Word: calhoun
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...drive a stake. Because the stake marked the end of the new Western & Atlantic Railroad, the town-to-be was called Terminus. By 1843 Terminus had ten families and one more railroad, and Governor Wilson Lumpkin had a daughter named Martha. So Terminus became Marthasville, and Statesman John C. Calhoun in 1845 saw what was to come: "Such is the formation of the country between the Mississippi Valley and the Southern Atlantic coast . . . that all the railroads which have been projected or commenced . . . must necessarily unite at a point . . . in the State of Georgia, not far from the village...
...States was a cosmic incident but not the end of the world. Savannah and Decatur (doomed to be a mere suburb), Macon and Augusta might mourn the life that was gone; Atlanta had business to do: rebuilding, shipping to and from the whole southeastern U. S., as John Calhoun had foretold, growing to 22,000 by 1870, 89,872 by 1900. Georgians who were not Atlantans had a saying: "If the folks in Atlanta could suck as hard as they can blow, they would suck the ocean up to their city limits and have a harbor!" At its vital crossroad...
...remark . . . that I have no doubt both Mr. Benton and Mr. Calhoun apprehend that I may be a candidate for reelection, for which there is not the slightest foundation My mind has been made up from the time I accepted the Baltimore nomination, and is still so, to serve but one term and not to be a candidate for reelection...
This victory gave Captain Jack Calhoun's eleven a successful season of only two defeats in a long and hard schedule...
...games in what was decidedly a tough schedule, the Yardlings really hit their stride last Saturday in a 3 to 1 win over Brown. Then to top that off, they beat the Varsity 5 to 3 in their last scrimmage. The only disheartening feature is the fact that Jack Calhoun, the captain, and Bill Mayer are both troubled with leg injuries which may curtail their playing efficiency...