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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-12-23

town was thereby unserved with
provision and trading very much
hindered: which occasioned great
discomfort among people. caused
item 10 rise N a reoellious way.
among The saIest Of tie pam
phlets issued at that time is on,
entitled The Examination and
Tryal Of Old Father Christmas In
this little volume. zone old Christ.
mas was commanded to be brought
to the Bar. then was a jury for Life
and Death TO be i~mpaneled." The
Judge was called Judge Hate.ba I
the Sheriff's name was called
Leonard Love-peace."
In the end Christmas is acquitted
but is cautioned by Judge Hate-bate.
''for avoiding all such scandals as
have been cast upon you for the
future, do think At to admonish you.
that you remember your Office is
not so much to feast the Body, as
to refresh the Soul. by thankful and
pious Meditations."
Charles II re-established Christ
mas in 1878 and ''jolly Old Father
Christmas" has never had to stand
trial since.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-12-23
Parents Can Spoil
Children's PLAY

Here's a Christmas resolution for
parents. It's one that ought to be
made before New Years resolutions
are even considered. 1t goes. ~
VII keep my hands Off the chill.
dren's toys all day on Christmas "
TIN be a hard one to keep because
Mother likes to fuss with AIMS doll.
Sne pretends she is showing Ann
now to put on the bonnet, but she's
actually having a grand time plav,
ing. And once Father gets his hand,
ON the train, or the auto that winds
up, the boys can't get near them,
1t isn't fair. The children are cry.
ing for a little peace and freedom.
After all, adults can play with TOYS
for the next 364 days II they want to
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-12-23
Birthday @Jems
An Uncertain Date

It is not surprising that the day
and year Of the birth of Jesus are
uncertain. for methods of keeping
track of dates during the era when
Christ "a born were not very reli-
able. For years, eminent scholars
have been searching the scriptures,
and all possible records, to try to
establish an exsct date, So far,
they have not succeeded.
Matthew states that Jesus was
born during the reign Of King Herod
which helps to establish the period
of His birth and this is the starting
point from which the scholars at.
tempt to reckon the year.
The statement by Matthew that
the wise men from the east. in in,
curing Where is He that is born
King of the Jews?" aroused Herod
so that he ordered the massacre
Of all children two years old or less,
Is very significant. 1t is taken as
proof that Jesus must have been
born about two years before this
infamous decree was issued.
No less an authority than the
Catholic encyclopedia places the
birth Of Christ in the year which.
by our modern methods Of keeping
crack of dates. would be z B. c.
Thus, Christ's birth does not exactly
determine the difference between
B. c. and A. d. date.
Most people. however. do not
r il the exact day and year Of
Christ's birth are unknown. What
matters most is the deathless vigor
Of the Christmas Spirit throughout
the world.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-12-23
Christmas Quiz

How much do you and your fami-
" really know about Christmas?
Try this n on them when there's a
lull in the fun. Both children and
adults will enjoy matching wits and
everybody will learn something
more about Christmas.
l. The Christmas custom Of kiss
ing under the mistletoe started in
(a) Norway. CD Russia, (c) Hol-
land.
2. The story Of the birth Of Jesus
is described in which two books Of
the New Testament (a) St. John,
Cb) st. Matthew, (c) st. Luke, Id
st. Mark?
8. The national Christmas tree Of
America is located in (a) Indiana
(b) New York, (c) Washington,
D. c.. I'D California.
4. VINO wrote THE Night Before
Christmas? ta) Longfellow. (b,
Guest. (c) Moore?
5. There is only one town in the
world named Santa Claus. II is To-
Gated in "a, Holland, CD England.
(c) Indiana.
8. tuberculosis Christmas seals
originated in ta) America. (b) Ger
many, tc} Denmark.
Z. The custom OF hanging holly
In the window on Christmas was
originally started (a) to keep
witches away. CD decorate the win.
dow tc) as an invitation to passers.
by to come in.
3. Christmas boxes for the poor
originated IN (a) France In 1887, (b)
ancient Rome, (c) America In 176S,
3. The children Of what country
get Christmas gifts from a kindly
old witch by the name Of Befanc
instead Of from Santa Claus? (a)
Russia. CD China. (c) France, Cd
Italy.
10. The word Noel" means Cal
new, tb) holiday, tc) born.
Christmas Quizz Answers:
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-12-23

rhe m~instrels played their Christ
mas tune.
tonight beneath my cottage caves:
While, smitten by a lofty moon,
The encircling ~laurels. thick with
leaves,
Gave back a rich and dazzling sheen.
That overpowered their natural
green.
Through hill and valley every breeze
Had sunk to rest with folded wings:
Keen was the air, but could not
freeze,
Nor check the music Of the strings;
30 stout and hardy were the band
mat scraped the chords with siren
nous hand.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-12-23

ana who but listensdf tin was paid
Respect to every inmates claim.
q greeting given, the music played
In honor of each household name
Duty pronounced with lusty call.
And merry Christmas" wished IN
William Wordsworth.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-12-23

avenue, Memphis. According to
reports, it will be four months
before Mrs. Roach can put her
foot on the ground, but she is
getting along nicely, it was said.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-12-23
LEAVES HOSPITAL

Mrs. Ruth Roach, who was hos
in Memphis following a
fall in which she sustained a hip
fracture. has left the hospital and
is now at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Bert Arnold. 965 University
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-12-23

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23
Sen. McKellar Will Support Truman

WASHINGTON, (P) - Senator McKellar D.-Tenn) said today he is supporting President Truman in the November election.
 McKellar's announcement came in the face of reports from Ten nessee that at least two of the States 12 Democratic elector candidates have made known their intention of voting for the States Rights ticket headed by Gov. J. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina.
 "I was born and bred Demo- crat," McKellar told a reporter. "I always vote for and support the ticket and, of course, I will continue to do so." The Tennessee Senator's statement recalled re-
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23
Fishburgers Ahead Of Us

COLLEGE PARK, Md, (P) - What this country needs, says a government scientist, is a good popular-priced fishburger.
 It might compete with the tra- ditional American hambur r which once sold for five cents with pickle and mustard.
 At the U. s. fish mad Wildlife service laboratory here, Norman D. Harvis has been experiment. ing with more than 40 species of fish in the production of canned fish pastes.
 He is using tomato, flour, dried skinned milk, margarine and a small amount of seasoning-and fish, of course - in a formula which he hopes to perfect this fall. The formula then will be made available to the fish can ming industry. The more promis- ing formulae are to be tried out
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23
CHINESE MUST PAY UP OR BE EXPOSED"

SHANGHAI (P)-If 30 wealthy Shanghai Chinese do not hurry and make their contribution to the special soak the rich" levy, they are going to have their names published in the newspapers.
 The committee out to collect the special relief fund for the destitute sent the notices today to pay up or be exposed.
 The welfare fund is a bit short only two trillion 300 billion Chinese dollars of Shanghai's quota of eight trillion 800 billion has been collected.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23

cent similar declaration by Sena- tor A. Willis Robertson of Vir- ginia.
 Administration Democrats i'm mediately put them together to back their claims that MT. Tru- man is making some headWay in the south, despite the angry pro- tests which arose there over his civil rights program.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL

MT. and Mrs. Lon C. Rice, Doug las; Bob Winslow, Anchorage; Joe Pasquini, Candle; MT. and Mrs. R. s. LeSage, Dallas, Tex; Fred M. Biles, Spokane. Wash; Michael, Guzzy, Anchorage, Ken meth Hill, Candle.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23

TOKYO, CP)-Horse racing in Japan may be suspended until the sleeping sickness epidemic is over. The disease has struck l,230 horses throughout Japan with an estimated 50 per cent of them dying.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23
SOviets Release Some Western
 Zone Prisoners

 He was the tenth German seized since Thursday by the Russians and their German police, either in the western parts of Berlin or along the border.
 The Americans released today were:
 1 Thomas P. Headen, deputy head of the American military government information services division in Berlin. He was ab- ducted yesterday in Potsdamer Platz, where the Russian, Ameri- can and British zones meet. It was not clear whether he had stepped across the vague boun- dary.
 It. Sherman Turner of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Roland Myers of Brooklyn, American military gov ernment officers who were seized 18 days ago while on a border in- 1 spection. They had crossed into the Russian zone at Mellrichstadt, 75 miles from Frankfurt, appar- ently by mistake. The Russians tried without success to force Turner and Myers to sign re- cept saying they entered the Rus sian zone of Germany without authority" and took illegal pie 1 lures of the border.
 Toward dusk, the Russians re- leased Paul HOppe, German pO- lice chief for the Berlin borough of Kreuzberg in the U. $. zone. American officials said Hoppe was arrested Saturday when he sought to negotiate the release of several of his policemen the Rus sians had taken. The Soviets also returned a police jeep and it's driver.
 | Headern was held 21 hours. American officials who question ed him said the Russians did not manhandle him.
 "They accused me of taking pictures of Soviet soldiers and jailed me for this" Headen said.
 Headen said he immediately identified himself, but that this seemed to have no effect. The Russians refused him permission to telephone American authorities and took him to a Soviet head quarters jail. His story continued:
 'I was put in cell with a three-tiered wooden bunk with a raised end as a pillow. The cell was clean, but poorly lighted. was told I would have to follow the usual rules for inmates, name ly that I could not lie down be- tween a.m., and II pm
 I'm glad to be back, and l cer- tainly don't want to have any part of that any mOre," Headen commented as he was brought back to American military police Headquarters.
 He said the Russians had re turned the camera he had with him when he was picked up, be- fore the eyes of his wife and two children.
 Both Turner and Myers are U. s. military government officials. They were picked up by the Rus sians while on a border inspection Aug. 5. U. s. officers who talked with the two quoted them as say ing they had been well treated by Russian standards" "FrOm the information they
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23

"You hired me-" said the la boring man "and now l want you to higher my wages"
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23

The United States used from six to 10 million ounces of silver a year during World War II to make military insignia.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-23

on 500 school children and teach CTS.
Laurel outlook., 1948-04-07
THE DOCTOR IS RIGHT OF COURSE
Independent Record)


That mans here again, the one who tells you to relax, cul-
tivate your sense of humor and not take things too seriously.
This time it's DR.. Malcolm T. MacEachern, associate director
of the American College of Surgeons, who offers the formula
for "better living"
DR.. MacEachern wants you to get some fun out of life,
retain the adventurous spirit avoid mental tension, get
enough sleep and outdoor exercise, eat proper food in the right
give you the idea. 1t is all good advice and much of it all Of
US could adopt with profit.
But some will quarrel with the part about relaxing. Like
their injunction against worry, the doctors somehow fail to
make themselves very clear about how you are to go about
getting relaxed. Well, take up golf, they'll say.
Look at the duffer struggling down the 18th fairway, with
a score of 10O piing up on his card, if you want a picture Of
high tension. Most of the sports urged upon those in need
of relaxation merely bring on exhaustion or boredom. Even
walking, the traditional cure for what ais you, is not a depend
able remedy. 1t merely offers time for brOoding.
DR.. MacEashern and his colleagues are quite right, Of
course. Mental tension burns up it's victims, produces high
blood pressure and heart disease. But telling a high-strung|
human dynamo to relax is like telling Sad Sam to stop worry
ing. If you're built to go at top speed, it will take more than
will power to slow you down.
If you're the serious type, Lghtheartedness is not to be-
had merely by trying to be gay. No more can the worrier,
despite stern warnings about the effects of anxiety, Danish his
forebodings.
which modern living creates there can be no doubt. The trou-
BILE is that none of the prescriptions so confidently offered
seems to get at our troubles.
Laurel outlook., 1948-04-07
TREWIN

Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Watson Of
Laurel were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Grubs at dinner Sunday.
Godfred Harding has sold his
farm to Henry Maier and will sell
his livestock and machinery at pub
lie sale Thursday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harding will occupy the farm house
for another year.
At the school election Saturday
George Yurian was reelected for a
three year term. The special levy
also carried. Judges were Eva Kap-
pei, Pauline Yurian and .Rosalie
Kappel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Shay and
son Norman of Hawthorne and Mrs.
Frank Murphy of Billings were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
L. Grubs and family at dinner Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rupp spent
Sunday in Billings.
Gladys Rupp and leila Grubs at
tended a birthday party FOR Jack
Kober at Harmony hall in Park
City Sunday afternoon.
Johnny Eisenman and Joe Kappel
will farm the Harding place recent
ly sold to Henry Maier.
Laurel outlook., 1948-04-07
New Electric Brain Speeds
THROUGH Complex Problems

NEW YORK - A new electric
BRAIN can remember nearly half a
million figures while whizzing
through complex mathematics that
a human mind would need years to
do.
The 'brain" is the latest calcu-
lator machine developed by Inter-
national Business Machines corpora
ton.
Officials demonstrating it said it
was $50 times more efficient in pro-
ductive capacity than the IBM ma
chine presented to Harvard univer-
sity in 1914.
The machine can add, subtract,
multiply and divide. In one second
it a do $500 additions or subtrac.
tons of 19-figure numbers, or so
multiplications or 20 divisions of a.
figure numbers.
In a few days or months, it can
solve problems that would take
scientists years or a lifetime to
work out.
Results can be obtained on printed
records at the rate of "a, 900 figures
a minute.
The tbrain" has to be air-condi-
toned to prevent it from becoming
overheated.
Laurel outlook., 1948-04-07
G93AEg1G1 G9lI1T91|2ES
49, @ !! 8 2 &C.,
PREPARED BY
INpATIQN For ANIMAL HEAL

cholera. according to these authori-
ties, Is the proper time for the first
vaccination of young pigs. Vaccination
at or around weaving time. for each
new crop of pigs. is the surest and
most effective precaution against de-
v~astating losses from this fast-killing
virus.
AS an added safeguard against hog
cholera, farmers are urged to guard
against letting SICK swine be brought
onto the premises.
There are many ways that cholera
can be transmitted from one herd to
another. Flies, for instance, may carry
the virus. But many outbreaks have
been traced to infection carried from
farm to farm on the clothing of
threshing crews. in uncooked garbage,
If contaminated feed bags, on wagon
and truck wheels and other equip
ment.
Still other dangers must be kept in
mind. Hog cholera virus and hypo-
dermic needles, ~carelessly handled by
persons without the proper training.
can spell disaster. Furthermore. pigs
should be given a general physical
check-up by a veterinarian to be sure
they are in proper condition for "a
cination, because if they are not in
satisfactory condition, they may not
develop immunity.
Laurel outlook., 1948-04-07
Day by Day in Laurel
AlnI

Lewis Bondurant, 10 months old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. M. l.. Bon
durant, is spending the week with
his aunt, Mrs. Ralph Lumsdon, while
his parents are moving to Rapelje
where the family will reside.
Mrs. Harold Price was a guest
when Mrs. G. A. Cloyd entertained
at dessert for members of her bridge
club. Scoring awards were won by
Mrs. Glen Anderson, Mrs. ]. A.
Larson and Mrs. Paul Void.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Egnew
were guests when Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Melvin Williams bridge club met
Saturday evening at the Williams
Marshall Huntington won
the mems high prize and Mrs. Will
liams won for the m
Laurel outlook., 1948-04-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Harding ar
rived here recently to reside. Mr..
Harding was discharged from the
navy where he served for several
years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kober were
shopping in Laurel Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Mogan and
family of Laurel were visiting at
the Bongiani home Sunday.
Mike Beslanowitch and Mrs. A..
l.. Grubs were among those from
this vicinity who attended the
funeral services for Jack Stone in
Park City Tuesday afternoon.
Laurel outlook., 1948-04-07
Study OF Twins
|ExpIodes Myths
Comparatively New Science
Bares Many Facts on
Human Variation

COLUMBUS, OHIO-Are you 6
twin? If So, you're in the new to-
day.
More of the 1900, 900 Americans
born in pairs are getting into head,
lines.
They are joining organizations
that get national attention. They
are being studied by scientists. They
are being written up in books, fea-
tured as models and are making
sports history.
It's a growing thing, this gather
ing of the twain. In Chicago, Column
bus, Newark, Ohio, and other cities
twins have been forming social
clubs, even holding international
conventions.
Every time twins gather in size
able numbers you'll find a scientist
measuring and questioning because,
as DR.. David c. Rife of Ohio State
university, a recognized twin au-
thority, puts it:
Scientists have come to recognize
that the study of twins is one of our
most valuable tools in seeking to
unravel the interplay of heredlty
and environment in bringing about
human variation"
Studies 600 Cases
Rife, an entomologist and zoolo-
gist, has recorded data on more than
600 pairs of twins and written many
paparc on the subject
Scientific investigation of twin
hood is comparatively new. 1t was
only little more than so years ago
that Francis Cation first recognized
twins value to science in a book,
Enquiries Into Human Faculty"
But even in only five decades of
research, a brief span to science,
many popular fables about the null
tiple-born have been exploded.
Probably the most popular belief
about twins is that they are not as
smart or as healthy as single born,
or that one of the twins has all the
brains, the other n few laughed
DR.. Rife.
"There isn't any evidence that
twins aren't just as Intellectually
capable as single born, or that they
aren't just as healthy"
Practically everyone knows there
are two types-identical and fra
ternal twins. What makes them that
way and what it means is not so
well known.
Explains Difference
Identical twins are individuals who
originated from the same fortified
egg cell; fraternal twins arise from
two different eggs fortified by diff
ferent sperm.
"Fraternal twins aren't twins"
said DR.. Rife. They r just broth
ers or sisters born at the same
Identical twins will be of the
same sex, same blood groups, have
the same augmentation, similar fea-
lures and shapes. If n is color
blind, the other is, too.
Odd things have been discovered
about twins: Right hand or left hand
fingerprints of identical twins will
be more nearly alike than their own
and left hands.
Left-handedness occurs more fire.
quently in both types of twins than
in the single born.
Without attempting to pose an
argument of heredity versus envir-
onment, DR.. Rife observed that
identical twins show surprising abil-
ity to remain similar despite differ
.nt lives and education.
Identical twins who have lived
apart most of their adult lives may
have the same in their
Laurel outlook., 1948-04-07
Speciui Crime Car Provides
Scientific Aid to Policemen

MADISON, WIS.-The state crime
laboratory has been authorized to
buy a special automobile carrying
crime dection equipment, so that it
can give more scientific aids to To-
cal law enforcement officers.
The automobile will carry special
Photographic equipment, a lie detec-
tor and other equipment used in de-
tecting crimes.
Laurel outlook., 1948-04-07
Dere Mister Edyter:

Dere Mister Edyter:
Genrul Macarthur SEE he won't
shrink from his duty, iffen e
American people calls him to be
Presydent. 1t looks like they is a
awful lot of fellers who also amt
afraid of shrinkin'-Truman, Dewey,
Taft, Stassen. Vandenburg, Warren,
Joe Martin, an Hennery Wallice.
All of 'em is willin' to lay their
selves down as Sacrifices on the
alter of democracy. Mebbe they have
all been Sanforized-so they won't
Laurel outlook., 1948-04-07
Pays to Spray Cows

When the summer fly season end
ed in Boone County, Ark, dairymen
checked their records, and learned
they had received large dividends
as a result of spraying their herds
with DOT insecticides, according to
County Agent Roy C. Keeling.
Laurel outlook., 1948-04-07
Drive Slowly

Braking distances on snow and
ice, say traffic safety experts of ma
tional conservation bureau, in
crease 3 to IL times over distances
required to stop on dry pavements.
Use chains on your a when driv-
ing in snow or on ice-coated roads.
Laurel outlook., 1948-04-07
DOdger Fan

One Brooklyn Dodger rooter feels
so strongly about Dem Buns that
he has suggested naming the sew
eral new trackless trolleys the city
has on order after present and past
players of the team.
Laurel outlook., 1948-04-07

shrink no more'n 2 per cents. All is
willin' to answer the call-an' all
has their ears cooked so they won't
miss it. l asst oil CROSSWORD, my
pardner, who is awful smart, iffen he
would shrink should he be called, an
he said that they was dog gone little
he remembered that the Good Book
said, but one sayin' was to the effect
that man, is called and few is
eleckted! Hopin' you are the same,
l am
Yure fren,
Neckyoke Jones.
Laurel outlook., 1948-04-07
SEASON
ALL YEAR u

Hog cholera knows no season. Pre-
cautions must be observed, all year
round, if American farmers hope to
check the ravages Of this deadly virus
disease of swine.
Veterinary authorities report that
co, rlete losses of large droves of
Laurel outlook., 1948-04-07

~" H"U OEN"H F"oNN@O
aren't proof against cholera.
swine, due to hog cholera. have &C.
Cured in the middle of the winter as
well as during the hottest summer
months.
Also, there seems to be no scientific
evidence to support the old super
stition that the feeding of new corn
is somehow related to outbreaks of
cholera.
The only thing seasonal about hog
Laurel outlook., 1948-04-07
IdahO'S Ore n

IdahO'S Ore Center
The Occur d'Alene region of Idaho
produces 80 per cent of the total ore
production of that state.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-07-10

Mis- Beatrice Sanders conducted the
devotional service. The business ses-
sion was presided over by the presi-
dent with much interest shown by
all members. Miss Agnes Bingham
acted as secretary in the absence of
the secretary who is i'll. During the
social hour the hostess served a
tasty and delicious ice cream plate
with cake to the members.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1948-07-10

MIR. and Mrs. Robert Minor of
Chicago, NJ, are vacationing in the
Capitol City as guests in the home
of Mrs. Minors mother. We remem-
Der this young matronette as Gla-
; dys Broome