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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 , ' 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. I W/ INSURANCE'Em O I I 5 WL FOREMM W i W O* l **" 0 * ' W & PAY BY CHECK- One of the most valuable pri vileges enjoyed by the aver age citizen in this country is that of paying bills by check, safely, conveniently and at low cost. It is the American way. Open a checking account with us today. Commercial State Bank Donalsonville, Georgia This Bank Is A Member OF The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Bntiateimtrillr Nma SANTA TO BE HERE MONDAY V : e ■ 1 'f » ■ i k. rfj 1 / • ft 3 SANTA SAYS HE WILL APPEAR HER; 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. . 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. PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION 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. PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION !' 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. >. J NUMUBER 47.