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VOLUME 36 — NUMBER 1
Racial Issue Small Part Os
Court Edict, Says Talmadge
BAXLEY, Ga. — Gov. Herman Talmadge declared
Wednesday, Dec. 28, that the racial issue is only “an in
finitesimal part’’ of grave problems arising from the Su
preme Court’s non-segregation ruling.
The decision’s staggering dan
ger, he affirmed, is a body blow
it struck against “constitutional
and local self-government.”
In a speech for delivery at a
Kiwanis division meeting, the At
lanta attorney and television
commentator asserted:
“The ruling had the effect of
amending our federal constitution
by judicial decree. With one
stroke, it wiped out the guaran
tees of individual and state’s
rights as set forth in the Ninth
and Tenth amendments.”
He charged that the court in
reaching its decision ignored law
and precedent and leaned on
findings in psychology and soc
iology by persons of “question
able character and doubtful lo
yalty.”
He declared that the racial as
pects have been “exaggerated
many times out of proportion by
the bleeding hearts and social
schemers.”
“If, as it is contended,” he
continued, “race relations is the
only point at issue, there would
be no problem because men of
good will of both races in the
South long ago have agreed that
segregation serves the best in
terests of both.”
He called segregation a “mat
ter of practical human relations
and inborn instinct” and said
that, “as such it is a human in
stitution that cannot be abolish
ed by either judicial decree or
legislative enactment.”
New Altamaha
Bridge Opened
On Tuesday
The new bridge across the Al
tamaha River between Jesup and
Ludowici was dedicated and o
pened to traffic Tuesday, January
3, it is reported. J. Earl Colvin is
president of the 301 Highway As
sociation.
The opening of the splendid
new bridge marks another mile
stone in the development of Rt.
301 which is now one of the
most traveled highways in the
nation.
Agricultural leaders for the
Extension Service think the farm
labor situation will be somewhat
tigher in 1956 than in recent
years, due largely to the heavy
demands on the labor force by
industry and public works.
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Brantley Cotmty : Land >6f Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Ordinary Smith
Took Office
Friday Dec 30
Claude A. Smith was sworn in
as Ordinary of Brantley County
by Judge Cecil Roddenberry Fri
day morning, Dec. 30.
Ordinary Smith was elected at
a special election held Dec. 14
to fill the unexpired term of the
late James N. Stewart.
The present term of Ordinary
runs until Dec. 31, 1956. The e
lection for a full four-year term
for Ordinary will be held April
18 when all county officials will
be nominated in the county Dem
ocratic primary.
A3jc Jesse Roberson and wife,
Wllyne, stationed at Scott Air
Force Base, Bellville, 111., spent
the holidays with relatives in
Hortense and Fernandina. They
returned to Bellville on Jan. 2
where Jesse will complete his
training.
Little Danny Roberson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Olan Roberson of
Raybon, has been a patient in a
Jesup hospital since Thursday of
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Sweat Davis of
Hortense had as their guest for
dinner on Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Chaney of Waycross; Mrs.
H. G. Stuckey of Blackshear; Mr.
and Mrs. Ward Turner and child
ren of Nahunta; Mr. and Mrs.
Olan Roberson and Judy of Ray
bon; Mr. and Mrs. Gene Rober
son and children of Hortense;
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Smith and
children of Patterson; Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse Roberson of Bellville,
Ill.; and Miss Nancy Weaver of
Fernandina, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Wiggins
announce the birth of a baby
boy on Dec. 13. He has been
named Stewart Johnson Wiggins
the Third.
John Wayne is the name of the
new baby boy born to Mr. and
Mrs. Eliott Bradham on Dec. 24.
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HORTENSE NEWS
By Mrs. D. E. Roberson
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Births
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Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, January 5, 1956 OFFICIAL <
Nahunta Firemen to
Meet Friday Night
There will be a meeting of the
Volunteer Fire Fighters at the
Court House Friday night, Jan.
6, at 7:30. There will be instruc
tions and a training film will be
shown.
A list of purchases which the
City of Nahunta has authorized
will be given. All volunteers and
interested persons are requested
to be present.
Bernard Pearson,
Secretary - Treasurer.
Hickox W.M.S. Met
At Church Monday
The W.M.S. of the Hickox Bap
tist Church met at the church on
Monday night, Jan. 2.
Mrs. Idell Crews was leader of
the program on the topic “We
Give Thee But Thine Own”. All
members present took part on the
program.
Mrs. Betty Hendrix is presi
dent and presided during business
session.
Mrs. Florrie Crews and Mrs.
Idell Crews were hostesses dur
ing social hour and served cake,
cookies and soft drinks for re
freshments.
Others present were Mrs. Lo
raine Jacobs, Mrs. Charlotte Tho
mas, Mrs. Julia Bohannon and
Mrs. Lois Lee.
Waynesville
News
By MRS. PETE GIBSON
Mr. and Mrs. Truby Thornton
visited in Brunswick on Sunday
and had dinner with Mr. and
Mrs. M. J. Miller and family.
* * »
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Jacobs
had as their guests for the week
end Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Courson
of Brunswick.
* ♦ »
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Robinson
spent several days in Warwick,
Ga., visiting J. A. and Willie
Merritt.
* * »
Mrs. Bob Hunter was called to
Bristol, Ga., because of the in
jury of her brother, Isaiah Gib
son, who was hurt ,when a tree
fell on him. She will spend se
veral days.
* * *
Walter Blateon has returned to
Great Lakes Naval Air Station
after spending the holidays with
his family.
* *
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McVeigh of
Florence, S. C., spent the noli
days here witn relatives.
♦ * *
Mrs. Dave Leggett is much bet
ter after being ill for several
weeks.
♦ * ‘ *
Inez Driscol spent a few days
here with her family. She is at
lenaing school in Valdosta.
♦ * *
Mary Lou Gardner, a student
at G. S. C. W., spent the holidays
witn Frances Walker.
* * *
Bill Gibson is recovering after
spending several days in a Way
cross hospital where he under-
went an operation
* ♦ ♦
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pearson of
Millen, Ga., visited their daugh
ter, Mrs. C. D. Gibson.
* ♦ ♦
Miss Freddy Lou Gibson en
tained with a party on Dec. 27
the occasion of her twelfth birth
day. Some 20 children were pre
sent.
* * »
Miss Freddie Lou Gibson was
awarded the five dollar prize that
the W.O.W. gave for the best es
say on “My Flag.”
* * *
Mrs. Jack Buchanon, Mrs. Rus
sell Millis and children of Jack
sonville; Mr. and Mrs. Lyde Tho
mas and sons of Statenville, Ga.;
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Strickland
of Blythes Island were holiday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Robinson.
* • *
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Robinson
were visitors in Jesup on Tues
day of this week.
16 Point Buck
Killed by Two
Strickland Boys
One of the largest buck deer
ever killed in South Georgia was
bagged by Clifton Strickland and
Keith Strickland Monday, Jan. 2,
in the Nails pasture section near
Thalman.
The two were hunting, along
with Elroy Strickland, father of
Keith Strickland, when the dogs
chased the 16-point buck past
Clifton and Keith. Both men
fired and the deer fell.
Elroy Strickland also killed a
spike buck. Clifton also killed a
second buck, besides helping to
kill the big one.
A few years ago Glenn Strick
land, a 13-year-old son of Elroy
Strickland, killed two deer with
one shot in the same area where
the three deer were killed Mon
day.
PROCEEDINGS
OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
The Brantley County Commis
sioners of Roads and Revenues
met in regular session January 3,
1956. Present were R. B. Brook
er, Chairman, R. C. Harrell Jr.,
Clerk, C. H. Penland and T. V.
Rhoden.
The following Pauper List was
approved and ordered paid: Ocie
Moody, $10.00; Thelma Sapp,
$10.00; Rosa Rainge, $10.00; and
Dora Merritt, SIO.OO.
The following Commissioners
were paid for six days service
each: R. B. Brooker, $30.00; R.
C. Harrell, $22.28; C. H. Penland,
$22,28; T. V. Rhoden, $30.00; Silas
D. Lee, $30.00.
The following Road Hands
were paid for the month of De
cember, 1955: Perry Crews, $152.-
00; Woodrow Wilson, $152.00; I.
C. Harris, $160.00; J. F. Willis,
$160.00; Monsie Wilson, $180.00;
Elvin Griffin, $144.00; Edwin
Herrin, $160.00; Otis Morgan,
$152.00; Talmadge Gunter, $160.-
00; Roscoe Murry, $144.00; O. G.
Lee, $225.00.
The following General Bills
were paid; Mrs. S. E. Blount,
$75.00, janitor service; C. Winton
Adams, $25.00, salary; Archie A.
Johns, SBO.OO, salary; J. R. Walk
er, $63.34, salary; D. F. Herrin,
$121.00, salary and services;
Georgia Power & Light Co., $39.-
97, lights and power; George A.
Loyd, $120.00, salary; Sarah Dot
Simpson, $106.05, salary; Tri-
State Culvert Mfg. Co., $1705.62,
for pipe; Board of Education,
$200.00, library; Lawannah Cox,
$35.00, preparing voting list; Re
becca D. Griner, $266.20, salary;
Lorena R. Strickland, $148.10,
salary; Wayne County Health
Dept., $213.50, salary., sup., nurse
and dental clinic; Dr. E. A.
Moody, $30.00, salary; J. T. Roy
ster, SIB.OO, repair; B. O. Jones,
$150.00, salary; Georgia State
Forestry Comm., $475.00, budget;
H. S. Wilson, $323.05, repair &
Parts; D. F. Walker, $802.23,
Lumber; Larkins Garage, $20.80,
supplies; J. W. Brooker, $44.81,
supplies; Okefenokee REA Corp.,
$206.00, caution light; Brantley
Telephone Co., $50.31, phones &
calls; Lastinger Garage, $10.45,
repair; Nahunta Parts & Service,
$10.47, parts and repair; Stand
ard Oil Co., $227.20, gas and oil;
A. S. Mizell, agency, $150.00, of
ficer bond; Carithers - Wallace -
Courtney, $11.94, office supplies;
Carlton Company, $7.50, parts;
H. H. Burnet & Co., $50.00, treas.
bond; The Brantley Enterprise,
$67.50, adv. and supplies.
Foote and Davies, $3.34, sup
plies; Brantley Gas & Appliance
Co., $126.92, fuel; Sinclair Re
fining Co., $114.30, gas and oil;
Blalock Machinery Co., $11.63,
parts; T. E. Raulerson, $165.45,
services rendered; B. O. Jones,
$130.20, board and turnkeys;
Dept, of Public Welfare, $676.29,
budget; City of Nahunta, $27.00,
water; Washington National In
surance Co., $55.78, Insurance.
There being no further business
the meeting closed in regular or
der.
R. B. Brooker, Chairman.
R. C. Harrell Jr., Clerk.
County Primary Election Set
By Committee For April 18
State Solons
Meet Monday
For Session
The General Assembly of
Georgia will convene Monday,
Jan. 9, in Atlanta.
State Senator Jos. B. Strick
land and Representative J.
Floyd Larkins are expected to
leave this weekend to attend
the session.
Palmetto News
By Mrs. W. H. Jacobs
Mrs. Fleming Manning and
children of Finn Town spent the
holidays with her sister, Mrs.
G. W. Freeman and brothers,
George and Calvin Drury.
* * *
Irvin Drury visited his family
in Brunswick on Sunday of last
week.
♦ * ♦
Viola Drury and daughter,
Darlene, of Hopewell spent the
holidays with Mr. and Mrs. H.
C. Rooks.
♦ ♦ ♦
Among those visiting Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Jones and Mrs. S. C.
M. Drury were: Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Church of Washington,
D. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brizan
dine and daughters of Augusta;
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Drury, Carl
and Don and Mr. and Mrs. Ver
non Drury and daughters of Vi
dalia; Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Cole
man, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Yancf
of Jacksonville; Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Drury and children of
Brunswick.
♦ ♦ ♦
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Rooks of
Jacksonville spent Christmas
with Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Gibson.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Jacobs and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll
Johns, Miss Ruth Jacobs of Way
cross; Mr. and Mrs. Reddick
Thornton and children, Mr. Elmer
Pittman and Savage Pittman of
Waycross, were holiday visitors
at the home of Mrs. W. H. Ja
cobs.
Share-croppers
Are Considered
Self-employed
“Share-Croppers should be in
terested in knowing that they are
generally considered self-employ
ed for social security purposes,”
announced O. L. Pope, District
Manager, Waycross Social secur
ity Administration today.
“This means share-croppers are
building toward protection for
themselves in their old age and
protection for their families in
case of their death. To qualify
for this valuable family pro
tection, they must have net earn
ings of at least S4OO from their
farming operations in a year.”
Mr. Pope pointed out that
share-croppers, like all farm op
erators, will report their earn
ings for social security purposes
for the year 1955 by filing an in
come tax return with a farm
schedule. Share-croppers must
file these tax returns with the
District Director of Internal Rev
enue early in 1956, in order to
receive social security credits for
their farming operations, even
though they may not owe any
income tax.
Until a recent interpretation
issued by the Internal Revenue
Service aqd the Social Security
Administration, share-croppers in
the usual farming arrangement in
this area would be considered as
self-employed. The landowner
participating in the usual share
crop arrangement would be con
sidered as receiving income from
rent and would not have to re
port his income from his share
of the crop for social security
purposes, nor would he. receive
social security credit, Mr. Pope
continued.
ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Reynolds - Smith
Miss Hazel Reynolds, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Reynolds
of Waynesville and J. Quincey
Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Q. Smith Jr., were married on
Dec. 20. The wedding took place
at the Baptist Pastorium in Na
hunta with Rev. Cecil Thomas
officiating.
The young couple will make
their home in Jacksonville
where Mr. Smith is employed.
Colvins Entertain
At Buffet Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Colvin
and daughter, Diane, along with
Mrs. Wade Colvin, entertained at
their home with a buffet dinner
for friends and. relatives visiting
in and around Way cross during
the holidays.
The Colvins’ Hoboken home
was decorated in keeping with
the Yuletide season.
Some 30 persons were invited
to share in the occasion and a
mong those from out-of-town
were the R. B. Cochrans, Helen
Jane and Brenda Rose, of Hazle
hurst; the E. L. Tyres, Buster and
Janet, of North Augusta, S. C.;
the J. C. Scurrys of Patterson;
the W. Roy Colvins, Sue and Roy
Jr., of Jamestown; the Rev. and
Mrs. John Meeks; the Vernon
Willifords and Mrs. J. C. Hall,
of Waycross.
At the conclusion of the din
ner, the family attended prayer
services at a Hoboken church as
a group.
Personals
The Nahunta High School PTA
will meet in the High School Li
brary on Monday evening, Jan.
9. Rev. Horace Williams will have
charge of the program “Mold
ing Young Lives Through Brigh
ter Corners”. The hostesses will
be Mrs. Horace Jacobs, Mrs. Ruby-
Jacobs, Mrs. Alfred Thomas, Mrs.
Eunice Johnson and Mrs. Jim R.
Herrin.
♦ * ♦
Fred Hiller, student at Univer
sity of Maryland, visited his mo
ther, Mrs. Dorothy Hiller during
the Christmas holidays.
♦ * *
Guests of Mrs. Cindy Morgan
and Miss Jimmie Herrington
during the holidays were: Mr.
and Mrs. George L. Trhlik of
Baltimore, Md.; Mr. and Mrs.
James F. Jones of Norfolk, Va.;
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Moore of
Waycross; Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Lee
and son, Michael of Folkston;
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Jones and
sons, Isaac and Genee of Okee
chobee, Fla.
♦ * *
Mrs. David Simpson and sons,
David, Dan and Michael, of Ath
ens, visited their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. P. Dodge during the holi
days.
* * *
Guests at the home of Mrs.
Alice Highsmith during the holi
days were: Mr. and Mrs. John B.
Highsmith and children, John,
Anna and Michael of Florence,
Ala. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Peacock
of Jacksonville, Mr. and Mrs.
Connie Harrison of Thalman, Ga.
Mrs. Louis C. Bennett and
children visited Mrs. Bennett’s
mother, Mrs. Claude P. Ammons
of Hoboken, Route 1, last week.
She left for her home at New
Smyrna Beach, Fla., Sunday.
♦ » *
Mr. and Mrs. Willis F. Moore
Jr., of Springfield, Vt., returned
home Sunday after visiting Mrs.
Moore’s mother, Mrs. Claude P.
Ammons of Hoboken.
At the present rate, say econo
mists at the Agricultural Exten
sion Service, over two million
consumers will be added to our
population this year.
The Home Newspaper is
Read Like a Letter From
Home. If They Don’t
Subscribe, They Borrow The
Enterprise.
Fees Are Set
And Runoff>
Race Rp' J
The Brantley County election
will be held Wednesday, April 18,
according to the action of the
county Democratic Committee
which met at the courthouse in
Nahunta Tuesday, Jan, 3.
The committee fixed the fees
for the various county offices
and also set the date for a run
off election in case the leading
candidate in a given race does
not get a majority of the votes
cast.
The run-off election was set
for Wednesday, May 2. First
date for qualifying was set for
Thursday, March 1, and last date
for qualifying was set for Thurs
day noon, March 15.
Fees were set as follows: for
sheriff, county school superinten
dent, clerk of court, Ordinary,
and tax commissioner, $l5O each;
for treasurer, $35; for surveyor
$10; for coroner $lO, and for
county commissioner, SSO.
A sub-committee was appointed
to meet Friday, March 16, to pass
on qualifications of candidates
offering in the county primary.
This sub-committee was also em
powered to employ legal counsel
if necessary to arrive at a de
cision concerning qualifications of
cand'dates. . .
The sub-committee is compos
ed of C. Winton Adams, chair
man; Lavelle Bohannon, Carl
Broome and Henry McVeigh.
Two Democratic committeemen
will also be chosen from each of
the eight precincts in the county
at the April 18th election. Blank
spaces will be placed on the
ballots for the insertion by the
voters of their choice for Demo
cratic committeemen. i
Ten of the 16 county commit
teemen were present at the meet
ing Tuesday. They were C. Win
ton Adams, Hortense district,,
chairman; Lavelle Bohannon and
Dick Allen, Hickox district; Carl
Broome, Nahunta district; Henry
McVeigh, Waynesville district;
Clyde Strickland and J. H. High
smith; Lulaton district; Floyd
Larkins, Hoboken district; Fred
Lee and Owen Griffin, Schlatter -
ville district.
ARMY AVIATION
Entirely distinct from the Air
Force of the National Military Es
tablishment is the United States
Army’s aircraft career field. This
field chiefly involves light airplanes
and helicopters, serving varied pur
poses. More prestige and status
than ever go now to the enlisted
specialists maintaining the Army’s
light fixed-wing aircraft and heli
copters. This field offers an
interesting career with ample
opportunities for advancement.
Although designed to meet special
ized needs of the United States
Army, the jobs in this field are
easily convertible to comparable
activities in civilian industry.
