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Brantley County
Rescue Unit
462—5007
volume so - number 37
Stay
A Notion
Ahead
Practical Revenue Sharing (1)
For anything as routine and repetitive as tax collection, it
is a waste of time, effort and money to indulge in our present
random hodgepodge of helter-skelter, myriad bites of taxes.
It is sheer nonsense.
Would you like a tax cut of 1.5 per cent, federal, state and
local? Such a tax cut would drop the after tax cost of living by
0.6 per cent. Although such tax relief may appear in
significant, we can promise no latent tax boost, no inflation,
no deficit, no unemployment, no war, no defeat, and more
income, somewhat lower prices, and full room for private en
terprise to come into its own, to operate at its full potential.
Best of all, our freedoms and economy emerge strengthened,
to dispel ominous disruptive threats to our survival as a
nation. Our tax reform is easy, pleasant and far reaching.
If this package is all so easy, why have we been missing out
on it? Admittedly, the problem may seem difficult, yet simple
concepts can resolve it. Carrying figures to impossible last
cent precision may be necessary in accounting, nevertheless,
that would thoroughly impede our purpose. So the numbers
we will be presenting here are rounded, and close enough to
convey our concepts. Now consider: Under our present cloud
of direct and indirect taxes, we work for the governmental
triad, federal, state and local, five months of the year. The
other seven months we have left to ourselves.
Such a state of affairs means that 40 per cent of our income
goes to taxes, some 25 per cent as direct levies, 15 per cent as
indirect levies. Typical direct taxes are income, sales,
gasoline, telephone, Social Security (half of it), parts of excise
and property taxes, etc. The indirect category includes cor
poration, inventory, business license, road use, the rest of
property and excise taxes, the other half of Social Security,
etc.
Such indirect taxes we pay through business men, who act
as tax collectors, to relay to the governmental triad. Such
business men add those taxes and the costs of relaying them,
into their mark up on the pretax cost of their goods and serv
ices, to come up with the prices they must charge.
Now suppose we abolish all indirect levies, and most of the
direct taxes, and leave a consolidated tax. The removal of the
indirect levies enables cutting the prices of goods and services
by that 15 per cent. This leaves more money in our pockets to
pay that consolidated tax. It will be enough. This is how it
works:
Annual national income $920 billion
Consolidated tax revenue 363 billion
Annual distribution to:
Federal govt. 243 billion
State govts. ($324/person) 68 billion
Local govts. ($248/person) 52 billion
Our consolidated tax consists mainly of a levy on all per
sonal income received; thi, cuts to 39.4 per cent our present
deposit of 40 per cent of our income into government tax
coffers. We supplement this with an incentive tax on idle
capital, to be invoked only when unemployment rears up
above 1 or 2 per cent. Our plan makes it profitable to offer
jobs to all who are capable and willing to work.
We remove all other current taxes. The levy on personal
income is uniform, not graduated. Contrary to the howling
screams of the surface scratchers, the poor will not suffer, and
the affluent will no longer, in the immortal words of O.
Henry, “abscond with the boodle.” (More next time.)
« 1972 F. B. Anderson
Registration
Deadline Announced
Sam McAfee, Chief registrar
of Brantley County announced
today that if you are not reg.
istered to vote, you must do
L. to R. Gwen Richardson, Rosa Edwards, Paul Langford and Paul Velie. Family
Living students at Brantley County High School prepare for their county edition pro
gram on WSAV TV channel 3, Savannah, Ga. , September 16, at 7:30 a.m.
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
By F. B. Anderson
so by 5:00 O’clock Monday,
September 18, 1972 , in order
to vote in the General Elec,
tion in November.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
THIS WE BELIEVE ! IF YOU FIRST SUBMIT, YOU WILL LATER SURRENDER, ”, . . and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore. W Ephesians6:l3,l4
: Grand Jury Presentments
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Georgia, Brantley County
We, the Grand Jury of Brantley. County, Georgia for the
September Term, 1972 of Superior Court do hereby sub
mit the following presentments.
We wish to commend and thank the Honorable Ben Hod.
ges, Judge of said court for his able charge to our body
and express to him our appreciation.
We wish to commend the Honorable Dewey Hayes, Dis
trict Attorney for his able assistance rendered our body
during this Term.
We wish to thank our Baliff, Mr.
service rendered.
We recommend Gold wire Fowler
Brantley County Board of Education.
We recommend that all blind corners on public roads be
cut out.
We recommend that the Peace Warrant of the State vs
Russell Crews be extended until next Grand Jury.
We recommend the County Commissioners in conjunction
with other counties in this Waycross Judicial Circuit hire a
Public Defender.
We recommend the Jury pay for 1973, be set at $ 10.00
per day for Jurors, Foreman, Ballff’s, and Clerk be paid
$ 15.00 per day.
We recommend that the Clerk in the County Commissioners
Office salary be set the same as other county offices.
We recommend the Sheriff’s Department enforce that there
shall be no Sunday hunting in Brantley County.
We recommend that the Neighborhood Service Center be
air-conditioned.
We recommend that the court house be remodeled and we
will meet back the third week in January to check on pro
gress.
We recommend that Mrs. Ruby Herrin be paid $ 10.00
for typing these presentments.
We recommend that the Brantley Enterprise be paid the
legal rate for printing these presentments.
Respectively submitted this 7th day of September 1972.
Read, considered and ordered filed this 7th day of September
1972.
Band Boosters
Elect Officers
The Brantley County Band
Boosters Club met Thursday
night, September 7, 1972.
The following officers were
elected • President • Mr.
Carlton Lee • Sec. Mrs. Willie
J. Rowell • Treas. . Mrs.
THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 14, 1972
Jesse T, Strickland for
be re-appointed to the
Ben Hodges
Judge, Waycross Judicial Circuit
Dewey Hayes
District Attorney
Carlton Lee.
Band Captain is Vinny
Brooks, Property Manager .
Russell Dubose, Librarian Kar
en Lee and Michael Smith,
Drum Major - Bruce Rowell
and Assistant Drum Major is
Miss Jackie Stewart.
Concerned parents of men
tally retarded children met last
Thursday night at the Waycross
TMR Center in the old Bailey
Street Building. A club was
formed with the name “ Par
ents of Waycross TM R
Center ”, Mrs. Diane Pur
vis was elected President.
Mrs. Gail Carter as Secretary
and Treasurer. Sonny and
Virginia Barber as publicity
P. Wagoner
Jamboree
Postponed
The Porter Wagoner Show
scheduled forSaturday at Brant
ley County Elementary School
has been postponed until Nov.
30.
Kenneth Willis
FOREMAN
Greg Middleton
CLERK
A. 1. Sutton, principal at the
school, said the postponement
was due to illness to Mr. Wag
oner and some of his band mem
bers.
The November show will be a
double feature, Mr. Sutton said.
Mr. Wagoner will give two
shows and persons who have
bought tickets to the show which
was to be held Saturday, can
use the tickets for the t w o
shows Nov. 30.
Persons who wish a refund
must send their tickets to P.O.
Box 582, Nahunta, and give a
return address, Mr. Sutton said
The show is being sponsored
by the Brantley County Future
Teachers of America and the
Boys'' basketball team.
Mr. C.D. Gibson of Waynes
ville was elected to serve a
three year term on the Board
of Directors of the Okefenoke
Co-op at the annual meeting
Saturday, September 9. Mr.
Gibson was first appointed to
the Board in May of this year
to fulfill the unexpired term
of the late Board President,
R.L. Bernard. Also re-elect
ed for three year terms on the
Board were T.M. Proudfoot,
Wayne County and Ernest Bell,
Charlton County.
The meeting was attended
by approximately 550 members
and guests who heard reports
on Co-op activities from Presi
dent w. W. Wright, Sec’y •
Treasurer J. C, Allen and
Manager Pete Gibson.
The featured speaker was
Robert C. ( Bobby ) Pafford,
Georgia Public Service Com
missioner. Prior to winning
a seat on the Public Service
Commission. Mr. Pafford ser
ved as a state representative,
and has always been a strong
ad'. te of “ Government for
the people ”.
Thirty lucky members won
valuable prizes with the grand
prize, an electric dryer, going
to Mrs. B. W. Thompson of
Jacksonville.
OREMC
ANNUAL
MEETING
Parents of Waycross TMR Center "
co-chairmen. The group con
sists of parents from Pierce,
Charlton, Brantley and Ware
counties as well as Waycross.
The TMR Center , a center
for Trainable Mentally Retard
ed children, is a part of the
public school system and has
20 children from Pierce Coun
ty .. 5 from Brantley County...
7 from Charlton County and
several from the Ware - Way.
IN THE
SERVICE
Marine Lance Corporal John
ny E. Thomas, son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. M, Thomas of Route
1, Hoboken, Ga., participated
in “ Firex ” ‘ 72 ’’ .. an
anti-aircraft warfare training
exercise on Onslow Beach,
Camp LeJune, N.C.
He has returned for duty
at the Marine corps Air Sta.
tion, Cherry Point, N.C.
Marine Cpl. Phillip R. Turn
er, husband of the former Miss
Amanda J. Strickland of Route
2, Hortense, Ga., has reported
for duty at the Marine Corps
Air Station, Yuma, Arizona.
Cpl. Turner is the son of
Mrs. Leila H. Turner of Na
hunta, Ga.
50 KMS
MB TODAY
LITTLE RED
FORD SIULEN
Owner Awakes Saturday
Morning to Find His Ford Gone.
On last Friday night while
Mr. Gilmer Brooker, the owner
of the only “ Little Red Ford”
in Nahunta, slumbered and
dreamed of the next days toil,
( it being Saturday ) the red
Ford was stolen from its gar
age and driven by the approp
riators until it was drowned
in a creek near Hockox.
in a creek near Hickox.
Soon after the discovery that
the car had been stolen, Mr.
Brooker got the wires busy in
order to head off the car and
robbers and then started out
in search of the car himself.
He had not gone far, however,
before someone informed him
of its whereabouts. The rob
bers had after finding them
selves stuck in the creek left
the car and made good their
escape.
Some say that Gilmer
probably thought that it was the
prettiest car in Brantley County
when he approached it at a
stand still in the creek.
No arrest have been made
in connection with the steal
ing of the car as Mr. Brook
er has no evidence as to whom
the parties were.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAFftjNTA
cross area. Mrs. Eneida Rod
riquez, coordinator for the
TMR Center announces that the
center at the old Bailey Street
Building in Waycross has been
remodeled and air conditioned
this year.
Part of the building is be
ing made into a family living
center and help is needed in
furnishing this section. If you
would like to donate any fur
nishings, you may do so by
calling Mrs. Rodriquez at the
TMR Center in Waycross. This
newly formed group, parents
of Waycross TMR Center, pl
ans to have a booth at the Fair
TOMLINSON'S DRUGS
ANNOUNCES NEW STORE HOURS
Monday (9:00 a. m. to 6;00 p. m. )
Tuesday ( 9:00 a. m. to 6:00 p.m. )
Wednesday ( CLOSED ALL DAY)
Thursday ( 9:00 a. m. to 6:00 p.m.)
Friday (9:00 a.m. to6;oop.m. )
Saturday ( 9:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. )
We will remain open on Tuesday and
Thursday until Dr. Drury leaves the
Clinic.
Lock it up Mr. Brooker and
thereby avoid it rambling a
round at nights.
MUST FIGHT IN
ORDER TO WIN
The protest of the citizens
of the County or a large ma
jority of the citizens of the
County against the present lo
cation of the county site of
Brantley County will be awaste
of time and energy unless the
people interested in the mov
ing of the county site shall
contribute sufficient amount of
money to employ counsellors
to investigate, advocate, pre
pare and present their case,
consisting of facts , to the
public and authorities who will
have to pass the issue.
The party on the other side
of the fence has and will as
long as possible hold the county
site. Can you blame them ?
No, but we who are interest
ed can secure the county site
if the proper methods are put
in effect.
The writer is unfamiliar with
the facts in regards to the
county question, but will from
an unbias or prejudice stand
point say that Hoboken is not
nor never was entitled to the
county site. There is no room
for argument along this line
as everybody knows that Na-
MEMBER
Association • Foundad 1885
to help with projects of the
center. Interested persons are
also asked to join this group.
Personals
Mrs. Elma Stewart has re
turned home from a two week
vacation she spent with her
son Larry Stewart and family
of Key West, Fla.
Miss Sherri Patten is a pat
ient in the Ft. Stewart hospital
where she underwent emer
gency surgery for Appendlsitis.
hunta is the center of the coun
ty and is the most convenient
for those who will come to
court.
LET BRANTLEY
CITIZENS DECIDE
Correspondent for Atkinson
Says Leave Removal Ques
tion to Brantley Folks.
At the recent election for
the county ^ite removal was
recently declared null and void,
it is probable that there will
be another election held. We
trust the citizens of Brantley
County will all register and
vote and that citizens of our
adjoining counties let our coun
ty affairs alone, and not have
any such disgraceful sceans
as were enacted at the last
election. Let Brantley Coun
ty only vote, and let Brant
ley County people manage their
own affairs.
Let our election be fair and
just in every respect. Noth
ing is ever gained by unfair
methods. Let all go into the
election with clear hands and
let nothing be done that will
entail any additional burden
on our people or tannish the
name of our new county.
