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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 12
Tax Assessors Chairman
Explains Tax Problems
DEAR MR. EDITOR:
It seems to me that some
explanation of the tax situation
in Brantley County might be
of some value to the good peo
ple of our county. At least a
better understanding might
■make the bitter pill of high
taxes a little less unpalatable.
We are in a period of infla
tion that keeps growing. For
instance, in 1941 common la
bor got $2.00 per day, whereas
today the same labor gets from
ten to $15.00 per day. Tobacco
is bringing more than twice
what it was in 1941.
We keep demanding more
and more from government in
the way of schools, roads, law
enforcement, welfare, and a
vast array of other services.
We have to pay for all this.
The county spent a large
sum of money on re-evalua
tion in an effort to find un
taxed property and to get pro
perty values on a more equi
table basis. I think it was mon
ey well spent although I be
lieve we did pick the wrong
company to do the job.
The state government fur
nishes a large amount of mon
ey to us in various ways. Par
ticularly, it pays about 85 per
cent of the cost of operating
our public school system. At
the same time the state reve
nue department requires us to
have a tax digest of more than
thirty million dollars. To meet
that requirement any large re
duction in one phase of the
tax structure must be made up
by raising the digest some
where else. However, there
have been inequities discovered
and corrected by the tax as
sessors, and if you feel that
your assessment is not in line
with those of your neighbors
you should meet with the
Board and call attention to the
situation. The law requires
you to make your tax return by
April 1, and that you return
any major additions to your
home, farm buildings, machin
ery, etc. A penalty is provided
for those who don’t. The as
sessors have to go find the pro
perty not returned — and
that means added expense for
the county.
The board will be in session
Monday, April 14, and each
week day thereafter for as
long as necessary to look over
returns, comparing them with
your previous return. This is
the best time to meet with
the board and call our atten
tion to any inequities you
think need attention. Our work
must be completed by June 1.
The board sessions cost $75 or
more per day, so every effort
should be made to get the job
done in as short time as pos
sible.
Yours very truly,
E L. Sears, Chairman
Board of Tax Assessors.
Sheriff's Office
Reports Activity
Activity For Sheriff Dept,
for the month of February.
63 cases, Speeding, 40 Pos
session of fireworks 1, Improp
er passing, 10, D. U. 1., 4, Pub
lic Drunk, 1, Following to
close, 2, W /O License, 3, Over
Length 1, Fail to Grant R /W,
1.
Three trips to Central State
Hospital, one trip to V A. Hos
pital in Augusta, 8 Criminal
Warrants served, 12 Civic Pa-
SerV ed, 9,432 Miles Pa
troled, Answered a numerous
complaints, Recovered one sto-
len car.
Anv person knowing the
where abouts of the land level
er owned by the Satilla River
Soil Conservation, which was
moved from Brantley County
High School. Please contact
the sheriff’s office.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Gibson
of Waynesville were host at a
dinner Saturday evening, Mar
ch 15, honoring Mrs. Gibson s
parents Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Persons on their Golden Wed
ding Anniversary. Mr and
Mrs. Terry Thomas and sons
Tim and Tracy of Jacksonville
were here for the occasion.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
4-H Club News
LIVE OAK 4-H CLUB
The 7th grade class met for
4-H club meeting Monday,
March 17.
The meeting was called to
order by the president, Der
win Brooker. Leonard Harris
read the devotional and Mi
chael Walker led the pledges.
Kathryn Schmitt read the
minutes of the last meeting.
Then the meeting was turned
over to Mrs. Raulerson and Mr.
Loyd. .
Mrs. Raulerson gave us
a program on money. She ex
plained how money is used as
a tool.
Charlene Riggins
Reporter
PINE CONE 4-H CLUB
On March 17, we had our
7th meeting with Terry Brook
er, president, calling the
meeting to order.
Alva Kay Arnette read the
devotional.
At this meeting we studied
money as tools and what you
do and need for a good life.
Robin Brinkley,
Reporter.
Sloans Hill
Church Revival
Begins Sunday
A special revival featuring
“Mission Emphasis” will be
gin at Sloans Hill Church of
God of Prophecy near Hor
tense on Sunday, March 23.
Services will be held each
night at 5:30. Rev. Johnny Wil
liams of Axson will be the e
vangelist. Special singing will
feature each service.
Rev. J. K. Pittman, the pas
tor, extends a welcome to
everyone to attend the revival.
Farm Pond
Fertilization
By C. D. Sims, Jr.,
District Soil Conservation
Service
Several pond owners have
asked recently about fertili
zation of farm ponds for fish
production. Many have already
begun their pond fertilization
programs.
Many ponds have been be
low normal in depth of water
for more than two years. But
a good time to fertilize is be
fore an excess amount of water
begins to flow through the
trickle tube or stand pipe and
before any water begins flow
ing through the emergency
spillway.
Pond owners who have not
started fertilization should be
gin now. The fertilizer recom
mended by fisheries biologists
is a 20-20-5 or 16-16-4. Make
an application one week to ten
days apart. Fertilize until the
pond water has a green color
dark enough to completely ob
literate a shiny object held
12” beneath the surface of the
water. Thereafter, this dark
color should be maintained by
applying periodically one bag
of fertilizer per surface acre
of water.
Students Elect
Favorite Teacher
Mr. Julian Floyd, teacher of
Vocational Agriculture, has
been chosen Brantley County
High School’s Favorite Teach
er for the month of March.
Mr. Floyd attended Berry
College, South Georgia College
and transferred to the Univer
sity of Georgia to get his Bach
elor’s Degree in Ag. Education
in 1968.
His hobbies are hunting,
watching T. V. and football.
He is an active member of
GEA, GATVA and Farm Bu
reau.
This is his first year teach
ing and we at Brantley County
High feel it is an honor to have
him. His wife, Mrs. Evon
Floyd, teaches English and
German here also. Mr. Floyd’s
comments at being chosen
were that he was surprised
but pleased.
Reporter,
Ruby Chesser
4-H Club Teams
Wins Awards in
District Contests
Junior and Senior 4-H Club
teams won second place honors
at the Southeast District Poul
try Judging contest held at
ABAC in Tifton Tuesday of
this week.
The senior team of four
high school boys which includ
ed Glenn Hendrix, Thomas
Herrin, Jerry Crews and Keith
Thomas had the second highest
overall average, and Keith
Thomas had the second high
est individual score, which
gives Keith an opportunity to
participate in the State Poultry
Judging contest.
The juniors were all mem
bers of the seventh grade at
Nahunta Elementary school
and included Denise White.
Deidra Brand, Jackie Stewart.
Leonard Harris and Terry
Thompson. Jackie Stewart had
the highest individual score
of the Brantly County Junior
Judging team.
Brantley County Extension
Agents, George Loyd and Mrs.
Virginia Raulerson accompan
ied the group to Tifton.
Georgia Poultry
Federation to
Meet in April
The Annual Spring Meeting
of the Georgia Poultry Federa
tion will be in Convention
Center at Callaway Gardens,
the week-end of April 11-13,
says Federation President
Georgia Cagle.
Information and reservation
forms may be obtained by
writing the Georgia Poultry
Federation, P. O. Box 763,
Gainesville, Georgia 30501 or
calling 532-0473.
In addition to committee
meetings and educational ses
sions, planned events include
a family dinner and get ac
quainted session on Friday
evening; golf tournament,
horseshoe tournament. and
trap shooting competition on
Saturday: the Installation and
Awards Banquet on Saturday
evening; and the poultry in
dustry church services on Sun
dav morning.
Special awards will be pre
sented to members of the Poul
try Leaders Round Table.
Membership in the Round Ta
ble is open only to industry
leaders who have rendered
outstanding service to the poul
try industry — including (1)
effective leadership on Fed
eration projects and activities
for the benefit of the industry
and (2) successful work in
selling Coronation Banquet
tickets for the operation of the
Federation.
The list of Round Table
Members include Lannis L.
Thomas of South Georgia
Broiler, Inc., Blackshear.
Check Appliances,
Clear Rubbish in
Spring Cleaning
Spring cleaning is as good
a time as any to give your
home a complete safety-check,
the Insurance Information In
stitute advises. During the
winter months, a considerable
amount of rubbish may be ac
cumulated.
While weeding out the clut
ter from useful articles, it’s a
good idea to check your ap
pliances. Are any cords frayed,
plugs cracked or socket loose?
If so, it’s time for im
mediate replacement.
Then check the appliances
for operating efficiency. If
you get a shock, or the appli
ance is faulty, regard these as
urgent warnings.
About 70 per cent of the 2.9
million building fires during
the last three years were resi
dential fires, the P I. I. points
out, adding that about one,
fire in every six starts from
power-consuming appliances
faulty wiring or other electri
cal malfunctions. Rubbish,
while not a source of ignition,
is an excellent fuel for blazes
which can wipe out an entire
dwelling.
Card of Thanks
Thanks to the many won
derful friends and relatives
who were so kind to me during
my recent illness.
Respectively,
Mrs. Emily M. Hill.
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, March 20, 1969
"You Have Come a
Long Way, Baby"
In 1916 the Georgia Department of Education
made an “Educational Survey of Wayne County,
Georgia” showing the many small schools of the
county, with pictures of the schoolhouses.
The Enterprise has secured a reprint of the
“Survey” and will each week carry a picture of a
(now) Brantley County schoolhouse of 1916, with
description provided in the original “survey”.
It should be noted that Wayne and Brantley
counties have “come a long way” since 1916.
Brantley County has now in 1969 only three
schoolhouses, the splendid new Brantley County High
School building, with all modern equipment and
facilities, Nahunta Elementary School and Hoboken
Elementary School. Yes, the educational system of
Brantley County has “come a long way” since 1916.
ATKINSON SCHOOL IN 1916
Teacher: Miss Julia Moyd, Atkinson, Ga.
Location: Two and one-half miles northeast to Dru
ry ; 4 miles south to Linder.
Grounds: Area, (?) ; titles, private ; small grounds;
entirely unimproved; very small playgrounds; no
school gardens.
Building: Value, $600; 2 class rooms; no cloak
rooms; barely enough light; unpainted; in good con
dition ; fairly well kept.
Equipment: Single and double patent desks; poor
blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globe; no pic
tures ; no reference dictionary; no library.
Organization: One teacher; 7 grades; 40 pupils;
program posted; 40 periods; current events club; 22
weeks’ school year. Two pupils in canning club.
Maintenance: $302.50.
High School
Students Elect
Choice Students
Brantley County High
School student Council an
nounces Favorite Students for
the month of March.
All students were given the
opportunity to vote for such
things as Favorite Teacher,
Student, Food, Subject, song
and could express their opin
ion of the Viet Nam war and
the Student Council and ways
to improve it.
Favorite students are: Bth
Grade, Denease O’Berry; 9th
Grade, Sissy Smith; 10th Grade
Ann Rowell; 11th Grade, Nan
cy Middleton; 12th Grade, Don
na Henderson.
Read the want ads.
AND AWAY WE GO! — The vehicle shown above was the second car ever owned by a Blackshear
resident. It belonged to the late E. J. McKinney and is shown in front of the McKinney home on
Central Avenue. At the stick type control at left is Eustace McKinney and at right is David Earl
McKinney of Blackshear. The car was a one-cylinder Northern with a chain drive. D. E. McKinney
furnished the photograph to The Times from an old collection found in his home. The picture was
made about 1905.
Revival Starts
At Riverside
Monday Night
The Crusade of the Ameri
cas revival will begin at River
side Baptist Church Monday,
March 24, it is announced by
the pastor, Rev. E. J. Dixon.
The revival will continue
through Saturday, March 29,
with services each night at 7:
30. Rev. Ron Drawdy will be
the evangelist. Everyone is in
vited to attend.
Notify This
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Your Address
Changes.
Baptist Church
At Waynesville
Plans Revival
Waynesville Baptist Church
will begin the Crusade of the
Americas revival Sunday, Mar
ch 23, with the pastor Rev. J.
C. Shepard as the evangelist.
The meeting will continue
through Sunday night, March
30. Services will be held each
night at 7:30. The public is in
vited to attend the services.
2 Cars Damaged
In Collision in
Nahunta Saturday
Two 1967 autos were demol
ished Saturday in one of two
accidents investigated by the
State Patrol.
The mishap, which damaged
a Brantley County Sheriff’s
car. occurred shortly before 8
P.M. in Nahunta.
Trooper D. J. Brown said
the sheriff’s car, driven by Wil
liam Alton Depratter, deputy
of Nahunta, was traveling east
and a second auto, driven by
Miss Nell Rose Hires of Jes
up, was traveling north.
Trooper Brown said the Hi
res car failed to stop at the
stop sign at the intersection
and ran into the path of the
sheriff’s car. The county auto
hit the Hires car, veered a
cross the road hitting a power
pole and “bounced back” into
the road hitting the Hires car
a second time as it was spin
ning across the road, the report
said.
Maryland Youths
Give Officers
Rough Chase
Two young men and a young
woman are lodged in the
Brantley County jail accused
of larceny from the Nahunta
Body Shop Sunday morning,
March 16, it is reported by
sheriff Robert Johns.
The three Maryland youths
took money from the cash reg
ister and sped away toward
Folkston in a Chevrolet car,
the sheriff said. Officers in
Folkston were notified and
caught the trio at Callahan,
Fla., after a high speed chase
in which a Folkston officer’s
car wias wrecked.
The youths gave their names
as John T. Tetter, Freddie Ed
ward Laster and Deborah Sue
Schnell, all of Jessup, Mary
land.
FRESH MEAT
How long should you plan
to keep fresh meat without
freezing it? It depends on four
things, says Extension Service
Home Economist Miss Nellie
Thrash. These four things in
clude: quality of the meat, con
ditions under which it was
handled, temperature at which
meat is held and storage con
ditions.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Georgia Safely Council
Warns Reckless Drivers
A car traveling an estimated
120 miles per hour carried four
teen-agers to their deaths
when the driver lost control
on a straight stretch of high
way and slammed against a
tree. We have access to speeds
of greater than 100 miles per
hour. We use these speeds and
we die.
A middle-age truck driver,
obviously drunk, tried to turn
his tractor trailer rig around
on a rain-slick highway at
night, and as he tried to back
across the road into a drive
way, a car came over the hill
crest and slammed into the
trailer. A passenger in the car
was killed. Our drunk driving
laws seem to tend to protect
the violators rather than prose
cute them. The point becomes
valid when we consider that
the majority of the drivers in
volved in fatal crashes had
been drinking.
One of the conclusions which
traffic safety experts reached
long ago is that collisions are
not the problem of any one
particular region; nor of eco
nomic, social or age groups.
They affect all of us.
For instance, it would seem
safe to assume that sparsely
populated areas would not
have problems found in the
big cities. But, during the first
three weeks of February,
Worth County led the state in
number of traffic fatalities with
seven. This led even Fulton
County with burgeoning Atlan
ta contributing its awesome to
tal. And while the 1960 census
figures show Fulton to have
a population of more than
half a million, Worth County’s
population was just over 16,000.
Also, for this limited time peri
od, little Clinch County, popu
lation 6,500, ranked among the
LEGAL ADVERTISING
GEORGIA, BRANTLEY
COUNTY.
To whom it may concern
and to the folowing Defen
dants:
The defendants, the heirs of
the grantee from the State and
the grantees or the heirs of
any grantees of any deed
covering this lot prior to A
pril 15, 1865, the deed shown
at Link 1 in said abstract; the
heirs of Mamie A Pearson;
H. D. Chastain and Geneva
R. Chastain, or the heirs of
either of said parties who may
be deceased; Sterrett Proctor;
J. W. Strickland; all unknown
heirs of J. L. Raulerson, in
cluding the following heirs: E.
A. Raulerson or the heirs of
E. A. Raulerson, W.
W. Raulerson, J. L. Raulerson,
Jr., and Helen R. Billups;
Rayonier, Inc., Talmadge Mid
dleton; Ray Harper, Hardie
Rowell, Mrs. Vander Roberson,
Clinton O. Popwell and Al
dine Strickland and any
heirs or grantees under any
unrecorded instrument of
any of the foregoing named
defendants.
Take notice that Mrs. Inez
Strickland Popwell and Elmer
Dean Strickland have filed in
the Superior Court of Brantley
County, Georgia a petition
seeking to register the follow
ing lands under the provisions
of the Land Registration Law,
to-wit;
All that tract of land in
Brantley County. Georgia, be
ing all of Land Lot 460 in the
4th Land District of said Coun
ty, containing 332 acres, more
or less.
You are warned to show
cause to the contrary, if any
you have, before said court
on the 11th day of April, 1969
at 10:00 A. M.
This sth day of March, 1969.
Delma F. Herrin
Clerk. Superior Court,
Brantley County Geor
gia. 4-3
State of Georgia
County of Brantley
To the heirs at law of the
late MRS. AGNES H. PUR
DOM, and to all persons
claiming an interest in the e
state of MRS. AGNES H.
PURDOM, and
To: Carl Harrell, Paul Har
rell, Johnny H. Campbell,
Evelyn H. O’Barr, Willie Mae
Bates, Winifred Jeansome,
Winston Harrell, Grover C.
Harrell, Fred Harrell, Harrell
A. Strickland. Barney R.
Strickland, Jane Leona S.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:
AND TAX
Inside county $3.09
Outside county, in state $4.12
Outside state $4.00
state’s fatality leaders. When
we try to analyze these sta
tistics and draw some conclu
sions, it all reflects one glar
ing fact. Driver errors lead to
fatal collisions.
In the case of the teen-agers;
the speed was way in excess
of any lawful limit, and to
compound the problem, the col
lision occurred in the dead of
night. In the case where the
car hit the tractor trailer, ob
viously the truck driver had
no business on the road. On
the other hand, the report
shows that for the existing con
ditions, a safe speed was 35.
The car was estimated to have
been doing 50.
A motor vehicle is valuable
for only two things — the
pleasure of the occupants, or
the pursuit of some type of
business. The vehicle becomes
totally unacceptable for both
if it is propelled by the driver
into a collision.
Future Teachers
Hold Meeting
The F. T. A. chapter of B.
C. H. S. held its monthly meet
ing.
Arlene Aldridge gave the club
a’ report on an interview held
with Mrs. Ruth Davis on the
subject of teaching and her
career as a teacher. She had
some very good advice for those
who were considering teach
ing as a profession.
Mrs. Davis is the visiting
teacher for Brantley County.
Reporter,
Arlene Aldridge
Use classified ads.
East, Hampie S. Gallman,
Mitchell R. Strickland, Daisy
S. Snare, Mary Evelyn S.
Crawford and Arthur Daniel
Strickland, and to whom it
may concern:
Jewel M. Purdom has filed
her petition as executor un
der the will of the late Mrs.
Agnes H. Purdom.
These therefore are to com
mand you, and each of vou to
be and appear at the Office of
the Ordinary of said County
on the First Monday in April.
1969, at ten o’clock A. M. EST
and then and there show cause,
if any you can, why this
Court should not proceed as
to justice and law shall ap
pertain in said estate.
This 3 day of March 1969.
Perry U. Rozier,
Ordinary 4-3
Georgia Brantley County
Notice is hereby given that
BOBBY LEWIS, by and
through THOMAS J. STOKES,
as next friend, filed his peti
tion to the Superior Court of
said County on the 24 day of
February, 1969, praying for a
change in the name of Peti
tioner from BOBBY LEWIS
to BOBBY JEFFERSON STO
KES, and notice is hereby
given to any interested or af
fected party to be and appear
in said matter in said Court
on or before 10 o’clock A. M.,
on the 31 day of March, 1969,
at which time all objections
to the granting of the relief
prayed for must be filed in
said Court.
This the 24 day of February,
1969.
BY: THOMAS J. STOKES
BOBBY LEWIS, by and
through THOMAS J. STOKES,
as Next Friend.
GIBSON, McGEE AND
BLOUNT Attorneys for Peti
tioner 3-20
NOTICE OF ELECTION
According to Code Sec. 34-
1515 and also an opinion of
State Attorney General, Ar
thur K. Bolton, a Special E
lection will be called to fill
the vacancy of County Sur
veyor, Six (6) Constables-One
(1) each for Hickox, Atkinson,
Lulaton, Waynesville, Hortense
and Schlatterville Districts,
and for a Justice of the Peace
for Schlatterville District.
Said Election date will be
April 22, 1969.
Any interested person will
have until March 31st. 1969
to qualify for either office.
Perry U. Rozier
Ordinary 3-27
