The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-07-04

Well Well. q $500 Bill. l a Tor
gotten there were any. Said to be
unlucky. Humph! I'd like to be un-
lucky enough to have ten thousand
more of them right now. Never took
amy stock in such fool superstitions
1t has a beautiful engraving of JET.
ferson, full face, on the front and
what was it on the back9 Where
Is that bill? Darn, I've lost it.
Mississippi Be Pruised. for the fine
thing its doing in giving and de-
livering dairy cattle to Greece. One
ship load already, another gather
ing, a third promised, maybe more.
That brave little country was smash
ed up by the Germans, held down
hy the Communists, their cattle taken
by one or the other. Their children
are starving, none have enough to
eat, they have never ceased to fight.
These milk cows;-food for the
babies, basis for restocking. 1t must
be like a gift from God to the
Greeks-this voluntary offering OF
milk and breeding cattle, SO sorely
needed, being shipped out of Gulf
port by Mississippians.
The Ludy Is Old. never strong,
now she is sick. Not poor in the
usual sense for she has land and
stock and q fair home. Her people
were valiant soldiers of the Con-
federate Army, some of them Off
GERS. Always they have been people
of good stock. The nearest white
neighbor lives. miles away. Much
nearer are two negro families. Their
fathers came with her ancestors
when the country was young. The
Old Lady has helped in many OF
their bornings and sicknesses. The
two families alternate in preparing
a daily noon meal from the best
their gardens and yards afford, well
cooked, nealy arranged on a waiter
with their best china and napkins
decorated with such flowers as the
season permits, duly and ceremoni-
ously delivered to her bedside.
Sociulized Medicine is Anuthemd
to most Doctors. Some six or eight
months ago the President sent a
special message to Congress asking
for legislation to provide medical
care for everybody through a Fed
eral Agency. Two Senators and a
Congressman introduced bills to
make the request a fact. Enactment
of the bills would make a Political
Appointee dictator in all health
tiers. He would hire doctors, dentists,
nurses. He would establish fees, Tx
qualifications, provide care for all
Hitler had such a system and the
German Doctors lost ambition and
initiative, their Army medical prac-
tees were far, far behind ours.
Under the American system private
responsibility has developed the
most effective medical care ever
known. Political Distribution would
destroy private medical practice'
America has prospered and pro-
crossed ahead of all other people
bv a system of individual initiative.
Let us keep 1t.
+. G. r. Gillespie. ID. is to occupy
the PRESBYTERIAN pulpit next Sum
day, 7th, for both morning ana eve
ming services while the Pastor Is
holding services at Vest. DR.. Giles
pie invariably says something worth
listening to and the good news OF
his coming here will mean many
more full pews.
--
CONGRESS Hos The Loom to Britoin
before it. OF course there is opposi-
ton. The fact is, that to make the
loan will be a matter OF enlightened
seIf-interest for us. 1t will mean
much uuickened world revival with
accompanying trade profits. NO,
Britain has not ever repudlated q
debt. World War / debt? No. we saio
to her we will accept ONLY goio
and we already had the worlds
gold-buried in Kentucky. Britain
will pay when it is possible.
The Philippine Notion takes It's
place among the independent peo-
ples of the world this day of July
4th. l946-l70 years after u W
Declaration of Independence. Sci
dom in history has any nation freely
relinquished sovereignty over s.
rich a possession. This event shouio
demonstrate even to the Sovlet
that the United States plays talr
believes in Live and Let Live" I'M
islands were discovered by Magellan
in 1901. They were named for KIM
Philip II of Spain. That nation con
ouered the islands in 1865 and own
ed them for 1913 years until Dec
1898, when we took over following
the Spanish-American War. w
have steadily tried to educate tn
Filipinos ia self government an
now we are releasing all pohuca
control. They have already electe'
a President and a Congress and ar
prepared to accept full responsipii
ity as a free nation. Our teacninI
and treatment paid off in the recen
war in which the Filipinos wer