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EDITOR’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 47 - NUMBER 1
A Voice in the Wilderness
We All Made a Great
Trip in the Year 1968
Our three astronauts, Borman, Lovell and Anders,
have accomplished the most astounding feat in all
history by going out to the moon, circling it ten times,
and returning to earth at the rate of about 25,000
miles an hour.
Yet, as they looked back on earth from outer space,
they saw us ant-like creatures on this small ball of
matter caught up in a feat more stupendous than they
themselves were accomplishing.
In the year 1968 we here on earth traveled around
the sun for an approximate total of 600,000,000
miles, at a speed of 1,644,000 miles a day, or 68,000
miles an hour.
While we were traveling through space at 68,000
miles an hour, we were turning with each earth re
volution at a rate of 1,000 miles an hour. In other
words, we were traveling in two directions at once,
around the sun at 68,000 miles an hour and round
the earth at 1,000 miles an hour.
And while this stupendous motion was going on,
the earth and the sun and all its many satellites were
rushing through unfathomable space at a rate uni
maginable.
All this God hath wrought in this mysterious uni
verse of ours.
All honor and credit to our astronauts for their
epic achievement.
But greater honor and homage to the Lord of all
Creation who “plants his footsteps on the sea and
rides upon the storm.” “In Him all things consist.”
Tobacco Discount Variety Program
To Be Continued for the 1968 Crop
Mr. George Dykes, Chair
man of the Brantley ASC
County Committee, said that
the Department of Agricul
ture has announced that the
flue-cured tobacco discount
variety program will be con
tinued for the 1969 crop.
. Under this program, price
supports for discount varieties
are one-half the support rates
of comparable grades of ac
ceptable varieties. The dis
count varieties include Coker
139, Coker 140, Coker 316,
Reams 64, Dixie Bright 244,
187-Golden Wilt (also desig
nated as No-Name, XYZ), and
gage Lifter, Super XYZ), and
any breeding line having the
quality and chemical charac
teristics of the discount varie
ties.
Mr. Dykes urged tobacco
growers to obtain seed or
plants from reliable sources.
By doing this, they will be
protected against the planting
of .mixed or inferior seed. A
thorough check of tobacco be
ing grown in 1969 will be
made by tobacco variety iden
tification specialists to in
sure that the provisions of the
discount variety program are
carried out.
Any tobacco having growth
characteristics and chemical
properties similar to a dis
count variety will be support
ed at one - half the suppdrt
rate for acceptable varieties.
Therefore, it is most impor
tant that farmers be sure of
the variety of tobacco they
plant.
Find lost articles with want
ads.
Deadline for News In
This Newspaper Is
10 A. M. Wednesdays
If It Is Worth Printing,
It's Worth Getting in
On Time for Printing.
By Car! Broome
Personals
Andrew Michael Lee, son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Lee of
Nahunta, has been promoted
to Army Private pay grade
E 2 upon completion of basic
combat training at Ft. Ben
ning.
Wayne M. Chesser, 19, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Ches
ser, Route 2, Nahunta, was
promoted to Army private pay
grade E-2 upon completion of
basic combat training Dec. 6
at Ft. Benning, Ga. The pro
motion was awarded two
months earlier than is cus
tomary under an Army policy
providing incentive for out
standing trainees. The pro
motion was based on his scores
attained during range firing,
high score on the physical
combat proficiency test, mili
tary bearing and leadership
potential.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen F. Tho
mas and children spent some
time with Mrs. Thomas’ grand
father, Mr. C. S. Kizer, of Na
hunta, and her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. K. A. Parks of Bruns
wick.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Bohanon
announce the birth of a baby
girl born Thursday, Dec. 26.
She weighed six pounds one
ounce and was named Shel
ley Denise. The mother is the
former Patsy Carter of Way
cross.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Legal Notice
GEORGIA - BRANTLEY
COUNTY
1) WHEREAS, heretofore,
to wit: On 5 July, 1958, Law
rence Mitchell did execute and
deliver to Benjamin R. Mar
tin, Jr. a deed to secure debt,
conveying the hereinafter des
cribed tract of land; said se
curity deed being recorded
in public lands records Brant
ley County, Georgia Book “44”
pages 591-594, and;
2) Thereafter on Seventeen
September, 1965, Benjamin R.
Martin, Jr. excuted and de
livered an assignment to Ma
rie H. Martin, conveying the
real estate described in said
deed to secure debt, the land
described therein and all
rights, privileges and options
contained therein; said assign
ment being recorded in public
lands records Brantley County,
Georgia:
3) The land conveyed by a
bove instruments is described
as follows:
All that tract or parcel of
land lying and being in
Brantley County, Georgia and
being in 1493 G. M. District
of Brantley County, Georgia
there being one (1) acre, more
or less, of headright right land,
and described as follows, to
wit; bounded on the North,
South and West by other lands
of John Scriven estate, and
on the East by the the Burnt
Fort, Public Road, of State
Highway No. 259. For metes,
bounds and courses and for
all purposes see plat Book “3”
page 49, in office of Clerk of
Superior Court of Brantley
County, Georgia.
This is a tract of land out
of the John Scriven Estate,
John Scriven being deceased,
and Lillie Life being his sole
and only heir, alive.
This being the same lands
as conveyed by Lillie Life to
Lawrence Mitchell on May 24,
1958 as recorded in the public
land records of Brantley
County, Georgia in Deed
Book “19” at page 285 and re
corded on May 28, 1958.
4) The indebtedness there
by secured, both principal and
interest has become in arrears
and both the undersigned hold
er have made demand for pay
ment said payment has not
been made;
5) Now therefore by vir
tue of the power of sale con
tained in said security deed
and in compliance with the
provisions therein, the above
described real estate will be
sold on the first Tuesday in
January, 1969, at public outcry
or auction, to the hig-hest and
best bidder for cash, before
courthouse door in Nahunta,
Brantley County, Georgia dur
ing legal hours for sale.
6) Said sale will be made
for the purpose of applying
proceeds toward the payment
of the debt owed to the under
signed and secured by said
deed to secure debt, and all
expenses of this sale, the bal
ance, if any, will be paid to
Lawrence Mitchell.
7) The above described pro
perty will be sold as property
of Lawrence Mitchell.
8) Terms: Cash. Purchas
er paying for and any taxes
due on said property.
LAWRENCE MITCHELL
By Marie H. Martin
Assignee and Attorney
in fact for Lawrence
Mitchell
By ]s| Benjamin R. Martin, Jr.
Attorney for Holder of
Said deed to secure debt
P. O. Box 28
Woodbine, Georgia 31569
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CITATION
YEAR’S SUPPORT
Georgia, Brantley County:
The return of the appraisers
setting apart twelve month’s
support to the widow of R. T.
Thrift deceased having been
filed in my office, all persons
concerned are cited to show
cause by the 6th day of Janu
ary 1969 why said application
for twelve month’s support
should not be granted.
This 2nd day of December
1968.
Perry U. Rozier,
Ordinary. 1-2
NOTICE
The Annual Meeting of the
Members of Physicians Ser
vice, Inc. will be held at 6:00
p. m., Saturday, January 25,
1969, at the Martinique Motor
| Hotel. Columbus, Georgia, to
I nominate and elect members
: to the Board of Directors and
I to transact any other business
which shall come before the
Members. 12
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga„ Thursday, Jan. 2, 1969
Georgia Power Company Invested
$139 Million in New Construction
The Georgia Power Com
pany invested a record $139
million in new construction
during 1968, Edwin I. Hatch,
president, announced this
week.
In a year-end report of the
company’s activities, Mr.
Hatch said a .major portion of
that sum was spent for new
generating facilities to meet
the greatly increasing de
mands for electric power
throughout the state.
At Plant Harllee Branch, lo
cated on Lake Sinclair be
tween Eatonton and Milledge
ville, a 480,000-kilowatt unit
was placed in operation dur
ing the year. At this same
plant, a 490,000 - kilowatt
fourth unit is scheduled for
completion in 1969. Plant
Harllee Branch then will have
a total generating capacity in
excess of 1% million kilowatts
and will be the largest plant
on the company’s system of
eight steam - electric and 18
hydroelectric stations.
Near Rome, work continues
on a 500,000 - kilowatt addi
tion to the company’s Plant
Hammond. Construction was
begun on the first of two 700,-
000 - kilowatt units for a
new steam - electric plant oh
the Etowah River near Car
tersville and Rockmart. Also,
by the end of the year, clear
ing and grading were in pro
gress for the 800,000 - kilowatt
Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant
on the Altamaha River near
Baxley.
In 1968, the company built
1,480 miles of transmission
and distribution lines and now ।
has some 37,250 miles of such |
lines.
Mr. Hatch also listed sales
activities of Georgia Power
during 1968. He reported that
residential power sales total
ed 5.6 billion kilowatt - hours,
a 14.1 percent increase over
1967 sales. Commercial and in
dustrial sales were up
13.8 percent, to 13.5 billion
Legal Advertising
STATE OF GEORGIA,
COUNTY OF BRANTLEY.
In the Court of Ordinary of
said state and county:
To all creditors and all in
terested persons of the estate
of Harvey Hurst, deceased:
You are hereby required to
show cause before the Court
of Ordinary of Brantley
County, Georgia, to be held at
the Courthouse in said county
on the first Monday in Janu
ary, 1969, why the petition of
EFFIE HURST, EDWARD
HURST, DONNIE HURST and
RONNIE HURST, heirs at
law of the said Harvey Hurst
deceased, setting out that the
said Harvey Hurst died
intestate a resident of said
State and County, and the
said estate owes no debts and
that the heirs at law of the
said Harvey Hurst, deceased,
have agreed upon a division
of said estate, and praying for
an order finding that no ad
ministration upon said estate
should not be granted, and.
said order entered, and further
why an order should not al
so be entered showing that the
above named parties are the
sole heirs at law of the said
Harvey Hurst.
This 10th day of December,
1968.
|s|Perry Rozier
ORDINARY OF
BRANTLEY COUNTY.
GEORGIA I|2
Joy Broome Is Named DAR 'Good Citizen' a BHS
Miss Joy Broome, Blackshear
High School senior, has been
chosen D. A. R. Good Citizen
for this year at BHS.
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Broome, Joy was
chosen D. A. R. Good Citizen
on the basis of her dependabi
lity. service, leadership and
patriotism.
Miss Broome has been out
standing in scholarship and
participation in school activi
ties at BHS. She was fourth in
her class scholastically at the
end of her junior year, is a
member of the Beta Club and
was chosen as “Miss Beta
Club.”
For three years, she has been
a member of the Student
Council, serving two years as
its activities chairman. She
was in charge of Homecoming
kilowatt - hours.
The addition of 1,500 elec
trically heated commerical
buildings to Georgia Power’s
lines helped account for the
increase. The new structures
brought the total to 9,087 and
retained Georgia’s national
lead in the number of electric
ally heated buildings.
i Total sales to all customers
were 23.5 billion kilowatt -
■ hours, 13.9 percent over the
1967 sales.
During 1968, the average res
i idential usage by Georgia
■ Power customers was 7,140
। kilowatt - hours, a 13.7 per
cent increase over the pre
vious year. The 1968 figure
also was 19.6 percent greater
than this year’s national aver
' age. The average company
price for residential electric
service in 1968 was 1.64 cents
per kilowatt - hour, 22.6 per
cent less than the national
average.
Georgia Power added more
than 12,000 total-electric re
sidences to its lines during
the year and now serves al
most 55,000 total - electric
homes and apartments. The
50,000th was announced in
August.
Altogether, 26,000 residen
tial and 4,000 commercial and
industrial users were added,
which brought to 930,000 the
total number of customers on
company lines.
Georgia Power’s increases
in customers and kilowatt -
hour sales during 1968 were
accompanied by greater oper
ational costs in nearly every
phase of the company’s activi
ties. Foremost among these
increases were fuel costs, up
32 percent, and taxes, up 18
percent. In addition to these
increases, new securities to
taling $84,000,000 were issued
to finance new construction at
an interest rate of 6-5/8 per
cent on bonds and $6.60 per
share on preferred stock,
which was the highest in the
company’s history.
To partially offset these and
other increases in operating
expenses, the company made
application for a revenue ad
justment and in December
was granted a 2.172 percent
increase in electric rates. The
rate adjustment was effective
with meter readings on and
after Dec. 16 for all classes of
customers under the juris
diction of the Georgia Public
Service Commission. It was
the company’s first rate in
crease in 16 years.
Nahunta Church
Os God Revival
Starts Sunday
Nahunta Church of God will
begin a revival meeting Sun
day morning, Jan. 5, with Rev.
W. N. Richardson as the
evangelist.
Services will be held each
night at 7:00 o’clock. Rev.
Richardson and his wife are
both well-known evangelists
in the Church of God. They
are both musicians and to in
spire the congregation with
good preaching and singing.
Rev. Mr. Richardson is not
ed for his praying for the sick.
The pastor, Rev. Jack Barber,
invities the public to attend
the revival services.
activities for two years, and
worked on the Vietnam pro
ject three years.
Among senior superlatives,
Joy was chosen as “Most De
pendable.”
In FHA, she holds junior,
chapter and state degrees, has
served as president and vice
president of the BHS chapter,
and as a state convention dele
gate.
She has been active in bas
ketball three years. Science
Club two years, Tri-Hi-Y
three years, Pep Club two
years, and also was Sophomore
Class reporter and an office
assistant at BHS.
For two years she was a
contestant in the Elks leader
ship contest.
She participated in 4-H Club
Mrs. Nancy H.
Lewis Funeral
Held Thursday
Mrs. Nancy H. Lewis, 78,
died Tuesday in a Waycross
hospital.
The native of Brantley
County attended the Primitive
Baptist Church.
Survivors are two daughters,
Mrs. B. B. Thomas of Nahunta
and Mrs. W. H. Wilson of Pal
atka, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. L. M.
Gunter Sr. of Way cross; seven
grandchildren and 11 great
grandchildren.
Graveside services were held
Thursday at 11 a. m. at Oak
Grove Cemetery with inter
ment in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Card of Thanks
Words can never express our
sincerest thanks and heartfelt
appreciation for the messages
of sympathy, floral offerings,
covered dishes and other acts
of kindness shown us during
our recent bereavement.
We are deeply appreciative
of every kindness shown to us
at this time and pray that the
Lord’s richest blessings will
abide with each of you.
The Family of
Wilmor Chancey
Bookmobile Schedule
Given for January
Wednesday, January 8, Ho
boken School, Brantley County
Hieh, Nahunta Grammar.
Wednesday, January 15,
Schlatterville, Hoboken, Hor
tense.
Special License
Plates Available
To Some Veterans
Atlanta—Two specially mark
ed license plates for Georgia
veterans went on
sale across the state
on January 2, State Veterans
Service Director Pete Wheeler
announced.
One is the free “Handi
capped Veterans” or HV tag
granted to certain severely dis
abled veterans who lost limbs,
use of limbs or eyesight as a
result of their .military
service. All eligible vet
erans, including Viet
Nam, are entitled to the
free HV tag. Service connected
disabled veterans applying for
the free HV tags must have
proof of eligibility from the
Veterans Administration.
The other plate is the new
“Disabled Veteran” tag avail
able to veterans who meet the
same disability requirements
as the handicapped veterans.
However, the DV tags must
be purchased at the cost of re
gular plates. Veterans who are
disabled from causes other
than military service may ap
ply for the DV tag. Proof of
eligibility from the VA or a
doctor will qualify the non
service connected veterans for
the DV tag.
Both plates are red, white
and blue with their individual
lettering. Application for both
plates must be made through
the veterans’ county tax Col
lector who will in turn for
ward the request to the State
Revenue Department for is
suance of the plate.
District Project Achievement
competition for seven years,
winning first place five years,
and third place in the state.
Miss Broome served as a
state convention delegate, and
attended leadership camp two
years. She conducted classes
for younger 4-H Club mem
bers, was County Council par
liamentarian one year and
served as a 4-H Club presi
dent for four years.
Miss Broome is a member
of the First United Methodist
Church of Blackshear and has
served as vice-president of the
Methodist Youth Fellowship.
Her other school activities
have included membership on
The Tigerette staff, service as
activities editor of the annual
and as a Junior marshal.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
MR. AND MRS. JAMES GARNER
Married Sunday at Hoboken
Larkins-Garner
Miss Carolyn Rose Larkins,
daughter of Mrs. J. Floyd
Larkins and the late J. Floyd
Larkins of Hoboken, became
the bride of Mr. James Gar
ner of Sandersville, Ga. in an
State Collecting 700
Million in Taxes Yearly
The state of Georgia is now
collecting in taxes about 14
times the taxes of 20 years
ago, or over $700,000,000 a year
as compared to $48,000,000 in
1948.
The state has collected
$355,800,000 for the first half
of the fiscal year 1968-69.
December state revenue col
lections showed an increase of
3.9 percent over the same
month last year, a percentage
substantially below the aver
age rate of economic growth
for the first five months of
the current fiscal year.
However, State Revenue
Commissioner Peyton S. Haw
es explained Tuesday that
the downturn was due to a
one-ti.me-only windfall of more
than $3 million in state taxes
last December. “That one col
lection was more than the nor
mal yearly collections for the
entire estate tax,” Hawes
commented.
Eliminating this factor, he
said, collections for December
reflect an increase of 10.5 per
cent.
Collections for the first half
of the fiscal year, said Hawes,
now total $355.8 million, an
increase of some $34 million—
or 10.6 per cent — over last
year.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
AND TAX
Inside county $3.09
Outside county, in state $4.12
Outside state $4.00
impressive double ring cere
mony Sunday afternoon, Dec.
29 at the Hoboken Baptist
Church.
The wedding rites were per
formed by the partor of the
church, Rev. Chesley Walker
and a former pastor, Rev. W.
C. Rice of Patterson, Ga.
The 10.6 per cent increase is
slightly ahead of the 9.3 per
cent growth rate projected by
the State Budget Office.
Contributing most heavily to
the December totals was the
sales tax, up 15.4 percent for
December.
Total sales tax collections for
the calendar year 1968 were
$289,239,045, up 13.7 per cent
over the previous year. The
same percentage increase —
13.7 — was recorded in sales
tax collections for the first
half of the fiscal year.
Individual income tax for
the first six months of the
fiscal year showed an increase
of 18 per cent while corporate
income tax was down 2.1 per
cent.
On another topic, Hawes
said Georgia’s new automobile
license tags —■ black with
white letters and numerals —
have been distributed to
county courthouses throughout
the state.
He said he could see “no
reason or excuse” for an ex
tension of the April 1 dead
line for purchasing tags and
paying automobile taxes and
would not recommend it. “It
causes nothing but confusion,”
he added.
MISS JOY BROOME
Wins Citizenship Award
