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VOLUME 35 NUMBER 48
POLITICAL
I ANNOUNCEMENTS
To the Citizens of
Branfley County;
■This;’is'to announce-that I-am
a‘candidate for* the office of Or
dinary of Brantley County, to
fill nthe.-unexpired term of the
late James N: Stewart.
I feel , that I am qualified to
fulfill the duties of this impor-
tant-office. If elected, 1 will
strive to give the service that
you - have 'a right to expect.
Your support will' be ; greatly
appreciated.
Sincerely,
To the Citizens of
Brantley County: ’
I take this method to announce
to you that I am a candidate for
Ordinary -of Brantley County, to
fill the. Unexpired term of the
late< Honorable James N. Stewart.
I have been a resident of this
county all my life and engaged
in farming and other activities.
The time is. too short for me
to see all the voters, but your
vote will be greatly appreciated.
If I am elected, I pledge to each
and everyone of you that I will
give the very best service possi
ble to the people of this county.
Respectfully,
To the Voters of
Brantley County:
I hereby announce myself as
a candidate for the office of
Ordinary of Brantley County, to
fill the unexpired term of -the
Honorable James N. Stewart, de
ceased.
Due to the short time and fi
nance I will not be able to get
around and see the voters as I
wusld Hue very much to do. Sc
I wish to take this method to
solicit your .vote and influence.
If elected, I will show my ap
preciation by serving at" all times
to fulfil' the duties of the office
to the very best of my ability.
Thanking you’in advaftce for
anything you can do or say in
my behalf, I am,
- Sincerely yours,- „ . /
HARLEY J. STEWART.
To the Voters of
-Brantley Coupty:
: *Due to the untimely death of
Honorable James N. Stewart, it
-has become necessary to elect an
Ordinary to serve the remainder
'of his term. As most of you
■Rpow, I served as Clerk to my
Father during the time he was
Ordinary, and garnered consid
erable experience in this office.
This, I believe, will better qua
lify me to serve you as Ordinary,
-therefore I am offering as a can
didate in the election to be held
•December 14, 1955, to fill the
unexpired term.
The time is short and it will
be impossible to see each of you,
so I am taking this means of
asking you for your support in
the forthcoming election.
If you do honor me with this
.important office, I assure you I
will serve you to the best of my
ability at all times.
Sincerely yours,
To the Citizens of
Brantley County:
This is to announce that I have
qualified as a candidate for Or
dinary, subject to the special e
lection to be held Wednesday,
Dec. 14.
The special election is to fill
the unexpired term of the Honor
able James N. Stewart, deceased.
I have been a resident of this
County all my life and graduat
ed from the Nahunta High School,
since then I have been engaged in
farming and Church work and I
am very interested in the affairs
.of the people of this County.
; If I am elected as your Ordin
ary I pledge to every citizen of
this county that I will serve you
to the very best of my ability
and knowledge.
-It will be impossible for me to
see you personally before the e
lection due to the short time left.
So I take this method to solicit
your vote and influence at the
polls Wednesday, Dec. 14.
Very sincerely,
' ? E. HILTON MORGAN?
Big Local Business Is
Built by Advertising
in the Best Medium
Your Home Newspaper
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
T/ H. (Tom) PURDOM.’
ALBERT .THOMAS.
T. L. (Roy) DOWLING.
To The Citizens of
Brantley County:
This is tu announce that I am
a candidate, for .Ordinary of
Brantley County in the special
election tp be held Wednesday,
Dec,. 14, to fill the unexpired
term of the late Honorable James
N. Stewart. -
I have been a resident of
Brantley County all my life and
have always done my best to
live and \fork for the best in
terest of our county.
If elected to the important of
fice of Ordinary, it will be my
constant aim' and purpose to' car
ry but the duties of the office' in
d manner to serve the best in
tetests of all the people. I will
strive to be diligent, efficient and
impartial in administering;the af
fairs, of the office.
It will be imp^sible for me
to see all of you personally, but
I want you to know that I need
your vote and influence and that
it will be deeply appreciated by
me.
The office of Ordinary is one
of the most important in the
county. Therefore I feel that ev
ery voter should be sure to re
member to go to polls on elec
tion day and cast his or her bal
lot.
Again let me assure you that
your support will be greatly ap
preciated.
Yours sincerely,
A. EVERETT STRICKLAND
Quads Born
Tuesday In
Alma Hospital
A 34-year-old Coffee county
Woman gave birth to quadruplets
Two of the quadruplets died
early Wednesday morning after
a night-long battle to save
their lives.
at the Bacon County Hospital in
Alma Tuesday afternoon, Nov
ember 29. The parents of the.four
babies are Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Nelson of Route 3, Douglas.
The babies were delivered by
Dr. W. W. Sharpe of Alma. The
first one was born at 2:30 and
the last at 2:50 P. M. The babies
weigh approximately three lbs.
each and seem to be in good
physical condition, according to
reports issued from the hospital
and the attending physician.
The 36-year-old father of the
four babies is a farmer in Coffee
county.
Mrs. Nelson is already the
mother of seven children, four
by a previous marriage and
three by her marriage to Mr,
Nelson. The children range in
age from one to 16 years.
Share Your Home
With the Homeless
The Brantley County Welfare
Department is interested in con
tacting couples who would like
to share their homes with child
ren who are temporarily without
a home.
Many such children are con
tinually being referred to the de
partment and the pressing need
is for temporary foster care,
ranging from overnight to as long
as a year, while more permanent
plans are being made. The child’s
food, clothing and medical care
are paid for by the department.
Children needing this care in
clude infants, young children and
teen-agers and include both while
and Negro. They are not avail
able for adoption by the board-
ing family.
The minimum requirements for
such a foster home include these:
1. There should be both a fa
ther and a mother in the home.
2. The mother must not be
employed outside the home.
3. The couple must be between
the ages of 25 and 60. Both white
and Negro homes are needed.
The Welfare Department will
be glad to go into details with
couples who are interested in
helping to provide this tempor
ary care for children. For ap
pointments call or write Mrs.
Leila H. Turner at the Brantley
County Welfare Department of
fice, Nahunta, Ga.
jgrmiiky tntrrprwp
Conservation
Meet Held
In Waycross
: The winners of the Essay Con
test sponsored by the- Satilla Ri
ver Conservation District Board
of Supervisors were honored at
a banquet held at the Woman’s
Club Building in Waycross Mon
day night, Nov. 28. - „•
Contestants from eight • coun
ties were present as well "as* con
servation leaders and a number
of legislators' were present.
NlacGregor Mayo, mayor of
Waycross, made the welcome
address- and the fesponse was
given by Carl Broome, editor of
The Enterprise, Nahunta.
Congresswoman Iris Bliteh
made a. talk. 102 people were
present from the eight counties.
J. Marvin Strickland, chairman
of the Board of Supervisors, pre
sided over the meeting. Charles
Burch of Wayne County was
awarded first prize in the dis
trict for his essay on conserva
tion.
Prize winners from Brantley
County were: first prize, Mary
Cross; second prize, Patsy Coach
man; third prize, Joyce Griffin,
all of the Hoboken High School.
E. L. Sears and Prof. Cleve
Jones introduced the visitors and
students from Brantley County.
Nahunta Garden
Club Met Tuesday
In Waycross
The Nahunta Garden Club met
Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 29, in
Way cross.
Mrs. De Shazo displayed num
erous Christmas arrangements
and explained materials and. pro
cedure in making the different
ones.
The group then went to a
Waycross restaurant for dinner
and the monthly business meet
ing was held at which officers
for the coming year were elect
ed as follows:
Mrs. J. B. Lewis, president;
.Mrs. I. F. Browp, vice president;
Mrs. W; Winton Adams; secre
tary; Mrs. Parker Dodge, treas
urer.
Club members present were:
Mrs. D. S. Moody, president, who
presided; Miss Mary Knox, Mrs.
I. F. 'Brown, Mrs. J. 6. Lewis,
Mrs. E. A. Moody, Mrs. G. C.
Rogers, Mrs. Mollie Highsmith,
Mrs. J. J. Lee, Mrs. Parker
Dodge and Mrs. H. W. Herrin.
The next meeting, will be the
annual Christmas party, details
to be announced later.
Nahunta High School
Basketball Schedule
Glynn Academy, Home .... Dec. 3
Blackshear, Home Dec. 6
Coffee County, Away Dec. 10
Glynn Academy, Away ... Dec. 13
Jesup, Home Dec. 16
Nicholls, Home ...., Dec. 20
Wacona, Home Jan. 4
Folkston, Away Jan. 6
Screven, Away Jan. 10
Patterson, Home Jan. 14
Wacona, Away Jan. 16
Jesup, Away Jan. 18
Odum, Home Jan. 20
Camden County, Home .... Jan. 24
Darien, Away Jan. 27
Waresboro, Away Jan. 31
Hoboken, Away Feb. 3
Coffee County, Home Feb. 4
Camden County, Away .... Feb. 7
Folkston, Home Feb. 10
Card Os Thanks
We wish to thank everyone
who helped us when the A. B.
Brooker and Son store roof
caught fire on Tuesday of this
week. Had it not been for the
people who helped so quickly the
building would have burned.
In our excitement many left
before we could tell them how
much we did appreciate their
help.
We want to say “thank you”
to everyone.
A. B. Brooker and family.
To keep tea towels looking
snowy white, boil them in a por
celain enamel pan into which a
few lemon peels have been drop
ped.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Dec. 1, 1955
Fire discovered on the top of
the shingle roof of A. B. Brooker
and Son Tuesday afternoon was
quickly extinguished when Avery
Strickland w'ith TPO fire truck
happened to be ■ passing near by
about the time the fire was dis
covered.
Fire Threatens
A. B. Brooker
And Son Store
Mr. Strickland, with hose from
TPO' truck played water on the
fire while Morty Griffin went on
top and with his bare hands rip
ped off shingle so that the water
could get'*dowri’ inside where the
fire was burning. Fred Dußose
went up inside and used a small
garden hose from inside the ceil
ing.
A fire truck belonging to Union
Bag Paper Company also arrived
in time to help extinguish the
blaze, which apparently- caught
from a spark landing on the roof
from a trash pile burning nearby.
The damage consisted of a
burned hole in the shingled roof
and some water damage inside.
Citizens To
Request Fire
Department
Business men and other citizens
of Nahunta will meet with the
new city council Wednesday night
Dec. 7, to request the city ad
ministration to sponsor a volun-
teer fire department in Nahunta,
it is reported.
The citizens are alarmed be
cause of the several threats of
fires arising in Nahunta during
the last few months. The fire
started on top of the A. B. Brook
er & Son building Tuesday, Nov.
29, demonstrated to the Nahunta
citizens the unpreparedness of the
city to cope with any big • fire.
The.TPO trucks, under Avery
Stripkland, did wonderful work
in putting.out the fire before it
gained disastrous headway, but
the citizens shudder to think
what might h^ve happened if
the fire had gotten out of control
of the TPO workers.
All citizens who are interested
in organizing a volunteer fire de
partment in Nahunta are .re
quested to meet at the city fell
next Wednesday night at 7:3Q.
Card of Thanks
I wish to take this means to
thank everyone for the many
things they did for me and for
Col. Wood during his illness and
at his death. I wish to thank Mrs.
Sykes for the plates she brought
to him while ill. He enjoyed
them and I appreciate them. My
sincere thanks for the beautiful
flowers sent by relatives and
friends, for the kind words of
sympathy and for everything
done to show your consideration.
MRS. W. A. WOOD.
Solution Os Satilla River
(From Waycross Journal-Herald)
A great many people of this area are in agreement
with Editor Carl Broome of Nahunta that the pollution of
the Satilla River should be stopped.
Mr. Broome, who is a candidate for Brantley County
representative in the General Assembly, has stated that
he will introduce, if elected, a bill forbidding the empty
ing of raw untreated sewerage into the Satilla.
Chief offenders, as Mr. Broome points out, are the
cities of Waycross and Blackshear.
In addition to ruining a sportsman’s paradise, the
practice has created a serious health menace to people
living along the river.
For a long time the City of Waycrosk has been con
sidering the construction of a sewerage disposal plant.
This project is among the Journal-Herald’s editorial ob
jectives for Waycross and Ware County.
The purpose of a sewerage disposal plant would be
to treat or purify the waste matter before it is released
into the river.
Waste disposal is one of the major problems of to-
day’s fast growing cities and industries. Engineering stud
ies have resulted in the recommending of waste disposal
plants to meet the situation.
It seems to us that a waste disposal plant might well
have been included in the city’s present water and sewer
expansion program. At any rate it should be placed at
the top of the list of futufe municipal projects.
This is a matter we can no longer afford to overlook.
Election For
Ordinary
Wed., Dec. 14
Acting-Ordinary D. F. Herrin
has called a special election for
Ordinary to be held Wednesday,
Nov. 14, to fill-‘the unexpired
term of James N. Stewart, de
ceased.
The announcements of seven
candidates had been given to this
newspaper up to Wednesday
noon, Nov. 30. They are Harley
J. Stewart, Albert Thomas, T. H.
Purdom, T. L. Dowling, Hilton
Morgan,' Claude A. Smith and
Everett Strickland.
Mercer McCool
Shot, Killed in
Hunting Accident
Funeral services for Mercer
McCool of Cleveland, Miss., who
was accidentally killed on a
hunting trip Saturday, November
26, were held Monday in Cleve
land.
Mr. McCool was killed in
stantly when his own gun went
off while on the hunting trip
near Cleveland.
Mr. McCool was a ministerial
student and was to have been
ordained soon in the' Hoboken
Baptist Church. He was the
grandson of the late Rev. A. M.
McCool. He formerly lived in
Blackshear for a time and was
in the sign painting business.
Survivors include his wife of
Cleveland; his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. I. McCool of Augusta;
one brother, D. I. McCool Jr. of
Atlanta.
Miss Jean Sowell
Honored with Showe
Miss Jean Carol Sowell, bride
elect, was honored with a shower
at the home of Mrs. Doris Rig
gins with Miss Margie Lewis,
Miss Sonja Batten and Miss
Frances Walker as hostesses on-
Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 22.
Attending were; Mrs. Mary
Ryals, Mrs. Eloise Hulett, Mrs.
Howard Davis, Mrs. Frank Walk
er, Mrs. I. J.'Davis, Mrs. Gay-
nelle Keen, Mrs. Mary Harris,
Mrs. Edna Lee, Mrs. Faye De
■Pratter, Mrs. W. A. Cleland, Mrs.
E. A. Morgan, Mrs. Lee O. Brook
er, Mrs. J. H. Sowell and Miss
Dorothy Morgan.
The hostesses: served punch
and cake.
Card Os Thanks
We would like to thank all of
the wonderful people for their
acts of kindness and words of
sympathy during the sickness and
passing of dur loved one, W. A.
Wood.
THE FAMILY OF
W. A. WOOD.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
William A. Wood
Funeral Services
Held Thursday
Funeral services for William
Andrew Wood, of Hoboken, who
died Tuesday night in a Way
cross hospital were held Thurs
day afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
Hoboken Baptist Church, with the
Rev. J. C. Shepard, the Rev. John
S. Meeks and the Rev.. H. L.
Williams officiating.
Burial was •in the : -Hoboken
cemetery .-
A resident of Hoboken for 25
years, Mr. Wood practiced law
in Nahunta. He had been a law
yer 44 years, beginning his prac
tice in Douglas in 1911. He was
formerly county attorney for
Brantley County. He was a mem
ber of the Hoboken Baptist
Church and the Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his' wife; one
son, W. L. Wood, Douglas; two
daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth W.
Cook, Gainesville, Fla., and Mrs.
Howard A. Lyons, Birmingham,
Ala.; two brothers, Dan S. Wood,
Waycross and Henry Wood, Calla
han, Fla.; one sister, Miss Fannie
Wood, Douglas, and five grand
children.
Active pallbearers were J. F.
Larkins, J. C. Hickox, T. W. Last
inger, T. F. Dowling, Elery Kel
ley and S. D. Kelly.
Honorary pallbearers were
members of the J. K. Larkins
Sunday School class and J. B.
Strickland, Brown Brooker, Wal
ter Crews, John R. James, Al
bert Mizell, Earl Raulerson, John
Wilson, Delma Herrin, HerscfeU
Herrin,, C. H. Penland, L
Prescott, Tom Ellis, Henry Ea
J. R. Walker and K. S. Varn.
Mincy Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Lulaton News
By Mrs. Grady Boyd
The Aussie B. Rowell Circle of
the Lulaton Baptist Church held
their regular meeting at the!
home of Mrs. S: B. Highsmith
Nov. 22. Present were Mrs. Lest
er Edgy, Mrs. Helen Griffin, Mrs
Evelyn Harris, Mrs. Willie Grif
fin, Mrs. Grady Boyd and Mrs.
Stonesypher. |
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The Lulaton Baptist W; M. S.
honored Mrs, Juniop Knox ■ with
a Stork Shower at her home on
Nov. 17.
Mr. and Mrs.. Dan Wainright
have returned from . Daytona
Beach where .they spent a few
days with Mr. and Mrs: Finnelly
Strickland. . ■ ;
Mr. and Mr's. Carl Smith had
as their guests on Thanksgiving
Day Mr. and Mrs. Muriel Stiene
of Macon, Ga.
Mrs. H. F. Rawls of Waycross
is spending a few days with Mrs.
J. M. Rogers.
Mrs. Evelyn Harris and Mrs.
Mack Strickland visited Mrs.
Kenneth Harris who is a patient
in a Brunswick Hospital.
Mrs. Dan Wainright and Shir
ley spent the Thanksgiving holi
days with Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Kelley in Waverly.
Carl Highsmith, a student at
South Georgia College at Doug
las and Aubrey Highsmith, stu
dent at G.T.C. at Statesboro were
home for the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Edgy had
as their guests for the holidays
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Harrison
and children from Aubindale,
Fla., Jimmie and Jane Edgy were
also home.
Barber Smith of Jesup spent
Thanksgiving with his son, Mr
and Mrs. Ed Smith.
Card Os Thanks
I want to thank each and ev
eryone who aided me after my
house was burned down. Many
white people helped me as well
as colored people, and I say, God
bless you everyone.
I cannot name everybody by
name but thank you all.
MARY MORGAN,
Daughter of Mattie Philson.
Let Your Home Newspaper
Help You to Invite
Your Home People
to Trade with You
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Larkins Wins
Race For
• FT. '*'•
Representative
J. Floyd. Larkins of Hoboken
was elected representative from
Brantley County in a special e
lection. held Tuesday,- Nov. 29,
by a vote of 702 to 465 over Carl
J. Broome of Nahunta.
' Only twd out of. five registered
voters of-'Brantley'County went
to the polls Tuesday to express
themselves in the race for repre
sentative. The election was held
to 'fill the unfexpired term of
Honorable Cecil Roddenberry
who was .appointed judge of the
Waycross Circuit 'of Superior
Court.
The vote by precincts was as
follows:, > • ’
Precinct Broome Laikins
Atkinson 16 46
Hortense 32 97
Lulaton ' 24 37
Hickox 68 58
Nahunta 251 129
Schlatterville 8 125
Hoboken 10 193
Waynesville 56 17
TOTALS . 465 702
Mrs. Sallie Long
Funeral Services
Held Tuesday
Funer ?rvices for Mrs. Sallie
Dykes age 53, were held
in the at Rob Lewis ceme
tery ( ay morning, Nov.
Q 9, v 'ecil Thomas, of-
was in Rob Le-
Mrs. -Long ».,J in a Tampa
hospital- on Monday, . >v. 28, as
ter an extended illness.
Mrs. Long was; born and lived
most of her life -in Brantley
Counfy.; She and her family had
been living in- Tampa for the past
few years. Besides, her husband,
Simon Long, she is survived by
one daughter, Helen, and a son,
Russell, She . has , one brother,
George Dykes, three si-sters, Mrs.
Betsy Dykes,- Mrs.- Ocie. Keen
and Mrs. Eliza Morgan, all of
Nahunta.
The son, Russell, has come to
Nahunta to make .his home with
his uncle,.. George. Dykes.
Pallbearers were Wilder Brook
er, .Cecil Moody.,. Aaron Sadler,
Ray DePratter, J. W. Crews and
Arnold Morgan.
Mincy Funeral Home of Way
,cross; had charge ofl.funeral ar
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Fish Fry Planned
Bachlot Church
A fish fry and shrimp supper
will be held; at Bashlot Church
of God oh Saturday night, Dec.
3, with serving beginning at five
o’clock P. M.
Rev. L. H. Davis is pastor of
the church.
Palmetto News
By MRS. W. H. JACOBS
Mr. and Mrs. Reddick Thorn
ton and children, Mr. Elmer Pitt
man and Ruth Jacobs of Way
cross, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Jacobs
and children of Raybon, were
guests at the home of Mrs. W. H.
Jacobs on Thanksgiving Day.
Mrs. Thornton and children stay
ed over the weekend.
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Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Johns were
called to Waycross on Friday
where his mother, Mrs. Archie
Johns of Hickox underwent sur
gery. Her condition, now, is
good.
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lane and
children of Sterling spent Sun
day with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. N. C. Lane of Browntown.
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Visitors at the home of Mrs.
S. C. M. Drury over the Thanks
giving holidays were Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Drury and children
of Brunswick, Mr. and Mrs. Jock
Yancey, Bobby and Wayne of
Jacksonville, Mr. and Mrs. Ho
ward Middleton and children of
Atkinson and Mr. and Mrs. Mil
ton Manning of Winokur.
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Mrs. W. H. Jacobs and Mrs.
Carroll Johns visited Mrs. Glyn
wood Dowling and Mrs. Archie
Johns who are patients in a Way
cross hospital on Saturday.
