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The Summeruville News
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Editorials
Jan Kemp Case
The University of Georgia recently
settled a suit against it by agreeing to pay
a former teacher over a million dollars,
plus reinstating her in her former job.
Thus Jan Kemp, the teacher, is fixed
for life. So is the lawyer who pockets a cou
ple hundred thousand dollars.
The university probably included, in its
collective wisdom, that more publicity
would do more damage to its reputation
than the payment of a million dollars.
Kemp had won the fantastic sum of
$2.58 million from a jury in February but
that amount had been reduced to $680,000
by a judge who lived closer to the real
world.
The one million plus award is excessive.
Such awards, given publicity, led to other
Senate Race
Only five months remain before elec
tions which decide control of the U. S.
Senate for 1987 and 1988. And, as ex
pected, optimistic claims come frem both
parties.
G.O.P. senate campaign committee
head John Heinz (Pa.) sees prospects im
proved for his party in recent months.
That's attributed to President Reagan’s
current soaring popularity.
Democratic senatorial campaign com
mittee head George Mitchell (Me.) says
Democrats can win control even if
Republicans pick up a couple of seats now
held by Democrats.
Heinz thinks Republicans will pick up
at least three — in California, Louisiana
and Missouri. With 54 seats now, that
would make it possible for Democrats to
cgpture control only by capturing eight
Republican seats.
This seems unlikely. Mitchell says his
best hopes are in Florida and Maryland,
where Senator Paula Hawkins trails in the
polls (though not as much as a few months
ago) and where Senator Charles Mathias
is retiring.
But he also likes Democratic chances
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39 YEARS AGO
The following are excerpts from the May 29, 1947 edition of The Summer
ville News.
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A. H. GLENN INDICTED BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN ROME —
A. H. ""Tiny" Glenn, sheriff of Chattooga County, was indicted by the Federal
grand jury in session in Rome on a charge of conspiring to avoid the payment
of taxes on liquor to the United States Government. The indictment alleged
transactions with a very large number of citizens of this county and averred
that Mr. Glenn had received money and whiskey from them on various dates
and in return had refrained from arresting them, had agreed to notify them
when the revenue agents of the Government should appear in this locality, and
further that he had entered into a conspiracy with them aimed toward avoiding
the payment of Federal taxes on the whiskey.
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SILVER SPRINGS SHRINE — The Silver Springs Primitive Baptist
Church, 10 miles west of Rome still stands as a shrine for worship and other
hallowed memories. The church was established in April 1803, and the same
old pews and benches and other equipment are used. In the rear is the old as
well as the new, graves, dating f:om :he y:ar of organization.
AD: THE TOOGA THEATRE ANNOUNCES ITS FORMAL OPENING
— Monday, June 2, at 1 p.m. Presenting, “Til the Clouds Roll By" in
Technicolor, starring Frank Sinatra, Van Johnson and an all-star cast. Come
see this magnificent movie in our beautiful new theatre.
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NEW HIGHWAY FROM ROME TO ARMUCHEE COMPLETED — To
eliminate the possibility of high water making the road impassable. J. Hubert
Griffin, of Carrollton, president of the U. S. Highway 27 Association, announced
the completion of a project of the state highway department on U. S. Highway
217, at Rome, to eliminate the possibility of high water ever making the road
way impassable. This construction marks the conclusion of a program to
eliminate any obstructions of traffic between Chattanooga and Tallahassee.
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excessive awards. The idea behind a
grievance is to right a wrong and, if war
ranted, impose a penalty.
A million dollar award provides any
recipient an income of about SIOO,OOO a
year for life. In Kemp's case, though she
won’t keep that much, that’s several times
what she was earning in her teaching job,
which she gets back. Even if she keeps on
ly two-thirds of the award, she can still
earn twice her salary for life, doing
nothing.
Damage suits are, therefore, something
like a lottery ticket for more and more
Americans. Not only do they get compen
sated for loss and mistreatment but they
are set up for life, better than ever had
been, and are freed forever from work.
in Nevada, North Carolina, Idaho and
South Dakota.
Even if those six states elected
Democrats, if Republicans gain seats in
California, Louisiana and Missouri, that
would give Democrats a net gain of three.
They need five to take control.
Since 22 Republican seats are at stake
and only 12 Democrat seats, a major
change in the political climate could pro
duce upsets. And other states, such as Col
orado, are unknowns.
Republicans have more money to spend
and President Reagan to campaign and
this will help. Kansas' Bob Dole, increas
ingly viewed as a 1988 presidential con
tender, is running and his victory margin
will be closely watched.
North Carolina’s race between former
governor Terry Sanford (D) and Cong. Jim
Broyhill (R) is being seen as a key indica
tion whether the conservative tide is still
running.
Patrick Leahy (D) in Vermont was con
sidered highly vulnerable six months ago
but less so today and Pennsylvania’'s
Arlen Specter (R), once considered
vulnerable, now seems safer.
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‘Wildman From Sugar Creek’
Now that summer is upon us I suppose
students will be enjoying some time off
from the daily grind of books and classes.
Little do the students know that the dai
ly grind of school is a piece of cake com
pared with what lies ahead after gradua
tion. My advice: enjoy it while you can.
Do schools still have a summer reading
list, I wonder? That's where students can
earn credit by reading 20 or so books dur
ing the summer and writing a report about
them in the fall upon return to school. A
good idea in retrospect, although I didn’t
think so at the time.
I must admit that in recent years my
reading has slacked off from what it used
to be while in college. However, I've
jumped back into the habit. Reading is one
of the few habits that is “good.” It doesn’t
cause cancer, as far as anyone knows. It
isn't fattening and contains no sugar.
My wife reads constantly, easily a book
a week. They know her name at the library
because books are always on hold for her.
Our reading tastes are opposite. In fact,
we're basically opposites anyway. She
reads spy novels, romantic novels,
historical novels, etec. I read biographies,
history and other non-fiction books.
Currently, I'm reading about the
“Wildman from Sugar Creek,” which is
Guest Column
By CONGRESSMAN
GEORGE “BUDDY"” DARDEN
The scope for Congressional debate on
the fiscal 1987 federal budget has been
narrowed to $7 billion — with the Senate
having approved a sl.Ol trillion budget
proposal a few weeks ago and the House
of Representatives, May 15, approving a
$994 billion spending plan. Now, Congress
faces the task of reaching a compromise
between those two figures.
But whatever final budget is adopted,
history will have been made through the
inclusion of one particular figure — a
deficit which is the smallest in four years
and which marks the beginning of our
return to fiscal responsibility through a
balanced budget.
The Senate’s proposed budget calls for
a $143 billion deficit, while a §137 billion
shortfall is forecast in the House version.
That puts both within the $144 billion
deficit limit set for 1987 by the Gramm-
Rudman balanced budget law Congress
adopted last December. The final budget
certainly will fall within that limit, mak
ing unnecessary the automatic, across-the
board cuts required for many programs
whenever a deficit exceeds the Gramm-
Rudman limit.
To their credit, Members of Congress
have recognized that meeting the Gramm-
Rudman guidelines in the original budget
will cause far less hardship than building
in a deficit which exceeds the limit, then
having to cut programs at mid-year.
Federal agencies already have had to trim
more than sll billion in the middle of their
fiscal 1986 spending to meet Gramm-
Rudman; the experience has been trying
for both the agencies and the people they
serve.
Meeting the Gramm-Rudman limit up
front this year sets a good precedent as we
prepare for an annual $36-billion lowering
of that ceiling between now and 1991,
Dialogue . . .
by James Budd
about former Georgia Gov. Gene
Talmadge who dominated state politics for
20 years.
A lot of you probably can recall Gene
Talmadge's reigr in state government.
From what I've read so far, this is one
native Georgian who is glad he wasn't
around while the “wildman’’ was in power.
While most Georgians were happily
accepting FDR's ““New Deal” old Gene
was fighting it and actually called for
Georgia to go back to the “horse and
buggy days.” That's his quote, not mine.
While poor Georgians (and most
Georgians were poor at that time) sup
ported FDR, they also supported
Talmadge. Granted, “wildman” was a
politician who understood the heartstrings
of most Georgians. He was entertainment
in a hopelessly dull existence of farm
drudgery.
Talmadge and another Georgia
populist, Tom Watson, a one-time vice
presidential candidate in the 1890 s, were
like “‘peas in a pod.” It's a wonder that
Georgia has progressed as far as it has. We
didn’t join the 20th Century until 40 or so
years after it started.
Anybody who says they want to go
back to the “good old days" in Georgia
should read a little of the state's history.
when Gramm-Rudman requires a balanc
ed budget.
The House-approved budget includes
$285 billion for defense, compared with
$3Ol billion in the Senate version and $320
billion sought by President Reagan in his
budget (which both houses rejected earlier
this year). I voted for the House budget
proposal as a good starting point for
negotiations with the Senate. However, I
believe the final defense allocation must be
closer to the Senate-approved $3Ol billion,
in order to provide an adequate security
shield.
The Senate-approved defense alloca
tion would allow our armed forces to keep
pace with inflation, although not providing
a real spending increase over fiscal 1986.
As I have said before, the Pentagon
cannot expect other vital federal programs
to suffer disproportionate cutbacks while
military planners continue to ask for more
money — and while Pentagon planners
refuse to set priorities for the limited funds
available, At the same time, those other
agencies should not look to the armed
forces — with their vital assignment of
preserving our freedoms — to bear more
than their share of the burden of deficit
elimination. Our national security depends
on forces who are well-trained, well
equipped and well-paid.
The final 1987 budget is at least some
weeks — and, possibly, some months —
away from approval. Members of the con
ference committee will, as always, face a
tough task of give-and-take in settling the
$7 billion difference between House and
Senate proposals.
But the acceptance of the Gramm-
Rudman limitations in the House and
Senate budget drafts bodes well for the
long-term budget-balancing effort.
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Hymnal Controversy
JASPER, GA. — The United Methodist Hymnal Revi
sion Committee recently reviewed numerous hymns to
determine if they should be deleted or revised for the new
Methodist book of hymns to be published in 1989 officials
said.
“Onward Christian Soldiers,” familiar to thousands of
people for 121 years is to be axed they said. The commit
tee went further by saying that other old hymns too have
come under fire lately because church members consider
the language too sexist or militaristic.
Well now, we have been singing these hymns for a
lifetime without realizing that we were singing about sex.
We thought that these good old songs were just praising
the Lord and some of these songs made us feel good.
“Onward Christian Soldiers”” as written in 1865 by
Sabine Baring-Gould, a Church of England clergyman who
wrote it for children to sing while marching from one
village church to another. But sexist? I can’t find it or I'm
just too dumb about such things. “Onward Christian
Soldiers, Marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus go
ing on before. Christ, the royal Master, leads against the
foe; Forward into battle, see his banner go.”” And then the
chorus, “Onward Christian Soldiers marching as to war,
with the cross of Jesus going on before.”
If the committee is talking about militaristic, that just
means that they haven’t read or sang the words. As the
song will say on further that it's Satan that they are
fighting just as we all do at times.
The old Cokesbury Worship Hymnal has been around
our house for 45 years, really ever since I married a
Methodist. When our children were small we gathered
around the piano, and sometimes old organ and as Geri
played, Tracy, Kay and I would sing these old songs. But,
Lord, I didn't know they were sexist.
The old hymn book is tattered and worn. The leaf is
missing that told when it was published but I hurried to
it as soon as I heard about that Methodist Committee go
ing to cut out some of our favorites from the new hymnal
book.
Songs like, ““Tell me the story of Jesus, sweetest that
ever was heard. Tell how the angels, in chorus, sang as
they welcomed his birth.”” Maybe they think that sexist.
If they do they just haven't heard the stories that I have.
I remember an old man. At least, I thought he was old
until I now have reached his age. He patted his foot while
he sang with the congregation, ‘‘Rescue The Perishing.”
But then, that was in our foot-washing Baptist Church
ouf in the country. The man’s wife died and he moved in
with his daughter and her family in town. They went to
church together the following Sunday and he wanted to
sing in the choir. Not so, he was told. You have to try out
for the choir and be selected. Anyway, the old gentleman
sang right along with them as he stood at the second pew
from the pulpit. He got louder than the choir and patted
his foot as he sang, “Stand up, Stand up for Jesus.” He
really got carried away as they sang, “‘Lily of the Valley”
and patted his foot a little louder. He was enjoying himself
as he looked back over the congregation with a big smile
on his face. His daughter punched him with her elbow and
he dropped his voice to a whisper. She told him later how
he was supposed to behave at a town church.
I went to his funeral and of course the hymns weren't
the ones you would pat your foot to, but it was all I could
do to keep from it. We sang, ‘ln the Sweet Bye and Bye,"
and “We Shall Meet on That Beautiful Shore.”
Delete such songs as these from the new hymnal?
CAN YOU?
Will power is having the same ailment
a friend has and not mentioning it. — At-
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An old-fashioned wife is one who tries
to make one husband last a lifetime. —
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; ALWAYS
The man who thinks he knows
everything always irritates those of us
who do. — Columbia (S. C.) Record
Mountain
Echoes
by
Jimmy Townsend