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VOLUME 39 — NUMBER 34
JUNIOR FIRE MARSHALLS — Junior Lewis (left)
and Carroll Chancey who attended the recent Statewide
Junior Fire Marshall Conference at Lake Jackson.
Pulpwood Cutters Warned on
Obstructing County Highways
Brantley County Commissioners
have asked me to warn pulpwood
cutters concerning cutting pulp
wood in the county roads and also
leaving piles of pulpwood in the
roads.
The county roads are for the
use of the general public and
not for cutting and piling pulp
wood. The roads must be kept
clear from right-of-way to right
of-way so that our citizens can
have proper use of them.
Previous Grand Juries have
recommended that pulpwood cut
ters quit using the roads for
cutting and piling but some of the
cutters continue to obstruct the
highways.
’ action will be taken if
ue practice of cutting and piling
pulpwood continues in the county.
Please give us your cooperation
in keeping itie cothuy roads clear.
Thank you for your attention to
this important matter.
Respectfully yours,
O. G. Lee.
Brantley People
Attending Club
Meeting at Athens
A number of Brantley County
members of the 4-H clubs and
Home Demonstration Club are
attending a meeting of the clubs
at Athens this week.
Among them are George Loyd,
county .agent; Mrs. Virginia Rau
lerson, Home Demonstration A
gent; Mrs. Nolan Davis, Jr., sec
ond vice-president of the State
Home Demonstration Council,
who will preside over part of the
Athens meeting; Mrs. M. H. Rob
inson, dress revue winner; Mrs.
E. A. Hunter and Mrs. Ben Jones.
Terry Thomas and Steve Ad
ams, 4-H club members and Alice
Sue DePratter and Aria Wilson,
Future Homemakers, are also
attending the meeting.
APPRECIATION FOR SERVICE — Miss Mabel Smith,
who has retired from the Georgia school system after
37 years of service, is shown receiving a 35-year certifi
cate from the Pierce County Board of Education, pre
sented by Supt. C. H. D. Youmans. Miss Smith will teach
this school term at the White House School on the Lake
City Highway, Jacksonville, Fla. (Photo courtesy Way
cross Journal-Herald.)
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
William A. Cleland
Passed Away
Thursday, Sept 27
Mr. William Alfred Cleland,
50, of Nahunta passed away early
Thursday morning Aug. 27 at his
home after suffering a fatal se
izure.
Mr. Cleland was born in Ware
county and was the son of Mrs.
Mina Hogarth Cleland of Way
cross and the late W. A. Cleland,
Sr. He attended school in Pierce
couny, and was a veteran of
World War 11. He was a member
of the American Legion, and a
carpenter by occupation.
In addition to his mother, sur
vivors include his wife, the former
Miss Maude Harris of Nahunta;
four sons, Earl Cleland, USAF,
Orlando, Fla., Wannis Cleland and
Johnny Cleland, both of Nahunta,
and Donald Cleland, U. S. Army,
Ft. Bragg, N. C.; two sisters,
Mrs. J. A. Dixon of Blackshear,
and Mrs. Ray DePratter of Na
hunta; two brothers, George Cle
land of Waycross, and Leon Cle
land of Boynton Beach, Fla. Four
grandchildren and several nieces
and nephews also survive.
As the Enterprise goes to press,
funeral arrangements are incom
plete pending the arrival of re
latives and will be in detail in
next week’s issue.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta is in charge of arr
angements.
Mr. and Mrs. Winton Johns
of Hickox announce the birth
of a baby son on Friday, A.ug.
21 weighing eight pounds and
eight ounces. He has been named
Randy.
Sraniky rprw
Births
Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, August 27, 1959
Miss Margie Lewis Weds Mr.
Glen Strickland at Nahunta
The Nahunta Baptist Church
was the scene Saturday, August
22, for the wedding of Miss Mar
gie Lewis and Mr. Glen Strick
land.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Evan Lewis, of Na
hunta. The bridesgroom’s parents
are Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Strick
land, of Nahunta.
The double-ring ceremony was
performed at 7:30 P. M. by Rev.
Cecil F. Thomas and Rev. C. E.
Milton. A program of nuptial
music was presented by Miss Car
olyn Higginbothan, organist, and
Mr. Donahue Strickland, soloist.
Mrs. DeWitt Moody decorated
the sanctuary using standards of
white gladioli, chrysanthemums
and Candelabra with lighted ta
pers against a background of
palm, fern, smilax and magnolia
greenery.
The bride was given in marriage
by her brother-in-law, Clayton
Riggins. She wore a floor length
bridal gown of Chantilly lace over
Duchess satin.
The fitted bodice featured a
sweetheart neckline and long
pointed sleeves. Her illusion veil
was attached to a tiara of lace
and sequins. She carried a white
Bible covered with white orchids
and stephanotis showered with
tiny narrow white satin stream
ers.
Mrs. Jack Ellis, of Savannah,
sister of the bride, served as mat
ron of honor. She wore a waltz
length gown of sapphire blue
chiffon. The bodice was fashion
ed with a round neckline that
ended in a V-back. Floating pan
els billowed from the shoulders
to the hemline. Her headband was
of the same material. She carried
a bouquet of yellow mums.
Bridesmaids were Miss Helen
Strickland, sister of the groom,
and Miss Janice Willis, Cousin
of the groom. Their dresses were
of yellow chrystallette with
matching head bands, mitts, and
slippers. Their bouquets were yel
low .mums and stephanotis.
The flower girl, Vickie Riggins,
niece of the bride, wore a bouf
fant blue dress and headband.
She carried a basket of rose pet
als.
The ring bearer, Ken Strick
land, nephew of the groom, en
tered .bearing the rings on a
satin cushion.
The groom’s brother, Keith St
rickland, served as best man.
Usher-groomsmen were Jimmy
Thornton, Forrest Thomas, and
Ralph Willis and Wade Strick
land, cousins of the groom.
Mrs. Lewis chose for her
daughter’s wedding a sheath
dress of pink lace over taffeta
with matching accessories and a
corsage of white orchids.
Mrs. Strickland, mother of the
groom, wore a sheath of beige lace
over taffeta with matching access
ories and a corsage of yellow
roses.
Following the ceremony a re
ception was held in the social
hall of the church. Standards of
white gladioli, palms and yellow
tapers were used for decoration.
The three-tiered wedding cake
was enclosed with gold chrysan
themums and fern. The table
was overlaid in white organdie
over yellow taffeta with yellow
nosegays at the intersperced flo
unces.
Mrs. Horace Jacobs cut the
cake. Serving at the punch table
were Mrs. Herschel W. Herrin
and Miss Jane Strickland, cousin
of the groom, and Mrs. Avery
Strickland.
Mrs. Keith Strickland and Mrs.
Clayton Riggins greeted and re-
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gistered the guests.
For her wedding trip to St
Simon’s, Mrs. Strickland chose a
costume of green and white with
matching accessories. A white
orchid corsage completed her out
fit.
Upon their return the couple
will reside in Augusta where Mr.
Strickland is stationed with the
Army.
51 4-H Club
Members
Attend Camp
51 4-H Club Members from
Brantley, County attended County
4-H Club Camp at Camp Wahsega
located in the mountains of Nor
th Georgia near Dahlonega.
Camping with Brantley County
was Dooley County. The program
was planned so that hikers, rifle
target range, handicrafts, and Na
ture study was presented to each
present.
A highlight of the trip was a
visit to the Georgia Mountain
Fair at the Hiwassee School.
Many comments were made about
the big tomatoes and Dahlias’.
The District 4-H Club Project
Achievement Meeting gave Brant
ley County, one district winner,
three second place winners and
two third place winners.
The winner is Alice Sue De-
Pratter, in the Beautification of
Home Grounds project. Linda
Manor received second place and
a 4-H jacket in the Crop and
Weed Study. Second place went
to Gail Strickland in the Junior
Forestry project and also a sec
ond place for Margaret Davis
in the Talent part of,the Recre
ation project.
Third places went to Sharon
Herrin in the Cloverleaf Frozen
Foods and to Anna Dee Wilson
in the Electric prqject.
The blue ribbons outnumbered
the red or white for Brantley
Co. However the boys and girls
who attended the meeting saw
that theirs is a lot of work on
records which must be done.
Each 4-H member from Brant
ley Co. did well and the Achieve
ment of taking part in this con
test will prove invaluable as the
boys and girls become adults.
Accompanying the 51 4-H boys
and girls were: Mrs. Virginia
Raulerson, Home Demonstration
Agt., Mr. George A. Loyd, Co.
Agent, Mrs. Horace Jacobs, Mrs.
J. W. Walker, Mrs. Cecil Moody
and Mr. and Mrs. Wilder Brook
er.
BAPTIST MISSION
CIRCLE ELECTED
OFFICERS THURSDAY
The Goldfinch Circle of the
Nahunta Missionary Union met at
the home of Mrs. Harry DePratter
on Thursday of last week. Officers
for the coming year were elected
as follows: Mrs. George Dowling,
chairman; Mrs. Myrtle Hickox,
secretary and treasurer; Mrs.
Harry DePratter, prayer chair
man; Mrs. C. T. Stephens chair
man of program with Mrs. John
nie Cleland as co-chairman; Mrs.
Harry DePratter, community mis
sions; Mrs. Clyde Dowling, mis
sion study; Mrs. Bertha Rhoden,
stewardship chairman.
Mrs. DePratter made W. M. S.
cookies and served pecan pie and
soft drinks to those present.
rears without undue trouble and
expense of bookkeeping.
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The Editor.
William J. Williams
Funeral Service
Held Wednesday
Mr. William Jasper Williams,
78, a retired turpentine operator,
of Fernandina. Fla., passed away
early Monday morning, August
24, at a Tallahassee, Fla. hospital
after a long illness.
Mr. Williams was born in
Pierce county, and was the son
of the late John and Nancy Bow
en Williams. He received his edu
cation in the schools of the coun
ty, and was a member of the
Christian Advent Church. He was
thrice married, first to Miss Ru
thie Jane Worth, next to Miss
Ellen Courson, and next to the
former Miss Maggie Bennett, who
survives.
In addition to his wife, sur
vivors include seven daughters,
Mrs. F. M. Crews of Jesup, Mrs.
Gus Taylor of Brunswick, Mrs.
Lonnie Dowling of Jacksonville,
Fla., Mrs. Arthur Taylor, Miss
Dora Williams, Miss Linda Wil
liams, and Miss Irma Wiliams, all
of Fernandna, Fla; four sons,
Ernest Williams of Jacksonville,
Fla., J. W. Williams and Newton
Williams, both of Yulee, Fla., and
Douglas Williams of Fernandina,
Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Tildie Wor
th of Fort Myers, Fla., and Mrs.
Jane Aldridge of Brunswick. E
leven grandchildren and 9 great
grandchildren and several nieces
and nephews also survive.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon, August 26,
at 4 o’clock from the graveside
in Mount Pleasant cemetery with
the Rev. Tracy Worth officiating.
Interment followed in Mount
Pleasant cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
Messrs. J. A. Williams, W. A.
Williams, James Williams, Calvin
Williams, Darvin Wiliams, and
Darrell Williams.
The family has the sympathy
of their many friends in their
bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of ar
rangements.
ASC Committeemen
Elected for 1960
Results of the Brantley County
ASC Committee Elections held
this year show that George Dykes
of Nahunta was elected chairman,
Neil W. Hendrix of Nahunta
vice-chairman and Owen Pres
cott of Hoboken as member
Henry G. Lee of Hoboken and
Ewell Herrin of Nahunta were
elected alternates.
All of the committeemen are
farmers. Dykes, Hendrix and
Prescott were re-elected. Lee and
Herrin are new.
ASC Office Manager
Outlines Conservation
Reserve Signup
Farmers should bring along the
necessary information when they
file a request for a basic Con
servation Reserve rate at the
County Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Office, accord
ing to Dan H. Jacobs, Manager
of the County ASC Office.
The deadline for requesting that
a basic annual rate per acre be
established for land offered un
der the 1960 program is Septem
ber 10, although results may be
filed at the County ASC Office
as early as August 24.
The County office has regular
forms to be filled out when
farmers apply for a basic rate. In
formation needed to complete the
form includes a description of the
acreage for which the basic rate
is requested and the crop pro
duction history of the land. For
each field, details will be needed
as to the kind of crop and the
yield per acre for the 5-year
period 1955 through 1959.
After the basic rate for a farm
is established, the farmer will
have an opportunity to file an
application for a Conservation
Reserve contract. Mr. Jacobs also
reminded farmers that land for
which a basic rate is requested
must be “eligible” land. To be
eligible, land must have had a
crop harvested from it or must
have been in a regular rotation
during 1959. In addition, tame hay
land may be placed in the Con
servation Reserve provided it has
a stand of perennial grasses or
legumes normally established by
land preparation and seeding.
Tame hay land must also have
had hay or silage harvested from
it in 3 or the 4 years 1956-1959.
Farmers who have questions
about the Conservation Reserve
can get the answers at the County
ASC Office.
A dollar spent at home will
come back to you to be spent
again.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Mrs. Daisy Drury
Funeral Service
Was Held Sunday
Mrs. Daisy Nevada Drury, 70,
of Waynesville, died early Satur
day morning at her home after a
long illness.
Survivors are eight daughters,
Mrs. C. L. Blocker, Letahatchee,
Ala , Mrs. R. E. Coleman, Mrs.
A. E. Parker, Mrs. C. J. Yancey,
all of Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. D.
M. Church, Washington, D. C.>
Mrs. Howard Middleton, Atkin
son, Ga., Mrs. J. F. Jones,
Waynesville, and Mrs. W. M.
Brizendine, Jonesboro; five sons,
Morris and Vernon Drury of Vi
dalia, Bill Drury of Jesup, Spen
cer Drury of Waynesville, and
Marvin Drury of Brunswick; 38
grandchildren; nine great-grand
children; two sisters, Mrs. A. O.
Westberry, Blackshear, Mrs. Co
ra Deen, Waynesville; several
nieces and nephews.
(Funeral services were held at
3 p. m. Sunday at the Waynes
ville Baptist Church, conducted
by the Rev. L. A. Savage and
the Rev. Dalton Little. Burial
was in the Poppell Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Albert Gib
son, John Harrison, Charles D.
Gibson, Fred Gibson, Ernest Gib
son, Ernest Hunter and Lloyd
Robinson.
Hickox HD Club
Held Annual Fish
Fry Last Friday
The Hickox Home Demon
stration Club held its annual fish
fry Friday evening, Aug. 21 at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill White
at Hickox.
Miss Alice Sue DePratter who
won the district 4-H champion
ship on landscaping gave a dem
onstration on landscaping, tolling
how she landscaped her parents
yard. She also demonstrated how
to transplant day lilies.
About 125 persons were present
to enjoy the occasion. Present
were these members and their
children; Mr. and Mrs. Neal Hen
drix, Mrs. Woodrow Hendrix,
Mr. and Mrs. George Loyd, Mr.
and Mrs. Junior Thomas, Mrs.
Virginia Raulerson, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
R. Herrin, Mrs. Carrie Herrin,
Mrs. Dottie Rowell, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill White, Mrs. Ander Turner,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Johns, Mr. and ;
Mrs. Lavelle Bohannon. Mrs.
Rushing and son; Mr. .and Mrs.
Jimmy Highsmith, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Allen. Mr. Elias Herrin’s child
ren and others.
HERMAN TALMADGE
i^Beports From
WASHINGTON
7ti <
IN ALL OF the current clamor
for bigger and better fancied
“civil rights” for various minori
ties, it is interesting to note that
the bleeding hearts have not
wasted any of their crocodile
tears over the continued depriva
tion of the real civil rights of
American Indians.
or that minority group, not one
single measure has been proposed
to give Indians the same consti
tutional legal and property rights
enjoyed by al) other Americans
regardless of their race, color,
national origin or place of resi
dence. While hundreds of an
guished speeches have been de
livered in recent months decrying
state laws requiring separate
schools for the races, not one
single word has been uttered crit
icizing the more than 6,000 fed
eral laws restricting the rights of
Indians to own, use and bequeath
property.
IN A REPORT prepared at my
request, the Legislative Refer
ence Service of the Library of
Congress pointed out that Indians
owning trust land must have the
prior approval of the Secretary
of the Interior to lease, sell or
bequeath it. They likewise must
have the advance permission of
the Secretary to spend or invest
any of their funds held in trust
by the Federal Government and
the Secretary has authority to act
•n his own initiative to invest
■uch funds without their consent
While scores
W of bills have
| been intro
| duced at this
Session of
Congress to
create all man-
H ner of special
M and synthetic
■ rights for this
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Baptist Church
Sets Homecoming
Day Sept. 6
Homecoming Services for Na
hunta Baptist Church will be held
Sunday, September 6, beginning
with Sunday School at 10:00 A.
M.
The Homecoming program will
be under the direction of the
pastor, Cecil F. Thomas and of
committees appointed this past
Sunday night and will have morn
ing and afternoon services.
The Sermon will be brought by
Rev. Omer E. Graves of La-
Grange, a former pastor who has,
before his present work with
First Baptist Church, LaGrange,
served as pastor of Alma, Claxton,
Nashville and Lawrenceville, Ga.
churches. His wife is the former
Miss Manila Ham, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Ham, of Na
hunta. Their many friends will
welcome them back for this oc
casion.
Committees that will serve for
the day are; Table Committee;
W. C. Long, J. Walter Crews, Les
ter Wainright, Tyrus Raulerson,
Marshall B. Strickland, Mrs. Lois
Williams and, Mrs. Mabel Moody;
Drink Committee: Avery Strick
land, Ray DePratter, J. T. Mor
gan, George Dykes and Elmo
Highsmith; Program Committee
R. D. Thomas, Elroy Stickland,
Milton Norras, Mrs. Lula Brown,
Mrs. Dorothy Graham and, Miss
Carolyn Higginbotham.
Dinner will be served at one
P. M. and all friends of the church
are invited to be with us for the
entire program and stay for din
ner. Those having services in
their own churches are invited to
come after service by one o’clock
This great day will be the be
ginning of the fall Revival at
Nahunta Baptist Church and will
continue through the next week,
with Pastor Hugh P. Garner, of
Emmanuel Church, Blackshear,
as evangelist.
Bachlott Church to
Hold Homecoming
Day Next Sunday
The annual homecoming for the
Church of God at Bachlott will
be held Sunday, Aug. 30, it is
announced by the pastor, Rev.
T. N. Thrift.
Rev. C. C. Johnson, a former
pastor, will preach on home com
ing day. An invitation is ex
tended to all the people of this
section to attend.
The Secretary has absolute and
unappealable authority to approve
or reject all Indian wills involving
trust property and to determine
the heirship of Indians who die
without leaving wills. The Court
of Indian Offenses has exclusive
jurisdiction to determine the va
idity of Indian wills bequeathing
non-trust property.
Jurisdiction over law violations
occurring on Indian reservations
is vested exclusively in the Court
of Indian Offenses in which a de
fendant Indian is prohibited by
law from having the services of
a professional attorney and the
decisions of which are final and
cannot be appealed to any state
or federal courts.
• • •
THE LAST TIME Congress
concerned itself about the civil
rights of Indians was in 1953
when it repealed the law prohibit
ing the consumption of alcoholic
beverages by Indians. When the
85th Congress enacted the so
called “voting rights” law in 1957,
the act did not contain a word
about the franchise for Indians,
a right which has been restricted
in a number of instances by both
statutes and court decisions.
The fact that no one seems to
be concerned about the rights of
American Indians is proof of the
hypocrisy of the disciples of puni
tive force legislation in the field
of civil rights. If Indians could
deliver bloc votes in pivotal states
or if they had a militant National
Association for the Advancement
of Aboriginal Americans cham
pioning their cause, the story un
doubtedly would be a different one
indeed.
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