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VOLUME 44 - NUMBER 29
Tobacco Market Opens Wednesday, July 27
A Voice in the Wilderness
Ellis Arnall Promises to Many Groups
Would Cost People Big Tax Increase
The six candidates for the Democratic nomination
for governor are all making some promises as to what
they will do if elected governor, but Ellis Arnall
seems to be “out-promising” them all, according to a
story in an Atlanta newspaper.
The writer showed that if Arnall made good on
his promises, it would cost the state $300,000,000
extra during his four years in office or $75,000,000 a
year extra for the four years.
And who would pay this huge extra bill? The
Georgia taxpayer, of course. It would mean about
twenty-five percent tax increase across the board.
Os course Arnall claims he would not increase
taxes, but the voters know he would not pluck $75,
000,000 from thin air.
Arnall is well-known for his glowing promises,
along the lines of the “Great Society,” with pie in
the sky for all and sundry. But Mr. John Doe Citizen
knows that it takes dough to make pie, even the sky
pie kind.
Mr. Arnall’s rainbow of promises arches across
the political sky, but it is extremely doubtful if the
people will ever find the pot of gold at the rainbow’s
end.
Monday, July 25, Will Be Deadline
To Register for Voting in Primary
Monday, July 25, is the
deadline for new registration
of voters to cast ballots in the
September 14 Democratic pri
mary.
Georgia law provides that
citizens must register to vote
in a primary or election at
least 50 days prior to the elect
ion.
Some former Brantley County
voters have been removed
from the list for failure to
vote in three consecutive elect
ions. Those and citizens who
wish to register for the first
time are asked to take note
of the deadline.
It has been pointed out that
with the county unit system
no longer in effect, the polit
ical strength of rural areas
has been diminished and a
heavy registration of voters
is to the advantage of these
sections in making their in
fluence felt politically.
The number of calories in a
serving of plain rice equals the
calories in one dinner roll. Each
contains about 100 calories, ac
cording to Mrs. Rita Waters,
Extension Service home econom
ist - nutrition.
Some Things Some People Don't
Know About a Weekly Newspaper
1. A weekly newspaper must get 85 percent of its
expenses from advertising.
2. Space is the newspaper’s stock in trade. The
paper sells space, like the store sells goods, to pay
expenses.
3. Only about 15 percent of a paper’s expenses is
received from subscriptions.
4. The paper must first have subscribers in order
to be able to sell space for advertising.
5. The cost of publishing a weekly newspaper has
increased about four-fold in the last 25 years.
6. The increased cost is caused mainly by the great
increase in costs for labor and machinery.
7. A newspaper does not charge for publishing
news articles, that is, items that are non-commercial
and not personal messages, memorials or resolutions.
8. A newspaper can publish only a limited amount
of news in each issue.
9. A newspaper must cut down many articles of
news to fit the space available and the time to set
type.
10. A newspaper editor reserves the right to edit
all news articles, that is, to shorten, to correct or to
improve.
By Carl Broome
Nahunta Masons
To Confer
Masters Degree
The Nahunta Masonic Lodge
will confer the Master’s Degree
Friday night, July 22, it is an
nounced.
All members of the Nahunta
Lodge are urged to be present.
All visiting Masons will be wel
comed. The Lodge meets at 8:00
P. M.
PECAN TREE CARE
To minimize moisture loss to
young pecan trees, the soil a
rea immediately around the
tree should be kept free of
weeds and grass. This can be
done, according to Shaw Flet
cher of the Extension Service,
by mulching or cultivating.
AIR IN FROZEN FOODS
Air left in, or entering, a pack
age of frozen food causes oxida
tive changes that result in off
flavors and odors.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Dona Tucker
Tells of Trip
To Washington
Saturday night, July 9, the
Georgia 4-H Club Delegates to the
Citizenship Short Course met at
the Dinkier Plaza Hotel in Atlan
ta where we ate supper, had in
troductions, and an orientation
meeting.
There we met our chaperones,
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Grimes. Mr.
Grimes is the S.W. Ga. District
4-H leader. Dr. Tommy L. Wal
ton, State 4-H Leader, gave a
talk on Washington.
Sunday morning we had Sun
day School, led by the participa
ting delegates.
When we arrived, we were
greeted by other delegates from
Colorado, Michigan, Montana,
New York, and Pennsylvania, and
our counselors. After registration,
we were honored by a delegates
reception.
After supper we boarded our
buses for Leland Junior High
School, where we had assembly,
with Miss Dorothy Emerson
speaking on “Confidence for Lead
ership.”
On Monday, we had group pic
tures and had lectures at the U.
S. Dept, of Agriculture. We then
left for the Dept, of State, with
Mr. Tom A. Noonan.
Tuesday came with assembly
and after lunch, we took an all
afternoon field trip to various
points in D. C.
Wednesday, brought touring of
the Capitol. The Georgia dele
gates visited with Senator Rus
sell and Senator Talmadge. We
had lunch in the new Senate Of
fice Building.
After lunch, we saw Ted and
Bobby Kennedy, Luci Johnson
and Hubert Humphrey.
That afternoon we visited the
National Archives, where the ori
ginal Independence documents are
kept, and the Smithsonian Insti
tue.
On Thursday, Miss Kathleen
Flora, spoke to us on “World
Horizons of 4-H Citizenship.” The
afternoon was spent taking a boat
trip to Mt. Vernon.
The Georgia Delegates spent
the evening at the University of
Maryland, where we saw the pro
duction “Mary, Mary,” presented
by the actors of the University.
On Friday morning, we toured
the White House. Returning to the
Center we had other meetings
and lectures given by Eugene P.
Seifrit, as he “Updated Our A
merican Heritage.”
Friday night we had our Fare
well party for the delegates. Af
ter the party, we had a citizen
ship ceremony.
Saturday night the Georgia del
egates boarded the train for At
lanta. Late that night the dele
gates presented Mama and Dad
dy Grimes with a gift.
My trip was the greatest thing
that has ever happened to me,
and I appreciate having the op
portunity to represent my county
and state to such a wonderful
conference. Now I’m proud to be
home.
Liquor Still Is
Destroyed by
Revenue Officers
A liquor still was destroy
ed by state revenue officers
and Brantley County deputy
sheriff Robert Johns about
four miles southeast of Na
hunta this week.
About 200 gallons of mash
was also destroyed. No arrests
were .made, as the operators
had fled.
Sheriff Walter Crews and
deputy Robert Johns captured
a liquor car last week. It had
55 gallons of liquor. James
Glaze and Willie White, two
Negroes who gave their ad
dress as Homerville, Ga., were
arrested and later released on
bond.
By Dona Tucker
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 21, 1966
EUGENE CREWS represented the Nahunta Chapter at the 38th
Annual Convention at the Biltmore Hotel in Atlanta July 14-15.
Each chapter in the state was allowed only one voting delegate.
The group had lunch Thursday as guests of the Farmers club
of Atlanta. Other highlights of the convention were awards in
Electrification, Secretary, Treasurer, Reporter, and Road Side
Beautification, also a talk with slides by Harold Joiner on his visit
to Vietnam.
The new officers for the coming year were elected on Friday
morning. Jonnie Arnold from Baxley was elected as Vice-President
of Southeast area.
The closing address was given by Norman Gay, National Vice
president from Georgia.
0. K. Jones 111
Died in Florida
Relatives in Nahunta received
word of the death of Owen King
Jones HI, 29, on Sunday night,
July 17 in Miami where he has
been employed for five years.
Funeral services were held in
Miami on Wednesday. Burial was
in Miami.
He is survived by his father,
Owen K. Jones, II of Belle Glade,
Fla. and a number of uncles and
aunts including J. D. Orser, Dan
Jones and Mrs. Emmie Newton of
Nahunta.
After the death of his mother,
Mrs. Helen Orser Jones, he had
made his home with an aunt,
Mrs. Faye Jones and her hus
band, Dan F. Jones in Orange
Park, Fla.
Raybon Home Ec.
Club Met Thursday
Mrs. Elroy Strickland was hos
tess to the Raybon Home Econo
mics Club at her home Thursday,
July 14.
The topic for the month of Ju
ly was “It’s Omelet Time.”
Those present were Mrs. Law
son Dubose, Mrs. Clifton Strick
land, Mrs. W. B. Willis, Mrs. Al
bert Purdom, Mrs. Leon Wilson,
Mrs. Mary Ryals and Mrs. Vir
ginia Raulerson.
Atlanta Braves
Play Giants and
Cards Next Week
The Atlanta Braves are hoping
to be as successful at home as
they have been on the road a
gainst the San Francisco Giants
when they host the Giants in a
four-game series beginning July
29.
The Braves have taken the Gi
ants four out of six times at
Candlestick Park in San Francis
co, but on the Giants only trip
to Atlanta this season, they blis
tered the Braves in two consecu
tive contests.
Actually, the Braves-Giants ser
ies is the final half of the next
homestand. The Braves open up
with the pesky St. Louis Cards
Tuesday, July 26. The Cards will
be in town for three consecutive
single games, all at night.
Friday, July 29, the Braves
will host the Giants at 8:05 P.
M. Then Saturday, there will be
two single games, the first begin
ning at 1:15 P. M., and the sec
ond at 8:05 P. M. The series will
conclude with a single game on
Sunday.
Ironically, the Braves stand ex
actly even, 4-4, with both the
Cards and the Giants. It might
also be remembered that the last
time Tony Cloninger faced the
Giants, he hit his way into Na
tional League history books by
cracking a record two grand
slam home runs and driving in
nine runs.
Negro Truck
Driver Killed
In Accident
A 59-year-old Negro man from
Wrightsville was killed in a truck
car collision Sunday, July 17,
five miles south of Hoboken o n
Ga. 121 the State Patrol report
ed.
The patrol identified the man
as Hure Abrams and the troop
ers investigating the accident said
he apparently died immediately
after his tractor-trailer overturn
ed on top of the cab.
The driver of the car was list
ed by the patrol as Sandra Lee
Griffin, Route 1, Hoboken and the
patrol said she escaped unhurt.
Sgt. J. C. Pope said Janis
Crews, Route 1, Hoboken, was in
jured in the collision and was tak
en to the Pierce County Hospital.
Pope said she suffered head in
juries and lacerations about the
face.
The troopers investigating the
accident said the Griffin girl went
off the road on the right side as
she was traveling north on the
highway and tried to come back
on the highway crossing in front
of the truck driven by Abrams.
The troopers noted that he ap
parently saw the car coming a
cross the road and tried to avoid
them thus causing his truck to
flip over.
The accident occurred at 6:20
p. m. Investigating the accident
were troopers W. E. Strickland
and Fuell.
Damages were estimated a t
S4OO to the Griffin car and the
patrol said the truck valued at
$4,000 was completely demolished.
Strange Insect
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Strickland of
Route 1, Blackshear, are puzzled
but amazed at an insect which
they have at their home at Owens.
According to Mrs. Strickland,
the insect, which looks like and
was thought to be a large roach,
was first noticed when crawling
on the screen of their front porch
last Tuesday evening around 9:00
o’clock. Mr. Strickland killed the
insect by disconnecting the head
from the body, leaving it on the
porch.
On Thursday morning, two days
later, while Mrs. Strickland was
sitting on her porch, she noticed
that the insect was still alive. She
said the feelers on the head were
still wiggling and the body part
was moving also. While observing
the creature, Mrs. Strickland said
the body moved toward the head
part and looked as if it was trying
to connect itself together.
Mrs. Strickland reports that the
insect is the most curious thing
she’s ever seen.
Vegetable crops most sus
ceptible to nematode attack
are okra, tomatoes, cantaloupe,
squash, cucumbers and beans,
according to Horticulturist J.
M. Barber of the Extension
Leroy Griffin
Funeral Service
Held Wednesday
Mr. Leroy Griffin, 44, of
Savannah passed away Friday,
July 15, at Memorial Hospital
in Savannah.
A native of Wayne, now
Brantley, County Mr. Griffin
was the son of the late Namon
and Julia Hickox Griffin. He
received his education in the
local schools and had re
sided in Savannah for the past
several years. He was a mem
ber of the Baptist church and
an army veteran of World War
11.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Mary Lou Murray Grif
fin of Argyle; one daughter,
Mrs. Layton L. Smith of
Homerville; three sons, Harvey
Lee Griffin of Newfield, N. J.,
Henman Griffin of Willacoo
chee and Willie Griffin of
Argyle; two step-daughters,
Mrs. Charles E. Bennett of
Axson and Miss Patsy Griffin
of Argyle; five sisters, Mrs.
Agnes Ryals and Mrs. B. R.
Hayes, both of Nahunta, Mrs.
Henry Highsmith of Waycross,
Mrs. L. L. Williams of Belle
Glade, Fla., and Mrs. Maliy
Gaudet of Brunswick; four
brothers, Benjamin Griffin of
Portsmouth, Va., Sylvester
Griffin of Belle Glade, Fla.,
Morty Griffin of Nahunta and
Calvin Griffin of Jeannerette,
Louisiana.
Four grandchildren, several
nieces, nephews and other rel
atives also survive.
Funeral services were held
at two o’clock Wednesday af
ternoon, July 20, from the
Axson Baptist Church with
the Rev. Mamie Bennett con
ducting the rites in the pre
sence of a large number of
sorrowing relatives and
friends.
Interment followed in the
Axson Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
the Messrs. Layton Smith, Lar
ry Stanfield, Felder Stanfield,
Lewis White, Charles Bennett
and Bennie Smith.
The family has the sympa
thy of their many friends in
their bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral
Home of Nahunta was in-
charge of arrangements.
Personals
Boilerman First Class Kenneth
D. Argo, USN, son of Mrs. Vel
ma Argo, and husband of the
former Miss Evelyn J. Saddler,
all of Nahunta, is taking part in
this year’s midshipman cruise as
a crewman of the nuclear pow
ered guided missile cruiser USS
Long Beach.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Liv
ingston and sons, Russell and
Harvey Jr. left Tuesday to return
to their home in Charlotte, N. C.
after spending a few days with
Dr. and Mrs. Sherman Tomlin
son.
» • •
Mrs. Ray M. Brown of Belle
Glade, Fla. and Mrs. Wayne Ad
ams and sons, Mike and Ronnie
of Palm Beach, Fla. have return
ed to their homes after spending
last week with Mrs. Alice High
smith.
» • »
Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Treese
and children Laura Treese and
Richard and Janet Glover of Long
Beach, Calif, will leave Friday
after spending ten days with Mrs.
H. B. Green.
• * ♦
Ben Jones and daughter, Lyn
ette, visited Mr. Dan Jones and
other relatives last weekend.
They were accompanied home to
Belle Glade, Fla. by Mrs. Emmie
Newton and Mrs. Verdie Dotson
on Tuesday. All plan to attend
the funeral of Owen King Jones
111 on Wednesday, July 20.
* * *
The Nahunta F.F.A and F.
H.A. 1965 and 1966 Chapters
will sponsor a Weiner Roast
Friday night at eight o’clock
in the Home Economics De
partment at the Nahunta High
School. All F.F.A. and F.H.A.
members of the Nahunta
Chapter are invited.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Funeral Service
Held Tuesday
For Lee Infant
Funeral services were held
from the graveside in High Bluff
Cemetery at five o’clock Tuesday
afternoon, July 19, for the infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Law
rence W. Lee of Hoboken.
In addition to the parents, sur
vivors include two sisters, Misses
Charlene Lee and Gloria Jean
Lee, both of Hoboken; three
brothers, Wesley Lee, Tony Lee
and James Lee, all of Hoboken;
the maternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. R. Johns of Nahun
ta; the paternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Lee of Ho
boken; the maternal great grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dilly Johns,
West Palm Beach, Fla.
Several aunts, uncles and other
relatives also survive.
The family has the sympathy
of their many friends in their be
reavement.
The Chambless Funeral Home
of Nahunta was in charge of ar
rangements.
Tuten Opposes
Foreign Aid
Billions Bill
BRUNSWICK - U. S. Rep. Rus
sell Tuten interrupted his re
election campaign to return to
Washington “to be on hand t o
vote against” the administration’s
$3.3 billion foreign aid bill.
Rep. Tuten said he recognized
the need for certain types of for
eign assistance but “could not
justify lavishing money on coun
tries that burn our embassies and
aid our enemies.”
“You can’t buy friends,” he de
clared.
Rep. Tuten voted against f o r
eign aid last year and the year
before.
A TAI
■ AL Bfl A If V Sr J
WITHOUT A DOUBT, racial
agitation and lawlessness we
have witnessed in recent years,
and up to the present time,
has been calculated to inflame
the emotions of the American
people. And it has done so.
But more
than that,
these demon
strations have
ovine the sltua-
driven the
wedge of ra
cial division
deeper into
the heart of
America, and
instead of impr
tion, does much to make mat
ters worse.
Acts of agitation and law
lessness which we have seen
taking place throughout the
country have reached shocking
proportions. In many instances,
they have made a shambles of
law and order and a mockery
of our form of government
which is based upon the con
cept that the law is supreme
over man, and not vice versa.
Unfortunately, these marches
and demonstrations, which do
more to trample on the rights
of others and diminish the
rights of all than they do to
secure rights for anyone, have
been conducted with almost
carte blanche authority granted
by the executive and judicial
branches of the federal gov
ernment. Also, blessings have
been bestowed upon them by
many members of Congress.
• * *
IT HAS LONG been my view
that in our nations of laws,
there are more than ample for
redresses of grievances, whether
they be real or imagined. And
it has been shown that a re-
Iress of grievances of virtually
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Subscription Price
and Tax
Inside county $2.58
Outside county, in state $4.12
Outside state $4.00
Tobacco warehouses will open
Saturday, July 23, to begin receiv
ing the 1966 crop of flue-cured to
bacco for auction sales which be
gin next Wednesday.
The Wednesday, July 27, opening
date was set last week by Com
missioner of Agriculture Phil
Campbell upon recommendation
by the Georgia Tobacco Advisory
Board.
Tobacco production in this area
has been hurt by extremely wet
weather earlier this year. Esti
mates of from 60 to 80 per cent
loss have been made in Brantley
County.
Lions Elect
International President
Edward M. Lindsey of Law
renceburg, Tennessee, was
elected President of Lions Inter
national at the Associations an
nual convention in New York
City, July 6-9. Serving as the
50th President during the Gold
en Anniversary year, Mr. Lind
sey heads the world’s largest
service club organization with
797,159 members in 135 coun
tries.
Lions International is best
known for its many community
service projects, youth pro
grams, sight conservation activ
ities and aid to the blind. During
the past year Lions Clubs
around the world completed
more than a half million com
munity projects., ~
any kind can be obtained in
the courts of our land, within
the orderly processes of law
and without taking the law
into one’s own hands. The fed
eral courts particularly have
not been lax in this regard.
Action of the kind that has
swept the country in recent
years, not only in the South but
in all parts of the nation,
naturally produces reaction, and
sometimes it is violent. This is
indeed unfortunate, and one is
no more te be condoned than
the other.
Under our system of govern
ment and jurisprudence, no one
is above the law. No one is
authorized to take to the
streets, regardless of what
banner he may travel under,
and conduct oneself outside the
law. Mob action and violence
are repugnant to the American
society, whatever form they
may take.
• ♦ ♦
THE TIME IS LONG over
due for the reins to be drawn.
It is time for reason to prevail.
This nation cannot long con
tinue on the present course
without inviting anarchy and
an intolerable division between
the citizens of this country.
At a time when national
unity is of the utmost impor
tance, there is instead dissen
sion and in some elements even
bitter hatred. Civil strife and
domestic tranquility have been
severely threatened.
This is a situation we can
not allow to develop any fur
ther. The sooner the people of
America demand that this
trend be halted and reversed,
the better off every one will be.
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