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Brantley County
Rescue Unit
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VOLUME 50 - NUMBER 13
PASTOR S PEN
"PRAY"
MATTHEW 7: 7-11
Jesus came from a nation which loved pr
ayer. He knew the value of prayer. Who
would be more able to teach people how to
pray, and who would be more apt to give us
the character of prayer than Jesus. Before
we pray, we will want to know what kind of
God we are praying to. David said in Psalm
65; 2 "O thou that hearest prayer. Then in II
Chronicles 7:14, "If my people which are ca
lled by my named, shall humble themselves,
and pray and seek my face, and turn from
their wicked ways; then will I hear from he
aven, and will forgive their sin, and will
heal their land. "That is quite and offering
from God. The praying is up to us.
What is prayer? It is not a speech to God.
We don't have to impress God with what we
know. He already knows more than we do. It
is not a speech to man. The pharisees en
joyed praying in public where they could be
seen and heared. Prayer is. as Phillips Br
ooks has said, "A wish turned Godward, " It
is desperation seeking Salvation.
Prayer involves certain things to be true
prayer. It involves repentance of sin. We
pray for ourselves before we can pray for
others. It involves thanksgiving. Thankful
hearts are eager to pray. It involves supp
lication as we pray for God to Supply our
needs. It involves persistance. The words,
Ask, seek, and Knock, "are in the present
imperative mood indicating a continuing act
ion.
There are some hinderances to prayer such
as unconfessed sin, unbelief, sef
as unconfessed sin, unbelief, selfishness,
lack of faith or maybe having nothing topr
ay for. It seems that some are satified with
no ambitions, no desires, no dreams and no
hopes. So wanting nothing they pray for no
thing. In our day we can't afford not to pray
We live in a day of declining morals, social
choas, religious apathy and permissive lib
ertinism. It is time to pray. If we don't
pray, God help us.
Rev. Ernest S. Purcell, pastor
First Baptist Church
Nahunta, Georgia
WWiO IVY Ik TES WITIq ®
Interesting Places in Brantley
The Monticello was one of
the original Plantation homes
built at Waynesville by U.S.
Congressman Thomas Butler
King.
The Monticello was built of
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
bricks in 1830 and was known
to be the most beautiful home
constructed in the area. The
Monticello stood in all its be
auty until destroyed by fire
around 1899. Today you can
FACTS ON GOVERNMENT
REPORT TO
PROPERTY OWNERS
AUTHORS’ NOTE:
In last weeks article an omit,
ion was made that changed the
meaning of a very important
paragraph.
At the end of paragraph No.
7 the following words were left
out--" if the city of Nahunta
or Hoboken had an independ,
ent school system as has Way.
cross in Ware County.
In the last article we mention,
ed Georgia Law ( HB 468), was
approved, ( 2-18-1966 ) which
charges the revenue commiss.
ion with the responsibility of
equalizing the valuation of the
various classes of properties
as between the various count,
ies, and that he would use a
40 percent ratio for all county
digests. March 1, 1967 the rev
enue commissioner advised the
counties that the 1967 digest
must be equalized at 40percent
of fair market value before they
would be approved by the reven.
ue department.
He went on to say that in det.
ermining whether or not a dig.
est would be approved he would
consider all available informa
tion pertinent to the county ra.
tio. He pointed out that one
source of information to be
considered would be the “Dav
is Report .” this is the state
auditor’s ratio study of a re
presentive number of property
transfers.
The report of Brantley Coun
ty for 1966 showed an average
of assessment ratio of 11.77
percent. The rario was not un.
usal or unique as compared to
the other counties for the trend
was toward lower values and a
higher tax rate.
Many counties seeing the sh
ape of things to come revalued
their property to the current
market value.
Brantley County completed
a revaluation program in 1968.
A new sales-appraisal, assess,
ment ratio study by the state
auditor’s office indicates a tent,
ative average of assessment
percentage for Brantley County
of 28.23 percent.
The drop from the required
40 percent is not unique. The
study shows Camden County at
28.29, Glynn County at 31.70,
Charlton County at 24.85, Ware
County at 25.03, Pierce County
at 25.42, and Mclntosh County
at 27.62.
A bill passed this year, (SB
-596 ) requires the State Reven-
find traces of the home site,
piles of brick and part of the
old water well.
Current owners of the Mon.
ticello home site are Leon Mor
gan and Terrel Davis.
The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Ga. March 30, 1972
By Emory Middle ton
ue Commissioner to examine
the tax digests of counties for
the purpose of ascertainingwh
ether the valuation of the var
ious classes of property in the
respective counties is uniform
and so amends Ga Law 1966
P. 45 so as to authorize the
State Revenue Comm issioner to
return the tax digests for cor
rection without specifying a fix
ed percentum to be added or de
ducted; to require the State
Revenue Commissioner to ad.
just the total county millage
levy where adjustments are
made in the county digests so
as to ensure that the adjusted
county digest will produce an
reasonably equivalent to that
amount of revenue which woulc
have been produced had no ad.
justments been made to the
county valuations.
This law clearly indicatesan
assessors work must be more
professional than ever before.
He must demonstrate his earn
est desire by positive action
that each tax payer pay no more
than his fair pro rata share of
local government costs.
The fact that a county gover
ning authority must now sub
mit to the State Revenue Comm
issioner at the time the county
tax digest for the current year
is submitted for his approval,
the total county millage levy
established for the county for
the current year, insures no ex
cessive millage rate due to a
county digest beingfactored, or
being returned by the Comm
issioner for corrections by the
local board of assessors.
The intent of this new law
is to develop an equitable tax
roll which is invariably re
garded favorably by the citi
zens of the community.
SUNRISE SERVICE
There will be Sunrise Ser.
vices on April 2nd, Easter
Sunday in front of the Brant,
ley Court House at 7:00 a.m.
Everyone is invited to att
end - *****
The First Baptist Church
and The Community Church of
God, are conducting Easter Sun
Rise Service April 2nd. at 6:00
A.M.
The Service will be conduct,
ed at the front of the Com muni,
ty Church of God.
( EDITORS NOTE; Morgan ana
Davis own the original home
site and the remainder is own
ed by N. S. McVeigh and James
Morgan. )
Ijp is iKwtt!
Easter is a joyful celebration of a promise ... a
promise fulfilled when Jesus rose from the dead, just
as He said He would ... and a promise of life everlasting
for those who believe in His Name. May the blessings
of this Easter Season abide with You and Yours.
...»
SCHOOL
PROPERTY
RECOVERED
The BRANTLEY ENTER.
PRISE has learned that a bre
ak has been made in a burg
lary case that has been pend
ing for nearly a year.
The ENTERPRISE is with,
holding information on the ca
se, at request of Sheriff Rob
ert Johns and will fully and
accurately report the facts
when Sheriff Johns states that
his case is fully prepared in
the matter.
News of the burglary was re
ported in this Newspaper July
29, 1971 stating that the Brant,
ley County High School had
been burglarized. The Sher,
iff’s department and the G. 8.1.
investigated.
The ENTERPRISE, by long
distance telephone talked to a
county sheriff in another state
and determined that Brantley
County property had been re
covered. In another caH a
school system of the same
area, it was learned that the
property was left by a former
resident of Brantley County.
Ilie Individual has never been
employed by the County Gov
ernment nor County School sys
tem.
The value of the recovered
items is $551, according to a
spokesman at the High School.
The Sheriff reported that he
has a warrant for the arrest
of a suspect and in coopera
tion with the Sheriff’s Dept,
the ENTERPRISE will report
all the facts of the case next
week.
NOTICE
The BRANTLEY ENTER
PRISE urges everyone to have
News Articles in No Lat
er man 5:00 P.M., on Tuesday
of each week. This is being
done in order that we may ser
ve you better.
0 YEAKS
ASO
J.M. STRICKLAND
FAVORS NAHUNTA
Atkinson Ga., Route 1.
To the people of Brantley Coun
ty:
I have noticed a great deal
of matter being written for the
Hoboken paper by men both In
and out of our county, in re
gard to the coming election
Apr. 20th for removal of the
county site.
Mr. S. P. Sweat of Pierce
County says he hasn’t any
“ material ” interest. If
he has none now, has had none
and does not expect to have,
I wonder what is biting him.
Tills election is purely a lo
cal affair.
Sen. Larkins and a few others
set up the claim that Hoboken
people bought and paid for the
county site and ought to have
it. I think , as do amny others
that there are two things , viz:
religious and political rights,
that should not be bought or
sold.
When our government engi
neers survey a road for a nat
ional highway they do it to ser
ve coming generations, and
when the court issues subpoe
nas to the poorest and farthest
removed men in the county,
they always read “ Falf Not
Under Penalty of $300.00,” th
erefore, we must consider the
advantages of the people as a
whole, and build on permanent
lines.
If the rights of the people
could be bought with money and
we should ever have a few rich
men ( millionaires) in our coun
ty, they could give us a hard
life. Editor Kiley says it is
like voting one man’s house to
another, but this is far and ab
ove private property; it is for
the good of all the people for
all ages to come.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
We hear occasslonally that it
will cost so much more to
build at Nahunta. All who have
traveled around a bit know that
the very prettiest towns in mid
dle and north Georgia lie off
from the depot where quiet re
igns and churches, schools and
boarding houses are undisturb
ed. Nahunta cannot be beat for
building location in this way.
Build the town and the railroad
company will fill in and take
care of their property. Don’t
you forget that Bud.
I am no office holder or
seeker, but when this propos
ition foes squarely before the
people, I will meet you at Na
hunta, Ga., the logical and
geographical center of Brant
ley county, regardless to what
the map shows that was used
before the last session of the
General Assembly.
Now in regard to some things
which are being published about
the compromised that was made
in Atlanta. I did not have the
pleasure of being up to Atlanta
with the gentlemen who were
there representing the people
who were cut off from Wayne
county, but I have full confi
dence in them and I don’t be
lieve they made any compro
mised what ever with the par
tk> from Hoboken in regards
to the county seat being lo
cated there. However, if they
should have done such a thing
that does not offset our privi
ledge as voters. We are con
tending for the county seat to
be located where it will be the
most convenient for all the
people of the new county.
J. M. Strickland
Waynesville District
BULLDOGHATCHES
OUT BROOD OF
CHICKENS
MEMBER
Im*
Auoolttlon • Founds IMS
George Patino of Niles,O.,
has a bulldog which has for
saken all the hereditary bell
igerency usually associated
with one of its breed and has
taken over the duties of a hen.
It has mastered everything save
the cluck, according to Patino.
The dog hatched out the brood
of chickens after the hen had
deserted the nest.
” I found the dog sitting on
the abandoned nest”, Patino
said. “ When I tried to pull
him away he growled and snap,
ped at me. The chickens, when
hatched, immediately took a
liking to their foster parent,
who dug worms for them, and
in general has taken as good
care of them as a mother hen.”
LITTLE CREEK
ITEMS
The Easter egg hunt given
by our teacher, Miss Lizzie
Knox, ar the school house Fri
day afternoon, was nicely car.
rled out. A goodly number
of the patrons were there and
other friends, and for all It
was a real pleasure to see
the childreu hunting eggs.
We regret very much to ha
ve to say that our school will
close Friday. April Ist, as the
children ase learning so rapid
ly. We regret to see it close,
as we feel that during the term
we have had a noble teacher
and ihat words cannot express
our appreciation to her for the
interest she has taken in our
children. Beside all this she
carries with her a highly es
teemed character, which we
sincerely hope will live on in
the hearts and lives of the
girls and boys around Little
Creek.
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