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Editorials
Gasohol Succeeds
The continued reliance on oil from the
volatile, vulnerable Persian Gulf poses
the greatest threat to the safety of the
United States since the British burned
Washington, in the view of many.
Our government hasn’t been doing all
it could to reinforce national security by
providing alternate energy sources. In
one-case, gasohol, it would not only be
sensible but relatively easy.
Gasohol has surprised experts by not
only holding its own in the current oil
price recession, but it has expanded its
share of the market. The gasohol industry
registered a 76 percent increase in sales
last year.
Gasohol, of course, has the advantage
of being manufactured from agriculture’s
wastes — timber scraps, even cheese
whey. And the additional plus of produc
ing higher octane fuel without adding
Letters To The Editor
Crawford Supported
Dear Editor:
John Crawford, our state representative, is
in a position to help our county more than any
other candidate running for that office. Our
state government gives the choice committee
assignments to those who have the greatest
seniority. We have given Rep. Crawford the
office as our representative three times. We
must protect our interest and re-elect John
Crawford.
A concerned citizen,
Joe Akren
Chattoogaville
McDonald’s
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Vote Predicted
Dear Editor:
The C-5B Cargo plane is built in Marietta
by Lockheed and the 747 by Boeing in
Washington State, but the salient facts are:
The C-5 is built to carry cargo and is the best
suited for this operation, while the 747 is for
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73 YEARS AGO
The following are excerpts from the Jan. 14, 1909, issue of The Summerville
News.
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SIX NIGHT RIDERS DOOMED TO DEATH: Union City, Tenn., Jan. 9 —
Without a tremor, six men of the Reelfoot Lake heard judgment passed today,
condemning them to pay, with their lives, the penalty for the part they were
convicted of having had in the putting to death of Captain Quentin Rankin, at
Walnut Log, the deed of a band of so-called night riders, of which the six men
were declared to be the leaders. Whatever may have been their emotion, they
faced the court to receive sentence with the same stoic expression as has been
their marked characteristic during the sensational trial, of which today was
the climax.
When court convened shortly afternoon the room was crowded, largely
with people from the lake. With small ceremony, as anticipated, the motion of
the defense asking a new trial was overruled by Judge Jones.
Then, amid a death-like quiet, the six men, Garrett Johnson, Sam Ap
plewhite, Tid Burton, Roy Ransom, Arthur Cloar and Fred Pinion, convicted
of murder in the first degree, each, in their turn, faced Judge Jones to hear the
mandate of the court, and Friday, Feb. 19, set for the day of their execution.
An appeal has been taken to the supreme court, where the legal strife will
be_just as vigorous as during the trial just ended. The other of the men, Bud
Morris and Bob Huffman, found guilty of murder in the second degree, receiv
ed the sentence named by the jury, twenty years in the penitentiary.
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For health and happiness — Dewitt’s Little Early Risers — small, gentle,
easy, pleasant little pills, the best made. Sold by Summerville Drug Co.
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12,470,226 bales of cotton were ginfled from Jan. 1, 1908 to Jan. 1, 1909, ac
cording to the government report given out Saturday. For the same period in
1907 there were 9,951,505 bales ginned.
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A SPRAINED ANKLE — As a rule a man will feel well satisfied if he can
hobble around on crutches in two or three weeks after spraining his ankle, and
it is often two or three months before he is fully recovered. This is an un
necessary loss of time, as by applying Chamberlain’s Liniment, as directed, a
cure may as a rule be effected in less than one week’s time, and in many cases
within three days. Sold by Summerville Drug Co.
lead, which is the healthier way-to-go long
since recommended by reputable public
health officials.
It’s alarming to learn that federal of
ficials are now considering easing the
lead-content standards on gasoline —
when the opposite course of action could
be a big boost to the gasohol business
(home grown, no OPEC members need ap
ply) and the unleaded health of citizens.
The oil establishment may be able to
profit more immediately, if not hand
somely, from going back to old plants and
old ways while the prices climb again —
but the government owes us all better
than that.
All it would take to demonstrate the
folly of our ways would be for the Irag-
Iran war to spill down the Persian Gulf,
cutting off normal tanker traffic. And it
easily could.
personal or airline traffic.
Can it be imagined in the interest of helg
ing the airlines and conservation towards
ba%ancing the budget that we dismantle equip
ment to ship it this way? The factor of draw
ing down our reserve of personal transporta
tion in the event of need can be construed as
the better course for our national defense.’
To me this contirms or 1s a prime example
of our district congressman Rep. Larry
McDonald who is now working the Republican
side of the street for a reversa% of the genate’s
60-39 vote which rejected the C-5B for the 747.
It is worthy to note our senators Mack Mat
tinfly and Sam Nunn are both in agreement
and working for the reversal in the House.
Heavy endorsement is for conservation,
but ultra-conservation places our dear con
g:essman and his voting record squarely in a
ilemma, not to mention the opposition is
making a hay at his expense and using him as
a bone of contention. ’lg\is citizen does not en
vy our dear congressman on this issue before
the American people and does not expect a
“nay’’ vote this time when it comes to the
floor of the House in July.
Sincerely, Charles Elder
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Mountain Echoes 5,
by Jimmy Townsend : .
Father’s Day 1982
Father’s Day in the mountains is real
ly part of our everyday life. However, we
need this day that is set aside to honor
dads in America. This day reminds us
that there is and always will be a close
relationship between a dad and his
children. Father’s Day is needed to show
that love which exists between them. It is
needed to bring back memories, precious
memories of those fathers who have gone
on up ahead.
My dad has been dead for many years
now, but when I see folks celebrating
Father’s Day, it makes me think of an old
man with his white hair gleaming, his
pipe in his mouth, sitting on the front
porch with his legs crossed. His face wore
the expression of contentment and
satisfaction that I have never seen on
another’s face. His dog, “‘Ole Wheeler,”
lay at his feet ready to get up and follow
dad wherever or whenever he went. This
was the last part of his life. The first part
was spent working in the mines to sup
port his family.
“Honor thy father and mother” is
Dialogue . ..
by James Budd
‘Psychice Predictions’
I've finally figured out what I'm going
to do to supplement my income as editor
of The Summerville News. It’s not that
my salary is all that bad, but I figure I'm
young and I should try to make what I
can while I still can. It’s the American
way, especially since Social Security may
go haywire at any moment.
I recently received this brochure ask
ing the newspaper to pay a New York
lady $25 per column for her psychic
predictions. The brochure information
claims she was correct on 80 percent of
her predictions last year.
Sounds easy enough for me, consider
ing some of her predictions. Here are
some of her predictions for ‘‘upcoming
years:”’
* The Nile River will be poisoned by
unknown sources, leaving animals and
people dead. When will the river be
poisoned? I asked. By the year 3000? Will
the plant life die also?
* Revolution will again strike Spain.
What about El Salvador?
Here's a good one:
* Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher will resign in August (1982),
following disruptions within her Conser
vative party caused by the assassination
of a cabinet member in Ireland. If the
assassination were in Argentina, I still
wouldn’t understand why she would
resign.
* Kenny Rogers will be acting more.
You've got to be kidding me!? I bet he’ll
continue to sing also. $25 per column for
that? We could all go into the business.
I haven't talked the Espys into paying
me $25 more a week for my psychic
predictions, but I've listed a few of them
in this column just s a test. I think the
predictions will impress the owners of the
paper into paying me more. Here are a
few for ‘“‘upcoming years:"’
: INTERNATIONAL
* Cuba will remain a communist na
tion and the island can expect a major
taken seriously in the mountains, and it
has always been this way. I suspect that
it always will be. There might be a father
who is too sorry to work and lies up drunk
a lot of the time, but the children were not
allowed to say anything about this. The
mother always came to his defense. ‘‘He
is your father and you will not speak
disrespectfully of him.” These words
came after the mother had slapped the
dickens out of a child who committed this
error. 1 suspect that this came from
Paul's letters, ‘‘The husband is the
master of the house’’ and so on. It mat
tered not to mountain women that Paul
was a bachelor. The word of the Bible is to
be upheld at all costs. ;
Father’s Day is a good day and I'm
looking forward to getting a new belt to
replace the old one that a daughter gave
me on this date several years ago. There
are many things that I neglect to buy for
myself, like the worn-out billfold that em
barrasses my wife every time I take it out
of my hip pocket. There are many things
see MOUNTAIN ECHOES, page 5-A
hurricane before the year 2025.
* The crisis in the Middle East will
continue.
* The crisis in the Falkland Islands
will continue, too.
* The Soviet Union will have another
poor wheat harvest next year and Argen
tine will sell them grain in exchange for
weapons.
* Latin America will remain a hot spot
both politically and in temperature.
* Politicians will continue to promise
better things to come.
NATIONAL
* Alabama will not secede from the
Union when George Wallace is elected
governor.
* American farmers will have to dig
for a living in these hard economic times.
* Barbara Mandrell will have a hit
song in 1983 and will appear on TV.
* Liz Taylor will marry.
* The sun also rises.
* Politicians will continue to promise
better things to come.
STATE AND LOCAL
* A Republican will not win the
Georgia governor’s race this year.
* The Atlanta Braves will finish no
higher than first place in the National
League West.
* Incumbent Rep. Johnny Crawford
will finish no lower than 4th in the upcom
ing District 5 race.
* There will be a fender-bender on
U. S. 27 in Chattooga County before the
Falcon’s lbse their first game in regular
season play.
* There will be a major snowfall in
Chattooga County within the next five
years, probably during the months of
January or February.
~ * Somebody born under the sign of
Leo will run for Chattooga County Com
missioner next term.
* Politicians will continue to promise
better things to come.
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Facing South
MAKING HISTORY AND RECORDING IT
Judsonia, Ark. — Mention local history in Arkansas,
and the name of W. E. Orr comes to mind.
Orr is known for his book, That's Judsonia, his ar
ticles in Judsonia's newspaper, the White County Record,
and his many talks on White County
history. e
He’'s also known for making
history. As a teacher, school [
superintendent, and later as county = =
school supervisor, he helped build *t ‘=~ 7
strong schools and libraries in the area ~
for about 43 years. One of his ac- P
complishments as supervisor was con- >
solidating a number of weak school
districts into good ones. -
““A school superintendent was a glorified principal
during the 1930 s and 19405,” says Orr. His job was to
manage the schools, recommend teachers to be hired,
teach whatever classes were left over, and coach girls’
basketball.
“But what people will remember me for is the South’s
Most Spectacular tournament,” Orr says. In the 19405,
he built the high school girls’ county basketball tourna
ment, which had been drawing small crowds, into a lively
show that thousands came to see — held in a different
town each year.
The first SMS tournament, held at Judsonia, drew
about 10,000, Orr says. “There may be some exaggera
tion,”” he admits. He tells about introducing beauty
reviews, orchestras, style shows, circuses, vaudeville,
fireworks, and even — once — an elephant to pep things
up. He rented a bull elephant from some carnies, and peo
ple came to see him fall through the floor, Orr says.
The SMS tournament is still going strong, but side at
tractions aren’t as colorful as t}.ey ere in Orr’s day.
For five years during his service as county superinten
dent, Orr found time to edit the Judsonia newspaper. He
commuted about 30 miles a night or two a week to get the
paper out. This involvement sparked his interest in local
history. Some Judsonians born about 1870 were still liv
ing, and he interviewed them for the paper. He collected
so much material that he began to plan a book.
Orr had the manuscript ready in 1952 but a killer tor
nado that March blew many town landmarks away. He
rewrote part of the book, and didn’t publish it until 1957.
Orr had waited until his forties to marry (“I don’t rush
through life,” he says), and the older of his two daughters
was born the week That’s Judsonia came out. He recalls
telling his wife, Bonnie, that they would lose S3OO on the
book. He didn’t think people outside Judsonia would be
interested in it, but he was wrong. ‘“Libraries at colleges I
had never heard of bought the book,” he says. Selling
That’s Judsonia for $3.50 a copy brought in more than
enough to cover the printing costs. He still has five
copies, and wishes he had more. He’s heard of a copy sell
ing for $25, and he has sold one himself for sls.
Orr’s own evaluation of the book is, “It’s the best
book about Judsonia.” More seriously, he wishes more
writers would try local history. ‘‘lt’s tragic that more is
not done,”” he says. He has a manuscript on White Coun
ty history ready for the printer. But because ‘‘printing
costs are out of sight,”” he plans to wait awhile to publish
it.
Orr wrote features for the Judsonia paper throughout
his 31 years as county school supervisor. When he retired
from that position seven years ago, he found he wasn’t
ready to quit working. “I walked the floor with nothing
todo,” he recalls. After about nine months, the paper was
sold, and the new owner asked Orr to edit the paper.
As editor from 1976 to 1979, Orr worked many
60-hour weeks, and built the paper’s circulation to more
than 2,000 in a town with 1,600 inhabitants.
Now in his early seventies, Orr currently works as
associate editor, responsible for the editorial page, for
which he writes editorials and columns about Judsonia’s
past. He also makes speeches on local history. ‘I have 21
speeches on White County history, and any time the Elks
Club doesn’t have a program I give one,” says the color
ful W. E. Orr.
‘ — HEBER TAYLOR
Do more than exist . . . live,
. Do more than touch . . . feel. :
Do more than look . . . observe. -
Do more than read . . . absorb,
Do more than hear . . . listen.
Do more than listen . . . understand. :
Do more than think . . . ponder.
Do more than talk . . . Say something
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