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Newspaper Page TextNotify this newspaper when your address changes. VOLUME 44 - NUMBER 16 A Voice in the Wilderness Citizens Can Help Commissioners To Hold the Une Against Debt The auditor’s report of Brantley County’s financial condition published in last week’s Enterprise showed that the county was as of Jan. 1 about $54,000 in debt, as to current liabilities. I am told that this has now been reduced to about $4*5,000. As everyone knows, all the money spent by the county commissioners must be raised in taxes from the citizens, either locally or through gas tax revenue from the state. This means that every citizen should be interested in strict economy in county government. One big way in which our citizens can help in economical management of county government is NOT to demand that the commissioners take on so many projects not absolutely necessary. No citizen should ever ask the commissioners to improve private property at the expense of the county taxpayers. Such requests are a constant harassment to both city and county governing bodies. Citizens, who should know better, pressure their officials to do work on private property, causing added expense in time, men, money and machinery. It should be added that such work on private property by governmental authorities is against the law. Another way in which economy can be effected is for our commissioners to halt taking on so many projects connected with the “Great Society”. Many of these projects are good in themselves, but if you just don’t have the money for them, turn them down. Many things good for individuals and business firms must be left out because funds are limited. As individuals we must forego many worthwhile projects because we must buy only the things we can pay for. Then why should not governing bodies take on only such projects as reasonable rates of taxation will pay for ? The pressure on county commissioners and other governing bodies to spend beyond their means is terrific. And our citizens should realize the problems involved and not make demands beyond the county’s ability to pay. Many citizens demand too many costly programs of their governing bodies, then complain when taxes are raised. The key to economy in government is first, the hard-boiled ability of our officials to say “No”, and second, the willingness of the citizens to give firm support to strict economy. In this connection, it is my prediction that the many projects of the “Great Society” will eventually bankrupt many counties. The counties are expected to contribute funds to all these projects, and they multiply from year to year. A halt must be called somewhere in reckless spend ing. This halt might as well begin at the local level by our governing bodies refusing to be led down the road to financial ruin. Someone's Robbing You Os Your Game and Fish By Dean Wohlgemuth Although not the only task of the Game and Fish Commission, one of the most important jobs is law enforcement. This vital function accounts for over half of all the money spent by the De partment. You’ve heard the statement, “the game law violator is a thief.” But have you really stop ped to think about it? Have you ever stopped to think just who the violator is robbing? He’s robbing you. And your children. And your grandchildren. He’s even robbing his own des cendants. And he’s robbing him self, as well. It doesn’t take any ability, tal ent or clear mind to be a vio lator. It does take these qualities to be a good sportsman. It takes a person without a conscience, a person who thinks only of himself without any re gard for others. A man who will violate a game law will violate any law. The kind of person who will knowingly and willingly vio late game laws certainly is not the type of person most of us would want to have anything to do with. Sure, anyone can make an hon est mistake once in awhile. This type of game violator isn’t the real problem maker, although it is still necessary to watch out for him. too. If he gets away with breaking the law once, it will be just a little easier to do it again. Before you know it, you may have another habitual viola tor on your hands. By Carl Broome Why doesn’t the Game and Fish Commission do a better job of stopping game law violations? The Commission does the job as best it can. Every effort is made to stop them. But it just isn’t possible to have a wildlife ran ger every few feet along the shores of a lake or through the fields or woods, watching every move each sportsman makes. Even if there were five or six rangers in areas that now have only one, game law violations would probably still be found. How, then, can violations b e curbed? First, it’s up to you. Each individual sportsman has to do his part. He has to inform himself in regard to games laws, so that he knows what’s right. Then he has to put the laws in to practice. And he must encour age other sportsmen he knows to abide by the laws. When he sees a violation, he should promptly report it to the Game and Fish Commission. The Commission is heavily dependent upon such information to learn of violations, and do something a bout them. Rangers must spend a great deal of their time keeping tabs on violators, trying to keep law breaking under control. If viola tors — I’ll not honor them by calling them "sportsmen" or ev en “hunters and fishermen” — would cooperate and follow the laws, the Commission could spend more time and money on other improvement projects. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Baptist Revival Will Begin Sunday Night Rev. Vernon Brown, pastor o f the Tabernacle Baptist Church, Macon, will be the evangelist in the Nahunta Baptist Church revi val, to begin Sunday night, April 24. Two services will be held daily during the following week. Morn ing services will be held at 7:15 a. m. and night services at 8:00 p. m. Forest Thomas will direct the music programs. A children’s chorus will also take part in the services, with Mr. and Mrs. Glynn McDonald leading. Everyone in the community is cordially invited to attend all the services, it was stated by Rev. Cecil F. Thomas, the pastor. Miss Janice Higginbotham, a senior at Georgia Womans Col lege at Milledgeville, has return ed to her studies after spending several days at home with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Peacock of Waycross and Mrs. Elizabeth Brooker of Nahunta will leave Saturday for Hot Springs, Ark. for several days stay. Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Johns and children of Fernandina Beach, Fla., visited their aunt Mrs. Eli zabeth Brooker last Sunday. Dr. Della Hickox has moved back to Nahunta from Waycross. She has an apartment in the Har per Building. A. B. Dismukes, attorney, has moved away from Nahunta to practice law at Pearson, Ga. Gunner’s Mate First Class Cal vin M. Roberson, USN, son of Mrs. Janie F. Stuckey of Nahun ta, has departed San Diego, Calif., for the Vietnam combat zone, a board the destroyer USS Richard S. Edwards on deployment to the Western Pacific. Dr. Fernandez Will Be Away from His Office Several Days Dr. J. A. Fernandez of Nahunta will be away from his office at the Medical Building for several days. He has gone to Miami on ac count of the serious illness of his father. He left Nahunta Wednes day. ffWW • ’♦ ' s '--'A TV Wt w o ■UgL-’Y 1 •'-X7-' w Wt "SWEETHEARTS ON PARADE" — Winners in the recent "Sweethearts on Parade" pageant at Nahunta High School are shown above, left to right: Ann Aldridge, 14, ninth grade, daughter of Mrs. Edith Aldridge, "Junior Miss Nahunta"; Virginia Thrift, 17, senior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Thrift, "Miss Nahunta"; and Debbie Patten, 12, sixth grade, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Culbert Johns, "Little Miss Nahunta." (Hendry Studio photo.) REV. VERNON BOWEN Baptist Revival Evangelist Personals The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, April 21, 1966 Proceedings of Brantley County Commissioners The Board of Commission ers of Roads and Revenue of Brantley County, Ga. met in regular session on Tuesday, April 5, 1966. All members were present and the follow ing business transacted. GENERAL: C. Winton Adams 59.75 Salary, Archie A. Johns 86.86 Salary, Banner J Wain right 34.50 Salary, Major Rig gins 47.90 Salary, Owen Grif fin 37.95 Salary, W’. E. Eldrid ge 95.80 Salary, R. B Brooker 52.25 Salary. John M. Wilson 94.22 Salary, E. O. Smith 95.80 Salary. EXTENSION SERVICE: George A. Loyd 207.63 Salary & Travel, Virginia N. Raulerson 139.82 Salary, and travel. HEALTH DEPT.: Dr. Hart S. Odum 62.00 Travel, Alvin M. Po well Jr. 18.00 Travel, Mary Hipp 18.00 Travel, Vaxter G. Ham mond 135.30 Salary and travel, Rebecca D. Griner 444.51 Salary, travel and contigent fund, Char lotte O. Willis 216.46 Salary, Ro mona Stallings 10.00 Part time nurse, Dr. J. A. Fernandez 30.00 Twe sessions MCH Clinician. FORESTRY DEPT.: Georgia State Forestry Commission 884.00 Budget. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICE: Dept, of Family and Children Ser vice 554.42 Budget, Nora Bell Ham 10.00 Pauper. SHERIFF DEPT.: Robert W. Johns 338.15 Salary, J. W. Crews 552.91 Salary 126.00 Prisoners Board. SUPERIOR COURT: Dewey Hayes 113.34 Salary, W. J. Sum merall 46.00 Salary. ROAD DEPT.: Kermit Crews 181.95 Salary, Perry Crews 270.30 Salary, Talmadge Gunter 195.76 Salary, Cecil Harris 330.66 Sal ary, Weida Herrin 196.62 Salary, Mitchell Hulett 189.96 Salary, E. R. Johns 239.50 Salary, Elisha Little 168.35 Salary, Jasper Moore 185.61 Salary, Roscoe Murray 197.16 Salary, Homer Ramer 220.- 90 Salary, Julius Smith 173.40 Sal ary, Fred Willis 194.05 Salary, Joe Lewis 67.06 Salary, Mickel Crews 9.58 Salary. INVOICES: Viola Young 16.00 Transportation to M. H. S„ B and W. Company 700.00 payment on Bridge work, C. Winton Adams 150.00 H. J. Stewart Condemna tion, Standard Oil Co. 10.84 Sher iff dept, on credit card, Standard Oil Company 535.62 Gas and Oil, Florida Equipment Company 178- 71 Parts, Florida Steel Corpora tion Atlanta Div. 7.47 Metal Pipe Bands, South Ga. Radio Service 71.00 Repair, Gulf Oil Corporation 57.81 Sheriff Dept, on Credit Card, Finn Brothers Brake Service 2.87 Repair, Eldridge Hardware Co. 13.50 Spikes, Bennett Brothers 18- 50 Two Hundred Warrants for Jus tice of Peace. Also, Motor Parts Company 283.55 Parts, Dixie Concrete Ser vice Inc. 50.21 Ready mixed ce ment, John King Ford Co. 40.18 Parts, The Welding Supply Co. 43.68 Welding supplies. Brooks Auto Parts Co. 64.57 Parts. R. E. A. Co-op 4.61 Caution Light at Hortense, Carlton Company 1061- 17 Parts, Kenneth Willis 50.00 In quest for J. M. Herrin and Ran dy Middleton, Dr. J. A. Fernan dez 36.00 Treating Patients, Gen eral Office Supply Co. 3.00 Sup plies for Clertr of Court. Profes sional Insurance Co. 134.70 Em- ployee’s Premium, Cotton States Life & Health Ins. Co. 12.44 Em ployee’s Premium, M. E. Thorn ton 4.00 Supplies for Tax Commis sioner, Georgia Cresoating Corp. 264.00 Piling to repair bridge, Florida Steel Corporation of Jack sonville 276.45 Steel Beams to re pair bridge. Also, Dowling Bag Company 210.00 Burlap bags, Georgia Hos pital Service Association 237.55 Employee’s Premium, R. E. A. Co-op 18.70 Fence post, City of Nahunta 49.00 Two months water bill, Neil Hendrix 51.40 Repair on Rest rooms. Dr. Yeomans & Smith 10.00 X-Rays for Rhoda Crews, Slash Pine Area Planning Committee 736.38 Dues for last quarter of 65 and first quarter of 66, American Oil Co. 20.58 Gas for Sheriff Dept, on Credit card, Georgia Power Co. 50.52 Light bill, Brantley Telephone Co. Inc. 165.41 Phone and calls, Smith’s Auto Parts, Inc. 106.78 Parts, De- Pratter Service Station 170.00 Parts and Service, L & M Truck & Tractor Co. 118.46 Parts, J. W. Brooker 179.46 Supplies, B & W Company 550.00 balance on bridge, The Brantley Enterprise 77.30 Ad vertising & Supplies, J. A. Fer nandez MD. 25.00 Inquest, Wil son Garage 52.52 Service, Wilson & Sons Oil Co. 1248.68 Gas & Oil. Also, Tomlinson Drug Store 344.53 Drugs, Marshall & Bruce Co. 33.34 for Tax Commissioner & Ordinary, C. L. King 47.60 Wir ing Court House, Clint Roberson Ins. Agency 10.00 Bond for Ro bert W. Johns Sheriff Dept., Mar shall & Bruce 84.44 Supplies for Clerk of Court, Dr. Duncan Far ris 10.00 Examination of Syble Lee, Glynn Brunswick Memorial Hospital 150.00 for Arthur Mar tin Jr. Pierce County Hospital 150.00 for Virginia Bailey, Pierce County Hospital 150.00 for Mrs. Rhoda Crews, Pierce County Hospital 22.20 for Lucious Crews Jr., Pierce County Hospital 150.00 for Plen Crews. There being no further business the meeting adjourned. John M. Wilson Sec. Board of County Commissioners CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere appreciation to all our friends and relatives for their words of sympathy, their floral tributes and covered dishes during our re cent bereavement at the loss of our loved one, Chester Jones. We are deeply grateful for ev ery act of kindness and helpful ness. May the Lord bless you for every expression of your friend ship. Mrs. Howard Strunk and the Jones Family. Notify This Newspaper When Your Address Changes. Ernest Davis Funeral Rites Held Monday Mr. Ernest W. Davis, 40, of the Winokur community in Charlton county passed away early Satur day morning, April 16, at the Mc- Coy-Jackson Hospital in Folkston following a short illness. A native of Long County, Mr. Davis was the son of the late Joseph Cleveland and Addie Pop pell Davis. He received his edu cation in the Long County schools and from early manhood until his death had been engaged as a pulpwood operator. He had been a resident of Charlton county for the past eight years. Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Dorothy Mae Lee of Folkston; two daughters, Miss Josie Davis and Miss Irene Da vis, both of Folkston; two sons, Billy Davis and Mike Davis, both of Folkston; two sisters, Mrs. O. H. Davis of Ludowici and Mrs. Frank La Roche of Crescent. Several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held from the graveside in the Davis Cemetery in Long County at one o’clock Monday afternoon, April 18, with the Elder S. J. Hendrix conducting the rites in the pres ence of a large number of sor rowing relatives and friends. Serving as pallbearers were the Messrs. Eugene Wildes, J. E. Johns, Oliver Poppell, Leonard Walters, Bobby Mclnvale and Moncie Johns. The family has the sympathy of their many friends in their be reavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of ar rangements. J. R. Pittman Gets Scholarship J. R. Pittman, a star basket ball player for the Hoboken Tro jans, has received a scholarship to play basketball for the South Georgia Vocational and Technical Institute, located in Americus. J. R. Pittman is the son o f Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Pittman of Hoboken. While a senior at Ho boken, J. R. compiled 539 points for the season, with a 19 point per game average. He also col lected 383 rebounds for a 13.3 game average. J. R. will enter school in the fall and plans to enroll in Auto mobile Mechanics, which is an 18 month course. District Soil and Water Conservation Meeting Wednesday A soil and water conservation meeting will be held at the Red Pig restaurant Wednesday, April 27, beginning at 10 o’clock in the morning. Lunch will be served at the noon hour, with the Satilla River Soil & Water Conservation Dis trict as host. Counties in the Soil and Water District are Atkinson, Brantley, Camden, Charltonr, Glynn, Pierce, Ware and Wayne. Nahunta H. E. Club Discusses Flooring The topic “Your Floor is Show ing” was studied by the Nahun ta Home Economics Club which met at the home of Mrs. Avery Strickland Tuesday morning. Types of floor covering and specific care for wood and tile floors were discussed. The mem bers shared methods of house keeping with each other. Those present were Nan Ruling, Elizabeth Brooker, Iris Schmitt, Lena Strickland, Mary Harris and Ramona Stallings. Raybon Church Revival Begins Friday Night Raybon Church of God of Pro phecy will begin revival services Friday night April 22. The evangelists will be Rev. Gerald Hersey and Mrs. Navada Lyons of Brunswick. Services will be held at 7:30 P M. each night of the week. Cordial invitations are extended to the public to attend. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Satilla Chapter Eastern Star to Install Officers Sunday April 24 ROBERT PAGE In Air Force Reserve Robert Page Trains in Air Force Reserve Robert F. Page, son of Mrs. Maggie S. Page of Rt. 1, Hobo ken, was among outstanding Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps cadets who attended the 18- th National Arnold Air Society Conclave just concluded in Dal las, Texas. Cadet Page represented his Un iversity of Georgia squadron of the honorary military society. He was one of more than 1,500 ca dets from 167 colleges and uni versities who met to discuss the AAS program for the coming year and to hear addresses by top le vel aerospace leaders. The cadet is working toward his B.S. degree in agriculture as a member of the class of ’67. He is a member of Alpha Gam ma Rho. Cadet Page is a 1962 graduate of Hoboken High School and was valedictorian of his class. He al so lettered in baseball and track. 1 Questions and Answers on the Bible BY MRS. GLADYS C. JOHNSON How do we find the promise of the coming of Christ in Genesis 3:15? This has troubled so many Christians that I trust by changing the wording a little that it may become clearer. Let me quote the verse from the Revised Standard Version. “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed, he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” Webster says that ‘enmity’ is a strong, settled feeling of hatred whether concealed or displayed. To whom was God speaking? Adam and Eve had just commit ted the sin of disobeying God at the suggestion of Satan who had taken the form of a serpent. God discovers their sin and is now passing judgment upon Satan to whom He directs this statement in verse 1 5. The word ‘seed’ brings to mind the thought of life. A seed planted in the ground brings forth fruit of its kind. Seed as used here by God conveys the same idea. In verse 20 Adam called his wife’s name Eve “because she was the mother of all living.” From the ‘seed’ of this woman, Eve, came the generations of men and women such as Seth, Noah, Abraham, Judah and David which finally culminated in the birth of Jesus Christ Himself. The Bible is very definite about this genealogy as you will find in the first chapter of Matthew which traces Christ’s lineage from Abraham through David, the King. As the angel is speaking to Joseph, he assures him that the seed within Mary has been con ceived erf the Holy Ghost. “Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the pro phet (Isaiah 7:14) saying, Behold a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God; with us.” Matthew 1:22, 23. So now we know WHO the seed' of the woman is — Christ, the Subscription Price and Tax Inside county S2.SO Outside county, in state $3.09 Outside state $3.00 Installation of officers of Satil la Chapter 365 Order of Eastern Star will be held at a special meeting in the lodge hall Sunday April 24 at 2:30 P. M. R. Loyd Scott of Blackshear will be the installing officer and will be assisted by Mrs. Ovelia Royal, Mrs. Lecille Shepard, Mrs. Eva Curtis and Mrs. Harriett Henderson. The officers to be installed are Mattie Seals, worthy matron; Walter Crews, worthy patron; Al ice McDonald, associate matron; Delma Herrin, associate patron; Dorothy Brooker, secretary; Lou ise Drury, treasurer; Malva Al ice Brown, conductress; Lurline Broome, associate conductress; Lila Crews, chaplain; Elma Crews, Adah; Joyce Johns, Ruth; Alene Page, Esther; Zoie Stokes, Martha; Evelyn Crews, Electa; Howard L. Crews, warder and Sherman Tomlinson, sentinel. Eleanor Tomlinson and Sher man Tomlinson are the retiring worthy matron and worthy pa tron. The program is open to rela tives and friends of members. Revival Services Begin Monday At Waynesville Waynesville Baptist Church will hold its spring revival beginning Monday night April 25, at 8 o’- clock. Rev. Jack Lowndes, pastor of the First Baptist Church o f Brunswick, will bring toe mes sages each evening. The revival will continue through Friday night, April 29. Homecoming Day will be obser ved Sunday, May 1, with a for mer pastor, Rev. Dwane Partin, as the preacher. A cordial invitation is given by the Waynesville pastor, Rev. Eu gene Reese, to everyone to at tend all the services. Lord. But who is the seed of the Devil? "He that committeth sin is of the devil.” 1 John 3:8: Jesus in speaking to toe Pha rissees in John 3:38 says, “I speak that which I have seen with my Father, and ye do that which we have seen of your father. Ye are of your father the devil and toe lusts of your father ye will do.” So toe seed of Satan are those who belong to him — his children — those who have ‘enmity’ or hatred toward Christ and His people. We have all heard the phrase — Achilles heel —a word used to denote a weakness in someone. If it were possible to speak of any weakness in our Lord, it would of necessity be His human ity — His human nature. Satan, through his ‘seed’ (evil men) ‘bruised’ that nature when they drove the nails through His feet upon the cross. This bruising con tinues in the testing and trying of His saints today for that which causes His children to suffer, brings suffering also upon Christ. But God promised that it (the seed of the woman) would bruise his (Satan’s) head. That promise is to be kept. Romans 16:20 says, “And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly." This will be completely fulfilled when “the devil that deceived them shall be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, —• Rev. 20:10. Now let us review this verse inserting into it what we have learned. "And I, (God) will put hatred between thee (Satan) and the woman and between thy children and her children; it (the seed, Christ) shall bruise (or crush) thy head (Satan’s power) and thou (Satan) Shalt bruise Christ’s beef tHis human nature). This has been partiajhr fulfilled, but Christ wik eventually destroy sisals world His footstool.