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The Lexington advertiser., 1950-10-26
SUNDAY SCHOOL ORGANIZED

A Sunday School has been or
ganized at Pleasant Ridge Baptist
Church. 1t is held each Sunday
morning at 1890. Visitors ars cor
daily invited to attend.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-10-26
In jackson

In jackson
John Tingle and D. Z. 1arndy
were Jackson visitors on Monday
afternoon.
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-10-26

the Blue Cross Plan. This is being
made possible through the coop
Grafton of the two Holmes County
Community Hospitals and the doc
tors of this county.
Looking on in evident approval
are, seated: Mayor Allie S. Po-
vail, of Lexington; Mrs. A. S. Ia
tum, representative of Blue Cross,
The Lexington advertiser., 1950-10-26

AS the old lady said: Il don't
know what this world is coming
to-"
This week in one of my Missis-
sippi exchanges ] read this CLASH
fled ad: Personal = Young man
with some farm experience would
like to meet young lady with farm.
Please send photograph of farm.
Box K, care of this newspaper.
If you have not investigated the
Blue Cross Plan please do so be-
fore the current enrolment drive
is over.
Mrs. Tom Shepherd is the Blue
Cross representative in Lexington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Little
Wonder.
Mickey Rooney's
New Picture
AT the Met
By Horny Macarthur

HE'S A CoCKEYED WONDER" a Co.
lulnbia release. produced by Rudolph C
Flothow directed by Peter Godfrey
screenplay by Jack Henley. At the
Metropolitan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

ground Of screen crime, provides
the stage for "Southside 1-100O.'
1t is full sof the strange little
streets, warehouses, second-rate
hotels and subterranean hide
Always through which the GRIM
inals and Sleutll Devore take their
treacherous walks.
There is not much Miss King
Devore and the others do that
suggests they have any different
business here than other counter
felt gangs. Except for one detail
there is no difference at all. This
has to do with the fact that she
is boss" of the gang, an execu-
tive position from which any
other counterfeiters would have
fired her. The tough guys in this
one apparently accept her only
because her father makes Their
counterfeit plates; not a very good
reason once they had the plates
In their hands.
The stage show which goes with
the Capitals counterfeit picture
is quite honest goods. 1t is headed
by the Weavers, a solid group OF
folk singers who deal in one OF
the times most popular musical
wares. Comedy is provided by
the Three Swifts and Don Cum
ming and dancing by the grace
full team of Church and Hale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

Government strikes $40 bills.
Naturally, a talented money faker
does not turn out Grade-A work
like this just to while away q
prison rap.
The test of an artists work
here is like that anywhere else,
its public acceptance.
Facing up to the challenge of
this, the prisoner has a mob on
the outside which takes his plates,
strikes off the bills in huge lots,
and puts them into circulation.
1t works in such areas as race
tracks. big gambling mills and
other places where money changes
hands so quickly no one pays
much attention to its quality. In
time, however, even this looney
lucre gets to the Treasury De-
partment. 1t is at this point that
Devore as T-man takes over and
begins the hazardous task of trac-
ing the bills to their source.
X II II II
The King brothers, Maurice
and Frank, are the producers of
"Southside $1,000" but there is
not much they can do to differen-
tiate Devore's T-man experience
from that of agents who have
gone before.
Like any intelligent human
bloodhound. he follows the most
attractive scents which lead him
finally to Miss King. Outwardly
she is the manager of a reason
ably innocent-looking residential
hotel and he is one of the guests
but each has reason to believe
there is more to the other than
what appears on the surface.
From their first meeting until
the end of the picture they play
a game of cat-and-mouse which,
in spite of its passingly coy mo-
ments. leads to precisely the con-
clusion you expected when you
saw the billing, Don Devore and
Andrea King"
Los Angeles. a fayorite back
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15


America is in a rut, totally lack
ing in creativeness, a victim of
the notion that what was good
enough for its father is good
enough for itself. The crime
critics, wherever they hide them
selves, are no more successful
than the drama or movie critics
in getting new ideas into circula-
ton, or awakening the truly crea-
tive impulse on the part Of, say,
q Saroyan type.
Routine as they are, both the
stage and screen have had a
Saroyan in the last decade. The
same one, of course. Crime has
produced nothing so original.
These are the thoughts that
come to a man after seeing
"Southside $1,000, the screen
melodrama which opened yester-
day at Loew's Capitol. 1t is not
a bad melodrama. It's trouble. in
stead, is that it is not good
one. 1t just keeps walking up
and down the same path that
a, lot of other pictures. without
Don Devore and Andrea King in
them, have traversed.
Monogram, a modest little
studio, is responsible for South
side 1-1000," and it obviously tried
to do the right thing by taking
it from the files of the Treasury
Department.
What it took therefrom is the
story of a counterfeit gang which
in its general procedures is typi-
cal of counterfeit gangs.
Key man in this messy money
operation is twisted painter who
sits in prison pretending to be
q student of the Bible while be-
tween the leaves of the Good
Book he is making a good imita-
ton of the plate from which the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

(. Stage.
New Gayety - The Consul;
$3.50 pm.
Arena-"Pygmalion":: $50 pm.
Screen.
| Ambassador Highway SOL; !,
$40. $40, 1880 and $50 pm.
Capitol "Southside 1-1000";;
II am. i::45. 1850. tbs, and 10
pm. Stage shows: 1880. 3::35,
$40. and sos pm.
Columbia - THE House OF
Frankenstein";; 1925. 1850, sis,
TAO and 1905 pm.
Dupont Bitter Rice; l, $40,
Sis, 1880 and $40 pm.
Keith's - kansas Raiders;
11:15 am. /, 2:45. 4:35. $40. sos
and 9:55 pm.
Little -" Marius":; 1918. 2;3O,
$3.50. ITO. and $50 pm.
Metropolitan-"He's a Cockeysd
Wonder; 1885 am, 2:35. 5:35,
and 1888 pm.
National - "Pygmalion";; 1910,
$3.50. 6:55 and 10 pm.
Palace king Solomon g
Mines; IL am, 1:O5, 3:15, 5:25,
I7:35 and GAS pm.
Pix-"Fort Apache: 2:10, $50
and $50 pm.
Playhouse-Trio"; 1885 am,
LOS, 3:15, SOS, TAO and 9:55 pm
Plaza Marriage of Figaro:
1905. 2:05. 4, 6. 7::55, 9:55 pm.
Trans-Lux-'Macbeth":; II am,
1855, $3.50. 4:40. 500. 7:55 and
9:45 pm.
Warner-"Highway 301": 11:15
am, 1:1b, s:15. b:25, 7:35 and
1850 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

Actors being thicker skinned
than Notwithstanding criti-
lcism would be full-time job for
some actors, anyhoW-it probably
will be safe to take up Mickey
Rooney's new picture, Here's a
Cockeyed Wonder" without first
donning a catcher's mask. It's
at the Metropolitan along with
a Western named "Stage to Tue
son" and it demonstrates clearly
enough that Rooney's energy can't
cure script at Columbia studios
any better than it could at MGM.
The pint-sized celluloid tornado
is cast this time as an ineffec-
tive young man who spends his
days sorting oranges and moon
ing over a girl who packs them
She likes him, too. but her father,
the superintendent of the place,
wants her to like the boss son.
1t is hardly necessary to go into
any Of the gruesome details of
the contrived hokum employed to
bring young Master Rooney to
victory. This one Is 50 deep In
the groove that you have to come
up for air every few minutes or
suffocate with 1t.
Director Peter Godfrey gives
some Of this the light touch, but
for the most part the script has
him under handicap somewhat
akin to that of a man trying to
waltz on a swimming pool full OF
molasses.
Mickey Rooney admirers. who
used to be known as legion. are
not expected to be deferred by
any of these remarks, of course
They are sure to find him vastly
amusing and. to tell the truth, he
might be funny to almost any one
in his wild attempts to perfect
the magician's act he inherits
from his uncle. The strain shows
on him, though, as it does on
William DemareSt, who stays in
there pitching in spite Of it, and
on Terry Moore, who is a pretty
girl, but. as an actress, no chal-
lenge yet to, say, Yvonne DeCarlo
Rod Cameron and Wayne Nor
ris are the Stage to Tucson
passengers and 1t is in Techni-
color. which covers most of the
pertinent facts about that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Nursery Benefit

The Buckingham Cooperative
Nursery school will sponsor a
benefit showing of "Rebecca of
Sunnybrook Farm" at the George
town Theater on Saturday. There
will be single showing of the
film, starring Shirley Temple. at
1890 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Matinee

A toy or canned goods will be
the admission price at a special
Christmas Cheer matinee at the
Hyattsville Theater next Wednes-
day at 1 pm. The gifts will be
distributed to needy families in
Prince Georges County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Educated Horse

TEX" Marshall, movie stunt
man, brings his educated Palo-
mino horse. Pecos Sunny, to the
stage of the Marlboro Theater,
Upper Marlboro Md tonight.
He will appear tomorrow after
noon at the VierS Mill Theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Mystery Play

1.-The House of the Flashing
Light" mystery drama, will be
presented tonight and tomorrow
night at at the Emory Methodist
Church. 600 Georgia avenue.
Eleanor Gibbs directed the play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

"SoUTHSIDE 1-10oo." q Monogram
release, produced by Maurice and Frank
King. directed by Boris Ingster, screen
play by Leo Townsend and Ingster from a
story by Milton M Raison. At the Capitol.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Drama News and Reviews
Fake Money-Mokers Caught
Again in Capitol Film
By Joy Cormody

Our contact with the criminal class through the movies which
useless Senator Kefauver should
say useless period.
OF its kind however intimacy
Its instructive aspects.
a feeju n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

Los Angeles, a favorite back
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-19
MONOGRAPH
ANSWER CENSUS QUESTIONS

Census-takers are moving about and
visiting the homes of the nation for the
purpose of asking questions necessary to
cbllecting the information called for by
the statute under which the decennial
count Is made.
Every effort should be made BY tie
people Of Monroe County to cooperate il
this national undertaking which subse-
quenfly becomes the basis for the appors
tionment of membership in the House of
Representatives. In addition. it provides
vital information in regard to population
and people which serves many needs.
Some complaint has been made about
questions relating to individual incomes.
These were included in the 1910 census
and while the Information sought this
year may be more detailed, there is little
reason to expect that the information gain
ed by the employees of the government will
be broadcast.
Many municipalities in the United
States will make every effort to show
large increase in population. For some
reason. the worship of size seems to de-
vote itself particularly to cities and towns.
OF course, there are certain economic
benefits that can accrue from the growth
of city and there is no evidence Of growth
comparable to the report of the Census
Bureau.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-19

ries he tells. AS to his being ca
pable of murder don't know.
But I'd say in just talking to him
the short time l did, that he has
allowed his study of the family
records, especially his love for the
traditions of Black Ian, to unbal-
ance him slightly"
To the point of Insanity"
"Well-to eceentricity, certain
ly. Right off, l EaYe a tn cory
about him and the things that
have happened here, but I'd rath-
er not tell you what it is" sl.z
! had to be. satisfied with that.
Il As soon as had a chance I'took
him down the Smugglers' Stair
way, showed him the cave and the
cove, the alchemiSt's laboratory,
and let him read the diary of
Black Ian in the library. | took
him out and showed him I h e
bridge down the cliff road where
Black Ian had recently appeared
to Maggie Macleod. He listened
thoughtfully, and his green eyes
gloWed as he took in the scene.
Is there a passage which has
an outlet near the bridge?" he
asked. / had to admit that such a
t h ing hadn't occurred to me.
Then Wen look for it." he said.
But, look, | pointed out. The
necessity for a passageway would
presuppose that the figure of
Black Ian is human"
Il always start with the prem
ise," he smiled. The apparition
of Black Ian is human-Greg or
someone else-untiI proven other
wise"
But there's my own experi,.
ence with him." l said. IN the
passageway Greg might change
his clothes and make up as
BLACK Ian, but there was no such
preparation when he appeared to
Eme. He was Black Ian when he
sat down, and Greg when he got.
up. How do you explain that? Iris
saw the same thing happen"
There's a possible eXplana-
ton" Steve smiled, but let's not
go into that right now. The first
thing IS to find that passage to the
bridge. / noticed there was a door
in the laboratory near the crypt.
One doesn't usually have a door
with nothing behind it."
TO be cOntinued)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-19

the article flock to our little
city,"
Plainly, the kind of thinking
that lead5 to the writing of such
an article, seeks it's information
in bars and or the street corners.
True we nave a Street Of Bars +
of which we are. greatly ASHAMED
and there are other condi6ons
we would like 10 change but to
speak of us as, Singapore,
U.S.A."--this we protest. Surely
we have ether than vicious things
of which to write. Key West
probably has more churches than
any other city of its size in the
u. S. A.-and the servicemen- as
well as natives attend. Our
shrimp fleet is amazing our ia
teresting old land marks. delight
.ful beyond belief, our weather,
our flowers trees. sunsets are
things to rave about and last
but not least, we have in our
little city, decent, God fearing,
peace-loving and law-abiding
people.
AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS,
Key West High School.
Key West, Fla,
April 10, 1850.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-19
HOW TO FIND A GOOD WIFE

It's fact that mere man, in his search
for wife, is always more or less at the
mercy of designing females
For the benefit of the male citizens of
Monroe County, but without any know
ledge as to the true state of affairs, we
submit the revelations of an unnamed
Swiss savant, who says that a man can
always learn the character of the girl he
wants to marry if he will watch her
peeling, cleaning and cooking-potatoes
According to this wise man: eff she
peels the potato; cutting thick rinds, she
is extravaganza. If she leaves the eyes, she
is lazy. If she uses a great deal of fat in
cooking, she is greedy, and if she allows
it to burn, she is negligent"
Youthful SWANS, after carefully sub
hitting the young ladies to the above test
and finding them blameless, are urged to
marry, whether she is rich or poor, ugly
or pretty, for she will prove "a good friend
and wife, bringing prosperity and happi-
ness" Maybe!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-19
HAPPY FAMILY CIRCLE

The world is heavily populated with
individuals who would do great thing"
if they had fine positions. or plenty of
money. .s1~.z at,et3
The world has very few men and
women who are striving to do little things
in life in manner that BELTS the doing
of the greater things.
There is much talk, for example, about
the value of family life. What do the
average father and mother, in this day,
do for the benefit of family life?
For that matter, what contribution
does the young son, or the young daughter,
feel impelled to make in developing a
happy family circle that, in too many IN
stances, is but theory?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-19
BooBs FOOL THEMSELVES

Partisan writers owe their popularity
to their willingness to forget intellectual
honesty in their zeal to stir up the emo
lions of their clientele. While this is
rather low type of writing, it has certain
appeal and serves purpose, even if it be
somewhat low in the scale.
It is all right for an author to hand out
partisan epithets to "whoop up" the boys
but il is pathetic when the writer falls for
his own stuff. We can imagine no sorrier
spectacle than half baked prophet, en-
tranced by bis own hocnspocus, filled with
the crusading zeal
Many man, with what he considers
gift for words, becomes hypnotized by
his own sounds and, at length, loses his
ability to reason. In the end, he IS a big
ger boob than those who cheer his perform
anees.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-19
Nlatk Jan malks Again
Chapter 9
Az Ne~sfssivrss

Chapter 9
WHILE doing the research on
~ my book had come across the
name of an American detective
whose speciality was cases Just
like this. In fact he refused to con-
slider straight murder case un-
less it had an element o ( tn e
weird, fantastic, or supernatural.
l knew that either Iris or / would
willingly pay any fee he might
ask if he could clear Greg Of the
suspicious of murder and of ter
rorizing the countryside, and of
the unbelievable idea of being
dominated by long dead ances-
tor.
l had met this detective, Steve
McCarty, and had liked him. We
had spent most interesting eve
ming talking over some of his more
sensational cases. / knew him to
be sane and sensible, and, above
all, not gullible.
Your cases have all been proven
of human agency" l had asked
him.
He nodded. THAT is true. But
am interested in the supernatural.
believe there are forces we do
not fully understand, and / hope
every time / take a case that this
time ! shall find the real thing.
haven't so far"
This time perhaps he would. So
l wrote him at his London hotel,
outlining the facts.
His response was immediate and
enthusiastic My letter had caught
him just as he was packing to re-
turn to America, be told me, and
he had changed his mind, can
celled his passage, and was leav-
ing for Castle Quayle at once.
HE will stay here of course, +"
said Iris when ! told her.
unless he prefers to stay in
the village" / assented. 1T is kind
Of you to offer, Iris"
Kind!" Her eyes filed with
tears. Hugh, my heart is broken
about Greg No expense, no in
convenience could be too great for
me if he could be rescued from
Black Ian-or from his own de-
lusions-and restored to me as he
was"
! know that. Iris" said, gent
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-19
BY Florence Kerrieon

ly. And | think Steve can put us
on the right track"
You don't know how much you
mean to me, Hugh" she wins
pered. Il could never have gone
through this by myself. / know
more than you think / do. / was
afraid, maybe it was | who was
Imagining things. Or maybe -
maybe there really was something
to, those old folk storiesf'
Ii So" / laughed reassuringly.
Steve will find It."
NTEVE arrived the next dav. He
- was introduced to Greg as an
old friend, and because of that and
because Steve IS such an attrac-
tive personality, Greg took to him
at once. Iris told me afterwards
that she had expected TO meet an
elderly, professorly type of man,
and was entirely unprepared for
Stoves rangy, siX-foot length,
topped with the red thatch, for the
clear, greeniSh grav ewes under
the red arches of eyebrows. for
his wide mouth that smiled easily
and winningly, for the deep voice
with Its immediate assurance of
practically and cornmonsense.
Greg liked him because he very
evidently ate up the stories about
the castle, with the avidity of a
hid. without the incredulity
which most adults show when
they are told a ghost story. He and
Greg, as unlike as day and night,
were kindred spirits in the field
of folklore. We listened in, fasci-
mated.
The night of his arrival Steve
and | had a long talk about Greg
and his actions.
Frankly" | said. "I'm not sure
what he is up to. ! don't know
Whether that scene down in the
laboratory was an act or the real
thing. If an act, why? II the real
thing, is there such a thing as de-
mon possession, or let us say pos
session of one person by another
such as he seems TO believe? Is he
kidding himself, or us-Or both?"
Steve smiled his slow smile. Il
don't know him we'll enough to
say. 1t may be that he believes
himself under the domination of
the ancestor he admires so much.
He seems to really believe the sto-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-19
YELLOW JOURNALISTIC
Editor, The Citizen

Editor, The Citizen
In our history class discussion
on "Yelolw Journalism, we
could not seem to find an ex-
ample of this sort of unclean
writing, so our teacher presented
to Us the April 8 issue Of. the
New York Sunday News.
As she read, we became more
and more disturbed and heated
remarks and probing questions
were in order-and maybe out of
order! Wasn't Singapore motor
iously known throughout the
world as the most wicked city in
the world? Would any decent
minded people come to Key West
if such pictures of lawlessness
were presented to them?"
Wouldn't that very type Of de
PRAYED individual depicted in
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-04-19
Money-Making
Paper Is Being
Purchased

WASHINGTON Up. Want
to make some money?
The Treasury is looking for
somebody who is interested in
making money. All you need IS
a rather well-eouipped paper
mill. The Treasury is. fresh out
of that fancy paper they use to
make bills and securities.
& Bids are invited to supply 2
900 tons Of the stuff. The Trea-
sury itself viii take care OF the