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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-11-06
Buptists Set Plans
For Brotherhood

The men of the Lexington Baptist
Church met for an important meet
ing at the church last week. Many
important plans were made includ-
ing the organization of a Baptist
Brotherhood.
First official action Of the new
Brotherhood will be the observance
of "Layman's Missionary Night" on
Sunday evening, November 10Th.
To plan this special program which
will be given at the regular worship
hour, a committee was appointed
consisting of Will Wilson, w. w.
Holder, and o. A. Cleveland.
Publicity Committee consists OF
Johnny Farmer, Bob Mcclellan, and
Henry Mullen.
A special planning committee on
behalf of Missions was appointed to
study several possible missionary
presentations during the coming
year. Those on this group include: w.
E. Thurmond, Hugh Nichols, Ralph
Bonner and j. NJ. Hoff.
Officers will be elected at the next
meeting of the Brotherhood which
will be held so days from this ini-
tial meeting. Nomination Committee
appointed to suggest officers include:
w. b. Kenna, Paul Koran, and E. f.
Wynn.
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HOSIERY BARGAINS

-ANKLETS :. . IL pairs for $1.00
regular Csc value. For infants, girls
or ladies. Cuff tops, assorted colors
LADIES' HOSE - pairs for
$1.00 39c value. Choice of semi
sheer seamless rayon, or full-seam
service W.T.. cotton. Fall shades.
MEMS COTTON SOX -. 8 pairs
for $1.O0. Csc value. Medium W.T..
long style or short elastic top. AS
sorted colors.
LADIES' RAYON PANTIES . . 2
pairs for $100. All elastic waist
69c value.
MEMS DRESS SOx S pairs for
$1.00. 35c value. Fine rayon, long
style, or short elastic top. Assorted
colors.
Hosiery are slight imperfects
Please state sizes wanted.
Satisfaction Guaranteed II
No c. O. DIS We PuY Purcel Post
SOUTHERN SALES COMPANY
p. o. Box 2029 Dept. SID
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
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LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

No. 1882 Letters testamentary of
the late will and testament of E. j.
Spengler, deceased, having been
granted unto the undersigned Will
lam Edward Spengler and Charles
Spengler, executors thereof, by the
Chancery Court of Holmes County,
Mississippi on the 81 day of October,
1947; Now, this is to notify all per-
sons having claims against the estate
of the said E. J. Spengler, deceased,
to have the same probated and re-
gistered within six months from this
date, or they will be forever barred.
This 81 day of October, 1947.
WILLIAM EDWARD SPENGLER
CHARLES OWEN SPENGLER
BERNARD M. JONES, Solicitor.
28-4tnp
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T TO
No. 77l3

Letters of Administration CTA
having been granted on this day by
the Chancery Court of Holmes
County Mississippi to the undersign-
ed upon the estate of Narcissus
Weems, deceased, notice is hereby
given to all persons having claims
against said estate to present the
same to the Clerk of said Court for
probate and registration according
to law within six months from this
date of they will be forever barred.
This October 10, 1947.
Mary Jane Moses, Administrative.
26-4-tnp
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

No. 7736 Letters of Administration
having been granted on the 25th day
of October, 1947, by the Chancery
Court of Holmes County, Mississippi
to the undersigned upon the estate
of Gentry Burks, deceased, notice is
hereby given to all persons having
claims against said estate to present
the same to the clerk of said Court
for probate and registration accord
ing to law within six months from
this date, or they will be forever
barred.
This October "a, 1947.
CLARA BURKS, Administrative.
28-4tnp
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CHANCERY SUMMONS

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
To Willie Lewis, whose Post Office
Address and Street Address is 1885
Mcpherson Street Detroit, IL,
Michigan.
You are hereby summoned to ap-
pear before the Chancery Court of
the County of Holmes, State of Mis-
sissippi on the Second Monday of
January, A. D., 1948, to defend the
suit, No. 7734 in said Court, of Pal
Lee Thurmond Lewis, wherein you
are the defendant.
This the % day of October, 1947.
(SEAL) PARHAM H. WILLIAMS,
Chancery Clerk. 23-4tnp
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THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

To Beatrice Horton, a Nonresident
of the State of Mississippi, and a
citizen and resident of Muskegon
County, State of Michigan and whose
post-office and Street address is BIT
Dyson Street, Muskegon, Michigan.
You are summoned to appear be-
fore the Chancery Court of the Coun-
ty of Holmes in said State, on the
Second Monday of January, A. D.
1948 to Defend the Suit No. 7716 in
said court of McCruens Horton,
wherein you are a defendant.
This 10th day of October, 1948.
Parham H. Williams, Clerk.
(SEAL) 26-4-tnp
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IT TO CREDITORS
No. TIA

Letters of Administration having
been granted on this day by the
Chancery Court of Holmes County,
Mississippi to the undersigned upon
the estate of Joe A. Brown, deceased,
notice is hereby given to all persons
having claims against said estate to
present the same to the Clerk Of
said Court for probate and registra-
ton according to law within six
months from this date, or they will
be forever barred.
This October 10, 1947.
L. o. Spell, Administrator.
26-4-tnp
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Congress in 1894 granted for the
benefit of the University of Missls-
ssippi 23,040 acres of land in Harris
on. Stone, Greene, and Jackson CO
unties, which land is held in trust
by the state for Ole Miss.
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FARM BUREAU! q
FARM BUREAU:
Kept OPA from putting q ceiling Of 24c per pound on
cotton in 1916 and helped secure an increase in the
price of cotton seed at the beginning of the l947 einn-
ing season. HOW MUCH MONEY DID 1T SAVE YOU?
$500 q bale on cotton, $1,000 q ton on seed.
FARM BUREAU:
Secured on increase in the price of wood that brought
3miIon additional dollars to Mississippi
HowMUcH OF THIS WENT INTO YOUR POCKET?
FARM BUREAU:
Fought to save soil conservation program for l947 and
secured about 300 million dollars for AAA payments.
HOW MUCH OF THIS WILL YOU GET?
FARM BUREAU:
Seeks q permanent farm program, q fair poity for
mulo, continued support prices, year oround" roads,
better rural schools, rural electricity and telephones,
ample supply of high analysis fertilizer at reasonable
cost.
HOW MUCH WOULD THIS BE WORTH TO YOU?
The Farm Bureau Fights For The Farmer In Washington
Ill Only As Strong As It's Membership.
~
Join THE farm BUREAU!
November 3d To November 18Th lis Sign-Up WeekIn
Holmes County
Dues Are $1,000 For White Members And
$500 For CoIored. See One OF The Committee
Members Listed Below TODAY
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE:
c. L. Downer Mrs. Lillian Hocutt H. c. Woterer
n NJ. NI H.
Evening star., 1947-04-27

of telepathy. His mind may even be able to
influence his physical surroundings. My tele-
pathic brain could start chain reaction in the
potassium neutrons in your body Just by
wishing them into radioactivity, l could
turn you into an atomic bomb.
And that glass of beer in my hand. Nor
mally all the beer molecules whirl around
every -which-way. But tomorrows man may
in the same direction. Your whole glass of beer
would Immediately take off for the ceiling"
Evening star., 1947-04-27

admitted gaily But the Navy didn't care. The
idea stood up under the test expected of all
science fiction gadgets: 1t worked
Science fiction magazines, of course, have
nothing in common with comic books. True,
the plots are far-fetched, full of inter-
planetary death-ray warfare and robots
with iple-jointed necks and one eye.
But in one department, science fiction keeps
its distance from comic books: All gadgetry
and machinery must be scientifically plaus-
ible Furthermore. all living creatures must
behave according to the physical limitations
of their environment. It's ok for the hero to
leap through space only when he's on another
planet where the law of gravity is practi-
cally nil.
OF the scores of semi scientific writer's and
semi-literary scientists who spin fantastic
yarns for the pulps, one man stands out, He's
bulky, 36-year-old John w. Campbell. Jr,
editor of Astounding and originator of
some so blood-curdling sagas of space.
Campbell makes no bones about his pet
theory: Supermen - people with highly de-
veloped telepathic powers, athletes with two
hearts, pianists with IL fingers already walk
Evening star., 1947-04-27

Probably the most boisterous feature of the.
growing science-fiction movement is its net
work of fan clubs Each year they hold elec
tons for the years best magazine story, the
outstanding author, and most active fan.
They travel hundreds of miles to attend
annual conventions, often clad as birdmen
and robots. They refer to one another by
mysterious code names and conduct much of
their business in an Esperanto of their own.
Buck Ressss /. Tre~bls
ONE delegate at the Chicon, ST jargon for
Chicago Convention (Denvention would be
the Denver Convention) got in trouble with
the police simply by strolling down Michigan
Boulevard in a Buck Rogers costume When
nabbed he was being followed at respectable
distance by pop-eyed crowd.
But science ictionists have done much
more than daydream about scientific
advances. They have made undeniable con-
tributions through actual experiments with
rockets. Much of the prewar tinkering with
rockets in this country was carried on by
science-fction amateurs. Thanks in part to
these experiments, many people believe, the
u. S. was able to meet quickly the challenge
of German rocket warfare.
In 1890, group of men, including num-
Der of science-fction fans, began experiment.
ing with actual missiles aimed at the heavens.
Among them were Fletcher Pratt, naval
writer, and Hugo Gernsback, founder of
Wonder Stories" Part of the expenses for
building the rockets and eaTting them around
were paid by science-fction authors who put
10 per cent of their literary earnings into
rocket jackpot
Another group of ST enthusiasts under
Willy Ley was endeavoring to use rockets to
carry mail between two neighboring postal
districts Two attempts were made. One
rocket blew up, and its mate fell into lake.
Luckily the lake was frozen. The special
stamps used for the fight were retrieved.
are now worth $50 apiece.
But these unofficial tests later stood the
Army in good stead. For these space-wise ex-
perts contributed their special knowledge
during the war. Today the American Rocket
Society boasts 1000 members and belongs to
the Society of Mechanical Engineers. They're
direct offshoot of the original science fiction
enthusiasts who tried and erred, but pointed
the way, Is years ago. The End
Evening star., 1947-04-27

Some genius of electronics. or science Ph.D.?
No A science-6ction writer incorporated a
television set in one of his hctional space ships
long before slow-poke technicians got around
to tackling the actual construction The pulp
magazines also invented radar, mfra-red
scanning, electronic microscopy rocket guns
and bazookas - not to mention frightening
array of futuristic paraphernalia which real
inventors haven't even dreamed Of
In the late war, science fiction practically
master minded Allied strategy. There was, of
course, "Astounding's' atom, radar, bazookas,
and its annihilation of Nippon But perhaps
the most amazing feat of crystal-gazing was
its accidental disclosure of the atom bomb
detonation principle, one of the most closely
guarded secrets in all history.
Trigger Principle Forecast
MosT of the world at that time still hadn't
the slightest inkling that an atom bomb was
in state of incubation But that didn't keep
one of "Astounding's" contributors from
figuring out what its trigger principle must be
like. The magazine innocently published it as
an Illustration, and it turned out to be an
Evening star., 1947-04-27

Rocket authors are always inventing two of
everything 10 years before industry patents it.
On rare occasions. military men have
actually acknowledged their debt to the
prophetic pulps. One Navy officer was
awarded decoration for devising an cleo
tronic switchboard. known as an Intelligence
Collator Resembling machine from Mars,
it was used for sitting reports from battle
stations aboard ship.
Il cribbed the whole contraption straight
from an illustration in Astounding" he
Evening star., 1947-04-27

this earth right in our midst.
Indeed, rivals and admirers
hint strongly their belief
that Campbell himself is a
superman oy Sian. as the
Man of the Future is nick
named in ST circles.
Man Of Tomoxrow
But if he's a Sian, he's the
only one to be graduated as
a nuclear physicist from the
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
The man of tomorrow"
he says, will probably
have extraordinary powers
Evening star., 1947-04-27

almost pin-point forecast of
the real thing.
Military Intelligence peo-
pie were nonplussed. Smell
ing treason. they paid a
hurried discourtesy call on
the editors.
Your writer must have a
direct pipeline to the Man.
haitian Project, they said.
They all suspected that one
of the trusted government
atom experts might be sell
ing fashionable fiction under
a nom de plume.
But science fiction old
timers knew the answer:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-10
SALES HIT
$4,000 POUND VOLUME

WALLACE, Sept. 8. Especial
to The Starr - The Wallace to-
bacco market hit the $50, OO0
pound plus volume in its sales for
the fourth consecutive day to-
day, when 359,403 pounds of to-
bacco were sold.
Today's offerings brought a
total of $162, 760.30 to farmers
of this area for an average price
of $47.03 per hundred pounds.
With a steady stream of leaf
to this market, indications are
that the 100000 pounds per day
sales will be the usual order for
the next several weeks and it
will not be surprising for the
400, 600 pound mark to be ex-
ceeded as selling goes farther in
to the heart Of the season.
The tobaccos today appeared
generally better than on any
previous day and tobacco men
predicted that with cooler wealth
er, price averages will be bet
ter. There was more tobacco to-
day that sold from $50 to $50
per hundred than on any other
one day since the season open
ed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-10
TOBACCO PRICES
Continued From Page One)

81: low leomon $55 unchanged;
low orange $54, up $2.'
Lugs: Choice lemon S57, down
ST.: fine lemon $50, unchanged;
good lemon $50, up ST., fair
lemon SAC, up 81; good orange
$50, unchanged; fair orange $42,
up 81; low orange $31, up 81.
Primings: Fair lemon $40, I'M
changed; low orange $22, down
$3.50.
Nondescript: Best thin $11:75,
down So.
Border Quotations
Average prices for a limited
number of grades on the Border
Belt:
Leaf: Fine lemon, $55, down
81; good lemon $53, down 81;
good orange $46, down So; fair
orange $42, down 81; common
orange $28, down; ST. common
green $21.50, up $50.
Smoking Leaf: Good lemon
$54, down 81; fair lemon $46,
down IS; good orange $51, down
So; common orange. $50, down
So.
Cutters: Good lemon $50, down
So; fair orange $54, down 81;
low orange $54, unchanged.
Lugs: Good lemon $50, I'M
changed; fair orange $57, up 81
low orange $50, down 81.
Nondescript: Best thin $14.50 80,
down $50; best crude $3.50,
up 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-10
B CITY PRICES
PLEASE LEAF GROWERS

TABOR CITY, Sept. 9.- To-
bacco growers who had placed
their flue cured crop on house
floors were overjoyed at the SUBJ
stantial increase in hundred lot
prices Monday. A five and a half
dollar increase over last Fri
days average accounted for the
satisfaction expressed from all
quarters. Growers placed 80, 796
pounds in local warehouses which
was snapped up quickly by to-
bacco buyers for an average of
$47.31 per hundred pounds.
John w. Barlow, supervisor
of sales, said that Tuesdays fig
ures are incomplete but it is very
likely that Mondays average will
be maintained. Barlow empha-
sized that warehouses are not
blocked and that there is ample
provisions made for all growers
to sell their piles when brought
in to Tabor City's four large
warehouses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-10
BRAGG SOLDIERS
HURT In ACCIDENT;
|ONE PERSON KILLED

CHARLOTTE, Sept. 9.-(AP)
One person was killed and six
we're injured in two highway
accidents in Mecklenburg Coun-
" today, Rural Police reported.
George Peeler. As, of Lincol-
ton, was fatally injured while
crossing the Mount Holly Road
near here when he was hit by
a bus, Police said. Peeler died
after being removed to a Char
lotte Hospital.
Police said five persons were
injured in the headon collision
of two automobiles near Mat
thews.
They listed the injured as
Privates Joe M. Gilpin, 20, STAN
ley O. Glass, %, and Richard
Hague, II, all soldiers at Fort
Bragg, William Reid Stroupe of
Charlotte, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest J. Long of Indian Trail.
Police said the soldiers and
Stroupe were in one car and the
Longs in another.
Dial 2-3311 For Newspaper Service
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-10
ALLEGED KILLER
LOSES HIS NERVE
St. Louis Man Tells Police
HI Couldn't Shoot
Step-Mother

ST. LOUIS, Sept, - WD -
Edwin Linders calmly told E
coroner's jury today of his care
full plans for a double murder
which was only haly successful
because he found murder isn't
easy"
He shot and killed one
woman, he admitted, and plan
ned to kill another. But then he
lost his nerve.
His motive, he said, was re-
venge. He was inflamed by the
belief that his father had been
poisoned by his second wife,
Linders' step-mother.
He thought out carefully the
best way to hurt Mrs. Alma
Linders, his step-mother. He
fully intended to kill her but he
wanted tc make her suffer be-
fore he did so. He decided the
best way was to kill her sister,
Mrs. Roy H. McAndrew, also,
He believed she had had a part
in the poisoning"
On Aug. 81 Linders bought a
As caliber automatic. Last Sun
day he went to the home of Mrs.
McAndrews, wife of a former
Manhattan atomic project en-
gineer who is now with the U.
S. Army in Japan. He shot Mrs.
McAndrews, "A, then became
panic-stricken.
He ran from the home, threw
the gun away several blocks
from the house and got very
drunk. Today he still showed the
effects of heavy drinking though
he was composed and unrepen-
tant.
Linders couldn't go through
with his plot to kill his step
mother. And he readily confessed
when police arrested him
through Identification by Mrs.
McAndrew's neighbors.
Todays, Mrs. Linders told the
jury that her stepson's belief that
his father had been poisoned
was fantastic. Records in the
vital statistics bureau showed
disease. The younger Linders
was particularly bitter, she said,
because his father left his $50, 600
estate to her exclusively.
The jury returned a verdict
of homicide. Prosecuting Attor-
ney Stanley Wallach said a first
degree murder warrant would be
issued later today and that the
death penalty would be sought
at Linders' trial.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-10
EXPLOSIONS ROCK
Continued From Page One)

into it," he said. Fright now my
principle concern is the crew
and their families"
He estimated loss to the boat
alone at $500 900 which he said
was pretty well covered" by
insurance.
Crew members were engaged
in miantainence work, routine
chores or catching up on their
sleep-when the blast hit.
Had the explosion occurred
when the vessel was fully load
ed, the force of the blast and
the speedy spread of flames prob
ably would have made it one
of the worst ship disasters on
record.
Tonight was to have been
catholic club night on the Ohio"
More than a dozen church organ
izations had Joined in sponsoring
the trip. In addition to the
church groups, employees of the
classified ad department of the
Pittsburgh Post-G Gazette had been
planning to make the trip to-
night.
A number of Eagles clubs were
booked for Wednesday and for
Thursday there were bookings
by such organizations as the
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
United Steel Workers locals,
and Moose lodges.
So great was the crowd lining
the Smithfield street bridge to
view the scene that police were
forced to clear the span, fear
ing the additional weight might
cause it to collapse.
The wharf was covered with
bits of wood, pieces of chairs,
shreds of draperies and other
boat furnishings and with glass
from the glass = enclosed decks
and from the windshields and
windows of parked autos which
caught the full force of the ex-
plosion.
The charred and blackened
hulk of the once-proud steam
e. sank in the Monongahela river
after burning for two hours.
Only her top deck, still spewing
thick black smoke from smould-
ering oil, was visible tonight.
Police estimated it would take
several days to probe the waters
for additional victims of the
spectacular blast which shook
the downtown area, wrecking
cars parked along the waterfront
and smashing countless windows
in nearby stores and BUILDINGS
The ships captain, H. c. Hail
OF Cincinnati, who was not
aboard at the time the blast
rocked the vessel at 1918 n, M
eastern Standard Time) said
the ISLAND Queen" carried =
crew of IS and was valued a.
100000 The boat had accomo.
dations for 1000 passengers.
Foilce, firemen and passers-
oy Owed into the murky waters
70 rescue crewmen hurled Into
l the river by two tremendous
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-10
GORDON
CONTINUED From Page One)

(Continued From Page One)
contracting Hugh Morton in care
of the Junior Chamber, Render
said.
Meanwhile the Junior Cham.
Der of Commerce last night
adopted a calendar of projects
running through February, 1948
Jesse Sellers presented the
calendar to the club in the alb
sence of Ed Goodwin, projects
committee chairman. Projects
covered by this calendar will be
announced from time to time as
the year progresses.
Ed Howard, chairman Of the
athletic committee announced
that a bowling team had been
organized and that they would
play their first game next Thurs
day night.
Howard also announced that
the sale Of season football tic
kets was going nicely. In the
form of entertainment, the group
was shown a film of the Billy
Conn-Joe Louis fight in 1941,
in which Conn was knocked out
in the 18th round, after coming
close to winning the title.
The film was presented by 1t
Chae. Markus and Sgt. Wyllis
Of the U. S. Army and Air Force
recruiting service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-10

blasts. Firemen, hampered by
cars parked along the wharf,
enlisted the aid of bystanders to
kick open the automobile win
dows in order to remove the
cars.
A fire boat standing nearby
and other riverboats turned
their hoses on the flaming steam
er, whose home port was pCin-
cinnati, o.
Police Superintendent Har-
vey Scott said IS members of the
crew were believed asleep aboard
the vessel at the time of the
explosion. He said police were in
vestigating a report that an ace
tylene torch was in use on the
ship. She was tied up at a Mon
ongahela wharf when the trag-
edy occurred.