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Newspaper Page TextNOTIFY THIS NEWSPAPER WHEN YOUR ADDRESS CHANGES. VOLUME 44 - NUMBER 31 Leaf in Strong Demand as Auctions Open A Voice in the Wilderness Wallace May Hold Extra in Political Game Ace The possibility that the presidential election this year may be thrown into the lap of the U. S. Con gress has caused many politicians, editorial writers and columnists to go into a tizzy of nervous frustra tion. George Wallace now seems certain to carry several Southern states and may possibly hold the balance of power if the electoral votes are split three ways and no candidate receives a majority. But one fact seems to have been forgotten by the many pundits commenting on the possibilities in the case. This fact is that if Wallace wins enough electoral votes to prevent a majority for either the Democratic candidate or the Republican candidate, he can make a deal with either of the leading candidates and instruct his electors to vote for that candidate, thus settling the race before it reaches the Congress. It must be remembered that the presidential electors are NOT BOUND BY LAW to vote for any certain man. They can, under the provisions of the U. S. Constitution, vote for any duly qualified citizen in the United States. The electors will meet in each state and cast their votes for president. They are not evn bound by the U. S. Constitution to vote for etther of the announced candidates. It is only by custom and moral obligation that the electors have always, with a few exceptions, voted for one or the other of the two leading candidates. But suppose Wallace carries enough states to hold the balance of power. He then could simply release his electors and request them to vote for the candi date he prefers of the two leading candidates. In this way all moral and traditional obligations would be met and the man Wallace preferred would re ceive a majority of electoral votes. Thus the contest would never reach the floor of Congress. Before the electors meet in the several states to cast their ballots, Wallace will know the makeup of the next Congress and will probably make his move accordingly. Therefore, it is plain there is a possibility the contest for President may never reach Congress, even if no candidate receive a majority of the electoral vote. 4-H Club Members Attending Camp At Rock Eagle Thirty eight 4-H Club mem bers from Brantley County are attending 4-H club camp at Rock Eagle 4-H Center Mon day through Friday of this week. Cloverleaf members are Hel en Roberson, Pam Moody, Kim Herrin, Martha Middleton, Ginger Johns, Phyllis Dubber ly, Karen Lewis, Janet Ann Roberts, Michael Davis, Mi chael Smith, Chuck Bass, Mi chael Moore, Terry Brooker, Ed ward Kirkland, Jake Roberts and Cleve Harden. Junior members include Donna Popwell, Denise White, Sabra Keen, Kathryn Schmitt, Willie Pearl Roundtree, Joan Davis, Estella Medlock, Sonya Bass, Rebecca Wainright, Bet tv Jo Purdom, Jan Purcell, Earl Austin, Roger Stallings, Blake Loyd. Alonzo Roberts, and John Middleton. Senior members attending are Cindy Raulerson, Rosa Ann Hudson, Brenda Johns, Kathy Middleton, Miles Moody and Huey Johns. The weeks camping activities are crafts, foods and nutrition, forestry, insect study, propagation of Shrubs, water safety, electric, and recreation. Accompanying the 4-H’ers are Mrs. Virginia Raulerson, County Home Economist, Miss Laverne Middleton, student assistant, George Loyd, Coun ty Agent, and Vernon Johns, bus driver. By Carl Broome Personals Mrs. Merilyn Chambless Guerry of Cordele was re cently selected to Who’s Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges for her out standing record while attend ing Young Harris College from which she graduated in June. Mrs. Guerry is the daughter of Guy Chambless of Nahunta and Mrs. Claire W. Chambless of Lilly, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Bras well of Decatur were visitors to the Enterprise office Sat urday. Mr. Braswell is an at torney who once taught school at Nahunta, way back in the early thirties. He said the school had nine grades then and he was principal. He suc ceeded in getting the school accredited for the first time, he said. Private George W. Knox, 20, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Knox, and wife, Doris, live on Route 2, Nahunta, completed nine weeks of advanced infantry training July 13 at Ft. McClel lan, Ala. Hortense Memorial Church Services Sunday The Hortense Memorial Church will hold regular monthly services Sunday, August 4, at 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon. The pastor, Rev. B. W. Ray, will preach. Everyone is in vited to attend. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Os affable manner and gen ial disposition, Mr. Knox made and kept friends easily. He was well known throughout this area and was a person with whom anyone could feel at ease as he was not one who believed in pretense, but who remained the same always. A native of Wayne, now Brantley County, Mr. Knox was the son of the late Frank and Mary Elizabeth Knox. He received his education in the public schools of this county and from early manhood un til his retirement due to de clining health was engaged in farming operations. He was a devoted member of the Little Phoebe Primitive Baptist Church and was a veteran of World War I. He was first married to the former Miss Vinnie Bell Mi zell, who preceded him in death. He was then married to the former Miss Mary Crews, who survives. For the past nine years, he had resided in Folkston. In addition to his wife, sur vivors include two daughters, Mrs. Frank Thompson of Chester, S. C., and Mrs. Dew ey Hickox of Nahunta; four sons, Virgil Knox of Bruns wick, Edward Knox of St. Marys, Bobby Knox of Nor folk, Va., and Thomas Knox of Atlanta; two sisters, Mrs. Charlie Brannon of Nahunta and Mrs. Kate Mizell of Homestead, Fla. The Hickox Home Economics Club met Wednesday, July 24, at the County Extension of fice with Mrs. Bill White as hostess. It was decided to have the annual family picnic at Tes ton Lake, August 23, 6:00 P. M. We urge all club members with their families to attend. Miss Laverne Middleton gave a program on Photogra phy, the correct methods in picture making. Others present were Mrs. Joseph Hickox, Mrs. J. C. Al len, Mrs. Arthur Keene, Mrs. Wodrow Hendrix, Mrs. Ed ward Brand, Mrs. Virginia Raulerson and Mrs. J. E. Har ris. Bill W. Knox Funeral Service Held Wednesday A gallant fight for life a gainst overwhelming odds came to an end for Mr. Bill William Knox, 74, of Folkston early Monday morning, July 29, at the McCoy - Jackson Hospital and his passing brings personal sorrow to a wide circle of relatives and friends throughout this section where he spent the major portion of his life. Also surviving are 22 grand children, seven great grand children, several nieces, neph ews and other relatives. Funeral services were held at eleven o’clock Wednesday morning, July 31, from the Little Phoebe Primitive Bap tist Church near Folkston with the Elder F. M. Sikes and the Elder Isaac Turner conducting the rites. Interment followed in the Little Pheobe Cemetery. Grandsons and nephews served as pallbearers. The many beautiful floral tributes attested to the esteem felt for the deceased. The family has the sympa thy of their many friends in their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrangements. Hickox Home Economics Club Met Wednesday Mrs. Wilson Wainright pre sided over the meeting. DID YOU KNOW You can separate whole let tuce leaves from the head for lettuce cups very easily. Ac cording to Mrs. Rita Waters, Extension Service home econo mist at the University of Georgia, just core the head of lettuce and hold the cored end up under a cold stream of water. As the water flows you can slowly peel off whole leaves. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, August 1, 1968 MISS CHARLOTTE DIANNE COLVIN To Wed Mr. James L. Wilkes Colvin-Wilkes The engagement and ap proaching marriage of Miss Charlotte Diane Colvin of Ho boken to James L. Wilkes is announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Colvin of Hoboken. The future bride groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilkes of Reids ville. The wedding is planned for August 24 at 2:00 p. m. at the Hoboken Baptist Church. The Rev. Chelsey Walker, pastor of the Hoboken Baptist Church, will officiate during the dou ble-ring rites. Formal invitations will not be issued, but the couple cord ially invites friends and rela tives to the ceremony and re ception to be held 'at the bride’s home immediately fol lowing the wedding ceremony. Miss Colvin graduated from Georgia Southern College in 1967 and will receive her mas ters in special education from Georgia Southern August 20. He was graduated from Georgia Tech in 1964. He has served as an officer with the United States Navy for 3 years and is presently employ ed as an industrial engineer for Blackstone-Georgia Found ry, Statesboro. Perry Rozier Asks Re-election As Ordinary To the Citizens Os Brantley County: This is to announce my can didacy for re-election to the office of Ordinary of Brantley County, Georgia, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic Primary. I am grateful for the privi lege of serving you in this office for the past 3% years and I am looking forward to the rest of this term. Fou. years ago, I promised you the voters, that if elected I would render the service you as citizens have a right to ex pect. I have done this to the best of my ability. I continue my pledge to you for that same kind of service for the forthcoming term. I earnestly solicit your vote and support in the election on Sept. 11, 1968. My desire is to see each voter personally, but due to the duties of this office I might fail to see some of you. Should I miss seeing you, I ask you to take this as my personal appeal for your support. It has been an honor and a happy privilege to serve you. Gratefully yours Perry U. Rozier Adv. JACK MAYS JACK MAYS JOINS GUN LAW OPPOSITION FOLKSTON - Jack Mays, 6th District candidate for the state Senate, has wired Geor gia’s two senators and his con gressman of his opposition to federal gun registration pro posals. Such legislation should be left-up to the states, he told Sens. Richard Russell and Herman Talmadge and Rep. W. S. (Bill) Stuckey, Jr. He said the requirement that guns be registered with fed eral authorities “could con ceivably result in the ultimate federal confiscation of all firearms, pistols, shotguns and rifles.” Mays, mayor of Folkston, is seeking to dump Sen. Roscoe Dean of Jesup in the Sept. 11 Democratic primary. Mays said “already much legislation enacted at the fed eral level in Washington was ‘ou+ of tune’ with the people, and had done little to combat crime in the streets, civil dis orders and poverty.” The candidate said, “History teaches that gun legislation has been a ‘first step’ taken in totalitarian countries preced ing a complete takeover of the people by ruthless dictators.” “It’s a rather simple step after the gun registration law to pass a more stringent law which could possibly result in confiscation of all guns by federal authorities,” he said. He said those who agree with him should write to their senators and congressmen ask ing their help in defeating any such legislation. (Paid political advertisement) A human being will aver age more than 70,000 meals in a lifetime, according to home economists with the Univer dfv of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service. Mrs. Mary Todd Highsmith Died Sunday July 28 Mrs. Mary Cordelia Todd Highsmith, 76, of Route One, Nahunta, passed away Sunday afternoon, July 28, at Glynn- Brunswick Memorial Hospital following a short illness. Although in declining health for some time, Mrs. Highsmith had borne her suffering with a fortitude which had made her life a blessing to the en tire community and her death brings personal sorrow to many and removes one of Brantley County’s most be loved residents. Mrs. Highsmith was born in Loris, S. C., and was the daughter of the late Albert L. and Loretta Hardy Todd. She received her education in the schools of South Carolina and was a member of the Baptist Church. She had resided in Brantley County for the past 60 years and was the widow of the late Cecil E. Highsmith. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. E. H. Geiger of Brunswick and Mrs. Sam Chesser of Nahunta; eight sons. Collis Highsmith and El lis Highsmith, both of Nahun ta, Willie Highsmith of Augus ta. Clarence Highsmith and Albert Highsmith, both of Gainesville, Fla., Ruel High smith of Sheridan, Ark., Tal madge Highsmith of Newport, R. I, and Morris Highsmith of Blackshear; two sisters, Mrs. Oliver Lewis of Black shear and Mrs. D. W. O’Neal of Waycross; one brother, V. B. Todd of Waycross. 44 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held at four o’clock Tuesday after noon, July 30, from the chapel of the Chambless Funeral Home in Nahunta with the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas, assisted bv the Rev. Chesley Walker, officiating. Interment followed in the family plot in Bethlehem Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were the Messrs. J. Cecil Moody, R. B. Brooker, J. A. Allen, Horace Jacobs, S. K. Allen and Avery Strickland. The many beautiful floral offerings attested to the es teem felt for the deceased. The family has the sym pathy of their many friends in their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrangements. Home Economics Clubs Schedule The monthly schedule for the Brantley County Home Economics clubs is given by Mrs. Virginia Raulerson. The program is on House hold Tools. The Family Life project chairmen will give the program. The schedule for the various clubs is as follows: Waynesville. Monday, Aug. 5, 8:00 P.M., Hick’s Shop. Raybon, Thursday, August 8. 8:00 P.M., Raybon Advent Church. Nahunta, Tuesday, August 20, 9:30 A.M., Mrs. Ben Hu ling. Suburban. Tuesday, August 20, 3:15 P.M., Mrs. Don Math ie. Hickox, Friday, August 23, 6:00 P.M., Family Picnic, Tes ton Lake. All Family Life Project Chairmen to meet at County Extension office at 10:00 A M.. Wednesday, August 7, for leader training meeting. SUMMER HAIR To protect your hair from sun, wind and water during the active summer months, Miss Margie Mclntrye, home economist with the University of Georgia Cooperative Exten sion Service, says to be sure to shampoo your hair after swimming even if you swim every day. You may also need to use a hair conditioner dur ing the hot weather. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Yield Off This Year, Buyers Bid Briskly R. B. Brooker Is Candidate for County Chairman TO THE CITIZENS OF BRANTLEY COUNTY This is to announce that I am a candidate for Post No. 1 Chairman of the County Commission, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic Primary Sept. 11, 1968. I have had the honor to serve on the board of com missioners from the Nahunta District for several years, al though I always felt it my duty to serve the whole coun ty. I have worked with the State Highway officials to get as many miles of paved roads as possible. Since I have been commissioner we have obtained approximately 73 miles of rural paved roads and several jniles of streets paved in Hoboken and Na hunta. Working with the County Board of Education we obtained a county contract in the amount of $35,675.34 through the State Highway Department for drive-ways and parking area at our new Brantley County High School. If elected I pledge to carry out the duties of a county commissioner in a business like and impartial .manner and will continue to work with the State Highway Depart ment officials to improve our roads. Your vote will be appre ciated Sept. 11th. Sincerely, R. B. BROOKER. 9|5 Growers Responsibilities Outlined In Marketing Flue-cured Tobacco George Dykes, chairman, Brantley County ASC Commit tee, this week reminded flue-cured tobacco growers that there have been some changes this year in the use of tobacco marketing cards under the acreage poundage program. Mr. Dykes said, “To pro tect themselves, growers should carefully follow the procedures for marketing to bacco, thereby safeguarding their marketing card from misuse.” A marketing card fs issued, by the County ASCS Office, for each farm to identify the tobacco marketed from that farm. Upon request, more than one card will be issued to each farm. At the beginning of the marketing season, the card, or cards, will show the total a mount of tobacco which can be marketed during the sea son. Whenever tobacco is mar keted the producer must pre sent his card when he leaves tobacco at the warehouse. The card will then remain in the warehouse until the sale i s made and the producer settles for his tobacco. “The first point I want to stress”, Chairman Dykes said, “is that each grower be sure that his .marketing card is returned when he settles for each sale. A requirement pro hibits leaving the marketing card at the warehouse once a sale is completed. Next, the grower should check the pounds of the sale on his sales ticket against the pounds recorded on the back of his card. The difference between the last two entries on the card will give the pounds sold. Remember, the grower is responsible for his card, and should make sure that the pounds entered on it match SUBSCRIPTION PRICE AND TAX Inside county .. . $3.09 Outside county, in state $4.12 Outside state $4.00 Prices by grades were up from last year as flue-cured tobacco auction sales opened Wednesday morning in Black shear and other Georgia and Florida markets. Buyers were paying up to 76 cents per pound for good grade leaf and most tobacco during the sale opening was selling from 68 cents to in the low 70’s. On two rows sold in one warehouse Wednesday morn ing, the highest price paid was 76 cents and the lowest was 55 cents. Buyers were bidding brisk ly on what is expected to be a short crop because of acre age allotment cutbacks and some dry weather damage. Quality of leaf on warehouse floors this week seemed to be good. Georgia grown tobacco is marked this year with a green and yellow tag, the first time the locally grown leaf has been so identified. Warehouses in Blackshear Wednesday had sufficient to bacco for nearly two days of selling. All Blackshear warehouses will sell every day during the 1968 season, with sales begin ning at 9:00 and 10:30 A. M. Chuck Roast Is Economical Cut Want an economical, yet flavorful beef cut? Try a blade chuck roast, suggests the Consumer and Marketing Service. This roast has that excellent, full beef flavor. And it can be oven-roasted in USDA Prime and Choice grades even though it has several muscles that vary in tenderness. Or you can potroast it in all grades. You’ll need about three fourths pound per person. the sales ticket. Any tobacco marketings above 110 percent of the farm quota will be con sidered excess tobacco and the producer will be responsible for any marketing quota pen alty due, regardless of reason. Mr. Dykes stated. “An other grower responsibility is to make sure that his market ing card is returned to the County ASCS Office as soon as he has finished marketing his tobacco. The card should be returned immediately upon completion of marketings, e ven though the markets are still open.” Mr. Dykes said that mem bers of the County Committee and County Office staff are available to explain any as pects of tobacco marketing card use. He said, “Our main concern is that farmers under stand the rules so they can market all the tobacco they’re entitled to market. All a pro ducer has to remember are the procedures I’ve outlined, and that the marketing card is to be used only for tobacco from the farm for which it was issued. There are usually only two reasons why farmers have difficulty with their marketing card, they don’t understand the correct proce dure, or in a small percentage of cases they attempt to false ly identify tobacco by using someone else’s card.” “We don’t like to talk a bout penalties”, Mr. Dykes said, “but when violations do occur the Committee is obliged to assess the penalties pre scribed by law and program regulations. The penalties for tobacco falsely identified are a reduction in your next year’s allotment and assessment of heavy marketing quota penal ties. In addition, violations may be subject to criminal or civil fraud prosecution.”