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VOLUME 44 — NUMBER 34
Candidates for Mayor and Council of
Nahunta Can Begin Qualifying Friday
Candidates for mayor and
members of the city council of
Nahunta can begin qualifying
for the 1963 election Friday,
Sept. 6, according to a legal ad
vertisement in this issue of The
Enterprise.
The biennial election will be
held Wednesday, Oct. 2 when a
mayor and the entire slate of
four aidermen will be elected.
The qualifying date for candi
dates begins Friday, Sept. 6, and
the closing date is Monday, Sept.
16, at 5:00 P. M.
A fee of $25 is required to
qualify as a candidate for mayor
and a fee of $lO to qualify as a
candidate for aiderman.
The last date to register to
vote in the city election is at
5:00 P. M. Sept. 16. Voters must
have been a resident of Georgia
for 12 months and a resident of
the City of Nahunta for six
months prior to the election.
The present mayor is T. E.
Raulerson. The four present al
dermen are Clayton Riggins,
George Dowling, Harry DePrat
ter and J. T. Morgan
Garden Club Hears
Mrs. Strickland
On Conservation
Mrs. H. K. Persons was hostess
to the Nahunta Garden Club at
the home of Mrs. R. Brown
Brooker on Tuesday, Aug. 3.
Mrs. Avery Strickland and Mrs.
Dorothy Graham were co-hos
tesses.
Mrs. Elroy Strickland gave a
talk on “Conservation” and gave
out booklets on “How to keep
Georgia beautiful.”
The club voted to buy 50
flower calenders,and voted on a
resolution commemorating Mrs.
Mollie Highsmith, a former mem
ber.
The hostesses served salad,
wafers and coffee.
Present other than mentioned
were Mrs. Jesse Allen, Mrs. Al
len Barnard, Mrs. Lee Herrin,
Mrs. Dan Jacobs, Mrs. J. J. Lee,
Mrs. Emmie Newton, Mrs. Har
ry Raulerson and Miss Mary
Knox.
Mrs. Jos. B. Strickland and
Mrs. J. B. Lewis gave a report
on the S. E. Georgia Conference
of Garden Clubs held in Jesup
on Aug. 15.
CARD OF THANKS
We would like to take this
means of expressing our deep
est gratitude and sincerest ap
preciation for the messages of
sympathy, floral offerings, cov
ered dishes and other acts of
kindness shown us during the
recent illness and death of our
loved one.
May the Lord’s blessings be
with you always.
The Family of
Ernest F. Harper.
Sponsored by Ga. Dept of Industry and Trade & Ga. Press Assn.
GEORGIA HERITAGE—Thanks to a grant of land from a
public-spirited benefactor, Georgia can boast of a most unusual
feature in one of its state parks. In 1934 Mr. Ivan Allen, Sr.,
of Atlanta, presented to the State of Georgia 220 acres of land
atop Fort Mountain near Chatsworth in Murray County. The
scenic splendor visible from this peak in Northwest Georgia
alone would make a visit to Fort Mountain worthwhile, but a
remarkable sight awaits visitors who journey to the crest of
this state park. Running roughly in a horseshoe-shaped design
for some 885 feet from end to end is a curious wall of loose
stones rising to a height of two or three feet and having •
width of about 12 feet There are 29 pits or embrasures scat
tered fairly regularly along the wall, with the ruins of a gate
way at one point. Formerly thought to be a fort erected by De-
Soto or other Spaniards (or possibly by the Cherokee Indians)
—from which belief derived the name of the mountain—many
authorities today believe that the site had important religious
significance for the early Indians who inhabited this area of
Georgia before the coming of the Cherokees. Located on U. S.
76 between Chatsworth and Ellijay, the Fort Mountain State
Park offers excellent fishing, camping, and picnicking areas
in addition to a striking prehistoric site.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Mizell are
on a tour of Western Canada and
northwestern United Stales. On
August 29 they took the snow
mobile tour in the mountains of
the Canadian Rockies at Jasper,
Alberta Province, Canada.
Forest Ranger Avery Rowell
of Brantley County will attend
a four-day training session to be
held by the Georgia Forestry
Commission Sept. 16-19 at the
State FFA-FHA Camp near Cov
ington.
Dr. J. L. Walker and family
have moved into the Bob Smith
home. He has the same telephone
number which is HO 2-4197.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Fisher and
Miss Joy Home of Cochran and
Tom Fisher of Atlanta were
weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Brown Brooker.
Mr. and Mrs. Wain Brooker
and son, Matt have moved to
Nahunta from St. Marys. Mr.
Brooker will manage St. Isla
Court.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Knox
of Chicago, 111. and Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Landry of Miami spent
last week with relatives in Na
hunta before going to T|Sgt Hu
bert Knox funeral in Green
ville, S. C. on Saturday, Aug. 31.
Those form Nahunta attending
the funeral of T|Sgt. Hubert
Knox in Greenville, S. C. on Sat
urday were Mr. and Mrs. Jasper
Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Al
len, Miss Lera Knox, Mr. and
Mrs. Woodrow Hendrix and Mrs.
Claude Smith.
Mrs. Norma Chaney, Mrs. Ruth
Motto and Mrs. Jewill Trhlik ac
companied Mrs. Cindy Morgan
home last week from Baltimore,
Md. where Mrs. Morgan spent
the summer with her daughter,
Mrs. Trhlik. Mrs. Morgan also
visited Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rob
erson, Atlantic, Va, and made a
tour of other points of interest
in Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Cindy Morgan and her
guests, Mrs. Chaney, and Mrs.
Motto visited Mr. and Mrs. Eu
gene Ham in Brunswick on Sat
urday. Mrs. Chaney and Mrs.
Trhlik returned to their homes
on Sunday.
Mrs. Ray Brown of Belle
Glade, Fya., spent last week with
Mrs. Alice Highsmith.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Douge of
Winter Haven, Fla., visited Mrs.
J. B. Lewis on Thursday of last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Moody and
Nancy and Dan returned home
on Friday of last week from a
six days tour to Nassau.
CATTLE PRICES RISE
Cattle prices have risen some
recently, even though supplies
have increased. Paul C. Bunce,
Extension Service market infor
mation and outlook specialist,
says it’s possible this strength
may continue. “But because of
large supplies,” he adds, “any
price rise is expected to be small.”
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Sept. S, 1443
Jones Family
Reunion Was
Held Sunday
The M. C. Jones family reunion
was held at Laura Walker Park
Sunday, Sept. 1.
Among those attending were
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Sparkman,
Sidney, Sylvia and Stephen of
Jacksonville, Mrs. Harriet Jones
Brewer of St. Simons, Mr. and
Mrs. Delma Hodges of Jackson
ville, Mrs. Janie Brewer of St.
Simons, James B. Jones of Bruns
wick, Mrs. Mamie Strickland of
Brunswick, G. W. Horton, Bruns
wick, Mrs. Eva Mae Brady, Sa
vannah; Mr. and Mrs. Gorden
Jacobs, Frost Proof, Fla.; Mr.
and Mrs. C. B. Middleton and
son Bill, Miami; Mrs. Willie
Jones Pittman, Ross Flowers and
Mrs. Effie Jones Bennett, all of
Hortense; Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Hendrix and daughter, Joyce,
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roy Holmes,
all of Jacksonville; Mr. and Mrs.
Potter Sloan, Mrs. Betty Town
send and daughter Susan, Mr.
and Mrs. Kenny Lee, all of Hor
tense; Mrs. D. H. Robinson, Dale,
Jimmy and Peggy, Mr. and Mrs.
David Jones and son, all of Jack
sonville; Mr. and Mrs. J. V.
Jones, Blackshear; Mr. and Mrs.
Lon Westberry of Brunswick;
Mrs. Pollyanne Middleton and
Mrs. C. L. Middleton of Hortense.
Those present voted to make
the reunion an annual affair.
Tuten Voted
Against Foreign
Aid Giveaway
Congressman Tuten said this week
that some of the Eighth District pa
pers carried a report that he voted
for the foreign aid bill. He express
ed great concern that the report was
not correct.
Tuten stated that he voted for all
amendments for the purpose of cut
ting the appropriation. He further
stated that he voted against the
bill. He is convinced that a reason
able foreign aid program is neces
sary, but under the present setup,
foreign aid is so poorly handled and
imposes such great hardship upon
the American taxpayer that he could
not support it.
Flowers-Morgan
Miss Linda Flowers, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Flowers
of Hortense became the bride of
James L. Morgan son of Mrs.
Martha Morgan and Ottis Mor
gan at the home of Mrs. Bobby
Harris on Saturday, Aug. 31 at
7:00 o’clock P. M.
The Rev. Hilton Morgan per
formed the ceremony.
The young couple made a
honeymoon trip to Florida. Upon
their return they are making
their home with his mother, Mrs.
Martha Morgan.
Revenue Collections
Continue to Show Increase
State
State revenue collections con
tinued to climb as August col
lections soared to $34,052,450.00,
a thumping $3,311,715.35 over
the same period last year.
This amount was also the
largest amount ever collected
during the month of August in
the history of the department.
These collections bring total,
collections for the first two,
j months of the new fiscal year to
$65,125,088.78, an increase of $4,-
356,464.24 over that collected
during the same period last year.
State Revenue Commissioner
Hiram K. Undercofler reported
the increases at an end-of-the
month press conference.
“State revenue collections for
the month of August continued
to show signs of a vigorous eco
nomy within the state,” he said.
“Over 34 million was receiv
ed through August 30th, an in
crease of over three million for
the same period last year.
“Thus, for the first two months
of the new fiscal year, we have
collected $65,125,000 dollars for
an increase close to four and a
half million over last year.
“It may interest you to know,”
he continued, “that Governor
Sander’s anticipated we would
need an increase of eight mil
lion in state revenue department
income over that collected last
year to meet his budget require
ments.
G. T. Brantley Is
New Manager of
Citizens Bank
G. T. Brantley of Wrightsville
has accepted the position of vice
president and manager of The
Citizens Bank of Nahunta, it is
announced by J. H. Lester, presi
dent of the bank.
Mr. Brantley has had long ex
perience in the banking business.
He was with the Bank of
Wrightsville for four and a half
years and with the Exchange
Bank of Wrightsville for six
years as assistant vice-president.
He is married and has two
daughters Debra and Donna. He
is a Baptist and a member of
the Lions Club of Wrightsville.
Mr. Brantley and his family
will move into the house re
cently vacated by Dr. J. L.
Walker and family. The Walk
ers have moved into the house
formerly occupied by the J. Ro
bert Smiths.
Methodists at
Atkinson Start
Revival Monday
Revival services will begin at
Atkinson Methodist Church Mon
day, Sept. 9 and continue through
Sunday, Sept. 15.
Services will be held at 8:00
P. M. each evening. Rev. W. M.
Whipple, pastor of the Church
will preach the sermons.
Singing each evening will be
by invitation. Each service will
have a hostess in charge. They
are, in succession, Mrs. C. H.
Penland, Mrs. Louis Prescott,
Mrs. N. W. Hendrix, Mrs. C. S.
Kiser, and Mrs. W. T. Miller and
Mrs. C. S. Kiser together, Mrs.
W. T. Norton and Mrs. J. W.
Walker.
ASC Committeemen
Have Been Elected
Results of the Brantley ASC
County Committee Elections held
this year show that George Dy
kes of Nahunta, was re-elected
chairman.
Neil W. Hendrix of Nahunta
was re-elected vice-chairman and
Donald F. Stevens of RFD 2 Way
cross, as member was re-elected.
Henry G. Lee of Hoboken and
Owen G. Prescott of Hoboken
were re-elected alternates.
All of the committeemen are
farmers who own and operate
their farms and are familiar with
farm programs administered by
ASC Committees.
Cancer’s seven danger signals
are (1) Unusual bleeding or dis
charge; (2) A lump or thickening
in the breast or elsewhere; (3) A
sore that does not heal; (4)
Change in bowel or bladder hab
its; (5) Hoarseness or cough; (6)
Indigestion or difficulty in swal
lowing; (7) Change in a wart or
mole.
Farmers Bulletin
Explains Control
Os Waterweecis
A new USDA publication in
tended to help landowners with
the control of waterweeds is
now available from the U. S.
Soil Conservation Service.
A copy of USDA Farmers’
Bulletin 2181 “Waterweed Con
trol on Farms and Ranches” may
be obtained from the local SCS
office located in the old jail
building, W. C. James, Jr. Soil
Conservationist, said.
Mr. James said that the well
illustrated 22 page bulletin tells
in a concise easy to read manner
how to prevent and control wat
erweeds in farm ponds and
ditches. The publication explains
the types of waterweeds and
how each can be controlled by
planned fertilization and chemi
cal treatment. It also explains
how waterweed problems can be
prevented by properly eonstruct
ing farm ponds.
The bulletin contains jllustra
tiosn of many of the more com
mon waterweeds that are
troublesome in farm ponds and
drainage ditches.
Hubert Manning
Is Sophomore
Medical Student
D. Hubert Manning has enroll
ed as a sophomore student in the
Medical College of Georgia
School of Medicine. Manning is
the son of Mrs. Ida H. Strickland
of Patterson, Route 2.
He is a graduate of Nahunta
High School and attended Geor
gia Southern College where he
was awarded the B. S. degree.
During his second year as a
medical student, Manning's
work will include studies in
medical microbiology, pharmaco
logy and pathology, in which di
sease cases and manifestations
will be emphasized.
In addition, he will be assign
ed for the first time to the wards
of the Eugene Talmadge Me
morial Hospital, the college’s
clinical teaching facility, where
he will receive instruction in
physical diagnosis, internal med
icine, pediatrics, surgery, and ob
stetrics.
Brantley Retail
Sales Show
Increase in '63
Retail sales in Georgia during
the second quarter of this year
totaled $1,525,097,721 as com
pared to $1,436,238,881 during
the same period in 1962, accord
ing to a report released today
by the Georgia State Chamber
of Commerce Research Depart
ment.
Research Director Morris Ward
reported that 115 counties re
corded an increase during the
last quarter.
Second quarter business vol
ume in Brantley County totaled
$1,169,822 in 1963 as against sl,-
055,404 in the same quarter in
1962, for an increase in 1963 of
$114,418.
Big M Pasture
Program to Start
In Brantley
The Big M Pasture Program
will get kicked off on Thursday
night, Sept. 12, when some 35
farmers, business and agricul
tural leaders meet.
At this meeting the program
will be outlined by representa
tives of the Agronomy Depart
ment of the University of Geor
gia.
The Big M Pasture Program is
a part of the Soil fertility pro
gram, started in Brantley County
in 1962, under which the Master
com program was promoted in
1963.
In the Pasture Program, Pro
duction Management and Ferti
lization will be stressed.
Layton Johns Is
Employed by
Citizens Bank
Layton Johns, former basket
ball star of Nahunta High School
and Auburn University, has ac
cepted a position with The Citi
zens Bank of Nahunta, it is an
nounced by J. H. Lester, presi
dent of the bank.
Layton is one of the best
known and best liked young men
ever to graduate from Nahunta
High School and his many
friends are pleased that he will
work here at home with such
a well-known and reliable in
stitution as The Citizens Bank.
He is married to the former
Miss Aria Dean Wilson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson.
They have one small daughter.
Methodist Church
Installs Air Conditioner
An air conditioner has been in
stalled at the Nahunta Methodist
Church and will be put into op
eration Sunday, September 8.
The machine was donated to
the church by Harry Raulerson.
It is a circulating air conditioner
with a blower suitable for cool
ing a large room. It is adequate
for a fairly large congregation.
Andy Parse and Emory Mid
dleton have been in charge of in
stallation and wiring.
Best way to carve a tombstone
is to chisel in traffic.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BBANTUY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Superior Court to Convene
At Nahunta Monday Sept. 16
Satilla Eastern
Star Members
Visit Screven
Satilla Chapter 365 O. E. S. of
Nahunta met with Screven Chap
ter ,04 in Screven Masonic Lodge
Hall at Screven on Wednesday,
Aug. 28 for the official visit of
Mildred Watson, Worthy Grand
Matron, State of Georgia.
The first half of the program
was directed by Screven Chapter
with Frankie Borders, Worthy
Matron. The members of Satilla
Chapter assumed stations for
last half with Louise Drury,
Worthy Matron. Lurline Broome
gave the landmarks for Satilla.
Sandwiches, cake and punch
were served in the social hall
following the program
Officers of Satilla Chapter at
tending were Louise Drury, Al
vin Drusy, Dorothy Brooker,
Elizabeth Robinson, Lurline
Broome, Malva Alice Brown, Lila
Crews, Ode Keen, Lorena Spi
vey, Verona Crews, Willie Brook
er, Bertha Miller and Lilia Belle
Travis.
Raybon Advent
Church Begins
Revival Monday
The Raybon Advent Christian
Church will begin a revival Mon
day night, Sept 9.
The meeting will continue
through Sunday, Sept. 15, with
Rev. R. A. Bixler of Stone
Mountain as the evangelist.
Services will start each night
at 7:45. .
Homecoming Day will be ob
served Sunday, Sept. 15, with
regular services and dinner on
the church grounds at noon.
The public is cordially invited
to attend all the services.
Albert Purdom,
Church Clerk.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Hamer F. Crews
announce the birth of a son at
Memorial hospital Waycross on
Sept. 1, weighing six pounds 12
ounces. Mrs. Crews is the former
Julia Griffin of Waresboro. The
baby has been named Mark
Christopher.
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II UmesH/NGrow I
' SIXTY-NINE years ago, Pres- 1
Ident Grover Cleveland signed i
into law a bill making the first 1
Monday in September a legal
holiday in honor of the work- ]
ing men and women of America i
who contribute so much to the i
well-being of this country.
The idea for i
Labor Day was
originally con
ceived in 1882
by Peter J. Mc-
Guire, of the
Knights of La
bor, and the
organizer of
the United I
Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America. He said,
as a tribute to labor:
“Labor Day is dedicated to
peace, civilization, and the tri
umphs of industry. It is a dem
onstration of fraternity and the
harbinger of a better age—a
more chivalrous time, when la
bor shall be best honored and
well rewarded.”
• • •
WORKING PEOPLE, since
the first Labor Day was cele
brated, have won for themselves
a respected and vital position in
the economy of the United States.
Their hard-earned, but well-de
served gains have become an
important part of the American
way of life.
Working hours have been re
duced, and wages increased.
Child labor laws have been en
acted, and retirement plans in
stituted. Paid vacations, work
men’s compensation and unem
ployment insurance and social
(fin tr rrMti ut
Subscription Price
and Tax
Inside f*unty $2 58
Outside county, in state S3.M
Outside state S3JN
Brantley County Superior
Court will convene at Nahunta
Monday, Sept. 16, with Judge
Ben Hodges presiding and with
Dewey Hayes as Solicitor.
The jury lists, both Grand Jury
and Traverse Jury, were drawn
by Judge Ben Hodges and are
as follows:
GRAND JURY
Henry C. Thomas, T. J. Thorn
ton, R. E. Sloan, Jonnie Lee
Tripp, U. O. Stokes, Fred W. Gib
son, H. A. Middleton, A. J. Hick
ox, Mrs. P. D. Griffin, Ernest
Thrift, Fred J. Chesser, Riley
Johns, Roy Strickland,
George M. Johns, Edward
Brand, J. R. Herrin, Alvin Drury,
Harry Knox, W. C. James, Jr.,
Harvey Lewis, Alfred Thomas,
Moultrie Purdom, R. F. Aldridge,
George Dykes, Zibe King, John
I. Lee, Harley Cole, R. J. Douglas.
TRAVERSE JURY
C. E- Strickland, Joe McDonald,
N. A. Stevens, Franklin D. Gib
son, Perry Hickox, Joe Seigel,
E. B. Jones, C. A. Thomas, Rob
ert W. Griner, Thomas P. Herrin,
Archie Daniels, Avery Strickland,
M. M Guy, Mrs. Ralph F. Herrin,
Edgar M. Morgan, L. L. Rhoden
Sr.,
Issac Thrift, J. W. Jacobs, J. P.
Morgan, A. J. Wainright, Dave
Rowell, Mrs. Robert Drury, Jer
one Lewis, W. R. Hickox, D. S
Moody, Woodrow Wilson, C. E.
Crews, G. N. Hickox, Fred Lewis,
C. H. Hardin, Joseph Griffin, D.
O. Roberson, Ben O. Jones, Ever
ett Highsmith, Joel Lee, John P.
Strickland,
Sam McAfee L. L. Hickox,
Cecil Lynn, H. F. Lee, L. L.
Rhoden Jr., John H. Mercer,
Flenwood Dowling, George
Steedley. W. H. Lewis, H. T. Ja
cobs, Carl Smith, Riley Altman,
Jonny M. Jones, Archie Crews,
Gerald Johns, M. A. Parse, W. C.
Long, Donald J. Miles.
George A. Loyd, R. L. Bernard,
G. W. Hendrix, Bobby Chancey,
Rufus Cox, L. L. Gunter, W. D.
Roberson, L. A, Batten, J. L.
Stevens, Lewis Aldridge, H. D.
Keene, Charles H. Gillis, M. C.
Flowers, J. K. Hagin, E. L.
Knight, Jr., O. V. Davis, Harry
Raulerson, W. L. Bohannon.
Gillis Hickox, Raymond W.
Smith, W. B. Willis, Bobby Wil
son, Harry King, O. G. Crosby,
G. W. Stevens, D. S. Griffin, Jr.,
C. C. Adams, C. F. Drury, Tal
madge Floyd, I. J. Crews, D. W.
Lee, A. F. Gibson, Clifton Strick
land.
necessary to somebody.
security benefits and other great
strides forward have been taken
by the worker.
He has every right to be
proud of this record, and it must
not be forgotten that this pride
should be shared by the entire
nation. For without American
labor and without its high de
gree of skill, dedication and pa
triotism, this would be a weak
country. • • •
AMERICAN LABOR has
raised standards of productivity
in this country to heights un
equaled in world history, and
our citizens enjoy a high stand
ard of living unparalleled by
any people, at any time any
where.
3
It is fitting therefore that wo
annually set aside a day to show
appreciation to the men and
women who work in our mills,
fields, factories, offices, and aa
public servants for they are do
ing so much to keep America
strong and prosperous.
I have always stood for the
right of labor to organize and
bargain collectively, and I shall
always defend this principle. It
is just as fundamental to our
free enterprise system as the
right to management to earn
a profit for its investors.
Labor and management, work
ing in unison, are necessary to
a free and economically-strong
America, and they must be pro
tected against unwarranted in
terference from any quarter.
You’ll be happier if you are
