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Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Sept 19, 1957
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By FULTON LOVELL
Director, Georgia Game and Fish Commission
FEARLESS FISHERMEN BEAT HEAT
WITH NEW IDEA — FLOAT FISHING
BY the time August runs out of time and turns into Sep
tember most fishermen are satisfied to find a cool spot,
not to mention a spot cool enough to fish.
Now, though they have come up with
a method of fishing that affords both cool
ness and fish. It’s called “float fishing,”
and it has paid off handsomely for those
who dared to ride the raging currents of
Georgia’s rivers on an inner-tube.
That’s right an inner-tube. A large
inner-tube. An inner-tube large
enough to support one, maybe two
fishermen.
When I was a boy, we used to sit
on small inner-tubes and fish in the
lake. Now, with the help of canvas,
Fulton Lovell
some rope and a bucket seat, fishermen ride over even
strong currents in style.
Floats are easy to make. Cover a large truck or cater
pillar tube with canvas, join the ends together with strong
thread, mount the bucket seat with ropes and you’re ready
for some fun.
Next step is to put it in a river—any river—get in the
seat and relax for an afternoon of bass or trout fishing in
air-conditioned comfort.
Most float fishermen prefer to glide downstream,
casting from side to side. Others make an anchor of
an old disc harrow and drop it when they wish to stop
in a hole. Either way, results have been astounding.
Fishermen along the Chattahoochee, Chattooga and
Toccoa rivers bring in large rainbow and brown trout and
quite a few largemouth and Coosa bass by getting in spots
anglers can’t reach from the bank.
"Coosa" Fishing Pleasant, Too
Although even they admit their idea is not as original
as that of float fishermen, “Coosa” fishermen keep cool by
employing, not a new, but a novel method of fishing.
This band of adventurers got their name from the bass
for which they fish, Coosa bass.
Coosa bass resemble black bass in appearance, ex
cept that it has has a red line around its eyes. From
this comes another name, the Kentucky Redeye, the
name given the Coosa in some parts. How Kentucky
into the name, we’ll never know. Except that the fish,
not common to all parts of the country, may be found
in Kentucky. It’s also found in Georgia and certain
parts of Tennessee and Alabama.
Coosa fishermen are fearless. When they get to the
river, they peel off unnecessary equipment put on an old
pair of shoes and step into the water, wading up and down
the stream and casting from side to side.
True bass fishermen never turn from largemouth
Junkers in large lakes or even private ponds. Yet, many
of them either float fish or wade during the hottest part
of the summer to beat the heat
It’s a cinch that the angler responsible for float fishing
and wading a swift river deserves a slap on the back for
his ingenuity. It is not only a clever way to get at the fish,
but also an unbeatable approach to keep cool while doing it
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BRUCELLOSIS ERADCIATION—ATLANTA, Aug. 12—Twelve Georgia counties are now
certified as free of brucellosis disease and testing is underway in 68 additional counties accord
ing to Commissioner of Agriculture Phil Campbell. A number of those counties in which
testing is underway are nearing completion of their testing programs and will be certified soon.
The blacked out counties shown above are those certified as brucellosis free while the shaded
counties are those in which area testing is underway.
prise without sending payment
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Former Brantley County Man
Retires After 46 Years of
Service with ACL Railroad
By DAN GIBSON
In The Albany Herald
When the Seminole Limited
rolled into the Albany Terminal
Station Friday at noon, it was
the end of the run and the end
of a railroading career for Cary
M. Courson, veteran Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad conductor.
Capt. Courson, who started with
the ACL nearly 46 years ago,
was 70 years old Aug. 9, railroad
records show, and under the
Railroad Retirement Act his re
tirement became mandatory at
the end of the month. If he had
gone out on train 17 Saturday
afternoon, he would have been
working beyond the mandatory
retirement date when he return
ed on train 18 Sunday. Hence,
the run Friday wrapped it up
permanently for the veteran rail
roader.
The end of his railroading was
marked by no regrets. Mr. Cour
son said he is looking forward
to his retirement with pleasure.
“It will give me the opportunity
to catch up on my fishing, and
for my wife and me to do same
traveling and visiting.” He owns
two fishing camps, one on the
Satilla River and the other near
salt water at Brunswick.
Mr. and Mrs. Courson will
continue to live in Albany at
their home at 1006 N. Davis St.,
the veteran railroadman said.
“We have lots of friends here in
Albany and I wouldn’t think of
living anywhere else.”
Mr. Courson started his career
with the Coast Line and never
worked for any other railroad.
His first job was that of an ex
tra flagman, which he started on
Nov. 1, 1911, and became a re
gular flagman in February of
the next year. He was promoted
to conductor in 1918 and his
first run was on a local freight
between Way cross and Bruns
wick. Although he has operated
both freight and passenger trains,
the Coast Line veteran told a
Herald reporter that his prefer
ence is a freight train. “There
is lots of responsibility to handl
ing a passenger train and thou
sands of passengers throughout
the year, as I did when people
traveled more by train than they
do now,” Capt. Courson said.
“And you have all knids of peo
ple on a train—some tough, some
dumb, but .most of them are
nice.”
No Serious Accident
The retiring conductor said that
in all of his career he had never
had a serious incident on any
train in his charge — no shoot
ing up of the train, such as some
conductors in the old days en
countered, nor any really serious
trouble with drunks.
Known as being popular with
the passengers he transported,
Capt. Courson was asked to what
he attributed his popularity. His
reply was “friendship, courtesy
and cooperation.”
Mr. Courson has handled many
trains of different types. The
largest passenger train in his
charge was the City of Miami,
a streamliner from Chicago to
Miami that he had charge of be
tween Albany and Jacksonville.
This train often carried as many
as seventeen coaches and 500 pas
sengers when he was on the run
from here to Jacksonville, he
said. He has also been conductor
in local passenger trains in “the
good old days” when there was
double-daily, local passenger ser
vice between Albany and Way
cross. Seats often were complete
ly filled on the runs and some
passengers were left standing.
Today there is no local passenger
service between Albany and
Way cross.
Mr. Courson was born at Lul
aton, located in a portion of
Wayne County that later became
part of a new county of Brantley.
It was there that he married Miss
Minnie Rogers on March 16, 1913.
They established a home in Al
bany at the time and have lived
here continuously since.
Increase in
Soil Testing
Is Sought
Too many Georgia farmers who
rely on the gas gauge on their
farm trucks to tell them when
the trucks need refueling aie
neglecting the gauge that meas
ures the fertility of their soil, ac
cording to agronomists of the
Agricultural Extension Service.
University of Georgia College of
Agriculture. This “fertility
gauge” is the soil test which gives
the danger signal when the fer
tility level of a field drops low.
“Despite the importance of soil
testing — the very foundation of
a good fertility program — many
farmers are not taking advantage
of free facilities for having their
soils tested,” Agronomists Jim
Bergeaux and Ralph Wehunt de
clared.
They reported that in 1956 only
21,213 soil samples were analyzed
by the soil testing stations in
Georgia which can handle be
tween 75 to 100 thousand soil
samples annually, provided they
are distributed evenly through
out the year. The soil samples
handled in 1956 represent only
five percent of the farms in the
state, Bergeaux and Wehunt said.
To stimulate more interest in
soil testing the Extension Serv
ice is launching a soil testing
award program which will rec
ognize county agents who conduct
outstanding soil testing programs.
Charles O’Kelley, Extension agri
cultural leader, said that county
agents who qualify will be pre
sented certificates at a recogni
tion dinner.
The soil testing award program,
through county agents, will also
commend local organizations such
as civic, community and 4-H
clubs, banks, fertilizer and seed
dealers, and farmers who encour
age and promote soil testing in
their county. Three commercial
firms — Southern Nitrogen Com
pany, Georgia Lime Rock Com
pany and W’illingham-Little Lime
Company — are providing funds
for conducting the wards pro
gram.
Wehunt and Bergeaux pointed
out that soil testing is an import
ant farm practice because it tells
the present fertility state of a
farm in a concrete, scientific and
understandable way. It also rec
ommends the amounts of lime
and fertilizer needed to produce
high economical per-acre yields.
The average home has only 15
bulbs or tubes. The light-condi
tioned home has about 70. This
information is from engineers at
the Agricultural Extension Serv
ice.
SCHOOL'S
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POSTII CONTUT
Personals
Frank McNulty of Dawson,
Ga., was a visitor in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Chambless
of Nahunta last Wednesday
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Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Ham re
turned on Sunday from Law
renceville, Ga., where they spent
a few days and attended the
wedding of their grandson, Rap
hael Graves. Mrs. C. P. Johnson
of Hilliard, Fla., accompanied
them.
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Mr. and Mrs. Elmer K. Ham
and son, Kenneth of Jesup, spent
Monday and Monday night with
Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Ham and
Mr. and and Mrs. M. L. Ander
son.
Mrs. James Stewart and new
baby girl, Sue Allen, will return
to their home in Brunswick on
Thursday after spending a week
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Chancey.
The WSCS will meet on Wed
nesday night, September 25, at
7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs.
R. H. Schmitt. Mrs. Lewis will
have charge of the program.
♦ * ♦
The Nahunta Garden Club will
meet at the home of Mrs. E. A.
Moody on Tuesday afternoon, at
4:00 p.m. Mrs. J. B. Lewis and
Mrs. Grace Wakeley will be co
hostesses.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Fais and
son Timmie of Columbia, Penna.,
visited Mr. Fais mother, Mrs.
Willie Pearl Fais of Nahunta last
week. They returned home Sat
urday.
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Mr. and Mrs. James Harris
and children of Mcßae and Mr.
and Mrs. Conrad Rogers of Dar
ien spent the weekend with Mrs.
G .C. Rogers who has been ill.
Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Nora Lee
made the return trip with Mr.
and Mrs. Harris and will spend
some time there. The children
wish to thank every one who
was so thoughtful of their mo
ther during her illness.
♦ ♦ a
Mr. and Mrs. Cary M. Courson
are visiting relatives in Lulaton
and Nahunta this week.
Insects are found in a greater
variety of places and surround
ings than any other class of land
animals on earth, according to
Dr. C. R. Jordan, entomologist,
Agricultural Extension Service.
TAX BOOKS
NOW OPEN
Dear Friends:
The 1957 County Tax Books are now open. If
anyone wishes to pay their 1957 taxes now, we are
ready to receive the payments.
All delinquent taxpayers will please come in and
see about your back taxes as the County needs the
money. The longer the fifas stay here the more it runs
into extra money and costs to you. So, please come
in and take care of back taxes.
Those of you who have a back tax on your car or
truck will have to have these paid by Jan. 1, 1958, in
order to be able to get a tag.
Please don’t wait until the last minute to pay
these as you will have to have your tax receipt before
you get your tag.
So, please come in and get these at once.
JOHN M. WILSON
TAX CCILECTOR OF BRANTLEY COUNTY
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WATER PUMP FOR SALE
Water pump for sale, used a
bout four months, 30-gallon tank,
priced reasonable. J. K. Harris,
Nahunta, Ga. 10|3
FOR SALE — Used Rotary Cut
ter for Super A Farmall Trac
tor. Blackshear Tractor & Im
plement Co. ts
FOR SALE — Used Tractors —
Fords, Fergusons, Allis-Chalmers,
Super A Farmalls. Blackshear
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Phone 177-J, Douglas, Ga. 9 26
FOR SALE — Used 7-foot rear
mower for Super A Farmall
tractor. Blackshear Tractor &
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A small advertisement in The
Brantley Enterprise will be read
like news. One time 75 cents,
three times $2.00.
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By Guy Chambless
“IF YOU THINK YOU’LL LOSE, YOU’VE LOST . . . FOR OUT
IN THE WORLD YOU’LL FIND . . . SUCCESS BEGINS WITH
A FELLOW’S WILL . . . IT’S ALL IN THE STATE OF MIND”
It’s surprising how most of us can, on occasion, conjure up
worries, doubts, indecisions, and fears in our minds. Sometimes
our state of mind is such that these worries are cultivated into
full-blown complexes which dull our ability to handle problems
with the confidence necessary for success.
Some people have the happy faculty of being able to condition
their minds to concerning their thoughts more with the ways
and means of best solving a problem or hurdling an obstacle,
rather than with vague, uneasy thoughts of impending defeat.
This is the healthy state of .mind which provides impetus to
the will to succeed.
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