The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, November 29, 1956, Image 1

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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 48 Big Moonshine Liquor Still Found in Brantley County A big moonshine liquor still was located by Brantley County sheriff T. E. Raulerson near Racepond in Brantley County Sunday, Nov. 25, and three men were arrested charged with illicit whiskey making. The three men nabbed were Billy Taylor, giving his address as St. George, Ga. J. T. Beck worth and Douglas Hodges, giv ing their address as Hilliard, Fla., according to sheriff Raulerson. A Negro escaped from the still through the thick woods. The whiskey still was destroy ed and the 300 gallons of spirits found at the still were poured out. The still was one of the biggest operations found in this section in many years. It had a capacity of about 700 gallons a day, with 27 vats of mash, each vat being of 500 gallons capacity or a total mash capacity of 13,- 500 gallons. The still boiler was operated with a kerosene blower arrange ment. A well had been sunk in the earth and water was drawn by a gasoline pump. The still was located about eight miles south of Hoboken about a mile from Route 121 near Racepond. Sheriff Raulerson stated that he had been hunting the still for six weeks and finally located it Sunday morning about ten o’clock. The sheriff then brought federal officer W. G. Ikerd to the scene about 2:15 in the afternoon. The two officers saw five men at the still. They came out of the woods and secured the help of the State Patrol and police of ficer Calvin E. Jacobs of Hob oken, deputy Harry Raulerson and Ware County policeman Roy Blackstock. The officers then surrounded the still. One man was captured at the still and two others were seized by the state patrol officers as they fled from the woods in a car. The one Negro at the still managed to elude the officers. The 500-gallon steel vats, were filled with cracked corn and rye grain mash. A Chevrolet en closed-body truck and a small pickup truck were found at the still site and confiscated by the officers. The big truck contained sev eral hundred pounds of sugar and other moonshine still equip ment. The 300 gallons of liquor was in 5-gallon demijohns. One of the four white men first seen at the still had dis appeared before the officers made their raid. Pierce Child Bitten by Rabid Fox A Pierce county child has been bitten by a rabid fox, the first such local case since the current epidemic of rabid animals in South Georgia began. Emory Dean Moody, 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Linwood Moody of Route 2, Patterson, was bitten Sunday while visiting friends in Brantley coun ty. The fox reportedly attacked some chickens and was chased by the Moody child and some other children. The animal turned and bit Emory Dean. The fox was killed and the head was examined and found rabid. The Moody child is al ready taking the rabies treat ment at a local clinic. trend toward diversification Georgia’s progress toward a diversified agriculture is con tinuing. Agricultural Extension Service economists point out that, in 1940, 71 percent of cash farm recepits came from crops and only 29 percent from livestock and poultry. But in 1955, they say, the percentage from crops w as 54 percent, while that from livestock and poultry was 45 per cent. Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Weather Report For Past Week Temperature and rainfall as re corded at the Nahunta U. S. weather station for the past week. Nahunta Sta. High Low Rain Wednesday 79 50 .00 Thursday — — .00 Friday — _ .00 Saturday — — .00 Sunday — — .00 Monday 59 35 .00 Tuesday 49 31 .00 Wednesday 58 21 .00 Telephone of The Future to Send Pictures Scientists have given eyes to the telephone. And the time may come in the foreseeable future when a person can make a telephone call and see and be seen by the person at the other end of the line. It’s all in the experimental stage now, however. This “picture phone” is still undergoing devel opment and is not yet ready for commercial use, W. B. Smith, manager of Southern Bell Tele phone Company in Blackshear, said this week. Researchers at the Bell Tele phone Laboratories have used the device recently to send recogniz able pictures over distances as great as from New York to Los Angeles. The images sent by the “picture phone” vary in size from one by one-and-a-half inches to two by three inches. They are in black and white and show only the head and shoulders. A new picture is transmitted every two seconds. The “picture phone” is not an intruder. Switches at both ends of the line have to be “on” for the picture to be transmitted with the conversation. The pic ture screen and camera are in a box alongside the telephone. If a person doesn’t want to be seen he can flip off the picture switch. But at the same time he cuts off his view of the party at the other end. Mr. Smith said the experime ntal “picture phone” is the first system of its kind to offer prom ise of being commercially feas ible because it uses ordinary telephone wires for transmission. Only one pair of wires is requi red in addition to those carrying the conversation. W. E. Kock of The Bell Tele phone Laboratories demonstrates the recently-developed “picture phone” Still in the experimental stages, the “Picture Phone” has been used to transmit a recogni zable image from coast to coast. Watch the label on your paper. It indicates the date your subscription will ex pire. Home businesses invite your patronage. PHONE OF THE FUTURE — W. E. Kock of the Bell Telephone Laboratories demonstrates the recently devel oped “picture phone” has been used to transmit a re cognizable image from coast to coast. Srantky EttUrprisp By J. A. Ross Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Nov. 29, 1956 Hoboken News Miss Margie Lu Dryden who is a Sophomore at G.S.C.W. spent the Thanksgiving holidays at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C- Dryden. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Colvin and'Diane were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Jacobs of Nahunta for dinner on Thanksgiving. ♦ * ♦ Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dukes on Thanksgiving were Mrs. B. G. Bell, mother of Mrs. Dukes who has moved to Hoboken and now occupies the newly remodeled garage apart ment of the Dukes residence, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott and children of Waycross, Mr. S. P. Wise, Charles Dukes and Jimmy Dukes. Jimmy is a student at G. M. A. at Milledgeville but was at home for the holiday weekend. ♦ ♦ » Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Rowell, Richard, and Roger moved into their new seven roam block house on Thanksgiving Day. » ♦ * Mr. and Mrs. Ted Strickland and children visited Mrs. J. H. Sikes on Thanksgiving. * * • Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun Colvin, Mary Connie and Tommy of Brunswick and Mr. and Mrs. James Colvin and Jimmy of Thomasville were guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Colvin on Thanks giving. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dowling, Cynthia, Norman and Mike spent Sunday in Douglas with Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Dowling. * • * Mrs. W. H. Colvin spent Thanksgiving Day in Waycross with Mr. and Mrs. Latt Tyre and friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Scur ry of Patterson also*visited Mrs. Colvin during the weekend. > * • Mr. Flint Nichols left on Wed nesday to auctioneer tobacco in Kentucky after spending two weeks with Mrs. Nichols and Joan after finishing the Tenn essee Market. Mrs. Nolan C. Davis, Jr. en tertained the Hoboken Home Demonstration Club at her home for the November meeting. Miss Sarah Simpson gave a very good demonstration on draperies and curtains. Mrs. Frank Dukes, presi dent, presided over the business session. Mrs. Davis served am brosia, fruitcake and coffee to the members and to Mrs. B. G. Bell who was a visitor. Hoboken High School Basketball Schedule Dec. 4, Tues., Patterson Here Dec. 7, Fri., Surrency —L There Dec. 11, Tues., Camden Here Dec. 14, Fri., Waresboro _ There Dec. 18, Tues., Blackshear _ Here Jan. 4, Fri., Waycross — There Jan. 8, Tues., Odum Here Jan. 11, Fri., Camden There Jan. 18, Fri., Screven Here Jan. 19, Sat., Waycross — Here Jan. 22, Tues., Manor There Jan. 25, Fri., Nichols Here Jan. 29, Tues., Folkston There Feb. 1, Fri., Nahunta There Feb. 5, Tues., Blackshear _ There Feb. 7, Thurs., Patterson _ There Wesleyan Methodist Revival to Start At Hortense Sunday • Revival services have been scheduled for the Wesleyan Meth odist Church in Hortense, Dec. 4, through Dec. 16, acording to Rev. D. E. Alexahder, pastor. The Rev. H. A. McCutcheon of Chesnee, S. C., will be the evan gelist for the revival. Rev. Mc- Cutcheon has been pastor of a Chesnee church for 18 years. Rev. Alexander will direct the music for the services which will begin each day at 7'30 p.m. and has invited the public to attend. Negro Woman Cuts Negro Girl in School Bus Row A negro woman, Doris Lattany, was jailed Tuesday by deputy sheriff Harry Raulerson after she was alleged to have cut a Negro girl on a school bus with a knife. The alleged cutting scrape oc curred on the Negro high school bus coming toward Nahunta from Waycross Tuesday afternoon. The bus driver was William Lattany, husband of the woman accused of the cutting, according to depu ty sheriff Harry Raulerson. The girl was not badly cut, it is reported, but her alleged attacker was being held in jail Wednesday morning. Mrs. Johns Moves Beauty Shop into Ham Building Mrs. Katie Ham is closing her beauty shop on Thursday, Nov. 29 and Wanda Beauty Shop is moving into the location on that date. Mrs. Ham has been in the beauty shop business in Nahunta 20 years. The new occupant, Mrs. Lucille Johns, proprietor of Wanda Beau ty Salon, has been in the business for 12 years. George Firor, Extension horti culturist at the College of Agri culture, says some kind of fruit can be produced on every farm in the state. Newjaskjvrce 57 Chevrolet Trucks I They “flattened” Yukon mountains with the most modern truck VB's of all! ■ ww — ' Ju ; 71 V •: ! mH —. ' MHI ft A l 8888/BBBKBB^^^BKBll^^^^^^^Bßt^^^ Rated G.V.W. of these payload-carrying heavyweights goes all the way up to 32,000 pounds! New VB-powered '57 Chevrolet trucks, heavily loaded, made one of the world’s toughest roads look easyl In a straight-through test run, they rolled over the famous ALCAN Highway to Alaska—in less than 45 hours (normally a 72-hour run). Here’s proof-In-action of power that’ll handle your toughest jobs-and keep coming back for morel Whatever your job, there’s an Alcan-proved Chevrolet Task- Force truck ready right now to save you time and money! Only franchised Chevrolet dealers display this famous trademark R, L WALKER CHEVROLET COMPANY WAYCROSS Nahunta Split Patterson Doubleheader The Nahunta High School basketball players split a double header with the teams of Pat terson High last Tuesday night. The Nahunta boys defeated the Patterson boys 80-51. The local girls lost a very close and hard fought game to the Patterson lassess by the score of 47-46. The record for the teams are as follows: The girls have won four games and lost three. They have defeated Odum 45-43; Sur rency, 43-39; Nicholls, 48-43; Blackshear, 68-51. They have lost to Screven 40-58; Hoboken, 43-45 and to Patterson 46-47. The accurate shooting and timely passing of Velma Lee King, Jane Strickland, and Nancy Hendrix along with the excellent guarding on the part of Myra Strickland, Margie Herrin, and Mary Cross have made it possi ble to win more games this early in the season than any other team of recent years at Nahunta. The team is ably assisted by a number of good reserves as fol lows: Judy Thornton, Delores Lee, Emi lee Rowell, Carolyn Johnson, Wanda Gail Herrin, Lana Hendrix, Faye Marshall, Alice Sue Depratter, Molly Grace Sadler, Sandra Williams, and Wanda Pursell. The boys have defeated Scre ven 36-34; Hoboken 56-44; Patter son 80-51. They have lost to Sur rency 41-51, Odum 40-68; Nic holls, 50-58; Blackshear 50-61. The boys have got off to a slow start due to injuries and other mis fortunes but are now showing a great deal of progress since some of the key players have returned to the line-up. The boys team is made up of the following boys: Layton Johns, Wain Brooker, Donald Cleland, Melvin Griffin, Terry Allen, Wil liam Royster, George Thomas, Gordon Howard, Burnett Dubose and Jerome Rooks. Phone 171-172 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Justice of Peace And Constable Election Saturday Elections for Justice of the Peace and for Constable will be held in each of the eight dist tricts of Brantley County Satur day, Dec. 1, it is announced by Ordinary Claude Smith. Candidates for the offices in the eight county districts are as follows; Waynesville district: for Jus tice of the Peace, Mrs. Julia Gibson; for Constable, F. C. Hall. Nahunta District: for Justice of the Peace, Bernard S. Pearson and Mrs. Verdie Willis; for Con stable, L. O. Morgan. Schlatterville: for Justice of the Peace, Owen Griffin; No an nounced candidate for Constable. Hortense: for Justice of the Peace, R. I. Raulerson; for Con stable, Mike Henderson. Hoboken: for Justice of the Peace, C. W. Easterling and Tom Ellis; for Constable, R. C. Crews and Calvin E. Jacobs. Atkinson: for Justice of the Peace, J. B. Middleton; for Con stable, no announced candidate. Lulaton: for Justice of the Peace, D. W. Wainright; for Con stable, Floyd Bob Rowell. Hickox: for Justice of the Peace, Virgil H. Allen; for Con stable, no candidate. Hoboken to Hold City Election Next Wednesday. The Hoboken city election for mayor and six aidermen will be held next Wednesday, Dec. 5, it is announced by the present mayor C. W. Easterling. Mr. Easterling has announced as a candidate for another term and is opposed for the office by L. E. Herrin. In the race for the six posts as aidermen are 10 men, L. E. Dick erson, T. F. Dowling, A. L. Dukes, John A. Griffin, J. C. Hickox, E. H. Kelley, J. F. Larkins, Jack Moore, Paul R. Sapp and Dudley D. Spell. Show your loyalty to your home town by trading with home businesses. Six new Task-Force huskies made the run. And six ultra modern Chevy engines proved their power and perform ance—with gas mileage up to 18.17 miles per gallon! Two of the engines were not stopped once, and they hummed along at peak efficiency the entire 1,520 miles! Chevy’s big VB*s—including the new 283-cu.-in. Super Taskmaster-turned in top performance jobs. They hauled typical loads up and down towering grades and through washouts that sucked wheels into hub-deep mud. They roared on through miles of heavy dust that narrowed visibility to a few hun dred feet. And in spite of the varying altitudes and temperatures, not a single truck was forced to drop out or turn back! Stop by and see them soon! Tebeau and Cars well Ave. Proved on the Alcan Highway Champs of every weight class! The Home Newspaper is Read Like a Letter From Home. If They Don’t Subscribe, They Borrow The Enterprise. Four People Jailed in Burglary Case Three white men were in the Brantley County jail Wednesday and a white woman was out on bail on a charge of burglarizing the home of J. P. Wiliams on the night of Oct. 30, according to sheriff T. E. Raulerson. About S7OO worth of articles were stolen from the Williams home, including a television set, radio record player, an electric clock, 15 quilts, a banjo, a radio, an electric iron and other items. The woman accused in the case is Marie Lanier of Brantley County and the three men are George Johnson and Neal Turner of Thalman and Butler Blount of Brantley County, according to sheriff Raulerson. Practically all the stolen pro perty was recovered, the sheriff stated. Arnold Lee Drowdy is being held in jail in Glynn Coun ty accused of receiving stolen property, the sheriff said. A large portion of the stolen property was recovered from Drowdy’s house and custody, the sheriff revealed. Stolen Machine Is Recovered by Sheriff Raulerson Sheriff T. E. Raulerson expects to make arrests soon in the case of the stolen electric sewing machine which was taken from the home of Barney Hickox of Hortense on the night of Oct. 27, he stated Wedneday. The men thought to have stolen the machine abandoned their car and left the S2OO machine it, the sheriff stated. The machine was recovered. The electric sewing machine was stolen from the store called the Blue Spot on Highway 301 north of Hortense. , Mr. and Mrs. Harley Jones of Panama City, Fla. visited re latives in Nahunta through the Thanksgiving holidays. Alcan run supervised, certified by the AAA. GEORGIA