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VOLUME 41 — NUMBER 33
Mrs. Sarah Jane Dowling, 101,
Died Thursday at Blackshear
Mrs. Sarah Jane Roberson
Dowling passed away, Thursday,
Aug. 10, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. A. O’Neal in
Blackshear following an extended
illness.
Born in Wayne county, (later
to become Brantley county), she
married Dennis J. Dowling, and
raised eight children, three sons
and five daughters, on the river
road about half way between Ho
boken and Nahunta.
The three sons, Wiley, Willie
and Charlie M. Dowling are now
deceased.
Survivors are five daughters,
Mrs. Agnes Strickland, Nahunta,
Mrs. Lalie O’Neal, Blackshear,
Mrs. Mamie O’Berry, Millwood,
Mrs. Hattie Raulerson, Jackson
ville, Fla., Mrs. Mozelle Strick
land, Waycross; 47 grandchildren
and a large number of great
grandchildren and great-great
grandchildren.
Mrs. Dowling was recorded as
Pierce county’s oldest living
white resident in the census year
1960. She celebrated her 100th
birthday April 10, 1960 with a
dinner at the Laura S. Walker
State Park. Even though her
birthday was not until April 24,
all knew she wanted to have her
party two weeks early so it
would not interfere with her
church’s annual meeting. She was
a member of the Prospect Primi
tive Baptist Church near Nahun
ta.
At her 100th birthday dinner,
Mrs. Dowling was at her spry
best. Even though she got about
walking, she carried her wheel
chair for convenience. She ate
heartily and even enjoyed a slice
of her birthday cake.
She began making Blackshear
her home in the early part of
1960. Even though she visited her
other daughters on occasions, she
made her home with Mrs. Lalie
O’Neal.
At the time of her death, her
exact age was 101 years, 3
months and 16 days.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, August 12, at 3:00 in
the afternoon at the graveside in
Moore Cemetery in Brantley
county.
Elder Mart Harris, Elder J. A.
O’Neal and Rev. H. Lester Dixon
officiated.
Pallbearers were Willie Raul
erson, Clifton Strickland, Gillious
Strickland, Elroy Strickland,
Grady Dowling, Willie Dowling,
Gordon Dowling and Carlos
Strickland.
Darling Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Hickox Baptist
Church to Hold
Fish Supper
The Hickox Baptist Church
will hold a fish supper Wednes
day evening, Aug. 23, from six
until at the church.
The supper will be for the
benefit of the church building
fund. Admission prices will be $1
for adults and 50 cents for
children. Everyone is invited to
come and enjoy a good fried fish
supper and help with the build
ing fund. (8-17, Adv.)
Brantley 4-H Club Members
Join 12-County Corn Program
Brantley County is one of 12
counties in the state participating
in the Senior 4-H Club corn pro
gram conducted by the Univer
sity of Georgia Extension Service
and sponsored by the Georgia
Power Company, according to
County Agent George A. Loyd.
Mr. Loyd pointed out each
year 12 counties in the state are
selected with two in each Exten
sion Service district. Twelve Sen
ior boys in each county demon
strate the fundamental steps in
producing economical com yields.
Lamar Wansley, manager of the
Rural Division of the Georgia
Power Company, and W. H. Gur
ley, extension agronomist, recent
ly visited some of the 4-H Club
corn demonstrations in Brantley
County. They visited David Ja
cobs, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. T.
Jacobs; Terry Thomas, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Thomas; and
Johnny Crews, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Crews, all of the
Hickox community. Also Avery
Griffin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jep
tha Griffin of Hoboken. These
boys planted their com thick in
the drill and fertilized it with
600-700 lbs. of 4-12-12 and 5-10-
15 fertilizers and sidedressed it
with 300 lbs. or more of amon
ium nitrate. The com they plant
ed is Cokers 71 variety
This project began in 1947, the
Lulaton Revival
Will Start on
Monday Night
The Lulaton Baptist Church
will begin a series of revival ser
vices next Monday night, Aug.
21, it is announced by Avery
Rowell.
The pastor of the church is
W. O. Britt. Services will be held
each night at 8:00 o’clock. The
people of the entire section are
invited to attend and help out
with the revival.
County Line
Road Will
Be Paved
The county line road between
Brantley County and Glynn
County will be paved soon, ac
cording to a legal advertising be
ing run in this issue of the En
terprise.
The State Highway Board will
receive bids on the project on
Friday, Sept. 1. The road will run
from Highway 84 near Waynes
ville to State Route 32 at Whit
aker, a total of 5.858 miles of
grading and paving.
The road is exactly on the
Brantley-Glynn line. Its paving
will connect two main highways
already paved and mean much to
citizens of that area of Brantley
and Glynn counties.
1959 Nahunta Class
Holds Reunion
By George Thomas
A fine time was had by all
who attended the gala class re
union of the 1959 Class of Na
hunta High School which was
held Saturday evening, August 12,
at the Red Pig Restaurant.
Class friendships were renew
ed with much happiness. For
some, it was the first meeting
since graduation.
Those attending were Blanche
Johns, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wil
liams and Tina, Martha Crews,
Wendol Rozier, Carolyn Rowell,
Mr. and Mrs. Royce Morgan, Aley
J. Lee, Marie Johns, Gerald
Thrift, Edward Davis, Norma
Manning, Una Wilson, Carroll
Allen, Mrs. Jean Ester Peeples,
Charles Dean, George Thomas,
and Mrs. Dewitt Moody.
There were 18,300 deaths from
falls in the United States in 1959.
Nearly 12,000 of these occurred
in and around the home, says
Miss Lucile Higginbotham, head
of the Extension health depart
ment.
County Agent said. Since that
time it has been offered in al
most every county in the state.
Many counties have participated
more than once.
The state average corn yield
has tripled and hybrid seed usage
has increased from less than 10
percent to 80 percent during that
period, Mr. Loyd said. The 4-H
Club corn program has made a
big contribution to this increase,
he declared.
The four county winners and
their parents will be invited to
attend a luncheon awards pro
gram in Atlanta, December 5.
While there they will be guests
of the Georgia Power Company
and will tour the new electrical
building, Mr. Loyd said.
Other senior 4-H Club mem
bers in Brantley County who are
participating in the program, the
County Agent said, are Stanley
and Ronald Sloan, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Raleigh Sloan of Hor
tense; Joey Strickland, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Strickland of
Hortense; Stanley Dowling, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Dowling of
Hoboken, Ga.; Maxie Herrin, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Herrin, Ned
Hendrix, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
W. Hendrix, Don Hendrix, son of
Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Hendrix, and
; Ronnie Hendrix, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ronald Hendrix of the Hic
' kox community.
Brantley Enterprise
Thrift-Crawford
FOLKSTON, Ga. — Miss Mel
va Kay Thrift, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harley Q. Thrift of
Jacksonville, became the bride of
J. Robert Crawford, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James B. Crawford of
Hilliard at 8 P. M. Friday, Aug.
11 in the Grace Chapel Baptist
Church. Rev. David Thrift, uncle
of the bride, officiated.
Miss Mary Frances Morgan,
organist, friend of the couple,
presented the wedding music.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride chose Mrs. Carol
Williams as her matron of honor.
Terri and Susan Chase, nieces of
the bride-groom, were flower
girls.
Frank Chase of Milwaukee,
Wis., brother-in-law of the bride
groom, was best man. Ushers
were John Stokes, cousin of the
bride, and Dorsey Mansfield,
brother-in-law of the bride.
The bride wore a ballerina
length gown of white silk organ
za over taffeta fashioned with a
fitted jacket of Chantilly lace
edged with pearls. Her finger-tip
veil of illusion fell from a satin
peau de soie flower. She car
ried a Bible topped with a white
orchid and lilies-of-the-valley.
The matron of honor wore a
ballerina-length gown of pale
blue chiffon over taffeta featur
ing a sweetheart neckline and
short sleeves. She carried a
nosegay of pink feathered carna
tions.
The flower girls wore pale blue
silk organdy dresses.
Following the ceremony, the
reception was held at the church,
after which the couple left for a
trip to south Florida.
On their return the couple will
reside at 8108 Concord Blvd.,
Jacksonville.
The bride is a graduate of Pax
on High School and the bride
groom graduated from Hilliard
High School.
REV. H. ROBB FRENCH
Camp Meeting Evangelist
Hortense Camp
Meeting Began
The 57th annual camp meeting
started at Hortense Thursday,
Aug. 17, to run through Sunday,
Aug. 27.
Rev. H. Robb French of Mar
ion, Ind., will be the evangelist.
Song leader will be Rev. W. D.
James of Central, S. C-, and Mrs.
James will be pianist. Mrs. Mol
ly Brogden of Alapaha, Ga., will
be children’s and young people’s
worker.
The order of services will be
as follows:
Sunrise prayer meeting.
Children’s service 9:30 A. M.
Song and prayer service 10:30
A. M.
Preaching by the evangelist
11:30 A M.
Preaching by a local pastor
3:30 P- M.
Young people’s service 7:00 P
M.
Preaching by the evangelist
3:00 P M.
Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, August 17, 1961 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
W. C. JAMES, JR.
Brantley County
Soil Conservationist
W. C. James, Jr.
Named Soil
Conservationist
W. C. James Jr., has been nam
ed Soil Conservationist with the
Soil Conservation Service in
Brantley County, succeeding
James A. Ross who was recently
transferred to Folkston, Georgia.
Mr. James is a native of Spar
ta, Georgia. He attended Sparta
High School and the University
of Georgia, receiving his BSA
degree in 1959.
Since 1959, Mr. James has been
employed by the Soil Conserva
tion Service, having previously
worked at Sylvania, Georgia, and
more recently at Brunswick. He
holds a commission of Second
Lieutenant, U. S. Army Reserve,
and served in the U. S. Army
from October, 1959, to April, 1960.
In his capacity as soil conser
vationist serving Brantley Coun
ty, Mr. James will give technical
assistance to farmers in their soil
and water conservation problems.
His office is located in the Old
Jail Building, Nahunta.
Mr. James is married to the
former Gloria Mock of Sylvania,
Georgia. They have one son, Ter
ry Charles. The family resides in
the Herrin Sub-Division, Nahun
ta, and Mr. and Mrs. James are
members of the Baptist Church.
$1,162,000 May Be
Develop Little Satilla
From The Atlanta Constitution
WASHINGTON — A 109,500-
acre tract in Appling and Wayne
counties would be remade topo
graphically at a cost of $1,162,000
under a proposal endorsed Mon
day by President John F. Ken
nedy.
The land remodeling would be
done as part of the Little Satilla
Creek watershed development
project, one of 15 projects in the
nation requested Monday by
President Kennedy.
The President asked Congress
to approve $503,000 in federal
funds for the Little Satilla pro
ject. The $659,000 balance of the
cost would be provided from
local sources.
Under the program, land would
be treated and improved, and
Brantley Boys and Girls Went
To Camp Fulton 4-H Club Meet
The Brantley County 4-H Club
Camp was held at Camp Fulton
near Atlanta last week.
The Camping experience was
educational as well as enjoyable.
On the way to Camp the group
stopped at the Okmulgee Indian
Mounds which is a U. S. Park
and located at Macon.
While at Camp Fulton the
campers visited the Cyclorama
and Grant Park Zoo, the State
Capitol where a lot of enjoyment
was gotten out of finding Mr. J.
Robert Smith, our representative
and Mr. W. C. Long, our Senator
at their desks. A tour was made
through the Lt. Governor Byrd
and Governor Vandiver’s offices.
Neither of them were in.
From the capitol we went to the
Atlanta Air Port which is one of
the most modern in the United
States.
A visit was made to Stone
Mountain and on the way home
the campers had the privilege of
going through President Roose
velt’s Little White House at
Warm Springs. Everyone was a
mazed at the simplicity of his
Georgia residence.
Classes were held on Safety,
Recreation and Party Planning.
The boys and girls enjoyed plac
ing long distance calls to San
Tourist Claims He Was Clipped for
$390 by Tattnall County Gambler
Willis-Highsmith
Miss Bett Willis, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Willis of Na
hunta, became the bride of Wil
liam Victor Highsmith, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Highsmith of
Atkinson in an informal cere
mony at the Nahunta Baptist
Church on Friday evening, Aug.
11, in the presence of immediate
members of their families and a
few close friends.
Rev. Cecil Thomas performed
the double-ring ceremony.
Immediately after the wedding
they were honored with a recep
tion at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. I. Highsmith at Atkinson. The
wedding cake and punch were
served.
The young couple will make
their home in Florida where the
groom is stationed at Patrick Air
Force Base.
Editor Broome Gets
One Year Older
Every 12 Months
Editor Carl Broome observed
his birthday on August 12 with
a reunion of his children and
their families and three of his
sisters. After meeting at his home
all journeyed to Jekyll Island
where they enjoyed a dinner at
the cafeteria including the birth
day cake.
Present were the sisters Mrs.
J. R. Chapman of Atlanta, Mrs.
Morgan Milner, Macon; Mrs. Paul,
Chaffin and Mr. Chaffin of Way
cross. The children were Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Stephens and son, Mr.
and Mrs. Linton Broome and
Wanda, and Sherwood Broome all
of Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. Dean
Broome and children and Lee
Broome of Blackshear
They were joined for dinner by
Mr. and Mrs. Royce Lewis and
grandchildren of Augusta.
Spent to
River
anti-erosion measures would be
taken. Three irrigation reser
voirs, a multipurpose irrigation
and flood prevention reservoir
would be constructed in the Lit
tle Satilla basin.
The plan also calls for 325,000
feet of Little Satilla channel im
provement.
The creek basin includes parts
of Appling and Wayne counties
and the towns of Surrency, Odum
and Screven.
Engineers estimate that Land
holders in the area would receive
$2.50 in benefits for every $1 in
vested in the land-and-stream
improvement program.
Details of the Little Satilla
project were released through
the office of Sen. Herman Tal
madge.
Francisco, Boston and New York.
They also saw the importance of
adequate wiring, and how impor
tant it is to be careful with gaso
line and other flamable liquids.
Those attending were: Linda
Burden, Nancy Moody, Wanda
Steed ley, Glenn Lewis,
Tommy Tucker, Tommy
Graham, Ashley Henderson, Eu
gene Crews, Dennis Raulerson,
Shirley Griffin, Donna Tucker,
Colletta Highsmith, Jerrell Her
rin, Terrell Herrin, Dana Brand,
Marshall Allen, Gail Riggins,
Sharon Griffin, Joey Strickland,
Wendell Herrin, Clifford Harden,
Gary Willis, Sammy Hickox, Ben
ny Thomas, Edith Middleton,
Martha Burden, Virginia Allen,
Janice Strickland, Keith Mid
dleton, Danny Thornton, Mike
Hendrix, Allyson White, Jack
Brooker, Tommy Walker, Ken
Walker, Robert Rhoden, Dale
Hulett, Laverne Middleton, John
Jones, Linda Riggins, Oliver
Highsmith and Sandra Jacobs.
Accompanying the 4-H Club
members were Mr. and Mrs. Tal
ford Highsmith, advisors; and
Mr. George A. Loyd, County A
gent and Mrs. Virginia N. Raul
erson, Home Demonstration A
gent.
7 Injured When
Cars Collide on
Highway 301
Five Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Ne
groes received treatment at the
Brantley Medical Center and
were carried to Waycross Memor
ial Hospital early Saturday when
the car in which they were pas
sengers crossed a center line and
collided with a Hollywood, Fla.
car driven by Mrs. Lois Rankin
who was also injured.
Rankin suffered a fractured el
bow, according to the patrol re
port.
Injured in the other vehicle
were Robert Jenkins, driver of
the Ft. Lauderdale car; Mary Mc-
Conn, age 20; Teressa McConn,
age 3-months; Linda Jean Mc-
Conn, age one and one-half; and
Quincey Dell Arikan, age 21,
They reportedly received lacera
tions, abrasions and bruises and
were treated in Waycross and
dismissed.
Trooper J. B. McDaniel report
ed that Jenkins crossed over the
center line while not passing a
car and hit the left side of the
Rankin vehicle which received
an estimated S2OO damage. The
Jenkins car received $750 dam
age, McDaniel said.
Raulerson Cemetery
Will Be Cleaned
The Raulerson Cemetery near
Twin Rivers is to be cleaned on
] Saturday, August 26 it is an
nounced by Mrs. Elizabeth Pear
son.
Everyone who is interested in
the cemetery is asked to come
early in the morning of that date
and bring tools to help in the
cleaning.
New Hope Cemetery
All people who are interested
in securing a caretaker for the
New Hope Cemetery please meet
at the New Hope Church Thurs
day, Aug. 24, at 11:00 A. M.
M. L. Anderson.
HERMAN TALMADGE
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ANOTHER ROUND of infla
tion could be the unwelcome by
product of increased outlays for
defense if they are not accom
panied by a substantial reduction
in non-essential expenditures
now and a balanced budget next
year.
President Kennedy fortunately
recognized that fact in stating in
not hesitate to recommend what
ever tax increases might be de
termined to be necessary to the
submission of a balanced budget
to Congress next January. Al
ready fears are being expressed
here, particularly at the Federal
Reserve Board, that last year’s
deficit of $3.9 billion which
topped all forecasts and the an
ticipated deficit this year which
may exceed $6 billion, coupled
with the strong recovery of busi
ness from the recession, may al
ready have stoked up the fires
of inflation which have been
fairly well banked in recent
months.
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THE FACT THAT today’s
food dollar will purchase only
38.9 cents of the groceries it
would buy in 1939 is evidence
of what inflation already has
done to the American economy.
According to calculations made
by economists of U. S. News and
World Report, the man who
made $1,500 in 1948 now has to
have an income of $1,860 to be
as well off as he was then.
(N«l prepared or printed at government expense)
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(Plus Sales Tax)
A Canadian tourist, Donald C.
Stewart, reported to sheriff J.
Walter Crews of Brantley County
that he had been clipped for $390
in a gambling game in Tattnall
County Wednesday afternoon,
Aug. 16.
The tourist claimed he was
traveling south with his wife and
two friends, Mr. and Mrs. R. V.
Bradley of Scottsmoor, Fla., when
they stopped at a place on 301
in Tattnall County to get some
orange juice.
He said the man who waited on
them gave them a free chance at
a prize, then enticed them into
further throws of the dice in
gambling. He soon lost $390.
After the alleged clipping was
reported to sheriff Crews at Na
hunta the sheriff and state troop
er Terry of Waycross called up
Lt. Roberson of the state patrol
at Reidsville. Lt. Roberson stat
ed that he would meet officer
Terry and Mr. Stewart at the
joint in Tattnall County so that
warrant could be sworn out a
gainst the alleged clip joint man.
Mr. Stewart and his wife are
from Ontario, Canada. They were
traveling south and towing a
trailer, as were their friends, Mr.
and Mrs. Bradley of Florida.
The alleged gamblers used
what is known as the “fast
count”, a game in which they
jerk up the dice before the spots
can be counted by the inexper
ienced player.
The place in Tattnall County
was closed when officers arrived
there Wednesday afternoon but
Mr. Stewart signed a warrant for
the alleged gambler, it was re
ported Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Robinson
of Idle Hour, Goodland, Fla.,
visited relatives in Brantley
County Tuesday. They also visit
ed points of interest in North
Carolina last week. Gladys Her
rin returned to Goodland with
them Wednesday.
Terrell Crews is undergoing
treatment at the Veterans Hos
pital at Lake City, Fla.
• • •
Mrs. Lorina Herrin spent Sat
urday night with her sister, Mrs.
Gene Bennett in Jacksonville.
Brazil affords a sobering ex
ample of what happens to the
economy of a country where in
flation is permitted to run riot.
There continued indulgence in
financing government spending
with printing-press money has
reduced the value of the Bra
zilian cruzeiro, once the equal of
the American dollar, to one-third
of a U. S. penny. With their
currency depreciating in value
at the rate of 30 per cent a year,
Brazilians cannot save or buy in
surance or securities but must
spend their money as fast as
they make it in order to realize
any purchasing power. The re
sult is that the poor are getting
poorer, the rich are investing
abroad and the government can
not meet its obligations at home
or abroad.
his address to
the nation that
“we must keep
down all ex
penditures not
thoroughly
justified in
budget re
quests” and
that he would
PRESERVATION OF the
American economy is equally as
important as building a defense
establishment adequate to meet
ing the Russian challenge. With
out a stable economy, a sound
dollar and a fiscally-responsible
government, having the fastest
planes, the most destructive mis
siles an' 1 the finest striking
forces will be of no avail.
Happily, all are possible if the
American people will but face up
to the reality that freedom does
not come cheap and that the in
convenience of foregoing the
luxury of unnecessary govern-
ment spending programs and the
belt-tightening of paying any
additional taxes which may be
required are small prices to pay
for away of life which has given
us the greatest and freest coun-
try in the history of civilization.
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