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Editorials
Chattooga Trail Idea
A Good One
Rep. John Crawford’s idea to create
a maintained trail atop Taylor’'s Ridge
from Chattooga County into Walker
County sounds like a good idea to us.
Rep. Crawford presented his idea to
the Chattooga County Wildlife Club last
Thursday evening at the club’s regular
meeting. Crawford, who is a member of
the House Natural Resources Commit
tee, said the trail along the ridge, which
is maintained by the U.S. Forest Ser
vice, might make better use of the area
in the face of a proposed study to sell
Andropov More Dangerous
Than Brezhnev
It’s now clear that Yuri Andropov has
a totally different leadership style than
the late Leonid Brezhnev, and may well
be a more formidable adversary. He is cer
tainly more active, and recently met the
press in Moscow.
Andropov has been sharp with
Reagan, calling him a liar, and ridiculing
his nuclear strength comparisons bet
ween East and West. What's important
about this is that Andropov is apparently
convinced Reagan is distorting Soviet
aims and Soviet armaments.
Andropov points out that the U.S.
refused to sign SALT II (with good
reason), that the U. S. has pioneered most
of today's sophisticated weapons
systems. He says little about the huge
Soviet arms buildup, of course, but is
historically correct about the develop
ment of many new and sophisticated
weapons systems.
He is the first Soviet leader since
Nikita Khrushchev to use such potent
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The following are excerpts from the April 14, 1938, issue of The Summer
ville News.
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Shackleford’s 5 & 10c Store Open Soon — M. L. Fisher, Jr., manager of
Shackleford’s 5 & 10c store, of Summerville, informed THE NEWS that work
was progressing rapidly on the remodeling of the store, and would be ready for
their big opening in the near future.
The store, formerly known as Hammond’s 5 & 10c store, is being complete
ly remodeled.
Mr. Fisher states that they will carry one of the most complete line of varie
ty merchandise in this section.
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Lyerly Chosen as Site For New Hosiery Mill — Lyerly has been chosen as
the site for the Sugart Hosiery mill, of Fort Payne, Ala. It is to be a $25,000
corporation.
J. S. Owings has started the building for this enterprise. His payrolls will
amount to about SI,OOO per week.
Lyerly citizens cooperated and pulled together and obtained a new in
dustry.
Congratulations to our neighbor, Lyerly.
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Free) . .. 29c¢, 2 Pkgs. Slim Jim Coffee (can Pepper Free). .. 29c. SUMMER
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ROYAL Theater MONDAY AND TUESDAY JOAN CRAWFORD in
“Manneqin”. You remember Joan in ‘‘Possessed”’ — ‘‘Chained” — “The Bride
Wore Red’’ now see her in ‘‘Mannequin,”’ one of the best Joan Crawford pic
tures in years.
Also Shorts and News of the Day.
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“Drive Safely’’ Crusade Is Being Sponsored — Prominent local citizens
from every walk of life have heartily endorsed the ‘‘Drive Safely”’ crusade
which is being sponsored by the Wofford Oil company and its dealers.
Commenting on this drive to save lives, avoid accidents and prevent in
juries, Mayor W.C. Sturdivant emphasized the fact that highway safety
depends on the individual effort of each driver and points out the fact that this
crusade puts every person on his honor to keep a sincere pledge to drive safely.
off northwest Georgia’'s Chattahoochee
National Forest. “The best defense is a
good offense,”” said Rep. Crawford.
Club members accepted the idea
and are investigating ways to make the
proposal a reality. Taylor's Ridge does
have a trail for most of its distance, but
it is not clearly marked, nor is it main
tained. The proposal could increase
tourism in the area and would certainly
take advantage of Chattooga County's
natural beauty.
words in warning a U. S. president.
It remains to be seen whether a sum
mit between two men locked in such bit
ter rhetorical exchanges is possible. Mr.
Reagan hinted at this possibility recently
but has not been encouraged by An
dropov. ;
Sharp rhetoric and evil-good
simplifications are not likely to produce
desired results; the U. S. is far behind in
many weapons and arms categories. Con
gress is certain to limit the current U. S.
military build-up. Russian leaders have
no such constraint, and are also more free
to adopt aggressive policies in various
areas of the world.
In summary, a sophisticated approach
in dealing with Moscow and Yuri An
dropov is the obvious order of the day —
in view of the modern world’s complex
realities. And the key test in relations
between the two countries may be as
much a test of the flexibility and
pragmatism of U. S. policy as anything
else.
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Mountain Echoes
by Jimmy Townsend
Same To Saint And Sinner
Yesterday is a canceled check, and
tomorrow is a promissory note -is for the
birds. Yesterday and its consequences are
important. Tomorrow will bring its pro
blems. God promises us tomorrow. To
day, however, must be our chief concern.
What tomorrow will be like is nothing but
imagination.
A tragedy is never ‘‘for the best’ as
some will say it is when disaster strikes.
Events are constantly taking place in this
imperfect world which are contrary to the
purposes and will of God and destructive
to the well-being of men.
Nature is utterly blind to human and
moral values. Lightning strikes churches
and gambling halls with equal frequency.
Death, both accidental and from natural
causes, is the same to saint and sinner.
The rain falls and the sun shines alike on
the evil and the good, the just and the un
just. It is the same with natural disasters.
The quality of man’s life is measured
on how he handles misfortunes and puts
them to good use. All things do not hap
pen for the best, but wise and good men
make the effort to put the worst to good
use.
Dialogue . ..
High School Survival
There's been a lot of press lately about
a tragic incident in Cobb County a couple
of weeks ago, where a fight broke out bet
ween some rival high school students and
one of the students was fatally stabbed.
It’s tragic because one youth died and
a second student ended up lodged in the
Cobb County Jail with a murder charge
against him.
I suppose as long as there’s been high
schools, there have been rivalries — it
just shocks us when it leads to death. A
senseless death.
Most students settle their differences
with a good ol’' fistfight, and though
fistfights shouldn’t be tolerated either,
they are a far cry better than drawing
knives and pistols.
From what I've heard about Chat
tooga County, the county high school and
the Trion High School used to have some
pretty tough run-ins, but I don’t recall
anyone telling me the natural rivalry led
to murder.
Letters To The Editor
Razor Strap Lessens Prison Population
Dear Editor:
I agree with the letter in the April 14
editorial column on the ‘‘Luxury of Prisons.”
Yes, they need to make it the hard way so
they won'’t get out and do the same thing just
to get back in to have it easy. Prisons now
are on easy street.
First, where it all begins is being upheld
in childhood and teen-age years. They don’t
and can’t get the corrections they need at
home on account of child abuse being
hollered all the time. Correction begins at
home. It’s been taken away.
I'm proud to say that I'm thankful for
every time my mother gave my legs a stripe
by James Budd
Another myth that’s passed around is
that “worrying never helps anything.”
People who never worry about things
usually wind up on somebody else’s back
who will do their worrying for them, such
as parents. It's an idiot who advises peo
ple not to worry — that “‘everything is go
ing to work out all right.”
Constructive worrying is a necessary
part of every responsible individual’s life.
It’s exploring alternate courses to meet a
difficult problem and often points out the
best course to pursue.
Tragedy, disaster — yes, but the
greatest thing in life is to help another
person to be wiser, happier and better.
This is constantly ignored or overlooked.
The solemn judgment which rests upon
every individual born into this world is
whether his having the privilege of living
in it has made it a better or worse place.
The humblest and poorest of men are
privileged to make the effort to help peo
ple with whom they associate to be wiser,
happier and better.
If we treat people as if they are what
they ought to be, we help them become
what they are capable of becoming.
It’s just a shame what happened. Had
those kids been given a chance to mature
two or three more years, they would have
thought they had made assess of
themselves by fighting over a high school
rivalry. There are too many things to
fight about in this world already. A lot of
kids in my time got out of high school and
went to a little Southeast Asian nation
called Vietnam to do some real fighting.
High school rivalries fade in a blink when
bombs and bullets hiss overhead.
If anything at all good has come out of
this incident, I guess it’s the fact that it
may have awakened some of Georgia’'s
youth to cold, stark reality.
High school can be a sort of a fantasy
island anyway and if you don’t keep life in
perspective, you can be duped into believ
ing there’s nothing past the 12th Grade.
How wrong that belief is.
Life after the 12th Grade is really a
beginning. A beginning, that is, for those
who survive.
of good ol’ hickory tea: or my dad reached for
the razor strap.
Corrections have been taken from the
homes and from the children. This should
still be done. There would not be so many lit
tle ones taken from homes and parents if
corrections were allowed at home, then the
teen-agers would know how to act when the
get out. In the good ol’ days when I was a ki({
their way of prison life was just a few
prisoners workini the roads. The Bible tells
me not to spare the rod to spoil the child.
Thanks,
Mary R. Smith
Summerville
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Facing South
A Syndicated Column
Voices Of Tradition
In A Changing Region
VANCE HUMPHRIES: “I'M GOING TO WIN”
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Armed only with Black's
Law Dictionary and an eighth grade education, Vance B.
Humphries is threading his way through the federal court
system in pursuit of $6 million he claims should be award
ed to him because of wrongful acts by
Chesapeake policemen and judges. dr oW
“I got four sets of attorneys / }
against me,”’ says the 48-year-old | ...
disabled veteran. The judges are being 4 “® *ir
defended by the attorney general of \y /fsx=*
Virginia. The policemen are V.47%=* '
represented by eminent insurance s P
lawyers who time after time have Il
sought dismissal of Humphries’ com- \ /
plaint against their clients by claiming :
it is vague and not properly drawn, and that Humphries
is not conducting himself like a lawyer.
“How can I be expected to act like something I am
not?”’ he replies.
Humpbhries fends off each defense motion by return
ing to his law dictionary and laboriously revising and
amending his original €¢omplaint.
‘I can’t spell or read tgo good,” he says. His sister
types up his amendments, revisions and interrogatories
after he writes them in longhand.
Humphries’ first lawsuit was filed on Sept. 20, 1979,
in the U. S. District Court in Norfolk. It asserted that
‘“‘approximately 10 of my civil rights were broken and my
life has been threatened and I fear for my life and family.
All of the actions of the Chesapeake Police Department
has (sic) made me mentally and physically disabled.”
The complaint names 17 policemen and asks for
$1,500,000 in punitive damages. It claims the police have
harassed Humphries for years, that while being wrongly
arrested for public drunkenness he was beaten and his
back injured, and that police pushed a lighted cigarette
into his face while he was handcuffed.
Humphries also claims his arrest record, through
police negligence, contains the crimes of another man
with a similar name, ‘‘causing me to lose jobs.”
Court records show he tried to clear up this problem
by taking a Norfolk Virginian-Pilot reporter, John M.
Svicarovich, with him to the police station to study his
file. Svicarovich gave Humphries a written affadavit say
ing, ‘““My own brief encounter with the Chesapeake Police
Department reveals an attitude in that department which
is compatible with misuse of authority.”
The court record also contains the names of 164 people
who swore Humphries had never been drunk in public.
A breakthrough came when Humphries learned he
could qualify as a pauper and avoid paying court and
witness fees. But he suffered a setback in March, 1980,
when Judge J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr., yielded to a series of
defense motions and dismissed the complaint against the
policemen on the grounds that it was vague and im
properly worded.
Humpbhries appealed to the Fourth U. S. Circuit Court
which, in August, 1981, reversed Judge Clarke’s decision
and remanded the case with the admonition to “advise
him how to proceed.”
With the help of his law dictionary, Humphries filed a
third amended complaint which apparently satisfied
everyone. But the case was dismissed again in November,
1982 — observers say largely because of the disreputable
appearance of some of Humphries’ witnesses. But Hum
phries remains undaunted and is already filing another
appeal.
Meanwhile, help has sprung from an unexpected
quarter; “‘Judge John MacKenzie told me I could use his
law library,” explains Humphries. With volumes and
volumes of federal law at his fingertips, Humphries is
sure of the outcome of his cases.
“I’m going to win,” he says.
— CARL CAHILL
freelance
Chesapeake, VA
ANNOYING
An apparently irked viewer reported
that the commercials one evening were in
terrupted several times by episodes from
a movie. — Memphis Appeal
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THINK ON IT
A meeting is where a group of people
approve the minutes and waste the hours.
— Columbia (S. C.) Record
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MAYBE
You can’t tell — maybe a fish goes
home and lies about the size of bait he
stole. — Milwaukee Journal