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VOLUME - 49 NUMBER 15
PASTOR'S PEN
THE THIEF ON THE CROSS
This is a conversation between Christ and the thief,
while they were hanging on the crosses. The subject
under consideration was paradise, and the time of
entering it.
The thief evidently understood the Saviour’s teach
ing on that subject, for he asked an intelligent ques
tion, and the Saviour answered him. Luke 23 :43,
And Jesus said unto him, verily I say unto thee, to
day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
The Bible is an inspired book, but punctuation is
not of inspiration. The Hebrew and Greek have no
punctuation marks in them. Punctuation was intro
duced by “Manutius, a learned printer who lived in
Venice, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.”
Brand’s Encyclopedia, page 1005.
The point to settle is, whether “today” qualifies
say or shalt be. If it qualifies say all is harmonious;
if shalt be, all is discord. If the comma be placed af
ter today, instead of before it, we get the harmony.
Postive Theology, page 154.
Jesus was then on the cross, making a promise that
day, for he was to be dead and buried for three
days and nights following that conversation. And the
thief is still dead and buried, and will be till the res
urrection, which is still future.
Webster gives the following definition of Paradise:
“The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were
placed immediately after they were created. Primar
ily, in Persia, a pleasure garden. The garden of Eden
was not up in heaven, but on the earth.
Christ died and was buried, and He arose again
the third day according to the scriptures. 1 Cor. 15 :3,
At death, Jesus was placed in Joseph’s new tomb.
Matt. 27:58-61. Jesus said in Rev. 1:18, “I am he
that liveth, and was dead; Yes all that constituted
the Saviour of sinners died, and that was Jesus Christ.
He did not go to some heavenly paradise from the
cross, for Jesus said unto Mary in John 20:16, 17,
Touch me not, for lam not yet ascended unto my
Father; So Christ did not go to heaven the day he
died, and for anyone to say he did, is to dispute his
word.
According to Acts 1:3, He stayed on earth forty
days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the
Kingdom of God.
Jesus did not take the thief with him anywhere,
and, in fact, the thief did not ask Jesus to take
him to heaven, or anywhere else. In Luke 23 :42,
“And he said unto Jesus, Lord remember me when
thou comest into thy kingdom.”
There is a good deal of difference in going and
coming in this case. Has the kingdom of Jesus Christ
been set up and established yet? Some say it was
set up in the days of Abraham. Where is your proof?
Some say it was set up in the days of John the Bap
tist. Where is your proof? Others say it was set up
on the day of Pentecost. Where is your proof?
Many tell us that the church and kingdom are
one, and the same thing. But it must be remembered
that Church and Kingdom are never interchangea
bly translated in the Bible. The Greek word for
church is EKKLESIA — that which is called out. The
Greek word for kingdom is BASILEIA. These words
do not mean the same thing.
So death and the grave will hold the victory till
Jesus comes. The thief knew that, so he said, Lord
remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
Jesus made him the promise there on the cross.
Penalty For
Late Income
Tax Payments
A penalty may be imposed |
on income tax unpaid by Ap-1
ril 15, Carlton Q. Holland, In- ’
temal Revenue Local Repre-'
sentative for Waycross, Ga.,
said today.
The penalty, enacted as part
of the Tax Reform Act of 19-
69, is one-half percent for
each month or part of a mon
th the payment is late, but the
total penalty is limited to 25
percent, Holland said. It does
not apply to estimated income
tax or the period covered by
an extension of time to file
the return.
Mr. Holland said that if the
taxpayer can show the failure
to pay timely is due to rea-
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
E. H. Morgan, Pastor
Raybon Advent Christian Church
sonable cause and not willful
neglect, the penalty will not
apply.
The penalty is in addition
to the regular interest charge
of six (6) percent per annum
on late payments of taxes.
Band Boosters
Sell Calanders
The Brantley County Band
(Boosters Club will be sponsor
' ing the sell of birthday calen
dars beginning Monday, A
. pril 19th. Members of the
। band accompanied by the
i Band Boosters Parents will
I call on every household in
Brantley County. The pur
i pose of this calendar sale is
(to buy uniforms for our hard
jworking B.C.H.S. Band.
j Notify The Enterprise when
your address changes.
Funeral Service
Held For Mrs.
Isabel R. Lee
Mrs. Isabel Ryals Lee, 71,
pased away Saturday after
noon, April 10, following a
brief illness. Although in de
clining health for sometime,
her death was unexpected and
brings personal sorrow to a
wide circle of relatives and
friends throughout this sec
tion.
Mrs. Lee was a native of
Camden County and was the
daughter of the late Callus and
Beth Ryals. She was a mem
ber of the High Bluff Primi
tive Baptist Church and had
been a resident of Nahunta
for the past eight years.
Survivors include her hus
band, John E. Lee of Nahun
ta; two sons, Johnnie C. Johns
of Nahunta and Willie Johns
of Folkston; fourteen step
daughters, Mrs. Carrie Mae
Reid of Macon, Mrs. Betty
Lashley of Orlanda, Fla., Mrs-
Bert Crews of Folkston, Mrs.
Lewis Kennison and Mrs. W.
C. Jenkins, both of Jackson
ville, Fla., Mrs. Roy Miller of
Tifton, Mrs. J. P. Mitchell of
Brinson, Mrs. M. C. Martin of
Brunswick, Mrs- Monroe Mil
ler and Mrs. Eugene Dixon,
both of Waycross, Mrs. J. W.
Thrift and Mrs. Ewell Herrin,
both of Nahunta, Mrs. L. S.
Carmichael of Memphis, Tenn.,
and Mrs. James T. Prescott of
Cullman, Ala,; thirteen step
sons, James Wildes of Atlanta,
Cecil Eugene Wildes of Folk
ston, Riley Carter of Nahun
ta, Jesse Carter of Savanah,
Clarence Carter of Ocilla, W.
A. Lee and B. T. Lee, both of
Kingsland, Kenneth Lee of
Hortense, Ward R. Lee of
Pensacola, Fla., Earl Lee of
Waynesville, Dean Lee of
Brunswick, Marvin Lee and
Eugene Lee, both of Way
cross; two half-sisters, Mrs.
Eria Blanton and Mrs. Bertha
Johns, both of Jesup; one half
brother, Raymond Johns of
Jesup.
Also surviving are a number
of grandchildren, several nie
ces, nephews and other rela
tives.
Funeral services were held
at eleven o’clock. Monday
morning, April 12 from the
High Bluff Primitive Baptist
Church with the Elder Frank
Lee officiating.
Interment followed in the
family plot in High Bluff Cem
etery
Serving as casketbearers
were Messrs. Aris Lee, Lar
ry Lee, Lamar Martin, Char
les Martin, Alex Lee, Bobby
Mclnvale, Jimmy Prescott and
Charles Johns.
The family has the sympa
thy of their many friends in
their bereavement.
The Chambless Funeral
Home of Nahunta was in
charge of arangements.
Meeting Os
The Friendship
Homemakers
Club
The Friendship Homemakers
Club met Tuesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Bobby
Hickox. Mrs. Richard Jack
son presided over the meet
ing.
Discussion was on selling
mail box markers for fund
raising. It was decided upon
puting meeting dates in the
community calendar being
sold by the Boosters Club.
Mrs. Virginia Raulerson
gave a program on wardrobe
planning-matching coordina
ting colors to make different
outfits.
Others attending were Mrs.
Glynn Hickox, Mrs. Jimmy
Lee, Mrs. Willis Lee, Mrs.
Carlton Lee and Mrs. Olive
Griffin.
AH, SPRING!
You don’t have to have a
green thumb to be enthusiastic
about springtime. The first
day of spring will open Na
tional Lawn and Garden Week
(March 20-26). You don’t
even have to have a garden,
yard or terrace to participate.
You may have a balcony or a
window sill where you can
plant a “garden.” A patch of
nature—no matter where —
will usher in spring on a
beautiful note.
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga., Thursday, April 15, 1971
Large Shipment Begins
Month Long Barge Trip
Chattanooga — The giant
door of the Combustion Engi
neering, Inc., shop slowly op
ened. There, perched on an
outsized flatcar, was 700
tons of nuclear reactor vessel.-
It was 8 a. m.
In a steady downpour, the
offspring of an all-day drizzle,,
the vessel was loaded onto the
barge that would carry it on a
2,500- mile journey to the
Georgia Power Company’s Ed
win I. Hatch Nuclear Plant
near Baxley in Southeast
Georgia. It was 4:30 p. m.
The 8-112 hours between be
ginning and end of the tedious
operation were filled with cal
culating and recalculating, rig
ging, and re-rigging, moments
of frustration and worry, and,
finally, relief.
Equipment Problems
A cable wouldn’t slide into
its proper slot. A stubborn cir
cuit breaker had to be sweet
talked by an electrician. The
rain grew worse. Hands and
feet numbed. But' finally, the
job was done.
The reactor vessel, 62 feet
long and 19-112 feet in diame
ter, is the largest single
piece of equipment ever to
enter Georgia. Its size and
weight prohibit shipment by
any means other than water.
The barge with its valuable
cargo and accompanying tugs
departed here March 16. The
Letter To
Dear Editor:
Is Baptism valued today?
Somewhere about the year
1860 there lived far up in the
wilderness of one of the north
ern states a woman who spent
her life in the difficult task
of a pioneer’s life, like all
other women of that wide al
most unknown country. But
this woman was different.
Hundreds of miles though she
was from the nearest church,
she yet kept her faith burning
loyally in her heart.
Presently she .married a man
of no faith at all, and then the
children began to come.
Through the years of toil and
hardship she kept a secret, and
waited for the right 'hour.
Then when at last the time
seemed to her to • have come,
she told her husband her
great longing, so great that
she felt that she must have
it, that she could neither live
nor die without it. It was that
her children should be bap
tized.
The husband thought it over.
The nearest city was Quebec,
four day’s journey and in those
days that was a large under
taking for any man and his
family, it was unheard of to
make a journey like that with
his entire family just for a
woman’s whim! Yet, she had
been a good wife sharing faith
fully ail his hardships, she
never asked him for anything
before. She deserved this much
at his hands if he could make
it, and at last he said all right.
Os the journey nothing is
now known. One oan only i
magine the slow day’s travel
ing, the nightly campfire, and
at last, the wonder of a city
through which the woman
made her way to her hearts
desire. Did the passionate ex
citement of her joy sink into
the hearts of her children so
that in them, they too had
this excitement sink into their
hearts that never died? This
great hour was so solemn and
wonderful to them within the
first church they were ever in
that they never forgot it.
Only this is known, that
when those children grew up
and got married, they too car
ried their children to the near
est town to be baptized. It
was not so far this time, civil
ization had crept nearer, and
they made but a two day’s
journey to reach a church.
Yet even a two day’s jour
ney was a great went and full
of high significance. It was
talked of among the neighbors
who were scattered over
many miles. It was talked ov
er and discussed by the chil
dren themselves and slowly
but clearly there was reveal
ed to them the opportunity
and the Christian duty that
lay before them.
Today, upon a mountain
side far from any village,
stands a little chapel to which
people come from houses scat
tered over many miles of
wilderness. It is their own,
the fruit of their love and toil
and vision. But to those who
know, it is the gift of the pio
neer woman, who, over a
month-long voyage will carry
the shipment into four rivers,
the Gulf of Mexico, a canal
and two inland waterways.
Barge Route
Upon leaving Chattanooga,
the barge set out along the
Tennessee River to Paducah,
Ky., where it entered the Ohio
River for passage through
Cairo, 111., to the mighty Mis
sissippi. At New Orleans, the
shipment passes through the
Gulf of Mexico and on to the
Intracoastal Waterway.
At Fort Myers. Fla.. the
barge enters the Cross-Florida
Canal for transit to the Inland
Waterway on the east coast
near West Palm Beach. The
Inland Waterway will carry
the reactor vessel to the mouth
of the Alt^naha River near
Brunswick. The plant s ; te is
11° .miles un the Altamaha.
The reactor vessel is for one
of two announced units at the
state’s first nuclear-fueled gen
erating facility. The 800,000-
kilowatt unit is scheduled for
comnletion in 1973. Another
800.000-kilowatt urP is plan
ned for completion in 1976.
The Edwin I Hat'h Nuclear
Plant is p?”t of a construction
program that will require
Georgia Power to invert, more
than $1 billion in n^w equip
ment over the next three
years.
he Editor
hundred years before kindled
that flame in the hearts of her
children.
That is how the first church
grew in the wilderness and I
suppose the custom of baptiz
ing once a year on Palm Sun
day or Easter became the fash
ion. Now a day, with a church
on almost every corner in a
big city, this custom has van
ished and a child is bapiized
any Sunday.
The church is also so com
mon that today it is not a
sacred institution like it was
years ago. The people have lost
their sense of value for the
Sacred which is a shame.
I pray to God that this is not
so, will you also pray with
me?
s| Rev. Robert S. Round
Box 126
Nahunta, Ga. 31553
Grace Baptist
Church To Hold
Gospel Sing
There will be a gospel sing
at Grace Baptist Church, Sa
turday, April 17, 1971.
Singing wil begin at 7:30 P.
M.
Featured singers will be the
“Bennett Family” of Waycross
along with local talent.
Pastor, Rev. Ronald Hendrix,
and members of church extend
a warm welcome to al the pub
lic.
Refreshments will be served.
How Should State, Local
Units Split School Costs?
Local support for public
school education could become
one of the major issues in the
current session of the General
Assembly.
Some persons contend that
the state should assume the
full cost of the schools so that
local property taxes could be
used for other local services.
Others argue that the local
governments must continue to
pay a share of the school costs
so they can continue to have a
share in decisions about how
the schools are operated.
At present, the state pays ap
proximately 81 per cent of the
cost of the Minimum Founda
tion program and the local
government pay the rest.
Under a provision passed
several years ago the local
share has been increasing and
is supposed to level off at 20
per cent.
Is that too much or too
i little? What action, if anv, is
the General Assembly likely to
take this year?
Gov. Jimmy Carter has
indicated that he will nropnso
legislation to freeze the local
] contribution at the current a
mount. He further proposes
I that survey of property tax
dip°st across the state be made
and a uniform levy of less than
i three mills be established as
I the local share.
Social Security
Withholding Tax
Increased
the Quarterly Tax Return for
Household Employees for the
first calendar quarter of 1971
is not due until April 30, the
Internal Revenue Service cau
tions that the Social Security
Tax on household wages paid
on or after January 1, 1971 is
now 5 2 per cent for employees
and 5.2 per cent for employ
ers.
A. C. Ross, District Director
"f Internal Revenue Service
for Georgia, stated that house
wives who pay someone SSO
or more for household services
during any three .month calen
dar quarter must report these
payments and pay the Social
Security taxes to the Internal
Revenue Service.
Fo r m 942 Employees Quar
terly Tax Return for House
hold Employers must be used
to report these taxes. After
the first tax report is filed a
Form 942 will be mailed to
every employer in time for
the next quarterly report.
Mr. Ross said that .anyone
who hires a maid, cleaning wo
man, cook, governess, house
keeper, gardener, chauffeur, or
other household employee is
liable for Social Security taxes
if cash wages of SSO or more
in a quarter are paid to one
employee. Money given to
employees for carfare is to be
counted in total wages paid.
However, the value of meals
is not included.
“Failure to pay Social Secur-
; ‘v taxes often comes to light
■■• hen maids and other house
hold employees apply for ben
efits. The Internal Revenue
Service then has to secure de
linquent returns from the em
nloyers” Mr. Ross continued,
“and if the delinquent covers
several years, the amount of
tax and delinquency penalties
could be substantial.”
TREE FARMERS PRACTICE
GOOD FORESTRY
The familiar green-and
white Tree Farm sign is a bad
ge of good forestry, reports
the Southern Forest Institute.
By enrolling their land in the
nationwide forestry industry
snonsored American Tree Farm
System, tree farmers demon
strate their leadership in prac
ticing scientific forest manage
ment on their property. That
way, land certified as a Tree
Farm will grow bountiful har
vests of wood for everyone’s
needs over and over again.
More than 34 thousand Amer
icans Who own 75 million a
cres of forest land are certi
fied tree farmers. Twenty
thousand tree farmers with 48
million acres of land live in
the 13 states of the South.
KIDS’ SHOES
Rate of growth, not rate of
wear, determines when to buy
new shoes for children, say
Extension Service clothing spe
cialists. They add that handing
down shoes forces a child’s
foot to conform unnaturally to
the shape of the first wearer.
Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox has
suggested that the local contri
bution be lowered now to 15
per cent of the total and be
frozen there.
Given these two positions, it
seem unlikely that the amount
of local contribution will be
raised or that it will be elimi
nately entirely in the near fu
ture.
Substantial reductions must
be considered, however, as one
means of providing money for
other local government needs.
At the same time, the state
should insist that local school
systems be run as efficiently
and economically as possible.
School and school district
mergers must be encouraged
where feasible, and state pur
chasing of large items such as
school buses should be institu
ted.
Let us give everyone in the
state as eaual opportunuity to
I pay for the school services all
I get, but let us insist that ev
“ry one get as much education
| for his school tax dollar as
(possible.
THE ISSUE — Should the
state assume a greater burden
in financing the Minimum
Foundation of Education pro
gram in Georgia? Or is the
current 81-19 ratio about e
nough?
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Brantley County 4-H Wins District
Senior Poultry Judging Team
They’ve done it again! Yes,
Brantley County has the win
ning 4-H District Senior Poul
try Judging Team and the sec
ond place Junior Team. Rosa
Edwards was the highest
scoring individual district sen
ior 4-H member.
The senior team included
Rosa Edwards, Denise White,
Ray Smith and Bruce Wain
right. The second place junior
team included Art Keene, Ke
vin Mathie, Kymer Mathie
and Terry Herrin.
15 Brantley County 4-H
club members participated in
the Poultry Judging Contest
held last Thursday at ABAC
in Tifton.
In addition to the team mem
bers were Deidra Brand,
Jackie Stewart, Janice Crews,
Leonard Harris, Benjie Walk
er, William Jones, and Ann
Keene was a junior partici
pant.
All Brantley County mem
bers scored in the 900’s and
above—This was the best rec
ord compiled by Brantley
County members before. The
areas for judging were: Hen-
Egg Production and Reasons,
Meat Quality-Ready-to-Cook-
Birds, Broken Out Market
Eggs, Market Eggs-Candled
and Exterior Quality.
The winning senior team will
travel to Rock Eagle on May
Ist for the state contest where
they will try for a trip to
either Chicago or Richmond,
Virginia in the fall.
The Hoboken
Community Club
Met Monday
The Hoboken Community
Action Club met April 12,
1971 at the home of Mrs. Clara
Jacobs. Mrs. Virginia Hanchey,
president, presided over the
meeting. Mrs. Lawanna Buie
acted as secretary and read the
minutes. The club elected Mrs.
Lillie More as treasurer.
This month’s club program
was a demonstration on mak
ing decorator pillows for the
home. Each lady made a pillow
and brought it, also explained
how they made them.
Present were: Mesdames
Jeanette Lake, Lillie Moore,
La wanna Buie, Clara Jacobs,
Virginia Hanchey, Mary Bak
er, Geraldine White and Gay
nelle Keene.
Reporter,
Gaynelle Keene
Waynesville
Community Club
Held Meeting
The Waynesville Communi
ty Club met at the home of
Mrs. Joan Sweat on April 7,
1971. Mrs. Bonnie Drury, pres
ident, presided over the meet
ing. Mrs. Drury read the min
utes form the last meeting.
Mrs. Lois Hulett, county co
ordinator, introduced Mrs.
Virginia Raulerson, County
Extension Home Economist, to
the club ladies. Mrs. Raulerson
gave a basic demonstration on
upholstering furniture.
Present were: Mesdames
Louise Harrison, Joan Sweat,
Lynn Chapman, Bonnie Dru
ry, Emmerbelle Harrison, Vir
ginia Raulerson, Lois Hulett
and Gaynelle Keene.
Reporter,
Gaynelle Keene
NOTICE
"LITTLE MISS" Beauty Pageant
THE BRANTLEY COUNTY FFA AND FHA
CHAPTERS WILL SPONSOR A LITTLE MISS
BEAUTY PAGEANT FRIDAY, APRIL 16, AT
7:30 P. M. THE PAGEANT WILL BE HELD
AT THE BRANTLEY COUNTY HIGH
SCHOOL
THERE WILL BE 64 YOUNG LADIES PAR
TICIPATING IN THE PAGEANT.
Admission: 75* Adults
BCHS Band
To Attend
Rose Parade!
The Brantley County High
School Band has been invited
to attend the 50th Annual Rose
Festival Parade to be held in
Thomasville, Ga. on April 23,
1971. Our band will be among
the 60 bands in attendance
from all over the United
States.
Parade authorities advise
that the Rose Parade will be
seen by approximately 75,-
000 persons along the parade
route. The parade will be tel
ecast in color through 57
counties in Georgia, Florida,
and Alabama by WCTV, Tho
masville-Tallahassee.
Band Director, Wayne Bras
well, says the B.C.H.S. Band
is practicing hard and the
students are very enthusiastic
about the parade.
Vietnam War
Vet Returns
His Medal
Nahunta — A Brantley
County veteran of the Viet
nam War has turned in the
Bronze Star medal which 'he
won in combat because of his
opposition to the conviction of
Lt. William Calley.
C. E. Robertson, who served
in the U.S. Marine Corps with
the Third Reconnaissance Bat
talion in Vietnam in 1966-67,
sent the coveted medal to
State Sen. Roscoe Dean Jr. in
Jesup with a request that it
be forwarded to President Nix
on.
Sen. Dean recently wired
Nixon asking him to free Lt.
Calley and also asked residents
of the Sixth Senatorial Dis
trict to start a petition drive
to obtain Lt. Calley’s freedom.
1 Robertson, a sergeant in the
Marine Corps Reserve served
from September, 1965, until A
pril, 1969. He said he was con
sidering re-enlisting before
his discharge date (May 12)
becomes effective but said,
“There is no way now.”
In a letter to Sen. Dean,
Robertson said in part:
“I have a record of service
to be proud of, but due to the
Calley verdict I have lost that
pride. I am sending my Bronze
Star medal. Please forward it
on to the President. If that
(the Calley conviction) is the
freedom and justice I fought
for I’m ashamed of myself
and I do not want the medal.
“Lt. Calley served his coun
try with pride and honor. He
did his job and carried out
his orders. Then he comes
home and the government
wants to hang him. He should
be decorated as were the pilots
who dropped the atomic bombs
on Japan during World War
11.
“In my opinion, the United
States will never have an all
volunteer army. I even ven
ture to say that the average
number of Army volunteers
will drop considerably be
cause of the Calley trial and
the unpopular verdict.”
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