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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME 49-NUMBER 39 SHERMAN TOMLINSON ON DRUGS The barbiturates are classic examples of the sedatives or sleeping pills. These substances are condensation products of malonic ester and urea. With only slight changes in the chemistry of the molecule over 1200 different but related products are easily available. For easier classifi cation these products are divided into 4 groups according to speed of onset of act ion. They are the ultra-short acting sh ort acting, intermediate, and long acting barbiturates. Agents in the short acting group are more apt to be abused. These drugs take effect in a few minutes and dur ation of action is from 4 to 8 hours. Com monly known members of this group are Seconal, Nembutal, and Sandaptal which is the active ingredient in Fiorinal. Tolerance to a drug is said to develop when, through the passage of time, more and more drug is required to produce the desired effects in the individual. The per son who is abusing a barbiturate is doom ed. As tolerance developes more and more of the drug is required to produce sedation until the fatal dose is reached and consumed and death results. The effects of alcohol and barbiturates are additive and ingestion of both at the same time is dangerous and frequently re sults in death. Sometimes a person may come in off a drinking spree and take a sleeping pill in order to get a good nights rest and wake up the next morning dead. That person had important things to do. The next day he went to the morgue, was cooled down, autopsied, cleaned, embalm ed, dressed in a shroud, and laid out in a casket. Friends gather around, the pr eacher tries to say something nice but may eventually give up and preach hell-fire and damnation and introduce the unfortunate victim into eternity. Such is the way of life and can be expected if one chooses to abuse the sedative drugs. Abuse of the sedative drugs is bad enough when only one drug is involved and if more than one drug is being abused at the same time that per son is playing biological Russian roulettee. Next week: More on Depressants. Hoboken Building Service Club News The Hoboken Community Building Club met October 20, 1971 at the A.B. Baptist Church. The president, Dea con Peter Bowens, called the meeting to order, Deacon Bowens opened the meeting with prayer. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Housing and cleaning were discussed as goals for the club. Twelve people came to the club meeting. Coffee and donuts were served. The meeting adjourned until November 17, 1971, Births Mr. and Mis. George T. Brantley, Jr., wish to an nounce the birth of their son, George Thomas Brantley 111. "Tommy" was bom on Sept ember 29 and weighed 9 lb, 4 oz. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Franklin of Harrison, Georgia and the late Mr. Buford New. Pater nal grandparents are Mrs. Maude Brantley, Sr., of Wrightsville, Georgia and the late Mr. George T. Brantley, Sr. Mrs. Brantley is the former Erin New of Harrison, Georgia. The Winokur Baptist Church is now conducting Sunday School at 10:00 A.M. followed by worship service at 11:00 A.M. and a 6:00 P.M. worship service each Sunday now. The pastor, Rev. M.D, Thrift, cordially invites you to come and join their fellowship. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Novel Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — end Progressive People. Bookmobile Schedule Given The following is the Book mobile schedule for Brantley County for November 1971, Wednesday- November 3 Hickox Nahunta Lulaton Old Post Road Wednesday- November 17 Schlatterville Hoboken Raybon Hortense Atkinson Community Club Met The Atkinson Community Club met Thursday evening, October 21, 1971 in the At kinson Methodist Church. A garbage dump is still being discussed for Ft. Mclntosh and Atkinson Communities. The prospect of a recreation area for Atkinson was discussed at length. Our comma. needs a place for our young people. Won’t all you Atkinson resi dents, men, women and ch ildren, please join us for our next meeting, Thursday, No vember 4, at 7:30 P.M. We will meet at the Atkinson Methodist Church. There are a lot of things to be done in our community. Come help us do our part in Community Action. MR. VERNON CARTER CARTER ELECTED GENERAL CHAIRMAN of SHEET METAL WORKERS of AMERICA Vernon Carter of Route #l, Hoboken, was elected General Chairmanof the Sheet Metal Workers of America. Carter will represent Sheet Metal Workers employeed by Southern, Sea board Coastline, Atlanta Terminal, Jacksonville Terminal, Norfork-Portsmouth Belt Line and the Flordia East Coast Rail roads. Carter, the son of Mr. and Mrs. O.W. Carter of Hoboken, was first employed with the Atlantic Coastline Railroad in June, 1953. Hewas elected Trustee of the Sheet Metal Work ers in 1958 and held that office until 1971. He was elected Local Chairman of the Waycross local #442 in June 1965. He was elected assistant General Chairman of the Sheet Metal Workers in 1965 and Vice General Chairman in Oct. 1969 Upon the retirement of the General Chariman, Carter assumed those duties Oct. 1, 1971. As General Chairman of the eight state area, Carter has duties thatrequire him to travel extensively over the far rang ing region. He represent members of his union in their griev ances concerning health and walfare, wages, insurance and safety. Carter was bom and raised in Brantley County. He received his education and graduated from the Hoboken High School in 1946. Carter is married to the former Patricia Ann Henderson of Alma and they have three children; David, Joan and Mike. GEORGIANS TO AIR COMPLAINTS Georgians will be given an opportunity to air any com plaints concerning the oper ation of consumer finance companies at a meeting to be held in Brunswick on Wednes day, November 17th. J.B. Padgett, Chairman of the Fair Trade Practices Com mittee for this area has an nounced that a meeting will be held from 1 P.M. till 3 P.M. at the Holiday Inn West. "We will be in session," he explained, "to hear any complaints from the public concerning consumer finance operations in this area." The committee is part of the Georgia Industrial Loan HERONS UPSET BY INDIANS The Heron's winning streak was ended last Friday night in a hard fought defensive battle. The Indians were un able to muster an attack that was capable of penetrating the strong Heron defense. The only successful weapon in the Indians arsenalwas the second half kick-off return, but this proved sufficient as the fourth ranked Herons fell to the Ind ians 7-0. The Herons won the toss and elected to receive the opening kick. Archie Lee White took the opening kick and returned it 20 yards to the Herons 35 yard line where action began. The heavy Indian line refused to yield to the Heron offense which was forced to punt. The Indians then took the ball on their own 35 yard line and in ten plays marched to the Heron 11 yard line. The Her- THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 28, 1971 Association, a trade associat- ion representing consumer finance companies in Georg ia. It was set up several years ago to provide self-regulation by the industry in an attempt to correct any problems wh ich might arise. Mr. Padgett explained that at the conclusion of the hear ing a report will be filed with the state headquarters com mittee on the outcome of the hearings. Eleven hearings are to be held in Georgia on the same day, Mr. Padgett explained. Serving on the committee with Mr. Padgett will be Jeff Bledsoe ofWaycross, Georgia. ons took over on downs. Larry Lane then made a 32 yard gallop around end. The Her ons moved to the Indians 41 yard line before losing the ball due to a fumble. Neither team was able to muster an effective offense as both de fensive units put forth a deter mined effort. The Indians controlled the ball for 34 plays inthe first half and the Herons were able to run only 15 off- ensive plays. The second half opened with a boom as larry Smith took the opening kick, gathered his blockers and raced 65 yards down the sidelone for the lone score of the game. Bob’Miz ell kicked the PAT to make the score 7-0 for the Indians. The Herons were able to con trol the ball most of the second half and ran 27 offensive plays to 13 for Charlton. The Her-, DEAN REPLIES TO MILLION DOLLAR SUIT State Senator Roscoe Dean today cited and documented the 5-convictions criminal record of the Atlanta man suing him for alienation of affection. "This shocking record of Ed ward Douglas Merrell is just further positive proof that his fantastic one million dollar suit is just what I said it was- a vicious piece of political fiction, a sorry smear." Dean called the suit "the latest malicious move by the miserable men who fear I am going to run for Governor and resort to the lowest possible tactics in attempts to picture me as an outlaw." The senator submitted court records showing that Edward Douglas Merrell: Was arrested by the Whitfield (Dalton) County Sheriff’s De partment on December 3, 1965, on a charge of trans- porting an illegal amount of whiskey and was sentenced by the Superior Court Judge to pay a fine of SIOOO on No vember 28, 1967. Was arrested December 3, 1965, for operating a motor vehicle without a license and sentenced by the Superior Court Judge to pay a fine on November 28, 1967. Was arrested on November 3, 1967, by the Atlanta Police Department for operating a dive, found guilty, and sen tence to pay a $lO4 fine or spend 60 days in jail. state safety Georgia has historically not been noted for posting speed limits in towns and cities a ccording to sound traffic en gineering practices, yet con sistent uniformity in applying these practices would probably play a role on reducing traffic deaths on the state’s high ways. The Georgia Safety Council, the State Highway Depart ment, the Department of Pub lic Safety and the Office of State Highway Safety Coordin ator are cooperating in a com paign this fall to gain public support for traffic safety im provements throughout the st ate. One fact cited by all four agencies is that 36other states have lower death rates, in comparison to the number of miles traveled, as does Georg ia. They p»int out that sev eral hundred lives could be ons made two serious threats, but were stopped by and inter ception and an unsuccessful fourth down play. Charlton could not generate a long dr ive in the second half. Time ran out on the Herons and the final score stood 7-0 in Ch arlton County's favor. Brant ley County's only hopes for the Region 2B title now reSt on the Charlton - Patterson game. As this writer under stands, a loss by Charlton to Patterson would give Brantley and Charlton identical Region records and would result in a showdown rematch between Charlton and Brantley for the Region title. Charlton's only obstacle to the Region Title now appears to be Patterson, Offensive Heron stand outs were Larry Lane with 50 yards rushing, Rayford Blue with 29 yards and Robert Thomas. Ot\ Was arrested on March 27, 1968, by the Atlanta Police Department for cursing, found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of sls or spend 13 days in jail. Was arrested on April 17, 1968, by the Atlanta Police Department on a charge of disorderly conduct and being violent and abusive, found guilty, and sentenced to pay $33 or spend 30 days in jail. Dean then submitted court record certifications to show that Merrell's mother, Mrs. Bernice Merrell was arrested in Douglas County (Douglas- EDWARD D. MERRELL Ville) by the Sheriffs Depart ment, on August 25, 1967, on a charge of transporting whiskey illegally in a car own- saved every year if the death rate here could just be reduc ed to the national average. Traffic safety engineers in the State Highway Department say one way to accomplish some of this reduction is to always use controls based on meaningful traffic engineer ing studies of number of ve hicles, whether they are local or through traffic, number of trucks, and road conditions such as curvation and sight distances. Raising speed limits in some cases will actually slow down the average speed of traffic, since almost all drivers tend to totally disregard speed lim its that are unreasonably low and have to decide for them selves what speed is safe. This is too much of a burden to put on drivers, the traffic engineers say, especially th ose unfamiliar with the area. defense Davy Able had 9 in dividualtackles, Gary Strick land 6, and Ricky Gibson with 5. Others making tackles in cluded Marshall Edgy, Paul Langford, Curtiss Patten, Cur tis Rainge, Philip Purdom, Miles Moody, Roger Stallings, Rayford Blue, and Larry Lane, Others on offense included Ricky Carrecker, Archie Lee White, Johnny Sowell, and Lesie Baker. TEAM STATSTICS B.C. C.C. First downs 7 g Rushing 113 79 Passing 10 41 Passes 2-7-3 2-7-0 Penalties 25 30 Punts 3-28 3-41.7 TEAM SCORING Brantley 00-O-OO Charlton 0-0-7-O-7 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA SENATOR ROSCOE DEAN ed by John H. Bowen of the Landmark Apartments in At lanta. Mrs. Merrell was found guilty and given a suspended sentence upon payment of a S3OO fine on September 14, 1967. Dean concluded: "Can you believe anything said by a man with this kind of court record? look at the type of crimes on which he was con- victed. Is it clear now why he issuing for the wild amount of one million dollars? As always, I will take my own record as State Senator to the court of public opinion and abide by the verdict of the people I serve. In four races I have never lost a single pre cinct", Dean stated. Grace Baptist To Hold Fall Revival Revival services will get underway at Grace Baptist Church Monday, November 1, beginning at 8:00 P.M. nightly. Rev. Guy Purvis of Fernan dian Beach, Fla. will be guest speaker. In closing of revival, Home comingwillbe observed Sun day, November 7, The pastor, Rev. Riley Gill and members extend a cordial invitation to all. CANCER SOCIETY HONORS 2 LOCAL RESIDENTS Two Brantley County resi dents were specially honored at the recent annual meeting of the American Cancer So ciety, Georgia Division in Atlanta. Over 250 volunteers from a round the state attended the meeting where top volunteer leaders were saluted and the year's activities reviewed. Mrs. Harry Smith and Perry U. Rozier were commended for their leadership in Brantley County for their organization of the Society's EDUCATION Funds Crusade. A total of sl, 561,21 was raised in sup port of the CANCER CON TROL PROGRAM, mainly research, education and much needed aid for local cancer patients. This was 141% of the goal set by the National organization. Brantley Coun ty ranked fourth place in the NOTICE Food stamps may be pur chased at the Brantley County Department of Family and Children Services for the month of November beginning Nobember 1 through Novem ber 22 from 9 A.M. until 3 P.M. NO STAMPS WILL BE SOLD AFTER 3P.M. NOV- EMBER 22. FARM BUREAU MEETING The 33rd annual Georgia Earm Bureau Federation Con vention will be held at Jekyll Island November 14 through 17, Emmett Reynolds, Pres ident of the Georgia Bureau Federation announced today. Hundreds of farmers from th roughout the state, represent ing 158 of Georgia’s 159 Co unty Farm Bureau chapters will participate in activities ofthe state's largest farm con vention, receive reports, e lect several officers, and sh ape policy and recommendat ions to guide the Federation in the months ahead. Registration for the convents ion will begin at 2 P.M. on Sunday, November 14 in the Acquarama. The first general session is slated for Monday morning, November 15 at 10 A.M. The annual Women's Conference and ten commodity conferences are set for 2 P.M. on Monday, November 15. An awards and recognition conference is set for 7:30 P. M. on Monday. Tuesday, November 16 will see general and business sess ions, discissions and actions on resolutions, election of directors, vice president cau cus, a banquet and dance. The 33rd annual convention, is slated to end on Wednesday, November 17. state consisting of 159 count ies in contributions to the A merican Cancer Society and First place in the Region con sisting of 15 counties. The amount is more than has ever been raised in Brantley Coun ty Many thanks goes out to all leaders, volunteers and con trubutors who had a part in making this Crusade a success ful one stated Mr. Daniel O. McCook, State Education Funds Crusade chairman in be half of the American Cancer Society. The American Can cer Society pledges their very best interest to all Brantley County residents to merit the continuing support of the or ganization. Nine patients in Brantley County were helped through the American Cancer Society's Patient Service Pro gram during this fiscal year 1970-71, Personals Mrs. S.K. Allen, Mrs. Geor-^ ge Stewart, Jamie Stewart and Georgia Stewart returned home Friday morning from Alabama where they visited Pvt. Sandra Stewart. Mrs. Lena Strickland is im proving in the Brunswick hos pital. Mr. Bob Hendrix is in the Savannah Hospital for surgery.