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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-23
COUNTY RED CROSS
ORGANIZES

From letter received we are
informed that the Red Cross drive
for funds will start Oct. 8 and
half the quota of last year is ex-
pected.
The letter also stated that the
Red Cross will not put on any
regular relief program in 1882 but
expects to get some flour and cot
ton cloth. All applications must
come drought the local Red Cross
committeeman.
Carl Peterson and Rev. .. M
Simonson have gone to Havre fol
a meeting, and a meeting will be
held here after their return.
Mr.. Jack Bennett is Red Cross
roll call chairman, and he will an
nounce his committees later on.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-23
COMMUNIST CAMPAIGN MEETINGS

Candidates the Communist ticket starting the
campaign meetings Sunday We want everybody to
come to these meetings and get personally acquainted
with these candidates and find what they stand for
and expect to do when elected
Meetings will be held at the following places at
0 clock D. M:
Sunday, Oct. 2, Quitmeyer school,
Monday, Oct 3, Whitney school, miles south of
Redstone
Tuesday Oct a. Wanso school,
Wednesday, Oct 5, Rose Valley school, west of
Reserve.
Thursday, Oct. g. Griffin school, east of Medicine
Lake.
Friday, Oct. 7. School by John Egeland, southeast
of Reserve
Saturday, Oct 8, meeting hall by Dagmar church.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-23
.NEBR. FARMERS
FOR DEC. MEET
1900 In Meeting at Fremont
Support Call for Relief
Conference

Sixteen hundred farmers met in
Nebraska, on Thursday,
September Is and organized Ne.
braska section Of the Farmers
Holiday Association. At the meet
ing a resolution was adopted which
called on the farmers to struggle
for their immediate demands. The
resolution supported the Washing
ton Farmers Conference which was
called for by the Rank and File
committee of farmers which met
in Sioux City on September 9 on
the day that the governors were
comforting.
The resolution reads as follows
1--WE demand cost of prOduc-
ton for farm products, plus an
amount which will insure us.
decent standard of living
eve demand a moratorium on
mortgages and interest for poor
farmers until the prices they re-
ceive are adequate to insure
them their share Of the good
things of life.
eve demand cancellation of
feed and seed loans made by the
government.
owe demand that the heavily
mOrtgaged land of the poor
farmers be exempt from taxes,
this exemption to take effect be-
fore December 1.
eve demand a moratorium On
rents until prices of farm pro-
duce equal the cost of prci@0'
ton plus an amount for decent
living.
''We demand there be no evic-
tiOns.
1--WE demand increased prices
to farmers come not from higher
prices to city consumers but
from profits of the middleman
and the money interests.
owe support a call for a ma
tiOnal emergency farm relief
conference at Washington when
congress cOnvenes December l.
A paragraph in the conferenC
resolution read:
"Be it resolved that VIC conside
the governors conference at Siou
City dismal failure, and we ca
upon the farmers, farm worker
and those dependent on Nebrask
farming, to join in the strugg
for immediate action"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-23

that was right in this my opinion
about you. You have lied before
the board of county commission
ers, and you have been breaking
the laws of the state of Montana
not once but many times, and you
knew you did it.
You told the county commission
ers that only twice had any of
our county printing been done in
Williston, and / knew at that time
YOU were lying. Later you admit
ted in court, that it was not twice
but eight times that you had vio-
lated the law. You told the men
who worked for you to destroy the
records and you sneaked the coun-
ty printing into town in cars after
dark so nobody should find out
When the county commissioners
ordered you to produce your rec
ords YOU never showed up. If you
are given the limit of law for the
printing crimes you have admitted
YOU will be paying a $4,000 fine
and be spending AZ months in Jail
You are complaining about, why
didn't l insist on calling for bids
after we had cancelled your con
tract. What l was interested IL
first of all was, that the contrac
should be taken away from you
and I knew the majority of the
people in the county were BACKING
me up in this. I wanted to Civ
! it to the Producers News for tn
unexpired term, but had to max
the compromise, otherwise tn
whole thing would have been
(Continued on Page Twol
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-23
ANOTHER BANK IN
MINI. CLOSES UP

The New Auburn State bank Of
New Auburn, Mimi, closed its
doors Friday, Sept. 8, the action to
cease operations coming soon be-
hind the closing of the bank Of
Glencoe, an institution to which it
was affiliated.
The bank had been operated for
a long number Of years.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-23
RANK And FILE
ORGANIZING TO
DEMAND RELIEF
Lem Harris, of Farm Re-
Search to Act as Sec'y.
of Arrangements
MEET IN DECEMBER
Great Farmers Conference
to Place Demands Before
Congress Session

The organization of the Ma
tional Farmers National En-
Urgency Relief Conference is being
carried forward. This conference
was called for by the Rank and
File Committee of striking farm
ers which met in Sioux City on
September 9 On the day that the
governors were drawing up their
anti-strike report.
An executive secretary of the
National Conference has already
been appointed, and state commit
tees are being organized. We print
below a copy of the letter from the
Sioux City meeting, asking Lem
Harris, a member of the staff Of
EARN Research" a farmers re-
search bureau in Washington, D.
c., to serve as secretary:
Sept. 16, 1892
"Dear Mr.. Harris:
GAS chairman of the Rank and
File Farm Strikers meeting have
been asked to invite you to serve
as Executive Secretary Of a Farm
ers' National Emergency Relief
Conference, for Rank and File
farmers, to be held in Washington
ID. c., on December 1, 1882.
GAS you will see by the enclosed
headlines and clipping of the
Sioux City Tribune of Sept. 10
that rank and file farmers strik
ing against the middlemen in the
middle western states have issued
the call. We feel that state com
mittees for the National Confer
ence made up of militant rank anC
file farmers should be organized
everywhere. But to tie these to
gether we need a national secre
tary and conference bulletin to
publish the progress made by thu
various state committees.
eve have no funds nor salaries
We will have all we can do to
raise feed and fuel to move ou
covered wagons on to Washington
We hope that what you say il
your EARN News Letter" is true
that you want "to get at the ker
mel of the deepening crisis" Hell
us to come to Washington and W
! will tell the world as we'll as tn
government.
"Please give our request you
: careful consideration and advis
us as soon as possible whether yo
will be able TO accept the positio
of national secretary. in til
meantime, we shall be IN the fiel
organizing and preparing for tn
national conference.
o "You may address me at 1862
!, Summer Street, Lincoln, Nebraska
S every truly yours,
d Crank and File Farmers
/ Injecting, Sioux City, Iowa
"Sept. 9, 1882
Mr.. Harris asks us to stat
that all inquiries about the con
ference, and all news about TN
. organization of local and stat
- committees should be sent him
4 Mail addressed to him care 10
< Farm Research, will be for
warded, temporarily.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-23

Wednesday evening, Sept. 81,
about eight o'clock twin girls were
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur C.
Erickson at the Sheridan Memoir
ial hospital. One young lady tip
ped the scales at five and three
fou1ths pounds while her sister
weighed six and one-fourth pounds
DIR. Storkan had charge of the
ACCOMPLISHMENT. Reports from the
hospital are to the effect that
Mrs. Erickson and the babies are
getting along just fine.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-23
DUCK SHOOTING TO
START AT NOON

In our last paper we printed that
duck shooting started Oct. 1 at 9
o'clock. We got this information
out of the Helena Independent as
Official" We are now informed
that shooting is not permitted I'M
til IL O'Clock.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-23
Clothes Prices Smashed
at Rodney's

On Saturday, October 1, Alfred
Helm of Westby, the Communist
candidate for clerk of court will
be at Rodney's place with his
large assortment of clothes, which
will be sold at prices never before
heard of in PlentYwood.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-23

Dagmar, Mont.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-23

EVERY UFL MEMBER
A READER OF THE
PRODUCERS NEWS
The Lexington advertiser., 1932-12-15
Liberty Chapel w. M. S.
Names Years Officials

Monday afternoon the Liberty Chapel
officers. A secretary and treasurer
was appointed to relieve Mrs. L. F.
Heard, who is still confined to her home
by illness.
Officers for 1888 were as follows:
Mrs. j. C. Dickard, PRESIDENT; Mrs. j..
X. Boatwright, ce-president; Mrs.
Floyd Jackson, acting recording secre-
tary and treasurer; Mrs. o. W. Broome,
supt. of supplies; Mrs. Nellie Boyd, supt
Of publicity; Mrs. Floyd Jackson, social
relations.
There We're two large boxes packed
at Beulah Baptist church and sent to
the orphanage at Jackson for Thanks
giving. The contributions were food,
clothing and money from the people of
the community. 1t was valued at $41-
As. This was sent the Baptist orphan
age.
The Liberty Chapel community also
sent a liberal donation of useful farm
products valued at $2050 to the Meth
odist orphanage.
1t was all a great pleasure to those
taking part in the arrangement of pack
ages, ali feeling thankful to be able to
help in some manner for this worthy
cause. The boxes were turned over to
Mr.. b. II. Alexander who gladly CON
veyed them to Lexington in ample
time to reach Jackson on proper date
REPORTER
The Lexington advertiser., 1932-12-15
COXBURG

new system of supervised play has
been started and so far has proven a
success. Instead of the old MONDAY
period we have changed the period to
the afternoon. The play ground is di-
vided into 8 divisions with teachers in
charge of each play ground with high
school students helping on all play
grounds below the 7th grade. The
teacher plans the games for the week
and explains them to the high school
helpers who in turn play the games with
the students. In this way new in
terest has taken hold and the observer
doesn't see students sitting around in
small bodies, but all are at play. The
way it works now: Mr.. White, boys
basketball; Barksdale, girls basketball;
Milton, Jr. boys basketball; Miss Brant-
ley, intermediate boys; Miss Thompson,
intermediate girls; Miss Bradshaw, large
girls; Mrs. Herring, first aid and girls;
Mrs. Hocutt, primary; Miss Therrell,
school bldg; Miss Pettus, girls basket
ball
The Lexington advertiser., 1932-12-15
Tchula Church Activities

The W. M. S. met at the Methodist
church with nine members present All
took part in the study of Mark S:27-9
chapter Mrs. J. M. Bedwell being the
Bible study leader. Mrs. Roy Foster
accepted the presidency of the auxiliary
and made most timely talk. She also
appointed her committees for the new
year. Meeting closed with prayer by
Miss Tomme Foster.
The Presbyterian Auxiliary met with
Mrs Hill with 10 members present The
Year Book program was lead by Mrs. W.
M. Rueff. Mrs C. B. Wilson led the
devotional. Those taking part on the
program were Mrs. Shields, Mrs. Hays
and Mrs. W. +. Jones. Meeting closed
with prayer by Mrs. Rueff.
The W. NJ. S. met with Mrs. E. A. San
ders with eight members present Mrs
j. B. Walker led the opening prayer
Mrs. Mary Sheppard led the Bible study
lesson from Deuteronomy After a
short business session Mrs. Sheppard
closed with prayer.
The Lexington advertiser., 1932-12-15

were invited to see the performance.
Mrs. A. S. Gordin and Alfred were guests
OF Mrs. Davis and enjoyed the play very
much.
Mrs. f. A Stewart, another former
Ichula woman, was one of the prize
winners we are glad to note.
Mr.. Jack Duncan of Yazoo CITY was \
social visitor to Tchula Sunday night.
Mr.. Bewell Rutledge of Texas came
over Saturday to visit his sister, Mrs.
Claude Kern. Their mother, Mrs R. r.
Rutledge of Iuka is also visiting Mrs.
KERN.
Miss Mary Sutton spent Thursday and
Friday in Jackson with Mrs. Thomas
Murphy.
Tchula school will close Thursday noon
December %, for the Christmas HOLIDAYS
and begin again Monday January 2. Ii
brary books will be moved to Mrs.
Reuff's home during the holidays. Every
body take notice who has books out or
want to exchange them.
Mr.. Billie Collins, Miss Lola Cox, and
Mr.. Jack Duncan motored up from Yazoo
City Thursday night to see Miss Camille
Wallace.
The Lexington advertiser., 1932-12-15
Mother Goose Festival.

Tuesday night Miss Elisabeth Broome
presented the most unique musical reci-
tai that Tchula has had. All the pupils
both music and expression were dressed
to represent Mother Goose characters
and each one did his or her part splen-
didly. Sam Foose, Jr., as King Cole,
was the radio announcer over T. H. S.
Pauline Jones as Mother Goose and Fran
ces Foose as Old Mother Hubbard called
the characters together for the radio
party. The three men in tub, rub-a-
dub-dub played two pieces on their mu
steal instruments which showed We
would soon have help in the boys band.
The older music pupils showed much
progress in the continuation of their art,
while the newer pupils have progressed
wonderfully under the supervision of
Miss Broome. The Queen of Hearts,
the Queen, The Old Man and His Wife,
One Shoe Off and One Shoe On, Mar
jory Dan, Mary, Mary Quite Contrary,
Mary Had A Little Lamb, Daffodilh, Dr.
Foster From Gloster, Mrs. Peter, Peter
Pumpkin Eater, Jack Be Nimble, Little
Miss Muffett A Dillar, A Dollar, A Ten
O'clock Scholar, Jack and Jill, Simple
Simon, Little Jack Horner, Curly Locks,
Old Woman Who Lives In The Shoe,
were some of the characters represented.
1t ended by grouping all together for
the final Mother Goose song.
The Lexington advertiser., 1932-12-15

The Tchula P T. A. met in regular
session December 7, with attendance, en-
thusiasm and interest surprising any
session vet. Supt. Chapman and the
program committee are to be congratu-
lated on the very attractive year books
which they completed and presented to
the association. Room mothers were
appointed by the president to encourage
membership and attendance. Special
recognition will be given the mother
whose room has the largest number OF
parents in attendance or the largest
number of new members. The teachers
and room mothers are as follows;
Miss Tate 1lth grade-Mrs. T. j. Sweet.
Miss Harrell 12th-Mrs. Jeff Walker.
Mr.. Rose. 10th Mrs. G. W. Ellison.
Mr.. Chapman, 9th-Mrs, Landrum.
Miss Decelle-Mrs. George Buck,
Miss Henry Mrs. Everrard Jones.
Miss Reddock-Mrs. Henry McGee'
Miss Phillips-Mrs. Ned Parrish.
Miss Childress Susie M. Gwin.
Miss Norman-Mrs, Edgar Mayfleld.
After the business session the follow
ing program with Mrs, Bedwell as lead
er was presented:
Sonc-Old Kentucky Home.
Prayer-Supt. Chapman
Christmas Pageant by End, 3rd and Attn
grades.
Miss Norman.
The Americans Greed by Members
Closing Prayer by DR.. Chapman.
The Lexington advertiser., 1932-12-15
Jordan Loses Purse;
Negro Boy jailed

Johnnie Lee Roselle, negro boy of
this city, was jailed Sunday morning
by Marshal J. L. McRae, following
charges made by W. L. Jordan, who
stated the boy had taken his pocket
book containing $27OO from his inside
"o1t pocket while making a fire in the
room earlier in the morning Missing
the purse when the negro disappeared,
~. Jordan, in company with Marshal
AcRac, sought the boy but was unable
locate him. Reporting the affair
10 the negro's father, he was found sew
aral hours later. He denied any
knowledge of the money, but was said
to have spent some money on Beale
St before found. He was later re-
leased upon securing a promise of re-
payment Of the money alleged taken.
The Lexington advertiser., 1932-12-15

Mrs. Ed Wilmington, Jackson, spent a
couple of days with Mrs. Ed Foose and
amily and her brother CASTOR Lyon
tnd family.
| Miss Doris Springler of Gwin went to
jackson Saturday to see All Star movie
Picture.
Mrs. H. K. Buck, Carolyn and Henry
came up Saturday to spend the Sabboth
with her mother, Mrs. Luvia James.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. S. J. Winters of Koscius-
ko accompanied by their guests, Mrs
Harry Echdohl and Mrs. Mcmillan and
son from Oklahoma spent Monday with
mr. and Mrs. Everard Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. George McCune and
nttle daughter, Kate of Kosciusko passed
sarough Tchula enroute to Greenwood to
visit relatives.
George Buck was a business visitor tc
jackson Friday
raul Christy of Jackson made an of
zeal trip to Gwin Saturday and Sunday
Mrs Evelyn Thomas of Meridian
spent the week end with her parents
~, and Mrs. H. L. Sweet.
MISSES Gwendolyn Meek and Rosalie
Netts came over from Goodman Sunday
s;., S;th Mr.. Metts. They enjoyed dinner
p''h thelr schoolmates, Thomas and
howard Sweet in the home of Mr.. anG
rs l. d. Sweet. They spent the after
p'oh vi with Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Foster.
hr. and Mrs. l. W. Carr, Helen anc
were Greenwood visitors Saturday.
enuia lake rose two feet between
.Ana "a morning and Sunday evening
- Is still raining. We are afraic
AZ CT; h@Ver VIII soon be as high as it was
~ MHhrlstmas time last year.
ana lp !, ana ana Mrs. F. w. Gwin, Frank Jr.
N. ~aiie were in Greenwood Saturday
e,;a ;m ana Mrs. B. B. Brannon and B. B
n!Oyed Sunday in Lexington with Mr.
NJ; nrs. u. G. Brannon
H.. Miss Evelyn Childress was on the sick
,nt monday, Mrs. John Howard BeaII
'uostltuted for her.
W. Dan Boyd and Frances Neal have
sith .uhIined =, to the house the past week
ton w. hverard Jones was business Wis.
70 lexington Thursday and Friday
N oharpe Jr. and Byron Sharpe went
greenwood Saturday with Frank Cwir
LADY Rachel Conner, Jane Cordir
"s' Anne McNair and DR.. Sbands
prs put on little play at the mansion
"aay night, their mother and ouosts
The Lexington advertiser., 1932-12-15
TCIIJLA

Mrs. J. C. Cannon and Mrs. H. B. Nc
Gee spent the week end in Columbus
Mrs. McGee visited her parents, DR.. and
Mrs " c. Curtis while Mrs. Cannon
risited Miss Nellie KERN.
Mrs. G.. P. Sharpe and Miss Dot Irv-
inc were Greenwood visitors Thursday
Mrs Everard Jones and Mrs. V. Rein
hard were in Greenwood Thursday.
Mrs A. S. Gordin and son, Alfred Wis
tied Mrs. Davis in jackson Thursday
Trough Saturday.
Mrs F. W. Gwin, Mrs. C. G. Combs and
Mrs. ]. c. Cannon were Greenwood Wis
itors Thursday afternoon
Mr. A. S. Hanks of Carrollton visited
his daughter, Mrs. Wilbur Marshall over
the week end.
Mr.. S. A. Gordin was business Wis
| itor to Jackson Thurday and Friday.
Mr. A. L. Gibson of Memphis paid his
brother, I. E. Gibson a visit Saturday on
| his way home from Jackson wher he had
been with their father. We are glad TO
know the father is improving.
Mr.. R. E. Marshall has been in Belzoni
land lsola the past week where he Sc
|tured work
Mr.. Terry Smith came home from
|Greenville Friday as the rain had halted
work on the concrete work near Leland.
Arthur Gordin spent Sunday in Lex
ngton with his wife and son.
Mr.. E. A. Sanders attended the I. c.
Road Supervisors meeting in Yazoo City
Wednesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Crow, Georgene
and Mrs. Roy Foster were Greenwood
Visitors Saturday afternoon
Mr. G. E. Patterson, of Gulfport, H. A.
Mercer, J. F. Walker, McComb, T. K.
Williams, Jackson and J. E. Rogan were
IN the Official Car which visited Gwin
Friday while enroute to Chicago.
Mr.. W. D. Bee of Jackson made busi-
less trip to Gwin Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. T. J. Sweet went to Greenwood
'riday and brought Thomas and Howard
ONE for the week end.
Mr.. H. Y. Waterer of Yazoo City Wis
ed H. C. Waterer Sunday. We are
orry to hear Mrs. H. c. Waterer is on
ne sick list.
The Lexington advertiser., 1932-12-15
Basketball Schedule.

We have games scheduled with Sails,
Zama, one pending with Canton, and
other teams. We expect to play Lex
ington, Durant, West, Tchula and other
representative teams Of the Big Black
Region. We have already played Crug-
er, Farmhaven and Pisgah. Girls win
ming all games and the boys 3 out of 5.
The boys have probably the best
team ever to represent the school. Led
by Mans Malone elongated forward
playing his final year and playing bet
ter than ever before. Merrill Eakin at
Center is coming along nicely and we
expect him to make some college team
another year. Red Edwards, Vardaman
ferrell and Carl Hoover, the other reg
ulars, will be here for another year or
two, make out the starters. These are
ably assisted by Taylor, Abel Ferrell
Pierce, Pippin and others.
The girls team, while not as strong as
last year is fast becoming one of the
best in the district. We lost from last
years squad Vera Abel, S. c. Fields,
Lucille and Louise Shannon sand Chris
tine Ferrell. But those left and a few
newcomers have changed what was first
thought to be a weak team into a
smooth working machine which will
prove hard to beat. Daisy Abel, Mabel
Roberts, Connie Netherland and Doro-
The Lexington advertiser., 1932-12-15
Telephone Crew Leaves
For Greenville Areas

Tho work crew of the Southern Bell
r.lanhone and Telegraph Co. was sta
ed in Lexington the past week for
.,a W. purpose of attending to several
,ls.l va matters in regard to the toll lines
..s NSa cables of the system in Lexington
snt snt owing to trouble that developed in
M .sa northern areas of Mississippi, they
~sre ordered to report at once.
The crew left for Greenville where
..ncb damage was reported on account
i the freezing weather, telephone
sres. power lines and tree limbs break
inc down following coating of ice and
geet. The weather was reported the
mrst in many years at this season. and
thOusands of dollars worth of damage
dom to the various properties. The
rrsB left here Saturday night at 10
o'clock
The Lexington advertiser., 1932-12-15
Peach Bloom Survives
Recent Wintry Spell
PAGE NINE

Wintry weather with its cold winds,
frosts and freezes, has been very much
in evidence in this territory so far this
season but this did not keep a peach
tree owned by R. D. Hutchinson from
blooming as in the dates of springtime
as evidenced by a spray of blossoms
brought to The Advertiser office the
past week. The trees blooms is very
unusual and is often the case when the
season is milder, but this year is most
unusual Us winter has prevailed prac-
tically the entire year of the months
generally acceded to these early winter
months.
The Lexington advertiser., 1932-12-15
Hog Cholrea, Blackleg
Outbreak at Pickens

An outbreak of hog cholera and black
leg called County Agent Williams to the
Pickens area Tuesday. Over 100 vacci-
nations were made in the section, with
more to follow, it was stated A. P. Var
borough sustained the loss of several
mead OF cattle with blackleg, while C. V.
Maxwell had his hogs vaccinated against
cholera. 1t is hoped that the measures
now started will serve to prevent anv
further spread and losses.
The Lexington advertiser., 1932-12-15
Graded School Faculty
DecOrates Building

The members of the faculty Of the
Lexington Graded School made personal
contributions for the kalsomining of all
the walls of the interior of the building.
The result is a clean and beautiful place,
all brought about through the co-opera-
tion of the ones making it possible by
donations out of their own funds. d.
w. Ambrose, principal, is very proud of
the improvement, and his faculty is to be
congratulated for their pride and accom-
plishment in such a worthy undertaking