The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-11-25
THROUGH
HAZE.
EYES
BY Hazel Brunnon

like to wish every reader of this
newspaper a happy holiday and
express our sincere wishes for
your happiness, prosperity. and
well-being throughout the year.
We feel every person who is
privileged to live in this country
should give thought on Thanks
giving to what this traditional
day means and observe it accord
ingly.
1t was 323 years ago this week,
on November 81, 1920, that a
group of Al men aboard the May
flower in Capt Cod Harbor signed
their names to the Mayflower
Compact, forerunner of the great
document of freedom and law
that followed.
The signers agreed "solemnly |
and mutually in the presence OF |
God and one another to form a
body polite, and to frame such
laws as they might need, to
which they promised all due SUBJ
mission and obedience" These
courageous men were the Pill
grims who had sailed from Eng
land more than 100 days before
seeking religious freedom in the
unknown and untamed wilder
ness of the world.
The first Thanksgiving day
gave humble thanks to God for
survival and His blessings.
In modern America it is just
as fitting that we pause to give
thanks for this most blessed
nation - and to pray Americas
people will not lose sight Of the
fact that all we have comes from
God - and not forget Him in our
plans.
One good way to show your
gratitude for your blessings is
to help those less fortunate than
yourself - those persons around
you who need help.
There are possibly many people
in Holmes county who would
like to help deserving and needy
people overseas but haven't done
so because they don't know what
organization to support to make
sure the aid would be given TO
a really needy person or family
Possibly many Of you would
like to make a good viii gift to
people over seas, either in Europe
or in Japan. If SO, We suggest
that you make your contribution
to CARE, SO Broad Street. New
York City. Ten dollars of your
money will send a needy foreign
family large food package. II
YOU can't give that much you can
send your contribution to CARE
which will pool it with other
contributions from over the coun-
try to make up packages to go
where they are needed.
CARE is a non-profit coopera-
tive distributing agency that
sends food, clothing and medical
supplies to Europe and Japan,
The packages it sends are time
proven and properly packaged so
that they always reach their des-
tination intact. Literally thou
sands of dollars worth of food and
clothing have never reached the
needy because they weren't pro-
perly wrapped.
We call your attention in this
issue to a message about CARE
sponsored by the Holmes County
Bank and Trust company as
public service.
Any person who makes a sacri-
flee in order to make a contribu-
ton to CARE will be more than
repaid, we believe.
If you are a school teacher,
or a business man, or farmer,
or what ever you are, why not
send a package for the holidays
specifying that il go to teach
er, or business man, etc.
In the nearly IL months he has
been in office Sheriff Ellis E.
Wynn has executed 125 searching
warrants for liquor. That means
he has headed searching party
every 2.6 days since he has been
in office.
It is significant that Sheriff
Wynn has found whiskey in 80
per cent of the raids he has con-
Quoted. Many times he has found
liquor just off the premises of
the place he was raiding. Due to
this fact he has been able to get
convictions in less than so per
cent of the cases.
What a lot Of people don't
know is that under the laws of
Mississippi our sheriff does not
draw any salary for his duties on
law-enforcement. He gets fees,
and small one at that, for cases
only where the defendant is con-
victed
The sheriff draws salary for
his tax collecting duties under