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VOLUME 37 — NUMBER 49
Journal-Herald Publisher
Jack Williams Dies at 78
Jack Williams Sr., 78, editor
and publisher of the Way cross
Journal-Herald for the past 42
years, died Monday night at his
home in Waycross after an ill
ness of several weeks.
One of Georgia’s most distin
guished and well-known news
papermen, Mr. Williams had
maintained active direction of his
newspaper and the affiliated ra
dio station WAYX until his re
cent illness.
In addition to being known for
his newspaper work, Mr. Wil
liams had distinguished himself
as a legislator, philantropist and
community leader.
Mr. Williams acquired the
Journal-Herald in 1915. He later
also published The Blackshear
Times from 1924 to 1926, the
Hogansville News from 1925 to
1926 and the LaGrange Reporter
from 1924 to 1927.
Both as publisher of The
Blackshear Times and in the
years since, Mr. Williams won
many friends in Blackshear and
Pierce county as well as in his
own community and he has a
host of friends throughout this
section who mourn his passing.
He was an elder and a mem
ber of the board of trustees of
the First Presbyterian Church of
Waycross and was active in af
fairs of the Savannah Presbytery.
The black bow tie which he
wore always distinguished the
Waycross publisher whereever he
went in the state. His wide circle
of friends and acquaintances in
cluded the late President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, Georgia gover
nors of the past decades and
numerous state and national re
ligious, political and civic leaders.
Mr. Williams served as presi
dent of the Georgia Press As
sociation in 1933. He was one of
the best loved figures in Georgia
newspaper work and his friends
in his own profession always
looked forward to seeing him
when newspaper groups gathered.
From 1937 to 1944 he represent
ed Ware county and the sth
Senatorial District in the General
Assembly. He was state senator
for two terms and a member of
The Charlton County Herald
Is For Vandiver for Governor
From The Charlton County Herald
EDITORIAL
The publishers of this newspaper have deliberated
a long time over a choice of candidates to support in next
year’s gubernatorial race in Georgia.
In our mind, the person to make this state the best
Governor should fit these qualifications:
1. He should be a strong supporter of segregation
and our Southern way,, of life.
2. He should be a man of unquestioner honesty and
integrity.
3. He should favor the county unit system.
4. He should believe in economy in State govern
ment.
5. He should have enough experience in public of
fice to be able to handle the duties of Governor with
dispatch and efficiency.
There are other qualifications, of course, which are
desirable in the ideal Governor, but those five listed above
are primary, it seems to us.
In analyzing the potential candidates, we come to
the inescapable conclusion that the man best fitted to
guide our State government for the four years beginning
in January 1959, is Lieutenant-Governor Ernest Vandiver.
Mr. Vandiver believes in segregation just as strongly
as Herman Talmadge and Richard B. Russell.
Mr. Vandiver has proven by every act of his official
and private life that he is an honest man, with the greatest
integrity. We have found no blemish of any nature on his
character.
Mr. Vandiver comes from a small county himself, and,
naturally favors the county unit system. He has so declar
ed himself in speech after speech.
During his service as State Adjutant-General and as
Lieutenant-Governor Mr. Vandiver has constantly striven
for economy in government and has sought to save the
taxpayers money in every possible way.
Mr. Vandiver’s experience includes four years as
Adjutant-General, his present 4-year term in the State’s
second highest office, and services on many committees
dealing with State affairs. In addition, he served as Mayor
of his home town of Lavonia. He has been involved in
Georgia’s political affairs since college days, and there
are few men in the State who know more about the various
ramifications of government and political affairs than
Vandiver.
Considering all of these factors, there seems little
question but what Ernest Vandiver would make Georgia
an excellent Governor.
This newspaper hereby declares itself for Mr. Van
diver and urges the voters of this county to support him
overwhelmingly at the polls in 1958.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
the House of Representatives at
other times during this period.
While a member of the legis
lature in 1939, he introduced and
obtained passage of a liberal libel
law which became a model law
for several other states.
Survivors of the Waycross edi
tor include his wife, the former
Ethel Woodward of Martin,
Tenn.; a son, Jack Williams Jr.;
three daughters, Mrs. Charles
Mayo, Waycross, Mrs. William D.
Jemison Jr., Memphis, Tenn., and
Mrs. Julian H. Lines, New York
City; and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services were to be
held at 4 o’clock Wednesday af
ternoon at the First Presbyterian
Church in Waycross with the
pastor, Dr. H. Dockery Brown,
officiating. Burial was to be in
Oakland cemetery.
Nahunta High School
To Offer Course
In Trigonometry
With the launching of the
Sputniks by the Russians and the
development of the Jupiter, Thor,
and other satilites and rockets by
the United States, there is an
increasing demand for rpore
scientists, engineers, and mathe
maticians to help with the deve
lopment of these projects.
To help meet these demands
the high school students need
more mathematics to enable
them to meet the qualifications
for college enrollment. The stu
dents of Nahunta High School
have an opportunity to take two
years of algebra, plane geome
try, and general mathematics.
This year a course in trigenome
try has been introduced into the
curriculum for students who plan
to attend college and become en
gineers and mathematicians.
It is hoped that more students
will become interested in being
engineers and mathematicians
and there will be an increased
demand for more and higher
mathematics in Nahunta.
By John L. Merritt
Waniku Btierprisr J
Willie Arthur Stokes
Funeral Service
Held Last Week
Funeral services for Mr. Willie
Arthur Stokes, 75, of Nahunta,
who passed away at Memorial
Hospital in Waycross on Tues
day of last week, were held from
the Nahunta Methodist Church
on Thursday, Nov. 28, at 3:00
p.m. with the Rev. J. A. Wiggins,
pastor, assisted by the Rev. Cecil
F. Thomas, conducting the ser
vices in the presence of the fam
ily and a host of relatives and
friends.
The many beautiful floral of
ferings attested to the esteem of
the deceased.
Interment followed in Oak
Grove Cemetery with Masonic
rites at the grave.
Serving as pallbearers were
Messrs. L. O. Stokes, E. C.
Stokes, Talmadge Stokes, Lewis
Stokes, Ben Dryden and Jesse
Dryden.
Honorary pallbearers included
Messrs. Joseph B. Strickland, J.
R. James, Dr. E. A. Moody, J. B.
Lewis, A. S. Mizell, J. T. Royster,
Arnold Morgan, Alvin Drury,
Dan H. Jacobs, J. W. Crews,
George Dykes, Roy Ham, J. C.
Allen, Aaron Saddler, G. C. Con
dit, and R. D. Thomas.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of ar
rangements.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our thanks
to all our friends who were so
considerate and kind to us dur
ing the recent illness and death
of our husband and father, W.
A- Stokes.
We appreciate your words of
sympathy and your visits during
the illness of our loved one. We
especially appreciate the covered
dishes and the floral offerings of
our friends.
We will always remember all
of you with deepest gratitude.
Mrs. W. A. Stokes.
Mrs. R. G. Driver.
A. J. Stokes.
Cotton Referendum
To Be Voted on
Tuesday, Dec. 10
How farmers vote in the cotton
marketing quota referendum to
be held throughout the nation’s
cotton-growing area on Dec. 10,
will determine whether quota
penalties will apply and also the
level of price support for 1958-
crop cotton. The referendum
therefore is of vital concern to
every cotton grower, says George
Dykes, chairman of the Brantley
County Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Committee.
The marketing quota program
will be in operation for next
year’s crop, the chairman ex
plains, if at least two-thirds of
the votes cast in the referendum
are in favor of the program. In
that case, price support will be
available to growers who comply
with their farm allotments for
the 1958 crop of upland cotton at
a level between 75 and 90 per
cent of parity, and quota penal
ties will apply on any “excess”
cotton. If more than one-third of
the votes are against quotas,
there would be no quota penal
ties and the price support level
to eligible growers would drop
to 50 percent of parity.
Chairman Dykes explains that,
even though quotas are disap
proved, acreage allotments will
remain in effect as a means of
determining eligibility for price
support.
All farmers who were engaged
in the production of upland cot
ton in 1957 will be eligible to
vote in the referendum.
The referendum will be held
between the hours of 8 ajn. and
7:00 p m. on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at
the Brantley County ASC office
for the entire county.
Nahunta Garden
Club Met with
Mrs. Lula Brown
The Nahunta Garden Club met
at the home of Mrs. Lula" Brown
on Tuesday of last week. Mrs.
J. J. Lee was co-hostess with
Mrs. Brown.
Mrs. Ronald Adams of Jesup
was guest speaker using for her
subject a tour of Europe. This
was very interesting.
Mrs. J. B. Lewis, president,
presided at the business session.
At the close, apple pie and
pumpkin pie with whipped cream
and coffee were served. Favors
were kumquats.
Others present were: Miss
Mary Knox, Mrs. Grace Wakeley,
Mrs. Ellie Lang, Mrs. Allan Bar
nard, Mrs. DeWitt Moody, Mrs.
Winton Adams, Mrs. J. W. Wig
gins, Mrs. Mollie Highsmith and
Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Dec.
Satilla River
To Be Stocked
With Bluegill
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 30 — The
Game and Fish Commission will
stock bluegill bream in several
nearby streams, according to Di
rector Fulton Lovell.
Groundwork is being laid for
stocking the Ocmulgee, Alapaha,
Satilla and Altamaha rivers and
Swanoochee Creek west of Ho
merville with fish from the
Commission’s hatcheries.
Chief Ranger Mallory Hatchett
of the Waycross office said the
fish will be released at several
points on the Satilla, Alapaha,
Ocmulgee and Altamaha.
According to Hatchett, several
fish are to be placed in the Sa
tilla seven miles south of Na
hunta; at Jamestown Bridge, in
Ware County and at a selected
site between Douglas and Pear
son.
In addition, Hatchett said re
leases will be made on the Oc
mulgee two miles north of Abbe
ville and at the Ben Hill County
landing four miles north of the
bridge on Highway 441.
On the Alapaha, fish are to be
released near Willacoochee and
plans call for stocking the Swa
nee River at Fargo and Swanoo
chee Creek at Dupont.
Director Lovell said the de
cision to stock public streams
stemmed from the abundance of
bream in state hatcheries. The
Game and Fish Commission has
stocked over 40,000 farm ponds
with bass and bream produced
by six state-operated hatcheries.
Holdup Men
Get 20 Years
For Robbery
Two men who held up the
Texaco Service Center on Oct.
26 were each sentenced to 20
years in the state penitentiary
by Judge Cecil Roddenberry on
Monday, Nov. 25, at the non
jury term of Superior Court.
The men pled guilty to the
charges against them. They were
captured on highway 341 south
of Jesup about two hours after
the robbery at Nahunta.
The two men, Arthur William
Hylander of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
and Henry B. Maxim of Fleish
mans, N. Y., held up John Willis
at the Texaco Service Center,
tied him to a chair and took
$92.77 from the cash register,
also gas for their car.
Mr. Willis worked loose from
his bonds and gave the alarm.
Sheriff J. Walter Crews and po
lice chief Stephens of Nahunta
quickly put the news of the rob
bery on the radio and alerted
state patrol officers.
Sheriff Reddish of Wayne
County and a state patrolman
intercepted the two men driving
north on Route 341 south of
Jesup and arrested them.
Merry Christmas
To Postal Patrons
December is here again and
we at the Nahunta Post Office
want to thank all of you for
your splendid cooperation irt past
years. Here are a few suggestions
for those of you who would like
to help this year. MAIL EARLY.
Unsealed cards without writ
ing, other than your name, may
be mailed for 2c but they will
not be forwarded or returned if
undeliverable as addressed. Those
bearing the FIRST CLASS letter
rate, 3c, will be forwarded or re
turned, provided your return
address is given.
Wrap your packages well, tie
and pack securely. A letter may
be enclosed inside package if
you mark on the outside “First
class mail enclosed” and letter
rate paid at time for mailing
package. Valuable packages
should be insured.
Any further questions regard
ing the proper preparation of
Christmas mail should be taken
up with us here at the Post Of
fice or with your Rural Carrier.
Our aim is to give the very best
postal service we can and we
shall strive to have every pack
age and letter delivered by
Christmas Eve.
We join with you in the hope
for a VERY MERRY CHRIST
MAS AND A HAPPY NEW
YEAR.
E. PARKER DODGE,
Postmaster.
5, 1957
Fire Department
Now Housed
In New Building
The building to house the Na
hunta Volunteer Fire Depart
ment’s equipment has been com
pleted and is in use, it is an
nounced by fire chief Clint Ro
binson.
The building was erected by
private donations.
The firehouse is at the rear of
the A. B. Brooker and Son store,
where ground was leased for e
recting the firehouse. The fire
engine, hose and other equip
ment will be housed in the new
building.
The Nahunta Fire Department
has purchased and now has on
hand 800 feet of new 2%-inch
hose, making a total of 1150 feet
of 2^-inch hose. 200 feet of Ite
inch hose recently bought brings
the total of this length to 450
feet. The department also has 200
feet of 3j4-inch hose,
The Nahunta Fire Department
will sound its big new siren Fri
day, Dec. 6, at noon, in a test of
the new fire alarm signal, chief
Robinson stated.
Methodist Women
Met with Mrs.
Russell Huffman
The WSCS met at the home of
Mrs. Russell Huffman on Wed
nesday night, Nov. 27. Mrs. E.
A. Moody presided. Mrs. Huff
man had charge of the program
on the topic, “The Mind That Is
In Christ”. Mrs. Grace Wakeley
and Mrs. J. W. Wiggins took part
on the program. Appropriate
songs were sung.
Rev. Wiggins gave a talk urg
ing the society to help some fam
ilies in need of both spiritual and
physical help.
A liberal offering was voted to
be sent to the Milledgeville Hos
pital to be used for Christmas
gifts.
The hostess served potato chips,
tuna fish salad, lemon pie and
coffee.
Others present besides those
mentioned were: Mrs. R. H.
Schmitt, Mrs. W. C. Long, Mrs.
Montague, Mrs. Clifton Morgan
and Mrs. J. B. Lewis.
Business Men
To Meet with
Legislators
Nearly 130 Georgia State sena
tors and representatives are ex
pected to meet December 6 thru
13 with their businessmen con
stituents in a series of 9 informal
discussions on legislative issues
anticipated for the forthcoming
General Assembly session.
One of the meetings will be
held in Waycross Friday, Dec. 13.
Ten similar meetings were held
during late November in the
western half of the State.
The pre-legislative get-togeth
ers are sponsored by the Gov
ernmental Department of the
Georgia State Chamber of Com
merce in conjunction with local
chambers of commerce through
out the State.
General Assembly members
from this area who have been
invited to the Waycross meeting
are:
State senators Mose Edenfield
of Darien, Dr. J. T. McLaughlin
of Jesup and J. D. Gould of
Brunswick; representatives J.
Floyd Larkins of Hoboken, J. D.
Odum of Kingsland, C. L. Gowen
of Brunswick, W. R. Killian of
Brunswick, D. H. White of Dar
ien and C. C. Jones, Jesup.
African Missions
Studied by Nahunta
Baptist WMS
A Mission Study class on “Con
tinent in Commotion’’ was held
in the Recreation Room of Na
hunta Baptist Church on Nov.
21, beginning at six o’clock p m.
with a three-hour study.
Mrs. Cecil F. Thomas gave the
devotion. The instructors were
Mrs. Lula Brown, Mrs. Lois Wil
liams, Mrs. W. C. Long and Mrs.
M. C. Anderson.
The study was carried out as
an “African Safari” with creden
tials consisting of a map of Afri
ca showing locations of Baptist
Missions and paper airplanes re
presenting mode of travel.
During this time a pot luck
supper was enjoyed.
Thirty-two ladies completed
the study course.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Cooledge
and son, Billy, and Miss Mary
Houston from Greenville, Tenn.,
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Lewis on Sunday.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Georgia Power Company to
Make Cash Awards to 4-H
Club Hybrid Corn Growers
Cancer Society
Distributes Leaflet
On Cigaret Smoking
ATLANTA, Dec. 2 — The A
merican Cancer Society’s Georgia
Division today began distribution
of a leaflet entitled “To Smoke
or Not to Smoke!” The leaflet
points up the evidence linking
lung cancer and cigarettes.
Dr. Elliott Scarborough, chair
man of the Georgia Division ex
ecutive committee, said that the
leaflet is now available from the
Division office or from any of
the Society’s county units in
Georgia.
The leaflet cites several stud
ies, including the Society’s Ham
mond-Horn four-year study of
187,783 men between the ages of
50 and 70 which revealed:
“Lung cancer death rates are
ten times higher among those
with a history of regular cigaret
smoking than among those who
have never smoked. Among two
packs-a-day smokers the rate is
more than 60 times higher.
“Those who have given up
smoking have a lower risk of
death: those once smoking a pack
or more a day, who have given
up smoking for at least one year,
have a death rate less than half
of those who have continued to
smoke.
“Over-all death rates from a
number of causes — and parti
cularly cancer and coronary
heart disease — rise with the
number of cigarettes smoked.
The death rate is 123 per cent
higher in those who smoked two
packs of cigerettes a day than
in those who do not smoke.”
The pamphlet also states: “It
is estimated that a man who
smokes two packs of cigarettes
a day has about one chance in
ten of developing lung cancer,
while a non-smoker has only a
bout one chance in 270 of having
this disease.
Make a Habit
Os Buying
Christmas Seals
Are Christmas Seals a habit
with YOU? You will receive \ a
little post card this week from
your tuberculosis association re
minding you to answer your
Christmas Seal Sale letter.
If you’ve already sent your
contribution in — Thank a Mil
lion, from all the tuberculosis pa
tients you’ve helped.
Your money is used to help
needy patients get to the hospi
tal, to provide emergencies such
as pajamas and toilet articles. It
is also used to help the needy
families left behind, as well as
to help educate and inform ev
eryone how to protect them
selves against tuberculosis.
If you haven’t received Christ
mas Seals, please write or call
Mrs. Dorothy Graham, Nahunta.
Don’t forget, be sure to use
your Christmas Seals this year.
Help circle the earth with “Good
Happiness and Health to All”.
That’s something Russia isn’t do
ing.
Last year there were more
tuberculosis deaths in Georgia
than the year before. The fight
isn’t over. Let’s all help.
Morgan Grocery
Offers Special
Prices on Groceries
The Morgan Grocery is start
ing a series of advertisements in
this issue of The Brantley En
terprise, offering special prices
all-the-week on a number of gro
cery items.
The series of advertisements
carry attractive cartoons and are
scheduled to run each week for
several months.
Morgan Grocery is one of Na
hunta’s leading business firms.
They carry all kinds of fancy and
staple groceries, full line of fresh
meats, sea food, also feeds.
Mrs. Ernest Warner and little
daughter, Lessie Elizabeth, arriv
ed last Saturday to spend this
week with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Highsmith. Sgt. l|c
Ernest Warner accompanied them
from Fort Bragg, N. C., where
they have been stationed. He
went on to Fort Gordon at Aug
usta where he has been trans
ferred to be Air Craft Mainten
ance Sergeant for the South East
Signal School.
Keep up with the News
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Subscribe for the Brantley
Enterprise, $2.50 a Year,
$3.00 Outside the County.
(Plus Sales Tax)
Top honors and cash awards
for Georgia’s 1957 4-H hybrid
corn contest champions will be
presented at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Dec. 10, at the Idle Hour Country
Club, in Macon, the Georgia
Power Company announced this
week.
A tour through Plant Ark
wright, the company’s 160,000
kilowatt steam-electric generat
ing plant on the Ocmulgee River,
will precede the awards lunch
eon. C. W. Roberts, vice-president
and Macon division .manager, will
welcome the guests; and C. M.
Wallace, Jr., vice-president in
charge of sales, will make the
awards.
The Georgia Power Company,
in cooperation with the Agricul
tural Extension Service of the
University of Georgia’s College
of Agriculture, has sponsored the
event for the past 10 years.
This year the extension service
selected 12 counties as partici
pants: Jackson, Madison, Em
manuel, Wilkes, Berrien, Ste
wart, Peach, Pike, Tattnall,
Floyd, Douglas and Echols.
Twelve senior 4-H club mem
bers in each of the 12 counties
participated. Objective of the an
nual awards contest is to dem
onstrate to 4-H’ers and to others
the importance of using improv
ed methods of corn production, to
increase the counties’ corn yields,
and to reduce production costs
per bushel.
Lamar Wansley, rural division
manager of the power company,
said that when the project was
inaugurated a decade ago, less
than 10 per cent of all Georgia’s
corn acreage was devoted to hy
brids. Today the figure is more
than 80 per cent.
Seed selection, management
and fertilization practices have
been carried out to conform with
the recommendations of experi
ment station workers, county a
gents and extension agronomists.
Ralph Johnson, agronomist, and
project leader, and Harold Gur
ley, extension service agronomist,
are responsible for conducting
this program through the county
agents and 4-H clubs.
Card of Thanks
At this time of Thanksgiving
I want to express my deepest
appreciation and thanks to the
people who helped us at the
time of our home being burned,
Jan. 18, 1957. I thank you for
every effort, every kind word
and deed, every donation that
was made, from the smallest to
the greatest, and from every
person. I thank from my heart
and thank God for His blessings
to all, for without them all would
fail.
I am in my home now. Words
cannot express the thanks I
send.
Mrs. Cora Crews
and Family.
Royal Theater
Program
All Pictures in Cinemascope or
wide screen.
Show time: 7:30 P.M. week days;
Saturdays 6:45 and 8:45
Sunday 3:30 P.M. only.
Admission adults, .45;
children .20
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
DEC. 6 and 7
“Seven Men from
Now”
With RANDOLPH SCOTT
and GAIL RUSSELL
SUNDAY & MONDAY
DEC. 8 and 9
“The Spirit of
St. Louis*’
With JAMES STEWART
and SHEILA BOND
CLOSED TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
DEC. 11 and 12
“The Drill
Instructor”
With JACK WEBB
