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VOLUME 35 — NUMBER 35
SWEEPING THE COUNTRY
GEORGE IS THE NATION’S GREATEST SENATOR
The state of Georgia now has the distinction of hav
ing the nation’s greatest living United States senator. He
is Senator Walter F. George who now wields more influ
ence in the halls of congress than any other statesman.
It is now one of the strangest developments in Geor
gia’s political history that certain interests are desperately
trying to scare Senator George and prevent him from run
ning for reelection to the U. S. Senate next year.
But these demagogic interests, in their ignorance,
failed to understand the kind of man Senator George is.
If they had possessed any understanding of his character,
they would have known he cannot be frightened away
from any public duty that calls him.
If any one thing should discredit the interests that
are trying to supplant Senator George in the senate, it i!s
their complete miscalculation of his courage and his sense
of duty.
To Senator George, more than to any other man, is
due the credit for the fact that we are not now already
cast into the abyss of a third world war. It was he who in
recent months so courageously blazed the trail toward pos
sible world peace by proposing a conference “at the sum
mit’’ of world leaders to try to avoid war.
The fact that your sons and brothers and husbands
are not now dying in a third world war is due largely to
the brains and courage and efforts of Senator Walter F.
George.
The fact that many of our cities have not been bomb
ed off the map, many European and Asiatic cities oblit
erated and millions of people slaughtered, is due in large
part to the far-seeing statesmanship of Senator George.
Senator George, as chairman of the U. S. Senate For
eign Relations Committee, has been a tower of strength
in the interest of peace. He, a Democrat, has pointed the
way toward peace for a Republican administration and
for a world terrorized by the thought of a world cata
clysm of atom and hydrogen bombs.
Most of this is acknowledged by the interests trying
to deprive Georgia and the nation of such a statesman as
Senator George. But they say they want his job “because
he is too old.”
The fact is that they know Senator George is now at
the apex of his power and influence for good to the peo
ple he represents and to the nation as a whole. The fact
is they just want his job, regardless of the consequences
to the state, the nation or the world.
Small caliber, self-seeking politicians only want what
they want. If crucifying the greatest living senator will
get them what they want, they do not hesitate to drive
home the nails. And although they might cast lots for his
robe, they would look like termites trying to wear it.
The people of Georgia need the continued services
of such a world statesman as Senator George. The nation
and the world need his experience and his wisdom in the
U. S. Senate.
Senator George should have no opposition in his race
for reelection next year. But if the interests trying to scare
him out of the race should persist, an appreciative people
should show their gratitude to Senator George by an over
whelming vote of confidence.
For they would be reelecting the greatest living
United States Senator.
Bennett Family
Holds Reunion at
St. Augustine
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Strickland,
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Strickland,
and Mrs. Virgil Strickland were
those from Nahunta attending the
Bennett family reunion at St. Au
gustine, Fla. on Sunday, Aug. 28.
Nine of the ten brothers and
sisters with seventy-five mem
bers of their families, including
grandchildren and great-grand
children met first at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Bennett in
St. Augustine. From there they
attended church services at the
Calvary Baptist Church where
they were given recognition with
an introduction and a song.
At the noon hour dinner was
prepared at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. S. N. Bennett.
The nine children meeting to
gether for the first time in fif
teen years were; S. N. Bennett
and A. B. Bennett of St. Augus
tine; J. A. Bennett of Jesup; Mrs.
Otto Moody, Baxley; Mrs. Fred
Strickland, Nahunta; Mrs. Kath
leen Haddock and Mrs. Martha
Padgett of Tampa; Mrs. Belle
Lightsey, 'Winter Beach, Fla.;
Mrs. W. H. Wilcox of Hudson,
Texas. Calvin Bennett of Cali
fornia was the only one of the
ten not present. The oldest of the
children is 73 years old and the
youngest 55.
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Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
By CARL BROOME
Allens Raise
Many Vegetables
And Farm Crops
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Allen run
a produce farm in the southern
part of Brantley county about
five miles south of Hickox and
they produce many kinds of vege
tables and farm crops for sale.
They have about 75 acres and
produce corn, watermelons, cab
bage, Irish potatoes, sweet po
tatoes, okra, cucumbers, string
beans, butterbeans, green peas,
tomatoes, canteloupes, turnip
greens and tobacco.
They sell the vegetables in
Folkston, Nahunta and Waycross.
They have one of the most ex
tensive vegetable farms in this
section of the state and frequent
ly go to town with many hamp
ers of green vegetables on their
truck.
Mrs. Allen is the former Miss
Mabel Carter of Folkston. Mr.
and Mrs. Allen have one son,
Buddy. They are setting a good
example of what can be done
with a vegetable farm in this
section.
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Jones
of Waynesville announce the
birth of an eight pound son on
Saturday, August 27. Mrs. Jones
is the former Miss Louise Drury.
iSnmtky Enterprise
BIRTHS
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Sept. 1, 1955
Joseph S. Wilson
Funeral Services
Held Sunday
Funeral services for Joseph S.
Wilson, 72, of Nahunta, who died
Saturday in a local hospital, were
held Sunday afternoon at two
o’clock at Oak Grove Church near
Nahunta, with Elder J. O. Lewis
officiating.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Minnie Hendrix; four
sons, H. S. Wilson, Norman I.
Wilson, Munsie Wilson and Ben
F. Wilson, all of Waycross; two
daughters, Mrs. W. A. Lyons, Na
hunta, and Mrs. Roy Strickland,
Jacksonville, Fla.; two brothers,
E. F. Wilson and J. E. Wilson,
both of Nahunta; one sister, Mrs.
Addie Herrin, Nahunta; 22 grand
children and one great-grand
child.
Pallbearers were Omer Wilson,
Urel Herrin, Talmadge Gunter,
John Wilson, Woodrow Wilson
and Harry Wilson.
Mincy Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
BOARD BANS
GAMBLING IN
STATE SCHOOLS
The State Board of Education
passed a resolution on July 11
prohibiting schools from putting
on games of chance, such as raf
fles, bingo and cakewalks to raise
money.
The resolution passed by the
State Board and applicable in
every county in the state is as
follows:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The public schools
have responsibility in the moral
training and personality develop
ment of all children who are en
rolled in the schools, and
WHEREAS, There are certain
money-raising practices engaged
in by some schools which teach
the false idea on getting gain for
nothing and exploit the person
ality of the child;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RE
SOLVED by the State Board of
Education that no public school
in Georgia be allowed to use
games of chance, raffles, and lot
teries to raise money for the
school, nor be allowed to conduct
contests of popularity based upon
the raising of money.
Post Office Will
Be Closed Monday
The Nahunta Post Office will
be closed all day Monday, Sep
tember 5 for the Labor Day hol
iday.
The General Delivery window
will be open for the sale of
stamps in the morning from 8:30
to 9:00 and in the afternoon from
4:30 to 5:00.
There will be no Money Order
or Rural Service on this holiday.
Mail will be received and dis
patched as usual.
The afternoon dispatch on the
last bus has been changed and
will close at 4:30 P.M. until fur
ther notice. This is 30 minutes
later than before and is the last
dispatch of the day.
William L. Jones
Funeral Services
Funeral services for William L.
Jones, 66, of Blythes Island were
held at the First Methodist
Church in Brunswick on Wednes
day, Aug. 24 with burial at Pal
metto Cemetery.
Mr. Jones died suddenly on
Sunday at Veterans Hospital in
Dublin.
He is survived by his wife and
two daughters and one son.
New Hope Cemetery
Will Be Cleaned
The cemetery at the New Hope
Primitive Baptist Church will be
cleaned off Wednesday, Sept. 7,
it is announced by Archie Johns,
church clerk.
All people who are interested
in the New Hope Cemetery are
requested to come next Wednes
day and bring tools of helping to
clean off the burial grounds.
2 MEN DITCH
CAR IN NAHUNTA
IN WILD FLIGHT
One Jailed But
Driver Eludes
Officers with Dog
In the wildest chase ever seen
in Nahunta two men in a Lincoln
ditched their car inside the city
limits Tuesday night about 10
o’clock after being chased in a
Pontiac from Broadhurst by
Sheriff Reddish and his deputy
from Wayne county.
One of the men being chased,
the driver, escaped into the woods
and back into Nahunta after be
ing tracked by a bloodhound
brought from Jesup. The second
man was captured at the ditch
ing scene by Sheriff Reddish and
his deputy.
The captured man was placed
in jail temporarily at Nahunta
and later carried to the Wayne
county jail at Jesup.
While the officers and the track
dog were trailing the second man
in the woods near the scene of
the ditching, he boldly returned
to the Nahunta jail and talked to
the jailed man from the jail yard.
Mrs. Ben Jones, the wife of
county policeman Ben Jones, was
the only person at the jail when
the escaped man crept up to the
jail and talked to his companion
who was in a cell on the second
floor of the jail.
He cursed the companion for
allowing himself to be caught, it
is reported. Mrs. Jones quickly
called the State Patrol office at
Waycross. The State Patrol then
radioed the officers near the es
cape scene.
The track dog was then brought
to the jail and took up the chase
through the eastern part of Na
hunta, but the trail was lost aft
er a freight train pulled slowly
through Nahunta on the Way
cross-Brunswick shortline.
The officers had the train
checked at Waycross but no trace
of the escapee was found.
The captured man, about 25
years old, claimed he was only
riding with the escaped man. He
said they came from North Caro
lina and that a third man had
left the car near Ludowici.
The wild chase started at
Broadhurst where Sheriff Red
dish of Wayne county and his
deputy were making a routine
check of drivers’ licenses.
They stopped the Lincoln car
but when they started to check
the driver’s license, he suddenly
dashed away. The sheriff and his
deputy jumped into their Pontiac
and the wild chase started, reach
ing speed up to 110 miles an
hour, the officers stated.
Sheriff Reddish radioed Sher
iff T. E. Raulerson of Brantley
county and Sheriff Raulerson set
up a road block near the Nahun
ta Motel in Nahunta. But the
fleeing men sped around the road
block, almost running over Sher
iff Raulerson.
Sheriff Raulerson and his dep
uties, Harry Rtulerson and Ben
Jones, later assisted in searching
the Nahunta area for the man
who escaped.
The two cars came through Na
hunta at race-track speed, with
Sheriff Reddish sounding the si
ren and about 500 yards back of
the fleeing Lincoln.
The two men in the fleeing car
had to ditch their Lincoln near
the Pittsburgher Motel in order
to avoid crashing into other cars
on the highway. They took to the
watery ditch beside the highway
and finally rammed the car into
the embankment to the right of
the road.
AH who saw the wild speed
through Nahunta voiced the o
pinion that it was miraculous that
no one was hit by the whizzing
Lincoln. It almost caught another
car at the signal light at the
junction of 301 and 84 at the cen
ter of town. The Lincoln’s speed
was around 100 miles an hour as
it ran the red light, observers
stated.
After the Lincoln was ditched
it was driven from the ditch un
der its own power. It had run
up the wide ditch for about a
hundred yards and the watery
ditch had slowed the car before
it rammed into the right-hand
embankment.
A big crowd gathered at the
Mrs. Mary Wainright
Passed Away at
St. Augustine
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Mrs.
Mary M. Wainright, 79, died here
Sunday afternoon.
A native of Hickox, Ga., she
was a member of Memorial Pres
byterian Church here.
Survivors include two daugh
ters, Mrs. Arc hbe Williamson,
Waycross, Ga., and Mrs. Cassie
W. Turner, Myrtle Beach, S. C.,
three sons, lon Wainright, St. Au
gustine; Otto Wainright, Clinton,
S. C., and Aris Wainright, St. Au
gustine; one brother, Steve Johns,
Hickox, Ga.; 12 grandchildren
and three great grandchildren.
Services were held at 10 A.M.
Tuesday at the chapel of Craig
Funeral Home here. Graveside
services were held at 3 P.M.
Tuesday in Corinth Cemetery in
Folkston, Ga.
BAPTISTS TO
BEGIN REVIVAL
SUNDAY SEPT 11
The Nahunta Baptist Church
is planning to hold a series of
revival meetings beginning Sun
day, Sept. 11, and continuing
through Sunday night, Sept. 18.
The evangelist will be Rev.
Harold L. Moore, pastor of the
Hazlehurst Baptist Church. Bow
man Barr will have charge of the
singing.
Services will be held twice
daily during the week, at nine in
the morning and eight in the
evening. The Sunday services will
be at eleven and eight as usual.
Special song and prayer serv
ices will be held each evening
beginning at seven-thirty. The
pastor of the Baptist Church is
Rev. Cecil Thomas.
PERSONALS
John Curtis Strickland, student
at Auburn College in Alabama,
is spending the summer months
at home with his mother, Mrs.
Gertie Strickland.
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Mr. and Mrs. Louis Prescott
and Tommy and Mary Lou, have
returned to their home in Atkin
son after spending two weeks
with relatives in Toledo, Ohio.
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Ensign Glenn Frank Thomas of
Naval Air Force has been promot
ed to Lieutenant Junior Grade.
He is stationed at Whidbey Is
land, Washington, going there
several months ago after spend
ing some time in the Far East
including Tokyo and Fdrmosa.
His wife, the former Miss Shir
leen Parks, is living at the base
with him.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Langford
and Mrs. Emma Reid spent the
weekend as guests of Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Penland at Atkinson.
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Members of the Atkinson Meth
odist Church enjoyed a picnic at
Laura S. Walker Park on Satur
day, Aug. 27, with about thirty
in attendance. Rev. Horace Wil
liams is pastor with preaching on
first Sunday in each month, at
eleven o’clock in the morning and
eight o’clock in the evening. Sun
day School every Sunday and
prayer meeting each Wednesday.
Mrs. Joe Welch of Tulsa, Okla,
is visiting her grandmother, Mrs.
L. O. Taylor in Atkinson.
Mrs. Thelma Morris of Atkin
son has returned from Tulsa,
Okla, where she has been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Wiloma
Hodge.
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Ralph Thomas, who has been
attending Summer School at
ABAC in Tifton, Ga., is home
with his parents for a few weeks
until the beginning of the Fall
term.
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Lt. Malcolm S. Strickland has
returned from eighteen months
in the Far East. He will be sta
tioned ta Cocoa, Fla. after the
17 of September.
ditching scene. And citizens of
the town were somewhat jittery
throughout the night as news of
the escapee’s return to town was
reported. It was feared that he
would try to steal a car to ac
celerate his escape.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Labor Day
Safety Rules
Are Outlined
DETROIT — If you expect to
drive in the heavy traffic expect
ed during the coming Labor Day
weekend, it may pay you to look
over the “Big Ten’’ safety rules
outlined by Danny Eames, noted
chief test driver for Dodge Di
vision, Chrysler Corporation:
1. Traffic regulations are for
your protection. Observe them.
2. Keep a safe distance between
yourself and the car ahead, par
ticularly at higher speeds.
3. Stay in your own lane on
hills, curves, and in “no-passing”
zones.
4. If driving at night, dim your
lights to oncoming traffic.
5. The right of way may right
fully belong to you, but if a pe
destrian comes along, give it to
him. (And that doesn’t mean “Let
him have it!”)
6. ALWAYS be on the alert for
children!
7. Know the proper hand or di
rection signals and be sure to
USE them!
8. Watch where you’re going,
and where the cars behind, ahead
and on both sides are going.
9. Give the other fellow MORE
than his share of the road and
WATCH HIM!
10. Regulate speed to road con
ditions, rather than posted speed
limits.
You can’t think of ten things
at once, but try to keep Danny
Eames’ “Big Ten” tips in the
back of your mind when you
drive this weekend. If you do,
you’ll be sure to get back to your
labors on Tuesday, Sept. 6.
WAYNESVILLE
By Mrs. W. H. Jacobs
Friends and relatives were sor
ry to see Mr. and Mrs. Clovis
Johnson sell their home and move
to Ft. Pierce, Fla. Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Day of Brunswick bought
their home and have moved into
it. We wish to extend a hearty
welcome to the Days and hope
they will enjoy living in our com
munity.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gibson went
to Tampa Friday to bring Sarah
Anne and Freddie Lou Gibson
home. They had been spending
the week with their uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gibson.
Mrs. Eason of Surrency and
Miss Betty Eason of Atlanta were
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Carroll Johns on Sunday.
Mrs. John McVeigh of Florence,
S. C. is visiting relatives here.
Mrs. W. H. Jacobs, Mrs. A. F.
Gibson and Miss Duane Gibson
were visitors in Waycross on
Tuesday.
Mrs. Marie Mitchell of Miami
is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Harrison.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Johns, A.
F. Floyd, Marie and Nora Faye
were dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Carroll Johns.
Miss Ruth Jacobs, Miss Mary
Thrift, Miss Martha Howell, Sav
age Pittman, Elmer Pittman, Mr.
and Mrs. Redick Thornton and
children were guests of Mrs. W.
H. Jacobs on Sunday.
Mrs. M. M. Jones and two chil
dren have arrived from Puerto
Rica to visit her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Patten.
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Wiggins
and son of Albany visited Mrs.
Julia Gibson on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McVeigh
and little granddaughter, Susie
Howie of Florence, S. C. spent
the weekend here with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. U. McVeigh
and daughter, Reba of Florence,
S. C. spent Monday here with
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Gibson and
sons spent a week at Crooked
River.
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FALL TERM
COURT STARTS
MONDAY SEPT 19
The September term of Brant
ley County Superior Court starts
Monday, Sept. 19, at Nahunta,
with Judge Walter Thomas pre
siding and J. R. Walker as so
licitor.
For the first time in the history
of the county women will serve
on both the Grand Jury and the
Traverse Jury. The names of
three women are listed on the
Grand Jury. They are Mrs. Daisy
Hunter, Mrs. W. T. Highsmith
and Mrs. Norman C. Lewis.
Women on the Traverse Jury
list are Mrs. J. W. Crews, Mrs.
Dewey Crews, Mrs. Effie Middle
ton and Mrs. W. W. Hendrix.
The entire jury list, as an
nounced by Delma F. Herrin,
court clerk, is as follows:
GRAND JURY
Mrs. Daisy Hunter, R. E. Am
mons, Wilber D. Roberson, J.
Fulton Jacobs, Lee Godwin, W.
A. Hunter, Fred Lee, J. W. Crews,
Sam McAffee, Owen Prescott,
Floyd Warner, W. M. Batten.
M. E. Strickland, Louis Thrift,
J. V. Strickland, Mrs. W. T. High
smith, Mrs. Norman C. Lewis,
Owen Griffin, J. W. Eldridge, R.
E. Johns, W. C. Long, D. T. Mid
dleton, W. P. Strickland, Harry
King, J. S. Harris, J. O. Strick
land.
TRAVERSE JURY
R. M. Herrin, L. L. Rhoden Sr.,
Luther Griffin, Farley O’Berry,
C. C. Adams, Alton Carver, C. H.
Jones, C. P. Riggins, Horace Ja
cobs, James H. Highsmith, C. J.
Altman Major L. Loper, Neu
bern Roberson, Linton Brooker,
Char es E. Highsmith.
D. F. Walker, Aaron Saddler,
Harvey Hurst, C. E. Higginboth
am, E. A. Middleton, C. H. Har
din, Harvey Lewis, H. R. Pearson,
R. L. Dejnard, Lonnie Wilson, S.
K. Allen, C. S. Anderson, Wilson
B. Cl%rk, Spencer C. Drury, Hom
er L. Anderson, Alfred Thomas.
Mrs. J. W. Crews, H. D. Edgy,
P. D. Griffin, W. H. Lewis, Vic
tor Ham, Mrs. Dewey Crews, Mrs.
Effie Middleton, Donald Lane, H.
S. Bentley, Edward Brand, Lester
S. Hickox, R. T. Lee, Fred W.
Gibson, R. A. Griffin, Barney W.
Rowell.
Albert Thomas, Cecil Moody,
Frank Riggins, Arthur C. Altman,
Virgil Allen, Mrs. W. W. Hen
drix, I. J. Davis, C. S. Kizer, E.
H. Kelly, E. B. Jones, Sam Ches
ser,.Joel Herrin, W. R. Strickland
111, D. E. Littles, Roy Ham.
Paul H. Jacobs
Gets M.A. Degree
At Peabody College
Paul H. Jacobs, a brother of
Mrs. E. C. Moore of Nahunta, was
graduated from the George Pea
body College at Nashville, Tenn.,
on Aug. 15, with the degree of
Master of Arts.
, Mrs. Moore, his sister, and his
nephew, Robert Jacobs, attended
the graduation exercises. Paul
and his wife are teachers in
Jacksonville, Fla., schools. They
took up their duties in Jackson
ville immediately after receiving
his Master of Arts degree.
P.T.A. School
Os Instruction
Set Wednesday
A school of instruction for Par
ent-Teacher Associations in Zone
2 of the Third District of the Ge
orgia Congress of Parents and
Teachers will be held in Way
cross at the Central Baptist
Church, Wednesday, September
7, beginning at 9:30 A.M., it is
announced by Mrs. T. H. Weath
erly, district director.
Instruction will be given on
by-laws, parliamentary proced
ure, high school service, councils
and all committee work. Ethics
on money-making and ways of
spending money will be empha
sized.
Mrs. Lee Howard and Mrs. H.
M. Kandel of Savannah, assisted
by district members, will conduct
classes. All officers and commit
tee chairmen are urged to attend.
In announcing the meeting Mrs.
Weatherly said, “every organiza
tion must have a set of rules and
necessary tools and know how
to use them if good work is to be
done.”
