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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals, in duplicate,
for the construction of the Durant
Hospital of Supervisors District
No. 2 of Holmes County, Missis-
sippi, at Durant, Mississippi, Will
be received by the Board OF
Supervisors of Holmes County,
Mississippi, until II a. m, est, on
May q, l949, at the Holmes Coun-
ty Court House. Lexington, Mis-
sissippi, at which time and place
they will be publicly opened and
read.
Plans and Specifications r on
file at the Office of the Clerk
of the Board of Supervisors, and
copies thereof may be obtained
from Mallett and Associates, Ar
chitect, 416,A E. Amite ST., Jack
son, Mississippi, upon deposit OF
$500 for each set, to be refunded
upon return of each complete set
in good condition within 10 days
after opening of bids, except that
$1,000, to cover cost of reproduc-
ton, will be deducted for each set
in excess of one from an actual
bidder, and for each set from a
non-bidder.
Proposals must be submitted on
the form as shown in the Speci-
fications and must be accompani-
ed by a Bid Guarantee of at least
five per cent (5%) of the base bid,
all in accordance with the Gen
eral Conditions or Notifications
thereof bound with the Specifica-
tions.
Performance and payment
bonds in the full amount of the
Contract will be required for Con-
tract Security.
No bid may be withdrawn with
in thirty days after the schedule
closing time for the receipt there
of.
The Contract will be awarded to
the lowest acceptable bidder ex-
cept that the Board reserves the
right to waive any informalities
in, OF to reject any and all bids.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,
Holmes County, Mississippi.
By: M. S. Rogers, president
of Board)
Attest:
HI. WILLIAMS,
CLERK of Board. 2-4tnp
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CHANcERY
The Stute of Mississippi:

To - Jack Anthony, a non-re-
sident of the State of Mississippi,
an adult resident citizen of the
City of Washington, State of Mis-
souri,, whose post office address
and street address is 403 Cedar
Street, Washington, Missouri;
Roberta MCGEE Altman, a non-re-
sident of the State of Mississippi,
an adult resident citizen of the
City of Memphis, State of Tonnes
see, whose post office address and
street address is 557R East Iowa,
Memphis, Tennessee; the UNI
known heirs at law of Hugh H.
Fultz, deceased; the unknown
heirs at law of Randolphus Minis,
deceased; the unknown heirs at
law of Abira Minis, deceased; the
unknown heirs at law of A. l..
Jordan, deceased; the unknown
heirs at law of A. Rousselot, de-
ceased; the unknown heirs at law
of j. T. Pierce, deceased; the UNI
known heirs at law of Albert Fos-
ter, deceased; and to all persons
having or claiming any legal or
equitable interest in the following
described land, sold for taxes on
September II. 1884, and on Sep
TENDER is, 1885, and on September
20, 1887, to-wit: Lots II, IL, ID,
IA, Is, and 16, Block 2, Stingley
Subdivision; Lots l, 2, 8, z, IL,
%, %, and "a, Block 8, Stingley
Subdivision: Lots 81, %, and the
North half of Lot %, Block 4, Jor-
dan Subdivision; Lots 8 and 10,
Block S, Glines Addition or Sub
division; and Lot l, Block 3,
Fairview Addition; All being in
Subdivisions and Additions to the
Town of Durant, Holmes County,
Mississippi;
You are summoned to appear
before the Chancery Court OF
Holmes County, Mississippi, in the
State of Mississippi, at a term OF
said Court to be held on the 4th
Monday of May, 1949, at the
courthouse in the City of Lex
ington, Mississippi, on the lst day
of said term, to defend the suit
No. 5000 in said Court, of George
A. Field, to confirm and quiet
his title to the above described
land, wherein you + defendants.
This the 18th day of April, l949.
{SEAL) PARHAM II. WILLIAMS,
Clerk of the Chancery Court OF
Holmes County, Mississippi.
1-4tnp
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cHANcERY
he State Of Mississippi


20 Laura Marie Burrell
Haynie and her husband, Walter
laynie, whose post office address
IS Opelousa, Louisiana, and street
address is 1143 West South Street.
You are summoned to appear
before the Chancery Court of the
County of Holmes in said State
on the 4th Monday Of May, l949
10 show cause if any you can why
the Final Account of d. K. Gull
ledge, guardian of the estate OF
Laura Marie Burrell, a minor,
Cause No. 6006 in said Court,
should not be approved and con-
firmed and said guardian and the
surety on his bond be discharged
and released.
This March 28, 1949.
(SEAL) PARHAM H. WILLIAMS,
Chancery Clerk. I-4tp
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CHANcERY SUMMONS

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
To Barbara Wright Roach,
whose post office and street ad-
dress are unknown. after dlllgen'
search and inquiry.
You are summoned to appear
before the Chancery Court OF the
County of Holmes in the State OF
Mississippi, on the Fourth Monday
of May 1949 to defend suit NO.
1909 in said Court of Ernest La
dell Roach, wherein you are a de-
PENDANT.
This the 1st day of April, l949.
(SEAL) PARHAM H. WILLIAMS,
Clerk. 1-4tp
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cHANcERY SUMMONS
THE A OF MISSISSIPPI

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
HOLMES COUNTY
TO Lizzie Wright -
married name unknown,
Ethel Lee Ingram,
Fannie B. Wright ,
married name unknown,
Bunch Reagin Wright, ORD,
Ida Mae Wright,
Laurene Wright,
r. L. Wright,
Wardene Wright, children
and heirs of Reagin Wright,
Deceased, whose residences
and post office addresses are
unknown: and
heirs of Reagin Wright,
deceased, residences and post Of
flee addresses unknown:
You are hereby commanded to
appear before the Chancery Court
of Holmes County, in said State,
on the 4th Monday of May, 1949,
to defend the suit in said Court
of Ike Wentworth, No. 1888 on
the docket of said Court, wherein
you are of Defendants.
This, the 18th day of April, 1919
(SEAL) PARHAM Fl. WILLIAMS
Chancery Clerk. 52-4tnr
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THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
To Louise McCarroll Griffin,
whose street and post office adj
dress is 29I8 Sheridan Avenue,
st. Louis, Missouri.
You r summoned to appear
before the Chancery Court of the
County of Holmes in the State Of
Mississippi, on the Fourth Monday
of May 1949 to defend the suit No.
1904 in said Court of Lee Henry
Griffin, wherein you are a defend
ant.
This the 9th day Of April, 1949.
(SEAL) PARHAM H. WILLIAMS,
Clerk. 2-4tnp
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

No. 8074 Letter testamentary
having been granted or the 30th
day of March, l949, by the Chan
Gerry Court of Holmes County,
Miss, to the undersigned upon the
estate of Alice Martin Vincent,
Deceased, notice is hereby given
to all persons having claims
against said estate to present the
same to the Clerk of said Court
for probate and registration ac-
cording to law within six months
from this date, or they will be
forever barred.
This the 50 day of March, 1949.
w. M. VINCENT, Executor.
1-4tp
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cHANcERY SUMMONS

The State of Mississippi
To Laverne Pickett, Charles Pic.
kett, Reginald Pickett, Betty Jear
Pickett and Dorothy Pickett
minors and non-residents of the
State of Mississippi, Bernice Pic
kett Berry, a nonresident of the
State Of Mississippi, being the
mother and natural guardian OF
each of said minors, the post Of
flee and street address of each OF
said minors and of the said Ber-
nice Pickett Berry is 2437, Chase
Street, Gary, Indiana.
You n summoned to appear
before the Honorable c. D. Will
liams, Judge of the Chancery
Court of the County of Holmes
in said State on Saturday, the
21st day of May, A. D. 1949, at
1000 o'clock A. M. at his office
in the County Courthouse of
Yazoo County, at Yazoo City,
State of Mississippi, to defend the
suit No. 8071 In said Court Of
Marguerite Walton. wherein you
are defendants.
This the 25th day of April, A.
D., 1949.
Parham H. Williams,
Clerk
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would like to return to the peace
full life l know in Lexington as
compared with the strenuous lie
here.
1t may be that there r living
some Of my own age; or near
about: who would like to know
of myself at this period, as l
would like to know of them.
To that desired objective the
Enclosures are sent you. Should
YOU consider them of sufficient
interest to publish. 1t used to be
at the Advertiser in days OF:
Captain John Hopkins, Cass Oh
tenburg ct al, kept in touch with
all who left Lexington.
They-the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
I do not live in solitude. Thackery
wrote that to live in solitude
to be most hateful of every form
OF living. He pronounced the
greatest solitude is: ITO be In
the busy marts and markets OF
men unnoticed and unknown"
Virgil wrote: as / translated it
when in school in Lexington:
every n must suffer the sor-
rows of his destiny" While l have
experienced the fierce extremes OF
good and i'll destiny finds me in
perfect health, my time my own
and living with pride in character
of my friends and contacts.
l know personally: J. Howard
McGrath, Harold L. Ickes, and
all prominent Democrats In, and
out of, office in California which
makes life interesting for | COM
municate matters of interest to
them and they ask me to do Sc.
With every good wish and as
surance of continued interest In
Lexington and all of Mississippi.
Every one who knows me knows
I am from Mississippi. I tell them
I am not only from, but: of Mis-
sissippi-a Mississippian to the
manor born"
Sincerely yours.
D.1-~o~
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.THE STATE on MISSISSIPPI:

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
To Mrs. Jimmie c. Smith, whose
post office address and street adj
dress is Number 3157 Lamphier
Street, Memphis, Tennessee.
You are summoned to appear
before the Chancery Court of III
County of Holmes in the State =:
Mississippi, on the Fourth Monda.
of May, 1949, to defend the Suit
No. 7946 in said Court of J.. E.
Smith, wherein you r a defend
ant.
This the LIST day of April, 1949.
(SEAL) PARHAM H. WILLIAMS,
Clerk. 1-4tp
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NONRESIDENT SUMMONS

lllC 14LAl1 vi lh1ooAoo4A -
To: Mrs. Kate Woods Mc-Cor-
mic, whose post office and street
address is: No. 7 North Fulton
ST., Mobile, Alabama and Mrs.
Allie Woods Gilbert, whose post
office and street address is: No.
1850 South Wellington Street,
Memphis, Tennessee.
You are summoned to appear
before the Chancery Court, of the
County of Holmes, State of Mis-
sissippi, on the 4th Monday of
May, 1949, both individually and
as Executives of the Estate of
Mrs. Sallie Horton Woods, de-
ceased, to answer the suit No.
1882, in said Court of Mrs. Marie
Woods Elliott, wherein you are
defendants.
This the 9th day of April, 1949.
(SEAL) PARHAM H. WILLIAMS,
Clerk. 52-4tnp
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 1854
Executives Notice to Creditors {

ExeCutrlx 3 NotlCe 10 SISoitOkS Va
Sherman Greer. Deceased
Letters Testamentary having
been granted on the 22nd day of
March, 1949, by the Chancery
Court of Holmes County, Missis-
sippi, to the undersigned upon the
estate of Sherman Greer, OF
Holmes County, Mississippi, de-
ceased, notice is hereby given to
all persons having claims against
said estate to present the same to
the Clerk of said Court for pro-
bate and registration according
to law within six months from this
date, or they will be forever bar
red.
This the 22nd day of March, A.
1949.
LILLE ALEXANDER,
Executrix.
P. P. Lindholm, Sol.
1-4tp
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE no cREpIToRs

Letters Testamentary having
been granted on the 22nd day
OF. April, 1949, by the Chancery
Court of Holmes County, Missis-
sippi, to the undersigned upon
the estate of j. L. Tate, deceased,
notice is hereby given to all per-
sons having claims against said
estate to present the same to the
Clerk of said court for probate
and registration according to law,
within six months from this date
or they will be forever barred.
This the 22nd day of April, 1949.
Mrs. frankie Heard Tate,
Executrix
2-4tnn
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cHANcERY

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
To Richard Stout, whose street
and post office address is 1911
West f4th Place, Chicago, Illinois.
You are summoned to appear
before the Chancery Court of the
County of Holmes in the State Of
Mississippi, on the Fourth Monday
of May lS49 to defend the suit No.
3095 in said Court of Virginia
Stout, wherein you are a Defend
ant.
This the 9th day of April. 1949.
(SEAL) PARHAM H. WILLIAMS,
Clerk. 2-4tnp
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cHANcERY COURT SUMMONS

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
To Addie Jackson Helm, a nom
resident of the State of Mississippi
whose post office and street ad-
dress is 1851 West IA Place, Chica-
go 8, Illinois:
You are hereby summoned to
appear before the Chancery Court
of the County of Holmes, in said
State, on the Fourth Monday OF
May, A. D., 1949, to defend the
Suit No. 8081 in said Court OF
Clarence Helm, wherein you are
defendant.
This the 7th day Of April, l949.
(SEAL) PARHAM H. WILLIAMS,
Clerk of the Chancery Court of
Holmes County, Mississippi.
52-4tnp
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THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
To Ruby Mcbride Brown, whose
post office and street address is
unknown.
You are summoned to appear
before the Chancery Court of the
County of Holmes in said State on
the Fourth Monday of May A. D.
1949 to defend suit No. 8096 in said
Court of James L. Brown wherein
you are a defendant.
This the 9th day of April, A. D.,
1949.
fSEAL) PARHAM H. WILLIAMS.
Chancery Clerk. 2-4tnp
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c
The State of Mississippi
IF Holmes:


To: Walter Albert Griffin,
whose post office address and
street address is: 8703 Greedy, De-
troit II, Michigan.
You are hereby summoned to be
and appear before the Chancery
Court of Holmes County, Missis-
sippi. on the Fourth Monday OF
May. 1949, to defend the suit NO.
8061 in said Court, of Ida Ruth
Griffin, Complainant, wherein you
are a defendant.
This the 18th day of March,
1949.
PARHAM H. WILLIAMS,
Chancery Clerk. l-4tp
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Card Of Thinks

I wish to thank all of you that
remembered me during my recent
illness and my stay in the hospi-
tai.
The cards, letters, flowers,
visits, delicacies, and your inquir-
les about my state of health are
deeply appreciated.
MRS. T. B. LEHMAN.
3-1tnp
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Letter To The Editor

WILLIAM A. BRENNAN
416 South Spring st.
Los Angeles Is, Calf.
Trinity 30ll
April 8, 1949
Publisher Lexington Advertiser,
Lexington, Mississippi.
My Dear Sir:
Being a native born Lexington
ian now for past Is years, a cltl-
zen of the second city in the
United States with population OF
more than 1000 900, and being
past 81 years it is natural that
/ should sometimes indulge In
reminiscing and compare life as
I knew it in Lexington and as
I know it here. Frequently
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VIM. A. brennan.
Evening star., 1949-12-04

n evening last winter debate held national
~ radio network the subject, rs United Protestant
Church possible now?" The sponsors ANTICIPATED routine
interest Instead they received the heaviest mail response
which had come to program all OF those who
wrote 48 cent declared that they in favor of
single united Protestant Church sor
In the last few the Reverend Dr. E. Stanley Jones'
widely recognized the most effective Protestant evangelist
today has been touring the country a oneman cam
pagn for Protestant unity He has addressed audiences in
80 cities in almost many states. Without exception every
audience has voted almost unanimously for Protestant union
These signs Of unmistaable tidal movement of
popular sentiment Wherever the question raised the over
whelmng majority of American Potesans indicate that they
favor unity that they believe something can be done about it,
and that they want to something done at once
Most of them do not realize how much being done about
It, ProtestaERts uniting, and q much greater
tent than the ayman believes unity mot
only possible; it is the way; is already i'm sight
do not say that we shall soon have big single Potes
tnt Church. do foresee within this century, the merging
of most of the largest of the present $50 separate Protestant
oomnons into six to eight major church boes and these
so linked together that they will be virtually unified in much
of their Christian work and influence That the
in which we are moving
American Professionalism has obviously awakened to the
need of overall strength which only be attained through
unity Statscay. we are strong much stronger, in rea
ton to the past than most people realize Today nearly
100000 Americans affiliated with churches About 60
p Seae o uen e E1oteStdntS 81 per cent NoIan Natno-
hs six per cent Jewish and per cent Eastern Orthodox
Altogether they comprise So per cent of the population
though only rs per cent were chchaiated in 1890 and
barely five cent in the days when this young
try of 100000 people The rate of increase not rapid
as earlier decades but still exceeds that
of the increase in population.
AainspEizI e Czvikxatisn
oTRENGTH than matter of numbers however The
strength of church in its vitality and its effect the life
of the community the nation and the world Today the
face of militant Communism, it is than necessary
to maintain at full strength the spiritual life which the main
spring of our civilization.
Then. too in years. have seen the Protestant
churches accepting and more, responsibility in the
field of social action This think has been major factor
making Protestants realize the need of unity Only united
Professionalism bring to bear whether in local COM
Evening star., 1949-12-04

munteS Washington, or world councils the ful moral
strength which the statistics seem to indicate.
We Americans, than any other people in the world,
have compounded, through the years. what has long been
known the scandal of divided Christendom We have
all the chuches Of all the countries from which
have come, and have further divided them into
sects, as well as devising some of our own.
But moving in the opposite direction. Three
previously separated bodies of ethodsts for instance have
united to form the largest single Protestant communion IN the
United States with 865OOOO members though 100000
other Methodists still divided among 10 smaller church
bodies Within other family groups, notably the Lutherans
and the Presbyerins. the trend is also toward union.
Fe.z-W.y Merger
oRE significant and more difficult have been mergers across
family lines. The Evangelical United Brethren Church.
formed In 1916, represents such merger An more far
reaching just being oonsmated In 1881, the Congre
gatona and Christian Churches united to form the Congre
gationa Christian Communion: 1894 the Evangelical and
Reformed Church similarly replaced two earlier bodies of
contrasting backgrounds today the Congregational Christian
and Evangelical Reformed joining together form
United Church of Christ constituted that its door will be
wide open to other bodies
These mergers of whole church bodies big steps forward
but the movement toward unity takes many other FORMS
In little Cape Cod where used spend my summers
there six churches all of them pitfuy weak
BY careful planning. members of all of them gradually
brought together into a single Community Church.
No compelled to give up afilation with his
t"o od
congregations Most however, preferred just to be members
of the Community Church; and most of the Potesants
in that little town worship Church of Christ"
In than 2oOO villages and cities the
country, members Of traditionaIly rival have
banded together i'm similar community churches.
Along the Maine seacoast where / now summer, half
dozen struggling little congregations used to keep
certain existence under the leadership of succession of mex
perienced theological students parme pastors. few
years ago. they united into single circuit" under
minister, and woman minister at that!
Each of the congregations maintains its worship and
organization and budget Five different hymn books in the
six churches testify to differences in tradition and taste
Yet they function united parish
In neighborng locality four five small Congregations
each with inadequaely paid and ained minister have
joined to form single larger parish" They under
team of three welaned workers. preacher another
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Hrzun DALEY

director of religious education the third parish visitor each
representing different denomination In rural many
parts of the country, such larger parishes providing
Christians of many traditions with trained leadership
and unified programs.
The American denomination which is sometimes
ehcd with talking and doing less about church
union than amy other is the Protestant Episcopal
Church. This partly because the High Church wing Of
that communion chershes the hope that its denomination
might bridge between Roman Catholicism and
Potestantsn, and is unwilling to mper that possibility by
drawing close to other Potestants It is also partly
because Epscopalans entirely happy with their
liturgy and church order and feel desire get mixed up
with Others.
1h< AsA6sxkF F1r
Bur IN at three Episcopal doceses energetic and pro-
prssve bishops have been satisfied with talk and
PRAYER about Christian unity In the little town of Ashed,
Mass Episcopal parish and Congregational Church with
total active membership of less than ESQ but potential
constituency of about 1000 wished to unite their
without sacrificing the identity Of either group Here's how
they accomplished their purpose:
The Congegationaists called their pastor Episco
paan minister and reordaned him their leader Bishop
W. Appleton Lawrence at appointed him rector of the
Episcopal Church At eight and 10 services held in
accordance with the Episcopal Prayer Book in St Johns
At is the Congregational Church meets in its church
for its usual service But there single Sunday School for
all children of the village, single Young Peoples Society,"
and one Communicates Class from which members join the
denomination of their preference The two congregations
receive weekly Church Bulletin and when there
fifth Sunday in the month"; special united service arranged
The pooling of resources has made possible to secure able
minister, serving the whole community better.
In suburbs of Cincinnati and Cleveland, where there are
considerable numbers of Epscopalans and Pesbeans but
need for only church. the local bishops and prebters
-r- Continued on page 28
Evening star., 1949-11-06

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ISLAND OF THE SUGAR LOAF MOUNTAIN !!
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THE PTEEoRACTN WILD-coo<E CuASE
SHE'S ON, lNSIeTiNo ALL SuE.Ll FIND
WILL BE FO19iLS. WAEN...
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TIE MEMORIALS AND THEIR LOCATIONS
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