The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, December 13, 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. yOLME 36 — NUMBER 50 Broome Pushes New Plan to Prevent Government Slash In 1957 Tobacco Acreage ALMA, Ga., Dec. 11—State Rep. elect C. J. Broome Jr. of Bacon County today advocated govern ment destruction of all pale, light and slick tobacco now held under price-support loans. “That one move would solve the problem of enforced poverty or dered by Secretary of Agriculture Benson in slashing tobacco allot ments 20 per cent,” Broome de clared. The Bacon County legislator also called for action by the state administration and the General Assembly to help Georgia tob acco growers. He suggested outlawing the sale of pale slick varieties of tobacco on Georgia markets and a lower tobacco tax in the state. Problem Is Surplus “The problem is surpluses,” he said in reference to the tobacco acreage cut. “Why can’t the gov ernment and administrators of the program face that fact? “The surpluses are so enormous because the government has con tinued to buy, at high support price, the unwanted pale, slick variety that is grown in abund ance in North Carolina and South Carolina. The buyers won’t buy it, but those growers continue to produce it because the govern ment buys it.” “The Reynolds company,” Broome said, “is one which seems to have the interest of the farmer at heart. It is always the first to send buyers to a new market, and its representatives consider the farmers’ welfare in their ap-i proach to tobacco problems. “Tobacco is not food. Nothing would be wasted by destroyed 200 million pounds of the 200-mil lion-pound tobacco surplus. It would not be like destroyed food stuffs, that could give life and health to someone, somewhere in an impoverished world.” Attacks Cut Broome also unleashed a scald ing attack on Republican farm policy, saying, “The average cut will force more small farmers out of business. Makeshift adjust ments, cuts, paper planning, pious talk and the crushing Benson ap proach hold nothing but misery and discouragement for tobacco farmers of this area.” “How many businesses would stand still for a 20 per cent cut?” he demanded. “As a member of the 1957 Geor gia Legislature, I plan to do everything possible to outlaw the selling of pale slick tobacco on Georgia markets. This will be of some help in strengthening the Georgia market. “Another thing the state can do is lower the unfair tobacco tax as I have proposed. Last year the State Revenue Dept, collected $14,962,147.18 in tobacco taxes in Georgia. “Benson is taking away another 20 million dollars in a more direct method. “It is unthinkable that the Gen eral Assembly and state adminis tration not go along with some assistance and consideration for the tobacco farmers of South Georgia.” There is no right way to do a wrong thing. Clarence O'Neal Sentenced. To Die; New Trial Is Sought Clarence O’Neal, 47-year-old Negro pulpwood worker of near Mershon, was sentenced to death in the electric chair Thursday after having been convicted of the axe slaying of Curley Gray, 32, on Oct. 27, at Mershon, Ga. Judge Cecil Roddenberry sent enced O’Neal to be electrocuted °n Dec. 28, 1956, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. O’Neal was convicted by a Pierce county jury of the slaying °f Gray, also colored, with whom he had been “batching” in a shanty on the Dink Boatright farm near Mershon. Gray was found dead in the shanty and his body had been brutally cut and beaten, presum ably with a pulpwood axe found Brantley County Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progres Arthur Moore Died Wednesday, Dec. 12, Funeral Friday Funeral services for Arthur Moore, who died Wednesday at his home in Nahynta, were held Friday afternoon at three o’clock at the Nahunta Church of God, conducted by the Rev. T. G. Mc- Quaig and the Rev. Cecil Tho mas, Interment was in Hickox ceme tery. Pallbearers were Gene Lewis, Lindsay Jacobs, Sam Chesser, John Chesser, George Dykes and J. Rhoden, Jr. * A life-long resident of Nahunta, Mr. Moore was a farmer and tur pentine operator. He was a mem ber of the Nahunta Church of God. He is survived by his wife; two sons, D. E. Moore, Jacksonville, and Bill Moore, St. Marys; three daughters, Miss Louise Moore, and Mrs. B. F. Chesser, both of Jacksonville, and Miss Betty Jo Moore, Nahunta; one sister, Mrs. Matilda King, Waycross; four brothers, Allen Moore, Jackson ville, Mannie Moore, Fernandina, Jesse Moore, and Henry Moore, both of Hoboken, and six grand children. 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: Mrs. I. J. Crews Route 1 Hoboken, Ga. F. R. Newton Nahunta, Ga. Albert Purdom Nahunta, Ga. near the scene. O’Neal admitted the killing of Gray but claimed self-defense, stating that Gray advanced on him with a knife. The only knife found was a table knife found on the table near a fryer that had been cut up and was ready for cooking. Defense attorneys Francis Hou ston and W. P. Strickland, Jr., who were appointed by the court, filed a motion for a new trial on “general grounds” and Saturday, Dec. 22, was set as time for a hearing on the motion. O’Neal is being held in the Pierce county jail, where he has been since the night of the slay ing, when he gave himself up to his employer, Mr. Boatright. Honor Roll Mrs. R. L. Edmunds Route 1 Nahunta, Ga. Mrs. Allie Wainright Route 1 Nahunta, Ga. Monsie Wilson Route 2 Nahunta, Ga. George Loyd Nahunta, Ga. Mrs. J. J. Herrin Route 1 Nahunta, Ga. Mrs. Hoke Wilson Nahunta, Ga. Mrs. Mamie Orser Route 2 Nahunta, Ga. A-2C David J. Nicholls APO 65 New York, N. Y. C. M. Willis Nahunta, Ga. Sraniky lEnkrprtsp Rabies Vaccine to Be Given Brantley County Dogs I now have rabies vaccine and would like to urge all dogs and their owners to meet me at one of the following places so that we can vaccinate the dogs and help to curb this epidemic of rabies that is in our county. Tues., December 18. 3:30 — Hickox 4:30 — Riverside Wed., December 19. 3:30 — Lulaton 4:00 — Atkinson 4:30 — Waynesville 5:00 — Brownton 5:30 — Hortense School 6:00 — Raybon Saturday, December 22. 8:00 - 9:00 A.M. — Adam Morris Station, Nahunta, Ga. Please be on time because our time is limited and it will be necessary for .me to rush on to the next clinic. Tell your neighbor and let all of us cooperate and try to make our community a safer place in which to live. Quality of Education Needs Improvement in Georgia, Says Roy Harris of Augusta (From the Augusta Courier) The quality of the education of the the people of Georgia and the other Southern states is in need of immediate and radical improvemnt. The Augusta Courier has been carrying a series of stories about Georgia’s educational system showing; 1. The amount of money spent on the public school system, where it comes from and where it goes. 2. A wonderful progress report on Georgia’s school building pro gram. 3. That our efforts to build an adequate system of education in Georgia has just begun and the fact that if we are to grow and progress that the school pro gram must be increased and ex panded to fit the needs of the people. Work Must Continue The idea has been adequately sized up by the Assistant State School Superintendent, Claud Purcell, who said: “We cannot afford to make the fatal mistake of buying the fin 'est cars, the best refrigerators, the shiniest TV sets and yet be content with less than the best in education for the children of Georgia?’ It is true that we must con tinue to build buildings, we must continue to raise the pay of school teachers. We must con tinue to spend money on our rapidly developing and expand ing system of public education. Yet, buildings, money and teachers alone will be insuffici ent. Quality of Teachers The quality of our teaching, the quality of our training and the quailty of our learning must be rapidly improved. It isn’t what it ought to be today. In talking with young college students, they are nearly unani mous in saying, “If I had only worked in high school, I wouldn’t be having so much trouble now.” The bottleneck in the present day educational process is in the high schools. People Are To Blame The main fault is not due to the boards of education or to the teachers. The main fault lies at the door steps of the people of the various communities. A survey of the state shows that if the high school adminis trators and teachers were actu ally to put the children in the high school to work they would they would probably lose their jobs. Outside Interest The high schools are mixed up with so many outside activi ties and so many interests until they are not able to do a thorough job of teaching and training. This situation must be changed and no longer must the complaint go out from college students that they slid through high school without working and after they got into college or into business, Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Dec. 13, 1956 W. C. Long Sondra Amons Wins First Prize in Essay Contest Sondra Ammons won the first prize of $25 for the best essay on Soil Conservation, it is an nounced by J. A. Ross, soil con servationist of Brantley County. The prize was the best essay on Brantley County students. Second prize of sls was won by James Jones and third prize of $lO by Susie Bell. The awards were made at a chicken supper at Jesup Thurs day, Dec. 6, sponsored by the Satilla River Soil Conservation District Supervisors. Others present at the supper from Brantley County were Prof. Cleve Jones, Mrs. John Griffin, Brown Brooker, W. C. Long and L. A. Bohannon. The 127 corn .mills that are equipped to enrich meal grind over 80 percent of Georgia’s corn meal supply, John Noland, Ex tension Service nutrition special ist, reports. they find that most of their days in high school have been wasted. There is a sentiment aboard that a youngster can be educated by simply being in school every day and that the teachers can accomplish a miracle without any effort on the child’s part what soever. Parents Must Be Taught The fallacy of this idea must be taught to the parents of the children themselves. There is no short-cut to heaven and there is no easy way to sec ure an education. The idea must be implanted in the minds of the people that it is only by working and digging hour after hour that the educational process can be made effective. The second step in this effort to improve the quality of educa tion is to secure better trained and better educated teachers. Too many of the teachers have not been trained in the funda mentals. They have been fed too many methods and not enough substance. Poorly Grounded Very few of them are well grounded in history, languages, mathematics and the sciences. They just have a little smattering of knowledge and it has proven now to be a dangerous thing. A few educators throughout the country are beginning to wake up and to realize the inherent weakness in our modern high .school system and realizing that if we solve our educational pro blems that the high schools must be radically changed and that we must get back to a job of really teaching. It is already becoming obvious that the old policy of keeping as many people in school as pos sible, as long as possible, and try ing to make it attractive enough to stay without work and with out any effort, has been a failure. Responsibility Essential The old idea that they should be given something easy to think about, like learning how to live and make the life adjust ment, is not the primary function of school. It is time to return to the idea that the parents of children and the churches have some res ponsiblility and that the schools can’t be just a great big wet nurse to millions of irresponsi ble children dumped into the schools by irresponsible parents. The tendency in recent years is to destroy the high school as an educational institution and for it to become just a wet-nurse to the children. Too Much Wet-Nursing They have been spending time trying to solve the individual problems of the child in such a manner until they have increased 'child problems and child delin quency. The time now has come for the schools to put them to work and to leave to the parents and the welfare agencies the problem of wet-nursing a bunch of ir responsibles. Buying The Right Toy Is Important How do you choose the right toy for the youngster on your Christmas shopping list? You won’t have too .much trouble, if you match the gifts to the child’s stage of development. The child under two will be pleased with a rattle, blocks or cuddling toys. Simple push pull toys, kiddy cars, or picture books are good for this age when feeling, hugging, patting and shaking things are characteristic. As the child begins to creep, walk and climb, he likes to push, pull, carry, pound and build. The child from 2 to 4 walks, talks, throws, digs, pedals, plays imaginative games and likes variety. One of these toys should be right for him: blocks, wheeled toys big enough to straddle, sw ing or teeter-totter, simple house keeping equipment and doll ac cessories, paints or crayons, sim ple jigsaw puzzles and picture books. When the child is between the ages of 4 and 6, he can use all his muscles and has an active imagination. For boys of this age all types of mechanical toys such as bulldozers, steam shovels, windup cars and planes are good. For girls, play house equipment and doll accessories. For both: costumes or phonograph records. A youngster from 6 to 8 can do more complicated things like play scoring games; perform stunts, work with tools and follow com plex directions. For girls of this age, jump ropes, paper dolls, eq uipment for playing school or house are suitable. For boys, electric trains, tools, bikes or sports equipment are welcome. The child from 8 to 10 is now perfecting his skills and select ing hobbies. His interests are almost unlimited. For girls, hand icrafts such as a real sewing set are good; for boys, hobby equip ment, such as stamp albums or photo supplies. For both, games of skill, skates, magic sets, books and records. Hickox W.M.S. Met For Prayer Week The W. M. S. of the Hickox Baptist Church met at the church on Friday, December 7 in the last meeting in the observance of “Week of Prayer on Foreign Missions.” Mrs. Sadye Thornton was in charge of the program. The Lottie Moon love offering was taken. During the social hour there was the exchange of gifts in the spirit of Christmas. Mrs. Lizzie Mae Hendrix and Mrs. Betty Hendrix were the hostess serving cookies and soft drinks. Others present were; Mrs. Loraine Jacobs, Mrs. Idell Crews, Mrs. Carrie Herrin, Mrs. Jaunita Allen, Mrs. Lula Mae Herrin, Mrs. Margie Rowell, Mrs. Aletha.Mae White and Mrs. M. L. Anderson. Baptist to Honor Pastor and Wife On Anniversary Rev. and Mrs. Cecil F. Thomas will observe their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary on Decem ber 28. Members of the First Baptist Church of Nahunta will entertain with a reception in the Social Hall of the Church on the even ing of Dec. 28, inviting everyone in Nahunta and surrounding communities to attend, from seven o’clock to nine p.m. on that day. There will be no forma^ in vitati<^is but everyone is invited during the evening. Weather Report For Past Week By J. A. ROSS U.S. Weather Bureau report of temperature and rainfall at Nah unta for each 24 hour period of week ending. Nahunta Sta. High Low Rain Thursday • 78 38 .00 Friday 80 45 .00 Saturday — — .00 Sunday — — .00 Monday 61 46 .00 Tuesday 72 38 .00 Wednesday 80 43 .00 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Nahunta Stores to Close Two Days For Christmas The stores and other business places of Nahunta plan to close two days for Christmas, it is an nounced. The merchants will close their stores on Tuesday, Christmas day, and also Wednesday, the day after Christmas. The stores will be open for business Monday, on Christmas eve, then close for the next two days. Citizens of this section are re quested to take note of the clos ing dates, which are Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 25 and 26. Hoboken News The Hoboken Baptist Church honored Rev. and Mrs. L. B. Jones with a reception and pan try shower on Friday evening, Dec. 7. The membership of the church and friends met at the Brotherhood Building at 7:30 and after introductions and talks by various members, the new pastor and his charming wife were showered with many gfits to stock their pantry. The WMU funished cookies, spiced tea, and coffee which was served by the social committee consisting of Mrs. Floyd Larkins, Mrs. Ira Thomas, Miss Vida Mae Kelley, and Mrs. Banner Thomas, assisted by other members of the WMU. Miss Raye Osborn and Mrs. Calhoun Colvin of Brunswick visited Mrs. J. H. Sikes on Sun day. Miss Osborn returned to her home early in the afternoon and Mrs. Colvin joined Mr. Colvin, Mary Connie and Tommie at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Colvin, for a visit before driving back to Brunswick. Mr. Pete Aldridge who has been seriously ill at The Mem orial Hospital in Waycross is much improved and returned to his home on Tueday. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Conner of Okeetee Bluff, S. C., visited their daughter, Mrs. Nolan C. Davis, Jr., Mr. Davis, Margaret, Diane and Judy Raye on Sunday. Announcement has been made of the forthcoming marriage of Miss Bette Lastinger, daughter of Mr. Tom Lastinger of Hoboken, to Mr. Tom Duke of Jacksonville on Sunday, Dec. 16, in Jackson ville where the bride elect re sides. Personals Mrs. Charity Allen suffered a broken leg when she fell on Saturday, Dec. 1 She was carried to a Waycross hospital on Wed nesday of this week where plans are being made to operate by putting a pin for support. A birthday supper was given at home of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Herrin on Dec. 8, honoring Elias Herrin, E. B. Herrin, Bobby Johns, J. M. White, and Arthur Keene. Present were; Rev. and Mrs. Robert Huling and Tommy and Charles Johnson, Fernandina Beach; Mr. and Mrs. Don Mathis, South Carolina; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Thrift and family; Waycross; Claude Johns, Okeechobee. Fla.; B. M. Prescott, Folkston; Lee Thornton, Mae Illa Highsmith, Jimmy Highsmith, Mr. and Mrs. Jim R. Herrin, and family; Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Maner and family; Mr. and Mrs. Bill White and family; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Keene, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Her rin and son, Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Brand and family, Mrs. B. F. White, Mr. and Mrs. Winton Johns and family. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hickox of Jacksonville visited relatives in Brantley Counyt on Sunday. • * * Mrs. C. L. Middleton has re turned from Miami, Fla., where she spent two weeks visiting her son, C. B. Middleton and family, also her daughter, Mrs. R. V. Allen and family. While there she went deep sea fishing and caught a fish weighing 25 pounds. The total catch of the fishing party was 125 pounds. Mrs. Mid-1 dleton says this is not just a fish tale. sive People. * * • • * * * * • • • • » ♦ • • * • The Home Newspaper is Read Like a Letter From Home. If They Don’t Subscribe, They Borrow The Enterprise. Nahunta Stops Blackshear's Win Streak Harold Lee Scott, who took the reins as Nahunta High School basketeball coach only this year, is already classified as a miracle man by Nahunta cage fans. The Scott coached Nahunta out fit turned a trick which it had failed to do for five years last night by topping highly touted Blackshear 50-46 to give the Tig ers their first defeat of the sea son at Nahunta Friday night. Following the victory, which came only after the Nahunta crew overcame a 44-42 fourth quarter Tiger lead, Scott com mended his boys for the “most concentrated team effort thus far this season.” Scott was especially pleased with the work of Mel Griffin, Tom Allen, Layton Johns and Don Cleland. Griffin and Allen were the high scorers for Nah unta with 12 points each. Nahunta jumped off to an early lead on the Blackshear team and led 34-23 at halftime intermis ison. The second half saw the Tig ers rally but the Scott men were not to be denied. After Blackshear and pulled up to a 40-36 deficit at the end of three quarters and finally took the lead 44-42 in the final period, the Nahunta crew caught fire and breezed through the last few minutes of the game for their 50-46 victory. The Nahunta girls also topped Blackshear’s lassies. The score in the preliminary tilt was 50-32. Scott, who graduated from Mercer University in 1954 and served two years in the U. S. Army is in his first year as a high school basketball coach. Nahunta Wins Games From 2 Opponents Nahunta High School basketball squad downed Blackshear in a doubleheader, here Friday night. The girls won 50 to 32 while the boys took a 50 to 46 decision. The local boys and girls also defeated Glynn Academy in a triple-header at Nahunta Tues day night. The “B” boys won 41 to 32, the girls, 54 to 36 and the boys 46 to 40. The local teams play Darien Friday night at Nahunta. A little boys’ league composed of three teams begin play at Nahunta next week. The teams have coaches and will be con ducted in the same manner as the varsity team. There will be one game each Monday and Wednes day after school at 3:30 p.m. The three coaches are Wain Brooker of the “Kittens”, Donald Cleland of the “Ducks”, and Kenny Lee of the “Hornets”. The first game will be Monday at 3:30 with the Kittens playing the Ducks. Wednesday, the Ducks will play the Hornets. Nolan-Sadler Engagement Is Announced Mrs. Katie Noland, of Valdosta, Georgia, formerly of Tifton, an , nounces the engagement of her daughter, Marleen Yvonne, to Daniel Sadler, son of Mr and ; Mrs. Aaron Sadler of Nahunta, I Georgia. The bride-elect is a graduate of Tifton High School where she was a member of Future Busin ess Leaders of America, Beta i Club, Allied Youth, and Stud ent Council. She was first honor graduate of Abraham Baldwin • College of Tifton in 1955 and is presently employed at Georgia Powere and Light Company in Valdosta. She is Past Worthy Advisor of the Order of Rain । bow for Girls and is a majority member of Tifton Assembly. j Mr. Sadler is a graduate of Nahunta High School and Abra ham Baldwin College. He served two years in the U. S. Army and at present is attending the Un iversity of Georgia. ! The wedding Will take place in the First Baptist Church of Tifton at an early date.