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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. VOLUME 41 — NUMBER 9 Nahunta's Johns Rips Tennessee By Scoring 15 Decisive Points KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Au burn’s expert marksmen over came a surprise Tennessee zone defense for a 41-38 victory over the Vols here Saturday night, Feb. 25. It was the lowest scoring game in the UT fieldhouse history. The previous record was established in Tennessee’s 48-38 win over Mississippi State a year ago. Sophomore center Layton Johns was the big defference. He scor ed 15 points, 11 of them in the first half, and grabbed 13 re bounds to lead both teams in both departments. “Johns certainly played his best game for us tonight,” said Auburn coach Joel Eaves. “And those three field goals by Jimmy Fibbe in the second half gave us a big lift when we needed it.” Guard Bobby Carter led Ten nessee with 11 points in the low scoring contest. Auburn hit 41.5 from the field and 7 of 11 free throws for 63.6 per cent. Their hot shooting from the floor prov ed the difference as the Vols took 15 more shots, but could not find the range, hitting only 29.8 per cent. Tennessee was never able to gain the lead. They ran into an other cold spell in the first six minutes of the second half hitting only two of ten shots from the field while Auburn was hitting five out of six. It was a scoring lull of almost four minutes as both teams using a zone had trouble hitting from outside. Ten nessee finally breaking it by two driving crips by Vol guard John Campbell, Auburn stalled for most of the final four minutes to protect their lead. Tennessee scored the first point of the game on a free throw and it was the last time in the first half the Vols led. Center Layton Johns from Na hunta, Ga. put the Tigers ahead on a tip in and Auburn quickly ran up a 9-1 margin after seven minutes while Tennessee was looking for its first field goal. Dowling-Williams Miss Barbara Dowling, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Dowl ing of Hortense, Ga., was mar ried to Lonnie F. Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mathie Williams of Nahunta in a double-ring cere mony at the Nahunta Methodist parsonage on Saturday after noon, Feb. 25, at four o’clock with the Rev. R. C. Kale per forming the ceremony. The bride wore a ballerina length dress of white lace over taffeta and wore an orchid cor sage. Immediately after the wedding a- reception was held at Herrin Coffee Shop for the wedding party, where the wedding cake, ice cream and coffee were served. Those attending the wedding were Mrs. E. L. Dowling, Jack Dowling, Mrs. Neville Herrin and Mrs. June Carrol Lambert. The young couple will make their home in Key West, Fla., where Mr. Williams is stationed in the U- S- Coast Guard. Keep a tree out of the ground as short a time as possible when transplanting, advises T. G. Williams, Extension landscape specialist. Fertilizing Pecan Trees By George A. Loyd, County Agent According to information re ceived from R. L. Livingston, Head Extension Horticulture Dept., University of Ga. College of Agriculture. Early March is the last date for fertilizing pecan trees around the home. And all pecan trees need fertilizer (a complete one containing nitrogen, phosphate and potash) whether they are growing in a large commercial grove or on a lawn. Fertilizers are needed by pecan trees for continued growth and production just as ham and eggs are used by man’s body to give him strength and energy to live and work. Young, growing pecan trees should produce new growth at the rate of from 8 to 24 inches each growing season. To obtain this growth, each tree should re ceive three pounds of 5-10-15, 6- 12-12, 4-12-12 or 8-8-8 fertilizer for each year the tree has been growing. Apply to the soil be neath the tree. A tree that has been or will be transplanted during the cur rent dormant season needs three Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Rufus Shuman Died of Gunshot Wound Monday A prominent Brantley County farmer and naval stores operator was found dead at his home Mon day, Feb. 27 of gunshot wounds. According to the findings of a Brantley County coroner’s jury, “death was caused by gun shot wounds at hands of party or parties unknown.” Brantley Sheriff J. Walter Crews said Rufus Shuman died of the gunshot wounds about 9:30 A. M. Monday at his home on Rte. 1, Hoboken. Sheriff Crews said death was caused by a .38 caliber bullet which entered the man’s right ear and came out just above the left ear. According to the sheriff, Shu man’s wife and a son were out of the house when the shooting oc curred. Shuman was a 59-year old na tive and life-long resident of the Hoboken community. He was the son of the late Mathew Shuman and Amanda Altman Shuman. Besides his wife, the former Miss Mattie Lee of Brantley County, survivors are one daugh ter, Mrs. John Dixon, Jackson ville, Fla.; two sons, Alvin Shu man and Donald Shuman, both of Hoboken; two sisters, Mrs. R. F. Johns, Hoboken, and Mrs. Julia Allen, Dayton, Ohio; nine grand children and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 4 P. M. at the graveside in High Bluff Ceme tery in Brantley County. Brantley Singing To Be Held Sunday A singing will be held at the Nahunta courthouse Sunday, March 5, it is announced by J. R. Proctor. The singing will start at 2:00 P. M. and last until 4:30 P. M. The people of the county are in vited to attend. Mrs. Seleta Crews Funeral Services Held Wednesday WAYCROSS — Mrs. Seleta Ava Crews, 93, died Monday at her home. She was a native of Brantley County. Survivors are two sons, Della Harris, Jacksonville, Fla., and Jasper Harris, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. O. J. Shuman, Waycross; three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and sev eral nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conduct ed at 11 A. M. Wednesday at High Bluff Church. Burial was in the church cemetery. pounds of fertilizer while a three year-old tree would need nine pounds. When young trees are not growing fast enough, add one-half cup or so of fertilizer containing nitrogen only to the soil for each year the tree has been growing. Older trees that are producing nuts usually need the same a mount of NPK fertilizers — three pounds for each year of age or for each inch in trunk diameter two feet above the soil line. Producing trees should have an annual twig growth rate of from five to eight inches. Adjust any additional nitrogen fertilizer that may be used according to the trees’ annual growth. Many trees growing “uptown” need zinc; this is applied as zinc sulphate using about one-half pound for each inch in trunk dia meter. The absence of zinc in the trees causes a condition called “Rosette” which shows up in numerous twigs and undersized nuts of poor quality. All of these fertilizers can be applied to the grass on the lawn. They should, however, be water ed off the grass and into the soil. Brantley Enterprise Dana Brand Wins Spelling Contest At Grammar School Dana Brand was the winner of the Nahunta Grammar School spelling bee which was held Wednesday, March 1. Dana will represent the Grammar School in the county spelling contest which will be held March 21. The Nahunta Grammar School will have four entries in the Eighth District Science Fair which is to be held at the Ware County High School March 10. The entries are a rock collection by Carolyn Middleton, Environ ment is Changing by Lynette Jones, Enemy House-fly by De borah Johns, and The Honey Bee by Carol Robinson. These stu dents were red ribbon winners in the county science fair which was held at Hoboken school February 20. Mrs. Mattie Dowling Is Honored with Birthday Dinner Mrs. Mattie Dowing of Nahun ta celebrated her 81st birthday Sunday, Feb. 26, with a dinner given her by her family. The dinner was held at the home of Mrs. T. J. Hodges in Brunswick, Ga. Among those attending the dinner were her daughters, Mrs. Ottis Morgan and Mrs. R. M. Herrin and her son, T. L. Dowl ing, all of Brantley County, also three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Personals Mrs. Harry Raulerson is a pa tient in Memorial Hospital in Waycross following an operation. Mrs. R. B- Brooker is now im proving in Memorial Hospital in Waycross after undergoing a ma jor operation last week. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Brooker spent Sunday in Jacksonville visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ben nett and family. Mrs. J. Robert Smith returned on Wednesday of last week from Atlanta where she spent several days with her husband, J. Robert Smith, Representative of Brant ley County attending the Legis lative Session in progress. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Lee and son Michael visited Mrs. Lee’s daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. S- Jones at Avon Park, Fla., Thursday and Friday of last week. Mrs. Billy Stewart of Bruns wick underwent an operation last Thursday in a Brunswick hospi tal. She is convalescing and will leave the hospital in a few days. She is the former Tiny Chancey. Lancewell O’Neal, son of Mrs. Ottis Morgan, joined the U. S. Air Force Monday, Feb. 20. He is getting basic training at Lack land Air Force Base, Texas. SP'5 James L. Walker, son of Mrs. Ottis Morgan, is serving in the U. S. Army at Munich, Ger many. He has been in the army about two years and went to Ger many last May. Mrs. Ottis Morgan entered the Waycross Memorial Hospital, Monday, Feb. 28, for treatment. Douglas R. Prescott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Prescott, of Route 1, Hoboken was graduated from recruit training, Feb. 10, at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, 111. Mrs. Perry Stewart has return ed td her home in Nahunta after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Larry Ste wart in Savannah since last Fri day. jerry Popwell, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Popwell of Brown town community returned home on Tuesday from a Brunswick hospital where he underwent an appendix operation on Friday of last week. The March meeting of the Na hunta Garden Club will meet in the Home Ec building at the High School on Wednesday, March 8 at four o’clock P. M Officers for the year will be in stalled at this meeting. Hostesses will be Mrs. Elroy Strickland, Mrs. Lee Herrin and Mrs. A. S. Mizell. Mrs. J. B. Lewis and Mrs. Edna Adams attended the cabinet meeting of the Federated Garden Clubs of Southeast Georgia held in Soperton, Ga. Mrs. Adams is president. The Club will meet in Vidalia on March 9 for the elec tion of officers. Mrs. Joe Chancey has been in Brunswick several days with her daughter Mrs. James Stewart and family, Mrs. Stewart has been in a Brunswick hospital. Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 2. 1961 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Nahunta High Students Win Red Ribbons Forty one high school students and four junior high students en tered exhibits in the Brantley County Science Fair. A few of the exhibits were copperplating, expansion of metals, telegraphs, electrolysis of water, the radio and its parts, alcohol and the hu man body and formation of val leys. There were many other very good exhibits. Practically all exhibits re ceived white ribbons and five from Nahunta received red rib bons. Those receiving red ribbons are eligible to enter the District Fair in Waycross March 10th and 11th. Those receiving red ribbons were Oliver Highsmith, Grace Middleton, Delores Cross, Anna Dee Wilson, and Nora Faye Johns. We are very proud of the fine exhibits our students made for our first science fair. We’re look ing forward to an even better science fair next year. Tobacco Co-op to Hold 3rd Annual District Meeting Dorsey Matthews of Moultrie, Georgia, announced this week that members of Flue-Cured To bacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation will hold their 3rd Annual District Meeting in Moul trie on Tuesday, February 28. The meeting will be held at the Court House, beginning at 2:00 P. M. Matthews, Stabilization’s Direc tor from District No. 2 which in cludes all flue-cured tobacco pro ducing counties in Georgia and Alabama, said that this year’s program will include first-hand reports on the overall situation, with particular emphasis on Stabilization’s current condition. It is imperative that growers in Georgia become fully acquainted with the situation that Stabiliza tion is in with respect to Old Crop tobacco, particularly the 1955 and 1956 Crops. Matthews also stated that one of the highlights of the meeting will be a 16mm color movie with sound, entitled IT’S NOT ALL SMOKE. He said this movie was prepared during the 1960 mar keting season and shows how Stabilization handles tobacco it receives from grower-members. Matthews further stated that there will be a discussion period i.d the election of Stanilization’s Committee. ” meet’ng will be repre^ert** ’ '’’the agricultural agencies and farm organizations in Georgia, along with represen tatives from Stabilization Corpor ation. He urged that every grow er take advantage of the oppor tunity to come and participate in the meeting. He concluded by emphasizing that this will be the only meet ing of this kind in the district during 1961. Magazine 'Fabulous' Bing Crosby made the song popular years ago. A nation with lots of leisure time on its hands has made the sport—fish ing—one of today’s more popular summer pastimes. The National Safety Council estimates that more than 30 mil lion Americans —about 1 out of every 5 persons strong enough to hold a fishing pole or cast a line into the water—will go fishing this year. Fishermen should think of safety so their fun won’t be spoiled by an ac cident. Unfortunately, the un wary do get hurt or, worse, killed. More than 900 drownings a year involve boats with a ca pacity of fewer than 10 persons. This would include boats that carry fishermen to their favorite spot. And while the toll of persons injured in fishing accidents is unknown, the Council reports that a “large number of persons are injured each year from care less handling of fishing tackle.” From Ralph Kuhli, the Coun cil’s director of public safety, come these tips for fishermen: On the dangers of hooks— 1. Try not to carry fishing lines with hooks attached. 2. Don’t fish too near other anglers. 3. Be careful casting your line. 4, Handle with special care Health Scholarships Are Offered by National Foundation Brantley County students seek ing National Foundation health scholarships must file applica tions by April 1, Mrs. Robert Smith, chairman of the organiza tion’s county chapter, announced. More than 500 scholarships will be offered nationally for train ing in medicine, nursing, physi cal therapy, occupational therapy and medical social work, Mrs. Smith said. Each scholarship amounts to SSOO a year for four years for a total of $2,000. Graduating high school stu dents planning to enter college September, 1961, may apply for scholarships in nursing, physical therapy or occupational therapy. Sophomores ready to enter the junior year in college who plan to continue the graduate study necessary to qualify as medical social workers are eligible for the medical social work scholarships. Undergraduate students who have been accepted for the first year in medical school beginning in 1961 may apply for the scholarships in medicine. Application blanks may be obtained from the school princi pal or counselor, the Brantley County Chapter of The National Foundation, or by writing The National Foundation Health Scholarships, 800 Second Avenue, New York 17, N. Y., the chair man said. Deer and Turkey Season Changed For Second Time The deer hunting season will run from Nov. 1 until Jan. 5, the same as last season, and the tur key hunting season will run from Nov. 1 until Feb. 1, it is announc ed from Atlanta by senator W- C. Long. Senator Long and representa tive Bob Smith met with the State Game and Fish Commis sion and worked out an agree ment along the above lines, it was announced. Births Larry Curtis Stewart Jr. is the name of the new baby born Feb. 28 to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Stewart of Savannah. He weighed seven pounds and seven and one-half ounces. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Stewart of Na hunta. Subscribe to the BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Predicts 15 Years bait-casting plugs that contain clusters of double or triple hooks. 5. If a hook gets imbedded in you or one of your fishing com panions, see a physican, unless you’re sure the wound is extrem ely minor. 6. Try never to back a hook out of a wound. It’s best to push the point of the hook through the skin. On wading— 1. Test each step in advance. Many streams and pools have underwater shelves or other dropoffs. 2. Remember that flat, under water rocks usually are slippery. On boat safety— 1. Check your boat for leaks or other defects before leaving shore. 2. Take along life preservers, an extra oar or paddle and a bailing can. 3. Don’t overload the boat. 4. Never stand in a boat or sit or stand on the bow or stem. 5. Be cautious about changing places in a boat while in deep water. Better to come into shal low water first. If your boat capsizes? “Stick with it,” Kuhli said “Even most simall boats will support several persons for hours Keep calm. Wait for help to ar rive rather than try to swim to shore.” Hoboken Schools Take First Places in Science Contests Power Company Issues Checks to Municipalities A check for $1,317.01 was de livered to the City of Nahunta and a check for $493.51 was de livered to the city of Hoboken February 24, by B. F. David Lo cal Manager, of the Georgia Pow er Company. This payment represents three per cent of the gross receipts in 1960 from the sale of electric power to commercial and resi dential customers of the company under the Municipal Partnership Plan. The three per cent tax is paid by the company in place of occupation and franchise taxes and is in addition to the com pany’s property taxes which, on a statewide basis, totaled $6,123,- 000 last year. More than $2,384,000 is being paid to the communities of Geor gia for 1960 under the Municipal Partnership Plan. This is an in crease of more than $92,000 over 1959. The company’s total tax bill for 1960 was $29,875,000. This does not include the sales tax which the company collects from its customers for the State of Georgia nor the sales tax which the company pays on materials used in its operations. Card of Thanks When hearts are heavy at the passing of a loved one, it is good to know the solace of frie. ds, to see the beauty of their love and appreciation in the floral tributes, in cards, and let ters of condolence, and to feel their comfort through numerous expressions and kindnesses rend ered. They will each be long re membered and cherished by the family of Herschel W. Herrin. Mrs. Herschel W. Herrin Herschel W. Herrin Jr. Beatrice Lynn Herrin Laura Elizabeth Herrin [ HERMAN TALMADGE I fr ”” I I WASH/NGTOW THOSE WHO DARE challenge the wisdom or effectiveness of foreign aid policies and programs can expect to have their intelli gence questioned and their patri otism impugned. Large segments of our mass communication media have dedi "l cated them selves to mak- I ing a sacred • ' cow of foreign I aid. They use / the power of *'■ the spoken and printed word Mk 1,1 ^' rah 'l those iSk HI who criticize any aspect of foreign assistance as benighted isolationists or worse. They seek to reduce the issue to the oversimplified basis of "if you are not for all of it then you must be against al! of it” and refuse to admit the possi bility that a middle ground exists between those two extremes. It is that same all-or-nothing philos ophy which has denied members of Congress the opportunity to differentiate in their votes be tween good and bad foreign aid. ♦ ♦ • MY POSITION ON this sub ject was stated before the Senate in 1958 in these words: “I subscribe wholehearted ly to the concept of utilizing the wealth and resources of the United States to strength en its military posture. I accept cheerfully the Chris tian and humanitarian re sponsibility of sharing our supplies of food and fiber to help feed and clothe the hun gry and naked people of the world. But I cannot in good conscience give my assent to an undefined and never-end ing program which seeks to achieve the impossible and (not prrparid or printed at gooimmtnt txptme) 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) The first Brantley County Science Fair was held last week at Hoboken High School with the following schools participating: Hortense, Nahunta Grammar School, Hoboken Grammar, Na hunta and Hoboken High Schools. Hoboken Elementary took first place honors with seven of the nine ribbons (first place) and 24 red ribbons (second place). The Hoboken High School was second with two blue ribbons and 13 red ribbons. There were 277 projects enter ed; 124 from grades 1 through 6, 32 from grades 7 and 8, 111 from grades 9 through 12. The number of projects enter ed per grade are as follows: Ist grade 9, 2nd grade 24, 3rd grade 67, 4th grade 21, sth grade 38, 6th grade 25, 7th grade 16, Bth grade 26, 9th grade 41, 10th grade 43, 11th grade 22, 12th grade 5. The Brantley County Science Fair was sponsored by K. S. Varns and Co. and the Hoboken Science Club was in charge of ar ranging the projects. N. C. Davis and Son donated the ribbon and Frank Dukes contributed the lumber for the booths. The FFA boys built the booths under the direction of W. J. Moore Jr., Vo cational Agriculture Instructure. The blue ribbon winners and the red ribbon winners plan to enter the Eighth District Science Fair which will be held March 10th and Uth at the Ware Coun ty High School. This fair was a very big success thanks to the teachers, students, and parents cooperation. The judges were Charles Cole man, Area Science Consultant State Department of Education, A. L. Woodard, Science Instruc ture, Ware County High School, and Nonman Calahan, Science In structure Blackshear High School. Blue ribbon winning students were George Dryden, Charles Fullard, Janice Batten, Valerie Strickland, Eddie Sapp, Frances Dryden, Larry Lee, Diane Davis and Jimmy Monk, all of Hoboken school. 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.” utopian end of making the world over in our own im age.” Events and developments since have served to strengthen that view and I have endeavored in speeches and statements to make it clear that my opposition is to indiscriminate foreign spend ing, particularly in the economic realm, and not to the concept of mutual security or Christian char ity. It is such spending which I would end and it is against such spending that I have voted and shall continue to so vote for as long as I have the privilege to serve the people of Georgia in the Senate. • * • NO MAN WHO has a consci ence and a sense of .Christian duty could refuse to give his sup port to all reasonable and practi cal programs which will assure the security of his country and help the needy of other countries. But, by the same token, it is im possible to understand how a man possessing those attributes can vote to squander the resources of his country through programs shrouded in secrecy, devoid of any promise of accomplishment and steeped in the threat of na tional bankruptcy. Congress should examine each foreign spending proposal on its indiviual merit and, if it would do so, I would vote for a reason able program of military assist ance to dependable allies and a practical program to help feed the hungry and clothe the naked. However, as long as the lump sum, blank-check approach is in sisted upon, I cannot be true to my convictions and do other than vote against it