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VOLUME 48 — NUMBER 9
A Voice in the Wilderness
DOES HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
During the Reconstruction Period after the Civil
War, the south was overrun with Northern scala
wags, carpetbaggers and all manner of other radi
cals. The hue and cry across the land was to help
the underprivileged and free the slaves, free the
slaves, free the slaves.
We agree that the slaves should have been freed,
that there should never have been slaves, before
the civil war or at any other time in history. But
there was and we presume there still are slaves to
day.
During the reconstruction, exslaves, inexperienced
and uneducated were placed in political offices from
the governors chair, through the legislature down
to the county and city government’s. By what ma
gical means could people enslaved for years be
expected to not only vote their conscience, but hold
a political office with any expection of serving the
public?
The present spectacle of enforced integration and
required busing, to achieve mixing of the races on
ly in the south is as much a sham by the northern
radicals today as was the required acceptance of
the fourteenth amendment by all the Confederate
States. After Georgia and all other Confederate
States except one refused to adopt it, the Federal
Government placed the south under military rule.
Georgia’s military Governor made seventy appoint
ments into positions formerly held by people elec
ted by the people.
The Constitution of the United States gives us
FREEDOM OF. By what right are we citizens told
that we must bus the children to a particular school ?
Could it be through the threat of withholding of
Federal funds? Could it be that the Supreme
Court is acting in areas where they have little or no
authority? Could the Administrative Branch be forc
ing something on the people against their will ?
What ever the answer, the people are not satis
fied and it is quite obvious that the south is suffering
from a law or ruling that does not apply equally to
all states.
PASTOR'S PEN
“FROM SAUL TO PAUL"
Saul was the persecutor of the church. He was a
Pharisee of the strictest sect. The word “Pharisee”
means “The Separated One.” He was separated from
men of lower rank. We will call them the people
of the street or the common people. As far as he
was concerned these people were fit only as “fuel
for the fires of hell.”
As Saul he did not recognize Christ as “Messiah.”
He was ready to wipe out anything Christ had a
part in. There are at least two reasons why he had
this nature. In the first place there was his parental
and educational background. In the second place he
did not really know Christ.
When Saul finally came to see Christ ^and His
cross, he became a changed man. He saw that
Christ really loved him ( and had given Himself for
him, therefore Paul was sure that he no longer be
longed to himself, but entirely to, Jesus.
Saul, the Pharisee from Tarsus, had become Paul,
the servant and apostle, “separated unto the Gos
pel of God.” His credentials no longer permitted
destruction but building. He would no .longer con
demn people to death but commit them to life.
As Paul the new man, ( he recognized Christ not
only as “Messiah” of the Jews, but also as the Lord
of all mankind. Most important he saw himself as
servant, a slave of Jesus Christ. He knew that he
was not his own for he had been bought with a price.
The same Christ has given Himself for you, and
can transform you from a Saul to a Paul. This is
the gospel.
Sociology Students
To Probe Georgia
College Attitudes
Milledgeville, Ga. — A
group of 19 senior sociology
majors at Georgia College at
Milledgeville is planning an
investigation into the attitudes
of the college’s students,
faculty members and adminis
trators toward a number of
educational and behavioral is
sues.
The students, advised by
Ernest S. Purcell
Pastor, Nahunta Baptist Church
sociology instructor E. Tim
othy Lightfield, will adminis
ter a detailed questionnaire to
a random sample of 200 per
sons at the college during the
week of February 9-13.
The questionnaire delves in
to such matters as the college’s
traditions and educational en
vironment, student behavior
patterns, and what sociologists
call “power-authority factors.”
The students will make use
of the college’s electronic cod
ing and data processing e
quipment to analyze and in
terpret information gained
from the questionnaire.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Purdom-Meeks
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow
Dick Purdam of Baxley, for
merly of Duluth, Georgia, an
nounce the engagement and
approaching marriage of their
daughter, Carol Ann, to Waldo
Ernest Meeks, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd M. Meeks of Pem
broke.
Miss Purdom is the grand
daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. John Marshall Tomme,
Sr., of LaGrange, Georgia, and
the late Mr. and Mrs. James
Lewis Purdom, Sr., of Nahun
ta. Mr. Meeks is the grandson
of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ne-
Smith of Statesboro, Georgia,
and the late Mr. and Mrs. M.
N. Meeks of Brooklet.
Miss Purdom is a 1966 grad
uate of Appling County High
School, and is a senior at
Georgia Southern College. She
will complete her degree in
March, and will graduate in
June with a Bachelor of Sci
ence degree in Education with
a major in Herne Economics.
Mr. Meeks is a 1965 gradu
ate of Effingham County High
School and attended Georgia
Southern College. He is pres
ently attending Savannah
Tech, where he will graduate
in August. He is now employ
ed by Georgia Pacific of
Savannah.
The wedding will be solem
nized April 11, .at 7:00 P. M.,
at the Baxley First Baptist
Church.
In Memoriam
In memory of Irene S. Steed
ly who departed this life Feb
ruary 24, 1969. One year has
gone by, but you are not for
gotten. We miss you, oh, we
miss you and we are so lonely
without you. The days and
nights are so lonely and can
never be the same.
But sweet precious memories
cling tenderly to your name,
how you worked so hard to
make our home so happy. No
one knows the sadness for the
one we love so well. But
God loved you best, so happy
angles came and took you
home to rest from this world
of sin, pain, and sorrow. He
took you to a home where
all are happy and sorrow is
unknown. But we shall never
lose sweet memory of the one
we loved so much.
Want to perk up your in
door plants? Take a soft cloth,
moisten with tap water and
gently rub to remove dust
from plants. Horticulturists
with the University of Geor
gia Extension Service say this
will perk them up.
The population of America’s
living veterans rose during
1969 from 26.700.000 to an
estimated 27.300,000 as of
Dec. 31, 1969, according to
the VA.
MISS CAROL ANN PURDOM
Engagement Is Announced
Sadly missed by Hus
band, Jack Steedly and
Children
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, February 26, 1970
Randy Jones
Funeral Service
Held Monday
Widespread sorrow was oc
casioned throughout this sec
tion early Sunday morning,
February 22, when it was
learned that Randy David
Jones, 15, had passed away at
Glynn-Brunswick Memorial
Hospital from injuries sus
tained earlier in an automo
bile accident near Waynesville,
which hospitalized three other
companions.
A native of Wayne County,
he was a member of the Way
nesville Baptist Church and
a student in the Freshman
Class of the Brantley County
High School. He was also a
member of the 4-H Club, the
Future Farmers of America
and the Pep Club.
Survivors include his moth
er and step-father, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard L. Farrell of
Waynesville; his father John
ny C. Jones of Milan; a
brother, Richard L. Farrell,
Jr. of Waynesville; a sister,
Melissa Farrell of Waynes
ville; his maternal grandmoth
er, Mrs. Thelma Thompson of
Waynesville; his paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Robert Col
well of Milan.
Also surviving are several
aunts, uncles and other rela
tives.
Funeral services were held
at four o’clock Monday after
noon, February 23, from the
Waynesville Baptist Church
with the Rev. J. C. Shepard
oficiating, assisted by the Rev.
Lester J. Edgy.
The body lay in state in the
Church for one hour prior to
services.
Interment followed in the
family plot in the Highsmith
Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were
Johnson Wiggins, Jimmy
Jones, John Nix, Tom Gibson,
Jon Jones and Danny Proctor.
The Honorary Escort was
composed of fellow students
and classmates from the
freshman Class at Brantley
County High School.
The many beautiful floral
tributes attested to the esteem
felt for the deceased.
The family has the sympa
thy of their many friends in
their bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral
Home of Nahunta was in
charge of arrangements.
Gospel Sing
To Be Held
Saturday Night
The Palmetto Church of
God will have a gospel sing
at Atkinson Saturday night
7:30 — February 28th. Featur
ing the Day Family, every
one is invited to attend.
V. G. Harrington,
68, Passes Away
Victor G. Harrington, 68, re
tired postal employee, died
Feb. 12, 1970 in the Buffalo
Veterans Administration Hos
pital where he had been a
patient about a month. He
lived at 134 Somerton Ave.,
Kenmore.
A Wellsville native, Mr.
Harrington came to Kenmore
in 1931. He was employed by
the Post Office Department 37
years. At his retirement in
1965 he was in charge of
mail dispatch at Central Ter
minal.
A Navy veteran, Mr. Har
rington was a member of Ton
awanda Elks Lodge No. 860.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Eula Brooker, five
sisters; Mrs. Leonard E. Whee
ler, Bolivar, Mrs. William
Joachim Wynnewood, Pa.;
Mrs. William J. Shine, Horse
heads; Mrs. Bertram Freed, O
lean, and Mrs. F. Richard Barn
es, San Jose, Calif., and
two brothers, Kenneth, San
Francisco, and Stephen, Ken
more.
Chester S. Salter
Dies in Brunswick
Chester S. Salter, 63, died at
the Brunswick hospital.
Salter was a resident of Rt.
1, Hortense. He had lived in
Brunswick for 40, years, com
ing from Bessemer, Ala. He
was a member of the Crisco
Hunting Club and a member
of the Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife;
a daughter, Mrs. James Wish
am of Darien; two brothers,
Claude Salter and James Sal
ter of Bessemer, Ala.; two
sisters, Mrs. Ella Mae Rogers
of Bessemer and Mrs. Latha
Myers of Nashville, Tenn.;
three step-children, Charles B.
Middleton of Brunswick, Sam
my Middleton of St. Simons,
and Miss Polly Ann Middleton
of Hortense; two grandchil
dren and five step-grandchil
dren.
Funeral services were held
at 2. P. M. in the Gibson-Hart-
Durden chapel with the Rev.
R. C. Mathis and the Rev.
Basil G. Osipoff officiating.
Interment was held at 1. P.
M. Sunday in Salter Ceme
tery near Birmingham, Ala.
Honorary pallbearers were
Hoyt V. McConnell, B. F.
Newkirk, E. L. Smith, Nor
man Stewart, Mitchell Owens,
Cecil Johnson, L. S. Horton,
G. W. Horton. Hopps Strick
land, Edward Townsend, Ken
neth Lee, Perry Rozier, D.
T. Middleton. Dr. W. W. Payne
and members of the Crisco
Hunting Club.
NAHUNTA LODGE
No. 391 F. & A. M.
The regular communication
of Nahunta Lodge 391 F. and
A. M. will be held Tues, at
7:30 P. M. in the Masonic Hall.
All members are urged to
attend; visiting Brethren
welcome.
Johnny Jones, W. M.
George E. Stewart, Sec.
Card of Thanks
We would like to express
our sincere thanks and deep
est gratitude to all those who
were so kind and helpful to
us during our recent bereave
ment.
We are especially grateful
for the messages of sympathy,
floral tributes, covered dishes
and other acts of kindness
shown.
May the Lord’s blessings a
bide with each of you.
The Family of
Mrs. Maggie M. Salter
and Mrs. James Wisham
If pruning is required on
your pecan trees, this is a
good time of the year to get
the job done. Cooperative Ex
tension Service horticulturists
point out that pruning is im
portant on pecan trees from
the standpoint of disease con
trol.
Funeral Services
Held Friday
For Mrs. White
Mrs. Addie Sutton White,
76, of Nahunta, widow of the
late Willie White, passed a
way Thursday morning in
the Pineview Nursing Home
following a long illness.
A native of Brantley Coun
ty, she was a daughter of the
late Q. B. Sutton and Mary
Ann Dykes. She was a mem
ber of the Nahunta Baptist
Church.
Survivors are three cousins,
Mrs. Betsy Dykes, Mrs. Ocie
Keene, and George Dykes, all
of Nahunta and a number of
distant relatives.
Services for Mrs. White were
held at 2:00 o’clock Friday af
ternoon from the graveside in
Rob Lewis Cemetery.
Officiating was Rev. Carl
Broome.
Clough-Pearson Funeral
Home of Blackshear was in
change.
Rural Electrics
In State Show
Decade of Growth
The rural electrics in Geor
gia have realized their greatest
growth during the past decade
of any in its 35 year history,
according to Theo M. Parker
son, President of the Georgia
Electric Membership Corp.,
and Walter Harrison, Execu
tive Manager of GEMC.
Mr. Parkerson stated that
from the year 1960 to 1970,
the 41 electric Cooperatives
that make up the Georgia E
lectric Membership Corp, have
increased the number of
meters served from 257,600
in 1960 to 405,000 in 1970. This
reflects a 47 percent growth
in meters over the ten
year period.
In addition to this growth
in consumers, the cooperatives
had 56,700 miles of line en
ergized in 1960 compared to
75,400 in 1970, or a 31 percent
increase.
In comparing the two items,
number of meters to miles of
line, the co-ops averaged 4.8
members per mile of line in
1960 compared to 5.4 in 1970.
Mr. Parkerson also stated
that GEMC underwent many
improvements other than
growth during the 19605. Prob
ably the most important of
which was the organization of
a co-op bank called the Coop
erative Finance Corp.
The bank, established by and
for rural electrics all over
the nation and spearheaded
bv the National Rural Elec
tric Cooperative Association, is
designed to provide the elec
tric cooperatives an additional
source of financing.
The Rural Electric Adminis
tration (REA), a division of
the Department of Agriculture
set up with the original rural
electric bill, has in the past
provided the needed financing
at a reasonable interest. In
creased demands on the fed
eral budget for other needs
and the increased requirements
of the electric co-ops were the
influencing factors for the es
tablishment of CFC.
“We look for the 1970 s to
provide just as many interest
ing and challenging opportun
ities as the 19605”, Mr. Park
erson said.
If you want to grow fruit
trees but have a limited a
mount of space, you might
consider growing the trees on
wire trellises. Your county a
gent can give you details on
the best varieties of trees to
plant using this method.
j 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
| No Clinic on Wednesday - 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
Criminal Code Amended
Atlanta, February 21, The
General Assembly adjourned
Saturday night concluding a
short hard working session
which achieved most major
goals.
The House passed a new
Criminal Code which corrects
some of the defects in the
comprehensive criminal code
passed two years ago. Two
provisions in the new code
will materially change both
procedural and substantive tri
al of criminal cases.
The people will now have
the right of appeal from ad
verse rulings involving techni
cal matters touching upon a
criminal case prior to actual
trial of a defendant, thus pro
tecting the accused from dou
ble jeopardy while preventing
criminals from being freed
on mere technicalities occur
ring before a case is tried on
its merits.
The unsworn statement law
which provides that a defen
dant in a criminal case may
make an unsworn statement
without being subjected to
cross-examination by the state
has been abolished. The ac
cused will now testify under
oath and the state will have
the right to cross-examine in
order to test the correctness
of the testimony.
Criminal defendants have
been freed in recent years,
particularly in large cities, on
procedural maters without ev
er going to trial. The new law
will safeguard the rights and
protect the interest of the
general public.
State Budget
The SI.OB billion budget was
signed, after an amendment to
provide a new prison for wo
men. which eliminated the
possibility of a veto.
The major part of the bud
get was allocated for educa
tional purposes.
The increase in teachers sal
aries this year of an average
of $500.00 ranging upward to
over $900.00 under the Depart
ment of Education Index,
which was not changed, re
sulted in an average increase
to the teaching profession of
$2,000.00 over the past four
years — without any increase
in taxes at the state level. This
increase amounts to a greater
percentage increase
than the total increase
allocated during nine previous
years.
Welfare Costs
The House passed a bill that,
if approved, will abolish coun
ty participation in the cost of
welfare which would be trans
ferred to the state at a cost
of $11.7 million. This could
result in reduction of taxes at
the local level.
Constitution Defeated
The major blow to the state
in general and rural Georgia
in particular was the failure
of the Senate to take up the
new House-passed constitution.
Provisions in the existing
constitution which provided
the “life-line” to rural Georgia
were kept intact in the new
document, the most important
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of which was the retention of
allocation of state gas taxes
to the State Highway Depart
ment for road building and
maintenance purposes.
In voting against the consti
tution one Dekalb lawmaker
stated: “The public wants the
Highway Department run by
its board with professional di
rection and programs based
on a system of priorities. The
public wants its money spent
where the public and the au
tomobiles are.” What he was
saying, in effect, was that
roads and programs should be
limited to the large urban a
reas. This is exactly what will
happen if the constitutional
allocation of gas tax money to
the Highway Department is
not retained in any new con
stitution.
Next Session
Experts estimate the next
Assembly will be in session
more than six months. After
the new census the Assembly
must realign congressional dis
tricts and reapportion both the
House and Senate.
Gratitude
My sincere thanks to the
weekly newspapers in this dis
trict which have cooperated
to the fullest in publishing
these reports. A comprehensive
report is not possible. Even a
limited report is lengthy and
the publishers have rendered
a public service in making
them possible for which they
have my sincere thanks and
best wishes.
Personals
John H. Scott, 24, whose
half sister, Lizzie R.
White, lives in Nahunta, Ga.,
was promoted to Army spe
cialist four Jan., 3, while serv
ing with the 4th Infantry Di
vision in Vietnam. He
is a co o k i n Headquarters
and Service Battery, 4th Bat
talion of the division’s 42d
Artillery ner Pleiku.
Mr. Brown Brooker returned
home Sunday from Buffaid,
N. Y. He attended the fun
eral of his brother-in-law,
Victor G. Harrington.
Friends and Relatives of
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Lane
would like to welcome them
back to the Browntown com
munity after a long stay in
North Carolina.
Mr. J. T. (Dick) Morgan
remains a patient in the Way
cross Memorial Hospital.
Mr. George Dykes was rush
ed to Waycross Memorial Hos
pital on Tuesday night and
was placed in Intensive care.
Bookmobile Schedule
Given for March
Wednesday, March 4,
Waynesville, Lula ton, Atkin
son, Hickox, Nahunta, Old
Post Road.
Wednesday, March 11,
Brantley County Schools.
Wednesday, March 18,
Schlatterville, Hoboken, Hor
tense, Raybon.
