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VOLUME 34 — NUMBER 21
SWEEPING THE COUNTRY
WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT SEGREGATION?
When the tumult and the shouting dies about the
Supreme Court ruling against racial segregation in the
public schools, it will be seen that only two possibilities
remain in order for Georgia to continue segregation.
1. The two races can agree on voluntary segregation
and continue on the amicable progress now being made
in our state educational system.
2. Or the public school system will have to be aban
doned in favor of private schools.
All the poppycock about the Supreme Court ruling
not applying to Georgia does not erase the fact that all
state constitutional laws and all statute laws providing
for racial segregation were completely nullified by the
court ruling. “
Any lawyer worth his salt and any politician worthy
of the name knows the Supreme Court ruling against
segregation killed all laws and all constitutional provi
sions providing for segregation in all the states having
segregated schools.
Georgia can, therefore, have voluntary segregation
or resort to private schools.
There remains one fact to be faced by both races:
it is that if mixed schools are forced upon us. the results
may be disastrous to the present friendly relations exist
ing between the two races.
If leaders of the colored race will insist upon volun
tary segregation, the day will be saved for both races.
Otherwise, dangerous times are ahead of us in the South.
THOMPSON OPPOSES TOLL ROADS
Some of the other candidates for governor are now
trying to “steal Thompson’s thunder” against the toll
road proposal.
Thompson had fought the toll road monstrosity tooth
and toenail, and now comes Marvin Griffin who presided
in the state senate when the toll road law was passed and
deposes and says he now is against toll roads.
We heard not a word against toll roads from Mr.
Griffin when the bill came before the state senate. He
was too much lined up with the toll road advocates to
, let out even a cheep against it then.
Thompson has been the leader in many progressive
measures adopted by our state and he has led the frght
against toll roads. Other politicians are now trying to
climb onto his anti-toll road platform and say “Me too”.
The people of Georgia will give Thompson the credit
for making the other politicians go to the mourner’s
bench on the toll road matter. The people realize that
toll roads would be the most disastrous road plan ever
foisted on the state.
WOULD DESTROY PRESENT ROAD VALUES
The toll roads law provides that the toll road shall
NOT take over any existing road.
Therefore it would have to be a completely new
road, traversing completely new territory. It would thus
play havoc with all property values, motels, courts, hotels,
tourist homes, filling stations, garages, eating places and
other businesses along our present trunk highways.
Georgia is not so densely populated as to need toll
roads. Some densely populated northern states want to
“shuttle the traveler through”, but Georgia wants the
tourist to see the state, to be a real guest rather than
merely “a bird of passage”.
With toll roads the big cities would profit, but the
small towns on our main state and federal highways
would be ruined. The big city newspapers could help the
small towns in this matter by opposing tolls roads but
they seem to have only the interest of the big cities at
heart.
Don’t let the big city papers fool you about toll roads.
Sure, toll roads would feed the big cities, but dry up
our small towns along our great through highways.
Let us build fine four-lanes highways, owned and
controlled by the people, along the existing routes. And
let us elect a governor and legislators who see that all
toll road laws are repealed and stay repealed.
Hickox Baptists
To Hold Services
Sunday Night
Preaching services will be held
at <hp Hickox Baptist Church Sun
day evening, May 30, at eight o -
clock, with Rev. Lester Dixon of
Patterson as the guest preacher.
The public is invited to attend the
service. Rev. E. P. Corbett is pastor
of the church.
By Carl Broome
Nahunta Post Office
To Close Monday
The Nahunta post office will be
closed on Memorial Day, Monday,
May 31. it is announced by post
master Parker Dodge.
The general delivery window will
be open in the morning from eight
until eight-thirty and in the after
noon from four until four-thirty,
for mail service and stamps. No
money orders will be sold Monday
The mail carriers will also hav<
a holiday Monday, as it is Nation;
Memorial Day.
Brantlry Enterprise
NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1954
BROOME ASKED
TO COMMENT ON
COURT DECISION
Syndicated Columnist
Seeks “Grass Roots”
Opinions on Problems
Carl Broome, editor of The
Brantley Enterprise, has been se
lected as one of the five weekly
newspaper editors in Georgia to
voice opinion and comment on pub
lic questions for a nationally syn
dicated column originated by Ma
son Rossiter Smith of Gouverneur,
New York.
The syndicated column will give
opinions “from the grass roots of
America” by five weekly editors
in each of the forty-eight states
concerning important problems be
fore the people.
The column is syndicated to the
North American Newspaper Al
liance. The latest query sent to
editor Broome concerned the Sup
reme Court decision against race
segregation in the public schools.
Editor Broomte’s opinion, sent by
airmail to columnist Smith, was as
follows:
“1. I am greatly disappointed that
the Supreme Court did not leave
the matter of segregation to the
several states as it has been since
the Civil War. You cannot solve
such a serious and complex social
problem by legalistic edict or by
force.
“2. (A) It’s effect in my area,
southeast Georgia, will be, in the
main, voluntary segregation. Excep
tions to voluntary segregation may
possibly occur but they may cause
serious trouble and possible vio
lence.
“(B) Georgia as a whole will not
tolerate the mixing of the races in
the public schools. Our last resort,
as a state, would be to abandon the
state-owned school system and re
turn to the private schools of ear
lier years. This might mean chaos
in education for a time, but it
would be better than the chaos oi
violence which mixed schools would
cause. A vast majority of Negroes
and 100 percent of white people
want to continue segregation. The
public has received the Supreme
Court decision calmly but with
bitter regret and firm determina
tion to find away to continue
segregated schools. We have great
ly improved the Negro schools,
with better builidngs, better teach
ers and higher standards over the
state. The progress made in recent
years as to the relations of the
two races may be greatly nullified
by the confusion and bitterness
caused by federal intervention in
our educational program.”
CARL BROOME.
PTA Committees
Met Friday
The executive committee of the
Nahunta High School PTA met in
the school library on Friday, May
21. The officers are, Mrs. I. J.
Crews, president; Mrs. Dan Jacobs,
vice-president; Mrs. Taiford High
smith, secretary and treasurer.
The committees appointed are:
W. W. Carter, parliamentarian;
Mrs. E. L. Sears, program chair
man; Mrs. Avery Strickland, mem
bership; Mrs. Herschel Herrin, fi
nance; Miss Ruth Dowling, publi
city; Mrs. Lee Godwin, health; Mrs.
Geneva Tucker, hospitality; Bow
man Barr, music; Mrs. Bill Harris,
welfare; Mrs. A. S. Mizell, budget;
Mrs. Dick Allen, by-laws; Mr. Long,
safety; Ernie Grubb, recreation and
Mrs. Roy Dowling, chairman of
room representatives.
Mrs. E. A. Hunter is president of
the Grammar School PTA. The com
mittee chairman are; Mrs. Pete
Gibson, art; Mrs. Elroy Strickland,
by-laws; Mrs. Clinton Powers, bud
get and finance; Mrs. Lavelle Bo
hanon, Founder’s Day; -Mrs. Lee
Godwin, health; Mrs. C. F. Starnes,
lunchroom; Bill White, publicity;
John Lee, publications; Mrs. Neil
Hendrix, program; Miss Mary Knox,
welfare; Lamar Gibson, safety; Mrs.
Dorothy Graham, music; Dick Al
len, membership.
Miss Mary Ann Goodnej of At
lanta left Sunday after spending
a week at home with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T- S Goodner,
JUDGING TEAM — The livestock judging team of the Nahunta FFA chapter,
which won first place in the district eliminations at Reidsville, will represent
District 2 in the state finals at the University of Georgia. Local team members,
seated (L-R), are Wade Morgan, Victory Highsmith and Gerald Johns. Alter
nates, standing, are E. B. Herrin, left, and Travis Jacobs, center. W. C. Long,
right, is FFA adviser. (Photo Courtesy Atlanta Constitution.)
THOMPSON SAYS
SEGREGATION
TO CONTINUE
Both Races Against
Mixed Schools
Candidate Asserts
VALDOSTA, GA., May 26 —
Commenting on the Supreme
Court’s decision regarding the seg
regation cases, M. E. Thompson,
candidate for governor said: “The
Court’s decision has not changed
nor altered, in any manner, my
determination to continue separate
school during the next four years
while I am in the governor’s
chair.”
Ever since February when Mr.
Thompson announced for governor
in the September Bth Primary, he
has maintained that 95 per cent oi
the Negroes want their oxyn schools
and that he is sure 100 per cent
of the whites in Georgia desire
“white schools for whites.”
Maintaining segregation in public
schools is one of the main planks
in his platform which at this date
has not been completed but will be
as his campaign gets underway,
probably July 3.
Recently Mr. Thompson has add
ed two new planks which are: Fa
vors state refunds to cities and
towns for street improvements and
a pension retirement system for
city firemen similar to the one of
Georgia Peace Officers.
The former governor also favors
the present county unit system,
purchase of auto tags in each county
courthouse and creation of a statq
bureau, non political, to bring in
dustries to rural areas.
Mr. Thompson is very outskopen
against toll roads, proppsing free
roads for Georgia. He is also pledg
ed to strict collection of present
taxes, thus no new taxes.
Mr. Thompson is calling his pre
sent activity, “my warm up cam
paign.” To date 17 testimonial din
ners have been given him in each
congressional district in Georgia. He
has appeared before numerous civic
groups, forums and on Radio Part
ies, a question and answer pro
gram.
Hoboken Homecoming
Day Next Sunday
The last Sunday in May is the
standing date of homecoming at the
Baptist Church in Hoboken.
The pastor, Rev. J. C. Shepard,
who is scheduled to preach the
homecoming sermon, will be on the
grounds with his church members
to welcome all who come.
The church will invite old mem
bers and former pastors to come
and look over their new educational
building which they have just com
pleted.
Sunday School at 10:00 a."m.
Sermon at 11:00 a. m. and then
। dinner served on the grounds.
The afternoon will be given over
i to fellowship, singing and talks by
' former members and visitors.
Jesse Wainright
Funeral Service
Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Jesse Elbert
Wainright, of Route One, Nahunta,
were held Tuesday afternoon at four
o’clock at the graveside in Hickox
cemetery, with the Rev. C. A. Dixon
and the Rev. A. L. Davis officiat
ing.
Mr. Wainright died suddenly
Sunday at his home. A life-long
resident of this section, he was en
gaged in farming.
Survivors include five daughters,
Mrs. Corinne Roby, Detriot, Mich.,
Mrs. Theodore Thrift, Route One,
Nahunta, Mrs. Elsie Wainright, Na
hunta, Mr IL L. Smith, Columbus
and Mrs. J. W. Robinson, Waycross;
four sons, Robert Wainright, Claude
Wainright, Milton Wainright and
Lloyd Wainright, all of Nahunta,
?0 grandchildren and six great
grandchildren.
Active pallbearers were Lester
Wainright, Elmer Hickox, Dewey
Hickox, Eugene Wainright, Dick
Allen, and Jap Johnson.
Honorary pallbearers were Jeff
Johns, Mark Wildes, Lewis Thrift,
John Davis, Quincy Thrift and Ber
ry Tanner.
Hinson Funeral Parlors was in
charge of arrangements.
A Short Visit
To Waynesville
And Brunswick
By Rev. Henry Johnston
We had a very pleasant trip to
Waynesville the first week in May
visiting and taking pictures ..of his
toric scenes for the McCool book.
Mr. arid Mrs. E. A. Hunter and
their two children, Eddie and Beth
made out stay pleasant - in their
home. They took a day from their
work to help us get this important
information. Bro. McCool’s early
life in and around Waynesville
should come to hie in this story tc
his many friends.
Then on to Brunswick where 1
met Col. E. Way Highsmith, who
gave me the desired informatior.
concerning “The Mu.moi d Founda
tion’’ for scholarships for girls c
Brantley Coumy. He had in hi
ossession the will oi Mrs. Goer UU
3. Mumford Parkhurst wh’“h w
>e of interest in the so: t icomm
biography with Bro. McCooi’s stcry
of the Mumford family.
I also visited Rev. C. Douglas
Jackson, pastor of First Baptis
Church, who took time out from
his church duties to carry me a
round to see the old historic sites
of McCool’s work when he was
city missionary 50 years ago in
Brunswick. Bro. Jackson has a great
church in Brunswick which also
will be mentioned often in the one
chapter in the McCool book.
Both Col. Highsmith and Pastor
Douglas Jackson, subscribed for the
biography. We - guarantee to every
advanced subscriber sending us
$5.00 that they \vfll be pleased with
the book with their names printed
in the baok that will live along with
thu book.
OFFICIAL ORGAN
LONG SELECTED
TO INNOCULATE
COUNTY DOGS
Since I have been appointed to
innoculate dogs for the prevention
of Rabies, I would like to Set up
the following places and schedules *
for the convenience of the owners '
and us. *
I have asked Mr. Moore to work "
in the Hoboken community. Please
remember the dates and help us
pass the word around.
Lulaton, Wainright Store, 8 AM
to 9 AM June 15. __
Atkinson, Prescott’s Store,- 9 AM -
to 10 AM, June 15.
Waynesville, Robinson’s Store,
10 Am to 11 AM, June 15.
Browntown, commissary, 1 PM
to 2 PM June 15.
Hortense, Shot Strickland’s Sta
tion, 3 PM to 4 PM, June 15. - ’
Rabon, Purdom’s Store, 4 PM to
5 PM, June 15.
Hickox, Mutt’s Drive-In, 8 AM to '
10 AM, June 16.
Riverside Church, 11 AM to 12 •
AM, June 16. .. — ■
Nahunta, courthouse, 2 PM- -to
4 PM, June 16.
Hoboken school, 9 AM to 11 AM,
June 17.
Pleasant Valley Church, 11 AM;
to 12 AM, June 17.
Pierce Chapel, 1 PM to 2 PM,
June 17.
W. C. LONG.
TRADE NAME NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that each
of the businesses operated at Na
hunta, Georgia, under the trade
names of Brantley Motor Company,
and Brantley Gas & Appliance
Company, respectively, is owned
-and carried on by J. D. Orser and
Mrs. Mamie Orser, the address ot
each of whom is Nahunta, Georgia,
and the statement relating thereto
required by Georgia Code Section
106-301, has been filed with the
Clerk of the Superior Court of
Brantley County, Georgia.
J. D. ORSER
MRS. MAMIE ORSER
ROYAL
THEATRE
Mahunta, Georgia
Time: Monday thru Friday,
8:00 P. M.
Saturday, 7:00 and 8:30 P. M.
PROGRAM.
THURS., FRI., MAY 27 - 28
“Naked Jungle”
With CHARLTON HESTON
and ELEANOR PARKER
SATURDAY, MAY 29
“Lone Star Vigilante”
Witt »ILL ELLIOTT
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