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Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
VOLUME 46 — NUMBER 52
Enterprise Editor Extends Warmest
Thanks to Brantley County People
As editor and publisher of The Brantley Enterprise for
the last 26 years, I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude
and that of all my family for the friendship and coopera
tion of all Brantley County citizens given us throughout
the years.
While the earth has sped around the sun its 600,000,000
miles during the last 365 days in 1963, I have realized
more than ever the flight of time and the importance of
the many favors shown me and mine by the people of our
wonderful county.
And 1 would like to MAGNIFY the thanks I feel for
the blessings of the Lord upon us all in leading us safely
through the many struggles of the past and for His Love
and many mercies.
As for The Brantley Enterprise, I have tried to make
it a useful organ of publicity for the past events and his
tory of our great county. I realize that such a small news
paper is not too much to brag about, but I do believe it
has served a good and worthwhile purpose in the life of
our section.
Today, although our county has lost population in the
last 26 years, Enterprise circulation is greater than ever,
proving that our people have rallied to its s u p p o r t in
greater and greater numbers.
Subscribers are the most important factor in the success
of any newspaper. While about 85 percent of a weekly
paper’s revenue is derived from advertising, the advertis
ing volume is mainly determined by the size of the circula
tion list. The greater the circulation the greater the ad
vertising revenue.
Space is a newspaper’s stock-in-trade but the space
cannot be sold unless the newspaper has a creditable cir
culation, a long list of subscribers, that is.
And our subscribers have been loyal and constant.
Most of our subscribers renew their subscriptions without
our having to go to expense of travel and solicitation.
Our advertisers too have given us splendid support.
They have bought display space, have sponsored the
church page constantly, have bought greeting advertise
ments and telephone directory advertisement. To all our
advertisers we are deeply grateful.
For all these favors we are indeed grateful. We of The
Brantley Enterprise thank you one and all for your
friendship and patronage. We wish for you all a HAPPY
NEW YEAR and many blessings for ALL THE YEAR.
Carl Broome' \
J. Edgar Hoover Writes on
Problems of Moral Laxity
TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS:
Are we Americans ashamed to be identified today with
decency and morality ? Are we forsaking the time-tested
principles upon which our great country was founded for
a substandard, more accommodating code of conduct?
There appears to be a preponderance of evidence to in
dicate a truthful reply to these questions has to be in the
affirmative. However, here a true answer is the “wrong”
answer, and it is high time righteous, freedom-loving
people take a closer look at what is happening to o u r
moral standards.
Morality is one of the more perplexing and controversial
problems facing our Nation. Why? Primarily, it is because
of individual and collective moral cowardice on the part
of our society. We do not have the courage to stand in
conflict with the mad rush for material wealth, indul
gence, and social prestige. We are condoners and appeas
ers of a practice which we distrust and disapprove but
which we will not overtly oppose.
The lack of morality and integrity stems from a false
sense of values. Many persons are so preoccupied with
selfishness and greed they no longer know — nor care for
that matter—where honor stops and dishonor commences.
Others are simply confused. Rationalization and double
standards have so clouded some moral principles that
right and wrong are no longer clearly distinguishable.
Moral retrogression is not confined to any group or
sector of our country. This social illness is universal. Im
morality rears its ugly head in every American institution
and profession. None is free from its stigma. It is reflected
equally as much in corporative price-fixing as in teen-age
vandalism; in payoffs to politicians as in classroom cheat?
ing; in sports world briberies as in law enforcement scan
dals; and in income tax returns padding as in voting
frauds.
Immorality itself is not the only danger of the crisis.
Some theorists suggest our moral standards be scrapped
for a less restrictive code by which our moral derelictions
can be justified. Such thinking is a flight from responsi
bility and an accelerant to further moral decadence. If
the destruction of our great Nation itself were the goal
of these advocates, they could not devise a better means
to achieve it.
With the approach of the joyous Holiday Season, let
us as Godloving people shoulder our moral responsibilities,
not flee from them. Let us stand proud and erect, cham
pions all, for morality, integrity, and godliness. Let us
assure that it may always be said of our country, “Amer
ica is great because she is good.”
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
John Edgar Hoover
Phimt
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Dec. 26, 1963
New York Man
Died in Crash
On Highway 301
A New York man was killed and
four others were injured in an auto
collision in Brantley County Satur
day afternoon, Dec. 21.
The State Patrol said that Ru
dolph Kohler, 55, Fosterdale, N. Y.
was killed when a car in which he
was a passenger collided with a car
driven by George W. Handy, Doro,
Fla.
Driver of the other car was listed
as Ernest A. Gremsmann, also of
Fosterdale.
The accident was one of five in
vestigated by the State Patrol over
the weekend.
Injured in the crash five miles
south of Nahunta on U. S. 301, were
Handy, who received head lacera
tions; Gremsmann, who received
body bruises; Mrs. Florence S. Han
dy, Doro, Fla., who received brok
en ribs, facial lacerations and inter
nal injuries; and Mrs. Elsie B.
Gremsmann. Fosterdale, who re
ceived body bruises.
All the injured were carried to
Memorial Hospital, Waycross, by a
Chambless Funeral Home ambu
lance.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Simpson of
Buford, Ga. spent last weekend with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. S.
Mizell.
A3-C Evans J. Lewis Jr. will leave
on Jan. 27 for his base at Forbes
Air Base, Kansas after spending
ten days at home with his mother,
Mrs. E. J. Lewis. He was called
home last week because of the death
of his grandmother, Mrs. Zillie Hic
kox.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Mizell left
Tuesday for a visit with her mother,
Mrs. Marvin Swilling in Langdale,
Ala.
Miss Janice Higginbotham has re
cently returned home from Atlanta
where she visited Miss Filis Atwood
and her parents Mr. and Mrs. K. F.
Atwood. Janice and Filis are class
mates at Womans College of Geor
gia, Milledgeville.
Mrs. Loree Moseley of Jesup and
sons, Mr. Hiram Dennison of Mul
berry, Fla., and Mr. Robert Denni
son, Jesup, are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Higginbotham and fami
ly during the Christmas holidays.
Harry A. Boatwright, 17, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Boat
wright of Route 1, Hortense, has be
gun a nine-week recruit training pro
gram at the Naval Training Center,
Great Lakes, 111.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Rowell and
children Pam and Keith visited
Mrs. Ruth Rowell of Brantley Coun
ty and Mrs. Ivey Crews of Charlton
County the past weekend.
Students May
Register for
College Work
Registration for winter quarter
classes at the Brunswick Extension
of the University of Georgia will be
held at 6 p. m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, at
the Wolf Street School Building of
Glynn Academy.
Ten courses will be offered for
credit during the quarter, and one
— remedial algebra — will be of
fered without credit for those stu
dents who are deficient in this field.
On the winter quarter schedule are
courses in grammar and composi
tion, western world literature, econo
mics, psychology, algebra, calculus,
accounting, business law, western
civilization, and Greek classical cul
ture. All these courses carry five
quarter hours credit, or they may
be taken on a non-credit basis if the
student prefers.
W. T. King, University represen
tative in Brunswick, has complete in
formation on the winter quarter sche
dule. He may be reached at the
Wolf Street School Building at Glynn
Academy. Information may also be
obtained from Mack Elder, exten
sion coordinator at the Center for
Continuing Education, University of
Georgia, Athens.
LEGAL NOTICE
Georgia, Brantley County
The appraisers upon applica
tion of ESSIE MAE SMITH HAR
PER, widow of Alvin Harper, for
a twelve months’ support, having
filed their return; all persons
concerned hereby are cited to
show cause, if any they have, at
the regular January Term, 1964,
of this court, why said applica
tion should not be granted.
This 2nd day of December,
1963.
|s| Claude A. Smith,
Ordinary
Griffin & Smith
Blackshear, Ga.
Attnys For Applicant 12-26.
Texarkana AF Station Ark. — Fred D. Hickox of Hoboken, Ga., has
been promoted to technical sergeant in the United States Air Force.
Sergeant Hickox, a food service technician, is assigned to the 703rd
Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron here.
The sergeant is the son of J. H. Hickox, Rt. 1, Hoboken, and is a
graduate of Hoboken High School.
He is married to the former Shirley Pauline Webb, daughter of Mrs.
J. A. Webb, 200 Lillian St., Bossier City, La.
Miss Trellis Morgan and Delmus Crews
Wed in Lovely Rites at Bride's Home
Georgia Climbs
In Egg Output;
Reasons Given
In ten years Georgia has risen
from 26th place to 4th place in
the nation in egg production, and
the State Crop Reporting Service
believes it may take over the
3rd place spot by the end of
this year.
In 1962 eggs were Georgia’s
third-ranking income-producing
agricultural commodity, contribu
ting s9l million to the state’s re
cord farm income of slightly over
$B3l million. Only California,
Pennsylvania, and lowa produce
more eggs than Georgia.
A Cooperative Extension Ser
vice market information and out
look specialist this week cited
some of the factors contributing
to the shift in egg production
from the Midwest to Georgia and
other South Atlantic states.
Paul C. Bunce of the Univer
sity of Georgia added that a large
part of the force for change has
been spent, and predicted that
shifts in the future will be at a
slower pace.
He told Georgia producers that
they must depend on advantages
in production and marketing
costs to meet competition in the
future, and urged them to base
any expansion on proven low
costs.
Mr. Bunce said little change
is expected in the number of
layers early in 1964. But he add
ed, however, that the rate of lay
is expected to be up again. He
gave as the reason for this the
continued shift from farm flocks
to large commercial operations
with hens of better breeding and
more closely controlled manage
ment.
Citing the shift in egg produc
tion, Mr. Bunce pointed out that
in 1955 the South Atlantic states
supplied nine percent of the na
tional egg production. “For the
January-August 1963 period these
states supplied 15 percent of the
eggs.”
He listed five factors contribut
ing to this change:
(1) Population has been grow
ing faster in the South Atlantic
region than in other areas, with
the exception of the West.
(2) Reduced transportation cost
has allowed producers in the
South Atlantic region to pur
chase Midwestern feed ingredi
ents at prices that made their
total production costs competi
tive.
Committee is* Named for Promotion
Os Report of Education Commission
Brantley County, along with al’
other counties of Georgia, has bee;
requested to name a coordinatin;
committee for the purpose of re
porting to the people the findings of
the Governor’s Commission on Edu
cation.
The following citizens have been
named to the committee in Brant
ley:
Elroy Strickland, Wilbur Stanley.
Hubert Sasser, James Thornton, W.
R. Strickland, Mrs. George Loyd.
Mrs. Henry Brauda Mrs. Gerald
The wedding of Miss Trellis Mor
gan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wal
do Morgan of Nahunta and Mr.
Delmus Crews, son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. F. Crews of Folkston, took place
Saturday, Dec. 21, at the home of
the bride’s parents.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Hinton C. Johnsen of Bruns
wick, at 7:00 p. m., before a large
group of relatives and friends.
The bride wore a street-length
dress of white satin, with bridal lace
over the bodice and long sleeves.
She wore a pearl tiara which held
a chin-length veil.
The bride carried a white Bible
which was covered with pink car
nations with streamers and lilies of
the valley and puffs of illusion.
Maid of honor was Miss Mary Lou
Prescott. She wore a pink satin
dress, with matching headpiece.
Serving as best man was Mr.
Newton Crew#, brother of the groom.
Mrs. Morgan, the bride’s mother,
chose a dress of pink wool for the
occasion.
Mrs. Crews, the groom’s mother,
chose a blue wool dress with match
ing accessories.
A reception was given immediate
ly after the wedding ceremony. Miss
Janice Crews presided at the punch
bowl and Mrs. Thea Morgan serv
ed the wedding cake.
The couple left immediately after
the reception for their home in the
Riverside community.
BIRDS LIKE LIGHT
Hatching egg flocks need 13 to
14 hours of light each day. Ex
tension Poultryman Milton Dendy
says this is the amount needed
for satisfactory perfoimance. He
recommends using one 100-watt
bulb for each 400 square feet of
floor space. The bulbs should be
about seven feet above the litter
and arranged so there are no dark
areas or exaggerated shadows.
BUDDY DAVIS ELECTED TO
AMERICAN ANGUS ASSOCIATION
Buddy Davis, Blackshear, has
been elected to membership in the
American Angus Association at St.
Frank
Joseph, Missouri,
Richards, secretary.
Mr. Davis was one of 23 breeders
of registered Aberdeen-Angus in
Georgia elected to membership dur
ing the past month.
WINTER FEEDING
A good winter feeding program for
Agood winter feeding program for
brood cows will help reduce death
losses of the calves and cows, say
Extension Service animal husband
men. It will also improve the gener
al health of cattle and resistance to
parasites and disease, wean heavier
calves, increase reproduction effici
ency, and make more profit.
Lornas, Emory Middleton, Pete
libson, Mrs. J. B. Strickland, Mrs.
foe Walker, Loyce Woods, Mrs.
Marguerite Jacobs, William M.
Whipple.
Baxter James, Chesley Walker, Al
vin Williamson, Hilton Morgan, Ce
cil F. Thomas, Duane Partin, El
bert Aldridge, Eldon Dowling, Demp
sey Mercer, Mrs. Harry Raulerson,
George Loyd, Carl Broome, Dr. J. L.
Walker, R. B. Brooker, J. W. Har
ris, Tom Ellis, J. A. Jacobs.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTa
Okefenoke Co-op Pays $ 20,945 Taxes
For 1963 in 9 County Area Served
EXPERIMENTS SHOW
SKIP-ROW PATTERNS
YIELD MORE COTTON
Should I plant cotton in a skip-row
pattern?
More Georgia cotton growers can
profitably answer "Yes” to this
provided they have enough good cot
ton land available, believe research
scientists at the Georgia Experiment
Station at Experiment.
These scientists — Mr. B. S. Haw
kins and Dr. H. A. Peacock, USDA
research agronomists, and Mr. T. E.
Steele, USDA research technician
with plants — base their opinion on
two recent developments in cotton
production.
1. Results of research in Georgia
and other cotton states show that
skip-row patterns consistently pro
duce higher yields per planted acre
than conventional plantings.
2. Current regulations of the Ag
ricultural Stabilization and Conser
vation Service allow deduction of all
land between rows when measuring
allotment acreage in skiprow cotton.
Higher Yields Per Acre
Annual yields from skiprow pat
terns ranged from 20 to 75 percent
higher and averaged 39 percent high
er than conventional plantings during
three years of testing by Hawkins,
Peacock and Steele in Houston Coun
ty. For the three years, the average
annual yield was 3,774 pounds of
seed cotton per acre from the skip
row acreage compared with 2,715
pounds per acre per year from con
ventional acreage. This was an in
crease for skiprow over convention
al of 1,059 pounds per acre each
year.
These yields are from Compara
tive plantings of six cotton varieties
in 1959,1960, and 1962. Identical seed
ing, fertilization, cultural, and in
sect control practices were followed
in all tests. Moisture was not critical
during any year of the three.
Hawkins, Peacock and Steele dis
cuss their findings in a report,
“Skiprow Planting Increases Cotton
Yields,” Mimeo Series 172, issued by
the University of Georgia College of
Agriculture Experiment Stations.
Both the advantages and disadvan
tages of skiprow cotton production
are presented. The authors point out
that, generally, the increase yield
from skiprow plantings will more
than compensate for problems en
countered with this practice.
Advantages Given
Advantages emphasized include:
(1) skiprowing allows freer circu
lation of air and penetration of more
sunlight in cotton fields which re
duce disease losses and facilitate in
sect control; (2) plants in skiprows
can draw extra moisture and plant
food from unplanted areas; (3) wheel
damage to plants from cultivating
and spraying equipment is greatly
reduced in skiprow fields, and (4)
plants in skiprows grow more lat
eral branches, more and larger bolls
per branch, and more bolls are set
from blooms which open in mid and
late season.
Disadvantages pointed out include:
(1) the extra land, time and labor
required by skiprow plantings; (2)
difficulties which may be encounter
ed in rotating crops, applying insect
icides and weed control chemicals,
in irrigating and defoliating, and (3)
the leaching of nitrogen and loss of
organic matter from exposed soil be
tween rows.
Rushin Roulette by Chon Day
I AUTO WRECKERS
TEENAGERS WELCOME |
n» Sohlf Strkt
Drivers under 25 were involved in more than 25% of
the personal injury accidents in 1962.
Subscription Price
and Tax
Inside county 52-58
Outside county, in state .... $399
Outside state $3.09
Checks totaling $20,945.11 were
presented this week to the city and
county tax collectors in the nine
county area served by Okefenoke
Rural Electric Membership Corpor
ation for 1963 property taxes, ac
cording to Pete J. Gibson, manager
of the electric cooperative.
Brantley County received $6,223.-
68 and the City of Nahunta received
$550.54.
These taxes are in addition to
state sales taxes municipal license
taxes and other state and federal
taxes.
Okefenoke Co-op operates power
lines in Brantley, Glynn, Camden,
Charlton, Wayne, and Ware Coun
ties, Georgia, and Nassau, Duval
and Baker Counties, Florida.
Garden Club Holds
Christmas Party
The Garden Club Christmas party
was held at the home of Mrs. A. S.
Mizell on Thursday, Dec. 19 with
Mrs. Dan Jacobs, Mrs. E. L. Sears
and Mrs. Marvin Robinson as co
hostesses.
Red and green color scheme was
carried out with Mrs. Lorena Spivey
assisting Mrs. Mizell.
The group were served hot tea
upon arrival and after the program
buffet refreshments were served.
The devotional was led by Rev.
Wm. Whipple. Mrs. Dan Jacobs led
the group in playing games.
Others present were Mesdames El
roy Strickland, Harry Raulerson,
J. R. James, Emmie Newton, A B.
Brooker, J. J. Lee, Allen Barnard,
Avery Strickland, Delma Herrin and
Miss Mary Knox.
Nahunta Teams
Down Charlton
In Both Games
Nahunta defeated Charlton County,
5443, in a high school basketball
game at Nahunta Friday night.
In a preliminary game, Nahunta
girls won, 6140.
J. L. Jacobs led the Winning boys
with 23 points followed by John
Jones with 11. Tommy Bragg and
George Phillips had 13 each for
Charlton County.
Annie Ruth Johns pumped in 44
markers to lead the Nahunta girls.
Frances Ellis had 17. Lurlene Gow
an led Charlton County with 19, and
Joann Chancey had 16.
EPIDEMIC NOT EXPECTED
The U. S. Public Health Ser
vice expects no widespread out
breaks of influenza this winter.
But Miss Lucile Higginbotham of
the Extension Service says vac
cination against flu is still recom
mended for certain risk groups.
These include persons who suf
fer from chronic illnesses, those
45 years of age and over — es
pecially those over 65 — and ex
pectant mothers.
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