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VOLUME 36 — NUMBER 38
Democratic
Committee
Cuts Melon'
Divides Bank
Balance Among
Committee Members
The Brantley County Democ
ratic Committee celebrated the
last meeting of their four-year
term by “cutting a melon” Thurs
day, Sept. 13
The committee paid itself off
for holding the state primary and
then divided all the balance in
the bank among the members.
Two of the committee mem
bers refused to share in the
“melon cutting.” Carl Broome of
the Nahunta district refused to
accept any share in the division
of funds and Floyd Larkins of
the Hoboken district returned
his ssl to the bank and deposited
it to the credit of the County
Democratic Committee.
Members accepting the money
divided Mr. Broome’s “share”
among themselves.
Some controversy developed in
the committee meeting after the
election returns were consolid
ated. Carl Broome made a motion
that committee .members be paid
for their services and that the
balance of about S6OO be left in
the bank as had been the usual
custom.
Three members, J. D. Orser,
Owen Griffin and Carl Broome
voted for this motion and seven
members voted against it. Then
Virgil (Dick) Allen made a mo
tion that the committee members
be paid their regular fees and
that the balance be divided
among the members, which mo
tion was quickly carried.
Democratic committee members
are paid $lO a day for holding
the election, $lO for consolidating
returns and $5 for coming to
Nahunta on the day before the
election to get the ballot boxes.
The division of the balance of
the funds was made after the
regular fees had been paid.
4 Rattlers Killed
By Mr. and Mrs.
Harley Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Lewis of
Route 1, Nahunta, killed four
rattlesnakes near their home
from Sept. 9 to Sept. 12.
Mr. Lewis killed three of the
rattlers and Mrs. Lewis killed
the other which had crawled
from under the Lewis home.
One of the rattlesnakes had
eight rattles. The other three
were somewhat smaller.
Bobby Smith is reported to
have killed a rattlesnake near
the home of J. H. Highsmith Sun
day, Sept. 16. It was unusually
large.
Braswell Deen Jr.
Thanks Supporters
Alma — State Representative
Braswell Deen, Jr. of Alma ex
pressed his heartfelt thanks to
the many friend and supporters of
the District who helped him.
In a telegram to Congress
woman Iris Blitch, Deen con
gratulated her on reelection and
wished her success in the next
two years, and offered his co
operation if needed.
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Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Court Still
In Session
Thru Thursday
Brantley County Superior Court
was still in session Thursday at
Nahunta, with Judge Cecil Rod
denberry presiding and Col. And
rew Tuten as solicitor.
In one Talmadge Bagley was
given a term of two to five years
for shooting Earl Ragley. A
Negro, John D. Belot pled guilty
to assault and attempt to mur
der Ben Wespert and was given
one a year sentence.
A number of cases were still
on the docket Thursday and it
seemed that court might stay
in session through Friday.
County Agent
Advises Farmers to
Plant Small Grain
County Agent, George A. Loyd,
recommends that farmers plant
thoose small grains that is adaptr
ed to their soil and climate, for
both grazing and grain.
He stated that the ones best
adapted to Brantley County cli
mate are: oats, rye grass and ab
ruzzi rye, and that the best time
for seeding these are from Sept.
15th to October 15th.
Loyd says that all these plants
give excellent grazing, and that
when left to maturity oats, sup
plemented with corn helps to get
hogs to market earlier.
In addition to the feeding value
of these crops, the county agent
stated, that tobacco following
these crops have been producing
better than when following corn.
He says that for farmers to ob
tain best results with this crop
that a good sub-bed should be
prepared, and that 400 - 500 lbs.
of 4-12-12 fertilizer needs to be
applied at time of planting, and
top-dressed with 150 or 200 lbs.
of nitrate of soda or its equal
value about a week or ten days
before grazing is started, and an
other application of nitrate fer
tilizer about Feb. Ist.
The best varieties of oats for
this area seems to be Southland
for grazing, with cokers 48 - 93
being gest for grain.
Loyd stated that the seeding
rates for these grains are as fol
lows:
Southland oats for grazing and
grain 3 bu. per acre.
Other oats 4-5 bu. per acre.
Rye grass alone 30-40 lbs. per
acre.
Oats and Rye grass mixture 2
1-2 bu. oats 15 lbs. rye grass.
Rye and Rye grass 3-4 bu. Rye,
15 lbs. Rye grass.
Wesleyan Methodist
Church Announces
Special Service
The Wesleyan Methodist Church
of Hortense will hold a special
service in the interest of young
people Tuesday, Sept. 25, it is
announced by the pastor, Rev.
Donald Alexander.
Rev. P. L. Swanger, conference
W. Y. president, Rev. Frank Noel,
conference Sunday school secre
tary, and Rev. R. N. Cooley, will
present the program.
All who are interested in
young people’s work and Sun
day school expansion are urged
to attend the service. The ser
vice will begin at 7:30 P. M. Tues
day and the public is invited.
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Sruntley tEittrrprtsi
2 Brantley Students
Aid College Faculty
freshmen Students
Two Brantley County students,
Ronnie Hagen and Carl High
smith, have been invited to re
turn to South Georgia College
during Freshman Week, Sept. 25
through Sept. 29, to act as stud
ent counselors assisting the fac
ulty and administration at the
College wjth the orientation of
incoming freshman students.
These student were counselors
because of their wide participa
tion - in student activities. All
counselors were recommended by
faculty members and approved
by a facuty committee. Last
spring these counselors met with
this faculty committee and parti
cipated in the planning of the
1956-57 Freshman Week activi
ties.
Along with several other stud
ent counselors, Mr. Hagen and
Mr. Highsmith will help acquaint
the new students with “college
ways.” They will play important
roles in the Freshman Week
activities since they will be able
to give freshmen advice concern
ing the College and its program
from a student point of view.
Ronnie is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. F. Hagen. He was gradu
ated from Hoboken High School.
Carl is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
S. B. Highsmith and is a graduate
of Nahunta High School.
PROCEEDINGS
OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
The Brantley County Commis
sioners of Roads and Revenue
met in Regular Session, Septem
ber 4, 1956. Present were R. B.
Brooker, Chairman; R. C. Har
rell Jr., Clerk; C. H. Penland,
Silas D. Lee, and T. V. Rhoden.
The following Commissioners
were paid for six days services,
each. R. B. Brooker, $30.00; R.
C. Harrell, Jr., $22.28; C. H. Pen
land, $22.28; T. V. Rhoden, $30.-
00 and Silas D. Lee, $30.00.
The following pauper list was
approved and ordered paid: Ocie
Moody, $10.00; Dora Merritt,
SIO.OO and Thelma Sapp, SIO.OO.
The following Road Hands were
paid: Perry Crews, $165.85; Wood
row Wilson, $149.85; I. C. Har
ris $204.85; J. F. Willis, $204.85;
Monsie Wilson, $214.24; Ottis
Morgan, $181.85; Talmadge Gun
ter, $165.85; Elvin Griffin, SIBB.-
70; Roscoe Murray, $132.85; Bar
ney Harris, $168.00 and O. G. Lee,
$250.00.
The following General Bills
were paid: S. E. Blount, $75.00,
Janitor; Georgia Power & Light
Co., $36.68, Lights and Power;
Atlantic Engineering & Construc
tion Co., $5,032.50, Bridge; An
drew J. Tuten, $63.34; Georgia
State Forestry Commission, $525.-
00, Budget; C. Winton Adams,
$25.00, Salary; D. F. Herrin, $94.-
10, Salary and Commission; Ar
chie A. Johns, SBO.OO, Salary;
George A. Loyd, $190.00, Salary;
Sarah Dot Simpson, $106.05, Sal
ary; M. E. Winchester, $62.00,
Salary; Dr. E. A. Moody, $30.00,
Salary; Alvin M. Powell, Jr..,
$12.00, Traveling Expenses; Cecil
B. Ragsdale, $93.50, Salary; Re
becca D. Griner, $273.60, Salary;
Lorena R. Strickland, $153.30,
Salary; T. E. Raulerson, $181.04,
Services Rendered; H. E. Rau
lerson, $317.20, Feed and Turn
keys; N. C. Davis, Jr., 84 cents,
Supplies; J. W. Brooker, $139.93,
Supplies; Brantley Telephone Co.,
$58.74, Phones and Calls; City of
Nahunta, $22.50, Water; Carlton
Co., $184.02; Parts for Repair;
H. S. Wilson, $363.11, Repair;
The Brantley Enterprise, $22.50,
Advertising and Supplies; Stand
ard Oil Co., $244.13, Gas and Oil;
Globe Chemical Co., $186.05, Jan
itor Supplies; Burns Electrical
Cont., $169.14, Refrigidaire; Wil
bur James, $151.97, Tires;; Foote
& Davies, $142.26, Office Sup
plies; Bennett Brothers, $23.94,
Office Supplies; Blalock Machin
ery & Equipment Co., $14.40,
Parts; Dept, of Public Welfare,
$826.11, Budget; Depratter’s Ser
vice Station, $27.85, Repair;
Washington National Ins. Co.,
$59.93, Insurance, and Mrs. Ver
ona H. Crews, $42.32, Traveling
Expenses.
There being no further busi
ness the meeting adjourned in
regular order.
R. B. Brooker, Chairman.
R. C. Harrell Jr., Clerk.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Sept. 20, 1956
Nahunta High
School Enrolls
421 Students
The teachers and students of
the Nahtfnta High School began a
new year of school Monday,
Sept. 3.
Every classroom had a teacher
in it. At present the faculty has
no vacancy.
The following is a list of tea
chers who are on the high school
faculty:
Earl W. May, Principal.
Mrs. Dorothy Graham, School
Secretary.
Mr. Harold Scott, Coach and
Health.
Mrs. Mabel Moody, Science.
Mrs. Ida Vause, Math and Eng
lish.
W. C. Long, Agriculture and
Shop. .
Mrs. Oscar Davis, English.
Mrs. Virginia Raulerson,
Science and History.
Mrs. Lee Herrin, Home Econo
mics.
Gordon Wright, Commercial.
Mrs. Essie May, Mathematics.
Tommy Rhodes, Social Science.
Bowman Barr, Music and Eng
lish.
Mrs. Mary Lou Gibson, Librar
ian and English.
Lester Edgy, Eighth Grade.
Mrs. Coyla Drury, Eighth
Grade.
Mrs. Robert Smith, Seventh
Grade.
Mrs. Eunice Lightsey, Seventh
Grade.
Mrs. Karrol Reese, Seventh
Grade.
Enrollment by grades:
Seventh Grade 85
Eighth Grade 76
Ninth Grade 82
Tenth Grade 64
Eleventh Grade 62
Twelfth Grade 53
TOTAL 422
Waynesville
News
By MRS. PETE GIBSON
Mrs. W. B. Whitener of Jack
sonville and Mrs. Millard Phil
lips of New Orleans are visiting
their parents Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Smith.
♦ » *
Mrs. Ila Townsend of Bruns
wick spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Hunter.
• * *
Leland Smith has returned
from the V. A. Hospital in Dub
lin, Ga.
* * *
Scotia Harrison is home from
the Brunswick hospital.
George Gibson of Rome, Ga.
visited his mother, over the week
end.
Paul Roland of Jacksonville
visited Mr. and Mrs. Dave Leg
get on Sunday.
• * •
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Strick
land and children of Blythes Is
land visited Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Robinson on Sunday.
» * •
Carol Driscoll was honored
with a birthday dinner on Sun
day.
» • •
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Robinson
and family enjoyed Sunday at
their cabin on Fancy Bluff.
• * «
Mr. and Mrs. Keene have sev
eral of their daughters visiting
them this week.
» » »
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Thompson
of Clearwater, Fla. visited his
mother, Mrs. Thelma Thompson
over the weekend.
* • *
Mr. and Mrs. John Harrison
of Thalman were visitors in our
community on Sunday.
Four Boys Leave
For Examination
To Enter Military
Four Brantley County young
men are leaving for physical ex
amination for military service.
They are Paul Lewis, Route 2,
Hortense; Roger Ivey Herrin,
Route 1, Nahunta; Nathanial Fra
zer and Felton Wool Bright, both
of Hoboken.
Mrs. Martha Burns
Died Tuesday Night,
Funeral Saturday
Mrs. Martha Burns of Nahunta
died Tuesday night, Sept. 18, in a
Waycross hospital. She was born
in Clarksburg, West Va., but she
and her husband, Charles Burns,
had lived in Nahunta for the past
14 years. They were engaged in
the electrical supply and con
tracting business.
Mrs. Burns was a member of
the Nahunta Methodist Church.
She is survived by her husband,
Charles Burns; one sister, Mrs.
W. T. Miller, Waynesville, Ga;
one half-brother and five half
sisters.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday, Sept 22, in the chapel
of the Mincy Funeral Home,
Waycross. Burial will be in Oak
land Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be J. Walter
Crews, R. B. Brooker, Herschel
W. Herrin, Prof. Earl May, Bob
Noland and J. T. Gunter.
Personals
Miss Marvene Lewis of Pan
ama City, Fla. spent a few days
at home with her mother, Mrs.
Maggie Lewis. Her mother re
turned with her to spend a week.
* * *
Mrs. C. P. Johnson of Hilliard,
Fla. spent Thursday with her
sister, Mrs. E. K. Ham.
* * ♦
Miss Eula Jean Fais left Sun
day to return to Atlanta where
she will be employed at Crawford
Long Hospital. Miss Fais received
her degree in nursing in June
of this year.
♦ * *
A. F. Lyons, and Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Lyons and sons visited
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Berman
and Miss Bertha Lyons of Jack
sonville on Sunday.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hickox of
Jacksonville visited friends and
relatives near Nahunta last week
end.
♦ ♦ *
Mrs. Mamie Smith, Mrs. Waldo
Morgan and daughter, Carolyn,
Rev. and Mrs. H. K. Peek of
Hortense returned last week from
a tour of several days. They
visited “Fields of Woods” on
Burger Mountain, N. C., Cleve
land, Tenn., Visited Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Smith and Mr. and Mrs.
Enoch Smith and Jack Smith who
live in Gainesville, Ga.
» « *
Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Starnes of
Lakeland, Fla. are visiting friends
in Nahunta this week.
• » ♦
The Nahunta Garden Club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Mollie
Highsmith on Tuesday afternoon,
at 4:00 o’clock P. M. Mrs. Cecil
Thomas will be co-hostess with
Mrs. Highsmith. Miss Sara Sim
pson will be the speaker.
Palmetto News
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Johns of
Jacksonville spent the weekend
visiting relatives here and at Hic
kox. They were among those at
tending the birthday supper for
Mr. Frank Hickox at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Griffin
Saturday. Mr. Hickox was 80
years old.
• * •
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Yancy and
son Wayne of Jacksonville visited
Mrs. S. C. M. Drury and Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Jones Sunday.
• * ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Drury
and children Janice and Stanley,
Mr. and Mrs. Orsborne Johnson
and children were among those
attending a picnic given by the
Brunswick Pulp and Paper Co.
in Brunswick Saturday.
» » *
Mrs. W. H. Jacobs and William,
and Mrs. C. S. Jacobs and chil
dren visited Mrs. Redick Thorn
ton in Way cross Thursday.
Mrs. Audrey Gale and sons of
Sterling were visitors here at
church Sunday.
* • ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Smith
and family of Turkey Farm were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Freeman.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Record Number
Students Go to
More young people are going
away to college from Brantley
County this fall than ever before,
it is indicated by a list of names
given this newspaper by county
superintendent of schools, Her
schel W. Herrin.
The greater numbers to GSCW
at Milledegeville and to South
Georgia College at Douglas
The following are the names
of students and the colleges they
will attend this fall term:
To G. S C. W., Milledgeville:
Delores Drury, Janice Royster,
Iris Barr, Carolyn Higginbotham,
Betty Jean Saddler, Mary Lou
Gardner, Peggy Carter, Grace
Strickland, Betty Ann Jones,
Marjorie Lou Dryden, Waunice
Ammons, Betty Jean Stone, lona
Johns.
To South Georgia College:
Allen Sloan, Dewitt Drury, J. L.
White, David Hiller, Carl High
smith, Lonzo Griffin, Robert
Jacobs, Jimmy Thornton, Ray
Johnson, Mary Ruth Jacobs,
Glenn Strickland, Jerry Harper,
Dorothy Morgan, Janice Herrin,
Wilda King, Ronnie Hagin, Davis
Jacobs, Annette Hickox.
To A. B. A. C. at Tifton: Carl
Dubose, Geneva Steedly, Addison
Strickland, Vandilla Purdom, Tal
madge Purdom, Huey Ham, Nor
ris Carter.
To Berry Schools at Mt. Berry:
Margaret Crews, Iris Highsmith.
To U. of Georgia: Donahue Ha
gin, Phillip Aldridge, Julian
Crews, Leonard Crews, Dan Sad
dler, J. L. Purdom.
To Brewton-Parker: Jimmie
Thomas.
To Georgia Teachers College:
Aubrey Highsmith, Hubert Man
ning, Inez Driscoll.
To Georgia State College: Ral
ph Willis, Ronald Willis, Sidney
Willis.
To Crawford W. Long Hospital:
Patsy Cochran.
To Jacksonville Junior College:
Buddy Highsmith.
Area Forester
Advises Farmers
On Forest Insects
By Charles T. Shea
Area Forester, U. S. Forest
Service
After much talk about forest
insects, the public begins to
wonder how turpentine Con
servation is related to insect con
trol. Conservation is wise use of
our natural resources.
It takes approximately 40 years
to grow a tree to reach a valua
tion of $3. Many trees of this
valuation are attacked by Black
Turpentine beetles and after a
few months die and become a
total loss to both the landowner
and his community. The loss
would not be so tragic if no
thing could be done. The cost
to save a tree valued at $3 is ap
proximately 10 cents.. This in
cludes both the cost of labor and
spraying materials.
When an infested tree is spray
ed the landowner not only saves
this tree but protect his invest
ment in surrounding trees. Fail
ure to apply forest insect control
measures is economically unsound
and violates the principles of
conservation. It is for this reason
that your Area Forester is con
cerned about the protection of
the investment of growing trees.
To protect this investment means
a better tomorrow for civiliza
tion.
Riverside Church
Starts Revival
Next Sunday
Revival services will start at
the Riverside Baptist Church
next Sunday, Sept. 23, it is an
nounced by R. I. McDuffie, one
of the deacons.
The pastor,Rev. Eddie Dixon,
will preach Sunday morning and
night. Beginning Monday night,
Rev. W. R. .Beall of Hazlehurst
will be the guest minister.
Services will be held each night
at 7:30.
On Sunday, Sept. 30, the Char
lton County fifth Sunday singing
will be held at the Riverside
Church, with dinner on the
church grounds at noon.
The people of this entire sec
tion are invited to attend all the
services during the revival and
also the singing the following
Sunday.
The Home Newspaper is
Read Like a Letter From
Home. If They Don’t
Subscribe, They Borrow The
Enterprise.
of Brantley
College
Honor Roll
Os New and Renewal
Subscriptions
The Brantley Enterprise ex
presses its thanks to the follow
ing subscribers for their NEW
or RENEWAL subscriptions
which have been recently re
ceived:
Jos. B. Strickland
Nahunta, Ga.
Mrs. Sallie Roberson
Pinecrest Hospital
Savannah, Ga.
Mrs. B. B. Thomas
Route 2
Nahunta, Ga.
Mrs. W. H. Wilson
Route 2
Palatka, Fla.
Mrs. James Stewart
1606 Johnson St.
Brunswick, Ga.
Ewell V. Herrin
Route 2
Nahunta, Ga.
J. B. Griffin
Route 1
Hoboken, Ga.
Mrs. J. H. Lewis
Nahunuta, Ga.
C. L. King
Route 1
Nahunta, Ga.
L. H. Lanier
Route 1
Hortense, Ga.
Blitch Won
All Counties
Except Bacon
Congresswoman Iris F. Blitch
of Homerville won all but one of
the 20 counties in the Bth Con
gressional District in her bid for
reelection in the Sept. 12 pri
mary, according to the latest
tabulation available to this news
paper.
Braswell Deen Jr., her oppon
ent carried his home county of
Bacon with two unit votes and
Mrs. Blitch won 19 counties with
46 unit votes.
The popular vote count was
Blitch 38,132 and Deen 14,075,
giving the incumbent Congress
woman more than two to one
for her opponent.
Following is the tabuation by
counties, with almost all counties
complete:
COUNTY BLITCH DEEN
Appling (2) 2,388 1,175
Atkinson (2) 1,557 702
Bacon (2) 912 1,672
Berrien (2) 2,534 745
Brantley (2) 1,032 325
Camden (2) 941 244
Charlton (2) 1,031 388
Clinch (2) 1,340 225
Coffee (4) 2,327 1,270
Cook (2) 2,060 431
Echols (2) 149 22
Glynn (4) 2,676 691
Irwin (2) 1,411 137
Jeff Davis (2) 1,830 740
Lanier (2) 929 218
Lowndes (4) 3,205 1,056
Pierce (2) 2,358 700
Telfair (2) 2,996 384
Wate (4) 4,255 1,869
Wayne (2) 2,201 1,131
TOTAL (48) 38,132 14,075
Calvary News
By Mrs. Grady Boyd
The Calvary Home Demonstra
tion Club met Thursday, Sept.
13, at the Community Center.
» * *
Those present were Mrs. Lon
nie Aldridge, Mrs. Bobby Lucas,
Mrs. Pearlie Bennett, Mrs. John
I. Driggers, Mrs. J. L. Miles, Mrs.
Goldwire Fowler.
Also, the Farm Bureau meeting
was held. Mr. George Loyd, coun
ty farm agent was present.
The men present were Lon
nie Aldridge, Marshall Dry
den, John R. Driggers and Gold
wire Fowler.
