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VOLUME XXVII.
Seminole Red Cross Drive Begins Mar. 9
County Quota Announced As $1200.00; One Price Is Fixed
Committees Named For Each District On ’43 Peanut Crop
The most extensive drive ever made
for Red Cross funds in Seminole
county will be launched Tuesday,
March 9th by a committee of citizens
in all parts of the county.
A local committee met at the
Methodist Church here on Tuesday
night and formulated plans for a drive
that wil reach into every nook and
corner in the county to secure funds
for this great humanitarian organi
zation.
The war drive for funds for the
Red Cross has been announced to be
held nation-wide during the month of
March. Radios and newspapers all
over the nation have been pressed in
to service to raise the biggest fund
ever attempted since the organization
was created in 1881 in this country.
The Seminole county quota has been
set by national headquarters at SI2OO,
and the committee in charge has set
its goal at a figure even above this
mark, feeling that the citizens of the
county are becoming more and more
acquainted with the great service
rendered by the Red Cross and that
the response will be most liberal.
At the meeting held on Tuesday
night committees for every district in
the county were named. In Donal
sonville the committee listed every
person in the business district and has
assessed against them donations in
proportion to their ability to pay. The
committee here will start its drive
on Tuesday, March 9, though drives
over the county will begin at an early
date, or as soon as organizations are
perfected in each community.
Raising SI2OO, our quota, in a com
munity as small as Seminole county,
would be regarded as a herculean
task in normal times, but with the
need of funds so great by the Red
NEW BANKING
HOURS
Effective this date the under
signed bank will be open for
business during the following
hours.
9:30 A. M. To 12:00
1 P. M. To 2:30 P. M.
Your Patronage Appreciated.
COMMERCIAL
STATE BANK
FOR EFFICIENT
Cleaning, Pressing And Dyeing
LEON’S CLEANERS
CALL 30 MRS. LEON BARBER, Prop.
imtalfintnrilk
Cross in order to render service to
Seminole county troops at home and
abroad, the task should prove com
paratively easy.
No drive chairman was named to
head the campaign at the meetnig on
Tuesday, but the committee will func
tion as a whole unit, each individual
being responsible for a certain sec
tion to get donations to the fund.
For Donalsonville, the following
men will serve as a committee and
will actively solicit funds: C. D.
Thomas, L. R. Robinson, R. M. Hol
man, D. F. Wurst, A. J. Jones, J. L.
Jernigan, P. E. Shingler, C. L. Nease,
J. A. Timmerman, E. Ross Sanders,
M. C. Liddell, E. P. Stapleton, H. O.
Cummings, E. A. Wilson and Ellison
Dunn.
Ladies committee—Mrs. C. S. For
rester. Mrs. Ellison Dunn, Mrs. L. E.
Hay and Mrs. C. D. Thomas.
Committees appointed for other
communities are as follows:
Rock Pond—L. E. Spooner, W. M.
Miller and J. M. Hunter.
Steam Mill—W. C. Atkinson, M. G.
Clarke, Bill Parker and T. J. Haw
kins.
Iron City—E. R. Ward, T. W. Mil
ler H. M. Strickland, B. W. Roberts.
Spring Creek—R. L. Johnson, Peter
Nichols W. O. Green, Roscoe Burke.
School committee, Donalsonville
school—C. B. Rickman, Mrs. J. B.
Thomas, Mrs. J. I. Hickson.
Some of the committees have been
selected without their knowledge orj
consent, but in these trying times with
everyone busy, the head committee
feels that the members selected will
give of their time and effort to this
worthy cause. They are urged to see 1
C. D. Thomas or Ellison Dunn at once|
and get instructions with reference to
the drive.
C. D. Thomas was named treasurer
for the drive and those wishing to
contribute, should send, take or mail
their subscriptions to him at once.
Mrs. Myrtle Grant
Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle
Grant, age 37, who died at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Gordon Ivey, Fri
day mornnig, were held at the local
Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at
1:00 o’clock, Rev, J. A. Timmerman,
assisted by Rev. C. L. Nease, con
ducting the service.
Pallbearers were C. D. Thomas, B.
B. Clark, N. L. King, R. E. Daniels,
Leroy Baxter and Carl Yarbrough,
The deceased was before her mar
riage Miss Myrtle Miller, of Clay
ton, Ala. She had lived in George
town most of her life, moving to Don
alsonville where she could be attend
ed by her sister, Mrs. Gordon Ivey,
when she became ill last fall.
She was a staunch member of the
Baptist Church, and a true Christian.
A devoted mother and sister, she
spent most of her spare time doing
for others, and to know her was to
love her. Since coming to Donalson
ville she made scores of friends who
mourn her untimely passing.
Surviving are: one daughter, Mrs,'
Russell Surles, of Lake Providence, !
La„ one sister, Mrs, Gordon Ivey, of j
Donalsonville, and three brothers,
Leonard Miller, Atlanta, Walter B.
Miller, Donalsonville and Mack Miller,
Atlanta.
Interment was in the Georgetown
cemetery Sunday aftrenoon with'
Evans and son, funeral directors, in |
charge.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. O’Neal and ■
young son, C. B. Jr., of Quitman, spent i
the week-end here as guests us Mrs.:
J. S. Ward, and family.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY O F DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
I Seminole county farmers, busy
■ with the task of preparing their Food
for Freedom production plan sheets
for this year, moved into this week
iwith full asurance of an adequate re
' turn for their peanuts, Chairman L.
.E. Spooner, of the County USDA
j War Board, announced.
J “A one-price system of payment
for peanuts is definitely assured this
year,’ Mr. Spooner said. “All pea
nuts, whether grown for the edible
trade or for oil crushing, will be sup
ported at not less than 85 percent of
the present parity price. Parity, as
cf January 15, was $151.60, which
means 1943 peanuts will bring a min
imum average of $128.86 a ton. The
price would be increased if parity ad
vances between now and July 15.”
The County War Board chairman
also called attention to the recently
announced peanut incentive payment
of S3O an acre for peanuts dug and
picked in excess of 90 percent of the
farm goal, and up to 110 percent of
the goal. This program is entirely
separate from the price support plan.
“Congressional approval of the in
centive payment plan,” Mr. Spooner
said, “would add between $lO and S2O
a ton to the average price, thus bring
ing the average return up to $l4O to
$l5O a ton for those growers who
harvest for nuts an acreage 10 per
cent in excess of their goal. These
payments would vary on a per ton;
basis for Individual farms .depending j
on the yield per acre,"
He pointed out that under new pro
visions, no distinction will be made,
this year between “quota” and Vx
cess" peanuts,
Mr. Spooner, calling attention to I
the farm plan sign-up drive now un-1
der way, urged that every farmer in'
Seminole county make every effort to
meet the peanut production goal set
tor him,
“It is imperative,” he asserted,
“that we produce more and more veg- [
etable oils to replace lost pacific im
port supplies, in order to meet the in- 1
creasing war demands of our fighting
forces, our Allies, and domestic needs. |
Peanuts produce more high grade
vegetable oil per acre than any other
oil-bearing crop. In addition, pea
nuts will provide valuable protein
feed to help meet war-born demands
for more meat, milk, and eggs,"
Plans now in the making, he point
ed out, call for the establishment of
local markets in each county which
has a peanut goal, so that growers
may dispose of their peanuts by di
rect sale through oil mills, shelters,
or cooperatives, In areas where oil
mills or shelters do not serve the lo
cal markets, warehouses will be es
tablished by USDA peanut coopera
tive associations. In all cases, grow
ers will be paid cash at time of de
livery.
Peanuts now stored in cooperative
agency warehouse# are being made
available for planting this year, and
distribution will be handled through
local seed dealers, agency warehouses, j
and others, for cash only, at the fol
lowing prices:
Spanish No. 1: Farmers stock, $l3O
a ton; cleaned, $155 a ton. Runner,
No, 1; Farmers stock, $125 a ton;
cleaned $l5O a ton. These prices are
for bagged peanuts. The bulk prices)
will be $4 a ton less.
Growers who have not sold their)
entire 1942 production of oil peanuts:
may now sell them to other growers i
for planting in 1943 at the oil price
prevailing on the date of sate, plus>
handling charges, in each case, the
seller must obtain a certificate from
the purchaser: denoting approval ofj
the sate by the AAA county com
mittee.
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NOTICE TO HOUSEWIVES!
Effective Tuesday, February 23rd, I
1943, no dealer may charge more for|
these five major vegetables, tomatoes.)
greens, waxed snap beans, carrots,,
cabbage and peas, than he did during,
the five days between Thursday, Feb-;
ruary 18th and Monday, February 22. )
If any grocery man charges more
please report it to your local ration
office, Ceiling Price Panel.
DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH, 1943.
jNazarene Revival
To Begin Sunday
Evangelist Earl W. Powell, of Mi
ami, Fla., will begin a series of re
vival messages at the Church of the
Nazarene next Sunday morning at
11:00 a. m. central war time, accord
ing to advices from the local pastor,
Rev. E. Ross Sanders.
Evangelist Powell has earned a
splendid reputation as a preacher of
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EVANGELIST EARL W. POWELL
’ considerable ability, having conduct
bed several highly sucessful campaigns
' | in this state in the past year,
‘ | After eleven years as pastor of va
; rious Nazarene chin ches, Rev. Powell
I entered the evangelistic field and has
seen service in most southern and mid
' i western states, carrying the endorse
ment of his denomination leaders and
receiving, almost without exception,
’ calls for return engagements from the
various churches he has so ably served
1 as evangelist,
, Services wjll begin each evening at
i 8:00 p. m. Central War Time, and
will be featured by enthusiastically
’ , stiring congregational singing, av
! cording to the announcement by the
i local church officials,
’ The public is cordially invited to
all services,
I
Mr.G. E. Hornsby
Claimed By Death
Funeral services for Mr, Guyton E.
Hornsby were held at the First Bap
tist Church here Saturday morning,
Rev. J. A, Timmerman, assisted by
Rev, J. A, Duron, a former pastor,
conducting the service.
were four sons and two
grandsons of the deceased, J. C.
Hornsby, T. A. Hornsby, John R.
Hornsby and Ellis Hornsby, and Car!
nnd Walter Hornsby, grandsons.
Mr. Hornsby was in his 86th year.
Born in Worth county, Georgia, the
son of Mr. Ezekiel Hornsby, he moved
to this county where he resided prac
tically all his life where he was en
gaged in fanning. In 1897, while re
siding in Iron City, he was united in
marriage to Miss Rebecca Roberts.
He was a devout member of the
I Baptist Church, having served as a
deacon and Sunday school snuperin
tendent. Devoted to his family, he
was well known and highly respected
by his friends and acquaintances.
Several months ago he suffered a
stroke of paralysis from which he■
j gradually weakened until the end
came last Wednesday,
Survivors are five sons, J, C. Uorns
i by, Marianna, Fla., C, H, Hornsby,
Timmonsville, N. C., G. Ellis Horns
. by, Harrisburg, Pa.. T. A. Hornsby.
Atlanta, and John R. Hornsby, Mari
anna, Fla. ; three daughters, Mrs. C. i
A. Blair, Donalsonville, Mrs. W. E.
Ferguson, Panama City, Fla., and Mtssi
Lyda Hornsby, of Jacksonville, Fla.
Two «trs. Joe Lane, of Col
■ quitt, and Rebecca Hornsby, of Worth
‘ county and one brother, E. E. Horns
by, of Iron City, also survive.
Interment was in the local cemetery
I with Evans and Son, funeral directors,
i in charge.
Mr. T. N. Stapleton, of Wilming
! ton, Deleware, was the guest of Mr. •
.and Mrs. E. P. Stapleton Monday.
I
A WEEK OF WAR
FROM THE OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION
In releasing the long awaited sum
' mary of the South Pacific air-sea
1 engagements of the week of January
‘ 29-February 4, the Navy made it
' clear that no large pitched battle took
j place. What did take place was a
1 series of Japanese air attacks on U.
I S. Shipping and a much longer and
[ more damaging series of U. S. at-
I tacks on Japanese. There were no
i actions between heavy forces.
When, late in January, U. S. re- n
naissance planes located 30 Jap fl.ct
units, including battleships and air
craft carriers, and reports were re-
■ ceived of heavy concentrations of ene
| my ships and planes in the Solomons
Area, it looked as though the Japa- :
nese were preparing for a decisive i
battle. As it later turned out, hrw-
1 ever, the enemy was only tryin* to'
; evacuate its troops from Guadalcanal
' and interfer with U. S. landings there.
The Japanese attacks were neither’
, concentrated nor sustained. On Jar’.:- ’
I uary 29-30, enemy planes damn, 0 , d
iand sank the heavy cruiser Chieaj. n. |
■ but lost in this attack 12 out of 1">
planes. On February 1, enemy plane*-
) sank aU. S. Destroyer. But all thru
the week. U. S. planes struck back, at-.
■tacking Japanese shipping whenever'
ami wherever it could be found. And 1
when the totals were added up at th"
■ end of the week, the enemy had lost
; two destroyers sunk, 13 other ships
. probably sunk or badly damaged, and
iat least 60 planes .U. S. losses were;
set at 22 planes and three motor tor
pedo boats, in addition to the cruiser
and destroyer sunk earlier in the'
week.
I
■ - Meanwhile biff an*attacks continue ;
I ■ —against Munday Bay, against Kol-
; umbangara, against positions in the I
shortland island area and Bougain
ville, even against Kiska in the Aleu
tians. And American submarines, op
erating in the Pacific and far East
last week sank five more enemy aux-)
jliaries, probably sunk a cruiser and
damaged a cargo vessel.
Germans Attack In Tunisia
The attack started at dawn Sunday, ■
February 14, when two German col
umns moved westward from Faid to
Sened in Central Tunisia, advancing
on Sbeilla and Sidi Bou id with tanks.
Infantry, dive bombers and motorized
artillery. This was apparently a drive
to expand their corridor along Eastern
Tunisia—the corridor leading from
the Mareth line in the South to the
Tunis-Bizerte triangle in the North.
By the middle of the week the Ger
mans had succeeded in forcing Amer. |
ican units to retreat 35 miles from
their foremost positions and evacuate
three forward flying fields. Gafsa
was taken, then Sbeitla, then Feriana,
only 14 mites from the Algerian bor-j
der.
According to Secretary of War)
Stimson, the attack against our Cen
tral positions was timed to occur white
the British Eighth Army was prepar
ing to press its drive in the South
against the Mareth Line and the
British First Army on the Northwest
was mud-bound. Thus the Axis was
able to concentrate a large forma
tion of armored troops against the
relatively more lightly-held and more
extended American lines. Indications
Are, Mr. Stimson said, th? 4 the Ger
mans were employing two armored
divisions—a considerably great-
er thaq war strength in the area—but
although the fighting is continuing,
the. Germans apparently have been
slowed down.
Army Casualties
The President has called the Battle
for North Africa “one of the mayor
battles of this war.” and has warned
that it would cost us heavily in cas
ualties. Last week Mr. Stimson told
the prfcto that U. S. forces in the
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current fighting in Tunisia 1 3Uf
i fared substantial casualties ->er-
jsonnel and equipment. Exc ■ of
) these recent losses, the army had
i 41,858 casualties in the w; 442
killed, 6,509 wounded, 25,684 Ing,
and 6,123 prisoners of war.
Elmer Davis to Broad.-.
Elmer Davis, director of t ace
of War Information, will hre t a
weekly round-up of news or lay
evenings at 10:45 EWT over t 3C,
) CBS, and blue networks.
Rules for Discharging Men 8
Men over 38 years old wil lis
charged from the army accot < to
i these rules and requirements -1.
' At least 38 years old. 2. Enliste 1 or
I inducted on or before Februnr 28,
i 1943. 3. Has submitted voluni re
quest for discharge to his co-- : >nd
mg officer (must be before .J; y 1,
I 1943). 4. Has submitted state wnt
from responsible person show: hat
he will be employed in essentia i. us
try, including agriculture. 5. ise
of soldier must not seriously a act
lhe efficiency of his unit.
Shoes Rationed
Some kindjs cf shoes are not • •>• -e<l
by the rationing order that w. ;t ,to
effect Februar- 9. Unratio: ,1 .re
soft and hard-sokd slippers ai <1 <1-
room slippers, infants’ so.l- ed
shoes, ballet slippers, ordinary w, r
proof footwear, gaiters, work d -;s,
clog, and toe rubers, and Im. -r
--men’s overshoes.
Those rationed include all ty no.- of
boots and shoes made in who! r in
part of leather, and all rubhic-s ed
shoes.
Shoe stamps are transferab ■», m
be used by any member of the a. y.
In emergencies local ration bo: ds
(Turn To No. 2 On Last Psge?
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