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CARL BROOME ;r. EDITOR and PUBLISHER
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Herman Talmadge Should Be
Given Thunderous Majority
In the opinion of this newspaper, the best interests of
all the people of Georgia will be served by electing For
mer Governor Herman Talmadge to the U. S. Senate and
by giving him an overwhelming majority of the votes cast
as a clear mandate of the people.
A thunderous vote for Talmadge on September 12 will
put the rest of the nation on notice that Georgians cannot
be coerced, intimidated or bullied into backing down in
their views on states’ rights and racial segregation.
Developments in the national political scene, as well
as in Georgia, spotlighted by the U. S. Supreme Court’s
infamous decision of May 17, 1954, have made Talmadge
the logical champion of the Southern viewpoint in a grave
crisis faced by Georgia and its sister states.
We support Talmadge because:
1. As governor of Georgia for six years, we feel that
Talmadge grew in wisdom and stature. There is no doubt
that during the latter years of his governorship, Georgia
had the finest administration in its history. More roads,
schools, and hospitals were built than during any other
administration in Georgia history, and other state ser
vices were increased in a similar manner.
We cannot forget, too, that Herman Talmadge has
been one of the best friends Pierce county has had in the
governor’s chair or any other office. He has been gener
ous with his time in coming to Pierce county for many
speaking engagements. Roads built during his adminis
tration have meant much to the county. We may also
thank the Talmadge administration for making possible
the construction of Pierce county’s $350,000 Hill-Burton
hospital.
today is, we feel, the matter of states’ rights and consti
tutional government. In a series of decisions, of which the
segregation decision is but one flagrant example, the Su
preme Court of the United States has been whittling away
at the Tights of the states to manage their own internal
affairs.
The Court struck its sharpest blow at states’ rights in
the decision that no longer was the time-honored doctrine
of “separate but equal’’ schools of any validity.
Herman Talmadge has the youth, the knowledge, and
the ability to represent the viewpoint of Georgians on this
important question. On nationwide television programs
and in public speaking appearances, he has demonstrated
his grasp of the constitutional questions involved.
In some of these public appearances, those who would
use tricky questions to propagandize against the Southern
viewpoint have been confounded by the young former
governor, and put to shame by their lack of knowledge
of the problems involved.
Herman Talmadge can speak loudly, forcefully and
effectively for Georgia in the halls of the U. S. Senate.
Such a voice is now sorely needed in Washington where
there exists such a strong tendency to take lightly the
guarantees written into the U. S. Constitution by the
founding fathers of our country.
Newspapers and Community
Prosperity Closely Linked
If anyone wonders just how valuable the newspap
er is as an advertising medium for retailers —in this
era when other media are competing vigorously for bus
iness—he would do well to study a survey made by the
Bureau of Business Research of Michigan State Univer
sity.
The survey deals with the effect on retail sales of
last December’s newspaper strike in Detroit. It shows
that a gain in over-all sales in the Detroit metropolitan
area during the strike period was due to buying in the
suburbs. Sales in the downtown area actually declined
by $35 million.
Editor & Publisher says editorially: “The Michi
gan State analysis ... is one of the greatest testimonials
for newspaper advertising that has ever been written . ..
It . . . adds to the growing volume of data showing that
wherever a community is deprived of its newspapers
all business suffers.
“ . . . when general business conditions are good
customers do not just naturally gravitate to a store.
They have to be attracted by advertising, particularly
newspaper advertising. People react to sales message
In newspapers. They do not react if the sales message
and-or the newspaper is missing. Newspapers are es
sential to the economic well being of the business com
munity.”
That goes for the smaller papers as well as the
larger ones—and for the village as well as the metro
politan centers of population.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 19, 1956
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Official Organ of Brantley County
Subscription Rates:
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Other Georgia counties $3.00 a year, plus 9 cents
We charge for advertising all affairs for which
(An Editorial from The Blackshear Times)
2. The burning issue before the South and the nation
How Did Tobacco Get Its Name?
Even the Experts Don't Agree
Experts disagree upon the origin
of the word tobacco, says the
Western Tobacco Journal which
continues: Some say that the
name was derived from Tabasco,
a province in Mexico, while
others insist it can be traced to
Tobaca, the Tupi Indian word for
tube, the instrument thru which
the Redskins inhaled the smoke.
The Indians used tobacco as a
cure for certain diseases, for the
healing of wounds, for a defense
against insects and pests, and as a
preventive of hunger, thirst and
fatigue.
They considered the plant the
most precious gift to man, and
used it as their medium of ex
change and the principal factor
in all religious, civil and social
ceremonies.
When Columbus was present
ed with the golden tobacco leaves
by the Idnians on his first land
ing at San Salvador in 1492, he
threw them away as worthless.
Thus, the introdution of to
bacco in Europe was left to Fran
cisco Fedandes, a Spaniard, who
brought the plant back to his
country from Mexico sixty six
years later. It looks as if smoking
was on “old Spanish custom” be
fore it was taken up by the rest
of Europe.
Sir Walter Raleigh did not in
troduce tobacco into England in
1586 according to many historians.
It is claimed that Sir John Haw
kins, an English sea captain,
brought it back with him from
North America, twenty years
prior to that. However, Queen
Bess’ cavalier made England
“pipe conscious.”
It was the famed Italian ad
venturer Casanova who made
cigarette smoking popular in
Europe, and the first cigarettes
were called “paper cigars.”
Snuff, powdered tobacco, was
believed to clear the brain and
to aid quick thinking. Napoleon,
an incessant snuff taker, treas
ured a blue porcelain snuff box
which he claimed to be his lucky
charm. There is no record that he
had it with him at Waterloo!
Snuff boxes were considered as
personal as tooth brushes. It was
Frederick the Great, who upon
catching a page stealing a pinch
from his snuff box, told him to
Religiously Speaking
By Rev. Howard D. Blalock, Pastor
Emmanuel Baptist Church, Blackshear
113 BY 26
The measurements of the May
flower, the ship which brought
our forefathers to this country in
1620, was 113 by 26. Unreason
able, you say, Yes, that seems
pitifully small. It was just a crate.
If we were to see a model of it
today we would question its abi
lity to sail at all.
But it did! It sailed to a very
important destination. It was that
little 113 by 26 crate which
brought our forefathers to what
has become one of the most im
portant nations in the world to
day.
We are reminded of the words
in Zechariah 4:10: “For who
hath despised the day of small
things?” Size should never be
confused with importance.
Sometimes we do small things
which are wrong thinking they
will never amount to anything.
They do. Historian W. E. Wood
ard,writing about the Judd Gray
and Ruth Snyder murder case,
points up a small thing that
played an important role in send
ing Gray to the electric chair.
Among the witnesses was a taxi
driver who remembered him on
the night of the murder. Why?
Because on a $3.50 fare Gray had
given him only a five-cent a tip.
“Five cents!” the taxi driver
said. “I took a good look at his
face, and I’ll never forget him.
There he sits right over there.”
And he pointed to Gray.
Sometimes small but important
things cause us to lose valuable
opportunities which could have
been the means of our success.
Balcolm N. Timmons, in his book
“Portrait of An American: Char
les G. Dawes”, .ells us how this
happened to one man. “Charles
G. Dawes, who was an intimate
friend of President McKinley’s,
tells in his journal about one
evening when the President was
having a hard dme deciding
which of two equally competent
men to appoint to an important
ministerial post. But then he re
called an incident that had oc
cured one stormy night many
years before.
“McKinley had boarded a
street car that night and taken
the last available seat at the rear
keep the box as it wasn’t large
enough for both of them. “Snuff
said!
A small label bearing the name
of the brand was first pasted on
cigars but smokers complained
that in removing it they also re
moved part of the cigar wrapper.
That’s how the cigar “ring” or
“band” came into use.
More “Virginia” tobacco is
grown in North Carolina and
Kentucky than in the state of
Virginia!
In some cigar factories in Ha
vana a trained reader is appoint
ed to each room. He reads aloud
for the edification and entertain
are at work.
The cigar had its origin in the
Spainsh West Indies which ac
counts for the universal use of
Spanish names on most cigars —
Smokers should be thankful that
cigars did not originate in China
or Russia.
Smoking has been eulogized in
music, art and literature. Each
composed an immortal aria. “The
Tobacco Pipe” which he dedicated
to his favorite pipe. The Dutch
artist painted minute masters
pieces on their enormous pipes.
Herbert Spencer called the gold
en leaves, “devine tobacco,”
while Ben Johnson referred to it
as “Mother Earth’s most soothing
precious weed.”
General Grant was a fervent
cigar smoker, and received a gift
of 11,000 cigars from his admirers
after the capture of Fort Donel
son: During World War 1, Gen
eral Pershing considered tobacco
as a daily ration for the dough
boys and cabled Washington to
send “thousands of tons of it
without delay.”
SHEEP PARASITES
During warm weather sheep
men are advised to keep a close
watch for wool maggots and
screwworms on their sheep. Den
nis DeLoach, sheep specialist for
the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice recommends clipping the
wool away from the infected area
and applying Smear 335. He adds
that a second treatment a few
days later may be necessary.
when an old washerwoman carry
ing a heavy basket entered. She
stood in the aisle at the front
of the car and, despite her for
lorn appearance, no one offered
her a seat. One of the candidates
whom the President was consider
ing was sitting in a nearby seat
reading a newspaper, which he
shifted so as not to seem to see
the old woman. McKinley went
down the aisle, picked up the bas
ket of washing and led the old
lady back to his seat. The man
did not look up from his news
paper, so he did not see McKinley
or what he had done. The candi
date never knew that this little
act of selfishness, or rather this
little ommission of kindness, had
deprived him of that which would
have crowned his ambition of
a lifetime.”
Dr. Parkhurst calls our atten
tion to the fact that the ministry
of Christ was mostly made up of
little things; little words, little
deeds, little prayers, little sym
pathies. Added together they
make great strength.
The beauty of Christ’s life is
seen in the little inconspicuous
acts—talking with the woman at
the well; going far up into the
North country to talk with the
Syrophenician woman; showing
the young ruler the stealthy am
bition laid away in his heart that
kept him out of the Kingdom of
Heaven; shedding a tear at the
grave of Lazarus; teaching a little
hard knot of followers how to
pray; preaching the Gospel one
Sunday afternoon to two
disciples going out to Emmaus;
Kindling a fire and broiling
fish that his disciples might have
a breakfast waiting for them
when they came ashore from a
night of fishing, cold, tired, and
discouraged. Jesus was concerned
with the small, he was engrossed
with the minute.
“For who hath despised the day
of small things?” He who stum
bles over the small tilings misses
a lot. What we do with the small
things is an indication of what
we will do with the large ones.
Jesus said: “Thou has been faith
ful over a few things: I will make
the ruler over many.” Are you
in line for a promotion?
15 Per Cent
Slash Seen
In Leaf Crop
WASHINGTON — A slash of
more than 15 per cent in flue
cured tobacco production in the
Georgia-Florida belt is forecast
by the Department of Agricul
ture for this year compared with
last.
The reduction is about 4 per
cent greater than the 11 per cent
cut seen for the entire flue-cured
crop, expected to be the smallest
since 1949.
The department said recently
that as a result of reduced acre
age allotments, only 1,194,000,000
pounds is in prospect from an
expected harvest of only 880,200
acres.
The other flue-cured states are
Virginia and the Carolinas.
The predicted turnout for the
Georgia-Florida belt, which in
cludes Alabama is 151,005,000
pounds compared with last year’s
all-time record crop, calculated at
178,370,000 pounds.
The expected Georgia reduction
is a little under 15 per cent, or
from 147,965,000 to 126,000,000
pounds. The predicted Florida
drop is nearly 19 per cent, from
29,751,000 to 23,180,000 pounds.
Farm Safety Week
Observance Set
For July 22-28
The 13th annual Farm Safety
Week will be observed through
out the country July 22-28.
President Dwight D. Eisenhow
er has proclaimed the special
occasion nationally, and here in
Georgia Gov. Marvin Griffin has
signed a proclamation calling at
tention to the Week.
The event is sponsored by the
National Safety Council and the
United States Department of Ag
ricultural Extension Service and
in each state is distributing mat
erial and spearheading plans for
the Safety Week observance.
In Georgia, Extension Agricul
tural Engineer G. I. Johnson said
the main purpose of the special
campaign is to promote a year
round program of farm and farm
home accident prevention.
Citing the need for such a pro
gram, Johnson said more than
14,000 farm residents—men, wo
men, and children—lose their
lives each year as the result of
accidents.
“There were more accidental
deaths among farm workers last
year than occurred among the
workers of any other major in
dustry,” he declared.
“Safety Pays All Ways” is the
Farm Safety Week theme this
year. “And safety pays on farms
just as it has paid in other in
dustries,” Johnson asserted.
The agricultural engineer said
this year’s theme places a value
on safety training. He pointed
out that more than three quarters
of a million 4-H Club boys and
girls receive training in safety
every year. Johnson added that
there is a nationwide goal to
train more than a million farm
boys and girls in safety attitudes
and practices in 1956-57.
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All-Day Program
Planned Saturday
At Jekyll Island
Jekyll Island, Ga — A full pro
gram of activities has been plan
ned for July 21, by the Jekyll
Island Park Authority for the
official ceremony of the releasing
of the toll from Jekyll River
Bridge, it has been announced by
Fred Aldred, Summerville, chair
man of the Jekyll Island State
Park Authority.
Governor Marvin Griffin will
be the principal speaker at the
dedication exercises at 3 P. M. He
will be introduced by Fred Al
dred. Mike Benton, Atlanta, vice
chairman of the Authority will
serve as Master of Ceremonies.
He will introduce James L. Asher,
recently appointed manager of
Jekyll Island; members of the
Highway Board; W. Freeman
Darby, president, Brunswick-
Glynn County Chamber of Com
merce; Ray Whittle, Glynn Coun
ty Commissioner, and the Pirates
of the Spanish Main who will
serve as official hostesses. The
other members Os the Jekyll Is
land Authority include: H. Gould
Barrett, Augusta; Earl Edwards,
West Point; W. T. Giles, Warner
Robbins.
The day’s events will begin
with a golf tournament. The is
land’s new golf-pro, Tommy Bean,
in charge. This 18-hole medal
play is open to the public. An
exhibition match between Tommy
Bean and Dynamite Goodloe
versus Mike and Hobart Manley
will take place at 2 P. M.
A feature of the day’s events
will be a Bathing Beauty Contest
at the pool at 5:30 P. M. Civic
Clubs in Georgia are invited to
enter a ’contestant for “Miss
Jekyll Island of 1956.” She must
be single, a Georgia resident, and
between the ages of 16 to 24, it
was announced by Mrs. Geneva
Dickey, chairman
Included in the program of
Aquatic sports will be: a swim
ming and diving exhibition at the
pool Percy Walters, Ronald Bank
ston and Steve Mytachis; and
boat regatta, skiing, will take
place at the Jekyll Island Marina,
Kennow Drew in charge. Lawer
ence Miller, Jr. is chairman of the
fishing contest for which trophies
will be awarded.
Georgia 4-H Club members
will compete this year for 36
college scholarships, according
to L. R. Dunson, associate state
4-H Club leader fr the College
of Agriculture Extension Ser
vice.
ANDREW J. TUTEN
Solicitor General
★ VOTE FOR
★ WORK FOR
£ ELECT
ANDREW J. TUTEN
Solicitor General
ON
SEPTEMBER 12
Your Vote and Influence
Will Be Appreciated.
'Civil Rights'
Bill Opposed
By Mrs. Blitch
WASHINGTON, D. C. - The
name of Iris Blitch, Congress
woman from Georgia’s Eighth
District, was third on the list of
83 members who signed the state
ment of principles in protest
against the “so-called” civil rights
bill.
This statement of principles,
which she helped prepare, was
presented at the out-set of the
fight the bill in the House of
Representatives. This was before
the bill had been called to the
Floor for debate.
Throughout this Session of Con
gress, Mrs. Blitch has been on
hand to fight against this bill.
Previously she stood with some
20 other members when they
were denied the right to present
their views on the bill in the
Rules Committee, on action that
wa3 unheard of before that time.
“This bill,” Mrs. Blitch said,
“is aimed at taking rights away
from the citizens of this great
country rather than guaranteeing
them. No good could come from
this bill. Nothing could result
except strife and confusion in
the internal affairs of the .nation.
“A look at the laws of our land
will show there is not a single
right for which protection has
not been provided. This bill is
just a vicious and insidious at
tempt to stir up sectional hatred,
and I will participate in any legal
action that will prevent it from
becoming law.”
HEAR
BRASWELL
DEEN, JR.
CANDIDATE FOR
UNITED STATES
CONGRESS
In his opening campaign ad
dress at Alma, Georgia, Sat
urday, July 21, at 5:00 P.M.
BRING YOUR FRIENDS
AND RELATIVES
Tune in on Radio Stations —
WGIG Brunswick
WGOV Valdosta
WHAB Baxley
WDMG Douglas
WACL Waycross
Henry Blitch, a Bulloch county
farmer, was Southeast Georgia’s .
best producer of feed in 1953,
second place state winner in 19
54, and state champion in 1955.
