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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. — NUMBER 42 VOLUME 41 Robert Kennedy Blows His Top In Behalf of South Invaders A transcript of one of the strangest telephone conversations ever held has been published in a number of periodicals and The Enterprise is passing it on to its readers. It is the transcript of a phone conversation between Robert Kennedy, U. S. Attorney General, and George C. Cruit, superinten dent of the Greyhound bus ter minal in Birmingham, Ala. con cerning the so-called “Freedom riders” and their difficulty in getting a driver for their Grey hound bus out of Birmingham. The conversation was taken down by a stenographer and later be came a part of the court record. Here is the record of the phone conversation: Mr. Kennedy: “Mr. Cruit, this is Attorney General Kennedy. I just talked to Manning (Floyd Mann, Alabama Director of Pub lic Safety). Isn’t there some way we can get this bus down to Montgomery?” Mr. Cruit: “No, sir. I don’t have a man to drive the bus. They are fearful of their lives, and refuse to drive the bus under any condi tions.” Mr. Kennedy: “Do you have anybody else that can drive the bus? Any other drivers or out side drivers?” Mr. Cruit: “No, sir, there are no drivers who will take the bus un der any conditions. And, as for outside drivers, there is no one qualified to drive the bus, so I am completely bogged down here now. My union men tell me that none of their men will take the bus out.’’ Mr. Kennedy: “What union is that?” Mr. Cruit: “Amalgamated Asso ciation of Street, Electric, etc — Local Division No. 1314.” Mr. Kennedy: “Hold the wire a moment please, Mr. Cruit.” After a lapse of a few seconds Mr. Kennedy returned to the tele phone. Mr. Kennedy: “Mr. Cruit, I think if I were you I would get a driver of one of the colored buses and have them take the bus down. You can get one of them, can’t you?” Mr. Cruit: “No, sir, we do not have any colored or Negro drivers in Birmingham.” Mr. Kennedy: “Well, hell, you can look for one, can’t you? After all, these people have tickets and are entitled to transportation to continue the trip or project to Montgomery. We have gone to a lot of trouble to see that they get to this trip, and I am most con cerned to see that it is accom plished.” Mr. Cruit: “That may well be, Mr. Kennedy, but I don’t know just what we can do, as our driv ers refuse to drive this bus ana there is nothing that I can do.” Mr. Kennedy: “Well, can’t you get some Negro school-bus driver to drive the bus to Montgomery or this 6C.or more miles?” Mr. Cruit: “No, sir, there is no one qualified other than our bus drivers, and they all fear for their lives. I can well understand and I do not condone what hap pened yesterday (a reference to violence), as it was ridiculous, nevertheless my men fear driving this bus under these conditions. Mr. Kennedy: “Do you know how to drive .a bus?” Mr. Cruit: “No, sir, I do not. Only bus drivers who have spec ialized training can drive these Mr Kennedy: “Well, surely somebody in the damn bus com pany can drive a bus, can t they. Mr. Cruit: “No, sir, we are in the administrative end of the op eration, and only drivers are al lowed and qualified to drive the buses.” Mr. Kennedy: “Don’t you have any school-bus drivers around there who would be willing „to drive the bus that few miles? Mr. Cruit: “No, sir. They could not drive a piece of equipment valued at $45,000 when they had been driving a straight - shift small coach. I would fear for the bus being in a ditch before it got out of the city limits.” Mr. Kennedy: “Well. Mr. Cruit, I think you should —had better ee t in touch with Mr. Greyhound or whoever Greyhound is and somebody better give us an an swer to this question. I am—the Government is-going to be very much upset if this group does not get to continue their trip. In fact, I suggest you make arrangements to get a driver immediately and get these people on the way to Montgomery. “Under the law they are entitl led to transportation provided b> Grevhound. and we are looking R>r vou to get them on their way. T think vou had better call your owner or Greyhound and tell him to get some answer for this ques- Brantley County Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. tion right now. I know there is some way to get a driver for this bus." Mr. Cruit: “Well, I shall be glad to do what I can, but I cannot move the bus at this time with out a driver. I suggest that you call our people.” Mr. Kennedy: “I will be glad to talk with your people and somebody better get in the damn bus and get it going and get these people on their way. Mr. Cruit, I think that if some of you peo ple would just sit down and think for a few minutes that somebody would be able to drive a bus 80 or 90 miles. So I would suggest that you contact your Greyhound owner or somebody who can come up with an answer to this ques tion. Otherwise, somebody better get in touch with us.” 144 Expands Outpatient Treatment Beginning October 7, veterans of the southern and southeastern counties of Georgia are afforded an expanded hometown medical program for complete out-patient treatment for their service-con nected disabilities, as well as ex aminations for disability com pensation and pension purposes. With arrangement's completed for this expanded program, the VA said today that it will cur tail its activities at its outpatient clinic in Savannah, to which it was necessary in the past to send many veterans from over the area for examinations and treatment. The home-town doctor medical program will permit veterans ap proved by the Atlanta Regional Office to receive their treatments or examinations from local phy sicians of their choice, A. W. Tate, Manager of the VA’s At lanta Regional Office, explained. The Savannah VA Office in the Kay Building, 300 Drayton Street, will continue to service veterans and their dependents on the var ious other benefits through its Contract Representative, Social Work Service Representative, and a field examiner for the VA’s At torney. The VA has operated the Sa vannah clinic with the services of one doctor available only on a half-time basis. “This has limited appointment hours for schedul ing veterans and has worked a hardship on some of them. It has resulted in delays in treatment for others,” the VA said. “The enlarged home-town medical pro gram will eliminate many of these difficulties, and will make the scheduling of treatments and examinations more convenient for them.” In the few cases where labora tory facilities or therapeutic equipment are not at the disposal of the home-town physician, or where highly specilized treat ment or examinations are neces sary, the veteran may be sent to the VA’s Regional Office out patient clinic at Atlanta, as is done now. Winokur Baptist Church Begins Revival Monday Revival services will begin at Winokur Baptist Church on Mon day evening, Oct. 23, it is an nounced by the pastor, Rev. Ed die Dixon. Rev. David Thrift of Folkston will be the revival minister. Services will be held each evening throughout the week at 7:30 P. M. Everyone in the surrounding communities is cordially invited to attend. Pine Cone 4-H Club The Pine Cone 4-H members of the sixth grade met Oct. 12 with Beth Herrin, the president, call ing the meeting to order. Bob Long, the program chairman, led the group in the 23rd Psalm and the Lord’s Prayer. And the pledge was given. Other officers are Melinda Wil son, girl vice-president; Richard Stephens. boy vice-president; Freida Manning, secretary; Jer rell Herrin, parliamentarian and Virginia Allen, reporter. A film about “Soil fertility” was shown. Reporter, Virginia Allen. Brantley Enterprise Funeral Services Held Sunday for Watson Martin, 49 Thomas Watson Martin, age 49, died suddenly Friday night, Oct. 13, while visiting relatives in Brantley county. A native of Charlton county, he had made his home in Brant ley county most all his life. He lived in Pierce county a few years and had many relatives and friends there. Martin was the son of the late Perry Martin and Ava Melton Martin. He was a life long farmer. Survivors are his wife, the former Miss Goldie Melton of Brantley county; three daughters, Mrs. Ruby Barnard, St. Marys, Mrs. Doris Barnard, Oceanway, Fla., and Miss Linda Martin, Way cross; four sons, Thomas Martin, Delmas Martin, Alton Martin and Raymond Martin, all of Way cross; eight sisters, Mrs. Nola Melton and Mrs. Iva Lee Howell, both of Waycross, Mrs. Corine Melton, Racepond, Mrs. Allie Mae Spurlock and Mrs. Azielee Guinn, both of Folkston, Mrs. Margie Curry, St. Marys, Mrs. Georgia Mae Howard, Jesup and Mrs. Madeline Simmons, Milliard, Fla.; three brothers, Leroy Martin, Racepond, M. M. Martin, Patter son and R. L. Martin, St. Marys; three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3:00 P. M. at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church with Elder Thomas Lee and Eld er J. W. Barnard officiating. In terment was in the High Bluff Cemetery. Pallbearers were Floyd Al dridge, Fleming Howell, Harvey Howell, Vernie Howell, Talmadge Gunter and L. M. Gunter. Mrs. E. A. Moody's Brother Died In Jacksonville Edward E. (Gene) Pierce, 55, Jacksonville funeral director who lived at 1288 Dancy St., died ear ly Sunday following a heart at tack. Mr. Pierce was born in Sur rency, Ga., and had lived in Jacksonville 20 years, moving here from Tampa. He was a mem ber of the Methodist Church, the Elks, and the Florida Funeral Directors Association. He was a veteran of World War 11, serving with the U. S. Army. Mr. Pierce had been associated with Hardage and Sons Funeral Home 15 years. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Helen Pierce, one son, Ed ward E. Pierce Jr., of this city; and seven sisters, Mrs. E. A. Moody, Nahunta, Ga., Mrs. H. O. Robinson and Mrs. Bonnie Wal ker, both of Brunswick, Ga., Mrs. Venita Hawkins and Mrs. Rena Thomas, both of Knoxville, Tenn., Mrs. Bernice Goode, Marietta, Ga., and Mrs. Grace Marshall, Elizabeth City, N. C. Funeral services were held at 11 A. M. Tuesday in the chapel of Hardage and Sons Riverside Fun eral Home, 517 Park St., with Rev. Albert J. Kissling, pastor of the Riverside Presbyterian Church, officiating. Pallbearers were Ronald Gid dens, John F. Scruggs. Dave Bur roughs, Emmett P. Broward, Ker mit Highsmith and Bill Kerlin. Following services the body was taken to Broxton, Ga., where in terment was in Reedy Branch Ce metery. Dimmer Switch On Auto Can Save a Life The dimmer switch on your car may be an insignificant looking button but as the days get short er and headlights come on earlier it could save your life. Dr. Gerald M. Thomas, presi dent, Georgia Optometric Associa tion, this week gave some tips for proper use of this car acces sory, as follows: (1) When following another car remember to switch down your beam to take the glare out of his mirror. (2) In passing a car flick your lights up and down, keeping them down until alongside, then switch to bright. (3) Flick your own bright lights a couple of times when bright lights blind you t* jog the other driver’s memory. (4) On a turn or at the crest of a hill press your dimmer be fore the other car comes into view. Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, October 19, 1961 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA School Literary Society Adopts Constitution The meeting of the Russell Huffman Literary Society was held on Tuesday, Oct. 17. Dollie Warren, president, call ed the meeting to order and Trel lis Morgan, program chairman, gave the devotional. The new Constitution reads as follows: ARTICLE I, The name of this club shall be the Russell Huff man Literary Society. ARTICLE 11, The officers of the club shall be president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, reporter, parlimentarian and ad visor. ARTICLE HI, All officers shall serve for a term of one year but may be re-elected the following year. ARTICLE IV, Dues for mem bership in the club shall be $1 a year. ARTICLE V, All motions, no minations, elections, etc., shall be carried by a majority vote of all present except a motion to limit debate or to ratify or amend this constitution which shall require the backing of two-thirds of all present. ARTICLE VI, The officers shall be elected at the last meet ing of the year, and the seniors shall serve on the nomination committee. The topic of this year’s debate shall be: Resolved: That the Fed eral Government Should Equalize Educational Opportunities through Federal Aid to Educa tion.” Those participating in the de bate this year will be: Janice Willis, Dollie Warren, Charlene Gibson, and John Calhoun Jr. Substitute debaters are: Sandra Jacobs, Beth Calhoun, Benny Thomas and Johnny Walker. Long and Moody Purchase Wilson's Garage Business W. C. Long and D. S. Moody have purchased the business formerly known as Wilson’s Gar age and will operate it under the name of L & M Auto Parts. They also will handle Interna tional Trucks and Tractors under the name of L & M Trucks and Tractors. Mr. Long is state senator from this district and .also owns and operates the Texaco Service Cen ter in Nahunta. Mr. Moody owns and operates Paloma Court and Restaurant in Nahunta. Mr. Long and Mr. Moody took over the Wilson’s Garage business on Oct. 14. Methodist Will Give Offering For Cuban Work Methodist churches of the de nomination’s Southeastern Juris diction, which includes churches in Georgia, will be asked to give an offering on November 19 for the work of the Methodist Church in Cuba and among Cuban refu gees in Miami. Goal of the offer ing is SBO,OOO. The Methodist Southeastern Ju risdiction Council decided in its annual meeting to request such an offering. The promotional a gency met September 7-8 at First Methodist Church, Birmingham, Ala. The offering will be for work of the ministry in the Cuba Con ference, the preaching ministry to Cuban refugees in Miami, and for other help through the Meth odist Committee for Overseas Re lief. Cuba is a part of the South eastern Jurisdiction of the Meth odist Church. Methodist Bishop James W. Henley, Jacksonville, Fla., pre sented the matter to the council for its consideration. If Sunday, November 19, is not a practicable day for the offer ing in every Methodist annual conference, then an appropriate day should be selected by those conferences in which it is not, the council said. The council will work with the Southeastern Jurisdiction College of Bishops in presenting the ap peal to the churches. Why wait for business? Want * ads will channel it to you. Want ads may look insignifi cant. but they do a BIG job of selling. Calvary HD Club Elected Officers The Calvary Home Demonstra tion Club held its .monthly meet ing at Calvary Community Cen ter, Thursday night, Oct. 12. This was the first meeting of the new year. New officers were installed, they were as follows: Presilent, Mrs. Loyce Woods; vice-president, Mrs. Lonnie Al dridge; secretary and reporter, Mrs. G. W. Stevens; treasurer, Mrs. John L. Miles Sr.; inspira tion, Mrs. Elbert Aldridge. Chairmen: nutrition, Mrs. John L. Miles Sr.; landscapping, Mrs. Elbert Aldridge; recreation and music, Mrs. G. W. Stevens; cloth ing, Mrs. Lonnie Aldridge; Fami ly life and recreations, Mrs. John R. Driggers; food preservation, Mrs. Goldwire Fowler; health and civil defense, Mrs. John R. Drig gers; member at large, Mrs. Loyce Woods. The group discussed plans for the coming year. Personals State Comptroller Zack Cravey of Atlanta was a visitor at The Brantley Enterprise office Tues day morning, Oct. 17. Mrs. Mable Moody, county school superintendent, Prof. Jack Moore, Ag. teacher at Hoboken, and Robert Page, president of the State Future Farmers, re turned home Sunday from the National FFA Convention at Kan sas City, Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge Dixon and three children have returned to their home in Atlanta after spending a week with their par ents, Rev. and Mrs. E. J. Dixon. Mr. Noah Harris, 83, broke his hip Saturday, Oct. 14, and was operated on at the Waycross Me morial Hospital Monday. His con dition was reported as good Wed nesday and he was allowed to get into a wheel chair. Stan Siegel of Aberdeen, S. Dakota spent the past weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Siegel of Nahunta. Little Miss Julie Ann Siegel arrived earlier in the week to spend the fall months with Mr. and Mrs. Siegel. Additional Variety Os Flue-cured Leaf On Discount List According to George Dykes, chairman of the Brantley ASC county committee, a new variety of flue-cured tobacco, known as 187-Golden Wilt, has been added to the list of discount varieties. For the 1962 crop, 187-Golden Wilt tobacco will be supported at one-half the support rates for comparable grades of the accept able varieties. The same applies to any other unreleased tobacco breeding line having the charac teristics of Coker 139, Coker 140, or Dixie Bright 244 — three varieties discounted since 1957. The 187-Golden Wilt is also re ferred to by other names, such as No-Name, XYZ, Super XYZ, and Mortgage Lifter. The 187-Golden Wilt tobacco is an experimental line developed by Coker’s Pedigreed Seed Com pany, Hartsville, S. C. Although the tobacco has many desirable qualities, it has a low nicotine content and unbalanced chemical properties, and the company de cided it was to the best interest of the tobacco trade not to re lease it for commercial use. In 1959 it was reported that seed of this new variety was ob tained by a few growers from experimental plots and planted during the 1960 growing season. Seed from these plantings were increased and distributed without the knowledge of consent of the seed company. Tobacco from this variety is nearly identical to the other three discount varieties, which are considered in the trade to the undesirable and, therefore, of low commercial value. It is es sential that growers produce to bacco with the flavor and aroma desired by both the domestic and foreign trade if the tobacco pro gram is to be maintained on a sound basis. Mr. Dykes emphasized that growers raising any one of the discount varieties will be issued a limited blue marketing card and cautioned all growers to buy their seed from reliable sources. 81 Brantley FFA Members Go to Macon Fifty-four members from the Nahunta FFA chapter and 27 members from the Hoboken FFA chapter will be leaving on an ear ly journey Friday morning, Oct. 20, for the .Annual Livestock Show at the Macon State Fair and remain overnight for the an nual State FFA Rally which be gins Saturday morning with State FFA President, Robert Page, of the Hoboken chapter presiding. The livestock show will con sist of FFA boys participating from over the state. The pro gram Saturday morning will con sist of lay speakers, awards to FFA members including the Star Georgia Planters and the con ferring of the Georgia planter De grees. Brantley County boys receiving this degree are; Hoboken Chap ter; Jimmy Bell, Willis Lee, La mar Altman and Wayne Altman. Nahunta Chapter; Johnnie Crews. The Georgia Planter is the highest degree that can be a warded by the State Association of Future Farmers. Accompany ing these boys on the trip will be Hoboken Vocational Agriculture Teacher, W. J. Moore Jr. and Na hunta Vocational Agriculture Teacher, Carter Morton Jr. Ronnie Hendrix, reporter. Nahunta FFA Bull Wins Prize in Breeding Program The Nahunta High F. F. A. chapter bull has taken tenth place in the beef breeding program. This was a challenge for the F. F. A- members since we have not taken a place in it before. The first four counties will re ceive a polled Hereford at the state fair in Macon. The other six will receive a cash prize at a dinner meeting in Macon. If any farmer would like to use the bull, he is available. There is no charge for using him. Ronnie Hendrix, reporter. City and County Officers Swap Jobs C. T. Stephens, who has been deputy sheriff under Brantley County sheriff J. Walter Crews, has accepted the job of police man for the City of Nahunta, ef fective Oct. 16. Weslet Burden, former city po liceman, has accepted the job of deputy sheriff under sheriff Crews. The effect of the change in officers for the county and city was a “swap” of jobs by the two officers. Posted Signs for Sale At Brantley Enterprise Atlanta School Board Files Reply in Fund Cut-off Suit Attorneys for the Atlanta Board of Education contended for the first time Monday that Georgia’s constitutional provision for segregated schools is null and void and in violation of the 14th Amendment to the U. S. Consti tution. The contention was contained in answers to a Georgia taxpay ers’ suit seeking to cut off funds to Atlanta’s four desegregrated public high schools. The documents were filed with the clerk of the Pierce County Superior Court in Blackshear. Although school desegregation began in Atlanta on Aug. 30 un der a federal court order, the state constitutional provision for separate schools never has been struck down nor attacked in court. The constitution specifies that “the provision of an adequate education for the citizens shall be a primary obligation of the state of Georgia, the expense of which shall be provided for by taxation. Separate schools shall be provided for the white and color ed races.” Using that provision, a group of taxpayers asked Judge Cecil Roddenberry of Nahunta to en join use of state funds in Atlan ta’s desegregated schools. The judge granted a temporary re straining order but it was stayed by the Georgia Supreme Court 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) Nahunta Library Club The Nahunta Library Club held its October meeting in the library with Becky Omick, president presiding. Mrs. Gibson, librarian, discuss ed with the body the major prob lems and ways and means of solv ing them so as to be of the great est service to the teachers and school. Evaluation was discussed and the importance of being ready for the visiting committee in Novem ber stressed. The club reports that auto graphed books have been contri buted by the following graduates: Mrs. Naomi (Lake) Manning, Mrs. Verdie (Lewis) Willis, Mrs. Josie Mae (Hendrix) Jones, Mr. Virgil Strickland, Mrs. Mary Lou (Kaney) Gibson, Mrs. Eula (Jones) Ellis, Mrs. Emily (Ja cobs) McMurphy, Mrs. Theresa (Jacobs) Strickland, Miss Virleen Strickland, William Jacobs, Sen ior 1962. The club is pleased over the project and the spirit of the past graduates in wanting to do some thing for their school. Refreshments were served by the committee after which the meeting adjourned. Sarah Anne Gibson, Barbara Wiggins, reporters. News Writers, Please Have Mercy on Us We are making this appeal to all news writers and reporters for various organizations and people of Brantley County. BRING US YOUR NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS. We cannot accept items for publication that are more than a week old. If your news is worth printing, it is worth getting to us while it is new and not more than a week old. Every week we are embarrass ed by having to refuse to pub lish so-called news that is 10 days to three weeks old. It is not news but has become history when it is so out-of-date. We are asking all concerned in getting their news into the pap er to please, PLEASE get it in on time. Do not embarrass us by forcing us to refuse to publish matter that is more than a week old, matter that is no longer new and therefore no longer news. And REMEMBER, TOO, THE DEADLINE EACH WEEK IS WEDNESDAY NOON. Thank you one and all for having mercy on us. Parse Accepts Job With Zack Cravey Andy Parse has accepted a job with the organization of Zack Cravey, State Comptroller. Mr. Parse’s duties will be to put on fire prevention demons trations over the state. A fire pre vention demonstration will be put on in Brantley County some time in December, it is announc ed. pending an appeal. The answers Monday were di rected to Roddenberry’s court and were signed by Atlanta city at torney J. C. Savage and his as sociates, Newell Edenfield and A. C. Latimer. The allegations of the fund cut off suit, the answers contended, “are based upon and dependent upon that portion ... of the Constitution of the state of Geor gia which provides . . . “separate schools shall be provided for the white and colored races’ which said provision ... is unconstitu tional, null and void in that the same seeks to enforce and require segregation of the races in pub lic schools in violation of Amend ment 14 to the Constitution of the United States . . .” Fund cutoff laws and other statues requiring school segrega tion were repealed by the 1961 Legislature. But the constitution al requirement for segregation remains on the books. Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook once held that the sentence requiring separate schools was inseparable from the sentence granting the state authority to levy taxes for schools. Some authorities have contend ed that if both sentences were knocked down together, the state would no longer have power to raise school funds by taxation.