The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, June 06, 1957, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextGot Anything to Sell? Want to Buy Anything? Put a Want-Ad in the Brantley Enterprise. 75 Cents or 3 Times $2.00. VOLUME 37 — NUMBER 23 Excessive Rains Hurt Crops Throughout Brantley County By George A. Loyd County Agent Heavy rains in the past month have caused widespread damage to corn and tobacco crops in some areas of Brantley County. Hardest hit by the rains so for have been that area of the Coun ty south of U. S. 84 and East of U. S. 301. Most all the crops in this area have been damaged to some ex- tent, with some farmers suffer ing what appears at this time to be almost complete loss of to bacco and some corn. Gardens have also suffered severely in this area. Although it has been an un- usually wet season throughout the County. Some areas have ap parently suffered little or no damage from excessive rainfall. Raybon and Hortense community have fair to good crops with little or no damage suffered other than a few extremely low and poor drained fields. There are a large number of tobacco fields throughout the County that seems to be suffering from lack of fertilizer, and many farmers have been complaining bitterly about the quality of the fertilizer. From observation it seems that this condition has been created in part by the leach ing and moving downard of the fertilizer ingredients and the shallow root system that crops have due to moist conditions that have prevailed in the topsoil. This belief is borne out by the fact that this condition has been more prevelent in crops where all the fertilizer was applied be fore planting than it has been in crops where part of the ferti lizer was applied before planting and a liberal amount put to the crop as a sidedressing. On the bright side of the pic- ture is that the rains have at least retarded if not stopped the injury being done to pine trees by beetles, also the extremely wet conditions in some fields should do much to eliminate some of the disease that have building up during the drier years. Card of Thanks Members of the family of Lee Roy Parm take this means to thank the friends and neighbors for the food and many kindnesses shown during the illness and sub sequent death of our beloved one, and for the beautiful floral con tributions. Appreciation is also expressed to the Hinson-Miles Funeral Home for their kind cooperation. Mrs. Lee Roy Parm and family. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Herrington and family. Mr. and Mrs. Earnie Hickox and family. INVITING THE UNDERTAKER- AS The light changes .edge ow the center line -then WwNßv* *trw To nose out the car on'your right .You’re to crack vp ,sOoner or Courtesy of *. F. Goodrich Soro Driver Looqmo © >»m w um o». Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. W. F. Warner Died Wednesday Morning Funeral arrangements for Mr. William Franklin Warner, 80, of Atkinson, who passed away in his sleep early Wednesday morn ing at his residence after an ex tended illness, are incomplete pending the arrival of relatives. Mr. Warner was born in Wayne County, now Brantley, on July 2, 1876, and was the son of the late Noah and Janie Elizabeth Lane Warner. He received his educa tion in the puljlic schools of the county, and was engaged in farm ing until retirement. He was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. Mr. Warner is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Roy Massey, Charlotte, N. C., and Mrs. J. B. Norman, Jr., of Ocala, Fla.; two sons, Noah Warner of Atkinson, and Will Hardy Warner of Wic hita, Kansas; one sister, Mrs. Gertie Arnett of Jesup; two bro thers, Louis Warner ,and Jim Warner, both of Atkinson; 13 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta is in charge of ar-, rangements. Legion Will Elect Officers Thurs. Night The annual election of officers for the 1957-58 Legion year will be-held at The Post Home in Nahunta Thursday night, June 13, at eight P.M. All members are urged to attend. Commander Allen has appoint ed the following to serve as a nominating committee; J. Wilder Brooker, H. W. Her rin, Deb Highsmith, George Loyd and T. J. Thornton. It is suggested the members of Post No. 210 contact one or more members of this committee and help them decide on a slate of officers to serve the post in the coming year.- The annual convention of The Sth District, American Legion is to be at St. Simons Island, Sun day afternoon, June 16th. Any member wishing to attend, see Commander Allen in regards to details. In thinning a stand of trees the straight, thrifty trees should be selected and left for crop trees, according to Dorsey Dyer, fores ter, Agricultural Extension Ser vice. E. Parker Dodge, Adjutant. Brantley Brterprte Thomas S. Goodlier Passed Away Tuesday, June 4 । Mr. Thomas S. Goodner, age 70, passed away in a Waycross Hos pital Tuesday afternoon, June 4. He was a Railroad Telegraph Operator, former Mayor of Na hunta, member of the Bap tist Church, member of Brother hood Class of Nahunta Baptist Church. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John H. Goodner. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Charlotte Cate, two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Graham, Nahunta, and Miss Mary Ann Goodner, Atlanta; two sons, J. B. Goodner, Crawfordville, Ga., Bill Goodner, Birmingham, Ala.;; one brother, Dr. Buford Goodner, Cleveland, Tennessee; two sisters, Mrs. Ollie McGrew, Cleveland, Tenn., and Mrs. L. B. Mason, Athens, Tenn.; and five grand children. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o’- clock in First Baptist Church, Nahunta, with interment in Oak land Cemetery, Waycross. Active pallbearers were D. S. Moody, Bobby Strickland, Elroy Strickland, Avery Strickland, R. F. Parkman and Ted Strickland. Honorary pallbearers were W. M. Mizell, Dr. E. A. Moody, J. B. Lewis, J. C. Johnson, Roy Ham, Herschel Herrin, Mr. Bacon, Elmer K. Ham and A. B. Brooker. Mincy Funeral Home in Way cross was in charge of arrange ments. County Gets S7OO Check For Polio Aid The Brantley County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis has received a check for S7OO to provide finan cial aid to local polio patients, Mrs. C. W. Adams, chapter chair man, announced. The money was made available by the Foundation’s national headquarters when local March of Dimes funds raised last Janu ary proved insufficient to cover the county’s polio fighting needs. “It is reassuring lo know that the e whole March of Dimes or ganiaztion stands behind each chapter, ready to finance patient care for the remainder of the year where it is urgently needed, as in our chapter,” Mrs. Adams said. Although mass vaccination pro grams have dramatically lowered the incidence of polio cases throughout the country, financial aid to patients in all chapters is still estimated at more than $15,000,000 for this year. “At the end of 1956 there were more than 80,000 persons in the country still disabled as a result of paralytic polio in past years, people for whom the Salk vac cine came too late”, Mrs. Adams added. “There are persons who need further treatment. We must do all we can to rescue them from their world of helplessness and restore them to a productive, happy life.” Mrs. Adams emphasized the high costs of medical care for rehabilitation for the individual polio patient. “It is not uncom mon for total expenditures in care and equipment, in hospital and home, to reach SIO,OOO. In some severe cases the cost has gone to several times that a mount.” As a research vehicle for advanced engineering , studies in car performance, handling, braking and other safety factors, Chevrolet has unveiled a startling new experimental model. Called the Corvette SS (Super Sport), the custom built car (above) has a lightweight magnesium alloy body. Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, June 6, 1957 CHEVROLET UNVEILS CORVETTE IDEA CAR’ HERMAN TALMADGI ■mEi I j ■ El t From wk 1 * w H 11J NO MAN IN his right mind would swap a valid seven-dollar money order for a one dollar bill. But that is exactly what is happen ing to the economy of this nation as the result of the Eisenhower Ad ministration's Soil Bank Program. is true because the basis of the Soil Bank Program is that farmers are paid not to plant crops and farmers who do not plant crops do not buy seed or fertilizer, hire labor, take out insurance, negotiate loans or engage in any of the other trans actions essential to the planting, production and harvesting of farm commodities. » • • TAKING GEORGIA, FOR exam ple, the $15,746,495 her cotton farmers will receive in Soil Bank benefits will, in effect, rob the econ omy of the State of $110,225,465. That is the loss of business which will be sustained by the seed and fertilizer stores, the farm imple ment dealers, gas and oil distribu tors, railroad and truck lines, gin ners, warehousemen, bankers, in surancemen, labor and all the other allied fields dependent for their income upon the Georgia cotton crop. Even if considered only from the standpoint of the yield of the 296,131 Georgia cotton acres being taken out of production, it repre sents a loss of $33,950,826. And (Not prepared printed Final Contests Held .. By 4-H Club Girls Saturday Night Final contests have been held by Four-H Club girls of Brantley County, it is announced by Miss Sarah Simpson, home demonstra tion agent. The results of the contest were as follows; Jr. Cornmeal Muffins: Ist. Place, Sarah Jane Strick land, Nahunta. 2nd Place, Marion Morgan, Nahunta. 3rd Place, Tavares Johns, Na hunta. Jr. Biscuits: Ist Place, Chat Allen, Hickox. 2nd Place, Margaret Davis, Hoboken. Jr. Dress Revue: Ist Place, Shirley Jones, Hob oken. 2nd Place, Sylvia Kelly, Hob oken. 3rd Place, Margaret Highsmith, Nahunta. Others who entered: Joan Johns, Nahunta, Linda Lewis, Nahunta and Johnny Faye Eldridge, Hortense. Sr. Dress Revue: Ist Place, Evelyn Howell, Na hunta. 2nd Place, Shirley Highsmith, Nahunta. 2nd Place, Aria Dean Wilson, Nahunta. Jr. Talent Contest: Ist Place, Margaret Davis, Hob oken. All first place -winners are eligible to attend the District Achievement meeting to be held at Rock Eagle in August. They will compete against others from the Southeast District. tubular frame and many other features in car design. Zora Arkus-Duntov, Chevrolet engineer and 'noted European car designer and driver (shown in cockpit), played a major role in devel oping the SS. If shakedown tests are completed, it may be tested at Sebring, Fla, this month. that figure is low because it is based on the Benson flexible price support formula of only 28.1 cents per pound. TAKEN TO ITS ultimate con clusion, this program will have the end result of drying up the econ omy of every agricultural area in which farmers are dependent upon basic crops for their cash income. Even if in so doing it should serve to alleviate the agricultural surplus —and, inasmuch as only the least productive lands are going into the Soil Bank, that is quite doubtful — it can hardly be said to be worth extending the agricultural depres sion into agriculture’s allied indus tries. No one blames the farmer for taking advantage of the program. After all, from his standpoint it is better than nothing and a starving man certainly is in no position to quibble about the number of calories in the piece of bread he is given. • • • THE ECONOMIC repercussions of this short-sighted expedient al ready are beginning to be felt and, as harvest time approaches, they will become more and more ap parent and pronounced. Administrations in the past have been criticized for plowing up crops but it looks as if this Ad ministration, unless its complacent bureaucrats wake up, is going to go that record two better by plow ing under not only the American farmer but also the American farm economy as well. E cono mists tell us that for teach dollar which the gov ernment pays out in Soil Bank benefits seven other dollars are taken out of circulation. That at government expense) Post Road Projects Are Approved The Georgia Rural Roads Au thoity has approved two paving projects for Brantley County. One projects is about two and one-fourth miles of the Trudie- Blackshear road, 2.292 miles to be exact. The estimated cost of this project is $46,209. The second project approved is about three and three-fourth miles of the Hickox-Burnt Fort road, 3.788 miles to be exact. The cost of this project is estimated at $157,200. The Trudie-Blackshear project will link up with a paved post road in Pierce County. The Hic kox-Burnt Fort project will link with a paved road in Charlton County leading to Burnt Fort. MOORE - LEE Miss Mary Jane Moore, daugh ter of Mrs. Annie L. Johns, be came the bride of John Earl Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. E. Lee on Saturday evening, May 25. They were married in Folkston at the Ordinary’s office with Ordinary Cecil Conner perform ing the rites. Present at the wedding were Miss Eliza Jane Moore, Newton Crews, Mrs. J. E. Johns and Miss Sandra Lee. The young couple made a honeymoon trip to points of inter est in Florida. They are making their home with his parents in Nahunta. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA • • • Brantley County's Net Debt Is $14,000, Auditor Reveals Gross Debt Is $49,000 Report Shows Brantley County owed a total of $49,076.44 at the end of 1956, according to the annual auditor’s report published on another page of this newspaper. Against the debt of nearly $50,000 the county had current assets of $35,005.34, making a net debt of about $14,000, the audit reveals. The debt of Brantley County as of Dec. 31, as revealed in the auditor’s report was as follows: Warrants outstanding, $33,780.- 21. Jury Scrip outstanding, SIIO.OO Ordinary’s Scrip outstanding, $963.06. Accounts payable, $14,223.17. Total current liabilities, $49,- 076.44. Current assets to offset the gross debt were as follows: Treasurer’s cash balance, $3,- 594.98. ‘Taxes receivable (unpaid), $15,- 367.28. State of Georgia, gasoline tax, $4,587.83. State of Georgia, health depart ment, $1,129.03. State of Georgia, Highway Department, $8,415.00. Accounts receivable, $1,911.22. The auditor’s report of 1956 showed an increase in current liabilities of $6,804.68 over the 1955 report. It must be remembered that the auditor’s report showed the condition of the county only through Dec. 31, 1956. Are You Playing Fair? We vaccinated our children but have we taken it ourselves? Who will take care of your child if YOU should be our next Polio victim? Most of the patients who are in iron lungs are in the 20-45 year age group. You are welcome at your local Health Department any Wednes day, 9 am. to 4:30 p.m., or Sat urdays, 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Since the County had to buy this vaccine there is a charge of SI.OO per shot. Card of Thanks I wish to express our sincere appreciation to everyone who contributed so generously to the fund to help us in the illness of my husband. It has been a help to us financially and means so much to know you have such good friends. » May the Lord bless each one of you. Sincerely, Mrs. Dock Henderson REFRIGERATED BLANKET FOR USE IN HEART SURGERY is demonstrated by 5-year-old Harold Leonhardt, an ardent booster for the 1957 Heart Fund. Cooling the patient reduces the brain’s need for blood and causes the heart to pump less rapidly, thus slowing circulation and enabling the surgeon to work in a relatively dry field after the heart is entered. This is one of the techniques in heart surgery which has benefited from research supported by the Heart Fund. Keep up with the News About Your Home County. Subscribe for the Brantley Enterprise, $2.50 a Year, $3.00 Outside the County. (Plus Sales Tax) Nahunta Canning Plant Opened Mondays-Thursdays The canning plant in Nahunta is now operating Mondays and Thursdays of each week, it is announced by W. C. Long. Patrons of the canning plant are urged to some early enough to get cans processed before too late. ‘ The canning plant has a peas and bean sheller that does a good job on peas and butterbeans. They do not need to be dry, just green as picked from 'the vines. A tomato juicer and corn silker is also available. For the best food keep the slogan, “Four hours from the field to the can,” Mr. Long stated. Personals Mrs. Cindy Morgan is spend ing the summer months with her daughter, Mrs. George Trhlik in Baltimore, Md. Mrs. E. R. Tucker and children of Jacksonville; Mr. and Mrs. Noel Lewis and children of St. Marys were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Delma F. Herrin and other relatives for the weeks. * • * Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Johns of Jacksonville visited Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Johns and Mr. and Mrs. Taiford Highsmith and other re latives for the weekend. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Neville Herrin of Lake Worth, Fla. arrived Sun- A® spend this week with re latives in Nahunta. • • * Brantley County students at Georgia State College for Women have completed final examina tions for the Spring Quarter. En rolled for the Spring term were Waunice Ammons, Alma Iris Barr, Peggy Cynthia Carter, Delores Lois Drury, Margie Lu Dryden, Mary Lou Gardner, Janice Carol yn Higginbotham, Gladys lona Johns, Betty Ann Jones, Janice S. Royster, Betty Jean Sadler, Betty Jane Stone, and Mattie Grace Strickland. • • • Alma Iris Barr, Nahnuta, and Peggy Cynthia, Hoboken, were members of the 1957 graduation class at Georgia State College for Women. Miss Barr and Miss Carter, who received the Bachelor of Science degrees, are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Barr and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Carter, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Braddock of Jacksonville and Mrs. Connie Harrison and nephew, Mike, of Thalman were guests of Mrs. Alice Highsmith last weekend. In breeding for increased production H. K. Welch, Jr., dairyman for the Agricultural Extension Service, recommends that time and thought be given to a planned breeding program.