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Newspaper Page TextBrantley County Rescue Unit 462-5007 VOLUME 51 - NUMBER 3 A voice in the wilderness REPRESENTATIVE EGAN of the House has some ideas of how to watch and influence the legislature. His continuing ar ticles in this newspaper are well worth reading. DAILY NEWSPAPERS have a tendency, said Egan, to empha size conflicts without dealing with the substantive issues. In teresting reading are the power highs between Maddox and Car ter and whether Burson has an office or not. Egan believes that weekly newspapers may help Georgians focus on the genuinely important matters. TWO CITIZENS have inquired into the historical signs that were broken. In the next few weeks we expect to see them again pointing to places of in terest for the traveling public. THE RUNNING gun battle between Dr. Drury and the St. Marys Pulp Mill is back in Me Asse —Lee resigns of fice County Chief Registrar, Sam McAfee resigned his office of ficially January 6, 1973. Acc ording to McAfee, “ I resign ed from my office effective the last day that I had control of it.” McAfee submitted his let ter of resignation several days after the effective date. McAfee reported last week that he had been evicted or .had his books and records re moved from his office by new Chairman of the County Com missioners, Delma Herrin. Jesse Lee, Deputy County Registrar resigned his post effective 6, January, 1973. By virtue of State Law, C.L. King, County Tax Comm issioner is a Deputy Regis trar. He is the only Registrar now in office in Brantley Coun ty- BCHS hosts student teachers Brantley County High School is host to three Student Teac hers, one of which is a na tive of Brantley County. Miss Ira Lee Roundtree a student attending Georgia Sou them College where she is majoring in Social Sciences. Miss Roundtree hopes to grad uate in June and get a teach ing position here in Brantley County. 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. Epheslans6:l3,l4 the news. A LAW enforcement official is not above the law. He must abide by the same laws that he is under oath to enforce. We would like to think of our law officials as good members of the community and law ab iding citizens that set the ex amples for us all and in parti cular, for the youngsters. WE MUST not forget that law officials are not super men. They are subject to the same pressures and problems that we all have. THE NAHUNTA City Council made a wise move in suspend, ing the officer from duty. Upon returning to work after 30 days, the officer should be reminded that although while off duty, he is still obligated to follow the law that he is obligated to en force. Old timers basketball ” Old men age 40 and over who still think they’ve got it, join up and play basketball; Saturday, January 20 at 7:00 p.m., Nahunta vs Hortense. There’s more to see ! Lad ies 20 to 40 still in their prime show everyone you’re as young as you feel, the same night following the pro’s game, Na hunta vs Hortense. All proceeds will go to boys basketball. The old timers are led by such famous names as Neil “ Meadowlark ” Hendrix, Cl aude “ Boom Boom ” Smith, Gun Gun King, and others. Come out and support the cause, and enjoy some good ball playing. READ THE CLASSIFIEDS L. to R. Ira Lee Roundtree, David Giddeons and Reta Sports Miss Reta Sports of Way cross a major in Physical Ed ucation hopes to graduate from Georgia Southern College in June. Miss Sports is teach ing Physical Education to Br antley students under the Su pervision of the Coaching St aff. David Giddeons of Miami, Florida is also a student at Georgia Southern majoring in BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE Drury harrassed by Gilman again Dr. Carl Drury, the St. Ma ry’s physician, is being bar red from practicing medicine at his hometown hospital for the second time in five months, and he vows he will go to court again over the matter. Drury’s latest expulsion from the medical staff of Gil man hospital in St. Mary’s stems from his refusal to com plete a staff application form. The former state legislator who drew national attention last spring when he battled officials of the Gilman Paper Company says he will seek a Camden County Superior Court injunc tion over his dismissal. Court action worked in Aug ust when Drury was suspended for 10 days from the staff because of a new hospital au thority rule requiring doctors to have their offices within 30 minutes of the emergency room. Drury’s two offices are 16 and 60 miles away, although he lives near the hospital. William Sparkman, a hospit al board member, says the authority felt there was no merit to Drury’s objection to the staff application form. The board took the position Kidd’s bill to reduce sentence An attempt will be made in the 1973 Legislative Session to reinstate Georgia’s death penalty, which was declared unconstitutional last year by the United States Supreme Court. Senator Julian Webb of Don alsonville and Senator Eugene Holley of Augusta introduced the measure Thursday. It wo uld specify the circumstances under which a jury might hand down the death sen fence. A sim ilar bill was introduced in the Physical Education. Mr. Gid deons hopes to be employed in a public school system coaching basketball. Under the supervi sion of Coach Thomas, Mr. Giddeons is teaching Drivers Education and Physical Edu. cation. ” The program for having student teachers here was ap plied for by us”, said Mrs. Moody, County Superintendent. THE BRANTLEY ENTERPRISE, NAHUNTA, GEORGIA, JANUARY 18, 1973 by Mike Shane that the form called for prop er information and that Drury “ just disregarded it, ” Spark man said. Until Drury completes the form, he will not be permitted to work on the hospital staff, Sparkman said. Drury maintains that his Dec. 31 expulsion is motivated by Gilman Paper Company offic ials George Brumley and Rob ert Harrison and that he is justified in refusing to sign what he calls a “ loyalty oath” to the local hospital authority. The printed statement Drury was asked to sign bound the physician to ” abide by the bylaws of the hospital author ity, the medical staff, and by such rules and regulations as may from time to time be en acted by the hospital author!- ty.” Signing the loyalty oath , would enable the authority to change the rules ” so I could n’t comply .” It did in the fall, Drury said. Instead, Drury supplied the hospital authority with his own statement in which he pledged to ” abide by my oath as a physician, to practice medicine to the best of my ability and House Wednesday. Fourteen other proposed me asures were introduced in the Senate Thursday, some of them controversial and expected to spark heated debate. Among these is a proposal by Senator Culver Kidd of Milledgeville to reduce possession of small amounts of marijuana from a felony to a misdeamenor. Sen ator Kidd’s bill would change the sentence for persons con victed of possession of less She said, 11 1 feel the program is good for both college stu dents and for our county sc hool system and we hope to expand the program into our elementary school.” Referring to Miss Roundtree, Mrs. Moody said,” I am just proud of her and her accom plishments.” I feel that she, Miss Sports, and Mr. Giddeons are real assets to our system. obey the laws of this state and nation.” Drury has accused Gilman Paper Company attorney Har rison and General Manager Ge orge Brumley of quarterback ing efforts to destroy him pro fessionally and politically. Since he defeated Harrison for a state legislative seat, Drury has been falsely char ged with rape, been physically assaulted, been suspended from the local hospital, and has had several of his friends fired from their jobs at the Gilman Paper Company. One such friend, Wyman Westberry, recently filed a mil lion dollar law suit in federal court in Savannah chargingthat Harrison, Brumley and another man conspired to have hime murdered. U.S. attorney Jackson Smith said recently that many state laws have been violated inCam den County, but so far neither legal arms of state government in Atlanta nor the district at torney’s office in Brunswick Judicial have seen fit to chai lenge the white collar, criminal element of St. Mary’s. than one ounce of the drug from “ one year ” to " not more than twelve months”. Another of Senator Kidd’s proposed laws is apparently a reaction to the Baptist To wers fire which killed ten el derly persons in Atlanta last year. The bill would require increased fire safety measur es in new and existing build, ings used for medical care or as homes for the aged. The following is a list of all general bills introduced in the Senate Thursday, Jan. 11th. Senate Bill 10. Would ere ate a special assistance fund for local units of administra tion and would determine the eligibility for special assis • tance funds. ( Sponsored by Senator Starr of 44th, Senator Hamilton of 26th, Senator Mc- Duffie of 19th, and others.) Sen. ate Bill 11. To require pro. tectors or flaps on the rear wheels of certain vehicles. ( Sponsored by Senator Starr of 44th District.) Senate Bill 12. Would require that anyone who applies for a license tag or motor vehicle registration show proof of financial res. ponsibility ( liability in surance). ( Sponsored by Sen ator Reynolds of 48th and Sen ator Riley of Ist District.) Senate Bill 13. Defines circum stances under which a jury may hand down the death pen. alty. ( Sponsored by Senator Webb of 11th, and Senator Hol ley of the 22nd District.) Senate Bill 14. To change the penalty for possession of cont. page 6 Local students assigned Two Georgia Southern Col lege students from the Nahunta area have been assigned to the 1973 winter quarter student tea ching activities by the Depart ment of Professional Labora tory Experiences of the School of Education. Students from the Nahunta area are Miss Deborah Ham, daughter of Mrs. Willene T. Ham of Nahunta. She has been assigned to teach Elementary and Junior High at Screven County in Sylvania, Ga. Miss Irene Roundtree, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Roundtree of Nahunta, has been assigned to teach at Brantley County High, the eleventh grade at BCHS. COUNCIL ACTS Policeman arrested on d.u.i. charges The County Sheriff’s Depart ment arrested Nahunta Police man N.M. Henry Saturday af ternoon. Henry was placed un der arrest at his home in Raybon after alledgedly running into a stop sign. NOT CLAIMED Car found in Lake Floree The Sheriff’s Department re ported that a car was pushed or driven into Lake Flore in the Schlatterville section of Brantley County. Sheriff Wainright said that he was notified by George Big by of the car in the lake. OF LEGISLATURE Egan’s idea on inf Many voters have asked me how they can understand and have some Impact on develop, ments in the Georgia General Assembly. They know we get together and raise or lower ( not often ) their taxes, chan ge their laws, and reorgan ize their government. However, they are not sure just how we do it or how to influence what we do. To truly understand what is going on in the General Assem, bly, and in State government generally, there is no substi tute for a little basic reading on the organization and func. tioning process of the legisla tive, executive and judicial br anches. This will acquaint you with who is responsible for wh at, and that knowledge is vital to a meaningful understanding of how government in Georgia operates. Your public library should have up-to-date inform a tion on recent changes, and close attention to the news media will keep you informed 50 W® op® /inysps' EDITORS NOTE: This week the series continues on Lydia Stone. Old friends and relitaves still reside here in Brantley County that knew the great woman. IN THE last spring of 1911 the Ox-Worn an pulled up sta kes at Paradise Key and took off across the Everglades to ward what is now Everglades City. The way she had to go, through head-high sawgrass for 20 miles, including Shark River Slough, then through glades and pine islands for another 20 miles, and finally , through cypress swamp for at least 35 miles meant a 75 - mile trek through unchartered wiL derness. There is no record of any man taking a team of animals across the glades. The year before, in October, 1910, Mrs. McLain’s sister, Big Six, had met her death at the Watson Plantation. The Ox- Woman may have gone to Cho koloskee Island, the nearest settlement from the Watson place, to see about settling her sister’s estate. When Big Six went to the Ten Thousand Islands from Ge orgia is not known, but in the summer of 1910 she was hired by Watson to chop firewood, used to heat a boiler for mak ing syrup from sugarcane. A man identified only as Waller, believed to be a fugitive from justice was hired with her. One day shortly after the middle of October, a clam OFFICIAL ORGAN BRANTLEY COUNTY AND CITY OF NAHUNTA According to Ordinary P. U. Rozier, Henry pled guilty to driving under the influence and forfeited a SIOO.OO bond. A called meeting was held Monday night by the Nahunta The Sheriff said that Bigby re ported the auto to be about 50 feet from the waters edge and only a few inches of the top of the car above the water. The Sheriff said that wheel signs indicated the car was about new developments in the organization of our State. When the General Assembly is in ses sion, many of Georgia’s educa tional television stations carry a thirty minute program each night, summarizing highlights of the legislature’s activity that day. Check the program log of the educational station which reaches you for the time of the broadcast. In an average year, we in the General Assembly work on some 1,800 proposed pieces of legislation. Some of these' bills have the potential for tre mendous impact in the lives of citizens. So it is alarming that such a small fraction of the population ever bothers to inform their legislators as to what they think about Issues and bills. Obviously, therefore, when the voters complain that the General Assembly didn’t do what they wanted, to a lar ge degree they are complain ing about their own apathy. If you want to make sure fisherman discovered the body of Big Six floating in Chatham River. He pulled the body out, discovered Big Six had been Shot. They burled her nearby. The death of Big Six was reported at Ted Smallwood’s store in Chokoloskee, but the county seat, then at Fort My ers, was 75 miles by boat. In the meantime, Watson appear, ed at Chokoloskee, accompan ied by a neighbor, Duchy Mel vin. They had just returned from Fort Myers, said Watson, where the death of Hannah Sm ith had been reported. Watson blamed his foreman, Leslie Cox, for the slaying. The Sheriff had accompan led Watson and Melvin part of the way, but had turned back when It appeared that a hurri cane was approaching. Now Watson informed Smallwood and Incredulous fishermen that he planned to return to his farm on the Chatham River and ” arrest Cox ” himself. So he and Melvin departed. Melvin was never seen a gain. Neither was Cox. Wat son returned to Chokoloskee to report that he had been for. ced to kill Cox. He showed Cox’ hat, but the citizens were not satisfied. They wanted to see Cox* body, and some in- MEMBER NMKAper Association - Founded 1885 City Council to discuss and make disposition of the em ployment of Policeman Henry. The Council suspended Henry from duty for a 30 day per iod. driven or pushed into the lake. The car was a blue and white 1962 Ford Sedan without li cense plates. Wainright said that he is running a check to see if the car is stolen. luence that your representatives are voting on issues you really care about, there are a few simple steps you can take to greatly increase your voice in govern ment. First, get to know your Re presentative and Senator per. sonally. If you do this before you have a problem, It will be easier to get his attention when you want to ask his help. Next, sit down and make a list of the problems and con. cerns which most affect you.. Do you think taxes are too high ? Is the crime rate too high ? Are there too few parks, is the water too dirty, are jobs too scarce ? Take you list and do a little research to find out which pro blems are the responsibility of the Federal government ( such as national defense or the hi-jacking of commercial airplanes.) Write your Con gressman about them, since your state legislators have no sisted that Watson accompany them to his farm at Chatham Bend, about 10 miles south, east of Chokoloskee. Watson carried a shotgun and a six-shooter. When some, one suggested he would not need his guns, he raised his shotgun in an angry mood, sn. apping both barrels at the citi zens. But the shells had been moistened by recent rains and failed to fire. Watson then reached for his six-shooter be fore anyone took action. According to Dr. Charlton W. Tebeau in his book, ” They Lived in the Park,” a Negro, Luke Short, is believed to have fired the first shot. A fuse lage from the guns of the riled citizens felled Watson, killing him instantly. Another story persists: That the angry citizens, fearful of bad • man Watson, fired first and asked questions later. For Watson had bragged that he had killed at least half a dozen men in the wild west before coming to the Ten Thousand Islands. He claimed he was the one who killed Belle Starr, the notorious Western woman ban dlt, from ambush because she had crossed him. To be cont’d next week. cont. page 5