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VOLUME 36 — NUMBER 3
SWEEPING THE COUNTRY
JUDGE CECIL RODDENBERRY
Brantley County citizens are proud of Judge Cecil
Roddenberry and his efficient methods of conducting
Superior Court. His being a “home man” of course com
mends him the more to our people.
Judge Roddenberry has instituted the custom, neg
lected for some years, of opening his court with prayer
by a minister of the Gospel.
Seeking Divine guidance in the complex and responsi
ble operations of the courts of justice is an action and
attitude that shows humility and a deep realization of
the need of Divine wisdom.
Brantley County citizens join with other counties
where Judge Roddenberry has held court in commending
him for his splendid leadership in our courts of justice.
PROPOSED GARMENT FACTORY POSSIBILITY
The people of Nahunta and Brantley County should
keep in mind the fact that the proposed garment factory
for Nahunta is not at all an assured fact as yet.
It will require more capital to erect a suitable build
ing than has been subscribed. More than SIO,OOO addi
tional stock in the corporation must be subscribed before
the necessary goal of $40,000 is reached.
If you can subscribe as much as SIOO or more in
the undertaking, please contact R. B. Brooker or George
Loyd so that the proposed factory may soon become a
reality.
BIG TRUCKS WANT TO GET BIGGER
The trucking industry wants the law changed so
they can drive longer and heavier trucks on Georgia
roads.
A bill before the Georgia legislature to increase
truck lengths and weights has already received approval
in committee and will now go to the house and senate
for approval or rejection.
With bigger and heavier trucks it is hard to see how
highways can be built to withstand the constant pounding
of such monsters of the roads.
The trucking industry is very important to state and
nation but it seems there should be a limit to the weight
allowed on our costly highways.
The Atlanta Constitution in an editorial Thursday
morning has this to say about the matter:
“BIGGER TRUCKS ON ROADS
MEAN BIGGER HAZARDS
“The Motor Vehicle Committee of the House of
Representatives has approved a measure that would per
mit increases in maximum length of trucks from 45 to
50 feet and the weight limit from 18,000 to 20,320 pounds
per axle.
“The measure does not affect the width of trucks,
as may have been inferred unintentionally by a cartoon
and headline on Wednesday’s Constitution editorial page.
Actually both were intended to call attention to the pres
sure for bigger and bigger trucks on our narrow roads —
whether lengthwise, sidewise or loadwise.
“The Constitution is proud of the state’s huge truck
ing industry and the part it plays in the economy of the
state. But there must be a limit somewhere to the size of
these trucks and trailer trucks on the state’s narrow and
increasingly'crowded highways.
“Opponents of this measure are on sound ground.
The General Assembly should think of road conditions,
the growing volume of automobile and truck traffic and
the multiplicity of traffic hazards and problems before
even giving serious consideration to this bill.”
Unemployment
Insurance Law
Is Extended
About 12,000 small employers,
of 4 or more i ndividuals, are
newly covered in 1956 by the
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Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
By CARL BROOME
Federal Unemployment Tax Act
and Georgia’s Employment Se
curity Law, according to Ben T.
Huiet, Commissioner of Labor.
“Those two laws were changed
in 1954 and 1955 to apply to em
ployers of 4 or more in 1956.
If a firm employed enough peo
ple in 1955 to be covered in 1956,
it will have to pay the taxes re
quired by state law, and the
taxes required by federal law for
the whole year 1956. The first
wage report is due the state on
or before April 30, 1956.
“An employer will be covered
from January 1, 1956 — if dur
ing 1955 or 1956 there are 20
weeks or more in which — on at
least one day per week — he
has had four or more employees,
whether or not at the same mo
ment of time. The weeks need
not be consecutive. The employ
ees need not be the same from
week to week,” Huiet pointed out.
“Any employer who may be
covered for 1956 should keep an
accurate daily record of his em
ployment, and should set aside
enough money to pay his payroll
taxes promptly, if and when.
“Because of the federal unem
ployment tax act change, all
states will cover employers of
four or more in 1956. (18 states
now cover employers of one or
more persons.)
Sraniky feitaprw
Rules Set For
Spring Fat
Calf Show
The rules committee of the
Farm Bureau spring fat calf show
met Friday night, Jan. 6, 1956,
and set up the following rules
under which show and sale will
be governed by:
1. Date of show and sale will
be Thursday, April 12th, 1956.
2. Entries will be limited to
boys and girls who have reached
their 10th birthday and have not
reached their 19th birthday.
3. Nothing but steers and heif
ers will be eligible in the show.
4. Entrants may have as many
as two entrants providing they
have someone to lead calves in
show and sale.
5. All animals must be one-half
or better of beef type breeding.
6. All animals must be in pos
session of entrant at least 75 days
before date of show and sale.
7. All entries must be checked
in at stock yard by 10:00 A.M.
on morning of show and sale.
8. All entries must be halter
broke and be wearing rope halt
ers at show.
9. All entries must be run
through the ring and sold.
10. Best home grown calf will
receive a special prize.
11. The judges will be com
posed of experienced livestock
men.
12. The decision of the judges
will be final.
After the Grand Champion and
Reserve Champion is chosen, the
rest of the entries will be classi
fied into three groups, which
will be Blue, Red and White, and
the following prizes awarded.
Grand Champion — $25.00 and
Cup.
Reserve Grand Champion —
$25.00.
Blue — $15.00.
Red — $12.50.
White — SIO.OO.
Best Home grown calf —-
$25.00.
John I. Lee
Attended Farm
Bureau Meeting
A state meeting of me county
presidents of the Georgia Farm
Bureau was held at Rock Eagle
Park January 9 to 11, it is an
nounced by John I. Lee, presi
dent of the Brantley County
Farm Bureau.
Mr. Lee spent the entire three
days in conference at Rock Eagle
with county presidents from over
the state.
The work of the Farm Bureau
was outlined for the year and
plans laid to promote the Farm
Bureau work over the state,
A legislative committee was
appointed to represent the Farm
Bureau in Atlanta during the
present session of the legislature.
Alfred Thomas Adds Turkeys
And Pecans To Farm Crops
Turkey production and pecans
were listed by a Brantley County
farmer as other methods of sup
plementing the income derived
from the tobacco crop.
Alfred Thomas, a resident of
the Hickox Community, is princi
pally a tobacco farmer yet he, like
many other such farmers, need
ed an additional source of cash
income. So he turned to turkeys
and the sale of pecans from his
15 trees on the farm.
The 15 pecan trees brought in
nearly $250 because of the high
prices in the selling season. The
freeze in March 1955 killed many
of the crops over the state and
allowed him to sell the nuts at
a premium.
Mr. Thomas is a good tobacco
farmer. Last season on 6.2 acres
he had an average of 2,200 pounds
per acre.
He attributed the fine crop to
a heavy fertilization, proper treat
ing of the soil and the fine
seasoning. Each year Mr. Thomas
prepares his soil by placing a
bromide to kill soil diseases, nem
atodes and grasses.
“I had perfect results last sea
son and didn’t pull a single
weed,” he said.
He grows plenty of plants
from his tobacco bed and often
gives some away to his neighbors.
Last season he put 1,900 pounds
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, January 19, 1956
Personals
Visitors with Mrs. Alice High
smith on Wednesday of last
week were Mrs. Ella Brown and
daughters, Mrs. Harriett White
ner and Mrs. Betty Donally and
son Ellis all of Brunswick.
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Barbara and Carolyn Herrin
honored their mother, Mrs. E. B.
Herrin with a surprise birthday
supper on January 12. Present
were Mrs. B. F. White, Mrs. R.
E. Austin, Gadis White, Legean
White, Gerald Johns, Rev. and
Mrs. Robert M. Huling and Tim
my; Jean Griffin, Mildred Car
ter, Hazel Griffin, B. F. Crews
and War die Highsmith.
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E. B. Herrin Jr. and Clayton
Carter caught a 43-pound blue
cat fish in Buffalo Creek on
Monday of this week. Last week
E. B. Jr. and his father, Elias
Herrin and Wardie Highsmith,
caught a 38-pound blue cat, a
13-pound channel cat and a 7%
pound bass.
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J. B. Lewis has been called. to
Wellsboro, Penn., because of the
serious illness of his brother, J.
E. Lewis.
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The WSCS will meet on Wed
nesday night, Jan. 25, at 7:00
p.m. Mrs. R. H. Schmitt will be
in charge of program.
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Attending the Methodist Con
ference of Waycross District held
at Hazlehurst on January 12,
were Rev. and Mrs. Horace Wil
liams, Mrs. J. B. Lewis, Mrs.
Mamie Harrison of Waynesville
and Mrs. W. T. Norton of Atkin
son.
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The Nahunta Garden Club will
meet on Tuesday, January 24, at
four o’clock p.m. at the Nahunta
Grammar School auditorium. A
picture slide will be presented
on “Parliamentary Rules”. Mrs.
D. S. Moody will be in charge.
W. H. Coha ; . will be the speak
er. All members are urged to be
present.
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S Sgt. and Mrs. Andrew J. Tay
lor of Wichita, Texas, and their
6-months-old twin sons, Ronald
Jackson and Donald Ray, arrived
for a visit with Mrs. Taylor’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. J.
Johns. SjSgt. Taylor, U. S. Air
Force left for a two months TDY
trip. His wife and babies will
remain with her parents.
Eula Edgy of Nahunta will be
a candidate for a bachelor of
science degree at Florida South
ern College on Feb. 1, in their
mid-year commencement. Miss
Edgy is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. L. J. Edgy. She will receive
her degree with a major in Phy
sical Education.
. Extension agricultural engin
eers report there are now slight
ly over 100,000 farm tractors in
Georgia.
of 3-9-9 fertilizer under his to
bacco and side dressed it with
100 pounds of sulfate of potash.
County Agent George A. Lloyd
said this was a good application
of the commercial nutrients.
Thirty acres of corn, some in
terplanted with velvet beans, was
another crop used on the Thomas
farm. Part of the corn was har
vested while the other section
was “hogged - off”. An estimated
35 bushels per acre was the yield
on the 1955 crop, he said.
A livestock program which in
cludes 30 cows and 55 hogs pro
vides him with an annual mar
ket of 35 saleable hogs and 12 to
15 calves. Five brood sows are
kept by Mr. Thomas for breed
ing purposes. He sells all of his
cattle and hogs at the county
livestock market.
The profit from the livestock
is greatly increased through a
program which includes home
grown feed. Oats and rye grass
help in the winter feed program
and the corn is used in summer
months along with coastal ber
muda.
Asked what the future holds,
Mr. Thomas expressed a desire to
place turpentine cups on some of
his pines within the next few
years. Then he thinks he will
have a well-rounded’ farming op
eration.
Mrs. Betty Hurd
Funeral Held at
Mars Hill Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Betty
Ray Hurd, age 24, of Jacksonville,
were held Monday afternoon at
four o’clock at Mars Hill Baptist
Church in Brantley County, with
Elders Martin T. Harris and A.
M. Boyett officiating.
Burial was in the church cem
etery.
Mrs. Hurd was a resident of
Brantley County until two years
ago when she moved to Jackson
ville. She was a member of the
New Hope Advent Church in
Brantley County.
Survivors include one son,
Johnny Thornton, Waycross; her
mother, Mrs. Pearl Rewis Ben
nett, Waycross; eight sisters, Mrs.
Vercie Bennett, Winter Haven,
Fla., Mrs. L. H. Dixon, Fargo,
Mrs. H. D. Fowler and Mrs. Do
rothy Cason, both of Blackshear,
Mrs. Albert Thomas, Patterson,
Mrs. W. F. Frazier, Jacksonville,
Mrs. O. W. Howell, Savannah and
Mrs. B. D. Lucas, Waycross, and
two brothers, R. A. Altman, Far
go, and J. E. Altman, Way cross.
Pallebarers were Harold E. Al
dridge, Silas B. Aldridge, Elmer
F. Aldridge, Lewis F. Aldridge
and Winston Highsmith.
Hinson - Miles Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
Business Women’s
Class Met Thursday
The Business Women’s Class of
the Nahunta Baptist Church met
Thursday, January 12, and car
ried out a program on the sub
ject, “We Give Thee But Thine
Own”.
Mrs. Lois Williams served cho
colate cake and coffee to those
in attendance. Among those pre
sent were mesdames Louise Dru
ry, Nellie Griffin, Cecil Turner,
Walter Crews, Rhoda Strickland,
Lois Williams, Lillian Baxter and
Gaynelle Keene and Miss Carol
Kitchings.
Former Pierce
Man Is Slain;
Marine Held
An AWOL Marine has confess
ed that he killed Allen J. Carter,
36 formerly of Pierce county,
whose body was found in the
marshes near Jacksonville, Fla.,
last Saturday, Norfolk, Va., po
lice reported.
Carter, an employee of St.
Marys Kraft Co. at St. Marys,
had been missing since Monday,
Jan. 9.
The Marine, listed as Robert
Shaw Cooke, 19, of Jacksonville,
was apprehended in Virginia on
a charge of breaking into a ser
vice station. He was found to be
driving Carter’s car.
Norfolk police said Cooke told
them he hitchhiked a ride with
Carter in Georgia early last week
and left him dead on the out
skirts of Jacksonville after a
quarrel. An autopsy report in
dicated Carter had a skull frac
ture at the back of the head.
Police officers in Duval county,
Florida, and in Norfolk were in
vestigating the case.
Carter was a native of App
ling county, but had spent most
of his life in Pierce county and
Waycross. A few years ago he
moved to St. Marys where he was
employed by the St. Marys Kraft
CO.
Funeral services were held at
2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at
the Darling Funeral Home chap
el in Blackshear. The Rev. Jerry
Harris and the Rev. David Lon
don of St. Marys officiated. Bur
ial was in Oakland Cemetery
at Waycross.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Frances Hargraves Carter; two
daughters, Betty and Patsey Car
ter of St. Marys; his mother, Mrs.
Edna Strickland Carter of Way
cross; one sister, Mrs. Claude
Smith of Mershon; and one brot
her Charlie W. Carter of Coffee.
Pallbearers were nephews.
Honorary pallbearers were mem
bers of Local No. 1128, Internat
ional Association of Machinists.
For Georgia in 1954, the U. S.
Department of Agriculture es
timated the total value of farm
buildings to be $446,000,000 — an
average value of $2,249 per farm.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Judge Roddenberry Presides
At First Court In Nahunta
Nutrition Specialist
Spoke in Nahunta
Friday, Jan. 13
Miss Vicky Rickett, nutrition
specialist from Athens, held a
leader training meeting at the
REA office Friday, January 13,
for nutrition project chairmen
and officers of the County Home
Demonstration Council.
She gave a demonstration on
an oven meal which included
stuffed pork chops, carrots and
potatoes, hot cabbage slaw and
hot fudge pudding. After the de
monstration the leaders practiced
by preparing lunch.
From a chart the women fi
gured how much of the different
kinds of foods their family needs
for one week. They also discuss
ed some nutritional problems
such as overweight and planning
menus that can be worked on in
the community Home Demonstra
tion Clubs.
Slides were shown which gave
suggestions on how the nutrition
leaders present could take the
information back to their clubs.
The nutrition project chairmen
and officers present were:
Mrs. Marvin Purcell, Mrs. H.
Q. Thrift, Mrs. Allie Wainright
from Riverside; Mrs. J. C. Allen,
Hickox, Mrs. John R. Driggers,
Mrs. Lonnie Aldridge, Mrs. J. E.
Aldridge, Mrs. W. M. Marr, Cal
vary and Mrs. Spencer Bentley
and Mrs. Frank Dukes, Hoboken,
and Mrs. Nolan Davis Jr., of
Schlatterville.
Waynesville
By MRS. PETE GIBSON
Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Beard and
daughters, Vickey and Sandy, ol
Brunswick, were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Truby Thornton on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W- Herrin and
children of Waycross spent Thurs
day with Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Hunter.
Mr. Truby Thornton visited a
brother in Waycross on Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Proctor of
Brunswick spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ja
cobs and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Robinson
were visitors in Homerville on
Monday.
Rev. Lester Edgy has accepted
the pastorate of the Waynesville
Baptist Church for the coming
year. Services will be held on the
first and third Sundays in each
month.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Cuthbert
of Waycross and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Rozier spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Buster Walker.
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A seafood dinner, honoring the
birthday of Mrs. J. W. Robinson
of Broxton, was held at the cot
tage of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Robinson at Piney Bluff. Others
present were Miss Ethel Robinson
of Broxton, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Robinson and daughter, Pat, and
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Robinson of
Jesup and Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Beverly of Waycross, Mr. and
Mrs. Clinton Robinson and girls
and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Moody
and family, of Nahunta.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edgy and
Stanley and Doug were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Duther Chapman,
Jr. of Fancy Bluff on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Edgy and
Mr. and Mrs. Doodle Wilson and
Faye of Brunswick visited Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Edgy on Sunday.
Justice of Peace
Election at
Waynesville
An election for Justice of the
Peace will be held in the Waynes
ville District next Saturday, Jan.
21, it is announced by Ordinary
Claude Smith.
The only candidate to qualify
for the election was Mrs. Julia
M- Gibson.
The hours for the opening of
the polls will be from 8:30 a.m.
until 4:00 p.m.
News
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The Home Newspaper is
Read Like a Letter From
Home. If They Don’t
Subscribe, They Borrow The
Enterprise.
Loper Given
Life Term
For Murder
Brantley County Superior Court
convened at Nahunta Monday
morning, Jan. 16, with Judge
Cecil M. Roddenberry presiding
in his home county for the first
time.
Judge Roddenberry opened his
court with prayer by Rev. Cecil
Thomas, pastor of the Nahunta
Baptist Church.
Solicitor J. R. Walker was re
ported ill. He underwent an op
eration Monday night for appen
dicitis, it is reported. Col. Leon
Wilson of Waycross was appoint
ed as solicitor-protem. It is un
derstood that Col. Wilson is serv
ing without pay for the current
term of court.
Only civil cases were tried
Monday. When the criminal doc
ket was taken up, James R. Loper
pled guilty to a charge of mur
dering Vilus Shu make on Sep
tember 29 last year. Loper was
sentenced to life imprisonment by
Judge Roddenberry.
With the exception of the mur
der case, the court docket was
mainly civil suits and misdemea
nor cases.
A number of Brantley County
citizens expressed themselves as
well pleased with the judicial
procedure of Judge Cecil Rod
denberry. They also expressed
appreciation of the work of act.-
ing solicitor Leon Wilson.
A new lawyer, Col. Robert
Smith, made his debut in the
local court. His first speech in
defense of a client a of
malicious mischief aroused much
favorable comment on the part
of those who heard him.
Chancey - Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Chancey
announce the engagement of
their daughter Tiny Helen to
James William Stewart, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Stewart of
Brunswick.
Miss Chancey is a graduate of
Nahunta High School. Mr. Ste
wart is a veteran of army ser
vice in Korea and is now em
ployed in Brunswick.
Navy Recruiter
Comes to Nahunta
Every Wednesday.
A navy recruiter visits Na
hunta each week on Wednesdays
in the interest of navy recruit
ing, it is announced by Chief
James W. Whealton of Waycross.
The recruiter will be at the
Nahunta post office at 10:00 a.m.
each Wednesday.
250 Apply For
Possible Jobs
In Factory
More than 250 applications for
jobs in the proposed garment
factory at Nahunta were received
during the past week and for
warded to officials of the gar
ment firm, it is reported by
George Loyd, county farm agent
who had charge of taking appli
cations.
Officials of the garment firm
wanted to be sure of a sufficient
labor supply if they come to Na
hunta. They expressed themselves
as pleased at the large number
of job applications and will con
tinue negotiations concerning e
rection of a suitable building at
Nahunta.
The entire project is still in
the realm of probability only and
not fully assured as yet. About
$30,000 has already been subscrib
ed to form a corporation here to
be known as “Brantley County
Industrial Development Corpora
tion.”
About SIO,OOO more in stock in
the company is needed in order
to go ahead with the organiza
tion and erection of the factory
building.
