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Newspaper Page TextBrantley County Rescue Unit 462—5007 VOLUMN 49-NUMBER 4 PASTOR S PEN "Let Others See Jesus In You" Matthew 5:13-16 In these verses Jesus has paid Christ ians the greatest compliment that can be paid to any man. You are the salt of the earth, and ye are the light of the world. Just think of the position that puts you in. Think of the responsibility God has put on your shoulders. Consider the power you hold in your hand. The position or place in each instance is the earth and the world. This is our sp here of operation and there is no earthly limitation Our responsibility is TO BE the "salt of the earth" and "the light of the world " The power we hold as Christians can be held by no others on the face of the earth. This was His message to Chist ians then and it is His message to Christ ians today. Ours is a God given power. Ye, Christians, "are the salt of the ear th. In other words you are God's spiritual leaven in a rotten world. Now there are many things good about the world, but it is the natural tendency of the world to grow more and more rotten. Just as pork and fish need salt to keep them from rotting, this world needs the salty influence of Ch ristians to keep it from rotting. Salt is salt because it is different. When asked, "What does salt taste like?" One can only answer, "It tastes like salt. " It is unique. The influence of the Christian must remain unique in the world. There is really no substitute for salt. Like salt, you can be come useless when mixed with the dirt of this world Ye, Christians, "are the light of the world. " What a potential. When Jesus was in the world in the flesh he said, "I am the light of the world" (John 8:12). Since Jesus in the flesh left the earth we have been given the responsibility of dem onstrating Him to the world. "Shine as lights in the world" (Phil. 2:15). Your radiance and brightness depends upon how What is the question? Do we have the choice to be or not to be salt and light? No, we do not have the choice. Jesus said, "Ye are. " Verse sixteen is couched in the imper ative mood. It is not conditional such as you mayor may not "let your light shine." It is imperative that you do let your light shine. The purpose is that when men see your life and realize that you are Christ ian they will want to be what you are. They will glorify God who made yo i to be a Ch ristian, and who can also make them to be Christian. Rev. Ernest S. Purcell, pastor First Baptist Church Nahunta, Georgia "FARM FAMILY OF THE YEAR” The Chester Hyers family of' Route 2, Alma, has been named “Farm Family of the Year” by the Farmers Home Administ ration’s(FmHa) Waycross office. In making theannouncement,Mr. Paul Purcell, County Supervisor, for the Waycross office, stated that the Hyers family competed with other FmHa farm families in Pierce, Ware, Brantley and Charlton Counties. Purcell stat ed that the Hyers family will now compete with five other county office winners in the area for the District title. District winners will later compete in the selec tion of a state winner from the FmHa nine Georgia districts. The “Farm Family of the Year” award program, set up last year by the National FmHa office, is designated to honor fa. rm families who have made out. standing civic and farming con. Hortense Break-in According to Brantley County Sheriff, Robert Johns, a break in was made at the home of Mr. Lee Gibson Tuesday of this week. The Sheriff said an att empt was made to catch the burglar by using dogs and he BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. tributions through operations made possible by FmHa loans. The Hyers family will repre sent Pierce, Ware, Brantley and Charlton Counties in district competition with other county off ice winners from Alma, Baxley, Hazelhurst, Reidsville, and Lyons. The Hyers family was chosen for their outstanding accomplish ments in the developement of a family type farming operation. Their operation consists of row crops, primarily tobacco, and Livestock. Their swine operation is one of the most efficient in the area. Both yields and production records have been remarkable. Mrs. Hyers, the former Mar i garet Peacock, was also cited for । her extensive civic accomplish . ments and their two children, Be th and Danny, for their invol. • vement in the family’s farming ' operation. said they trailed the burglar to the highway. They later found that he had gotten into a parked car that someone had seen. The Sheriff said the burglar was not apprehend ed. THOMAS ENDS NAVAL CAREER A 1941 graduate of the Na hunta High School recently re tired from a 25 year Weather Bureau Career, Billy Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Thomas, Nahunta, retired recently as the Chief of Radar Staff in the National Weather Service. After graduating from Na hunta High in 1941, Billy en- listed in the United States Navy. He served as a Combat Aircrewman during the Second World War. He operated in a Catalina Flying Boat during the Southwest Pacific Campaign and was twice awarded the Air Medal. Specific duties prior to retirement included the de velopment of new radar ob servational techniques, coor dination of radar network mo dernization, liason between the National Weather Service and other Federal and State Agencies and with Foreign Weather Services. Thomas had an additional duty in the N.W.S. Headquarters, serving Personals Mrs. Juanita Allen was ad mitted to the Wayne Memorial Hospital on Monday of this week suffering from a heart attack. Her condition is listed as fair. Mrs. Lois Hulett is a Pat. lent in the Brunswick Mem. orial Hospital, where she is undergoing treatment for Bronochial Pneumonia. Miss Beverly Hendrix was a patient in the St. Mary’s Hos pital this past week-end where she underwent a tonsilectomy operation. ******* Mrs. Arlene A. DePratter has been named to the Special Dean's List for the Fall Quart er at the Brunswick Junior Coll ege. The announcement was made by Dean Dougald McD. Monroe, Jr. The Dean's List for Special Students is composed of the students with the same high average as the regular Dean's List, 3. 50, but are enrolled for a partial load of at least 10 college credit academic hours. Arlene is the wife of Alton DePratter and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Aldridge ofßt. 1, Nahunta. Deadline for W-2 Forms is Jan.3l, IRS Reminds The deadline for employes to give employees their 1971 W-2 Forms is Monday, January 31, 1972, Carlton Q. Holland, the local Internal Revenue Ser vice representative, said to day. The form should show earn ings, income tax withheld, and social security inform^, on. A W-° ‘ ,*cn - THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, JANUARY 27, 1972 MR. BILLY THOMAS as pilot for flying duty. Rated as a Commercial Pilot and Flight instructor (Glider), he has soared gliders to more than 30,000 feet and more than 200 miles in distance. He is the owner of a high per formance sailplane and plans to participate in soaring meets in the EastemUnited States in cluding the Southeastern Reg ional competition in Cordele, Georgia, August 23, 1972. He has three daughters; Mrs. Sinday Monen (Karen) of Gai thersburg, Md,, Miss Diane Thomas, Houston, Texas, and Miss Romelie Thomas, Harl ingen, Texas. Mr. Thomas joins a growing list of those Brantley Countians that have excelled in their field of en > deavor. He may return to Br antley County where his vast amount of education, train- ing and experience might be of bene fit to the people, gov ernment and economy of Br antley County. T almadge Footloose Spending ATLANTA,—(GPS) U.S. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge, in a Geo. rgia, speech, declared that “ footloose federal spending has brought the United States to an economic day of reckoning.” Addressing the Waycross. Ware County Chamber of Com. merce’s annual meeting , Tai. madge warned that “our chil dren will inherit a second- rate economic power and devastat indebtedness unless the federal government shows more fiscal responsibility in years ahead than it has in years past." The Georgia Senior Senator charged Congress and both Democratic and Republican ad. ministrations with bringing on the present national economic crisis by “failing to heed the handwriting on the wall” over the past two decades. “ It is not possible for an individual, a private business, or a nation-regardless of its wealth—to go on and on spend ing beyond its means without courting bankruptcy,” Sen. Talmadge asserted. “Yet the federal govern ment has persisted in pur suing a fiscal policy year af ter year of spending money we don’t have for programs we ei ther don’t need at all or those Employers hastobe filed by the employee with his income tax return. There, it is important that employers furnish W-2'sto the ir employees by the date re quired to permit timely pre paration and filing of the em ployees' tax returns. A penalty may be charged an e i ploy er for each late W-2 he □ends out. Taxation W ithout Representation Senator Roscoe Dean of Je sup sees history repeating its elf for the people of Georgia. “Over one hundred and nine ty years ago when our fore fathers settled this country, they had to pay taxes to Eng. land but had little voice in how their tax money was spent. This issue sparked the Revolution ary War and led toour separat ion from the mother country. “Now the people of Georgia, especially the small towns and rural areas , are seeing history repeat itself. They are having to pay more and more taxes but yet have less and less voice in how their tax dollars are spent. With a loss in population comes a reduction in the number of sen. ators and representatives elec ted to represent the people.’’ As a member of the Senate Dean is concerned with protect, ing the people from further tax ation. “I certainly will not vote for any new taxes, and I am hap py that Governor Carter’s bud. get does not call for any new tax. ation, ’’ says Senator Dean. “ I shall go over the budget with a fine tooth comb, and lean assure the people that I will vote to fund those important matters such as education, hea lth, forestry, agriculture, high, ways, mental health, and soon, but I will not vote for any tax increase. The people are entitled to a dollar’s worth of service for a dollar’s worth of taxes. As long as I am Senator, I will do all I can to see that they get it.” Feeder Pig Sellers It has become necessary to put' a deadline on when to call the county agent's office for feeder pig inspection. As of next week, anyone wanting feeder pigs inspected will have to call my office at lease two days in advance. Paul E. Thompson, Jr. County Agent Talks on which could be postponed. “As a consequence, the Unit ed States government today is controls and regulations to pat ch up our economy while other nations of the world prosper as never before,” he said. Sen. Talmadge pointed to the projected S4O-billion budget dei ficlt for the current fiscal year and the outlook for that much or more next year, and asked: “When and where will it end? At what point will the Congress respond to the crisis and stop approving massive deficit spen ding? How long will it take for the American taxpayers to rise up in rightous Indignation about inflationary federal fiscal pol icies which rob them of their earnings and sap the strength of the nation?” Emphasizing that a concern ed effort on the part of Congress and the administration must be put forth toward reducing the deficit and balancing the budget, the senator declared: “We must reduce domestic spending in every way possible, and most of all we have got to stop trying to be policeman, banker, and Santa Claus for the whole world. This luxury we no longer can afford." Rescue Unit Says Thanks The Brantley County Emer gency Rescue Unit would like to take this opportunity to th ank the many friend that pur chased cake and coffee at the Court House during court last week. We would also like to thank the many friends that made contributions of time and labor to carry out this most worthwhile project. The pro fit from this project and all our other projects will go for equipment to be used in our emergency vehicle. If we can be of any assistance to you or yours during a medical emer. gency please call 462.5007. HOUSE COMPLETES WORK ON REORGANIZATION PLANS The Georgia House of Repre senatives completed work on the reorganization plan as pro posed by Gov. Jimmy Carter, approving all but 24 of 243 sec. tions of the massive document. The Senate later knocked out other sections. Final action on the plan as proposed by the Governor ca me on Tuesday. After working its way through each section of the proposal, the House then re fused, by a vote of 158-24, to veto the entire plan. Although Tuesday’s action completed work on the unique plan as submitted by the Gov ernor, actual work on reorgan ization was far from over. Affirmative legislation was expected to be offered formost of the sections vetoed by the House. These bills will be han dled in the normal fashion, me aning that they will go through the appropriate committees and can be amended, either Incom mittee or on the House floor. Under the terms of House Bi ll I, passed last year , the pro posals by the governor could not be amended. They had to either be approved or vetoed as they stood. Many of the sections that were vetoed by the House were vetoed with the under standing that pormal, affirm, ative legislation would be off ered later. The amount of timedevotedto reorganization showed up later in the week, as the House had “light days” on Wednesday and Thursay. Since much of the first week and allot Monday and Tue sday were devoted to work on reorganization, committees were not able to meet as reg ularly as norm alu As a consequence, only a few general bills appeared on the calendar Wednesday and Thu rsday, but by Friday the House 50 YEARS MO SOOW NEEDMORE ITEMS Mr. Earl Raulerson of Hor tense called on Miss Mertie Lewis Saturday afternoon. ******* Mr. Repard Pearson and Miss ' Gertie Moody were married Sunday afternoon and will make their future home in Charleston, S.C. ROZIER SCHOOL NEWS The Rozier School opened Monday, January 24th. ******* Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Arnette visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Edgy Sunday. Mr. Willie Arnette and Miss Lizzie Casey was taking some joy ride Sunday afternoon which is not unusual. Mr. Henry Edgy motored to Mt. Pleasant again Sunday we wonder why he is going so re gular. HICKOX ITEMS Mr. Everett Knox and Sheriff William Howard, made a bus iness trip to Waycross and Bl ackshear Thursday, ATKINSON PARAGRAPHS Messers. B.G. and 8.0. Mid dleton attended the funeral of Mr. Randall Howard at Black shear last Friday. ******* Mr, Redding and family left Monday for Hoboken where he will farm this year. SOCIAL ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. Jim Keen sp ent Sunday in Lulaton. ******* Misses Ethel Walker and Thelma DePratter Spent Sat urday night with Misses Saby and Betsy Dykes. OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA’ was back into full swing, to conclude the second week of the 1972 session. On Wednesday the House did pass a number of bills. Among them were measures to: allow the agriculture commissioner to prescribe physical standards for leaf tobacco, allow a judge discretion in giving certain cr^ dlt for prior time served in sen tencing a defendant, regulating the manufacture and distrib ution of commercial seeds, re defining the word “crime’’pro hibiting the transportation of a student when such is declared detrimental to his health by a physician, and changingtheme ans of providing a conclusive presumption of notice in legal cases in order to collect attor ney’s fees. On Thursday the House app roved several local bills and two pieces of general legisla tion. One bill redefined stand, ards for Georgia peace off leers. The other established a Georgia Agriram a Developem. ent Authority, the purpose of which is to set up and operate an agricultural museum at Tif ton Georgia. By Friday, with committees caught up and working, the Ho use was ready for a full day/ It passed a number of general bills Friday. Among them were measures to: clarify an ambi guity in a 1971 law repealing the state alligator license; sub ject the Georgia Public Serv ice Commission to the provls ions of the Georgia Administr. ative Procedure Act; provide that in cases of joint dlstrib. utlon among tort feasors the ri ght to contribution shall not be lost by settling the case with the case with the plaintiff. Also, to provide that Georgia shall be a party to the Inter, state Library Compact, and Miss Sally Dikes spent the weed-end at Hoboken, ******* Mr. Mabry Brooker and sis ters Edna and Ivory attended Chruch at Lulaton Sunday. sic****** Quite a crowd attended the serende at the home of Mr. Donnie Highsmith Saturday night. ******* Mrs. Sparks has been confin ed to the bed for a few days an attack of pleurisy and asth ma, Dr. Detrick of Hoboken was the attending physician. Uncle John Knox's pretty lit tle bungalow, which has just been erected near his nephew, Mr. F.O. Knox's residence is being painted by William Peck. ******* NEWS NOTES OF COUNTY SCHOOLS The Board of Education of Brantley County, Georgia, met in call session Saturday, Janu ary 15, 1921, at the school house at Hoboken, with the following members present: J. H. Mattox, W.T. Strickland, Walter Thomas andM.E. Dow ling. J.S. Mattox was unanimous ly chosen President of the Board. The amount of the bond re quired of the County Superin tendent of Schools, Everett Knox, was fixed at $4,000.00. Itwas decided to continue for the present the boundaries of the various school districts, and the Superintendent was inst ructed to secure from the offi cials of the counties from which Brantley was formed a copy of the order laying off the school districts. The Superintendent was au thorized to purchase minute MEMBER Association - Founded 1885 Following is the voting record of Carl M. Drury Represents tive, District 66 which Includes Brantley, Camden and Charlton Counties: to require that any state agency notify the legislative budget an alyst and the state budget off icer of the intention to apply for any new program of federal assistance. CONTINUED PAGE 3 COLS. 3 & 4 FLIM FLAM STRIKES AGAIN As the ENTERPRISE goes tc press, another investigation is underway on a FLIM FLAM case. Policeman, Mack Crews re ported that Rev. W. L. Seymore of Nahunta was taken for $l4O. by a slick operator. According to Mrs. Mattie Seymore, the FLIM FLAM began when a str* anger, a tall negro, approached her husband in Nahunta with a proposition to make several thousand dollars. According to Nahunta Police, an area search is being con ducted for the suspect that sta ted he was employed by “Slash Pine”. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Culbreth spent the past week-end in A gustawith their daughter, Miss Mary Jane Langford, and also enjoyed a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Faircloth, formerly of Nahunta. book, seal, stitionery and such other supplies as are necessary to the proper conduct of his of fice and the work of the Board. The Superintendentwas elect ed attendance officer to see to the emforcement of the Com pulsory Attendence Law. The salary of the County Su perintendent was fixed at $1,200 per annum, this to in clude also his salary as attend ance officer and expense of visiting schools. The Public or free school term for the year 1921 was fixed at six months-a two mon ths' term to begin immediate ly or just as soon as teachers can be secured; and a four months' fall term beginning about September Ist; provided, however, that if trustees pre fer they may have the two months' term later in the sp ring or summer. The Superintendent was in structed to employ teachers and open the schools as early as pr acticable, and to fix tentative salaries for the teachers, said salaries to be approved by the Board before contracts are is sued. He was also authorized to hold a special examination for teachers if it becomes ne cessary in order to secure a suf ficient number of teachers. Agreement was entered into with the Pierce County Board of Education accepting 659 ch ildren of school age as the pr oper number to be taken from Pierce and added to Brantley. Letters were read from State Superintendent Brittain and St ate Supervisor Smith relative to a sectional conference for Board members and Superin tendents to be held in Bruns wick on January 27. It was a greed for the Superintendent and the entire Board to attend Continued page 2 col. I