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For the Sportsman Brantley
County Has Deer, Turkey,
Quail, Foxes, Coons;
Also Good Fishing.
VOLUME 34 NUMBER 48-
SOCIAL SECURITY
IS EXENDED
TO FARMERS
Blackshear and
Nahunta to Play
In New Gymnasium
'The 1954 Amendments to the So
cial Security Act extend old-age
and survivors insurance to over
three and half million farm opera
tors, people farming for themselves,
beginning January 1, 1955. This is
the largest single group brought
under the program on a compul
sory basis by the new law. Practi
cally all farm operators who clear
as much as S4OO in a year will be
gin to earn social security credits
in much the same way as the self
employed businessman- ; has been
eaiming, then.' since the beginning of
For the‘farm operators, the new
amendments provide a special sim
plified reporting procedure. Those
farmers who report on a cash basis
and who have a gross income of
SI,BOO or less for the year may re
port either their actual net earnings
or 50 percent of the gross income.
A farm operator who has annual
gross earnings over sl,Booj„must fi
gure his actual net earnings-for the
year. If that net is less than - S9OO
for the year, the farm operator may
either report S9OO or the actual
amount for his old-age and surviv
ors insurance purposes. The self
employed farmer who has net earn
ings—dr the profit—is the amount
left after subtracting his farm ex
penses from his gross receipts as
determined for income tax purposes.
He will pay the three percent social
security tax on these net self-em
ployment earnings once a.year be
ginning with 1955.
The self-employment social se
curity tax on farm earnings applies
to taxable years after 1954. If a
self-employed farmer’s first report
covering any 1955 earnings is for
the entire calendar year 1955, he
will make the report early in 1956
as part of hiS Federal income tax
return. If a farmer’s net ’earnings
for the year are more than S4OO,
he must fild a self-employment re
port and pay the social security tax
of three percent even if his earn
ings have not been high enough to
require the payment of any Federal
income tax.
The Waycross social Security Of
fice is located at 307 Nicholls Street,
Waycross, Ga. and is open to the
public on Mondays through Fridays
from 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. if you
would like to contact them regard
ing matters pertaining to the Social
Security Program.
H® If/LIL
Nahunta. Georgia
Time: Monday thru Friday
7:45 P.M.
Saturday: 7:00 and 8:30 P. M.
PROGRAM
Friday, December 3
“Abbott and Costello
in Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde”
Saturday, December 4
“Law of the Lash”
With Lash Laßue
Mon., Tues., Dec. 6-7
“ Gun Smoke”
With Audie Murphy
and Susan Cabot
Wednesday, December 8
“Column South”
With Tony Curtis
Thurs., Fri., Dec. 9-10
“Jack McCall
Desperado”
With Audie Murphy
and Joan Evans
Saturday, December 11
• “Forbidden”
With George Montgomery
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Wautky Enterprise
NAHUNTA. GEORGIA THURSDAY, DEC. 2, 1954
Nahunta’s New $250,000 High School Building;
Hoboken’s New ^160,000 High School Building
SOIL TESTING
ADVEsEO BY
COUNTY AGENT
County Agent George A. Loyd
pointed out this week that this is
a good time of year for farmers
to take samples of their soil and
send them to the nearest experi
ment station for testing. By doing
this now the farmers can be sure
of having the results in plenty of
time for land preparation in the
spring, he added.
Loyd explained that the soil test
ing laboratories have been receiv
ing so many soil samples in the
spring that they have difficulty
handling them all. By taking their
samples now Brantley County farm
ers can help the soil technicians
give better service.
The county agent said that most
farmers now know that soil analy
sis is the best way of determining
how much of what kind of fertilizer
a particular soil needs, but some
farmers can do a better job of tak
ing samples.
“A soil test can be no better than
the sample tested,” he declared
“therefore care should be taken to
secure a sample that represents the
entire area t®sted.’’
He gave the following as impor
tant steps in taking soil samples:
1. Use clean containers such as
paper cartons, heavy bags, cloth
bags or other containers that will
not crush or break. Glass jars
should not be used unless they are
taken to the laboratory.
2. Use a soil tube, auger, spade
or trowel for taking the sample.
3. Take one composite sample for
each five to 10 acres of land gene
rally. but sample separately fields
where the soil appears different or
nast treatments have differed, if
the fields are of sufficient size.
i Tako a thin slice or core of
soil five inches deep in culti
yated fi-ld. and from three to
f-mr in pastures from
at least 15 deferent places within
th? area. M ; x thoroughly and keep
one pint of the mixed soil for the
ssimpip -
5. Nunf.yr anu label sample-
Baptist TU Meets
At Nahunta
Monday Night
Piedmont Baptist Association Mo
bilization night will be held at the
Nahunta Baptist Church on Monday
night, Dec. 6.
The purpose of this meeting is
for the Baptists of the Associa
tion to mobilize their efforts for
Training Union work, with the
theme for 1955 “Be Strong in the
Lord”. The program will begin at
7:30 P.M. under the leadership of
Rev. J. C. Sheppard of Hoboken.
Chose on the program will be
Miss Willetell Barbee discussing
“What is strength in the Lord”,
Prof. Earl May on “How to be strong
in the Lord”. Rev. Kitchins of
Folkston will discuss “The church
serving in the Lord.”
Bowman Barr will be in charge of
special music for the service.
Johns Infant Died
Tuesday, Nov. 30
Dennis Mizell Johns, the nine
day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ban
ner M. Johns of Nahunta, died early
Tuesday morning in an Waycross
hospital.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by his maternal grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Hamp Walker.
Brantley county.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday morning at 11 o’clock at
New Hope Church at Hickox. In
terment was held in the Hickox ce
metery.
Mincy Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Allow samples to dry if they are
to be mailed. If possible, sift soil
through ordinary screen wire or
flour sifter as this permits rapid
handling al the laboratory.
6. Fill out information sheets m
completely as possible and mail or
carry the sheets and samples to the
Soil Testing Laboratory Coastal
Plains Expt. Sta„ Tifton, Georgia.
The county agent said that infor
mation sheets to accompany samples
and complete information on taking
sample* are available at hi* office
HOBOKEN MS
3< V « .. C. WALJ ’S
I Season of Prayer for Foreign Mis
sions and the Lottie Moon Christ
mas offering will be observed by
the Hoboken Baptist W.MU. five
■ days beginning Monday, Nov. 29
! through Friday, Dec. 3. They will
meet each afternoon at four o’clock.
The subject for Monday was
“Evangelism Through Preaching”
with Mrs. Dowling leading the
proup. Tuesday, “Evangelism
Through Education” Mrs. H H.
Colvin leader. “Evangelism Through
Medicine” with Mrs. Frank Dukes
leader on Wednesday. “Evangelism
Through New Channels” by Mrs.
Floyd Larkins on Thursday. ‘ Evan
gelism Circling the Globe” by Mrs.
Nolan Davis, Sr. on Friday.
The regular Royal Service pro
gram and business meeting was
held on Monday night, Nov. 29 in
the Baptist church. Mrs. Dowling
presided over the meeting, Mrs. J.
C. Sheppard, secretary.
Mrs. Floyd Larkins was in charge
of the program on “New Roads in
Southern Rhodesia” in the form oi
a play with Mrs. John Larkins, Mrs
H. H. Colvin and Mrs. Flint Nichols
mkinc parts.
n s were completed for the
nas party to be held in the
of Mrs. H. H. Colvin on Dec
3 with Mrs. Floyd Larkins as as
■stant. The exchanged presents will
' e aprons. Members are urged tc
bring gifts for the shut-ins and the
re ov children.
Th re were twenty members pre
and one new member, Mrs.
Jacobs.
The W.S.C.S. of the Nahunta M
odist church met at the home o f
’r . Norman Lewis on Mondav
’■ ht, Nov. 29. Mrs. C. F. Starnes
’ sided. Mrs. Glenn Conditt had
' ge of the program on the topic
Tn hear Thy Voice”. Taking part
■ n s he program were Mrs. E. A
oody, Mrs. Effie Middleton and
Trs, Carolyn Lewis and Mrs. Fill
er? Underwccd. Others present
Mrs. J. B. Lewis and W. C. Long.
Mrs. Lewis was assisted in serving
epice cake, nuts and coffee by Mrs.
Effie Middleton and Jittie Scott
Lewis.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
TWO UNBEATEN BASKETBALL TEAMS
CLASH FROAY NIGHT AT NAHUNTA
Hobcken Revival
Begins bunday
Hoboken Methodist pastor, Rev.
C. F. Starnes announced this week
that tne revival services postponed
recently will begin this Sunday at
the Hoboken Methodist Church at
2:30 P.M.
Rev. J. S. Wetzel, former pastor
here will preach. Services will be
each night beginning on Monday,
Dec. 6th at 7 P.M. through Friday.
Rev. Wetzel stated this week that
his theme for the week will be, “In
Quest of The Kingdom”. He said
“Much more emphasis was placed
by Jesus on this matter of the king
dom of God than we give and
either we are wrong or he was”!
The series will all be based on th<
parables of Jesus as they emphasize
some aspects of the kingdom of
God.
Rev. Starnes expressed his hope
that many of Mr. Wetzel's former
friends in the community would
want to hear him in these ser
vices.
By Mrs. Clovis Johnson
Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs
Henry Edgy on Sunday included
Mr. and Mrs. Odell Burney and
children, Mrs. Maude Burney, Ed
gar Burney and George Arnette o'
•TacksonviHe: Mrs. Pete Colemm;
and son. Mis. J. D. Duckworth am;
Mrs. Mable Williamson of Bruns
wick; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Evans of
Athens, Ga. and Mr. and Mrs. Ro
bert Edgy and boys. Other guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Edgy during th"
day included Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Edgy and Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Edgy
and children of Brunswick.
Mrs. Nellie Liles returned to Jack
so. villa on Sunday after spending
ab ut a month with her M'er ud
hi jbsnd, Mr. anti Mrt. Henry Edg,.
Brantley County’s Chief
Products Are Naval Stores,
Lumber, Pulpwood, Livestock,
Tobacco and Honey.
Two as yet unbeaten basketball
teams will clash in the new gymn
asium at Nahunta Friday night,
Dec. 3, in what is expected tor be
one of the hardest fought contests'
of the season, with the Nahunta,
and Blackshear teams furnishing’
the fireworks.
The Nahunta High School quintet
has won its first five games and
the Blackshear five has won four
games for clean slates thus fariri
the basketball season.
Nahunta and Blackshear are tra-y
ditional rivals but last year Black- - •
shear won every game played
against Nahunta. The Nahunta
team will be fighting to break
Blackshear’s string of wins from
them and Blackshear will fight just
as hard to keep up their winning
streak.
Besides the unusual basketball
game, a feature of the evening will
be the “Open House” for the n^w
I $250,000 high school building. Vi
j sitors will be conducted through
* the building and shown the many
! modern improvements of the new
school buildings and its equipment.
A chicken supper for the benefit
of the gymnasium fund will begin
in the afternoon at five-thirty Sup
per will be served until seven-thiU
i when the girls’ teams of Nahunta
and Blackshear will start their
game.
The boys’ basketball game w ; T
end the day’s events celebrating
J the opening of the new school build
ing and the new gymnasium.
Mr. and Mrs. Lake Manning and
daughter. Merv Alice of Atk-nta
were holid .v guests of Mr. and Mrs
J. R. James.
♦ ♦ *
Marcus James left Tuesday for
his home in Salt Lake City. Utah
after spending last week with >
brother, J. R. James.
* • *
Miss Marvine Mizell has returned
to Athens where she is attending
the University of Georgia, after
r,pending Th: aksgiving week end at
home with her parents, Mr. an<]
A. S.
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