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Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Oct. 11, 1956
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Published weekly on Thursday at Nahunta, Georgia
CARL BROOME EDITOR and PUBLISHER
Entered at the Post Office at Nahunta, Georgia as
second class matter under the act of March 3, 1879.
Official Organ of Brantley County
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sales tax.
Other Georgia counties $3.00 a year, plus 9 cents
sales tax.
Other states $3.50 a year. Single copies ten cents.
We charge for cards of thanks, memorials and
resolutions.
We charge for advertising all affairs for which
you charge.
PTA May Sponsor
School Carnival
Attorney General Eugene Cook
has ruled that the PTA and other
such private organizations may
sponsor school carnivals.
The Attorney General wrote
this week that his opinion of
October 20, 1955, on the subject
did not apply to the Parent-
Teacher Association or any other
unofficial organization or associa
tion.
He held this week that “the
question as to the participation
of public school teachers in any
such endeavor is a local policy
decision for the county board of
education”.
Mr. Cook’s ruling of a year ago
pointed to a State Board of
Education ruling stating that “no
public school in Georgia be allow
ed to use games of chance, raf
fles, and lotteries to raise money
for the school, nor be allowed to
conduct contests of popularity
based upon the raising of money”.
Pearson Girl, 13,
Pinned by Tractor
PEARSON — Deloris Davis, 13-
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Orbie Davis, was pinned
under an overturned tractor for
several hours Oct. 5 near here
before her call for help was
heard and answered by a neig
hbor.
Deloris was driving the tractor
on a field road when a rough
place in the road caused the
machine to overturn and pin her
leg so that she could not free
. herself.
A check revealed no broken
bones or other serious injury.
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Fertile Colquitt is Georgia’s leading agricultural county,
with sales of almost sl2 million in 1954. Booming Moultrie,
county seat, is the home of the processor which handles H
of all peanuts used in the entire U. S. production of edible
peanut products! A huge meat-packing plant employing 700
is among Moultrie’s 46 other industries. Value of tobacco
produced annually in Colquitt County is highest in Georgia.
Moultrie’s famous South East Tobacco Festival will this
year be held in conjunction with the Colquitt centennial fete.
In Colquitt County and throughout Georgia, the United
States Brewers Foundation works constantly to assure the
sale of beer and ale under pleasant, orderly conditions. Be
lieving that strict Law enforcement serves the best interest of
the people of Georgia, the Foundation stresses close coopera
tion with the Armed Forces, law enforcement and governing
officials in its continuing "self-regulation” program.
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Excuses for
Not Drinking
Milk Refuted
An Agricultural Extension Ser
vice dairy marketing specialist
took a close look at milk this
week and exploded the three ex
cuses people give for not drink
ing more or our most nearly per
fect food.
”It is not too expensive, it is
not to fattening, and it does taste
good,” said John S. Conner of the
College of Agriculture.
According to information com
piled by the American Dairy As
sociation, dairy products supply
about 30 percent of what we eat
for only about 15 percent of the
food dollar. Conner said women
who have tried to cut down the
use of milk in . their homes us
ually find that the cost of their
other groceries goes up more
than they’d “saved” on their milk
bill.
“If ybu bought milk for its
protein alone,” Conner continued,
“it would be cheaper than al
most any other source of protein.
Milk is just about the cheapest
health habit you can have.”
Pointing out that whole milk
is not fattening, Conner said it
is coming to be known as the
ideal food on which to base a
weight-reducing diet. The reason,
he added, is because whole milk
keeps calcium, vitamin, and pro
tein levels high, but calories low.
Most food experts believe peo
ple who don’t like the taste of
milk can acquire the “milk habit”
if they will drink at least three
glasses a day for three weeks.
Conner reminded homemakers
that the ideal way to serve milk
is ice cold. “That means 36 to
40 degrees,” he said. “Another
‘trick’ is to pour milk just before
serving, so there’s little forth
on top of the glass.”
He said the few who still don’t
like the taste of milk usually
can be “won over” by adding
chocolate, strawberry, malt, or
other flavor.
WASHING nylon
AND DACRON CURTAINS
Hints for washing nylon and
dacron curtains—given by Miss
Willie Vie Dowdy, home improve
ment specialist for the Agricul
tural Extension Service—include:
wash often, wash by hand, use
warm water and a heavy duty
detergent, rinse at least twice
in clear water, drip dry, and if
pressing is needed use rayon or
nylon setting or a steam iron.
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.. i "From the Murky Waters of the Deep*'
ONE of the strangest sights Pve ever witnessed is that
of a sea turtle making its way slowly up the beach
towards the soft sand tp lay her eggs.
ing around and flashing lights in her eyes,
she starts her laborious crawl directly towards the soft
sand at the top of the beach. By instinct, or some strange
phenomenon yet unexplained, she has waited for high tide
and has picked a suitable beach so that her journey from
the water to the sand is not a long one.
She chooses her spot and moves her bulky frame
back and forth in a semi-circle until she has dug in
several inches. By this time, she has sand spread over
her entire body which affords her some camouflage as
she blends in with the beach. Then she begins the task
of digging the hole for her eggs.
For her digging, she uses her two rear flippers. She
scoops up some sand with her right flipper and meticulously
lays it aside; then shifting her body to the right, she reaches
under with the left flipper and takes more sand from the
same spot. She repeats this methodical movement, pausing
now and then to rest, until she has dug a neat hole about
eighteen inches deep.
When the hole is completed, she is straddled directly
. over it with her “cloaca” pointed into the hole to drop
her eggs. She drops them in spurts of one, two, or three.
And each time the eggs drop, her labor pains are evi
dent, as her flippers jerk upward spasmodically and
huge tears roll down her rough cheeks.
After she lays a hundred or so eggs about the size of
golf balls, she appears completely exhausted. She lays very
still and breathes heavily for several minutes. Then she
begins the process of covering up her handiwork.
She uses the same flippers for covering the hole as
she does for digging. She carefully and firmly packs
the sand over the eggs with her flippers, then moving
more sand in from the sides, she raises her frame with
all four flippers and pounds the sand with her stomach.
After smoothing the entire area with sand, her maternal
instincts are apparently satisfied, and she begins her slow
journey back to the water. On her return to the water,
she follows alongside the tracks she made when she came
onto the beach.
To me, there are several amazing points in this
operation. For one thing, the turtle picks a beach
where there is little activity, so that her eggs will have
a better chance to go undetected. Also, she picks one
that has very little area left at high tide, so that her
cumbersome crawling is at a minimum. She comes in
at high tide so that when she lays her eggs there’s no
chance of the water coming up and washing away her
nest. Her complete operation seems almost mechanical
as if she’s been taught to make every little movement
one particular way.
Elks Honor
South Georgia
Press Group
The Way cross Elks last Thurs
day night honored a group of
South Georgia newspaper men
and women with a dinner at the
Elks lodge in observance of
National Newspaper Week.
Rev. William S. Brace, rector
of the Grace Episcopal Church,
was principal speaker. He pre
sented a forceful talk on the
responsibilities of the press and
its privileges under a democratic
form of government. Rev. Brace
compared the position of the pul
pit and the press, which both
derive their freedom under the
First Amendment to the U. S.
Constitution.
SCHOOL'S
OPEN
Prive
^firefully
ALERTNESS AVOIDS ACCIDENTS
WINNER 12TH NATIONAL POSTER CONTEST
FULTON LOVELL
If you’re lucky eriough to spot her
as she comes up from the waters of
the ocean, you have the feeling that
you are watching some creature from
Mars. First you see the top of a big
shell floating towards the beach; then,
as her fins touch the sand in the shal
low water and her head comes up
from the waves, the mass begins to
take shape.
Seemingly undaunted by people stand-
Bids Asked on
Construction at
Veteran Centers
The Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C. has mailed
to the Chamber of Commerce
invitations for bids for construc
ion for water lines and autom
atic fire sprinklers for the Vet
eran’s Administration Center,
Bay Pines, Fla., and Thomasville,
Ga. Anyone interested in bidding
on this type of work please con
tact the Chamber of Commerce.
This work will include general
alterations and repairs for com
plete and finished automatic fire
sprinkler installations in five
buildings at Thomasville and
seven building at Bay Pines.
This work includes plumbing,
electrical work and outside ser
vices consisting or required lines
with all necessary valves and
accessories and certain other
items.
ACaDENTS AKE AVOIDABLE
Hybrid Corn
Keeps Gaining
In Popularity
Hybrid corn is at its height of
popularity in Georgia.
A recent survey of the seed
planted by farmers shows that
hybrids accounted for 86.6 per
cent of the 1956 crop.
H. A. Inglis, Agricultural Ex
tension Service agronomist-seed
certification, who reported the
results, said there were 2,734,633
acres of corn in the state this
year.
Among the hybrids, Dixie 18
leads the popularity poll. Fifty
percent of the entire state corn
acredfee was planted to it.
The survey, conducted by coun
ty agents throughout the state,
revealed that 12.7 percent of the
crop was planted to eight other
College of Agriculture and U. S.
Department of Agriculture hy
brids. Five commerical hybrids
accounted for 23.9 percent.
Ingli said five percent of the
nearly 3,000,000 acres of corn was
planted to two open pollinated
varieties, while 8.4 percent was
planted to 53 other varieties and
hybrids. All told, 69 varieties and
hybrids were reported.
The survey showed that Geor
gia farmers plated 859,000 acres
of cotton. The leading variety
was Coker’s 100 wilt resistant,
with 59 percent of the crop.
Next in line were E m Pi re wilt
resistant, 26.4 percent; Delta
Pine, eight percent, and Plains,
five percent.
Evidence that certified seed is
gaining favor with Georgia farm
ers is the fact that 73 percent of
the cotton was certified. And
82.7 percent delinted and treated
before planting.
As for peanuts—sl9,ooo acres
of them—47.4 percent was Dixie
Runner, 41.44 percent, Dixie
Spanish; seven percent, Virginia
Bunch; two percent, Southeastern
Runner, and 1.2 percent, Virginia
Runner.
MARKS OF HIGH
QUALITY HAY
Extension Dairyman Frank
Fitch says you can tell high
quality hay by its green color
and a high proportion of leaves
and fine stems. Hay cut before
bloom or in early bloom, tastes
better, contains nearly twice as
much protein, is about 20 per
cent more digestible, and will
produce more cans of milk per
ton or per acre than late-cut,
over-mature hay, he adds.
g Tax Books j
| Now Open |
Dear Friends: M
H The 1956 County Tax Books are now open. If any- Q
one wishes to pay their 1956 taxes now, we are ready
to receive the payments. M
All delinquent taxpayers will please come in and Q
□ see about your back taxes as the County needs the □
money. The longer the fifas stay here the more it runs H
into extra money and costs to you. So, please come in s
and take care of back taxes.
Those of you who have a back tax on your car or Q
E truck will have to have these paid by Jan. 1, 1957, in S
order to be able to get a tag.
Please don t wait until the last minute to pay these
Q as you will have to have your tax receipt before you |
get your tag.
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So, please come in and get these at once. R
n Your Friend, Q
g John M. Wilson i
g Tax Collector of Brantley County |
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