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SEMINOLE COUNTY
Georgia’s Peanut Center
she richest and best farming section
of the world, the home of the in
dustrious farmer.
SI.OO A YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOLUME XXV.
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World Wide War Analysis As
Gathered From Late News Bulletins
Thursday Night.
On this day, 1918, Corporal Adolph
Hitler gave a “Hoch der Kaiser”
and goose-stepped in his clumsy knee
boots into what was at once the most
glorous and the most catastrophic
year of the World War for Germans
arms.
He glowed with fervor as his hob
nails crashed onto conquered French
soil, for he felt sure he could see in
the not far distance the fruition of his
greatest boyhood dream. That was a
vision of a Europe ruled by one do
minant race—the Prussians.
The German high command al
ready on that New Year’s Day was
preparing for the great offensive
which began in March and swelled
with victory until it finally brought
out British Field Marshal Haig’s
historic order of the day to his dog
tired, battle stained troops:
“Every position must be held to the
last man. There must be no retirement
With our backs to the wall, and be
lieving in the justness of our cause,
each of us must fight to the end.”
That was on April 11 —a date never
to be forgotten by those of us who
were on the field of action. The swirl
ing lines were changing so fast that
Jieadquarters at times didn’t know
the positions held by their own troops
in some sectors. Germanic victory
rode the winds.
Yet a brief eight months latei' as I
st<M»d on the great bridge across the
Rhine by the haughty city of Colo
gne, Field Marshal Haig handed me
a memento of Allied triumph—a
souvenir of the final collapse of the
mighty •Fatherland, syn ’ ->lized
that day by the military occupation
of the Rhineland. It was a small Un
ion jack, nailed to a rough staff which
had been whittled with a jack-knife
from a stick by the commander in
chief’s orderly. ,
I was looking at that little flag
last night, and it said to me:
“Tell your readers that they can
look the year 1942 squarely in the
eye without fear or doubt.
“Tell them that Germany is very
definitely on the down grade. It still
has much power in hand, but its
strength is far less than it was 12
months ago, and this winter bids fair
to raise further havoc, what with the
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vileges enjoyed by the aver
age citizen in this country is
that of paying bills by check,
safely, conveniently and at
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way,
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with us today.
Commercial State
Bank
Donalsonville, Georgia
This Bank Is A Member OF The
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
Bimalantttrilb Nnud
WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF A REAL AIR RAID
IF IT COMES
Congress has voted billions of dol
ers for the defense of our country.
Warships are being built, soldiers
are being trained, young men are
learning to fly, and factories are turn
ing out vast quantities of supplies to
arm our Army, Navy and Air forces.
THIS IS FOR YOU . . .
All this is for the defense of our
country, to protect our shores, to
prevent invasion of our land and to
preserve our institutions.
We have learned of a new technique
in the invasion of countries. There is
no longer a “war zone”. An entire
country is subject to sudden, sur
prise attacks. Every civilian is ex
posed to danger. A vital part of our
defense, therefore is that civilians
be trained to protect themselves and
to know just what to do in the event
of an attack from the air.
New York City is in little danger
of attack from airplanes. But such an
air attack is not impossible. New
York, as the nerve center of the na
tion, presents a tempting target which
Russian debacle, and the disease, and
the starvation and the general chaos
in many part of a war-shattered
Europe.
“No matter what success Japan
achieves now in the Orient, they,
cannot greatly afect the European
war—unless the Allies allow this Far
Eastern conflict to distract their at
tention from the paramount theatre,
which without question is Europe. But
don’t forget that conversley, when
Hitler is smashed, Japan’s fall is inev
itable. In other words, the paramount
job is to beat Germany, and when that
is done, the rest will follow,
“So tell your readers that from
me, and give them best wishes of
■ the season from Haig’s Union Jack.”
Well, that’s what the small flag
said to me last night, and I pass the
word on to you in the firm belief that
it sizes the position up accurately. No,
it’s not guesswork, but the result of
careful analysis, and I believe repre
sents the consensus among observes
outside the Axis nations.
The one-time Corporal Hitler yes
terday declared in a message to the
people ovei - whom he now roules as
dictator that 42 will bring victory to
his side. But we don’t need to let that
get us down any more. A year ago he
announced that the Axis would crush
its enemies in 1941. He, or his spokes
men, said the British were beaten, but
were too stupid to know it. Later he
announced that the Russion armies
were on the verge of dissolution and
that the Soviet already was vanquish
ed.
Words like that had their effect on
the world a year ago, but not today.
They are drowned in the sounds of
the German decade in Russia, and the
clash of arms from the Axis defeat
in Libya, and the detonation of the
mightly bombs dropped by a British
air force which now can claim super
iority over the Germans far onto the
continent-
It just isn’t the same old Hitler talk
ing. and when he topples from his
pinnacle, the Japanise will in due
course hold thejr noses and take
their medicine.
SPECIAL §ERYICES
AT IRON CITY METHODIST
CHURCH SUNDAY
The pastor announces that there;
will be special services at the Iron
City Methodist church Sunday, both:
at the morning and evening hours..
The public is cordially invited. The
morning service, at 11:00 o’clock, will;
consist of an organizational set up and i
an installation of the church officers.
The evening service, 7:00 o'clock, is]
to be a laymen's service. A visiting!
layman is expected for this service.!
The pastor wiR bring a brief message!
at the morning hour, The church;
school meets at 10:00 o’clock. Classes
for every one, E. R, Ward, superin-!
tendent.
Farmers desiring test run on any!
seed to determine how well they will,
germinate should contact County i
Agent Bill Brigham.
A houie garden should be a year
round propostion of farm families. ‘
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
might justify an enemy in taking
great risks.
JUST IN CASE . . .
We must prepare now, in time of
peace, against this possibility just as
we take precautions against every day
fires and accidents.
The Mayor has appointed an Em
ergency Board to draw up rules for
the protection of the citizens, just in
case they should be necessary.
Again remember, there is no im
mediate danger. All of these prepara
tions are solely as a matter of precau
tion.
IF AN ATTACK SHOULD COME . .
It is so important that every citi
zen should know just what to do and
how to do it. In due time, definite in
structions will be given.
In the meantime, learn to keep
calm-walk, never run, in the event of
any emergency.
Do not be frightened.
Pay no attention to Rumor Mon
gers. Do not listen to gossip.
Do not become panicky and above
all, do not permit anyone to cause
No Accidents
Marred Holidays
In Donalsonville
No accidents marred the Christ
mas season in Donalsonville and the
occassion was perhaps one of the
merriest in many years.
Local merchants reported an ex
cellent holiday trade and many fami
lies benefitted from gifts sent out by
the Lions Club and other civic organi
zations.
»■ A larte rumbw of colic v-'' shidprts,
were at home for the holidays and
many other homes were brightened
by sons, daughters and relatives com
ming home for Christmas,
Rev. T. E. Bush
To Preach Here
Next Sunday
Rev. T. E. Bush, blind preacher and
musician will fill the pulpit of the
local Baptist Church, both morning
and evening, next Sunday, it was an
nounced by the pulpit committee this
week,
Rev. Bush is quite an interesting
scholar and to hear him should prove
a real treat to the people of the com
munity.
Dove Season
Closes Saturday
The shortest dove season in history
will come to a close on Saturday night
of next week, just forty one days af
ter its opening on December Ist. After
that time it will be unlawful to shoot
doves in Georgia.
The season many years ago included
from the month of September and
from November 20th to March 31st.
Little by little the period of time open
for shooting the birds has been cut
down, the shortage of the number of
doves being responsible for the dras
tic cut this year,
The season on quail and wild turkey
will not close until March 31st.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTICE
Sunday School—lo a. m.
Divine Worship—ll a. m.
Christian Endeavor—6:4s p. m.
Worship—7:3o p. m.
Sermon theme for 11 o’clock a. m.
“The Magna Carta Os The Church”.
Sermon subject for 7:30 p. m.
“Four Things About A Christian.”—
The church will be warm.
You will be greeted by a friend who
will gladly take you by the hand, smile
into your face and make you feel that
a sincere welcome awaits you.
M. C. Liddell, Pastor.
Narrow-leqved evergreens are best
for hedges, screens, and backgrounds.
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, JANUARY 2ND, 1942.
any fear. Even in times of peace, in:
a congested city there is a grave!
danger of people being injured by
people becoming panicky. Whether it
is a fire, or the chase of a pickpocket,
or a bursted water main, do your part
by not mingling with crowds, by not
rushing and running. We have learned
that it is easy to create a panic by
just a few people shouting, screaming
and racing in a given direction.
Panic stricken people impede fire
men, the police and other authorities
who are trying to protect them.
So keep cool-don’t be alarmed! Justj
use common sense!
Some of the instructions that may :
be later issued are of this character:
Avoid open spaces, streets, parks.
Leave bus, street car or auto. Seek a
place of safety.
Avoid top and bottom stories of
buildings. Don’t use elevators. Use
cellars only in well constructed build
ings.
Leave all personal belongings-your
life is more important.
Do not crowd in one spot.
! Schools Reopen
! For Spring Term
The Seminole County High School,
along with all other schools of the
j County, opened Monday morning for
I the regular Spring term. There were
| changes in the local faculty.
The enrollment in the local school
was about the same as for the fall
session, the total being above 600 pu-
I pils.
Patrol Office
Construction Will
Begin Soon
Indications were this week that
construction of the Highway Patrol
office here would begin within the
next week or ten days, according to
a letter received from Major John
Goodwin of the Public Safety Depart
ment.
Mr. Goodwin stated that a crew of
state workmen were completing an of
fice at Mcßae and that plans and
specifications were now being drawn
for the Donalsonville office and these
would be submitted to the Lions Club
committee at once for aproval.
Seminole county will furnish SI,OOO
of the amount to construct the office
and the state will furnish the remaind
er.
The office will be located on the cor
ner next to the residence of Mrs. A. C.
Warren.
Dr. Jenkins
Called Into
Service
Dr. H. B. Jenkins, local physician
and a member of the officers reserve
of the U. S. Army, has received or
ders to report for duty to Camp Gor
don, at Atlanta, and he is expected to
leave January 15th.
A group of local business men and
citizens of the county are expected to
appeal to the army officials, however,
to permit Dr. Jenkins to stay here,
due to a shortage of doctors in this
section, and this group is expected to
go to Atlanta sometime this week to
personally present the appeal,
Dr. Jenkins holds the rank of Major
in the Army. He is owner and chief
surgeon of the Donalsonville hospital
here. An associate. Dr, 11. 11 Haxley.
who was also in the reserve corps,!
was called to active duty' earlier this ;
year.
Longleaf is a study tree, usually;
resistant to attack by insects and
disease.
Lespedeza serjcea, aay Extension j
workers, will grow on much poorer
land than alfalfa and for this reason
has been called “poor land alfalfa”. |
IF YOU ARE AT HOME . , .
Put out the lights-they may guide
enemy planes.
Close windows tightly. Pull down
shades.
Turn off gas, electric connections if
possible.
Do not get excited.
The above are only samples-but all
should be thinking about them. It is
our hope that we never will be called
upon to carry them out.
WE ARE AMERICANS, AND
MIGHTY PROUD OF IT . . .
Remember, this is not a war bullet
in. It is only a reminder that in
course of time definite instructions
may be given. Even that will not mean
that there is any danger of attack.
Be prepared to learn to do your in
dividual part as a citizen of this great
City in every emergency.
Everything possible is being done
for your protection. If we keep our
heads and follow instructions we
have nothing to fear.
Mr. Milton Shingler
Dies Here
Christmas Day
The sudden death of Mr. Milton
Shingler, well known and beloved citi
zen of Donalsonville, which occurred
Christmas Day, came as a distinct
shock to his many friends,
Mr. Shingler operated a camp on
Spring Creek where he enjoyed the
patronage of hundreds of hunters and
fishermen from this section who visit
ed his place for boats, meals and lodg
mf while on fishing or hunting trips
at Spring Creek.
Early Christmas morning, appar
ently feeling fine, he left his home
j here and went to his camp. About 10
■ o’clock he was found dead sitting on
’ a bench in the dining room of his
eamp by a party of local hunters com
posed of Messrs. Henry VanLanding
ham, Fred Gibbons and Harris Hodg
es,
Sheriff Catledge of Bainbridge, was
summoned and a coroner’s inquest was
held, the verdict being that he had
come to his death as a result of a,
heart attack. He had been disabled
from a weak heart for several years,
and though his death was not wholly
unexpected, nevertheless, it came as
a shock.
I
He was born and reared in Donal-1
sonville, a son of the late T. J. Shing- j
ler, Sr. He was 51 years old.
Funerial services wet-e held at the!
home of his brother T. J. Shingler, Jr.,
Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, Rev.
C. U. Leach, of De Funiak Springs,
Fla., conducting the service. Poll
bearers were Paul, Sjd and Lewis
Shingler, H, O- Cummings, Tom Tra
wick apd Bartow Saunders, of Boni
fay, Fla,
Interment was In the local ceme
tery, a large concourse of friends and
many beautiful floral offerings at
testing to the high esteem in which
he was held. Evans and Son, funeral
directors, were in charge.
He is survived by his wit®, who be
fore her marriage thirty years ago
was Miss Julia Chason, and two
daughters, Mrs. Lonie Lester and Mrs.
Dan Bruce, of Atlanta.
Among those from out of town at
tending the funeral were:
Mrs. J. S. Shingler. Messrs, Herbert
and Bob Shingler and Miss Louise
Shingler, of Ashburn; Dr. and Mrs.
Harold Chason and daughter, of Chi
cago; Dr, and Mrs, Reuben Chason;
of Montgomery, Ala., Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Harrell, Mr. John Chason and
Mrs. J. M. Grow, of Colquitt.
Ginning Report
The final ginning report for the
year showed that Seminole county
ginned 3,605 hales during the 1941
season as compared with 3,266 bales
for the year 1940.
Decatur county showed 925 bales
ginned in 1941 as compared to a total
of 986 for 1940.
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
First Practice
Blackout Held
Here Monday
Perhaps one of the largest crowds
ever to attend a public meeting in
Donalsonville was that on last Sun
day afternoon when Mayor M. M.
Minter and Capt. C. W. Beardsley of
the Home Defense Corps called a
meeting of the people of the communi
ty att the courthouse. The court
house was filled to overflowing with
both white and colored attending.
The purpose of the meeting was to
solicit volunteer air raid wardens to
patrol the streets of the city to make
certain that a complete blackout of
all lights was effected in the event of
receiving a notice that enemy planes
were approach ipng,
C. L. Hatcher was named warden in
chief, and R. C. Roberts was named
assistant warden. Volunteer assi. tants
were then named for each block in the
city.
The first practice blackout was held
on Monday night. At a given signal at
ten o’clock, the fire sirene was sound
ed and all lights oi the city were ex
tinguished. \V ith only one or two min
or exceptions, the lights were all ex
tinguished. An army plane circled the
city to determine the success of the
blackout and sounded a siren when one
lighted building was observed. This
was quickly extinguished, however.
Other practice blackouts will be held
soon, it is said, to get the public use
to the signals.
TO THE PEOPLE OF
DONALSONVILLE
The undersigned mayor and air
raid wardens wish to express their
appreciation of the splerdid co<per«-
tion and attendance at the meeting
at the Courthouse Sunday afternood.
This certainly shows that same old
Donalsonville spirit. That is, when
something is to be done, the people
of Donalsonville just get together and
do it.
Now is the time more than ever that
we should certainly cooperate and
pull together. By organizing Our City
in advance we know what to do in case
of an emergency.
Again thanking you for your’ in
terest now and in the furture,*
Dr. M. M. Minter, Mayor,
C. Lamar Hatcher, Warden,
R. Curtis Roberts, Warden.
OLIVE j
THEATRE
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Saturday Only
Johnny Mcßrown, In
‘ BOSS OP' BULLION CITY”
Monday and Tuesday
Priscilla Lane, In
“BLUES IN THE NIGHT"
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Wednesday Only
Ida Lupino and Lewis Hayword, in
“LADIES LN RETIREMENT" .
Thursday and Friday
Walter Houston and Walter Bran
nan, In
“SWAMP WATER"
Midget Theatre
Saturday Only
Brian Donlevy - Maria Montez, in
“SOUTH OF TAHITI"
NUMBER 49.