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VOLUME 35 — NUMBER 40
SHUMAKE IS
SLAIN AND
LOPER JAILED
Jim Loper, 39-year-old sawmill
operator, was being held in
Brantley County jail in connec
tion with the fatal shooting
Thursday night, Sept. 29, of Vilus
Shumake, 33, operator of a
tourist court near Hortense.
Sheriff Earl Raulerson said the
shooting occurred at Loper’s
home on Highway 301. He said
Shumake was shot twice with a
.22 caliber target pistol.
The incident took place, Sher
iff Raulerson related, when
Shumake stopped to talk with
Loper about “snooping” around
his house.
Mrs. Shumake told officers
that she and her husband were
enroute to Nahunta to make a
complaint against Loper when
they decided to stop and try to
“talk things over” with the saw
mill operator, whose home is lo
cated near their tourist court.
The woman, who remained in
the car, said she heard the men
talking quietly for a few min
utes. Then she heard her hus
band say, “Why Jim you don’t
know what you’re talking about.”
Sheriff Raulerson said three
bullets were found at the scene
of the shooting. Two were re
covered from Shumake’s body.
For the past several months,
the sheriff said, his offjce has re
ceived occasional calls from Lo
per complaining that various per
sons had been “bothering” him.
“We investigated each time and
found there was nothing to it”,
he stated.
Sheriff Raulerson and his de
puty, Harry Raulerson, placed
Loper under arrest. He is being
held on an open charge.
Shumake, who operated the
Blue Spot Tourist Court, was the
father of two children.
METHODIST
REVIVAL TO
DEGIN OCT. 17
The revival at the Nahunta
Methodist Church will begin on
Monday, Oct. 17, it is announced
by the pastor, Rev. Horace Wil
liams.
The meeting will continue
through Sunday, Oct. 23. A num
ber of visiting ministers will
preach, with a different preacher
each night of the revival.
The public is cordially invited
to attend all the services.
KNOW YOUR STATE PARKS
Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park
Franklin D.
Roosevelt State
Park was de
signed with the
personal in
terest of our
late beloved
President Roose
velt It is Geor
gi a* s largest
and most com
plete State
Park. It is lo-
cated on High* Bay r. ciwiku
way U. 6. 27, BUU Parks Director
Georgia 1, 80 miles southwest of
Atlanta near Chipley, Georgia.
Outstanding features are its
magnificent views from Pine Moun
tain, the beautiful stone Inn, lake
area, swimming pool and mountain
trails. The Little White House at
Warm Springs is near by.
The stone cottages at the Inn
and rustic cottages on the lake for
over-night guests are newly reno
vated. Excellent meals are avall
able at the Inn. Rates are very
reasonible.
Big Local Business Is
Built by Advertising
in the Best Medium
Your Home Newspaper
Brantley Coi
ROOSEVELT INN NEAR CHIPLEY
The Park That President Roosevelt
Helped to Design And Build
ity — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progrei
Brantley Legion
Meets Tuesday
And Wednesday
An important meeting of
Brantley County Post 210 the
American Legion will be held
Tuesday night, October 11, at
eight. The Legion program for
the coming year will be discuss
ed.
On Wednesday afternoon, Oct.
12, all members who can are
urged to meet at the Legion
Home to help clean up the
grounds. Bring a rake, mower or
other tools and lets get the place
looking good.
The Friday night dances seem
to be enjoyed now that we have
such good music. A piano has
been put in by Stacy Rewis and
has added considerably to the
quality of the music. All are in
vited to attend.
E. PARKER DODGE,
Adjutant.
Support Rates
On Corn Crop
Are Explained
John F. Bradley, state admin
istrative officer for the Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conserva
tion committee, told Georgia
farmers this week that the sup
port rate for No. 3 or better corn
will not be less than $1.31 per
bushel.
Bradley pointed out that a pro
gram is available whereby loans
will be made to eligible produc
ers on 1955-crop corn stored eith
er in approved warehouses or on
the farm.
He said support rates for corn
this year in commercial and non
commercial corn-producing areas
are based on $1.58 per bushel.
This is 87 percent of the Feb. 15
corn parity price.
Bradley explained that the law
provides that rates in the non
commercial producing areas,
where there are no corn acreage
allotments, will be 75 percent of
the commercial area support rate.
Georgia is in the non-commercial
area, and will have the $1.31 a
bushel support rate.
The state ASC administrative
officer said further information
on the corn loan program is
available at county ASC offices.
Bradley urged farmers to visit
county office managers to dis
cuss the corn situation before
placing corn on the market for
less than $1.31.
Two complete group camping
areas for organized groups are
available. Bach camp includes in
dividual squad cabins, completely
equipped kitchen and dining halls,
administration building and infirm
ary, playground and staff quarters.
These areas are available to groups
for 88c per person per day for
periods of four days or more, and
55c per person per day for three
days or less.
The swimming pool, as suggest
ed by President Roosevelt, was de
signed and shaped in the form of
a Liberty Belt
You are invited to use this Park.
Groups should make advance reser
vations by writing directly to the
park.
For complete information on
every park in the State write to
State Parke Department, State
Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia.
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3 Georgians
Are Listed as
Top Speakers
Three Georgians have been
named by the U. S. Chamber of
Commerce as among the most
sought-after speakers in the na
ion.
They are Eugene S. Burke, ex
ecutive vice president of the
Georgia Motor Trucking Associa
tion, Inc., Atlanta; Bishop Arthur
J. Moore, First Methodist Church,
Atlanta; and Dr. R. C. S. Young,
Atlanta Division, University of
Georgia.
The three Georgians were a
mong speakers most frequently
recommended in questionnaires
sent to association executives
representing every professional
and industrial group in the na
tion.
Dr. Young spoke in Blackshear
earlier this year at a Rotary Club
“Ladies Night” and Anniversary
banquet.
Personals
Pfc. Samuel D. Lee, son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. Lee of Nahunta re
cently took part in a two week’s
training program conducted by
the Transportation Training Com
mand at Fort Eustis, Va. Lee en
tered the army in December,
1953, and is a forklift operator
with the 566th Transportation
Company.
Mrs. Colleen H. Moody, daugh
ter of Mrs. J. J. Herrin, left
Jacksonville Sept. 27 for New
York where she will sail on Oct.
29 for Goeppinger, Germany to
join her husband who is sta
tioned in Germany.
Mrs. J. B. Lewis and Mrs. G.
C. Rogers of the Nahunta Garden
Club were asked to do the flow
er arrangements for a party for
a St. Simons Bridge club which
was held at the King and Prince
Hotel on the Island on Tuesday
of last week. Unique arrange
ments of dried material were
made by Mrs. J. B. Lewis with
Mrs. Rogers doing a beautiful
samavar arrangement of fall flo
wers in shades of yellow and o
range decorating the room where
luncheon was served and bridge
was played during the afternoon.
The W.M.S. of the Hickox Bap
tist Church met at the church
on Monday night, Oct. 3. Mrs.
Sadye Thornton was in charge of
the program on “Come, Women
Wide Proclaim”. Taking part on
the program were: Mrs. Idell
Crews, Mrs. Jaunita Allen, Mrs.
Julia Bohanon, Mrs. Betty Hen
drix, Mrs. Florrie Crews, Mrs.
M. L. Anderson and Mrs. Lyman
Rowell. Mrs. Betty Hendrix was
hostess serving doughnuts and
soft drinks.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, October 6, 1955
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Colonel Lorenzo D. Adams,
whose wife, April, lives at 202
DeSalles Ave., Mobile, Ala., is
attending a 10 month course at
the Army War College at Car
lisle Barracks, Pa. The college
is the Army’s highest institute
of learning. Adams is a 1938
graduate of the U. S. Military
Academy at West Point. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvah
R. Adams, Hortense, Ga.
(U. S. Army Photo)
U nemploy ment
Insurance to Be
Meeting Subject
Specialists in the unemploy
ment insurance field will con
duct an area conference to assist
Georgia employers in securing a
lower unemployment insurance
tax rate. The meeting, sponsored
by the Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce, will be held at the
City Auditorium, Baxley, Octo
ber 11, 3:30 P.M.
“An employer can save as
much as $73 50 per employee each
year through reduction of this
tax rate,” said J. J. McDonough,
state Chamber president. “The
purpose of this conference is to
point out to the employer meth
ods of taking full advantage of
the law to gain maximum reduc
tion of his tax.”
Timed to aid employers of four
or more who will come under
the law January 1, as well as to
provide practical information for
the employers already paying the
tax, the meetings are expected
to prove especially helpful to
firms not having trained person
nel handling such matters. All
Blackshear employers are invited
to attend.
Conference leaders participat
ing are: L. C. Buthcher, chief of
methods and training, and E. T.
Riley, chief of employer accounts,
Georgia Department of Labor;
Malcolm Parker, division dis
bursement accountant of the
Southern Bell Telephone Co.;
and Don Channell, attorney and
research director of the Georgia
State Chamber of Commerce.
WAYNESVILLE
By Mrs. W. H. Jacobs
Mrs. Hettie Moody is again a
patient in a Brunswick hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Jacobs have
moved to Raybon. Mr. and Mrs.
Arsburn Johnson have moved in
to the Jacobs house.
* * *
Rev. L. A. Savage of Walthour
ville has resigned as pastor of
the Waynesville Church and has
accepted a church near Ludowici.
He preached at Waynesville on
Sunday of last week.
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Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Johns,
Mrs. W. H. Jacobs and William
and Ruth Jacobs of Waycross
spent the weekend in North
Charleston, S. C., visiting Mr.
and Mrs. D. W. Mattox.
* • •
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Blocker
and daughter and two grand
children of Alabama visited Mrs.
S. C. M. Drury one day last
week.
» • •
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Church
and family arrived from Avon
dale, Va., to visit her mother,
Mrs. S. C. M. Drury.
• • •
Mrs. Illa Townsend of Bruns
wick was a guest at the home
of her brother, E. A. Hunter and
family, on Sunday.
* * •
Miss ’Annette Dowling spent a
few days visiting in Folkston last
week.
* • •
Joseph Rooks, Walter and
Franklin Gibson visited friends
in St Petersburg last weekend.
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Mrs. Ruth Wainright of Spring
Bluff and her mother, Mrs. Phil
lip Poppell visited Mr. and Mrs.
Arsburn Johnson here bn Mon
day. Mrs. Poppell is spending a
while with Mrs. Johnson who is
her granddaughter.
• « •
Mrs. Stuart Wiggins was hon
ored with a stork shower at the
home of Mrs. Jock Reynolds last
week. Mrs. W. S. Harrison was
co-hostess with Mrs. Reynolds.
The Waynesville H. D. Club
met at the home of Mrs. M. H.
Robinson on Tuesday, Sept. 27.
New officers elected for the
coming year. Mrs. Thelma
Thompson is the new president.
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Preaching services are held at
the Salvation Army Outpost four
miles north of Waynesville each
Sunday at eleven o’clock in the
morning and seven thirty in the
evening. Sunday School at ten
o’clock each Sunday morning and
prayer meeting at eight on Wed
nesday. Everyone is cordially in
vited to attend.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Primitive Baptist
Association to
Meet Oct. 14
The one hundredth annual ses
sion of the Union Primitive Bap
tist Association will be held with
Little Buffalo Primitive Baptist
Church on October 14, 15, and
16, located five and one-half
miles southeast of Nahunta. Ser
vices will begin at 11:00 o’clock
A. M. on Friday.
Dinner will be served about
one o’clock Friday. Services at
the church Friday night at seven
o’clock. Services on Saturday a
round nine-thirty A. M. with
dinner at one-thirty. Services
Saturday afternoon and again at
seven P. M.
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Sunday services will open at
ten o’clock A. M. Dinner served
Sunday at 2:00 P. M.
Everyone is invited to come.
R. A. Griffin,
Clerk of the Church.
ACP Program
For Next Year
Is Announced
Georgia farmers can receive
seven and one-half million dol
lars in federal cost-sharing
through the Agricultural Conser
vation Program for carrying out
soil and water conservation prac
tices during 1956, according to
James L. Morgan, chairman of
the Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation committee.
Morgan said the amount of fed
erally-appropriated funds allocat
ed to Georgia for the 1956 ACP
is about the same as for 1955.
Cost-sharing rates wil be gen
erally about 50 percent of the
cost of carrying out the approved
practices.
The 1956 ACP as it will apply
in Georgia was developed by the
state ASC committee and the
heads of other federal and state
agricultural agencies in the state,
and has been approved by Wash
ington officials, the ASC chair
man revealed.
Conservation practices for
which cost-sharing will be avail
able next year include establish
ing and improving permanent
pastures and permanent cover,
planting trees, timber stand im
provement, constructing dams for
livestock water or irrigation, ter
races, drainage ditches, sod wat
erways, wells and pipelines for
livestock water, applying lime to
conserving crops, and establish
ing green manure and cover
crops on cultivated land.
“The program for 1956 will
continue to encourage conserva
tion practices of enduring bene
fits,” Morgan said, “but it will
offer more incentive to row crop
farmers for planting cover crops
and installing crop rotations.
Cost-sharing for establish ing
summer and winter annual cover
crops is no longer limited to the
acreage planted in excess of the
normal or three-year average
acreage for the farm.”
Morgan added that the “in
creased acreage” provision in the
cover crop practices was lifted
during 1955 and does not apply
to the winter cover crop practices
this fall.
County ASC committees and
representatives of other agricul
tural agencies in the county will
develop a 1956 ACP for each
county, within the framework of
the state program. The practices
on which cost-sharing will be of
fered, the cost-sharing rates, and
the opening date of the sign-up
period for 1956 cost-sharing will
be announced in each county by
the county committee, the ASC
chairman stated.
OF FROZEN FOODS
When packaging foods, it is a
good idea to put a number on
the package and to store them
with number one in the bottom
of the freezer and the top num
ber on top of the stack. That
way as you use the package, the
number on the next one down
in the box will tell you just how
much more of that particular
food you have.
When driving, watch out
for speed too fast for con
ditions.
Let Your nome Newspaper
Help You to Invite
Your Home People
to Trade with You
ive People.
Election For
Representative
Wednesday
The special election for repre
sentative in the state legislature
from Brantley County will be
held next Wednesday, Oct. 12,
with two candidates qualified.
The candidates are J. Floyd
Larkins, service station operator
of Hoboken, and Cecil M. Rod
denberry, veterans service wor
ker, of Nahunta.
The election is to fill the un
expired term of Bill Harris who
resigned because of illness. The
election management is in the
hands of county Ordinary James
N. Stewart.
STRICKLAND
WINS ELCETION
FOR MAYOR
Fred Strickland won the race
for reelection as mayor of Na
hunta by a majority of 22 votes
in the city election Wednesday,
Oct. 5
The four winners for the coun
cil seats were J. W. Brooker, T.
J. Thornton, R. E. Johns, and
J. Walter Crews.
The losing candidate for mayor
was E. J. Lewis who ran on a
“write-in’’ ticket. His name was
not on the ballot but 137 citizens
wrote-in his name on the official
ballot. Mr. Strickland, the win
ner, polled 159 votes.
The votes as reported on the
official tabulation was as follows:
For Mayor: . Fred Strickland
159, E. J. Lewis 137.
For Aiderman: J. W. Brooker
250, T. J. Thornton 207, R. E.
Johns 202, J. Walter Crews 157,
Ira F. Brown 137, J. D. Orser
132.
By the election the city coun
cil will have three new members,
J. W. Brooker, T. J. Thornton and
R. E. Johns. The only hold-over
aiderman will be J. Walter
Crews.
The new administration will
take office the first Wednesday
in December.
ROYAL
THEATRE
Nahunta, Georgia
TIME SCHEDULE:
MONDAY thru FRIDAY
8:00 P.M. ।
SATURDAY
7:00 and 8:30 P.M.
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, OCT. 6-7
“Kangaroo”
With MAUREEN O’HARA
and PETER LAWFORD
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8
“Silver Whip”
With RORY CALHOUN
MONDAY, TUESDAY,
OCT. 10 - 11
“Great White
Hunter”
With GREGORY PECK
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12
“Miss Grant Takes
Richmond”
With LUCILE BALL
THURSDAY, FRIDAY,
OCT. 13 - 14
“Fire Over Africa”
With MAUREEN O'HARA
and MCDONALD CAREY
SATURDAY, OCT. 15
“Jesse James vs
the Daltons”
With BRETT KING
