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The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18
County Agent S Mother
Passes In Louisiana

Funeral services for Mrs. Alice
Kemp Carson, 76, who died yester-
day morning at the home Of her
daughter, Mrs. H. J. Hudson, 3I75
Bartlett ST., following long illness,
will be held today at 4:30 pm. from
the Welsh funeral home with the
Rev. S. c. Rushing officiating. In
terment will be in Roselawn Me-
mortal park.
She was member of the Istrou-
ma Baptist church and native of
Washington parish, but has lived
here for the past % years.
In addition to Mrs. Hudson, she is
survived by two other daughters,
Mrs. w. S. Given, Sunny Hill, and
Mrs. H. S. Strahan, Baton Rouge;
one son, I. w. Carson, Lexington.
Miss; two sisters, Mrs. Lula Smith,
Bogalusa, and Mrs. Ella Smith, Port
Arthur, Texas; on brother, A. D.
Kemp, Franklinton, % grandchildren
and % great-grandchildren.
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18
Dickerson Held In
Fatal Shooting AT
pitkens Sunday
Grond Jury Recalled
Tuesday Afternoon
To Investigate Case

Tnad Dlckerson, of Pickens, is be-
ing heid in the Holmes county jail
at Lexington charged with murder
in connection with the shooting
Sunday afternoon of Sanley Dennis,
10 or l7-year-old negro youth. The
Grand Jury was recalled by Judge
S. +. Davis to investigate the case
Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock.
The shooting occurred about 1890
o'clock Sunday afternoon in front of
colored cafe on the main street
OF Pickens. Dickerson was reported
to have told the negro youth to get
across the street and when the negro
moved across the street he was re-
ported to have shot him. Dickerson
was believed to have been drinking
reports indicated.
Dickerson is a former barber and
was formerly employed in Durant
where he is well known. He is al
present employed as night watch
man from the Denton and Mcknight
Lumber Co., at Pickens. His wife
and family live there.
Young Dennis is the son of Sam
Dennis. He was employed by Johr
M. Yarborough's cotton office al
Pickens and was said to have beer
a good negro boy.
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18
TchuIa Youth Fatally
Hurt In Explosion

Ely Thomas, 18, was fatally
burned and Hubert Williams, II,
was seriously burned Saturday night
when a can of gasoline expoded near
fire which they had built to warm
themselves.
The accident occurred about mid
night on Albino Plantation near
Tchula, owned by Mrs. William
Lowe, of Greenwood. The boys had
been engaged is discing and had
built the fire. Two other boys work
ing with them, John Baxter and
Walter Thomas, uncle of the dead
boy. were uninjured. The dead
youth and Williams were kneeling
around the fire when one Of them
reached for the gasoline can which
exploded.
Both boys, who live with their
parents on the FSA project at
Horseshoe, were rushed to the Com
munity Hospital at Lexington
Young Thomas passed away Sunday
afternoon about one o'clock. He suf-
fered burns all over his body. The
other youth, Williams, was dismis-
sed from the hospital this week. He
sustained burns about the head and
hands.
Funeral services for Thomas were
held Thursday near West.
Friends and neighbors were griev-
ed to learn of the death of the
Thomas boy. He was liked by all
who knew him and was boy Of
good repute.
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18
New Books Received
At Lexington Library

New books received in the library
at Lexington include:
Bauer: Behold Your King.
Bonner: ''The Shapes That Creep.
Chase: II Love Miss Till Bean.
Dresser: 1.-The Bulwark".
Gould: Farmer Takes A Wife,.
Klempner: Letter To Five Wives.
Logan: Nurse Merton Comes
Home.
Main: Memory and Desire.
Marshall: Kitty.
Rorick: Outside Eden.
Rowe: "The Chaplin Sisters.
Schmitt. David The King.
Seagrave: "The Burma Surgeon
Returns.
Sinclair: "Wasteland".
West: 'The Friendly Persuasion"
White: I'm The Blazing Light.
IRENE S. MONEY, Librarian.
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18
Cooper Found Guilty
On Liquor Charge
Draws $3.50. Fine.
80 Duys In Jail;
Only Case Tried

T. c. Cooper, of Durant, who re-
sides in place commonly known as
Ed Weem's ~place on highway IL
east of Durant, was found guilty on
a charge of possessing intoxicating
liquor tn Circuit Court in Lexing-
ton Monday afternoon. Judge S. F.
Davis fined him $25O.0O and 80 days
in Jail. This was the only case tried
by jury in court this week.
The charge grew out of raid
made on Cooper's place last Octo-
ber 18th, 1945. He appealed the case
from JP court to Circuit Court. He
has now appealed the case to SUI
preme Court and is free on $1,000.
bond.
Cooper repeatedly testified on the
stand that the place did not belong
to him but to George Mcdonald and
that he did not have anything to do
with running the place. He admitted
living there and knowledge that
liquor was sold there. The place is
owned by Ed Weems, according to
reports.
In this same case Cooper told
Judge R. E. McNeer in Durant JP
court in October that % cases of
liquor were taken on the raid. He
also told people in neighboring
establishments on the night of the
raid, October 18, 1945, that % cases
were taken. But when he testified
on the stand in Circuit Court he
said about one and one-half cases
of whiskey We're taken on the raid.
His testimony agreed with the re-
turn made by Sheriff w. L. Muir
tagh on the raid a photostatic copy
of which was printed in this paper
last week.
The case was prosecuted for the
state by District Attorney Howard
Dyer and County Attorney Pat M.
Barrett. The defendant was repre-
sented by S. R. King, Durant attor-
ney.
Jurors on this case were: G. w.
Ezell, j. P. Malone, G. A. Hocutt,
]. R. White, ]. B. Yeager, Dewey
Ables, Erwin Devine, Preston Mar
tin, S. L. White, Ben Carnathan, Rob
Roy Truitt, and Raif Harthcock.
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18
James Edgar MlRae
Rites Wednesday

Funeral services for James Edgar
McRae, well known citizen OF
Holmes county, were held Wednes-
day morning at ten o'clock at the
First Methodist Church in Lexing-
ton. The Rev. T. H. Dorsey, OF
Water Valley, former Lexington pas
tor, and the Rev. A. Y. Brown, Lex
ington pastor, and DR.. r. A. Meek
officiated.
Mr.. McRae passed away at his
home in Lexington after a weeks
illness Monday evening about l1:2O
o'clock. He would have been "a
years old April 30th.
He was born in Carroll county but
lived most of his life in Holmes
county. He was married to the for
me Dona O'Bryant, daughter of a
Methodist minister. She passed away
exactly % years ago to the date Of
her husbands death.
Mr.. McRae was buried at Acona
with Masonic honors. He had been
ia Mason for 55 years receiving his
50-year pin in 1941.
Surviving are ten children: Mrs.
R. c. Moore, Mrs. v. L. Richards,
Mrs. Roy Brown, and Miss Jean Nc
Rae, all of Lexington; Mrs. M. O.
Smith, Mobile, Ala; Mrs. Grey John
son, Minter City; Mrs. F. w. Criss,
Grenada; w. M. McRae, Jackson,
Tenn; Sgt. James McRae, Jr., sta
toned at Enid, Okla; John Philip
McRae, Holly Springs.
A large number of grandchildren
and one great grandchild also sur
vive with one sister, Mrs. S. H. Her
bert, of Memphis.
Pallbearers were, J. r. Williams,
c. M. Mcdaniel. J. w. Latham, w.
Q. Thompson, H. H. Johnson, and
A. S. Povall
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18
|Dr. Weeks Addresses
Lexington BPW Club

DR.. w. H. Weeks, director of the
Holmes County Healthy Department
addressed members of the Lexing-
ton Business and Professional Wo-
mems Club at the regular monthly
meeting Tuesday, at the Hotel.
DR.. Weeks discussed Cancer" He
told of the symptoms of the disease
and said that it was durable dis
ease if found early enough. He urg-
ed members to do everything pos
sible to disseminate information and
educational material on this disease
with the view of teaching the pub
lie the Importance of early treat
ment.
The speaker was presented by
Mrs. A. S. Povall, health chairman,
who had charge of the program.
Mrs. Doty Porter entertained the
club members with several musical
selections at the piano.
Mrs. ]. r. Watson had charge of
the Q6COTdtlOIlS WiilCl WSlS UCduti-
fully carried out in the Easter mo-
tiff. Easter baskets tied with white
narcissus centered each table and
an artistic arrangement of orchid iris
was used with orchid candles on the
mantle.
Mrs. Maud Legate won the Easter
basket of candy in the contest con-
Quoted by Mrs. Watson.
Miss Ruth Holloman, vice presi-
dent, presided over the session in the
place of Miss Jean McRae, presi-
dent, who was absent due to the Sc
rious illness of her father, Mr.. Jim
McRae.
Mrs. Hal Gillian presented to the
club for its consideration a proposal
that the BPW Club sponsor buying
an incubator for the hospital. The
matter was referred to committee
for action. Mrs Gillian will head
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18
Home Spraying DDT
Continues In County

The Holmes County Health De.
partment, DR.. w. H. Weeks, Director
has released information that the
spraying of houses with DDT fol
the control of malaria began its
second year of operation March 20
1916. At the end of March 442 houses
had been sprayed. This program pro-
vides for the spraying of the stan.
ard houses in the delta section o1
Holmes county and also the Big
Black river bottoms. 1t is in these
areas that conditions are specially
favorable for the breeding of the
anopheles mosquito-the carrier OF
the malaria parasite from the sick
to the well. Two crews each con-
sisting of foreman and three spray
men will function through the
spring and summer.
In order that the best results may
be obtained from the spray it is sug-
gested that the walls and ceilings
OF houses De CltdiiCQ pClOiG tiAS
house is sprayed. If the cleaning is
done afterward, the DDT will not be
left to kill the mosquitoes. 1t is also
a good idea to repair screens, walls
floors and roof. This precaution
makes it hard for the mosquitoes to
escape DOT
The Health Department also sug-
gessts that on spray-day pictures and
mirrors should be taken off walls,
clothes should be taken out of
closets and off walls, furniture
should be moved into the middle of
the rooms, food should be covered
so that spray will not touch it, kit
chen utensils should be put away
where the spray will not reach
them, and all fires should be put
out.
II viii be a great help in getting
the work done efficiently if house
residents viii watch for the spray
ing crew and report to the foreman
when he arrives. Both crews began
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18
West Boulevard Scene
Of Much Activity

West Boulevard Street in Lexing.
ton has been the scene of much ac-
tivity in the past few days.
Mayor Norman Weathersby is
constructing beautiful home and
lumber arrived this week for the
building.
Mr.. T. A. Lail, Ford dealer, pur-
chased over two acres of land from
Mrs. A. B. Holder and is making
plans to build soon.
Mr.. l. w. Carson has bought the
lot adjoining the G. H. Marlborough
home and has been doing some grad
ing this week prior to building.
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18
Saint Mary's Easter
Program Planned

A choral service will be held at
Saint Mary's Episcopal Church
Easter day at 7:30 pm.
The Rev. William v. Albert,
Rector, will attend. The following
program is listed:
The Strife is DER, the Battle Done.
The Victory of Life is Won, Allie
luia!"
Organ Voluntary-"I Know That NV
Redeemer Liveth" from The Mes
siah "Allelulia".
Processional-Sing We To The God
Above, Allelulia.
Anthem-Come, See The Place
Where The Lord Lay.
Gloria
Lesson-Old Testament.
Easter Chant-Christ Our Passover
Is Sacrificed For Us.
Lesson-New Testament.
Anthem-Christ The Lord Is Risen
Today-Mrs. Huffstatler and choir
Collect Hymn-Sun OF My Soul.
Sermon Hyrnn-Angels Roll The
Rock Away.
Sermon-The Resurrection - The
| Rector.
Holy Father, Holy Son, Holy Spirit
Three in One, Allelulia.
Offertory Solo-Easter Gift-Mrs
]. S. Brock.
Presentation Offering.
Benediction.
Three-Fold Amen.
Recessional-Wh Is This That Comes
From Eden?
Organ Postlude-Resurrectic.
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18
Why This Furore?
Gan Editorial)

The Holmes County Grand Jury is in in Lex
ngton.
1t has been meeting since Tuesday afternoon Of the
time has been Investigating conditions in the county
Hundreds of witnesses subpoened testified
before the Grand Jury They gone great trouble
convenience to themselves and their employers many
their families. 1t has worked real hardship many
be subpoened before the Grand Jury physical
The whole county is stirred up.
Why?
All because has failed to do his sworn duty
Sheriff w. L. Murtagh had performed his duties in
acceptable to the people of Holmes would
have been need to turn the whole upside
to get him to do his job.
Sheriff Murtagh has performed acceptaby even admirably
far know all of the work in with his duties
sheriff with the exception of enforcing the prohibition
laws against gambling.
He should either start enforcing those laws or resign
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18

at Tchula and moved southwark
They are now in the vicinity north
of Tchula.
The Health Department wishes to
thank plantation owners, home own
erS and all others who cooperated in
this project last year, and asks for
the same fine response. In order to
obtain the best results your help is
very necessary.
The Holmes County Health De-
partment is happy also to announce
that the Board of Supervisors pro-
vided funds for an extra crew to
help out in the spraying and by so
coiag the entire county gets DDT.
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18
Mrs. A. D. Chester
Passes Al Greenwood

Mrs. A. D. Chester, widow of the
late DR.. Chester of Cruger, died at
her home in Greenwood Saturday
morning. Services were held at St
Mary's Catholic church at 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, conducted by
Father John F. Clerico. Burial was
in Odd Fellows cemetery.
She leaves two daughters, Mrs.
Agnes Chester Gilmore, of Green
wood; Mrs. Eloise Chester Nichols,
of Money; a son, Paul Pepper Ches-
ter, and three grandchildren.
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18

the committee assisted by Mrs. j.
Oridge and Mrs. A. A. Jarrett.
Guests at this meeting were Mrs.
Daisy Griffin, Mrs. Raford Watson
Herbert, Miss Kathryn Sharpe, Miss
Myrtle Jordan, Mrs. Irene S. Money,
Mrs. Joyce Rogers and DR.. Weeks.
Fifty members and guests were
present.
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18
USING Recruiters To
Be Here Weekly

Special to The Lexington Advertiser
Marine Sergeants Joseph A. Bruce
and Sewell j. Speed will be at the
Lexington post office Friday of each
week to interview young men be-
tween the ages of II and 25, rela-
tive to enlistment. Only men II
years of age must have parents con-
sent
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18

Miss Pearl Mcclellan attended to
her duties as court reporter here
this week.
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
BY HAZEL eRANNoM

Peaceable assembly and the right
of petition are guaranteed the peo-
pie Of the State of Mississippi bv
our state and national constitutions
Section 2 of the Mississippi State
Constitution provides:
The right of the people psucsobly
to ensemble and petition the govern.
msnt on any subject shall never be
impuired."
The Hon George H. Etheridge
former Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of Mississippi, has
this to say regarding the rights OF
the people of Mississippi. We quote
from Judge Etheridge:
'The officers of the state have nc
power to prevent peaceable assem-
blies from discussing any questions
affecting their rights that they may
desire, nor to prevent them sending
their petitions and remonstronces Il
any officer or government agency
that they muY desire. 20 long a. thu
people do not resort to. or thrsater
violence"
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18
Holmes Jr. College

Holmes Junior College Choir and
Glee Club san at the Durant Baptist
Church Sunday morning, April z.
That night they sang at Eupora and
enjoyed refreshments served after
the program. On April IA, the group
went to Anding, where they sang
at the Baptist Church, and to Lex
ington, where they sang that night.
Miss Nell Williams of Kosciusko,
student of Mrs. Martha Tye Nc
Kie, will be presented in voice
and piano recital in the college audi
torium on Friday evening, April 26,
at eight o'clock.
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18

Mr.. Ed Slessinger, of Memphis,
was Lexington visitor Today.
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18

When any citizen is made to feel
he is being called to task, being put
on the defensive, so to speak for his
action in placing his signature on
a perfectly legal petition, then
things have come to some kind OF
pass just what we are not GER
tain.
But many Holmes county citizens
who placed their signatures on that
petition have expressed themselves
as feeling that their being sub
poened to come before the Grand
Jury was an action taken, in way
to '.get even" for the citizen daring
to express himself. Most of the sew
.eral hundred signers of the petitior
have been subpoened to testify be-
fore the Grand Jury. Popular opinion
seems to be that it is desired to make
.petition-signing' very unpopular.
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18

Holmes county is not Germany
yet. Our people still have the rights
guaranteed us by our state and nat
ional constitutions. One of those
rights is the right to send petitions
and remonstrances to any officer or
governmental agency we may desire
. on any subject whatsoever
as long as we do not resort to or
threaten violence.
Such petition was presented to
the Hon. S. F. Davis, judge of the
Fourth Circuit Court District and
referred to by Judge Davis Tuesday
afternoon, April 10th, when he re-
called the Holmes County Grand
Jury because of crimes committed
in the county over the weekend.
We were glad to have our per-
sonal signature on the said petition
and welcome the investigation Of
conditions in the county which
Judge Davis told the Grand Jury to
make.
The eyes of every citizen in
Holmes county are turned upon the
Grand Jury session this week to see
what come Of IT,
The Lexington advertiser., 1946-04-18

The shooting which occurred at
Pickens Sunday was reported to
have had its origin in whiskey. The
man who did the shooting was re-
ported to have been drinking or
drunk when he shot young boy on
the street there.
The unregulated and uncontrolled
sale of whiskey which we have
throughout Holmes county, the ease
with which it can be purchased by
anyone, including minors, and the
numerous joints which sell it are all
factors in the increasing crime wave
in Holmes county.
Drunken driving is common
throughout the county. Ask any
highway patrol officer.
Unless someone or some group
does something to clean up the
county before long we're going to be
in much worse shape than cited in
the petition which seems to have
stirred up so much furore.
Evening star., 1946-10-06
Trade Board History
To Be Dramaiized

The first general membership
meeting of the Washington Board
of Trade will be held at pm.
Wednesday in the Presidential ball
room of Hotel Statler with drama
tization of events in the boards his
tory since 1889.
President Joseph G. McGarraghy
said last night that a one-hour
program to be broadcast by Station
WMAL and sponsored by the Capital
Transit Co. and the Board of Trade
will recall efforts of the late Theo-
dore w. Noyes, editor of the Evening
Star, to found public library sys-
tenn here, and the address of Andrew
Carnegie at the dedication of the
main library building at Mount Ver-
non place.
Other incidents to be dramatized
include the meeting of representa-
tive business men called by Beriah
wilkins of the Washington Post to
discuss organization of a Board of
Trade; Board committee confer
ence with Pennsylvania Railroad Of
ficials concerning removal of tracks
from the Mall. and the development
of the Gravelly Point site for the
National Airport.
Mr.. McGarraghy will review re-
cent reorganization moves by the
board. The meeting will adjourn
for buffet supper at 10 pm.
Evening star., 1946-10-06
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| Representatives of the United
States Park Police and the Metro.
politan Police Department yesterda,
| took individual marksman honors a.
the local police team entries were
closely outpointed in the final ses.
sion OF the two-day Roland G. Ford
memorial pistol matches at the
White House police range.
Park Policeman Robert Mansell
and Policeman Roy D. Marshall
both firing 295 out of a possible 800
placed first and second respectively
Mr.. Marshall missing top spot by
slight scoring technicality.
In team competitions the Delaware
State Police led the match entries
with 1,180 out OF 1,200, while the
West Virginia State Police team
placed second with the same score.
The Delaware group won out with a
better fire timing record. The Park
Police team placed third, only one
point behind the two top teams with
1,179.
Maryland State Police were high
scorers in "B" Division with l,161 out
of a possible 1900. The Baltimore
City Police Team No. 2 placed
second with 1,16O, while the uni
formed force of the Secret Service
registered 1,156 for third.
An Elkins Park (Pa.) team led the
scoring Of &c" Division with 1,122
out of 1900, holding q bare margin
over the Traffic Division team OF the
Metropolitan Police.
Individual match honors in "B''
and &c" Divisions went to G. w.
La Mar, of the Sparrows Point
Evening star., 1946-10-06
I-22"THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY, ocToBER
Sheffield, Hernandez
And Balfz Appointed
To Trade Board Unit

Chairman Edgar Morris yesterday
announced three appointments tt
committees of the Greater Nationa
Capital Committee Of the Washing.
ton Board of Trade.
Clarence G. Shef1eld, president oi
Julius Garf1nckel 81 Co., will heae
the 1947 Campaign Fund Commit.
tee. E. C.. Baltz, secretary of the
Perpetual Building Association, viii
serve as vice chairman
At the same time, Mr.. Morris
disclosed the appointment of Fran
cisco ]. Hernandez, chief of the
travel division of the Pan American
Union, to the executive COMMITTEES
of the Greater National Capital
Committee.
A native of Puerto Rico, Mr.. Her
nandez has been with the Pan
American Union since 1888 He also
is permanent secretary of the Inter-
American Travel Congresses.
Mr. Morris declared that Mr.. Her.
nandez will afford the committee
a source of sound advice in its ef-
forts to broaden the scope of travel
of Central and South American Wis
itors to this CITY,"
Discussing the other appoint
ments, Mr.. Morris pointed out that
the fund campaign will not get un-
der way until next spring. However,
because of the Importance of next
years drive, the committee wanted
to give Mr. Sheffield and Mr.. Baltz
sufficient time to make their plans,
the official said.
The committee, he added, is now
engaged in the greatest tourist and
convention promotional program it
has ever undertaken.