The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, October 01, 1953, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME 33, NUMBER 40 REPORT TO THE PEOPLE OF NAHUNTA For nearly two years I have done my best to serve you as mayor. Here are some things to which I wish to call your attention: 1. We have one of the best police departments of any small city in the land. The police department has paid its own expenses with the fines and forfeiture paid into the city treasury. This includes the cost of the police booth and the cost of the police car. 2. Chief Bentley and Patrolman Coleman are two of the best and most active and conscientious officers to be found anywhere. They are honest, they work at their jobs and they are fair and impartial in enforcing the law. 3. My instructions to them has been to adopt a “middle-of-the-road” course and not go to extremes either way. I have told them repeatedly to give every person the benefit of every reasonable doubt and not to make cases where they had any reasonable doubt of law violation. It is better that 100 guilty escape than one innocent person be prosecuted. 4. The mayor and council has done all it could to keep the city water system operating at its best capacity. We have extended the water lines to a number of motor courts, businss places and residences. In this connection it would be my aim, if reelected, to try to improve the water system by an overhead tank and by gradually revamping the entire system. This could be done by degrees, that is, by first buying the much needed overhead tank and then improving the rest of the water system as the city finances would allow. Then, with six-inch mains and fire plugs we would get a big reduc tion in insurance rates in Nahunta. After the water system was improved, then we could plan for a sewerage system for Nahunta. Competent en gineers tell us that we are not able financially to improve the water system and at the same time put in a sewerage system. And they tell us plainly that the water system must be revamped before we can install a sewerage .sys tem. 5. Two main reasons caused me to offer for re-elec tion as mayor. They are: (a) To continue the program of reasonable law enforcement and (b) To plan for an improved water system so that sometime in the future we can get a sewerage system. 6» Nahunta must somehow get improved surface drainage so that such cloudbursts as was experienced a few days ago may not flood the town. To this end I would work to get the highway board to put more culverts under the several highways so that water would run off faster. Also, the drainage canals should be deepened and extended wherever engineers find we could get better drainage thereby. In conclusion, the responsibility of being your mayor is very great. It requires much time and thought, espec ially since our town is growing so rapidly. My business has suffered more than I have received from the job in a financial way. And alway there are thoughtless or reck less people who throw all kinds of obstacles in the way. Many times they do not know the great damage they do to the welfare of our city and country. My two political opponents are good citizens, for whom I have only friendship and respect. If you see fit to choose one of them to be your next mayor, the man elected will receive my wholehearted cooperation and support in trying to make Nahunta a better city in which to live and in which to seek the “highest good for the greatest number” of all our citizens. Yours very sincerely, CARL BROOME. HEADED DOWN THE SEWER -- These 27 five-gallon jugs of moonshine whiskey are. about to be poured down the sewer by Sheriff L. L. Taylor, left, and Deputy Clyde Powers. The illegal whiskey was captured in August and Robert Beckworth of Lyons paid a S3OO fine in City Court of Blackshear for transporting the liquor. Wanttey Enterprise NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, Thursday, October 1, 1953 Thomas K. O’Neal Died Sunday Night Funeral Wednesday Thomas Knight O’Neal, age 49, died at his home on Sunday night, Sept. 27. Funeral services and burial were held at the McClellan ceme tery on Wednesday with Rev. Ly man Hughes officiating. He is survived by a son, Thomas Ernie O’Neal and a daughter, An nie Laura O’Neal; his mother, Mrs. Annie O’Neal, four brothers, Jesse W., H. E., Ivey D., and Charlie J. O’Neal. One sister, Mrs. Viola Bat ten. MASS MEETING MAKES PLANS FOR NEW GYMNASIUM A mass meeting of about 75 Brant ley County citizens met at Nahun ta Tuesday night, Sept. 29, and made plans to raise funds to build a new high school gymnasium adjacent to the high school building at Nahun ta. J. C. Allen was named chairman of a group to start the campaign to raise the necessary money to add to what the board of education can supply for erecting the needed gymnasium. The group Tuesday night immedi ately subscribed $1200.00 of the funds, which is regarded as a good start. Chairman AUen appointed committees from several school com munities in the eastern part of the county. These committees will make a canvass of the citizens to secure the funds. Much enthusiam was shown at the meeting Tuesday night, as the a cute need for a nw gymasium in known and felt by everyone. The old “shell” is dilapidated and out dated. It is planned to erect a mod ern and commodious gymnasium to meet the needs of Nahunta High School for many years. The Hoboken community and the western part of Brantley County raised sufficient funds to enable them, with the help of the school board, to build a splendid new gym nasium. The cooperation of all the citizens of the eastern part of the county in the undertaking will be greate ly appreciated by the campaign com mitte and all the school officials. Jerry Herrin of Nahunta is at tending Augusta Junior College. • » • James Alfred Herrin of Hor tense is a student at Coynes Elec trical School in Chicago. ♦ * * Leslie Herrin, Jimmie Herrin, Gil bert Aldridge, Terrell Hickox, Nel da King of Hoboken School are students at South Georgia College at Douglas. BAPTISTS HOLD DEDICATION OF OFFICERS Sunday School and Church Officials Named Last Sunday The dedication of Church officers, Sunday School, Brotherhood, Train ing Union, and Womans Missionary Union officers was held at the Na runta Baptist Church Sunday night, Sept. 27. Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland is church clerk; Delmar Herrin, Treasurer; Bowman Barr, music director. Deacons are; R. D. Thomas, Jos. B. Strickland, Elroy Strickland, Ray DePratter, Dawson Dußose, Tyrus daulerson, Oscar Strickland, Avery jtrickland and Jesse Lee. The Sunday School teachers and officers; General Superintendent, Elroy Strickland; associate supt., Dick Morgan; general secretary, Mrs. Elroy Strickland; Associate Secre tary, Jimmie Highsmith; bus driver, George Dykes. Cradle Roll; Mrs. Lula Brown, cupt.; and Mrs. Walter Crews, Mrs. Maggie Lewis, Mrs. J. M. Toole and Mrs. Lillian Baxter. Nursery; Mrs. J. J. Lee, Supt.; and Mrs. Clyde Dowling, Mrs. W. C. Long and Mrs. Taiford Highsmith. Beginners Department; Mrs. Os car Strickland, Superintendent; and Mrs. Gertie Strickland, Mrs. Charlie Harden, Mrs. Clifton Strickland, Mrs. George Dowling and Mrs. Do rothy Graham. Primary Departments; Mrs. Mar shall Strickland, Superintendent: with Mrs. Louise Drury, Mrs. Col lis Highsmith, Mrs. Vera DePratter, Mrs. Mollie Highsmith, Mrs. Earl May, associate Supt. and Mrs. Wal ter Crews, assistant teacher. ...Junior Department; Mrs. C. E. Milton, Supt.; Miss Barbara Jean Harris, Mrs. Irwin Crews, Rev. Mar thall Strickland, M<s. O. S. Barr and Miss Mary Knox, secretary. Intermediate Dept.; Mrs. Mabel Moody, Supt.; Mrs. Lamar Gibson Mrs. Dorothy Brown, Ty Raulerson, Mrs. Ty Raulerson and Lawson Du- Bose, Secretary. Young People and adult Dept.; Mrs. J. M.. Toole, Supt.; Mrs. Ber tha Jacobs, Young People teacher; Ladies teachers; Mrs. Jos. B. Strick land, Mrs. R. D. Thomas and Mrs. Lois Williams. Teachers for Men’s Class; R. D. Thomas, Prof. Earl May, assis-. tant. Brotherhood; president, Earl May; Ist vice-president, W. C. Long; 2nd vice-president; R. D. Thomas; 3rd vice-president. Ira Francis Brown, Sec. and treas. Dick Morgan; cho rister, Ty Raulerson. Training Union; director, Bow man Barr; assoc, director, Lawson Dußose; sec. Ty Raulerson; Inter, leader, W. C. Long; Junior leader, Mrs. Walter Crews; Story hour, Mrs. Lila Crews, Young Peoples spon sor, Elroy Strickland. Woman Missionary Union; Presi dent, Mrs. J. M. Crews; young peoples director, Mrs. Elroy Strick land. Ist vice-pres. Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland; 2nd vice-pres., Mrs. Mar shall Strickland; sec. and treas. Mrs. R. D. Thomas; community missions, Mrs. Mollie Highsmith; Mission Stu dy, Mrs. I. F. Brown; stewardship, Mrs. E. W. May; benovelence, Mrs. Allen Barnard; Literature, Mrs. J. J. Lee, publicity, Mrs. Collis High smith; social, Mrs. O. S. Barr, G. A. councilor, Miss Malva Alice Keene; R. A. councilor, Rev. C. E. Milton; Sunbeam leader, Mrs. Ty rus Raulerson; chairman Sallie B. Lary circle, Mrs. I. J. Crews; Re bekah Circle, Mrs. J. B. Graham; co chairman, Rebekah, Mrs. Avery Strickland. Business Womans Cir cle, Mrs. Alvin Drury. Mr. and Mrs. P. U. Rozier and Wendol and Wanda, who have been living in Allendale, S. C., have re turned to their home near Hortense to live. ♦ * • Ward Hagin, is a ministerial stu dent at Auroria College in Illinois • ♦ * Mr, and Mrs. Roscoe Evans and children, Gail and Sherry 1, of Sa vannah were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Pearson for the weekend. In one recent year Georgia fanners sold 72 percent of their livestock through auction mark ets. Senator Russell’s Broadcast Slated For Friday, Oct. 2 Senator Richard B. Russell is to speak at Cumming, Georgia, this Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The address will be broadcast by a net work of about 40 Georgia Stations. Locally it can be heard from WAYX Waycross, Georgia, immediately fol lowing the World Series Game, and from WGIG, Brunswick, Georgia, at 3 o’clock. This is the first of a scheduled series of “Reports to Georgia” that will be made by the Senator during October and November. On Friday, speaking to a rural audience - the Annual Meeting of Sawenee Electric Membership Corp., Senator Russell is expected to discuss farm prob lems. He speaks with authority, for the Georgia Senator heads the bipartisan “farm coalition” in the Senate - with Senator Young of North Da kota. Senator Russell will be intro duced by Congressman Phil Lan drum. The speech is being broadcast, as a public service, by the radio sta tions in cooperation with the 41 ru ral electric cooperatives of Georgia. ROYAL Theatre Nahunta, Georgia Monday to Friday 8:00 P. M. Saturday 7:00 and 8:30 P. M. PROGRAM Thurs., Fri., Oct. 1 2 ‘‘Cleopatra” Saturday, Oct. 3 “Two Fisted Sheriff” Mon., Tues., Oct. 5 6 “Jeopardy” Wednesday, Oct. 7 “Tropic Zone” Thurs., Fri., Oct. 8 9 “Stars and Singing” GET READY FOR WINTER HEATING — NOW/ C 1 Calendar ' * I 1 , "I, I / J 2 ii i\, I n . i t at[£|r[ H \ /rH A N|y|og/| WU= Lz^zSKri xjr - d Haye your furnaces and heat- k EKS CHECKED F/LL CRACKS (N w CHIMNEYS AND FLUES 3EFO.RE -K COLD WEATHER COMES “ 'Bl FiRE FACTS OFFICIAL OR&AN CITY POLLS TO BE OPEN ONLY FIVE HOURS Charter Provides Polls Open at 10 And Close at Five The citizens of Nahunta should remember that the city polls are open only five hours on the day of the city election. The city charter, adopted when the city was first incorporated, pro vides that the polls be opened at 10 A. M. and closed at 3:00 P. M. This is a legislative enactment writ ten into the charter by the Georgia legislature. The provision reads as follows: "All elections shall be held by three citizens of said City who are qualified to vote in elections there in, and said elections shall be held in the same manner under the same rules and regulations as are elec tions for members of the General Assembly, except that the polls shall open at 10 o’clock A. M. and close at 3 o’clock P. M.” Three candidates are in the fact tor mayor, namely, Carl Brooms the present mayor, Fred Strickland a former mayor, and Oliver Pear son a former aiderman. Five candidates are contesting for the four places on the city coun cil. They are Walter Grews, a form er sheriff; J. D. Orser, of the Brant ley Motor Company; Roy Dowling, Sweet Shoppe proprietor; Ira Fran cis Brown, feed mill operator; and J. A. Gunter. Bill Harris who qualified as a candidate withdrew his name from the race last week. This means that three of the present council, Bill Harris, Cecil Moody and Hoke Wil son, are not seeking reelection. Birth Announcements Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Roberson an nounce the birth of a boy weighing eight and one half pounds on Sep tember 18. He has been named Donald Elmer. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rooks of Waynesville announce the birth of a baby boy on Saturday of last week!. Mother and baby are doing fine. A daughter was born in Tampa, Fla. to Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Rozier on September 7. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Larkins of Hoboken announce the birth of a son on Sept. 14 in a Waycross Hos pital. The little boy has been given the name of Walter Garry. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Spell o! Toboken announce the birth of '• son on Sept. 22 in a Waycross hos pital. He has been named Daniel Dudley and will be called Danny.