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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. VOLUME 39 — NUMBER 27 EVERY FAMILY OWES $6,400. Every family in the United States owes $6,400 on national debt of 285 billion dollars. In other words, Uncle Sam is 285 billion dollars in the red and the average family’s part of the debt would be $6,400. government spent 13 billion dollars more than it took in from all taxes. In short, the nation is sinking deeper and deeper into the mire of an almost bottomless pit of debt. Yet, in spite of this terrible situation, about all you hear from our representatives and other officials is the cry for greater and greater expenditures of money. A good rule for the voters would be to vote out of office any and every representative, state and national, who comes up with proposals to spend more money until we make some headway on paying back what we already owe. EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS INTEREST. The federal government is already paying more than eight billion dollars a year in interest on governmental debts. And every citizen is sweating to help pay this huge interest. In one way or another every one of us is paying on this staggering interest every year and every day in the year. OUR STATE DEBT IS ALSO BIG. The State of Georgia also owes more than three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000). On this state debt we are having to pay about ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in interest. Every Georgia citizen is having to pay on this huge ■interest, plus a part of the principal each year. DEBT CANCER IS GROWING MENACE. The habit of debt is like a cancer. It grows and spreads throughout the organism it affects, and if emergency reme dies are not adopted, the patient will eventually die. The growing habit of debt can kill the United States. It can bring national disaster just as surely as a cancer can kill a living organism. Our greatest national danger is not Communism. It is not the hydrogen bomb. It is the steadily growing cancer of reckless spending, aided and abetted by small caliber representatives who strive to get reelected each term by voting us more “benefits” out of our already debt-ridden pocketbooks. Let your representatives, state and national, know that you will not tolerate a continuance of spending beyond in come and that you demand a steady reduction in the state and national debts. Smokey Says: Forest Fires destroy this canopy! u. u, “ m ^hs V/ * iIM \ M W| / . > - ■ * ■■■ im ■ i r V w X w&zA •A- ; i® ’ A9 •; ‘'IJ .^VSA 33swF‘>^^ JI : -•; - I i mAA 'MP'S mh^T^ , j |» > 'i r- ' ? ' I ‘? ! W > A ■ ’ ■ , ' LBW wA~\ • wx i ’i WM. J ^'• . JH W •SI- - *— >v ' nnD Today’s little •I. . , **- - seedling is tomorrow s * timber crop. Help protect "'•Ar it from forest wildfire ... Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Sweeping the Country During the last fiscal year ending June 30, the federal By Carl Broome ASC Communities Reduced from Five ot Three For ASC election purposes the county will have three communi ties instead of five as in prior years, George Dykes, chairman of the Brantley County ASC Com mittee, announced. The Schlatterville and Hobo ken Communities were combined and will be known as the Hobo ken Community, Nahunta Com munity North of Highway 84 was combined with Hortense and will be known as the Nahunta Com munity, Nahunta Community South of Highway 84 was com bined with Hickox and will be the Hickox Community. Sraniky icntayrw Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128. Nahunta. Ga.. Thursday, July 9, 1959 Mrs. Charity Allen Funeral Service Held Thursday Mrs. Charity Kelly Allen, 84, affectionately known as "Aunt Charity” by her many friends, quietly passed away early Wed nesday morning, July 8, at the home of her son, S. K. Allen, after a short illness, and her death removes one of Nahunta’s most beloved residents. Mrs. Allen was born in Wayne, now Brantley county on May 16, 1875. She was the daughter of the late Sherrod and Charity Willis Kelly, and the widow of the late Dred Allen. She received her education in the schools of the county, and was a devoted member of the Nahunta Baptist Church, being its oldest member. Until ill health prevented, she was active in the affairs of her community, and her passing brings personal sor row to many. Survivors include three daugh ters; Mrs. P. F. Chapman of Way cross, Mrs. Elizabeth Faucher of Sarasota, Fla., and Mrs. F. E. Phelps of Savannah; five sons, J. C. Allen, S. K. Allen, Virgil Allen, Clarence Allen, and John Allen, all of Nahunta; four bro thers, J. R. Kelly of Waynesville, C. W Kelly of Orange City, Fla., T. J. Kelly of Orlando, Fla., and Pete Kelly of Jacksonville, Fla.; 37 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren as well as several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services were held this (Thursday, July 9) afternoon from the Nahunta Baptist church at three o’clock with her pastor, the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas, assist ed by the Rev. Lester Dixon and the Rev. Marvin Smith, conduct ing the rites in the presence of a large number of sorrowing rela tives and friends. The body lay in state at the church for one hour prior to ser vices. Interment followed in the Hic kox cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were Messrs. Elroy Strickland, W. C. Long, George A. Loyd, Jasper Johnson, T. H. Purdom, and Bob by Strickland. The many beautiful floral of ferings attested to the high es teem felt for the deceased. The family has the sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of ar rangements. Mrs. Alice Drury Funeral Service Held Saturday Mrs. Alice Harrell Drury, 76, of Nahunta passed away Thurs day, July 2, at a Milledgeville hospital after a short illness. Mrs. Drury was born in Cam den county and was the daugh ter of the late Joseph Mitchell and Jane Fleming Harrell. She received her education in the schools of the county. She was a member of the Me thodist Church and the Womans Benefit Association. She was the widow of the late Oscar Drury. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. T. H. Purdom and Mrs. W. R. Strickland, both of Nahunta; one brother, Wade H. Harrell of Guyton; several nieces and nep hews also survive. Funeral services were held Saturday morning, July 4, at 10:- 30 o’clock from the Hortense Methodist Church with the Rev. R. C. Kale and the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas conducting the rites in the presence of many sorrowing relatives and friends. Interment followed in Hortense cemetery. Serving as pallbearers, all nephews, were Messrs. Paul Har rell, Reuben Strickland, Harrell Strickland, G. C. Harrell, Arthur Strickland, and Ernest Campbell. The family has the sympathy of their many friends in their be reavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of ar- rangements Mr. and Mrs. James T. Altman of Nahunta announce the birth of a baby girl born Saturday, June 27, in a Folkston hospital. She weighed eight and one-half pounds and has been named Anita. The mother is the former Marvine Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. John Cox of Woodbine announce the birth of a baby girl bom Friday, July 3, at the hospital in Brunswick. The baby has been named Deborah Diane. The mother is the former Lutrelle Johnson, a graduate of Nahunta High School. Births Brantley Leaf Growers Will Be Ready For Tobacco Market Opening July 23 6 Stolen Cars and truck Found in Brantley County Six stolen cars and one truck have been found in Brantley County and a wide-spread car theft ring is suspected, according to reports of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. One man, Jimmie Jones of the Waynesville section of Brantley County, has been placed in jail in connection with the alleged theft-ring. The Federal Bureau of Investi gation and the National Auto Theft Bureau are also reported to be working on the auto theft case. Rumors have it that other stolen cars have been found in Jacksonville and in other Georgia counties. Officers working on the case have given it a hush-hush at mosphere, being somewhat re luctant to give out information on the progress of the case. Sheriff J. Walter Crews of Brantley County helped t o “break” the case and is assisting in the investigation. The cars and trucks were all Fords and of 1958 and 1959 mo dels, it is reported. Carter Girl Drowned in Satilla Sunday In a tragic accident Sunday afternoon, July 5, at Harper’s Landing on Highway 84 east of Nahunta, the Satilla River claim ed its second victim this year when Elizabeth Diane Carter 12, lost her life by drowning while swimming with friends. After rescue attempts became futile, dragging operations began under the direction of Wildlife Ranger Avery Rowell and con tinued until well after dark. A team of skin divers from Way cross located the body near the bridge around 9:00 p.m. Diane was born in Camden county on February 6, 1947, and was the daughter of Mrs. Geor gia Drury Carter and the late Luther Carter. She would have been .a sixth grade student in September. In addition to her mother, survivors include one sister, Jean ette Carter of Atkinson; one bro ther, Donald Carter of Atkinson; one half-brother, Vernon Drury of Screven; her paternal step grandmother, Mrs. Hattie Carter of Waycross; several aunts and uncles also survive. Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 7, at three o’clock p.m. from the Atkinson Metho dist Church with the Rev. R. C. Kale officiating. Interment followed at Mars Hill cemetery near Hoboken. Serving as pallbearers were Messrs. Wilbur Strickland, Carol Strickland, Gerald Strickland, Harry Middleton, Howard Mid dleton, and Julian Middleton. The family has the sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of ar rangements. Luke Returning To Nahunta As Coach Ronald Luke has accepted the position of coach at Nahunta High School to succeed Harold Scott who resigned. Mr. Luke coached one year at Nahunta several years ago and made a good record. Harold Scott has returned to his home at Sylvania and will coach at Sandersville High School next term. He had three good years at Nahunta, his team going into the state class B finals one year and winning the state class B title another year. Citizens Bank Shows Four Million Assets The Citizens Bank of FoUj^Ton and Nahunta now shows assets of more than four million dollars, according to the bank’s semi-an nual statement published in this issue of The Enterprise. This is the first time in the history of this bank that assets have topped the four million mark. It shows the result of steady growth throughout the past years, each semi-annual re port showing a gain over the for mer until the four million dollar mark was reached. The Citizens Bank in its current statement shows more than two million dollars in cash, balances with other banks, U. S. govern ment obligations and obligations of states and political subdivisi ons. The bank has a capital stock of $50,000, a surplus of $50,000 and undivided profits of $300,000. The favorable condition of this well-known banking institution reflects the generally sound con dition of the economy of the southeast Georgia section. Personals Miss Janice Higginbotham, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hig ginbotham, has returned to her home at Waynesville after a month’s visit with friends in Pierce county. Mrs. Oden Johns and children Neal and Annette of Naples, Fla., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Tucker and family of Nahunta this weekend. Mrs. Hattie Lou Bourne and children, Lee, Jennie and Debbie left last Friday for their home in Richmond, Va., after spending two weeks with her mother, Mrs. H. B. Green. Pvt Ej2 Robin Brown stationed at Fort Gordon in Augusta, Ga., spent the weekend at home with his wife and baby and other rela tives in Nahunta. He will gradu ate from Signal Corps on Wed nesday, July 8, and will leave on Friday of this waek for Cali fornia from where he will go to the Far East where he will be for fourteen months. Miss Janie Colvin returned to her home in Jacksonville on the 4th after spending last week with her cousin, Miss Zonia Ruth Smith. Mrs. Mary E. Patterson and son, J. B. Patterson and Mr. Henry Brown of Miami spent last week end with Mrs. Alice Highsmith and family. Warning Given About Running Deer with Dogs Chief Mallory Hatchett of the State Game and Fish Commission Waycross District, reports that several complaints have been re ported to the Waycross office a bout dogs running deer in Brant ley County. Ranger Rowell reports that he also has had several complaints from the sportsmen about dogs running deer in Brantley coun ty. Hatchett and Rowell say this is no time for dogs to be running I deer, as we have a good many । young deer and the rangers are | asking the people to cooperate: and keep a close check on their | dogs running loose in the woods. Rowell says on July 4 he check ed 400 people fishing on Satilla River and made only six cases for fishing without license and not any of them was from Brant ley County. Rowell and Sheriff Crews want to thank the people of Brantley County for their fine cooperation for having their licenses. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Tobacco Supports Vast Section of Nation’s Economy Washington — More than three million members of U. S. farm families — three out of every 20 farm residents in the county depend on tobacco as their most important cash crop, it was re ported today. In the seven leading tobacco states — North Carolina, Ken tucky, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Connecticut and Geor gia — latest figures show that cash receipts represent 25.5 per cent of the amount received by farmers for all crops grown in those states, according to TO BACCO NEWS, quarterly publi cation of the Tobacco Institute. Writing in the current issue, Institute president James P. Ri chards said that increasing taxes on tobacco have become “puni tive and violate every principle of American free enterprise and fairness.” He said that Federal, state and municipal taxes levied on tobacco products totaled approximately $2,534,368,000 last year. The publication reported that production of tobacco supports a vast section of the American ec onomy, providing scores of thou sands of jobs and generating bus iness extending far beyond the leaf-growing areas. For example, more than 200, 000 acres of American farm land are used to grow flax for cigar ette paper. Tobacco manufacture rs in one year alone spent $9,000,- 000 for fuels and electric power and invested $30,000,000 in new plants and equipment. The tobacco industry also uses large amounts of twine, thread, cotton bed plant cloth, sugar, mo lasses, wine, vinegar and other products. Tobacco growers use millions of dollars worth of fert ilizers and insecticides. ■ :RN!AN TALMADGE ^Reports From HBLsh/ngton I Mil lift • THE STATE OF Georgia has much at stake in the hearings now being held by the Civil Aero nautics Board on the question of establishing a new transcontinen tal airline route connecting the Southeast with the West Coast. । wk/ continentally through various equipment interchange agree ments, and nine airlines —Ameri- can, Braniff, Capital, Continental, Delta, Eastern, National, TWA and Western—are competing for franchises to serve all or part of it. Os the six airlines seeking the entire route, three — American, Delta and Eastern—have proposed routes either originating in or channeling through Atlanta. The latter two already serve a number of Georgia cities which, in their cases, would stand to get connect ing service across the country. THE PRINCIPAL issue which the CAB must resolve is whether to divide the route among several of the competing airlines or to grant a single franchise to one carrier. An indirect consideration is whether the route will be de signed to serve the passenger and freight needs of the entire South east or will exist almost exclu sively to connect the vacation lands of Florida and California. A delegation of 18 Georgians, headed by Frank K. Shaw, Gen eral Manager of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, and in cluding myself, testified before the Board this week to urge a de cision granting one-carrier direct service between Atlanta and the I It is the last \ available I coast-to-coast airline route not yet assign ed, although the Southern । tier of states I presently is | served trans- • * ♦ * prfo«Ml at 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) The Georgia-Florida flue-cured tobacco markets will open Thurs day, July 23, it has been announ ced. Brantley County farmers are re ported to be well on with their curing processes and will be rea dy for the opening of the market two weeks hence. The decision to reverse an ear lier decision was made at a meet ing of the Georgia tobacco ad visory committee in Atlanta last Friday. The committee had rec ommended July 16 for Georgia markets by a vote of 5-3 at a meeting in Macon on June 27. After that meeting a great deal of protest was heard from a ma jority of the tobacco growing counties and Commissioner of Ag riculture Phil Campbell called the committee together again. At Friday’s meeting the vote was 4-3 in favor of the July 23, date. The vote followed two hours of discussion. The board recommendation is merely advisory but has been followed by the agriculture de partment for the past four years. Under the law, Commissioner Campbell has authority to set the date. The committee is made up of warehousemen, legislators, and the president of the Georgia Farm Bureau. Farm Bureau President John Duncan, who voted for the July 23 date, stated that a survey by his office showed 23 counties favoring the July 23 date and six counties favoring the July 16 opening. At Friday’s meeting Mr. Camp bell told the committee that his office had .more calls on this matter than any other since he had taken office as commissioner. He told the group that from his correspondence there appear to be two different stages of tobacco in Georgia this year. He recommend ed that the committee pick the date which would benefit the most tobacco growers. Chief concern of those seek ing a later date was that farm ers who would be ready on July 16 would not be as badly hurt as would those who still had tobacco West Coast. Irving A. Metz, Jr., Executive Director of the Savan nah Chamber of Commerce, made a similar recommendation at an earlier preliminary hearing held in Miami, Florida. All Georgia witnesses sought to impress upon the Board the fact that its prime consideration in the deliberations should be how the industrial and commercial in terests of the entire Southeast can be served most adequately, both now and in the future. They pointed out that Atlanta is the historical transportation and com-’’ < munications hub of the Southeast and, therefore, is the logical and i natural gateway for transconti- ' nental air service to the West Coast. • * • IT IS TO be hoped that the CAB’s decision will be a forward looking one which will stimulate, rather than retard, the present unprecedented growth which is reshaping the economy of the whole Southeastern area. How- ever it goes, it will have a tre mendous impact, either good or bad, upon the economic future of Georgia and the Southeast a* well as have a direct bearing upon the role of our State and region in the development of transcontinental jet travel and transport. Those in a position to know tell me that a decision certifying ofije carrier direct transcontinental service from Atlanta to Califor nia with stop* at strategic inter mediate points will result in the availability for the first time of jet airliner services enabling pas sengers and materials to move transcontinental^ from Georgia and the Southeast >n four hours time.