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Letter to the Editor
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS
Dear Editor: 2) Executive Order 10997 -
The American Constitution Provides for the takeover of all
provides for three branches of electric power, petroleum, gas, fuels,
government; they are the and minerals.
Legislative, Executive and the
Judicial branch. The Legislative
writes the law, the Executive sign it
into law and the Judidal examine
the law for Constitutional violations.
The Executive branch has found
a way to got around the Constitution
by a system called Executive Orders.
In 1978, Samuel P. Huntington
drafted for Jimmy Carter
Presidential Memorandum 32,
which led to the creation of FEMA
in 1979. FEMA is the Federal
Emergency Management Agency.
Consider the following Executive
Orders under the authority of FEMA
in case of any National emergency
declare by the President.
1) Executive Order 10995 -
Provides for the takeover of the
communications media.
Websites offer
"E-postca_vds"
Internet users can access the City
of Hinton and the Summers County
Convention & Visitors Bureau
websites and send greetings via e-
mail called E-Postcards. There are
12 pictures in all you can choose
from on both sites," said Cindy
Cooper, City Manager, "so if you
want to sendsomeone a "hometown
hello," it is as simple as clicking a
button and your friend or relative
can have a picture of home instantly.
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Ms. Cooper said the pictures offer
a variety of both Hinton and
Summers County and were all taken
and donated by Carla Leslie. "We
have a good variety, including a
picture of a steam engine, a picture
of the lake, one of the dam, the John
Henry monument, the Graham
House, the courthouse, and some of
the historic district. "A lot of people
have mentioned to us that they
would like to be able to share things
on .the site with friends and loved
ones, so now they can. Plus, this is a
great way to attract more people to
look at beth sites."
Ms. Cooper said for the period of
June 21 - July 20,1999 (a one month
period), both the Hinton website and
the Summers County CVB website
combined remived 23,237 hits. "That
means in one month 23,237 people
have taken the time to visit historic
Hinten & Summers County via the
internet? Top countries who visit
the sites are the US, followed by
Canada, the UK, and Japan. Top
states are Virginia, followed by West
Vmrinia, Caiifomia, and Oregon as
well as Alberta and Ontario,
Canada. rathe Washington, D.CJ
Vienna, Vhlnia area tops the list
of cities for interact visitation," she
said.
The City of Hinton website
address is: w-v.hintonwv.com and
the Summers County Convention &
Waiters Bureau website address is:
www.s.com'Just click on
the E-Postcard button and youl be
ready to go," she said.
3) Executive order 10988 -
Provides for the takeover of food
resources and farms.
4) Executive Order 10999 -
Provides for the takeover of all
modes of transportation; control
highways, seaports, etc.
5) Executive Order 11000 -
Provides for mobilization of all
civilians into work brigades under
the government supervision.
6) Executive Order 11001 -
Provides for governmental takeover
of all health, education, and welfare
functions.
7) Executive Order 11002 -
Designates the Postmaster General
to operate a National Registration
of all persons.
8) Executive Order 11004 -
Provides for the Housing and
Finance Authority ,to, relocate
communities, designate .areas to be
abandoned and establish new
locations for populations.
All of the above were combined
into Executive Order 11490 and was
signed by President Carter on July
20th, 1979 and is in fact la So ff
H. R. 4079 passed and the President
declares a National Emergency, such
as a drug situation or the Y2K
Problem (FEMA) then can
implement all Executive Orders
takeover all local, state and national
government, suspend the
Constitution and do whatever they
want to do.
Oh, what a difference from early
Colonial preachers and today's
preachers. Back then, church
members got their Ecclesiastical and
Political information from the
pulpit. Today's preachecs are ahnost
ignorant about governmental iuues
and therefore, not able to be the
watchman which God called them to
be. (Ezek. 3:16-19)
Listen, dear Baptists preachers,
learn a lesson from the Presbyterian
John Knox, who knew well that
without free enterprise in Scotland,
he could not have preached the
gospel. We are losing our liberties
in America and we need more John
Knox's in our land to stand in the
gap and cry aloud; "Proclaim liberty
throughout all the land. May God
help us."
FIBROMYALG.IA SUPPORT
GROUP
Fibromyalgia Support Group
hustings are held every third Friday !
of the month at the Summers
County Community Wellness
Cent, located on Temple St. at 6:00
p.m,
New and old members are urged
to attend. Everyone welcome.
Disaster at Stillhouse Trestle.
Reprint from The Train
Dispatcher with perm/asion.
On Sept. 27, 1903, No. 97, pulled
by engine 1102, left Washington
somewhat late, lost more time
because of various delays on the 165-
mile portion of the run between
Washington and Monroe, Vs., and
pulled into Monroe an hour behind
time. Monroe was a division point,
where the crew changed. The
engineer scheduled to handle the
train out of Monroe was Joseph A.
Broady, nicknamed Steve after the
well-publicized Steve Brodie who
had reportedly won a bet several
years before by jumping off the
Brooklyn Bridge. Broady had been
working on the Southern only a
month, having come from the
Pocahontas Division of tne N&W.
Broady's fireman that day was A. C.
Clapp and a student fireman named
Dodge was in the cab, learning the
engine and the road. The conductor
was Thomas Blair and the flagman
was S. J. Needy. One verse of the
song written after the wreck read,
"They handed him his orders at
Monroe, Virginia,
Sayin"Steve, you're away behind
time.
This is not Thirty-eight but it's
Old Ninety-seven;
You must put ' er in Spencer on
time,'
From Monroe to Spencer is 166
miles and the train's running time
was four hours and fifteen minutes.
Broady was expected to maim up as
much as he could of the hour-late he
Letter to the Editor
(Leviticus 25:10)
Cail your Congreesman and indst
that he/abe delivers into your hands
a complete copy of H. R. 4079
immediately. Do not take no for an
answer. Rud it and defeat it. Our
very own liberties are at stake.
Loule, Cordova
Beck]ey
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We take orders on
Monday and
dellver on Tuesday
(Within Hinton Area)
Conference
Slated
Dear Sir,
Mining Your History Foundation
in WV ( this is the State
Genealogical group) is planning a
nfetmceoto he helin Wheeling,
WV, October 28, 29 and 30th. We
would like to invite all those who are
doing genealogical research,
especially here in West Virginia to
attend and share in this program.
There will be 18 classes on both
the 28th and 29th (a total of 36
classes) This event will be held at
the McLure House Motel on 12th
and Market Street in Wheeling.
Speakers include: Fred Armstrong,
Margaret Brennan, John B. Briley,
Ken Craft Diane Davis Damley,
Carrie Eldridge, Sister Joann
Gonter, Pat Gouldy, Mary Lou
Henderson, Dr. David Javersak,
James Jeffrey, Larry Mclntyre,
David McKain, John S. Mattox,
Robert T. Messner, James R.
Mitchell, Jean S. Morris, Knren
Cartwright Nance, Kathleen Peot,
Sheri Pettit, Edward Phillips,
Gerald Reiliy, Joy Gilchrist
Stalnaker, Philip Sturrm, Dr.
Edward C. Wolf.
You can either write to MYHF
Conference 99, P.O. Box 6923,
Charleston, WV 25362.0923 or go
onto the web site for Brooke County
Genealogy (one of the host groups)
at http'J/www, angelfire .corn/wv/beg
for details and relgistrations forms.
Early registrations are due by
September 15th.
Vendors interested in
participating can contact Wes
Cochran at: 2515 10th Avenue,
Parkersburg, WV 26101-5829 or use
E Mail wescochran@juno.com:
We do hope to see you in
Wheel!
Happy searching,
Gwendolyn Mackey Hubbard
Pres. Brooke County Genealogy
P.O. Box 144
Beech Bottom, WV 26030-0144
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had inherited when he took over at
the throttle. Experienced railroaders
of that day said in view of curves,
grades and track conditions it could
have been utterly impossible to
have made up an hour on the 4 1/2
hour run. Broady was described as
a fast runner and something of a
gambler, and as soon as he finished
reading his orders, he took off the
bridle and let the 1102 romp."
On the outskirts of Danville, Va.,
there was a wooden structure known
as Stillhouse Trestle which carried
the track over Cherrystone Creek
about 75 feet below. A combined
curve and descending grade made
Stillhouse Trestle one of the most
dangerous spots in the White Oak
Mountain area On approaches to
each side of the trestle there were
signs reading, "Slow Up, Trestle."
But Broady, in his anxiety to make
up time, disregarded those signs and
is estimated to have taken the curve
at full speed. Mountaineers in the
area agreed later that it was
precisely three o'clock that the
locomotive's whistle let out a wild,
piercing shriek, and it was
apparently at that moment that the
flanges of the locomotive wheels let
go of the rails, and the entire train
hurtled down into the gully. So great
was the speed of the ten-wheeler
locomotive that she jumped a full
hundred feet forward from the spot
where she left the track, before
coming to a halt with her nose
buried in the mud bank of the
stream in a cow pasture below.
Another verse of the song gives
graphic description, as follows:
"He Was going down the grade
makin' ninety miles an hour
When the whistle broke into a
screal.
He was found in the wreck with
his hand on the throttle,
And a- scalded to death by the
steam."
A telegrapher on the Southern's
Danville Division at the time, Tom
Acres, reported that those killed
were engineer Broady, Firemen
Clapp and Dodge, Cortducr Blair,
FUND ESTABLISHID
A fund for Brock Wright, son o
Christy and Kevin Wright an(
grandson of City Councilman Bobb.
and Shirley Wheeler, has beex
established at City National Ban]
to aid in the expenses associatec
with his Bone Marrow Transplant.
Anyone wishing to make
donation may do so by mailing it tc
The Brock Wright Fund, c/o Cit:
National Bank, P. O Box 220
Hinton, WV. 25951.
'revenoo agent." One story had it
that he was working as a
telegrapher at the time of the wreck,
at Franklin Junction, VA. (now
Gretna). Another version had him
working as town constable at
Gretna. He arrived at the disaster
BABY ITEMS NEEDED
REACHH is in need of all baby
items. Such as clothes, bottles, pla
pins, cribs. If you would like t
donate such items. Call 466-4659 o
, drop off at REACHH.
scene while efforts were still being If you have borrowed any bab:
made to rescue the injured, and ,items from REACHH and are n,
reclaim the bodies of the dead. longer using them, please return t
According to this own account, he
thought up the words of the ditty I
later to become known as "The i
Wreck of Old '97," and wrote down
the words that evening when he got
home. He and one of his daughters
set the words to the tune of an old
song titled "The Ship that Never
Returned," and the daughter used
to sing it on numerous occasions.
Twenty-three years later, in 1927,
Dave George was driving a mule
team through a village in Virginia
and heard a phonograph blaring the
song. He pulled up the team,
exclaiming, "That's my song!" He
went into the shack where the
machine was playing and talked to
the man who lived there. The
stranger agreed with Dave that he
ought to have some money coming
to him for having written the song,
but Dave, now an old man, did not
know how to go about establishing
a claim. Later he read in a
Richmond, VA., newspaper that the
Victor Talking Machine Company,
maker of the record, was looking for
the composer to pay him royalties
on it. Dave filed a claim, along with
many other persons who wanted to
get in on the royalty money, but the
Victor Company gave Dave no
satisfaction, so in 1930 the elderly
hillbilly took the case to court. ARer
a lengthy civil trial in a Federal
District Court, the court decided in
March 1933 that David G. George
was the original author of the ballad
and ordered the Victor Company to
pay Dave royalities on the 5 million
records it had issued. His share was
estimated to amount to $65,295. But
Dave's elation was short-lived. The
i Appeals Court reversed the decision,
and Dave's attorney :took the case to
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HINTOI, WVa, PHON 4
Mark
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:+::ii R. Ph.
Polio Vaccine: Switch
from the Oral Expected
Vaccination is a measure we
take to protect ourselves and our
family members from conditions
that can cause suffering and death.
Polio vaccination protects against
poliomyelitis and is a standard part
of the immunization of children in
the US and many other countries.
A viral infection, polio can cause
paralysis, respiratory failure, and
death. Before the approval of the
first polio vaccine in 1955, as many
as 21,000 new cases of polio were
reported each year in the US.
The first polio vaccine was
made from the inactivated virus
(IPV) and was given by injection.
Then, in the 1960s, an oral vaccine
(OPV) became available. The
OPV is placed on a sugar cube and
taken by mouth. A problem with
OPV is that a small number of
children who receive it are tis+ k
six postal clerks and 9e employee . the Supreme Court, which voversed
of the Southeastern Express Co. the appellate court and sustained
Seven postal clerks escaped the
wreck with only injuries, and one
clerk, W. F. Pinkhey, escaped
without a scratch. Pinkney was so
shaken, however, that he went
directly to his home in Charlotte,
N.C., and wrote out his resignation,
observing that one train wreck was
enough to last him for a lifetime.
Two Among the hillbillies who
gathered at the scene following the
wreck, to assist in the rescue work,
was an itinerant worker named
Dave George. He had reportedly
dabbled in various jobs as
brakeman, farmer, boxer and even
the lower court. But the Victor
Company kept the matter in court
and enmeshed in legal red tape. An
impasse was finally reached which
could only be settled by another
appeal to the US. Supreme Court.
This was in 1939, and this time the
high court declined to again review
the case.
Thus it is that to this day, the
authorship of "Old 97" remains a
mystery, legally speaking.
POLICY
Letters are welco,% but no more
than one letter each month will be
acceptodlomthe same writer. Pref-
erence will be given to letters of 300
words or lmm. Longer lettm may be
shortened or rejected. Lettms must
be signed and mut include an ad-
drsu and pbene number. The tele-
phone number will not be published.
Lettm will be edited for grmnmar,
spelling, taste, syntax, and libel
Nm will not be wlthhdd.
Addrsu them to Letters to the
F, diter, 1). O. Box 1000, Hinton, WV
25951.
of gtting polio from th,yacinc,
Therisk ns estimated to be about I
out of every 2.4 million doses. Up
to 10 cases are reported annually.
For this reason the Centers for
Disease Control (CDC) is now
recommending that children be
vaccinated with the IPV only. The
goal is to completely eliminate
vaccine-related poliomyelitis. The
American Academy of Pediatrics
is expected to update their vacci-
nation recommendations to match
' those of the CDC.
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