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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-13
LIVESTOCK
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK
CHICAGO May 12-U.R-(USDA)

CHICAGO May 12-U.H-fUSDA)
Livestock: Hogs: 5000. Slow,
about 50-75 cent lower; most de-
cline on weights over $50 lbs.
Sows scarce and steady to Is
cents lower. Top 24.50. Bulk good
and choice 180-260 lbs 23.25-24 SO;
27O-29O lbs 22.O0-23.25; 3OO-35O lbs
20. 5o-21.7 rs; few 3O0-4OO Id 1925
20.50. Most good and choice sows
49, 0-18.50.
Cattle: IA, 900; calves: 1000. All
classes active and generally strong
to Is cents higher. Medium to
good steers, heaters and cows
showed most advance. Five loads
choice medium weight fed steers
topped at 26.75. Load-lot top-good,
and choice offerings Is. SO;
bulk medium to good fed yearl-
ings 81. 5O-25.2 2 comparable good
heifers 20. 00-24. 90; strickly good
and choice heifers "a. 1921 rs. Good
beef COWS 100000; bulk com
mon and medium cows 14.50-17,5O;
Gamers and cutters 11.0O-14.0o.
Practical top good beef bulls 1870.
Good and choice vealers 24.UO-
$500. Good and choice stockers
and light feeding steers 21.oo-21.7o
Sheep: 5000. Slaughter lambs
about active and steady to Is cents
lower; bulk of run sold to- shippers.
About six cars of good to choice
wooded lambs with medium ends
%. 90; sorting necessary. One load
good and choice "a ID Colorado
topped at 1925. Double mostly
good 113 lib woolskins 22.75; loac
very common Texas clipped lambs
No. l and 2 pelts 1900. Slaughter
ewes too scarce for market;
quoted nominally steady.
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WHAT STOCKS DID
TREND OF STAPLE PRICES

NEW YORK, May l2-The AS
ISOLATED Press weighted wholesale
price index Of IS commodities to-
day declined to 170.25.
Previous day lib, week ago
170.57, month ago 1913, year ago
119. Is.
1947 1916 1945 1914
High 1892 1872 1921 108. 70
Low 164.0 5 1902 107.90 1860
1925 average equals 1000.
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TUESDAY, MAY "a

turkey was first use.
festive dinner at the u,.,.
Charles TX in 1870, accorS sla
one story. IN
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DAIRY PRODuCTS

CHICAGO, May 12-P)-Butter
weaker; receipts (two days. 842,-
1866; eggs firm; receipts 1.-TWO
days. Al, 1876.
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Trend Proves Irregularly
Lower From Opening Of
Dull Session

LEAD ALL STOCK MARKET
MARKETS AT A GLANCE
NEW YORK, May 12-tPl-
Stocks-lower; slow selling de-
presses leaders.
Bonds - uneven; some rails
up slightly.
Cotton - irregular; new crop
months steady.
CHICAGO
Wheat - firm on late rally.
Corn firm; short-covering.
Oats steady; aided by
corn action.
Hogs - slow and so to IS
cents lower; top S24.50.
Cattle active, steady to
rs cents higher; top s26.75.
Stocks sold we're:
Railroads $4,000
Utilities 100,0 900
Others $50 1000
BONDS
q, S. Governments none
Railroads 5 ,340,000
Others $4,000
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O

CHARLOTTE, May l2-PESpot
cotton 34.75.
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NEW COTTON

Middling spot 26.90N off %.
Nominal; Bid; A-Asked.
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NEW ORLEANS, May 12-PN
| Cotton futures closed barely steady
| 80 cents to $1.55 a bale lower.
Omen High Low Close
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The name Adolf means noble
WOLF
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-08-14
.StannY Sanders Elected
As District Attorney

Stanny Sanders young Indianola
attorney was elected district attps-
ney of the Fourth Judicial Circuit
Court District in the August 5th
primary defeating Howard Dyer, Jr.
incumbent.,10,61l to $685. a margin
of /, 71S votes.
In a statement to the Delta Demo-
oat-Times at Greenville Mr.. Dyer
said he contributed his defeatto only
one thing, and that was the lack
Of votes. He said it had been a
clean race and he wanted to thank
his friends for their support in this
race and for the other races. He said
Mr.. Sanders was "a fine, outstanding
deserving young man and | am sure
he will capably fill the office Of dis
trict attorney.
Mr.. Dyer carried his home county
Of Washington by a vote of 2,709 to
2,242 for Sanders.
He also carried Holmes County
where he has a large circle of fri
ends and relatives by zoos to 1886
The complete vote of the district
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-08-14
Auto Accident Fatal
To Luther 6. Truitf
Services Held Monday
For Lexington Carpenter

Services for Luther Gwin Truitt,
Lexington carpenter, who died Sun
day afternoon from injuries received
in an automobile accident last
Thursday, were held Monday after
noon at 3 o'clock at the First Baptist
Church in Lexington with the Rev.
L. E. Burnette officiating. Burial was
in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery with
Lee Funeral Home in charge.
Mr.. Truitt was returning from a
Farm Security Administration ear
pentering job when the truck in
which he was riding overturned in
loose gravel on the Horseshoe Lake
Dump. He suffered a broken leg and
a conclusion which proved fatal.
Bonnie Walker, another occupant
of the vehicle, suffered a broken rib
and cuts about the body. Percy Paul
of Tchula was also cut and bruised
about the body.
Two negro occupants of the truck
George Washington and Dub Thur
man suffered bruises and Commissions.
George Written, 16 year old son OF
M. H. Written. driver of the truck
suffered a gashed knee and cuts
about the face and body.
Mr.. Truitt who was SO, had spent
most of his life in Lexington and
Holmes County. He was a member
of the Baptist Church.
He leaves his wife Mrs. Nettie ".
Truitt: a daughter, Miss Melva
Truitt a grandson, Bobby Mayo,
whom he reared; a sister Mrs. Biz
die Grantham all of Lexington; and
a brother, Phillip A. Truitt OF Aber-
deem.
Active pallbearer were: Jim Be-
will, Norris Parkingson, A. E. Filing
ton, Arthur Ames, Leon Armstrong
o. W. Thompson, w. A. Ramsey and
j. r. Williams.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-08-14
Former Holmes Man
Dies Al Canton

Wilson Yandell, Al, former resi-
dent of Lexington and grandson of
the late Judge" and Mrs. VIM. Yam
dell of Canton, succumbed to in
iuries sustained in a hit-run driver
accident in New Orleans about two
weeks ago, his death occurred at a
New Orleans hospital Tuesday after
moor August 5, at Sis o'clock.
Mr.. Yandell was born in Canton.
He made his home in Lexington and
Greenwood for a number of years
and in recent years had resided in
New Orleans. He was a member of
a prominent family of Mississippi,
and was a member of the Presbyter-
ian Church.
Funeral services were held at the
graveside in Canton Wednesday af-
ternoon at 4 o'clock with burial in
the Canton Cemetery, with DR.. John
w. Landrum, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, officiating.
He is survived by his wife of Long
Beach. California and the following
children: Wilson Yandell, Jr. an in
terne at an Evanston, III. hospital,
Margaret Ann Yandell, New York;
Beatrice Yandell, Prentiss Yanaell,
Houston Yandell. all of Long Beach,
California; also his mother Mrs. Nell
Wilson Yandell. Hollywood, Califor-
MIA; a sister Mrs. Ann Yandell, New
York and a brother William Yam
dell, Vance.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Yandell and
their two son Billie and Ben OF
Vance and a number of Delta friends
attended the funeral Wednesday af-
ternoon.
Funeral arrangements were in
charge of the j. D. Baldwin Funeral
home and the casket bearers were:
DR.. A. P. Durfey, T. R. Smith-Vaniz'
R. H. Holmes, Jr. Walter Mcclellan,
r c. White and D.. c. Latimer, of
Jackson.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-08-14
Holmes Man CHARGED
With Rape Attempt

William Booster Hocutt was
released under $4,000. bond and
bound over to await the action OF
the Holmes County grand jury on
a charge of attempted rape in JP
court in Lexington in connection
with the reported attempted rape OF
a IA year old Holmes County white
girl.
Hocutt, according to reports, who
knew the girl very well, picked her
up in Greenwood at the bus station
on ,; Saturday nsns July lath' offering her
Instead, she testified, he tried to
assault her not once but several
times. She fought him off successful
ly using a stick. Finally, she said,
he put her out Of the truck in which
they were riding in the near vicini-
ty of her home and she made her
way home. Charges were preferred
against Hocutt Immediately.
Judge W-D. Ford heard the case.
County attorney Pat M. Barrett
prosecuted the case.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-08-14
EorI H. Fowler
Thanks Voters
To Ny Friends and Voters ok
District l Holmes County:


/ cannot express in words my
deep appreciation to those who have
SO layally supported me for the past
eight years and also in the recent
Primary election
/ want to say that / made the
race on my own, and no one was
backing me. also made no promises
Since I have been your supervisor
| have handled the job according TO
law and my own judgement.
Your taxes have not been raised
during my tenure of offte and /
have labored to do justAthe thing
that was best for the taxpayers.
You will agree with me I'm sure,
that l have given you good roads,
that / have put down more miles of
gravel than had ever been done for
the period of time, SO / have no
regrets whatever, as I believe that
/ have done all that anyone could
have done in this office.
I hold no i'll will against any one
and ! am still.
Your friend,
EARL H. FOWLER.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-08-14
Mississippi College Day
At Baptist Church Sunday

Sunday, August II, has been de-
signated as Mississippi College Day
at the Lexington Baptist Church.
DR.. d. M. Nelson, President of Miss
issippi College, will preach at the
elevea o'clock hour.
DR.. Nelson, well known educator
and popular speaker, will give in
formation on the new building pro-
gram now in progress on the CLINTON
campus.
For 1l6 years Mississippi College
has trained and developed christian
leaders net only for the state Of Mis-
Sissippi but for outstanding inflsssnce
Throughout the world. This school
stands high in religious circles andin
the educational field.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-08-14
Daniel w. BeaII Post
American Legion Seeks
To Help Veterans
Group VIII Serve
AS Clearing House
For information

Daniel w. Beall Post No. 18 of the
American Legion will serve as a
clearing house for information in
the future for veterans, according to
Commander David B. Miles.
The Lexington Post will seek to
serve any Holmes County veteran
desiring information or in any other
way possible, Mr.. Miles said.
Officers of the Post will comprise
the Service Committee.
If the members of the committee
do not know about the information
sought by a veteran, Mr.. Miles stated
they will make it their business to
find out he said.
The veterans Administration Con-
tact Office is operated on the second
floor of the Courthouse in charge OF
Mrs. c. C. Legate. Mrs Legate i
willing and able to furnish any in-
formation or help possible to the
veteran.
There are many problems on
which veterans may need help such
as national service life insurance.
CT training, farm training, on-the-
job training.
The committee of the Legion Il
composed of Commar der D. B. Miles.
Vice-Commander c.. c. Parsons.
Vice-commander j. ] Kazar, ]. H.
Warner, Adjutant; Ben Murphy, IL
nance officer; P. H. Williams, serv-
ice officer; A. Y. Brown, chaplain;
H. w. Watson, historian; c. w. Carr.
sergeant-at-arms; E. H. Skinner and
j. K. Boatwright, color bearers.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-08-14
Coah Schneider issues
Call ToFootbaIl Boys
Drills Sturt Friday;
Schedule Announced

Footballs will fill the air and the
sound of leather humping pigskln
and TIE grunts and groans of men
engaged in bone-breaking Will G
sound across Beall Athletic Field
Friday when the Purple Wave OF
Lexington rolls across the grassy
turf in the initial day of the l947
pre-school football practise.
Coach Bill Schneider issued the
call Tuesday for all prospective pla-
yers to report to the high school
Thursday to receive their uniforms
and equipment. Practice will begin
Friday at 2 o. clock. Coach Schneider
also urges all boys who are unable
to report on the opening day of prac-
tice to begin getting in shape and TO
Law off the milk shakes and candy.
Ie47 Scheduled Announced
The l947 football schedule for
Lexington High was also announced
this week by Coach Schneider.
The Purple Wave opens the sea-
O September 18th, playing Grena-
da in a night encounter at Grenada.
The boys will open the lid at home
the night of Sept. 10. entertaining
Winona.
The schedule for the remainder of
the season follows:
Sept. &C. Alderman, here; Oct. 8,
West here; Oct. 10. Tchula, here;
Oct. II onen date: Oct. "a, Sails,
here; Oct. 81, open date; Nov. q Ben
ton. here: Nov. IA, Belzoni at Bel
zoni; and Nov. 81, Durant, at Durant.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-08-14
Ellison Makes Statement
10 Holmes Electors
TO THE WHITE DEMOCRATS OF
HOLMES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI:

-
In the First Primary received the
Tine endorsement of 805 votes, for
which | desire to express my graft
tude.
BY reason of my experience as a
business man and as a law enforce
ment officer / am qualified to rem
der safessnt service as your Sheriff.
~ have made nc promise, pledge or
commitment of jobs or special privi-
lsges to anyone. | will not do so. No
one has contributed any money to
my campaign fund. / will accept no
contribution. I shall continue to CON
duct my campaign on a high plane,
soliciting the votes of all Of the white
democrats of the County, basing
my appeal upon my character and
qualifications as a man and as an
officer.
] appreciate the courteous, fair
treatment accorded me by the
candidates eliminated in the First
Primary. ! earnestly solicit their
support and the support of those who
voted for them.
II you elect me your Sheriff / will
not be controlled or dominated by
any person. click or clan. / pledge
courteous, honest, efficient services
with equal justice and fairness to
all of the people. / want to be your
Sheriff. I will make you a good.
efficient officer. Your vote and in
fluence will be greatly appreciated
by me.
Sincerely yours,
= VIZ fEnl EFT ICON
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-08-14
Lamar H. Hays Will
Not Seek Run-0f
To nv Friends In Beat Two:

10 my ff1en0S In beat lWos
l have decided not to continue
the race for supervisor of beat two
in which l was the run-off candi-
date.
/ wish to take this opportunity to
thank each and every n of you for
your generous support and vote and
to extend to Mr.. Marion S. RogerA;
my best wishes and cooperation. 4
Again thanking you, / am
Sincerely yours,
Lamar II. HuYs
The withdrawal of Mr.. Hays left
the field open to Ivy M. Mcclellan.
third man in the race for supervisor.
Mr.. Mcclellan also declined to run
it off with Mr.. Rogers and S. E.
Ellis, of West, also declined the rum
off leaving the field to Mr.. Rogers.
The Holmes County Democratic
Executive Committee will declare
Mr.. Rogers the nominee for supervi-
sor of beat two at a special meet
ing Friday morning in Lexington at
ten o'clock. =.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-08-14
Mrs. Thomas |. Boiley
Thanks Mississippiuns

In e1ecting me to this high office,
I feel that the people of Mississippi
gave Tom Bailey a vote of a%pprecia-
ton and me one of confidence. You
put the stamp of approval on every
one to whom he handed the cloak of
leadership. I am deeply grateful.
I shall endeavor to administer this
office in such a manner as to reflect
honor on his name and to be worthy
of the confidence placed in me by
all Mississippians.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-08-14
Lexingtonions Invited
To Attend Barn Dance

The Lexington VFW Auxiliary.
sponsors of the Barn Dance to be
held at the National Guard Armory,
Tuesday night; August 18th, announ-
ced this week that tickets for the
dance will soon be on sale.
Admission prices have not been
set as the Auxiliary has not complet-
ed arrangements for the orchestra to
play for the dance.
The Auxiliary also announced
that the time has been changed from
$3.50 to 9 o'clock.
AL residents of Lexington and sur
rounding area are cordially invited
to attend and bring their friends to
enjoy a night of good entertainment.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-08-14
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
BY H0zsi Bsunnon

The question of whether people
in Holmes County We're interested
in the election or not has now been
fully answered.
Holmes voters, in a record turn
out, went to the polls and voted for
the candidates of their choice.
OF the most countrywide interest
was the sheriff's ace
Whether Holmes County citizens
are interested in law-enforsenent
or not was demonstrated in the out
standing vote they gave the number
one man on the ticket, Ellis b. Wynn,
who was running on a publicly ex-
pressed platform OF strict haven
forcement.
Mr.. Wynn has pledged himself in
this newspaper owe his W signi-
ture to clean up Holmes County OF
the Joints that line our highways;
to enforce the prohibition and gamb-
ling laws; to rid Holmes County OF
its many whiskey joints and do away
with slot machines. i
It is an expansive program that
will take a lot Of work and plenty
of intestinal fortitude. His friends
and the ones who are supporting him
are expecting and depending upon
him to do the job.
To our knowledge Mr.. E. w. Eli
son, the number two man on the
ticket has not expressed hlmse1
publicly on law-enforcement, speci-
fically whether or not he intends to
do anything about present laWless
conditions in Holmes County.
This is in no way a piece" desig-
ned to intimidate Mr.. Ellison N to
saying that he will clean up Holmes
County. 1t is merely a matter OF
keeping the record straight and to
inform the thousands of readers OF
this newspaper each week.
AS further issues develop in this
campaign, If they develop, they will
be discussed in this column . and
we shall do everything in power
to keep our readers informed OF
developments accurately and com-
pletely.
We would not tell any citizen how
TO vote in any election. How you
vote is your own private business
even though your vote is a matter
of public interest. Each Of us is res
ponsible for our actions for we alone
determine what kind Of men are put
in office and the office-holders, par
ticularly the sheriff, determine
what kind of county we have.
we want law and order and de-
n in Holmes County. We want
the whiskey joints that line our
highways closed down. . and not
converted to grocery stores Xix n
Joint near Piokens on highway 81.
We want the bingo games at n
Rainbow Garden in Durant closed
down ard the gambling tables re-
ported to be there destroyed. Any
other bingo games and gambling
tables operating in Holmes County
we also want stopped and destroyed.
We want these evils put out OF
existence not because we are a lily
white reformer, not to deny pleasure
to my person but because we knoW
they are wrong and have a bad in
fl,lence in each community and our
county. They attract a class OF peo-
ole who do not add anything % the
constructive development OF our
communities but instead, have bad
influence.
We believe the majority OF the
people of Holmes County feel the
same way as we do and we believe
that when they go to the polls TO
vote for sheriff they are going TO
vote only for a man who will pledge
himself openly and publicly TO q
cleanup campaign.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-08-14
Williams Outlet Store
Closed August 17-21st

Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Williams are
leaving for several days vacation on
the Mississippi Gulf Coast and the
Williams Outlet Store will be closed
from August 18th through August
21st. 1t will be open for business on
August 22nd.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-08-14
Notice Veterans

Veterans VINO wish to enter on
the job farm training will please
meet Monday August 18. 8
o'clock A. M. at the Lexington High
School.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-08-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Norris of
Jackson spent the weekend with Mr..
and Mrs James Norris.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-11-21

two OF its Twenty-Five cooperating
organizations, The Save the Chill
dren Federation and the Treasure
Chest Campaign to put on the
Treasure Chests U.S.A. program.
This program was opened on Octo-
Der first to encourage more fOrtu-
nate communities to donate Trea-
sure Chests of children's books to
rural schools in the United States
(25,000 Treasure Chest books have
already been donated and shipped
to children oyerseas).
In its free manual which outlines
this project, the Council says
State Extension services, book
mobiles and individual teachers
have done much with limited funds
to correct these conditions. 1t Is
hoped that Federal aid will soon
release more help to these young
citizens in our disadvantaged areas,
but until that time comes we can
all help to share the great wealth
of American children's books with
our own brothers and sisters in
this new and easy way"
Among the many countries who
have received chests to date are
the Philippines, China, France, Bel
GUM, Greece, Poland, Russia and
Siam. Chests can now be shipped to
former enemy countries and have
been received already in Japan,
Germany and Austria. The Treas
ure Chest Campaign, though still an
Independent unit, is now working
in cooperation with UNESCO.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-11-21

The 18th National Observance OF
Childrens Book Week Is being
celebrated this week, November
1922. The slogan around which
libraries, schools and civic organi.
cations are planning their annual
programs is Books for the World
of Tomorrow"
The poster, shown above, has
been designed by the noted illus,
traitors Of children's books, Ingri
and Edgar Parln D'Aulaire. 1t de,
picts the many generations of
American children who have been
privileged to inherit an ever-in-
creasing wealth of books written,
designed and published solely for
their delight and entertainment.
Books like these can prepare them
to be intelligent, tolerant and CO.
operative citizens in the world of
tomorrow.
TO activate this slogan, the Chill
dren's Book Council, 62 West 45th
Street, New York City, which is
also national Headquarters for
Book Week information and aids,
has initiated a special Book Week
project for 1947. The Council tells
us that at least eleven million
American boys and girls are with
out access to library service or
reading of any kind other than text
books. This is a shocking fact,
coupled with the knowledge that
the United States is also the home
of the greatest children's book in
dustry in the world. The Council
has therefore enlisted the help of
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-11-21
Household Hint

When buying piece of furniture
with glass Ioors, examine the inside
of the door. If the piece is genuin'
mahogany, most likely each section
of glass is an individual pane. he'll
in place by carefully Joined sections
of wood. Beware of shoddy work
manship indicated by glass doc
made of single pane with woodr
jig-sawed pattern superimposed g
the outside to initiate a wood
grille.