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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 47 - NUMBER 44 “ONE AT THE TIME, GENTLEMEN” The Bible teaches: “The angels in heaven rejoice over one sinner who repents and receives God as Sa vior.” The Good Book also says: “Don’t cherish exag gerated ideas of yourself or of your importance, but try to have a sane estimate of your capabilities by the light of the faith that God has given to you ...” One thing that we must not overlook in the mean ing of the above Scripture is that each person ought to think highly of himself. Think as highly of your self and your capabilities as does God who gave them to you and for what purposes he gave them. If this is done, no person is unimportant to either society or to God. Everyone is important Without us individually there would be no society, no communi ty, no institution or business or government. A certain hunting lodge had a parrot which sat upon a perch near the turnstyle leading from the lob by of the lodge to the activities section. It had learned to say a few words. As the men would come through the turnstyle, it would say, “One at a time, gentle men, one at a time.” One day someone left the door open and the parrot flew out into the woods. When it was missed, the men organized a search party to hunt the bird. When they found it, it had flown into a hornet’s nest. As the hornets were about to sting it to death, it was heard to say, “One at a time, gentle men, one at a time.” Well, people go into the kingdom of God one at a time; and each person is very important. YOU ARE IMPORTANT I You are important to BE and to DO all that you can, with all the powers (God given) at your command. When the final blast of dynamite went off on the Pacific end of the Panama Canal, the charge con tained twenty tons of powder placed in five hundred and forty one holes, thirty feet deep. When the e lectric spark was touched, hundreds of tons of mud and rock were hurled into the air. That was not enough to bring the canal down to sea level. ONE, unknown man took a shovel and dug a small ditch which allowed the Pacific water to flow in. Soon, the water washed out the canal. LOOK WHAT ONE, UNKNOWN MAN DID! What can you do to help God save the world? Only you and God know. Give good works a try! HOMECOMING QUEEN CROWNED — Fred Hobbs, Jr., BHS Student Council president, crowns Sandra Harris as Homecoming Queen at halftime during the Clinch County- Blackshear football game Friday night, Oct. 24. Clinch County won the game. 19-14. Jerry Broome and Leon Coch ran got touchdowns for the locals. Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. The Implications of the Scriptures By Rev. J. Loy Scott Pastor, First United Methodist Church BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Third Gateway Available To Enter the Okefenokee FOLKSTON, Ga. — A third, modern gateway to the picture que Okefenokee, largest and most primitive swamp in the United States, is now in opera tion. It was created by the completion of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Su wannee Canal Recreation area 12 miles from here. Named after the ill-fated and ill-conceived 1890’s at tempt to dredge a canal, the new boat basin, picnic grounds, boat ramp and con cession building occupy what was formerly the Camp Cor nelia entrance to the “land of the trembling earth.” You reach the modernized gateway by taking Georgia routes 23 and 121 (leading to the little hamlet of St. George) south for eight miles from Folkston, and then follow the new en trance road four miles into the swamp. The new recreation area af fords excellent opportunities to explore the fabulous Okefeno kee. Sight Seeing boat trips of various lengths are avail able, ranging from short, two hour excursions to half and all-day trips. They are excel lent for bird watching, wild life photography and nature study. You can also rent boats — with or without motors — and fish the old canal, or var ious boat trails leading to Cooter, Little Cooter. Double. Cannet, Monkey and Buz zards Roosts lakes. It’s posi sible to cross the Okefenokee by boat from the new recrea tion area, but such trips are permitted only if you’re ac companied by an experienced swamp guide. The heart of the Okefe nokee is no place for amateur Daniel Boones trying to learn to be swampers. Fishing is excellent in this area, with the large,mouth black bass fishing peaking during the full moons in March and April. Earlv spring also is the best time for war mouth and bream fishin p. Chain pickerel (swamp jack) also are plentiful as well as tackle busting, unloved bow fins or mudfish. Guides are available, although many fish ing ar°as can be reached un aided. You catch more fish with a guide, however. The new picnic grounds have shelters for 75 people, while table in the ooen can accommodate an additional 120. A small museum is part of the new visitor’s center, fea turing displays depicting the many unique facets of the swamp. The recreational area is onen from sunrise to sun set. There are no camping fa cilities. Today, the old canal, its i dentity almost lost to the ever encroaching swamp, is all that remains of Jackson’s Folly, as the 1890’s attempt to dis the canal became known. Folly it was. Captain Harry Jack son little realized he was creating a minor his torical footnote when he be gan digging a swamp canal in 1891. The canal was to be a dual purpose project providing a water means of floating out Atlanta Braves Start Strengthen Team for Six Atlanta Braves farm lands have been promoted to the major league roster and the Braves have pur chased outfielder Bob Mitchell from the New York Yankees’ Syracuse farm club. Pitchers Bob Castiglione and Boa S-hueler, first baseman Bari Williams and outfielder Marian Murphy earned pro motions to the Atlanta club from the farm svstem, while pitchers Jimmy Britton (not related to another Atlanta pitcher. Jim Britton) and Mike McCammon were added to the Atlanta roster and will be carried on the Military List. Atlanta also assigned the contracts of Larry Maxie. Charlie Vaughan and Robert Wiswell to Richmond of the International League. Mitchell, 26, batted .328 in 67 games last season for Syra cuse. Among the farmhands join- The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, October 30, 1969 timber and at the same time draining the fertile acres thus providing agricultural land. It failed in both aspects. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Hand of Nahunta annonce the birth of a baby boy born Wednes day, Oct. 22, in Brunswick Hospital. The baby weighed eight pounds 14 ounces and was named Daryl Dennis. The mother is the former Miss Myrle Strickland. Hoboken PTA to Sponsor Carnival The Hoboken Elementary P. T. A. will hold a Halloween carnival Oct. 31, at 6 o’clock in the gymnasium. Chicken sunper will be serv ed from 5 o’clock until 7 o’- clock in the school lunchroom. Mt. Calvary Church To Hold Singing Mt. Calvary Baptist Church near Hoboken will hold a sing Saturday night, Nov. 1. with a number of visiting singers leading the music. Rev. J. A. Ferguson is pas tor of the church. The singing r tarts at 7:30. Everyone is in dren 50c. Supper will be fol- RAYBON CHURCH BENEFIT SUPPER A benefit supper for new church benches will be held at the Raybon Church of God of Prophecy Saturday night, Nov. 1, from 5:00 P. M. to 7:00. Adult plates SI.OO. Chil dren, 50c. Supper will be fol lowed by a sing at 7:30. Patterson FHA Shows 'How to Be Attractive' Fifty first-year home eco nomics students and newly initiated Future Homemakers at the Patterson High School presented a “HOW-TO-BE-AT TRACTIVE - IN - CLOTHES” show Thrsday in Assembly. First on the program to il lustrate how good grooming aided a girl’s appearance was Debra Williamson and Debra Woodcock demonstrated how disasterous it is when a girl wears a dress so short until the top of her hose show. Martha Farmer showed how a girl lost appeal when her dress showed make-up smud ges, wasn’t on straight or need ed repair. To show the effects of pos ture to a good figure was Lucinda Ramsey, Amy Chan cey, and Diane Blalock. Six Rules for wearing things together were shown. Linda Knowles and Debbie Smith modled clothes to dem onstrate rule one, the impor tance of wearing only one patterned fabric at the time. The second rule, wear on ly a few colors at the time, was illustrated by Juanita Da vis and Donna Sears. Moves to 1970 Season ing the Atlanta club, Williams batted .340 with 33 homers and 107 runs batted in for Green wood, S. C. in the Western Carolinas League. Hank Aaron is expected to enter Baseball’s 3000 Hit Club and Hovt Wilhelm to pitch his 1000th game, next season Aaron, who wears No. 44 for Atlanta, hit 44 homers this season, for the fourth time in his career. And how many hits does Hank need for 3000? 44! Wilhelm, who has anpeared in more games than any other pitcher, needs just 11 for 1000. “The next thou sand will be a lot easier,” says Hovt. The Braves averaged 19.707 naid admissions per home date in 1969, just 553 under the fig ure for 1966. the club’s first year in Atlanta. The 1969 team was the best “road show” since moving to Atlanta, aver aging 18,196 fans per road date, beating the ’66 figure of T 8 160. The Old Halloween Witch Returns to Aid FHA’ers Trick or Treat for UNICEF. Brantley FHA, members will aid the old witch that visited Brantley County last year give out candy and take up donations for crippled children on Friday night on the lawn of the courthouse at dark. Please come by to see her and receive your treat. All donations will be greatly appreciated by crippled children everywhere. Re porter, Nancy Middleton. Manure May Blow up with a Bang, Says National Safety Council CHICAGO, Oct. 22 — Every one knows about the great Chicago fire. Few, however, know that bovines are four - legged bombs. To be more precise — and as delicate as possible —a certain by-product of the dai ry industry produces no less than four gases, at least one of which is highly explosive. Now most persons might find this to be an esoteric — perhaps almost non-existent problem. Not so, says W. J. Fletcher of the National Safety Coun cil’s Farm department. Gases from manure pits, Fletcher says, have caused both human and animal deaths. , In fact, an explosion caused by one of these gases — meth ane — is known to have literal ly lifted a dairy barn from its foundations. Fletcher — who was born and raised in farm country — says that in the good old days the only safe precaution necessary with manure was to watch your step. Urban sprawl and a labor shortage, Fletcher says, have changed all that. Today’s farmer, he says, re lies more and more on con finement feeding — that is you keep the cows in the bam and the pit storage of manure. The manure, he explains, drops through slots in the barn floor directly into stor age pits below. Disposal is not required for several months, which helps to drastically cut labor cost. All this would seem like progress, particularly to any one who has ever had to sho ve] manure with a pitch fork. Unfortunately, ho w ever, potentially hazardous gases — primarily ammonia, carbon dioxide, methane and hydrogen sulphide — can, and frequently do, build up ■to dangerous concentrations. Some of these gases, par ticularly hydrogen sulphide, are poisonous, and. among o ther things. Fletcher advises persons working in or a round manure pits to use — are you ready for this? — self contained air breathing appa ratus, the same SCUBA c quipment as used by under water sports enthusiasts. The situation might seem humorous, Fletcher says, but when you consider th-? hazards of each of the major gases in volved you b'-gin to realize the situation isn’t particular ly funny- Ammonia, lighter than air is hi-mly irritatum and ab sorbed in waten but is easily removed by ventilation. Carbon diox’de heavier than air, is not detectable by smell, but a tanks jl of it will suffocate a person if he stays in the area, passing out be fore he knows what’s wrong. Tdetnane also causes suffo cat cn but usually rises and escapes a building even with out ventilation. It i° explosive and car cause considerable damage if ignited. H: c-regen sulond? Ir.s a rotten egg smell and is pos sonous. A= little as 500 pa ts per million will restrict breathing and may .make ar tificial respiration necessary. Levels as high as 800 parts per million of hydrogen sul phide have been measured at slat level over a manure pit. It is heavier than air and al most always present over a manure pit. Hydrogen sulphide tends to paralyze the diaphram. Fletcher says any closed space may be gas-suspect-silo pits, septic tanks, even well pits —and warns that agita tion of pit contents will re lease large quantities of gas. All tanks, Fletcher cautions, should be treated as though they contained explosive gas. That is, no matches or other open flames should be per mitted. Spooks to Walk At Halloween Carnival Friday The Nahunta Elementary P. T. A., is sponsoring a Hallo ween Carnival and Supper Friday afternoon, Oct. 31. Sunper will be served in the Lunchroom beginning at 5:00 P. M. The Carnival begins at 6:00 P. M. in the gymnasium. Everyone is invited to join in the spirit of Halloween and visit the “Spook House.” There are various other attractions. Meat Plants Handle Venison For Hunters There are no state or federal laws to prevent local meat plants from handling venison or deer killed by hunting customers, according to Com missioner of Agriculture Tom my Irvin. Irvin said rumors persist throughout the state that lo cal meat plants and freezer lockers could not handle ven ison because of certain state or federal laws. “Our requirement are the same as those required under Federal law,” Irvin said. We expect meat plants to handle venison in a clean and sani tary manner to protect both the hunter and the consumer of other meat products.” The Commissioner said a meat plant must have ample room to segregate venison from other meat products to prevent any possible contami nation. He added that govern ment meat inspectors have final authority over whether a plant can handle such meat products properly. He empha sized that the individual plant had every right to refuse to handle such meat if the man agement did not wish to do so. Irvin said hunters should not expect meat plants to handle dirty deer carcasses. He urged hunters who kill and field dress deer to stop by home or a service station and wash the carcass with a gar den hose before delivering it to a local meat plant for cur ing and packaging. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA Governor Maddox Hints He May Close Altamaha River Bridge 18 Months Batten-Carter Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Bat ten of Route 1, Nahunta, an nounce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Linda Ann to Wal lace Read Carter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Conway Howard of Nahunta. Miss Batten is a graduate of Brantley County High School and College of Auto mation, Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. Carter is a senior at Armstrong State College, Sa vannah, Ga. The wedding will be Fri day, Nov. 7, in the Hickox Baptist Church at 8 P. M. ATI friends and relatives are invited. Insecticides Helpful, Safe By George Loyd, County Agent Insecticides are much in the news these days. This week I want to speak a word in their behalf. Homeowners have known for years that insecticides are necessary to produce beauti ful ornamental plants. This is true both inside and outside the home. So homeowners buy small packages of insecticides which are not only effective, but also safe. These insecticides control scales, leaf miners, borers, cutworms and other troublesome pests. Before insecticides are la beled for use by homeowners, they are tested for a long per iod of time by the manufac turers and by various govern ment agencies. Our Extension entomologists who recommend these materials are always con cerned about their safety as well as their effectiveness. We are very fortunate to have a wide selection of safe insecticides from which to choose. We can pick the best one suited for our particular insect problem. Just remember, always use precautions when using these materials. After the insects in question are under con trol, place the remaining in secticide in a locked cabinet so children and irresponsible persons will not come in con tact with them. Paul Holmes, Jr. Is Named ASC Director Ross P. Bowen, Chairman of the Georgia State Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva tion Committee, has announced the appointment of J. Paul Holmes, Jr. to the position of State Executive Director. The appointment was ef fective October 13. A native of Goldsboro, N. C., Holmes graduated from Northside High School, Atlanta, in 1958 At Northside he was president of his senior class and an all state football selection. Hickox H. E. Club Met at Keene Home The Hickox Home Econo mics club met at the home of Mrs. Arthur Keene. Mrs. W. W. Hendrix pre sided over 1 the meeting and led the devotional. Discussion was on the plans for 4-H banquet. Mrs. Hendrix gave a demonstration on freez ing prepared foods. Others present were Mrs. Edward Brand, Mrs. Everette Lee, Mrs. Steve Hendrix and Mrs. Wilson Wainright. Bookmobile Schedule Given for November Wednesday, November 5. Waynesville, Hickox, Nahunta. Wednesday, November 12, Brantley County Schools. Wednesday, November 19, Schlatterville, Hoboken, Hor tense, Rabon. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE AND TAX Inside county $3.09 Outside county, in state $4.12 Outside state $4.00 Governor Lester Maddox has hinted that he may close the Altamaha River bridge for 18 months because of the al leged “speed trap” at Ludowi ci, according to a news story in the Atlanta Constitution Wednesday. The governor also indicated he would put up billboards in Long County warning mo torist of the alleged “speed trap” situation at Ludowici. As to closing the Altamaha River bridge for 18 months. Governor Maddox is quoted as saying: “There’s that bridge just outside of Ludowici (on U. S. 301) I’ll talk to the Highway . Department, but it could be that that bridge needs repair ing and will have to be closed for 18 months or so.” The governor did not say what reaction he might have from the many towns up and down Highway 301 if he closed the Altamaha River bridge for 18 months. The closing of such a bridge for 18 months on the heavily traveled Highway 301 would play havoc with many busi ness firms, including motels, restaurants and service sta tions. Someone should tell Gover nor Maddox that it will be a very cold day in August be fore he would be allowed to close the Altamaha River bridge for 18 months, unless perhaps he built a good by pass over the Lane’s Bridg route from Glennville to Jesup. Rye Is Good For Grazing, Loyd Advises George A. Loyd, county a gent, advises farmers that a bruzzi rye makes about the best winter grazing of any crop they can plant in Brant ley County. Farmers who find themselves short on winter feed for cattle, should be able to cut the cost of over wintering animals by putting in at least one half acre of rye for each cow they have on the farm. Loyd says that October is usually considered the best month for sewing this grain, but successful plantings may be made as late as November 15 when soil moisture is ade quate for quick germination. The county agent further states that farmers who want to put in rye should prepare their land bv turning, apply about 400 to 500 lbs. of 5-10-15 fertilizer and harrow it in. Drill or harrow in 2 and one half or 3 bushels of wren ab ruzzi or explorer rye. If the seed are harrowed in this may be done at the time fertilizer is harrowed in. A liberal application of ni trate when plants are about 4 to 6 inches high will stimulate growth and increase amount of grazing. Personals Mrs. Janice Metcalf left Wednesday for her home in Jacksonville, North Carolina after spending two weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Willis. Others spending last weekend with their parents were Ralph Willis of Detroit and Gary Willis, student at South. Ga. College. * • • Mrs. Icy Johns is a patient in Waycross Memorial Hos pital. She is reported to be slowly improving. She has been in the hospital two weeks. • » » Mr. Jesse Crews, formerly of the Hickox community, is visiting friends and relatives in Brantley County while on a four-weeks vacation. He is an employee of the Seaboard Coastline Railroad. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Ebb Morgan of Nahunta will celebrate their birthdays jointly Sunday, Nov. 2. Mr. Morgan will be 79 and Mrs. Morgan 59 years old. A basket lunch will be served at noon.