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Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga„ Thursday, Jan. 7, 1960
Brantley Enterprise
Published weekly on Thursday at Nahunta, Georgia
Carl Broome —• Editor and Publisher
Mrs. Carl Broome Associate Editor
Second class postage paid at Nahunta, Ga.
Official Organ of Brantley County
Address all mail to Nahunta, Georgia.
Fishing Lure Manufacturers
Plan to Locate in Patterson
The Kendon Manufacturing
Company, manufacturers of fly
fishing lures, will move to Pat
terson from Collegedale, Tenn.,
early in January, according to
announcement this week by
James R. Tyre, director of the
Patterson Industrial Develop
ment Corporation.
The industrial group at Pat
terson is sponsoring the re-loca
tion of the new business in that
city.
Kendon Manufacturing Com
pany is owned and operated by
Robert R. Guess and his son,
Donald W. Guess, formerly of
Collogedale, near Chattanooga,
Tenn. They manufacture the
“Lucky Day" line of fly lures, in
cluding the popular lure known
as “Mr. Jet." They also plan to
expand to manufacture spinning
lures, and a complete line of
fishing tackle.
The new business in Patterson
will employ six or seven persons,
including members of the fami
lies, to start, but it is hoped that
within a year this may be ex
panded to 12 or 15 employees.
The senior Mr. Guess stated
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Brantley Enterprise
Purdom's TV Appliance
Service
Expert service on radios, televisions, electric ranges,
water heaters, water pumps, portable electric heat
ers, irons, percolators and many other electrical ap
pliances.
Located in the Highsmith Building next door to
Strickland Plumbing Co.
Albert Purdom
Day Phone 2-3788 Night Phone 2-3328
Registration Books Open
Registration books for voters of Brantley County
will be open until Saturday, Feb. 6. If you are not
already registered, please register at the courthouse
on or before Feb. 6. The county primary Election
will be held Tuesday, Feb. 16.
Board of Registrars
Brantley County, Georgia
Waycross Livestock Market
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA’S LEADING
LIVESTOCK MARKET
HONEST WEIGHTS AND COURTEOUS
SERVICE.
Our sale on Monday, Jan. 4, 1960,
amounted to a total volume of $34,-
777.71 with 1,320 head of hogs and
186 head of cattle offered.
Feeder pigs sold up to $ll.OO with
grade hog prices as follows: RI, sll.-
56; LI, $11.77; No. 2, $10.97; No. 3,
$10.25. Special No. 1 hogs sold at
$11.86 per hundredweight.
Steers and heifers sold up to $24.-
00; calves up to $22.20; cows up to
$18.30; and bulls up to $20.60.
For pick-up or contact for sale* please call
Woodrow Wainright Phone HO 2-3471 Nahunta,
Georgia.
Waycross Livestock Market
L. C. Pruitt, W. H. Inman and
O. A. Thompson, Operators and Managers
that in addition to being pleased
with the location and the friend
liness of the people in this area,
that nearness to the fishing lure
market of this region is one of
the reasons for moving to Patter
son. Kendon Manufacturing Co.
has been shipping its products in
to this area for several years and
most of its market is presently
in Georgia and Florida although
the company does serve most of
the other southeastern states.
The firm has been manufactur
ing fishing lures for eight years,
the business having begun as a
hobby, later becoming a sideline,
and now a fulltime business.
Robert R. Guess and his wife,
Geneave, and Donald W. Guess
and family will move to Patter
son to operate the business.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Guess
also have one other son, Kenneth,
20, who is a student at Southern
Missionary College at College
dale.
Donald Guess is married to the
former Miss Mae Howell of Ashe
ville, N. C., and they have one
son, Dennis Wayne, age 5 and
one-half months.
Political Announcements
For Ordinary
TO THE VOTERS OF
BRANTLEY COUNTY:
After talking with .many friends
in Brantley County I have de
cided to become a candidate for
Ordinary and I take this method
of announcing my candidacy for
the office, subject to the rules
and regulations of the County
Democratic Primary, of Feb. 16,
1960.
If elected to the important of
fice of Ordinary, I pledge to do
my best to please the people of
Brantley County by administer
ing the affairs of the office in a
strictly honest, fair and efficient
manner.
I further pledge to stay in the
office during office hours and
give you the service you have a
right to expect. My main motive
in offering for the office of Ordi
nary is to serve the people of
Brantley County and 1 feel that
I am fully qualified to conduct
the duties of the office in a man
ner to meet your approval.
I hope to see every voter in the
county, but if I miss seeing any
of you, please accept this as a
personal appeal for your vote and
support.
Yours sincerely,
Perry U. Rozier.
TO THE VOTERS OF
BRANTLEY COUNTY:
This is to announce that I am
a candidate for re-election as
Ordinary of Brantley County, sub
ject to the county Democratic
primary to be held February 16.
Since I have been in this office,
it has been an honor and pleasure
to serve you in the past four
years. I have endeavored to give
the people of this county the
service they have the right-to
expect from me, and so conducted
myself as to merit your confi
dence and continued support.
I am a graduate of Nahunta
High School and a veteran of
World War 11. I am a native of
Brantley County and have spent
my life here, with the exception
of my service overseas in our
armed forces.
If re-elected Ordinary, I pledge
to you that I will try to be found
worthy of your confidence. It
will be my constant aim to serve
you with honesty, courtesy and
fairness at ail times.
Your active support and your
vote at the polls on February
16, will be deeply appreciated.
Please consider this as my sincere
request for your vote in case I
am not able to see you personally.
Yours sincerely,
Claude A. Smith.
For County
Commissioner
To the Citizens of the
Hortense-Waynesville District:
This is to announce that I am
a candidate for re-election to the
office of County Commissioner
from the Hortense-Waynesville
district, subject to the county
Democratic primary to be held
Feb. 16.
My long years of service as
your commissioner has given me
much experience in helping to
handle the affairs of our county.
I have always done my best to
promote good roads and a strictly
business-like management of our
county’s financial affairs.
If you see fit to re-elect me as
your county commissioner from
the Hortense-Waynesville district,
I will continue to give my best
efforts in your behalf and in
behalf of the citizens of the en
tire county.
Please consider this as my re
quest for the vote and influence
of .all the voters of my district.
I may not be able to see you all
personally, but I want you to
know that I solicit your support
and that I will deeply appreciate
your confidence in me.
Yours sincerely,
R. C. Harrell, Jr.
TO THE VOTERS OF
THE HICKOX DISTRICT:
This is to announce that I am
a candidate for county commis
sioner from the Hickox District,
subject to the county primary of
Feb. 16.
I am a native of Brantley
County and believe I know the
problems of our district and
county. If you see fit to elect me
as your commissioner, I pledge
to do my best to please you in
carrying out the duties of the of
fice.
Please consider this announce
ment as my personal request for
your support. I will greatly ap
preciate your vote at the polls
on Feb. 16.
Sincerely yours.
Major Riggins.
Foods high in Vitamin A help
prevent infection. Such foods are
dark green and deep yellow
vegetables, liver, and egg yolk.
This information is from Miss
Lucile Higginbotham, health edu
cation specialist. Agricultural Ex
tension Service.
For Sheriff
TO THE VOTERS OF
BRANTLEY COUNTY:
This is to announce that I have
qualified as a candidate for
sheriff of Brantley County, sub
ject to the rules and regulations
of the County Democratic Prim
ary election to be held Feb. 16.
I am a native of Brantley
County and have lived here all of
my life. I served three years in
the armed forces as a staff ser
geant in World War 11.
My previous services as a dep
uty in the sheriff’s office has
given me the experience that will
enable me to carry out the duties
of the office in an efficient
manner.
If you see fit to elect me to
the office of sheriff, I will do my
best to serve ‘your best interest
and will be on call at all times
and will enforce the laws of
our state and county to the best
of my ability and without pre
judice or partiality.
I may not be able to see all the
voters of the county but please
consider this as my request for
your vote and support on election
day.
Yours sincerely,
D. W. (Dan) Herrin.
TO THE CITIZENS OF
BRANTLEY COUNTY:
This is to announce that I am
a candidate for re-election to the
office of sheriff of Brantley
County, subject to the rules and
regulations of the county Demo
cratic Primary election of Feb.
16, 1960.
I feel that because of my .many
years of experience as your sheriff
and as peace officer in other cap
acities I will now be better quali
fied to serve you than ever.
I have done my best to give
you an honest, efficient and con
scientious administration of the
office of sheriff. I have made
every effort to be fair and just
to everyone in carrying out the
duties of the office.
If you approve of my administ
ration of the office and see fit to
re-elect me for another term of
four years, I pledge to you my
very best efforts to continue serv
ing you in a manner to reflect
credit on our county and all its
citizens.
It will probably be impossible
for me to see every voter before
the election, but I assure you I
will deeply appreciate your vote
and influence, and hope you will
consider this announcement as
my request for your support.
Yours sincerely,
J. Walter Crews.
TO THE CITIZENS OF
BRANTLEY COUNTY:
This is to announce that I, Ben
Jones, have qualified as a candi
date for sheriff of Brantley
County, subject to the county
Democratic primary election of
Feb. 16.
If I am elected as your sheriff,
I will carry out the duties of the
office in an honest and cons
cientious manner. I am a native
of Brantley County and am a
veteran of World War 11. I have
had some experience as a peace
officer and believe I am acquaint
ed with the problems of law en
forcement in our county.
I would also like to pledge my
self to work closely with the
other officials of the county in
creating more and better faci
lities for the benefit of our young
people. I believe that by pro
moting wholesome activities for
our young people we will reduce
the causes of juvenile delinquen
cy, thus encouraging our youth to
respect the laws and the rights
of others.
Please consider this .as my re
quest for your vote and influence
in my campaign. Your help will
be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully yours,
Ben Jones.
For County
Commissioner
TO THE VOTERS OF THE
HOBO KEN-SCHLATTER VILLE
DISTRICE:
This is to announce that I am
a candidate for re-election for
the office of County Commission
er from the Hoboken-Schlatter
ville District, subject to the Dem
ocratic Primary of February 16,
1960
I deeply appreciate your past
support and cooperation and if I
am re-elected I will continue to
work to advance the best interest
of all our citizens.
Your vote and influence in be
half of my candidacy will be
greatly appreciated.
Respectfully yours,
Silas D. Lee.
In 1929 one hour of factory
labor could buy 6.4 loaves of
bread. In 1957 one hour of fac
tory labor bought 11 loaves of
bread, report economists, Agri
cultural Extension Service.
Farm Outlook
For 1960 Given
In Georgia, 1959 was a trying
year for farming and the out
look for 1960 is that the econo
mic environment in which farm
ers are now operating will con
tinue. Farm output is expanding
more rapidly than demand for
farm products and forcing farm
prices downward. Slightly lower
prices for farm products and
gradually rising costs will make
it hard to maintain net farm in
come.
It now appears the 1959 farm
output will set another record,
meaning the level of farm prices
could ease further downward in
1960 Barring a slowdown in farm
production, any real improve
ment in the farm price picture
must come from the demand side
of the equation.
Population growth is the major
factor contributing to an increase
in demand for farm products.
Population is nqw increasing al
most two percent a year — or
about 9,000 persons a day. This
pushes food demand up more
than rising per capita income
does. General business prospects
indicate consumer income and
demand for food will grow.
Price-cost Squeeze
In spite of this, however, the
price-cost squeeze will continue
in 1960 for agriculture. Individual
farmers will find it hard to hold
the line on operating costs. Farm
output continues to rise, and
prices edge downward. Many
production adjustments being
made require considerable a
mounts of capital and the cost of
credit is increasing. As more cap
ital and less labor is used on
farms, it becomes even more im
portant to consider future pros
pects carefully and plan for
efficient use of farm capital and
labor. Careful planning, close
figuring, and effective manage
ment will be necessary to boost
farm profit in 1960.
Net Income Down
For the first nine months of
1959 cash receipts from farm
marketings were about two-and
one-half percent below the same
period of 1958. Lower crop yields
and prices are primarily respon
sible for the decline. Crop in
come is up, but not enough to
offset the decrease in livestock
income. Government payments
for 1959 will be less than one
half the 1958 level. Consequently,
Georgia’s cash farm receipts for
’59 will be down and with pro
duction expenses higher, net
farm income will be below the
relatively high level of 1958.
There is little promise for much
improvement of net farm income
in ’6O, but favorable weather
might ease the situation a little.
Farm Debts Up
Farm debts rose in 1959 and
will do so again in 1960. Georgia
farmers’ mortage debt was 10
percent and non-real-estate debt
15 percent higher in 1959 than in
1958. As capital requirements and
production expenses grow, more
farmers find it necessary to use
credit.
Ample farm credit will be a
vailable in 1960, but leaders may
become more selective. Individual
farmers may find indebtedness
pushing hard against assets as
credit needs grow. Credit should
and must be used, but sound
planning and economical rates of
production must be the basis for
it.
Well-Bedded Rows
Helped Fred Voigt
Grow Fine Tobacco
For many years a champion
grower, Fred W. Voigt of Way
cross demonstrated again this
year his efficiency in tobacco
production, according to John
B. Preston, agronomist of the
University of Georgia Agricul
tural Extension Service.
When the final figures were in,
he had produced an average yield
of 3,510 pounds per acre. The to
bacco was of such excellent
quality a sample was selected
for exhibition at the Southeast
ern Fair.
The field was set in late March
with plants of the Hicks and
White Gold Varieties Mr. Preston
said. The crop was fertilized with
approximately 2,000 pounds per
acre of a special tobacco fertiliz
er. One half of the fertilizer was
applied prior to setting and the
remainder used as a side dress
ing early in the season.
In spite of unusually heavy
rainfall in May, the tobacco was
not injured because Mr. Voigt
planted on well bedded rows
with ample drainage.
In addition to being a top to
bacco grower, Mr. Voigt is also
noted for the production of hy
brid seed coms, sweet potatoes,
and pecans, the Extension Ser
vice agronomist said.
TREE PLANTING
Foresters, Agricultural Exten
sion Service, report during the
past 27 years, 896 million trees
have been planted from seedlings
produced in state nurseries. Dur
ing the 1958-59 season, total seed
ling production in Georgia nur
series amounted to more than
300 million —a number suffi
cient to plant about 375,000 acres
Tales Out of School
AND THAT’S THE STORY OF
SOCRATES — Schoolboy wrote
the whole story of Socrates (and
the human race) in a three sen
tence essay: “Socrates was a wise
man who lived in Athens. He
went around giving the people
advice. The people poisoned So
crates."
THERE THEY ARE, IN
SIGHT! There are seven thou
sand high school and college stu
dents in Georgia who plan to be
come teachers. They are members
of our Future Teacher organiza
tions. But many of them will
need help to finance their edu
cation. What is more, we may
not be able to keep them in the
classroom unless we can offer
them better salaries. So scholar
ships and salaries take high
rank with us when we think a
bout the future of education.
Talk to your legislature about it.
Unless we can get enough good
teachers to replace the teachers
who are growing older or leav
ing, we might as well stop ring
ing the school bells. Don’t fill up
your classrooms with emergency
teachers either. This is a profes
sional job. You’ll get what you
pay for.
ORCHIDS TO YOUR SUPER
INTENDENT — The White
House Conference on Children
and Youth — scheduled for
March 28 to April 2 — will have
a very active delegation from
Georgia, headed by Mrs. Charles
Center, chairman. Mrs. Center,
formerly president of the PTA in
Georgia, tells me that a Georgia
meeting has been scheduled for
May 2 and 3 at the Center in
Athens to find ways to put into
action in Georgia the ideas that
come from the White House Con
ference. She also says that Geor
gia’s local school superinten
dents, who are chairman of these
local committees, have done su
perb work in getting these
studies and committees into
action.
THAT 33c — NEA says that 33c
buys an hour of public education
for your child ... or a milk
shake ... or a gallon of gaso
line ... or one fifth of a haircut.
Another interesting figure is this:
we spend 14 billion yearly for
education and 50 billion for
crime. (You see, we pay either
at one end of the scale or anoth
er.) We can choose whether we
will educate people or pay for
prisons, jails, or mental hospitals
that often result from ignorance,
poverty, and the pressures they
cannot handle in modern living
. . . The 33c which buys an hour
of public education in the U. S.
is not enough to pay an untrain
ed teen-age baby sitter, who de
mands — and gets — at least
fifty cents an hour for her time,
and wants TV, telephone, and re
frigerator privileges, and trans
portation to and fro. We have
funny ideas of what’s valuable,
don’t we?
STAR SHINING OVER YOUR
TOWN? The State Chamber of
Commerce’s Star Program, which
recognizes bright students and
their best teachers, is having
another fine year. Harry Malone,
a personable young business
■man in Atlanta, is education
chairman this year. He is ably
assisted by Bob Sibley, publicity
chairman, and by pretty Mozelle
Christian, of the Chamber of
Commerce office staff. On April
22, your Star teachers and stu
dents will be in Atlanta for the
BHS Teams Split with
Hoboken and Waycross
Blackshear High’s last two
basketball games, with Hoboken
on Dec. 31 and Waycross on Jan.
5, were played away from the
home courts
In the Hoboken game Jack Hit
son’s Tigers lost to Dudley Spell’s
Trojans 46-42, while the Tiger
ettes rolled to a 69-44 triumph to
split the twinbill.
In the opener, Coach Barnard’s
Tigerettes commanded a 39-27
lead and went on to win 69-41.
Lynda Riggins led in scoring
with 24 points, followed by
Glenda Strickland with 20,
Glenda DeLoach with 16, Vera
Wall three, and Sandra Bowen,
Marilyn Dowling and Nell Wa
ters two each.
Elaine Strickland and Carol
Hagin had 14 each for Hugh Bel
cher’s Hoboken sextet.
In the nightcap Hoboken grab
bed an early lead and stayed out
in front all the way, resisting a
last ditch rally by Blackshear
during the last period.
Estes Joyner netted 12 points,
W. T. Altman flipped in 10, Bill
Brown seven, Alton Harper six,
Johnny Burgsteiner five and
Andy Clough two.
Pacing the Trojans to their
13th victory in 15 games were
Henry Aldridge and Avery Grif
fin with 19 points and 13 points
respectively.
In the Waycross twinbill, the
Tigers lost to Waycross 49-39,
while the Tigerettes won an easy
71-32 victory.
Barnard’s girls led all through
their opening, with Nelda Batten,
Mary Lou Minchew and Nell Wa
ters playing a very good defen
sive game.
annual luncheon at which the
name of Georgia’s brightest stu
dent will be announced, with fan
fare and trumpeting. Could be a
boy or a girl from your school.
If it is, please pay at least as
much attention as you do to the
winning football team. These
brains will lead us out of dark
ness long after the last hurrah
from the game has died away to
echoes.
A SCHOOL TEACHER’S
WORDS: The late King George
VI of England, speaking to his
people around the world one
New Year’s Eve, chose the words
written by an obscure school
teacher (if any school teacher is
ever really obscure) with which
to end his talk: “I said to a man
who stood at the gate of the year.
‘Give me a light that I may tread
safely into the unknown.’ But he
said to me, ‘Go out into the dark
ness and put your hand into the
hand of God. It will be to you
better than a light, and safer
than a known way.’
BOOKS FOR A TEACHER’S
SHELF: The Thread That Runs
So True by Jesse Stuart . . . Win
dows for the Crown Prince by
Elizabeth Gray Vining . . . The
Little Princesses by Marion
Crawford . . . Spinster by Sylvia
Ashton-Warner . . . The Bad Seed
by William March . . . The Turn
of the Screw by Henry James
. . . The Professor’s House by
Willa Cather . . . The Member of
the Wedding by Carson McCuL
lers . . . The Art of Teaching by
Gilbert Highet.
SAME FELLOW: Little boy,
returning to Sunday School after
having lost his illusion about
Christmas, was comforting a
small friend whom the teacher
had scared about the Devil pun
ishing him for some small mis
chief. “Don’t let her scare you.
The Devil’s just like Santa Claus.
It’s just yore pa!”
WHY NOT? Why don’t you
“create a climate of learning” at
home this year by collecting fine
records the family can listen to
together, or ordering that course
in art that takes family study,
and includes fine pictures for
your walls.
NEW YEAR WISH FOR YOU:
Best wish for you and your fami
ly there this year is that you
read Thornton Wilder’s beautiful
play OUR TOWN, and take to
heart its lesson that a family is
together for only a little while,
and should not take this for
granted. Remember the passage
in which the dead Emily comes
back and says to her unhearing
parent, “Mamma, let’s look at
each other as if we really see
each other and know how pre
cious it is to be a family. We will
not be together long. Let’s know
it while we are.” But Mamma
goes on cooking breakfast and
does not hear or heed, for the liv
ing cannot hear the voices of the
dead. Wilder says, “We can only
be said to be really alive in those
moments when our hearts are
conscious of their treasures.”
IT HAPPENED A HUNDRED
YEARS AGO — We are heading
into the Centennial of our sad,
strange gray war. Take your
children to see the old battle
fields, and Andersonville and
Kennessaw and Chickamauga,
and Alex Stephens’ home and the
Jeff Davis shrine at Ocilla. Let’s
teach them what happened here
a hundred years ago ... so that
it may never happen again.
Lynda Riggins was again high
scorer, racking up 24 points.
Glenda DeLoach scored 17, and
Glenda Strickland 16.
High scorer for Waycross girls
was McQuaig with 19 points
Hitson’s Tigers led 14-13 at the
end of the first quarter in their
game. Waycross came to the front
during the second quarter and
held the lead for the remainder
of the nightcap to bring in a
49-39 victory.
Estes Joyner and W. T. Altman
were high scorers for Blackshear
with 16 and 14 points respective
ly
Top scorers for Way cross were
Faulk and Callahan with 15
points each.
Blackshear’s teams play two
more games away from home,
when they face Camden on Jan.
9 and Patterson on Jan. 12.
“WILDCATS”
Basketball Schedule
HOME GAMES
Jan. B—Waycross
Jan. 15—Charlton County
Jan. 22—Patterson
Feb. 2 —Clinch County
Feb. 12 —Lanier County
Game Time 7:30
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