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The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19

Holmes County Baptists will
be interested in the October "a
meeting of the Carroll County
Baptist Association at the First
Baptist Church of Carrollton at
which Miss Mary Alice Dts
worth, missionary to Indonesia,
will be featured speaker. This
meeting will be held at 700 D.
m. followed by fellowship
coffee.
Miss Ditsworth, a Southern
Baptist missionary in Indonesia
since 1857. has lived in the city
Of Bandung. She was first "a
language student and now is an
evangelistic worker.
At the time of her appoint
ment by the Foreign Mission
Board in 1856, Miss ellsworth
was educational and youth d-
rector at the First Baptist
Church of Pascagoula, where
she had formerly been church
secretary. She says, that as she
orked with the young people
there she used to pray that some
of them would become mission
aries. ''As l prayed l kne w
without a doubt that God was
calling me to be one of his mes
sengers in another land" she
says, II could not ask others
10 say yes to God as long as I
was holding out on Him"
A native of Lucedale, she at
tended Clarke Memorial College,
Newton and received the bache-
lor of music cegree from East
Texas Baptist College and the
master of religious education de-
gree from Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary at Fort
Worth, Texas.
Miss ellsworth will also speak
on October Is at the day meet
ing, $50 a. m. to 1890 noon at
the First Baptist Church of
Calhoun City, for the Calhoun
Association. Other speakers on
this program will be Miss Ed
wilma Robinson, State WMU
Executive Secretary Treasurer
Of Jackson and Miss Waudine
Storey, State Sunbeam Band
Director also of Jackson.
District Eight Association in.
clude Attala. Calhoun. Carroll
Choctaw, Grenada, H olm s
Montgomery and Zion.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19
Mrs. Yates Named
Memorial Gift Chmn.
For Heart Council

Mrs. Jack B. Yates of Lexing-
ton has been named Memorial
Gifts Chairman of the Holmes
County Heart Council, accord
ing to General A. C. Paxton,
president, Mississippi Heart AS
sociation.
The chairman explains that
memorial gifts are contributions
given to the Mississippi Heart
Association as a tribute to the
memory of a departed friend or
relative Added to Heart Fund
dollars, the memorials help sup
port three-poirit program to
conquer heart disease through
research. education and commu-
nifty action, she adds.
An increasing humber of in
dividuals bereaved by heart dis
ease are choosing this means of
sharing the fight against the all
ment which caused thier loss.
Memorial gifts to the Heart AS
sociation last year. totaled nearly
$40, 100000. Mrs. Yates states.
The memorial gifts chairman
was also 1861 Heart Fund Chair
mon. Memorial gifts translate
grief into. action so that even
! the smallest sum may be in
vested in heart disease relief.
Such tribute may be sent to
Mrs. Jack B. Yates, 1903 Pickens,
Street, Lexington.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19
All Club Members
To Be Honored

About 800 of Mississippi's top
All Club boys and girls will be
honored at the annual Missis-
sippi Al Roundup of cham
pions October "A and IS in
Jackson.
Sponsored by the Agricultural
Committee, Jackson Chamber of
Commerce, the event recognizes
state and district winners for
their records in a wide range
of farming and homemaking
project winners from 46 counties
are also eligible to attend.
The Roundup will include a
reception Tuesday afternoon at
the Governors Mansion, a recog-
milton banquet that night and
tours Wednesday morning.
William Henry Harris, pub
Usher of daily newspapers at
West Point and Starkville, will
be the banquet speaker.
State All achievement win
ners, Ruth Skinner of Union.
Newton County and David
Smith of Florence will receive
chests of silver service as spe-
cial awards from the Mississippi
Valley Gas Company. This pre-
sentation will be a feature of
the banquet.
j o hn Underwood. general
plant manager. Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany at Jackson, is chairman of
the Agricultural Committee of
the Jackson Chamber of Com
merce. Presiding at the banquet
will be Jake Smith, vice presi-
dent and agricultural loan Off
Ger, First National Bank of Jack
son, who is chairman of the
subcommittee for the Round
Up.
Mississippi Power and Light
Company will be host to the en-
tire group at breakfast Wednes-
day. The Company will present
scholarships to electric project
state winners, Sue Ann Boswell
Of Louisville and John R. Meeks
OF Walnut.
Six adults will receive special
Roundup recognition. They are
the two state winners in All
adult, leadership, Mrs. w. E.
HarkinS Of route four. Yazoo
City, Humphreys County. and
Troy Holiday of Chalybeate:
and state All alumni recognition
winners, Mrs. Charles T. Nc
Mullen Of Decatur. Mrs. Sanford
Kirk of Charleston. DR.. Walter
Rice of Senatobia and Theron
. Hardin of Amorv.
The statewide All Club pro-
gram is conducted bv local a.
gents Of the Agricultural Ex-
tension Service of Mississippi
State University. c. I. Smith of
State College is state All Club
leader.
A number of Extension agents
will accompany the boys and
girls to the Roundup.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19
District Two
Community Hospital
. White Patients

White Patients
MIR. R. E. Edwards, West
Mrs. Harold Brock, Durant
J, w. Haskins, McAdams
Mr.. w. S. Weems, Durant
Mrs. w: S. Weems, Durant
Mrs. Betty Ann Neal, West
Mrs. Haywood, Lewis, Durant
Wesley Mcbride, Durant
James Morgan, Kosciusko :
Karen Vines, Durant
Colored Patients
Flora Wilkes. -Durant
Baby Girl Wilkes
Marion Garland, Goodman
Baby Girl Garland
8eatrice Greer, Goodman
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19
Picking And Ginning
Make Rapid Prograss;
Quotations Are Listed

Picking and ginning made
rapid progress in Holmes Coun-
ty and the Greenwood district
this week, and many gins have
begun operating a night Shift.
Machine harvesting is increas-
irg swiftly and the charge for
custom picking is generally a.
round five cents per pound lint
weight. Hand picking is also in
full swing and prices being paid
range from $3.50 to $500 per
hundred.
Samples classed for members
of cotton Improvement groups
in the district totaled 1924 for
the week ended October 18th
This compares with 65,695 a
week earlier. Smith Doxey SAM
pies classed through October l3
this season totaled 229 ,322 at
Greenwood. The bulk of cotton
currently being classed ranges
II qualities of SLIM and above.
with staples Of l-l/16 and 1882
predominating.
Greenwood spot cotton trad
ng increased from the previous
week and prices were strength
ened on GIN, SIN, SLIM and LIN
plus white qualities one inch
and longer Domestic mill pur-
chases consisted primarily of a
few lots of selected qualities for
prompt shipment. Foreign mill
Inquiries Were unchanged from
last week.
Greenwood Spot Quotations
by Selected Qualities October
i6, 1861:
Strict Midd1ino
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19
PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, Forest Products
are making a vital contribution
to the lives of all Americans,
with the South, in general and
this state in particular being
major providers; and
WHEREAS, High quality
standards applied in the grow
tn and manufacture of Southern
lumber have assured the physi-
cal and financial security OF
millions of families; and
WHEREAS, Pulp and paper
chemicals, naval stores and other
forest based enterprises in the
South are providing other es-
sentials of human existence: and
WHEREAS, The Forest Pro
duties Industries of the Soutt
give work directly to 576,00'
men and women and indirectly
tc several million more; and
WHEREAS, The long term de-
iication of Forest Industries to
good forest management has as
sured a constant rise in raw
material supply, with the growth
6 Southern Pine now dominat
;ng the nation; and
WHEREAS; The communitie
of this state are joining in the
celebration of NATIONAL FOR.
EST PRODUCTS WEEK, Octo
| Der 1921, 1861.
THEREFORE, BE IT RE
SOLVED THAT. This period be
/ officially proclaimed as FOR
EST PRODUCTS WEEK" ir
Mississippi to pay tribute to the
men and women of our Fores1
Products Industries.
WITNESS MY HAND at the
Capitol of the State of Missis
sippi on this the 9th day o.
| October, 1861.
| ROSS R. BARNETT
Governor
| (SeaD
HEBER LADNER,
Secretary Of State.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19
Durunt Holds Annual
Ant And Rot Campaign

The City Of Durant, assisted
by the State Plant Board, hedl
its annual Ant and Rat Cam
paign last Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
Each year at this time labor
and materials are furnished by
the City of Durant for an over
all canvass of the city in put
ting out poisons to exterminate
ants and rats.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19
DAISY LOU MONTGOMERY
PLEDGED TO LOCKHEART
SOCIAL CLUB AT COLUMBUS

D aisy Lou Montgomery.
daughter Of Mrs. T. P. Montgo-
merry Of Pickens has recently
become a pledge of the Lock-
heart Social Club at the Missis-
sippi State College for Women
in Columbus.
Lockhearts, the oldest fresh.
man-sophomore social club or
the campus, became a four-year
club in 1860. It's sponsor is Miss
Romayne Bergman.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19
EuIogy coxburg
Har|ard' 5 Greek
Mrs. J. "A. Hearn. Reporter
Phone 649-W-l

The CoXburg Home Demon
stration Club met Monday af-
.ernoon with Mrs. j. A. Hearn,
hostess for the October meeting.
The president, Mrs. Otto Wallis
presided at the meeting which
was opened with all singing the
song Dixie" accompanied by
Mrs. Hearn at the piano. The
devotional given by the hos
tess, using a portion of chapter
) of Matthew as basis for short
talk on "Our Divine Example"
closing with prayer by Mrs.
Lula Edwards.
The business session consisted
of a garden leaders report by
Mrs. Hearn and All report by
Mr.. Doyle Rogers, The special
events calendar and the clut
scored checked.
The demonstration on "Dress
Trimmings" was given by Mrs
Hearn. She showed how to make
a bound button hole as a deco
rative touch, how to make {
corded belt and also covered
belt. Mrs. Hearn was winner OF
tie surprise gift.
Mrs. Joe Gilmore led in
word scramble game.
Refreshments of iced tea, am
brosia and cookies were serv-
Cd to the following members:
Mrs. Doyle Rogers, Mrs. Stan
ley Adams, Mrs. Rufus Neither
land, Mrs. Joe Gilmore, Mrs
Lula Edwards, Mrs. R c. Spen-
Ger, Miss Ruth Covington. Mrs
Adele McGinty, Mrs. Otto Wal
lis by the hostess, Mrs. j. A
Hearn.
The club will meet with Mrs
Joe Gilmore for the November
meeting.
Jimmy brennan spent the
weekend with his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm brennan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Layton Rogers
Of Greenville visited his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Rogers dur
TAO thn yf,t1nknt1d
Among those enjoying the
Fair Friday from this vicinity
were Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie
Baughn and Linda, Mrs. w. E.
Hearn, Mrs. Adele McGinty.
Mrs. Rufus Netherland, Mrs.
Selas Steed and children Bever-
" Sharon and Penny.
Sylvia Carey Cannon went
with Mrs. Wenzell Dickard to
Jackson Saturday to see Jimmy
Stewart who is a patient in
hospital there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnnie Baughn
and LINDA and Mrs. w. E. Hearn
shopped in Jackson Monday af-
ternoon.
Houston Ables was a patient
In the hospital at Lexington
from Thursday until Saturday
he past week.
Peter Ferrell left on Monday
from Lexington for a tour Of
DUTY in the armed services.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19
ORCHARD NOTES
FIRE LANES

Lots of grass is in most pas
lures and this could present a
real danger. The danger is from
fire. This grass, even after be-
ing frosted, makes excellent
grazing, often as long as until
the first of the year Protect it
from fire. Build fire lanes be-
tween your permanent pastures
md public roads by disking
thoroughly about one-half to
two widths of the ditch. Build
fire lanes between pastures and
woods and around barns n d
stacked hay.
Remember, a little prevention
is worth a lot Of regret. This
s especially true in case OF
fire.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19
County A9enA No1sA
By w. r. SULLIVAN
COTTON

wi ON
AS we all know cotton har-
vesting is still in full swing
However, there are a few hun
ired acres of young green cotton
that has not been defoliated. If
This cotton is to be picked with
cotton picker it certainly
would be advisable to defoliate
any green cotton that has not
been defoliated as soon as the
weather gets back to where the
night temperature would be "a
~ound sixty degrees. This would
be the time to apply you de-
foliat. Defoliant materials do
very poor job when the tenn
perature is in the low fifties
and upper forties at night So
as soon as the night tempera-
ture begins to rise in the high
sifties and sixties it would be
advisable to apply a good appli-
cation of a recommended defo-
liant.
If frost is allowed to kill the
leaves before they are defoliated
the leaves will remain on the
stalk, dry up and will pick very
trashy cotton when harvested
with a machine
SChEWWORMS
There has been reports of a
number of cases of screWworms
in this area. | would like to ad-
wise all cattlemen to keep a
close check on all livestock and
if signs of screwworms are pres
ent examine the animal eho-
roughly.
II screWWorms are present get
about ten of the worms from the
animal and put them in a small
bottle of alcohol and bring to
our office The State Sanitary
Livestock Board is urging all
farmers to do this so that they
may put on concerted effort
TO keep screwWorms under con-
troll.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19
Gov. Ross R. Barnett
ProcIams Oct. 1921
Forest Products Week

Governor Ross Barnett has
signed proclamation announc-
ing October 18th through Octo-
ber 2lst as National Forest Pro-
ducts Week in Mississippi.
The proclamation is as fol-
lows.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19
FROSTED SORGHUM AND
OHNSON GRASS

After frost on second growth
sorghum and young Johnson
;rass it may be dangerous to
low your livestock to Craze on
t. as prussic acid is found in the
plants after froat falls. Ii you
have second growth sorghum or
toung Johnson Grass areas be
ure and remove your cattle
from such areas until the frosted
1rass has dried out. After the
Johnson Grass or sorghum has
ried out there will be no dam
ger in grazing such areas.
I" II"
ORCHARD NOTES =. ..
Reduce damage from worms
IN peaches for next year by ap-
plying Aldrin, Dieldrin or Hep
tachlor under the trees Scatter
Cne-half to one tea cup of ten
per cent granular material un-
der the spread of branches of
each tree. Work this into the
soil. One treatment is good for
several years.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19

MISSISSIPPI MEMORIAL STADIUM DEDICATED AT THE
STATE CAPITAL WITH EXCITING FOOfbAlL DOUBLEHEADER
oio Of oooo ootbI eom
beautiful Memorial
Stadium OF the finest the
Porke Immediately odiocen
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19

Those who were absent from
the morning services at Har
lands Creek Sunday surely
missed a treat. David Meek gave
most interesting and inspira-
tional talk. Several visitors were
present for the occasion. They
were Mr. and Mrs. Layton Ro
gers, Greenville; Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Chisolm, Tchula; Mrs. Ar
mold Goodwin, Mobile; Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Langford and chill
dren, Jackson; Mrs. Tommy
Burrell and children of Lexing
ton.
Raymond Sims from Rosedale
spent the weekend at his mo-
ther's, Mrs. Henry Webster.
Mr.. Sharkey Swinney visited
in the Stanley Adams home
Monday.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19

Oliver and Indy Covington
and their families were h ere
from Monroe. Louisiana the past
weekend. Sunday they were
ioined by Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Brown, Mrs Thelnia Malone
John P. Malone, Jr., Howard
Malone and family, Mrs. Henry
May Dickard, Mrs. Ethel Rob
erts, Mr.. and Mrs. Zebbelin
Spell and Jimmy at the home
of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Covington in honor Of
their mothers and aunt, Mrs
Browns birthday at a delicious
noon day meal,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Ables, Mrs
Catherine High and Charlotte
spent one day last week with.
Mrs. Oscar Rogers.
Rev Jimmy Jackson was able
to fill his regular appointment
at Harland's Creek Sunday. He
was patient in the Greenwood
Hospital for three days last
week due to back ailment. He
and Mrs. Jackson and Randy
were dinner guests of Mrs. Err
ncstine Cannon.
Visiting Mrs. Adele McGinty
Sunday were her children, Mrs.
Lamar Taylor and children from
Tchula. Jewell from Kosciusko
and Joe and Dianne from Ma
gee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vardaman Fer
rel and Peter visited Sunday
afternoon in the home of Mrs.
Adele McGinty.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Adams
accompanied Mr.. and Mrs. W.
0. Harthcock of Eden to New
Orleans Friday afternoon for a
weekend visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Dan Lewis and Danny.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Hearn went
to Scooba Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Genie Stewart spent
Monday with her sisters, Miss
Ophelia Netherland and Mrs.
ANA Wallis.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19

Mrs. Pearl Dickard, Mrs. Ce-
leste Dickard, Fuel L. Dickard
and Wenzell Dickard went to
Houston, Texas Friday afternoon
to see Mrs. Brady Dickard Len
derman who was i'll and in a
hospital there upon arrival they
learned she had passed away.
They attended her funeral serv-
ices Saturday afternoon in Hou-
ston but were unable to be pres
ent for burial in Shreveport,
Louisiana Monday morning. Mrs.
Lenderman was 60 years old
She leaves one son. two bro
theirs, Jim and Albert Dickard
of Lexington and two sisters,
Mrs. T. ]. Ferrell and Mrs. En-
ma Chunn, several nieces and
nephews.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19

The new fence around t h e
cemetery has been installed and
adds so much to the appearance
of the church and grounds at
Tolarville. We know everyone
concerned is proud of it and
will want to share in his or her
responsibility, and are asked
again to contact Mrs. Pearl Die
kafd about this matter.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19

Mrs. Genie Stewart spent
Monday with her sisters, Miss
Ophelia Netherland and Mrs.
ANA Wallis.
The Lexington advertiser., 1961-10-19

Mr. and Mrs. j. A. Hearn went
to Scooba Sunday afternoon.
, 1961-11-06

the freedom of the workers to OF
ganize and to bargain collectively
with representatives of their own
choosing and the freedom to pub
lish a newspaper and to hold pub
lie meetings. 1t was thus that the
st. CrCix | abor Union was lunch
ed.
Came 1917 and, of course, the
transfer. Public unrest continued
undiminished. And, in 1919, Sena-
tor Kenyon of Iowa vas designat-
ed chairman of a commission to
investigate the continuing causes.
The Commission reached the
Islands in 1920. It's report is ripe
with source material relating to
those glorious sons who were in
the thick of the fight for social and
political REFORMS. During the
1920's the union fought on valiant
ly, acquiring its estates. Then there
was the Woodson Commission
specifically dispatched to the Is
lands to go into the question of
the relationship subsisting be-
tween management and labor
and close on it's heels came the
organizing activities of the AT OF
L led by Morris Davis.
, 1961-11-06

The st. Croix Labor Union sur
wives even today, 46 years after IT
was born--thanks, among other
things, to the dedicated and tire
less efforts of such stalWarlS as
the present leadership headed by
your President, Mr.. Raymond
Pedro. It's continuity affords us an
opportunity r. view it as veil a
the other unions and the workers
they represent from the perspec-
tive Of tcday's social and econo-
mic environment.
Since to speak of the labor
unions is to speak of the workers
who comprise them, / should like
to pose the question: as indeed
Hamilton Jackson and his col
leagues would have posed it, how
do the workers stand today in en-
joyment of the liberties that were
left to them? Are they earning a
living wage or are they in a cor
tinuous but losing battle with the
spiraling cost Of living? Is labor
prepared to offer asfull days
work for a full days pay? Are
there sufficient employment OPP
portunities offering a satisfactory
Continued on page -
, 1961-11-06
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
PROJECT NOS: SJ-14, SJ-32, SJ-9 RF1
ROADS AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS
ST. JOHN, VIRGIN ISLANDS

Sealed bids in sigle copy for furnishing all labor, equip
ment, and materials and performing all work for the project
described herein will be received until ZOO PM. Friday,
curement, Division of Procurement and Supply, ST. Thomas,
Virgin Islands and then publicly opened.
Information regarding bidding materials, bid guarantee,
and bonds, plans and specifications and other contract docu-
ments are open for public inspection at the Offices OF the
Commissioner, Department Of Public Works, and at the Of
ST. Thomas. Virgin Islands,
Plans and Specifications may be procured from the OF"
flee of the Contracting Officer, Division of Procurement, IN
Charlotte Amalie, upon the deposit Of $4,000. Deposit shall
be only by a certified check payable to the Government OF
the Virgin Islands, which may be refunded to bona f1de bid
ders upon the return of plans and specifications in good con-
dition within sixty (0) days of the date OF bid opening, "A
bona fide bidder will include any person who submits a bid
for the general contract. ($4000) Forty dollars will be re-
funded to persons who procure plans and specifications, but
do not submit a bid, upon the return thereof in good condl-
ton within sixty (60) days from bid opening. No refund will
be made after that time.
Each bid must be accompanied by a satisfactory bid
guaranty in the amount of SO of the total bid.
The Government of the Virgin Islands reserves the
right to select the successful Contractor or to refuse all bids
or to pursue any other course which may be in the best in
terest of the Government Of the Virgin Islands and the decl-
sion of the Government shall be final.
RI LEWIS
Commissioner
, 1961-11-06

ernor and asked for an increase
in pay. In response, the Governor
declared that the Colonial Coun-
Gil should pass a law pinning first
class 1aborer's pay at Csc a day, an
increase of So.
Getting wind of this information,
the reformers started to work di-
ligently and to negotiate the pay
of the workers. They battled the
planters in a Touchdown, drag out
fight to secure the recognition Of
the st. Croix Labor Union as the.
bargaining representative of the
sugarcane workers. But this was
only the beginning of a. struggle
that was to subsist for several
years.
Despite this grudging accept
ance of the representative princi-
pie, labor and social unrest con-
tinued and the new freedom Of
the labor movement, as incipient
as it was, was accompanied by the
constant threats from the planters
of Imprisonment Which hung over
Jackson,s head--like the sword of
Damocles--by the slenderest of
threads. Although this was a sub
stantial beginning, it was still
only a beginning. And there con-
tinued to be figuratively speaking
a price on Jackson's head"
And so it was that on Mondav,
November l, 1915, Liberty Day
was ordained in ST. Croix, Danish
West Indies. Preparations were
made to celebrate the occasion
and an account of the mammoth
demonstration that began from
$50 in the morning and continu-
ing to midnight was chronicled
by the Dean of the Virgin Islands
Ear, the Honorable R. H. Ahph-
lett Leader, in THE HERALD Of
November 4, 1915. But for today's
occasion, I think you would pre-
fer, as I do, the poignancy Of At
tornev Leaders letter to the editor
on the birth of The Herald. 1t
sums up, ever so succinctly, the
profound meaning of the emer-
eence of a free press and its enor-
NOUS Implications. Wrote he: "The
word Press stands for the
triumph of right over wrong, for
justice over oppression, for uplift,
~r~ocress and liberty. 1t stands for
all this and more"
The st. Croix Labor Union was
therefore spawned, like unions
elsewhere, out of the necessities
of the social situation. the indivi-
dual worker being obviously help
less in dealing with the planto-
cracy. And like the rise of labor
movements elsewhere in which
periods Of rapid growth are gen
orally times Of disturbance, the
Union had at least gotten off the
ground.