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VOLUME 39 — NUMBER 18
Sweeping the Country
PEOPLE OF GEORGIA ARE
AGAINST TAX INCREASE
Some of the leaders of the present state administra
tion are beating the drums for a tax increase. They claim
they must have more money from the taxpayers or else
they will have to reduce state services to the people.
If there is anything the people of Georgia do not
want at this time, it is a tax increase. The people of
Georgia are convinced that adequate state services can
be maintained by the present revenue flowing into the
state treasury.
The present administration was elected on a platform
of rigid economy and honesty and efficiency in state gov
ernment.
Now, the people want a forthright effort put forth
by the state government to bring about the economy pro
mised during last year’s campaign for governor.
It is the opinion of many people that the surface
has not been scratched in ridding the state of useless job
holders and part-time workers drawing full-time pay.
The people over the state, in each county, know
where the deadwood is. They know that in some depart
ments of the state government friends and cronies of state
officials are drawing monthly checks for very little or
no work.
Some of the officials who are hollering the loudest
for a tax increase have many of these parasites on their
department payrolls. These officials seem to feel that
they must “take care of” old friends and cronies who
have helped them get into office or who have been on
the state payroll for so long they “hate to turn them off.”
TAX BURDEN HAS ABOUT
REACHED BREAKING POINT
The tax burden borne by the people has about reach
ed the breaking point. Local, state and federal taxes have
almost reached the point of confiscation of the people’s
livelihood.
Any every few days more revelations are made in
the press concerning waste and extravagance in federal
and state spending. Millions are .tossed right and left,
with little regard for the fact that these millions come
from the toil, sweat and tears of the masses of the people.
PEOPLE’S REPRESENTATIVES SEEM
TO THINK MAINLY OF SPENDING *
Many of the elected representatives, both state and
national, seem to think mainly of spending and spending
and spending. They cater mainly to the crowd who seem
to think you can get something for nothing out of the
government. They promise roads and more roads, dams
and more dams, ports and more ports, all things to all
voters in order to win election and re-election.
And the people keep on electing these promisers and
spenders to handle their governmental affairs. Pie-in-the
sky and Santa Claus delivering the pie the year-around
seems to be the obsession of many voters.
A SUGGESTION TO GOVERNOR
VANDIVER ON STATE ECONOMY
I would like to suggest to Governor Vandiver that
he create one more job in state affairs. The job would be
that of “Co-ordinator of Useless Jobs.” Give some good
honest businessman the job of going into every department
of state government and rooting out the useless jobholders
and the jobholders who don’t earn their salt.
Such a move would really cause a howl of anguish
from one end of the state to the other but the reward to
the taxpayers would more than offset the pain of listen
ing to the wails of the parasites.
The governor, at the top of the heap of state offi
cials, cannot know the details of the duties of the thou
sands of people who are on the state payroll. He is handi
capped in getting down to the “grass roots” of the prob
lem. He has to listen to department heads and of neces
sity must depend largely on what they say they need.
But an independent investigator could find the lost
motion and the waste in the various departments. He
could go into the counties, talk with the people and find
out who is really working and earning their keep on the
state payroll.
Until something like this is done, the people will
deeply resent any move to increase state taxes.
Peter D. Adams
Is Appointed to
Military Academy
Peter D. Adams, son of Col
Dow Adams of the Pentagon,
has been named as one of the
principal appointees to the US
Military Academy at West Point,
it was announced by Senator
Herman Talmadge in a telegram
to the Brantley Enterprise.
Peter Adams, the appointee, is
a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. A.
R. Adams of Hortense and a
nephew of C. Winton Adams of
Hortense and Ronald F. Adams
of Jesup.
The other principal appointee
of Senator Talmadge was Paul
Wesley Heard, Jr., of Atlanta.
By Carl Broome
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terprise office not later than
Wednesday noon.
Snmttep
Army Sergeant First Class
Truby E. Thornton Jr., whose
father lives in Waynesville,
Ga., recently completed the
carrier equipment repair course
at the Southeastern Signal
School, Fort Gordpn, Ga. Dur
ing the 25-week course, Ser
geant Thornton was training to
maintain and repair many
types of telephone and tele
graph carrier equipment used
by the Signal Corps for field
communications. The 33-year
old soldier entered the Army in
1944 and was last stationed at
Fort Carson, Colo. He was em
ployed by the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad, Waycross, be
fore entering the Army.
(U. S. Army photo)
Lulaton Church
Will Observe
Mothers Day
Homecoming day and Mothers
Day will be observed on Sunday,
May 10, at Lulaton Baptist
Church.
Regular Sunday School and
preaching services will be held
in the morning.
Basket dinners will be served
at 1:00 o’clock.
The afternoon will be devoted
to singing and short talks.
Everyone is invited.
Johns Family
Reunion Postponed
Until June 21
The reunion of the family of
Mr. and Mrs. Emory A. Johns
has been postponed from the
second Sunday in May to the
third Sunday in June, it is an
nounced.
The reunion will be held near
the old home place of the Johns
family. All friends of the family
are invited to attend.
Millions Risk Addiction to
Soothing Pills, Doctor Says
“More than 20,000,000 people
all over this country have been
taking pills that are usually re
served by doctors for the ser
iously ill or for specific crises,”
says Dr. Marie Nyswander, of
New York, a graduate of Cornell
University Medical School and
of the Flower and Fifth Avenue
Hospital’s Phychoanalytic Insti
tute, in a medical interview pub
lished in Vogue Magazine.
“Many people are dosing them
selves, often to relieve tension,
sometimes to get peace of mind,”
Dr. Nyswander points out. “For
an old trouble, anticipatory anx
iety, they treat themselves in a
new way.” She defines anticipa
tory anxiety as “fear of future
pain, tension, or sleeplessness.”
This anxiety she warns, may lead
to emotional and physical addic
tion to such pills.
Pills Do Not Cure
Physicians find that tranquili
zers do reduce tension and emo
tional upset. They have been
particularly beneficial for men
tally disturbed persons. It should
be remembered, though, by self
prescribers that the pill does not
cure. It merely helps put dis
turbed persons in a frame of
mind suitable for actual treat
ment.
“Since every tranquilizer has
some potentially serious side ef
fects, before prescribing, physi
cians equate the possible good
with the possible harm,” Dr.
Nyswander explained. When pre
scribed by a physician, the drug's
effect is watched, usually by tak
ing blood counts and blood pres
sures.
Equals 8 Cups of Coffee
It is estimate dthe exhilaration
obtained from one tranquilizer
equals that of eight cups of cos
Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, May 7, 1959
Layton Johns
All-American
Basketbailer
The Wigwam Wisemen of A
merica have added to the many
honors collected by Nahunta’s
Layton Johns, that of All-Ameri
can for 1959.
The Wisemen, working out of
Oklahoma City, awarded the Au
burn-bound Johns the certificate
for his All-American selection
and a chance to play in the
East-West all star game at Hut
chinson, Kansas, on June 3rd,
4th, and sth.
The All-Star squads will be
composed of 20 high school All-
American basketballers through
out the nation.
The 6’7” Johns, a mainstay on
the fabulous cage team of Coach
Harold Scott’s 1957, 1958, and
1959 “Wildcatters” was a consis
tent scorer, averaging in double
figures for four seasons, as well
as one of the state’s outstanding
defensive centers. He was sought
by most of the major and minor
senior colleges in the Southeast,
and cast his lot with Auburn this
spring.
By accepting this opportunity
to play in the All-Star game,
Johns will be transported to
Hutchinson for an .all-expense
paid stay as a guest of the Wig
wam Wisemen.
Nahunta Garden Club
Met at Home
The Nahunta Garden Club met
at the home of Mrs. Es. A. Moody
on Tuesday afternoon, May 5.
Mrs. Collis Highsmith and Mrs.
Grace Wakely were co-hostesses
with Mi®. Moody.
Mrs. W. H. Herrin is president
and presided. Mrs. J. A. Wiggins
led in prayer.
Mrs. Edna Adams, Mrs. W. H.
Herrin, Mrs. Allen Barnard, Mrs.
Collis Highsmith, Mrs. J. J. Lee
and Mrs. Virginia Raulerson were
the committee making a report
on the Spring Conference held
in Baxley. Mrs. H. Blanchard of
Pensacola, Fla., was the speaker
at the conference.
Mrs. Virginia Raulerson gave
a detailed report of the criticism
of the entrys in the Flower
Show.
Mrs. Iris Schmitt was a new
member present. Others present
were Mrs. E. P. Dodge, Mrs.
Mollie Highsmith, Mrs. J. B.
Lewis and Miss Mary Knox.
Chicken salad, crackers, pick
les, lime loaf and iced tea were
served.
fee. Self-prescribers of these
drugs have been found taking 10
to 20 times the dosage usually
recommended. Many users of
tranquilizers overdose to the ex
tent they are so exhilarated it
becomes necessary to take sleep
ing pills for nightly use. After
the tranquilizers, sleeping pills
are the most abused by the self
prescribers suffering from anti
cipatory anxiety, Dr. Nyswander
added.
The barbiturates used in sleep
ing pills are habit-forming. Some
combinations of the drugs are
long-acting and take effect two
or three hours after taking. Oth
er combinations act quickly in
inducing sleep. These quick-act
ing pills interfere most with the
normal sleep mechanism of the
body. Both types of drugs are
habit-forming and require pro
gressively larger doses to induce
sleep.
Stop Expecting Trouble
In answer to the question,
“How can self-prescribers get off
these drugs,” Dr. Nyswander rec
ommends as the first step to stop
anticipating trouble. “If the pro
blem is a daytime tranquilizer,
cut the daily amount in half im
mediately,” she said. This can
usually be done without any no
ticeable effect. After a few days
of adjusting to the reduced sche
dule, omit the pills altogether for
a day. They may be carried a
long in case they are urgently
needed. This same method suc
cessfully works for sleeping pills.
Both tranquilizers and sleep
ing pills have damaging side ef
fects. Used under; medical super
vision, these side effects can be
minimized. For self-prescribeds,
though, side effects of both tran
quilizers and sleeping pills may
be quite damaging.
Os Mrs. Moody
County HD Work
Schedule Announced
By Mrs. Raulerson
The schedule of meetings for
the Home Demonstration work is
listed below;
May 8, Friday 10:30, Hortense
4-H club meeting.
May 11, Monday 8:00, Hobo
ken Farm Bureau and Women
Farm Bureau. Guest from Pierce
county.
May 12, Tuesday 8:25, Hobo
ken 4-H Club meetings (2 meet
ings); 2:30 Hickox H. D. Club).
May 13, Wednesday 8:25, Na
hunta Grammar 4-H Club (2
meetings; 3:30 Hoboken H. D.
Club with Mrs. C. C. Connor.
May 14, Thursday 2:30, Ray
bon H. D. Club with Mrs. Var
nie Crews.
May 18, Monday 2:00, Waynes
ville H. D. Club at Baptist
Church.
May 19, Tuesday, 8:25, Nahun
ta High 4-H Club, 3 meetings.
May 21, Thursday 8:00, count
ty Dress Revue at the Nahunta
Grammar School, 4-H Club tal
ent contest and * dress revue.
Home Demonstration dress revue.
Public invited.
May 27 and 28, Tueday and
Wednesday, 8:30 - 5:00, Civil De
fense Workshop in Waycross.
The program for the month of
May will be reports from the
food preservation work shop by
the leaders who attended. The
rest of the program will be foun
dation garments, fabrics and ta
ble service. The 4-H club pro
gram will be on table service.
All who would like to attend
are invited to attend the meet
ings.
Personals
Mrs. Elizabeth Pearson and
Miss Malva Alice Keen attended
the 100th Anniversary of Amelia
Lodge 47, F. & A. M., at Fer
nandina Beach, Fla., May 2.
Memorial service for all members
who passed on siwee the organi
zation of the lodge was included
in the program.
• * *
Mrs. Verona Crews, Mrs. Lila
Crews, Mrs. Cecil Thomas, Mrs.
E. K. Ham, Mrs. Lula Brown, Ira
F. Brown, Mrs. Elizabeth Pear
son, Mrs. Ocie Keen, Miss Norma
Dykes and Miss Malva Alice
Keen were those from Nahunta
attending the dedication of the
new chapel of the B.W.M.U.
Camp on Hillory Island on Sun
day afternoon, May 3.
• * •
The Business Women’s Circle
of the Piedmont Baptist Associa
tion will have a meeting and
banquet at Camp Glynn on Fri
day night, May 8. Members of
B.W.C. of Nahunta Baptist
Church will attend.
* • *
I. J. Davis has returned home
from Georgia Baptist Hospital in
Atlanta where he has been a
patient after undergoing an op
eration.
• * *
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Lastinger
and Mrs. N. C. Davis, Sr., have
returned to their home in Hobo
ken. Mr. and Mrs. Lastinger visit
ed their son, Elkin Dorminy and
family in Premont, Texas, and
friends in New Orleans. Mrs.
Davis spent the time in New
Orleans, La., with her daughter,
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Thomas.
• ♦ ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Waldorf A. Ro
berson of Accomac, Va., are
spending this week with friends
and relatives in Nahunta.
• • •
Mrs. E. K. Ham of Nahunta
and Mrs. Cora Johnson of Hil
liard, Fla., were recent visitors
to Mrs. Arthur Rhine near Fer
nandina, Fla.
♦ ♦ ♦
H. K. Persons is ill at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Cornelia
Winn at East Point, Ga. Mrs.
Persons is with him. Mrs. R. B.
Brooker visited them for a few
days this week.
* ♦ ♦
The Nahunta High School Pa
rent-Teachers Association will
meet Tuesday afternoon, May 12,
at 3:15 o’clock. All members are
urged to attend.
♦ * ♦
Marine Acting Cpl. David R.
White, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira
White of Nahunta, departed Camp
Lejune, N. C., April 14, with the
12th Prdvisional Marine Brigade
to take part in amphibious exer
cises at Vieques, Puerto, Rico.
In 1929 the money earned by
one hour of factory labor could
buy 1.1 dozen eggs. In 1956, in
come from one hour’s factory
labor could purchase 3.3 dozen
eggs, say economists at the Agri
cultural Extension Service.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Satilla River Will Again
Become Fisherman's Dream
Line Changed
For Salt
Water Fishing
Atlanta, Ga. — May 6 — A
change in an old Georgia cus
tom has removed the “dividing
line” between fresh and salt wa
ter fishing.
Heretofore, the Seaboard Rail
way, which extends from Sav
annah all along the coast, has
been the dividing marker. Fisher
men were allowed to fish below
the line without a license.
But Game and Fish Depart
ment director Fulton Lovell said
a new ruling by the Commission
has removed the line and that
anglers fishing in fresh water
must have a license.
No license is required to fish
in salt water. Fresh water li
censes cost $1.25.
“The dividing line in the fu
ture will be that point where
fresh water ends and salt water
begins,” said Lovell. “Those fish
ing above that point .must have a
state fishing license.”
Actually, there has never been
a law establishing the railroad as
the divide between salt and
fresh water. However, it has
been a custom for many years to
fish below the railroad without
a license.
“Since salt and fresh water
fish won’t mix, anyone who is
catching fresh water fish will
know he’s fishing above salt
water,” Lovell said.
Game and Fish Commission
wildlife rangers have< been or
dered to check licenses of angl
ers fishing below the railroad
but not in salt water, Lovell said.
Preschool Clinic
Will Be Held
The Nahunta pre-school clinic
will be held at the Health De
partment on Friday, May 15 from
8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Dr. E. A. Moody will be the
Clinician.
Please bring yodr child’s birth
certificate and immunization re
cord.
AN TALMADGI
Reports From
IH
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MHINGTON
THE ACTION OF the Amer
ican Bar Association in condemn
ing the Supreme Court for de
cisions which are giving aid and
comfort to the Communist cause
represents a great forward step
in the continuing struggle to re
store that Court to its appointed
constitutional role.
w Ww
1956 has decided many cases “in
such a manner as to encourage
an increase in Communist activity
in the United States.” It irrefut
ably documented its conclusions
with 24 specific cases having that
result and it was particularly
critical of the “dicta” of those
rulings “to the effect that the
Communist Party is a political
organization of a lawful nature'
similar to the Republican, Dem
ocratic or Socialist Parties.”
THE ASSOCIATION made
nine specific recommendations fur
the enactment of remedial legis
lation by Congress to:
1. restore authority of states to
enforce laws against sedi-
tion.
2. make it a crime to advocate
violent overthrow of the
United States Government.
3. strengthen present restric
tions against organising any
group which advocates the
forcible overthrow of the
United States Government.
4. empower the Secretary of
State to deny passports to
subversives or Communists
and to take such action on
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The Satilla River, flowing the
length of Brantley County, will
again become a fisherman’s par
adise when plans of two cities to
construct sewage disposal plants
are completed.
Blackshear and Waycross are
now well on the way toward
building sewage disposal plants,
with Blackshear having already
let a contract. Waycross has al
ready adopted an ordinance pro
viding for a sewage disposal plant
costing more than a million dol
lars.
Waycross has bought 40 acres
of land for their disposal plant.
They will finance the city’s part
with revenue certificates. The
federal government is providing
30 percent of the funds or about
$250,000.
Blackshear’s sewage disposal
plant will cost more than SIOO,
000. with 30 percent contributed
by the federal government.
The construction of sewage dis
posal plants by Waycross and
Blackshear will mean much to
the development of the Satilla
River as a fisherman’s dream
river which it once was. In recent
years the river has been heavily
polluted by sewage from Way
cross, Blackshear and Alma.
Nahunta HD Club
Met at Home of
Mrs. Strickland
The Nahunta Home Demonstra
tion Club met Friday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Avery Strick
land.
Mrs. Harry Raulerson gave a
demonstration on the correct pro
cedure for freezing green beans.
Members present were Mrs.
Cecil Moody, Mrs. Allen Barnard,
Mrs. Keith Strickland, Mrs. Joe
Walker, Mrs. W. C. Long, Mrs.
Ben Jones, Mrs. Norman Lewis,
Mrs. Bob Smith and Mrs. Dick
Sehjnitt. Mrs. Jimmy Highsmith
was a visitor.
Mrs. Joe Walker and Mrs.
Keith Strickland served apple
tarts, potato chips and lemonade.
Good management in the home,
as well as on the farm, is the
key to building and maintaining
family security, points out Miss
Hilda Dailey, home management
specialist, Agricultural Extension
Service.
the basis of confidential in
formation.
5. authorize the Federal Gov
ernment to dismiss security
risks from nonsensitive as
well as sensitive jobs.
6. establish»the right of any
branch of Government to re
quire, as a condition of em
ployment, that employees an
swer questions about Com-
munist affiliations.
7. strengthen provisions for de
porting Communist aliens.
8. require labeling of prop
aganda circulated in the
United , States by foreign
agents located abroad.
9. clarify the powers of the
House Committee on Un-
American Activities.
Bills encompassing the first
seven of those proposals have
been introduced in the Senate by
Senator James O. Eastla-'d of
Mississippi.
« • •
THE ONLY OBJECTION to
those recommendations is that
they do not go far enough in that
they do not seek to correct the
Supreme Court’s school desegre
gation decision which set the pat
tern for the current wave of ju
dicial usurpation.
The enactment of the measures
proposed, coupled with the pas
sage of my bill to withdraw the
jurisdiction of federal courts over
the administration of public
schools, would effectively undo
the great harm the Supreme
Court has done and go a long way
toward returning it to its proper
status as the interpreter rather
than the maker of the nation’s
laws.
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