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...Martin Countian seeks to be judged by its enemies, and the paper has them: it has been sued seven times for libel but has yet to lose a case. Marcum has been punched by people he wrote about and arrested on charges that were quickly dropped. Says he: "Martin County is a good example of what can happen to a place when it receives no media attention. That is the breach I stepped into...
...last few years, however, county residents have gained a new champion, which was probably largely responsible for the sweeping turnover in the recent election. The Martin Countian, "A Paper With Integrity," began appearing seven years ago and has since earned great local respect for its frequent exposures of public officials. The paper has delved into land, taxes and other issues of concern in the county, as well as publicizing many scandals, which residents are afraid to mention themselves. "It wasn't hard for me to catch [these local officials]," Horner Marcum, editor of the Countian says. "People just wanted their...
...Times also lasted only one year, but Kirk has proved a determined opponent. So far the Countian has been sued nine times--four times by John Kirk, five times by his clients, relatives or friends. Although the Countian has yet to lose a case, the situation has been trying for Marcum and his few reporters. Countian reporters have been stonewalled and physically attacked by county officials, and once, when word got out that the next issue would captain names of all voters who had entered the voting booth in pairs, the Times ran a banner headline proclaiming "Homer Marcum Buys...
Rural, red-faced Stewart Andes Maples, a Rutherford Countian, let his dental plate fall twice as he inveighed against "infernal, shameful roadhouses," click-clacked his support of Roosevelt "as a good Samaritan." Back snapped Mrs. W. C. Branch, "I have a little boy . . . who asks for nickels like they grow on trees. Mr. Roosevelt reminds me of my little...
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