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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07
by w. r. SULLIVAN.
County Agent

Corn Storage
As you know Holmes county has
the best corn crop this year that
it has ever had. That means that
we are going to need more stor-
age space or must sell our
corn when it is gathered. AS you
know corn is usually SO to so
cents per bushel cheaper at har-
vest time than it is several mon
this later in the year. If we can
do a good job of storing I'LL corn
without weevil or rat damage that
means we will receive SO to go
cents more than by selling at har-
vesting time.
Now is a good time to poison
your rats while feed is short. Rats
will eat most any poisoned bait
put out where there is no other
feed such as corn or grain around
for them to eat. There are a num-
Der of good rat poisons on the mar
ket. I ann sure your seed dealers
or drug stores can furnish you
with plenty of rat poison. Kill
your rats before harvesting your
corn.
Corn being stored should also
be treated tor weevils. Before
harvesting your corn your cribs
should be sealed on the inside at
least up to the level of the top of
your corn in the crib. After put
ting your corn in the crib sprinkle
hi-life over the top of your corn
lit the rate of l gallon to each 200
bushels of corn. Cover with old
sacks or tarpaulin or old quilts,
seal your door and allow your crib
to remain sealed for possibly ten
The fumes from the hi-life
Is heavier than air and will 60
Down through the corn and kill
practically all weevils. Be very
careful not to go around your crib
after treating with hi-life with
lighted cigarettes or lanterns of
any kind for hi-life is very ex-
Weevils eat at least SO
Der cent of your corn stored where
lot treated if it is kept in stor-
lge for a period of six months. |
so it is necessary that you protect
,our corn that you are going to
leep in storage at least until
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07
Walter Riser's Brother
Posses In Jackson

Mr.. George Cranberry Riser
brother of Mr.. Walter Riser Of
Lexington, died Tuesday at 1870
am at the Baptist hospital follow
ing an illness of 3 weeks.
Mr.. Riser, who was manager of
the Gaddis Farms at
Raymond, was a native of Kinds
county and a member of the Bap-
list church.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday at 800 pm. at the
Raymond Baptist church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lii
lie M. Riser; one son, Charles r.
Riser, Raymond; one daughter,
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07

Mrs. d. H. Sloan; and a grand
daughter, Sharon Sloan, also OF
RAYMOND; his stepmother, Mrs.
]. S. Riser, Terry; four brothers,
DR.. J. S. Riser, Webb; Hillman
H. Riser, Terry; Walter Riser, of
Lexington, and Henry p. Riser,
Jackson; three sisters, Mrs. Ray
Johnson, Bentonia; Mrs. N. D.
Hollingsworth, Terry; and Mrs.
c. E. Michael, Englewood, Calf,
and a number Of nieces and ne
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07
Round The Square
with WANDA

with WANDA
Mrs. Earl Barton and Mrs. Chris
tine Henley were Jackson visitors
Saturday.
Mrs. Will Peterman and daugh-
ter, Betty, spent Tuesday with
Mrs. Rathell Swinney.
Mrs. d. F. Shanks was a busin-
ess visitor in Lexington Wednes-
day.
Mrs. G. 0. Sudbeck was a week
end guest in the home of Mrs. Wal
ton Herring at Gulfport.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07
Cotton Harvesting


Do a good job of harvesting cot
ton as u crop is going to be very
short. We certainly want to get
the very highest prices possible.
1t is very easy to lower the grade
of cotton one to two grades by
picking trashy cotton. For each
grade you lower your cotton tina,
means that you receive from ten
to fifteen dollar per bale less
than you would i you would have
used a little precaution in picking
clean cotton. Do not pick youl
cotton too wet. If it is damp be
sure to spread it out to dry thor
oughly before ginning. Gins can
not do a good job on wet cotton
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07

WOMEN MEET

The Presbyterian Women met IN
the church Monday with six MEM
bers and one visitor present. Mrs.
c. r. Hamlin presided at the bu-
siness session in which monthly
reports were given.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07
ArrENp ZONE MEETING

Mrs. S. J. Foose, ST., Mrs. w M.
Henry and Mrs. CASTOR Lyon at
tended a zone meeting in West
Monday afternoon. They repre-
sented the local w. S. c. S.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07

Miss Harriet Farmer, Jackson,
was a guest in the home of her
pharents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. b.
Farmer recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rathell Swinney
and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter McNeer
spent Sunday in Tupelo with their
sister. Mrs. E. L. Overstreet.
Mr.. Arthur Ames was a visitor
in Yazoo City last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Grantham,
Greenwood, spent Sunday IN the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Rathell
Swinney.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Schur and chill
dren were visitors in Greenwood
Sunday.
Miss Virginia McNeer was a
Jackson visitor Wednesday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07

MI. and Mrs. Morris C. Williams
and son, Morris, Jr., were week
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. F.
Williams.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07

Mr.. Erwin Ray, McComb and Mr..
Royce Hall. Lavasa, Ark, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Ray
and children this weekend.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07

Mrs. George Marks and son.
Paul Henry, of Morgan City, spent
Friday with her mother, Mrs. W. l..
Upchurch.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07

Mrs. Howard Malone and daugh-
ter of Ebenezer, were business
visitors in Lexington Monday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07

Mrs. Tom Cothran and Mr.. Rob-
ert Autry were visitors in Green
wood Sunday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07
TCHULA news
SERVICES TO
BE RESUMED

The Rev. J. ". Stewart has re-
turned from his vacation and re-
gular preaching services at 1l:0O
each Sunday morning and at 1880
each Sunday evening have been
resumed.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Doyle Smith and
son of Meridian and Miss Leslie
Dell Smith of Jackson were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Smith Sun
day.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07

MI. and Mrs. o. T. Williamson,
Memphis, were guests in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Bailey and
Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Ware over the
weekend. MI. Ware accompanied
Mr.. and Mrs. Williamson back to
Memphis Monday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07
Pasture Dream Demonstration

There VIII be a Pasture Dream
Demonstration today, September
7th, at 200 pm, at the Silver
Gates farm, S miles South of Lex
ington on highway II. Everybody
is invited to attend this demon
stration. Mr.. w. r. Thompson,
Extension Agriculture Pasture
Specialist, will discuss better pas
lures.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Wilborn Eubanks
and children were guests in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Duane
Smith at Houston, Texas, last
week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Upchurch,
Jackson, spent the weekend in the
home of his mother, Mrs. w. L.
Upchurch.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07

Mr. and Mrs. o. B. O'Daniel.
Freddie, and Eddie, Memphis,
were weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ollie Williamson.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07

Mrs. George Devlne is visiting
relatives in Houston, Texas, this
week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Ames and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. H. E.
Rogers were guests of relatives in
Belzoni Sunday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. T. v. Blaylock and
son were visitors in Greenville
Monday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07

Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Jenkins were
Sunday afternoon visitors in
Greenwood.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-09-07

Miss Virginia McNeer and Mr.
Ted Upshaw were Yazoo City
guests last Thursday.
Evening star., 1950-08-27
The CAA's Only Woman
AeronouticaI Engineer
BY Frances w. Kerr

WHAT happens to a little
w girl who asks Santa
Claus for carpenter tools,
instead of dolls. and spends
her time making model air
planes, instead Of playing
house?
In the case of Miss Kath-
arine Stinson, she grows up
to be the only woman aero
nautical engineer In the Civil
Aeronautics Administration.
From the time she was
small. Katharine Stinson
wanted to fly. When she was
10, Eddie Stinson, World War
I flyer, came to her home city
Of Raleigh. N. c., to select an
airport site. Because Kath-
arine had the same name as
his sister, who also was
flyer, he took her for a As
minute flight.
AS a high school student,
Katharine spent every after
noon and week end at the
Raleigh airport. helping the
mechanics in exchange for
free rides in their planes.
Amelia Earhart, her heroine.
took her on several flights.
BY the time Katharine was
ready for college, her ambi-
ton was to design planes as
well as to fly them. In June.
l94l, she received a degree in
mechanical engineering. with
an option In aeronautics,
from North Carolina State
College. A civil service exam
ination landed her a job in
the Aeronautical Engineering
Division of the CAA. Now
STAR PICTORIAL MAGAZINE
The Nome nugget., 1950-09-25
Four Die As Boat Capsizes

TAFT, Ore, @ A fishing boat, bucking a strong ebb tide. capsized in the surf of Siletz bay Friday causing the apparent deaths of four persons.
 Another fisherman rescued two other occupants of the 14-foot skiff. The victims were Mrs. Eileen Hicinbothom, B, of Depoe Bay; her two sons, Freddy, 6, and Mike, 1; and Don Hicinbothom, 27, her brother-in-law.
 A. A. Ferguson, Portland fisher man, rescued the husband and father, Walter Hicinbothom, 36, and Alfred Stuber, 39, Salem, a
The Nome nugget., 1950-09-25
Congress Takes Slap At Truman mla In Closing Hours

Continued from Page One, lapsed from exhaustion on the Senate floor after speaking for five and a half hours against the bill. He was taken to the naval hospital at Bethseda, Md, and is reported to be "doing we'll"
 Another major enactment of the adjourned Congress will have al- most immediate effect.
 Starting next Sunday, income tax withholdings will jump one fifth for most of the nations 50,- OO0,O00 income taxpayers.
 The tax boost, estimated to pro- duce about $4,7OO,OOO,OOO yearly. was approved by MT. Truman about the time Congress was winding up its chores. He acted swiftly, just a day after Congress sent him the bill.
 Even before that, the tax-Writ- ing House ways and means com mittee decided to start public hearings Nov. on a second tax increase which Congress has pledged will include an excess profits tax on corporations. Estim- ateS are that it will produce from four to six billion dollars a year.
 Rep. Spence D.-KyD told news men that he hopes to have new rent control bill ready for action during the short session. The pres ent law exuires generally on Jan. first.
 Although local communities can extend controls for another six months by taking positive action to do so.
 Spence is chairma nof the House banking committee, which handles rent legislation.
 Theer appeared to be consider able doubt that Congress would find time to act before next year on rent controls, or on such other items of unfinished business as the governments master plan for civil defense.
 House and Senate set Nov. 27
The Nome nugget., 1950-09-25
Propose Closing Cook Inlet 4
 Hours A Week

ANCHORAGE, (P)-Closing of Cook Inlet to salmon fishing for a continuous period of 84 hours a week during the season was pro- posed by the Fish and Wildlife Service at fishermens' meeting here.
 The FWS officials suggested a closure from 6 am. Monday to 6 am. Wednesday in addition to the present 36-hour weekend closing.
 Calling the proposal "strin- gent measure" FWS officials con- tended it was necessary because of a sharp increase in commercial fishing in Cook Inlet.
 They said this years catch was almost 100 per cent of the salmon run, and said it may be necessary to impose further restrictions If the increase in commercial fishing continues.
 A big increase in use of floating gill nets was cited as one reason for the proposed measure. The of ficialS also proposed making of transparent nylon gill nets illegal, tightening of loopholes on per sonal use" fishing, and stricter control on purchase and use of commercial fishing gear.
 Purpose of the meeting here was to acquaint Alaska fishermen with proposed changes in regula- tions for 1851 and to give them an opportunity to suggest changes.
 The FWS said 1t also would recommend that an area in line from a marker one mile southwest of the mouth of the Beluga River 80 degrees north to a marker one mile northeast of the mouth of the SuSitna River be closed to salmon fishing.
 Clarence J. Rhode, regional FWS director, presided at the meeting, the fourth in a series. Other SeS- sions are planned for Cordova, Ketchikan, Wrangell and other Alaska cities, with a final meeting at Seattle November 6 and '.
The Nome nugget., 1950-09-25
HARRY NELSON SERIOUSLY ILL AT JUNEAU

Word was received Saturday af- ternoon of the sudden and serious Hines of Harry Nelson of the GAIA. while enroute from An chorage to Juneau. A special GAIA. plane was dispatched to take Mrs. Nelson from Anchorage to Juneau to be with her husband. Wien Airlines stood by Saturday evening here until Grant Nelson could be contacted and took him to Fairbanks from where he and his sister, Mrs. Tony Johanson, will fly to Juneau.
The Nome nugget., 1950-09-25
Plane Falls On
 City, Club Roof

SEATTLE, R-A light plane crashed into a Renton club three minutes after a takeoff late Friday killing Dr. J. Lewis Fretz, 5l, the pilot.
 The plane burst into flames which burned through the roof of the Renton City Club but firemen extinguished them quickly and no one in the club was injured.
 Dr. Fretz, a Seattle obstetrician, took off just before 6:3O pm. from the Benton airport in the plane he had been flying for year and a half.
 Max Writers, a flying service manager said: "He was about three minutes out on his first take-off when something went wrong with the engine. He headed back for the field.
 "A wing of the plane struck a tree. The ship spun around 18O degrees and fell on the roof of the club"
The Nome nugget., 1950-09-25


 degrees and fell on the roof of the club"
 to get back to the legislative grind. Some members are bound to return as defeated "lame- ducks" as all 435 House seats and 36 of the 96 in the Senate are at stake in the November election. The new 82nd Congress will open Jan 3.
 A Congress in which Democrats had majorities in both Senate and House gave the President only part of the domestic legislation he asked.
 On the list of accomplishments, besides the tax increase, were items like:
 A big expansion of the social se curity program to increase bene- fits and make perhaps 10,000,000 more people eligible for them.
 Removal of federal taxes on oleomargarine.
 Raising from $5,OOO to $1O,O00 the federal insurance on bank de- posits.
 Boosting the national minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour.
 A $1, 100000 slum clearance and low-cost housing program.
 But many Truman proposal went to the scrap pile and stayed there. For example:
 Civil rights legislation. The plat forms of both big parties backed it, but it couldn't climb past the threat of a southern filibuster. In addition:
 Federal aid to legislation, repeal of the Taft-Hartley labor law, compulsory health insurance, the farm plan sponsored by secretary of agriculture Grammar.
 The Senate also turned down some of the Presidents pet nom- nations.
 Certainly in the fields of na- tional defense and international affairs, President Truman could find little to complain about.
 Congress kept the Marshall Plan going and provided ten billion dol lars for two years of economic aid to nations living in the shadow of the iron curtain. The Senate ap- proved the North Atlantic Military Alliance and Congress put up $5,- O,OOO,O00 for arms aid to Amer ica's cold war partners.
 House and Senate also okayed the 'Point Four" plan to provide technical help and know-how to the worlds under developed areas, plus some funds to start the program going.
 Congress also went on record as wanting an excess profits tax. It will be considered first in the House.
 That might give the Senate time to vote first on bills to grant state hood to Hawaii and Alaska-pro- vided southerners don't start a filibuster or something approach ing it.
The Nome nugget., 1950-09-25

family friend. Both were placed under a physicians care.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
Bank Sues District
For $82,243 Under
Courts S Tax Ruling

The American Security and
Trust Co. is trying to get back
$82.243 in tax payments, which 1t
claims the District enormously
and Illegally" collected from il
for the tax years 1944-5 and
1885,.
The bank contends in a suit
filed in District Court yesterday
that the assessor levied an exces-
sive amount by computing its tax
at 6 per cent of gross earnings
instead Of 4 per cent.
Security is the first banking
firm here to sue for recovery
under a United States Court OF
Appeals ruling, later upheld by
the Supreme Court, which set the
computation rate of 4 per cent.
Through Attorney G. B. Craig
hill, Security contends the Dis
trict not only charged an Illegal
percentage of gross earnings, but
also included in the banks gross
several items which allegedly were
not earnings"
The breakdown contained in the
suit gave these figures:
For 1944-5, the bank claimed
a gross totaling $955.412, with a
tax of $38,216 due. Instead, the
assessor figured the banks gross
earnings at $1,334,587, demanding
tax of $80,075.
For 1856, the bank said its
gross was $806, ,661, with a tax due
Of $32, ,266, as opposed to the as
SCISSORS calculation of a $1,210,857
gross with $72,6 taxes due.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
Citizens Group Opposes
Proposed Golf Range

The Montgomery County Board
OF zoning Appeals yesterday re-
ceived vigorous protests against
the proposed establishment of q
golf driving range in a fashion,
able section on River road, near
the Kenwood Golf and Country
Club.
Members of the Kenwood Citi-
zens' Association and residents of
the new Springfield subdivision
asked the board to block the ap-
plication filed by j. Munro Hunter,
a well-known professional golfer
of former years.
Mr.. Hunter wants to establish
a driving range for golf pupils
on 100 acres of the Scott Appleby
property.
The protesting group said they
feared property devaluation would
result. They said it might at
tract an "unwelcome eleraent" to
their residential area, prove to be
an eyesore and increase traffic
hazards,
Evening star., 1950-01-06
Neighborhood Concert
Tickets Now Ready for
Central High School

Invitations for the next Neigh
borhood Concert by the National
symphony Orchestra under the
sponsorship Of The Evening Star,
which will be held January 8 at
Central High School are now
ready for distribution.
They may be had at Central
High School. Adams. Bancroft,
H. D. Cooke, Petworth, Raymond
and Thomson Elementary Schools.
Wilson Teachers College, the Rec
reation Department at Sixteenth
and Lamont streets NV. and the
Business Counter In the lobby OF
The Star Building. The invita-
tions are issued without charge
by The Star. ]
Evening star., 1950-01-06
Sesqui Officials Stop
Mailing Of Brochures

National Capital Sesquicenten-
nial Commission officials said to-
day they have stopped sending out
brochures of the Freedom Fair.
The full commission is slated to
meet soon to decide on an execu-
tive committee recommendation
that the Fair be postponed until
1851. There is not enough time
officials say, to erect the Fair
buildings in Anacostia Park neal
the National Guard Armory and
give exhibitors time to put ur
their displays. The Fair had been
slated to open July 4.
The brochure was published
primarily to attract potential ex-
hibitors. Joseph c. McGarraghy
chairman of the commission s
executive committee, said $4,000
copies were printed at a cost OF
about 100000, or about 80 cents
copy.
The Greater National Capital
Committee of the Washington
Board of Trade sent out some
1000 copies of the brochure as
third-class mail. Clarence A.
Arata. manager of the committee,
said.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
Doctor Who Saved Girl Located
By Star for Utica Poison Case

Md, died from lead poisoning
caused by chewing on furniture,
Her sister. Elizabeth, 3, recovered
after treatment by DR.. Martin in
Children's Hospital
Mr.. Hovish told The Star his
sister, Miss Sophie Hovish, al
though not recalling the names of
the children or the hospital, de-
cided to call the Utica telephone
operator and seek her help. Miss
Hovish had read of the local case
in Utica newspaper. r
The operator called The Star.
On receiving the call, the news
paper started checking District
hospitals and going through its
files. One of the calls was to
Children's. The hospital con-
suited its records and reported
that DR.. Martin was the physician
who treated Elizabeth Carver.
The Utica operator was called,
and the Hovish family telephoned
DR.. Martin. But he said he could
not accurately consult on the
medical aspects of DANES case
with Miss Hovish. He suggested
she have the family physician, DR..
Kaplan, call him in Washington
A short time later. DR.. Kaplan
telephoned DR.. Martin and
described danes symptoms. DR..
Martin then prescribed the course
OF treatment he used in the case
OF Elizabeth Garvey.
Its now a waiting process, 4"
DR.. Martin said. THE baby
seems to be doing all right"
Evening star., 1950-01-06

A 2-year- old baby in Utica,
N. Y, who is suffering from lead
poisoning caused by chewing on
a painted windowsill. today is
benehtting from advice gwen last
nigttover long distance telephone
by a Children's Hospital doctor.
The Star was the medium
through which contact was ar
ranged between DR.. Robert Mar
tin of the hospital, who treated
a similar case here last August,
and DR.. Arthur Kaplan of Utica,
who is attending Diane Hovish,
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
Hovish of that city.
In August. Claudette Carver, 4,
of 4503 Decatur street, Hyattsville,
Evening star., 1950-01-06
james Corey's Daughter
Still in Critical Condition

Patricia Ann Carey, 8-year- old
daughter of Jane B. Carey, CIO
secretary-treasurer. remained in
critical condition today at Wash
ington Sanitarium as a result of
injuries suffered yesterday when
she was struck by a car.