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Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta. Ga., Thursday, December 11, 1958
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CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
BICYCLES
26” WITH BALLOON TIRES $44.95
24” WITH BALLOON TIRES $42.95
20” WITH BALLOON TIRES $39.95
16” WITH BALLOON TIRES $29.95
TRICYCLES
16” WITH LARGE TIRES $11.95
12” WITH LARGE TIRES $ 9.95
WAGONS
RADIO FLYER (Large) $11.95
REX JET $9.95
We have a complete line of Toasters, Mixers,
Percolators, Fry Pans, Electric Blankets, Shavers,
Radios and many other small appliances.
GE & RCA TV PLATFORM ROCKER RECLIN
ERS.
Santa Claus will be at our store Saturday, Dec. 20 at
7:30 p. m. t
Moody Bros. Furniture Co.
Nahunta, Georgia
Personals
Four students from Brantley
County are attending Georgia
State College in Atlanta during
the fall term. They are Leslie
Herrin, Evelyn Mizell, Sidney
Willis and Thomas Willis.
Recruit Claude L. Brauda, 19,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Brauda, Hortense, recently com
pleted eight weeks of basic com
bat training at Fort Jackson, S.
C. Brauda was graduated from
Nahunta High School in 1953.
Pvt. Charlie G. O’Neal, 18, son
of Mrs. Mamie J. OJ^eal, Route
3, Nahunta, recently completed
eight weeks of basic combat
training at Fort Jackson, S. C.
O’Neal attended Nahunta High
School.
The Nahunta Garden Club
Christmas party will be held at
the home of Mrs. T. H. Edwards
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Ernest Knight
DRUGGIST
The Rexall Store
Pharmacist Always on Duty •
147 West Cherry St.
Phone 2254 Jesup, Ga.
MM TO GEORGIA COUNTIES
Turner County, created in 1905 to honor Congressman Henry
G. Turner, is noted for its pioneering in diversified farming
and livestock. When the boll weevil devastated the South’s
cotton crops in 1920, Turner County launched one of the first
and most successful diversified farming programs in the
South, stressing "cow, bog and hen.” This livestock program
combined with peanuts, pecans, cotton, vegetables, lumber
and naval stores to provide a more stable and more prosper
ous income today than one-crop "King Cotton.” A $375,000
pajama plant, located this year at Ashburn, the county seat,
added to Turner County’s industrial growth.
In progressive Turner County, and throughout Georgia,
the United States Brewers Foundation works constantly to
assure the sale of beer and ale under pleasant, orderly condi
tions. Believing that strict law enforcement serves the best
interest of the people of Georgia, the Foundation stresses close
cooperation with the Armed Forces, law enforcement and
governing officials in its continuing "self-regulation” program.
Georgia’s
Beverage of
Mod e ration
on Friday night Dec. 19 with
Mrs. J. B. Lewis and Mrs. J. A.
Wiggins as co-hostesses. The
members will meet at the home
of Mrs. J. B. Lewis at 7:00 p.
m. and from there they will make
the tour of homes to observe the
Christmas decorations.
Army Pvt. Donald E. Cleland,
18, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Cleland, Nahunta, recently com
pleted eight weeks of basic com
bat training at Fort Jackson, S.
C.
Army Pvt. James L. Morgan,
19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Landon
O. Morgan, Nahunta, recently
completed eight weeks of basic
combat training at Fort Jackson,
S. C.
Mrs. J. Walter Crews returned
Sunday from Savannah where
she was called on account of the
illness of her mother, Mrs. W.
H. Howard.
The Sally B. Lary Circle of the
Nahunta Baptist Church will
meet on Monday, Dec. 15, at the
home of Mrs. Lula Brown at 3:30
p. m. After the program and
business session the Circle will
observe their annual Christmas
party. All members are urged to
be present.
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Lightsey
of Waynesville went to Big
Creek Church Sunday and were
dinner guests of Rev. Leland
Lightsey and family.
Mr .and Mrs. L. U. McVeigh
and daughter, Reba, of Florence,
S. C. visited relatives in Waynes
ville on Sunday.
Mrs. I. J. Crews returned on
Thursday of last week from
Statesville, N. C. where she spent
ten days with Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Brady and children and
Margaret Crews and Gene Crews.
® United States Brewers |
Foundation
‘ Georgia Division
Suite 224, 710 Peachtree St., N. E. I
Atlanta, Georgia
District Prize Winning
Essay Is by Pierce Girl
“PAST, PRESENT, AND
FUTURE BENEFITS OF THE
SOIL AND WATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICT
PROGRAM TO ALL LIFE”
By MARY LOU DIXON
This morning, as I rode to
school on the school bus, I was
looking at the farms in our com
munity. Analyzing each farm ac
cording to the conservation prac
tices used was not hard, because
I knew the methods that most
of the farmers used.
There were “worn out” fields
that grew a better crop of “rag
weeds” and “coffee weeds” than
any cultivated crop. The reason
was clear. The owners, their
fathers, and maybe even their
grandfathers had always raked
up the crop remains and burned
it. Never once were the fields
allowed to grow a builder crop
or “layout”. Year after year the
fields were expected to grow the
same crop and produce the same
yield. Yet they say the field is
“worn out” and just is not any
good.
A field on a certain steep hill
in our community is just above a
farm pond. It fits very well into
the description above. But this
is not enough, for each time it
rains just a little topsoil (such
as it is) is washed into the pond.
This happens simply because the
farmer does not care or either
does not know there are such
things as cover crops and con
tour plowing, and he is still fur
ther from the fact that even
though the land is past crop use
it would grow pine trees.
A little further down the road
from this field lies an oak ridge.
On it grow oaks of all shapes
and sizes. Never once has it oc
cured to the owner that if he
used hardwood control and then
planted the ridge in pine seed
lings he would have an invest
ment for the future.
During the whole bus ride I
saw several small herds of scraw
ny cows, and hogs that were al
most what old timers call “razor
backs”.
The reasons for this were sim
ple, indeed. The animals were ex
pected to feed from the crops
grown on “worn out” fields. Pas
tures were sorry, if the farmers
even bothered to have one at all.
After the pastures were planted
they were left on their own. No
one thought to fertilize or reseed
them.
All these things were evident
just to the eye. But one thing
remains to be mentioned that the
eye can not detect. That is the
fact that many of the farmers
give no thought to the type of
fertilizer they put to their crops.
They just go to town, buy the
first fertilizer they come to, put
it to any crop they happen to be
planting at the time, and then
when harvest comes just sit and
wonder why they can not get a
high crop yield.
Surely the farmers who use
the practices mentioned above
belong to the days when soil and
water conservation programs
were just beginning. Even though
their practices seem crude, in
deed, for this era of space travel,
they have still gained many fun
damentals from the conservation
program. Many of them make on
ly one or two of the mistakes
mentioned above, but they have
far to go since they only use the
past benefits of the soil and
water conservation program to
their advantage.
But I can not have you think
that everything in our commun
ity is bad (as far as soil and
water conservation is concerned),
for certainly it is not.
There still remain the people
who have gotten the past bene
fits from the soil and water con
servation program and are get- 1
ting the present ones, too.
As the bus continued on its
route I saw many things that
bring honor to the soil and wa
ter conservation program.
There were fields of corn that
stood ready to harvest. Tall and
straight with large ears, they
s^pwed what the proper fertili
zer and crop rotation will do for
any crop and the benefits they
will bring to the farmers.
Fields of young oats looked
green and sparkled with dew in
the early morning sun.
Crops of land builders stood
ready to be turned under. The
soil will then grow more bounti
ful crops that are high in nutri
tional value and of such quality
that they will bring pride to the
farmer’s faces.
There were a few low, flat
fields with ditches to provide
proper water control. These pro
vide good insurance against the
heavy rains that could ruin a
whole year’s crop.
Farm ponds, well stocked with
fish, and water holes provided
plenty of water for irrigation.
The ponds also furnish recrea
tion for the farm families when
the day’s labor is finished.
The most amazing sight was to
see pine trees flourishing in fields
that were too poor to grow good
crops. Knowing what the land
produced a few years before and
seeing it now with the young
pines would cause enyone to con
sider planting pine seedlings.
Fat cows that would make high
quality meat with high nutrition
al value, grazed - on pastures of
grasses and clover that showed
signs of planning for the future.
Purebred hogs, considered good
resources for cash by any farm
er, showed signs of enjoyment
as they grazed in pastures.
Wooded areas on almost all the
farms offered a refuge for the
abundant wildlife in the commun
ity.
These things, I decided, were
the benefits today’s farmers
have received and are receiving
from the soil and water conser
vation program.
Then I began to sum up things
that I had seen and I thought
how wonderful it is to have a
soil and water conservation pro
gram to work with the farmers
for the benefit of all life.
The words of David Lilienthall
came to me, “As the soil is, so
are the people.” ... A people
and its civilization are qnly as
secure as the soil . . . The life
giving elements in the soil must
not be wasted and lost, lest the
whole web of community life be
injured.”
Then I applied these words to
the people in our community. In
every case they were true. Each
farmer and his family is no bet
ter than the soil they tend.
Next, there were the words of
W. C. Loudermilk. “If the soil
is destroyed, then our liberty of
choice and action is gone, con
demning this and future genera
tions to needless privations and
dangers. So big is this job— of
saving our good land from fur
ther damage and of reclaiming
to some useful purpose vast areas
of seriously damaged land—that
full co-operation of the indivi
dual interest of farmers with
technical leadership and assis
tance ... is not only desirable,
but necessary, if we are to suc
ceed.”
When the bus stopped at our
high school, I had one last
thought. We, the students of this
school and others like us in other
schools, are the parents and land
owners of the future. We hold
the future in our hands. What
we do with our soil and water
conservation program will deter
mine our destination, that of our
children, and even the destina
tion of our nation.
Yes, I thought, the big future
benefit of the soil and water
conservation program will be to
help lead our already great na
tion into an even greater posi
tion. This will be achieved
through the development of each
acre of land to its fullest poten
tial. Such things as this begin
in communities like our own.
It was then that I decided to
always do all that I could to help
our soil and water conservation
program, so as to help in my
own small way in leading our al
ready great nation into this posi
tion.
What is that way? It is to
bring to all people the “Eleventh
Commandment”: “Thy shalt in
herit the Holy Earth as a faith
ful steward, conserving its re
sources and productivity from
generation to generation. Thou
shalt safeguard thy fields from
soil erosion, thy living waters
from drying up, thy forest from
desolation, and protect thy hills
from overgrazing by thy herds,
that thy descendants may have
abundance forever. If any shall
fail in this stewardship of the
land thy fruitful fields shall be
come sterile stony ground and
wasting gullies, and thy descen
dants shall decrease and live in
poverty or perish from off the
This instrument in the hands
of a trained forester tells
him about tree growth.
When to harvest, how many trees to cut? Which
trees? There are answers to these and dozens of
other questions you may have about your valu
able woodlands. Get in touch with us so one of
our foresters can talk over the possibilities with
you. No obligation—just good business.
BENNETT'S PULPWOOD YARD
SHIPPING PULPWOOD TO-
St. Regis ®
PAPER O COMPANY
RODS AND REELS LOST
Lost between Rabon and Julian
Stricklands Landing, two rods
and reels on Tuesday Dec. 9th.
Finder please return to Rev. J.
A. Wiggins and get a big mess
of fish for reward. Thanks so
much.
J. A. Wiggins. 12-11
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PIANO
SALE
Baldwin Acrosonic Pianos and
Organs, Lester Betsy Ross and
Story & Clark Spinet Pianos.
Used and Re-built Pianos. Low
est Prices - Easiest Terms. Se
lect your Piano now for Christ
mas delivery. Durden Piano
Whse., 910 S. Peterson Ave.,
Phone 177-J, Douglas, Ga. 12-18
USED TRACTOR FOR SALE
Used Allis-Chalmers model B
Tractor, with 5 implements,
$695.00. Blackshear Tractor &
Implement Co., Blackshear, Ga.
11-20
HOUSE FOR RENT
Five room house for rent with
garden spot and chicken yard.
Seven miles north of Nahunta,
on 301. $25.00 per month. Ad
dress Mrs. J. D. Brooker, Route
2, Patterson, Ga.
TRANSPLANTER FOR SALE
Used Ellis transplanter, used
only one season. Blackshear
Tractor and Implement Co. Phone
HI 9-3891, Blackshear 11-20
POSTED SIGNS
We have a supply of “Posted”
signs for posting your land again
st trespassers, 10 cents each, $1
a dozen. The Brantley Enterprise,
Nahunta, Ga.
PLOWS & HARROWS
FOR SALE
Several used plows and har
rows, $25.00 and up. Blackshear
Tractor and Implement Co.,
Phone Hickory 9-3891, Black
shear. 11-20
607 Isabella Street Telephone
Waycross, Georgia At 3-5144
face of the earth.”
The past benefits of the soil
and water conservation program
were not great by themselves,
but they were great strides to
ward today’s broad program with
its widespread benefits. The fu
ture benefits will be even great
er. Such things, however, do not
happen over night. They begin
in the individual communities,
then in the counties, next the
states, and then they become
national benefits that could easi
ly effect the world.
Cynthia Dowling
Chosen Sweetheart
By Hoboken FFA
Cynthia Dowling has been cho
sen Sweetheart of the Hoboken
FFA Chapter, the school announ
ces.
Miss Dowling was chosen re
cently by .members of the chap
ter. She was selected from a
mong five candidates.
Other candidates for the title
were Linda Henderson, Carol
Hagin, Susan Lloyd and Shirley.
Selection was based on grades,
talent and personality. Miss Dow
ling played the- piano in the tal
ent show portion of the contest.
Runner-up to Miss Dowling
was Linda Henderson.
Route 1, Way cross, Ga.
PENSACOLA • JACKSONVILLE
Want Ads
Dr. Charles H. Little
OPTOMETRIST
If you know
how your
trees grow
you will
know how to
moke money
A. S. MIZELL
INSURANCE AGENCY
FIRE, THEFT, COLLISION AND LIABILITY
INSURANCE. FIRE INSURANCE FOR YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HAIL INSURANCE FOR YOUR
CROPS.
Phone 2-2171 Nahunta, Ga.
ANNA PIT BARBECUE
NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Sandwiches and Plate Barbecue, De
licious Pork and Chicken.
Open Monday through Thur»day from 10:30 a. m.
until 10:00 p. m. Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday
from 10:30 until ....
Located four miles north of Nahunta at Ray bon.
We will appreciate your patronage.
We Sell Sinclair Oil Products.
ANNA PIT BARBECUE
Phone 2-3322 Nahunta, Ga.
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TEACH A BOY how to do something, and you have
planted a seed that will grow and grow.
The Georgia Power Company, in cooperation
with the Agricultural Extension Service, sponsors
the 4-H Club Corn Program. Since its beginning
in 1947 the program has enrolled 1,728 boys.
Corn is important to Georgia. More acres are
devoted to it than to any other crop, and
it has the greatest dollar value.
This year the state’s com yield, total and per
was the greatest in history, and the
4-H Club members grew about three times as
much per acre as the state’s average. They have
done this for 12 consecutive years.
The Georgia 4-H Club Com Program has
far-reaching effect. It is only one of .
alf a dozen programs we sponsor each year
for Georgia’s farm youth.
GEORGIA POWER COMPANY
A CITIZEN w t S «y f
Who can say
where the
harvest
ends?
