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Brantley County
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462—5007
VOLUME 50 - NUMBER 52
Tax preparer sentenced
after 17 years
A South Georgia tax return
preparer has been apprehend,
ed and sentenced after being
a fugitive for 17 years.
On Wednesday Richard J.
Kufner, a tax return preparer
who has been a fugitive for near
ly 17 years, appeared before
a U.S. District Judge A.A, La
werence in Savannah. He was
there to change his plea from
not guilty to guilty on 15 co
unts of preparing false and
fraudulent income tax returns
for clients and to receive his
sentence. Kufner was indic
ted in May of 1956 but by that
time he had left the country
for Norway. He denounced his
U.S, citizenship when he be
came a citizen of Norway.
Kufner, who is 75, recently
returned to the area in which
he practiced as a tax return
preparer and was arrested in
Savannah on the old but not for
gotten charges. He was sen.
tenced to one year’s proba
tion with provisions that he re
turn promptly to Norway and
never file any more U.S. tax
I To Know" ★
< By L E STE R MADDOX
So far as we know, only one governor of the 50 governors in
the United States promised, as a candidate, that he would never
attempt to interfere with the internal affairs of the State
Legislature and then spent his first two years trying to take over
the Senate and thus do great harm to representative government.
Os all the governors in the United States, only one governor
has gone out into his state suggesting that the office of
Lieutenant Governor be abolished.
We have heard of only one governor in the United States who
has used all of the resources at his command to try and destroy a
legislative caucus of his own political party. And even this one
governor attends and supports the political caucus for governors.
You ought to know that only one governor of the fifty has
conspired with two or three state senators to try and “strip” and
destroy the Lieutenant Governor of this state .. .just because the
particular Lieutenant Governor insists upon telling the people the
truth.
Finally, an appointee of the Governor of Georgia, an official of
a major department who under the Georgia Constitution is
prohibited by law from exercising any power over the legislative
branch of government, recently promised a Georgia Senator that
the Senator would be made chairman of a major senate
committee if the senator would vote to “strip” and destroy
Lester Maddox. This is the most brazen and dictatorial move to
beat the people and destroy representative government that I
have witnessed in the United States during my lifetime. It is
frightening and reprehensible that the governor and his henchmen
would place their own political lust ahead of good government
and the people.
If you want the checks and balances in government destroyed,
if you want legislative independence ended, if you want the
power-mad and not the people to rule and you want
representative government to cease, then urge your Georgia
Senators to support Governor Carter’s plan to “strip” the
Lieutenant Governor and thus let the executive branch of
government take over the Senate which is part of the legislative
branch of government. On the other hand if you want to
maintain the checks and balances of government and legislative
independence and you want representative government preserved
with the people in charge, then urge your Georgia Senator to vote
for the Lieutenant Governor to keep the rights and prerogatives
under which he, the senator, and the Governor of Georgia were
elected.
AND YOU OUGHT TO KNOW
That the state government appropriation:
for fiscal year 1971 was $1,118,000,000;
for fiscal year 1972 was $1,224,000,000 and;
for fiscal year 1973 was $1,318,000,000.
This is an average increase of about $100,000,000 annually.
But now, under the first year of reorganization, the proposed
budget would increase from $1,318,000,000 to $1,661,000,000.
This is a one year increase of $343,000,000 (almost $1,000,000
daily) while the entire state government budget was under
$350,000,000 in the year 1960. Further, over $90,000,000 in
federal revenue funds (half of Georgia’s five year allotment) will
go into one year’s budget for Georgia. This will cause us to use
one half of the funds in one year and have to stretch the other
one half of the federal funds over a four year period. This is
crazy. In addition, over $40,000,000 being reported as surplus
funds for fiscal year ending June 30,1972 were anticipated funds
and were appropriated in the current 1973 fiscal year budget.
Yet, we are now being asked to appropriate these windfall funds
in the 1974 fiscal year budget although they have already been
appropriated. This is not fiscal responsibility.
And if Governor Carter’s proposal to aid ad valorem tax payers
is the best proposal available, then I will give him my total
support. However, I am convinced that hundreds of thousands of
Georgians would be far happier to receive a smaller ad valorem
tax statement than to receive a larger on? that they must pay
with a promise of one dollar to seventy five dollars being returned
sometime in the future as a tax credit or tax rebate.
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley County — Land of Forest Products, Naval Stores, Tobacco, Livestock, Honey, Hunting, Fishing — and Progressive People.
THIS WE BELIEVE ! IF YOU FIRST SUBMIT, YOU WILL LATER SURRENDER. ”, . . and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore. J’ Epheslans6:l3,l4
returns for clients.
An IRS Special Agent in the
courtroom apprised Judge Law.
erence of the fact that Kufner,
operating his tax service in
Vidalia and Lyons , Georgia,
had prepared 800 to 1000 re
turns during the period of
investigation. The spokesman
said IRS examined 80 of those
returns and 15 of them had ear.
marks of fraud and became
the basis of the indictment.
The evidence revealed that
false deductions listed on the
return ran from $l6B to $3,
000 and the average tax loss
to the Government per return
was sl7l.
U.S. Attorney Robert E. Fai
ligant, Jr., who was 15 at the
time of the indictment said he
was glad to see proof of the
fact that both the arm and the
memory of the law are long.
It enabled him to mark “ Cl
osed ” the oldest case in the
Southern District of Georgia
and probably the oldest case
of this type in the country.
TO THE PEOPLE
Sincerely,
Lester Maddox
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Ringing in a year full of happiness, prosperity, good
health and joy for all our wonderful friends and patrons.
Along with our good wishes, we wish to thank you for your
past patronage.
I-95’s northbound
Mr. Jim Harris is a pat.
V ient in the Waycross Memorial
lanes opened to tratiic Hospital in the intensive care
A unit.
Six of the remaining 13 mil.
es of Interstate 95’s north -
bound lanes between Brunswick
and Darien opened to traffic
Dec. 21, with the remaining
seven.mile segment scheduled
to open as soon as weather
permits paving completion, ho
pefully Dec. 22 or 23.
The announcement was made
by T.S McKenzie, Jr., Geor
gia Department of Transpor
tation District Engineer, who
said rain in the Brunswick
area has hindered efforts tow
ard this early opening.
The newly opened six miles
extend from U.S. 341 and 25
near Brunswick north to Sta
te Route 99.
McKenzie warned motorists
that while the 13-mile Bruns.
wick-Darien segment will be
open to traffic, it is still un.
der contract with a number
of finishing details still in pro.
gress. “ Motorists travel,
ing 1-95 should be particular,
ly careful to avoid workmen
who are still paving slopes and
ditches installing guardrails
and grassing shoulder areas,”
he said.
Southbound lanes of the Br.
unswick-Darien legopened Dec.
15, providing a continuous in
terstate route from U.S. 17
near South Newport, Ga. south
to U.S. 341 and 25, northwest
of Brunswick. The route en.
ables motorists to avoid cork
gestion in downtown Brunswick
as they travel the State Rou-
THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA,,GEORGIA, DECEMBER 28, 1972
te 303 detour around the dam
aged Sidney Lanier Bridge.
Construction crews have
worked overtime and weekends
since November in an effort
to open the Brunswick-Darien
leg two months ahead of the
originally scheduled opening in
February, 1973 and to relieve
traffic congestion in Bruns •
wick resulting from detouring
thru traffic.
McKenzie said he was par
ticularly happy that some of
the Christmas holiday traffic
will now find the going a little
easier travelling north and so
uth along the Georgia coastal
toute.
Os the thirty-five highway
projects on which bids were
opened by the Georgia Depart,
ment of Transportation Dec
ember 15th, only twenty-seven
were awarded.
All bids were rejected as too
high on four of the projects,
and award of four contracts
was deferred until they could
be reviewed by the Departments
contract estimators.
The rejected bids covered
road work in Forsyth, Gwin
nett, Clinch, Cobb and Fulton
Counties.
The deferred awards were
on contracts for Rabun, Early,
Grady and Candler Counties.
Some, or all of these pro
jects could be awarded after
review by the estimating en.
Personals
Mrs. Winnie Kaye Thomas
was admitted to Memorial Hos
pital in Waycross Wednesday
afternoon. She will undergo
minor surgery Thursday.
Mrs. Ruby Morgan is a pat
ient in the Waycross hospital.
Staff Sergeant Albert D.
Crews and family of Fayette
ville, N.C, spent the week-end
with his parents of Hoboken.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Terry
of Valdosta, Ga. spent Sunday
with Mrs. Terry’s parents in
Hoboken.
Kenny Crews and friend Br
uce Motz of Fayetteville, N.C.
is spending the holidays with
his cousin Ronald Thrift of
Hoboken.
Miss Cindy Crews of Faye
tteville, N.C. is spending the
holidays with her cousins Mis
ses Elaine Lee and Diane Lee
and Betty Gale Thrift.
Mrs. Ray Epps and children
are visiting with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W.P. Stewart.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stewart
and family visited relatives
and friends in the Nahunta area
on Tuesday of this week.
The only fort in the United
States surrounded by a moat is
Ft. Monroe, Virgin*#.
Bookmobile
Schedule Given
January Bookmobile Schedule
Wednesday, January 17
Schlatterville
Hoboken
Hortense
50 MARS
AGO today
Owen Jones arrived at his
home from Brunswick Friday.
He attended the party at Mr.
Hams with his “ Georgia Kn
ite ” hose ( he insinuates
that they’re stylish ) and cre
ated quite a sensation and re
ceived many flattering remar
ks.
Three Lulaton girls “ killed
a big one ” at Mr. W. High
smith’s dance with the Knights
of the camp cars.
Miss Nellie and Lizzie Cox
spent a delightful afternoon with
Miss Day Jones Sunday.
LINDA DOTS
Mr. Willoughby Kelley spent
Sunday with Miss Rosa Wain
right.
Messrs. Alfred Rozier and
Kicklighter visited Mr. R.J.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
Courthouse saved
by alert citizens
Quick action by two county
citizens helped prevent the Co
unty Courthouse from being
burned. Robert Hickox and his
father Ernest Hickox went to the
42 year old building Christmas
day to conduct business with
the Sheriff. Upon arrival at
the Courthouse, the Hickox’s
seen the smoke coming from
the building and rapidly re
ported the fact to Edward Ch
ancey, Nahunta volunteer fire
chief.
Smoke was found coming
from the Sheriffs office and up
on kicking the door in, wit
nesses found a chair with pa-
March of Dimes
Announces Director
For Brantley County
Mrs. Bobby Wilson will dir
ect the Brantley County March
of Dimes in January, 1973. The
announcement was made by Joe
Gerson and Phil Niekro, At
lanta, State Co-Chairmen for
the March of Dimes.
Mrs. Wilson also directed the
successful 1972 March of Dim
es that raised nearly $500.00.
The March of Dimes leads
the attack on birth defects,
the most serious health prob
lem of children. More than
Pulpwood Down Slightly;
Still A Big Contributor
ATHENS—For the first time
in 13 years, production of
pulpwood in the South de
clined last year. Nelson Bright
well, head of the Cooperative
Extension Service forestry de
partment, University of
Georgia, said the 41.9 million
cords produced in ’7l was
down slightly from the record
42.2 million cords the year
before.
Georgia, the nation’s No. 1
producer, had a decrease of less
than one percent.
Five of the 12 southern
states, however, showed an
increase, with Arkansas leading
the way with a 23 percent
climb.
While roundwood produc
tion over the area was down
five percent from 1970, Bright
well said the use of wood
residues increased 18 percent
and tended to offset the
decline in roundwood produc
tion.
The Extension forester
added that wood residues now
RESOLUTIONS .
Resolved to save my money
And lead a frugal life.
Resolved to do my duty
And still abstain from strife
Resolved to give up smoking
And never touch a drop
Resolved to heed the speed laws
And ne’er offend a cop.
Resolved to quit complaining
And smile whene’er I can
Resolved to cease the knocking
And praise my fellow man
Resolved-but what’s the use of
My plunging in so deep?
I’ve made more resolutions
Than any man can keep.
LULATON JAZZ
Misses Creola and Effie and
Mr. Newborn Rogers motored
to the County site. Oh! My
mistake, or am 1 right ? We’U
say Nahunta Saturday after.
MEMBSt
Astoclttlon . Founds ltu
per in the seat, burning in front
of the gas heater. “The chair
was located wlth-ln two or three
inches of the heater,” said one
of the witnesses. Fire damage
was limited to the chair and
papers in the chair.
Sheriff Johns contacted State
Fire Marshall J.W, Swindell
who said,” In my opnion, the
fire was delibertly sit”.
Comm ission Chairman George
F. Stewart authorized the Sh^
riff to hire two guards to secure
the courthouse building with.
According to Sheriff Johns, he
and Mr. Swindell are contin
uing the investigation.
250,000 imperfect babies are
born in this country each year.
15,000,000 Americans suffer
from some type of birth de
fect.
Georgia Chapters support the
efforts of two Birth Defect
Centers at the Medical College
of Georgia, Augusta, and at
Emory University School of
Medicine, Atlanta. The two
centers offer expert diagnosis
and medical care for hundreds
of Georgia birth defect child,
ren.
account for almost one-fourth
of the total pulpwood produc
tion.
Daily pulping capacity of
the South’s 109 mills increased
about five percent last year.
Two new mills began opera
tions for the first time, and 20
others increased their capacity.
In addition, 14 mills located
outside the South drew wood
from this area.
In Georgia, Clinch was the
leading pulpwood county, pro
ducing 174,204 cords. Ware
County was close behind with
173,872 cords. Nine counties
in the state produced over
100,000 cords of pulpwood
last year.
“Pulpwood is the leading
product harvested from our
forestlands and contributes sig
nificantly to the state’s econ
omy,” according to Brightwell.
He added that Georgia, with 15
mills, is the leading state in the
nation in pulp and paper
production.
Mr. Roy Prescott, Mrs. Wal
ter Wainright and Misses Ha
zele Freida Wainright attend,
ed the Christmas tree at At
kinson Friday night.
Mr. Ernest Speed, Misses
Sadie Brantley and Emma Mi
xon motored to Brunswick Sat.
urlay
A GOOD RESOLUTION
A good resolution is the off.
spring of remorse and regret,
who were wedded by ex.
perience.
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
“ Are you making any good
resolutions for New Year’s
Day ?”
“ No, I haven’t had time to
break all my last New Year’s
