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- [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 70.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 26 Apr 2008.
Several times driving along Highway 25E near Freeman's Furniture I've watched a hill gradually disappear until only enough of it was left to support a mobilehome. Being curious, I went over to Crowder's and bumped into Charlie and Tommy Crowder. Like I do, Charlie was taking his morning blood pressure pills. He is 78 and plans to stay that way for at least a year. I said, "I didn't know you were that old" to which he replied, "I was nine months old when I was born." Tommy owns the acre-plus lot next to Freeman's and has been removing the hill to make better use of the property. By the time you read this, the trailer may be gone and a lot more diesel too. He confided that he might use $1,000 of diesel a day for his excavation business with prices at $4 per gallon. While we talked, he also asked if I knew about the new business leasing property he has off Transport Drive, which is a short road behind Renner Trucking, another huge user of diesel fuel. There are two giant black tanks in a fenced area. These contain used oil for recycling. The company is Hydrocarbon Recovery, of Spain. A trucker goes about the area picking up oil and bringing it to the depot. The company also recycles antifreeze and fuel.
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