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Newspaper Page Textif you are a subscriber to The Brantley Enterprise, you don’t have to borrow your neighbor’s paper to see what is going on in your county. VOLUME 42 — NUMBER 17 WIMBRIC WALKER Running for Congress Wimbric Walker Os Mcßae Enters Congress Race Telfair County Representative Wimbric Walker, of Mcßae, an nounced this week that after talk ing with many personal friends, including Mrs. Eugene (“Miss Mitt”) Talmadge, also of Mcßae, he is definitely a candidate in the Eighth District Congress race. Now completing his second term in the General Assembly, Walker had the radio endorse ment and open support of Mrs. Talmadge in both his races for the Representative post. His home County of Telfair gave Congress woman Iris Blitch the deciding margin of victory in her first race for Congress. Mrs. Blitch re cently announced she would not run again for the office. “The same day Mrs. Blitch made her announcement,” Rep. Walker said, “a surprisingly large number of eighth district legis lators came to me and urged me to make the Congress race. To a man, they all felt that my speaking ability and legislative experience, plus my lifetime as sociation with the Talmadge family, would assure me of a stronger position than anyone yet mentioned for the race. While I appreciate the encoura gement of my fellow legislators, it is the people themselves I would like to hear from, and I earnestly urge any citizen of the Eighth District to write or call me at Mcßae and let me know how he or she feels.” An accomplished public speak er even as a 17-year old boy, Rep. Walker, now 39, won the purple heart, and bronze star for South Pacific service in World War Two. He is a businessman and a farmer, with a very active interest in turpentine farming. Married and the father of three children, Walker is also active in behalf of education and youth programs. His hobby is conser vation and he practices it ardent ly on his farm where many local youngsters enjoyed hunting and fishing. Rep. Walker’s father, Sheriff John B. Walker, though confined to a wheelchair, is in his thirtieth year as Telfair Sheriff. Beauty Pageant Is Planned by Nahunta Seniors The Senior Class of Nahunta High School will sponsor its an nual Beauty Pageant at the High School gymnasium on Friday, May 4 at 7:30 P. M. Admission will be twenty-five cents for students and fifty cents for adults. Anyone wishing to sponsor a contestant in the Beauty Pageant should see any member of the Senior Class. The public is cordially invited to attend. (Adv.) CARD OF THANKS Words can never express our sincere thanks and appreciation for the many words of comfort, floral offerings, covered dishes, messages of sympathy and other acts of kindness shown during the illness and death of our loved one. May God’s richest blessings a bide with each of you. THE FAMILY OF W. O. HIGHSMITH Hard Work Growing tobacco requires more work than any other crop nearly 400 man-hours per acre, compared to about 10 for com. 4 for wheat. Brantley County Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. J. F. Larkins Os Hoboken Dies in Crash John Floyd Larkins, 56, of Hoboken, former representative of Brantley county, was found dead Wednesday in his pickup truck which had crashed into a bridge abutment on U. S. Highway 84 between Hoboken and Waycross. Larkins, a well-known Brantley county tree farmer, was a mem ber of the city council, member of the county school board, mem ber of the Hoboken Baptist Church and was serving as a member of the board of deacons. He was a former state represen tative in the General Assembly from Brantley County. Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Jennie Willis; two sons, John Knox Larkins, Albany, and Wallis Floyd Larkins, U. S. Navy; two daughters, Miss Olivia Ann Larkins, Lake Butler, Fla. and Miss Carolyn Rose Larkins, Hoboken; and one aunt, Mrs. Rosa Henderson, Way cross. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock at the Hoboken Baptist Church. Interment will be in Oakland Cemetery in Waycross. Further details of funeral arrangements were not available at press time. Fraudulent Job Insurance Claims Found on Increase Atlanta — Despite the fact that Georgia’s employment has reached a new high, fraudulent job insurance claims have in creased, according to Georgia Commissioner of Labor Ben T. Huiet. During 1961 there were 2,153 known cases of fraud, an increase of 780 over 1960. Pun itive measures ranging from ad ministrative^- penalties to pro secution in the courts were taken in all cases. “The trust fund from which job insurance is paid is money collected from state employers to be paid out to unemployed per sons meeting the requirements of the law,” Commissioner Huiet said. “We have no patience with the sharpsters who falsely claim job insurance,” and he added, “they are being dealt with ac cordingly.” He pointed out that penalties imposed by the courts in aggravated cases are becoming increasingly severe, which he hopes will serve as a deterrent to those who might be tempted to falsify claims or fail to re port earnings. He also praised the judges and solicitors for their cooperation in these cases. This will help to limit the pay ment of job insurance to those who are unemployed, able to work, and are genuinely looking for employment. “Most job insurance claimants are honest, hard-working people who greatly prefer fulltime work to the stop-gap of job insurance; and the money intended for them must not go to loafers and others not legally entitled to it,” Mr. Huiett stated. During 1961, job insurance payments in Georgia averaged $1,000,000 per week to over one quarter .million claimants. Claims are checked as closely as poss ible, but Mr. Huiet said there were no doubt some cases of fraud not detected. “We solicit the cooperation of all Georgians in reporting abuses of the Em ployment Security Program that has done so much for the work ers of Georgia and to the eco nomy as a whole over the years,” Mr. Huiet concluded. Raulerson Family to Hold Reunion The annual reunion of the Rau lerson family will be held on Sunday, May 6,1962, at the Rau lerson Community Center in Pierce County. The center is located about 10 miles east of Blackshear and a bout 10 miles west from Trudie on the Trudie to Blackshear paved road. N. L. Raulerson, chairman for the reunion, urges all members and friends of the Raulerson fam ily to attend. A basket dinner will be served at 1:00 o’clock. Brantley Enterprise ® B BB J J MISS JANICE WILLIS Brantley County STAR Student Miss Janice Willis, STAR student for Brantley County, and Mrs. Lee Herrin, named by Janice as her STAR teacher, were among those honored at a banquet in At lanta on April 11. The STAR student and teacher pro gram in Brantley County is sponsored by the Lions Club. Senator Talmadge To Seek Reelection During the more than five years it has been my privilege to serve the people of Georgia as their Junior United States Sen ator, I feel I have gained both experience and insight in the operations of the National Gov ernment which equip me to be an effective servant in Washing ton of the will of Georgians. It is on that basis that I do here with announce my candidacy in the forthcoming September 12th Democratic Primary. In offering my candidacy, I pledge to Georgians that I will continue to seek to ascertain their will on all issues and to re present that will in a manner re flecting credit upon our State. Georgians may be further as sured that, as their Junior Sen ator, I will continue to stand firm in defense of constitutional principles and to give my sup port to those measures which will advance the welfare of our State and nation within the framework of those principles. I also wish to reiterate my previous pledge to the people of Georgia that my political ef forts will be confined solely to the race for United State Sen ator and I will not participate in any other race whatsoever, state or local. I am grateful with all my heart for the con fidence of my fellow Georgians in according me the opportunity to serve them and I dedicate my full energy to the end of proving myself worthy of their continued trust in the future. HERMAN E. TALMADGE RESEARCH SHOWS COTTON NEEDS ADDED SULFUR Results of recent research con ducted at the Southern Piedmont Soil and Water Conservation Ex tension Station at Watkinsville show that adding sulfur is ben eficial to cotton soils where high analysis, sulfur-free fertilizers have been used continuously over a period of years. Response of cotton to added sulfur is reported by Research Soil Scientists W. E. Adams of the Southern Piedmont station and Howard V. Jordan of Mis sissippi State College. In the tests that Adams and Jordan conducted, sulfur de ficiency symptoms appeared in cotton seedlings after only four years of using sulfur-free ferti lizers. Annual in-row applications of sulfur gave significant yield increases at all rates during the six-year experiment. Sulfur con tent of the cotton plants increas ed with increasing rates of sul fur. The response of added sulfur, applied in the row, was obtained in spite of a high concentration of sulfate in the subsoil and the presence of 5.7 pounds of sulfur per acre applied by rainwater. Heavy broadcast applications of sulfur loss effectiveness by the end of the second year and were inferior to more moderate annual in-row applications at planting. PINE TIP MOTH Dying of new growth on young pines is usually caused by the pine tip moth. This insect rarely kills a tree and control measures usually unnecessary, says Exten sion Forester C. Dorsey Dyer. Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128. Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, April 26, 1962 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHi^ta '■ * x MRS. LEE HERRIN Named STAR Teacher Grammar School PTA Adopts 2 Resolutions Two resolutions which were adopted by the Nahunta Gram mar School PTA on Monday night have been creating much interest and discussion in this area. The first resolution put the Grammar School PTA on record as being ready and willing to do whatever work is necessary in order to obtain a better grammar school building. This resolution was the result of a discussion which revealed that the present grammar school building is in ex tremely poor condition, and prob ably beyond repair. The second resolution suggest ed that the PTA from each school in the county select a committee to study the budding and educati onal needs of the county. Dr. J. L. Walker was the speak er of the evening. He delivered an interesting and informative talk on how to keep our children hale and hardy. WOODROW WALDROUP Candidate for Judge Waycross Judicial Circuit Douglas City Court Judge Announces For Circuit Post City Court Judge J. W. Wald roup of Douglas has qualified with the State Democratic Executive Committee in Atlanta as a can didate for Judge of the Waycross Judicial Circuit in the forthcom ing summer primary. “The people of the Waycross Circuit are entitled to and cap able of electing the judge of the Superior Court and should have that privilege rather than for him to be hand-picked for them,” Judge Waldroup told the Enter prise this morning. Having grown up in Coffee County, Judge Waldroup attend ed Nicholls High School, South Georgia College and was gra duated from the University of Georgia Law School with an LLB degree. Since 1940, with exception of the time he served his country in military service during World War 11, Judge Waldroup has practiced law in Douglas. He has been County Attorney for 10 years and is serving his 14th year as City Court Judge. He is married to the former Julia Lane and they are the parents of three children: James Woodrow Jr. 13, Julia May 11, and Sue Lane 4. The candidate is a Baptist, Mason, Legionnaire, and a Vet eran of Foreign Wars. Frank Haynes Home Destroyed by Fire The home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haynes and their son, 8, and daughter, 11, with all their belongings was destroyed by fire Monday, April 23 at about 11:00 A.. M. It was believed to have started from a faulty flue from a wood stove. Mr. and Mrs. Haynes were home but the fire was too far advanced when they discovered it for any thing to be saved. The fire department responded and was there to prevent the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hersey next door from catching. Fire Chief Clint Roberson said some coufusion existed in the fact that when the city fire department was called that Chambless Fun eral Home answered, thinking it was the wrong number. But he stated that he wishes every one to know that it is the right number and that the alarm will be given from there. Power Company Gives Report on New Industries Thirteen new industries, with a capital investment totaling $9,- 274,000, have located on the lines of the Georgia Power Company during the first quarter of 1962, E. A. Bates, Jr., vice president and manager of the company’s area development division, an nounced this week. This compares with 15 new firms, representing a capital investment of $1,558,000, located in the power company’s service area during the first three months of 1961. All facilities as reported by the power company are manufactur ing or processing plants, each with a capital investment of $50,000 or more and employing at least 10 workers. In addition to the new plants located in Georgia during the first quarter of 1962, a total of eight existing industries constructed new facilities to expand their op erations. These new facilities rep resent an investment of $1,520,- 000. In the first quarter of 1961, a total of 8 industries increased their productive capacity at a cost of $4,870,000. The new and expanded units have created new jobs for 1,658 Georgians at annual wages of $5,500,040. Manufacturing plants and additions established during the first quarter of 1961 provided 1,616 jobs totaling $4,248,100 in annual payroll. Brantley Countians With Fleet Group Inspected by JFK NORFOLK, Va. — Two Brant ley county Navy men are serving aboard units of the Atlantic Fleet at Norfolk, which were observed by President John F. Kennedy during a two-day visit April 13 and 14. Owen K. Herrin Jr., boilerman second class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen K. Herrin of Nahunta, is aboard the attack aircraft car rier USS Forrestal. Edward W. Boyd, seaman ap prentice, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady E. Boyd of Waynes ville, is serving on the attack transport USS Montrail. Following the Presidential visit, both vessels left for Vieques, Puerto Rico, to take part in a three-week joint Navy-Marine Corps maneuver. Statement from Mrs. Blitch on Her Retirement Washington — Georgia Repre sentative Iris F. Blitch an nounced last week that she will retire from congress at the end of the current session of Con- gress. In a brief statement released to the press, Mrs. Blitch said, “I appreciate the very generous support that I have received for the past eight years from the people of the Eighth District of Georgia. “I have tried to serve to the best of my ability. Since I real ize how much seniority means, I wish it could be possible for me to continue to serve. “However, 1 find I am physi cally unable to continue the vigorous pace one must follow in Congress, and after much prayerful deliberation, I am an nouncing my retirement effective at the end of the current session of the 87th Congress.” Planning on Turtle River Watershed to Begin May Bth Preliminary planning on the Turtle River Watershed will start on May 8, it was announced by W. C. James, Jr. local soil con servationist of the USDA Soil Conservation Service. The Turtle River Watershed is located in three counties, Bran tley, Wayne and Glynn. This watershed is some 114,000 acres in size with about 12,000 acres being located in the Waynesville area of Brantley county. Under the PL 566 program, which is the small watershed act, the Federal Government cost shares with the individual or groups of landowners in paying for structures that are construct ed. Here in Brantley county, we will be interested in outlet or drainage ditches to get rid of sur plus runoff water. Garden Club Flower Show This Weekend The annual spring flower show of the Nahunta Garden Club will be held at the Nahunta High School cafeteria on Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29. The show will be open to the public from 2:00 P. M. to 5:00 P. M. both days. Every one is invited to enter arrangements or specimens for the show whether members of the Garden Club or not. All entries must be in by 12:00 o’clock noon. Personals Editor Carl Brpome is recup erating in Memorial Hospital in Waycross following surgery on Monday of this week. • • • Mrs. Howard Stephens and son, Mark, came last weekend for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Broome. Mark returned to Atlanta on Monday. Mrs. Ste phens remained to be near her father while in the hospital. • ♦ • Mr. and Mrs. Keith Lewis left on Monday to return to their home in Washington, D. C., after spending ten days with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lewis. Col. Mack Barnes and Mrs. Barnes of Way cross visited Mr. and Mrs. Lewis while they were in Nahunta. • * ♦ Mrs. John James is a patient in Memorial Hospital in Waycross since Tuesday . • • * Mrs. Charlie Smith entered Memorial Hospital Tuesday for treatment. Corn Research Shows Importance Os Weed Control Control of weeds appears to be the only good reason for cultivating com, according to re sult of four-year tests conduct ed at the College Experiment Station at Athens. In tests conducted by Research Agronomists E. R. Beaty and Joel Giddens to study the effects of various cultural practices on corn following abruzzi rye, culti vation was of value only to the extent that weeds were controll ed. The tests indicated that chemical sprays which control weeds without injuring the corn can replace cultivation with no loss in com yields. Although weed control increas ed the yield of corn planted following a rye cover crop, plowing was no better method of control than hoeing. These tests also show that corn can be grown satisfactorily following rye without seedbed preparation. While corn seedling growth in such plantings was re tarded for the first 30 to 40 days, rapid seedling growth later overcame any injurious ef fects of the slow start. Apparently, direct seeding of corn and mulching the rye gives com yields equal to plowing and disking. Harvesting the rye as forage and seeding corn, or seed ing com in a growing cover crop, however, are not satis factory practices, according to these tests. One woman said eight fami lies borrowed her Enterprise each week. I didn’t know there were that many spong ers in Brantley County. DEWEY HAYES Qualifies for reelection Solicitor Dewey Hayes Qualifies Dewey Hayes, Solicitor General of the Waycross Judicial Circuit, Georgia, qualified this week with the State Democratic Executive Committee a candidate for re election to succeed himself. Now completing a term and a half as Solicitor General, Mr. Hayes is making a bid for re election on the basis of his experi ence and record during the five and half years of Public service in this office. A native Coffee Countian, Mr. Haye» V the Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hayes. He is 39 years 61 age, married to the former Bitsy Harrell Haley, and they are the parents of two Children, Dewey Hayes, Jr. and Franklin Darrow Hayes. Solicitor Hayes is a graduate of Broxton High School and a veteran of World War 11, serving 31/, years in the European and asiatic Fields. Following the War Mr. Hayes returned to Douglas, where he entered South Georgia College, later graduating from Mercer Uni versity Law School. He has prac ticed law in Douglas for 13 years and during this time he represent ed Coffee County in the Legis lature for two terms, serving on many important committees. Mr. Hayes has always been ac tive in civic, church and political affairs, giving liberally of his time and efforts for the betterment of his community and District. He is now president of the Young Men’s Bible Class and formerly served as President of Methodist Men, President of South Georgia College Alumni Assn., Coffee County Touchdown Club and A merican Legion. He is a member of the Methodist Church, Jaycees and Lions. The Circuit Solicitor holds ac tive membership in the Douglas, Waycross Judicial, Georgia and American Bar Associations. Legal Advertising To Whom It May Concern: There will be offered for sale to the highest and best bidder for cash one sawmill building 2 miles East of Nahunta on U. S. Highway No. 84 on April 28, 1962, at 10:00 A M., at the court house in Nahunta, Georgia. Purchaser will have 60 days to remove the building from the premises. Seller reserves the right to re fuse any and all bids. J. Robert Smith Atty. For Seller 4-26 SWEET POTATO WEEVIL State and federal pest control workers are taking advantage of the large kill of sweet potato weevils last winter and con centrating on killing weevils that survived in storage. Dr. C. R. Jordan, Extension entomologist, suggests that growers take the following precautions to help get rid of this insect: Clean up and treat storage bins and banks, use only weevil-free seed, treat all seedbeds with insecticides, destroy seedbeds following trans planting, use insecticides o n fields in eradication areas and treat potatoes going into storage in infested areas.