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Newspaper Page TextGot Anything to Sell? Want to Buy Anything ? Put a Want • Ad in the Brantley Enterprise 75 Cents or 3 Times $2.00. Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. VOLUME 39 — NUMBER 12 Farm Bureau Hits Benson's Handling of Farm Program MACON, GA., March 20 — The Georgia Farm Bureau Federa tion today asked Congress to in vestigate the handling of the farm program by Secretary Ben son and charged the Secretary with driving millions of farmers from the nation’s farms. John P. Duncan, Jr., GFBF president, this week wired Geor gia’s Congressmen to instigate an investigation of Benson’s hand ling of the farm program. Dun can said “the financial condition of Georgia farmers “is worse than at any time since the de pression days”. Drawing the ire of the Farm Federation head was Secretary Benson’s lowering still further the support price on peanuts and cotton in 1959. “Georgia cotton farmers alone will take a $3 mil lion reduction because of the Secretary’s 1 cent per pound re duction through the revised pa rity formula, and Georgia peanut growers will take $5,000,000 less on this years crop due to the Secretary’s parity formula revi sion .and his lowered support parity level”, Duncan said. “This is a reduction of $8 mil lion for Georgia farmers on just two crops alone”, Duncan said. The Farm Bureau leader declar ed that in a few years time the farmers’ peanut price had been lowered from $244 per ton av erage to $193 per ton in 1959. “This’ is a difference of $lO,- 000,000 between the average per ton rates”, Duncan charged. He asked how many consumers had seen the effects of this price re duction to the farmer. The situation is critical, Dun can said, and farmers can’t af ford it. “This Benson program will break many Georgia farm ers this year”, he warned. In calling for a Congressional investigation .of Benson’s handl ing of the farm program, Duncan charged that the Secretary had no justification whatsover for lo wering of support price on pea nuts to 75 percent of parity. The Georgia Farm Bureau lead er said the Secretary “is shell ing No. 2 stock peanuts which should be diverted to oil and putting them on cold storage so that he can show a large surplus and justification for lower sup port prices.” Duncan said these stocks will be used in cold storage by the Secretary for no reason but to show a large surplus by August 1 to justify his lowering of sup port. The GFBF president charged Benson with changing the parity formula for no reason but to find still another means of lowering again still further the farmers’ price. The Secretary recently changed the formula for comput ing parity, and the newer for mula will lower price of most farm products for years to come. “Farmers cost of production continues to increase, and the only reason for over 2,000,000 farmers leaving the nation’s farms yearly is because they can’t make a living on the farm”, Duncan said. And he concluded, “if in the future this country finds itself going hungry the blame must be placed on Ben son for running the farmers off the farms.” A dollar spent at home will come back to you to be spent again. To Be Built at FFA-FHA Camp Ground-breaking' exercises will be held April 1 for a new auditorium to be constructed at the FFA-FHA camp at Jackson Lake under sponsorship of the Georgia Power Company. The building will cost $50,000. John J. McDonough, company president, will turn the first shovelful of earth. State educational leaders will attend. Mrs. Lila Crews Made Worthy Matron Os Eastern Star Mrs. Lila Crews was elected Worthy Matron of Satilla Chap ter 365, Order of Eastern Star at the regular meeting of the chap ter on Tuesday night, March 24, for the ensuing year. Other officers elected were: T. H. Purdom, worthy patron; Mrs. Lucille Roberon, associate mat ron; J. W. Crews, associate pat ron; Miss Malva Alice Keen, sec retary; Mrs. Mamie Orser, treas urer; Mrs. Louise Drury, conduc tress; Mrs. Ruby Herrin, associate conductress. The appointive officers will be named by the Worthy Matron and all will be installed on a date to be named by the new Worthy Matron. Newsom Gives Pointers on Management of Tree Farm By Erle T. Newsom, Jr., chairman Georgia Tree Farm Committee Do you have weeds in your woodlot? More than likely, you do—weed trees, that is. If so, your good trees must compete with them for the mois ture and plant food available, which means you are getting on ly part of the possible value from your woodlot. These weed trees can also keep young stands of good timber from getting started by shading them out. This is particularly true of pine, which must have sunlight to live and grow. Generally speaking, the un desirable trees will be hard woods, but don’t make the mis take of thinking that all hard woods are undesirable. On good sites with good grow ing stock, many species of hard woods will grow just as fast as pine, and there is always a ready market at sawmills and veneer mills for good well-formed logs for lumber and plywood. “Weed” trees are the limby, rough trees that are too short or knotty for logs, or the blackjack and scrub oak that never get big enough for anything but fire wood and charcoal. These may be mixed with pine, in which case little pines cannot get start ed under them. Before all your land can be put to ’ work growing pine or other valuable trees, these un desirable ones .must be removed. This can be done by methods within the financial reach of ev- ( ery woodlartd owner, with an I axe and chemicals which can be bought at most hardware and seed stores. The axe is used to cut into the tree so the chemicals can be ef fectively used. It is best to cut' down trees under five inches in diameter, leaving a “V”-notch in the stump. The “V”-notch is made to hold the chemicals. The chemicals help kill the tree and also keep it from sprouting back. Larger trees should be “girdl ed” or “frilled” or “cupped.” Girdling simply means cutting a band all the way around a tree, SnmiUg EnterpriaF Hoboken High School Track Team Defeats Nahunta The Hoboken High School track team defeated Nahunta in a duel track meet yesterday afternoon. Hoboken cindermen won first place in seven events and Na hunta in six. First place winners and their events were as follows: For Hoboken, Roy Griffin, dis cuss and shot put; Roy and Av ery Griffin, tie for low hurdles; Avery Griffin, high hurdles; Douglas Prescott, mile; LaDon Dickerson, tie for high jump and pole vault. For Nahunta, J. V. Nichols, yard dash; 440-yard relay, Roz ier, 880-yard run; Carol Allen, broad jump and tie* for high jump; J. Wilson, tie for pole vault; J. V. Nichols, 220-yard dash; mile relay team. Next Monday, the two teams will stage a dual meet at Na hunta. Advertising doesn’t cost — it pays. well into the sapwood. Frilling is similar, except that it is done with single downward strokes of the axe, leaving a row of frills around the tree. Cupping is done by cutting out big chips to leave shallow cups. If this last method is used, there should be about one cup to every six inches a round. The chemicals are applied to the axe cuts. The most commonly used che micals are ammonium sulfamate crystals and 2,4,5-T. Ammonium sulfamate can be used dry, or mixed with water. To use dry, put one Weeping tab lespoonful on each notched stump or the same amount in each cup on a tree as described above. For liquid solutions, mix two pounds of ammonium sulfamate crystals to one gallon of water; one gallon of 2,4,5-T to 50 gal lons of water; or one gallon of 2,4,5-T to 20 gallons of diesel fuel or burnt motor oil. Use a red stain in these mixtures so you can readily see which trees and stumps have been treated. Use an oil can or spray can with the liquids so it can be poured directly on to the cut. On girdles and stumps, pour it liberally on the exposed portions. If frilling or cupping is used, fill these up with the solution. The tree absorbs the chemical and dies. Larger trees deteriorate gradually, and the falling pieces usually are not large enough to seriously damage the young trees coming up under them. Also, by leaving them standing, you do not have large areas ta ken up with felled trees and brush. By using 2,4,5-T in oil, trees can also be killed by spraying them heavily from the ground up to about two feet above the gropnd, but this is the most ex pensive method. When you are weeding out these cull trees, keep in mind that you might also want to go hunting later, so leave an oc casional tree for game food and shelter. Note; Ammonium sulfamate and 2,4,5-T are not poisonous to livestock and other animals. Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 26, 1959 Lee - Lee Miss Delores Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John I. Lee of Hickox, and James Fred Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lee of Hoboken, were married at the home of her parents on Satur day, March 14, at eight o’clock p.m. with Rev. Hilton Morgan performing the double ring ce remony. The bride wore a ballerina length dress of white lace over taffeta. She carried a bouquet of pink and white carnations. Miss Mildred Carter, cousin of the bride, was maid of honor. She wore a light blue lace dress over blue taffeta. Her corsage was pink carnations. J. E. Redding, cousin of the bridegroom, served as best man. The bride’s parents entertained with a reception immediately after the wedding. Assisting in serving were Miss Jo Ann Grif fin, Miss Marnell Carter and Miss Hazel Griffin, with Miss Clarice Herrin and Miss Margie Faye Johns serving the four tiered wedding cake. Delores graduated from Na hunta High School in 1958. Jim my finished High School at Ho boken High School in 1956. Shortly after the wedding the young couple left for a short wedding trip to Florida. The bride chose a white print taffeta dress for her going .away enem ble, with matching accessories. Her corsage was white carnations from her bridal corsage. They will make their home in Hobokeft. Present at the wedding and reception were: Bobby and Mor ris Crews, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Herrin and Jo Ann and Jerry, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Moody, Mrs. Valera Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Copps and Jo Ann and Cory, Harriett and Winnie S J.,.., Pat sy Byrd, Jo Ann and Hazel Grif fin, Melissa, Annie and Eddie Lee of Jacksonville, Mrs. Edna Tuttle, St. Marys; Mr. Eppinger Nelson, Hilliard, Fla.; Mrs. Louise Hawkiris and Mrs. Mae Miller of Brunswick; Mrs. J. E. Herrin, Minnie Pearl and Bud Johns of Waycross; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lee, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Lee and Karen of Hoboken. Mrs. Ruth Wainright, Mrs. Mary Wainright, Mr. and Mrs. George Johns and family, Mrs. Lee Godwin and Mary Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Barnard, Mrs. J. J. Herrin, Clarice and Marnell, Mr. and Mrs. John Da vis; Johnnie, Stanley and Lucom ma O’Ouinn and Effie Mae Lake and others. Paper Corp. Gives 30,000 Tree Seedlings During the 1958-59 tree plant ing season, 30,000 pine seedlings were given to local landowners in Brantley County through the free seedling distribution pro gram of Union Bag-Camp Paper Corporation. This announcement was made recently by B. E. Al len, woodlands manager of the Savannah plant. According to Allen, “approxi mately 750 seedlings are requir ed to convert an idle acre to full productivity. We of Union Bag- Camp are pleased to be able to aid in the reforesting of these idle acres, and at the same time, provide for increased income and a stronger economy in this area. In years gone by,, many landow ners had an indifferent attitude toward their timberland and the potential which it would produce in the form of future income. Our forests of yesterday were destructively cut over, burned time and again, with little or no though given to reforestation so that we might adequately supply the needs of the future. Today the demand for forest products is the greatest in the history of our country. Tomor row this demand will be even greater. We are convinced that the present-day landoWner recog nizes this challenge and is taking advantage of every opportunity to keep his timberland green and growing—and at the same time assure himself of a higher stan dard of living. The 30,000 seedlings distribut ed by Union Bag-Camp in Brant ley County should plant 37 acres. We are proud to be able to play a small part in the development of our most valuable natural re source—our forests!” If you have news for your local newspaper, get it in early for best handling. Drive Begins to Get Blood Donors in Brantley County Must Make Up Deficiency At Hospital A county-wide campaign to get donations of blood for Brant ley County hospital patients will be carried on for the next two weeks. The various clubs and organi zations of Brantley County are cooperating in a drive to secure enough blood donors to contri bute 50 or more pints of blood. Brantley County is now 18 pints of blood short at Talmadge Memorial Hospital. The cam paign tp secure blood will at tempt to make up this deficiency and also add enough blood for future emergencies. Captains in the blood cam paign have been appointed for the various districts in the county, as follows: Nahunta, Mrs. Norman Lewis. Hoboken, Nolan Davis, Jr., and Herbert Colvin. Hortense, Mrs. Edna Adams. Hickox, Mrs. Neil Hendrix. Atkinson, Mrs. J. B. Middleton and Mrs. Howard Middleton. Waynesville, Mrs. Pete Gibson. Calvary, Mr. and Mrs. Gold wire Fowler. Anyone between the ages of 18 to 55, who is willir • to do nate blood in this hig’ impor tant campaign is re ted to contact the district c • ain who will give details as io time and place for donating blood. Young people under 21 must have the consent of parents be fore they donate blood. The captains and other work ers in the blood campaign will report back to a meeting at the courthouse Monday night, April 6, to turn in a list of people in the county who are willing to donate blood. The campaign to secure blood donors is one of the most im portant ever undertaken in Brantley County, according to those who are leading the drive. Many patients from Brantley County need blood transfusions to save their lives. A blood donor may save the life of some per son who receives the life-giving fluid in some emergency. Blood donors must be in good health and will be rejected if they have a history of any of the following diseases: Malaria (5 years), malaria treatment, heart disease, asthma present, rheumatic fever (6 years), jaundice, jaundice con tact (6 months), tuberculosis, diabetes, undulant fever (5 years), cold (present), convul sions, skin disease, illness (6 months), transfusion (6 months), syphillis, stomach ulcers, drug addiction, menstruating now, pregnancy (past 6 months), im munization shots (2 weeks), tooth extraction (1 week), polio, horpes simplex. * All people in the county are requested to cooperate in the blood campaign and thus help to meet any emergency for peo ple of Brantley County who may need blood transfusions. Grammar School 4-H Club Meeting The Nahunta Grammar School 4-H club meeting was held Mon day, March 23, in the auditorium. The meeting was called to order by John Jones. We had the devotional by Diane Hendrix. The roll call and minutes were by the secretary, Linda Hendrix. The 4-H pledge was given by the club members. Then the meeting was turned to Mrs. Raulerson and Mr. Loyd. Mrs. Raulerson talked to the girls about making skirts. Mr. Loyd talked to the boys about planting gardens. Emmie Crews, reporter. Card of Thanks We would like to express our thanks and appreciation for the many kindnesses shown us at the death of our loved one, William J. Herrin, also for the many floral offerings and covered dishes. May God’s richest bless ings be with each of you always. Gladys Herrin. Mr. and Mrs. Omie Wilson and Family. kjRIVERSITY OF GEOI WR2B 59 LIBRARIES OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Justice R. Rowell Justice R. Rowell In Strategic Air Command LACKLAND AFB, Texas — Airman Justice R. Rowell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hardie Rowell of Hortense has been assigned to a unit of the Strategic Air Com mand at Hunter AFB, Ga., for duty and training as a cook. He recently completed basic mili tary training here. Airman Rowell graduated from Nahunta High School. Basic airmen assigned directly to a duty from basic training at Lackland will receive on-the-job training under highly-qualified specialists. They are selected for assignments on the basis of their interests arm aptitudes. Sunrise Service to Be Held at Hortense Wesleyan Church An Easter sunrise service will be held at the Hortense Wesleyan Methodist Church next Sunday, March 29, it is announced by the pastor, Rev. Robert Wagnon. Rev. J. D. Strader, pastor of the Satilla Baptist Church, will lead the service. The service is in tended to be community-wide and everyone is invited to at tend. AN TALMADGE Reports Fro^gK ■ ASHINGTON I THE EFFORTS OF Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson to discredit the Talmadge Farm Plan are another confirmation of the widespread popular support which it is attracting throughout the country. free enterprise farming bol stered by compensatory payments on domestically-consumed basic commodities through the propa ganda devices of smear, associ ation and innuendo. Rather than discuss my proposal on its merits, he has endeavored to tag it with a false label of socialism and to relate it to the resurrected ghost of the so-called Brannan Plan. For example, in a recent speech he re ferred to it as “a long step to ward a fully socialized agricul ture” and in letters written to newspapers across the nation he called it the “Talmadge-Brannan Plan.” THE BENSON bogeymen have no substance in fact. It is elementary economics that socialism is synonymous with na tionalization or government own ership and control and the Tal madge Farm Plan which would free the farmer to plant and seh as he pleases and pay him the dif ference between the price he re ceives for that portion of his crop sold for consumption m this coun try and 100 per cent of parity is the exact opposite of that The label In speeches, statements and tetters to news papers Mr. Ben son is endeavor ing to counter the appeal of my plan for * • • Keep up with the News About Your Home County Subscribe for the Brantley Enterprise, $2.50 a Year, $3.00 Outside the County. (Plus Sales Tax) Hoboken High Schedules 10 Baseball Games The Hoboken Trojans open a 10-game Region 3-C baseball schedule Friday with a home game against Toombs Central, starting at 3:00 p.m. Coach Hugh Belcher will start Roy Griffin, his ace left hander, against the Toombs countians. The starting infield will pro bably include Henry Aldridge, a junior, at first base, Darrel Strickland, a sophomore, at sec ond base; Avery Griffin, sopho more, at shortstop; and Johnny Jones, a senior, at 3rd base. Roy Thrift, senior, will handle the catching duties and will have as an understudy Robert Page, freshman; Jimmy Hickox, pitch er, freshman; Jimmy Gunter, outfielder, freshman; Jerry Grif fin, freshman, pitcher; Kenneth Bailey, freshman, pitcher; War ren Crews, sophomore, outfield er; Marvis Roberts, freshman, in fielder, Stanley Dowling, in fielder, sophomore; and Jerry Dickerson, team manager. Below is the 1959-60 Hoboken baseball schedule: Friday, March 27, Toombs, home. Tuesday, March 31, Screven, away. Tuesday, April 7, Lumber City, home. Friday, April 10, Ludowici, away. Tuesday, April 14, Darien, home. Friday, April 17, Toombs, a way. Tuesday, April 21, Screven, home. Tuesday, April 28, Lumber Ci ty, away.. Tuesday, May 5, Ludowici, home. Friday, May 8, Darian, away. Outfielders will be Eddie Jones, senior, left field; Earl Woods Jr., right field; Roy Jor dan, junior, right field. Others reporting will probably see lots of action are: Ladon Dickerson, junior; Ronnie Carter, junior; Wallace Lee, senior; and Cars well Griffin, senior.’ oi socialism could much more ac curately be applied to Mr. Benson’s own program under which the gov ernment imposes rigid planting controls and engages in the busi ness of buying, storing, transport ing and selling agricultural com modities. The only point of similarity between the Talmadge and the Brannan Plans is the compensa tory paymen; idea and, if ; t is the intent of Mr. Benson to equate that feature of my proposal with the Brannan Plan, then by the same logic it also could be called the Eisenhower Plan, the Seaton Plan and even the Benson Plan because officials by those names have advo cated a similar use of direct pay ments to compensate producers of metals, wool and sugar. • • • THE FARMER WHO wants to be returned to a free enterprise economy with protection equivalent to that enjoyed by labor through the minimum wage and industry through the tariff and the taxpayer who wants a stabilized farm pro gram which will give his pocket book a break both in the market place and at tax time will not be deceived by Mr Benson’s attempts to confuse the issue. While I would not say that my bill can be enacted either this year or next. I will make the prediction that when a new farm program is passed—and. if not before, one certainly will be after we install a Democrat in the White House in 1961—it will be along the lines of rhe measure I have proposed.