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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-06
kols-Sprouse
V0Ws Said

The marriage of Mrs. Ruby
Cough Sprouse, Of Buckingham
County, daughter OF the late Mr..
and Mrs. William Robert Cough,
Of Buckingham county, to Ber-
nard Oliver Nuckols, of Hanover
county, took place on Thursday,
June l, at pm. in the par
sonage Of the First Baptist
Church of Dillwyn in the pres
ence of their immediate fam
lilies.
The ceremony was performed
by the pastor, the Rev. John w.
Adams.
After a western trip, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nuckols will make their
home in Hanover County.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-06
Miss Covington
Gets Degree At
Virginia Intefniont

Miss Jane Covington, daughter
of o. C. Covington, of Farmville,
was one of 126 to receive degrees
at commencement exercises for
Virginia Intermont College.
Speaker for the commencement
May % was Congressman Frank
Thompson. Jr., of the Fourth Dis
trict of New Jersey. DR.. H.
Cowen Ellis, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, of Charlottes-
vile. gave the baccalaureate SER
mon Sunday.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-06
'HatfMld-ROuse
Rites SOIen1nized

The marriage of Miss Martha
Virginia Rouse, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Rouse, of Route
1. Powhatan, to Ralph Hat
field, of Richmond, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Grover Hatfield, of
Caretta. w. Va, took place Mon
day night. May % at 9 pm.
The ceremony was performed
at the home of Rev. H. D. An
derson at Powhatan who offici-
ated.
The bride wore a navy blue
sheath dress with white Access
series. with shoulder corsage
of red roses.
After a we d d ing trip, the
couple will reside in Richmond.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-06

bridge, was best man. Ushers
were Leon Curtis Walker, of
Leaksville. and Franklin Delano
Warren, of Victoria.
A wedding breakfast for the
immediate families and out-of-
town guests followed at the Ho-
tel Weyanoke.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-06
Club Calendar

BAPTIST WINS : General
meeting. Monday, June 5, 8 p.
M, at the church, Marie Van
Lear Circle in charge of FRO
gram. Topic-"Our Task Has
Just Begun"
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE =
Monday, June 5, 8 pm, at the
lodge.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-06-06
Johnson w alker.
Party Entertained

Mrs. Howard Cook, Mrs. Vir-
GINA bearing, and Mrs. Dave
Weinberg entertained the John
Walker wedding party with
an after-rehersal party, Friday
evening, June 2.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-30

The total civilian labor in
Holmes County, currently esti-
mated at. 10.84O was up only 100
persons from January, and shows
ia 81 per cent increase over the
same period one year ago. Total
employment is currently $40,
an increase Of 40 over last
month. Unemployment amount
ed to 1876 per cent Of the total
labor force. Agricultural cm-
ployment is slightly up due to
the beginning Of a new season.
These are the latest figures
given by the Mississippi State
Employment Service.
Employment Up
Total employment shows an
upward trend of Is per cent
over January 1861. Manufacture
ing employment shows 9.5 per
cent increase from last month.
but compared with one year ago,
it is down 1914 per cent. En-
ployment does not indicate an
upward trend.
lao Unemployed
It is estimated that 1910 per
sons were unemployed during
February. This is a 3:5 per cent
increase over last month, and a
1919 per cent increase over jan
uary one year ago. Heavy I'M
employment has prevailed in this
area in local manufacturing.
However, this situation is being
somewhat relieved. due to the
recalling of former workers back
to work. One garment plant re-
Isumed operations several weeks
ago, but is now having a tempo
rary shutdown due to change
over in seasonal patterns. This
shutdown is not expected to last
over two weeks.
324 Applications
At the end Of February there
were 324 active work applica-
tons on file in this office. There
is a surplus Of available appll
cants in all occupations mos
common to this area, with the
exception of highly skilled Tool
and Die Maker Foreman. The
majority of our surplus, avail
able applicants r female work
ers who have been affected by
the layoffs mentioned above i'll
the apparel industry. There is
a surplus of clerical and sales,
semi-skilled and unskilled .naie
workers.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-30
49th Annual Meeting
OF State TB Assn
Set For April 20

The 49th Annual Meeting of
the Mississippi tuberculosis As
ISOLATION will be held on Thurs
day, April 20, at the Robert E.
Lee Hotel in Jackson, according
to an announcement by Mrs. H.
R. Written, president of Charles
ton.
The theme of the 1861 meet
ing will be "The Big Push" Miss
Ona Mae Willingham, of Wig
gins, and Mrs. Sara B. Pounds,
of Bonneville, co-chaimen of the
Annual Meeting Committee, have
directed the planning of an ex-
cellent program.
Sessions for the education I'd
enlightenment of volunteer
workers Of the 81 county tuber-
culosis associations will feature
talks and demonstrations on eff
fective program for county tu-
berculosis control efforts.
Featured speaker of the meet
ing will be Mr.. Clarence w. Ke-
hoe, Director, Christmas Seal
Campaign Division, National Tu-
berculosis Association, New York
City. Mr.. Kehoe is a native of
illinois. having worked with the
illinois Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation and the Illinois
tuberculosis Association prior to
joining the National staff.
Other speakers include DR..
Clyde A. Watkins, Superinten-
dent of the Mississippi State
Sanatorium: Miss Mary Elkin,
Associate Director, Health Edu-
cation Division. Mississippi State
Board of Health; Mrs. J. N. Lock-
ard. President, Jackson County
tuberculosis Association, Pasca-
goula; Miss Trugen Beard,
Health Education Chairman, For
rest County tuberculosis Asso-
citation, Hattiesburg.
A highlight of the meeting will
be the presentation of 25-Year
Certificates to volunteers who
have given continuous volunteer
service since 1885. State and
national School Press Project
awards and Art Against TB Con-
test awards will be made to high
school students Winning recogni-
ton in these contests.
A special tour of the State
Historical Museum = The Old
Capitol will also be included as
a part of the program for dele
gates attending the meeting.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-30
Community Libraries Vital For Civic Growth;
National Library Week Set For April 1872

Plans are now being formulat-
ed in cities throughout Missis-
sippi for the celebration of Nat
ional Library Week, April 1922.
National Library Week, spear
headed in Mississippi by a group
of 80 prominent civic and church
leaders, has as its purpose pro-
noting readingfoka richer, fuller
life.
Judge William N. Ethridge, as
sociate justice of the Mississippi
Supreme Court is chairman of
the library week committee. Miss
Mary Love, associate director of
the Mississippi Library Commits
sion, is serving as executive
director Of the weeks activities.
I'VE hope National Library
Week activities in the state will
call attention to the vital role
the public library plays in the
community as a source of infor-
nation, inspiration and e~ntetain-
ment.
Secondly, we hope tn e
weeks celebration will make all
Mississippians aware of the need
to extend library development
throughout the state. Presently
there are eight counties in Mis-.
sissippi which have no public
Libraries at all. There are four
additional counties whose only
library service consists of a pri-
vate or association supported by
fees. The people of these coun
ties have no access to books
They have, nowhere to go fol
vital information which can be
secured through reading. Gu.
school Libraries, which have the
most vital role of educating oul
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-30

The Lexington Advertiser Is TT Years Old
Happy Birthdays

This week The. Advertiser is 124
years old
We begin Volume 124, Number |,
with today's edition Of what continues to
be the favorite newspaper of ninety-eight
per cent of the people of Holmes County
- and the only newspaper as far as the
great majority Of them are concerned.
In all of it's long history there has
never been a single worthwhile. achieve
ment in Lexington in which The Advertiser
didn't play a part and the same holds
true for Holmes County.
The Advertiser has boosted Lexing-
fon and Holmes County longer than any
one living and it will still be here boost
ing the area when all of us are dead and
forgotten - it's d~etractors among the
Johnnies-com lately Notwithstanding.
III The group that has been doing every
thing it can to destroy this editor and
The Advertiser have only succeeded in
widening the sphere and scope of our in
fluence and following.
We do not say this boastfully but
prayerfully and with thanks to our
friends who stood by during the dark
days.
The men who have fought us the
hardest are the ones now who are the
u~nhappiest in their clandesttiine affair with
a sheet that continues to divide the peo-
pie and harm Lexington and the whole
county.
The Lexington Advertiser has too
long been identified with everything
worthwhile in Holmes County for our
enemies to be able to undermine us with.
our friends and readers and the general
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-30
Mississippi Baptist Convention
Board
Jackson, Mississippi
Rev. c. M. Day
Director of Temperance
March 20, 1861

Mrs. Hazel Brannon Smith
Editor, Durant News and Lex
ington Advertiser
Lexington. Mississippi
Dear Hazel:
We are sending just a bit OF
news which believe you would
be interested in. which comes
from the Mississippi Council for
Christias Social Action which in
Guides me on its Honor Roll as
Mississippi Minister of the Year.
We thought you would be in
terested and under separate
cover from the office of the as
sociate editor of the Baptist Re
cord. Joe Abrams, we are send
ing mat for you to use if you
think well Of it.
Let me reaffirm my faith in
you and the work that you are
doing and pledge nv continued
friendship in the effort you are
making to present conditions
fairly as can be presented. Il
we can ever be Of service to you
morally. materially. spiritually o.
otherwise we shall be happy to
render our little bit of service.
With best wishes for you and
Smitty and for your work, we
are,
Sincerely YOURS,
G. M. DAY
Brother Day
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-30

children, are sadly lacking in the
quantity and quality of books
they should have, in qualified
Librarians, and in physical facili-
ties. 1t has been said that by
the time children are grown up
their reading tastes r already
formed and the librarians func-
ton then is to satisfy rather than
train, said Judge Ethridge.
On the community level at
tention will be called to National
Library Week through club pro-
grams, speeches, window dis
plays, essay contests, Open
House" for businessmen in the
local Libraries, posters and othsr
projects. Special articles will o.
writer by such prominent Mis-
sissippis as Judge Ethridge,
associate justice of the Missis-
sippi Supreme Court, Eudora
Welty, author, DR.. Joe Odle, edi-
tor of the Baptist Record, and by
library leaders, Mrs. Laura Cur
rier, director of the Mississippi
Library Commission and Mrs.
Ada McCaa Sumrall, supervisor
of Libraries, State Department of
Education.
National Library Week is not
an end in itself" said Miss Love.
ut is a focal point of long-range.
year-round effort to promote
reading. We urge every Missis-
sippian 0 support and encourage
the celebration of National Ii
brary Week by visiting his pub
lie and school Libraries and by
learning how he can work to
make the library services in his
county better and more satisfy.
ing to the peopie of his county"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-30

From the depths of disgust and near
despair and waited on the wings of our
anguished anxiety for the future of Mis-
sissippi and its people, there wells a wish
within us that Mississipppians = before
it is too lote = pause and ponder serious
ly an undeniable truth so aptly phrased
by Judge Learned Hand:
That community is already in
the process of dissolution where each
man begins to eye his neighbor as a
possible enemy, where nonconformity
with the accepted creed, political as
well as religious, is a mark of disaf-
lection; where denunciation, without
specification Or backing, takes the
place of evidence; where orthodoxy
ch0kes freedom of dissent; where
faith in the eventual supremacy of
reason has become so timid that we
dare not enter our convictions in the
open lists, to win or lose"
1t takes no prophet to foretell an
approaching dissolution of moral and
I1htcIldl WlsSISSipPi. II ClOoS CliOuSLl vi
! the horizons for even those blinded by
bigotry to see its awesome reality. And
it is a dissolution being brought upon us
by the very agency entrusted to prevent
it: a state administration that has been
brought totally under the bigotry-braided
whip of Citizen Council professionals.
We never thought to see the day
when Mississippians - q breed. Of
people almost to ourselves, prizing.
individual freedom Of action above
all else = would silently condone
through lack Of vigorous pro-
test those appalling practices cur
rently painting q police-state portrait
Of our: beloved state. Yet, IN the
recent past our people have been in
sulted with the spectacle Of the state
administration actually paying $4,000.
from the peoples taxes to an In
/, sidious individual for the purpose Of
; slandering with half-truths and in
; nuendoes two q . own citizens.
Have we SO forsakep all basic human
decency and integrity that y state
: government can lever itself TO the leye
of underwriting and ~unleasing upon ~,
own people the malignant influence Of
q purveyor Of smear and suspicion who
profits personally only in accordance with
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-30
Yicksburg Attracting
Internationol Trade

Successful negotiations with a
major steamship line are expect
ed to establish Vicksburg as an
International port by the Spring
of 1862 and perhaps sooner. ac-
cording to port director Dean p.
Westfall. Westfall recently re-
turned to Vicksburg after negoti-
ating with officials of the steam
shin line. Name of the line has
not been disclosed. Officials Of
the line told Westfell they con-
slider vicksburg an excellent dis
tribution point for imported
goods to the United States from
ports in northwestern Europe
and also for the export of United
States goods to Europe.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-30

INDUSTRIAL
PROGRESS
REVIEW
Nississippi Manufacturers Eye
Contract Opportunities

lN
The Agricultural and Indus
trial Board will participate in
the second biennial Southeastern
Industrial Exposition at Orlando.
Fla, April 1920, and its new
exhibit display will make it's
debut at this event. Purpose of
the meeting is to bring together
Southeastern industrial firms
and prime contractors and fed
eral defense agencies, in order
to bring more defense product
ion into the Southeastern states.
The exposition will serve al a
centralized meeting place for
some so large companies in
search of outlets in the South
east, small firms seeking to ex-
pand their activities, and the fed
eral procurement agents who let
government contracts. A &. :
Board officials expressed the
hope that Mississippi manufac-
turers will take advantage of this
opportunity for establishing con-
facts which might result in adj
oitional business for their firms.
Both the A & l Board and the
Mississippi Manufacturers Asso-
citation have sent letters to in
dustrialists throughout the state
inviting them to participate in
this exposition. Industrialist rep
resentative' Marcus Love will
represent the A & I Board.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-30
BAWI Bond Elections Set

Balance Agriculture With In
dustry' bond elections have been
called for Itawamba and Chick
asaw counties. The Itawamba
election Saturday is for $3.50, 900
in bonds to finance construct.
ion of a warehouse building for
the Charm Step Division of
GENESCO. Four Itawamba coun-
ty districts are involved. The
Chickasaw election is set for
March 81 and involves a $780,
600 BAWI bond issue for ex-
pansion of Futorian- Stratford
Furniture Company facilities in
Okolona. Futorian- Stratford has
announced plans to add another
10000 square feet to provide
facilities for manufacturing a
new type of chair.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-30
Moss Point Plont Makes
$5O0,OO0 Addition

A 100000 addition to Thiokol
Corporations Moss Point plant
will be in full operation this
month, according to an an
nouncement by plant manager
Lewis Webb. Ten or twelve new
jobs will be created by the ex-
pansion, he said. The new plant
addition will manufacture an en-
tirely new line of polymers and
chemicals and will cover approx
imately ten acres. The addition
will increase Thiokol's annual
payroll to Approximately $780,
900.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-30
Industrial Groups Name
New Staff Members

Charles S. McElroy, Starkville,
has joined the staff of the North
Mississippi Industrial Develop
ment Association as director of
research. A 1856 graduate Of
Mississippi State University, Nc
Elroy will gather needed infor-
nation to present to industries
interested in North Mississippi
locations.
James E. Sorrells, of West
Point, has been added to the
staff of the Agricultural and In
dustrial Board as planning as
sistant in the boards city plan
ming department.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-30
TIRED KIDNEYS

60 You Down? Give them
a gentle lift with this we'll
balanced formula. Help rid kid
neys Of, uric waste, that may
cause getting up nights, scanty
passage, burning, backache, leg
pains. Take surprising Bukets A.
day treatment. If not pleased,
your SOC back at any drug store.
Today at Peoples Drug Store.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-30
Ancestry, Politics No
Longer battle-ground
In AZ Friendship

Politicians in the Air Force?
No, but A1C Buford Ellington
and A3C John A. Maher of
Columbus Air Force Base are
both related to nationally known
political figures when a chance
meeting brought this and other
common interests to light.
In addition both enlisted in the
Air frcoe at 18, are descendants
of the British Commonwealth
and are seriously considering
making the Air Force a career.
Altman Ellington's famous
kinsman is Gov. Buford Filing
ton of Tennessee. His grand
father and Ellington's father
were brothers. The Altman said
the Governor keeps in close con
tact with his relatives in Lex
ington. When the Governors
mother was i'll some months ago,
be made weekend trips to her
bedside. Even though Altman
Ellington hasn't seen his cousin
for sometime, his father sees the
Governor on his trips to Lexing-
ton.
Altman Maher is related to
Democratic Majority Leade r
Mike Mansfield of Minnesota. A
native of Kilkenny, Ireland, John
came to the United States in 1856
through the efforts of his aunt,
Mrs. Martin Mansfield. The Ma
jority Leader is the uncle of Mar
tin Mansfield. Although never
having seen his famous distantly
related" kinsman, he is extreme
ly proud of the fact that one of
Ireland's native sons has made a
name for himself in political
circles.
f Making his home with the
Martin Mansfields in Woodside,
Long Island, since coming to
America, Airman Maher claims
New York as his hometown. One
of the highlghts in Altman
Makers life will take place this
August when he will receive his
American citizenship. Before he
could enlist in the Air Force a
years and a half ago, he was re-
quired to Sign a declaration Of
intention for American citizen
ship
One of the Irish lads boyhood
dreams is an ambition to become
a lawyer. Although most of his
schooling took place in Ireland,
he completed high school in New
York and has, in terms of the
American equivalent, a high
school, education. He plans on
taking tests for Officers Candi-
date School this July.
Airman Ellington is assigned
to the Civil Engineering Squad
ron at the Base. Born in Green
wood, he graduated from High
School in Durant and claims Lex
ington as his home. He married
the former Lii Balm of Kos
lciusko and thev have one son,
Mark Anthony Ellington.
AS a members of the Air Force
for six years. Altman Ellington
has earned, the right to wear .
number Of ribbons: National De-
Tense, Good Conduct, Longevity
and the Air Force Unit Citation.
Neither profess any political
ambitions of their own so, an
Englishman and an Irishman
buried the Ratchet of the past
and agreed. cts great to be re-
lated to prominent political Off
ciafs."
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-30

the number of characters he can publicly
'castigate? Apparently so.
It would seem hat the cancerous
growth of hate-peddling and intimi-
datiOn by smear has become in
fectious. 1t becomes obvious that it
has spread in all it's ugliness into the
character of the state administration
itself. Such a fact is manifested by
the State Sovereignty Commission,
apparently at the personal direction
of Governor Ross Barnett.
Like an ominous portent of travesties
yet to come, the Commission has en-
ployed the "big smear" against a young
Ole Miss student who is campus candi-
date for editor of the University news
paper. A letter over the signature of the
director has been circulated on the cam
pus. The student, young Billy Barton of
Pontotoc, is viciously labeled in the letter
las being "a member of the NAACP"
and charged with having been involved
personally in sit-in demonstrations in
Atlanta.
Young Barton indignantly denies
such accusations. Barnett and the
Commission offer no proof of their
charges. other than to say they were
told it was SO by an informant"
There has been no "day in court
for Barton, Not even an opportunity
for him to deny the charges to his
accusers: It shocks us to find such
evidence Of Castroism rampant in our
Mississippi.
It avails us,little, however, to lambast
Barnett at this late date. He is more to be
pitied. Having turned the keys of the
mansion over to the professional scaven-
gers in the raw flesh of human emotions
and fears, the Governor is now naught
but a haunted captive creature Of the
frankenstein he created.
Our states only salvation lies in
the hands Of its people. We can only
pray that they win act and speak out
while time stilI remains. Time enough
70 stimulate an active awareness Of
the truth il The words Of Teddy
Roosevelt: mo man. IS justified in
doing eviI on the ground Of expedien-
Cyl
Next time it could happen to you.
4t kG&& %tt&4A &-f&#tE+M MNk+& E#
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-30

IN 1860, Americans bought =
and H Bands with tour hillinn,
$50 million dollars Of their saw
inrs. You save more than money
when you buy United States
Savings Bonds.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-30

public, not only in Holmes County but
throughout the state.
To them we would say:
As you labor with your costly and
unsatisfactory love affair, we invite you
to stop wasting your time and money and
come on back into the fold Of The Ad-
v~ertiser where you will receive a warm
welcome and be made to feel as though
you've never been away.
By Q you know:
The Lexington Advertiser is the
only newspaper in Lexington which
has the respect of all the people.
The Lexington Advertiser is the
only newspaper in Holmes County
that is really read by all the people.
The Lexington Advertiser is the
only newspaper in the world that en-
joys the confidence on which endur-
ing relationships of people and COM
munities are built.
The Lexington Advertiser is qua
lifted by long years of dedicated, UNI
selfish service and a devoted follow
ing of friends and readers to point
the way to a brighter future for Lex
ing and the entire Holmes County
area.
AS we go into our 125th year we
invite every reader to come along
with us and see that the best of all
is yet to be!
Affectionately,