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OUT ON A—
LIMB
by Bo McLeod
That primary in New Ham
pshire is over, but the “ex
perts” will be sifting through
the ashes for a long time, try
ing to find a new “message”
from it, and trying harder to
make a buck out of it.
We’re so top heavy with ex
perts and analysts nowa
days, a fellow can’t do any
thing without someone read
ing something else into it.
This may be a good develop
ment in our politics, but right
now it’s tiring and boring.
It did look right natural to
see Dick Nixon bringing up
the rear, but it shows the
New Englanders have little
gallantry left. If a woman
runs for president in Georgia
we’d be sure to give her
enough votes to make it look
good. If we ever have a pre
sidential primary in Georgia,
that is, to take first things
first.
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in the meantime back at
the Donkey ranch, talk keeps
going around about a feud be
tween President Johnson and
Attorney General Kennedy.
This may or may not be true,
but it makes for interesting
speculation.
It makes it harder to see
how a president would be so
determined to give an attor
ney general more powers, like
in that Civil Rights bill they
are working on now.
The defense for Jack Ruby
keeps trying to prove Ruby
was insane when he shot and
killed Lee Oswald.
It shouldn’t take a lot of
testimony to prove a man
who committed murder like
Ruby did—in front of a cloud;
of witnesses isn’t the
world’s most normal lad.
At the same time, after you
prove he was out of his head
when he pulled the trigger,
you still haven’t changed the
thing he did. No wonder jus
tice must be blind. She’d get
sick sometimes, I imagine.
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where Senator Wes,ber
ry keeps making himself into
the kind of animal he was
given during the recent ses
sion. Just this week he opin
ed that many Georgia coun
ties do not deserve to be coun
ties, and they certainly don’t
deserve to be represented in
the legislature, he says.
I think he’s right. We don’t
deserve to be represented in
a legislature that accepts a
screwball like Wesberry.
Wesberry is the best argue
ment for a return to the coun
ty unit system I’ve seen late
ly.
■Seminole County has made
another step toward the big
time, with the hanging of a
portrait of a native in the
hallowed balls of the Univer
sity of Georgia in Athens. I
refer to the picture of Phil
Spooner placed there recently,
to which I must say, congrat
ulations, Phil, Flo and family.
The sheriff’s race is one of
the most difficult for the vot
er to handle. Unless you’re
darned sure who’s going to
win, you have to be cagey a
bout any remarks you make
You just can’t tell which
candidate will end up wearing
the badge, with the power to
arrest you and things like
that. . I
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White re-elected sheriff
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CATTLE SHOW PRINCIPALS The 26th annual Seminole County cattle show and sale
have come and gone, and here are the people who led the finale of the project spon
sored by the Donalsonville Lions club. Left to right are John Phil Spooner and his grand
champion Hereford, Hoyt Newberry and Lon lie Jernigan who purchased both top animals
jointly for their Piggly Wiggly and IGA Food iner, D. F. Wurst, chairman of the show, and
Neal Pace with his reserve champion. For other details of the event, look inside this issue.
IN COLUMBUS- AT 1:2(X-
Squaws open title defense
THE SCHS SQUAWS, one of the winningest basketball teams in the history of the state,
places its state class ‘B’ championship on the line in Columbus today, when it opens
the meet by playing North Gwinnett of Suwannee at 1:20 o’clock p.m.
The Squaws are the defending champions and hold three state crowns in the nine years
they have gone to the state meet. They won it in 1956, 1959 and 1963.
j During the past ten years
under Coach N. P. Malcom,
the Squaws stayed home only
i once, 1961 when Miller Coun
ty won the district tourney,.
The Squaws have a perfect
i ecord of 29 wins and no loss
es this year, including tourna
ment games. North Gwinnett
has 28 wins and one loss.
If the Seminoles succeed,
they will play again at 9:00
on Friday night, and in the
championship game at 8:30
Saturday night.
NEW RMA OFFICERS
New officers have been
elected by the Donalsonville
Retail Merchants Association,
and plans are being made for
a special meeting of members
to plan for the coming year.
Elected ibis week were
Charles Burke, president,
Mrs. R. H. Dismuke, vice
president, and Mrs. C. C. Lee,
secretary. Burke succeeds
William Arden Parker.
Several business matters
were discussed by the mer
chants who attended the
meeting, but no action was
taken until a larger atten
dance can be had.
Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia
DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1964
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PORTRAIT PRESENTED —A portrait of a Seminole count)
< cattie breeder has been placed in the college of agricul
ture of the University of Georgia. These men participated in
the presentation of the portrait from the Georgia Cattlemen’s
Association, in honor of John I. (Phil) Spooner, Jr., right,
owner-operator of Seldom Rest Farms. Left to right are Dr.
R. A. Long and Dr. C. C. Murray of the University of Geor
gia. Henry Green, president of the cattlemen’s association,
and Spooner. More complete story on back page.
16.00 a Year in Advance
DEFEATS DOSTER OVER
COUNTY NEARLY 3-1
Dan White was re-elected
sheriff of Seminole County
for a fourth term in the Dem
ocratic primary election on
Wednesday.
White outpolled Jim Doster,
wiho was making his first bid
for public office, in every pre
cinct. County totals showed
White had nearly three times
as many votes as Doster.
Final unofficial returns told
of White gathering 1309 to
475 for Doster.
White said the victory made
him “humble and grateful,” to
his friends and supporters.
The voting by districts:
District Dan Jim
Steam Mill 132 54
Rock Pond 59 32
Iron City 172 49
Spring Creek 251 56
Donalsonville 695 284
Totals 1309 475
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r Incumbent officials return
ed without opposition were:
Mae S. Garwood, ordinary;
L. H. Hastey, clerk of Super
ior court; Champ Bridges, tax
commissioner; J. O. Brackin,
I representative; N. P. Malcom,
superintendent o f schools;
Carolyn Lane, treasurer; Paul
Mosely, coroner; Earl Thurs
by, surveyor, and Aubrey Al
day commissioner for Spring
Creek.
J. B. Gibson was nominated
to succeed Acie Mims on the
county commission, for the
Steam Mill district. Mims did
not seek re-election.
Nomination in a Democrat
ic primary is tantamount to
election, though this will be
formally done later.
All officials will serve four
years terms except Brackin,
whose term runs two years.
Pollholders were:
Donalsonville: Bill Brigham,
Joe Spooner, Taylor Thomas,
Mrs. Mabie Godfrey, Mrs.
R. E. Mosely and Mrs. Frank
Battles.
Steam Mill: B. B. Barber,
Mrs. Rufus Johnson, and Roy
Faircloth.
Iron City: Al Cordell, Pryor
Lane, Mrs. C. A. Lane, Mrs.
Enoch Ausley.
Spring Creek: Roscoe Burke,
Sam Burke, F. B. Faircloth,
Joel Poole.
Rock Pond: Not available.
PT A DUTCH SUPPER
The high school PT A in
vites the public to a Dutch
supper on Tuesday evening,
March 17, at the high school.
While advance reservations
are preferred, they' are not
required, and parents of high
school students are especially
being urged to attend.
The meal will cost each
person only 30c
each, the announcement said.
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