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VOLUME 36 — NUMBER 5
SWEEPING THE COUNTRY
A LAW TO PESTER DAILY NEWSPAPERS
The Georgia legislature has passed a law seemingly
aimed at pestering the state’s 32 daily newspapers. 1 say
“pestering” because pestering is about all the law will
ever amount to. It will probably be ruled unconstitutional
by the Georgia Supreme Court on the first test case
brought under the law.
The law provides that a newspaper owned by a
corporation may be sued in any county where it has more
than 50 subscribers, provided it has 50 or more subscribers
in more than on county in the state.
For instance, in the case of The Atlanta Journal a
person could go into any county in Georgia and sue that
newspaper whether or not the plaintiff resided in the
county. In other words, the plaintiff could pick the county
in Georgia where he thought he would have best best
chance for a favorable verdict.
It seems that every time some of the big newspapers
expose political skullduggery in high places, these high
places get busy in the Georgia legislature and start try
ing to drive through legislative bills aimed at “punishing
the newspapers.”
The amazing part of the situation is that a rubber
stamp legislature would for a moment entertain these
punitive bills, much less enact them into law.
LET GOVERNOR APPOINT LEGISLATORS
A bright idea has popped into my so-called mind
concerning a plan to save the voters of Georgia a lot of
trouble.
Since the Georgia legislature has rapidly developed
into a first-class rubber stamp for everything the gover
nor wants, I suggest that henceforth the governor be al
lowed to appoint senators and representatives from each
district and county.
Every two years the governor could appoint a sena
tor from each Georgia district and appoint representa
tives from the 159 Georgia counties.
In this way the voters would not have to go to the
polls and tire their brains to determine which candi
dates would come nearest to doing exactly what the
governor wanted.
Since the governor seems to have almost all our law
makers hog-tied forty ways for Sunday, my proposal
would simplify the whole matter and save the voters the
trouble of making sure they elected an “administration
man.”
We already have a lot of useful gadgets in this
electrical age, gadgets to make life easier for everybody.
And so why not let our governor do our thinking for us
and thus save us the wear and tear on our so-called
minds?
You gotta be willing to make changes, boys and
girls, if you ever expect to make progress in this world.
GOVERNOR HAS $280,000,000 BIG STICK
The secret of the governor’s power over the Georgia
legislature is that he has a $280,000,000 club to swing
over the heads of the legislators.
The governor has $280,000,000 of the taxpayers
money to spend each year. The legislature has long since
abdicated its Dowers to direct where and how all these
millions shall be spent, and the governor is spending the
money how and where his budget committee decides.
Where the people’s representatives abdicate their
powers, there tyranny begins.
The power of money is the root of many government
al evils. The power to spend $280,000,000, almost with
out let or hindrance, tends to intimidate small-caliber
representatives and makes them subservient to the gov
ernor’s political whims and prejudices.
If the people want to restore democratic government
in Georgia, they will have to elect legislators who will
insist upon constitutional processes in appropriating the
taxpayers money.
Yes, I know this is only one small voice chirping in
the wilderness. But at least a fellow can still chirp his
little chirp, can’t he? •
(Editor’s note: this small newspaper circulates less
than 50 copies in all counties except Brantley County.)
PLAN TO “BUZZ” PRESS INSTITUTE
A costume party is to be held at the Georgia Press
Institute at Athens Feb. 23, and attendants are requested
to go to the party in the costume of the person or animal
each would like most to be.
I plan to go dressed as Superman. When the guests
are assembled I will leap through the window into the
room and buzz around the ceiling for a few laps, then
light gracefully among the guests. In this way I plan to
win the prize for the most original costume and stunt.
But I would be in a real “fix” if some Athens "under
world characters” started spraying me with bullets which
bounce so harmlessly off the breast of the invincible
Superman.
“JUST DISCHARGED — WHOOPEE!”
A car came through Nahunta Monday with big signs
on front and rear, saying, “JUST DISCHARGED —
WHOOPEE!”
I don’t know whether the fellow meant he was just
discharged from his job or from the army or from a
cannon.
As he was traveling about 60 miles an hour through
the center of town, I figure he was just discharged from
a cannon.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
By CARL BROOME
Brantley Enlrrjnw
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, February 2, 1956
Loan Funds
Available
For Farmers
Farmers in Brantley, Charlton,
Pierce and Ware counties may
apply for the additional loan
funds available for financing
1956 operating expenses, R. R.
McLeaish, National Administra
tor of the Farmers Home Ad
ministration notified Seth M.
Kellam, the Agency’s local rep
resentative.
The loans may be used to pay
a wide variety of farm and home
operating expenses including the
purchase of fertilizer, tractor
fuel, livestock feed and seed.
The loans will be made only
to farmers who are operating
units no larger than a family
type farm, and who are unable
to obtain adequate credit from
other sources.
Applications may be filed at
the county office of the Farmers
Home Administration. The office
serving Brantley, Charlton, Pierce
and Ware counties is located at
501 Pendleton Street, Waycross.
All Farmers Home Administra
tion offices have been instructed
to give prompt service to all loan
applications. Mr. Kellam pointed
out that these loans are short
term credit designed to help far
mers finance one year’s opera
tions. Credit is also extended by
the Farmers Home Administra
tion over longer periods to fi
nance adjustments and improve
ments in farming operations.
Real estate credit for purchase
and development of family-type
farms, for financing soil conser
vation measures, and for the de
velopment of water supply sys
tems for farm homes, livestock,
and irrigation are also available.
Benjamin Lang
Died Wednesday
At Waverly
Benjamin C. Lang, 81, of
Waynesville and Waverly died
Wednesday morning, Feb. 1, at a
Brunswick hospital.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Ellie Mizell Lang, one
daughter, Mrs. Reno Bridges of
Waverly; two sons, Waldo E.
Lang U. S. Naval Air Force, stat
ioned at Norfolk, Va., and Jas
per N. Lang, Jr. U- S. Air Force,
stationed in Japan. Two grand
sons, Benjamin C. Lang, Jr. and
Gary Eugene Lang. His sisters
are Mrs. D. W. Middleton, Sr.
Miss Leila Lang and Mrs. J. A.
Cason Sr. of Brunswick; and Mrs.
Mussell White Sr. of Callahan,
Fla.
His brothers are I. J. Lang of
Brunswick and Isaac Lang of
Cummings, Ga.
Mr. Lang was a farmer and
stockman in Brantley County.
Chancey—Stewart
Miss Helen Chancey, daughter
of. Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Chancey,
of Nahunta, became the bride of
James William Stewart, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Stewart of
Brunswick on Friday evening,
January 27, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Claude A. Smith with
Ordinary Smith performing the
ceremony.
Attending the wedding were:
Mrs. Joe M. Chancey, mother of
the bride, Carol and Roger her
brothers; Miss Eliza Jane Moore,
Miss Mary Jane Moore, Mrs. An
nie Johns, Mr. and Mrs. Kenney
Harris and others.
Following the wedding Mrs.
Chancey, mother of the bride,
entertained the wedding party at
her home, serving cake and cof
fee.
The young couple will make
their home in Brunswick where
Mr. Stewart is employed.
Roy Thomas Wins
Prize in Sarasota
Dance Contest
SARASOTA, Fla — One of the
winners in the weekly Charleston
contest at Sarasota this week was
Roy Thomas of Nahunta.
Thomas, a guest at Sarasota
where he and Mrs. Thomas are
vacationing this week, won a
share of the contest title over a
field of 14 other men.
Willie B. Harper
Passed Away at
Greenville, S. C.
Willie B. Harper, 49, of Green
ville, S. C., died suddenly Jan.
21, at the home of friends. Fune
ral services were held in Green
ville at the Morgan Memorial
Baptist Church.
Mr. Harper was a native of
Wayne and Brantley counties. He
had lived in Greenville for the
past 25 years where he was a
restaurant operator.
Mr. Harper was a member of
the Baptist Church and was ac
tive in church work, in the
Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Ailleene Garrette Harper;
three sisters, Mrs. Mattie Lee
Jacobs of Hortense; Mrs. Nora
Browning, Brunswick; and Mrs.
Lillie Mae Perry of Greenville,
S. C.; two brothers, Alvin J. Har
per of Nahunta; Ernest Harper
of Hortense.
Hoboken Bows
To Patterson
In Two Games
Patterson High School basket
ball teams took a double-header
from Hoboken Tuesday night in
Hoboken with the Eagles win
ning, 71-65, and the Patterson
girls handing the strong Hoboken
team a 64-47 defeat.
Patterson’s scoring attack in
the boys game was led by Kick
lighter with 17 points, .followed
by Youmans with 16 and Aldridge
with 14. Mercer scored 26 points
to lead the Hoboken team.
In the preliminary game Gen
evieve Strickland led the win
ners with 35 points, followed by
Linda Byrd with 18. For the Ho
boken team Hickox led with 16
points.
Linton Brooker
Opens New
Service Station
A new service station has re
cently been opened by Linton T.
Brooker in the northern part of
Nahunta.
The new station is the Brooker
Service Station and it handles
Sinclair products of all kinds, in
cluding gas, oil, tires and tubes.
The new service station is mo
dern in every respect and will
give prompt and courteous ser
vice to tourists and local trade.
Jury Makes
No Award in
sloo,oooCase
M. D. Raulerson of Blackshear
won a jury verdict Tuesday as
defendant in a SIOO,OOO damage
suit filed against him by Mrs.
Dorothy Gillis, on behalf of her
self and her children, in connect
ion with the accidental death of
her former husband, Elbert Wil
hite.
The Pierce County Superior
Court jury found in favor of the
defendant, Mr. Raulerson, after
hearing testimony in the case
Monday and concluding argu
ments Tuesday morning. Judge
Cecil Roddenberry presided.
Mrs. Gillis had claimed negli
gence in asking SIOO,OOO from
Mr. Raulerson. Mr. Wilhite had
been killed on April 6, 1954, when
a tractor he was driving over
turned while being towed by a
pick-up truck driven by the de
fendant.
A jury also Wednesday return
ed a verdict in favor of Ritch &
Son of Patterson, defendants in
a suit on account by Mrs. Francis
Colley. Judge Glenn Thomas of
Jesup presided, after Judge Rod
denberry disqualified himself be
cause of relationship.
The trial of James C. Creech
Jr. on a charge of rape began
Wednesday, this being the only
criminal case scheduled during
the special call session of Super
ior Court.
Music Clinic
To Meet
At Hoboken
The Bth District Elementary
Music Clinic will be held Sat
urday, February 11, at the Ho
boken High School. The clinic is
being held for supervisors, ad
ministrators, music educators and
classroom teachers.
The morning session will be
gin at 9:00 A. M. and the after
noon session will be held from
1:00 until 3:00 P. M. For the con
venience of the clinic participants
the noon meal will be served in
the school cafeteria. Reservations
for the noon meal must be made
by February 1.
Mrs. Wardlaw Moore of At
lanta will be the consultant of
lower elementary and Mrs. Earl
Beach of the demonstration school
of the University of Georgia will
be upper elementary consultant.
The Music Educators National
Conference, with which the Geor
gia Music Educators Association
is affiliated, has the following
motto: “Music for everyone and
everyone for music”. It is only
through increased music partici
pation by classroom teachers that
music will be made available to
all boys and girls.
Mrs. John Griffin is chairman
of the music clinic. Tolman
Ghurst of Waycross is chairman
of the Bth District Georgia Music
Educator’s Association.
Waynesville
News
By MRS. PETE GIBSON
Mr. and Mrs. L. C Lightsey of
Screven visited Mr. and Mrs. B.
A. Lightsey on Saturday.
♦ * ♦
Miss Frances Walker had -as
her guests last weekend Miss
Margaret Little and Miss Shelba
jean Parrott of Woodbine.
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Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lightsey
of Waycross were guests oi Mr.
and Mrs. B. A. Lightsey and Mrs.
Jonie Reddish on Sunday.
* * ♦
Mr. Macle Rozier of Brunswick
and Mr. N. L. Nickson of Jesup
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. L.
W. Robinson on Sunday.
» ♦ *
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walker
and Patsy, Mrs. Parrott and
daughter, Roseann of Woodbine,
attended a birthday dinner in
Jacksonville on Sunday.
♦ *’ •
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Persons
visited their daughter, Mrs. C. D.
Gibson and family, on Sunday.
» • *
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Thornton
of Waycross, J. M. Miller and
family of Brunswick were Sun
day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Truby
Thornton.
♦ * *
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Doan of
Brunswick visited Mr. and Mrs.
Truby Thornton on Monday.
» • *
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Halsey
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. E.
A. Hunter on Sunday.
Wainright —
Wainright
Mrs. Jesse Olin Wainright of
Nahunta announces the engage
ment of her daughter, Miss Mary
Theo Wainright to Joseph H.
Wainright, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James H. Wainright of Waycross.
The wedding will take place
February 19 at the Riverside
Baptist Church.
Miss Wainright was graduated
from the Nahunta High School
and St. Joesph School of Nurs
ing in Savannah. She is a mem
ber of the Nursing Service of the
Veterans Administration Hospital
in Dublin, Ga.
Mr. Wainright was graduated
from Waresboro High School and
attended Business College in
Jacksonville. He is employed
with an electric company in
Dublin.
FOUND
A good place to buy Gas
Ranges and Automatic Water
Heaters and Space Heaters.
Brantley Gas Company, Nahunta,
Georgia. Phone 2-2222.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Strickland Buys
Nahunta Parts &
Service Station
Jos. B. Strickland has bought
the Nahunta Parts & Service,
Standard Oil service station, from
Alvin Drury, Mr. Strickland an
nounced this week.
The purchase price is under
stood to be around $32,000. The
service station is at Five Points
in the center of Nahunta and is
regarded as one of the most fa
vorably located service stations
in this section.
Nahunta Parts & Service han
dles a full line of Standard Oil
products, including gas, oil, tires
and other accessories. The station
is being operated by Virgil
Strickland.
Jos. B. Strickland, the new
owner, is state senator, and is
now attending the 1956 session
of the Georgia legislature.
Heart Fund
Campaign
Began Feb. 1
The Heart Fund Campaign
started in Brantley County Wed
nesday, Feb. 1, with Mrs. Eula
Powers as county chairman.
Mrs. Powers will be assisted
in the Heart Fund Campaign by
Mrs. Bertha Jacobs and George
Dykes. The campaign is to raise
funds for research for finding
cures for heart trouble and rheu
matic fever, also for aid to vic
tims of these diseases.
The quota for Brantley County
is $260. The campaign will con
tinue through the month of
February.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Johnson
of Jacksonville, Fla., announce
the birth of a baby girl on Thurs
day, Jan. 26. She has been nam
ed Debbie Ann. Mrs. Johnson is
the former Miss Lorene Byrd of
Nahunta.
Mr. and Mrs. Colonel B. Keen
announce the birth of a girl on
Thursday, Jan. 26, weighing eight
pounds and six ounces. She has
been named Sabra Nancy.
Boy Scouts Mark 46th Birthday
OnwardAw God and My Country
More than 4,100,000 Cub Scouts,
Boy Scouts, Explorers, and adult
leaders throughout the nation
will observe Boy Scout Week,
February 6 to 12, marking the
46th anniversary of the Boy
Scouts of America.
Since 1910, Scouting has served
over 24,500,000 boys and adult
leaders.
The new Four-Year Program,
“Onward for God and My Coun
try,” is launched in 1956 to help
prepare America’s boys to live
Births
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46m ANNIVIRSARVI9S6
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
OFFICIAL BOY
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Read Like a Letter From
Home. If They Don’t
Subscribe, They Borrow The
Enterprise.
Nahunta Wins
Both Games
At Waresboro
Nahunta’s cage teams copped
both ends of their twin bill at
Waresboro Monday night in a
pair of thrilling one point victor
ies. The Nahunta lassies notched
their second win of the year in
the opener with a 44-43 triumph
over Waresboro and the Nahunta
boys quintet eked jut a 49-48
win over the Martins ;r the night
cap.
The opener last night saw the
Waresboro lassies outshoot Nah
unta from the field but as in
many of their past defeats the
Martinettes could not cash in on
charity tosses and lost. Wares
boro hit 18 goals from the field
to Nahunta’s nine but a 26-7 dif
ference from the foul line was the
difference.
Nahunta led 9-6 at the end of
one period and 22-12 at halftime.
Waresboro whittled the differ
ence to one point in the third
period and trailed only 28-27 as
the final quarter got underway
but could not overcome that de
ficit and lost 44-43.
Strickland flipped in three
field goals and 20 charity tosses
to lead the Nahunta offense with
Hendrix adding 10. Lucy Mock
netted 10 goals from the field
and five free throws for 25
points for Waresboro with Bar
bara Music and Martha Sue
Hampton netting eight each.
In the nightcap, Waresboro led
15-14 after one period of action
but Nahunta rallied to lead SO
-26 at the halfway point. Nahunta
led 38-32 as the final period
started but the Martins rallied
and pulled to within one point
before the final horn sounded.
Lonzo Griffin led the winners
w'ith 20 points and Purdom add
ed eight for Nahunta. Emel
Smith and Jessie Lee shared
Waresboro scoring with 12 each.
Dan L. Davis added 11, Wallace
Sweat eight and Lamar Roberts
five for the Martins.
Miss Marion Strickland, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Strick
land of Nahunta, is among the
37 students of Georgia State Col
lege for Women who are enrolled
for students teaching assignments.
She is specializing iri Elementary
Education and is teaching in the
Peabody Demonstration School at
GSCW this quarter. <
>UT WEEK POSTER
in today’s world and to prepare
them to carry their full share
in the years ahead.
Boy Scout Week observances
will feature rededication cere
monies to be conducted by each
of the nation’s 104,000 units at
their meeting places on Febru
ary 8, the actual birthday of
Scouting in America. Demonstra
tions and exhibits will drama
tize the purposes of the Boy
Scouts of America and its rich
heritage.
