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VOLUME 36 — NUMBER 12
FOUR CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT
FAVOR GUTTING THE SOUTH
All four of the main candidates for the presidential
nominations are in favor of gutting the South on the
race question. They disagree only on how fast the South
should be gutted.
President Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson say, “Let’s
gut the South gradually, let’s be moderate. Let’s start at
the groin, work slowly upward to the navel, then finally
reach the breastbone and the heart.”
Their gradual-gutting policies are aimed at getting
delegates and votes from the very South they plan to
gut so gradually. Southern people would be fools to be
fooled by such slow-gutting advocates.
Kefauver and Harriman come right out and say
they would gut the South swiftly and surely. Harriman
indicates that, if elected president, he would lose little
time in sending federal troops into Southern states which
refuse to desegregate pronto.
Kefauver’s attitude is no better, although his words
are smoother. He leaves little doubt that he too would
gut the South just as fast as Harriman would.
The only difference between the four main candi
dates, one a Republican and the other three Democrats,
is the degree of speed with which they would disembowel
the South.
THE SOUTH HAS NO CANDIDATE
The stark truth is that the South has no candidate
in the race for president who has much regard for Sou
thern opinion on the race question.
And when the radical Democrats of the North get
through with writing the Democratic platform at the
national convention, the South will begin to realize how
very little we have to hope for from the Democratic can
didate, whoever he may be.
The radical Democrats will be desperate to re-cap
ture the Negro vote in the pivotal cities and states of the
North and will put a desegregation plank in the Demo
cratic platform that will stagger the .Southern delegates.
As things now stand, Eisenhower and his Republi
can Party have the Negro vote sewed up. The Republi
cans have taken the colored vote back from the Demo
crats after more than 20 years of Roosevelt and Truman
courting and winning them for the Democratic Party.
At the Democratic national convention this year the
Democrats will go all out to recover the Negro vote and
the only way they can do it is to go whole hog in favor
of desegregation in the South.
In other words, the South’s tragic dilemma will have
no sympathetic consideration from either Republicans or
Democrats. Both political parties will ignore Southern
sentiment and shape their platforms to catch the Negro
vote in the pivotal areas of the nation.
SOUTH SHOULD NOMINATE OWN CANDIDATE
It seems to me that the South should refuse to sup
port any candidate who advocates gutting us, whether
the gutting be proposed by one swift stroke or by slow
torture.
The South should get behind some statesman like
Byrd of Virginia or Byrnes of South Carolina and make
a stand as a separate political party.
Let the South nominate a States Rights Democratic
candidate and try to carry enough states to throw the
election of president into the congress.
A States Rights Democratic Party might not have a
ghost of a chance to succeed, bilt at least we would not
be deliberately supporting politicians who are on record
as pledged to gut us either swiftly or slowly.
SHOWDOWN WILL COME AT
NATIONAL CONVENTION
The showdown on the segregation question will
come at the Democratic National Convention, as far as
the South is concerned. Northern Democrats, scared and
desperate by the Republicans having taken the Negro
vote away from them, will in all probability insert a
strong plank in the Democratic platform demanding de
segregation in the South either swiftly or by “moderate”
degrees.
A plank calling for either swift or slow gutting of
the South will be enough to show our Southern delegates
just how little the South has to hope for from the Demo
cratic Party.
A third party, a Southern States Rights Democratic
Party, will probably be formed, to make a last-ditch
stand against the radicals who now dominate both the
old political parties.
Hortense Cemetery
Will Be Cleaned
Mrs C. L. Middleton announces
that there will be an all day
cemetery working at Hortense
Cemetery on Thursday, March
29.
Everyone interested in the
cemetery is urged to come on that
date and bring tools to help
clean the cemetery.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
SWEEPING THE COUNTRY
By Carl Broome
Srantky Btterpriap
New Hope Cemetery
Will Be Cleaned
The New Hope Cemetery will
be cleaned off on Thursday, April
5, it is announced by Archie
Johns.
All people who are interested
in the New Hope Cemetery are
requested to come to church with
tools for cleaning the burial
grounds.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 22, 1956
Third Round
Polio Shots
To Be Delayed
Georgia parents shouldn’t ex
pect the third round of polio
vaccine shots for their children
in the forseeable future, accord
ing to the chairman of the State
Polio Advisory Committee.
Dr. John H. Venable, chairman
of the Committee and assistant
to the director of the State
Health Department, said the a
mount of vaccine being received
in Georgia under the Federal
vaecine program is not sufficient
to meet present requests for se
cond shots.
“Even though in November and
December there was a temporary
lag in requests for Salk vaccine,
the rate has increased rapidly,”
Dr. Venable said. “At the time
we were afraid some of the vac
cine on hand at the local health
departments would expire with
out being used. The picture is
completely reversed now.”
Dr. Jonas E. Salk, who per
fected the vaccine, has recom
mended a third polio shot for
each child as an added safeguard.
The State Polio Advisory Com
mittee also favors the third shot,
but feels that all Georgia child
ren should receive their second
shot before any in the state re
ceive their third.
Although the Poliomyelitis Vac
cination Act of 1955 has been
extended by Congress, Dr. Ven
able said that apparently no funds
have been allotted yet for ad
ditional vaccine.
1 Injured in
Pierce Wreck
Calvin S. Harris of Patterson
was treated at the Pierce County
Hospital for head injuries result
ing from a collision of two auto
mobiles at 8:00 p.m. Saturday on
Highway 38 three miles west of
Patterson.
Cpl. G. L. Sims of the State
Patrol reported that a car driven
by Silas Eason of Patterson pull
ed across the center line of the
road and ran into a car driver
by Harris.
Eason was charged with driv
ing under the influence of alco
hol, Cpl. Sims reported.
Brooker Family
Holds Reunion
The Brooker family reunion
was held at Laura S. Walker
Park on Sunday, March 18.
Present were: Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. Thompson of Savannah; Mr.
and Mrs. V. G. Harrington, Buf
falo, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Jim
mie Harris of Florida City, Fla.;
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Brooker and
Bobbie of Blackshear; Mr. and
Mrs. William O’Brien and Glen
na Ann, of Blackshear; Mrs. Coy
Brooker and Andy, Randy and
Mike of Waycross; Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Atkinson, Donna, Danny and
Denise of Kingsland; Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce Thomas and children
of Jacksonville; Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Pulliam and children of
Greenville, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Penland, Atkinson.
From Nahunta were: Mr. and
Mrs. Brown Brooker and Wain;
Mr. and Mrs. Wilder Brooker and
Jack and Sandy; Mr. and Mrs.
Linton Brooker and Tim; Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Barnard; Mr. and
Mrs. Ira Thomas and Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Thomas of Hoboken.
BWC Class Met
At Baptist Church
The Business Women’s Class of
the Nahuta Baptist Church met
Thursday, March 15, and held a
program on the subject, “Make
Me a Channel of Blessing.”
Mrs. Lois Williams led the de
votional. Seven members were
present, including Mrs. Louise
Drury, Miss Malva Alice Keene,
Mrs. Rhoda Strickland, Mrs. Nel
lie Griffin, Mrs. Verona Crews
and Mrs. Gaynelle Keene.
Small sandwiches, potato chips
and cakes were served by Mrs.
Nellie Griffin and Mrs. Gaynelle
Keene.
Rev. C. W. Drury
Died at Hortense
The Rev. Cornelius W. Drury,
91, died Thursday, March 15, at
the home of his son, Lona Drury
of Hortense. The son of the late
Joseph M. Drury and Sara Ann
Drury, he was a retired Wesleyan
Methodist minister.
Survivors are four daughters,
Mrs. J. R. Lewis, Hortense, Mrs.
T. W. Arnette, Jacksonville, Fla.,
Mrs. Gladys Poppell, Jackson
ville; two sons, Lona Drury, Hor
tense, and Floyd Drury, Jesup;
41 grand children, 65 great grand
children, six great great grand
children.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 3 pm. at the Phila
delphia (Sawgrass) Wesleyan
Methodist Church by the Rev.
Frank Harris Sr.
Pallbearers were Josh Divison,
Bryant Davison, Osborne Pear
son, Ernest Campbell, Farley O’-
Berry, Fulton Sloane. Honorary
pallbears were D. T. Middleton,
Roy Harper, Warren Eldridge,
Jim Strickland, W. H. Brown, Dr.
E. A. Moody, Joe O’Berry, John
ny Eldridge, R. C. Harrell, J. B.
Strickland, Roy Wainright.
Burial was in Hortense Ceme
tery.
Rev. Ernest Altman
Died in Columbus
The Rev. Ernest M. Altman,
pastor of Eastern Heights Bap
tist Church in Columbus, died
there March 16 at a hospital fol
lowing a heart attack Friday
night. He was 66.
Mr. Altman was a former pas
tor of the Ardsley Park Baptist
Church here.
The preacher was born near
Folkston.
He was ordained in 1912 at the
First Baptist Church in Way
cross. His first pastorate was the
Union Church at Nicholls, Ga.,
which was followed by pastor
ates at Homerville, Naylor and
Lakeland.
He attended the Southern Bap
tist Seminary in Louisville, Ky.,
and was then called to Savannah.
Mr. Altman served for five
years as pastor of the Byne Mem
orial Baptist Church in Albany.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Eulah Majors Altman; two
daughters, Mrs. H. L. Harbin,
Marietta, and Mrs. Fred B. West,
Selma, Ala., and a son, E. Mer
vyn Altman, a student at Stet
son University, Deland, Fla.
About 60 percent of poultry
ration is corn, and it takes about
20,000,000 bushels of cor.i an
nually to supply the needs of
Georgia broiler Growers.
Home of‘Editor Carl Broome’s Grandparents: A reproduction of a photograph made in 1872 of the home of
Captain and Mrs. Jack Smith of Carrolton, Ga. The house stood where the Carroll County courthouse now stands.
Captain Smith, the man sitting in the chair on the porch, headed a company of Georgia’s confederate soldiers in
the Civil War. The woman in the window is editor Broome’s grandmother, holding in her lap the baby girl who
became his mother. Three other Smith children are seen on the porch and a friend, a Mr. Reagin, is sitting on
the steps.
Liquor Still
Found by
State Officers
A 1000-gallon capacity liquor
still was found by state revenue
agents Oscar Burden and Loftin
Smith 10 miles south of Hoboken
in Brantley County Tuesday
morning, April 20, according to
agent Burden.
Besides the 1000-gallon still
there were 14 600-gallon vats, a
500-gallon flake stand and a l l ^-
ton truck at the still site.
State revenue agents Oscar
Burden and Loftin Smith stumb
led upon the big moonshine out
fit while scouring the area in
search of stills. No arrests were
made as no one was at the still,
according to the revenue agents.
The revenue agents stated that
it appeared as if the big still
had been in operation the day
before. The land on which the
still was located belongs to one
of the big corporations, Mr. Bur
den stated.
The revenue agents notified
sheriff T. E. Raulerson of the li
quor still and the sheriff went
to the still’s location, disposed of
the equipment and destroyed the
1000-gallon still by chopping
holes in it.
The 1%-ton truck and the chop
ed up still were then brought to
the Brantley County jail yard by
sheriff Raulerson.
Mrs. Thelma Fisher
Died in Savannah
Mrs. Thelma Rozier Fisher of
Savannah died Sunday after a
long illness.
She was a native of Hickox,
and had been a resident of Sa
vannah for the past 28 years.
She was a member of the Bull
Street Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband,
Charles Lawrence Fisher; four
sisters, Mrs. Leon Highsmith of
Abbeville, Ga.; Mrs. Hazel Moody
of Atlanta, Mrs. Alma Edwards
of Atlanta, and Mrs. Ben Scott
of Jacksonville, Fla.; two broth
ers, C. E. Taylor of Macon and
H. A. Rozier of Campville, Fla.;
two nieces and five nephews.
Funeral services were held at
the Irvine Henderson Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev.
Frank Morris, pastor of Bull St.
Baptist Church and the Rev.
William V. Dibble, pastor of Ash
bury Methodist Church. Burial
was in Hillcrest Masoleum.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Hickox Baptists
To Start Revival
Monday, March 26
Revival services will begin at
the Hickox Baptist Church on
Monday morning, March 26, with
Rev. Sam Watson of Pleasant
Valley doing the preaching.
Services will be held each
morning and each evening of the
week at 11:00 in the morning
with song services beginning at
7:30 p.m.
Rev. R. B. Purcell of Glenn
ville is pastor.
The revival will close with an
all day meeting on Sunday, April
1, when Homecoming will be
observed.
Highsmith-Cleland
Miss Marlene Highsmith,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Collis
Highsmith, became the bride of
Johnnie Cleland, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Cleland on Sunday,
March 18
The young couple were mar
ried at the Nahunta Baptist
Church immediately after church
services Sunday morning with
Rev. Cecil Thomas performing
the ceremony.
The bride wore a tailored suit
of navy blue linen with white
accessories, a navy hat with
white liy-of-the-valley. Her
corsage was white carnations.
Immediately after the wedding
a reception was held at the home
of the bride’s parents.
Both are employed in Nahunta
and are now at home in an a
partment in the Brooker Build
ing.
Farm Fish Pond
Management
Meeting Thursday
To farm pond owners and in
terested parties of Ware and
Brarftley counties:
A Farm Fish Pond Management
Meeting will be held on Tuesday,
March 27, at 3:00 in the after
noon at the farm of W. O. Carter
and Sons in the Bickley com
munity of Ware county.
The meeting will be in charge
of Dr. Roy A. Grizzell, biologist
and fish pond management spec
ialist of the Soil Conservation
Service. He will give instruction
and demonstrations as to the pro
per method of fertilizing, stock
ing and managing fish ponds for
continuous desirable results.
The Carter pond is 22 miles N.
W. of Waycross, just East of the
Waresboro-Nicholls Road.
The Home Newspaper is
Read Like a Letter From
Home. If They Don’t
Subscribe, They Borrow The
Enterprise.
Boys Jailed
For Stealing
Car at Church
Two boys stole a Chevrolet car
belonging to Dick Morgan from
in front of the Nahunta Baptist
Church Tuesday night, March 20,
and the car was recovered and
the boys arrested at Sylvania a
few hours later.
Mr. Morgan’s daughter, Doro
thy, had driven the car to church
where a revival meeting was in
progress. She left the keys in
the car, also about $25 in the
box in the car.
The two boys caught at Syl
vania with the car stated they
had taken the car because they
were cold and could not catch
a “hitch” with anyone.
Deputy sheriff Harry Rauler
son and city patrolman Stephens
went to Sylvania after the two
boys. Sheriff T. E. Raulerson had
put the alarm out over the state
patrol radio system and the two
boys were spotted a few minutes
later at Sylvania.
A coincidence of the case was
that officers were stationed at
a service station in Sylvania
looking for the coming of the
stolen car when the two boys
drove into the service station to
get gas.
The boys claimed they were
from Massachusetts. One of them
had a Boy Scout Patrol card.
They were both “juveniles” and
their names cannot be published
because of a Georgia law against
publication of names of juvenile
criminals.
The $25 left in the car by Miss
Morgan was not recovered. Each
of the two boys had only $1 on
his person when arrested, deputy
Harry Raulerson stated.
The two boys were placed in
the Brantley County jail.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. James Griner
announce the birth of a little
girl in a Homerville hospital on
Tuesday, March 20. She weighed
six pounds and eight ounces. Her
name is Mary Lynn.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bill White of
Hickox announce the birth of a
six and a half pound baby girl
on March 13 at the Pierce Coun
ty Hospital. She has been named
Aletha Denise. 1
