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Volume 33, Number 21
GEORGIA POWER & LIGHT CO.
ALLOWED TO INCREASE RATES
On June 1 the Georgia Power &
Light Co’s, charge for the first 15
kilowatt hours of current per month
to residential users will go to $1.25
net.
. An increase to this figure from
the present $1 plus a U-cent penalty
for late payment was the major
rate change made by the Public
Service Commission Tuesday in
granting the company an annual
increase of some $88,725.
The revenue hike was
per cent of what the
sought.
The commission knocked out a
10 percent penalty charge the com
pany has been making for late pay
ment and ordered all bill rendered
for net amounts.
A spokesman said that Georgia
Power & Light is the last company
making a penalty charge and after
June 1 there will be none doing so.
The Commission ordered a slight
reduction in the charge for the 85
of the first 100 kwh to residences.
It set a flat rate of 4 cents per kwh
compared with 4% cents at present
for the first 25 and 4 for the other
♦O.
The company operates in about
20 south Georgia counties.
Customers and city and county
officials in the area vigorously pro
tested its petition for a $306,000 an
nual rate increase.
FARM AGENT LOYD GIVES STEPS
FOR CONTROL OF TOBACCO PESTS
Recommendations for control of
various insects that damage tobacco
in the field were made here this
week by County Agent George
Loyd.
Mr. Loyd pointed out that fre
quent observations should be made
so that insect infestations may be
found and controlled before apprec
iable damage is done.
The recommendations, which are
based on research conducted at the
Coastal Plain experiment station at
. Tifton and in other states in the
flu-cured tobacco area, are:
For flea beetle control use 10
pounds of five or 10 percent TDE
(DDD) dust per acre or two pounds
of 50 percent TDE (DDD) wettable
powder mixed with enough water
to spray one acre.
To control aphids (lice) use 10 to
25 pounds of one percent parathion
dust or one to two pounds of 15
percent wettable powder spray per
acre, or one-half pint of 40 percent
TEPP emulsion spray.
Budworms may be controlled by
using four pounds of 10 percent
TDE (DDD) dust per acre applied
only to buds, or two to four pounds
of 50 percent wettable powder in
a spray, covering the entire plant,
per acre. Budworm bait composed
of one pound of arsenate of lead
mixed with 50 pounds of corn meal
and applied dry, one pinch to each
bud, is also effective. One or two
applications of this is usually suf
ficient. Topping and suckering to
bacco will help prevent serious bud
worm infestations late in the sea
son.
One pound of Paris green or So
dium fluosilicate .mixed with 50
pounds of wheat bran that is free
of shorts and with enough water
to moisten makes a good cutworm
bait. This bait should be scattered
around the plants at the rate of 15
to 20 pounds per acre. It should be
kept off the plants and should be
applied in the late afternoon for
best results.
A mixture of two pounds of 50
percent chlordane wettable powder
and 50 pounds of wheat bran and
enough water to moisten is effec
tive mole cricket bait and is also
effective for cutworm control. The
bait should be mixed thoroughly
and broadcast where damage is be
ing done.
Either of two treatments are re
commended for horn worm control:
(1) Fifteen to 30 pounds of 10
percent TDE (DDD) dust or two to
feur rounds of 50 percent wettable
powder in a spray per acre;, (2) Ten
to 15 pounds of a mixture of 16
Piano Recital
Given by Pupils
Os Mrs. Sarvis
Piano pupils of Mrs. S. S. Sarvis
were presented in a recital at the
school auditorium on Friday even
ing, May 22.
Myriads Easter lillies, white
magnona and white burning cand
les were used for the stage decora
tions, with Bili Willis lighting the
candles.
about 30
company
The piano pupils were: Shirley
Ann Dowling, Linda Royster, Shir
ley Ann Wainright, Eddie Hunter,
Kenneth Pop well, Patsy Walker,
Sara Strickland, Janice Wills, Mary
Lee Godwin, Betty Carol DePratter,
Buane Gibson, Melba Thrift, Arlene
Strickland, Charleen Gibson, Doro
thy Davis, Norma Dykes, Carol Ann
Ruark, Gloria Popwell, Velma Lee
King, Betty Jo Hallman, Jaurelle
Drury, Mary Ruth Jacobs, Myra
Strickland, Helen McDuffie, Carolyn
Johnson, Raye Boyd and Wade
Strickland.
Acting as ushers were Denny
Rhoden, Jerome Lee, Lorna Har
den, Gale Strickland, Mildred Bo
hannon and Lynn Herrin.
Mrs. Harold Strickland served ice
cream and cake to the pupils and
ail who assisted in making the re
cital a success.
parts of lead arsenate to one part
Paris green per acre, applied when
plants are dry, or two to 2% pounds
of this mixture used as a spray per
acre. Zinc-safened calcium arsenate
may be used instead of lead arse
nate in this second mixture.
County Agent Loyd explained that
the higher rates of dusts and sprays
should be applied when the tobacco
is large in order to get good cover
age. Also more insecticide is needed
to kill large hornworms and bud
worms than small ones.
Mr. Loyd cautioned tobacco grow
ers to remeber that insecticidal re
sdiues on cured tobacco are object
ionable and therefore only enough
insecticide to adequately control
the insect pests should be used.
Big Irish Potatoes
Produced by
G. W. Highsmith
Mr. G. W. Highsmith of Route
Two, Nahunta, has grown a crop
of especially fine Irish potatoes. He
brought six of the potatoes to the
Enterprise office which weighed all
together a total of four pounds 10
ounces.
The potatoes are of the Red Bliss
variety. He has about 15 bushels of
the crop.
WHERE 27 PERSONS DIED - These unusual pictures of file train wreck at Blackshear in 1888 were made avail
’ble to The Blackshear Times through the courtesy of Mrs. E. L. Darling Sr. They were made at the time by
D. N. Baldwin & Son, photographers of Albany, Ga., and sold at 75 cents each, with a description of the disas
trous event and a list of the dead and injured printed printed on the back.
Wattfku Enterprise
NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, Thursday, May 21, 1953
Commissioners
Commended for
Publishing Audit
In a recent editorial The Atlanta
Constitution strongly commended
the Brantley County commissioners
for publishing an audit of the coun
ty’s finances. The Constitution edi
torial was as follows:
GOOD PUBLIC SERVANT
WILL KEEP BOOKS OPEN
A recent issue of The Brantley
Enterprise at Nahunta carried an
auditor’s report of county finances
covering full three columns of the
paper.
It is the type of public report to
which the people of every county
are entitled —a statement, in fair
detail, of where the public money
came from and where it went.
It is the type of information to
which the public must always have
access. The public official who
would retain the confidence of his
constituency will keep his accounts
an open book.
Vacation Bible
School to Start
Monday, May 25
The Daily Vacation Bible School
at the Nahunta Baptist Church will
start Monday. May 25, at nine o’-
clock with the pastor, Rev. C. E.
Milton, as principal.
Each of the Sunday school de
partments will be represented on
the faculty of the Bible school. The
largest enrollment ever is expected
to attend. Every child in the com
munity is invited and urged to at
tend the Daily Vacation Bible
School.
The school will run for five days,
vith three-hour sessions each day.
If you have sometnmg to sell,
* 50 cents advertisement in The
Brantley Enterprise will be read by
people all over the county.
AT ALABAMA RIVER WRECK SCENE - Workers go about the task of cleaning up
debris at the scene of the accident in which a fast mail train of the old Savannah,
Florida and Western 'railroad piled into the almost dry bed of the Alabaha River.
UNION BAG
GIVES BLYTHE
ISLAND TO SCOUTS
Little Blythe Island, a piece of
land embodying 75 acres, has been
deeded by Union Bag & Paper Cor
poration of Savannah to the Okefe
nokee Aera Council of Boy Scouts
of America for use as a camp site,
it is announced by John P. Harper
of Nashville, president of the Coun
cil.
The deed was presented to the
Council at a meeting of the group
in Waycross Tuesday night, May 12,
and was accepted by Norman A.
Way of Brunswick, immediate past
president of the Council, who was
chairman of the committee which
met with officials of Union Bag se
veral months ago to formulate plans
for the deeding of the land for Boy
Scout use.
Besides Little Blythe Island, the
grant of land to the Boy Scouts in
cludes three other smaller islands
consisting of a total of approximate
ly 5 acres and in close proximity to
the main 75 acre tract.
It is the purpose of the executive
committee of the Okefenokee Area
Council to immediately begin con
struction of suitable camp facilities
on the main island which will be
used by Boy Scout Troops in the
following counties comprising the
Okefenokee Area: Brooks, Lowndes
Cook, Berrien, Pierce, Ware, Lanier
Echols, Clinch, Charlton, Irwin, Ber
Hill, Coffee, Atkinson, Jeff Davis.
Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Wayne
Camden, Glynn, Mclntosh.
Birth Announcements
Elmer Eugene Junior is the nam^
of the baby boy born to Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer E. Lee who are living
in New Orleans, La. He arrived
on May 10 and weighed eight
pounds and one ounce.
Forestry Unit Is
Commended for
Reducing Fire Loss
Brantley County Forestry Unit is
one of 23 from among the state’s
119 protected counties that have re
ceived official commendations from
the Georgia Forestry Commission
for limiting and reducing fire loss
during the past year.
The official citations came from
Guyton DeLoach, Commission Di
rector, who “accorded Brantley
County and 22 others a membership
in the ‘Less Than One Fourth of
One Percent Club’.” DeLoach ex
plained “that the 23 counties merit
ed the recognition through the ex
cellent record of having held their
fire loss to less than one fourth of
one percent of the entire protected
acreage in the county. In other
words,” said the Director, “Brantley
County and the other counties have
reduced their loss from wild woods
fires to less than one-quarter Os an
acre out of every one-hundred acres
of protected forestland in the
county.”
“This is a record of which the
citizens of Brantley County and the
County Forestry Unit can well be
proud”, continued DeLoach.
Route 32 Highway
Association Meets
At Brunswick
A meeting of the Route 32 High
way Association will be held at the
Sea Spray Motor Court two miles
iorth of Brunswick on Friday, May
12, at 7:30 P. M., it is announced.
The meeting will discuss the plans
or completing State Route 32 from
’atterson to Brunswick through
Hortense. All the citizens who are
interested in seeing this important
route completed are invited to at-
| tend the meeting.
OFFICIAL ORGAN
BOY DROWNS
DESPITE 2-HOUR
RESCUE EFFORTS
Despite the frantic, two-hour ef
forts of his two fishing companions,
several men who came to the rescue
and a Mincy Funeral Home resusi
tator, an 11-year-old Nahunta boy
drowned early Tuesday afternoon.
The victim was Larry Gurley,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Gurley
of Nahunta.
The Gurley boy and one of his
fishing companions are reported to
have slipped from a steep embank
ment into the river near Nahunta.
The third boy rescued one of
those in the water but the Gurley
boy drifted into deep water. His
companions rushed off and got aid.
While the rescuing men were ap
plying artificial respiration a Mincy
ambulance with resusitator equip
ment was rushed to the scene from
Way cross.
After two hours of attempting to
revive the boy, a physician pronoun
ced him dead.
Other survivors include five bro
thers, Ralph, Frank, Joe, Ernest and
Grady Gurley, all of Nahunta; a
sister, Ann Gurley, Nahunta; his
paternal grandmother, Mrs. George
Gurley, Cleveland, Ga., and his
maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Hopper of Clarksville,
Ga. ‘ ■
Funeral services were held Thurs
day afternoon at three o’clock at the
graveside in Rob Lewis cemetery.
Mincy Funeral Home 'was in
charge of arrangements.
Turnip Turns Up
To End All Turnip
Stories This Season
The turnip story % to end all tur
nip stories for this season is now
being published about the 10 pound
12 ounce turnip raised by R. L.
Hickox on the J. Walter Crews farm
near Nahunta.
The 10-pound three-quarters
monster turnip was brought t to the
Enterprise office and it seems en
tirely probable that no other turnip
will turn up any bigger than the
Hickox turnip.
And so, if you don’t have a tur
nip to turn up any bigger than 10
pounds 12 ounces, just wait until
next turnip season and try again,
for the Hickox turnip now seems
declared the winner of the turnip
derby.
ROYAL
Theatre
Nahunta, Georgia
Monday to Friday 8:00 F. M.
Saturday 7:00 and 8:30 P. M.
PROGRAM
THURS., FRI., MAY 21-22
“Then You’ll
Remember Me”
Starring RAY MIDDLETON
SATU^DAT, MAY 23 ’
. Sue”
GENE AUTRY
Fues. May 2S-26
'.bove and Beyond
ihurs, & Fri. May 28-29
The Bad and the
beautiful
