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Editorials
Valentine’s Day
Despite popular conceptions in
various sections of the country, there is
no general agreement as to the origin of
St. Valentine's Day.
Puh:z the most logical explanatior
of how name Valentine is connected
with sending tokens to one another lies
with a prevalent belief in Europe in the
Middle Ages. t
Literature of this period, Chaucer’s
time, shows the popular conception was
Fires & Wood Stoves
The recent surge in utilization of wood
stoves, which heat inexpensively, has also
caused an increase in home fires, Most of
those under 40 lack experience with wood
stoves,
A few basic suggestions are in order.
First, buy a stove with steel walls a
fourth inch thick if possible, or not thin
ner than one-eighth inch thick.
. (Thickness is measured in gauges. A
lfiru{l thickness is one-sixteenth of an
inch thick. An 11-gauge thickness is one
eighth inch thick. Etc. The lower the
gmuge, the better)!
More Sabbaticals
Sabbaticals have lonz been a plum
utilized primarily by teachers.
Now this game is being played in
creasingly by employees of corporations,
according to a report in "U. S, News."
Businesses are finding that a break in
the work routine, an extended job absence
with ry. often pays off in productivity or
individual creativity. Such firms as IBM
and McDonald's, as examples, use this
system, and one estimate is that about
one in 10 big firms now utilize it.
News Clips
HOW TRUE
During the campaign we call for men
of vision; afterward we call them vi
sionaries. — Buffalo Evening News
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- TAX BREAD
A charming little recipe for a dessert
called income-tax pudding: Take a good
deal of dough, you'll knead it. — The
Dublin Opinion
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22 YEARS AGO
The following are excerpts from the March 7, 1963 edition of The Summer
ville News.
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CHATTOOGA NAMED FARM "DISASTER"” AREA — Chattooga
County has been named a livestock feed disaster county. This means that
qualified farmers may purchase government-owned feed grain at reduced
prices. The Chattooga Bounty Disaster Committee requested that this be
declared a disaster county on the basis of the hard winter which has killed vir
tually all grazing. e
SCHOOLS REQUIRE TUBERCULIN TEST — Tuberculin skin tests are
now required of all children entering first grade in Chattooga County Schools.
Previously, all children entering first grade has to present proof of having had
f‘c.fu.-w:mall pox, DPT and polio innoculations. These requirements will remain in
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EXPERTS TO REPORT ON CHATTOOGA POTENTIAL - Chattooga
County and her potential. That will be the topic Tuesday when some 100 Chat
tooga County leaders hear a report from the staff of the Coosa Vallgy Area
Planning and Development Commission. The Commission paid staff will
review the progress of the organization and discuss work done and plans made
for Chattooga County.
that birds began to mate Feb. 14.
Thereafter, English literature fre
quently mentions the day as a sacred one
for lovers. The name itself could have
come from either of three Valentines,
One was a priest in Rome, another a
bishop in Terni, and there was a third, of
which very little is known.
The custom of observing St. Valen
t.im'lg‘:{ has grown into one of our most
delightful customs.
Retuember that a wood stove with legs
between six -mlnchu above the floor
requires a 24- layer of metal over a
one-fourth inch layer of asbestos
millboard (not asbestos cement board)
beneath for safety.
Chimneys need regular inspection and
cleaning, as do smoke pipes which are
often too thin. The cardinal first rule is to
check with a building inspector before in
stalling any wood stove — to learn which
There are requirements for pipes,
clearances, ventilation, chimney, etc. And
burn wood at least six months old.
There is opposition to the idea from
some psychologists — who argue that
workers lose touch with developments,
that sabbaticals hurt morale among those
not included in the program and backfire
when workers use this time to shop for
other jobs.
Nevertheless, the idea seems to be
spreading — and workers often vote for
such systems in preference to pay hikes
and increased annual or sick leave.
HOW DEEP?
The difference between being in a rut
or in a groove is how hard you dig. —
Whitemore (la.) Champion
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IDEAL
The ideal wife is one who grows dearer
all the time instead of merely more expen
sive. — Los Angeles Times
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‘“‘”M‘E‘ Dialog“e C
'fl by James Budd
Consolidation Of
Georgia’s Counties
An Atlanta state representative has
introduced a constitutional amendment
to the General Assembly which would
allow voters to decide if Georgia's 159
counties should be consolidated into 87.
State Rep. Kil Townsend, R-Atlanta, a
19-year veteran of the House, said the
reduction and consolidation would not on
ly provide ‘'more efficiency in govern
ment statewide but would also insure bet
ter services for residents of counties with
lower tax bases.” ;
.. - Chattooga County is one of 42 coun
ties that would remain as a single county
of the 87 total. Undeér the proposal,
Walker County would absorb Dade Coun
ty. All of the other counties in northwest
Georgia would remain single, including
Catoosa, Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Polk,
Whitfield and Murray counties.
““No other state has such an absurd
local government burden,” said Town
send. “"Only Texas has more counties
(254) but it has 2'4 times the population
and five times as many square miles.”
Of the 72 counties eliminated under
the l, 47 are under 10,000 in
popurmm are under 5,000 and only
three are between 17,000 and 21,000.
By contrast, 50 of the surviving 87
counties have a population of more than
25,000 and none less than 18,5600. Most of
the 87 are projected by the Office of Plan
ning and Budget to remain the largest
counties in the year 2000.
Guest Column
Treasury Tax Plan:
Plus, Minuses
By EDWIN FEULNER
While the much-talked-about tax
reform proposals put forth by former
Treasury Secretary Donald Regan signal
that the administration intends to keep
its campaign promise not to chase the
federal deficit with individual tax in
creases, the Treasury plan is not without
fault.
Among the good news for taxpayers is
that the Treasury proposal would in
crease the personal exemption for tax
payers and their dependents to $2,000,
from the current SI,OOO. In addition, the
proposal would increase to $2,500-per
year, the maximum amount each of us
could invest in an Individual Retirement
Account (IRA), and allow non-working
spouses to contribute an equal amount to
an IRA, instead of the present $250. The
current maximum for a working person is
$2,000.
The bad news is that by shifting the
tax burden onto business — a big lie if
there ever was one, since businesses will
just pass on these increases to consumers
—the tax plan could slow down economic
growth.
The reason for this is that the in
creases are aimed directly at those provi
sions of the tax code which stimulate job
creating investment in small and growing
businesses. v
Under the proposed tax plan, all U. S.
corporations would be taxed a flat 33 per
cent of income. However, the Treasury
tax plan also calls for the elimination of
the Investment Tax Credit and Ac
Will it pass the General Assembly? |
doubt it. It's probably a good idea,
though, but good ideas don't always get
through the General Assembly.
Townsend, however, thinks otherwise.
Aceadin’l to Townsend, in the 180
merber House, 126 representatives are
absolutely "“immune’’ since they would
continue to represent the same county or
counties as they now do. An additional 27
would represent their present county or
counties along with one smaller annexed
county. Several legislators would still
have several of their larger counties
among the surviving 87. Only four
representatives would actually lose all of
their county courthouse political support.
In the 56-member Senate, there would
be no change at all for 32 senators and six
more would end up with their present
county or counties and would absorb just
one more smaller county, Another five
senators would have a majority of their
present counties undisturbed.
““These numbers make it obvious that
both bodies have more than the necessary
two-thirds to pass a constitutional
amendment without political repercus
sions,” said Townsend. “With all but one
eighth of the voters now living in the 87
original counties and 62 residing in the 42
counties that remain as a sin}e county,
statewide approval at the ballot box also
poses no problem.”’
celerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS)
— features of the tax code enacted in
1981, which many have credited with
creating the investment boom that led to
the 1983 recovery. The Treasury proposal
also calls for an increase in capital gains
taxes — which would help dry up invest
ment capital.
The corporate income-tax changes
pose several problems. First, there is the
matter of truthfulness. Because no mat
ter how you fudge it, the business tax
really amounts to a “*hidden” tax on con
sumers, since businesses wili be forced to
raise their prices.
Also, by increasing the capital gains
tax and eliminating the ACRS and In
vestment Tax Credit, the proposal will
tend to undermine the Treasury's goal of
designing a “‘pro-growth’ tax bill.
Another questionable change is the
proposal to limit the deductability of
charitable contributions. This directly
conflicts with the administration’s sup
port for the privatization of federal ac
tivities — a goal which can only be ac
complished by greater reliance on
charitable organizations.
The bottom line is that the Treasury
proposal encourages economic growth
less than most of the other tax reform
proposals now before Congress.
While the Treasury proposal takes a
few tentative steps in the right direction,
it is far from being the best alternative
available.
see GUEST COLUMN, page 11-A
) Mountain
r% Echoes
a Jimmy Townsend
oOld Editor’s Yarns
W. B. Townsend, editor of The Dahlonega Nuggett for
50 years, was one of the best storytellers that I ever
knew. He wasn't much of a talker with strangers; but
when we were sitting on the porch at dusk, resting before
supper, he would cut loose and tell some good ones. I was
in my teens at the time, and some of the tales were a bit
hair-raising, but he vowed them to be the truth and
nothing but the truth.
He told one night about going to a funeral back up in
the mountains when he was young. One peculiarity that
mountain people had back then was that a murdered per
son could not rest in peace until his killer was found and
done in the same way. The call of a clansman'’s blood for
revenge was carried out ir; many h:fbt.ho mo~in cou:o
ties. This particular funeral was the burying of a w
‘was nbou?.w years old. He was found by the smGne
with a bullet in his back.
This kind of event wasn't too uncommon in those
days, according to Uncle Will, and that was why he was
there. He wanted all of the story, and he told the preacher
this. The preacher told him that if he came inside, he
would get the whole story. The boy’s daddy invited the
editor to come inside the church for the funeral, too, but
added, “He hain't a-going to see no rest til I git the hound
that done hit."”
The preacher began to talk, and then started to pray.
He told the Lord about how some scamp had “stoled’’ up
to that stillhouse under the cover of night and shot the
“pore’’ boy in the back. The preacher continued that the
boy was “‘snatched off in a second and didn’t have time to
make his peace.” "'Let the murderer suffer for the sins he
didn’t give the "'pore boy time to beg forgiveness fur.”
My uncle said that he couldn't bow his head and
neither could he close his eyes. He just watched as the
boy's father walked up and stood at the head of the pine
box. The preacher continued praying, ‘‘Let this boy's
pappy find out who done hit. You promised us that you'd
let us take an eye fur an eye and a tooth fur a tooth. Let_
this boy's pappy put a hole between that murderer's
shoulder right whar his pore boy was shot.” The editor
said that you could hear the “amens’ for a mile. The
preacher went on, “Pint him out to us, oh Lord. Help us
do thy vengeance.”” The boy’s daddy opened the casket as
the mother cried out loud down on the front seat. The
boy's sweetheart was sitting by her. Uncle said that she
was as white as a sheet, and her face was awfully black
around her eyes. She wasn't crying though. She just sat
there like a dead woman. Pappy stood straight at the
head of that casket and watched people as they passed.
A big fellow got up off the back seat and headed
toward the casket. He stopped right by where the girl
was sitting for a second. The editor said that he saw a
shiver run over her, but appeared not to see him. The
fellow got to the corpse and looked at it. He made sort of
a moaning sound and said, "'l done hit.”" The girl slipped
out of her seat and laid in the floor in a fit. The old man
drew his gun, but the preacher caught his hand so he
couldn’t kill in the meeting house. The editor went up to
the corpse and there was a big spot of blood on his white
shirt, over his heart. The preacher told him that the spot
came there as the big fellow looked at the corpse. The
preacher continued that, ““The Lord jest plain showed the
sign so's the old man could kill him.” *“The woman was to
blame, though," he cont’'d. “*She had been sparking them
both. Wimmen's got a heap to answer fur in this world,
hain't they?"
The old editor got up and went in The Nuggett office
for a drink of water. I could hardly wait for him to get
back. He took his time and kept me in suspense. He sat
down in the rubber bottomed chair and said, “The old
man got the killer the next day.” He said that he lived
across the North Carolina line and the boy's father follow
ed him home. They found the big fellow with a holein the
same place in his back where the one in the boy’s was.
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News Clips
WORK SAVER
Tomorrow has been defined as
“today’s greatest labor-saving device.”
— Mason City (la.) Globe