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VOLUME 42 — NUMBER 27
Commissioners Adopt
Brantley County Tax Levy
BRANTLEY COUNTY, GEOR
GIA, TAX LEVY FOR THE
YEAR 1962:
Resolution and order of the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues, of Brantley
County, Georgia, levying taxes
for said County for the year 1962.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED
AND RESOLVED, by the Board
of Commissioners of Roads and
Revenues, of Brantley County,
Georgia sitting for County pur
poses on this the 3rd day of July,
1962, that there by and is hereby
levied and assessed for the year
1962 upon all taxable property
of said County of Brantley, State
of Georgia, subject to taxation,
same to provide the necessary
revenue for the requirements of
said County, the following taxes
for the following purposes, to
wit:
1. To pay the expenses of the
administration of the County
Government, One and s|loths
Mills.
2. To pay the principal and in
terest of any debts of the County
and to provide a sinking fund
therefore, Two Mills.
3. To build and repair the pub
lic buildings and bridges, Nine
and 1110th Mills.
4. To pay the expenses of the
Courts, the maintenance and sup
port of prisoners and to pay
sheriffs and coroners and for the
expense of litigation. One and
s|loth Mills.
5. To build and maintain a sys
tem of County Roads, Four Mills.
6. For public health purposes in
said County, and for the collect
ion and preservation of records
of vital statistics, Three Mills.
7. To support paupers, One Mill.
8. To pay County Agricultural
and Home Demonstration Agents,
4 10th Mills.
9. To provide for the payment
of old age assistance to aged per
sons in need, and for the pay
ment of assistance to the needy,
blind and to dependent children
and other welfare benefits, pro
vided that no person shall be en
titled to the assistance herein au
thorized who does not qualify
for such assistance in every res
pect, in accordance with the en
actments of the General Assem
bly which may be of force and
effect prescribing the qualifica
tions for beneficaries hereunder;
provided that no indebtness or
liability against the County shall
ever be created for the purpose
herein stated, in excess of the
taxes lawfully levied each fiscal
year under the acts of the General
Assembly authorized hereunder
for such purposes, Two Mills.
10. To provide for the creation
of a fund to be used for assisting,
promoting, and encouraging, the
location of new industries in said
County, and the development of
Agriculture in Brantley County
Georgia, One Mill.
11. To provide for fire protect
ion for forest lands and to further
conservation of natural resources,
One & s|loth Mills.
12. Making the aggregate total
of Two and 80| 100th Dollars on
the One Hundred Dollars of tax- j
able property, of said County of |
Brantley exclusive of the levy!
to pay the charges for educational
purposes.
13. To pay charges for edu
cational purposes to levied only
in strict compliance with law,
and under and by virtue of the
Recommendations of the Board
of Education, of Brantley County, |
Georgia, at a meeting held on
this the 12 day of June, 1962, a
certified copy of said resolution
being hereto annexed immedia
tely following this page.
RECOMMENDATION OF THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF
BRANTLEY COUNTY, GEOR
GIA, to the Board of Commission
ers of Roads and Revenues, of
said County, for the levy of taxes !
for the support and maintenance
of education for the year 1962.
AT REGULAR MEETING, of
the Board of Education of Brant
ley County, Georgia, held on the
12 day of June 1962, the following
resolution was presented to said
Board, and after motion being l
duly made, seconded and una- (
nimously carried, said resolution'
was regularly adopted.
RESOLVED that the Board of
Education of Brantley County,
Georgia, recommended and it is
hereby recommended, to The
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues, of Brantley Coun
ty, Georgia, that a tax for support
and maintenance of education for
the year 1962 A. D. of Twenty
(20) Mills or Twenty Dollars on
the One Thousand Dollars be
levied on all taxable property
in said County of Brantley (save
that exempted by the Constitu
tion and the Laws of the State of
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Georgia, as to personalty and
homestead exemption.)
This the 12 day of June 1962.
s|s Elroy Strickland Presi
dent Board of Education,
Brantley Co. Ga.
Attest:
S|S Mable R. Moody, Board Sec
retary.
I, Mable R. Moody, Secretary
of the Board of Education of
Brantley County, Georgia, do
certify that the above and fore
going is a true and correct copy
of a Resolution and Recommen
dation of the Board of Education
of Brantley County Georgia, reg
ularly passed by the Board on
June 12, 1962, and do hereby cer
tify said resolution and recom
mendation, to the Board of Com
missioners of Roads and Reven
ues, of Brantley County, Georgia
as such.
This the 12 day of June 1962.
s|s Mable R. Moody,
Secretary,
Board of Education,
Brantley Co. Ga.
WHEREUPON, in compliance
with the foregoing resolution it
is ordered and resolved by the
Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues of Brantley Coun
ty, Georgia, that a tax for the
support and maintenance of Edu
cation, for the year, 1962 of
Twenty (20) Mills or Twenty
Dollars on the One Thousand
Dollars be levied on all taxable
property in said County of Brant
ley and the State of Georgia
(save that exemption by the con
stitution and Laws of the Stale
of Georgia, as to the personalty
and homestead exemption.)
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED
AND RESOLVED THAT all taxes
be collected by the Tax Com
missioner of said County, as pro
vided by law.
DONE AND ORDERED, by the
Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues, of Brantley
County, Georgia, after motion
duly made seconded and carried,
on this the 3rd day of July 1962.
s]s R. B. Brooker
Chairman,
Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues, of
Brantley County, Georgia.
ATTEST:
s|s R. C. Harrell Jr., CLERK:
I, R. C. HARRELL, Jr. Clerk
of the Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues, of Brantley Coun
ty, Georgia, do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing
pages is a true and correct copy
of the original order and resolu
tion levying taxes, for Brantley
County Georgia, for the year
1962, as the same appears on the
minutes of said Board.
Huey Ham Praised
For Fine Record at
Georgia University
Huey Ronald Ham of Nahunta
has been highly commended by
Robert S. Wheeler, Director of
Instruction at Georgia University,
for his record of scholarship for
the past term.
The Director wrote Mr. Ham as
follows:
Dear Mr. Ham:
On behalf of the College and
the University I extend our
heartiest congratulations for your
outstanding record of scholarship
during the Spring Quarter 1962.
We want you to know that we
are proud of you and that we
hope you will continue to bring
honor and distinction to your
self, the College, and the Univer
sity.
Best wishes for continued suc
cess in your efforts toward excel
lence of scholastic and personal
achievement.
Pierce Chapel
Pastor Announces
Summer Services
Rev. W. M. Whipple, pastor of
the Pierce Chapel Methodist
Church, announces that through
the summer months services will
be held the second and fourth
Sunday at 9:30 in the morning,
beginning Sunday, July 8.
The church will discuss reacti
vating the Sunday School at the
first service to be held Sunday
July 8.
s|s R. C. Harrell, Jr., Clerk,
Brantley County Georgia,
Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues. 7-26
Cordially,
Robert S. Wheeler
Resident Instruction
Brantley Enterprise
Miss Margaret Crews
To Wed at Baptist Church
Crews • Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Irven James
Crews announce the engagement
of their daughter, Laura Margar
et, to Cecil Forrest Thomas, Jr.,
son of Rev. and Mrs. Cecil For
rest Thomas, Sr., of Nahunta, Ga.
The bride-elect attended Berry
College, Mount Berry, Georgia,
and is now employed in Bruns
wick, Georgia.
The groom-elect received his
Bachelor of Science degree from
Georgia Southern College, States
boro, Georgia, and is now employ
ed by the Brantley County Board
of Education.
The wedding will be held Au
gust 18 at 8 P- M. at the First
Baptist Church Nahunta. No local
invitations are being sent. All
friends and relatives are invited
to attend.
A reception will be held in the
social hall of the church following
the ceremony.
Morgan-Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Morgan of
Screven announce the engage
ment and approaching marriage
of their daughter, Betty, to Char
les E. Anderson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. S. Anderson of Hortense.
The wedding is planned for
Friday, July 27, at 8 P. M. in the
Satilla Baptist Church in Horten
se. The Reverend Alvin William
son, pastor, will officiate.
Formal invitations will not be
issued, but all friends and rela
tives of the couple are cordially
invited.
Miss Morgan is a graduate of
Screven High School. Her fiance
is a graduate of Nahunta High
School.
Mrs. E. L Dowling
Funeral Service
Held at Hoboken
Mrs. E. L. Dowling, the former
Miss Effie Mae McClean, 73, died
in Waycross hospital Saturday
night June 30.
Widow of the late E. L. Dowl
ing, she was a member of the Ho
boken Baptist Church.
She is survived by four sons,
Leroy Dowling, Brunswick, Dan
iel W. Dowling, Jesse W. Dowl
ing, Von Henry Dowling, all of
Jacksonville, Fla., three sisters,
Mrs. Lou Daisie Mizell, Pearson,
Mrs. Mattie Burnsed and Mrs.
Alice Victoria Powers, both of
Jacksonville; one brother, George
C. McClain, Waycross; 16 grand
children, six great-grandchildren,
and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
Monday at 1 P. M. at the Hobo
ken Baptist Church, with inter
ment in the Pierce Chapel Ceme
tery in Brantley County.
Methodists
Office (or
The Nahunta Methodist Church
has provided an office and study
for their pastor, Rev. W. M.
Whipple, in building next door to
the Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Parker Dodge
donated the use of their building
and materials for constructing an
inside wall. All the labor was
provided by the men of the Chur
ch.
Open house was held Sunday
morning between Sunday School
and Church. The office is usually
open during the morning hours,
and everyone is invited to see the
office and become acquainted
with the new pastor. Rev. Whip
ple wants the people to feel free
to come in at any time.
Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 128, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 5,1962 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Provide
Pastor
J. B. Lewis
Funeral Services
Held Thursday
Mr. Joseph Benjamin Lewis, 92,
passed away early Monday morn
ing, July 2, at his residence in
Nahunta following an extended
illness. His death removes one of
Brantley County’s oldest and
most prominent citizens and
brought personal sorrow to many
throughout this section.
Mr. Lewis was born in Wells
boro, Pennsylvania, and was the
son of the late Evan and Eliza
beth Jacquois Lewis.
He received his education in
the Wellsboro schools and later
attended college in Elmira, N. Y.
In early manhood, he was en
gaged as an accountant with a
produce company and for ten
years was a resident of Woodbine
where he ran the company com
missary. Later, he resided in
Brunswick for four years. For the
past forty-nine years, he had
been a resident of Nahunta. For
a number of years, he was a
member of the Board of Trustees
of the local school system and un
til declining health prevented had
taken an active part in the
church, civic and social activities
of his community.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Minnie Bush Lewis; one daugh
ter, Mrs. O. L. Hoffman of Somer
ville, N. J.; and one son, Keith
Lewis of Washington, D. C.
One grandchild, one great
grandchild, several nieces, neph
ews and other relatives also sur
vive.
Funeral services were held this
(Thursday, July 5) afternoon at
three o’clock from the Nahunta
Baptist Church with the Rev.
William M. Whipple and the Rev.
Cecil F. Thomas conducting the
rites in the presence of a large
number of sorrowing relatives
and friends.
The body lay in state at the
church for one hour prior to ser
vices.
Interment followed in Oakland
Cemetery in Waycross.
Serving as active pallbearers
were Messrs. R. B. Brooker, D. F.
Herrin, I. J. Davis, Cecil Moody,
J. T. Morgan and Emory Mid
dleton.
The honorary escort was com
posed of Messrs. A. S. Mizell,
John James, Dan Jones, Dr. E. A.
Moody, Fulton Newton, E. Park
er Dodge, E. L. Sears and Dr.
J. L. Walker.
The many beautiful floral of
ferings attested to the high es
teem felt for the deceased.
The family have the sympathy
of their many friends in their
bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of ar
rangements.
Georgia Incomes
Gain 34 Percent
In 10 Years
ATLANTA — Georgia ranked
third among the 10 Southeastern
states in per capita income for
1961, Jack J. Minter, director of
the Georgia Department of Com
merce announced today.
Florida’s per capita income of
$1,993 was high for the year. Vir
ginia was second with $1,911.
Minter said Georgia’s third
place income average of $1,644
per person represents a gain of
34 percent during the last 10
years. The Georgia average in
1951 was $1,145.
“This is proof of our growing
status in the nation and we pre
dict that Georgia will lead the
Southeast and compete for top
rank in the nation in the next
10 years,” Minter declared.
U. S- Department of Commerce
figures show that ranking fourth
through tenth respectively and
the per capita average for 1961
were: North Carolina $1,640;
Louisiana $1,624; Tennessee sl,-
594; Alabama $1,484; Souht Caro
lina $1,441; Arkansas $1,420 and
Mississippi $1,233.
FLOOR COVERINGS
New designs in tile floor cov
erings can make the floor a
“fifth wall,” says Miss Ava Rod
gers, Extension home furnish
ings and art specialist. For ex
ample, beautiful new marble pat
terns make even an expert look
the second time. If you have a
floor that has heavy traffic and
needs a real face lifting that will
stand up, take a look at the new
styles in tiles. Resilient floor
ing such as this can be the ans
wer to a home decorator’s dream,
she says.
LOCAL FFA YOUTH, ROBERT PAGE, IN FLAG CEREMONY — Marking the
mid-point in their week-long tour of Atlanta businesses and industries, eight state
officers of the Georgia Future Fanners of America participate in a flag-raising
ceremony at the Georgia Power Company’s 270 Peachtree Building in Atlanta. The
officers are, left to right, Earl Cheek, Perry, vice president; Danny Brett, Wadley,
vice president; Morgan Cantrell, Ellijay, secretary; Bud Wiley, Eastanollee, vice
president; Robert Page, Hoboken, president; Don Mahaffey, Blairsville, vice presi
dent; Donald Shirah, Camilla, vice presi dent, and Rufus Cantrell, Taylorsville, vice
president. The tour for the agriculture students is sponsored by the Atlanta chapter
of the Public Relations Society of America.
Crop Outlook
Good, County
Agent Says
By George A. Loyd
The crop outlook, for Brantley
County as of July Ist. is generally
good. There are some sections of
the County however that have
had too much rain in recent
weeks, and tobacco, corn and gar
dens have been lost or severely
damaged in th«se areas.
The hardest hit areas from too
much rain have been the Hickox
area, and the area from Nahunta
to Oak Grove Church.
From observations and reports
the Hoboken and Schlatterville
areas have been enjoying ideal
seasons, since the May drought
was broken, and prospects are
good for a normal yield in those
areas. Although there have been
a lot of heavy rains in the Hor
tense area, there has not been
any wide spread damage to crops
reported in that area.
Tobacco harvesting was proba
bly about fifty percent complete
on July 1, and the quality seems
to be fair, however bottom to
bacco seems to be somewhat low
er in quality than last year’s
crop.
Farmers should be reminded to
take every precaution possible to
produce high quality leaf for the
market. This is very important
from a price standpoint, and also
to help protect the American Ex
port Market.
Two suggestions to help im
prove the quality of tobacco is
to pick only tobacco that is
thoroughly ripe, and to see that
the barn has plenty of ventilation
at both bottom and top of barn
when leaf is curing. This is most
important when curing with open
gas curers, because the combus
tion of gas releases additional
moisture to that being taken from
the tobacco, and it is very im
portant that this moisture be al
lowed to escape from the barn to
prevent sweating.
Methodist Pastor
Announces Sermons
A series of Sermons on the
Ten Commandments will be
preached each Sunday evening at
the Nahunta Methodist Church
during the summer months, Rev.
W. M. Whipple announces.
The sermons will be preached
beginnnig with the first com
mandment last and the last
commandment first, and others
to best suit the occasion.
The topic this Sunday evening
at 7:30 o’clock will be “Thou
Shalt Not Covet,” a sermon on
gambling.
ARMYWORM IN GEORGIA
The true armyworm has been
found in Georgia this year for
the first time since 1954, reports
Extension Entomologist W. C.
Johnson.
Mrs. David Waters
Died in Jesup
Hospital Wednesday
Mrs. Lafaine Foerman Waters,
19, died early Wednesday morn
ing in the Wayne Memorial Hos
pital of injuries received in an
automobile accident in Jesup
Sunday night.
A native of Brantley County,
she was a resident of Garden City.
She was a member of the Na
hunta Church of God.
Survivors are her husband, Da
vid Waters of Garden City; her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foer
man of Nahunta; five sisters, Mrs.
Frances Crews of Palatka, Fla.,
Mrs. Ruth Ross and Mrs. Margar
et Chesser of Jacksonville, Fla.,
Mrs. Catherine Mancil of San
Diego, Calif.; Miss Odetha Foer
man of Nahunta; two brothers,
Paul and Frank Foerman Jr. of
Nahunta; her maternal grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. O’Neal
of Waycross; and several nieces
and nephews.
What is Health?
Health is a state of physical,
mental and moral equilibrium, a
normal functioning of body,
mind and soul. It is the state
when work is a pleasure, when
the world looks good and beauti
ful, and the battle of life seems
worthwhile.
-QUOTED
Here's List of Candidates in
State Primary September 12th
Following is a list of Demo
cratic candidates in state and Con
gressional races in the coming
Sept. 12 primary election:
U. S. Senator — incumbent
Herman E. Talmadge, Henry
Henderson, Atlanta lawyer.
Governor — Marvin Griffin,
Carl E. Sanders, Hoke O’Kelly,
Cecil Langham, Mrs. Grace W.
Thomas.
Lieutenant-Governor — Peter
Zack Geer, Culver Kidd, Win
ston Burdine, Ed Wilson, John
Sheffield, Spence Grayson, Lester
Maddox, Peyton Hawes, Ed Bar
field.
Comptroller-General — James
L. Bentley, incumbent Zack D.
Cravey, Joe Allen, Bruce Ed
wards.
Attorney- General — incumbent
Eugene Cook, Robert Andrews.
State Treasurer — incumbent
Jack D. Ray, Mac Barber, R. D.
Foster.
Secretary of State — incumbent
Ben Fortson.
Commissioner of Agriculture —
incumbent Phil Campbell, J. M.
“Hoot” Gibson.
Commissioner of Labor — in
cumbent Ben T. Huiet, L. A.
“Buck” Schnall, Jr.
Supt. of Schools — incumbent
Claude Purcell.
Public Service Commissioner —
Subscription Price
and Tax
Inside county .... $2.58
Outside county, in state .... $3.09
Outside state _ $3.00
Jxujs Serve
100
400 Tourists
With Coffee
The Jaycee Coffee Break Sat
urday night, June 30, was most
successful. 900 soft drinks and
1500 cups of coffee were served.
The coffee break session began
at 9:00 P. M. Saturday night and
ended at 5:30 A. M. on Sunday
morning. One crew worked all
night at the booth on U. S. 301
north. The tourists thanked the
Jaycees so many times for stop
ping them to take this break and
get some rest.
This project was carried out
with the purpose to prevent ac
cidents. Also the Jaycees proved
that it was good publicity for the
city and the county. The Jaycees
stopped about 750 vehicles carry
ing about 2400 passengers.
HOG REPLACEMENTS
New diseases often are brought
into a swine herd by replacement
animals. Know the herd from
which you buy replacements. If
a breeder is weaning an average
of more than eight and one-half
pigs per litter, be cautious, sug
gests Extension Animal Husband
man James A. Christian, because
this may be a sign of disease or
the sows may not be prolific e
nough to use their pigs as re
placements.
incumbent William Kimbrough.
Judges Court of Appeals — All
incumbents, John Sammons Bell,
Robert L. Russell, Robert Jordan,
Robert Hall, Homer Eberhardt.
Justices of the Supreme Court
— Henry Duckworth, Joe Quil
lian both incumbents.
Congressman, Ist District — in
cumbent G. Elliott Hagan.
Congressman, 2nd District —
incumbent J. L. Pilcher.
Congressman, 3rd District —
incumbent E. L. Forrester.
Congressman, 4th District —
incumbent J. J. Flynt.
Congressman, sth District —
incumbent James C. Davis, Char
les Weltner, Howell Smith, John
L. Respess, Jr.
Congressman, 6th District —
incumbent Carl Vinson, Joseph
H. Briley.
Congressman, 7th District —
incumbent John W. Davis.
Congressman, Bth District Wal
lace Jernigan, John Greer, Rus
sell Tuten, W. S. Smith, Wimbric
Walker, Country Johnson, W. M.
“Don” Wheeler. Incumbent Mrs.
Iris Blitch is retiring.
Congressman, 9th District —
incumbent Phil Landrum.
Congressman, 10th District —
incumbent Robert Stephens, Rob
ert H. Harper.
