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Newspaper Page TextMEMBIR Auoclftlon • Foundtd IBBS VOLUME 49-NUMBER 2 PASTOR'S PEN A Foreword To The Sermon On The Mount Matt. 5:1,2 One of the appalling judgments against Christians today is an idle ignorance of the demands of Christ in the Sermon on the Mount. Not long ago a man stood and quoted this sermon for nearly thirth min utes. When he had finished to the con gregation of Christian people, many rush ed to the public relations booth to pur chase a copy of his sermon. They didn't realize that the message was Matthew ch apter 5-7. I. The Sermon has had its many critics both inside and outside Christendom. Nieetzche, the German philospher, con cluded that it had a "debasing effect on man." But his plea for "Master Morality" and the evolution of the "Superman" lost its popularity when the world saw in Hitler the result of such a philosophy. It is jugd ed as being out of date by those who say that it was only relevant to the past and by those who relegate its relevance to the future. Albert Schweitzer believed that the Sermon on the Mount is a part of Jesus "interim ethic" which was relevant only between the time it was delievered and the death of Jesus. The dispensational view of the sermon, on the other hand, assum es that Matt. 5-7 will not be in effect be fore the end of time called the "millim nium " 11. There is a gross ignorance of the Sermon on the Mount. The greatest op position to it today is the neglect of its teachings in the lives of Christian people. If the proverbial visitor from Mars land ed in a typical Christian community, hav ingread the sermon on the way, he would conclude that he had landed in the wrong place. 111. The importance of the Sermon on the Mount cannot be overemphasised. Ma hatma Ghandhi, a man outside Christian ity said of the Sermon, "It is the unadult erated message of Jes is . " It has influ enced more people than any other piece of literature. Parts of it have been taught in the name of science and psychology. Matthew said that Jesus "went up into a mountain. " Luke pictures the scene as a plain. From Greek words used by both we may conclude that they are both talk ing about the same place, for they convey the idea of a mountain with a flat plateau on the top. Upon His arrival on the scene Jesus sat down. The Jewish Rabbi often preached while walking around or standing. But when he wanted to teach something of im portance to which all disciples should pay attention he would sit down. So when Jesus sat down he was getting ready to say something to which the disciples sh ould pay close attention. His disciples came close to Him. It has been said that the Sermon on the Mount "was spoken in to the ear of the chruch and overheaded by the world. " Careful reading indicates that it is addressed to the disciples, pri marily. However, the conclusion of the Sermon, Matt. 7:28, indicates that the multitudes were present when Christ fin ished. Ther Sermon therefore, describes how one should live after he becomes a Christian. It does not describe entrance into the Christian life. When a person accepts the challenge to follow Christ he takes upon himself the demands of Matt. 5-7. "He opened His mouth and taught them, saying." He had to say in these three chapters is of utmost importance. We ought to listen as we read what Jesus has to say to us. Rev. Ernest S. Purcell, First Baptist Chruch Nahunta, Georgia Mr. Steve Johns Passes Away Mr. Steve Johns Passed a way at his home in Homer ville, Ga. on Wednesday, Tanmmr THK. BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. Mincy-Fulford Funeral Home is in charge. Arrangements are incomplete as the BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE goes to press. Georgia Welfare Roll Growth Declines Georgia ranks below the national average in the num ber of welfare incorrect pay ments according to a study re cently released by the U.S. Department of Health, Edu cation and Welfare. The na- tional average for ineligibles in the programs for the aged, blind and disabled was 4.9%; inGeorgia the figure was 3.9%. The national average for in eligibles in Aid to Families with Dependent Children was 5.6% percent; in Georgia the figure was 4.2% percent. For overpayments and underpay ments, Georgiawas also below the national average. These incorrect payments re flect the fact that the welfare system has been almost over- Brantley County Basketball News Since the Christmas break the Herons have come on st- rong, but still are a year away from proving themselves com petitors. During the Christ mas tourney, the Herons prov ed they can put it all together as they took the first game over a tall Jacksonville Mar anatha team by the score of 90-56. The score indicates a good night and a tight defense led to the Herons first victory. Phil Purdom led the Herons with 24 points Larry Lane con tributed 20, and Frank Lee 16. Mark Donn of Jacksonville took game honors with 33. The next night the Herons cooled off to a freize and couldn't buy a basket as they fell in the championship game to Charlton County 85-46. Although a big margin loss, the Herons pulled in the first boys basketball trophy for the school, and that took the place of the tears. Coming back from the Christmas break, the Herons traveled to Double A Camden County and fought the tall Camden County team on Laniers The State Highway Depart ment of Georgia is revising plans for construction of 1-95 in Camden and Glynn Count ies, in an attempt to preserve the legendary Marshes of Glynn. Governor Jimmy Carter and local citizens had questioned the ecological wisdom of two dredging projects planned dur ing the superhighway's con struction. As a result of this concern, the Highway Department sought the advice of two en vironmental experts, Doctor Eugene Odum, Director of the University of Georgia's Insti tute of Ecology, and Robert Reimold, Assistant Professor of the University of Georgia's Marine Institute, on Sapelo Island. Odum and Reimold recom mended moving waste mater ial disposal sites from biolog ically high-productive marsh land to more highly-elevated, less productive marsh areas. Rescue Unit Bake Sale to be Held During Jan. Term of Court. Coffee and Slices of Cake Will be Sold. Whole Cakes Will Also be Sold. Donations go Toward Buying Equipment For the Unit. THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, JANUARY 13, 1972 whelmed by the tremendous changes that have occurred within it over the past four years. Court decisions striking down previously restrictive regulations have made thou sands of families newly eli gible. In Georgia, the AFDC rolls tripled from January 1967 to January 1971. Handling this flood of new applicants and acting on them within the required 30-day time limit has severely strained the sy stem. Georgia eligibility workers in calendar 1970 hand- led 125,916 new applications, did 269,801 recertifications, and handled 240, 537 food ben efit certifications. Social Ser viceswere provided to an act ive public assistance caseload pretty equal terms, but the break hurt the Herons and they fell 64-40. The following Tuesday night the Herons entertained the #1 class B school in the State as the Broxton Bucs came in. The experience and superior height took its toll and the Herons fell 64-33, Phil Pur dom led all scores with 18. The Herons hurting from the absence of Richard Stevens need offensive punch, Richard is back from the hospital and should see action in the game with Nichols. On Friday, January 14th, the Herons do battle with Black shear, then travel to Ludowici to take on the Blue Tide, who have a front line of 6' 5", 6'4", and 6'3", Coach Picklesimer stated he was pleased with the spirit and hustle, and the team is finally stating to pick up steam, he thinks they could still surprise some teams and asks for the counties support for the games. Marshes of Glynn be Preserved to The two scientists also request ed the preservation of a natural tidal channel, which the High way Department had planned to replace with an artificial one. The recommended changes were adopted by the Highway Department, and approved by Governor Carter at a January 6th meeting with Department officials and two scientist. The Highway Department is incorporating the recommend ed changes in its dredging per mit request to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The changes will cost tax payers an additional $300,000. However, according to Odum, the higher costs will be more than repaid through the long term preservation of valuable m aterial resources. "We are pleased with the changes," said one Highway official. "We had also con sidered depositing the waste material in higher, non-marsh area, butdecided against this because of the potential dan- that averaged 191,862 per month. Caseloads have been so heavy that work must often be done hurriedly to meet time requirements. The Depart ment'srequestfor funds to hire additional eligibility workers to lower caseloads was turned down last year. In such a large, complicated system errors are bound to o ccure. Inexperienced workers make errors in applying the regulations. Clients, many of whom are illiterate or poorly educated,' give the wrong in- formation, usually by mistake and occasionally by design. Frequently the family's cir cumstances change between the time of their original ap plication and their recertifi- Races Canceled at Golden Isles H.K. Drew, an official of the Golden Isle Speedway, st ated today in an official state ment to the ENTERPRISE, that due to the condition of the track, and for extensive re pairs being made, it has been decided to cancel all races at the Golden Isle Speedway un til sometime in April. Personals Miss Margie Brauda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brauda of Hortense, has been named to the Dean's List for the Fall Quarter at Georgia College at Milledgeville, Ga. To be named to the Dean's List, a Georgia College student must earn an average of 3.2 out of a possible 4.0 for 15 quarter hours of academic work, and must have an all-college average of at least 2. 5. Roberta Dowling returned home Tuesday from Forsyth, Ga., where she attended the funeral of her aunt, Miss Birtie • Hughey. ger to valuable timberland," The two dredging projects are part of the construction of 1-95 between the Little Satilla River and U.S. 301. They are the last two such projects sch eduled for the Marshes of Glynnarea. The Highway De partment has designed all its dredging projects in the area to cause the least possible long-term ecological damage. Construction could begin later this year. Meanwhile, the Highway Department, while taking steps to prevent its activities from accelerating natural er osion on a Little Satilla River bluff near Brunswick, has ask ed for a study of ways road consturction may minimize the harmful natural erosion. The study will be made by the U.S. Geological Survey. At a meeting with concerned citizens January sth, Highway Department officials agreed not to dredge a portion of the Little Satilla adjacent to the eroding bluff. cation, and the change will not have been reported. (All adult cases are re checked every 12 months and all AFDC cases are rechecked every six months.) The Georgia Department has taken several steps in the past year to improve its perform ance in this area. These steps, plus an increase inservice for child care, fam ily planning, and work train ing and placement have re sulted in a reduced rate of in crease in the welfare rolls for the first time in four years. Net gain in AFDC cases in cal endar 1971 totaled 15,484 compared to 19, 615 in calend ar 1970. Net gain in adult cases in 1971 totaled 2,412 compared to 3,117 in 1970. Waynesville Neighborhood Club Met The Waynesville Community Neighborhood Service Club met Wednesday, January sth, 1972, in the home of Mrs. Mamie Moody. The presid- ent, Mrs. Bonnie Drury, call ed the meeting to order and presided over the meeting. The minutes were read from the previous meeting. Election of officers was held for this year. Officers are as follows: President: Mrs. Bonnie Drury Vice President: Mrs. Maomi Blount Secretary: Mrs. Mary Linton Representative to the C.A.C. is Mrs. Emma Belle Harrison Project Chairman is also Mrs. Harrison. The club members planned programs for this year. Mrs. Moody served coffee, tea, and cake to all present. Card of Thanks We wish to take this oppor tunity to express our thanks to everyone for their every act of kindness extended us during the loss of our son and brother, Cecil Emory Rowell. May God Bless all of you. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Rowell and Family 50 EDITORS NOTE: There will appear in this sp ace each week, news of the day fifty years ago. Items of gener al interest taken from the com plete file of old newspapers will be published. Copies of the newspaper pub lished by the NAHUNTA BAN NER, the BRANTLEY COUNT IAN and the BRANTLEY ENT ERPRISE are on file at the ENTERPRISE office. Readers are encouraged to send along their comments and suggestions. NEW CHURCH FOR NAHUNTA Construction work on the Methodist Chruch, which was recently begun here, is pro gressing rapidly and expectat ions are that it will be ready for use within a short time. Most of the work is being do nated by members and friends in and around Nahunta, and when completed it will reflect great credit upon those, who by their earnest efforts are making its construction poss ible. Thischruch, be ingin the At- OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. James (Jimmy) Newton Dowling of Hoboken celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary, Saturday, Janu are Bth. Open house was held at their home from 3:00 to 5:00 P.M. Hostesses for the occas ion were Miss Mayo Dowling and Mrs. W. Cecil (Jackie) Dowling.Daughters and grand daughters entertained guests and served coffee, punch and cake. The honorees were the re cipients of many congratulat ions and a number of lovely gifts. All the children stayed for a reunion and buffet supper. Mr. and Mrs. Dowling were Teams Eradicate Fire Ants Aerial operations to eradi cate fire ant infestations in the Brantley County area are now being followed by search and destroy teams conducting sur veys to locate infestations that might have survived earlier treatment. The public is being asked to cooperate by watching for fire ant infestations or mounds of ants and re porting such discov eries to the local county a gent's office, State and federal officials are working through the county agent's office to get reports of infestations they may miss in surveying farm lands and other property in this general area. In carrying out the search and destroy missions, the teams will treat any fire ant kinsonCharge, will have as its pastor Rev. Snyder, who will preach every third Sunday. WANT ADS FOR SALE- Pair of good work mules. Sound and gentle 12 years of age. If you are in the market for a pair of good 1,000 pound mules, and want a cash bargain, seeJ.P. Johns, Rt. 1, Winokur, Ga. SOCIALAND PERSONAL ITEMS Mr. John Brown of Raybon was a visitor here Saturday morning. ***** Mr. Gabe Strickland and wife of Lulaton were visitors here Saturday. ***** Miss Essie Wainwright of Hickox was the guest of Miss Eula Brooker Saturday. ***** Mr. Sinclair Manning of Tru die spent Tuesday here, the Brantley County Rescue Unit 462—5007 MR. AND MRS. DOWLING married January 7, 1912, and have lived in Brantley County all their lives. Mr. Dowling is a retired farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Dowling are the parents of Mrs. R. Fulton (Eva) Lyons, Eau Gallie, Fla.; Mrs. Ralph T. (Mabel) Kagan, De- Land, Fla.; Mr. N. Rodney (Ruby) Roberts, Lake Helen, Fla.; Miss Mayo Dowling, Ed ward L. Dowling, F. Eugene Dowling all of Hoboken, and W. Cecil Dowling of Savannah. Also the late Willie N. Dowling and J. Lawton Dowling. They have 25 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. infestations they find in an all out attempt to knock out act vie mounds, but being limited in their ability to cover every square foot of the county, they need the help and cooperation of local landowners, hunters, fishermen, housewives and others. Any person finding a mound of ants, whether on his own property, the property of an other or even along the edge of a county road, is adked to contact the local county a gent's office and describe the location of the mound. State and federal officials will follow up on these reports and see that the suspected in festation is checked out and treated with Meirx fire ant bait. guest of J.W, Brooker and family, ***** Mr. Joe Vogel, our efficient blacksmith has recently moved into his new and more spacious quarters on Chruch Street. ***** Mr. and Mrs. M.C. Bennett entertained a number of their friends at a card party on last Saturday night. Those present reported a pleasant evening. ***** Mr. Bud Highsmith and Miss Fronie Lyons were quietly married at the home of the Bride'sparents in Raybon Jan. 2nd. Their many friends wish them a long and happy life together. ***** Messrs. R. M. Brown and Glenn Condit made a trip to Hoboken on Tuesday to deliv ers car thathad been in R.M. Brown's garage for repairs. The trip to Hoboken was made without accident, the repairs made by Mr. Brown evidently were well made.