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Editorials
Labor Day, 1982
The first to suggest a day to be set
aside in honor of labor —the working
man and the spirit of industry — was pro
bably Peter McGuire. He was president
of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America in 1882, when his
suggestions was adopted by the Central
Labor Union in New York.
The first Labor Day, then, was observ
ed in 1882. In 1884, the Federation
Organized Trades and Labor Unions,
which later became the American Federa
tion of Labor, adopted the suggestion and
states (Oregon was the first) began to
declare the first Monday in September a
holiday. McGuire had chosen September
because it was about midway between Ju-
Best Of The Press
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The following are excerpts from thée Aug. 11, 1938, issue of The Summer
ville News.
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PEAR TREE THINKS IT IS SPRING TIME — FITZGERALD — Pear
blossoms and ripe pears from the same tree were brought into Fitzgerald last
week by F. R. Justice, who stated that he found this freak of nature in the
large pear orchard just east of the city. This particular tree, according to
Justice, evidently had an idea that the recent cool nights and rainy weather
were indications of spring, and were growing accordingly.
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NEW STORE FRONT — The Summerville Bargain store, Messrs. Lowery
and Pesterfield managers, are making a helpful change in their store building.
The entire front will be re-arranged, with modern show windows and en
trances.
This addition to the store will improve the appearance of the building and
will make the store more commodious.
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OPENING OF NEW FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH BUILDING — The
Membership Is Called to Hold Their First Services in the New Meeting House
On Wednesday, Aug. 17. — Wednesday, Aug. 17, at 6 p.m., the members and
friends of the First Baptist church will have a basket dinner in the new church
which will be practically complete at this time. After dinner, there will be an in
spection of the church.
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With Gentle Olive Oil . : . 3 Cakes 17¢; Concentrated SUPER SUDS, The Blue
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gifts for Octagon coupons . . . Six Giant Bars 25c; MAXWELL HOUSE COF
FEE... One Pound 29c; and FLOUR... 24-Lb. Sack Guaranteed 65c. SUM
MERVILLE CASH STORE AND LYERLY CASH STORE.
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-~ NOTICE — I have just purchased 34 cars, all makes and models, up to
1935. I will give you a bargain in a good used car or truck: 1935 Dodge
Coupe . . . $55.00, 1929 DeSoto Sedan . . . $90.00, 1934 Ford V-8. . . $235.00,
1934 Chevrolet Master . . . $220.00, and 1933 Willys Sedan . . . SIOO.OO. K. K.
BLALOCK Old Summerville Auto Parts Place.
DEBT MOUNTAIN
Of course there are bigger things than
money. For example, bills. — Des
Monines Tribune
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MODERN TREND
The feeling that you've done a job well
is rewarding; the feeling that you’ve done
it perfectly is fatal. — Winter (Me.) Scoup
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THE CIRCLE
A neurotic is one who builds castles in
the air; a psychotic is one who lives in
them, and a psychiatrist is one who col
lects the rent. — Dallas (Tex.) News
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LATE LESSON
All too many of us wake up along
about midway in our lives to a realization
that it’s one of those do-it-yourself deals.
— Mason City (la.) Gazette
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DEFINITION
Perfume: The most dangerous form of
chemical warfare. — Portsmouth (Va.)
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ly 4 and Thanksgiving.
By 1894, when Congress declared the
day a holiday in all federal offices and ter
ritories, some 30 states had acted to make
Labor Day a legal holiday. After Oregon,
Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey
and New York were the next to establish
the holiday.
A popular feature of Labor Day, the
traditional last weekend of summer in
many areas, is that it always falls on a
Monday, thus creating a long weekend.
This year Labor Day is on the 6th. As
on other holidays, there will be too many
accidents; in observing it this year, take
care to see that you live to enjoy another
Labor Day.
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Mountain Echoes
by Jimmy Townsend
‘Pot’ Sims Rode
The Train Home
During the depression years of the
1930 s baseball was the biggest thing go
ing. Every crossroads, every milltown
and the east and west sides of the big
cities had baseball teams in Georgia.
Not just ordinary teams but teams
made up of kids who played their hearts
out for the love of the game.
But for every boy on the farm throw
ing baseballs through knotholes in barns
or that boy dodging cars in the streets of
‘the city and the boy playing catch with
his father in a small town, major league
baseball was just a dream.
J. Edmond ‘‘Pot”’ Sims, a Jasper boy,
pitched for the extraordinary team of the
cotton mill down at Canton. It wasn’t
unusual for ‘“Pot’’ to strike out 15 men in
a game with the best Atlanta teams.
There were only four pitches used in
those days in the bush leagues —the
drop, out-curve, in-curve and the fast ball.
“Pot”’ could throw a ball so hard that
it looked like an aspirin tablet by the time
it reached the batter.
“Tubby’’ Walton from Atlanta and a
scout for the St. Louis Cardinals watched
Dialogue . ..
by James Budd
Island Of Entertainment
When it opened America was at the
height of the Vietnam War. There were
race riots in the major cities and Neil
Alden Armstrong was two years away
from stepping on the moon.
Some things have not changed since
1967. Americans still love to escape.
Six Flags Over Georgia has .averaged
1.8 million visitors a year since 1967, hit
ting a record 2.9 million guests in 1978.
So far this year, 2 million visitors have
clicked the park’s turnstiles with the
season three months from closing.
They come from Birmingham,
Dothan, Valdosta and, of course, Atlanta
to the park near the banks of the Chat
tahoochee to scream, gasp and to forget
about the world that lies past the
231-acre island of entertainment.
This year’s most popular attraction is
Thunder River, a four-minute ride in a
rolling, frothy artificial river that
simulates conditions found on northeast
Georgia’s wild Chattooga River — not the
docile Chattooga River that our county
gets its name from.
The park’s new ride is so popular that
officials had to figure out a way to reduce
waiting lines. Thunder River riders must
have their arms stamped at another loca
tion, giving them a specific time to show
up at the entrance to the ride.
Another interesting ride is the Great
Gasp, a 220-foot simulated parachute fall.
Riders climb rapidly to an altitude of 220
feet affording a splendid view of
Atlanta’s skyline to the east. About the
time one sees the skyline, the rider free
falls 200 feet before slowing down 20 feet
above the ground.
Of course, there’s the Great American
Scream Machine, which reaches speeds of
60 mph as it rises and falls, shaking the
rider both mentally and physically. It's
not your typical carnival-type roller
as ‘“‘Pot’’ pitched a one hitter against the
all-powerful Bona Allen of Buford.
He signed Sims up and put him on the
train for Savannah, where the “Gas
House Gang’’ was training. This was the
time of Dizzy and Paul Dean who over
shadowed the new players, if not in play
ing ability Dizzy made up for it with his
mouth.
“Pot’’ hung right in there taking the
abuse of Dizzy for several days. It may
have been the heat but “Pot” punched
Dean in the mouth one day and, of course,
he had to deck Paul after that.
The bop talk of baseball was known
throughout the mountains with a few ex
ceptions that ‘‘Pot’’ learned right off.
A baseball was never called this. It
was called ‘‘ole apple,” ‘‘potato” or
“pill.”
A man with a good hose (arm) can
throw the hummer (fast ball), and the
worst thing a pitcher could be accused of
was choking (fall down in the clutch). An
exhibition game with the Yankees would
be “Pot’s” first chance to demonstrate
see MOUNTAIN ECHOES, page 5-A
coaster.
As if the rides at the park aren’t
enough to make one forget about billion
dollar deficits, layoffs and the cost of liv
ing, park officials say they've got more
frivolity planned for next year.
Its working name is ‘‘free fall.”” Three
riders will be taken up to a height of 10
stories in a gondola, which will fall 130
feet, reaching 55 mph in 2.5 seconds.
The National Federation of Indepen
dent Business released a survey showing
worktime necessary to buy certain pro
ducts in Washington, D.C., Moscow,
London, Paris and Munich.
‘For instance, it takes a Washington
worker 16 minutes to earn enough money
to purchase a loaf of bread, while it takes
a Moscow worker 17 minutes, a London
worker 16 minutes, 18 minutes for a Pari
sian worker and 27 minutes for a Munich
worker.
Other breakdowns include for .7 liters
of vodka: Washington, 61 minutes;
Moscow, 452 minutes; London, 131
minutes; Paris, 107 minutes; and Munich,
74 minutes.
One kilogram of cheese: Washington,
100 minutes; Moscow, 185 minutes; Lon
don, 65 minutes; Paris, 59 minutes;
Munich, 65 minutes.
A small car (Ford Escort):
Washington, 5 months; Moscow, 53 mon
ths; London, 11 months; Paris, 8 months;
Munich, 6 months.
10 liters of regular gasoline:
Washington, 32 minutes; Moscow, 185
minutes; London, 85 minutes; Paris, 87
minutes; Munich, 61 minutes.
T-shirt (cotton, white): Washington,
19 minutes; Moscow, 185 minutes; Lon
don, 66 minutes; Paris, 53 minutes;
Munich, 50 minutes.
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Facing South
JIM JONES: MAKING A SMALL FARM WORK
Clinton, Tenn. — A bend of the Clinch River cradles
carefully groomed strawberry fields. Rolling peach or
chards and emerald pasture blend into the blue haze of
mountains that rim the farm like a cup.
This idyllic setting is where Jim Sl
Jones experiences the realities of farm- _f « \ s m
ing —the fickle ebb and swell of the e
river that parches or drowns without - 2 m %i
regard to harvest schedule; grueling ‘o ‘g |‘g
10-hour, 7-day weeks when crops are ~= ‘“‘ <i
coming in; unprecedented sub-zero ‘g7l
temperatures that gobble a whole &AW A
year’s peach crop in the bud. :«)\\_ s
Jim Jones and his family raise 13 x
-acres of strawberries, 10 of peaches
and 10 to 12 of corn. They maintain a mixed herd of beef
cattle on 65 acres of pasture, and also raise a family
garden.
Jim is philosophical about the vagaries of weather.
“No need in worrying,”’ he says. “‘That’s not going to
change anything. You just have to change the way you do
things.” When his peach crop was killed this year, he
planted more sweet corn.
Changing the way he does things is a central principle
in Jim'’s life. Five years ago he had reached a comfortable
plateau — with a master’s degree in agriculture and 10
years' experience as a county agricultural extension
agent, he was gaining respect professionally and his fami
ly was established in Unicoi County. Then he had a
chance to pull up roots and stake everything on a farm his
father, a Clinton dentist, had acquired when Jim was a
boy. The land that had nurtured his budding love of farm
ing would now be his livelihood.
“It was a weird feeling, that first day, being
unemployed,” Jim says. He had put all the family’s sav
ings into the down payment on the farm, and had had to
borrow the rest. Now he faced the challenge of making
this investment pay off.
At a time when small farms are giving way rapidly to
a voracious real estate market and large corporate farms
continue to increase their domination of the industry,
why would a man leave a secure position to stake
everything on 140 acres in the Tennessee mountains?
Some primitive desire to assure his own immortality
through owning land?
“No, it’s God’s land,” Jim says. He feels responsible
for being a good steward, but mainly, he says, “‘I want to
feel like I have control over my own life. I like to be out
of-doors and I don’t care a thing about book work. What
makes me happiest is to see things coming up the way I
want them to, even if I have to do things over.” :
Jim also appreciates the opportunity of raising his
family (in a 100-year-old farmhouse) to share the values
he thinks are important. The physical demands of farm
| ing are relentless, and he depends on his two sons, Steve,
'l7, and David, 10, to share the burden. They’'ve learned
the value of hard work, and it hasn’t been a contrived
lesson.
“They work hard because they know we can’t do
without them,” their father says.
Jim’s knowledge, tenacity and his famiy’s loyalty
have paid off. After a couple of years of sinking
everything back into the farm, it is beginning to show a
profit. He sees no incongruity in the fact that he and-his
wife Janice — who spend most of their waking hours in
physical labor — both have earned master’s degrees.
“We've barely scratched the surface in agriculture, as
far as education goes,”” he says, adding that education is
particularly beneficial in the area of marketing. ‘“There
are so many factors you can’t control; marketing is one
you can, and that’s one of the most important aspects of
profitable farming.”
Jim’s willingness to try new techniques led him to a
successful marketing system that also solved a labor pro
blem — his 13 acres of strawberries are a pick-your-own
operation, which his customers find as satisfactory as
Jim does. They leave the berry patch feeling they’ve
reaped a double harvest: the camaraderie of a shared task
on a glorious spring day along with the succulence of
winy ripe berries.
Sharing their satisfaction is one of the things that
makes Jim’s life worthwhile. He explains: ‘‘People ask me
if I'm in farming to make money. I tell them, no, I make
money so I can keep farming.”
s — ALICE TORBETT
: freelance
Knoxville, TN
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Believing all you hear is matched only
by telling all you know. — Mason City
(la.) Globe