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Brantley County
Rescue Unit Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
462-5007
VOLUME SO - NUMBER 31
Don’t Forget To Vote
Approximately 3100 voters are expected to turn out in the
General Primary election to be held Tuesday, August Bth.
There are 4086 registered voters in Brantley County.
Voting places in Nahunta, Hortense, Hickox, Hoboken, Schlat
terville, Lulaton, Atkinson and Waynesville will open at 7
A.M. and will close at 7 P.M.
A wide selection of candidates are available to voters in
the County and State races. In County wide races, there are
TOTHE VOTERS OF BRANTLEY COUNTY:
I want to take this final opportunity to ask for your considera
tion in the Primary election next Tuesday.
In past newspaper advertisements, I have outlined my ideas
or platform for everyone to read and consider. In talking to
you, the voters of this County, I say the same. I do not make
reckless nor foolish promises that I may not be able to ful
fill.
Voters may consider promises made by a candidate for
chairman of the County Commission. A voter may like the
promises made and might vote for this candidate on account
of it. This is fine • voters should vote for their choice.
HOWEVER • will you consider this ?
Your neighbor may not want the road paved although the
candidate promised you that he would. The candidate went
on and promised others that he would not pave it.
Your community was promised a Park while other com.
munities were not.
Can a candidates wife make public promises with any reason,
able expectation of accomplishing it ?
Can we actually afford to build a new courthouse ? Or will
you agree with me that there are other more reasonable prob
lems that should be taken care of first.
I ask that you consider the above promises made by one of
my opponents and by his wife. ( THEN ASK YOURSELF
ONE QUESTION - )
who is going to pay for it ?
The above promises and many more were made. If you
are a taxpayer YOU will pay for it. If you are not a taxpayer,
your friend or neighbor will pay for it.
The County is out of debt now. This was promised
four years ago.
The tax millage for County purposes is still at 12.4
mills. They have been the same for four straight years.
I promised this four years ago.
Brantley County has a new motor grader. I promised
this four years ago.
I continue to promise to replace the other four worn
out motor graders when we can afford to pay for them.
I promise not to make any promises that I know full
well are not in the best of all the citizens of Brantley County.
I stand on accomplishments made during the past four
years as outlined again in this newspaper.
Before closing let me ask you to consider one other
question.
Why would one of the candidates not run for re-election
in the office that he now holds when it pays a higher
salary than the office he is seeking?
Your vote and support will be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely:
S/ George F. Stewart
OUR ADVERTISERS.
THEY MAKE THIS
NEWSPAPER POSSIBLE.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Higgin-.
botham of the Riverside Com
munity has grown one of the
biggest ole watermelons ever
THIS WE BELIEVE IF YOU FIRST SUBMIT, YOU WILL LATER SURRENDER, ”, , , and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore. J’ Ephesians6:l3,l4
SUPPORT
A Big Ole Good'un OR A Good Ole Big'un
grown in Brantley County.
The watermelon weighed in
at 47 % pounds, was 18 inches
long and a multitude of inches
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
four candidates for each of the following offices; Clerk of
Superior Court, Sheriff, and Chairman of County Commission.
There are two candidates for office of Tax Commissioner and
two for Ordinary.
There are also two candidates for each of the following
offices; Coroner, Surveyor, County Commission Post 2. There
are three candidates for Commission Post 3.
The Superintendent of Schools, Mrs. Mable Moody is running
Rusk’s Endorsement
Os Gambrell Is Hit
By Sam Nunn Today
Sam Nunn today called the
Dean Rusk endorsement of
DavidGambrell ‘another
reminder to Georgians of
Gambrell’s close ties with the
ultra rich liberal oriented
eastern establishment.’
Commenting on last week’s
press reports describing Rusk as
a key supporter of Gambrell,
Nunn said, ‘Georgians will
remember Rusk as a prominent
figure among the national
democrats of the Lyndon
Johnson era and will reject a
Senator who depends on this man
as a key supporter.’
Nunn also pointed out that
Rusk for nine years was Director
of the Rockefeller Foundation.
Calling the Foundation a ‘tax
free tool of eastern liberalism’,
Nunn said that Rusk as Director
‘spent 247 million tax free
Rockefeller dollars on liberal
causes.’ Nunn continued, ‘the
latest cause of big money
eastern liberals seems to be the
election of Gambrell.’
Nunn, the candidate who has
campaigned on a ‘get tough in
Washington’ theme, has
repeatedly called for tax reform
Taxes to
Investigated
Possible tax relief for farm
and forestry properties will be
investigated Monday, July 31st
by a joint legislative comm
ittee.
The Senate and House Agri,
culture Committees will meet
at 11:00 A.M. in Room 416-A
of the State Capitol.
The Chairman of the Senate
Agriculture Committee is Sen
ator Sam McGill of Washing
ton, Ga. Representative Dor
sey Matthews of Moultrie is
Chairman of the House Agri
culture Committee.
in diameter.
The record watermelon for
Brantley County is reportedly
52 % Pon’*' melon
THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, AUGUST 3, 1972
that would require foundations to
pay taxes. Nunn furtner stated,
‘For the Rockefeller Foundation
to enjoy such enormous income
that Dean Rusk could spend $247
million on liberal causes without
paying a dime in taxes is grossly
unfair to the working people of
Georgia and the nation. For
Gambrell to accept the en
dorsement and financial support
of this same Dean Rusk shows
the hypocrisy of Gambrell’s
claimed concern for the working
man. It also shows that the
enormous wealth of the Gam
brell family and Gambrell’s ivy
league Harvard background are
to him more important than the
best interest of the people of
Georgia.’
Nunn, a 33 year old farmer,
lawyer and legistlator from
Perry, is running against
Gambrell in next week’s
Democratic Primary for the
United States Senate seat of the
late Richard B. Russell. Gam
brell, an Atlanta lawyer, was
appointed to the seat last year by
Governor Jimmy Carter and is
now seeking election for the first
time.
be
The purpose of the joint meet
ing is to conduct an extensive
investigation into ad valorem
taxation of farm and forestry
properties, including tax re
lief.
Interested citizens are in
vited to attend the meeting.
State officials scheduled to ap
pear and give testimony in
clude State Revenue Commis
sioner John Blackmon, Agri
culture Commissioner Tommy
Irvin, state Forestry Comm
ission Director Ray Shirley,
and representatives of various
farm organizations.
falls slightly under the record.
However, this is an enormous
watermelon and a bodaclously
rile of sweetening.
unopposed for her 4th term in office.
Following are the candidates names by office for which
they are running; Clerk of Superior Court • Virgil H. ( Dick)
Allen, Dick Purcell, George A. Loyd and Hilton Morgan.
Office of Ordinary - Perry Rozier and Bozo Willis.
Superintendent of Schools • Mrs. Mable R. Moody.
Chairman County Commission - Delma Herrin, George F.
Stewart, J. E. Strickland and Monsie Wilson.
301 Claims Four More Victims
Members of the Brantley Co
unty Rescue Unit rushed to the
aid of accident victims Monday
and carried four persons to
area hospitals.
Thompson
Proposes
Quarantine
Georgia Congressman Fl
ecther Thompson today called
on the U.S.D.A. to, “ Take
all steps necessary to prevent
the movement into Georgia and
the southeast of cattle infect
ed with screwworms.
“ Appropriate regulations
should be adopted or quaran
tines impossed to prevent any
cattle from a screwworm in
facted state from being ship
ped in interstate commerce
to any state, especially Geor
gia, where no screwworm now
exists," Thompson stated.
The Congressman pointed out
that the southeast was eradi
cated several years ago after
an extensive cooperative fed
eral - state campaign, and
their re-introduction into the
State through shipment of in
fected cattle could be very
costly to Georgia cattlemen.
The East Point Republican
stated that serious screwworm
outbreaks now exist in Texas,
Arizona, California, New Mex
ico and Oklahoma, as well as
Puerto Rico. Shipment of any
cattle from those states with
out the proper safeguards,
“ threatens the entire cattle
industry at a time when the
demand for healthy beef is at
an all-time peak,” Thompson
added.
“ Livestock and livestock
products now provide 60 per
cent of Georgia’s Agriculture
Income,” Thompson said. “We
cannot take chances with an
Industry which means so much
to our farm economy. I there
fore urge the Dept, of Agri,
culture to immediately act to
protect the Georgia cattlemen
from the screwworm problem
and the economic loss it in
volves by enacting regulations
to prohibit the movement of
cattle from screwworm-lnfect
ed states,” Thompson conclud
ed.
Tourists traveling along U.S.
301 at the north city limits of
Nahunta were held up several
minutes while Rescue members
Sheriff’s Dept, personnel and
Nahunta REA
Granted Loan!
The Okefenokee Rural Electric
Membership Corporation will
receive a $1,494,460 loan from
I the federal Rural Electrification
Administration.
Announcement of the loan was
made today by the office of
Congressman W. S. (Bill) Stuc
key Jr.
Headquarters of the Okefeno
kee REA is at Nahunta.
;ee REA is at Nahunta. f*
50 YEARS
A6O TODAY
LULA TON NOTES
Mrs. E. H. Knox gave an
ice cream supper Wednesday
night in honor of Mr. Frank
Craven. Quite a large crowd
attended. Mr. and Mrs. W.M.
Robinson and daughter, Eppie
of Nahunta were present.
Bathing parties from here
and Nahunta have been enjoy
ing the hot afternoons at the
river.
Mrs. J.B. Lewis and daugh
ter lone of Nahunta spent Thur
sday afternoon with Mrs. A.L.
Collins.
Mrs. A. L. Collins and daugh
ter, Mrs. Malpassie spent
Wednesday in Nahunta visiting
friends.
PINEY GROVE DOTS
Miss Mamie Fields spent
Jaturday night as the guest of
her sister, Mrs. Bessie Car
ter.
Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Combs
visited latters parents Mr. and
Mrs, H,J. Bishop last week.
Several from our community
attended the Friendship Sunday
and report a fine time.
A large crowd from our com
munitv the MoUlhmm*
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAFfUNTA
County Commission Post 2 - Warren E. Eldridge and Joel
Herrin.
County Commission Post 3 - Owen Griffin, Carlton Lee
and Nub Jones.
Office of Sheriff . Wesley Burden, Robert Johns, Clayton
Riggins and Cordell Wainright.
County Surveyor - " shot ” Strickland and fcewey Lee.
County Coroner - Royce Proctor and Guy Chambless.
City Policemen loaded the in
jured and cleared the highway
of (trash etc ).
Two automobiles collided and
NOTICE
IN ADDITION TO REGULAR BANKING
HOURS THE CITIZENS BANK WILL BE
OPEN FROM 9 P. M. TIL 2 P. M. ON
THURSDAYS FOR THE MONTH OF
AUGUST.
Meeting at Madray Springs Sat
urday night, Sunday and Sunday
night.
HICKOX NEWS
The meeting at the Baptist
church closed last Saturday,
despite the inclement weather
the congregations were large
and we had a wonderful service
twenty-two members were ad
ded to the church. Rev. E.L.
Little conducted the meeting.
He baptized eighteen persons
last Sunday and expects to bap
tize two more next Sunday.
Social and Personal Items
Mr. W.M. Robersori was in
Atlanta last week, while there
attended the National Highway
meeting, he succeeded in get
ting an appropriation of SIOOO.
99. Also machinery for the
public roads in Brantley Coun
ty.
Mr. R.M, Brown is working
on the press this week.
Mr. Everett Knox, County Sc
hool Supt. was in town Friday.
Miss Lena Bell Loe is visi
ting for a few days at the home
of Mr. T.J. Peek.
Rex died at one-thirty Fri
day the results of a shotgun
Rax wm Brownie’* do*.
MEMItt
NiWA^
Astoclatlon - Founded IMS
injured four tourlsters ex.
tremely bad. Other passengers
received minor scratches, cuts
and bruises.
The new bungalow which Mr.
Rufus Highsmith is building is
progressing rapidly, with Mr.
Rider as head carpenter.
The Ladies Aid met at the
home of Mrs. Lary on Wednes.
day afternoon, a large crowd
attended and several new mem
bers were added to the Aid.
A salad course was served.
Waynesville Items
Mr. Dewey Drury of White
Oak, visited friends here Sat
urday.
Little Miss Leonie Drury, of
White Oak is visiting Mr. and
Mrs. J.L. McVeigh.
Mr. Wm. M. Wiggins nade a
business trip to Brunswick one
day last wed::.
Those attending the examina
tion for Teachers in Jesup
Friday and Saturday from here
were: Misses Gussie Crandall,
Julia Robinson, Daisy Gibson.
Bessie Edgy, Lizzie Lynn, Min
nie Bennett, and Minnie Rozier.
Master Henry Wiggins Is the
guest of his Aunt Mrs. W. S.
Harrison in Arco, this week.
