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Evening star., 1946-08-26
N. 7. Curb Market
LIST INCLUDES ONLY sELECTID ISSUES
CHANGED FROM P1EvIOUS CLOSE

ON S8EvIOUS CLO8k
closeiInvest Roy .O4 ~
- lKaiger-Frazer 13h
17NI IKobackerStr 80 lAih
- LakeShoreM ~ 13M
42.h|Long Island Ltg La
Z Louis L 6 E 60 14Ih
51lMcWill Dredge 17h
26tMemph NC .lOe 81
01sl Midw Refine 30 ~
0M Miller Wohl 80. 1AA
~I MiningCorpCan .
3kINat Fuel g .SOa 16k
~ New Jers z 2e ~
2z,s|Niagra Hud PVT lzM
- mo Am 1t az ~
2oMl EorthropAircA 12h
2ibI ogden Corp 3E- ia
7Mt9an Am Air VT SM
zAl Pantepec OIL "a loA
l0M! PennToad lsg-- m
IL Premier Gold 1z1s
2 QuakerOat 4tae 1o6ih
20 R-K-O opt war 80
5MlRaytheon Mfg 15h
36Al Richf1eld Oil WV 7A
AsIRoeser&Pend " a.
eo3tISt Regis Paper l7N
13hlsehin Co l 4A,A
AZ ScovillMfgl.so 3e7t
IL Segal Lock ~
1oskI kISherwin-Wms 3 1A7
3hIsolar Aircrfs. go zlN
0hi Soss Manuftg u 10
73tiSoCalEdB pf1 "a. 31M
31MlStand Brew IA
@AtStd OilKy 1.40a 3@,h
; lStd Power q 1t ~
- Sterling Inc Ab 1s1s
zlNl Sun Ray Dr.. 81
3AITrt-contl WV 81
6h)UdyliteC Corp.34s 13A
26h| Unexcell Chem IA
z11SIUnit Corp WV. !
1AiUnit II d Rys I zSh
Al y s & Int Sec -. ~
15M|US Radiator l6,h
IL UtAh-Ida 8 .15e 8
1oh Waltham Watch 15A
y. Whitman Kg ~
13Mi Wrfsht-Hg h,2O 81
ends In the foregoing table
rSements based on the last
ltannual declaration. Un-
tied, special OF extra divi.
included. Z Also extra or
Itoek dividend. d Cash or
d o. paid SO far this year.
K. gPaid last year. b Pay.
IN funds. K Accumulated
: declared this year. a New
warrants. ~ Without
Evening star., 1946-08-26
Chicago Groin

CHICAGO, Aug. 26 F1.-Grains eased
today n the wake. Of heavy runs Of un :
derweisht hogs and poorly fed, cattle ar
Traders saw the, abnormally large market
ms as iorecastinE rsduced demand for
A CAUTIOUS attitude developed toward
wheat trading In view of the possibility
that ceilings might be renewed on the
fustng to make any trades for Gus
toners In the bread cereal. while others
members only
Corn finished 7s-1A lower than satur-
days close January, 1.32., and oats
quotations on wheat were down 1A-4 cents
from opening prices: January closed at
/ .g4: March. LA, and May, 1.92,
Evening star., 1946-08-26
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. ILL.,. Aug. 20 Up, .osDA.-
Hogs. $500; market slow; early sales to
shippers and city butchers on weights over
10 pounds, 200 under Friday. 2.OO.2 so
below Saturday; nshter weights Is to LOO
or more under Friday; sovs about 800
lower; early s.les. sood and choice. l75; $50
bids, 1900 and iess: i3o-l5O pounds,
1e.26-50;. 90 100 pounds. i7.oO-ls.S5;
Cattle, $500: calves, 5000; about steady
with last weeks close. although most in
terest being shown in fed material one
small lot good to choice steers, 24.SO. and
load, q 90; few consisnments medium to
GOOD. 10. 9.50-23. 90; good to choice heifers
and mixed yesrlings. l9oO-2276; medium
kind, 14.50-17.50: few GOOD cows. 1850
1890; common and medium beef cows,
1o5o-13.0o;. Gamers and cutters, $50
1900: medium and good @ u sausase W % bulls
u GO GO -ddaa:6o: L: choice yealers, $50 hisher
nominal range slaughter steers, Il 90
-. 90; slaughter heifers, I0.09-26.6O;
Sheep, $500; receipts mostly trucked in
native spring lambs; market not estab-
Evening star., 1946-08-26

TcOAY'0 SAL1
tRsDorted IN DollAfsl
Domestic 4 80 COO
FOREIGN -. 100 oool
q 8 Govt , ooo
TREASURY. Close
2hs 7O-66 los ~
NEW YORK CITY
SB 80 11oA
PORN0N. Close
Antwerp IS 60 1o5
Argt Il 7c Apr 1oo9t
Buen A 43ss n 100
Chile 6s 90 asd 27h
Colombia 81 20 S7A
Dsnmk 51ss 81 loAM
Urug d 4fss 10 -
DOMESTIC. Close
Ala Pwr 3Nss ~ lo9Ls
Am TAT IS So 147N
Am Tat :ss4s7D 1oA
AmT&T 2Hs SO 1ooA
AmTobaeco3s00 1o6A
B&O o6 a -
B&o 1000 D. -
D&O cy 90 66iA
HAsO 30 WSn so e9N
Beth 6tl gas 10 1o3.A
Dost Ne 4hs 10 G5h
BufRosh& &PBTst o51A
Bush Term 6s66 S99t
Can Nat 4Ass67 12oA
Can Pae - sp1133i
CentNwEng4s01 1oz
c r \ N J 81 ~ ~
chi&Alton3s40 -
cB&o Ans 77-.117A
CB&Q 3Ms as 1o3A
G B d @ 2Hs 20 4oh
CNStP4hs2O44 ~
CNStP&p Is ~ 1o5zt
Chi&NW zMsD0 o@1
GRIP 4Ms 80 A 61x
GRIP AMs 90 771t
GRIP n u - -
Gin G&y 2Ns75 1oAt
CityInvest 1861 1o1A
cCC StL 4hs77 -
Comwl Ed IS ~ 100
Cons p gas rs 1o5A
Del Lk6W in93 s.
DnGRGWs bs06 1oA
GulfStU gas 76 1o1
Hud Coai 6s62A 03A
Hud&M RI IS 81 74iA
Hud&M In 81 81 36A
&c RI As 3D. 1oAiA
&c 4As SO o3iA
rCCStLo 41aso3 -
Int GIN 1st $3.50 70
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Market AVERAGES
BONDS. 20 10 10 1o1oI
Washington Produce

moderate. Demand good. Prices paid for
Federal-State graded esgs received from
grading stations, August 26, 1916. Whites,
large. 55; large. 1884; average, "a; me-
dunn, 4s: y, 8. Grade c. 34-35; average.
SAN. Receipts Of commercially graded
LIVE. PO6LrKY-Markst steady and
nominaliy UNCHANGED. Prices paid f,o.b.
Washinston, fowl, colored, 1928: Leg
fryers and broilers, 1895; few heavy UP
DRESSED POULTRY tieed and Western
box packed)--Market steady under fair
demand. Prices paid fob. washington,
fowl trade A, So; roasters, fryers and
broilers, 30.4O -
Evening star., 1946-08-26

Hourly 6sles on the 8xeAangs Today:
tl:00 an. l3o 900 1900 noon 24o 600
100 pm 800 600 900 p.m. 4so 600
Approximate Total $50 600
tuntt Of tradtnx. 10 shares: sales printed
IN full. sln bankruptcy or receivership a
o. securities assumed hy such companieS
Rates Of Dividend u the forsgoin9 table
ere annual disbursement based on ths last
less otherwise noted special or extra divi-
lands pre- not included. III dividend.
e q ftehts ? Also extra or extras Plui
elared Or paid % {sy. this year. PAYABLE
n stock. Paid last year. h PAYABLE s.
snecl,n Csa ~ dss.4sa ends Aecumulatsd aividsnls
Evening star., 1946-08-26
B. & 0. July Earnings
Remain Far Behind
Levels Of Year Ago
By DonoId B. HodIey

Baltimore d ONO Railroad earn.
ings for July remained little better
than fourth of levels year ago
but made a somewhat better showing
than for previous 1916 months.
July net income totaled $563, ,78(
vs.. $1,915,213 a year ago. For tn,
seven months deficit Of sic, 1926.
1888 contrasted with net income OF
$13,649,182 in the same 1945 period
In both July and the seven months
reductions in operating expense.
failed to Offset sharp declines il,
revenues.
Gross revenues in July amounted
to s27,933, 800 VS.. s31 ,s55, $3.50 a yea,
ago; in seven months, $167 ,2s0, ,23s
VS.. $225 ,894,743.
Operating expenses in July totaled
$23, ,2o8, ,461 VS.. $23 1853 ,23o; in seven
months. $156, 6,283 ,504 VS.. $164 ,060, ,438
Transit Common Active.
Capital Transit common stock
was active on the Washington Stock
Exchange today with 80 shares
changing hands at 40, unchanged
from the previous sale and close to
the years peak of 4OA.
Peoples Drug common advanced
half a point from the previous
sale of 621a and National Mortgage
g. Investment preferred improved
one fourth of point to 7A Hecht
common at 40 and Washington Gas
common at 80 were unchanged from
previous sales.
Corporate Profits Cut.
Net income of 1863 companies hav-
ing common stock listed on the
New York Stock Exchange reported
a total net income of $811, ,759 900
IN the first half year, a decrease of
20.3 per cent from the like period
a year ago, the Exchange magazine
announced today.
The railroad group reported a
drop of 81 per cent in income;
mining, So; machinery and metals,
Is; petroleum, H. steel, iron and
coke, 9. On the other hand the
survey shows some outstanding
group gains, textile income being
up ITO per cent; retail merchan-
dising, lat and paper and publish
ing. los.
Farm Credit Loans Increase.
The II Federal intermediate
credit banks made loans and dis
counts of 5000 ,298, ,726 in the fiscal
year ending July, George M. Bren-
nan, commissioner. announced yes
terday. This is per cent rise
over the previous year.
The banks deal with about 800
financial institutions which are en-
gagged in making short and inter-
mediate term loans to farmers and
their cooperative associations.
FDIC Chairman to Speak.
Maple T. Harl, chairman of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp,
will address the annual joint ma
tional convention of the Morris
Plan Bankers Association and the
Consumer Bankers Association, to
be held at Virginia Beach, Va, Oc-
tober 21-23.
DR.. Ernst A. Dauer, in charge of
the analysis of bank operation and
consumer credit activities on the
FDIC staff, also will speak.
Note for Home Builders.
The cost of new homes will ad-
vance another 10 to Is per cent be-
fore the rise begins to level off next
year. according to "Washington
building expert" quoted in the cur
rent bulletin from the National As
sociation of Manufacturers.
Evening star., 1946-08-26
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 R.-Cotton fu-
lures turned steady today on trade and
scattered outside buying which met only
limited offerings. Volume was restricted
pending further crop Developments and the
expected higher textile ceilings.
were registered in early dealings on hedge
selling and scattered offerings prompted
By fairly good rains at some points In
Texas and Oklahoma o, er the week end.
After mill and local buying advanced
prices as much rs 80 cents q bale above
the previous close. the cotton market en-
prics moving Of moderately from the best
levels for the day e
Futures closed 90 cents 4 bale hisher
Evening star., 1946-08-26
Washington Exchonqe

AFTER CALL.
capital Transit Co.-26 at 40. Is at 40.
Hecht conmon-4O at 40
washington Gas common-5 at 80
Peoples DRUG Stores common-26 at 62Ia
National Mortgage g. Insurance pfd.-ob
at TN
Evening star., 1946-08-26
Business Briefs

Passenger-car tire production in
the first six months of 1916 totaled
30,737, III units, new record.-Rub-
Der Manufacturers Association.
Electric Bond g. Share income Is
at the annual rate of about s3,-
soc, 900, with earnings about $780,
600 less than annual preferred divi-
dend requirements of $4,239, ,668.
Atlantic Refining Co. profit of S.
10000 for first half of 1916, COM
pared with s4,964, 900 for the same
l945 period. both equal to $1.75 per
share.
American Smelling g. Refining Co.
income for first half of 1916 was
s1,867,778, equal to cents, VS.. S.
466,747, or s2.l5 in the like l945 Pc
riod.
South Penn Oil Co. voted initial
dividend of Is cents payable Sep
tember 30 on stock of record Sep
tember 16. Previous quarterly was
40 cents on a two-for -one split.
Jewel Tea Co. sales for four weeks
ended August 10 totalled 1920, ,306
up 57.STo for the like 1945 period.
Sales for 80 weeks in 1916 were $48,-
o32, ,13S. up 32.1%o over same 1945
period.
City Stores Inc. has acquired the
capital stock of Richard Store Co..
Miami, whose stockholders received
eight shares of common for one and
an additional five cents a share.
Federal Light e. Traction Co. no.
tified SEC of proposed sale by
Stonewall Electric Co. OF assets to
Tucson Gas, Electric Light e. Power
Co. in compliance with holding COM
pany act.
Sheraton Associates, Boston, were
granted temporary exemption until
october % from the investmen,
company act by SEC.
Paraffine Co.'S, Inc, profit for ifs.
cal year ended June 80 was $I,0l4..
SAT Or $1.87 a share VS.. 81, ,948, ,48l o.
$3.50 in the like 1945 period.
Powerell & Alexander, Inc, Bos
ton, declared quarterly dividend ant
extra Of rs cents each payable Sep
tember 16 on stock of record Sep
tember 3.
Consolidated Industries was an
nounced by SEC as in busines
primarily for assembling, manufac
turing and distributing heating an,
air-condition articles.
Brown-Forman Distillers Corn
declared a dividend of 20 cents OF
increased common stock, payable
October / to holders of record Sep
tember 10.
N. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc, votet
a special dividend of rs cents +,
share on common, payable Septem
Der Is to stock Of record Septem
ber 13.
TayIorcraft Aviation Corp. re-
duced prices from $3.50 to 1926 OF
its planes.
Baltimore e. Ohio Railroad car.
loads handled last week totaled 10,
48o against 67,566 in the same weel
in 1945.
Maryland's tobacco crop this yea
has been estimated at more thar
1900, 900 pounds, almost twice tn,
weight of l945's $1,000, 900 -pouns
crop. the University of Maryland re
ported today.
John c. Clark & Co., New York
was declared the most favorable bid
der and was awarded a $40, 900 Cum
berland, Md, bond issue today. TIL
firm bid 100.127 at interest rate o
IA per cent. Alexander Brown q
Sons, Baltimore, bid 100l1 at ~
and the premium was only $6.8
under clark.
Steel mill operations were place
at 89.4% Of capacity with produc
tion at 1,575 800 tons this week, v,
l57o,900 tons or 89.7% last week.
American Iron and Steel Institute.
Evening star., 1946-08-26
N. Y. Bond Market
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Int tat 4lLs S21o1A
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Nanatt 9ug4s57 $50
ASPS9A u pa 0
MKT 30 90 A 1yh
MKT adj bso7 ~
MKT lst4soO 13A
No Pae 6Ms - 40
No Pae Is so II o1iA
No pae gn 4s Is A01t
|Noris&E 41hs66 ~
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'NewEnsRR5s46 8 97h
|NYC ri 81 20l3 ~
|NYC 4Ms2OJ3A o0aA
|NYC con Is % o1N
|NyCHR 3Ms o. 1oo1A
|NYNH&H o. - t1A
61A
NYNH&H Is 81 31M
|NYNH6H3ss56 S2k
NYOW RI 4s02 37M
NYO&W gn4s6b IA
Nor 81 Pr2A4s75 1o3h
|Pag 0&E Ss ~ 1ooA
p Ct Ar 3 0Ms6C111A
Penn P6Lt 3s76 1o6A
'pittC tCCoal3 xs66 1ot
pittsStl4NasS0B 1o9sA
|Reading 3Nss o6 los
|StLSnYr $3.50 = -
9e16ulY AMs7S AoA
3tLSuFY 4sBO a -
Sea Air LzMs VI 7TA
Sea Air L Is vi 1oosA
Shell On 2Hs n l1oott
Socony-v2Ms7 100
|8oDellTHT 3s7o 1ooA
Sol &T2 NsS6 1oA96
80 PacinczsssSi 100
|SoPacz 1asOr77 1o6A
10 ~ gn Is 50 1ooN
SWBellTl2 s4sS5 1ol3t
|TRRAStL2 TssS5 1o54
|Tex&NOrl3ss90 19A
|rex&PaedNsS5 1o9
On Pac 1st4s47 1ozN
Un Pac 2Ks OF -
Un Pac gas 76 1NA
|Walwth 3As rs 1o5A
Ward Bk bIss701o7
West Sh 4s2361 e5
West On IS 81 1o1A
Walwth 3As Sc 1854
Wilson Co 3s So 1o3A
Wise Cent IS - 0oiA
Wise Cn 4sSD36 3@N
Evening star., 1946-08-26
Dividends Announced
Odd-Lot Dealings

currities and Exchs@ns: & @ e commission Re- Re-
ported today these transactions by gus
toners With odd-lot dealers. or speciaiists
gust 20: 6.10e. purchases invotyinG 133,-
POT shares. 3,442 sales involving o7.1z6
shares including 30 short sales Involving
1.344 shares.
Evening star., 1946-08-26

To0AY'0 SAL1
tRsDorted IN DollAfsl
Domestic Z so COO
FOREIGN 400 oool
~ n fact z A<An
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-03-19

sociation, says that the new amend
ments to the G.. l. Bill Of Rights
has cut the time for granting a
bank loan to eligibles from four
weeks to few days (Note: Expect
even more simplifation in due
time.)
Now that the Gillem board re-
port has been made public, the
return of many veterans to the
army is being predicted in Wash
ington.
Philadelphia has an agency,
Business Loans to Servicemen,
Inc, which completely processes a
loan to a veteran eligible in one
operation at one central office. The
rest of the country is closely watch.
ing the experiment.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-03-19
NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION
week APRIL ! TO Is

CHICAGO, Mar. 18 (ANP)-Na-
tional Bar Association week, April
z to 13, will stress the need for an
unrelenting fight of Negroes to
bring about enforcement of the
United States constitution, particu-
larly the 18th, 18th, and 18th
amendments, according to Earl B.
Dickerson, association president.
In a proclamation designating
the week, Dickerson said April 7
through 13 was chosen because that
period includes April 9, the 81st an
niversary of the surrender of Gen.
Lee to Gen. Grant at Appomattox,
an event which led to enactment of
the amendments largely benefit
ting minority groups.
The theme of Bar Association
week activities will be that America
cannot continue "half-free and half
slave" Dickerson said in a state
ment which pledged the association
to fight uncompromisingly for the
enforcement and implementation
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-03-19
CHICAGO PHYSICIANS
ITO HEAR DR.. kenny

CHICAGO, Mar. 10 (ANP) DIR.
John A. Kenney of Montclair, N. j.,
distinguished surgeon and editor of
the National Medical Association
Journal, is to be the guest speaker
lat the annual memorial lecture ban
quet of the Cook County Physi-
|cians' association here, Friday,
March %. The banquet, an annual
event, is held as memorial to the
deceased members of the associa-
ton. This year all members of the
group who were in the armed forces
will also be hOnored.
DR.. Walter S. Grant is chairman
| of the memorial lecture committee.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-03-19
HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
OFFERS COURSES IN
NEGRO HISTORY

CHICAGO, Mar. 18 (ANP)-|
The National Negro Museum and
Historical foundation has announc-
ed a series of 6-week courses on Ne
gro history and allied subjects to
begin Monday, April 8, at the Clar-
ence Cameron White School of Mu-
sic.
Registration for classes, which
will include courses on 'The Negro
in American History" "The Trade
Union Movement, An Ally of the
Negro People" 'The Historic Role
of the Negro Church, )" Negro Sol
dier's in Americas War;" and 'The
Role Of Negro Women in American
Life" will begin April 1.
The faculty will consist of
prominent educators and local lead
ers. Those mentioned are Samuel
Stratton, ST. Clair Drake, Ishmael
P. Flory, Marian Hadley and Will
liam l.. Patterson.
Understanding of the rich do
mestic heritage of America and the
role of the Negro people will help
meet the problems of today" Gray
Other members include: Drs. U. c..
Daily, Spencer c.. Dickerson, t. NJ
Smith, H. C. Tolbert, E. K. McDon-
aid and C. ]. Teffner.
declared. "This understanding must
permeate the ranks of the Negro
people, the labor movement and the
progressive forces.
can early integration of the Ne
gro people will be graduated into all
phases of American life" he con-
tinued. suppression of the facts
about the Negro peoples struggles
and contributions, and the distor-
tion of American history by those
who control Americas institutions
must be exposed and counteracted." J"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-03-19

of the constitution and the amend
ments. The theme will be carried
out in public meetings, radio pro-
grams, speeches and other activi-
ties designed to give impetus to a
continued fight for freedom and
Equality for all citizens regardless
of race, creed or color.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-03-19
Between the Lines
Continued from page ~


battle. Even other great human
slaughters cannot preserve invio-
late the mighty British empire for
even now her dismemberment, is
already begun.
The darker peoples have a
mighty equity in the outcome of
current efforts to bolster the tat
tering British empire. The seeds of
racism were not first planted in
Germany but Britain. It was the
British and their ideologies that
furnished the pattern for color bas-
tardy that afflicts the world. 1t was
Britain that gave the world pattern
for minorities to rule majorities. In
Russia this is known as commun-
ism by the English; in Germany it
is known as Nazism. But in Eng
land it is known as philanthropic
paternalism. 1t is praiseworthy
when done by the British, it is de-
spicable when done by the Russians
and Germans.
One of the most encouraging
signs of the times was. the luke
warmness that greeted Churchills s
challenge through the press. The
press of the nation was rather sus-
picious of Churchill's proposed An
glo-Saxon bloc with ultimate "com-
mon citizenship" as the goal. His
fundamental proposition was mere.
ly bit of back scratching to make
Uncle Sam feel good. It inglorious
ly failed Of it's purpose. When ou1
great country commits itself to de
Tending the indefensible British
Empire, it becomes the party of the
first part to guarantee World Wal
III-atomic warfare. We too shall
become a "bad case" for some
good lawyer! The sooner the
British Empire falls apart, thu
sooner will be the liberation of thu
darker peoples Of the earth!
William Powers, deputy mana
ger of the American Bankers as
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-10-31
Letter To The Editor
October %, 1915

October 28, 1910
Miss Hazel Brannon
Durant, Miss. .
Dear Miss Brannon;
In regular meeting of the Bap-
fist Womans Missionary Society, 1t
was noted to commend you for your
stand on law enforcement in Holmes
County and to deplore the action
taken by Judge Davis in filming and
sentencing you.
We feel that you have been
made an innoncent victum Of cir
cumstances. We offer our services
to you in any way that we can be
used.
MrsCo vbgkqj cmwfyp shr uld teoa
Sincerely,
MRS. w. P. TAYLOR
MRS. A. S. STEVENS
MRS. CARL order
MRS. w. B. DAVIS, Committee
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-10-31

is made available directly to the CO.
unties to be expended as the board
of supervisors shall determine. The
money is allocated between the CO.
unties on the basis that each county
shall first receive .009 of the amount
appropriated and that the balance
should be divided upon the same
basis of rural populotion, area and
mileage of rural delivery and star
routes as specified in House Bill
No. "a.
The selection of the highways
upon which this money is to be ex-
pended, the order of the projects
thereon, and the division of the fun
DIS between the supervisors districts
is left exclusively to the discretion
of the board, with the provision that
if the money is spent on any portion
Of the federal-aid farm-to-market
system, the road must be built up
to federal-aid specifications. In or
der to carry out the purposes of this
act, the boards are given the right
to employ a competent engineer to
prepare the necessary surveys,
plans and specifications, to enter in
to and to let all necessary contracts,
to supplement the program by the
expenditure of any available road
or bridge funds, and to adopt all
rules and regulations which may be
necessary to carry out the purposes
of the act. The chief, if not the only,
restriction placed upon the supervi-
sors in the expenditure Of such fun
dis is the provision that none of the
money made available shall be ex-
pended for the purchase of machin-
cry or any equipment or tools.
AS stated at the outset, a great
forward step for the establishment
of an all weather farm-to-market
road system has been taken and the
1916 legislature is due great credit
for its constructive action.
However, optimism with regard to
the program should be tinged with
the realization that the funds now
available are far from sufficient to
accomplish all that is desirable OF
necessary. The completion OF the
program is a long range propositlor
| extending over a period OF many
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-10-31

be satisfactorily arranged for before
any project will be approved by
the Public Roads Administration.
In order to take care of the situat-
ion of some few counties, the state
law provides that any county may,
by resolution of the board, request
that all or any part of the available
funds be spent on the construction
and improvement of highways on
the state system, and that such fun
DIS may be so expended when such
resolution is adapted.
The money appropriated to carry
out the provisions Of House Bill No.
"a is paid into the state highway
fund and is expended by the state
highway commission for the purpos-
es specified and in accordance with
the provisions of the act.
It is seen in the foregoing that
each step in the selection of highw-
avs for construction and improvem-
ent and in the selection of specific
projects, is, by the terms Of House
Bill No. "a, made subject to the ap-
prevail Of the highway commission.
This procedure was made necessary
because of the fact that the federal
Aid Highway Act of 1914 recognizes
the state highway commission as the
state agency to handle such matters,
and, therefore, the legislature, COM
plying with the Federal Aid High
way Act Of 1914 designated the hi
ghway commission as the negotiat-
ing agency or otherwise there would
have been no assurance that Missis-
sippi would receive the amount of
funds to which it is entitled
House Bill No. So is the bill which
provides for the additional S., 0O0, 600
for county highway construction
and improvement. This act proceeds
upon an entirely different theory
that does House Bill No. "a for the
reason that no federal-aid funds are
involved, and, therefore, there is no
necessity to regard the provisions
Of the federal statutes. The stated
purpose of this act is to provide for
a program of county highway impr.
ovement in addition to that provid-
ed by the federal-aid program, ano
the five million dollars appropriated