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Newspaper Page TextNotify this newspaper when your address changes. VOLUME 44 - NUMBER 30 Prices High As 1966 Leaf Auctions Begin Fair Campaign Practices Code for 1966 Georgia Candidates Is Offered Candidates for public office in Georgia this election year have been asked to subscribe to a CODE FOR FAIR CAM PAIGN PRACTICES by the Atlanta office of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. The Code which was sent to all candidates for statewide office, the United States Con gress, and the General Assem bly of Georgia, urged those running for election to pledge the following: I shall conduct my cam paign in the best American tradition, discussing the issues as I see them, presenting my record and policies with sin cerity and frankness, and criticizing without fear or favor the record and policies of my opponent and his party which merit such criticism. I shall defend and uphold the right of every qualified American voter to full and equal participation in the e lectoral process. I shall condemn the use of personal vilification, character defamation, whispering cam paigns, libel, slander, or scurrilous attacks on any can didate or his personal or fam ily life. I shall condemn the use of campaign material of any sort which misrepresents, distorts, or otherwise falsifies the facts regarding any candidate, as well as the use of malicious or unsound accusation against any candidate which aim at creating or exploiting doubts, without justification, as to his loyalty and patriotism. I shall condemn any appeal to prejudice based on race, creed, or national origin. I shall condemn any dishon est or unethical practice which tends to corrupt or undermine our American system of free elections or which hampers or prevents the full and free ex pression of the will of the voters. I shall immediately and pub licly repudiate support de riving from any individual or group which resorts on behalf of my candidacy or in opposi tion to that of my opponent, to the methods and tactics which I condemn. The appeal to the candi dates was made jointly by Catholic Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan; Rabbi Jacob M. Rothschild, spiritual leader of the Temple; Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, President of Morehouse College; Dr. Herman L. Tur ner Pastor-Emeritus of the Covenant Presbyterian Church in Atlanta; and Don McEvoy, Executive Director of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Commenting on the Fair Campaign — 1966 project, Evoy stated, “Unfortunately, in any political campaign there is always the possibil ity that religious, racial, or ethnic bias might be injected, deliberately or unwittingly. The threat of such bigotry compels the serious concern of all Georgians. Any activity which sets religion against religion, or which pits race against race renders a dis service to the entire commun ity. “The National Conference of Christians and Jews came into existence in response to the religious bigotry of the 1928 presidential campaign. Ever since, we have maintain ed a concern with fair elec tion practices. “Our organization neither has, nor desires, any coer cive or enforcement powers. We appeal only to the inher ent good will and good judg ment of our citizenry. We are attempting in this project to establish some voluntary guidelines of fair play, and to let the candidates know that we will be watching and lis tening carefully.” An excellent flowing tree to plant in Georgia is the Eastern Redbud, says Extension Service Horticulturist Troy Keeble. This plant presents a colorful display beginning in late March each year. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Mrs. Howell's Funeral Service Was Held Friday Mrs. Pearlie Mae Howell of the Calvary Community, died Wednesday, July 20 in a Waycross hospital following a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late Willie Melton and Molly Steedly Melton. Mrs. Howell was a member of Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Howell is survived by her husband, George W. How ell, Rte. 2, Waycross; one step daughter, Mrs. James H. Hig ginbotham, Waycross, three step-grandchildren; seven step great-grandchildren, one niece and two nephews. Funeral services were held at 11 A. M. Friday at Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist Church. Burial was in Thomas Cemetery. Social Security Benefits for Disabled People The Social Security Amendments of 1965 made important changes in the disability benefits program, O. L. Pope, district manager in Waycross, announced today. Pope said, you may now be eli gible for benefits if your disability is expected to last for at least 12 calendar months. Previously, you could get benefit payments only if your disability was expected to last for a long-continued and in definite period of time or expect ed to result in death. There has been no change in the degree of impairment or in the work requirements under the new law. You may be considered dis abled only if your impairment or ailments cause you to be unable to engage in any substantial work. Your age, experience, education and the nature and extent of your impairment are considered in de ciding whether you are qualified for doing substantial work. The amount of work under so cial security needed for eligibility is still five years in the 10-year period before your disability be gan. However, there are special provisions for some blind persons. Under the new law the waiting period is the same as before and your disability payments do not start until your impairment has lasted for six full months. Pope said that information a bout changes in the social securi ty disability program and how they may affect you can be obtain ed at the social security office in Waycross at 704 Jane St. Office hours: 8:30 A. M.-4:45 P. M. Monday thru Friday and Fri days until 8:45 P. M. Foot Mangled By Concrete Mixer Tuesday The right foot of a negro con struction worker at the new post office was badly mangled Tues day afternoon when the motor on a concrete mixer was accidently started. The worker, Jacob Patterson, was engaged in trying to dislodge concrete which had hardened in the mixer and his foot was caught in the blades when the motor was started. He was carried to Me morial Hospital and underwent surgery late Tuesday afternoon in an effort to save the foot. Morgan Infant Funeral Service Held Wednesday Funeral services for the in fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie W. Morgan of Route 2, Nahunta, who passed away early Wednesday morning, July 27, at the Wayne Memo rial Hospital in Jesup, were held at four o’clock Wednes day afternoon from the grave side in Rob Lewis Cemetery. In addition to the parents, survivors include five sisters, Mrs. Elwood Proctor and Mrs. Dennie Rhoden, both of Brunswick, Dale Morgan, Wanda Morgan and Wilma Morgan, all of Nahunta; two brothers, Willie Arnold Mor gan and James Barry Morgan, both of Nahunta. Several aunts, uncles and other relatives also survive. The family has the sym pathy of their many friends in their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrangement. Little Memorial Church Revival At Browntown The Little Memorial Bap tist Church at Browntown will begin a series of revival ser vices Friday night, July 29, with Rev. Amerson of Bruns wick as the evangelist. The church will hold ser vices each night at 7:30. Rev. W. C. Lane is the pastor. Sunday, July 31, will be Homecoming Day at the church, with all-day services beginning with Sunday school at 10:00 A. M. Dinner will be served on the church grounds at noon. Everyone is invited to at tend the revival services and the Homecoming Day program. Community-wide Church Service Set for Sunday A union, or community — wide service, of all the churches of Nahunta are in vited to join in a fifth Sun day night service, July 31, at the Baptist Church, beginn ing at 8:00 P. M. Pastor Leland Moore of the Nahunta Methodist church is to preach at the service, and all singers are invited to join with the Baptist choir in lead ing the singing. Pastor Cecil F. Thomas, of the Baptist Church, cordially invites all friends of the chuches to be with those wor shipping together at this hour. Remember: Sunday Night, July 31, at 8:00. TOBACCO BEING AUCTIONED AT BRANTLEY WAREHOUSE Sale being conducted by Warehouseman Ben Hawthorne. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 28, 1966 Brantley County Methodists Plan To Hold Big Rally Each Quarter By Rev. Leland Moore Next Sunday, July 31 will be an unusual day for the Methodists of Nahunta and all of Brantley County. They are to have a meeting, at 11:00 A.- M. at the Nahunta Methodist Church, when every Methodist in the county is invited and urged to attend. This will be the first such meeting of a regular series consisting of a rally day each quarter, on the fifth Sunday, and to be known as the Quarterly Brantley County Methodist Rally. It will meet usually, though not necessarily always, at the Nahunta Meth odist Church. The plan is to make these truly great occa sions, sometimes with “dinner on the ground,” and with an inspiring message to be de livered by some outstanding church leader as the main feature each time. Such a rally is but one a mong a number of objectives unanimously adopted recent ly by the Quarterly Confer ence of the Nahunta Circuit of The Methodist Church. The main purpose of these meet ings is to promote a closer acquaintance and a finer spirit of co-operation among the Methodists of the county in the various activities of the several churches undertaken from time to time. Increased interest, atten dance and activity are evid ences of an improved status of the Nahunta Methodist Church recently. A cordial invitation is ex tended to all other church people, and to the general public, to attend these rallies, as well as all other services held in Methodist Churches in Brantley County. Members of the local church are expecting a house full of people, at 11:00 A. M. this next Sunday. The pastor, Rev. Leland Moore, will preach, and his theme will be “A Strong Methodist Denomina tion Could Do A Great Job In Brantley County.” Letter to Editor Must Be Signed By the Writer The Enterprise cannot publish letters to the editor which are not signed by the writers. We receive anonymous letters on various subjects but they have to go into the waste basket be cause they are unsigned by the writers’ names. If you have anything worthwhile to say to the public, please back it up with your signature. We like to have comment of our readers on matters of interest, but the writers MUST be willing to identi fy themselves to our readers. Bright Future For Woodland Owners in State Good years lie ahead for Geor gia farmers and other woodland owners who hold on to their forest acres and manage them well, a forestry specialist of the Univer sity of Georgia Cooperative Ex tension Service, predicted this week. C. Dorsey Dyer, head of the Ex tension Service forestry depart ment, said that expanding timber markets and growth in timber in dustries will also strengthen the economy of many Georgia com munities. Timber markets in Georgia and the South are expanding, he point ed out. There is talk of a “wood explosion.” Pulpwood production in 1968, Mr. Dyer said, is expect ed to be about 30 percent greater than it was in 1964, the latest year for which figures are available. Two new pulpmills will soon be in production in Georgia, the for ester said, and two other mills are being built just across the bor ders in South Carolina and Ala bama. Georgia is now producing six million cords of pulpwood annual ly and is expected to continue to lead all southern states, Mr. Dy er said. The southern pine lumber market has made many gains in the past two or three years and this market is expected to in crease and improve even more. During the past four years, there has been a 64 percent increase in the volume of southern pine lum ber moving into the Eastern and Midwestern markets. The know ledge is spreading throughout the country that Georgia and the South have a good supply of high quality timber, he declared. The high standards and service of the sawmill industry have also made a favorable impression on the markets throughout the country. Brantley Saddle Club to Hold "Trail Ride" The Brantley County Sad dle Club will hold a Trail Ride from Elroy Strickland’s fish pond Saturday, Aug 6, it is announced by J. F. Jacobs, president of the club. The Saddle Club will hold a basket supper at 5:30 P. M. at the fish pond. The Trail Riders on their ponies will start at 3:00 P. M. and will visit various points in the neighborhood until 5:00 P. M. The public is invited to at tend the affair. The Saddle Club has about 35 members. Hortense Camp Ground Building Improvements A number of improvements have been made on the Hor tense Campmeeting buildings, it is announced by R. C. Har rell. Jr., secretary of the Campmeeting Association. Some of the old buildings have been torn down and new ones built. Two units, one with five rooms and another with three rooms for light house keeping have been erected. This year’s camp meeting will begin Thursday, Aug. 11 Anyone seeking information about lodgings for the meeting should contract Mrs. F. A. Lewis, Hortense, Ga. Births Mr. and Mrs. Douglas F. Cooper announce the birth of a baby boy July 21 weigh ing nine pounds. He has been named Douglas Franklin Coop er, Jr. The mother was the former Miss Marnell Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Hand of Nahunta announce the birth of a baby girl. She weighed seven pounds one ounce and was named Susan Hope. The mother is the former Miss Myrle Strickland. Mr. and Mrs. Deryl Davison of Hortense announce the birth of a son at the Wayne County hospital. He weighed six pounds 13 ounces and was named John Terry. The moth er is the former Miss Elnita Bennett. 4 Promoted in Key Positions Os Rayonier, Inc. NEW YORK - Four promo tions of management personnel involving key positions in the manufacturing operations of Ray onier Incorporated effective Au gust 1 have been announced by George E. Scofield, General Man ager of Cellulose Operations. B. W. Haskell, Resident mana ager of Rayonier’s Jesup (Geor-) gia) Division is being transferred to the Executive Offices in New York City to fill the newly cre ated position of Assistant Gener al Manager of Cellulose Opera tions. He will be succeeded a s Resident Manager at Jesup b y Donald E. Lawson, now Assistant Resident Manager. Harrison B. Wood, Resident En gineer at Jesup, will be promoted to Assistant Resident Manager, and John R. Weaver, Assistant Resident Engineer, will be pr o moted to Resident Engineer. Mr. Scofield said that Mr. Has kell’s new position was created to strengthen the over-all man agement organization concerned with the production of Rayonier’s principal products — chemical cellulose, paper-making pulp, and chemicals from trees. He added that all of the announced moves are consistent with Rayonier’s policy of developing its manage ment people wherever feasible by promoting from within the Com pany. In his new post Mr. Haskell will be working in all phases of Company-wide manufacturing op erations in the United States. Mr. Haskell joined Rayonier in February, 1947 as a Staff Engi neer at the Fernandina Division. He has subsequently served as Resident Engineer at the Com pany’s Fernandina (Florida) Divi sion, Assistant Manager in Charge of Engineering and Maintenance at the Jesup Division, and Field Project Engineer for construction of Rayonier’s second mill at Jes up. In 1957 he became Chief En gineer of the newly created South east Central Engineering Divi sion, in 1958 was named Resident Manager of the Fernandina Divi sion, and in 1959 returned to Jes up as Resident Manager. Mr. Haskell is a native of Sa vannah, Georgia and a graduate of Georgia Institute of Technolo gy with a Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He served in the U. S. Army Ordance and Air Force in the European Theater during OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Personals Two cadets from Nahunta are at Fort Bragg, N. C. at tending six weeks of Reserve Officer Training Corps sum mer camp. Theodore D. Lewis, Route 2, and Kenneth N. Lew is Route 2, Box 121, are students at Presbyterian Col lege, Clinton, S. C. Pvt. Michael H. Middleton, 21, son of Howard A. Middle ton, of Route 1, Hortense, com pleted a 12-week communica tion center specialist course at the Army Southeastern Sign al School, Fort Gordon, Ga., July 15. During his training, he learned to operate teletype sets and other communications equipment. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Cour son returned to their home in Albany, Ga., after a two-weeks visit with Mrs. Evelyn Harris and friends of the Lulaton community. Mrs. Lula Brown is a med ical patient in Wayne Memo rial Hospital in Jesup. Mrs. Joe T. Crews is a med ical patient in Memorial Hos pital in Waycross. Glynwood Dowling has re turned home from the Bruns wick Hospital following treat ment for injuries received in an auto accident several weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin C. Brown returned to their home in Colom bia, Penn., on Monday of this week after spending last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Dykes. Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Freese and children of Long Beach, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Harrell High smith of Thalman were guests of Mrs. Alice Highsmith last week end. Mr. and Mrs. Linton Broome and Wanda and Renee of Dora ville, Ga., spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Broome. Kelly Brown, a former Brantley County man and son of Mrs. Ben Brown of Na hunta, is a candidate for con gress in the Fifth District in Atlanta. He is running as a Democrat against the incum bent Congressman Weltner. Kelly Brown is practicing law in Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Her rin and children visited Mr. Herrin’s mother, Mrs. Ivoy O. Herrin, the past weekend. They are visiting Mrs. Herrin’s mother, Mrs. W. A. Chapman at Bonaire, Ga., this week. They live at Immokalee, Fla. Pvt. Richard L. Rhoden, son of Mrs. Gretchen Harrell of Nahunta is now in the U. S. army and is stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky., for basic train ing. BUMPER PECAN CROP R. L. Livingston, head of the Extension Service horticul ture department, believes this year’s Georgia pecan crop should be average or above. This means, he said, that the state will produce 50 to 60 million pounds. St. Marys Girl, 5, Dies After Being Hit by Car A five-year-old St. Marys girl was struck and killed last Wednesday as she at tempted to cross Highway 121, three miles east of the Black shear city limits. The patrol identified the fatally injured girl as Kath ryn Strickland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David E. Strick land. The patrol said she was taken to the Pierce County Hospital but they were un able to say whether the girl was dead when she arrived or died later. According to a member of the family, Mr. and Mrs. Strickland and children were visiting with his sister, Mrs. Ray DeLoach and family, when the accident occurred. They had been digging for fish bait across the road, and the child pulled away from the DeLoach child and was Subscription Price and Tax Inside county $2.58 Outside county, in state $4.12 Outside state $4.00 Buyers Pay Up to 74* Bidding by buyers was brisk as 1966 auction sales of flue cured tobacco opened Wednes day. Prices as high as 75 cents per pound were recorded in the first hour of sales on the Blackshear market. Company buyers were pay ing 74 cents for much of the better grade leaf and most tobacco was selling in the high 60’s and low 70’s . It appeared that prices by grades would be several cents above those of opening day last season when the day’s average was 65.05 cents per pound. There is expected to be no jamming of the market this season, but rather a steady flow of leaf to market for a bout three weeks. W. B. Jacobs Funeral Service Held Wednesday Willie Bryant Jacobs, 69, of Hoboken, died Sunday night following an extended illness. He was the son of the late Samuel J. Jacobs and Annie Strickland Jacobs. He was a farmer and a member of Oak Church. Jacobs is survived by his widow, the former Miss Ethel Sapp of Hoboken; four daugh ters Mrs. Ona Mae Batten, Mrs. Geneva Newmans, Mrs. Gladys Crews and Mrs. Dice Hamilton, all of Hoboken; three sons, J. W. Jacobs, Ho boken, Arthur E. Jacobs, Au gusta, and Joseph Ralph Ja cobs, Ft. Hood, Texas; three brothers, Owen Jacobs and Lige Jacobs, both of Hoboken and Esttes Jacobs, Blackshear, 45 grandchildren, five great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2:30 P. M. at Enon Primitive Baptist Church in Pierce County. Burial was in the Church cemetery. Kenny Johns Bitten By Copperhead Snake Kenny Johns, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Riley Johns of the Hickox community, was bitten by a cop perhead snake Sunday afternoon, July 24, and is now recovering in a Waycross hospital . Kenny was sitting on the front step and reached over into some lilac bushes and the snake struck his hand. The copperhead snake is sometimes called “highland moccasin,” and is very dangerous. hit when she attempted to cross the highway to see the bait. The driver of the car was listed as Gardner Brown of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. He was charged by the patrol with driving too fast for conditions. The accident occurred at 4:20 P. M. Investigating the ac cident was trooper C. V. Gowen. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock at the Bible Baptist Church in St. Marys with the Rev. Jim Mevelles officiating. Burial was in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Survivors are her parents; a sister. Robin Ann Strick land of St. Marys; a brother, David Earl Strickland Jr. of St. Marys; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wade Tetty of St. Marys.