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VOLUME 34 — NUMBER 24
PROCEEDINGS
OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
The Brantley County Commission
ers of Roads and Revenue met in
regular session June 1, 1954, for
the June session, present were R
B. Brooker, chairman, R. C: Har
rell Jr., clerk, T. V. Rhoden, C. H.
Penland, and Silas D. Lee.
The following paUper list was ap
proved and ordered paid: Ocie
Moody, $10.00; Alice Rewis, $10.00;
Thelma Sapp, $10.00; Mrs. Edd
Knight, $10.00; and Jesse G. Ald
ridge, SIO.OO.
The following warrants were is
sued to the road hands for the
month of May, 1954: O. G. Lee,
$225.00; Perry Crews, $160.00; E. C.
Redding, $88.00; Monsie Wilson,
$210.00; Ottis Morgan, $168.00;
Woodrow Wilson, $160.00; Junior
Knox, $160.00; Talmadge Gunter,
$160.00; J. F. Willis, $176.00; Edwin
Herrin, $160.00; Torn Hickox, $148.-
10; Eugene Hickox, $160.00; Carlton
Lee, $136.90; and I. C. Harris,
SBO.OO.
The following Commissioners
were paid: R. B. Brooker, $30.00;
R. C. Harrell Jr., $30.00; C. H. Pen
land, $30.00; T. V. Rhoden, $30.00;
and Silas D. Lee, $30.00. The above
Commissioners were paid for six
days services each.
The following General Bills were
paid: H. H. Burnett, $50.00, sheriff
bond; Georgia Power and Light Co.,
$36.36, lights and power; Mr. Wal
lace Ja Ka, $388.00, repairing the
court house clock; S. K. Allen, S4OO,
% acre land roadside park; T. F.
Rhoden, $200.00, police radio; S. E.
Blount, $50.00, janitor; D. W. Her
rin, $150.00, salary; D. F. Herrin,
$79.50, salary, stamps and record
ing; C. Winton Adams, $25.00, sal
ary; Archie A. Johns, SBO.OO, salary;
George A. Loyd, $191.25, salary and
travel; Rebecca D. Griner, $254.90;
Lorena R. Strickland, $142.10, sal
ary; Wayne County Health Dept.,
Dr. and Supervisor, $142.10, salary;
Mrs. Alice P. Lathan, $75.95, salary;
Dr. E. A. Moody, $30.00, salary;
Standard Oil Co., $341.58, gas and
oil; South East Sales Co., $75.00,
parts; David S. Page, $15.75, sur
veying; G W. Herrin, $30.00, tax
accessor; Fred Lee, $20.00, tax ac
cessor; E. A. Strickland, $60.00, tax
accessors fee; C. C. Miles, $192.41,
lumber; H. H. Burnett and Co.,
SIO.OO, county police bond; Sinclair
Refining Co., $134.80, gas and oil;
Marshall & Bruce, Inc., $9.23, of
fice supplies; Freddie H. Brooker,
painting, $36.75; E. K. Ham, $95.00,
painting jail; T. F. Rhoden, $257.22,
services rendered; Ira F. Brown,
$55.00, sacks; Brantley Telephone
Co., $68.19, phones and calls; Sin
clair Refining Co., $28.80, gas tax;
The Brantley Enterprise, $63.75,
printing and supplies; J. W. Brook
er, $218.93, material and supplies;
R. E. Thomas, $17.50, welding; C. C.
Miles, $62.55, lumber; Joseph Grif
fin, $6.00, sacks; Burns Electrical
Contractor, $95.95, supplies and re
pair; H. S. Wilson, parts and re
pair; State Welfare Dept., $703.68,
budget; Georgia State Forestry Com.
$425.00; Battey. State Hospital, $13.-
52, refund on patient, travel; Kice
Stone, $500.00, auditor salary; City,
$6.75, water.
«• There being no further business
the meeting was adjourned in regu
lar order.
JULY 15 SEEN AS POSSIBLE
LEAF MARKET OPENING DATE
The Bright Belt Warehouse Association is scheduled
to meet at Virginia Beach, Va., June 27 through 30, and
it is expected that a July 15 market opening date may
be set.
If the Thursday, July 15, open
ing date for the Georgia-Florida
Belt is set, it will be one day
earlier than the date of July 16
on which markets opened last
year.
Pierce county is reported at
this time to have an excellent
crop of tobacco, but rain is now
badly needed, particularly on
young tobacco.
Scattered showers have fallen
in parts of Pierce county during
the past few days, but the ma-
R. B. Brooker, chairman
R. C. Harrell, Clerk.
Srantteu Enterprise
NAHUNTA, GEORGIA,
Isaiah Davis Kills
Huge Rattlesnake
Isaiah Davis, Nahunta restaurant
man, killed one of the biggest rat
tlesnakes ever seen in this section
Wednesday morning, June 16.
Mr. Davis and Mr. Roy Harper
were near the land line of their
places near Raybon when Mr. Davis
almost stepped on the poisonous
monster. The snake was six feet six
inches long and had 14 rattles be
sides the ever-present button.
“I had raised my foot to step”,
Mr. Davis said, “when I glanced
down and saw the rattler. I jumped
sideways as fast as a man ever did,
but the snake did not strike or even
sound its rattles.”
Mr. Davis said he thought it was
a female rattlesnake heavy with
young. And so killing the snake
destroyed a “crop of them”.
Robert M. Drury
Funeral Services
Funeral services for Robert M
Drury, of White Oak, who died
Thursday, were held Sunday after
noon at three o’clock at the grave
side in Oak Grove cemetery in
Camden county, with the Rev. C. E.
Milton, of Nahunta, officiating.
Survivors include one brother, S
R. Drury, and one sister, Mrs. J. R.
Buie.
Pallbearers were Luther Buie,
John Buie, Mack Buie, J. L. Buie,
Charley Higginbotham and Reny
Cunningham.
Mincy Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Miss Highsmith
Honored With
Bridal Shower
Miss Tressa Highsmith was hon
ored with a bridal shower on Wed
nesday, June 9, at the home of Mrs.
J. T. Royster with Mrs. I. J. Crews
as co-hostess.
Margaret Crews and Jo Ann Wil
son assisted the hostesses in serv
ing punch and cookies.
Miss Highsmith received many
lovely gifts including pieces of her
chosen pattern of silver.
Methodist Services
Sunday, June 21
Preaching services will be held
at the Nahunta Methodist Church
next Sunday, June 21, it is an
nounced by the pastor Rev. C. F.
Starnes.
Services are scheduled for 11
o’clock in the morning and 8 o’-
clock at night, with the pastor
preaching at both hours. The pub
lie is invited, the pastor stated.
Methodist Bible
School Starts
Monday, June 21
Vacation Bible School will begin
at the Nahunta Methodist Church
Monday, June 21.
The hours of attendance are from
9:00 A. M. to 11:30 A. M. each day
through Friday.
Mrs. C. F. Starnes is director with
Mrs. Effie Middleton, assistant.
All children are invited to attend
each day.
Birth Announcements
Mr. and Mrs. John Quincy Liles
of Brunswick announce the birth
of a boy, weighing eight ponds and
five ounces on June 14. He has been
named John Wesley Liles. Mrs.
Liles will be remembered as the
former Miss Inez Walker.
jority of the farmland of the
county now badly needs a good
rainfall on tobacco and other
crops.
Tobacco harvesting is in full
swing. This phase of the leaf
growing operation has been rev
olutionized on some farms this
season by the use of mechanical
tobacco harvesters, which lower
tbe expense of “cropping” and
makes the task much easier.
There are now more than 25
n: • hunical has /esters operating
in the county.
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
DR. VAN 8188 SAYE, JR.
YOUNGEST MEDICAL SCHOOL GRADUATE
The youngest member of the
graduating class of the Medical
College of Georgia in Augusta on
June 4, was Dr. Van Bibb Saye, Jr.
At 23 Dr. Saye will go to Rich
mond, Va., where he will serve his
internship at the Medical College
of Virginia. He is a member of the
Phi Rho Sigma Medical Fraternity.
He is a graduate of Georgia Uni-
WAYNESVILLE NEWS
Mrs. Ava Wiggins and son of
Jacksonville and Mrs. T. J. Kaney
of Hickox spent Saturday with Mrs.
Fred Gibson.
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Mrs. Roland Davis, Miss Mary
Lou Gardner, Mrs. D. F. Walker
and Misses Frances and Patsy
Walker visited Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
Prescott in Folkston on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Jones and
children spent the wekend in Jack
sonville visiting relatives.
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Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Mattox and
children of Charleston, S. C., spent
the weekend with Mrs. W. H. Ja
cobs.
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Eldon Strickland was home with
his family for several days recently
Mrs. Strickland and their children
made the return trip with him to
Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Mrs. Emma Pierce and grand
daughter of Savannah spent Satur
day with Mrs. Mollie Moody.
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Mrs. Douglas Church and child
ren of Jacksonville are spending
this week with her mother, Mrs.
S. C. M. Drury.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland
and Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Strick
land attended the graduation exer
cises of Van Bibb Saye who re
ceived his degree in medicine at
Georgia Medical College in Augus
ta, on June 4.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland
returned on Monday of last week
from Columbia, S. C., where they
spent a few days.
Mrs. J. M. Rogers has returned
to her home at Lulaton from Calif
ornia where she spent several
months.
Mrs. E. A. Hunter returned on
Friday from Macon where she at
tended the meeting of the Grand
Chapter of Georgia Order of Eastern
Star. She served as “Lady in Wait
ing” during the session from Sun
day through Thursday.
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The Satilla Chapter 365 O.E.S.
will have an initiation program at
the regular meeting on Tuesday
night, June 22, in the Lodge Hall.
AH members are requested to be
present Members are asked to
bring a covered dish.
versity and while there was a
member of the scholastic honorary
fraternity, Phi Kappa Phi.
Dr. Saye is married to the former
Miss Lois Strickland of Nahunta.
They will leave for Richmond, Va.,
on July 1. Mrs. Saye has been e
lected a Resource Teacher to direct
Home Economics in one of the
Elementary Schools in Richmond.
By MRS. CLOVIS JOHNSON
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Robinson at
tended the birthday dinner of Mr.
Willie Rozier in Blackshear on Sun
day.
Mrs. Daisy Hunter returned home
Friday from Macon where she at
tended the Grand Chapter of Eas
tern Star.
Mrs. D. F. Walker and daughters,
Patsy and Frances, and Mrs. R. O
Davis and Miss Mary Lou Gardner
spent Sunday afternoon at Island
Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Prescott of
Folkston visited Mr. and Mrs. Ro
land Davis Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Young of
Jacksonville spent the weekend here
with relatives. .
Sgt. L. D. Thompson, Army Air
Force of Cocoa, Fla., spent the week
end with his mother, Mrs. Thelma
Thompson.
Mrs. Vivian Hunnicutt and daugh
ters, Annette and La Fayne, have
returned home after visiting rela
tives in Pine View, Ga., for several
days.
By Mrs. Carl Broeme
Miss Josephine Warren, who has
been attending GSCW in Milledge
ville is heme for the summer.
Dr. and Mrs. Van Bibb Saye of
Augusta spent Wednesday in Na
hunta visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jos.
B. Strickland.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Bethea wen
visitors to Barnesville, Griffin and
Macon where they attended singing
conventions during the weekend.
Enterprise Office
To Close Three
Days Next Week
The office of The Brantley En
terprise will be closed for three
lays next week, including Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday. June 24
25, and 26.
The editor and his staff will at
tend the Georgia Press' Association
m Savannah during the three days
All patrons of |he paper are re
quested to see about their printir:
' other Lushness during the
three days of the week. • ,
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OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF. NAHUNTA
County Democratic
Committee to Meet
At Nahunta Tuesday
Early Enterprise
To Be Published
Next Week
The Brantley Enterprise will be
published earlier next week, going
to press Wednesday afternoon in
stead of Thursday.
The editor and his staff, Mrs.
Broome that is, will attend the
Georgia Press Association Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday and
therefore will have to “put the pa
per to bed” Wednesday.
All people who have news, ad
vertisements or announcements to
make in the paper should get their
matter in Monday or Tuesday.
Your cooperation will be greatly
appreciated by “Your Home News
paper” folks.
THE editor and
HIS STAFF.
REV WETZEL
IS APPOINTED
TO BLACKSHEAR
Formerly Served
Methodist Church
At Woodbine, Ga.
Rev. J. S. Wetzell was sent to
the First Methodist Church in
Blackshear as pastor in the an
nual appointments of the South
Georgia Methodist Conference
held at Epworth-by-the-Sea on
St. Simons Island last week. The
appointments were read by Bis
hop Arthur J. Moore.
Rev. Wetzell comes to the
Blackshear Church from Wood
bine where he Kas served for the
past three years. Prior to that
time he was pastor of the Na
hunta Methodist Church. He is
married and Rev. and Mrs. Wet
zell have two small children.
They are scheduled to move into
the Methodist parsonage here
Thursday of this week and take
up his duties as pastor of the
church Sunday, June 20.
The new pastor succeeds Rev.
L. D. Jordan who has pastored
the local c. urch for the past
four years. Rev. Jordan has been
transferred to the Florida Con
ference and has been appointed
to the pastorate of the Highland
Avenue Methodist Church in
Tampa, Fla.
citation
Georgia, Brantley County.
To all whom it may concern either
as owner, or lessee, orclaimants; you
are hereby notified condemnation
proceedings have been filed in the
Superior Court of Brantley County,
Georgia, in the name of the State
of Georgia, against One Plymouth
Automobile: to-wit: A 1938 year
make 1938.M0del Automobile, 4-
door, Motor No. Dll-10310; Georgia
Tag, Number 1953, C 19635; seeking
to condemn said automobile as pro
vided by law for that the same was
used for illegal transportation oi
alcoholic spirituous liquors and dis
tilled spirits on which the tax was
not paid and on which the con
tainers did not have affixed stamps
and the vehicle was not enroute to
a State Warehouse (Brantley being
a wot Colmty) and you the unknowi
iwner of vehicle sought to be con
demned or any leasee thereof are
•eq aired to file your defense on or
before July 10, 1954, in above stated
condemnation, else the court will
grant Judgement in above case con
demning said motor vehicle above
described and order a sale of same
in terms of law after expiration oi
late allowed for filing defense.
Witness the Hon. Walter Thomas,
Judge said Court, June 10, 1954.
D. F. Herrin. Clerk.
Superior Court,
Brantley County, Georgia
A recent survey in Georgia
shows that a large number of
budworm eggs are being laid on
buus and blooms of tobacco at
this time.
DECIDE RULES
AND FIX FEES
FOR PRIMARY
Brantley Will
Elect Senator
And Representative
The Brantley County Democratic
Committee will meet at Nahunta
Tuesday morning, June 22, at 10
o’clock, it is announced by C. Win
ton Adams, chairman of the com
mittee.
The committee will fix' the fees
and set the qualifying date for
races for state senator and repre
sentative for Brantley County. The
qualifying date must be not later
than July 3, according to the state
Democratic Committee rules.
Members of the Brantley County
Democratic committee are as fol
lows;
Atkinson, Cecil Drury and Julian
Middleton,
Hickox, U. O. Stokes and Virgil
Allen.
Hoboken, J. F. Larkihs and Fred
Lee.
Hortense, C. Winton Adams and
Ted Strickland.
Lulaton, A. A. Strickland and J.
H. Highsmith.
Nahunta, Carl Broome and J. D.
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Schlattervillc, Owen Griffin and
D. W. Herrin.
Waynesville, Mrs. Julia Gibson
and J. H. MvVeigh.
All the members of the commit
tee are urged to be present next
Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock.
Brantley County voters will not
only elect a state senator and a
representative but also vote on the
entire slate of state-house officials
in the state Democratic primary of
Sept. 8.
ROYAL
THEATRE
Nahunta, Georgia
Time: Monday thru Friday,
8:15 P. M.
Saturday: 7:15 and 8:45 P. M.
PROGRAM
THURS., FRI., JUNE 1748
“Money from Home”
With JERRY LEWIS and
DEAN MARTIN
SATURDAY, JUNE 19
“Red River Shore”
With REX ALLEN
MON., TUES., JUNE 21 - 22
“Paratrooper”
With ALAN LADD and
SUSAN STEPHEN
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23
“Jivaro”
With RICHARD FLEMING
THURS., FRI., JUNE 24 - 25
“Red Garters”
With ROSEMARY CLOONEY
and JACK CARSON
SATURDAY, JUNE 26
“New Frontiers”
With DILL ELLIOTT
