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VOLUME 35 — NUMBER 23
SWEEPING THE COUNTRY
GEORGIA’S BIGGEST POLITICAL DOUBLECROSS
Governor Marvin Griffin’s violation of his campaign
promises is the biggest political doublecross in the history
of the state.
He campaigned on a platform of “No new taxes,”
then sets out to railroad a $65,000,000 new tax bill
through the legislature.
Marvin may be taking his cue from Herman Tal
madge who pulled the next biggest doublecross when he
said he was against the sales tax, then added more than
$100,000,000 in sales taxes to the state tax burden.
Marvin may think that since Herman is so popular
in some quarters, it will make Marvin popular to imitate
Herman by soaking the taxpayers when he promised he
wouldn’t do so.
And we the people, we dupes, just keep on backing
extravagance and graft and corruption in government and
keep on electing two-by-four self-seekers who don’t care
a rap about the burdens of the people.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL MILK BOARD
Governor Griffin could save the state more than
SIOO,OOO a year if he would kick the state’s unconstitu
tional Milk Board out of office and let the big dairy cor
porations stand on their own feet just like other businesses
have to do.
Every lawyer in the state knows, as the state Supreme
Court ruled, that state price fixing- of milk is unconstitu
tional. The state Supreme Court has ruled twice on this
issue, the issue of price-fixing, once in the matter of fixing
the price of milk and the other in the matter of cigarette
price-fixing.
Both times the court ruled such price-fixing uncon
stitutional. Yet, each governor has allowed such uncon
stitutional activities to continue, thus costing the taxpayers
thousands of dollars for an illegal governmental setup.
SPECIAL SESSION COSTING BIG MONEY
The special session of the legislature, called by the
“no-added-taxes” governor Griffin, is costing the taxpay
ers more than SIOO,OOO. The governor himself has admit
ted that there is no immediate financial crisis in the state’s
affairs.
Yet, he hastily called the legislature into special
session, unwilling to wait until the regular session next
January so that the people might be heard from concern
ing the proposed added $6-5,000,000 in taxes.
This seems to indicate that the governor does not
care what the people think or what they want. And the
people, by electing Griffin by a minority vote, have work
ed themselves into a trap. They’ve got Griffin, willy-nilly,
for three more years and Griffin’s got them signed, sealed
and delivered for three more years.
VANDIVER AGAINST ADDED SALES TAX
The people of Georgia should be grateful to Lieuten
ant-Governor Ernest Vandiver that he is showing great
independence of Governor Griffin ita his stand against
added millions of dollars in sales taxes to the poor man’s
burden.
Vandiver has announced that he is opposed to the
proposal to put a sales tax on services rendered. Vandiver
is also urging that the State Purchasing Department make
all purchases under competitive bidding.
Competitive bidding in buying state supplies would
save the state millions during the next three years. Yet,
the present administration will probably keep on hand
ing out the purchasing plums to its close friends without
asking bids by others.
Vandiver is calling for economy in state affairs but
his voice is about the only voice near the top in the state
government that has the statesmanship to show the real
way toward economy.
Others prate of economy, then add more taxes. Van
diver, by his suggestion concerning the purchasing de
partment, has shown how economy can really be effected.
But such economy does not suit those who are hand
ing out favors to their political favorites. They would
much prefer to get extra millions in taxes to divide among
the feed-trough boys who are never satisfied until the
taxpayers are bled white.
After three more years of Griffin as governor the
people will really need a statesman like Vandiver to pull
them out of the political and financial bog.
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By Carl Broome
Brantley SnUrprte
Frank Hickoxs
Celebrate 49th
Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hickox
celebrated their forty-ninth wed
ding anniversary Sunday, June 5,
at their home in Brantley County
where they have spent their en
tire married life. They had nine
of their children, 35 grandchild
ren end eight great-grand
children and a number of
friends and neighbors as
their guests. Dinner was served
picnic style out under the pine
trees near the home. Mr. Hickox
left after dinner on a trip to Ala
bama where he will visit his
daughters living there.
Present at the dinner were: Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Johns and child
ren, Carroll, lona, A. J., Marie
and Nora Faye of Hickox; Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Johns and
children, Joyce, Michael, Sandra
and Larry; Mrs. Fred Spivey and
Sharon, Debbie and Elaine; Miss
Gail Walker, Mr. and Mrs. War
dell Crews and son and Mrs. Ban
ner Johns, all of Jacksonville:
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Riggins and
Danny and Bruce, St. Marys; Mr
and Mrs. J. D. Hickox and Betty
Lou, Faye, Lillian and Alice oi
Folkston; Mrs. Parnell Douglas
and Barbara, Wayne, Phyllis and
Arlene of Pearson; Mr. and Mrs
Plen Crews and Barbara Jean, B
F., Kermit, Gary, Kathy and
Timmy; Mrs. J. D. Crews and
Norma Kay, Linda and Beatrice:
Mr. and Mrs. Obbie Crews and
Mikel, Donna, Davey and Beth;
Mr. and Mrs. Ray DePratter and
Alton; Mr. and Mrs. Beaurie Tho
mas and Elton and Mrs. Lovie
Thomas, Robert Johns, all of Na
hunta; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Walk
er and Eustis, Lavell and Pa
tricia of Opelika, Ala. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Flynn and Bonnie of
Jacksonville.
Post Office Box
Rent at Nahunta
Slightly Increased
Rental for Post Office boxes at
this office will be increased
slightly starting July 1, 1955.
This increase is due to the gain
in postal receipts for the pre
ceeding year which passed the
ten thousand dollar mark. Rates
are based on the total gross re
ceipts of the post office. Schedule
of rates follows:
Size 1, Old rate 65c, new rate
90c, yearly rate $3.60.
Size 2, old rate 90c, new rate
sl.lO, yearly rate $4.40.
Size 3, old rate sl.lO, new rate
$1.50, yearly rate $6.00.
All permanent boxholders who
expept to need their boxes a year
or more are urged to pay by the
year which eliminates the need
of “box rent due" notices as well
as a great deal of bookkeeping
for all concerned.
Period for collection of box
rents, June 20th to June 30th.
E. Parker Dodge, Postmaster.
Clarence Allen
Elected Commander
Legion Post 210
The annual election of officers
of Post 210, the American Legion,
was held at the post home Thurs
day night, June 2nd. The follow
ing were chosen to serve for the
1956 Legion year and will be in
stalled at the regular meeting of
the post August 9, 1955.
Clarence F. Allen, Commander;
W. O. Strickland, First Vice-
Commander; Delma F. Herrin,
Second Vice Commander; E. Par
ker Dodge, Adjutant; J. Wilder
Brooker, Finance Officer; Avery
M. Rowell, Sgt. at Arms; U. O.
Stokes, Chaplain; Cecil M. Rod
denberry, Chairman Exect. Com
mittee.
E. Parker Dodge, Adjutant.
Fellowship Meeting
Honors Pastor
And Mrs. Starnes
Members of the Methodist
Church and Sunday School held
a fellowship meeting at the
church on Thursday night, June
2. The meeting was called to or
der by R. H. Schmitt. The meet
ing was in honor of Rev. and
Mrs. Starnes.
Rev. Starnes made a talk and
W. A. Long talked on the appre
ciation of Rev. Starnes by the
community.
A covered dish supper was
spread and enjoyed by 51 people
present.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, June 9, 1955
Miss Agnes Jacobs, daughter of
Mrs. W. H. Jacobs of Waynes
ville, and the late W. H. Jacobs,
was married to Earnest Carroll
Johns, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ar
chie Johns of Hickox Sunday af
ternoon, June 5, at the Waynes
ville Baptist Church.
The Rev. Watson of Pleasant
Valley Church, Waycross, per
formed the ceremony assisted by
Rev. L. A. Savage of Jesup.
Mrs. Lilly Opdenbron, pianist
and Miss Susan Brown, soprano,
presented a program of nuptial
music. They are from Brunswick.
White gladioli and lillies were
used for decorating the church.
Mr. Rufus Coleman of Jack
sonville, a cousin of the bride,
gave her in marriage.
The bride’s gown was a baller
ina length dress of white or
gandy with a scalloped neckline
Her bouquet was an orchid with
white carnations. She wore a
fingertip veil.
Miss Betty Eason of Atlanta
was maid of honor. Her dress was
yellow organdy and she carried
a bouquet of varigated asters
Miss lona Johns, sister of the
groom and Miss Ruth Jacobs, sis
ter of the bride, were the brides
maids. Miss Johns was dressed in
blue organdy and Miss Jacobs in
pink organdy. Their bouquets
were varigated asters.
Richard Johns of Jacksonville
was best man to the groom. Ush
ers were Ernie Grubb of Nahunta
and J. L. Eunice of Folkston.
Immediately after the cere
mony a reception was held at the
new home of the bride and
groom. Mrs. Pete Gibson, Mrs
Lloyd Robinson and Mrs. Clovis
Johnson served punch and cake.
After a wedding trip to points
of interest in Florida they will
be at home in their new home
in Waynesville.
Baptist Vacation
Bible School
Ended Last Sunday
The Daily Vacation Bible
School at the Nahunta Baptist
Church began with Preparation
Day Friday, May 27, and ended
Sunday night, June 5.
The pastor, Rev. Cecil F. Tho
mas was principal and Prof. R.
D. Thomas was assistant princi
pal. Enrollment for the Bible
School reached a total of 157.
There were 27 teachers and help
ers.
The average attendance was
132 for the five days of the
school. The Daily Vacation Bible
School is an annual institution at
the Baptist Church.
A large crowd attended the
Bible school commencement exer
cises Sunday night. Displays ol
the handwork done during the
week were shown at the service.
Certificates were given to 122
Bible School pupils and 27 work
ers.
The B.W.C. of the Nahunta
Baptist Church will meet at the
church on Thursday evening at
8:00 o’clock on June 16.
NEW POLICY ANNOUNCED ON
BEHEST PROGRAM PUBLICITY
The urantley Enterprise is hereby announcing a new
policy regarding publicity for benefit programs.
He r ' n fter all benefit program, for which an admis
sion pric .s charged, will be charged for at regular ad
vertising rates.
Also, if any paid entertainers, such as hired bands,
paid singers or other professional entertainers are em
ployed in the program, then this newspaper will charge
regular rates for publicizing the program.
These changes have been made because of the con
stantly increasing cost of producing a weekly newspaper.
Heretofore, where the program involved all-home talent
and all-home benefit, then this newspaper ran the pub
licity free of charge. But henceforth the policy will be:
IF YOU CHARGE, THEN WE CHARGE.
A newspaper’s space is its stock-in-trade, just as the
merchant’s good is his stock-in-trade. The newspaper must
sell at least 50 to 60 percent of its space in each issue,
as advertisements, if it pays expenses.
Remember always that to sell a sufficient amount of
space in each issue is the only way a newspaper can stay
in business.
Remember also that the subscription of a newspaper
pays ONLY ABOUT 20 PERCENT of the cost of publi
cation. The other 80 percent must be paid by selling paid
advertising.
Considering all these facts, we believe you will agree
that it is only fair and business-like to have the policy as
stated above: IF YOU CHARGE, THEN WE CHARGE.
JACOBS-JGHNS
Dance to Be Held
Each Thursday
At Legion Home
A dance will be held at the
American Legion Home, Post 210,
Nahunta, every Friday night from
8:30 till 11:30, it is announced.
A small charge will be made
and the proceeds will be used on
the building fund of the new
Legion home.
A string band will make music
for the dances.
Nahunta Girls to
Be Presented
In Dance Revue
Misses Lorna Harden, Nancy
Moody and Gail Strickland will
be presented in a dance revue at
the Waycross High School audi
torium Friday night, June 10, at
8:15 o’clock.
They will be presented in “The
Ballet Dancer”, an oriental ballet,
an English tap dance and a Scot
tish routine. The public is invited
to attend the dance revue.
Traffic Accidents
Involving Children
Higher in Summer
Atlanta — Parents are warn
ed by the Georgia Motor Club
(AAA) that summer months are
by far the most dangerous from
the standpoint of pedestrian traf
fic accidents involving children
less than ten years old.
L. S. Langworthy, safety di
rector of the Georgia Motor
Club, said that, “While teen-age
and adult pedestrians are now
entering the safest month, child
ren under ten will be spending
more time outdoors where they
are exposed to traffic, thus mak
ing the months ahead the most
hazardous for them.”
Drawing on information col
lected in the AAA Pedestrian
Protection Contest, Mr. Lang
worth pointed out that three
times as many young children are
killed or injured by automobiles
during the spring and summer
as during the other half of the
year. Statistics show the opposite
situation for adult pedestrians,
although the comparison is not
as startling.
Georgia, under the sponsorship
of the Georgia Motor flub
(AAA), is participating for the
first time in the contest which
revealed these facts. The State
of Georgia and various cities
within Georgia will submit re
ports to the AAA on their rec
ords. and activities in the field
of pedestrian safety and compete
with other communities of like
size for national honors.
Mr. Langworthy said that the
major reasons for the sharp rise
in the ferquency of traffic acci
dents involving young children
were:
1. Greater exposure to traffic
brought about by longer hours
spent outdoors.
2. Lack of parental control and
training.
3. Insufficient fenced-in, super
vised play areas.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Leaf Allotment
May Be Reduced if
Acreage Falsified
The 1955 tobacco program calls
for a reduction in farm allot
ments for following years as a
penalty for making false state
ment concerning the farm acre
age allotment. This means, ac
cording to John F. Bradley,
Chairman of the Georgia Agri
cultural Stabilization and Con
servation Committee, that the
farmers who “signs” or acquiesces
in the signing” of such a false
statement is subject to the penal
ty for excess acreage and his
farm allotment will be reduced
in following years.
The added “teeth” in the 1955
program, Chairman Bradley ex
plains, stems from the recently
enacted amendment to the basic
act providing for acreage allot
ments and marketing quotas. In
addition to the reduced allotment
for falsifying acreage data, the
penalty on excess tobacco has
been increased from 50 to 75 per
cent of the average market price
for the kind concerned during the
past marketing year.
The 1955 penalty rates on ex
cess tobacco for the different
grades are: flue-cured, 40 cents
per pound; hurley, 37; fire-cured,
28; dark air-cured, 26; Virginia
sun-cured, 24 cents; cigar filler
and binder, 28 cents.
PERSONALS
Misses Agnes and Ruth Jacobs
and Mrs. Archie A. Johns and
Miss Nora Faye Johns went to
Milledgeville Friday. Miss lona
Johns, student at GSCW returned
with them to spend the summer
at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johns
and children of Jacksonville were
weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Johns.
Miss Gladys lona Johns, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Johns,
made the Dean’s List at GSCW
for the Spring Quarter.
Janet Simpson, granddaughter
of Mrs. E. P. Dodge, has been
named editor of the Cyclops,
North Georgia College’s year
book, for the 1955-56 school year.
Miss Simpson’s home is in Athens.
A bridal shower honoring Miss
Marvine Lewis was given at the
home of Mrs. E. K. Ham on Wed
nesday, June 1. The hostesses
were Miss Dorothy Morgan, Miss
Rose Mary Smith, Miss Sonja
Batten and Mrs. Made Morgan.
Punch and cake were served.
The Nahunta High School sen
ior class returned from their trip
to Washington, D. C., Wednesday
with a police-escorted parade
through Nahunta. They visited a
number of cities in the east. The
Enterprise hopes to carry a full
story of the senior trip in next
week’s issue.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Scott of
Brunswick are moving this week
to Bordentown, N. J. Mrs. Scott
and son have been with her pa
rents Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wildes
of Route 2, Brantley County, for
the past six weeks.
Ordinary and Mrs. James N.
Stewart of Nahunta left for a
week’s visit with Mr. Stewart’s
brother and sister at Sanford,
Fla., Wednesday, June 8. They
will return about the middle of
the coming week.
Frances Walker, * daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Walker of
Waynesville, was awarded a two
year business certificate by the
Business Administration Depart
ment of Georgia State College for
Women at Milledgeville. She also
received special recognition for
business machines proficiency at
the two-year students’ banquet.
Mr. W. E. Johns of Nahunta
returned from a Savannah hospi
tal June 1 after having cataracts
removed from his eyes. He en
tered the hospital May 18. It is
believed his eyesight will be ful
ly restored when the healing
from the operation is completed.
Editor Carl Broome attended
the alumni reunion at Mercer
University Saturday, June 4. He
was a member of the class of
1922 at Mercer nearly 1000 alum
ni attended the reunion and com
mencement at Mercer the past
weekend.
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BRANTLEY GAVE
$957 TO POLIO
CAMPAIGN
Brantley County’s January
March of Dimes netted $957.61
for a per capita giving of 15c a
person. The county ranked 16th
in per capita collection in South
east Georgia. Herbert Colvin of
Hoboken headed the January
campaign.
The Southeastern Georgia area
of 45 counties shows a total of
$174,294.00 given in the January
campaign. These figures were re
leased by the Way cross office of
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis.
The March of Dimes total for
the entire state of Georgia will
run nearly $1,000,000.00.
The top ranking 11 counties in
Southeast Georgia on a per capita
basis are Camden (42c), Ware
(39c), Glynn (36c), Chatham
(36c), Charlton (34c), Colquitt
(31c), Wayne-Long (29c), Mcln
tosh (25c), Coffee (24c), Atkin
son (24c), Jeff Davis (24c).
WAYNESVILLE
By Mrs. Clovis Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Thornton.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Graham and
children of Waycross and Mr
and Mrs. H. C. Thornton and
children of Atlanta were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Truby
Thornton on Saturday night for
dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Robinson
spent the weekend in Crescent
City, Fla.
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Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Gibson
and son and Mrs. Mattie Benja
min of Tampa spent the weekend
here with relatives.
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Mrs. Thelma Thompson enter
ed a Brunswick hospital Satur
day for tr ‘fitment.
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Young of
Jacksonville spent the weekend
here with relatives.
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Visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. T. E. Thornton last
week included Mr. J. M. Miller
and family, Mrs. A. T. Harrison
Sr., Mrs. A. T. Harrison Jr., and
children, and Mrs. Theresa Wilks
of Brunswick.
• Mrs. Reddick Thornton of Way
cross visited her mother, Mrs. W.
H. Jacobs on Sunday.
Miss Frances Walker has re
turned home from GSCW to
spend the summer with her pa
rents.
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Emile Bernard, who has been
attending Notre Dame University
is spending the summer with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Ber
nard.
Mrs. Jesse Griffin is spending
a few days in Fargo with rela
tives.
ROYAL
THEATRE
Nahunta, Georgia
PROGRAM
MONDAY, TUESDAY,
JUNE 13-14
“Ruby Gentry”
With JENNIFER JONES
and CHARLTON HESTON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15
“Bounty Hunter”
With RANDOLPH SCOTT
THURSDAY & FRIDAY,
JUNE 16-17
“Reap the Wild
Wind”
Starring JOHN WAYNE
SATURDAY, JUNE 18
“Gun Belt”
With GEORGE MONTGOMERY
