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Brantley County
Rescue Unit
462-5007
VOLUME 51 - NUMBER 2
Avoice in the wilderness
"WORK TOGETHER in har
mony ’’ was the theme last week
by our officials. This week
we report one official is evict
ing another.
6 TO 8 years ago a case
was reported of people not
wanting to get involved. A wom
an was returning to her apart
ment at night in New York
City. After leaving her car,
she was attacked by a man
with a knife. It was reported
that she was stabbed many
times while screaming and fi
ghting her way up the stairs.
She died on the stairs after
screaming for help repeatedly.
No one came to her aid. Sev
eral hundred people lived with
in ear shot and many said
they heard her cries for help.
Ap pointed to Committees
Petit jury named „ „
J J Kep Harrison
for February term of digtri ct 116
The Traverse Jury for the
February Term, 1973, of the
Superior Court in and for the
County of Brantley was drawn
by the Honorable Ben Hodges,
Judge thereof, December 19,
1972, in the Court Room of the
County Court House. Assisted
by Honorable Robert W. Johns,
Sheriff and Honorable D.F. Her
rin, Clerk thereof.
This Jury will report for
duty February 12, 1973 at 10:00
A.M.
1. Blanche Doubberly. 2. Mrs.
H.A. Strickland. 3. Gary House.
4. F.J. Chesser. 5. W.E. El
dridge. 6. Mrs. Ray Thomas.
7. Mary Lanier. 8. J.B. Car
ter. 9. Ernest Campbell. 10.
Mrs. Elroy Strickland. 11. Mrs.
G.S. Harris 12. Clarence
Moody. 13. Dorothy Gibson.
14*. Vivian M. Allen. 15. Jesse
Hampton. 16. Lester Bruda.
17. Rayford Daniels. 18. E.R.
Dowling. 19. Joe Siegel. 20.
Frank Riggins. 21. Mildred Kel
ly. 22. Mrs. Lois Herrin. 23.
Mrs. Tom P. Herrin. 24. G.B.
Prescott. 25. Mrs. Woodrow
Wainright. 26. Mrs. Willene
Ham. 27. Emory Middleton.
28. Henry Edgy. 29. A.L. Hig
ginbotham. 30. Roy Rowell. 31.
J. Larry Johnson. 32. G. R.
Stone. 33. Mrs. Gwendolyn St
rickland. 34. Mrs. R.L. Grif
fin. 35. Mrs. Stewart Wiggins.
The BRANTLEY ENTER
PRISE offers any group or in.
dividual a $ 10.00 reward for
the repair and re-erection of
the Historical Marker for High
BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE
Brantley Countv — 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 h«>”lng dona all, to stand. Stand therefore. J’ Epheslans6:l3,l4
Some admitted shouting from
their windows or doors at her
attacker however, none assis
ted. All said, “ I don’t want
to get involved."
JOHNNY JONES and James
Walker of Hoboken did get in
volved. They did go to the
aid of Mrs. Mitchell Bell. Such
acts should be publicly acclaim
ed and we should teach our
children the merits of aiding
others.
WE BELIEVE recognition
should be given Jones and Walk
er by the authorities. Our new
Sheriff may want to consider
presenting citations for this
type heroic action by Citizens
and the Civic and Fraternal
groups might consider partici
pating.
36. Fred Murphy. 37. Shirley
Altman. 38. P.L. Stone. 39.
Mrs. Ted Strickland. 40. Mrs.
George M. Johns. 41. Harry
Strickland. 42. Mrs. Noah Alt
man. 43. D.S. Moody. 44. Mrs.
Silas Edwards.‘4s. Charles Gil
lis. 46. Darlene Harrison. 47.
Mrs. Daisy Davison. 48. Edna
Rowell. 49. Catherine Flowers.
50. Donald Cleland. 51. Mrs.
Taiford Highsmith. 52. Mary
Ethel Johns. 53. J.W. Eldridge.
54. William S. Rowell. 55. Wil
ey E. Hendrix. 56. B.L. Raul
erson. 57. Mattie McConago.
58. Lawerence O’Berry. 59.
Bessie Bowen. 60. Bobby Ch
ancey. 61. R.B. Crews. 62.
Jean Royster. 63. W.M. Bat
ten. 64. Geraldine Branch. 65.
Roger Altman. 66. Mrs. W.A.
Brooker. 67. Joseph Griffin.
68. John D. Easton. 69. Kirt
House. 70. Kenneth B. Smith.
71. Lola Mae Roberson. 72.
Maxine Eston. 73. Talmadge
Scott. 74. Mrs. Milton Rowell.
75. C.W. Easterling. 76. Ros
coe Murray. 77. Banner Wain
right. 78. Eugene Wiley. 79.
A.B. Griffin. 80. Mrs. Hoke
Wilson. 81. Floyd Johns. 82.
Ida Murchison. 83. J.T. Har
rell. 84. J.E. Hickox. 85. Bry
on C. Highsmith. 86. T.D. War
ner. 87. Mrs. J.E. Harris. 88.
Donald Stevens. 89. James D.
Gibson. 90. Mrs. Pete Gibson.
Reward offered
Bluff Church.
According to Sheriff Wain
right the sign has been down
for some time and probably
was backed into at an election.
Dubose denies
Hoboken charged
with speed trap
The City of Hoboken has made
the news in both area news
papers and radio, city officials
ther have been alledgedly op
erating a " speed trap".
Mr. Olin Dubose, City Clerk
of Hoboken said the accusation
of Hoboken being cited as a
speed trap is wrong. Mr. Du
bose commented, " that to my
knowledge, there has been no
excessive arrests of speeders
in the City of Hoboken ”. When
ask about the instructions that
was given to Officers by Mayor
J. H. Batten when hired by the
City Council Mr. Dubose said
Bob Harrison, State Repre
sentative for House Seat 116
has announced his appointment
to five important committees
in the House of Representati
ves. Harrison represents more
than 53,000 Georgia citizens
including the eastern section
of Brantley County.
Harrison said that he was
appointed as one of the 5 mem
bers on the Interstate Coopera
tion Committee, to the 9 mem
ber Human Relations Com
mittee. He is appointed to the
Recreation Committee (form
erly the Game and Fish Com
mittee ) and to the Sub Com-
91. David Page. 92. Charles
Moore. 93. Mrs. Ellis Altman.
94. Julian N. Strickland. 95.
William Riggins. 96. Robert
Ammons. 97. Eugene Doubb
erly. 98. Melba Widner. 99.
Russell Patten. 100. James Ja
cobs. 101. Mary Herrin. 102.
June Faye Lee. 103. C.O. Pop
well. 104. Lewis S. Aldridge.
105. John V. Smith. 106, Char
les Wainright. 107. Mary Cros
by. 108. C.C. Dixon. 109. L.R.
Harrison. 110. R.F. Sloan. 111.
James W. Highsmith. 112. Mrs.
Homer Anderson. 113. J. H. Alt
man. 114. Samuel Causey. 115.
Calvin Jacobs. 116. Burnice
Crews.
The sign is located at Schlat
terviUe on U.S. 84 Highway.
Several months ago the EN
TERPRISE offered the same re
ward for repair of the Hlstori-
THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, JANUARY 11, 1973
the Mayor would tell the Of
ficers not to stop anyone un
less they are “ at least ” 10
miles an hour above the speed
limit.
According to Mr. Olin Dubose
the only law Officers they have
is Policeman Donald Durr, who
has just been recently hired
and he only works on the week
ends.
When ask how many cases
have been made by the New
Policeman, Mr. Dubose said,
" I would have to check the
records to get this informa
tion .”
mittee for voting. He was also
appointed to the State Institut
ions and Property Committee
and he is Vice-Chairman of
Penal Institutions.
Harrison is a well known
Jesup businessman that has
served 12 years in the House
of Representatives. He ran
for election to Seat 116 in
the last General Election. The
eastern section of Brantley Co
unty falls into that area due
to Reapportionment of the Sta
te.
“ Anyone may call me dur
ing this General Assembly,”
said Harrison. ” I am the
peoples representative and
want to know their problems”.
Those from my District are
encouraged to call 404-659 11-
00 and ask for me, if they
have a problem, he said.
Harrison told the ENTER
PRISE by telephone that he
will support HB 1 in this Gen
eral Assembly. He said that
this bill will return $77,542.
to the Board of Education. The
bill will also require the red
uction of taxes by this amount.
This in effect will help the
property owners of Brantley,
said Harrison.
Harrison said that Gov. Car
ter is sponsoring a bill to ret
urn only $18,850.
cal Marker for Trail Ridge.
That sign still rests at the
State Highway maintenance
shed in Nahunta.
Grocery in Hoboken robbed
suspects caught
The Davis Grocery of Hobo
ken was robbed of more than
one hundred dollars Monday.
Mrs. Mitchell Bell reported
that two strangers came into
the store where she was work
ing alone. One of the men
went to the rear while Mrs.
Bell finished waiting on a cus
tom er, Claude Hickox of Ho
boken who left the store. The
stranger that remained in front
demanded cash and ask that it
be put in a paper bag.
According to Mrs. Bell, she
To Judge Hodges
McAfee resigns as Chief Registrar
Brantley County Chief Regis,
trar Sam McAfee reported that
he was disposed from his of
fice in the court house Satur
day afternoon.
McAfee said that he was tr.
aveling through Nahunta Sat
urday afternoon when heobser
ved a pick up truck backed up
to the west door of the court
house. Upon seeing lights on in
his office he said he investi
gated. He said he found Mr.
Delma Herrin, new Chairman
of the County Commission in
his office. Mr. Herrin was
supervising two boys loading
county voters records and old
tax records in his pick up
truck. McAfee reported his of
fice was also being painted.
McAfee was appointed Chief
Registrar more than four years
ago by Superior Court Judge
Ben Hodges. His term in of
fice expires next June. There
are two deputy registrars ap
pointed. Jesse Lee of Nahunta
and C.L. King by virtue of his
office as Tax Commissioner is
also a deputy registrar.
McAfee upon entering his
office and noting the activity
said he asked Mr. Herrin where
are you taking the records ?
According to McAfee, Herrin
said, ” to storage, in the old
school house ”. McAfee said
that he saw the current voters
list, which he said was vitally
important, laying in the back
of Mr. Herrin’s truck, and
asked Mr. Herrin if he reali-
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Mrs. Mitchell Bell at Scene of Robery
felt extremely frightened and
thought that she would faint.
The robber noting the condition
said, ” don’t be afraid, I won’t
hurt you ”, Mrs. Bell report
ed another comment by the
robber, he said, ” I didn’t
want to do this, but I must”.
After the two men left the
Davis Store, Mrs. Bell scream
ed to give the alarm. The two
men got into a Volkswagen
car and sped away.
Johnny Jones, operator of
a service station across the
zed the voters list was impor
tant and Mr. Herrin replied,
” no I didn’t”.
McAfee asked a member of
the Commission if the board
had given Mr. Herrin author!-
ty to vacate his office to wh
ich the Commissioner replied,
” no ” McAfee asked the com
missioner if Mr. Herrin had
been authorized by the Board
to move the Commission of
fice. To this question the Com
missioner replied, ” a move
50
RACEPOND, Ga. - This tiny
community on the edge of the
Okefenoke Swamp is the for
mer home of four incredible
giant sisters and two of them
• the Ox-Worn an and Big Six
• have left their names among
the legends of the South Flori
da frontier.
Best known to Dade County
pioneers was Sarah Smith Mc-
Lain, the Ox. Worn an, six-feet
four and strong as a section
hand, who in 1911 drove a yoke
of oxen across the Everglades.
Her sisters, of approximately
the same size as herself, were:
HANNAH SMITH, or Big Six,
who was killed at the plantat
ion of bad-man Ed Watson in
the Ten Thousand Islands in
1910.
MRS. LYDIA SMITHCREWS,
pineywoods illiterate but astute
businesswoman, who rode a red
mule from Racepond to South
Florida in 1919 to see her sis
ter, the Ox. Woman.
OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA
highway was in the process of
gasing up a car owned by Jam-
es Walker. Jones and Walker
gave chase to the getaway car
which went north out of Hobo
ken. According to Jones the
car went off the side of a
County dirt road and struck a
pine tree.
Sheriff Cordell Wainright
said that he arrested three men
and a juvenile aged 15 years.
Arrested were Adrian Loring
age 24, Dennis M. Browning
age unknown and Jim Shelton
was discussed but to my know
ledge no action was taken”.
At about 6 p.m. Saturday
McAfee called Judge Ben Hod
ges and reported the incident.
McAfee said that the Judge
told him to not do anything
and that he, the Judge, would
check into it and call McAfee
back.
When the ENTERPRISE ask
ed McAfee what was he going
to do about his office, McAfee
responded, ” as I see the
Opj
<2^o
NANCY SMITH, or Big Nan
cy, who like her sister, Han
nah, never married but need
ed no husband to work for her.
She could hew crossties and
chip ” catfaces ’ on pine
trees for turpentine as well as '
any man.
The Ox. Woman drove from
Racepond to South Dade County
in an ox cart in 1907. She
farmed, cut wood, cleared land,
and sold fresh beef from door
to door.
“ She was really a giant,”
recalled Mrs. John L. Murray
of Princeton, a young woman
when she first saw Mrs. Me
Lain. “ She had a two • wheel
ed cart, two hound dogs and
carried a shotgun.”
" Aunt Sarah, as folks made
us call her, camped for awhile
near our house. She used to
sit on the porch and sing Bar
bara Allen and other songs in
the evening after supper. She
sometimes read the Bible to
member
Asaoclatlon • Founded 1685
age unknown. Sheriff Wain
right said the four was in a
Volkswagen Station Wagon be-
lieved to be a 1965 model.
Two of the suspects were
taken to the hospital in Way
cross where one is reported
to be under “ intensive.care”.
Sheriff Wainright compli .
mented Jones and Walker on
their quick thinking and action.
Wainright said, " if all county
citizens assisted me this way,
it would make my job so much
easier.”
matter I have two choices. I
could get a legal paper pre
venting Mr. Herrin from dis
rupting my office, inventory,
and secure my records and
maintain my office as I am
obligated to by law and in ac
cordance to the oath book. My
other choice is to write a let
ter of resignation to Ben Fort
son, Secretary of the state
or to Judge Ben Hodges and
in the resignation I would sta.
te my reasons for resigning.
us. She believed the Semi
noles were one of the lost
tribes of Israel.”
The Ox-Woman’s husband,
David McLain, had been hang
ed in Charlton County, Ga.,
after being convicted for kill
ing a man. She showed no
reluctance to relate the story.
She eventually settled at Pa
radise Key, presently in the
Everglades National Park, and
farmed during the dry season
on a nearby glade. She built
herself a palm-thatched house.
The Ox. Woman frequently
hauled vegetables to Miami to
sell. And she sometimes would
buy a beef, kill it, cut it up
and sell fresh meat to the pio
neers. You ordered steak, ro
ast or stew, and she would re
move the fresh pine branch,
es which she used to cover
the beef and cut your orders.
Beef was cheap and you could
buy enough steak for a fam lly
of five for less than 50 cents.
To be cont’d next week.
