Press: Southern Scorcher

Fred Sullens, editor of his own paper, can write what he wants to write, and does. Once, when a politician he opposed was scheduled to make a speech, Sullens announced: "There will be a buzzard swarming at Poindexter Park tonight. If you have buzzard appetite, go out and enjoy yourself. But please go home to do your puking. It costs money to clean public parks. . .." Another time, when Mississippi's Senator Theodore ("The Man") Bilbo visited Europe after being elected a second term, Sullens wrote: "When Bilbo reached Denmark, the band played...

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