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Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Dec. 6, 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.
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Ernest Vandiver
Since the November election is now a thing of the
past and the boys are beginning to talk about the next
session of the Legislature, the question of who will be
Georgia’s next Governor is being discussed.
Os course, it is too early to say definitely who will
elected because we do not yet know who will run or what
the circumstances will be in Georgia in 1958.
But there is one thing that we can say: Lieutenant
Governor Ernest Vandiver is out in front and has the
inside track.
He has been known as a candidate for the last two
years and he has been working at the job as hard as
he knows how. He has a lot friends who have been work
ing just about as hard as he has been working. Some of
his friends are in important positions and they have done
a lot of spade work in almost every county in the state.
He has one decided advantage and that, so far, he
has no opposition. Os course, it is too much to expect
that he will have none when the time to run comes.
The Lieutenant Governor has another decided ad
vantage in that he is a part of the Griffin Administration
and will probably have their support. At the same time,
he was Herman Talmadge’s front man in his campaign
in 1948 and during Talmadge’s six years as governor
he was Talmadge’s Adjutant General of the state.
He is known to have shared Talmadge’s views on
state government and had a close connection with the
hard core of the leaders in the state who enabled Talm
adge to be elected Governor twice and to win such an
overwhelming victory for the United States Senate.
In addition, Vandiver married Senator Dick Russell’s
niece and he will certainly have the best wishes and bless
ings and support of the Russell people over the state.
And, my friends, this enough to put a man out front
and to give him the inside track.
Vandiver is a very retiring and modest type of per
son. He is very sure of his ground before he moves and
is usually very sound when he does take a position. He
has from now until September, 1958 to continue campaign
ing and if he continues to grow during the rest of the
time as he has during the past few years, it is going to be
difficult to keep him from being elected.
So, we predict that you can watch Ernest Vandiver.
He’s out front and has the advantage.
Back the Attack
On Traffic Accidents
From coast to coast, America is railing forces against
one of its greatest enemies — traffic accidents.
The tragic rise in the death toll this year has made
1956 the darkest year in traffic accident history.
In an all-out effort to halt mounting toll of dead and
injured, the National Safety Council is launching a nation
wide campaign called “Back the Attack on Traffic Ac
cidents,” which will continue through 1957.
The title for the new campaign symbolizes its pur
pose — to unite public officials and private citizens in an
all-out fight against highway disaster.
Public officials are asked to back the attack by step
ping up traffic law enforcement. Private citizens are asked
to back the attack by setting a better personal example
in their own traffic behavior, and by demanding, support
ing and accepting more rigorous traffic enforcement.
Since December is the most dangerous month of the
year in traffic, the special hazards of the holiday season
will be emphasized in the first month of the new camp
aign. These are speed, drinking, night driving and the
risk to pedestrians.
We can’t build an expressway to. traffic safety — but
we can keep our highways from becoming human “toll”
roads if public officials and citizens will unite and “Back
the Attack.”
Game and Fish
Department Favors
Pollution Clean Up
Game and Fish Director Fulton
Lovell announced this week that
his department is doing every
thing in its power to bring about
proper laws to combat pollution
of Georgia waterways.
Speaking shortly after an ex
ecutive session of the Game and
Fish Commission, Mr. Lovell
stated that “under the present
laws of Georgia the Game and
Fish Commission has no legal
means to correct pollution. We
hope the next General Assembly
will enact proper laws for the
protection of all waters of Geor
gia.”
For the past several months,
(From Augusta Courier)
the Georgia Water Laws Revision
Committee has been visiting sec
tions throughout the State study
ing the water problem. This Com
mittee has held sessions on local
levels, listening to the complaints
of the people concerning the
water problems from their sec
tion. The Committee is now con
sidering a Bill which wil be re
commended to the General As
sembly, when it convenes in Jan
uary.
Mr. Lovell stated the the Game
and Fish Commission is very in
terested in this legislation and
hopes the proper laws will be en
acted to protect our waterways
and at the same time will not
hinder the progress that industry
is making in Georgia.
PUT AND TAKE
Our subscription list reminds us of the
old-fashioned game of "Take and Put." We
put a lot of names of subscribers on our list,
new and renewal, and then we have to take
some names off the list because they fail to
renew their subscription.
It's A Funny Thing
It's a funny thing - but we really don't
laugh - how some people will not renew their
subscriptions until we stop the paper.
It Hurts So Bad
And it hurts us to remove anyone's name
from our subscription list. We need the cir
culation in order to be able to sell advertis
ing. And we need the money the subscrip
tions bring.
You can make us happy by renewing your
subscription on time. A subscriber who re
news promptly is a "thing of beauty and a
joy forever" to the publisher of a news-
paper.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
You Can Make
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