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VOLUME 34 — NUMBER 3
CHIEF BENTLEY
FIGHTS OFF .
MAD DOG ATTACK
Rabid Animal Is
Killed by
Attorney Gibson
Police chief Bentley of Nahunta
(ought off an attacking mad dog
with a chair in the office of attor
* ney Lamar Gibson Wednesday
morning and the animal, was later
shot to death in the Harper Hall
by the attorney.
Attorney Gibson discovered the
brown and white dog in his office
It went 'into convulsions, frothing
at the mouth, “having a fit”,‘as the
expression goes. Mr. Gibson called
chief Bentley.
When the chief went upstairs to
the attorney’s office the dog leaped
at him. Fearing to shoot the animal
because of the possibility of the
bullet ricocheting and hitting people
in nearby offices, chief Bentley
warded off the. dog’s attack with an
Office chair.
The dog then dashed out of the
office and entered the adjacent
Harper hall in the same building.
The chief and attorney Gibson then
•ecured a .22-rifle and Mr. Gibson
shot and killed the dog.
MORE FUNDS NEEDED THAN EVER
BEFORE IN FIGHT AGAINST POLIO
This year, the fight against
infantile paralysis will shift from
defense to attack.
On February 9, 1954, the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis will embark upon one
of the most dramatic scientific
tests in all medical history. Be
tween that date and June 1, up
to one million children will be
given injections of a trial vac
cine which it is hoped will pro
tect them against paralytic polio.
Throughout the polio “season”
that follows, the eyes of all A
merica — and of the world —
will be focussed hopefully upon
the second grade school children
of 200 communities who will be
the fortunate recipients of man’s
first safe potential vaccine against
infantile paralysis.
The mass innoculations, on such
a large scale, will be a new part,
but only a part of the uses to
which March of Dimes funds will
be used in combatting polio. A
large percentage of the monej'
raised will continue to go for
patient care and research.
During the ten-year period
from 1944, Pierce countians
have contributed $9,509 to the
March of Dimes, of which $4.-
752 was retained for county use.
Patient care, from 1944 through
Dec. 31, 1952, cost $3,972. The
cost of patient care during 1953
has not been tabulated, but is
higher than in previous years.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Alexander who were married
at the Mershon Baptist Church on Saturday. December 19.
Mrs. Alexander is the former Miss Ouida Boatright, a
Bacon County High School teacher. The couple will make
their home in Mershon,
Urantlry Bttrrprise
Editor Broome
Finds Boy’s Flip,
Recalls Boyhood
Editor Carl Broome of the Brant
ley Enterprise found a boy’s rubber
flip and is requesting the owner to
identify and reclaim it.
It was a manufactured flip with
the high-sounding label “WHAM
O” on it.
The editor recalled that he shot
such flips when he was a boy, ex
cept that his flips were homemade
of a forked stick and rubber band.
“A boy thinks as much of his flip
as a man thinks of his gun”, the
editor pointed out. “The boy who
lost this fine factory-made flip
would like to get it back, I know,
and I want to find the owner so
he can flip stones and slugs to his
heart’s content.”
The editor was reminded that the
boy owner might break a window
pane or accidentally hit someone.
“Yes”, the editor admitted, “the
boy might accidentally hit some
thing or somebody with it. Just so,
a grown man might possibly hit
someone or something when he goes
out hunting with his gun. You’ve
got to take some little chances with
growing boys in order to give them
freedom to enjoy life and develop
normally.”
The editor and his wife have
brought up five boys and they real
ly have some little knowledge of
boys.
Farm Population
Decline Is Sharp
In Last 30 Years
Georgia’s farm population de
creased from 1,706,000 to 1,041,-
000 between 1920 and 1950, while
total popualtion increased from
2,911,000 to 3,445,000 during the
same period. In 1920 the farm
population was almost two thirds
of the total state population, but
by 1950 the proportion living on
farms was less than one third.
This picture of decline in'both
number and percentage of peo
ple living on farms is fairly ty
pical of the whole country, Ac
cording to Walter S. Brown, as
sociate director of the University
of Georgia Agricultural Exten
sion Service, who cites a recent
report on farm population fig
ures published by the Agricultur
al Markehing Service of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture.
For the nation as a whole, the
total population rose between 19-
20 and 1950 from 106,098,000 to
150,697,000 people. The number
living on farms fell during this
same period froom 31,974,000 to
25,058,000. While the total popu
lation was increasing itself by
almost a half the proportion liv
ing on farms fell from slightly
under one third to approximate
ly 15 percent. Whereas about
one American out of every three
resided on a farm in 1920, only
about one in six was. a farm
resident by 1950.
GRAND JURY
PRESENTMENTS
Georgia, Brantley County.
We, the Grand Jury for Brantley
County, Georgia, for the January
Term, 1954, of the Superior Court
of said County, beg leave of the
Court to submit the following pre
sentments:
We the Grand Jury convened
Jan. 18, 1954, and elected the fol
lowing officers: P. D. Griffin, fore
man, W. R. Smith, clerk, Frank
Rowell, bailiff. We found evidence
to support seven true bills and one
no bill as recorded in the Grand
Jury Docket Book.
We the Grand Jury wish to make
the following recommendation®:
The Grand Jury recommends that
the law governing the sale of in
toxicating beverages be strictly en
forced. It has been reported to the
Grand Jury that in the Waynes
ville and Atkinson district that the
sale of beer and wine has been go
ing on on Sundays. The Grand Jury
recommends that the law enforce
ment officers of the County investi
gate this matter and take necessary
steps to prevent sale of beer and
wine after midnight on Saturday.
We recommend that the proper
authorities investigate the case oi
Arlie Johnson’s children. The Grand
Jury was informed of mistreatment
to these children and felt that a
proper investigation should be
made.
We also recommend that the
amount for printing the Grand
Jury presentments be raised from
SIO.OO to $12.50. .
We further recommend that the
usual pay be given to Mrs. Llaw
anah Cox for the typing of Grand
Jury Presentments.
The book committee appointed by
the Foreman of the Grand Jury
reports as follows:
We the Book and Record com
mittee investigated the books and
records of the Supt. of Schools, the
Tax Commissioner, the Ordinary,
Clerk of Court, and also the County
Treasurer, found all books and re
cords in good shape and up to date.
We wish to commend these offi
cers upon the fine job they are
doing.
Lee Godwin
Zibe King
C. H. Harden,
Book Committee.
We the committee on bridges and
public buildings, wish to submit
the following report:
We personally inspected school
buildings at Hickox, Hortense, Na
hunta and Hoboken and found ev
erything in very good shape, al
though there is some plumbing that
needs repairs. The School Supt. Mr
Herrin said this would be taken
care of.
We the committee recommend
that the upstairs part of the Jail
building be dressed off and re
painted.
We also recommend the plumb
ing be checked and some added
drain from the discharged tank.
We also recommend to build a
new brick school for the colored
large enough to take care of the
County colored (Negro) Grammar
School from Primmar through 7th
grade.
We the Committee recommend to
the county commissioners to get in
touch with the ACL Rail Road Co.
to put a stop signal light on 301 U.
S. Highway at Hortense, Ga. (Brant
ley County.)
J. H, Jones
Fred Lewis
Louis Thrift
Committee on Bridge
and Buildings.
The Road and Public Building
Committee further recommends
that the'Courthouse be painted and
also minor repairs made to the
building.
We also recommend that the
road between the Hoboken School
and the railroad be graded.
We wish to commend the Honor
able Judge Walter Thomas and the
Honorable Solicitor - General J. R.
Walker for the fine and efficient
manner in which court matters are
handled in Brantley County.
This the 19th day of January,
1954.
IF'
Approved and ordered filed this
19th day of January, 1954.
Walter Thomas,
Judge Superior Court,
Brantley County.
J, R. Walker,
Sol, Gen.
NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JAN. 21, 1954
W. R. Smith, Clerk.
P. D. Griffin, Foreman.
Patterson to Hortense Paving
Included in Next Bid Letting
NAHUNTA TEAMS
BLAST FOLKSTON
IN BOTH GAMES
The Nahunta Wildcats and Wild
cattes extended their current win
ning streak to five straight games
by defeating Folkston in two con
tests Tuesday night, Jan. 19, the
boys winning 55-38 and the girls
topping their opponents 52-33.
Raulerson was high scorer for
the girls with 27 points and Cle
land for the boys with 21 points.
Friday night, January 22, Nahun
ta will visit Blackshear. This is ex
pected to be a thrilling game. Na
hunta is determined to make up for
a previous close defeat.
Summaries of the games with
Folkston are as follows:
GIRLS
Nahunta, 52 Folkston, 33
Raulerson, 27 Jones, 17
Highsmith, 15 Bowell, 5
E. Wilson, 7 Wells, 11
Purdom, 3 • Chesser, 11
Williams Aldridge
J. Wilson Wildes
Royster Kitchew
Proctor Lloyd
Davis C. Wells
Crews
Dean
Thornton
Hendrix
BOYS
Nahunta, 55 Folkston, 38
C. Highsmith, 6 Jones, 5
L. Griffin, 8 McLean, 6
L. Ham, 12 Petty, 8
B. Chancey, 8 Bryant, 14
J. Cleland, 21 McCoy, 4
A. Highsmith Pittman, 1
Dubose Carnathan
A .Strickland
BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENTS
ARE ANNOUNCED
Girls’ Meet
Opens Feb. 16
At Way cross
Plans for the 1954 boys and
girls basketball tournaments were
completed Saturday at a meet
ing of the Bth District High :
School Association in Way cross. [
The Eastern Division Bth Dis
trict girls’ tournament will be '
held on Feb. 16-17-18 in the j
Waycross city auditorium, with
Wacona as host.
The boys tournament is sche
duled for Feb. 23-24-25 at Folk
ston.
Blackshear boys and girls
drew byes for the opening nights
in both tournaments.
In the girls division, opening
night will see Nahunta and Cam
den meeting at 7:30 P. M. Tues
day, and a Folkston - Wacona
tilt at 8:45 P. M.
Winner of the Folkston - Wa
cona game meets Blackshear Tig
erettes at 7:30 Wednesday. The
Nahunta-Camden winner will
face Patterson girls at 8:45 P. M.
Wednesday. The divisional finals
will be played at 8:00 o'clock
T’-ir .day night.
~ kston and Camden open
■' ’'oys’ tournament at 7:30 on
Tuesday, Feb. 23, with Patter
son anil Wacona playing at 8:45
P. M. The Folkston - Camden
winners will take on Blackshear
Tigers Wednesday at 8:45 P. M.
after the game between Nahunta
and the Patterson - Wacona win
ner at 7:30 P. M. Finals of the
boys Eastern division .meet will
also be played on Thursday at
8:00 o’clock.
The district playoffs will be by
double elimination, the girls
games being scheduled for Feb.
20 and 22 and the boys district
playoffs on Feb. 27 and March
1. Sites of the district tourna
ments have not yet been an
nounced.
In the Western division of the
district, the girls tournament will
be played at Nicholls on the
same dates as the Eastern divi
sion, Feb. 16-17-18. Western divi
sion boys will be playing on Feb.
23*24-25 at Broxton.
PROJECT OF IMPORTANCE TO
THIS SECTION IS ANNOUNCED
Contracts are to be let by the State Highway De
partment for completion of the paving of Route 32 from
Patterson to Hortense, it was announced this week. A
legal advertisement is being published this week and
next in the Brantley Enterprise, calling for bids on the
project for opening on February 5, 1954. «
Included in the new project,
which will be one of the most
important in Brantley comity’s
growing network of paved roads,
is 8.042 of paving and 2.647 miles
of resurfacing.
The paving will begin at the
end of the present pavement to
Patterson and will extend to the
present pavement 2.647 miles
west of State Route 23 (U. S.
Highway 301). The resurfacing
will be done on this 2.647 miles.
Only about ten miles will then
remain on Route 32 to be paved
before it will be connected 10
pavement already extending from
Brunswick to complete this im
portant through highway.
POLIO MARCH
SET FOR NAHUNTA
AND HOBOKEN
The month of January is design
ated as the campaign month for the
March of Dimes. The theme of the
campaign is “Research Will Win”,
and it is hoped over the nation that
the next few years will see polio
defeated by work in the laborator
ies.
Prof. Herbert Colvin has been
named chairman of Brantley coun
ty, and the drive is well under way
with the various organizations at
work.
The Mothers March has been or
ganized with Mrs. Eula Powers as
Captain of the County. The plan Os
the Mothers March is to visit every
home in the county on the evening
of Thursday, January 28, from seven
o’clock to nine.
Captains for each community have
been appointed who will visit the
homes on Jan. 28. They are: Mrs.
Julia Gibson, Waynesville; Mrs.
Edna Adams, Hortense; Mr. Eddie
Dixon, Riverside; Mrs. Edna Manor,
Hickox; Mrs. Lillian Baxter, Miss
Lula Mae Harrison, Mrs. Bertha
Jacobs, Mrs. Lois Williams, Mrs. W.
W. Carter, George Dykes, Lamar
Gibson and Elroy Strickland for
Nahunta. Herbert Colvin for Hobo
ken.
The citizens are asked to have a
light on the porch to indicate their
willingness to contribute on the
evening of Jan. 28 when the repre
sentatives will call.
Mercer McCool
Featured in Drama
A Mississippi College student of
Hoboken, was one of those featured
in the three-act -comedy, “Meet Me
In St. Louis,” presented January
15-16 at Central High School audit
orium in Jackson.
Mercer McCool, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. D. D. McCool, played the
part of Grandpa in the play written
by Sally Benson from a book by
Christopher Sergei.
The production, sponsored by the
dramatics club of Mississippi Col
lege, Clinton, was first presented at
the college on December 18. The two
presentations in Jackson were bene
fit performances to raise funds for
the proprosed Fine Arts Building at
Mississippi College.
Mercer is an art major at Mis
sissippi College, where he is a sopho
more.
If you have lost someuung. find
>. by placing a small 50 cents ad
' ertisem mt in The Brantley En
erprise. Everybody reads '-sm.
MARCH OF DIMES
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JANUARY 2-31
OFFICIAL ORGaS
Nahunta Tri-Hi-Y
Elect Delegates
To Youth Assembly
The Nahunta Tri-Hi-Y Club hag
elected Betty Jean Saddler, Van,-
dilla Purdom and Barbara Harris
as delegates to attend the State Hi-Y
and Tri-Hi-Y Youth Assembly in
Atlanta January 28th, 29th and 30th.
This is an annual event in which
Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y members of the
state get real experience in the
duties and performance of the state
law makers. For these three days
the delegates and the Youth Gov
ernor take over the State Capitol.
Birth Announcements
SjSgt. and Mrs. C. T. Highsmith
of Nahunta, announce the birth of
a baby girl, Cynthia Kathleefi, $0
January 7, 1954, at Phoebe Putney
Memorial Hospital in Albany, Ga.,
where Sgt. Highsmith is now sta
tioned. Mrs. Highsmith is the form
er Miss Kathleen Pope.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hughie Gibson an
nounce the birth of a daughter in
a Brunswick hospital on Saturday,
Jan. 16.
ROYAL
Theatre
Nahunta, Georgia
Saturday 6:47 and 8:15
PROGRAM
THURS., FRI., JAN. 21-22
“Sombrero”
With RICHARD MONTALBAN
and YVONNE DE CARLO
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23
“Return of
Daniel Boone”
With BILL ELLIOTT
MON., TUES., JAN. 25-26
Varieties on Parade”
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27
“G. I. Jane”
With JEAN PORTER
THURS., FRI., JAN. 28-29
“The Girl Who Had
Everything ’
with ELIZABETH TAYLOR
and FERNANDO LAMAS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30
“The Gunman”
Witn WHIP WILSON
