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VOLUME 70 — NUMBER 45
SWEEPING THE COUNTRY
DEMOCRATS CAN WIN WITH STRONG CANDIDATE
It now seems probable that the Democrats can win
the race for President next year if they nominate a
strong candidate. With Eisenhower practically out of the
race, the Democrats have only to unite behind an able
"middle-of-the-road” candidate to sweep the Democratic
Party back into power both in the Presidency and in the
national Congress.
Senator Russell has suggested a man who fits the
definition of an able “middle-of-the-road” candidate.
Governor Lausche of Ohio is the man suggested by Geor
gia’s senator Richard B. Russell.
Governor Lausche is a statesman of great ability and
forthright honesty. lie combines in his philosophy the
vision of a progressive, tempered by the wisdom of a man
who cannot be stampeded into radicalism.
OTHER SUGGESTED CANDIDATES
HAVE HANDICAPS
The three men who have been most often mentioned
as Democratic candidates for the Presidency all have
handicaps, if not personal weaknesses.
Stevenson is a brilliant man of small caliber, who
can wise-crack with the best of them. His greatest weak
ness is hi*s indecision and timidity in grappling with really
big issues.
He leaves the impression of being somewhat effem
inate, tending to play coy, always flirting with greatness
but never quite capturing it.
Harriman, governor of New York, is handicapped in
that his election to the Presidency would tend to the
dominance of Tammany Hall in national affairs.
The claim is made by friends of Harriman that Tam
many has “reformed” and that all is now sweetness nnd
light in the baliWick of the Tammany Tiger.
But the voters are still wary of Tammany and of the
domination of such a big city machine.
Kefauver is probably the ablest of the three men
who now seem in the lead for the Democratic nomination.
But Kefauver too is considered too far left-wing to
suit many voters. And he turned against some of the
southern states in the convention of 1952 in the contro
versy about the pledge to support the nominee.
These handicaps of Stevenson, Harriman and Ke
fauver seem to indicate that the Democrats should turn
to some able statesman of the middle-of-the-road type
such as Governor Lausche of Ohio.
REPUBLICANS MAY NOMINATE NIXON
The Democrats best hope is that the Republicans will
nominate Nixon next year. With Nixon as the Republican
nominee, the Democrats could probably win with almost
any candidate.
Nixon is a rank reactionary in political philosophy.
And many voters do not trust him because of the revela
tions in 1952 that he was being subsidized in the U. S.
Senate by private interests.
Nixon went on the air and with tearful plea confessed
his errors, but such confession failed to remove the stigma
that many people felt was still upon hiin.
Nixon does not inspire confidence. He appears im
mature, almost amateurish in political maneuverings.
When Eisenhower became ill, Nixon gave the impression
of trying to make a grab for power, without waiting to
see if the President’s illness had completely incapacitated
him.
WARREN MAY BE DRAFTED BY REPUBLICANS
Many Republicans seem to realize how handicapped
they would be with Nixon as their nominee. They are
casting hopeful eyes toward Chief Justice Warren of the
Supreme Court.
Judge Warren has said that he would not accept the
nomination for President. But there still seems the feeling
among Republicans that Warren might be induced to run.
Warren sea Republican left-winger. He would pro
bably lose the support of the reactionary and conserva
tive wing of the Republican Party. Also, he could not
hope to achieve what Eisenhower did in breaking into
the Solid South.
The South would not give Warren much support. His
main support would come from the Republican left-wing
ers of the East and the Far West. He probably realizes
all this and would prefer to keep his job as Chief Justice.
MILTON EISENHOWER BEST REPUBLICAN CHANCE
About the only chance the Republicans have to win
the Presidency next year would be for them to nominate
President Eisenhow’er’s brother, Milton Eisenhower.
Milton is a college president now, but he has had
long political experience in the administrations of both
Republicans and Democrats.
President Eisonhower has called his brother Milton
“the brains of the Eisenhower family.” This is not far
from a correct appraisal of Milton Eisenhower. For he
is an intellectual of unquestioned integrity.
Milton has been adviser to President Eisenhower in
many of the most trying problems of the past three years.
He has many times been “the power behind the throne’
in making decisions affecting the nation and the world.
With Lausche nominated by the Democrats and Mil
ton Eisenhower by the Republicans, the nation would be
assured of an able, honest and courageous statesman in
the Presidency during the next four years.
But who can tell what a national convention of poli
ticians will do when the prize is four years of control of
the national administration?
Brantley Coi
By CARL BROOME
inty — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progres;
Srantky fetoprw
Season Opens
For Hunting
Tues., Nov. 1
The hunting season for south
east Georgia opens next Tuesday,
Nov. 1, for some kinds of game,
it is announced by Ranger Avery
Rowell.
The schedule for various game
is as follows:
Deer from Nov. 1 to Jan. 10,
limit two bucks a season.
Turkey from Nov. 1 to Jan. 10,
limit two a season.
Squirrel from Nov. 1 to Jan.
10, limit 10 any day or 10 a
week.
Rabbit from Oct. 1 to Feb. 28,
limit 5 a day.
Doves from Dec. 22 to Jan. 10,
half hour before sunrise till
sunset.
Ducks from Nov. 7 to Jan. 15,
limit 4 daily, one wood or sum
mer duck a day.
Duck stamps required for
shooting, hours half hour before
sunrise till sunset.
Ranger Rowell requests the
cooperation of all hunters in ob
serving the hunting laws. He es
pecially requests that group
leaders warn hunters against
shooting any doe deer.
Your hunting license must be
on your persons while hunting.
And your guns must be plugged
to three shells capacity.
The Ranger also warns against
carelessness in handling guns. Be
sure of your target before you
shoot, he advises.
Nahunta Garden
Club Met Tuesday
The Nahunta Garden Club met
Tuesday afternoon, October 25th,
at the home of Mrs. D. S. Moo
dy with Mrs. Butler Graham,
Mrs. Herschel Herrin and Mrs.
Elroy Strickland, as co-hostesses.
Mrs. Herschel Herrin was lead
er of the program showing film
of interesting flower arrange
ments.
Other members present were:
Mesdames C. Winton Adams, C.
P. Bethea, Allen Barnard, I. F.
Brown, Walter Cohan, Parker
Dodge, W. T. Highsmith, J. J.
Lee, A. S. Mizell, E. A. Moody,
J. B. Lewis, J. B. Strickland, C.
F. Thomas and Grace Wakely.
Visitors were Mrs. A. F. Whit
aker and Mrs. Marvin Swilling,
mother of Mrs. A. S. Mizell.
The hostess served sandwiches,
pickles, cake and coffee.
Mrs. E. Parker Dodge.
Newspaper Ads
Well Received
As ‘Salesman’
Good timing is vital to success
ful selling of any product. Every
salesman likes to present his
“pitch” when he can have the
full, voluntary attention of his
prospect.
That is why newspaper adver
tising does such a good job. The
newspaper is never an intrusion
—it is always a welcome presen
tation of buying information,
timed to suit the mood and con
venience of each reader.
ROYAL
THEATRE
Nahunta, Georgia
TIME SCHEDULE:
MONDAY thru FRIDAY
8:00 P.M.
SATURDAY
7:00 and 8:30 P.M.
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 27 - 28
“Tall Man Riding”
With RANDOLPH SCOTT
SATURDAY, OCT. 29
“Khyber Patrol”
With RICHARD EGAN
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, October 27, 1955
Instructions Given
On Mailing
Christmas Packages
Christmas packages for abroad
should be mailed according to
the following schedule:
South and Central America —
before November 10.
Europe — before November 10.
Africa — before November 1.
Near East — before November
Far East —by air now.
Air Mail packages to Armed
Forces — limit 2 pounds.
Surface mail packages may be
larger but the postmaster sug
gests holding the weight down
to about 15 pounds to facilitate
safe arrival.
Suggestions as to handling of
other Christmas mail will be
published in two or three weeks.
E. Parker Dodge,
Postmaster.
New Clan
Gets Charter
In Georgia
A new Ku Klux Klan organi
zation has been granted a charter
in Georgia.
Fulton Superior Court Judge
Claude D. Shaw Monday signed
an order to permit formation of
the U. S. Klans, Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan.
He said the application was
“legitimate and within the pur
view of the law”.
The charter was granted to E.
L. Edwards, M. Wesley Morgan
and William A. Daniel Sr., all of
whom listed their addresses as
1272 Lucille Ave., SW, Atlanta.
Attorney for the charter ap
plication was Samuel Green Jr.,
son of the late Dr. Samuel Green
of Atlanta, imperial wizard of
the Assn, of Georgia Klans.
The charter for the Assn, of
Georgia Klans was revoked se
veral years ago by Atty. Gen.
Eugene Cook.
The charter for the new or
ganization outlined its purpose
as “to formulate and execute
plans and programs for the ad
vance of the fraternal society, to
promote a better way of life a
mong its members and to uphold
the Constitution of the United
States.”
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Rowell
announce the birth of a baby girl
on August 23. She has been nam
ed Judith Elaine.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Harris
of Brunswick announce the birth
of a little girl on Monday, Oct.
24, at Glynn Memorial Hospital.
BIGGEST ELEPHANT ON EARTH, is the claim ft>r this huge behemoth to be shown at Nahunta Tuesday,. Nov.
1, by the Kelly-Morris Circus under the sponsorship of the Brantley County Lions Club. The animal weighs
14,000 pounds.
Meeks Accepts
Pastorate
At Hoboken
The Rev. John S. Meeks has
accepted the call to become the
pastor of the Hoboken Baptist
Church. Rev. Meeks and has wife,
the former Miss Bobbie Kirkland
of Metter, Georgia, are planning
to move to Hoboken about Nov.
1.
Brother Meeks is a native of
Savannah. He attended school
there and in Waycross, in Hines
ville and in Nicholls where he
graduated in 1948. At Laura
Walker Park during a church
encampment in August of 1947
he answered God’s call to preach.
He attended Mercer University.
He has pastored churches in
Screven, Jenkins, Effingham and
Bryan counties the last at Rich
mond Hill, Ga.
Mrs. Meeks is a graduate of
Metter High School and Bi zton-
Parker College. She attended
Bessie Tift College. She and
Brother Meeks were married in
1952.
Brother Meeks expresses joy
at becoming a part of this com
munity and associating more
closely with the fine people of
Hoboken and many of his minis
ter friends of former days.
School Carnival
In Grammar
School Gymnasium
The Halloween carnival of the
Nahunta Grammar School will be
held in the old gymnasium on
the grammar school grounds, it
is announced by Mrs. Eula Pow
ers, director of the carnival.
The Halloween carnival is an
annual affair and is held to raise
funds for buying equipment and
other special needs.
Among the features of the car
nival will be a film shown by
Mrs. Lois Williams, a fish pond,
contests, auctions, a country
store, fortune telling, balloons, a
booth for cakes, pies and candy,
hot dogs and cold drinks, and a
grab bag.
Dykes - Noland
Miss Lounette Dykes, daughter
of Mrs. Betsy Dykes, became the
bride of Robert Noland of Gas
tonia, N. C., on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
Ordinary James N. Stewart
performed the ceremony at the
Brantley County Courthouse in
the presence of Mrs. Betsy Dykes,
Mrs. Ocie Keen and Mrs. Cecil
McCloud.
The young couple are making
their home here in Nahunta.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
James Ross Begins
Duties as Soil
Conservationist
James A. Ross, who is with
the Soil Conservation Service,
has begun his duties as soil con
servationist in Brantley County.
He has recently completed a
five weeks course at the Uni
versity of Georgia.
Mr. Ross received his B. S.
degree in agriculture from the
University in 1952. He, with his
wife and two children, now re
side in Jesup. They plan to move
to Nahunta as soon as possible.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross are natives
of Worth County, Ga.
Woman Hurt
In Wreck
Near Nahunta
Mary Thomas of Pittsburg, Pa.
was reported to have a broken
neck after the car in which she
was riding ran off an embank
ment four and a half miles north
of Nahunta Tuesday morning.
The car, which was driven by
Nathan Unikel of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
was traveling South on U. S.
Highway 301 when it came up
behind some other cars. Unikel
tried to slow the car down, lost
control and ran off the embank
ment.
Approximately SBOO in damage
was done to the car. Unikel was
not reported as injured.
The Philosophy
Os Satchel Paige
Several months ago Satchel
Paige, the ageless Negro pitcher,
gave out with a bit of homespun
philosophy that seems destined to
become a classic.
Paige, who was somewhere a
round 50 when he fogged his last
major league pitch down the
strike zone, probably wrote the
following rules for baseball play
ers but they have general appli
cation:
“1. Avoid fried meats which
angry up the blood.
“2. If your stomach disputes
you, lie down and pacify it with
cool thoughts.
“3. Keep the juices flowing
by jangling around gently as you
move.
“4. Go very light on the vices,
such as carrying on in Society.
The social ramble ain’t restful.
“5. Avoid running at all times.
“6. Don’t look back. Something
may be gaining on you.”
No further comment necessary.
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Judge Thomas
Dies from
Heart Attack
Judge Walter Thomas, who has
been judge of the Waycross Cir
cuit Superior Courts, died sud
denly Wednesday night of a heart
attack. He was 62 years old.
Judge Thomas was a member
of an old pioneer family of South
Georgia. He had been judge of
the Waycross district, including
Brantley, Ware, Pierce, Bacon
and Coffee counties, for about 12
years. Prior to his superior court
judgeship he had served about
15 years as deputy in the U. S.
District Court.
Judge Thomas complained of
feeling ill then shortly afterwards
fell forward in his chair. He was
rushed to a Waycross hospital
but was pronounced dead o i ar
rival.
Funeral arrangements w;ll be
announced later by the Mincy
Funeral Home of Waycross.
For many years Judge Thomas
was an important political figure
in this area. His interests also
centered around a farm he own
ed near Way cross.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Alvie Thomas; three laughters, <
Miss Gwendolyn Thomas, Miss
Elizabeth Ann Thomas and Miss
Eugenia Faye Thomas; one son,
Hugh Davis Thomas, and one
grandson.
Lulaton News
By Mrs. Grady Boyd
Alfred Bennett of St. Augus
tine, Fla., is spending a few days
with Mr. and Mrs. Levi Strick
land.
* » •
Mr. and Mrs. Stencie High
smith and Marguerite Strickland
of Waycross were visitors in
Lulaton over the weekend.
* * •
Mrs. G. L. Strickland and
children from Columbia, S. C.»
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mack
Strickland last weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Nole Lewis and
children of St. Marys spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Ham.
♦ ♦ *
Mrs. S. B. Highsmith spent Sat
urday in Waycross with her son,
Carl, who is a student at South
Georgia College in Douglas.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kelly of
Waverly spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Wainright.
TIMES CHANGE. Before the
War Between the States, want
ads were used to catch runa
way slaves. Now they are us
ed to corrall new customers
