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BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Published weekly on Thursday at Nahunta, Georgia
CARL BROOME .
Entered at the Post Office at Nahunta, Georgia as second
class matter under the act of March 3, 1879.
Official Organ of Brantley County
Inside Brantley County, one year $2.50
Six Months $1.50
Outside Brantley County, one year $3.00
Six Months $2.00
New Bulletin
Presents 1955
Farm Outlook
With normal weather, Georgia
farmers can expect a net income
in 1955 well above that of 1954.
That is one of many predici
tions made in the state’s 1955
Agricultural Outlook bulletin re
cently published by the Univer
sity of Georgia Agricultural Ex
tension Service.
On the discouraging side, the
farm price-cost squeeze is expect
ed to hurt worse next year. The
bulletin points out that this will
happen as farmers try to con
tinue operations to make a living
and at the same time repay
heavy loans incurred because of
the drought.
The outlook publication was
written by Charles R. O’Kelly, as
sociate economist for the Exten
sion Service, and Miss Willie Vie
Dowdy, Extension home improve
ment specialist. They review *he
1954 agricultural situation, ex
plain trends, and present statistics
thAt will help farm families plan
1955 programs.
A copy of the bulletin may be
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“With farm incomes reduced in
Georgia this year, efficiency in
production and marketing is the
key to success in 1955,” O’Kelley
says. “Fixed costs will remain
high and operating costs can be
reduced but little.”
The economist discusses 12
farm commodities, giving the 1954
yields of each and presenting pro
duction and prices expected in
1955.
Tn the section on family living,
Miss Dowdy writes about eight
subjects related to the home. She
says that food—the thing that
takes around 30.1 cents out of
every dollar of disposable in
come of the American family—
is expected to be slightly cheap
er in 1955.
Agricultural economists say
that, with normal weather, Geor
gia farmers’ net income in 1955
could be better than that in 1954.
It is estimated that, by 1960,
the United States will rely on oil
and natural gas for about two
thirds of its energy.
THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE NAHUNTA. GEORGIA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1954
EDITOR and OWNER
Nahunta, Ga.
WANTED: MORE WISE MEN
Many centuries ago, three Wise Men made a long
journey and they arrived safely. The purpose of their trip
to Bethlehem was to celebrate the birth of the Christ child.
Now, one thousand, nine hundred and fifty-four years
later, many men will journey to their own birthplace to
join family and friends in celebrating that same birthday
anniversary—Christmas.
These men will travel differently—by high speed
motor vehicles —but if they are wise men they, too, can
arrive safely.
It is ironic that this Christmas occasion should be the
most deadly from an accident standpoint, the National
Safety Council says. Last year, 59 persons were killed in
Christmas weekend traffic accidents—and December 24th
is the most dangerous day of the year in traffic.
Early darkness and bad weather, which add up to
poor visibility, increase holiday traffic hazards. Fogged
winshields also make it difficult to see and avoid accident
situations.
Rain, snow and ice mean slippery streets and high
ways.
Good fellowship stimulates more drinking, often be
fore driving.
And thousands of unwise men fail to adjust their
driving speeds to these hazardous conditions.
To overcome the added hazards of the season, the
Council says, more wise men, bearing gifts of extra cau
tion, courtesy and common sense, are needed. Then the
traditional spirit of Christmas —“Peace on Earth, Good
Will to Men” —will spread over the highways and the
land.
“LET US REASON
TOGETHER”
By REV. D. A. LASTINGER,
Retired Methodist Minister
A REAL CHRISTMAS
WOULD ANSWER TO
WORLD NEED.
We are confused and threat
ened with our world of today.
But the root of it is simple, being
summed up in one world. SIN..
Were it not for sin the world of
mankind would be dwelling to
gether in peace and righteous
ness, even as the Prince of Peace
has made entirely possible. It is
a fearful and deadly malady un
der which we suffer.
Christ came to forgive, to
cleanse, to save. Christ wants to
change hearts of people into that
which honors Him and spreads
His Kingdom. This is the only al
ternative to war and destruction.
He came as a babe, He grew, He
lived and He died for our de
liverance.
We are approaching the cele
bration of His birth. We must
make the celebration spiritual, or
make it into a full-fledged farce
and unmeasured hypocrisy. To
make this period into evil mani
festations is to declare our lack
of purpose to render any fit cele
bration of the birth of Christ, and
it is to feed the fires of atheistic
communism.
Think what we may about the
Oil Men Pledge
Support to
Safe Driving Day
Georgia oil men today pledged
full support to the coming S-D
Day—Safe Driving Day—but
cautioned that it could be success
ful “only if every single driver
and pedestrian in the state obeys
the rules of highway safely and
courtesy.”
Wednesday, December 15, has
been designated by Governor Tal
madge as Safe Driving Day. The
24-hour campaign aims to ob
tain the cooperation of every per
son in the state toward eliminat
ing motor vehicle accidents on
that day.
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NAHUNTA, GEORGIA
(An Editorial)
causes of our world situation, we
are yet faced with this: THE
GREAT CONFLICT, THE MOST
BURNING AND OVER
SHADOWING ISSUE OF THIS
DAY, IS BETWEEN CHRIST
AND COMMUNISM. Turn where
you may, that is the issue which
rises up. You cannot get rid of
communism except through
Christ. Communism fails unless
it can dispose of Christ and His
Holy Kingdom.
Reality can be given to Christ
mas celebrations only in the
measure in which Christ is made
real to men of earth. By making
Him real we will aid in dispell
ing the gloom which overhangs
our world of today.
Begin in your own little circle.
Make Him real where you live
Attend upon the services of your
Church. Let the Christmas carols
ring out, not forgetting that there
are others for whom you can
make Bethlehem’s light to shine.
This will be your contribution to
your home and nation and against
communism. It will be your con
tribution towards the correction
of our world’s disorder. May we
translate “December 25” on the
calendar into a glorious Christ
mas for us, for our Church, and
for our world.
“Never has any safety project
been aimed so directly at the
principal cause of motor acci
dents —the individual,” according
to Neil W. Printup, Executive
Secretary of the Georgia Petro
leum Industries Committee. “Stu
dies by the petroleum industry’s
highway safety program reveal
that nine out of every ten deaths
from motor accidents is due to
individual human error.”
S-D Day, Mr. Printup noted,
gives an excellent balance to the
“slow down and live” campaign
led by the governor during the
summer vacation period. “Toge
ther, the two campaigns serve to
emphasize that good conduct
both at the wheel and on the
curb, is essential the year round”
he concluded,
SAFE DRIVING DAY PLANNED
OVER NATION ON DECEMBER 15
An additional group of 60 men will be on Georgia’s
highways December 15 to help the state realize its goal
of no accidents for the 24-hour period.
Specifically, these 60 men—in
30 automobiles —will be concern
ed with seeing to it that no com
mercial truck mars the state-wide
effort. They are members of the
Council of Safety Supervisors of
the Georgia Motor Trucking As
sociation, Inc.
It’s the state trucking indus
try’s contribution to Safe-Driv
ing Day, a projeci planned by
President Eisenhower to illustra
te how accidents can be reduced
through an all-out effort.
Beginning at 12 midnight, these
trucking company safety cheifs
on the 15th will patrol in shifts
every major highway in Georgia
until the following midnight.
Bearing large signs reading
“Truck S-D Patrol”, they will
stop any truck driver violating
any safety rule and ask him to
correct his error.
Notices are being placed on
trucking terminal and truck stop
bulletin boards all over the state,
notifying drivers of the Council’s
goal and of the special patrol.
Stickers will be placed several
days before the 15th on the dash
trucks to serve as reminders.
Each truck line is being asked to
hold a special drivers meeting
prior to the 15th to urge extreme
caution on that date. Radio and
television stations are being ask
ed to remind the drivers through-
The cost of electricity hasn’t soared upward like
other living costs, It fact, it has come DOWN.
Your average annual cost per kilowatt hour for
electricity in your home is actually 33% LESS today
than it was in 1939. If your electric bill is higher,
it’s only because you are using more of Reddy’s
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out the 15th of the program.
“Safety is an important every
day concern with Georgia’s motor
freight carriers,” Robert D. Hu
seth of Atlanta, Council chair
man, said, “but the President’s
Safe-Driving Day is to us one of
the best ideas ever conceived and
we intend to do everything within
our power to see to it that if we
do have an accident in Georgia
on December 15, a commercial
truck just won’t be there.”
FREEZING FRUITS
It is best to freeze fruits at
zero degrees Fahrenheit or lower.
Store at zero with as little varia
tion in the temperature as pos
sible. Under these conditions,
fruits With syrup or sugar will
keep eight to 12 months and fruits
frozen without sugar will keep
a shorter length of time.
GEORGIA CORN ACREAGE
Corn, the principal grain crop
in Georgia, is grown in all coun
ties and on most farms in the
state. It occupies approximately
one-third of the cropland, an
average of 3,093,000 of the
10,486,875 acres cultivated annual
ly during the period between
1949 and 1954.
High
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