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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30
Golden Horvest Days
Prize Goes To $50

The holder of ticket Ne. 419250
was, not present at the Golden
Harvest Days. Promotion Satur-
day afternoon to claim the
$75.00s first cash prize. There
fore, the grand prize this Satur-
day will be $780, co..
Mrs. Matte Swinney, RID
Lexington, won the $500 Sec
ond cash prize with ticket No.
468701.
Three tickets were pulled be-
fore a winner was found for the
third cash prize of $1,000. Ethel
Robinson won the. $1,000 with
ticket No. 456999. Other num-
bers prior to the winning num-
Der were 453339 and 48?878.
There will be two more Sat
urdays in which these promo
tons are held, Saturday, De
cember End and Saturday, De-
cember 9Th
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30
West Christmas
Lighting Contest Set

The West Christmas Light
ing contest has been set for
December 10th, with six .catego-
ries.
Entries may be made in the
following categories:. doorway
or window, inside tree, COM
mercial houses, churches. best
outside decoration and a grand
overall effect prize:
The following rules must be
followed: -
l.. The owner of each entry
must register the entry at Mrs.
Bicker's, Store by 500 p. m.
Monday December 18th, and
state. which division is being
entered.
@. 70 be able to compete for
overall or grand prize a con-
testant must enter two or more
divisions. q
3. Judges must be given a
list of rules governing contest
along with entries by divisions.
4. Houses must be numbered
and not given to judges by
name.
5. The entries will be judged
on originality and artistic eff
feet.
Contestants are requested to
turn their lights on from 600
to 900 p. m. on Wednesday,
December 20 for the judges de-
cisions.
This event is sponsored by
tho Wecf Garden C1l1h
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30
Turkey Dinner Set
Sunday In Tchula

The Tchula Baptist Church
will observe its ninth annual
Turkey Day Dinner and build
ing fund drive on Sunday, De-
cember 3.
The morning service will be
held at 400 a. m. followed by
the turkey dinner served in the
Educational Building. This meal,
with all the trimmings, will be
prepared by the ladies of the
church, with Mrs. j. P. Love as
social chairman.
The offering will be used to
support the church building
fund. The total amount netted
from last years dinner was
$4,O38.OO from the 315 people
who attended. A crowd equally
as large is expected this year,
according to the Rev. Roy D.
Raddin, pastor. Turkey amount
ing to 100 pounds has beer
purchased for this event.
All members and friends OF
the church are invited to at
tend and take part in this an
nual observance.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30
Religious Life Behind
The Iron Curtuin
To Be Revealed

Religious life behind the Iron
Curtain will be revealed by the
lev. Robert Tarzier, of the Nor
lie Mission in America, as he
rings a special message on the
Demonstration Day" program
At the First Baptist Church IN
Lexington on Sunday, Decem-
Der 3rd.
Demonstration Day will be a
est of three things: Demonstra-
ton of Numerical strength,
Demonstration of Economi c
strength and Demonstration Of
Spiritual strength.
On this day all members are
asked to be present for al
.hurch activities; to bring their
tithe for one week; and to in
vite at least one other person
to the services.
Everyone will be interested IN
hearing the timely message by
he Rev. Mr.. Tarzier at Hoo
tContinued On PAGE Eight
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30
An Open Letter

| have served you since 1886 as
editor Of The Durant News and since
1913 as editor of The Lexington Adj
vertiser.
During this Is years of service,
all of my adult life, / have always held
the columns of both of these news
papers open to any person who wished
to use them. | have fostered the idea
that these are "your newspapers" and
you have full freedom to use them in
any responsible way. The test of
whether l am sincere in this is found
in the fact that there is no person
living who can or will honestly say he
couldn't get a story or a statement
printed in The News or The Adver-
tiser. On the other hand, the bound
volumes in our office record every word
that has been written during these
years and contain thousand of instances
where the people of Holmes County
have used the columns of these news
papers in their W and in the public
interest.
My policy on news is simple.
We print it.
What's more we print it accurate
~, honestly, and in a completely un-
biased manner - and it doesn't make
any difference who or what the news
is about. If it happens, the public has
a right to know about it. Printing the
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30
Thanksgiving Services
Held Jointly Wednesday

Thanksgiving Community
Services were held on Wednes-
day night with Lexington Met
hodist Church as host, and the
Rev. Reynolds Cheney, minis
ter-in-charge Of St. Mary's Epis-
copal Church, delivered the
sermon.
The scripture read by the
Rev. Cheney was st. Mathew
6. 25:33. The Rev. Frederick
Fowler, III, Presbyterian minis
ter said the opening prayer, re-
sponsive reading by Rev. P. D.
Bragg, pastor of First Baptist
Church, special music by the
combined choirs with the Rev.
Crawford Ray. pastor of tn 6
host church. in charge.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30

Automobiles will be furnished
by the several automobile agen-
c4es OF Lexington.
This event is being held
through the combined efforts of
the Lexington Chamber of Com
merce and the Lexington Jun
iol Chamber of Commerce.
Lighting Contest
Lexington homes and the re-
sidential area will be judged on
Tuesday, December, 10, in the
Christmas lighting contest spon-
sored annually by the Lexing-
ton Garden Club.
All citizens of the community
are urged to complete their de-
corations by this time so that
they may be viewed and judged
by the ~out-of-town judges.
The Lexington Garden Club
sponsors this annual competi-
ton in which prizes are given
for the best decorations. But
every home and the entire COM
munity is invited to participate.
Mrs. Joe Stern and Mrs. c. d.
Blackstock are co-chairman of
the contest this year and Mrs.
j. B. East is president of the
Garden Club.
The contest is open to every
family in the community and it
is hoped that a large number of
homes will be entered. All
homes of the Garden Club mem
bers are expected to be entered
in at least one of the four class
ifications which are window,
door, lawn and overall front of
he house.
Winners will be judged on
artistic merit, originality, light
ing technique, and ingenuity.
A nice prize, given by the Miss.
Power and Light Co., will be
awarded the winner in the over
all effect. Other first place win
ners will also be given prizes.
First place winners in Last
years contest cannot compete
N the same classification with
the same decorations as used in
1860. They may enter the same
classification with new or diff
ferent decorations.
Entrants in the contest are
expected to burn their lights
Turing the hours of $50 and
$50 D. m. on the night of the
Judging and every night during
Christmas week.
The following regulations ap
CONTINUED from Page One)
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30
Services On Monday
For B. N. WaIdrup

Funeral services for Birdie
Mack Waldrup, 20, were held
Monday at 800 p. m. from the
Liberty Chapel Methodist
Church with the Rev. Dennis
Johnston officiating. assisted by
the Rev. David Skinner. Inter
ment was in the church GENE
terry with Southern Funeral
Home of Lexington in charge
o. ARRANGEMENTS.
MI. Waldrup died Saturday
about 10:45 p. m. at his home
of a heart, attack. He had suf-
fered failing health for a num-
Der of years and had been
seriously i'll about a month. A
native of Holmes County, he
was born near Lexington on
December 20, 1890. He was. a
member of the Liberty Chapel
Methodist Church, a member of
the Daniel w. Beall American
Legion Post No. 18, a veteran
OF World War I, and a retired
farmer.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Callie McLendon Waldrup,
Lexington; three sisters, Mrs.
J L. Mayo, Mrs. c. H. Rodgers
of Lexington, and Mrs. F. E.
Holley of Benoit; and a grand
son Harry Waldrup of Laurel;
and a number of Snieces and
nephews.
Pallbearers were W. R.. Nc
Lellan, Howard Hocutt, Paul
Hansen, l.. C. BoatWright, Toll
bert Devine and Pepper It'd
well.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30
To The People OF Holmes County

news is the first responsibility OF a
newspaper and we don't shirk that
job, unpleasant though it may be at
times.
Our editorial policy is equally SIM
pie.
We have opinions on important
subjects of the day which affect the
lives and fortunes of our readers. we
print those opinions in the editorial
columns or in our own personal column.
Our readers can take Or leave them.
We held a gun on a person n
forced him to read an editorial OF ours,
or a copy of our newspaper for that
matter. We feel the editorial function
of a newspaper is not to convert you
to thinking like the editor thinks, but
to get you to think, period.
Besides printing the news n
having an editorial backbone, a news
paper has another responsibility -
which concerns the public interest. Be
cause of the nature of our business,
gathering and reporting news, the
newspaper is placed in a position to
know the public interest. Consequently
it inherits the responsibility of guarding
and protecting the public interest, in
a unlike any other business in
our American free enterprise system.
How well the newspaper discharges
Continued on Page Two)
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30
Mrs. Eva @. Buford
Dies On Monday

Mrs. Eva Owen Buford, mem
Der of a prominent and wei
Known family of Pickens, die
Monday at $50 p. m. of a hear
attack. She was at the home o.
her son, T. o. Buford at the
time of her death. She was rs.
Mrs. Buford, a native OF
Holmes County, was born in
the Franklin community and
was active in church and civic
affairs until poor health forced
her retirement. She was a Sun
day School teacher at the Pres
byterian Church for a number
of years. Her husband, the late
Eugene c. Buford preceded her
in death several years ago.
Funeral services were held at
200 D. m. Tuesday from the
Pickens Presbyterian Church
with the Rev. G.. H. Ledbetter
officiating, assisted by DR.. Price
Brock. Burial was in the Pick
ems Cemetery with Worthey
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements.
Survivors. in addition to her
son. include a brother, w. S
Owen, a sister, Mrs. AnnieTho-
mas all of Pickens; and foul
grandchildren.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30

Santa Claus will be here to
greet his many little friends in
the area.
To climax the event the
Christmas lights around court
square will be turned on and
judging of window decorations
in the business section will take
place. 4 +,
A group Of singers from
Holmes Junior College is ex-
pected to lead the large crowd
in singing Christmas carols
around a huge Christmas tree
which has been erected on the
lawn OF the Holmes County
Courthouse.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30
Lottie Moon Week
OF Prayer Observed

Week of Prayer is being OBJ
served this week at the First
Baptist Church in Lexington,
under the direction of Mrs.
Louise Jordan King.
Contributions will go directly
to Lottie Moon Foreign Mis-
sions. Services are being held
daily at 800 p. m. Monday
through Friday, except on We'd
nesday night when the Business
Women's Circle of the Womens
Missionary Society met with
Mrs. Leslie Farmer as program
eader.
The public is invited to at
end the last two services.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30
Holmes County Bunk
Christmas Club Checks
Amount To SIS, 5000

The Holmes County Bank and
Trust Company of Lexington
paid out $l5,562.00 this week
10 members of the 1861 Christ
mas Club. a,
The 1862 club is now. open
and all interested persons are
invited to come in and join the
Christmas Club today.
See advertisement on page
three Of this issue for further
details.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30

We want to tell our read
ers something.
To be honest, we don't like
to be involved in controver-
sy. - ~.
But when principles of
right and wrong are at stake,
including the welfare of this
community and county, l
have no choice.
When a little group of. men
make it plain they intend to
keep on trying to destroy
me, I have no alternative but
to defend myself.
II these men were just boss
ing the Herald. I would have
no objection and. neither
would anyone else, except
possibly members Of the
Herald staff.
But when these j men. try
to intimidate the whole town
and county to make their
will prevail, when they seek
to become the bosses" of
this whole area, including
telling you what newspaper
you can subscribe to or ad-
vertise in, l think it's time,
to do something about it.
The only way l know that
these fanatics can be stopped
is for their record to be re-
vealed, the many things they
CONTINUED On Page Eighty
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30
BiIIups Service Station
At TchuIu Robbed

Billups Service Station at
Tchula was broken into and
robbed Sunday night.
Person or persons unknown
made their entrance by break
ing in the front door and haul
&c off a small safe containing
approximately $4,000 according
to Deputy Sheriff Andrew P.
Smith who is investigating the
incident.
No one has been picked up
in connection with the robbery
and officials are continuing
their investigation.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30
Holmes Junior College
Choir Will Present
Program At Duront

The Holmes Junior College
Choir will present a musical
program at the First Presby-
terrain Church of Durant on
Sunday, December 3.
The program will begin at
500 p. m. and will consist of
time-honored music Of the
Christian Church.
The public is invited to at
tend.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30
FRANK GWIN .JR. TO SPEAK
AT COXBURG ON SUNDAY

The Rev. Dennis Johnston an
the Layman Service at
Coxburg Methodist Church will
be held Sunday, December 3
at HOO a.. m. with Frank GWin
Jr. of Cruger as speaker.
The public is invited.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30
Season Opens In Lexington
Gala Parade Today At 5:30P. N. With
Santa Claus, Band And Queens

The Christmas season of 1861 will be officially opened
today Thursday in Lexington with a visit by Santa Claus
and a parade at $50 p. m.
Leading the activities will be the Lexington High School
band, followed by a number of beautiful floats carrying the
various queens of the county.
Queens who will reign in the parade are little Miss
Carolyn Cunningham, Little League Baseball Queen; Miss
Sharon Daniel, Holmes County Forestry Queen; and Miss
Frances Peacock, Holmes County Livestock Queen.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30

Editor Jack Shearer of the
Holmes County Herald is
telling Holmes County citi-
zens to stop taking The Lex
ington Advertiser and The
Durant News.
If the people Of Holmes
County want to know what
is going on in the county
they must read either The
Advertiser or The Durant
News, not an unpleasant task
since both papers are recog-
nized as two of the best in
the state. |
Certainly Holmes County
people don't find much
news in the Herald and
what they find. is often in
correct. For instance, during
the past two issues the
Herald has given a big head
line TO the Durant Sales Tax
story (Which was of great in
terest, we are sure, to their
thirty-five (35) subscribers
in Durant).
Only they said Durant was
going to vote on a one-half
per cent city sales tax" when
as a matter of fact it was a
one per cent city sales tax.
And after the election was
held on Tuesday, November
81, the Herald dutifully re-
ported in their November
23rd issue that Durant voters
gave city officials the green
light on the proposed one
half per cent sales tax"
AS one Holmes County man
said to a friend of mine: IF
Hazel ever goes down Holmes
County will be in one helluva
fix for a newspaper"
In trying to undermine me,
Mr.. Shearer is digging his
own grave.
He is inadvertently telling
them how they may get rid
of the Herald.
It is a we'll known fact that
very few people read the
Herald. The business men
who have used its advertis-
ing columns have found this
to be true. The Board of
Supervisors know it, also. It
just can't, get the job done.
In December of 1859 the
Herald went through the
telephone directory at ram
dom and just added over 300
names from all over the
county to their mailing list.
This was done to get their
list up to 1900 so that when
they went before the Board
of Supervisors two months
later they could claim a
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30
HOLMES JUNIOR COLLEGE
MEET OLE MISS FRESHMEN

HJC and Ole Miss Freshmen
will stage a basketball game
sponsored by the Lexington
JaYcees. on Monday. Decem-
Der 18th at the w. B. Kenna
gymnasium.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30
@azer &nes
BY Hazel BrannOn Smith

countrywide circulation, and
force the Board of Supervi-
sors to consider giving them
their monthly proceedings.
Actually, from a circulation
standpoint they were not eli
gible to bid. (Then they bid
in the proceedings for one
cent for two years. So they
have been carrying the
Boards proceedings monthly
for nearly two years now and
not getting any pay for it,
This opened the eyes of the
few citizens who had been
fooled up until that time a
bout the Herald's claim of
being a legitimate business
operation (instead of the
Conspiracy" against me that
l had publicly stately
incidentally, the Herald
never printed the story that
it had bid in the proceedings
for lone cent" and perhaps
some stockholders don't know
it. But readers of this news
paper know it. We printed
the complete story.
In February the same bid
will be coming up again.
Will the Herald bid the
proceedings in this time for
one cent?
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-11-30

Buy and use Christmas Seals!
Evening star., 1961-06-15
Bolivia Next
For Stevenson
DespiteUnrest

SANTIAGO. Chile. June is
(AP). Adlai Stevenson car
ries President Kennedy's ALI
ance for Progress plan today to
Bolivia, a nation troubled by
the ills the program is designed
to cure.
. Mr.. Stevenson, touring Latin
America as Mr.. Kennedy's per-
sonal representative, has been
watching the situation in Bolivia
for the past week to see if the
political situation is stable
enough to make his visit worth
while.
Observers believe President
Victor Paz EstenSsoro of Bolivia
is in the midst Of the last crisis
for his administration. They
feel If he survives, his hold will
be secure. He imposed a state
Of siege last week and accused
the Communists of plotting to
overthrow him. But Bolivia is
poor, and much of the trouble
has been laid to unrest among
workers.
To Discuss Farley
Despite the question mark
hanging over the Bolivian re-
gime, Mr.. Stevenson decided to
visit La Paz to discuss plans for
the meeting in Uruguay next
month Of the Inter-American
Economic and Social Council,
at which Mr.. Kennedy hopes to
secure adoption of his plan to
improve the lot of the Latin
American people.
Bolivia is the seventh coun-
try on Mr.. Stevenson's 18-day
tour. He will also visit Peru,
Ecuador and Colombia before
returning to Washington next
Thursday.
In Lima, the Peruvian capi-
tai, students at San Marcos
University adopted a resolution
declaring Mr.. Stevenson per
soma non grata." A spokes-
man for the Peruvian Interior
Ministry said police are taking
all necessary measures to head
off any incidents.
Mr.. Stevenson told a news
conference in Santiago last
night his tour so far had been |
successful. He said he found
the Kennedy program 'had the
effect OF restoring confidence
in the United States" |
Heartened by Talks
In the six countries he has
VlSlteo ne was gratified by the
industry with which govern
ments are preparing for the
conference in Uruguay, Mr..
Stevenson said.
He added that he was es-
pecially heartened by his talks
IN Chile with President Jorge
AleSsandri and other officials
The envoy took note of left
1St anti-United States demon
strators who smashed windows
in the United States Informa-
ton Agency offices in Santiago
Tlseday night.
THE treatment Of the USIA
is certainly different from that
given to me and my party" he
said.
Crowds Friendly
Mr.. Stevenson himself was
greeted by friendly crowds who
followed him through the
streets, waving and applauding.
About 80 leftistS made the at
tack on the USIA office.
Mr.. Stevenson was needed
by a representative of the
Cuban news agency, La Prensa
Latina, and a reported for a
left-wing Santiago newspaper
about the United State role in
the April invasion of Cuba by
Cuban exileS.
Mr.. Stevenson replied that
no United States troops were
involved and that the invasion
did not originate on United
States soil.
The conference in Uruguay
will be devoted strictly to eco
nomic problems, and the ques-
tion of the Communist menace
in the Western Hemisphere will
not come up, Mr.. Stevenson
said.
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Evening star., 1961-06-30
Earlier Report That Underground Blasts
Can Go Undetected Is Recalled

ably some Of the men who
mistakenly place faith in So
Wet assurances that they will
refrain from testing.
The record of what hap
pened under the Eisenhower
administration and the con-
ditions under which it agreed
to a voluntary suspension Of
testing of all kindS-above and
below the ground-haS per-
haps not been studied care
fully by President Kennedy.
For there seems no other way
to explain his latest statement
announcing the plan to set up
a special panel of scientists
to take a look eat the serious
questions" involved. Here are
the questions in particular"
which Mr.. Kennedy is asking
the panel to answer:
First, what Is the extent Of
our information on whether
the Soviet Union has been
or could be engaged in secret
testing of nuclear weapons?
Second, to the extent that
certain types of tests can be
concealed by the Soviet Un-
ion, what technical progress
in weapons could be under
way in that area without our
knowledge?"
The President says the an
swers will be reviewed by the
Joint Chiefs of Staff and the
National Security Council, but
significantly he omits refer
ence to advice from the
Atomic Energy Commission.
Mr.. Kennedy, in answering
a reporters question, conced-
ed that the United States has
no information on the subject
of whether the Soviets have
been testing and says what
he really wants to know is
'if it is possible that they
could be testing without our
knowing and what the
chances are that that might
be true"
But the answer to that
question has already been
furnished to Congress. A Sem
ate document Of hearings on
April is and II. 1858. at which
scientists testified, tells us
that there had been one un-
derground shot by the United