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VOLUME 42 — NUMBER 1
Tobacco Industry
Records in 350th
Washington — The nation’s to
bacco economy should set new
records again in 1962, the indus
try’s 350th anniversary year, top
ping the records set in 1961, re
ports George V. Allen, president
of The Tobacco Institute, Inc.
In a year-end review and out
look, Mr. Allen said:
“There appears to be little
question that in the next 12
months we shall see new records,
topping those set in 1961, for in
come to tobacco growers, for out
put of most manufactured pro
ducts, and for contributions to
other segments of the national
economy, including excise and
other tax payments to all levels
of government.”
Mr. Allen cited these 1961 re
cords:
Two billion pounds of tobacco
were grown by tobacco farmers,
who received about $1.3 billion
for their crops during the year.
Higher quality leaf brought bet
ter prices than ever to the farm
ers.
Exports of U. S. cigarettes to
taled 22.3 billion, up 10 percent
from 1960.
Cigarette sales in the U. S.
reached 503 billion cigarettes, 19
billion more than 1960. Consum
ers spent about $7 billion for cig
arettes in 1961, up S4OO million.
About 44 percent of what con
sumers paid for cigarettes was
for federal, state and local taxes.
On cigarettes alone, taxes were
$3.1 billion, up from $2.9 billion
in 1960.
Use of cigars, cigarillos and
smoking tobacco also showed
gains.
Mr. Allen recalled that 1962
will be the 350th anniversary of
the tobacco industry in the U. S.
In 1612 Virginia colonist John
Rolfe harvested his first crop of
tobacco in Jamestown, which was
then on the brink of economic
collapse. “When shipped to Eng
land, it assured an English-speak
ing future for America, for the
success of Jamestown was as
sured,” he said.
“Since those days, tobacco has
continued to be a target for at
tack, and it has always had its
stout defenders,” Mr. Allen said.
“The result is one of the great
est bodies of literature on any
subject — including fiction and
non-fiction, fact and opinion, and
the pros and cons.
“Today, there are some who be
lieve tobacco contributes to var
ious human ills, including lung
cancer and heart disease. Most of
the discussion revolves around
the question of excessive use of
tobacco. It covers a wide range
of opinion, including those who
say that any tobacco is harmful
to anyone. Others contend that
the sensible use of tobacco by
normal healthy human beings is
not a cause of disease, and may
afford relief from stress and
strain.”
Mr. Allen referred to “many
reports’’ during the past year ‘in
dicating that a wide variety of
factors may be involved in lung
cancer . . . These research reports
might not have been undertaken
■f there had not been people call
ing for caution in accepting the
cigarette hypothesis without fur
ther question.”
Mr. Allen also discussed tobac
co taxes, saying “the increasing
number of direct sales taxes, es
pecially on cigarettes, is placing
an excessive economic burden on
users of tobacco products.
The 350th anniversary of the
tobacco industry in the U. S.
will be highlighted by a special
celebration in Jamestown in May
1962. It is being sponsored by the
Jamestown Foundation of Virgin
ia.
FOOD CONSUMPTION
In 1960, each person in the
United States consumed an aver
age of 161 pounds of red meat,
35 pounds of chicken and turkey,
204 pounds of fruits, 200 pounds
of vegetables, 670 pounds of dairy
products, 108 pounds of potatoes
and 7.5 pounds of sweet potatoes.
A new chemical treatment dis
covered by USDA scientists may
make it possible for florists to
offer blooming azaleas the year
round.
LUMBER PRODUCTION
U. s. Forest Service officials
have predicted that by the year
2000 more than half the lumber
required in the United States
will be manufactured in the
South. The present growth of
southern pine sawtimber so dom
inates the national picture that it
exceeds the growth of all soft
wood species combined, according
to H. O. Baxter, Extension for
estry marketing specialist.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Expects to Break
Anniversary Year
Income Tax Clinic
Set for Thursday
Need some information to help
you file your 1961 Income Tax
Return.
An Income Tax clinic will be
held at the Nahunta High School
Vocational Agriculture classroom
on Thursday night, January 11,
at 7:30 P. M.
Carter Morton Jr., Vocational
Agriculture teacher at Nahunta
High School will be in charge of
the program assisted by Mr. J.
F. Nicholson, Area Teacher for
this district.
Anyone interested in this very
important subject is cordially in
vited to attend this meeting.
Legislators Think
Byrd Will Win
Governor's Race
Lt. Governor Garland T. Byrd
is the leading candidate for Gov
ernor in the 1962 Democratic
Primary, according to a poll of
members of the State legislature.
The poll, conducted by The Ma
con Telegraph and News, asked
the legislators who would win in
their counties in the governor’s
race if the primary election were
held now.
Os the 132 lawmakers answer
ing the poll, 67 said Byrd would
win, 51 said Marvin Griffin
would win, and 14 were undecid
ed.
Analyzed by percentages, 50.6
of the replies were in Byrd’s fa
vor and 38.6 in Griffin’s favor.
State Sen. Erwin Mitchell, who
has said he is considering the
race, was not listed by a"single
lawmaker.
Mrs. E. K. Ham returned home
last Thursday from Lagrange,
Ga., where she has been visiting
Rev. and Mrs. Omer Graves. Her
daughter, Mrs. Graves, recently
underwent a major operation.
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Popwell and
children, Kenneth, Jerry, Donna
and Chris spent last weekend in
Athens, Ga., visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Sears.
Out of town guests of Mrs. W.
R. Strickland last week were;
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Gallman
and children, Tuscaloosa, Ala.;
Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon East and
sons, Columbia, S. C.; Mr. and
Mrs. Reuben Strickland and
children, Rome, Ga.; Mr. .and Mrs.
Arthur Strickland and daughter,
Dawson, Ga.; Mrs. John L. Snare
and children, Gainsville, Ga.; Mr.
and Mrs. Hal Crawford and
daughter, Savannah; Mr. and
Mrs. J. Marvin Strickland, Way
cross; Lt. Reginald Strickland
and wife and children, Lackland
AFB, San Antonio, Texas.
George Willis Thomas, son of
Rev. and Mrs. Cecil Thomas of
Nahunta, qualified for Dean’s
List standing during the fall
quarter of 1961 at Georgia South
ern College. The list is attained
by high scholastic achievement.
University Admission
Requirements Changed
ATHENS, Ga. — A change has
been made in the admission re
quirements of the University of
Georgia. In addition to the Scho
lastic Aptitude Test scores of the
College Entrance Examination
Board, the University is now re
quiring scores of the English
Composition and Intermediate
Mathematics Achievement Tests.
These tests, also administrered
by the College Entrance Examin
ation Board, will replace the re
gular freshmen placement tests,
given by the University during
its traditional Orientation Week.
The results will be used to classi
fy students for possible exemp
tion of certain elementary
courses. It will also determine
students eligible for Honors
Courses, remedial courses and
other special programs.
University officials urge all
high school seniors seeking ad
mission in the Fall, 1962, to take
the Scholastic Aptitude Test of
the C. E. E. B. in January or
March. The students should then
take the English Composition and
Intermediate Mathematics A
chievement Tests in January,
March or May. The officials indi
cate that the test may be taken
lat different times.
Personals
Brantley Enterprise
Infant Twins Die
24 Hours Apart
Graveside services were held
at McClellan Cemetery Thursday
afternoon, Dec. 28, at three o’-
clock for Terry Alfred O’Neal, in
fant twin son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse W. O’Neal of Route 2, Na
hunta.
Graveside services were held
at the same cemetery Friday af
ternoon, December 29 for Jerry
David O’Neal, the second of the
two twin boys who were born at
the Brantley County Medical
Center Wednesday, Dec. 27.
In addition to the parents, sur
vivors include one sister. Miss
Lizzie Mae O’Neal of Nahunta;
four brothers, J. W. O’Neal, Ed
ward O'Neal, Arthur Gene O’-
Neal and Nathan O’Neal all of
Nahunta; maternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Stewart of
Nahunta.
Several aunts, uncles and other
relatives also survive.
The family have the sympathy
of their many friends in their be
reavement.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of ar
rangements.
Plastic Covers
For Tobacco Beds
Show Much Promise
Results of preliminary tests
conducted in the fall and winter
of 1960-61 at the Georgia Coastal
Plain Experiment Station at Tif
ton to compare polyethylene film
and 24-mesh cotton cloth as cov-
ering material for flue-cured to
bacco plant beds show many ad
vantages for growing plants un
der plastic.
Significant increases in tem-
perature and humidity were not
ed in the plastic covered beds and
these beds required one-third to
one-half less irrigation water per
application than did those cov
ered with conventional doth.
Both seed germination and
plant growth were faster under
the plastic cover. In the plastic
covered beds a high percentage
of the seed germinated within the
first 15 days after seeding,
while only a limited number of
seed under cloth had completed
germination by 30 days after
seeding. In three plastic covered
beds the number of days from
seeding to the first pulling of
plants averaged 62 days com
pared to 93 days in three com
parable cloth-covered beds.
Another important factor which
favored the plastic was the ab
sence of any blue mold in the
plastic covered beds. This was
true even though no control
chemical was used in these beds
until after permanent removal of
the plastic covers and the causal
organism was present in ad
joining beds.
Agronomist J. D. Miles of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
who conducted these tests point
ed out that, although the plastic
covers promise decided improve
ments in tobacco plant produc
tion, these tests are only prelim
inary and cannot be considered
as conclusive or as a recommen
dation. He said that tobacco
growers who wish to use plas
tic covers this season should do
so on a limited scale and wait
for results of further research
before covering all of their plant
beds with plastic.
Growers who wish additional
information about producing to
bacco plants under plastic cover
should contact their county a
gent.
AF Seeks Teachers
For Overseas Posts
ROBINS AF BASE, GA. — Air
Force recruiters are seeking
teachers interested in teaching
positions in the Azores, England,
France, Morocco, Libya, Spain,
Japan, the Philippines, and sev
eral other overseas locations.
The age requirement is 23 to
60 for all applicants. Minimum
scholastic requirements are a
Bachelors Degree with 18 semes
ter hours in the field of educa
tion.
Secondary teachers will be as
signed to teach only those sub
jects in which they have at least
18 hours of preparation. A valid
State Teacher’s Certificate and
two years of teaching experience
are required. Applicants without
dependents are preferred.
Interested applicants should
contact the Overseas Placement
Officer, Civilian Personnel Divi
sion, Robins Air Force Base,
Georgia.
Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Jan. 4,1962 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Mr. Elemuel Lee, 64, of Route
3, Folkston passed away late Fri
day afternoon, Dec. 29, at his
home in the Winokur community,
following a lengthy illness.
Mr. Lee was a lifelong resident
of Charlton county and was the
son of the late Daniel and Nancy
Lee. He received his education in
the schools of the county and
from early manhood had engaged
in farming until declining health
forced his retirement. He was a
member of the Corinth Primitive
Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Betty Hendrix Lee of Folk
ston; five daughters, Mrs. Doro
thy Mae Davis, Miss Mary
Frances Lee, Miss Mattie Belle
Lee, Miss Shirley Faye Lee, and
Miss Bertha Sue Lee, all of Folk
ston; two sons, A2JC M. D. Lee of
the USAF, who is stationed in
Turkey and Farley J. Lee of
Folkston; three brothers, David
Lee of Melbourne, Fla., Joseph
Lee of Perry, Fla., and Harrison
Lee of Hoboken.
Three grandchildren, several
nieces, nephews and other rela
tives also survive.
Funeral services were held
Sunday morning, Dec. 31, at ele
ven o’clock from the Corinth
Primitive Baptist Church, with
Elder S. J. Hendrix conducting
the rites in the presence of a
large number of sorrowing rela
tives and friends.
Interment followed in Corinth
cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
Messrs. Willie Smith, Mac Herrin,
W. E. Johns, Roy Bleverly, Josie
Hickox and Lee Sikes.
The family have the sympathy
of their many friends in their be
reavement.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of ar
rangements.
One Killed,
Nine Injured
In Auto Crash
James Francis Lemmon Jr., 12,
of West Richfield, Ohio, died as a
result of a three car collision on
US 301, which occurred at ap
proximately seven o’clock P. M.
on New Year’s Eve ten miles
south of Nahunta. The youth was
a passenger in a station wagon
being driven by his father, Dr.
James F. Lemmon Sr.
According to State Patrolmen
D. J. Brown and Billy Turner,
who investigated the accident,
the mishap occurred when a
house trailer being towed by Dr.
Lemmon was struck from the
rear by an auto driven by Wad
dell Crews of Jacksonville, Fla.
The Lemmon vehicle then went
out of control and crashed headon
with an auto being driven by Rus
sell Thrift of Nahunta. The Lem
mon vehicle was headed north
at the time of the accident.
Injured in the accident, ac
cording to the Patrol, were Dr.
Lemmon, who suffered severe
head injuries; his wife, Mrs. Bet
ty Lemmon, head and arm in
juries; Wesley Lemmon, Geofrey
Lemmon, Dollie Lemmon and
Cynthia Lemmon. Local persons
injured were Russell Thrift,
Joseph Allen and Shirley Allen.
Ambulances from Nahunta and
Folkston carried the injured to
hospitals in Waycross and Folk
ston. Dr. Lemmon was later car
ried to St. Vincent’s Hospital in
Jacksonville, Fla., for emer
gency surgery and at last re
ports, he was reported to be sat
isfactorily improving. Dollie and
Cynthia Lemmon were transfer
red to the Waycross Hospital
early Monday morning.
The Lemmon youth was born
in Philadelphia, Penn., and was
a member of the First Congrega
tional Church. He was a student
in the 7th grade of the East View
Junior High School and a mem
ber of the Richfield Boy Scout
Troop.
The remains were sent to Ak
rorr,' Ohio, for funeral services
and interment by the Chambless
Funeral Home of Nahunta.
Singing Convention
Will Meet at
Lulaton Sunday
The Brantley County singing
convention will meet at the Lula
ton Baptist Church Sunday af
ternoon, Jan. 7, at 2:00 o’clock,
it is announced by Mrs. Evelyn
Harris.
Singers are expected from over
the county and also from other
counties. Everyone is invited.
Elemuel Lee
Funeral Service
Held Sunday
Report Compiled
On Water Quality
In Southeast Area
A report on the quality of
ground and surface waters in an
88,000 square mile area of Geor
gia, Florida, Alabama, and South
Carolina has been compiled at the
request of the U. S. Study Com
mission, Southeast River Basins.
Chairman J. W. Woodruff Jr.
announced completion of the re
port, financed by the Study Com
mission, which was prepared by
the Atlanta office of the Division
of Water Supply and pollution
control, U. S. Public Health Ser
vice. These data will be used in
the planning of long-range land
and water resource projects and
programs now underway by the
U. S. Study Commission.
Chairman Woodruff noted that
the proper planning of water and
land resource development pro
jects must of necessity include
basic data on water quality. Agri
culture, industry, municipalities,
recreation facilities and fish and
wildlife are dependent on water
of satisfactory quality as well as
quantity.
The report summerizes and pre
sents in one document existing
data on the physical, chemical,
radiological and bacteriological
quality of ground and surface
waters in the Southeast River
Basins.
The 195-page report lists data
for the eight river basins being
studied by the Commission,
namely the Savannah, Ogeechee,
Altamaha, Satilla-St. Marys, Su
wannee, Ochlockonee, Apalachi
cola - Chattahoochee - Flint and
Choctawhatchee-Perdido. There
is a separate tabulation for both
ground and surface waters.
The data on ground water in
each basin are tabulated by
county starting with the counties
in the upper portion of the basin
and generally proceeding down
ward toward the basin mouth.
This same tabulating procedure
was used for the surface water
data except that .major river sys
tems within a basin were group
ed separately.
The U. S. Study Commission
initiated a field study to obtain
surface water quality data and as
sisted in the selection and estab
lishment of 27 additional river
sampling stations. These stations
were strategically placed
throughout the SERB area to ef
fectively monitor the water qual
ity of major streams. They will
become part of a permanent net
work of water quality sampling
stations necessary for the evalua
tion and protection of the water
resources.
The U. S. Study Commission
recognizing the importance of
water quality in the planning of
water and land resources devel
opment commissioned the Pub
lic Health Service to assemble
these data. Splendid cooperation
was afforded to them by the
South Carolina State Health De
partment, South Carolina Re
search, Planning and Develop
ment Board; Georgia Department
of Public Health; Georgia De
partment of Mines, Mining and
[Geology; Florida State Board of
Health; Florida State Board of
Conservation; Alabama Depart
ment of Public Health, Alabama
Water Improvement Commis
sion; Biological Survey of Ala
bama, U. S. Geological Survey, U.
S. Fish and Wildlife Service;
Atomic Energy Commission; and
a number of industries. Specialists
on the Commission staff also
participated in the preparation of
the report.
The Commission’s study area
includes all or portions of 143
counties in Georgia; of 32 coun
ties in north Florida; of 22 coun
ties in southeastern Alabama; of
113 counties in the western bor
der area of South Carolina and
portions of four counties in
southwestern North Carolina.
The Commission’s study in
cludes a consideration of flood
[control and prevention; domestic
and municipal water supplies; im
provement and safeguarding of
navigation; reclamation, irriga
tion and drainage of land; possi
bilities of hydroelectric power
and industrial development; soil
conservation and utilization; for
est conservation and utilization;
preservation, protection and en
hancement of fish and wildlife re
sources; the development of re
creation; salinity and sediment
control; and pollution abatement
and protection of public health.
The Commission is considering
land and water resources in its
planning and it is not limited to
the above eleven listed functions.
Caladium bulbs can be over
wintered without much difficul
ty, but they can not stand low
temperatures and therefore
should be dug before frost, ad
vises Extension Horticulturist
Gerald Smith.
Road Construction in Georgia
Totaled $146 Million in 1961
Totaled $146
ATLANTA — The letting of
contracts for more than $146 mil
lion in state highway construc
tion during 1961 made this the
greatest single year in the his
tory of Georgia roadbuilding,
Governor Ernest Vandiver de
clared.
The record lettings during this
year will push the total money
spent on highway work during
the Vandiver administration to al
most a half-billion dollars — the
greatest highway program Geor
gia has ever had.
“When this administration
leaves office, it will have provid
ed Georgia with a balanced sys
tem of interstate, primary, se
condary and urban highways, and
farm-to-market roads in the fin
est condition ever achieved,”
Governor Vandiver asserted.
“I am gratified that during the
past year this administration has
been able to build and recon
struct more roads than ever in
our previous history,” the Gov
ernor added.
During the past year, construc
tion contracts were let on a total
of $146,051,653.40 in new road
work — not including that done
under county contracts or by
state maintenance forces.
Contracts let in July alone
totaled $34,276,453.44 — more
than for any full year up to and
including 1951.
During the first three years of
the Vandiver administration, the
total spent on improvement and
expansion of Georgia’s vital
highway network climbed to a
staggering $377.4 million, Gov
ernor Vandiver said.
Contracts let during the re
cord year included 102.342 miles
of Interstate, 162.00 miles of Pri
mary, 274.873 miles of Secondary,
and 366.908 miles of State-financ
ed road construction.
At the same time, highway
maintenance has been revitalized,
rather than neglected, under the
Vandiver administration. During
Thiokol Chemical Corp. Option
Is Payoff of Industrial Effort
ATLANTA — The announce
ment Dec. 7 that Thiokol Chemi
cal Corporation has optioned a
huge site in Camden County is
the pay-off to intensive industrial
assistance activities by the Geor
gia Department of Commerce,
Governor Ernest Vandiver said
today.
During the Vandiver adminis
tration, the Department of Com
merce has spent almost $200,000
on industrial research, mineral
surveys, consultant services,
feasibility studies and similar
projects to assist present and
prospective industries.
“During the fiscal year just
completed, representatives of the
Commerce Department contacted
227 new prospects, provided in
formation to more than 1,500 in
dustry representatives and travel
ed more than 101,000 miles in
searching for industry,” the Gov
ernor pointed out.
“The Thiokol announcement is
just a sample of the type of bene
fits which Georgia can expect to
reap when state and local offi
cials work together for the com
mon good of our people," Gover
nor Vandiver said.
Thiokol engineering teams sur
veyed more than 50 alternate
sites in Alabama, Florida, Geor
gia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, and Texas, before decid
ing that the site 12 miles south of
Brunswick was ideal for possible
production of solid-fuel rocket en
gines, and probably better than
any in the United States for that
purpose, the Governor emphasiz
ed.
It was the “go-get-iveness” of
the Vandiver administration
which helped bring the giant roc
ket industry location-looking to
Georgia, just as it helped bring
the new Garland Knitting Mills
to Warrenton, where Governor
Vandiver dedicated a new plant
last week.
In dedicating that plant, Gov
ernor Vandiver pointed out how
the immediate response of De
partment of Commerce officials
to an inquiry from representa
tives of the new mill subsequent
ly resulted in that company lo
cating in Georgia.
“Were it not for the fact that
our Georgia Department of Com
merce acted swiftly when this
firm expressed an interest in the
possibility of locating a plant in
Georgia, this magnificient new
facility might well be located in
one of our neighboring states,”
the Governor said in his Warren
ton speech.
One woman said eight fami
lies borrowed her Enterprise
each week. I didn’t know
there were that many spong
ers in Brantley County.
the past three years, Highway
Department maintenance forces
have averaged 1100 miles per
year in paving, patching, widen
ing and resurfacing roads in
every area of the state.
In addition, the SIOO million
bond program proposed by the
administration to finance recon
struction of more than 6300 miles
of the state’s major highways is
well underway. The first incre
ment of bonds, totaling S3O mil
lion, was sold in July, and the
second increment of bonds, $35
million, in November.
Hickox Family Thanks
Fire Department
The Nahunta Fire Department
has received a letter of thanks
from the Tim Hickox family for
saving their home from fire on
Christmas Eve night. Th? letter
was as follows:
City Fire Department
Nahunta, Ga.
Dear Friends:
The Hickox family wish to
thank the fire department for
saving our home on Christmas
Eve. Without your prompt action
to our call we would not have
saved our home.
We can’t thank you enough
because only a room was burned
a little and smoked up mostly.
The other part of the house was
only smoked up a little. We
were able to have our Christmas
dinner at home and you all gave
us the biggest present of all,
your services.
Thanks a lot,
Tim, Myrtle and five
Hickox children
More than $130,000 of the Com
merce Department’s expenditures
for industrial work has been for
industrial research and feasibility
studies through the Georgia In
stitute of Technology in Atlanta.
In recent progress report,
Georgia Tech’s Engineering Ex
periment Station pointed out
that a special allocation from
Governor Vandiver and the
University System Board of Re
gents made possible the initiation
of a long-planned program of di
rect technical assistance to small
manufacturers and other business
firms in the state.
This program has been in op
eration since the beginning of
1961 and is directed and coordin
ated by the Manpower and Man
agement Section of the Industrial
Development Branch.
Despite necessary limitations,
the technical assistance program
has been an active one. Through
March, it had given assistance to
13 companies and individuals and
50 small manufacturing firms.
These assistance projects have
included studies on .modification
of equipment, organizational an
alysis, verification of cost esti
mates, selection of management
consultants, promotion of new
equipment systems, planning for
a new manufacturing plant, in
vestigation of manufacturing op
portunities, plant layout studies,
evaluation of personnel programs,
market analysis and control of
costs.
The Tech unit has also publish
ed a number of studies on manu
facturing opportunities in Geor
gia, which may be secured from
.the Industrial Development
Branch, or from the Department
of Commerce.
These studies have included
products such as charcoal briqu
ettes, plastics, Borland cement,
room air conditioners, plastic
pipe, ceramic floor and wall tile,
paperboard containers for food
and apparel, tin cans, wood par
ticle board, coastal Bermuda
meal, wood, vitreous china sani
tary ware, electronics, paint, light
metal castings, wood flour, liq
uid synthetic detergents and lam
inated beams.
Services such as these, the Gov
ernor concluded, have been pri
marily responsible for the fact
that since January 1959, Georgia
has landed 302 new industries and
271 industrial expensions, which
created new jobs for more than
19,000 Georgians and brought in
vestments of more than $406 mil
lion into the state.
