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The Clifton Record
Wednesday, Sept 26,2007
Marc's
Remarks
By Marc Johnson
Hot dawg!
Cowboys still
hot. Done got
things goin’ 2
wins in a row.
Bet purty
happy so far.
Now, since
summer might
nigh over, we just need some
cooler weather to keep her in a
good mood. Know what I mean?
Cowboys done hired’em a hand
with a sorta checkered past, but
they don’t seem to be worried
much about it Mebbe they re-
alize that “yesterday’s history;
tomorrow’s a mystery.” I’ve
mentioned this many a time;
and it’s shore ‘nough true. Big,
bad feller named Tank
Johnson. Hope he works out
and helps them Cowboys git to
the Super Bowl. They goin’ fer
it, ya know.
Any y’all need any hay?
Seems might nigh this whole
country covered up in it. One
feller said he knowed of a good
patch of coastal that ya could
flat have if’n you’d bale it; and
haul it. Never heard if he had
any takers yet. Another feller
seen an ad fer hay to sell; or
trade. Mentioned he’d trade fer
anything. Lot different than it
was just a year or so ago. Hay,
if ya could git it, was really high
back then. Remember?
I’m still surprised some folks
wasn’t balin’ the right-of-ways.
I’m thankful that TXDOT fi-
nally did git ’em mowed. I think
it had a whole lot more to do
with safety than these dad-bum
guard rails they put up. Folks
done been hittin’ them. That
ain’t good. Be interesting to
know where the vehicle would
have went if’n the guard rail
wasn’t there. I’ll bet they would
have come out better. They
could use the money to repair
roads; especially bridges.
Sounds lak a bunch of them in
bad shape. Cement failin’ out of
some of ‘em
Any y’all notice that 0. J.
back in the news. Ya reckon this
will ever end? The book the
clown wrote dope made the
best-seller list on Amazon. You
believe that? I don’t know no-
body what bought this book At
least, it sounds Lak the.
Goldman’s gonna git the profit
from ft due to tWfefrfWWMng the*
civil suit against him. He ain’t
never paid them nothing, but,
he lives in a million dollar house
and draws about thirty thou-
sand bucks a month from 4 dif-
ferent pensions he’s qualified
fer. He’ll git his just due one of
these days. Bad people always
do; it just may take a while.
I keep hearin’ folks mention-
ing that it be time fer the hum-
, mingbirds to head south. Mine
V don’t know that yet. They still
T here. Bunches of‘em. They are
jr flat fascinating to watch. Bet
£ still fillin’ them feeders ‘bout
r twice a day. I hope they stay.
? Me and Dalton still seein’ a
£ bunch of doves out in our yards.
5 Some folks ain’t finding ‘em in
? the country. I think them doves
* head to town when the shootin’
4 starts out in the country.
4 Reckon? I bet it was 15 to 20
them rascals lit out in my big
oak tree. Best I could tell; most
of ‘em was white wings. Big
doves. Haven’t really noticed
many of the Eurasion doves
f lately. Don’t know where they
r went. They are a large dove and
£ it ain’t no season on ‘em. And,
they don’t count against yore
[: limit of other doves.
[ What in the world is goin’ on
t- with parents, and kin-folk, mis-
treating kids. Good gracious.
Just over east of here in
I Navarro County, they found a
six year old girl hung in her ga-
rage. She had been sexually
molested. How can this hap-
E. pen? What kind of sick scum-
4 bag do it take to do something
r lak this?
Then, up in Haltom City, a
mother poured gas on 3 of her
cute little girls and set ‘em on
fire! Said it was a game. One of
the little girls done died, and
the other two still ip the hospi-
tal. This mother is said to be bi-
polar, and was off her
medication.
Then we hear about the
scum-bag what put two of his
girls in a closet, and forced
them to watch while he stabbed
the Mother and two younger
brothers to death. He admitted
to all this. Why should he even
have to have a trial. This dude
5 simply needs to go before a
* Judge who Ml put him on the
* “express-lane” down on death
1 row. He deserves no appeals.
He needs to be executed and
taken off the streets as soon as
possible. How could they pos-
sibly have grounds for appeal
on a deal lak this?
Child Protective Services
have been involved at one time
or another with all thfese fami-
lies. Do they need to re-work
some of their procedures?
Sounds lak to me they do.
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Taxpayer Revolt Beginning
Of End For Radicals
Texans from every comer of
the unhappy state gathered in
Austin on Sept. 22,1871, for the
“Taxpayers Convention,” the
first mass protest against the
Radical Republican regime.
Even though military occu-
pation has been replaced by ci-
vilian rule, the lives of most
people had not improved but
taken a dramatic turn for the
worse. Under the heavy-
handed Radicals, taxes went
through the roof as basic rights
continued to be systematically
violated. When the call went
out in August 1871 for a show
of statewide dissatisfaction, 91
counties sent delegates to the
watershed event called the
“Taxpayers Convention.”
While Democratic ex-Con-
federates made up the major-
ity, several big-name Unionists
were also in attendance.
Among the dissident Republi-
cans, who had broken ranks
with the Radicals, were three
ex-govemors and a former U.S.
Senator: James W.
Throckmorton, A.J. Hamilton,
This Week
In Texas
History
GUEST COLUMN
Could It Be...
Cub Mania?
Is it Contagious?
;eping
ugh Clifton. Residents
been spotted in green
a from head to toe. Even
By Rhonda Baggett
QUEST COLUMNIST
Cub Mania is sweet
throuf
have I
attire from head to toe.'
hands are green, and I am
talking about huge green
hands. If you find this hard
to believe, just attend a Jun-
ior Varsity Football game on
any Thursday night and see
for yourself.
What started as “The
Mom Squad” now seems to
Pease as presiding officer.
In his opening remarks, the
chairman pulled no punches
accusing the free-spending
Davis administration of bleed-
ing the treasury dry in a mere
17 months. At a time when the
state could get by on $800,000 a
year, the Radicals were picking
Texans’pockets to the tune of an
incredible six million dollars.
A detailed report exposed
the theft in all its graphic glory.
Taxes on $100 worth of prop-
erty had increased in two years
from a modest 15 cents to an
unconscionable $2,175. On top
of that sky-high jump was an-
other 60 cents per $100 to pay
the interest on railroad bonds
plus occupation taxes, city taxes
and a $2.00 annual poll tax.
The Radicals were gobbling
up 21 percent of Texans’ in-
comes, small potatoes by
today’s standards but abso-
lutely unheard of in the 1870’s.
Evenly distributed the heavy
tax burden might not have pro-
voked such anger, but property
owners staggered under an
outrageously unfair load.
Planters and farmers, in par-
ticular, were being driven to
their knees and refused to sink
Sounds lak they might need
way more folks on staff to help
watch out fer some of these
kids. Just heard that Texas had
the worst record in the nation
when it comes to the effective-
ness of their Child Protective
Services folks. They mentioned
that 12 kids had lost their lives
just this year due to some re-
ally bad situations.
Telephone companies all
over the nation merging to pro-
vide better service for ml. What
a laugh! They even collect a tax
that is supposed to help rural
America obtain better service;
the FCC in case any y’all want
to complain about yore service.
Just give me a call
Courthouse over to Meridian
done finished up; and supposed
to be fully operational. They say
it’s super neat deal. I’m anx-
ious to see it for myself. I still
think they oughtta went with the
lady justice what had the sorta
split dress and off the shoulder
sexy look But folks got different
sense of humors. Right?
The mess is Iraq just wont go
away. Leaders of aU Nations and
all our military folks need our
thoughts and prayers. Also folks
whatbe side, or hurlin’, in anyway
mmnG:
in any way.
text week,
quietly into poverty.
The pro-Davis press predict-
ably slandered the Austin meet-
ing as “The Rebel Tax
Convention” in an obvious at-
tempt to depict all delegates as
Confederate agitators. Right on
cue, the governor took to the
streets in a transparent attempt
to intimidate the tax protestors.
On the night of Sep. 23,
Edmund Davis led a boisterous
parade of black supporters up
Congress Avenue. From the
steps of the capitol he shouted,
“The temple of freedom is be-
ing defiled by the taxpayers! It
is up to you, my colored breth-
ren, to purify the place.” The
demonstrators circled the capi-
tol singing “John Brown’s Soul
Is Marching On.”
The determined delegates
went about their business, ig-
noring the commotion outside
anda flurry of nonetoo subtle
tttrtats." The convention ad-
journed two days la®P8ying^f^
to a pair of committees the
most important items - a for-
mal appeal to the people and a
legislative petition.
The public statement was
issued on Sep. 30. Besides a
long list of complaints against
the Davis administration, the
document recommended in-
junctions be used to stop the
collection of illegal taxes.
The open letter to lawmak-
ers soon followed with requests
for a reduction of state and
county taxes, repeal of the
schoolhouse tax that abolished
local control of education and
repeal of both the police bill and
enabling acts, which authorized
Davis’ despised state police
and subjected elective offices to
appointment by the governor.
Another critical and popular
demand was that elections
must be held on schedule in
accordance with the state con-
stitution. To keep their
strahglehold on power, the
Radicals had postponed the
upcoming vote. Under pres-
sure from his peers, who feared
the people had been pushed to
the breaking point, Davis gave
in and moved up the date for
the elections.
In October 1871, the month
after the Taxpayers Conven-
tion, the Democrats, with indis-
pensable aid from
disenchanted Republicans,
won all four contests in a spe-
cial election to fill congres-
sional vacancies. Democrats
triumphed again the next year
by sweeping the races for con-
gress and taking control of the
Lone Star legislature for the
first time since the Civil War.
Although Gov. Davis never
could accept the humiliating fact,
he had no one but himself to
blame for the series of stunning
setbacks. His disastrous policies
made allies of Texans, who had
not spoken to each other since
secession. Putting aside the bit-
ter past, Unionists and Confed-
erates banded together to rescue
the state from ruin.
For Edmund J. Davis and his
carpetbagger clique, the gig
was up. Only the fear of pro-
voking military intervention
saved the hated governor from
impeachment and permitted
the pariah to finish his term.
The Radicals were politically
dead, and Texans merely bided
their time until the funeral.
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ton. Texas. The fan club is
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citement is at level RED.
The noise level from the fans
are said to have been so loud
on this past Thursday
evening that car alarms
were going off!
We nave seen the effect
this excitement has brought
to our JV boys, our cheer-
leaders, and coaches, not to
mention the visiting teams.
Don’t let anyone tell you
that there is nothing to do in
Clifton. More fun than a bar-
rel of monkeys, so join us and
spread the mania. Good clean
fun, great sportsmanship,
real team spirit, electrifying
crowds, and terrific conces-
sions. What more could you
ask for? So, get yourself
green, and get out to Cub
Field. We’ll snow ypu “Fired
Up”, and we can spread the
mania through out the town.
Our kids need you all, no mat-
ter your age. Entertainment
for everyone, spend an
evening or an afternoon with
the Cubs. Check out The Clif-
ton Record for all of the ath-
letic schedules. You can
experience down home fun
right here in Clifton 3-4 days
a week Don’t be afraid to “get
yourself green”. Be Proud
and Be Loud....Clifton Cub
Mania!
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Those of you grandfolks out
there, I hope you’ll forgive me
for writing one more time
about one of my granddaugh-
ters.
All of my grandchildren are
very special to me; But this
week I want to brag on Mollie.
Mollie’s fifth birthday is Sept.
25. On our refrigerator door is
a perfect picture of Mollie
taken at her preschool gradu-
ation this past May.
Sometime ago, Mollie
learned from her Aunt Sara
how the professionals smile
with a wide “toothy” smile.
This picture, true to form, has
her smiling “professionally.”
Mollie’s big sister, Morgan, is
a soccer player, therefore
Mollie is too. This is Morgan’s
seventh season and Mollie’s
second.
Last week Mollie’s mother
had to urge her to go to her
game. And, as Mollie is strong
willed, I imagine there was
strong resistance. But she
went. To everyone’s amaze-
ment “little Mollie” turned out
to be the star of the game.
As her daddy, Jon, reported,
she charged back ana forth
across the field enthusiasti-
cally kicking the ball.
Guess what? She made six
goals. Her team won six to two!
I asked Jon on the telephone,
“What did the coach say?”
“Great game!” as he gave
her a high-five.
I wish I had been there to
congratulate her myself.
I nope this weekend she’ll
duplicate her performance.
We’ll be there to go to her game
and to her birthday party on
Sunday. ,
Cheers,
Ol’Norm
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