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Up The Creek Without A Paddle
I got the best end of this marriage
by Terry Toole
      This is one edition, I don't usually have to wonder what to write about. By the time most of you read this, I will have been married and lived with the same woman for over 52 years. My first wife and "ye scribe" were married on Sunday, January 8, 1956, at Colquitt United Methodist Church right af...
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Father-Daughter Talk
submitted by Lindy
      A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat. With many other liberal ideals, she was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words, redistribution of wealth.
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Paying Respects
submitted by Lindy
      A hunter and his friend were sitting in a tall tower stand near Highway 481 in Maverick Co., TX, early one cold December morning. Suddenly, a huge buck walked out over the corn they had spread in the shrub with a tailgate feeder. The buck was magnificent,a once in a lifetime animal. His rack was...
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Be It resolved...
by Alex McRae
      Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer is still sleeping off Christmas night, the Atlanta Falcons are still sleeping off a miserable season, and the rest of us are trying to decide how we'll face the brave, new year of 2008, which means it's time to help you folks get those New Year's resolutions into sha...
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Gun & Fighting Laws
submitted by Lindy
      This is the law: a. The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. b. The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. "The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental.
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Ebony Dots & Dashes
by Katie Smith
      Mrs. Clara Crockett and Mr. Louis Hayes of Bainbridge left early on Thursday morning traveling to West Palm Beach, FL. They will attend the funeral of Mr. Hilton Reliford, the son of the late Mrs. Josie B. Hayes. Mrs. Elizabeth Sims was dismissed from Miller County Hospital after a short stay on ...
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Letter to Editor
      Terry and Staff, We have lived here for about two years now, and we have observed it is not feasible to run miles away to do shopping and medical visits. It is nearly impossible to get your entire servicing concerns for a car at one place. We read the heading on the Liberal-PULL FOR COLQUITT OR P...
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Georgia women
submitted by Luther Bass
      Three men were sitting together bragging about how they had given their new wives duties. The first man had married a woman from Iowa and had told her that she was going to do dishes and house cleaning. It took a couple days, but on the third day he came home to a clean house and dishes washed an...
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The stackeddeck
by Sam Griffin, Publisher
      An often testy Decatur Countain, now deceased, was famous for his terse summaries of the character and conduct of the more notorious of his day. His most colorful, encompassing and efficient pronouncement may have been: "He's a [so-andso] . . . with other faults, besides." The "other faults," what...
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