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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 44 - NUMBER 49 A Voice in the Wilderness Governor Maddox Wants To Pluck a Big Goose Would you believe Governor Maddox wants to raise taxes more than 200 million dollars? Do you know how much 200 million dollars is? It is $45.50 for every man, woman and child in Geor gia in extra taxes for one year. It is $178.00 for every average family of four in extra taxes in one year. 200 million dollars is one and one-half times the total sale of pulpwood in Georgia for one year. Would you believe any governor of Georgia would try to soak Georgia taxpayers for such a huge sum in extra taxes? And another thing — Tuesday’s newspapers carried the report that state income had increased in November by 15 percent over the same month last year. Month by month state income has increased by the traditional “leaps and bounds”. In spite of the big increase in state income, Gov ernor Maddox wants to increase taxes by 200 million a year. One item of recent news may help to explain how the state spends extravagantly. One man was paid S3OO a day to lead the planning for the proposed tax increase. A total of $64,000 was paid this “tax expert” to figure out away to saddle us with 200 million extra tax dollars. Recently Governor Maddox spent SIOO,OOO for inserts in 125 Georgia newspapers trying to show how much he is doing for us. The Governor is not doing much “for us”, when he is trying to do so much “to us”. W hat can you and I do about this proposal to saddle us with 200 million dollars more state taxes? We can talk to or write to our state representatives and senators and tell them how we feel about this. And if these state representatives and senators go up to Atlanta in January and saddle us with 200 million dollars of extra taxes, we can vote them out of office next year. One of the biggest problems of government is that some elected officials become so “liberal” at spending other people’s money. Their policy is to “tax and tax and spend and spend”. They pluck and pluck and pluck the goose, the taxpayers, hoping the goose will grow enough feathers not to freeze to death before the next plucking. Stuckey to Seek Industry Location Brunswick — Congressman W. S. (Bill) Stuckey, Jr., has announced that approval has been made for a $2,358,687 grant for the 45 acre Bay Street Urban Renewal Project No. 1 in Brunswick. The Congressman made the announcement while address ing the Brunswick-Golden Is les Committee of 100. Also, in addressing the Com mittee of 100, Congressman Stuckey revealed a program he plans to introduce in the upcoming session of Congress which aims at creating federal tax and other financial incen tives for industries to locate or expand in rural America. Rep. Stuckey said he in tends to introduce a “Rural Opportunity Package...a series of related measures aimed at spurring much-needed econo mic industrial growth in the rural areas of this country..” He said the measures he in tends to put forth are based, in part, on programs that have already proven successful both in parts of the United States and in Canada. “I would seek, first,” Stuc key said, “To increase the existing 7-percent investment tax credit on machinery and factory equipment for those industries willing to locate or to expand their existing facili ties in rural areas. Perhaps the amount of that tax cre dit might even be doubled for industries willing to locate in those counties considered “re development areas” by the Economic Development Ad ministration. Second, I would press for an accelerated program in al readv existing federal aid to small businesses in those coun ties whose economy is primar ily agricultural. This would be the goal of allowing them By Carl Broome Incentives for in Rural Areas to expand from small to large businesses, employing larger numbers of local citizens. Third, I would propose to take an already-existing feder al job training program — The Job Opportunities in the Business Sector Program — and make it appreciably more attractive for rural-based in dustries and employers. “And, finally, I would focus strongest efforts on putting in to action the most effective possible combination of federal tax incentives for large in dustries to locate or expand in rural counties. “It is chiefly through pri vate industry that private citi zens can prosper. What I pro pose to do is create conditions sufficiently favorable so that industries will go to where they are most appreciated and most needed by the local peo ple. “Rural America — and the Bth District in particular — already possesses the natural resources and the available or easily-trainable work force that industrial developers seek out. With cities now becom ing increasingly cramped and congested, more and more in dustries are going to begin looking around for elbow room. I believe such a pro gram of federal financial in centives might well prove the spark that sets off the stam pede.” Stuckey noted that economic conditions in rural America are presently so unfavorable that rural unemployment stands at 18 percent, versus lass than 4 percent for the nation as a whole. “Right now,’ he said. “a total of 2.300 people across this coun try are leaving their rural homes and crowding into the cities each and every day.” BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Robert Thrift Funeral Service Held Wednesday Mr. Robert Theodore Thrift, 60, of Route 1, Nahunta passed away early Monday morning, Dec. 2, at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Jesup following an extended illness and his death brings personal sorrow to a wide circle of relatives and friends throughout this section. Although in declining health for many years, Mr. Thrift had borne his suffering with a fortitude which had made his life a blessing to the entire community. Mr. Thrift was bom in Charlton, now Brantley County, and was the son of the late Matthew and Catherine Lee Thrift. He received his education in the public schools of the county and was a mem ber of the Riverside Chapel Baptist Church. He served one enlistment in the U. S. Army and prior to his retirement had been en gaged in farming operations. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Gladys Wainright Thrift of Nahunta; three daughters. Mrs. Richard Broz of Meridian. Miss., Mrs. Darrell Cosper of Tifton and Mrs. C. T. Nicholls of Brunswick; four sons, John R. Thrift of Jesup, Roger Thrift of Farmington, Michi gan, Chester Thrift of Orlando, Fla. and Friel Thrift of Na hunta; two sisters, Mrs. Allie Wainright and Mrs. Georgia Harris, both of Nahunta; five brothers, Quincy Thrift of Jacksonville, Fla., Louis Thrift. M. D. Thrift, Isaac Thrift and T. N. Thrift, all of Nahunta. Also surviving are ten grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and other relatives. Funeral services were held at three o’clock Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 4, from the Riverside Chapel Bantist Church with the Rev. E. J. Dixon officiating. The body lay in state in the Church for one hour prior to services. Interment followed in the family plot in the Dowling Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers, all nephews, were the Messrs. Arris Lee, Emory Thrift, Billy Thrift, John Wainright, Wal ton Smith and Jim Wainright. The many beautiful floral tributes attested to the esteem felt for the deceased. The family has the sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement. The Chambless Funeral Home of Nahunta was in charge of arrangements. Georgia Leads In Pulpwood Production ATLANTA — Purchases of pulpwood harvested in Geor gia and delivered to pulp and paper mills in 1967 totaled $126,528,000, according to a re port by George E- Kelly of At lanta, general manager of the Southern Pulpwood Conser vation Association. The total for Georgia last year was fractionally higher than the value for 1966, he said, and marked the twentieth consecutive year that the state has held top place as the South’s leading producer of pulpwood. Mr. Kelly stressed that 80 percent of the pulp and paper industry’s pulpwood raw material is purchased from farmers and other indi vidual landowners. Births Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Tumlin announce the arrival of a baby girl on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28 weighing six pounds six ounces. She has been nam ed Selena. The mother is the former Miss Gail Strickland. State Patrol Issues November Report Troopers of the Georgia State Patrol investigated two traffic accidents, .made 21 ar rests and issued 36 warnings to motorists in Brantley Coun ty in November. One person was killed in one of the accidents and $750 property damage to cars occurred. The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, Dec. S, 1968 MISS PAMELA KELLEY To Wed Gary Wendell Jacobs Kelley-Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Elery Harrison Kelley of Hoboken announce the engagement and approach ing marriage of their daughter, Dorothy Pamela, to Gary Wendell Jacobs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Olen Jacobs of Hoboken. They will marry Dec. 21 at 6 P. M. at Hoboken Baptist Church. A reception will be held at the bride’s parents’ home in Hoboken, following the ceremony. Friends and relatives are cordially invited to the cere mony and reception. The bride-elect was graduat ed in 1965 from Hoboken High School and received a Secre tarial Science Certificate from Abraham Baldwin Agricul tural College, Tifton, in 1966. Mr. Jacobs was graduated in 1965 from Hoboken High School. He attended South Georgia College. Douglas and received a certificate in elec tronics technology from Way cross-Ware Tech in 1967. CARD OF THANKS We wish to take this means to express our sincere thanks to our many friends for their concern and for the aid they have given us since the loss of our home by fire. We do ap preciate all the gifts that have been so helpful. We have mov ed a Mobile home to our lot and plan to be established in it soon. May God bless each of you. Your kindnesses have been a great comfort. Sincerely, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Hickox and family Births Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johns are the proud parents of a baby boy. He weighed six pounds 15 ounces and was named Andrew Jackson Johns Jr. He will be called Andy. Sloans Hill to Hold Revival Sloan Hill Church of God of Prophecy will hold a week end revival beginning Friday night, Dec. 6, and continuing through Sunday, Dec. 8. Rev. Shelly Huggins will be the evangelist. Rev. J. K. Pittman is pastor of the church. Services wil be held at 7:30 each night. Everyone is in vited to attend the services. SHRUB SITE Proper location of shrubs a round your house is important. Gerald Smith, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service horticulturist, reminds home gardeners that different kinds of shrubs have distinct requirements as far as light, temperature and moisture are concerned. 2 Slash Pine Units Are Now Separate Entities Action was taken by the Slash Pine Area Planning and Development Commission se vering official ties with the newly formed Slash Pine Community Action Agency, Inc., at its monthly meeting held in Way cross Tuesday night, November 26. The two groups became separate enti ties November 1, 1968. Because of the tremendous erowth of the War on Proverty felt that a separation of activi program, the Area Commission ties and fields of responsibility would bebetter understood by the public if two separate a gencies were created. As a result, the Area Planning and Development Commission will be able to concentrate on its immediate goals of creating new payroll and improvong the physical conditions in the Slash Pine area. Max W. Har ral, executive director of the area commission emphasized the fact that both organiza tions would work in complete harmony in future projects af fecting the total development of this region. In other actions of the com mission, Mr. Harral reported on a new phase of planning to be soon undertaken. Under the Omnibus Crime Control Safe Streets Act of 1968, an application will be filed soon for research and planning will include law enforcement, court systems, crime detection and prevention, and citizen ac tion. Mr. Harral said priori ties will be established for grant funds to this region co vering the acquisition of law enforcement buildings, riot control equipment and com munications equipment. The area commissions throughout Georgia will use uniform planning procedures coordina ted through the State Planning Bureau. He also said the planning proposal will include the employment of profession al staff specifically trained for this field. James W. Mclntire, director of this U. S. Department of Commerce Field Office in Sa vannah, presented a certificate naming the Area Planning and Development Commission as a Coonerative Office of the De partment, to J. O- Echols, chairman of the Commission. Commerce Department data and publications will be on hand in the Commission offices for use by interested indivi duals or groups in this area. In his first appearance at a Commission meeting, Richard M. Kinne, newly appointed chief of industrial develop ment, outlined tentative plans for community workshops on industrial development and steps to be taken in increasing this field of activity by the Commission. Methodists to Hold Special Advent Services A service for the lighting of the Advent Candles was be gun Sunday at the Nahunta United Methodist Church with Mark Middleton and Scott Lewis participating in light ing of the first candle. Advent is that season in the Church Calendar, including the four Sundays before Christmas, of expectation and preparation. During these weeks Christians prepare themselves for the coming of the Messiah, for the Anointed One whose birth, life, death, and resurrection have meant so much to Christmas through out the world. For centuries Christians have observed a time of wait ing, of anticipation, before celebrating the birth of Christ Jesus. A beautiful wreath of ever greens has been nlaeed on s he altar of the church. This wreath holds three purple candles, the liturgical color for Advent signifying penitence, and one joyous pink candle symbolizing the bright light of the long-expected Messiah. The candle signifying A Time of Light was lighted last Sunday, next Sunday the can dle signifying a Time of Prophecy will be lighted with Edna and Debra Harris and Sylvia Schmitt participating in the service. Sunday, Dec. 15, the candle signifying A Time of Rejoicing will be lighted bv Karin Lewis and James Harris; and Sunday, Dec. 22, the pink candles sig nifying a Time of Righteous ness will be lighted with Al and Katherine Schmitt par ticipating and a duet “Infant Holy, Infant Lowly” sung by Andy and Leonard Harris. A cordial invitations is ex teded to all who will come and worship with us. Veterans Corner EDITOR’S NOTE: Below are authoritative answers by the Veterans Administration to some of the many current question from former service men and their families. Fur ther information on veterans benefits may be obtained at any VA office. Q — I desire to change the beneficiary on my govern ment life insurance policy. Do I have to send my policy back to VA for this? A— No, you need not re turn the policy. Merely write your nearest VA regional of fice or the office to which you make your premium payments. Your letter will be accepted as a change and you will be sent the appropriate forms to list your designated beneficiaries in a more official manner. Q — Are widows of World War II servicemen who died on active duty or from ser vice-connected disabilities still eligible to file applica tions for G. I. home loans? A— Yes. Entitlement for these widows will not expire until July 25, 1970. Q — I am a widow of a vet eran and receive pension benefits for myself and my children. lam planning to get married soon. I understand that I will lose my benefits, but will the children lose their pension too? What if they should be adopted by my future husband? A— Your children will not lose their benefits when you remarry even if they are a dopted by their stepfather. Smith Resigns As Pastor At Waynesville Rev. C. T. Smith, pastor of Waynesville Baptist Church, has resigned as minister of that church to accept a call to Kite Baptist Church. Mr. Smith’s resignation is effective Dec. 15, after which time he and his family will move to Kite, Ga. CATTLE ON FEED On October 1 there were 52,000 head of cattle and calves on grain feed for slaughter in Georgia. According to the State Crop Reporting Service, this was 10.000 head or 24 per cent above the number on feed last year at this time. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Youth Corps Programs in Nine Counties Held Personals Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Salter on Thanksgiving Day were Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Middleton, Brunswick; Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Middleton and sons, Douglas and Sandy, St. Si mons; Mr. and Mrs. Mack Mc- Connell, Jekyll Island; AF Leiutenant and Mrs. John Le per and John Jr. and Dot of Hattiesburg, Miss.; Casey and David Jones, Jacksonville; and Mrs. Effie Bennett, Mrs. Hattie Jacobs and Miss Pollyanne Middleton, Hortense. Home for the holiday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Highsmith were Victor Highsmith, Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs. Ted Barkeskie and chil dren, Jacksonville Beach and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas High smith and family, St. Marys. Mrs. O. A. Keene who has been seriously ill in Bruns wick Memorial Hospital is now improving. Mrs. Lillian Lewis was hon ored with a surprise birthday dinner on Sunday Dec. 1, at her home. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Johns and family of Chuleta, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sanders and family and Mr. and Mrs. Newbern Lewis and Paul of Waycross and Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Lee of Nahunta. Mr. Lambert Knox is a pa tient in a Brunswick hospital. Mrs. R. G. Driver of Swains boro; Mr. and Mrs. John D. Kennedy and family, Claxton; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Rogers and Brian of Dublin were at the home of Mrs. W. A. Stokes on Thanksgiving Day. Dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Rig gins on Thursday were Miss Linda Riggins home from Ga. Southern at Statesboro, Miss Sandra Riggins student at South Ga. College, Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Herrin, Augusta; Mr. and Mrs. Danny Thornton and Stephany, Mrs. E. J. Lewis, John Jones, Mrs. James Ramer and Terry and Scott of Savannah, Mrs. Glenn Strickland. Michael Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Lee of Nahunta, will complete his basic mili tary training at Fort Benning Friday, Dec. 6. He began train ing in September. Mrs. Alice Highsmith has as a weekend visitor her sister Mrs. Mildred Highsmith of Brunswick. Airman First Class Ralph L. Chapman, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Chapman of Rt. 1, Hor tense, Ga., is on duty at Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam. Airman Chapman, an electrical power production specialist, served at Altus AFB, Okla., before his arrival in Southeast Asia. Satilla Church to Hold Gospel Sing Satilla Baptist Church at Hortense will hold a Gospel Sing Saturday, Dec. 14, at 6:30 P. M. Refreshments will be served by the ladies of the church. Everyone is invited. Most School Sys Now Out of Def According to budgets which they have submitted to the Georgia Department of Educa tion, nearly all Georgia school systems anticipate being out of deficit financing by June 30, 1969, reports State Superin tendent of School Jack P. Nix. The number of Georgia school systems operating at a deficit is sharply decreasing, and the average amount of their deficit is also decreasing. According to figures re leased by the State Depart ment of Audits, 76 Georgia school systems operated at an average deficit of approxima tely $75,000 during the year ending June 30, 1965. But during the school year 1966-67, the number of systems opera ting at a deficit dropped to 50, and the average deficit de creased to approximately $56,- 000. Figures furnished to the Georgia Department of Educa tion by school systems, but not yet audited, indicate that dur ing the school year 1967-68, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE AND TAX Inside county $3.09 Outside county, in state $4.12 Outside state $4.00 Waycross — The value of in-school Neighborhood Youth Crops program in keeping po tential high school dropouts in school was pointed up in sta tistics released by the Slash Pine NYC office. A survey of the 21 high schools in the nine-county area showed a total enroll ment of 9,054 students during the 1967-68 school term. Os this number, 468 dropped out of high school during the year year for a dropout percentage of 5.2 per cent. There were 1,681 youths in the twelfth grade and 71 of these seniors dropped out dur ing the school year. This dropout percentage was 4.2 percent. During the 1967-68 term 303 youths were enrolled in the in-school NYC program. They were employed eight hours per week and earned $1.25 per hour working for the school or other public agencies. Only eight enrollees dropped out of school for a dropout percent age of 2.7 percent. Mershcn Aspinwall, Jr., NYC project director said the 5.2 per cent dropout rate for all high school students in the area is approximately the same as the national dropout average. He said the smaller number of NYC enrollee dropout Clear ly demonstrates that the average NYC enrollee is more likely to remain in school than is the average youth not en rolled in NYC. Aspinwall pointed out that because NYC serves youths from the lower income levels, with other possible disadvan tage backgrounds, this stay-in school record record is' especi ally good. Neighborhood Youth Corps in the 9-county area of Atkin son, Bacon, Ben Hill, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Pierce and Ware is sponsored by Slash Pine Community Ac tion Agency with headquarters in Way cross. Postmaster Tells Price for Mailing Cards Hoboken Postmaster Mike Dowling reminded mailers that six cents postage is required on greeting cards whether sealed or not. Formerly, unsealed cards cost less to .mail. This was eli minated by Congress last January. Dowling, recommend ing that they be sealed, said that under the new rates, cards will be forwarded with out added postage. The only difference in pos tage rates, he said, is that un sealed cards with no message may weigh up to two ounces and go for six cents, while sealed ones require six cents an ounce. Also, rural customers are re minded that they are required to affix stamps on all cards and letters for the month of December before depositing in mailbox. ems in State cit Financing the number of systems operat ing at a deficit dropped to 43. The average deficit decreased to about $54,000. School system budgets for the school year 1968-69, in dicate there are only nine school systems anticipating a deficit as of June 30. “Under Georgia law, it’s il legal for a school system to operate at a deficit,” says Os car H. Joiner, Assistant State Superintendent for School Administrative Services. “Prio to 1964 there was no way for this law to be adequa tely enforced. But since then, school systems have been re quired to have fiscal responsi bility. And the State Board of Education has set up po licies whereby those systems in deficit can eliminate their deficits. “It’s all a matter of getting the school systems to feel that they have more fiscal respon sibility than they have felt in the past,” Joiner said.