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ed to Shaw, the father Of Fabian
socialism which is merely the fore
runner of Marxianism.
eyes, Shaw was the earliest
in England. And no one had the
CUTS to criticise him because he
was so i~ntolerant of criticism-of
himself.
"Shaw built nothing. His sails
were never to the tempest given.
He was childless. A vegetarian and
he even conducted his love affairs
by letter, AS with Mrs. Patrick
Campbell" and DR.. Gogarty shook
his head disapprovingly.
"You might as well expect
Stafford Grips to be Shakespear!
Shaw's plays are monologues in
terrupted by marionettes, but al
most always justified by the pro-
logues. His prefaces r longer
than his plays and his life was
longer than his reputation.
"Even his Fabian socialism was
a contradiction of Shaw's theories.
He left $3,00o,0 900 to expand the
alphabet instead of tossing that
money back into the common pool
as a good Fabian would.
"Some men can tell a tale for
an hour without monopolizing the
conversation, but Shaw couldn't
say an epigram without monopoli-
zing the talk and everything COM
ing to a standstill but Shaw"
DR.. Gogarty stood up, crowned
by his thatch Of heavy, almost
white hair, and reached for his
hat.
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II never cared for the man."
be said, 'or his friend, Lady Asst
or. Even her banalities don't lend
her distinction"
II wish I could think Of some
thing good to say about him."
said the doctor as he went through
the door. "But / can't. cts his
wife who had the last word with
that will"
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A forceful new revenue COM
missioner, John B. Dunlap, has
taken over the tax agency and is
directing the housekeeping. AS
sistant Attorney General Lamar
Caudle, who headed the justice de-
partment's tax section, has been
ousted.
The armed services and other
contracting agencies have revised
their purchase policies to squeeze
out most Of the "five-percenters."
The RFC has undergone a com
plete shake-up. It's much-criticized
five-man board has been replaced
by a single enthusiastically.
Stuart Symington, who has prom
ised the agency will now Christie
with integrity"
Democratic National Chairman
William Boyle, under fire for his
connection with an RFC borrower,
has resigned for "health" reasons
and been replaced by Frank Nc
Kinney, who promises strictly
ethical conduct at national head
quarters.
President Truman has proposed
putting tax collectors, now politi-
cal patronage jobs under civil
service. He has also suggested that
all government officials earning
$4,000 a year or more be requir-
ed to reveal all income, public and
private.
But reforms, however sincere
and forceful, probably will not
squelch corruption as a major 1852
campaign issue. New Investigations
and the continuation of old ones
can be expected to provide fresh
material through the prediction
months.
While the modern-day scandals
may not rival "Teapot Dome,'
which involved more than 500
600, 900 in Federal Oil lands ant
sent a cabinet member to prison
COP leaders feel they will maxi
a potent talking point in the forth
coming battle for the Whit
House.
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ruption," he said bitterly:
"Scandalsin our government are
not new phenomena in our history.
What seems to be new about these
scandals is the moral blindness or
callousness which allows those in
responsible positions to accept the
practices which the facts reveal.
"It is bad enough for us to have
corruption in our midst, but it is
worse if it is to be condoned and
accepted as inevitable"
That sentiment can be found
echoed in a recent speech by Sen.
Taft (R) Ohio, an avowed Presi-
dental candidate, who said:
cit is only in Washington that
we see a complete Generalization
of the standards of morality and
truth. The partisans of the adj
ministration have not even bother
ed to deny the improper use of
influence -"
In his senate speech, Fulbright
suggested a commission of emin-
'ent citizens to look into the whole
problem of government ethics, and
that proposal was backed up by a
subcommittee headed by another
Democrat Sen. Douglas of H.
linois.
The Douglas group expressed
concern over official morals and
the tolerance shown for the "fast
buck" artist and the political
trickster." On the other hand, il
stressed a point sometimes for
gotten:
"The basic integrity of the Fed.
eral Government in most branches
is relatively high. Most public ser.
wants are honest and faithful
The ethical standards of public of.
ficials are probably higher thar
those prevailing in business anc
other walks of life"
There has been no action on the
proposal for an "ethics commits
sion," but numerous and drastic
steps have been taken to correc
conditions exposed by the investi
cations.
Close to so firings and resigna
tions have occurred at Presiden
Truman's direction in the Interna
Revenue Bureau and the Justic,
Department as a result of the cur
rent tax scandal. Many more ar
reported to be on the way as in
vestigators dig deeper into tn
facts.
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NEW YORK, Dec. IL (lNS)-
All, well, before the loyal sons OF
St. Patrick pick up the shillelagh
and lay about them, it's well to
straighten out the matter of Mrs.
George Bernard Shaw's will en-
That will of Mrs. Shaw's, leav-
ing $263,OO0 for the Improvement
of manners and culture among the
Irish, is no reflection on the En-
erald Isle and it's people at all.
"No, No." said DR.. solver St.
John Gogarty, the redoubtable
Irish author, wit, physician, and
ex-senator. "That was not the in
tent of the will. Mrs. Shaw's will
is her quiet revenge on this boor
she married, this man who went to
England to prove he was an Irish
man.
"To Shaw, nothing was sacred,
even his relations with his wife. He
said she was an old woman whom
he married for her money. He
made copy out Of everything, out
of her, out of himself"
The jokes on Shaw, not on Ire
| land, insisted DR.. Gogarty when he
dropped by for a chat the other
day. And who can argue with an
Irishman of his distinction, one Of
| Fires most noted men of letters,
and one of it's great wits? Who
cares to dispute with the man i'm
mortalizzed as Buck" Mulligan
in the "Ulysses" of James Joyce,
with whom he once lived in Dub
lin?
"Shaw as the most perspicacious
in the world-in his own opinion
DR.. Gogarty continued. "But this
perspicacious man missed the
purpose Of his wife's will entirely
he never saw that it was her re.
venge on himself, the great dis
rupter, who tried to turn every.
thing upside down."
Anyway, that's the Gogarty di'
agnosis Of the will left by Mrs
Shaw, who died some years be-
fore her famous husband. The val
idity of this bequest of $263,00(
to polish the manners Of the Irisl
has just been affirmed by a Brit
ish court.
"Of course, I cannot prove m!
thesis" said the amiable doctor
his eyes darling sly blue fire, ant
the beautiful accents of Dublin
purling off his tongue like waite;
through a brook.
"But it's like Euclid's Seventl
proposition: SHOW me any othe
way out Of itv No other explana
ton ofthe will holds water, reason
or sense.
"Shaw was the great disrupter,
said DR.. Gogarty, warming to hi
subject. "The dissolution Of tn
!: ! British Empire today can be trae
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By CHARLES B. .SEIB

International News Service Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. IL QNS)- A Democratic
senator has given Republicans a text for many a cor
ruption in government campaign speech.
Shortly after he finished exploring the web of in
fluence and favoritism in the RFC, Sen. %Fulbright CD
Ark, took the senate floor to issue a sober warning on
"the moral deterioration of American democracy"
In that speech, under the heading of "condoning cor
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The Corruption Story.

This is the last in a series of articles on various invest
into governmental practices in Washington
D. rIIADYE &c d GELD
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Advertiser Readers Renew Subscriptions
During Past Month, Bringing Tota! To 500

Hayes Clark, Mrs. John Kim
brough, Mile Gowens, P. F. Mar
tin, c. S. Baughn, Martin L,
Smith, and D. c. Lundy.
Napolean Brooks, Mrs. o. D.
Hooker, Mrs. E. A. Brock, Mrs,
Wallace johnson, ST., w. B. Thorn
as, H. "A. Black, Leon Tate, H. E.
Mullen, Willie Lewis, A. G. Grit
fin, Sue Halle Johnson. c. R.
Hoover, M. r. Spencer, r. L. Car
ey, Miss Lucy Fritz, F. S. Hanna
John Lacy, ]. D. Williams, CASTOR
Grantham, Mrs. M. c. Buford
Montfort Jones, T. A. Barrentine
Harold p. Hammett, Sue Henry
DR.. ]. j. Kazar, Boyd Sheppard
Mrs. Irene Cox, Joe Lou, Mrs
Pattie Melton.
J. H. Davis, E. D. Pepper, r. B
O'Reilly, Miss Matte Mclean, E
H. Wright, ". B. Byrd, B. Schur
III. Schur, N. Schur, L. o. Spell
K. H. and c. L. Downer, DR.. P. B
Brumby, J. T. Autry, Dora Price
Continued on Page 80
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Or. Brumby Elected V-P
Of Medical Society

DR.. r. B. Brumby was electaR
vice president from Holmes coum~
ty at a meeting of the North Gem
trail Medical society at Hotel Du-
rant, Friday, April 6. at 8 pm
Seven counties were represented
Attending from Holmes county
were DR.. Maurice f. Herring, JKv
Lexington; DR.. D. r. Mintex,
DR.. J, J. Kazar, Tchula; DR.. W.
G. Brock, West; DIR. C. H. In
gram, Pickens; DR.. A. A. Der
rick, Jr., DR.. Roy L. Smith. and
DR.. ]. M. Howell, Durant.
Speaker for the occasion WE
DR.. Harvey Johnston on "ArteriO-
Scherotic Diseases OF The Ex-
tremities," "CausaIgia," ana
"Congenital Megacolon." An eiec-
ton of district officers was asao
held.
Following the meeting, fsar
group made a tour of Beat TWO
Community hospital, Durant, con-
Quoted by DR.. Derrick in the alb
sence of Administrator Charles
w. Flynn.
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Grand Jury Hits Law vio|ators;
81 True Bills Returned, 5 No-biIIs
Additions Made
To Firm Roster

Perry Strickland is associated
with the firm of j. M. Hoff, me-
chanical contractor, effective APP
ril 2, according to statement
made this week, in which was
also made known the. appoint
ment of the firm as agents for
Delta Motor Lines and Pigg
Transfer company. The addition
al service is to be furnished peo-
pie of this section in addition to
plumbing, heating, and electrical
contracting and repairs.
The contracting firm, at 3O4
Yazoo street, former Lexington
CONSTRUCTION company location,
will serve as q terminal for Delta
and Pigg, making it possible for
planters and other people and
firms in this territory to get ra-
pid, motor truck service.
The public is invited to tele-
phone the new firm for quick SER
vice on freight pickup and de-
livery within the vicinities of the
city of Lexington and. the town
of Tchula.
Mr.. Strickland is well-known in
Lexington and surrounding terri
tory and is pleasurable addition
to the new firm, being well-quali-
fled in the contracting and repair
field Of work.
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THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
by Hazel Brunnon Smith

wish to call to the attention of
every reader the report of the
Holmes County Grand Jury this
week to Circuit Judge Arthur
Jordan.
Every citizen, / believe, will be
interested in the report of the
Grand Jury in regard to lawless-
ness and law enforcement in our
county and l believe you will
heartily approve and support its
findings.
Certainly this Grand Jury has
done its duty in calling the
attention of our Judge and our
citizens to conditions and is re-
fleeing overwhelming public
sentiment when it says:
I'VE. your Grand Jury. resent
the bad reputufion brought
against the good name of Holmes
county and invite the present law
violators either to become useful
citizens or else to get out of our
county"
Again the Grand Jury reminds
us that every citizen has respon-
sibility for present conditions. 1t
says:
We believe that large major
ity of our citizens at last realize
the rotten conditions in Holmes
county and that once and for all
it is time to clean it up.
In the opinion Of the Grand
Jury IL will take the wholeheurted
cooperation of each citizen; and
We urge our fellow -countians not
20 shirk their responsibilities a.
cifixsns. jurors. witnesses or in
any other capacities in which they
may serve. II Is our firm convic-
ton that with everyone doing his
part and with Gods help. the job
can b done"
The Grand Jury took a firm
stand approving and commencing
Sheriff Ellis E. Wynn and Coun-
ty Attorney Pat M. Barrett for
their efforts in securing assist
ance from Governor Wright and
the National Guard in conducting
.-cntinued on Page -
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Services Are Held
For Mrs. W.T.. Bass

Services for MIS-. VILLA m
Franklin Bass, 70, Route 4. Lex
ington, who died at Community
hospital April z, were held at
Coxburg church with the Rev.
A. c. Trest officiating. Burial
was in Coxburg cemetery.
Mrs. Bass was born in Holmes
county March IS, 1881, the former
Lucy Lula Killebrew. She was
member of Coxhurg Methodist
church.
She leaves her husband. and
one son, William S. Pettus; also
four daughters, Mrs. Lenora Ne
therland, Mrs. Matte Sue CHS
ohm, Mrs. Eloise Gilmore, of Lex
ington Route 4, and Mrs. Rosa
Mae Parsons, Ebenezer; a bro
Their, j. r. Killebrew of Tilatobia;
one sister, Mrs. Rosa Killebrew
Route 4, Lexington; IA grand
children and Is great grandchil-
dren.
Southern Funeral home was ir
charge of arrangements.
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Mr.. Clark To Begin
Series Of Sermons

A series of sermons on Work
In Salvation" by the Rev
Hayes Clark, pastor of First
Presbyterian churches, Lexing-
tOn md Tchula, will baGin April
Is and contirsue Oh consecutive
Sundays.
Topics with dates are: "Christ's
Work For U.s." April Is; ''The
Work OF The Church." April %;
and "Our Work For Christ"
April 20.
The sermons are designed to
bring a clear conception Of the
place Of the church in mans
spiritual life and the place of
man in the church. There are
many varied, distorted, queer,
and loose ideas about the church.
Many Of these hinder the cause
and bring about church me-
glect," the Rev. Mr.. Clark stated.
The public is invited to at
tend the services, which begin
at the Tchula church at II am.
Sunday, followed at the Lexington
church at 7 pm.
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Local Grade School
To Present 0peretid

An operetta, Land OF Dreams
Come True in three acts Will
be presented in the Lexington
Grammar School auditorium April
10 at 8 pm. sponsored by Miss
Lucille Oaks, public school and
piano teacher. The cast of $50
will include almost every grade
school pupil from grades two to
six The public is invited, and
no admission will be charged.
To take leading roles in sing
ing and speaking will be: Cav
iyn Ussery, Edward Ellington,
Glenice Crisco, Billy Ellis, Linda
Lou Ellis, Gretchen Povall. Al
Povall, Sibyl McRae, Carolyn
White, Buddy Ussery, Beth Beall,
Ed Thurmond, Katherine Daley,
Bobby Moody, Joan Chennault,
and Tommy Holder.
Pixies will be Bobby Bowie,
Billy Jean Carroll, Jimmy Farm
er, Marion Fonville, Harold Ham
nett, Bucky Henley, Douglas Ho-
ran, Ward Reaves, Morris Schur,
Lamar Spell and Roy Aaron
Spell.
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Watt D. Ford Enters
Beut One J. P. Race

Watt d. Ford, a native oE
Holmes county and serving his
eighth year as justice of .ise
peace for beat one, has announces
his candidacy for reelection.
Born and reared here, candidate
Ford promises the citizens of beat
one "the same kind of fair SER
vice they have bee n receiving
in the past seven years." if re-
elected.
Well-known in Holmes county,
before serving in his present cap
acity, Mr.. Ford was a rural mail
carrier for four years; manager Of
plantation in the Delta irons
1915-25; and has been a farmer
He states that he has heard abb It
600 cases but has settled outside
of court twice as many more.
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Names Listed
New Rates Now
On Most Head

Approximately 300 subscribers
have paid up their subscriptions
during the latter half of February
and the month of March, making
a total of 600 subscribers who
took advantage of a recent offer
to renew their paper for one or
two years in advance at the old
rate of $3.50 per year.
New subscription rates may
now be seen on the masthead of
this paper.
Persons subscribing or renewing
during the period mentioned in
cluded c. Williams, R. X. Autry,
Horace X. Ables, X. P. Thomas,
Miss M. E. Herring, ]. N. Hearn,
o. w. Thompson, Rufus Ammons,
J. Harvey Roach, James A. Hen
ley, Daisy Anderson, William l..
Dyer, Mrs. Joe H. Moore, Jesse
Edwards, Hal A. Gillian. the Rev.
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Legion Binno Party
Set For Friday P. NJ;
Merchunts Give Prizes

Twenty-eight prizes worth a
total of $145 and donated by To-
cal firms will be offered winners
at the l0-game bingo party Fri
day, April Is at 8 pm. at Abb Tay-
Tor Memorial home, sponsored by
the American Legion and Auxil-
iary.
Firm names and prizes follow:
The Fincher company, cooking
glass double boiler and percola-
tor; o. L. Ellison, three pair la
dies hose; Gwin-Lail company,
automobile road lamp; Weathers-
by Chevrolet company, car radio
speaker; Hollingsworth's, auto
spot light; Texaco station, two
wash and grease jobs; N. Schur,
one pair embroidered pillow cases;
E. Cohen's, one pair ladies' hose.
Patterson's IGA store, credit
slip, So; Patterson's Variety
lamp shade; Thurmond's, Mitch
ell table lamp; Volunteer store,
credit slip So; Liberty Cash. Gre
dit slip So; Connally's, choker;
Reid Supply company, vaccumatic
coffee maker; Bealps Drug store.
vase; Mississippi Power and Light
company, lamp.
Crown Service station, two
wash and grease jobs; Super
Service station, trouble auto light,
one oil change. one wash and
grease; Peoples Drug store,
electric wall clock; Browns De-
partment store, mans sport shirt
Lexington Motor company, pair
fog lamps; Herring Barber
shop, two hair cuts; Western
Auto, one table tennis set; Wea-
thersby and Koran. one set mix
ing bowls. one frying pan: Hen
rich Drug store. sandwich tray;
Shaddock- Kimbrough, child bath
robe.
The public is invited to attend
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Bible School Institute
Set For April Is

The annual Greenwood district
institute school for vacation Bible
workers will be held at First Me-
thodist church Monday, April Is,
from S to 9 pm, it is announced
by the Rev. c. T. Floyd. pastor.
Twenty-eight charges will be rep
resented among conference work
ers to attend the school. Leaders
will be Miss Vera Montgomery,
Tupelo, conference youth worker;
Mrs. Harvey Beasley, Alderman;
and Miss Cora Lee Glenn, New
Albany, director of religious edu-
cation and vacation School spe-
cialist.
The group of workers will bring
their own lunches, and will be
furnished drinks by the local
church.
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|. n. S. Bond Wins
Excellent Rotinqs

Lexington High School band
was one of four Glass c schools
rating Excellent in Field Ma
neuvers in the State Band con-
test held in Jackson at Tiger
Stadium this week. The band
also rated Excellent in Con
cert, and Sight Reading.
An excellent rating went also
to Wanda Mack Wilcox, as signal
drum major. w. H. Scott is di-
rector of the band. Edith Moore.
member of the band, won the
rating of Superior" on trombone
at the state contest Saturday.
On April 2, Edith Moore and
Sylvia Lynn Cohen made re-
cordings for try-out for the ALI
State Lions band.
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Other Indictments
Included MunsIougterx
Larceny, Burglary

Thirty-one indictments very
made by the Holmes County
Grand Jury in session Monday
Tuesday and Friday of last week
Twenty-one of the 81 ind;ct-
ments returned were for posses
sion of liquor Q4 and gambling
90, arising out of a raid made
March 31st by Mississippi r.
tional Guardsmen on orders Of
Governor Fielding l.. Wright oE
request of Sheriff Ellis E. Wynn
and County Attorney Pat M. Bar
rett. In the IA indictments cilazg-
ing possession of liquor there
were % persons named while IS
persons were named in the seven
gambling indictments.
Other indictments included at
tempted rape, enticing a cflaia,
grand larceny, burglary, MAN.
slaughter and resisting arrest.
The complete list of indict-
ments follows: Herbert Downer,
possession of whiskey; Judson
Lee Drane, possession of Iiquoess
j. G. Lane and M. M. PoweN,
possession of liquor; M. M. Pow
ell and J. G. Lane, possession II
gambling device; H. D. Powell,
Mrs. H. D. Powell, possession ~
gambling device; H. d. Powell
and Mrs. H. D. Powell, possessinuD
of liquor; Freddie Mcbride anR
James Mcbride, gambling devices
H. L. Malone, Jr., possession oe
liquor; Jimmy McNair, gamta-
ing device; Jimmy McNair, Mrs..
Jimmy McNair, liquor possessious
R. c. Holder, possession of liqunws
John Pettus, same; A. L. Me
Nar, same; John Mcbride, john
Mcbride, Jr., same; Dennis VIII
liams (colored), Orlando Powell,
same; Mrs. H. S. Powell, HI. s..
Powell, Orlando Powell, SANG;
Continued on Page A.
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History OF Lexington
Reviewed Al Rotary
Is Firms Have
Been In Business
rs Years Or More

There are 16 business firms in
Lexington which have been in
existence for Is years or more,
according to information of AL
Ian Ramsey, who gave a most in
teresting program at Tuesdays
Rotary meeting on Lexington in
which he reviewed conditions in
!rhe community for the past Is
years or so. H. L. Nichols pre-
sided.
The growth and development of
business, industry, the various
churches and schools and other
institutions, was related by Mr..
Ramsey and several members of
the club contributed bits of in
formation which proved most in
teresting and entertaining, espec-
tally to newcomers in the club
and guests.
Firms or individuals which
have been in business for Is years
Or more are The Lexington Adj
vertiser, established in 1887;
Beall's Drug Store. established
in 1869; and these firms most Of
whom have been established since
1900: The Fincher Company,
Peoples Drug Store, ElIison's,
Flowers, Cohen's, Shaddock-
Kimbrough Company, The Lewis
Grocer Company, Gwin-Lail
Company; John X. Rhyme, Herr
son Insurance Agency, Lexington
man Insurance Agency and Wat
Coca-Cola Bottling Company and
Lexington Compress.
OF particular interest to the
club was the information that
from a $1,256, 900 assessment and
a z mill tax levy in 1905 the city
of Lexington had increased in
1925 to valuation Of $l,639, 900
with a Is mill tax levy, three
fourths of which was on real es-
tate and one fourth on personal
property; and in 1851 we have
an assessed valuation of $4,000, 900
and IS mill tax rate with real
estate accounting for $1,650,0 900
and personal property amounting
to only $750,000 The remainder
is about $4,000 public service.
Guests present were Lloyd
Bailey, of Ohio. guest of T. M.
Williams; Amzi kirkpatrick of
Lebanon, Tenn, a member of one
of Holmes county's first pioneer
families, guest of B. S. Beall;
DR.. Donald Robinson of Ole Miss,
guest of Bill Schneider; and Her
shell Hopper, district Frigidaire
representative, guest of w. H.
Fincher, Jr.