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VOLUME 35 — NUMBER 12
SWEEPING THE COUNTRY
MRS. BLITCH SPEAKS FOR HIGH TARIFF
It 'is interesting, if astonishing, that our congress
woman, Mrs. Iris Blitch, in her very first speech in con
gress made a plea for higher tariff on jute backing for
rugs.
What makes the situation more interesting, and more
astonishing, is that at the very time our Democratic con
gresswoman is advocating higher tariff, our Republican
president is asking for a continuation of the present re
ciprocal trade laws.
In other words, so far as the tariff is concerned, our
Eighth Distirct “Democrat” has gone Republican and our
Republican president is advocating Democratic principles
of tariff reform.
You may not be able to make a silk purse out of a
sow’s ear, but it seems the present time is making Republi
cans out of Democrats and Democrats out of Republicans.
Mrs. Blitch wants the jute-backed rug manufacturers
to be “protected” by higher tariff on jute so they can
charge us all more for jute-backed rugs.
The profit of the few would be supplied by the high
er costs to the many.
International trade would be stifled so that
could benefit at the expense of the majority.
Our congresswoman should remember that interna
tional trade cannot be a one-way street. If we are to sell
our products, such as cotton, tobacco, automobiles and
other manufactured products to foreign nations, we must
be willing to buy the products of these foreign nations.
Foreign nations cannot get dollars to buy American
products unless they can sell their own products for
American dollars.
The fundamental truth, that trade is not a ONE-WAY
STREET, is what some of our so-called Democratic law
makers forget.
Another thing they forget is that the advantage of
the few often results in the disadvantage of the many.
Special interests, like the jute-backed rug manu
facturers, bring pressure on our lawmakers to put up a
wall against trade with other nations, failing to see the
great damage they are doing to our foreign markets and
also to our American masses who must pay more for these
“protected” manufactured articles in our own country.
Tariff walls between nations have been the main
causes of two great world wars. Tariff walls have stifled
international trade, helping to cause disastrous economic
depressions. The evils of excessive tariff “protection” for
the few are too many and too great to be described.
And yet, all that narrow-minded politicians and selfish
individuals and corporations see in the tariff is a chance
to get some special benefit for themselves.
That our congresswoman should use the occasion of
her first speech in congress to plead for higher tariff is
one of the puzzles and contradictions of modern politics.
TARIFF WALLS SHOULD BE GRADUALLY LOWERED
The tariff walls around modern nations should be
gradually reduced so that nations might more freely
trade with one another.
These tariff walls cannot be abolished at a stroke
without doing serious injury to national and world
economy. But they could be lowered from year to year.
Reciprocal adjustments could be made on items that are
needed by nations from each other.
The process of tariff adjustment should go on until
nations could have a reasonable flow of trade among
themselves.
No nation can long sell to other nations if it will not
buy from other nations. The United States cannot sell
automobiles to South American countries unless we are
willing to buy South American products.
And so it goes with all other countries. We cannot
sell to them unless we are willing to buy from them. We,
of all nations, have developed an industrial economy
that requires foreign markets.
Our high tariff walls beget high tariff walls in other
countries. These high tariff walls also beget ill will
against us in other countries.
We refuse to allow the goods of other countries to
enter our shores unless they pay a huge premium of tariff.
But then we take billions from our national treasury to
try to bolster the sagging economy of these other nations
and save them from falling a prey to Communism.
By means of our high tariff we hamstring other na
tions, then we demand that American taxpayers foot the
bill for trying to undo the damage our high tariff has
done.
In the modern world high tariffs between nations
simply do not make sense.
But many special interests and many politicians are
too blinded by immediate gain to themselves to see the
greater good to our nation and to humanity, which would
result from a gradual and systematic lowering of tariff
walls.
To mix a metaphor, out of the morass of high tariffs
have come some of the world’s bitterest ills, wars, revolu
tions, depressions, international hatreds and misunder
standings.
As the strongest nation on earth the United States
could well take the decisive lead in gradual tariff ad
justments until the nations of the world developed a
mutual flow of trade that would bring at least a measure
of prosperity to all.
An iron curtain of trade is almost as dangerous as
an iron curtain of political and governmental oppression.
By Carl Broome
Brantley BtirrpriSF
1953 Tag Buyers
Must Pay Taxes
On Motor Vehicles
Tax Commissioner John Wilson
is reminding Brantley County
citizens they must file affidavits
that they paid property taxes on
their cars and trucks this year
when they apply for 1956 license
tags.
The tax receivers cautioned re
sidents of Brantley County to
make returns before the books
close March 31. He pointed out
that failure to do so will result
in penalty and delay in obtain
ing next year’s’ license plates.
The new law, signed last week
by Gov. Marvin Griffin, provided
in part:
“All persons seeking to obtain
license tags for vehicles . . shall
first present affidavit as a part
of such application, showing pay
ment of all valorem taxes on
such vehicles owing to the state
and any city, county or school
district thereof, for the previous
year . . .’
The act also provides that in
the event the applicant is not
the owner of the vehicle for
which he seeks the tag but owned
another vehicle on January 1 of
the previous year, he must pre
sent affidavit showing payment of
taxes on the car he formerly
owned.
the few
Affidavits showing paying of
taxes on vehicles the previous
year must be presented with ap
plications for 1956 tags.
B. Z. Davis’ Birthday
Celebrated Sunday
Mr. B. Z. Davis, Sr. celebrated
his 83rd birthday Sunday, March
20 at the home of his son, Mr.
and Mrs. Sweat Davis at Hor
tense.
A basket dinner was served on
a large table in the yard. Many
relatives and friends were present
for the occasion. Included were:
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Connelly
and Mr. and Mrs. Junior Con
nelly of Savannah; Mr. and Mrs.
B. Z. Davis and children and
Miss Jenkie Wall of Sumter, S.C.;
Mr. and Mrs. Briggs Dykes and
children and Mr. and Mrs. Wood
ley Cavenough and children of
Jesup; Mr. and Mrs. Dickie, Ann
and Stanley Wayne Moody, and
Miss Januita Pearson of Hor
tense; Mrs. Ruby Weaver and
children of Fernandina, Fla.; Mr.
and Mrs. Jessie Roberson of
Brunswick; Mr. and Mrs. Olan
Roberson and Danny and Miss
Tessie Hawkins of Raybon; Mr.
Eugene Roberson and Robin of
Hortense; Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
Kelly of Hollywood, Fla.; Miss
Della Kelly of Screven; Larry
Turner of Nahunta. .
Hickox Baptist
Revival Starts
Sunday, March 27
Revival services wil begin at
Hickox Baptist Church on Sun
day night, March 27 with Rev.
Cecil Thomas of Nahunta doing
the preaching. There will be ser
vices each morning and evening
at 11:00 A.M. and 7:30 P.M.
Rev. R. B. Purcell of Glenn
ville, Ga. is pastor.
The services will conclude with
all day services on Sunday, April
3, with preaching in the morning,
singing in the afternoon and a
basket dinner at the noon hour.
WHAT DOES TRADE MEAN TO
UNITED STATES PROSPERITY
Just what does foreign trade
mean to the United States?
An idea of what being able to
sell abroad means to millions of
Americans is found in testimony
by Paul Hoffman, testifying be
fore the Senate Finance Commit
tee on the Reciprocal Trade Bill.
American farmers, Mr. Hoff
man said, sell abroad about 20
per cent of their lard, almost 50
per cent of their dry whole milk,
25 per cent of their wheat, over
50 per cent of their rice, a, third
of their dried fruit, a third of
their cotton and one fourth of
their tobacco.
Scores of businesses, too, sell
from 10 to 25 per cent of their
production for export in order
to stay in a healthy and sound
condition.
If trade with the U.S. is choked
off, however, Mr. Hoffman said,
nations abroad cannot buy these
goods that account for a great
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 24, 1955
(Editorial in The Atlanta Constitution)
New Hope Advent
Christian Church
Revival Announced
The Annual Homecoming Revi
val at New Hope Advent Christ
ian Church begins Monday, March
28, and continues through Satur
day, April 2, with Rev. Silas Ald
ridge as the evangelist.
Services will begin each even
ing at 7:30.
Sunday, April 3, is Home
coming Day. The pastor, Rev.
Harold Aldridge, is in charge.
Sunday school will begin at 9:45
A.M. Morning worship at 11:00
A.M.
Basket dinner will be served
on the church grounds immediat
ely after the morning service.
The afternoon service will feature
gospel music and special songs
by singers from far and near.
We cordially welcome all our
formers members, present mem
bers, their friends and loved ones
to be with us during the revival
and on Homecoming Day.
New Hope Advent Christian
Church is located one-half mile
north of Colgans Still, six miles
east of Waycross out the Bruns
wick highway.
Lewis S. Aldridge,
Reporter.
Waynesville H.D.
Club Met Tuesday
The Waynesville H.D. Club met
Tuesday afternoon, March 22, at
the home of Mrs. Pete Gibson.
Miss Sara Simpson used the topic
“Nutrition” and demonstrated
mixing stuffed pork chops.
The club ordered material and
made plans for a work day to
make aluminum trays.
Members of the club planning
to go to Tifton on Thursday,
March 31 for a short course in
Home Decorating are: Mrs. Pete
Gibson, Mrs. E. A. Hunter, Mrs.
Julian Middleton, Mrs. Marvin
Robinson and Miss Sara Simp
son.
Present other than mentioned
above were: Mrs. R. O. Davis,
Mrs. Frank Walker and Mrs.
Marguerite Jacobs.
Heavenly hash, cookies and
punch were served by the hostess.
Hortense School
To Present Play
Friday, April 1
The play “Recking Alone in
an Old Rocking Chair” will be
given again at the Hortense
School on Friday, April 1 at 8:00
P.M. The play is for the benefit
of Sunday School rooms of the
Hortense Memorial church.
Mrs. W. P. Sloan is the direct
or with the cast; Lois Miller,
Bessie Boatright, Marcia Davison,
Inez Sloan, Sallie Bryant and
Myrtice Sloan.
There will be singing by the
Roy Harper family with Mrs. C.
P. Bethea at the piano.
Mrs. G. C. Bogers, Mrs. J. B.
Lewis and Mrs. E. A. Moody
were visitors to Jacksonville on
Monday of this week.
♦ * ♦
The W.S.C.S. of the Nahunta
Methodist church will meet at the
home of Mrs. A. S. Mizell on
Mdnday night, March 29. Mrs.
Glenn Conditt will have charge
of the program.
deal of prosperity. They have to
earn the money to pay for them
in trade, or this country will have
to lend or give them the funds if
we expect to sell abroad.
On the other hand, he pointed
out, the nation is becoming in
creasingly dependent on imports
for its economic survival. Already
we import 43 per cent of our
lead, 50 per cent of our tungsten,
97 per cent of our nickel, and all
of our tin and natural rubber.
It will not be many years be
fore we’ll have to sell increasingly
abroad ourselves in order to buy
the raw materials we need. If
tariff walls go higher and higher,
we’ll find ourselves barred from
many markets.
Mr. Hoffman thus concludes
that our (uture prosperity de
pends upon reciprocal tariff ad
justments on a gradual basis.
Freer trade would surely lead to
a “freer world.”
Sheriff to Enforce
Law Against
Sunday Fishing
The law against fishing on
Sunday will be enforced in Brant
ley County, it was stated by
sheriff T. E. Raulerson Thurs
day.
“The laws prohibiting fishing
on Sunday are on the statute
books and I will enforce them
to the best of my ability,” the
sheriff said. “I request the co
operation of all Brantley County
people in seeing that all our
laws are observed and that we
have a good law-abiding county.”
In addition to the sheriff and
his deputies Ben Jones and Harry
Raulerson, the county has a game
warden, Avery Rowell, who helps
to enforce the fishing laws.
Mrs. Willie Brooker
Elected Matron
Os Eastern Star
Mrs. Willie Brooker was elect
ed Worthy Matron of Satilla
Chapter 365 Order of Eastern
Star at the regular meeting of
the chapter on Tuesday night,
March .22 Mrs. Elizabeth Robin
son has served as Worthy Matron
for the past year.
Other officers elected were:
Melva Alice Keen, Associate Mat
ron, Walter Crews, Worthy Pat
ron; David Page, Associate Pat
ron; Mrs. Ruby Herrin, Conduct
ress; Mrs. Nona Sadler, Associate
Conductress; Mrs. Daisy Hunter,
Secretary and Mrs. Mamie Orser,
Treasurer.
Hickox H.D. Club
Met Thursday
The Hickox H.D. Club met
Thursday afternoon, March 17 in
lunch room of Hickox school.
Mrs. George Loyd presided in
the absence of president, Mrs. W.
L. Bohannon.
Miss Sara Simpson gave a
demonstration on “Nutrition”.
Mrs. Lizzie Mae Hendrix and Mrs.
Louise Hendrix were hostesses
serving sandwiches, crackers and
soft drinks.
Others present: Mrs. O. A.
Jones, Mrs. Aletha Mae White
and Mrs. M. L. Anderson.
A dress revue will be presented
at the next meeting on April 21.
New Hope Cemetery
To Be Cleaned
The New Hope Cemetery at
Hickox will be cleaned off on
Thursday, April 7, it is announc
ed by Archie Johns, the church
clerk.
All people who are interested
in the New Hope Cemetery are
requested to come to the burial
ground on Thursday, April 7,
and bring tools for working.
ROYAL
THEATRE
Nahunta, Georgia
Time: Monday thru Friday
7:45 P.M.
Saturday: 7:00 and 8:30 P.M.
PROGRAM
Monday, Tuesday, March 28-29
“THEM”
About Fantastic Creatures
With Janies Whitmore
and Joan Weldon
Wednesday, March 30
“Boots Malone”
With William Holden
Thur., Fri., Mar. 31, Apr. 1
“The Man from
the Alamo”
With Glenn Ford
and Julia Adams
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
FEDERAL ROUTE 301 PROVES
GREAT ASSET TO BRANTLEY
The citizens along Federal
Route 301 from Baltimore to
Tampa are again calling attention
to the tremendous asset this high
way is to the entire section it
traverses.
The citizens of Brantley Coun
ty are especially interested in
Route 301 because it is the source
of the greatest income from fac
tors outside the county.
It is estimated that approxi
mately $4,000.00 is spent daily by
tourists along the highway with
in the bounds of Brantley Coun
ty. This includes money spent
with motels, tourist courts, fill
ing stations, hotels, tourists
homes, gift shops, restaurants
and other places of business.
Among the Brantley County
people who have given much
time and effort to promoting
Federal Route 301 are Jos. B.
Strickland, R. B. Brooker, J. C.
Allen, Bill Harris, the entire
membership of the Brantley
County Lions Club, and many
others.
The Lions Club has been es
pecially active in raising funds to
advertise the highway.
If you travel U.S. 301 today
,you are traveling first class on
a modern highway stretching
1040 miles (from Baltimore, Md.
to Sarasota, Fla.) through some
of the South’s richest agricultural
land where early American his
tory had its beginning. Travelers
on U.S. 301 have found they can
travel greater distances at safe
speeds because of long stretches
of excellent highway with no
large cities (with the possible ex
ception of Richmond, Va.) to pass
through. Perhaps the most allur
ing factor to tourist is the a
bundance of modern, first class
accommodations all along U. S.
301. A conservative estimate of
the value of facilities provided
for the accommodation of travel
ers along this highway is about
$200,000,000. It is no wonder thei
that more tourist use U.S. 301
than any other north-south high
way in the East.
U.S. 301 as it is now is the re
। suit of many years work and
planning on the part of highway
officials backed by the efforts
and encouragement of interested
business men along the way. In
the so-called “T Model” era there
were few good roads and even
fewer paved roads. As the volume
of automobiles increased more
paved highways came into being,
mostly between the larger cities.
| This type of travel opened the
doors of a new ‘travel age” which
rapidly revolutionized the Ameri
can way of life.
In 1923 a group of enterprising
men who shared a common inter
est formed an organization called
the South Atlantic Coastal High
' way Association to promote traf-
I sic over a special route leading
! from the north to Florida. This
route followed the existing good
roads from Richmond, Va., to
j Jacksonville, Fla., but was a ra
ther circuituous route. Later the
northern terminus was extended
and the word “South” was dropp
ed from the Association name.
As time went on the emphasis
was for a shorter route. The As
i sociation members made certain
changes in their route and the
name of the organization was
| changed to the Washington-
Florida Short Route Association.
A continuous effort was success
fully made to get new paved
roads and* other highway im
provements. By 1941 new towns
were included on this suggested
route and many of the original
towns were dropped. The route
was more inland and straighter;
since it went through some of the
richest tobacco land in the world,
the name “Tobacco Trail Associa
tion” was adopted. Many tourist
became interested in this Trail
and numbers of people made it
a special point to stop off in one
of the towns where tobacco auc
tions were held to see tobacco
sold by the famous chant of the
auctioneers.
Year by • year improvements
were made to take care of the
continuous increase of traffic on
U.S. 301 which by now had been
extended to Sarasota, Fla. and
Baltimore, Md. This route was
now designated as an inter-re
gional road by the Federal
Government. Since this route
went through areas other than
tobaccoland the Association
changed its name to the U.S. 301
Highway Association, Inc. though
the route itself is referred to still
Your Home Firms Will
Appreciate Your
Patronage — Trade
at Home and Promote
Home Prosperity
as the Tobacco Trail.
Membership in this Association
is voluntary; the greatest support
comes from those operating
places of business along U.S. 301
catering primarily to travelers
using this highway. Since the
tourist dollar is distributed
throughout the entire economy
of any community, many busi
nesses of all types have begun to
appreciate the real value of the
large sums of money dropped
here and there by the traveling
public and have joined in the ef
fort to promote travel through
their respective communities.
Members of this Association meet
at least annually at some point
along U.S. 301 to discuss ways
and means to improve this high
way, safety measures for the
benefit of the traveling public,
how best to promote additional
travel along this highway, and
how to better meet the needs of
those using U.S. 301. Officers of
the Association are a President,
(currently E. L. Washburn, Rocky
Mount, N.C.), a Vice President
from States through which U.S.
301 passes (currently as follows:
Virginia, T. Gunter Cook, Em
poria, Va.; North Carolina, D. E.
MacKenzie, Weldon, N.C.; South
Carolina, Fred Herlihy, Jr., Or
angeburg, S.C.; Georgia, Charles
Bryant, Statesboro, Ga.; Florida,
J. W. Aylward, Silver Springs,
Fla.) and a Secretary-Treasurer,
(currently R. Graham Dozier,
Rocky Mount, N.C.). Each com
munity that has an organized
group contributing advertising
funds and actively supporting the
work of the Association has a
Director that is elected by that
community to represent them in
the affairs of the Association. The
Directors are largely responsible
for collecting the funds for pro
motion work in his respective
community. In most towns that
have Chambers of Commerce this
is usually handled through that
organization.
According to the By-Laws of
the U.S. 301 Highway Associa
tion its purpose is to advertise
and promote travel on U.S. 301,
it is a non-profit organization
and its fiscal year runs from June
1. Advertising and promotion
work consist primarily of news
paper advertising and strip maps
which show U.S. 301 and other
highways on the East Coast as
well as the mileage between
towns. About three quarters of a
million maps are printed and dis
tributed each year through vari
ous channels and sent directly to
thousands of individuals who
write asking for maps.
While the active members of
the Association change from year •
to year, the continuous effort of
interested people working
through their own community,
state, or national association has
been largely responsible for the
vast improvements to the high
way itself and for the heavy
volume of traffic that chooses
this to other highways. U.S. 301
has truly become the modern
“Highway of Southern Hospita
lity”.
Mrs. Beulah Crews
Funeral Services
At Hortense Tuesday
Mrs. Beulah Crews, 64, died
early Monday morning at her
home in Waycross after a long
illness. She was a former resi
dent of Jesup but had lived in
Way cross for the past two years.
Funeral services were held at
2 P M. Tuesday, March 22, at the
Satilla Baptist Church near Hor
tense, conducted by the Rev. C.
M. Hart, pastor, Rev. S. F. Ben
nett, Sr. .and Rev. L. A. Savage,
Jr. Survivors include her hus
band, Monroe W. Crews of Way
cross;; one son, Theron M. Crews
of Waycross; five sisters, Mrs.
Bertie M. Wilder of Enigma, Ga.,
Mrs. Mary M. Sharpe of Savan
nah, Mrs. L. A. Savage of Ever
ett, Ga., Mrs. Rena Rhoden of
Callahan, Florida and Mrs. Viola
M. Hilton of Jesup; one brother,
Edd Morgan of Jesup; and four
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Claude Tes
ton, Edgar Teston, I. E. Moody,
Frank Schaffer, Allison Sharpe
and Wyman Sharpe. Burial was
in the Hortense Cemetery.
Harrison Funeral Home of
Jesup was in charge of arrange
ments.
