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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29
Draft Rules Clarified
By Recruiting Service

Drafting of men, 10 to 25, will
not start until sometime after Sep.
ember %, it is announced by Capt.
Johnny S. Barlow, Jr., Commanding
officer for the u. S. Army and U.
S. Air Force Recruiting service in
Central Mississippi. Before that time
all males, 18 through Is, will regis
ter. Proper publicity will be given
by the head of Selective Service in
Mississippi to the registration date
for each group.
Each person found qualified must
serve 81 months consecutive after
which he will become a member of an
organized active ser unit for an
additional So months or an inactive
unit for 5 years and take training
as directed, or entend his enlist
ment for l year after which his OBJ
legation to the government is COM
pleted.
y Eighteen year olds can enlist in
the Army of the United States and
United States Air Force for one year
which they must become a member
of an organized active reserve unit
for four years or an inactive unit for
6 years.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29
Sixteenth Still Is
Captured By Sheriff
Two Men Arrested
As Result Of Finds
During Post Week

Two whiskey stills making a total
Of 10 captured by the sheriff and
his deputies were found and de-
stroyed during the past week, ac-
cording to Ellis E. Wynn. In n OF
the "finds' the county officials
were assisted by Federal Revenue
men from Jackson. Two men were
arrested and fined as a result OF
the first seizure.
Sheriff Wynn said that the 18th
still was found Monday five miles
north of Durant on the Eddsville
road. Fifty gallons of whiskey mash
were destroyed with the still. No ar
rests were made.
On Saturday, about three miles
from the Coxburg school a 12-bar-
rel copper still with 600 gallons OF
mash was destroyed near the Ables
Estate. J. D. Steed and Claiborne
Adams, Negro. were arrested on
the premises. Both men pleaded
guilty in c. G.. Meeks Justice of the
Peace Court in Pickens Saturday
and were each fined $3.50 and costs.
Fred Ellis, who was arrested by
the sheriff recently during a raid OF
the 81 Grill. will be tried before
the October Grand Jury in Holmes
County Circuit court, Sheriff Wynn
said.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29
Coke Walk Draws Crowd;
Businessmen Contributed

The cakewalk given by Teen
Canteen youngsters Friday
night on the Square crossed
returns of $50, according to
reports. About 300 persons were
present. The Lexington band under
the direction of bandmaster w. H.
Scott furnished music.
Local business men who helped
to make the affair successful were
Jordan Radio shop. who furnished
a loudspeaker, and Gordon Carter,
who made possible lights for the
band. City officials blocked off a
section of the square in front OF
Mississippi Power and Light COM
pany where the walk could take
place. Mother of Lexington made
about 20 cakes which were given
away.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29
Credit Assn. Meeting
To Be Held In G'wood

The fifteenth annual meeting OF
the stockholders of the Greenwood
Production Crdit association will be
held at the courthouse in Green
wood on Monday, August 2, 1913
beginning at 10 a. M, R. G.. De-
Loach, secretary-treasurer, announc-
ed today.
An interesting program has been
arranged for the expected record
crowd of Pea members and visitors
who will come from Leflore, Car
roll, Grenada, Holmes Tallachatchie
and YaZoo Counties.
Jesse B. Herrin, President of the
Production Credit association of
New Orleans, will address the meet
ing.
Officers of the association will
make their annual reports to the
members. There will also be an cleo
ton of two members to the board
of directors. Members of the present
board of directors are w. S. Varda-
man, L. w. Wade, Joe w. Coker,
R. L. Wallace and w. A. McMullen.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29
Rainfall For Month
Shows Deficiency,
According To Records
Sultry July Nets
z. 10 Inches Rain,
Against Other Years

Two and 18 hundredths inches of
rainfall, the smallest amount to
have fallen during July since 1943,
has been reported here for this
month, SO far, by Jesse B. Walton,
amateur recorder and observer. The
rain fell in only A days. making more
noticeable a hot, dry July, in which
a deficiency for the month alone
ran about rs to three inches
The average. or so-called normal
amount runs about SIS inches
Highest temperature recorded by
Mr.. Walton during the month was
l0l degrees, (which reading was
taken Monday at S o'clock.
No Cool Spells
July has had no 'cool spells" this
year. In contrast, two days OF
cooler than moderate" weather
was recorded for last year. Tempe
nature readings of the past eight
years on July %, in contrast to We'd
nesday's high of 81 degrees, were
from 90 to 101 degrees with an ave-
rage of IS. Two July 28ths dur
ing the past eight years have been
clear-with showers, scattered rain
or slow rain reported on four days
and cloudy or part cloudy weather
reported on two days. Yesterday
the 18th, was partly cloudy in COM
parison, with showers in the after
noon.
Rain which fell this month came
in the amount of .68 inches in the
afternoon of the sixth; .38 inches
during the afternoon and night of
the 10Th. go inches on the 9th, and
SO inches yesterday. Before then
the corn crop had been reported to
be suffering slightly, though cotton
was not thought to have been need
ing rain as much.
Huinfull Controsted
Amount of rain falling during the
month of July covering the past
eight years are 4.38, 4.97, and 4.28
inches in 1947, 1945, and 1912, re-
spectively; 500 and 1892 inches in
1914 and 1941; TBS and 1890 inches
in 1916 and 1910. respectively; and
a low of 1.25 inches in 1943. This
was the smallest amount of precipi-
tation during the eight-year period,
including this year.
During July 1947 two days of cool,
clear weather were noted on the %
and 23rd.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29
Local Men Appointed
To Form Home Committee

Appointement of Lutte S. Ellison,
Lexington, to a three-year term on
the Farmers Home administration
county committee for Holmes coun-
ty has been announced.
MIR. Ellison succeeds Glen o Sud-
beck, whose term expired June
80. Also on the committee are Jesse
H. Walton of Lexington and Alb
ner Ellington of Durant. A COM
mittee of three serves in each agri-
cultural county throughout the Ma
ton in which the agency makes
ownership and operating loans. The
Holmes county committee has an
important place in making super
vised credit available to local farm
ers, according to w. E. Strider
county supervisor.
Before any money can be Dor
rowed through the agency an appli-
cant must have the approval of the
county committee. In the Ease OF
farm ownership loans, the farm to
be purchased, enlarged or improved
must also be approved by the COM
mittee.
The committee ~cooperates with
the county supervisor in overall ad-
ministration of the program in the
county. Periodically they review the
progress of borrowers to determine
whether they have reached a finan-
cial position that would enable them
to refinance their loans through pri-
vate lenders. A farmer who is eli
gible for credit from regular lend
ing sources is not.eligible for a loan
from the Farmers Home administra-
ton.
Using this system of operation,
the agency has helped 800 families
In Holmes county toward better
farming and better living with farm
purchase and farm operating loans.
In the past IL months one hundred
applications have been received for
this type of credit.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29
Former Town Resident
Is Buried Here Sunday

Miss Lille Sontheimer, 81, of
Natchez, daughter of Sol and Fam
ME Sontheimer, all old-residents
of Lexington 35 years ago. and a
cousin of Mrs. Claudia Hyman, Mrs.
A. Jacobson and Morris Herman
here. died Saturday at 100 a. m.
of a stroke of paralysis after a long
illness. Her sister, Miss Necie Som
theimer, with whom she had lived
after the death of her parents, pre-
coded her in death only last Sep
TENDER. The only other immediate
member of the family is DR.. j. S.
Ullman of Natchez.
The remains were laid to rest in
Lexington cemetery Sunday at 10
a. m. with Joseph E. Berman per-
forming graveside rites in the abb
sence of a rabbi. The deceased was
a member of the Natchez synagogue.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29
Herrin Child Dies
OF Pneumonia

Fay Lorraine Herrin, four and one
half year old daughter of Mrs. Min
ME L. Herrin of Lexington route
4, died June 20 at Lexington hospi-
tai of pneumonia after several days
illness. Funeral services were con-
Quoted by the Rev. Curtis Ellis of
Emory. from Lexington Baptist
church on Wednesday of this week.
Burial was in Lexington cemetery,
Besides its mother, the child leaves
one sister, Edna Helen Herrin, and
a brother. ]. B. Herrin.
Southern Funeral association was
in charge of arrangements.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29
lexingtonians Relate Why's And Wherefores'
OF Individual Hobbies; Some Require Ski|Is

A good hobby may mean the diff
ference between near-boredom with
living and the enthusiasm expressed
by children from one day to the
next, according to experts in think
ing. Whether the hobby be in the
sporting field or whether it is man
ual or mental, or a combination, 1t
rarely fails to serve its purpose. A
number of Lexingtonians have in
teresting hobbies which are side
lines from their daily work and are
often the contraverse of their voca-
tionS.
O. w. Thompson, for instance, is
a clock collector. Since about three
years ago when he began acquiring
ancient and modern timepieces as
an avocation, an accumulation of
200-odd clocks has resulted. MIR.
Thompson never fails to be ready to
talk about his hobby and many are
the times when he is tired from a
days work as county sanitation Of
ficer, that he receives a well
come visit from someone
who would like to see his
clock-lined garage. This interest
shown by others does not fail to get
a like response from Mr.. Thompson,
who has shown much enthusiasm for
his collection.
Amateur Photographers
William Moses, sales manager at
W~eathersby' Chevrolet company. Is
an amateur photographer and ope-
rates his own darkroom as a hobby
in the kitchen of his home. He uses
an Argus C-3 camera with flash
bulbs, and is well-read on the sub
ject. However he rarely has time
from his 10-hour-a-day job to de-
vote much effort to the hobby. He
first took up the interest two years
ago, having worked and learned
with Will Barrett, Jr., who has been
an amateur photographer for seve-
raj years, and who also maintains
a darkroom. Melvin Wells of Peo-
oles' Drug store is also a local snap
shooter, of several years experience.
In contrast, Jesse Walton, phar-
macist at Bealls Drug store has been
amateur weather observer and re-
| corder for the past Al years. He
makes daily records of the highest
| temperatures and of the total inches
OF rainfall within a given day on
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29

old calendars which he keeps in his
office at the drug store. The hobby
requires little time, Mr.. Walton says,
and he began in 1907. 1t was not
unit! 1888, however, shortly "after
a real wet spell" that he started US
ing a air gauge to check the rain
fall. The thermometer he keeps on
the street in front of the drug store.
The rain gauge he keeps at his
home.
Are Antique Lovers
Mrs. A. E. Swinney is something
OF a collector of antique furniture
n other household furnishings,
which amounts to the same as a
hobby. Among her rare and I'm
usual pieces is a wax fruit-basket
PLAGUE which has been in her fami-
~ for about so years. It was made
Tor the Chicago Worlds fair in
1893. and not having been finished
IN time, was ratified off and came
INTO the hands of her late brother,
w. E. Stansbury.
Other antique lovers of the town
include Mrs. Edwin White who has
a Hepplewhite dining room table.
Hitchcock chairs later Victorian love
seat and armchair to match, maho-
gany cardtable and bookcase, and
other favorite old pieces which she
has purchased during the past 10
year. Other Lexington women who
go for collections of antiques in
either, or both, furniture and glass
and chinaware include Miss Maude
Gwin, Mrs. Adam Heinrich, and Mrs.
P. B. Brumby.
Collect Stamps
A hobby may take the form of a
very common daily habit such as
making new friends or studying the
stars or e~numerating the things of
the day for which one is thankful.
1t may be all mental. on the other
hand, such as delineating character
and figuring people out, or il may
be a simple little hobby like stamp
collecting. Among stamp collectors
OF Lexington are Mrs. Leila Guess,
Miss Matte Mclean, John Kim
orough' Miss Elizabeth brennan,
and perhaps a dozen others.
In the sporting field, Hugh Nichols
has for his hobby, fox hunting. j.
+. Williams. merchant, and ". r,
Continued on page 81
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29
SINGING CONVENTION MEETS

The Stamps Memorial Singing
convention will meet in the Court
House in Jackson Saturday night,
July 81, and an all day meeting
will be held Sunday, August 1, ac-
cording to E. A. Meadows, president.
Singers from all parts of Missis-
sippi and adjourning states will be
there. Everyone is cordially invited
to come for the day and night of
Gospel singing.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29
Blackjack Powell.
Denies knowledge
Oh Time OF Robbery
Is Released On Bond;
Case Slotted For Trial
In September Court

M. M. Blackjack" Powell, owner
and operator of Rainbow Garden.
Monday denied knowledge of 'even
the time" of the hijacking robbery
of some months back of which he
was accused Friday in charges made
before Kinds county officials. POI
we'll who in a telephone converse
ton said he had just returned two
or three days ago from a fishing
trip to Yalobusha bottom" told that
he went down to see Sandy King
after his brother had told him what
had been in the paper" He said he
didn't know when the robbery was
supposed to have happened but he
was bound to have been at the
club at the time"
Powell was released Friday on
$500 bond to appear before the
grand jury of the Second Judiciary
Court on September 6, after sur
rendering himself to the Kinds
county sheriff's office in company
with his attorneys, Mr.. King and
). Ed Franklin of Jackson. Charged
with robbery with firearms of two
Negroes near Edwards about two
months ago and hijacking of whis-
Key from the men, an earlier alle-
cation that he had taken $500 in
money from one of the Negroes.
was struck off the record at the
preliminary hearing before Justice
OF the Peace c. H. Newell of Jack
son.
It was thought by one sourcs
that the Biggs Negro was
in fear of Ralph Wilson,"
Rankin county man for whom
he was allegedly hauling whiskey
at the time of the hold-up, and that
the money charges were brought up
IN order to point toward Powell's
guilt.
1t was said that one of the VIC
TINS of the robbery at first had
claimed not to know who "hijack-
d him and later had said, / don't
like to mess with White folks bust
ness" Powell was later identified
positively" by the Negroes, ac-
cording to reports.
The robbery was supposed to have
occurred ''about two months ago"
near Edwards, when two Negroes
known as Woodrow Biggs and Clyde
Walton were waylaid by a man later
identified by them as Powell, who
was said to have been accompanied
by a young Colored boy. Powell is
claimed to have told the Negroes to
get out and get going" at the
point of a gun and to have made
off with the automobile, a Chrysler,
said to have once been owned by
him. The car later was found by the
men 'up the road" with its load of
Whiskey removed.
A warrant had been issued for
the arrest of Powell who was alleg-
edly away on vacation, and who at
Fridays hearing claimed he had
known of no charges against him,
until his return.
The Rainbow club was closed
voluntarily" on the night of July
II after operation, after Olander
Powell, brother of blackjack" and
part-operator, had told the Holmes
County sheriff that the Garden
would be permanently closed be-
cause "they couldn't make any
money" No injunction had been
filed against the place and according
to officials this is the first charge
to have been preferred against its
operator.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29
Vehicles Seized

Federal Alcohol Tax unit authori-
ties from Jackson last week seized
q panel Ford truck near Durant
owned by H. D. Powell, and a
Chrysler automobile said to be own.
ed by Olander Powell, on charges OF
having hauled intoxicating liquor
1t was contended that the Chrysler
automobile was new and that nc
whiskey had been hauled in the We
hicle.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29
Patients At The Hospital

Mrs. J. B. Cummings, Sails.
Mrs. Annie Montgomery, West
P. A. Legitt, Goodman
Colcred
Mary Austin, Pickens
Martin Nails, West
Roosevelt Howard, Goodman
Clemon Redmond, Thornton
Dora Winters, Sails
Esdra Harris, Vaughn
Woody Cockrell, Eden
Albert Reeves, Cruger
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29
REVIVAL

The Oak Grove revival will begin
on the second Sunday in August
with the Rev. S. B. Harrington, pas
tor, assisted by the Rev. Jones
preaching at the regular service
hours which will be announced later.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29
TO ENTER SCHOOL.

Officials of the Trades Training
institute have received a request for
admission from a young Chinaman.
Yung Kwei Chang, of Shanghai. Re-
Gently they had received their first
similar request.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29
Body Returned
For Reburial Here

The remains of Pvt. Wesley Pick
EFT, route 2, Lexington, were dis
patched from Memphis General de-
pot. Friday to Enterprise Funeral
home, Greenwood, for reburial.
Pvt. Pickett. who served with the
U. S. Army Ground forces, was re-
turned from ST. James cemetery.
Avaranches, France.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29
Open Cotton Bolls Reported

Jonas BOYD, Negro, of Mileston
brought in two open bolls of cotton
TO Watson's Bargain store Saturday
and reported that picking will soon
start.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-29

Mrs. james Gwin was the winner
of Spas on a five per cent ticket
at Saturdays Appreciation day
drawing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
Gen. Spaatz Will Address
Adjufanfs General Group

An address by Gen. Carl Spaatz,
Air Force chief of staff, and cleo
ton OF officers were highlights on
today's session Of the Adjutants
General Association in the May
flower Hotel.
Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord, ad-
iutant general of Maryland, yes
terday criticized the National
Guard Bureaus recruiting program
in setting up definite numerical
goals to get new men at stated
periods.
Maj. Gen. Kenneth F. Cramer,
bureau chief, explained this pro-
gram gives a goal toward which 1t
can build units and is an incentive
to recruiting which is proceeding
more rapidly under this system
than without 1t.
1t. Gen. Willard S: Paul, direc-
tor of personnel and administra-
ton, Department of the Army, said
one of the toughest problems is
getting instructor personnel for the
Guard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
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