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AMMO
ALICE B. NELTHRoPPw wish
AN STYLE OGANY BEDS

ALICE B. wish
es to announce that the bust
ness heretofore known as ST.
CROIX REAL ESTATE SER
VICE will hereafter be CON
ductel under the name Of
ALICE B. and
that effective this date George
Van Ripper of Christiansted
will be associated with the
business as Real Estate Con
sultant.
, 1950-06-01

LIST game,and in the second game
White Sox 12;Browns 8. Homers
by Gus Zernial, Gordon Colds
berry and Don Lenhardt.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
J. W. Walls Injured In
Truck Accident, Wed.

j. w. Walls, prominent contrac-
tor of Lexington, was seriously
injured between 1000 and HOO
am. Wednesday when his pickup
truck, in which ne was returning
to Lexington from Tchula, over
turned about 5 miles west of here.
The truck ran off on the right
side of the road and rolled down
e steep embankment, overturn-
ing several times and throwing
Mr.. Walls clear.
A Southern Undertaking As
ISOLATION ambulance took the in
jured man to the Community hos
pital in Lexington. Mr.. Walls
was unconscious when the am
bulance arrived, and had not re-
gained consciousness at 1000 the
following day.
The cause of the accident is as
yet undetermined.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05

ana successful businessman and
has been very active in state Jay
Gee work.
Mr.. Gwin is a prosperous and
successful farmer and planter and
is county committeeman for
Holmes county FSA. His ability
to lead is evidenced by the fact
that Tchula now has the most
outstanding Scout program since
the beginning of Scouting in
Tchula. He recently received the
Award of Merit from the Andrew
Jackson Council for his outstand-
ing contributions to Scouting in
town, county, and council. He is
one of the two members of the
National Scouting committee from
this state, and was one of those
who supported the change of the
Scout age from IL to IL. He re-
Gently received the certificate of
service given by civic clubs of
Tchula for service to the COM
munity. He is an active member
of the Tchula Methodist church
and is a member of the Board of
Stewards.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
Lexington Const. Co.
Gets Charter Mon.

The formation of a new CORP
Grafton, the Lexington Construc-
ton Company, Inc, was n
nounced Thursday by w. E. Thur
mond, one of the directors.
The new corporation is a con-
solidation of the contracting de-
partment of the Ramsey-Thur
mond company (hardware-furni-
ture-appliances-radio service) in
Lexington, and the Lexington
Concrete Products company.
Officers of the corporation are
Wilburn Hooker, president, j. M.
Hoff, vice president and Wayne
Floyd, secretary and treasurer.
Directors rae W. E. Thurmond, w.
A. Ramsey, and Wilburn Hook
er.
The purpose of the new corpora
ton, according to a statement
made by Mr.. Thurmond, is to
serve the public better by doing
complete jobs. The Lexington
Concrete Products Co. and the
contracting department of Ram
sey-Thurmond company had
formerly worked in close harm
ony, each doing part of the job
Ramsey-Thurmond company usu-
ally sub-contracting for the heat
ing, plumbing and electrical work.
The new company is located at
304 Yazoo street in Lexington
and complete lines of plumbing,
heating and electrical fixtures are
or. display. The company is COM
pletely equipped to serve the
public in general contracting
concrete blocks, paving, plumbing
electrical work and heating.
The company is now engaged in
several contracting jobs includ-
ing plumbing and heating work
on the Delta State Science build
ing at Cleveland, plumbing, heat
ing and electrical work on the
Rosedale Jail, electrical work at
the new hospital in Durant,
plumbing and heating work at
st. Clara Convent at Yazoo City
plumbing and heating at Annie
Ellis Elementary school at Yazoo
City and many heating jobs al
Charleston where natural gas was
recently made available.
The operation of the corpora
ton does not affect the business
now carried on by Ramsey-Thur-
mony company in any way, said
Mr.. Thurmond.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05

Emmett Reese, left, of Lexing-
ton, and Frank w. Gwin, Jr.,
right, of Tchula, have been nomi-
mated as candidates for the title
of "Mississippi's Outstanding
Young Citizen" in a contest held
each year by the Mississippi Jun
Tor Chamber of Commerce, the
winner of which will be announc-
ed in Jackson on January 81, at
a banquet in honor of the recip-
lent Of this award.
Nj Reese is president of the
Lexington Jaycees and has been
instrumental in TRIPPING the mem
bership of the Lexington Jaycees
in l949. He is a member of the
Baptist church and is a very act
i've lay leader. He is the origin
ator of the Holmes County Fair
association, was elected first
president of that association,
and did the organizational work
for the l949 fair which was held
at Lexington October 81 to No
vember 5. Mr.. Reese is executive
officer of the Lexington National
Guard unit. He is an efficient
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05

newspapers OF all AZ states, Ha-
wall, and Canada for the year
1850.
Our advertising in local news
papers is the back bone of all
jolly Time sales promotion" Mr..
Smith said. Year after year,
sales surveys show that in cities
where jolly Time pop corn is
continually advertised, it is also
first in sales. We ask for no bet
ter proof Of the power of news
paper advertising than what is
shown in our sales records"
This season, newspaper adver-
Using for Jolly Time pop corn
will be the largest in history. This
represents the largest advertising
program scheduled for any pack
aged pop corn for home popping
purposes.
I'VE have increased our news
paper advertising each year."
continued Mr. Smith, and each
year our sales have shown a cor
responding increase. We are so
firmly convinced of the effective
mes of newspaper advertising that
there is much we would do with
out before we would consider
dropping our valuable newspaper
advertising"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
First Volume OF House
Monopoly Hearings
Now Available

Part / of the official text of
the hearings on monopoly power
is now available at SITS a copy
from the Superintendent of Do
cnments, Government Printing
Office, it was announced today.
The subcommittee on Study of
Monopoly Power of the House
Judiciary Committee was ap-
pointed to look into the present
health of American business and
industry,a and to propose any
needed amendments to the laws
against monopoly.
This 756-page volume contains
the testimonies of Charles F.
Brannon, Secretary of Agricul-
ture: Tom c. Clark, Attorney
General of the United States:
Thurman Arnold; and many other
witnesses, given at hearings held
from July IL through August 5,
1885. It also includes a summary,
a digest, and an index that will
make it easy to find the testi-
mony on any particular aspect of
this vital study of monopoly
power.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
Employee Returns To
Weathersby Company

Richard F. Byrd has returned
to a position with Weathersby
Chevrolet company after an alb
sence of 5 years during which
time he was employed by o. w.
Nixon at Tchula.
Mr.. Byrd had served the Wea-
thersby Chevrolet company for 8
years prior to 1914 when he took
the position at Tchula. He is
welcomed back on the force and
will be in charge of collections
and credits and will be an addi-
ton to the sales force.
Mr.. Byrd is married and has 4
children. His family will remain
at their present residence near
Tchula, at least until the present
school year is completed.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
Dennis Wayne English
Buried AT Duranf

Funeral services for Dennis
Wayne English, Durant, age seven
days, who died at the Baptist hos
pital in Memphis at 400 am. jan
uary 2, were held at 1890 am,
January g., at the home of the
child's parents in Durant. The
Rev. T. A. Filgo, pastor of the
First Methodist churchin Durant
officiated and burial was in Miz-
pah cemetery.
Surviving are the parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Emmett English of Du-
rant, Mrs. r. M. Johnson of Lex
ington, grandmother, and Mr.. and
Mrs. l. H. English of Durant, pa
ternal grandparents.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
China Street Drive In
Reopens; New Owner

The China Street Drive In, To-
Gated next door to the Holmes
County Health department, re-
opened January l, under the own
ership of ]. B. Alderman.
The cafe, formerly owned BY
Mrs. o. A. Fritz, will be operated
by Mr.and Mrs. Alderman, and
service will include meals and
dinners of all kinds, vegetables.
soft drinks of all kinds and good
coffee" according to Mr.. Alder
man.
MI. Alderman is originally from
Yazoo county but moved to Hum
phries county, where he lived for
seventeen years before coming to
Lexington in January of 1e49.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
Independent Cage
Play Al Black Hawk

The Lexington Independent
mems basketball team lost a hard
fought game 1925 at Black Hawk
Tuesday evening, January 3, and
the girls team won an equally
hard-fought victory with a score
of l4-l2.
Games with Coxburg, there, and
Black Hawk, here, are scheduled
for the near future.
Members of the mems team are
Bobby Farmer, Henry Carr, Theo
Moses, Shorty" Grantham, VIM
fred Holder, MACK" Grantham,
James Davis, Dick Temple. ]. B.
Etheridge and George Johnson.
Members of the girls team r
Nell Etheridge, Billie johnson,
Wilma Uranium, Hilda Power,
Marguerite Rodgers, and Margar-
ct Moore.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
William Girls Smith
Passes Al Thula

Funeral services for William
Girls Smith, 81, Tchula, who died
at 800 am. Saturday, December
81 at his home, were held at his
home Sunday, January l. The
Rev. J. ". Stewart, pastor of the
First Methodist church at Tchulz
officiated and burial was in Oda
Fellows cemetery.
Mr.. Smith was born in Lincoln
county April g., 1892. He was a
member of the Baptist church, the
American Legion and was a re-
tired telegraph operator.
Surviving are his wife, Their
esa Ann Foose Smith; one daugh-
ter, Ann Louise Smith; one son,
William Cooper Smith; three
brothers, Willard Smith, Brook
haven; Fred Smith, Jackson; and
Walter Smith, Bogue Chito; five
sisters, Mrs. Luther Bowman,
Beaumont, Texas; Mrs. VIII
Summers, Bogue Chitto; Mrs
John Hickman, Brookhaven; Mrs
Nettie Hart, and Mrs. Pink Bow
man, Bogue Chitto.
Pallbearers his nephews.
Dan Edward Foose, Carl c. Booth,
Jr., John Hickman, Jr., Houston
Hickman, D. Alfred Smith, Culloh
Smith, Pearl Summers and Rob-
ert Hart.
Strickland Funeral home in va
zoo City was in charge of ar
rangements.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
FLA Boys Participate
In Program AT Rotary
Meeting, tuesday

Ten FLA. boys of the Licking
ton chapter, under the advisor
ship of o. A. Cleveland, were pro-
gram guests at the Rotary meet
ing and luncheon Tuesday at the
grammar school.
The subject of the program put
on by the members of the FLA.
chapter was Leadership" Gill
bert Bradley, president, took
charge of the program which con-
sisted of an exhibition of parli-
mentary procedure, a poem,
Don't Quit" given by Henry
Stewart, a reading Leadership
Preferred" by Sherman Bailey, a
description of leadership given by
Harvey Hearn and ended with the
entire group giving the pledge of
allegiance.
Intricate manuevers in parli-
mentary procedure including
motions, amendments and amend
ments to amendments were
quickly and expertly executed by
the group, all members taking
part. The club is noted for their
excellence in this field and took
second place in the Attala, Holmes
and Madison Council elimination
in November.
Members of the Lexington
chapter who attended the meet
ing are Gilbert Bradley, Grover
Bailey, torrance Frost, Henry
Stewart, Sherman Bailey, David
Skinner, Havey Hearn, Charles
Elliott, Billy Cauhey and Hugh
White Rogers.
Out-of-town guests at the
meeting were Major w. A. Ran
dali, U. S. Army, Little Rock,
Arkansas; J. B. Wall, Greenville
and John Rucker, Memphis.
Wilburn Hooker gave a report
on the success of the square dance
and stated that profits were small
Ter than expected because the at
enhance was smaller than antlci-
pated due to other conflicting act
ivities. A motion was made and
carried to have another square
dance sometime in February.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
At The Hospital

Mrs. A. G. Weathersby, Lexington
Miss Margaret Brumby, Goodman
Mrs. w. l.. Taylor and baby,
Goodman
Mrs. Willie r. Dickard, Eden
Mrs. Sara Mcbride, Durant
J.. w. Walls, Lexington
Miss Sue Cade, West
Tom Wigley, Sails
Cc1ored
Jesse Mae Fucker, Black Hawk
Pecola Henderson, Pickens
Andrew Henderson, Tchula
Melvin Roby, Lexington
Ollie Lee Wright, Cruger
Henrene Jones, Pickens
Virginia Clark, Tchula
Lige Brown, Durant
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
Luthum Takes Office As
Lions Sponsor Bond

L. C. Latham of V~icksburg has
been named chairman of the Mis-
sissippi Lions All State Band
committee. Lion Latham is gen.
eral manager of an oil company
operating in Mississippi, Louis
lana. Arkansas and Texas; inn
mediate past president of the
Vicksburk Lions club: and a
member of the board Of directors
of the Vicksburg Chamber OF
Commerce.
Other members of the commit
tee are Ed Atkins of Corinth,
Harry Clark of Gulfport, R. l., Os-
born of Belzoni, Cay. Katzeme-
yer. Jr., of Port Gibson and Sid
ney Stallings, Jr., of Greenvllle.
This committee will formulate,
supervise and administer with and
through the various Lions clubs
through the state of Mississippi.
policies and plans for the purpose
of raising funds to finance an 81
piece band. to and from the Lions
international convention that will
be held in Chicago, Illinois, dur
ing the month of July, 1850.
The four district governors OF
Lions clubs in Mississippi-H. c.
DeCell, Vicksburg, governor dis
trict Bob; Howard Cameron, Me-
ridian, governor district Bod; DR..
Toxey Hall, Belzoni, governor dis
trict SOC; Rev. John McCay,
S~enatobia, governor district BOA
have asked and secured the co
operation of the state band direct
ors who have named a committee
for the purpose of selecting mem
bers of the band.
The band will be selected by
the committee composed of Missis-
sippi band directors, namely
chairman Roy Martin of Green
wood High school, E. A. Cornell
Jus of Columbus High school, Miss
! Grace Kelly of the ltta Bena High
school, Miss Mary Sheppard OF
Winona and Milton Barbee of
! Drew, from members of high
school bands throughout Missis-
sippi.
Try-outs will be held and mem
bers selected before the end of
March, 1850. One week before the
International convention, the
! band members selected will be
assembled at one of the states
major colleges for the purpose of
drilling and practice. :
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
Mississippi's Liquor
Consumption Listed At
$4,000 900 In 1949

Legally dry" Mississippians
consumed approximately So, 900,
900 of bottled pirits during 1919
it was estimated this week follow
ing a report by Mrs. Thomas l.
Bailey, state tax collector.
Mrs. Bailey reported total col
lections for the past year OF ST.
I69,231.~ This, in itself, represents
sales totalling more than SILL
900, 900. In addition, about one
half the bootleg liquor sold in the
state does not bear the 10 per
cent "black market" tax.
In l948, total collections on Ii
quor was S792. 1888.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
Sewerage Extension
Was Accepted By
Mayor And Board, Isl
(Reprinted from the Nov, 10Th
Issue of The Advertiser
BY ALLIE S. povALL. Mayor

BY ALLIE S. POvALL. Mayor
The sewerage extension recent
ly installed by the M and w Con-
struction company was accepted
by the City of Lexington at a re-
gular meeting of the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen on Novem-
Der l, 1949.
wish to urge every citizen
whose residence, business estab-
llshment, or rental property is
not connected already to the city
sewerage system to make connec-
ton just as soon as possible. We
are especially anxious for those
residing on paved streets to 90
ahead with this work, for each
connection to a sewer main means
another cut into the pavement.
We expect to resurface the longi-
tudinal cuts in the streets next
spring, and would like O be able
to resurface the lateral cuts as
YELL. with your cooperation we
can do this.
The law requires that a licens-
ed plumber be engaged to install
private sewer lines. In this con-
neclon l am listing the indivi-
duals and firms who are licensed
to do this type of work in the
City of Lexington: The Fincher
Co., Ramsey Thurmond Co., "
H. Garnett, c. L. Lundy, Jr., Grid
Supply Co., Tehula Electrical and
Gas Service, r. G. Rhyme, Lexing-
ton Lumber Co., and Kenwrighk
and Son.
Lexington now has an excellent
addition to an already good sew
erage disposal system, one that
viii! give efficient service for
years to come. There are few
sections of our city that are not
serviced by this system, and it is
our desire thta these remaining
parth of the city be added to the
system within the near future.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
Joycees Hold Meeting
At City HoII, Jan. 9th

The Lexington Jaycees will
meet at the city hall at TOO Mon
day, January 9.
Tchula representatives will be
present at the meeting, and dele
gates will be appointed to attend
the quarterly board of directors
meeting to be held at the Heidel-
burg hotel in Jackson on January
%, following the DSA award ban
quet there on January 81.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05

the world by
Howard c. Smith
PRECEDENT of the
American P o p
Corn company.
He announced an
extension of the
|company's adver-
Using in the
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05

sy NORTH CALLAHAN
By 3 CALLAHAN

The new year will bring us to
the halfway mark of this CEN
fury. 1t might be well as we make
our wishes to think upon how this
world has moved since 1900 -
both forward and backwards. We
have made great strides toward
human improvement - and hu-
man destruction and / am
afraid that we need to take dras-
tic steps to attain that still-to-be-
reached objective, a Happy New
Year.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
PA. Stuckey To
Return To u. S.

+. A. Stuckey, Jr., machinist's
mate, first class, USN, of Lexing-
ton, is scheduled to return to the
United States this month aboard
the attack cargo ship USS Algol
which has been operating with
the Sixth Task Fleet in the Medi-
terranean.
While on duty in the Mediter-
ranean the Algol visited Tangiers,
Tripoli, Athens, Naples, Palermo,
the island of Rhodes, Malta, Glib
raltar, the French Riviera and
Bizerte, Tunisia.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
BeuIoh Baptist Church

The Rev. Merrell Lee, D'Lo, will
preach at a special service at
Beulah Baptist church Sunday,
January 8 at 800 pm.
Sunday school services will be
held at 1000 a.m., and all church
members and the public and their
families are cordially invited to
attend.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
Census Office Named

Representative Will M. Whit
tington announced today that Mr..
Porter w. Peteet of Greenwood
had been appointed district super
visor of the census, and James
Willard Pierce as assistant super
visor of the census, with offices
at Greenwood, for the district en-
bracing Leflore, Sunflower, Wash
ingtn, Holmes, Humphreys, Shar-
key and Issaquena counties.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
Service Applications
For Southern Bell
Reach $4,000 Tota!

For the fourth consecutive post
war year, telephone growth and
demand in Mississippi during 1949
continued at al amazing pace
which spotlighted the states part
in the rapidly developing new
Southland the telephones con-
tribution to that progress.
In the homes and business of
fices of Mississippi, the Southern
Bel Telephone company added
1900 telephones during the year,
bringing to over 202, 900 the total
in service at the year-end. The
company in four years since
January |, 1916, has added 81, 700
telephones in Mississippi, 0 r
three-fourths as many as were in
service four years ago.
That's nearly five times the
gain in the four prewar years
l936-1939. Likewise. the COM
pany expenditures for construc-
ton of new facilities in Missis-
sippi, reaching a four-year total
of nearly 38,000,0 900 by the end
of l949, have been several times
the 1936-1939 prewar period.
Amazing as is this record of
Set New Records
performance, the scope of de-
mands for new service which
Mississippi has made on Southern
Bell are even more striking, APP
proximately $4,000 people have
applied for telephone service in
Mississippi since the war, it was
disclosed. AT the end of 1949,
only $4,000 of the 1856, 600 were
still waiting for service" State
Manager T. E. Harris revealed.
Applications continued heavy
right on up to the end of 1949,
Mr.. Harris disclosed - in fact, in
l949 were only slightly below
l948, which was the all time high.
Our experience is striking
evidence of the economic, agri-
cultural and industrial growth
that has taken place and is still
occurring throughout Mississippi.
These facts prove that the needs
and the requests for telephone
service that have been expressed
to us go much deeper than the
backlog of war. If the telephone
demand that we have experienced
during these four years had been
nothing more than backed-up APP
plications from the war, we would
have caught up with all service
orders two or three years ago"
Record for Rurul Telephones
More than 5000 rural tele-
phones were added to the aproxi-
mately $4,000 in service in Mis-
sissippi as l949 started. In four
years, Southern Bell has in
creased the number of telephones
in farm areas from 10000 at the
beginning of 1916 to $4,000 as
l949 closed. This NEAR that in
AZ months the number has been
nearly tripled.
Progress Continuing Into 1850
Fifth Postwar Year
With demands for the service
continuing so heavy, Southern
Bell goes into 1850 with a O n
tinuation of the service improve
ment and expansion activities al
ready well under way in Mis-
siSsippi. New capital, added to
the large sums already spent,
must be attracted to the business
and put to work to help finish
the job of bringing the public
added convenience and useful
ness from the telephone, Mr.
II,,p, -.s.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05

Chick Weathersby, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Norman Weathersby of
Lexington was taken to Camp
bells clinic, Memphis, today for
an examination of an injured
knee which Chick sustained as a
result of a bike accident recently.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
Bpw L U TO MEET

The January meeting of the Blu
siness and Professional Women's
club will be held at the Alb Tay.
lor Memorial home Tuesday,
January 10, 1850, at 1900 noon
All members are urged to be pre-
sent.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05
Oak Grove Church

Services will be held at the
Oak Grove Baptist church Sun
day night, January 8, at 700 P.
m. The Rev. Morrell Lee VIII
preach. The public is cordially
invited.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-01-05

More for the experience than for
the purpose of buying anything, l
took a trip through the great de-
partment stores, Macy's and Gin
bells. Naturally the toy depart
ments were the center of attrac-
ton, and I must say these lengthy
labyrinths fill one with a feeling
of dismay at never being able to
get through it all. Toys from
huge imitation elephants to tiny
rubber dolls r arranged in a
way that resembles a cluttered
circus. Music on M side vies
with the dulcet tones OF Santa
Claus and hilarious rattles on the
other, and everywhere are peo-
pie, big and little handling 'his,
buying that, playing with the
toys and talking to each other. It's
the nursery for eight million KIDS
who make up this big village.