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OUT ON A— LIMB by Bo McLeod On Wednesday next, voters will go to the polls and vote (what else could voters do but vote?) in the state Democrat ic Primary. This will be the first one to be held under the new election code, and I imag ine a lot of Demo committee men will approach the day with crossed fingers, a knock on wood, and maybe a good lawyer. There are several require ments in the new code and be cause they are new and word ed in legalistic terms, not ev eryone is interpreting them in the same way. Still, there is reason to hope the law will be followed if not fully under stood. There are several punish ments you can be nominated for if you “booger up.” You can be elected to pay a fine or serve a term in the pokey. Sc be careful and honest, and by all means, don’t leave any fingerprints. Voting is still a pleasure privilege and duty, no matter how burdensome they make their ‘codes.’ As for elections and things like that, I have had a request to stop writing so much about politics, but there is nothing I can do about it. Politics are all around us, now and forev er, it’s impossible to ignore the stuff. I’ve noticed that most times the fellow who wants you to stop writing or talking ;about~ politics is one who disagrees with you. That's al! right with me. Td rather have a disagreeing, even disagree able reader than none a talk The thermometer down at the bank said—and I saw it say it—this isn’t hearsay— 108° fahrenheit this morning. I knew it was hot, but I didn’t know it was that hot, until someone explained that was the temperature after inter est and carrying charges were added. Well, the thermometer said 108°. Since I was out there on the sidewalk at the time, I believe every it! I walked through the ele mentary school the other day, just a little while after the new term started, and I a greed with the people there, that is a hot place. They mentioned air condi tioning a time or two, and it : eminded me of one of the few things the Democrats left out of the platform. Shuckens, hot weather did not bother us so much back in my school days. If it got too hot to endure, we’d just “shoot a hooky,” which could cure Those boys at the post of fice want to inform their -many friends and satisfied customers they will be closed all day on Monday, Sept. 7, in observance of Labor Day. No rural or parcel post rts will be operated that day, so said PM Kiss, who ought to know. q ' R<u£jfe takes a few holi days then, but he’s never failed to report for duty on payday. Al has had several months to work on this one, so he may know something when he pre dicts a score of 13 for the In dians, 12 for the Bobcats. We shall see, right? ynnalannttillt Nmd Single Ten Ceuta Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia $3.00 a Year in Advance ■ " 1 '■ ' ' VOLUME XLVI DONALSONVILLE (GA.) NEWS THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, 1964 NUMBER 19 ■’A' * »t 7 ' li ■■ L M A t I ' 11 1 FOR THE FIRST TIME—For the first time in the history of the county, there is an official Seminole County Re publican Party. With an immediate goal of working for the election of Senator Barry Goldwater, the organization is also laying plans for making it a permanent organization. Shown checking plans are Dr. H. B. Jenkins, left, the chairman, and Carlton Thomas, secretary-treasurer. H- O. Cummings is the vice chairman of the local chapter. Newspics Seminole now has official Republican party; to push vote for Goldwater FOR THE first time in its history, Seminole County has an official entry in the Republican Party organization. A group of local citizens have held a meeting and e lected officers. They are Dr. H. B. Jenkins, chairman, H. O- Cummings, vice chairman, and Carlton Thomas, secre tary-treasurer. They have raised enough money to meet a quota assigned them by the district GOP committee, and they have registered official ly with the state and national levels of the party. "the immediate goal of the Seminole organization will be to persuade the people of the county to vote for Senator Barry M. Goldwater in the presidential election. ‘We first want to appeal to Demo crats to support Senator Goldwater,” said Dr. Jenkins. “We don’t have enough mem bers yet to do otherwise, and we intend to conduct an ex tensive campaign here to tell the voters why we think the Senator should be elected ” such a cam paign will cost money, and the party invites all people who “agree with us that it’s time for a change of national administrations” so send con tributions to Thomas, or to deposit their offering in either local bank, payable to the Seminole County Gold water Committee. /. Another preliminary pro ject (will be to enlist other citizens of the county to join the movement.” We are pleas ed with the response to our New Coach Al Stevens, new boys bask etball coach and assistant football coach, is a native of Bainbridge. He has coached at Wrens, Reynolds, East Laurens and Elbert , County• A graduate of r Valdosta State College, he and Mrs. Stevens have two daughters. He teaches English and phy sical education. organization, and we invite thers to join with us. Our long range goal is to establish a permanent Republican par ty in Seminole County,” said Jenkins. The men emphasized that all contributions will be Wel lcome. “No amount of money will be ‘too small’ to do some good in this fight against progressively bigger govern ment in Washington,” Thom as said. CAO kJUIUi . , Indians open season with region IB gair ? in Blakely Friday night at 8:00 | THE NEW football season opens for the Seminole Indians on Friday night when they go Blakely for a region IB west game with the Bobcats- The Indians will be trying to do something a Seminole team has not done in the past ten years. Since 1954, the Bobcats have won every game and in half of those games the Indians didn’t even score. This is another year and another set of circumstances, though, and the Indians have a chance to stop their losing string. The Seminoles will be bigger and more experienced than the ’Cats, and if they can slip out of town without ithe Blakely “evil eye,” this could be a historic evening for Snell and his men. ' Coach Denvard Snell says his boys look “pretty good” this week, and he now has only one crippled starter, Sid Shingler, on the “definitely out of action” list. This is .a (tough blow, losing young Shingler, and it puts a damp er on what was a cheerful out look for the year. Probable Starters Snell is expected to start a lineup composed of Paul Brimlow and Harry Whitaker, ends; Johnny Barber and State primary Wednesday to name congressman, justices, constables ON NEXT Wednesday, September 9, the voters of Seminole ' County will go to the polls to vote in the State Democratic Primary Election. This will be the first pri nary to be held under the ew election code adopted by he recent session of the gen- ] ral assembly. i Bill Brigham says several changes will be noted in vot- 1 i ng procedure. For one thing, | 1 very voter must sign a statement that he hasn’t vot- ' id in another precinct in the election. Under the new code, a voter who lives in the iron City district can vote at Don alsonville, if he has a “legiti nate” reason, such as„ em- J ployiment, Brigham said. To , do this, the voter must sign ithe form certifying that he as not voted in another pre inct, too, Brigham says. Absentee ballots are now i vailable at the registrar’s fifee at the court house, the c.iairman said,\and all persons who will not be able to go to he polls on Wednesday must apply for an absentee ballot, jnder the new code, the.poll lolders will not be allowed to ( arry a ballot to a person,J Another change prohibits a ELEMENTARY PTA TO MEET SOON \ A get acquainted meeting ,f the Donalsonville Element-1 ary School PTA unit will be! .eld on Monday evening. Sep tember 14, at 8:00 o’clock, y All parents 1 with children in he school are urged to attend 1 nd support the program of j 'he PTA. ’ i* • Heyward Lynn, tackles; Aug ie Clayton and Tommy Cow an, guards, and Royce Can nington, center. Mike Bowen quarterback, Bruce Baker and 'Jack Ivey, halfbacks, and at fullback, Luke Spooner- Brimlow is captain of the team. He and Whitaker miss ed all of last season because of Injuries; Barber and Brim low are the only seniors on the team. Jesse McLeod is team manager. The Bobcats will be playing only two of their stars of last year. The others graduated. Game time will be 8:00 o’- clock. The Seminole band will make the trip and play. AH Blakely Since ’54 Bobcats Year Indians 35 1954 0 - 20 1955 6 - 47 1956 7 18 1957 0 27 1958 0 36 1959 0 21 1960 13 27 1961 7 24 1962 0 20 1963 7 >ollh older from helping a )erson in voting. Persons who eed help must get someone rot connected with the hold ing of the polls, and the per on cannot help more than 10 voters. The code forbids the solici tation for votes by any one ether than the candidate him self within 250 feet of a poll ing place. There are other sections of the code which pertain to tne voter, candidate and pollhold- They carry penalties of up ito $2,000.00 fines, and terms from one to three years, de pending on whether the of fense is considered a felony or misdemeanor. Polls will open in the five recincts in the countv at :G0 a.m. and close at 7:00 ,m. Most of the candidates on the ballot are unopposed. The only races in which opposition has developed : I For justice of the peace in 1 he Donalsonville District, the i, ncumbent, M. C. Fain, Jr., is challenged by J. W. Wren, a former policeman, and J. E. Fowler, operator of a loan gency. For public service commis ! ioner, to succeed Allen Chap pell: Allen Chappell, Alpha A. Fowler, J. E- (Joe) Griffin, Buck Schnall. V For representative in the ignited States Congress from the Second District, to suc ceed J. L. Pilcher who is not seeking re-election:: David C. Jones, James W. (Jim) Key ton, C. B. King, Maston O’- Neal, W, Gerald Tuck, Harry L Wingiaste, Jr. ■ Other offices and can di lates seeking them without ipposition are: Public service commission er, Walter R. McDonald. For associate justices, sup reme court of Georgia, T. Grady Head and . Tom S. Chandler. For judges, court of appeals H. E. Nichols, Chas. A.' Pan nell- For solicitor general of the Pataula judicial circuit, Joe M. Ray. For state senator from the 11th district, Julian Webb. For representative in the general assembly, J. O. Brack in. Candidates for justice of peace will be: Iron City, Clarence A Lane, Steam Mill, B. B. Barber, Spring Creek, Roscoe Burke, and Rock Pond, C- D. Miller. Candidates ./or cop st able are: * •' Spufc g e b’n North, Bill McLendon; Iron City, Hubert Miller, V. A. Miller. Two will be elected for each district. There were no entries for the Spring Creek, Rock Pond and Steam Mill districts.