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VOLUME 40 — NUMBER 22
Put First Things First
By D. Gray Aydelott,
Soil Scientist
Soil Conservation Service
We usually find that it pays
to do first things first. It might
be possible to build a house first
and put the foundation under it
later, but laying the foundation
first is much more satisfactory.
The same is true in farming. It
may be possible to farm profit
ably (for a few years) without
using the land within its capa
bilities but using the land
within its capabilities is fhuch
mere satisfactory.
How do you know the capabili
ties of a piece of land? There
is no substitute for expierence
and certainly your experience
will help a lot. You probably al
ready know a great deal about
the nature of the different fields
on your farm. You know the dry
sandy spots and the wet ones.
You know the fields that stay
wet in the spring and the ones
you can get into early. You •may
have noticed where your soils
wash the worst and not realized
the method of cultivation was
probably the cause.
An experienced soil surveyor
can be a big help to you. (These
men are available in soil conser
vation districts.) With your
knowledge of the farm and the
soil surveyor’s knowledge of how
the soils were formed and de
veloped, you can have a complete
and accurate physical inventory
of your land. The surveyor will
put this information on a map
of your farm and you can use it
to make your plan.
When making a soil survey, the
soil surveyor will walk across
your fields and through the
woodlands. He closely examines
the surface soils and subsoils and
thereby determines many things
about the soil, such as, depth, tex
ture, drainage, slope and erosion.
He looks at the lay of the land
and watches for differences in
crops, weeds, brush and trees
growing on the land.
You cannot make a sound con
servation plan of your farm
without first making a land in
ventory anymore than an archi
tect can design a house without
knowing the kind of material he
has available to build, it with.
Each piece of land is good for
something and probably better
suited to some one use than any
other. On the basis of this in
ventory you may decide that a
given piece of land is either best
suited for cultivated crops, pas
ture, trees, wildlife, recreation, or
perhaps just scenery. Your de
cision should be based on all that
is known about each kind of soil
you have on your farm.
Remember, the use you make
of your land must be based on
the way mother nature made it
if the land is to keep working
for you permanently and profit
ably. The best use is usually the
most profitable in the long run.
For example, trees will bring
more return on some land than
will tobacco, corn or grass..
After determining the correct
use of the land you can go ahead
and make a plan with confidence
knowing that you have done first
things first. -
Always handle cows slowly and
gently, advises H. K. Welch Jr.,
dairyman, Agricultural Extension
Service.
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Brantley County . Land of Forest Product*, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
John Calhoun, Jr.
Made President
4-H Club Council
The Brantley County 4-H Club
Council met at the courthouse
in Nahunta on May 27.
In addition to the election of
the president, other officers elect
ed were: Girls vice-president,
Una Wilson, Nahunta; Boys vice
president, Terry Thomas, Nahun
ta; Secretary, Doris Lane, Hor
tense; Treasurer, Aleta Bourgeois,
Nahunta; and Reporter, Margaret
Davis of Hoboken.
In addition to the election of
officers delegates to the State
4-H Council meeting were select
ed. The delegates named are Una
Wilson, Margaret Davis, John
Calhoun, and Franklin Griffin.
After the meeting the mem
bers enjoyed a weiner roast, at
Strickland Lake, with County A
gent, George A. Loyd and Home
Dem. Agent, Mrs. Virginia N.
Raulerson, acting as host and
hostess.
Lee Roy Ham, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Ham of Nahunta, will
receive his diploma from South
Georgia College Friday, June 3.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hickox
will celebrate their 54th wedding
anniversary next Sunday, June 5,
at their home near Hickox. All
friends and relatives are invited
to visit them during the day.
Three Brantley County seniors
at the University of Georgia will
receive diplomas at the graduat
ing exercises in Athens Satur
day, June 4. They are Carl Ells
worth Dußose, James Lewis
Purdom and Daniel Talmadge
Purdom.
Students from Nahunta who
will receive their degrees from
Georgia Southern College at
Statesboro at commencement ex
ercise on June 6 are Carl Bennie
Highsmith who will receive a
Bachelor of Science degree and
Janice C. Higginbotham, Mary
Ruth Jacobs and Vera H. Strick
land will receive Bachelor of
Science Degrees in Education.
Mrs. Neville Herrin has been
confined to bed with a severely
wrenched ankle for several days.
She hopes to begin to walk in a
few days .
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Willis and
Janice and Gary will leave Sun
day for a visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Willis in Bossier
City, La. From there they will
tnake a tour of points in Texas,
Oklahoma and Arkansas. They
will be gone a week.
Mrs. Louis Drury returned
home on Friday of last week
from Memorial Hospital in Way
cross after being a patient there
following a minor operation.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Car
Broome on Wednesday and
Thursday of last week were: Mr.
and Mrs. Fred White and Mr. and
Mrs. R- R- Stillwell of San
Fernando, Calif.; Harold White
of Stewart, Fla.; and Mrs. Nelta
Tindall of Atlanta .
Brantley Enterp
Personals
Brantley Enterprise F. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga^ Thursday, June 2, 1960
Former Pastor to
Preach at Nahunta
Sunday, June 5
Rev. W. R. Croft, Pastor of
Pine Haven Church, St. Simon’s
Island, will preach at both the
morning and evening services at
the Nahunta Baptist Church
Sunday, June 5. Rev. Croft is a
former pastor of the Baptist
Church here and his coming back
to fill the pulpit Sunday will be
looked forward to by his many
friends.
Sunday services will be the
climax of a fine week in the lo
cal church. The Vacation Bible
School has been running all this
week and will have the com
mencement exercises on Friday
Night, June 3, at 8:00 P. M. The
public is invited.
125 boys and girls, with 20
workers, have been having an
average attendance of 125 in total
attendance for the five days held.
Nahunta Divides
Doubleheader
With St. Marys
The Nahunta baseball team
split a doubleheader with the St.
Marys nine on the Arco diamond
last Sunday, May 29.
St. Marys won the first game
by a score of 7 to 5 and Nahunta
took the second game 5 to 4. De-
Witt Drury pitched the winning
game for Nahunta and Claude
Smith sewed it up with a home
run.
Political
Announcement
For State Senator
TO THE CITIZENS OF
BRANTLEY COUNTY:
I hereby announce my candi
dacy for the office of State Sena
tor.
I deeply appreciate the confi
dence vested in me by the fine
people of Brantley County who
elected me as their representa
tive two years ago. I feel that
having served in the House of
Representatives I am better quali
fied to be of service now.
Your vote and your help will
be appreciated, and I promise
you conscientious service in every
matter designed to promote pro
gress and prosperity in our coun
ty.
Sincerely yours,
J. Floyd Larkins.
TO THE VOTERS OF
BRANTLEY COUNTY:
I wish to announce as a can
didate for the office of State
Senator from this county.
I moved to this county eight
years ago because I liked it here
and wanted to make my home in
the section of Georgia where my
forefathers were born and rear
ed. I am the fifth generation of
my family to live in Brantley
County.
Having been reared on the
farm, I know something of our
farm problems. Having taught
school, I know something of the
problems of our schools and edu
catin. Having been in the army
and overseas, I know a little a
bout the economics and other
matters of interest in the prob
lems that confront our people to
day.
If you see fit to elect me, I
shall represent you in the best
possible way, because I want this
county to be m/ home and if I
can help to make it a better place
in which to live, I shall be
pleased. Your vote and Influence
will be appreciated.
W. C. LONG
For Representative
TO THE VOTERS OF
BRANTLEY COUNTY
This is to announce that I have
qualified as a candidate for Re
presentative subject to the rules
and regulations of the Democra
tic Primary to be held on Sep
tember 14 ; 1960.
Your support and influence in
behalf of my candidacy for this
important office will be greatly
appreciated.
Respectfully Yours
J. Robert Smith
T. G. Williams, landscape spec
ialist, Agricultural Extension
Service, points out that drainage
is important for appearances and
for good growth of plants. Pro
vide for proper run-off of surface
water before landscape plantings
and construction materials are
added, he advises.
30,000 Fish
Released in
Satilla River
The State Game and Fish De
partment has released 30,000
bream and shellcrackers in the
Satilla River at Highway 84 in
Brantley county so far this year.
In addition, game and fish
biologists stocked 6 farm ponds
in the county.
Fish Management Chief Fred J.
Dickson said 13,150 bream and
shellcrackers have been liberat
ed in Brantley county ponds.
Statewide, the department
stocked 565 farm ponds during
late 1958 and early ’6O and re
leased over four million fish in
public waters.
The game and fish department
has a crew of trained specialists
in farm pond management. Free
advise and management ideas are
available from these biologists to
farm pond owners.
For further information, write
to the State Game and Fish Com
mission, 301 State Capitol, Atlan
ta, Ga. '
Homecoming Day
To Be Observed
At Satilla Church
Homecoming Day will be ob
served at Satilla Baptist Church
near Hortense on Sunday, June 5.
Rev. Roy A. Mallard, the pas
tor, will be the principal speak
er in the morning. Basket lunches
will be served at 1:00 o’clock.
The afternoon program will be
short talks and singing.
Everyone is given a special in
vitation to attend.
Bookmobile Schedule
Announced for County
Following is the Bookmobile
schedule for the’ month of June:
Mon., June 6, Hoboken, Schlat
terville, Pleasant Valley.
Tues., June 7, Hortense, Twin
River, Raybon.
Wed., June 8, Riggins Comm.,
Hickox, Nahunta.
Thurs., June 9, Waynesville,
Atkinson, Lulaton.
Get posted signs to post your
land at The Brantley Enterprise
office. Five cents each.
Brantley's Purchasing Power
Is Lowest in Eighth District
As Brantley County and many
other counties gradually lose
their population to the larger,
industrial counties, the per capi
ta income of these rural counties
remain much lower than the
larger counties.
Brantley County’s per capita
purchasing power was the lowest
in the Eighth District in 1958.
In per capita income and pur
chasing power the counties in the
Eighth Congressional District in
1958 were ranked as follows:
Glynn $1,358, Ware $1,264,
• - For truly, the earth is the Loreto
and the fullness thereof, but the
responsibility for its stewardship
is vested in man.*
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George Thomas Is
Brewton-Parker
Boy of the Month
An article of interest to former
students of Nahunta High School
was carried in a recent edition of
Brewton-Parker College, of Mt.
Vernon, Georgia. It read as fol
lows:
“Our Boy of the Month is a
red-headed, slightly freckled
faced young Christian gentleman
from Nahunta, Georgia. His name
is George Thomas, the third of
three brothers to attend Brewon-
Parker.
“George, the valedictorian of
his 1959 graduating class of Na
hunta, is finishing up his fresh
man year at Brewton-Parker, ac
cumilating another good record
for himself academic-wise. He
finished the fall quarter with a
spot on the Dean’s List, making
two A’s and one B. The end of
the winter quarter saw him top
ping the Dean’s Honor Roll with
three A’s.
“Being away from home poses
no problem for our Boy of the
Month. He rooms with his older
brother, Jimmy, who spent a
year at Brewton-Parker three
years ago, before two years in
the U. S. Army and is now back
to complete his work.
“The son of a minister, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of
Nahunta, George is very active in
the religious life of the school
here. He has recently been elect
ed the president of the Baptist
Student Union for 1960-61. He
will also co-edit the 1961 year
book, the Coronet.”
Rev. Earl Morgan
Elected Pastor
Os Raybon Church
Rev. Earl Morgan of Bruns
wick has been elected to serve
as the new pastor of the Raybon
Church of God. He began his
work on Sunday, May 29.
Services are held each Sunday
at 2:30 P. M. and at 8:00 P. M.
There will be special services
next Sunday, June 5. Everyone is
invited to attend his special ser
vice.
This announcement is made by
Mrs. Mamie Smith.
Loblolly pine is the principal
commercial species of pine in the
Southeast, according to Nelson
Brightwell, forestery marketing
specialist, Agricultural Extension
Service.
Lowndes $1,138, Camden *51,135,
Clinch $1,124, Charlton $1,065,
Telfair $975, Berrien $973, Wayne
$961, Cook $946, Coffee $942,
Bacon $941, Irwin $921, Pierce
$913, Lanier $903, Jeff Davis
SBB6, Echols $976, Atkinson SB3B,
Appling $834 and Brantley $793.
In the last two years this rank
ing of the 20 counties in the
Eighth District may have chang
ed somewhat but it is believed
that the ranking is substantially
the same at this time.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
State School Superintendent
Writes Letter to Graduates
Dr. Claude Purcell, State Su
perintendent of Schools has writ
ten to Georgia high school
seniors as follows: •
Dear Seniors: *
Congratulations on being one
of Georgia’s 35,000 1960 gradu
ates- You belong to a “Seventy
Million Dollar’’ class. That is,
the taxpayers of Georgia (among
them are your parents) have in
vested in all of you $69,125,000 in
the 12 years you have been in
school. Each one of you repre
sents a “tax investment" of
$1,975. Besides that, your parents
have invested hundreds of dol
lars more in your clothes, your
food, your hobbies, and your
home.
They feel gratified that you
have been dependable and ambi
tjous enough to graduate. You
are a proud investment of time,
money, and loving care.
You can repay this by making
the most of your talent and per
sonality in the years to come. I
hope you will choose to spend
your life in Georgia. It-provides
wonderful opportunities for you.
Whether you are going direct
ly to work, or will get to your
life’s work via college, you can
do much to repay the people who
have helped you by holding to
standards of excellence that you
have been taught. That means
choosing good books and good
television programs, electing
good people to public office, serv-
ing ably and well on school
boards and juries, doing a de
pendable job of the work you
have to do. Education’s primary
aim is helping people to know
what is first rate. Now that you
know, it is important for you to
put it into practice in your daily
life, and so raise the quality of
living for your state and nation
and world
I am sure that you have al
ready said a thank-you to your
parents and your teachers, your
principal, superintendent, and
school board for all that they
have done for you. Another way
that you can thank them is to
be a credit to them in what you
do in the future.
I hope you have a happy grad
uation. I know these are busy
days for you; taking exams, try
ing on robes, showing your ring
and yearbook to interested
friends, remembering the things
that you have shared together a
long the way from the day you
entered school to this threshold
of graduation. There are many
who started when you did who
have vanished like ghosts some-
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HU
eports From
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THE FOUR BILLION dollar
aid bill passed recently by the
Senate is a perfect example of
the spend-now-let-your-grandchil
dren-pay philosophy of govern
ment finance in which our worsen
ing inflation has its roots. In the
name of promoting the security of
the United States, it obligates the
taxpayers of this country, among
other things, to:
1. contribute half the $1 billion
cost of developing the Indus Basin
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savings and loan associations and
finance construction of FHA-type
housing projects in Latin Ameri
ca.
3. participate in a program of
relocation and preservation of his
torical monuments and antiquities
along the Upper Nile River threa
tened with inundation when the
Aswan Dam this country refused
to build is completed by Russia.
4. pay for studies preparatory
to initiating a Point 4 Youth
Corps which would, in effect, be a
global CCC and put American ju
veniles, in uniform and send them
over the world to work on foreign
aid projects.
THE ASSERTION of President
Eisenhower in his Foreign Aid
Kccp up with tho Now*
About Your Home County
Subscribe for the Brantley
Enterprise, s2.so a Year,
$3.00 Outside the County.
(Plus Sales Tax)
which forms
the boundary
between the
feuding na
tions of India
into a grandi
ose Asian and
Pakistan TVA.
2. guarantee
deposits in
(n«« prtpart4 t print*! at seeenMaewf ss»>eiQ
where along the way. You are
certainly to be congratulated for
finishing what you started, and
staying to graduate.
- You have my best wishes for
a happy and rewarding future.
You are the product of Georgia’s
educational system, and I am
confident that your school will
be able to point with pride to
you as you go into your future.
Sincerely yours,
Claude Purcell
State Superintendent
of Schools
J. F. Johns to Be
Awarded 50-Year
Masonic Emblem
Nahunta Masonic Lodge 391
will award a fifty-year emblem
to Jefferson Franklin Jones at
ceremonies to be held at the
lodge hall Tuesday night, June 7,
it is announced by T. H. Purdom,
lodge secretary,
The award will be made by
John C. Kaufman, Past Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of
Georgia. The award is given for
50 years of membership in the
Masonic Lodge and is called “The
Fifty Year Grand Lodge Award.”
All members of the Nahunta
Lodge are urged to attend he
meeting and visiting members
of other lodges will be welcomed.
Refreshments will be served.
2 Nahunta Teachers
Given Farewell Party
Mrs. Grace Wakely and Mrs.
Lois William®, teachers of the
Nahunta Grammar School, were
given a farewell party with a
luncheon in the Grammar School
lunchroom on Thursday, May 27,
by the teachers of the Grammar
School. Gifts were presented to
the honorees.
Present were: Mrs. Rachel Bur
den, Mrs. Mary Lou Smith, Mrs.
John H. Calhoun, Mrs. Winnie
Highsmith, Mrs. Katie Griffin,
Mrs. Zephia Montague, Mrs. Lil
lian Baxter, Mrs. Mary Mason,
Mrs. Edna Manor, Mrs. Julia Gib
son, Mrs. W. C. Long Sr., Mrs.
Patricia Lee, Mrs. Clara High
smith, Mrs. Ann Raulergon, Mrs.
L. J. Edgy and Mrs. Eula Ellis.
Message to Congress that such
spending is "important to our
prosperity” is beyond comprehen
sion. It stands in complete con
tradiction to the lament of his
State of the Union Address that
the nation is now running an an
nual trade deficit equal to the
amount he wants to spend on
foreign aid.
The Chief Executive’s inconsis
tency on this jscore 3® illustrated
by the fact that Congress last
year had to override his veto to
provide funds to finance the same
kind of river development pro
grams in this country which ho
now insists must be undertaken
in India and Pakistan.
IF I PROPOSED legislation to
do for the people es Georgia what
Congress has passed to do for citi
zens of other nations, I would bo
laughed off the floor of the Senate
of the United States.
Given the opportunity*, I would
vote for a regspnable program of
military assistance to dependable
allies and a practical program to
help feed the hungry and clothe
the naked of the’world.
BUT I WILL never cast my
vote in favor of squandering the
limited resources of the United
States through a program shroud
ed in secrecy, devoid of any prom
ise of accomplishment and steeped
in the threat of national bank
ruptcy.
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