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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24
NOTICE

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JUST ABOUT everyone is skat-
ing these days. Where else can
you get so much fun and exer-
else for so cents these cold eve
nings? Why don't you try it?
Five free tickets given to all be-
ginners. Farmville Skating Rink.
11-11-f GU
PLANTING GUIDE CATALOG in
color Free on request. Offered
by Virginia's largest growers of
Fruit and Nut Trees. Berry
Plants, Grape Vines, Flowering
Shrubs, Evergreens, Shade and
Flowering Trees, Roses. Waynes-
b0ro Nurseries, Waynesboro, Va.
2-3-4t (F)
WIN A JUG OF MONEY: for
details call at l09 North Main
Street, February %, "a and Is.
2-2l-2t
MR.. FARMER - WINTER DIS
COUNTS. Place your order now
with c. j. Slayton, representative
for Brandon Silo Corporation for
Upright Silo, Unloader. Bunk
Feeders and Even-Flo Distribu-
tors. Route 2. Farmville, or Call
collect Elk 2-5267. 1-6-25t
WIN A JUG OF MONEY: for
details call at 109 North Main
Street. February %, "a and Is.
2-21-2t
DR.. T. L. HARLOW, Dentist,
will be in his Powhatan office
every Tuesday and Thursday
from 10 am. to 9 pm, until fur
Their notice. 2-21-3t
WIN A JUG OF MONEY: for
details call at 109 North Main
Street. February %. "a and IS.
2-2I-2t
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FOR SALE

PUPS = Chihuahua puppies. 6
to u weeks old. all colOrs. Axe
registered. priced reasonable.
Use easy pay plan. Martin
f. Kraus. phone WY 3-2354, Con-
cord. Va. 2-l0-6p
INVESTMENT PROPERTY FOR
SALE: If you would like a good
return on your Investment see
Gilbert Wood. Building: brick
cinder block. 2Ox90. Building:
40xlOO. Brick-cinder block. Build
ing; 34x5O. cement-cinder block.
All property located on East Third
Street and rented on lease. Brick
home. 8 bedrooms. Gilbert Wood.
Farmville, Va. l-6-8ptF)
FARM-Approyimately so acres,
five room house with bath. Flue
tobacco and cotton allotment.
Flue barn with Oil burners. Lo-
Gated ten miles south Of Farm
Vile on Abilene Road. Contact
John Hudson, Route 2, Pamplin,
Phone 248-4399. Will consiter rent
ing House only. 2-l7-3ptF)
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24
Lost and Found

LOST - black and tan male
beable. Answers to the name
"Speck". $1,000 reward. Howard
Toney. New Canton. 2-24-2p
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24
WANTED

WANTED: Highest cash prices
paid for Indian Head Pennies,
gold coins. other old coins, Civil
War swords. muskets, pistols,
Confederate Bills and Civil War
letters. Write, Coin & Gun Ex-
change, P. o. Box 43, Halifax
Va. 2-24-4tp
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

CRUSHED STONE
No. Z, No. 9 or Crusher Run
$2.75 Per Ton Delivered
within 2 miles Of City
Cumberland, $500
c. S. THOMPSON
Phone Export 1888
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24
ROYAL TYPEWRITERS
The New ROYAL Typewriter
ROYAL

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Special Purpose Typewriters
Roytype Ribbons and Cartons
Rentals and Repair Service
WHERE TO CALL"
Southside Business Machines
Corner High & Main SITS.
Phone Elk 2-5155 Farmville. Va
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

HOUSE two apartment. five
rooms and bath down. -Four
rooms and bath up. Private
entrance. Newly decorated. New
hot all heat. Modern conven-
fences. Immediate possession.
Rev. Wllfred MaytOn. brakes
Branch. Phone LO 1882.
2-24-4p( F.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

FACTORY AUTHORIZED expert
saw repairs and service. All
work guaranteed. Your Homelite
chain saw dealer. Shanaberger &
Sons. Route 460 East. phone Elk
2-4690. Farmville, Va. 9-l6-tf (F)
SEPTIC TANKS AND DRAIN
FIELDS INSTALLED. ditching
and terracing. Ayers Building
Supply Co.. phone Eek 2-39O6.
Farmville. located on old Cum
berland Road. Jackson Heights.
1-17-tf
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

WIN A JUG OF MONEY: for
details call at 109 North Main
Street, February %, "a and 25.
2-2l-2t
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FOR RENT

HOUSE four rooms. lights
and water. Also house. three
rooms with lights. Immediate
possession. Cali Fred Putney.
Pap
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Card Of Thanks

BEALE We wish to thank
everyone who made the benefit
dance given for us success. Mr..
and Mrs. Willie Beale and Mr..
and Mrs. Walker Beale. 2-24-lt
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

JEEP with four wheel drive:
junk type preferred or running.
State price and address. Write
Jeep, CO Farmville Herald.
2-24-3p
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

HAY orchard grass, lespedza
and clover. Contact Davis Bro
theirs Pontiac, Dillwyn. Va.
2-l7-5t
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

TWO MEN wanted for local
franchise. No previous expert
ence or capital required. Apply
or write 2l6 Main Street, South
Boston, Va. 12-3O-tf
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

INCREASE YOUR
PRODUCTION
WITH THESE
Budget-Wise
Blu Y S
In Form Equipment
JOHN DEERE a
TRACTOR
With PIows, Excellent
Condition.
$1095
TWO FORD s-N
TRACTORS
lo49 and 1850 models,
with PIows.
FARMALL a.
TRACTOR
With PIow, CuItivotor,
Corn Planter.
$685.
FORD MOUNTED
Corn Picker
1896
JOHN DEERE
PULL DISC
$3.50
ALSO SEVERAL
BALERS
C0E0 I'm
Come in and shop oroune
See our full line Of Ford on
New hoIIond form equiv
ment.
YATES
| Tractor Co.
Phone lyric e-3o36
| PoWHATAN. VA.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

CORN Paying Richmond
market for ear corn picked up
loose at your farm. less lOc
hauling. Write at once for de-
tails. We need 1000 bu. in Feb
ruary. Piedmont Farms, Farm
vile. 2-17-4p
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

SERVICE DEPARTMENT: II It
can be fixed. we can fix It. All
work guaranteed. The only thing
cheap aboC+ our service is our
price. Farmers Supply Co.,
phone Eek 2-3446. Farmville, Va
LIST
DICKERSON Auction Company
We cry for you. Auction any
thing. anywhere, any time. w.
w. Dickerson. Farmville. phone
Elk 2-3556. 2-12-n
SEPTIC TANKS: cleaned, new
systems installed, old systems
repaired. Free estimate. w. W.
Dickerson. phone Elk 2-3556,
Farmville. LIST
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24
SERVICES

BUTCHERING - meet process
ing. deep freeze supplies. Bur-
gers Market. Farmville. Va.
9-13-2Op(F)
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

HENS 1900 Kimber laying
81 90 each. Willie Welchlin. R.
l. Farmville, Va. 2-l7-3p
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

VICTOR
. Adding Machines
Ten keyboard ond Full Key
board Machines. Manual OF
Electric.
Q ColeulGtos Machines
. Gosh Registers
Manual or Electric
Sales d Service
SoUThSlDE BUSINESS
MACHINES
Corner High q Main SITS.
Phone Elk 2-5l65 Farmville. VI.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

OR RENT - Wheel chairs hospi-
tai beds, clutches. canes. or sick
room needs. Gray's Drug Store.
Farmville. SCOT
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

WANTED = Horses and Mules.
Crippled or sound. Contact: SB.
Cox, Jr., Route l. Glen Allen.
Virginia. Phone: Richmond AT g.
O018. 2-24-4ttFD
WANTED TO BUY Yellow
Corn. Will pick up at the farm.
w. Frank Moore, Route /,
Appomattox. Phone 352-5O55
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

TO BUY corn, on cob or Shelled.
Fred Jones, Route l, Appomat-
tox, Va, phone 3525050. 12-9-tf
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24

RESIDENCE - 8 bedrooms, for
out of town client. Landon G.. At
kins, Farmville, Va. Phone Elk
2-4695 or Elk 2-4607. 11-18-tf CD
WILL PAY S cents for Cherries
box tops. Offer closes March 81.
Mail to TOPS, Route 2, Box 65-A,
Meherrin, Va. 2-21-2p
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-02-24
HELP WANTED

RECEPTIONIST & COSMETIC
DEMONSTRATOR. S & S Con-
tour Shop, phone Elk 2-5373,
Farmville. 2-24-1t
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-02
Survivors Benefits
Made Available

Social security benefits may
now be paid to survivors Of
workers who died before JAN
uary |, 1910, if the worker had
at least a year and a half of
social security work when h e
died, say the District Manager
of vour Social Security Office.
Pefore the social security
smendments of 1860, no monthly
hr'efits wer payable to the
Survivors of a worker who died
before 1910.
Under the new law, if a work
er had social security credit for
at least a year and a half, bene-
fits may now be payable to his
widow (and dependent mother)
if age 81 or older, - his depen-
dent father at age IS, and to his
disabled children if they be-
came disabled before they reach
ed age 18. This is true even if
the family had collected slump
sum" at the time the family
breadwinner died.
For further information re-
garding this new provision, get
in touch with your social securi-
ty office.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-02
A FINAL REMINDER:

Although I've seen no mention of
it in any newspaper, in the state, save
one, this week is Brotherhood Week,
sponsored annually by the National Con-
ference of Christians and Jews.
Could it be that brotherhood" like
moderate has become a dirty word in
Mississippi? Here in what we are proud
to call the "Bible Belt" of the nation?
l hope not.
Today. as never before in our history,
we need to make the gospel of love and
service to mankind our m~otivating force
in life for if we do not, we may rest
assured those who preach the gospel of
hate, division and strife = even here at
home = will never let up.
The Brotherhood of Man, under the
Fatherhood of God, is a goal worth work.
ing and praying for.
AS one editor said:
Sometimes preaching and practicing
brotherhood is unpopular and doesn't seem
worth the effort But if brotherhood is
made to work by each of us here,
i'm this relatively small community in one
corner of the nation, there is little hope
that it ever will succeed in the world.
"And if it does not finally succeed
In the world, we may be sure that there
is only one possible end: the total destruc-
ton of all mankind and the final brother
hood of the grave"
THANK YOU.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-02
The Time Is Here
For Farmers To File
Their Income Reports

It's that time of the year again.
And the farmers around here -
along with those all over the
nation ~ are going through their
books to let Uncle Sam know
how they came out money-wise
in 1860.
One point farmers may want
to keep in mind in figuring their
earnings for social security pur-
poses S that they may be entitled
to use an optional method.
% If you gross income from
agricultural self-employment is
not more than $1,000, you may
count as your net farm earnings
either your actual net or two
thirds of your farm gross in
come;
(2) If your gross farm income
is more than $1,000, and your
net farm earnings ri less than
$1,000, you may use either your
actual net or $1,000;
If your gross farm income is
more than $1,000, and your net
farm earnings are $1,000 or more,
you must use the actual amount
of your net earnings.
Because of the option avail
able, self-employed farmers with
gross income as low as $500 can
obtain social security credit for
1860 - and so build protection
for themselves in their old age,
or if they become disabled, and
protection for their survivors in
case of death.
Some farm owners who receive
cash-rent shares from tenant
farmers can get social security
credit for that income. If the
farm landlord, under his agree
ment with his tenant, materially
participates in the production or
management of production of the
farm crops raised on his land,
this income may be reported for
security purposes.
Information regarding taxes
due and tax return forms can be
at the Internal Revenue
Office at Jackson. If you have
any questions about oldage, sur
vivors, or disability insurance,
the people in the social security
office at jackson will be glad to
answer them.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-02
Constitution AS Written By Founding Fathers"
Could Pose Some Drastic Changes Today
LETTER TO EDITOR

The Lexington Advertiser,
| see by the press reports that
our governor has finally gotten
around to sending President
Kennedy a telegram of congra-
tulations upon his election a S
President of the United States
and incidentally he includes in
his telegram some advice. He
says he hopes and prays the new
President will stick to the con-
stitution as it was written by
our founding fathers. l suppose
the governor means that he
hopes the president will stay by
the great document as he or the
Citizens Council interprets it.
Until the close of the Civil
War and the adoption of the
18th Amendment, the Negroes of
this country had no rights what
ever as citizens. Negroes were
just the property of their own
ers. Would Ross have the 18th
amendment repealed and the
country revert back to slavery
because that was the intent of
the constitution as it was writ
ten and adopted by the founding
fathers?
Income Tax
Until the 10Th amendment be-
came a part of the Constitution
in 1913, the government had no
power to levy an income tax.
That power was not in the con-
~stitution as it was formulated
by the founding fathers" Would
the governor abolish the income
tax as a source of revenue?
Until 1913 there was no pro-
vision for the election of the
members of the U. S. Senate by
popular vote. Would the COVER
nor of Mississippi take away the
right of the people to elect their
Senators just because tn e
founding fathers didn't pro-
vide for such a right?
Until the 10Th amendment was
inserted in the constitution in
1918, that document contained no
provision giving women the
right to vote. Would the COVER
nor of Mississippi take away the
privilege just because tn e
founding fathers" made no
provisions for women to vote?
According to the census of
1860 this country as a whole has
increased in population to the
tune of nine or ten states as large
as Mississippi while Mississippi
has made no gain whatever in
population. There must be a
reason. The politicians tell us
we have in our state the finest
climate. a fertile soil, timber,
plentiful water supply and every
other resource to make us one
of the leading states in the
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-02
REV. CHASTAIN TALKS
TO LHS STUDENTS

Tuesday afternoon, during the
regular afternoon assembly, Rev.
Judson Chastan delivered a fine
talk to the students of Lexing-
ton High School on "Friendli-
ness" He took his scripture
reading "A man who is a friend
must show himself friendly"
from Proverbs. He said that you
won't be liked by all but you
ought to try to win the friend
ships of all, especially those that
are p~rejudiced against you.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-02

union. What is holding us back?
| have lived in this state all
my life which is longer than
the average life and my ances-
tors have lived in this state for
almost a century and a half and
in the south since before the
revolution. But l think / can see
some of our shortcoming; politi-
cians and timid editors. Perhaps
we have given a little too much
of our thought to defending our
traditions and southern way of
life. Frankly, there are some
things about that southern way
of life | am glad have gone to
discard. l am glad there is no
such thing in our state any more
as legalized slavery and legalized
dueling. There are some other
things about that southern way
of life," as I remember it as a
boy, hat we have at least par
TALLY outgrown. Among these
and unscreened homes the farm
things were the outdoor privies
tenant system and one crop
farming. But we still seem to
have a sort of inferiority COM
pick.
Mississippi holds some first
places among the states of which
we take jusifiable pride. Then
We hold some first places of
which perhaps we are not too
proud. 1t is beginning to look
as If this year we may be first
in bank robberies and yes, I be-
lieve we have been on the losing
side in more presidential cleo
tons than any of the other 40
states. Let's quit feeling sorry
for ourselves and get back in
the union.
w. j. Houston,
Jackson.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-02
PASTURE


The great frontier now lies in
the application of scientific prin-
ciples to agriculture. With the
phenomenal development of Mis-
sissippi's livestock industry and
with pastures and feed crops
being basic to its growth, ex-
banded pasture programs must
continue to move forward. One
big factor working to Mississip-
pts advantage is a favorable eli
mate and y~ear-round grazing
facilities. The challenge now is
to expand and improve the re-
sources for greater prosperity.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-02
Letter To Editor

Lexington, Miss.
February 81, 1861
Mrs. Walter D. Smith, Editor
The Lexington Advertiser and
The Durant News
Dear Mrs. Smith:
Thank you for your coopera-
ton in making National Beauty
Salon Week a success in Holmes
County. The publicity your
newspapers provided not only
afforded advertising but made
for improved public relations,
also. We shall ever be grateful.
Sincerely yours,
Clara Ware, President
Holmes-Attala Unit
Mississippi Hairdressers
Association
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-02
University Sponsors
Essay Contest On
Freedom OF The Press

University, Miss. = A Free
dom of the Press essay contest
for Mississippi high school SEN
iors was announced heretoday by
DR.. Samuel S. Talbert, chairman
of the University of Mississippi
journalism department.
A total of eight prizes will be
awarded to the authors of the
best essays on the subject: what
Freedom of the Press Means to
Me-" Sigma Delta Chi, profess
sional society for journalists,
will award keys to the writer's
of the five best essays. The Ole
Miss journalism department will
award three 500 scholarships for
the three outstanding papers sub
mitted.
Essays should not exceed 400
words and should be typed dou-
BILE spaced or written in ink, said
DR.. Talbert. Entries should be
submitted to the Department of
Journalism, University of Mis-
sissippi, University, Mississippi,
and must be postmarked on or
before April IA. 1861.
Awards will be made at the
annual meeting of the Missis-
sippi Scholastic Press Association
here on April 29. Making the
presentations will be a represen-
tative of Sigma Delta Chi.
AL entries become the proper
ty of the MSPA, DR.. Talbert said.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-02
NEW RECORDS
COULD BE SET

AS winter passes and spring
approaches, farmers are looking
forward to a year Of high farm
production and improved cash
returns as a larger cotton acreage
will be planted. Cattlemen start
the new year with the largest
herds, and efforts toward t e
improvement continues. The
states poultry industry contin-
ues its spectacular growth, and
hog production is growing steadi-
ly. Production of rice and soy
beans, both dependable cash
crops, is on the increase. Given
favorable weather, Mississippi
farmers could set some new rec
ords in production and income
in 1861.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-02
MASONIC
MEETING IN

A large number of prominent
Lexington and Holmes County
Masons we're present at the an
nual meeting of the Grand Lodge
held in Jackson early this week.
Among those attending were
w. B. Kenna, j. K. Young, r. T.
Kimbrough, R.. O. Duke, A.
Jacobson, Clabe Bowman, w. L.
Jordan, C.. C. Pahlen, L. P. Hand,
D. c. Lundy, j. D. Weeks, and
Watson, Lexington; j. P. Malone,
w. 0. Harthcock, c.. o. Spell,
w. o. Brown and Dave Kille-
brew, Ebenezer;
R. M. Johnson, Jr., and hurry
Stevens, Durant; Rev. M. E.
Scott, Pickens; j. T. Shelton and
Lee Gordon, Goodman; c. G.
Campbell, Tchula; and C. A..
Penecost. Black Hawk.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-02
TEN YEARS AGO
LADIES NIGHT @
HELD MONDAY NIGHT

The annual ladies night BAN
quet put on by the Lexington
Rotary Club was held Monday
night in the grammar school.
President Norman Weathershr
presided and presented Walter
Strider, program chairman, who
in turn introduced Chancery
Clerk P. H. William, speaker for
the evening. Mr.. Williams
brought an inspirational address
on patriotism.
Among those enjoying this oc-
cation were Mrs. Weathersby,
Mrs. Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Ellis, Jr., DR.. and Mrs. Cor
don Russell, Mrs. Strider, MI.
and Mrs. Leroy Paris, guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Berman,
Mr. and Mrs. Reggie Will
liams, Mr. and Mrs. Ollie A..
Cleveland, Mr.. and Mrs. Josh
: Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Patterson, Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne.
floyd, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry H.
Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
Kenna, Rev. and Mrs. P.<D.
Bragg, and Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Flowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. Brown,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fincher, Jr.,
Rev. and Mrs. Hayes T. Clark,
Superintendent and Mrs. Butler
T. Moore, Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis
Carr, Mr.. and Mrs. David B,
Miles, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilburn
Hooker, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Lind
holm, Mr.. and Mrs. Pat M. Bar
rett, Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Schnel-
Ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Herr
man, Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Thur
mond, MI. and Mrs. w. Allan
Ramsey, DR.. and Mrs. Bill
Staples. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter D.
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Max Scobey,
DR.. and Mrs. Maurice Herring.
D. c. Lundy, Rev. Clint Floyd,
DR.. Bo Melvin, Will Barrett and
David McDavid.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-03-02
Uhf Gfxtngtnn Anurrttarr
On Comment"
All Clubs SaIuted By Editor On WlBT
On Comment"

The editor of this newspaper appear
ed on WLBT television station in Jack
son on the Comment" program at 5:15
p. M, Friday, February "a.
Following is the text of her COM
ment:
GOOD EVENING!
This week beginning March 4th-11th
will be observed as All Club Week
throughout the nation.
More than 10000 Mississippi boys
and girls, white and Negro, in both rural
and urban areas, will join with over two
million other All young people in the
United States to celebrate the 54th birth
day of the organization dedicated to
building the Heads, Hands, Hearts and
Health of its members throughout the
world = for All is now a worldwide
movement with thousands of clubs and
tens of thousands of members in other
nations around the world. All of them
are not called "4-H", like in Italy where
they are called 3-P, but they all use the
familiar clover leaf symbol though they
comprise many nationalities, races, creeds
and languages.
Everywhere these boys and girls of
All share a common interest and pur-
pose expressed in their motto of Making
the Best Better"
We have many things of which we
are proud in Holmes County. Some of the
finest people in the world = and no COM
munity can rise above the quality of it's
people and its leadership. Holmes County
has furnished our state with a number
of distinguished citizens and officials, in
Guiding a former governor, the late Ed
mund F. Noel of Lexington. The present
clerk of the State Supreme Court is the
Hon. Tom @. Ellis, a native of Holmes.
Tennessee's present governor, the Hon.
Buford Ellington, is a Holmes native son.
The Order of the Eastern Star. was
founded in Holmes County.
But there is no honor greater, or of
which we are more proud, than to have
been the birthplace of the All Club.
1t was in 1907 that the Holmes
County Superintendent of Education, w.
II. Corn Club" Smith of Durant,
organized the first boys corn clubs out
OF which grew All of today.
One of the first winners in corn pro-
duction, and he won a trip to Washington,
was a lad by the name of D Lundy, now
a prominent citizen of Lexington. Mr..
Lundy has continued to give generously,