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VOLUME 39 — NUMBER 33
Record Prices
Paid During
1959 Season
Blackshear’s tobacco market
closed last Friday, Aug. 14, after
selling a total of 9,444,292 pounds
for an average of $60.91 this sea
son.
It was the most tobacco sold
on the local market since 1956
and the highest average price
ever paid for the golden leaf.
The price average topped last
year’s previous high of $59.55.
Tobacco growers received $5,-
752,518 for this year’s crop sold
on the Blackshear .market.
The market, which opened July
23, operated for 17 selling days.
Last year it was open for 16 days.
Farmers throughout this area
were generally pleased with this
year’s prices. The better grades
ran in the high sixties and the
lower grades sold much higher
than had been expected.
Generally speaking, Brantley
county tobacco growers averaged
more pounds per acre than had
been anticipated, but less than
they had averaged last year. Ex
cessive rains earlier in the sea
son caused damage of varying
degrees throughout the county.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Middleton
announce the arrival of a baby
on July 31 weighing eight pounds
and six ounces. He has been
named Marcus Middleton.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hendrix an
nounce the birth of a baby girl
weighing six pounds and twelve
ounces. She has been named Bev
erly Ann.
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Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Peeples
announce the arrival of a boy
born on Sunday, Aug. 9. He
weighed six pounds and nine
ounces. Michael Alan is the new
baby’s name.
James Wiley is the name of the
new baby boy born to Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Hickox on Wednesday,
Aug. 12. He weighed eight pounds
and six and one half ounces.
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ONE OE UH 11 must alarming
aspects of the unremitting agi
tation for force legislation in the
field of civil rights is the arro
gant contempt which its protag
onists display for the clear pro
visions of the Constitution of
the I'mted States
There is a
case in point
in the amend
ments which
have Peen of
fered ti pend
ing civil rights
hills to resur
rect -he old
proposals to
outlaw the poll tax and to orovide
for federal policing of the regis
tration of voters and the selection
of presidential electors All are
areas which are left within the
authority of the individual states
by specific provisions of the Con
stitution and which have been
consistently and repeatedly held
within state jurisdiction by the
federal courts including a Su
preme Court ruling as late as last
June upholding the right of the
State of North Carolina to require
a literacy test as a qualification
for voting.
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HISTORY RECORDS that
these questions were the subject
of considerable debate at the Con
stitutional Convention jf 1787
and the divergent views on them
were compromised by providing
in Paragraph 1, Section 2. Article
I that voters should ‘have the
qualifications requisite for elec
tors of the most numerous branch
of the State Legislature” and in
Paragraph 1. Section 4, Article 1
that Congress may “make or al
ter* regulations governing the
••times, places and manner of
holding elections for Senators and
Representatives.* The naming of
presidential electors was left ex
clusively to the states in Para
graph 2, Section 1, Article IL
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Mrs. Strickland
Os Hortense Dies
After Long Illness
Mrs. Rhoda Ann Strickland, 78,
of Hortense, died Saturday after
an extended illness.
Survivors are her husband, Nel
son Strickland, Hortense; three
daughters Mrs. Elizabeth West,
Waycross, Mrs. Ethel Cook,
Brunswick; Mrs. Geraldine Go
day, Waycross; five sons, Ward
W. Strickland, Winter Haven,
Fla., Lambert M., Brunswick,
Guy, Hortense, D. L., Screven,
and Pat N. Strickland, Macon;
one sister, Mrs. Alex Lee, Pat
terson; one brother, George
Griner, Folkston; 31 grandchild
ren and 15 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 2:30 P. M. at Hortense
Methodist Church conducted by
the Rev. Robert Wagner and the
Rev. Jimmie Straiter. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were grandsons,
Charles McDonald, Colon Strick
land, Jimmie Gorday, Jack
Strickland, Dewey Newman, Ral
ph Crawford, Bobby Strickland
and Roger Poole.
Atkinson Methodist
Church to Start
Revival Monday
The Atkinson Methodist Church
will begin a revival meeting
Monday night, Aug. 24 and con
tinue through Sunday, Aug. 30.
Services will be held each
night at eight o’ clock. Sunday
services will be held at 11:00 A.
M., with dinner on the church
grounds.
Rev. R. C. Kale is pastor of the
church.
The public is invited to attend
the services.
Knox Cemetery
Will Be Cleaned
Tuesday August 25 is the date
set for the cleaning of Knox
Cemetery it is announced by
Mrs. Turner Highsmith. All peo
ple who are interested in the
Knox Cemetery are requested to
come to the cemetery on that
date to assist in the work. The
work will begin in the morning
and continue until finished.
Please bring tools for cleaning
off the burial grounds.
Alexander Hamilton in one of
his Federalist Letters explaining
the new Constitution pointed out
that the compromise provisions
on elections and voter qualifica
tions gave the Federal Govern
ment power to assure its preser
vation by fixing the times, places
and manner of holding elections
while, at the same time, reserving
to the states sufficient authority
to preserve their sovereignty by
prescribing the qualifications of
the voters
The Senate's mos> eminent
scholar on the subject. Senator A.
Willis Robertson of Virginia, sum
marizes the situation thusly "The
right to vote comes from the
State Once the right is granted,
the Federal Government becomes
its protector ”
THOSE WHO WOULD have
Congress beat this dead horse
again base their contention on
two strained interpretations of
the Constitution: (1) that the
phrase ‘‘manner of holding elec
tions” extends to the conditions
under which voters are registered
and <2> that the guarantee to
each state of "a republican form
of government” carries with it the
implied power to legislate in ti
field of voter qualifications
If the first thesis were true,
Paragraph 1 Section 2. Article I
would be meaningless and if the
second were correct each of the
original 13 states which had rigid
voter qualication laws would have
been guilty of denying its citizens
a republican form of government.
Proof of the fallacy of their
position is the fact that in each
of the three instances in which
Congress has legislated in this
field it has been by the process of
constitutional amendment and the
results are found in the 15th, 17th
and 19th Amendments.
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Brantley Enterprise P. 0. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga„ Thursday, August 20, 1959
Proceedings
Os County
Commissioners
The Brantley County Commiss
ioners of Road and Revenue met
in regular Session August 4, 1959,
Present were R. B. Brooker,
Chairman, R. C. Harrell, Jr.,
Clerk, Louis Prescott, Alfred Tho
mas, and Silas D. Lee.
The Following Commissioners
were paid for six days service
each. R. B. Brooker, $21.05, R. C.
Harrell, Jr., $15.05; Louis Pres
cott, $21.05; Alfred Thomas, $30.-
00, and Silas D. Lee, $30.00;:
The Following Pauper List
were paid for the month of July,
1959. Ocie Moody, SIO.OO Thelma
Sapp, SIO.OO, and Robert
R. Riggins, $10.00; The
Following Road Hands were paid
for the month of July, 1959. Mon
sie Wilson, $177.94; Lonnie Wil
son, $186.55; Woodrow Wilson,
$217.94; Roscoe Murray, $137.94;
J. H. Mercer, $157.94; Talmadge
Gunter, $207.94; O. G. Lee, $286.-
05; Mitchell Hulett, 0196.94; J. F.
Willis, $217.94; Ellis Altman,
$207.94; Joe Lewis, $172.00, I. C.
Harris, $217.94; and Weita Herrin,
$186.55;:
The following General Bills
were paid, S. E. Blount, $96.75,
Janitor; Herbert Kaney, $15.00,
Block & Tackle, Ga. Power Co.
$79.21, Lights & Power; Collect
Internal Revenue, $281.74; Em
ployee Retirement System, $45.78,
Retirement; Teachers Retirement
System, $119.79, Retirement; Cot
ton State Life & Health Ins. Co.,
$27.99, Insurance; Professional
Insurance Co., $47.75; Insurance;
J. C. Johnson, $3.58, Freight; Ga.
Hospital Service Association,
$179.00, Insurance; Virginia N.
Raulerson, $186.00, 4-H Boys &
Girls, Camp. C. Winton Adams,
$41.05; Salary; Archie A. Johns
SBO.OO, Salary; D. F. Herrin,
$78.90, Salary & Fees; Cecil Rod
denberry, SSO 00, Salary, Dewey
Hayes, $63.34; W. J. Summerall,
$46.00, Salary; George A. Loyd,
$201.87, Salary; Virginia N. Rau
lerson, $106.05, Salary; Ga. State
Forestry Commission, $600.00;
Budget; Rebecca D. Griner,
$327.05, Salary & Expense, An
nice C. Hardy, $173.40, Salary;
Alvin M. Powell, Jr., $12.00, Tra
vel, Elvin F. Cooper, $106.02, Sal
ary; M. E. Winchester, $62.00,
Salary; Dr. E. A. Moody, $30.00,
Salary; Dept, of Public Welfare,
$782.66, Budget; A. S. Mizell,
Agent, $792.00, Insurance; C. S.
Kizer, $43.00,. Inquest; Carlton
Company, $13.41, Repairs; Brant
ley Telephone Co. $88.31, Phones
& Calls, Okefenoke R. E. A. $4.80,
Caution Light; Yarbrough Bros.
$8.40, Office Supplies; Marshall
& Bruce Co. $5.48, Office Sup
plies; Lastingers Garage $24.70,
Repairs; Brantley Enterprise,
$113.35, ’Advertising & Supplies;
J. W. Brooker, $13.46, Supplies,
City of Nahunta, $22.50, Water,
Standard Oil Co. $231.37, Gas &
Oil, Wilson & Wainright Oil Co.
$1,129.95, Tires Gas & Oil; Leo
Smith, M. D. $5.00, Treating Pris
oners, J. W. Crews, $324.19, Ser
vice Rendered; Blackshear Mfg.
Co., $51.98, Fertilizer; H. S. Wil
son, $212.51, Repairs; Dr. E. A.
Moody, $18.50, Treating Prison
ers; Ga. Hospital Service Assoc
iation, $179.00, Insurance; T. H.
Purdom, SB.OO, Registror;.
There being no further busi
ness, the meeting adjourned.
R. B. Brooker, Chairman.
R. C. Harrell, Jr., Clerk.
Mt. Zion Church
To Start Revival
On Monday Night
Elder C. J. Bunch of Jackson
ville, Fla., will do the preaching
in revival services which will
began at Mt. Zion Advent Chris
tian Church on Monday night,
Aug. 24.
Services will be held each night
at 8:00 P. M. continuing through
Sunday Aug. 30.
There will be all day services
on Sunday, Aug. 30 with preach
ing in the morning at 11:00 A.
M. and with a basket dinner at
noon.
Everyone is given a cordial in
vitation to attend these services.
Louis Prescott
Killed Rattlesnake
With 19 Rattles
Mr. Louis Prescott of Atkinson
killed a huge rattlesnake on Tues
day of this week.
The snake had 19 rattles and a
button, it is reported by Mr.
Prescott. He killed the snake in
the area between Atkinson and
Satilla River.
Charlie Monroe Willis
Funeral Service
Held Saturday
Charlie Monroe Willis, 76, died
Friday morning Aug. 14 after an
extended illness.
He was a native of Brantley
Co., theson of the late Monroe
Willis and Mary Ann Jenkins
Willis.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Mary Jane Keen of
Nahunta; one son, Harvey Willis,
Thomasville; three brothers, John
Willis, Waycross, William Willis,
Brunswick, and Amos Willis of
St. Augustine, Fla.; one sister,
Mrs. R. D. Hickox, Blackshear.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 2: P. M. at the grave
side in Oak Grove Cemetery in
Brantley County.
Funeral Services
Held Sunday for
John Groover Moody
John Groover Moody, 73, of
Hortense, died Friday after an
extended illness. He had lived
in Wayne and Brantley counties
all his life and was a retired
farmer. He was a member of the
Satilla Baptist Church.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Alma Strickland Moody, Hor
tense; one daughter, Mrs. A. D.
Beckham, Darien; five sons, Fred
Moody, Covena, Calif., Calvin,
Joe and Carroll, all of Hortense,
and John A. Moody, Lake Worth,
Fla.; eight grandchildren; three
sisters, Mrs. C. C. Adams, Mrs.
Ella Reddick, both of Hortense,
and Mrs. C. S. Raulerson, Lake
Worth, Fla.; one brother, Allen S.
Moody, Fitzgerald.
Funeral services were held at
4:30 P. M. Sunday at the Satilla
Baptist Church conducted by the
Rev. Jimmie Straiter and the Rev.
Lester Edgy. Burial was in the
Hortense Cemetery.
Pallbearers was members of the
Men’s Bible Class; Roy Rowell,
Alton Carver, Lacey Strickland,
Allen Rowell, Clarence Moody,
and Ernest Manning.
Dempsey Strickland
Funeral Service
Was Held Tuesday
Dempsey Strickland, 82, of
Waycross, died Sunday afternoon
Aug. 16 at his residence
after a brief illness. A retired
farmer, he was a native and life
long resident of the Schlatterville
Community. He was a member of
the Mars Hill Primitive Baptist
Church.
Survivors include one daughter,
Mrs. E. C. Carter of Hoboken:
8 sons, E. E. Strickland, A. J.
Strickland, Jerry Strickland, El
gie (Doc) Strickland, R. E. Strick
land and Harley Strickland, all
6f Waycross, Johnnie Strickland
of Florence, S. C. and Melvin J.
Strickland of Jacksonville, Fla.;
six sisters, Mrs. G. R. Thornton.
Mrs. Arnold Capps, Mrs. Owen
Shuman, all of Waycross, Mrs.
R. R. Hickox of MacClenny, Fla.,
Mrs. Freeland Parson of Lenior,
N. C., and Mrs. Linnie Griffin of
Hoboken; 20 grandchildren and 16
great - grandchildren several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 10 A. M. at Mars Hill
Primitive Baptist Church. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
New Phone
Directory to
Be Published
A new telephone directory will
be published soon by The Brant
ley Enterprise for Brantley Tele
phone Company, Inc., of Nahun
ta.
The new phone book will be
issued about Sept. 1 and will con
tain all the new telephone num
bers as well as the old listings.
Many new names have been add
ed to the phone listings since
the last directory was issued in
June, 1958.
The Brantley Enterprise is now
selling advertising to be placed
in the new phone book. A new
feature in the book will be an al
phabetical listing of advertisers
according to their kind of busi
ness.
The price of the advertisements
range from $lO up, according to
amount of space desired.
Anyone interested in advertis
ing in the new phone directory
should call The Brantley Enter
prise at HO 2-2531, Nahunta, Ga.
SERVING IN GERMANY —
Army Sgt. Lawrence S. Sny
der, 30, whose wife, Vicy, lives
in Hoboken, is a member of the
3rd Armored Division in Ger
many. A tank commander, Sgt.
Snyder entered the Army in
April, 1948, and arrived over
seas for his present assignment
in October, 1958.
Mrs. Brannon of
Brantley County
Died on Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ag
nes Youmans Brannon, age 52,
of Brantley county were held
Monday afternoon at the Darling
Funeral Home in Blackshear.
Officiating at the 3:00 P. M.
service were Rev. Carlton Shep
pard of Waycross and Rev. H.
Lester Dixon of Patterson. Inter
ment was in the Ben James ceme
tery in Pierce county.
Mrs. Brannon passed away Sun
day morning in the Pierce County
Hospital after an extended ill
ness.
She was a native of Way cross
and had lived in Brantley county
for the past 32 years.
Survivors are her mother, Mrs.
Rilla Raulerson Youmans, Ho
boken; two sons, Robert Hunter,
Hoboken, James Hunter, Black
shear; three daughters, Miss Mary
Ann Brannon, Miss Dorothy
Brannon, Mrs. Winnie Prescott,
Kingsland; three sisters, Mrs.
Rachel Y. Bozeman, Ind., Mrs.
Estelle Peacock, Jacksonville,
Mrs. Aline Y. Childress, Way
cross; one brother, Henry You
mans, Atlanta.
Pallbearers were Repp ar d
Johnson, Carl Johnson, Sam
Owens, Royce Proctor, Arthur
Sapp, Louis Lattimer.
J. H. Donaldson,
67, Passes Away
Funeral services for James
Hines Donaldson, 67, who died
Thursday, August 13, after
a long illness, were conducted
at 11:00 A. M. Friday at the
Blackshear Presbyterian Church
by the Rev. Jack H. Ward.
Mr. Donaldson, son of William
Michael and Sarah Virginia Don
aldson, was born in Bulloch
county and came to Blackshear
in 1901.
He was a retired employee of
The Brantley Company after 51
years of service and at the time
of retirement on November 1,
1957, he was vice-president of
the Blackshear Manufacturing
Co.
He was a member of the Pres
byterian Church, a past master
of the Blackshear Masonic Lodge,
a member of Blackshear Knights
of Pythias and the American
Legion of which he was once
commander. He was affiliated
with the Boy Scouts at one time.
He served in both world wars
and was a member of the Re
serve for 30 years. He retired as
captain. In earlier years he
served as deacon and treasurer of
Blackshear Presbyterian Church
and at death was an elder in
this church.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Emily Zirkle Donaldson, Black
shear; one daughter, Miss Vir
ginia Donaldson, Blackshear; two
sons, James H. Donaldson Jr.,
Richmond, Va., and Benjamin
Lewis Donaldson, Blackshear;
three sisters, Mrs. J. A. Hum
phrey, Chattahoochee, Fla , Miss
Abbie Donaldson, Blackshear,
and Mrs. Mary Harn, Tifton; two
brothers, Dowse B. Donaldson,
Atlanta, and Joseph Donaldson,
Blackshear.
Honorary pallbearers were the
deacons and elders of the Pres
byterian Church.
Pallbearers were George Brant
ley, Josh O’Steen, William Olm
stead, Aubrey Geiger, Fred Hobbs
and Hardy Moody.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Brantley County Schools to
Begin Fall Term August 31
Brantley County public schools
will open for classes Monday,
Aug. 31, it is announced by Her
schel W. Herrin, superintendent.
The pre-planning week begins
Monday, Aug. 24, and registration
of students begins Thursday, Aug.
27, at eight o’clock in the morn
ing.
The principals, teachers and
bus drivers of the various schools
are as follows:
NAHUNTA HIGH SCHOOL
John H. Calhoun, principal.
Ronald Luke, P. E. and Coach.
Forrest Thomas, P. E. and
Assistant Coach.
James A. Stone, Social Studies.
Russell Huffman, English.
Emmitt Mayes, English and So
cial Studies.
Willie C. Long, Voc. Agricul
ture.
Gordon Wright, Commerce.
P. M. Norras, Band.
Mrs. Mabel Moody, Science.
Mrs. Oma Lee Herrin, Home
Economic.
Mrs. Agnes John, Math and
Spanish.
Mrs. Mary Lou Gibson, Libra
rian.
Miss Nan Stephens, Glee Club
and Private Piano.
Lester J. Edgy, Bth Grdae.
Mrs. Robert Drury, Bth Grade.
Mrs. lona Proctor, 7th Grade.
Mrs. Eunice Lightsey, 7th
Grade.
Mrs. Vera Strickland, 7th
Grade.
NAHUNTA ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
Mrs. Lois C. Williams, Prin
cipal.
Mrs. Clara Highsmith.
Mrs. L. J. Edgy.
Mrs. Ann R. Raulerson.
W. L. Montague.
Mrs. Patricia H. Lee.
Mrs. W. C. Long, Sr.
Mrs. Grace Wakely.
Mrs. Edna Manon.
Mrs. Julia Gibson.
Mrs. Mary D. Mason.
Mrs. Lillian Baxter.
Mrs. Zilphia Montague.
Mrs. Rachel Burden.
Mrs. Winnie J. Highsmith.
Mrs. Katie H. Griffin.
Mrs. Mary Lou Smith.
Mrs. John Calhoun.
Mrs. Eula J. Ellis, Exceptional
Children.
P. M. Norras, Band.
HOBOKEN HIGH SCHOOL
L. W. Blanchard, Principal.
Dudley Spell, P. E. and Coach.
Hugh Belcher Assistant Coach
and Science.
Jerome Lee, Mathematics.
William Smith, English.
Walter J. Moore, Voc. Agri
culture.
Eugene Wiley, Social Science.
Mrs. Macie Colvin, Home Eco
nomics.
Mrs. Margaret Reeves, Com
merce.
Mrs. Kate Dobbs, Music and
English.
Miss Peggy Carter, Librarian^
P. M. Norras, Band.
HOBOKEN GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Herbert Colvin.
Mrs. J. F. Larkins.
Mrs. Carolyn Kelly.
Horace Garvin.
Mrs. Horace Garvin.
Mrs. Edna Strickland.
Miss Faye Parnell.
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Mrs. Bertha M. Jones.
Mrs. Eva Kate Ellis.
HORTENSE SCHOOL
W. R. Strickland, Principal.
Eugene Drury.
Mrs. Betty S. Rowell.
Mrs. Jonnie Campbell.
Mrs. Dorsie Fisher.
Mrs. Polly M. Allen.
Mrs. Bertha S. Jacobs, Visit
ing Teacher.
Mrs. Edna L. Adams, Instruct
ional Supervisor.
SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS
Nahunta: Emory Morgan, Joe
McDonald, Harrell Strickland,
Ray DePratter, Elisha Little,
Louis Prescott, Arres Johnson,
Arres Lee, Ralph Herrin, Joe H.
Herrin, Hoke Highsmith.
Hoboken: Floyd Lee, B. M.
Thomas, Eustace Griffin, Clifford
Easterling, George Lee, Lester
Gunter, Melvie Howell, Piercie
AJdridge.
Hortense: Charlie Anderson
Charlie Davis, Edwin Strickland.
Colored School
Principal and
Teachers Listed
Principal, teachers and bus
drivers of Brantley County color
ed schools for the fall term have
been announced by superinten
dent Herschel W. Herrin as fol
lows:
NAHUNTA COLORED SCHOOL
William Easton, Principal.
Rosa Lee Hall.
Sarah Gibbs.
Mabel Morning.
Phorestine Appling.
SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS
Mitchel Life, Brnnie Mobley.
Hunting Season
For Doves and Marsh
Hens Is Announced
FIRST OPEN SEASON — The
lawful open season for hunting
Doves will be September 16, th
rough October 5. Shooting hours
will be from 12:00 Noon until
Sunset of the same day. Bag limit
10 daily.
SECOND OPEN SEASON —
Thelawful open season for hunt
ing Doves will be December 2,
through January 15, 1960. Shoot
ing hours will be from 12:00 Noon
until Sunset of the same date. Bag
limit 10 daily.
WOODCHUCK
The lawful open season for
hunting Woodchuck will be Dec
ember 7, through January 15,
1960. Bag limit 8 daily and 8
possession limit. Shooting hours
will be one-half hour before
Sunrise to Sunset.
MARSH HEN
The lawful open season for
hunting Marsh Hen shall be
September 4, through November
12. Daily bag limit 15; possession
limit 30. Shooting hours one-half
hour before Sunrise to Sunset.
