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VOLUME 48 — NUMBER 14
A Voice in the Wilderness
COUNTY HISTORY
Little known or not well remembered is the fact
that an indian played a major part in the formation
of the area that is now Brantley County. Though not
a full blooded Indian and with a name as unlike an
indian name as Smith, this individual did much to
help the state and settlers to take land belonging to
his people.
Alexander McGillivray was a halfbreed Indian.
His mother was a Creek and his father was a Scotch
Trader and he prospered because of both. He was
raised by his father and was educated in white
schools but returned to his mothers people when
he was twenty one years old. He became a member
of the Creek Council of Nations and was one of the
most shrewd Indian statesmen in the history of the
United States. His influence was sought by the
British, the French, the Spanish and the Americans
at the same time McGillivray was equally successful
in business, owning a large plantation on the Coosa
River that employed gangs of negro slaves that did
his farming. He had several houses in which he kept
his several wives. He was also a silent partner in a
trading firm in Savannah.
As a member of the Creek council, McGillivray
signed a treaty with some authoroties from the
State of Georgia in 1785 to deed a strip of land to
the state. The area was called “The Tallassee Strip,”
streching from the Altamaha to the St. Marys River.
At the meeting the men used whiskey, force and in
timidation to get the indians to sign their papers. The
treaty caused a furror in the Congress of the United
States because immediately afterward the Creeks
killed McGillivray for doublecrossing them by giving
their land away to the white men. The National Con
gress revoked the treaty as an unlawful document
and the matter was not brought up again until 1802.
PASTOR'S PEN
VICTORIOUS CHRISTIANS
The early Christians had a hard struggle while
being persecuted and were scattered all over the land.
We read in the Bible that it was that the people who
claimed righteous were the worst to persecute the
followers of Jesus Christ Acts: 8-4 I Cor. 15-32.
THEY OVERCAME THE DEVIL
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb,
I John 1-7. “The blood of Jesus Christ his son clean
seth us from all sin”. Exodus 12-13 “And when I see
the blood, I will Pass over you.” So the most impor
tant thing in ones life is to get under the blood, for
there is no other way to get rid of sin. See Eph. 2-8.
BY THEIR TESTIMONY
Turning to Matt. 28: 19 - 20; Acts: 1-8, Mark:
5: 19. It seems to me everyone that is under the blood
had such a happy feeling that they would want every
one else to know what great things the Lord has done
for them. I recall two young ladies who got under
the blood and today they are still giving their testi
mony everyday and ever where they go and work.
Want you tell others of Gods Greatness and love ?
WILL YOU SACRIFICE?
Will you like the disciples and messengers of God
sacrifice your life? They loved not their lives, were
willing to die for Christ.
“Jesus said, He that findeth his life shall loose it.
And he that loose his life for my sake shall save it.
Do you let anything come before your service to the
Church and Christ, remember you pay.
I have seen many pay in pain and tears.
Jesus said “Seek ye first his Kingdom and right
ous and these other things will be added unto you.”
Read Phil. 4 :19.
Births
Sidney Catherine Row,ell
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Rowell
of Hortense anounce the birth
of a baby girl, March 24, 1970
at Wayne Memorial Hospital.
She weighed seven pounds,
fifteen and one half ounces
and has been named Sidney
Catherine.
The .mother is the former
Miss Johnny Faye Eldridge.
The maternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Eld
ridge, Route 2, Patterson, and
paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rowell of
Hortense.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
REV. 12-11
Rev. Walter D. Vickery
Hortense News
By Mrs. Billy Wainright
Mr. Hardy Rowell is a pa
tient in Baptist Memorial Hos
pital in Jacksonville.
Mr. Kenny Lee is a patient
in the Glynn Memorial Hospi
tal in Brunswick.
Hunting And
Fishing License
Now On Sale
The 1970-71 Hunting and
Fishing Licenses are now on
sale at the Dealers. The 1969-
70 licenses expired March 31st.
A fishing license cost $2.25,
a hunting license cost $5.25.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Sergeant Jones
Receives Air
Force Award
John A. Jones, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Owen Jones who was
recently separated from the
Air Force received the covet
ed Air Force Commendation
Medal and Citation. John is
married to the former Miss
Linda Riggins of Nahunta. The
citation reads as follows:
Sergeant John A. Jones dis
tinguished himself by meri
torious service as
a Refrigeration &
A i r-C onditioning Spec
ialist, 633 d Civil Engineering
Squadron, Pleiku Air Base,
Republic of Vietnam, from
30 March 1069 to 3 March 19-
70. During this period, the
outstanding professional skill
initiative displayed by Ser
geant Jones in this responsi
ble position aided immeasura
bly in identifying and solving
numerous problems encount
ered in the accomplishment of
his duties. The energetic ap
plication of his knowledge has
played significant role in con
tributing to the success of the
United States Air Force mis
sion in Southeast Asia. The
distentive accomplishments of
Sergeant Jones reflect credit
upon himself and the United
States Air Force.
Upon returning to Brantley
County, John has established
his home here and has set up
a Refrigeration and Air-Con
ditioning shop in Nahunta.
Nahunta Baptist
Revival Begins
Sunday April 5
Revival will take place at
the First Baptist Church in
Nahunta next week, April 5-
12, it is announced by the pas
tor, Rev. Ernest S. Purcell.
The revival will begin on
on Sunday evening with an
inspirational music program.
Services will be held each
evening at 7:30. These ser
vices are not only for the
church but for the entire
community. The Lord wants
everyone to come and hear
what he has to say to Twen
tieth Century Man.
The Rev. Frank Bearden,
Pastor of the Nichols Bap
tist Church will deliver the
revival .messages Monday
through Friday evenings and
on Sunday morning.
The church wil provide a
nursery for the little ones.
Hickox Home
Economics Club
Held Meeting
The Hickox Extension
Home Economics Club met at
the home of Mrs. John I. Lee
on March 25. Mrs. Conway
Howard presided over the
meeting. Discussion was on
the district meeting to be held
April 9 in Savannah.
Mrs. Virginia Raulerson
gave the program on “So
You’re Going to Buy a Dry
er.”
Others present were Mrs.
W. W. Hendrix, Mrs. Wilson
Wainright, Mrs. Ned Hendrix,
Mrs. Jimmy Thomas, Mrs.
Steve Hendrix, Mrs. Donald
Crews, Mrs. Everette Lee,
Mrs. Neil Hendrix.
Mrs. Brooker
Was Elected
Worthy Matron
Mrs. Dorothy Brooker was
elected Worthy matron of Sa
tilla Chapter 365 Order East
ern Star at a meeting of the
chapter on Tuesday Mar
ch 24. Howard Crews was e
lected worthy patron for the
year.
Other officers elected were
Mrs. Malva Alice Brown, as
sociate matron; Sherman Tom
linson, associate patron; Mrs.
Mae Schoefield, conductress;
Mrs. Lurline Broome, associate
conductress; Mrs. Evelyn
Crews, secretary; and Mrs. El
eanor Tomlinson, treasurer.
Other officers will be nam
ed at the next meeting.
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, April 2, 1970
Beta Club To
Present Play
On Thursday
The B. C. H. S. Senior Beta
Club will present a three act
mystery comedy on Thursday
evening, April 2, at 7:30 in the
school cafetorium. The play,
by Mr. James Reach, is enti
tled The Dead of The Night
and will be shown here
through special arrangement
with Samuel French Publish
ers of New York.
Characters, in their order of
appearance, include Mary
Robinson, Pam Patten, Sheila
Bennett, Alec Jacobs, Eddie
Highsmith, Sandy Stewart,
Gary Cason, Scott Lewis, Ru
by Chesser, Jerry Crews, La
wrence Melton and Judy Da
vis. Angela Strickland and
Cherry Thomas are prompters.
Judy Thomas is publicity
chairman, and Lynell Griffin
is narrator and property
committee. Advisors for the
play are the Beta Club Co-
Sponsors, Miss Virleen Strick
land and Carolyn Thomas.
Admission will be fifty
cents for students and one
dollar for adults.
Veterans Due
Automobile
Benefits
Atlanta — State Veterans
Service Director Pete Wheel
er said that veterans of
World War II and the Ko
rean War, discharged under
other than dishonorable con
ditions and who suffered a
service-connected loss or per
manent loss of use of one or
both hands or feet, or perma
nent impairment of vision of
both eyes to a prescribed de
gree, may qualify for a VA
grant of up to $1,600 to be ap
plied toward the purchase of
an automobile or some other
means of conveyance.
Wheeler added that veter
ans with militatry service af
ter January 31, 1955 also may
qualify. To be eligible they
must meet the same qualifi
cations as the veterans of
World War II and Korea. In
addition, clear evidence is re
quired to show that their
qualifying disability is the di
rect result of the performance
of active duty.
“It is very important,” said
Wheeler, “for veterans to re
member that payment can be
made only to the seller and
never to the veteran. Veterans
are urged, therefore, to inves
tigate before they make a pur
chase as all such transactions
must be authorized by the
VA.”
Any office of the Georgia
Department of Veterans Serv
ice will provide complete in
formation.
F.T.A. Tutoring
Program Has
Made Changes
The Brantley County De
partment of Family and
Children Services continues
to carry on the Volunteer Tu
toring Program within the
county, with the cooperation
of the Future Teachers of A
merica organization of Brant
ley County High School.
The program has made a
change in the place for the
group of children who need
tutoring. The program is now
being held each Wednesday
afternoon at the Nahunta Ele
mentary School after the
regular school hour. Refresh
ments are being furnished for
the children and students by
the Junior Woman’s Club,
who deserve our appreciation
for accepting this responsibil
ty.
Since this program was
started, an average of twenty
FTA club members have giv
en sixteen hours, instructing
an average of twelve stu
dents.
We would also like to rec
ognize the first and second
grade teachers of Nahunta
Elementary School who have
cooperated with the students
of FTA and have contributed
much to making this program
a success.
Spring Football
Game April 4
There will be a Blue &
Gold spring football game at
Brantley County High School
Saturday night, April 4, be
ginning at 8:00. Admission 50c
for students and SI.OO for a
dults.
Vet. Benefits
Veterans of military serv
ice may receive a monthly al
lowance for attending college
classes at the University of
Georgia, Waycross Center.
Full time students (those en
rolled in three courses) will re
ceive $130.00 if they have
no dependents, $155.00 if they
have one dependent and $175.-
00 if they claim two depen
dents. Veterans who take two
courses will receive $95.00 per
month with no depen
dents, $115.00 with one depen
dent, and $135.00 with two or
more dependents. Student vet
erans who take one course will
receive the cost of tuition
$56.00.
Os special interest to vet
erans is the two year Certifi
cate in General Business, a
program for those persons who
do not plan to earn a four
year degree, but need college
experience to advance in their
occupations. This program in
cludes one year of arts and
sciences courses and one year
of business and economics
courses. The Way cross Center
is fully accredited by the
Southern Association of Col
leges and Schools, and the
Certificate in General Business
is widely recognized as a
stepping stone to occupational
advancement.
For information, call Mr.
Larry Bramblett, at 283-
9222 or write the Waycross
Center, 1007 Mary Street,
Waycross, Georgia 31501.
Spring quarter registration
will be held on March 23, at
the Center, from 9:00 A. M.
till 6:00 P. M.
Pre-Addressed
Label On
Tax Forms
Waycross, Ga. — Many in
come tax errors, particularly
those that delay refunds, can
be eliminated by using the
pre-addressed label on forms
received in the mail, according
to C. F. Jackson, Local Rep
resentative of Internal Reven
ue Service. Income tax re
turns with labels can be quick
ly identified and processed
since they contain necessary
indentifying information.
If your name or address has
changed, make the necessary
corrections on the label and
lightly strike through the
wrong pre-printed informa
tion. If you have a refund due,
this will help insure delivery
of the check to the correct ad
dress.
Mr. Jackson said, however,
that if the Form 1040 on which
the pre-eddressed label ap
pears should become mutilat
ed. the taxpayer should peel it
off and adhere the gummed
back label to another form.
The filing deadline for 19-
69 tax returns is April 15,
1970.
Gospel Sing
To Be Held At
Mt. Calvary
Mount Calvary Baptist
Church will sponsor a Gospel
Sing Saturday night at 7:30.
Featured singers will be the
Chapman Family of Bruns
wick, and the Southerners
Quartet of Surrency.
The Rev. J. A. Ferguson in
vites the public to attend.
Personals
Miss Polly Ann Middleton
is a patient in Glynn Memori
al Hospital in Brunswick.
Marine Lance Corporal Jo
seph J. Herrin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jim R. Herrin of Rt. 1,
Nahunta, is now serving with
the Second Marine Aircraft
Wing, at the Marine Corps
Air Station, Cherry Point, N.
C.
WHAT DOES IT
COST TO RAISE
YOUR CHILD
What does it cost in the
South to raise a child to the
age of 18?
A home economist with the
University of Georgia Coop
erative Extension Service says
the answer is somewfhat in
volved but some averages help
to bring the price range into
focus.
“You need to answer sever
al questions to get the an
swer,” said Miss Lora Laine,
Extension home management
specialist. Is the child raised
in a city, in the country or
on an active farm? How many
children are in the family?
What are the parent’s stand
ards of what is necesstary in
life and what is desirable?
The average cost to raise a
child born in 1951 living in
a family of mother and father
and no more than five chil
dren, in a rural non-fartn a
rea in the South was $17,353,
Miss Laine said. For a child
raised unde the same circum
stances in the western United
States, it cost $20,190. The
cost for the north central re
gion of the country was sls,
800.
Miss Laine said these figures
computed with the prices that
were current in each year of
the child’s life beginning in
1951, and with the family on
a low-cost, but adequate, food
level.
If the costs of raising the
child had been the same every
year as they were in 1969, it
would have cost $21,050 to
raise the same child in the
South, Miss Laine continued.
To put it another way, the
$21,050 figure is what you
could expect to incur to raise
a new son or daughter to age
18 if prices don’t increase.
Miss Laine said the figures
are a part of a U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture paper,
“Costs of Raising a Child,”
prepared by USDA home econ
omists.
Items used in figuring the
total cost include food, cloth
ing, housing (his share of the
family’s total cost for shelter,
utilities, furnishings and e
quipment), medical care, edu
cation, transportation and mis
cellaneous expenditures such
as personal care and recrea
tion.
Miss Laine said the total
costs per year to raise the
child generally* rise as the
child grows. When figured in
1969 dollars, costs in his 18th
year are as much as 30 to 45
percent higher than in his
first year.
Costs do not rise at the same
rate over the 18 years. The in
crease is the sharpest in cloth
ing and food, the Extension
home management specialist
pointed out. And costs per
child can be expected to de
crease as the family size tends
to increase. It will turn up
ward again when the child is
a teenager.
Something May
Be Missing On
Your Tax Return
Way cross, Ga. — Georgia
taxpayers filing their 1969
Federal income tax return will
speed up not only their re
funds but also the processing
of their returns if they include
the required schedules and
forms, C. F. Jackson, Local
Representative of Internal
Revenue, said today. So far
this year in Georgia, approxi
mately 6,000 documents have
been missing in returns fil
ed.
The most frequently omitted
are Schedule A, for itemizing
deductions; Schedule B on
which dividend and interest
income is reported; Schedule
E, used to report income from
annuities, pensions, royalties,
rents, partnerships, trusts and
estates; Schedule C, required
to report profit or loss from
a business or profession; and
Schedule D, a report of gains
or losses from sales and ex
changes of property.
Mr. Jackson emphaszed that
many Georgia taxpayers have
also forgotten to file Form 2440,
Statement to Support Exclu
sion of Sick Pay, and Form
3903, Moving Expense Adjust
ment. These forms or substi
tute statements are necessary
for claiming sick pay exclus
ions or moving expense deduc
tions.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Brantley Students Compete
In Literary Meet At Douglas
F. 8.1. Dept. Has
Job Openings
K. W. Whittaker, Special A
gent in Charge of the FBI,
Savannah Division, announced
that the FBI has positions a
vailable in Washington, D. C.,
for Clerks, Typists, Finger
print Clerks, and Stenograph
ers. No previous experience
is necessary since employees
are assigned to existing va
cancies when they enter on
duty and receive on-the-job
training in their assigned du
ties.
To qualify for FBI employ
ment, you must be a citizen
of the United States, a high
school graduate, at least 16
years of age, and be able to
pass a required physical exam
ination. You will also be re
quired to pass a rigid investi
gation of loyalty, reputation,
and character.
For the position of Clerk,
a person has to pass a spelling
test. Starting salary is $4360
per year and after being 'em
ployed for 90 days one be
comes eligible for promotion
to $4917 per year. A Typist,
in addition to a spelling test,
has to pass a 45 word per min
ute typing test and the start
ing salary is $4917 per year.
A Fingerprint Clerk must pass
only a spelling test, and this
starting salary is $4917 |per
year, with possibility of pro
motion after six months to
$5522 per year, and to $6882 in
two years. A stenographer
must be able to take shorthand
by any system, at the rate of
80 words per minute, to type
at the rate of 45 words per
minute, and successfully pass
a spelling and vocabulary
test. Starting salary for a
Stenographer is $5522 per
year. Typists with some short
hand training, but who have
insufficient ability to meet
these requirement, can attend
and FBI-conducted shorthand
school during working hours
at no expense if assigned to
Washington, D. C. This will
assist in qualifying for the
position of Stenographer while
working as Clerks or Typists.
In addition, employees of
the FBI have unlimited op
portunities for advancement,
incentive awards, vacation
and sick leave benefits, vet
erans’ counseling and assis
tance, education facilities and
health and life insurance pro
grams. It is also significant
to note that travel expenses to
Washington are reimbursed to
all new employees.
Anyone interested in ap
plying for any of these posi
tions or in receiving addition
al information should call or
visit the FBI Office at 5401
Paulsen Street, Savannah,
telephone 354-9911, or write
to the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation, Post Office Box
6458. Savannah, Georgia
31405.
NO. 1 GARDEN PEST
Nematodes continue to be
the No. 1 pest in home gar
dens. Os 54 soil samples from
Georgia last year, 52 were in
fested with root knot nema
todes. Extension Service plant
pathologists say all home gar
dens should be treated for
these pests. Check with coun
ty agents for materials and
application rates.
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Brantley County High
School literary contestants
and alternates attended the
Region 2-B Literary Meet at
South Georgia College, Dou
glas, Georgia, on March 26,
1970. In overall competition
Telfair County placed first in
the meet, Irvin County placed
second, and Brantley County
placed third with fifty-seven
points.
The following students who
represented Brantley County
High in various events are
listed by name, event and
score:
Cindy Raulerson, Home Ec
nomics, Ist place.
Wilma Jean Roberson,
Shorthand, Ist place.
Jerol Drawdy, Boys Typing,
Ist place.
Darlene Crews, Girls Typ
ing, Ist place.
Dallas Montague, Piano So
lo, Ist place.
Boys’ Quartet. Sammy Dru
ry, Edward Nichols, Gary
Cason, Johnny Guy, Ist place.
Girls’ Solo, Gloria Smith,
2nd place.
Deborah Carroll, Mary Robin
son, 2nd place.
Girls’ Solo, Gloria Smith.
Boys’ Solo, Gary Cason, 4th
place.
Boys’ Essay, Glynn Griffin,
3rd place.
Girls’ Essay, Sandra Stewart,
4th place.
Alternate contestants who
attended the literary meet in
cluded Sarita Deal, Jan Pur
cell, Wanda Morgan, Sandra
Griffin and Paul Foerman.
Faculty members accompany
ing the group were Mr. Joe
Sears, Mrs. Dorothy Ham, and
Mrs. Carolyn Thomas.
First Place winers received
medals last Thursday and will
represent Region 2-B in the
State Literary Meet to be held
at Mercer University, Macon,
Georgia, on April 11, 1970.
Denied Pensions
Could Be Due
Veteran's Kin
Atlanta — According to
State Veterans Service Direc
tor Pete Wheeler, “Many wi
dows and children of deceased
Georgia war veterans are eli
gible for pensions, but they
just have not bothered to make
application for such pensions
at the veterans Administra
tion.
“Until a few years ago,”
said Wheeler, “a widow’s eli
gibility for a pension requir
ed that her husband have a
service connected disability
at the time of his death. This
restriction, however, was lift
ed in 1960, and many widows,
who were denied pensions on
that basis should now make
new applications at the VA.”
The eligibility of a wartime
veteran’s widow for a pension,
according to the law, can be
voided only by income limi
tations and remarriage.
Wheeler said that the a
mount of a widow’s pension
is dependent upon her in
come. Widows, previously de
nied pensions, because of ex
cessive income, would now
qualify if their income does
not exceed $2,000 and they
have no dependents. The
income limitations for a wi
dow with dependents is $3,-
200.
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