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VOLUME 49-NUMBER 41
A Voice in the Wilderness
"THERE'S A FROG ON A KNOT ON A LOG IN A HOIEIN THE
BOTTOM OF THE SEA"
At the age of six or seven, while sitting
on my Old Mamma's knee, she taught that
ditty to me. As a man, I've sung it many
times and have heard my wife sing it to
the children. Now, I have seen it--a hole
in the bottom of a lake--with a log, a knot,
but no frog--
I was priviledged last weekend, to take
a trip to such a lake which all the water
had run through--a hole in the bottom.
That's right folks, there was a big hole in
the bottom of the lake through which all
the water ran. Where the water went is
anybody's guess. Into an underground
river? And why not? If water will run
underground, couldn't it run into an under
ground river?
Ross Lake, North of Tifton and East of
Ashburn, Georgia, covers an appearant
50 to 75 acres of land and at one site may
be 40 feet deep. The natural lake is fed
by three streams where water continues
to flow to a low point in the dry lake bott
om then into the hole.
The attitude of local residents is, Ho
Hum, Old Ross Lake is dry again. Old
timers of the area state that the lake may
drain as much as twice in a single year.
Some years it remains full all year long.
For some of us folks here in Brantley
County to see such a spectical, it is quite
inspiring. It may strike some stranger
the same way to see oir miles and miles
of tall pines.
Fire season (November th
rough March) is a time when
there is a need for cooperation
in protecting forestlands. The
county forestry unit has two
methods of wildfire detection
-a tower located in every
county and airplanes that fly
a fire-detection pattern over
several counties.
Every time a smoke of un-
known origin appears on the
horizon, one of the Forestry
Commission's detection fa
cilities pinpoints the fire a-
ccording to location. In most
cases, these smokes turn out
to be controlled bums, fortun
ately. However, the Forestry
Unit cannot afford to take ch-
ances, so tractor units are sent
to investigate each unidentifi
ed fire to determine if it is
under control or a wildfire.
Fall Colors Add To
Beauty Os Stone Mountain
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga.
(PRN) — The bright array of
golden and crimson leaves
combined with the blue of an
autumn sky provides a day
filled with scenic beauty and
memorable experiences for fall
visitors at Stone Mountain
Park. The colorful leaf change
now beginning and continuing
into November is in startling
contrast to the silver-gray
granite of the mountain.
A leisurely drive along
Robert E. Lee Boulevard
winding around the base of
the mountain yields
unexpected vistas of beauty as
flaming hardwoods become a
virtual palette of colors. It’s as
though an artist’s brush
stroked every golden and
scarlet hue of the prism onto
the trees - from pale yellow to
the deepest purple.
Harold Cox, park
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey. Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
A VIEW
OF THE FOREST
BY
H. L. NEAL, JR.
AREA FORESTER
AND
E. J. RHODEN
COUNTY RANGER
The cost of operating a tract
or unit is about sixteen cents
a mile. One readily sees how
false alarms increase the for-
estry unit operation cost.
Many trips could be elimated
if land owners would notify the
unit before burning indicating
when and where it would take
place.
The construction of firebreaks
is a great help in maintaining
fire control. The forestry unit
aids the landowners in putting
in the breaks for a minimum
fee. A management forester
is provided to help the land-
owner decide upon the best
place for the firebreak taking
advantage of all natural barr
iers, if this help is requested.
The request should be made to
the local forest ranger.
horticulturist, recommends
the spectacular display of
sugar maples scattered
throughout the park. These
change to shades of golden
and cinnamon. Sour woods,
black gums and red maple are
also in full glory, turning
various shades of crimson,
while the sweet gum go to
hues of bronze and purple.
Especially breath-taking is
the panoramic view from the
skylift as Swiss cable cars
ascend to the top of the
world’s largest mass of
exposed granite. From there
the vivid colors, blending with
the green of Georgia pines, are
reflected in the clear sparkling
lakes scattered throughout the
Park.
Nestled in a colorful
lakeside setting, a rustic
turn-of-the-century grist mill
grinds com into golden meal
on fall weekends. Nearby, the
DRURY —
BLOODWORTH
TRIAL UNDERWAY
A nurses aide testified Tues
day in Superior Court in Wood
bine that she heard Henry Bl
ooldworth, a St. Marys man
charged with the aggravated
assault of State Representative
Dr. Carl Drury, say "we'll
finish you off later."
Mrs. Gladys Buie, a nurses
aide at St. Marys Gilman Hos
pital testified that she saw Bl
ooldworth beating Drury with a
blunt object and also heard
Bloodworth say "I'll kill him
if its the last thing I ever do,"
As Bloodworth was leaving
the hospital entrance, he call
ed to Drury and said "we'll
finish you off later," Mrs, Buie
said.
Drury testified before a jury
of 12 men that on the night of
June 18, he was attacked by
an assailant wielding a black
jack-type weapon. The ass
ault took place about midnight
just outside of the Gilman Hos
pital, he said.
The assailant "swung atmy
head and hit my elbow causing
a severe abrasion. The blow
was of such force as to kill a
person upon striking a head,"
Drury said.
Bloodworth, in a voluntary
statement to the jury, said he
was on the hospital grounds but
did not intend to strike Drury
and "did not strike him."
Drury fell down twice after
he "made one swing at me,"
U.S. SHOULD HAVE
HERMAN’S WARNING
Many members of Congress
are up in arms over the United
Nations' decision to expel the
Taiwan-based Nationalist
Chinese government and seat
Communist China.
But Georgia's U.S. Senator
Herman E. Talmadge wasn't
surprised. In fact, he has
been warning the United St
ates of the danger of such a
LOCAL PTA
MEMBERS
ATTEND Bth
DISTRICT
CONFERENCE
The Bth District P. T. A. Fall
Conference was held ,Tuesday,
November 7, at the Glynco
Naval Air Station Officers
Club.
The Nahunta Elementary
P.T.A. received honors for
having the most members
present. Attending were Mes
damesßuthChambless, Nan
cy Brooker, Frances Wain
right, Sidney Walker, Mar
garet Thomas, Evelyn Argo
and Sandra Brauda. The Rev.
Ernests. Purcell accompanied
the group.
The
aroma of boiling peanuts and
fresh mountain cider drifts
from a wooden glen where
typical industries from the old
south are set up and in
operation.
Near the white oaks and
dogwoods at the ante-bellum
plantation smoke rises from
the chimney of the old brick
cookhouse. Inside, an
open-hearth cooking
demonstration is underway
over burning hickory logs. On
nippy fall days, visitors are
invited to sample this old
south method of cooking.
A pleasant way to end the
afternoon is listening to a
lakeside concert at the world’s
largest carillon. Herbie Koch,
Georgia’s official carillonneur,
presents daily concerts at 1, 3
and 5 p.m. on Sundays and at
12 noon and 4 p.m. or
weekdays.
THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 11,1971
Bloodworth said nj have reason
to kill him," he said adding
that Drury had telephoned his
juvenile daughter earlier that
day and had requested a meet
ing with her. Drury denied
both charges,
Bloodworth, an employee of
the Gilman Paper Company,
earlier this year was one of a
group of persons who accused
Drury with the rape of his
daughter while she was a pat
ient at the Gilman Hospital.
The accusations were later
dropped by a Camden County
grand jury with one local judge
commenting that they were
politically inspired to prevent
Drury from taking his newly
won seat in the state legislat
ure.
Constable Dan Register, also
an employee of the Gilman
Paper Company said he was
called to the hospital by the
St. Marys police to investigate
the alleged attack last June.
Register testified that Drury
told him the injuries to his arm
were the result of his falling
down and not from any blows
delivered by Bloodworth.
Register also said under cross
examination by prosecutor
Glenn Thomas, Jr., that about
four weeks ago he was driven
to the Douglas law office of
Bloodworth's defense attorney
Robert Sumner by former state
representative Robert Harrison.
development eversince going
to the Senate in 1957,
Immediately after the U.N.
action, Sen. Talmadge issued
this statement:
"I have voted for reductions
of the United States contri -
butions to the United Nations
every opportunity that I have
had. I have long felt that we
have been carrying far more
WELFARE SETS FLAT RATE
SHELTER ALLOWANCE
To simplify eligibility pro
cedures and reduce adminis
trative errors, the Georgia
Department of Family and
Children Services is introduc
ing a "flat rate" procedure for
determining shelter allow
ances and word expense de
ductions for recipents. The
new regulations will be in
stalled over a three-month
period beginning with the De
cember 1 checks.
The "flat rate" for shelter
will be based on the number
of persons in the recipient's
household. By shelter to the
existing flat rates for food and
clothing, the caseworker will
now be able to determine the
exact amount of allowances
for all basic needs by simply
referring to a table.
Current procedures for de
termining shelter require
complicated mathematical
computations which result in
frequent errors. For example,
to determine shelter allowance
for a person living in a house
he owns, a worker must look
Births
Mr. and Mrs. William D.
(Billy) Rowell of Route # 1,
Nahunta, are proud to ann
ounce the birth of their 7 lb.
10 oz. son born on October
28th in the Waycross Memorial
Hospital.
The baby was named William
Dean Rowell, Jr., and will be
called Dean.
Harrison, a Camden County
attorneywho has been involv
ed with the Gilman Paper
Company, lost his seat in the
legislature last year to Drury
in a bitter contest.
Drury campaigned for the
state post on a platform of in
creased taxation for Georgia's
Pulp and Paper industry and
forbroad reforms in the system
of property taxes which Drury
saysbenedit large corporations
at the expense of the average
homeowner.
The trial of Bloodworth on
the aggravated assault charge
is being held in Camden Coun
ty Superior Court with judge
HEEDED
than our share of the financial
burdens of the United Nations
and I have consistently voted
that way.
"As one senator who has
never voted for foreign aid,
proposals now to reduce Unit-
ed Nations are nothing new
for me. People are coming
to a position that I have held
for 15 years."
up the assessed value, allow
five percent of that value for
upkeep, validate the cost of
State, county and city taxes
on the property, add fire in
surance cost, and divide the
total by 12 to arrive at a
monthly allowance. In add
ition to producing to any errors,
such procedures are time-con
suming and mean that it takes
more workers to handle the
growing caseload.
For similar reasons, the De
partment is establishing a
"flat amount" to cover de
ductible expenses of recip -
ients who go to work. Curr
ently a recipient who works is
allowed a $25 monthly de-
duction for work expenses such
as transportation, work cloth
es, etc. and then added to
that are the actual amounts
for income taxes withheld,
Social Security payments ,
union dues, etc. Determin
ing the exact amounts for all
these items is time- consuming
and also produces errors. The
new planwill allow a $35 de-
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation's Annual Convention
will open November 14th at Jekyll Island. Registration
will get underway at 2:00 P.M. in the Aquarma lobby.
Maternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Wain
wright of Nahunta and the late
Mr. George Steedley. Pater
nal grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Lyman Rowell of Na-
DR. CARL DRURY
Gorden Knox presiding.
The trial which began Tues
day went to the jury Wednes
day morning and at press time
were still deliverating.
WARNI NG
The Sheriffs department is
asking the citizens of Brantley
County to be aware of anyone
going to their home on the
pretext that they represent
some agency such as the So
cial Security Department or
the Welfare Department, pr
omising to get them an incr
ease in income . If any leg
itmate representative visits
their home, they do have pr
oper indentification and this
should be shown. If they do
not show proper indentificat
ion, then it would be wise to
be suspicious and not let them
inside the house or give per
sonal information.
NOTICE
The Nahunta Elementary
P.T.A, will be held at 3:45
P.M. Thursday, November
11. The Program will be on
Physical Education.
All members are urged
to attend,
duction to cover all work-re-
lated expenses expenses ex
cept the cost of child care or
other attendant care necessary
to free the recipient to work.
Many states, including Cal
ifornia, Illinois, New York,
and others, have adopted such
procedures recently to reduce
the administrative costs of re
viewing the growing number
of cases. Georgia how has
more than 200,000 active wel
fare cases.
Initiating the new regulations
will require review and ad
justment of all active cases.
Many will receive decreases
in monthly payments and ot
hers will receive increases.
Approximately 80,000 of the
210,000 active cases will be
decreased. Ninety percent of
the decreases will be sls or
less; fifty percent will be $5
or less. About 500 cases will
be closed because of the new
regulations. Adjustmentstend
to favor those who are totally
dependent on welfare income.
hunta.
Dean has one other sister,
Anita Ann Rowell.
Mrs. Rowell is the former
Miss Wanda Steedley of Na
hunta.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Sen. Dean Denies
Adultery Charges
State Senator Roscoe Dean
today denied that he has
committed adultry and stated
that he will file suit immed
iately against Douglas Merr
ell, the man who signed the
adultry warrant against him,
and others involved in ob
taining the warrant. The
Jesup senator stated he had
conferred with local attorneys
who advised him that the a
dultry warrant against him is
illegal and void on its face
and prompt legal action will
be taken to obtain dismissal
of the warrent.
Dean stated that the latest
charge made against him by
PASTOR'S PEN
LOVE'S CHARACTER
I CORINTHIANS 13; 13
Yes, love is the greatest thing in the
world We generally think of faith as be
ing the most important word in Christ
ianity. But love is greater than faith.
Why is this true? Because the end is gr
eater than the means. What is the purpose
of having faith? It is to connect the soul
with God through Jesus Christ. And what
is the object of connecting man with God?
The answer is that he may become like
God and "God is love" (IJohn4;8). Hence
faith is the means whereby we lay hold up
on love, the end, which is God Himself.
Love is God's equivalent, and God's e
quivalent is love.
If one's heart is ruled by divine love, he
knows God, indeed, he is born of God (I
John 4;7). But one may be eloquent, un
derstand prophecies and "all mysteries, "
have great knowledge and tremendous faith,
be charitable and even sacrifice his life
for God, yet without love he is "nothing"
he is --because he lacks God's inescapable
requirement, love. In fact, lacking love
he is void of God Himself. He has not the
character of God.
What is this character of divine love--
the greatest thing in the world? How does
it act in everyday life as man deals with
man?
There are nine precious ingredients of
this love set forth by Paul in I Corinthians
13:4-6. "Love suffereth long." This is
patience. "And is kind." As simply stat
ed, this is kindness. "Love envieth not "
This is generosity. "Love vaunteth not
itself, is not puffed up. " This is humility.
"Doth not behave itself unseemly. " This
is gentlemanly courtesy. "Seeketh not her
own." This is unselfishness. "Is not
easily provoked." This is good temper.
"Thinketh no evil" This is innocence.
"Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in
the truth. " This is sincerity. Patence,
kindness, generosity, humility, courtesy,
unselfishness, good temper, innocence,
sincerity--such in the character of divine
love, and such is the character of God.
Such is also the character of every person
whose heart and life are ruled by such
love.
How do we get or receive this divine
love? It is not human love or natural
goodness. It is something one can pump
up or out of his heart. It is a gift--a gift
from God--and no man receives it other
wise, no matter how noble of beneficient
he may be. A person is born of this love
when he truly repents and receives Jesus
as His Lord and Savior. As a person sub
mits himself to Jesus Christ, this love is
continuously "poured out" in his heart by
the Holy Spirit which is given every Ch
ristian (Rom. 5:5). "Everyone that loveth
is born of God, and knoweth God" (I John
4:7). But on the othejr hand, "He that
loveth not knoweth not God; for God is
love" (I John 4:8)
Ernest S. Purcell, Pastor
First Baptist Chruch
Nahunta, Georgia
Merrell was just part of a
continuing vicious plot to
embarrass and destroy his po
litical career. He also said
that this latest illegal man
euver may be an effort to im
properly influence the out
come of the one million dollar
alienation of affection suit
brought against him by Merr
ell.
According to Senator Dean,
Mr. Merrell is no stranger to
the criminal courts ofGeorgia.
The Senator stated that Mr.
Merrell according to court
records, has five criminal
convictions, ranging from il
legally transporting whiskey
to operating a "dive''.
