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Newspaper Page TextB Goi Anything to Sell? Want ■ to Buy Anything? Put a I Want - Ad in the Brantley Enterprise 75 Cent* or 3 Times $2.00. VOLUME 40 — NUMBER 26 Russell Seeks $25,000 for Satilla Survey United States Senator Russell announces that the senate appro priations subcommittee on public works has approved $25,000 for a comprehensive survey of the Sa tilla River basin in 15 southeast Georgia counties. The lower house of congress had appropriated only SIO,OOO for the survey and now the senate and house committees will have to iron out the differences be tween the two measures before it is known exactly how much mon ey will be appropriated for the Satilla survey. The survey is designed to de termine the feasibilities of pro ject to promote forestry, agricul tural and industrial resources of southeast Georgia through in stallation of water control facili ties on the Satilla River. The survey would also seek ways to minimize flood and drought conditions along the Sa tilla by erecting dams at certain locations along the river. Waynesville HD Elect Mrs. Gibson As President Waynesville Home Demonstra tion Club met on Monday of last week at the church. The de votional was led by Mrs. C. D. Gibson. Officers for the coming year were elected, namely; Mrs. C. D. Gibson, president; Mrs. Howard Middleton, vice-president; Mrs. Marguerite Jacobs, secretary and treasurer. Two 4-H girls gave demonstra tions. Miss Grace Middleton on cotton and its uses; Miss Doris Lane on Health. Present other than mentioned above were Mrs. Marian Gibson, Mrs. Carroll Johns, Mrs. Frank Walker, Mrs. Marvin Robinson, Mrs. E. A. Hunter, Mrs. Thelma Thompson, Mrs. Virginia Rauler son and Mrs. Julian Middleton. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Howard Middleton and Mrs. Julian Middleton. Escaped Convicts Chased by Bloodhounds Through Satilla Two negro convicts escaped from the Pierce County Prison Farm and led bloodhounds, their handlers and officers on a gruel ing chase through the Satilla swamp area on Monday and Tues day of this week. At noon on Wednesday the pair had not been apprehended, the sheriff’s office reported. Ted Roosevelt McDowell, 20, of Miami, Fla., and Ozelle Carter, 18, of Ocilla, made a break while working on a county road at the branch east of Midway Church 24 IN ALL - A-lc Homer O’Steen JS shown with the two largest Northern Pike fish he and a b “ ddy ’^ d ® n Wright of Alabama, caught in the Kuskokwim River in Alaksa on June 15. They caught 24 fish in all »«'B hin « a total of 283 pounds. The fish in Airman 0 Steen s left hand weighed 28 pounds, and the other one weighed 33 pounds. All the fish were caught on a rod and reel wrth an artifical bait. Airman O’Steen, son of Mr .nd Mn. H. J. O’Steen of Route 1, Blackshear, has been with the Air Force in Alaska since January of this year. Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. July 25 Is Deadline For Loans to World War II Veterans ATLANTA — World War II veterans are entering the final weeks to file an application for a GI home, farm or business loan, reminds Pete Wheeler, director of the State Department of Vet erans Service. “July 25 has been set as the cut-off date, but the law allows an additional year, or until July 25, 1961, for the processing and actual closing of loans which have been filed and approved on time,” Wheeler said. These dates do not apply to Korean veterans, who have until January 31, 1965 to make loan applications. However, the direct —from the VA itself — loan pro gram ends for both World War II and Korean veterans on July 25 next month. World War II veterans who also served in Ko rea are considered Korean vet erans for loan purposes. The GI loan program offers qualified veterans the opportuni ty to ‘obtain VA guaranteed or insured loans to: 1() Purchase, build or improve a home. (2) Buy a farm or farm sup plies. (3) Buy or expand a business venture. Wheeler said offices of the State Department of Veterans Service will be glad to provide additional information and as sistance. Carter Morton, Jr. To Teach Agriculture At Nahunta High Mr. Carter Morton Jr., of Jack son, Ga., has accepted the posi tion of agriculture teacher in Na hunta High School for the next school year, it is announced by superintendent Herschel W. Her rin. Mr. Morton will arrive in Na hunta July 1 to begin work. He succeeds W. C. Long who has been agricultural teacher at Na hunta for the last four years. consistent, profitable results as newspaper advertising. near the home of S. L. Pittman about 4:30 P. M. Monday. County prison farm officials, and Sheriff J. H. Pittman and his deputies, assisted by the Georgia State Patrol, began the chase. Bloodhounds and their hand lers were called in from the Ware County Prison and the Jesup Prison Branch. Officers from these camps joined in the hunt. A forestry plane from the Dis trict Forestry Station at Braganza was called into service but was No other medium brings such Brantley Enterprise Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, June 30, 1960 Child Smothers While Asleep In Automobile The 18-months old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Watson was smo thered to death Sunday night, June 26, while the family - slept in a station wagon near five points in Nahunta. The coroner’s jury verdict was accidental death by smothering. The family was said to be short of money and stopped near Five Points and went to sleep in the car. When the mother awakened, the child was dead, having suf focated on the front seat. The family was passing through after a vacation in Florida. Fun eral services for the child was held Monday and burial was in the Hickox cemetery. Chambless Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Nahunta Stores Will Be Closed Monday, July 4 The stores and bank and other business places in Nahunta will be closed Monday, July 4, it is announced by Wilder Brooker for the Merchants Association. Citizens of this section are re quested to attend to their shop ping and other business needs during the weekend, as the stores will observe July 4 by closing. Frank Haynes Kills Huge Rattlesnake One of the biggest rattlesnakes ever seen in Brantley County was killed by Frank Haynes in the Raybon community Wednesday, June 29. The snake had 16 rattles and was a giant in size, those who saw it reported. D. L. Branyon, agronomist, Agricultural Extension Service, advises sidedressing cotton with 40 to 60 pounds of nitrogen im mediately after chopping it. Officers with Swamp Area unable to spot the fleeing men from the air. Moving through the dense swamp area along the Satilla river was a difficult job in spite of the warm trail. On at least one occasion one of the handlers of the dogs saw the two men in the distance. Deputy Sheriff Ivy Cato stated that it was about 3:30 A. M. on Tuesday when the dogs lost the trail. He estimated that the trail had led at least 15 miles through the swamp area covering about seven miles distance. Sheriff Pittman said that of ficers remained in the area until after daybreak. At about mid-morning on Tues day the escaped prisoners were seen by Lewis Altman in his corn field and he reported this to the sheriff’s office. The Alt man home is north of Highway 121 in what is known as the Cross Swamp area. The chase was underway again. Pierce county officials were joined by dogs and handlers from the Ware County Prison and, once again, by the forestry plane. Sheriff Pittman reported that tracks made by the men Tuesday showed that one man seemed to be dragging his foot Neither of the two had a foot injury at the time of escape, he said. McDowell, the 20-year-old from Florida, is serving a three to five year term for breaking and en tering the Patterson depot a few months ago. Carter is serving a three-year sentence for forgery. This is his second escape from the Pierce County Prison Farm. He escaped about two months ago and was apprehended shortly afterwards. At about 4:00 P. M. Tuesday the bloodhounds lost and was unable to find the trail again. Officers called off the swamp chase and headed to town to get some well-deserved rest. One of the convicts had escap ed about two weeks ago and was captured near Hortense by sheriff J. Walter Crews of Brantley County. These two Brantley County girls won first places in the 4-H Club District Project Achievement meeting at Rock Eagle. They are, left, Nancy Moody who won first place in Girl’s Cloverleaf Recreation, and Alice Sue DePratter who won first place in Senior Beautifica tion of Home Grounds. Nancy Moody is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Moody and Alice Sue DePratter is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray DePratter. Big Crowds Expected at Jekyll Island Jekyll Island is looking for its biggest July 4 crowd in the three years it has been a state-owned resort. An official said 11,500 guests are expected, about 10 per cent above last year’s record fi gure. Jekyll, a beautiful, well-kept island just south of St. Simons and Sea Island, caters to a re latively quiet crowd looking to escape the commercialism of Georgia’s other beaches. The beachfront at Jekyll is one of the most attractive on the East Coast and one of the safest in the country. Swimmers can go out almost 1,000 feet before find ing water over their heads. Life guards are stationed at frequent intervals. A two-mile concrete walk a long the beachfront makes hiking easy. The Island boasts a nine hole golf course, driving range, putting green and miniature course. Green fees are sl. Charter fishing boats can be rented. A public launching ramp is available for those with their own rigs. Boats and motors also can be rented. Dr. Brown Heads State Dental Board Dr. William G. Brown was elected president of the Georgia State Board of Dental Examiners, recently at the meeting of the board of examiners held in At lanta. The Georgia State Dental As sociation is composed of seven districts. Dr. Brown represents the Southwestern district, which is composed of the following counties: Atkinson, Berrien, Ben Hill, Baker, Brooks, Cook, Col quitt, Clinch, Coffee, Clay, Cal houn, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Grady, Irwin, Lee, Lowndes, Lanier, Miller, Mitchell, Pierce, Quitman, Randolph, Semi nole, Turner, Thomas, Tift, Ter rell, Worth, Ware. Dr. Brown has served on the board for five years, as secretary for four years and vice-president this past year. He is also a form er president of the Southwestern District Dental Association. Other members of the board are: Dr. M. M. Moreman, West Point, vice-president; Dr. Hunter Robertson, Statesboro, secretary; Dr. James Hill, Rome; Dr. Wayne Satterfield, Athens; Dr. Rayford Tharp, Austell; and Dr. Toof Boone, Macon. POSTED SIGNS Get posted signs to post your land at The Brantley Enterprise office. Five cents each. Obey our traffic laws. Dollars spent at home event ually come back to you to be spent again. Personals Owen K. Herrin, boilerman se cond class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen K. Herrin Sr. of Route 1, Nahunta, is serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal op erating with the U. S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ramer and daughters Sharon and Karon of Okeechobee, Fla., visited Mrs. Ramer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Williams of Nahunta the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Williams and daughter Barbara Ann are visiting relatives in Okeechobee, Fla., this week. Mr. and Mrs. Arnie Herrin and children, Douglas apd Lynn, of New York City are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Herrin and other relatives in Brantley Coun ty this week. Miss Sue Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Williams of Nahunta, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Jack Ramer of Okeechobee, Fla. Mrs. W. J. Williams returned from the Folkston hospital Thurs day, June 23, where she went for treatment for a back ailment. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bennett and family of Jacksonville spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Audrey Brooker. Carla Jean remained to spend the week with her grandparents. Greg Stewart, nine year old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Ed ward Stewart who are stationed in the Navy at Kittery Point, Maine, arrived by plane in Jack sonville on Fri. of last week and was met by his grandparents. Greg will spend the summer with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Stewart and Mr. and Mrs. Irven Crews in Nahunta. Miss Margaret Crews is spend ing this week with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brady and family in Statesville, N. C. She will attend the wedding of a friend, Miss Dixie Hoke in Statesville on Fri day. Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Ste phens and son, Mark, of Atlanta spent several days with their par ents Mr. and Mrs. Carl Broome. Mrs. M. J. Seyell and daughter, Donna Gail of Indiantown, Fla.; Mrs. J. K. East and sons of Co lumbia, S. C., and Mr. and Mrs. Connie Harrison of Brunswick were visitors of Mrs. Alice High smith and family over the week end. R. Loyd Scott, Mrs. Bertha Scott, Mrs. Addie James, Mrs. Audrey Hughen, Mrs. Bernice Benton and Mrs. Marian Lynn of Waycross were visitors at Satilla Chapter 365 O. E. S. for a special program for initiation on Tues day night, June 28. Mrs. Cecile Jones of Panama City, Fla., spent a few days of last week with relatives here and in Brunswick. She is now visiting relatives in Columbia and Shelby, South Carolina. We Do All Kinds of Job Printing. Let Us Quote You Prices. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA How Can He Stand Another 4 Years Os Such Confusion? The other day C. W. Kickligh ter, running for office in Tattnall Couny, ran this ad in the Tattnall Journal. “Now this sheriff’s job is a curi ous one; Like the housewife’s work, it’s never done. Calls come by night and come by day; They may be near, or miles away. Do hurry up, says the caller; You’re badly needed in Pos sum Holler. Paw’s on the rampage; he’s got a gun; Been looking for Maw since half past one.’ So we jump in our flivver and hit the trail; And drive like a streamliner carrying the mail. We finally arrive, and amid confusion, We learn the affair was a sim ple delusion. Paw with his gun was just hunting squirrels; Maw had gone to school with the two oldest girls. Next day we’re hunting a mot tled-face cow; That night we referee a nice family row. Now, that’s just a sample of what we do; All endless variety of the old and the new! It may be a prowler, a burglar, ■a drunk; We set out to catch him, and we do our best, He may steal your billfold, your watch or your trunk. We catch our percentage and lose the rest. We can’t catch them all, for some leave no clue; They don’t leave their cards like the candidates do. They blame the depression, the New Deal, tariff; But most of the folks, put the blame on the Sheriff. So it’s quite a game, if you stay right in, You’ll get a pat on the back and a sock on the chin. But, I like it, and I’m shedding no tears, And I’d like to be your sheriff for another four years.” HERMAN TALMADGE V^^^eports From kM! wlQo I II I [ I | m 1 774 f .VW. ... MHWn WHILE IT MAY not attract as much attention as the more color ful issues of public welfare and foreign policy, the farm issue is certain to be one of the more important factors influencing the outcome of this year’s presiden tial election. The studied attempts of Repub lican candidates to disassociate >1 .C TA 4- poof Department of Agriculture propaganda seeking to transform the farm mountain into only a molehill is evidence of Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson’s concern. In the latter connection, it is the obvious motivation of the speeches in which the Secretary is maintaining that the farm income situation “has brightened” and for the soothing literature being turned out by his underlings fea turing drawings of happy, relaxed farmers and prosperous, profit able farms. THE EFFORTS OF Mr. Benson to turn black into white would qualify as the joke of the year were it not for the fact that they are no laughing matter to the 300,000 farmers and farm workers who have been forced into un employment by Benson policies since the beginning of 1960 alone. An example of how the Sec retary and his associates in the Department of Agriculture are endeavoring to justify themselves through using the truth to hide • :e truth is found in the May agricultural Situation Bulletin ished by the Agricultural Keep up with the New* About Your Home County Subscribe for the Brantley Enterprise, $2.50 a Year, $3.00 Outside the County. (Plus Sales Tax) them selves from the Ben son Farm Pro gram shows that Republi can Party poli ticians are acutely aware of this and the increased tem- (nt I j>r«par«4 ar pnnUd at povarnmrnt txptnta) 3,000 Lbs. Honey and Supers Stolen Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Lewis suf fered a loss of approximately $2,000 worth of honey and bep hive supers during the past week when about 80 supers containing honey were stolen from near the Petty crossing beween Nahunta and Hoboken. About 3,000 pounds of honey was believed to be in the stolen supers. Mrs. Lewis has operated the honey business for Mr. Lewis during his long illness and the loss of so much honey and equip ment has dealt them a severe financial blow. Sheriff J. Walter Crews and other law officers are working on the case. James C. Causey Funeral Services Were Held Tuesday Funeral services for James C. Causey, 69, who died Sunday night at his home in Hortense af ter a short illness, were held Tuesday at 11 A. M. at the Sa tilla Baptist Church. The services were conducted by the Rev Jimmie Strader and the Rev. Stetson BennOt Sr., with burial in the Hortense Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lily A. Causey, Hortense; two sons, Eunice Causey, and Inell Causey, both of Wayne County; six sisters, Mrs. Macie Ann May, Hortense, Mrs. J. A. McNabb, Tampa, Fla., Mrs. B. C. Henderson, Brunswick, Mrs. E. H. Roberson, Mrs. R. A. Davis and Mrs. Mary Rodenberry, all of Hortense; two brothers, C. M. Causey, Macon, and A.. C. Causey, Hortense; 15 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Pallbearers were Buster Bryant, A. C. Herring, Allen Ro well, Mac Carver, Raleigh Sloan, and Roy Wainwright. Dust proofing between the drawers makes chests and dress ers stronger, points out Miss Doris Oglesby, housing equipment spec ialist, Agricultural Extension Ser vice. Marketing Service. Headed, “Pic ture Ixioks Brighter For 1960,” it predicts farm prices this year “will probably average the same or somewhat better than they did in the same period of 1959” while neglecting to mention that prices dropped four per cent last year. It projects cash receipts as “about the same in 1960 as last year” while failing to point out that they declined two per cent in 1959. It even has the bald au dacity to state that, because of the “decline” in the number of farm families, the “per capita net income of farm people from all sources could well equal the $960 of 1959” while carefully avoiding mentioning that it was the 16 per cent drop in net farm income that year—from $13.1 to sll billion— which precipitated that so-called "decline” in farm population. THE SITUATION IS one which presents the Democratic Party with a golden opportunity not only to obtain the electoral votes of the usually-Republican key farm states of the Midwest but even more important to go into office next January with a public mandate to take the steps des perately needed to rescue the na tion’s farm economy. The gravity of the issue de mands that the Democrats go be fore the electorate with a realistic and meaningful farm program which will appeal to both farmer and consumer. I hope the Demo cratic Platform Committee will adopt the approach of the Tal madge Farm Plan and I am pleased that Georgia’s members of that Committee are making plans to present it for the Com mittee’s consideration.