The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, July 05, 1956, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextAll of |he People in Most of the Homes in Brantley County Read The Brantley Enterprise, Their Home Newspaper. VOLUME 36 — NUMBER 29 Sweeping the Country FEDERAL AID against river pollution The federal law to provide aid to towns and cities in building sewage disposal plants provides 30 percent of the cost or a maximum of $250,000 to any one city. The bill for federal aid as first proposed, carried grants of 50 percent, then was reduced to 33 13 percent, and- finally to 30 percent of the costs. The 30 percent of costs, an outright gift to cities and towns that install sewage disposal plants, will be a great encouragement to them to begin action to prevent pollution of our rivers. Now the Georgia legislature should consider some method of assisting towns and cities in this matter. The state could provide 20 percent aid, which woud mean the towns and cities would have to raise only one-halt the costs to install disposal plants. « The cleaning up of the rivers of Georgia by stopp ing the appalling pollution now going on would mean much to all our citizens. The polluted rivers are always a threat to th£ health of people and of livestock over the entire state. , Many cases of typhoid fever have been traced to polluted streams. Livestock and wildlife have sickened and died after drinking polluted water from poisoned rivers. The grant of federal aid of 30 percent of the costs is a good beginning on the problem. Let the states, towns and cities now get busy and begin to eradicate the evils of polluted rivers. POLLUTION ISSUE RAISED IN PIERCE COUNTY One of the three candidates for the legislature in Pierce County has picked up my anti-pollution issue and is trying to get elected on it. If he doesn’t have any better luck than I did, he will wonder whether or not many of the voters really want our rivers cleaned up. But I am glad I brought the issue out in the open in southeast Georgia and that it has caught on and is now gaining headway all over the country. In a few years we will all look back on these pollut ed rivers and wonder why the people waited so long to demand action. Candidates for office may come and may go but our rivers go on forever., The rivers belong, not only to this generation, but to all future generations. JOIN BRANTLEY COUNTY CONSERVATION LEAGUE Every citizen should join the Brantley County Con servation League. It is affiliated with the State Conser vation League and one of its main objects is to get our polluted rivers cleaned up. George Loyd is the county secretary and will be glad to enroll any citizen as a member. The membership fee in only $1 a year, a nominal sum that will be spent to promote the movement to get our rivers purified, as well as to promote conservation along other lines. If we get 100,000 members in the State Conser vation League, then the politicians and the city officials will listen to us and get busy on plans for building se wage disposal plants. Join up with the Conservation League and lend your influence toward salvaging our rivers fiom their present state of vile pollution. OUR STRANGE GUEST “TOOK” US Our Broome Tourist Home really got “took” sever al weeks ago. . Mrs. Broome and I went to Waycross one night to see a show. We had turned out all the lights except the porch light. , When we returned from Waycross about 11 o ciocK, we saw a car in the yard with a New York license plate. We failed to take the number, but thought it was a guest who had been with us previously. The door of one of our guest rooms was closed and we politely refrained from waking our guest, t in mg he would pay us next morning. Next morning when we awoke our un nown gues was gone. All we could do was to hope he had enjoye a good night’s sleep. ~ A fellow like that has nerve enough to try to slip past St. Peter at the gates of 'heaven. • SOME OTHER PEOPLE HAVE NERVE TOO Speaking of people with brass, a.fellow bought a copy of a certain weekly newspaper one day. e x day he came back to the editor and asked or is money back on the paper. , . “It didn’t have the article in it that 1 wante read,” he said. , .. The editor quietly handed him his money back then stood in deep silence as the thrifty fellow urne walked out of the office. . We weekly editors are supposed to guarantee sat s faction, you know. Or hadn’t you heard. THOMPSON RUNS AGAINST TALMADGE. It seems to me that Thompson running against Talmadge for the U. S. senate is almost as rash as a man butting his head against a stone wall. But I don’t know of any law against butting ston walls. Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. By CARL BROOME Brantley iEnteryrwr Farmers Can Get Refund On Gasoline By John I. Lee, president Brantly County Farm Bureau Brantley County farmers are finding their cost of production steadily climbing. With increas prices, the farmer is in a price cost squeeze. It becomes im perative that farmers cut every corner possible to obtain reduc ed unit cost. I should like to urge our farmers to consides the savings possible through refund on farm used gasoline. This saving was made possible through your Farm Bureau. What started off to be a one cent gasoline tax has ended up, temporarily at least, to be a 9.5 cent per gallon tax. This is tantamount to a 44 per cent sales tax on gasoline. The federal gas tax of 3 cents went into effect last Sunday. The increased federal gas tax, along with increased federal au tomotive taxes going into effect last Sunday means an increase of sl3 Billion in federal taxes within the next 13 years. Let every farmer in Brantly County take advantage of the federal and state gasoline tax refund on farm-used gasoline." The combined refund, yours for filing an application, will total 8M cents per qallon, 5% cents of the cents state tax and 3 cents of the 3 cents federal gas oline tax. This totals $8.50 per hundred gallons. Your County Agent will be glad to assist you In making refund applications. Pollution Bill In Ike's Hands WASHINGTON—Congress has passed and sent to the White House a bill to encourage states to develop comprehensive pro grams for curbing water pollu tion. The measure, passed by both houses Wednesday, authorizes fe deral grants of 50 million dollars a year up to a total of 500 mil lion dollars to states and muni cipalities for construction of se wage and waste treatment works. Federal contributions are limited to 30 per cent of each project or $250,000, whichever is smaller. The bill also authorizes grants of three' million dollars annually for administration of state and interstate pollution control pro grams for fiscal years 1957 thru 1961. County Ranks Third in Pulpwood Cut Brantley County ranks third among the counties of Georgia in pulpwood production, accord ing to figures released by Direc tor Guyton DeLoach of the Georgia Forestry Commission. Brantley County last year pro duced 102,142 cords of pulpwood as Georgia again managed to better her rebord-breaking pace to run far ahead of all other Southern states. Clinch County led the state with 323,739 cords. Charlton County was second with 144,360 cords. According to figures recently released by the U. S. Forest Ser vice, Georgia’s record 3,760,000 cords harvested in 1955 were al most three times that produced by second-place Alabama which failed to reach the two million cord mark, BeLoach declared. Georgia-grown pulpwood ac counted for ebout one-fifth of the total produced in all 12 Southern states, he added. "In reaching the unprecedent ed production level”, the director said, ‘‘Georgia stepped-up her to tal pulpwood harvesting 23 per cent over 1954. While the largest gain was registered in the cut ting of pines, a substantial in crease was made in hardwoods also.” The 3,568,000 cords of Georgia pine harvested for pulp wood was 702,000 cords above the 1954 record-breaking mark. Brantley - Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 5, 1956 Leaf Auction Markets Will Open 1956 Sales July 25th Head-On Crash Takes 2 Lives in Pierce July 4 Two Blackshear residents were killed and three other persons injured in a head-on collision five miles south of Blackshear on Highway 121 on July 4. The ac cident occurred at 12:45 a.m. Killed were Felice Jerome Car ter, 30, and Miss Evelyn Courson, 22, both of Blackshear and both employees of the Pierce Shoe Manufacturing Company. Mr. Carter died instantly and Miss Courson died shortly after being admitted to the Pierce County Hospital. Other injured persons admitt ed to the Pierce County Hospital were Leroy Duffell, 19-year-old soldier, of Route 2, Comer, Ga., and Brenda and Martha Dale, 12 and 13 years old, respectively, of Jacksonville. Troopers W. E. Strickland and F. F. Cornelius, who investigated the accident for the Georgia State Patrol, said that Carter and Miss Courson were travelling north on highway 121 in a 1956 Chevrolet when Carter left his side of the road and crashed head-on into the 1951 Ford driven by Duffell. The Dale girls were occupants of the car driven by Duffell. Duffell suffered a broken leg and t head and face injuries. He was treated at the Pierce Coun ty Hospital and then transferred to the Fort Stewart base hospital. Martha Dale suffered a broken leg and face injuries and Bren da Dale received a broken leg and internal injuries. They are both reported as improving satis factorily. The State Patrol reported only two accidents on July 4 In the eight county area covered. The other accident was at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday on U. S. One, two miles south of Alma. Henry Ha selden, Route 4, Alma, crashed into the rear of a 1951 Pontiac driven by Clarence Falls of Spencer Port, N. Y. Haselden was driving a 1956 Ford. He was admitted to the Bacon County Hospital for treatment for chest injuries. Brantley County Funeral Planned For Jerome Carter Funeral services for Felice Je rome Carter, 30, will be held Saturday afternoon, July 7, at Mars Hill Primitive Baptist Church in Brantley county with Elder Mart Harris and Elder Aubrey Thomas officiating. The body will remain at Darl ing Funeral Home until Friday night when it will be carried to the home of his father, Ivey E. Carter, near Hoboken. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Blanche Hodges Carter, two sons, Wayne and Jerome Carter, all of Blackshear; his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Ivey E. Carter of Hoboken; one sis ter, Mrs. Ivalyn Bowden of Au roro, Ill.; eight brothers, Avant Carter of Illinois, Sylvanus, Ar liss and Buford Carter, all of Waycross, Edward, Willy, Curtis, and Thomas Carter, all of Ho boken. Lightning Strikes Herrin Store At Hickox Tuesday A bolt of lightning struck into the George Herrin store at Hic kox Tuesday evening, July 3, and killed a dog lying under the counter and also shocked some of the customers sitting in the store, it is reported. The lightning is reported to have knocked one man out of his chair. The lightning struck during a thunderstorm Tuesday afternoon. Whether they grow broilers or layers, poultrymen should fol low a good vaccination program, according to Extension Service poultry specialists. John David Brooker Died Monday Night, Funeral Wednesday JESUP, Ga., July 3 — John David Brooker, 72, died Monday night at the Pierce County Hos pital after a long illness. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Laura Manning Brooker, Patter son; four daughters, Mrs. Daisy Dickerson, Miami; Mrs. M. B. Tallavast, Patterson; Mrs. Walter Vickery, Hazlehurst; and Mrs. Arthur Bertrand, Hialeah, Fla.; three sons, Carl Brooker, Bruns wick, Jim Brooker, Swainsboro, and Ellis Brooker, Memphis, Tenn.; 16 grandcihldren and one great grandson; two half broth ers, Milton Rogers, Brunswick, and Ernest Rogers, Moultrie; two half sisters, Mrs. Mamie Griner and Mrs. Claude Beckon, both of Patterson. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Hor* tense Methodist Church by the Rev. Snellgrove and the Rev. Lester Dixon. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Hoke Wilson, Adam Morris, Joel Herrin, Ivy Herrin, R. T. Rowell, Tillman Rowell. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. E. A. Moody, Charlie Stahl, Bob Samples, Alba Adams, J. M. Purser, George Ernest, J. B. Strickland, Talmadge Middleton, Joe King Jr., Warren Eldridge, Robert HAtrell, Lacey Strickland, Johnny Eldridge and Hardy Ro well. Funeral Services For Miss Courson Planned Friday Funeral services for Miss Eve lyn Courson, 22, the second vic tim of the automobile accident on July 4 near Blackshear, will be held Friday, July 6, at 3:00 p.m. at the Ramah Primitive Bap tist Church in Pierce county with Elder J. A. O’Neal officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. A native of Pierce county, she was employed by Pierce Shoe Manufacturing Company. Survivors are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Courson of Blackshear; a sister, Mrs. Jessie J. Boatright of Alma; two bro thers, Cecil Courson of Black shear and Hubert Hires of Jack sonville. Pallbearers will be Herbert Youmans, Pete Roberts, Ray Harris, Robert Pippins, J. W. Crews and Jack Strickland. Honorary pallbearers will be Talmadge, Eugene, Claude, Leo nard and Clifford Courson, Bud dy Raulerson, Joe M. Davis, J. W. and Vernon Taylor, Bobby Dixon and Sylvester Hyers. Darling Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Methodist Women Met with Mrs. Lewis The W.S.C.S. of the Nahunta Methodist Church met at the home of Mrs. J. B. Lewis on Wednesday night, June 27. Mrs. W. C. Long Sr. presided. Mrs. Horace Williams was in charge of the program on “World Friendship”. Mrs. J. B. Lewis and Mrs. E. A. Moody had parts on the program. Mrs. Roy Harper led the singing. Others present were; Mrs. Os borne Moody, Mrs. Harvey Ho well, Mrs. R. H. Schmitt, Mrs. Lee Godwin and Mary Lee God win. The hostess served olive and nut sandwiches, cake topped with strawberries and whipped cream and grape nectar. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Tobacco markets, in the Georgia-Florida flue-cured belt will open 1956 auction sales on Wednesday, July 25. Judge Cecil Roddenberry Judge Roddenberry Thanks Voters For No Opposition TO THE PEOPLE OF BRANTLEY COUNTY AND TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SUR ROUNDING COUNTIES OF THE WAYCROSS JUDICIAL CIRCUIT: It is my desire to express my sincere appreciation, to you the citizens of the Waycross Judic ial Circuit, for permitting me to continue to serve you as your Superior Court Judge for the remainder of the term of the late Judge Walter Thomas. I am deeply grateful that I was al lowed to be renominated with out opposition, in the forthcom ing Democratic Primary. It is my sincere belief that the primary purpose of the Superior Court is to render service to the people. In this court, matters pertaining to people in all walks of life are handled, and it is my aim and duty to see that these matters receive fair and just treatment under the law. This I shall certainly do. I certainly feel that a sincere expression of confidence from the people, as just expressed in affording me no opposition is the greatest compliment a judge can be paid. I shall always strive to merit this expression of con fidence. Respectfully, Cecil Roddenberry Personals Private First Class Leon W. Wilson, son of Mr and Mrs. Lon nie Wilson, Route 2, Nahunta, was recently presented a letter of appreciation for his “su perior” performance of duty while an instructor at The Or dinance School a t Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Lt. Col. Harry J. Marker, School Ex ecutive Officer, presented the letter upon Private Wilson’s separation from the Army. Mrs. J. B. Lewis will leave Saturday for Knoxville, Penn., to visit her nephew, Clae Hol mes. and spend several weeks visiting other relatives in Penn sylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. B. Strick land have returned from Miami where they attended the In ternational Lions Convention. Mr. Strickland is president of the Nahunta Lions Club- Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Blakely of Greenville, N. C., and Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Cone and sons of Greenville, Fla., were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Broome on Sunday. Tim, Edward and Dennis Hickox, the three sons of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Hickox return ed on Wednesday of last week from a Waycross hospital where they all had tonsils removed on Tuesday before. They are do ing fine. • ♦ * o*o • • * • * • The Home Newspaper is . Read Like a Letter From Home. If They Don’t Subscribe, They Borrow The Enterprise. The date was set Friday by the board of governors of the Bright Belt Warehouse Associa tion meeting at Myrtle Beach, S. C. The board set August 7 for the opening of markets on the North Carolina border belt. South Carolina markets previously had set August 2 as their opening date. The board tenatively set open ing dates for three other belts as follows: Eastern North Caro lina, August 23; North Carolina middle belt, Sept. 4; and Old Virginia-North Carolina, Sept. 18. Curing operations are in full swing in Brantley county and the outlook is for a good crop, al though poundage is expected to be less than last year due to acre age allotment cuts and the dry growing season in some sections. Gloria Wilson's Condition Is Unchanged The condition of little Gloria Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Omie Wilson, remains practically unchanged in the hospital, it is reported. She is somewhat better from the acute stomach infection but her long condition of coma re maihs about the same. She has now been in the hospital about two months, in an unconscious condition from encephalitis. Funds raised by The Brantley Enterprise for helping to pay Gloria’s hospital bill now amount to slOl, inluding S4O raised by the Okefenoke REA employees and $25 given by a Nahunta ci tizen and his wife. The remaining $36 was given by various individuals in sums of $1 to $7 each. Little Gloria’s hospital ex penses continue and the slOl al ready donated, plus about S2OO previously collected by others, will not begin to meet the large hospital bill already incurred for two months. Any sum donated on this fund, either through The Enterprise fund, or to the Wilsons directly, will be aiding a very worthy cause. The Wilsons themselves have not asked for public aid, but they do appreciate the will ingness of friends and the gen eral public to come to their aid in this time of trouble and suf fering. Let those who have been blessed with health for their families give thanks by donat ing to help pay little Gloria’s hospital expenses. Brantley Men Attend Atlanta ASC Conference Three Brantley County men attended a conference of state Agricultural Stabilization Com mitteemen in Atlanta from June 22 to June 29. The three men were Dan Ja cobs of the Brantley County ASC, George Dykes, chairman of the local ASC, and Owen Pres cott, a member of the local com mittee. One of the facts brought out at the conference was that of all farm products discussed there is a surplus in all farm products except forest products. It seems that there is no sur plus of forest products and that the farmers’ big opportunity at present is to develop his forest farming and produce as many forest products as possible. The three Brantley men also attended the Cinerama produc tion in Atlanta. It is a unique development in movie production, being almost lifelike in effect. It has run for about a year in Atlanta and is being shown no where else in the southeast at this time.