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VOLUME 36 — NUMBER 2
SWEEPING THE COUNTRY
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION NEEDED
Brantley County badly needs some kind of an or
ganization for the purpose of bringing industry into the
county.
Small industries seeking places to locate usually re
quire a suitable building to be provided by local capital.
And since many communities are already organized and
offering buildings and other inducements to industries,
it seems that the only way our county can compete in
getting factories is to organize a corporation with enough
capital to erect one or more factory buildings.
The industries are usually willing to repay the cost
of the factory building but want to amortize the costs
over a period of years.
At present a garment factory is considering locat
ing at Nahunta but this firm asks that a suitable build
ing be provided, the cost to be amortized over a period
of 20 years, with interest at five percent.
Our only chance to secure the proposed factory seems
to be to organize a corporation, with about $50,000 capi
tal, to erect a suitable building.
A few people who are willing to invest their money
at five percent interest could take the lead in this prop
osition, organize a corporation and sell stock to the
smaller investors.
The investment would bring only five percent interest
but the proposed factory would revitalize the business of
the entire community and bring to the investors indirectly
a great deal more than the mere interest on their money.
CAREFUL INVESTIGATION NEEDED
Os course we should carefully investigate any in
dustrial proposition before offering the inducement of
erecting a building.
Any industry requiring the erection of a $50,000
building should be willing to bind itself to stay here for
at least five years. No one-sided agreement should be con
sidered. The company seeking such favors should be will
ing to put up adequate collateral or guarantees that the
monthly rental, plus interest, would be paid for at least
five years. And at least one year’s notice of removal
should be required, so that the building could be filled
by another industry by the time of the removal of the
occupying industry.
By suitable investigation and by requiring suitable
guarantees of operation and repayment over a stated
period of time our community could avoid the experience
of some other communities where buildings have been
vacated a short time after occupancy by “fly-by-night”
We need industries and should be willing to invest
in them but we should also proceed with enough caution
to prevent investors being “left with the bag to hold.”
Anyway, the first step in securing industry in our
community is to organize and make necessary plans.
HOW LONG WILL RIVER POLLUTION CONTINUE?
It is interesting commentary on our state of civiliza
tion that we should continue to allow the wholesale pol
lution of the Satilla River and other Georgia Rivers by
the dumping of raw sewage into them.
The condition of the Satilla River, with Waycross
and Blackshear using it as a slop jar, is an amazing
example of what can result when a section lacks energe
tic and far-sighted leadership in its civic affairs.
A leading city official of Way cross, in commenting
on my defeat in the race for the legislature, said, “I am
sorry that you were defeated, but it will give us more
time to build our sewage disposal plant.”
He further stated, “I want to assure you that every
citizen of Waycross is with you in your stand on the
matter.”
He claimed that it would cost a million dollars to
erect the disposal plant to purify the city’s sewage, but
he finally admitted it could probably be done for much
less than 1 * a million dollars.
A leading physician of Waycross told me that he
had sought action for a sewage disposal plant in Way
cross for many years. “We should build it no matter what
it costs,” he said.
You only have to look at the Satilla River at the Ho
boken-Blackshear bridge to see that the stream is a nasty
slough of filth and disease-bearing contamination. The
pollution guts Brantley County from west to east and
south, through the length of the county.
I am wondering if the people of Brantley County
want to voice their protest against our Satilla River being
made a slop jar. I will welcome letters to this newspaper
concerning your feelings on the matter.
I will publish your letter, if you give permission,
with or without your signature. At least we can voice
our protest against such a grave injustice to our section,
such a grave danger to health and such an abuse of one
of our greatest natural resources.
Benjamin Franklin said, “The Lord helps them who
help themselves.” Are you willing to write a few lines
of protest against the incredible pollution of our Satilla
River ?
And you could also write your state board of health
and your state conservation department. These agencies
should raise a howl to high heaven until action is taken
to rid our section of it’s “blackest eye”.
If our county is apathetic, indifferent, then others
will continue to slough their slop through our middle,
while all the time wondering that any people would
tolerate such a mess.
By CARL BROOME
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Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, January 12, 1956
Garment Factory Proposal Taking
Shape As Applications Are Asked
Sowell - Cleland
Miss Jean Carol Sowell, daugh
ter of Mrs. John Sowell, became
the bride of Laverne W. Cleland,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cle
land on December 25 at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Herrin
with Mr. Herrin performing the
ceremony.
Present at the wedding were
the bride’s mother, Mrs. Sowell,
and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest War
ner of Fort Bragg, N. C.
The bride wore a tailored out
fit of navy blue with white ac
cessories.
The young couple spent several
days here in Nahunta after which
they left for Fort Bragg, N. C.,
where the groom is stationed in
the service.
Mixop to Preach
At Church of
God of Prophecy
Rev. Roy Mixon will be at
Raybon Church of God of Proph
ecy on Monday night, Jan. 16,
at 7:30 p m. to show moving pic
ture of “The Fields of the Woods
on Burger Mt. in N. C.”.
The public is given a cordial
invitation to attend the services.
Brantley County Polio Drive
Is Planned By Chapter Units
The Brantley County ’Polio
Chapter met in the office of
County School superintendent
Herschel Herrin Friday, Jan. 6,
with chairman Earl W. May pre
siding.
Further plans were made to
continue the campaign for about
SISOO county quota for the bene
fit of polio victims.
Those present were Earl May;
Mrs. Cecil Moody, secretary and
treasurer; Mrs. Eula Powers, out
going chairman; Mrs. J. B. Lewis,
chairman of Mothers’ Drive; Mrs.
Lois Williams, co-chairman Mo
thers’ Drive; Mrs. Edna Adams,
chairman of Brantley County
Chapter; Herschel W. Herrin and
R. D. Thomas, members of the
executive board; Mrs. Horace Ja
cobs, chairman of Mothers’ Drive,
Hickox district; and Mrs. Dan
Jacobs, co-chairman of publicity.
Plans were made for each
school and community to raise
the quota for Brantley County.
Ball games were scheduled be
tween Hoboken and Nahunta pa
rents. The game at Hoboken will
be played Jan. 17 and the Na
hunta game Jan. 27. The schools
plan to sell balloons, peanuts,
cookies and blue crutches.
Each school will show a film,
Application for Employment
Women from 18 years old and upward, who wish
to work in the proposed garment factory at Nahunta are
requested to go to the office of George Loyd, Brantley
County farm agent, and fill out application blanks for
possible jobs in the factory.
If it is impossible for you to visit the county agent’s
office at once, please fill out the blank below and send
it in to the county agent at Nahunta. Application must
be received before next Tuesday, Jan. 17.
Date S. S. No
Name
Age ; Sex
Address
Date of birth Phone No
Married Single Widowed
Number of children Number dependents
Other information
Name and address of former employers
Mrs. Harry King,
Died in Waycross,
Funeral Tuesday
Mrs. Harry J. King, 48, died
Saturday night, Jan. 7, in a Way
cross hospital after an extended
illness. A native of Brantley
county, she was the former Miss
Mary Sundy. She was a member
of Pierce Chapel Church in
Brantley county.
Surviving are her husband; two
daughters, Nelda Lee King and
Wilda Jane King, both of Way
cross; two sons, Russell Sidney
King and Robert Monroe King,
both of Waycross; her mother,
Mrs. Mattie Elizabeth Sundy of
Waycross; one sister, Mrs. Charles
Hall of Lakeland, Ga; four bro
thers, J. L. Sundy of Savannah,
Col. R. C. Sundy of Winter Park,
Fla.; E. A. Sundy of Orlando,
Fla.; and several nieces and nep
hews.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon, January 10,
at 4:00 p.m. in Pierce Chapel
Church, conducted by the Rev.
L. D. McConnell and the Rev.
Homer Summerall. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
Hinson-Miles Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
the proceeds to go to the polio
fund. A Roosevelt Ball will be
held at the .Nahunta High School
gymnasium Jan. 28.
Mothers working in the various
areas for the campaign will be
as follows;
Nahunta: Mrs. Robert Griner,
Mrs. Llawanah Cox, Mrs. Avery
Strickland, Mrs. Osborne Moody,
Mrs. Parker Dodge, Mrs. Collis
Highsmith, Mrs. Effie Strickland,
Mrs. Winnie Moore, Mrs. J. T.
Royster, Mrs. Dorothy Graham,
Mrs. Walter Crews.
Hickox: Mrs. Horace Jacobs,
Mrs. Julia Bohannon, Mrs. Edna
Maynor.
Waynesville: Mrs. Buster Walk
er, Mrs. Marian Gibson, Mrs. M.
H. Robinson.
Brownton: Mrs. Clinton Pop
pell.
Schlatterville: Mrs. Doris Drig
gers, Mrs. Josephine Cason.
Hoboken; Mrs. Cleve Jones,
Mrs. Frank Dukes.
Ray bon; Mrs. Delmar Herrin,
Mrs. Lillian Baxter. t
Mr. R. D. Thomas will contact
county organizations and associa
tions for contributions while Mr.
Clinton Robinson and Mr. Elroy
Strickland will ask for contribu
tions from business people of Na
hunta.
Women From
18 or Older
Are Needed
The possibility for a garment
factory being located in Nahunta
in the near future appeared
brighter this week as plans for
the forming of a local corporat
ion to erect a suitable building
took shape.
R. B. Brooker, chairman of the
county commissioners, Delma F.
Herrin, clerk of the court, George
Loyd, county agent, and Jesse Al
len have been active during the
past few days securing stockhold
ers in the corporation to be form
ed.
The corporation, to be called
Brantley County Industrial Dev
elopment Corporation, will be
organized with a capital of at
least $40,000, with the privilege
of increasing the capital to SIOO,
000.
About $30,000 of the needed
$40,000 had been subscribed up
to Thursday night it is reported.
The money would be repaid in
annual installments over a period
of 20 years at five percent in
terest.
The corporation would erect a
$40,000 building on a 3-acre plot
of ground inside the Nahunta city
limits. The garment factory firm
would then lease the building but
would own it after payment was
made over the 2Gyear period.
The garment factory would em
ploy from 50 to 100 women at
first but this number would in
crease as the business developed.
Women Should Apply
Women from 18 years old and
upward should apply at once for
work in the garment factory. The
garment factory firm desires a
bout 200 applications from those
who wish to work 40 hours a
week at assembly line work in
stitching garments.
The pay will be probably 85
cents an hour for an eight-week
learning period, after which the
workers will be paid the min
imum wage of $1 an hour. Mid
dle-aged women are said to be
especially adapted to the gar
ment factory work.
Women who wish to apply for
possible work in the proposed
factory are requested to go to the
office of county agent George
Loyd and fill out application
blanks.
Elsewhere in this newspaper
will be found a short form of
the application blank. Women
who cannot go to the county a
gent’s office are requested to fill
out the published blank and send
it in to George Loyd, County
Agent Braqtley County.
Further information concerning
the proposed garment factory can
be secured at the office of Mr.
Loyd or from R. B. Brooker,
chairman of the county commiss-
ioners.
Applications must be made be
fore next Tuesday, Jan. 17.
Oleander Garden
Club Met With
Mrs. Williamson
The regular meeting of the
Oleander Garden Club met Tues
day night at the home of Mrs.
Lester Williamson with co-hos
tess Mrs. Alvin Williamson.
Later in the evening the mem
bers went over to Mrs. Lula
Browns home where she gave an
interesting and informing talk on
House Plants and demonstrated
the way to make moss sticks, af
terwards returning to Mrs. Lester
Williamsons where the meeting
was completed and refreshments
were served.
Those attending were Mrs. Em
ory Middleton, Mrs. Glenn Con
dit, Mrs. Horace Williams, Mrs.
Norman Lewis, Mrs. Linton
Brooker, Mrs. Oliver Pearson,
Mrs. Dick Schmitt, Mrs. Clint
Robinson, Mrs. Joe Walker, Mrs.
Harry Raulerson, Mrs. Cecil
Moody, Mrs. Ben Jones, Mrs. Dan
Jacobs, Mrs. Collis Highsmith,
Mrs. Clyde Anderson, Mrs. W. C.
Long, Mrs. Wilder Brooker, Mrs.
Dick Purcell, Mrs. J. D. Orser.
Mrs. J. D. Orser, Reporter.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
CLYDE (Left) AT 17 HELPS DAD WITH WORK
Mr. Aldridge Sits on Tractor Used on 22 Acres
MRS. ALDRFDGE (left) KEEPS PANTRY STOCKED
Shows Canned Goods to HD Agent Sarah Simpson
The photos and news story below were furnished to
this newspaper by courtesy of The Atlanta Journal
through Farm Editor Harold Joiner. Photos and story
appeared in The Atlanta Journal Monday, Jan. 9.
Hens Help Family Os Eight
Live On 22 Acres Os Land
NAHUNTA — Most farmers
would not attempt to make a liv
ing for a family on 22 acres of
cultivated land yet L. E. Aldridge
has succeeded in supporting his
family of eight from such a small
acreage.
Mr. Aldridge derives his prin
cipal income from hogs, chickens
and tobacco. His largest crop is
corn but this is used for feed
rather than for sale.
The farming done by the
Brantley Countians is a family
enterprise. From father and moth
er on down to the children, only
three of whom are at home now,
it is a combined effort which
makes the farm a success.
The tobacco allotment was only
one and seven-tenths in 1955.
From this small plot they sold
approximately 3,000 pounds at an
average of 50 cents per pound.
Mr. Aldridge says he doesn’t ex
pect much from the tobacco crop
next year because of the 12 per
cent cut.
Fourteen of the precious acres
are devoted to the production of
corn. The 1955 crop was a good
one. The family harvested nearly
half of it and considered 50 bush
els per acre a conservative es
timate. The other portion of the
corn was “'hogged off.”
The largest part of the family
income has been and is the sale
of hatching eggs. Last year the
Aldridges decided to get into
commercial production. They
have been happy about it ever
since.
The reason: A good salary for
the time invested. From April,
1953, until October, 1954, they
made a net profit of $25 per
week. This, they explain, adds a
good incentive for continued
work on the project.
Mrs. Aldridge helps the family
budget with her home canning.
The Home Newspaper is
Read Like a Letter From
Home. If They Don’t
Subscribe, They Borrow The
Enterprise.
During the fall of 1955 she “put
up” nearly 400 quarts of vege
tables and other farm produce.
She explained her unusually hea-
vy canning by saying “we haven’t
made much for the last three
years and I wanted to fill every
thing because next year might
not be a good year.”
The family kills most of their
meats and naturally they have
their own eggs. A milch cow pro
vides their milk and butter.
For the Aldridge family their
22 acres is enough for a comfor
table living. They are active in
community life and have been
devoting most of their spare time
to work on a community center.
Smith Opens
Law Office
At Nahunta
J. Robert Smith of Waycross
has opened a law office in Na
hunta in the Harper Building in
the office formerly occupied by
attorney Larmar Gibson.
Mr. Smith plans to move to
Nahunta with his wife and small
daughter in the near future. In
the meantime he will stay at the
Knox Hotel.
Mr. Smith is a graduate of the
Georgia University School of law
of the class of 53. He is a native
of Ware County. He has been
practicing law at Colquitt, Ga.,
for the past three year.
Mr. Smith will be available
for consultation at his office at
any time.
