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Evening star., 1960-03-30

rather than a percentage for
mula. Under his proposal, en-
ployes in the lower salary levels
would get the most money out
Of the raise. He declared that
a fat percentage increase would
unjustly favor those in the
higher pay scales.
James Cobb, president of the
National Alliance Of Postal EN-
ployes, testified that the ad-
ministration's opposition to q
pay raise is inconsistent win
President Eisenhower's eco
nomic report to Congress in
January, which declared:
THE American people will
not long be content with en-
ployment opportunities that are
merely stable. or with a sta
tionary standard of living"
Mf. ELS n n over further
stated: The urge to improve
living standards exercises a
strong and fairly continuous
pressure in our society"
\
SENATE ASSIGNMENT -
Senator Jennings Randolph,
Democrat of West Virginia, has
been assigned a place on the
Senate Civil Service Commit
tee, replacing the late Senator
Neuberger. Democrat of Oregon.
Senator Randolph, as q mem-
Der Of the House some years
ago, was chairman'of the House
Civil Service Committee and
Evening star., 1960-03-30

ernment Employees, will be the
witness tomorrow as the House
Civil Service Committee starts
the classified employees phase
Of its pay raise hearings. 1t
completed the postal employe
part Of the hearings yesterday.
The committee hopes to wind
up its hearings within two
weeks. 1t plans to report out a
combined classified postal en-
ploye pay raise bill before the
Easter recess the middle of next
At yesterdays session, John
president of the Ma
tional Postal Clerks Union,
urged that the legislation pro-
vide specific cash amounts.
Evening star., 1960-03-30

terminal leave benefits are eX-
hausted before they can start
drawing unemployment COM
pensation benefits, The pending
would waive this re-
quirement for jobless Federal
employees who work in States
where private industry workers
don't have to wait for their
terminal benefits to be ex-
hausted to start drawing COM
pensation.
The bill would apply to most
Federal workers in the WASH
ington area, since the District
and Maryland both authorize
jobless benefits regardless of
whether a worker is drawing
terminal leave pay. The large
majority of Government work.
ers work in either the District
tthe Pentagon is included in
the District for this purpose)
or in Maryland.
Not too many Federal en-
ployes in this area actually
work in Virginia, which has a
law requiring workers to ex-.
haust terminal leave benefits
before becoming eligible for
jobless benefits.
PAY HEARING GS-Jamesl
Campbell, president of the
American Federation Of Gov
Evening star., 1960-03-30
British Art in Peipino

LONDON, Mar. 80 (AP)-
Seventy paintings by British
artists will be exhibited in Pei
ping this summer. The Com
munist Chinese asked for the
exhibition. which viii be spon-
sored by the Britain China
Friendship Association. 1t will
range from portraits by John
Singer Sargent to the work
of contemporary abstraction
lists.
Evening star., 1960-03-30

intervals in rain and will i'm
prove to 8 miles in all areas
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1960-03-30

, invited by the Colorado State
Medical Society to address its
annual meeting in Denver on
cancer hazards in Colorado. He
included in his prepared text,
he said, a description of exceS-
sive lung cancer incidence
among radioactive ore miners
in Saxony and Bohemia since
1879.
II was requested to omit
these references as being not
in the public interest" DR..
Hueper declared. The delivery
of my paper was made de-
pendent on complying with this
demand.
"Since refused to be made
a scientific liar by omission,
I cancelled my talk as being
censored. have been told that
someone in Acc asked then
that I should be dismissed for
using allegedly bad judg-
ment.
DR.. Hueper referred to his
exclusion from a permanent
committee on cancer hazards
in food additives more recently.
He attacked the Food Protec-
ton Board Of the National Re-
search Council. One member
of the board, he said, bitterly
complained to the Food and
Drug Administration of my
activities in declaring ir-
responsibly in papers and
speeches that carginogens
(cancer-causing agents. were
getting into our food supply"
Would Alert Public
He said the board member
seemed to consider his fellow
members as some sort of in
fallible and uhtouchable scien-
tif1c holy cows"
The general public, DR..
Hueper saio, must be aierted
to health hazards associated
with modern industry.
The confusion and contro-
versy currently going on over
the control of cancer hazards
associated with additiyes and
contaminants of food, cosmetics
and drugs, he said, is the result
of a lack of recorded cases by
industry and Government.
DR.. Hueper said the Amer
lean dye and rubber industries
have produced many products
which cause bladder cancer
among employees. But, he said,
medical literature in this coun-
try contains no information on
the occurrence of such cancers
in the last 25 years.
The medical director Of one
of these companies, he said,
went out of his way ito block
the presentation of such evi-
dence before an international
cancer congress in 1929 by
threatening me with prosecu-
ton for divulging company
secrets. In l948 he the medi-
cal director declared in a
letter to the Public Health
Service that my publications
revealed communistic leanings
and that for this reason ! would
never be allowed to enter any
plant of his company"
On two occasions, he said,
representatives of the dye in
dustry refused to reveal the
number Of bladder cancers
among their employees. AS far
as reports are concerned, DR..
Hueper declared. coal tar can
GERS of the skin and lung are
nonexistent as an occupational
disease.
The unpleasant fact is that
their occurrence has merely not
been reported" he added.
Evening star., 1960-03-30

ighest, so, on March 20.
owest. Is, on March IL.
The Sun and Moon
Evening star., 1960-03-30
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Senate OKs Swifter
JobIess Pay Bill
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star STAFF Writer

The Senate has approved the Housepassed bill that would
speed up benefits for obess Federal employees many
instances.
The Senate added technical amendment to the bill The
House expected to sending the bill the White
for President Eisenhower's expected signature
At present Government workers have wait their
Evening star., 1960-03-30
Contacts Restricted

Because of his comments on
cancer hazards in food addi-
tives eight years ago, ne said
NH has forbidden him to con-
tact State health departments
and industries. This arbitrary
order almost killed my expert
Evening star., 1960-03-30

stifled efforts to uncover and
publicize the occupational can
Ger hazards in many industries,
said DR.. Wilhelm c. Hueper,
chief Of the environmental can
Ger section of the Cancer In
stitute since 1948.
The attack by the German
born DR.. Huepep, long known
as a fiery rebel in the Research
world, was delivered at the
American Cancer Society's an
nual seminar here.
Evening star., 1960-03-30
By CHARLES G.. BROOKS
Star stad Writer

LOUISVILLE. KY, Mar. 80.
Many American industries
are covering up occupational
cancer with the apparent help
of the Federal Government, a
National Cancer Institute re-
searcher charged last night.
Even the National Institutes
of Health's administration has
Evening star., 1960-03-30

For hlgh and low tides al the fol-
lowing points subtract times indicated
from the above.
Lisht. 3 hours; Colonial Beach. 59A
hours: Deale, hours; Solomons Is
land. 5 hours: Point Lookout. 8 hours
Evening star., 1960-10-30

CARAMEL PECAN PIE

Pastry dough for 8inch pie shell
cup syrup package JeILO Caramel Pudding
BOrden's Silver EvapOrated Milk
I egg, slightly beaten cup chopped pecans
pastry Winch thick and fit Snch pie PAN Blend
syrup pudding bowl Gradually add eporated milk and gg
ring Add pcans pour the unbked pie SHE'LL Bake mod
(37F until pie as minutes Serves to and
like party The laurels will be yours Try it and see
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28
SWensen Is
Transferred
To Columbus

Ed Swensen, head of the U.
S. Forestry Service in Holmes
County for the past two years.
has been transferred to Col
umbuss effective this week,
where he will be connected
with the Forestry Services
Tombigbee River Basin Study,
in cooperation with the Soil
Conservation Service and the
Agriculture Research Service.
Mr.. Swensen came to Lex
ington in July, 1858. In leaving
Holmes county he expressed
his appreciation for the COO
peration he has received in his
work here.
Mr.. Horace Hawkins will be
on duty at the Flood Prevention
office here until a replacement
for Mr.. Swensen arrives.
Mr.. and Mrs. SWensen and Z
week old son. Eric, will move
to Columbus today (Thursday
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28
R0tarianS Hear
Sovereignty Talk

of state funds to help pay some
of the expenses of these Coun-
Gil briadcasts, by a few news
paper editors, and he named
Holding Carter of Greenville,
in particular.
The Sovereignty Commission
has two functions, Mr.. Johnson
said, which are investigation
and Public Relations. We have
a complete file on people who
we consider our enemies. Right
now we are checking with the
Attorney General to see what
can be done about them"
There are three investigators
VINO accumulate this Informal
ton and they work with law
enforcement officials in each
county.
Mr.. Johnson, who was in
troduced by Rep. Wilburn Hoo
ker, also a member of the
Sovereignty Commission, said
it was a genuine honor to serve
in the Legislature with Holmes
county Senator and Represen-
tatives.
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28

Allan Ramsey, president OF
the Lexington Chamber of Com
merce, said Tuesday the Civic
Affairs Committee of the Cham
Der, has unanimously endorsed
a l percent sales tax for the
city of Lexington.
Mr.. Ramsay made the an
nouncement at the Rotary Club
meeting Tuesday. He said it
was the opinion of the COM
mittee which is composed of
business men in Lexington, that
something will have to be done
to raise funds for many needed
projects in Lexington, such as
street improvement. etc.
The only other way, he said,
to raise the necessary revenue
is by increasing advalorem
taxes or a bond issue. Mr..
Ramsay said it was the think
ing of the committee that the
one percent Sales Tax, which
was put into effect by the last
legislature, would be the fair
est means of raising additional
money.
A referendum by voters of
Lexington would have to be
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28
Photo by Billy Bowie
ChOE'cONISfOz.u

This week We are telling the story of a home grown industry
that developed through the initiative of a local man who had
the vision to utilize an almost worthless natural resource by
producing of it a product that is presently being marketed south
wide and by this time next year will be sold to consumers thro-
ughout the nation.
This is the story of how a ready market for scrub timber
came about, and how it is already lifting the economy of not
only Holmes county, but also surrounding counties.
1t is a story of Herbert Hyman's Black Creek Charcoal Co.
located at Lexington Mississippis first Charcoal Briouet
manufacturer.
SI Conservationists. Forestry people, County Agents, and
others are enthusiastic about Herbert's charcoal business, be-
cause they realize that this is a means by which farmers can
now clear their pastures and woodlands of undesirable scrub
Imber' have a ready cash market for ii, and thus become better
farmers with better conservation practices, reaping bigger pro-
fits. .s,I
Interest in this operation is so high that Tuesday afternoon
more than 300 soil conservatitionists and forestry people
from all over the state stopped by to get a first hand
look at the plant, while making a tour of Holmes and Yazoo
counties.
Getting down to dollars and cents, Mr.. Lyman said this week
even though the briquet plant is just getting underway, his
weekly payroll is now over $4,000 a week. OF this amount, about
half of it is paid to woodhaulers who bring scrub hickory, black
Jack. and other undesirable woods to his six klns, and the other
half is paid to workers at the plant.
You wouldn't classify this as a BIG payroll, but look at the
potential. At present only a few outlets in surrounding southern
states are marketing the brquets. Markets, however, are in the
process of being opened in Western and northern states through
large chain grocery stores. Mr.. Hyman said he expects the pay
roll to Holmes countans by next summer will amount to over
$780, 600. 90.
Impressive? Yes But even more significant is the fact
that through this outlet. Holmes countians, both white and COL
ored, with a little initiative, and some scrub timber, can sup
plement their income by supplying the plant with wood. 1t is
an even bet that most of this money will be spent with merchants
in Holmes county.
What better way could we ask for a stronger economy in our
county?
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28

Our people must be prepared
| and willing to make sacrifices
if we are to preserve our segre-
gated way of life between the
two races in Mississippi, a
seasoned state Legislature
member of the State Sover-
eighty Commission told an
overlooking crowd of Rotarians
ard visitors at Tuesdays lunch
con meeting of the Lexington
Rotary Club.
Bill Johnson of Decatur, in
his third term as a member OF
the state Legislature, said the
much discussed $4,000 contri-
button from state funds to the
Citizens Council to be used to
tell the South's story about
segregation is within the law
as set down by our state Leg
iSlature.
The Sovereignty Commission
was established by the Legisla-
ture in 1856, with the Governor
Lit. Governor, House speaker,
and nine other members SER
wing on it. It was established
as a safeguard against forced
indignation Of our schools and
outside forces enroaching on
our states rights to goven our
people. The Legislature also
passed a law giving this agency
specific rights to use state
funds as they saw fit to &C.
complish these means.
I'VE don't care what the MA
ACP says about the way we
spend our money the speaker
said, I'VE are going to do every
ching necessary to preserve
our way of life."
The Citizens Council, working
closely With the Sovereignty
Commission, has launched a
nationwide television program,
which reaches into 40 states
at the present, designed to tell
the South's story. People liv-
ing in The north are totally I'M
familiar with our story, he
said.
There is an organized cam
paign being waged by left wing
groups, through te~levision and
other means, to change our
way of life.
The speaker said there had
been some criticism on the use
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28
Miss. Pageant Schedule OF
Events Is Announced

Group of contestants is as fol-
lows:
Wednesday ~evening-Evening
Dress COMPETITION.
Thursday evening -Swimsuit
Competition.
Friday evening-Talent Com
etition. al
Preliminary winners OF swim
suit and talent competition will
be announced each night.
Saturday evening ten semi
finalists will compete in all
categories. Five finalists will
be selected by the judges. From
these five, judges will select
Miss Mississippi and four
alternates.
Tickets for all four nights,
or for any one or more nights,
may be obtained. Price for one
seat for all nights is $500 and
$500. Admission for single
night performance is $500.
All seats will be reserved. ANY,
one wishing to purchase tickets
may do so by contracting: Nh.
Howard SWEET. Chmn. Ticket
Committee, P. O. Box 326.
V~icksburg, Miss.
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28

The Mississippi Pageant
which gets underway at Vicks-
burg next Tuesday, August 2.
and lasts through August 6, is
of special interest to Holmes
countians this year.
Patty Povall. daughter of
Mayor and Mrs. Allie Povall,
and who is now reigning as
Miss University, a title held
by the current and immediate
past Miss Americas. is a lead
ing contender for the title OF
Miss Mississippi at the Pag-
cant.
For those who are making
plans to be on hand and help
boost Patty's morale, we are
publishing this information as
to the time she will compete
with other girls in her group,
ticket information. etc.
The 81 conteStnts for the
Miss Mississippi Crown. has
been divided into three groups
Patty is in Group "a.
Tuesday evening the Pageant
will get underway with all con-
testants in convertibles parad-
ing in downtown Vicksburg.
The schedule for Patty's
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28

is an interesting one. which
developed by CAREFUL planning
by Mr. LYMAN. The Mississippi
Research Industrial Center and
the Miss. A & / Board were
instrumental in its development.
After coming out of the Army
Mr.. Lyman who has farming
interests here found that his
pasture land was almost grown
up with scrub hickory, black
jack. and other undesirable
woods. There was no market
for this type wood, so he de-
cied TO experiment with making
hickory chips and packaging
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28

quet processing plant.
When the briquets hit the
market, they met with i'm
mediate success by consumers
since thy are lighter and thin
ner than most of those on the
market, and burned better.
Large grocery chains and who
lesalers, \
Agricultural agencies have
encouraged the development of
the charcoal business, since it
a ready cash market for their
gives the farmers in the area
scrub timber and enables them
to clear their pastures, realiz-
ing a profit while doing so.
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28

charcoal. In production at pre-
sent is six kilns at Kosciusko
with others being built at Bruce
Shpoulax. Satarja. Crystal
Springs and Port Gibson.
Disc shaped Briquets, pack
aged in various size beautiful
bags, under the name of Star
let's. are being marketed thro-
ughout the south at present,
and plans are to market the
product throughout the nation
by next year.
How 1t Started
The story Of how the Black
Creek Charcoal Co. got started
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28

The Black Creek Charcoal
Co.. located at Lexington,
which made its first shipment
Of Top quality Charcoal Bri-
quets on May 81 of this year,
is in the process of expansion.
Herbert Hyman, owner of the
plant. first of its kind in Miss.
said construction has already
Oegun on a warehouse at the
plant that will contain over a
half million cubic feet of Stor-
-ge space. The building will
1e all metal and steel. A rail-
ga spur will also be built to
lie new warehouse.
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28

Oa1RH
Holmes
by CHESTER MARSHALL

There's no use kidding our
selves any longer the big
BOSSES have spoken = Neither
the Democrats nor Republicans
want us in their ranks. Two
conventions in as many weeks
have proven that to us = and
I'm speaking of the South, not
just Mississippi.
Kennedy actually said, so the
newspapers say, he doesn't
want or need any Southern
votes TO be elected president,
and then Nixon, or rather I
should say Rockefeller, has in
dicated he had rather have the
minority block votes than all
the southern votes -
So where does that leave us?
Shall we Wait and See'
what's going to develop the
rest of our lives. Some crit
izied the Miss. Democrats two
weeks ago on the "Wait and
See attitude : then up comes
our Republican delegation at
Chicago with the same thing.
Shall we fall in line behind
the dictatorial leadership of a
handful of men until Federal
troops occupy the whole South?
We are just as confused as
Paul Pittman said the little
boy was who dropped his mar
bles in a hen house.
In our opinion there is no
such thing as a two party sys-
tenn any more. There is only
ONE party and the name of it
should be changed to LIBER-
AL.
Why don't the conservative
thinking people, and there is
evidently millions of them, not
only in the South, but all over
the nation, just pull out and
set up a CONSERVATIVE par
ty? Forget Democrat and Rep
ublican which are after all.
just names only.
They said the Democratic
Convention was rugged and evil
IDENTITY it was, because the pow
ers that be certainly knew be-
fore hand who would be NOM
mated. Then comes the most
ridiculous thing we've ever
heard of. Rockefeller tells
Continued on page A
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28

them for the market.
His chips met with good sue
cess and friends asked why he
didn't go into the charcoal bus
mess.
After a careful study and
with the aid of the agencies
mentioned above he decided to
venture into the charcoal and
briquet business.
Private money was used in
the contraction of the more
than 5000, 900 plant here and
construction began early this
year. The latest type equip
ment was installed in the bril-
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28

Weekly payroll at the plant,
including wood hawlers amou-
hts to over $4,000 at present.
with an anticipated annual pay
roll next year to Holmes CO
.rffant alone amounting to
yer $500. 900. The plant will
utilize over $500. 900 worth of
waste woods, Mr.. Hyman said.
Six kilns with a 60 cord cap
acity have been constructed at
the Briquet processing plant,
and kilns have also been built
at various locations throughout
the state which will furnish
The processing plant with raw
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Win
stead and children from Lake
Village, Arkansas spent the
weekend with his mother, Mrs.
j. S. WinStead.
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28
Local COfCLeoders
Advocate Sale Tax

held with a majority voting for
the sales tax. before it could
be put into effect.
Mr.. Ramsay said if the tax
could be initiated a loan could
be made for necessary impro-
vements now, and could be re-
tired with this additional tax
revenue within a ten year per-
iod. Such a loan would not
facilitate a bond issue.
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28
~BARRENTINE JOINS ABLES
MOTOR COMPANY

Ed Barrintine joined Ables
Motor Co. of Tchula this week
as salesman. He was previous
ly employed by Hand Motor
Co. of Durant.
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28
Attends
Insurance
School

Ed Wilburn Hooker was
awarded a certificate of &C
acknowledgement based on par
hcipation and scholastic ach-
ievement at the close of a three
day school in Jackson last Fri
day.
Mr.. Hooker, who is asbocia-
ted with his father in Hooker
Insurance Agency in Lexington
attended the Goth annual SCH
col of Fire, Casualty, and Sure
s. Underwriting, sponsored
Jointly by the Mississippi AS
ISOLATION of Insurance Agents
and the University of Miss.
The school was held July 20,
q, and %, with Insurance
Agents from all over the state
attending.
MIS-. DurWard Smith and chill
dren visited with Mrs. George
UovoU CatllrdoU nVoninO
Holmes County herald., 1960-07-28
SINGING TUESDAY NIGHT

There will be a singing in the
county courthouse at LeXing-
ton Tuesday night, August 2,
with the general public invited
to attend.
The singing is the regular
monthly singing is the regular
County Singers Association.
Mrs. Vernon Netherland Wis
tied in the home of her mother,
Mrs. Carrie Spencer, during the
weekend.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-09-23
MATCHA PUNGO GARDEN
CLUB MEETS IN BELHAVEN

The Matcha Pungo Garden Club
met Tuesday at the Community
Center for the first meeting of
the year. Mrs. Sarah Latham pre-.
sided.
The hostess served coffee, iced
drinks, doughnuts, sandwiches and
cheese waters.
Program for the coming year
was discussed and approved. Mem
bers feel that the change in pro-
gram is for the better. The club
will meet on the third Tuesday of
each month instead of on Monday
as in the past. There will be three
morning meetings, three afternoon
meetings and three luncheon meet
ings. In June the club will tour
Tryon Palace in New Bern to re-
place the annual Garden Club pic
mic.
A game tournament was planned
for October IL, at the Communi-
ty Building. The next meeting will
be luncheon meeting at the River
Forest Manor Oct 10. at 1890.
Mrs. l. w. Hughes program
chairman of the morning gave a
most interesting talk on the Bell
ingrath Gardens and Estate OF
near Mobile, Ala. Mrs. Hughes
showed slides of the gardens and