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VOLUME 38 — NUMBER 18
New Voters
Must Register
By May 3
All citizens who are not al
ready registered are required to
register on or before May 3,
it is announced by the Brantley
County Board of Registrars.
Only those citizens who are
not already registered will be
required to register, the an
nouncement stated.
The registrars will be in the
office at the courthouse Friday
and Saturday, May 2 and 3, to
register new voters who have not
already qualified to vote in the
fall elections in September and
November.
Hunting Licenses
Contain an Error
ATLANTA — Director Ful
ton Lovell of the Georgia
Game and Fish Commission re
ports that the 1958-59 combi
nation licenses and hunting
licenses contain an error in
deer season dates for certain
counties.
The dates omitted on the
licenses, Lovell said, are Nov.
1, 1958 through January 5,
1959 in the following counties:
Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen,
Burke, Emanuel, Washington,
Twiggs, Wilkinson, Jefferson,
Jenkins, Effingham, Chatham,
Bryan, Evans, Tattnall, Toombs
Wheeler, Montgomery, Jeff
Davis, Bulloch, Appling, Lib
erty, Long, Coffee, Bacon,
Wayne, Glascock, Mclntosh,
Glynn, Pierce, Atkinson, La
nier, Lowndes, Clinch, Echols,
Ware, Brantley, Camden,
Charlton, Screven, Seminole,
Decatur, Miller, Early, Baker,
Mitchell, Grady, Thomas,
Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Ber
rien, Tift, Dougherty, Calhoun,
Clay, Quitman, Randolph, Ter
rell, Lee, Turner, Irwin, Ben
Hill, Telfair, Wilcox, Crisp,
Stewart, Webster, Sumter,
Dooly, Pulaski, Dodge, Bleck
ley, Chattahoochee, Marion,
and Muscogee (which will in
clude the Fort Benning area).
The Thomas Seawall refuge
will not be open to hunting.
Bag limit in these counties,
is two bucks per season.
Director Lovell urged all
sportsmen to take note of the
error and pass it along to
other hunters.
I TALMADGE
torts
I
HINGTOiS^
A SUBCOMMITTEE OF the
Senate Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce is consider
ing legislation to curtail drastically
the present exemption of the trans
portation of agricultural products
from regulation by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
processed state; for example,
dressed poultry and frozen vege
tables. The Interstate Commerce
Commission, thwarted by court de
cisions in its efforts to narrow the
exemption by regulation, has asked
that the law be amended to place
under its jurisdiction the trans
portation of any agricultural com
modity which has been altered in
any manner from the form in
which it is produced on the farm.
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ENACTMENT OF SUCH a
change would mean that a live
steer could be transported by any
means without federal regulation
but that a side of dressed beef
could be shipped only by rail or
common carrier operating under
ICC regulations. It would have
the effect of nullifying court rul
mgs which have held that a farm
product remains a farm product
until it loses its identity.
This would work a particular
hardship on Georgia poultry, live
stock and peanut farmers. In the
case of the Poultry Industry, it
would prohibit poultry processors
from shipping dressed and pack-
(not prepared or printed at government ezpenre)
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Riverside Church
To Start Revival
Monday Night
The Riverside Baptist Church
will start a revival meeting Mon
day night, May 5, it is announced
by R. I. McDuffie, one of the
deacons.
Rev. Clyde Thomas of Patter
son will be the revival preacher.
The meeting will continue
through Sunday, May 11, with
dinner on the church grounds at
the noon hour.
Rev. Eddie Dixon is the pastor
of the Riverside Baptist Church.
The Public is invited to attend
the revival services.
Educators Will
Attend Better
Schools Council
The Southern Region of The
National Citizens Council for Bet
ter Schools is sponsoring a twelve
state conference in Atlanta, May
10-12.
The theme of the conference is
“Quality Education, What It Is
and How to Attain It”.
An array of well-known names
in the national field of education
makes up the speakers list and
discussion panels. Attendance
will be limited by invitation to
lay and professional leaders.
These have been chosen for their
outstanding interest in education
and their demonstration of
leadership in school administra
tion, according to John Henry
Woodall, chairman of the confer
ence.
Brantley County will be rep
resented at the conference by
Herschel W. Herrin, superinten
dent of Brantley County, schools;
J. F. Larkins, chairman of the
Board of Education; Elroy Strick
land, a member of the Board of
Education; and Nolan Davis, a
former member of the Board.
Lions Club Sponsors
Benefit Supper
For School Band
The Brantley County Lions
Club will sponsor a supper for
the benefit of the high school
band Tuesday night, May. 6.
The proceeds of the supper
will be for providing the large
instruments for the school band.
A good menu has been plan
ned and will be served at the
high school lunchroom from 5:30
until 7:45 Tuesday evening. Im
mediately after the supper the
band will give a concert in the
grammar school auditorium.
aged poultry except in a manner
and at rates fixed by the Commis
sion. The immediate effect would
be to increase transportation costs
by as much as 50 per cent which,
in turn, would mean higher prices
to the consumer and lower prices
to the fanner.
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THE DESIRE OF the ICC and
the sponsors of pending legislation
to effect a more realistic definition
of what constitutes an agricultural
product is understandable as there
probably are areas of abuse under
the present definition. However,
any change should take economic
ramifications into account as it
would be economically unsound,
with the nation in the throes of
recession, to make any change
which would increase food costs to
the consumer and worsen the farm
er’s already-desperate plight.
It is my view, as expressed re
cently before the Subcommittee,
that any revised definition should
have its basis not in the form of
the item but rather in whether it
is being handled as a natural step
in the procedure required by pres
ent-day consumer tastes for the
farmer to get his produce to mar
ket in a salable form.
The law pres
ently affords a
blanket exemp
tion of agricul
tural products
and the federal
courts have in
terpreted it to
include farm
produce in its
As a general rule, it would ap
pear that a fair yardstick would
be that if ICC regulation of trans
portation of a product would result
in a reduced price to the farmer
then that product still is in the
process of transition from farm to
market and its shipment should
not subject to government
regulation.
Brattitey Enterprise
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Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, May 1, 1958
Nahunta High
Class of '3O
Holdsßenunion
By MARY LOU GIBSON
One of the most colorful events
of the season was the class re
union of the 1930 graduates of the
Nahunta High School, Friday
evening, April 27.
Eighteen of the 23 graduates
represented the class. They, with
their mates and honorary visi
tors, assembled in the high school
library where they greeted each
other with much excitement.
The group enjoyed a fried
chicken dinner in the home ec
onomics room. This was high
lighted by the wonderful service
of Mrs. Lee Herrin and a group
of her girls assisted by Mrs.
Dorothy Graham. The graduates
enjoyed the red roses and the
blue and white color scheme
which was symbolic of the class
flower and class colors.
The library was again the
scene of a visitation period where
experiences were shared and
class enjoyed impromptu talks
by each member of the class.
These talks were begun with a
welcome by Elroy Strickland, the
class president, and concluded by
Mary Lou Gibson who reviewed
the class roll, the students nick
names and what each wanted to
be in life. It was noted that ten
of the graduates entered the
profession chosen at that time.
The reunion was climaxed with
remarks by Prof. T. W. Edwards,
Supt. Herschel Herrin, and Prof.
R. D. Thomas who had been one
of the teachers of this group. He
very kindly reminded the stu
dents that they, the third class
of Brantley County, were a part
of the educational background of
the county since the majority
were living, or had lived in the
county, and had participated to
its educational growth by their
interest and participation in the
school program. Twelve of the
graduates became school teach
ers in the county. Four are still
teaching and one is a .member of
the County Board of Education.
Each of the others have made
their worthy contribution.
They were reminded that the
valedictorian of the class, Dow
Adams, is soon to be a Brigadier
General, and is at present in
Japan. The class felt they were
making good their motto: “We
came; we studied; we conquered.”
Those enjoying the occasion
were: Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Strick
land, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Strick
land, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Strick
land, Helen Strickland, Mr. and
Mrs. Oliver Highsmith, Mr. and
Mrs. Talfred Highsmith, Mrs.
Turner Highsmith, Miss Mae Ila
Highsmith, and Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Keene of Nahunta. Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Strickland,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Fulton Jacobs,
Mrs. Fannie Dickerson, and Mrs.
Claude Hickox of Hoboken. Mr.
and Mrs. Jasper Johnson and
Mrs. Claude Smith of Hickox.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gibson,
Waynesville. Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Stokes, Waycross Mr. and Mrs.
R. M. Brown, Belglade, Fla. Mrs.
Graham Utley, Niagra Falls, N.
Y. Miss Idell Johns and Mr. Ed
Nicholls Jacksonville, Florida,
Mrs. Lizzie Mae Littlefield, Har
riet and Eunice Brewer, Waver
ly, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Edwards,
Supt. and Mrs. Herschel Herrin,
Prof, and Mrs. R. D. Thomas.
Assisting Mrs. Herrin were
Lynn Herrin, Jane Strickland,
Blanche Thompson, Ernestine
Dean, Wanda Gail Herrin, Eve
lyn Shepherd, Willetta Mae Mor
gan, Willene King, Pat Williams,
Pawnee Smith, and Mrs. Dorothy
Graham.
Pre-school Clinic
Friday, May 9
Will Be held
A pre-school clinic will be
held Friday, May 9, at the coun
ty health office, it is announced
by Mrs. Rebecca Griner, health
nurse.
The clinic will be for children
who wish to enter school next
fall. Please bring birth certificate
and immunization record.
The clinic will start at 9:00 a.
m. and close at noon Friday,
May 9. Dr. E. A. Moody will be
the clinician.
Knox Cemetery
Will Be Cleaned
The Knox Cemetery will be
cleaned off Thursday, May 8, it
is announced by M. F. Wildes.
Everyone who is interested in
the Knox Cemetery will please
come\ to the cemetery on the a
bove date. Bring tools for clean
ing off the burial grounds.
Thomas J. Craven
Passed Away
In Tampa, Fla.
Thomas Jefferson Craven, 63,
a former Waycrossan, died April
6 in the Bay Pines Hospital
Tampa, Fla.
Final rites were held April 8
in the Bay pines cemetery near
St. Petersburg.
A native of Waycross, Craven
resided at 4515 Kentucky avenue
in Tampa. He had been a resi
dent of Tampa for 33 years, mov
ing there from Orlando. He was
a retired accountant and attend
ed the Baptist Church.
Survivors include three bro
thers, James E. Craven, Lexing
ton, Neb., Charles W. Craven,
Miami, and C. Frank Craven,
Tampa, and a sister, Mrs. Viola
Harley, Nahunta.
Methodist Women
Met Wednesday
With Mrs. Long
The W. S. C. S. of the Nahunta
Methodist church met at the home
of Mrs. W. C. Long on Wednes
day night, April 23 with Mrs. E.
A. Moody, president, presiding.
Mrs. W. J. Wiggins was in
of the program on “Christian
Action on the March”. Mrs. Mat
tie Seals led the devotional.
Others on the program were,
Mrs. E. A. Moody, Mrs. E. A.
Middleton and Mrs. J. B. Lewis.
Others present were Mrs.
Grace Wakely, Mrs. Mayme Da
vis, Mrs. Glynn Conditt, Mrs.
Russell Huffman and Little Rob
ert Long.
The hostess served spice cake,
crackers, chips and lemon ice
tea.
Pilgrims Rest
Cemetery Cleaning
Mr. Owen Wainright announ
ces that persons interested in
Pilgrims Rest Cemetery are ask
ed to be present on Thursday
of next week. May 8 to help
clean the cemetery, located near
Waynesville.
Everyone is asked to come in
the morning, spend the day in
cleaning. Bring rakes and hoes
or other tools to cleann with.
City Os Nahunta
Buys New Truck
The city of Nahunta has
bought a new International
Truck for hauling garbage and
for general use by the city, it is
announced by Mayor Wilder
Brooker.
The old city truck was traded
in on the new truck. The city
received bids from a number of
truck sales agencies.
Here Is Your Opportunity to
Do Much Good Right at Home
Because of the loss of their
home and all of its contents by
fire, neighbors and friends of
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McCloud of
Hoboken are aiding them by do
nations of cash and household
items.
Anyone who wishes to help in or items of household furnishings
this very worthy cause is reques- will be a great help to these good
ted to make donations cjirectly people at this time. You will be
to Mr. and Mrs. McCloud or to helping home people who deserve
George Dykes in Nahunta. |your help to the utmost.
The McClouds lost everything] “The Lord loveth a cheerful
except two porch chairs and a giver.”
Pealing forth the announcement of Mental Health Week in
Georgia, the Capitol lawn bell is rung by Ray Moore, (left) and
Joe Fain, producers of a documentary film made at Milledgeville
State Hospital entitled, THE ROAD BACK.
DONALD CLELAND
Is Pole Vault Champion
Donald Cleland
Wins State Pole
Vault Contest
Donald Cleland, a senior in
the Nahunta High School, has ad
ded another mark to his already
distinguished record in the high
school athletic field.
On April 25, at the Georgia
State Track Meet held in Macon,
Donald out-jumped all entries in
pole vaulting to win first place
in the event. His record jump
of 11 ft. 10 ins. exceeded that of
any in Class A, B, and C for 19-
58.
In addition to his accomplish
ment in track, Donald has a long
list of achievements in other
athletic events. In 1957 he re
ceived honorable mention in the
All-State Basketball team.
In 1958 he served as captain
of the Nahunta High School
Wildcats who were Class B
Georgia State Champions. His
performance in the state tourna
ment won him a place on the
All-State Team of 1958. At pres
ent he is working the position
of Centerfield on the Nahunta
Baseball Team.
The Senior Class, recognizing
his ability, has named him their
superlative boy in athletics for
1958.
Day of Prayer
Is Observed at
Waynesville Church
Day of Prayer for Community
Missions was observed by Way
nesville Baptist church on April
23.
The meet began at ten a. m
The ladies brought covered dish
es for the mid day lunch.
Present were; Mrs. C. D. Gib
son, Mrs. E. A. Hunter, Mrs. M.
J. Robinson, Mrs. T. Thompson,
Mrs. J. J. Harrison, Mrs. F.
Walker and Mrs. P. J. Gibson.
swing in the fire that destroyed
their home Tuesday afternoon,
April 22. This newspaper is car
rying this appeal for aid for
them because of the total disaster
to the home and its furnishings.
Cash donations in any amount
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Rabbit Fishing
Is Good in
Satilla River
Arthur Brindle of Nahunta re
fuses to let Ordinary Claude
Smith and his canned catfish
get ahead of him in the art of
fishing.
Mr. Brindle caught a rabbit on
a set hook near the Satilla River
bridge on Route 84 Wednesday
April 30.
The rabbit was hooked through
the mouth, Mr. Brindle stated.
The rabbit was a swamp rabbit,
according to those who know
their rabbits.
One explanation for the rabbit
getting on the hook seems to be
that the hare was swimming
near the river bank and saw the
shrimp on the floating hook and
just decided to eat the shrimp.
Still another theory is that
someone decieded to play a prac
tical joke on the fisherman and
put the rabbit on the hook. This
newspaper does not know
whether or not a rabbit will
eat shrimp. If the bait had been
lettuce or carrots, we might have
some opinion about it.
As the matter stands, catching
a rabbit on a shrimp baited hook
combines the art of hunting and
fishing all in one operation. Any
way, Mr. Brindle says he has a
good witness to vouch for his
story of catching a rabbit in the
river on a fishhook.
Federal Land Bank
Cuts Interest
Rates on Loans
The Federal Land Bank of Co
lumbia has lowered its interest
rate to 5% per cent on all loans
closed on and after April 17,
according to notice received from
Rufus R. Clarke, president of the
Bank, By Hugh F. Bates, secre
tary-treasurer of the Satilla
National Farm Loan Association
at Waycross.
Farmers of Ware, Pierce,
Wayne, Brantley, Glynn, Cam
den, Charlton, and Clinch coun
ties who have already made ap
plications for loans at the 6
per cent rate in effect for sev
eral months will receive the bene
fit of the lower rate Mr. Bates
stated.
At the same time the bank also
voluntarily lowered the interest
rate in all outstanding loans that
carry a rate of interest in excess
of 5% per cent, retroactive to
the closing dates of the loans.
This means that, even though
farmers in Florida, Georgia, and
the two Carolinas during the re
cent tight money period had al
ready obtained several million
dollars in loans at a higher rate,
they will pay ony the 5^ per
cent rate during the entire life
of their loans.
This is the second time in its
more than 40 years of providing
farmers with long-term loans
that the Federal Land Bank of
Columbia has voluntarily lower
ed the interest rate on loans
already on its books.
“The farm loan associations
and Federal Land Banks are co
operatively owned by the farm
ers they serve. Loan funds are
obtained from the sale of Federal
Land Bank bonds to the invest
ing public. This voluntary re
duction in interest rate is in
line with our policy of passing
on to our farmer owner- bor
rowers any savings possible
through lower bond interest
rates,” Mr. Bates said.
2 Brantley Girls
To Take Training
As Teachers
Miss Betty Jean Saddler and
Miss lona Johns will be student
teachers during the spring quar
ter of their attendance at Geor
gia State College for Women.
Miss Saddler will teach Busi
ness Education at Griffin High
School as part of her training
as a future teacher. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron
Saddler of Nahunta.
Miss lona Johns will teach at
Putnam County High School,
Eatonton, Ga. She is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Johns of
Nahunta.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Huling
of Fernandina Beach, Fla., an
nounce the birth of a baby son
born Saturday, April 26, in the
Folkston Hospital. The baby'
weighed seven and a half pounds
and was named Jonathan Mark.
The mother is the former Janice
Herrin of Nahunta.
Births
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School Band to
Give Concert
Tuesday Night
The Nahunta High School band
will give a concert at the Gram
mar School auditorium Tuesday
night, May 6, at eight o’clock.
The occasion will be the an
nual spring concert of the band
which is led by Prof. Melburn
Kelly, director. The school band
has 50 students taking part. It is
being sponsored bv the Lions
Club.
The full program for the con
cert Tuesday night will be found
elsewhere in this issue of The
Enterprise.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Chambless
and children visited Mr. Cham
bless’ mother, Mrs. Vera Cham
bless in Tallahassee, Fla., the
past weekend.
Mrs J. H. Patterson and Mrs.
Harriet Bown who have been
visiting Mrs. Alice Highsmith and
daughter in Nahunta have re
turned to their home in Miami,
Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray M. Brown
of Belle Glade, Fla. were visitors
of Mrs. Alice Highsmith last
weekend.
Thomas M. Knox, son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. W. Knox of Route 2,
Nahunta graduated from recruit
training April 6 at -the Naval
Training Center, Great Lakes, 111.
Pvt.. Dewitt D. Branch, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Branch of
Hortense is scheduled to leave
Fort Benning for Europe soon.
He was graduated from the Na
hunta High School in the spring
of 1957.
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.
Nahunta Sta. High Low Rain
Thursday 92 56 0.00
Friday 92 69 0.00
Saturday 85 65 0.00
Sunday 83 65 0.00
Monday 86 67 0.00
Tuesday 86 67 0.06
“Wednesday 86 62 0.00
more now being saved
A few years ago only one in
every four Americans who had
cancer was saved. Today one in
three is being saved, the Amer
ican Cancer Society says. This
gain is due to early detection,
earlier and better treatment,
greater awareness by the public
of cancer’s danger signals, and an
increase in the practice of an
nual health checkups.
Royal Theater
Program
All Pictures in Cinemascope or
wide screen.
Show Time: 8:06 p. m. Weekdays;
Saturdays 7:00 P. M.
Sundays 3:30 P. M.
Admission adults, .45;
children .20
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
MAY 1 and 2
“THE
GREEN-EYED
BLONDE”
Starring SUSAN OLIVER
and TOM GREENWAY
SATURDAY, MAY 3
“TROOPER HOOK”
Starring JOEL McCREA
and BARBARA STANWYCK
SUNDAY & MONDAY
MAY 4 and 5
“YOU’RE NEVER
TOO YOUNG”
Starring DEAN MARTIN
and JERRY LEWIS
THURSDAY & FRIDAY
MAY 8 and 9
“FORT DOBBS”
Starring CLENT WALKER
and VIRGINIA MAYO
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