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Utica News

Who says-"The Bible does not
need to be rewritten, but re-read-
Study your road map-the Bible
Some people may be bound for
Heaven as they say, but they are
going il the opposite direction-So
keep on the lookout for evidence
that you are on the Kings Highway
What about your brakes? Have you
a habit YOU can't stop-well drop
it-Life is a burden, bear it. Life is
a duty, do it SIS
Nj. Aaron Wells and Rev. Rob.
Hicks, were dinner guests of Mr.
Hicks sister, Mrs. Ruth Ford who
lives on the Pocahontas Road in
Jackson recently.
The New Salem Church of Adams
Miss. blessed their pastor with a
gift of $500 on his 18th anniver-
sary as pastor Of the church, Sun
day. Oct a. Mr. Andrew Stamps
is Secretary OF the curch. Rev John
White is pastor.
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Girl Scout Notes

A group of % energetic girls met
at Hill-Reynolds School on Thurs
day afternoon to form new Girl
Scout troop During the meeting the
girls exchanged ideas on Scouting,
its privileges and responsibilities,
played and sang. After a lively SEES
sion led by the very enthusiastic
leaders, Mss Ester D. Lindsey, Miss
Cleo Moore, and Miss Beverly Rob-
inson, field director, a solemn clos
ing was held. With the help this
trio, the prospective Scouts of Hill
Reynolds are off to a grand start.
We can expect lots of news from
them in the future.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20
Crystal Springs
Rev. a. C. Berry

Good morning to all of you good
people of our fair Magnolia State
few announcements / will make
and fe wfacts / will state-I will
then bid you SO long until next
week.
On Saturday. Oct Is. it was my
pleasure to walk around the streets
of my old home town, Crystal
Springs. :. to shake hands with and
halk to my many friends. all of
whom seemed very interested in
my wellbeing. This one trip was
SO enjoyable that thereafter each
morning after reading the Bible
and Meditations, the newspaper and
some other good book. in company
with my baby girl, George E. Mary
| take a walk at which time we
get plenty of exercise and much
information
1t seemed as if Mrs. Sallie Harris
had a big job in town shopping
Saturday, while the following
young ladies, Mary Nell Lewis,
Doris Craft, Ruth Bell Harris, Ze-
lola Powell, Silver Loe Bailey and
the Flower sisters were enjoying
themselves on South Jackson street
near the ice cream parlor
The CINE Methodist Conference
was in session at the Mt Calvary
Church Saturday and visitors from
various points such as Terry, Jack
son, HaZlehurst, Brookhaven, GloSt-
er were present Mrs Nina Bailey
meat deal of new friends as he
attended also George E. Mary
have a very good little friend who
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lives in the state of Arkansas by
the name of Katie Mae Dial to
whom she wishes to say hello.
The time will soon be here rom
Miss Eria Mae Sojourner to take
her long too thousand miles trip up
into the state of Mass Those of you
who plan to go north had better
take your heavy clothes because
you will certainly need them.
Miss Cora Lee Jackson is becom-
ing more and more religiously in
clined and this inclination together
with her attractively fitting eye
glasses will make her very popular
in society, if she will have the right
aim in life and practice the golden
rule.
| like to also mention outstanding
boys and young men. but it seems
they are so scarce-we do welcome
a newcomer, James Calvin Sanders,
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Sanders, born Oct 5, 1851 - the
baby's grandmother is Mrs. Lille
Allen who lives in the Brushey
Creek community.
You know that many hands make
light work. Well last but not least
because it's the best of all. the
month of October is my birth month
and the date is the 26th You have
said that you loved me, now prove
it with lots of presents. Mrs. Berry
will not care And anyone VIII can
guess my age correctly will be
given something valuable-some-
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POTPOURRI
BIBLE QUIZ
Animals In The Bible
BY Mamie r. KrYthe !

l. What was Jehu famous for
driving?
2. What plrds were sent to feed
the Israelites in the wilderness?
3. What animal is mentioned
early in Genesis?
4. On what did Mary ride to
Bethlehem?
5. What animal was killed when
the prodigal son came home?
6. The jawbone of what animal
served as a weapon for Samson?
7. In the Old Testament what
animal was symbolic of carrying
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20
North Jackson
News

The service at Eyde Park M. B.
Church. Sunday we're all spiritual
and inspiring, the sermon being de-
livered by Rev H. Y Thomas. the
pastor Welcome visitors were Rev
A r. Thomas and Rev. S. M. Veale
Mrs Carrie Thomas of Mobile
street enjoyed chuach services at
the Morning Star NJ B. Church
Sunday, The sermon was delivered
by Rev c. w Willis.
Mrs Savannah Watson, Carvery
street, enioyed church services
Sunday in Yazoo City, at her home
church. She was accompanied by
her granddaughter, Miss Savannah
Mac Miller and Mr.. William Har-
vey. a
Mr. Will Coleman was a visitor
here Sunday attending to business.
MI. Coleman lives in Crystal
Springs.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20

Troop 1853 of Holy Ghost School
held their usual meeting with tenn
porary president, Peggie Jean Mel
son, presiding. After the flag cere-
mony, the girls each shared in &C
tive games. songs and discussions.
The troop decided to adopt the pa
troll system for smoother troop gov
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20

Mr.. and Mrs P. E. King of Hamil-
ton Street visited in the home of
Mr.. Kings parents in Brandon, on
last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Stingley,
Carver Street are the proud parents
of baby girl born recently. Both
the mother and the tiny little lady
whose name is Elizabeth, are doing
splendidly at this writing.
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thing that will last a life time if
taken care of
There are no death, no serious
illness and no marrying this week.
Be seeing you next week.
Funeral service was held Wed
nesday at 10 o'clock September 10
at the Good Hope Baptist church.
Crystal Springs, Miss. for the Rev.
John A Price who was born Oct. 26.
1863 in Lawrence county. A former
resident of Copiah county, died
Oct. 6, age SO years II mo. and 20
days
He was the moderator of the Co
piah county Sunday school conven-
ton for a number of years. He
made his home in Sunflower coun-
ty with his son. Stephen Price.
There he lived until claimed by
death. Survivors are 4 sons, Step
hen A. Price Inverniss, William J.
Price, Crystal Springs, John NJ.
Price, Chicago, Charles H. Price.
Crystal Springs, one daughter, Mrs.
Annis Young, Crystal Springs and
three sisters, Mrs Martha Gilmore
and Mrs. Mary Harper of Chicago
Mrs. Jennie Bailey of Jackson, Al
grandchildren and 38 great grand
children.
Funeral was under the direction
of the Century Burial Association
Crystal Springs, Miss. Interment
was made in the City Cemetery.
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Patronize the Advertisers
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20

eminent in the uture. They expect
to make Tenderfoot rank very SOON
Friends and well-wishers of Girl
Scout may expect news of Scout
progress from Robertson School and
several neighborhood troops in the
near future
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20
away the sins Of The people,

away the sins Of the people?
8. In the New Testament what
animal was symbolic Of an innocent
person?
8. What bird was sent from the
ark by Noah
10. What animals. according -
the Psalmist, ors ton . thousand
hills?"
II. The name ~ Wf78f aesa ami
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-10-20
NAL was used as an insult?

NAL was used as an insult?
IL. In the New Testament there
was miraculous draught of what?
10. What animals destroyed the
children who Knocked at Elisha?
IA. What little animals spoil the
vines?
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-06
Continued from Page One

and only the worst governments have OPP
pressed those who insistently demanded the
implementation of such ideals as dsarma-
ment Pacifism has never been a popular
theory, but neither have civilized peoples
ever been willing to abandon the idea en-
tirely. And each time war becomes a real
ity, we face again the question of what
we shall do with those who refuse to par
ticipate because of their adverse convictions
Never have we answered the question to any,
ones satisfaction for the pacifists frequently
prefer Jail to the alternative offered, and
military minds are sure that pacifists are pam
pered and should be dealt with more forceful-
ly. Sincere citizens, of neither pacifist nor
military persuasion are invariably troubled
DARKNESS WILL BE COMPLETE"
The one fact which all but the bIindest
military prejudice have observed is that
there could be no greater tragedy than the
complete elimination of the pacifist hope.
Let the time come when every pacifist and
every portion of his philosophy shall have
been destroyed, and the darkness will be
complete. When war clouds are blacklist.
honest people, knowing they must live in
the dark for a season, are still cheered by the
single star which breaks the complete night:
that star is the hope that one day men will
learn to live without violence. The brighter
the star, the more hopeful men become, and
the surer that they are moving toward their
noblest goals.
Universal military training, should it be-
come actually universal as far as this country
is concerned, is the final removal of that
star from the blacklist cloud of our darkest
night. Universal military training is the
antithesis of all that this Nation has sought
throughout its existence. 1t is the opposite
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-06
TYPES OF INFORMATION
SOUGHT BY THE PUBLIC

Types of information sought by
Montana people and others from all
over the nation cover everything
imaginable. Authors, graduate stud
ents preparing theses for their mas
ter degrees, Montana grade and high
school pupils, all avail themselves of
information contained in the library.
Others interested in the develop
ment of mining, transportation, lum-
bering, labor-management difficulties
and other phases of Montana life,
make use of the library.
Older native Montanans whose
births were not recorded, frequently
write to the library seeking affidav-
its based on items in newspaper files
announcing their births. Such items
are of evidence value in securing de-
layed birth certificates.
Even those conducting radio quiz
programs consult the library as a re-
liable source of information for such
programs.
Among the more frustrating type
of out-of-state letters received by
the patient personnel at the Library
was one shown me which said" Please
send me information on the history
of Indians in Montana"
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understand what this means? 1t is the same
story of Willingness the part of COM
Portable people to remain mfortable at the
cost of everything democracy stands for. 1t
is the old story of protecting wealth with
human life. How can we keep down indigna-
ton when the military purposes clear
ly put, and interest in human life is shown
to be secondary to the well-being of particu-
lar groups If young must serve in
the Armed Forces before he is allowed to
vote, why should any be allowed to profit
by it, or any corporation? This proposal was
offered by President Roosevelt when he began
to prepare for the last war, but it was turned
down as contemptuously then as now.
I'm afraid | take life too seriously can
see little reason to laugh at such proposal
and | can find little comfort when it is re-
ported that Senators laughed because they
were so sure it would have no chance of ac-
ceptance. | have little hope for a society
that consents to military planning simply
because those who plan insist that there
is something worse in store if we do not ac-
cept what they propose. don't see how any
thing be worse than the total loss of free
dom, and if | must lose mine, I'd prefer that
it be taken from by enemy than
that | should release it willingly to those
who supposed to help keep it. Uni
versal military training is as near as any
thing l can imagine to the total loss of free
dom for the average citizen.
The supposition that peace be won
through violence is a false one. Religion is
not alone in declaring this; every reasonable
psychological premise asserts its falsity, and
every observation of both individual and in
ternational life procaims it's folly. The
hope of democracy rests with the alertness
of it's citizens, and their refusal to permit
any group of leaders, regardless of party
purpose, to impose upon free land
a military code that is compulsory con-
ditioning for coming generations.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-06
MONTANA NEWSPAPERS

For day by day chronicling of Mon
tana affairs over the years, the more
than 5000 bound volumes of files
of more than 200 daily, weekly and
monthly newspapers, provide the
greatest source of information. They
tell story of their times, of matters
OF greatest interest to earlier gener-
ations, of editors with powerful per-
sonalities and even more powerful
command of words of vitrolic hue.
Though headlines were little larger
than each story, the content of each
arouses a desire in the researcher to
read on.
For an example of early day journ-
alism in Montana let's take a quick
glance at the Great Falls Weekly
Tribune of 1885 under its first pub
Usher, Will Hanks. Some of the is
sues had front pages devoted entire
Iy to Observation-Disclosures at least
81 varieties of type in each of the
larger ads. Then there were the
headlines. A few will suffice:
"INJUN KILL'UM CHINAMAN"
''INDIAN HORSE STEALING"
"CLEANING OUT HORSE
THIEVES"
gambling AS A SCIENCE"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-06
UNIT and Freedom--

of that which has for so long attracted the
best minds of the world to our shores, and
many other minds which, if not of the genius
variety, were yet clear enough to believe in
peace, and a nonmilitary society. and to
desire a country where the life and energy
of the people are devoted to constructive
living instead of military preparation. We
need go back but a short distance in our
history to observe the determination that
this land should never come under military
control Our fathers established a govern
ment which provided that the Commander in
Chief of all the Armed Forces should be a
civilian-the President. This was never in
tended to make the President a soldier-it
was felt that the Presidents position was
large enough to overshadow the false glamor
of military authority and it was made clear
that he should be in control of the military
as safeguard for civilian life, and not in
order to permit him or any portion of his
Cabinet to think of themselves as soldiers.
1t is hard to believe that these founding
fathers could have foreseen the time when
the President would himself advocate uni
versal military training.
"PROPRIETY OF VIOLENCE" VIA UNIT
For some time now efforts have been made
to get a bill through Congress that would
bring about the domination of all life by
military discipline, bill which DEGREES that
every male citizen of this land, before he
shall have reached the voting age, shall be
conditioned to the program of the armed
services. In wonder if we understand this
clearly-all young men, before they are per-
mitted to take any responsibility in our ma
tional life, before they cast their first VOTE
must submit to training period which will
give most of them, forever, a sense of the
propriety of violence. school for death,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-06
BEGINNING OF THE LIBRARY

Accordingly on February 2, 1865
by legislative act approved by Gov.
Edgerton, the Historical Society of
Montana was Incorporated sin order
to collect and arrange facts in re-
gard to the early history of this Ter
ritory, the discovery of mines. in
cidents of the fur trade, ETC." First
headquarters of the historical society
and library were at Virginia City.
Later they were moved to Deer
Lodge, and then to Helena. For sew
eral years temporary quarters for
the library were maintained in the
Lewis & Clark court house, on COM
pletion of the new capitol building
in 1902 the library found a space
that was to be its home for the next
so years.
Although incorporated by the first
legislature, it was not until 1898
that it came under control of the
state. In the years since, other leg
islation has been enacted to meet
the needs of the times. In 1949 along
with being legislatively assured space
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-06
WHAT'S IN THE LIBRARY?

Books? Between 10000 and 50,-
900 volumes.
Newspapers? To be sure-bound
files of practically every newspaper
that ever existed in Montana, begin
ming with Vol. 1, No. L of the states
first newspaper, The Montana Post,
City of Virginia, August 27, 1864.
All in all there's over 5000 bound
volumes of files of Montana daily
and weekly publications. This col
lection is considered one of the fin
est of its kind in the nation.
Indian Lore? One of the most
complete and varied collections in
America. This includes the very large
Major Allen and Peter Roman collec-
tions.
Minerals? Montana, noted for its
tremendous variety of minerals, has
some of its finest specimens on dis
play in the many cases comprising
the minerals section of the library.
Historical? Montana's first print
ing press. stage coaches, carriages,
skulls and grave markers of early |
lay outlaws, cannon, guns, and humid
eds of other items necessary to pio-
leer life. Of the large gun collec-
ion probably the most valuable of |
I'll is the Hawken rifle once toted by
i'm Bridger, explorer, trader and
cout of a century ago.
Pictures? Scores and scores of
hem. Paintings encased in huge
9th century frames adorn every bit
f wall space in the library. These
include not only those of scenic nat
re, but, several dozen of prominent
Iontana pioneers such as Granville
stuart, Sam and Mrs. Hauser, T. c.
'ower, A. NJ Hotter, Nelson A. Miles,
nd Brother VAN, to mention only
few.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-06
LIBRARY PERSONNEL

Two words sum up the attitude
of both Mrs. Lucinda Scott, librar-
ian. and Mrs. Anna Mcdonnell, as
sistant librarian toward the public
extremely cooperative.
Mrs. Scott who will be retiring June
/ after nine years as head of the Ii
brary is a native of Helena and the
daughter of Civil War Captain Dan
w. Buck, who came to Montana in
1866.
Lovable Mrs. Mcdonnell has been
in the library since 1924, and will
continue on in her present status
under incoming librarian Kenneth
Ross Toole of Missoula.
Mr.. Toole, 81, who holds mast
ers degree in history from the state
university, is presently completing
work on his doctorate in history at
the University of California Los An
geles. He is the grandson of John
R. Toole, prominent early day bank
er, and the great grand son of Cor
nelius (Baron) O'Keefe, one-time
rancher west of Missoula. whose old
mansion still stands just off Highway
10 between DeSmet and Evaro.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-06
Montana's Historical Librarv

Would you like to leisurely back
track over more than four score
years of Montana history and gain
for yourself vivid, living picture of
pioneer life in Montana of trappers,
miners, cattle barons; of gold strikes,
road agents. vigilantes? Of range
wars, the coming of the railroads,
homesteaders, the copper kings? Of
the human melting pot that has been
the panorama of Montana life these
many years past?
Would it not be fascinating to
imagine yourself on river boat
making the months long journey up
stream from st. Louis to Fort Ben
ton, thence overland to the gold
camps of Bannack, Virginia City
Originally the City of Virginia. or
Last Chance Gulch? To picture your
self a contemporary of Montana's
first territorial Governor, Sidney Ed
gerton, or Montana's most notorious
highway agent, Henry Plummer; or,
at a later date to have followed
Brother Van" REV. w. w. VanOrs-
deD as he strove to bring out the
more Christian impulses in whisky
drinking, gun-toting men who phone
cred the settlement of our state?
Though the hands of the clock
cannot turn backwards, thanks to
foresight of Montana's first ter
ritorial legislature, Montanans of to-
day and tomorrow may relive again
and again the richness, the hardship,
The flambouyant and the dull that
vas Montana past. For, though the
SOS were hell-roaring days, there
we're men in that first legislature
Who perceived that future genera
ions would lust for knowledge of
What had gone before. -
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-06

what ever, the library provides a
ready and most complete source of
information.
Rarest land most valuable) book
in the library is an S2-page account
of trip down the Yellowstone and
Missouri rivers to "the states" writ
ten by 15-year old boy, John Allen
Hosmer, son of Montana's first chief
justice. Not only did young Hosmer
author the book, but, he also secured
a couple of fonts of type and print
ing press and did the actual printing.
1t was published in 1867.
Another extremely rare book is a
copy of the first edition of Prof.
Thomas Dimsdale's "The Vigilantes
of Montana, the first book ever
printed in Montana. This pocket
size book came off the presses of the
Montana Post in 1866.
Still another rare volume in the
library is Granville Stuart's "Mon-
tana AS 1t Is, published in 1865,
and the first book ever written about
Montana. Montana AS 1t Is" may
be considered the first attempt in
the promotional field to sell the at
tributes of the state to the people of
eastern United States.
In addition to books of significance
to Montana directly, the library also
boasts complete set of the Congress
'ional Record starting from the first
'ederal congress in 1889; annual re-
PORTS of various governmental agen-
les for upwards of $50 years; ency-
lopedias of many kinds, and thous-
lnds of volumes of historical value
N the west, the nation and the world.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-06
BOOKS

Of course, only fraction of the
books in the library pertain directly
to Montana life, but the several
hundred devoted entirely or in part
to our state represent the most COM
plete source of information there is
on the Treasure State.
Whether one is interested in pio-
neer days, Indians of Montana, the
fur trade, the development of mining
and lumber industries, agriculture,
organized labor, transportation, or
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-04-06

in the soon-to-be-completed Montana
Veterans and Pioneers Memorial
building, considerable was done
(under SD 131, Bovey of Cascade)
to provide a more adequate financial
foundation and reorganization to as
sure perpetuation of the library. Now
it is possible for interested Montanans
to become members of the Historical
Society by payment of an annual So
membership fee.