The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, September 28, 1972, Image 9

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Newspaper Page Text'“a- - The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Georgia, September 28, 1972 The Nahunta Banner VOLUME 2, NUMBER 2 Your County Newspaper, The Brantley Enterprise, has more than doubled in cir culation since January 1970. Mr. Merchant, by no other means may you get your printed word into the 1871 households of Brantley County, each week at such a reasonable fee. Mr. Merchant, the subscribers of the Brantley Enterprise want to know what you are selling, and why they should buy from you. Mr. Merchant, did you know that when the first automobile dealership was estab lished and sold the first Ford - it made headlines in our County Newspaper? (The Ford was sold to Mr. Ivy Dowling of Hickox. ) A Voice in the Wilderness Thanks to the People of Brantley It is really hard to put into words my feelings in announcing that I have sold The Brantley Enterprise to George F. Stewart and that I am no longer its ■>wner. "or 32 years I have tried to give Brantley County wai. stable weekly newspaper and have done my promote the best interests of all our people. We > buried in. when I bought the paper 32 years kin. There \ Harper. He took a mortgage on my old War are bum or down payment and gave me has a inonumei the balance. My total net income was donated by as about SI6OO. years ago. The moi* people of Brantley County dred feet off a well . newspaper their support people that live nearby subscriptions and their the road daily do not knov possible for their ble reason for this is becau^ to all those people as many others are grown over stones knocked down, pulpwood and in some cases they are used a* ’ished the Pem his motto a- We have some of the old original pi. cusscc | still standing in our area today and man. pie that lived here for years know little o. the school children are taught not about ou. Enter tion homes, but about plantation homes in V 'pie. or some other state. The children should be ta ’. something of our heritage even if it is only a tv to familiarize them with places of historical interest Who knows of a group of people or a book that can give authoritative information on our area ? Who is going to record and document things of a histori cal nature? Who knows if the tourist trade would increase if our historical area was publicized ? Who knows how much money tourist would spend here, if they toured our area? Could not a group of interested citizens form a historical society and dedicate itself to preserving our heritage? f I ' SUBSCRIBE NOW! ! ! Subscription rates will increase to $4, 12 । on January 1, 1973. i ’ ' Clip along dotted line and mail to; The Brantley Enterprise P. O. Box 454 Nahunta, Georgia 31553 • ••«•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••« • * • Editor • • The Brantley Enterprise • I P.O. Box 454 ; Nahunta, Georgia 31553 ; Please enter my name on the subscription list to the Bra. • ntley Enterprise. I want to receive a copy of our weekly • newspaper. ( ) Enclosed is my check or money order. ’ ( ) Please bill me for the subscription. • : NAME :p. O. BOX OR ROUTE . : POST OFFICE 9 *.•••••• Subscription Rates Brantley County Subscribes $ 3.09 Subscribers in Georgia outside Brantley $ 4.12 Subscribers outside State of Georgia — $ 4.00 Counter Sales ■ Copy .10 Sales Tax included. * By Carl Broome NAHUNTA, BRALTLEY COUNTY, GOERGIA, FRIDAY, SEPT., 23, 1921 G.W.B. SAYS HE IS FOR HOBOKEN Wednesday, of this week,Hon. W.G. Brantley, son of Brantley County’s name sake, visited the Fair at Hoboken, delivered a jaw-breaking apeech and dec lared himself for HOBOKEN. Mr. Brantley, is perhaps out of politics, or he could have, not being fam ilar with the facts, which we are going to relate, did that for “ a vote getter." There he blundered—we say BLUNDERED is just what he did. No shrewd politician, who goes after the voting majority would have errored ttjus. In the last election, determining where the County site should be , there were 476 voters for removal and 272 against removal. When totaled, this shows that 204 more citizens of Brantley County desired that Nahunta be the County site. We have been a Brantley man, but when a politician is unable to make a speech at a Fair without refering to personal matters, we cannot continue to support that kind of a politician but will as the other 47 6 voters will, remember the Fair speech. SUBSCRIPTION LIST GROWING Under the present manage, m ent the Banner has increased 120 names. Averaging about 60 names a month,Below are the names of those subscribing in the last few days: D.c. Horten, Jesup Ga; Ray bon Johns, Hickox Ga; A.F. Lyons, Hickox Ga.: W. R Stew, art, Hickox Ga.; Knight Ham and J.W. Courson, LulatonGa.; W.H. Howard, Winokea Ga.; O.L. Johnson and RL. McVe igh, Florence S.C.: Jim Keen, C.B. Davidson and Fred White, Nahunta Ga.; J.E, Smith, Sid. ney Ohio; M.E. McVay, Rush, sylvania Ohio; Wiley Roberson, Sampson Fla.; J.B Berry, Ri- chwood Ohio. Interesting Places in Brantley ’’THE LINDA PLANTATION” was settled by West Shes. field. Sheffield built his first house of logs as was the cus tom in those days. Sheffield and his second wife are buried near the plantation home on a high bluff overlooking the Great Satilla River. Following is a part of the origional land grant made to Sheffield; By his Excellency Peter Early, Governor and Comm ander in Chief of the Militia thereof; TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETINGS: Know ye, that in pursuance of the Act for opening the Land Office, and by virtue of the powers in me vested I have given and granted, and by these presents in the name and behalf of the State, Do give and grant unto West Sheffield his heirs and asigns———*— two hundred acres, situate, lying and being in the County of Camden. ——•— James f*ort moved to the Great Satilla River in 1805, and established his home on 300 acres bought from Stephen Gibson who had purchased the land from Lewis Roberts. The land was on the east side of the Great Satilla River DISCOVERS A WONDERFUL SPRING Mrs. C.B. Davidson and W.M. Roberson attended the Quart erly Conference at Bladen Tuesday, and reported the trip and meeting as being fine. No and meeting as being fine. On their way home they stopped at the. to be famous Pocahon tas Spring, near Waynesville. This is a newly descovered spring the water of which is believed to contain medical pro perties sufficent to cure almost any disease. It is owned by Mrs. Willie McEldary and she has it in fine shape. LAW BREAKERS Many grand jury men have friends. who do not hesitate to break the; law. If the juryman, was to cairy out hia duty, which he is under oath to do, he would be the “no ac countest” man in the county, their suposed-friends, the law-breakers, never stop to consider that perhaps his family connection or perhaps the consideration that the man un der oath has for the vilators family, often keep the juryman from doing bis duty, and in that case he put himself liable to impeachment, and impeachment means his honor. No law breaker should rub it in on a juryman, just because be hap pens to be a friend or neighbor. If you have’nt any respect for him as a juryman and a friend then you surely can not expect him to re spect you. Remember that respect for law is essential to civilization. With out it life, liberty and pioperty ^re insecured. Without it civilization Jail back to the chaos and anarchy of primintive times. If you have no more respect for the- law than to kill fish, then it would behoove you to have more respect for your neighbor than to force him to either turn you over to the law or swear to a lie. f The same rule applies to other forms of law vilation. Every day we become more and more delighted with Nahunta and Brantley County. IM LINDA MW fWW a t Uritas J EXPECT THE ARRIVAL OF A CAR OF NEW FORI) ON OR ABOUT SEPT. 28, AND WILL SELL THEM AT PRICES. LISTED BELOW. Chassis - - - $295 Runabout - - - $325 Touring Car - -1 - $355 Truck Cl r. isis - - - $445 Coupe - - ’ - $595 Sedan ' - - The are the lowest prices of Ford cars in the history of the Ford Motor Company. Orders are coming in fast, so place yours promptly to insure early delivery. I WILL BE READY TO DO FIRST CLASS AUTO REPAIRING By OCTOBER IST. F g). Knox Authorized Ford Dealer NAHUNTA, ' GEORGIA whijh at that point , was the line of demarcation with the Creek Indians at that time. His land lay about two miles to the north of the West Sheffield place. After the marriage of James Fort’s daughter, Mary, to Stephen clay King, they moved to the West Sheffield place which had been purchased for them. In addition to this place, the King family owned and op* erated several plantations, The Maryfleld, The Collage, Vernon and Tabor. They owned over 400 slaves and farmed a principal crop of rice. Just prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, Mrs. King made a trip to Boston and New York to visit friends and relatives, While in New York she attended abeautlful opera caIIed”LINDA” a pure Castilian word meaning beautiful. Immediately on her return to Georgia, she named her home ’’LINDA PLANTAT* ION”, a very fitting title to the magnificent work of nature and man. The Satilla River Club purchased from James Fort King Jr. the”LINDA” building and grounds in 1922.hjthe club members continue to maintain the building in much the same way as the ’’LINDA PLANTATION” had looked over the years. The Satilla River Club President Is Boney Baskins, Macon, GA. Club Sect, and Tres, is Mason Zuber of Macon Ga. and the Caretaker of the club is Grady Boyd of Waynesville, Georgia, $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Mr. Brantley County Citizen: Your County Newspaper provides you with information on events around our County. Public events and private happen ings are reported as well as deaths, births and weddings. Your Newspaper has over the past fifty one years, recorded public events begin ning before the organizing of our County through the torment of establishing the County Seat and election of officers. By appointment, citizens or groups may examine the file of complete newspaper mentioned at the Enterprise office. From this file, dating back to 1920, readers may see the most complete historical record of our County. The Brantley Enterprise has been publi shed continually since September 1920. Listed below are editors of your County Newspaper. J. N. Atkinson until September 1921 •E. A. Tippins July 1923 J. Alvah Murray March 1928 G. H. Brooker April 1928 Mrs. G. H. Brooker December 1931 Joseph Camps February 1932 J. W. Hargraves May 1935 Wrench & Son June 1936 M. F. Clark Jr. June 1937 Roy Harper and C. Winton Adams August 1937 Roy Harper February 1938 Carl Broome January 1970 George F. Stewart Present Editor PASTOR'S PEN Let me say this in the beginning that we appreciate the invitation of the Brantley County Enterprise to local min isters to write Christian articles. It is our prayer that all who read these each week will find them to be a source of inspiration, comfort, strength and spiritual blessing. “The He Heard the Lord” Acts 9: 1 • 9 Ernest S. Purcell, Pastor First Baptist Church, Nahunta, Georgia A Voice in the Wilderness TAXATION WITHOUT BY GEORGE A one cent tax increase was passed on the sale of gasoline by the past General Assembly. Prior to the increase, the Georgia Tax was 6.5 cents and the Fed eral Tax 4.0 cents. The consumer then pays 3 cents sales tax on the purchase. 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