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Evening star., 1952-08-17

which, for almost two CEN
turies, has been forced to
meet crisis after crisis.
To put it mildly, the library
supporters are elated at the
council action. They point out
that the library facilities were
adequate in 1887, when the
city had a population of ap-
proximately $4,000. Since then,
the population has jumped to
10000, and If current esti-
mates are accurate, it will be
between $4,000 and 100000 in
another 10 years.
With tall-masted sailing
ships choking the harbor, the
town was one of the country's
most prosperous seaports
when a group Of citizens
formed the Library Company
of Alexandria on July "a, 1794.
The community welcomed the
Evening star., 1952-08-17

ground, with the stipulation
that no graves be disturbed
by excavating. Consequently,
the building has only a tiny
basement where the ceme-
tery's carriage-turning circle
was located.
The city took over the
library's operating expenses.
But now the building is far
too little. The $1,000 volumes
are crammed and squeezed
into every nook and corner.
There are no quiet reading
rooms, no place for confer
ences or group gatherings,
exhibits, reference rooms or
other activities into which
libraries have expanded in
recent years.
Plans are ready for the
$153, 900 addition. It will bring
the library abreast Of current
needs and one Of its outStand-
ing features will be a Rare
Book Room-a place for the
library's priceless old volumes,
some of which date back to
its beginning 158 years ago.
Evening star., 1952-08-17

"HE latest In a series OF
l. struggles that began 15S
years ago apparently has been
won in historic Alexandria.
It involves the Public Library,
which Is crying for additional
space in order to keep pace
with the demands of the
rapidly expanding city.
Although its present build
ing Is only is years old. 1t al
ready Is bursting at its seams,
but until recently it appeared
the city could not afford its
expansion for several years.
However, City Council has
voted to include the necessary
funds in this falls bond issue.
Final approval apparently is
a certainty, according to
Mayor Marshall ]. Beverley.
If so. it will be a successful
climax for the little library
Evening star., 1952-08-17
By william J. Meyer

By william J. Meyer
project and by 1908 it had
1917 volumes.
BY 1922, a reference collec-
ton had been started with
French, Spanish and Greek
dictionaries. but lean years
were to follow. In 1924, fire
swept the town and, in 1882,
many persons died in a
cholera epidemic. Interest In
the library almost vanished.
Only the efforts of a hand
full of people kept it from
expiring during the next sew
eral decades. When the Civil
War started, it was being
operated jointly by the Lii
brary Company and the Ly-
ceum Association in the
latter's tall-pillared building,
which still stands at Wash
ington and Prince streets.
Union troops took over the
building as a hospital and the
library's 5000 books were
stored in subscribers homes.
After the war, Alexandria
Seward seaport record., 1952-02-01
CARD OF THANKS

To tho friends of Emilio Eusso for their sympathy, conSidcra- ton and assistance.
 Mildred SaXtOn
Seward seaport record., 1952-02-01
MRS. CHRIS JENSEN. LONG TIME SEWARD RESIDENT. TAKEN BY DEATH

Just before going to press the Record was notified that Mrs. Chris Jensen, longtime resident of Seward and well known pio- neer of Alaska, died in Seward General Hospital carly Saturday morning, Feb. ?.
 Mrs. Jensen recently returned from a trip to visit relatives in her native land, Denmark. She was the wife of Chris Jensen who died here about four years ago A daughter, Mrs. Oscar Watsjold, resides in Seward.
Seward seaport record., 1952-02-01

II. w. and M. W. Hcgdahl of Homer, editors and publishers of the Homer News, in the edi- tion of January 26, announced suspension of publication for an indefinite period.
Evening star., 1952-09-26

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Evening star., 1952-09-26

Protect your home and clothing
from: mildew, clannmy clothes, rust
corroded tools, warped floors
All this for only $87! On sale at all
Z Lacy's stores.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06
G H A R NJ
BY LOU SWARZ

NEW YORK, (GLOBAL) = It
was Shakespeare who said, "Her
voice was ever soft, gentle and low:
an excellent thing in a woman"
and though we quote it often, few
of US realize that we could learn
lesson from it.
How is your voice? Is it soft,
gentle and low? Or is is harsh
and strident? Of course, modern
life goes along at such pace that
as tensions mount, our voices do
also, and at the end of the day, we
may find ourselves fairly scream
ing or chreeching and not even
realize it. But since a charming
person is one who knows how to
speak, not only in terms of pro-
nunciation and enunciation, but
tone of voice as we'll, we might
think of a few things we could do
to help US to recognize whatever
faults may exist in our voices.
First of all, find your proper
voice range. Certainly voice that
is meant to be pitched rather high
cannot be made too much lower,
but it is possible within any voice
range to cultivate a pleasing tone.
When you have discovered your
voice range (you might find the
nearest to your natural tone) try
to remember it and listen to your
self as the day goes on. Above
all, when you feel yourself becom-
ing tense, take a drink of water,
relax, and give your voice a mo-
ment's rest. When you resume,
try to speak in tone you would
enjoy hearing. 1t won't be long
before you will discover that you
can very easily train yourself to
have pleasant tone of voice, with
out in any way becoming unnatu-
raj. Try it. You'll like yourself
much better, because you will be-
come more charming.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06
Madison County
Negroes Cast
Votes In The
Recent Election

Canton, Miss, Aug. 26.-Negroes
went to the polls here today for
the first time since reconstruction
era, and voted without being in
/ Inundated in any way whatsoever.
Bonnie Evans, the executive sec
rotary of the Madison County Ne
gro Democrats Association, said
here today at the Madison County
Negro Democrats headquarters,
that the highest praise and thanks
is being extended to the officers
of the county for the wonderful
courtesy extended to the Negroes
of Madison County as they APP
preached the polls to vote Tuesday.
by the Madison County Negro
Democrats Association and the
Madison County Civic Clubs, Mad
ison County Negro churches and
other organizations and individ
uals throughout the county.
Secretary Evans said special
letter of thanks and appreciation
had been sent to the Sheriff and
his staff by the Madison County
Negro Democrats Association and
the Madison County Civic Clubs
committee for the recently extend
ed right of the Madison County
Negro to vote.
Secretary Evans said the Madi-
son County Negro under sixty
years of age holds only one pol
tax receipt, and thus was unable
to vote in last Tuesdays election
but the Negro citizens of sixty
years of age or over was allowed
to vote.
The Madison County Negro Dem
ocrats Association with Johnnie
Green, president; Asa Slaughter
vice president, and Johnnie Flem-
ing, second vice president, is ded-
icated to good will between the
races.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06

cent for pork, more thar offset de-
creases of O.6 percent for beef and
veal and OIL percent fo. fish.
Price rises also occurred for
cereals and bakery products, sugar
and sweets, and beverages.
Fruits and vegetables averaged
0.5 percent lower, as decreases of
or percent for fresh fruits and
vegetables and Oh percent for the
canned group more than offset in
creases of 0.5 and or percent for
dried and frozen fruits and vege-
tables. The new Defense Produc-
ton Act Amendments of 1862, eff
fective July /, eliminated controls
on fresh and processed fruits and
vegetables.
Prices Of fats and oils remain
ed unchanged on the average.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06
beIzoni Soldier
Gets Assigned
I'm Korea

WITH X CORPS IN KOREA
Pvt. Matthew J. Spates, son of
Mrs. Bessie Spates Gather de-
ceased), Route 3, Belzoni, Miss,
was assigned recently to the 2998th
Engineer Treadway Bridge Com
pany in Korea.
Spates is a floating bridge
specialist in the company which
assists in maintaining vital supply
lines to X Corps fighting at the
front.
Before sailing overseas in June,
Spates was member of the 10th
Armored Engineer Battalion at
Fort Hood, Texas. He entered the
Army in March 1851.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06
Medic Says
Negroes Have
Better Hearts

JOHANNESBURG, South At
RIGA, Sept. believers in white
supremacy have some how come
in for good deal Of ribbing lately
in South Africa's English language
press.
A lecturer in anthropology at
Witwatersand University here, DR..
M. D. w. Jeffreys, came out in
public that the Negro has better
heart than the white man and that
he is nearer the true human type.
The anthropologist was quoted
as saying that a number of Negro
hearts have large extra branch
from the left ccronary artery. "In
other Words" he went on, "the Ne
gro heart has a better blood sup
ply. The European heart is a
mammalian one, whereas the Ne
gro's an advance, an improve
ment."
DR.. Jetfreys pointed out that
all mankind sprang from a com
mon dark ancestor. perhaps If
east central Africa. But he added
that while the white mans bones
are comparable in texture and
structure to those of mammals, the
Negro has bone that are stronger
and lighter and a skull that is
thinner and stronger.
He theorized that the relative in
frequency of coronary thrombosis
among Negroes might be attribut-
ed to the improved heart"
Iii this instance DR.. Jeffrys die
not go unanswered. Another doc.
tor asserted the real reason why
SO many more white men die OF
coronary thrombosis is that the
whites think harder and eat more
The implication of all this is
that the Negro in the long run will
ne better able to stand the stress
and strain of modern civilization
than the white man.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06
KEEP YOUR CHIN UP
BY Ruth Nelson Sawyer

NEW YORK, (GLOBAL) = A
woman cant pot the tell-tale signs
of age and physical deterioration
in neckline from almost any dis
lance. She will ultimately aim her
critical eye. at the subjects chin
and neck, and virtually count the
years outlined in the sagging flesh.
To the average teen-age girl, the
! chin problem is just something she
reads about, and never thinks twice
about. This general disinterest re-
mains throughout her twenties. But
it is inevitable as gray hair, bridge
work and rheumatism, that her
mirror will begin to sound the
warning that age, the enemy of
feminine allure, is jumping right
on her trail.
What to do about that pesky,
sagging skin which heralds the
coming of old Father Time? There
are few habits and preventive
measures you may employ in an eff
fort to slow the approach of that
logged old man. In the privacy
of your boudoir practice raising
your chin upward and outward to a
point where you can feel the pull
on your neck muscles.
Massage your chin and throat
daily, as religiously as you apply
your cleansing cream and astring-
ent. After all, one Of the main
reasons for that sag is lack of
circulation. These measures will
help some, but the most imnort-
ant (and simple) rule of all to
remember is-keep your chin upl
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06

Trails of the Baptist Family; 130a-
The Program Of my Church; 662a
Work Of Church Officers; 462a-
Mems Work in Local Church; al,
3a-Music in Christian Education;
152a-The Christian Task at Home;
1902 Youth Work in the National
Baptist Convention 111a-Planning
for Young Adults in the Church.
Dean Henderson Green states no
pains has been spared in election
some of the nations best prepared
instructors namely: Rev. w. T..
Leggins, Denver; Rev. J. B. Nor
ris, New Orleans; Prof. J E. Fos-
ter, Oklahoma; Rev. S. j. Williams,
Michigan; Prof. M. c. Averhart,
Miss; Prof. T. J. Updack, Texas;
Prof. T. A. Dorsey, Chicago; Mrs.
E. B. Bronson, Nashville; Rev. V.
w. Douglas, Nashville; Rev. V. E.
Washington, Lake Charles, La. The
John L. Webb Achievement Award
will be presented Thursday night
at the Fellowship Banquet to the
layman of the year that has done
the most outstanding piece of
church work, DR.. w. H. Jernagin,
Washington, D. c., will be the Ban
quet speaker.
On Friday night feature of the
Convention will be the National
Artist night Concert when the ma
tons top Gospel vocalist will be
presented in recital. The session
will close. Saturday with demon
strations from the Ushers Depart
ment and Boys Work Division.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06
FOOD PRICE INDEX
REACHES new PEAK

WASHINGTON, D. c. - The
Retail Food Price Index jumped to
new high with an increase of
IL percent between juno 80 and
July 10, according to estimates by
the U. S. Labor Departments Blu
reau of Labor Statistics.
Egg prices rose f8 percent over
the 2-week period and dairy pro-
duets went up by almost . percent.
Based on advance information
from eight cities, the food index
stood at 1851 (1935-39 equal 1907
This was IL percent above the
previous high of 1924 reached on
June 80 and also last January Is.
1t was 1873 percent above June
Is, 1850, before the Korean out
break, and LIS percent higher than
on June IS this year.
Egg prices were at ISL cents a
dozen by July Is, the highest price
Of the year. The recent heat wave,
which caused a stable death toll
of layers, resulted in low cred pro-
duction and a decline in storage
stocks.
Dairy products averaged 1.S per-
cent higher as milk and butter
prices were raised in number of
cities.
Prices of meats, poultry, and
fish averaged O.5 percent higher
during the first half Of July, as
increases of 81 percent Of poultry,
2.7 percent for lamb, and or per-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06
Negro Teacher
Spurs Health
Education In
CeyIon, India

CEYLON, India, Sept. l - Leon
J. Brickham, 41-year-old former
New Orleans educator, is reaping
tremendous prestige throughout
South East Asia for his community
health education campaiGn in Cey-
lon.
Bickham is part of an interna-
tional team working in Ceylon's
interior dry zone" 1870 miles from
the canitol at Colombo. The team,
made up of men from four Uni
ted Nations agencies, is operating
a fundamental education" center
jointly with the local government
to hel p raise the living standards
of $4,000 persons in Sc communi-
lies.
Thanks to Bickham's work with
the UN Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization, the Food
and Agriculture Organization, the
International Labor Organization
and the World Health Organiza-
ton. this region is enjoying better
health while reviving an ancient
irrigation system. Hundreds of
thousands of acres of rice land are
being reclaimed from the jungles.
The broad-shouldered teacher
once taught school at Saint Mary's
Parish in Louisiana He has work
ed on health education projects in
Haiti and his home state.
His Far East job includes train
ing rural sanitary inspectors, mid
wives and public health nurses il
health education techniques in or
der that preventive medicine can
come to the aid of worked
doctors.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06
SOCIETY SLAMTS

Mrs. Tee Rickett returned to her
home in Chicago, Tuesday after
spending several days visiting in
the home of her brother, Mr.. w. E
Ammons on Eastview Street. She
also visited her brothers, Messrs
| Raw and Arnold Ammons at Utica
! Institute and other relatives at
| West, Mississippi while in this
section.
Mr.. A. H. Fuhr. Administrative
Officer of The Farm Credit Ad-
ministration, Il. S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, d. G. was
/ in Jackson recently and stopped in
j the home of Mr.. w. E. Ammons.
Rev. D. H. Spann, Baptist Min
lister of the city, passed at his home
on Franklin Street after an extend
ed illness, Sunday night. His fun
eral was held at the Rock Star Ban
| fist Church, Brandon, Mississippi.
! on Thursday, AUGUST % o. 900
P. M. Interment was at the Pilgrim
| Rest Cemetery in Rankin County.
The Madison County S. S. Con-
vention held an inspiring session on
I l.n CT
Sunday School and Church pastored
! by Rev. r. H. Walls, Canton, Miss.
/ The meeting was we'll attended.
The session ended with all of the
conventional obligations satisfac-
tOrily met. 1t is now looking for
ward for another successful year
under the leadership of Rev. R,
H. Walls.
The A. NJ. Rogers Elementary
School on Owens street is COM
pleted and ready for classes. 1t is
priced by parents as well as chill
drpn who realize how much it will
add to their comfort.
The Flower Garden Club was
happy when finding that it supplied
the first flowers to help beautify
the campus. 1t has other flowers
for the grounds when the ground
is sufficiently moist. Mrs. A. G..
Williams, President; Mrs. Lille
Nichols, Secretary.
Mrs Mae Ella Lockett, of Bevly
Hyt. Sub. Division will leave for
st. Louis, Mo. Saturday to attend
the graduation of her sister, Miss
Bernell L. Mahaffey who will re-
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helpful to automobile owners dur
ing the winter months when THEN
cars are stalled in the snow and
ice.
In his letter to Joseph A. Navar-
70, insurance commissioner, Sena-
tor Diggs said he had made "sev-
eral unsuccessful attempts to get
the AAA to voluntarily rescind this
un-American practice" without
success.
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National Baptist

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Illinois. More than 5000 lay dele
gates are expected representine a
cross section of the meeting.
A strenuous effort is being made
on the part of the laymen to bring
up its quota in cooperation with
the memorial underwriters cam
palgn plan to wipe the outstanding
Indebtedness of $265,O0O on the
National Baptist Sanitarium Bath
House, located at Hot Springs Ma
tional Park, Arkansas. Jas. E.
Gayle, Executive Secretary of the
Laymen's Movement states that
plans will be made for the enlist
ment of more men in the cause of
Christian Stewardship and Mis-
slons, and to stimulate and direct
the life of the adult man to the
fitness of its higher possibilities.
The president, J. c. McClendon
is making an appeal to each Bap-
fist Layman to stand hard by the
objectives of the National Bap-
fist Convention. Much attention is
being given to the Department of
Christian Education that has set
up 10 accredited courses for the
lay workers who will attend, Rev.
R. c. Wallace, Director announces
the following classes 113a- Christ
ian Stewardship; 120a Introduce
ton of the Bible; 467a-Pioneer
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06
Card OF I hanks

Mrs. Alyce Thigpen Greene,
teacher in the Jackson Public
School, wishes to thank her many
friends and neighbors for the beau
tiful flowers and cards sent to her
during her recent illness. She sends
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06

special thank you" to the local
chapter Of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,
the pastor and members of Pearl
st. AME Church and to Mr.. Willie
Helm and walters of the Heidelberg
Roof for special kindness.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06

Rev. r. n. Stevens, ST., pastor,
Mrs. Elma H. Jones, hostess, and
members of Pearl st. AME Church
were happy to welcome the follow
ing visitors and returned members
for morning services last Sunday;
Mrs. Theodore R. Henry, Jackson,
Mrs. D. A. Thomas, Baton Rouge,
La; Miss Essie M. Worthington,
Mound Bayou, Miss; Mrs. ]. F..
Hall. Clarksdale, Miss; Mrs. Mar
tina Harisy, New Orleans, La; Dean
H. T. Sampson, Greensboro, n. c..
and Mrs. Alyce T. Greene, who has
been on the sick list.
The A. f. McEhoy'S entertained
members and guest Of the Smart
and Thrifty Club in their attractive
home on Noel ST., Monday evening,
August 25. The house was deco
rated with lovely flowers through
out the meeting. Games were
played and enjoyed by all. Tasty
refreshments were served to Mr..
and Mrs. jim Buck Halter, Nv,
and Mrs. Otis Robinson, Mr.. and
Mrs. John King, Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Turner, Mr.. and MRS.. b.
Carr and Mesdames Amanda Tur-
ner and Walters. The next meet
ing will be in the home of Miss
Mary Cox.
Mrs. Sue McLinn Lewis and son,
John Marvin have returned home
after lovely weeks visit with her
parents, Rev. and Mrs. B. NJ. Nc
Linn in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Turner,
of Chicago, H., are visiting Mrs.
Turner's father, Mr.. Henry Reed
on Rose st. They will visit friends
in New Orleans, La, while in the
south.
Cleve Tinsley Jr., Mrs. Cedella
Archer, Mr.. and Mrs. Lamar
Thomas and baby daughter of De
troit were recent visitors of Mrs.
Luvina Strong, of Fertilization
street. Mrs. Strong is the grand
mother of Cleve Tinsley Jr., of
Detroit.
Mrs. Beatrice Bass Jones visited
her niece and nephew, Cheryll and
DARYL Bass recently. She is the
aunt of Mr.. Willie Bass Of Jackson,
Miss
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06

ceive her Degree in Radiology at
Homer G. Philips Hospital Sep
TENDER s, 1852.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06

Mrs. Beatrice Bass Jones visited
her niece and nephew, Cheryll and
DARYL Bass recently. She is the
aunt of Mr.. Willie Bass of Jackson,
Miss.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06

TENDER s, 1852.
Miss Bernell L. Mahaffey, dau-
ghter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Ma
haffey Sr., of Georgetown, Miss,
will complete the course in Radio
log Technique September 8, at
Homer G. Phillips Hospital, St.
Louis, Mo.
Mrs. Lola Ward and baby has
left the city of Jackson to join her
husband in Miami, Florida, where
they will make their home.
Mrs. Leonard Manuel is confined
in the Charity Hospital. Her
friends wish her speedy recovery.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06

Mrs. Mae Ella Lockett, of Bevly
Hyt. Sub. Division will leave for
st. Louis, Mo. Saturday to attend
the graduation of her sister, Miss
Bernell L. Mahaffey who will re-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06

Mrs. Sue McLinn Lewis and son,
John Marvin have returned home
after a lovely weeks visit with her
parents, Rev. and Mrs. B. NJ. Nc
Linn in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06

Mr.. A. H. Fuhr. Administrative
Officer of The Farm Credit Ad-
ministration, Il. S. Department Of
Agriculture, Washington, D. c. was
in Jackson recently and stopped in
the home of Mr.. w. E. Ammons.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-09-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Turner,
of Chicago, H., are visiting Mrs.
Turner's father, Mr. Henry Reed
on Rose st. They will visit friends
in New Orleans, La, while in the
south.
Evening star., 1952-01-20
It's Wonderful the Way
chevvjng.Cv Gum Laxative
- - : Acts Chiefly TO
IN II REMOVE WASTE
|| II %
-; e. GOOD FOOD

Here's the secret millions Of folks have
discovered about FEEN-A-N1INT, the mod
ern chewing-gum laxative. Yes. here Is
why FEEN-A-AIINr's action is so wonder
fully difYerenti
Doctors say that many other laxatives
start their flushing action too soon :.
right In the stomach where food Is being
digested. Large doses Of such laxatives
upset digestion. f,lsh away nourishing
food you need for health and energy.
You feel weak. worn out.
But gentle FEEN-A-NzINr. taken as rec
commended. works chiefly in the lower
bowel where 1t removes only waste, not
good food! You avoid that typical weak.
tired worn-out feeling. Use FEEN-A-NaINT
and feel your ''peppy," energetic self! Get
25r, Soc or only lee.