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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1951-06-21
Lexington Roiarians
Hear Owen Cooper
World Affairs And
Nitrogen q
Are Discussed

The collapse of Christian ideal
ism was cited as one of the reas-
ons for the general undermining
of public confidence in American
government OF a county, state
and national level by Owen Coop
err of Yazoo City, executive vice
president of the Mississippi
Chemical company at Yazoo City
. in an address before the Lexing-
ton Rotary club this week.
Mr.. Cooper said we need a new
concept in international relations
based on Christian brotherly love
When people r naked and
hungry they do not know or care
about the difference between
Communism and Democracy" the
speaker said.
MI. Cooper gave a report on the
seven and one-half million dol
lar plant formed by some 5000
Mississippi stockholders to manu-
facture alphabetically nitrogen.
He said this plant was just g
beginning of what could be ac-
complished in industry in this
state and urged that as much o.
it as possible be done with Mis-.
/, sissippi capital.
Guests at Tuesdays meeting
were l.. P. Johnson, guest of S. E
Henry; Tol Thomas~~Af~Cruaar
guest of program chairman Henri
P. Watson; v. E. Aldrich of Wi.
mona, guest of p. P. Lindholm
Jim Chisolm and E. P. Garrett
guests of Norman Weathersby
the Rev. John Howell of Triton
Ga, guest of Edwin White; Viii.
son Earle, guest of Butler T
Moore; and the Rev. Harmon L
Smith, new Lexington pastor
guest of Wilburn Hooker.
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Methodist Pastor
Thursday

The Rev. and Mrs. Harmon L.
Smith of Carrollton arrived
Thursday in Lexington, where the
Rev. Mr.. Smith began serving his
pastorate as Methodist minister
on Sunday. With the Smiths are
their four sons and one daughter,
all here for the present.
The Rev. and Mrs. Smith are
both natives of Laurel. He at
tended school at Ole Miss, Van
derbilt, and Emory universities,
the latter school from which he
received theological training. He
has been preaching since July,
l945, prior to which time he
served in the capacities of school
teacher, band director, and sani-
tation engineer with the State
Board of Health. He also has di-
rected evangelistic work.
The Rev. Mr.. Smith is a past
member of the Lions and Rotary
clubs, was a member of the Car
rollton Chamber of Commerce, is
a Mason and a member of the
Order of Eastern Star. Mrs. Smith
is also a member of the O.E.S.
Harmon L. Jr., Sonny, who is
20, will be president of Pi Kappa
Alpha social fraternity at Mill
saps college next year where he
will be a senior. He Is a member
Of the international Relations
club and Alpha Phi Omega, ma
tional service fraternity, and has
been a member of the Singers for
three years. He is business man.
ager of the Purple and White,
student publication, and will
serve as student pastor at Swift
town for the current year. He
was student pastor at Black Hawk
for the past two years.
Murray, who likes to be known
as Buddy, is Is. He will be a
sophomore at Ole Miss next year
where he is a member of the foot
ball squad on an athletic scholar.
ship. He is a Pi Ka pledge.
Bobby, l6, will be a junior
in high school, hopes to go out fol
football and band practice too
For four years he was mascot anc
junior drum major while in Tu.
pelo. Mike, 9, will be in the fiftf
grade. He wants to go out fol
band, also, this year, having en-
joyed playing in the Melody banc
while at Carrollton. Patsy, 5, thu
youngest, and the only girl, will
be six in January.
Services will be held at tn,
church each Sunday at IL am
and 7:30 pm, the new pastor an
nounced.
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Baptist Bible School
Holds Commencement

In recognition of the new pas
tor of the Methodist church,
preaching services will not be
held at First Baptist church Sun
day night, June "a. At the Baptist
Vacation Bible school commence
ment, in which more than 100
children participated and 103 GER
tificates awarded for attendance,
the opening worship program was
used in the program Sunday
night.
Each of the four departments
presented a program in demon
stration of the work of the school,
after which the children and par
ents viewed the handwork done
in the school on display in the
church basement.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1951-06-21
George MarsaIis
Candidate For Public
Service Commissioner
Vicksburg Condidote
Visits Holmes County
Voters This Week

George Marsalis of Vicksburg
announces his candidacy for Pub
lie Service Commissioner for the
middle district of Mississippi and
visited Holmes county this week
in the interest of his candidacy
for that office.
MI. Marsalis has served ten
years as supervisor for the Public
Service commission and is thor
oughly familiar with all the de-
tails of the work involved in this
office, his friends pointed out.
Prior to entering the service of
the Public Service commission,
he was employed by the Illinois
Central railroad and has had AZ
years experience in transportation
and communication work.
1.-THE Public Service commission
has supervision of railroads, tele-
graph, telephone, BUSES and truck
operating for hire, and by reason
of Mr.. Marsalis' years of expert
ence in this class of work, he is
well qualified to protect the pub
lie interests, and. to cooperate
with these agencies in obtaining
better service" his supporters
said.
Transportation of the various
kinds is vitality necessary to the
public, and the business inter
ests of Mississippi, and in order
to coordinate these agencies and
maintain service to the highest
efficiency, it is necessary to have
a man in the Public Service Com
mission who has had back
ground, ability and experience in
this line of work." they further
stated.
MI. Marsalis said: 81 am parti-
cularly interested in seeing that
rural areas get electricity and
telephones. l should like to e
the Telephone Company render
this service but if they cannot, or
will not, then / am in favor of
forming coops of several coun-
ties in order to get this essential
service to the people who live in
the country. This has been done
with good results in other Sec
tons of Mississippi"
Mr.. Marsalis said he would ap-
preciate the thoughtful considera-
ton of all qualified electors in
Holmes county for this important
office.
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HDC Show Winner
Awards Made
Exhibits Made
OF 225 Flowers,
2l0 Vegetables

The annual flower and vege-
table show and cotton dress style
revue was held on Monday, June
18th, with 225 flower exhibits and
218 vegetable exhibits being
made. Twenty-one dresses were
made and modelled.
Judges for the flower and vege-
table exhibits were Miss Christine
Hollis, Home Demonstration
agent, Indianola; Mrs. Clifton
Godbold, Home Demonstration
agent, Belzoni, and Mrs. Ethel
Bowman, Home Economist, REA,
Greenwood. Judge for the cot
ton dress revue was Miss Mamie
Brock, clothing specialist, State
college.
Exhibits and placings were
made as follows: Gladiolus -
LIST place winners, Mrs. LYDIA Hol-
ley, Mrs. B. A. Mcbride, Mrs. Otis
Stevenson, Mrs. N. M. Parkinson,
and Mrs. Wilburn Potts; crepe
myrtle - LIST, Mrs. Buck Byrd;
gaillardia-lst, Mrs. j. F. Sam
pie; candy tufts - LIST, Mrs. j. F.
Chisolm; mimosa - LIST, Mrs. j.
F. Sample; fever few - LIST, Mrs.
O. w. Broome.
Miniature arrangement - LIST
place winners, Mrs. J. F. Sample,
Mrs. Pete Blackstock; shasta
daisy LIST, Mrs. Joe Branch,
Mrs. J. F. Sample, Mrs. Mary
Roach; verbena - LIST, Mrs. o.
w. Broome, Mrs. Jesse Byrd;
chrysanthemums - LIST, Mrs. Pete
Blackstock; phlox - LIST, Mrs.
James Summerlin, Mrs. j. E.
Chisolm; petunia - LIST, Mrs. j.
E. Chisolm, Mrs. T. A. Barren
tine; zinnias (large) - LIST, Mrs.
j. H. McNeer, Mrs. J. E. Chisolm:
zinnias (smalD - LIST, Mrs. w. H.
Roach.
Carnations - 1st, Mrs. John D.
Smith; mixed ANIMALS - 1st, Mrs.
). F. Sample; lily - lst, Mrs.
Mary Roach, Mrs. Buck Byrd,
Mrs. Lydia Holley, Mrs. Amsy
Bouchillon, Miss Mariana Kim
brough, Mrs. Joel Gulledge and
| Mrs. L. O. Henry; hollyhocks -
LIST, Mrs. John d. Smith; mari
Continued on Page 81
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Initiation Considered
AT Holmes County
Mass Meeting Tues.
Owen Cooper Speaks
To Group; Urges
Citizen Action

Initiation and its CONSEQUENCES
was discussed at a countryside
mass meeting in Lexington Tues
doy afternoon. Representatives
from Durant, West, Goodman,
Pickens, Richland, Tchula, CRU
ger and Lexington attended.
Toll Thomas, Cruger, presided
and Owen Cooper, executive vice
president of the Mississippi Chem
zeal company at Yazoo City, was
principal speaker.
Mass meetings organized by
groups of citizens and organiza-
tons such as the Mississippi &c
onomic Council, Delta Council
and Mississippi Farm Bureau are
being held at this time in some
5000 counties in America.
Using the slogan: Save the
Dollar" these groups are seeking
to educate public opinion to the
Importance of congressional ac->
ton designed to stabilize the
American economy and controa
initiation.
Mr.. Cooper pointed out the cen
sequences of an inflated currens. c.
in China and pointed out the
suits of '-devaluation of. the, Ee:
ish pound and the French franc.
If we lose the value of ou.-
currency, the only major stzhkes
currency left in the world, we are
going to bring on international
chaos as well as complete ecuno~
mic chaos in America" Mr.. Coop
er warned.
He then gave his audience ok
some 125 persons a lesson in &C.
onomics a to the meaning and
cause of normal times, depression
deflation and initiation.
Increased production is thee
main thing we can accomplish too.
keep down initiation" the speaker
said. when we can bring the
supply of goods in line with de-
mand then prices are more apt TOP
be in line.
Government controls are treat
ments for the symptoms of our
economic ills, they do not cure the
cause of them, the speaker said
With controls there ome morrs
government and bigger govern
ment, both bad, as well as regi~
mentation, he said.
MI. Cooper suggested some
things that could be done to CON-
troll initiation: cut down govern
ment expenditures to an absolute
essential minimum; regulate eff
fectively credit; control the coun
try's debt; increase taxes ans
balance the budget. The latte
is the key to the whole thing, In
said, and means putting the gov
Continued on Page 81
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1951-06-21
To Hold Conference Fol
Priesthood Children

DR.. H. P. Jackson, pediatric
consultant of the State Board OF
Health, Jackson, will hold a pre-
school medical conference at the
Durant Health center Tuesday,
June rs. from $50 am. to 2 pm
for children who will enter school
this fall and especially referred
children, according to Mrs. Mary
A. Gillian, registered nurse OF
the Holmes County Health de-
partment.
Notices have been mailed to the
known children who will enter
school. Those not receiving no
tees are asked to report between
$50 and 2 pm. The referred
children will be seen only by ap-
pointment. " ah~-
Parents are urged to come al
the appointed time in order tc
prevent unnecessary waiting.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1951-06-21
Cotton Blooms Reported
By PIuntution Owners

Cotton blooms have been re-
ported on the H. ". Brock Valley
Home plantation at Howard, ora
the H. L. Nichols and Sons Lynch
field plantation near Tchula, and
on the Crawford Logan Oak
Grove plantation.
On the Howard plantation, pink
blooms were noted on the 18th.
followed by appearance of a cot
ton boil on the 18th, according to-
Mr.. Brock, who brought a cottor8
boil into The Advertiser office ON
the 14th. Variety was DPL-I5,
planted April 10, and grown by
John Davis, colored tenant farm
er. MI. Brock believes that his
is the oldest cotton in the coarE-
ty and the first to bloom
On Lynchfield plantation wfnr
cotton blooms were reported b.
MI. Nichols on the 14th, from
Coker staple variety, planted a.
bout April 10.
On June IL, c. r. Logan of Oak
Grove plantation first reported a
bloom of this years crop. Variety
was Coker-100 Wilt Resistant, and
was planted on April H. In pre-
vious years, Planter Logan has
been first to report blooms on sew
eral occasions. He was the first
to report a bloom in the county
this season.
d. B. Parmenter of Pickens is
the first planter in the hin section
to report blooms. He states that
on the farm cultivated by tenant
Minerva Robertson of Route l.
Pickens, white and red blooms
have been noticed from a planting
on April II of Coker Staple vari~
ETY..
A fifth report of cotton blooms
was made Tuesday, June 10,
which was grown on the Roscoe
Johnson place in the Emory COM
munity in the hill section II miles
west of West, and was planted
] April II. Variety is DPL, which
was grown by Ernest McGee; coil
ored tenant farmer.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1951-06-21
General RoinfoII Has
Helped County Crops

The general rain over Holmes
county has helped farmers great
ly, according to w. R. Sullivan,
county agent, who informs that
% inches of precipitation since
June 9. The Tchula area has had
sufficient rainfall, Agent Sullivan
states, since ground is too wet to
allow farm workers to remove the
grass.
A number of farmers have re-
ported cotton blooms, Mr. Sulli-
van informs, adding that corn
doing well due to rains, and gar
dens r coming out" as well as
pastures.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1951-06-21

comes from the American people
and is paid for by them through
SCATTERING taxes and a daily de-
creasing standard of living.
The European people and other
nations who m getting aid under
the Marshall Plan are not getting
at the same time the American
story - which they should be
getting,
I'm afraid that in the end the
Marshall Plan which has been
heralded so widely and universal.
ly praised is going to be as big
a failure as General Marshall's
trip to China when he was Score.
tary of State.
The Marshall Plan will certain.
ly be a failure if the billions we
have poured into Europe fail tc
build it up to such an extent thai
it can and will withstand Russian
aggression - the Plan will be {
failure if the nations we aid con.
tinue to traffic and trade with
Russia and her satellites in wal
potentials and we end up fight.
inc Russia in Europe and having
our own American-made gun!
killing our own American troops
- Just like in Korea.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1951-06-21
Veterans Have Fish Fry

The 81 veterans in training un-
der Vocational Instructor Eugene
F. Love held a fish fry in the
veterans classroom of the Voca-
tional Agriculture building on
Thursday, June IA, at 5 pm. Mr.,
Love was in charge. and was as
sisted in the frying by Billy Her
ring.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1951-06-21
Former Cunudiun To
Be Health Director

Former Canadian DR.. P. B
Lindsey, recently of Mendenhali,
has been appointed director of
the Holmes County Health de-
partment and is expected to re-
port to work on Thursday, July S.
DR.. and Mrs. Lindsey will live
in an apartment in the home of
Mrs. W. S. Sample. He has been
with the State Health department
for about one year.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1951-06-21
OAK GROVE

Services will be held at Oak
Grove church Sunday, June "a
at 3 pm. Preaching will be by
the Rev. ]. B. Welborn, pastor
of Tchula Baptist church.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1951-06-21
Return From Trip

ktctuIIl IOtl ANAP
Mrs. Charles A. Glover, Miss
Mary Elizabeth Glover and Miss
Necie Gwin returned Sunday af-
ter a weeks vacation on the Gulf
coast and in New Orleans.
Evening star., 1951-08-31
Tour Planned tomorrow
|0f Great Falls Areas

Scenic viewpoints in the Great
Falls, Md, area will be visited
during a National Capital Parks
outing tomorrow.
Chartered buses will leave 1416
F street NV. at 4::30 pm, re-
turning about $50 pm. Persons
ARRIVING by private car will meet
the party at the old Great Falls
Tavern, now museum, at the en-
trance to the parking area. The
event will be conducted by Wesley
Lanyon and Timothy Goldsmith,
park naturaliSts. Bus reservations
may be obtained through the
Capital Transit Co.
Montrose Park, in old George
town, will be visited from to
pm. tomorrow. Naturalist Maurice
ISullivan will meet the group at
the entrance on r street at Avon
place NV. This park has some
OF the finest trees and Towering
shrubs to be seen in Washington.
Evening star., 1951-08-31

admittedly superior to the stand
ard British bolt action. 303, al
ready are on hand. along with
.30-caliber ammunition. Our
carbines and heavy automatic
rifles also are .30-caliber.
Garand Best Known.
There seems no question that
for the next two or three years,
until new rifles are available,
the Garand will be the best
known to Gen. Dwight EiSen-
hower's forces in Europe.
It has range, striking force,
simplicity of design and semi
automatic fire with its eight
cartridge clips.
In going to the lighter caliber,
the British say they have reduced
the recoil, and greatly speeded
the time required to train ac-
curate rif1eman.
This probably means" said
an American expert, who asked
that his name be withheld, that
they have sacrificed range and
muzzle velocity by reducing the
firing charge.
IF they can get off 81 rounds
Of accurate fire a minute with
the .280, as I have read, they
really have a unique weapon.
ANY gun I ever saw fired at that
rate climbs of target"
Aimed VS.. Spray Fire.
The Americans are inclined to
stick to aimed" as against
spray" fire in the basic in
fantry weapon
1t saves ammunition and
tends to keep the enemy at a
distance until the chips are
down.
While relatively light charges
in the .280. for example, can
drive bullets through steel he'll
NETS at 5000 yards. the charges
in the Garands accomplish the
same result at twice the range,
1t was said.
Our new automatic types are
said to match the Garand'S
muzzle velocity and range and
weigh about a pound less.
New optical sights planned
for the $50. experts here believe,
may fog in wet weather or fail
to stand up under rough usage.
Such sights, they feel, are bet
ter for special purpose weapons.
Would Simplify Supplies.
The Standardization Of am
munition, If not the guns which
fire it, would greatly simplify
the supply problem in the field.
An odd-sized rife used by the
Chinese In World War II forced
the Americans to set up a spe-
cial plant in the United States
to supply them.
The Italians alone are said to
use rifles firing IL different
sizes of ammunition.
Recently a French delegate
attending the co-ordinating
conference here with the Ca
nadians, British and Americans
was asked if his country also
had a new rifle. He laughed
and replied:
eyes, we have a rifle. Is it
good? A very good one because
Evening star., 1951-08-31
Truman Will Speok
At GAO Ceremony

President Truman and Control
Ter General Lindsay Warren will
speak during exercises of the lay
ing Of the cornerstone of the new
General Accounting ONCE Build
ing, Fifth and G streets NV, at
GAS am. September IL.
The big building already is
occupied largely by the General
Accounting ONCE.
Evening star., 1951-08-31

Washington State Supreme Court
received an A. B. degree from
Stanford and a law degree from
the University of Washington
After % years of legal work In
Seattle. Washington, he was ap-
pointed to the FTC staff in 1891
as an attorney. In 1898 he was
assigned to the trial examiner
staff.
A veteran of both World Wars,
Mr.. Hadley was major during
World War II in the Judge Ad-
vocate Generals Office.
The Hadleys, who have been
living at 3040 Idaho avenue NV,
plan to make their home in Ver-
mont.
Evening star., 1951-08-31
HadIey Resigns Today
After 70 Years in FTC

Clyde M. Hadley. a Federal
Trade Commission trial examiner
for more than 20 years, will retire
today. He received meritoriouS
service certificate from Commits
sion Chairman James E. Mead at
a testimonial luncheon in his
honor last Wednesday.
A native of Rockville. Ind, Mr..
Hadley, son of Hiram E. Hadley,
q former Chief Justice of the
Evening star., 1951-08-31
Mrs. Luther Heads Drive

Mrs. George Luther this week
was named chairman of the
Montgomery County Community
Chests 1852 campaign in the
Colesyille area. She will conduct
the residential fund drive in
Colesville, Burtonsville, Fairland.
Springbrook. Hollywood, Meado-
wood, Spencerville, Ednor and
Norwood.
Evening star., 1951-08-31
By w. H. Shippen


The shots fired at Warmins-
ter, England, last week prob
ably won't be heard around the
world. but the echoes linger on
at the Pentagon.
Experts here hope the noise
will fade away like an old SOL
dier, and the question Of
whether we or the British have
the best rifle can be settled at
the staff level. without dragging
too many infantrymen into it..
In fact, they felt it was hard
ly cricket of the British to COM
pare their secret, rapid-fire .280-
caliber rifle with our wartime
Garand .30-caliber. The British,
however, went home from a
huSh-huSh conference on arms
Standardization here and did
just that.
May Smoke Out Information.
Moreover. correspondents were
present, along with top observ-
ers to explain the fire power.
This direct action may smoke
out more information on what
Uncle Sam has in the works to
pace the .280. But the process
probably will be slow, for politi-
cal as well as security reasons.
We are known to have two
rapid-f1re .30-caliber rifles near
ing the production stage, one of
which eventually will replace
the Garand. Since the British
are not in production either, it
was suggested they go to 80
caliber ammunition with their
new type.
Very large stores Of Garands,
Evening star., 1951-08-31
| IGI Hurt In 60-Foot Fall
From Troop Train
by tho Assoeiuisd Press

CINCINNATI, Aug. S1.-A North
Dakota soldier was injured seri-
ously last night when he fell 60
feet from troop train as 1t was
passing over a trestle.
The soldier, Pvt. Orlando Wesby,
jr.. Of Cheyenne, N. Dak.. suffered
q broken left arm, pelvis and
other undetermined injuries. His
condition was reported as good at
General Hospital.
Police said Pvt. Wesby was
standing on a platform OF a rear
car Of the train as cars were being
switched just prior to his fall.
Evening star., 1951-08-31

it is just in the middle between
the British and American
Evening star., 1951-08-31

rifles" He was referring to g
.295-caliber.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-10
IS Men NOW WORKING
ON EKLUTNA PROJECT

Winterizing of equipment and i'm
provising of special shelters for
1rilling crews has been set up at
the Eklutna project, B. F. Felkner,
construction engineer for the Bu-
reau of Reclamation there, said to-
day. He is in Juneau comforting
with Joseph Morgan, chief of the
district office here.
Sixty-five men are now working
on the project, 38 of them drillers.
Weather has hindered the progress
60 some extent but drilling is go
ing forward on the proposed tun-
1el axis to find suitable location
for the tunnel intake which WI
carry water from Eklutna Lake
Az miles through Goat Mountain
to penstock on the Knik River
side of the mountain.