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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME 49-NUMBER 42 PASTOR'S PEN CHRIST'S LAST LEGACY JOHN 14 : 27 These thrilling words of Jesus call to our attention God 1 s greatest gift and man's gr eatest need--God's peace for man's aching heart. Man seems to belong to the earth, but there is a hunger in him which earth cannot satisfy. It seems to satisfy the birds and the beasts. They eat their food and are content. But we are made with a heartache that nothing this plant offers can satisfy--not even health, wealth and human love. This deep truth is concealed from many people because they are convinced they are unhappy because their material wants are unsatisfied. Yet, when their material desires are met, the ache of the soul still persists. Jay Gould, with fifty million dollars, said, "I suppose I am the most miserable devil alive. " When will we learn that a "man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth"? In the light of this truth is it any wonder, then, that the only thing Jesus mentioned in His last will and testament was His peace? He had a robe to leave, but He never mentioned it in His will. A robe could not alleviate human need, and He knew it. Peace was His treasure; it was His greatest gift. "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. " Peace is in siparable from His presence; it comes with Him; it is never where He is not. It is always where He is. It belongs to Him and Him along; and it is His to give and His a long. "My peace" describes this wonder ful gift. Now, how does Jesus communicate His peace to the human heart? He bestows it through the blood of His Cross and the gift of the Holy Spirit. Through His Cross He blots out our sins, which have made us enemies of God and alienated us from our fellowman (Col. 1:20). In the gift of the Spirit, He sends into our hearts His joy ous, lifegiving presence, which is peace indeed. His peace, therefore, is condit ioned upon our acceptance of His Cross and the reception of His Spirit. Jesus cannotbestowHis peace upon a rebellious, unrepentant heart, no matter what psy chological adjustments he may endeavor to make. All the "positive" thinking a sinner can do will never result in true peace until he stands at the Cross and ex periences Christ. Peace is a gift of the Gospel and is received in accepting the Gospel by repentance and faith. Joy you cannot always have, but peace can always be yours in Christ. "Let not you heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. " Ernest Purcell, Pastor First Baptist Church Nahunta, Georgia FISH-SHRIMP SUPPER The Nahunta Chruch of God will serve Fish and Shrimp Supper s Friday, Nov. 19th. The suppers will be served from 4; 30 P. M. until. Prices per plate are Fish $1.25 and Shrimp sl. 50. Be sure to see our sweet table with cakes, pies and candy. JOB INTEREST CARDS BEING ACCEPTED BY U.S. CIVIL COMMISSION Job Interest Cards are being accepted for all types of Tr ades and Crafts and Equip ment Operation and Repair positions in the Federal ser- vice. Salaries range from $2.53 per hour to $4.68, de pending on the grade and lo cation of the job. There are various types of such positions in the Federal agencies located in the South BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Georgia area. These jobs do not require the passing of a written test nor any specific amount of experience, but applicants must show that they can perform without more than normal supervision. Further information and ap plication forms may be ob tained from the Federal Job Information Center, 451 Coll- ege Street, Macon, Georgia 31201. DR. CARL DRURY CHALLENGES FUTURE TEACHERS "The key to being a success ful citizen is involvement. Plan for your future now and get involved with being a worthwhile citizen" stated Dr. Carl Drury, State Represent ative of St. Mary's, Georgia. Dr. Drury spoke to the Future Teachers of American Chapt er at the Brantley County High School on Tuesday night at their regular monthly meet ing. President, Sissy Smith called the meeting to order. Sonja Bass gave the devotional. BASKETBALL NEWS The Brantley County Boys Basketballteamwillbe guided this year by Coach John Paul Picklesimer. Coach Pickles imer has rebuilt the basket ball program at two schools prior to taking the helm at Brantley County. Coach Pick lesimer comes to us from Pick ville, Kentucky, where he grew up, attended highschool and college. He views Brant » ley County as a strong com petitor in future years. At present he is looking forward to developing pride through hustle. The Coach remarked, "We'll be small, but quick, I can't promise to win or lose, but I can promise a good dis ciplined ball club that will fight to the last second, A team you can be proud of." This year's varisty team still needs a lot of work on funda mentals as many of the play ers are inexperienced. We RURAL J.N. McDuffie, State Dir ector, Farmers Home Admin- istration, announced today that rural development in Georgia will receive a big boost from a record budget that has been alloted to his Agency for this fiscal year. According to allocations re ceived this week, over $lO4 million will be available to assist rural people in the state this year. The head of the USDA's credit agency for Geor gia, in discussing dollars for rural families, stated that this year's $lO4 million record al- location compares with last year's lending of $92 million, also a record year. McDuffie said that last year more than 15,700 families in the state received direct ben efits from Farmer Home loans. He stated that with a larger HERONS CLOSE SEASON WITH LOSS TO BERRIN COUNTY Berrin County came to Br- antley with revenge on their minds as they hadn't forgott en last year's loss to the Her- ons. The Herons were unable to generate either an effect- ive offense or defense. The Rebels were satisfied to stay on the ground and grind out yardage and time as they put the Herons down 31-8. Sev- eral Heron seniors were in low Spirits after closing out the season on a losing note. The Herons made the first effortto move the ball but the first downs were hard to come by, so they punted to the Berrin Rebels. The Rebels then proceeded on their first ofseveal offensive drives. In the first quarter the Herons got behind as Harry Hill ran the ball in for the first score and Greg Forehand kicked the PAT to put the Rebels in front 7-0. In the second quarter THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 18, 1971 Karen Hendrix read the min utes of the last meeting and Cherry Thomas gave the treasurers report, A special thanks was extend- ed to Gwen Jacobs for being the highsalesman for the mag azine sales sponsored by the FTA and Sr. Beta Clubs. Gwen is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Olen Jacobs of Ho boken. Reporter, Allison Chambless HERON hope to be in fine shape by tournament time. Coach Picklesimer also stated, "I am starting the boys out in the lower grades in order to de velope a good feeder program, Our real potential ball players are young now, but our Varsity this year looks good." The returning lettermen that will see a lot of action are Phil Purdom-6'3" forward, David Carter-5'7" guard, George Dryden-5'7" guard, Larry Lane- 5' 10" guard, and Richard Stevens-5'10" guard. Coach Picklesimer and fam ily remarked that they are en joying working in Brantley County and looks forward to producing some fine teams. He asks that the fans come out and give these players their support. He promises good team ball and lots of action. How about it Fans? DEVELOPMENT TO RECEIVE BIG allocation, the Agency will be able to serve a larger number of deserving families this year. Farmers Home offers a gen eral line of credit in rural areas to three major classes of app licants (1) to families needing homes (2) to small towns and rural communities (3) to farm ers. The credit programs supplement other credit nor mally available in rural areas. McDuffie said that loans for Rural Housing were the heav iest users of dollars in the state last year. Over 5,200 indi vidual families received more than $66. 5 million last year for the construction, purchase or rehabilitation of homes. With this year's allocation of $75. 75 million an even larger number of families will be served. In the first 3 months Dale Nash made a 6 yard run for a touchdown and Greg Forehand kicked the PAT to put the Rebels in front 14-0. Time began to run out in the first half when the Herons be gan to run out in the first half when the Herons began their only effective drive of the night. On the last play of the half with no time remaining, Paul Langford tossed a 4 yard pass to Rayford Blue in the endzone and the Herons trailed 14-6. On the extra point at tempt, Robert Thomas plowed into the endzone and the Her ons were still in the ball game as they trailed 14-8 when they went to the dressing room at half time. The Rebels wasted no time in the second half as they ex ploded for two touchdowns in the third quarter, one was a one foot run by Willie Miles and the other a one yard run by Dale Nash. Greg Forehand Rescue vehicle was at the scene of the accident", stated Charles Wilson, a member of the new Brantley County Res cue Unit, Wilson made the report at the Resuce Unit meeting Monday. Huey Johns, a young enerjetic member of the all volunteer unit report ed to the group that he was walking near the parked am bulance, just after church when he heard sounds of a vehicle wreck. He stated that "rather than wait for a formal call to the rescue unit that he would react immed iately as he had been trained'.' Johns was referring to a class on Emergency Medical First Aidwherethe instructor stated that; "immediate response to The Second Annual South Carolina State Bluegrass Music Festival will be held on Th anksgiving Week-end (Nov. 25 thru Nov. 28) at the Con vention Center in Myrtle Bea ch, S.C., starting time is 10 A.M. daily. The Festival will feature over 40 hours of clean family entertainment with the "All Stars" of Bluegrass including Bill Monroe, Jim G Jesse, Lester Flatt, Ralph Stanley, Don Reno, Bill Harrell, Red Smiley, Mac Wiseman, Os borne Brothers, Jimmy Martin, of this fiscal year, loans have been approved for over 1400 families totaling more than $lB million. The rural hous ing program of Farmer Home is designed to provide adequate homes for low-to-moderate in come families in towns up to 10,000 population and in the open countryside. Farmers loans were made to more than 2,100 farm families last year to purchase and im prove farms; purchase live stock, machinery and equip ment and for farm and home operating expense. Loans also were made to finance nonag ricultural enterprises. For this fiscal year the Agency has been allocated more than sl9 mill ion for Farmer loans. Last year twenty-eight loans and grants were made to small BY GENE WILEY kicked both extra points and Berrien led at the end of the third quarter 28-8. Neither team was able to muster a strong offense in the final stanza, but the Rebels did manage to get close enough for Greg Forehand to kick a 30 yard field goal to make final score 31-8. Robert Thomas, Rayford Blue and Larry Lane were only able to roll up 47 yards rush ing and the total offensive yardage was 84 yards. Mar shall Edgy and Archie Lee White turned in a sparkling performance on defense with 15and 12tackles respectively. very successful season with a winning 8-2 record. The off ensive rolled up 216 points for a 21.6 game aberage. The defense cnlygave up 92 points for a 9. 2 average. We regret losing outstanding senior play- RESCUE UNIT IN ACTION "Within 3to 5 minutes the SECOND ANNUAL BLUE GRASS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED The Herons closed out a an accident victim and rapid movement to a qualified doc tor or hospital may save a life," A member of the Rescue Unit reported that a prom inate cit izen of Nahunta had been ex tremely critical of the Rescue Unit by finding fault with the Unit's response time and the driver. Rescue Chief J.W. Harris commenting on the cr iticism stated that "anyone desiring information on the unit is encouraged to attend the meetings or to contact him or other members of the unit." Harris stated that members of the unit are vol unteers and therefore receive no pay. The members put in many hours attending classes and answering emergency calls James Monroe, Lewis Family, Country Gentlemen, Clyde Moody, Carl Story, Charlie Moore, J.D. Crowe, Snuffy Jenkins, Pappy Sherill, Red White and many others. In addition to continuous concerts, a school of Bluegrass Music will be held concur- rently, Added attractions for Friday, November 26, are: The ann ual Bluegrass Music Parade at 11A.M., Bluegrass Band Con test at 4 P.M., Miss S.C. Bluegrass Music Beauty Con test at 8 P.M., and a square dance at 10 P.M, BOOST towns or communities for over $5.3 million for central water or waste disposal systems. These systems will provide ser vices to more than 41, OCX) peo ple. Community Facility funds have been increased to more than $9 million for this year. Loans are limited to small towns and places of not more than 5, 500. All counties in Georgia are served by one of the 62 county FHA offices. Brantley, Ch arlton, Pierce and Ware Coun ties are served by the County Office located at 201 State Street, Waycross, Georgia. Mr. PaulM. Purcell is Coun ty Supervisor, Mr. Michael W. Rogers, Assistant County Supervisor and Miss Madeline Culbreth is the County Office Clerk. ers who have contributed to the winning record of the past two years. I take this oppor tunity to thank these 1971 Heron football players for their contributions to make many happy and exciting moments forme and all the fans. Con gratulations Herons and Co aches for your success this season, GAME STATISTICS: Herons Rebels First downs 6 20 Rushing 47 292 Passing 37 19 Passes 6-19-1 1-4 Punts 6-24 1-41 Penalties 28 73 Fumbles 0 1 SCORING: Brantley 0-8- 0-0- 8 Berrien 7-7-14-3-31 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA twenty four hours a day. Harris added that anyone will ing to serve with the unit is encouraged to attend the meetings held each Monday night at the Brantley County High School. M. W. McGraw W. O. W. Dist. Mgr. ‘A Put-Up Job' Innocence Ruled In Assault Trial WOODBINE — A Camden County Superior Court jury late Wednesday found Henry Blood worth, a St. Marys man, inno cent of aggravated assault against State Rep. Carl Drury of St. Marys. The 12-man jury deliberated less than an hour before reach ing its verdict. In closing arguments. Blood worth s attorney, Robert Sum ner, said the charge against his client “was a put-up job" by witnesses for the prosecution. Earlier, Mrs. Gladys Buie, a nurse’s aide at the Gilman Hospital, testified that she saw Bloodworth beating Drury with a blunt object and also heard Bloodworth say, “I’ll kill him if its the last thing I ever do” and "we’ll finish you off later.” Drury testified that on the night of June 18 he was at tacked by an assailant wielding a blackjack-type weapon. The assault took place just before midnight outside the Gilman Hospital in St. Marys, Drury testified. Bloodworth told the jury that he was on the hospital grounds, TWO BRANTLEY CO CITIZENS KILLED IN ACCIDENT A Brantley County resident was killed in a one car acci dent in Nahunta Sunday mor ning at about 11:15A.M., The vehicle was reported to have been traveling at a high rate of speed. Emory Delano "Dock" Pres cott, 35, of the Bashlot Com m unity was killed in an acci dent that occured near the Citizen Bank on Byran Street, Two passingers in the car were injured and were transported to the Waycross Hospital by the Brantley County Rescue Unit. Injured were Talmadge Jones and James Daniels, Danie Is reportedly died some five hours after arrival at the hospital and Jones was hospit alized with injuries. A native of Charlton County Prescott had lived most of his life in Brantley County, A Revival Starts Monday Night At Riverside Riverside Chapel Baptist Church will be conducting their fall revival services be ginning November 22nd and will continue through Novem ber 28th, Services will begin at 7:00 P.M. nightly. Rev, Claude Gobles from Waycross, Georgia, will be the guest speaker. Rev. E. J. Dixon, pastor of the church, invites everyone to "come and enjoy the ser vices" . Guest Speaker at the Mon- day Night meeting was Mr. M.W, McGraw, District Ma nager of the Woodmen of the World. Me Gaw gave the his tory of W.O.W. and explained that it is a fraternal insurance organization. He explained that many civic projects are undertaken by the group. Mc- Graw stated that a few of the services available are; flags, compasses for Boy Scouts, Wheel Chairs and walkers for the sick, Christmas baskets and equipment for volunteer Res cue and Fire Department. Larry Stallings, Jr., areaman ager of the W.O.W. assisted McGraw and gave a short his tory of the County Encamp ment, but "did not strike him." Bloodworth, an employe of the Gilman Paper-Co., said that Drury fell down twice after Drury "made one swing at me.” County Constable Dan Regis ter, also an employe of Gilman Paper, testified that Drury told him injuries to his arm were the result of his falling down. Under cross-examination by prosecuting attorney Glenn Thomas Jr., Register said that he was driven about four weeks ago to the Douglas law office of Bloodworth’s attorney by for mer State Rep. Robert Harri son. Harrison, a Camden County attorney, lost his seat in the legislature last year to Drury after a bitter campaign. Earlier this year, Drury had his medical license suspended briefly. Accusations against him were later dropped by a Camden County grand jury with one local judge commenting that they were politically in spired to prevent Drury from taking his newly-won seat in the Georgia legislature. son of Mrs, Ernie Prescott, Nahunta, and the late M.J. Prescott, he had been em ployed as a lineman for the OkefenokeeßEAfor a number of years. Survivors besides his mother are two brothers, Norman Pres cott, Orlando, Fla., and Coy Prescott, Nahunta; several un cles , aunts and other relatives. Funeral services were held at 3:00 P.M. Wednesday from the Bashlot Church of God, Of ficiating was the Rev. Eddie Dixon and the Rev. L.C. Allen. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Thebodywas carr ied to his residence Tuesday morning and remained there until just prior to the service. Clough - Pearson Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Nahunta Senior Citizens Club Held Meeting The Senior Citizens Club spent a delightful evening in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sears on November 11th. Plans were made for a Christmas party and exchange of gifts to be held in the R.E.A. Building on December 7th. Mrs. Virginiaßaulersongave a demonstration on how to make stuffed pictures. Many took part in this and were pl eased with their handywork. Delicious refreshments were served during the social hour.