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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 34
A Voice in the Wilderness
See You Again Monday
This issue of the EEnterprise was printed one week
early because the editor is taking a vacation.
If you have “live” news of events happening in the
last few days, please let us have it for next week’s
paper.
The editor is a bit undecided at this writing as to
what he will do during his week’s vacation. He may
see a Braves baseball game or two in Atlanta. He
may visit relatives in order to save groceries. In fact,
he may do all these, if time and circumstance permit.
If our many friends miss us too much, we assure
them we will be back on the job Monday morning,
Aug. 25, at which time we hope to have a rush bus
iness in new and renewal subscriptions, as well as
scads of advertising.
Seriously now, Mrs. Broome and I sincerely appre
ciate the support and cooperation of all Brantley
County citizens as we have struggled to produce a
weekly newspaper for the last 31 years.
We thank you one and all. And we hope to con
tinue serving you as long as the Good Lord gives
us strength of mind and body to be your home news
paper editor.
Last Season on
Local Market
Joe L. Brake of Rocky Mount,
N. C., a veteran of more years
of service on the Blackshear
tobacco market than probably
any other living person, is
concluding his last season on
the market.
Mr. Brake, a ticket marker
at the Big Z and Planters
Warehouses, has been on the
Blackshear market every
year since 1932, a total of 37
years.
He follows the auction and
marks the price paid and buy
er on the ticket after the to
bacco is sold.
In addition to working in
Blackshear, Mr. Brake spends
about six months each year on
other markets up the eastern
coast as the sales move
through other belts.
The veteran tobacco .man
first began working in Black
shear in 1932 with the late
Paul Morgan, who was opera
tor of the Big Z and Planters
I Herman .Talm a dge
” REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE 4
DRUG ABUSE AND NARCOTIC addiction constitute a grow
ing national problem that we can ill afford to minimize or ignore.
The menace is particularly acute in the ranks of American youth.
In a recent message to the Congress, the President said drug
abuse in the past 10 years has “grown from essentially a local
police problem into a serious national threat to the personal health
and safety of millions of Americans.” He has proposed a 10-point
program, covering federal and state legislation, international con
trols, stricter criminal enforcement, rehabilitation, and education,
to combat the drug threat.
As this problem has seriously worsened in recent years, public
concern has mounted and congressional action, combined with in
creased state and local efforts, become more and more imperative.
* ♦ •
THE NATION’S INCREASING crime rate, staggering juvenile
delinquency; and even a large part of the campus disorder and
rioting can to a great extent be directly traced to the abuse of
drugs, such as “pep pills,” marijuana, hallucinatory agents and the
hard narcotics.
In just the past seven years, arrests of juveniles involving the
use of drugs have risen by almost 800 per cent. Half the people
arrested for the illegal use of narcotics are under 21 years of age.
In New York City and other large metropolitan areas, narcotic
addiction grows by the thousands each year. The crime rate and
immoral conduct go up accordingly.
We can only estimate the fantastic number of narcotic addicts
in the United States, but it is thought to go into the hundreds of
thousands. It is also figured that several million college students
have at least experimented with drugs.
This is a shocking situation. It is continually growing worse, at
greater cost to the health of the nation and to law and order. As
the President pointed out, this is no longer just a local law en
forcement problem. It is a serious threat to the general well-being
of this nation.
the COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM proposed by the Admin
istration merits the attention of the Congress. It is hoped that
through stricter enforcement, improved rehabilitative measures,
and expanded education on its dangers, the drug problem can be
curbed.
prevani er printed at government expense)
By Carl Broome
Warehouses at that time. He
already had ticket mark
ing experience before coming
to Blackshear.
Mr. Brake said he has en
joyed his associations with
farmers in South Georgia and
always looks forward to being
in Blackshear. Having recently
celebrated his 64th birthday,
however, he says he wants to
“slow down a bit.”
He does not intend to re
tire, but will continue to work
on tobacco markets and oper
ate his farm at Rocky Mount,
where he also raises tobacco.
In honor of his birthday
and his retirement from the
Blackshear market, Mr. Brake
was presented with a silver
coffee service and tray by
Warehousemen Paul Edmunds
and Mack Carter of the Big Z.
Other employees at the ware
house also presented him with
a birthday cake and gifts.
Mr. Brake and his wife were
married in 1926 and have
three children: Lieut. Colonel
James L. Brake of the Air
Force, stationed in the Pen
tagon,
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County —- Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Boy Is Killed
In Accident
On Route 301
Two-year-old Edwin Mathew
Roberson of Rt. 2, Hortense
was killed Thursday July 14,
when he darted into the path
of a car in front of his home
on U. S. 301, according to
Brantley County Sheriff Rob
ert Johns.
The child, son of Mr. *and
Mrs. Edward Dorsey Rober
son, was announced dead on
arrival at Wayne Memorial
hospital in Jesup following
the 10:20 A. M. accident.
Johns said the driver of the
car was James T. Schwenk, 5
a retired Army officer from
Schuykill Haven, Pa. He said
no charges were filed against
the driver and that the child
ran into the path of the car
while following his mother to
a mailbox on the oposite side
of the highway.
Besides his parents, survi
ing are a brother, Tony; ma
ternal grandmother, Mrs.
Gladys Lyle; maternal grand
father, Bryson E. -Lyle of Hor
tense; and paternal grand
father, Dorsey E. Roberson,
also of Hortense.
Find lost articles with
want ads.
Bth
For
District Honors Program
1969 Ended on August 9
Douglas, Ga. — The Eighth
Congressional District Honors
Program has completed its 8-
Week program of events and
student activities, according to
director Newton Tyson. The
Honors Program is a residen
tial summer program held on
the South Geogia College cam
pus in Douglas, Ga. It offers
summer learning experience
for academically gifted and ar
tistically talented rising high
school juniors and seniors
throughout the Eighth Con
gressional District. The pro
gram is designed to give the
advanced student opportunit
ties to probe more deeply in
to areas where such work is
not possible in high school.
The honors students have an
outstanding faculty in keep
ing with the high standards
of the program. The Honors
Program faculty is chosen not
only for their knowledge of
the subject matter, but for
their ability to motivate and
inspire the student. Faculty
member come from all over
the Southwestern United
States from high schools,
junior colleges, and four-year
colleges and universities.
Areas of instruction in the
Honors Program include Math
matics, Physics, Biology, In
strumental Music, Vocal Mu
sic, Art, Chemistry, Drama,
Psychology. History-Govern
ment, English-Literature, and
Creative Writing. In addition to
these courses, guidance coun
selor Mr. George Schlegel of
fers assistance to the students
with personal problems and
in selecting an institution of
higher learning. The Student
Personnel Director, Mrs. Lur
lyne Smith, coordinates stu
dent activities and aids in
counseling students.
The cultural event series has
been outstanding this year
with such performers as the
Yale Alley Cats, vocal ensem
ble; James Dutton Quartet,
percussion ensemble; Virginia
West, coloratura soprano; Julia
Spooner, pianist; Leon New
man, baritone; Jim Dews,
folk concert; Concert ’7O, pi
ano-vocal ensemble; Dr. Char
les Ellington, tenor; Harry
Schmidt, carinet; and lectures
Dr. Stephen Speronis, world
affairs; and Mr. Charles Si
monds, economics.
Some classes participated in
various field trips and the en
tire student body visited At
lanta to see Fernbank Science
Center, Yerkes Primate Cen
ter. and the High Museum of
Art. The students saw the
Theater of the Stars produc
tion of “South Pacific” in the
new Civic Center Auditorium.
The highlight of the trip was
an all-day visit to Six Flags
Over Georgia.
Besides attending classes,
students are engaged in many
other outside activities. They
work special projects in their
areas of interest, attend dis
cussions groups for a free
flowing conversation about
any personal or philosophical
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, August 21, 1969
Blackshear Has
Curfew After
Racial Unrest
A citywide curfew has been
imposed in Blackshear fol
lowing two nights of racial
disturbances recently.
Police Chief Dan Taylor
said there was racial unrest
at a local drive-in on High
way 82 on the nights of Au
gust 9 and 10. Those involved,
Taylor reported, included some
50 persons who “stared” one
another down.
No arrests have been made
and the cause of the unrest
has not been determined.
The Blackshear Police De
partment is enforcing a mid
night curfew on weekends and
an 11:00 P. M. curfew on week
nights.
QUICK ANSWER
And how about the four
year old’s reply to the lady ad
miring her baby sister, just in
the cute stage.
The lady asked: “Can we
take your new baby sister
home with us?”
Came the reply, “No, but do
you want a cat?”
Elliot Brack in
The Wayne County
Press
questions in their minds, and
some students participate in
rehearsals for drama produc
tions and music recitals.
Highlights of the program
are the student presentations.
This year students have been
active all summer to present
special student events. They
have presented two talent
shows during the course of the
summer, and the music depart
ment has given two choral and
band concerts along with two
solo and ensembel concerts
both vocal and instrumental.
The Honors Chorus directed by
Mr. Joseph Groom, sang for
three Sundays at local church
es in Douglas. The Honors
Band, conducted by Mr. Geor
ge Corrandino. performed in
concert with the chorus is an
outstanding musical perfor
mance. The Drama department
under Mr. John Johnson per
formed four major productions,
this vear. The first was “The
Sandbox” presented to the
students to instigate discus
sion. The main production was
“Tevya and His Daughters,”
the play which was the basis
for the musical “Fiddler on
the Roof.” “Anne of the Thou
sand Days” was presented a
long with “Tevya” and a dra
matic choral reading was pre
sented to the students. In
structor Mr. Bobby Harden of
the art department presented
an art show with the works
of his summer art students on
display. Honors students also
presented programs to local
civic clubs and organizations
this summer.
After this there is still time
for recreation. Athletic events
have been the highlights of
the recreational activities a
mong the students. Several of
the students have been par-
I ticipating in swimming meets
as members of the
Douglas Recreation Depart
ment Swimming Team, and
they have captured several
ribbons for their skill. The
girls had their own way of
releasing tensions by partici
pating in a powder puff foot
ball game. Other recreational
activities available were ping
pong, golf, tennis, basketball,
softball, football, pool, chess
and gymnastics. Same students
i worked in their spare time to
I print Honors Program news
paper, The Honors Herald.
The Eighth District Honors
: Program ended on August 9.
। after a successful summer of
intellectual stimulation and ar
tistic creativity. The students
received their certificates at
the final banquet which fea
tured the inspiring guest
speaker, Dr. Tom Cottingham.
Director Newton Tyson said
that this has been one of the
most successful programs yet,
and work would begin imme
j diately on next year’s pro
gram.
Laura Evans and Richard
Brice of Blackshear were a
tnong those at the Honors Pro
gram this summer.
Jury Lists
September
The names of the Grand Ju
ry and the Traverse Jury for
the September term of Brant
ley Superior Court have been
drawn by Judge Ben Hodges,
it is announced by D. F. Her
rin, court clerk.
The jury list is as follows:
GRAND JURY
R. E. Austin, Mrs. S. K. Al
lan, Eugene Hickox, John V.
Smith, Mrs. Daisey Davison,
Jim Harris, Geo. R. Carr,
Omie Wilson, Billy Jacobs,
Hardy Rowell, Cordell Wain
right, J. E. Aldridge, Jesse B.
Thomas, Cleve Herrin, C. W.
Riggins.
George Loyd, John I. Lee,
David E. Waldron, Graham
Waters, Mrs. Taiford High
smith, Woodrow Pierce, Owen
Griffin, B. B. Bryan, O. N.
Lamb, Mrs. Pete Gibson, Cars
well Rowster, Wilson Wain
right, J. O. Strickland, Emo
ry Middleton.
TRAVERSE JURY
Mrs. Johnny Tripp, Eugene
Bridges, H. A. Middleton, Mrs.
Edward Townsend, W. P. Ste
wart, Mrs. L. W. Crews, Her
bert Colvin, Mrs. W. R. Bat
ten, Kenneth Johns, Mrs. E.
A. Hunter, W. F. Mil
ler, L. C. Crews, Mrs.
J. C. Moody, Richard Thorn
ton, Jim Gibson, Charlie Da
vis, Mrs. I. J Davis, Charles
Wilson, Archie Crews.
Mrs. Wilsie Robinson. Mrs.
J. O. Strickland, Eustus Grif
fin, Charles Edward Davis,
Ruby Witherspoon, Mrs. C. L.
Dryden, David Morgan, Fred
Dowling, Mrs. Spencer Drury,
Corbet Wilson, Owen Rowell,
R. H. Schmitt, Owen Ammons,
Leon Smith, Mamie Simmons,
Mrs. Hormer Anderson, Gil
bert Aldridge.
Mrs. S. D. Kelley, Thomas
Tucker, Johnnie Crews, Per
ry Johns, Mrs. Bobby E.
Brinkley, Mary Lee Crews, W.
A. Lyons, C. L. Dryden, Fos
ter Sapp, Jim R. Herrin, Mrs.
H. D. Keene, Michael Dowling,
Herbert Lyons, D. S. Griffin,
Edward Townsend, Rayford
Pierce, Betty S. Rowell, Irish
Schmitt, Ronnie D. Lee.
J. L. Wainright; W. T. Nor
ton, Margie Rowell, Mrs. W.
H. O. Smith, Mrs. J. W. Walk
er, Cecil Harris, J. W. Walk
er, Collis Highsmith, Morris
Ammons, Mrs. Perry Rozier,
Sylvia Johns, Janice Hand
Paulk, Mrs. Alma Paulk,
Ronald Hendrix, John D. Da
vison, Marvene L. Altman.
Billy Thomas.
Joe Batten, Henry Taylor,
W. R. Griffin, Charlie D. Gib
son, Calvin Jacobs, W. A.
Daniels, C. H. Moody, Monise
Wilson, Lester G. Moody, S.
D. Kelly, W. W. Hendrix,
William S. Rowell, Ernest
Thrift, Denny Ray Smith, W.
R. Dowling, Gaddis White,
Cleve Wilson, Donald Miles.
Lester Hickox, J. E. Johns,
John A. Allen, Guy Chambless,
J. D. Lane, Ruth Williams, J.
Bill Stuckey
Jn Washington
In an age when events hap
pen rapidly, and history is
made almost daily, it is still
difficult to imagine the feat
that was performed by our
astronauts, Collins, Aldrin, and
Armstrong. After centuries of
dreaming and hoping, man has
finally walked on the moon.
The words that they spoke, as
well as the inscribed words
that they left behind, were
simple. It seemed that the
entire flight, from liftoff to
splashdown, was amazingly
simple. Yet, as their fellow
Americans, we all realized just
how complex this mission was
and how much danger they
faced every second of the way.
I am proud of these men;
not just because they are
Americans and not because
they walked on the moon. But
because they proved to me once
again something that I have
always believed in—the ability
and the courage of all the peo
ple that live in this country.
These men were not really dif
ferent from the early settlers
that faced a wilderness just as
dangerous when they came to
these shores, and these men did
not have computers and Mis
sion Control in Houston to help
them.
The country has changed,
but the element that has made
it great, the people, has re-
Drawn for
Court Term
C. Dryden, John Shesser, Mrs.
H. A. Strickland, Claude G.
Sears, Elbert J. Wilson, Er
nest C. Johns, Eldon Crews,
Annie Mae Wainright, Ma
jor Riggins, Norris Strick
land, J. D. Warner, A. M.
Griffin.
Mrs. Mary Smith, O. A.
Jones, G. R. Stone, Dohnie
Lee Hand, Mrs. Edward So
well, Ellis Altman, Verleen
Strickland, Levaniel Hicks, G.
B. Prescott, Elige Jacobs, El
mo Highsmith, Terry Allen,
Flemming Melton, Isla H.
Roberson, Mrs. L. R. Harrison.
Mt. Zion Church
Revival Starts
Monday Night
Revival services at Mt.
Zion Advent Christian Church
will begin on Monday night,
August 25.
The services will be held
each evening at 7:30 P. M.
through the week, ending with
dinner on the ground on Sun
day, August 31.
Rev. George Lee is pastor
and will do the preaching dur
ing the revival.
V. J. Boatright,
59, Passes Away
In Jacksonville
Virgil J. Boatright, 59, died
Tuesday night in a Jackson
ville, Fla., hospital after an ex
tended illness.
He is survived by one sister,
Mrs. Renna Alford of Dins
more,' Fla.; three brothers, Al
ton Boatright, Omer Boatright,
both of Mershon, and Clarence
Boatright of Jacksonville, Fla.;
several aunts, uncles, and
other relatives.
Funeral services were held
Friday at 2:30 from the Mar
tha Memorial Church with
Rev. John Farmer and Rev.
Clarence Haisten officiating.
Active pallbearers were
Winnie Boatright, Bernice
Boatright, A. P. Smith, Arch
Boatright, T. J. Smith, and
Claude Smith.
Honorary pallbearers were
Alfred Boatright, Jacob Boat
right, Russell Youmans, George
Jones, C. B. Revels, R. T.
Loper and Noel Winn.
The body was taken to the
residence of his brother, Al
ton Boatright, Thursday at
4:30 P. M. and remained there
until the hour of services.
Burial was in the Martha
Memorial Cemetery under the
direction of Darling and Fus
sell Funeral Home of Black
shear.
mained the same. It was *
beautiful sight, when the
Apollo splashed down, to see
flags waving and the happy
faces in Mission Control. De
spite all their education, and
all the technology around them,
these men could not see. a bet
ter way to describe their feel
ings than to wave a small
American flag. Americans
around the nation, as well as
Mission Control became warm
ly patriotic about the lunar
landing. Because of all this, I
feel that today we are a better
'nation and a closer people. We
are proud of ourselves because
of what we have done, and we
are right in doing so.
The next time the night is
clear, step outside for a minute
and glance up at the moon. Re
mind yourself that Americans
have been there. When you re
turn you will feel just a bit
prouder that you are an Amer
ican. I have sent a telegram,
on behalf of all the people of
the Bth District, to the astro
nauts congratulating them on
their brave and historic jour
ney. Truly, it was a great leap
for mankind, and as Ameri
cans, they went in peace.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
THIS IS THE DAY
The Bible says, “This is the day the Lord has made,,
let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Gerald B. Klein said :
Today is here. I will start it with a smile and re
solve to be agreeable. I will not criticize. I refuse to
waste my valuable time.
Today is one thing I' know lam equal with all
others — time. All of us draw the same salary in
seconds, minutes, and hours.
Today I will not waste my time because the min
utes I wasted yesterday are as lost as vanished
thought.
Today 1 refuse to spend time worrying about what
might happen — it usually dosen’t. I am going to
use time making things happen.
Today 1 am determined to study to improve my
self, for tommorow I may be wanted and I must not
be found lacking.
Today 1 am determined to do the things that I
should do. I firmly determine to stop doing the
things I should not do.
Today I begin by doing and not wasting my time.
In one week I will be miles beyond the person I am
today.
Today I will not imagine what I would do if things
were different. They are not different: I will make
success with What material I have.
Today I will stop saying, “If I had time —” ? I
know 1 never will “find time’’ for anything. If I
want time, I must make it. '
Today I will act toward other people as though
this might be my last day on earth. I will not wait
for tomorrow. “Tomorrow never comes.’’ My ex
perience is that the people who are well composed
make a steady and lasting contribution to society,
and their own families, and live each day as they
come and go. They trust in the Lord and do good.
They live by faith in God. They love God first and
all mankind as they love themselves.
Minutes of Brantley
County Commissioners
CALLED MEETING
The called .meeting of the
Board of County Commission
ers was called to order by the
Chairman at 9:00 A. M., the
twenty second day of July,
1969, to discuss with the
Sheriff the relieving of the
deputy.
The sheriff was called be
fore the board and told that
a unamious decision was made
to relieve the deputy and that
he, the Sheriff, should be
given the prerogrative of re
lieving Mr. DePratter of his
duties.
Blackshear Tobacco Market
Report of Sales and Prices
LBS. SOLD AMT. AVERAGE
Wednesday, July 23 633,930 $454,713.00 $71.73
Thursday, July 24 612,832 $432,314.00 70.54
Friday, July 25 424,178 $301,744.00 $71.14
Monday, July 28 649,240 $485,778.66 $74.82
Tuesday, July 29 658,098 $489,319.24 $74.35
Wednesday, July 30 509,932 $385,941.00 $75.68
Thursday, July 31 627,604 $463,590.00 $73.87
Friday, August 1 516,528 $394,814.00 $76.44
Monday, August 4 663,330 $506,825.66 $76.41
Tuesday, August 5 636,776 $487,602.24 $76.57
Wednesday, Aug. 6 532,910 $413,017.00 $77.50
Thursday, Aug. 7 611,938 $463,224.06 $75.70
Monday, Aug. 11 645,285 $492,154.00 $76.27
Tuesday, Aug. 12 601,629 $446,060.54 $74.14
Wed., Aug. 13 325,568 1244,923.24 $75.23
Thurs., Aug. 14 371,081 $272,468.35 $73.43
TOTAL 9,010,941 $6,742,074.50 $74.82
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
AND TAX
Inside county $lO9
Outside county, in state $4.12
Outside state $4.00
The Implications
of the Scriptures
By Rev. J. Loy Scott
Pastor, First United
Methodist Church
Sheriff Johns said he had
no intention of relieving his
deputy.
The sheriff was told that
the decision was unamious to
relieve him. That an opinion
from Mr. Houston, county at
torney, that the Commission
was acting within it’s authori
ty to do so, and would relieve
Mr. DePratter of all his du
ties and responsibilities.
The meeting was closed at
9:45 A. M.
George F. Stewart,
Chairman of County
Commissioners
