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VOLUME XXVII.
USDA War Boards {
Seek To Defer
Farm Workers
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WICKARD INSTRUCTS USDA TO
SEEK DEFERMENTS FOR
ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
By order of Secretary of Agricul
ture Claude R. Wickard, County
USDA War Boards have been direct
ed to initiate requests for Selective |
Service Board deferment of neces-'
sary farm workers and farm opera-1
tors not now in Classes 11-C or 111-C, |
and whose deferment has not been j
otherwise requested.
In addition, according to T. R.!
Breedlove, chairman of the State'
USDA War Board, county boards’
have been directed to appeal from
Selective Service decisions denying:
11-C or 11-C classification whenever i
they feel such appeals are justified.
This, he said, is necessary because
many essential farm workers who are
eligible for deferment are failing to
request such deferment.
Registrants, to be eligible for de
ferment in Classes 11-C or 111-C, must
be necessary to and regularly en
gaged in an agricultural occupation
or endeavor essential to the war ef
fort.
In making requests for reclassi
fication, Mr. Breedlove said, County
War Boards have been directed to
provide the local Selective Service
Board woard with a statement of i
the number of war units of essentiall
farm products to be produced in 1943 ,
on the farm on which the registrant |
works, in addition to such other in- j
formation as is necessary to assist in j
the reclassification action.
Mr. Breedlove called attention to a,
recently-established Army procedure
whereby men in the armed forces ov- ’
« the age of <8 jpfiy be to
essential occupations. He called on'
County War Boards to notify farmers
who have lost men over 38 to the i
army that such a procedure exists, j
and to offer assistance in getting ;
such men in the army to apply for
return to essential farm work.
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FINAL WARNING
Beginning next week I will be com- ■
polled to make levies and advertise 1
property for sale to satify unpaid
1942 tax fi fas in my hands for collec
tion.
This is to notify everyone concerned
to come in at once and pay their taxes
else I will be forced to follow the law.
Please attend to this matter at once.
C. L. CHANDLER, Sheriff.
MONEy
TO LEND!
We have money to lend to
,vorthy people who deserve
jood credit. We welcome your
account at this bank. Come to
us with your financial pro
ilems. It is a pleasure to dis
cuss these matters with you ,
ind to render service to our
hundreds of customers.
And remember- — ail de
posits up to 35,000 for each
ndividual account, are insur
'd at this bank by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corpora
tion.
/ A 15.000 A% \
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COMMERCIAL
STATE BANK
Bmudfinmnlh New
! Return Taxes Now
Tax Receiver T. N. Burke, this week 1
calls attention to the fact that April
Ist is the deadline for property own
ers to make their returns and ciaim
their homestead exemptions.
No fee is charged for filing the ex- ;
emptions if the taxpayer has previous- ‘
ly filed an exemption. In new cases,
however, a fee of 50 cents is charged.
Mr. Burke urges that all property
owners bear in mind the deadline and :
make their returns now.
Local 4-H Clubs To {
Grow More Foods
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. (By W. C. Rushing, County Agent) ,
4-H Club members, both boys and
girls, are signing pledges to produce
“food for fighters.” They select a!
1 man in the Armed Service and write |
to him about the project. The 143 |
4-H Club boys and girls in the county
will not fail the men on the fighting
front.
These boys and girls are pledging
to grow “food for fighters” along with
102.000 other 4-H Club members in
the State. Each club member in the
county is being asked to name his or
her soldier and then write to this sol
dier man in the service telling him
about the project.
The average soldier in the armed
service will average eating yearly 150
lbs. of beef, 80 pounds of pork, 45
pounds of poultry, 35 dozen eggs, 250
pounds of Irish potatoes, 25 lbs. of .
j sweet potatoes and 250 pounds of j
shelled peanuts.
I Seminole county has 451 men, both .
volunteers and selectees, in the ser- j
t vice. If food is produced and marked ,
for them, the amount required will be •
159 steers weighing 1000 pounds each, 1
22" hogs weighing 200 lbs. each, 28,-1
! 4f3two-pound broilers, 16,785 dozen.
1 eggs, 1879 bushels of Irish potatoes, |
1188 bushels of sweet potatoes, apd j
j 188 acres of peanuts yielding 600
; pounds of nuts per acre,
Seminole county 4-H club members
are making the following pledge in I
; connection with their program “food
I for fighters”.
“I hereby enlist in the army of 4-H
! Club members in Georgia to grow i
food for our fighters. I pledge to pro- j
duce insofar as possible food for my j
family and some to sell. I will not■
think of the hard w'ork but rather the:
job to be done in this battle for food, j
I realize that food is as important!
as guns and planes in winning this
war, and I promise that my contri
bution will not be too little nor too
late.”
There, briefly, is an outline of the
number orie task facing 4-H Club ■
members this year,
Is Transferred
Warrant Officer Douglas B. Perry,’
{formerly of Iron City, Georgia, has
I arrived at Amarillo Army Air Field,'
; and has been assigned to duty.
He and Mrs. Perry are now living (
at 1214 West 12th St., Amarillo. Tex- ’
as. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M..
D. Perry of Iron City.
He attended Army Finance School j
and was, commissioned March 1, 1943.
This Field at which he is on duty |
trains Mechanics to maintain Uncle;
Sams’ B-17 Flying Forteresses.
Mrs. T. J, Shingler, and her guest, i
Mrs. Ralph Mosely, of Chattanooga,'
Tenn., are spending this week at Boni
fay, as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. B.
W. Saunders.
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For Efficient
CLEANING,
PRESSING
And DYEING
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Leon’s Cleaners
Mrs. Leon Barber, Prop.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA
General Election
August 3 To Vote
On Amendments
MORE THAN TWO SCORE PROPOS
ALS TO AMEND STATE
CONSTITUTION.
Upwards of two score constitutional
amendments will be on the ballots
I August 3 when a special general
| election, ordered by the state legisla
j ture, is held for Georgia voters.
I The major portion of the amend-!
I ments are of application to only local ;
I conditions, and will have no effect on
I
1 the state at large, but at least five
j of the others will be directly connect
i ed with Governor Ellis Arnall’s pro
gram of reform of the state govern
ment.
■ Through these amendments, Arnall
.is seeking to make permanent the]
i organizational system of several state!
i boards to put an end to what has al
most become a custom for each legis
lature to “abolish” important boards
and recreate others of the same
character merely to obtain a change
in personnel.
The Arnall amendments will not
give permanent membership to any
member of the boards or commissions,
but will name the regular terms for
which they are to be named, and fix I
it so that once a member is appoint-1
ed, he can not be ousted merely to'
make way for someone else.
In this category, the amendment
j to create a “constitutional, nonpoliti-I
| cal, board of regents” heads the list,
I since removal of the state university'
! system from possible political influ
i ence was the chief plank of the gov
i ernor’s election campaign.
Other boards affected similarly,
: and for each of which a constitutional
I amendment is being submitted, in- 1
i elude the state board of education, the
pardon and parole board (replacing
j the prison and parole commission),
and the state game and fish commis
sion (a new agency).
Once the people ratify these newly
1 created boards, no future legislature
may change the set-up without sub
mitting a new constitutional amend
ment to the people.
i The other amendment dealing with
I Arnall’s program is the proposal to
I make possible a teacher retirement i
! pay plan by permitting the state,!
i counties and cities to use funds for
contributing to the retirement plan.!
I The legislature, in addition to submit
ting this proposal, has enacted an en
abling act ti start operation in 1945
for carrying out the plan.
These amendments complete the
■ ones connected with Governor Arnall’s
“‘main program,” probably will be the
■ most discussed of the election. This:
i is the one to lower the voting age in
! the state from 21 to 18 years. Thisl
i was requested by Arnall, but not as;
i a part of his “10 points.”
.: The house of representatives at 1
1 first voted it down, and passed it only:
,' after a vote to reconsider when ad
i ministration leaders spent a busy
’, night to line up enough votes to put j
j it oyer,
I ft was attacked as “turning col
i lege campuses into political rings,”!
1 and was defended as bringing to poli
tics the “ideals of youth.” Arnell ask- j
I ed for it on the grounds that “if 18-
; year-olds are old enough to fight for
' ( the country, they are old enough to
| vote.”
1 The same amendment which estab
. lishes the pardon and parole board as!
a constitutional agency also strikes
out the power of the governor to is-
I sue paroles and pardons, restricting.
. his c'emency power to the granting of
I stays of execution jn capital cases.
This action was sought by Arnall, he
said, to end “the pardon racket.”
Two amendments affect the legis
lators themselves. One would change
their biennial meeting from the pre-
■ sent system of a 10-day organization
:al session and a 60-day legislative
I session to a straight period of 70 days
: or as many of these days as they de
: sire to meet. If they do not use the
i entire 70 days in the first gathering,
| they can come back at any time they
i decide. The measure was proposed to
jmake it possible for annual sessions,
j The other amendments changes the
■ pay of the legislators from $7 a day
to S6OO for the 70-day session (or pro
rata part for any period less than 70
days) and 88 a day for special ses-
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DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, MARCH 26TH, 1943.
Local Board To Aid
In Meat Rationing
Program
“BLACK MARKETS” TO BE BAN
ISHED BY COOPERATIVE
EFFORT.
The Seminole County USDA War
Board took action this week to help
put in operation the newly-announced
national meat management program,
designed -to help stamp out meat
“black markets” and provide for an
equitable distribution of available
meat supplies.
Wai- Board Chairman L. E. Spoon
er, who attended a three-county con
ference on the program Tuesday in
Bainbridge, said the meat control plan
will be discussed with all members
of the War Board and farmer-com
i mitteemen at a meeting to be held
! here March 18, 1943.
Under three food distribution or
ders, slaughterers who sell meat, in
cluding farmers and local butchers,
must operate under a permit after
March 31; all livestock dealers must
' obtain permits to buy and sell, and
must keep records of their operation;:
and slaughterers operating under
federal inspection must set aside de
signated percentages of their pro
duction for war uses. The set-aside!
i order is already in effect.
The new orders are designed to,
provide closer control over the
slaughter of livestock and the sale of:
meat, so that “black market” opera
: tions can be stamped out and all
meat brought into legitimate chan
nels of trade where it will be avail
able for war needs and for fair dis
tribution through consumer rationing.
The rationing of meats will begin
April 1.
Chairman t>pooner warned butchers
and slaughterers against unduly
large slaughter between now and
April 1. Slaughterings are limited by
the present OPA meat restriction or
der, and excess slaughter will be de
ducted from the new quotas to be set
up, he warned.
He called on producers, packers,,
dealers, health authorities, local law
enforcement officials, and consumers
to help in eliminating the illegal
slaughtering, selling, and distribution
of meats.
Quoting Secretary of Agriculture
: Claude R. Wickard, he said that “the
new measurers will not be a cure-all i
for the defects in the present meat
, situation. They are a part of the total j
meat management program which
I will include consumer rationing, en
forcement of retail ceilings on meat|
products, the dollars-and-cents ceil- 1
ing prices for pork which will become'
effective April 1, and other measur-l
1 es that will be found necessary froml
time to time.”
Slaughterers, dealers and others as-!
fected by the orders may obtain in- :
formation from the County USDA
War Board, which maintains head
quarters in the County AAA office.
Important Meeting
By: W. C. Rushing
There will be a meeting of all farm
ers who are interestetd in improving
and protecting his woodland from
fire, Wednesday night, March 31, at
8:00 o’clock (C. W. T.) at the Court
i house.
Dr. H. M. Wheeler will be the main
; speaker who is connected with the
United States Department of Fores
try, Washington, D. C. He will speak
on forest protection. Mr. F. J. Pullen,
District Forester, Albany, Ga., will al
so be here,
During the meeting there will be
: ome time devoted to the benefit of a,
county forestry protection associa
tion, how it is organized, operated and
aid we can expect from the State
Forestry Service,
May I encourage every farmer who
is interested in forest protection to be
present. If you are not interested you
will enjoy Dr. Wheeler’s talk, I under
stand he will use slide pictures in his
talk to illustrate necessity of good(
forest protection,
IS PROMOTED
Friends of Billy Richardson will be
pleased to learn that he has recently
been promoted from technical ser
geant to staff sergeant. He is a mem
, ber of an anti-aircraft battalion, sta
tioned in New Guinea,
! Heavy Rainfall
Rainfall recordings in Donalsonville
■ for the first three weeks in March
i showed a total of 7.41 inches having
j fallen, Ellison Dunn, local observer
! reported this week.
i Heaviest rainfall of any one day
’ during the period was 3.07 inches,
j Saturday afternoon and Sunday morn
-1 ing recordings showed 2.18 inches of
rain. _
A small hail storm accompanied
i the rain Saturday afternoon, but the
I hail was not of preportions to damage
jcrops nor property.
Beloved Woman Is
Claimed By Death
Relatives and friends of Miss Nan
nie Dupriest were deeply grieved last
Tuesday when informed of the death
| of this consecrated lady, which occur
ied at the home of her niece, Mrs.
j Sidney Hughes, near Pansey, Ala
' ba ma.
Miss Dupriest was born in Webster
county, Georgia and moved to this:
county in 1910. She was the daughter 1
’ of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dupriest. While !
she made her home here, she was on .
; a visit to relatives near Pansey, Ala- j
; bama at the time of her death which I
resulted from a stroke of paralysis
i on March 13th.
For many years Miss Nannie had I
been a patient sufferer, confined to a
chair. Through all of her tribulation
she displayed a spirit of perfect Chris
tian resignation, often stating that, in
spite of affliction, she had the bless
ing of her Lord and His promise of
great reward awaiting her in that
land that is brighter than day. Truly,
to know her was to love her.
Interment was at Springfield ceme
tery, the Rev. J. A. Timmerman, of
the local Baptist church, officiating.
Pallbearers were Roscoe, Louie, Ir
vin and Hubert Dupriest, Dock Ford,
Georgia Odom, C. P. Singletary and
Sidney Hughes.
The deceased is survived by one
brother, S. W. Dupriest and a large
number of nieces and nephews. The
funeral was in charge of Fellows and
Forrester.
Out of town relatives and friends
here for the funeral were: Mr. and
Mrs. Dock Ford ami family, and Mrs.
Son Stephens of Columbus, Ga., Mr.
and Mrs. C. F Singletary, and Mr.
and Mrs. Sidney Hughes and family
!of near Pansey, Ala., Mrs. Frank
Funderburk, of Thomasville, Mrs. A. 1
I L. Aviiett and Mrs. Horace Cato, of:
! Panama City, Fla.
Lieut. Hay Is Cited
By Gen. Chennault
Lieutenant Lewis Edward (Bill)
Hay, of Donalsonville, now serving
in the 14th Army Air Force under
Brig.-Gcn. Claire L. Chennault, in
China, was recently awarded an air
medal by the commanding officer for
25 combat missions, an Associated
Press dispatch received Monday re
vealed.
Lieut. Hay was among a group of
27 decorated for heroism in combat
! service.
Hay is among the youngest under
: Bri£.-Gen. Chennault’s command, and
has been in China for several months.
News of his decoration will be of in-
I terest to his many friends here. His
wife and mother reside here.
Mr. A. J. Jones transacted business
in Atlanta and Macon this week.
Funeral Directors
Embalming—Funeral Supplies
I Ambulance Service Vaults |
For Cash Burial Insurance
See R. I. Evans
Evans And Son
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SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
Wiggins Urges Early
Pcreliasing Os
Arsenate
BE PREPARED TO FIGHT BOLL
WEEVIL WHEN PEST
APPEARS.
Early-season purchases of calcium
arsenate, without hoarding, were urg
ed this week by Emmett Wiggins,
AAA county administrative officer,
as a means of insuring adequate sup
plies for cotton field use this year.
Mr. \\ iggins suggested that cotton
growers lay in only enough calcium
arsenate now for the first two dust
ings.
“It’s well,” he said, “to have at
least a little on hand as insurance
against a possible Int improbable
difficulty in obtaining it late. It is
likely that the transportation of
calcium arsenate will become more
difficult this year than in the past,
and though the supply for 1943 is a
bout the same as for last year, it
would be well for growers to antici
pate their needs and prepare for
them.”
Mr. Wiggins also pointed out that
if the Axis should begin the use of
poison gas, all calcium arsenate
manufacture and distribution would
cease. In preparation for such an
eventuality, he pointed out, manufac
terers started early this year and now
have an adequate supply on hand.
In support of his suggestion that
purchases be made now, he pointed
out that many farmers will be able
to buy calcium arsenate below ceiling
prices.
The U. S. Department of Agricul
ture will receive reports from all its
agencies on the prevalence of weevils
and other insects, so that the avail
able supply of calcium arsenate may
be distributed where .1 when it i.
most needed.
Mr. Wiggins also urged growers to
put their old dusting machines in or
der and to work out plans for com
munity cooperation in the use of such
equipment, inasmuch as no new mach
ines are available .
“Don’t count on buying new mach
ines,” he said. “Get busy now on old
dusters, and get them into good shape
for quick action. Dusters are like fire
engines. We don’t think of them until
there is a fire —or bugs.”
Mrs. A. J. Jones and Mrs. J. H.
Hanna are spending this week as the
guests of Major and Mrs. H. I!. Jenk
ins, at Augusta.
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Saturday Only
Don “Red” Barry, In
“Ol TLAWS OF BINE RIDGE”
Saturday .Midnight Show
Starts at 10:00 O’clock
i Jane Withers - Henry Wilcoxon, In
“JOHNNY DOUGHBOY”
Monday and Tuesday
Victor Mature - Luciilc Ball, In
“SEVEN DAYS LEAVE”
Wednesday Only
Guy Kibbee, In
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“Scattergocd Survives A Murder” i
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Thursday Friday
: Harold Perry - Freddy Mercer, In
| THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE*{
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NUMBER 9.