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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23
American Red Cross
Holds Conference

Representatives from the Holmes
County Chapter attended a Fund
Campaign Conference which was
held in jackson Tuesday. This
Conference was presided over by
Walter c. Derrick, Regional Direct
or out of the Atlanta office and the
principal speaker was w. w. Jeffer-
son, manager of the Southeastern
Area office, Atlanta, Georgia.
Also on the program was Miss
Mildred Stephens who is doing
splendid work on the Fund Cam
paign in this district out of the At
lanta office.
Chapter and Fund chairman from
over the whole district were present
and in presenting plans to the group
Mr.. Jefferson placed special empha-
sis on the fact that Red Cross work
now is net Peace Time program,
but a Postwar job and the needs
are great to meet present conditions.
In Holmes County, Mr.. Joe E. Ber-
man will serve ss County Fund Cam
paign Chairman with Mr.. w. T.
Thurmond co-Chairman.
For the last five years Mr.. w. n.
Ellis has promoted an "over the top"
campaign and his successors VIII be
given the same fine cooperation
from the citizens of Holmes county
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23
Lexington Compress
Under New Ownership

The Lexington Compress has been
bought by group of Lexington peo-
pie and will in the future be oper-
ated by same.
This group is as follows: Sessions
Povall, president; Ephraim Cohen,
vice-president; Allie Povall, Will D.
Wilson and Mrs. Emily Lucas. The
firm name remains the same.
Mr. John F. Pickens will remain
as superintendent. Mr.. Pickens has
been with the press for long time
and his retention as manager is GER
tain to meet with public approval.
1T will be the policy of the new
ownership to "render service equal
to any to be found in the world"
according to Mr.. Povall, president.
The public is extended cordial
invitation to visit the Compress.
Your attention to a full announce
ment on page in invited.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23
John (. Word With
w. L. Ellis & Son

Mr.. John E. Word is now employ
ed with w. L. Ellis & Son in Lexing-
ton as sales manager of the tractor
and implement department.
The Ellis firm handles B. F. Avery
g. Sons Tru-Draft tractors and farm
equipment which are well known to
Holmes county farmers.
The Messrs. Ellis invite the pub
lie to come in and talk with Mr.
Word about farm equipment needs.
Mr., Word is well known in this
section having been an active farm
er and livestock man all his life up
until he entered the armed forces.
He served three years and eight
months in the army, thirty-four
months of which was spent over
seas.
He will be happy to greet his
friends and make new ones at his
present location.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23
Lexington Basketball
Team Wins Fourth Game

Licking, Highs basketball boys
won their n rth game of the season
Tuesday nigh. beating Tchula 1874
in return engagement. Lexington
won over Tchula before Christmas
in a game played there. Waldo Blake
was high scorer accounting for II
points for Lexington.
Tchula girls have twice defeated
the Lexington girls before the holi-
days and on Tuesday evening here
34-8.
Win Over West
The Lexington team won over
West last Friday evening 1915 and
the local girls defeated the West
girls 1920 in the engagement played
here.
The other game of last week saw
the Lexington boys beat Vaiden24-1 10
and the Walden girls overwhelmed
Lexington 1920 in a spirited con-
test.
Boys Play Pickens
The next game of the season will
be played Friday evening at seven
o'clock in Lexington with Pickens.
The public is invited.
Coach Bill Schneider is in charge
of the boys and the girls are coach
ed by Mrs. P. P. Lindholm.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23
889 Holmes Citizens
Use Mobile Unit
For Health Tests

The Mobile Unit OF the Mississippi
State Board of acknowledgements
Association-Jackson, in cooperation
with the Holmes County Health De-
partment, made a T. B. and Blood
Survey on 500 persons in some of
the schools and industries Of the
County during the past week.
This $4,000. Mobile Unit with
x-ray equipment and trained oper-
ators, made possible in part, by the
sale Of tuberculosis Christmas seals,
s scheduled to make Countrywide
Survey in approximately six mon
tbs, according to DR.. w. H. Weeks,
Director of the Holmes County Heal
tn Department.
This is a great opportunity and the
people Of Holmes county should take
full advantage of it, DR.. Weeks
stated.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23
III Lund Owners Take
Part In Program
Involving 33,825 Acres

The Holmes County Soil Conser-
walton District has made greater
progress during 1916 than during
any other year of its existence
Following is summary of the years
activities:
Through the assistance of the Dis
trict an additional I'll land owners
were aided during the year in de-
veloping complete land use plans for
their farms covering 33,825 acres.
This together with accomplishments
for previous years makes a total of
52l farms on which plans have been
developed covering total of Ia, 085
acres. To date about u of the land
owners, who own approximately u
of the 488,960 acres of land within
the District, are using the assistance
provided by the Soil Conservation
District. AS basis for developing
soil conservation plans for individual
farms, soil conservation maps have
been developed on approximately
$4,000 acres, with 41,272 acres map
ped during this year.
AS means of further aiding in
terested farmers in establishing soil
conservation practices services were
made available ID in technical assis-
lance in making soil conservation
surveys for use in developing soil
conservation plans for individual
farms; (2) in technical assistance in
aiding farmers in developing COM
plete land use plans for individual
farms and in establishing and main
tanning soil conservation practices;
(3) in making available minerals and
other conservation materials; az in
securing contractors for delivering
and spreading minerals, for constr
ucting stock ponds, for excavating
drainage bitches and for construct
ing terraces and diversion bitches;
(5) in securing dealers for handling
seed and other conservation mater
ials; (6) in providing equipment for
harvesting and processing seed; and
CD in securing fish for stocking farm
ponds.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23

renowned for its bravery for decades
past, were given chance to spare
their lives if they would swear ale
glance to the Bulgarian government
CNazi controlled). Each boy refused.
Most of the boys were ID and ~
wears old and among them was the
lo-year old son of Mr.. Dinas' first
cousin.
Cc.4,a to Doxcton
The town of Doxaton received
fifty heads of these cattle which the
generous citizens Of Mississippi sent
to Greece, Mr.. Dinas later learned,
and his cousin received one of the
cows.
The cows were distributed in Dox-
atom. the speaker said, by putting
the names of every family who lost
a son or man in the war in hat and
drawing fifty of the names out.
Mr.. Dinas said the trip was the
highlight of his life and he was so
grateful to the people of Holmes
county for their wonderful help in
contributing TO buy the cattle and to
make possible his trip to Greece
and that he brought from the people
of Greece their heartfelt thanks for
American friendship and aid.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23
Lexington MPL Office
Display Appliances

The Lexington office of the Miss
issippi Power and Light Company
is the first office in the state to
launch plans for the use of its sales
floor and window space by appliance
dealers for the display of their mer-
chandise.
The public of Lexington and vicin-
ity is invited to call at the MPL
office and view the many beautiful
electrical appliances now on dis
play by the Fincher Company, RAM
-Thurmond Company, Lexington
Lumber Company and T. M. Will
Jams & Sons, Store No. I and II.
Other dealers of Lexington are
expected to add appliances to the
display as they become available.
Among the items which can be
seen now at the MPL office are cleo
trio refrigerators, ranges, automatic
dishwashers, beverage boxes, deep
freezer units, attic fans, and cleo
trio water pumps for shallow wells
and deep wells. Prices appear on
all items.
Among the lines displayed are
General Electric, Philco, Hotpoint,
Marquette, Amana and Clark.
Others will be added as dealers get
them in stock.
Lexington is First
The MPL is trying this plan of
dealer cooperation in Lexington to
see how it works out. If the plan is
declared a success here it will be
tried in other communities in the
state, said c. B. Lay, residential
sales supervisor of MPL.
BY having major appliances thus
displayed the potential customer
may examine at her leisure the lines
offered for sale at the local appliance
and hardware stores.
Prospects developed by the MPL
will be turned over to the local
dealers to complete the actual sales
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23
Community Chairmen
For Polio Named

Mrs. Jack Reid, Lexington, Hol-
.es county March of Dimes chairman,
has announced her community chair
men as follows:
Durant, Mrs. James G. Guess.
West, Mrs. w. T. Hand.
Goodman, Mrs. S. r. Allen
Pickens, Mrs. Hood May
Tchula, Mrs. w. M. Henry
Cruger, Mrs. Cecil Spivey
Coxburg, Mrs. Willie Hocutt
Ebenezer, Mrs. Mat O'Reilly
The campaign for the March of
Dimes is underway in every comm
unity in the county and the public
is asked to give generously to this
worthy cause.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23
Holmes School Children
Get Dental Attention

A letter is being sent to the par
ents of all school children in Holmes
county who are found to have de-
fective teeth following examination
by the Dental Hygienist, Miss Marie
Rutledge, working with the Holmes
County Health Department.
A copy of the letter follows:
Dear Parents:
We find bad
teeth and if not attended to now will
get worse. 1t is a great mistake to
fail to take care of defects in child
ren's teeth just as soon as they
occur. One small cavity, if not at
tended to, will cause others and so
on. 1t is a mistake too, not to have
defects in baby teeth taken care Of.
Good care of baby teeth gives a
much better chance for good perm
anent teeth. Neglected dental care
causes a great deal of trouble--mars
the looks, endangers the health and
finally as q last resort, false teeth.
This letter is to remind you that
the Health Department has money to
pay the dentist for the correction of
dental defects of children whose
parents are not able to do so. We
are not sure that this program will
run longer than July l, 1947. This
leaves no excuse for not having
your childrens dental needs taken
care OF.
Please bring your children who
have defective teeth to the Health
Department in Lexington any Sat-
urday morning or to the Health Cen
ter nearest you, and get your order
to the Dentist of your choice in Hol-
mes county.
Sincerely,
w. H. WEEKS, M. D.
Holmes County Health
Officer
MARIE RUTLEDGE
Dental Hygienist
Schedules maintained at the var
ious Health Centers over the county
are as follows: =,
Tchula: Mondays 8 A. M. to IL
noon.
Cruger: Tuesdays A. M. to IL
A. NJ.
Goodman: Wednesdays ! P. M. to
3 p. M.
Durant: Thursdays 10 A. M. to 3
p. M.
West: Fridays 9 A. M. to II A. M.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23
Chickosuw Lumber Mon
Posses Here Tuesday

Mr.. John Simon Kleusner, "a, an
employee of the Chickasaw Lumber
Company, died suddenly at the Com
munity Hospital Tuesday, after a
sudden heart attack on the job that
day.
He was rushed to the Community
Hospital where he passed away
about seven o'clock.
Mr.. Kluesner made his home at
the home of Mrs. w. T. Holder.
The remains were shipped to his
home in Alexandria, Louisiana,
where his widow and one son NAL
colin survive.
Southern was in charge OF arr
angements.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23
Lexington Rotarians
Hear A. K. Dinas

Mr. A. K. Dinas, well known Dur
ant cafe man, was principal speaker
at the Lexington Rotary Club Friday
telling about his recent trip to Gre
zee in July with the USS Calvin
which carried 816 head of cattle to
Greece from the United States Mr..
Dinas, native of Doxaton, Macedo-
mia, Greece, went as interpreter.
$1,772.00 was raised in Holmes CO.
unity, mostly by Mr., Dinas, to pur-
chase the 20 or 80 head of cattle
which had been set up as Holmes
county's quota in the drive to send
gifts to Greece from Mississippi.
There were SIG cows loaded in
Gulfport on the USS Calvin and
only 81 were lost on the 16-day trip
over. Twenty cars of hay and ten
cars of hay cars of feed were car
ried to supply the cows enroute, he
said.
1t took twelve days to reach Gibr-
alter, a well-fortified place, Mr.
Dinas said On the sixteenth day the
Port of Athens was reached where
he stayed six days before going by
bus to Patras, seventy miles distant,
to rejoin his ship.
Mr.. Dinas told in an interesting
way how the war had affected these
people. He said everyone was bare
footed, even the captain and other
officers of the boat that came out to
greet them when they reached
Athens. He told of the effects Of in
flation and how it had ruined the
people and taken away all their
wealth. Men were working, he said,
for the equivalent Of one American
dollar a day 5000 drachmas) and
one cigarette alone cost so drachmas.
Transportation was practically i'm
possible, he related, telling how it
took one broken-down bus he was
on twelve hours to travel 20 miles
over terrible mountain roads.
400 Youths KILLED
Mr.. Dinas' listeners were COM
pleteIv absorbed when he told how
in his native hometown, Doxaten, in
1913. four hundred Young boys were
lined I'D and shot down it' mach
ine guns in cold blood by the Bull
garisns. The boys, natives of town
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23
Mrs. 6. B. Ramsey
Passed In Duranf

Mrs. G.. B. Ramsey, member of
prominent Durant family, passed
away at her home Wednesday after
noon after an illness of several
months.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at 800 o'clock at the
Methodist church, in Durant.
Officiating ministers were the
Rev. E. S. Lewis, Greenwood, and
the Rev. w. P. Bailey, Ripley, her
former pastors; DR.. E. r.. Smoot,
Methodist pastor, Durant; and the
Rev. A. Y. Brown, pastor of the First
Methodist church of Lexington. She
was a member of the Methodist
church. ~
Mrs. Ramsey was the former
Annie Jane Pope. She was born in
Holmes county and her family was
prominently identified with the
civic, religious, and social life of
Durant.
Surviving are five sons, G.. B.
Ramsey, of Starkville; w. A. Ram
sey, of Lexington; Doug Ramsey, of
Durant, and Tom Ramsey of Knox
vile, Tennessee, and Pope Ramsey,
of Hattiesburg; and four daugh-
tiers: Mrs. ]. G. Montgomery, Miss
Alleen Ramsey, Miss Elizabeth Ram
Sey, all of Durant; Mrs. w. A. Hen
ley, of West.
Interment was in Mizpah cemetery
in Durant, with Southern in charge
of arrangements.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23
Miss Minnie Jordan
Candidate For
Reelection
To the Voters of Holmes County
Mississippi:

10 the Voters of Holmes County.
Mississippi:
l am announcing my candidacy
for Circuit Clerk of Holmes County,
subject to the action of the action
OF the Democratic voters in the ap-
preaching primaries to be held this
year.
| am now completing my first full
term as your Clerk and will appre-
clate 1t very much if you will elect
me again to this office. l have en-
deavored to make an efficient and
courteous officer.
My official record is before you
and you know whether l have made
an efficient Clerk, and if I have, l
hope / may have the privilege of
serving you again.
Since have been Circuit Clerk,
the people of this county have in
deed been gracious and considerable
and / have thoroughly enjoyed serv-
ing you as your Clerk.
Respectfully soliciting your vote
and active support I am.
Yours sincerely,
MINNIE JORDAN
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23
Holmes County Soil Conservation Commission
Report Outstanding Accomplishments AZ
Rites Held Friday
For King Infant

Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. John AL
win King sympathize with them in
the loss of their infant son born
Thursday, January 10th, at the Co.
immunity Hospital. Mrs. King is the
former Agnes Brough, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs, NJ G. Brough, of Lex
ington.
Services were held Friday after
noon at two o'clock with the Rev.
L. R. Brunette, Baptist pastor, off
iciating. Interment was in the Lex
ington cemetery with Southern in
charge of arrangements.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
by Hozel BrGnnon

About the most important thing
we could advise our readers to do
now is to pay your poll tax :. /. be-
fore February LIST. Only seven more
days to do this.
Next summer you will be wanting
to vote for county and beat officers
and you can't do this without your
1916 poll tax receipt.
We invite your attention to the
report of the Holmes County Soil
Conservation Commission carried
elsewhere on this page.
Particularly significant, we be-
lieve, is the report that 1852 percent
of all the money earned by the
farmers of Holmes county was earn
ed by only one-fourth of the farmers,
operating one-fourth of the land. If
all of the farms of the county were
under the district plan much greater
progress in soil conservation could
be made and the wealth of our soil
throughout the county preserved
and strengthened.
The Commission also states the
most important problem facing the
people Of the county -. the proper
utilization of thousands of acres of
idle lands which could be made
very profitable by establishment of
forest or permanent pastures.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23
$3.50 Acres Rotution

There were ATT district cooperat-
ors who took advantage of these SER
vices during 1916, which resulted in
their establishing $3.50 acres OF
crop rotations, 713 acres OF cover
crops, 2.815 acres of crop residue
management, 1901 acres of contour
farming, $500 acres of woodland i'm
provement, 1850 acres OF terracing,
300 feet of diversion bitches, IL
acres of kudzu, 6,803 acres of pas
ture Improvement, A miles OF fire
breaks, 5,003 acres of drainage, 2z6
farm ponds, Is fish ponds, 40 Wild
life areas, and 1913 ponds were stock
ed with fish.
During the year 16 news articles
appeared in the county newspapers.
AS one of the detectives for 1916
it was suggested to the technlclans-
that they assist the soil conservat-
ion district cooperators in utilizing
their allowance from the Production
and Marketing Administration In
the most effective way in develop
ing sound soil conservation pro-
Gram. After reviewing the Product
ion and Marketing Administrator
records we found that the ATT farm
ers who participated in the district
nrogram earned 1920 of the allot-
nent made to the county. TINS re-
presents only 22% of the total num-
her of farmers in the district.
This successful program mas been
made easier through the assistance
and close cooperation between the
Extension Service, Production ana
Marketing Administration, Vocation,
al Agriculture Teachers, and the DOH
Conservation Service.
AS detectives for 1947 we are re-
ouesting the technicians to encour.
age and assist the cooperators IN W
utilizing all idle land to the best ao-
vantage: (2) establishing kudzu on
the most badly eroded areas; lSl
planting wild winter peas on areas
that can be used for winter grazing;
az establishing all soil conservation
building practices planned Tor ms
farm and go to assist all interested
farmers of the district in develop
inc a conservation plan.
No doubt the most important pro-
blem facing the people OF Holmes
County is the proper utilization OF
the thousands of acres of idle iano
on which we are now paying taxes
and which are bringing in no reven.
ne to the farm. All of this land couio
he made profitable by the establish
ment of forest or permanent pasture'
Since 1927 of all the money earn
ed nv the farmers of the county was
earned by " of the farmers, operat--
ing Y of the land, it is felt that II an
tbe farms of the county were under
district plan much greater accom-
nlishments in soil conservation
would be obtained.In an effort 70
bring this about we gladly exteno
to every one of the farmers OF the
county the services of the district
Respectfully submitted, y
H. P. WATSON 7
C. v. MAXWELL
MAURY HUMPHREYS
C. L. DOWNER
L. w. PARKER
Holmes County Soil Conservation
District Commissioners
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23

Mr.. Billy Carter, of Millsaps, will
spend the weekend here with his
mother, Mrs. W. o. Carter.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-01-23
The March of Dimes is on.

The public is now thoroughly
familiar with this worthy cause.
Already many victims of polio in
Holmes county and in Mississippi
have been aided by the National
Foundation.
Everyone is expected to give as
generously as possible in order that
this valuable work may go on.
The Southern Bell Telephone
Company is asking for slight raise
in rates. Its petition will be heard
some time in February by the Miss
issippi Public Service Commission.
Officials are pointing out that ex-
penses of the Company since 1910
have increased 148 percent against
an increase in revenue of 116 per-
cent; that there has been no in
crease in telephone rates since 1928
in Mississippi except in cases where
the system has been converted and
better equipment used.
The increase asked for in Lexing-
ton will be only twenty-five cents
per month on residence phones and
no increase on extension phones for
residences; and $1.00 per month for
business phones (one-party); seven
ty-five cents increase for two-party
business phones; fifty cents for
four-party phones and an increase
of twenty-five cents per month on
business extension phones.
The raise seems normal and
reasonable in view of the fact that
the Telephone Company plans to
spend, within the next five years,
twenty-five million dollars in con-
struction to keep pace with rapidly
developing Mississippi.
Evening star., 1947-04-03
Stock List, Unsettled
BY Coal Mine News,
Drifts Downward
Associated Press Financial Witsr

NEW YORK, April 3.Coal mine
news helped unsettIe the stock mar
ket today and, while selling was ur1-
Impressive, leaders generally backed
down fractions to around 2 points.
Pre-holiday apathy ruled most OF
the proceedings. There was furry
of professional liquidation when the
Interior Department announced that
5l8 Government-operated soft coal
mines would remain closed indefi-
nitely because they were believed
dangerous Dealings then reverted
to sluggishness and extreme de-
clines were reduced in the ma jority
of cases near the fourth hour.
Good earnings and dividends
failed to do much for stocks con-
cerned. Wall street still was bit
bearish regarding the threatened
telephone strike, business prospects,
taxes and foreign affairs.
On the offside were United States
steel. Bethlehem, youngstown Sheet,
Goodrich, Goodyear, Sears Roebuck,
j. /. Case, Western Union "a,
Santa Fe, Chesapeake & Ohio,
Schenley, Barber Asphalt, Ameri-
can Woolen, Dow Chemical, East
man Kodak, Allied Chemical and
Du Pont.
Resistance was displayed by
Chrysler, Transcontinental & West
ern Air, Eastern Air Lines, J. G.
Penny and United States Lines.
Bonds were uneven.