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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05
Stores To Report
On Credit Practices
In u. 5. Census

practices in the nations distribu-
tive trades will be determined in
the Census of Business to be con-
Quoted by the United States Bu-
reau of the Census during the
spring of 1949. This census. the
first of its kind since 1889, will
cover 1913 business operations of
the three million wholesale, retail
and service trade establishments
in the country.
One of more than 300 district
field officers of the Census Blu
reau through which the Business
Census will be conducted has
been established in Clarksdale.
Census enumerators working out
of this office will interview own
ers and managers of all retail,
wholesale, and service establish
ments in the Clarksdale to obtain
information on local credit prac-
tees as well as other facts about
business operations. Mrs. McNair
is the Census district supervisor
in charge here.
TO Report Sales
Retail stores whose annual sales
exceed $780, 900 will be asked to
report the amounts of net sales
for 1948, subdividing the total
into:
a. Cash and c. o. ID. sales
b. Charge accounts and open
credit sales
C. Instalment or deferred pay
ment plans
Data also will be collected on
balances due from customers US
ing charge accounts and open Gre
dit, and from those who made
their purchases on installment or
deferred payment plans.
Wholesale establishments will
report:
a. Amount of 1913 credit sales
b. Accounts and notes receiv-
able outstanding as of December
81, 1948, and December 81, 1947
c. Number of credit accounts
December 81, 1948
d. Bad debt losses receivable
written off during 1948 as I'M
collectible)
Statistics to be published upon
completion of the Census will re-
veal changes and developments
within the credit structure that
have occurred during a decade of
business expansion augmented
to unprecedented dimensions by
consumer spending. Credit in
formation will be available on a
national scale, and for those
states, areas. and county groups
where business concentration is
sufficient to provide summaries
that will not reveal the activities
of individual establishments.
Other Data To Be Compiled
Other data to be compiled in the
Census include number of tsores
and total sales, number of pro-
prietors of unincorporated bust
.nesses, payroll and employment,
sales analysed by principal mer-
chandise lines, and inventories or
merchandise on hand at the begin
ming and end of 1948.
Reporting forms, prepared by
the Census Bureau in cooperation
with representatives of more than
so trade associations and with
other organizations operating in
the interests of business, will be
personally distributed and col
lected by some $500 official
enumerators. The forms are
tailored to meet special informa-
tional needs of individual trade
segments.
Original Census of Business
legislation provided for the first
Census of the field, taken in 1880
and for similar censuses at ten
year intervals.
New Legislation Enotced
New legislation, Public Law
67l, enacted by the Both Con-
gress, marks an important change
in frequency with which the ma
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05
Notice

MAKE OLD FLOORS look like
new. Rent our High-Speed
Floor Sander, Edger and Polish
ing Machine and Vacuum
Cleaner. - Low Rates.
3: Telephone is ::
Western Auto Associate Store
3-tfnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05

FOR SALE - Ten registered pol
led Hereford bulls. $150-$3OO.
H. P. Watson, Jr., phone 126.
1-3tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05

TAKEN UP - Dark brown cow
at my place, mile north of Lex
ington. Lula B. Porter, P. 0.
Box 244. 3-2tp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05

FOR SALE - One lot 50x100 tt.
Also two houses for rent. For
further information call 319-W,
c. L. Horton. 3-2tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05

FOR SALE - One Smith heavy
duty welding torch complete
with six welding tips, cutting
attachment, gauges and tip
cleaners, also new hose and Cog
giles. Will sell reasonable. Louie
B. Nichols. 3-4tp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05

SALE - BY owner, two
story seven room house, modern
bath. automatic water heater,
butane system, barn, servants
house and garage. Large lot
with garden. Mrs. w. H. Taylor,
West, Miss. Phone 187-W-1.
2-33-2tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05

ATTIC FAN - One new 48 inch
Hunter attic fan, " HIP. motor.
$159.5O. Lexington Lumber Co.
3-1tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05

FLOOR SANDING and finishing.
Both old and new floors. Phone
So. Curtis Moore. 2-5tp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05

INSULATE and beat the sum-
mer's heat with lockwood. Call
Lexington Lumber Co., phone
400. 3-1tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05

FOR SALE - One new 30-inch
window fan. One-third hip. mo-
tor. Call Thomas, 336-J. 3-ltnp
FOR SALE - DPL Cottonseed
No. IA. j. T. Thomas, Cruger.
49-tfnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05

FOR SALE - 800 blu. sound ear
corr at SIPS bushel at my farm.
Jack Killebrew, Cruger, Miss
3-1tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05

WANTED - Large fresh eggs.
will pay 38c dozen. City Mar
ket, phone 277, Lexington.
3-1tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05

FOR SALE+Coker pedigreed
Wild's cottonseed. Cotton sold for
S0-51 cents. $3.50 busheL Mrs.
lnez Roach.
39p 40tfnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05

FOR SALE - Farmall A planter,
cultivator, breaking pillow, and
power lift. Has just been over
hauled and painted. See or
call John Kimbrough, 1881,
Lexington. 3-3tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05

STOP AT Leila's Antique Shop,
highway 81, north, Durant. For
appointments nights and Sun
dayS, call 542-J.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05

p e w + e r s
FOR SALE - New - One noise
less portable . one 1919 model
portable.
Phone ll6 - Lexington
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05

FOR SALE - Lot at END OF An
drew St; also 100 by 200 foot
lot ON Spring st. Mrs. Marcia
Jackson, phone 35-R. 49-tfnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05

FOR SALE - 100 acres of land
with 5-room house and out
buildings. Will sell for $500,
Located seven miles from Lex
ington on Durant road. Write
James l.. Burren, Rt. S, Lex
ington, Miss. 3-4tp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-05-05
CLASSIFIED ADS
For Sale

FOR SALE = Shepherd puppies:
$3.50 males. $40 for females.
Pedigreed. S. E. Ellis, Ri. l,
West. 3-2tp
The Valley settler., 1949-07-15
FISH
REBULD
 CREEK

4 group of volunteer works, who an- ticipatod tho need of q bridge on Fish Creek, banded together in a group to combine work and pleasure in rebuilding the washed out bridge. Tho work was divided up so that somo worked on tho bridge Whilo tho others caught fish. The group also in cluded four women who prepared and served lunch to the WorHmen. Tho group included { and we hopo we have all of the names) John Bush, Vern Donaldson, Tom Lopak, MT. and Mrs. L.C. Stock, Ralph Goodrich, Harry and Karla Duff, Vivian Good rich, Dee Johansen, Bruce Graham, Ralph Dye, Bill Hoskins, Leon Faurie and Maud Hosler.
 The party went all prepared for wot weather as it was raining in Palmor when they loft, but to their sur prise there was no rain at Fish Creek.
 MRS FOHN -t4ANSEN ARRIVES
 Mrs. E4dia Fohn-Hansen stopped in
 the Valley on her way to anchorage
 from irbankS this week. She was
The Valley settler., 1949-07-15
TMe EXTENOEO 70 HlE PROPtR1Y TAX

The Alaska Property Tax Act states that on or before the 18th day of July, l949, every person shall sub init in duplic ate to tho Assessor of the Judicial Division in which the property is located a roturn of his property and of the property held or controlled by him in a ropros sontative capacity.
 The Board of Assessment and Equal1- zation has received numerous requests from property owners for an extension of timo in which to file thoir TO- turns. FIG. Hanford, Chairman-at- Large of the Territorial Board, has conferred with M.P .Mullanoy, Terri torial Tax Commi ssionor, and it has been decided that the date of filing the property asses sment form shall bo extended to August 5l, l9A9. The asses smont forms are in the pro- coss of being mailed at tho present time and stipulato the roturn daGo Of July 18th. "hi1o this datc under tho new ruling may bo ignored, the assessor in your division would ap- preciato the returns being mailed in as soon as possible.
 N.P. MUILiNEY
 TX COMMISSIONER
The Valley settler., 1949-07-15
FOHN -f1ANSEN ARRIVES

Mrs. EHdia Fohn-Hansen stopped in the Valley on her way to Anchorage from F. irbanks this week. She was accompanied by Mrs. Lois Copper of Anchorage.
 Mrs. Fohn-Hanson will be back again on Monday to conduct the workshop on furniture repair in the Grange Hall beginning Monday of next week.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12

1t has been discovered recently
that x-ray fitting machines in shoe
stores are the cause of permanent
injuries, especially to children.
Daytonians are cautioned against
exposing themselves and their
children to more than once or twice
during a shopping tour to the
damaging rays.
A spokesman for a Dayton shoe
store has been quoted as stating
that he has had the machine in
operation for fifteen years with
injury to anyone. He should have
added, so far as he knows, for
it is possible to impair certain
badly tissues without Immediately
detecting it.
X-rays are rays Of very high
frequency. They are obtained by
charging a plate of a vacuum
tube cathode ray tube). Altho
the rays are directed to a "tar-
get" many Of them are "scatter-
ed" in all directions. These "scat-
tered" rays do the damage. Those
who have x-rays taken have pro-
badly noted that the technician
views the microscopic image thru
reflecting mirrors.
Scattered x-rays are absorbed
by the tissues of the body. This
absorption is what happens when
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12
A Move to Cain
characterization
By the II. C.. A.

The annual faculty institute at
Wilberforce University was held
last week. The theme was the Ev-
aluation Of the Educational Pro-
gram at Wherefore University.
The aim of the institute was to
discuss the mean by which the
school could gain reconciliation
by the North Central Association.
The accrediation was lost as a re-
suit of the internecine squabble
which brewed for several years at
Wherefore. The dispute was
climaxed by the break two years
ago into two schools, one operated
by the church, the other by the
state.
D. Charles Hill, president of
Wherefore, led the institute.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12
NAACP Executive
Committee to Meet
Tonight

The Executive Committee of
the Dayton branch of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People will meet this
evening at 8 pm. The meeting
will be held in the association of
flee at 1920 West Fifth street.
Granville Reed, Jr., is president
and Miley Williamson is executive
secretary of the association. Reed,
who is also pastor of Wayman
Chapel AME church, will probably
resign his post as he is to leave
Dayton permanently to assume the
pastorate in a Chicago church.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12
Search For White
Killers Of Negro
Farmer in Georgia
CAMBRIDGE. Ga.-(ANP) No

49,
progress has been made in the
investigation of last weeks brutal
murder of a prosperous Negro
farmer by a group of white men.
All that local officials have
found is a rifle bullet: everything
else is still a mystery.
The victim, Hollis Rifles, So, pros
porous owner of a 2OO-acre farm
was shot down by a group Of
whites after he had ordered two
whites off his property as they
decided to go fishing. A Negro
witness to the shooting, Jesse
Gordon, said the murderers drove
away in two automobiles with one
license plate covered.
Riles was buried Wednesday in
his pecan grove : this was a special
request of his. His wife asked
that no funeral services be held.
This incident was not the first
time the dead man had been the
target Of whites trespassing on his
property to go fishing. In May a
similar incident occurred, but he
CONTINUED on Page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12
Conference of the
NAACP Be Held
November 9-l2

Mrs. Ruby Hurley, youth secre-
tary Of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, announced over the week
end that the 18th annual youth
conference of the Association will
be held in Dayton, Ohio, on Nov
ember 9-12. The conference will
be attended by delegates from
youth councils and college chap
tiers from all over the country.
The conference of the Ohio
branches of the NAACP will be
held in Youngstown on Septem-
Der 1926.
It was also announced from the
National office in the Willkie
building in New York City that
Albert Henderson of Piqua, presi-
dent of the Ohio State conference
of NAACP Youth Councils and
College Chapters, has been ap-
pointed to the Ohio State Com
mission on Children and Youth.
The commission is one of the
many state groups that will help
inthe promotion of the Mid-century
White Conference on Children and
Youth.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12
Sugar Ray Will Meet
Charles Dotson 1onite

Sugar Ray Robinson will engage
in his first bout since KONG
Steve Belloise in Houston, Texas
tonight. The welterweight king and
and uncrowned middleweight
champ will face meet Charley Dot
son, ST. Louis welterweight, in a
10-round non-titie bout. This will
be the feature event of a 80
round card.
Sugar Ray, one of the most dis
liked fighters in the ring, but con-
sidered by experts the greatest
ever, pound for pound, was
scheduled to fight for promoter
Ray Smith last April, but con-
tractual difficulties prevented the
fight from coming off at that
time.
Robinson has incurred the
jealous wrath of whites for
several reasons. First off, he is a
Negro and the greatest in his pro-
fession. What is worse is a Negro
who is independent. He refuses to
be drawn into the managerial trap
that all other fighters including
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12
Previewing
"Home Of the


A special preview of the motion
picture, "Home of the Brave" was
held at Loews theater this morn
ing at 9 am. Admittance was by
invitation only. "Home of the
Brave is the picture with the Ne
gro theme which has been stimu-
lating a great deal of comment
in recent months. A war picture, it
is one Of the first Hollywood pro-
auctions to present the Negro cast
out of the usual stereotype.
Mr.. Paige Strickland, publisher
the the EXPRESS, was among
those attending the premier.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12

Charles is in. He manages his
w affairs and, as a business
man, is eminently successful. Any
one who has visited Harlem will
see the results of his investments
of 9TH Avenue between 123rd and
124th streets.
Before Robinson could get a
shot at the Welterweight title he
had to wait five years. And then
Marty Servo, the "champ" at the
time, retired before meeting Sugar.
Robinson only got the title shot
because fandom would no longer
put up with the disgraceful run
around he had been getting. Now
he will probably get the same
thing in his bid for the middle
weight title. Imagine, the man who
nov is called the middleweight
champion" has been beaten by
Sugar Ray in 4 out Of 5 bouts!
The New York destroyer should
encounter little difficulty in dis
posing of Dotson. In fact, we
wager, he has not even trained
for the fight.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12
From the Police bIotter
BY Jimmie N. Jones
BY Jimmie N. Jones

Fifteen men were arrested as
they left the Leisure Hour Club
Friday night and charged by
sherriff's deputies as being drunk
following the opening of the club.
According tothe officers, the club
had not been operating for several
days and since the closing by
order of the court for alleged
bootlegging.
The arrests were made by depu-
ties Ed. Hampel and Homer
Sweeney.
Mrs. Christian M. butcher, 46,
of 1876 Lexington ave., told police
that she was the victim of a "push
and run" theft who attacked her
about LIS Saturday morning when
she got off the bus at the corner
of Rosedale and Lexington ave.
According to Mrs. butcher, the
thief pushed her to the ground and
grabbed her purse containing the
amount of SIS and a $40 pair
of glasses and ran.
Two persons were hospitalized
in Dayton following auto accidents
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12

in the city and County: Martha
Arnold, 26 of 226 1-2 Franklin
st. was sent to the Miami Valley
hospital as a result of a two car
collision at Oxford and Hanover
SITS. Two others trated at the hospi-
tai and released were: Willie Mae
Mines 20, of 29 Weidner ST.,
fractured ribs, and Eleanor Parks
10, of % Pease St.. According to
the report, the accident accured
at lam. Saturday morning and
Mrs. Arnold suffered a possible
pelvis fracture and scalp wounds.
Police are holding an unnamed
suspect in the robbery Of a filling
station at 342 Abbey ave. at 2:30
Saturday morning. According to
Cruiserman d. T. Carol and c..
V. Masters, they observed a broken
window as they passed the station
and observed a man getting into
an automobile without lights in
the driveway of the station. The in
vestigation revealed the man was
armed with a 38 caliber revolver
Continued on Page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12
X Ray Fitting Machine
In Shoe Stores Cause
injuries

a person stands on a shoe fitting
machine. And the most affected
areas are the vital organs. X-rays
sterilize a person.
This does not mean that one
o rtwo exposures will injure a
person. But Dayton parents should
use extreme care in exposing their
children to the rays. 1t is more
serious than one is apt to think
it is.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-09-12

PHONE YOUR NEWS TIPS to
the Daily Express, 1907 German
town street, by calling HEmlock
1915.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14
DULUTH NEWS

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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14
BATTERIES ON rsr meas

Laying hens ksps IN batteries win
lay ilSs ~ many saas ne hFst year
- In conventional laying houses. n
the battery Fpom 10 wsli insulated
and ventilated 80 a. 10 control TEN.
psrsluFs changes, according 10 re-
slIHh ~ nine years al lests 81 the
oEeRoA state college podltTy de-.
paFtmsnt Hens kept Tor Tire second
year lay better In commercial
h0eses. the tests indicated. when
eomparAble aocks Kept In batteries
the arst year we're divided. with
half plaesd In commercial laying
houses Battery hens make salts.
factory breeders, the second year u
released Into normal hooF eondi.
tons. ths tests also showed.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14
Bee Colonies Cut Down
BY Poisonous Chemicals

More and mere commercial bee.
keepers are going 20 leave Cali.
ternia unless their heavy losses q
ecloniss killed. by poisonous cherni
Gals are cut down sharply.
That's not . scare statement
rs . plain fact" said nr J, r.
EekeTL University Il California
college Ct agriculture Npicuiturist
Thousands % colonies already
have been moved 10 other states 10
escape this chemical hazard"
Some TOO. 90 acres a California
ffults and seed crops DEPEND hsaVt
y On bees tcr poliihatiOu. EckaFt
pointed out Plenty Of bees, provtd
81 BY commercial bCskeepers. IN,
crease the yields MARKEDLY,
However, about aA,0ao colonies
vahsed at over $4,000 are killed
each year BY poison lnsScuefdes
No estimated. There are about 80, &.
90 colonies IN California.
"fsSekespers recognise the nFees
sity q using chemicals 10 control
crop pests, weeds. ard plant dis
eases," Eekcrt explained. ''Tlut
they want them applied 10 give
ne most pEy1seucn 10 bees and
beneficial insects
On solution would b 10 eunfins
ell chemicals 10 The ereps treated. :"
hs proposed Improved efficiency
q application. better timing b AIR
more rests and less bees. and uss
u chemicals hast toxic - bees
WOSild al cut down the hAtaFSie %
ehen,irAl nolsaalnF % hNNa"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14
"TsrrOr Bird" Of Long Ago
Restored by Taxidermists

About 1850 ths scientific world
was Startlsd BY me report from
Argsniiha 81 ne discovery Of Too.
81 remains % several enormous
hirda
Seine were eight tost In height
Thsy we're obviously eaFniVoFOus
and must have presented . tsTTify-
lMn appeaFanee In life, says Ellen
y, Smith, associate, dlviaion a.
birds. chicago Neutral History ma.
ssum. The range Al ne period h
which members % thls group lived
ives estimated a. between sl1hi
ana % nsliiion pears ago. varying
win different species.
Although the largest a thsss
enormous flesh eaters was the
aighl-foot nrOntornis, the smaller
MeneInbFlornls was perhaps even
more formidable, Mesembrioruis
was only i've feet high. but II vas
much better equipped % q bird of
prey than the more sunbsFpotne
nronloTuia.
nuIil taE speed. II must have
been q phenomsnaiiy fast runner.
probably using he propartIonntaiy
small winEs 70 help maintain ila
balance, foF n was incapable II
niaht Strong feet and biE curved
claws combined with its huge head
and powerful hooked hsak 10 make
q probably the Hf0st dangerous
bird ever 10 have existed,
n was restored recently a ne
Chicago Natural History museum
IN al ita frlahthil niea. and II saii.
Cd the Terror bird"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-01-14

NVNNNS w INSTRUMENTATION
NOTICE ~ HEREBY OWEN that
BURGESS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
. Minnesota corporation. was incor.
pOFated on the 1tst dAY Of DeCsm-
her, iSNs. that the general nature
OF the business 10 be conducted by
said corporation h. to manufacture,
publish, buy, sell ana deal in books
domestic and foreign. manuscripts
and papers and 20 do all things
nscsaaAFy, Incidental ar convenient
Tor the operation Of said business
or buaineRses, INCLUDING the pub
itshinG business, To borrow money.
TO incur obligations and 10 assume
son. Individual or corporation. In
any sum or amount The address Of
It's registered office 10 taG south
sixth Street. Minneapolis. MiRHss0-
-; the names and addresses % Ito
lncoTpoTatOrs are a. follows.
Thomas ysRhum. tsos Country Club
Road. Minneapolis Minnesota
n l. NsWhAll, tT, 1904 James Ave
niue south. Minneapolis. Minnesota
r. d RWeen, ~ Eleventh Avenue
south. Hopkins, Minnesota
The names and addresses Of It's
first Beard Of Directors are as fol.
lows
nue. south. Minneapolis, Minnesota
a I Heck with, AStS Upton Avenue
south, Minneapolis. Minnesota
G \ Hutchinson. t5SS West 3sth
street, ST Louis Park. Minnesota
n y Wander Bic. rel East tSth
Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota
HURoEss PuBI.isHiNo COMPANY
vsunum. Neville. wright a
NeWhAtl
AttoTneys for Burgess Pub.
fishing Company
Northwestern Rank Building
Minneapolis. Minnesota
published In Minneapolis
Spokesman. January H. is4Sl