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VOLUME 38 — NUMBER 25
Sweeping the Country
they have paved the road
TO THE TOP OF BALD MOUNTAIN
A news report tells that Governor Griffin will be the
speaker at dedication ceremonies on top of Bald Mountain,
June 29, when the paved road to the mountain top will be
formally opened.
This news brings nostalgic memories of the time in
the spring of 1912 when I and 11 other Young Hams
College students climbed that highest mountain in Georgia
and spent the night at a water spring near the top.
I had entered Young Harris College in what was
called the “academic department” in the fall of 1911.
Believe it or not, I was 21 years old and had never been
to school more than six months in all my life. I enrolled in
the seventh and eighth grades of the academic department,
as they let a fellow take the work he thought he could do.
1 had been a sort of bookworm from the age of about 10
years but had little formal education.
My stay of nine months at Young Harris was one of the
happiest experiences of my life. I had to study hard, be
cause the teachers required that pupils really learn the
course of study.
But in addition to our hard study we students found
time to climb the mountains surrounding the college. The
first mountain I climbed, with a group of boys, was Double
Knob which loomed beyond Sharp’s Hill.
Later, with 11 other boys, I made the climb to the
top of Bald Mountain which is known as Brasstown Bald.
Double Knob Mountain was a half-way point on the way to
Brasstown Bald.
The 12 of us started out equipped with blankets and
food for spending the night atop Old Baldy. We first
climbed Sharp’s Hill, then on up Double Knob. From
Double Knob we worked our way along a gradually as
cending ridge toward Brasstown Bald.
About nightfall we reached the top of Bald after a
climb of about four hours. Near the top of Brasstown
Bald was a spring of water gushing from under a cliff.
Here we made our camp and settled down for a night
of talk and pranks and finally a few hours sleep.
Next morning about daylight we started up the few
hundred yards from the spring to the top, as we wanted
to see the sun rise from the top of the mountain. One of
our fellows stepped in a yellow jackets’ nest and got well
stung. Another thought he stepped on a snake in the dark
and yelled in fright as he bounced away from the spot.
Reaching the summit of the mountain, we saw the
clouds drifting like moving snowbanks in the valleys be
low. Finally the sun came up and kissed the mountain tops
with gold and gradually poured bright beams through the
rolling clouds in the valleys.
After exploring the mountain in the area near the
top we started back down the long ridge; back over
Double Knob Mountain, down a ridge over Sharpe’s Hill
and to the college campus.
One boy from the flatlands of South Georgia got
awfully tired on the trip. At one point he drawled, “If
I ever get back to level ground, I’ll stay there.”
And now they have a paved road to the top of Brass
town Bald, a road that approaches the mountain from the
Hiawassee side instead of the Young Harris side.
Brasstown Bald is the highest mountain in Georgia,
towering 4,784 feet above sea level. When we spent the
night on it in 1912, we were really on top in Georgia.
At that time Young Harris Junior College was al
ready a noted institution, as it has been since, all through
the years. It had literary societies in which the students
learned to overcome their stage fright and become public
speakers.
I made my first attempt to speak in public in the
Young Harris Literary Society. The debate was on the
subject, “Resolved that mankind has suffered more from
revolutionists than from tyrants.” Strangely enough my
side won the judges’ decision that revolutionists were
worse than tyrants.
Later I upheld the cause of woman on the subject,
“Resolved that woman is more revengeful than man.”
I was about the most frightened fellow ever to try
to speak in public. My timidity and stage fright was
worse than words can tell. But I determined to keep on
trying, even though I should drop dead in the effort.
Ed Rivers was a student at the time and a member of
the literary societies, as was Alva Maxwell and a number
of other fellows who later made their marks in politics,
finance and other walks of life^
Young Harris College has long been a well-spring of
learning and inspiration to many boys and girls. It nestles
there near the foot of Brasstown Bald Mountain, as lofty
in ideals and culture as the mountain is high in its pano
ramic beauty.
When you visit the North Georgia mountains and
perhaps travel up that paved road to the top of Bi ass
town Bald, remember to visit Young Harris and Hiawassee
where mountain schools provided learning and inspiration
to ignorant boys and girls. Such a boy, on the verge of
manhood, was I, and I sometimes have a nostalgia for the
rock-ribbed hills, the laurel trees and the mountain springs
among which was first lit in my heart the fires of ambition
and hope for a useful life.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
By Carl Broome
Srantteu 'Enterprise
Cub Scouts Hold
Circus Parade and
Visit Camp Tolochee
Cub Scout Pack 221 met at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Harden on Thursday night, June
3. The meeting opened with a
Circus Parade, with the boys
wearing costumes they had made
and each doing a stunt or some
act relating to their costume.
Those who had earned badges
were Den One, Pryce Brooker,
Wolf Badge and a Gold Arrow
Point; Den Two, William Hursey,
Wolf Badge; Den Three, Johnny
Walker, Gary Willis, Toney Tol
bert, and Keith Middleton, wolf
badges; Otis Bohannon, Bear
badge.
The meeting was closed with
the Cubs forming the Living Cir
cle and giving The Law of the
Pack. After the meeting a wiener
roast was enjoyed by all.
On June 12 the boys of Pack
221 with the den mothers and the
assistance of Mrs. Wilder Brook
er, Mrs. Culbert Johns and Miss
Ava Nell Peterson visited Camp
Tolochee for Bop Scouts at Brun
swick.
Although the Cubs cannot go
camping, they enjoyed visiting
the camp. They went on to St.
Simons Island where they went
through the Visitors Center at
Fort Frederica National Monu
ment. They saw a diorama, maps,
pictorial panels and objects un
covered by archeologists which
helped to visualize the lost town
of Frederica. They toured the
grounds seeing the moat surroun
ding the town, the burying
grounds, portions of the fort, and
part of the barracks. It was an in
teresting and enjoyable trip.
Liquor Still
Is Destroyed
By Law Officers
A 500-gallon still and 46 barrels
of mash were destroyed by law
officers about seven miles south
of Atkinson in Brantley County
Wednesday, June 11, it is report
ed by Sheriff J. Walter Crews.
Officers making the raid were
deputy sheriffs Dan Herrin and
C. T. Stephens, state revenue
agent H. J. Watkins and a federal
revenue agent.
Three negroes were caught and
charged with making illicit spirits.
They were Richard McConaga,
Daniel Cohen, and Joda Cohen of
a Waynesville rural route.
155 gallons of moonshine liquor
was on hand at the still when it
was raided, also an automobile
which was confiscated.
Canning Plant
At Nahunta
Is Open Again
The Nahunta Canning Plant is
again open on each Tuesday and
Thursday to serve the people of
this community. Our pea and
butterbean sheller is in good con
dition but does a better job if
you can keep the water off of the
vegetable before it is shelled.
We also would remind you
that we have a com silker and
tomato juicer that do an excel
lent job.
If you prefer to freeze your
vegetables you still may prepare
them and blanch them at the
plant on each canning day. Even
though we think of it as a can
ning plant, it is a food preserva
tion center and if we can be of
help in your freezing we are
happy.
The shop is also open on Tues
day and Thursday if you have
need of repairing any of your
tools or want to do any wood
working.
These facilities belong to the
community so utilize them in
such away as to make life easier
for you and your family.
W. C. Long
County Agent Loyd
Is Attending
Summer School
County Agent George A. Loyd
left early Sat. A. M. for Fayett
ville Arkansas, where he will be
attending the Regional Summer
School for Extension workers.
The Regional Summer School is
held each summer, at the Uni
versity of Arkansas, in Fayette
ville, and is open to County and
Home Demonstration Agents
from Georgia and other States in
the Southeastern Extension Reg
ion. The Summer session of this
school started on June 16th and
ends on July 3.
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, May 19, 1958
Truck Driver
Injured in
Headon Crash
Traffic on U. S. Highway 301
was tied up for hours Sunday,
June 15, from 12:30 until 4:00
P. M. by a head-on collision be
tween two big trucks.
One of the trucks was loaded
with watermelons. This truck
left the bridge, one of the over
flow bridges near the Satilla
River, and plunged to the ground
below. The driver suffered a
broken jaw and was carried to
the hospital in Waycross by the
Chambless Funeral Home ambu
lance.
The bridge is wooden and nar
row. The other truck lodged on
the bridge and the driver was not
badly hurt. New concrete bridges,
wider than the old wooden brid
ges, are being erected through
out the Satilla River swamp on
U. S. 301.
Brownie Scouts
Attend Camp at
Laura Walker Park
Brownie Scouts from Nahunta
attending camp at Laura Walker
Park were Nancy Moody, Caro
line Middleton, Gail Riggins,
Sandra Riggins, Virginia Allen
and Dale Jacobs.
The camp opened on June 9
and closed June 14 with 75 girls
attending from the Waycross area.
Among the activities enjoyed by
the campers were arts and crafts,
dramatics, campfire singing,
cook-outs, hiking and instructions
in swimming and baton.
In Nahunta Mrs. Effie Middle
ton is Brownie Scout leader with
Mrs. Julia Bohannon as assistant.
Robinson Family
Reunion Held
In Way cross
About 200 descendents of Ed
ward and Sara Wildes Robinson
gathered in Wayqross at the Ar
mory for their annual reunion on
Sunday, June 15.
Attending from Brantley Coun
ty were Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H.
Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton
Robinson and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Moody and family.
A basket lunch was enjoyed
at the noon hour and plans made
for the next reunion to be held
at Twin Lakes near Valdosta.
Political
Announcements
For Representative
TO THE VOTERS
OF BRANTLEY COUNTY
This is to announce my candi
dacy for Representative from
Brantley County in the election
to be held in September.
For thirty years I have been
connected with the educational
farming and forestry affairs of
our county. This experience gives
me a good understanding of the
problems facing us today. I am
particularly concerned about the
waste and corruption in our
State and Federal governments,
and the constant increase in the
already heavy tax burden being
placed on our shoulders. We are
only kidding ourselves when we
create “authorities” to sell bonds
to enable them to go into all
kinds of activities., Those bonds
are obligations of the state of
Georgia and we will eventually
have to pay them through an
increasing tax load on us.
If you see fit to elect me as
your representative, I shall do
^everything within my power to
eliminate corruption in state af
fairs and to stop the rapid in
crease in taxes we are blindly
placing on ourselves and our
children.
I consider it an honor to rep
resent Brantley County in Atlanta
and I shall appreciate your vote
and influence in helping me win
this race.
Yours Sincerely,
E. L. Sears
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Advent Christian
Church at Raybon
Plans Revival
The Raybon Advent Christian
Church will begin a revival meet
ing Monday night, June 23, it is
announced by Albert Purdam,
clerk of the church.
The revival will continue
through Sunday night, June 29.
The Rev. Fleming Highsmith will
be the evangelist.
Services wil begin each night
at 8 o’clock. An all-day service
will be held Sunday, June 29,
with dinner on the grounds.
The public is cordially invited
to attend all the services of the
revival meeting.
Also there will be a fish sup
per at the Advent Christian
Church Friday night, June 20, at
8 o’clock. There will be no charge
for the fish supper and the pub
lic is invited to attend and en
joy the fellowship as well as
the fish supper.
Proceedings
Os County
Commissioners
The Brantley Commissioners of
Roads and Revenue met in reg
ular session June 3rd, 1958. Pre
sent were R. B. Brooker, chair
man, R. C. Harrell, Jr., Clerk,
C. H. Penland, Alfred Thomas,
were paid for six days service
and Silas D. Lee.
The following Commissioners
each. R. B. Brooker, $22.35; R. C.
Harrell, Jr., $22.35; C. H. Pen
land $22.35; Alfred Thomas $30.-
00; and Silas D. Lee, $30.00.
The following Pauper List was
approved and ordered paid, Dora
C. Merritt, SIO.OO, Ocie Moody,
SIO.OO, Nid Thelma Sapp, SIO.OO.
The following Road Hands were
paid for the month of May, 1958.
Perry Crews, $118.74; I. C. Harris,
$231.24; Woodrow Wilson, $211.24;
J. F. Willis, $251.24; Talmadge
Gunter, $177.64; Ellis Altman,
$178.24; O. G. Lyons, $211.24; Ros
coe Murray, $211.24; Mitchell
Hulet, $226.84; Monsie Wilson,
$84.35; and O. G. Lee, $244.35.
The following general bills
were paid, S. E. Blount, 100.00,
Janitor, D. F. Herrin, $15.00,
Stamps, W. J. Summerall, $21.00,
salary, L. B. Bell, $350.00, .moving
fence, Ga. Hospital Service As
sociation, Inc. $153.00 insurance
Talmadge Floyd, $1.00.00, Barr
Pitt, Ga. Power Co. $46.57, lights
and power, C. Winton Adams,
$42.35, salary; D. F. Herrin, $141.-
30, salary and recording, Archie
A. Johns, SBO.OO, salary, Cecil
Roddenberry, $50.00, salary;
Dewey Hayes, $63.34, salary; W.
J. Summerall, $46.00, salary;
George A. Loyd, $190.00, salary,
J. W. Crews, $87.59, service ren
dered, Ga. State Forestry Comm.
$525.00, budget; Dept. Public Wel
fare, $738.14, Budget; Dr. E. A.
Moody, $37.00, salary and treating
prisoners, City of Nahunta, $22.50,
water, J. W. Eldridge, $20.00,
Registrar, T. H. Purdom, $32.00,
Registrar, A. M. Griffin, $16.00,
Registrar; M. E. Winchester, $62.-
00, salary, Alvin M. Powell, Jr.
$ 12.00^ travel, Elvin F. Cooper,
$98.65, salary; Rebecca D. Griner,
$315.70; salary; Annice L. Carter,
$164.93; R. R. Kramer, $515.00,
Dental Clinic Edna J. Kramer,
$5.00, Dental Clinic, Wilson &
Wainright Oil Co. $726.76, Tires,
Gas & Oil; H. S. Wilson, $210.71;
J. H. Highsmith, $30.00, Scott
Concrete C 0.578.75; Pipe; J. W.
Brooker, $63.56, Supplies, Brant
ley Telephone Co. $81.66, Phones
& Calls, Standard Oil Co. $36.29,
Gas and Oil; The Brantley En
terprise, $36.00, adv. and supplies;
F. R. Newton, $4.75, repairs;
Carlton Co. $200.41, repairs,
Waycross Battery & Elect. Co.
$16.16, Repairs, South East Sales
Co. $285.25, parts for repairs,
Okefenokee R. E. A. $3.50 caution
light; C. S. Kizer, $43.00, inquest;
The Geo. D. Barnard Co. $50.49;
Cecordak Co. $46.06; office sup
plies; Foote & Davies Inc. $21.78;
office supplies; Blackshear Mfg.
| Co. $244.00, Fence & Fertilizer,
j John Davis, $90.00, Moving Fence
Memorial Hospital $25.00; on
Operation; Harry DePratter, $57.-
99, repairs; Dept, of Public Health
$20.00, serum, Ga. Hospital Ser
vice Inc. $153.00 Insurance, Cot
ton State Life & Health Ins. Co.
$37.32.
There being no further business
the meeting was adjourned in
regular order.
R. B. Brooker, Chairman.
R. C. Harrell, Jr. Clerk.
Mrs. Leola Walker anl children
Gail and Jimmy visited Mrs. Ka
tie Griffin and family during the
past week. They returned to their
home in Jacksonville, Fla. Wed
nesday.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Qualifying for Primary Will
Close on Saturday' June 21
Candidates for state and local offices who plan to run
in the September 10 state Democratic primary election
have until noon this Saturday, June 21, to qualify.
Personals
W. V. Strickland who has been
a patient in a Waycross hospital
has returned to his home.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Bennett and
children, Gail, Carla Gene and
Carl of Jacksonville spent the
week with Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
Brooker. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brook
er and family and Mr .and Mrs.
Ira Thomas of Hoboken were din
ner guests on Sunday.
• • •
E. P. Dodge has returned from
Savannah where he attended the
Georgia Postmasters Convention
Monday and Tuesday.
Ben Jones returned home to
Nahunta Wednesday after being
a patient in Memorial Hospital
in Waycross following an apen
dectoimy.
• • •
The W. S. C. S. of the Nahunta
Methodist Church will meet at
the home of Mrs. Dick Schmitt
Wednesday evening, June 25 at
8:00 p. m. Mrs. Glen Conditt will
have charge of the program.
Mrs. Loretta McGowan from
Nahunta and Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Harper of Hortense were among
those attending a birthday din
ner honoring Mr. Wade Linker
at Woodbine on Sunday.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Lee and
children and Betty Loyns, Sybil
Kirsey have returned from a
visit to Mrs. Lizzie Kirsey in
Daytona, Fla.
• * •
Clayton A. Thornton, electri
cian’s mate third class, USN, son
of Mr .and Mrs. Aaron G. Thorn
ton of Route 1, Nahunta is sche
duled to arrive in Long Beach,
Calif, June 27, aboard the de
stroyer USS Harry E. Hubbard
after a tour of duty in the Wes
tern Pacific.
• • •
Mr. Plen Crews and family of
Route 1, Nahunta, have moved
to Jacksonville, Fla.
• • *
Army Specialist Ray J. Herrin,
son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Herrin,
of Hoboken recently qualified as
an expert in firing the subma
chine gun in Hanau, Germany.
He is a radio operator in the
814th Engineer Company and was
a 1956 graduate of -Hoboken
High School. • ■< ' '
Weather Report
For Past Week
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 96 68 0.00
Friday 95 70 0.00
Saturday — — 0.00
Sunday — — 0.00
Monday 92 72 0.18
Tuesday 90 73 0.00
Wednesday 88 72 0.04
Saturday — — 0.00
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COMPANY CONSERVATION
PRESTERS EXPLAIN SOOD FORESTS
JACTICE6 TO CIVIC AND WOMENS
.UO6, LANDOWNER GROUPS, AND
JUTH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS
-H CLUBS FFA CLASSES AND
80Y6COUTS
SOUTHERN
l?^ SCHOOL SOYS II
ijy ARE ENCOURAGED I
f TO PLANT TREES
| WITH GIFTS OF j
K SEEDLINGS FROM I
.X PULP AND PAPER
COMPANIES.
MORE THAN >7OOO PRACTICING
PROFESSIONAL FORESTERS ARe
EMPLOYED IN THE NATION, MANY BY N I
THE SOUTH'S WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES. W /jgWWL /) J
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES EXIST M VJb
FOR MANY MORE/ HIGH SCHOOL «
BOYS INTERESTED IN STUDYING H
FORESTRY MAY OBTAIN INFORMATION Tj i
ON ACCREDITED SOUTHERN RIPFGTPYV^^r - I
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By X A. ROSS
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The only Brantley County race
is for state representative in the
General Assembly from Brantley
County. One candidate has given
his announcement for represen
tative to this newspaper. He is
E. L. Sears, a farmer who is a
former county school superinten
dent.
Judge Cecil Roddenberry of
Nahunta, judge of the Waycross
Superior Court Circuit, is oppos
ed for reelection by Jake Story
of Alma.
Andrew Tuten of Alma is op
posing Dewey Hayes of Douglas
for Solicitor of the Superior
Court. Don Wheler of Alma is
opposing Mrs. Iris Blitch for
congress.
The two candidates for gover
nor are Ernest Vandiver of Lav
noia and Rev. W. T. Bodenhamer
of Ty Ty.
Cook Files Suit
For $16,605
Against Baxley
Atty. Gen Eugene Cook has
sued the City of Baxley for $16,-
605.57 which he alleges is due the
State for convict labor, materials
and equipment used in city con
struction of streets and other pro
jects.
The suit filed in Appling Su
perior Court grew out of inves
tigations into alleged irregulari
ties of street and road construc
tion and into the use of convict
labor in Baxley.
The petition by the Attorney
General states that the City of
Baxley has been furnished con
vict labor valued at $11,731.37,
under a 1955 agreement between
Director Jack Forrester of the
State Department of Corrections
and Baxley Mayor J. M. Dunn.
The suit alleges the rate of pay
for the use of the convicts was
50 cents per man per hour.
Os the $11,731.37, the petition
alleges, $10,416.87 still was owed
by the City of Baxley.
The State also seeks to recover
$1,632.70 for materials furnished
the City of Baxley in connection
with the use of convict labor and
$4,556.00 for the use of equip
ment furnished by the Depart
ment of Corrections involving the
prison work. .
The City was billed for the
amount of $16,605.57 last month
by Forrester, at which time Mr.
Cook stated he would give Bax
ley officials 30. days in which to
pay up. The 30-day period was
up only the day before Mr. Cook
filed the suit.
Attached to the petition was a
copy of an executive order issued
by Marvin Griffin, throwing the
Governor’s office behind the suit.
Pvt. Byron C. Highsmith, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Horace T. High
smith, Route 2, Nahunta, recent
ly completed eight weeks of tank
training at Armor Training Cen
ter, Fort Knox, Ky.
