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Newspaper Page TextGot Anything to Sell? Want to Buy Anything? Put a Want-Ad in the Brantley Enterp r * se > 75 Cents or 3 Times $2.00. VOLUME 38 — NUMBER 4 Plans and Aims of Tri-Hi-Y Dicussed by Karrol Kitching Jan. 19 to Jan. 26, is Y.M.C.A. Focus week. Because the Hi-Y and the Tri-Hi-Y are departments of this great organization, we have a share in th Focus week and we have certain activities which we are to observe each day. The purpose of the Tri-Hi-Y Club is to serve others, and to promote friendliness, good will, and the spirit of Christianity on the school campus. We have cer tain projects, which we perform, to obtain credit and a rating a mong other Tri-Hi-Y Clubs in Georgia. We have placed on our school bulletin board a very few of the many ideals and goals of the club, such as courtesy, Faith in God, Better Home Life, and Citizenship. The central theme for the months January to April is “Church Loyalty.” All clubs in Georgia are sharing in a cam paign to encourage the young people to be loyal to the church es and attend services each Sun day. We are asking the parents to participate in this campaign by attending church regularly with the children and to stand behind the various clubs by being loyal. One of the major projects of our club is the Use of Time. Wise people have a budget and they keep accurate records of their income and expenditures. Wise people are very careful to deposit certain sums of money each month in the bank so that they may save for a “rainy day.” What about our time? Do we make good use of it? Do we use it wisely? Do we try to make each minute count for good things in life? We see some of our stu dents, who are using their time wisely and they have made the proper adjustments to their school work, study, and recreation. These students are at the top of their classes. Then we see other stu dents who are not spending their time wisely — they are not very concerned over their records, studies, and work. These stu dents do not have good attitudes toward their school, teachers, and other class mates. Did you know that the way a child uses his time will help to determine his professional attitudes and work habits when he grows up? Had you thought that the way a man uses his time at work or play will help to determine whet her he is a success or failure? Our club is very interested and concerned about this type of school spirit. We do not have the answers, but we are trying to find some way to reach these students and help them to make the right adjustments and dec isions. We would like for you to consider these few items about time, and to think on these things. If they help you in any way or cause you to think, we shall be very happy. It is not when men dream, contemplate, and study, that time is wasted. Hours spent in the pur suit of wholesome recreation is not time wasted. Nor is time was ted when men stop and chat, ex change friendly greetings, and pass the time of day. The value of time is estimat ed by what we fill it with. To think of the past may be a happy reflection and time well spent;; but to brood over teh past is time wasted. To think of wgys ‘‘to, get even” with another for some real Or imaginary wrong is time wasted. To study up some derisive re mark in order to put somebody in his place, is time wasted. To dwell on the bad habits of another, habits which are not our own, while we defend our own, is time wasted. To envy, to hate, to lust, to fear those things over which one has no control, is time wasted. To seek revenge, to nurse a grudge; to postpone telling ano ther something good that you know about him, is time wasted. To look for the bad in an ocean of good, is time wasted. The time we use to speak to a child; to look into the eyes of a baby; to pause to count our blessings is time well, spent. Time cannot be evaluated in terms of speed. The triumphal hour is the result of 60 service able minutes. “I have only just a rrtinute Just sixty seconds in it; Forced upon me, can’t refuse it; Didn’t seek it, didn’t choose it. I must suffer if I lose it Give account if I abuse it; Just a little tiny minute But Eternity is in it.” Your Tri-Hi-Y Club Karrol Kitching, Advisor. Mrs. Talmadge Griner and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Siegel went by plane to Miami Beach, Fla., the past weekend. They were guests there of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ster ling. Brantley County —Xand of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Mrs. Mary Henderson Funeral Service Held Friday Mrs. Mary Redmond Hender son, 75, of Nahunta, passed a way early Thursday morning Jan. 16, at Memorial Hospital in Way cross after a short illness. Mrs. Henderson was born in Pike county, Alabama, and re ceived her education in the schools of that county. She had been a resident of Georgia for the past thirty years, and had made her home in Nahunta for twelve years. She was a member of the Baptist church and was the widow of the late John W. Henderson. Until her last illness, she had operated a grocery store across from the Satilla Lumber Co. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. J. O. Wainright of Nahun ta; two sons, I. D. Henderson of Allendale, S. C. and Jack Hen derson of Nahunta. Six grand children and two great grand children also survive. Funeral services were conduc ted from the graveside at Pil grim’s Rest Cemetery, Friday af ternoon, Jan. 17, at 2 o’clock with the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas, pastor of the Nahunta Baptist Church, officiating. Serving as pallbearers were Messrs. D. F. Herrin, Hoke Wil son, J. W. Walker, Hoke Will iams, P. D. Griffin, and Harvey Howell. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of ar rangements. Grass Base Crop Rotation Pays Off, Says James Ross Grass base crop rotation pays off according to James A. Ross, Work Unit Conservationist. Banner Thomas of Hoboken turned a two year old sod of Bahia grass and followed it with tobacco. There was a good sod, it was turned early and harrow ed twice before planting. The tobacco was planted the first week in April 1957, 1200 pounds of 3-9-9 fertilizer per acre was applied about two weeks prior to planting. Then 500 pounds of 3-9-9 fertilizer plus 100 pounds of sulphate potash per acre was applied about four weeks after planting . The tobacco was topped and kept suckered throughout the season. The tobacco was harves ted six times. A good quality of tobacco was produced, approxi mately one ton of tobacco was produced per acre, which ave raged about '6O cents per pound. The bahia grass was completely killed as a result of good land preparation. But no preparation other than this would have been required for a row crop was needed. Mr. Thomas says that other peo ple need not be afraid to plant tobacco behind bahia grass or even coastal bermuda, provided they turn their sod early and pre pare their land well. A three to five year old sod would be much better than a two year old sod. Planting tobacco behind bahia grass also helps to control Nema tode and other diseases. If a good seed crop is produc ed this year before planting to bacco and turned with the sod there is a good chance that there will be a stand of grass to come back the year the tobacco is planted. Mr. Thomas plans to continue to plant tobacco behind bahia grass. He made the best crop of tobacco last year that he has ever produced. _____ Mrs. Rose Riggins Funeral Service Held Monday Mrs. Rose Ella Riggins, 83, died early Saturday night, Jan. 18, at the residence of her niece, Mrs. Silas Lee, Route 2, Waycross, in the Schlatterville community, af ter a short illness. She was a native of Brantley and Pierce counties. She was the former Miss Rose Ella Dowling and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs Lazarus (Laye) Dowling. Mrs. Riggins was a member of the Enon Primitive Baptist Church for 55 years. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Kate Riggins, Savannah; and 84 nieces and nephews. Graveside services were held Monday at 11 a. m. in the Enon Cemetery in Pierce County. Brantky Btterpm’ Mrs. Q. Wainright Funeral Service Held Saturday r • Mrs. Queenie Rosella Davis Wainright, widow of Robert Jackson Wainright Sr., died at her residence in Brunswick Thursday afternoon, Jan. 16. She was born in Mclntosh County. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Pilgrims Rest Church, of which she was a .member, and burial was in the church cemetery near Waynesville. Elder Barney Cros by officiated. Pallbearers were Frank Walk er, Elmore Kelly, Davis McDon ald, J. W. Walker, Rudolph Welch and Oris Johnson. Surviving are five sons, E. M. Waycross, L. M., Toledo, Ohio, J. 0., D. W., Bob, Nahunta; four daughters, Mrs. J. G. Purvis, MiL en, Mrs. Troy Johnson, Groves, Tex., Mrs. Ballard Higginbot ham, Mrs. Jack Bruce, Bruns wick, three sisters, Mrs. Rayford Davis, Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. W. M. Reardon, Brunswick, Mrs. Rufus Flowers, Augusta; ;14 grandchildren and 10 great-grand children. Defendants Win in Two Civil Suits Two civil cases were tried in Brantley County Superior Court Monday and Tuesday and the defendants won in each case. In a civil suit against J. B. Southwell, Jr., of Folkston, and John Edgar Bennett of Nahunta by Mrs. Marion Harmon the jury rendered a verdict in fav or of the defendants. The case resulted from an auto truck crash on the Folkston- Kingsland highway about three years ago, in w hich Mrs. Har mon’s husband was killed. In the civil suit brought a gainst E. L. Sears of Nahunta by Hugh F. Bates and LaCount D. Walker concerning the own ership of 75 acres of land, Mr. Sears won his claim of title to the land. The ^court was still in s ession Thursday, trying routine crimin al cases. The session was expec ted to last through Friday. Tractor Clinics Set for Hortense And Hipkox By W. C. LONG During the slack season of the year, farmers should and do check over their equipment to make certain; that it is ready for the busy months ahead. This is even more important now because of the many tract ors in our community. To help with this problem, the State De partment of Education through the Vocational Agricultural Div sion, the County Board of Edu cation, and the local Vo-Ag Teacher, have combined lefforts and plan two tractor clinics in our community for the week of January 28. We have had meetings like this before in the Hickox com munity and we are adding Hor tense community this year. We shall meet at the Hortense School on Tuesday night, Jan. 28 at 7 p. m. for the purpose of organizing and planning the Clinic. At thfls time we shall learn some of the ways to care for our tractor and the reasons why we should do them. Then on Wednesday we shall bring our tractors to do to them what we learned on the previous evening. There will be service men and mechanics available to help with this work. Then on Thursday night we shall have a night meeting for the Hickox community, with Friday as the work day. This service is free except for parts that you may need, so plan to be present at the clinic near est you. For more information call W. C. Long, Vo. Ag. Teacher, Na hunta, Phone 23894. Card of Thanks The family of Mrs. R. J. Wain right, Sr. wish to express thanks to every one for their kindness and sympathy during the illness and at the death of our mother. We appreciate the comforting words of sympathy, the acts of helpfullness and the beautiful floral offerings. We extend our sincere thanks to our friends and neighbors. Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Jan. 23, 1958 Sincerely, The Children of Mrs. R. J. Wainright, Sr. Mrs. G. C. Rogers Funeral Services Held Sunday Mrs. G. C. Rogers of Nahunta died Friday, Jan. 17, at the resi dence of her daughter, Mrs. James Harris, in Mcßae after a long illness. Mrs. Rogers was born in Black shear and had resided in Nahun ta for several years. She was the wife of the late Gillous C. Rog ers. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3:30 p. m. at the Na hunta Baptist Church, of which she was a member, conducted by the Rev. Cecil Thomas, pas tor. Burial was in Smyrna Ceme tery near Lulaton. Survivors are a son, Conrad Rogers, Darien; three daugh ters, Mrs. James Harris, Mcßae, Mrs. John L. Raulerson, St. Sim ons, and Mrs. H. L. Parris, Leonia, N. J.;; two sisters and three brothers. Okefenoke REA Gives SSOO Rewards Oliver S. Peterson, Dinsmore, Florida, received a check for SSOO Tuesday from Okefenokee Rural Electric Membership Corp oration, Nahunta, Georgia as a reward for his part in the arrest and conviction of John Charles Smith for wire theft from the company’s power lines last March. Peterson, a dairyman working for Dinsmore Dairy Farms at Dinsmore, returning home on Braddock Road at 2:30 A. M., March 19, 1957 surprised Smith and another unidentified man in the act of removing a wire from the power line near his home. He chased and caught Smith, but the other man got away. At a hearing in Duval Criminal Court, Smith plead guilty of pet ty larceny and was issued a sus pended sentence with indefinite termation. Investigation and ar rest were made by Duval Coun ty Road Patrolman, Julian W. Paffort and City Detective, Cap tain Raymond A. Strickland. The reward check was present ed by Pete J. Gibson, Manager of the electric s co-operative. “The arrest and conviction of Smith brought to a stop a series of wire thefts beginning in Sept ember, 1955 which have resulted in a loss of over. 1,100 lbs of copper wire,” stated Gibson. “Mr. Peterson showed great courage chasing in the dark, alone and unarmed, two men who might have been armed.” This .makes the second SSOO re ward paid by Okefenokee in connection with wire thefts with in the last two years. The other SSOO reward was paid to Duval County Road Patrolman Alton H. • Starling and William E. Squyers for their arrest and sub sequent conviction of Jimmy M. Hicks, 22, Linwood Hicks, 28, Davis, 18, caught in the act of removing wire from the com pany’s lines on Yellow Bluff in March, 1956. Soil Survey Map Is Available As Guide for Clearing Land By J. W. CALHOUN, Soil Scientist Land clearing for cultivation and pasture is a common prac tice in the Satilla River District. Since this operation is expensive it would be wise for the land owner to study the capability of his land that is to be cleared to determine if it would be advis able. It is obvious that much land that has been cleared should have remained in trees for woodland products product ion. Any farmer or land owner in Brantley County is eligible for a Soil Survey map interpreted in terms of land capability on his farm. This map can be ob tained by a farmer or land own er by applying for a farm plan through the Satilla River Dis trict. James A. Ross, Work Unit Conservationist for Brantley County, uses the Soil Survey Maps interpreted in terms of land capabilities as a basis for developing soil conservation farm plans and assisting farmers and land owners in the county with their soil conservation problems. The Soil Scientist who makes the map as well as the work unit conservationist are both em ployees of the Soil Conservation Service, working in cooperation with Soil Conservation Districts. The Soil Survey map is very helpful in planning the best use and treatment of each acre of Georgia Power Company Is Planning SSB Million Construction Program The largest construction program in the Georgia Pow er Company’s history was announced Monday by J. J. .McDonough, president. Mr. McDonough said the com pany would invest $58,800,000 during 1958 in new fa cilities to serve the growing power needs of its cust omers. This compares with about $52,000,000 spent during 1957. Among the larger items in the company’s construction budget are: Completion of a 125,000 - kilo watt generating unit at Plant Yates near Newnan, and a con necting 230,000-volt transmission line to Morrow south of Atlanta. This will require $5,800,000 in 1958 out of a total cost of $lB,- 800,000. The new generating unit, the fifth to be installed at Plant Yates will come into service next June. Work will be continued on Oliv er Dam, a 60,000-kilowatt hydro electric plant on the Chattahooc hee river at Columbus. The es timated cost is $13,900,000, of which $18,100,000 will be spent in 1958. The plant will be com pleted next year. Construction will go forward on a new steam-electric generat ing unit of 75,000 kilowatts at Plant McManus, near Brunswick, which will increase the plant’s capacity of 115,000 kilowatts. This project was begun in 1957. More than $8,400,000, of a total cost of $15,300,000, will be spent in 1958. Georgia Power Company will invest an additional $1,000,000 in the Southern Electric Gene rating Company, which is con structing a 1,000,000-kilowatt steam-electric plant near Wilson ville, Ala. Southern Electric Generating Company is jointly owned by Georgia Power Com pany and Alabama Power Com pany. The first two of four 250,- 000,-kilowatt generating units will come into service in 1960. The redevelopment of the Mor gan Falls hydroelectric project on the Chattahoochee river north of Atlanta will begin this year. The height of the dam is being raised to provide additional water storage capacity for stream flow regulation. Os an estimated sl,- 000,000 required, $680,000 will be spent in 1958. The City of Atlanta will pay half the cost of the re development project. Additional electrical transmiss ion facilities to serve the Way cross area will require $420,000. These include a 10.5 - mile, 66,000- volt line from Blackshear to Ho boken, a new substation at Black shear, and an increase in the cap acity of the Kettle Creek sub station at Waycross. A 230,000-volt transmission line extending 81 miles from Bon aire south of Macon to Tifton, will be constructed in 1958. This is an extension of the Plant Yates-Bonaire line, built in 1957, the first 230,000-volt line ever constructed in Georgia. The cost of the extension, including a 125,000-kilowatt substation in the farm. If more land needs to be cleared for cultivation, the map indicates the best land that could be cleared. If more is need ed for pasture, the land that is best adapted for pasture can be determined by studying the map. Land that has a hardpan, or is very sandy, or is badly eroded does not have as much tree and brush growth on it as better land does. Therefore, it is often easier and cheaper to clear low product ive land with a higher capability and more productive capacity. I have seen this land “that is often easy to clear” disappoint formers in its capability to produce, and the experience results in the farmer saying, “this land should never have been cleared in the first place.” The soil and capabil ity map is an excellent guide in avoiding such mistakes. Land that has had the expense of clearing should be capable of producing a profit in the use that is selected for it. If the land proposed for clearing has a hard pan, or is too sandy, or is very wet, and too poor or is impract ical to drain, it is likely that the best use for such land is forestry and that it should not be cleared for cultivation; or pasture. Your soil and capability map should be used as a guide and your work unit conservationist should be consulted before deciding on the land that could be profitably cleared for cultivation and pas ture. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Tifton, will be $2,800,000. A 12,000-kilowatt, 110,000- volt substation under construct ion at Ochlochee will be com pleted this year. The total is $391,000, of which $247,000 will be required in 1958. A 110,000-volt transmission substation will be built at Ring gold with 3.5 miles of connect ing 110,000-volt transmission lines, at a cost'of $220,000. A 110,000 - volt substation will be built on the north side of Columbus with connecting 110,000-volt transmission lines, at a cost of $300,000. Construction will begin on a new 40,000-kilowatt substation with connecting 110,000-volt and 19,000-volt transmission lines in the West End section of Atlan ta. The total investment will be $580,000, of which $250,000 will be spent in 1958. A 36,000-kilowatt, 110,000-volt substation under construction in the northern section of Atlanta will be continued. Os a total in vestment of $1,150,000, $460,000 will be spent in 1958. A 39-mile transmission line of 110,000 volts will be built from Douglas to Waycross with termin al facilities at both cities, at a cost of $821,000. A 5.5 - mile transmission line, of 44,000 volts, will be built from Red Oak to Union City at a cost of SIOB,OOO. Construction of the company’s general service headquarters building at Forest Park near At lanta will be continued in 1958. The total cost is estimated at $3,700,000, with $2,600,000 being scheduled this year. The project will be completed in 1959. Substations and connecting transmission and distribution lines will be built at Lavonia, Gainesville, Tarver, the Clark Hill reservoir area, Forest Park, Summerville, Donaldsonville, Crawfordville, Culloden, Hawk insville, Dublin, Valdosta, Reids ville, Stone Mountain, Orange, and Flat Shoals Avenue, Atlan ta, at a combined cost of $1,500,- 000. Transmission substations will be enlarged at Manchester, Pine Grove (Valdosta), Grady (At lanta), Chickamauga, Summer ville, Thomaston, Dalton, South Macon, East Point, LaFayette, Tifton, Morrow, and Winder, and at the Bartletts Ferry, Goat Rock, Terrora and McMahus gen erating plants. The combined costs will be $1,500,000. Other improvements to the transmission system will add up to $5946,000. Electric line extensions to ser ve new customers, including sub stations, transformer and meter ing equipment, will cost $16,800,- 000. Other electric distribution ex penditures will totaj $5,500,000. , About $19,000,000 will be paid in wages and salaries to the com pany’s operating employes, all of whom live in Georgia. The company’s tax bill is es timated at $21,000,000. This money goes to state and local governments for the support of public schools and other public services and to the federal gov- Hickox H. D. Club Met Wednesday With Mrs. Jones The Hickox Home Demonstrat ion Club met at the home of Mrs. Owen Jones on Wednesday, Jan. 22 for their regular meeting and to give a miscellanous shower for Mrs. Don Hellemn, a recent bride. The program for the year was planned. There was a discussion on “Clothing” which will be em phasized in the county this year. Others present were Mrs. W. W. Hendrix, Mrs. Lavell Bohan on, Mrs. Claude Smith, Mrs. Em ory Middleton, Mrs. George Loyd and Mrs. Don Hfellemn. During the social hour Mrs. Hellemn was honored with a shower. Mrs. Hellemn is the for mer Miss Sara Simpson, Home Demonstration agent of Brantley County. Tropical gingerbread, coffee and tea were served for refresh ments. Keep up with the News About Your Home County. Subscribe for the Brantley Enterprise, $2.50 a Year, $3.00 Outside the County. (Plus Sales Tax) Robert Roy Drury Funeral Service Held Tuesday Robert Roy Drury, 71, died suddenly Sunday Jan 19, at his home in Waynesville. Mr. Drury was the son of the late Joseph F. and Mary S. Beasley Drury, and a native and lifelong resident of Brantley County. He was a prominent farmer and a mem ber of Nahunta Lodge No. 391, F. & A. M. and the Lulaton Baptist Church. He was a former commissioner of Brantley County. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Coyla Rhoden Drury; three daughters, Mrs. Robert Colson, Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. Wine fred Strang, Washington, D. C., and Miss Janrelle Drury, Jack sonville; a son, Eugene Drury, Jacksonville; asister, Mrs. R. P. Lewis, White Oak; and nine grandchidren. Funeral services were held at Oak Grove Baptist Church Tues day afternoon at two o’clock with Rev. Cecil Thomas of Na hunta conducting the rites. Mas onic rites were also carried out at the graveside. Pall bearers were Frank Wal ker, Lloyd Robinson, Robert Ed gy, Brown Brooker, Herschell Herrin and John Wilson. Card of Thanks We wish to express our heart felt gratitude to all our friends who were so kind to us during the illness and death of our mother, Mrs. G. C. Rogers. We deeply appreciate every word of sympathy and act of kindness ex tended us during our bereave ment. We are especially grateful for the floral offerings which showed your love for the one we loved. Your friendship and sympathy has been a great consolation to us and we will always remember you all with deep affection and gratitude. Very Sincerely, The Rogers Family. Personals The Nahunta Garden Club will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at four p. m. at the home of Mrs. E. A. Moody. The .members are asked to note the change of regular date from Tuesday after fourth Sunday to Tuesday after first Sunday. Pvt. Owen M. Prescott, son of- Mr. and Mrs. Owen Prescott, Route 1, Hoboken, has been as signed to Company C, 3rd Bat talion, First Regiment, at Fort Jackson, S. C., for his basic in fantry training. The W. S. C. S. of the Nahunta Methodist Church will meet at the home of Mrs. Bence Strick land of Hortense on Tuesday evening, Jan. 29, at 7:30 p. m. Royal Theater Program All Pictures in Cinemascope or wide Screen. Show time: 7:30 P.M. we^ days; I ■ Saturdays 6:45 and 8:45 Sunday 3:30 P.M. only. Admimion adults, .4$ children JO ~ — FRIDAY AND SATURDAY JAN. 24 and 25 ‘‘The Searcher^” Starring JOHN WAYNE and VERA MILES SUNDAY and MONDAY JAN. 26 and 27 “Band of Angels” Starring CLARK GABLE and YVONNE DE CARLO CLOSED TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY TV Getting You Down? See a Good Movie.