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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 37 — NUMBER 5 Jury Acquits Two Men in Liquor Case Brantley County Superior Court has acquitted two men charged with making moonshine liquor after witnesses failed to identify them as being at the site of the still. The trial was held before Judge Cecil Roddenberry Friday, Jan. 25. The two, Douglas Hodges and J. T. Beck worth, were arrested by State Patrol officers Novem ber 25 in connection .with the discovery of big moonshine still 10 miles south of Hoboken. Brantley County Sheriff T. E. Raulerson discovered the illicit whiskey operation and called in state, federal and local officers to help make arrests. Hodges and Beckworth were taken into custody when their truck came out of the woods some distance from the site of the still. At the time of the ar rests, both .men gave Hilliard, Fla. as their address. The still, one of the largest such operations found in this sec tion in many years, had a capa city of about 700 gallons per day. It was located near Racepond on state Route 121. Witnesses in the case could not identify the two men as actually being at the site of the liquor making operation. In another case, J. B. Crews and J. C. Crews were found guilty of malicious mischief and given sentences of 12 months or a SIOO fine. They were charged with tear ing down a gate across a road on property belonging to the N. G. Wade Company. In other court action, Roy High smith was convicted of assault with intent to murder Jack Ro well. The jury recommended he be punished as for a misdeme anor. He was fined $l5O and given a 12 months probated sentence. Ward Highsmith and J. D. Shepherd pled guilty to the same offense and were given similar sentences. Riverside HD Club Discusses Plans The Riverside Home Demon stration Club met at the home of Mrs. Marvin Purcell on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 24. Mrs. Leland Manning, presi dent, was in charge during bus iness session. Miss Elise Wain right gave the devotional. Plans for improving the Club were discussed with Miss Sara Simpson as leader. Present were: Mrs. Milton Manning, Mrs. Calvin Crews, Mrs. Quincy Thrift, Mrs. Allie Wain right, Mrs. Lloyd Wainright, Mrs. Lloyd Wainright with Mrs. Jim Wainright as a visitors. The hostess served crunchy butter crust lerqon pie and soft drinks, crackers and coffee. 1957 Vehicle License Plates Selling Briskly in Brantley Clerk of Court Delma F. Herrin said Thursday the sale of new Georgia vehicle licenses plate for Brantley County has dropped off considerably since the first week in January but still continues at a brick pace. He said the count stood at 341 on Monday. One hundred eight six tags were sold during the first week of January when they went on sale at his office. The number dropped to 63 the second week. Last week 92 tags were sold. The most popular license plate is the $7.50 tag for automobile weighing between 3000 and 3500 pounds. Running next is the $lO plate for the 3500 to 4000 pound cars. Mr. Herrin urged Brantley Countians to purchase their ve hicle license plates early to avoid delay in the last minute rush. Deadline for buying tags is March 30 A penalty will be im posed after that date. The Clerk of Court predicted he will sell about 2000 plates this year. Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. GET NEWSPAPER AWARDS — Lee and Dean Broome (center), publishers of The Blackshear Times, receive honorable mention award their paper won in the Nation al Newspaper Week promotion contest. Wally Kitchens (left) of the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer accepts the award for his papers. Harvey Walters (right) of the Georgia Press Association presented the awards at an advertising clinic in Atl anta Jan. 18. Nahunta Boys Defeat Wacona and Nicholls Coach Harold Scott’s Nahunta Wildcats picked up two more victories over the past week, trouncing Wacona 62-39 and slipping by Nicholls 61-51. The Nahunta girls dropped both games by narrow margins, 68-64 to Wacona and 55-52 to Nicholls. Nahunta boys lost little time in establishing their superiority in the Wacona game, played Friday night on the Wacona court. The Wildcats led 16-5 at the end of the first period. Halftime found the locals out front 29-16, and they led 44-29 after third period action. Melvin Griffin and Donald Cle land each fired 15 points to lead the Nahunta attack against the Ware Countians. Terry Allen had 14 and Wain Brooker and Layton Johns each connected for eight. Knot Culpepper sparked the Hornet offense with 10. Myra Strickland paced the Na hunta girls with 29 points Velma Lee King had 24 and Nancy Hen drix 11. In the Nicholls game Tuesday night, the opponents scored the first basket, then dropped far be hind for the rest of the night. Nahunta led 32-19 at halftime. Melvin Griffin sacked 23 points to capture high scorer honors. The wins over Wacona and Nicholls gave the Nahunta boys a record of 15 victories against losses in regular season play. In the Girls game against Nicholls, Nahunta was just short all the way, trailing 21-26 at the half and winding up just three Eleven Students From Hoboken High Attend Music Clinic Eleven Hoboken High School music students recently attended the Eighth District Choral Clinic at Epworth-By-The- Sea, St. Simons Island. They were Gwendolyn Drig gers, Louise Jones, Cynthia Rose Dowling, Ann Hickox, Loretta Milton, Londa Fowler, Margaret Miles, Margaret Davis, Ladon Dickerson, Freddie Abercrombie and Lonnie Dubose. Mrs. John A. Griffin, music teacher at Hoboken High School, and Mrs. Byron Verdin, chaper one, accompanied them. A highlight of the three-day program was a concert of all Eighth District choruses and bands. The clinic is held annually. Robert Eakle of Columbus was choral director and Robert Barr, also of Columbus, was band director. JBnmtkn Enterprise points back—ss-52. Jane Strickland and Velma Lee King got 20 points each to lead the Nahunta attack. Nancy Hen drix was next with 12. Eighth District’s Congresswoman Seeks Surplus Bill Eighth District Congresswoman Iris Blitch has introduced a bill designed to distributed farm surpluses to America’s needy families via welfare food stamps. The bill has been reviewed more or less favorably by the Department of Agriculture and much sentiment in its favor has been developed in the Senate, Mrs. Blitch said. The program would work like this: Each person now on welfare would be granted an additional $lO a month in food-fiber stamps to be spent at any retail store for items which the Secretary of Agriculture .might declare in sur plus. The stamps would have to be spent within the month they were issued or else become void. Congresswoman Blitch intro duced a similar bill last session. “It didn’t get very far because the idea was just too new and too far reaching for some people,” she said. Mrs. Blitch said the bill pro vides a systematic method of reducing the present store of sur pluses and, at the same time, keeping future surpluses from accumulating. She pointed out that nearly 170,000 Georgians on public assistance rolls would benefit by her proposed program. “More than 16,000 of these persons are now living within the Eighth District,” she added. “These food fiber certificates could be used to purchase cotton and wool products, such as chil dren’s clothes and other items, as well as any food that might be surplus, such as sugar, flour, citrus, cooking oil, any many other items,” the Congresswoman said. Standard Oil Co. Has New Building For Office, Plant The Standard Oil Company agency has moved into new quarters on the site of the old company plant in Nahunta. The new building is a concrete block structure 40 x 60 ft. It will house both the plant and office of the Standard Oil agency here. The Company’s office was form erly located in the Adam Morris Service Station. Mr. Jos. B. Strickland, Stand ard Oil agent for Nahunta, an nonuced a new telephone number for the plant and office—2-3831. Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Jan. 31, 1957 Horticulture Is Garden Club Subject The Nahunta Garden Club met at the home of Mrs. Elroy Strick land Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 29. Mrs. J. B. Graham was co-host ess with Mrs. Keith Strickland and Miss Helen Strickland assist ing. Horticulture was the program subject with Mrs. A. S. Mizell as speaker. After the business session with Mrs. J. B. Lewis, presiding the group enjoyed a social hour. The hostess served a salad course. Present were: Mrs. J. J. Lee, Mrs. Allan Barnard, Mrs. Virgil Strickland, Mrs. C. Winton Ad ams, Mrs. Herschel Herrin, Mrs. Mollie Highsmith, Mrs. Cecil F. Thomas, Mrs. Lois Williams, Mrs. E. A. Moody, Miss Mary Knox, Mrs. A. B. Brooker, Mrs. Grace Wakeley, Mrs. R. B. Brooker and Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland. Hickox HD Club Meets at Home Os Mrs. Allen The Hickox Home Demonstra tion Club was held at the home of Mrs. Clarence Allen on Wed nesday of last week. The program plans for the year were made with Miss Sara Simpson directing. Emphasis on child care and family life will be the theme of the programs. Present were Mrs. Qwen Jones, Mrs. Bill White, Mrs. M. L. And erson and Mrs. Woodrow Hen drix. The hostess served lemon pie, toasted nuts and tea. Palmetto News Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Church and children, of Alexandria, Va., have returned to their home after spending a few days here and in Jacksonville where they were called because of the death of Mr. Church’s father, John J. Church, on January 20. Mr. and Mrs. Zade Harrell have moved into the house that C. D. Gibson moved out of when he occupied his new home in Waynesville. Mrs. Rosa Pettigrew is still on the sick list at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Thornton. Mrs. Bessie Harrison is still visiting her children in Bruns wick. Mrs. C. S. Jacobs, Debley, Jane and Ronnie, of White Oak, were visitors here on Monday. By Mrs. W. H. Jacobs Grand Jury Asks Crackdown On Pulpmen; Unpaid Taxes Tree Tops On Roads Are Hazard, Expense The Brantley County Grand Jury has asked for a crackdown on pulpwood producers who use public roads for “log yards” and requested the Sheriff to take action against “three or four” large delinquent taxpayers. In its January Term present ments, the jury said some Brantley County pulpwood pro ducers who cut timber along the public roads leave tops and butts of trees in the roads and ditches. The Grand Jury said in some instances, they are “using the roads for log yards on which to saw and load pulpwood.” “These practices”, the Jury said, “make maintenance of the roads harder and more expensive” and “also causes the roads to be unsafe to travel.” “Since similar recommenda tions by previous grand juries seem to have been ignored, we respectfully recommend that the County Commissioners use what ever legal means they have to prohibit further use and abuse of our roads in this manner,” the Grand Jury said. On tax matters, the Grand Jury said during the years from 1950 through 1955 there are three or four large taxpayers who ac count for practically all unpaid taxes in those years. Urging the Brantley County Sheriff to “attend to this duty without delay,’’ the Grand Jury said it is “unfair for other tax payers to pay taxes and these few to fail in their their obliga tions year after year.” E. L. Sears was foreman of the January term Grand Jury. (EDITORS NOTE: Complete Grand Jury presentments for the January Term, 1957, may be found elsewhere in this edition of the Brantley Enter prise.) Weather Report For Past Week By J. A. ROSS U.S. Weather Bureau report ol temperature and rainfall at Nah unta for each 24 hour period ol week ending. Nahunta Sta. High Low Rain Thursday 71 42 .00 Friday 63 45 .00 Saturday 72 50 .00 Sunday 82 58 .02 Monday 82 55 .00 Tuesday 83 55 .00 Wednesday 83 59 .00 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: M. L. Anderson Route 1 Nahunta, Ga. A. C. Carver , Hortense, Ga. C- H. Penland Waynesville, Ga. L. C. Wainright Route 1 Nahunta, Ga. Mrs. Charles Givens Challenview, Texas Frank Moore Route 1 Nahunta, Ga. Sammy Middleton Radio Station WGIG Brunswick, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Ammons and son, Jimmie of Brunswick visited Mr. and Mrs. John Cox on Saturday. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Mrs. Audrey Morgan Presents Program At HD Club Meeting Mrs. Audrey Morgan of Athens, Ga. will be present at a meeting of representatives of all Home Demonstration Club in Brantley County at the REA Building on Thursday, Jan. 31 to give a short course in Instruction for programs on Family Life. Family Life and child care has been chosen by H. D. Clubs in Brantley County as their theme for the year. Representatives from all H. D. Clubs in the Coun ty are expected to attend. The session will begin at 10:30 A.M. on Thursday. Waynesville Mrs. Jerry Walker is very ill in the Brunswick hospital. Lloyd Peeples, stationed aboard the U. S. S. Rochester, is home for a short leave. Mr. and Mrs. Zade Lanier moved here recently from Bruns wick. Quite a crowd from Waynes ville attended the Sunday School Rally at Sterling Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. S. Bird had as their guests for the week-end Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Bird of Jack sonville, Fla. Jesse O. Bird arrived Friday night and stayed through Satur day with W. S. Bird’s family. W. S. Bird returned with him to Jacksonville Sunday afternoon. Miss Ola Mae Daniels of Brunswick spent Monday night and Tuesday here with relatives and friends. Births Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Kelly of Elmonte, Calif, announced the birth of a daughter on Dec. 31. She was named Annette Louise. Mr. Kelly is a graduate of Na hunta High School now serving in the U. S. Navy. Wildlife Ranger Avery Rowell Booked 264 Cases Last Year Brantley County Wildlife Ranger Avery Rowell led the 1956 drive to prevent illegal hunting and fishing in Georgia. — - Mallory Hatchett, chief of the Waycross District, State Game and Fish Commission, said Rowell made 264 cases last year to top all other wildlife officers. Convictions were gained in 154 of those cases, Mr. Hatchett said. In the process, Ranger Rowell checked 1,680 hunting and fishing licenses and removed 143 illegal traps, nets and baskets. Ranger Rowell’s activities were listed in a report by the Waycross District of its 1956 operations. District-wide, Rangers made 947 cases for illegal hunting and fishing, secured 536 convictions in court, removed 1,348 illegal traps, nets and baskets and checked 11,869 hunting and fish ing licenses, the report said. The Way cross District covers 24 counties in southeast Georgia. They are patrolled by 12 rangers, in radio-equipped vehicles. Persons wishing to report Game and Fish violators should contact their local ranger or call Way cross 5061. They may also write the State Game and Fish Com mission, 900 Grove St., Waycross. News The Home Newspaper is Read Like a Letter From Home. If They Don’t Subscribe, They Borrow The Enterprise. Funeral Services For Mrs. Sapp Held Last Friday Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Rila Sapp, 76, were held on Fri day, Jan. 25 at Oak Grove Church with Elder Dempsey Mercer and Elder Barney Crosby officiating. Burial was in Raulerson ceme tery. Mrs. Sapp died at her home in Hickox early T’hursday morning, Jan. 24. The survivors include three daughters; Miss Thelma Sapp, and Mrs. Ruth Lewis of Hickox; Mrs. Bessie Jane Herrin, Nahunta. Two sisters; Mrs. Anna Wells of Ludowici and Mrs. Lil lian Baxter, Nahunta; A half sister Mrs. Lacy Strickland of Trudie and half brothers, Mack Herrin, Jacksonville; Ivey Herrin and Joel Herrin, Trudie; Her step mother is Mrs. Lizzie Herrin of Trudie. Hoboken High Lists Students For Honors Listed below are the students on the Honor Roll for the first semester at Hoboken High School: 12th grade: Iva Lee Aldridge, Allen Chauncey, Deniece Crews, Rubin Griffin, Judy Hickox, Mickey Lee, Walter Lee, Mattie McClain, Ann Milton, Sue Moore, Tracy Pierce, JoAnn Stone. 11th grade: Carolyn Aldridge, Sondra Ammons, Patsy Dean, Iris Griffin, Alpha Strickland, Jim my Carter, Jimmy Cochran, Wal lis Larkins, Billy Stone, David Thrift. 10th grade: Freddy Abercrombie, Edmond Jacobs, Jerome Jones, Wallace Lee, Roy McClain, David Pearson, Susie Lee Bell, Gwendo lyn Driggers, Gwendolyn Crews, Yevonne Gunter, Betty Johns, Shirley Lee Dorothy Shuman, Louise Stevens. 9th grade: Wanell Pierce, Marie Mercer, Trudy Altman, Carol Hagin, Doris Albritton, Sylvia Aldridge, Ladon Dickerson, Cyn thia Dowling, Louise Jones, Hu bert Pearson. Bth grade: Barbara Aldridge, Patricia Ammons, Elna Carter, Johnnie Cole, Elaine Crews, Linda Crews, Margaret McClain, Elaine Strickland, Ray Altman. 7th grade: Edith Aldridge, Lamar Altman, Ann Hickox, Gene Jacobs, Sylvia Kelley, Bar bara Lane, Willis Lee, Annette Lucas, Ronald O’Steen, Robert Page, Dorothy Stone, Joan Stone, Marvis Roberts. Herrin - Johnson Miss Barbara Ann Herrin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Herrin became the bride of Mr. Charles Johnson of Fernandina Beach Fla. at the home of her parents, on Saturday, Jan. 26 in a double ring ceremony. Rev Ed die Dixon performed the rites. The bride were a two piece gray dress. A cluster of pink carnations was her corsage. Following the wedding a recep tion was held at the home of the bride’s parents with Miss Carolyn Herrin, Miss Mary Grace Edgy and Miss Shirley Highsmith as hostesses. They wore formal gowns of light blue and white. Mrs. Herschel Herrin assisted at the reception. Shortly after the reception the young couple left on a Honey moon trip. Upon their return they will make their home in Fernandina Beach where Mr. Johnson is employed. Out of town guests were Claude Johns, Brunswick; Mr. and Mrs. Barney Shaw, Fernandin Beach and the groom’s parents.