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'GLUME 34 — NUMBER 32
Bloodhounds were used Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day nights in the Blackshear area as State Patrol and
county officers sought to capture two desperate convicts
still at large after escaping from a Wayne County Prison
work detail last Thursday.
Bloodhounds were used Sun
day and Monday nights in the
Blackshear area as State Patrol
and county officers sought to
capture two desperate convicts
still at large after escaping
from a Wayne County Prison
work detail last Thursday.
Sheriff L. L. Taylor of Pierce
county captured a third escapee,
Norman Veal, 23, Sunday morn
near Owens on the Blackshear-
Patterson highway.
The two men still at large were
reported to have broken into the
farm home of Mrs. Bradford
Waldron Monday, presumably to
get food in their fifth night on
the run.
The search Monday centered
on the Southwest edge of Black
shear. Sheriff Taylor reported
that the pair was apparently
split up when the law enforce
ment officers and bloodhounds
came near them in L. E. Sweat’s
pasture on the edge of town.
The trail was lost in this vici
nity but the search is continu
ing in the Blackshear area.
Persons in this section were
warned by Sheriff Taylor to be
on their guard and report any
suspicious strangers so that the
escapees can be brought into
custody soon.
The two men were chased
with bloodhounds Sunday night
when they were spotted just
beyond the Blackshear city
limits on the Waycross highway,
trying to hitchhike a ride. The
dogs followed a trail from that
point that finally led along the
ACL railroad tracks into Black
shear, but again the trail was
lost during the night.
The pair had also been seen
early Sunday morning attemp
ting to push off a car belonging
to Lorin Tuten on Highway Ave
nue in Blackshear.
Following is a description of
the wanted men:
Samuel F. Freeman, age 26,
height five feet, nine and one
half inches, weight 148 pounds,
blue eyes, brown hair, ruddy
complexion and scar on lower
right leg.
Freeman was sentenced in
Savannah on April 16, 1953, to
serve 10 to 20 years for partici
pating in the robbery earlier that
month of a Comet Oil station
attendant.
Weldon Anthony, 28, height
six feet, weight 160 pounds, blue
eyes, brown hair, small scar on
left wrist and tatoo on upper
left arm
Anthony had been sentenced in
Spalding county to serve 20 years
for robbery and three to five
years for assault.
Veal, who was captured by
Sheriff Taylor about 6:00 o’clock
Sunday morning, had been given
a life sentence and a 10-year
sentence in Walker county for
murder and assault with intent
to murder.
Sheriff Taylor spotted Veal
beside the highway as the Sher
iff was driving toward Patter
son to answer another call. Veal
said he had eaten only one
watermelon in his wanderings
to elude police officers.
Prisoner Also
Escapes from
Pierce Work Gang
In addition to the Wayne
county prison escapees, a young
white man who escaped from a
Pierce County Prison work
group Monday was being sought
by law enforcement officers.
He was identified by Sheriff
L. L. Taylor as James Turner,
26, serving a short sentence for
public drunken ess. Turner was
reported to have run away from
a guard while working near the
D. O. Davis farm in Pierce coun
ty about 3:00 o’clock Monday
afternoon
He was trailed with blood
hounds near Pine Greve Church
but had not been apprehended
Wednesday morning.
New Hope Cemetery
Will Be Cleaned
The New Hope Cemetery at
Hickox will be cleaned off on
Thursday, Aug. 19, it is announced
by Archie Johns.
All who have loved ones buried
et New Hope or who wish to help
clean the cemetery will please
come on the above date and bring
thgir tools for working.
Brantley County’s Chief
Products Are Naval Stores,
Lumber, Pulpwood, Livestock,
Tobacco and Honey.
BLOODHOUNDS CHASE PAIR
IN BLACKSHEAR VICINITY
Srattileg Enterprise
NAHUNTA. GEORGIA THURSDAY, A.UGUST 12, 1954
Brantley Retail
Sales Totaled
$273,911 for May
Retail sales in Brantley County
amounted to $273,911 during the
month of May, according to the
latest Retail Sales Report issued
by the Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce. This compares with
April sales for the County totaling
$243,472 and May 1953 sales
amounting to $221,201
For the entire state, May busi
ness totaled $308,200,014 showing
an increase of $7,290,035 over the
previous month and an increase of
$9,918,648 over May 1953 sales.
PROCEEDINGS
OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
The Brantley County Commis
sioners of Roads and Revenue met
in regular session August 3, 1954,
for the August session, present
were R. C. Harrell Jr, Clerk, R.
B, Brooker, Chairman, Silas D.
Lee, and T. V. Rhoden.
The following pauper list was
approved, and ordered paid. Jesse
G. Aldridge, SIO.OO, Mrs. Edd
Knight, SIO.OO, Ocie Moody, SIO.OO,
Thelma Sapp, SIO.OO, Rosa Rainge,
SIO.OO.
The following warrants were is
sued to the Road hands for the
month of August, 1954, O. G. Lee,
$225.00, Perry Crews, $176.00, Tom
Aldridge, $176.00, I. C. Harris,
$192.00, Monsie Wilson, $200.00, Ot
tis Morgan, $176.00, Woodrow Wil
sß.oo, Talmadge Gunter, $168.00, J.
F. Willis, $176.00, Edwin Herrin,
$192.00, T. E. Hickox, $162.20, Eu
gene .Hickox, $172.00, Carswell
Royster, $138.20.
The following Commissioners
were paid: R. B. Brooker, $30.00,
R. C Harrell Jr., $30.00; Silas D.
Lee, ’530.00; T. V. Rhoden, $30.00;
and C. H. Penland, $30.00. Each
were paid for six days service.
The following General bills were |
paid, S. E. Blount, $50.00, Janitor
J. N. Stewart, $400.00, Bond Elec
tion, Silas D. Lee, $16.00 Register
Service, Virgil Allen, SB.OO, Regis
ter Service, J. B. Strickland, SB.OO,
Register Service, Barbara Jean
Harris, $20.00, Typing, Collect of
Internal Revenue, $245.40, W. H.
Tax, Georgia Power and light Co.,
$36.32, Light & power, Teachers
Retirement, $62.10, Retirement, C.
Winton Adams $25.00, Salary,
(Archie A. Johns, $83.00 Salary &
Postage, D. F. Herrin $83.25 Salary
& Supplies, George A. Loyd, $191.25,
Salary & Travel, D. W. Herrin,
$ 150.00 Salary, J. R. Walker,
$38.34, Salary, Georgia State Fores
try Comm., $475.00 Budget, Dr. E.
A. Moody, $30.00, Salary, Rebecca
D. Griner, $259.90, Salary, Lorena
R. Strickland, $148.10, Salary, Way
ne County Health Dept., $319.15,
Dr. Supplies, nurse salary, T. F.
Rhoden, $306.65, Services Rendered,
Jesup Concrete Co., $125.24, Con
crete, Dr. E. A. Moody, SIO.OO,
Attending Prisoner, Sinclair Re
fining Co., $387.88, Gas & Oil,
Standard Oil Co., $63.90, Gas &
Oil, Marshall & Bruce $162.88, Off.
Supplies., C. C. Miles, $56.70, Lum
ber, South Eastern Sales Co.,
$295.12, Parts for repair, Brantley
Telephone Co., $70.25, phones &
calls, J. W. Brooker, $153.08, Sup
plies’ Carlton Co., $36.88, parts and
repairs; The Brantley Enterprise,
$123.50, adv. and printing; James N.
Stewart, $70.00, election; Sadler
Plumbing, $5.00, repair; City of
Nahunta, water, $6.75; Mrs. Jesse
Lee, $5.00, care of baby; State Wel
fare Dept., $907.79; J. C. Allen,
!SIOO.OO, Satilla River Construction;
ill. S. Wilson, $116.61, repair and
' parts; William T. Thomas, $375.00,
refund on liquor license; C. Winton
i Adams. $50.00, Juvenile service.
There being no further business
♦he meeting was adjourned in regu-
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R B. Brecker, Chairman
R. C. Harrell Jr., Clerk.
Mrs. L. O. Johns •
Funeral Services
Were Held Friday
Mrs. Mary Emma Johns, 61. of
Nahunta, died in a Waycross hos
pital Wednesday afternoon after a
short illness.
She was the wife of the lata
Leon Ottis Johns, of Nahunta.
Mrs. Johns is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Steve Jacobs, of
Hoboken, Mrs. David E. McCree,
of Newton, N.C., and Mrs. Frank
C. Queen, of Concord, N.C.
Three sons, Leon N. Johns, of
Decatur, Ga., Banner M. Johns,
of Nahunta, and M. R. Johns, of
Fernandina, Fla. One brother, Mack
Herrin of Nahunta, and one sister,
Mrs. Jannie Wainwright, of Na
hunta and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted
in New Hope Church at Hickox,
with interment in the church cem
tery at 11 o’clock Friday.
Mincy Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Lila Rozier
Died Thursday,
Funeral Sunday
Mrs. Lilia Morgan Rozier, 67,
died Thursday after a brief illness
in a Waycross hospital. Born in
Wayne County, she had lived in
Wayne and Brantley all her life.
Survivors are two sons, E. M.
Rozier, Augusta, Hubert W. Rozier,
Winokur, Ga.; seevn grandchild
ren, three great-grandchildren and
two sisters, Mrs. Maggie Shumaker,
Hickox, Mrs. J. B. Walker, Na
hunta.
Services were held Sunday at
11 a.m, at Smyrna Primitive Bap
tist Church at Lulaton, Ga., con
ducted by Elder Eldon Dowling,
burial in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Calvin Crews,
Thomas F. Rhoden, Russell Herrin,
Edwin Herrin, Jasper Johnson, M.
M. Mainor, V. H. Allen, and C. F.
Allen.
Harrison Funeral Home was in
charge.
Distractions Cause
75 Percent of
Auto Accidents
Distractions cause 75 per cent
of all automobile accidents, ac
cording to a prominent woman
traffic judge.
Window shopping, looking at
pretty girls, settling squabbles
among the children in the back
seat, headswiveling conversa
tions with passengers, lighting a
cigarettes ... these are the things
that cause accidents, in the opin
ion of Judge Geraldine F. Macel
wane, of the Toledo, Ohio, Muni
cipal Court.
Hearing 80 to 120 traffic viola
tion cases a day, she qualifies as
an expert on human behavior
behind the wheel. In 1953, she
heard 7,300 traffic cases.
“It takes only a second of dis
traction on the part of the driver
to cause a serious injury or
death,” Judge Macelwane points
out. “If a moving car is left un
guided, even for a second, a ser
ious accident can result.”
She cited the example of a
tearful and trembling young mot
her who recently appeared in
her court. The mother had made
the common mistake of allowing
her small child to stand on the
front seat beside her.
“As the driver of the car ahead
signalled an intention to turn
left, the child diverted the mot
her’s attention for an instant....
long enouth for the car ahead to
stop for oncoming traffic,” Judge
Macelwane said. “The woman
crashed into it, the child required
hospital treatment, and, she was
hailed into court on a reckless
driving charge.”
Improving the driver’s know
ledge and attitudes is .more im
portant than punitive action in
such cases, Judge Macelwane be
lieves.
“Although women can rally
public support for enforcement
and engineering advances, they
can be even more effective in re
ducing accidents by focusing
attention on more common dan
gers, like distraction,” she says.
SAWDUST IN
THE SANDBOX
If your toddler’s sandbox needs
refilling, try sawdust instead of
sand. It is less expensive, often
can be had son the asking at a
sawmill- Youngsters like it as
sand. They stay cleaner playing
in sawdust, too, because it
doesn’t stick to them as sand
does.
M. E. THOMPSON
THOMPSON WILL
NOT SLING MUD
IN CAMPAIGN
Says His Opponents
‘Are Good Boys”
3ut Badly Frustrated
“The candidate in this race who
slings the most mud will find that
he is the candidate with the fewest
votes”, M. E. Thompson told a
giant South Georgia rally at Tif
ton last Saturday in pledging him
self to talk about issues instead of
political opponents.
“The Georgians who are running
for second place in the race for
Governor can call names all they
like. They will not have the res
ponsibility of running the State
Government for the next four
years. I will have that job, and as
Governor, I will need the help of
every Georgian. I am going to
nail no hides to a door. I am going
to abuse no fellow Georgian. I am
going to discuss the issues and
leave mud-slinging to those who
have no plan, no platform and no
policy”, Thompson told the enthu
siastic gathering that featured
motorcades from more than 45
middle and South Georgia coun
ties in the Georgian hills.
Firm Platform
Reiterating that the major issue
in ^he campaign was the future
and the progress of Georgia,
Thompson pledged affirmative,
prompt action when he became
Governor to help drought stricken
areas and to minimize future drou
ght damage.
He reaffirmed his promis'e that
the State would assume its respon
sibility to bring industry into rural
areas now losing population.
“The future of Georgia is the
future of every one of the 159 coun
ties in Georgia”, Thompson said.
“It is the future of Jenkins County
where I was born, which has lost
population in the last 10 years.
It is the future of Tift County
which gained 22 per cent popula
tion in the past 10 years. It is the
future of the 96 counties that lost
population as well as the 63 that
gained population. It is the future
of the 134 small counties that are
about to lose their accredited
schools.
“We will stop this trend. We will
bring industry to those areas and
those farm workers who have lost
their jobs because of mechanized
farming”, Thompson assured his
enthusiastic audience.
Reaffirms Program
Throughout the week, speaking
to the largest crowds ever drawn
by a recent political campaign in
Georgia, including a monster rally
’r n . iefi th e hills of Banks Coun-
‘ - ' umpson reaffirmed his stand
I on the vital issues of the campaign.
He was opposed to mixed schools,
he said, and to toll roads and to
. new taxes and to changing the
; County Unit System and to silly
laws that pry into private affairs
:uch as the one which requires
citizens to list their debts on auto
: mobiles before they can get an auto
tag.
Robb Lewis Cemetery
Vill Be Cleaned
The Robb Lewis Cemetery will
be cleaned off next Saturday,. Aug.
Ijt is announced by the’ citizens
of that conununity.
> All people who are interested in
‘he Bobb Lewis Cemetery will
j please come next Saturday and
i bring tools for cleaning the burial
I grounds.
OFFI CIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Brantley Produced
86,229 Cords of
Pulpwood in 1953
Brantley County farmers and
landowners last year produced
86,229 standard cords" of pulp
wood, according to a report is
sued this week by the South
eastern Forest Experiment Sta
tion.
That production, according to
an announcement made by the
Georgia Forestry Commission,
played a substatial part in main
taining Georgia’s leadership,
both nationwide and Southwide,
in the pulpwood production field.
The Experiment Station report
had showed that Georgia for the
sixth consecutive year led in the
entire South in pulpwood pro
duction. The state also produced
18 per cent of the South’s total
pulpwood output and 11 per cent
of the nation’s output.
Figures were for 1953. The
Experiment Station makes the
report annually.
An all-time high production
for Georgia of 2,879,000 standard
cords was recorded during 1953.
That figure represented a 4.6
increase over 1952 production,
and a one per cent increase in
the nation’s cut. During 1952,
Georgia produced 2,513,272 cords
for a six per cent increase over
1951; and in 1951 a 6.7 per cent
increase was noted over 1950.
Production in 1950 amounted to
a 24.1 per cent increase over
1949.
High praise to the farmers
and landowners of Georgia and
of Brantley county for their part
in contributing to Georgia’s
pulpwood leadership came from
Guyton DeLoach, Director, Geor
gia Forestry Commission.
‘Today,” said DeLoach, “Geor
gia has 10 operating pulpmills
with an estimated daily produc
tion of more than 5,500 tons of
pulp. To the Georgian who is
growing trees as a cash crop,
this serves to stand as hearten
ing assurance that strong, active
markets will continue to exist
for tree farmers in years to
come.”
Pulpwood production for 1953
for other South Georgia counties
was as follows:
Appling, 59,944 cords; Bacon,
50,371; Brantley, 86,228; Ware,
65,021; and Wayne, 60,746.
George A. Bray
Passed Away
Sunday, Aug. 8
George Abner Bray, 82, of 508
Quarterman Street, died in a Way
cross hospital early Sunday morn
ing.
He was a beekeeper and oper
ated an apiary in Brantley coun
ty. He was born and reared in
Greene County, New York but had
lived in Brantley County and Way
cross for a long number of years.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Gladys Ivey; four
daughters, Mrs. Reed Cook, Grand
Gorge, N.Y., Mrs. Vincent Boice,
Catskill, N.Y., Mrs. Howard
Bloomer, Roslyn, Pa., and Miss
Mable Bray, Waycross; three sons.
Albert Bray, Floyd Bray and Fre
derick Bray, all of Catskill, N.Y*
one brother, Walter Bray, Devon
port, N.Y.; one step-daughter,
Mrs. Travis Highsmith, Nahunta;
13 grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.
The body was sent to Catskill,
N.Y., where funeral and burial
services were held Wednesday.
Mincy Funeral Home is in charge
of arrangement.
Oleander Garden Club
Met Tuesday with
Mrs. Wilder Brooker
The Oleander Garden Club met
Tuesday. Aug. 10 at the home of
Mrs. Wilder Brooker, with Mrs.
George Loyd as co-hostess.
Mrs. Lula Brown gave a talk or
“Potted Plants.”
Those present were Mrs. Harr
Smith, Mrs. Bill Harris, Mrs. Cor
lis Highsmith, Mrs. Edward Brand
Mrs. Norman Lewis, Mrs. Emor
Middleton, Mrs. Tyrus Raulersor
Mrs. Averv Strickland and Mrs
Lamar Gibson.
Homemade cake and ice crear
were served. At the end of th
I business meeting a stork showe l
was given to Mrs. Corlis High
smith.
I If you have some tn mg to w
h 50 cents advertisement in Th
Prantley Enterprise will be rend 1
people all over the county.
For the Sportsman Brantley
County Has Deer, Turkey,
Quail, Foxes, Coons;
Also Good Fishing.
CANCER DRIVE
UNDER WAY
IN BRANTLEY
Cancer can strike anyone, young
or old, rich or poor.
August 11 to 25 is the time vo
lunteer workers in Brantley Coun
ty will call on you to help raise
the county’s quota for the cancer
fund, which is $250.
There were 25 deaths in Brant
ley County from cancer from 1949
to 1953, according to state health
records.
Fifty people have received free
treatment. During this five-year
period the county has contributed
only $247.31.
The following people are giving
of their time to raise the county’s
quota:
Nahunta, Mrs. Brown Brooker,
Mrs. Dewitt Moody and Jesse
Allen;
Hoboken, Mrs. Fred Dowling.
Hortense, Mrs. Warren Eldridge.
Hickox, Mrs. Bill Haris and Mrs.
Bill White.
Waynesville, Mrs. Pete Gibson.
Lulaton, Mrs. Helen Griffin.
Won’t you do your part to fight
cancer by giving to the Brantley
County Cancer Fund?
Mrs. DeWitt Moody,
County Commander.
WAYNESVILLE
By Mrs. Clovis Johnson
Mr."and Mrs. John A. Merritt
and children of Warlick spent last
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Robinson. Mrs. Robinson,- accom
panied them home for a. few days
visit.
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Mrs. N. S. McVeigh, Jr. and
children, and Mrs. Virginia Omick
and little daughter Backy Ann are
visiting relatives in Florence, S. C.
Mrs. Minnie Barrett of Bruns
wick spent Sunday with her sister
Mrs. Loyd Robinson.
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Mr. and Mrs. John McVeigh of
Florence, S.C., have returned home
after a visit with relatives here.
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Mrs. Mollie Moody is in a Bruns
wick hospital undergoing -treat
ment.
ROYAL
THEATRE
Nahunta, Georgia
Time: Monday thru Friday,
8:15 P. M.
Saturday: 7:15 and 8:45 P. M.
PROGRAM
THURS., FRI., AUG. 12-13
“The Master of
Ballantree’
With ERROL FLYNN and
BEATRICE CAMPBELL
SATURDAY, AUGUST 14
“Ambush at
Tomahawk”
W ith JOHN HODIAK
MON., TUES., AUGUST 16-17
“Massacre Canyon”
With MICKEY ROONEY
and PEGGY RYAN
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18
“Battle of
Rogue River”
With AUDREY TOTTER
THURS., FRL, AUGUST 19-20
“All Ashore”
With GEORGE MONTGOMERY
and MARTHA RAYE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 21
“Oklahoma Justice”
W(th JOE M. BROWN
