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VOLUME 49-NUMBER 31
A Voice in the Wilderness
That's what you want in news reporting
and that's what we're out to give you.
Admittedly, we don't always deliver, but
it's not for lack of trying.
If you know of an inaccuracy in a news
story appearing in this newspaper; if you
have a serious question as to bias; if you
believe there is some dificiency in the news
coverage of any news event
THEN YOU ARE INVITED TO WRITE A
PERSONAL, CONDIENTIAL INQUIRY TO
THE PUBLISHER.
Your letter will get immediate attention,
and you'll get a personal reply.
But, you'll have to sign you name and
address.
It's fashionable to say, "You can't believe
anything you read. " But it's hard to pin
down specifics. That's what we want to
do.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION REGUARD
ING THE ACCURACY OF ANY NEWS RE
PORT, DIRECT YOUR CONFIDENTIAL
INQUIRY TO THE PUBLISHER, THE
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, P. O. BOX 454,
NAHUNTA, GEORGIA 31553. SIGN YOUR
NAME AND ADDRESS, AND BE SPECIFIC
PLEASE.
You will get a personal reply because the
editor is more interested in the quality of
the newspaper than you are.
SHERMAN
TOMLINSON
ON DRUGS
A drug is ANY substance which has an
effect upon body or mind. A drug may be
naturally occuring of animal, plant, or
mineral origin or a drug may be synthetic
(made in a laboratory). Under this broad
definition food and water may be consider
ed as drugs and many times are taken into
considerationby a physician during the care
of a patient. Drug abuse is the mis-use
of any substance which has an effect upon
body or mind. Many people are prone to
mis-use a drug which has effect upon the
body such as aspirin, cough syrups, over
the counter asthmatic preparations, sleep
ing tablets, etc. This is because people
attempt self diagnosis, and self treatment
to relieve a disease process which is either
real or imagined. If the disease process
is imagined the person would have probably
recovered without having taken any nost
rum, however by so doing they have expos
ed themselves to needless medication which
in itself may cause bodily harm. On the
other hand if the disease process were real
and the individual attempted self diagnosis
and self treatment then many times the
symptoms of a serious disease are hidden
until such time they become so uncomfor
able that competent medical assistance can
not be effectively rendered and the person
is told in so many words, "go home and
die. "
Many over the counter medications are
"effective", however there are many which
are disigned more to "sell" than to "take'.'
The federal government through the Food
& Drug Administration and theßureau of
Narcotic and Dangerous Drugs is finally
taking steps to control the abuse of over
the counter medications.
In the meantime, to be safe do not take
any over the counter medication unless it
is recommended by your physician. If you
can not do this and you feel you must "take
something" be sure and read all the label.
Next week: Abuse of Prescribed Drugs.
ARREST IN CHURCH THEFT
Brantley Sheriff Robert Johns
reported to the ENTERPRISE
that additional arrests have
been made in the case report
ed last week.
Michael Miller, 23, ofHor
tense and Elton Morgan, 36,
Route 1, Nahunta were arrest
ed on a charge of burglary.
The last two arrests brought to
a close the case on stolen air
conditioners from churches.
Sheriff Johns stated that each
individual is in jail under a
bond of $5000.00 each.
ACCURACY
As reported by the ENTER
PRISE last week, there were
three air conditioners taken
from the Raybon Advent Ch
urch and the Raybon Mount
Zion Church.
The machines were recover
ed in Jesup, Georgia when the
men appearently disposed of
them. Arrested last week in
the same case and charged
with the same crime was Way
ne Harris, son of Joe Harris,
whose residence is in the Ray
bon Community.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores. Tobacco, Livestock, Honey. Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Starting September Ist the a
gencies, the Georgia Safety
Council, the Department of
Public Safety, the State High
way Department, and the State
Office of the Coordinator of
Highway Safety, plan to em-
INFORMATION CENTER
ON ECONOMIC ACTIONS
All residents of Brantley Co-
unty may obtain answers to
questions on operation and in
terpretation of the Presidential
order of August IS on prices,
rents, wages and salaries from
the Brantley County Agricult
ural Stabilization and Conser
vation Service Office, accord
ing to George Dykes, Chairman
of the County ASC Committee.
County ASCS offices through
out the United States have been
chosen as information centers
to answer questions from all
citizens on President Nixon's
Executive Order which is de
signed to stem inflation and
strengthen the national econ
omy.
The Brantley County ASCS
Office is receiving offical as-
swer to questions concerning
the President's action, and any
person in Brantley County who
wants or needs precise inform
ation should get in touch with
FOUR AGENCIES TACKLE
TRAFIC SAFETY PROBLEM
The ever increasing number
of traffic deaths, injuries, and
accidents on Georgia highways
has prompted four agencies to
combine efforts in launching a
major statewide campaign this
fall with the aim of "doing
something about the needless
carnage on our roads and st-
reets."
phasize the three main facets
of traffic safety, the Driver,
the Vehicle, and the Highway,
devoting one month to each
subject.
The aim is "to present the
Senior Citizens
News
The Senior Citizens Club
will meet September 9th, at
7:30 p. m. at the R. E. A.
Building.
This will be a First Annivera
ary Party given by the Brantley
Home Makers Council, Mrs.
Harry Raulerson leading.
All interested will want to be
BCHS PREPARES FOR GRID ACTION
The Brantley County Herons will open the Football Season Friday, September 3 against the Wheeler County Bull
dogs. The Herons are wxpecting a big turnout for their first game of the season. The Bulldogs were defeated in
there first game by Bacon County High by a score of 14-6. The Herons are expecting a hard, tough fight. The
home game will get underway at 8:00 sharp-DON’T BE LATE-SEE YOU AT THE GAME!
THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GA. SEPTEMBER 2, 1971
the County Office, Mr. Dykes
said.
The Brantley County ASCS
Office is located at Nahunta,
Georgia. The mailing address
is P. O. Box 227, Nahunta,
Georgia 31553. The telephone
number is 462-5718. In charge
of the office is Dan H. Jacobs,
County Executive Director.
The office has a staff of three
persons. "Ours and all ASCS
offices throughout the nation,
will function as information
centers in all locations outside
of highly urbanized areas, " Mr.
Dykes said.
County ASCS offices are not
to handle complaints or ap
peals, he said. They will serve
only to provide official inform
ation. Personswith complaints
will register them with the most
convenient district or sub-dis
trict office of the Internal Rev
enue Service.
"Neither will interpretations
true facts about traffic safety
to the public in hopes of ch
anging the attitude that death
on the highways should be tak-
en for granted or viewed as the
price we have to pay for a mo-
torized society," according to
W.C. Mitchell, President of
the Georgia Safety Council.
The monthof September will
focus on the Driver, beginning
with an 8:30 a.m. breakfast
for news media reqresentatives
on September 1 at the Atlanta
American Motor Hotel. At
the breakfast, a slide present
ation will highlight areas wh-
erby the Driver may aid traffic
safetyeffortssimply by his im
proved knowledge of safety
facts.
Governor Carter signed a pro
clamation Thursday (August
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHOOL
DRESS CODE, BOYS CAN WEAR BLUE
JEANS TO SCHOOL. MR. FERGUSON,
ASST. HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL MADE
THE CLARIFICATION INA STATEMENT
TO THE ENTERPRISE CONCERN -
ING THE SCHOOL ADOPTED DRESS
CODE.
or guesses be made by ASCS
county office people. They
will answer only those questions
for which they have been supp
lied answers. If they don't
know the answer to a specific
question, they will say so. If
a member of the public wants
the county office to obtain an
answer, the question will go by
phone or mail to the nearest
IRS district office," Mr. Dykes
said.
Normal function of ASCS
county offices is to administer
farm action programs of the
U.S. Department of Agricult
ure on the local level. County
Committee Chairman Dykes
said ASCS service to farmers
will continue interruption.
"Our county office people
welcome the opportunity to
serve their county and are
happy to make the extra effort
in this crucial period," he said.
26) designating September as
Driver Information Month and
calling on all drivers to learn
as much as they can about tra
ffic safety.
In October the project will
highlight the Vehicle and in
November will focus on the
roadway itself.
During the month of Septme
ber public information efforts,
revolving around the Driver,
will attempt to enlighten driv-
ers about licensing, emergency
medical services, friver edu-
cation, highway devices to im
prove driving, alcohol, courts,
and accident and conviction
records.
Agency officials are hoping
for extensive involvement in
the campaign by the news med
is to foster greater public in-
volvement and save more lives.
N OTICE
DEAN TO ASK FOR
TOBACCO AUCTION
INVESTIGATION
State Sen. Roscoe Dean said
he had asked Sen. Herman Tal
madge, D-Ga., to initiate ant
an investigation into tobacco
auctions at a warehouse in
Blackshear.
Dean said a local farmer,
Lowell Mallard, had brought
his tobacco to the Edmunds-
Carter Tobacco Warehouse and
that what appeared to Mallard
to be conspiracy between a
government grader and buyers
caused him to lose 10-cents a
pound on his crop.
Mallard told Dean that the
government grader at first
REVIVAL
SET FOR
HICKOX
BAPTIST
Revival services will begin
at the Hickox Baptist Church
in the Hickox Community on
September 6th and will run
through September 12. Serv
vices will get underway each
evening at 8:00. Special sing
ingwillbe featured throughout
the revival services.
Guest speaker will be Ben
Glosson, Jr. of Waycross, Ga.
The services will close with
dinner on the grounds, Sunday,
September 12th.
The pastor, W. B. Glosson
and the congretation cordially
invites the public to attend.
N OTICE
Remember you can call the
Waycross District Office COL
LECT— 28 3-3404—-NO CH
ARGE TO YOU.
If you need any question an
swered, if you wish to file a
claim for Retirement, Dis
ability or Medicare, you can
save yourself time and money
by tele phorung.
You can even get a duplicate
social security card by tele
phone if you know your social
security number.
Subscribe to the
BRANTLEY
ENTERPRISE
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
marked his tobacco with a de
signation that meant he was
' guaranteed 65- cents per pound
by the government. When a
buyerbid only 55 cents, Mall
ard said the grader came back
and changed the grade to
"NOG" which means "no gov-
emmant price support."
As a result, Dean said, Mall
ard was forced to take the buy
er's low bid "or take his to
bacco home."
"It appeared there was some
agreement between the grader
and the buyer," Dean said.
"I'm not saying there was a
PASTOR'S PEN
SINS OF THE DESPOSITION
We hear a lot of preaching about sin in
these days! You ask, "What is sin?" Most
folk would answer that sin is drinking, gam
bling, murder, profanity and all the sins
of the flesh. Yes, such acts are sin and
God declares that "they whichdo such things
shall not inherit the kindom of God" (Gal.
5:19-21). Yet these are not the worst sins
and those guilty of such are not the worst
sinners.
The truth is there are two classes of
sins- sins of the body and sins of the dis-
position.
The prodigal son is a type of the first, the
elder brother of the second (Luke 15-32).
The prodigal wasted both his money and
his life in "riotous living". He seems to
have committed every sin in the book. No
doubt he drank, gambled, indulged in shame
ful immorality, until finally he sank to the
level of a pig.
The elder brother lived a decent and re
spectable life. He was obedient to his
father and a hard worker. He never stray
ed from home. As far as we know he never
was guilty of any immorality.
Now which of these is the worse sinner,
the more hopeless case? Most would say
the prodigal. But is this judgement corr
ect?
Lookatthese tWo brothers as Jesus ends
His story in Luke 15. One of them is seat
ed at the table. He is wearing a new robe
and shoes which his father has given him.
Onhis finger is a ring signifying member
ship in ght family. There is joy, love and
forgiveness in his heart. What has happ
ened to the poor wretched sinner? He has
felt his need, he has come to Jesus where
he found forgiveness,restoration and eter
nal life.
Now, look at the elder brother-moral,
hard-working, patient, dutiful. With all
these virtures, lookat this baby, "pouting 1
outside of his own father's door. Analyze
his attitude. Jealousy, envy, anger, pride,
touchiness, cruelty and above all, self
righteousness. So he, who was supposed
to be on the inside, finds himself on the
outside in the darkness, unhappy and bitter.
Are not such sins of the disposition worse
to live in, and for others to live with, than
sins of the body? Yes, indeed, for Jesus
said "the publicans and the harlots go into
the Kingdom of God before you" (Matt. 21-
31).
Certainly Jesus is not telling us that we
should commit the sins of the flesh. But
He is showing us that we can shut God out
of our hearts by "works", even good works.
It is easy to be self-righteous, to be in the
church, to be like the elder brother, never
to feel any need of God and never exper
iencing Christ's saving power. This is the
most dangerous sin.
Ernest S. Purcell, Pastor
First Baptist Church, Nahunta, Ga.
conspiracy, but it certainly
appearsso. I've seen this happ
en before. It appears they are
trying to pick up tobacco for
dirt prices on the last day,"
Thursday was the last day of
tobacco auctions at the Black-
shear center.
Dean said he talked with Tal
madge by phone and that Tal-
madge said the incident would
be brought to the attention of
the U.S. Department of Ag
riculture.
"Sen. Talmadge said there
would be an investigation,"
Dean said.
