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Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Jan. 2, 1958
Brantley Enterprise
Published weekly on Thursday at Nahunta, Georgia
CARL BROOME EDITORand PUBLISHER
Entered at the Post Office at Nahunta, Georgia as
second class matter under the act of March 3, 1879.
Official Organ of Brantley County
COUNTY 100 YEARS OLD — This marker placed on
the Pierce county courthouse grounds by the Georgia
Historical Commission gives data on the founding of
Pierce county 100 years ago Dec. 18.
Pierce County Reached Its
100th Anniversary Dec. 18
The 100th anniversary of the
creation of Pierce county passed
on Wednesday of last week, De
cember 18.
Pierce county was created by
an act of the Georgia Legislature
on Dec. 18, 1857.
Named for President Franklin
Pierce, the 14th President of the
United States, who served from
1853 to 1857, Pierce was formed
out of Appling and Ware coun
ties.
A marker on the courthouse
square in Blackshear gives in-
MRS. IRIS BLITCH
Georgia Congresswoman
Mrs. Blitch Is Named 'Woman
Os the Year' in Agriculture
Mrs. Iris Faircloth Blitch is
named Woman of the Year in
service to Georgia rural families
by The Progressive Farmer mag
azine in its January issue. This
Clinch county woman is the first
woman from the state ever elect
ed for a full term in the United
State Congress.
Born on a farm in Southeast
Georgia, she attended the Uni
versity of Georgia, South Geor
gia College, and Massey Business
College. She and Brooks Erwin
Blitch were married in 1929. They
have two children.
Before election to the U. S.
House of Representatives in 1954,
Mrs. Blitch served in the state
legislature. She was elected to
serve in the state senate in 1946,
in the state house of representa
tives in 1948, and again in the
state senate in 1952.
Every bill introduced by Mrs.
Blitch while in the state legisla
ture was passed, although one
hung fire for seven years before
final passage. Among those bills
she worked for most vigorously
was one giving women the right
to serve on a jury.
In the U. S. Congress, she re
presents the Eighth District,
composed of 20 counties. Since
first elected to public office, Mrs.
Blitch has been interested pri
marily in agriculture, and has
worked for passage of farm bills
to benefit Georgia and the na
tion.
Dr. C. C. Murray
i ‘Man of Year
Dr. C. C. Murray, dean of the
niversity of Georgia’s College
formation on the founding of
Blackshear and Pierce county
and states that the first county
officers included; David Rowell,
clerk of superior and inferior
court; John Donaldson, sheriff;
Aaron Dowling, ordinary; John
Sugg, tax receiver; Edmund Tho
mas, tax collector; James Tho
mas, coroner; and James E.
Blitch, surveyor.
Blackshear was incorporated
on Dec. 16, 1898, approximately
two years after the county was
created.
DEAN C. C. MURRAY
Head of Ag College
of Agriculture, is named “Man
of the Year” in service to Geor
gia agriculture by The Progres
sive Farmer magazine in its Jan
uary issue.
In his seven years as Dean, the
college of agriculture has made
rapid progress in all of its func
tions — extension, research, and
teaching. Through his guidance,
outstanding progress has been
made in professional status of
personnel, salaries, and physical
improvements.
A native of North Carolina, he
has his B.S.A. degree from North
Carolina State, his M. S. from the
University of Georgia, and his
Ph. D. in plant breeding from
Cornell University.
He has been a teacher of vo
cational agriculture, agronomist
with the Soil Conservation Ser
vice, assistant professor of agro
nomy at the University of Geor
gia, professor of agronomy at
Louisiana State University, and
director of the Georgia Experi
ment Station at Experiment.
His honors are many. He has
served on the National Commit
tee of Nine representing South
ern experiment stations and is
chairman of the National Cotton
and Cottonseed Research and
Marketing Advisory committee.
He has contributed to Southwide
development as president of the
Association of Southern Agricul
tural Workers in 1954, as agri
cultural member of the Southern
Regional Council of Atomic En
ergy, and on the Agricultural
Science commission of the Sou
thern Regional Education board.
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“ bt are for you! 1
I “Why did daddy have to die?”
That morning he kissed her good-bye as usual.
“Be a good girl,” he said, “and I’ll bring you a
surprise.” But he didn’t come home that night—
nor ever again. How can you explain a thing like
that to a tearful child?
Death comes suddenly on the highway. No one
expects to meet it, much less to cause it. Yet last
year, 40,000 men, women and children died in
Here’s how you can help stop traffic tragedies:
O Drive safely and courteously yourself.
Observe speed limits and warning signs.
Where traffic laws are obeyed, deaths go DOWN I
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Ivan Allen Jr.
Issues Statement
On Governor’s Race
Ivan Allen Jr., prominent bu
sinessman of Atlanta, who had
been considered a potential can
didate for governor in the 1958
election, recently withdrew him
self as a possible candidate and
issued the following statement:
“In July of this year, I began
to investigate the possibility of
being a candidate for governor
in next year’s race. In order to
reach such a decision I felt that
it was necessary to announce my
intentions publicly, to sever cer
tain business connections and to
canvass the state thoroughly.
“For the last five months I
have been carrying out such a
plan. I have talked to a large
number of people, had the plea
sure and opportunity of speaking
at sixty-two different group meet
ings, have been in over a hun
k dred counties, and have travelled
Published In An Effort To Save Lives By—
over 13,000 miles in Georgia. I
have asked friends in these coun
ties to frankly and sincerely ad
vise me as to the status of the
race and if, in their opinion, I
could be a potential candidate in
next year’s race. As anxious as
I am and as determined as I
was to run for this office, I feel
that I must concede to the ad
vice of these friends. Therefore,
I am definitely stating that I
will not be a candidate.
“Repeatedly, the question has
been asked me that if I were
not a candidate myself, whom
would I support? I would like to
answer this question now as
frankly and as sincerely as I
have tried to also approach my
own problem. I will support
Lieutenant Governor Ernest Van
diver and urge my friends to take
the same action. I have found
that Lieutenant Governor Van
diver has been strong and con
sistent in his stand on segrega
tion, that he has repeatedly fa
vored certain fundamental eco
nomies in the state government,
traffic accidents throughout the country. Most of
them didn’t have to happen.
Remember this heartbroken little girl the next
time you are tempted to take a chance—pass a
stop sign—overstep the speed limit. Only you can
put an end to such tragedies.
Now, during the peak driving season, accident
hazards are highest—so be especially careful!
@ Insist on strict enforcement of all traffic laws.
Traffic regulations work for you, not against you.
Where traffic laws are strictly enforced, deaths go DOWN!
Support your local Safety Council
and that he has a grasp and un
derstanding of the need of at
tracting additional industry to
the state in order to enhance our
overall wealth and income.
“I am most grateful for the
number of fine friends who have
been helpful and patient so far
and who have helped me to ar
rive at what we believe is a
realistic and reasonable decision.
IVAN ALLEN JR."
Two-Tongued Pig
Born in Pierce
A pig with two sets of teeth
and two tongues was bom re
cently in a litter of eight pigs
on the farm tended by James
Foster, Route One, Patterson.
Mr. Foster stated that the pig
appeared to be normal other
wise. The pig was dead when
found, however. A wound on its
head indicated that the sow ap
parently had stepped on it.
