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Newspaper Page TextNotify this newspaper when your address changes. VOLUME 45 - NUMBER 8 Can County Commissioner Hold Road Foreman Job? The question 1 posed in the above headline has been asked the editor of The Brantley Enterprise so many times in recent weeks that inquiry was made to the State Law De partment concerning the mat ter. The reply given this news paper was a copy of an un official ruling of the former Attorney General Eugene Cook in reply to an inquiry from Steve M. Hall of Toombs County concerning a problem in that county. The unofficial ruling of the Attorney General in that mat ter was as follows: “COUNTIES — Commission ers (unofficial) “A member of the board of commissioners may not be em ployed to perform duties which his office requires him to supervise. December 22, 1960 “Honorable Steve M. Hall “Thank you for your letter in which you stated that an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia (Ga. Laws 1959. pp, 2010-2021), ap proved February 13, 1959. had created a new Board of Com missioners of Toombs County, Georgia, and in which you also inquired at to the legality of a member of such Board be coming employed by it for the purpose of operating certain machines in connection with the building, maintenance and improvement of the road of the County under the juris diction of the Board. “Apparently, the Board is under a duty to exercise gen eral supervision over its em ployees for the purpose of seeing that their work is faith fully performed. Therefore, an incongruity would result when a Commissioner, whose official duty it is to supervise such work, also participates as his own employee in the execution of the work. He in effect would be a judge of the qual ity of his work and the fidelity of its execution. Such a re lationship was eloquently de nounced in 1878 by the Su preme Court of Georgia in the case of City of Macon v. Huff, 60 Ga. 221 (1), wherein the Court opined as follows: “The fundamental principle which will be found to under lie all adjudications made in this state on similar questions, and which, we think, has not been upset by any well con sidered case anywhere, is that no officer or agents, public or private, whose duty it is to Power Company Sponsors Farm Wiring Program The Georgia Power Com pany’s rural division, in co operation with the State De partment of Education’s vo cational agriculture service, is sponsoring a new farm wir ing program with $3,000 worth of electric farm equipment as awards. Edwin I. Hatch, power com pany president, announced this week that the purpose of the new program is to encourage better farm wiring practices. Each man on whose farm a wiring demonstration is held will have his choice from a selected list of electric equip ment. A total of 28 demonstration projects is scheduled. These projects will include classroom instruction and field demon stration on the farms. Local and area vocational agriculture teachers will con duct the program, with Geor gia Power Company rural en gineers assisting. The instruc tional phase will deal with the proper wiring of all farm structures. Olin Ginn, manager of the Georgia Power Company’s ru ral division, pointed out that with 231.854 of Georgia Pow er’s 877,559 customers living on farms or in rural areas, the new program will offer many opportunities for farmers to learn and participate in better wiring practices.. Program details are avail able from the rural division of Georgia Power Company. BRANTLEY EN IL^PRIS Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. supervise a contract in behalf of his employers or principal, can himself undertake to do that thing which his office or agency makes it his duty to supervise for others, and to see to it for them and it is well and faithfully done. The reason is too plain and pal pable for serious dispute. The man becomes a judge in his own case. He agrees to per form work himself, and yet is to judge whether or not it is well done. So tender is our law of bias on the part of the noblest and purest in behalf of self-interest, that no judge is permitted to sit in a cause in which he has any interest.” id., p. 224, last par. “So that the current of Geor gia policy, both in legislative and judicial channels, runs steadily in one direction and to one point, that no man who is agent or trustee for another, whether a private or public agent or trustee, shall have the opportunity or be led into the temptation to make pro fit out of the business of others entrusted to his care, by bar gaining with himself, directly or indirectly, in respect to that business.” id., p. 228, last par. “The steadiness and direct tion of this current, so well defined by the Court in 1878, has continued undiminished and undeflected to this day, as evidenced by the following authorities: Trainer v. City of Covington (1937) 183 Ga. 759 (1); Montgomery v. City of Atlanta (1926) 162 Ga. 534, at p. 547, last par; Turner v. City of Atlanta (1925) 160 Ga. 216 (2); Twiggs v. Wingfield (1918) 147 Ga. 790 (2), at p. 795; Hardy v. Mayor and Council of Gainesville (1904) 121 Ga. 327 (1); Dorsett v. Garrard (1890) 85 Ga. 734 (1, 2): and Doyal v. City of Rome (1933) 48 Ga. App. 664, at p. 666. last par. See also Sections 2-101, 4-205, 20-504, and 108- 429 of the Code of Ga., Ann.; 20 C. J. S- Counties, sec. 192, p. 1028: 63 C. J. S. Mun. Corp., sec. 988, p. 551; 14 Am Jur. Counties, sec. 42, p. 211; and 10 McQuillin on Mun. Corp. (3rd ed.) secs. 29.97 and 29.98, pp. 387 and 392, resp. “In view of these authorities, I am of the opinion that no official or agent, whose duty it is to supervise a contract in behalf of his employer or principal, can himself under take to do the thing which his office or agency makes it his duty to supervise.” Henry O'Berry Died Wednesday Mr. Henry B. O’Berry, 81, of Route 3, Folkston passed a way early Wednesday morn ing, February 22, in a Mill edgeville hospital following a short illness and his death re moves one of Charlton county’s oldest residents. Survivors include one bro ther, John O’Berry of Savan nah and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o’clock Friday after noon, February 24, from the graveside in Allen Cemetery with the Rev. E. J. Dixon, as sisted by the Rev. David Thrift, officiating. Serving as pallbearers will be the Messrs Edmond O’- Berry. Jimmy O’Berry, Jesse Lee, Daniel Lee. Cary Flowers and Billy Thrift. Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta is in charge of ar rangements. Hickox H. E. Club Met Wednesday The Hickox Extension Home Economics Club met Wednes day afternoon, Feb. 15, at the home of Mrs. John I. Lee. The president, Mrs. C. W. Wainright, presided over the meeting. Mrs. Conway Howard gave a demonstration on “How to Add Color to a Room”. Others present were Mrs. Edward Brand, Mrs. Carroll Batten, Mrs. David Hickox, Mrs. Joseph Hickox and Mrs. J. E- Harris. Bill Goodner Passed Away In Birmingham Mr. Bill Goodner, 48, a former resident of Nahunta, passed away early Sunday morning, February 19, at the University of Alabama Hos pital in Birmingham following a sudden coronary attack. A native of Polk County, Tennessee, Mr. Goodner was the son of Mrs. Charlotte Cate Goodner of Nahunta and the late T. S. Goodner. At an early age, he moved to Nahunta with his family and attended the local schools. Later he was graduated from the University of Georgia in 1939 and since that time had resided in Birm ingham. He was a member of the Southside Baptist Church in Birmingham, an Air Force veteran of World War 11, a partner in the firm of Ly brand, Ross Bros. & Montgom ery, and a member of the American Institute of Certifi ed Public Accountants. He also held membership and was ac tive in the affairs of the Ala bama Society of Certified Pub lic Accountants and the Na tional Association of Account ants. Os affable manner and genial disposition, Mr. Good ner was well known through out this section and his passing brought personal sorrow to many in this area. In addition to his mother, survivors include his wife, the former Miss Vivian Cotton, of Birmingham; a daughter. Miss Jane Goodner of Birmingham; a son, John Goodner of Birm ingham; two sisters, Mrs. Dor othy Graham of Nahunta and Mrs. Charles Nall of Atlanta; a brother, J. V. Goodner of Madison. Several aunts, uncles and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held at two o’clock Monday after noon, February 20, from Rid out’s Valley Chapel in Birm ingham with the Rev. Ronald E. Palmer officiating. Additional services and in terment followed at two o’- clock Tuesday afternoon. Feb ruary 21, in the family plot in Oakland Cemetery in Way cross with the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas conducting the rites. Serving as pallbearers were the Messrs Julian Hallman, Jr., Elroy Strickland, J. Cecil Moody, Hubert Sasser, W. Car ter Morton and Clyde Rober son. The many beautiful floral tributes attested to the esteem felt for the deceased. The family has the sym pathy of their many friends in 1 their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of local arrangements. Out-of-Town People Attend Goodner Funeral Among those from out of town attending funeral ser vices for Mr. Bill Goodner were T. H. Riden, Dr. Paul J. Lindsey, Mr. Doyle Huff, the Rev. Tucker Singleton, Mr. E. W. Armour and Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Goodner, all of Madison; Miss Dera Goodner and Jimmy Goodner, both of Athens; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nall of At lanta; W. Carter Morton of Cairo; Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Hall man, Jr. and Mrs. Roy F. Park man of Blackshear; Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Posner of Birming ham, Ala., Mr. and Mrs. Hu bert Sasser of Woodbine, Mr. Clyde Roberson of Waycross, Tom Graham of Tifton and Mr. and Mrs. John H. Cal houn of Baxley. Willis Infant Died Wednesday Bernard Monroe Willis, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth (Bozo) Willis died Wednesday night, Feb. 22. The child was born Sunday, Feb. 19. in Memorial Hospital, Waycross. Subscribe to the BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE . .. —, ■ — The Blackshear Times, Blackshear, Ga., Thursday, Feb. 23, 1947 Earl Crews Died In Mineola, Fla. Earl Crews, 38, died early Sunday evening at his resi dence in Mineola, Fla., follow ing an extended illness. A native of Brantley Coun ty, he had made his home in Mineola for the past eight years. He was a veteran of world War 11. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Crews; three sons, Kenneth Earl Crews, Tony Layton Crews, and Ray Crews, all of Mineola; his mother, Mrs. Mollie Crews of Wildwood, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Goldie Mae Aldridge of Waycross and Mrs. Jesse Bell Cook of Wildwood; two broth ers, Elbert Crews and Ivey Crews, both of Mineola, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were Held Tuesday at 3 P. M. in the Miles-Odum Chapel. Burial was at Highbluff Cemetery in Brantley Couhty. Five Women Good Samaritans Work in Brantley Five Brantley County wo men are carrying on “Good Samaritan” work in Brantley County under the auspices of the Slash Pine Area Planning and Development Commission. Their job is to find ways to help disadvantaged people in the county, white and colored. The women’ working at this task in Brantley County are Lois Hulett, Gaynelle Keene, Myrtle Hickox, Louise Hen drix, Geraldine White and Mae Etta Blue. These women have helped 130 families. Ten of the fam ilies had deaths in the family. Seventy-five families were helped with surplus food for the parents and 161 children. Fifty-eight elderly people were aided in various ways. Sixty-two trips were made to carry people to the doctor, people without other trans poration. The women have held sew ing classes, have given help in planning meals to get correct diet. They have visited .many elderly and lonely people. Their job is to find where the greatest need is and to try to meet that need in every possible way. Hoboken FFA to Hold Father and Son Banquet The highlight of the Hobo ken Chapter Future Farmers of America this year will be the 28th annual Father-Son Banquet Friday night, Feb. 24 at the High School Cafeteria. Jerome Griffin, President of the local Chapter, will be mas ter of ceremonies and will in troduce the guest speaker. The invocation will be by Harry Chesser, chaplin of the chapter. Jimmy Lynn, David Griffin and Larry Crews will welcome guests to the ban quet which will be served by Mrs. Colvin’s F- H. A. girls and prepared by school cafe teria personnel. Entertainment will be by Mary Nance Lee F. F. A. Sweetheart, and F. F. A. String Band. An important part of the program will be the awarding of honors for achievement dur ing the past year. The menu for the dinner will be chopped steaks, string beans, lettuce and tomatoes, hot rolls, but ter, strawberry shortcake, whipped cream and ice tea. Stanley Griffin, reporter. ROSES FOR QUAIL Are you looking for a plant that will provide cover for quail on your property? Dave Almand, Extension Service wildlife specialist, suggests that you consider using the Multiflora rose. This plant should be set out in late win ter or early spring, he says. FOOD BUYING TIP The smartest trick in food buying is to be a label reader and compare weights, contents, number of servings, grade and price which best meet your needs, according to Miss Nellie Boyd, Extension Sendee home economist. Mrs. Hein Died In Athens, Was Brantley Native Brantley countians were sad dened to learn of the passing of Mrs. Vandilla Purdom Hein, 29, a former resident of Brant ley county, whose death oc cured late Tuesday afternoon, February 21, as a result of in juries received in a head-on automobile collision near At hens. Mrs. Hein 1 was born in Brantley county and was the daughter of the late James Lewis and Hattie Riggins Pur dom. She attended the Brant ley county schools and was a graduate of the University of Georgia. She was a member of the Baptist Church and served as Home Demonstration Agent in Pierce county for one year. For a number of years she taught school in Ware, Bacon and Muscogee counties and at the time of her death was a member of the faculty at the Lions Junior High School in Athens, where she had resid ed for the past five years. Suvivors include her hus band, Roger H. Hein of At hens; a daughter, Miss Carol Hein of Athens; five sisters, Mrs. H. A. Strickland and Mrs. Juanita Dixon, both of Nahun ta, Mrs. E. W. Miles of Pem broke, Mrs. H. O. Grice of Savannah and Mrs. A. L. Cole, Jr. of Blairsville; four broth ers, Ernest Purdom and Wood row Purdom, both of Baxley, J. L. Purdom of Chicago, 111., and Talmadge Purdom of Folkston; three Half-sisters, Miss Betty Purdom, Mrs. Ilene Johnson and Mrs. Nora Marsh all, all of Nahunta; two Half brothers, Thomas Purdom, U. S. Navy, Iceland and William Purdom of Atlanta; her Step mother, Mrs. Ernest Hickox of Nahunta. Several nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive. Funeral services were held at 3:00 o’clock Thursday after noon, February 23, from the Nahunta Baptist Church with the Rev. Cecil F. Thomas of ficiating. The body lay in state in l the church for one hour prior to services. Internment followed in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were Messrs. Glen Strickland, J. W. Harris, Bobby Chancey, Moul trie Purdom. Buddy Highsmith and Gary Willis. The many beautiful floral tr’butes attested to the esteem felt for the deceased. The family has the sym pathy of their many friends in their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrangements. Nahunta High School Art Club Met Monday The Art Club met in the Art room Monday, Feb. 20. The meeting was called to or der by the president, Carolyn Middleton. The minutes were read and the treasurer’s report was given. An art exhibit in which the entire school is asked to participate has been set for Friday, April 21. It will be non’-competitive. A general discussion was then held. There was no other business so the meeting was adjourned. Reporter, Carol Robinson Personals Mr. George Dykes is a pa tient in Memorial Hospital where he underwent surgery on Wednesday of this week. « » • Seaman Frankie L. Harris, USN, son of Mrs. Mary W. Harris of Route 2, Nahunta, is helping the U. S. Pacific Fleet Service Force celebrate its 25th anniversary this month, while serving aboard the oiler Mis pillion. • • • Robert Page, son of Mrs. Maggie Page of Hoboken, was a visitor in Nahunta Saturday. He is a senior at the Univer sity of Georgia and will re ceive his degree in agriculture in June. Robert is a former vice president of the National Future Farmers of America. Commander Fred Highsmith Visits Brantley County Commander Fred L. High smith is stationed at NAS Quonset Point, R. I. He is presently Commander of Car rier Anti-Submarine Air Group Fifty-two and operates from the USS WASP (CVS -18), which is home ported in Boston, Mass. The WASP just made a visit to New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Air Group-52 is conducting a two weeks training exercise in Key West, Fla. and will re turn to R. I. the end of Feb. Commander Fred L. High smith spent the past week-end at Hickox with his sister, Mrs. Woodrow Hendrix. While here he attended a ball game Fri day night and met several of his classmates and friends he had not seen since graduating in ‘43. On Saturday he visited his aunt, Mrs. Julia Harris of Lu laton and Mrs. Myrtice Smith of Nahunta. Cmdr. Highsmith returned to Jacksonville Saturday night to visit his sister, Mrs. I. J. Korson. This is the first trip Cmdr. Highsmith has made home since he picked un the astro nauts, Conrad and Cooper in Aug. of ‘65. Nahunta FHA Chapter Elect Boy and Girl Os The Month The Nahunta chapter of Fu ture Homemakers met Mon day, Feb. 20, in the Nahunta High cafeteria. The meeting was called to order by the president, Me linda Wilson’. The schedule for February was passed out and discussed. Plans were made for an ex ecutive meeting Thursday night to make plans for the Mother-daughter banquet and family night. A short skit on “Everybody’s Doing It, Everybody’s Wear ing It, Everybody’s Got One” was presented by Patsy Pat ten, Dona Tucker. Beth Hun ter and Carol Robinson. Billy Chancey and Martha Burden were elected Boy and Girl of the Month from the Junior Class. Mrs. Ham then talked to those girls working on degrees and passed out the necessary forms. Reporter, Carol Robinson Live Oak 4-H Club Met Tuesday The Live Oak 4-H Club met Tuesday, Feb. 21, in the Na hunta High School lunchroom. The meeting was called to order by the president, Jerry Crews, who led us in the pledges. Denise Smith gave the devotional. Debra Harris, our secretary, read the min utes. We discussed the old busi ness. It was about saving the money for the pictures in the annual until next year. We discussed the county con test in our new business. The meeting was then turn ed over to Mr?. Raulerson and Mr. Loyd. They showed us a film on “Willie Weed”. Ann Rowell .reporter Bachlott Church Revival Services All This Week The Bachlott Church of God is conducting a revival this week, with Rev. David Inman of Manor as the evangelist. Rev. Riley Gill is the pastor. Services are being held each night at 7:30. Special singing at each services. Everyone is cordially invited to attend the services. LITTER BITS HURT Anti-litter is a continuing problem, and an ongoing edu cational program is needed, ac cording to Extension Service landscape specialists. Better enforcement of existing laws and more rigid restrictions will be necessary to clean the land scape of litter, gaudy signs and posters, they say. E OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Heart Sunday Is February 26 Sunday, February 26, will be Heart Sunday throughout the nation. About one and a half million Heart Fund volun teers will canvass residential areas in ten thousand com munities. Community captains in Brantley County who are se lecting volunteers are Mrs. George Loyd, Mrs. Willie Joe Rowell, Mrs. E. H. Kelly, Mrs. Doris Driggers, Mrs. Gretchen Harrell, Mrs. Ronald Hendrix,' Mrs. Carroll Johns, and Mrs. । Rebecca White. Heart research, suuported by : your Heart Fund, is our' strongest hope in the fight against heart disease. Give generously to the Heart Fund drive to keep heart research on the move. Births Bobby Joe Chancey Jr. is the name of the new baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Chancey in Memorial Hospital in Waycross on February 17. He weighed seven pounds and five ounces. The mother was the former Miss Mary Ruth Jacobs be fore her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Willis announced the arrival of a little boy in Memorial Hospital in Waycross on Sunday, Feb. 19 weighing eight and one half pounds. He has been named Bernard Monroe. The mother will be remem bered as Miss Oma Lee Wilson before her marriage. Weekly Meditation By Jack Arnold, Pastor Pierce Circuit Methodist Charge Allergic to Light “. . .and men loved dark nes rather than light. . John 3:19 This is the age of allergies. Our forefathers didn’t know much about allergies. They were toughened by the rigors of life. But life has become softer and sensitive tissues and organs are subject to attack by a variety of the things a bout us. People also are disposed to spiritual allergy. They tend to be allergic to light. I am not referring to the light of the sun or of a 100 watt bulb. I am referring to the light of which John constantly speaks in the Fourth Gospel. That light is the truth re vealed by God through his Son Jesus. The light that Jesus sheds on the human situation is bound to cause trouble because we are sensitive to the truth. There are nooks and corners — there may be whole rooms — in our inner lives which are in the shadow. When the light of Christ shines in those places, it can be a very pain ful experience. Consider the dark corner where resentment broods. Someone gives offense, or there is jealousy, or someone gets a position or an honor which we feel that we should get. The result is resentment in the life which is not ruled by Christian standards. Then there comes a time of inspiration when we are aware of the presence of Jesus. The light of the truth in Him ex poses our resentment. It is painful. We must admit our wrong. We must change our attitude toward the person or persons against whom the re sentment is held. Consider the darkened room of selfishness. It is the most prominent room in our inner lives. It is a most painful a wakening when we must real ize that we love no one, that we use friends and those who love us for what we can get out of them. It’s humiliating to discover that we have built our lives on an illusion — the illusion that we can live only for self and get away with it. So you see, there are many people allergic to light. And the tragedy is that rather than treating and healing the al lergy, they step back out of the light into the darkness. Step into the light. Allow it to continually shine into your life so that it may dispel all darkness. Subscription Price and Tax Inside county $2.51 Outside county, in state >4.12 Outside state $4.00 Mrs. Harrison To Speak at Methodist Church Rev. Leland Moore, local Methodist minister, announces that the congregation at the Nahunta Methodist Church next Sunday, Feb. 26, will hear a message by a guest speaker. At the morning hObr, 11:00 A. M., Mrs. W. L. Harrison, of Brunswick will deliver the message. Mrs. Harrison is the I Waycross District President of । the Woman’s Society of Chris tian Service. In her place of leadership she is often heard I in churches of the Waycross District. Her visit to Nahunta is spon sored by the local auxi^^ry of the Woman’s Society c* '’hris tian Service of the Nahunta Methodist Church. All mem bers of this church, men as well as women, are invited and urged to be present for this special service Sunday morning. Any others of Na hunta and Brantley County who can and will attend will receive a very cordial wel come. Another feature of this oc casion will be a luncheon serv ed at the church, for all pres ent, following immediately after the morning worship ser vice. Each family of the church is requested to^ring a basket of food to be served. Georgia has a new “king of crops.” Peanuts moved into the top income position last year, contributing 22.5 percent of the total income farmers received for crops. THE ADVENTURE OF FAITH “Thank God for Christian faith!” has been the response of a multitude of people who have had a humdrum existence reformed by a vital faith. It is so easy for existence to get bogged down in the purely practical aspects of living. Os course being practi cal is important. If we do not conduct our homes, run our businesses and operate our churches according to certain practical principles, turmoil is quickly on the scene. How ever, if we allow schedule or routine to dominate us, we will eliminate .most of our chances for vital experiences. Too often we chain faith down to the routines of church organization. The results are dwindling spirituality and a false sense of security in religion. Christian faith be comes nothing more than a charm hung about the neck supposedly keeping the devil away while we play as we please. An essential ingredient of religion is revelation. St. John the Divine writes “I was in the spirit on the Lord’s day” (Revelation 1:10) and goes on to describe the marvelous, mysterious and dread events that mark the end of the pres ent order and the establishing of a “new heaven and a new earth.” (Revelation 21:1) John’s faith was not a dead ember but a blazing fire. It was not controlled by the thoughts and moods of John but was attuned to the mind of God. It was Paul who wrote “the spirit itself beareth wit ness to our spirit that we are children of God.” (Romans 8:16) Our need today is to believe in the vital activity of God in our lives. But we get so tied up with ourselves and our own private ambitions that we cannot hear or see when God wants to reveal things to us. God is working for his chil dren of yesterday, today and tomorrow. His work m lives of those who him pertains to their ‘ -y as heirs of the Kingdom For this task God needs peo ple whose faith is not chained down by routine, superstition or selfishness but who are able to respond loyally and intel ligently to his call. Then faith will be an advenutre taking the faithful into the frontiers where the land is being clear ed for God’s Kingdom.