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Smyrna times., 1948-08-26
Blackbird

Mrs. Noel Urquhart and daugh-
ter of Massachusetts,, are spending
sometime with Mrs. Victor Kohl.
Gerald Heinold has returned
home after weeks stay at Camp
Wright.
Mrs. Sallie Erskine of Denton,
Md, is spending sometime with her
sister, Mrs. ]. w. Webber.
Mrs. Margaret Davidson was a
recent visitor with Mrs. C. Martin
Mitchell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin and Ralph
Neal spent the.-week-end with Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Tucker
Mrs. Dorothy Preston and two
daughters of North East, Md, have
returned home after spending two
weeks with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nolan Hutchins.
Smyrna times., 1948-08-26

ial number, date of entry, name of
last organization, and date of sep
aration. If a registrant is a MEM
Der of a reserve component, he
should include in his advance
preparation, the branch of such
component, the serial number, date
of entry, grade, and organization.
DR.. Washburn pointed out that
those employed away from the
place of their permanent residence,
or who are attending school, or are
away on a visit, may register at
Smyrna times., 1948-08-26

w. w. C. That means that We'll
see you in the Methodist Sunday
School at 10 a. m, August 29th.
On the last two Sundays pep talks
were given by Mrs. E. ]. Winsch
and Mr.. Paul Smith.
Mrs. Robert Miller of Marydel,
Mrs. Joseph Meyer and Miss Mary
Sanford of Roslyn Heights, N. Y,
were guests at Rehoboth Beach of
Mrs. L. H. Collision.
Smyrna times., 1948-08-26

Sunday with their parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Dayton Pierson, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Timmons of
Wilmington; Mr.W. P. Warren and
daughter Mrs. Ada Neidlin of
Yorklyn, were Sunday visitors with
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Marshall.
Smyrna times., 1948-08-26
Smyrna Landing

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Dean. Mrs.
Lucy Kennedy of Elkton, Md, their
mother Mrs. Cora David of Port
Penn, spent a visit with Mrs. En-
ma Davis on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dayton Pierson Jr.
and daughters, of West Chester;
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Pierson and
daughters of Silverside Road, spent
Smyrna times., 1948-08-26

the place of their temporary resi-
dence, but should be careful to give
the proper information on their
registration blank, giving their
correct residence.
Smyrna times., 1948-08-26

Mrs. Mollie Stats of the
Murphy School in Dover, is spend
ing her vacation with her sister,
Mrs. w. F. Anderson.
Smyrna times., 1948-08-26

Special Monday bargains IN Will
mington. See the Sunday Star
next Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1948-08-26
WANTED

Roofing work, Guttering. Spout
ing, Heater work and Roof Paint
ing. 4
WILLIAM CARTER, y
Phone 6921
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29
The Christian Conscience

Since the opening of the local theater on Sunday after
moons, considerable discussion pro and con has been heard. Every
one to his own belief, we say, and if a person can satisfy his
own moral conscience with activities to include Sunday movies,
what is there to be discussed?
Movies are entertaining and educational, and after six days
of work, what can be quleter and more relaxing? OF course there
are always those who prefer sitting back at home or at a neigh
boris gossiping, and taking part in idle chit-chat, or going riding
in an automobile. They are those who strain at a gnat" and swal-
low at least that same gnat, if not the proverbial camel. A SNUG,
puritanical viewpoint is not ever going to do the remotest particle
of good as regards helping Gods Kingdom"
Wholesome, clean, quiet, recreation is one way to keep teen
ayers away from Joints" and evil places, as well as grownups.
1t is from the individuals thoughts that evil springs, according
to the greatest man on earth, and if idleness breeds evil thoughts,
why would not a busy, full round of work and proper recreation be
a part of the answer to many of our social dnemmas such diem
mas as juvenile delinquency, crime, ignorance, intolerance, petty
str1vlngs, and finally, one nation against another?
We believe. in the wholesome and certain fruits of systema-
tzed recreation for both the youth of the land and the adult, and
If such recreation is consistently afforded and utilized by every
that many persons would be more happy. What each individual
thinks affects the whole world. One little drop doesn't make a
bucket but it does its part.
Now we do not believe in socaned Immoral or "sugges-
generally considered upright people MOST of the time prevent
such influences from seeping through to the film-viewer; and
though they aren't perfect, and discrepancies do occur, the per-
son seeing the picture usually sees nothing he doesn't Know
though that's not the point even CHILDREN are going to have
to choose between the dark road and the light" some time, and
almost without exception, there is a moral to every such "sug-
gestive' screen story. The good, we believe, done from movies in
general exceeds by far any possible harmful effects.
Sunday afternoon movies will in very rare cases, if at ALL
tendance. A person should think for himself. If the individual
thinks attending movies on Sunday is detrimental to his being a
Christian, then the answer is obvious : he should stay away but
If on the other hand, the person views the situation and sees that
evil thoughts, gossiping, Joy" riding and wasting" gasoline
which has been bought from filling stations on Sunday or riding
on a bus or train by use of a ticket bought on Sunday, or through
the work of the trainmen on Sunday might be lust as bad; and
being selfish "any day, being ungrateful, Judging other people
and being SNUG are far worse (f there be such a thing as one
and believes that Sunday movie going is right for him, then he
SHOULD, by all means, go.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29
Seeing Through The Proper Glasses

Our belief is that the instability of the world is reflected
through peoples actions both as a whole and Individually. Take
one community OF some persons good, some bad, some conniving,
some contrary, some gossipng, some SNUG, some open-minded
and ready to admit mistakes, some educated and yet unable to see
more than an inch from their faces, some formally uneducated but
possessing both wisdom and happiness two of the most priced
possessions in the world some leading, some being led, some cor
rupt and some honest. and one can draw a parallel between the
one community and almost any other given set of circumstances
in the world today, or with the world as a whole itself.
Seeing conditions in part may help an imperfect situation
but to help the maximum, people must see conditions as a whole.
AS Holding Carter, editor of the Delta Democrat Times, distin-
gulshed author and 1916 winner of the Pulitzer prize in journa-
ism, recently was quoted as saying at the Literary Festival in
Cleveland, people everywhere must see things in their proper per-
spective. To do that, they have to first see things as a whole.
States Rights, for instance, may be important, Mr.. Car
ter was cited as saying, but the moral rights of nations comes
f1rst which means that persons everywhere in every little town
and village, in every city and metropolitan area, in every rural
community, should awaken a broad omnscient intellect. To do this
mocracy and peace, believing as a jury that a person or a country
bors. with groups of people, considering the welfare of the group
AS A WHOLE, and trying to understand fundamental, underlying
CAUSES whereby persons, communities, states, countries and
nations act the way they do. When the cause is found, the cure
may be simple. 4UA
The small community is the core of the world and the indi-
vldual the root of the community therefore, if we would have
a united world, unity must be developed at home.
With unity emanatng from the home itself and the prin-
ciples of democracy and understanding channeling that unity on
into larger groups and these groups on into larger, and wisdom and
perspective applied, then there might yet be hope for a united
brotherhood of peaceful nations.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29
There Is A Place For You

Delta Council, as an organization of service, was conceived
by a group OF Delta leaders who saw a distinct need for such an
counties which was economically and geographically apart from
the balance of the state. That formation, Delta Council, serves
every citizen of the area.
Delta Council is organized county by county from the bust
ness, industrial, agricultural and individual memberships within
each county. The membership of each community. each year,
elects from three to seven members of a community council. Com
munlty councils in turn choose county councils. Each county
council elects TWO members to the Board of Directors. Communi-
ties OF 3 to 10 thousand population elect one city director and COM
munltles over 10000, elect two. AL current members may vote.
Officers are selected by the Board of Directors and submitted to
the entire membership for vote at Annual Meeting.
Committee chairmen are appointed by the incoming presi-
dent who, with the chairmen, select the committee members. Delta
Council members this year will be asked to volunteer for commit
tee work. All committee work, resolutions, recommendations, and
decisions are subject to action by the entire Board of Directors.
A full vote OF the Executive Committee represents a quorum of
the Board. The Secretary-Manager is responsible to the Executive
Committee and that office and those positions held by the staff
at Stonev1le are the only ones drawing compensation. .a
Delta Countll is a non-sectarian, non-political, non-profit
federation of Delta citizens. The membership of Delta Council has
grown ever since its organization in 1885; likewise have grown
benefits to receive. Be sure you are a member. Contact your county
membership chairman and discuss membership with him. Write
Delta Council headquarters at Stonevile and learn how to be a
member. By membership you become properly a part of Delta
its service. By subscribing in Delta Council you are making a fur
ther investment in the area where you have already made invest
ment. Your membership is insurance" a Safepuard to vour blsi-
ness. #
Delta Council is far more than an agricultural group. It is
not a cotton" Council, nor a planters organization" 1t is an
organization at work on matters of livestock, health, forestry,
taxation, industry etc. 1t is well to note the number of lawyers,
doctors, dentists, school teachers, cotton buyers, retail and whole
sale merchants, bankers, and crushers who do and more who
should belong. To make the Delta a still greater place in which to
live, add to the strength of Delta Council by your membership
and properly support Delta Council by your active participation.
There is a place for you in Delta Council.
Excerpts from radio talk by w. K. Anderson,
Clarksdale, Chairman, Delta Council Membership
Committee ,...
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29
GOSPEL TALKS
BY Rev. r. G. Valentine
False Profession

If we say that we have fellowship
with Him, and walk in darkness, we
lie, and do not TRUTH John 1:6.
God is light, and in Him is no
darkness at all" If we are to have
fellowship with God we must walk
with Him in the light. Evil and dark
ness have no part in God. He is holy
and He desires that His children be
holy.
When we profess to be His child
rem and do not walk in the light as
he IS IN the light, we make our pro-
tesslon a lie. We cannot behave like
children of the devil if we are really
sons OF God. 1t is impossible to have
communion with Him in Light while
continually exhibiting a life of dark
ness. Our daily life in the world re-
veals clearly whether we are walk
ing in the light or not.
But II we walk in the light as He
Is In the light, we have fellowship
one with another, and the blood of
Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseth us
from all SIM" If our lives are holy
our daily walk will be in the very
atmosphere of God. We will walk in
hight. We will then have fellowship
with Gods people and continuous
cleansing from sin. The precious
oiood OF Christ will continually exert
purifying and sanctifying influences
over the life.
Come to the light today. Leave be-
nlnd the ways of darkness. Come
TO HIM who is Light and walk with
him IN the light. Make your profess
SION ring true by a life lived with
God.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29
Behind The Scenes In
AMERICAN BUSINESS
BY REYNOLDS c

TAKE 1T EASY-If you are one
of thousands who are enmeshed in q
mad whirlpool of supersonic speed
take it easy. If you are worried about
ulcers, crackups and grey hairs-slow
down. If you long for the good old
days" of Is to 20 miles an hour
heave a sigh of satisfaction. Out of
the heller SHELTER of jet propulsion,
and racing to somewhere and back.
comes an announcement from the
Brown division of MINNEAPOLIS
Honeywell Regulator company that
former troop and victory ships are
being converted into relaxing, lei
surely cargo-passenger liners. These
Is to IL knotS-an-hour ships, saw
Brown officials, are being fitted with
semi-palatial cabins. Each cabin has
personalized temperature and air.
conditioning controls. Even the ships
cargo holds are fitted with similar
devices which do away with food
spoilage and crop destroying insects.
Cargo passenger passengers can
dress as they like, act as they like.
be unsocial or social. Each ship will
accommodate IL to 100 passengers in
runs to Europe, Africa, South Am
erica, and Pacific ports. Take it easy.
BITS o. BUSINESS - Sagging
sales in the cosmetics business have
industry and retail leaders looking
for a new look" to step up buying
that is now barely holding to 1947
levels -. One large soap company is
staging buy two" sales in a three
month promotion which enables.
housewives to save money on kitchen
ware by doubling their purchases of
the firms products -. New directory
for l947 now lists more than 900
commercial freezers of fruits, vege-
tables, seafoods, meats, poultry and
SpeclaltleS Tax SleuthS of several
states are growing gray hairs trying
to beat the cigaret mail order bust
ness In which residents of ~cigaret-tax
states beat the levies by ordering
their smokes from non-tax states.
A specialized youth research organi-
cation has discovered that the aver
age U. S. child eats three candy bars
a week, that the average grade school
child has about $3.50 a week to spend
allowance and earnings and
that the average girl cuts down on
cereals after reaching the age of IA.
Undertaking to help solve the
scrap metal shortage the nations
railroads collected more than 100000
tons of scrap metals in a single week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29
Few Possibilities

Ii. would be a boon to the section if a cotton mill o. canninc
factory could be established right here. Think of tbe fayc o+tns
factories a les around a5fanaa and OF the tremendous quantity of cotton grown
mere and shipped away; or of the rich Delta soil omi go
tables which could be turned into clear profits if soneon e go
only so capitalstcally-minded - 'oheohe were
Moie Vslon include a bowling alley on the highway in con-
hectoh WIN "a eating place and a drive-in-theater. later ;f a
skaIng rihk, go1 course and swimming pool could he added tuho++
Moulu . petter sun; Ihese added recreational opportunities would
near mucn 70 TINS towns young people and should mean . T% lot ~ ~
Cured. o0'eS shouiu not be IN
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29

NEW YORK, April 26-Merchants
in the nations bread basket" areas
are keeping a literal weather eye on
early wheat crop reports, which are
usually accurate barometers Of retail
sales volume, particularly in the
southwest.
Total winter wheat crops may be
cut by lack of grain, according to
early estimates from Kansas, Okla
homa and Texas. Continued drouth
might reduce winter wheat yields
as much as so per cent in the region
according to some predictions.
Even the record production and
bumper years that have boosted farm
income to new peaks has not caused
retailers to lose sight of a basic bust
ness axiom of the wheat belt-that
retail cash registers are controlled
remotely by the weather bureau.
YOUTHFUL GROWERS - With
The last winter frost out of the
ground, thousands of young Ameri-
can boys and girls r beginning to
plant the crops they hope will bring
them a share of the $4,000 in awards
offered each year by the National
Junior Vegetable Growers ~associa-
ton.
The program, open to boys and
girls between the ages of IA and 81, IS
featured by the A & P Food stores
awards totaling $4,000 in the big pro-
duction-marketing contest. Last year
43 states were represented in this
project, which stresses improved
growing practices and better market
ing methods.
Aim of the Junior association is to
produce a more efficient farmer and
sounder agricultural economy for
the nation. The youthful ag~ricultur-
lists engaged in this program are
utilizing the modern means as they
plant and cultivate their thousands
of acres.
Any boy or girl who wishes to
enter the N. j. V. G. A. contests may
do SO by contracting their local All
club leader or by writing to Profess
sor Grant B. Snyder, University of
Massachusetts,, Amherst, Massachu-
SETS
THINGS TO COME-A whistling
auto accessory to conserve gasoline
is nov on the market. Device fast
ems to your gas tank and emits a
warning whistle when fuel reaches
proper level Use of small
amounts of a new powder chemical
is said to control corrosion, prevent
lime scale and discoloration of
water in small fran, commercial and
home water systems . . Motor-driv-
en- minnow bucket, which mixes oxy-
gen with water, helps keep fishing
minnows alive and risky during a
Week-long trip =. Small steel shell
yes which hang beneath regular ice
box shelves help stretch refrigerator
space New fire-fighting traitor
for use with small cars or trucks is
equipped with a unit that makes
$500 gallons of flame-smothering
chemical foam A New York
manufacturer has brought out cor
rugated aluminium and asbestos pad
to keep irons from scorching ironing
board covers Both of Juniors
most important safety pins come fas-
tened together by a light chain in a
new infants safety accessory called
the Double Didy" pin
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29

the flop houses of the lower East
Side so famed in fiction and in tall
tales of this city. These small, crum-
by hostelries are the haven for many
refugees from ar honest days work,
who are plainly visible through
smudgy windows. reading hand-me-
down copies of newspapers. They
live in these places for a few cents
a day, forage for food and at night
sleep on what are commonly called
"f~lea-bagS." Most of the stories about
men or busted bankers are not true.
They got this way mainly because
they did not try hard enough to do
any better.
From the firm but still comfortable
straw-matted seat, the jostled rider,
can soon e the bulking form of
Bellevue hospital. Here Stephen
Foster, Americas greatest composer
who never went South yet who gave
the South its music, died in naked
poverty. There is a common ex-
preston around New York now that
when a person is acting queerly, he
may be headed for Bellevue. In con-
'trast to such thoughts the magnifi-
cent new apartment buildings of the
Knickerbocker Village, slum-re-
lieving project, stands in high tri-
butte to the insurance company which
built them.
AS the old elevated train clanks
to a stop at And street, it is the old
meeting the new. High above the
tracks juts the modern form of the
Daily News building, on top of which
are the latest devices of television
projecting equipment. To the left is
fabulous Times Square, that Mecca
of the. merry-makers who visit New
York. The slender spire of the Chrys-
Ter building only partly cuts off, the
view of Radio City, the most modern
metropolitan unit in the world.
The ancient train rattles on, on in
to the upper fifties, sixties, seventies,
past swanky East River apartments
and upward into the Bronx. The me-
mories it brings back are worth a
dime. 1t will not much longer be
with us-this railroad which we
honor by calling it the elevated"
But the panorama of this myriad life
which has passed beneath it during
the last h~alf-century will be with
us from now on.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29
Traditional Southern Charm

The rolling slopes of Lexington, the cultivated and we'll
Kept lawns and the old Southern architectural styles of both
MONIES and buildings of town express a friendiness to the stran-
ger that is unique with the South itself. The air smells cleaner
here in spite of the some chickens, cows and horses kept in town,
which would in themselves spell "the delightful country" to the
envious cIty-bred. Even gardens thrive in peoples backwards here.
Taken aIin-aI, Lexington has a lot to offer.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29

swinging doors and mounts the plat
form. There the old pot : bellied
stoves still stand, rosy "reminiscences
of long ago. When politics were first
discussed around these relics. the
names of Mckinley and Bryan i'm
spired the arguments. Now it is Tru-
man and Taft, or more likely the
Giants and the Dodgers.
Heading away from South Ferry,
this over-grown toy train meanders
awkwardly through the man-made
chasms of the Wall street section.
The only speculation, however, in
the minds of most of these passen-
gers concerns whether or not the
train will stay on the tracks until
they get home. For this reason, the
81" is not usually so crowded as
r subways and buses. Uncertainty
proves a great deterrent for the
timid.
The venerable vehicle winds up
past the Brooklyn Bridge, itself a de-
crepit memento of little old New
York. AT one place the tracks pass
almost over a tiny Jewish cemetery,
the Oldest in the country. A block
beyond, Al Smith was born, and on
the opposite side of the tracks is Go
tham's noisy. odorous Chinatown.
Then through the Bowery, that by
word for buns, with a drunk here
and there sleeping in a dirty door
way, the mottled shadows of the
elevated tracks falling gr~otesquely
across their dingy forms.
Now can be seen on either side of
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29

MRS l. q. Barton had as her guest
Tor the weekend her daughter, Mrs.
j. D. Fades, of Walden.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29

Now can be seer on either side of
the tracks, end on a level with them,
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-29

Il; ; !! y! IS! IS!
~ 1eoa7a CALLAHAN

A custom fifty years ago will
be changed this summer when New
Workers for the first time will pay a
dime instead of a nickel to ride the
subway and elevated trains. In the
case of the latter, it will be like rails
ing the price of admission to view an
antique. The old 81" has been with
us a half century, being older than
most of the people who ride it.
To anyone not familiar with it, this
railroad on stills is an absorbing
thing to behold. 1t runs from way up
in the Bronx all the way down to
South Ferry, the tip of Manhattan
which points toward the Statue of
Liberty in the harbor. To the pedes-
TRAN below, the elevated tracks re-
semble al old, Abandoned trestle
spanning a canyon. From an air
plane, these same tracks look like
the rusty shell of a curving snake
left to dry in the sun.
There was a time when noisy little
steam engines pulled the ricketv
trains. Now they are run by electri-
city, although almost as noisilv To
get on n of these trains, a per
son climbs a long flight of old stairs
pushes through weather beaten