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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-05-04

hasis OF records IN an aSs.'1s
AIao included in the Junior
leadership program r 500 cash
.wards to the winning All county
council in each of the five extern
aiou districts in the state. ms
award is to be used for library
Sund recreational equipment OF
other needs. -
purnose of the Junior Leader
ship program is to heip pIouuII
leaders from the ranks Oh
club members and to encourase
all older members to develop
those qualities of leadership upon
which progress and wholesome
community life depend.
"Anproximateiy 10000 Mlssis-
sinni All Club members take part
in the Junior Leadership program
every wear, serving as Al Clup
officers and leaders for clubs with
a total membership OF approx
mately $4,000 boys and girls +.
| Monosmith said.
contest. 10 providing . greater IN
centfye for these boys ana siIis
to take part In All activities ana
| bv "a doing are making SUD
atantial contribution to the I'M
nroyement OF our states aeri-
cultural economy, he stated.
United Gas properties In mis-
a,ssinpi are under the supervision
of j. D. Davis of Jackson, In
charge of transmission and pro-
ducing activities. and r. l.. NC
CURE. also of Jackson, in charge
of distribution operations.
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Mrs. J. ". Stewart gave the de-
v%otional, reading Isaiah 40:1-t
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Legal Notices
BANKRUPTCY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT, Southern District of
Mississippi, No. 1858 In Bank
ruptcy, H.. Schur, d-b-a Schur's
Store at Tchula, Mississippi, was
duly adjudged a bankrupt on a
petition filed by him on April
IS, 1850; the first meeting of his
creditors will be held in Grand
Jury Room, Postoffice Bldg,
Jackson, Miss, on May 8, 1850 at
200 p. M; said creditors may at
tend, prove their claims, appoint
a trustee, examine the bankrupt
and transact such other business
as may properly come before said
meeting. John w. Savage, Referee
in Bankruptcy. Site
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CASTOR Lester Lyon of Tchula,
Mississippi, was duly adjudged a
bankrupt on a petition filed by
him on April 6, 1850; the first
meeting of his creditors viii DE
held in Grand Jury Room, POST
office Bldg, Jackson, Miss, on
May 9, 1850 at ll:OO a, M; SAID
creditors may attend, prove their
claims, appoint a trustee, APP
point a committee of creditors
examine the bankrupt and tran
sact such other business as may
properly come before said meet
ing. John w. Savage, Referee IN
Bankruptcy. o-i'c
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STATE COLLEGE. MISS.

STATE COLLEGE, MISS.
fSpecial) OF four young
Mississippians who have won free
trims to the national All Club
camp to be held in Washington,
nc. in June have been announced
by r. o. Monosmith. State All
Club leader.
The four winners are Sarah Ann
Written of Guntown in Lee coun-
ty. Berta Joan White of Bailey in
Iauderdale county; Kelly Fisack-
erly of Sunflower, S%unflower coun-
tv. and Grafton G. Pickle, Jr. of
Hamilton in Monroe county.
The free trips were awarded by
the United Gas companies as spon-
sors of the statewide All Club
Junior Leadership program and
contest. United Gas, which has
sponsored the All Junior Leader
ship program for the past two
Years. will award a total of 334
Tree trips to winning All Junior
leaders during the 1S4s-1sS0 Club
In addition 70 the trips 70 wash
.nrtou. two all-expense trips Ia
The National All Club Congress
in Chicago will be given to state
winners; the highest scoring boy
and girl Junior Leader from each
county will be awarded q trip to
the state All Club Congress 81
state College, and free trips will
he awarded to the winning boy
and girl from each county tt
Junior Leaders Training confer
epces at oxford and Wesson
Winners are selected by state ant
county extension officials on thu
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MISS LORENE McNEER
r ]. p. WILLIAMS

Mrs. Sidney Rhyme will return
Saturday from Chicago where
she went to welcome her new
granddaughter, Judith Emily
Rhyme, Mr.. and Mrs. Roland
Rhyme are the little girls parents.
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who were the inspiration for the
THE House by the Side of the
Road" Pledges were received.
Mrs. W. w. Gwin and Mrs. W
r. Huddleston were hostesses and
served sandwiches, cookies and
Coca-C olas.
Mizpah.
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Drs. G.. D. Russell, M. F. Herr
ing, Jr., of Lexington and DR.. c.
e. Patton of Durant attended the
Cancer Clinic in Greenwood,
Tusday.
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rad the minutes. The monthly
reports were given by the trea-
suler ana the g uIn6Iee Cha
man. May Z to IA is family week
and a Church supper Will De
gwen, the date to be an
bounced at Sunday School next
Sunday. Children's Day will be
observed May IA. Mrs. Jones gave
the report from Presbyterian.
The Bulletin was read. Inc
meeting closed with prayer by
Mrs. Jones.
The W. S. c. S. met in the
Methodist Church Monday after
noon with Mrs. Edwin MckIbben
presiding at the business session.
Eleven members responded to roll
call.
Mrs. J. ". Stewart gave the de-
votional, reading Isaiah 4O:l-6
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There will be regular preach
ing service morning and evening
Sunday, May 7 at the Baptist
Church by the pastor, Rev. Well
born.
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Mizpah.

The w. M. U. met in the Bap-
fist Church Monday afternoon.
The meeting opened with pray
er by Mrs. Mary Sheppard. Rev.
J. B. Welborn conducted the
Bible study and gave the closing
prayer.
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BANKRUPTCY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT, Southern District of Mis-
sissippi. No. 1856 in Bankruptcy,
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TthuIa Locals
CHURCH NEWS

CHUHOH NEW0
The Women of the Presbyterian
Church met for their business SEES
sion Monday afternoon with
seven members present.
Mrs. Hamlin presided and gave
James 2.l4-26 as the devotional.
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We wish to thank each and
everyone for the many kind
deeds and wonderful services
rendered during the illness and
death of our mother, Mrs. Flor
ence McNeer. We are also very
grateful for the floral offering,
to DR.. Robert Smith, the pail
bearers, the Southern Undertak-
ing Association and the Rev. G.
T. Floyd for their wonderful ser
vices so well performed.
May God richly bless each OF
you.
MISS LORENE McNEER
MRS. j. P. WILLIAMS
MRS. ETHRIDGE VANCE
FLOYD McNEER
GLEN McNEER.
3-1tnp
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IN M E NJ o M

In memory of our husband, and
aather, r. S. Wilkes, SO, who died
March IL, 1850.
Ne is not dead,
lie is just asleep.
Ne has gone to rest,
We must not weep.
Mis- voice no more will we hear.
No smile from his lips will we see.
Ne has gone to join the angels
above,
TO rest in peace with thee.
Ne has gone from this troubled
world,
30 the throne of God above.
We will always remember him,
The husband and father we love
MRS. r. S. WILKES And JR.
Mr.. And MRS. H. MALLADY
And ROSE MARIE.
Evening star., 1950-02-26
IF DISASTER STRIKES
Here's what you should do

KA11HQUAKK: building
casualties
TORNADO
Of
probably moving northeast head south
FIRE. a crowded buildings keep ca seek alternate exits
a remember 6oor Never
frOma u
HURRICANE: Keep flashlights and
the Board windows securely ALL
m ANY DISASTER. curiosity pull
into he danger zone and don't believe
Evening star., 1950-02-26

Reddy expects to revert to a
volunteer status with the Red
Cross when he retires two or three
years from now. He has a lot of
baseball games on his schedule
and some quiet evenings with his
favorite mystery stories.
The HGaxtiniqne 1gyssszy
He MAY even get around to writ
ing a mystery story of his own one
of these days. 1t will concern a
man named Auguste Ciparis who
was languishing in Jail when the
volcano of Mt. Pelee blew its head
off in 1902 and covered the town of
St. Pierre, Martinique, with a
deadly cloud of smoke and lava.
Four days later rescue parties
picked up Ciparis. burned but still
alive, in the prison ruins-the lone
survivor among $4,000 dead!
What crime must a man COM
init to warrant such a miraculous
salvation?" Reddy asks. None of
the accounts have read cover this
point. And I'll bet that Ciparis
tried his best to get out of his cell
and see what was going on. The
prison bars saved him from his
own curiosity" The End
Evening star., 1950-02-26

zone. In 1920 Reddy covered a
flood in Homer, Neb. There's no
river in Homer. Cloudbursts sent
the water streaming down the
momtainsides. Charleston, S. c.,
built on fiat, sandy ground, was
far removed from the mountainous
earthquake belt, yet Al persons
died in the Charleston earthquake
of 1886.
"Washington, d. c., has \
reputation for heat waves,
Reddy remarks, stbut = snow
storm caved in the roof of the
Knickerbocker Theater in 1922,
killing ninety-eight persons.''
What can one do to prepare
for such .unpredictable misfor-
tunes? Reddy offers two sugges-
tons: (1) urge authorities in your
town to develop a disaster-pre-
paredness plan; (2) enlist for vol
unteer duty with your local Red
Cross chapter. Truck drivers,
ham" radio fans, cooks, phone
operators, Office workers, doctors
and nurses are especially needed.
Evening star., 1950-02-26
CURIOSITY CAN KILL YOU
Continued from page fge

have been identified, the injured
admitted to hospitals and sur
vivors quartered in mass shelters?
What has been done about re-
cruiting doctors and nurses from
adjoining areas2 Have rescue
workers and survivors been i'm
munized against typhoid and other
diseasesl
When the first shock of the dis
aster has passed and all survivors
are temporarily cared for, Reddy
begins the work of getting them
back into their own homes and
jobs again. This takes money.
Reddy has spent S20,OOO,OOO of
the American peoples contribu-
tons for families left destitute by
disasters.
He has authority to make
awards, usually in the form of
requisition orders on local stores
and businesses, on the basis of the
need involved. The millionaire
whose mansion and factory were
destroyed by a tornado gets only
sandwiches and coffee from the
Red Cross, since he still has money
in the bank. But the cobbler who
lost his shop and tools and has no
other means of support will get
enough cash to put him back in
business.
Cutting Casualties
WHILE there's very little the Red
Cross or anyone else can do to
eliminate earthquakes, tornadoes
and other natural phenomena, the
toll of dead and injured can be
drastically reduced through proper
training and education. The U. S.
Weather Bureau reports that cas-
ualties from hurricanes have
dropped from 2,1O8 in the period
1926-3O to lO7 in 1941-45, in spite
of an increase of $l65, ,OOO, 900 in
property damage for the same
periods.
Unfortunately Reddy and his
colleagues are handicapped by the
complacency of Americans who
take for granted that their own
town lies in some imaginary safety
Evening star., 1950-03-02

aAFAAASs
They put most of their dimin-
ishing hope IN Bess Truman, who
certainly is as free from Potomac
fever as anyone who ever hit
Washington.
Point of View Changes.
A lady of simple tastes, Mrs.
Truman resisted moving from
their apartment to the White
House Immediately after Roose-
velt's death, pleading vainly for
a stay of sentence. She has done
her duty as White House hostess
with kindness and sincerity; it
has been equally evident that the
unique opportunity to broaden her
horizon has not interested her. 1t
was widely believed for long
time that she would pull for the
ease and informality of private
life among friends in Independ-
ence.
But there is evidence now that
once familiar with the hated face
of the White House. the Trumans
have passed beyond enduring to
embracing it.
Mrs. Truman is a mother and
a White House background has
been the, essence of daughter
Margaret's success as a concert
artist. Those who know her we'll
say also that it is unthinkable
that she would allow any personal
desire or inclination on her part
to interfere with her husbands S
career.
So it actually is Mr.. Truman's
present point of view that be-
comes important.
When he fell heir to the presi-
dency that dark April IL, 1945. he
was awestruck and frightened.
He was confronted with direction
Evening star., 1950-03-02

have eaten dur Henry McLemore.
ing my lifetime can be counted
on the fingers of Venus de Milo.
And as for margin releases I
never ate but one-in Milan
and if you want to know what it
tasted like I'll tell you-a margin
release.
Smart While Starving.
The diet am on now is unlike
any diet I ever heard of. 1t not
only starves you to death, but it
demands that while you are
starving you be as smart as sew
enteen Phi Beta Kappas.
An ordinary diet demands only
that you eat nothing. Just get
hungry and stay that way.
The one I am on now is a tricky
thing. Read it casually and it
sounds like something a couple
might order (if rich enongh) on
their 25th wedding anniversary
meat, vegetables, sauces, gravies,
bread, butter.
But read it slowly and the trap
is sprung. You can eat every
thing, but everything you eat
must be measured. For example,
I am allowed Goldfish balls for
breakfast. But not just any old
size Goldfish balls. They must be
one and one-half inches around
the middle-no more, no less.
Ever try to measure a Goldfish
ball? No fun.
How many homes are equipped
with things by which Goldfish balls
are measured? I had to go to a
hardware store and buy one. II
wish you could have seen the look
on the clerks face when I told
him what I wanted and why II
wanted it. He said he would
have to speak to the manager. The
manager. in turn, said he would
have to speak to the owner. The
owner, after speaking to someone,
said. Sell the man a pair of
calipers."
Gals For Scales, Too.
Calipers don't look very good on1
a table. There Is no book of eti-
quette that says where to place
them. Jean said they should go
between the salad fork and the
mustard jar. I argued that they
belonged between the toothpick
holder and the napkin ring.
My diet also calls for scales. I |
can have bread but it must not
weigh more than three (troy) |
ounces. So OUR table is decorated
with a pair Of postal scales. Some
times wonder whether I am eat
ing or selling stamps. just for fun,
the other night I had special
Evening star., 1950-03-02
On the Record
Indecisiveness of British Election
Could Block Bold Government Action

interpret this division, as Labor
to its own undoing, overrated and
and misinterpreted it's sensational
victory in l945. That vote was
no proof that a majority OF
Britons wanted full-scale social
ism. It only proved that they
wanted a change. 1t was obtained
by combination Of trades union
lists, soldiers, middle-class people,
and independents.
Can Be Misinterpreted.
And the great change now can
be misinterpreted. Nobody voted
against the welfare state" be-
cause all parties espoused it. The
Conservatives were very much
"me-too." Britons voted for more
or less of the welfare state, more
freedom at the risk of less secur-
ity. or vice versa; and for or
against the administration of the
new social order.
No one knows how many voted
against further naturalization.
But Labor will doubtless note that
its pluralities were reduced even
in the heart of the coal country
where mines were nationalized.
Naturalization is no panacea for
all human ills.
In short, the vote would seem
to register that Britons stand at
the extreme center. It cannot be
interpreted as a vote to stop NOV
ing. but it indicates a desire to
move slower and more prudently.
It seems to me a vote in favor
OF more balance-the secret of
harmony-registering the feeling
that the social organism, like the
human, needs a right and left
arm.
It was. it seems to me, a vote
for moderation against extrem-
ism, registering that fully half
the British people think the
"bloodless revolution" has gone
far enough. s
tReleased by The Bell Syndicate. Incl
Evening star., 1950-03-02

have an ele- Lowell Meilett.
ment in the Republican party
that is willing to burn down the
barn just to see if there are any
rats in it. They suspect, OF
course, that there are.
The barn in this case is the
loyalty review system established
by President Truman. The sys-
tenn has two functions. One is
to make sure that the Government
service contains no disloyal per-
sons. The other is to protect loyal
workers against unfair charges
and harassment. Unsupported al
legations concerning employees are
withheld from the public. In
practice, as decreed by the Pres
ident. the public includes Con-
gress.
Essentially Fair.
This doesn't set very well with
some members of Congr So, al
though many recognize it's essen
tial fairness. The latter are
aware that secrets are not safe
when entrusted to body as large
as Congress or even a Congress
sional committee. AS jealous as
they may be of their constitu-
tional prerogatives. they realize
that individual citizens, including
Government employees, also have
rights that must be protected.
This dignity of the individual
is one we continually proclaim.
It is what distinguishes our form
of democracy from the totalitar-
ian systems imposed on the peo-
pie of some other lands. 1t is
safe to say there is no member
|of the Senate who has not made
at least one speech exalting the
dignity of the citizen as the su-
Evening star., 1950-03-02

llSLS on LIE DOtotns Ano"pso"'
right and the Communists on the
left-in effect, paralyzed.
In Britain. there is nothing to
the right of Mr.. Churchill's party,
or to the left of Mr.. Attlee's. 1t is
worth more than passing notice
that for the first time in % years
not a single Communist was
elected. Labor will either manage
to get it's measures through, or
be replaced by new government.
Government Could Fall.
The Conservatives may choose
to let labor have it's budget, which
comes up in April. for it will be
tough, whoever sponsors it. But
Conservatives and Liberals will
fight vigorously when Labor tries
to put through naturalization of
steel next January. With a hand
full of absentees or defections. the
Labor government could then fall
and, If it lasts that long. proba-
bly, will. For it is no secret that
numbers of Laborites are cool on
this issue and may bolt party
discipline in view of the swing in
public opinion.
In any case. the vote was a tribute
to the vitality of British democ-
racy. At no time have Britons been
more conscious of the benefits and
responsibilities Of political free
dom. which always includes the
right to change ones mind. In
foul weather, 84.2 per cent Of all
qualified voters got to the polls
and without the means of trans
portation provided by American
parties, but forbidden in Great
Britain.
The vote shows the nation al
most exactly divided. Labor had
a bare majority OF seats. but no
popular plurality at all. Some
2 million more citizens voted for
Conservatives and small parties
who reject Labor's program than
voted for Labor.
But one can overrate and mis-
Evening star., 1950-03-02
On the Other Hand
Barn Burners Appear in Politics
For Second Time in Our History

preme characteristic of our Amer
lean society, the keystone of our
liberties. But now the Senate.
as body, is proposing to change
all that. "a
Some weeks ago Senator Joseph
R. Mccarthy, Republican. of Wis
consin. in the course of a trip
across the country obtained a
lot of publicity by declaring that
the State Department contains
a large number of employees OF
doubtful loyalty. Eighty-one. he
said on one occasion. Pressed for
names, he named four, only to
learn that all of these either had
long been gone from the Depart
ment or had had their loyalty
completely indicated, or both.
Nevertheless, the Senator re-
peated his charges and demanded
an investigation of the State
Department. The Senate. by reso-
luton, has authorized the in
vestigation and empowered the
subcommittee making it to sub
poena the Departments loyalty
files.
May Be Sham Battle.
The President has indicated
that these files will not be given
up, although he may permit ex-
animation of certain records. II
he. should refuse access, real
battle between the Senate and
the White House may result.
On the other hand, it may be
no more than a sham battle, since
in their hearts many of the Sena-
tors, even of the opposition party,
appreciate the rightness of the
Presidents position.
But the barn burning element
has provided itself with a politi-
cal issue. If the records are OBJ
tanned, rumors concerning their
contents will fill the air for a
long time, whether or not the
actual documents are made public.
If long list of witnesses can be
dragged through open hearings,
sensational allegations can be
made to obscure the facts. This
technique has been amply demon
strated in the past.
And if the files are withheld,
the barn burners will be able to
claim that that proves their case,
that there is something wrong
in the State Department!
Meantime, the Secretary o!
State will be expected to continue
giving his best to a job that hap
pens to be as battling just nov
as at any period in our history
Evening star., 1950-03-02
Point of View Changes
Mrs. Truman Seen Ready to Go Along
With Husband in Presidential Race

Of the greatest war in history,
the management of the most
complex Government on earth.
Franklin Roosevelt. tired and
preoccupied, had not bothered to
take his Vice President into his
confidence or give him any fill-in
on the requirements of the presi-
dency. When Mr.. Truman asked
people then to pray for him, be
meant it.
The new President groped and
grappled and the country mud
died through. It was then that
his great Office began to pail on
the gregarious. kindly little man.
He could not 60 where and when
he wanted. People told him what
to do. He found impartial advice
difficult to come by. Visitors,
even friends-especially friends
wanted something of him. He
said publicly the White House was
a prison.
Created New Truman.
The more recent story is too
heart-rending still for many peo-
pie. Mr.. Truman came out fight
ing to win the presidency against
an Indifference and apathy much
harder to overcome than hostility
That election created a new
Democratic party, firmly oriented
to the left. It also created the
new Truman who is consciously
or unconsciously cooperating to
make his denomination in 1852
inevitable.
The newly confident President
relaxed in his chains and began
to enjoy them. There has never
been anything ugly or snobbish
about that pleasure; only in his
recent brush with the press has
a power-complex showed.
But there is more to it than
his personal reaction. President
Roosevelt's sense of history and
his place in it is famous. Mr..
Truman. less the actor, has not
communicated his own sense of
history as well but it exists. His
knowledge of American history
and the part the Presidents have
played in shaping it is surprising
ly extensive. He is known to
think Of himself as a peoples s
President along the lines of An
drew Jackson.
Naturally Mr.. Truman does not
discuss his own rank among
United States Presidents. But
even the most modest President,
living in these portentous times.
could hardly fail to seek place
among the front rank in the ver-
dict of history. A third term
would help to land him there.
Evening star., 1950-03-02
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c. *A-19


delivery stamp with dab of post
age due on it. Wasn't too bad. Not
as good, though, as an air mail
with a spot Of anchovy paste.
Just why I am on the diet is a
I am too old to pose for collar
ads and too young to pose for
tricycle. ads. I'll never make the
movies at this late date. and I am
not rich enough to snare myself
a Hollywood chick.
I am not saving myself for
annuities because I don't have
any, so I guess I am just getting
myself real fit in order to get
knocked off by the H-Bomb.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc