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VOLUME 37 — NUMBER 35
3 Negro Boys
Pierce County
Three Negro boys drowned last Thursday in a 15-
foot deep waterhole on the farm of John Peacock, located
in the Sunset School section of Pierce county.
The three boys were Henry
Stanford Jr., 13, William Stan
ford, 11, both sons of Henry Stan
ford Sr. and Penny Mae Williams
of Blackshear; and Frank Stan
ford Jr., 11, son of Frank Stan
ford Sr., and Sarah Williams, of
Waycross. Two of the boys were
brothers and the other was their
first cousin.
The drowning occurred some
time during the afternoon and
the boys were not missed until
around five p.m. at which time
their clothing was found near the
waterhole. Authorities were noti
fied by Ward Peacock and Sher
iff J. H. Pittman and Coroner
Lee Broome proceeded to the
scene of the accident.
Efforts were made to recover
the bodies by diving and by prob
ing with a long pole but without
success.
Sheriff J. H. Pittman then sum
moned help from the Georgia
Game and Fish Department and
two trucks with boats equipped
with grappling hooks were sent
to the Peacock farm.
Rangers A. M. Rowell and Bob
Rowell arrived first and the
bodies were recovered by the
Rangers within a short time after
they arrived using the boat and
grappling hooks.
R. A. Parker and Zeke Tuten,
both Game and Fish Department
Rangers, were on their way to
assist the Pierce county officials
but the bodies were recovered
before they arrived.
Witnesses had seen three young
boys playing near the waterhole
around noon but did not miss
them until about 4:30 when a
search was started for them and
their clothing found near the
water.
The farm pond waterhole is
about 15 feet deep at the deepest
place, and drops straight down
at the very edge of the water.
The water hole is used for irri
gation and stock water and the
boys had been warned to stay
away from it by adults who were
picking cotton in a nearby field.
Sheriff Pittman and Coroner
Broome investigated the case,
along with Medical Examiner
Dr. Leonard Durrence, and death
certificates were issued statins
that death was due to “accidental
drowning.”
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(Editor’s Nott: Ths following it Senator Talmadge’s final
column for 1957. He will resume writing these weekly reports from
Washington when the Second Session of the 85th Congress convenes
next January.)
THERE WILL BE those who,
because the First Session of the
85th Congress did not pass hun
dreds of new laws, will call it a
"do-nothing Congress.”
James A. Reed
Au KHI of Missouri:
“What we need to do is to stop
passing laws. We have enough laws
now to govern the world for the
next 10,000 years.” It is my view
that, if a “do-nothing Congress”
is one which does not pass a lot of
unneeded laws, this country needs
to have more of them.
• • •
THE MOST NOTABLE accom
plishment of this Congress is not
any specific piece of legislation but
rather the intangible reassertion of
the independence of the Legisla
tive Branch. Senators and Con
gressmen alike demonstrated this
year that their actions cannot be
dictated by the Executive Branch.
This was particularly true in the
writing of the 1957-58 federal
budget Both Houses ignored Ex
ecutive pressure to make sub
stantia) reductions in the Adminis
tration’s irresponsible $71.8-billion
spending program. While it is dis
appointing that the cut was not as
great as the $5% -billion reduction
for which I had hoped, I am en
couraged to believe that a trend
has been established which will
result in the restoration of reason
to federal spending and taxing
policies.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Mrs. H. A. Cumbee
Funeral Services
Were Held Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. H. A.
Cumbee, who died Friday, Aug.
23, were held Sunday afternoon
at 3:30 at the Union Hill Church
near Pearson, with the Rev. Nix
on Taylor and the Rev. H. Y.
Sears officiating.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were Oliver Pear
son, William Taylor, Clint Robin
son, Cecil Moody, Pete Gibson
and W. B. Jones.
Mrs. Cumbee had been a resi
dent of Waycross for the past six
years and was a member of the
First Christian Church. She was
a native of Atkinson county.
She is survived by her hus
band; two sons, Bobby H. Lee,
Orlando, Fla., and Allison R. Lee,
Nahunta; a daughter, Mrs. Wil
liam L. Dudney, Nahunta; a
grandchild; a sister, Mrs. Marvin
Robinson, Waynesville; and two
brothers, W. M. Merritt and J. A-
Merritt, both of Warwick.
Mincy Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Two Rattlesnakes
Killed on
Plen Crews Farm
Two rattlesnakes were killed
recently on^the Plen Crews farm
near Hickox, one snake being
killed Sunday, Aug. 18, and the
other Wednesday, Aug. 21.
One of the rattlers had nine
rattles and the other 11 rattles.
The Plen Crews farm is where
Kermit Crews was bitten by a
rattlesnake several weeks ago.
One of the rattlesnakes recent
ly killed was found about 20
yards from where Kermit Crews
was bitten. The other snake was
killed about 80 yards from where
the boy was bitten. Kermit fully
recovered from the snake bite.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE WAS
the Senate’s courageous action in
eliminating the more vicious pro
visions of the Brownell Force Bill
which would have deprived all citi
zens of their constitutional rights.
While the measure as it passed the
Senate still constitutes a flagrant
invasion of the constitutional au
thority of state and local govern
ments, it, nevertheless, is to the
Senate’s everlasting credit that it
rejected Executive demands for the
restoration of bayonet rule and the
repeal of the right of trial by jury.
To such per
sons who meas
ure achievement
only in terms of
quantity, I
would reply in
the words of
the late Senator
This action is indicative of the
growing awareness of Congress of
the fundamental truth that to en
act laws giving special rights to
minorities which are denied to the
majority is to make all constitu
tional safeguards meaningless. It
is to be hoped that Congress never
again will allow such divisive legis
lation to prevent it from fulfilling
its appointed role under the Con
stitution.
• • •
THE TWO GREATEST failures
of Congress this year were in not
passing a new agricultural pro
gram to guarantee the farmer his
proportionate share of the national
income and in again postponing the
long-overdue tax cut to afford
financial relief to the workingman
and the small businessman.
These promise to be the principal
issues to be determined at the Sec
ond Session of the 85th Congress
convening next January. For the
sake of the continued economic
health of this nation, let us hope
that action on them is swift, bold
and decisive.
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Drown in
Pitwell
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, August 29, 1957
Mrs. E. L. Crews
Funeral Services
Held at Hoboken
Final rites for Mrs. E. L. Crews
of Hoboken who died Saturday
were held Monday afternoon at
4:00 at the Hoboken Baptist
Church conducted by Rev. J. W.
Jones and Rev. Carlton Sheppard.
Burial was in the Hoboken
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were; Les
ter Lee, Avery Crews, Billy
Crews, Curtis Harris, Hughie
Crews and Samuel Chesser.
Honorary pallbearers were; Hu
bert Colvin, Olin Dußoise, Law
son Dußoise, Tom Lastinger, Ira
Thomas, Banner Thomas and No
lan Davis Jr.
Survivors include her husband
and five daughters, Mrs. Harley
Crews, Waycross, Mrs. Sim
Crews, Patterson, Mrs. Ruby
Crews, Winokur, Mrs. Frances
Crews, Hoboken, Mrs. Wesley
Johns, Nahunta, five sons, Al
bert and Claude Crews, Hoboken,
Harvey Crews, Pearson, Pat
Crews, Yulee, Florida, Frank
Crews, Nahunta, one brother,
Jesse Crews, Waycross, 53 grand
children, and 22 great grandchil
dren.
Kathy Crews Rites
Held at Jacksonville
Funeral services for Kathy
Farlene Crews, seven-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. H.
Crews, of Jacksonville, who died
Saturday, were held Monday at
1 p.m. in the Hardage and Sons
Chapel in Jacksonville, conduct
ed by the Rev. A. W. Mathis.
Burial was at 4:30 p.m. in the
High Bluff cemetery in Brantley
county, with the Rev. Sam Wat
son officiating at the graveside
services.
Pallbearers were David Lee,
Whitmer Crews, Russell Dowling,
Dewayne Thomas, Ray Dowling
and Mickey Lee.
Besides her parents, she is sur
vived by a brother, Howard
Crews, Jacksonville; two sisters,
Patty Crews and Janet Crews,
both of Jacksonville; her patern
al grandmother, Mrs. I. J. Crews,
Waycross; her maternal grand
mother, Mrs. W. R. Lee, Way
cross, and a number of aunts and
uncles.
Baptist Will
Start Revival
Sun., Sept. 8
Revival services will begin at
the Nahunta Baptist Church Sun
day, Sept. 8, it is announced by
the pastor, Rev. Cecil F. Thomas.
Rev. Clyde P. Jones, pastor of
the Folkston Baptist Church, will
be the guest preacher and will
bring the messages twice daily,
at nine in the morning and at
eight at night.
The song service will be in
charge of the local church choir,
with the children also taking part
in the singing, the pastor an
nounces.
The church and its pastor ex
tend a welcome to all the people
in this section who will come to
the services.
2 Men Hurt
When Auto
Overturns
Two men were injured and a
third badly shaken up when their
car overturned twice on “Dead
Man’s” curve at the eastern limits
of Nahunta Wednesday night.
The driver of the car, Roger E.
Sowder of Waycross, suffered
lacerations and bruises. Ralph
Carpenter, also of Waycross, suf
fered chest injuries. .
Lamar Gibson, the third man
in the car was not seriously in
jured according to Guy Cham
bless who took the other two men
to a Waycross hospital.
The cause of the accident was
unknown at time of going to
press. The accident occurred on
the same curve, at the eastern
limits of Nahunta, where three
other serious accident have hap
pened in the last several years.
One Nahunta man, Butler Gra
ham, was killed when his car
went out of control on this curve.
Farmers Gain
By Soil Bank
Dykes States
Farmers who put land in the
Soil Bank’s Acreage Reserve pro
gram stand to benefit in more
than one way. Mr. George Dykes,
Chairman of Brantley County
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Committee, pointed
out today.
Mr. Dykes said that many farm
ers, with recent experiences with
such hazards as drought, hail,
and flood in mind, will have a
special interest in a secondary
but very important income-pro
tection advantage of the program.
He explained that farmers who
put acreage in reserve are guar
anteed substantial income for this
land even if later on natural dis
aster hits their farms. Other
farmers with limited financial re
serves or with debts are finding
this over-all income insurance an
important protection while it is
available.
Despite these side benefits, Mr.
Dykes emphasized, the main pur
pose of the Acreage Reserve is
to help cut down the surpluses
of farm products that are de
pressing the producers’ market
prices for agricultural products.
Kelly Shows
Benefits of
School Band
By MELBURN B. KELLY
When I was asked to do this
series of articles on our band
program, I was quite intrigued
over the idea. Perhaps this is the
medium by which a great deal
of interest can be inspired in the
community, which, needless to
say, is very essential to a pro
gram of any kind whether it be
band, physical education or any
other school endeavor.
First of all I wish to express
my gratitude concerning the tre
mendous reception which you,
the people of Nahunta, have giv
en me since my arrival. You
have been magnificent.
Before I begin to discuss our
band and it’s expectations I shall
summarize briefly how our bands
in American schools have come
into their own as institutions.
At the turn of the century mu
sic was placed with the category
of fads and frills in our educa
tional systems. However a few
people were foresighted enough
to recognize that music would,
with the proper environment, de
velop from the weak embryonic
stage, in which it had been sub
dued, into the benevolent giant
which fosters the good will and
fellowship of boys and girls
throughout our nation. These peo
ple organized a club which was
later to become the Music Edu
cator’s National Conference about
the year 1932. To these people
we owe a debt of gratitude for
making possible so many enrich
ing musical experiencies for so
many youngsters. Thus was the
beginning of public school music
as we know it today, out of which
grew the school bands.
Until the past decade practical
ly all school bands were in the
North and West. The coming of
football to our schools in the
South paved the way for our
bands. A football game, most
people seem to think just isn’t
a football game without the tra
ditional half time show put on
by the band.
As for our tentative plans for
the Nahunta High School band
we hope to give, on some occa
sions, open air concerts, indoor
concerts and perhaps have a pep
band for basketball games. Os
course we can’t expect miracles.
It will take time but perhaps
not as long as one might think.
H. B. Goolsby, engineer, Agri
cultural Extension Service, ad
vises locating entrances to fields
and farm yards so that good visi
bility is assured operators of
farm machinery and motor ve
hicles.
Mother and Daughter
Are Injured
In Auto Accident
A mother and her daughter
were injured when their jeep sta
tion wagon overturned on U. S.
Route 301 about two miles north
of Nahunta Saturday, Aug. 24,
according to Guy Chambless
whose ambulance carried the in
jured women to a Jesup hospital.
The women were Mrs. F. E.
Blodgett and her 15-year-old
daughter of Jupiter, Fla. An un
identified car attempted to pass
without proper clearance and
Mrs. Blodgett had to take the
ditch in order to avoid a head-on
collision, according to Mr. Cham
bless. The jeep station wagon
then overturned.
Mrs. Blodgett suffered fractur
ed ribs and her daughter suffer
ed a sprained hand.
3 Men Accused
In Boat Theft,
2 Are Arrested
Recovery of four rowboats stol
en at Twin Rivers in June, 1956,
and the arrest of two young men
for the theft has been effected
by Brantley County sheriff J.
Walter Crews, assisted by GBI
agent John L. Wolfe.
The two men arrested and ac
cused of the boat theft are Joe
Robinson of Charlton County and
Harold Wade of Bacon County.
A warrant has been issued for a
third man in the case but he had
not been apprehended up to
Thursday noon.
The two men were lodged in
the Brantley County jail until
they can make bail of SIOOO each.
They have confessed to the theft
of the boats, according to sheriff
Crews.
The four rowboats were stolen
in June of 1956, the sheriff stat
ed. Two of the boats were re
covered recently at Hilliard, Fla.,
one at Alma, Ga.
County Schools
To Open
Next Monday
Brantley County schools will
begin classes next Monday, with
registration of pupils beginning
Thursday. Aug. 29, it is an
nounced by superintendent Hers
chel Herrin.
The pre-planning week began
lasi Monday, with a full corps
of teachers for the various schools
of the county.
C. B. Littlefield is the new
principal of the Hoboken High
School. Thomas H. Edwards is
the new principal of Nahunta
High School.
Principals of the elementary
schools are as follows: Hortense,
W. R. (Bobby) Strickland; Na
hunta, Mrs. Lois Williams. Mrs.
Bertha Jacobs is visiting teacher
and Mrs. Edna Adams is instruc
tional supervisor.
Athletics coaches are: Hoboken,
Dudley Spell; Nahunta, Harold
L. Scott. Music teachers are: Ho
boken, Vera Griffin; Nahunta,
Eldred Mann.
BUS DRIVERS
Brantley County’s school bus
drivers have started their rounds
hauling pupils to the various
schools, the first trips being made
Thursday, Aug. 29.
Schools and names of bus driv
ers, as announced by superin
tendent Herschel Herrin are as
follows:
Hoboken:
R. T. Lee, Floyd Lee, Jesse
Moore, Eaustic Griffifi, Clifford
Easterling, Lester Gunter, Melvie
Howell and Percy Aldridge.
Hortense:
Charlie Anderson, Charlie Da
vis and Edwin Strickland.
Nahunta:
Harrell Strickland, Joe Mc-
Donald, Emory Morgan, Ray De-
Pratter, Hoke Highsmith, Ralph
Herrin, Joe H. Herrin, Bill Thrift,
Arris Johnson, Charlie Higgin
botham, and Elisha Little.
Colored;
Mitchel Life and William Eas
ton.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Brantley County Is Allotted
$377,740 for Operation of
Schools for thel9s7-58 Term
Personals
Brantley County sheriff J.
Walter Crews, chairman of coun
ty commissioners, R. Brown
Brooker, and his son, Wayne
Brooker, made a business trip to
Atlanta Monday and returned
Tuesday. Wayne Brooker will en
ter Georgia Tech in September.
* • *
The new home of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas H. Edwards has been
completed and the family moved
into it on Saturday of last week.
The home is asbestos siding with
three bed rooms, dining room,
kitchen, enclosed porch and liv
ing room. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards
moved here from Woodbine. Mr.
Edwards is principal of Nahunta
school. They have two children,
Stevie and Phylis.
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Herrin en
tertained with a birthday dinner
honoring their son, Don Herrin
and their son-in-law, Charles
Johnson, of Fernandina Beach on
Sunday, Aug. 25. Present were
Mrs. Winton Johns and Gail; Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Brand and chil
dren; Mrs’. B. F. White, Clayton
Carter, Mrs. Charles Johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. James White and chil
dren and Claude Johns.
Mr. and Mrs. Ebb Morgan
have returned from Tampa, Fla.
where they spent last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Brooker Morgan.
Mrs. Harvey Lewis entered a
hospital in Augusta, Ga. on Fri
day of last week, where she is
a patient.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Cunard
and daughter, Chris, of Atlanta
spent Thursday night of last
week with Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Broome. They left Friday for
Sarasota to spend a few days.
Miss Mary Ann Goodner of At
lanta is spending this week at
home with her mother, Mrs. T. S-
Goodner.
Waynesville
Mrs. Robert Lanier and son,
Eldon of Tampa, Fla. have been
visiting friends over the week
end.
* • •
Mrs. Raiford Pierce and Mrs.
Ruby Highsmith of Brunswick
visited their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. O. Keene on Saturday.
Mrs. Julia Gibson spent several
days in Savannah visiting Mrs.
Emma Pierce.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Stutts of
Miami were guests of her broth
er, Mr. B. A. Lightsey and Mrs
Lightsey over the week end. Mrs.
Janie Reddish returned to Miami
with them for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kaney
of Fernandina visited his sister,
Mrs. F. W. Gibson on Sunday.
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 85 66 0.03
Friday 83 67 0.00
Saturday 81 63 0.00
Sunday 89 56 0.00
Monday 91 63 0.00
Tuesday 91 66 0.00
Wednesday 89 71 0.04
Total rainfall from Jan. 1 thru
Aug. 28, 1957.
January 0.62
February 2.17
March 6.01
April 4.35
May 7.71
June 8.02
July 8.07
August 2.78
Total rainfall 39.73
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News
The allotment of funds by the
State Department of Education
to Brantley County schools for
the coming 1957-58 term has been
announced by Claude Purcell,
fiscal officer for the department.
Allotments for various school
expenses for Brantley County are
as follows:
Teachers for white elementary
schools 40, for white high schools
25, total white teachers 65.
Teachers for Negro elementary
schools 5, for high schools 1, to
tal 6.
Estimated average teacher’s sal
ary $2,963.
Total amount for salaries $210,-
373.
Current operating expenses and
sick leave $29,678.
Pupil transportation $61,966.
School building allotments $34,-
100.
Equalization fund allotments
$19,859.
For local administrative and
supervisory expenses $15,089.
Allotments for textbooks,
school libraries and audio-visual
aids $6,675.
Total Foundation Program re
quirements $377,740.
Paid by local school system
$24,315.
Paid by state $353,425.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Overstreet
of Waycross announce the birth
of a son born Monday, Aug. 12,
in a Waycross hospital. He weigh
ed eight pounds eleven ounces
and has been named John Wal
lace, Jr. Mrs. Overstreet is the
former Miss Vera Manning,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
D. Manning.
Royal Theater
Program
All Pictures in Cinemascope or
wide screen.
Show time: 8 P.M. week days;
On Saturday two shows,
7 P.M. and 8:30 P.M.
Sunday 3:30 P.M. only.
Closed on Tuesday.
Admission adults, .45;
children .20
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
AUGUST 30 - 31
“Three Violent
People”
With ANNE BAXTER
and GILBERT ROLAND
In Vistavision
SUNDAY & MONDAY
SEPTEMBER 1-2
“HOLLYWOOD
OR BUST”
With DEAN MARTIN
and JERRY LEWIS
IN TECHNICOLOR
CLOSED ON TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 4-5
“THE
RAINMAKER”
With BURT LANCASTER
and KATHERINE HEPBURN
IN TECHNICOLOR
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 6-7
“WHITE
FEATHER”
With ROBERT WAGNER
and DEBRA PAGET
CinamaScope & Color
