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CUMMING, GEORGIA LXV ISSUE 35
Junior Pops Into NEWS Toting A Mean Gun
Junior Samples, Hee Haw’s
overalled star, looked like a
midriff-bulged John Wayne as
he swung open the doors of the
office of The Forsyth County
News in Cumming the other af
ternoon.
Junior had a large pistol str
apped around his bulge and the
holster belt was filled with
ammunition.
“Where’s Tony Maddox,’’ Ju
nior asked employees of the
News? Everyone looked around
the backshop of the News office
all at once, apparently in search
of Junior’s cue card. Maddox
is editor and publisher of The
Forsyth County News.
Resort Community Plans
Told In Dawson , Pickens
Two of the South's largest
real estate developers— Atl
anta-based Cousins Properties,
Inc. and the Sea Pines Company
of Hilton Head Island, S.C.-are
teaming up to build a 9,000-acre
second home and resort comm
unity in Dawson and PickensC
ounties with a projected long
range Investment value of more
than S2OO million.
In describing the community,
Thomas Cousins said Big Canoe
"will be a family-oriented and
totally private community."
He said the company has “1-
ong anticipated" a chance to b
ulld a project such as Big Ca
noe, and "have been working
for more than two years on p
lannlng andprellmlnary develo
pment work. Our main concern
has been toperserve the wilder
ness environment while offering
a quality get-away -from-it-all
place near Atlanta..."
Plans were disclosed last T
hursday for the community in
the mountains of Pickens and
Dawson counties, about an h
-6ur*s drive from Atlanta, by
Cousins Properties chairman
Thomas G. Cousins and Sea P
ines President Charles E. f
raser.
The Big Canoe Project will
be developed in phases.
The first phase of Big Ca
noe is scheduled to be comple
ted during the next five years,
according to information relea
sed by the developers.
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“He’s not here,” answered
an employee.
“Wal, yon tell him that when
he gits the story, bout me being
locked up F riday night, he better
git the whole story, and ever
word better be the truth or Pll
come up here and beat hell outta
him,” Junior recited to his
small gathered audience.
A hushed silence fell upon the
employees. The hilarious star
of screen had apparently turned
violent. A lady in the office
snickered, but when Junior’s
face started turning red the
snicker was squelched.
“I don’t care if it costs me
SIO,OOO to git outta jail, I’ll
During that lime, about 2,400
single family lots and 500 con
dominiums are expected to be
developed.
Recreational facilities in the
first phase will include:
-A 3 1/2-mile wilderness v
alley, with streams, waterfalls,
hiking and nature trails.
-An 18-hole championship g
olf course. The first nine holes
are under construction already,
and will be in playing shape by
next spring.
-Three lakes totaling about
145 acres, scheduled for comp
letion in late 1972.
-A tennis center with four 1-
lghted, all-weather courts and
two table tennis courts that are
scheduled to be completed in
1973. Five additional tennis co
urts are planned in phase one
of the development.
-A combination canoe club a
nd teenage activity center and
an open playing area for field
sports.
Nearby Dawson County is the
site of property bought by the
city of Atlanta from the Lock
heed-Georgia Company as a p
rospectlve second airport site
to serve metro Atlanta.
Cousins, asked about the air
port site at a news conference,
declined to go into any detail a
bout the impact of Dawson Co
unty Airport site. He did say,
however, that it would not make
any difference in the resort’sd
evelopment plans, since Big C
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beat the hell outta him if he
don’t write the truth,” Junior
continued.
“Boy,” was all the lady who
had snickered could say.
“And, I got the money, too,”
the frequently smiling giant who
pops up from a corn patch on
television retorted.
“What happened,” another
employee of the News asked
Junior?
“I was caught up in a poli
tical machine,” Junior started
explaining. (He had campaigned
during the Aug. 8 General Pri
mary for a candidate who lost
the race to the incumbent sh
eriff.)
anoe is a self-contained comm
unity insulated by the mountains
from surrounding developme
nts.
Fraser said the lots at Big
Canoe would initially be
upward from about SB,OOO to as
much as $30,000 for choice s
ites -with the prospect that the
prices could go higher as the
development proceeds.
In keeping with the overall
community aspect of the deve
lopment, Cousins and Fraser
CONT'D. on Page 7
School Enrollment Up 250 Over 1971
The school enrollment in the
Forsyth County Schools climbed
to a total of 4,543 students this
year which is anlncreaseof2so
over last school year.
"A continual increase is ex
pected throughout the school
year," according to the super
intendent's office.
With a total of 182 teachers,
the school system has a
complete staff with the excep
tion of an E.M.R. teacher.
As the construction on Cum
min* Elementary, Big Creek,
Midway, Chestatee and Sawnee
THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS
Junior continued to explain:
“They locked my manager up
Friday night and when I went
to git him out, they locked me
up. Then my boy come to git
us out and they locked him up.
They wouldn’t give us bond nur
nothing. I was just caught in a
political machine. They th
reatened my life, too. One of
them deputies said he’d just as
soon bust my skull as not.”
“And, now, I just want the
truth to be wrote if anything is.
If it ain’t, I’m gonna beat Tony
Maddox’s a . ~” Junior said.
“Wheww - ww - ww!” ano
ther employee of The News said
when Junior had finished.
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Elementary Schools was not
completed, the biggest problem
facing the schools was trans
portation.
These transportation probl
ems seem to be disappearing,
Supt. Clarence Lambert said.
Several classes from the Lo
wer Elementary have located at
Ducktown Educational Center
and the Upper Elementary. Five
classes from the first, second
and third grades are at Duck
town, and three third grade cla
sses are meeting at the Upper
Elementary.
BY JOHNNY SOLESBEE
News Editor
Forsyth County now has a
full slate of five commissioners
and the tax commissioner’s of-
Ifce has been filled following
yesterday's General Primary
Run-Off election.
The races were won easily by
some of the candidates in
contention for the five posts in
the run-off while at least two
races were touch and go until
the final voting box was tallied.
In the tax commissioner’s
race, Donald Major won by a
“Now let me tell you some
thing,” the News employee said.
“We’ll print whatever’s on the
books down there at the jail and
that’s all we can print. If it’s
on the books, we’ll print it.”
“You mean down at the jail..
them books?” Junior asked.
“That’s right,” was the
reply. “All we can print is
what’s on the books and I pro
mise you it will be in the paper
if it’s on the books.”
"Wal, it better be the truth.
Who are you? Is yore name
Maddox?” Junior questioned.
“That’s right. I’m Tony Ma-
CONT'D. on Pag* 7
BY JAN HUGHES
Staff Writer
They are expected to move
back to the Lower Elementary
by Oct. 1. In one location, the
total enrollment at the lower
elementary will be 1,038 stu
dents.
Cumming Elementary has a
total staff of 33 teachers, one
librarian and a new foreign
language teacher. Speaking Fr
ench and Spanish, the language
teacher visits each classroom
for language lessons.
The Midway School students
have moved into the new com
plex. Supt. Lambert said within
Government Seats
Filled By Flection
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AUGUST 31, 1972 1
BY JAN HUGHES
Staff Writer
After an 80-minute jury de
liberation last Wednesday mor
ning, the only woman accused
in an April conspiracy to kill
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Morgan,
22-year-old, Hollis Wlngo Mor
gan, was found guilty and sen
tenced to die in the electric ch
air.
In deciding a sentence, the
jury spent more than four hours
in the chambers.
Returning to the courtroom,
the foreman, Glenn Tribble, told
a week the Midway School would
be completely finished.
Midway's school enrollment
is near 500 students.
Students are expected to be
in the new additions at Big Cr
eek and Chestatee by the first of
the year, according to the
superintendent’s office.
With a staff of 34 bus dri
vers, the transportation has
been rescheduled.
Children in the feeder schools
CONTD. on Page 7
fairly comfortable margin over
his opponent Bobby Gene Gil
bert. Major gathered 1,607 votes
to Gilbert’s 1,343.
J. Lanier Bannister also had
a comfortable margin in his bid
for the Post 1 seat on the new
five-man county board of com
missioners. Bannister tallied
1,704 votes to Lamar Sexton’s
1,243.
It was a different story in
the race for the seat of Post
2 of the commissioners. Until
the final box, Cumming, was
tallied, Weldon Stewart held a
very shaky lead of eight votes
JUNIOR SAMPLES
...‘Caught up in a political machine’
Third Morgan Defendant
Gets Electric Chair
over his opponent, J. Crawford
Roe. The final results put Roe
out front by 1,571 votes to Ste
wart's 1,543.
Herman Hamby won the Post
4 seat by a comfortable margin
over Garland C. Barron. Hamby
received 1,521 votes to Barron’s
1,393.
It was another close race for
the seat on Post 5 of the co
mmission board. Until Cumm
ing’s box was counted, Larry
Watson held a squeaky lead of
41 votes over his opponent, Wel
don Mathis. After the final tally,
Watson came out ahead with
the court, “there seems to be no
way this jury will reach an un
animous decision."
Without telling the court
which way the decision is lea
ning, for or against, could you
give us the number as it now
stands, Judge Pope asked?
The foreman announced it was
a seven to five deadlock; how
ever, the jury returned 50 min
utes later and said the sentence
was the death penalty.
Mrs. Morgan’s attorneys, Ja
ne Plaglnos and Smith West,
said there will be an appeal.
Standing before the Court B
ar with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. William Wingo of Nor
cross, the defendant appeared to
consider making a statement w
hen Judge Marion Pope Jr. a
sked her if she “cared to make
a final statement."
The mother of one two-year
old daughter, the defendant left
the court. --~.-,«-..ortwitho
nly tears filling her eyes. Her
family, a bailiff and a deputy
took her from the court to be
held in jail.
Robert Shaw, a fourth defe
ndant, represented by Attorney
Wayne Moulton, Decatur, plead
guilty to his participation in the
deaths of Wallace and Wilma M
organ. A friend of Robert H
oward, Shaw drove to Cumming
on three different nights using
his 1958 talack Chevrolet, the c
ourt heard.
One night, the two thought S-
1,651 votes to Mathis' 1,370.
At the deadline for The News,
it appeared that Forsyth County
was following suit with the trend
in Georgia in the senatorial
race.
With all but four voting pre
cincts’ results, Sam Nunn was
ahead in the county with 933
CONT'D. on Page 7
Samples
Arrested,
Charged
Last Friday night James Gib
son was arrested south of Cum
ming by the Georgia State
Patrol. Gibson was charged with
driving under the influence.
At the Forsyth County Jail,
Gibson, the Nashville manager
for Junior Samples, placed a
phone call to the Samples resi
dence.
The deputy on night duty at
the Forsyth County jail, Norman
Peppers said 15 minutes after
the call Samples came to the jail
to make his manager’s bond.
Deputy Peppers said Samples
was “cussing and belligerent”
and flashed a wad of money,
claiming it was SIO,OOO, “I’ve
got enough here to buy this jail
and have it towed off,” Samples
stated to Peppers.
Samples, the Forsyth County
Hee Haw television star, is leg
ally A.J. Samples.
The deputy said Lamar Sam
ples, Junior’s son, accompanied
his father to the jail. Both were
booked on apublic drunk charge.
In addition to being charged with
public drunkeness, Junior had
charges of allowing an intoxi
cated person to drive his car
lodged against him.
The deputy said the three pos
ted cash bonds Saturday morn
ing. Deputy Peppers said, “We
were glad to be rid of them.
Samples was beating on the bars
and stuff like that ...”
The cases stemming from the
late Friday night incident are
scheduled to be heard in traffic
court in Cumming Sept. 15.
teve Morgan was inside the M
organ home, and the plot was
not carried out, according to
statements read in the trial.
Another night, Howard thought
there was a party at a near
by house.
As Shaw did not have a jury
District Attorney C.B. Holcomb
told the court “no where have
we been able to place Bob S
haw with the original plot.Jie
did drive the auto...”
Shaw was given a life sen
tence in each case and the two
are to be served concurrently.
Judge Pope pronounced the re
quested sentences with all but
15 years of each sentence to be
suspended.
Steve Morgan, 15-year-old s
on, the fifth defendant in the
Morgans’ deaths has not appe
ared on the court calendar as
Judge Pope is to rule if the
youth is to be tried in this se
ssion of criminal court or app
ear in juvenile court.
Through Thursday and Fri
day, the court continued with
a back-log of different cases
of robbery and other charges.
Correction
It was incorrectly reponeu ui
last week’s edition of The News
that the lake home which burned
in Deer Creek Shores belonged
to Roy P. Otwell Sr. The home
belonged to B.M. Crain.