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Newspaper Page TextBrantley County Rescue Unit 462—5007 VOLUME 50 - NUMBER 15 PASTOR'S PEN " ADORN THE DOCTRINE " TITUS 2:10 Most of us like to do something outstand ing in life. It is good to look back at acco mplishments, and know that you have done something worthwhile. Therefore, it is well to consider what is the most important things and decide to do them in the order of their importance. Perhaps the most im portant accomplishment in life is to adorn the " Doctrine of God " in all things. How mayl adorn the doctrine (teaching) of God? There are many ways, of course, but I will offer four for your consideration. I. Believe that the Bible is the word of God. Seek to know well enough to enable you to live by it.. Athiests deny it; Liberals choose tobelieve parts of it, and Christians tail to live by it. Come to know it and live by it. For it is God's word. 11. Believe that Jesus Christ is God in hu man form. He is the missing link between God and man. To adorn the doctrine, make Jesus Lord of your life. There is no use talking about it unless we are willing to do it. He is always Jesus Christ, God's Son. But, he can only be Lord of your life when you let Him be. 111, Believe the doctrine that Jesus is the Head of the church. As the head of His ch urch, he is calling men and women to be saints (Rom. ch. I), "present your bodies a living sacrifice holy and acceptable unto God... "If the church is to succeed, it must have certain kinds of people (I) Good stew ards -of time, talents, money and office. (2) Serious minded, walking worthy of their vocation. (3) People involved in the Christ ian witnes s under the great commission. (4) People obedient to the word of God. IV. Believe the doctrine that Jesus is co „ ming again. Watch how you live and be re ady, "for you know not the hour when the Son of Man cometh. " In John 14; 3 Jesus said, "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto my self; that where I am, there you may be al so. " . To adorn the doctrine is to be obedient to to Christ, It is also to live a beautiful life, a life worthwhile, a life that really counts. Rev. Ernest S. Purcell, pastor First Baptist Church Nahunta, Georgia SOFT BALL SEASON TO BEGIN Meeting To Be Held At Jaycee's Field Monday Night - April 17-8 O'clock Men and Women Teams Welcome Claude Smith Has Been Appointed By The Jaycee's As The New Manager Every One Interested Please Come Gambrell Requests Clemency For Calley WASHINGTON, D.C. (PRN) — U.S. Senator David H. Gambrell today called on President Nixon to “give immediate attention to appropriate executive clemency for Lieutenant William Calley.” In a telegram to the Chief Executive, the Georgia Senator said, "Surely Lieutenant Calley is not solely responsible for the MyLai incident but he alone stands convicted, and with a severe sentence, for this tragic occurrence. These circumstances present a clear case of injustice to Lieutenant Calley which deserves correction.” Gambrell said that in his opinion, Lt. Calley was one of the victims of CHICKEN AND TURKEY DINNER'S AND SUPPER'S FRIDAY - APRIL 14 AT THE NAHUNTA CHURCH of GOD KITCHEN DINNER'S 12 TIL 2 P. M. SUPPER'S 5 TIL 7 P. M. ADULT PLATES $1.25 BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People. mismanaged war policies and he should not serve as the scapegoat for doing what he was instructed to do by higher authorities. Gambrell continued, “May I suggest that you act in connection with the Calley case, and that you report what action has been taken in connection with others involved in the MyLai incident and in incidents of a similar nature which have occurred during the Vietnam war, so that the American public will be satisfied that equal justice has been done.” Today is the first anniversary of the conviction of Lt. William Calley in connection with the MyLai incident. HULETT VEHICLE SHOWN AFTER COLLISION HENDRIX FOUR ANOTHER SERIOUS WRECK IN ATKINSON A serious accident occured in the Atkinson Community Sat urday, April 9, at BP.M.. The accident involved three res idents of Brantley County and two from Baxley, Georgia. Hospitilized from Brantley were Bob Hendrix, his wife Pat and Sidney Hulett. They were taken to the Brunswick Hospital by the by the Bra. ntley County Rescue Unit. Morris Harrel and Homer Var nadore of Baxley, Ga. were hospitalized in the same hosp. Itai and were taken by Unit ‘Van wagon’ At One-Third Mark LAVONIA (PRN) - Campaigning in the largest state east of the Mississippi presents a few problems, but former Gov. Ernest Vandiver and his wife, Betty, are overcoming them in his race for the U.S. Senate. They cover the many miles of road between Georgia’s towns in their “Vandiver Vanwagon,” a colorful camper bus painted red, white and blue. Since their tour began March 7, they have been in almost half the state’s 159 counties. During 29 days in the Vanwagon, they have been to 101 towns and have shaken hands with some 30,000 persons. Betty and Ernie get so wrapped up in talking to folks that they sometimes get behind in their schedule and EDDIE HIGHSMITH BCHS Win State Honors BCHS is proud to announce two State Literary winners. Darc el Roberson who won fo urth place in Girl’s Typing and Eddie Highsmith who won fourth place in Boys’ Typing. The State Literary Meet was held Saturday, April 8 in Ma con, Georgia. It consisted of those compeitors who had pre viously won first place. Bedell BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, APRIL 13, 1972 DAYS AFTER ACCIDENT no. 2 of the Rescue Unit. According to wittnesses near the scene, the vehicle being operated by the Baxley men was going north on Ga. 259 and did not stop at the inter section of U.S. 84. It hit the Hulett vehicle in the right side and the impact threw the Hen drix couple from the car. Bob Hendrix is employed in the office of this newspaper as a Reporter-Typesetter. His absence may attribute to loc ating a mispelled ward in this weeks edition. Tour Now have to buy some sandwiches or sardines so they and aides Keith Allen and Alvin Burke can have lunch. Ernie’s feet were a little tender at first and a blister developed the first week. Betty treated it, however, and they were back on the campaign trail again. There are advantages to campaigning though, besides getting a chance to renew old acquaintances and make new ones, Ernie said. “I’ve lost 15 pounds and I’m in great shape,” he added. The 53-year-old Lavonia lawyer cites another advantage. “I can conduct my own public opinion poll among the people and find out what’s bothering them,” he said. “Busing, the state of the economy and high taxes are the issues on most people’s DARCEL ROBERSON Students Johns represented the school in Shorthand. The group to Macon was acc ompanied by Miss Virleen Str. ickalnd and Mrs. Marie Su tton. Winning in State Literary Meet is a high honor. BCHS would like to congratulate Dar cel and Eddie for their fine efforts. After 3 Years BRANTLEY COUNTY IS SOLVENT The auditing firm employed by the Brantley County Board of Commissioners to audit the books and records of the county has completed their work and presented the audit. The audit for the year 1971 was presented to the commission by Mr. Meeks of the Quinney, Meeks, Roberts, Spicer and Quinney Auditing Firm. Mr. Meeks presented the audit at the regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners on April 4. Mr. Meeks explained that the auditing firm wished to thank all county officials contacted during the course of the audit for their complete cooperation. Meeks said the books and records in the offices of Tax Commissioner, Ordinary, Clerk of Superior Court and Chairman of the County Commissioners were found to be in excellent condition. Mr. Meeks reported that the books and records in the Office of the Sheriff were inadequate. ”We feel that consideration should be given to improving this situation” he added. Meeks discussed at length with the Board of Commissioners the Commissioner Stewart ask Mr. Meeks to explain the mean ing of ’’surplus” and to explain in detail the amount of income the county had in 1971. He also ask Mr. Meeks to explain the costs the county had the same year. Stewart stated the reason for the questions was for the benefit of a county commissioner that had been paying ’’lip-service ” about the county to a $lO7, 000. surplus. Meeks explained surplus and said that there was a surplus of funds in 1971 of $22,617.91 . He said the surplus was excess of income over expendatures for the year. Stewart ask if the 22 thousand surplus might be excessive, considering the total income of $363,344.10. Mr. Meeks stated” absolutely” not, the 22 thousand figure might well have been short rather than over”. Stewart said that Commissioner Strickland has stated to the BRANTLEY COUNTY RABIES CLINIC Rabies Is a dreadful disease of people and animals. It des. troys the brain of a victim and then takes his life. There is no cure. We can best prevent an out break here in Brantley County by having our dogs vaccinated. Vaccination stations will beset up all over the county. We will have a vaccination station in Nahunta on April 19th from 1:00 to 5:00 at the county Agents office • Hoboken, April 20th from 9:00 . 12:00 at Bar- NOTICE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN By unanimous vote of the City Council of the City of Nahunta at its regular meet ing on April 3, 1972 the City Council instructed the police Department of Nahunta to strictly enforce the traffic laws of the city. All persons dri. ving upon the streets of Na hunta are here-by notified th at violators of the traffic laws may receive a warning ticket on the first offense, and sub. sequent offenses will be bro ught before the Mayor’s Court. IRS TELLS WHY TAX REFUNDS DELAYED Waycross, Ga. - “Where’s my refund?” is a question asked by thousands of Georgia tax. payers every year, C.Q. Holland the local Interal Revenue Re presentative in Waycross, presena Waycross, Ga.—“ Where’s my refund?” C.Q. Holland, the lo cal Internal Revenue represent ative in Waycross, said today. For many, the answer is that the refund is held up be cause the Post Office cannot deliver the check ^People move without leaving a forwarding address, Mr. Holland said. Another reason is that tax. payer’s name or address is not readable on the return. This can be avoided by using the pre-addresses label on the re turn filed. Taxpayers should peel the lable off the outside of the tax forms package and place it on the return filed. Mr. Holland said any necess. ary correction should be ma. made on the lable itself. Gospel Sing Grace Baptist Church will hold a gospel sing Saturday night, April 15. at the new church site located about one mile north of Hickox Comm, unity on 301. Services will began at 7:30 and last until... Local talent and the public is invited to attend. $107,000. SURPLUS "LIPSERVICE ” ber shop where 84 and 121 crosses - Waynesville, April 20th from 1:30 - 5:00 by the Postoffice • Hortense, April 21st from 9:00 - 12:00 by the Postoffice - Hickox, April 21st from 1:30 • 5:00 by the voting building. Be sure and remind every, one you see about our rabies clinic. Hadn’t you rather let “ SPOT ” take one shot in stead of you having to take 14? Don’t forget “ OUR RA- BIES CLINIC IN BRANTLEY COUNTY ”. 50 V MAP OF PROPOSED BRANTLEY COUNTY j) AREA: <23 sq.a>i.,of which from Pierce 21S | WAYNE 185 and CHARLTON 23 sq.ni. Y CHARLTON has 881 sq.si.will have left 858 . I WAYNF has 788 will have left 603 / I PIERCE has 517 sq.«i.will have left 302/ . (r \ /1 x x uw * \ -A I LA’ 1 ' O'* \ J J/ V —y 7 « \ \ / TAX VALUES; 52,039,852.00 POPULATION: 9,399 I / Os which from hayne $1,153,100.00 - N / from Pierce $821,162.00 froa Charl tea Os which from Pierce 5000,Wayne 3852 $65,590.00 and from Charlton 447. Wayne has over $6,200,000.00 wi 11 have Wayne has 15,710,wi1l have left H 758 left $5000,000.00. Pierce has 12,282,wi1l have left 7,282 pierce has over $5000,000.00 wi 11 have Charlton has 5,547,wi1l have left SIOO left $4,100,000.00 Charlton has over $2,000,000.00 will have left $1,900,000.00 THE ABOVE IS A REPRODUCTION OF THE MAP SUBMITTED BY THE HOBOKEN DELEGAT ION IN ORDER TO SECURE BRANTLEY COUNTY WITH HOBOKEN AS THE COUNTY SITE. Ifyou have made a close study of the county or will make a close observation of the territory occupied by the new county, you will find that the above map, which was used before the legislature to create the new county with Hoboken as the county site, is altogether misleading. This map shows Hoboken to be almost in the center of the county. Nahunta is shown as being situated in the extreme eastern part of the county, when in fact, Nahunta, geographically speaking, is directly in the center of the county, as will be shown clearly by a map which is to be published in the near future. 50 Years Ago Page 2- Col 1&2 OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA problems of the office and stated ” we recommend that the Sheriff remit to the Ordinary’s Office each Monday, cash bonds collected by his office each week”. Commission Chairman Stewart reminded the Board that the past Grand Jury recommended hiring a Clerk-Dispatcher to be pre sent in the Sheriff’s Office from SP.M. untill lA.M. In other matters of the audit, Meeks stated that for the year 1971, the county had assets totaling $526,276.10 . These assets consisted of cash on hand, cash in the bank, advalorem taxes receivable, prepaid insurance, due from the State of Georgia for motor fuel tax and highway contracts and due from county offices equaling $181,904.05 , while fixed properties consisting of real estate, equipment, Sheriff’s Department equipment, Airport Land and construction and road machinery and equip ment equaled $344,372.05. On the other side of the ledger, Meeks told the Commission that liabilities amounted to $50,555.79 and consisted of acc ounts payable, note to State of Georgia and accrued payroll. public that the County Commission is sitting on $107,000 of taxpayers funds and levying more taxes. ” Strickland is making noise and fooling very few people ” Stewart said. The Board of Commissioners for the past three years have set the same tax mills for the operation of the county govern ment as was set by the Board that went out of office in 1968. The Board of Education has Increased school mills each year since the current Board of Commissioners went into office. Boards of County Commissioners are obligated by law to leavy the mills requested by the Board of Education. Concerning the ” surplus ” Commissioner Strickland has refered to , Stewart said ” the man did not know the facts of the finicial affairs of the county government ” and ” If Stric kland was interested in telling the truth, the facts are available to him or any Interested citizen. Sen. Dean Cleared OfD.V.I. Charge ATLANTA (PRN) - State Senator Roscoe Dean Jr. has been cleared and acquitted of the charge of driving under the influence of alcohol by court order discharging the case. Dean who demanded a jury trial and fifed a formal demand for a speedy and public trial was not tried in f if ( MEMBER NeNpApm Auoclttlon • FounM IBU accordance with his demand for trial and therefore his case was discharged according to Georgia law after two terms of court. Senator Dean stated, “Those who have tried to destroy my political career by a trumped-up smear charge have failed.”