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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-10-20

When a man does his job well, it is only natural Tor
him to be proud of his accomplishments, and enthusiastic
about his work. That's why the oil industry is celebrating
"Oil Progress Week" this week. Oil men have done their job
well, and the 100000 persons in the industry are justly
proud and enthusiastic about their industry, their service
record, and the countless benefits that flow from their handi-
work in a constantly increasing stream, Frightening our
lives and enriching all of us. Typically American in its grow
tn and operations, the petroleum industry through the years
has played a leading role in the transformation of the United
States from the horse and buggy days of yesteryear to the
bountiful existence that we now enjoy.
During "Ol Progress Week, which begins October
16 and continues through October %, the industry will hold
"open house. SO that the public can see for itself how oil is
found and produced, transported and refined, compounded
and marketed, how it's utilization has stepped up the tempo
of production and mobility, and how it has contributed to
the standard of living which has made our country the envy
of the other nations of the world.
Much of the story will be told by means of slide films,
movies, pamphlets and handbooks. Speeches and ~broadcasts
will point up the social significance of oil, both as a product
and as an industry. Reporting directly to the people like
this, and keeping them informed of achievements and OBJ
Jectives is an old American tradition; coil Progress Week"
is a fine example of democracy at work, and effectively mir
the public spirit of this great industry.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-10-20
by Reynolds Knight

NEW YORK, Oct. IL 'Tech-
nology" got a lot of the blame for
the economic doldrums that made
the thirties SO depressing. MA
chinery is what's putting SO many
out of work." people said.
In any future depression -
some folks again will become in
censed about mechanical jugger-
whenever that may be, and we
nauts, without bothering to look
behind the rapid march of me-
chanization and understand its
chief cause.
Actually mans reliance upon
the machine is speeded up by
many years whenever wage rates
60 so high as to throw production
costs out Of line with consumer
purchasing power. Take the
railroads, for example. Before the
war when labor was plentiful and
reasonable, rail officials held back
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-10-20
Progress Of Women

we believe that women today busly engaged in tner
iobs and professions or secure in the rearing OF their 1amlles
or in management of their own properties either earned Ny
themselves or left them by their fathers or husbands are
somewhat unmindful of the privilege that is theirs anu
Of the debt they owe to other women leaders and men OF
visions in the ~yesteryear.
Not always could a woman manage her own proper
tv. That was a right enjoyed exclusively by men. MOI always
has she had full legal right over the control of her own cnio-
rep There was a time in the history of the country when nus
hands could give guardianship of unborn children not TO ms
wife. but to a total stranger; a time when 1t was perIecuy
legal for a man to chastise his wife with a whip no larger
than her wedding ring and to restrain her liberty on the
theory that he was her conscience and answerable Tor her
wrong-doing.
Modern American women, enjoying more rights ana
privileges than any other women in the world, laugh at such
notions.
But we do not always remember that women who have
been fighting for womens' rights through the years ana
some of the men who have stood shoulder to shoulder with
them should be given a full measure OF credit Tor the pro-
gress we have enjoyed.
Usually when a woman is spoken of as being a
feminist it is in a tone of distaste by both women and men.
But it is those early feminists and the ideals to which
they subscribed that we enjoy our rights today.
We think that this week Of October dedicated
10 the annual observance of National Business Women's
Week would be 9 fitting time to give credit to those carry
National Federation of Business and Professional Womens
club, an organization which today takes the lead in the pro-
motion of the progress Of women everywhere in the world.
BPW Clubs everywhere all over the world are engaged
IN the movement to secure better opportunities for women,
to secure equal pay for equal work, to obtain full recognition
IN every line of work seeking for ability to be established as
the standard for a job or profession rather than sex.
BPW as the foremost organization in promoting the
advancement of women deserves a lot of respect and commen-|
dation from every woman, whether she be in her home, class
room or business.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-10-20

ventor ever heard that there's a
union which concerns itself with
such matters as minimum and
numbers of bricks
which shall be laid on the job
per day? At any rate, it is said
this machine will enable an un-
trained man after 80 minutes of
practice to put down two to
three thousand bricks in an eight
hour day, thus saving builders up
to SO cents a square foot. "Any
reasonable acceptance" of the de-
vice by the construction industry
cut at least 500 million a
year from building costs, the in
ventor suggests A lamp for
reading in bed that can be
clamped right on to your book -.
A broom with plastic bristles, par
ticularly good for sweeping up
water, it is said, because the brist-
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having everything ready at the
new Health Center.
I Mayor Povall
Mayor Povall made a few brief
remarks citing the interest of the
city in public health and pledging
cooperation at all times with its
splendid detectives. He especial
ly thanked members of the BPW
club for their part in the days
activities.
H. II. Johnson
Hon. H. H. johnson, attorney
for the Board of Supervisors, act
ing on their behalf, presented the
building to the county stressing
that it was a county building and
not just for Lexington alone.
DIR. Weeks then introduced Dr..
Kicks, the speaker, as the man in
the State Health Department who
has done more than any other
person in the state office for
Holmes county. We owe DR..
Kicks more than anyone else, DR..
Weeks added.
P. H. williams
Following the 10-minute speech
of DR.. Kicks the building was ac-
cepted for the people of Holmes
county by Hon. Parham H. Will
liams, chancery clerk, who said
Mississippi was foremost in the
nation when it came to matters
of public health.
The service ended with the
mass singing of the Star Spangl-
ed Banner with music by the Lex
ington school band and open
house at the Center where hum
dreds visited the building.
Members of the BPW club acted
as h~ostesses registering the guests
and serving punch. The entire
building was beautifully decorat-
ed with flowers by the BPW club
with Mrs. Norquist as chairman
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-10-20
Behind The Scenes
In American Business

SoR@iioANS SAoApiiA(hi
for roadbed maintenance. Now,
with high hourly rates and a 40
hour week in effect, the roads are
turning more and more to machi-
mes. A recent survey showed, for
example, that with common labor
averaging $1.10 an hour a railroad
could save as much as $3.50 a
year for each ST, 900 it invested in
machinery for roadway upkeep.
- The way
Americans carry on about the
World Series and other sports is
sometimes bemoaned sby long
faced folk who think we should
not neglect the more serious
things in our enthusiasm for
sports. But the "fair play" atti-
tude that sports stress is well in
grained in Americans, and it
shows up in many ways - inn
portant ones, too. Right now ex-
amples of it are much in evidence
in connection with a very serious
subject indeed, the governments
suit to break up the A & P food
stores. A number of competitors
of the A & P have come forward,
many buying paid space to do so,
with messages Of support for the
chain. One of the most notable
of these was an ad carried by c.
Whit Blount for his Groceteria in
the Waynesboro, Georgia, True
Citizen.
Key sentences: "The so-called
trust busters charge that A & P
controls some of the production
and processing ends of the food
business. AS a result, they hold
the price down on foods. Well,
what's wrong with this? If A &
P holds the costs down, it makes
our suppliers hold their costs
down to the same competitive ie-
vel. They can sell cheaper, and so
can wei" The Atlantic Journal
editorially called the ad "a fine
example of craftsmanship in bust
ness" 1t won't hurt Mr. Blount's
own business, either.
THINGS TO COME - A square
television bulb that will permit
the viewing of 100 per cent of the
transmitted picture Any por-
table electric saw can be turned
into a fixed bench saw by use of
a new clamping device called
"Saw-Gide" Windows can
now be frosted just like cake.
Sapolin Paints, Inc, has develop
ed a paint which can be sprayed
or brushed on to initiate a frosted
glass effect >. The same outfit
has also announced a coating that
produces a hand-rubbed finish on
furniture or woodwork, without
rubbing! . Now comes a ma
chine to lay eight to II bricks at
one time. Tsk, tsk-hasn't the in
les themselves do not absorb wa
ter.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-10-20

the Lexington School band, as
well as cars containing city, coun-
tv and state officials, business wo-
men. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, the
Brownies. and Y-Teen's.
The FLA. had a lovely float in
the parade in addition to the list
of others carried in this paper last
week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-10-20

of the flower committee and by
members of the Lexington Garden
club.
Porode Held
Preceding the service an Ella
borate parade was held in which
there were many beautifully de-
corated floats and two bands, the
Holmes Junior college band and
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-10-20

The Lexington Advertiser
Lexington, Mississippi
Dear Miss Brannon:
My attention has just been call
ed to the edition of the Lexington
Advertiser, Thursday, October Is,
in connection with Tchula observ-
ing Boost Our Town week.
Of course, / was particularly
pleased to read the boost given
to the Illinois Central and what
our railroad means to the Town of
Tchula. 1t is this partnership of
friends in the many settlements
over the Illinois Central that has
made it a great transportation
system.
I thank you very much for this
article.
Sincerely,
E. H. Binlow
Superintendent
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-10-20
Letters To The Editor
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati, Ohio

Dear Miss Mrannon:
This is just a poor way to
thank you for your kindness to me
while / was in Lexington. You
exceeded any idea / had regard
ing publicity for the services, and
handled the news accurately and
in excellent taste. Please give
thanks to your staff. Lexington
is a wonderful town and the Adj
vertiser is n reason for it being
SO.
Milton G. Miller
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-10-20
Memphis, Tenn.
October II, 1949

Miss Hazel Brannon, Publisher
The Lexington Advertiser
Lexington, Mississippi
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-06-17
The Death Of Mrs. J. E. GoocR

Mrs. ]. E. Gooch, rs, died Sunday
at her home on Carr street after a
long illness. She had lived here since
1903, when her husband established
Gooch's Cafe, which she had continued
to operate since his death. She is
survived by eight children, II grand
children, and six great-grandchildren.
The The-ech!.:lel.ee children are p Czech, GGllev-
lena, Miss; C. f. Gooch, Norfolk,
Va; L. "A. Gooch, Durham; Mrs. F. P.
Tilley, Memphis, Tenn; Mrs. B. l..
Gunter, Durham; Mrs. Duncan St.
Clair, Columbia, S. c.; and Mrs.
Clarence Simmons and Mrs. M. J..
Dawson Of Chapel Hill. Funeral serv-
ices were conducted Tuesday morn
ing at the Baptist church by Rev.
Samuel T. Habel.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-06-17
2,soO Holiday" Copies Sold Here

About $500 copies of Holiday maga-
zines June issue, which carried . fea-
ture story about the University, have
been sold here, according to Harold
). Iseminger Of Raleigh, sales repre-
sentative of tie Curtis Publishing
Company in this area. Mr.. Iseminger
said that Sutton's drug store had
sold 600 copies, about twice as many
as any other Chapel Hill store. Other
approximate figures are as follows:
Sloan's drug store, 800; Miss Stella
Lyon Tin post office lobby, 3c0;
Carolina Confectionery, 275; the
Scuttlebutt, 200; the Circus Room at
the Monogram Club, IT'S. Smaller
numbers have been sold at the BUS
station, Abs bookshop, the Village
service station, and other places. Mr..
iseminger said the magazine was still
selling fairly well here.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-06-17
Cuttens to Go North

Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Cutten will
leave soon for the north. They will
stop off at several courthouses in
Virginia and West Virginia to look
up records that Mr.. Cutten may use
in the book he is writing about old
Virginia silversmiths. Then they will
go to Forty Fort, Pa, for short
visit with their son and daughter-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. William Cutten.
They will also visit their daughter,
DIR. Claire MAXWELL, in Northampton,
Mass, and viii then 60 TO their sum-
mer home at Belfast, Maine, where
Mr.. Cutten does lot Of fishing. After
visiting Nova Scotia, they will return
here in September.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-06-17
About Social Security

Here is some information and ad-
vice sent out from the Durham office
of the Federal Social Security Ad-
ministration:
You may be entitled to monthly in
surance benefits if you are 65 years
old and have worked under Social Sc
curity Inquire at once at your nearest
fieid of free ice. j our postmaster can give
you the address.
If you have more than one Social
Security account number, 60 to your
nearest field Office Immediately and
let them straighten out your account.
Remember, one, and only one, So
cial Security account number card is
all you need during a lifetime Of
work under the Social Security Act.
Do you know that monthly insur-
ance benefits are payable to widows
and minor children of insured wage
earners under the Social Security
program?
If you have lost your Social Secur-
ity- card apply today for duplicate
You can get an application blank at
your nearest post office or the Social
Security field Office in your area.
Are you fully insured for life, and
thereby entitled to monthly benefits
at age 65? Your Social Security Ad-
ministration field office can supply
you with this information, now.
You are fully insured for life,
regardless Of whether you work an
other day under Social Security, if you
have worked a total of ten years
under the Social Security Act.
If you are 65 and not working now
in employment covered by the Social
Security Act, see your Social Secur-
ity Representative, today. You may
be losing monthly benefits.
Would you like to know your status
under Social Security? Write to the
nearest field office for this informa-
ton.
If you have 40 quarters of coverage,
you are fully insured for life under
the Social Security Act. A quarter Of
coverage is a three-months' period in
which you are paid wages Of $4,000
or more in employment covered by
the Social Security Act.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-06-17

James Leon Atwater delivered the
valedictory address and Rose Hilda
Brewer the salutatory address at the
Lincoln high schools commencement
exercises. The class officers were
Robert Hargraves, president; Isaiah
Foushee, vice-president; Thelma Coins,
secretary; Lucille Edwards, assistant
secretary, and Rose Brewer, treas
urer.
Other graduates were Willie Chis-
ON, Adele Cotton, Charles Davis,
Helen Durham, Arletha Edwards,
Bettye Edwards, Dorothy Earring
ton, Bettye Fousehee, Martha Har-
graves, Mary Hargraves, Albert
Hogan, Annie Johnson, Joseph Neville,
Annie Partin, Fred Roberts, Mildred
Taylor, and Jessie Truesdale.
Superintendent C. w. Davis pre-
sented the diplomas. Principal G. A.
McDougle, who presided, announced
that the graduating class had given
the school cement walk at the front
Of the building.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-06-17
The RiIey-Sparrow Marriage

Miss Sylvia Rose Sparrow, daugh.
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lee Spar
row, and Jesse Copeland Riley, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur N. Riley,
were married Saturday, June 4, at
the Mount Carmel Baptist church by
Rev. Leo Bridges. The couple will
make their home here, where Mr..
Nelson is on the staff Of the post
office.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-06-17

IF these gentlemen are interest
ed in the profits and welfare of the
tobacco farmers why don't they come
across and use the product"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-06-17
Mrs. Page Defending Title

Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page is at
Linville defending her title in the
Carolinas women's amateur golf
championship tournament She defeat
ed Miss frankie Fowler of Mt. Airy,
10 to 8, in the opening round and was
also medalist. Mrs. Page, who Las
won the Carolinas title many times,
was accompanied to Linville by her
father, DIR. r. B. Lawson.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-06-17
The Death Of Bishop Coley

Rt. Rev. Edward Huntington Coley,
retired Bishop. of Central New York,
died Monday, June 6, in Utica, N. Y.
He was 81 years old and had been in
poor health several years. An occa-
sional visitor to Chapel Hill, Bishop
Coley was here this year from Janu-
ary to May accompanied by his daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Huntington Coley, a
former resident of the village.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-06-17
Baseball Game Here Today

The American Legion's junior base
ball team will play Raleigh here at 2
Pm. today friday on Emerson
field. Admission is so cents or by
season ticket. The next home game
will be with Durham at 2 Pm. We'd
nesdaY.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-06-17
Remark on Writing

From the new book, Il Wanted to
Write" by Kenneth Roberts; writ
ers learn to write by endless toll and
IN spite of constantly recurring de-
preston and despair, 1t is my fixed
belief that writing IS the only form
OF expression that becomes increas-
ingly painful and difficult the more
one knows about it"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-06-17
Tobacco and Churches

From an editorial by Roland F.
Beasley in the Monroe Journal COM
menting upon an article in this paper
about the prominent men in North
Carolina who do not smoke tobacco
Clarence Poe, Clyde Hoey, w. D.
Carmichael, Jr, Walter P. Stacy.
Frank Graham, and others):
IF these gentlemen are interest
ed in the profits and welfare of the
tobacco farmers why don't they come
across and use the product"
Some of the distinguished gentle
men named are Methodists, and grew
up in time when their church en-
phatically regarded the use of tobacco,
especially cigarettes, as sinful. 1t has
not been SO many years since the
Methodist church was in terrible agi-
tation on the subject. AS late as the
year 1882 The Doctrine and Discip-
line of the Methodist Episcopal
Church said: We record our solemn
judgment that the habitual use Of
tobacco IS a practice out Of harmony
with the best Christian life.' That
was clearly sentiment to be laid away
in the record and no longer to be con-
sidered realistic"
"The process by which we made the
charge in North Carolina from con-
demnation of the use of tobacco, es-
pecially cigarettes, was described by
Gerald johnson in The Sanctifca-
tion of Buck Duke This sanctifica-
ton Of Mr.. Duke and the tobacco
business by the Methodist brethren
made it much easier for the Baptists
to take the plunge and go through
the same process As result of the
largess of the Reynolds family in
pouring millions into Wake Forest
College, we may at time not SO far
off, hear of the 'Sanctifcation I
Dick Reynolds.
''What is right and what is wrong
varies from time to time and is gen
orally Influenced by what we consider
present welfare, often pecuniary vel
fare. A church or other organization
which receives endowments for its
institutions is bound in time to con-
slider the source Of that revenue not
a sin. Nobody shoots Santa Claus,
said AL Smith, and we need not be
surprised that Methodist and Bap-
lists no longer hold up Duke and
Reynolds, and the great number OF
tobacco farmers who are members OF
the church and grow tobacco, as sin
ners."
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-06-17
The Death Of b. L. Boyd

b. l.. Boyd, brother of Mrs. John
F. Crawford of Chapel Hill, died sud-
denly yesterday afternoon at Lexing-
ton, Va, where he was head trainer
in the athletic department at Wash
ington and Lee University.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-06-17
60 Law School Graduates

Sixty-nine law school graduates re-
ceived their diplomas at the Univer-
sity Commencement this year. Harvey
r. Kennedy OF Sanford won the u. s.
Law Week prize as the student who
made the most scholastic progress
during his final school year.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-06-17
Press Association q Meet

The annual meeting Of the North
Carolina Press Association will be
held June 80 and July / and 2 at the
Carolinian hotel at Nag's Head.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-24
Montgomery SideIights
BY ELSIE WHITE HAINEs

his death came Mr.. Haviland who
mysteriously disappeared while on
trip for repairs and never re-
turned, though the team and the
newly purchased parts started for
home. think your father George
E. White), came next. I first met
him at your Uncle Walter Whites
blacksmith shop in Norbeck. Wal
ter White came to Norbeck from
Redland and was considered an
ace in putting rachel brakes on
farm wagons. Ed Shaw did the
wheelwright work at that time"
Mr.. Albert, who has lived in
Washington since 1899, says he
does not get out often. He reads
the Sentinel and says he often
wishes he could attend some of the
public sales = not to buy any
thing-but to see the stock, imple-
ments and friends though not
many of the latter are now living.
Ever so often we receive from
Mr.. Albert copy of Coy" con-
tanning "Trotty Weeks" Here are
a few samples of Trotty's optimis-
tic philosophy:
A service that's shared
Is but half trouble,
Bat a Jog that's shared
Is a joy that's double.
Anon
"The Little Things"-The hap
piness of life is made up of minute
fractions-the little soon forgotten
charities of a kiss or smile, a kind
look, a heartfelt compliment, and
the countless infnitesimals of
pleasurable and genial feeling. =
Coleridge.
Hints for after-dimner speaking:
Stand up with intrepidity
Speak up with sincerity
Shut with alacrity.
Do not darken today's blue sky
with tomorrow's clouds.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-24

in any n: iva way ! pO, :. Then = second
committee stand Sady to help any
is i'll. They have We1 Rsautifi-
cation Committee V'' ,,;,l submit
suggestion ON how make the
neighborhood attract with some
type of towering shrt
Mrs. Louise Stark's Sc william
Riley, Jr., made copies of " Mont
gomery County HoniNakers'
Greed for all the membersd his
mothers club.
Mrs. Charles Haines, secretary
of the Club, spoke of the fine pub
licity, the club has had in the Sen
tinel and ten members took sub
scriptions to the paper.
One new member, Mrs. Mar.
Sheckels joined the club. She ha'
attended the Cedar Grove Clul
some years ago and was so .please'
to be able to join club in her new
home area.
The hostesses for the meeting
were the officers of the club, Mrs
Trumbo, Mrs. Albert Henley, Mrs
Louise Stark and Mrs. Charles
Haines.