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by Bo McLeod
Wallace Butts gained a
pretty healthy bit of loot in
his trial against the Saturday
Evening Post, and I’ve heard
many comments about the
case.
No doubt about it, Wally
ran up a pretty one-sided
score on the Post, didn’t he?
Most folks seem to agree
the verdict was in order, and
some say it would make for a
better country if more of the
large publications were taught
to be a little more careful with
the truth.
I said at the beginning of
the affair that if the Post
did not have the facts they
claimed, they should suffer. I
still feel the same. There is
no justification for the publi
cation of lies and half truths,
and if the penalty for doing
'this is severe, so is the effect
of some of the biased, slanted
articles in the first place.
Now the shame seems to
be that the glorious Southland
cannot file a suit or two, to
cause an end to the way her
great name is abused and
damaged by so many of the
leading magazines. There are
plenty of grounds for a suit,'
but alas the Southland is not
qualified for such an action.
Two observations will close
th 1 part of it:
Stop asking us to “libel”
you so you can sue, so you
can collect a few million. We
don’t go in for that kind of
stuff in the first place, and we :
don’t have the money or i
means to pay off in the se
cond, third, etc. You’ll have to
make your million some other j
way, and I suggest you try
working for it. I know you’ll
never make it this way, but it
can keep you too busy to wor
ry about not having it.
I received a notice from
the Post the other day that
my subscription is about to
expire, I should send some
more money at once. Evident
ly, the Post expected to lose
the Butts case, for down at
the bottom were these words:
This is an emergency, please
send money at once!
A recent poll of sentiments
of voters in the South shows i
there are a lot of folks m
favor of creating a fourth ex
president. They want to lev
Kennedy join Hoover, Tru
man and Eisenhower in re
tirement, television commen
tary, and writing memoirs.
One fellow said ’tother day
that Kennedy received nearly
95% of Seminole’s vote in the
last election, and as far as
he’s concerned that’s all he’ll
ever get.
But they cuss Kennedy one
minute and vote “Democra
tic” the next, so I’m not ready
to predict how the county will ,
go in sixty fo’.
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It still seems a shame that
the liberals who are so eager
to pass laws to force us to be
holy and without prejudice,
those same folks keep ignor
ing the fact that Senator Rus
sell is the best presidential (
material in the country, just ,
because he’s from Georgia. (
How can they lead us out of
the “error” of “racial preju- •
dice” when they are prejudic- ,
od against a man’s section of
the country? We need better
examples, I tell you.
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Single Copies: T’en Cents Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia $3.00 a Year in Advance
VOLUME XLV DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1963 NUMBER 18
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DISTRICT OFFICERS —These six boys and girls are the new
officers of the Southwest Georgia District Junior 4-H
Club Council. Elected at the recent district project achieve
ment meet at Americus, they are, front row left to right: Jan
ie Crosby, Seminole County, girls’ vice president; Patty
Chafin, Bibb County, president, and Lucy Jon Mangham,
Taylor County, secretary-treasurer. Back row: Robert Causey,
Crawford County, reporter; John McNeill, Sumter County,
boys’ vice president, and Mike Hartley, Clay County, parlia
mentarian. Janie’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Herb Crosby.
Birthday calendar sale is underway
j THE ANNUAL birthday calendar sale is now underway, and
members of the Donalsonville Lions Club are calling on
, citizens to subscribe to the feature.
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Sol Guterman released team
assignments at this week’s
meeting of the club, and he
urged the members to see
each home in their territory
soon, because the project must
be completed within the next
two weeks.
Merchants talk of
decorations
The merchants of Donalson
ville continued their discus
sion of Christmas decorations
at a meeting this week in
Moseley Hall.
William Arden Parker, pre
sident, presided over the gath
ering. Jabo King reported on
his committee’s findings of an
examination of the cost of re
placing the old street decora
tions which have been used
for the last time. A few items
can be salvaged, but most of
the old material is worn out.
The group voted to ask the
city and county to help in
purchasing the new decora
tions.
’ Other items of business dis
cussed was the question of
changing the operating hours
of stores. It was pointed out
that the shopping habits of
the public continue to change,
and now Friday evenings are
potentially bigger shopping
times than Saturdays.
Some expressed a desire to
remain open later on Friday
evenings and close earlier on
Saturdays. Following a brief
discussion, it was decided that
a poll will be made of local
businesses to see what the
majority wishes to do.
When Your Customers Reads
IT He Remembers It!
11 For a fee of $2.00, each
i home can list the birthdays,
i and wedding anniversaries of
i each family member. Money
raised will be used for the
; club’s service projects, such
as the school band fund, sight
conservation, little lea gu e
baseball and others. A picture
of the band will appear on the
calendar again this year.
Guterman says that anyone
missed by a member salesman
can purchase a calendar and
submit listings with any mem
ber of the club, or they can
contact him at his jewelry
store on Wiley Avenue.
John Hanna presented a
film on the 1963 Tournament
of Roses for the program.
Guests were Mrs. Hanna, Jim
Gadsden, Joe Marshall, J. E.
Knox, Ross James, Houston
Freidmoore and Dr. P. T.
Wood.
I Can you guess the name of this lady?
” / the past few weeks,
we’ve been having fun pub
lishing old pictures of present
day citizens, and offering a
■two-year sub-
ion to
■ e ew s 1 °
■ 'V-' Bhe first one to
identify the
rso n.
Most of the
cture s have
KVjbeen of people
"Wwho live in
Donalsonville, but this is no
requirement. We always con
sider our “community” as
being all places within the
trade area. Which is to say,
the subject might even live
outside the city or county
limits.
With no more hint that
City primary date is September 24;
terms of Brannon, King are expiring
A DEMOCRATIC primary election to nominate two members
of the Donalsonville city council will be held on Tuesday,
September 24th. The primary date was set this week by the
newly elected city Democratic executive committee.
Successors to councilmeri
Jack Brannon and Harry King
will be nominated for two
year terms to begin on Janu
ary 1, 1964. A general election
to formally elect the succes
sors will be held later.
Candidates can qualify by
paying an entrance fee of
$25.00 in person to Mrs.
Louise J. Hay, secretary. They
have until noon on Tuesday,
Sept. 3 to do so, and each en-
ASCS election
deadline
Time’s running out!
The deadline for returning
a ballot in the ASCS commit
teemen election is Friday,
August 30. As of Wednesday
morning, about 78% of the
ballots had been returned,
meaning 22% of the eligible
voters have not responded.
This is 10% below the rate of
return of ballots in last year’s
election.
Leon Barnes urges every
eligible voter to take a few
minutes right now to mark a
ballot, seal it and return it to
his office. It won’t take more
than a few minutes, and this
is an important matter, he
says.
Barnes says that any person who
has lost or mislaid his ballot can
get another by coming by the ASC
office in the courthouse annex. He
says duplications of ballots will not
be possible, but he wants everyone
to be able to vote.
Other details about the election
appear in Barnes’ column inside
this edition.
Check the date next to your
name on the address plate of
this issue, If your subscription
has expired, please renew at
I once. Today’s a good time!
that, here is our mystery of
the week. This lady is well
known and you should be able
to guess her name.
First written guess wins. (
No phone calls accepted.
Mail guesses count, simply
include time and date of guess
and this will be accepted.
Last week’s winner was
Mrs. Francis Santi. She
correctly chose the name of
Mrs. Y. L. Roberts as the
young lady in the picture.
There were a few other cor- ■
rect entries, but Mrs. Santi I
was first.
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Try again this week. No,
entry fee is required, you
do not have to be a subscrib
er, and you may be a win-[
ner. —Ed.
try must specify which post
he seeks. King holds post No.
2, Brannon No. 1. Under the
rules either post could draw
any number of contests, while
the other could go unclaimed
or unopposed.
The candidate receiving the
high number of votes in each
race would be the nominee.
Voter registration deadline
has been set at noon on Tues
day, the 17th.
The committee has an
nounced plans to allow each
candidate to submit the
names of five persons as poll
holders. From the combined
list of names, four will be
chosen.
Joe Spooner is chairman of
the committee, and other
members are Bill Brigham
and Bill Mosely.
Small precincts
being ignored?
Is the “small precinct work
er” being ignored in the new
political structure in Georgia ?
W. E. “Bill” Brigham says
he believes it is, and he points
to his frustration in trying
to get information about vot
ing machines as proof.
Brigham is Donalsonville
district’s representative on
the Seminole County Demo
cratic Executive Committee.
He succeeded Ellison Dunn
last year, and since that time
has been trying to secure in
; formation about the ma
chines.
“Os course I am only one
• member of the committee,”
Brigham says. “I don’t know
if the entire committee would
be interested in purchasing
and using machines. They
may be too expensive to pur
chase and maintain, or there
may be some other reasons
why we could not use them.
“I am not trying to stir up
anything, either,” he added.
“All I want to do is find out
something about the ma
chines, so that we could con
sider them, and I just can’t
believe information on this
is so hard to get.”
Brigham has written three
letters to George Stewart, se
cretary of the state commit
tee, and one to Gov. Sanders.
Stewart answered one letter
by referring him to the Fulton
County committee, but the
other two, and the one to San
ders have not been answered.
“The only reason I can see
for not receiving the informa
tion I have asked for is that
, the small precinct worker is
being ignored. I can imagine
no other reason, for letters
' are not hard to answer,” Brig
ham stated.