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Newspaper Page TextBig Local Business Is Built by Advertising in the Best Medium Your Home Newspaper VOLUME 35 — NUMBER 38 GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER COURT TERM Georgia, Brantley County. We, the Grand Jury for Brant ley County, Georgia, for the Sep tember Term of 1955, of the Su perior Court of said County, beg leave of the Court to submit the following Presentments. We, the Grand Jury convened September 19th, 1955, and elect ed the following officers: J. V. Strickland, Foreman, Mrs. Daisy Hunter, Clerk, Frank Rowell, Bailiff. We found evidence to support 16 true bills and 12 no bills as recorded in the Grand Jury Docket Book. We, the Grand Jury wish to make the following recommenda tions: We wish to commend the Hon orable Judge Walter Thomas and the Honorable Solicitor General J. R. Walker for the fine and efficient manner in which Court matters are handled in Brantley County. We also wish to com mend our County Officers for the fine job they are doing. We, the Grand Jury recom mend that the Sheriff be paid eight (8) cents per mile for mile age outside the County. We recommend that something be done about the sewerage from Waycross and Ware County that is being emptied into the Satilla River as it is contaminating the waters. We recommend that Agricul tural Shop be built at the new High School and equipment mov ed to same from Grammar School. We recommend that Frank Dukes from Hoboken be appoint ed to School Board effective Jan uary 1, 1956 to fill unexpired term of J. F. Larkins who is re signing. We recommend that Woodrow Hendrix from Hickox be appoint ed to succeed himself on the School Board. We the Book and Record Com mittee investigated the books and records of the Supt. of Schools, The Tax Commissioners, The Or dinary, the Clerk of Court and also the County Treasurer and found all books and records in good shape and up to date. We the Committee on Public Buildings, wish to submit the following report, we personally inspected School Buildings at Hortense, Nahunta and Hoboken and found everything in very good shape. We recommend that windows be repaired in the Jail before winter. We the Bridge and Road Com mittee find the roads and bridges in fair condition. A special committee appointed to investigate No Fence Law finds that same goes into effect in Brantley County October 1, 1955. The following members served on committees: Book Committee: Mrs. W. T. Highsmith, Chair man Mrs. Norman Lewis W. C. Long Roads & Bridges: R. E. Ammons, Chairman Owen Griffin Fred Lee Building Committee; J. F. Jacobs, Chairman Lee Godwin Louis Thrift No Fence Law: J. F. Jacobs, Chairman Harry King J. W. Eldridge We recommend that Jurors be paid $6.00 per day and that Foreman of Grand Jury and Clerk be paid SIO.OO each per day. We recommend that Women be called on Jury at each session of Court. We recommend that Brantley Enterprise be paid SIO.OO for pub lishing these preesntments. We recommend that Llawanah D. Cox be paid $5.00 for typing these presentments. We examined pauper list and no new names were added and none taken away. This the 21st day of September, 1955. J. V. Strickland, Foreman Mrs. Daisy Hunter, Clerk Approved and ordered filed this 21st day of September, 1955. Walter Thomas • Judge Superior Court, J. R. Walker Solicitor General Brantley Co l POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS To the Citizens of Nahunta: This is to announce that I am a candidate for mayor of Nahunta in the city election to be held Wednesday, Oct. 5. If you see fit to elect me may or, I will do my best to give you good service and to conduct the affairs of the City of Nahunta in a business-like manner and with fairness to all. It would be my aim to serve every citizen of Nahunta impar tially and to do everything pos sible to help our town make pro gress in the development of civic affairs. One of the prime needs of our city is to balance the city bud get and to quit spending more than is paid into the city treas ury. We need an economical city government, while at the same time giving the citizens all the service they have a right to ex pect. I will appreciate the support of everyone who will vote for me or use their influence in my behalf. To the Voters of the City of Nahunta: This is to announce that I will be a candidate for the office of mayor for the city of Nahunta in the regular election to be held in the City on October 5, 1955. I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every one for their past support and coopera tion in carrying on the work of our little city. On account or my physical handicap it might be that I can’t see everyone, but I will deeply appreciate your vote and influ ence. Sincerely yours, FRED F. STRICKLAND Mrs. A. F. Whitaker returned Friday from Durham and Salis bury, N. C., where she visited Mr. Whitaker’s sister, Mrs. Claude Flowers, and other rela tives. W. E. Orr, a brother of Mrs. A. F. Whitaker from Salisbury, N. C., is assisting Mrs. Whitaker in operating the St. Illa Court and Restaurant. Mrs. Orr will join her husband here later. The Hickox H.D. Club met at the Baptist Church on Thursday, Sept. 15 for an all day meeting for the purpose of quilting the quilt they have pieced. The quilt will be entered as an exhibit at the Okefenoke Fair which is to be held in Waycross in October. Each one brought a covered dish for the luncheon served at the noon hour. Present were Miss Sara Simpson, Mrs. J. C. Allen, Mrs. G. A. Loyd, Mrs. U. O. Stokes, Mrs. W. L. Bohanon, Mrs. Bill White, Mrs. Neil Hendrix, Mrs. C. F. Allen, Mrs. W. W. Hendrix and Mrs. M. L. Ander son. The Nahunta Garden Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland on Tuesday after noon, Sept. 27 at 4:00 PM. Mrs. A. S. Mizell and Mrs. Herschell Herrin will be co-hostesses with Mrs. Strickland. Mrs. Elroy Strickland will have charge of the program. Waycross Electrical Wholesale Firm Starts in Waycross A new wholesale electrical sup ply house has started business in Waycross. The firm is the Waycross Elec trical Supply Company and is lo cated at 512 Oak St., Waycross. The firm is owned and operated by George B. Rakestraw. The firms motto is "Depend ability, Efficiency, Courtesy and Service.’’ mty — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and For Mayor Yours sincerely, W. E. Johns. Personals » ♦ * ♦ ♦ * ♦ » « Brantky Btojirte Mrs. Riggins Is Honored with Bridal Shower A bridal shower honoring Mrs. C. W. Riggins was given by Mrs. Marvin Purcell, Mrs. Quince Thrift, Mrs. R. E. Lee, Mrs. Dick Allen, Mrs. G. A. Loyd and Mrs. Calvin Crews Friday, Sept. 16, at the home of Mrs. Calvin Crews. Among those present at the shower were Mrs. Charlotte Thomas, Mrs. Louise Hendrix, Mrs. Lizzie Mae Hendrix, Mrs. Lettie Byrd, Mrs. Julia Bohan non, Mrs. Pete Thrift, Mrs. Allie Wainright, Miss Theo Wainright, Mrs. Nora White, Mrs. Alma Ed munds, Mrs. Friel Rhoden, Mrs. Lewis Thrift, Mrs. M. R. Deprat ter, Mrs. Earl Austin, Mrs. Sayde Thornton, Mrs. Edward Brand, Mrs. Ollie Herrin, Mrs. Eaton Manning, Mrs. Major Riggins, Mrs. E. J. Dixon. A number of people not pres ent sent in their gifts to honor the bride. Father of Mrs. Cecil Thomas Died at Baxley BAXLEY — George W. Turner, 81, prominent Baxley farmer died of a heart attack. Mr. Turner has been superin tendent of the Mount Vernpn Sunday School for 32 years, a deacon of the Mount Vernon Church for 40 years and a charter member of the church since it was organized in 1915. He has served on the Appling County Board of Education and taught school in Appling county for 16 years. He had also been a director of the Satilla REA and the Douglas PCA and a trustee of the South ern Industrial Orphans Home. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Henrietta Turner, Baxley; four sons, J. W. Turner, Jacksonville, Fla.; W. R. Turner of Savannah; G. W. Turner Jr. of Baxley and Raymond Turner of Hazlehurst; five daughters, Mrs. J. W. Hol land, Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. C. F. Thomas, Nahunta; Mrs. E. W. Holland, Nicholls; Mrs. J. C. Thomas, Douglas and Miss Myrtle Turner of Baxley; 34 grandchil dren, 25 great-grandchildren, 3 brothers, Mitchell Turner, San Antonio, Texas; Joe Turner, Bax ley and Epstein Turner, Lyons; one sister, Mrs. J. W. Nichols, St. Petersburg, Fla.' BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Tucker of Jacksonville, Fla., announce the birth of a baby girl, weigh ing seven pounds and fifteen ounces, born on September 5. She has been named Carole DeLen. KILL THAT CAMPFIRE BEFORE YOU LEAVE IT/ ~] Doerr give it a chance — k Eg PROWN IT WITH WATER OR BURY H /r with pirt! g Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Sept. 22, 1955 YOU ARE GUARANTEED A JOB AND A COLLEGE EDUCATION (As reported on Georgia News Panorama, WAGA) Georgia youth is on the march for a guaranteed job and a col lege education. They are here from 142 Georgia counties, one county furnishing 39 young men and young women from a high school 85 miles from Atlanta. This is not a new program for the Atlanta Division of the Uni versity of Georgia. It has been going on so long that now the boy or girl who once secured a job through this program is ad vanced enough in the business world to be giving the job. Atlanta high school graduates generally know enough about At lanta jobs to look out for them selves, so the attention of the Placement Bureau is focused on out-of-town students. About a hundred a month are being plac ed in positions paying enough for board, clothes, tuition, and in many instances they send money back home. The banner day for such placements was in June when 35 were successfully plac ed. During the past school year 1,256 from these state high schools were placed. On a monetary basis it would take several million dollars a year income from a big endow ment to send these students to college. Add the cost of four or five thousand other students working their way through the Atlanta Division, those who sim ilarly came last year and the year before, and the endowment to pay for tuition, board, and clothes would be 75 to 80 million dollars. That .much endowment would be necessary for the scholarship ex pense of that many students. It costs the college little for this service to the student, plus a working arrangement with sev eral thousand Atlanta business houses. And so, through the years this institution has successfully placed thousands of Georgia youth, until now there are in almost every Atlanta business house from 1 to 100 of these students or former students. So far, no applicant has failed to get a job. When students enter the At lanta Division, they are intro duced to the Student Credit Union where tuition is borrowed at a fee no greater than the price of a movie. College textbooks can be rented or exchanged. The Credit Union, operated by stu dents, yet chartered by the state banking department, is the only one similarly operated in the United State. The whole program of earned tuition and expense has worked so well that the school now writes Georgia school officials and the preachers of Georgia to send the boy or girl who needs a college education but has no money. The job is guaranteed. And these Georgia boys and girls continue to come, 142 coun ties being represented this year in the Freshman class. The stu dent enrollment is the largest in the state, and the School of Busi ness Administration is the largest in the South, including Texas. Friends, to use the parlance of the street, “We have just scratch ed the surface” in service to the State. These students are not only justifying themselves to their employers but to the people back home. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS For Representative TO THE CITIZENS OF BRANT LEY COUNTY: I take this method to announce to you that I am a candidate for the House of Repreesntatives from Brantley County to fill the unexpired term of Hon. Bill Har ris, resigned. I have been a resi dent of this county all my life, have been a member of the Brantley County Board of Edu cation for several years, and am now serving as chairman of this board. During my service I have at all times endeavored to do the best job possible. If I am elected as your Repre sentative I pledge to each and every one of you I will give the very best service possible to the people of this county. The^ election will be held Oc tober 12th, 1955. I will appre ciate the vote and help of every citizen. Respectfully, J. Floyd Larkins TO THE CITIZENS OF BRANTLEY COUNTY: This is to announce my candi dacy for Representative to serve in the General Assembly of Geor gia to fill the un-expired term of the Honorable William B. Harris in the Special Election to be held on October 12, 1955. I was born in Brantley County, where I have spent most of my life, and I sincerely believe that I know the needs of our County and its people. During World War Two I spent over four years in the armed forces, and a large part of this time being overseas with General Patton’s Third Army. Before en tering service I was engaged in the practice of law for a number of years in Brantley County and in this vicinity. Since my separation from the Armed Forces I have been en gaged in service and assistance to veterans and their dependents in Brantley and adjoining Coun ties. During the years of 1949 and 1950, I served as your State Senator from the 3rd. Senatorial District, during which time I gained very valuable experience in the General Assembly, which will be very helpful in the posi tion I now seek. I feel that I am thoroughly qualified to perform the duties of this important office, and when I am elected I promise to serve the people of Brantley County to the best of my ability at all times. Yours sincerely, Cecil Roddenberry Georgia Weekly Newspapers Read By 2.5 Million ATLANTA — They’re saying ‘‘there’s nothing like Georgia’s home town newspapers for com plete advertising coverage.” And the Georgia Press Association has facts and figures to prove it, too. For example, there are today more than 200 non-metropolitan newspapers in Georgia, according to Harvey Walters, secretary manager of the association. These home town newspapers reach more than 300,000 Georgia fam ilies each week. The GPA figures that is a readership of more than 2,500,000 people. “Nearly everybody reads his home town newspaper,” Walters said. “And here’s the best news yet for advertisers and advertis ing agencies. It’s our one-order, one-bill, one-check advertising service. Advertising in Georgia's local newspapers is a real bar gain because you get more for your advertising dollar.” OFFICIAL ORGAN BRJ Lee Infant Died At Hobokr n Funeral services for Ellis Fred Lee, one month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Lee of Hoboken, will be held Friday at 10 A.M. at the residence of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lee, in Brant ley county by Elder S. J. Hen dicks. Burial was in High Bluff Cemetery. Survivors, in addition to the parents, include one brother, Ern est Leon Lee; his paternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lee, all of Hoboken; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Clark of Blackshear. Darling Funeral Home of Blackshear was in charge of ar rangements. SUPERIOR COURT QUIT WEDNESDAY Brantley County Superior Court adjourned Wednesday aft er trying one criminal case and routine civil cases. Willie Collins, Negro, was con victed of selling stolen cars in Brantley county and was sen tenced to one year in the penin tentiary. He had been in jail here for eight months. A number of defendants in misdemeanor cases pled guilty and were fined and given sus pended sentences. Three women served on the grand jury. They were Mrs. W. T. Highsmith, Mrs. Norman C. Lewis and Mrs. Daisy Hunter. The men on the grand jury ex pressed appreciation of the fine way in which the women carried out their jury duties. One of the women said, “The experience was very education al”. Two women served on the traverse jury panel but only one actually served as a juror. She was Mrs. Effie Middleton. Mrs. J. W. Crews was on the traverse jury panel but was not called as a “jurywoman.” The grand jury in its general presentments called attention to the fact that the new No Fence Law goes into effect in Brantley county Oct. 1, this year. Strickland Family Hold Reunion At Lulaton The Strickland family reunion was held Sunday, Sept. 18 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Strickland in Lulaton. Among those present were; Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge Bennett and Dennis, Mrs. Helen Levesque and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Parker and chil dren and Mr. Everett J. Strick land and sons all of St. Augus tine, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Strickland and boys, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Strick land and family, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Strickland and family, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Strickland, Mr. Fred Strickland, Miss Lou Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. Avery Strickland and family, Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Griffin and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Wainright and Shirley, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Strickland and Virleen, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Strickland and fami ly, Mrs. W. R. Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. Norris Strickland and Gwen and Melvin Griffin all of Nahunta. Mr. and Mrs. Stencie High smith, Miss Margaret Strickland, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Stevens and family, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Stevens Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stevens and family, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Thomas and Robert, and Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Daniels and daughter all of Waycross. Mr. and Mrs. Everette Rober- son of Bruswick, Mrs. Edith Han cock and Linda of Douglas, Mrs. Vern King and children of Jesup, Mrs. Bertner Griffin, Miss Annie Griffin, Mrs. Mattie Griffin, Mrs. Homer Thomas of Hoboken, Mr. George Carter of Jacksonville. Let Your Home Newspaper Help You to Invite Your Home People to Trade with You sive People. -ogres: .LEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA NAHUNTA CITY ELECTION SET FOR WEDNESDAY Three candidates for mayor and six candidates for four places on the Nahunta city council have qualified with the city clerk, it is announced. The Nahunta city election will be held Wednesday, Oct. 5. Can didates for mayor are Roy Dow ling, W. E. Johns and the incum bent Fred F. Strickland. Candidates for the four places on the city council are J. W. Brooker, merchant; Ira F. Brown, feed mill operator; J. Walter Crews, farmer and former sher iff; R. E. Johns, store manager; J. D. Orser, motor company man ager; and T. J. Thornton, pro prietor of dry cleaning establish ment. Fred F. Strickland is the pres ent .mayor. W. E. Johns is a prominent Nahunta citizen. Roy Dowling, a former merchant, is now in the trucking business. The terms of the mayor and council is for two years. The ad ministration to be elected Oct. 5 will take office the first Wed nesday in December. LIVESTOCK MUST BE FENCED IN New Law Goes Into Effect Saturday, Oct. 1 The No Fence Law adopted by Brantley county in the gen eral election last November will go into effect Oct. 1, it is under stood. The grand jury this week ap pointed a committee to investi gate as to the exact date the new law will go into effect and they learned that it takes ef fect in less than 10 days or Oct. 1, 1955. The entire state of Georgia now has the law providing that live stock must not run at large. One of the ways county Home Demonstration Councils partici pated in the civil defense pro gram last year was in conducting 18 training courses for Ground Observer Corps. ROYAL THEATRE Nahunta, Georgia THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22-23 “Princess of the Nile” With DEBRA PAGET and JEFFREY HUNTER SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 “Son of the Renegade” • With J. CARPENTER WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28 “Born to Speed” With ALL STAR CAST “Davy Crockett” A Walt Disney Production TIME SCHEDULE: MONDAY thru FRIDAY 8:00 P.M. SATURDAY 7:00 and 8:30 P.M. PROGRAM MONDAY, TUESDAY, SEPT. 26-27 “Love from a Stranger” With JOHN HODIAK and ANN RICHARDS THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SEPT. 29-30