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UNITED STATES WAR
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SI.OO A YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOLUME XXVI.
STATE PRIMARY TO BE HELD ON
WEDNESDAY; NEW LAWS APPLY
Interest Increases
As Balloting Nears
NEW LAWS REQUIRE BALLOTS
TO RE PUBLICLY
COUNTED.
The biff Sept. 9th biennial state
primary is now only 5 days off and
greatly increased interest in the state
and congressional races is evidenced
in this county. Candidates and their
supporters are very busy despite
travel restrictions.
Opinions are that a comparatively
light vote will be cast here, with the
registration list smaller than usual,
with numerous young men away in
the service of their county, and too,
with many farmers so busy harvest
ing their crops. However, a good vote
is expected in spite of the fact that no
local races are involved.
Chief interest in this county centers
in the Governor’s race with the lines
tightly drawn by friends of Governoi
Talmadge and Ellis Arnall. The out
come cf the race in this county will
probably be in doubt until the final
votes are counted.
In two other races which are pre
dicted to be overwhelming victories
for the incumbents. Senator Richard
B. Russell is being opposed by form
er Congressman W. D. Upshaw, and
Congressman E. E. Cox, of the sec
ond district is opposed by J. H. Smith
wick, former Congressman from a
Florida district, residing in Moultrie.
Other state races are attracting
some attention of friends here, but as
is usually the case, very little inter
est is manifested in these races.
Chairman J. E. Johnson of the
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee, this week directed the follow
ing appeal to of t£e com
mittee, who are to be in charge of
the voting in their respective pre
cincts, calling attention to the new
state law establishing new rules gov
erning the holding of the election and
counting of the ballots:
“As your Chairman of the Seminole
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee, I am very anxious that the
coming state primary election be
held in conformity with the state
law as passed by the last Legisla
ture, as well as in conformity with
the reules and regulations of the
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Buy War Bonds REGULARLY
A Check Is
A Valid Receipt
In these days when there is so
much to do, every short cut which
reduces detail work in the process
es of business should be taken.
Paying your bills by checks sav
es lots of work. No receipt is re
quired, because your canceled check
at the bank is a valid receipt.
Payment by check establish an
infallible record by which errors
may be traced and rectified.
For many reasons yov should
have a checking account, and this
Bank is a good place to put it. •
COMMERCIAL
STATE
BANK
5,000
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I 9f'/ INSURANCE O |
I 1 FOR EACH § I
V\ DEPOSITOR W/ * //
Ennahnttutlh Newd
To Speak Here
Will Discuss School and College Is
sues Saturday, 4:30 p. m.
Rev. J. G. Garrison will address the
citizens of Seminole County at Donal
sonville at 4:30 p. m. Saturday, Sep
tember sth, concerning the college and
common school issues of the present
Gubernatorial campaign.
Rev. Garrison has served as pastor
of the Ochlocknee and Warwick Bap
tist Churches for approximately 20
years, and has served as principal of
the Ochlocknee school for approxi
mately 20 years.
He has the reputation of being a
very forceful speaker, having lectured
for a chautauqua for years.
County Tax Rate
Is Set At 12 Mills
•
jCOURTHOUSE AND JAIL BONDS
REMAIN AT SIX MILLS
FOR YEAR.
The Seminole County Board of Com
missioners of Roads and Revenue, in
session here Tuesday, fixed the 1942
,tax rate for county purposes at 12
mills or $12.00 on the thousand. This
is the same rate as fixed by the board
for the previous year.
Only by practicing rigid economy
during the year was the board enab
led to continue the tax rate at its
1941 level, as practically everything
purchased by the county has increased
in cost. Road work was necessarily
reduced to a necessary minimum and
other services dispensed with in order
to prevent an increase in the rate.
For school purposes the millage this
. year ’wtrf^sf<* < saiwfc figure* as
last year also. In the Iron City Dis
trict no levy for bonds was necessary
this year, reducing the rate for tax
ation of property owners in that dis
trict.
Minutes Os Board
Co. Commissioners
IN REGULAR SESSION TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER IST,
1942.
The Board of County Commission
ers of Seminole County met in regu-,
jlar session on Tuesday, September 1.
with Chairman L. R. Robinson presid
ing and members present as follows:
D. H. Miller, E. J. Greene and R. L.
Johnson.
Minutes of previous meeting were
read and approved.
On motion and second, Henry O.
Cummings was appointed to fill the
unexpired term of Fred Childree, de
ceased. In view of the fact that Mr.
Cummings was the only qualified
candidate in the primary called for
September 9th by the commissioners
to permit the voters of the district to
name their commissioner, the board
agreed to dispense with the formali
ties of an election and appointed Mr.
Cummings as the comissioner. Fees
collected for holding the primary were
donated to 'the Red Cross.
A request for a filing cabinet need
' ed for the County Agents office was
I approved, and Attorney E. P. Staple
! ton was asked to make the purchase.
Current bills were examined and
! ordered paid when found in order.
There being no further business,
the board adjourned subject to call
i by the chairman.
L. R. ROBINSON, Chairman,
E. B. HAY, Clerk.
i APPOINTED COMMISSIONER
Henry O. Cummings was named as
County Commissioner from the Steam I
Mill district by the County Commis
sioners at their regular meeting on
Tuesday.
In a primary called by the commis-1
sioners to permit the people of the dis-'
trfet select their commissioner, Cum- >
mings was the only qualified candi
date when the entry list closed.
The oath of office and commission
will be sent from the Governor and
Mr. Cummings will be sworn in at the
next regular meeting of the board.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNT Y OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 1942.
A WEEK OF WAR
FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT REPORTS
Gen. MacArthur’s Australian Head
quarters reported in a special com
munique August 31 that Japanese in
vasion troops have suffered a disas
trous defeat in the Milne Bay Area
of New Guinea. A force of Australian
shock troops had been secretly con
centrated along the Bay in anticipa
tion of the Japanese landing August
-26, the report said, and as a result
the Japanese landed in a trap. The
Japanese lost all of an "enormous
quantity” of heavy material they
landed, including tanks, and except for
a few troops evacuated by an enemy
cruiser and eight destroyers, the en
emy land force was annihilated.
The Navy announced that Marines
holding six islands in the Southern
Solomons had killed or captured all
Japanese troops attempting to retake
the Islands. The Navy reported Au
gust 30 that seven planes were shot
down when they attempted to raid the
airfield facilities which the Marines
had captured on Guadalcanal, bringing
the total of enemy planes shot down
in the Solomons fighting to 78. The
Navy also announced the Marines,
with Navy support, raided the Jap
anese Base on Makin Island in the
Gilberts, killing all but 2 of an esti
mated 330 enemy garrison. U. S. los
ses were less than 1 to 10 of Japanese.
In the European Theater, U. S. fly
ing fortresses bombed the Airdrome
of wevalghemen, near Countrai in
Belgium, in the eighth straight opera
tion without loss. In other precision
bombing raids, the fortresses attack
ed the Rotterdam shipyards and an
airplane factory at Meaulte in North
ern France. Lt, Gen. Joseph W. Stil
well announced August 31 in Chug-
Wng, Chinn, that U,tß,' army planes
based In Chlnca have made heavy and
successful attacks on Myltkyina and
Lashio, the two large Japanese bases
in Northern Burma. The Navy an
nounced the sinking of five more
United Nations Merchant ships by en
emy submarines in the Atlantic.
Joseph C. Grew, former Ambassador
to Japan newly returned from Tokyo,
said in a raid address the Japanese
will fight “with all the force and pow
er ?t their command. . . until they are
utterly crushed.” Mr. Crew stated
"we are up against a powerful fight
ing machine, a people whose morale
cannot and will not be broken even by
successive defeats, who will certainly
not be broken by economic hardships,
a people who individually and collec
tively will gladly sacrifice their lives
for their Emperor and their Nation,
and can be brought to Earth only by
complete defeat in battle.”
CoptFPlling The Cost Os Living
President Roosevelt said he would
announce his pew antj-ipflation pro
gram in a nation-wide address the
evening of Labor Day, and would send
a message to Congress earlier the
same day. He told his press conference
that forthcoming steps to control the
cost of living will include stabilization
of farm prices as well as wages, be
cause neither could be stabilized with
out the other. He said wage stabiliza
tion would be flexible and would not
amount to flat freezing of wages and
salaries. The President also said the
Government is considering one meat
less day a week as a plan to be used
largely as a means of saving oceanic
shipping space for the total war ef
fort. He said under the plan American
meat could be shipped to Nations in
need, and this would make 30 to 40 al
lied ships available for hauling war
necessities to world-wide theaters pf!
United Nations war activities.
Stabilization Os Farm Prices
The Office of Price Administration j
announced it is planning a price ceil- i
ing for live hogs and similar action |
is contemplated soon for cattle prices. |
The ceiling would be worked out in i
conjunction with representatives of,
livestock producers. The Office said.
‘vigorous steps” are being taken to |
enforce quality grading provisions of'
its beef regulations to prevent upgrad-,
ing as an evasion of price levels. The'
Agriculture Department reported a 9-
point advance in farm prices from I
July 15 to August 15, raising the gen-1
eral level to 163 percent of the pre
world war 1 figure, 32 pointe higher 1
than a year ago.
Rationing
The OPA ordered reexamination by
local boards of all supplemental gaso
line ration books, particularly C books
for motorists in 14 designated occupa
tions and S books for operation of
commercial vehicles. New Books will
be issued for the amount the operator
is fairly entitled to, if present coupons
are found in excess, and deliberate vio
lations of regulations will be prosecut
ed, the office said. The OPA announc
ed 35,500 new passenger cars will be
made available for rationing in Sep
tember, compared with 13,250 in
August, but all unused quotas were
recalled and no carryovers will be per
mitted in the future. The quota of 90,-
000 bicycles for September is the same
as for August.
All rented standard model typewrit
ers manufactured since January 1,
1935, were ordered returned to rental
agencies by September 15th to make
them available for purchase and use
by the armed forces and Government
Departments. Persons eligible to pur
chase machines under existing OPA
regulations are not affected.
Transportation
The Office of Defense Transporta
tion issued an order effective immedia
tely, governing the operations of at
least 50,000 automobiles used as taxi
cabs. The order (1) banned use of
taxicabs for “social or recreational
purpose of the driver or operators”;
(2) established a national taxicab
speed limit of 40 miles per hour” or
any speed above that prescribed by
competent public authority”; (3) pro
hibited use of taxis for making “com
mercial deliveries of property”; (4)
limited to 10 mHes the distance a taxi
may be operated beyopd the corporate
limits of the municipality In which the
trip originate; (5) banned seeking cab
passengers by "cruising”; (6) limited
to 25 miles the distance which may be
traveled on any one trip; (7) prohi
bited vehicles not marked distinctly
as taxicabs from being operated as
such.
I The Armed Forces
The War Department raised from
45 to 50 the maximum age at which
men “who have character, skills or ap
titudes which make their enlistment
desirable and who are otherwise
qualified” and who have draft board
permission may enlist in the army.
They will be assigned to overhead
units or installations where they will j
release younger men for general mili
tary service, and if fit, they will be
used for combat duty, War Secretary
Stimson said.
Marine Corps enlisted men, qs well
as Navy enlistees, may apply for
flight training to become Naval Avia
tion Glider Pilots, who act as po-pilots
for large transport gliders. During the
- : ?k, th® 45,000 ton Battleship
lowa —heaviest vessel ever launched
in the U. S.—the aircraft carrier, In
depence, the Cruiser Boston, and two
Destroyers, the Glennon and Jeffers,
were launched.
The Red Cross and the Navy joint
ly announced a new rescue project un
der which buoyant waterproof bags
containing emergency food, water and
medical supplies, cigarettes, etc., wiR
be dropped by Navy Patrol Blimps to
Seamen awaiting rescue, they are act
ually picked up by rescue vessels,
Strategic Materials
War Production Chairman Nelson
said 2,000,000 cars from automobile
graveyards have been converted into
400,000 tons of steel scrap a month
; during the last 4 months, but the steel
i industry is now consuming approxi-;
j mately 4,800,000 tons of scrap metal
a month, about 4 times as much as it
i took in 1938. The office of the Petro-,
I leum Coordinator reported New Eng
; landers and other East Coast consum
i ers will obtain only 75 percent of their
fuel oil requirements under normal
■ weather conditions this winter.
VISITING CANDIDATES
J. H, Smithwick, candidate for Con-i
! gressman from this district •- *
1 Grady Head, candid’* 4 ” . J** 1
General. - -e for Attorney
j % . Georgia, were visitors
aere this week in the interest of their
1 candidacy.
SEMINOLE COUNTY SCHOOLS TO
OPEN FOR FALL TERM SEPT 14TH
1000 Bales Ginned
Crop Is Certain To Be Short And
Grade Is Poor.
Approximately 1000 bales of new
crop cotton had been ginned in the
county up to Thursday morning, a tab
ulation of local gin reports revealed.
This total was lagging far behind
that of last year and was not expect
ed to reach more than half the total
of approximately 4,000 bales ginned
last season when the present season
comes to an end.
The grade of the cotton being har
vested is said to be very low duo to
the excessive rainfall for the past sev
eral weeks.
A few loads of No. 1 peanuts have
been sold, but others have been re
jected as being too green, it is said.
Picking of peanuts will be in full
swing within two weeks, fair weather
permitting, it is said.
Seminole Exceeds
August Bond Quota
COMMITTEE TO PUSH SALES IN
SEPTEMBER FOR BIG
INCREASE.
A meeting of the War Bond sales
committee for Seminole County was
held Wednesday morning, resulting in
everyone agreeing to put forth every
effort to sell as many war bonds and
stamps during the month of Septem
ber as possible,
D. F. Wurst, executive chairman of
the committee, is displaying posters in
all the business houses evidencing
this special effort.
It was pointed out at the meeting
that the county had reached its quota
for August, which was slo,ooo,'a to
tal of $10,125 in bonds being sold for
the month.
Bonds may be purchased at the
Merchants & Farmers Bank, the Com
mercial State Bank, Donalsonville
Federal Savings & Loan Association
and the local Post Office. They are
kept on hand at these places for the
convenience of anyone desiring to pur
chase them-.
Members of the committee for sell
ing bonds are Henry O. Cummings,
Ellison Dunn, E. P. Stapleton, W. 11.
VanLandingham and N. P. Malcom,
who will be glad to give any informa
tion regarding the purchase of bonds, |
Lions Club Meets
Goad Attendance Noted At First ■
Meeting In Several Weeks.
A very enthusiastic meeting of thef
Donalsonville Lions Club was held j
Tuesday at noon at the Minter House,
with the following fourteen members
out of sixteen present:
J. L. Barber, Jr., P. E. Shinglw, I
D. F. Wurst, J. L. Jernigan. R. T. Kel
ly, Dr. M. M. Minter, R. M. Holman, |
A. J. Jones, Ralph Williams, M. M. I
Minter, Jr., Dr. E. C. Bridges, H. M.l
Carter, E. W. Mosely and Henry Van-1
Landingham.
This was the first meeting of the |
Lions since July, the meeting place of.
the Lions at the Minter House having
recently undergone remodeling.
Secretary Mosely read a letter from
the Suwannee River Council of Boy |
Scouts with reference to holding a ■
council meeting in Donalsonville at an!
early date.
Other routine matters were dis-
! posed of at the meeting,
OYSTERS HERE AGAIN
j The oyster season is with us again,
the first of the season being brought
' in this week to Donalsonville’s oyster
’ stands.
Donalsonville has long been one ' .
the most popular places so- ters
aa the half-shell in gtate and
Ve * eady taken advantage
y e erings here this week which
are fresh from the Florida bays.
Miss Gwendolyn Adams left Tues
;J day for her home in Jacksonville af
’ ter spending the summer here with
relatives.
>lO% OF INCOME
IS OUR QUOTA
IN WAR BONDS
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
Some Vacancies
Are To Be Filled
ONLY ONE NEGRO SCHOOL TO
OPEN SEPT. 14. OTHERS
OPEN ON 28TH.
The three white schools and one
Negro school will open their 1942-43
terms Monday morning, September
14th, while the other Negro schools
will not open until September 28th,
in accordance with a decision of the
County Board of Education made on
Tuesday at the regular monthly meet
ing.
County School Supt. N. P. Malcom
states that the Seminole County
Training School, at Donalsonville, will
open with the white schools, while
other Negro schools will delay their
opening for two weeks.
With the announcement of the date
for the opening of the schools, Mr.
Malcom announced the list of teach
ers for the white schools, which are
not as yet complete, several vacancies
remaining to be filled. The list is as
follows:
Donalsonville School
Ist grade—Miss Louise Lane, Mrs.
M. T. Simmons, Mrs. J. D. Rabon; 2nd
grade—Mrs. Maxie D. Yarbrough,
Mrs. Mary N. Kirkland; 3rd grade—
Miss Nell Wheeler, Miss Vesta Minter;
4th grade—Miss Maude Bragg, Miss
Mollie King; sth grade—Miss Merle
Reed, Mrs. M. M. Minter, Jr.
6th and 7th grades (departmental
ized), History and Geography—Miss
Donelle Aspinwall; Health and Read
ing—Miss Doris Drake; Mathematics
—Miss Irene Adams; English—to be
elected. y
High School—Library and History
—Miss Adele Minter; Mathematics—
Miss Henrietta Carson; Natural
Science—M. P. Stein; English—Mrs.
J. B. Thomas; Latin and History—
Miss Clyde Ward; Home Economics—
Mrs. J. I. Hickson; Agriculture—W.
R. Shepard; Commercial—Miss Mar
tha Carter; Principal and Health—C.
B. Rickman.
F. D. R. School
Ist grade—(to be elected); 2nd
grade—Miss Annie Rosa Greene; 3rd
grade—Miss Margaret King; 4th
grade—(to be elected); sth grade—
Mrs. Elizabeth Voorhies; 6th grade—
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Saturday Only
Tex Ritter and Bill Elliott, In
“ROARING FRONTIER”
Monday and Tuesday
Sabu-Joseph Calleia, John Qualen
and Rosemary DeCamp, In
“JUNGLE BOOK”
Wednesday Only
Lloyd Nolan and Carole Landis. In
“IT HAPPENED IN FL AT BUSH”
Thursday a®d Friday
Jack Denny aud Caro i e Lombard, in
BE OR NOT TO BE”
MIDGET THEATRE
Friday and Saturday
Betty Grable, Don Ameche and
Robert Cummings, In
“MOON OVER MIAMI”
NUMBER 32.