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Newspaper Page TextThe More You Trade at Home the More Money in Circulation In Your Home Community VOLUME 35 — NUMBER 21 BRITISH MAY INCREASE USE OF U. S. FLUE-CURED LEAF Raleigh N. C. — Prospects look favorable for increased con sumption of U. S.-grown flue cured tobacco by the British, it was reported in the recently re leased Tobacco Associates March- April Report. The Report said two recent de velopments in England (1) the modification of its system of con trolling tobacco imports from the dollar areas (United States and Canada); and (2) British manufacturers’ recent decision not to renew a five-year tobacco agreement with Southern Rho desia “could affect favorably the consumption of U. S. leaf in that country in the near future.” In explanation of these devel opments Tobacco Association said: Under the more flexible system dealing with tobacco im ports) there is no longer a dollar ceiling placed on the individual manufacturer as has been the case since World War 11, when the Government limited to bacco imports by allocating to each manufacturing firm a fixed amount of dollars for the purchase of U. S. leaf. The only limitation under the new arrangement is that dollar area tobacco shall not exceed 61 per cent of the firm’s total us ing of ‘light’ or oriental tobaccos in the manufacture of cigarettes for domestic consumption.” The Report pointed out that “in 1954, U. S. leaf accounted for only 47.9 per cent of the total used by the British, compared with substantially over 50 per cent in 1951 and other previous years.” In regard to the Southern Rhodesian agreement, the Report stated that “in 1947, British to bacco manufacturers entered in to an agreement with the flue cured tobacco growers of that country to purchase, in each en suing five years, a fixed mini mum amount of leaf. Each year since, the agreement has been renewed until this year, when the agreement was not renego tiated on the five year basis. The present agreement extends only through 1958, or for a four-year period.” Tobacco Associates officials reason that failure to renew the Southern Rhodesian contract on the five-year basis “could .mean that British manufacturers fore see the possibility of even great er flexibility in making their purchase of cigarette tobaccos.” The Report also named the following factors as possible in dications for increased use of U. S. leaf by the British in the near future: (1) Stocks of tobac co are still lower, in relation to usings, than during prewar; (2) British domestic consumption of tobacco products has contin ued to increase each year since 1949; and (3) For several years now it has been necessary for some manufacturers to ration their top quality cigarettes which are made largely of U. S. flue- t-dTf-r TjjLd @ CLEAR OUT YOUR ATTIC (easement, too!) Remove those olp BROKEN toys, i OLP CLOTHES, PISCARPEP PIECES z § OF furniture anp stacks of £ g magazines... bi I' fire^ee/ I cured leaf. “Under the new arrangements” the Report added, “British manu facturers will be able to produce larger quantities of cigarettes containing higher percentages of U. S. leal; and, therefore, dis continue rationing their top qua lity brands.’’ Library Club Tours Brunswick Area The Nahunta High School Li brary Club made a trip to Brunswick last week as the guests of the Brunswick Regional Library. While at Brunswick the club made a recording to be broad cast at a later date. Those making the trip were Drury, Pat Herrin, Herman Sloan, Francis Fais, Vanzy Ro well, Inez Sloan, Alvin Lee, Bar bara Strickland, Ronald Flowers, Myrtice Sloan, Harvey Flowers, Evelyn Sadler and Virginia Ro well. Mrs. Pollyanne Allen, school librarian and advisor to the group also made the trip with the students. They made a tour of Boy’s Estate and enjoyed an outing at St. Simons. Census Official Urges Businesses To File Reports Collection of reports in the 1954 Censuses of Business, Manu factures and Mineral Industries, which are being conducted na tionwide by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commer ce, now is moving into the home stretch. Thirty-eight temporary field offices, established early this year to conduct these Censuses, are concentrating on the task of working themselves out of a job. These offices will be closed as soon as all business men have filed their, reports and these re ports have been checked and re layed to Washington. Among these field offices the one cover ing this area is that of Census supervisor Richard C. Chadwick, located at Atlanta, Georgia. Here 14 employees are at work pro cessing reports received to date from 26,350 establishments. They are aiming for completion of the job in the next few weeks when reports from remaining 7,150 establishments have been receiv ed. Registered letters are being sent to establishments which have not filed their reports in compliance with Census law, for mally notifying fhem that their reports have not been received despite several previous remind ers and that these reports must be returned promptly in accord ance with the law. Srantley kutrrpruiE Bookmobile Schedule For Brantley Given Plans for the Vacation Read ing Club sponsored by the Bruns wick Regional Library were an nounced today. All children desiring to win a reading certificate are urged to meet the Bookmobile on its trip to their community. Children may win a certificate by read ing ten books. A certificate with a gold seal will be awarded for reading 25 books. Children should register with the Bookmobile between June 1 and 30. The program closes Sep tember 1. All books borrowed must be turned in by that date. The Bookmobile will make three trips to each community during the summer. The first trip will be made on the following schedule; Monday - Pleasant Valley and Hoboken. Tuesday- Hortense, Twin River, and Raybon. Wednesday - Hickox and Na hunta. Thursday - Waynesville and County Line. The Bookmobile will make ad ditional stops if children signa) to stop. Homer S. Thomas Passed Away Wednesday, May 18 Homer S. Thomas, age 53, of Route 1, Hoboken, died in Way cross Hospital, Wednesday night. May 18. Survivors include his wife, the former, Miss Frances Griffin; two daughters, Mrs. Charles Givens of Houston, Texas, and Mrs. Brookie Thornton, Hobok en; two sons, Kenneth Thomas and Harvey Thomas, both of Ho boken; four brothers, Melvin Thomas, Brunswick, E. M. Thom as, Henry E. Thomas and Albert Thomas all of Hoboken; four sisters, Mrs. Minnie McManus, Savannah, Mrs. T. T. Butts, St Simmons Island, Mrs. P. D. Ald ridge, Hoboken, and Mrs. Stan ley Peacock, Charlotte, N. C. and 9 grandchildren. Funeral Services were held at the Thomas home, Friday after noon, at 2:00 o’clock with Elder Oliver Lewis officiating, with in terment at Marrs Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Carroll Thorn ton, Ferris Thornton, Ferrell Thomas, Gerald Thomas, Charles Lee and T. Rudy Butts. Mincy Funeral Home of Way cross was in charge of arrange ments. Hickox H. D. Met With Mrs. Stokes The Hickox Home Demonstra tion Club met at the home of Mrs. U. O. Stokes on Thursday afternoon, May 19, with Mrs. G. A. Loyd presiding. The topic for discussion was freezing sweet potatoes with Miss Sara Simpson demonstrating. Mrs. G. A. Loyd was elected as delegate to go to State H. D. Council to be held in Athens, Ga. in June. Mrs. J. C. Allen was elected as alternate. Those having birthdays in May were Mrs. U. O. Stokes and Mrs. Bill White and were honored with gifts by members of the club. Present other than those men tioned were: Mrs. Lizzie Mae Hendrix, Mrs. Louise Hendrix, Mrs. C. F. Allen, Mrs. 0. A. Jones, Mrs. Charlotte Thomas, Mrs. M. L. Anderson. During social hour the hostess served pound cake, ice cream and lemon ade. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. C. F. Allen on June 16. Carey Moseley Is Bitten by Black Widow Spider Carey Moseley, seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Moseley of Nahunta, was bitten by a black widow spider Monday and was in critical condition for several days. He is now recovering from the effect of the poison injected by the black widow spider bite. The spider bit him on the thigh Carey’s father, Norman Moseley, is Chief of police at Nahunta. Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, May 26, 1955 ADS CAN KILL SUMMER SLUMP RETAILERS TOLD Dry Goods Group Urged to Promote Aggressively NEW YORK — The president of the National Retail Dry Goods Assn, told the group’s 7,000- member stores here that a hard hitting newspaper promotional campaign can help them turn the traditional “summer slump’’ into a period of increased sales and profits. NRDGA President Philip M Talbott urged retailers to coop erate fully with the nationwide program of the American News paper Publishers Association’s Bureau of Advertising to drama tize the summer months as a period of “enormous potential for retail sales.” “THE EXPERIENCE of scores of merchants last year in ex ploding the myth of an inevitable summer slump has pointed the way,” said Talbott. “This year our customers will have addi tional millions of dollars to spend during June, July and August in America’s retail stores.” Talbott said there is ample evidence that more aggressive merchandising and selling will be done this summer by an in creased number of retailers and manufacturers. This takes teamwork, he add ed, “and it must be started now. American Newspaper Publishers Assn, and its member papers are again helping by turning the spotlight on summer’s natural selling opportunities. With imagi nation and alert selling we can profitably smoke out more vol ume this summer.” Talbott is senior vice presi dent of Woodward & Lothrop, Washington, D. C., departments store. THICK STANDS GIVE GREATER COTTON YIELDS Thick stands of plants and early insect control are essential to large per-acre yields of cot ton, E. C. Westbrook, agronomist for the University of Georgia Agricultural Extension Service, pointed out this week. Westbrook said a fundamental reason why thick stands produce larger yields than thin stands is that .most cotton is made in a relatively short period. He ex plained that Experiment station tests have shown that, for the average year, the blooms that come during the first five weeks after cotton begins to bloom pro duce about 95 per-cent of the total yield. The cotton specialist added that this fact also accounts for the importance of protecting the first squares and blooms against boll weevil damage. Experiment station tests have shown that 94 percent of the blooms produced during the first week of blooming mature into open bolls, said Westbrook. Sev enty-seven and a half percent of the second week’s blooms ma ture, but in the third week this percentage drops to 43 percent. The decline continues sharply, and only five percent of the sev enth-week blooms produce ma ture bolls. Also, bolls that mature from the first week’s blooms usually are twice as large as those from blooms of the seventh week, week Westbrook continued The agronomist pointed out that the need for thick stands of cotton does not mean that the same number of plants should be used on all soils. He said that, for average soils, it is desirable to have from two to three plants per hill with the hills 10 to 14 inches apart. On some hill land it will be profitable to space cot ton plants closer. However, on soils that usually produce large plants it is possible to get so many plants that sunlight is ex cluded and setting of the fruit is curtailed. About 35 per cent of all breast cancers are cured. The American Cancer Society saays that 70 per cent could be cured with early diagnosis and prompt treatment. Support the ACS Crusade. Music Pupils of Mrs. Sarvis Gave Recital The music pupils of Mrs. S S. Sarvis presented a recital on Thursday night, May 19 in the Grammar School Auditorium. On the program were; Patsy Walker, Gloria Popwell, Velma Lee King, Evelyn Powell, Maxine Freeman, Duane Gibson, Melba Thrift, Janice Willis, Charlene Gibson, Janice Higginbotham, Sara Jane Strickland. Jean Smith, Elaine Allen, Mary Lou Pres cott, Wylene Manor, Sandra Jac obs, Norma Jean Herrin and Linda Rooks. WAYNESVILLE By Mrs. Clovis Johnson Capt. and Mrs. Kyle Forinash and son of Camp Jackson, S. C spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Gibson. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Robinson visited Mr. and Mrs. Tom Peake in Gulf Hammock. Fla. several days of last week. Mrs. Adeline Hamilton of Na ples, Fla. visited her mother, Mrs. D. C. Proctor last week end. * * * Elige Smith of Fernandina, Fla. spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Smith, Sr. • » * Marlin Edgy has just return ed from Germany where he was in the Army. .He was discharged last week. • • * Mrs. Mary Clark is in a hos pital in Brunswick for surgery. * ♦ ♦ Mrs. Lizzie Mae Smith was shocked by a bolt of lightning while sitting on the front porch of her home on Sunday. Her friends will be interested tc know that she is able to be up now. • • • Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Walker and Patsy were guests of Mrs. Bera Parrott of Woodbine and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brassell of St Marys on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson and daughter, Vesta of Ft. Myers Fla. and Mrs. C. R. Fleke and daughter, Mary Ellen of Jackson ville visited Mr. and Mrs. Clovis Johnson on Sunday. Miss Sara Butler returned to her home in Harlan, Kentucky Saturday. * * * Mrs. Emmy Walker returned from a hospital in Brunswick on Friday, and is much better. ♦ ♦ ♦ Mrs. D. C. Proctor is on our sick list this week. She is at the home of her son, Ward Proc tor in Brunswick. » ♦ • Guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Jacobs on Sunday included Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Byrd and child ren of Jacksonville; and Mrs. C. W. Proctor and children and Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Courson of Bruns wick. * • • Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Robinson were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Strickland at Blythe Island on Sunday. All ■ day Rally at Hortense Memorial An All Day Rally will be held at Hortense Memorial Church on fifth Sunday, May 29. The public is invited to come and bring a basket dinner. Visiting* ministers to be pres ent are: W. D. Corbitt of Manor; V. T. McCravy of Alma and W. R. Ray. Rev. Robert Varnedore is pastor. p —- —? Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Hurl ing of Jacksonville, Texas an nounce the arrival of a baby boy on May 18, weighing 8 lbs. and 11 oz. He has been named Rob ert Timothy. If you have a new baby, send us its birth date, name, parents names, weight at birth and whether boy or girl. Send us the news. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Carl Highsmith’s Record Cited in Monthly Magazine A recent issue of Pine Chips, publication of the Brunswick Pulp & Paper Company, carried a picture of Carl Highsmith and news note about his graduation from high school. Carl is a son of S. B. High smith. The news note in Pine Chips about Carl was as follows: Carl B. Highsmith, son of S. B. Highsmith of Nahunta, grad uates at Nahunta High this year after a full schedule of high school activities. He has been president of student countil, ed itor of the school paper, on the basketball and track teams, in the literary quartet, the boys’ solo, and the one-act plays, as well as being voted to Who’s Who, “most likely to succeed”, and in the Beta Club. Carl plans to go to South Geo rgia College at Douglas next year. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Depratter had as their weekend guests Mr. and Mrs. John McCord and daughter Brenda; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wright and son, Danny, of Augusta and Beach Island, S. C.; also Mr. Elmo Hungerpillar oi Monks Corner, S. C. As part of their entertainment Mr. and Mrs. Depratter took their guests on a trip to St. Simmons Saturday evening. Iris Barr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Barr of Nahunta, has been appointed junior advisor at Georgia State College for Wo men at Milledgeville. She is a member of a group of 12 juniors who will help next fall’s fresh men in their campus life. Iris has also been elected vice-presi dent of Sigma Alpha lota, a woman’s music sorority. Other Brantley County stud ents enrolled at GSCW are lona Johns, Marion Strickland, Joseph ine Warren, Betty Jean Sadler, Frances Walker, Peggy Carter. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Courson of Albany were guests of Mrs. J. M. Rogers last week. Dan Wainright has returned home from a Waycross hospital where he has been a patient. He is now improving. Levi Howard is a patient in a Waycross hospital having enter ed on Sunday, May 15. Miss Novella Noble of Savan nah was guest of Miss Maryse Anderson at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. An derson last week end. Miss An derson is employed in Waycross. Barbara Herrin, B. M. Prescott, and Wardie Highsmith honored Carolyn Herrin with a birthday party on May 21, the occasion of her thirteenth birthday. The birthday cake and soft drinks were served. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Givens and family left Tuesday for their home in Channelview, Texas after having been called be cause of the illness and death of Homer Thomas. They have been at the home of Mrs. Givens par ents since May 6. Miss Gladys Wynn will leave Friday to go to her home in Eastman. Ga. She is a teacher in Grammar School at Nahunta. Three new homes are being built in Lulaton community. They are homes of Mrs. Alvin Harper, Raymond Smith and E Harold. Mr. and Mrs. W. Kratz of Ja maica, Long Island, arrived last week for a visit with Mrs. Kratz sister, Mrs. J. M. Rogers. Mr. Leonard Crews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell J. Crews of Hortense will receive his diploma toward a Bachelor of Business Administration degree at South Georgia College at Douglas on Friday, June 3. Mrs. Jerry House and child ren left on Monday to join her husband in El Paso, Texas after spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Owen ’ Herrin. Your Home Firms Will Appreciate Your Patronage — Trade at Home and Promote Home Prosperity * ♦ * • * * » * * • ♦ • • • • » » * « * • • • • » * * SATILLA PLANS HOMECOMING DAY JUNE 5 The Satilla Baptist Church at Hortense is planning for a big Homecoming Day rally at the church on the first Sunday in June. The welcome address will be made by Silas Rowell and the response by Elroy Strickland. R. M. Mikell will speak on the subject, “Promoting the Sunday School.’’ Rev. Lester Dixon will preach at 12:30. Dinner will be served on the church grounds at one o’clock. In the afternoon Rev. H. E. Gilbe will preach After the afternoon preaching service a song prigram will be held. The all-day program starts at 10 in the morning when the reg ular Sunday school session will be held. The people of this en tire section are invited to attend the homecoming rally. Pastors and former members of the church and absentee mem bers are especially requested to be present. H. D. Council Held Dress Revue At Hoboken XXAC Biantley Cvuniy Home Demonstration Council met in the Brotherhood Building at Ho boken on Wednesday May 18. The Dress Revue was the theme of the program. Mrs. Frank Dukes was awarded first place in the Revue with a blue plaid gingham dress. Sec ond place was Mrs. Nolan Davis, Jr. on an black cotton dress. Third place was Mrs. Julian Middleton on a pink silk. Wil lene Dean, Home HD agent of Camden Co. was the judge. Mrs. Frank Dukes is president of the County Council The Hoboken Club was hostess and served congealed salad, cook ies and tea. A special call meeting of the County H. D. Council will be held next Tuesday May 31 in the courthouse at Nahunta. All H. D. Clubs of Brantley County are to attend. Nahunta Post Office Closed Next Monday The Nahunta post office will be closed Monday, May 30, for federal Memorial Day ( it is an nounced by E. Parker Dodge, postmaster. There will be no rural route service Monday. Mail will be re ceived and dispatched at the post office as usual. The general delivery window will be opened for sale of stamps from 8 to 8:30 A. M. and 4 to 4:30 P. M. There will be no money order service during Me morial Day. ROYAL THEATRE Nahunta, Georgw PROGRAM THURS., FRI., MAY 26 - 27 “The President’s Lady” With CHARLTON HESTON and SUSAN HAYWARD SATURDAY, MAY 28 “Black Eagle” With WILLIAM BISHOP MON., TUES., MAY 30-31 “Three Young Texans” With MITZI GAYNOR And JEFFREY HUNTER