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VOLUME 48 — NUMBER 8
A Voice in the Wilderness
COUNTY HISTORY
There came to this territory in the year of 1797 a
small group of men in search of new land, land
that would grow rice and cotton, with rice being
first in their mind. The territory which these men
settled is known as Brantley County today. At that
time the settlers made their appearance in this
great outdoors, it was a nomans land, infested with
many wild things. There were Savage Indians, no
roads or bridges, swamps with tall cypress and pines
growing, live and red oaks were in abundance. The
settlers decided to build their homes in and among
those large oaks where Waynesville is today.
In history you have studied about Boone, Crockett,
Bridger, and many others of the pioneer era, also
you have read of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
There were men here just as great although they
are never mentioned in the history books of our
time. You may travel over the “OLD TERRITORY”
and you will find ruins of their homes, and see the
old Cedars, Magnolias, and Oaks still standing to
day marking the site of the old homestead of our
forefathers. Some of the men were engineers, teach
ers, and scientist but, most were farmers. Many of
them had taken part in the Revolutionary War and
had migrated as far south as Hilton Head or Bluff
ton, South Carolina. Here they made up their minds
to travel further south in search of land where
they could build and plant as they saw fit.
The new territory was not under the jurisdiction
of the King of England nor of any state or county
government. The settlers moved into an area that
was not completely controlled by the Colonial Gov
ernment or by the Indians. The settlers owned or
claimed the land while the Indians had never given
up legal title through a treaty, it was disputed terri
tory. The settlers claimed the land from the Glynn
County line, which was organized in 1777, with
the western boundary being near where it is today,
west to the Satilla River. Land past the Satilla River
was known as the Indian Land or Indian Boundary.
The Colonial Government built Fort Macintosh on
the east bank of the Satilla River to house a detach
ment of soldiers. The soldiers were used to protect
the settlers and their livestock, (editors not; there
is a historical monument on US 84 at Atkinson giv
ing the location and description of the fort.)
Settlers next moved into an area or strip of land
that had been called the “TALLASSEE STRIP”
since 1785. This strip was obtained by the state in
1802 by the TREATY OF FT. WILKINSON, where
by the Creek Indians coded an area known as the
Tallassee Strip, about twelve miles wide in east
ern Georgia running from the Altamaha River south
ward to the St. Marys River and including what is
now the southernmost area of Georgia. In this area
today are the towns of Nahunta, Tradershill, and
St. George. The eastern boundry of this cession is
a straight line beginning on the Altamaha River
where Goose Creek flows into that stream and runs
southward in a line through where Jesup is today,
to Ellicots Mound where the Georgia-Florida boun
dary touches the head of the-St. Marys River. The
Tallassee Strip was organized as Wayne County in
1803.
The Governor gave the settlers opportunity to
“draw” the land, much like settlers of the old west
about 50 years hence. The drawing was in this or
der : a man and wife were given two draws, a single
man was given a single draw, a widow and children
was given two draws. A draw consisted of 450 acres
and the maximum a family could draw was 900 a
cres. On the old Plats you may see this description
“AS BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY THE INDIAN
BOUNDARY.” People may think this land was never
surveyed or at least surveyed to the accuracy re
quired today. Adequate bearings and measurements
were made and the plats were beautiful hand drawn
papers, some not much larger than a postage stamp.
The plats were sent to the Governor who put the
Great Seal of Georgia on them, (editors note; a
facsimile of one of the original plats will be pubish
ed in a following article.)
Hansen-Orser
Mr. and Mrs. James Oliver
Hansen of Jacksonville an
nounce the engagement and
approaching marriage of their
daughter, Patricia Ann, to
Charles Edwin Orser, Jr., of
Waverly, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Edwin Orser, Sr. of
Nahunta.
The wedding will take place
on May 2, 1970 at 2:30 P. M.
at Twitty Chapel, First Bap
tist Church in Brunswick,
Georgia. A reception in the
church social hall will follow
the ceremony.
Mr. Orser is employed in
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
the Technical Department of
Brunswick Pulp and Paper
Company; Brunswick, Geor
gia.
Committee
To Meet
The New Hope Cemetery
Committee will meet Friday
evening, February 20, at the
Gold House Restaurant.
All members are urged to
attend.
MR. AND MRS. CHARLES WYNNTON BASS
Married February 7
Strickland-Bass
Miss Arlene Strickland,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A
very Strickland of Nahunta
became the bride of Charles
Wynnton Bass son of Mrs. D.
C. Bass of Albany, Ga. and
the late Mr. Bass.
The couple said their vows
in impressive rites, February
7, at 6 P. M. at the First
Baptist Church in Nahunta
with Rev. Cecil Thomas and
Rev. Ernest Purcell officiating.
Vows were spoken before
an altar which was effective
ly decorated with a large
Heart of Red and White. A
large basket of Mums and
Snapdragons sat at the base
of the Heart. Tall Spiral Can
delabra holding White Cathe
dral tapers stood on either side
of center decoration. Mass ar
rangements of greenery com
pleted the setting.
Organist was Mrs. Jimmy
Thomas. Mrs. Jim Meadows of
St. Simons sang “Through the
Years” and “The Lords Pray
er.”
The bride given in marriage
by her father wore an empire
gown of Satin, featuring scal
loped neckline appliqued with
lace and seed pearls. Long
sleeves tapered over wrist
with lace ruffle and seed
pearls. Seed pearls
enhanced the fitted
bodice with A line skirt which
was touched with appliques
of alencon lace. Adding ele
gance in the back was a
chapel length detachable train
fastened at waist under scal
lops of lace and seed pearls.
A crown of or
ganza rose buds
stuffed with seed pearls held
the elbow length
veil of silk ill u
sion lace. She carried a heart
shaped bouquet of Lillies of
the Valley and White Orchid.
Matron of honor was her
sister, Mrs. Jackie Tumlin.
She wore a deep rose velvet
A line full length
gown. The gown featured em
pire waist line and fitted
sleeves with a cape around
shoulders trimmed in white
fur. Her head piece was cir
clet of white fur overlaid
with deep rose tulle. She car
ried white muff with red car
nations with velvet loops.
Bridesmaids were sisters of
the bride Mrs. W. A. Hinseley
of Athens, Ga. and Mrs. E.
A. Raulerson of Mobile, Ala.,
also Denise Kelly of Nahunta
and Mrs. Wade Strickland of
Augusta, Ga. sister in-law.
They were attired like hon
or attendent and carried white
muffs.
Ava Strickland niece of the
bride and daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Wade Strickland, of
Augusta was flower girl. Her
petite gown of white lace was
fashioned after brides. Her
head piece was a tiara crown
of pearls, rhinestones and net.
She carried a white basket of
rose petals.
Erik Raulerson nephew of
the bride and son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Raulerson of Mobile
Ala. was ring bearer. He car
ried rings on heart shaped pil
low of white satin.
Best man was Harry Pope
of Dublin, Ga.
Groomsmen were Dr. Wade
Strickland of Augusta. Ga.,
Glenn Strickland. Nahunta.
Jackie Tumlin, Nahunta, E. A.
Raulerson, Mobile, Ala., and
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, February 19, 1970
William Hinesley, Athens, Ga.
For her daughters wedding
Mrs. Strickland wore a light
blue coat dress with matching
accessories and cymbidium
corsage.
A reception was held in the
church social hall. The brides
table was overlaid with white
satin cloth. Two three branch
ed candelabra held pink tap
ers on each side of beautiful
four tiered wedding cake
which was made and presented
to the bride by Mrs. Herbert
Colvin, aunt of the bride. The
four tiered cake was on a base
of a heart shaped cake topped
with a heart shaped flying
dove ornament.
Assisting in serving were
Mrs. Don Smith, St. Simons
served Coffee, others were
Misses Angelia Harrison. Jan
et Harrison, Augusta, Leslie
Jacobs and Phyllis Jacobs,
Way cross and Debbie Calvin,
Hoboken. Ga.
Mrs. Gene Christine, Way
cross presided at the brides
book.
Following the reception the
couple went to Florida for a
few days.
For travel the bride wore
a light blue coat dress with
beige accessories and orchid
corsage.
They will live in Dublin
where he is a manager of
Motor Contract. She is a Hair
Dresser.
Out of town guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Rupert Jones. Dr. I
vey Jacobs and Family, and
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Wain
right all of Waycross, Ga. Mr.
and Mrs. Norman Durham,
Albany, Mrs. Nora Williamson,
Macon, Mr. and Mrs. D. B.
Harrell, Brunswick. Mr. and
Mrs. Ned Jamison, St. Simons,
Patty and Elizabeth Shell,
Myrtle Lee McDonald, John
McDonald, Bruce Mc-
Donald, Laverne Butler, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Lee, Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Folsom, Elaine
Folsom. Mr. and Mrs. George
Hall. Dilliard Maxwell all
Os St. Simons. Madge Sureles
and Sammy Urso of Orlando,
Fla., Elaine Hann, Ludowici,
Ga., Mr. and Mrs. Duke El
lis, St. Simons, Rip Benton
and boys, St. Simons, Pat
Simmerson, Cathy Simmer
son, Mr. and Mrs. Wain Shei
field, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Blaschke. Myra Register, Mil
derd Hill, Jerry Edwards.
Also, Mr. and Mrs. Dusty
Anderson, Letha Anderson,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bradford,
Mr. and Mrs. Reese Chitty.
Mrs. Sue Shefield, Mr. and
Mrs. Preston Craig and boys,
Mrs. Robert Wilcox, Pat Pad
gett, Mrs. Jack Cofer, Mrs. Pat
sy James, Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Keene and family, Mrs.
Charles Miller and daughter,
Vira Davis, Mrs. Frank De
loach, Sr., Mrs. Warren Han
sen and daughter, Sue Round
tree, Pam Foster, Mr. and Mrs.
Gill Thorpe, Mr. and Mrs.
Brooks Hoister and daughter,
Buddy Owen, Mr. and Mrs.
Tyson Harvey, Mrs. Ann Hau
gen, Brenda Duffer, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Boyd all of St.
Simons, Ga., Mrs. Wallace
Brogden, Ann Brogden and
Mary Oliff of Statesboro, Ga.,
To help protect yourself in
case of credit card loss, Miss
Lora Laine, Extension home
management specialist at the
University of Georgia, suggests
that you keep a list of all cards
by firm, telephone, address
and card number.
Rev. Ernest S. Purcell, Writes
Religious Column
Let me say this in the beginning that we ap
preciate the invitation of the Brantley County En
terprise to local ministers to write Christian articles.
It is our prayer that all who read these each week
will find them to be a source of inspiration, comfort,
strength and spiritual blessing.
(vv. 4,5) “And he fell to the earth, and heard a
voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest
thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And
the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it
is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.”
Saul had really felt the impact of the gospel. The
Lord met him on the road to Damascus, and gave him
a blinding revelation of Himself.
Undoubtedly the Lord had spoken to Saul on
previous occasions. Perhaps he had heard the disci
ples preaching. They may have witnessed to him
personally. No doubt he had witnessed that a trans
formation had taken place in the lives of those
Christians he was persecuting. Through these and
other experiences the Lord had spoken to Saul.
Even so, in v. 1 we find “Saul, yet breathing out
threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of
the Lord.” The Lord had not gotten through to Saul
to cause him to change his course in life.
The Lord speaks to us now. At least trys to speak
to us the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to cause
us to change our courses in life. You see, God
has a purpose for each of us. He has something
for each of us to do. He wants to give every man
rhyme and reason for living. So he speaks to us
through preachers, teachers, Christian parents and
the written word. He just wants us to listen to Him.
Saul wouldn’t listen. The Lord had to strike him
down to get his attention. He had to break him be
fore he could use him. He had to humble him before
he could crown him.
What will God have to do to you to get your at
tention? Remember, God speaks to you now. Hear
Him!
Post Office May
Expand Service
Washington, D. C. — Con
gressman W. S. (Bill) Stuckey,
Jr., announced that he has
been advised by Postmaster
General Winton M. Blount of
a major new postal service
program that will expand
home deliveries to an addi
tional 4 million Americans —
principally in small communi
ties —for the first time.
Under the program, persons
living more than a quarter
mile, but less than half a
mile from 18,700 post offices
that do not have city delivery
are now eligible to receive
the delivery at home. Previ
ously, they have been compell
ed to go to the post office for
their mail.
“Since they live less than
half a mile away from a post
office, they have not been eli
gible to receive rural delivery
service prior to Mr. Blount’s
new order,” Rep. Stuckey ex
plained. “And, because they
live near a post office that
does not have city delivery
they have missed out there
too.”
Congressman Stuckey said
that he had been advised that
the Postmaster General is is
suing instructions in the Pos
tal Bulletin making the serv
ice available to the 1.2 million
families in the eligible areas
— 4 million individuals.
“The only requirement to
obtain the service is that it
must be requested of the Post
master and a majority of
those living in the area must
desire the service.”
“The expansion will be
achieved by such steps as ex
tending shorter rural routes
and adding delivery stops to
some rural routes. In other
instances, “star” or contract
routes may be used to provide
the service; in some locations
it may be necessary to estab
lish new rural routes,” Mr.
Stuckey says he has been ad
vised. Nahunta, Hoboken, Hor
tense and Waynesville are
cites in Brantley County
which will be made eligible
for this service expansion un
der the order.
The pecan is a native tree of
the United States, according to
G. G. Taylor, horticulturist
with the University of Geor
gia Cooperative Extension
Service.
ten He Heard the Lord”
Acts 9:1-9
Ernest S. Purcell
Pastor, Nahunta Baptist Church
Personals
Mrs, Perry U. Rozier enter
ed Glynn-Brunswick Memorial
Hospital Tuesday Feb. 17th.
to undergo surgery.
AN Terry L. Crews and
Mrs. Crews left Sunday for
Norfolk, Va. Terry is stationed
at Norfolk aboard the U. S. S.
John F. Kennedy and will be
there temporarily, before go
ing out to sea again, possibly
in about two months. Terry is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
T. Crews of Nahunta.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry McCoy
of Sparta, Georgia spent the
weekend with Mrs. Callie Rob
erson at Hortense. Georgia.
Navy Seaman Joe G. Thorn
ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G.
Thornton of Nahunta, Ga. is
serving at the U. S. Naval Sup
port Activity (NSA), Danang,
Vietnam. With more than 9,-
000 Navymen, NSA Danang
sunports more than 150,000
allied forces in the five north
ern provinces of South Viet
nam.
Home Economics
Club Met
February 16
The Raybon Extension Heme
Economics club met Monday
night at the Advent Church.
Mrs. Lawson Dußose presided
over the meeting. Mrs. Dußose
and Mrs. Leon Wilson present
ed the program on furniture
arrangement ideas.
Others attending were Mrs.
Mary Ryals, Mrs. Horace Mor
gan and Mrs. Albert Purdom.
I ANNOUNCEMENT I
I Effective Tuesday, March 3, 1970 I
I Brantley County Medical Center I
I WILL BE OPEN ON I
I TUESDAY'S FROM IP. M. UNTIL - I
| PHONE 462-5161 |
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
This Week with the
By ROBERT W. HARRISON, JR.
Representative, 66th Legislative District
Comprising Brantley,, Camden & Charlton Counties
AMBULANCE LEVY
AUTHORIZED
Atlanta, February 14. The
Georgia House this week pass
ed a very important piece of
legislation of interest to all
counties in Georgia.
In recent years many fun
eral homes have discontinued
the practice of operating an
ambulance service largely be
cause of the diminishing re
turns and inability to meet
personnel and service require
ments of federal statutes.
The resulting confusion,
anxiety and loss of service
has been wide spread. Due to
the lack of legal authority to
levy and collect taxes for the
operation of an ambulance
service, counties and cities
have been unable to provide
this necessary service to the
people even though such ac
tion was and is the best in
terest and general welfare of
the citizenry.
This problem will now be
solved, as far as available
funds are concerned, with
the approval of this new leg
islation which provides that,
in addition to the purposes
now enumerated by
law, counties may levy and
collect taxes for the purpose
of providing ambulance serv
ice for emergency care and
treatment within their respec
tive counties.
Ambulance service provided
by any county for emergency
care and treatment is declar
ed to be a public purpose
and therefore within the pur
view of the state constitution.
SALES TAX DEFEATED
For the fifth time the House
this week soundly defeated
the proposal for an increase
from three per cent to four
per cent in the State sales tax
by the whopping vote of 136
to 36.
As in the past, the measure
did not have any built-in ad
valorem property tax relief
nor was there any assurance
that the main benefactor
would be any area other than
the large heavily populated
counties and cities.
Apparently, no new taxes
will be approved at this ses
sion leaving the state’s record
budget of SI.OB billion to be
funded out of normal growth
and resulting revenue in
creases.
DIM HOPE FOR CHARTER
The proposed new state con
stitution was all but discarded
by the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee Wednesday.
New life was breathed into
the document Friday when the
presiding officer of the Sen
ate, Lt. Governor George T.
Smith, and Committee mem
bers were reminded that the
matter began with the Creation
of a Constitution Revision
Commission, initiated by the
Senate last year.
Present plans call for the
senate membership to at least
look at the document during
the last week of the session
with little hope or chance of
it being voted out, leaving the
job to be done at another time
and by a more urban- liberal
4 66 th
oriented membership.
NEW REVENUE
The new regulation that all
Georgia banking organizations
will now be subject to the
payment of state sales taxes on
all purchases will produce ap
proximately $5 million in new
revenue and greatly add to
the revenue growth rate which
is a major factor in eliminating
the requirement for new tax
es.
In (past years, while all oth
er citizens of the state have
been required to pay state tax
es on purchases, including the
purchase of material and sup
plies by churches, national and
state bank organizations have
been exempted from the tax,
thus correcting another inequ
ity in the state tax structure.
Lamar Depratter
Promoted
To SP/5
Lamar DePratter, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry DePrat
ter of Nahunta, was promoted
to the grade of SP|5, Feb. 7,
1970.
Lamar entered the army
Oct. 1, 1968 at Fort Benning,
Ga. He completed the Advan
ced Infantry Training at
Fort Polk, La. and attended
Track Vehicle Mechanic
School at Fort Knox, Ky.,
where he received honors by
attaining second highest in
his class with a 92.32 out of
a possible 100.
SP|5 DePratter now serves
as a senior track mechanic
with Company A, Ist. Bn. 15
Infantry at Kitzengen, Ger
many.
Cloverleaf
4-H Club Met
February 13
On Friday, Feb. 13, at our
4-H club meeting we got our
paper for our 4-H project a
chievement meetings and we
talked about the paper. We
saw a film, the name of it
was Mix and Match Meals for
good health. It showed us
charts of the 4 food groups.
You should have 2 or more
servings of meat. Os the vege
table-fruit group you need 4
or .more servings. The milk
group 2 or more cups per day
depending on your age.
Reporter,
Beverly Hendrix
Births
HARRY STEVEN KNOX
Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Knox
of Route 2, Nahunta, announce
the birth of a son Harry Ste
ven, weighing six pounds and
seven ounces, on February 8.
The mother is the former
Miss Shirley Stewart.
