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Brantley County
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VOLUME 50 - NUMBER 14
PASTOR'S PEN
"CHRIST FULFILLS THE LAW"
Matthew 5; 17- 20
Our text, deals with six inner causes for
Christian conduct. Christ gives us these six
(6) illustrations to internalise the external
(legalistic) demands of the Scribes and Pha
risees. In the first place Jesus properly
relates Character to Conduct. Character is
not the result of conduct, but conduct is al
ways the result of character. Jesus dealt
with the Christian's character in the Beati
tudes even before He mentioned the Christ
ian's conduct: When one controls his anger
he will not murder. When one controls his
lust he will not commit adultery. When one
keeps his marriage vow he will not seek a
divorce. When one controls his desire to lie
he will not use oaths to cover up falsehoods.
When one controls selfish desire to get what
is coming to him he will not seek revenge.
When one crucifies self he can love even his
enemies. In the second place, Jesus fills
the lawfull of meaning. Many have the wro
ngimpression of the relationship of law and
grace. Some think that the law has been ab
olished as far as we of today are concerned.
This idea could not be farther from the truth
Jesus came not to destroy the law or to
make it of no effect, but to fulfill. How wo
uld it be, with all the automobiles in Amer
ica, to live completely by the law of love
your neighbor, and to completely ignore the
rules of the road? The same is true of law
and grace. They both call for obedience.
God makes no less demands under grace
than He did under the law. The very coming
of Christ draws man closer to the law. "One
jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from
the law, till all be fulfilled. " In the third
place, Jesus demands righteousness of he
art. Every thing Jesus says in the remain
ing verses of chapter five of Matthew indic
ates the new birth. Martin Luther said,
"Pious works do not produce good pious men
but good pious men produce good pious wo
rks. " Jesus was asked in Matt. 22, "What
is the greatest commandment? He answered,
"Thou shaft love the Lord thy God with all
thy mind, with all thy heart and with all thy
soul. This is the first and great command
ment. And the second is like unto it. Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thy self. " Cond
uct is the result of Character. Not many
yearsago there was a giant oak which look
ed to be sound. One day it fell, and upon
inspection it was discovered that the tree
had no heart left. Parasites and decay had
eaten it up. Outwardly beautiful inwardly
corrupt, it fell. Don't let that happen to you.
Rev. Ernest S. Purcell, pastor
First Baptist Church
Nahunta, Georgia
Region 2 B Literary
held in Douglas
The Region 2-B Literary Me
et was held at South Georgia
College in Douglas on March
24. The Literary Meet con
sists of a series of contests
sponsored by the Georgia Hi
gh School Association and is
designed to recognize student
proficiency in academic areas
and in performing arts.
Contestants from Brantley
winning first place in their
area of competition included:
Darcel Roberson in Girl’s Ty
ping; Eddie Highsmith in Boy’s
Typing; and Bedell Johns in
Shorthand. All first place win
ners were awarded a medal
and will represent the region
in the State Literary Meet at
Mercer University on April
8.
Second place winners were
Marilyn Lee in Spelling and
Eddie Highsmith, Rayford Blue,
Sammy Drury, and Albert Hall
in Boy’s Quartet.
Melanie Stallings tied for
third place in Piano Solo; Ja
ckie O’Berry placed third in
Home Economics; and Cherry
Thomas, Mary Robinson and
Jan Purcell placed third in the
Girl’s Trio.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
Sissy Smith represented the
school in Girl’s Essay and
Bruce Rowell in Boy’s Essay.
Rosa Edwards represented Br
antley High in Oral Interpre
tation. Ray Smith gave the
Boy’s Extemporaneous Speech.
Gary Strickland completed in
Gary Strickland competed in the
Spelling Contest for Boy’s. Jan
Purcell sang the Girl’s Solo.
Alternate contestants who
attended the meet were Esther
Brauda, Kathy Middleton, Cathy
Griffin, Leonard Harris, Larry
Thomas and Judy Rowell.
The one act play held earlier
in the year won fourth place
in the Literary Meet. The cast
included: Eddie Highsmith,
Mary Robinson, Blake Loyd,
Stanley Manning, Robert Chan
cey, Jan Purcell, Allison Cham
bless and Rosa Edwards.
The Group to Douglas was
accompanied by Mrs. Carolyn
Thomas, Mrs. Elwanda McCall,
Mr. Eugene Wiley, Miss Eve
lyn Merk and Mr. A.L. Sutton.
Special thanks to Mr. Gordon
Wright for all the hard work
he did in helping the first
place contestants to WIN!!!!!
Break-ins Are
Aggravating Owner
Nahunta, Ga... April 4, 1972
Officer Nelson Henry of the
Nahunta Police Department ar.
rested a Juvenile Monday night
at about 11: 30 P.M. inside the
R.B, Brooker Hardware store
and three others were picked
up Tuesday morning after being
traced to their homes.
The burglars entered the
store by breaking out a win
dow at the northwest corner of
the building using a crowbar
discovered by Officer Mack
Crews. Several pistols were
missing including ammunition
for them. They were 22, 38,
25, and 357 calibre.
This is the second time that
the Hardware store has been
robbed and only guns were
taken,
An employee of the store
stated that one of the subjects
FOOTBALL
JAMBOREE
This Friday night, April 7,
a football jamboree for region
2-B will begin at 8:00 P.M. at
the Brantley County High Sch
ool stadium. The following
schools will be participating in
the jamboree; Brantley County,
Charlton County, Blackshear,
Clinch County, Patterson and
Atkinson County. The varsity
team for 1972 of each school
will play three quarters of
football. Earlier the six teams
drew to determine which three
teams would be on which side.
Brantley County will be playing
with Charlton Co. and Black,
shear against Patterson, Clinch
and Atkinson County. Fans of
Brantley, Charlton, and Black
shear will be seated in the
Home stands and the other
fans will be seated in the South
stands.
The schedule of quarters to
be played are as follows:
The first quarter will match
Charlton Co. against Clinch
Co. The second quarter will
School Property
Recovered in S.C.
As reported in the ENTER
PRISE last week, a year old
robbery was at the point of
breaking, robbery of the Brant
ley County High School was re
ported July 29,1971 and since
thattime, two items have been
recovered. Several months ago
a musical Horn taken in the
robbery was recovered in New
York City.
A set of Encyclopedia Books
were recovered by a County
Sheriff in South Carolina.
The County Sheriff, J. L, Ray.
mond of Ridgeland, South Caro-
Ima told the ENTERPRISE that
he had called the Brantley
County Sheriff Robert Johns
that he had the set of books
which he assumed belonged to
Brantley County, Ga.
Sheriff Raymond told the EN
TERPRISE that the books were
marked PROPERTY OF BRAN-
Mrs. Joyce Eunice Briefs American
Cancer Crusade Workers.
Members of the Brantley
County, American Cancer Cru
sade met at the Red Pig Res
taurant on the last Tuesday in
March toplanthis years events.
The fund raising drive began
on April 1.
Mrs. George A. Loyd, County
Chairman for the fund drive
conducted the meeting and in
t4oduced area members that
will be visiting each home and
business in the county. Area
workers are; Mrs. Nancy Wri
ght and Mrs, Rachelle Lee,
Mount Calvary Community, Ge
orge A. Loyd, Nahunta busi
nesses, Alfred Thomas, Hickox
area, Mrs. Edward Brand and
Mrs. Sue Hickox, Nahunta area,
Miss Pam Moody, Miss Penny
THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, APRIL 6, 1972
had purchased some items from
the store on Monday prior to
the robbery on Monday night.
Officer Henry was on duty
in front of the hardware store
when he saw someone reach
up and get a shotgun from the
rack and went to investigate.
The suspect that was appre
hended in the store is 14 years
old and is in the seventh grade
at the Nahunta elementary sch
ool. The other three were in
Brantley County High School.
Officer Crews said that they
had recovered 9 of the wea
pons and believed that the oth
ers were close by.
An Investigation through the
Sheriff’s office is continuing.
Mr. Brooker owner of the
Hardware Co. Stated, “ This
is getting kind of Aggravating”.
match Brantley Co. against Pat
terson. The third quarter will
will match Blackshear against
Atkinson Co. The fourth quar
ter will have Brantley Co. go
ing against Clinch Co. In the
fifth quarter Charlton will meet
Atkinson Co. The sixth quarter
will pit Pierce Co. rivals again
st Patterson. The seventh
in its last quarter" against "At
kinson Co. The Eighth quarter
will match Blackshear against
Clinch Co. and the ninth quarter
will match Charlton against
Patterson.
This jamboree should give 10.
cal fans a good idea of whats
to come in our next regular
season of football and help
determine who the powers are.
Each quarter will last a total
of eight minutes, with no half
time festivities. Come out and
support your favorite and see
nine consecutive quarters of
football. Regular season prices
will be charged, SI.OO for stu
dents and $1.50 for adults.
TLEY COUNTY HIGHSCHOOL,
He stated that he had been cal
led by head Mistress of the
Thomas Heyward Academy a
private grade school located
near Ridgeland, South Carolina.
The ENTERPRISE spoke to
Mrs. Alice Murphy, School
Head Mistress who stated that
the books were left by a form er
employee of the school. She
stated that the form er employee
had been a Brantley County Ga.
resident. She stated that he
had been employed since last
September.
Brantley County High School
Principal, Andrew Sutton stated
that the value of the books at
purchase was $551.00.
Sheriff Johns told the
ENTERPRISE last week thathe
was still working on the case
and that he had a warrant for
the arrest of Danny Sears.
Gunter and Mrs. Mary Moody,
Schlatterville area, Mrs. Flor
ence Herrin, Raybon area, Mrs.
Jean Knox, Lulaton area.
At the meeting, Mrs. Joyce
Eunice of the Cancer Crusade
Organization in Waycross sh.
owed films and suggestions to
the local fund drive members.
Mrs. Eunice briefed the Br.
antley group on the services and
facilities of the Cancer Organi
zation and encouraged everyone
to inform the public of aid that
is available to Cancer victims.
Brantley County was the first
County in the State last year
to attain the fund drive goal
and was number two in the state
in collections.
Interesting Places in Brantley
The Mineral Springs was dis.
covered by White men during
Oglethorpe’s rule of the Geor
gia Colony. The Spring, sit
uated North of the Waynesville
Community in Brantley County
was known in bygone years for
its proported healthful and mag
ical healing powers.
In the late and early 18 hun
dreds residents of the low coas-
Harrison
Reports
Activities
ATLANTA-The Georgia Ho
use of Representatives has pas
sed a $1.3 billion appropriat
ions bill for fiscal 1973.
The measure includes aver
age SBOO pay raises for school
teachers, $400,000 more for an
early childhood developement
program, and pay raises for
virtually all state officials.
The officials’ pay raises in
cluded increase of $7,500 for
the governor and an increase
from 54.200 to $6,600 for leg
islators.
On Wednesday the House app
roved a self-insuranceprogram
for the state’s schools.
The same day, the House
passed a bill to allow gasoline
dealers to go to court for all
edged wrongful or illegal ter
mination of a franchise by an
oil company.
On Thursday the House In
dustry Committee defeated a
bill passed by the Senate ass
igning customer territories to
BULLETIN
City Policemen Crews and
Henry report that 4 youths
have been arrested and have
confessed to robbery, the
youths have admitted taking
guns and ammunition from one
store twise and another store
one time. The youths took
the officers to the location
where the stolen items were
stored and all guns have been
recovered except three. The
investigation continues.
In another case Sheriff Johns
reported that two homes were
burglarized in the county over
the last few days. He report
ed that Ware County Deputys
arrested to men from Jack
sonville Fla. after the Brantley
Count; robberies while the men
wet Ware where they had
burglarized some homes. All
stolen property recovered has
been returned. In both cases
guns were taken.
qAd B w> q^qil^d <3^-<
tai areas, Plantation owners
and Merchants came to the Min
eral Springs to escape the hot
humid climate and mosquitos.
They built summer cottages on
the high ground near the Spr
ings.
In the early 18 hundreds a
school called the Mineral Spr
ings Academy was built to edu
cate the children of the new
Wildlife Rangers
Catch Night
Deer Hunters
Wildlife Rangers of the State
Game and Fish Commission
made cases against William
R, Cobb and Coy Lee Single
tary and Leornard W. Will
iams all of Brunswick and
charged them with hunting deer
at night in Wayne County. The
Rangers confiscated a 1966
50 TOMS
AGO
NAHUNTA LOCALS
Dr. Henry Knox spent Sat
urday night in Jesup.
Miss Mary Knox of the Sere
ven Faculty spent Friday night
with her brother F, O. Knox
and wife.
Rev. J. Durrence filled his
appointment here and gave a
good sermon on “ A Little
Farther ”, to well filled jouse.
Mrs. S.L. Herrin returned
to her home Saturday night
accompanied by her daughter,
Mrs. Jim Herrin, and two chil
dren, and Mr. and Mrs. W.A,
Stokes and daughter, Myrtle.
Mr. Ford Owlett of Knox,
ville, Pa. who has been spend,
ing some time in St. Peters,
burg, Fla., spent Tuesday ni
ght and Wednesday as guest of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lewis, en.
route to Savannah, where he
will take a steamer for New
York, where he will purchase
spring goods for a very promi.
nent firm in his home town.
RIVERSIDE DOTS
Messrs. F.O. Knox and D.J.
Dowling made a business trip
to Riverside Tuesday.
The farmers in this section
are busy planting.
Meesrs. Albert Thornton and
Ruffus Lee were visitors at
Mr. Kettles recently.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
town called Mineral Springs.
The town of Mineral Springs
was changed to Waynesville in
1825, twenty years after Wayne
County was organized.
( EDITORS NOTE: Aplat of Way
nesville will be published here
at a later date showing the or.
iginal townsite and street lay
out.
Today water is barely trick-
automobile, one 22 cal. rifle.,
one 12 ga. shot gun and 25
rounds of ammunition. Also
two high power lights.
Rangers Dan Shuptrine and
Bob sires made the cases and
subjects was released on SI,OOO
bond and the other two were
placed in the Wayne County jail.
Misses Lois Dowling and
Nora Thornton spent the week,
end with Miss Geneva Wain,
right.
Messrs. Randolph Thornton
and Roy Dowling went fishing
Monday and report fisherman’s
luck.
ATKINSON NOTES
Mr. Orm of Atlanta spent the
weekend fishing here.
Dr. and Mrs. E.A. Moody and
children of Odum are the guests
of Mrs. Moody’s father , Mr.
Lee Pierce.
Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge Mid.
dleton of Hortense were in town
Sunday.
Mr. Troy Strickland left Sat.
urday for Charleston, S.C.
LLLATON NOTES
The farmers have taken ad
vantage of the fine weather we
have been enjoying and have
most of their crops planted at
this writing.
Mr, and Mrs. E.K. Ham en
tertained the young folks Sun
day night in their home.
Messrs. John and Joe Brown
of Raybon motored thru here
Sunday.
MEMBER
NeWAw
Auoolatlon • Founded IMS
ling from the Spring where In
dians probably drank before the
White men came. There a re
sort area was built and near
many Plantations with old Col
onial homes of which some still
stand today.
The Springs are about two mi.
les north of the Waynesville
Community on land owned by
N. S. McVeigh.
NOTICE
Game and Fish Commission
Chief Mallory Hatchet of the
Waycross District, extends a
reminder to all hunters and
fishermen that 1971 license
expire March 31, 1971 and
New license can be obtained
from the license dealers.
Patronize
Our Advertisers.
Mr. Jim Keen and family vis
ited their parents last Sunday.
Mrs. Mollie Knox had a work,
ing Saturday and entertained
with a party at night.
Mr. and Mrs. W . M. Rober.
son, son Joe, Miss Rachel De.
pratter and Dr. Knox of Na
hunta took supper with Mr.
U,,W, Mackey and family Sunday
night also attending prayer me
eting afterward.
PINEY GROVE
DOTS
Rev. Morrison filled his re
gular appointment at Piney Gr.
ove Methodist church Sunday.
A large crowd attended and
everybody seemed to enjoy the
sermon.
Mr. and Mrs. R,L.Combs of
Cogdell visited the latters par.
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Bis
hop last Tuesday and Wednes.
day.
We are very sorry to hear of
the Illness of Wilson Kennedy,
We hope for him a speedy re
covery.
The farmers are all very
busy planting through this good
weather.
50 YEARS AGO,
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