The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, July 25, 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 Tinies $2.00. VOLUME 37 — NUMBSR 30 TOBACCO SELLING AT RECORD PRICE LEVEL TOBACCO SELLING WELL — Good prices prevailed this week as auction sales went into the second week of the 1957 season. Above is shown an opening day scene on July 18 as the first basket was sold at the Brantley Warehouse which had first first sale. Warehouseman Paul Morgan (handkerchief on head) leads the sale as Russell Uzzell (extreme left) auctioneers. (Hendry photo.) Hospital Care Is Planned For Those Who Cannot Pay A state program of financial assistance for Georgians unable to pay for hospital care is being planned by the Hospital Care Council which was established by the last session of the General Assembly. The Council met July 17 in Atlanta to establish principles from which plans will soon be worked out in detail. The Council will request tem porary operating funds from the Budget Bureau until formal plans can be presented to the 1958 General Assembly. Oscar S. Hilliard, administra tor of the Tri-County Hospital, for Oglethorpe, and chairman of the Council, announced the fol lowing principles which will guide the development of the program:. ~ • : 1. Counties wishing to receive funds for hospital care of patients who cannot pay must also put Jup matching funds on a formula to be developed later. 2. Proprietary, or profit-mak ing hospitals, will be paid a flat sum unless they furnish accepta ble information as to per diem cost for patients: Hospitals must also have provisional or annual licensure permits as determined by the Georgia Department of Public Health. 3. Hospitals eligible for funds must have at least 10 beds and meet minimum requirements for registration with the American Hospital Association. 4. Local screening board for determining eligibility of patients will have representatives of lo cal welfare department, a phy sician and laymen. 5. A total of not more than 30 days per year hospital care will be allowable. 6. Counties whose hospitals are used by neighboring counties without hospitals will have prior- Blackshear Tobacco Market REPORT OF SALES AND PRICES Lbs. Sold Amt. Average Thurs., July 18 492,884 $242,591.90 $49.22 Friday, July 19 131,328 64,352.61 49.00 Monday, July 22 482,576 267,035.01 55.11 Tuesday, July 23 672,804 377,588.95 56.12 —— , —'—, —i — . —— TOTAL 1,779,592 951,586.47 53.53 Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. ity on the funds of the neighbor ing counties. Likewise, when pa tients from counties with hospi tals cross county lines, the funds will follow the patients to the county rendering the services. Draft Board Clerk Changes Days Os Office Hours The days and office hours of the Brantley County draft board clerk, Mrs. P. D. Griffin, have been changed somewhat, she announces. , . Mrs. Griffin will be in her office on Mondays from eight until five o’clock, and Tuesdays from nine until one o’clock. Formerly the days were Mon days and Fridays. The change is due to the fact that Mrs. Griffin’s time of ser vice has been reduced from two full days a week to a day and a half a week. Card of Thanks I wish to express my deepest gratitude to all the kind friends who helped us after our house burned down. We especially wish to thank the members of the Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School who so liberally came to our aid, also the Hortense Par ent-Teachers association for the shower of gifts. To everyone who helped us after the loss of our house and furniture we offer our thanks and our heartfelt appreciation. The M. B*. Tallavast family. The Navy’s nuclear powered ships will produce nuclear power equivalent to 70 million gallons of oil during a two year period. Sranttey feiirrprtSE Brantley Men Leave For Examination For Military Service Four Brantley County boys left for Jacksonville for physical ex amination for entering the arm ed forces Tuesday, July 23, it is announced by Mrs. P. D. Grif fin, draft board clerk. The boys leaving Tuesday were Calvin Ereskin Lyons, Jesse Tillman Eason, Bobby Joe Chan cey and Rose Clayton Lewis. Forest and Jimmie Thomas left for induction into the mili tary forces Tuesday, July 16, Mrs. Griffin stated- Farmers Can Get Marketing Cards At ASC Office Farm operators or their repre sentatives may obtain marketing cards for 1957 crop flue-cured tobacco at the County ASC of fice provided the necessary in formation is available, George Dykes, chairman of the County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, has an nounced. Before a marketing card may be issued, the chairman explains, (1) the 1957 crop tobacco acre age must have been determined for the farm, (2) the farm opera tor must have been notified of the tobacco acreage determined for his farm, and (3) a determi nation must have been made as to whether there is any discount variety tobacco on the farm or on any other farm operated by the grower. Chairman Dykes points out that the issuance of tobacco market ing cards is closely tied in with acreage and variety determina tion. For this reason, the timing of the issuance of marketing cards is imoprtant in orderly market ing and proper identification of tobacco. Farm operators are reminded of the necessity for presenting their marketing cards at the warehouse at the time their to bacco is weighed in, thus insur ing that the tobacco may be pro perly identified for price-support and variety identification pur poses. - ; i According to the chairman marketing cards are not being mailed this year to farm opera tors as early as in previous years. However, the cards mil be delivered by mail to tho^e operators who do not call at the County ASC office. Births Milton Rickey is the name of the new baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Rowell on July 3rd. ‘ ' ■ Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 25, 1957 Tobacco Research Program Approved by 5 to 1 Vote Macon, Ga. — The tobacco re ferendum held for the purpose of deciding if growers were to contribute to financial support of a program for special research and promotion passed by better than a 5 to 1 vote, Senator Charles Garrett, Referendum Chairman reports. Garrett, a Berrien County to bacco farmer and Secretary to the Agricultural Commodities Authority, disclosed the official vote from all tobacco producing counties totaled 2,467 for the program. Only 468 growers from the 68 counties cast ballots “against”. A total of 2,935 ballots were cast in the referendum, the first test of grower interest in Geor gia to take a direct hand in pro duct promotion and research. Growers will now contribute 10 cents per acre of tobacco pro duced to finance a research-pro motion program. A. J. Singletary, Chairman of the Agricultural Commodities Authority, from Blakely said, “the next step will be to name a five man Tobacco Committee to the Authority with the com mittee recommending specific programs for promotion by the Authority”. Members appointed to the To bacco committee must be tobacco growers. The committee will be appointed by the Authority Members of the Authority, ap pointed by Governor Griffin on June 4, include A. J. Singletary, Blakely, chairman; B. B. Morgan, Coleman; Keaton Cox, Camilla; State Senator Charles Garrett, Nashville, and Paul NeSmith, Statesboro. All are farmers. Kermit Crews Bitten by Rattlesnake Kermit Crews, age 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Plen Crews of near Hickox, was bitten on the leg by a rattlesnake on Tuesday af ternoon, July 23, while cutting okra. Kermit and Morris Walker were cutting okra where grass was high when they heard the snake rattle. They started to run and the snake struck. A tournequet was made on the leg and the H oy was, rushed by Major Riggins and Isaiah Davis to the Waycross hospital for treatment. The boy was doing all right but still in the hospital on Wed nesday. The snake was not killed. Hickox H.D. Club Met Wednesday The regular meeting of the Hickox Home Demonstration Club met at the home of Mrs. Josie Mae Jones on Wednesday after noon, July 24. The devotional was led by Mrs. Louise Hendrix with Lula Gale Hendrix kneeling before a cross. Mrs. Jeanette Allen, president, presided during the business ses sion. Miss Sara Simpson gave a demonstration on the control of insects. Plans were made for a picnic for the families some time in August. Others present were: Mrs. Leona Allen, Mrs. Fannie An derson, Mrs. Janie Brand, Mrs. Lizzie Mae Hendrix, Mrs. Julia Smith, Mrs. Carrie Herrin. Mfs. Annie Lou Loyd. Lana Hendrix, Nancy Hendrix and Paunee Smith assisted the hostess in serving refreshments consisting of ribbon sandwiches and cookies with punch. A searchlight as blight as ten thousand automobile headlights has been developed for Navy submarine-hunter planes. The light is rated at 130 million candlepower. Rural Roads Authority Sells Bonds Georgia Rural Roads Authority Tuesday received bids on $17,500, 000 in new Rural Roads Bonds. The new bonds comprised the fourth increment to be issued by the Authority since early 1955 as part of the Griffin-sponsored SIOO million dollar Rural Roads Program. The successful bidder was an investment banking group head ed by Robbinson - Humphrey Co., Inc., and Blyth & Co. The firm offered to effect the loan on a 4.08484 percent interest cost ba sis. Members of the Rural Roads Authority, with Chairman Roy F. Chalker, voted to accept the At lanta firm’s offer as the low bid. The number two bidder was an investment banking group head ed by Equitable Securities Cor poration. Their interest bid wa? 4.16528. The John Newman and Co. re presented an investment banking group which bid 4.1693. The bonds are being sold as the fourth increment in Governor Marvin Griffin’s $100,000,000 Ru ral Roads Program. The fourth bond increment sale, according to Mr. Chalker, raises the total out standing in Rural Roads bonds to $65,000,000. The Atlanta Investment Bank ing firm of Johnson, Lane, Space and Company, Inc., is fiscal ad visor for the Rural Roads Auth ority. Harrison Clarke, of the fiscal advisory firm said the higher in terest rate on the new bond issue, as compared to the previous three bond increments, is attributable to the “tight money market.” The interest rate on the first incre ment was 2.69. On the second in crement it was 2.80 and the third increment was 3.30. Mr. Chalker said, nevertheless, that he believes the interest rate on the new bond sale “is econ omic and business-like and suffi ciently low to warrant the sale of the bonds, as the Rural Roads Authority has authorized, in the best interest of the state and the many thousands of Georgians who will benefit by the roads to be constructed.” Covered in the fourth incre ment program, according to Mr. Chalker, are some 639 miles of Georgia Rural Roads. The pro jects total 177 and are located in 121 counties. Wesleyan Methodist Women Met With Mrs. Mills The W.M.S. of the Hortense Wesleyan Methodist Church met at the home of Mrs. C. B. Mills Monday, July 3. Mrs. J. C. Strickland presided and led the devotional. The to pic for the meeting was The Mission Field in Japan. The bio graphy of Joseph Hardy Nessissa was read. Officers for the coming year were elected and plans were, made for cleaning and beautify ing the camp for the camp meet ing. The meeting planned a wel come for the new pastor and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. Robert Wag ner who are moving to Hortense from Union Point, Ga. Officers elected were Mrs. E. A. Strickland, president; Mrs. J. C. Strickland, vice-president; Mrs. Glenn Day, secretary-treas urer; Mrs. J. M. Roberson, pray er-partner secretary; Mrs. Ro bert Wagner, W.Y.M.B. superin tendent; Mrs. Joe Smith, pro gram director; Mrs. Robert Wag ner, work director. Refreshments were served and a social hour concluded the meet ing. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Volume Moving to Market 1 p To Highest Peak of Season Tobacco moving to the Blackshear market reached the highest volume level of the season at mid-week after prices on most grades rose to a record level. The season’s peak volume and top average price was reached Tuesday when 672,804 pounds were sold in Blackshear for an average of $56.12. While volume increased this week, there had been no full day’s sale at any local warehouse through Tues day. This year’s volume remained well below that of last season for the comparable period. During the first four days of the 1957 season, 1,779,592 pounds have been sold on the Blackshear market at an average price of $53.53. This compares with 2,310,070 pounds sold during the first four days last season at an average price of $50.42 per hundred. Sales opened Monday morning of this week with brisk bidding and strong prices. Quality of leaf on the warehouse floors was also higher this week than last. As prices rose Monday, farmers began to bring in the golden leaf in greater volume. However, there has as yet been no block sale in Blackshear. The average price in Blackshear was $1.06 above the average for other markets in the state on Monday, the most recent day on which figures were available at press time. The state average on Monday was $54.05. Good prices were being paid on all grades Tuesday, but low orange priming and best thin nondescript made strongest gain, from $4 to $6 per hundred pounds. Ready Reserve Men Not to Be Drafted Hendrix Announces Men serving satisfactorily as members of units of the Ready Reserve will be classified as not available for induction by Selec tive Service local boards, Col. Mike Y. Hendrix of Georgia an nounced this week. The latest change in the regu lations was prompted by the re cent efforts to build up the Ready Reserve, a program which had been lagging up to a few months ago, the State Director said. On another phase of Selective Service, the order permits defer ment of persons in case of ex treme hardship to dependents. Formerly such registrants were required to show both extreme hardship and privation to de pendents. • t AN TALMABGE Reports From'^K^B THERE IS NO limit to the ex. tent to which the Attorney General of the United States could control the private lives of American citi zens under the terms of the Admin istration’s misnamed civil rights bill. ; 1 “any right or privilege of a citizen.” He can do so through federal court injunctions issued in the name of the United States which automati cally preclude jury trials and sub ject accused personr to limitless fines, prison sentences or both. He could call on the President to back his injunctions with the full might of the nation’s armed forces. THE LANGUAGE OF the bill is so loose and broad that it covers every human activity from the cradle to the grave. Through in voking existing laws it proposes to amend, this measure could be used to override all present state and local laws and to impuse federal control over schools, publie institu tions, private establishments and even the home. It could be used to force racial integration in all walks of life as well as to interfere with any facet of the private lives of individual citizens held by the Attorney General to affect the rights and privileges of any other person or persona. Keep up with the News About Your Home County. Subscribe for the Brantley Enterprise, $2.50 a Year, $3.00 Outside the County. As presented to the Senate, thia measure vests in the At torney General absolute author ity to enforce “equal protec tion of the laws" and guarantee Wat er erfaM at (Plus Sales Tax) 8 Rattlesnakes Killed in One Community Leon Wilson of Route 2, Na hunta, Killed a big rattlesnake recently. It had 16 rattles. Roy Martin of Route 2 killed two big rattlers, with each hav ing 13 rattles. I. W. Crews and Jasper Moore, Route 2, killed a 13-rattle rep tile. Woodrow Wilson killed a rattler with 13 rattles. Two other citizens are report ed to have killed two other rat tlesnakes recently in the Route Two area. This makes a total of eight, rattlesnakes killed in the same section of Brantley County in recent weeks. Under the Constitution and the present laws of the nation, citizens now have redress for any violations of their civil rights either through civil suits for damages or through criminal prosecution. This meas ure would interpose the Govern ment of the United States between the individual and these rights and in the process would have the re sult of completely changing our form of government from one under which rights are inalienable with the individual to one under which rights are arbitrarily determined by the Attorney General. IT IS REGRETTABLE that the Congress is wasting its energies on such legislation which strikes at the very vitals of constitutional gov ernment. The same effort applied along constructive lines to develop the human and natural resources of our great country, to stimulate new job opportunities, to provide decent housing and to provide more effec tive essential governmental serv ices for the masses of our people would result in the-achievement of real civil rights and far greater human security for minorities and majorities alike. It is dangerously foolish to even suggest that eivil rights can be strengthened by destroying or weakening the fundamental consti tutional rights of every citizen of the United States.