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Show OHIOAN WROTE DIXIEWhenever DIXIE DL'XIE DLXIE DIXIEWhenever ' DL'XIEI I Whenever the stirring stimng tune of 'Dixie Dixie 'DIXle DIXle ' " is playedparticularly played playedI playedparticularl playedparticularly I . particularl particularly } in the South , it is met with hearty ap- ap applause ap applause applause - plause Thus do Southerners Sutherners Sdutherners S utherners pay tribute tnbute , uncon uncon- unconsclously unconsciously unconsciously - : sciously sclously as a rule , toan to - an -an Ohio YankeeFor YankeeFor Yankee YankeeFor For ' Dixie Dooe ' was composed by Daniel Damel DecatUl Decatur DecatUlEmmet DecaturEmmet DecatuiEmmet Emmet , , bom born in Mount Vernon , Ohio Oh10 , in m 1818 Em- Em Emmet Emmet Em Emmet - met , like that other writer of Southern songs , , Stephen StephenFoster StephenFoster StephenFoster Foster , , never lived l1ved in the SOuthEmmet SouthEmmet South SouthEmmet Emmet was one of the organizers of the first firstnegro firstnegro firstnegro negro minstrel mmstrel company to tour the country , formed formedin formedin formedin in 1S42 1842 , , when it opened in m Chatham Square Theatre TheatreNew , , New York He was v.as vas ass . afterward afterv.ard aftervard . associated with Dan Dsin DanBryant DsinBryant DanBryant Bryant , and in m 1865 he formed his owncompany own - company -company . He Heretired Heretired Heretired retired in 1878 and died in m 1904 at the age ot of o 139 89 9 . The song "Dixie Dixie "D1xle D1xle " " was written wntten in m 1859 and and instant Instant- instantly Instantly instantly - ly became popular . The South adopted it . and now nowafter nowafter nowafter after 75 years it stirs stlrs its hearers with und1mlmshed undiminished und1mlmshedenthusIasm undiminishedenthusiasm undiminished'enthusiasm undiminishedenthusiasm undiminished'enthusiasmIn ' enthusIasm enthusIasmIn In 1927 a tablet to Emmet's Emmets ' memoryas memory \ was \\as as \ un- un unveiled unveiled un unveiled - veiled in the churchyard of the Calvary .Ep.lscopal Ep.lscopal Eplscopal .Episcopal Episcopal .Ep.lscopalChurch . . .EpiscopalChurch EpiscopalChurch . .EpiscopalChurch Church at Fletcher , , N . . C , , the first memorial memonal erected erectedto erectedto erectedto to him in the South , marking another link 1mk . in the thechain thechain thechain chain chainhlCh \ which \\hlCh hlCh binds the reunit reunited d country . , Those who borrow bon-ow bon ow - trouble have no difficulty diff1culty m to mobtammg toobtaining inobtaining obtammg obtaining a renewal of ot the loan loanAnother Another paradox parado paradoa . is that American Amencan hotels seldom sel- sel seldom sel seldom - dom operate on the American Amencan planI plant plan planRemoving I t j i . .e e . . .eRemoving Removing RemoVlng the teeth will wIII cuie ewe CUl e some things thmgs ; ; , mcludmg in including m- m in- in including - cluding cludmg the 1 belief qehef elaef that it will WIn cuie cUle cure everythingThen everything everythmg everythingThen Then there is 1S the fellow feUm\ feUm feUmwhose \ whose idea 1dea of fame is to toha tohave tohave ha have \ e one of his 1us testimonials test1momals read over the radioIf radio rad10 radioIf rad10j j If automobile automoblle production continues contmues brisk bnsk we may mayeventually mayeventually I eventually have ha\e ha e \ \ two t\\0 t 0 \ cars for every e\ery e ery \ filling f1IImg stationWe station stationWe i We lend money to other countries countnes so they w111 will w111become willbecome willbecome become our customersVhy customers \ Why \Vhy Vhy doesn t oui om our grccer try thaton that thaton thaton on us0 us'3 us3 us ? ' us0Scientists us'3Scientists Scientists Sc1enhsts sav say farming farmmg is 1S 20,000 20000 , , years old And Andthe Andthe Andthe the idea of farm relief rellef , w \ we e imagine 1magme , is 1S at least 19 19999Sears 999 999years years ears oldA old oldA 199991 , A naturalist natural1st says a bear111 bear \ will \\111 111 williun \ 1 -iun iun - un if you look It itstraight itstraight I Istraight straight in the ee eye } We have ha\e ha e \ no ambition ambltlOn to prove he heis heis heis is \ wrong rong wrongIt It is 1S estimated esbmated that only 40 per cent of personshave persons personshave personshave have bath tubs But perhaps the others do not have havethe havethe havethe the urge to sing smg , . A radio rawo comedian comed1an has been found bound boUl1d and andgagged andgagged andgagged gagged This may be the beginning beg'lnning beglnning ' of a movement movementthat movementthat movementthat that ought to succeed |