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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-05-30

lowing accounts be allowed payable
out of the County Fund for salaries,
labor, supplies and materials as fol-
lows: H. H. Johnson, 10000; Earnest
Dulaney, $500 Pat Barrett, 10000;
Pat Barrett, $500; Luke Woods, TO-
90; Durant Library, 5000; Irene
Money. 1000; Mrs. J. B. Irving, II
so: Maude E. Legate, 10000; ;. X.
King, 10000; D. P. Norwood, 1850;
Charles Rutledge, 5000; Elmer ,.
Maskers, 5000; Fincher Co, 1917;
Hedernan Bros, 2167; w. l.. Muir
tagh. Sheriff, 1000; Henry Ice q
Cold Storage, 1900; Povall Print
ing Co.. 79.49; F & N Products, l4ll.-
IS; Povau Hardware Co, 3.25; Ram
sew Thurmond Co., 1851; Q. l.. ELL
son. Ills; Lexington Wagon q
Blacksmith Shop, $3.50; The Flncher
Co. 100; Western Auto Store, 0.5O;
Heinrich Drug Store, 3.65; w. L. Muir
tagh, Sheriff, 156.75; Heinrich Drug
Store, 1890; Tom L. Ketchings Co %,
70.77: Povall Printing Co., l2.oo;
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Parham H. Williams, Clerk, 1852;
Lawrence Printing Co, 5.88 Henry
Ice & Cold Storage, 600; Union
Typewriter Co., 1900; City of Lex
ington, 21.90; Miss. Power & Light
Co, 1856; City of Lexington, 4.95;
Miss. Power & Light Co.. 14.14; Fin
cher Reid Supply Co., $780,; Povall
Printing Co., 2.25; Crave Rutledge,
100: D. S. Rosamond, 222.83; D. S.
Rosamond, 1900; D. S. Rosamond,
5000; Graye Rutledge, $3.50; Mrs. r.
c. Causey, 10000; r. c. Spencer,
10000; L. c. Boatwright, $500; Mrs.
Charlotte Tindall, $500; Beall's
Drug Store, 1880; Miss. Stationery
Co, 6.92; Lexington Advertiser, 49,
81; Hooker Ins. Agency, 6l.62; Her
rman ms. Agency, 104.35; State Aud
iting Dept, 23188; I. F. Carson, Co.
Agent, 236. Sc; Eulalie Johnson, 5000;
B. H. Cooper, 10000; B. H. Cooper,
1000: Virginia Smith, lilac; Louise
Edwards, 5000; Daisey Anderson,
Continued on Page Sevem
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township llt. uLuS -------- lV,AltT'1o
Land Redemption Fund ------ 34.6l
1t is hereby ordered that the fol-
lowing accounts be allowed payable
out of Separate Road District No. !,
for salaries, labor, supplies, ETC., as
follows. Herman Griffin, 91.00;
Glenn McNeer, 74.40; Frank Devine,
1880; Melvin Grantham, $3.50; H.
n. Lehman, $3.50; Dave Grantham,
$3.50; L. c. johnson, 111.50; Clinton
Booth, 8400; Rich Kealhofer, TAO;
Cliff Hughes, 1875; Walter Tucker,
$3.50; Sonny Ray, 1880; Edwin
Buck, 1875; H. S. Terry, 1880;
Hammett Gravel, 1880; Lexington,
Wagon & Blacksmith Shop, 7.8O;
Peoples Service Station, TBS; Peo-
pies Service Station, 392.17; Stand
ard Oil Co., $3.50; H. c. Downer,
900: Watkins Aldridge Co., 549.67;
Lexington Implement Co., 8.94;West-
eern Auto Store, $50; Fincher Co,
1888. Povall Hardware Co, 25.75;
Ramsey-Thurmond Co., $50; Gull
lander Mchy. Co., $3.50; Terry's Ga
rage, 1920; John johnson, 2l.0o;
John Wellington, 1000; Weathersby
Chew. Co, 108.05; Southern Equip
ment Sales, 1882; City & County
Steel Co., ATS.
1t is hereby ordered that the fol-
lowing accounts be allowed payable
out of Separate Road District No. 2
for salaries, labor, supplies, etc, as
follows: A. c. Autry, 1880; Elum
Mcbride, $3.50; Dennis Mcbride, Ca
so; w. M. Mcbride, 1920; Roger
Mcbride, $3.50; Richard Ellis, 91.00;
Will Walker, 101.50; Hammett Ora
wei Co, 234.00; Watkins Aldridge
Co, 9917; Red T. Oil Co, 1925;
Red T.. Service Station, SIS; Ram
sey Thurmond Co., $40; Peoples
Service Station, 2.25; Stribling Bros
Mchy. Vo., 1890: Stribling Bros
Mchy. Co, 468: CampbeIl's Stand
ard Service Station, 1909; Standard
Oil Co, 1924; Mrs. Mildred Holmes
$50; Foster Wilson, 1000; A. @.
Autry, $500; Powers Garage, $50;
E. J. McCarroll, 4510; Bill Brock,
1880.
1t is hereby ordered that the fol-
lowing accounts be allowed payable
out of Separate Road District No
8, for salaries, labor, supplies, ETC.,
as follows: H. c. Brock, 10000;
Humphrey O'Reilly Co., $500; Grown
Service Station, 4.60; Ebenezer Cash
Store, 24.85; j. w. Burwell Store,
1880; Humphrey O'Reilly Co., 23.16
Gwin-Lail Co., $40; Yazoo Valley
Elec. Power Assn, 8.88; Sharpe Ser
vice Station, 0.50; Presley Chew. Co.
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Board Of Supervisors

Be it remembered, that the Boart'
uf Supervisors of Holmes County,
Mississippi, met in the Court House
In the City of Lexington, on the 9Th
day of May AID, 1916, it being the
LIST Monday and the first day OF
the term, with the following MEM
bers and officers present, to wit: E.
II. Fowler, M.B.S. No. /: M. S. Ro-
gers, M.B.S. No. 2; K. p. Thomas,
M.B.S. No. 8; Martin L. Smith, Presi-
dent, M.B.S. No. 4; G. w. Ellison,
M.B.S. No. 5; Parham H. Williams,
Clerk; w. L. Murtagh, Sheriff: and
III. H. johnson, Attorney fer the
Board. When and where the follow
ing proceedings were then and there
held and had:
In Re: County Depository
! beg to hand you herewith lis'
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showing balance in the various
funds Of the County.
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Slips Ouer Fast
One on Censor

One of the few joys left to a news
paper correspondent in one of the
foreign cities where censorship still
prevails is trying to beat the censor.
One of the most amusing beats of
this kind was scored by Drew Mid
dleton writing from Moscow for the
New York Times.
Perhaps it fooled many American
readers, too. 1t reads:
"Ilya Ehrenburg, writing in lives
tia, continued his long series of arti-
Giles on the United States, a group
of articles which for depth and I'M
derstanding are superior to anything
written on these lines since the
works of Charles Lutwidge Dodg-
son."
The dispatch was passed by the
censor who didn't know that Dodg-
son was the real name of Lewis
Carroll who wrote, "Alice in Won
derland," some of the most delight
full nonsense ever penned.
do not know whether Ehren-
burg's articles as published in Mos
COW differed from those which he
published in the United States, but
I must say that some of them re-
Elected life in America as truly as
the scene at the Mad Hatter's tea
party followed the pattern of an
ordinary tea party in England. You
remember that there was a table
set under a tree in front of the
house and the March Hare and the
Halter were having tea at it;
Dormouse was asleep, and the 9TH
er two were using him as cushion,
resting their elbows on it and talk
ing over its head.
Every uncomfortable for the Dor
mouse" thought Alice; "only it's
asleep, suppose it doesn't mind.
The Halter was the first to break
the silence. 'tWhat day of the
month is it?" he said, turning to
Alice. He had taken his watch out
of his pocket and was looking at it
uneasily, shaking it every now and
then and putting it to his ear.
Alice considered little and said,
1.-THE FOURTH
1.-TWO days wrong!" sighed the
Halter. 81 told you butter wouldn't
suit the works." angrily looking at
the March Hare.
1T was the best of butter" the
March Hare meekly replied.
Although Middleton's comparison
between Dodgson and Ehrenburg
was probably well-chosen, I doubt
if the censor would have passed the
comment had he ever read UA1;,,
in Wonderland.
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e. a>za z!3. rno
ii ZEGG% IEE2A wNu
WN.u. RELEASE

I'm afraid well have to sell whether
you want to or not"
Megan drew a long breath and
said quietly, II don't think so, Dad.
The place was left to us jointly;
neither can sell without the consent
Of the other. I am certain that
I can't be forced to accept a deal
that you and Matthews have cooked
up without even consulting me-"
well, perhaps not" he admitted
reluctantly. But of course, we will
have to pay him his commission,
even though the sale doesn't go
through, since it was our fault
yours, rather-and not his, that it
did fall"
"And his commission is ten per
cent said Megan quietly. That's
seven hundred dollars"
She stared at her father in de-
spair, but he merely extended his
cup for more coffee and said pleas
antly, $50 I think it would be much
better if we just let the sale 60
through-don't you? I'm afraid sew
en- hundred dollars is rather a lot of
money in the present state of our
finances-isn't it?"
"Quite a lot," she agreed, pushing
back her plate. She had no longer
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pills had never had more than a
fourth grade education herself.
Low pay is, as it has always been,
one of the chief difficulties. It is a
strange paradox that the business
and industrial groups, who are most
anxious that the principles of de-
mocracy and free enterprise be thor
oughly taught, are the greatest COM
petitors of the schoolhouse.
Here in Washington the minimum
wage of teachers is below that of
lower grade clerical assistants and
file clerks in the government. In in
dustrial centers, the gap is wider.
In business, there is more of a de-
mand today for college-trained per-
sonnet. Many teachers, both male
and female, who went into the serv-
ices, held college degrees, and when
discharged were eagerly snapped
up by businesses requiring higher
education
Chambers of commerce, dis
turbed by the threat of unframed
minds in their communities, have
appealed to the government to pro-
mote special teachers programs as
part of the veterans re-training
programs but here again the fed
eral government would be treading
on thin ice. That isn't in the law.
Private institutions and the COM
munity itself are responsible for this
type of effort, and congress always
puts its foot down when there is any,
thing that even hints at federal ac-
tivity in connection with the public
school system. The office of edu-
cation leans over backward to keep
away from anything that might be
labeled Interference"
Not only poor pay but also lack
of social life drives many prospec-
tive teachers into other fields. That
is something that only the commu-
nifty can change.
If the teachers position is not
changed for the better and the pub
lie school system is not restored to
its normal place in our democracy
we will have lost the one thing with
out which democracy cannot grow.
Democracy cannot renew itself, it
must be renewed in the hearts of
each new generation. Otherwise,
weeds aplenty will take its place.
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tenn faces one of the greatest crises
in its history-American schools
have lost 100000 competent, we'll
prepared teachers since Pearl Har-
bor." (That was in June, l944.)
At that time only one out of a hun
dred school teachers held "emer-
gency certificates"-certificates is
sued to persons admittedly not in
the competent, well-prepared'
class.
Today, according to an estimate
made in an article in the October
issue of Coronet magazine, one out
of every eight hold such certificates
and out of the 100000 teachers lost
to war industries, the draft and 9TH
er wartime activities, Coronet finds
at least $4,000 of those teachers
''lost' for good. Stuart Chase, econ
omist, sets 100000 as the number
needed before the present teaching
staff of the nation is brought up to
what he calls "adequate."
Ralph Mcdonald, executive Sec
rotary of National Educational as
ISOLATION in Washington, who has
been busy trying to wake the edu-
cational world to its danger, quotes
reports that Russia today is spend
ing 20 per cent of her comparatively
low national income on education,
while we spend only two per cent of
ours for the same purpose.
And not satisfied with what is now
being done, the Soviets are demand
ing still higher standards Of 'ideo-
logical and political" knowledge for
their teachers. The party paper,
1zvestia, announced in a recent arti-
Gle that students from Bulgaria,
Czechoslovakia and other Slav coun-
tries were being brought into the in
situations of higher learning in Mos
COW, Leningrad and other cities.
The office of education of the
United States government is fully
aware of the danger facing our pub
lie schools. Its functions are strict
ly limited, however, to the acquisi-
ton and distribution of information.
Actual promotional activities are
forbidden and improvement of con-
ditions rests fundamentally with the
states and local communities. The
office of education is doing all it
can. Full cooperation in the gath
ering of data is provided and for
the last six weeks or so special eff
forts have been made to bring in
formation on this subject up to date
for distribution. Actual statistics of
the varying needs of various COM
munities now are being compiled.
National Education association,
which began an intensive campaign
two years ago to assist in the re-
cruitment of teachers, improvement
of working conditions end higher
salaries, has renewed it's efforts as
a result of action taken at the or
ganization's convention this July. 4
slogan which they have adopted
runs: "We must have federal aid be-
fore we can have equalization of OPP
portunity." But federal "interfer-
ence" in Americas school system
has always been DOGGY.
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Cheat Pupils Out
OF Proper Education

Meanwhile, as Charles Harris
says in the previously quoted Coro-
net article, eve, are cheating our
boys and girls of their right to the
kind of an education they DESIRE"
by permitting this teacher short
age which has closed more than 1000
class rooms and over-expanded
classes so that individual attention
to pupils has virtually vanished.
Many vital subjects have been
dropped.
The worst phase of the situation is
the turnover. AS is evidenced by
the number of emergency certifi-
Gates" issued, the standard has fall
en- sharply. Harris mentions one
school which permitted a convict
to be released from Jail because no
one else could be found to teach the
pupils. I was told of case where
a teacher teaching sixth grade pu-
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THE STORY THUS FAR: Pleasant
Grove accepted without any surprise
Meg's engagement to Larry Martin.
People generally supposed Meg would
sell the old farm and 60 to the county
seat where she and Larry would live.
Jim NacTavish continued to take
walks" each evening, and Meg sus.
pected he was going to see Alicia, the
widow. Atop the ridge she sat and
thought 1t over long time. She loved
the old farm, every rock and every
tree. Finally she knew she could not
marry Larry and leave the farm. She
must tell him. As She walked back to
the house she glanced toward the Fallon
home. In the backyard was a figure In
white, dancing weirdly.
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Washington l1{:2:&5;
Nation Suffers Scarcity
OF Competent Teachers
By BAUKHAGE
Neius analyst and Commentator.

WNU Service, 1916 Eye Street, NV,
Washington, D. C.
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any appetite for the dinner Annie
had prepared while she sat on the
Ridge and reached the decision not
to sell the old farm. "Maybe Lau-
renee can figure a way out"
1.-THE only way out, if you are
stubborn enough not to sell, is to
pay Matthews seven hundred dol
lars" her father assured her GRIM
ly, looking at her with angry sus-
picion. "And if you've got seven
hundred dollars available, to be
thrown away like that, it will sur
prise me a lot-after I've been kept
practically penniless for longer than
I care to remember"
IT haven't exactly found it diff
cult to spend what little money I've
had either" she answered him with
spirit. "And as for having seven
hundred dollars on hand to pay
Matthews-that's little bit funny"
sis it? l hope it's joke you'll
enjoy" said her father as he thrust
back his chair, and leaving his
breakfast half eaten, went out. She
ltdl0 llle OQlS4 OooA SloSC AoAA NC
hind him.
Megan sat on for a little at the
table, though her appetite for food
had long since vanished; and then
with sudden decision she got up and
went to the telephone and called
Laurence in Meadersville.
His voice sounded warm and
cheerful and eager, as though he
was delighted to hear her say,
Larry, this is Megan-I'm in a
JAM"
"Not you, darling" he countered
gaily. II don't believe it-you're
covering for somebody else"
"Wen, perhaps-in a way" she
admitted reluctantly. Then as brief
ly as she could, she related her ia
theirs conversation with Matthews.
When she had finished, she asked
anxiously, do l have to pay Mat
.thews' commission, even if the sale
does not 60 through"
mot unless you and your father
both signed the papers with him
authorizing him to make the sale"
Laurence assured her promptly.
"Thank goodness!" said Megan
youthfully.
The night was superb. A full
moon, silver-white in pale blue
sky, rode high, and beneath the thick
dark of the shrubbery on the lawn
and the ancient live oaks, the shad-
ows were like soft black plush. Me-
CAMS. room was flooded with the
silver-white light when she awoke,
and she lay still for moment,
puzzled to know why she had awak-
ened. And then the sound came
again, knocking at the kitchen
door downstairs, knocking soft,
urgent, repeated, insistent.
With her heart hammering with
sudden uneasiness. she slid out Of
bed, thrust her feet into her slip
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-10-25

Don't be ELUSIVE with dogs, Just
polite. Too much familiarity may
breed resentment, and mud on your
front.
The Archbishop of Canterbury
told his motorcycle escort that it
thrilled him to 60 through red
lights. A good American traffic COP
could get bishop through the eye
of a needle.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-10-25

Secretary Anderson says we ought
to be glad the hogs and cattle are
on the ranges putting on more
weight-even if we aren't.
If you read both the Republican
and Democratic house organs, you'll
be as confused as Alice was when
the Red Queen asked her what re-
NAMED when you took dog from
a bone.
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of which would
triumph, naziism
or democracy,
was settled, the
United States is
being forced to
meet a crisis in
its competitive
struggle to main
tain its way of
life.
Two years ago
the predic ito n,
based on trends
of that moment,
was made that
tnJIr Scho01 cvc.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-10-25

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Less than
a year and a half after the question
Evening star., 1946-11-06
GuethIer and Smith, Pals, Battle
For Title in King Pin League
By Ben McAIwes

Pacesetting King Pin meets Ross
lyn at Rosslyn in one Of the Ladies
Ma jor District League matches while
second-place Brookland and third
place College Park collide at Brook
land Recreation. Fourth-place Hi
Skor invades Ice Palace, Lafayette
visits Silver Spring and Mount
Rainier rolls at Petworth.
The squirting Greenway quint
meets front-running Clarendon
while in other Ladies Minor District
League settos Spillway fires at Co
lonial Village, Takoma at Temple
and Fort Davis at Lucky Strike.
Carroll Simpson Of Wakefield Re-
tail, with 14S. and Roy Hoover oi
Wakefield Wholesale, with 800, were
tops in the Fort Davis Minor loop
Winters was the acme of consistency
with three games OF 113. which in
cluded three spares in each to aid
the leading Penquins win two games
Featured by Jessie Keith's 372
Service Observers won two from
third-place Plant to move three
games ahead in the G. & ?. Tele.
phone Ladies loop as the second
place Installation dropped two te
Construction. Fourth-place Account.
ing won the odd one from Seventh
Floor Toll to stay a game in front
of Out Toll No. z.
Evening star., 1946-11-06
G. w. Staff Trying to Smooth
Rouqh Spots for Citadel Game

George Washington University's
football coaching staff thinks it's
about time the young Colonials get
over the freshman mistake stage
and play game or two without
giving away touchdowns.
The errors that were bound to
come up in the early games did not
hurt too much as the Colonials were
playing inferior opponents and
overcame the mistakes with their
own power. In the Rutgers and
Georgetown defeats, however, the
nisplays were fatal.
1--WE haven't been outpiayed this
year" Assistant Coach AL Sadusky
said yesterday. I'VE were at least
even with Rutgers and the figures
show what we did to Georgetown,
but they blocked a kick and inter-
cepted 4 pass to beat u.s." Sadusky
was speaking in the absence Of
Coach Skip Stanley, inactive due
TO the heavy cold and grippe that
has bothered him for 10 days.
q. WIS immediate concern is Sat-
urday's game in Charleston, s. c.,
With The Citadel, the Colonials' first
Southern Conference opponent Of
the season. The weeks program
calls for light workouts rs @. w. is
nursing multiple bruises from two
rugged ball games.
The South Carolina military
school eleven has beaten Presby-
terian G-0 and Newberry C2s-D
and lost to William and Mary
d2-SD, Furman t0-1D and South
Carolina T-l9).
The Colonials' and the Bulldogs
ere even In their modern series,
q. w. losing 4 previous game in
Charleston but winning one here.
Evening star., 1946-11-06
Guided Tour to Give Members
First Glance at Argyle Links
By MerreIi WhittIesey

|he remembered the Manor Club
had offered Argyle two old pumps
about Is years ago. He rushed Out
to the club, found the pumps in the
barn and for sale, both in perfect
condition. :
Bought Car for Motor.
The pump required a motor Sc
LIE DUO bought a 1929 car and ii
wheezed its last as 1t turned the
corner into the Argyle driveway
Workmen dismantled the car on the
spot and lugged the motor to the
dam. The car body still is there.
Lincoln Johnston, committee
chairman for the upcoming tour
and Raymond e. Gable, secretary o1
the club, have been lie Dues right.
hand men, working afternoons anc
week ends on the course. The Board
of Governors voted at the home o1
Club President w. w. Deal to &C
ahead with the second nine. Deal
has been the clubs most enthusiastic
booster. Nearly $4,000 stock has
been sold.
The 3,16o-yard par So nine may
be ready for play by early summer
of 1947. That present layout is q
combination of the future first anc
second mines, scattered over ths
rolling terrain, ideal for golf course
construction. The problem Of con-
verting the barn into clubhouse
as was done years ago at Indiar
Spring and old Beaver Dam, is q
major one, but the twice-homeles.
Argyle members are determined X
play golf in 1947.
Evening star., 1946-11-06
Chapman Laces Par
With So 10 Set Pace
In hoth-Soufh
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

PINEHURST. N. c., Nov. g.
Trimmed to 121, including most Of
the Nations top professionals. the
field for the 45th annual North and
South Open golf tournament went
out for the second round today with
Dick Chapman, local amateur, hold
ing a 2-stroke lead.
Chapman, winner Of the United
States amateur championship in
1910, shot = 3-under-par SO In yes
terday's opening round over the
country clubs 6,s79-yard No. 2
course. He paced such favorites as
Ben Hogan of Hershey, Pa, who was
one Of five tied for second place
with II.
Tied with the Hershey sharp
shooter were Mike Turnesa OF White
Plains, N. Y; Ted Kroll of New
Hartford, N. Y; Jim Milward of
Madison, Wis, and Willie Coggin, q
fellow townsman of Turnesa.
Eight others matched par and
another group Of six was deadlocked
with 70 to round out the top 20
scores.
Today's field was reduced to those
with 50 or under. and tomorrow's 36-