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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-10

| the better / liked it. The creeks
in Louisiana, with drifting islands
Of flowers and expresses draped
with long wells Of Spanish moss;
the red earth of Georgia and the
Carolinas; the vast Tennessee
river. subjugated by monumental
dams along lushly wooded hills;
the colonnaded plantation houses
with their avenues of oaks or
magnolias above the levees of the
Mississippi; the campus Of the
University Of Virginia, designed
by Jefferson, as happy and com
plete an architectural composition
as anything Europe can show;
the velvety, voluptuous night
sky and the leisurely pace of
daily life; all these predispose to
sympathy.
Southern manners, like South
ern women, are proverbially beau
tiful; cooking is venerated as a
civilized art Qike golf in the
North; and Southern hospitality,
one soon learns more than de-
serves its reputation.
Everywhere in the United
States the visiting Englishman
meets with a welcome almost en-
barassing in its generosity, but
in the South anti-British feeling
is absent even from newspapers.
Concern about the Russian men,
ace, / may add, seemed there to
be specially intense; Southern
ers know from cruel experience
what 1t means to be defeated
Racial prejudice? Illiteracy?
Child labor? Wretched housing?
Disease? Yes, the South suffers
hideously from all of these. One
must not be blinded by the
charms Of lingering aristocrat
tradition. The vicious circle is
complete; poverty makes health
and education bad: bad health and
bad education perpetuate power
ey. Indulgence in the United
States is the misfortune not of a
class but of an area. to what is
that due?
Southerners cannot be acquitted
of all responsibility. They have
despised manufacturing as I'M
gentlemanly. They have impover-
ished their soil by an excessive
planting of cotton, a most destruc-
tive crop. (Of the 150,000,000
acres of eroded land in the United
States. half are in the Southeast.)
The poorer white people, more
over, have blamed their misery
upon negro competition, and mu-
tual mistrust has prevented the
two races of victims from uniting
to defend the common interests
of their region. Northern criticism,
especially from liberals" has
merely encouraged Southerners
in nostalgia for romantic past,
and the optimism that is an UNI
official religion in America fur
Their indiposes them to face and to
diagnose their distresses.
It is chiefly, however, the North
that has imposed poverty upon the
South Enough most Northerners
are blissfully unaware of the
fact). The victors in the War Be-
tween the States continue after
more than 80 years to exploit the
territory they conquered.
The South is sich in sulphate,
phosphate, bauxite, oil, and natual
gas. as well as in land and lumber
II has ample supplies of coal and
iron 1t includes more than a
quarter of the population and the
area of the United States. Yet it
produces less than a seventh Gin
value) of the manufactures. The
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-10
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Letters Testamentary having
been granted on the oath day Of
February, 1949, by the Chancery
Court of Holmes County, Missis-
sippi, to the undersigned upon
the estate of H. L. Brock, 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
barred.
This oath day of February, 1949.
MATTE F. BROCK, Executrix.
-@ 46-4tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-10
cHANcERY SUMMONS

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
To Mandy Riley Snip, whose
place of residence is unknown,
and whose postoffice address and
street address are unknown:
You are summoned to appear
before the Chancery Court Of
Holmes County, State of Missis-
sippi, on the Fourth Monday Of
May, 1949, to defend the suit No.
8043 in said Court of John S.
Ship, wherein you are defendant.
This the 18th day of February,
1919.
(SEAL) PARHAM H. WILLIAMS,
Chancery Clerk 44-4tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-10
Raymond Mortimer. in the
London Sunday Times

Editors note: Raymond Mort
inner. British writer. recently
toured the United States. includ
ing the South. These are some
of his impressions.)
One learned in the nursery to
hate the wicked Southerners
Later, the impression made by
Uncle Toms Cabin" was con-
tirmed by such absurdities as the
Monkey Trial at Dayton, Tenn.
Most Of the Americans one came
across in Europe before the war
were from the north, and in New
York Itself one finds astonishingly
few people who have ventured
farther South than Washington.
"Cping to Louisiana, and in
July2 What on earth for? You're
crazy nv friends declared. But
very quickly New Orleans began
to dispel the rrejudices of life
time: 1t is the American city in
which Europeans feel most inn
mediately at home.
The more / saw of the South
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-10

The Americans are the most
energetic, generous and buoyant
of all people. They will no long
err allow a quarter of their coun-
try to endure conditions of life
that are profoundly un-American.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-10

Mrs. J. R. Patterson was accom-
panied to Memphis Sunday by
Miss Addie Vic Bailey. The latter
visited her sister, Mrs. Lillian Nc
Neer. They returned on Tuesday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-10

Business visitors in Lexington
Friday were Mrs. Carl Moses and
Mrs. H. B. Jones. o.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-10
TCHULA NEWS

Mrs. f. c. Foose is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Wilmington, in jack
son. The latter is confined to her
home due to illness. r-r
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Kern
spent two days. in Macon last
week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-10

Guests of Mrs. Edgar Mayfield
Thursday night were Mr.. and Mrs.
Marvin Riggs of Moorhead. Ed
gar Mayfield of Jackson was here
on Friday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-10

Little Bunny" Easley of Jack
son is visiting in the home of her
aunt, Mrs. Roy Marshall.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-03-10

A trustee election was held at
Tchula school Saturday afternoon
to elect trustee to succeed DR..
j. J. Kazar whose term of office
expired on March 4. Frank Eakin
of Thornton was elected.
Mrs. w. C.. Smith, Miss Ann
Smith, Mrs. Carl Booth, Mrs. Irene
Cox, Mrs. Jimmy Cunningham
and Mrs. Terry Smith shopped in
Jackson Thursday.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-04-21
Rockport

Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Mayberry,
students at Ohio State University in
columbus, spent the week end in the
nome Of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Maybe1ry
and family.
Richard Cupp has been employed
IN a greenhouse in Findlay for the
past six months has accepted a
similar position in Columbus where
ne started week ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Marshall
motored to Wooster, Sunday, where
they spent the day with Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Barnett and two child
ren David and Jayne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delmer Smith and
children Kent and Jeannine of Cleve-
land were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
.. Cupp and daughter Edythe several
days the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Burkholder are
spending the week with friends and
relatives in Wayne County near
Wooster.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Finley of JEFF
ferson and Miss Rebecca Marshall of
Elkhart, Ind, were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Marshall and son
John several days the past week.
Mrs. Walter Cupp and Mrs. Will
liam Cupp attended meeting of the
Au Revoir Club held in the home of
the Misses Emma and Clara Basinger
in Columbus Grove last Thursday. A
luncheon was served at the noon hour
with table appointments in keeping
with the Easter season.
Mrs. Grace Alderman of Cleveland
was a Thursday guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. c. Marshall and son Robert
The April meeting of the Farm
and Home Council will be held We'd
nesday evening Of next week in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Basing-
| er.
Mrs. Ansu and daughter Eva We're
guests at meeting of the Presby-
terian missionary society held in the
home of Mrs. F. C. Marshall last
Wednesday afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs
| Ansu and two teen age children
former Estonians, who arrived In this
country three weeks ago will locate
on farm near Versailles in Darke
County, which is under the manage.
| ment of Mr.. Herbert Marshall. Mrs
Ansu speaks English very well anc
responded to several questions il
regard to her church and home il
| Estonia.
Mrs. Wava Amstutz will be hostess
to the Friendly Neighbours clut
Thursday afternoon of next week
The program has been planned as
follows: Song; Roll Call, Bible Verse
Paper, "Bat Logan's Threshing Rig,
Mrs. Norma Johnson: Play, "Mothel
Gets a Hat; Music, Mrs. Elnor;
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-04-21
LEGAL NOTHE.

In the Court of Common Pleas
OF Allen County, Ohio.
The Fort Industry Compans. Plaintiff,
vs.. Ray W. Barnett, Treas aser OF
Allen County, Ohio, et all defendants.
The defendants Omar Moaller, r. F.
Humes, Mary Elizabeth HGnes. Anna NJ.
Hull and Herbert Lee Biye, addresses un-
known; the heirs at Law, devisees. legatees,
trustees, assignees, receivers, Denefcaries,
the surviving spouse, the surviving divorced
spouse, children, descendants, creditors,
cessors in interest, executors, administrators
and legal representatives bf Omar Moelier
X. F. Humes, Mary Elizasteth Humes, Anna
M Hull and Herbert Lee Hlye, deceased will
take notice that on the 25th day OF March,
1949, The Fort Industry Company filed its
petition in the Common Plfas Court of Allen
County. Ohio. in Case No. sSs26 against
them and others, praying for decree quiet
ing title or in the alternative for an order
marshalling liens as against said defendants.
Omar Moeller, r. f. Humes Mary Elizabeth
Humes Anna NJ Hull ands Herbert Lee Blye,
to the following described real estate.
described in said petition, to-wit
''Inots numbered One hundred sixty-four
l64l, One hundred si4ty-ive 1859, One
hundred sixty-six I6P), One hundred
a7o). One hundred Seyenty-foar ago,
hundred seventy-six d76l. One hundred
seventy-seven u77), One hundred seventy
eight l7S) One hu ndred seventy y-nine
n7e). One hundred eishty-six nss). and
One hundred eighty-seven $50 in High
land Park Addition to 1.-THE City of Lima,
Allen County, Ohio"
The prayer of said petition is for a decree
quieting plaintiffs title q against all de-
fendants or in the alternative marshalling
of liens, sale of property and equitable relief.
Said defendants are required to answer
said petition on or before the 2ist day of
May 1949 in accordance with the prayer of
the petition.
The Fort Industry Company
By Oren E. Dickakor
and
John H. Romey. It's Attorneys.
sol National Bank Bldg,
Lima, Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-04-21

Steiner, Song.
In a ceremony at 7:3O Saturday
evening in the home Of the brides
parents, Martha Ann daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford Fruchey Of near
Columbus Grove became the bride Of
Ernest Clifford Benroth son of Mr..
and Mrs. Jesse Benroth of Naughns-
vile. Miss Frances Irwin was the
maid of honor and Marvin Benroth
attended his brother as best man. An
informal reception followed the
ceremony.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-04-21

Only two vegetable crops will
tolerate a weed-killing dose of 2,4-D.
These are sweet corn and asparagus.
Evening star., 1949-04-02

by the Norfolk RedeSelopmsnt
and HouSins Authority.
The Ibee method involves tia
POURING oi concrete. In the man
ner Of standard road building
technlaues. to produce complete
sernidetached houses AT the rate
Of two a day.
The asreemen, between ths
City OF Norfolk and Mr Hoi-
heimer stipulates that rents will
not exceed s&5 a month on rental
units. II Is estimated that. II
these houses were 10 be sold they
Evening star., 1949-04-02
|WoII and Floor Building Easy
when Simple Methods Are Used

The studs are cut to whatever
length is required TO give the cell
ing height called for by plans.
When a shed-type roof is being
used for the building, the studs
forming the side wall frames are
cut to diminishing lengths so that
the roof will have a pitch from
front to rear or vice versa.
One Wall q Day.
It has been estimated that a
man can measure. cut. place and
nail one wall frame in a full
days work. and that no help
should be required when the over
all dimensions of the house are
about 80 by % feet.
A close study of owner-building
also reveals the fact that man
who is unSkilled in this type of
work may take a day and half
for the first wall. but invariably
will do the next wall in a day and
probably the two remaining walls
the following day. Two men work.
ing together may well build all
four walls in two days.
The top Of all exterior wall
frames are finished of with a
double 2-by-4 laid across the top
of the upright studs. The first
half of this so-called plate is
nailed into the top Of each stud
securely. and then the second or
top half laid upon that and nailed
into 1t. The tops Of partition
frames are finished off with a
single, fiat 2-by-4. called par
tition cap.
Tho object Of the sole under
the upright studs Is 10 prevent the
end of the stud being forced
through the floor by the weight Of
the roof. The object Of the double
plate above the exterior wall up
rights is to furnish a good. heavy
bearing for the roof rafters. All
good, solid building practice is
based on common sense and sound
principles.
released by the Bell Syndicate. Inc
Evening star., 1949-04-02

4lG 44CW %4Ss~~~S
agency said.
These, added to the apartment
projects already approved which
have not as yet been completed,
add I'D to about $4,000 apartment
units for the Washington area
for which FILA approval has been
given.
10000 Others Occupied.
In addition. more than 10000
FHA-approved apartments al
ready have been completed and
are occupied. d..
What all this means is that, des-
pite the decision this week to
halt acceptance of applications for
construction Of apartments at
present rent levels. the District
area has a 25,000-unit apartment
program ahead which will take
about two years to complete.
Some persons have believed that,
owing to the FILA decision not to
accept additional applications, the
housing program would stop. the
agency said. That is far from
being the case. as the figures
above show.
FILA Director Hewitt said there
is still a current need for higher
priced rental units but that he is
reasonably confident" the need
will be adequately met in the
next IL to 18 months of building,
through projects now under con-
struction or approval to go ahead.
Rentals to Guide Action.
However. the decision not to
accept further applications, he
said. docs not affect sponsors Of
projects who propose to provide
rental accommodations at sub
stantially lower rentals than most
of those currently being construc-
ted"
Lowest rentals provided for by
any approved project is about
$50 for one bedroom apartments
and $40 for two bedroom apart
ments, FILA said.
FILA did not specify what sub
stantially lower" rental figure
builders must agree to reach in
order to have their applications
accepted for consideration.
Mr.. Hewitt pointed out, how
ever, that the agency believes
there still remains a "sizeable
market" for apartments at lower
rentals" and that applications
meeting this requirement" would
continue to be accepted by FILA.
Evening star., 1949-04-02
Home Godeets-
New Rinse Keeps
Point Brushes in
Good Condition
Bv D. IA. Derwin

Paint brushes that are taken
care of when the painting job Is
completed always will give a bet
| ter painting performance the next
time. Another advantage OF U.s.
ing a little care is that one can
buy a quality brush with the COM
forting thought that it will give
better service the more 1t is used.
A new liquid rinse now mar
keted will keep paint. enamel and
varnish bristles like new. This
product comes in liquid form and
is ready to use. It is especially
formulated to prevent brushes
from getting hard and to pre-
serve the bristles, keeping them
soft and elastic. 1t contains a
special nondrying oil that pene-
trates into the bristles and re-
stores them to their original
|resiliency.
This oil is also a protection
against moths. The rapid action
of this rinse thoroughly removes
the vehicle and pigment OF paint
or varnish in a matter of seconds.
The brush can be used immed-
lately afterwards. This is espe-
cially handy when the same brush
is to be used for various colors.
Finger Wrench.
A convenient new finger wrench.
which makes a simple job Of plac-
ing and Tightening nuts in loca-
tions that cannot be easily reached
by ordinary wrenches, now is be-
ing manufactured.
This wrench Is q fange that is
slipped over the end Of the finger.
A nuM Is picked up in its hexagonal
opening and the nut and tool then
placed with finger-tip control in
any hard to reach spot. The
wrench is available in a series cor
responding to the four most widely
used nut sizes, ~ inch, 5/16 inch,
1882 inch and 3/s inch across the
dat
Evening star., 1949-04-02
Aid For Houses
Home Repair
Queries Answered
By Expert
By Rooer G. Whitman

Question: Please help US VIII
a most irritating problem. we
bought an old house and are trylne
to remodel. The rooms previously
had been whitewashed. we
scraped the walls with a wire
brush, put on a coat OF sizing arac
then put on the wallpaper. The
paper wasn't on two hours wher
1t started TO crack.
The least change Of temperature
made it crack and now. four weeks
later, the paper has come tumolins
down literally on our heads. what
should we. do now?
The walls are badly cracked ir
spots. but we have fixed up the
cracks with spackle as well as we
could. When the paper comes OF
it brings a lot Of whitewash with
it. Would you advise us to re-
paper? If so. how should 1t be
done? II we should use paint
what type would you suggest? ]
do not wish to use a water paint
Answer: The whitewash should
have been thoroughly washed on
instead OF being only wire
brushed. Much Of the whitewash
still remained on the walls and
must have been the cause OF the
falling OF the wallpaper. If you
wish to repaint with a fiat wal
paint, or repaper. the walls must
be thoroughly washed to take on
all remaining whitewash.
Use a stiff scrubbing brush and
add a little ammonia to the wash
water. Rinse with several changes
OF clean water until the water
looks clear. II the walls are badly
cracked. you could hang a stou'
wall cloth instead Of painting o.
papering. An alternative woule
be to put up q wallboard. beins
careful to get manufacturers in
structions on the right way u
put 1t UP.
Evening star., 1949-04-02
Building Permits
In District Exceed
S285,O00 in Week

Building permits issued during
the last week by the Central Per-
NIT Office. Room 108, District
Building, had a total valuation OF
$285, 1886.
Largest permit was for $40
600.
Among building permits were
the following:
The Chesapeake a. Potomac Telephone
Co. owner, 725 Thirteenth street NV
Prescott Construction Co.. builder, 1907
w street NV: Leon Chatelain. tr., archl-
ess r@efts " strsst N% e Cost Soo
asSo % as snd .s4ss Ms INV: NF Kss
Elmer Capplemann,k architect Arlington
Va; to erect one 2-story brick and ctnder-
block dwellinsgo. 4s4s Dexter street NV;
70 Oliver @ 'gH; T. Carr. owner and builder, Mills
Building; Johannes q Murray, architect; i.s,v
81 Forty-sixth street NE. and 453s Abe
marie street NV; to cost $4,000;
W. C. g. A. N. Miller. owners and build
&C., y,Tr, eTr,cy r.~~ . 0A
Evening star., 1949-04-02
. Bv Wodsworth Wood

Laying the floor and building
the walls of q small house are
|uncomplicated items Of construc-
ton when simple methods are
used by the builder.
In laying the floor, rough
tongued-and-grooved boards are
used. The correct manner OF lay
ing them consists of starting IN
Ia corner and laying the boards
diagonally across the floor joists.
mailing them securely into each
floor joist they cross. with two
10-penny nails. A bit less ma
terial is used when the boards
are laid at right angles to the
joists, but the house will not be
as strong as when the diagonal
method is used.
When the floor is laid accord
ing to these instructions. the
builder has completed another
step in the building and has fin
ished the platform upon which
the house is to be erected.
Sole Then Placed.
The next step is to lay sole all
around the outer edge of the plat
form. This sole is plain 2 by 4.
laid on the fiat side and nailed
into the rough flooring. The sole
constitutes the bottom member OF
the wall structure and is also used
as the base for any partitions
which are built to divide the in
terror of the house into rooms.
The studs or upright 2 by As
which make up the wall frame are
set on top of the sole with the
4-inch side running across the
sole and spaced as indicated in
the blueprints Of the house. Each
stud is nailed into the sole from
both sides, and from either the
outside or inside edge. as well.
Ten-penny nails are used.
Inadequate mailing results In a
poor and shaky structure. accord
ing to the best authorities and
the Government'recommendations
on small house building.
Evening star., 1949-04-02
District FHA Okoys Financing
For 10, 900 More Apartments
By Robert J.. Lewis
Reoi Ess1,s Editor az The Sfos

Sixty apartment projects were approved by the Federal
week, with insured mortgage
.moun of more 000 disclosed yesterday
@ - nroactx will provide additional apartments the
Evening star., 1949-04-02
Nelson Rockefeller Firm to Build
Houses to Rent for $45 Monthly

headed by Nelson Rockefener former co-o
dnator Affairs coins 70 build 2 concrete
than N5 month IN Nof'oh va CO.
with O Norfolk business man
That the Ioec Housing CORP conn
Evening star., 1949-04-02

(See PERMITS, Page BID
Evening star., 1949-04-02

put It up
Evening star., 1949-04-02

worked out by Wallace X. Harri-
son. architect and chairman OF
the Ibec company. which win
undertake the project In cosoper.
alton with Henry Clay Hofheimer
III OF Norfolk. @fc'f
The signing OF the contract for
the Norfolk project was an
nounced today by Mr. Harrison,
Site OF the l6-acre project Is
land to be sold by the city OF
Norfolk to Mr.. Hofheimer. II ad-
Joins the Robert Parks housing
development, built and operated
Evening star., 1949-04-02

psny which is an afiiliate Of the
international Basic Economy
Corp. headed by Mr.. Rockefeller
The housing corporation is one
of several Ibec companies organ
ICED on the principle Of q Joint
business enterprise to help raise
standards of living In different
parts OF the world. the announce
ment said.
The low-rent project viii use.
for the first time, q newly de-
veloped system for construction OF
concrete houses. The system Was
Evening star., 1949-04-02

would be In the price range of
IS 900 to $500.
The Ibec design is for semi
Idetaehafi house. having two units
of "a feet by 20 feet, each con-
tanning two bedrooms. hSing
room, bathroom. kitchen and
storage space.
The technique includes the
pouring OF complete concrete
houses on alternate slabs and then
lifting the intermediate slab to
form the roof OF the completed
house
Evening star., 1949-04-08

At last refrigerator with plenty of for large quantities OF every
kept at the correct temperature Frozen food
compartment lbs perishables Two large 1aors
drawers vegetables and fruits garden fresh Tor
ice cube supply all the cubes you
y Temostat CONTROL seaedorhfe freezing unit
ong adjusting Durable white bakedon synthetic
enamel finish fve-year guarantee At Lacys stores at
amazingly low price.