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LIMB
by Bo McLeod
It’s about time for the
sound and fury to fade away,
and the time of casting a
ballot is drawing nigh-
After all the campaign ora
tory, charges and counter
charges, many of us are hap
py to think about it ending.
This was the year of the big
noise, and we’ve had enough.
After studying the situa
tion closely but reluctantly, I
(believe I have devised a new
approach to the business of
making campaign promises.
It’s called the “do it to your
self’ campaign kit, and it al
lows a voter to make his own
promises, to hear only that
which he wants to hear,
which is what most of us do
already. It works like this:
The candidates set up an
adjustable set of claims. A
Simple stroke of a simple pen
cil makes it fit as desired. A
sample:
I am (for) (against) social
security, peace, lower taxes,
civil rights, REA, big daddy
ism, smearlash, etc.
See how it works? Scratch
through (for) or (against),
and the candidate is saying
what you want him to say.
For attacking the other
side and creating “issues tjie
thing works the same way,
except in reverse. A sample:
My opponent is (for) (a
gainst) social security, peace,
lower taxes, etc.
In the closing days of the
campaign, the candidate could
issue a cincher by distributing
something like this:
When I am elected I prom
-IS€£iach voter could fill the
blank in with the promise
he wants most. This can make
the thing a personal matter
to each citizen, something
sure to be healthy for the
political climate.
There may be some who
will consider this system ot
campaigning as being si y,
but the same judgment can be
applied to the way they ve
been doing it for years.
Don’t let ’em scare you. It’s
not so hard to cast a vote
correctly, _ just bemuse the
ballot is king-size. Read the
instructions carefully,don
make a mark until you ar
sure of whatr L °t „sk
you don’t understand it, ask
someone. Then mark it firmly
and clearly, the way you pre-
ballot booth is one of
last places you can go without
borrowing money. Be sure to
go. and vote. It’s your obliga
tion as free people.
lam still having trouble
deciding how to mark my
ballot, I certainly am not able
to advise you on how to vote.
But you ought to vote, any
way Let ’em know we’re con
fused or misinformed, but let
’em know we’re down here.
Oh, I’m getting ready to
vote by practicing X.
and J’s. I can handle
» good now, with either
hand, even, so my problem is
no longer how to make the X
or J, but where to put them.
Want to practice a bit -
Here are a few s. Prac
tice hitting them with your
FOR so-and-so
O AGAINST so-and-so
n FOR so-and-so
n AGAINST so-and-so
As far as I know this is
the only newspaper that* gives
such a helpful feature to its
readers, at no increase in cost.
Bmalfinttuille Nmd
Single Copies: Ten Cents Official Organ of County of Seminole and City of Donalsonville, Georgia $3.00 a Year in Advance
VOLUME XLVI
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FIRST liN HOMEMiAKING—The Seminole County home
demonstration club put together the best homemak
ing exhibit last week for Dothan’s National Peanut Festi
val Fair to win first place with this display on “Family
Life in Home, School and Church.” Second place went to
Napier Field home demonstration club, and Smyrna home
demonstration clulb winning third prize. (Dothan Eagle)
Seminoles toplay final home game
of season with Blakely here Friday
THE SEMINOLE Indians play their final home game of the
season Friday night at 8:00 o’clock when the powerful
Blakely Bobcats come to Seminole Stadium.
The Seminole Marching In
dians, the school’s band, will
perform during the game and
in a special show during the;
halftime rest.
This will be the second
collision between the ’Cats,
and the Indians. In the first
meeting, in the season opener
for both teams, the Bobcats
won 19-0. Since that time the
TO TRICK OR TREAT
FOR UNICEF
The children and youth of
the Friendship Methodist
Church will visit homes in the
community Thursday, Octob
er, 29, from 6:00 until 7:30
pjm., to receive contributions 1
for UNICEF.
Citizens are asked to have
their porch light on to receive
the callers, and to “give gen
erously”
“These young people will
not be asking for anything
for themselves, only for mon
ey to buy medicine and food
for needy children around the
world,” the announcement
said.
NO SCHOOL THURSDAY
The schools of the county
are enjoying a holiday from
classes today, because the
faculty is attending a GEA ,
meeting.
IF YOU’RE MOVING,
PLEASE TELL US
If your address changes for
any reason, please notify The
News immediately. It’ll save ■
us trouble, expense and aggra
vation,' and" enable us to send *
your paper to the right place!)
Thanks! —Ed. |
DONALSONVILLE (GA. 31745) NEWS THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 1964
Indians have lost four more,
tied one and won one. Blakely
ihas won every game except
ha tie score with Pelham- The
’Cats defeated Terrell 7-0 in
/their contest, and Terrell beat
Seminole 20-0 last week.
The obvious favorite will be
Blakely, but Coach Denvard
Snell and his lads' are evi
dently not going to concede.
The team was cheered this
week when Sid Shingler final
ly received his doctor’s per
mission to rejoin the team.
Sid has been out since just
before the season opened, and
this has greatly crippled the
Seminole attack plans- He’ll
be playing right halfback this
week, and Coach Snell says he
s ready to go because he has
stayed in good condition.
Another cheering note is
the return of Mike Bowen.
Bowen missed the Terrell con
test because of injuries sus
tained when the motorscooter
he was driving was struck by
an automobile. He still has
bruises from it, but he’ll be
ready for Blakely.
Bruce Baker at quarterback
and Paul Brimlow and Bo
Johnson at fullback will com
plete the Indian backfield.
Up front, Cleve Bridges has
been moved to left guard, and
the rest of the lineup will be
the same.
“Our boys have been work
ing hard this week and they
really want to beat Blakely.
With a ‘good night’ we just
might do it,” Snell said-
Playing their final home
game as Indians will be the
only two seniors, Paul Brim
low and Johnny Barber.
Voting in the national election conies
on Tuesday; procedure is explained
DON’T LET the size of the ba'
National Election next Tut
complicated, if only a few detai
Garwood, Seminole’s Ordinary.
Mrs. Garwood says a person
may vote a straight Demo
cratic or- straight Republican
ticket, or he may vote a split
ticket.
The ordinary says the vot
ing will be done by the placing
of a cross (X) or a check (/)
mark in the block () next to
the name of each slate of
candidates, electors, or indiv
idual candidates. Voters are
warned to not mark through
or over the name of any cand
idate, and against marking in
other than the proper blocks-
A voter must use only a foun
tain pen, ball point pen or
pencil in marking his ballot.
Here’s How To Do It
Mrs. Garwood explained the
voting procedure this way:
To vote for Lyndon John
son, Hubert Humphrey, and
the straight Democratic Par
ty ticket, a voter should simp
y place a mark in the block
at the top of the left column
of the ballot. That is all. .No
other mark should be made,
except for or against each of
the 14 amendments to the
Georgia Constitution wihich
ire listed on the extreme
right side of the ballot.
The straight Democratic
Party ticket includes the list
of officials nominated in the
county and state primaries
earlier. Included are the of
fices of sheriff, tax commis
sioner, clerk of court, ordin
iry, school superintendent,
state senator and representa
tive, justice of peace, survey
or, constable and others.
To vote for Barry Gold
water and William Miller for
president and vice president,
a voter can simply check the
block at the top of the second
column that says Republican
Party. That is all that is
necessary to vote the straight
Republican ticket. The voter
could still vote for or against
the 14 amendments to the
state constitution.
To vote a split ticket, the
voter can check the second
block (but not the first one)
saying. For President of the
United States, Barry M. Gold
water, etc- Now he can switch
back over to the left column
and vote individually for the
candidates of the state Demo
cratic ticket.
This is the only way of
splitting the ticket for any
practical effect, Mrs. Gay
wood says, because there is
only one name under the Re
publican ticket for an office
in the state. That is the name
of John W. Stokes, for Solici
tor-General of the Consauga
Circuit. ..
All other Democratic candi
dates are without opposition.
Voters are cautioned again
st placing marks in more
blocks than they should. To
place marks in the first two
blocks in the left or second
from left columns would dis-
llot confuse you, voting in the
esday, Nov. 3rd, will not be so
ils are noted, says Mrs. Mae S.
qualify the ballot, for ex
ample.
Voters are cautioned, too,
against attempting to erase
or change a marking of a
ballot. In case of error, the
voter should turn his ballot
back to one of the pollholders
and receive a new ballot in its
place.
If a person desires to vote
for a person whose name is
not printed on the ballot, he
should manually write the
name of such person,-accom
panied by the title of the of
fice involved, in the write-in
column which appears on the
ballot.
Mrs. Garwood added that
the provisions of the newly
adopted Georgia Election
Code will apply to this elec
tion. Among other provisions,
this prohibits the poll holders
from helping a voter mark his
(ballot, and someone other
than a. pollholder must do
this; and one such person can
not help more than ten voters.
Voters cannot take anything
into the booth to help them in
voting, and no candidates can
distribute literature within
250 feet of the polling places.
Nor can anyone else do this.
Polls will be open in the
regular polling places in the
county, from 7:00 a.m. until
7:00 p.m.» the Ordinary says.
The same as in the primary,
each voter must sign a certifi
cate that he is eligible to vote,
and has not voted anywhere
else.
There are approximately
340 registered voters in the
county. Approximately 100
absentee ballots have been re
quested. These must be re
turned by election day or they
will not be counted-
COPY OF BALLOT TO
BE POSTED
A void copy of the official
ballot will be posted on the
wall at the courthouse, for
voters to study as they ap
proach the polling place, Mrs.
Garwood said.
RAINFALL 12 INCHES
OVER NORMAL NOW
R. P. Armstrong reports
that 66.07 inches of rainfall
have been officially recorded
in Seminole County during the
first ten months of the year.
Normal for a year here is 52
inches.
During October, the county
received 9.67 inches, making
it the wettest month of the
entire year. 6.67 inches of this
came during the hurricane
period early in the month.
With over two months re
maining in the year, ’64 is
sure to be among the wettest
of them all.
The year’s driest month
Was May, when 4.36 inches
were recorded. Second wettest
was January with 9.40 inches.
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