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Newspaper Page TextNOTIFY THIS NEWSPAPER WHEN YOUR ADDRESS CHANGES. VOLUME 45 - NUMBER 44 David Lawrence Writes About Nation's Problems BY DAVID LAWRENCE Reprinted from U. S. News & World Report As we read the headlines day by day in a troubled world, as we observe the tides of discontent inside and out side our own country, we wonder, financially, if perhaps a trip to the moon might be worthwhile. The alluring thought crosses our minds that maybe on some other planet there’s a human race which has found the key to happiness. But the more we search for an alibi, the more we discover that unhappiness on earth is man-made. Our key weakness is that we have not solved the probelm of self-government. Whether it be in areas of large population — like China, India or the Soviet Union — or in the smaller countries of Africa or Latin America or even in the “sophisticated” United States, the quest for national contentment is plaqued by friction, disorder and violence. The perennial struggle is be tween the autocracy of ambi tious masters seeking arbitra rily to impose their will and the inalienable right of the citizen to enjoy the satisfac tions of his individual achieve ment without undue interfer ence by Government. We seem reluctant to accept the truism that all human be ings are not alike and that in telligence cannot be bestowed by Government. In the United States, for in stance, we proclaim that “all men are created equal” ,and are, therefore, deserving of all the benefits of human society, irrespective of whether they have earned them. Yet we hear, inside our own society, spokesmen for so called “liberal” thought de nouncing Communism but nevertheless accepting much of its basic philosophy. We are told that economic inequality must be abolished by execu tive decrees or by coercion of statutory law. Many in our midst approve of an all-powerful autocratic state in which the Government arbitrarily and inequitably dic tates the amount of income a citizen may retain, or the kind of business in which he may engage, or the customs he may serve, or the number of em ployees of each race or reli gion or other classification he may employ. We observe within our coun try today harassments by Government that tend to blunt the initiative of our successful and competent citizens and thus destroy the capitalistic system. It is as if we were helping to fulfill Nikita Khrushchev’s fateful prophecy that Communism will even tually “bury us.” We seem to accept the in tellectual aphorisms of those who say that each age is bet ter than its predecessor and that to follow the “spirit” of our times is more important than to adhere to a written Constitution. We are told that the frames of our Constitution didn’t know the demands of modern morality or equity be cause they never saw an air plane or lived under the threat of a nuclear bomb. We hesitate to suggest that the same kind of human be ings lived 50 or 100 or 2,000 years ago, and that Socrates perhaps had as good a brain as some of bur Supreme Court Justices. , Are the Ten Command ments, for example, outmoded because they are old? Are they the “reactionary” doc trines of a bygone day? We are now forbidden even to teach them in public schools. An oligarchy — the highest court of our land — decrees that, if we wish to teach morality regularly in the class room, we must not quote the written words of the Bible it self. Plainly, we must accept the vacuum of secularism. Now come Also restrictions on initiative, the burdens of an artificial “equality” and the new legislative experi ments outlawing “discrimi nation.” The competent are to be told to make room for the incompetent. The successful men in business are ordered to obey the Government, which in a moment can de stroy their ventures into capi talism. For “private” enter- BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. prise now has been superseded by a “public” enterprise sys tem. , Thus, in the year 1963, the Government proposed that every business enterprise shall no longer be considered pri vate but “public” and that, irrespective of an owner’s judgment or wishes as to the customs he would select, he must obey the dictates of Government. The mob, encour aged by Government, stands at the threshold of our legis lative halls demanding such laws. Q Communism, where is thy sting! Is this the road to human happiness? Shall we abandon the Republic and, acceding to the “demonstrations” and vio lence in the streets of our cities — North and South, East and West — become a mobocracy? There can never be human happiness in a society that im poses a rule of “equality” which disregards merit and re w’ards incompetence. As the incentive of indivi dualism is gradually destroy ed, free enterprise is abolish ed. This is no the road to hap piness, but to the same disas ter that befell nations in past centuries. Free men of intelli gence have risen before to quell the intolerance and ty rannies of majorities or minor ities. They will in time do so again. Copyright 1967 U. S. News & World Reports, Inc. What's Happening Down on the Farm Figures available from the U. S. Department of Agricul ture and the Census don’t in dicate that the trend in Ameri can agriculture is toward cor porate farms. Family farms still make up 98 or 99 percent of the farms in this nation. Farm size is getting larger and more mech anized. There is no significant change in the proportion of all farms operated by farm families in recent decades. But the character of the farm is changing. Output per man hour is still increasing. It has increased some 20 per cent in the past three years. Much of this can be credited to mechanization. For example, the number of trucks on the farm has doubl ed since 1940. There are four times more milking machines, over five times more combines, and nearly 8 times more me chanical corn pickers. The average size of farms back in 1910 was 138 acres. This average increased by 10 acres every ten years until 1940. At that time they averag ed 174 acres. It has jumped to over 300 acres today. Each farm worker today supplied farm products for about 40 persons today compared to only 4 persons in 1910. The number of farms have been decreasing about 3 per cent a year. The number of workers on farms has dropped from 13 million in 1920 down to about 6 million. The number of farms that have gross sales of over ten thousand dollars has gone from five hundred thousand in 1954 to almost 806 thousand. The number with sales of 2500 to 10,000 gross has remained a bout the same, while farms with less than 2,500 gross sales have declined by a million in the last ten years. Farms are becoming fewer k in number, larger, more mechanized, and requiring larger capital. CARD OF THANKS We would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude for all the kindness shown us by relatives and friends in our recent experi ence with illness and sorrow. The visits, phone calls, cards, food, flowers and the help rendered enabled us to get through this time which otherwise would have seemed unbearable. The family of Seabron B. Highsmith. PniNT Public Warned To Have Pets ■nnoculated The District Department of Health in Brunswick this week issued a notice to persons re siding in this area to be alert in regard to the presence of rabies in wild animals. During the past ten days there has been three confirm ed instances of the disease in the five county area served by the District office. Two of the cases involved foxes ond the other was a bobcat. A horse was bitten by the bobcat before it could be destroyed. One effective way to provide protection against this disease is to make certain that pet dogs and cats have a current inno culation for rabies. Suspicious behavior of wild animals should be immediately report ed. Nahunta Garden Club Met with Mrs. Jessie Lee The Nahunta Garden Club met at the home of Mrs. Jessie J. Lee Tuesday Oct. 3. Mrs. Dick Schmitt was co hostess. Mrs. Dorothy Brooker, vice president presided over the meeting. Plans for the Fall Flower Show were dis cussed. Others present were Mrs. Rhoda Strickland, Mrs. Mae Schofield, Mrs. Guy Cham bless, Mrs. H- K. Persons, Mrs. Virginia Raulerson, Mrs. Jes sie Allen, Mrs. Elizabeth Srooker, Mrs. Harvey Altman, [rs. Wannell Brooker. Refreshments were served. The next meeting will be held Nov. 7, at the home of Mrs. Rhoda Strickland with Mrs. A. S. Mizelle as co-hos tess. All members are urged to attend. Mobile Home Burns Near Pleasant Valley A rnobel home burned, as its five occupants escaped injury, about three in the morning Sunday, Oct. 1, in the Pleasant Valley community of Brantley County. The home was occupied by Mrs. Hazel Byrd, her two children and another woman, according to deputy sheriff Robert Johns who investigated the fire. The fire was caused by an exploding heater, Johns said. The Ware County Fire De partment sent its engines to the scene but is was too late to save the mobile home. Personals Mrs. Harold Calhoun return ed to her home in Terrytown, Ga. Sunday after spending several days with her daugh ter, Mrs. Charles Wilson and family. ♦ • * Mrs. Wesley Walker and daughter Anna Jane of Brox ton, Ga., visited Mrs. Irven Crews on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Lt. James E. Stewart and Mrs. Stewart and Greg, Karen and Kathy who are stationed at Beaufort, S. C. spent the week end visiting Mrs. Crews and Mr. and Mrs. Perry Stewart. • • • Mr. and Mrs. H. B. High smith of Brunswick and Mrs. Mollie Patterson and son, J. B. of Fort Lauderdale. Fla., visited Mrs. Alice Highsmith last week. • * • The annual Wildes family reunion will be held on Oc tober 8 at Laura Walker State Park near Waycross. • • • A basket lunch will be spread at 1:30 P. M. • • • Boilerman Third Class James D. Jacobs, USN, son cd Mr. and Mrs. Horace Jacobs of Route 1, Nahunta, is in the Mediterranean aboard the at tact aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Oct. 5, 1967 Nahunta Baptist Church Officers Are Installed Officers and teachers for the year, 1967-68, have begun their work, and were install ed at services October 1, at the Nahunta Baptist Church. They are as follows: General Church Officres Lawson Dußose, clerk, and Mrs. R. D. Thomas, clerk pro tem. J. T. Morgan, treasurer, and Jesse J. Lee, assistant treasurer; Elroy Strickland, chairman ushers board; For rest Thomas, music director, and Mrs. Carolyn Thomas, as sistant, and director of in struments. Kaye Allen, organ ist, Elroy Strickland, Piedmont Association Executive Com mittee member. J. Walter Crews, D. F. Herrin, and J. T. Morgan, trustees. Board of Deacons Term ending 1968: Jesse Lee, Avery Strickland, Jas. H. Highsmith, D. F. Herrin. Term ending 1968: J. Walter Crews, J. D. Orser, Ira F. Brown, C. P. Riggins. Term ending 1970: Elroy Strickland, Andrew Johns, Culbert Johns, Lester Wain right. BOARD OF USHERS First Sunday: Avery Strick land, J. D. Orser, George A. Loyd, George T. Brantley, Glynn Strickland. Second Sunday: Ray Johns, J. T. Morgan, Andrew Johns, D. F. Herrin, Edward Chancey, Ben Huling. Third Sunday: Clayton P. Riggins, Culbert Johns, O. S. Moody, Harry DePratter, Jim my Dubberly, Glen McDon ald. Fourth Sunday: Jesse J. Lee, Lawson Dußose, Lester Wain right, Ira F. Brown, Marvin Peeples, Jack Dowling, James Mason. Pastor Cecil F. Thomas, asks for the full cooperation of all leaders. SUNDAY SCHOOL Culbert Johns, superinten dent; Andrew Johns, associate; Mrs. Dorothy Graham, secre tary, Jas. H. Highsmith, assist ant. Mrs. Lula Brown’, adult su perintendent; Glen McDonald, associate and song leader; Mrs. R. D. Thomas, pianist. R. D. Thomas, teacher brotherhood men’s class: El roy Strickland, assistant; Jesse Lee, president; Lawson Du- Bose, assistant. Jimmy Du berly, teacher younger men’s Bible class. Mrs. R. D. Thomas, teacher Martha-Mary Class; Mrs. Jesse Lee, president, Mrs. Beulah, secretary, Mrs. High smith, assistant. Mrs. Jaunita Strickland and Mrs. Mary Mason, teachers Crusaders class; Mrs. Rhoda Strickland, teacher Gleaners class, Mrs. Leila Turner, president, Mrs. Letha Tucker, vice-president, Mrs. Collis Highsmith, secre tary. Mrs. Dan Jacobs, teacher Young People’s class, Hymer ick Thomas, president, Wayne Patten, vice-president, Sandra Riggins, secretary. Mrs. Mable Moody, superin tendent Intermediate Depart ment; Mrs. Cecil F. Thomas, secretary, Patsy Patten and Diane Dowling, pianists, Mrs. Rachel Burden', Mrs. Winnie Highsmith, Mrs. Avery Strick land, Mrs. George Stewart, Glen McDonald, teachers. Mrs. Effie Strickland, super intendent Junior Department, Mrs. Mary Harris, secretary, Miss Mary Knox, Mrs. Lawson Dußose, Mrs. Malva A. Brown, Mrs. Peulah Johns, Larry Stallings, teachers, Jonnie Rqth Burden, pianist. Mrs. Glennwood Dowling, superintendent Primary De partment, Mrs. Lila Crews, as sociate, Mrs. Glen McDonald, secretary, Mrs. Betty Dykes, teachers. Raye Allen, pianist. Mrs. Culbert Johns, super intendent Beginner depart ment, Mrs. Willene Ham, Mrs. Ben Huling, teachers. Mrs. Forrest, superinten dent Nqrsery department; Mrs. O. S. Moody and Mrs. Arthur Keene, helpers. Baptist Training Union Jimmy Dubberly, director, Mrs. Willie Brooker, associate director, Jesse Lee, secretary, Wayne Patten; song director, Mrs. Betty Dykes, pianist, Mrs. Vernease Dowling, audio visual director. Mrs. Cecil Thomas, adult director, Elroy Strickland, vice president, Mrs. Beulah Hickox, secretary, Mrs. Glen McDonald, Bible leader. An- drew Johns, young adult pres ident, Mrs. Andrew Johns, vice-president, Mrs. Vernease, secretary. Mrs. Betty Dykes, young peoples leader. Mrs. George A. Loyd and Mrs. Jean Esther Peeples, leaders Intermediates. Mrs. Margaret Thomas and Mrs. Ben Ruling, Mrs. Mercedes Dowling and Ray Johns, lead ers of Junior Union. Mrs. Louise Drury and Mrs. Leila Turner, leaders of the Primar ies; Mrs. Osborn Moody and Mrs. Culbert Johns, leaders of Beginners Union. Mrs. Willene Ham, chairman of Nursery. Woman’s Missionary Union Mrs. Lila Crews, president, Mrs. Lena Strickland, vice president, Mrs. Effie Strick land, secretary-treasurer. Circle Chairman; and vice chairman: Sallie B. Lary; Mrs. E. L. Sears and Mrs. Agnes Purdom; Rebekah Circle, Mrs. Bill Harris and Mrs. Edward Chancey; Goldfinch Circle, Mrs. Faye DePratter and Mrs. Johnny Tripp; Lula Brown Circle; Mrs. Dick Purcell and Mts. Wesley Burden. Committee Chairman: Mrs. Jesse Lee, Mission Action, Mrs. Doris Allen assistant; Mrs. J. W. Crews, Mission Study; Mrs. Vernease Dowling, Stewardship; Mrs. Ben Ruling, Prayer Leader; Mrs. J. W. Crews, Program; Mrs. Collis Highsmith, Publications; Mrs. E. L. Sears, Social Chr.; Mrs. Lena Strickland, assistant. Auxiliaries: G. A.’s, Mrs. Cecil Thomas, director; Mrs. George Stewart intermediates, and Mrs. Jean Esther Peeples, Juniors. Sunbeams — Mrs. Willene Ham. director, Mrs. Mettie Warren, and Mrs. Lar ry Stallings, leaders. Shrubbery Committee — Mrs. Mary Knox, Mrs. Rachel Strickland, and Mrs. Bertha Jacobs, with Mrs. Elizabeth Brooker, chairman of Floral Arrangement for church each Sunday. Those serving on Nominat ing Committee: Mrs. Walter Crews. Mrs Effie Strickland, Mrs. Lena Strickland, Mrs. J. J. Lee, Mrs. Edward Chancey. Mrs. Forrest Thomas serving as chairman of Nursery Work ers who keep the nursery dur ing church services each Sun day, with the help of ladies who will. Baptist Brotherhood Clayton Riggins, president, Jesse Lee, vice president, El roy Strickland, program di rector. Moody-King Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Moody announced the marriage of their daughter Nancy Eliza beth to Charles Lamar King. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. King of Route 1, Nahunta. The double ring ceremony was performed at the home of the bride with the Rev. Cecil Thomas officiating in the pres ence of the immediate families. Making their home in Val dosta, the young couple are students at Valdosta State Col lege. Georgia Power Names Gillespie District Agricultural Engineer Charles W. Gillespie, Jr., has been named Georgia Pow er Company agricultural engi neer for the Waycross district, Rodney E. Moore, district manager, announced this week. Mr. Gillespie was born in Franklin County, Ga., and was graduated from Franklin County High School. He holds the bachelor of science degree in agricultural engineering from the University of Geor gia. The newly named agricul tural engineer worked as a co op student in the company’s rural sales engineering divi sion prior to his graduation from the University of Geor gia. He is a member of the Georgia student branch of the American Society of Agricul tural Engineers. A 4-H student during his high school days, Mr. Gillespie was awarded a Slash Pine Area Commission to Meet at Douglas The Brantley County story as regards planning activities and accomplishments which involved Slash Pine Area Planning and Development Commission during the past year will be told at the com mission's annual meeting in Fitzgerald Oct. 20. Displays and exhibits from various counties are being planned and Brantley County’s involvement with the commis sion will be featured. Pete Gibson and T. E. Raul erson. Brantley’s commission members, said a map of the county with related informa tion will be on display. It will emphasize the county’s involvement in the areas of an economic profile, the Overall Economic Development Pro gram, an existing land use map for Nahunta, a communi ty development survey for Nahunta, the Economic Op portunity Act programs, and the Farmers Home Adminis tration water and sewer plan ning grant studies for the communities of Hickox, Hobo ken and Nahunta. Industries within each county are being invited to display products at the all day affair set at. Fitzgerald’s National Guard Armory. In terested persons should con tact Clifton McDuffie, mana^ ger, Fitzgerald Chamber of Commerce, for outside exhib its or Gary Hicks, Slash Pine senior planner, for inside ex hibits. Principal speaker for the third annual event will be Eighth District Rep. Bill Stuckey Jr. of Eastman. Pete Gibson of Nahunta, commis sion chairman, will serve as master of ceremonies. CARD OF THANKS We wish to sincerely thank our friends and neighbors for the many kindnesses and fa vors extended to us during the illness and at the death of our mother, Mrs. Zonie Rowell Harris. We especially want to ac knowledge the beautiful floral offerings, the cards of conso lation, the covered dishes and the comforting words of sym pathy from everyone. May God bless all of you. Mrs. Carl Smith and family. CHARLES GILLESPIE, JR. Agricultural Engineer Georgia Power Company scholarship to attend the Uni versity of Georgia’s college of agriculture. The scholarship was based oh his being named state winner in the utility’s annual 4-H farm electrification project. As an agricultural engineer, Mr. Gillespie will work with farmers throughout the Way cross district who requests aid in selecting and installing elec trical equipment on the farm or in planning farm wiring and lighting. He also will work closely with vo-ag per sonnel and county agents in aiding and promoting 4-H and FFA activities throughout the district. Requests for Mr. Gillespie’s services can be obtained through any of the Georgia Power Company offices in Waycross, Jesup, Blackshear, Homerville, and Folkston. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Raulerson Wins Race For Mayor of Nahunta Ft. Stewart Gives Regulations for Hunting, Fishing Fort Stewart — Fort Stew art authorities announced to day revised regulations per taining to civilian hunting and fishing permits for the re servation. Effective this hunting and fishing season, $20.00 annual permits will be limited to 500 civilians and will be sold on a first come-first served basis. These permits will allow the holder to hunt and fish in l de signated areas of the re servation, unless control methods must be exercised by the post for safety reasons, or because of field or flight training. Two-day hunting permits will be sold to no more than 300 civilian sportsmen per sea son at a cost of SIO.OO, also on a first come-first served basis. A daily fishing permit for civilians will also be available for SI.OO per day. This daily permit will authorize fishing on the reservation, except stocked ponds and lakes, and therefore will limit civilian fishing on a daily basis to the rivers and creeks on the in stallation, except sections in firing areas. Fort Stewart authorities ex plained that the changes in hunting and fishing regula tions are based on the greatly increased troop population and on the increased training re- Jiuirements at Fort Stewart or both ground troops and flight students. These military requirements have accelerated the post’s activities and have placed greater demand on the post’s facilities. Military officials also stated that if training at Fort Stew art is substantially increased in the future, additional changes in hunting and fish ing regulations would be forthcoming next year. Permits for both hunting and fishing will be on sale at the Provost Marshal’s Pass and Control Branch on Geor gia State Highway 144, com mencing at 7:30 A. M. on Sat urday, July 22, 1967. HMT MOW A&BuatAsoiMtAiAaunnf.htMrwu k cium umeur tutHetu/uKnuuiftMut g MiMarr u uMrrto rr Hur fitoM ■ nut UKU TO CAtKi A ADAfU. tIttOHUJ / ■ Future Farmers Will Meet at Kansas City Over 200 Georgia Future Farmers of America and adult leaders will leave Atlan ta Monday, for the National FFA Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. The annual Convention, which convenes Tuesday night, Oct. 10, is expected to attract over 11,000 FFA members from over the U. S. and sever al foreign countries. This will be a big year for FFA’ers and their advisors. A number of them will step in the spotlight to receive Nation al and Regional awards. Hon orary American' Farmer De grees will go to five Georgians and Distinguished Service A wards to three others. One of the four top awards in the nation will go to a Lowndes County Future Farm er. Bill ftoberts of Hahira; will be recognized as the Star Farmer of the Southern Re gion and will be judged in Kansas City for the Star SUBSCRIPTION PRICE AND TAX Inside county $3.09 Outside county, in state $4.12 Outside state $4.00 T. E. Raulerson was elected mayor of Nahunta in the city election held Wednesday, Oct. Four aidermen l were also e lected, with three being new comers to the city political scene. Aidermen elected were Robert Griner, Bobby Wilson, Bbzo Willis and Harry De- Pratter. City officials elected and votes received were as fol lows: FOR MAYOR T. E. Raulerson 185 Andrew Johns 82 Bobby Chancey ..._ 63 Denny Ray Smith ..._ 12 L. P. Carter 10 FOR ALDERMAN Robert Griner 227 Bobby Wilson 214 Bozo Willis ..._ 190 Harry DePratter 174 David Page 159 Gadis White 132 James Crews 73 Ronald Morgan 60 Billy Williams 20 State Health Board Adopts New Rules On Food Service The State fio&rd of Health recently adapted new Food Service Rules and Regulations as set forth by the State Heal th Code. These regulations re quire that the Pierce County Board of Health inspect and petmit these establishments that comply with the regula tions. The Pierce County Health Department sanitation is in the process of inspecting all food service establishments in the County. The new regulations require that refrigerated foods be kept at a lower temperature (45 degrees FJ; that all eating utensils be cleaned and sanitiz ed between each use; and prohibit open displays of food. An open display is when no protection, such as a glass shield or cover, is provided between the food on display and the public. Persons eating in public es tablishments are requested to look for the food service per mit that will be posted in the establishment. In addition to restaurants, cases, and lunch counters, the regulations include institu tions. tAKfULaiftdMMSTRnOI <- I W /z f f. II .. I Aww nue mowukik... ute A ml- £ MOW fTIFLLPPte KK CUHHW — Hever ■ A CKMK. fox OK ALACK! | Farmer of America title. This conveted award is recognized to be top in FFA heading the Georgia dele gation at the convention this year as Official delegates will be Albert Wildes, Hazlehurst, State FFA President and Ed die Holbrooks, 1966-67 State President. Two delegates from each State form the Conven tion voting body, Jerry Bowman, State Vice-President from Ringgold will serve as alternate delegate. Twenty-four of the Georgia farm boys will be attending the convention to receive the organization’s highest degree, that Os American Farmer. The degree is limited sb that only one member in a thousand may attain it. It is given for outstanding achievement in farming and rural leadership. Each American Farmer receiv es a gold key, certificate and 1100 from the National FFA Foundation