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VOLUME 38
Liquor Still
Destroyed
By Officers
A liquor still of approximately
400 gallons capacity a day was
destroyed by Brantley county
Sheriff J. Walter Crews, two
deputies and two state revenue
men, Saturday, March 15.
The illicit still was located a
bout three miles south of Ho
boken and about a half mile
east of Route 121. Three vats
of about 3500 gallons mash cap
acity were .found.
The still was situated under a
cow shelter with a dummy load
ing chute.
Besides sheriff Crews the men
making the raid on the still were
deputies Dan Herrin and L. O.
Stalling, and state revenue a
gents H. J. Watkins and F. G.
Bennett.
No liquor was found at the
still and no operators were on
hand when the raid was made.
Cub Scout Meetings
Will Be Held
Thursday-F riday
Two organization meetings for
Cub Scouts will be held at the
American Legion Home in Na
hunta Thursday and Friday
nights, March 27-28, it is announ
ced by Mrs. Cecil Moody.
The metings will start at 7:30
P. M. and will be for the pur
pose of organizing Cub Scout
troops. Boys of ages eight, nine
and ten are eligible for member
ship in the Cub Scouts.
Parents of boys of Cub Scout
age are especially urged to at
tend the meetings.
Bookmobile Schedule
Is Announced for
Brantley County
The following is the bookmo
bile schedule for Brantley Coun
ty for the week of March 31-
April 3:
Monday, March 31, Hoboken,
Hortense.
Tuesday, April 1, Waynesville,
Hickox, Nahunta High School.
Wednesday, April 2, Nahunta
Elementary School, Nahunta
(town).
Thursday, April 3, Brantley
County Colored Schools.
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IN TALMADGE
eports From 3
HEARINGS WERE HELD this
week by the Senate Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs on a bill
which, if it is enacted, will mean
much to the economic development
of Georgia and the Southeast.
The measure,
S. 2077, is one
which I intro
duced last year
for myself and
Senators Rvs
sell of Georgia,
Hill and Spark
man of Ala
bama, Kefauver
of lennessee, Johnston and Thur
mond of South Carolina and Scott
and Ervin of North Carolina. It
d.rectg the Department of the In
terior to undertake a survey to de
termine the extent of iron ore
deposits, ip the Southeast and the
means through which those de
posits' can be utilized effectively
for the production of steel. It calls
for a report of findings within 180
days of the bill’s enactment.
11 IS WELL known among geol
ogists that there is an abundance
°f iron ore in the Southern Appal
achians, particularly in the area
known as the Clinton Sedimentary
R“ds occurring in the States o'
Georgia. Alabama. Tennessee and
North and South Carolina. Dr.
Merle C. Prunty, head of the De
partment of Geography and Geol
ogy at the University of Georgia.
>s convinced that these deposits,
^i'e not so rich as those of the
■'csabi Range, a. e of commercial
'■aiue. This is borne out by ex‘en
’’ve studies made by the Georg a
. tate Department of Mines. Min
mg and Geology
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Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
NUMBER 13
Farmers Can Sign
For Soil Bank
Payments Soon
The Chairman of the Brantley
County ASC Committee, George
Dykes, reports that most farm
ers who wanted to take part in
the 1958 Acreage Reserve of the
Soil Bank, but could not file
signed agreements because of
fund limitations, will apparently
be able to sign up at the coun
ty office in the near future.
Both the Senate and the House
of Representatives have approv
ed a supplemental appropriation
of 250 million dollars to provide
for additional Acreage Reserve
participation. This will bring the
total to 750 million dollars for
the 1958 program.
Because agreement on some de
tailed program provisions must
still be reached in House-Sen
ate conference, Congressional ac
tion on the supplemental ap
propriation is not yet complete.
As soon as final action is taken,
the county committee will get the
“Go Ahead” for completing the
signup. Preliminary steps have
been takn by the State ASC
Committee to prepare the way
for immediate action when the
supplemental funds are author
ized.
In addition to farmers who
have already filed signed a
agreements which were in gen
eral covered by the initial ap
propriation for the Acreage Re
serve, other eligible farmers will
be in position to take part in the
enlarged program. These will in
clude those whose names are on
“Waiting List” registers at the
county office and possibly others
where there is evidence that they
made an attempt to participate
during the signup period.
While it is expected that in
general funds will be available
to take care of all farmers who
indicated that they would take
part in the program if it was en
larged, there is a legislative an
nual limitation of 300 million
dollars for the Corn Acreage Re
serve. Because the total of sign
ed agreements and other appli
cations on waiting lists would
call for more than 300 million
dollars, if all the corn applica
tions were completed, some ad
justment will be necessary for
this crop.
Public notice will be given
promptly when the County ASC
Office is ready to sign addition
al Acreage Reserve Agreements.
The Chairman, Mr. Dykes, says
that in the meantime the coun
ty office will be prepared to fur
nish general information but that
farmers should not attempt to
sign up agreements until official
announcements are made.
The staff of this newspaper
appreciates your help in getting
in all news copy early.
This value is enhanced by the
facts that adjacent to these iron
ore deposits are extensive supplies
of bituminous fuels essential to the
production of steel and that abund
ant transportation facilities are af
forded by the Tennessee River,
Coosa-Warrior River, Alabama-
Tombigbee River, Apalachicola-
Chattahoochee-Flint River and
Savannah River Waterways and
the contiguous railways of the
area.
FOR SOME YEARS now econo
mists, industrialists and defense
planners have been concerned about
the rapid depletion of the country’s
traditional sources of iron ore.
Already many users have been
forced to turn to other sources of
supply, notably those in South
America.
As a matter of prudence and
preparedness, this situation should
behoove the United States to search
out all available sources of iron ore
here at home. This should be done
to insure against any unhappy
circumstance which in the future
might deny us our foreign supplies
as well as to assure readily-avail
able reserves which could be
tapped immediately in any emer
gency.
By assisting the South to de
velop its vast potential in the
mining of iron ore and the produc
tion of steel the Federal Govern
ment can make a significant con
tribution toward maintaining the
nation’s defenses as well as toward
sustaining its economic growth.
Brantley Enterprise
NAHUNTA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM— They won the State Class B
basketball championship. Front row, left to right, Charles Wilson, Tommy Jacobs,
Alvin Mobley, Cecil Drury, Julian Willis. Back row, left to right, Coach Harold
Scott, William Royster, Burnette Dubose, Marvin Griffin, Layton Johns, Carol Allen,
Donald Cleland, George Thomas, manager Harry Herrin. Layton Johns and Donald
e and made the all-star team and Marvin Griffin was given honorable mention.
Editor Broome to Take Part
In Discussion of Far East
ATLANTA, GA. — American
policy in the Far East will be
discussed by 75 Southern lead
ers at a four-day conference,
April 10-13, at Ida Cason Cal
laway Gardens (Chipley, Ga.)
The conference is sponsored by
Emory University, in cooperat
ion with the Eisenhower-found
ed American Assembly of Colum
bia University.
It will be the first Southeast
ern meeting of the Assembly.
Carl Broome, editor of The Brant
ley Enterprise, will take part in
the discussions.
Senator John Sherman Cooper
of Kentucky, former delegate to
the UN, will address the group
Thursday on problems of Far
East policy. A Friday program
will feature a panel on: “Should
the U. S. Recognize Red China?”
Participants will be Far Eastern
affairs experts: Dr. Richard L.
Walker, University of South
Carolina; Dr. George A. Lensen,
Florida State University; and
Dr. John A. Harrison, University
of Florida.
The conference program will
be given largely to three continu
ing group discussions. Topics will
include competition of Southern
textiles with Japanese imports.
The American Assembly will pub
lish a summary of conference
discussions.
Invited to attend the session
will be Southern representatives
of business, industry, education,
civic organizations, the profess
ions, and the press. Dr. S. Walter
Martin, Emory president, is chair
man of the April meeting. Dr.
John A. Griffin, director of com
munity education at Emory, is
director. Discussion leaders will
include Dr. Earl D. C. Brewer
and Dr. Charles Lerche of Emory,
and Paul Rilling, college projects
director, Southeastern area,
YMCA.
The American Assembly was
set up by President Eisenhower
when he was president of Col
umbia, and is designed to en
courage study and discussion of
problems in foreign and domes
tic affairs. Robert Woodruff of
Atlanta is a member of the nat
ional board. Sessions have been
held in New York, St. Louis,
New Orleans, and at Stanford
University.
Girl Scouts Elect
Officers at Meeting
Thursday, March 20
• The third meeting of the Girl
Scouts was held Thursday, March
20, at High School building, in
the Home Economics room.
Officers were elected at this
meeting. They are Sandra Ja
cobs, president; Lorna Harden,
vice-president; Gail Strickland,
Secretary; Lynn Herrin, report
er.
Mrs. Ben Jones and Mrs. Rob
ert Smith are the leaders. The
Scouts include girls from ages
11 to 14. They will meet on
Thursday of each week in the
Home Ec Room at the school.
Members present other than
those mentioned above were Max
ine Peacock, Linda Riggins, Lin
da Burden, Mildred Bohanon,
Tavares Johns, Chat Allen and
Brenda Hickox.
Reporter, Lynn Herrin
Mrs. J. M. Rogers who spent
several months in Hollywood,
Florida has returned to her home
in Lulaton.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 27, 1958
Obtain Auto Tags
Before April 1
1958 State License plates must
be obtained by March 31, or a
plus additional forms to be filled
penalty will be added to the cost,
out. D. F. Herrin Court Clerk,
of Brantley County reminded
motorist this week.
A large number of Brantley
countians have thus far failed to
obtain their 1958 auto, truck and
trailer tags and should act now
to avoid the last minute rush,
You must have your tag ap
plication completely filled out
and notarized and your fee
should be in the form of cash.
No checks can be accepted, ac
cording to law.
Mrs. Letha Tucker
Wins Grand Prize
In Hair Styling
Mrs. Letha Tucker is again ac
claimed an International Champ
ion in the Art of Hair Styling
and Permanent Waving.
She attended the Internation
al Hair annd Beauty Show in
New York City March 17, 18,
19 and 20.
In the permanent waving con
test, Mrs. Tucker competed with
63 contestants of which fourteen
were from foreign countries.
There were six trophys award
ed and Mrs. Tucker won the
Grand Prize.
Mrs. Letha Tucker is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Johns of Nahunta and is a grad
uate of the 1943-44 class of Na
hunta High School. She is in
business in Jacksonville where
she now resides.
Mrs. Broome is
Elected Matron
Eastern Star
Mrs. Lurline Broome was elect
ed Worthy Matron of Satilla
Chapter 365 Order of Eastern
Star at a regular meeting of the
chapter on Tuesday night, March
25, in the lodge hall at Nahun
ta. She follows Miss Malva Alice
Keen who has served as Worthy
Matron for the past two year.
Other officers elected at this
meeting were; Delma Herrin,
Worthy Patron; Ruby Herrin, As
sociate Matron; Walter Crews,
Associate Patron;; Malva Alice
Keen, secretary Mamie Orser,
Treasurer; Louise Drury, Con
ductress; Elizabeth Robinson, As
sociate Conductress.
The appointive officers will be
named at a later date.
Installation program of all of
ficers will take place on April
22, at the last regular meeting
in April.
Mrs. Dorothy Brooker and Mrs.
Dorothy Kelly were hostesses
during the social hour, serving
a variety of sandwiches, olives
and soft drinks.
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munity’s progress.
THOMAS M. KNOX
Has Leadership Qualities
Thomas Knox
Is Appointed
Squad Leader
GREAT LAKES, 111. - Thom
as M. Knox, son of Mr. and Mrs.
B. W. Knox of Route 2, Na
hunta, Ga. has been appointed
third squad leader of his recruit
company at the Great Lakes
Naval Training Center.
As a recruit petty officer he
will wear a miniature rating in
signe as a badge of authority
during the remainder of his
nine weeks of “Boot Camp.”
He was chosen for the position
in recognition of leadership qual
ities displayed while undergoing
recruit training. He is scheduled
to graduate April 5.
Sailor Injured
In Accident
On Route 301
A sailor from the Glynco Na
val Air Station is in a critical
condition in a Brunswick hospi
tal from injuries sustained in an
auto accident near the Satilla
River East of Nahunta.
Brantley County Sheriff J.
Walter Crews identified the sail
or as Robert B. Hunnicut, home
address not listed. Sheriff Crews
said ambulance attendants listed
the sailor’s injuries as a severed
juglar vein, other cuts and
bruises.
The injured sailor was rushed
to a Brunswick hospital by am
bulance before Sheriff Crews
reached the scene of the accident.
Crews said the car apparently
ran off the highway near the
bridge over the Satilla River
East of Nahunta and overturned
several times, coming to rest in
about four feet of water.
George W. Herrin
Completes Course
In Army School
FORT EUSTIS, VA. — Serg
eant First Class George W. fter
rin, son of G. W. Herrin, Route
1, Nahunta, Ga., recently com
pleted the aircraft component re
pair course at the Army’s Trans
portation School, Fort Eustis, Va.
Sergeant Herrin entered the
Army in 1944. Among his awards,
he holds the Combat Infantry
man Badge.
In civilian life, he attended Na
hunta High School and was a far
mer.
Herrin’s wife, Jane, is with him
at Fort Eustis.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Jos. B. Strickland Passed Away
Thursday in Waycross Hospital
Wesleyan Church
Homecoming
Set for Sunday
The revival at the Philidel
phia (Sawgrass) Wesleyan Met
hodist Church is well into the
second and last week of the ser
vices.
The attendance has been good
and mounting nightly. The ev
angelist the Rev. O. A. Keiger
of Waynesboro, Georgia has been
preaching under the annointing
of God. He is one of the best
Bible preachers in the south.
Our hearts have been warmed
over and over again by the sing
ing of Rev. and Mrs. W. L. Snell
grove of Waycross. The services
will close on Sunday March 30
with homecoming. It is expected
that many of our friends through
out this section will attend the
morning service at eleven o’clock,
and then enjoy the fellowship
with one another around the
table at the noon hour.
At three o’clock Sunday after
noon the Hortense district youth
rally will meet with us. There
will be special singing and skits
from all of the youth organizat
ions of the district.
Rev. Keiger is the speaker for
the rally. The revival will close
with the service Sunday night at
7:45.
We invite all of our friends
to be with us for all of the re
maining services of the meeting.
Rev. Robert Wagnon Pastor.
Soil Bank
Aids Farmers
On Fish Ponds
Under the Soil Bank Program
landowners may construct farm
fish ponds, duck marshes, and
establish food patches for quail,
doves, and rabbits.
To be eligible for payments,
the practice selected must be es
tablished on land designated as
Conservation Reserve. Financial
assistance similar to that avail
able for woodland and other
soil bank purposes is available.
For both ducks and fish, wat
er must be .managed. Food, how
ever is the most important need
for all fish and wild animals.
The soil and water conservation
program is planned to grow the
best foods for each kind of wild
life desired, and the manage
ment recommended is designed
for high yields and attractive
feeding conditions. Soil Conserv
ation Service Biologists -in the
Southeastern States have found
that better foods, good cover,
and proper management of water
will attract farm game or mig
ratory birds to any farm which
provides these favorable condit
ions.
The Soil Bank Program pro
vides payments for food patches
for quail, doves, and rabbits. Pay
ments include materials for lim
ing and fertilizer, seed, and dis
cing to encourage natural reseed
ing. A wide selection of legumes
and grasses are eligible for cost
share payments.
Operations to benefit water
fowl and other wildlife are pro
vided to restore drained marshes
or other wetlands. Also eligible is
development of shallow water
areas or marsh management
areas to benefit waterfowl and
other wildlife. Payments are pro
vided for the required liming
material and fertilizer, for es
tablishing eligible plants and for
installing necessary dams, dikes,
or control structures.
Dollie Mae Warren
Spelled 99 Words
Correctly of 100
This is to make a correction
in the news story of last week
concerning the winning of the
county spelling bee by Miss Dol
lie Mae Warren.
The story stated that Miss War
ren spelled 95 of the 100 words.
The fact is that Miss Warren,
spelled 99. of the 100 words
rectly, missing only one. of the
long list of very difficult words.
Miss Warren’s spelling ability
has won her the congratulations
of her many friends who wish
her continued success in the
district spelling contest to be
held in Waycross April 14.
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Joseph Barney Strickland, for
mer chairman of Brantley Coun
ty Commissioners and a former
state senator, died in a Waycross
hospital Thursday morning,
March 27, after a long illness.
Mr. Strickland was one of the
most prominent citizens of Brant
ley County and South Georgia.
He served for .many years as
chairman of the Brantley County
Commissioners and represented
Brantley County in the state leg
islature for a number of years
and was later state senator from
the Third District.
He was Brantley County agent
for the Standard Oil Company.
He was a member of the Nahun
ta Baptist Church, a Mason and
a member and former president
of the Brantley County Lions
Club. He also had served on the
state Democratic Committee.
Mr. Strickland was a leader
in the development of federal
Route 301, spending much time
and money in helping to organ
ize and carry on the 301 High
way Association.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday afternoon at two o’-
clock at the Nahunta Baptist
Church, with interment in Oak
land Cemetery, Waycross. Ma
sonic rites will be carried out at
the graveside.
The body will lie in state at
the Baptist Church for two hours
prior to the funeral service. Rev.
Cecil Thomas, pastor of the Na
hunta Baptist Church, will con
duct the funeral service.
Chambless Funeral Home is in
charge of the funeral arrange
ments. Survivors and other de
tails will be given in next week’s
paper.
Brazil Z. Davis
Funeral Service
Held Tuesday
Mr. Brazil Z. Davis, 86, of Hor
tense passed away early Monday
morning at the home of his son,
Charlie Davis, after a short ill
ness.
Mr. Davis was born in South
Carolina and was a member of
the Baptist church. Until declin
ing health forced his retirement,
he had engaged in farming.
Survivors include two daugh
ters, Mrs. Henry Conley of Sav
annah and Mrs. Lambert Strick
land of Brunswick, and Brazil
Z. Davis, Jr. of Sumter, S. C.;
two brothers, Doc Davis of Tal
lahassee, Fla., and S. C. Davis of
Screven; 16 grandchildren and 5
great grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held at
Raulerson cemetery in Pierce
county, Tuesday afternoon,
March 25, at 3 o’clock with the
Rev. J. D. Strader, pastor of the
Satilla Baptist church, assisted
by the Rev. Lester Dixon, offic
iating in the presense of the fam
ily and a large host of friends.
Serving as pallbearers were
Messrs. Donald Davis, Jerry Dav
is, Edward Davis, Colan Strick
land, Olan Roberson, and Jack
Strickland.
Honorary pallbearers were
Messrs. Hardy Rowell, Rep
Pearson, Archie Causey, Walter
Strickland, D. T. Middleton, Al
len Rowell, Ervin Smith, Arthur
Sloan, W. E. Eldridge, Allen Mor
gan, Alton Carver, Jim Herrin,
J. C. Strickland.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of
arrangements.
Royal Theater
Program
All Pictures in Cinemascope or
wide screen.
Show Time: 8:00 p. m. Weekdays;
Saturdays 7:00 P. M.
Sundays 3:30 P. M.
Admission adults, .45;
children .20
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
MARCH 28 and 29
“DRUM BEAT’’
Starring ALAN LADD and
AUDREY DALTON
SUNDAY & MONDAY
MARCH 30 and 31
“MEN IN WAR”
Starring ROBERT BYAN
ALDO RAY and
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