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OUT ON A— 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 I H.O. COUNCIL r I % family life a jb in.... 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. NUMBER 26