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Newspaper Page TextNOTIFY THIS NEWSPAPER WHEN YOUR ADDRESS CHANGES. VOLUME 46 - NUMBER 16 Nahunta Baptist Revival Will Begin Sunday Night REV. DUANE PARTIN Baptist Revival Preacher Bachlott Church Revival Begins Sunday Night Revival services will begin at Bachlott Church of God Sunday night, April 21, with Rev. Edenfield of Brunswick as the visiting minister. Ser vices will be held each eve ning beginning at 7:30 P. M. through the week. The services will conclude with Homecoming on Sunday April 28 with all day meeting. Special singing will be the program in the afternoon. Rev. T. N. Thrift is pastor of the church. Senator Roscoe Dean Discusses Ruling on Recent Tax Valuation Sen. Roscoe Dean Jr. said today he will fight against what he called “court-imposed orders that establish unfair ad valorem tax digests and take away the rights of legislators, who are the true representa tives of the people.” The Wayne legislator called the proposed 40 per cent as sessment of fair market value levy on property “an attempt by the courts to take away the property and property rights of the hard-working people of Georgia.” Dean said the recent Gener al Assembly amended Ga. Code Section 92-5703, relating to the meaning of “fair market value,” to freeze assessments on property at 40 per cent of fair market value. He said this was done “as a stopgap mea sure to freeze assessments un til such time as the courts can be attacked and lower assess ments can be sought.” Dean said the legislature had no choice in freezing the assessments at 40 per cent since the courts had already decided and ruled that an ar bitrary figure of 40 per cent would be used in determining all tax digests in all counties of Georgia. Dean cautioned that those property owners living in ru ral counties will find their taxes going up sharply next year. He said assessments in larger towns are at about 33 per cent now and rural prop erty assessments in most coun ties is about 28 per cent now. Dean said the Georgia law, prior to the amendment re lating to “fair market value” left the way open for assess ments of property for tax purposes to be as high as 100 per cent of market value. He said this was an item that brought on establishment of 40 per cent as an arbitrary fig ure as decided by the courts. The court hearing that started Georgia on its way to a court-directed figure as a base for collecting property taxes came in August’ when Alex McLennan, of Ful ton County entered a suit in Superior Court of that county against then State Revenue Commissioner Hiram Under cofler. McLennan sought to require the state revenue commission er to equalize the county tax digest in accordance with Section 92-7002 of the Georgia Code. Judge Jesse M. Wood, of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit, wrote the Superior Court find ings and ruled that the State BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Revival services at the Na hunta Baptist Church are to begin Sunday night, April 21, with the Rev. Duane B. Par tin, pastor of First Baptist Church, Blackshear, bringing the messages. Both morning, at 9:00 and nightly at 7:45 services will be held. Congregational and spe cial singing will be offered for each to take an active part in. The song service will be di rected by Forrest Thomas, with Mrs. Carolyn Thomas and Miss Kaye Allen serving as accompanists. The Juniors will be led by Mrs. Betty Dy kes. The Rev. Partin is the form er pastor of Waynesville Bap tist Church in our County, and served while there as a teach er in our high school. Before coming to our county, he ser ved Willacoochee and Adel, Ga. Since that time he has served at Patterson and Shady Grove Churches. Mrs. Partin, the former Helen DeAlva Roberts of Ma con, has also taught in this county. They have three chil dren Daniel, age 5; Dawn, 4; and Danita, age 2. All people of this area are cordially invited by the pas tor, Cecil F. Thomas and the Nahunta Church. The revival will close Sun day night, April 28, with the Associational Missionary, Rev. J. R. Bowen, bringing the message on Sunday, the 28. Revenue Commissioner would do his duty in equalizing all tax digests in the state and set a percentage based upon a fixed figure, according to the said property. The 40 per cent of market value was then es tablished. Dean said the purpose in freezing the levy figure at 40 per cent in the recent General Assembly was to prevent other court cases that may seek to raise the percentage to a higher figure. “I think 40 per cent is far too much to assess property and a 13 per cent increase on rural property in this area is certainly not acceptable. Since there are cases in court now that have been brought by taxpayers in their defense a gainst this heavy 40 per cent taxation, we are anxiously a waiting the outcome in these cases. “It is my opinion that 40 per cent taxation will ruin and bankrupt the men and women who are working for their own security. The courts, by this high taxation, is in effect, trying to take away property rights from the hard working people of Georgia. The courts say, in effect, that there is no need to work to own anything, because we will take it away from you,” the Wayne legislator said. Dean said, “It is a sad day in America when citizenship is taxed out of existence. I shall continue to fight this tax monster, which discourages hard work and efforts to own anything in what should be a land of free enterprise.” Dean cited the current tax hearing in Charlton County where a group of taxpayers are challenging Revenue Com missioner Peyton Hawes and local officials concerning a Hawes ordered across the board 32 per cent increase in valuations of property. The taxpayers contend that Hawes has ordered the increase in taxes to raise the property valuation of the county $lB million whereby the local as sessors have placed it at sl3 million. “Tn the best interest of all the people who must face ad ditional taxation, I strongly suggest that they join in watching the outcome of the Charlton County and other tax cases now in the courts. I also suggest the formation of mass taxpayers groups to fur ther legally revolt against un fair taxation and to promote the idea of the power not to tax,” Dean stated. Mrs. Jim Douglas Funeral Service Held Tuesday Mrs. J. H. (Jim) Douglas, 72, of the Hoboken communi ty, died Monday in a Way cross hospital following an ex tended illness. She was the former Maude Strickland, daughter of the late James Darling Strickland and Vashtie Harris Strickland and was a native and lifelong resident of the Hoboken com munity. She was a member of Ho boken Baptist Church and Fi delis Sunday School Class. Survivors include seven daughters, Mrs. Nell Easter ling, Mrs. Charles Gillis, Mrs. Claude Hickox, Mrs. John Lee and Mrs. E. H. (Red) Kelly, all of Hoboken, Mrs. Alma (Buck) Hickox of Waycross and Mrs. Clara Branch of Jesup; one son, W. T. (Billy) Hickox of Dixie Union; one sister, Mrs. J. R.. Riggins of Hoboken; 21 grandchildren, 19 great - grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in the Hoboken Baptist Church. Burial was in High Bluff Cemetery. Personals Miss Carroll Robinson and Miss Mary Robinson, daugh ters of Mr. and Mrs. Clint Robinson, who were both in jured in an automobile acci dent last week were both hos pitalized with severe injuries. Miss Mary returned home on Tuesday. Miss Carroll contin ues to be a patient in Mem orial Hospital in Waycross following surgery on Tuesday. Lambert Knox is a patient in a Brunswick Hospital after undergoing surgery last week. The Nahunta Home Econo mics Club met at the home of Mrs. Bill Harris Tuesday morning, April 16. The pro gram was on tips in selecting pressure cookers. Others pre sent were Mrs. Emory Mid dleton, Mrs. G. A. Loyd and Mrs. Jesse Lee. Miss Sandra Lee Roberson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Roberson of Augusta, was recently married to Walt er Joe Worsham of Martinez, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Morgan have returned home to Miami after spending a few days with Mrs. Morgan’s mother, Mrs. Cindy Morgan of Na hunta. Williams Middleton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Middle ton of Brunswick has been visiting his grandmother Mrs. Maggie Middleton. He is in the Air Force and has been at tending New York Univer sity. He will report to Lack land Air Force Base for fur ther service. The Hoboken Elementary PTA meeting will be Monday night, April 22. There will be a short business meeting, then Roscoe Emory Dean Jr. will be guest speaker. Everyone is invited to attend. CARD OF THANKS We would like to express our sincere thanks to all our friends and relatives who were so kind and helpful to us during the sickness and death of our loved one, Merrick Her rin. We are so very grateful for the visits to the hospital and for the donations that helped with the hospital bill. We ap preciated the food, the floral tributes and every kindness shown us by everyone. May God bless you all. The Family Os Merrick Herrin. Smokey Says: । r\ Mil • fli v I \ I w W'' ’ I • - MF if c ^4vice forean’'^' - *naken The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, April 18, 1968 Two Arrested Charged with Stealing Car Two teenage boys were ar rested in Nahunta Monday by city policeman Floyd Cramer and charged with stealing a 67 Chevrolet auto in Claxton. One of the boys gave a Jacksonville, Fla. address and the other was from East Point, Ga. Officer Cramer had received a radio report on the stolen car and spotted it three hours later in Nahunta. Sheriff Lorin Waters of Ev ans County came and returned the boys to Claxton. NYC Field Day Waycross Tour Held Wednesday The Brantley County Chap ter of NYC participated in an all day field trip Wednesday, April 10. There were seventeen mem bers and our co-ordinator, Mr. Herbert Colvin who rep resented Brantley County High. Approximately 200 NYC enrollees took part in the two day tour. We began our busy day by assembling in the lobby of the Chambers of Commerce Building where we were wel comed by NYC Projects Di rector, Mershon Aspinwall. Some of the highlights of places we visited were: Way cross-Ware Tech, where we learned about the various types of training programs of fered there. Each member al so saw himself on an instant replay television. Next, we visited the Scapa Dryers, Inc., were we saw one of the world’s longest and the world’s first weaving looms which are used to weave pelts for printing purposes. We visited the U. S. Ply wood & Champion Papers, to learn of the process of the pulpwood made into finished products of plywood and pa per. Finally, we were greeted at the Seaboard Coastline De pot by Shop Superintendent, R. W. Tonning, Jr., who brief ed us on the techniques of the modern equipment used there. Also we visited the Sea board Coastline and were fascinated by the huge equip ment and modem machinery which we saw in operation. Merlene Smith Reporter. Boil It Down Boil It Down Boil It Down To all news writers and anyone wanting to get items in the Enterprise: Please boil it down, boil it down, boil it down. That is, make your news short and to the point. We are having trouble getting type set and we can’t run long ram bling articles. We need short articles a bout people and things in Brantley County. Don’t send us articles about things 'way off yonder. Give us names and events about Brantley County and Brantley County people. We are flooded with all kinds of articles promoting somebody or some cause or program, most of them long and rambling, but we can’t use them. We just can’t grind every one’s ax. We don’t have the money, the time or the facili ties to please everyone. W e are trying to get out a one horse paper the best we can, but our time, money and strength are limited. Printers are as scarce as our own natural teeth. Some weeks we don’t know whether we’ll have a typesetter or not, but we try to come up with some kind of a paper. Just bear with us and we’ll hang on until the cows come home or the well runs dry. MORE RABIES A total of 121 laboratory confirmed cases of rabies oc curred in Georgia in 1967, ac cording to Dr. Charles N. Dob bins, veterinarian with the University of Georgia Coop erative Extension Service. This is an increase of 11 cases over the total reported in 1966. CECIL HARRIS AND BANNER WAINRIGHT: Cecil Harris catches the two big fish, drums weighing 51 pounds and 28 pounds, at Fernandina last weekend. Raybon Advent Church Revival Starts Monday The Raybon Advent Chris tian Church will begin a re vival meeting Monday night, April 22, with service begin ning at 7:30, it is announced by Albert Purdom, church clerk. Rev. Larry Withrow of Jacksonville will be the evan gelist. The meeting will con tinue through Sunday, April 28. An all-day service will be held Sunday, April 28, with dinner on the church grounds at noon. The public is in vited to attend all the ser vices. Senator Dean Will Speak At Lions Club State Senator Roscoe Dean Jr., will be guest speaker at the Lions Club in Nahunta on Monday, April 22, at noon. Senator Dean will report on the accomplishments of the 1968 Legislature. The Sixth District Senator stated that he looked forward RATE REDUCTIONS SEEN AS RESULT 4 Firms Propose Cable-Radio Link With Spain, Portugal and Italy Four communications firms have asked the Federal Com munications Commission for authorization to construct and operate an integrated sub marine cable and radio sys tem between the United States and Spain, Portugal and Italy. The proposed system, esti mated to cost about S9O nail lion, includes a 720-circuit transistorized cable from Green Hill, Rhode Island, to San Fernando, Spain, a micro wave radio relay system be tween San Fernando and Se simbra, Portugal, a microwave system from San Fernando to Estepona, Spain, and a 640- circuit undersea cable between Estepona and Rome, Italy. The joint application was filed by the American Tele phone and Telegraph Com pany, ITT World Communica tions Inc., RCA Communica tions, Inc., and Western Union International, Inc. Soil Fertility Facts- _____ —I ITIMTOPi I » rarmerc REeosMze SHAPE/ J imat high soil reßricrrv V , KEV TO MORE PROFITABLe 7 kjtion. > 1 1 *~” to V^U KAVB~ i I ^af i -X__J—ViMcp) Ay^AiX,*« ' i w JMi ms- F~ wvs/ /W A* 7 .1 , AV- U-,-1 f / r - iiJI • I V; 1 *<z 1< *ll «' tL® <tatg Extension <2RVICE J ^hooud^e Tecreo beoularu'A HAS INFORMATION ON AUL- 4^«N FSRTiLize ANO L ^E ACCORDING «OIL- «AANAd6W6NT’ ANO F6«riUIZ.C»*. TEST RESULTS. S2P r»Z"!AAAAF NIDATIONS • _ '** X/auCK <tZXiL_ WL^ELVa HAf V^C*R QOUNTV AGENT. to visiting in Brantley County and having the opportunity to see the many fine people that he represents in the Georgia Legislature. Senator Dean will also speak to the Hoboken Parent- Teachers Association in Ho boken Parent-Teachers As sociation in Hoboken on the same day in the evening at the school. (Advertisement) Hortense Church Homecoming Day Set for Sunday Hortense Memorial Church will hold its annual Home coming Day next Sunday, A pril 21, with Rev. W. B. Wray, the pastor, preaching at 11:00 in the morning. Dinner will be served on the church grounds at noon and a service of songs will be held in the afternoon. Singing groups from Jack sonville, Macon, Brunswick, Way cross and Jesup are ex pected to be on hand. Singers from Brantley County are es pecially invited. The public is invited to at tend. Construction of the U. S. - Spain cable could be com pleted in the first quarter of 1970 providing the FCC auth orizes the project “in the next few weeks,” the firms said. As the result of economies resulting from opening of ser vice on the new cable, the companies said it would be feasible to institute substan tial reductions in rates for message telephone, voice grade channel and record ser vices, including voice-data services, between the United States and Italy, Portugal and Spain. These reductions would take effect “no later than the time” that the new cable was opened for service, they add ed. A.T.&T. said it has reached agreement with its European partners in the project to re duce message telephone rates by at least 25 per cent and private line voice-grade rates between 25 and 30 per cent. MIANAOS YOU* SOIL. WlStkV. PAt OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Contract Is Post Office Postmaster General Law rence F. O’Brien announced that a contract has been a warded to build a Post Office at Hortense, Georgia 31543. The building will be own ed by Allen S. Rowell, P. O. Box 305, Hortense, Georgia 31543, who will rent it to the Post Office Department for five years with renewal op tions running through fifteen years. It will be located on High way No. 32, adjacent to the present Post Office site. The new one-story build ing will be air-conditioned and offer more working room than the present building. It will have an interior space of 864 square feet, compared with a total of 800 square feet in the present building. The new Post Office is ex pected to be completed by ap proximately October 1, 1968. Space located in the present building will then be abandon ed for postal purposes. Postmaster General O’Brien explained that the additional space and equipment will mean greater efficiency in line with President Johnson’s di rective to provide the best possible postal service at the least possible cost. Because the building will be privately owned, the land will stay on local tax rolls. The Proceedings of Brantley County Commissioners The Board of Commission ers of Roads and Revenue of Brantley County, Ga„ met in regular session on Tuesday, April 2, 1968, at 9:00 o’clock at their office at the court house with all members pre sent. Meeting with the Board was Mr. Pete Gibson, a member of the Slash Pine Area Planning and Developing Commission, and discussed the possibility of putting in a public boat landing. This will be financed by the State Game and Fish Commission, except the coun ty will maintain a road to the ramp and maintain two acres parking and picnic area. The Board agreed to go along with the program if a suitable site could be secured. Mr. Raymond Smith met with the Board and withdrew his and Mr. Henry Lee resig nation they had rendered to the Board some time ago from the Board of Tax Assessors. The Board agreed to reinstate them to the Board of Asses sors to complete their regular term. After the above discussion they paid the following bills for the month of March: General: R. B. Brooker, 76.- 00, salary; W. E. Eldridge, 47.80, salary; Owen Griffin, $68.45, salary; James H. Ham, $47.80, salary; Major Riggins, 47.80, salary; Archie A. Johns, 89.60, salary; John M. Wilson, 89.19, salary; Lloyd E. Grimes, 65.00, salary; D. W. Lee, 95.60, salary. Extension Service: George A. Loyd, 200.00, salary and travel; Virginia N. Raulerson, 139.82, salary and travel. Superior Court: Dewey Hayes, 113.34, salary; W. J. Summerall, 46.00, salary. Dept, of Family and Child ren Service: Dept, of Family and Children Service, $833.40, budget. Georgia State Forestry Com mission, 810.93, budget. Brantley County Health Dept., 675.33, budget. Sheriff Dept.: Robert W. Johns, 113.96, prisoners board; Jim R. Herrin, 359.00, salary; Robert W. Johns, 554.13, sal ary. Tax Assessors Board: Hilton Morgan, 202.00, for month of February for 101 hours at 2.00 per hour, as secretary to Tax Assessors; Raymond Smith, 30.00, work as tax assessor; Hilton Morgan, 206.00 for 103 hours at 2.00 per hour as Sec. to Tax Assessors. Road Dept: Lankford Block er, 244.28, salary; Archie J. Daniels, 244.56, salary; Tal madge Gunter, 246.28, salary; Lonnie Cecil Harris, 349.76, salary; Richard Harris, 240.91, salary; Robert S. Harris, 237.- 71, salary; Weita Herrin, 254.- 08, salary; Mitchell F. Hulett, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE AND TAX Inside county $3.09 Outside county, in state $4.12 Outside state $4.08 Let for New at Hortense Post Office Department’s cap ital investment is limited primarily to postal equip ment. Mr. O’Brien said, “The nation is experiencing a dra matic expansion in mail vol ume and services. Post Office construction and remodeling are undertaken in areas show ing the most urgent needs. "Our 40,000 postal locations will handle about 83 billion pieces of mail this year, a n estimated 100 billion pieces by 1976 and 139 billion pieces in 20 years. To handle this tremendous amount of mail, the Department is expanding its efforts to put mechanized tools into the hands of the na tion’s postal workers in areas where it is economically jus tified.” (Advertisement) Notify This Newspaper When Your Address Changes. 223.88, salary; E. R. Johns, 239.31, salary; Jasper Moore, 242.53, salary; Julius O. Smith, 239.48, salary; Banner J. Wain right, 411.36, salary; Terry Lee Herrin, 228.66, salary; Kermit Crews, 223.98, salary. Invoices: D. F. Herrin, 30.00, postage stamps; John B. Lee’s Service Station, 25.60, repairs; Mrs. Gilman Hand, 10.00, for old truck cab; J. W. Chancey, 10.00, for old truck cab; Clerk of Brantley County Superior Court, 600.00, condemnation of Lensford A. Crews property at Hoboken, Ga.; Echo Enter prises, 6000.00, eight spans of concrete bridge; Tomlinson Drug Store, 103.63, drugs; Dr. J. A. Fernandez, 9.00, treating Jack Hyers; Ed Waterhouse Business forms, 174.56, office forms; REA Co-op, 11.56, vot ing booth and caution light; The Brantley Telephone Co., 142.26, phones and calls; The Welding Supply Co., 90.14, welding supplies; Service Uni forms Co., 66.47, uniforms for sheriff dept; Georgia Hospital Service Association, Inc., 115.- 15, employees premium; Tri- State Tractor Co., 19.76, parts; David S. Page, 10.00, locating lot comer of County property; Slash Pine Area Planning and Development Corp., 368.19, dues for first quarter; The Southern States Printing Co., 63.35, supplies; Western Auto Associate Store, 267.60, 1-55 Homelite Saw and extras; Mo tor Parts Co., 21.68, parts; Carlton Company, 462.50, parts; Marshall & Bruce Co., 1.26, supplies for Clerk of Court; Bennett Brothers, Inc., 13.65, supplies for Tax Comm. & Tax Assessors; Mrs. J. A. Campbell est., 4.75, C.O.D. bus charges; D F. Herrin, 81.00, court cost; Standard Oil Co., 4.54, sheriff credit card ac count; Georgia Power Co., 91.09, light bill; Wilson & Sons Oil Co., 1,039.80, gas, oil and grease; Smith’s Garage, 9.50, motor oil; Brantley Gas & Appliance Co., 98.25, fuel for court house; Reid, Inc., 16.54, parts; Kenneth Willis, 125.00, five inquests for wreck victims; R. B. Brooker, 50.00, rent for homemakers office; Brookers Hardware Co., 100.- 34, supplies for road depart ment; Waycross Memorial Hospital, 90.80, for Susan Faye McMillian; Dr. William B. Bates Jr., 25.00, for Susan Faye McMillion; Lloyd E. Grimes, 25.00, trip to Douglas on Tanner case; Professional Insurance Co., 143.10, employ ee’s premium; Georgia Power Co., 15.82, light bill on old stock yard county bam; Smith’s Garage, 269.06, grader tire and truck tire. There being no further bu siness the meeting adjourned. John M. Wilson, Secretary to Brantley County Commissioners.