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Newspaper Page Text■ VOLUME 49 - NUMBER 26 PASTOR'S PEN When Jesus washed His disciples' feet, He accomplished three tremendous things: 1. He unveiled, in an unprecedented man ner, His great heart of love and godliness (John 13:1, 2). 2. He exposed the terrible sin of His dis- ciples. 3. He taught a great spiritual lesson which should concern us today. What is this les- son? Many have dismissed it lightly, de claring it was simply a lesson in humility. Certainly it is an object lesson in humility. The disciples must have readily s ensed that, when they saw Jesus on His knees doing the work of a slave. But Jesus told Peter that the deep meaning of the act was hidden from him for the time being. "What Ido thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know here after" (John 13:7). Now, undoubtedly, Peter got the lesson in humility. But not until after the pentecostal effusion did he come to know the full meaning of the "feet wash- ing" experience. As we probe beneath the surface of this memorable "feet washing, " we see the pri mary teachings of the Gospel. In a word, Jesus is setting forth the eternal truth that humanity's greatest need is cleansing from sin's defilements and that He came to make men clean. The disciples had been forgiven their sins. They were clean "every whit, " except their feet (v. 10). Their feet had con tracted dirt in their walk that day. That dirt was pride, expressed in desires to be first in Christ's kingdom. And what Christ in tended when he girt Himself with the towel and took up the pitcher was not merely to wash the soil from their feet, but to wash from their hearts the hard and proud feel ings which had broken their fellowship and threatened the Master's cause. The washing of the feet was not sufficient, else Judas would have been as clean as Peter or John, for his feet were washed. And John's baptism of water would not have been followed by the baptism of the "Holy Ghost and fire." The washing the .disciples needed was inward; and that is the washing we must have. This inward cleansing is the work of Jesus Christ, accomplished by the Holy Spirit, who applies Christ's cleansing Rev. Ernest Purcell Nahunta, Georgia COLLAPSE OF LAW, ORDER INSPIRED BY COURT Why has there been such a serious breakdown in law and order in this nation? 'First of all, the law is no lon ger clear," said It. Cov. Les ter G, Maddox who posed the question in the keynote addre ss at the Georgia Sherif ft Assoc iation's annual convention in Rabun County. "For manydeacdes," he con tinued, "disagreements about the law could be referred to the Supreme Court of the United States, and this august body of jurists would put the question to the U.S. Constitution, and any muddling of the law was given instant clarity. "But new, we have men on the bench of the U.S. Supreme Court who have put aside the U.S. Constitution and, instead have looked into their own book of whims, prejudices and per sonal theories for the resolution of conflicts in law. As an example, the former governor referred to the First Amendmenttothe Constitution which he said very clearly states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof... "All in the world our founding fathers intended with this phase was to guarantee that the fed eral government would not im pose any religion upon any ci tizen or prohibit any citizen from worshipping whenever and wherever he pleased," Maddox contended. "And yet, the Supreme Court comes along and says that this means the federal government is obligated to prohibit children in public schools from being led BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE J Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. in prayer and Bible reading, whether the children and their parents want such spiritual guidance or not." De daring that "There are do zens of other examples where the U.S, Constitution has beeq twisted and used to back up the whims of a handful of would-be dictators, "the lieutenant gov ernor cited his own personal experience as a case in point Said he. "When the federalgovemment forced the closing of my pri vate business establishment, the Pickrick Restaurant, they cla imed that the 'lnterstate Com merce Clause of the Constitu tion gave them the right. Let me read you that part of our Constitution. It says, 'The: Congress shall have power to regulate commerce eith for eign nation, and among the several states, and with the In dian tribes. "Now, just because some of the food I served came from out of state, and some of the customers I served were citizens of other states, the federal po lice state said they had aright to’regulate' my business, force me to serve people whether I wanted to or not, and thus tram ple upon my constitutional ri ghts as a free citizen engaged in private enterprise." "Why, by that logic, if any citizen happens to be wearing awristwatchmade in Japan, the federal government has a right under the commerce clause to tell that citizen what time he is to get up and what time he is to go to bed. THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, JULY 29, 1971 State Health Department To Review Pr ison Work Camps Georgia prisons—long a tar get for criticism by public off icials and private citizens alike are to get yet another review. Representatives of the State Health Department have begun an 18 county sanitation survey of city and county jails. According to Scott Sprinkle, Director of the Health Depart ments Branch of Sanitation, the inspection will include a look at food, water, sewage, bedding, heating, ventilation, physical space, environmental hazards and general housekeep ing procedures in jails located in counties ranging from Glynn county in the southeast to Dek alb and Clarke counties in the north section of Georgia. "We expeettomake a written report of our findings by Aug ust 1 to the joint Senate-House Jail Standards Committee who se membershave requested it," Sprinkle said today in Atlanta. The initial survey will take sanitarians into the counties of Baldwin, Bibb, Bulloch, Clarke, DeKalb,Dooly,Douglas, Glynn, Harris, Henry, Houston, Laur ens, Long, Muscogee, Pike Quitman, Spalding and Stew art the sanitation chief has ex plained. DENISE SMITH TO ATTEND 4 -H CAMP Denise (Sissy) Smith, daught erofMr.and Mrs. Claude Smith of Nahunta, will leave Saturday July 31, for National 4-H Cit izenship Camp>; which will be held at the National 4-H Cent er in Washington D.C., Aug ust 17. Sissy will meet other Georgia 4-H members in Atlanta, and travel by bus to Wahington. While in Washington she and 4-H* ers from throughout the country will hear lectures, and participate in discussions on how 4-H members can become bet- ter citizens. In additiontothe lectures and discussions, they will visit many places of present and past his torical interest in and around the Nation's Capital. BRANTLY SUPERINTENDENT ATTENDS CONFERENCE The Superintendent of the Brantley County Schools has returned from Jekyll Island where she was a participant inthethied annual conference of Georgia school principals and superintendents. Mrs. Mable R. Moody was among 300 Georgia principals and superintendents who part icipated in the joint adminis trators conference which con ened Sunday, July 25 at the Aquarama. During the three day confer ence, principals and superin tendents brought into focus such gripping issues as school desegregation policies, fed-j eral guidelines concerning the running of s chooh,, running of schools, new school policies in Georgia and Cur rent instructional assistance programs. BOOKMOBILE SCHEDULE This is the bookmobile sched ule for Brantley County for the month of August, 1971, Wednesday August 4, 1971; Hickox, Nahunta, Waynesville, Lulaton, Atkinson, and Old Post Road. Tuesday August 31, 1971; Brantley County Public Schools Wednesday August 18, 1971; Pie asent Valley, Schlattervllle Hoboken, Rabon, Hortense. Wrecks on u.s. 301 A spectacular chain of aco- 301 in the city limits. idents occured in the City of Nahunta at 2:20p.m. Tuesday The vehicle accidents result ed from a car being driven at a fast rate of speed, on U.S. PETE GIBSON RECEIVES APPOINTMENT Georgia's Governor Jimmy Carter has appointed co-op general manager, Pete Gibson as "Admiral of the Georgia Navy." The certificate of appoint- ment states in part; "TOTHEHONORABLE PETE J. GIBSON GREETING: WHERE AS, repiosing especial trust in your patriotism, valor and fi delity, Ido, by these presents, constitute and appoint you ADMIRAL OF THE GEORGIA NAVY formed for the defense of the State, and repelling every hostile invasion therefo, to take rank as such from the date ofthis Commission and to hold such office during the term and under the conditions prescrib ed by Law. •'YOU ARE THEREFORE, carefully and diligently to dis charge the duties of said off ice by doing and performing all manner of things to there unto belonging; and I do strict ly charge and require all off icers and seamen under your command to be obedient to your orders as such officer. "And you are to observe and follow such orders and direct orns, from time to time, as you shall receive from the Governor and Commander-in -Chief of this State, or any other of your superior officers in pursuance of the trusts re pxsed in you." ♦****♦♦♦**•«« Personals Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heller of Merchantville N.J. are visit with her brother Mr. Jesse J. Lee of Nahunta. Mrs. Georgabel Highsmith of Jacksonville, ^la., formerly of Brantley County will soonbe returning to the Duval County Hospital for further surgery. Mrs. Judy Blount of Daytona Fla. was honored with a baby shower Saturday eveing, July 24 at file home of Mrs. Bessie Blount in Nahunta. Mrs. Diane Johns and Mrs. Maxine Moore were hostess for the gay occassion. According to eyewitnesses, a car driven by Lucille Johns struck vehicle #1 in the vici nity of the Citizens Bank then continued a short distance and hit vehicle #2. The Johns car continued along 301 and hit car #3, parked at Wilson's Auto Supply. The Johns car continued on and struck ve hicle #4 in the vicinity of the railroad crossing atwhichtime the Johns car came to a halt, Wtinesses estimated that the Johns car was traveling in ex cess of the speed limit while others stated ninety miles pier hour or better. Vehicle #lwas a caroperated by Florence Wilson, of Ft. Myers, Fla. who was hospiti lized. Vehicle #2 was a truck opierated by William Lendsey of Cherryville, N.C. Vehicle #3 owned by Edward Chancey, Nahunta. Vehicle #4 was a truck opierated by Benjamin Long of Cclesa, Fla. According to the Sheriffs Dept, the Wilson car suffered SI2OO damage, the lendsey truck S3O, the Chancey car S9OO and the long truck no damage. The car driven by Lucille Johns had S9OO dam age. During the past week there were several accidents along U.S. 30;/ In one of the acci dents, one person was killed and others hospitilized. The accident occured near the Bash lot Community that killed Fa bian Mooney of Vermont and hospitilized his wife. The head on collision occur edwhen the Mooney car attemp> ted to pass a truck owned by Brantley County Sheriff Robert Johns. The Mooney car coll ided head on with a car opier ated by William Pettit, ofMer chantville, N.J. Estimated damage to the Johns truck was $2300 and S2OOO to each of the two cars. Births Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Johns announce the birth of a baby boy born July 25th and weigh in at 7 lbs and 13 1/2 os, The mother is the former Dianne House. Materal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Tab Roberson. 1971 TOBACCO MARKETING CARDS George Dykes .Chairman of the Brantley County ASC Comittee reminds tobacco farmers that they may pick their Market ing Cards up at the county ASCS office at their convenience. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA ■ —— gg ■ - ‘ ■ S ■ ' '«w- M K I NO*?BBBMMB^aBr * ■ SUTTONSHOWES WHERE THIEVES ENTERED FROM THE ROOF BURGULARS VANDALIZE HIGH SCHOOL Monday, July 26, about 7:30 a.m. it was discovered that the Brantley County High School had been burgularized. Upon investigation by the Brantley County Sheriffs De partment and the GBI it was found that entrance was gain ed into the main building by using tools apparantley stolen from the bus garage. The burgulars broke in the main air-conditioning room where they climbed a ladder lead ing to the roof. They attem pted to enter the building over the Court area, which proved too difficult they then remov ed a skylight from the roof over a restroom, this attempt proved to be successfill. The burgulars then lowered them selves down into the building with playground swing chain. After entrance was gained, the burgulars moved into the school's Music Department where they took an Alto Sax aphone valued at $500.00, which was owned by Mr, Wayne Braswell. Personals Noah Griffin of Hoboken is in the memorial hospital in Waycross. Mr. Griffin wishes all his friends to stop by. The burgulars ramschakled the secretary's desk, plunder ed through the assistant prin cipal office and unsuccesfully attempted to enter a storage room in the main office. The school Clinic was the next target of the burgulars. They plundered through the desk in the Clinic. The burgulars broke into the School Vocational workshop by breaking the glass in the door. They also broke into the office of the shop. Sonya Bass, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bass, won a scholar ship and attended the State 4-H Club Wildlife Camp at Laura Walker Park last week. Sonya's main project in 4-H is Recreation, and natire study is an area of the jroject in which she has working. Shown with Conya in one of the instructors at the state event Not all the time was spent in study, but fun and leadership were important, too. Pilfering the main school building didn't appear to be enough because the burgulars then broke into the Gym where they took three stop watches. They then went into the coaches office and broke into the filing cabinate. The burgulars were tracked with blood hounds into the woods near the High School where the dogs lost the scent. The Sheriffs office and the GBI are continuing to investi gate the burgulary.