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Volume XLVII.
Presentments Os Grand
Jury Are Given Below
Georgia, Bryan County:
vve the Grand Jury chosen
and sworn for the November
Term, 1946 for Bryan County,
Superior Court, retired and se
lected T. T. Osteen, Foreman
and W. C. Lanier, Clerk and P.
W. Bacon, Bailiff and returned
to the Court Room and received
from the Honorable M. Price
a very timely and helpful charge
after which we began our deliv
erations:
We recommend that the Jury
and Bailiff for the year 1947 be
paid the sum of three ($3.00)
p< r day.
We recommend that traffic
light at the intersection of State
Route 63 and U. S. 17 be re
paired at once.
We the present Grand Jury,
after careful deliberating t h e
wisdom and justice of our pres
ent laws with reference to
primaries in Georgia, respectful
ly recommend to the next Gen
eral Assembly of Georgia, that
they enact proper laws and sta
tutes governing our primaries
in the future that will insure
white supremacy.
We further recommend that
the members of the General As
sembly of Georgia, together with
our Governor, continue to co
operate with the members of Na
tional Congress from Georgia, in
having the lands lying within
the bounds of the Camp Stewart
Area promtply and fully re
stored to the former owners in
toto. We understand that the U.
S. Department of Agriculture
has requisitioned or is about to
requisition 56,000 acres of said
area for experimental purposes,
which we wholeheartedly con
demn.
We further recommend that
a copy of these resolutions be
furnished Bryan County’s Rep
resentative W. K. Smith and
Gov.-Elect Eugene Talmadge.
Congressman-Elect Prince Pres
ton.
The committee appointed on
chain gang reported that every
thing w’as in good condition,
composed of J. C. Stubbs, P. P.
Hodges and E. S. Lanier.
The committee appointed on
public buildings, reports as fol
lows: Buildings in good condi
tion with the exception of the
Boiler Room in Court House
needs cleaning, walls in the clin
ic and in the welfare office be
ing damaged by termites, a few
window panes need replacing,
poor lighting in the office of
county welfare director, some
window frames in court house
need repair. Signed
T. L. Waters,
M. L. Sharp
H. J. Jones.
The Committee reports on ex
amination of Justice Peace and
Ex-Off. J. P. report that all are
neatly and correctly kept. Signed
J. F. Edwards,
John W. Bell
C. M. Sims.
The public roads committee
composed of W. H. Smith, W. O.
Stubbs and L. M. Harvey report
that roads are in good condi
tion, with the exception of a few
short county roads, one leading
from the Coursey Place to the
Bulloch county line, needs at
tention of drainage and other
repair.
The road from Blitchton to
Lovetts place on the Ogeechee
river needs minor repairs; fur
iher recommend that sand be
placed on the roads from Lanier
to Ellabelle, Georgia.
We recommend that Dr. J. O.
Strickland be appointed physi
cian member of the Bryan Coun
ty Health Department for the
term of 4 years.
The Grand Jury appointed J.
C. Stubbs, R. E. Harvey and W.
C. Lanier to examine the public
records of the county and report
to the March 1947 Grand Jury.
We the Grand Jury recom
mend that J. E. Wilson be ap
pointed a member of the Board
of Education of Bryan County
to fill the unexpired term of
John S. Davis, resigned, of the
20th G. M. District.
We further recommend that
William A. Warnell be appointed
? member of the Board of Edu
cation of Bryan County to fill
the place of V. P. Bowers. Both
©je Pembroke Journal
Hunter And Singleton
Sent To Reform School
Willie Hunter, aged 12, and
Gilbert Singleton, aged 14, who
plead guilty in Superior Court
to breaking and entering several
homes in Pembroke recently,
were sent to the negro boys re
form school at Milledgeville by
Judge Price.
The young colored boys ad
mitted that they were respon
sible for entering at least five
homes before they were caught.
The last one entered was the
home of J. P. Dukes. One of the
boys was detected in the act of
leaving the Dukes home. Sheriff
Miles was called and arrested
Singleton near the scene. He
was questioned about the crime
and admitted that he had been
in the Dukes home. Under fur
ther questioning he confessed
to the sheriff that he had helped
break in the other houses that
had been entered and told the
sheriff that Willie Hunter had
been an accomplice in the crimes.
Both boys were put in jail to
await trial.
When called before Judge
Price at Superior Court this
week both boys plead guilty and
were sent to the boys reform
school at Milledgeville.
Farm Agencies Are
Combined Now
Effective November 1, the ac
tivities of the Farm Security
Administration and the Emer
gency Crop and Feed Loan
Agency were combined under
the new home administration,
Mr. Hal Roach, county super
visor announced yesterday.
For the time being, Mr. Roach
said, the services will be con
tinued from the same offices
with the same personnel m
charge. There will be no inter
ruption in loan services to farm
ers.
Under the new agency, Mr.
Roach said, it will be possible
for farmers to obtain operating
loans and farm ownership loans
just as they did before. The
loans are available only to farm
ers who are unable to obtain
credit upon reasonable terms
from other sources.
Mr. Roach said the new agency
would serve as a buffer against
the inraods of another depres
sion, in that its door will always
be open to the farmer who is un
able to obtain credit from other
sources.
appointments to run until De
cember 31, 1948.
We desire to express our ap
preciation to Sheriff E. W. Miles
for the efficient manner in
which he has carried out h i s
duties as sheriff, in enforcing
the laws of our state against
crime and vice. We especially
wish to commend him for his
successful efforts in eliminating
slot machines and other gamb
ling devices from Bryan county,
as well as partially curbing the
illicit whiskey traffic from our
midst. We feel that the rank
and file of our citizens who be
lieve in good government whole
heartedly endorse this official
act to this end.
With the thought in mind
that the youth of today is the
citizen of tomorrow, we urge
him to continue this policy as
our chief law enforcement of
ficer.
We recommend that the pres
entments be spread upon the
minutes of this court and pub
lished in the Pembroke Journal.
Lastly we recommend that the
clerk of this body be paid the
sum of five ($5.00) dollars per
day.
We wish to tender to his honor
Judge Price and Solicitor Gen
eral Dawson our thanks for the
valuable assistance and courtesy
attended us during our delivera
tions.
This the sth day of Novem
ber, 1946.
T. T. OSTEEN, Foreman.
W. C. LANIER,
Clerk of the Grand Jury.
The foregoing presentments
are hereby approved as read, let
them be filed and spread upon
the minutes of this Court, and
published as recommended.
In Open Court this sth day of
November, 1946.
M. PRICE,
J. S. C., A. J. C., of Ga.
Pembroke, Georgia, Thursday, November 7, 1946.
Warnell And Wilson
Are Named To County
Board Os Education
William A. Warnell of Pem
broke and J. E. Wilson of Rich
mond Hill were appointed to the
County Board of Education by
the Grand Jury this week. These
two appointments will run until
December 31, 1948.
Mr. Warnell takes the place
of V. P. Bowers and Mr. Wilson
takes the place of John S. Davis.
Superior Court In
Session Two Days
Bryan County Superior Court
meeting this week in Pembroke
lasted only two days. Judge Mel
Price presided over the court
and Solicitor Ralph Dawson rep
resented the state in the court.
Main interest during the court
centered on the cases involving
robbery of the Carruthers Serv
ice Station and the cases against,
the two young negro boys
charged with entering several
homes in Pembroke. The defen
dants in both cases plead guilty
and were given the maximum
sentences.
The grand jury had two full
day sessions and made several
recommendations to the court, a
appears elsewhere in this issue
of the Journal.
PTA To Meet Monday
At Community House
The P.-T. A. will have its regu
lar meeting Monday afternoon
at 3 o’clock at the community
house. Members of the Home
Demonstration Club have been
invited to attend this meeting
The P.-T. A. will have as guest
speaker Miss Susan Matthews ।
who will give a talk on nutrition
All-parents, teachers and club
members are urged to attend
this meeting of the P.-T. A.
Record Number Will
Attend Farm Meet
In Macon Nov. 13-14
Requests for reservations
reaching state headquarters of
the Georgia Farm Bureau Fed
eration in Macon strongly in
dicate that the Central City will
be agricultural headquarters for
the state on Wednesday and
Thursday, November 13-14,
when farmers from every sec
tion will attend the eighth an
nual convention of the G. F. B.
F. This announcement was made
today by H. L. Wingate, execu
tive head of the organization.
Interest in the farmer’s or
ganization is more widespread
than ever before, Mr. Wingate
stated, adding that membership
at the end of October reached
the unprecedented peak of 32,-
463, compared with a state total
of 31,276 at the end of the 1945
fiscal year.
This year’s convention open
ing in Macon on Wednesday,
November 13, “will eb one of
ihe greatest conferences ever
held in Georgia,’’ Mr. Wingate
stated Monday, “and the state
office has succeeded in securing
some of the nation’s most out
standing leaders to address our
farmers. These messages,’’ he
continued, “will deal with mat
ters vital to our people, and I
am confident delegations from
every county in the state will
avail themselves of the oppor
tunity of hearing the distin
guished visitors who are to ap
pear on the program.”
Gov.-Elect Eugene Talmadge,
and W. R. Ogg, of Washington,
legislative director of the Am
erican Farm Bureau Federation,
will be the principal speakers on
the opening day, to be followed
on Thursday by Senator Rich
ard B. Russell, Lieut. Gov.-Elect
M. E. Thompon, and the annual
address by Preident Wingate.
Several counties in the state,
the GFBF president stated, have
more than doubled the 1945
membership to date with indi
cations that additional mem
bers will be enrolled before the
end of the 1946 fiscal year.
“Based on reports reaching
Macon headquarters, I am con
fident we will reach our 50,000
membership goal this year,” the
Farm Bureau leader said.
PERSONAL NEWS
Thomas Williams, of Gibson.
N. C., was here visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Wil
liams last week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Robinson,
parents of Mrs. Tom Edwards,
have returned to their home at
Winnsboro, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Sewell, Mr.
and Mrs. Lamar Adams, an d
daughter, Suzanne, of Metter,
spent the week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. L. R. Adams.
Sergant and Mrs. Wpodrow
Pickett of Galveston, Texas are
home visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Bacon.
Mrs. G. L Haymans and fam
ily of Savannah were here visit
ing their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Haymans last week-end.
Mrs. J. E. Lanier is visiting
her father, Mr. H. M. Hobbs at
Columbus, Ga.
Bill Humphries was called to
Orlando, Fla., on account of the
illness of his sister, Mrs. Vance
Swinson.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Porter
field of Cheraw, S. C., were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Porterfield of Ellabella last
week. The Mr. Porterfields are
brothers.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Shuman
and son Douglas of Pembroke
have returned from spending a
few days with Mrs. Shuman’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mau
ney of Columbia, S. C., and also
their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. Kiser and other relatives
of Asheville, N. C.
Friends of Hobbs Lanier, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lanier will
be interested to know that he
has accepted a position with the
Seaboard Railroad at Columbus,
Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eldridge
and children have returned to
their home in Columbia, S. C.,
after a week-end visit with Mrs.
Eldridge’s mother, Mrs. T. |J.
Bacon.
Judge Hugh Minor of Rich
mond Hill was a business visi
tor in Pembroke on Wednesday
of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Bacon,
and son, Larry, are the guests of
Mr. Bacon’s mother, Mrs. T. J.
Bacon. They expect to leave this
Week-end for their new home in
Temple, Texas.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brogdon of
Richmond Hill was a business
visitor in Pembroke on Monday
of this week.
L. M. Harvey Family
Have Reunion Day
A homecoming day was cele
brated at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. L. M. Harvey last Sunday
and a large number of Harvey
family was present to enjoy the
day.
Among those present were:
Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Fagnant and
sons, Frederic and Walter; Mrs.
Renee Gold and daughter, Dol
ores, of New York; Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. McCallar and sons of Sa
vannah ; Mr. and Mrs. Hughlon
Crosby and family of Black
Creek; Mr. and Mrs. Howell De-
Loach ; Mr. and Mrs. Carlton
Harvey, Grady Harvey, Ronald
Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. Hans
Floyd and family and Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Mock and son Jimmy.
PEMBROKE GIRLS WIN,
BOYS LOSE TO NEVILS
The Pembroke high school
basketball teams split a double
bill with the Nevils school on
Tuesday night of this week.
Pembroke girls, after a slow
start got to clicking in the 2nd
half and came from behind to
defeat the Nevils girls a score
of 24 to 19.
Pembroke boys were not so
fortunate. The Nevils boys took
an early lead and increased it
as the game went along. The
final score was 24-12.
Light Vote Cast
In Bryan County
On Election Day
A light vote was cast in Bryan
county in the general election
held here the past Tuesday. Only
308 votes were cast in the entire
county, with 178 being polled at
Pembroke, 86 at Richmond Hill
and 44 at Ellabelle. All regular
Democratic nominees received
overwhelming majorities in the
county. However, Joe Ryan, run
ning for solicitor-general of the
Easter Judicial Circuit, made a
good race in the county. He was
opposing George M. Alexander,
the candidate named by the
State Democratic Convention in
its meeting at Macon to be the
Democratic party candidate. Mr.
Ryan received 89 votes and Mr.
Alexander received 229.
The vote was unanimous for
all the other Democratic party
candidates.
The amendment to the State
Constitution known as the
“Hartley Amendment” was de
feated by a large majority in
Bryan. Only 25 people voted for
this amendment and 276 voted
against it.
Rev. Henry Stokes
Accepts Pastorate
Knoxville Church
The following news story is
taken from the Atlanta Consti
tution and is reprinted here be
cause of the fact that Rev. 11. J.
Stokes and his wife, Mrs. Mary
Beth Strickland Stokes, are both
well known to people of Pem
broke and Bryan county. Mrs.
Stokes is the daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. J. O. Strickland of
Pembroke and their many
friends will be glad to learn of
the success of Mr. and Mrs.
Stokes.
GAINESVILLE, Nov. 2.—The
Rev. Henry J. Stokes, Gaines
ville's young Baptist minister
who has built an enviable repu
tation in this community with
his “business man’s point of
view,” will leave his congrega
tion here next week to head a
church known nationally for its
sturdy membership of men.
Stokes, who is 36, will accept
the pastorate of the First Bap
tist Church of Knoxville, a post
accepted in clerical circles as
one of the highest calls available
to Southern Baptist ministers.
A wealthy, active congregation,
First Baptist’s church building
alone W’as constructed at a cost
of $600,000 in the middle ’2os.”
The son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
Stokes of Savannah, the Rev.
Mr. Stokes came to Gainesville
four years ago from the First
Baptist Church of Monroe. Be
fore that service, he had held
pastorates in Montezuma a n d
Louisville.
He was graduated from Mer
cer University with an A. B. de
gree, and received his B. D. de
gree from Yale University. His
wife is the former Mary Beth
Strickland. They have four chil
dren, Fail, 10, Beth, 7, Henry,
111, 3, and a baby, Sharon.
Pembroke Club Meets
With Mrs. L. Fennell
The Pembroke Home Demon
stration Club held its regular
monthly meeting on October
28th at the home of Mrs. Lillian
Fennell. A special home Dem
onstration agent, Miss Jezzie
Mize, from the state extension
service was in the county at this
time and gave a demonstration
on slip cover for furniture. Mem
bers o fthe other home demon
stration clubs in the surround
ing communities were invited
to attend.
Members from Ash Branch
and Black Creek clubs were pres
ent. The nutrition demonstra
tion for October was also given
at this meeting.
All who attended this meeting
received some helpful informa
tion on making slip covers. The
November meeting of the Pem
broke Home Demonstration
Clubb will meet at the home of
Mrs. D. R. Johnson at 7:30 p.
m. The club members’ husbands
are invited and urged to attend
to have a joint meeting with
the county agent, and for the
purpose of planning the agricul
tural program for 1947.
Number 50.
Two Negroes Sent To
Prison For 20 Years
By Judge Mel Price
“Twenty years in prison, no
more, no less,” said Judge Mel
Price in Bryan County Superior
Court as he sentenced Hubert
McCrary and Nathan Paine for
the crime of robbery and resist
ing arrest.
These two negroes were
caught in the act of robbing the
Carruthers Service station last
Saturday night. They were
jailed, tried in superior court
and sentenced to the 20-year
terms within three days after
committing the crime.
One of the pair, Nathan Paine,
was shot twice during the en
counter following Night Police
man’s Crooms’ locating him in
the service station. According to
the story told by Officer Crooms
he heard a noise in the vicinity
of the Carruthers Service Sta
tion around 3 o’clock Sunday
morning and upon investigating
found a window open in the serv
ice station. While flashing his
light around in the building
he saw one of the negroes try
ing to hide under the counter.
C. I. Josey who had been out to
meet a late bus was called by
the officer. Together the two
entered the service station and
and attempted to arrest the
negro. Officer Crooms said that
the negro came out from under
the counter with a screw driver
in his hand and attempted to
stab him with it. The officer
jumped and avoided the blow.
Then the negro attempted to
break and run out of the build
ing. Officer Crooms and Josey
grabbed him as he tried to go
out an open window. The negro
then grabbed a long piece of
iron and attempted to break
loose from the men. He struck
i Officer Crooms in the head with
i the piece of iron cutting a long
gash in the officer's foiehead.
As the scuffle continued the
police officer finally had to use
his gun. The negro was shot in
the right hip with one shot, the
other shot struck the negro tn
ihe heel. Finally the negro sur
rendered. During the encounter
with the officer the negro called
for Hubert to come help him.
However, Hubert had taken out
a box of groceries and evidently
decided it best not to come back.
However, he was captured later
and confessed to being a party
to the crime.
Medical attention was given to
the wounded man and both
negroes were locked up in the
county jail to await trial in Su
perior Court. Their cases were
called before Judge Price Tues
day and both men plead guilty
!to the crimes which they were
charged with.
Garden Club Meeting
Scheduled Nov. 15th
The Pembroke Garden Club
will hold its regular meeting
Friday p. m. November 15, with
Miss Barbara Duvall, Georgia
Power Co., home economist in
charge of the program. She will
show slides of garden lighting.
We would be glad if each mem
ber would try to be there and
bring a guest. Time 4 o’clock.
War Buddy Os Gerald
Bacon Is Visitor Here
Gerald Bacon, Pembroke’s
popular rural letter carrier, and
son of Mr. and Mrs. U. J. Bacon,
has had one of his war buddies
visiting with him during the
past week.
This friend, Edward Boyle, of ■
Newark, N. J., entered the army
about the same time as Gerald
and the two boys became fast
friends. They attended officers
school together and all their
training period was spent to
gether after they became of
ficers in Army Air Corps.
They were sent overseas and
were together on all their flights.
Their airplane was shot down
and they were captured by the
Germans and spent a long period
together as prisoners of war.
Since the war ended they have
returned to their respective
homes but they visit each other
nt every opportunity.