The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-07-11
CURRENT COMMENT
By Henry willis

County unduhS are duG 1nS SACa1t
clerk. Miss Minnie Jordan, who had
~ roll books in such perfect condi-
t;on that no error could be found In
them. Further the election officials
for The various precincts we're care
fuIly chosen by the county democr-
afic executive committee for their
good judgement and horse sense.
The event justified the selections.
A Majority For Tom @. Ellis In
this county is fitting. Here his par
ents dwelt for long. Here he and his
family made many friends. Here
they are known to be clean, gener-
Gus, fair. Here Tom @. is appreciated
for efficient and carefully handling
of his responsibilities. The only re-
aret his supporters have is that he
did not get more votes. Holmes Co
unity vote was: Ellis 1853, all others
1071.
John Rankin Has Much Sympathy
for his action in resisting one of
those news photographers that 60
about swapping pictures at their
own sweet will and with no regard
whatever whether or not the victim
is willing to be photographed just
at that time. The more bizarre, fan
tastic, odd, the news cameraman can
make the picture the better he likes
1t : has more reader appeal says he.
The only thing Hughie Long did
that / approved was having his body
guard smash the cameras Of that
gentry who made bold to snap his
picture without permission.
Not Many Years Ago we were
imploring the Federal Government
to take u cut over forest lands,
mostly pine, and reforest them, at
the same time demonstrating to pri-
vate owners how best to accomplish
demonstration. Now much OF the
land the Government took has a good
growth established and somebody
has set UP a yell about taxes there
ON. Maybe we can get those National
Forest areas back into the hands OF
the State and maybe somebody can
get 1t from the state so as to make a
bunch Of money on it. Who knows.
Certain Paries-In The Recent
Campaign stirred up more resent
ment more i'll feelings, more bitter
ness than we can get over in many
years. A large majority Of Holmes
County colored folk are courteous
and have no wish to mingle social.
" with the white people; are as
much opposed to 1t as the whites
themselves. They get, and are EMIT
led to, fair business treatment; they
are a part Of u economics; we get
along better with them than we
might without them. No troubles
will come unless stirred up by out
siders due to their ignorance or spit
afulness, or by vicious neighbors
who hope tOrpwozit hy disorder such
maybe, a. the communicating don't
you ever think there are not some of
them crawling around in the under
br1sh.
Besides That, Certain Politicians
would not care how much trouble
they stirred UP If they might person
ally profit. That applies as well to,
any Black Belt politician who hopes
to ride into office and fat pay by
arousing prejudice against the negr-
os, as it does to lowflung politicos
of the north who expect to profit in
q reverse way by the same prejudice
EM
A Prominent State Editor was
once quoted as saying he was sell
Ing papers and therefore didn't care
how his papers news and editorial
columns affected the candidates. His
sole purpose being to induce people
TO buy his daily paper. Probably
that feeling activated several north
ern magazines to publish scuriilous
articles about Mississippi people and
politicians. Certainly their combined
influence positively assured the ele-
ction OF the candidates against
whom they thought themselves to
illuminate. Mississippi voters may be
fooled they are not bought as all
accounts agree voters are. In several
Of the holy northern states
Walton Hoskins Williams, whose
mortal remains were laid to rest IN
Cemetary (6-30-46) was
born In the two story plantation
horne about five miles out on the
Hebron road in 1898. His father, an
earlier Chancery Clerk, also named
Parham Williams, was an excellent
and energetic farmer which quail
ties were reflected in the fields and
houses of the place. His mother a
belle of the neighborhood. was a
daughter of DeKalb Brown, a neigh
planter, whose wife was a
scion of both the Hoskins and Wal
ton families from which fact he got
his name and an excellent blood in
On election as clerk his father
moved his family to town and Pete
grew UP here among many friends.
The home was the two story dwell
ing at the head of Westwood Ave.
~ I;~ fr;ouIc EpaxU him rose