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Send your written and signed opinions to the Editor, P. O. Box 480040, Linden, Alabama 36748
Wr&mrhe le .Rheir ODinlons Send Your Letter to P. O, Box 480040. Linden
The Democrat-Reporter Resources, statistics on animal of the road or even, as happened
Box 480040 abuse show a sharp correlation recently, left in the bottom of a
Linden, Alabama 36748 between animal abuse and other dumpster. Is a life really that worth-
crimes, including rape, robbery, less? I think not.
March 30, 2015 murder, sexual homicide, domestic We as a community need to show
Dear editor: abuse and more. Studies show responsibility in watching for signs
100% of Sexual homicide perpetra, of abuse and neglect, reporting it,
I am writing to you to express my tors (like Jeffrey Dahmer) started by and making certain that we all take
opinion about the treatment of ani- abusing animals. Even law enforce- it for the serious violation of our
reals in West Alabama -- specifical- ment, prosecutors, and social work- standards that it is. It says much
ly cruelty to animals. Animal cruel- ers say show me an animal abuser about us as a community when we
ty can be either deliberate abuse or and I'll show you someone with a don't adequately address such a
simply the failure to take care of an long rap sheet. Thus, we all need to serious issue. And while we are at
animal. Both way, and whether the get behind toughening laws for ani- it, let's make sure we support the
animal is a pet, a farm animal, or mal abuse and treating incidences efforts of BigBee Humane Society.
wildlife, the victim can suffer terri- such as the beheading as the serious They will gladly accept donations
bly. incident that it truly is. of funds, supplies, and time. They
People with emotional problems Neglect (yes, another form of take care of the animals fortunate
or. ~,o r,~cued with almost
shoot, or stab animals or set them on right food, water, shelter, or vet no resources and not nearly enough
fire. We have no doubt all heard of care. Because their misery goes on appreciation.
the teenage boys from Wilcox for so long, animals who die of neg- We can and must do better.
Academy who beheaded puppies lect can suffer just as much as ani- Forgive the vernacular, but people
and then sent the video to their mals who are harmed on purpose, who heartlessly drop animals are
friends. Those who abuse animals This includes spaying and neutering the worst kind of scum.
are very likely to be violent to other pets to keep populations under con- Sincerely,
people ----even their own family, trol. Every day, animals are discard. Deidre Snipes
According to HG Legal ed in Demopolis and left on the side Gallion, A1.
Terri Sewell, our Seventh Congressional
District Congresswoman, is proud of her black
heritage and advocates its prominence in
America.
She understands that blacks and whites in
Alabama can and will and have been working
together on jobs, education, and social projects
for 60 years, but there is reluctance in her atti-
tude about trusting white Republicans.
Republicans believe in capitalism and the
free enterprise system. Barack Obama and
Sewell believe in the government running all
business, industry, education, health care, and
banking.
That, folks, ain't why America was estab-
fished. Our forefathers wanted to get out from
under the heavy hand of King George of
England. Of course, it was King George who
ran the slave trade and filled America with
black Africans. He sold them like cows and
horses and the owners of plantations, industry,
and business bought them. In the South, the
plantation owners fostered social, family, and
religious life for the slaves.
In the North, it was way after the Civil War
did the slaves gain their freedom.
Sewell isn't aware of this. He mind training
has been all anti-South.
Now she wants payback for blacks.
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Alabama State Port Authority dedicated its
$36 million steel coil handling facility at the
Port of Mobile. The facility was constructed on
a 40 foot deep ship channel.
Jimmie Lyons is the docks director. He spoke
at the dedication. Hetold the audience that the
port handled over five million tons of steel in
2014. He listed the covered and open storage
areas. The open area will handle 700,000 tons
of steel annually. The 50 jobs needed to operate
it will pull down a salary of over $2 million
annually. At full build out, another 194,400
square foot bay area will add another 50 jobs.
He showed how the port is equipped to ship
on five Class i railroads, two interstate sys-
tems, and nearly 15,000 miles of inland water-,
way connections.
He did not mention Highway 43 which is
four laned from Mobile to Thomasville.
From Thomasville north, it is still a World
War 11 highway. That was 75 years ago.
Folks, Sen, Richard Shelby is responsible for
the growth at the Port of Mobile. He can be
responsible for Highway 43 being four laned
north to Tennessee. He needs a little help from
the Alabama Legislature and from the local
mayors, councils, and commissions. With their
help, West Alabama can flourish.
This needs to be done for future generations,
not necessarily for us but for our children and
grandchildren.
Government run programs just don't work
with common sense. They start with a huge
outlay of public tax money and usually never
end.
This would indicate to our public ottic.ials
that an end date should be included in every bill
that is passed. Most programs are cloudy by 10
years and have little to offer the public.
If at the end of 10 years, if the program is
viable, let congress vote to renew it for 10
years.
Of the hundredS, or is it thousands, of pro-
grams in the fede/'al budget only a few would
get renewed.
That would reduce the need for revenue and
that would reduce our taxes.
The fast programs which need to be elimi-
nated through a phase outprocess are the
United States Department of Agriculture, the
United States Department of Education, and the
Department of Justice. Let them have less
money gradually over 10 years until they get
none.
Prime example of outdated programs are
Social Security and the government mortgage
programs like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
All Of these were fine until they became
mature and began looking like cash cows for
the bureaucrats. The tinkering with Social
Security to give people who never paid in to it
benefits shows the government is using these to
buy votes like Santa Claus.
Smart people now plan their own retirement
programs and do not need the government.
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OLD TIMES BY THE LATE JOEL D. JONES
ORIGINALLY PUBUSHED NOVEMBER 16, 1939
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I have had several communications from Charles
Mortimer Glover, of Santa Barbara, Calif who is
very much interested in the history of the Glover
family. Someone was kind enough to send him a
copy of The Democrat-Reporter which contained my
write-up about the Glover family, and he requested
me to send him additional information, which I did,
and he writes me that he has been suffering for five
years from a nervous breakdown after the tragic
death of his wife. He took up the genealogy to dis-
house his father built a spacious Mansard, slate-
roofed mansion, and the old orchard took on new life.
It was within a half mile of beautiful Peconic Bay,
with a bevy of brothers and sisters, youthful joys
filled every hour.
Boating, bathing, tub racing, clamming crowded
days with pleasure. He said being proud of his red
topped copper toed boots he trudged to district school
through summer dust and mud, and braved the fairy
land of sleet and snow in winter. He says that Vaca-
tract his mind, and it assisted in his recovery,tLon time found city cousins enjoying the beauties of
although he is'far from well: Mr.'"ftover'~lras~;,~b~-~-~e~country with them, and these were joyous ~e~ i
~ilishedhis first edition of genealogy~t~Glaver~]+=~d. Cl~a~a tlae,bluffs of Long I~
clan, which he has sent me a copy. It is a beautiful
piece of work, neatly bound, and is illustrated with
photographs, and in all it is a beautiful genealogy of
the Glovers.
He began with the first generation in America,
which was Charles Glover of Boston, Lincolnshire,
England, came to
America and settled at
Salem, Mass in the
year 1632. His first
wife Elizabeth died
March 6, 1647. His
children were: Eliza,
born May 13, 1640;
Mary, bom May 23,
1642; Samuel, born
June 21, i644. He dis-
covered his second
wife in 1649, and she
soon died after. His
third wife was
Elizabeth Saunders, a
widow whom he mar-
ried February 12,
1650.
Soon after this mar-
riage he removed to
Southold, Long
Island, where a tract
of land was granted
him on Hallock's
Neck to be used as a
shipyard. He followed
the shipbuilding
industry until he died
in January 1665.
Mr. Glover, here
takes up the second
generation, with
Samuel Glover, son of
Charles Glover, who
was born June 21,
1664, and died May
29, 1715. He married
Sarah Moore, and their
children were: Samuel Jr ' William and Hester. He
traces the family on down to the eighth generation
which begins with his father, William Henry Hobart
Glover, who was born in New York City, to Eliza
Jane Fisk by Rev. Thomas I. Sawyer. To this union
was born eleven children of which Mr. Glover was
the fifth child, and he was born in New York City,
January 8, 1863. He married Oct. 8, 1884, to Emily
Rogers Clark, daughter of Richard Innis and Sarah
Wool Clark, of New York. She was born April 14,
1865. After her death he married December 1, 1917,
to Jessie Lee Hart, who was born at Newton, Kan
April 14, 1881, and died March 5, 1934. There were
three children by his first wife, Haroid Montimer;
Hester Clark, and Edna May.
Mr. Glover writes in-his genealogy, of the "Old
Orchard Home" at the comer of Main Street and
Harbor Lane, Southold, Long Island, New York,
where his childhood happy hours were spent. The
original house, said to have been built about 1665, is
still standing. The east end of Long Island was still a
part of the New Haven colony. New York, was still
New Amsterdam, and the United States had not come
into existence. Mr. Glover says, adjoining this old
The late
Joel Desaker Jones
Sound but two miles distant breaving breakers that
dashed upon a beach of pebbles that flashed colors of
every gem; gathering pond lilies and beach plums,
and picking huckleberries and blackberries engaged
their youthful energies. These were happy days,
reminds us of our days along the same time, as there
is only two years dif-
ference in Mr.
Glover's and my age.
While we did not have
the breakers and
beach, we had the
Tucker and Dunning
mill ponds and the
creeks to play in, and
plenty of pond lilies,
and berries'to gather.
Such people of that
age can look back
upon these days and
remember many
things that have
passed never to return.
Mr. Glover says
that, his Aunt Nancy
Glover, married Israel
Peck, and they lived
in a home called "Oak
Lawn" in Southold,
the home was hid
behind a high ever-
green hedge, which
extended from the
main street to the
banks of the creek,
encompassing a race
track. He says his.
uncle Israel was
responsible for the
planting of elms that
graced the main
throughfare, making
the town what one
might call the "
loveliest village of the
plain," he says, under these trees, as a boy, he visited
his Aunt Nancy which always a delight. A huge cider
press, operated by horse power, was a marvel to him,
and spearing eels and crabs at the Creekside filled
many sunny hours.
There have been found io be six original American
ancestors of the name of Glover. It is recorded that
Williamson Glover, about one hundred years ago,
operated a steamboat named "Allen Glover" on the
Tombigbee between Demopolis and Mobile.
The Army, Navy and political life have drawn
upon the Glover family. A statue to a Glover stands
on one of the principal streets of Boston in honor of
military services. W. Irvin Glover was assistant
Postmaster General in the Hoover administration.
Mr. Glover is now working on his second edition
of genealogy of the Glover clans, and wants photo-
graphs of any old Glover home that might be in this
country, and wants information of the young genera-
tion of Glovers. I have furnished him with the Hon.
G. G. Griffin's name and address, and I am sure Mr.
Griffin can furnish him with some interesting infor-
mation, as his mother was a Glover.
So long until next time