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An Honor Well Deserved
We think the National Association
of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA)
made a wise choice in selecting Mayion
H. Purcell for a Distinguished" Service
Award, the highest honor the association
bestows.
As county agent for Chattooga
County for more than two decades, Mr.
Purcell has obtained recognition for him
self and for the community through his
many innovations.
The President's Mandate
The size of President Nixon’s elec
tion victory clearly shows he has an
overwhelming mandate from the Ameri
can people to continue his policies.
But it is unclear at this point
whether the result places the Republican
Party in a really competitive position,
numerically, with the Democratic Party.
Nixon, of course, is the first Repub
lican to sweep the once solidly-Demo
cratic South. Dwight Eisenhower and
Barry Goldwater began the process with
help from several key Southerners.
And 1972 obviously makes the
region a two-party arena from now on.
This definite trend complicates
From America's Past
One of the more significant dates in
American history is Nov. 23, 1765. It
was on that day more than two hun
dred yearsago that the Frederick Coun
ty. Md., court ordered its regular busi- (
ness carried on without the use of
stamped paper as required by the
famous Stamp Act.
At this time, American states were
still English colonies. In March of that
year. Parliament had passed the Stamp
Act, recommended by Sir William
Keither. a former royal governor of
Pennsylvania The act levied a stamp tax
q! three pence to ten shillings on legal
papers, two pounds on college diplomas,
four pounds on licenses to sell wine, two
to six shillings on deeds, ten shillings on
a pair of dice, a shilling on a pack of
playing cards, a shilling for every adver
tisement in a newspaper, among others.
The tax outraged many Americans,
who felt that only their own state assem
blies had the taxing authority over them.
More ll omen 's Lib?
Finance Facts, a monthly publica
tion on consumer financial behavior pub
lished by National Consumer Finance
Association, has quoted 1970 census
figures to show that women have scored
marked gains in income.
More than seven tunes as many
women received incomes of SIO.OOO or
more in 1969 than in 1959. according to
the report.
Data show that the number of men
Other Editors Say:
(Industrial News Review)
I or too long the presumption has
been that a politician is on the side of
the people when he mounts the stump
and goes after business. The important
thing has been the crusade, not the facts.
In the many complex issues that now
surround industrial operations, intelli
gent use of facts is the touchstone of
wise public policies upon which both
bpsiness and millions of consumers must
depend.
Ihe Marietta, Georgia. Daily Journal
reports a typical case of the kind of
misinformation that hurts both the
public and industry. Il tells of a candi
date for public office who made Ihe
statement that utilities don't need rate
increases On the contrary, he charged
there could be a rate decrease if utilities
“.. . would stop spending so much
money on advertising. Why advertise
when you have a monopoly?” The
charge was also made that 25 percent of
electric bills paid by electric company
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Mayion Purcell played a prominent
role in organizing the Northwest Georgia
and Chattooga County Cattlemen’s asso
ciations. He also assisted in organizing
the Chattooga River Watershed Associa
tion.
Mr. Purcell was presented the Dis
tinguished Service Award last week at
the climax of NACAA’s 57th annual
meeting. And it was an honor well de
served.
Democratic Party strategy for future
elections. Harry Truman in 1948 and
John Kennedy in 1960 won by counting
most of the South in their column. And
these have been the only Democratic
presidential wins since the Roosevelt
years.
But the question remains whether
another GOP candidate can retain the
Nixon gains, since most statehouses and
officials are Democratic, though Novem
ber’s election produced noticeable GOP
gains in the state level in the South.
This, and the outcome of the
struggle for control of the Democratic-
Party on the national level, are two keys
to the political future of the country.
Patrick Henry in Virginia managed to get
a defiant resolution adopted by the
Virginia General Assembly, so much so
that it was expunged from the record the
day after it was passed.
Aroused citizens in many states
destroyed the stamps which had been
^ent from England.
The bitter reaction was so wide
spread that wiser heads in London
favored repeal of the law.
Benjamin Franklin, the American
agent in London, was summoned before
the House of Commons, and wisely
warned members that if the act were
enforced with arms the enforcers would
not find rebellion but “may make one.”
The act was repealed, four months after
the Maryland court’s defiance.
But it had sparked such resentment
and such a surge of nationalism, many
historians believe it helped appreciably
to bring about the Declaration of Inde
pendence a decade later in 1776.
with SIO,OOO or more in 1969 was four
times the 1959 total.
The number of women receiving in
comes of $7,000 to $9,999 was seven
times greater in 1969 than 1959. By
contrast, the number of men in this
range doubled between censuses.
These data would indicate that
“women’s lib" has invaded the financial
field, also.
customers goes for advertising expenses
of the power company. The Journal
noted that instead of 25 percent power
companies in the state of Georgia spend
something less than one percent of their
total revenues on advertising Much of
this advertising has to do with environ
mental questions and conservation of
power and an explanation of the oper
ating problems and progress of local
power companies.
So far as rates go. we are living in a
period when the costs of inflation call
for higher rates. The public has the
choice of paying a few cents more for
vital services such as electric power or
loregoing those services. In making this
choice, the public should have the help
of the best and most accurate informa
tion available.
Pursuing the ancient practice of
hamstringing an industry, merely for the
sake of votes, should in this day and age
guarantee a one-way ticket to political
oblivion via the ballot box. .
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OUR 1972 THANKSGIVING PRAYER
In the wake of President Nixon’s
landslide victory in the 1972 general
election. Georgia’s U.S. Sen. Herman
Talmadge warns the National Demo
cratic Party that it had better change its
posture and “come home to the people”
if it is to survive. In a post-election
statement, the Georgia senior senator
declared:
“The presidential election demon
strates beyond any doubt how far from
the mainstream of American life the
National Democratic Party has gone.
Never before has a major political party
presidential candidate and his policies
been so repudiated by American voters.
This election was far more than just a
landslide victory for Mr. Nixon.
“It was utter humiliation for the
National Democratic Party. It was a
debacle that can inflict severe and ir
reparable damage to the National Demo
cratic Party, unless corrective action is
taken, and soon.
“For too long now, the National
Democratic Party has allowed itself to
fall under the control of extremist
groups whose ideas of social and eco
nomic progress are alien to an over
whelming majority of American citizens.
It has ignored the needs and desires of
the average American working man. It
has been particularly neglectful and even
scornful of problems of the South.
From Our Early Hies
30 Years Ago
NOVEMBER 19. 1942
Local homeowners who use kerosene, tractor fuel, or other fuel oils for
cooking, lighting, tractors, or other miscellaneous uses must register this
week for coupons . . A Menlo Marine was reported wounded on Guadal
canal.
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20 Years Af<>
NOVEMBER 20. 1952
Menlo has been declared a third-place winner in the Champion
Hometown Contest sponsored by Georgia Power Co. . From the advertise
ments: Cowboy Boots 53.99 pr.; Double "Q” Pink Salmon 25c can:
Octagon Soap 4 bars for 21c.
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10 Years Ago
NOVEMBER 15. 1962
All-day festivities, including a parade and luncheon, will mark the
beginning of Summerville’s first Turkey Bowl Saturday . . . Several students
were slightly injured Monday in an accident caused by the failure of the
brake system on a local school bus.
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“The strength of our government
and our nation depends upon the con
tinued strength of our two-party system.
If the National Democratic Party is going
to survive it must be reorganized. If the
National Democratic Party is going to
fulfill its historic role as the party of the
people. 1 hope that it will come home to
the people and return to responsible
policies and actions that will be respon
sive to the people and in the best inter
ests of our great nation.” (GPS)
Most people have some good in them,
and all people some evil.
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A grown-up person is one who wants
nothing he hasn’t earned.
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If you can have but one possession,
character is still your best bet.
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If children could name themselves,
there would be some changes made.
Principle must be above expediency if
our political system is to endure.
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Study may provide intelligence but it
takes thinking to develop wisdom.
I Thursday
OMMENT
By Woodrow Espy
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PRE-LEGISLATIVE FORUM POPULAR
The Pre-Legislative Forum held last week for this
area at Berry College’s Krannert Center was well at
tended. In fact, it was the largest attendance reported so
far this year (there will be 14 in all).
Sponsored by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce
and local chambers throughout the state, the forum
features outstanding speakers from different levels of
government.
This year’s speakers are Georgia s senior Senator,
Herman Talmadge, and State Revenue Commissioner
John Blackman. These two officials aptly filled the bill
of informing those present of current local, state, and
national problems.
Others from Chattooga County attending were Rep.
James (Sloppy) Floyd-himself a former forum
speaker—and Mayor J. C. Woods of Trion.
It was an interesting program, and we feel sure that
all who attended came away much better informed on
the issues of the day. I know that we certainly did.
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BIG NAME CHANGE PUZZLE
A major oil company whose products are familiar to
U. S. motorists decided to change its name, and the
name-changing process is a story in itself.
The change-from Humble Oil & Refining Co. to
Exxon Co., U. S. A.-started in 1965, but actual work
on the conversion began some 18 months ago.
The company’s 26,000 service stations will require
an average of 50 separate changes each. These include
50,000 major signs and two million smaller miscel
laneous signs on dispensing pumps, service trucks, and
calendars.
The company owns or leases 100 buildings. A team
of architects and engineers were employed to make sure
that the new building signs are in keeping with the
architecture of each building. Then, there are some 300
million new forms and stationery to be ordered. More
than 25,000 signs at production and well sites must be
changed, and, lastly, the company’s name as it appears
on wind socks at private and municipal airports must
not be overlooked.
If you think changing your address-or the name of
your daughter when she gets married-calls for some
effort and readjustment, just think of the problems of a
large corporation that wants to change its name.
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SOME PEOPLE ARE NEVER SATISFIED
The Bridgeport (111.) Leader comes up with this
gem: “Regardless of the amount of funds Congress
appropriates to help people, there will always be those
who are unhappy and insufficiently provided for, as
shown by the following story related by Congressman
Harold R. Collier (R-Ill.):
“ ‘ln the home of a rich, childless couple, there was
a young housekeeper. One day she came to her
employers and said that she would have to quit, because
she was about to become an unwed mother. The
wealthy couple said she could keep her job. and they
would adopt the child and raise it as their own.
“ ‘A year later she came to the couple with the
same story, and they adopted her second child. Later,
they adopted her third child.
“ ‘Then, one day she again handed in her resigna
tion, and when the millionaire couple asked if she was in
trouble again, she said, “No, it’s just that I’m sick and
tired (of) having to cook for such a large family.”
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ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
An English teacher, trying to guide her young
charges through the intricacies of grammar, wrote on
the blackboard: “1 ain’t had no fun all summer.” Then
turning to one of her pupils, she asked: “Harry, what
should 1 do to correct that?”
“Maybe-get a boyfriend,” Harry suggested help
fully.
THIRTY
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^OPINION
WEST POINT (MISS.)
TIMES LEADER You know,
we have a feeling that the
American people are about
ready to cry ‘enough’ of this
open anarchy in the streets
which moves freely under the
false umbrella of ‘peaceful
demonstrations'. You can't
preach ‘anti-war’ by waging
war ALL patriotic citizens are
anti-war! War is never an ideal
solution to anything But you
can’t promote world peace by
running down and tearing
down your home nation.
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NORTH VERNON (IND.)
SUN-Government could be a
far worse headache than it is
for those operating it Suppose
Congress passed a tax bill that
included a money-back-if-not-
satisfied guarantee
MARYSVILLE (CALIF.)
APPEAL-DEMOCRAT Speak
ing of spending abroad, Con
gress made 1971 a record year
for foreign travel. Members ot
both houses and staff spent
SI ,114.386 in public funds on
trips abroad, according to a
Congressional Quarterly study
of congressional travel, up
from $825,118 the previous
year. More than half the mem
bership of Congress 221 repre
sentatives and 53 senators at
sometime during the year was
abroad on official business.
Neither budget deficits,
business at home nor an ap
proaching election year, it ap
pears. can stay a dedicated leg
islator from his self-appointed
foreign rounds.
MEMBER