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VOLUME 38 — NUMBER 2
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THE ONLY THING certain
about the just-convened Second
Session of the 85th Congress is
that its every action will have
political overtones.
This is a Con
gressional Elec
tion year and
Senators and
Congressmen of
both parties al
ready are en
gaged in a
legislative tug-
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credit for the good and fix blame
for the bad. Democrats and Re
publicans alike are looking for
votes in every issue; and, con
sidering the many grave issues
confronting this Congress, it is to
be hoped that preoccupation with
playing politics will not supplant
duty to serve the nation’s best
interests.
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THE ISSUES COMMANDING
Congressional attention this year
fall generally into two interrelated
categories: national economy and
defense. On the one hand there are
the problems of ever-worsening in
flation, the Administration’s “tight
money” policies, confiscatory tax
rates, the agricultural depression,
cutthroat foreign trade and the
pressures for increased federal
spending even if at the expense of
a balanced budget or an increase in
the national debt limit. On the
other hand there is the urgent
necessity that we regain and main
tain our military superiority in all
fields, particularly in the areas of
guided missiles and space vehicles.
Political expediency to the con
trary notwithstanding, there are no
pat or easy solutions to these prob
lems. Seeking to solve our defense
difficulties through “crash” pro
grams and unlimited spending
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By FULTON LOVELL
Director, Georgia Game and Fish Commission
HUNTERS ARE SOMETIMES HUMOROUS
I get a big kick out of hunting ... other people’s hunting.
I thought my sides would split when I heard the story
I/■ - ^4 exploding point, he let loose with a
Tuiton Lovell mighty wallop. Much to his surprise,
it wasn’t his horse at all but a large, black bear that
had bummed the stall for the evening. The horse was
in the next stall.
He took off, dear hearts, to places unknown. The bear,
somewhat done in by the rap upon his back, left too, a
little worse for wear. This is, in case you are getting any
ideas, not the way to hunt bears with a switch.
Excitement Gets the Best of This One
Then, there’s the funny story of the meek, 150-pounder
who killed his first buck in the mountains. 200 pounder.
Overcome with hunter’s joy, he loaded the prize on his
shoulders and carried it a mile up the mountain to show
his friends. . . . There’s also a yarn about a nimrod who,
seeing a big buck coming his way, shot it full in the face.
Startled by it all, the back charged toward his adversary
with vengeance in his eyes. The hunter, also startled by
it all, took up the nearest tree.
'Buck Fever' Takes Its Toll
One of my favorite stories is the one about the young
hunter who saw seven deer, four large bucks with their
racks spread all over the place, and three does.
He carefully drew up his shooting iron, took dead
aim and fired at the largest buck. One miss.
The deer, puzzled but not frightened, took a few quick
steps then halted. He fired again. Two misses.
Still undaunted by the rifle shots, the deer stayed
around. The hunter fired again. Three misses. He even
took time to reload and fired again, then again. Five misses.
The deer skee-daddled through the woods like wild dogies.
Overcome with rage, the hunter took out his hunt
ing license, field stripped it and threatened never to
hunt again. When he returned to camp, his fellow
hunters asked him about his deer, a slight chortle in
their voices. He explained he didn’t have any—missed
five times. x
They proceeded to clip off his shirttail, as is camp cus
tom, five times. Then they told him the truth.
As a practical joke, one of them had purposely read
justed his gun sight and he actually shot four or five yards
above the deer each time. So, it wasn’t “buck fever” after
all—just a practical joke.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
will result in a worsening of our
economic problems just as false
economy will doom us militarily.
Military security cannot be had
without economic stability and
vice versa. Any solutions put forth
by Congress not encompassing both
will spell trouble for the future.
SUPERIMPOSED UPON these
matters of great significance to all
Americans will be the efforts of
those in each party seeking to out
bid the other for minority votes
through arrogant demands for the
enactment of new punitive, anti-
Southern legislation.
Although Congressional leaders
and spokesmen for the Administra
tion have indicated a present in
clination to await a report of tne
so-called “Civil Rights” Commis
sion before pushing any new “civil
rights” measures, bills can be ex
pected in both the House of Rep
resentatives and the Senate relat
ing to enforcement of the Supreme
Court decision seeking to force
integration in the schools of the
South.
In the Senate, meanwhile, an at
tempt is likely to be made to revise
the rules of that body to make it
easier to limit debate and to gag
those Senators who dare speak
out in support of constitutional
government and the rights of the
individual.
Should events and election-year
passions combine to bring any such
proposals before the Senate, the
American people can be assured
that Southern Senators and their
like-minded colleagues will oppose
them vigorously and with every
appropriate argument and resource
at their command. ’
about the elderly gentleman who went
into his barn early one morning to hitch
up his fat, black horse to go bear hunting.
He methodically gathered his harness
and bit and went to the stall. Seeing his
horse lying down, he cut a hickory switch
to make it get up. He gave it three or
four light taps. No results. He drew back
and whopped it with a lick that resounded
through the hay loft. No results, still.
Then, his dander up almost to the
Sraniky Ettkrpm’
Mrs Mary Lou Smith
Honored with
Bridal Shower
Misses Marion Strickland and
Janice Royster honored Mrs.
Mary Lou Gardner Smith with a
bridal shower on New Years
Eve at her home.
The bride was showered with
many lovely gifts, those attend
ing were; Mrs. Roystert iz O
ing were; Mrs. Hester Smith,
Mrs. Effie Middleton, Mrs. Carol
Lewis, Mrs. Wiltze Robinson,
Mrs. Blanche Jones, Mrs. Cal
vin Crews, Mrs. Agnes Drury,
Mrs. Inez Morgan, Mrs. Jewell
Smith, Miss Pawnee Smith, Miss
Jerrie Harper, Miss Carolyn Hig
ginbotham, Miss Mary Ruth Ja
cobs, Mrs. Vera Strickland, Mrs.
Doris Riggins, Mrs. J. T. Royster,
Mrs. Veatrice Moody, Mrs. Vir
ginia Bass, Mrs. Ealon Manning,
Mrs. Bertie L'ou Hayes, Miss
Waumice Ammons and Mrs.
Jean Royster.
The hostesses served nuts,
fruit cake and coffee.
License Examiner
Comes to Nahunta
Monday, Jan. 13
A License Examiner from the
State Department of Public Saf
ty will be in Nahunta for the
renewal of auto drivers’ licenses
on the following dates and hours,
according to Sgt. George L. Sims
of the Waycross State Patrol of
fice.
Monday, Jan. 13 from 9:00
a. m. until 5:00 p. m.
Thursday, Jan. 23, from 9:00
a. m. until 5:00 p. m.
Monday, Feb. 10, from 1:00 p.
m. until 5:00 p. m.
Thursday, Feb. 27, from 9:00
a. m. until 5:00 p. m.
Monday, March 10, from 1:00
p. m until 5:00 p. m.
Tuesday, March 25, from 9:00
a. m. until 5:00 p. m.
Careful Decisions
On Naval Stores
Practices Urged
VALDOSTA — Decisions made
during January and Februray by
gum farmers as to the naval
stores practice to use in select
ing 1 trees for hanging timber for
1958 virgin working will not only
have a very important effect on
the net income from this pend
ing operation, but also on the
future income from their timber
land, according to John W. Coop
er, supervisor of the Naval Stores
Conservation Program.
Area Foresters of NSCP are
available and glad to help the
Naval Stores producer in decid
ing the practice best suited to his
timber. Recommendations can on
ly be made after detailed exam
ination of the tract being con
sidered. Producers are urged to
contact their nearest NSCP Area
Forester to obtain such assistance
in prescribing the best course of
action for them to follow. There
is no charge for this public ser
vice. If the Area Forester is not
known by any landowner, he
may obtain such help by writing
a postal card to the NSCP Pro
gram Supervisor at Valdosta who
will refer it to the proper Fores
ter.
Cooper pointed out that re
search has determined that an
average increase of over 25 bar
rels of gum per crop can be ex
pected for each inch of rise in
size of trees cupped. He also men
tioned the advisability of con
sidering the restricted cupping
practice for stands which have
been previously worked in order
to retain the round trees to grow
into larger diameters and higher
productive capacity as well as
more valuable products when
harvested.
The selective cupping practice
may be considered most advan
tageous for certain fairly well
stocked stands to improve future
gum production potential as well
as the quality and value of the
final harvest product. This prac
tice requires advanced marking
and should be attempted only af
ter conferring with a NSCP For
ester or other foresters familiar
with the qualification require
ments of the practice. It is the
highest practice recognized by
NSCP and differs from selective
cutting of timber only in the fact
that the trees for cupping are de
signated several years in advance
of cutting in order to salvage
the gum naval stores values
therein.
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
Monday 44 32 0.00
Tuesday 53 40 1.06
Wednesday 47 25 0.00
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Jan. 9, 1958
Eldridge Is
Master of
Masonic Lodge
John W. Eldridge was installed
as Worshipful Master of Nahun
ta Masonic Lodge No. 391 at in
stallation ceremonies led by Leo
Bass of Waycross at the Nahun
ta Lodge Tuesday night, Jan. 7.
Mr. Eldridge was elected Wor
shipful Master of the Nahunta
Masonic Lodge at the regular
election on Dec. 17.
Other officers of the Nahunta
Lodge elected in December and
installed in office Tuesday night,
Jan. 7, were J. Robert Smith,
Senior Warden; Ray Johns, Jun
ior Warden; Alvin Stokes, Trea
surer; Sybert L. Johns, Secre
tary; Horace Morgan, Chaplain.
Officers appointed to serve dur
ing the current year were Ben
Jones, senior deacon; Oliver Car
ter, junior deacon; Leonard Hop
lins, senior steward; Walter J.
Moore, Jr., junior steward; Clin
ton Popwell, tyler.
The Nahunta Masonic Lodge
No. 391 meets every first and
third Tuesday night. The Eastern
Star meets every second and
fourth Tuesday night.
Hunting Without
License Biggest
Game Violation
Atlanta — More Georgia hunt
ers are guilty of hunting without
licenses than any other infrac
tion of the law, according to a
Survey by the Georgia Game and
Fish Commission.
Thirty percent of the charges
made against hunters so far this
season were for hunting without
licenses, the survey showed.
The survey, based on actual
cases made by Game and Fish
Commission wildlife rangers,
showed that hunting out of sea
son; hunting with improperly
plugged guns and possessing ille
gal game, which included over
the limit, were also regulations
often violated.
Seventeen percent of all hunt
ers brought before the judge
were charged with hunting out
of season. Sixteen percent had
improperly plugged guns and an
other ten percent had illegal
game in possession.
“These figures may not stand
in final analysis,” Lovell said,
“because only a sampling of the
cases made by our rangers were
used to get them. However, I
think hunting without a license
has been the most violated rule
this season.”
Hunting ducks illegally, hunt
ing on posted lands without per
mission and hunting marsh hens
illegally were other violations
that scored high in the survey.
May Damage
Winter Ills
Children’s Ears
Winter is here, and with it
comes colds, flu, and respiratory
infections. Colds may be compli
cated by ear trouble and some
degree of hearing loss. One in
every ten children in the United
States is handicapped by some
impairment in hearing.
Parents (even though their
children receive hearing screen
ing tests periodically at school)
should be alert to recognize the
following symptoms, any one of
which may indicate a hearing
loss:
Turning one side of head to
ward speaker or source of sound.
Inattention to what others say.
Failure to respond when called.
Substitution of one sound for
another.
Inability to follow directions.
Retardation in developing lan
guage.
Having the ability to read lips
without training.
Making poor progress in
school.
Dizziness, buzzing, or ringing
in the ears.
Tenderness, pain, deformities,
or swelling in or about the ear.
Mouth breathing.
Ohly a doctor will be able to
tell whether any of the above
findings is of significance. Early
discovery and treatment by the
doctor may prevent serious hear
ing loss in some cases; forestall
further loss of hearing in some
cases; and in .many cases elimin
ate or decrease the hearing loss.
Remember, good hearing is es
sential to general health, school
progress, and social and emotio
nal adjustment.
WHOOPING CRANE
The whooping crane, of which
there are few left, stands about
five feet high.
What Is
Sportsmanship ?
By T. 11. Edwards, Jr.
Is it booing the officials when
they make a decision with which
we don’t agree? Is it yelling ob
scene things at the players in or
der to upset them? Is it getting
us so emotionally upset that we
are often discourteous to our vis
itors? Webster says: Sportsman
ship is cheerfully abiding by the
rules and chances of the game;
being a good loser and a court
eous winner.
Those of you who have follow
ed our teams this year have ob
served the behavior of other
teams and their followers. We
have been critical of them on a
few occasions and I feel that our
criticism was justified. On one
particular occasion fans and
players were so discourteous to
one of our players that she be
came so upset she asked to leave
the game.
Coaches, to a great extent, are
responsible for the behavior of
players and fans. But the de
mand for a winning team makes
coaching a difficult profession.
Should we win regardless? Does
it mean more to our children to
win, or to play fair? Are we
fair to our boys’ and girls to
demand them to win rather than
play the game honestly.
To me sportsmanship means
citizenship. Sports in our High
Schools is our best means
for building good citizenship.
Lets keep the purpose of the
game in mind. Lets play the
game according to the rules.
Lets win when we should. Lets
lose gracefully when we should
but by all means lets uphold the
rules of the game. Lets keep Na
hunta a fine place to visit.
Church of God
To Start Revival
Wednesday, Jan. 22
The Church of God at Nahun
ta will start a series of revival
services Wednesday night, Jan.
22, it is announced by the pastor,
Rev. L. H. Davis.
Rev. Margaret Jacobs of Col
umbia, S. C., will be the evangel
istic preacher. The revival will
run for about two weeks, with
services each night at 7:30.
The pastor states that every
one is welcome to attend the re
vival services.
Card of Thanks
I wish to express my thanks
for all the friends who offered
words of sympathy and acts of
kindness during the illness and
death of my wife. The floral of
ferings* and the covered dishes
were especially appreciated and
I will always feel a deep sense
of appreciation and gratitude for
everything done by everyone to
aid and comfort me in my be
reavement.
I sincerely than you all for
your expressions of friendship.
J. W. (Buck) Crews.
Waynesville
News
Mr. and Mrs. Don Kelly and
sons, Palmer and Don Jr., of
Crestview, Fla. spent the week
end here with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Thornton
entertained at dinner on Sunday
in honor of their son, T. E. Jr.
who has just returned from
France where he has been stat
ioned for some time. He is on
his way to Denver, Colorado.
Present at the dinner were; Mr.
and Mrs. A. T. Harrison, Sr., A
T. Harrison, Jr., Bafo, Tom and
John Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Miller and family, Mr. and
Mrs. N. W. Beard and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Karr, Mr. and
Mrs. B. F. Thornton and Mrs.
Coleman Blue and daughter all
of Brunswick.
No Substitute for
The Printed Word
Man’s appetite for news is enormous. We have to be
deprived of it before we fully understand how we crave
this form of mental nourishment.
A Reuter’s dispatch tells of an ex-American soldier,
captured in Korea, who chose to live in Red China with
his Chinese wife. The one extravagance in which he in
dulges is a subscription to a news agency bulletin printed
in English. It costs 15 yuan ($6.30) a month—one sixth
of his income. He told a reporter: “ ... he felt he must
get news somehow.”
Too few persons appreciate a newspaper until it is
hard to get. Most Americans take it for granted. The
ex-soldier has a radio but he finds nothing takes the
place of printed news.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Piedmont W. M. U.
To Meet in
Way cross Wednesday
The annual meeting of the
Piedmont Association W. M. U.
will meet on January 15 at Craw
ford Street Baptist Church in
Waycross, opening at ten o’clock
a. m.
Mrs. Elton Johnson, a Mission
ary to Brazil, will be the speak
er.
Personals
Becky and Carolyn Broome of
Atlanta visited their grandmoth
er, Mrs. Carl Broome on Satur
day of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Johns and
children, Norman, and Rommie,
left on Friday of last week af
ter spending a week with Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Johns. Their
home is in Flint, Mich.
Mrs. Alene Brown and Kim,
Danny and Laura, of Brunswick
spent last Thursday with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Johns.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Loper and
Freddie Manning and Teresa
Loper of Jacksonville spent last
week end visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Rowell of Hortense and
friends in Nahunta.
A reunion of the Archie Johns
family was held at his home on
Sun. Dec. 29. Attending were
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johns and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll
Johns and son, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Spivey and children and A.
J. Johns all of Jacksonville; Mr.
and Mrs. Vanice Sikes and son
ot Folkston and Miss lona Johns
who was home from GSCW at
Milledgeville.
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Mr. Audrey Brooker left on
Tuesday to go to Augusta hos
pital where he will undergo a
major operation. He was accom
panied by Mrs. Brooker.
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Mr. and Mrs. Neville Herrin of
Lake Worth, Florida were here
this week to visit her parents
and other relatives in Nahunta.
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Mrs. V. G. Harrington of Buf
falo, New York will arrive this
week because of the illness of
her brother, Audrey Brooker. She
was scheduled to arrive by plane
on Wednesday.
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Pvt. James E. Thomas, son of
Rev. and Mrs. Cecil F. Thomas
of Nahunta, recently was grad
uated from a parts supply course
at the Army’s Armor Training
Center, Fort Knox, Ky. He com
pleted his basic training at Fort
Jackson, S. C.
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Pvt. Charles E. Haynes, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Vance B. Haynes,
Route 2, Nahunta, recently was
graduated from the lineman
course at the Army’s Southeast
ern Signal School at Fort Gor
don, Ga. He received his basic
training at Fort Bragg, N. C.
♦ • •
Miss Gladys lona Johns, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Johns, has been placed on the
Dean’sxList because of her high
scholastic record during the past
quarter, at Georgia State Col
lege for Women at Milledgeville,
Ga.
• • •
Chief Warrant Officer Thomas
D. Bell, son of Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Bell of Callahan, Fla., recent
ly completed a slide rule course
conducted by the U. S. Armed
Forces Institute at Fort Stewart.
Ga. Chief Bell's wife, Annie,
resides on Route 2, Nahunta.
Leon Davis Jacobs of Hobo
ken was named on the dean’s
list of the University of Geor
gia for the fall term.
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Three Men
Are Charged
With Burglary
Three young men were arres
ted by sheriff Walter J. Crews
of Brantley County for burglar
izing the Joe Fulford Novelty
shop in Nahunta on Monday
night, Dec. 23.
The three youths were Elber
Pringle, Thomas Sparks and
Frank Howell, all of Jackson
ville, Fla. The three men confes
sed the burglary, according to
sheriff Crews.
The three men are accused of
taking about $550 worth of fire
works from the novelty shop
which i^ located on U. S. high
way 301 outside the city limits
north of Nahunta.
Howell was released under
bond but Pringle and Sparks
were still in jail Wednesday. The
case was solved by Sheriff
Crews when Howell made a full
confession on Dec. 25 when the
sheriff, acting on a hunch, quest
ioned Howell about the burglary.
Poultryman Cites
Steady Increase
In Egg Production
In Georgia, at least, the chick
en came before the egg.
Georgia has led the nation for
several years in growing broilers,
but has been a deficit state in
the production of market eggs,
according to Arthur Gannon,
poultryman, Agricultural Exten
sion Service. Now it looks like
egg production soon will reach a
point where Georgia will not
only be supplying her own needs,
but will be shipping eggs to
other states, the University of
Georgia College of Agriculture
specialist pointed out.
Records of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture Crop Re
porting Board show that 110,538
egg-type chickens have been
tested for breeding flocks in
Georgia during the past four
months. This compares with 54,-
302 for the same period last year
—an increase of 104 percent.
“For .many years it has been
estimated that over 50 percent
of all eggs eaten by Georgians
were shipped in from the Midd’e
West,” Gannon stated. “The per
centage imported has been de
clining each year and at the rate
laying flocks have been expand
ing Georgia will not only be sup
plying her own needs, but will
be shipping eggs to other states,”
the poultryman pointed out.
“Production of eggs in Geor
gia is changing from the small
farm flocks to large commercial
egg farms with flocks from 1,000
to 25,000 hens,” Gannon reported.
He cited one farm near Douglas
ville which maintains a flock of
100,000 layers.
Royal Theater
Program
AH 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 AND SATURDAY
JANUARY 10 and 11
“THE KETTLES
IN THE OZARKS”
Starring MAJORIE MAIN
and ARTHUR HUNNICUTT
SUNDAY and MONDAY
JANUARY 12 and 13
“BERNARDINE”
Starring PAT BOONE.
TERRY MOORE and
DEAN JAGGER
CLOSED TUESDAY,
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