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VOLUME 35 — NUMBER 13
PLEA TO PRESIDENT EISENHOWER
BY GRASSROOTS WEEKLY EDITOR
Mr. President, you are being pressed to undertake
the defense of the Chinese island of Quemoy and Matsu
from the anticipated attack by the Chinese Communists.
These small islands are close to the Chinese main
land, as close as Jekyll and Cumberland Islands are to
the coast of Georgia. They cannot possibly mean much
to the defense of Formosa which is distant from the
Chinese mainland.
The only possible reason for going to war about
Quemoy and Matsu would be to “save face.”
Now, Mr. President, the American people, the peoples
of the world, do not want to wreck civilization just to
save a few faces. The terrible possibilities of a world
war vith modern weapons are too great to be risked in
order to “save anyone’s face.”
The American people do not w ant their sons made
bloody food for the war gods in order to save a few
square miles of islands along the Chinese coast.
We, the American people feel, if I am any kind of
a judge of public opinion, that we have stuck our necks
out far enough when we determine to defend Formosa.
Our necks are stuck out all over the world to a far greater
extent than was ever contemplated by the American
people.
All real Americans hate Communism and will see to
it that the foul system is never foisted upon our people.
But we want to preserve our liberties and the
Democratic system of government without wrecking the
•world.
As you know, Mr. President, no nation will ever
really "win” another world war. The “winner” will be as
great loser as the defeated nation, because the great
centers of life and industry in all nations would be des
troyed.
If you, as our commander-in-chief, elect to defend
Quemoy and Matsu in case of Communist attack, we
would then be at war with Communist China. Such a
war would undoubtedly result in a world conflagration,
the use of atomic and hydrogen bombs, the destruction
of many American, Russian, British, German, French and
Chinese cities.
Such destruction of cities would be “total” and not
partial as in the last war. And too, great clouds of atomic
radiation would engulf the earth and probably destroy
all life.
You, Mr. President, as a man of world vision, al
ready know all these things. And you are the hope of
the American people and the world to hold firmly the
leash of the war dogs and see that they are not turned
loose to devour the world.
You will be pressed by the fanatics and the shallow
minded to go to war about the two small strips of Chinese
islands. But you have the character and the firmness to
withstand these pressures.
You helped to stop the slaughter in Korea. You who
know so well the horrors of war. You know also, that if
we go to war about Quemoy and Matsu, we will probably
lose our great allies, Britain and France.
Britain and France, also Germany, so close to the
Russian atomic and hydrogen bombs, do not want to risk
a new world war in order to save these small Chinese
islands. We cannot afford to lose Britain and France as
allies in containing the threatened flood of Communism
over Europe.
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American hotheads will try to push you into war, Mr.
President, but the majority of the American people are
sane, and they hate war. They are praying that the God
of Heaven, the God of Peace and Good Will toward
Men, will guide you, give you strength and vision to see
the right path tward avoiding world catastrophe.
And another thing, Mr. President, we hope you
will not listen too much to Chiang Kai-shek in his plea
for America to go to war to save his skin. To my mind he
is a spoiled tyrant who never did much to alleviate the
condition of the Chinese people when he was their leader.
' Your problem is great, Mr. President, because you are
the pivot upon which world fate now revolves, to a
greater extent at least than upon any other man.
The fate of the world for the next hundred thousand
years may depend upon you, Mr. President.
And may God give granite to your will, to your
determination to avoid war in every way consistent with
honor.
Tri-Hi-Y Club to
Aid Y.M.C.A. Project
The State Y.M.C.A. of Geor
gia reaches into the uttermost
parts of the world through its
strong arm of helpfulness called
the World Service Proect The
Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y Clubs which
are a part of the Y.M.C.A. are
supporting workers in Korea and
Liberia who in turn carry on the
work of the Y.M.C.A. there.
The Tri-Hi-Y Club of Nahunta
High School is helping in this
project by making a generous
contribution. The officers of the
Tri-Hi-Y Club are: Janice Roy
ster, President, Jo Ann Wilson,
Vice-President, Joann Williams,
Secretary, and Vandilla Purdom,
The More You Trade
at Home the More
Money in Circulation
SWEEPING THE COUNTRY
By Carl Broome
Treasurer.
Another project of the Tri-Hi-Y
has been the organization of clubs
—the latest being the Hi-Y Club
for the Nahunta High* School
boys. Their officers are: Wade
Strickland, President, Melvin
Griffin, Vice-President, Wain
Brooker, Secretary and Treasur
er, and Chaplain, Jimmy Tho
mas.
—Jean Rowell
RESEARCH STEPPED UP
During the decade of progress
just ending, the American Cancer
Society sponsored 2,025 grants in
aid, 297 institutional research and
special purpose grants, and 513
research fellowships and scholar
grants to accelerate the search
for a cancer cure.
SrantUy iEnterprtHF
NEW CENSUS
METHOO STARTS
IN BRANTLEY
The State of Georgia has been
selected by the Bureal of the
Census as the first southern
State in which areas, known as
“Census County Divisions,” are
being established, in cooperation
with State and local county of
ficials, for the purpose of re
porting Census statistics. Similar
areas were established in the
State of Washington prior to the
1950 Census, and since 1950 have
been put into effect in two oth
er States, Oregon and Idaho.
Mr. August J. Nogara, a mem
ber of the Census Staff, is here
from Washington to consult with
county officials and solicit their
advice in regard to the proposed
areas for Brantley County.
The proposed Census County
Divisions should be particularly
useful for local administrative
purposes. The Census County Di
visions are generally larger in
area and population than the
Militia Districts; they have clear
cut boundaries which can be
easily identified, and they are
intended to remain as permanent
areas; they are, for the most part,
based on the communities which
serves as the focal point of each
area. The statistical data for
these divisions will serve as a
yardstick with which to measure
the sphere of influence exer
cised by such communities. It is
believed that the Census County
Divisions will be a handy tool
for the use of county officials,
local newspapers, and business
and civic organizations.
Mr. Nogara assures us that the
county divisions set up by the
Bureau of the Census will not
interfere in any way with the use
of Militia Districts by the State
or counties.
For Census purposes Brantley
County has been divided into 3
Census County Divisions com
prising population and farms ap
proximately as follows:
Hoboken area of county, pop
ulation 1950 census 2,100, num
ber of farms 240.
Nahunta area of county, popu
lation 1950 census, 3,150, number
of farms 340.
Waynesville area of county,
population 1950 census, 1,100,
number of farms 80.
Nahunta Garden
Club Met Tuesday
The Nahunta Garden Club met
Tuesday afternoon, March 29, at
the home of Mrs. Mollie High
smith, with Miss Mary Knox as
co-hostess.
Mrs. D. S. Moody, president,
conducted the meeting. Mrs. El
roy Strickland gave the invoca
tion. Mrs. I. F. Brown gave a
talk on “Dish Gardens” and in
vited discussion by the mem
bers.
Plans for the annual flower
show to be held Saturday, April
30, at the high school were out
lined and committees were ap
pointed.
Other members present were
Mesdames R. B. Brooker, Allen
Barnard, Parker Dodge, Hers
chel Herrin, Jesse Lee, J. B.
Lewis, E. A. Moody, G. C. Rogers,
A. S. Mizell, C. F. Starnes and
J. B. Strickland.
The hostesses served nut and
cheese salad, cookies and cof
fee.
Layman’s Lodge
To Be Dedicated
At St. Simons
Over 400 Souuth Georgia Me
thodists are expected to attend
the April 12 dedication 'of the
Laymen’s Lodge at Epworth-by
the-Sea on St. Simons Island.
Bishop Arthur J. Moore, presid
ing bishop of the Atlanta Area,
will be the speaker. B. I. Thorn,
ton, South Georgia Conference
lay leader, will preside.
A shore dinner will be served
at noon to those with reserva
tions. The dedication ceremony
begins at 2 P M.
Bishop Moore, urging Geor
gians to visit the shrine, says:
“Too often we give our gifts but
fail to follow through to see
what they have accomplished.
One of the great needs of our
time is to look less on the dark
side and to look around to see the
many lovely things which give us
hope and confidence.”
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 31, 1955
OBSERVES BIRTHDAY— J. F.
Knox, Pierce county’s oldest
citizen, who Sunday observed his
96th birthday. Mr. Knox was
bom in 1859 in what is now
Brantley county and has lived in
this section all his life.
Minister Approves
Law Enforcement
By Brantley Sheriff
March 26, 1955
“Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta,
Ga.
“There is an item in this
week’s issue of your payer which
is of especial interest to me—
“ Sheriff to Enforce Law Against
Sunday Fishing.”
“I want to commend Sheriff
Raulerson for this purpose and
I want to congratulate Brantley
County on having a sheriff who
will declare his purpose to en
force the law of the State of
Georgia “to the best of my abili
ty”, and who does not hesitate
to make that as a public an
nouncement in the columns of
his county paper.
“Probably Sheriff Raulerson
and his forces, and the ENTER
PRISE, are going to hear some
thing about “BLUE LAWS”.
Blue Laws, according to my ob
servation, are those which some
of us do not like and, therefore,
do not want enforced. They in
terfere with our liberty to do
some things which we want to
do. But they are based on mor
ality.
Very sincerely yours.
Rev. David A. Lastinger.
HOBOKEN NEWS
By MRS. G. C. WALLIS
Thought For The Week: Give
me ten men who hate nothing
but sin, who fear nothing but
God, and who seek nothing but
salvation of their fellowmen, and
I will set the world on fire for
God.—John Wesley.
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Miss Raye Osborn of Camilla
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Nolan Davis Jr. on Sunday.
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Miss Olivia Ann Larkins has
returned to Gainesville, Fla. af
ter spending the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Larkins. She
was accompanied home by her
parents and Carol Rose.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dowling
and children spent Sunday in
Douglas with Mr. and Mrs. W.
L. Dowling.
Nahunta 4-H Club
Hears Talk on
Use of Tractors
The Nahunta 4-H Club met
March 24 with Miss Simpson and
our County Agent.
The 4-H boys assembled in the
gym to have their meting with
Mr. Loyd. He gave a talk on
the safety of tractors on the farm,
the use and the dangers of them.
The officers for 1955 are as
follows. President, Evelyn Ho
well; Vice President, Carolyn
Herrin; 2nd Vice President,
Bobby Allen; Secretary, Melva
Ray Thrift; Treasurer, J. M.
White.
Wayne White,
Reporter.
Grammar School
P.T.A. Met Tuesday
The Nahunta Grammar School
Parent-Teachers Association will
meet Tuesday afternoon, April 5,
at three o’clock at the grammar
school auditorium.
The theme will be: “P.T.A.
Investment in Youth.”
The leader will be Mrs. E. J.
Williamson. Hostesses will be
Mesdames Collis Highsmith, U.
O. Stokes, E. A. Mocdy and Lu
cille Underwood.
New Fishing License
Needed by April 1
On March 31, 1955, your 1954-
55 fishing license expires. You
should have your new 1955-56
license on your person while
fishing, beginning April 1, 1955.
There have been a number of
changes made in the hunting and
fishing laws.
This is one of the changes:
everyone fishing in the county or
out of your own county, regard
less of what method of fishing
you use, is required to have a
fishing license, 16 to 65 years
old, except land owners fishing
on their own land.
I hope the fishing laws are
are clear to everyone. You will
find the new regulations posted
at the courhouse.
Yours sincerely,
A. M. Rowell,
State Ranger.
POLICE CHIEF
CITES LAWS
ON FIREARMS
A number of complaints have
been received from Nahunta
citizens concerning the shooting
of firearms within the city
limits. A city ordinance forbids
the shooting of any kind of fire
arms inside the city limits and
the police department has been
requested to more strictly en
force the law against shooting
firearms.
I will greatly appreciate the
cooperation of all Nahunta citi
zens in refraining from shooting
firearms inside the city limits.
Shooting firearms in a thickly
settled community or town great
ly endangers the lives of people
in the vicinity. Sometimes the
shot or bullet may ricochet or
rebound and injure or kill people.
Or the shot or bullet may strike
someone at a great distance away.
Please help your police de
partment protect the lives of all
our citizens by refraining from
shooting firearms inside the city.
Thank you for your coopera
tion in this matter.
Yours respectfully,
J. C. Bentley,
Chief of Police.
Child Enters School
In Fall If Six
By January 1
Children who are six years
old by Jan. 1, 1956, can e iter
school at the beginning of the
term in the fall, according to
county school superintendent
Herschel Herrin.
It was reported recently from
the state school department that
the law had been changed but
this was an error, the state de
partment now reports, as the bill
did not pass at the recent session
of the legislature.
And so the old regulations are
still in effect, that is, that a child
can enter school at the opening
of the term this fall if the child
will be six years old by next
Jan. 1.
Clean Up Time
Beauty Hints
Clean up, paint up, and fix up
today — be pretty tonight?
Os course. Your glamour
needn’t suffer if you follow a
few simple beauty hints.
When you plan extensive clean
ing which will raise dust, it’s
wise to protect your hair with a
bandana. And while you’re
“under cover” you may want to
put your hair up in pin curls to
have a “set” while you work.
A special protective cream
should be applied to hands and
arms before painting. Then any
paint splatters will be easily re
moved without chapping or red
dening.
If your hands will be in'grime,
you can avoid getting the dirt
wedged under your fingernails by
forcing them into a soft bar of
soap. After the job is completed,
the soap will readily come loose,
leaving no tell-tale dirt line.
Plan your daily campaign acti
vities so that 4:00 P.M. will be
quitting time. This will enable
you to relax with a leisurely
bath, polish your nails and rest
briefly before dressing.
A deft application of your
favorite beauty aids and a spray
of cologne or perfume will com
plete your glamour styling.
Your accomplishments will
have to prove your Clean Up
activities, for appearance-wise it
will seem you spent the day
primping. Clean-Up Paint-Up
Fix-Up — and Pretty Up.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
MANY CROPS SUFFER DAMAGE
BUT TOBACCO SEEMS SAVED
Ra er Rowell
Ha« kood Record
Wik xe Ranger Avery Rowell
led th state Rangers in activities
for tw< years and was second
two yet s during the last four
years, ;♦ is reported.
Mr. 1 veil has been Wildlife
Ranger ice Dec. 15, 1950. He
works n tly in Brantley, Charl
ton, Cam n, Glynn, Ware and
Pierce co ies but has authority
to enforc 1 wildlife laws over
the entire
There ai ? than 100 Wild
life Range. Georgia and the
fact that ft owell stood first
in activitie two years and
second for t ears speaks well
for his alex s and attention
to duty.
Recently 1 Rowell caught
two men gi net fishing. They
were E. A. iassett and Frank
Boyett of Waycross, who were
put under S2OC bond each and
will be brought to trial at the
April term of Superior Court
which meets the first Monday in
April.
May - Higher ith
Miss Theresa Margaret May,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
F. May of Sunnyside, Long Is
land, N.Y., and Lt. William New
ton Highsmith, U.S.N., son of
Mr. J. Morris Highsmith of Na
hunta, Ga., and Mrs. Laurie
Highsmith of Fort Lauderdale,
Fla., were united in marriage,
Saturday, March 19, 1955, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Herrin in Nahunta.
Floral arrangements of dog
wood blossoms and white glad
ioli decorated the house. The
candlelight ceremony was per
formed by Judge James N. Ste
wart.
The bride was attired in a
light blue satin brocade empire
style dress which was trimmed
in rhinestones and pearls. She
selected a matching hat and
carried a bouquet of white or
chids. Mrs. J. D. Abercrombie at-
tended the bride as matron of
honor. She wore a navy blue lace
dress with navy and white ac
cessories, and carried a bouquet
vs white gardenias.
Mr. Sidney M. Highsmith of
New York City acted as best
man for his brother. Other out
of town guests included Mrs.
Laurie Highsmith and Mrs. T.
V. Buckwaiter of Fort Lauder
dale, Fla., and Mr. Jack de Forest
Abercrombie of Jacksonville,
Fla.
Mrs. Highsmith is a graduate of
Cathedral High School and at
tended Hunter College in New
York City. Lt. Highsmith is a
graduate of Nahunta High School,
North Georgia College, and the
U.S. Naval Academy.
Following a wedding trip to
the West Coast, the couple will
reside on Midway Island, where
Lt. Highsmith will be stationed.
WAYNESVILLE
By Mrs. Clovis Johnson
John Johnson and Jerry Rich
ardson of Miami spent a few days
here with Mr. and Mrs. Clovis
Johnson last week.
Mr. George Gibson of Rome,
Ga. visited relatives in Waynes
ville last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Thomas
and children of Brunswick were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Walker for the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Robinson
visited Rev. and Mrs. O. G.
Nichols in Blackshear on Friday.
Mrs. Thelma Thompson is un
dergoing treatment in a Bruns
wick hospital.
Mrs. Betty Prescott of Folks
ton is spending a few days with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. O.
Davis.
Mr. Elton Strickland left last
week for a visit with relatives
in Indiana.
Miss Higginbotham and Mr.
Bobby Roland of Jacksonville
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Legget and the McSweeney
sisters.
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Home Prosperity
Brantley County tobacco farm
ers suffered no great damage to
their tobacco plants from the
recent cold weather, according to
county agent George Loyd, but
garden crops and corn were
severely damaged.
Some tobacco beds left uncov
ered Saturday night were damag
ed by the cold, the agent said,
but covered beds were only
slightly damaged if at all. Tobac
co plants already set out in the
fields seems to be standing up
well, he stated.
A number of farmers report
that corn was killed down but
some of it may come out and
develop a crop. Garden truck,
such as beans and Irish potatoes,
were hard hit by the unseasonal
weather.
A good deal of sleet fell in
Brantley County Monday but the
icy drops melted about as fast
as they fell. The sleet and rain
together accounted for about
half an inch of rainfall to mois
ten the unusually dry land.
Brantley County has had only
about one inch of rainfall since
Feb. 1, the county agent esti
mated. There has been no really
“ground-soaking” rains since
April of last year, but showers
at intervals saved the tobacco
crop last year.
Early budded pecan trees were
damaged by the cold speß of the
past weekend, but the later
varieties seemed undamaged.
The county agent stated that it
would take several days to cor
rectly estimate the damage to
all Brantley County field crops.
Pastor Starnes
Announces Services
For Charge Sunday
There will be preaching at all
the churches of the Nahunta Me
thodist Church this coming Sun
day, April 3rd.
Brother James R. Webb, of
Waycross, our District Superin
tendent, will preach at the Na
hunta Church in the morning at
eleven o’clock, at Atkinson
Church in the afternoon at two
o’clock, and at Hoboken Church
at four o’clock.
The pastor will preach at At
kinson Church at eleven o’clock
in the morning, at Waynesville
Methodist Church at four in the
afternoon, and at Nahunta
Church at seven-thirty in the
evening. The public is invited to
attend these services.
C. F. Starnes,
Pastor.
ROYAL
THEATRE
Nahunta, Georgia
Time: Monday thru Friday
7:45 P.M.
Saturday: 7:00 and 8:30 P.M.
PROGRAM
SATRDAY, APRIL 2
“Riders of the
Whistling Pines”
With GENE AUTRY
Mon., Tues., April 4-5
“The Miami Story”
With JULIA' At) AMS
and CHILL WILLS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
“Jungle Man-Eaters”
With John Weissmuller
Thurs., Fri., April 7-8
“Deep in My Heart”
With Jose Ferrer, Merle Oberon
and Helen Traubel
SATURDAY, APRIL 9
“Sunset in
El Dorado”
With Roy Rogers
