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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03
Presbyterian Men
To Sponsor Program

The Mems club of the Presby-
terrain church met on January 25
electing new officers to replace
outgoing president T. A. Lail; vice
president DR.. c.. D. Russell, and
secretary-treasurer Homer Davis
To serve for the coming year
elected at the meeting, were,
John K~imbrough, Jr., president.
Edwin White, vice president, and
Ray E. Johnson, secretary-treas-
urer.
w. E. Strider was appointed
chairman of a committee for the
Belhaven day club, which the
group is sponsoring here on Sun
day, February Is, from II to IL
am.
Belhaven students will present
a special program which will in
clude a vocal trio accompanied on
the Hammond organ, and a talk
by the Belhaven alumni secre-
tary.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the program, Mr.. Stri-
der said.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03
To Accept
Bids To Construct
Sewerage
March I DeudIine
Named In Notice
Posted This Week

Sealed bids to construct city
sewerage will be received by the
Board of Aldermen of Lexington
until 8 p, M, Tuesday, March /,
according to a notice to contrac-
tors posted by the mayor this
week. Work will be let to the
lowest responsible bidder, with
power to reject bids reserved to
the Board.
Bidders are required to state
in their proposals time in which
work can be begun and COM
pleted, and must deposit security
in not less than five per cent of
the base bid. The successful
bidder will be required to furnish
a performance bond with agree
able surety.
Bids will be received for the
following approximate quantities
of work: 5,679 linear feet, six
inch sanitary sewers: q, 1885 linear
feet, eight-inch sanitary sewers;
onn linear feet. six-inch cast iron
force main; SO brick manholes:
one pumping station, and miscel-
lanecus structures.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03
MiIIer's New Manager
Is Mrs. Moorheud

Mrs. Connie Mcclellan Moor
head, sales clerk at Miller's Five
and Ten Cent store, has been pro-
NOTED to manager, to replace for
mer manager Billy Underwood
who recently went to Kosciusko.
Mrs. Moorhead, who has had
several years experience in vari-
ETY. store sales work, is assisted
at the store by Miss Alice Byrd
and Mrs. Kathleen Tate, and by
store owner A. F. Miller, who
spends much time away in con-
nection with the business.
Mr.. Underwood, who has serv-
ed as manager at MilIer's since
August, 1916, recently opened
Underwood's Variety store in
Kosciusko, where he invites visits
from his Lexington friends.
Location of the new business is
the north side of the Square in
that city.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03
Town May Be Missing
Out On Something,
Talk Reveals
W. E. Strider Speoks
Before Rotory Club
At Tuesday Meeting

The possibility that Lexington
is sitting down and letting the
train 60 by" was voiced by Wal
ter E. Strider, local manager of
the Farmers Home administra-
ton, in an address Tuesday be-
fore Lexington Rotary club. o. L.
Ellison was program chairman.
viii D. Wilson, president, was in
charge of the meeting.
Mr.. .Strider, who cited statistics
and reviewed interesting facts on
the history of Lexington, told how
the trade area of this city was
built and suggested that deliber-
ate effort be made for the town
to grow W a period of years.
Population Slow
The population of Lexington
from 1905 to 1910 showed an in
crease of less than 800 persons,
it was pointed out. In order to
make it inviting for the younger
and coming generations, contin-
uous effort toward progress
should be made.
Farmers of the county have
owned 100 acres for years and
yet have never had sufficient in
come to buy household conven-
! fences such as a refrigerator. If
purchasing power of the indivi-
dual could be increased, private
industry would likewise be in
creased, the speaker said.
Makes Suggestions
AS definite suggestions made
to the large crowd of Rotarians
and three visitors present, Mr.
Strider said more than the 1885,
600 acres of land which are
utilized of the total 480,6 $40 county
! acres, could be put to use, grow.
ing grass for livestock, or in grow
ing timber.
He made references during the
speech to Edmund Noel, governor
of Mississippi, who was borr
near lexington; Sidney Smith
retired noted supreme justice who
was born in Lexington; to Robert
Morris, promoter of the Order Of
Eastern Star, which organization
in the United States began al
Richland in Holmes county; and
to w. B. Lundy, first member
and "Cornclub" Smith, organizer
Of the first All club in existence
which also originated in the coun.
Ity.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03
Former L%exingtonian
Dies Of Heart Attack
Rites Are Held
Monday In TchuIu

James Walden Hester, %
Tchula, died of a heart attack at
4:30 pm, Monday, January 81
in the home of his brother, Law
renee Hester, near Tchula. Fune-
raj rites were held Tuesday after
noon at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Edison Rickles of Tchula, by
the Rev. S. B. Harrington, assist
ed by the Rev. H. H. Wallace.
He leaves two sisters, Mrs.
Rickles of Tchula and Mrs. Dean
Chadwick of Cleveland; one bro
Their, Mr.. Hester of Tchula. His
parents preceded him in death
several years ago.
Burial was in Odd Fellows
cemetery, Lexington. with pail
bearers Bryan Martin, Byran Mar
tin, Billy Marshall, Gene Chad
wick of Cleveland, D. E. Rickles
and Bobby Love.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03
Beacon Staff
Presents Play
February 10Th

"'The Prom King" a three-act
comedy will be presented by the
Beacon staff Thursday, February
10, at 7:30 pm in Lexington
Grammar School auditorium. Mrs.
Robert Stewart will be director.
An admission will be charged.
The play has a modern setting
with no changes in scenery, and
the entire action taking place in
the office of Miss Gail, a school
teacher. The plot is built around
the selection of a king for the
senior prom, with its resulting hot
political battles, and amusing in
cidents.
Among characters expected to
draw laughs are the over-indul-
gent mother and her son, "mama's
baby"
Stage manager is Mary Aston
Roach; property manager, Mary
Arlyn Young; typists, who will be
ushers, Margaret Diggs, Rebecca
Ellison and Shirley Ship.
The cast of characters in order
of entrance follows: Miss Gail,
schoolteacher, Barbara Majors;
Tom, Don, Steve, Jack and Bob,
high school boys, played by Par
ham Williams, Bobby herman,
Banks Shepherd, Charles Sails
and Jimmy Terry; Gloria, Caro-
lyn, Beverly, Mary Ellen, Mar
jorie and Jane, high school girls,
played by Ann Patterson, Sylvia
Lynn Cohen, Nancy Rathell, AIDE
laide Ramsey, Blanche Legate
and Mary Norwood. Also in the
cast are:
Mundane, a new girl, Gwen
Clack; Mrs. Henning, Bob's mo-
Their, Ann FAINT Davis; Mrs. Mere
,dith. Steve's mother; Willie Jean
Moore; Officer Delaney, Irish pa
trolman, Billy Singleton; DR..
Brooks, attractive physician, Dud-
ley Burwell.
The public is invited.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03
Rites Are Held
For H. B. Brown
Longtime Former
Dies In Jackson

Last rites for H. B. Brown, 81,
longtime farmer of Lexington
RID 2, who died in Jackson Sat-
urday at 2 a. m, were held Mon
day at 2:30 pm. at Southern
Funeral home with the Rev. Paul
D. Bragg in charge. Burial was in
Liberty Chapel cemetery.
Mr.. Brown leaves his wife, Mrs.
Alice Brown; one son, j. M
Brown, Memphis, Tenn; and two
daughters, Mrs. Jimmie Carter
Memphis, and Mrs. H. L. Brock,
Lexington RID 2.
Born February l, 1861, in Lee
flore county, he was married ir
July, 1884 at Drew, and a second
time in October, 1918 in Arkansas
He was a member of the Baptist
church.
Pallbearers were H. H. Brock
H. ". Brock, Alvin Brock, H. E
Brock, Vernon Murphree, and P
+. Martin.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03
Cattle Raisers Boost
Dairy Industry; Say
Less Work, More Pay
Franklin Herder
Predicts Good
Beef Prices

Growing cattle is less trouble
some and more profitable than
growing cotton, according to c..
H. Love, Franklin cattle raiser,
who this week predicts that pric-
es will stay up" if the cold wea-
Their in the northwest continues
killing animals as has been the
case this winter.
With other cattle raisers boost
ers of the county, Mr.. Love testi-
fled to the strong possibilities of
Holmes as a cattle section.
Mr. Love tells that the recent
bad weather has not harmed his
herd of 20, as cattle grown here
are hardy and unused to being
housed. According to A p. Car
| roll, less than five per cent are
furnished sheds in the winter,
where severe climatic conditions
are scarcely known.
Stand Cold Weather
The only way "cold weather
! here will hurt livestock is by
causing farmers to spend more
for feeding than otherwise, ac-
cording to County Agent w. r.
Sullivan, who joins dairy farmers
in the county in giving verbal sup
| port to the industry.
Mr.. Love says he grows almost
a COW to each acre, turning them
on pasture; only planting gras-
ses, legumes and wild winter
peas; moving; and keeping the
| animals in salt; and that beef cat
| tie are more profitable and far
less trouble than cotton.
Cuttle Growers Listed
Other cattle growers in the
county include: Clyde and Hoover
Maxwell of Pickens; D. c. Lundy
"Peewee" Russell and Henri Wat
| son, Lexington; Ras M. Branch
and John Killebrew of Goodman
Erwin Moore, j. M. Powers
Franklin, and w. J. Waits, Good
man. R. H. Owens buys anc
grazes eattle-and sells in the fall
it was said.
According to Mr.. Love in behalf
of the cattle industry here, lever
when cattle are cheap, cotton i:
cheap too, and with the improved
| pastures, dairying dividends are
more profitable than those from
| cotton growing"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03

MANY of those who recognize the
unanswerable logic of this ex-
perienced educator, DR.. George
Benson, speaking from one of
the poorest States in the Union
measured in terms of material
things, will wish to send copies
of DR.. Benson's broadcast with
their personal comments to their
Representatives in Washington
and distribute copies in local ser
vice clubs"
DR.. Benson's address deserves
more space than this Washington
correspondent is able to devote
to it. But here are some of the
specimens of the way he hit the
bulls eye in pointing out, the
real issue before us today is not
merely $500, 600, 900 in aid to our
public schools; the real issue is
whether or not we shall take this
most crucial step toward the
Specialization of America"
He proves very clearly that
should Federal Aid to public
schools become the rule, we may
be assured the principle would
shortly be extended to the junior
college level, DR.. Benson added
further: with the principle in
operation up to the junior college
level, we can expect that it would
gradually be extended to the
senior level. With that accom-
plished, private schools and col
leges would tend to be squeezed
out of existence through one of
two procedures, or a combination
of both. First, Government poll
cies of cheap money and low in
terest rates have destroyed the
effectiveness of their endow-
ments. High income taxes and
high inheritance taxes have also
greatly shrunk the sources from
which gifts for private schools
NAV come. With a federalized
public school system this threat
would become much more serious.
"In the second place, there is
already some agitation for legis-
lation to require all children to
attend schools for National in
doctrination. With a federalized
system of education it isn't diff
ficult to foresee the day when
such legislation would be adopt
ed. and even to The extent that
private schools would be virtually
eliminated
"The real issue is whether we
shall maintain a locally supported
and locally controlled public
school system that would even
tually eliminate local control and
tend to eliminate private and
church related schools and col
leges. The real issue is extreme
ly significant. Upon our decision
hinges the future to this Repub-
lie.
"The consequences are not diff
ficult to foresee. If we even mod
estly subsidize the administration
of the public schools of the Ma
ton, there viii certainly be a
Continued on Page Eight
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03
Residents Reminded
Of City Election

Citizens are reminded of the
special municipal election to be
held Tuesday, February 8, to elect
a marshal, due to the resignation
of w. H. Roach. Candidates for
the office are T. B. Lehman and
E. w. Ellison.
According to c. c. Glover, city
clerk, poll tax receipts will not
be required, but voters must have
registered with the city clerk four
months before the election, and
must be a qualified elector of the
county.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03
New Distributor
For Commercial.

The Commercial Appeal distri-
butorship is being handled by
Mrs. Evelyn Rutledge with head
quarters at Sunshine Cleaners
daily and Sundays. All calls con-
corning mail order subscriptions,
daily or Sunday delivery are re-
quested for referral to the new
distributor.
Mrs. Rutledge announces that
she will appreciate receiving mail
subscriptions from farm fami-
lies, and asks cooperation in get
ting the service started.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03
BALLTEAMS LOSE

Tchula beat Lexington 1926 in
the Girls game played at Tchula
Friday night. Tuesday nights
games with Winona were cancel
led due to the roads Games are
scheduled with McAdams there
on February 4, and with Cox
burg, Tuesday night, February 8.
The county tournament is sche-
duled for next week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03
.Stote College Men
Practice Agriculture
Teaching Here

John c. Davis of CoffeevilIe.
and Gene Novel;, of Durant, agri-
culture students from Mississip-
pi State college, have been assign
ed to practice teaching at Ley
ington High school under o. A.
Cleveland, il has been announc-
ed. Both men n staying with
Mrs. J. N. Hall.
Both seniors at State college
they will be here six weeks. The,
will attend the Baptist church.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03
RECEIVES FOOT INJURIES

Fay Shanks, two : year : old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin
Shanks of Ala Boulevard, received
injuries to her right foot recently
when she stepped on broken glass.
causing several stitches to be
taken. She was still unable to
walk on the foot on Tuesday of
this week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03
Patients At The Hospital

Henry Fades, Cruger
Mrs. V. c. Curtis, Tchula
Mrs Wardine Ables, Lexington
Mrs. Belle Mcdaniel, Lexington
Laddie Williamson, Durant
Colored
Ephraim Skinner, Black Hawk
Caesar Mcdaniel Lexington
Nathan Ellis, Tchula
Ben Wesley Woodley, Cola
Matte, Russell, Tchula
Ida Mitchell, Tchula
Maude Weeks, Durant
Maggie Stroughter, Tchula
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03
Icy BIitz Besieges
Countians, On Wake
First Snowfall
Temperatures Rise,
Warmer Weather
Come With Ruin

The six-inch blanket of snow
which fell over the county Sum-
day, rendering impossible or near
impossible roads and highways,
and making driving and walking
hazardous, had by Monday start
ed melting as the below freezing
temperatures began to climb.
Schools were dismissed on Mon
day, and at ii a. m. on Tuesday
as a result of the snow and ice.
Nothing major was reported in
freezing of telephone wires or in
slowing of local telegraph service.
Churches were closed on Sun
day night due to the snow, most Of
which fell between 8 am. and S
pm. Tuesday nights ballgames
with Winona were postponed due
to the condition of the roads.
Of major event because it was
q six-inch snow, also the first
snow of the year, the occurrence
created excitement, especially
among school children .
No Trouble Calls
No trouble calls were received
by the local Mississippi Power and
Light company, not even from ma
tural gas customers, due to the
low pressure.
The below-freezing temperature
which followed the snow result
ed in individual water supplies
being cut off to prevent freez-
ing of pipes.
According to Jesse Walton,
amateur weather recorder, the
lowest temperature for the past
month was IA degrees. Total in
ches of snow Sunday exceeded
considerably that of last yeart
during the bitterly cold, freezing
snap.
Lost Yeur Worse
Differences we're noted in the
sleet which fell last year, burden
ing power and light, and tele-
phone lines, and resulting I'm icI~
err streets and pavements than
prevailed this week from the
snow.
Heavy rainfalls of the month
caused the snow to stick, and to
lie on the ground longer; the cold
to be mor penetrating due to
the excess of humidity; and ac-
counted for more ice than would
otherwise have been noted, if no
accumulation of moisture had ex-
listed. :
Temperatures Rise Monday !
Rising temperatures melted
snow and ice in Louisiana and
Mississippi beginning Monday and
continuing through the week. with
prediction that Wednesdays tenn
perature would soar to SIS de-
grees.
The change in weather was sud-
den and unexpected, as typical
early spring weather had been
evidenced the week before. Sew
eral degrees fall in temperature
was noted on Saturday, with be-
ginning cloudy weather.
No local accidents have been re-
ported due to weather.
The local conditions were a
part of the 1one-felt blitz which
has besieged the West for weeks
and which enveloped the region
from the Ohio river to the Gulf,
hitting Arkansas the hardest.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03
Carthage Presbyterian
To Preach Here Sunduy

The Rev. Dwyn M. Mounger.
pastor of the Presbyterian church.
Carthage, will supply the Presby-
terian pulpit here Sunday, Febru-
airy 6, at ii a. m.
Special music has been arrang-
ed. The public is cordially invited
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03

Mrs. ]. F. Carpenter and Sam
of Lexington spent the week end
in jackson with her son, Aaron
Carpenter and family. While
there Mrs. Carpenter attended a
quartet contest at Central High
school.
Emmett Reese was in Memphis
on business recently.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03
WINS $3.50

Miss Alice Byrd, sales clerk at
Miller's Five and Ten cent store,
won $3.50 on a so per cent ticket
at Wednesdays Appreciation Day
drawing on the Square.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03
WV TO MEET

Ohio c. Byrd post and auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars will
meet Tuesday, February 8, at 7:30
pm. at Alb Taylor Memorial home.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-02-03

Marion Petty spent Saturday in
Lexington. He is a student at HJC
Hungry Horse news., 1949-02-18
Falls Shorthorns Have
Major Part In Show

Registered shorthorns from Col
umbia Falls farms will have a
big part of the spotlight at the
Northwestern Montana Shorthorn
Breeders annual sale March 16
at the county fair grounds.
Brad Violin will have Rockford
Champion, Rockford Ransom,
Rockford Rambler, Rockford Roam
Bess, Gypsy Rose Lee, all early
calves for sale; Robert G. Feenan
will have May calves, Tammany
Duke and Wildwood Prince,
Russell Warner, Gold Emblem
Duke, a 1913 calf, and Ramsden's
Red knight, a 1916 bull. Corn
flower of Ashley End, is a 1912
cow being offered by Leonard
Archie Wright of Creston has
" CIV RS Crown Prince and
VCVR's Roam Lad, with other
ntries coming from near Kalis-
ell, Highwood, Roman and Rolla,
I. Oak.
Hungry Horse news., 1949-02-18
Phillips &c Gets
New Area Outlets

Effective Wednesday, the Wap-
It'll Trading Post, Neil Keim's sta
ton on U. S. highway No. 2, Hun
cry Horse became distributor
of Phillips sc gasoline and other
products.
The station had been a Shell
Oil outlet, but with withdrawal
of Shell company from Montana,
there is a new lineup. Tommy
Thompson, the Kalispell Shell dis
tributor, is taking over Phillips
66, and it is understood that Otto
Fehlberg's Coram Tourist service
will become an outlet.
Hungry Horse news., 1949-02-18
Hungry Horse
Ruth Van OStra,,d Fern Steffoe

Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Neil Keim were Mr.. ana
Mrs. Fred Brees, of GSM. and
Jerry Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Stewart
ana family spent Sunday at the
Waily Florin home in Apgar. Thew
enjoyed a lovely dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Van Ostrand
served chicken dinner to Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Sharr of South
Fork.
Inc card club met at Jane Neus-
taders in Coram last Wednesday
Hlgh in bridge went to Ruth Van
ostrand and high in pinochle went
to Fern Steffes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Van Ostrand
and F'reckles are visiting Paul,s
parents for about a week.
Ernie Tarral went to Calf
TO get his wife and daughter
The children of this area hove
enjoyed their second free show
we want to thank all thoso no.
sponsible.
Everyone l have talked to is
enjoying the snow, so we saw LET
| snow, let it snow, let it snow
Ihere was fire at the .Jenkins
'nower room last weekend. The
luck action of the renters saved
he place. ~
Hungry Horse news., 1949-02-18
Equipment Caravan For
Park Due This Weekend

Glacier national parks equip
ment caravan is due in this week
end from Chicago where the We
,1icles and material was transfer
red from war surplus.
There's a 25-ton "highboy" flat
bed, a 16-ton lowboy; a large die
sci truck van; 10 ton van, i
diesel truck, a 1000 gallon gaso-
line truck; a carry-all panel truck,
a station wagon, a dump truck and
two stake body trucks along with
new shop air compressor, a big
bulldozer, a shop mule, two rub.
Der tired tractors and miscelan-
eous equipment.
Dave Cannavina is driving from
Omaha; the rest are coming from
Chicago, A.. c. Thuring, Dave
Nelson, Harold Mahoney, Ray
Price, and there'll be some freight
car shipment. Already returned is
Asst. Supt. George Miller and Bob
Morris.
Hungry Horse news., 1949-02-18

change now and then in the Child
ren's show jars, which most of the
business places have. The kids
are really enjoying the shows so
let's keep it going.
Don't forget the kids Ski races
at Bolton Saturday. 1t should be
fun.
Mrs. Harold Nichols entertained
at birthday party Sunday in hon
or of her son, Colin who was five.
He received several gifts, and gam
es were played by the guests.
Those present were Leo Edwards,
Kathy Sharr, Paula and Betty Ann
Murphy, Kay Cooper, Ronnie Irh-
Ike, Vonnie, Perry and Hughie Nj
chols. Sig Johnson and Harvey
Nichols were also present.
Kay Cooper, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dayton Cooper, had her ton
sils out Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Edwards are
proudly displaying a new refrig-
orator. :.
Anyone knowing the where
abouts of Dell Nash, formerly of
s'ortine, Mont, and believed to be
n this vicinity please notify Bert
ofander, 1922 Illinois avenue,
Caldwell, Idaho. Not related to
he South Fork Washes.
Hungry Horse news., 1949-02-18

and Mrs. Ernie Gilchrist and fam.
lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Eckleberry
and Mrs. Nina Eckelberry were
Tuesday visitors at the Frank
Logan home.
Henry Eckleberry and Mr.. and
Mrs. Gerald Eckleberry were busl.
ness callers in Whitefish, Monday.
A group of neigbors and friends
gathered at the home of the new.
ly weds, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Strauss, Friday evening. After
the cha1vari the party went on
to the Sunrift hall and enjoyed the
dance being held there.
Mrs. Viola Wendt took her lea
Their craft to Columbia Falls, Tues
day evening where she took part
N the "Whittlecraft"@ display be-
ing held there.
The school held it's valentine
party Monday afternoon. The chill
1ren always took forward to "Old
st. valentines Day. They enjoyed
ne treats by the teachers after
he valentines were passed oft