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OVER THE TOP ydfajr FOR VICTORY A \IFZ * ith UNITED STATES WAR \/ y BONDS-STAMPS 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 (Turn To No. 2 On Back Page) 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 I . /l® 5 MAXIMUM « 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— (Turn To No. 3 On Back Page) 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.