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VOLUME 36 — NUMBER 9
SWEEPING THE COUNTRY
INTERPOSITION USELESS UNLESS CONGRESS ACTS
The legislature of some Southern states, including
Georgia, have adopted resolutions of “Interposition” a
gainst the Supreme Court’s ruling against segregation.
The theory is that the state can “interpose” its so
vereignty between the power of the federal government
and its citizens and institutions.
The Southern states base their stand on the consti
tutional provision that all powers not expressly granted
to the fedral government are reserved to the states and
to their citizens.
The Southern states claim that the Supreme Court
has violated thi,s constitutional provision by attempting to
invade the states’ educational systems and dictate the
mixing of the races in the public schools.
The theory of interposition can be valid only if the
United States congress backs up the Southern states by
submitting a constitutional amendment and this proposed
amendment is ratified by three-fourths of the states of
the union.
Under our system of government a ruling of the
Supreme Court can be changed in only two ways. One,
by a reversal by the court of its former decision or two,
by an amendment to the federal constitution negating the
court’s decision.
An amendment to the federal constitution requires
a two-thirds vote of both houses of congress and the
subsequent ratification of the amendment by three-fourths
of the states.
AMENDMENT NOW PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE
An amendment to the federal constitution clearly
giving the states the right to complete control of their
schools is practically impossible at any time in the near
future.
The politicians of both major political parties are
too eager for the votes of the Negroes in the big cities
of the North to do anything to alienate this vote. Then
too, there is a big bloc of left-wing voters who would
join the Negroes in voting against any office seeker who
dared to take a stand on states’ right in the segregation
issue.
Congressman Vinson of the Sixth Georgia District
has proposed a constitutional amendment which would
clearly give the states full power over the conduct of
their public schools. But this proposed amendment will
probably not muster even a majority of the national con
gress, much less a two-thirds majority.
With little hope of the national congress ever coming
tp the aid of the South with a suitable constitutional a
mendment we are left with the unlikely possibility that
the Supreme Court will ever reverse its decision on the
segregation issue.
The conclusion is that the South is saddled with a
Supreme Court decision that is supposed to be the su
preme law of the land. And this law, foisted upon the
South by the arbitrary interpretation of the Supreme
Court, will be used mercilessly and constantly to harass
the South into submission to its obnoxious provisions.
ONLY TWO WAYS LEFT FOR THE SOUTH
This brings us back to the uselessness of the theory
of “Interposition.” The theory will not work because the
South will have no help, no backing from the national
congress.
All that is left for the South is either VOLUNTARY
SEGREGATION or PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
The South faces a tragic dilemma. And the issue is
tragic for the Negro as well as for the white race.
The Negro race could avoid tragedy by a system
of voluntary segregation. But the radical whites a'nd the
radical Negroes will probably not allow the colored race
to thus solve the problem. The radicals will agitate and
bring pressure unceasingly until they force the Southern
states to resort to private schools.
The Negro race will be the greatest loser in a sys
tem of private schools, although the white race will also
be severely handicapped.
The South faces a future almost as gloomy as the
era of Reconstruction. The educational progress of a
century is threatened by the decision of the Supreme
Court.
Also the increasingly harmonious relations of the
white and colored races in the South are seriously threa
tened by the decision and by radical agitators both white
and colored. * •
And only time can reveal the full import of the tra
gedy the Supreme Court’s decision has brought upon
both races.
Sidney Highsmith
To Appear on TV
Sunday Night
Sidney Highsmith, son of J.
Morris Highsmith of Nahunta,
will appear on a CBS television
play next Sunday night at 10 o’-
clock, it was announced over the
CBS network last Sunday night.
Sidney’s appearance will be on
the program, “Appointment With
Adyenture,” a network feature
appearing every Sunday night
Mr. Highsmith is a graduate of
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
By Carl Broome
a dramatic school and plans to
make the theater his life’s work.
He is said to have good talent
for acting and his many friends
in Brantley County will watch
for his appearance on the TV
program Sunday night with a
great deal of interest. 1
One way for Georgia corn far
mers to improve the fertility and
organic matter content of the
soil is through the use of winter
legumes such as blue lupine.
Srantky Etitrrprte
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, February 16, 1956
Prof. May Pays Tribute Os
Praise To Lonzo Griffin
LONZO GRIFFIN
MAKES GREAT RECORD
Little Girl
Died Os Burns
Sunday Night
A three-year-old girl from At
kinson, died in the Ware count
ty Hospital Sunday night at 10:-
30 from burns received at an oys
ter roast at her home Saturday
night.
Doris Marie Taylor reported
ly got her clothes caught on fire
at the oyster roast. She was rush
ed to the hpspital Saturday night.
She is surviyed by one sister,
Joyce; three brothers, Albert, Ja
mes and John; her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Alex Taylor and her
paternal grandmother, Mrs. Lut
her Taylor, all of Atkinson.
Funeral services were held at
Hortense Memorial Church at
Hortense on Tuesday, Feb. 14,
with Rev. Horace Williams of
ficiating. Burial was in Hortense
cemetery.
Pallbearers were Howard Mid
dleton, Dewey Crews, W. T. Nor
ton and J. W. Walker.
Farmers Prepare
For Planting,
Supplies Are Ample
With spring just around the
corner, and with the moisture in
the ground as a result of the
rains this month, Brantley Coun
ty farmers are getting ready for
the planting season.
County Agent George A. Loyd
said that, on a basis of present
information, they will find ade
quate supplies of fertilizer, seed,
insecticides, and herbicides.
He said the agronomists on the
Agricultural Extension Service
staff in Athens have estimated
that the three principal fertili
zer elements - nitrogen, phos
phorus, and potassium — r will
exceed the 1954-55 supply by a
bout 2.5 percent.
The county agent called atten
tion to acreage cuts, particularly
on cotton and tobacco, and urged
farmers to use the latest research
information to secure high, eco
nomical yields.
Good land selection and pre
paration, adequate fertilization,
use of good seed, weed control,
insect control, and proper cul
tural practices were cited as some
of the practices that will help
make such yields possible.
The county agent says that in
dications are that tobacco plants
will be late this year, but that
farmers should use caution in
applying nitrate fertilizers to rush
plants along, as it makes them
tender and more susceptable to
blue mold.
GEORGIA DHIA FIGURES
Last year, 201 Georgia dairy
herds completed the full year
Dairy Herd Improvement Assoc
iation testing with an average
production of 6,863 pounds of
milk and 282 pounds of fat. John
E. McGowan, dairyman for the
Agricultural Extension Service,
points out that this is an increase
of 112 pounds of milk over the
1954 state average.
By Principal Earl May
Lonzo Griffin is a senior of the
Nahunta High School. He ie a
son of Mrs. Alma Griffin of Na
hunta.
Lonzo is a three letter man.
He has played on the first team
in basketball for four years. He
has been on the track team for
three years and baseball team for
two years.
Lonzo has made his greatest
contribution to his school and
community in basketball. He
played his first year on the regu
lar team when in the ninth grade.
He was an outstanding player
during his first and second years
under Coach Alexander. He con
tinued to improve as a ball play
er under Coach Ernie Grubb.
These first three years saw him
playing with other veteran play
ers of high school.
The year 1955 saw all the Vet
eran players who had been play
ing with Lonzo graduate. He was
the only seasoned player on the
team to report for fall practice
this school term under • a new
coach, Ronald Luke. Lonzo realiz
ed that he would ’need to take
the lead on the team if the team
had much chance of winning any
ball games this season.
To date the team has compiled
a winning record of eighteen
wins and ten losses. Lonzo has a
veraged better than 25 points per
game. His greatest honor came
when he led his team to two
victories over Coffee County. A
team now being coached by his
former coach, Robert Alexander.
Lonzo shot 39 points in Douglas
and 43 in Nahunta to help de
feat the strong team Os Coach
Alexander. He has hit better than
30 points a number of games this
year.
Lonzo is a real hero in the
eyes of the boys and girls of
Nahunta High School. He has
tremendous influence with all
his fellow students. If Lonzo is
for a thing, it must be right, be
cause in their sight, Lonzo can’t
do a wrong. This has been one
of Lonzo’s great assets. You most
always will find him on the right
side.
Lonzo played his last home
basketball game as a high school
player last Friday night. The
team played Folkston. As a small
token and tribute to this boys
greatness as a high school player
the basketball fans and friends
raised money through donations
to present him with a suit of
clothes and other gifts preceding
the game with Folkston.
Mr. Clarenpe Allen presented
the gifts. Mr. Allen remarked that
these gifts were insignificant so
far as repaying him for the great
honor that he had brought to his
school and community. Lonzo
went on into the game with
Folkston and shot 37 points. Na
hunta defeated Folkston by a
good score.
> Lonzo is an average student in
hik academic work. He has two
younger brothers playing basket
ball. Melvin is playing on the
regular team with Lonzo and
Marvin is on the squad.
The Nahunta High School fa
culty, student body> and com
munity, all congratulate Lorizo
for the outstanding record he
has made. He will be sorely
missed when he graduates this
spring.
Oleander Garden
Club Met Tuesday
The Oleander l Garden Club met
at the home of Mrs. Ben Jones
with co-hostess Mrs. J. D. Orser,
Tuesday, Feb. 14.
A film on “Flower Arranging”
and an interesting talk was given
by Mrs. Herschel Herrin.
Refreshments were served by
the hostesses, bringing out Val
entines Day theme of heart-shap
ed cookies and jello and coffee.
Those present were: Mrs. Nor
man Lewis, Mrs. Dick Purcell,
Mrs. Wilder Brooker, Mrs. Emory
Middleton, Mrs. W. C. Long, Mrs.
Earl May, Mrs. Dan Jacobs, Mrs.
Oliver Pearson, Mrs. Collis High
smith, Mrs. Harry Raulerson, Mrs.
Dick Schmitt, Mrs. Joe Walker,
Mrs. Clint Robinson, Mrs. Clyde
Anderson, and Mrs. Glenn Con
dit.
Nahunta Boys Win Eastern
Divison Court Championship
Nahunta Teams
Make Good
Court Record
Both teams of the Nahunta
High School basketball squads
won their games from Folkston
in the Nahunta gymnasium Fri
day- night, Feb. 10.
The Nahunta boys bopped the
five by a lopsided score of 76
to 43. Nahunta led all the way
by a good margin, paced by the
sensational playing of Lonzo
Griffin.
The Nahunta girls eked out a
narrow margin of victory, 52 to
50, as the Folkston girls gave
them a battle all the way.
The Nahunta girls fought one
of the gamest contests seen on
the local court in many years.
They were small but fast and
determined.
Nahunta boys and girls won
the last three games of basket
ball. The Nahunta girls,defeated
Camden County in Woodbine 52-
45. The boys won over Camden
by a score of 77-43.
Nahunta played the last home
game with Folkston last Friday
night. The girls played probably
the best game of the season when
they defeated the Folkston girls
by a score of 52-50. The boys
easily defeated the boys of Folks
ton by a score of 67-33.
The Nahunta girls defeated
Camden County girls the second
time in a preliminary game Mon
day in the girls tournament by a
score of 52-46.
The Nahunta boys won the first
round in tournament play by de
feating Folkston Tuesday night
in Waycross by a score of 72-46.
It Wuz Politics
Which Wuz Awful
To This Candidate
Any citizen in this section who
is thinking of becoming a candi
date for political office may well
consider the experience of a can
didate for sheriff in Jefferson
County, Tenn.
Briscoe Holt, speaking through
an ad in the weekly Jefferson
County Standard, told what he
“suffered” in his unsuccessful
race for the Republication nom
ination as sheriff.
“I lost several weeks canvass
ing,” he said. “I lost several acres
of corn and potatoes. I gave a
way two calves and five goats
for barbecue. I gave away five
pairs of suspenders, six ladies’
dresses and 15 baby rattlers.
“For prospective voters, I plow
ed 173 acres and spread 63 loads
of fertilizer. I drew 24 buckets
of water, put up 14 kitchen stoves,
kindled 17 fires and kissed 115
babies. I walked 6,481 miles,
shook hands 9,847 times and talk
ed enough to make several vol
umes.
‘I lost two front teeth and
some hair in a personal encoun
ter with a supporter of an op z
ponent. I attended 26 revival
meetings and sang in all the
choirs. I gave to home and for
eign missions, made love to nine
grass widows and got dog bit 39
times, and folks, still I get de
feated.
I want to thank my 43 friends,
and they are friends, for casting
their votes for me. And to the
rest of Jefferson County. I warn
you that I am now going armed
with a sawed-off shotgun because
a man that doesn’t have any
more than 43 friends in a county
as big as Jefferson is definitely
in need of extra protection.”
Holt’s 43 votes came in a race
in which nearly 4,000 were cast.
Production and use of commer
cial vegetables in Georgia has in
creased steadily during the oast
several years, while total pro
duction of most fruits except cit
rus has trended downward.
Money spent at home comes
back to you to be spent again.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
MRS. EDNA ADAMS
TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Mrs. Adams
Is Teacher
Os The Year
Mrs. Edna L. Adams, Eighth
grade teacher and principal of
«
Hortense School, has been select
ed Teacher of the Year from the
Brantley County System. By this
selection, Mrs. Adams becomes
elegible for the same honors from
district level, and if selected, from
the state.
Mrs. Adams came to Hortense
faculty immediately following her
graduation from Andrew College
and has worked the entire twen
ty years of her teaching career
at Hortense. During that time she
has earned a B. S. degree from
Georgia Teachers College and has
done graduate work at Mercer
University.
Mrs. Adams has been outstand
ing in church and civic work,
taking an active part in Red
Cross, polio, cancer fund drives
and other community projects.
She is present chairman of the
Brantley Polio Chapter, an officer
in the Cancer organization, and
is a member and past officer of
the Delta Kappa Gamma Society.
IMPROVEMENT SUGGESTIONS
R. E. Smith and H. M. Morris,
community development special
ists for the Agricultural Exten
sion Service, have compiled a
list of 100 suggestions to aid
Georgia community planners in
devekping their communities for
entrance in one of the state’s
community improvement contests.
Copies of the 100 items may be
secured from local county agents.
Eastern Division Girls To
Hold Tourney In Patterson
The Bth district Eastern division class B girls basket
ball tournament will begin Monday night, Feb. 20, at
Patterson with five teams participating.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Johns
and seven children have moved
back to Hickox after living in
Okeechobee, Fla., for the past
several years. They are natives
of Brantley* County. Mrs. Johns
is the former Miss Connie Wain
right.
J. W. Harris left on Tuesday
of last week to go to Atlanta
where he enlisted in the U. S.
Air Force. He has been assigned
to Lackland Air Force Base in
San Antonio, Texas for his train
ing. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Harris of Nahunta.
Today it takes $1.14 to buy
what $1 bought in the store in
1947-49, say home improvement
specialists for the Agricultural
Extension Service.
The Home Newspaper is
Read Like a Letter From
Home. If They Don’t
Subscribe, They Borrow The
Enterprise.
Play Nicholls
Friday Night
At Hoboken
Nahunta won the championship
of the Eastern Division boys’
basketball tournament by beat
ing Wacona by a score of 62 to
61 in Waycross Wednesday night,
Feb. 15.
The final game of the tourna
ment saw two almost evenly
matched teams play a fast and
frenzied game, with the sensa
tional playing of Lonzo Griffin
for Nahunta spelling the differ
ence between the two teams.
Alonzo shot a total of 40
points to count for nearly two
thirds of his team’s score. The
game developed into something
of a rough-and-tumble as the end
drew near, with each team fight
ing hard to nose out the other
team.
It was the fourth straight win
for the Nahunta boys who have
made remarkable progress in the
last few weeks and who now are
considered to have a good chance
to win the district championship
when they play at Hoboken Fri
day night and Saturday night.
Broxton won the championship
of the western division and
Nicholls was runner-up in that
division. Nahunta will play Nic
holls Friday night at Hoboken
and Wacona will play Broxton.
If Nahunta beats Nicholls Fri
day night, Feb. 17, the team will
play the winner of the Broxton-
Wacona game Saturday night in
the district finals.
It is predicted by most dope
siers that Nahunta and Wacona
will be pitted against one an
other again in the finals.
Drivers Licenses .
Available at
Nahunta Wednesday
Drivers’ licenses can be secured
at Nahunta next Wednesday from
nine until five o’clock when state
troopers will be at the court
house for the purpose of validat
the licenses.
A number of Brantley County
citizens secured their new driv
ers’ licenses Monday afternoon
when troopers were on hand to
issue and validate licenses.
The troopers will give the en
tire day, from nine in the morn
ing until five in the afternoon,
next Wednesday validating lic
enses for Brantley County Peo
ple.
Also, citizens who have already
secured 1956 car tags can get
them at the office of Delma F.
Herrin, clerk of superior court.
Two games are scheduled for
opening night beginning at 7:30
p.m. with Patterson facing Na
hunta and Folkston paired against
Wacona. On Tuesday night, the
winner of the Folkston - Wacona
game will meet Camden.
Divisional finals will be played
Wednesday .night.
The Western division tourna
ment will be held in Broxton
during the same time and the
winners and runners-up in the
two divisions will meet Friday
night for district semi-finals at
a site to be determined. Finals
will be played Saturday night.
Patterson’s Eaglettes, coached
by George Robison, will be strong
contenders in tournament play.
They have won 12 games dur
ing regular season play while
losing only six. The Patterson
girls scored 954 points during the
season to 806 for their opponents.
The Eaglettes averaged 53 points
per game during the season to
44 for their opponents.
