Show comments from dixie by E A DAVIS cleveland tenn genius may have it limitations but stupidity is not thus handicap ped take for example the entre pre neur from miami florida who bought an acre of ground from the owners of the farm on which davey crockett was born near greenville tennessee he plans to sell this lot off in parcels of one square inch each at a dollar per the deed will restrict the owner to residential buildings only at a dollar an inch an acre will yield over two million and it will be a seller s market all the way davey was an american pio pioneer neer and politician born in 1786 he met his death in the battle of the alamo in 1836 along with another hero colonel bowie As heros go crockett was not the least nor was he the greatest of our contributing fore bears and founding fathers for the past few months we have witnessed and probably participated in a sustained almost hysterical glorial I 1 cation of this somewhat mediocre pioneer and when we take into con the stature of the men with whom we are comparing him and their heroic feats I 1 think davey would be well satisfied with a rating of mediocre what triggered this prolonged eulogy are we at the mercy of any one who can write a catchy ballad the praise and popularity heaped on the memory of davey our belov ed indian fighter is all out of pro portion but maybe we aren t the dupes of the promoters perhaps this I 1 is our safety valve like the ones on steam boilers that pop off when the pressure gets too high moderation is the inseparable corn com panion of wisdom but with it genius tance colton has not even a nodding acquah everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an un stable foundation seneca |