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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
Statistics Report
Made By Hal Gillian

Seventy-seven live births, Ii
White and 65 Colored, are reported
for Holmes county, during July, by
Hal A. Gillian, registrar. A total Of
Is deaths, one White and IL Colored
were listed. Four live births. three
White and one Colored, were nom
resident. Of the LIVE births all
were born in hospitals. The two
deaths We're in hospitals.
Four deaths all Colored, were re-
ported under one month, with one
Colored death under n year.
Causes of death were listed ag
heart disease, three Colored; pneu-
monia, one White; accidents, one
Colored, burns. Deaths recorded ar
having ''no medical attention" were
four Colored.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
Can BIaek-Draught
Help An
Upset Stomach?

Yes, Black-Draught may help an
upset stomach II the only reason
You have an upset stomach is be-
cause Of constipation. Black
Draught, the friendly laxative, Is
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taken as directed. It costs only q
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generations. If you are troubled
with such symptoms as loss OF appe-
tite, headache, upset stomach, flatu-
lence, physical fatigue, sleepless-
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and II these symptoms are due only
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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-09-16
LIST OF Land To Be Sold For Taxes

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
County of Holmes.
I. E. Wynn, Tax Collector of the County of Holmes in said State,
pursuant to an order of the Board Of Supervisors OF Holmes County; Mis-
Book 49, and Q page $50: will sell on the first Monday Of October; a D;
Lexington. Mississippi, to the highest bidder or bidders for cash, il any
there be, all the following described lands, situated in said County, on
which the Taxes remain unpaid al that date, to-wit:
NAMES OF OWNERS DIVISIONS OF SECTIONS TOTAL
$3.50 Mrs. J S. Watson ST.. SEA- Sec. q, Twp IA, Rye. Nv $21 So
$3.50 ] s. Watson, Jr WIZ NEA less 20 A. off West side
Sec. 81, Twp IL, Rye. Nv 899
l94s. E. E. WYNN, Tax Collector.
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Coxburg School 1,174.84
CoXburg School Sinking 44l.50
Cruger School 3,105.53
Cruger School Sinking Fund 1896
EbeneZer School 2l5.0O
Ebenezer School Sinking asa
Elliot Hill School $3.50
Franklin School 54IO9
Goodman School 8200
Goodman School Sinking 444.73
Harmony School 1874
Owens School 70.13
Pickens School 3,376.35
Pickens School Sinking 1882
Providence School 1851
Tchula School 2,058.34
Tchula School Sinking 229.02
Wesley Chapel School 8l.26
West School 266.78
West School Sinking 727.15
Fish ana Game Fund 2,0l5.0i
Truck and Bus Fund 2,492.8l
Gasoline Fund 7,l20.85
Institute Fund l.02
Township Interest Fund 667.40
4OWIlSllp TllIlCipdl L ullu zA'fo
Veterans Funds 6,694.21
Land Redemption Fund 1914
Beat 2 Hosp. Const. Fund 63,642.2l
Community Hosp. Const.
Fund 44,633.59
Health Center Const. Fund 10, 708.00
Road l Const. Fund 7,411.60
Road 2 Const. Fund 6,772.72
Road 3 Const. Fund 11,067.63
Road 4 Const. Fund 4,923.88
Road 5 Const. Fund 9,253.68
Bridge Const. Fund 11,955.05
1t is hereby ordered that the fol-
lowing accounts be allowed pay
able out of Separate Road District
No. l, for salaries, labor, materials,
and supplies, as follows, to-wit:
L. c. Boatwright 40 90; Dave Gran
than 1l0.25; Earl Ellis HOPS; Floyd
McNeer 10000; Glen McNeer 1880;
Vardiman Psrton 1903. 90; j 3 Sims;
108.0 90; Cliff Hughes l03.50; Edwin
Buck 103.50; Clinton Booth l08.; Mil
lard Bruce $3.50; w. B. Harper 105,-
rs; Jones Thorp 10000; H. S. Terry
140. 90; Lexington Implement Com
pany go; E g. N Products 244.53;
The Fincher Company 1853; The
Texas Company 1876; Lexington
Wagon g. Blacksmith 21.80; Texaco
Service Station 12O.45; Terry's Ga
rage 148.75; Super Service Station
IT'S; w. A. Harvey Store 4.38: Texa-
co Service Station 1885; Holdings
worth's 4O.30; Western Auto Store
1854; Ramsey Thurmond Company
4.19; Lexington Implement Com
rany FOG; Rays Clay Gravel Com
pany 800; e. T. Devine 10000 P.B);
Glen McNeer 220.80 P.B); Peoples
Oil Company 1866; j. S. Bevilf 49,
40 (P.B.); Hammett Gravel Company
$685. P.B.); Lexington Wagon &
Blacksmith Shop $3.50; Watkins
Aldridge Equipment Company 1885,
Is; Weathersby Chevrolet Company
8.O5.
1t is hereby ordered that the fol-
Icing accounts be allowed payable
out of Separate Road District No. 2,
for salaries, labor, materials and
supplies, as follows: A. c. Autry
$4,000: Elum Mcbride 114.75; Den
MS Mcbride 1861 w. M. Mcbride
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Mrs, w. r. Ellis, Jr., and children.
Billy and Sarah Beth, visited MIR.
and Mrs. ]. T. wilkins of Brooks
vile last weekend.
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Notice Of Tax Sale

In accordance with the laws of the State of Mississippi and pr-
suant to a order of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the City
of Lexington, Mississippi, adopted at their regular meeting on Sep
TENDER Z 1948, wherein it appeared that certain lands and parcels
of property in the City of Lexington have not had the taxes due there
on paid for the year 1947, and that said lands escaped advertisement
and sale at the regular April sale of lands for delinquent taxes, l. as
Tax Collector, am authorized and directed to advertise and sell on
Monday, October A, 1948, all lands in said City O which 1947 taxes
have not been paid, and which have not been advertised and sold at
the time and manner prescribed by law as appears on my records in
my office, to-wit:
NAME DESCRIPTION TAX and DAMAGE
Lillian and Dave Bate, Lot 8 blk 4 Rhyme sub lest part
-"AA aN sold to Lillian Bate S 216o
Lula M Cooper Est. Lot 35 AGO
J q Herbert Jr. South part lot 287 1880
Mildred Land Lee, Part lot IS TIL sub 1850
Amanda Robbins, S14 lot 179 less 44A SW cor 1850
Mann Smith Part lots 70 and 80 lO12 20
Susan White Est. Part lot 23 1410
{. A. GLOVER, Tax Collector, City Of
2O4-tnp Lexington. Mississippi
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Proceedings OF The
Board OF Supervisors
RE TT REMEMBERED. that the

BE 1T REMEMBERED, that the
regular meeting of the Board of
Supervisors of Holmes County, Mis-
sissippi, held in the Courthouse in
the City of Lexington, Mississippi,
on this the 9th day of September
A. D. 1948. il being the First Mon
day and the first day of said term,
with the following members and Of
ficers present, to-wit: Joe H. Moore,
M. B. S. No. /; M. S. Rogers, Presi-
dent, M. B. S. No. 2; K. P. Thomas,
M. B. S. No. 3; c. G. Campbell, M. B.
S. No. 4; G. w. Ellison, M. B. S.
No. 5; Parham H. Williams, Clerk,
E. E Wynn, Sheriff and H. H. John
son, Attorney for the Board.
When and where the following pro-
ceedings were then and there held
and had
In Re: County Depository
l beg to hand you herewith list
showing balances in the various
funds of the County.
County Fund 13,051.61
County Sinking Fund 8,041.71
Beat 2 Hosp. Sinking Fund 5,436.01
Hospital Fund 5,276.71
Health Department Fund 6,603.89
Poorhouse Fund $4,000
A. H. S. Maintenance Fund 6,240.77
A H. S. Sky. Fund 9,405.80
Bridge Fund 3,537.25
General School Fund 43,436.00
Road / Maintenance 1908
Road l Sinking 15,803.68
Road 2 Maint. Fund 3,756.51
Road 3 Maintenance 1,308.82
Road 3 Sinking Fund 1,702.37
P & r Road Maintenance 1,780.62
Road 4 Maint. 144.68
Road 4 Sinking Fund 4,190.38
Tchula Road Maintenance ~18,593.26
Cruger Road Maintenance 3,057.35
Road 5 Sinking 11,031.6l
Acona School 49.17
Bethesda School 54.34
Centerville School 1913
Cleveland School 26.19
Evening star., 1948-09-24
| Driver Cleared
| In Crash Pays
Others Fine

A Hyattsville man, whose automo-
bile bore the brunt of two-car
collision in that community last
Friday, turned Good Samaritan in
Eyattsville Police Court yesterday,
when he paid the $25 fine of the
man found guilty of hitting him
from the rear.
Taking pity on the defendants
lack OF funds, Charles J. B. Murphy,
43, a salesman OF 1905 Oliver street,
Hyattsville. asked the court II 1t
would be all right to pay the fine
imposed on James Hawkins, colored,
of Carter's lane, Riverdale. Hawkins
was found guilty of reckless driving.
Certainly" said Trial Magistrate
Alan Bowie. Il don't care where the
money comes from, just so the fine
is paid"
Mr.. Murphy, whose car suffered
damages amounting to $225. was
found not guilty Of the same charge.
Charles Williams, Hyattsville city
policeman, reported that Hawkins
car crashed into the rear Of MIR.
Murphys automobile when the latter
stopped for q red trafic signal on
Rhode Island avenue at Melrose
Crossing, Hyattsville. He said the
brakes on HAWKING car were faulty
Evening star., 1948-09-24
Man Sentenced 10 Year =
For AssauIting Police Chiel

A one-year sentence in the Mary
land House of Correction was i'm
posed on a Brentwood Md mar
in Hyattsville Police Court yester-
day, following his conviction on
charge of assaulting policeman.
Andrew J. Smith. 40. Of the $500
block of Webster street, was founc
guilty of hitting Brentwood Police
Chief Carl G. Schatz, when the
latter went to his house to investi-
gate a complaint early Sunday.
Smith also was given the choice
of $50 fine or 80 days additiona
in the county Jail on a dlsorderly
conduct charge.
Testimony before Trial Magistrate
Alan Bowie revealed that Chief
Schatz and another policeman. Pvt
William Reamy, had gone to the
Webster street address to investigate
a report that Smith was pulling his
wife Edna by the hair along the
street in front of their home, fol-
lowing an argument between the
pair.
When they got there, they found
Mrs. Smith locked out of the house
with her husband inside, it was
testified. Chief Schatz said he went
around to the rear of the house and
was surprised when Smith stepped
out from behind a garage corner and
struck him on the chest with his fist
Smith, Chief Schatz said, tried to
kick at the two policemen but was
quickly subdued and placed in the
police car. He also attempted to
create a disturbance at the Hyatts-
vile lookup and again was subdued'
the police chief added.
Evening star., 1948-09-24
ST. Charles Scout Troop
To Hold Weekend 0utinq

Boy Scout Troop 102, sponsored
BY St. Charles Catholic Church in
Arlington, will climax Boy Scout
National Roundup Month with a
weekend outing at its project site
on the Letter estate near Langley
Fairfax County.
About "a boys and five leaders, in
Guiding Scoutmaster J. c. Edmon-
ston. were to leave this afternoon
for the two-night camping trip
High light of events will be the
troops annual chicken barbecue fol-
the families and friends of troop
members at pm. tomorrow at the
camp site. A ''projectoree" will be
held nearby where the troops will
demonstrate crafts and skills.
The troop has prepared the camp
site by working weekends to cleal
the area and excavate the barbecue
pit. Members will spend the two
nigts there in tents.
Evening star., 1948-09-24
Druftees' and Veterans Guide
BY Maj. Thomas M. Mol

II you're not interested in defer
ments under the new draft law, you
can skip this column.
It's going to take months be-
fore Selective Service, which works
out the deferment details for all
reglstrants, gets the job done. New
directives from central headquarters
in Washington. new interpretations
of the basic draft law and other
things are going to make it tough to
pin down on paper all the quallfi-
cations for deferment.
But some can be pinned down right
now. Here goes:
If you're going to high school and
are ordered to report for induction
into the Army it's sure thing that
you won't have to-until you grad
uate-provided these two conditions
are met:
|. You keep up your studies salts
factorily.
2. You stay under 20 years old.
Get that? You definitely will be
deferred until you become ~ OF
until you cease satisfactorily to pur-
sue your course of instruction" as
the law puts 1t.
| Since most high scholars get their
diploma before they're 10, much less
20, that is a pretty alright guar
antee.
| There's one thing to remember
| though I don't know what could
happen if you forgot it. It's this: II
you are in school and want to be
deferred until you finish (this is high
schol, not college, you must notify
your draft board what your status Is,
| Selective Service Headquarters
here said that is an important point
so I'm passing it along. In discussing
this part of the deferment machin-
cry. the law says upon the facts
being presented to the local board. y
guess that's what it means-you've
got to apply for the deferment.
Does that cover all the angles for
| high school deferments? I think so,
with the exception of this question:
What happens If q high school boy u
Evening star., 1948-09-24
Teacher Declares Communism
Is as American as Baseball

as a trained teacher she had the
right to teach in Baltimore.
Board Chairman RosZel G. Thom-
sen promised a final decision in two
weeks. saying serious considera-
ton would be given to matters pre-
sented at the hearing.
Where, in this procedure, is the
basic American tenet that every
American has a right to hearing,
she asked.
Spokesman Of the Communist
Party, the local chapter of the C1O
Lawyers Guild and the Maryland
Council Of Arts, Sciences and Pro-
LESSONS, appeared in her behalf
Parents Of two Of the children she
taught last year testified she was a
competent" teacher.
Evening star., 1948-09-24
College Park Rotary Club
Seeks 10 Sponsor DIP

The College Park Rotary Club has
applied for permission to bring at
least one displaced European to
Prince Georges County.
Caesar l.. Aiello. president OF the
organization. announced yesterday
the club had applied to Ugo Carusi,
chairman of the commission ap-
pointed by President Truman TO
handle the displaced persons prob
lem, offering to assist in the pro-
gram. Mr.. Carusi recently spoke
before the Rotarians before going
abroad to make a survey of the situ-
alton.
| A committee of the Rotary Club
has been working on the project for
two months and will recommend
wnere the displaced persons are to
be placed. The cost will be borne
by the Federal Government. Plans
call for putting most of them on
farms-a task which is headed in
the State by DR.. Peter p. Lejins,
professor of sociology at the Untver-
sitv OF MARYLAND
Evening star., 1948-09-24
Shopper Tries Fringe Parking,
Finds 1t Speedy, Convenient

toners at that early hour. and in
less than four hours, had bought
all I could carry or afford.
I had neglected TO ask the driver
at what corner he stopped on the
return trip to the lot, but 1 knew
the shoppers special buses Travelled
along r street. Then, too, the stop
was not hard to find. 1t was marked
with q special black and white bu:
stop sign, which made 1T easily
recognizable because all other Cap
ital Trasnit stops tn the city are
marked with yellow and black signs
I began waiting for the bus at the
Tenth and p street stop at l:25. The
bus came in seven minutes. The re-
turn trip to the lot was made in IL
enthusiastically longer than the
trip downtown.
45 Cents for Expenses.
There was no delay picking ur
my car, and in another 20 minutes
I was home-a days shopping COM
plete in comfort in five hours. The
convenience of parking at an uncon-
gested lot and escaping the ordea
Of driving through the busiest
streets had cost me only As cents
which included the Is cents fol
parking and the regular l0-cent bW
fare each way.
The entire trip, including the time
I waited for the bus into town afte,
just missing one, and the minute
wasted because I did not know tn'
return schedule of the bus, took f1v'
hours. four hours of which was spen
shopping.
Tomorrow the same trip nigh
take less time. In any event, in
tend to try it again.
Evening star., 1948-09-24

in the spring term of his last year
and becomes 20 years old in May
we'll say?
Would he be allowed to graduate?
Or would they draft him? The Sc
lective Service people say they aren't
sure and that it would be up to the
local board.
OF course. If the same boy became
20 in the fall term of his senior year
it might be another matter. Probably
he wouldn't be deferred until the
following June. Where that line
might be drawn I don't know-but
as soon as I can find out it'll be in
the Guide"
incidentally, this whole deferment
depends on your taking "full-tlme
course of instruction at high school
or similar institution of learning.
The law says "tull-time course"
How about If you are at college?
What's the deferment there?
If you are ordered to report FOL
induction by your draft board you
quickly get the facts to them, you
tell them that you are in college
The law says the facts must be pre-
sented to the local board.
Then you can rest easy, PROVIDED
you keep your marks up to snuff
until the end of that college year
That's all.
/ II you're a member of the Reserve
Oficers Training Corps CROTC)
either Army, Air Force or Navy, it's
a different story. You then can nm
ish college, provided you agree IN
writing to accept a commission and
two years of active duty after grad
uation-and provided you get into
/ the ROTC quota, for which the
Army, Air Force and Navy may OBJ
tain deferment Not all ROTC men
will be deferred.
| If you have questions about your
status in the draft, send them to me
and they will be answered in this
column. If you want personal
answer, enclose q stamped, self
addressed envelope.
0tom Associated pyess NswsfestursD
Evening star., 1948-09-24
Judge Rules Landlord
Cant Evict Tenants 10
Put House Up for Sale
By ths Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. 24.-Peoplss
Court Judge James L. Hennegan has
ruled that a landlord cannot evict
tenants from a house in order to
put 1t up for sale.
He issued his ruling yesterday In
a case involving q real estate com
pany which wanted to svict . fam
lily from a property which was to be
offered for sale.
The company explained that an
empty house up for sale brings more
money than one with tenants.
Appeal Likely.
Judge Hennegan said three other
judges had participated with him in
the decision. However. it is expect
ed that the ruling will be appealed
since hundreds Of comparable case.
are pending in the courts.
The real estate firm contended
that the Federal Housing and Rent
Control Act of 1948 permits evic-
ton for purposes of selling.
A recent amendment to sub
section of the act says landlord
can evict tenants If the housing
accommodations in question are tt
be withdrawn from the rental mar.
ket.
Not to Be Used in Sales.
Judge Hennegan ruled that th'
amendment was intended to NEAR
that a landlord could evict if h
was removing the housing from th'
rental market and planned to keel
such a house. He said SO thi
section was not to be used wher'
sale of property was involved"
In his written opinion Judg
Hennegan added that the housing
act is not designed to include evic
tion for purposes of speculation.
Evening star., 1948-09-24
2-Year Cancer Study
Begun in Montgomery
And ; Other Counties

A cancer survey in four Maryland
counties. including Montgomery, was
launched this week.
Other counties included in the
program, which is expected to last
two years, are Hartford, Frederick
and Washington.
The project is being sponsored
and financed by the National Cancer
Institute. the American Cancer
Society and the Maryland Health
Department. The main purpose Is
ito determine what contributions
local health departments can make
in relation to cancer control needs.
Doctors to Be Queried.
Physicians in the four counties
will be asked to supply data on the
number of cancer cases, how these
cases were detected and what
methods they use to treat cancer.
Other information to be assem-
bled by the surveyors will include
family histories of cancer victims
and environment of persons known
to have cancer.
The information will be given to
county health departments, from
which case workers will be sent to
interview cancer victims.
Purposes Outlined.
From the data assembled in the
survey, cancer workers hope to ex-
tend their knowledge of the disease,
determine it's prevalence, evaluate
existing techniques for treatment,
encourage special examinations by
private physicians for early detec-
ton and determine what new facili-
ties are needed for treatment.
Among the investigators in the
survey are DR.. w. Ross Cameron,
chief of the Division of Cancer Con-
troll of the State Department OF
Health, and Miss Mary Sears, Pub
lie Health Service nurse.
Evening star., 1948-09-24
State Board Approves
Mapping 1O-YearP Plan
For Virginia Schools
BY the Assoeioied Press

RICHMOND, Sept. 24.-The Vir-
ginia Board of Education yesterday
approved a plan to draft l0-year
school improvement program.
Meeting here, the organization
heard G. Tyler Miller, State super
intendent of public instruction,
recommend that definite action be
taken to start such a program. Mr..
Miller proposed that the program
be properly balanced and include
goals and objectives for every phase
of education with which the public
school system is properly con-
cerned."
The superintendent's recommen-
dations were approved by the board.
Mr.. Miller proposed that the de-
tails of the school program be pre-
pared for study by the State board
10 days before its meeting January
26, 1949.
Lack Long Range Goals.
Discussing school development,
Mr.. Miller said that in recent years
programs have been proposed for
the improvement of education
in elementary schools, secondary
schools, and vocational institutions
but no definite long range goals for
a complete, we'll balanced plan have
been formulated and presented by
the State Board of Education.
7 Mr.. Miller proposed, and the
State board adopted. the following
procedure for a long range pro-
grams development:
! Let the members of the baord be
requested to prepare statements of
/ tentative goals; let these tentative
goals be submitted to and reviewed
| by the advisory council of superin-
tendents; let the board study the
recommendations in advance OF its
January meeting; and let the final
conclusion of the studies be pub
llshed in pamphlet or bulletin form
for presentation to the people Of
the State.
Urges Public Meetings.
Mr.. Miller recommended that pub
lie meetings be held and that citi-
zens and officials at large be invited
20 discuss the program.
From such efforts, Mr.. Miller pro-
posed that the school program take
its final form.
/ Loans from the State literary
fund totaling s1,662000 also were
approved by the board. The funds
are to be used for school construc-
ton.
/ The largest amount approved was
a loan of s738, 900 to be used for
the construction of a white high
school at Wytheville.
Evening star., 1948-09-24
Arlington Sets October "a
For Bids on Bond Issue

The Arlington County Schoo
Board last night set October IA as
the date for receiving sealed bids
for the sale of $1.776,00o in bonds
to finance elementary school con-
struction.
The bond issue was approved ir
referendum in May, 1947, ano
will provide for five new elementary
schools which are expected to be
completed by next September.
Meanwhile, the Arlington Citizens
Committee for School Improvement
last night indorsed proposed 81
| 100000 bond issue for schools.
The group acted after hearing ar
explanation of school needs by o
Glenn Stahl. member of the coun-
ty School Board. In so voting, the
group approved q stand taken las'
week by its Executive Committee.
Evening star., 1948-09-24
Oak Street Teachers
Will Be PTA Guests

Teachers at the new Oak Street
School will be guests of the Falls
Church PTA on october II at the
first of a series of three meetings
The Madison School reception is SET
for October 13, and that for the high
school on the 14th.
Parents are invited to attend the
reception for the school in which
their children are enrolled. Meeting
places will be announced later.
Evening star., 1948-09-24
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. 24.-A kinder
garten teacher, fired because she is
a Communist, is asking the Balti-
more School Board to rehire her
since Communism" is as American
as our love of fair play, baseball
and regard for our children
The statement was made .yester-
day at a public hearing by Mrs.
Regina Frankfeld, wife OF Philip
Frankfeld, chairman of the Com
munist Party in Maryland and the
District of Columbia.
She urged the board to repeal its
ban on employment Of Communists
adopted last June and insisted that