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VOLUME 48 — NUMBER 27
A Message from
J. Edgar Hoover, FBI Director
There is something distressing about free people
having to restrict and alter their daily pursuits and
activities because of brazen criminals.
Is it right that bus passengers in many metropol
itan areas must always have the exact fare because
busdrivers cannot carry money to make change
without being robbed ? Is it right that motorists in
some cities must buy gasoline in amounts for which
they have exact money, or use credit cards, to keep
station attendants from being held up by thugs?
Is it right that downtown merchants in some areas
should Ipse their customers., and perhaps their busi
nesses,because citizens are afraid to venture into
crime-infested streets?
Let us face it. Are we,as ;a free society under the
rule of law, shaping our own destiny, or are we being
pushed and boxed in by those who defy-the law and
have no respect for the rights of others?
The truth of the matter is that more and more of
our Nation’s total energy and effort is needed to pro
tect people against crime. For instance, more theft
prevention devices are being installed in new auto
mobiles. More homes are being equipped with big
ger and more complex door locks. Banks are taking
action to reduce the amount of cash exposed to bank
robbers. Insome cities, police patrol school corridors
and grounds to keep troublemakers from disrupting
classes and assaulting students. The list goes on and
on. We are attempting, in effect, to errect a protec
tive barrier between society and the criminal. How
ever, history dating back to Biblical times teaches
us that high walls as such do not necessarily pro
vide sanctuary. If we are to find relief from crime,
we have to shore up our legal walls to prevent
lawbreakers from slipping back and forth through
loopholes to prey on the public and then hide behind
legal sanctions to avoid just and adequate punish
ment. If we are to contain the spiraling crime rate
and bring a higher degree of security back to the
law-biding citizens, then we must make justice
swift and certain. In spite of what some courts and
legal theorists may proclaim, justice is all-inclusive;
it means justice for the victims and the public as
well as for the accused.
Soon, we will have to stop granting concessions
to marauding criminals and stop reshaping our lives
to conditions thrust upon ,us by exces-
sive crime. I am fully convinced that one of the most
effective moves we could make to combat crime in
the 1970’s would be to speed up and improve our
judicial processes so that the time element between
a criminal violation and its disposition in court is
sharply reduced. The old truism notwithstanding, it
would appear that not all criminals and their at
torneys today believe that “justice delayed” is “jus
tice denied.”
Let us stop reacting aimlessly to the pressing de
mands of the lawless. Rather, let us start applying
the legal remedies and safeguards of the law
which is meant to penalize those who break it, not
those who abide by it.
s John Edgar Hoover
Brantley County
Youths Attend
4-H Council
Four Brantley County 4-H
club members represented our
county at the State 4-H Coun
cil June 22-24 at the Rock
Eagle 4-H Center. Attending
were Sonya Bass, Debra
Thrift, Blake Loyd and John
Middleton, accompanied by
Mr. George Loyd, County A
gent.
One thousand 4-H members
from all over the state at
tended get-acquainted parties,
dances, and many interesting
assemblies. Guest speakers in
cluded: Mr. Bill Cury, foot
ball player with the Baltimore
Colts; Dr. David Shwartz from
the Georgia State University;
Mr. Paul Anderson, Olympic
Weight Lifting World’s Cham
pion and Mrs. Florrie Fisher,
an ex-drug addict, who led a
talk and discussion on drug
abuse.
Special entertainment was
OUR ADVERTISERS.
THEY MAKE THIS
HEWSPAPER POSSIBLE.
provided by the Third United
States Army Soldiers’ Show.
Sonya Bass
.Smokey Says:
WILDFIRES
a cause
POLLUTION
Don’t pollute our environment
... prevent wildfires!
More than $29,000 in college
scholarships were awarded to
Georgia 4-H Club members
last year, according to Harold
Darden, 4-H leader with the
University of Georgia Coop
erative Extension Service.
SUPPORT
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Funds of $13,715 will finance
projects in reading, mathema
tics. and kindergarten activi
ties and a' 'materials center. .
Title I funds under the Ele
mentary and Secondary Edu
cation Act are distributed lo
cally on the basis of the num.
h^>r of school age children in
the school system from fami
'ies with less than $2,000 an
nual income. School leaders
nlan their own projects to fill
’ocally determined needs then
submit them to the Georgia
Department of Education Ti
tle Coordinator R. C. Beemon
for approval.
Recently enacted Health De
oartment Law, requires that
all dogs be vaccinated by a
registered veterinarian. Th~
rabies tag must be displayed
on the dog’s collar. Rabies cli
nics will be held on the fol
lowing days.
Friday - July 17
Waynesville - Post Office
-a. m. - 10:00 a. m.
Hortense - Eldridge Gro
cery - 10:30 a. m. - 12:00 noon.
Nahunta - Tomlinson Drug
Store - 1:30 p. m. - 6:00 p. m.
Saturday, July 18
Hoboken - Post Office- 8:-
00 a. m. - 10:00 a. m.
There will be a nominal
charge for this service. All
dogs that are unvaccinated af
ter August 1, will be subject
to be picked up by the Rabies
Control Officer. 7-16
Brantley County
Receives Title
i Projects
Disadvantaged school chil
dren in Brantley County will
benefit from four special pro
grams under Title I, ESEA,
during the fiscal year 1970. ac
cording to State School Sup
erintendent Jack P. Nix. Mrs.
D. S. Moody is Brantley Coun
ty School Superintendent.
Legal Notice
RABIES CLINIC
Statement by Dr. Drury
My announcement of June 11, 1970
which appeared in The Southeast Geor
gian of Kingsland, Ga., and on June 25,
1970 in the Brantley County Enterprise
of Nahunta, Ga., was received with
great acclaim by many Brantley and
Camden County’s most respectable citi
zens. The Camden County Tribune of St.
Marys, Ga., which is owned by the fam
ily of my opponent refused to print the
announcement. The Tribune asserted its
rights to censor any material it prints,
even paid political advertisements. This
policy, of course, makes it impossible
for me to express an opinion or position
in the Tribune or other paper controll
ed by the Tribune owner, contrary to
the desires of my opponent.
In a publisher’s statement the editor
of the Tribune tried to imply that the
announcement failed to meet the dead
line of publication, when in fact a flat
refusal was made by the Tribune to
publish the advertisement at anytime. A
deadline for publication was not at is
?ue. The publisher’s statement contin
ued on to say that many times the Tri
)une had published material in opposi
ion to my opponent who is the brother
)f the publisher. The fact here is that
ny opponent took office six years ago
igainst token opposition and in the past
wo elections was unopposed for re
election. This should give you an esti
mate of the amount of material printed
in opposition to my opponent.
As for the ‘‘insinuations and half
truths” mentioned in the Tribune, you
will find that an examination of my an
nouncement will show that I have made
many forthright statements which I am
quite sure are very painful for the poli
tical machine backing my opponent to
hear.
Another point made in the publishers
statement was that my announcement
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, July 2, 1970
Personals
Mrs. Lila Crews has return
:ed home after visiting her
I daughter, Mrs. Frank Brady
and family in Statesville,
North Carolina. Before return
ing home she visited Mr. and
Mrs. B. N. Hinson of Columbia,
S. C.
Sp-4 Michael Lee has return
ed to Romulus. New York,
where he is stationed, after
spending 2 weeks with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Lee.
Mr. Delto Morgan was plac
ed on convalescent status in
the Twin Oaks Convalescent
Center, Inc., Worth Street, Al
ma. Ga.
Mrs. Jewel Trhlik has re
turned to her home in Balti
more, Md. Mrs. Trhlik spent a
week with her mother, Mrs.
Cindy Morgan.
Mrs. Verdie Rowell remains
a patient in the intensive care
unit, in the Glynn Memorial
Hospital.
jMr. and Mrs. C. K. Allen of
Atlanta, visited with his per
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Allen
over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Allen of
Nashville, Tennessee, are visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Allen,
and other friends and rela
tives in Nahunta.
Mrs. Bert Chapman of Way
cross is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
S. K. Allen this week.
Brantley County
Bookmobile
Schedule
Wednesday, July 1, Waynes
ville, Lulaton, Atkinson, Hic
kox, Nahunta, Old Post Road.
Wednesday, July 15. Pleas
ant Valley, Schlatterville, Ho
boken, Twin River, Raybon,
Hortense.
Weeds cause greater eco
nomic losses to forestry and
agricultural enterprises in
Georgia than any other plant
pest, says James F. Miller, Ex
tension Service agronomist.
Joe Sports
Campaigns In
Nahunta
Joe Sports brought his
campaign to Nahunta today as
the Comptroller General can
didate, with his red, white and
blue “Sports Van” and the
“Sports Fan Girls.” passed out
literature and buttons in the
downtown area.
The Douglas native greeted
many local citizens and talked
with them about their insur
ance and small loan problems.
He reaffirmed his intentions
to protect the public from the
“fine print” contained in some
insurance policies and stated
that he intends to see that in
surance rates are lowered.
Sports is a former newsman.
Congressional Assistant and
Executive Director of Geor
gia’s Democratic Party. He is
a resident of Decatur and was
recently named “Man of the
Year” for 1970 by. the Aiding
Leukemia Stricken American
Children (ALSAC) organiza
tion.
Local Student
On Dean's List
Leea Evelyn Walker, Hobo
ken, has been named to the
spring quarter Dean’s List at
Georgia College.
An average of 3.2 out of a
possible 4.0 for 15 quarter
hours of academic work and
an all-college average of at
least 2.5 must be earned by a
Georgia College student in or
der to be placed on the Dean’s
List.
A total of 229 GC students
have been placed on the spring
quarter Dean’s List, including
61 who made all A’s in their
academic courses for the quar
ter.
Notice
The Citizens Bank in Nahun
ta, Ga. will be closed Satur
day, July 4th.
violated his sense of fair play. To illus
trate how delicately this sense of fair
play functions, the publisher of the
Tribune, who is co-owner of the Charl
ton County Herald, influenced the edi
tor of the Herald to keep my announce
ment from appearing in the Charlton
County press. The editor of the Herald
was kind enough to inform me person
ally that he had read my announcement
and was prepared to print it when the
publisher of the Tribune prevailed upon
him to keep it out of the Herald. The
iditor of the Herald indicated to me
hat he disagreed with this policy of
censorship but his partner in business,
.he publisher of the Tribune, had al
ways been a good and fair business
partner and even though he did not ap
prove of the action of his partner in this
incident, the Charlton County Herald
would be unable to print my announce
ment. He expressed further regret that
he assumed this policy would continue
to apply to my statements throughout
the campaign. So much for the sense of
fair play of the publisher of the Tri
bune.
There are vital issues which compel
me to enter this campaign against an
incumbent who has a legislative history
of representing the special interests of a
few wealthy men who would use the
office of the Representative of the 66th
District to seek special advantages.
My campaign is not against the Cam
den County Tribune or its publisher. I
oppose his brother for the office of Rep
resentative of the 66th District and rec
ognize his refusal to print my paid poli
tical announcement, for what it is.
When elected 1 will make information
freely available to the Tribune as well
as all news media of the 66th District.
I hope each of you read the announce
ment and will give it very careful con
sideration.
Mount Calvary
Baptist Church
Announces
Homecoming
Homecoming will be obser
ved this Sunday, July 5, at
Mount Calvary Baptist
Church. Services will begin at
10:30, Dinner will be served
at 1:00.
Guest speaker will be Rev.
W. F. Haynes, pastor of Sweat
Memorial Church in Way
cross.
Rev. Fugerson, pastor, and
members of the congregation
invites the public to attend.
Dean and
Baxter Making
Survey Os
Tobacco Crops
State Senator Roscoe Dean,
Jr. of Jesup and Mr. Baxter
Bennett, Jr., of Blackshear
are in the process of making a
survey of the tobacco crop in
an eight county area.
The purpose of the
survey is to inform the
Commissioner of Agriculture
of what date would be best for
the opening of the tobacco
markets this year. The Com
missioner of Agriculture, by
law, sets the opening date of
the tobacco markets.
Mr. Dean and Mr. Bennett
encourage all tobacco farmers
to let their opinions be known
to them, by no later than July
9, as to the most suitable date
for opening the tobacco mar
kets this year.
The counties assigned to
them for a survey are: Ap
pling, Bacon, Brantley, Charl
ton, Jeff-Davis, Pierce, Ware
and Wayne.
Classified ads bring
results.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
CREWS FAMILY
HOLDS REUNION
The family of Mrs. Lila
Crews held a family reunion
Sunday, June 28th at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Stewart
in Beaufort, South Carolina.
Those attending were: Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Brady and
family of Statesville, N. C.;
Mrs. J. C. Dykes and sons,
Steve, Cary, Roger, Joey and
Walt Dykes of Nahunta, Ga.;
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Thomas
and girls, Laura and Sybil
Thomas of Nahunta; Eugene
Crews of Nahunta; Kathy and
Karen Stewart, daughters of
Md. and Mrs. J. E. Stewart.
Wilmington
Woman
Stricken,
Passes Away
Mrs. Eugenia Augusta Has
kett, 80, of 305 N. sth Ave.,
Wilmington, N. C. passed away
Tuesday evening. She was
stricken while enroute to
Jacksonville to visit her son.
A native of Fayetteville, she
had lived in Wilmington for
a number of years. A daughter
of the late William Killette
and Lula Brown Killette, she
was the widow of the late N.
S. Haskett, Sr. She was a
member of St. Johns Church.
Survivors are a son, N. S.
Haskett, Jr. of Jacksonville
and a number of other rela
tives in North Carolina.
The body was carried to the
Ward Funeral Home in Wil
mington where services and
internment will be held later
this week.
Local arrangements were in
charge of Clouch-Pearson Fun
eral Home of Blackshear.
SUMMER COLOR
There is still time to plant
annuals for cut flower use or
summer color in the landscape,
say horticulturists with the
University of Georgia Cooper
ative Extension Service. Plants
such as .marigold, zinnia, sal
via, geraniums and petunias
are still available.
PASTOR'S PEN
“DOES MAN HAVE A VOICE IN HIS DESTINY ?
In the last two articles we have set forth the bibli
cal truth that God gave to man the power to reason
and understand thereby making it possible for a
man to make many of his own choices. Another
truth is that God necessarily limited Himself when
he gave to man this power. We have also shown
that man’s power of choice is limited lest he become
his own God.
That God is love we have established. His word is
His account of His efforts to draw man unto Him
self. Any theological doctrine must begin where we
have begun, with the nature of God and man. After
beginning at this point we can then proceed along
the way to the destiny of man.
Does man have any choice in his destiny? This
is our question. One view has held that man does
everything in gaining his salvation and God has. no
part. Another view puts all of the emphasis onj di
vine sovereignty and denies any efficacy to hu^nan
effort. Efficacy in this case means the power to pro
duce or effect. According to this view man has
nothing at all to do with his salvation. It practi
cally denies that man can ever respond to God’s
grace offered in Christ.
Another view holds that both God and man are
active in salvation. The Holy Spirit is active in en
lightenment. He convicts of sin showing the need
for salvation. Man, then realizing that he does not
have the power to save himself out of his predica
ment, turns to Christ his only saviour (Romans 8).
A very vivid example of both man and Christ
cooperating in salvation is to be seen in John chapter
3:1-21. Nicodemus came to Jesus and acknowledged
Him as “a teacher come from God.” Jesus perceiv
ing what was really on Nicodemus’ mind said, “Ver
ily, Verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born a
gain, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Another
example is that of the Philippian gaoler (jailer).
He said to Paul and Silas, “Sirs, what must I do to
be saved ? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”
Jesup Boy Is
Fatally Injured
Jesup — James Curley King,
8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
E. King died Friday afternoon
in the Wayne Memorial Hospi
tal from injuries received
when struck by a vehicle near
his home Friday afternoon, au
thorities said Friday.
No details were available
from the Wayne County Sher
iff’s office.
The Palatka, Fla. native had
lived in Wayne County for
14 months.
Survivors in addition to his
parents include two sisters,
Shirley Louise King and Bren
da Bernice King; a brother,
Wallace Edgar King, Jr., all of
Grangerville near Jesup; his
maternal grandparents. Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Love of Waynes
ville and his paternal' grand
mother," Mrs. Carrie Hires ..of
Crescent ■ City, Fla.
Funeral services, were held
at 2p. m.. Sunday, June 21,
at the Glynn Baptist Church
in Thalmann with burial in the
Harrison Cemetery.
Tri-County
N.F.O. Hog
Prices
Tri-Coounty N.F.O. hog
prices:
180-190, $23.75; 190-200, $24.-
25; 200-240, $24.50-$25.00;
240-270, $24.00; 270-300, $23.-
50; 300-350, $21.75; sows, sl6-
00; boars, $16.00.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank all of our
friends and neighbors for their
many prayers, cards, flowers
and visits. And to the many
people who have made contri
butions during our recent sor
row.
Your kindnesses have meant
much to us.
The James King Family
Find lost articles with want
ads.
Ernest S. Purcell, Pastor
Nahunta Baptist Church
