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Newspaper Page TextGot Anything to Sell? Want to Buy Anything? Put a Want - Ad in the Brantley Enterprise 75 Cents or 3 Times $2.00. Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. VOLUME 41 — NUMBER 3 Grand Jury Presentments for January Term Superior Court Georgia, Brantley County. We, the Grand Jury for Brant ley County, Georgia for the Jan uary Term, 1961, oi the Superior Court of said County, beg leave of tne Court to suonut tne fol lowing presentments: We wish to commend and thank the Hon. Cecil Rodden berry, Judge of said Court, for his able charge to our body, and express to him our appreciation for the efficient manner in which he has conducted the Court for this term. We wish to commend the Hon. Dewey Hayes, Solicitor General for his able assistance rendered our body during the present term. We would like to thank our Bailiff, Frank Rowell for his faithful service. We, wish to commend our county officers for the faithful and efficient manner in which they conduct their various of fices. We recommend that Brantley Enterprise be paid SIO.OO for pub lishing the Presentments. We recommend that Llawanah Morgan be paid SIO.OO for typing Presentments. We recommend that our Re presentative and Senator of this District study the laws of other States and our own state in or der that more strertuous action be exercised in our courts and law enforcement agencies in order to improve our situation in regard to child abandonment andjor ille gimate children as now exists in our county and in our state. We recommend that the Sher iff of this County enforce the law on all places that sell Beer close at mid-night. We the road Committee re commend the following bridges be repaired, the Middleton Bridge on County road between Twin Rivers and Hortense be repaired. The bridge on Old Stage Road, the Old Joe Knox bridge in the Hickox District be repaired. We, the book committee have examined books in the Tax Com missioner, County Treasurer and Ordinary’s offices and Clerk’s of fice, and find them to be in ex cellent shape. We recommend that a new system of accounting for County Tax and State Aid moneys be set up, we recommend that the board of Education follow more closely all receipts and disburse ments made by this office, we further recommend that all allo cated moneys be set up in sepa rate accounts according to allo cations and that these allocated moneys always be disbursed ac cording to its allocations. We recommend that the annual audit of this office be published in the Brantley Enterprise, we further recommend that these audits be carefully examined by the Supt. and Board members as to their accuracy. We further re commend that the members of the Board at the regular meeting within 60 days after receipt of this annual audit record in the Bishop John Owen Smith Winter Camp Meeting will be held Feb. 5-11 at Epworth-by-the-Sea, Methodist assembly grounds on St. Simons Island. Preaching services are scheduled for three times daily in Strickland Memor ial Auditorium. Preachers on the pro gram include Dr. J. Wallace Hamilton, Florida Methodist minister and author; Dr. J. Wallace Hamilton minutes of meeting an except ance of this auditor report as presented by the State Audit Re port. An examination of auditors reports from 1956 through 1959 reveals that this was not done. We further recommend that the next Grand Jury review the 1960 audit which was not avail able to this Grand Jury. We recommend that the Tax Equalizers raise the tax value on wild land from $6.00 to SB.OO per acre. We recommend that signs be placed on all County bridges and culverts, making it a $50.00 fine by throwing trash and garbage in any stream or road. We recommend that intersec tion at old Raybon be trimmed or cleared. We recommend that C. W. Eas terling be appointed as J. P. Ex Officio for Hoboken District and that J. Robert Smith be appoint ed for Nahunta District. We recommend that a fine be imposed and cost of clearing roads from pulpwood operations. We recommend the following buildings be repaired, Nahunta High School, Nahunta Grammar School, and lunchrooms, Nahunta Colored School, Courthouse. We recommend that Hoboken High School, Grammar School, and Principal’s Housetop be re paired. Hortense School and lunchroom be repaired. We recommend that the wiring and plumbing be repaired in Jail. We recommend that the Health Building be painted inside nad outside. Respectively submitted, this January 18, 1961. Ted Strickland W. V. Strickland Approved and ordered filed this 18th day of January 1961. Cecil Roddenberry Judge Superior Court, Brantley County, Georgia. Nahunta HD Club Met with Mrs. Schmitt The Home Demonstration Club of Nahunta .met at the home of Mrs. Dick Schmitt on Friday, Jan. 13 for their regular meeting. “Making hats” was the subject demonstrated by Mrs. Virginia Raulerson. Present were the president, Mrs. Rita Smith, Mrs. Ruth Moody, Mrs. Allan Barnard, Mrs. Blanche Jones, Mrs. Effie Mid dleton, Mrs. Carolyn Lewis, Mrs. Lena Strickland and Mrs. Wilder Brooker. Mrs. Schmitt served congealed fruit salad, chips, home made cookies and coffee. Delay is the thief of time. It is easy to put off subscribing to your weekly newspaper, the Brantley Enterprise, but it is also easy to “DO IT NOW.” WINTER CAMP MEETING Dr. Louie D. Newton Brantley Enterprise Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, January 19, 1961 Surprise Birthday Party Honors Mrs. Martha Morgan A surprise birthday supper was given Mrs. Martha Morgan at the home of Mrs. Perry Crews on Sunday night, Jan. 15. Mrs. Mor gan was 60. She received many gifts. Present were: Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Harris, and daughters; Mr. and Mrs. Troy Maddox and children and Mrs. Myrtis Harris and children of Callahan, Fla.; J. L. Morgan and Connie Mor gan. Bank Robber Escapes from Work Gang A 20-year-old Nahunta bank robber, serving 4-7 years at the Ware County Prison Branch, es caped from a work detail near Alma yesterday and is still at large. Prison officials identified the escapee as M. L. Jordan. He jumped from a maintenance truck about three miles north of Alma yesterday on U. S. Highway 1 and escaped according to the report. Area law enforcement officers said a wide-spread search is be ing conducted around the clock for the escapee. Officers with bloodhounds are attempting to trail Jordan. Jordan made good his escape by jumping from the truck and running into the bushes yester day about 4 P. M. according to the report. Officers searched through the night for the escapee. Jordan, who was serving a sen tence for the armed robbery of The Citizens Bank last summer, is described as being about 5 feet 7 inches in height and weighing 128 pounds. He has blue eyes, red curly hair and a fair complexion. When last seen the prisoner was dressed in the white prison uni form with blue stripes on the trousers and shirt. Bulletin: Jordan was captured in Alma Wednesday afternoon about five o’clock by officer Pea cock, state patrol officers report ed. Jordan was found walking calmly down the streets of Atana and did not resist arrest. Bookmobile Schedule Announced for County The Bookmobile schedule for Brantley County has been an nounced as follows: Monday, January 23, Hoboken, Hortense. Tuesday, January 24, Waynes ville, Hickox, Nahunta High School. Wednesday, January 25, Na hunta Elementary School, Nahun ta (Town stop). Thursday, January 26, Brantley County Colored School. Dr. Pierce Harris, Atlanta Methodist minister and newspaper columnist; Dr. Louie D. Newton, pastor of Atlanta’s Druid Hills Baptist Church; Bishop John Owen Smith, Atlanta area bishop of the Methodist Church, and Bishop Ar thur J. Moore, recently retired Method ist bishop and now full-time evangelist. Bishop Arthur J. Moore Dr. Pierce Harris Mrs. Frank Harris of Route 2, Box 54, Nahunta, Ga., is congratulated by his commanding officer upon re enlisting for six years, Dec. 8, while serving aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, operating with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Before entering the service in February 1952, Harris was graduated from Nahunta High School. (U. S. Navy Photo). Nahunta Teams Split Games With Hoboken The Nahunta High School teams split their games with Ho boken in the Nahunta gymnasium Tuesday night, the boys winning 45 to 38 and the girls losing 40 to 34. The high scorer for Hoboken in the boy’s game was Avery Griffin with 16 points. Two boys tied for high score for Nahunta, as Maxie Herrin and David King hit for 14 points each. Patsy Carter was high scprer for the Hoboken girls, with 14 points. Sherry Hendrix for Na hunta had the phenomenal high score of 3, for the losing team. The Nahunta boys have now won 17 garnet and lost five. 6th Grade 4-H Club Met Thursday The 6th Grade 4-H Club met Jan. 12 at the Nahunta Grammar School. Pryce Brooker, president, called the meeting to order. Hil da Manning, secretary, called the roll and read the minutes of the last meeting. Marshall Allen, our song leader, led us in three songs. The president then turned the meeting over to Mrs. Virginia N. Raulerson, Home Demonstra tion Agent. Mrs. Raulerson gave a demonstration on Plant Identi fication, assisted by Mr. George A. Loyd, County Agent. Following the program, and after proper motion and second, the meeting adjourned. Donna Tucker, Reporter. Hortense Wesleyan Methodist Church To Hold Revival Revival services will begin at Hortense Wesleyan Methodist church on Sunday night, Jan. 22 and continuing through Sunday, Feb. 5. Services 'will be held each evening at 7:15 P. M. Rev. William McFarlin, the pastor, will be the evengelist with Mrs. McFarlin assisting in the services. There will be special music and singing each evening. A cordial invitation is extended to every one to attend. Births Sp-5 Edward C. Stewart and Mrs. Stewart of Fairbanks, Alas ka, announce the birth of a baby girl, born on Jan. 4. She weighed seven pounds nine ounces and has been named Phyllis Ann. Mrs. Stewart is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Johnson of Waynesville. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Epps of Jacksonville announce the birth of a baby boy on Tuesday, Jan. 17 in the Naval Hospital at Jack sonville. The little boy weighed eight pounds and ten ounces. He has been named Michael Ray. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Stewart of Nahunta. Don Irvin is the name of the new baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brady of Statesville, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Crews of Nahunta are grandparents. Dr. Miller Spoke At Hortense PT A Wednesday Night Hortense P. T. A. held their regular meeting Wednesday night at 7:30 January 11 with a large audience. The guest speaker for the evening was Dr. Robert E. Miller M. D. of Jesup. Accom panying Dr. Miller was his at tractive wife. The meeting was called to or der by the president, Mrs. Muriel Mills. Mrs. Mills introduced Rev. Alvin Williamson of the Baptist church in Hortense. Rev. William son read a passage from the book of Matthew. Mrs. Rebecca Griner, the coun ty school nurse, spoke of other dangerous diseases and then she spoke of the heart being an im portant part of our body and with that she introduced Dr. Mil ler. Dr. Miller stated it seemed like old home week, seeing so many familiar faces. Dr. Miller said that a person’s heart is a bout the size of his fist. It is a bout the same shape and weighs less than a pound. He went on saying that blood must be kept moving in our bodies every minute of our lives. It must carry food and oxygen to all parts of the body and take away waste materials. The blood travels through blood vessels of three kinds, arteries, veins, and capillaries. The heart keeps the blood moving. Each half of the heart has two rooms, he said, an auricle and a ventricle. The auricle on the left side of the heart receives blood that has just come from the lungs. He said the left .auricle sends the blood into the left ven tricle. The left ventricle then squeezes the blood into a big artery called the aorta. The aorta has branches going all over the body. The blood flows from them into tiny capillaries. From the capillaries it flows into veins. They carry it to the right auricle. From there it goes to the right ventricle. The right ventricle sends it through arteries to the lungs. It flows through the capil laries in the lungs, then into veins and back to the heart. They are doors that keep the blood from flowing the wrong way. The surge of blood at each heartbeat can be felt in the wrist. Counting these surges is called taking the pulse. The opening and closing of the valves in the heart make a noise that a doctor can hear with his stethoscope. Dr. Miller said our hearts beat fast er at some times than others. But they beat many times a minute sometimes more than 100 times. Normally children’s heart beat is from 80-100 times a minute. There are a number of heart pa tients from the age of 18 to 30. Dr. Miller pointed out four im portant things that will cause heart troubles: 1. lack of exer cise, 2. lack of rest, 3. overeating, 4. and worrying. The doctor ended his talk by answering questions for anyone I that wanted to ask a question a bout the heart. There were many interesting questions. The even ing ended with refreshments be ing served. Dorothy Brauda, Reporter Keeping children occupied is the best way to have all mem bers of the family enjoy an automobile trip, says Miss Lucile Higginbotham, head of the Ex tension health department. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Huge Sum Is Requested for Eighth Congressional District Malva Alice Keen Is Honored with Bridal Shower Miss Malva Alice Keen, bride elect, was honored with a bridal shower Tuesday evening, Jan. 17 at the home of Mrs. Avery Strickland. Hostesses with Mrs. Strickland were Mrs. Virgil Strickland, Mrs. J. W Crews, Mrs. T. H. Purdom, Mrs. Alvin Drury, Mrs. Carl Broome, Mrs. Elroy Strickland, Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson and Mrs. Elizabeth Pearson. Pink and green was the color scheme in the floral arrange ments throughout the house. The scheme was carried out on the punch table with a hand cro cheted lace cloth over green, green sherbert punch, white cake squares with a tiny pink bell with a beautiful arrangement of pink carnations and white stock. Compotes of nuts and mints were served. About ninty guests were pre sent. The group enjoyed contests and guessing games led by Mrs. Elroy Strickland. Miss Keen received many love ly gifts including many pieces in her chosen patterns of china, chrystal and silver. Out of town guests included Mrs. Dorothy Brown, Miss Ce cilia Brown, Mrs. Harriet White ner and Mrs. Marshal Strickland all of Brunswick; Mrs. L. Y. Shaffer of Rushylvania, Ohio; Mrs. Davis Keen and Mrs. Horace Gibson of Waycross. County Singing to Be Held Sunday The Brantley County singing will be held at the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church three miles south of Hoboken next Sunday, Jan. 22, it is announced by J. R. Proctor. Everyone is invited to attend. The singing begins at two o’clock in the afternoon. HERMAN TALMADGE [ ■ ■ IBM W W MW• wW ■ W M9kwMB■WRW MM^W NW . F I B IW f^Kepofts From ■J I whLo a ■ WASHINGTON I K14.i11; I# Ml 7m SINCE LEARNING recently that a collateral ancestor of mine served in the United States Sen ate more than a century ago, I have been intrigued to find out everything possible about him. His name was Nathanial Pitcher Tallmadge (spelled with two l’s) | I’oughkeep- k ' p ’ v°rk, h e wa(j a yjL I member of the Senate from I March 4, 1833, 4/ until he was appointed Gov ernor of the EBB 9A EBI Wisconsin Ter ritory by President John Tyler on June 17, 1844. Upon learning from the Library of Congress that the only biographical data about him available was the brief sketch contained in the Biograph ical Directory of the American Congress, I requested the Legisla tive Reference Service to prepare a comprehensive account of his life for me. The completed pre sentation reveals him to have been a quiet, scholarly conserva tive Democrat who, when aroused, could rise to heights of eloquence which equaled that of such con temporaries as Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun and Thomas Hart Benton. THE GREATEST distinction achieved by Senator Tallmadge was as a defender of the right of petition as guaranteed in the First Amendment. He debated the sub ject with John C. Calhoun on more than one occasion when the South Carolina Senator attempted ■ to prevent acceptance by the Sen-i ate of petitions urging the aboli tion jf slavery. In 1840 he rose to challenge Calhoun’s assertion that the right of petition was “among the least Keep up with the News About Your Home County Subscribe for the Brantley Enterprise, $2.50 a Year, $3.00 Outside the County. (Plus Sales Tax) Funds totaling $1,312,000 have been requested from Congress fqr projects in the Eighth Con gressional District of Georgia. Rep. Blitch revealed that con tained in the military construc tion authorization bill for fiscal year 1962 submitted to the Con gress on Monday by the Depart ment of Defense are: $90,000 for a new National Guard Armory at Baxley; $639,000 for training fa cilities at Glynco Naval Air Sta tion, Brunswick; and $163,000 for an Army Reserve Center at Way cross. Included in a request for funds for the Civil Works Program of the Army Engineers for fiscal year 1962 are: $385,000 for oper ation and maintenance of the' Brunswick Harbor and $35,000 for the continuation of the Sa tilla, St. Marys and Suwannee River survey. Rep. Blitch said that “both of these authorization bills must be brought before the House and the Senate for consideration and I will be working during the ses sion for final approval of the federal funds stipulated for use in the Eighth District.” The appropriation of the money required for construction is pro vided for in the Budget of the United States Government for the Fiscal Year 1962. Waynesville HD Club Met at Robinson Home Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson enter tained the Waynesville' Home Demonstration Club at Ijer new home in Nahunta on IVfonday evening, Jan. 16. Mrs. Virginia Raulerson, H. D. Agent, gave a demonstration on making hats. Present were Mrs. Marian Gib son, Mrs. Dorothy Gibson, Mrs. Thelma Thompson, Mrs. Frank Walker, Mrs. Ruth Moody, Mrs. Daisy Middleton, Nancy Moody, Charlene Gibson, Patsy Walker and the president, Mrs. Marguer ite Jacobs. The club presented Mrs. Rob inson with a gift for her new home. The hostess served ham salad sandwiches, ice cream pie and coffee. important of all our political rights.” According to the Con gressional Globe, Senator Tall madge maintained that right to be a “matter of highest impor tance . . . from the first struggle of liberty in this country down to the present time.” He reminded Calhoun that New York condi tioned its ratification of the Con stitution upon the protection of that right and declared that a citizen “has a right to petition even for that which Congress is prohibited by the Constitution from granting.” ♦ ♦ ♦ THE NEW YORK Senator was a leading exponent of a sound national currency and credit sys tem and fought schemes which he thought to be inflationary or, as he put it in opposing President Van Buren’s Sub-Treasury Bill, “calculated to bring the whole power of the Government to the footstool of the Executive.” He interested himself particularly in the abolishment of imprisonment for debt and advocated tariffs sufficiently high to protect Amer ican labor from unfair foreign competition. Although an opponent of slav ery, he believed in states’ rights and declared before the Senate that the states “must judge the time and manner of abolishing it.” Tn one of his debates with Cal houn he asked a question which present-day Senators from his and other States outside the South could ponder with profit: “What patriot can wish to see the peace of the Union disturbed by the in vasion of rights secured by the Constitution, and which should be held inviolate as long as that sacred instrument stands?”