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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-01-25
Let's Face It -.
By A. L. Johnson
A LETTEE RREPRINTED :
Dear "Let's Face 1t:

Without taking sides in the
Acorn College controversy it is
timely to consider some factors
which must be faced by all in
terested in the situation. What
Acorn needs most is an active,
unified alumni group. The alumni
must first organize for construc-
tive action. They must be impell-
ed by an abiding love for the old
Alma Halter. Selfish motives must
yield to comon good. The big
trouble is too much critSm and too
little willingness to do something
about it.
Plenty grief and disunity spring
from having too many job hop
efuS and too many who have an
eye on the presidents job. The
alumni can improve the school
immeaSurably when they get to-
gether, get program aond get to
work.
Next, Alcorn needs money. No
school can successfully fulfill its
mission as a land grant college"
without support. Receiving less
than the appropriation fir Delta
State Teachers Cllege, smallest of
FIVE state colleges for Whites, little
could be expected by compari-
son, the population to be served
being about equal. Pressure right
ly applied could secure more
money.
There will never be a whole
some spirit among the students
the alumni, or the general public
as long as the race is Inundated
by having White mans office next
door to the presidents at Alcorn.
Who runs Alcorn? Why he does.
of course. What shall we teach
our children? Can no negro be
trusted? No one can be found
OF honest character, with bust
ness acumen to handle the pal
try allotted to the school? Must
a White man set next to the
president to watch him? Shades
of the late lamented L. J. Rowan!
His sainted bones must writhe in
a restless grave president of
Alcorn for % years and never
whisper of a misplaced penny
or a shady transaction.
A functioning alumni could SOL
We this matter easily. No program
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-01-25
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hand made and handed down toe
people will work. The people
must feel part of the program,
must have hand in its making,
then it will be THEIR program.
However wise and beneficent the
Board of Trustees of Institutions
for Higher Learning, no program
for Alcorn and Mississippi will
be effective unles The people con-
cerned can have a voice i'll the
shaping Of it. This is not alto
gether the Boards fault What
group could be invited to express
itself? Here come the alumni
again. All over the state we are
saying: "They can't make us send
cur children to Acorn. In our
sister states the school are receiv-
ing ten times as much money. We
get couple of Phi. DIS and they
get a couple dozen. They get
graduate aid and graduate schools,
variety of courses and "a" rat
ings. We get i. we'll never mind!
We who love the old school and
the state and wish to see them
improve through the training of
a more enlightening citizenry,
let's stop bellyaching. Let's
get together and work for their
glory.
Signed:
A former Acorn Student !
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-01-25

the federal government setup to
aid the poor nthe South, color
ed people especially should insist
upon participation in administra-
ton on all levels in areas where
programs are operated on dual
basis because of race.
The Importance of being able
to acquire good lands adjacent to
highways in the South is poig-
nantly indicated by the fact that,
as you travel through the deep
South, you will note that colored
people are being systematically
driven back. They are farthest
from the markets. When they
get to town with their milk, eggs
and chickens, the other fellow who
lives nearby has beaten them to
the consumers.
1t has been found that to ac-
quire good land, colored people
have to save their money, and,
through agents, quietly buy the
best available land. AS they do
this more and more, they may go
in for cooperatives and through
them buy and sell for and to
themselves every possible service
and need, including insurance,
disqualification, transportation, &
some type of credit union service.
On the wall of every school
room and on posts of every cam
pus, from the largest to the small
est school, should be posted Wen
dell Wilkes statement, "Only
the productive can be strong, and
only the strong can be free" One
other thing should be a part of
all our schools, above the eighth
grade, and that is cooperatives
owned and operated by the stu
dents with adule consultation
guidance. Colored people of the
South must not only be urged to
learn to produce in order to be
strong and free, but they must be
taught to trade in their youth so
that in adulthood they will depart
from it to their dertiment.
AS long as grocery stores, con-
dictionaries, drug stores, and
other types of businesses operated
by other groups, dot every corner
in colored residential and bust
ness areas, it is indicative of the
fact that training in the funda-
mentals of business is tragically
wanting. This can be remedied
by establishment of student-con-
trolled cooperatives in all our
schools where adult leadership for
tomorrow is being built.
AS we move into an era in
which l think we shall have in
creasing opportunity for integra-
ton in business, We find oppor-
tunities opening faster than we
are able to grasp them. Our
enemies are constantly scheming
to keep US from acquiring the
"Know How" in order that we
shall at best remain consuming
and cheap servant supply.
The colored Farm Demonstra-
ton and Home Economics agents
are seeing their total responsible
ity as never before. Their num-
Der should be increased By 100
per cent in order that their hevy
load may be lowered and their
effectiveness multiplied.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-01-25
The Deep South
Speaks
NEW EMPIRE BUILDERS
BY ROBERT DURR
For the NNPA News Service

NEW EMPIRE BUILDERS
Millions of people in rural
areas in the South are under the
leadership of that little heard of
but most energetic, well-trained,
consecrated and effective group
known as Farm Demonstration
and Home Economics agents. dig
ging and letting their buckets
down where they are.
l find that these agents recog-
niZe that to train a man to handle
his land to make it produce four
bales of grass where one former
ly grew, it is necessary to assist
him to develop himself all-round.
Boys and girls are being taught
scientific production of foods,
beef cattle, poultry, and what
have you, that the world needs
and is willing to pay for. Most
important of all, they are being
taught and are learning that the
building and owning of homes
and an extra bit of Gods good
earth is one of the best means
of activating a stabilized citizen
ship; that learning to work ra-
Their than being worked gives one
peace of mind and strength.
The Farm and Home Demontra-
ton agents are keenly aware that
it is quite possible that, with
increased mechanization of farms,
millions of farm people will mi
CRATE to urban centers in the
South, and thence to cities of the
North, East and West, but where
ever they go they will be less of
social problem in proportion
as they have become civicly con-
scious where they are.
There is a growing belief that
We will have a New South in the
not too distant tomorrow and
many thousands of war veterans
would be playing the part of wis
dom if they bought small farms
adjacent or as close as possible
to the highways of the South.
The land is comparatively cheap.
At best, under present conditions,
great metropolitan cities can Of
fer the masses only sub-standard
housing with all the attending
social problems, which breed n.y.
pertension and are a fertile soil
in which the seeds of all sorts of
un-Americanism may be planted.
America is making a most ex-
cellent investment wherever it
subsidies the development of a
good leadership for a better way
of life in the rural areas of the
nation. There today, it seems to
me, life should be made as at
tractive, rich and full as possible.
Leaders who can give time and
thought to the proper develop
ment of human resources Of rural
areas ought to urge that agencies
working for the welfare of rural
areas be adequately stated by
capable people. A great deal of
money has been spent by various
farm aid administrations to help
needy farm people help them
selves.
In many sections of the South
the big farm operators fought the
programs tLat enabled the tenant
to participate directly in funds
allocated for his assistance until,
instead Of work sheet being
made out for each tenant by the
federal aid agents, one work sheet
was made to cover all tending
land under single ownership
with the check going to the owner
Of the land instead of directly
to the tenants. This, ineffect,
meant that farm owners got the
meat of the tenant aid" 1t can
be seen that in all agencies of
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-01-25
Gathering String Beans

Gdtnef1ng SCrlnS Beans
String beans should not be gath.
cred when the plant is wet with dew
or rain, to prevent the spread OF
bean rust
Relocating Vegetables
To reheat vegetables use the top
Of the double boiler. 1t will pre-
vent that warmed over" flavor.
Fishy Smell
To get rid of a fishy smell on
dishes, soak the dishes in salt wa.
ter before washing them.
Corn Silk
Use a stiff hand brush for remov-
ing silk from corn In jiffy
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-01-25
Early Producers

Many small fruits and berries
produce by the second year, and all
by the third, while tree fruit. take
from three to six years to produce.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-01-25
CacaO Beans

Cocoa and chocolate are manu-
featured from cacao beans obtained
from Latin America and West Az.
xaca.
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-19

to S,7O4 but when nobody duplica-
ted his performance the figures
skyrocketed.
Oddly enough, the holes-in-one
have come at four year intervals
since the first one was scored by
Jack Hagen in 1893. Two we're holed
in 1887, another in 1941 and one
this year, the fourth year of the
tournament since 1941 due to
suspension during two WARTIME
years.
The hOle-in-one tournament is the
idea of Joseph p Val, "World-Tele-
gram" sports editor. "It's the only
sport that brings together ne anna
teur and the pro on level terms.
says Val. "At one time / heard so
much about holes-in-one- -attested
and unattested- that / decided 10
let these golfers show me. The first
competition began with 217 players
in the New York, New Jersey and
Westchester areas in 1882. Now the
idea is catching on all over the
country"
Among the pros who have taken
part in Gals nightmare-tllec COM
petition runs for six days from
dawn to dusk-are Gene Sarazen,
who has won both the u. 8. and Brs-
tish Opens, Jim Barnes, Paul Run
van and Sammy Byrd
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-19
HOLE-IN-ONE ODDS
1856 TO ONE
BY Frank Eek

AP Newsfeatures Sports Editor
NEW YORK-The Webster, Mass,
golf pro who took 1888 shots in an
unsuccessful all-day effort to score
an ace shouldn't become discour-
aged.
When 1948 rolls around, the
World Almanac will show that the
odds on hole-in-one are 1886 to 1.
These figures are based on the New
York .World-Telegram" annual
hole-in-one tournament which re-
Gently completed its 14th ace COM
petition.
A total of 1851 golfers-male and
female-pa participated in the tourna-
ment Each had five shots but only
one ace was scored. The shot was
made by Emery Thomas, home pro
at the Forest Hill Field Club,
Bloomfield, ~ ].
During IA years, 1856 golfers,
who at one time or another scored
a hole-in-one, have taken 46.S30
shots. Five shots, usually played on
a short 150-yard hole, have found
their way into the cup. After Tho
mas recent ace the odds dropped
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-19
HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS
ARE ON INCREASE

Increases in highway accidents,
fatalities and injuries in Delaware,
outside of Wilmington, for the
first eight months of this year and
last month compared with similar
periods last year and reported by
Major Herbert Barnes, command
ing officer, Delaware State Police.
An increase of Is per cent in ac-
cidents is reported for the eight
months of this year over last years
figure while accidents last month
were az per cent higher than Au-
gust year ago. From January /
to August 81, there were ,495 ac-
cidents reported compared with
1926 for the first eight months of
last year.
Last month there were 233 acci-
dents compared with 1873 for the
corresponding month of 1916.
During the first eight months of
this year there were A deaths as
a result of 38 fatal accidents, COM
pared with AZ deaths in 35 fatal
accidents during the comparative
months a year ago. The death toll
increase this year is four per cent
higher than the eight months of
/ the past year. Last month 10
deaths were reported as result
of nine accidents while eight per-
sons died in seven fatal accidents
in August of last year. The death
increase last month was 20 per
cent Otyar Ano.1cf 1QAe
There were 695 persons injured
in the eight months of this year
/ an increase of IL per cent over the
624 injured during the correspond
ing months of 1916. Last month 102
persons were injured in accidents
compared with 95 during August
a year ago.
/ Accidents involving pedestrians
during the eight months this year
totaled 65 or an eight per cent in
! crease over the so reported in the
similar period last year. Las
month nine pedestrian accidents
were reported against six for Au'
gust, 1916.
The report shows a decrease il
pedestrian deaths for the eigh
months this year, 10 against IL FOL
! last year. There was one pedes
, trian death last month the same al
for August year ago.
: There were nine accidents invol
wing pedestrian fatalities agains
/. IL such accidents in the first eigh
!. months a year ago, a decrease o
18 per cent.
: An increase of 25 per cent is re
: ported in pedestrian injuries thi
!, year over last years first eigh
!. months, there being Ga this yea
compared with 81 last year. Las
/: month there were nine pedestrian
!, injured compared with five in Au
gust of the past year.
: Troopers made 6.438 arrests dur
= ing the eight months of this yea
:, against 6,O43 last year, an in
e crease of six per cent while al
h rests last month, $40, were 20 pc
Il cent smaller than the LOLA fo
It August of last year.
!; A six per cent decrease in repr
y mands is represented in this year
e figure of 51,122 against the 55,4S
5, for 1916. Last month reprimand
+ by state troopers totaled 6,67S {
s. Is per cent drop over the 7,9S
handed out in August last year.
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-19
Horticultural Show
Held At Harrington
CONTINUED from first paes)

The Mems. Booster Glass assist
ed with the vegetable department.
George Vaapa was the Judge of
this department and awarded the
prizes for vegetables to Rev. ].
Hairy Wright (eight exhibits),
Clarence Kemp and William T.
Camper.
In the flower department the
judges were Mrs. Edith L. Nit
chell of Dover, Mrs. Frances May
hew of Milford and Mrs. Lila III.
Wall of Milford. They made the
| following decisions as to winners
of honorable mention:
Roses, Mrs. Horace r. CULLEN,
I Mrs. William W. Sharp; nastur-
tiums, Mrs. Samuel A. Short, Jr.;
marigolds, Mrs John Pitlick, Mrs.
Arthur Layton Mrs. w. w. Sharp,
Mrs. Charles Peck, Jr., Mrs. Clar-
ence Shockley, Mrs. Philip Har-
rington, Mrs. Viola Jacobs; asters,
Mrs. p. Harrington, Mrs. G. w.
Shockley, Mrs. Carroll Welch; cos
mos, Mrs. c. Shockley, Mrs. John
Pitlick; ageratum, Mrs. w. w.
Sharp, Mrs. p. Harrington; gal
4 lardia, Mrs. Carroll Welch: glad
iolus, Mrs. Carroll Welch, Mrs.
4 William B. Hill; dahlias, Mrs. C.
w. Shockley, Mrs. S. A. Short, Sr.,
Mrs. w B. Hill; petunias, Mrs. W.
1T. Camper, Mrs. w. w. Sharp;
!. zinnias, Mrs. S. A. Short, Jr,, Mrs
Arthur Layton, Mrs. C. W. Shock
ley, Mrs. Charles Ueck, Jr., del
phinium, Mrs. Carroll Welch; sal
via, Mrs. G. W. Shockley; arrange
ments, for an invalid's tray, Mrs
Charles Peck, Jr., Mrs. w. w
Sharp, Mrs. Bessie Wheeler; hal
table, Mrs. Bessie Wheeler, Mrs
Sharp; for living room, Mrs
). Shockley, Mrs. Sharp; for desk
Mrs. Bessie Wheeler, Mrs. Sharp
for dining table, Mrs. Bessie Whee
ler, Mrs. w. B. Hill; for flowers il
antique container, Miss Laura
Belle Hurd; pink flowers in {
/, white vase, Mrs. w. B. Hill; flow
ers in a sea she'll, Mrs. w. S
Smith
In displays the winners wer'
MIS-. w. -. WI .. ASCoOh'
, Wheeler, Mrs. Y. w. Dean, Mrs
w. W. Sharp; potted plants, Afri
can violet, Miss Nellie Baker.
! Other plants, Mrs. Charles 1
Peck, ST., Mrs. p Harrington, Mrs
Carroll Welch.
Mems Division of Flowers
Dahlias, Samuel A. Short, Jr.; can
7 mas, T. Coursey Hammond; roses
Lewis Slaughter, Jr.; displays, "
y w. Sharp, John Pitlick.
q Children's Division of Flowers
e Bobby Hurd, Richard lie Pitlicl
= Mary 10 Pitlick.
Prizes were awarded to the pei
sons winning the most blue rif
bons by Mrs. Clarence Raughle,
+; chairman of the affair just befoI
:, the program: To the woman wit
2 most blue ribbons, Mrs. Caro-
d Welch; to the man with the mos
it blue ribbons, Rev. j. Harry Wright
1t to the girl with the most blue riI
bons, Miss Bobbie Hurd; to tf
Y boy with the most blue ribbon
|, Richard L. Pitlick; for the ou
s standing arrangement, Mrs. Cha
p l.. Peck, Jr.
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-19
Lions Enjoyed Tour
OF Nylon Plant
(eOntlnued from Iirst passl

ing. Boys and Girls committee also
announced that arrangements had
been made with the Milford Cen
tury Club for the rental of meeting
quarters for the Girl Scout Troop
sponsored by the local service club.
Guests for the evening included
Mr.. Walter Wsighell and Louis
Wormington, recent additions to the
local staff of the L. D. Caulk Com
pany, and Jack Salmons, member
at-large of the local club now living
at Rehoboth Beach.
The next regular dinner-meeting
of the Milford Lions Club will be
held Thursday evening, Sept. 25th,
at which time Lions Dave Clements
and Hayes Dickerson will be in
charge of the program.
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-19
SENATOR BUCK PREDICTS
THAT CHURCHILL WILL
RETURN TO POWER
(continueo from tirst Esss1

Senator Buck said he opposed
another direct loan to Britain from
this government, except for food.
He also said:
/. The Reconstruction Finance
Corporation won't be discontinued"
but he indicated it's powers may be
reduced. He heads Forthcoming
Senate banking subcommittee ''in-
spection" of the RFC. 1t will have
in mind making the agency ''re-
sponsible to Congress-"
2. If the Marshall plan to restore
European stability means giving
away "four or five billion dollars
annually for as many years" there
will be no chance to lower taxes
for years to come" Congress. will
want Fall the facts" before it APP
propriates.
Asked whether immediate aid
should be given to Britain" as the
country which appears nearest to
tottering," Senator Buck replied:
81 think Great Britain's first need
is to put into power a government
which can cope with the economic
crisis it is said she faces. The pre-
sent sociaIistic government seems
to have botched the job"
Senator Buck observed that
spending in this country under Brit
aims last loan has built up an arti-
fetal prosperity for us. While we
sold the goods, in the last analysis
we will pay for them out of taxes
higher taxes-unless England about
faces and pays back on schedule
and see no indication of that , !
Asked whether Congress should
"grant her more money" Senator
Buck demured:
"The time has come to think o.
ourselves. The place for her to ge'
money is the Export-Import Bani
or the International Bank. / say
give no more direct loans from thu
United States taxpayers pockets
unless they are needed to obtail
food"
Questioned whether this shOul'
! apply to the Marshall pronosal also
Senator Buck observed that Con
gress has not yet received from tn
administration the details of 9Th
4 state of affairs on the Continent"
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-19
Proftless Phones
BY Herbert C. Little
AP Newsfeatures

ATHENS, w. Va. - The ITO sub
scribers of the Athens Telephone
Co. gets bills once a year, the board
Of directors repairs broken lines,
and the lone operator knows voices
and numbers so well subscriber
gets his party if he simply asks her
to ring over home"
The company has provided this
community of 628 persons with
hand-crank telephone service for
40 years. Mrs. Mamie Mastin, wild
owed mother of four, has been the
operator for the past % years.
Every subscriber is also a stock
holder. His annual bill, which runs
to about $40, is his share of the
operating costs. There is no profit
involved.
Mrs. Mastin knows all the town
numbers by heart and only occa-
sionally has to consult her hand
written telephone book on the IL
rural telephones with IL different
long g-and-short ring signals. Most
of the subscribers she can recognize
and call by their first names just
from hearing their voices.
The switchboard is in Mrs. Mas
tins apartment, where she lives
alone. Her children are grown and
married.
Meals are brought to her there
and stockholders of the friendly
firm frequently stop in to pass tht
time of day. She says she ones
stayed in her apartment-exchange
for three months without going out
There is a night bell to awakel
her for calls after the normal Il
o'clock closing time, but most sub
scribers respect her hours and d,
not call late unless it is real eni
ergency.
When Concord college is playin;
home game here during basket
ball season, however, she willingl.
4 remains on the job after hours 81
the news services can get the story
Mrs. Mastin's bosses are the sevel
men making up the unpaid boar
y of directors. Each one is assignee
4 district in which he must max
repairs himself whenever there is
line break.
The stockholders and director
hold their annual meeting the sec
ond Saturday in August to eles
officers and assess themselves 40
operating expenses.
Bad connections may be littl
more frequent and service a littl
slower than with a modern dis
system, but Athens subscribei
swear by their family" compan
and it is doubtful if they woul
+. trade its friendly courtesy for th
irpersonal efficiency of a metropt
Titan system.
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-19
NEW REGIME TAKES
OVER AT REHOBOTH
scontlnued from nrss pasel

Two new offices created under the
administration of the former mayor,
Col. Edgar S. Slayer, were totally
abolished. They were the post of
building inspector, held by another
former mayor, j. Arthur Downing,
and that of fire marshall, held since
last fall by Elmer Dodd.
The new mayor, Col. Carleton B.
Shaffer, announced the appointment
of several committees, which in
clude many changes over the old
regime.
New Board Secretary
Howard p. Sullivan, newcomer,
was elected secretary of the board,
replacing Mr.. Rickards.New Com
missioner w. H. Rice, Jr., succeeds
Mr.. Travis as vice-president of the
board. Thomas W. Wilson, (not a
board member), in the new treasur-
er replacing Benjamin Ewing, while
James Downs was named assistant
treasurer. The firm of Wolfe and
Company of Philadelphia was ap-
pointed TO make an audit of town
books and records at the outset oil
the new administration
The Committees
/ Committees named were: Board
of health: DR.. w. Oryille Daises
4 DIR. Robert L. Klingel, DR.. Maurice
b. Thompson, and DR.. William F
Knowland. The budget COMMITTEES
was consolidated with finance anC
water rates committees, and w. II
Rice, Jr., H. P. Sullivan, and W. L
i Richards comprise the joint com
mittee
Others named are: Public Safety
F. d. Wright, Sullivan and Travis
public works, combined with water
lights, streets and sewers, will b.
handled by Sullivan, Rice and Mrs
Chiswell; Mrs. Chiswell remain
chairman of the board Of recreation
I New town auditors are R. {
Thompson, commander S. S. Fried
(president of the Rehoboth Taxpay
ers League) and Howard w. Hunt
; ley, first league president. NeY
assessors. are Ralph d. Poyntel
, Mrs. Mae Hall McCabe, and John J
: Williams.
Milford chronicle., 1947-09-19

Thirty-ffth Street, Wilmington;
Joseph L. ellison, Mullen Lane,
Wilmington; Robert H. Papy, 2
Prospect Avenue, Newark; Arnold
r. Keen, 1409 Colin Drive, Pleasant
Hills; Russell w. Wiley, 1910 West
Seventh Street, Wilmington.
Education (B. A.)-Daniel w.
Wood, 8S West Park Place, Newark.
Wood and Papy are former Della
ware football players, Wood having
starred in the backfeld on Bill
Murray's undefeated teams, and
Papy, a tackle, won attention last
year as the teams place-kickins
specialist.