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The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Sept. 5, 1968
Brantley Enterprise
published weekly on Thursday at Nahunta, Georgia
Official Organ of Brantley County
Carl Broome Editor and Publisher
Mrs. Carl Broome Associate Editor
Second class postage paid at Nahunta, Ga.
Address all mail to Nahunta, Georgia 31553
Bill Stuckey
In Washington
With the Republican and the
Democratic Conventions be
hind us the Congress is now
back at work, busily trying to
finish up its business so that
those members with contested
elections can go home and
campaign.
This Congress has been
criticized by various sources
for various reasons. One criti
cisn? is that the 90th Congress
has dragged its feet in getting
its business done. This is a
very sound criticism; one with
which I agree.
Another criticism by certain
Washington sources has been
that the action taken on legis
lative matters was hardly sub
stantial ...the criticism
seems to be that the 90th
Congress has not spent enough
of our taxpayers money.
It is a well known fact that
the 89th Congress nassed some
far reaching and ambitious
legislative measures. It is also
true that when many of the
proposals were passed in 1965
and early 1966, no one sus
pected the extent to which we
would be involved in the Viet
nam war nor the overwhelm
ing amount of money our gov
ernment would be putting out
to conduct this war. but by
the time the 90th Congress
convened, those of us faced
with the responsibility of
passing legislation were quite
aware of the fact that the bil
lions of dollars required to
carry out the nrograms en
ac'ed in the 89th Congress
wo”e just not available.
t have said time and time
again that T do not favor sac
rifioina hillinns of dollars that
could hotter bo spent here at
homo, No . lam not at all
in favor of our American
pianos flying over Communist
missile bases, bombing a
wooden bridge and returning,
while in the moantime. Viet
cong Guerillas are slaughter
in'* our hovs right and loft.
The poonle I have heard
from and talked to are sick
and tired and I am sick
and tired of the hardships this
war has caused us here at
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home. But, the fact remains,
that until we resolve the sit
uation of the war in Vietnam,
the Domestic programs are
going to have to suffer. Until
we are not being forced to
pour billions of dollars into
this war, we are going to
have to make sacrifices some
where.
And, those programs which
were enacted in the 89th Con
gress have had to be cut back
during this 90th Congress.
It has not been an easy task
trying to determine which pro
posals were acceptable, which
were not . . . where to cut
funds and how much to cut
. . . what to vote further ap
propriations for and what not
to.
In order to guide me in such
decisions I have tried to take
the issues to each of the citi
zens of our Bth District. This,
of course, is not completely
possible through direct per
sonal contact because we have
twenty-four counties in our
District and about 350,000
residents. However, I have
used the news media as much
as possible to bring the issues
to you. I intend to continue
doing this throughout the rest
of this session of Congress and
again during the 91st Con
gress.
When this Congress ad
journs, I hope to cover as
much of our district as possi
ble before we reconvene in
January, and visit with and
talk to as many people as
possible so that I can con
tinue to keep up with the
needs of our district and the
opinions and thoughts of our
people on the issues which will
he coming before the 91st
Congress.
Also, I hope that each and
every citizen will continue to
write as often as possible.
Thank you for giving me the
opportunity to represent you
in Washington.
Jimmie Ham Is
Candidate for
Commissioner
TO THE CITIZENS
OF BRANTLEY COUNTY:
I, James H. “Jimmie” Ham,
hereby announce my candida
cy for Post No. 2 Brantley
County Commissioner, sub
ject to the rules and regula
tions of the Democratic pri
mary of Sept. 11.
At the present time I am
serving the unexpired term of
the late S. B. Highsmith, to
which I was appointed.
I am a lifelong resident of
Brantley County, except two
years in the U. Si Army. I
have had experience in op
erating heavy equipment and
building and maintaining
roads.
I hope to see each of you
before the election, but in
case I don’t, please consider
this as my personal plea for
your support and vote.
If elected, I promise to serve
you to the best of my ability.
Sincerely,
JIMMIE HAM 915
Mrs. Smith Is
Candidate for
Justice of Peace
TO THE VOTERS OF
THE NAHUNTA DISTRICT:
This is to announce that I
am a candidate for Justice of
the Peace for the Nahunta
Militia District, subject to the
Democratic primary election
of Sept. 11.
If you will elect me as your
Justice of the Peace, I will
do my best to carry out the
duties of the office in an hon
est and efficient manner.
Your support and vote will
be greatly appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Denny Ray Smith.
9|5
Conway Howard
Is Candidate for
Clerk of Court
This is to announce that I,
Conway Howard, have qualifi
ed as a candidate for the pos
ition of Clerk of the Superior
Court of Brantley County, sub
ject to the rules and regula
tions of the democratic ex
ecutive committee.
I was born in Brantley
County and received my edu
cation in the schools of this
county. Although I was in bu
siness in Savannah for sev
eral years, I have lived in
Brantley County most of my
life
I am the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Howard. My
father was the first elected
sheriff of Brantley County,
this making me familiar and
interested in Brantley County
affairs since a very early
age.
I am maried to the former
Miss Arlene Dickerson of Sa
vannah. and we have six
children.
I am a member of the Bap
tist Church of Hickox; al
so a Master Mason and a mem
ber of the Eastern Star. I
am a vertern of World War
11, and have served three
years in military service with
a tour of overseas duty.
I have been engaged in the
trucking business for myself
for the past twenty years. I
have conducted this business
in a successful and honest
manner, and I feel like having
done business with all types
of people for the past twenty
years will aid me in serving
you in the office of Clerk of
the Superior Court of Brant
ley County in a most honest
and efficient manner.
I plan to try to speak with
each one of you between now
and September 11. but in cas
[ don’t see you I would like
to take this opportunity to so
licit your vote and support
Respectfully,
Conway Howard
(Adv.)
Claude Smith
’s C^dHste
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I TO THE VOTERS OF
BRANTLEY COUNTY
I am a candidate for
office of Ordinary cf Brantley
County. I hope to contact you
before the election, but in case
I do not see you. please con
sider this as my personal plea
for your vote and support.
If elected. I promise to serve
you to the best of my ability.
I remain your friend, as ever,
Sincerely,
Claude A. Smith. 9-5
Delma Herrin
Is Candidate
For Re-election
TO THE CITIZENS
OF BRANTLEY COUNTY,
I am happy that my health
will permit me to make my
formal announcement as a
candidate for the office of
Clerk of Superior Court of
the County of Brantley. This
is an important office, and
therefore the qualifications of
the person who serves in it
are most important.
I feel that experience is the
greatest teacher in life and
in this area I feel that I am
most qualified. Integrity of
character and attention to
duty is always an important
qualification for the person
who serves you as Clerk of
Superior Court. My past rec
ord on both of these matters
is according to the old saying
“a good index of the future”.
When reelected as your
Clerk, I promise to continue
to serve all of the people of
our county to the best of my
ability and to operate this
pe jo jijauaq aqj joj aorjjo
of Brantley County.
I will deeply appreciate
your support and influence in
the coming Democratic Pri
mary.
Sincerely
Delma F. Herrin 9|5
John Wilson Asks
Re-election As
Tax Commissioner
TO THE CITIZENS
OF BRANTLEY COUNTY
This is to announce my can
didacy for re-election to the
office of Tax Commissioner of
Brantley County, Georgia, in
the General Primary to be
held September 11, 1968.
First, let me express my
sincere appreciation to each
and every one of you for your
past support and the confid
ence you have shown me in
the past. I consider it a privi
lege and honor to have been
allowed to serve as your Tax
Commissioner over the years
and if it be the will of the
majority of the voters of our
county for me to serve you for
another four year term, you
can rest assured that it
will be deeply appreciated as
the past has been.
I do not have any new
promises to make to any one,
only a renewal of the ones
that I .made when I first
took office as your Tax Com
missioner. That was to give
you fair, honest and impar
tial service. This we have
strived to do at all times and
it is on my record that I so
list your vote and influence in
the forth coming Primary.
As most of you know this
is a very busy season in the
tax office, trying to get all
taxes consolidated and calcu
lated for collection and the
duties of the office may keep
me from seeing many of you
in person. So I wish you would
consider this as my personal
appeal to v ou Pr ycur vote
on September 11, 1968.
Sincerely,
John M. Wilson 915
Strickland Is
Candidate for
Commissioner
TO THE CITIZENS
OF BRANTLEY COUNTY
This is to announce that I
am a candidate for Post No.
3 County Commissioner of
Brantley County in the Demo
cratic Primary Election of
Sept. 11, 1968.
If elected I will support th
following policy:
1. All purchas'-s of supplies
or services by bid (lowest
bid).
2. Pay off county debt as
ear’v as possible.
3. Reduce taxes.
Your vote and support will
be anpreciatcd.
Sincerely.
J. E. “'Ebb’’ Strickland.
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Andrew Johns Is
Candidate for
Tax Commissioner
TO THE CITIZENS
OF BRANTLEY COUNTY:
This is to announce that I
have qualified with the Demo
cratic Executive Committee as
a candidate for the office of
Tax Commissioner of Brant
ley County in the September
11th Primary I am 33 years of
age. lam married and have
two children.
I am a life long resident of
Brantley County with excep
tion of two years I spent in the
U. S, Army. I am a member
of Nahunta Baptist Church and
a deacon. I am presently em
ployed with Okefenoke Rural
Electric Membership Corpor
ation. I am a 1952 graduate of
Nahunta High School.
If elected to this office I
promise to carry out the du
ties of this office in a fair hon
est and efficient manner. I
promise to be in the office
regular office hours. I will do
my best to see each one before
election day. This is my plea
for your vote and support.
Sincerely yours,
Andrews J. Johns
(ADV) 9-5
Page Announces
To Run for
Commissioner
TO THE VOTERS
OF BRANTLEY COUNTY:
This is to announce that I
am a candidate for County
Commissioner Post No. 2.
If you the people, believe in
better county government,
economy being the corner
stone, sealed bids on all pur
chases exceeding SIOO, a com
plete and certified audit of the
financial affairs of Brantley
County, then cast your vote
for David S. Page.
I believe that as your next
commissioner that we together
can and must excerise all
strength and efforts in obtain
ing some type of industrial
development for the employ
ment of our people.
I pledge, if elected, to work
with the cities of Nahunta and
Hoboken to promote better
conditions for all concerned.
If elected, as of the first
meeting, your business will be
conducted in a business like
manner. Your presence will
be most welcome.
I trust that you will accept
this as my request for your
vote and support September
11, 1968.
Sincerely yours,
David S. Page
C. L King Asks
Election As
TaxCommissiener
To the Citizens
TJ B-nntlry Ccrr.ty:
This is to announce that I
am p cand ; da + e fnv Tex Com-
missioner of Brantley County,
subject to the rules and regu
’-i'c." oi 'ho P mocrr/ic Pri
mary of Sent. 11. 1968.
s I am a iife-long resident of
sh? county and am deeply con
(ferned as to its progress.
i I am a World War n Veter
an. If elected I pledge my ear
nest efforts to perform the
duties of the office in a fair
and impartial manner. I shall
be grateful for your support
and influence in the coming e
tection.
Sincerely.
C. L. KING
(Adv.)
Farm Bureau
Backs Drive to
Get Out Vote
The Georgia Farm Bureau
Board of Directors meeting in
Macon has voted for the
federation to promote a
statewide get out the vote
campaign in the upcoming
elections in Georgia.
Farm Bureau has histori
cally promoted citizenship par
ticipation by residents of
Georgia - particularly rural
people.
William L. Lanier, Presi
dent of the Georgia Farm
Bureau Federation. writing
in the current issue of Geor
gia Farm Bureau News cau
tions the citizenry and Farm
Bureau members by urging
that the ballot is the means
whereby the principal may be
upheld that government is
derived from the consent of
the governed.
Quarantine on
Hog Movements
Is Reimposed
Atlanta — Commissioner of
Agriculture Phil Campbell an
nounced last week that re
cent occurrences of hog cho
lera have necessitated the re
imposing of a state-wide
quarantine regulating the
movement of feeder and
breeder swine.
“Although the cooperation
of the farmer, auction barn
operators and veterinarians
has been excellent,” Camp
bell said, “the incidence of
cholera has been high and
steps .must be taken to protect
the hog industry in Georgia.”
Effective Monday, August
26, permits will be required
for the movement of any feed
er or breeder pigs. Special
feeder pig sales announced
several days in advance, will
be set up over the state. All
pigs sent to sale must first
be checked on the farm.
Special breeder swine sales
may also be conducted provid
state veterinarian’s office.
Permits may be obtained
from the state veterinarian’s
office for exhibiting swine at
fairs and shows. The re
quest for a permit should be
accompanied by official
health certificate from the
local veterinarian, showing
herd health status. Swine
may move once — from farm
to farm — with no diversion
in route, if a special permit
showing no sickness on the
farm of origin is obtained
from the state veterinarian.
Hogs ready for slaughter
are not restricted and may
move directly to the livestocl?
auction barns for sale or di
rectly to the slaughtering
house.
Any farmer or livestock
dealer violating this quaran
tine will be promptly pro
secuted as has been the case
on violators in the past.
Commissioner Campbell said
that due to the cooperation of
farmers and others, Georgia
has made great progress in the
eradication of cholera; how
ever, in order to completely
stamp out cholera, the re-im
posing of the state-wide quar
ed permit is obtained from the
antine is necessary at this
time.
The Georgia cholera erad
ication program is part of a
nationwide program. The
United States is one of the
few countries in the world
still infected with cholera.
Canada and Great Britain are
two of the most recent coun
tries to eradicate the costly
swine disease.
Storytelling
Workshop Set
At Jekyll
The Brunswick Public Li
brary, Miss Theo Hotch,
director, and the Okefenokee
Regional Library. Mrs. Sam
Fain, director, will co-sponsor
a Storytelling Workshop at
Jekyll Island on Saturday.
September 21. It will be held
at the Wanderer Motel, 10:00
-4:00.
The program will include a
discussion on the techniques
of storytelling, led by Miss
Martha Parker, children’s
specialist for the two regions.
It will also feature Mrs. Sam
mie Lackev, chief of chil
dren’s services for the Augus-
ta-Richmond County Public
Libary. in a demonstration of
the art.
It is felt that this -workshop
will be of particular value to
librarians, teachers, and those
working with church and
scout groups, but it is open to
anyone in the twelve coun
ties served by the two spon
soring library systems.
While the only cost to par
ticipants will be transportation
and lunch, reservations must
be made bv those planning to
attend. These should be re
ceived by September 16.
Any interested persons in
Pierce County may contact
Blackshear Memorial Library,
Mrs. Parker Strickland, li
brarian; Marian Anderson
Library, Blackshear, Mrs.
Rachel Meeks, librarian; or
Patterson Public Library.
Miss Susie Walker, librarian,
for further information about
the program and how to com
plete reservations.
TOTEM POLE
A totem pole for your in
door plants to grow on may be
the answer to the problem of
how to train tropical foliage
plants, says Gerald E. Smith,
horticulturist with the Univer
sity of Georgia Cooperative
Extension Service. The totem
pole will provide support for
these vine plants.
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U. S„ Ga. Act to Rid
Highways of Hazards
The Federal Government
and Georgia are cooperating
in a $7.3 million “spot im
provement” safety program
aimed at eliminating high-ac
cident locations from the
State’s highway system.
Federal Highway Adminis
trator Lowell K. Bridwell
says “the spot improvement
program represents an im
mediate opportunity — with
fast pay-off — in the job of
reducing the mounting toll of
traffic deaths and injuries.”
Since March 1964 when
President Johnson directed the
Bureau of Public Roads to
use Federal-aid resources to
help the States expand this
type of work, Georgia has
programmed 86 such projects
at a total cost of $7,392,952,
split 50-50 by the State and
the Federal Government.
By September 1969, the
Georgia program is expected
to total 213 projects on
Federal-aid highways at a cost
of $24,311,000, financed by
Federal-aid and 100 percent
State funds.
Administrator Bridwell paid
tribute to Georgia for the
work it has done on its own
in this field: “The Georgia
State Highway Department
has let to contract or
has completed with its own
forces 78 projects on its roads
since 1964 at a cost of $3.3 mil
lion, a very commendable
achievement.”
“Many of these spot im
provements,” he explained,
“are comparatively small jobs
not involving huge sums of
money, but they bring almost
immediate results.”
As an example, he cited a
project on Interstate 20E a
bout four miles west of At
lanta where 2.1 miles of road
way were re-grooved to per
mit the run-off of water which
had been causing cars to skid.
During a five-month per
iod from January 1 to June 1,
1966, that stretch of roadway
was the scene of 14 accidents
in which three persons were
killed and 15 injured. Five
cars crossed the median.
At a cost of $12,000 in
State funds, the pavement was
scored to reduce the hydro
planing effect. In a six
month period following the
improvement, the number of
accidents remained the same
but there were no fatalities.
Injuries dropped to three.
The injury rate fell from 70.8
per 100 million vehicle miles
to 9.9 The fatality rate drop
ped from 14.1 to zero. Only
one car crossed the median.
The spot improvement pro
gram in Georgia and the
other States involves such im
provements as widening
bridges, traffic lanes and
shoulders; realigning curves
and slopes for beter sight dis
tances; reconstruction and
channelization of intersections;
installing uniform control de
vices; installation of guard
rails, and railroad grade cros
sing elimination or protection.
The Bureau of Public Roads
reports that across the nation
17,580 spot improvement pro
jects 'have been programmed
or completed since 1964 at a
cost of $1,176,563,000. Os
these, about 4.200 were Fed
eral-aid projects? accounting
for $771 million of the total
cost with the Federal share
fixed at $394 million. The
remaining 13,380 projects
were financed with State
funds alone at a cost of 5406
.million.
A recent nation-wide in-
RE-ELECT J
Roscoe Emory Dean, Jr. I
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“THE PEOPLE’S CANDIDATE”
1. Lower Taxes
2. Local Self-Government, Constitutional Government and
Private Property Rights
3. Good Farm Prices
4. Hew Industry, Jobs, Payrolls and Economic Development
5, Improved Education ond Recreation for Youth
6. Help for Senior Citizens and Aged
7. More Roads, Streets, Sidewalks ond Tourist Trade
• . . .Four—Laning of Major Highways
8. Law and Order
9. Increased Benefits for Servicemen in Vietnam and All Veteran;
10. Upgraded Program for Retarded Children and Mental Health
11. Conservation of Wildlife and Forests
12. Protection for Small Businessman
h'3. Moral Leadership
4. Fair Benefits for Workingman
15. Better Protection for Consumer and Housewife
“Dedicated Public Service Guided by Christian Principles”
ventory showed there are a
bout 20,620 such locations
which are proposed to be cor
rected at a total cost of a
round $2.1 billion.
Mr. Bridwell noted, too, that
the Congress in 1966 enacted
into law “the greatest and
most comprehensive attack on
highway accidents in the his
tory of automotive transpor
tation —• a program setting
performance standards for mo
tor vehicles and offering
grants for States and local
communities to expand and
improve their own highway
safety program.”
One of the Federal-aid spot
improvement projects pro
grammed in Georgia is in
Pierce and Brantley Counties,
involving the widening of sev
en overflow bridges a t
the Little Satilla River on
State Route 32, at a cost of
§227,000.
School Enrollment
Must for Welfare
Children —Burson
All families receiving Aid to
Families with Dependent
Children will receive notices
with their next welfare check
that their school-age children
must be enrolled in school
when the fall term begins.
State Welfare Director Bill
Burson announced today.
The notices will go to 29,-
798 families having 90,104
children of school age, Bur
son said, and will emphasize
two points: (1) State law
requires all school-age child
ren to attend school and (2)
Aid to families with Depen
dent Children cannot be paid
in behalf of the 16 to 18 year
old child who is not in school
unless he is too handicapped
to attend.
Families receiving aid will
be instructed by the notice to
notify their county welfare
caseworker when their child
ren are enrolled in school.
“Children .must be educated,
motivated and given the op
portunity to grow up with the
will and capacity to earn bet
ter lives for themselves,” the
Director of the State Depart
ment of Family and Children
Services stated.
“One of the most serious
problems facing our State and
nation today is that many of
our children are not entering
and remaining in school. This
failure to receive an adequate
education costs the State and
nation millions of tax dollars,
but it costs the child even
more.”
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The Rexall Store
147 West Cherry Street
Phone GA 7-2254 Jesup tra
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State Senator |
Wednesday, September 11, 1968
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