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OUT ON A—
LIMB
by Bo McLeod
They say all’s well that ends
well, and I accept that as a
last word on the “incident at
the printing press,” a perfor
mance that was a •comedy to
some, a tragedy to others, de
pending on how well you’re
fixed for money.
We are mailing this issue
with the faith, hope and wish
that only one edition will be
necessary this week.
For any of you who don’t
know about the incident, I
must say I’m glad you don’t,
and I’ll not go into the grue
some details today.
—o—
—a good thing Julian
Webb was nominated again
Tuesday. One of his most de
pendable supporters told me
he was still “all for” Webb,
but he was getting darn tired
of having to show it so often.
Well, it has been a long,
unwanted situation, and I im
agine Webb enjoyed it less
than any of us. This confusion
shows again what happens
when the federal courts get
mixed up in things in which
they have no business.
If it were not such a serious
mess, wouldn’t it be fun to
sit back and watch one judge
reverse another, and to ob
serve as each of them gets
such a sadistic thrill out of
being a '‘dictator” for awhile?
Oh, those little Kennedy
boys must be pleased with
the way their judges are hop
ping around. <
Being far from qualified as
a legal mind, all I can see
from the evidence is that each
judge goes by a different set
of law 'books. They seem
mighty confused, even “out on
a limb”, if I’m any judge,
which I hasten ttf say* I am
not.
Al Ronge says that if the
Indians do not win this week
it will be a year before they
can win at home. So:
Dawson 13, Seminole 14.
Indians play final
home game
The Seminole Indians will
play the last home game of
this year’s football season,
when they play host to the
Terrell County Green Wave
of Dawson on Friday night
at 8.- •
After this week, the In
dians go on the road to play
in Pelham and Graceville, Fla.
Coach Snell will again field
a “next year” team, one with
one senior, five freshmen, one
sophomore and four juniors.
Reuben Roberts will be the
only starting senior.
Other starters will be Har
ry Whittaker and Roberts,
ends; Bunky Whittaker and
Luke Spooner, tackles; David
Cliett and Harry Cobb,
guards; Ralph Williams, cen
ter. In the backfield will
Mike Bowen, quarterback,
Danny Johnson and Johnny
Reynolds, halfbacks, and Ger
ald Miller, fullback.
The Seminoles have lost all
seven games this season,
while Dawson has won two,
lost three and tied one.
Other Gaines Today
The SCHS junior varsity
will play Bainbridge at 4:30
on Thursday afternoon, in Se
minole Stadium. No admission
fees are charged.
The Red and White plays
the Blue and Gold at 2:30 in
the stadium, in midget play.
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$3.00 a Year in Advance Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia Single Copies: Ten Cento
VOLUME XLIV DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1902 NUMBER 26
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WINNINGEST WINNER —-Mrs. W. V. Harrington was the
top blue ribbon winner at the recent Achievement Day
held by the county’s home demonstration clubs. She won six
blue ribbons to take the day’s top honor. She is holding one of
her entries that won in the doll making category. A club mem
ber for three years, she is also the Trinity club’s ’’Woman of
the Year.” Newspics
Thousands of visitors are expected
for sports car races this week end
ALL THINGS are ready for a large turnout of fans for the
sports car races to be sponsored by the Lions Club on
Saturday and Sunday, October 20 and 21.
Jack Brannon, chairman of
the show committee, says his
group is planning to welcome
thousands of racing fans
from over the Southeastern
United States.
“We have heard reports of
interest from many communi
ties, and we expect the atten
dance to be as large as any
thing ever held here,” Bran
non said.
Featured during the two
day period will be the speed
and thrills of daring racers,
hitting speeds exceeding 100
mph, on the 1.95-mile track
at the airport. Eight races
will be held, according to
classes of the cars entered,
and an added attraction will
be a performance by a sports
parachute club of Ft. Benning, j
Advance tickets are on sale ,
and fans can save money by
; b-tying them now. They can be
.■cured at Dot and Nez, The
Surprise Store, Cash Drug
Store and B & B Electric Co.
Here is the schedule of e-,
vents :
Saturday, October 20: 9:00
a. m., registration and safety ,
inspection at the course; 10
a. m., practice begins; 1230,
lunch; 1:15 a.m., mandatory
drivers meeting; 2:00 p. m., (
novice race, ten laps. Races
1, 2 and 3 will begin at 245,
3:30 and 4:15 p.m., and the,
course will close at 5:00 o.m. j
Sunday, October 21: 10:30
,a.m., practice begins; at ?2
| noon, parachute jump show;i
races 4,5, 6,7 and 8 begin
at 1:00, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15 and
4:15.
Saturday races are all of
ten laps each, but the Sunday
races will grow from fifteen
laps for the first three, to
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City primary set Nov. 13 to choose
mayor, 2 aidermen, 3 party leaders
A CITY PRIMARY election was held Tuesday, Nov. 13, at
which time voters of Donalsonville will nominate two
aidermen and a mayor.
Candidates can qualify by
paying entry fees to Mrs.
Louise J. Hay, city clerk, by
a deadline of noon on Tuesday,
| Oct. 30. This must be done in
person by each candidate. En
try fees are S3O. for mayor,
and S2O. for aidermen.
Those nominated and elect
ed will begin new terms on
January 1,1963, and serve for
'two years.
I Incumbent are Mayor A. A.
Parker, completing his first i
term, and Hudson Owen and;
Carl Spooner, Jr., councilmen.;
Owen is serving his first term
and Spooner has served three
full terms and two months of
the unexpired term of Frank
Rachel. * I
; Candidates must specify
[■whether they are opposing O
wen or Spooner. Owen holds
post no. 3, Spooner post no. 4,
iand the candidate must indi-
Carries 6 of 7 counties in new district
FOR THE THIRD time this year, Julian Webb Has been
nominated State Senator in a Democratic Primary. Webb
carried six counties in Tuesday’s special election.
R. T. Willis carried his
home county of Decatur by
more than three to one, but
Webb’s lead in Seminole was
more than enough to over
come this amount. Webb in
creased his margin in the oth
er counties.
Unofficial returns give
Webb 3415 votes to 2243 for
Willis in the new 11th sena
horfcl district, composed of
Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Deca
tur, Miller, Early and Semi
nole. In the three counties
of the old Bth district, Webb’s
• ead was 2379 to 1858. Willis
lead in Decatur by 1129, but
Webb’s margin of 1187 in Se
minole would have made
Webb a winner in the two
counties by 58 votes.
The special election was a
result of the recent reappor
tionment of the senate by the
General Assembly. The action
was completed, election day
set and the votes were count
ed in less than two weeks.
Possibly because of the
THE VOTING IN DETAIL
County: Webb Willis
Early 665 202
Miller 309 146
Baker 246 138
Decatur 467 1596
Calhoun 331 83
Claylß7 18
Seminole 1247 60
Total 3415 2243
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Seminole by Districts
Donalsonville 750 25
Iron City 156 23
Spring Creekls9 2
Steam Mill 117 2
Rock Pond 64 8
Total 1247 60
cate which post he seeks. Thus
one aiderman could have one
or more running against him,
while at the same time the
other could be unopposed.
The deadline for voters to
register to vote in this pri
mary will be at noon on Sat
urday, Nov. 3.
New Demo Committee To
Be Chosen, Too
Also to be elected on the
13th will be the three mem
bers of the City Democratic
Executive Committee. The
present committee is compos
ed of Ellison Dunn, L. R. Rob
inson and T. E. Roberts. Each
has indicated he will not seek
re-election.
To be a candidate for the ,
committee, a person must pay |
an entry fee of $1.90. The
same entry deadline applies, i
•and the names of candidates
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Senator Julian Webb
Three-time winner
short campaign, and because
of the fact that only one con
tested race was on the ballot,
the turnout of voters was far
from 100 percent, but the in
terest in the election grew as
voting time approached.
Webb had been nominated
in a county primary in ApriL
and in the state primary in
September. He defeated Elli
son Dunn first, then was un
opposed in the three counties
of the old Bth in the state
primary. Willis did not seek,
the office until after the state
primary. He had the evident
support of incumbent Senator
Willis Conger and Bainbridge
Mayor R. A. “Cheney” Grif
fin.
Willis conceded to Webb
shortly before 9 p. m. on
Tuesday.
Webb defeated Willis by 20
to 1 in Seminole County. He
polled 97 percent of the total
votes, and easily carried every
precinct.
The next hurdle will be the
general election in November.
Webb expressed his “hum
ble and sincere gratitude to
my friends for the votes they
gave me in this special pri
mary. I am aware of the sup
port from every county in our
new district, and I pledge my
best efforts toward working
for all our people.”
Attend Convention
Thirteen Seminolians were
among those attending the
State Democratic Party Con
vention in Macon Wednesday.
Included were Hugh Broome,
Bill Brigham, Joe Spooner,
Phil Spooner, Zack Williams,
Carlton Thomas, Howard Rog
ers, Garland Lane, Otis Brack
in, A. A. Parker, Miss Char
lotte Thomas, Melton Rabon
and Milton Johnson.
The main business of the
convention was to formally
! nominate Carl Sanders for
governor in the November
general election.