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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
|Coordinating Council
lis Organized Here

A Co-ordinating Council has been
organized in Lexington for the pur-
pose of migrating community or
%ganization activities and especially
for the purpose of supporting a youth
activity program for Lexington.
Other worthy community projects
will be passed upon and promoted
as they come about.
The organization of the Council
was suggested by the Rotary Club
and other groups in the community
readily voted their cooperation.
One representative of each organi-
cation in the community will make
up the membership.
David B. Miles, representative OF
the American Legion, has been nam
ed chairman of the Council, and Mrs
Ruth H. Duke, representative of the
Business and Professional Women's
Clubs, has been named secretary.
A full list of neutrality-suspicious.
with their representatives is as fol-
lows.
Rotary Club, Will Wilson; VFW
Walter Sharpe; PTA, Mrs. Cecil
Mason; BPW Club, Mrs. Ruth H
Duke; Jaycees, Eddie Heath; Garden
Club, Mrs. George Patterson; Cham
Der of Commerce, Joe Berman;
Masonic Lodge, Paul Koran; Ameri-
can Legion, David B. Miles; OES,
Mrs. Louise King.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
~Juycees And PTA To
Sponsor Film Soon

The Lexington PTA and Junior
Chamber of Commerce will sponsor
a film on safety at the PTA meeting
on Tuesday afternoon, March End, at
200 o'clock.
Captain Albert S. Windham OF the
Mississippi Highway Patrol will be
the speaker in connection with the
film. He will be assisted by Holmes
County Patrolman Ernie Ray.
A general discussion of highway
laws and safety regulations will be
held at the meeting in order to bring
out the many ways in which adults
can help promote safety.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
Lexington Teams Win
Over West; Split
Series With Durunt

Lexington meets Tchula in the
Lexington gym Friday night in a
double-header. Both boys and girls
will play with the girls game start
ing at seven o'clock. A large turn
out is expected.
In Friday nights game in the Lex
ington gym the Lexington boys won
over West 23-13 and the Lexington
girls won 1928 over the West girls.
The Lexington boys were defeated
by Durant in a closely fought game
1914. In the evenings first game
Lexington girls won over the Durant
girls 1924.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
Supreme Court Remand
Ellis Case Due To
Courts instructions
New Troll Will Be
Held In Liquor
Possession Charge

The Mississippi Supreme Court
this week reversed and remanded to
the Holmes County Circuit Court for
a new trial a case in which 0. E.
Ellis was convicted for possession of
liquor because the courts instruction
to the jury was not properly pre-
scented.
The appellant, o. E. Ellis, had
been convicted on a second charge
of possessing liquor. The Supreme
Court held that there was sufficient
evidence presented to convict him
but that the courts instruction to
the jury was not properly presented.
The instruction asked the jury IF
you believe from the evidence in
this case beyond all reasonable doubt
that the defendant is guilty as charg-
ed in the indictment then the form
of your verdict should be I'VE the
Jury find the defendant guilty as
charged"
The Supreme Court controlling
opinion written by Judge L. A
Smith, Sr, stated that "the trouble
with the instruction is that it does
not define within itself the elements
and nature Of the crime charged OF
what the constituents of it are. In
stead it says as charged in the in
dictment.'
'In other words the jurors them
selves were referred to and requir-
ed to interpret the affidavit, instead
of being informed by the court as
to the elements of the crime in
volved in the law violation charged
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
Holmes Representatives,
Vote 2 On Movies

Holmes county's three representa-
tives split their vote 81 in voting on
the ~legalization of Sunday MOVIES In
Mississippi.
Rep. G. H. Love voted for legaliza-
ton of Sunday movies and KEEP W
p. Hammett and Rep. Walter L.
Ellis voted against same.
The bill as passed permits snow
ings on Sunday afternoons from one
to six o'clock.
The measure will have to be acteo
upon by the Senate.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
T. A. LoiI Reelected
Country Club Prexy

T. A. Lail has been reelected pre-
sident of the Lexington Country
Club. Eugene Herman has been
elected vice-president and William
Ellis, M. A. Scoby and Mrs. w. D
Wilson named to the board of gov
ernors for 1948-49.
The membership committee is now
in the process of signing up mem
bers for 1948-49.
Extensive Improvements are plan
ned at the club this year.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
Farm Development.
Retarded Because OF
Conservation Practices
District Makes Progress
But Some o. Best
Lands Are Lost
By A. P. Carroll

The failure to establish good con-
servation methods is impeding the
agricultural development and pro-
gress in Holmes county.
The farmers cooperating with the
Holmes County Soil Conservation
District have made progress in estab-
fishing conservation practices. How
ever the surface has not been scrat-
ched in protecting the soils.
The most severe erosion problems
are in the hills with about three
fifths in the Yazoo River watershed
and the other two-fifths in the Big
Black watershed.
Failure to do good conservation
farming is causing continuous loss
of the best soils, resulting in a de-
crease in production and higher cost
This will cause Abandonment of more
farms of which we have too many
already.
Allowing the water to make its
own way down the slopes, through
the streams, over the bottom lands
to the rivers is not only causing the
loss of the best soils but is forming
many large gullies which can be
seen by driving owe any road in tho
hill section.
Those streams emptying into the
Yazoo River have a very steep grade
from the bluffs up to the head
waters. The water runs off very
rapidly and works its way from one
side of the stream to the other, caus-
| ing the creek banks to cave off, los
ing the best bottom soils. Many Of
these creek beds have washed out
land as much as a quarter of a mile
| wide. Therefore hundreds of acres
of this land, at one time considered
among our most productive acres are
now being ruined by these creeks.
AS these streams reach the Delta
area the grade is less and the water
is slowing down, sand and silt pick
ed up is dropped out, filling the
streams and overlooking some of the
best land in the Delta. Many of the
one-time good farms around the foot
hills have been abandoned. Also
roads, railroads, and towns are being
damaged.
In the area emptying into the Big
Black River the hills are losing the
top soils and gullies are forming. The
grades on these streams or creeks
are not as great as those in the va
ZOO River area, therefore, the velo-
city of water is not as great. The
sand and silt that has been picked
up is dropped out all along in these
streams. They are being filled up and
and causing the water to overflow
the best bottom lands after each rain.
making them unsafe for row crops.
/ This can be adjusted by cleaning out
these creeks with draglines. How
ever, if the erosion in the head wat
ers are not controlled the bitches will
soon fill up.
Brown Brothers and J.. L. Longin-
otti, of Durant, DR.. J.. S. Rosamond
and Owen Mcclellan, of West, have
used the dragline in clearing out and
cutting new creek beds. They all
state it has been highly successful
for them and has brought non-culti-
| waited land into profitable use.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
County School Boord
To Consider Petitions

The Holmes County School Board
will hold a meeting at the court
house in Lexington on Friday after
moor February 18th, at two o'clock
to consider and act upon petitions to
consolidate the Harmony School Dis
trict with the West Line CONSOLIDATE
ed School District.
The meeting will be held in the
court room.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
Services AT BeuIuh Baptist
Church Sunday, Feb. 18th

Regular preaching services az
Beulah Baptist Church will be neiu
Sunday, February 18th, at 800 p m
Sunday School is at 1000 a. m
The general public is cordially invit-
ed to attend the services.
The Rev. S. B. Harrington VIII OF
in charge of the preaching service
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
MichueI Smith Rites
Set For Friday

The funeral of Michael Smith, Sr,
IS, well known colored farmer in the
Lebanon community, will be held al
the Lebanon M. B. Church FRIDAY
morning, February 18th, at ll:OO o.
clock.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
Patients AT The Hospital

Mrs. M. R. Autry and baby boy,
Durant.
Mrs. E. G.. Pettus, Lexington.
Miss Mamie Clark, Durant.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12

HAZEL
EYES
BY Hozel Brannon

A historic meeting will be held
this afternoon in Jackson.
Citizens from all parts of the state
will be there in response to Cover
nor Fielding L. Wright's clarion call
for a meeting to protest anti-south-
ern legislation proposed by Presi-
dent Truman and the Democratic
party.
There is no way of telling now
what will come out of the jackson
meeting. 1t appears, however, that
Mississippi will lead the way for
other southern states in the rapidly
developing fight against Mr.. Truman.
The plan of action adopted by the
people of Mississippi today will be
watched with a great deal of inter-
est throughout the nation -. parti-
cularly in the southern states.
The latter will be watching the
meeting Of the people of Mississippi
to determine what degree of support
Governor Wright has in his w
state whether or not his w
people are really behind him.
We believe the people are be-
hind Governor Wright not only
Mississippians but people through
out the south who are tired of being
doormats for northern politicians
who have taken over the Democratic
party.
The political bondage of the South
has never been more clearly de-
monstrated than in events of the
past few weeks.
Chagrined beyond measure at the
outspoken anti-southern program OF
President Truman, southern Demo
Gratis today realize with shame the
small part they have come to play in
formulating party policies and to re-
cognize the harsh fact that they are
held in utter contempt by the north
ern Democrats f. that the n c
boosted loyalty Of the south to the
Democratic party has boomeranged
to the disservice Of all our people.
Southern Democrats know how the
i~nsufferable attitude Of those who
control the Democratic party -.
that we in the south haven't brains
or CUTS enough to do anything but
vote the straight party ticket
that even though they use us for a
doormat, kick us around all they
please, we will still remain loyal and
go on down the line always.
It remains for Mississippi to show
that we need not suffer forever for
the way to the rest of the south -.
the mistakes of the past that
there is a way to make u influ-
ence electoral votes count for some
thing again.
If we in the south can overthrow
our political bondage to the Demo
cratic party and place ourselves in a
position where all political parties
try to gain our favor then we will
be able to restore the south to its
rightful position in the nation. We
will be in a position to demand sand
get economic justice.
All of our people do not yet real
ize the economic position OF the
south today is due as much to our
one-party system of politics as any
other single factor. We are slow to
learn in politics just as we were and
are to change from the one-crop sys-
TEN to diversified farming. But we
are learning more every day.
Perhaps if we live long enough we
will see the south throw off its
shackles, political and economical
and truly come into our own.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12

Friends are wishing Miss Myrtle
Jordan a speedy recovery from a re-
cent illness.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-02-12
St. Mays
Episcopal Church

Rev. WilliGm Asger, Rector
Sunday, February Is
Church School. 10 A. M.
Morning Prayer and Sermon,
A. M.
Evening star., 1948-04-11

difficult to fortell. The best guess
is the main Soviet effort will be .
made IN the fall after the harvest.
II the harvest is good the Soviets
might be in q position to feed Ber-
Inns millions. who are largely de4
pendent now ON food brought In BY :
the United States, Britain and
France. 81
The Russians then could halt all
shipments into Berlin and install
a complete blockade of civilian as
well as military supplies. The west
ern allied occupation forces can
feed themselves by air but not the
German population as well.
How such situation could be
met remains to be seen.
Should the Western Allies abanan
don Berlin Soviet stock would raise
enormously in Europe, particularly
in Western Germany. The sight OF
western forces leaving the field to-
the Russians would shake conf
dence in the United States. Britain
and France from the Baltic to the
Mediterranean, y
Evening star., 1948-04-11
ABC Boord Schedules
Two Hearings This Week

The Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board has two hearings scheduled
for this week. At 10 am. tomorrow
the board will hear charges that
the Longfellow Park Cafe, Inc,
proprietors Of the Doctors Cafe, 931
Eighteenth street NV, sold liquor
to an intoxicated person and allowed
the drunken person to remain on
the premises in violation of the ABC
regulations.
At 2 pm. Wednesday the board
will resume hearings in the case OF
the Trinon Restaurant, 722 Seven
teenth street NV. The restaurant
is ostensibly operated by Adeline
]. and Marcella Giromine, admin
istrators of an estate, but inspec-
tors of the ABC board charge that
John Cheppas is the actual owner,
Mr.. Cheppas denied he was the
owner and said he was only man
aging the place until the estate was
settled. The case was heard last
week and continued until Wednes-
day so that the board could inspect
the books and records of the res
taurant.
Evening star., 1948-04-11

Bumpsy Anthony Is one Of my favor
ties. He just seems to know what
to do at the right time"
Bumpsy will be featured among
the 20 clowns signed for the circus
by Producer Orrin Davenport OF
Chicago. Bumpsy's father was q
circus juggler and Bumpsy clowned
for 80 years with the old Ringing
Brothers Circus, Barnum & Bailey,
Hagenbeck e. Wallace and other
shows.
There will be 40 acts all told with
Lalage, a former Ringing aerial
star; Joe Walsh and his lions and
tigers, the Hunt Brothers elephants,
Torelli's dogs and ponies, Capt. Tie
bor's seals, Rudynoff's high school
horse, Albert Fleets chimpanzees,
the Juggling Snyrettos and Princess
Musette, the toe and heel catch
queen.
Tickets are on sale at Almas
Temple. 1918 X street NV, and the
Uline Arena, Third and M streets
NE.
Evening star., 1948-04-11
|Home Accident; 4
Send 706 to D. G.
HOSPITALS in Week

A 19-year- youth who dislo-
Gated his shoulder turning over In
Fbed was one of s106 persons treated
IN District hospitals last week fo1
home accident injuries, the Red
Cross Accident Prevention Service
reported last night.
There were five deaths from home
accidents, raising to 80 the year S
total, 81 more persons than had died
at this time last year. The years
injuries now total 1,408, compared
with l,l62 for q similar period of
1947.
Two of the accidents involved
small girls drinking a clothes
bleach A woman swallowed a
straight pin while sewing and a
3-year-old girl swallowed an open
safety pin.
An entire family Of three was
treated at Providence Hospital
when an 18-month-old baby was
burned on the head, arms and hands
by spilled hot grease and tha
mother and father were burned try
ing to remove the grease.
Stitches were necessary when a
7-year -old boy was scratched by a
cat.
Evening star., 1948-04-11
Plans Prepared
| To Resume Work
Ion Cathedral

Tentative plans to resume the
construction OF Washington Cathe-
dral this summer were announced
yesterday by Dean John Wallace
Suter, chairman Of the Cathedral's
Building and Grounds Committee.
The announcement was made after
a special meeting of the committee
OF the Cathedral Chapter.
Dean 6uter said the final decision
will be made after q detailed report
Of the archietect's plans and con-
struction costs have been obtained.
The proposed work would mean
further construction Of the South.
or Patriots Transept, and would
include the War Memorial Chapel.
The last work done on the cathe-
dral was the North Porch. The
porch was dedicated In May, 1942,
by the late Right Rev. James Ed
ward Freeman, third Bishop of
Washington.
Philip Hubert FrolainaI1, successor
to the arm Of Frohman. Robb and
Little, Is the cathedral architect.
Evening star., 1948-04-11
BY Wes GoIIoeher
A..eelat.d Pros. Fe..lsn ear..pead.p,

4
BERN, April 1o.-Ten days of
intense Soviet action apparently
based on q policy Of trial and, error
have turned Berlin into a potential
1913 Danzig.
Veteran diplomats here feel it is
. policy which may blunder the
world into another war no one wants,
including the Soviet Union.
At any time during the past 10
days nervous GI or Russian tot
ing = tommy gun might have fired
shots a. disastrous as those at Sara
jevo In 1914. The shots would not
have been on any government order,
but the results could have been the
same. The situation now Is a stale
mate.
Ten years ago from belligerent
Berlin Adolf Hitler screamed to the
world that the international city of
Danzig must be returned to Ger
many A year later the first shots
Of World War II echoed in Danzig
streets.
Today rubble-strewn Berlin is an
international city. Like Danzig 1t
Is now q pawn between the great
powers. It Is being quarrelied over.
The Russians say four-power gov
ernment Of Germany Is dead. They
say four -power government is the
only reason for the Western Allies
being in Berlin.
The western powers maintain
they have just as much right in
Berlin as the Soviet Union. They
argue 1t Is just as another part
|of their occupation area, even
though it Is behind the Iron Curtain.
Control Council Dormant.
Who killed four-power govern
ment? That Is another hotly dis
puted point.
Physically the corpse Of the Allied
Control Council exists. The ma
chinery is all there. But there has
not been major agreement in two
years among the Big -Four. Since
March 20 there has not even been
an Allied Control Council meeting.
The Russians walked out Of the
last one and no one has asked for
another.
Unless someone asks, control
council machinery will exist in moth
balls. 1t will be as useful as a foot
ball team without a football.
This development has had two re-
suits which will become increasingly
apparent in the future:
The first is that the Soviets have
taken the initial steps to squeeze
the western powers out of Berlin.
The second Is that with four power
machinery dormant the partition of
Germany is certain. Such partition
means the Western powers will speed
the establishment Of some sort of a
western German state. The Rus
slams will set up similar machinery
in the. eastern zone.
The Russians placed restrictions
on Western Allied military freight
and passenger traffic in and out of
Berlin. They coupled this with a.
virtually complete embargo on
freight and mail moving out OF
Berlin.
The British accuse the Soviets of
trying to strangle Berlin's trade
and commerce with the West.
'Pillaging" Charged.
The Russians claim their re-
strictions are to halt the Allies from
"pillaging" Berlin and using their
Evening star., 1948-04-11
Soviet May BIunder Into War
In Berlin, Diplomats Fear

trains to smuggle so-called criminal
elements In and out of the Soviet
zone.
1t Is the unanimous opinion oi
the three western Powers that the
Soviet action is the first step te
force them to leave the city and
withdraw their protection from Its
$3.50, 900 inhabitants, largely anti
Communist.
The collision last Monday OF q
Soviet fighter and British transport
plane. killing Is persons including
the Soviet pilot, increased tension
The British threatened to use their
fighters to protect their planes. but
suddenly replied in conciliatory
terms on Friday.
Today the Russians proposed new
controls over air traffic and took
steps which British and American
officials said would interfere with
telephone and telegraph communica-
tions between the Western Powers
and Berlin.
Here in close confinement the
western occupation forces wonder
If the Soviets can draw the thin
line between international action
which might get by and other steps
which might be considered overt
and start conflict.
While the situation In Berlin for
the time being remains stalemated,
no one here believes the Russians
will let the matter rest. All think
there will be new Soviet efforts to
get the rest of the city.
Move May Wait Till Fail.
When the next move will come Is
Evening star., 1948-04-11
Outlook for Trusteeship
Dim in United Nations

LAKE SUCCESS, April 10 (P).-
The outlook for a United Nation.
trusteeship in Palestine appeared
dim today after O week of private
consultations on the new American
plan.
Some delegates and top U. N.
officials already were reported to
have written the trusteeship idea
off as a possible solution to replace
the partition plan adopted by the
General Assembly last November %
Warren r. Austin, chief American
delegate, however, was said to be
ready to continue his efforts next
week to work out form of trustee
ship which would be acceptable to
the Security Council and the emer-
gency Assembly, which will meet In
New York next Friday.
Mr.. Austin laid a suggested pro-
gram Of Is points before the Coun-
Gil delegates last Monday, but said
the United States was not commit
ing itself to any of the points. The
American program was rejected i'm
mediately by both Jews and Arabs.
Evening star., 1948-04-11
Yemen Pretender Hanged
For Killing Ru|er.Father
BY the Asseeiaied Press

CAIRO, April 10. Ahmed eI
Wazir, former pretender to the
throne of Yemen, has been hanged
on charge of assassinating the
former ruler, 1t was announced Of
ficially here tonight.
Ahmed el Wazir was a son Of the
former King, Imam Yehia. An
nouncement Of the execution was
made by Prince Abdullah, q brother
OF Ahmed el WaZir.
Abdullah is now representing the
new King, Imam Ahmed, at 4 Cairo
meeting of the Arab League Po.
litical Committee. Abdullah sale
Ahmed el Wazir was executed with
several of his conspirators at Hajs
in Yemen April 8, but other details
were lacking.
Yemen is a remote Arab kingdom
which was torn by a family revolu-
ton in February. q.
Chile reports that oil experts pre-
dict 100000 barrels from her new
fields.