The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-06-27

Every r WHO has OH ulou1o'AN,
policy, a share of stock, a saving:
account, a bank deposit, is a too
owner. So, he proposes a Tool Own.
ers Union of these SO million per.
sons. The basic rights of bargaining
belong as much to them as it does
to the tool users-workmen. So, lei
them organize to regain equality be-
fore the law, r~eestablish themselves
as the primary source of the work
ers' prosperity.
The Tool OWENS Union, mention
ed above, seems off to a good start
with full page ads in big-city papers
paid for with "dues" to the TOU,
purely voluntary, of $1.00 and up.
The Rucker idea is a local chapter
in every Congressional district to
offset the CLOS Political Action
Committee. It's a pretty good idea.
incidentally, this Rucker is the hus-
band of lovely Elise Murtagh from
Ebenezer.
Muny Of Us Back From the Gem
etery-this June 10, 1946,-are sor-
rowing at the loss of our good friend
Dan G. Pepper the news OF whose
death Monday in Paragould. Arkan-
sas, brought a shock to the commu-
nifty. Dan, son of Louis D. and Alice
Wallace-Pepper, grew up hereabout
and everybody knew and liked him.
He loved the out-of-doors, hunting,
fishing, camping, boating. He was
one of the three best woodsmen l
have ever known. (The other two;--
DR.. Thad Buck and Drew Lundy).
/ followed him once in pre-dawn
darkness for two miles through thick
woods on a compass course. We
stopped and the growing light show
ed the big cypress aimed for scarcely
fifty yards away.
Adventure and The Navy called
to Dan Pepper and he served six
years, I think, becoming a warrant
officer and steaming over much OF
the seas of the world. For two years
he was in Jena, the optical instru-
ment capital of the world, under 1t.
Cleland Davis, u. S. N, working on
range finding instruments and
methods. Home again, the tender
attractions of Davis Gibson's beau
tiful daughter Kate, were such that
he could never again bring himself
to stay long from home.
In World Wor I Copt. Dan G.. Pep
per commanded one of those four
teen inch naval guns on railway
mounts that constituted our artillery
contribution to the war In the Bat
terry was a University of North
Carolina professor Of mathematics.
Dan made him a Sergeant and
charged him with the care and readl-
ness of the ballistic tables, firing
notes, calculations, temperature,
wind, all the details of sighting q
gun. On one occasion the Com
mander and his staff arrived and
ordered fire laid on a spot 20 miles
away at once, the observers were
already placed. This was a critical
situation, command of the Battery
might be at stake. time was the
essence. The rounds were fired
promptly, the observers ~telegraphec
accurate hits, the c. o. departed
with "Very Good, Captain Pepper
cherished words for any officer
Thus did Dams commendable fore
thought in having ready all that ]:
taken into account when a big gur
is fired, as well as every other pos
sible contingency, pay off.
Next Weeks Advertiser will carr.
the result Of the primary election
Every possible voter who has here
~tofore supported the nominees J
urged to go to the polls and mar!
a ballot for TOM @. ELLIS for U. :
Senator. To take him into the secon
primary with a long lead If possible
will call for all the votes we ca
muster and Homes county shout
be almost solid. An upright, capabl
home county man is due our sur
port.
Foreign Policy is Redl and Mex
to us now. We are much intereste
in the meetings of the big powe'
and the Soviets apparent Studio
opposition. In June 3rd Life Jof
Foster Dulles, a foremost authorit
ATTEMPTS to tell what Soviet forell