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Newspaper Page TextAll of the People in Most of the Homes in Brantley County Read The Brantley Enterprise, Their Home Newspaper. VOLUME 36 — NUMBER 24 Sweeping the Country milk price-fixing unconstitutional The constant bickerings about the State Milk Board and its price-fixing activities seems strange in view of the fact that the State Supreme Court has ruled several times that such price-fixing is unconstitutional. The State Supreme Court based its rulings on the plain provisions of the Georgia state constitution. It would seem that the legislature and the constitut ed authorities of the state would read the state constitu tion once in a while. Article IV, section IV, paragraph 1, of the state constitution reads as follows: “All contracts and agreements, which may have the effect, or be intended to have the effect, to defeat or lessen competition, or to encourage monopoly, shall be illegal and void. The General Assembly of this State shall have no power to authorize any such contract or agree ment.” From the above constitutional provision it is plain that it is the duty of the governor to enforce the Georgia constitution by abolishing the price-fixing of the State Milk Board. CONGRESS AND RIVER POLLUTION A bill now before the national congress would pro vide aid to cities in building sewerage disposal plants. The proposed bill would make outright grants of one-third the cost of sewerage disposal plants to cities meeting the conditions of the law. The bill as originally introduced by Congressman Blatnik provided grants of one-half the cost of construct ing disposal plants. But in the committee on Public Works the grants-in-aid were reduced to one-third the cost, with the towns and cities to provide two-thirds the cost of sewerage disposal plants. Even with one-third free grants, the towns and cities would be greatly aided in the cost for disposal plants. If you are interested in stopping the awful pollution of our rivers, it might be well for you to write congress woman Iris Blitch. She favors the bill, according to a letter received from her, but it will do no harm to let her know how we all feel about purifying our rivers. WHY I WILL VOTE FOR TALMADGE Someone has suggested that I write a book about why I am going to vote for Herman Talmadge for U. S. Senator in September. It will hardly take a book, only a few paragraphs will give you the main reasons. / One, Herman Talmadge has grown in political sta ture and ability during the last few years. Two, he has wonderfully improved in some of his iersonal habits and activities. Three, he can go to the senate and get for Georgia and the South a sane and statesmanlike hearing on the segregation issue, for he is well able to do so without demagogery and without racial hate. Four, he has, in my opinion, the right idea about limiting our foreign aid to the necessary arming of our allies without promiscously scattering the taxpayers money to the four winds for impractical and visionary schemes. Five, Herman Talmadge makes a good impression on those who listen to him, such as the national audiences on TV, and he is able to win friends for the Southern cause of segregation. Six, there just will not be any other candidate for the U. S. Senate to vote for, not a candidate with Herman Talmadge’s ability and courage. At least no such candi date can be envisioned at this writing. Rev. Horace Williams Is Re-assigned To Nahunta Charge Rev. Horace Williams has been returned as pastor of the Nahun ta Methodist Charge, receiving his reappointment at the recent session of the South Georgia Conference at Waycross. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are popular with the people of all denominations at Nahunta and over Brantley County. The members of the Metho dist Charge at Nahunta are well pleased that Rev. Mr. Williams and family will continue to serve the churches of this section. Bible School Commencement Is Announced The Vacation Bible School at Nahunta Baptist Church, which has been meeting this week, with an enrollment of over 100 boys and girls, will hold its com mencement exercises on Friday night, June 15, at 8:00. The program will be held at the church and will be a pro gram in which each child who has attended the Bible School will participate. The public is invited to join with the boys and girls in this occasion. Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. By CARL BROOME Oleander Garden Club Met with Mrs. Earl May The Oleander’ Garden Club met Tuesday, June 12, at eight p.m. at the home of Mrs. Earl May, with Mrs. Emory Middle ton as co-hostess. The subject of the program was “Table Setting” for various occasions and flower arrange ments by Mrs. Harry Raulerson. Those attending the meeting were mesdames Clyde Anderson, Clinton Robinson, Collis High smith, Dick Schmitt, Avery Strickland, W. C. Long, Earl May, Harry Raulerson, Cecil Moody, Norman Lewis, Emory Middleton, Ben Jones, Horace Williams, Lester Williamson, Dan Jacobs and Dick Purcell. Enterprise' Office Closed Two Days The office of the Brantley Enterprise will be closed from noon Thursday, June 14, until Monday, June 18, to allow edi tor Carl Broome and Mrs. Broome to attend the Georgia Press Association convention in Savannah. The press convention meets at the Oglethorpe Hotel on Wilming ton Island, near Savannah. It meets for three days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Srantley Cntn-prar Has Your Child Had Polio Shot? It Is Available Has your child had his polio shot? There is enough polio vaccine in the State of Georgia now for 300,000 innoculations. At the present rate of manufacture and distribution, this will be enough to vaccinate every child from six months to nineteen years. This is a challenge to all of us. It is a responsibility we owe to our children to end polio. The age limit has been raised to include all children six months old to nineteen years. The State Health Department ruling remains at two shots - no third shot until protection is offered the present eligibles. Less than half the children in South Georgia, age one to 14. have had the vaccine, with the age gro,up raised to 19, it means that roughly 60 percent, or bet ter of our children are subject to paralytic polio. This service is available at your local health office every Wednesday and Saturday morn ing. Linton Broome Describes Sights of Korean Meeting Os Armistice Commission Pfc. Linton Broome, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Broome, has written a letter describing some of the sights and conditions surrounding the Armistice Com mission meetings in Korea. Linton is attached to the Pub- lie Information office of the 24th infantry division and writes for the division paper “Taro”, also for The Stars and Stripes and division news for papers in the United States. Linton’s letter was as follows: Hq. 24th Inf. Div. — PIO June 5, 1956 Dear Mother and Dad, I received Mother’s letter three days ago and intended to write back then but haven’t found time until tonight. We were busy with the paper every night it seemed and yesterday I went up to Panmunjon to a meeting of the Armistice Commission. It was the second meeting they have had since I came here and I missed the opportunity the first time which was just last Thursday. The meeting yesterday was called by the Communists ap parently to reply to the ultima tium given by the UN to the Neutral Nations inspectors to leave South Korea within a week. The Reds, after a lot of the routine charges and threats, fi nally asked that the Neutral Na tion’s representatives be brought from South Korea’s three major ports of entry to Panmunjom but be allowed to go back at any time. However, our side re plied that we could not accept that either. It seems that the Swiss and the Swedes who inspect in South Korea find everything in order and the Czechs and Poles report that we’re violating the armis tice. In North Korea it’s just the opposite so they aren’t doing any good apparently. The meeting, which is held in a conference room at Panmunjon through w’hich the dividing line runs, was quite a circus, as it always is, according to some of the newspapermen who were there with us. The dividing line between north and south Korea runs right through the confer ence table, and the UN repre sentatives sit on the south and the Reds on the north side of the table. However, the area a round the buildings there is all neutral groufd and correspon dents are allowed to go any where in the area. There are both American and Communist soldiers there, mostly MP’s and the place is a conglomeration of uniforms and nationalities. Ap parently to impress the Commun ists, the American MP’s are all very big, husky men in sharp uniforms who walk around in pairs, in step, always looking straight ahead. The Red guards, however, are about the sloppiest soldiers you Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, June 14, 1956 Homecoming Planned for Baptist Church Homecoming Day for Nahunta Baptist Church, which is an an nual affair, will again be held on the third Sunday, June 17. The day’s program will con sist of special services on Sun day morning, beginning with Sunday School at 10:00 o’clock with the pastor bringing the message at 11:45. Dinner on the grounds will be served at 1:00 so that all those who attend their own church will be able to come after the service and be in time for the dinner. All friends of the church are invited to come enjoy this period of fellowship. The afternoon program will be that of song service, under the direction of Mr. Bowman Barr. We hope to have many visitors at this service. The ordinance of baptism will be observed Sunday night at the regular hour of worship at 8:00. ever saw, with baggy pants and a stern look on their faces. They wander around the buildings as if they don’t exactly know where they’re going and turn their heads when anyone tries to take their picture. They lean against the buildings and look in at the meeting just like the re porters — newsmen are not al lowed to be inside the confer ence room although they listen and watch through the screen windows. Actually there is a rule that no newsman will be within 50 feet of the conference room when a session is going on but it isn’t enforced and no one seems to mind how many people gather around outside. The UN delegates even remove the win dows where you can both see and hear everything that goes on without any trouble at all. They had a press room with telephone lines directly to Seoul set up nearby for the 30 newsmen who were there yesterday. I went up with Donald Choi, the INS bureau chief in South Korea, and another Korean from the Seoul Ilbo (Ilbo is Korean for newspaper). Choi speaks En glish better than I do and does all his reporting in English. There was only one newsman from the Communist side there, a wiry little Chinaman with ele vated shoes who never says any thing to anybody, not even the North Koreans. Everybody seem ed to feel sorry for him. He wore a badge with a long green rib bon on it — apparently a hero of some sort. Maj. Gen. Robert Guard, the senior UN representative, said at a press conference after the meeting that the UN always has about 100 prepared statements— they used only five —in answer to anything the Reds might come up with. All he does is reach down into a little file and pick out the proper rebuttal. The whole thing seems to me to be a terrific waste of time and money although I guess it has to exist. The meeting yes terday lasted about three and a half hours with an hour-long press conference by Gen. Guard afterward. However, there is a large staff of Americans, Com munists, Swedes, Poles, Czechs and Swiss there at all times. There’s not much other news here, except that the rainy sea son is starting and we’re having a lot of trouble with the roads in the division. However it is a relief from the dust. I’m hoping to get to Tokyo again this month to cover the Far East Boxing Tournament. We have several good fighters from this division who are going over. I don’t know for sure a bout that yet though. Write when you have time. Love, Linton. P. S. I finally made PFC. Mrs. Blitch Explains Provisions Os Bill Against River Pollution Six Brantley Delegates Attend State H.D. Council Six delegates from Brantley County attended the Annual State Home Demonstration Coun cil meeting held at Rock Eagle 4-H Club Center, June 5-8. Almost every county in the state was represented with ap proximately 850 club members attending. Brantley county delegates and the clubs they represent are; Mrs. Nolan Davis Jr., Hoboken. Mrs. C. F. Dukes, Hoboken. Mrs. John R. Driggers, Calvary. Mrs. Alton Cason, Calvary. Mrs. Fulton Hagin, Calvary. Mrs. Fleming Melton, Calvary. Mrs. Nolan Davis Jr., State Treasurer for 1956, had several parts on the program during the week and during the installation program of new officers she was installed as State Secretary for 1957. Mrs. C. F. Dukes, who repre sented Brantley County in the State Dress Revue, was also in stalled as State Civil Defence Chairman for 1957. Some of the main features on the program during the week were: A talk by the president of the University of Georgia, Dr. O. C. Aderhold, a report on her visit to Italy as an International Farm Youth Exchange delegate by Lila Ann Jones, a carnival, in stallation of new state officers and project chairmen, a speech by Miss Sallie Hill, woman’s edi tor of the Progressive Farmer magazine, Fashion Show by H.D. Dress Revue contestants, a flow er arrangement demonstration by Miss Lurline Collier and many other interesting experiehces. Methodist Women Met With Mrs. Godwin The WSCS of the Nahunta Methodist Church met at the home of Mrs. Lee Godwin on Wednesday night, May 30. Mrs. W. C. Long was in charge of the program on “Why We Give”. Present were Mrs. W. H. Co han, Mrs. E. A. Moody, Mrs. S. S. Sarvis, Mrs. Horace Williams, Mrs. O. S. Moody, Mrs. H. W. Howell and Mrs. A. S. Mizell. Mrs. J. B. Lewis presided in the absence of president, Mrs. Effie Middleton. Officers were elected for the coming year. They are: Mrs. W. H. Cohan, president; Mrs. W. C. Long, vice-president; and Mrs. Horace Williams, secretary and treasurer. The hostess served punch, dainty sandwiches and potato shoe strings. Four Held for Burglaries in Three Counties A series of burglaries in Pierce, Wayne and Ware coun ties is believed to have been solved with the arrest of four young men, two of them juven iles, during the past week by county and city police officers and the Georgia Bureau of In vestigation. The first “break" in the case came Wednesday night, June 6, when one of the juveniles was arrested in the act of breaking in Davis Hardware Company in Blackshear. Three other young men were picked up later, one of them in Jacksonville, Fla., and are being held for investigation. Sheriff L. L. Taylor, city police, the GBI and officers of Wayne and Ware counties are continuing in vestigation of the burglaries and full details are not yet avail able. Real butter is made from 100 percent cream, nutritionists for the University of Georgia Col lege of Agriculture Extension Service point out. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA DEWEY HAYES Candidate for Solicitor Dewey Hayes Announces For Solicitor Dewey Hayes. Douglas attor ney and Representative in the General Assembly from Coffee county, has qualified as a can didate for Solicitor General of the Waycross Judicial Circuit in the Democratic primary to be held on Sept. 12, 1956. A native of Coffee county, Mr. Hayes is 33 years of age, a graduate of Broxton High School, and Mercer University Law School at Macon. He also attend ed South Georgia College. He has practiced law in Douglas since 1949. He served in the armed forces during World War II for 314 years in the European and Asiatic theaters. Col. Hayes is the third candi date to announce for solicitor general. The incumbent Col. An drew Tuten and a former solici tor general John S. Gibson have already announced their candid acy for the office. Nahunta Garden Club Met With Mrs. Brooker The Nahunta Garden Club met at the home of Mrs. R. B. Brook er on May 29 with Mrs. Dorothy Graham as co-hostess. Mrs. Winton Adams was in charge of the program giving a report of the judges on the re cent flower show. The following ladies were pre sent: Mrs. Cecil Thomas, Miss Mary Knox, Mrs. Grace Wakely, Mrs. Lois Cohan, Mrs. Allen Bar nard, Mrs. E. A. Moody, Mrs. Elroy Strickland, Mrs. Lula Brown, Mrs. J. B. Lewis, Mrs. J. J. Lee, Mrs. A. S. Mizell and Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland. A salad course was served by the hostesses at the conclusion of the meeting. American Legion Elects Officers The annual election of Brant ley County Post 210, American Legion, was held Tuesday night, June 12, at the Legion Home. The following officers were e lected to serve for the 1956-57 Legion year: Clarence F. Allen, Comman der; T. J. Thornton, Senior Vice Commander; Claude A. Smith, Junior Vice Commander; Ber nard S. Pearson, Finance Officer; Parser Dodge, Adjutant; Uley O. Stokes, Chaplain; Victor Ham, Sgt. at Arms; Avery Rowell, Historian. It was voted to change the meeting time to the second Thursday each month. This will bring the next meeting due on THURSDAY NIGHT, JULY 12. The black turpentine beetle caused considerable damage to Georgia pine trees during the late summer and fall of 1955, Agricultural Extension Service foresters say. Both forest trees and yard trees were killed by this insect. The Home Newspaper is Read Like a Letter From Home. If They Don’t Subscribe, They Borrow The Enterprise. Congresswoman Iris Blitch has written a letter to the editor of The Enterprise explaining some of the provisions of the propos ed federal law against river pol lution. Mr. Broome wrote each of the 10 congressmen of Georgia ask ing their support of the propos ed bill which is now before the federal congress. Mrs. Blitch’s reply was one of the 10 replies to the editor’s letter. Practically all the Georgia congressmen expressed an in terest in the bill and most of them said they would support it when it comes to vote in the lower house of Congress. Mrs. Blitch’s reply to the edi tor was as follows: Mr. Carl Broome, Editor Brantley Enterprise Nahunta, Georgia Dear Mr. Broome: Thank you very much for your letter of June 1 regarding H. R. 9540, the bill to extend and strengthen the Water Pollution Control Act. As you know, the House Com mittee on Public Works, of which I am a member, reported out H. R. 9540 favorably. The bill ap plies equally to prevention and control of pollution wherever it exists in the waterways of the nation. For a 10 year period, beginn ing with the fiscal year starting June 30, 1956, H. R. 9540 would make a maximum of SSO million in Federal funds available each year to the states as grants-in aid to construct sewage treat ment and disposal plants. At least half of the construc tion funds appropriated would be used to build treatment works servicing manicipalities of 125,- 000 population or under. Another $5 million a year would be authorized to help the states train personnel in water control work, to construct re search and to administer their programs. The act would be administer ed by the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service who would have strong enforcement powers wherever state agencies were slow in com batting pollution. H.R. 9540 is in most respects identical to S. 890, passed by the Senate at the last session of Congress. The Senate Bill, how ever, did not make any provi sion for grants-in-aid for sewage treatment and disposal plants. I am very hopeful that funds provided for this purpose in H. R. 9540 will be included in what ever bill comes out of confer ence committee, and also hope the measure will be enacted in to law before Congress adjourns. I am pleased to know that H.R. 9540 has the backing and full support of the Brantley County Conservation League and assure you I will continue to urge fa vorable and prompt action on this measure during the remain ing weeks of the current session. With kindest regards, I am Sincerely, IRIS BLITCH. Singing Announced For Hickox Church An afternoon singing will be held at the Hickox Baptist Church Sunday, June 17, it is announced. The singing will begin at two in the afternoon. Singers from Brantley, Charlton and Camden counties will be present. The public is invited to attend the singing. Preaching services will be held in the morning with the pastor, Rev. Purcell, doing the preach ing. Births Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Tho mas of Brunswick announce the birth of a baby girl born Tues day, June 5, at the Brunswick Memorial Hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds four ounc es and has been named Bonita Gail. Mrs. Thomas will be re membered as the former Miss Marlene Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Walker o f Waynesville.