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Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Oct. 24, 1957
STILL THE FLOATS CAME— One of the most attractive units in
the parade was this float of the Blackshear Manufacturing Company,
one of the affiliate firms of The Brantley Company. On the “throne”
is a bag of Brantley’s Blackshear fertilizer. The lovely young ladies
are, left to right, Fiona Graham, Rose Anne Taylor, Linda Ann
Byrd and Sybil Raulerson.
THAT’S SSOO, BOY — Truman Bradley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Bradley, won the SSOO first prize in the
drawing. R. D. Thomas made presentation.
HEATERS
Duo-Therm Oil Heaters
Thermolaire Gas Heaters
GE-ARVIN-TOASTMASTER
Electric Heaters
GE Electric Blankets and
Heating Pads
Large Assortment of
Guns and Ammunition
MOODY BROS.
FURNITURE CO.
Phone 2-2185 Nahunta, Ga.
BEAUTIFUL GIRLS, TOO — Miss Susie
Carter, (right photo) daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Carter, added loveliness to
the float of The Blackshear Bank.
CLASSIFIED
ADS
CHICKEN SUPPER
AT HICKOX CHURCH
The Hickox Baptist Church
will hold a chicken supper Fri-
day, Nov. 1, beginning at five
in the afternoon until seven. The
proceeds will be for the benefit
of the church building fund.
Come and enjoy a good chicken
supper and help us with our
church building. 10’31
OIL HEATER FOR SALE
Oil heater and two 50-gallon
oil drums for sale at a bargain
price. Contact Tom Purdom,
phone 2-3328, Nahunta, Ga. 10)31
REFRIGERATION SERVICE
White Refrigeration Service,
offers service on all makes of
refrigeration both domestic and
commercial. White Refrigeration
Service, 801 I Street, phone 8137,
Brunswick, Ga. 11)14
SPECIAL 30-DAY OFFER
We will finish the iloor of any
size house for SIOO, including
labor and material, for the next
30 days. Offer subject to change
without notice. Phone Waycross
4337 . or 4605 collect. 117
PECANS WANTED
We will buy your pecans and
pay market prices. See or call
Mr. or Mrs. Turner Highsmith,
phone 2-3214, Nahunta, Ga. 117
CABINET WORK WANTED
See me for your cabinet work.
Will do wardrobes, base or wall
cabinets, end tables. Will put on
finish or leave unfinished. Can
do repair work for furniture.
See me for any wood work.
R. L. Hickey, Nahunta, Ga. 10 24
FOR SALE — Used 7-foot rear
mower for Super A Farmall
tractor. Blackshear Tractor &
Implement Co. ts
HOUSE FOR SALE
* New five-room shell type home
for sale. Includes one acre land.
Located one-half mile south of
Lulaton. Resume payments. Call
or see Modern Homes Construc
tion Co., Waycross, Georgia,
phone 5034. 10 31
FOR SALE — Used Tractors —
Fords, Fergusons, Allis-Chalmers,
Super A Farmalls. Blackshear
Tractor & Implement Co. ts
AGENTS WANTED
Want to make sls to $25 in a
day? Many are doing it. Pleasant
work for man or woman. No
experience needed. Spare or full
time. Will teach and finance you.
Write McNESS CO., P. O. Box
2766, DeSoto Station, Memphis,
Tenn. 10 24
FOR SALE — Used Rotary Cut
ter for Super A Farmall Trac
tor. Blackshear Tractor & Im
plement Co. ts
WOULD YOU BE INTEREST
ED IN MAKING $75.00 TO
SIOO.OO WEEKLY, OPERATING
YOUR OWN WATKINS BUSI
NESS IN BRANTLEY COUNTY?
FOR PARTICULARS, WRITE
THE J. R. WATKINS CO., 659
WEST PEACHTREE ST., N. E.,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA. 1024
(Photos by Hendry Studio)
Branson Gets
30 Years for
Fla. Slaying
FERNANDINA BEACH, FLA.
—Walter Franklin Branson, 19,
of Jacksonville, formerly of
Blackshear, was sentenced Mon
day to 30 years in the state pri
son after pleading guilty to sec
ond degree murder in the July
1 hitchhike slaying of Eddie Lee
Charlton, 47-year-old Jackson
ville salesman.
Sentence was passed by Judge
Charles A. Luckie in Nassau
County Circuit Court. The grand
jury had indicted Branson for
first degree murder.
Branson, who was absent with
out leave from the Patuxent Ri
ver, Md., Naval Base at the time
of the slaying, contended after
his arrest and at the trial Mon
day that he pointed a pistol at
Charlton because Charlton was
driving recklessly and would not
let him out of the car. He said
the pistol fired when Charlton
attempted to take it from him.
Charlton’s body was found on
a dirt road about three miles
south of Hilliard by two Hilliard
residents shortly after the slay
ing. Branson was returned to
Nassau County the same night
after surrendering to authorities
in Blackshear, Ga., where he
had previously lived.
Branson was one of 15 persons
who gave testimony during the
day-long hearing.
He said he decided on May 19
to leave the naval station. He
testified he worked for a few
days in Jesup and Blackshear,
hitchhiked west for five days
and then returned to Jacksonville
to visit with his mother, Mrs.
Claude Johnson.
He said on June 30, a Sunday,
he decided to retprn to Patuxent
River and give himself up. He
was visiting with an uncle, Mur
dock F. Jones, and said he no
ticed a .32 caliber pistol in a
dresser drawer. He said he took
the pistol and eight cartridges
from the drawer without his un
cle’s knowledge.
He testified his uncle took him
to Edgewood avenue and U. S.
Highway One Monday afternoon
where Charlton gave him a lift.
He said Charlton appeared drow
sy and the car drifted back ahd
forth across the highway, al
most running one car off the
road. After passing through Cal
laham, he said, Charlton almost
ran into a truck. He testified he
had asked Charlton to let him
out three times but Charlton re
fused telling him he would car
ry him as far as Atlanta.
He said he took the pistol from
his bag and pointed it at Charl
ton to scare him. He said Charl
ton turned off U. S. One onto a
dirt road and snatched at the
gun which went off.
Branson testified he dragged
Charlton from the car and placed
him alongside the road. He said
he was so frightened he qpuld
think of nothing but running so
he got in Charlton’s car and
drove to Blackshear where he
surrendered voluntarily to night
policeman M. W. Phillips.
Only one shot had been fired
from the pistol which was found
in Charlton’s car after Branson
surrendered.
Dr. B. F. Dickens of Fernan-
Dr. Charles H. Little
OPTOMETRIST
Isabella & Remshart Phone 5
WAYCROSS, GEORGIA
dina Beach, who performed an
autopsy, said there were two
wounds in the arm and one in
the chest. He said if only one
bullet was fired, Charlton appar
ently had extended his arm to
ward the pistol since the three
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By Guy Chambless
“THAT MAN WHO LIVES FOR SELF ALONE LIVES FOR
THE MEANEST MORTAL KNOWN ...”
The foregoing words by Joaquin Miller are a well-directed
stab at the self-centered element that thinks and acts solely
for self-aggrandizement.
It’s true, of course, that an ambition to improve one’s lot is
only natural. However, it is when ambition or the act of bring
ing desires to fulfillment assumes overwhelming personal signi
ficance that a treacherous personality is born. Greed, an in
ability to work in the community spirit and boorishness are but
a few of the by-products of the mortal who elects to live for
self alone.
Interest in those about us and willingness to lend a hand when
reward is not immediately foreseeable, are the marks of those
who choose not to succumb to the weakness of the “self alone”
attitude so adroitly exploded by Joaquin Miller.
CHAMBLESS FUNERAL HOME
NAHUNTA, GEORGIA
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There will be Full Coil suspension
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i wounds could not have been in
> flicted in any other manner.
i Dr. Dickens said he did not
; j run a blood test on Charlton to
-1 determine if he had been drink
- [ ing and did not detect a smell
; of alcohol during the autopsy.
Come in now for a peek
at the ’SB Chevrolet!
field, incredibly smooth air ride.
Chevrolet will introduce two new
luxury models of outstanding style
and distinction.
You’ll learn more at your Chevrolet
dealer’s. And you can see about an
early delivery that will make you a
’SB Chevrolet-Firster!
. . . there is no point in
squinting at a weak, sha
ky picture. For TV service
which will make your old
set perform with the best,
call on Johnnie’s TV Cen
ter, Nahunta, Ga., phone
2-3544.
DEALER OF WESTINGHOUSE
T.V. & APPLIANCES
PHONE 2-3544
NAHUNTA, GA.
