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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1927-10-20
HOlmes-Attala Train
Carries Host of Folks
to Natl. Dairy Show

The Holmes-Attala Special to the
from Lexington, Durant and Kosciusko,
carried from these counties an enthu-
siastic group of substantial citizens in
terested in the developemnt of the dairy
industry of this section of Mississippi.
Among those from the Lexington ter
ritory attending the Dairy Show and
Tri-State Fair were: W. L. Jordan, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. H. Moore, K. F. Downer, W.
H. Hooker, J. D. Weeks, DR.. W. r. Brady,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. S. Sample, Joe H.
Moore, B. S. Beall, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. T.
A. Barrentine, Mr.. and Mrs. D. Buck,
rich, Miss Rosa Mae Baxter, Max Irv-
ing Hammett, J. S. Watson, Jr., D. F.
Shanks, Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Johnson, W.
w. McRae, C. ]. Goodell, W. J. Shanks,
Mr.. and Mrs. w B. Peacock, Prof. and
Mrs. G. H. Love, Mr.. and Mrs. R. c..
G. W. Stigler, J. S. Watson, Roger
Sheehy, Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Walton, j..
S. Eggleston, H. P. Watson, W. H. Diggs,
P. j. Rogers, Rev. A. A. Martin, C. P.
Haffey, Mr.. and Mrs. W. X. Durden,, Ray
Harthcock, Miss Margaret Trull, Miss
Sadie McRae, Mrs. j. R. Patterson
Among the colored farmers and lead
ers who attended the National Dairy
Show this week were the following:
James Booker, F. R. Blake, Elsie Collins,
Sally Haynes, Amos GOWNS, Millie Cow
ins, John f. Randell, Geo. W. Randell,
L. B. Booker, Hattie H. Jackson, Eva
Archer, Isadore Montgomery, Walter
Johnson, Joe Saffold, Ed Waddell, A. M.
Horton, A. H. Green, Ed Anderson, Jim
Hicks, Allie Williams, Luena Smith,
Pashie Williams, Margaret Washington.
Daisy Anderson, Rosa Young, Elsie Free
man, S. A. Porter, w. M. Thurmond M.
Ross, James Fry, R. P. Pickett, c. H.
Benson, Martha Benson, John J. Red
mond Harry Anderson, X. A. jefferson,
Essex Brown, Cleveland Hart, Pierce
Johnson, } John Horton.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1927-10-20
Relic of Old South
in New Hands as
Transfer is Closed

Final negotiations for the transfer Of
plantation recently purchased by the
Money Planting Company from MIR. Nor
ris Lewis and associates of this city,
were completed here Monday by Messrs.
j. B. and J. G. Wilson, of Shaw, who
are stockholders in the corporation
formed to take over the big plantation.
Wildwood is one of the old nte-bel-
lum plantations that made the South
famous as the cultural center of the ma
tfon, and remains intact today as it was
in the days of slavery and Southern
gentlemen. 1t comprises some 5000
acres OF tt. finest cotton land in the
delta, ano.h,ss known far and wide as
a wonderfully fertile and productive
plantation. 1t was purchased some time
ago by company headed by Morris
Lewis, Lexington banker and financier,
and its. sale to the new syndicate is 4
matter of general interest.
One of the stockholders is SAID to have
visited the plantation in his childhood,
and to have made the resolution then
and there to some day own Wildwood
which ambition is now realized. He is
c. E. Merrill, member of the New York
investment banking firm of Merrill
Lynch Co., and one of the leading finan-
ciers of the nation. Mr.. Merrill is
native of the South, having been born
in Florida, but is closely connected in
Holmes county. His mother, who was
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1927-10-20
One and Half Pound
Tchula Boy is Pre-
sented a Fine Suit

Master William Nathan Page, 1k
pound son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Page,
of Tchula, is the proud possessor Of
new suit of clothes. The little fellow
is two weeks old now, and he has
boosted his avoirdupoise to the point
that he tips the scales at 2A pounds,
and going strong.
Reading of the little fellow in the
daily papers, the Foster Tailoring Co.,
of Greenwood, had their head tailor,
Charles O'Connor, prepare a long pant
suit, whic has been completed and
mailed to the youngster. The suit is
gray worsted, body and sleeve, designed
and cut by Mr.. O'Connor to the follow
ing dimensons: length of trousers, Ia
inches; waist measure, Is inches; length
center coat back, 12 inches; across coat
back, inches; sleeve length, S u inches.
Of course William Nathan will have to
grow bit before the suit will fit.
Both Mrs. Page and the little fellow
are progressing nicely, the baby seeming
to be bothered not bit because of his
diminutive size. The fact that he gained
2A pounds in the first two weeks of
his life indicates that he will be a
husky boy before long.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1927-10-20
Seventeen Gas Wells
on Cunningham Farm

j. B. Cunningham visited his daugh-
ter, Mrs. C. M Purvis, at the old home
town of Rayville, La, going from the
Confederate reunion at Vicksburg and
returning to Lexington Monday. Mr..
Cunningham once owned five hundred
of land near Rayville, and which now
has seventeen gas wells. Under rul-
ings by the state Conservation depart
ment, fifteen of these are plugged, but
the remaining two are sufficient to de-
dollars.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1927-10-20
Civil Docket of the !
Circuit Court is
Cleared First Week

The first weeks session of the Cir
cult Clerk Of the October term, disposed
OF the civil cases scheduled for hear
ing at this term, the following being
summary of the rulings:
Security Finance Co., vs.. Ray Drug
Co; found for defendant, but by agree
ment, defendant to pay all costs of
court.
International Shoe Co. VS.. J. G. Her
bert; found for defendant, but by agree
ment, defendant to pay all costs of court.
National Coal and Coke Co., VS.. G. B.
i Ramsey Co.; defendants to pay to plain
tiff the sum of $4,000 and costs.
G. A. Wilson, G. W. Stigler, R. T.
Kimbrough, X. 4 M. V. R. R. Co., C. C.
Swianes, A. NJ Doty,. Lewis Truhart,
Virginia Allen in cases numbers 4365 to
1872, VS.. City of Lexington, cause to be
tried in vacation.
Lewis Parkinson VS.. W. R. Crockett:
defendant required to furnish bill Of
particulars setting for the alleged libel
and to furnish the names of some Of
those present when said alleged SLAM
der was committed.
Delta Pine Land Co. VS.. T. P. Ram.
sey and Mrs. Annie J. Ramsey: defend
ants to pay the sum of s614.1O and
costs
Gober's Great "8" Milling Co., VS.. J.
i. Flncher; court found for defendant
in the sum of $264.O0.
Ohio Howe Scales Co., VS.. w. F. Farr
and j. S. Foster; continued for denosi.
tions.
W. J. Craft VS.. Henry Fluellen, ct al.
cause finally dismissed and plaintiff
taxed with all costs.
W. j. Craft VS.. Chas. Turner, dismiss
sed, defendant taxed with costs.
A. +. Swinney VS.. G. H. Ellison; jury
found for plaintiff and assessed dam
ages at 100000.
Maurice Pincoffs & Co., VS.. Lexington
OH Mill Co.; continued.
Mrs. F. j. Owen VS.. John Wash. da.
lehdant pied that suit be transferred
to chancery court, overruled, and de-
fendant excepted
Joe Stewart VS.. Sam Killebrew; clerk
ordered to issue writ of certiorari
Joe Stewart VS.. Sam Killebrew; bill
OF particulars required of plaintiff, Civ
ing date and character of damage COM
planned of
A. A.. Derrick VS.. Illinois Central
Railroad Co.; case dismissed and plain
tiff taxed with damages
Carson, Piri, Scott & CO., VS.. E. j.
Walden; plaintiff to recover damages in
the sum of $2695S.
Tchula Motor Co., VS.. r. C. Boney:
jury found for plaintiff and fixed dam
age at s424.91
r. }. owen VS.. John Wash; jury
found for plaintiff in the sum of s262. 100.
with interest and costs.
"lnona Oil & Mfg. Co., VS.. Mrs. An
ME j. Ramsey and T. P. Ramsey, part
lers trading under the partnership firm
ana trade name of the G.. B. Ramsey
company; ordered and adjudged that
he plaintiff recover the sum of s3e3.0O
With interest and costs.
j. A. Boyett VS.. M. D. Baine; con.
lnued that plaintiff may file bill of
J. R. Buckingham VS.. B. B. Jones ct al,
ION suit.
memphis Coffin Co., VS.. H. M. Cob
ms non suit, cause dismissed.
security Finance Co. VS.. w. A. Hanna:
ury found for plaintiff and damage as
essed at $3S4.75 and costs.
The White Co., VS.. E. C. Johnson:
laintiff to recover from defendant the
um of S. with interest and costs.
Continued on page q
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1927-10-20
Confederate Vets
Had Great Time at
Vicksburg Reunion

After one of the most enjoyable re-
unions in the history of the annual
gatherings of the Mississippi veterans
of the Civil War, the Holmes county
delegation returned to their respective
homes during the early days of the
week.
The Holmes group was particularly
pleased because Captain F. A. Howell,
adjutant to the county chapter, who was
serving as Commander of the Mississ-
ippi division in the stead of Comman-
der G. M. Wroten, deceased, was elect
ed to serve the full term in that posi-
tion.
The Holmes delegates were j. B. Cum
,ningham and Baxter Wilson, of Lexing-
ton; B. F. Porter, of Tchula, and ). 3.
Streater, of Black Hawk, alternates; w.
C. Durham, F. A. Howell, and W. T..
Hopson, Philadelphia, Veterans; John
Shurlds, son of Veterans; Miss Goldie
Howell, of Lexington, Mrs. w. B. Mic
OILS and Mrs. Frank Calender, of Du-
rant, honorary members of the Comman-
der's Staff.
The Carroll Hotel, at Vicksburg, was
headquarters for the delegation and all
report a royal entertainment. In addi-
ton to the meetings, the program in
cluded a boat ride on the Mississippi
river, free entertainment at meal time,
thirty-three mile motor tour of the
Vicksburg National Park, and big
dance participated in by all of the Old
Boys, their wives, and maids and mat
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1927-10-20
criminal Docket for
Circuit Court to be
Heard After Monday

Iohn Carnaggio, possessing liquor.
i. Mullen, manufacturing liquor.
w. Mason, shooting and disturb
I, the peace; same, shooting with in
tent.
Finest Davis, possessing a still.
navid Coleman, having intoxicating
Gpuor in his possession.
R G. Mabry, being drunk and fight
!, IN the streets and in store in
GOODMAN.
RiC. Mabry., wilfully and malicously
uaultng officer Jones and fighting
a the streets of Goodman.
A. Rousselot, assault and battery with
intent to kill and murder.
Robert Frizell with a. deadly weapon,
!, shotgun, made assault upon Sa,'aefs
and Hicks with intent to kill.
Robert Frizell, unlawfully drunk and
dsorderly on the streets of the town
81 Durant
Robert Frizell, unlawfully drunk and
disorderly on the streets of the town OF
hant.
George Allen and E. W. Dean, point
w. pistol at and shooting at A. Rous-
kh; assault and battery with intent
aTl and murder.
Montgomery, assault and battery
Vi Eent to kill.
lh Jones, grand larceny.
Willie Carpenter, assault and battery
~ intent to kill.
lilman Branch, murder.
'oAn Montgomery, petty larceny.
!ohn Montgomery, petty larceny.
Yeyton Green, possessing intoxicating
guor.
Sampson Stewart, assault and battery
kill
henry Hale, burglary.
Joe Sims, Jr. and Wilson Sims, burg
ary and larceny.
George Croser and Gus Taylor, burg
Ay
L. ). Roberts, possessing still.
oonney Gillium, selling liquor.
0onney Gillium, selling liquor.
carrie Jordan, selling liquor.
Martha Under, murder.
Donney Gillium, selling whiskey in
Fhe Town of Cruger.
Dill Sutton, gambling.
'C. Bailey, transporting Intoxicating
liquor.
d Z. Bailey, having Intoxicating IL
paor in possession.
H. Z. Petit, transporting intoxicating
liquor
u Petitt, having more than one
saf' intoxicating liquor in possession.
=. v" Eubanks, fighting with G. c..
"'iams IN the corporate limits of the
own of Durant.
aooert Henry Wright Cor Ford,) SELL
~ intoxicating liquor.
'Onn Holmes, having intoxicating liq-
Il. IN his possession.
s'Ah holmes, selling intoxicating liq-
M. Hyman, DR.. p. M. Smith,
aaf smith, assault and battery
liquors. A' se''''e 'h'0Niea'ihs
y, " Buck, possessing Intoxicating
''Spafa1ions s without permit.
s0n Perkins, murder.
1eh rage, murder.
I..s Parkinson, embezzelment.
va'le Lassiter, grand larceny,
p rerk st0vall, murder.
eating liquor. possessing ''''N'
snith herring, Cor Rogers), Henry
R,it possessing Intoxicating liquor
faps ~ l, Mcbride drunkenness and pro-
iaus !. 1acbrlde, drunkenness and pro-
harrington, having intoxicating
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1927-10-20

and attractive daughter of Holmes, hav-
ing been born and reared on the family
homestead near Owens, few miles east
of Lexington
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1927-10-20
Sincerity and Faith
Girl Reserve Subject

The Girl Reserves met in the chapel
Friday morning as usual and had their
regular service. First thing on the pro-
gram was the roll call which was an
swered with a verse of scripture. Mar
garet Sheehan read the devotional and
gave a talk on Friendship" Some OF
the things she stressed were Sincerity
and Faith.
The meeting was closed with sentence
prayers and talk by Miss Gardner on
Girl Reserve week.
You'll find it in the Classified column.
rons of honor, sponsors, etc. The pro
pram was featured by the address OF
John Sharp Williams, dedicating the
monument to jefferson Davis, and by
the address of Senator Pat Harrison
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1927-10-20

LIQUOR to amount of two gallons in pos
session.
Pat Davis, carrying concealed wea-
pons.
Rex Buchanan, assault and battery.
Floyd Johnson, petit larceny.
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You'll find it in the Classified column
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-24

WILL excuse Murphy's evident
idealization of the McNary- Haugen
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-24

bill, but | wish to have publicly con-
graduate him on his bitter raking of
Cal and Wall Street. Murphy's eco
nomics are bit weak, he seems to
forget that the farmer is suffering
because of the 'fine old institutions
of our gov'ment," over which he
waxed eloquent in praise. All of the
administration delegates praised our
"fine old institutions" in the same
breath that they attacked the force
that created these institutions.
BURKE, president of the Interna-
- tional Brother of Pulp and Sulp-
hite workers, bitterly attacked child
labor, and bitterly denounced the
Legislators that failed to ratify the
child labor amendment. He spoke in
defense Of Sacco and Vanzetti, tho
very briefly. He further declared
that the greatest historical event in
labor's history was the rise to lever
Of the workers in Is. England, Ell
IDENTIFY referring to the labor premier
of old, Macdonald. He burst into an
epilepsy of eloquence when he spoke
of Sam, good old Sam Gompers.
there he paused for applause, but the
audience was strangely unresponsive,
until Hall, who presided began to
clap. (See the three cartoons men
toned above, especially "Gompers at
the Gates.")
THE state of labor must not be
judged wholely by the Minnesota
Federation of Labor. Labor here is
undergoing a painful process of
waking up.
An Anti-war and Sacco-V anzetti
"a demonstration was held in the
city ball. well attended Lundeen,
partner with "Lindy's" father during
the egg-rock-and brick throwing
period Of the world war, gave
powerful speech on the present war
trends. Mahoney made speech that
was passable and aroused the ire of
one local 100 per center who de-
manded if Mahoney was in the pay of
Russia. Duncan, ex-mayor of Butte,
talked on Sacco and Vanzetti.
60 passed another convention. (The
y Anti-war demonstration was not,
l believe, sanctioned by the Fedora
tion-it was radical offshoot of the
same body. The administration
tion-it was radical off-shoot of the
good beer in Fort Frances, the wild
women in International Falls and
Rainier, and of the drubbing they gave
the Reds, especially that Russian
agent, Mahoney.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-24

The Duluth delegate, very white,
broke into a bitter diatribe against
the Reds" Emme, and Mahoney,
when they began to criticize Hall for
his DISQUALIFICATION policy, declar-
ing that "there you go, boring from
within, attempting to destroy our
party"
THE affair became a comedy when
even "comrade" Mahoney was de-
clared to be subsidized by Moscow,
and that his labor journal ''The Union
Advocate" was used by the Commu-
nists to further their boring from
within policy.
1t is only necessary to recall the
part Mahoney played in the Farm
Labor Convention at st. Paul a few
years ago. And in the current issue
he devotes the columns to the agonized
appeal by the Sigman- Hillman clique
to be true to the old union" de-
nouncing the handful of paid Russian
agents., always referred to as ride
ulously small in numbers in one para
graph, and in the next, what hell
of lot of trouble these Lenin agents
do cause? Mahoney in an editorial
rather gloomily comments on the dark
disruptive head (unnamed) that has
destroyed the equanimity of the old
Minneapolis gang.
Yet this Mahoney was labelled as a
Red agent
IN Monday a mass meeting was held
v at the local theatre, addressed by
the venerable Farmer-Labor con-
gresham, Cars, espouser of the
Watson-Parker Law, on what Con
gress- would do to Cal when they got
to Washington. By God! he would
show hint
You understand of course Congress
has the sole" right to declare war;
and what rifles most of them is not
that this peaceful CD war is one of
the foulest events in United States
history, but that Cal didn't consult
them about it. If slaughtering is to
be done. Congress wants to at least
hold the pail to catch the blood in!
MURPHY, somewhere from the Min
ln nesota steppes, made an impas-
stoned plea for the McNary- Haugen
bill, declaring that it was the great
est bill yet created, that the farmers
were aroused, and that any man who
stands for Coolidge had better &C
back and tell Cal what we think OF
him.
II WILL excuse Murphy's evident
idealization of the McNary- Haugen
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-24
Decline of Chinese Agriculture

The second most important agricultural export com
modify silk, product of mulberry cultivation. At
the beginning of the century China the greatest silk
producer, exporting twice much Japan By 1915,
Japan had taken much of the silk trade to
equal China By 1915 Japan supplied 444 of the world
silk supply while China had dropped to $40. Chnas
loss of the silk market had catastrophe effects in the
Province of Kwantung contributing materially to the
growth of the revolution in the South from whence
has flooded all China
The Food Staple
And consider the basic product of the land-rice
China is predominantly agricultural $50 of her people
living directly upon the land Yet she produce
enough rice to feed her people Not only that; the
shortage is increasing year by year Rice production
is declining In 1870 China already importing rice
to the amount of "a million taels per year, 1925 this
had increased to 50 million taels
The of this decline of agriculture lies in the
fact that for years. since the invasion of foreign
nomic forces broke up the old economic balance the
peasant has been and robbed of all his sur
plus and accumulations which has step by step taken
away all his incentive to produce more than barely
enough to exist upon The forms of this robbery have
been peculiar to China. In the article will ex-
plain how the peasanry have been stripped by their
native exploiters.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-24
By EARL BRoWDER.
ARTICLE III.

In such slight attention as has been given to the
has been customary blame his ills upon the mtarsts
and upon the civil which has ragged internationally
Since 1911. The trouble, however is much deeper than
this. Mitarism and civil have simply intensified
tendency already existing Chinese agriculture en-
tered into deep-going crisis simultaneously with the
final breakdown of the sef-sufficng economy of the
countryside under the impact of foreign machine civil
cation This may be dated somewhere in the last quar-
ter of the 10Th century.
Data on Crops.
1t is very difficult to get reliable statistics on any
phase of Chinese economy this difficulty is especially
great in of agriculture. But enough is known to
the broad outlines of this and of most of the major
problems We know definitely that Chinese agriculture
has been breaking dow, for than thirty years
This be clearly traced in the export crops, be-
cause customs statistics the most comprehensive
and reliable.
The Tea Export.
Tea has long constituted Of the chief agricultural
products of China In $780, 459o of all Chnas exports
was tea; by the end Of the century it had dropped
1891 in 1919 it further reduced to 80, while by
1921 it but slightly than 2. Great Britain
purchased 1870 of her tca from China at the beginning
Of the cenry in 1925 her purchases dropped to slightly
more than 29. Tho money value Of tea exports,
ago per year for 192325, less than half what it had
been in the years 190710 China is thus rapidly losing
one Of her principal agricultural markesthe world tea
trade
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paralyze their resistance and have the
way for complete subjugation-not
only to Green and Won but to Wall
Street and Washington.
Green's closing speech at the Wash
ington convention told the handpicked
Latin-American delegates" there
what was expected of them in this re-
gard. Instead of being a clarion call
to struggle against American i'm
perialism it insisted in the most de-
liberate way, on the necessity of dis
arming Latin American suspicious!
Green's Final Instructions.
This last word of Green's so clearly
betrays the purposes of the so-called
Pan-American Federation of Labor
that I shall let it be the final word
OF the present article also:
What is needed most of all is
confident trust and faith among
the peoples of Latin America and
the United States. A large per-
centage of Latin-Americans have a
suspicion and distrust of the Uni
ted States. That suspicion, that
distrust should be removed. If we
are to develop commerce trade, un-
derstanding and confidence among
the peoples of the continent, it must
be removed. The Pan-American
Federation of Labor can serve in a
wonderful way in removing sus-
picion and creating a common un-
derstanding.
MAY l suggest that ON YOUR
RETURN HOME YOU REMEM-
Der THE SENTIMENTS Exc
PRESSED HERE, and inspired BY
those sentiments, YOU BE AM
BASSADORS TO PROMOTE THE
SPIRIT OF COOPERATION TO
WHICH l HAVE REFERRED IN
THESE REMARKS. Let us raise
the standard of citizenship in all
nations on the American continent.
For all this we can unite, we Amer
leans laying aside our prejudices
and you Latin-Americans your sus-
picions."
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has again acquired the hegemony i
European affairs. It holds the initia
tive in international colonial policy, i
dominates the League of Nations, i
leads the united capitalist from
against China and the Soviet Unior
China and the Soviet Union AS tn
Key Positions of the War.
5. All the antagonisms among TIL
capitalist states themselves recede ir.
to the background before the dividinI
line that divides the whole world int
two camps: one, the Soviet Union an
revolutionary China, the other, tn.
whole of the capitalist world. Chin
and the Soviet Union are the Ike.
positions of the whole internations
situation. 1t is at these points tina
the clouds of war are gathering mos
thickly. China and the Soviet UniorI
occupying the greatest part of tn
territory of Asia and half Of Europ
with their unexpected economic re
sources and hundreds of millions O.
population, represent two inexhausti
BILE reservoirs of raw material AM
two enormous markets. The figh
for these two immense markets is
life and death struggle for interna
tional capitalism and will proceed
continuously until the world prole
tariat overthrows the internationa
bourgeoisie.
ITO Be Continued.)