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VOLUME 37 — NUMBER 3
Eastern Division Basketball
Tournament Meets at Nahunta
The Eastern Division of the
Eighth District, class B, basket
ball tournament will be held at
Nahunta High School Feb. 19-
20-21, it is announced by Prof.
Earl May, principal.
Five Class B high schools will
enter the tournament, with both
boys and girls teams represented.
The schools are Nahunta, Wacona,
Folkston, Camden County and
Patterson.
The Nahunta girls’ team meets
Wacona girls on the night of
Feb. 19. The Nahunta boys will
clash with the Wacona boys in
their first tournament game on
the night of Feb. 20.
The Nahunta boys team have
high hopes of winning the East
ern Division tournament and they
also have hopes of going on to
win the district crown when east
and west divisions meet.
The Nahunta boys team is
comprised of Donald Cleland,
Melvin Griffin, Layton Johns,
Wain Brooker, Terry Allen, Wil
liam Royster, as the six main
stays. A number of good sub
stitute players gives the Nahunta
team fine reserves.
Leaf Outlook
Said Brighter
Than It Looks
The Tobacco situation and
prospects for 1957 have been
summarized as looking much
brighter than it appears, accord
ing to Dorsey Matthews, director
on the Tobacco Flu-Cured Sta
bilization Corporation board, and
that price prospects for certain
grades of Type 14 tobacco, grown
in the Georgia-Florida belt, look
better than ih the last three
years.
Acreage allotments have been
cut, but Matthews said the 50 per
cent reduction in support prices
on “neutral” types of tobacco
should have a decided effect tip
on the price of accepted types
of flu-cured tobacco — if tobacco
is grown for quality rather than
tonnage, The demand is for types
of tobacco which have aroma
and flavor.
Matthews reported the flu
cured Stabilization Corporation is
making these recommendations
for the production of a better
crop in 1957:
Plant those varieties that pro
duce flavor, taste, and aroma;
do not over fertilize, produce
quality instead of tonnage,; space
plants in 4 ft. rows, 20 to 24
inches apart; top low enough to
produce good big top leaves;
keep suckered well until all is
harvested; allow tobacco to be
come fully ripe before harvest
ing; and do a much better job of
grading and preparing for mar
ket.
Poultrymen at the College of
Agriculture Extension Service
say coal or wood brooding stoves
may be ideal for winter weather,
but they add that gas, oil, or
electricity are better for warm
weather brooding.
FOR SALE — Just received a
new shipment of Bemis trans
planters. The Blackshear Trac
tor and Implement Co. ts
FOR SALE
One used tractor winch less
cable $375.00. Blackshear Tractor
and Implement Co. ts
tractor for sale
John Deere tractor for sale,
with equipment. In good condi
tion. Also one set of Samson
kerosene cookers for tobacco
barn. See W. P. Stewart, Route
1, Nahunta, Ga. I|l7
FOR SALE — One 9N Ford Trac
tor $195.00. Blackshear Tractor
and Implement Co. ts
WANT A PERMANENT BU
SINESS OF YOUR OWN?
WOULD SIOO.OO PER WEEK
INTEREST YOU? WRITE THE
J. R. WATKINS COMPANY FOR
PARTICULARS CONCERNING
THE DEALERSHIP IN THIS
LOCALITY. OUR ADDRESS IS
659 W. PEACHTREE ST., N. E.,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA. 2j7
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Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progres
Wiring Clinic
Will Be Held
January 28-29
A farm wiring Clinic will be
held under the leadership of the
local vocational agriculture
teacher, W. C. Long, at the Nah
unta High School Jan. 28 and '29.
For many years all people con
cerned with electricity have re
alized the need for more in
formation about its use and safe
ty. At. one time it was thought
that only engineers needed to
know how to run a wire or how
many amps a certain wire could
safely carry, but with the wide
expansion of the use of electric
energy, every farmer should
know the answers to these and
other questions.
This year the State Department
of Vocational Agriculture has led
in an effort to acquaint the
farmers in this state with these
problems.
In cooperation with Messers.
Emory Middleton, Harry Smith
and Ray Johns, of the Okefenokee
Rural Electric Membership Corp.,
the Georgia Power Engineer, a
Representative from the Georgia
Power and Light Co. and Mr.
Nicholson, of the District Vo. Ag.
Office, .it is planned to have a
clinic at 7 pm. on Monday and
Tuesday nights, Jan. 28 and 29,
at the high school building. At
these meetings films will be
shown and diseussions held on
what to do at the farm of Alfred
Thomas Junior.,
Often we have meetings and
learn about things but never
actually do the work, but this
time we will work on Wednes
day by plans we learned at the
previous night meetings. The
members of the class will be
divided into groups and each
group will work with one of the
specialist to do a certain job.
All men in this area are urged
to take advantage of this clinic.
Be sure and attend the first meet
ing on Monday night so that we
can make our plans and too you
want your name in the pot for
that working man’s dinner that
Mrs. Thomas is planning.
W. Ellis Johnson
Os Waycross Dies
W. Ellis. Johnson, 64, of Way
cross died in a Waycross hospital
Sunday after a short illness*/ ?
He was a native of Pierce coun
ty but had been a resident of
Waycross for 40 years. He was
operator of the Waycross Invest
ment Co. and a member of the
Central Baptist Church for 25
years.
Funeral services were held at
3:30 pm. Tuesday at the Central
Baptist Church with burial in
Oakland cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Fannie Lou Jones Johnson; four
sons, Merrill T., W. Ellis John
son Jr. and B. Morris Johnson,
all of Waycross, and Lem C.
Johnson of Jacksonville; two
daughters, Miss Elouise Johnson
of Waycross and Mrs. Dick H.
Young of Alexandria, Va.; three
brothers, Millard Johnson and
Tracy Johnson, both of Black
shear, and Otis M. Johnson of
Waycross; a sister, Mrs. Maude
Stewart of Savannah; and 12
grandchildren.
34 More Foxes
Taken in Traps
Thirty-four foxes have been
caught during the past week in
traps now set in fierce county,
according to Oran Henderson,
supervisor of the program.
Os the 34 caught, 18 have been
grey males, one a red male and
15 grey females. This brings the
total number caught to 86 since
the program began.
Os the total 86 caught, 49 have
been males and 37 females.
Ed Guest ran over a fox Sun
day in the northwest section of
the county, and from its peculiar
actions, it was suspected of being
rabid.
Snmtby Ettierprise
W. C. Long
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Jan. 17, 1957
Nahunta Boys
Down Surrency;
Girls Beaten
The Nahunta Wildcats bounc
ed back after trailing briefly in
the third period and handed a
strong Surrency quintet a 79-66
lashing Tuesday night on the
Nahunta court.
The Nahunta lassies were not
so fortunate and fell before the
powerful Surrency girls 71-62.
The win by the boys made it
four out of five starts since
Christmas and ran their record
to 12 wins against seven losses.
Surrency threatened the Na
hunta boys for a few minutes
during the late third period when
they jumped ahead 44-41, 46-43
and 48-47.
Forward Melvin Griffin dump
ed one in from under the basket
to put the locals back out front
49-48. The third period ended
with Nahunta leading by only
one point—sl-50.
But Coach Harold Scott’s boys
got their second wind, patched
up a sagging defense, and ran
the score up to 79-66 by closing
time.
Forward Donald Cleland led
the scoring as he hit the sack for
20 points. He was followed by
Terry Allen (g) with 18. Guard
Wain Brooker and six-foot center
Layton Johns got 12 each. Grif
fin scored 11 and William Roy
ster six.
For Surrency, Eugene Hardee
(f.) led with 31 points. Colvin
Griffis (c) had 14 and Philip
Carter (f) bagged ‘10:
Velma Lee King was high for
the Brantley County girls with
26 points. Jane Strickland scored
18 and Nancy Hendrix 8.
Nahunta meets Camden Coun
ty on the home court Friday
night. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
LITTLE LEAGUE PLAY
Last week, the Ducks downed
the Kittens 40-28 and the Hor
nets defeated the Ducks 22-21.
Standings
Won Lost
Ducks 2 1
Hornets 2 1
Kittens 1 2
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Jones of
Okeechobee, Fla., announce the
arrival of a baby girl born Thurs
day, Jan. 10, in an Okeechobee
hospital. The baby weighed
seven pounds 10 ounces and has
been named Regina Louise. Mrs.
Jones will e remembered as the
former Miss Maida June Morgan
of Nahunta,. ;
Alma Business Men Refuse to
Bite Hook of Dubious Scheme
Recently the Jaycees demonstrated consideration for
the community that heretofore has not been reported.
It seems that several months ago a high pressure
agent came in and led some of the members to believe
that needed money could be raised by the Jaycees by
sponsoring a “local-talent” show directed by a “profes
sional” lady director. An agreement was reached and the
time awaited with the thought that funds would be raised
by selling tickets for the entertainment.
When the “professional” lady arrived she began to
round up the Jaycees to get the “show” going. She met
with them and explained that most of the money that
could be expected .would come from merchants for “con
tribution ads” and from a baby contest won by money
votes.
Under the arrangement the woman said the produc
ing company expected to get half of all collected from
the merchants and contest voters. However, it also ap
peared that the producing firm expected to get $l9O for
expenses before any remainder was split.
After reviewing these details, the Jaycees decided
that it was obvious that under the firm’s plan the name
of the Bacon County Junior Chamber of Commerce was
to be used to collect a great deal of money for the “pro
ducers”.
DECIDED AGAINST QUESTIONABLE SCHEME
After studying the agreement and plan, the Jaycees
decided that they could not, in good conscience, ask Alma
merchants for funds when the bulk of the money would
go to an outside producing company. They decided a
gainst raising money by this scheme and misleading their
homefolks into believing the Jaycees were the benefactors
of community generosity.
It is with a great deal of pleasure that we commend
the Jaycees for this action and say that we believe they
w'ere justified in ignoring any vague agreement w r hich
takes hard-earned money out of Alma under the guise
of helping a civic organization.
Nahunta Wins
2nd Place
In Debating
The debate team of Nahunta
High School won second place in
the Eighth District on Jan. 10.
The affirmative team made up
of William Royster and Wade
Strickland debated the negative
team of Homerville. The Nahunta
negative team, George Thomas
and Gene Crews, traveled to
Patterson and debated the Pat
terson affirmative team.
In this series of debates the
affirmative of Nahunta won and
the negative team lost giving the
Nahunta team second place in the
district.
The subject for debate was Re
solved “THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SHOULD SUS
TAIN MAJOR AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS UP TO 90% PARI
TY.”
Mr. Earl W. May directed the
debate teams and Mr. Bowman
Barr and Mrs. Earl W. May
assisted.
Waynesville
News
By MRS. JULIA GIBSON
Mrs. O. L. Johnson and little
grandson, Mason Brunson of
Florence, S. C. spent the week
end here with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hunter
spent Saturday with her brother,
I. E. Gibson near Bristol.
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Mr. and Mrs. N. S. McVeigh,
Sr., Mrs. W. S. Harrison and
Mrs. O. L. Johnson attended the
Golden Wedding Anniversary of
their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Geor
ge Bishop near Jacksonville.
Walter Bladen, USN has re
turned to his ship to U- S. S. Cook
after spending some time at home
with his mother, Mrs. H. H.
Hunter.
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Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge Crews
and son, Larry Os St. Marys spent
the week end here.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Omick and
Becky Ann of Brunswick were
visitors here Sunday.
(From The Alma Times)
Drivers Licenses
To Be Validated
Troopers of the State Patrol
will be in Nahunta for the pur
pose of renewing auto drivers
licenses through the validating
machine on the following dates:
Tuesday, Jan. 22 — 9 A.M. to
5 P.M.
Tuesday, Jan. 29 — 9 A.M. to
5 P.M.
Monday, Feb. 11 —1 P.M. to
5 P.M.
Thursday, Feb. 21 — 9 A.M. to
5 P.M.
Monday, March 11 —1 P.M. to
5 P.M.
Monday, March 18 — 9 A.M. to
5 P.M.
State Solons
Open Session
The Georgia General Assem
bly convened Monday in Atlanta
and heard Governor Marvin
Griffin call for a “hold the line”
policy on state revenue, with no
increases or decreases in taxes.
He urged the legislators to
“present a solid front” on the
segregation issue and was loudly
applauded as he declared:
“No matter what any court
may rule, the Constitution of
the United States and the cry
stalized public sentiment of an
overwhelming majority of the
people remain the law of the
land.”
Christmas Seal
Campaign Netted
$147 TB Funds
Christmas Seal letters mailed
to Brantley County residents have
brought $147.00, according to Mrs.
Dorothy Graham, Georgia’s Tub
erculosis Association Representa
tive in Brantley County.
Mrs. Graham wishes to thank
all who contributed to this
worthy cause, and asks that those
who did not contribute, and wish
to do so, please place their con
tribution in an envelope and mail
to: Mrs. Dorothy Graham, Nah
unta, Ga.
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
weekending, .
Nahunta. Sta. High Low Rain
Thursday 83 65 ,00
Friday 70 39 . .00
Saturday 55 41 .00
Sunday 65. 39 .00
Monday 62 45 .00
Tuesday 75 53 .18
Wednesday 68 45 .23
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:
Mrs. J. C. Allen
Route 1
Nahunta, Ga.
W. D. Roberson
Route 3
Hortense, Ga.
A-2C John L. Rowell
McClellan A. F. B.
Sacramento, Calif.
J. S. Harris
Nahunta, Ga.
Herbert H. Colvin
Hoboken, Ga.
Dan W. Herrin
Hoboken, Ga.
Ottis Morgan
Nahunta, Ga.
K. S. Varn
Hoboken, Ga.
W. T. Smith
Brunswick, Ga.
C. W. Easterling
Hoboken, Ga.
U. O. Stokes
Route 2
Nahunta, Ga.
Avery Strickland
Nahunta, Ga.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Earley A. Walker
Os Hoboken Dies
Funeral services for Earley A.
Walker; 58, who died Saturday
at his residence in Hoboken, were
held Sunday afternoon at three
o’clock at Anioch Missionary Bap
tist Church, with Rev. Earl E.
Causey.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were W. A. John
son, Everett Carter, M. M. Car
ter, A. L. Mercer, Gerald Thom
as, and Tommy Lane.
A native of Coffee county, Mr.
Walker was a resident of Florida
for most of his life, moving to
Hoboken a short time ago. He
was a carpenter and a member
of the Riverside Baptist Church
in Berrin county.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Ethel Lee White of
Pearson; five daughters, Miss
Terry Lee Walker, Hoboken, Mrs.
Cleo Shelton, Mrs. Carolyn Lewis,
Miss Ruby Walker and Miss
Louise Walker, all of West Palm
Beach Fla.; three sons, Daniel
A. Walker, Hoboken, Lewis Walk
er West Palm Beach, and E. A.
Walker, Washington D. C. his
mother, Mrs. Linnie Walker,
Pearson; four sisters, Mrs. Frank
Ellis, Waycross, Mrs. Stella Ken
nette, Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. T.
M. Fulwood, Pearson, and Mrs.
Lewis Strickland, Patterson, four
brothers, E. B. Walker, Nashville,
Ga., D. D. Walker, Hoboken, Hol
land Walker, Patterson and Ward
Walker, Alma, and several nieces
and nephews.
Bacon Youth
Found Not to
Have Rabies
The city of Alma slapped a
strict 30^day quarantine on dogs
and cats last Thursday in the
war on the current South Geor
gia rabies epidemic.
On Saturday it was learned
that the Bacon county youth sus
pected of having rabies did not
have this disease. Another diag
nosis was confirmed after ex
haustive laboratory and clinical
examinations in Atlanta. It was
announced Tuesday that the
young man had been dismissed
from Bacon County Hospital
much improved and with a prog
nosis for good health.
During the quarantine all dogs
found on Alma streets will -be
impounded. Those without tags
will be - destroyed after three
days. About 75 dogs have been
destroyed since the quarantine
began in Alma.
Meanwhile, a mad fox was
killed on the Alma streets last
Friday morning. Police Chief
Glenn Courson got between the
fox and three school children
and shot the animal. Courson
warned school officials not to let
children play near the woods.
J. W. Singleton, administrator
of the Bacon County Hospital,
released a statement in which
hospital and medical authorities
expressed appreciation for the
manner in which newspapers and
radio stations cooperated in “pro
perly presenting the news of
South Georgia’s first suspected
case of human rabies.” The state
ment said, “All information per
taining to public welfare was
printed in an informative man
ner, bespeaking the finest tradi
tion of journalism.”
Nahunta Takes
2nd Honors in
Drama Contest
Nahunta High School won sec
ond place in the literary contests
conducted at Douglas.
Six high schools entered plays
in the drama contest. Patterson
took frst place and Nahunta was
second with a one-act play en
titled, “Special Guest.”
The cast of characters for Nah
unta’s play were William Royster,
Velma Lee King, Lee Thornton,
Gene Crews and Jimmie Walker.
Mrs. Earl May and Prof. Bow
man Barr coached the drama
team and accompanied them to
Douglas. Teams other than Nah
unta and Patterson giving plays
in the contest were Pearson,
Folkston, Nicholls and Broxton.
The Home Newspaper is
Read Like a Letter From
Home. If They Don’t
Subscribe, They Borrow The
Enterprise.
sive People.
Liquor Truck
Caught After
Wild Chase
A wild chase for about 10
miles after a liquor truck by two
Brantey County deputy sheriffs
netted the capture of the truck
and 275 gallons of “moonshine”
whiskey early Friday morning,
Jan. 11, according to sheriff J.
Walter Crews.
The deputies giving chase to
the liquor-laden truck were Ottis
Morgan of Nahunta and Dan Her
rin of Hoboken. The two deputies
stated that they spotted the
Chevrolet truck moving north
toward Hoboken on Route 121
about five o’clock on the morning
of Jan. 11. They gave chase and
the driver of the truck led them
on a round about, dodging course
over dirt roads adjacent to Route
121.
The chase led off 121 east by
a dirt road, then north across
Route 84, then back to 121 and
south toward Hoboken, a total of
more than 10 miles.
The driver of the liquor truck
tossed off four of his five-gal
lon jugs of liquor, trying to
obstruct the road for the chasing
deputies and their car. One of
the deputies fired a shot that
punctured a tire of the fleeing
truck, but the truck went on for
miles with a flat tire.
The driver of the liquor truck
finally abandoned his car and its
cargo and took to the woods in
the dark. The truck was found
to contain 55 five-gallon jugs of
liquor.
When the truck driver stopped,
the deputies were so close in
pursuit that they rammed the
back of the truck with the front
of their car and damaged the
car to the extent of approxim
ately $190.00 The damaged car
belonged to sheriff J. Walter
Crews.
i The driver of the car has not
- been apprehended, sheriff Crews
t stated. He was a young white
- man but the deputies were un
- able to identify him in the early
I morning darkness of the chase.
; The load of liquor, 275 gallons,
> was brought to Nahunta and
1 poured out by the sheriff and his
I deputies.
Personals
Ralph Willis and Ctirtis Crews
of Nahunta i and Jimmy High
smith of Hickox left on Jan. 8
to go into the Army as volunteers.
They are stationed at Fort Jack
son, S. C.
Mrs. R. C. Crews of Hoboken
left on Sunday, Jan. 13 to go to
Fairfield, Calif, to spend some
time with her son, Billy Crews
and his wife.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Harris at
tended the Spring and Summer
Show of the Western Auto held in
Jacksonville, Fla. on Sunday,
Jan. 13.
Linton Broome, who has been
stationed in Korea for a year, re
turned home on January 10 after
being discharged from the Army
after two years in the Service.
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Miss Gladys lona Johns of
Nahunta and Miss Mattie Grace
Strickland of Hoboken were
placed on the dean’s list at Geor
gia State College for Women for
the fall term because of their
high scholarship attainments.
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Pvt. Paul A. Lewis of Fort
Hood, Texas, spent the holiday
season with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Lewis of Route 1,
Hortense.
Mr. and Mrs. Lona Drury of
Route 1, Hortense, spent some
time with relatives in Florida.
FERTILIZER DOLLAR
Fertilizer prices, in terms of
plant nutrient content, have ad
vanced less than 10 percent since
1939. But Extension Agronomists
P. J. Bergeaux and Ralph L.
Wehunt point out that, at the
same time, prices of all produc
tion items have more than dou
bled in the same period. “Today’s
fertilizer dollar goes further than
ever before,” they declare.
