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VOLUME 38 — NUMBER 27
Tobacco Markets Will Open on July 29th
Brantley County Tax Levy
Adopted by Commissioners
Resolution and order to the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues of Brantley County,
Georgia, levying taxes for said
County of Brantley for the year,
1958.
It is hereby ordered and resolv
ed by the Board of Commission
ers of Roads and Revenues of
Brantley County, Georgia, sitting
for County purposes in this the
Ist day of July, 1958, that there
be and is hereby levied and as
sessed for the year, 1958, upon all
the taxable property of said
County of Brantley. State of
Georgia, subject to taxation, same
to provide the necessary revenue
for the requirements of said
County, the following taxes for
the following purposes, to-wit:
1. To pay the expenses of ad
ministration of the County Gov
ernment, One and s|loths Mills.
2. To pay the principal and in
terest of any debt of the County
and to provide a sinking fund
therefor, Two Mills.
3. To build and repair the pub
lic buildings and bridges, Nine
and IjlOth Mills.
4. To pay the expenses of
Courts, the maintenance and sup
port of prisoners and to pay
sheriffs and coroners and for li
tigation, One and s;loths Mills.
5. To build and maintain a sys
tem of County roads, Four Mills.
6. For public health purposes
in said County, and for the col
lection and preservation of rec
ords of vital statistics, Three
Mills.
7. To support paupers, One
Mill.
8. To pay county agricultural
and home demonstration agents,
4 lOths Mills.
9. To provide for payment of
old age assistance to aged per
sons in need, and for the pay
ment of assistance to needy,
blind, and to dependent children
and other welfare benefits, pro
vided that no person shall be en
titled to the assistance herein
authorized who does not qualify
for such assistance in every re
spect, in accordance with enact
ments of the General Assembly
which may be in force and effect
prescribing the qualifications for
beneficiaries hereunder; provided
no indebtedness or liability a
gainst the County shall ever be
created for the purpose herein
stated, in excess of the taxes law
fully levied each fiscal year un
der acts of the General Assem
bly authorized hereunder for
such purposes, Two Mills.
9a. To provide for the crea
tion of a fund to be used for as
sisting, promoting, and encourag
ing, the location of new indus
tries, and the development of ag
riculture in Brantley County, One
Mill.
10. To provide for fire protec
tion of forest lands and for the
further conservation of natural
resources, Two and 5 10ths Mills.
Making the aggregate total of
Two and 80|100ths Mills dollars on
the one hundred dollars of the
taxable property of said County
of Brantley, exclusive of the levy
t° pay charges for educational
purposes.
11. To pay charges for educa
tional purposes to be levied only
m strict compliance of the law,
a nd under and by virtue of the
recommendation of the Board of
Education of Brantley County,
Georgia, at a meeting held on
the Ist day of July, 1958, a cer
tified copy of said resolution be
ing hereto annexed immediately
following this paragraph, and be
lng the page immediately follow
lng this page.
Recommendation of the Board
of Education of Brantley County,
Georgia, to the Board of Com
missioners of Roads and Reven
ues of said Brantley County for
the levy of taxes for support and
maintenance of education for the
year, 1953.
At the regular meeting of the
°ard of Education of Brantley
ounty, Georgia, held on the Ist
ay of July, 1958, the following
resolution was presented to said
oa J^> an d after motion duly
made, seconded and unanimous
y carried, said resolution was
regularly adopted.
Resolved that the Board of Ed
ucation of Brantley County,
eorgia, recommend, and it is
ereby recommended, to the
card of Commissioners of Roads
«nd Revenues of Brantley Coun
y, Georgia, that a tax for sup-
Perl and maintenance of educa-
Brantley County Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
tion for the year, 1958, of Fif
teen (15) Mills or Fifteen Dollars
on the One Thousand Dollars be
levied on all taxable property in
said County of Brantley, (save
that exempted by the Constitu
tion and Laws of the State of
Georgia, as to personalty and
homestead exemption).
This the Ist day of July, 1958.
J. Floyd Larkins, President
Board of Education
Brantley County, Georgia.
ATTEST:
Herschel W. Herrin, Secretary.
I Herschel W. Herrin, Secretary
Board of Education, Brantley
County, Georgia, do certify that
the above and foregoing is a true
and correct copy of resolution
and recommendation of the Board
of Education of Brantley County,
passed on the Ist day of July,
1958, and do hereby certify said
resolution and recommendation of
the Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues of Brantley
County, Georgia, as such.
This the Ist day of July, 1958.
Herschel W. Herrin,
Secretary Board ot Education
Brantley County, Georgia.
Whereupon, in compliance with
the foregoing resolution, it is
ordered and resolved by the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues of Brantley Coun
ty, Georgia, that a tax for sup
port and maintenance of educa
tion, for the year 1958, of Fif
teen (15) Mills or Fifteen Dollars
on the One Thousand Dollars, be
levied on all taxable property in
said County of Brantley, (save
that exempted by the Constitu
tion and Laws of the State of
Georgia, as to personalty and
homestead exemption.)
It is further ordered and re
solved that all such taxes be col
lected by the Tax Commissioners
of said County of Brantley, as
provided by law.
Done and ordered by the Board
of Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues of Brantley County,
Georgia, after motion duly made,
seconded and carried, this the Ist
day of July, 1958.
R. B. Brooker, Chairman
Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues,
Brantley County, Georgia.
ATTEST:
R. C. Harrell Jr., Clerk.
I, R. C. Harrell, Jr., Clerk of
the Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues of Brantley,
County, Georgia, hereby certify
that the above and foregoing
pages is a true and correct copy
of the original order and resolu
tion levying taxes for the year,
1958, as the same appears on the
minutes of said Board.
R. C. Harrell Jr., Clerk.
C. Winton Adams,
County Attorney.
Mrs. J. N. Stewart
Funeral Service
Held Friday June 27
Mrs. Ethel J. Stewart, 55, wife
of the late James N. Stewart of
Nahunta died Wednesday, June
25, in Blackshear after a long ill
ness.
She was a native of Pierce
County, but had lived in Nahunta
for the past 10 years.
Survivors include a son, James
Manning of Waycross; three sis
ters, Mrs. J. F. Thomas of Pat
terson, Mrs. A. L. Hall of Jack
sonville and Mrs. Nancy Spell of
Blackshear; four brothers, J. W.
Johnson and Jack Johnson of
Patterson, Jasper Johnson of Na
hunta and Rufus Johnson of Al
ma; one grandchild.
Funeral services were held at
4 p.m. Friday at the Hortense
Methodist Church, conducted by
the Rev. E. P. Corbitt. Burial was
in the Hortense Cemetery.
Nephews were pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers were J
C. Allen, George Dykes, D. T
Middleton, Herschel Herrin, J.
Walter Crews, John Wilson, W.
B. Harris, and M. D. Raulerson.
Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge Dixon
of Atlanta announce the arrival
of a baby girl. She was born on
June 15 and has been namd Jes
sica Milo.
Brantley EttUrprar
Births
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 3, 1958
DEWEY HAYES
Asks Reelection
For
Solicitor General
TO THE PEOPLE
OF THE WAYCROSS
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT:
I wish to announce my candid
acy for re-election as Solicitor
General of the Waycross Judical
Circuit in the September 10, pri
mary, 1958.
I am a full time democrat and
will abide by the rules of the
Democratic Party set up to gov
ern the primary.
Two years ago the people of
this Circuit saw fit to elect me
for my first term as your Solici
tor General. The response of the
people in my election, was warm
and generous.
At all times I have earnestly
and sincerely tried to carry out
the duties of my office with
fairness, efficiency, and justice
for all.
I am seeking re-election as your
Solicitor on the basis of my past
record, my legal experience, and
desire to ably represent you, the
people of this Judical Circuit. It
is my purpose to represent all
the people in a fair and conscien
tious .manner at all times. I will
continue to prosecute the guilty
to the fullest extent of the law
and protect the innocent in the
same manner. My desire will al
ways be, to truely make the
Courthouse a Hall of Justice.
Your support and influence on
my behalf will be greatly ap
preciated.
Respectfully
DEWEY. HAYES
Solicitor General
Waycross Judical Circuit ts
Bargain hunters gunning for
low prices can bag their limit
by watching the advertisements
in this newspaper.
Editor's Verses of 1926
The following verses entitled, “The One Who Sticks’’,
was written by Carl Broome and published in Top Notch
Magazine in 1926:
THE ONE WHO STICKS
By Carl Broome
Any chap can cheer with gusto,
Rooting, as he madly should,
When the home team hits the apple,
And the pitcher’s going good;
But the chap that I am watching
Is the one who sticks like glue
When the team takes the toboggan,
And the fans are feeling blue.
Takes no grit to greet a winner
With a shout of glad acclaim
When the team attains a triumph,
And their names are winged with fame;
But the rooter I am backing
Is the chap who lends his soul
When the losing time is looming,
And the home team’s in the hole.
Needs no nerve to laud the victor,
Or to hold a helping hand
When the pitcher puts ’em over,
And the team is going grand;
But the man who gets my medals
Is the one who meets the test
When the score is on the breakers,
And the game is going West.
It is well to hail the hero
In the thrilling game of life
When he’s out in front, a winner,
Where the competition’s rife;
But the chap who gets my hat off
Is the one who lends his soul
For the fellow who is losing,
For the one who’s in the hole. ;
Fifth District
Legion Holds
Beauty Contest
ATLANTA, Ga. — A Brantley
County girl could become Miss
Teenage America in a new na
tional beauty contest for high
school seniors to be held in At
lanta in August.
The contest, sponsored by the
Fifth District American Legion
Department of Georgia, is design
ed to promote a scholarship fund
for graduating high school sen
iors.
Miss Teenage America, Inc., a
non-profit benevolent corporation,
has been set up to conduct the
program.
The Miss Teenage America
Beauty Pageant will be held at
the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel dur
ing the week of August 25-30.
The contest to select Miss Teen
age Georgia will be held August
27 and the national finals will be
August 30.
A one-thousand dollar scholar
ship will be awarded the state
contest winner in addition to
many other prizes and gifts.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Gallman
and children, Lynn, Jane and
Lloyd of Oneonta, Ala. arrived
last week for a visit with Mrs.
Gallman’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Strickland. Mr. Gallman
left this week to attend a Nation
al Education Convention in Cleve
land, Ohio. Mrs. Gallman and
children will be with her parents
for several weeks.
Army Sergeant First Class
James N. Walker, whose wife,
Isteena, lives in Waycross, re
cently arrived in Viet Nam and is
now a member of the Military
Assistance Advisory Group Head
quarters. He is the son of Mrs.
Alice Walker, Route 1, Nahunta,
Ga.
Mr .and Mrs. Thomas D. Bell
and boys and Rev. and Mrs. E.
J. Dixon returned Thursday from
and Mrs. Talmadge Dixon and
Atlanta where they visited Mr.
their new baby daughter.
Kathleen Pearson and Hubert
Pearson of Hoboken have been
invited to represent Brantley
County at a statewide confer
ence of junior fire marshalls to
be held at Lake Jackson during
the week of Aug. 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Martin Jr.
and Joey of Opa Laka, Fla. have
been visiting Mrs. Robert Edgy
this week.
The Georgia-Florida flue-cured
tobacco markets will open Tues
day, July 29, with farmers of
Brantley County selling their leaf
on the Blackshear and Waycross
markets.
The opening date was announ
ced Wednesday morning at the
Bright Belt Warehouse Associa
tion’s three day annual conven
tion at Myrtle Beach, S. C. Mar
ket opening dates were fixed by
the association’s board of gover
nors.
The July 29 date had been an
ticipated in this section following
the recommendation of that date
by the Georgia Tobacco Advisory
Committee recently.
Other highlights of the conven
tion were reports on the tobacco
outlook for this year. Fred Roys
ter, the organization’s managing
director, said that while the leaf
crop in all five flu-cured belts
got off to a late start, it is mov
ing toward maturity at a normal
rate.
The tentative opening dates for
the other tobacco belts are: Bor
der North Carolina - South Caro
lina, August 7; North Carolina
Eastern, August 21; North Caro
lina middle, September 4; and
Virginia-North Carolina old belt
September 15.
Political
Announcements
For Representative
TO THE VOTERS OF
BRANTLEY COUNTY:
I hereby announce my candi
dacy for the State House of Rep
resentatives from Brantley Coun
ty, subject to the rules and reg
ulations of the Democratic Pri
mary to be held on September
10th, 1958.
I have lived in what is now
Brantley County all of my life,
I have been a member of your
school system for 20 years, con
stantly working to have better
educational opportunities for the
children of Brantley County.
You honored me when I was
elected your Representative, and
I have constantly worked for the
progress of Brantley County,
helping secure road contracts,
some of which are under construc
tion, and contracts for the con
struction of other roads will be
let in a few days. I shall contin
ue these efforts, working for the
good of all citizens.
Brantley County now stands on
the threshold of even greater
progress in schools, and roads. I
earnestly solicit the opportunity
to be part of this, by serving as
your Representative in the Gen
eral Assembly of Georgia.
Your vote and active support
in my behalf will be greatly ap
preciated.
Sincerely Yours,
J. Floyd Larkins.
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
Your home newspaper —
a living record of your com
munity’s progress.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Vandiver Campaign Will
Open in Dublin July 12
Lieutenant-Governor Ernest Vandiver this week is
sued an invitation for all Georgians to attend the opening
rally in his campaign for Governor at Dublin on Saturday,
July 12th.
Vandiver urged his friends in
all sections of the state to get to
gether and form motorcades to
Dublin. He said that he hopes
every one of Georgia’s 159 coun
ties will be represented.
Ceremonies will begin prompt
ly at 3:30 o’clock, with the Van
diver speech to be broadcast over
a statewide radio network at
4:00 p. m.
A free barbecue will be served
all those present immediately af
ter the speech with the Laurens
County Vandiver for Governor
Club as host.
Lieut.-Governor Vandiver is of
fering his candidacy for governor
on a positive.platform embrac
ing:
1. Segregation at all costs.
2. Preservation of the county
unit system inviolate.
3. Economy and efficiency in
State government.
4. Honesty and decency in ad
ministration of the State’s affairs.
State Headquarters for the
Vandiver campaign were opened
last Monday in Room 303 in the
Dinkler-Plaza Hotel in Atlanta,
with James L. Gillis, prominent
Treutlen county businessman and
farmer, in charge.
Mr. Gillis, who supported the
gubernatorial candidacy of the
late Eugene Talmadge in 1946 and
managed the Senatorial campaign
of Herman Talmadge in 1956,
served as Chairman of the State
Highway Board during the ad
ministration of Governor Herman
Talmadge.
Mr. Gillis said that a warm
welcome awaits all friends of
Vandiver at the headquarters, and
that he hopes “many, many Geor
gians will come visit with us."
Mrs. Christine Johnson, Secre
tary to the Lieutenant-Governor
at the Capitol, has taken a leave
of absense from her job to serve
as Secretary-Receptionist at the
State Headquarters.
Mrs. Johnson said that a sup
ply of campaign literature, car
stickers, etc. are available at the
headquarters.
AN TALMADGE
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Reports From !
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^SHINCTON A
(Editor’s Note: The following is the last of three columns
analyzing recent Supreme Court decisions involving Communism
and subversive activities.) ■ . ' . ■
WITH ONE RULING the Su
preme Court has pulled the teeth
out of the Smith Act and made it
virtually impossible for the United
States Government to take legal
action to protect the country from
Communist subversion.
end is taken and that membership
in the Communist Party is not ne
cessarily proof that one is organ
izing to overthrow the Govern
ment. The Court took the position
that there is no crime under the
Smith Act unless the Government
actually is overthrown which is
the same as contending there is
nothing wrong with a child playing
with matches unless he burns the
house down.
• • •
IN SO RULING, the Justices
appeared to be far more concerned
about Communists having freedom
of speech than the United States
having protection against Interna
tiona] Communism. They main
tained that “advocacy of forcible
overthrow as mere abstract doc
trine is within the free speech
protection of the First Amend
ment” and that the Smith Act, to
be consistent with the First
Amendment, “must be taken as
proscribing only the sort of advo
cacy which incites to illegal
action.”
The Court sought to develop the
M The High Tri
bunal held in the
L Yates Case that
| it is all right to
L■■ advocate the
r " violent over
/ throw of the
Government so
® long as no ac-
H tion toward that
(»l frtparad or printed at povemnunt ir/rmr)
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ERNEST VANDIVER
Candidate for Governor
Mrs. Maggie Griffin
Funeral Service
Held Wednesday
Mrs. Maggie Merritt Griffin, 62
died at her home near Hoboken
Tuesday following a short illness.
She was a native of Coffee Coun
ty, but had made her home near
Hoboken for the past several
years. She was a member of
Mount Calvary Missionary Bap
tist Church near Hoboken.
She is survived by her hus
band, Noah L. Griffin, Hoboken;
one son, R. L. Griffin, Hoboken;
three grandchildren; two sisters,
Mrs. Belle Carver and Mrs. Mae
Musgrove, both of Waycross;
three brothers, Leonard Merritt,
Waycross, Joe Merritt, and John
Merritt, both of Millwood.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 3 p. m. at Mount
Calvary Missionary Baptist
Church near Hoboken, conducted
by the Rev. Marvin Guy. Burial
was in the High Bluff Cemetery.
■ idea that there are two or more
i forms bf advocacy of violent dver
; throw of the Government, one or
I some of which are not unlawful.
Such a thesis, according to the
Senate Internal Security Subcom
mittee in its 1957 Annual Report,
seeks to lead the country “further
down the garden path to. the con
clusion that advocacy of action
which does not succeed in produc
ing the action advocated ... is
not unlawful.”
• * • v
THE YATES RULING com
pletely ignored the clear intent of
Congress in enacting the Smith
Act which was to arm the Federal
Government with sufficient au
thority to deal with the Communist
conspiracy. In handing down such
a decree, the Court robbed the FBI,
the Justice Department and the
Federal Courts of that weapon and
left the nation at the m?rcy of
those who have sworn to de
stroy it.
The Supreme Court could not
have knowingly served the Com
munist cause better and so long as
the Yates decision stands the
United States will be in grave
jeopardy of conquest from within.
As the Internal Security Subcom
mittee reported. Congress has
“not only the right but the duty”
to set this matter straight by de
claring beyond any doubt its intent
that the f*nith Act b intended to
ban any advocacy from any quarter
under any circumstances of violent
overthrow of the Government of
the United States.
