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Newspaper Page TextEDITOR’S MOTTO “Be not diverted from your duty by any idle reflections the silly world may make upon you, for their censures are not in your power and should not be at all your con cern”—Epictetus,Roman philo sopher. VOLUME 46 - NUMBER 41 Proceedings of Brantley County Commissioners The Brantley County Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue met in regular ses sion on Tuesday, October 1, 1968 in their office at the County Court House at 9:00 A. M. with all members pre sent. Mrs. Turner, County Wel fare Director, met with the Board and asked the Board for a resolution to purchase one I B M Electric typewriter for her office. without bid. This Resolution was passed without opposition. Second order of business was Sheriff Robert W. Johns met with the Board and asked the Board to purchase one machine to test the alcohol content in the blood of any person ar rested for driving under the influence of alcohol. This was to meet the requirements of a new law passed by the 1968 Legislature. The Sheriff also asked the Board to hire an other Deputy Sheriff. The Sheriff interviewed one Gen tleman from Camden County. They shelved both requests for the time being and advised the Sheriff they would take his request under consideration and let him know later. Third order of business: Or dinary Perry Rozier met with the Board and asked their ap proval on moving the voting place at Hortense from the booth now .being used for vot ing to the Hortense Communi ty Center. He also asked their approval on moving the Na hunta voting place from the County Court House to old Grammar School Building and making two wards out of the precinct by splitting the alpha bet. On both proposals the Board gave their permission and the Ordinary said the November election would be held in these new locations. They paid the following bills for the month of September: General: R. B. Brooker, $76.- 80, salary; W. E. Eldridge, $47.- 80, salary; Owen Griffin, $63.- 90. salary; James H. Ham, $47.80, salary; Major Riggins, $47.80, salary; Archie A. Johns, $89.60, salary; John M. Wilson, $89.19, salary; D. W. Lee, sal ary, $47.80. Sheriff Dept.: Robert W. Johns, $558.51, salary; James R. Herrin, $359.00, salary; Ro bert W. Johns, $135.00, prison ers board; Gulf Oil Company, $36.69, Credit Card for Sher iff Dept.; Standard Oil Com pany, $63.00, Sheriff Dept; Dents Buick Co., Inc., $15.50, sheriff dept.; American Oil Co. $28.30, sheriff dept.; Smith’s Auto Parts, Inc., $23.- 83. parts for Sheriff Dept. Extension Service; George A. Loyd, $215.00, salary and travel; Virginia N. Raulerson, $139.82, salary and travel. Superior Court: Dewey Hayes, $113.34, salary; W. J. Summerall, $46.00, salary. Family and Children Service, $891.92, budget. Brantley County Health De partment, $811.30, budget. Georgia State Forestry Com mission, $826.00, budget Road Dept.: Lankford Block er $158.48, salary; Kermit Crews, $134.54, salary; Archie J. Daniels, $141.82, salary, Talmadge Gunter, $150.54, salary; Cecil Harris, $1’3.38, salary; Richard Harris, $143.- 40, salary; Weita Herrin $157.- 74, salary; Mitchell Hulett, $22.77, salary; E. R. Johns, $130.64, salary; Jasper Moore, $157 74, salary; Julius O. Smith, $130.50, salary; Banner j Wainright, $211.88, salary, Carlton Moore, $122.74, salary; Terry Lee Herrin, $122.74, salary. Invoices: Seaboard Con struction Co., $14,618^1, for projects PR-6404-1 PR-3533-2 RR-6428-1; Georgia Power Co., $71.15, light bill; REA Co-op, $16.36, for voting booths and caution light; Brantley Tele phone Co.. Inc., $146.86, phones and calls; The Southern States Printing Co., $9.75, supplies for Clerk of Court; Profession al Insurance Corp. sl47.6s,em ployees premium; Pitney- Bowes, Inc., $70.00 payment and supplies: E. L. Sears, $20.- 00, work on tax asses ®°^ s board; Henry G. Lee, $20.00, work on tax assessors board; Raymond D. Smith, $20.00, work on tax assessors board; H. B. Green, $6.75, work on voting booth at Lulaton; Hum phreys Mining Co., $184.00 us ed pipe: Orkin Exterminating Co, SB.OO, spraying jail; Bacon County Commissioners, $40.00, distributing food and Home BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Management Service; Neil Hendrix, $18.85, repair at jail; The Brantley Enterprise, $38.00, subscription for Ordin ary, Grand Jury Presentments and Commissioners Proceed ings; John King Ford, $90.15, for Road Dept. Hospital Ser vice, Association, $94.15, em ployees premium; The South ern States Printing Co., $21.00, supplies for Clerk of Court; J. C. Allen, $222.28, Chief Reg istrar work and voters list typed and expense; Internal Revenue Service, $103.43; C. L. King, $20.00, Court House re pair; Carlton Co., $515.46, parts; Wilson and Sons Oil Co., $1,276.91, gas, oil and grease; Charlie Davis, repair on voting house at Hortense, $7.00; Hilton Morgan, $34.00, secretary to Board of Tax Assessors; Henry G. Lee, $lO.- 00, Tax Assessors Board; E. L. Sears, $17.50, Tax Assessors Board; Raymond D. Smith, $17.50, Tax Assessors Board; R. B. Brooker, SIOO.OO, two months rent for Home Makers Aids office; R. B. Brooker, $171.35, tools and supplies; Smith Garage, $25.20, one bat tery for Drag Line; Tomlinson Drug Store, $126.75, drugs; McCoy Jackson Hospital, $150.00 for Pauline Bennett; Glynn - Brunswick Memorial Hospital, $150.00 for Edith Ald ridge; Pierce County Hospital $150.00 for Katharina Rober son; Elma L. Crews, $17.30 for work on absentee list and breakdown of absentee voters by precincts; Slash Pine Area Planning & Development Com mission, $368.19, dues; Dr. J. A. Fernandez, $58.00, service rendered; Elvera Thornton, $50.00 for right-of-way; Virgil H. Allen, $6.75, helping build two voters booths for Nahunta; Morgan Grocery, $15.79, court house supplies; D. F. Herrin, $607.25, court cost and service; Smith’s Auto Parts, Inc., $255.10, parts for road dept; Lloyd E. Grimes, $65.00, sal ary; H. B. Green, $9.00, help build two voting booths for Nahunta and one hour work at Health Dept.; U. S. Post Office, Nahunta, Ga., $6.00, stamps for Tax Commission ers Office; Mrs. C. P. Smith, SIO.OO, for scrubbing floors and cleaning voting booth at Lula ton. There being no further bu siness the meeting adjourned. John M. Wilson, Secretary to Board Os Commissioners. Cutoff Threat Kills Jobs for Welfare Mothers State Welfare Director Bill Burson has announced he is withdrawing his proposal to establish special job programs to employ Georgia welfare mothers and their children who have dropped out of school as the result of a threat by the U. S. Depart ment of Health, Education and Welfare to cutoff federal funds for the State’s program of Aid to Families with Depen dent Children. Burson disclosed he has re ceived a letter from Miss Mary Switzer, Administrator of HEW’s Social and Rehabilita tion Service, stating that “Georgia will no longer have an AFDC plan which can be approved for continued Fed eral financial participation” if he should go through with the program he announced on July 3 to have his Department con tract with schools, hospitals and other public institutions to employ moters receiving public assistance and their teen-age children not in school as teacher, nurse, die titian, recreation, child care and social work aides. Four-H is worth talking a bout. See your county Exten sion agents to talk about join ing during National 4-H Week, October 6-12. They have an office in the old jail. The 4-H and 4-H type youth organizations now flourish in more than 75 countries around the world. Each is doing its part to help boys and girls “learn by doing.” Watch for them during National 4-H Club Week, October 6-12. REV. TOM STROUD Methodist Revival Evangelist Revival Starts Sunday At Methodist Church The Nahunta Methodist Church will begin a revival meeting Sunday, Oct. 13, which will continue through Friday, Oct. 18, it is announc ed by the pastor Rev. George Clary. Rev. Tom Stroud, pastor of St. Simons Methodist Church, will be the evangelist. Services will be held each night at 8 o’clock. Rev. Mr. Stroud, the revival preacher, is a native of Doug las, Ga. He attended Emory University. He is now in his third year as pastor at St. Simons. The public is invited to at tend the Methodist revival and hear the gifted young minister proclaim the Gospel. Billy Jacobs Is Candidate For Constable TO THE VOTERS OF THE HOBOKEN DISTRICT: This is to announce that I am a write-in candidate for the office of constable of the Hoboken District No. 1534, subject to the General Elec tion of Nov. 5, 1968. Your write-in vote will be appreciated. Yours sincerely, Billy Jacobs. Nahunta Garden Club Met Tues. Mrs. Sherman Tomlinson was hostess to the Nahunta Garden Club at her home on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 8, with Mrs. Guy Chambless, the president, presiding. Miss Martha Tomlinson of Homerville was the speaker on “Decoupage”. Present other than mention ed were Mrs. R. B. Brooker, Mrs. H. K. Persons, Mrs. El roy Strickland, Mrs. J. J. Lee, Mrs. George Loyd, Mrs. Hil ton Culbreth and Miss Mary Knox. The hostess served refresh ments during the social hour. Whether you live on the farm or in the city, you can learn by doing through 4-H. During National 4-H Week you should find out what 4-H has to offer you. It’s worth your time. | Ute SalutescT 1 miiir I,"' The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Oct. 10, 1968 Brantley Enters Conservation Awards Contest Jim R. Herrin, Satilla River Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor of Brant ley County, reports the entry of Brantley County in the Con servation and Beautification Awards Program. The awards contest is spon sored by the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation and the Georgia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Dis tricts. The program is designed to promote beautification of the landscape through conserva tion practices. Landowners, civic clubs, garden clubs, 4-H and FFA groups, as well as city and county officials have helped to change the scenery and environment of rural Georgia by applying soil and water conservation practices and planting of flowers and shrubbery. The sponsors of the awards program are giving to the county that wins SSOO dollars. The money will be deposited in the district treasury for the sole use of the winning coun ty. The sponsoring groups be lieve this awards program will encourage counties to make greater efforts toward the best use of their land and water resources. The closing date of the pro gram was Sept. 30, and the score card from Brantley county was mailed to Charlie Waters, chairman of the Satil la River Soil and Water Con servation District, in time to be included in the contest. C. D. Sims, Jr. Work Unit Conservationist. Brantley County’s 625 Four- H’ers were enrolled in 1230 learn-by-doing educational projects last year. Contact your county Extension agents and become a part of this ac tive group. We Do Ail Kind* of Job Printing. Brantley County 4-H Club Members Have Varied Experiences in 1968 By Keith Thomas, President 4-H Club Council One of the things that many Brantley County 4-H members look forward to is the oppor tunity to participate in out of-county activities. This year 68 club members had this opportunity. The ac tivities and those participat ing were: Poultry Judging, Mike Hen drix, Glen Lee, Glenn Hen drix and Keith Thomas, who attended the district poultry judging contest in Tifton, where Glenn Hendrix and Keith each one a place on the district team and went on to judge in the state contest in Athens. Horse Show, Dalon Brand and Miles Moody entered the district Horse Show held in Vidalia and received first and third places respectively, which entitled them to ride in the state show held in Athens. Georgia Forestry Camp, Su san Chambless, Karen Hen drix and Douglas Purcell spent a week at Camp Way cross studying south Georgia forests and forest products use. Communications Camp, Lyn nell Griffin and Gary Middle ton attended this camp held at Rock Eagle 4-H Center. Leadership Camp, Sylvia Schmitt, Sheila Bennett, Dal ton Brand and Miles Moody spent a week at Camp Chat ham County 4-H Camp in Savannah where they receiv ed training in 4-H leadership. State 4-H Council, Cindy Raulerson, Denise Smith, Jer ry Crews and Martin Brooker represenaed their county at this meeting. In addition to receiving training in leader ship and citizenship, they par ticipated in the election of State 4-H Club officers. District Project Achieve ment Meeting, 32 Cloverleafs, Juniors, and Senior members attended and gave demonstra tions at DPA this year. They were Pam Moody, Sabra Keen, Mike Smith, Willie Pearl Roundtree, Allen Bryant, My ra Tripp, Deidra Brand, Ann Keene, Martha Middleton, Ma ry Alice Blue, Jill Lee, Bar bara Foster, Cathy Griffin, Denise White. Jackie Stewart, Chuck Bass. Kathryn Schmitt, Roger Stallings, Sonya Bass, Rebecca Wainright, Merrell Tripp. Denise Smith, Allison Chambless, Jan Purcell, Rosa Edwards, Debra Thrift, Lyn nell Griffin, Sheila Bennett, Cindy Raulerson, Blake Loyd, Mike Lyle and Keith Thomas. These members won 15 blue awards, 2 first places, 4 sec ond places, and 2 third places. State 4-H Congress, Keith Thomas, who was first place district winner in the poultry demonstration, attended this event held in Atlanta and placed sth among 12 compet ing there. 4-H County Camp, the 36 4-H members attending this camp at Rock Eagle 4-H Cen ter were Mike Smith, Chuck Bass, Micheal Moore, Terry Brooker, Jake Roberts, Cleve Harden, Donna Popwell, Helen Roberson, Pam Moody, Denise White, Kim Herrin, Martha Middleton, Ginger Johns, Sa bra Keen, Kathryn Schmitt, Willie Pearl Roundtree, Joann Davis, Estella Medlock, Phy llis Dubberly, Karen Lewis, Janet Ann Roberts, Earl Aus tin, Roger Stallings, Blake Loyd, Alonzo Roberts, John Middleton, Sonya Bass, Rebec ca Wainright, Betty Jo Pur- NATIONAL 4-H WEEK OCT. 6-12 0^ dom, Rosa Ann Hudson, Bren da Johns, Jan Purcell, Kathy Middleton, Miles Moody, Huey Johns and Cindy Raulerson. TV Programs — from time to time 4-H Club members have the opportunity to par ticipate in TV programs. This year two Brantley County 4- H members, Cindy Raulerson and Keith Thomas, had the opportunity to demonstrate some of their 4-H work on TV and Mrs. J. B. Middleton help ed her daughter Edith show that projects involve the whole family. National 4-H Congress — This can be called the high light of any 4-H members ex periences. It is held in Chi cago each year with free trips awarded to the state winners in various projects. Last year Edith Middleton was a state winner and at tended National Congress, where she was named Nation al winner and received a SSOO college scholarship. Curtis F. Royal Died of Gunshot Wound Tuesday Curtis F. Royal, 33, of Pat terson, was found dead of a gunshot wound at his home a bout 10:30 A. M. Tuesday. A coroner’s jury, impaneled by Coroner Franklin Aspin wall, returned a verdict of death by a self-inflicted gun shot wound. A .32 calibre pistol was found at the scene. Mr. Royal conducted a plumbing business in Patter son and Waycross and was a member of the Patterson City Council. He was married and the father of four children. Mincy-Fulford Funeral Home of Waycross has charge of funeral arrangements. Emergency Loans Available to Eligible Farmers Emergency loans are avail able at 3 percent interest to eligible farmers in Brantley, Charlton, Pierce and Ware Counties, because of severe crop losses. Funds may be advanced for such items as seed, feed, fer tilizer, fuel, herbicides, insec ticides, labor, machinery re pair, payment of unsecured op erating bills, payment of de preciation on debts on farm machinery and equipment, other customary farm operat ing expenses, family living ex penses, farm machinery for re placement. Application may be made at the Farmers Home Adminis tration office in Waycross. To be eligible, an applicant must be a farmer who is unable to obtain credit from other sources. Mrs. George Loyd returned from Tifton on Monday where she spent two weeks with her mother who is in the hospi tal following surgery. According to the September forecast for Georgia’s cotton crop by the Crop Reporting Service, 355,000 bales should be produced in the state this year. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Vote Recount Saturday in Tax Commissioner Race Personals Mrs. Joe Siegel returned Saturday from New York where she saw her neice, Ma ry Allison Burns of Elk Point, S. D., off on the ship “United States” for Montpel lier, France, where she will attend the University of Mont pellier. Mary has been a fre quent visitor to Nahunta and attended school here in the Bth grade. Brantley Forestry Unit Makes Annual Report Georgia’s forest resources, developed in rural Georgia, are providing the spark that is generating more than one bil lion dollars annually through the state’s market places. No other single industry effects the lives of more Georgians than does forestry and the by products of this industry. Brantley county has 247,600 forest acres representing eighty-six (86) percent of the total land area. The total land area is 286,000 acres. This raw material sup plies major industries in Brantley, Camden, Glynn, Ware and Wayne counties and also parts of Florida. According to the ‘Depart ment of Labor’ report, there are thirteen businesses in Brantley county engaged in the processing or manufactur ing of forest products. They employ 147 people with an es timated annual payroll of $370,800. These industries manufacture naval stores, pa per, pallets, post, poles and lumber. In manufacturing these products they utilize pine, oak, gum, poplar and cy press and many other species. The total expenditures for the period July 1, 1967, through June 30, 1968, was Maddox to Speak at Slash Pine Commission Meeting October 25 Governor Lester Maddox has accepted an invitation to speak at the fourth annual meeting of Slash Pine Area Planning and Development Commission in Douglas on October 25. The public is invited to at tend the meeting at the Na tional Guard Armory and re main for the mid-day meal, J. O. Echols and Ashley L. Hobbs, commissioners from Pierce County, announced to day. The multi-county resources development organization car ries out a wide variety of planning and development project in cooperation with area city and county govern ments, state and federal agen cies. Services rendered by the commission over the past year as well as activities under way and plans for the future will be reviewed at the meet ing. Mr. Echols and Mr. Hobbs said. The commission, with head- wwwww SUBSCRIPTION PRICE AND TAX Inside county $3.09 Outside county, in state $4-12 Outside state $4 00 The recount of the votes in the race for Brantley County Tax Commissioner will be held Saturday, Oct. 12, according to Superior Court Clerk D. F. Herrin. Lawyers for John M. Wil son, the plaintiff, are Gibson, McGee and Blount of Way cross. Lawyers for C. L. King, the defendant, are Wilson, Smith and Rozier of Waycross. In the recent runoff race between Mr. King and Mr. Wilson the official count was King 1241 and Wilson 1240, a margin of only one vote. $33,454.67. This includes a new pick-up truck. There are five full time po sitions in the unit consisting of two forest patrolmen, two towermen, one ranger and one part time position for an as sistant patrolman. During the months of February, March and April the personnel work ed from ten to fourteen hours a day. Due to higher wages and shorter hours elsewhere it is very hard to hire qualified personnel that will stay on the job any length of time. The county’s participation and expenditures are four cents (.04) per private forest acre, which is 247,600 acres. The county’s annual share is $9,904.00 or twenty-two (22) percent. The state’s share is $35,252.00 or seventy-eight (78) percent of the total bud get of 1968-69. The total bud get is $45,156.00. There have been 300 pieces of fire prevention literature distributed to schools and oth er organizations in the county. There have been 1,298 con tacts made in person, 2,971 phone calls, sixty meetings and three newspaper articles concerning forestry and forest protection. (To be continued next week.) quarters in Waycross, is con trolled by a governing body consisting of two members from each of the nine area counties which, in addition to Pierce include Atkinson, Ba con, Ben Hill, Brantley, Charl ton, Clinch, Coffee and Ware. J. O. Echols of Patterson is chairman of the commission and Ben Mills, Jr. of Fitz gerald is vice chairman. The annual meeting program com mittee consists of Lehman Lanier of Alma and E. R. Smith and Walter Hughes of Douglas. Governor Maddox will be introduced by Pete Gibson of Nahunta, former commission chairman. Before becoming governor in January 1967 he had had numerous practical experienc es in the industrial and bus iness world. He is an active supporter of the roles being played by area planning and development commission and has acclaimed the industrial growth seen in Georgia since becoming its chief executive. 4-H CLUBS