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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21
Dr.. IA. S. Melvin
Will Test Eyes
or Durunt Children

DR.. M. S. Melvin, Lexington op.
tometrist, will supervise testing
of the eyes Of school children ir
Durant, a project sponsored by
the Durant Lions Club.
The Kosciusko Lions Club has
agreed to lend their eye-testine
machine to the Durant club fol-
this purpose. ALI children, white
and colored, from the third grade
up will have their eyes examined
free of charge. The date of the eye
testing will be announced at a
later date.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21
Lexington Man Loses
Arm In Accident

Lance Watson of Lexington was
seriously injured in an automo-
bile accident 4 miles east of Lex
ington on the Durant road around
700 pm. Thursday, September
IA, when his car collided with ar
army panel truck carrying ten
negroes.
Mr.. Watson was carried to the
Holmes County Community Hos
pital Thursday night and sent tc
a hospital in Jackson Friday
where his arm was amputated.
Mae Wade, one Of the negroes
in the truck, also sustained ser.
ious injuries when she was
thrown out the door by the i'm.
pact of the crash. She was car.
ried to DR.. A. A. Derrick in Du'
rant.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21
Lexington Hornets
Defeat Walden 700

The Lexington Purple Wave
scored a 200 victory over the
Walden Warriors in their first
game of the season, Friday night
on Beall Field.
Wilson Harvey scored a touch
down in the first quarter OF the
game, and another in the fourth
quarter. w. L. Lipsey made the
third touchdown of the exciting
game, and Billy Gilmore ran both
the extra points.
Starting lineup for the Hornets
was: Shepherd, left end; Hearn,
right end; Ingold, right tackle;
Lee, right guard; Chapman, right
guard; Moore, left guard, Fisher,
center; Frost, back; Gilmore,
back; Harvey, back; and Lipsey,
back. Substitutes were Rogers,
left tackle; Rosamond, back, and
Taylor, back.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21

wood. The Rev. c. H. Jackson Of
lficiated.
Survivors include his wife
Martha Williams, Cruger; one sis
ter, Jane Ammons, Lexington,
one brother, Herbert Williams,
Cruger; one grandson. Jonas
Thurmond of Detroit; a niece
Georgia Smith, Cruger; and two
adopted sons, John Williams, Chi
cago and Herbert Williams, De
troit.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21
Swomp Fugitive
Found Near Cruger
By Tenant Former

Have you seen an armadillo
lately? 1t seems the animals
do exist outside the zoo. And
Tom Freeman, tenant farmer
on the Baldwin Plantation near
Cruger, can prove it.
Several days ago Tom dis
covered under his front door
steps a peculiar armored crea-
ture with a tendency to roll up
into a solid ball of bony shell
when attacked. Since it looked
very little like the ordinary
kind of household pet one would
expect to find lettering around
a door step, Tom ran for his
shot gun and killed the var
mint.
The problem then was to iden-
tify the victim. Tom lugged
in his kill to Lexington
where it was examined
by a number of curious towns
people. At last someone tore
out a page of the encyclopedia
that pictured an armadillo (gen-
us Dasypus), and there was
Toms pet.
It had evidently wandered
in from the swamps, where the
shy species ordinarily lives in
seclusion, subsisting on fruits,
roots, and insects. Too bad
Tom didn't know - but the
flesh of armadillos, according
to some authorities, is esteemed
delicious, fried, baked, or boiled.
Anyone want to 60 armadillo
hunting?
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I, T. G. Felts, give notice that ]
began operation Of the China
Street Drive Inn Cafe in Lexing-
ton, Mississippi on September
18th, 1850 and that / in no way
am responsible for any debts OBJ
ligated before that date.
Witness my signature this 19
day of September, 1850.
T. G. FELTS. 23-2tp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21
cruger Negro Mon
Passes September 8

Riley w. Williams, highly re-
spected colored farmer of Cruger,
passed away at the Holmes Coun-
ty Community Hospital on Friday,
September 8. He had been III
about six months.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, September 10 at Gordon
Chapel Baptist Church, and in
terment took place at Philippi ce-
metery under the direction OF
Central Funeral Home, Green
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21

Mr.. o. A. Cleveland, Mr.. Leo FL
lis and Mr.. Jimmy Davis, sang
sIn The Shadow OF The Cross"
The Homecoming Day closed
with the traditional singing OF
God Be With YOU"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21

FOR SALE - 100 acre farm 5 mi.
south west of Durant 2 miles
off 81 highway on all weather
gravel road. 100 acres level
balance slightly rolling. Live
water for stock the year rund.
Stone residence 24x36. One ten
ant house and out houses, cleo
tricity, mail and school route.
Price $50 per acre. H. H. Dod-
son, Durant, Miss. Office phone
331-W, residence 389-W. 22-3tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21

FOR SALE - Cheap 1865 acres
land 8 miles north west Of Lex
inGton. Ideal for pasture or Gull
tivation. See or call Shorty"
Devine. Phone 436-M. l7-tfnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21

- A small black bulldog
with one white eye. Was seen
running around town. Name
Butch. Reward. Notify w. r..
Swinney, Ri. 2, Lexington.
23-1tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21

needs under the famous
Checkerboard label, rural Am
erica's best-known trademark.
You receive help from the
firm that sells more livestock
and poultry feed than any
other company in the world.
For full details write r. E.
Rice. 20l s. Natchez ST..
Kosciusko. Miss. 22-3tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21

- CAKES - CAKES
An auction sale of luscious,
home made cakes will be held
at the Lexington Sales Cos
Barn on Wednesday, September
9th, beginning promptly at loo
pm. Cakes donated by MEM
bers of Episcopal Evening Guild.
23-3tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21
Lost and Found

FOUND - Mans hip boot. Own
err call by Advertiser and pay
for this ad and get boot. Scott
Ellis. 23-1tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21

FOR SALE+One female Canary
bird, yellow. Mrs. Simon Swim
ney, Ri. Lexington.
18tfnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21

versal training which the Legion
initially instituted.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21
Posted

NOTICE All land in
Holmes county owned by Sal
lie Bette Watson is posted
against hunting and all forms
of trespassing. Violators will
be prosecuted. 20-4tp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21
Wanted

WANTED - Approximately 200
acres of pasture land accessible
to highway near Lexington, rea-
sonably priced. Miss Catherine
Mcleod, Lock Box $50. 23-2tnp
WANTED - Everyone 5 years old
and over to take a Blood Test.
Holmes County Health Depart
ment. Open Mondays through
Saturday noon. 15-tfnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21

FOR RENT - Two three-room
apartments. Call Mrs. w. H.
Wilson, 433-W, Yazoo City, or
write 723 Sixth Street. 23-3tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21
For Rent

FOR RENT - Furnished and un-
furnished apartments. Mrs. M.
Burkhardt, phone 372-J. 22-2tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-21

FOR SALE - Curtains, 3 pairs,
brand new. M~aterial-Glosheen
Beautiful. Price less than cost.
Call 154-J. 22-2tnp
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-11
Depression Party

Monday February goth at 8 o'clock
the Federated Guilds of st. Agnes
church will sponsor a Depression
Party at the st. Agnes Youth and
Adult Center. Admission is, only 35c.
Three prizes will be given for the
most poorly dressed person or
couple, LIST prize $500, 2nd prize
800, 3rd prize $500.
Sunday, February 20 at 4 o'clock
Mrs. Gladstone Rogers of Holy
Cross Church and District Director
of the 5th District of the Woman's
Auxiliary in South Florida will
bring to st. Agnes Youth Center
slide pictures of the General Con-
vention which met in San Francis
co in 1949. This entertainment will
be free and the public is invited to
see these pictures.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-11
IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of my dear son,
EUGENE CLEARE
who departed this life on February
Is, 1914.
Days of sadness still comes over us
Tears in silence often flow,
Memory keeps you ever near us
Though you passed six years ago.
No one knows the silent heartache
Only those who have lost can tell
OF the grief new borne in silence
For the one we loved so well.
Sadly missed by your loving moth
err.
Mrs. George r. Harrington
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-11
CARD OF THANKS
We the family of the late, !.

MISS ERNESTINE BARNES
take this method Of thanking our
many friends for kindness shown
us during her recent illness and
death. Special mention to Rev. J.E.
Brown and New Hope Baptist
church for the use Of the church
and the beautiful florals. Also
special thanks to the Liberty Lodge.
To Mr.. and Mrs. B. Solomon, Jr.,
we say many thanks. for their
thoughtfulness and service. To all
who donated cars, florals and other
services, thank you. To our pastor
and the Antioch Baptist church we
say thank You and may God bless
you all.
Signed:
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Barnes
and Family
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-11

All members of Greater Miami
Temple No. 769 are notified that the
Temple will no longer hold meetings
at the Woodman Hall. Regular meet
ings every End and 4th Monday at
6 pm. at SO7 NV 18th street. Dues
are one dollar per month. Taxes
have been eliminated. Only in case
of death will there be a tax.
Signed:
Mrs. Ellen Taylor, Dgt. Ruler
Miss Alta Screen, secretary
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-11
NOTICE

To the members and co-workers of
the Negro Service Council l wish
to extend my thanks and gratitude
for the lovely wheel chair which
they donated to my convolescent
home for my patients. They too are
very thankful for it. My new home
is located at 2O36 NV 153rd ST.,
Opa Locka.
I'm sending my thanks to the
State Welfare Board and my CO.
worker, Mrs. Virgins.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-11
IN MEMORIAM

To the fond and loving memory Of
our dearly beloved mother,
MRS. ELNORA DANES
who so quietly left us eight years
ago on February 10, 1912.
THE shadows deepen
The long night comes
Sleep peacefully dear one
Till the Weakening on heavens
beauteous shore.
Mrs. Sybil Ramos, daughter
Mrs. Virginia Christian, Daugh.
Mr.. Wilton Danes, son
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-11

Father Jarrett preached a very in
teresting and instructive sermon
last Sunday. During the course of
his talk he explained the meaning Of
the Pre-Lenten season starting with
Septuagesima or the third Sunday
before Lent.
Sunday, February 18th is Sexa-
gesima Sunday. You and your
friends are invited to attend this
service.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-11
Church Of The
Incarnation News

The Church School faculty met
at the home of Mrs. d. A. Julius,
Tuesday night, Mr.. Frederick T.
Johnson, superintendent, r-esided.
The Church school attendance last
Sunday was 9S children and IL
adults, Mrs. Olive Balm Taylor, as
sistant Supt., was in charge of the
session. S4F
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-11
Notice

THE Blood Of Jesus" will be
shown on the screen at Bethel
AME Church, Sth ST., between End
and 3rd aves., on February 14th at
8 pm. Everyone should see this pic
ture, all jcolored cast.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-11

The Bethune Goodman Mothers
Club will meet Sunday at 4 o'clock
at 1877 NV 10th St. corner of 18th
ave. All members are asked to be
present.
Mrs. Flora Strachan, Sec'y
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-11

That's all for now until next Sun
day, don't forget to go to Church,
it is your duty.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-11

We are pleased to announce that
on Sunday, February IL at 8 am.
Father Theodore w. Gibson, vicar
Of Christ Church, Coconut Grove,
will be the celebrant and preacher
at the o'clock am. Coral Mass
which will be held in the Communi-
ty Auditorium. Liberty Square. You
are cordially invited to be present.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-02-11

The church of God True Holiness
Tabernacle will broadcast its Sun
day afternoon services beginning at
2:3O and lasting until 800 pm. Elder
'homas Richardson. overseeing
pastor.
Evening star., 1950-05-10
Abe Lincoln and Kurl Marx

No wonder this country and the world
are In the mess they are in, when the
minds Of even our top statesmen are
absolutely void of social-Science intelli-
gence.
Stalinist Russia and its fellow travellers
are not MarxistS. They, in short, are not
Communists. I defy any one to read
Marks works and not realize this The
Russian despotic state Is the antithesis
of Marxism. Yesteryear 1t was Hitlerism,
today it's Stalinism, and they are iden-
tical; both being capitalistic, only with
dictators.
Thomas Jefferson. James Monroe, Abe
Lincoln and Karl Marx are all of the
same stature. Read the Federalist
Papers. Read Jefferson's works, includ-
ing letter to Samuel Kercheval, July H.
1916. Read Lincoln's views on the supe-
rior rights Of labor, as expressed in his
first inaugural address, March 4. 1861.
Read these. An education won't hurt
the human race. The mass social and
economic ignorance at hand now spells
ruin.
What's left? Simply to find out just
what MARKHAM communism is and how to
attain it peacefully in America, and make
for greater America and world.
Bill Young.
Evening star., 1950-05-10
Arlington Saves Lives

Arlington County worked hard to earn the
coveted award which has come to it from the
National Safety Council. Its designation as
safety leader of all cities in the -20O0 900
population class was the result of earnest
accident prevention efforts by the police, high
way engineers, school authorities and many
organizations interested in traffic safety. The
honor thus is well deserved.
Worth special note is Arlington's intensive
safety education work among school children,
conducted by special safety officer This pro-
gram includes lectures, demonstrations and even
television programs on how to avoid accidents
on the highways. The county also has devoted
much attention to undermining and expanding
its traffic signal system, to channelization of
traffic at key intersections and to similar i'm
provements designed to eliminate hazards and
facilitate the flow of traffic. The county has good
cause to be proud, therefore, of its low record
of five traffic deaths and 202 injuries in 1862
accidents during 1949-a record topping that of
any municipality of similar size. More satisfying
than the councils award, of course is the realiza
ton that the time, effort and money invested in
the safety program have paid dividends in lives
saved and injuries avoided. Concrete dividends
of this sort are worth working for.
Evening star., 1950-05-10
Terrible responsibility

We, the voteless citizens of the Ma
tons Capital. are shocked at the mad
ness of both parties. Their terrible ire
sponsibility brings World War III omin-
ously near. Those who pay the forfeit
for their contemplate disloyalty cry: "A
plague on both your housesw
Once again Senator Taft is smirking
his isolationism. Had our Nation ig-
nored his witless soothsaying a decade
ago, Pearl Harbor might not have been.
The terrible cost of World War II. in
sons and treasure. should be grim warn
ing against vote Of confidence in the
Taft Wherry- Mccarthy axis.
But the love of more power has not
been without corruption Of the presi-
dency. The welfare of our Nation must
compete with cynical political expedi-
ency. President Truman startsShis mon
political tour of whistle stops. At
the end of May there will be. show
down between East and West in Berlin.
Communist youths-500,000 of them
will begin their symbolic march Of death
and conquest. Whether this invasion Of
tyranny meets victory or defeat depends
on Mr.. Truman's campaign earlier in
May.
If this whiStle-stop tour descends to
the level of pure political opportunism it
Evening star., 1950-05-10
Child Of Nature

Old Jonathan had simple faith in signs
And he Dould pause to listen and TO
look
He read the sun, the SOIL the toindv leaf
As children read the pages OF a book.
THE rain piH fall come sunset" he
mould say,
Though yet no cloud ran ddrklv dotDn
the sky,
But remember from distant tree
There came the hamDlerheddS
prophetic cry.
And long before the heat-waue struck
and nights
Brought little more OF coolnesS than
the noon,
His ears mere turned to 0rizzled
cottontOoods
Where locusts sharpened rusty saUs
too soon.
The moon was rich NTH signs and hs
tDould scratch
His head where long ago the hair had
thinned,
Then say. "The moon says stack the
cordwood high"
But heard nothing but trettI mind.
Yet wiser far. old siOn-tOise Jonathan.
Than they toho looked upon him as
joke
A child OF nature. clean as prairie rain.
He understood the language nature
spoke.
NEz CLARK THoRsoN
Evening star., 1950-05-10
"WEyERS CAVE, Va.

w q AAtG, va
Dear Sir:
II am constant reader. thank
you for quoting the poem about the
death Of the pet cat. I had just re-
Gently lost pet and appreciated the
poem so much.
"For some weeks there have been a
number of little sparrowy birds which
I have been unable to identify. have
looked carefully through all available
books without success. Here is the
description as accurately as can give it:
about the size of the English spar
row, though maybe a trifle smaller.
There is light gray or whitish stripe
over the head about quarter of an
inch wide. This is bordered on each
side with stripe of reddish brown or
chestnut.
"a narrow whitish stripe just above
the eye and black one running back
from the eye. The back appears some
what mottled (brownish) as there are
white edges on the greater coverts.
"The breast is plain grayish-very
similar to the color of the female Eng
lish sparrows breast. No spot on the
breast but think have detected sew
eral dark spots underneath.
I'm some respects it seems to resemble
the white-crowned sparrow or the white
throated one, but it does not fit the
description of either entirely.
Yours sincerely, L. 8"
Probably a chipping sparrow.
The stripes on the head resemble
those Of q white-throat, but the latter
Evening star., 1950-05-10
Texas Horbinger?

No one can blame National Committee Chair
man Guy Gabrielson and other Republican lead
ers for bubbling with pleasure, excitement and
high hopes over the political fortunes of Ben H.
GULL of Pampa, Texas. For Mr. GULL, like the
sudden and portentous appearance of some
strange new body in the skies, is certainly a
phenomenon-the first COP candidate to be
elected to Congress in the Lone Star State since
way back in 1925.
But in politics-particularly Texas politics
one has to be cautious about such things. Unlike
some Republicans who have hailed the event as
the harbinger of q sweeping COP victory in the
coming congressional elections, Mr.. GULL himself
has been at pains to note that he enjoyed the
advantage of running against a field of ten
Democrats who took lot of votes away from
each other. He has been careful, too, to empha-
size that he has been elected merely to fill out an
unexpired term and that he knows what high
hurdle it will be to beat one Democrat" when he
runs again in November. Usually, in race of
that kind down in Pampa, with just two COM
peting, Republican gets only about 20 per cent
of the vote.
Still, even though the COP swallow in this in
stance thus does not seem to guarantee COP
summer, or COP November, party stalwarts are
entitled to hope for the best and make their wish
the father to their thought After all, this is an
age of miracles in so many fields that nothing
seems impossible any more, not even Repub-
ncan sweep in Texas. Mr.. GULL may yet prove
to be real honeSt-to-g goodness harbinger portent
and augury. Who knows?
Evening star., 1950-05-10
Letters to The Star

will mean victory for dear old Uncle
Joe Stain. If this tour is purposed to
weld us unto indivisible national unity at
a time Of crisis, Uncle Sam remains in
vincible.
Mr.. Truman faces the most moment
Gus decision of our history. If he plays
the unprincipled politician who places
votes above principles, Berlin will fall to
communism. Berlin will be no stronger
than Mr.. Truman's love Of his country
and his unselfiSh craftsmanship. He can
make Berlin impregnable to the slave
masters of the Kremlin by making his
May tour prayerful plea for indivisible
national unity. But if he descends to
the level Of the politician. World War III
is unavoidable. The weakness Of dis
unity is the surest way of inviting Russia
to strike and conquer.
Thomas e. Mattingly, M. ID.
Evening star., 1950-05-10
DondeIions and Chickweed

Washington-the City of Dandelion
and Chickweed!
Yes, sir, that should be the advertised
slogan of Washington, because dande-
lions and chickweed have taken over the
lawns around all the public buildings.
Taken over is the word, because in an
other few years there will be no grass at
all. On some sections of the lawns. chick
weed has taken over completely already.
What an impression for the thousands
of visitors who come to Washington, and
who have nice lawns at home! I over
heard some high school children from
Pennsylvania on Tuesday remark about
all the dandelionS.
Yet it is costing the taxpayers hun
dreds of thousands of dollars each year
to have the lawns taken care of. Some
care! With all the new weed killers on
the market and the Department of Agri-
culture right there, you would think
something could be done about it.
A. p. Barrett.
Timonium Md.