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Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 20, 1958
SPRING SPECIALS
FOR CASH PRICES
One GE MOBILMAID DISHWASHER
• Regular Price $249.95
SPECIAL PRICE
’169.95
One GE CLOTHES DRYER
Regular $189.95
SPECIAL PRICE
now ’139.95
One MAYTAG CLOTHES DRYER
Regular $209.50
Special Price For This Sale
$169.50
Two Slightly Used 26-In. BICYCLES
Regular Price $47.95
SPECIAL PRICE
$ 32.50
(One man’s, one lady’s, sold Christmas)
Used Gas and Electric RANGES
$40.00 Up
Used REFRIGERATORS $49.95 Up
MOODY BROS.
FURNITURE COMPANY
NAHUNTA, GEORGIA
New Voter Bill
Doesn't Change
Present Lists
Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook says
that voters already registered
will not have to re-register un
der the new Voters Registration
Bill which is awaiting Gov. Grif
fin’s signature.
Speaking as a member of the
legislative - created Election
Law Study Committee which
made an extensive study of the
measure, Mr. Cook took issue
with published reports that
“only” persons qualified for the
1956 general election would be
able to vote in this year’s elect
ion of the bill is signed.
In a signed statement, the At
torney General said “there is
nothing in the new act which re
quires re-registration of those
who had previously registered.”
“Section 2 of the bill,” he said,
“was placed there by the commit
tee to allay the fears of those
who thought the 1956 voters list
would be abolished and all per
sons required to re-register.”
“It was included in the bill
by the committee so that there
could be no misunderstanding
concerning the retention of the
last available general election
list,” he said.
The Attorney General also stat
ed that the bill makes no changes
from the law at present concern
ing the date on which registrat
ors must cease taking applicat
ions for registration in a general
election year.
“The bill contains the same
language as the old law,” he said,
“and the registrars may take ap
plication for registration up to
six months prior to the date of
the general election in 1958.”
Legal Advertising
Georgia, Brantley County
To Whom It May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that J.
C. Moody and D. S. Moody doing
business under the firm name of
Moody Bros. Furniture Co. have
dissolved their partnership. The
said D. S. Moody retires, and J.
C. Moody will continue business
under the same name at the same
location.
J. C. Moody will pay all debts
and collect all bills, both parties
solicit the continued liberal pat
ronage of the public.
This Jan. Ist, 1958.
J. C. Moody
. D. S. Moody
K. Winton Adams
^Attorney
Effort Made
To Wipe Out
Screwworms
Georgia farmers this week are
being urged to cooperate fully
in an intense effort to wipe out
screwworms now while the
screwworm population is low due
to the assist given the eradica
tion program by the unusually
cold weather of recent weeks.
The screwworm program is a
joint project of the Florida and
Georgia Departments of Agricul
ture, the Agricultural Extension
Service, University of Georgia
College of Agriculture, and the
Agricultural Research Service of
the United States Department of
Agriculture.
Commissioner of Agriculture J.
Phil Campbell is urging all
farmers to keep a sharp look
out for screwworm infestations
in all kinds of livestock and to
report any and all infestations
promptly to their county agent.
Each farmer who finds any
screwworm infestation is request
ed to treat the wound, put 10
worms in a bottle of clean water,
and to notify or take the worms
to his county agent. Commiss
ioner Campbell explained that
the worm collections are import
ant to proper identification and
to charting the extent of screw
worm infestations in the South
east.
W. A. Sutton, Extension direct
or, said all county agents offices
have been designated as screw
worm specimen collection stations
and that all county agents have
been notified of their responsi
bility as clearing agents for the
eradication program. Each coun
ty agent will contact his area
veterinarian as soon as he re
ceives a report by a farmer of
any screwworm infestation in his
county .
Sutton added that all county
agents and veterinarians have in
formation on the recommended
measures for treating screwworm
infestations and will give this
to farmers upon request.
TRANSPLANTING TOBACCO
From March 20 to the middle
of April is a good time for trans
planting tobacc’o in South Geor
gia. Usually, by that time the
soil is warm enough for the plants
to make satisfactory growth and
the chances of having enough
moisture for the plants to live
are fairly good during this per
iod. This information is from Ag
ricultural Extension Service Ag
ronimist, J. B. Preston.
Roy Harper's Farm Methods
Shows Importance of Sheep,
Irrigation and Fertilizers
From The
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
HORTENSE — The farming
future of Roy Harper is tied clos
ely to two increasingly impor
tant items on the Georgia farm
—irrigation and fertilizer.
The Brantley County farmer
has only 175 acres of land under
cultivation in all his 2,300 acres,
but he has learned that adequate
fertilization can pay dividends if
adequate moisture is assured.
With an irrigation system on
hand to bolster his chances at
corn production, Mr. Harper will
increase his corn acreage from
35 to 50 acres in 1958. The basis
for this increase is tied largly to
the fact that he produced 98
bushels per acre in 1957 where he
normally produced only about 50
bushels per acre.
Mr. Harper needs the corn for
his sheep on the farm. Where
many Georgia farmers are just
beginning to grow sheep again
after several years, Mr. Harper
has steadfastly continued to grow
the animals here in the southeast
section of the state.
He has 85 ewes that must be
fed every day—or that’s his plan.
He takes a dim view of just let
ting the sheep scratch for them
selves in the wilds. There are
pastures available for grazing,
but he still feels there is need
for supplemental feeding.
For 12 consecutive years there
have been sheep on the Harper
farm and even before that, but
there was a break in there about
12 years ago. Altogether he has
about 160 head of sheep now
counting the ewes and lambs.
Labor, that biting problem on
the farm today, has taken its toll
for this farmer, too. He quit the
turpentine and navals stores oper
ation in 1956 mainly because of
the labor shortage.
Now he is beginning to clean
out the worked out timber on his
farm. Not all at one time, but
gradually as the occasion de
mands it.
Besides sheep there are some
20 hogs and about 21 cows
toaming the spaces on the Har
per farm. He looks after each of
these with the care and attention
that has over the years continued
to make a living for his family.
He is quick to accept new ideas
but he isn’t one to hop from one
wagon to another if his present
program is working okay.
He combines his farm enter
prises to work together where
ever possible. Such as the sheep
and tobacco beds. He takes sheep
fertilizer, fumigates it and then
applies it lightly on his tobacco
beds.
“Then back off and watch it
grow,” he said recently. “Os
course, it is necessary to sprinkle
the beds lightly and it is a costly
error if you apply too much of
the fertilizer because you’ll burn
up the beds.”
The irrigation system to pro
vide water for suffering crops
wasn’t needed on his tobacco last
year. In fact, he needed some
thing to subtract from the over
supply he received.
Normally, with the aid of
irrigation, he has produced a
round 1,900 pounds average on
his 11 acres of tobacco, but last
year he had only 1,295 pounds. It
wasn’t good, but he doesn’t ex
pect a continuation of such wea
ther in 1958.
Neither is he thinking of dis
posing o£ his irrigation system
just because it was a wet year
for tobacco last year.
“I couldn’t have a guarantee
of enough water unless I had ir
rigation,” he said.
His fertilizer methods of corn
have changed. To make 50 bush
els’per acre he applied 400 pounds
of 4-12-12 per acre plus some am l
monium nitrate. Last year he in
creased the 4-12-12 to 600 pounds
and added 400 pounds of am
monium nitrate. It was enough
for the 98 bushels, too.
Information on Cotton
Price Support Issued
Price support for 1958-crop
upland cotton at a minimum lev
el of 30.75 cents per pound, gross
weight, basis Middling 7-8 - inch
at average location, has been an
nounced by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
This level of support reflects
81 percent of the current par
ity price of 37.96 cents per pound
for upland cotton.
In the event that the minimum
level of support required by law
on the basis of the supply per
centage as of the beginning of the
next year (August 1, 1958) and
the applicable parity price is
higher than the support level an
nounced today, the level of sup
port will be increased according
ly.
Under provisions of law, if
producers have not disapproved
marketing quotas the minimum
level of support for upland cot
ton varies with the available sup
ply of cotton as of the beginning
of the marketing year and the
applicable parity prices. In a re
ferendum on December 10, 1957,
cotton producers approved mar
keting quotas for the 1958 crop
of upland cotton by a 92.9 per
cen favorable vote.
Georgia to Get
$5 Million in
Soil Bank Funds
Georgia has received an al
location of $5,000,000 for 1958 to
cover farmers’ participation in
the Soil Bank’s Conservation Re
serve programs, according to
James L. Morgan, chairman,
State Agricultural Stablization
and Conservation Committee.
The 1958 allocations to all states,
plus a special reserve for later
allocation, are within the overall
legislative limit of $325 million,
the chairman explained.
Georgia’s allocation for 1958
must cover annual and cost-share
payments under contracts sign
ed during the 1958 period, as
well as annual payments under
contracts that went into effect
in 1956 and 1957. As of January
24, funds obligated under 1958
Conservation Reserve contracts in
Georgia totaled $3,375,000. Geor
gia farmers who signed contracts
in earlier years put 227,000 acres
of cropland in the Conservation
Reserve and are eligible in 1958
for total annual payments of over
$1,500,000.
The Conservation Reserve is the
long-range program of the Soil
Bank whereby farmers may sign
contracts to divert general crop
land from the production of crops
to soil-and-water - conservation
uses, tree planting, and wildlife
protection for periods of three,
five, or 10 years. On the 5-and
10-year contracts, payments up
to 80 percent of the cost of es
tablishing a conservation practice
may be made to participants.
Participants also receive annual
per-acre payments for land in
the reserve for the duration of
their contracts when they remain
in compliance with the program.
Contracts under the regular
Conservation program may be
signed by farmers in all states
through April 15.
Qualification
Tests Offered
College Men
The selective Service College
Qualification test will be given
to college men May 1, 1958, Col.
Mike Hendrix, State Director of
Selective Service for Georgia an
nounced today. The May 1 test
will be the only test offered for
the 1957-58 school year, the
State Director said.
Scores made on the test are
used by local boards as one guide
in considering requests for defer
ment from military service to
continue studies.
Application cards and instruct
ions may now be obtained from
Selective Service local boards.
Men planning to take the test
were urged by Col. Hendrix to
make early application at the
nearest local board office for ful
ler information and necessary
forms and materials.
The State Director pointed out
that student deferments which
test scores have helped determine
since 1951, have been a major
factor in insuring the Nation its
present supply of specialized man
power.
In previous years, two regular
and one make-up test customarily
have been given. But with fewer
men applying to take the test,
it was announced last summer
that only one test would be of
fered this school year.
Many men are able to complete
undergraduate study before
reaching an age when induction
can be expected and do not need
to seek a deferment, the State
Director pointed out. Draft calls
presently are for men over 22
years old, he added.
Emphasizing that no make-up
test will be offered, the State
Director warned students wish
ing to take the test to obtain
1958 application cards and other
material from the local board.
Use of old application cards may
result in students missing the
test.
Applications must be postmar
ked not later than midnight Fri
day, April 11, 1958.
Among those from Brantley
County enrolled at Georgia
State College for Women dur
inng the Winter Quarter at the
women’s college were Waunice
Ammons, Margie Lee Dryden,
Mary Lou Gardner, Janice Caro
lyn Higginbotham, Gladys lona
Johns, Betty Ann Jones, Clara
Eselle Lyons, Janice Royster, Bet
ty Jean Sadler, Mary Rose Smith,
Margie Virginia Stewart, Eula
Virleen Strickland, Mattie Grace
Strickland, and Sybil Claire
Strickland.
Forester George D. Walker,
Agricultural Extension Service
points out that diseases and in
sects kill more trees each year
in Georgia than fire kills.
Want Ads
CHICKEN AND OYSTER
SUPPER
The Satilla Baptist Church at
Hortense will sponsor a chicken
and oyster supper at the Hor
tense Case Friday night, March
21, beginning at five o’clock in
the afternoon. Adults $1 and
children 50 cents. The supper is
for the benefit of the piano
fund for the church. 3-20
HOMEMADE CAKE SALE
Homemade cake sale at the
Royal Theater lobby Saturday,
March 22, from 3:00 until 6:00 p.
m. Sponsored by the Oleander
Garden Club. 3-20.
SALESMAN WANTED
Wanted: man for profitable
Rawleigh business in Charlton
County. Products well known.
Real opportunity. See fieldman
F. M. Massey, P. O. Box 477,
Live Oak, Fla., or write Raw
leigh’s Dept. GAC-1490-119, Mem
phis, Tenn. 3-20
TRUCK and TRACTOR
FOR SALE
Dodge pulpwood truck, with
loader, cheap. Also one Ford
Tractor S2OO. Shot Strickland,
Hortense, Ga. 3-27.
FOR SALE
Used transplanters, SBS to $125.
Blackshear Tractor & Implement
Co., Blackshear, Ga. ts
HOUSE FOR SALE
House and two lots for sale in
Nahunta. Bath and other conven
iences. Already financed and
terms can be arranged. George
Dowling, Nahunta, Ga. 3-20
FOR SALE
Used Super A Farmall tractor
and 5 implements, $995.00. Black
shear Tractor & Implement Co.,
Blackshear, Ga. • ts
INCOME TAX RETURNS
Let me help you prepare your
income tax returns. See Tom
Purdom at Raybon or call phone
2-3328, Nahunta, Ga. 3-27.
FOR SALE
One-row Earthmaster tractor
with cultivator, $295.00. Black
shear Tractor & Implement Co.,
Blackshear, Ga. ts
The average 12-inch log con
tains twice the volume of a 10-
inch one, states Harold Baxter,
forestry marketing specialist, Ag
ricultural Extension Service. Lar
ger logs mean greater profit, he
points out.
Important Notice
to Taxpayers of
Brantley County
You Must Return Your Property
For Taxes To Me Before March 31,
1958.1 Am In My Office Daily Mon
day Through Saturday, Except Wed
nesday Afternoons, To Receive Re
turns.
After March 31, The Tax Assessors
Will Value Your Property.
EVERY TAXPAYER MUST SIGN PERSONALLY
FOR HIS TAX EXEMPTION
THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION
BEFORE MARCH 31.
John M. Wilson
TAX COMMISSIONER BRANTLEY COUNTY
To eliminate termites and oth
er harmful insects from saw
dust and wood shavings, mix
three table spoons of five per
cent Chlordane with each bushel
of material, suggests Gerald
Smith, Agricultural Extension
Service horticulturist.
By Guy Chambless
“CHARACTER IS A BY-PRODUCT: IT IS PRODUCED IN THE
GREAT MANUFACTURE OF DAILY DUTY ...”
As these words by Woodrow Wilson suggest, traits of character
are developed and embellished in the course of our daily work
day lives. Although a number of us experience a rather average
and not particularly inspiring way of life, it nevertheless is a
life which daily gives us countless opportunities to pursue good
qualities of character.
Actually, it is quite impossible to deal with people socially or
in a business sense, and not be faced with situations which call
for expressions of sincerity, honesty, tolerance, understanding, or
any of a hundred other attributes of worthy character. It is in
the way that we conduct ourselves in the process of living out
each day, however great or humble that day may be, that we
must add or detract to some degree to the overall stature of our
character. Character, we believe, is not a static thing; it grows
or lessons if even to the slightest possible degree, every day of
our lives.
CHAMBLESS FUNERAL HOME
J. B. Middleton
Insurance Agency
All Kinds of Insurance
Harper Building Nahunta, Ga.
For the Best in Hospitilization, Medical and Sur
gical Insurance. Prepayment Protection Contract.
Agent for Cotton States Insurance Companies.
Cotton States Insurance will be 30 to 50 Percent
Under Most Other Companies
Day Phone 2-3715 Night Phone 2-2216
Dr. Charles H. Little
Dr. Lovick H. Williamson
OPTOMETRISTS
607 Isabella Street Telephone
Waycross, Georgia At 3-5144
NAHUNTA, GEORGIA
