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VOLUME 45 - NUMBER 12
A Voice in the Wilderness
Taxation without Representation
Or Taxation unto Confiscation?
Our forefathers started a revolution against Eng
land, the Mother Country, because of Taxation with
out Representation. Now, 190 years later, we seem to
be threatened with Taxation unto Confiscation.
Year by year our tax burdens increase in city,
county, state and nation. Instead of effective action
to stop waste and graft, our lawmakers add more
and more taxes to try to appease the greed of pres
sure groups and special interests.
Tax Foundation, Inc., a private research organiza
tion has counted 600 hidden taxes on a house, 151
taxes on a loaf of bread, 150 taxes on a lady’s hat,
and 116 taxes on a man’s suit. Total taxes is now 28
percent of every dollar spent, or more than is spent
for food.
Georgia is reported to have a cash surplus of
$100,000,000, yet our lawmakers came within two
votes of adding another cent to our sales tax. And
political prophets are saying that the next state legis
lature will add this extra cent to our three-cent sales
tax.
Here in Brantley County it seems we are to have
increased valuations on all property. It is hoped that
our County Commissioners will sharply reduce the
millage rate so as to compensate for the increased
valuations.
Every citizen has a responsibility to cooperate with
elected officials in reducing waste and in stopping
illegal use of tax payers funds. And every elected of
ficial has a sworn duty to protect public funds and to
account legally for every dollar spent.
All this goes without saying. And should not have
to be said.
If the present trend of tax upon tax upon tax
continues, we will soon be faced with Taxation unto
Confiscation.
Joseph Jones
Funeral Service
Held Sunday
Mr. Joseph Winston Jones,
66, a former resident of Brant
ley county, passed away at the
Blades General Hospital in
Belle Glade, Fla., Friday,
March 17, following an ex
tended illness.
Mr. Jones was born in
Wayne, now Brantley, county
and was the son of the late
Elder Frank. Jones and Melis
sa Herrin Jones. He received
his education in the schools of
the county and for a number
of years operated a service
station in Nahunta. He had re
sided for the past thirty years
in Florida where he was en
gaged in the laundry business
in association with his brother.
Os affable manner and gen
ial disposition, he was well
known throughout this section
and his death brought per
sonal sorrow to many.
Survivors include three sis
ters, Mrs. A. B. Dotson of
Brunswick, Mrs. Emmie J.
Newton of Nahunta and Mrs.
D. F. Jones of Jacksonville,
Fla.; four brothers, W. S.
Jones and O. K. Jones, both of
Belle Glade, Fla., Harley Jones
of Panama City, Fla., and Dan
Jones of Nahunta.
Several nieces, nephews and
other relatives also survive.
Funeral services were held
at three o’clock Sunday after
noon, March 19, from the
chapel of the Chambless Fun
eral Home in Nahunta with
the Rev. Leland Moore, assist
ed by the Rev. Carl J.
Broome, conducting the rites
in the presence of a large
number of sorrowing relatives
and friends.
Interment followed in the
family plot in Smyrna Ceme
tery.
Serving as pallbearers were
the Messrs. W. B. Harris, J.
D. Orser, Roy Ham, Lambert
Knox, Albert Purdam and T.
E. Raulerson.
The many beautiful floral
tributes attested to the es
teem 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.
By Carl Broome
Johnny Nichols
Killed in Crash
On Highway 121
Johnny Crayton Nichols, age
24, was killed late Thursday
afternoon, March 16, three
miles south of Hoboken on
highway 121, when the motor
cycle he was riding collided
head-on with a tractor-trailer
truck.
He was rushed to the Brant
ley County Medical Building
where he was pronounced
dead on arrival.
Mr. Nichols was a native of
Inman, a member of Inman
Mill Baptist Church of Inman,
South Carolina.
He is survived by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ni
chols of Inman, S. C.; three
sisters, Mrs. Calvin Human of
Inman, S- C., Miss Nancy Ni
chols of Inman, S. C. and Mrs.
Rebecca Henderson of Well
ford, S. C. and several nieces
and nephews.
Callahan Funeral Home of
Nahunta was in charge of lo
cal arrangements.
Mrs. William
Mizell Died
In Jacksonville
FOLKSTON — Mrs. Nana
Mae Richter Mizell, 76, mem
ber of a prominent Charlton
County family, died Wednes
day in Jacksonville.
Mrs. Mizell was bom in
Madison, the daughter of the
late C. W. Richter and Sally
Walton Richter. She had lived
in Folkston for the past 48-
years.
She was a member of First
Methodist Church.
Survivors are her husband,
William Mizell, Folkston; one
daughter, Mrs. Sarah Kathery
Benson, Cincinnati, Ohio; one
brother, C. W. Richter, Madi
son; and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Saurday at First Methodist
Church in' Folkston with the
Rev. Charles A. Culbreth and
the Rev. Gower Latimer of
ficiating.
Burial was in Pineview
Cemetery.
We Do All Kinds
of Job Printing.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
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Crews-Morgan
Mrs. Mary Lee Crews of
Hortense announces the com
ing marriage of her daughter
Elender to Edgar M. Morgan
of Nahunta, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ebb Morgan'.
Miss Crews is the daughter
of the late Mr. Charlie M.
Crews.
The wedding will take place
April 8 at 7:00 P. M., at The
Satilla Baptist Church, Hor
tense.
All friends and relatives are
invited to attend.
Hickox H. E. Club Met
With Mrs. Wainright
The Hickox Extension Home
Economics Club met Wednes
day, March 15, at the home of
Mrs. Wilson Wainright.
Mrs. Wainright presided
over the meeting. Mrs. John I.
Lee read the minutes.
Mrs. Virginia Raulerson
gave a demonstration on put
ting in sleeves and zippers.
Others present were Mrs. W.
M. Batten, Mrs. Virgil Ro
well, Mrs. Woodrow Wain
right, Mrs. Joseph Hickox,
Mrs. Wayne Moody, Mrs.
Valera Carter, Mrs. Banner
Wainright, Mrs. J. C. Allen,
Mrs. Edward Brand, Mrs.
Woodrow Hendrix, Mrs. Al
fred Thomas and Mrs. W. L.
Bohanon.
LEGAL NOTICE
GEORGIA,
BRANTLEY COUNTY
TO WHOM IT MAY CON
CERN:
Notice is hereby given that
Mrs. Lorraine Strickland, the
widow of Roy E. Strickland,
late of said county deceased,
has made application to con
vey the property which was
set aside as a Year’s Support
for the benefit of said widow
and her two minor children of
said Roy Strickland deceased,
by the court of said ordinary
of said county as recorded in
Year’s Support Book three (3)
at page 37, the purpose of said
conveyance being that of sup
port for said minors.
Said application will be
heard before the ordinary of
said County at the Courthouse
in said county at 10:00 o’clock,
A. M., on the 28th day of
March 1967, at which time ob
jections, if any, to the grant
ingof said application’ will be
heard.
This 16th day of March 1967.
Perry U. Rozier
Ordinary of Brantley
County, Georgia
C. Winton Adams
Petitioner’s Atty. 3-23.
Brantley Court of Ordinary
Mrs. Janie Strickland, hav
ing made application for
twelve months’ support out
of the Estate of George Vernon
Strickland, and appraisers
duly appointed to set apart
the same having filed their
returns, all persons concern
ed are hereby required to
show cause before the Court
of Ordinary of said county on
the first Monday in April,
1967, why said application
should not be granted.
This 6th day of March, 1967.
Perry U. Rozier
Ordinary.
C. Winton' Adams,
Atty, for petitioner 3-30.
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 23, 1967
MISS ELENDER CREWS
To Wed Edgar M. Morgan
Methodists Plan
For Easter
Services Sunday
Rev. Leland Moore, Metho
dist pastor in Nahunta, an
nounces that plans are now
complete for Easter services in
this church next Sunday.
Friends and visitors from
other places are expected, as
former members of the church,
their children and other rela
tives, come for the Easter sea
son’ to renew old acquaint
ances and to be with loved
ones in another observance of
an anniversary of Christ’s
death and resurrection.
The theme of the message
to be delivered by the pastor,
at 11:00 A. M., will be “im
portant questions answered by
him who suffered, died and
rose again.”
There will be the Sunday
School, at 10:00 A. M.. the
Methodist Youth Fellowship at
6:30 P. M., and another pub
lic worship service at 7:30 P.
M.
Parents having infant chil
dren to be baptized will pre
sent them at the beginning of
the morning service, and at
the close of this service new
church members will receive
Christian baptism.
Personals
The Brantley County
Schools will observe Spring
holidays, Friday, March 24 and
Monday March 27.
George Arnold Loyd, son of
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Loyd
of Nahunta, won a place on
the dean's list at Georgia Uni
versity for the winter quarter.
His grades were all A’s in
cluding two A-pluses.
A sunrise Easter service will
be held at the Hortense Me
morial Church Easter morn
ing March 28. All churches of
the Hortense community will
participate. Rev. James E.
Wood will be the speaker.
The Satillla Chapter 365
Order of Easter Star will have
a special meeting on Tuesday
night. 8:00 P. M. when officers
for the coming year will be
elected. Mrs. Mattie Seals.
Worthy Matron requests all
members to be present.
Sloan Hill Church will hold
a special service Tuesday
night, March 28. Everyone is
invited.
Mrs. Kay Berger, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Moody
of Nahunta, is a nurse’s aide
in Lutheran General Hospital
in Park Ridge, 111. Her picture
appeared in many daily pa
pers carrying small patients
in coaster wagons to the X
ray laboratory.
Twins were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Julian E. Steedley in Me
morial Hospital in Waycross
on Sunday morning March 19.
The girl weighing six pounds
and fourteen ounces has been
named Rhonda Lynn.
The boy weighing six pounds
and nine ounces has been’
named Brian Edgar. The moth
er is the former Miss Linda
Burden.
Births
Nahunta Churches
Sunrise Easter Service
Next Sunday the people of
Nahunta and Brantley are all
invited to attend and partici
pate in an Easter worship ser
vice at sunrise, which will be
gin about 6:30 A. M., on the
lawn of the Brantley County
Court House.
Should the weather be too
disagreeable for an out-door
meeting, this service will be
moved just across the street
and into the Nahunta Metho
dist Church.
Pastors and members of the
several churches of Nahunta
are uniting in sponsoring and
attending the meeting. There
will be appropriate songs, as
well as Easter message by
Rev- Cecil F. Thomas, pastor
of the Nahunta Baptist
Church.
The custom of having a sea
son of worship at sunrise on
Easter mornings has continued
here for some years. Meeting
together in the spring time, in
the refreshing open air, with
budding trees, blooming flow
ers and singing birds, make
one’s worship delightful and
inspiring.
Trinity Church to
Hold Sunrise Service
Trinity Church of the Naza
rene will hold a sunrise ser
viced Easter Sunday, March
26, at six o’clock in the morn
ing.
The pastor is Rev. H. A.
Strickland. Everyone is in
vited to attend the sunrise
service. The church is located
on the Old Post Road north
east of Waynesville.
Nahunta Future Farmers
Hold Father-Son Banquet
The Nahunta Chapter of F.
F. A. held their annual Fath
er and Son Banquet Friday
night, March 17.
Guest speaker was Herbie
Byrd. Herbie is the fourth
place winner in the State Pub
lic Speaking contest. Herbie is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. V.
Byrd of Patterson.
All of the following boys re
ceived the Greenhand Degree
in agriculture:
Jessie Allen, Stacey Crews,
Franklin DePratter, Howard
Flowers, J. R. Herrin, Ronald
Hickox, John Jacobs, Earl
Johns, Michael Johns, Terry
Lane, Scott Lewis, Dale Lyons,
Jerry Moody, Terry Moody,
Leslie Patten, Randy Rober
son, Bobby Rowell, Stanley
Rowell, Clipper Smith, Har
ry Strickland, Keith Thomas,
Jessie Thrift, Rudolph Wain
right and Jack Wilson’.
These boys received Junior
Farmer award: Larry Allen,
Davey Crews, Jerry Davison,
Stanley Drury. George Har
per, Donald Herrin, Dennis
Hickox, Glen Hendrix, Larry
Johns, Jimbo Jones, Johnny
Strickland, Glen Thrift and
Eddie Walker.
The forestry award was giv
en to the F. F. A. boys who
participated in the Forestry
Field Day held each year. The
following boys received this
award. Otis Bohainnon, Larry
Byrd, E. C. Crews, Eugene
Crews, Lawrence Flowers,
Terry Griffin, Edward Lee,
Junior Miller. James O’Neal,
and Michael Purdom.
Each year our chapter quar
tet receives an award. This
year Larry Allen, James Har
ris, Edward Lee and Harold
Lee received this award.
Every year a tractor driving
contest is held. This year Ron
ald Hickox received the sec
ond place trophy and Otis
Bohannon received the first
place trophy.
The com contest winners re
ceived trophies; third place
winner was Billy Chancey;
second place was Otis Bohan
non: and first place was Lar
ry Johns.
Chosen with the best Note
book this year was Franklin
DePratter, and the best Rec
ord Book was Otis Bohannon.
The scholarship award was
given this year to Scott Lewis.
The public speaking trophies
were given to winners of the
contest. Third place winner
Plan
Thieves Take
SBS from Motel
Room in Nahunta
An elderly couple was rob
bed of SBS at the Pittsburgher
Motel Monday night when
thieves entered their room
and took the man’s wallet and
the lady’s handbag.
The people victimized were
Mr. and Mrs. George Provost
of Cohose, N. Y. They report
ed that the door of their mo
tel room was open when they
awoke Tuesday morning and
they had no idea how the
thieves managed to open it.
J. F. Jacobs on
Mid-West Farm
Bureau Tour
J. F. Jacoby president of
the Brantley County Farm
Bureau, is on a mid-west tour
with many other Farm Bureau
leaders of Georgia.
He visited Columbus, Ohio,
Indianapolis, Ind., Blooming
ton, 111., Des Moines, lowa,
Peoria 111., and Nashville,
Tenn.
The party will arrive back
in Atlanta Saturday, go to Ma
con and Tifton and thence
home.
The tour is for the purpose
of studying the methods of
operation of the Farm Bureau
programs in mid-western
states.
was James Harris; second
place was Harold Lee; and the
first place winner was Stanley
Rowell.
A new type of award was
given this year. It was the
Farm Mechanics award given
to Bicknell Manor, Lawrence
Flowers and Mike Hendrix.
The productive enterprise
projects special awards were
given to the following boys in
different fields. In beef cat
tle. Glen Lee, Gardening, Da
vid Griffin, Tobacco, James
Harris, Livestock Farming,
Otis Bohannon, and the Pro
gram of Work was Billy Chan
cey and Lawrence Flowers.
The Livestock judging team
also received an award. The
boys on this team are Wayne
Chesser, Terry Griffin, James
Harris and Terry Strickland.
The Honorary Chapter
Farmer degree is given to de
serving adults who have done
outstanding work for the F.
F. A. Chapter. This year Mrs.
Huey Ham, our Home Eco
nomics teacher and Mr. A. L.
Sutton, our principal received
these awards.
The outstanding service
award was given to Mr. Avery
Strickland. Mr. Strickland
gave the chapter a bred gilt
to start the Strickland pig
chain.
Each year the Star Green
hand, Chapter Farmer and
Georgia Planter are chosen.
Star Greenhand this year was
Keith Thomas. The Star Chap
ter Farmer was Larry Johns
and the Star Georgia Planter
was Eugene Crews. Eugene al
so received the outstanding
senior award.
The officers were all given
medals for their appropriate
offices. The President’s pin
was given to Eugene Crews,
the vice-president’s pin to Ter
ry Griffin, the treasurer pin
was given to Otis Bohannon,
the secretary pin was given to
E. C. Crews, the sentinal pin
to Stanley Crews, the repor
ter’s Din to David Griffin, and
the chaplain’s pin to Michael
Purdom.
Miss Judy Thrift was cho
sen as our Sweetheart this
year. She received an official
Sweatheart jacket.
Three Old Timer Pocket
Knives were given as door
prizes. Mr. Duey Hickox. Da
vey Crews and Mr. Keith
Strickland each won one.
Reporter, David Griffin
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
MISS COLLEEN LANE, being crowned Miss Nahunta High School
of 1967, by Miss Ginger Thrift who was Miss Nahunta High 1966.
First runner-up was Miss Sue Lake, second runner-up Miss Sue
Batten, third runner-up Miss Sharon Griffin, fourth runner-up
Miss Hilda Manning.
Hickox Baptists
To Hold Revival
And Homecoming
The Hickox Baptist Church
will begin revival services
Monday night, March 27
through April 1, with the Rev.
Marion Mayo of Morningside
Baptist Church of Brunswick,
Ga., as guest speaker.
Services will begin each
evening at 7:30.
The church extends an in
vitation to the public to these
services and to Homecoming
Day Sunday, April 2.
I
j Herman Talmadge
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.. RtPORTS PROM THE UNITED STAIFS SENATE :
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IT IS A FAIRLY GOOD assumption that if you seek the
opinions of 10 individuals on the Selective Service, you will
obtain differing views on how the draft should be operated.
Probably they would be unanimous on only one count: they
don’t like it. However, some of them might agree that it is a
necessary evil.
The President’s advisory commission on the draft stated the
problem thus: each year, about 2 million men reach draft age.
Almost three-fourths of them will be qualified for military service
and of this 114 million, some 600,000 to 1 million will be required
to serve. And of these, between 100,000 and 300,000 may have
to be drafted. How shall they be selected?
That’s the problem. According to the advisory commission,
our military manpower should be secured in a manner “as con
sistent as possible with human dignity, individual freedom, fair
ness to all citizens, and the other principles and traditions of a
democratic and free society.”
Now that of course is far easier said than done.
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FOR ALL OF ITS FAULTS our present approach to the
draft has served the nation well since the Selective Service System
legislative passed Congress in 1940.
But there are shortcomings and inequities in some aspects
of its administration. In a nation as large and diverse as ours,
this is in part unavoidable. It is difficult indeed if not impossible
to operate the draft on a totally fair basis that works a hardship
on no one.
Naturally, there are criticisms. First of all, no one likes to
be told that he must serve in the Armed Services. No one likes
to lose valuable time in pursuit of his professional career or to
have his college education postponed or interrupted. With justifi
cation, parents do not like to see their sons sent to battlefields
like Viet Nam.
I AM CONFIDENT that the Congress will give these and
all related problems its most careful consideration, and thrt - -
ministration recommendations for certain revisions of <---c
system will be thoroughly studied.
In this matter, we should follow the axiom that v. —never
changes are proposed in a long-standing system, it should be
ascertained whether these changes truly constitute an improve
meat.
(Kot prepared or printed at government expense)
Subscription Prico
and Tax
Inside county $2.56
Outside county, in state $4.12
Outside state $4.00
I Live Oak 4-H Club
Met Wednesday
The Live Oak 4-H Club met
in the Nahunta High School
lunchroom, Wednesday, March
15.
The meeting was called to
order by the president, Jerry
Crews, who led us in the
pledges. Mary Robinson gave
the devotional.
Debra Harris, secretary,
read the minutes.
We discussed the old busi
ness about the 4-H Banquet
and the county contest.
Mr. Loyd and Mrs. Rauler
son gave a demonstration on
“Planning a Garden”.
Ann Rowell, reporter.
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