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NUMBER 28
VOLUME 35 —
SWEEPING THE COUNTRY
GEORGIA IS MOONSHINERS’ PARADISE
The state of Georgia is very kind to moonshiners.
Our state and the federal government puts such a high
tax on legal li'quor that the moonshiners can sell their
products at half the price of the legal stuff and yet make
a big profit.
And if a moonshiner is caught by the law, the judge
usually fines him about what he can make in a week’s
operation of his still.
Georgia does not need a "Be Kind to Moonshiners”
week. The state has a "Be Kind to Moonshiners Year”,
365 days, the whole year through.
TEN COUNTIES LEAD
Ten counties in Georgia lead the parade of moon
shine liquor making. They are the Big Ten, the King of
the Counties in the art of making White Lightning.
Rustle through any swamp in those 10 counties, and
you will run smack upon vat after vat of corn mash, liber
ally flavored with cow manure, dead snakes and frogs,
and other delicacies to tickle the palates of the moonshine
swiggers.
The ten counties leading in the great moonshine in
dustry in Georgia are Dawson, Gilmer, Rabun, Paulding,
Haralson, Carroll, Meriwether, Upson, Chatham and
Charlton. /
My old home county of Carroll leads in a lot of
things, being known as one of the most progressive coun
ties in Georgia. It must be very proud of being in the
TOP TEN moonshine counties in the state.
A number of other counties trail the Top Ten slight
ly, among them being Camden, Ware, Clinch, Echols and
Lowndes in South Georgia.
Strange as it seems, Brantley County is away down
in the third bracket of moonshine liquor producers. Our
local moonshine boys just aint on the ball as they should
be. They are letting most of the other counties top them
in moonshine making.
Why, I had been thinking that we here in Brantley
County could make just as much moonshine as any other
county. But we were asleep at the switch, out at home
plate, caught with our moonshine pants down, simply
outclassed by many other counties in Georgia in produc
ing the gut-petrifying joy juice.
It’s right discouraging to be left so far behind.
EDUCATION BOARD RULES AGAINST GAMBLING
The State Board of Education has passed a rule
against schools putting on gambling games to raise money
for local school needs.
What do the members of the board think they are,
saying our school can’t teach gambling by such things as
bingo and cake walks. Don’t they know a lot has been
done in the past by putting on these gambling lessons
with bingo and other games of chance.
The state board members should know that the gam
bling laws are for others but not for the schools. And they
should know that the school organizations of this state
will do as they darn please about putting on bingo games
to raise money.
Why, all you have to do to raise money is to stimu
late the gambling fever and get the boys and girls and
old people to gambling on bingo and cake walks. Why,
they will just pay and pay to get to gamble, when they
won’t pay much just to be entertained by some legal
means.
It is a pretty Howdy-Do when a school or a club can’t
gamble up some funds for whatever is needed.
And too, the children may want to gamble some in
their later lives and they won’t hardly know how to do it
unless they are taught at school.
Everyone knows that “as the twig is bent, so is the
tree inclined.” Well, how in the world will the boys and
girls know how to gamble if they aint taught in theil’
formative years?
Yes, I know they’ll probably learn later by main
strength and awkwardness but just think how much eas
ier it would be if they could be taught in childhood. Then
they could be real artists at gambling when they’re grown
up.
THE PRINCIPAL HAD TWO EARS
Once not so long ago a principal of a high school —
it was not at Nahunta — told me how they raised several
hundred dollars playing bingo at the schoolhouse.
“But that is against the law,” t said.
“What you say goes in one ear and out the other,”
he told me.
“That’s because there’s nothing between your two
ears,” I replied, and got rapidly away from there.
my tongue was in my cheek
For fear someone will take too seriously what I have
said in the foregoing satire I will add that my tongue was
stuffed in my cheek in saying it.
Seriously speaking, it is greatly hoped that the rul
ing of the State Board of Education against gambling in
the state schools will have the desired effect and that no
school or school organization will now resort to stimulat
ing the gambling fever in order to raise funds for any
school cause.
What good does it do to build up material equipment
for the schools while at the same time tearing down re
spect for the law thus undermining the moral fiber of
our children at basic levels?
By Carl Broome
SrantUy Bttrrprtse
Carswell Moore
Funeral Services
Were Held Sunday
Elisha Carswell Moore of Na
hunta, 57, died Friday night in
the Augusta Veterans Hospital
after an extended illness. He was
a native of Brantley county.
Funeral services were held at
3 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the
Nahunta Baptist Church, con
ducted by the Rev. Cecil Thomas
and the Rev. J. S. Wetzel. Burial
was in the Oakland Cemetery in
Waycross.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Minnie Jacobs Moore of Nahunta;
his mother, Mrs. Dan Moore of
Nahunta; three sisters, Mrs. E. L.
Sears of Nahunta, Mrs. W. R.
McCoy of Folkston, and Mrs.
F. A. Smallw’ood of Blackshear,
and one brother, Frank Moore of
Nahunta.
Pallbearers were Cecil Moody,
Cecil Roddenberry, Hershel Her
rin, Brown Brooker, George
Dykes, and Ira Brown.
Honorary pallbearers were J.
R. James, C. S. Kizer, E. P.
Dodge, J. P. Royster, E. K. Ham
Sr., R. D. Thomas, Dr. E. A.
Moody, Roy Ham, Roy Dowling,
O. F. Barr, T. S. Goodner, J. W.
Crews and A. A. Strickland.
NeSmith Funeral Home of Jes
up was in charge of arrange
ments.
Nahunta Methodist
Prayer Meeting
Services Announced
The Nahunta Methodist Church
will hold prayer meeting and
choir practice each Thursday
night at 8:00 P.M., beginning
Thursday night, July 21, it is
announced by the pastor, Rev.
Horace Williams.
The life history of some Bible
character will be discussed by
the pastor each Thursday night.
The choir practice will begin im
mediately after the prayer meet
ing.
The pastor invites everyone to
attend the Sunday School each
Sunday morning at 10:00 o’clock
and the preaching services each
second and fourth Sunday in the
month.
Preaching services will be held
at the Hoboken Methodist Church
on each third Sunday morning
and night. The pastor is to preach
at Hoboken next Sunday and the
entire community is invited to
attend.
COUNTY AGENT
REPORTS ON
CROP SITUATION
, County agent, George A. Loyd,
reports that tobacco, and other
crops are generally good through
out the county this year.
He says that in some areas
both tobacco and corn suffered
from lack of rain early in the
growing season, but that in most
cases it has made remarkable re
covery since the rains started.
The county average cannot be ex
pected to be as good as the rec
ord crop produced last year, he
stated.
Farmers who fumigated their
tobacco land before setting the
tobacco, are \yell pleased with
the result. Root knot has caused
much less damage on fumigated
fields than on non fumigated
fields.
In most instances irrigation has
paid off too. Generally the irri
gated tobacco is much better than
non irrigated tobacco in the same
communities.
Most of the crop is relatively
free of insect damage, and is cur
ing out well. Much of it will be
of best quality, and is expected
to bring the top price.
The corn crop in most of the
county is good too. Some fields
however, have shown signs of
fertilizer deficiency, and have
suffered from drought, but as a
whole it will produce good yields.
The tobacco warehouses will
start receiving tobacco about
July 15 for the first sales that
will be held on Thursday July 21.
With the market opening a little
late as compared with the last
two years, it is hoped that for the
benefit of the farmers themselves
they will not get in too big a
hurry, and will market their leaf
in an orderly manner and pre
vent blocked sales.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 14, 1955
The entire slate of mayor and
four aidermen will be elected in
October. The city election comes
every two years and the terms
of office are for four years for
both mayor and aidermen.
After election the first Wed
nesday in October the elected
officials take office the first
Wednesday in December.
The present mayor is Fred
Strickland and the council mem
bers are J. Walter Crews, Ira F.
Brown, Roy Dowling and J. D.
Orser. They are urging all Na
hunta citizens to go to the city
hall and register under the new
registration system.
Also, the next city election will
see the polls open all day in
stead of from 10 A.M. to three
in the afternoon. The time for
opening and closing the city polls
has been changed by law since
the election two years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Smallwood
of Hendersonville, N. C. and
Boots Sears of Americus, Ga.
were home for the week end to
attend the funeral of Carswell
Moore.
Mrs. Howard Stephens and son,
Mark, are spending this week
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Broome. Mr. Stephens will
be here for the week end.
Mrs. C. E. Morris and son, Ben,
Adrian and Eugene left Thursday
of last week for their home in
Miami after spending a week
with their mother, Mrs. Viola
Harley of Lulaton.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Loyd and
children, George A, Greg and
Mary Beth have returned from a
trip to Florida where they visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Riner in
Orlando; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Screws
and Mr. and Mrs. Doss Hall of
Fellsmere; Mr. and Mrs. B. R.
Kea of Palm Bay.
Guests at the home of Mrs.
Mamie Smith for the week end
included her sons and families;
Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Smith and
Linda, Enoch Jr. and Sammy;
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Smith
and children Susan and Ray Jr.
all of Gainesville, Ga. They also
visited their grandmother, Mrs.
Parrott in Nahunta.
Mr. and Mrs. Connie Harrison
and Mrs. Lewis Stokes of Thal
man and Mrs. B. W. Brown and
Mrs. Thuvia Glover and children
of Nahunta were guests of Mrs.
Alice Highsmith during last week
end.
Maybry and Jerry Harris ot
Florida City, Fla. have returned
to their home after visiting rel
atives here for a week. Mrs. A. B.
Brooker made the return trip
with them to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Neville Herrin in Lake
Worth.
Donna and Danny Atkinson of
Kingsland are spending this week
with their grandmother, Mrs. Al
len Barnard.
Mrs. C. F. Starnes, who now
has a home in Lakeland, Fla.
visited Mrs. W. A. Brooker and
other friends in Nahunta this
week.
Miss Jo Warren is now em
ployed with a business firm in
Jacksonville.
Mrs. Otis Jones, formerly of
Enigma, Ga., has moved back to
Hoboken where she will teach,
beginning with the fall term. She
and her husband, the late Otis
W. Jones, taught at Hoboken for
10 years.
Otis W. Jones Jr., “Bucky” as
he is known to his close friends,
will enter the Medical College
of Georgia at Augusta in Sep
tember. He is the son of Mrs.
Otis Jones and the late Prof.
Otis Jones.
CITY ADOPTS
NEW SYSTEM
REGISTRATION
Citizens of Nahunta will vote
under a new registration system
in the city election on the first
Wednesday in October this year.
The city now has its own reg
istration list and each citizen
who wishes to vote in the fall
city election for mayor and ai
derman must register at the city
hall at least 15 days before the
first Wednesday in October.
The citizen must reside in Na
hunta and must enter his or her
name on the city registration
books 15 days prior to the elec
tion.
PERSONALS
HOBOKEN NEWS
By MRS. G. C. WALLIS
Thought For The Week: “There
are two worlds; the world that
we can measure with line, and
the world that we feel with our
hearts and imagination. Leigh
Hunt.
Mrs. Floyd Larkins spent the
week end with her family. She
is attending Summer School at
GSCW.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Orser of
Blackshear were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Banner Thomas and
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dowling on
Sunday.
Miss Willette Barbee has re
turned home after spending two
weeks with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Barbee in Texas. Miss Bar
bee was accompanied by Mrs.
J. H. Sikes and Miss Dale Shep
ard.
Mrs. Otis Jones, who has been
living at Enigma, Ga. has moved
to Hoboken and is occupying the
Ray Thomas cottage. She is to
teach in the Hoboken School next
year.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dukes
spent the past week at St. Simons
Island. Mrs. Dukes had as her
guests; Mrs. Fred Dowling, Mrs.
Banner Thomas, Mrs. Arthur
Dukes and Mr. and Mrs. B. G.
Bell of Falmouth, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyde Thomas and
children of Statesville are spend
ing the week with Mr. and Mrs.
Banner Thomas and other rela
tives.
Mrs. W. A. Thomas and chil
dren of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. are
spending several weeks with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Da
vis Sr.
Twenty adults and young peo
ple of the Hoboken Baptist
Church attended the W.M.U.
Young People’s Rally at Norwich
Street Baptist Church in Bruns
wick on Thursday of last week.
The regular meeting of the Sue
Wood Circle of the Baptist W.M.
U. was held in the home of Mrs.
Jesse Dryden on Monday night,
July 11. Mrs. Wade Colvin, Cir
cle Chairman, was in charge of
the meeting, Mrs. L. C. Colvin
gave the devotional.
Mrs. Herbert Colvin gave the
discussion on the study book
“Guide For Community Mis
sions”. All members participated.
Other members present were:
Mrs. J. C. Shepard, Mrs. Otis
Jones, Mrs. Nolan Davis Sr., Mrs.
G. C. Wallis. The hostess served
home made pound cake and ice
cream.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our grati
tude for the many kindnesses ex
tended to us during the illness
and death of our loved one. We
are grateful for the prayers and
thoughts, the expressions of con
dolence, the flowers and the
many considerate and sympathe
tic deeds.
We are especially grateful to
the ladies who contributed food,
the music chorister and choir, the
active and the honorary pallbear
ers, the sheriff and his deputies
and the city policemen.
To all our friends and neigh
bors who lent a helping hand
we return our appreciation. May
God bless you all.
Mrs. Carswell Moore,
Mrs. D. L. Moore,
Frank Moore,
Mrs. Louise Sears,
Mrs. F. A. Smallwood
and Mrs. W. R. McCoy.
Error Is Corrected
In Wainwright
Lard Advertisement
A typographical error was
made last week in the advertise
ment of W. J. Wainright & Sons
concerning the lard, bacon and
hams they have for sale.
The price of the lard should
have been $7.75 for a 48-pound
can instead of $9.75. This is $2
a can cheaper than the adver
tisement indicated.
The corrected advertisement is
carried in this issue of the En
terprise on another page.
4-12-12 USED MOST
A U. S. Department of Agri
culture survey showed that more
tons of 4-12-12 fertilizer were
used in Georgia in 1953-54 than
any other grade of plant food.
The survey showed that 289,4538
tons of 4-12-12 were used by
Cracker State farmers. Next on
the list was 4-8-6, with 278,598
tons.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
TOBACCO QUOTAS REFERENDUM
WILL BE HELD ON JULY 23
Moody Bros. Page
Advert sement Is
Brought Up-to-Date
In the Moody Bros. Furniture
Company’s page advertisement
last week this newspaper made a
typographical error in really big
type.
The year “1954” was printed in
the advertisement instead of
“1955”. As everyone knows, the
year 1954 is “long gone” and it
is now 1955 A. D., which inci
dentally does not stand for “ad
vertisement” but for “Anno Dom
ini”, Year of Our Lord.
Moody Bros. Furniure Com
pany is certainly not a year be
hind the times, because they are
really “ahead of the times” when
it comes to offering big values
in furniture, hardware and sport
ing goods.
In their page advertisement
this week they are repeating
their offer of FREE INSTALLA
TION on any electric range on”
the Okefenoke REA during the
months of July and August 1955.
Or if your house is already
wired, they will credit you $25
on a new electric range.
LEAF SALES
BEGIN NEXT
THURSDAY
The 1955 tobacco sales season
will open Thursday, July 21, in
the many auction warehouses ov
er the bright leaf belt in South
Georgia and North Florida.
Brantley County tobacco grow
ers will .market their leaf in
Blackshear and Waycross, with
six warehouses in Blackshear and
four in Waycross.
The crop this year is nearly as
good as last year and the price
is expected to be as good, if not
better. The government price
support is about a cent higher
than last year.
The warehouses will be open
to receive tobacco next Monday,
July 18. Some of the tobacco is
late in this section and is yet to
be picked and cured.
WAYNESVILLE
♦
By Mrs. Clovis Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. George Gibson
and son of Rome, spent last week
here with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Davis
and daughter, Dorothy, Ray
Gardner and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
Prescott and daughter, Rebecca,
spent Sunday in Savannah visit
ing relatives.
Norma Sue Moody is undergo
ing treatment in a hospital in
Brunswick, Ga.
Mrs. Nora Infinger and daugh
ter of Charleston, S. C. were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Kelly last week.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Truby
Thornton last week included Mr.
and Mrs. M. L. Oglesby and Mrs.
Sadie Stafford of Savannah and
Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Thornton of
Brunswick.
The Waynesville Home Demon
stration Club met last Wednes
day at the Mrs. Marvin Robinson
Cottage at Piney Bluff. Those
present were: Mrs. Marvin Kelly,
Mrs. Lloyd Robinson, Mrs. Pete
Gibson, Mrs. Ernest Hunter, Mrs.
Carswell Moody, Mrs. Roland
Davis, Mrs. Frank Walker and
Miss Sara Simpson. Mrs. Robin
son served a delicious luncheon.
The Club used for their demon
stration, aluminum tray making.
The club will meet at the cottage
again this week to conclude the
project of tray making.
Mr. Jim Kelly of Nahunta is
spending a few days here with
his son Marvin Kelly and family.
Mrs. C. D. Gibson and daugh
ter, Dorothy, and Charlene Gib
son are spending a week as
guests of Mr. and Mrs, W. H.
Persons on St. Simons Island.
Mr. and Mrs. Persons of Millen
are spending several week on
the Island.
Mrs. Jannie Wallis Larkins of
Hoboken is a student at summer
school at Georgia State College
for Women at Milledgeville.
Your Home Firms Will
Appreciate Your
Patronage — Trade
at Home and Promote
Home Prosperity
Mr. George Dykes, Chairman
of the Brantley County Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conserva
tion Committee reminds all flue
cured tobacco growers of the ref
erendum to be held July 23. The
choice will be for quotas for the
1956, 1957, and 1958 crops, for
the 1956 crop only, or against
quotas for 1956.
If at least two-thirds of the
growers voting approve quotas,
price support at 90 percent of
parity will be available to grow
ers who comply with their farm
acreage allotment. If mere than
one-third of the voters are op
posed there will be no flue-cured
tobacco marketing quotas or
price-support program for the
1956 crop.
Chairman Dykes reports that
according to farmers’ intentions
on March 1 about 995,300 acres
of flue-cured will be grown in
1956. This is 5 percent less than
the 1954 average.
Mr. Dykes said, “At average
yields the 1955 intended acreage
would produce about 1,275 mil
lion pounds — 3 percent less than
in 1954 and practically the same
as the 1953 crop. The carryover
of flue-cured tobacco on July 1,
1955 is expected to be about 2,-
004 million pounds, nearly 5 per
cent above one year earlier”.
Domestic use of flue-cured to
bacco during the current market
ing year, July 1954 — June 1955
is estimated at 770 million pounds
— slightly lower than in 1953-54
— but may be up a little in the
1955-56 year.
Exports of flue-cured tobacco
in the year ending June 30, 1955
are estimated at 455 million
pounds (farm sales weight). This
is between 5 and 6 percent above
1953-1954 and the second largest
in 8 years. It is expected flue
cured exports may improve fur
ther in 1955-1956.
Mr. Dykes also reports that
during the 1954 marketing sea
son growers placed 130 million
pounds under Government loan.
This was almost 10 percent of
the crop as compared with 12
percent the preceding year. Flue
cured tobacco in Government
loan stocks now totals about 335
million pounds.
ROYAL
THEATRE
Nahunta, Georgia
TIME SCHEDULE:
MONDAY thru FRIDAY
8:00 P.M.
SATURDAY
7:00 and 8:30 P.M.
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, FRIDAY
JULY 14-15
“Belles on Their
Toes”
With JEANNE CRAIN,
MYRNA LOY
and DEBRA PAGET
SATURDAY JULY 16
“Fort Defiance”
With DANE CLARK
MONDAY, TUESDAY
JULY 18-19
“The Bridges at
Toko-Ri”
With WILLIAM HOLDEN,
GRACE KELLY and
MICKEY ROONEY
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20
“Return of the
Texan”
With D. ROBERTSON
THURSDAY, FRIDAY
JULY 21-22
“Model and the
Marriage Broker”
With JEANNE CRAIN
SATURDAY JULY 23
“Southwest Passage”
With ROD CAMERON
