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VOLUME 45 — NUMBER 14
Weekly Meditation
By Rev. J. 0. Brambiett, Pastor
Blackshear Church of God
DEDICATED
To dedicate: The word car
ries with it a great deal more
than many realize. A large
number of things which are
sometimes dedicated are
bridges, roads, buildings and
people.
Jesus said, Matt. 4:19 —
“Come follow me.” This was
a call to dedication. When
one is fully dedicated and sur
rendered for service any duty
becomes much easier.
This word, dedication, car
ries with it a statue of height
that is very high and when a
person is dedicated he or she
can rise to heights of greater
respect and more influence.
In this call to dedicate we
ask ourselves, “To whom or
what shall I be dedicated?”
To God: Romans 12:1-2 —
“I beseech you therefore,
Brethren, by the mercies of
God, that ye present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which
is your reasonable service.
“And be not confounded to
this world: but be ye trans
formed by the renewing of
your mind, that ye may prove
what is that good, and accept
able, and the perfect will of
God.”
To each other: Children to
Mom and Dad, wife to hus
band, and husband to wife and
family.
To your country: When we
become concerned about
things around us, to this ex
tent, we involve ourselves in
helping to improve everything
we can and to help make this
world a better place in' which
to live. We can do this by be
ing fully dedicated to the
cause of Christ.
Jesus had twelve whom he
ehose. Some appeared to be
dedicated more than others.
This will be seen in many
walks of life. The most assur
ing thing of all is to know in
your mind that you are one
who is “fully dedicated.”
DEFEAT
If you think you are beaten,
you are;
If you think you dare not,
you don’t;
If you’d like to win but you
think you can’t
Its almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose,
you’re lost,
For out of the world we
find
Success begins with a fel
low’s will
It’s all in the state of mind.
If you think you’re outclass
ed, you are;
You’ve got to think high to
rise.
You’ve got to be sure of
yourself before
You can ever win a prize.
Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man
But soon or later the man
who wins
Is the one who thinks he
can.
May we pray with Solomon,
Chronicles 6: 14-15: “And said,
O Lord God of Israel, there is
no God like thee in the heav
en, nor in the earth; which
keepest covenant, and shewest
mercy unto thy servants, that
walk before thee with all
their hearts:
“Thou which hast kept with
thy servant, David, my father
that which thou hast promised
him; and spakest with thy
mouth, and hast fulfilled it
with thine hand, as it is this
day.”
THE SAD VICTORY
We usually think of the
triumphal entry of Jesus into
Jerusalem as a moment of
high joy for the Master. How
ever, if we look carefully into
the events of that day which
is traditionally called Palm
Sunday, we find that Jesus
was sad rather than joyful.
Jesus’ victory was a sad one
because He knew that He
could not give the multitude
what they wanted. He was re
quired to ride upon a lowly
beast, an ass. Kings were sup
posed to enter the cities of
their triumnh on a magnificent
white steed. Kings were sup
posed to behave in an arrogant
manner as if to say to the
hailing crowds. “Look how
great I am.” But Jesus passed
through the crowds meekly,
not responding to the people’s
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adulation. He seemed to bear
an oppressive burden upon his
shoulders as He rode to the
temple.
Indeed, He was bearing a
heavy burden. He was shaking
the foundations of the old
Jewish order. The ending of
its unique spiritual authority
was symbolized by an incident
recorded in Matthew 21: 19-20.
Jesus cursed a fig tree that
had no fruit. The tree wither
ed. Merchants and money
changers had been operating
in the temple for all the years
of Jesus’ ministry. On the
day of his triumphal entry,
his only purpose seemed to be
to go to the temple and drive
the religious profiteers out.
The old and accepted ways of
doing things were no longer
to be tolerated.
It was a harsh duty that
Jesus had to perform. He had
been born into and nurtured
in the Jewish faith. His des
tiny as Son of God, Saviour
of the world, was that his mes
sage be taken to all mankind
that God might become known.
The violence he had to ex
press was against his meek na
ture, but was necessary if He
were to force religious leaders
to do something drastic about
Him. He was forcing people
into a corner. They either had
to come out in favor of Him
or they would have to destroy
Him. His victory of Palm Sun
day was sad because it sealed
his fate. Over that day hung
the spectre of the Cross.
Palm Sunday was a high
experience for the disciples
and other followers of Jesus.
They thought, after the pa
rade and the anger in the tem
ple, that Jesus would take over
his throne soon. To Jesus, how
ever, the day was bitter. He
knew something of what lay
ahead.
Stop Collecting
z Tax on Tax/
Senator Urges
Jesup, Ga. — State Senator
Roscoe Dean Jr., chairman of
the Senate Sub-Committee on
Tobacco and a member of the
Senate Highway Committee,
has urgently requested Gover
nor Lester Maddox to stop col
lecting sales tax on Federal
excise taxes on gasoline, to
bacco, cars and tires.
Dean stated that Maddox’s
failure to suspend the tax
may well bring about an in
crease in gasoline prices,
“bankrupt the tobacco farmer
and destroy tourist trade in
Georgia.”
“The Governor by his in
action on this matter has in
directly brought about a so
called ‘tax on a tax’ which will
hurt nearly every Georgian.
It is my sincere hope that the
Governor by executive order
will suspend the tax until the
Legislature meets next Janu
ary,” Senator Dean stated.
(Adv.)
Satilla Baptists
Revival Starts
Monday April 10
Satilla Baptist Church at
Hortense will start a revival
meeting Monday night, April
10, with Rev. Jimmy Smith of
Glendale Baptist Church doing
the preaching.
Rev. James Woods, Satilla
pastor, extends an invitation
to everyone to attend the ser
vices each night at 7:30.
Special singing will be heard
each night.
The meeting will continue
through Sunday, April 16.
Hortense Cemetery
Will Be Cleaned
The Memorial Cemetery at
Hortense will be cleaned off
Saturday, April 8. Everyone
interested in the Memorial
Church Cemetery at Hortense
is requested to be on hand at
nine in the morning with tools
for working.
Three Killed
In Crash at
Trudie Crossing
An automobile - passenger
train collision at the Trudie
crossing near Twin Rivers
claimed the lives of three Ba
con county residents shortly
before dark Sunday afternoon',
April 2. Less than two months
ago, three residents of Pierce
County lost their lives at this
same crossing.
The victims were identified
by investigating officers as
Marion E. Grover, 55, his wife
Mrs. Eva Hambrick Grover, 54,
and Jesse Samuel Pope, 75.
The train was traveling south
and the automobile was travel
ing west at the time of the
collision. It was reported that
the victims were returning
home after spending the day
in Brunswick. The county
maintained road is being used
at the present as a detour
route for Highway 32 while
construction is progressing on
Highway 32 between Hortense
and Patterson.
Mr. Grover and Mr. Pope
were killed instantly and their
bodies thrown to the west side
of the railroad tracks. The
body of Mrs. Grover remained
in the automobile and was
carried for a considerable dis
tance down the tracks and
when the train stopped was
found wedged in the car on
the front of the engine.
Mr. Grover is survived by
one son, Meredith Grover,
USN, London, England; three
brothers, James Grover and
Cleveland Grover, both of Al
ma and Curtis Lee Grover of
Dothan, Ala., one grandchild
and several nieces and neph
ews.
Mrs. Grover is survived by
her son; three brothers. Lee
Hambrick, Paul Hambrick and
Ben Hambrick; one grand
child also survivies.
Mr. Pope is survived by one
son’, F. W. Pope of Bartow,
Fla.
The bodies of all three vic
tims were recovered by the
Chambless Funeral Home of
Nahunta and later removed
to the Bishop Funeral Home
in Alma for funeral services
and interment.
The investigation was head
ed by Sheriff J. Walter Crews,
assisted by Deputy Robert
Johns, and State Troopers
Hambrick and Strickland.
State Revenues
Continue to
Show Increase
State Revenue Commission
er Peyton S. Hawes reported
that revenue collections for
the month of March were
$43,651,210. This was an in
crease of $821,984 over March
1966 or 1.9 percent.
This brings total collections
for the fiscal year to $452,
252,649, an increase of $37,
379,006 for a like period last
yssr an increase of 9 percent.
Commissioner Hawes, in is
suing his statemtnt comment
ed: “At first glance, the small
increase registered for this
month would make it appear
that revenue collections are
falling.
However, this report shows
that for the month of March
motor veTilcle tax collections
are over $2 million behind
what they should be which we
feel is due principally to the
impact of the ‘tag-tax law’
which requires that Georgians
must pay their ad valorem
taxes on a car when they buy
their tags. This has slowed
tag sales up considerably.
“Motor vehicle tax collec
tions for the nine months of
the fiscal year to date are
over $4,300,000 behind. We
know we will get this money,
but until it comes in it is dis
torting our monthly figures
somewhat.”
Memorial Church
Will Observe
Homecoming Day
Homecoming Day will be
observed by Memorial Church
at Hortense Sunday, April 16,
it is announced by Mrs. Mag
gie Middleton.
Rev. W. D. Corbett of Way
cross will preach at the morn
ing hour. Dinner will be
served on the church grounds
at noon. A singing will be
held in the afternoon 1 .
o'
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, April 6, 1967
Congressman W. S. (Bill)
Stuckey Reports
From Washington
Our Forefathers, George
Washington and Thomas Jef
ferson dreamed of a great
Capitol city that would some
day house the government
buildings, which would serve
all of the people of the United
States. And, with hard work
and planning, their dreams
came true, in part, during
their lifetime. The Capitol city
that they planned is more
than just a city filled with
government buildings. It is a
symbol of our freedom, and of
the strength of our great
country. The buildings do not
belong to the men who repre
sent us in government; be
cause these men, our Presi
dent, Senators and Congress
men are merely extensions of
the people they represent. The
government buildings and the
shrines, memorials and librar
ies belong to the people. They
belong to all of us. They were
built with the taxpayers mon
ey — our money — and they
are maintained with our mon
ey. I just wish that every
man and woman, boy and girl
from Georgia’s Bth District
could visit our Capitol. It is
impossible to see the buildings
and walk through them with
out feeling a sense of pride in
bein« a citizen of these great
United States.
The buildings in Washing
ton are symbols of our great
American heritage and they
are symbols of the strength
and courage of our forefath
ers who fought in the wars
and risked what Thomas Jef
ferson called in the Declara
tion of Independence, “their
lives, their fortunes and their
sacred honor.”
I often wonder, as I drive
past the Capitol in the eve
ning when leaving the House
of Representatives, if our fore
fathers. George Washington
and Thomas Jefferson ever
dreamed that the Capitol
would be so beautiful against
the Washington l skyline. And,
as I drive past the Washington
monument and along the Po
tomac, past the Jefferson Me
morial, I wonder what these
great men would think if they
could see the monuments
which have been built in their
memory, and in appreciation
for the contributions they
made to our country and to
the freedoms that we are still
fighting to preserve.
I couldn’t begin to describe
all the places of interest there
are to see in Washington. The
Smithsonian Institute, for in
stance, is a place that every
member of the family would
enjoy. It is filled with thou
sands of historical things of
interest that range from
World War I Fighter planes
and Inaugural Ball gowns of
Presidents’ wives to antique
automobiles and modern day
space ships.
Because these buildings
were built with taxpayers
money, they are open to the
public at no cost. And, I just
hope that if you are planning
to take a vacation and decide
to visit Washington, that you
will let me know so that I can
help you by arranging tours of
such buildings as the Capitol
and the White House, the FBI,
the Library of Congress, the
Supreme Court Building, the
Senate, and, of course, the
building where I spend many
hours representing the people
of our district, the House of
Representatives. From the gal
leries, you will have the op
portunity to watch Congress
in session, and see the laws
of our land being made right
there before you.
Yes, our Capitol is a grand
place, and I just wish I could
share the experience of stand
ing outside and looking up at
those fine symbols of our
great American heritage with
each and every citizen of the
Bth District.
I can truly say, however,
that after spending the past
week during the Easter Re
cess back here at home, I real
ize more than ever how very
fortunate we are to live in the
most beautiful section of
Georgia and certainly one of
most beautiful sections of the
United States — and after be
ing in Washington for three
months. I’m convinced that
we have the friendliest and
most hospitable people in the
world right here in Georgia’s
Bth Congressional District, and
I’ve certainly wasted no time
in letting my fellow Congress
men up there in Washington
know this.
I can't begin to say what a
privilege and an honor it is to
have been elected by you to
serve the good people of our
district in our Nation’s Capi
tol.
Waycross-Ware Tech
Plans Workshop for
Business Owners
John P. Latimer, Regional
Director of the Atlanta Office,
Small Business Administra
tion, is announcing a Short
Workshop for Prospective
Business Owners is co-sponsor
ship with Waycross-Ware
Tech. There will be a $2
charge for attendance.
The workshop is for those
interested in going into busi
ness for themselves or have
been in business for the last
two or three years. Basic
management principles, appli
ed to all kinds of businesses,
will be discussed. They include
the fields of financial, legal,
and management problems.
The discussion leaders, special
ists in their particular fields,
will suggest sources of addi
tional information, advice, and
assistance.
The session will be held on
Tuesday. March 28 and Wed
nesday, March 29, 1967, at
Waycross-Ware Tech, Room
105, 1701 Carswell Ave. Reg
istration will begin at 7:00
P. M. The workshop will end
promptly at 10 P. M. each
night.
Enrollment will be limited,
so it is advisable to call for
reservations as soon as pos
sible by calling Miss Harriett
Bennett. Admissions Office,
285-1952. Reservations will be
on a first come, first serve
basis.
Ed Drawdy, Assistant Di
rector of Waycross-Ware Tech,
reports that if enough interest
is shown in the workshop, a
follow-up course in’ Business
Management will be offered
to the area businessmen in
April.
CARD OF THANKS
Words can 1 never express
our sincerest thanks and deep
est gratitude to all the peo
ple who have been so kind to
us in so many ways during
the illness of and at the death
of our loved one, Mr. Lonnie
T. Wasdin.
It is with grateful hearts
that we acknowledge the mes
sages of sympathy, floral tri
butes, covered dishes and
every act of kindness shown
us during these times.
May the Lord bless each of
you is our prayer.
The Family of
Lonnie T. Wasdin
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Peacock
of Way cross visited in Nahun
ta Sunday afternoon'.
Mr. and Mrs. Linton Brook
er and children of Brunswick
visited relatives in Nahunta
Sunday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brooker and
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Peacock of
Waycross will leave Sunday
for Hot Springs, Ark.
Mrs. Alice Highsmith of Na
hunta and Mr. and Mrs.
Howell Hickox of Brunswick
have returned home after
visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
Braddox in Jacksonville, Fla.
Army Private Walter T.
Kersey Jr., 19, whose parents
live on 1 Route 1, Hortense, was,
assigned to the 20th Engineer
Battalion in Vietnam, March
8. Pvt. Kersey, a construction
specialist in the battalion’s
Company C, entered the Army
in’ October 1966 and was last
stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood,
Mo. His wife, Wilma, lives on
Route 1, Waynesville.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Mader
of Alberquerque, N. M., visit
ed Mrs. Mary Ryals Monday
and Tuesday of this week.
Mrs. Ryals accompanied them
to visit Mrs. Ryal's brother
Frank Mader in Jack
sonville Tuesday. They will al
so visit two sisters Mrs. Earl
Plummer and Louise in'
Miami.
Methodists Are
Engaged in
7-Day Revival
Nahunta Methodist Church
is engaged this week in a
series of evangelistic services,
and the pastor and members
of the church extend a hearty
invitation to attend to all peo
ple of Nahunta and Brantley
County.
The Pastor, Rev. Leland
Moore, says “It is a well
known' fact of today that the
most effective and permanent
evangelistic results are ob
tained where all religious de
nominations and members of
all local churches generally
co-operate in the meeting, un
dertaking to make the meet
ing a blessing to all churches
and people of a given com
munity rather than to one
church or denomination only.”
Seven days will be devoted
to this meeting. The two reg
ular services of last Sunday
marked the beginning of this
meeting, and the two services
of Sunday, April 16, will be
the ones with which it will
close. The main emphasis will
be upon the services of Wed
nesday, Thursday, Friday, Sa
turday and Sunday, April 5
to 9.
There will be one service
each day, at 7:30 P- M., except
that there will be the 11:00
A. M. service on Sunday,
April 9.
The preaching will be done
by Rev. F- J. Beverly, of Way
cross, Director of Evangelism
of The Methodist Church. Rev.
Beverly is native of this sec
tion of Georgia, a gifted and
forceful preacher, and is well
known in Nahunta and Brant
ley County.
The messages on the other
days of the week of evange
lism will be done by the pas
tor Rev. Leland Moore.
Hoboken School
Wins Points in
Literary Meet
Hoboken School received 17
points in the Literary Meet
on Friday, March 31, at Lud
owici, Georgia.
These are the ones who
placed:
Gary Cason, Ist Place Boy’s
Solo;
Ruby Chesser, 3rd Place
Home Economics;
Danny Pierce, 4th Place
Boy’s Essay;
Leea Walker, 3rd Place
Girl’s Solo;
Elaine Pierce, 4th Place
Shorthand;
Leea Walker, Kathy Fowler,
and Sandra Melton, 4th Place
Trio;
Johnny Thomas, Jimmy
Lynn, Phil Gillis, and Rony
Jacobs, 4th Place Quartet;
Margaret Stevens, secretary
Protect Your Children Against
Measles, Says The AMA
CHICAGO—Now is the
time to have your children im
munized against measles if they
have not already received this
protection, says the American
Medical Association.
Many parents are surprised
to learn how dangerous this com
mon childhood disease reaUy is.
An estimated 250 American
children died from measles in
1966. More than 150 suffered
measles encephalitis, sometimes
called sleeping sickness, or brain
fever. Encephalitis frequently
leaves children with permanent
disabilities, including mental re
tardation, deafness, and blindness.
Future tragedies can be pre
vented, because safe and effective
measles vaccines are now avail
able. In the past four years, these
vaccines have helped cut the
measles death rate in half,
It’s possible that measles
could be eradicated in the near
future if more parents protected
their children with immunization.
The AMA recommends that
every infant be vaccinated when
he is about one year old. All chil
dren over this age who have not
been vaccinated and who have
not had measles, should be im
munized now.
It is especially important
that children in nurseries, kinder
gartens, and the first two grades
of elementary school receive mea
itlcs immunization. These young-
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Fire Ants Invade Farms
In West Brantley County
Methodists to
Hold Revival
At Atkinson
Atkinson Methodist Church
announces a series of revival
services to begin at 9:45 A. M.
Sunday, April 9, to continue
throughout the following
week, closing at 11:00 A. M.
Sunday, April 16.
The pastor, Rev. Leland
Moore, invites all people in
reach of the church, to attend
all services.
The pastor will be assisted
by Rev. Julian Carter of Al
ma, who has served for the
past year as Associate Pastor
in Methodist Churches of the
Nahunta Methodist Circuit.
The hours of service on the
opening day Sunday, will be
9:45 A. M. and 6:30 P. M.
There will be but one service
daily Monday through Friday,
at 7:30 P. M.
On the closing day of this
meeting, Sunday, April 16,
there will be only one ser
vice, at 11:00 A. M.
The custom of the congrega
tion of the Atkinson Methodist
Church heretofore has been to
have home coming on l the
closing Sunday of the annual
revival. Members of the
church, and others will bring
baskets of food to be served
on the church ground, to all
in attendance.
It is hoped that many will
attend the services of this
series, and that former minis
ters and members of the
church, as well as all present
members and other friends
and neighbors, will accept the
invitation to be present.
Job Development
Office in Nahunta
Slash Pine Commission’s Job
Development has established
an office in Nahunta which is
open each Monday from 9:30
to 12:00 and 1:00-4:00 P. M.
Mrs. Jacqueline McCrary in
vites Brantley County resi
dents to come to the office on
the second floor of the Brook
er Building to discuss job
training possibilities in the
area, as well as work oppor
tunities.
Persons interested in the
Job Corps may get information
also. The Job Development
Department is now screening
girls for Job Corps. Formerly,
girls had to go to Atlanta at
their own expense to be inter
viewed.
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: infection.
Measles immunization is
> safe, inexpensive, and easily per
• formed. See your doctor for his
recommendations.
Subscription Price
and Tax
Inside county $2.58
Outside county, in state $4-12
Outside state $4*W
By George A. Loyd,
County Agent
The imported fire ants are
becoming problems on a num
ber of Brantley County farms,
with the advent of warm
weather, at which time these
ants starts swarming, their
spread will possible be far
greater than 1 have previously
been reported.
It seems that these unwant
ed pests first appeared in the
extreme western part of the
county, known as the Calvary
community.
Positive identification of
fire ants have been m^’e on
the farms of Dr. Wynton L.
Hall, M. M. Monroe’s horse
farm, C. C. Dixon’s, and some
adjacent farms.
On a recent visit to Mr.
Monroe’s horse farm, a num
ber of hills were observed,
some of which had been treat
ed and the ants killed, but
other active nests were also
seen. This farm being adjacent
to swamps and wooded areas,
it can be well assumed that
there is a number of active
nests outside of the fields and
pastures in that area.
Within the past few weeks
one nest has been' found and
identified on the Clarence
Pearson farm, on the east side
of Hoboken. This is an indica
tion that they are fast becom
ing more widespread and
should be of great concern to
the people of Brantley County.
When these ants are present
in pastures, new born pigs
and calves are oftimes attack
ed and killed by them, and
animals refuse to graze in the
vicinity of the mounds.
The imported fire ants
builds a large mound, which
is usually 6-12 inches high and
sufficiently hard enough not
to wash down easily by rain.
If any county resident
should find a suspected nest
on their premises they should
get in contact with the County
Extension office, or with Mr.
Britt Moore at telephone No.
283-0128, Waycross, Ga.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Mrs. Eliza
Dykes Morgan wishes to ex
press thanks and sincere ap
preciation to everyone who
was so thoughtful of us at the
time of her death.
We appreciate every word
of sympathy, the lovely floral
tributes, the covered dishes
and every act showing your
friendship in the time of our
bereavement.
May the Lord’s richest bless
ings be yours always.
Sincerely,
The Family of Mrs.
Eliza Dykes Morgan.
If enough children are pro
tected by immunization, measles
will disappear. It’s time to get rid
of this familiar, but often danger
ous, and sometimes deadly child
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