who passed away Tues
day at noon from a heart attack, was
born in 1870 in Early county where he
resided all his life.
Surviving are his wife, and five
sons, W. O. Easom, of Lumming, Ne
vada, Lee, John and Elton Easom, of
Elyria, Ohio, and Raymond Easom, of
Tallahassee. Fla.
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NORTH POLE, DEC. 12, 1941. (BY RADIO)
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, DONALSONVILLE, GA.
' I GLADLY ACCEPT INVITATION OF DONALSONVILLE
MERCHANTS TO MAKE PERSONAL VISITS TO DONAL- ■
SONVILLE DURING HOLIDAY TRADE SEASQN. HOPE
TO ARRIVE IN DONALSONVILLE MONDAY, DEC. 22ND.
.. ; SANTA CLAUS.
Shooting Fireworks
Prohibited In
City This Xmas
The Mayor and Council of the City
of Donalsonville issued an order to
all policemen to arrest and prefer
charges against those caught shoot
ing fireworks on the streets of the
city. An ordinance is on the city
statutes prohibiting the shooting of
fireworks and Mayor Minter states
that the ordinance will be enforced.
The city has only recently repealed
an ordinance to permit the sale of
fireworks in the city limits.
NOTICE
There is a city ordinance forbidding
shooting of fireworks on the streets
of the city, and this is to advise that
all officers have been instructed to
prefer charges against persons caught
violating this ordinance.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
City of Donalsonville.
RECEIVES CITATION
Eugene Ingram, Seminole county
youth, and the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Ingram, received a citation
from his battery commander as an
outstanding private following maneu
vers in North Carolina recently.
Young Ingram is a member of the
Bth Infantry of ther Anti-Tank Bat
talion from Fort Jackson, S. C.
U. S. FLEET SAILS UNDER ORDERS TO FIND AND DESTROY JAP NAVY
WASHINGTON,- Dec— 19—The’i
Unitted States battle fleet, wearing
the scars of Pearl Harbor but in for-11
midable fighting strength despite itsi]
losses, hunted the vastness of the Pa- ;
cfic Tuesday for the Japanese fleet—j 1
and vengeance, ! 1
The orders, in traditional Navy
phrasing, were: “Seek out the enemy !
and destroy him.” '
The grevious story of Pearl Har
bor had been told—a story that dis- 1
closed a fatal lack of vigilance, but
a story, too, of epic drama, gallantry
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CIT Y OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, DECENMER 19TH, 1941.
Farm Bureau
To Meet
J. G. Lane, secretary-treasurer of
the Seminole County Farm Bureau,
announces that there will be a meet
ing of the bureau tonight, Friday, at
7:30 o’clock at the courthouse.
Every member is urged to attend
and bring new members along.
Schools Close
For Christmas
County School Supt. N. P. Malcom
announced this week that all county;
schools will close today, Friday at
one o’clock for the Christmas holidays. 1
The schools will reopen on Monday,'
December 29th, giving the pupils a
week of vacation.
SPECIAL LIBRARY NOTICE
The Seminole WPA Library will be
closed for the entire week of Christ
mas. This covers the period from De
cember 22 through December 27, in
clusive.
All who have books due, to come
back before that time, please bring
them in. If you want a good book to
.ead during the Holiday Season be
mre to visit the library before the
‘losing date.
Lillie Seale, Librarian.
and plain fighting courage. And that!
official account gave some hint of the ;
heavy score the Navy was out to re-J
pav.
We two forces the Navy sought to
learn the enemy’s whereabouts andj
dispositions. The main Pacific battle
fleet, under command of Adminal Hus. i
band E, Kimmel, presumably was op
erating west of Hawaii. The smaller
Asiatic fleet, which takes its orders
from peppery Admiral Thomas C-
Hart ranged the South China Sea,
looking for the Japanese squadron
TO PUBLISH TUESDAY
The News will publish its regular
weekly issue on Tuesday of next Week ]
to permit the force to enjoy a little;
relaxation from the usual “grind” fori
the week. •
Any news items for next week must i
be in the hands of the printer not lat- i
ter than Tuesday morning at 10
o’clock.
State Cotton
Allocation For
1942 Announced
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16—The Ag
riculture Department announced
Tuesday preliminary state cotton
acreage allotments for 1942 totaling
26,598,000 acres.
The allotments did not include acre
age increases to be made growers un
der the minimum farm allotment pro
■ visions of the Farm Act. Officials
said that the total allotment was ex
peetetd to be about 27,400,000 acres
after the minimum allotment provi
sions had been applied.
The allotment in 1941 was 27,000,-
000 acres, but only 23,250,000 acres
were planted. Before the crop con
‘•ograms were inaugurated in
_j t iotton acreage often amounted
to as much as 40,000,000 acres.
The state allotments will be ap
portioned among growers under a
formula set up in the Farm Act. By
<on ~'lying with thert ■ allotments,
i farmers may earn conservation pay
' ments amounting to 1.25 cents a
pound on the normal yield of the al-
I lotment. Parity payments also are
’ conditioned upon compliance with the
1 allotments.
Farm allotments also will be used
I in determining marketing quotas,
j which were approved by growers in a
i referendum Saturday.
The allotments by states for 1942
and 1941, respectively, included:
Alabama, 2,215,283 and 2,219,961
acres; Florida, 78,668 and 79,231; Mis
sissippi, 2,656,010 and 2,661,572;
North Carolina, 912,810 and 914,815;
South Carolina, 1,320,168 and 1,322,-
978; Tennessee, 757,783 and 759,113;
Texas, 9,730,972 and 9,777,435; and]
Virginia, 52,263 and 52,377.
Meanwhile, the Agriculture Depart
ment announced that effective Sat
urday it would discontinue subsidiz
ing exports of cotton products.
Payment of subsidies no longer is
necessary, the department said, be
cause of the war with Japan.
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WORDS OF BIBLE
LAUD VIRTUES
IN ‘GIVING’
A little research reveals that many
of the familiar quotations on the vir.
tues of “giving" have a sound basis
in Holy Scripture. Though they were
not all made in connection with “giv
ing” at Christmas time, the verses
(all taken from the Bible) provide
definite dyes to the origin of the
many more modern “give” slogans
so often heard in the holiday season.
This week the News can think of no
more appropriate fillers than these
verses. You’ll find them in bold face
type scattered throughout the entire
paper. Good reading but convenient
filler nevertheless.
which got away once under cover of*
darkness.
Urge Relief of Wake
The capital realised, however, that
it might be days, weeks, or even
months before the electrifying words
—“action joined”—flashed from the ■
fleet. The military situation was of
more immediate concern, although it
failed to displace the Navy’s officialj’
report on Pearl Harbor as the No. 1
discussion topic.
The stout-hearted defenders of
Wake and Midway continued first in
Promises Present For Every
Child Both White And Colored
Santa Claus is coming to Donalsonville next Monday, arriving
here by airplane about eleven o’clock. According to arrangements
completed this week by the Donalsonville Chamber of Commerce.
Home Defense
Corps Goes
To Macon
A number of the local Home De
(Cense Corps attended a meeting in
I Macon Sunday to receive valuable in
structions in handling of bayonets,
hand grenades, time bomba, field tele
phones and portable radio receiving
and transmitting sets.
The local group was headed by
Captain C. W. Beardsley, with others
attetnding as follows: Lieutenant R.
C. Roberts; Sergeants Buddy Sullivan,
Ellison Dunn, Frank Spooner and B.
F. Fletcher; Corporals Fred Gibbons
and Mack Fain and Privates Edgar
Mosely, E. H. Howard, Lamar Hatch
er, Sidney Shingler and Lieutenant
Culpepper of the Air Corps.
Local School
Patrol Is
Appointed
I The personnel of the Safety Patrol
of the Donalsonville school* was an
nounced this week by C. B. Rickman,
principal of the school.. Principal
Rickman is leader of the Patrol and
the following have been named as
members.
Carlton Thomas, Edward Hasty,
Timothy Williams, Thomas Garwood,
Capt., Calvin Lord, Clovis Miller,
Thomas Morris, Wallace Drake, Lev/e
Johnson, Arthur Lee Hay, William
Herring, Saunders Garwood, John
Cecil White, Walton Hawkins, Cecil
Spooner, Pete Howard, Lamar Hill,
and Paul Preston.
These school children were selected
by the teachers of the school for out
i standing character and application to
: their school work. Each was awarded
a patrol badge sworn in as an officer
by Trooper R. M. Consler of the Geor
gia State Patrol, who also gave a
safety talk and instructed the child
ren as to their duties.
Offers Real ;
Bargains In
Real Estate
Mr. D. F. Wurst, through this week’s
issue of The News, offers some choice
residental lots for sale on the north
side of town. A plat of the lots is
shown In a full page advertisement
elsewhere in this issue.
Mr. Wurst offers the lots for sale
at attractive prices, with a small
down payment and the balance on
terms.
Look over the plat, pick out your lot
and see him if you are interested.
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the hearts of their countrymen, and
several senatotrs urged that some ef
fort be made to relieve the marines
who have been battling off repeated
Japanese attacks on the two tiny is
land outposts.
As for the report of Secretary of
Navy Knox on Pearl Harbor’s “Bloody
Sunday," the reaction of official and:
unofficial Washington was generally
one of relief, Capitol Hill, which haa
buzzed for days with horrendous re
ports that had most of the fleet wip
ed out, exoressed satisfaction that the
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
• He will land at the local golf course
; and from there will be brought to the
city with his hundreds of gifts for
the children of the community.
Last year he paid a visit to Donal
sonville and one of the largest crowds
ever to visit Donalsonville was on
hand. Hundreds of children were
thrilled by the appearance of Santa
and many children received gifts that
would not have received then; during
the Christinas holidays.
To the merchants of the city ,oes
the credit for enabling Santa to ri.ake
the trip here. They have made a'.: ar
rangements necessary and are t. as
sist Santa with the finacial enu of
buying the gifts.
In order to handle the crowds ex
pected, the Home Defense Corps has
been asked to assist and all members
of the Corps are requested by Capt.
C. W. Beardsley to be on hand.
Farmers Receive
Cuke Contract
With Favor
Quite a favorable response to the
cucumber acreage has been received
this week, it was announced Thursday
by a representative of th" Cairo Pickle
Company. Quite a large- number of
glowers in this county and territory
have already expressed their desire to
contract for this year and others are
certain to fall in line before the plant
ing season gets underway.
Quite a few have already signed
contracts for the coming year and In
dications are that stations will again
1 be operated at both Jakin, Iron City
and Donalsonville.
Contracts are now available for
signing at Harvey Bros, and C. C.
Crook’s Store in Jakin, County Agent
W. E. Brigham's office, the Comercial
State Bank and Donalsonville office
in Donalsonville, and E. R. Ward’s
Store and Pace’s Service Station in
Iron City.
Local Defense
Corps Is Called
;To Active Duty
The local Defense Corps was pres sed
into service last week and has t en
detailed to guard the waterworks,
the power plant and the REA sub
station against sabotage.
The guard details are handled in
shifts, the men working three he rs
every third night and for the b* e
flt of the public the unit is work ig
without pay.
Guards are placed around the es re
plant and walk post during the tl 'e
hours they are on duty. In guar< ;
the past week the members got a
real taste of army life, being on duty
throughout the rain and cold weather.
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!' losses were not too great.
The report that Japan had
i temporarily ups#t the capital ship ra-
1 1 tio by knocking but tw’o American bat
tleships—ft gain quickly cancelled a
few days later when United States
' bombers blasted two Japanese battle
ships out of action near the Pbilip
l; pines. The Japanese ships were of
the Kongo class, and the
l} Army here claimed that one of them
•: —the Haruna—had been sent ta the
• bottom.
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NUMUBER 47.