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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-07-20

As one Holmes county farmer put
it, a cow must travel at the rate
of five miles an hour, eight hours
day, to get enough broomsedge
to keep going.
Broomsedge contains a small
amount Of digestiple nutrients for
livestock feed. 1t is unpalatable;
eaten by stock only when other
forage plants are not available.
Since its requirements are few, it
is definitely poor land pest and
it will grow on soil that won't
produce crops of high food value.
1t practically takes over on soils
laid bare and sterile from years
of burning, overgrazing, ana over
cropping.
Many owners become justifiab-
ly alarmed at this dense growth
and their first thought is to burn
off the tall. persistent, dead grow
tn characteristic of the plant in
winter and early spring. Follow
ing fire, the ashes and mineral
elements which were required to
produce the plant are left on top
of the bare earth to be leached
away during the first rain. leav-
ing the soil all the poorer for the
next crop of broomsedge.
With such practices, good pas
ture plants disappear and broom
sedge stands thicken. It is vi
clous cycle, ending only in broom
sedge.
Fertility has proved to be the
greatest help in controlling broom
sedge. The plant will die out soon-
er when moved or even left stand
ing, rather than attempting its
control by fire.
An experiment conducted over
five year period on a field orr
ginally containing approximately
rs per cent broomsedge showed
that at the end of the five years
of annual buring, the field con-
tanned 100 per cent broomsedge.
but on another field Of the same
hroomsedge cover. 23G pounds Of
20 per cent superphosphate was
applied and not burned, and at the
end of five years only a fifteen
per cent stand of broomsedge was
found. There was third field of
broomsedge that was treated with
fertilizer just like the second
field but it was burned over an
nually. At the end of five years
the third field had a rs per cent
stand of broomsedge.
The above report clearly indi-
Gates that increased soil fertility
is the secret for controlling the
broomsedge. The third field
above shows thot when broom
sedge is burned, applied fertilizer
is of little value, for it too goes
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-07-20

regular August, 1850, meeting for
black-topping approximately 700
feet of roads connecting the
Durant Community Hospital with
highways No. 81 and No. IL in
Supervisors District No 2 of said
County, according to plans and
specifications now on file with the
Clerk of said Board. The said
Board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
Witness my signature this July
10, 1850.
Parham II. Williams, Clerk
of the Board of Supervi-
sors. 13-4np
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-07-20
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 8l76

Letters of Administration hav-
ing been granted on September
z, l949 by the Chancery Court OF
Holmes County, Mississippi to the
undersigned upon the estate OF
Miss Louise Brock, deceased,
notice is hereby given to all per-
SONS having claims against said
estate to present the same to the
Clerk of said Court for probate
and registration according to
law within six months from this
date, or they will be forever bar
red.
This July l, 1850.
Mrs. w. L. Wright,
12-4np Administrative
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-07-20

tn burn material which contains
fertilizer when we need 1t so BAD
ly on our soil.
Broomsedge is natures tlrst
step toward correcting mans mis-
takes on the land - further mis-
takes by burning, overgrazing ana
overcrowding will mean just more
broomsedge.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-07-20

bid bond or certified check in an
amount not less than five 90
per cent of the total amount OF
the bid.
The right is reserved to reject
any and all bids and to waive In
formalities.
TOWN OF GOODMAN, MIS-
SISSIPPI
BY D. K. Gulledge,
13-3np Town Clerk.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-07-20

up in smoke.
Today we are urging farmers to
have their soil tested so that APP
plication of the proper fertilizer
can be recommended. With nor
NAL rainfall we are sure that this
practice will make money for the
farmer and benefit communities.
1t is certainly not good business
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-07-20
Tree And Timber Talk
by c. w. Comfort
U. S. Forest Service

Many people enormously be-
lieve that burning broomsedge
will eventually get rid of 1t. Others
believe that it makes it more pa
latable to livestock. If you believe
in the results of scientific expert
ments, you can no longer believe
in the above.
Most farmers will tell you that
broomsedge sis next to nothing.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-07-20

Sitting around last Friday cve-
la1ng, the talk turned to the best
~ ~ getting 70 sleep when It
y1Dsmes you just can't. "T1he way /
eoAys De-" says sandy johnson,
- - breathe deep and make be-
Uvc ! weigh. Z ton"
~yust throw away the pillow
= works every time = says Busx
oos- When counting sheep came
-, right away was the question:
Dbet kidd of sheepf
4om where ! sit, you could -
80 til D0omsday and never get
(etmplete agreement on q lot OF
01at<s. Now. take me. I'm all for
saving q glass OF beer or ale on
|oocasion. Your ''sociable bever-i
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-07-20
NOTICE TO ROAD BUILDERS

Pursuant to the authority d.
rected to me by the Board of
Supervisors of Holmes County,
Mississippi, appearing in Minute
Book 81 on page is, notice is
hereby given that the said
Board will receive bids at their
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-07-20
LEGAL. NOTICE

Notice To Contractors Fer The
transportation Of Pupils Over
School Routes.
Notice Is hereby given that
sealed bids will be received by
the County Superintendent OF
Education, Lexington, Mississip-
pi, until ZOO o'clock p. M, on Fri
day, July %, 1850, for the trans
portation of pupils over school
routes in Holmes County, Missis-
sippi, for the School session or
sessions as follows:
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-07-20

The above number school
routes are as established and
laid out by the County School
Board and recorded in the min
utes of the Boards meeting of
Nav IS, 1948 andior June Is.
1850.
The Board reserves the right
to reject any or all bids.
This the 18th day of July, 1850.
L. r. Thompson, President
Holmes County School
Board. 13-3tnp
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1950-07-20

Take Your Choice


age" may be q "Coke"--or buA
termilk or maybe cup Of hot
coffee.
But enjoying our preferences
h . right in this country and
each of ms Is entitled to his own.
The important thing h to respect
that right In the true democratic
spirit Of understandings As .
matter Of fact, what q tircsOne
old world this would be II we all
dld have the same likes and dis.
likes!
: ae M~4<
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-02-03
This You Ought To Know
By PETE ZVARA

OF course, these are but the major items
of cost in our publicity campaign. There are
other innumerable items of cost that we can
not recount here. However, from these figures
alone anyone can see for themselves how des-
perately vital it is to donate to this fighting
campaign publicity fund.
Because obviously if our people refuse to
donate .. if they shirk their responsibility by
not giving willingly of their money, our cam
paign will not only be very difficult, but we
may very well lose our fight.
FTER all, no matter how we look at it, we
"A must reach our membership and the pub
lie in general with side of the story-Wlth
the truth and the real issues
No one else will tell them these things,
On the contrary, our opponents will do
everything in their power to confuse the issue
to poison the minds of our people and the
public generally against us.
Actually, if we want TO be truthful about
it, they've almost succeeded in doing that al
ready. Imagine, convincing the people OF To-
ledo-includng our own memberShlp-that
old age pension and welfare and social Secur-
ity benefits are no good for them? Seems fan
tastic, doesn't it? But it isn't and all of us
know it.
OF COURSE, all of us know - or should
" know--that there is more at stake here
than the fight for pensions and company
financed medical and welfare program. The
very life of union is at stake. Our rates
of pay our working conditions our seniority
rights-yes, everything is at stake This is,
indeed, desperate fight for survival
Naturally, most of us don't make $2.75
per hour, like my die maker friend does. But
I know that all of us are making a helluva
lot more than what we made fifteen years
ago. l know-and so do YOU-that working
conditions in our plants far cry from
what they were not so many years ago. We
have our contracts now And we have our
seniority rights, protected by our unions.
All that is at stake. And more
Is it too much to ask you to quit beefing
about petty and relatively Insignificant prob
lens and kick in?
In other words, brother when that can
comes around to you GIVE. l don't mean by
this that you should forget your plant prob
lens, your plant grievances. He'll no, Yell all
you want. Demand that your problems be
taken care of. But don't forget your UNION.
The price of couple shots, couple of beers
a week--that's all you have to forgo. That's
all you have to give to your union.
Believe me, it's mighty cheap price for
what is at stake.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-02-03

as the cornerstone of this re-
public, the declaration that
all men are created equal.
Consider the prayer of our
first President. He prayed first
for divine protection for the
United States. Next for the
willingness of Americans to
submit themselves to the laws
which they themselves should
make, to the will of the ma
jority, and lastly he prayed
that they have brotherly af-
lection and love for one an
other as fellow citizens. BY
submission to law, Washington
did not mean blind subserv-
ience. His formula left room
for laws to be tested, to be
subject to repeal, to be put to
a high and supreme authority
to st b / ii h their justice.
Those rights come under our
procedures as Washington un-
derstood them.
Here was no m n ( / o n Of
creed, race or color. Here were
drawn none of the differen-
tiating lines of the old World.
He prayed to the Father of all
mankind that His children
might recognize their kinship
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-02-03

and display the spirit of bro
therhood.
Our need for brotherhood
is even greater today than it
was when the republic was
founded. If we are to survive
as a nation, if we are to take
our proper place in the world
of nations, we must have bro
therhood - not a condescend-
ing C IN arity toward those
whose ancestry, faith or work
is different than ours, but a
whole hearted acceptance of
the kinship of all right think
ing men, of the brotherhood
of man under the fatherhood
of God. America is made up of
all races and CT ds, but
Americans to be true Ameri-
cans, must respect individuals
for what they are Individual
ly, regar ardless of color or
creed.
The strength of brotherhood
Is the strength of love. II we
as individuals cannot get
along with our neighbors, how
can we ever hope to live
peaceably with other nations,
Prejudice and bigotry are the
subterfuge and the foundation
of all wars.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-02-03

viewed in the light of return on capital
employed.
"H we compare 1949 with 1885," he
said I'VE find that the return on capital
employed rose only three percentage
points. And to accomplish this we had to
increase our sales in terms of 1949 dollars
from $2500 million for 1886 to $500 mil
lion in 1949" He indicated that the process
hadn't been easy.
ed. Note: A profit of $500 million-a-
year amounts to $68, 8,493 an hour)
In view of GINS record breaking profit
year, CIO Auto Worker officials were
wondering what the attitude of the COM
pany would be, come negotiation time.
The present agreement expires May 20.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-02-03

GENERAL MOTORS Chairman Alfred
" P. Sloan has disclosed that his COM
pany earned more profits last year lover
million) than any other company ever
made in a similar period. He termed the
accomplishment satisfactory"
Sloan, in New York City Forward
from Fifty" luncheon attended by 500 in
dustrial and financial leaders, asked for a
rewarding pat-on-the-back from the coun-
trys politicians, whom he said should be
inclined to encourage performance OF
this magnitude"
He stated that last years profits "are
likely to move up to over $500 million"
The GM board chairman's speech had
a disparagement for company stockhold-
ers, who earned Sll00 million during the
period. He inferred that the record-break-
ing l949 profits were less impressive when
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-02-03

And how" said That's really some
thing"
Yea" he replied, "but not as good as
what | made on last Thanksgiving Day That
day | made $4,000 for working eight hours"
What far cry from the days of a short
fifteen years ago! You remember the rates in
1885 for die makers? Around seventy five
cents per hour if you were lucky enough
to have job
THIS little conversation got me to thinking
Il bit about the tremendous advances we
have made in labor management relations, in
wage rates and working conditions within the
past dozen or years. l wonder how many
of our people give this any thought? In seri-
sense, l mean. Too often we hear some of
our people grumbling about the most insg-
nifcent things one can imagine
Right now for example, we are hitting
up our plants with can collections for our
publicity campaign 1t costs lot of money to
buy newspaper space E. radio time and to
publish our own newspapers and pamphlets.
One full page ad in The Blade excluding the
Sunday edition, costs $576 On Sundays the
same space in The Blade costs over $3.50 To
go the radio for fifteen minutes on a sta
tion like WSPD costs around SOS. But that
isn't all. To assure proper plugging" for any
radio speech, we must buy so-called "spot
announcements" that averages ten bucks
crack. In other words, one Is minute broad
cast usually runs to about $10O.
WHAT The Union Journal costs our union
w is quite a sum in itself even though we
come out but once a week-and only on six
pages, not 30, 40 or so like The Blade The
printing of simple and rather small four
page folder-the kind now being circulated in
the plants-costs our union upwards of 1925
in lots of 35 600 copies
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-02-03
A Plea For
Brotherhood
BY RUTH TAYLOR

"ALMIGHTY GOD, we make
"A our earnest prayer that
Thou will keep the United
States in Thy holy protection;
that Thou will Incline e the
hearts of the citizens to culti-
vate a spirit of subordination
and obedience to government;
to entertain a brotherly af-
lection and love for one an
other and for their fellow
citizens of the United States at
large"
1t is fitting that Washing
tons prayer after his inaugur-
alton should be the prayer
with which we e ! e b r a I e
Brotherhood Week. Our ma
ton was founded upon the
principle which is the founda-
tion of all monotheistic reli-
gions - the Fatherhood of
God and the Brotherhood of
Man. We gave allegiance to
this 'credo when we accepted
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-02-03
Thof Mon Denhom!

TT LOOKS as II Robert ". Denham is
Il doing his darndest TO take away from
Senator Taft the unenviable title of 'The
Man Labor Likes Least"
Denham, the NLRBs general counsel,
really cut fancy dido recently at an en-
ployers' meeting at New York City.
Denham, in effect, told the group:
{ 'If the NLRB should rule against you
In any controversy you should fight the
matter out in court"
Such advice coming from a NAM law
yer wouldn't have been out of place
but Denham is the man who is charged by
law with the duty of defending the NLRB
and its decisions in court!
Denhams action would be psralleled
II the prosecuting attorney in a criminal
case told the defendant:
IF this stupid jury should find you
guilty you should Immediately appeal to
higher court"
Following the New York speech, CIO
Pres. Philip Murray again-that
Denham be booted out OF office, His first
request was made last November during
the ClO convention
Murray said Denhams invitation to
go into court "is sufficient proof If any
additional proof is needed that Denham is
incapable of administering the important
post of general counsel of the Board with
the fairness and impartiality that office
requiesrl'
And at this point about the only good
thing we ca 'nsay about Denham is that he
doesn't make any pretense of being fair
and impartial
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-02-03
Regional
Views
By Richard Gosser, Vice President
international UAW-ClO

Editors Note On the appeal of Mr. Gosser, many people
will express through the column Regional Views
peaning to pension Among Lou Carlner
Educational Editor who will contribute by writ
those an opportunity while material express
their views on the pension plan)
This Is About Pensions
pensions than justice the older fellows
l. They a necessity for the younger fellows.
More than 10 cent of the population of the u Sore
than 13 million people now over co. And we are getting
older year.
school each year. finish school and begin to look for jobs
For two three years. 100000 veterans going to
finish school and start looking for jobs
Now during the last year these people who have been
looking jobs have been png Unemployment has been
rising.
And keep rising unless two things happen.
First the older people have got to be retired to make
for people To jobs at the bottom OF the lad
provide promotions all the up the ladder.
can't sell automobiles, refrgeratorS,
anything unless people have purchasing
Bigger profits for the rich won't do the trck-because
the rich already buy everything they need Their profits
running of their
provide for the fair decent and orderly
retirement for older people by giving them pensions Pensions
will provide purchasing Pensions will open jobs
You unemployed is without purchasing
He can't the money that keeps another
working, that provides farmer with market for what
he raises.
BY giving the older people pensions provide them
By opening jobs for people, give them jobs and
purchasing powerob to produce what need purchasing
power to keep everyone employed
Toledo miionaires would commit suicide by lead
ing into another depression if would let them But
aren't going to let them.
taking anything less than pensions this time Because
organized-Solid.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-02-03

My own committee, Edu-
cation and Labor, has drawn
up a tie n t tive schedule
which began last week with
executive sessions on H.R.
1880, a bill providing for a
Labor Extension Service in
the Department of Labor to
m a k e educational material
in the field of labor availa-
able to wage earners just
as the Department of Agri-
cultural Extension S e vice
m a k eS Farmers Bulletins
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-02-03
Proise The Lord And
Poss The Ammunition
Continued from Page ]

HOWEVER, VICTORY shall not come
Ii simply. Nor easily. 1t will be hard
and bitter contest Perhaps it will last
long time and will demand great deter
mination and fortitude on our part. 1t
will demand that we give of our time and
of our energies and money.
There is no easy road to victory.
Let us make sure this time that our
bovs-those who died thinking that by
giving their all, Fear from Want" shall
have disappeared from this great nation
of ours - did not die in vain.
Let us finish the job for them.
In this great land of ours Fear from
Want" can and should be banished for
ever. President Roosevelt thought so. He
led our people to victory in the greatest
of all wars to achieve this goal
Yes, let's finish the job for them
and for us and those who will follow US.
Remember all this when you will be
called upon to give your buck-a-week to
help Chrysler workers. Remember this
when YOU will be called upon to donate
towards our local fight for our area-Wide
Pension and Social Security program.
Our program cannot succeed without
YOUR HELP.
WITH YOUR HELP WE CANNOT
FAIL.
Remember: Praise The Lord and pass
the ammunition :.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-02-03

CUI UdIICG WIIII UWI d5INC
ment, that we got paid time
and-one-half for the first
two hours over our regular
eight hour day and double
time for the last hour.
ITS a helluva long day."
/ remarked as we were leav-
ing the plant, "but the pay
end of it is not so bad"
"Pll say not" my friend
replied smiling. II made
$35.75 today"
My friend happens to be
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-02-03
Time For Plain Talk
By TOM BURKE
Dear Constituent:

Dear Constituent:
WITH THE second session Of this, the 8lst
w Congress, well under way, the Legisla-
ture Calendar fairly bulges with issues, great
and small which Congress hopes to resolve
I.IHfn adi
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-02-03

A FEW DAYS ago l happened to be work
"A ing overtime and l got to talking to
friend of mine who was also doing the same
thing Both of us worked from in the morn
ing to $50 in the evening That meant in ac-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-02-03
Veterans Information

Q-I am drawing retirement pay and now
plan to begin school in February under
the CT Bill May | also receive subsistence
while attending school?
Q-Yes
Evening star., 1950-11-15
Bolivia Reports Revolt
QueIIed With Is Arrests
By the Axsocioted Press

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Nov. 15.-Bo-
livia's Interior Ministry announced
last night that a plot against the
government by elements of three
political parties had been thwarted
and Is persons arrested.
Authorities said those arrested
belonged to the Revolutionary Left
Party, the National Revolutionary
Party and the Falange Party
Five of them were released after
questioning.
The arrests were a possible pre-
lude to a cabinet shakeup ordered
by President Mamerto Urriolagoi-
tie to guarantee the legality of
the presidential elections In May,
1851"
Among those arrested was Gull
lermo Alborto. National Revolu-
tionary Party head.