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Newspaper Page Textx Brantley County’s Chief Products Are Naval Stores, Lumber, Pulpwood, Livestock, VOLUME 34 FARMERS CAN BORROW FUNDS FOR IRRIGATION Congressman Wheeler Makes Announcement Os Law Enactment Dow Wheeler announces that he has received word by telephone from Washington that the Presi dent has signed the irrigation bill which will provide low interest long term financing for farmers putting in irrigation systems on their farms the program will be ad ministrated by the farmers home administration. Interested farmers should contact their local county FHA directors for infirmation. It is expected that this program will be ready to be gin operation within 30 to 60 days this is the companion bill to the recently enacted water shed act. ROSS NAMED PRINCIPAL AT BLACKSHEAR Albert P. Ross of Macon will succeed George M. Schlegel as * principal of the Blackshear High School, it was announced this week by County School Superin tendent, T. H. Strickland. Mr. Ross, a native of Ocilla, Ga„ comes to the Blackshear school post from Macon, Ga., where he has been on the fa culty of Lanier Senior High School for the past five years. He attended West Georgia Col lege and graduated from Georgia Teacher’s College with a B.S. in Education. He later received his Master’s Degree from Mercer University. His wife, Mrs. Ross, will teach fifth grade at Main Street Gram •< mar School. She attended West Georgia College and graduated from Georgia State College for Women. She taught last year in the Macon City Schools. Card of Thanks We want to take the opportunity to thank the many friends and nei ghbors for their kindness during the sickness and death of our mo ther, Mrs. Mary Emma Johns. ROYAL ’ theatre Nahunta, Georgia Time: Monday thru Friday, Saturday: 7:15 and 8:45 P. M. PROGRAM THURS., FRI., AUGUST 19-20 “All Ashore” With GEORGE MONTGOMERY and MARTHA RAYE SATURDAY, AUGUST 21 “Oklahoma Justice” With JOE M. BROWN Mon., Tues., Aug. 23-24 “Executive Suite” With William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck and June Allyson. Wednesday, August 25 “Crazy Over Horse” With the Bowery Boys Thurs., Fri., Aug. 26-27 “The Pathfinder” With George Montgomery and Saturday; August 28’ X With - Rock -Hudson Tobacco and Honey. NUMBER* 33 The Johns family. 8:15 P. M. Helena Carter Srantley Enterprise NAHUNTA. GEORGIA THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1954 LEE — KEEN Mr. and Mrs. Randle E. Lee of Nahunta announce the engagement of their adughter, Miss Evelyn Sabra Lee to Colonel Brantley Keen son of Mrs. C. B. Keen of Nahunta. The wedding is to take place on Friday evening, October first, at 6:00 o’clock P.M. at the Hickox Baptist Church. WAYNESVILLE By Mrs._jClovis Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Noble Lee and daughter of St. Marys were guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Keene for the week end. * ♦ * Mr. and Mrs. Henry McWright of Jacksonville visited Mrs. W. R. Gibson last week. « • • Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Rowland of Jacksonville were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Leggett, the Mc- Sweeney sisters on Sunday. > • > Mrs. Johnnie Jones of Everett City is visiting her mother, Mrs. Thelma Thompson. • • • • Mrs. J. J. Hill has returned to her home in Lake City after several weeks visit with the Lloyd Robin sons. » * • Mrs. H. C. Benjamin of Tampa is spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. W. R. Gibson. ■ ♦ • * Mr. and Mrs. Jack Yancy and Mrs. Douglas Church and children of Jacksonville were visitors of Mrs. S. C. M. Drury on Monday. • • * Mrs. M. M. Jones and children who have been visiting her mother, Mrs. C. Patton leaves for Puerto Rico this week, where she will join her husband, Sgt. M. M. Jones. They expect to be there two and half years. ♦ ♦ Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Gibson and son of Tampa visited relatives here this week end. •* • • Miss Charlee Gibson has return ed home after several weeks visit at her grandparents in Millien. a ♦ » • Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Robinson were visitors in Waycross on Mon day. * • • Mr. and Mrs. Pete Gibson and sons spent last week at Crooked River. Miss Evelyn Drury and Walter Kyster were married in Kingsland on Friday. They are making their home in Waynesville. » c • Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hughes of Augusta were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Davis Friday night. Mr. W. W. Moody of Rome spent several days with his mother last week. Mrs. Moody is still in a Brunswick hospital. Mrs. Will Moody and daughter, Marguerite and grandson of Villa Rica, Ga; Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Moody of Waycross and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Prescott of Folkston were guests of the Roland Davis’ last week. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Young- of Jacksonville spent the week- end here with relatives. I ,1 Ww**' . w ml,, --a ■ • i VOTE FOR ESBBT VANDIVER . • /for •. ./. ? Lie'’lenant Governor THOMPSON DRIVE GAINS SPEED OVER GEORGIA Big Rally Planned ' For Statesboro Saturday Afternoon M. E. Thompson continuing his clean campaign for a positive pro gram Os progress and prosperity for Georgia stepped up the tempo of his meetings as the voting date of September 8 neared: Speaking to large crowds at every appearance Thompson con tinued to state positively what he was for and what he was against at every meeting. The Thompson schedule follows: Friday, August 20, Sandersville— -8 P. M. Saturday, August 21, Statesboro— -3 P.M. Monday, August 23, Savannah— TV Tuesday, August 24, Summer ville—B P. M. Wednesday, August 25, Baxley— -8 P.M, Thursday, August 26, Hawkins ville — 8 P.M. “I intend to continue to tell the people of Georgia where I stand on every issue and to answer any questions they ask me at our meet ings,” Thompson said. “I do not intend to deviate from my purpose to run a clean race. I shall not seek to embrass or to humiliate any body. We need unity in Georgia if we are to solve the many pro blems that lie ahead of us. My ad ministration will need the help of every Georgian to be successful in carrying out our program of pro gress and prosperity.” A huge rally for guoernatoria] candidate M. E. Thompson is plan ned for Statesboro Saturday after noon, August 21st. According to officials of the Bulloch County Thompson for Governor Club, the rally will be held at 3:00 P.M. on the court house square, in down town Statesboro. Many large motor cades ■will bring hundreds of Sup porters from such points as Augus ta, Savannah, Swainsboro, Sylvania, Jenkins County, and other sections. Activities of the day will start at 2:00 P.M. with a complete pro gram of hillybilly music by Thomp son’s Dixie Cowboys, Bob Kelley at the calliope, and Fiddlin' Uncle John Patterson. Mr. Thompson’s speech will be broadcast over a state-wide radio network from 6:15 to 6:45 P. M. on Saturday. He will be at Sanders ville the night before. After his speech at Statesboro, he will remain there for a few hours to confer with his friends and supporters. M. E. Thompson To Speak in Baxley Aug. 25 M. E. Thompson will speak in neighboring Appling County on Wednesday, August 25. The speech*, at Baxley will be an important one, and a motorcade from this and other counties is expected to swell the attendance for the occasion. The .speech -is schduled for 8:00 P.M. The Thompson caliope, which he introduced in the 1950 campaign, . and the hillybilly band will be bn hand to furnish entertainment. Thompson, whose platform includes- ^opposition to mixed schools, to* toll roads and to additional, taxes, as well as proposals for expanded public services "and an industrial pro gram for rural areas, is expected to present the full details of his 1954 platform. Card of Thank# We wish to take this means to express our thanks and apprecia tion to every one who was so kind and thoughtful of us at the time es the sudden death of our wife and step-mother, Mrs. M. C. Jones last week. We sincerely apppreciate every thing our friends did to express their sympathy and those who were sc helpful in preparing the covered dishes and the numerous other acts of- kindness. ’.' - j *M' C/ Jones and Mrs. C. L Middleton and Mrs. W. E Bennett. Mrs. M. C. Jones Died Tuesday, Aug. 10, Funeral Thursday Mrs. M. C. Jones, age 53, died suddenly at her home near Hor tense on Tuesday August 10. Funeral services were held at Hortense Memorial Church at Hor tense on Thursday with Rev. W. W. Smith and Rev 7 . Martin offi ciating. Burial was in the Hortense Memorial Church cemetery. She is survived by her husband, M. C. Jones, a sister, Mrs. A. F. Rice of Moore, S.C., and two step children, Mrs. C. L. Middleton and Mrs. W. E. Bennett of Hortense. Pallbearers were; W. W. Smith, George Flowers, Wilbur Flowers, Ross Flowers, Edward Townsend, Jack Khuns and Bill Crews. COUNTY SCHOOLS WILL BEGIN MONDAY AUG. 30 Brantley County schools will be gin the fall term on Monday, Aug. 30, it is announced by sperinten dent Herschel Herrin. The schools’ teachers will begin their pre-planning week on Mon day, Aug. 23. It is expected that the new build ings will be ready for occupancy sometimes during the first months of the term, the announcement stated. Prof Herrin also stated that the faculty lists for the various schools would be announced in time foi next week’s paper. 2 ESCAPEES ARE CAPTURED IN FLORIDA Officers Nab Fugitives Separately The two escapees from the Wayne County Prison who were chased with bloodhounds in the vicinityof Blackshear last week have been recaptured in Florida, Warden McHan of the Wayne Prison reported. Weldon Anthony, 28, was picked up in Callahan Florida last Friday by Deputy Sheriff Dyal of Nassau county while walking along the highway. Samuel F. Freeman, 26, was taken into custody in Bradenton. Fla., over the past weekend. Freeman went to the home of an uncle, who unknown to the escaped prisoner, had become a policeman at nearby Palmetto, Fla. Freeman’s uncft turned him over to authorities at Bradenton. James Turner, J who escaped from a Pierce county prison work gang Aug. 9, was reported still at large this week. Turner is also believed to have left the county. Birth Announcements Sgt./lc and Mrs. Thomas D. Bell announce the birth of a son on July 25 in Leghorne, Italy. He has been named George Jefferson. Sgt. Bell has been stationed in Italy since March of this year. Mrs. Bell and an older son, David made the trip over in June. Mrs. Bell was Miss Ann Dixon. I*ll g Q I! BT E g V Ei. ■a. <*&&<&&&» 1 * * 14TH!i ■-z ►GIVE PROPER SIGNALS FOR TURNS AND STOPS .... and k—p your car in taf»-drMng condition at all “times! OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNT. ONLY FREEHOLDER FEMALES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR COUNTY JURY DUTY James M. Griffin James M. Griffin Is Plane Captain Os the Month PACIFIC FLEET (FHTNG) — James M. Griffin, aviation machi nist’s mate airman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Griffin of Rt. 1, Hoboken, Ga., has been named Plane Captain of the month by Navy Lt. Cdr. R. A. Clarke, Com manding Officer of Fighter Squad ron 102. The award was based on Griffb performance of duties on the flight deck and the condition of his as signed Panther Jet Aircraft. Fight er Squadron 102 is based abroad the carrier USS Tarawa, operating in the West Pacific on a round-the world cruise. Griffin, who entered the Navy in May, 1951, reported to the Fig hter Squadron from U.S. Naval Air Station, Memphis, Tenn. Before en tering the Navy, he was graduated from Hoboken High School. Blackshear Leaf Market to Close Friday, Aug. 20 Tobacco will be sold on the Blackshear auction market through Friday of this week, Aug. 20, although volume is ex tremely light and only one ware house is remaining open. The Brantley Warehouse in Blackshear, with Leo Allen and Paul Morgan as operators, is remaining onen until Friday. The Big Z and Planters and the Farmers Warehouses closed for the season Tuesday. Volume through Tuesday had reached 11,110,400 pounds, sell ing for $5,642,963.22, or an aver age or $50.79 per hundered pounds. EXTENSION SERVICE RELEASES BULLETIN ABOUT LANDSCAPING In his new bulletin, Land scaping Georgia Homes, T. G. Williams, landscape specialist for the University of Georgia Agricultural Extension Service says that every house is an in dividual problem and landscaping should be planned to bring out the good features of architecture and cover up any bad ones. The appearance of a house can be greatly changed by the skill ful use of plants, Williams says. Pointing to the trend toward more outdoor living and enter taining, Williams says the modern home owner uses the yard as additional living space and not merely as ornamental flower beds. “The garden,” he says, “has become the outdoor living room.” Beginning with planning where to put the house on a lot, Wil liams describes basic areas .... public, service and garden . . . . and goes into details of the right and wrong way of developing these areas. Walks, driveways, types of shrubbery, trees and flowers, buildings, and maintaining yards and homes are other subjects the bulletin covers. “Yes” and ‘no” pictures illust rate why one plan is good and another bad. A list of ornamental plants and plants for hedges and borders is given. Handling cut tings and planting nursery stock, pruning, and propagation of cut tings are also discussed. The bulletin is free and is available through county and home demonstration agents or from Agricultural Extension Ser vice, Athens. For the Sportsman Brantley County Has Deer, Turkey, Quail, Foxes, Coons; Also Good Fishing. Only freeholders, or those whose name appear on the tax return books of the Tax Receiver of the county, are eligible to serve as jurors, under revision laws relating to women for jury service. Under Georgia’s new law pro viding jury service of women, many will not be required to notify the county jury com missioners, whether or not, they, desire to serve, since they are not eligible unless they are free holders. Under the new Act, providing for the revision of jury lists and the selection of grand and tra verse jurors, and which amend ment removed the prohibition against women serving as jurors, those women not desiring to serve, are required to advise the county jury commissioners prior to the biennal revision of the jury lists. The Georgia jury revision act says that biennially, or, if the judge of the superior court shall, direct, triennially, on the first Monday in August, or within 30 days thereafter, the board of jury commissioners, shall revise the jury lists. The new Georgia act, while making it possible for women to do jury service, it at the same time gives consideration to their feelings and desire in the matter. Section 4 of the amended Code, pro vidin, “Any woman of this State, who does not desire to serve upon juries shall notify the jury commissioners of the county in which she resides in writing to that effect, and thereupon the jury commissioners shall not place the name of such woman in the jury box for said county.” The revision act also sets up the qualification of jurors, which will automatically eliminate the names of many women from be ing placed in the jury box, which also eliminates them from having to write the jury commissioners regarding their serving or not serving. Section One, paragraph 3 of the act says in part, “the jury commissioners shall select from the books of the Tax Re ceiver, upright and intelligent citizens of serve as jurors...” which means that only the names of female citizens, whose names appear on the Tax Return Books of the county as property owners would be placed in the jury box. Those female citizens of the county, who are freeholder, that is, having made tax returns as property owners, and who do not desire to do jury service, should notify the jury commis sioners on or before the first Monday in August. Any female citizens’ names placed in the jury box during the revision would remain therein for at least two years, or until the next revision, which could be three years from now. Os those citizens, male and fe male, who are selected for jury service, some may be exempted from serving on account of their profession, duties, and age, in cluding; Ministers, physicians, school, teachers, railroad em ployees, all persons over sixty years of age, all nurses, all mo thers engaged in the raising of children under sixteen years of age, telegraph operators, fire company members, members var ious police forces and town mar shals, licensed embalmers, and others. However, those citizens exempted by law, may serve if it is their desire, since the law sets out, “nothing herein contain ed shall be construed to work a disqualification of any of the classes named, or to exclude them from the jury box.” Women, who are freeholders or otherwise eligible by their names appearing on the Tax Return Boiks of the county, and who do not desire to serve as jurors should write, addressing the let ter to: Clerk Superior Court, Brantley County, Nahunta, Ga., i to the court house of the coun y in which you reside. BAKING SODA FOR BABY'S WASH Next time you wash baby's clothes, add a few tablespoons of bicarbonate of soda to the soap and wash water. It will leave cottons with a fresh, clean smell, because soda neutralizes acids and deodorizes at the same time. There is still almost two mil lion dollars available to Georgia farmers for soil-building prac tices under the 1954 Agricultural Conservation Program.