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VOLUME 37 — NUMBER 42
Sweeping the Country
Mclntosh county’s troubles
SHOWS IMPORTANCE OF AUDITS
The financial troubles of Mclntosh County show the
importance of having a county’s books audited every
year. The people of Mclntosh County are very much up
set because they find their county more than $300,000 in
debt and their county business in a mess.
Here in Brantley County the commissioners have
been having the county’s books audited annually and the
statement of county finances published in the county
newspaper.
In this way the county officials are doing all possible
to keep the affairs of the county straight and also pub
lishing the facts to let the people know about their
public business.
If any county drifts for years without a competent
audit, it will eventually find itself in serious trouble. The
same holds true of city affairs.
As things stand in Mclntosh County the chairman
of the commissioners was indicted, also the clerk of the
commissioners. And the people of that county have a long
hard struggle meeting the county’s financial obligations
and restoring good government to the people.
ZACK CRAVEY IS TAKEN
UP ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP
Somebody must have taken Zack Cravey up on the
mountain top and showed him the power and the glory
of being governor of Georgia, because he is now talking
very much like he will be a candidate for governor next
year.
The Griffin forces seem to have dispaired of getting
Roger Lawson’s campaign off the ground and may be
turning ij desperation to the artful Zack, hoping he can
pull the gubernatorial rabbit out of the hat for them.
Well, three years ago Tim Linder was deftly removed
from his job as agricultural commissioner by being in
duced to run for governor. It is entirely possible that
Zack Cravey may be induced to have similar skids put
under him to remove him from his present post as comp
troller.
Such a move would not be intentional on the part
as-the Griffin forces but would' Lave the same practical
effect in the final result, that is, no state job at all for
Mr. Cravey.
FEDERAL ROUTE 84 IS A
TORTUOUS ROAD TO DRIVE ON
If you want to reduce weight without dieting and
without taking any medicine, then just drive for a few
miles on federal Route 84 between Waycross and Bruns
wick, down through Hoboken, Nahunta, Atkinson,
Waynesville and on to Route 17.
This road is a torture to drive on. It is a real lesson
on how rough a through route can be made if the road
people really have a try at it.
The part of Route 84 from Nahunta to Waycross is
covered with big rocks and your car tires hit the tops of
the rocks like a shy jumper hopping from one peak to
another.
It usually takes two sets of tires to last from Na
hunta to Waycross, as the big rocks swiftly grind your
tires to rags of rubber and fabric. It‘s mighty good on
the tire dealers though, as their tire sales are multiplied.
Route 84 from Nahunta to Route 17 toward Bruns
wick is rather of the roller coaster type, up and down in
high hills and deep hollows, where your car soars and
swoops and careens, like a torpedoed ship.
This road has been in this condition for many genera
tions of governors and road administrations. We here
in Brantley County and adjacent sections would really
hate to give that road up, its terrible condition, that is,
because it reminds of of auld lang syne when the world
was young and we were mighty thankful for any kind
of road.
Anyway, if you are over-weight and really want
to reduce, try a trip to Waycross or to Brunswick over
Route 84. You’ll really feel thin and porely before you
reach your destination.
RUSSIANS TALKING TOUGH
ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST
The Russians are talking tough about what they will
do if Turkey attacks Syria in the Middle East. The United
States is talking back in the same tough tones, indicating
our nation will help Turkey if Russia attacks that nation.
The present situation is as if two big boys were
trying to bully one another. Then finally the fight begins
and one of them downs his opponent.
It seems probable that the Russians will keep crowd
ing us until the lid blows off. The Communists may be
lieve we are merely bluffing and they may go too far.
If an atomic war breaks out, it is taps for civilization
as we know it. The whole world will be the battlefield,
with civilians caught first in the mass slaughter.
All through history military dictators have had a
fever of ambition until they tried out all their opponents.
Dictatorship is a brain fever. It grows and grows on
the diseased mind until the dictator can tolerate no re
sistance from anyone. And then he must try out his le
gions, in the present case his atomic, hydrogen and cobalt
bombs.
The chances of avoiding world catastrophe seem to
do growing dimmer. This mad-house of a world seems
bent on self-destruction.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
By Carl Broome
Wantky JattaprtfiE
Forger Gets
Cash Haul
In Nahunta
A forger of checks has been
operating in Nahunta, according
to sheriff J. Walter Crews.
A man dressed in working
clothes passed forged checks at
three Nahunta stores last Satur
day, according to the sheriff.
One check for $37, with the
forged signature of Frank Dukes,
was passed at the Moody Bros.
Furniture Store, and another for
the same amount on the same
person at the Western Auto As
sociate Store. A third bad check
was passed for S4B at the J. W.
Brooker store.
The same bad check writer has
been operating in other towns in
this section, the sheriff stated.
“All business men should be
very careful in cashing checks
for strangers,” the sheriff warn
ed.
The usual way the bad check
writer works is to enter a store,
buy some item of .merchandise,
then offer a check for a much
larger sum than the purchase
price of the item.
A good rule for all business
men to follow is to refuse to cash
checks for strangers under any
circumstances.
The bad checks passed at Na
hunta were on the local bank
but the bank recognized the
checks as forgeries and did not
pay them. The loss on a forged
check is on the one who accepts
the check and cashes it, unless
recovery can somehow be made
from the forger, which is very
rare.
5 Accused of
Game Laws
Violation
Cases were made against five
men charged with violating state
game laws the past weekend, ac
cording to Ranger A. M. Rowell.
Ranger Rowell and his deputy
Bob Rowell arrested Woodrow
Pierce Sunday, Oct. 13, charging
him with killing a deer out of
season. The slain deer was given
to Boys Estate at Brunswick, ac
cording to Ranger Rowell. The
arrest was made near Kings Bay
south of Atkinson.
The two Rangers arrested four
men Friday, Oct. 11, charging
them with illegal hunting. They
were Joseph Hickox, Jesse Hic
kox, Lawton Hickox and John
H. Sapp of R.F.D. Hoboken.
They were arrested on lands
known as the “Zuder Tract”
north of Hoboken, according to
Ranger Rowell.
BIGGEST TIMES EDlTlON— Editors Lee Broome and Dean Broome of The Black
shear Times are shown with 6,500 copies of last week’s 48-page special issue of
the newspaper in connection with The Brantley Company’s 100th Anniversary
celebration. The special edition went to subscribers and boxholders in Pierce and
surrounding counties. (Hendry Studio photo.)
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Oct. 17, 1957
Mrs. Cora Hendricks
Funeral Services
Held Tuesday
Mrs. Cora Bell Hiott Hendricks,
39, of Nahunta, passed away
Sunday night at Memorial Hos
pital in Waycross after a short
illness.
Mrs. Hendrix was born in
Ware county on May 15, 1918,
the daughter of Mrs. Nora Mat
thews Hiott and the late Andrew
Hiott. She received her educa
tion in the schools of Ware
county.
Survivors include her husband,
Mr. A. S. Hendricks of Nahunta;
her mother, Mrs. Nora Hiott of
Waycross; five daughters, Misses
Mae, Noralee, Louise, Jacklyn,
and Earline Hendricks, all of
Nahunta; five sons, Jackie, Ad
ams, Earl Edgar, Charles, and
Edward Hendricks, all of Na
hunta; two sisters, Mrs. W. M.
Fullard of Waycross and Mrs.
Cecil Teston of Homerville; sev
en brothers, Mr. Earl, Payte,
Clyde, Vernon, Newt, Ambrose,
and Edward Hiott, all of Way
cross.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 3:30 o’clock
from the White Hall Free Will
Baptist Church in Waycross,
with Rev. Fred Jones officiating.
Interment followed in Greenlawn
Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers w*ere
Messrs. Willis McCray, Hamp
Howell, Johnny Taylor, Sid La
nier, Ever Rouse, and Russell
Crews.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of
arrangements.
Senior 4-H Club
Meeting Plans
County Council ,
The Nahunta Senior 4-H Club
met at the high school cafeteria
Tuesday, Oct. 15, with leaders
Mr. George Loyd and Miss Sara
Simpson in charge of the meet
ing.
County agent Loyd told about
the duties and purposes of 4-H
Club advisors. The club elected
Mrs. Woodrow Hendrix and Mrs.
Bill White as women advisors.
The men elected were Mr. Neil
Hendrix and Mr. Horace Jacobs.
Lana Hendrix, president of the
club, presided. She appointed a
program committee as follows:
Bobby Allen, Edward Davis,
Wanda Gail Herrin and Ann
Henderson.
Plans were made to organize
a county 4-H club council. The
meeting was adjourned by mem
bers repeating the 4-H Club
pledge.
Wayne White, reporter.
Mr. and Mrs. Clair Pickren of
Brunswick announce the birth of
a daughter on October 8, weigh
ing eight pounds six ounces. She
has been named Deidre Lois.
Mrs. Pickren is the former Miss
Lois Rowell of Hortense.
Committeemen
For ASC Are
Elected
Election returns from Brant
ley County’s five agricultural
communities have been tabulated
and approved by the County E
lection Tabulation Board, Mr.
George Dykes, chairman of the
Brantley County ASC committee
announced.
The following were elected to
serve on the ASC Community
Committees for the following
year:
Hickox community: Louis
Thrift, chairman reelected; Ma
jor Riggins, vice chairman, re
elected, Bo Batten, regular mem
ber, Fred Lewis, first alternate,
M. M. Manor, second alternate.
Hoboken community: L. E.
Dickerson, chairman reelected;
J. H. Altman, vice chairman re
elected; Rober Hunter, regular
member; H. L. Jacobs, first al
ternate; Eustis Griffin, second
alternate.
Hortense community, J. W.
Eldridge, chairman reelected; E.
B. Campbell, vice-chairman, re
elected; J. G. Moody, regular
member; J. H. Lanier, first alter
nate; Roy Harper, second alter
nate.
Nahunta community, S. B.
Highsmith, chairman, re-elected;
Milton Morgan, vice-chairman,
George Steedley, regular mem
ber; H. A. Strickland, first alter
nate; N. M. Herrin, second alter
nate re-elected.
Schlatterville community, Owen
Shuman, chairman, R. F. Hagin,
vice-chairman re-elected, Donald
Shuman, regular .member; R. J.
Douglas, first alternate, re-elect
ed; Earnest Thrift, second alter
nate.
The chairmen of the commit
tees will serve as delegates to
the County Convention to be
held October 24 to elect a county
ASC committee chairman, vice
chairman, a third member and
two alternates. Both community
and county committeemen will
take office on November 1.
Bucky Bohannon
Injured When
Tire Explodes
Bucky Bohannon, 18-year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Elton Boha
nnon, was injured when a large
truck tire blew out and part of
the rim flew off and hit him at
the Wilson Garage Tuesday aft
ernoon.
He was carried to a Waycross
hospital where his injuries were
found not to be as serious as
first feared. The iron tire rim
struck him across his thighs and
body, inflicting painful injuries.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Gibson of
Brunswick announce the birth
of a son October 2. He has been
named Lloyd Douglas. Mrs. Gib
son is the former Miss Marjo
Burney of Waynesville.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Charles I. Rhoden
Funeral Services
Held Monday
Charles I. Rhoden, age 74, of
Lulaton, died Saturday night,
Oct. 12, in Memorial Hospital in
Waycross. Mr. Rhoden was a re
tired farmer, member of Lulaton
Baptist Church and the Masonic
Fraternity.
He was the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel R. Rhoden. He
is survived by his wife, the for
mer Miss Annie Hardy; three
Sons, George W. Rhoden of
Douglas and Eber J. Rhoden of
Lulaton; and Oliver C. Rhoden
of Portsmouth, Va.; one daugh
ter, Mrs. Mary Arnette, Palatka,
Fla.; three step children, Robert
R. Hardy, Car.micle, Calif., Clyde
Hardy, Lulaton, and Mrs. C. B.
Beam, Citrus Heights, Calif.
Funeral services were held
Monday morning at 11:00 o’clock
at Lulaton Baptist Church, Lula
ton, with interment in Spring
Hill Cemetery near Hoboken with
the Rev. Lester Edgy officiating.
Active pallbearers were mem
bers of the Masonic Order: Dan
Wainright, George Dykes, Alvin
Drury, Walter Crews, Wilder
Brooker and Ewell Herrin.
Honorary pallbearers were: J.
R. James, C. S. Kiser, Alvin
Stokes, Bob Drury, E. A. Hunter,
R. R. Kelly, Fred Dowling, Carl
Broome, Marion Robinson and
C. W. Easterling.
Mincy Funeral Home of Way
cross was in charge of arrange
ments.
Coon and Possum
Season Now Open
The season for hunting Opus
sum and Raccoon opens October
15. No bag limit.
The season for hunting deer
and wild turkey opens Novem
ber 1, and the bag limit is two
per season and the bag limit on
wild turkey is two per season.
Each deer and turkey killed must
be reported in writing to the
Georgia Game and Fish Com
mission.
A regulation passed by the
Game and Fish Commission on
February 13, 1957 requires that
“Evidence for purpose of deter
mining sex must be shown on
all deer while in possession of
the hunter”.
For any information concern
ing wildlife laws contact the
Georgia Game and Fish Commis
sion at 108 Darling Street, Way
cross, Ga., Phone No. 3872-J.
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 81 50 0.00
Friday 82 52 0.00
Saturday 0.00
Sunday 0.00
Monday 74 56 0.00
Tuesday 80 62 0.00
Wednesday 83 58 0.00
Personals
Visitors at the home of Mrs.
Alice Highsmith over the week
end were Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
Braddock, Chief James H. Hansen
of United States Navy and Mrs.
Hansen and daughter Gena all
of Jacksonville, and Mrs. Ella
Brown and daughter, Hariett and
Dora of Brunswick.
Guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John I. Lee on Sunday
were: Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Smith
and Reba; Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Johns of Brunswick; Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Batten and children of
Blackshear; Mr. and Mrs. Ward
H. Herrin and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Velera White of Jackson
ville; Mr. and Mrs. Allen Bar
nard, Mrs. Stella Herrin, Mar
nell Carter and Clarice Herrin
of Nahunta; Barbara and Linda
Hickox, Waycross; Block Johns,
Nahunta; Mrs. Nora Lee, Mcßae;
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Robinson,
Folkston.
* • •
Auvell Raulerson returned
home Monday after a few days
in a Waycross hospital suffering
from a heart attack. He is re
covering sufficiently to be up
again and at his place of busi
ness.
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Soil Bank
Contracts
Are Ready
The Brantley County Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conserva
tion office is now ready to make
contracts under the Soil Bank’s
1958 Conservation Reserve pro
gram, George Dykes, Chairman
Brantley ASC committee, an
nounced today. Chairman Dykes
said that the county ASC office
has on hand all the forms and
information necessary for mak
ing the Conservation Reserve
contracts with farmers in Brant
ley county.
There have been a number of
changes made in the 1958 pro
gram. Most of these changes,
Mr. Dykes pointed out, have for
their purpose greater encourage
ment of participation by whole
farm units and increased empha
sis on forestry and wildlife prac
tices. The basic elements of the
Conservation Reserve remain un
changed from last year. The pro
gram remains the long-time phase
of the Soil Bank program, under
which farmers contract to divert
general cropland to soil, water,
forestry, and wildlife conserva
tion uses.
The types of payment on di
verted acreage also remain the
same: (1) A cost sharing pay
ment (up to 80 percent) the year
the farmer applies the conser
vation measure; and (2) annual
per-acre rental payments each
year the land is under contract.
A Soil Bank “base” for the
farm under the Conservation Re
serve will be established by the
County ASC committee before
signing the contract. The “base”
for the farm is the average a
mount of land devoted to Soil
Bank base crops on the farm in
1956 and 1957.
Details of the program are a
vailable at the Brantley County
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation office.
Card of Thanks
We wish to take this means
to express our sincere apprecia
tion to everyone who was so
thoughtful and so helpful to us
during the long illness and at
the death of C. I. Rhoden.
Many neighbors and friends
came to assist us while he was
ill. We want to thank you for
the floral offerings and the
covered dishes at the time of his
death. And to thank the pall
bearers, and everyone for their
kindness and sympathy.
Mrs. C. I. Rhoden
and the family.
Royal Theater
Program
All Pictures in Cinemascope or
wide screen.
Show time: 7:30 P.M. week days;
On Saturday two shows,
7 P.M. and 8:30 P.M.
Sunday 3:30 P.M. only.
Admission adults, .45;
children .20
CLOSED MONDAY,
TUESDAY & FRIDAY
SATURDAY, OCT. 19
“THE LONE
RANGER”
With CLAYTON MOORE
and JAY SILVERHEELS
SUNDAY, OCT. 20
“LET’S BE
HAPPY”
With TONY MARTIN
and VERA ELLEN
THURSDAY & FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 23 - 24
“WORLD
WITHOUT END”
With HUGH MARLOWE
and NANCY GATES
