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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 fanner. SI.OO A YEAR IN ADVANCE VOLUME XXVI. PAVE THE WAY ■' ' Kfl? ■ ■ &T''3HKffiHaoh>i - ■“"’'x \ x <W ipl X Dr. E. C. Bridges Will Move His " Practice Here Ilr.E. C. Bridge.-. Well’Known pby, .sician of this county, will move his office to Donalsonville on or about the first of February and will occupy the offices recently vacated by Dr. H. B. Jenkins. Dr. Bridges has been practicing his profession in this section for many years anil enjoys a wide patronage throughout this section. He will be cordially received by the people of Donalsonville and suround ing community. BUY DEFENSE BONDS Messrs. D. F. Wurst, Lamar Hatch er and P. E. Shingler attended a Lions Club meeting in Bainbridge Wednes day night. SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES For Rent Fire Proof Burglar Proof $1.20 Per Year Including Federal Tax Rent on? of our safety deposit I boxes for safe keeping of valuable i papers. Jewelry, Insurance Policies. I Wills, Deeds, etc. Let Us Show Them To You. COMMERCIAL STATE BANK 1 ■ - i i 5,000 // ./f®? MAXIMUM < ! I 5? |W/ INSURANCEN®! O UnttaLanmnlh Jta Deadline On Automobile Tax Is February 2 ATLANTA,. J'ji. 28—Postal and Internal Revenue officials who sell those little bell - decorated stickers showing you have paid your federal automobile tax, fear a terrific last minute rush before the deadline for ' buying them, midnight February 2. They estimated today that only 175,000 had been sold against some 700,000 cars that need them in the state. [ Marion 11. Allen, Collector of In ternal Revenue, said that drivers us ing their machines without the stamp i after the deadline will be liable to a maximum fine of $25 or 30 days in jail, or both. They also are required of motor-boat operators. The official deadline is February 1, but the extra time was given because i "" I the date falls on Sunday. No further ' extensions will be made, Allen said. The stickers are $2.10 each and can ! be secured at the Post Office in Don ; alsonville. ! BUY DEFENSE BONDS Federal Tax Representative To Be Here Tuesday A field representative of the Bureau ! of Internal Revenue Income Tax Di vision will visit Donalsonville on Feb ; ruary 3rd, to assist the people of this community in making out their in come tax returns for the year 1941. This representative can be found at the postoffice between the hours of. 8:00 a. m. and 5:00 p. m. on that date, Tuesday, February 3. Scores of Seminole Countians, who have not in the past been required to file returns, will find themselves eli -1 giblc under the new reduced exem ptions. Anyone in doubt as to their status under the law should interview , the representative on his visit here. BUY DEFENSE BONDS SHERIFF’S NOTICE— All 1941 tax fi fas have been placed in my hands for immediate collection i and I have instructions from the , County Commissioners to immediately ■ i proceed to collect same or make levies, j i advertise and sell property to satisfy j • the tax claims. Let all taxpayers who have not asi yet paid their taxes see me at oncci and pay their taxes. C. L. CHANDLER, Sheriff! , BUY DEFENSE BONDS OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA Registration Os Men From 20 To 44 Inclusive Is Set For February 16 The third registration day for ail men who have obtained their twen tieth birthday on or before December 31, 19-11, and who have not reached their forty-fifth birthday on February 16, 1942 and who have not heretofore registered, will be held on February 16, 1942. Responsibility of handling the re gistration in each county has been assigned to the local Selective Ser vice Board which has designated all schools in the county and the local Selective Service Board Office as plac es of registration. Hours for registra tion are from 7:00 a. m. to 9:00 p. m. Permission has been given for re gistration of any who desire on Satur day, February 14, and plans are be ing made by the local board to ar range for registration on this date al so. The official proclamation of the President is as follows: A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS: The President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority contained in the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 and the amendment of De cember, 1941, has issued a proclama tion which contains, in part, the fol lowing provisions: 1. The third registration under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 as Amended December, 1941 shall take place in the United States on Monday the 16th day of February, 1942, between the hours of 7 A. M. and 9 P. M. 2. (a) Every male citizen of the United States, and every other male person residing in the continental United States or in the Territory of Alaska or in the Territory of Hawaii or in Puerto.jß»eo, other than persons excepted by section 5 (a) of the Se lective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, and by section 208 of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and Re serve Act of 1941, is required to and shall on February 16, 1942, present himself for and submit to registration before a duly designated registration, official or selective service local board having jurisdiction in the area in which he has his permanent home or in which he may hapen to be on that day if such male citizen or other male person on December 31,1941, has attained the twentieth anniversary of the day of his birth and on February 16, 1942, has not attained the forty fifth anniversary of the day of his birth, and has not heretofore been re gistered under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 and the re gulations thereunder: Provided, That President’s Ball Will Be Held Here Tonight , Plans for the annual President’? Birthday ball to be held tonight, Fri day, have been completed it was an i j nounced Thursday by the chairman of •; this committee. Arrangements have been completed >|for both a square dance and a round • i dance beginning at nine o’clock to be . held at the local basketball shell. ti Music for the square dance will be • furnished by Fiddlin’ Sampson Wad- • dell and Plunkin’ Sam Mills. Callers I for the sets will be Hubert Hardy, Jim ‘ Tom Gibbons, John Howard, and An- • derson Williams. For the round dancers music will be • furnished by a nickelodeon, “jook” or ’ gan, or what have you. Spectators will be admitted free while the men dancers will be charged with an admission of 55e, all proceeds going to the Infantile Paralysis Fund. BUY DEFENSE BONDS STAMP PURCHASE December blue and orange stamps I purchases in Georgia reached $223,356 ,[ according to figures released by the j USDA Surplus Marketing Administra • tion. Orange stamps, purchased by jclineU at local issuing offices totaled > i $133,061. Georgia participants re ! ceived an additional food purchasing , ■ power in form of blue stamps amount- • ing to $90,295. DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, JANUARY, 30TH, 1942. the duty of any person to present him self for and submit to registration in accordance with any previous pro clamation issued under said Act shall not be affected by this proclamation. (b) A person subject to registration may be registered before the date set herein for his registration if arrange ments therefor are made by the local board under rules and regulations prescribed by the Director of Selective Service. Whenever such arangements are made, public notice thereof will be given by the local board. (c) A person subject to registration may be registered after the day fixed for his registration in case he is pre vented from registering on that day by circumstances beyond his control or because he is not present in con tinual United States or the Territory of Alaska or the Territory of Hawaii, or Puerto Rico on that day. If he is not in the Continental United States or the Territory of Alaska or the Ter ritory of Hawaii, or Puerto Rico on the day fixed for his registration but subsequently enters any of such plac es, he shall as soon as possible after such entrance present himself for and submit to registration before a duly designated registration official or se lective service local board. If he is in the continental United States or ini the Territory of Alaska or the Terri-' tcry of Hawaii, or Puerto Rico on the day fixed for his registration but be cause of circumstances beyond his con- . trol is unable to present himself fori and submit to registration on that day, he shall do so as soon as possible after the cause for such inability ceas es to exist. 3. The registration under this pro clamation shall be in accordance with the Selective Service Regulations gov .erniug r> gistration. Every person sub ject to registration is required to fa miliarize himself with such regula tions and to comply therewith. 4. I call upon the Governor of each of the several States and the terri tories of Alaska and Hawaii, and of Puerto Rico, and the Board of Com missioners of the District of Colum bia, and all officers and agents of the United States and all officers and a gents of the several States, Territor ies, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, and political subdivisions thereof, and all local boards and a gents thereof appointed under the provisions of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, or the Selective Service Regulations prescribed thereunder, to do and per form all acts and services necessary to accomplish efective and complete re gistration. Farmers Wanted To Grow Okra On Contract The Concord Corporation, owned and operated by R. V. Crine, of Cairo, has offered the farmers of Seminole ' and Adjoining counties, through Coun ty Agent W. E. Brigham, a contract to grow okra this year at a contract price of $35.00 per ton, of $1.75 per hundred pounds. Mr. Crine states that the crop is one of the easiest to grow and one of the most profitable of truck crops. Aver age yield per acre ranges from 2 to 6 tons, and the harvesting season begins in early summer, lasting through the months of June, July and into August, this being at a time when the farm ers have little or no income, he points out. Cultivation of the crop is much easier than many other crons, he states. Farmers that are interested in growing okra or cucumbers should see Mr. Brigham at an early date. BUY’ DEFENSE BONDS FAT CALVES The fat calf industry offers an op portunity to raise beef where there is a small amount of grain and relative ly larger amounts of of roughage and pastures, the Extension Service points out. Many counties are turning to the fat calf method of producing beef. BUY DEFENSE BONOS ■ ■■ ' ' ■ ■ BOY SCOUTS' RANKS GROWING K , - . , ■, I 1 JR; W K ‘ S: 'W C TwrnmiW ~g ‘lo /114 lW Tire Allocation For February Is Announced The Office of Price Administration announces the following information regarding the allocation of tires for the month of February, 1942. Passenger Cars 4 tires and 3 tubes. All Trucks 13 tires and 22 tubes. The Rationing Board is allowed to issue certificates for only one-fourth the month’s quota during any one week. This means that only one pas- i senger care tire may be issued per j week,during the month of February. I Tires of certain sizes are classed i “obsolete”. The only requirements necessary for one to secure certificat es for tires classed as “obsolete” are as follows: 1. If the tire cannot be retreaded, j recapped, or repaired. 2. That the tire be placed on the car I at once. 3. That the old tire be traded in. Tire dealers have a list of all tires classed as “obsolete”. Forms for reporting violation of the Tire Rationing regulations are now available in the office of the local Ra tional Board. Mr. T. M. Forbes, State Rationing Administrator, states, “If an indivi vidual secures a certificate for the purchasing of a new tire or tube for a privately owned car or truck on the grounds that he Is using that car orj truck exclusively for one or more of i the eligible purposes, and then he us es that car or truck for any other in eligible purpose, that individual is guilty of having furnished false in formatoin to the Local Rationing ( Board through which the certificate) was issued, and he is subject to the penalties for violation of the order un der which the Rationing Program was established.” BUY DEFENSE BONDS Baptists To Hear | Rev. C. S. Smith Rev. C. S. Smith, of Paintsville, Kentucky, will fill the pulpit of the local Baptist Church, both morning and evening next Sunday at the re gular service hours. Rev. Smith has been conducting a revival at Lakeland, Fla., and wjil stop here for the day on his return homp. Members of the church and visitors are urged to attend. BUY DEFENSE BONDS Mr. W. H. Etheridge transacted b-’.rincs’ in Jacksonville, Fla., Monday. 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 Farmers Given Course In Tractor Farming Georgia farmers wffl have a rhanee i to attend a short course on Tractor I Farming for three days next week at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural Col , lege, according to T. M. Cordell, di rector of adult education. The course I will begin Tuesday morning February 3, and end Thursday at noon. All the major tractor companies op erating in Georgia are expected to have specialists and service men on the campus to discuss questions con cerning the care and use of tractors to provide the longest life at the cheap est cost. Speciality from the Universi ty System also will conduct classes and demonstrations on the economic as well as mechanical features of tractor operations in Georgia. OLIVE theatre Saturday Only Bill Elliot, In “WILDCAT OF TUCSON" | ~ „ Monday and Tuesday Gary Cooper, In “SERGEANT YORK" i . i Wednesday Only John Sutton - Lynn Bari, In I “MOON OVER HER SHOULDER”; | Thursday and Friday I [ Charles Boyer - Margaret Sullivan i —ln I “APPOINTMENT FOR LOVE" | Midget Theatre. , Saturday Only Jimmy Lydon, In "Henry Aldrich For President" i i NUMBER I.