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EDITOR’S MOTTO
“Be not diverted from your
duty by any idle reflections
the silly world may make
upon you, for their censures
are not in your power and
should not be at all your con
cern”—Epictetus,Roman philo
sopher.
VOLUME 46 - NUMBER 42
KEITH THOAAAS, with Reserve Champion Yorkshire Boar at
Brunswick Fair.
Voters Asked to Reject
Amendment No. 18 on
Price Fixing for Milk
State Sen. William A. Sear
cey of Savannah Saturday ask
ed voters to defeat constitu
tional amendment resolution
No. 18 giving the General As
sembly the authority to regu
late prices on milk and milk
substitutes.
“This amendment strikes at
free enterprise and definitely
is not in the best interest of
Georgia,” Searcey declared.
The Chatham senator said
the amendment, if approved,
“will open the door for the
jacking up of prices on all
milk substitutes, including
oleo.”
“In this sense,” Searcey
said, “the amendment threat
ens the food budget of every
household in Georgia.”
He said that if the legisla
ture gives the Georgia Milk
Commission “marketing con
trol” over milk substitutes,
“this commission can then
run all milk substitutes in
cluding oleo out of Georgia”.
Since World War 11, oleo has
been a strong competitor of
Mutter, a milk product.
Searcey said drafters of the
amendment “tried to pull the
wool over the public’s eyes by
stating in the resolution that
marketing regulations are in
the ‘public interest’.”
“The plain truth of the mat
ter is that this is a price fix
ing amendment putting the
price we pay for .milk and
milk substitutes entirely in
the hands of a board sitting
in Atlanta,” Searcey said.
Searcey said the amendment
was drafted after the Georgia
Supreme Court struck down
the “price-fixing” powers of
the State Milk Commission.
“We heard the' hue and cry
Brantley Forestry Unit
Makes Annual Report
(Continued from last week)
There is a thorough training
program conducted in the unit.
The things taught consist of
safety, Fundamentals of Fire
Behavior, Fire Fighting Tech
niques, record keeping and the
use of air patrol.
There were thirty-six land
owners assisted involving 38,-
079 acres; 750 cords of pulp
wood marked. One person was
assisted with ten acres of tree
planting; two cases of hard
wood control involving twen
ty-five acres. Unit personnel
assisted in two state-wide sur
vey’s; one on beavers and one
on bark beetles.
In 1967 there were seventy
eight wild fires burning 521
acres with an average of 6.68
acres per fire; ten non-forest
fires such as houses, tobacco
barns, cars and railroad right
of-way. To date, in 1968, nine
ty-three wild fires burned 504.-
12 acres; average size being
5.42 acres. Thirty-one land
owners had 149.50 miles of
pre'-suppression fire lines
plowed.
The unit personnel assisted
in the search for one prisoner.
Fire suppression consists of
two F 750 Ford trucks, one D 4
Caterpillar tractor with plow,
one TD9 International tractor
with plow and two pick-up
trucks of which one is equip
ped with an eighty gallon wat
er tank and pump.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
that the end of milk price
controls would lead to milk
wars throughout the state,”
Searcey said. “Now I want to
ask this question: Where are
the milk wars?”
He said milk marketing has
proceeded in a stable manner
following the end of the con
trols.
“What’s so bad about allow
ing the law of supply and de
mand to establish the milk
prices?” Searcey asked..
Searcey said price controls
on milk are of no benefit to
dairy farmers. “The farmers
are going to get their price
and I want them to get it”,
Searcey said. “I want to help
the dairy farmer but all this
amendment does is put control
over prices entirely in the
hands of a political body.”
Searcey raised the question
of what would happen to
some Georgians with allergies
caused by milk if milk substi
tutes are driven out of the
state.
“This is a very dangerous
amendment and I urge all
voters to vote ‘no’ on number
18 when they go to the polls
on Nov. 5. If you vote ‘yes’,
you are giving away an
American right.”
The Chatham senator said
he intended to be “quite vo
cal” against Amendment No.
18 between now and the Nov.
5 general election.
Searcey led the fight against
the amendment when it was
brought to the floor of the
Georgia Senate in the 1968
session.
Want ads bring results.
The Forestry Commission
has six fire patrol planes sta
tioned at the eighth district
office. These planes play a
major part in smoke sifting,
guiding suppression units to a
fire by the quickest and best
route. The Commission also has
two TBM aerial type bombers
which are used to drop retard
ant on fires to hold them un
til fire lines can be put around
them. One bomber was used
in Brantley county on two
fires making eight drops us
ing a total of 3,520 gallons of
retardant. Waycross and
Brunswick are the loading
points for the tankers opera
ing in this area.
We have a full time investi
gator stationed at the eighth
district office to assist in in
vestigating fires when needed.
Eight landowners in Brant
ley county ordered 268,800
seedlings which was planted
on approximately 336 acres of
land. Forestry products are a
major source of income to the
economy of Brantley county.
The total number of seedlings
and acres planted from the
state nursery stock in the last
ten years is 2,674,200 seedlings.
These were planted on 3,334
acres of land. Unit personnel
collected thirty pounds of
Black Walnut for seedlings for
the state nursery.
Respectfully submitted,
Eber J. Rhoden,
Forest Ranger.
City of Nahunta
And 2 Police
Sued for $ 75,000
The city officials of Nahunta
and two city policemen have
been named as defendants in
a $75,000 civil suit filed Mon
day on behalf of Wayne Davis,
who alledgedly was shot by
one of the officers who at
tempted to arrest his son on
a traffic count on Sept. 24.
The civil action was filed in
Brantley County Superior
Court by County Attorney
Lloyd Grimes. He said he filed
to recover $75,000 for damages
incurred by Davis when he
was shot in the forearm by
Patrolman Mack Crews at the
Davis home.
Crews and Police Chief Wes
ley Burden reportedly had
gone to the Davis home to
serve a warrant on Davis’ son,
Charlie Davis.
The Brantley County Sher
iff’s Department said that
Crews had shot the elder Davis
after the man and his son had
become engaged in a fight
with the two officers after
Davis had objected to the ar
rest attempt.
Davis was not hospitalized,
but was placed under a SSOO
bond following the fracas.
Chief Burden was reportedly
“mauled” in the fight.
Named in the suit were the
two policemen, Mayor Earl
Raulerson and the four city
aidermen.
MISS MARSHA WEAVER
To Marry Bicknell Manor
Weaver-Manor
Marsha Weaver, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Weaver
of 247 North Elba Road, La
peer, Michigan, is engaged to
Bicknell Manor, it is announc
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Gregory
C. Cook of Clio, Michigan.
Bicknell is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. M. Manor of
Route 1, Nahunta. He is pres
ently residing with his sister
and her family in Clio. The
future bridegroom is a 1968
graduate of Brantley County
High School and is now at
tending Electronic Computer
Programming Institute in
Flint, Mich.
The bride-elect is a 1968
graduate of Lapeer High
School of Lapeer, Michigan.
Youth Corps
Holds Meeting
The Brantley County Neigh
borhood Youth Corps met Oc
tober 15.
The meeting was called to
order by the president, Ruby
Chesser, and the minutes were
read by the secretary, Lafane
Highsmith. We elected a new
renorter, Cathy Herrin.
The Co-ordinator, Mr. Col
vin, explained the qualifica
tions for N. Y. C. and the
benefit it could be to us. The
meeting was then adjourned.
Cathy Herrin,
Reporter.
Brantley School
Plays First
Football Games
Brantley County Schools en
gaged in their first football
games when the Bth grade team
and the B team played Pat
terson.
The Bth grade lost to Pat
terson Bth graders 7 to 6 and
the B team won 7 to 0.
Brantley B team played
Blackshear B team Thursday
afternoon, Oct. 17.
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Oct. 17, 1968
I H I
JOHN JACOBS, HUEY HAM and TERRY GRIFFIN displaying
ribbons won at FFA at Brunswick Fair.
Wilson Wins on Recount
For Tax Commissioner
Brantley County Tax Com
missioner John Wilson, the ap
parent loser by a single vote
in the Sept. 25 runoff election
was declared the winner Sat
urday following a recount of
the ballot.
Superior Court Judge J.
Bowie Gray of Tifton, who
conducted the recount, declar
ed Wilson the winner by five
votes. The official tally gave
Wilson 1,239 to C. L. King’s
1,234.
Wilson, who has been tax
collector in Brantley County
for 16 years, appeared to be
the loser in the primary run
off when the county Demo
cratic executive committee
showed King with 1,241 to his
1,240.
Although nearly all pre
cincts had changes in their tal
lies Saturday, the big differ
ence in Wilson’s favor came
from Hoboken where he pick
ed ud five previously voided
ballots. The ballots had been
thrown out because the voter
had stricken the name of the
candidate he did not want
rather than checking the one
he approved of.
The recount started at 10
a.m. Saturday and ended at
5:45 p.m.
New Housing
Program Starts
For Farmers
The new housing program
that was signed into law on
August 1 by President John
son is now in full operation,
as announced by Seth M. Kel
lam of the Farmers Home Ad
ministration.
The benefits of this Act will
be channeled into rural areas
through the 1600 local county
offices of the Farmers Home
Administration. The Act car
ries an interest supplement
plan that seeks to put ade
quate housing within the reach
of lower income families by
reducing their loan repay
ments. The supplement pay
ments will be made by the
Federal Government. A mini
mum requirement is that a
home ownership borrower who
does not have enough income
to pay his loan installment in
full will pay at least the a
mount that would be due if
the interest rate were one
percent.
These loans are based on a
33 year period.
The actual family income
and size of the family will de
termine the amount of interest
paid by the borrower. This
interest rate can be a rate of
one percent to 5 18th per
cent.
If the family income is so
low they cannot pay the full
5 118th percent interest rate
the Federal Government will
pay the difference. The family
must pay at least 1 percent in
terest on their loan.
Revival Starts
At Hortense
Church Sunday
The Church of God of Pro
phecy at Hortense will begin
revival services Sunday, Oct.
20, with Sister Joyce Laney of
Macon as evangelist.
Services will be held each
night at 7:30. The pastor is
Rev. J. K. Pittman.
Everyone is invited to at
tend the services.
Future Farmers
Win Awards
At Brunswick
The Brantley County FFA
booth in competition with
eight other youth organiza
tion booths at the Brunswick
Fair won second place and a
cash prize of $75.00.
The booth was entitled “Air
layering Camellias” and illus
trated the materials needed,
the procedure for air-layering,
and the results of the process.
The booth was designed and
constructed by a class study
ing ornamental horticulture at
the Brantley County High
School.
The booth displayed last
year by members of the or
namental horticulture class
placed first and won a cash
prize of SIOO at the Bruns
wick and Waycross Fairs.
Twelve members of the
Brantley County FFA Chapter
are exhibiting livestock this
week at the Brunswick Fair.
The highlight of the fair was
the livestock show last Tues
day. Keith Thomas showed the
reserve grand champion York
shire boar and won S2O in
prize money.
Other prize money went to
Dalton Brand $34, Ronald
Hickox sl6, Jerry Davison $lO,
Terry Crews SB, Eddie Walker
SB, Howard Flowers SB, John
Jacobs SB, Johnny Thctnas $6.
Other members receiving $5
for creditable showing were
Terry Lane, Jerry Crews, and
Glenn Hendrix.
Eddie Walker,
FFA Reporter.
New York Man
Dies in Crash,
Three Injured
A head-on collision which
occurred shortly after one o’-
clock Wednesday afternoon,
Oct. 16, on rain-slicked High
way 301 approximately 7 miles
south of Nahunta claimed the
life of a New York resident
and resulted in injuries to
three others.
According to investigating
officers, a vehicle operated by
Edward J. Santoro of Bronx,
N. Y., attempted to pass a
truck and the accident occur
red just as his vehicle crossed
the center line and collided
with a vehicle driven by Lyle
Gifford, of Sarasota, Fla. Both
vehicles were demolished by
the impact.
Mr. Santoro was killed in
stantly and his wife and Mr.
and Mrs. Gifford were carried
via ambulance to Memorial
Hospital in Waycross.
Mr. Santoro was a native
of New York and was return
ing to his home following a
vacation trip to Florida. He
was employed by the New
York Times as a linotype o
perator. He was a communic
ant of the Catholic Church and
was a veteran of World War
11.
In addition to his wife, sur
vivors include three brothers,
several nieces and nephews
and other relatives.
The body will be carried to
Bronx, N. Y. for funeral ser
vices and interment.
The Chambless Funeral
Home of Nahuunta is in
charge of local arrangements.
James Warren
Died Tuesday
In New Orleans
Mr. James Clifford Warren,
79, a former resident of Brant
ley County, passed away early
Tuesday morning, October 15,
at the Public Health Service
Hospital in New Orleans, La.,
following an extended illness.
A native of Wayne, now
Brantley County, Mr. Warren
was the son of the late Ray
mond and Elizabeth Morgan
Warren. He received his
early education in the public
schools of this county and was
a veteran of World War I.
He moved from Brantley
County in 1938 and for many
years served in the Merchant
Marine until his retirement. At
the time of his passing he was
a resident of Mobile, Alabama.
Survivors include one son,
Ray Warren of Atlanta; one
sister, Mrs. Lytha Abrunedo
of Jacksonville, Fla.; one
brother, R. C. Warren of Yu
lee, Fla.
Also surviving is one grand
child, several nieces, nephews
and other relatives.
The body will arrive in Na
hunta early Friday morning,
October 18. Funeral arrange
ments are incomplete pending
the arrival of relatives.
Interment will be in the
family plot in Hickox ceme
tery.
The Chambless Funeral
Home will be in charge of lo
cal arrangements.
Future Homemakers
Meeting Held Monday
The Brantley County Future
Homemakers met Monday, Oct.
14 in the cafeteria at the high
school with the president,
Debra Johns, calling the meet
ing to order.
Kaye Allen gave the devo
tional and the minutes were
read by Jonnie Ruth Burden,
the secretary. Carol Robinson
told about the FHA fair booth
in Brunswick.
A film on “How to Study”
was shown with Patsy Patton
explaining the important
points.
Officers .meeting will be an
nounced later this week.
Lulu Hendrix,
Reporter.
Palmetto Church
Revival Now
In Progress
The Palmetto Church of
God began a revival meeting
Wednesday night, Oct. 16,
with Rev. Harry Cox of
Brunswick as the evangelist,
it is announced by the pastor,
Rev. Loyd Davis.
A Gospel Sing will be held
Friday night. Services are
held each night at 7:30. Every
one is invited to attend.
Student Council
Is Chosen at
Brantley High
Brantley County’s Student
Council has been chosen for
this year.
Each homeroom has one rep
resentative. This years .mem
bers are Seniors, Ronald Ja
cobs, Tom Welch, Michael
Dowling; Juniors, Harriet
Thornton, Ruby Chesser, Scott
Lewis; Sophomores, Jerry
Crews, Cathy Wynn, Steve
Altman; Freshmen, Mary Rob
inson, Steve Rowell, Denise
Smith, Darcell Roberson; un
derclassmen, Denise O’Berry,
Rosa Edwards, Blake Lloyd,
Kay Smith.
Officers are Tom Welch,
president; Scott Lewis, vice
president; Denise Smith, sec
retary; Cathy Wynn, treasur
er; Harriet Thornton, histor
ian: Ruby Chesser, reporter.
Student Council’s main pro
ject this year is to have print
ed and sell identification cards
to students. Students are re
quired to have this card to get
into school activities at student
rates.
Members of our Student
Council attended an Bth Dis
trict “Kick Off” meeting for
all schools in the Bth District.
Ruby Chesser,
Reporter.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
SCOTT LEWIS boards charter bus to attend National Future
Farmers convention in Kansas City, Mo., this week.
2 Alleged Burglars Are
Captured at Brunswick
Revival Begins
Monday at
Wesleyan Church
Revival services will begin
Monday, October 21, at Phila
delphia Wesleyan Church.
Rev. Carlton Preston will be
the evangelist. Services will
begin each evening at 8 o’-
clock.
Pastor R. C. Mathis invites
the public to attend.
Sunday, Oct. 27, will be
homecoming. Dinner on the
grounds. ।
Personals
The Hoboken Elementary
PTA will meet Monday, Oct.
21, 8:00 p.m. The program will
feature a 15-minute film en
titled, “Flying Straight”, con
cerning parents’ influence in
teaching honesty, in keeping
with the theme, “Whose Child
Is This? — Ours To Help”.
Mrs. John F. Hall, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H.
Stewart, left Tuesday for her
home in Santa Anna, Calif.,
after a surprise visit with all
the family.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brooker re
turned home Sunday after
spending several days with
her daughter, Mrs. D. M. At
kinson of Kingsland.
Future Teachers
Hold Meeting
The FTA club of Brantley
County High School had its
monthly meeting Oct. 15. Its
purpose was to invite new
members.
Miss Virleen Strickland talk
ed to us about the different
types of scholarships available
and the requirements for each.
Mrs. Marie Sutton is spon
sor.
Arlene Aldridge,
Reporter.
Notice to Readers
We wish to express our sincere apologies to the
following Brantley County business people whose
names we erroneously ommitted from the list of
contributors who are sponsoring our 4-H Club pro
gram in the county. These contributions have meant
much to the 4-H Club program and all are greatly
appreciated.
Raulerson's Colonial Station
Brooker Hardware
Robinson's Insurance Company
Joe Fulford Pecans
Smith's Auto Parts
Biscayne Restaurant
Brantley Telephone Co.
Albert Thomas Grocery
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
AND TAX
Inside county $3.09
Outside county, in state $4.12
Outside state $4.00
To prove that crime does not
pay, two alleged burglars were
apprehended at Brunswick
Wednesday morning and ac
cused of breaking and enter
ing the Brantley Medical Cen
ter Friday night, Oct. 11.
The men nabbed at Bruns
wick were identified as Claude
Winto Cox and James Edward
Crosby of Waycross. They are
accused of taking a number of
valuable items from the Medi
cal Center, including a refri
gerator, a portable TV, an
electric adding machine, an
electric typewriter, 2 fans and
some drug items.
Most of the stolen articles
have been recovered, accord
ing to deputy sheriff Jim R.
Herrin. Nahunta police, state
GBI agents, Brantley sheriff’s
officers and officers of sur
rounding counties cooperated
in solving the case.
Two Boys Kill
Big Rattlesnake
Tom Howard and Dallas
Montague of Nahunta killed a
large rattlesnake Monday, Oct.
14, in the woods east of Na
hunta.
The snake had 11 rattles anM
was about five feet long. The
snake fought at the boys and
they finally got a shotgun and
killed it.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Drury
of Jesup announce the birth
of a son, James Darin, on Oc
tober 6th, weighing 6 lbs, 6
oz., at the W r aycross Memorial
Hospital. Maternal grandpar
ents are Mr. and Mrs. Louis
J. Prescott of Atkinson. Pater
nal grandparents are Mrs. Ce
cil F. Drury, Sr., and the late
Mr. Drury also of Atkinson.
If you want pecan trees to
transplant this winter, you
should place your order early.
This is the advice of R. L. Liv
ingston, head of the Coopera
tive Extension Service horti
culture department.
Hunter's Grocery
Waynesville ,Ga.
Hoboken, Ga.
(Signed)
Virginia N. Raulerson
George A. Loyd
