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The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 31, 1969
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
Now Here's an Oddity--
A Four-legged Chicken
Pierce County has another
livestock oddity —a four-leg
ged chicken found in a flock
raised by Mr. and Mrs. Har
rison Lee, of Route 2, Black
shear, who operates broiler
houses for D. L. Thornton.
Mrs. Lee brought the odd
specimen by the Times office
Monday after discovering it
among the young broilers that
morning.
The chicken was two weeks
DESSERT’S READY
Want a frozen dessert ready
to use? Extension Service
Home economists suggest that
you put peach half in a des
sert dish, add a scoop of vanilla
ice cream, pour melted straw
berry jam over this, cover and
freeze. Add a dab of whipped
cream when ready to serve.
Stock Yard
News _
Pierce County Stock Yard reports having a
good sale last Friday, July 25. Top prices were
brought for hogs with Ring hogs selling up to
$26.30; Regular 1, $25.81; LI, $24.75; Hl, $25.-
00; No. 2, $22.88, No. 3, $20.75; No. 4, $18.00;
and sows up to $22.00.
Heavy bulls sold up to $27.25; light bulls,
$29.50 heavy cows, $21.50; and heavy heifers,
$26.00.
FEEDER PIG SALE
WE WILL HAVE A FEEDER PIG SALE
EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY
OF EVERY MONTH
NEXT SALE - AUGUST 6
We invite you to sell with us each Friday.
Our good line of buyers assures you of the TOP
DOLLAR.
SELL YOUR LIVESTOCK THE
COMPETITIVE WAY — AT THE
PIERCE COUNTY
STOCK YARD
0. R. Peacock, Phone 449-5522
J. Baxter Bennett Jr., Phone 449-6275
MANAGERS
Stock Yard Phones 449-5305 and 449-5471
BLACKSHEAR, GEORGIA
0. J. AMMONS, Hoboken, Phone GL 8-3122
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W. B. WILLIS — Your Nahunta Standard Man
old and apparently in good
condition. It had two normal
feet on which it was able to
stand erect.
The fatty tail portion of the
body had grown an appendage
from which two smaller feet
extended toward the ground.
The back feet were turned op
posite to the normal front feet.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee operate
four broiler houses with ap
proximately 78,000 capacity.
Many gardens, patios and ter
race plantings become a little
ragged as they go into the
hot months. Troy Keeble, hor
ticulturist with the University
of Georgia Cooperative Ex
tension Service, suggests that
gardeners give attention to re
moving old flower heads, dead
leaves and insect control for
better looking plantings.
Laura Evans of
Honors Program
Heard on Radio
Douglas, Ga. — Laura Ev
ans, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Julian H. Evans of Black
shear, was heard on a net
work of south Georgia radio
stations recently.
Laura, who is attending the
Eighth Congressional District
Honors Program on the cam
pus of South Georgia College,
was interviewed for the week
ly program, “The South Geor
gia College Report.” The pro
gram is heard at 1:00 each
Sunday on WBSG in Black
shear and on 12 other stations
in south Georgia.
Laura’s major area in the
Honor’s Program is psycholo
gy and her minor area is bi
ology. Although she stays
busy with her classroom work
in these subjects, there is still'
time for relaxation and ex
tracurricular activities.
“I’ve been in the chorus
which practices four nights a
week,” Laura says, “and we’ll
be singing in different church
es and others places in Doug-
Blackshear Tobacco Market
Report of Sales and Prices
LBS. SOLD AMT. AVERAGE
Wednesday, July 23 633,930 $454,713.00 $71.73
Thursday, July 24 612,832 $432,314.00 70.54
Friday, July 25 424,178 $301,744.00 $71.14
Monday, July 28 649,240 $485,778.66 $74.82
Tuesday, July 29 658,098 $489,319.24 $74.35
TOTAL 2,978,278 $2,163,868.90 $72.66
WHY TAKE LESS?
Earn up to
51/%
per annum
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advanced instruction and ben
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program continues through
August 9.
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pieces of mail annually from
veterans and their dependents.
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Leaf Prices
Tobacco prices by grades
rose this week on the Black
shear auction market, with 2,-
978,278 pounds having been
sold through Tuesday for
a $72.66 average per hundred
weight.
This compared with 2,932,150
pounds sold during the first
five days of 1968 for a $70.44
average.
Opening day sales in Black
shear this year amounted to
633,930 pounds at a $71.73 av
erage as compared with a $69.-
78 average on opening day of
1968.
Growers seem pleased with
prices and warehouses expect
a full sale each day this week.
Blackshear's average price
this year has been running well
above the average for the
Georgia-Florida belt. which
was $71.70 for the first five
days of sales.
hold that flavor
To really hold that tree-ri
■ pened flavor of peaches, spec
ialists with the University of
| Georgia Cooperative Exten
sion Service suggests that you
harvest the peaches when ful
ly ripe — yet firm. Hold these
in the home until soft and
peel by hand. Cover with su
gar-ascorbic acid mixture and
freeze in usual manner.
Officers Destroy 6,000-Gallon Capacity Still
County, state and federal officers, including Sheriff J. H. Pittman
and his deputies, Monday morning destroyed a 6,000-gallon capacity
moonshine still in the Hurricane Creek area of Pierce County.
The raid was made about 10:00 A. M. Monday, but no one was
found at the still site.
The illicit liquor making equipment consisted of three 2,000-
gallon capacity units, which the officers destroyed with dynamite.
Photographer J. B. Hendry made these pictures of the still and its
destruction
County, State, Federal Officers Inspect Still
Here's What's Left of Moonshine Equipment
Mash Is Scattered as Still Is Dynamited
