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The Lexington advertiser., 1962-05-10

/. The elimination of poverty -
When | get letters from mothers who
are struggling to feed their children
and whose husbands don't have jobs,
I know they and the children they are
bringing up could be converts to COM
munisna. s1
4 Most people have forgotten that
The young Communists Of the 19SO's
were the product Of the depression. It
was those harsh, cruel, heartless years
Of no hope, Of pitifa1 men selling apples
on street corners that brought on COM
munism, just as it was the harsh hope
lessness of czarist rule that brought
communism to Russia.
2. Honesty Corruption in high
places, and low places too, is another
way of inducing communism. A Demo-
cratic Republican form Of government
must be an honest government. Like
wise our capitalistic system OF busi-
ness must be honest. Once either loses
high ethical standards, then is the
time to begin worrying about com
munism.
When the Justice Department in
dicted the port manager of Galveston,
E. H. Thornton, Sr. for surreptitiously
mixing wheat unfit for human con-
sumption with good wheat and label
ing it Al wheat, justice was right.
The Jusutice Department knew it must
keep high standard of government
honesty. And when Governor Allan
Shivers flew to Washington and per-
suaded President Eisenhower to drop
the indictment he was wrong.
The Soviet, in my opinion, carried
things too far when it recently gave
the death sentence to a Russian grain
official who likewise misbranded wheat.
But they also knew that the first STAN
dard of good government is honesty.
3. Respect of government - This
goes hand in hand with honesty. If we
don't respect our government officials
we have the right, by means of the
ballot, to change them. But if we lose
respect for too. many of them we may
want to change our SYSTEM. That's
why it's so important to keep govern
ment fair and honest, so as to keep
respect for and confidence in govern
ment
4. Respect for religion - Some
of those who are beating the tom
toms loudest about the dangers OF
communism are the Bible-pounding
fundamentalist preachers of the eyy
treme right, and one Of their stocks in
trade is to smear their fellow preach
ers as Communists. The Rev. Billy
James Hargis claims that the National
Council of Churches "aids and abets
communism" He also managed to sell
the Air Force on inserting similar
charges in its troop indoctrinatien pro-
gram.
But the more you undermine
churches and the more you destroy lin
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-05-10
Letter To Editor

State College, Mississippi
May 5, 1862
Mrs. Hazel Smith
Editor
The Lexington Advertiser
The Durant News
Dear Mrs. Smith:
We want to thank you for
the frequent publicity you
give All Club work in your
paper. Publicity is very help
full in any program, and this
is especially true in Al Club
work.
We appreciate your interest
and cooperation very much,
and l know / am speaking for
the local Extension personnel
as well.
Sincerely yours,
C. I. Smith
State All Club Leader
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-05-10

lovingly say, That's ole Ca
sey"!
John Luther Casey Jones,
d854-1900), was the brave
railroad engineer who gave
his life to save the lives of
his passengers and crew. On
the night of April 29, 1900,
brought the Illinois Central's
fast mail train, the New Or
eans-to-Chicago "Cannonball'
into Memphis, Tenn. He vol
unteered to run the South
bound train when he learned
the engineer was sick. Early
the next morning, through no
fault of his. Casey Jones' En-
gine No. 382 struck the rear
of i'wo freight trains protrud-
ing from siding at Vaughan,
His body was found in the
wreckage with one hand on
the throttle and the other on
the air-brake lever. If he had
not stayed in the engine 70
put on the brakes, the crash
would have been much worse.
The song about him has i'm
mortalized the skill. courage
and drama of railroadinR. He
was born near Cayce, Ken
lucky.
On the 50th anniversary Of
the wreck. a party Of top Of
ficials of the Illinois Central
Railroad. led by President
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Wayne Johnson, disembarked
at the Vaughan Yards, and
dedicated a monument that
had been erected in his honor
there. They had stopped the
fast train, about 20 min
utes for the purpose.
There is an historical mark
er on the North approach of
the overhead bridge just out
OF Pickens, telling about "Ca-
sey" Jones.
Casey's fireman, Simms, a
Negro whom Casey made
jump before the impending
collision lived until about
two years ago, some so years
after the wreck, in a home
that his white railroad friends
and others gave him.
IN the year l9OU, depOtS
like Durants were the centers
of a towns interest with fast
passenger trains on the main
line. The yards at Gwin were
being constructed that year,
with Durant serving termi-
mails located at Aberdeen.
Tchula and the run through
Lexington.
Nationally known Casey
Jones was featured on the
Wednesday night Perry Como
program with the Como
group singing the famous
song.
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-05-10
MRS. MONEY ANSWERS
INQUIRY OF MANY So

Mrs. Irene Money, librar-
ian presents the following
answer to many readers re-
garding the origin of the
quotation: United We Stand,
Divided We Fall" ta
From David C. Means, re-
ference Librarian of the Lii
brary of Congress, comes the
answer that John Dickinson
in the Patriots Appeal in
1776 wrote: BY uniting we
stand, by dividing we fall. Mr..
Means stated that the state of
Kentucky in 1892 adopted the
motto: United We Stand, Di-
vided We Fall"
Many inquiries have been
made for the true origin Of
the above motto. 4
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-05-10

fluence of religion, the more you aid
communism. The first step taken by
most Communist governments has been
to shut down the churches and curb
the clergy. Yet the Bible-pounding
fundamentalists who make such dis
play Of teaching anti-communism, are
probably the greatest single voice un-
dermining the churches.
5. Equality Of opportunity and
fair competition. Monopoly is one step
that makes it easy for Communist
take-over. Communism thrives on mo-
nopoly; in fact is monopoly. Under
communism the government owns and
runs everything. There is no private
business or small business.
Therefore when you stamp out
little business, or little labor, you take
step which could eventually make it
easier for communism. This applies to
big labor just as much as it does to
big business. The international Bro
therhood of Electrical Workers in New
York who put across a fiye-hour day
at five dollars an hour, with a severe
restriction of apprentices. is Just az
guilty as American Telephone and Tele-
graph which operates the biggest mo-
nopoply in the USA and wants to ex-
rand by taking over the communica-
tions satellite.
6. Respect for the dignity of
man = The individual isn't important
under the Communist system. He is
subordinated to the state. But under
the Judaic-Christian philosophy, the
dignity of man is all important = and
that is true regardless of his color, his
wealth, or his religion.
The more respect and care for our
fellow men the stronger we make our
system. When we spread hate and in
tolerance we're playing into the hands
of those who would like to see this
country go Communist.
Z. Strength = By this I don't
mean merely military and physical
strength, though in this day and age
they are important. / also mean edu-
cational strength, cultural strength,
scientific strength, and moral and
spiritual strength.
We have neglected our schools at
q time when the Communist world has
spent money hand-over-fist strengthen
ing its entire educational system. We
once ranked first in science. But of
late we have turned out more insurance
statesmen. stock brokers, and jazz ex-
merits than scientists, so that Russia
has forged ahead of us in the science
of snace.
The average scboolteacher, in both
our farm areas and big cities, can do
more to combat communism I'M a quiet,
unsensat;onal, non-name-calling way
than almost any other person in
America But we don't give him or
her either the tools or a living wage
to do it.
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-05-10

A top ranking official of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation has told
a Mississippi audience to leave "spy-
hunting" to professional and specially
trained people and instead to become
informed on the real nature and threat
of communism.
William C. Sullivan, assistant
director of the FBI and chief of it's
domestic intelligence division, told a
public convocation on the University
of Mississippi campus Monday night
that ''the average citizen is neither
equipped nor trained" to engage in
espionage work.
"Modern-day espionage and coun-
ter espionage, with their emphasis on
professional skills and training, as we'll
as their reliance on complex scienti-
fic aids, are the province for experts"
Mr.. Sullivan said.
Then he pointed out there is some
thing every citizen can do and that is
become informed on what communism
lis, study it's nature and threat so that
we can understand what makes people
'go communist"
The Individual citizen can support
the U. S. governments work against
communism, Mr.. Sullivan continued
He can also emphasize the need
to eradicate from our own land the
leading causes of communism which
Mr.. Sullivan said included ignorance,
poverty. disease, economic dislocation,
political corruption, social discrimina-
,tion, oppression, psychological malad-
justment, educational inadequacies, re-
ligious anemia and philosophical ma
terialism. (And if we don't know what
some of those terms mean, it would
be a good place to begin our study.)
Mr. Sullivan called on Mississip-
plans to demonstrate in our own daily
lives that the best way to oppose COM
munism is through constitutional,
rational, calm, creative and construc-
tive action in our personal and social
lives and to be, in effect, a living testi-
monial of citizen and nation that
believes in and practices the greatest
of all tenets against communism - and
that is individual freedom under law"
***
Another well known American and
newsman wrote an excellent column
this week giving his own set of prin-
ciples and observations which will be
of interest to all persons of good will
who are honestly concerned with fight
ing communism (See Drew Pearson
column elsewhere on this page.)
Some of our own friends in Mis-
sissippi in the Citizens Council who
want to destroy all those who do not
agree with them Especially the writer)
by any means available, no matter how
dishonest or corrupt, would do well to
examine thought held by an increas-
ing number - and that is that thew
themselves in their blind, unreasoning
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-05-10

ton, for $1,S75,OoO: tighten
enforcement of beer tax in
"dry" counties. 81 million; let
Vet Farm and Home loan
board repay $6OO,oOO on $40
million appropriation made
years ago; up sales tax on
contractors from IL percent
to 2 percent, for SIS million;
tax sales-rental of manufac-
turing machinery at | per-
cent. for $3 million; and in
crease srecial sales tax on
vbislev from 5 to 6 percent
wholesale. ara 3 TO 8 percent
retail. for $275 ono - Solons
now talking sine dine ad-
iourrment in Nav - House
met Friday mornin0 fsee last
parap~aph for hirhlights) -
passed over $64 million in ap-
propriations on Wednesday -
wirdun expectpd 10 be fast.
PITS SIGNED BY GOV
FRN0R - during week in
ci,,aed: Fl 222. trucks on
hiehwav~ not follow within
wsthin 3no feet on another We
hsci@ = " 226. highway COM
rrs~~ser inc~ease speed on IN
frorf'nuea On Page Ski
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FBI Chief Tells How 10 Fight Communism

prejudice, intolerance and bigotry are
actively helping to bring about in our
own beloved state a totalitarian COM
plex and dictatorship just as distaste-
full as any found in communist or
communist-doninated country
When people are SO intimidated,
through fear of economic or social re-
prisals, that they become afraid to
speak their minds on any question,
afraid to make public statement (and
sometimes private) statement on any
matter remotely controversial, then
they don't need to have any fear If
anything the communists can do to
them, because they have already lost
their personal freedom.
This condition applies in varying
degree to every area of Mississippi to-
day = where supposedly free men with
few exceptions are afraid to speak.
We find that fear everywhere, in
the individual citizen, the editorial
column, the pulpit, the school teacher,
the lawyer, and even in our own State
Legislature.
Who can honestly say this is not
so?
Abraham Lincoln said that silence
makes towards out of us - and this
may well be true.
The people of Germany lost their
freedom because they did not speak
out soon enough or often enough to
stem the tide of the Nazi dictatorship.
We hope the same fate does not
await Mississippi.
Or, has it already happened?
1888
We shall continue in our own
small way to stand up for the right
of every Mississippian, along with
other Americans, to have and to hold
any opinion he may choose and to ex-
press it freely without fear If he
chooses to remain silent - well, this
is his privilege, too.
But as an editor it is our respon-
oloallly W pOlllt OuI any lillIg we U0
lieve to be threat to the peace, pros
perity, security, progress. and ad-
vancement of our state and its peo-
pie. This we have never failed to do,
knowingly at least.
We shall continue to try to do our
duty as We see it.
The expressions of confidence and
support on the part of our readers and
friends in Holmes County particularly
and throughout Mississippi help us
personally to know our efforts are not
in vain and that many people are aware
of the existing threats to freedom in
our state today. Now, if they just care
enough to do something about it!
We ask for your continued indivi-
dual support, your continued PRAYERS.
and any other expressions of senti-
ment that may help to preserve vour
freedom and ours
Without freedom our lives would
be intolerable - and our state would
go back 100 years.
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-05-10
LHS STAR ATHLETE
HAS PNEUMONIA g:I


w. l.. Lipsey, l6-year-old
star pitcher for Lexington
High School became i'll with
pneumonia on Saturday at
the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Lipsey at
Franklin. Z
Lipsey pitched a no-hit
game last week, defeating
Durant 10. s
Zack Grey, 17-year-old Tch-
ula boy, now at Holmes jun
ior College, is also a great
baseball prospect. 3...s
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-05-10
By Ruth B. Flower
TEN YEARS AGO
PARDON. sBLEAsEi

!
The linotype m a c h inc
dropped an. 20 for an "a" in
last weeks paper and made
it read that the Rev. P. D.
Bragg was giving the grass on
his lawn a Saturday after
noon "shove.," 1t should have
read shave"
Pastor Bragg does not shove
he persuadas. (Note to print
er: bo sure to make that one
an co.. If you make it "does
not shave We all may have
10 run out of town.
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-05-10
Drew Pearson
Seven Ways To Prevent Communism

by Drew Pearson the noted Washington
America Mr. Pearson has earned
reputation and has in fact performed for many yse - the foremost e
the world He has
whereof he speaks His remarks will
interest genuinely interested fighting preventing
them and don't
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-05-10

SPECIAL TO MEG MEM
BERS: =
The Senate this. week I de-
feated SCR 1870. to establish
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-05-10
LETTERS TO EDITOR

LETTERS TO EDITOR
Mrs William r. Taylor
i07 Casfalisn ST.
Durant, Miss.
May s, 1862
Dear Hazel,
The Castalian Street Gar
den Club members asked me
10 write you and thank you
for your wonderful coopera-
ton and publicity that you
gave US for the Festival.
We all appreciate it very
much and we appreciate you.
Love,
Rufus Taylor
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-05-10
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Thursday, May 10, 1862 I

HAZEL BRANNON SMITH D rda.. aas ,..r.,
IA 1881 Published Every Thursday Subscription rates Anv
es county, $500
Entered as second class matter at the Lexington ss
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-05-10
Through The Years ..!2s Drew sss'.ss s.

Items of interest from the past taken from fils
Of The Lexington Advertiser and The Durant News.
The Lexington advertiser., 1962-05-10
SAMUEL COHEN HAS
BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY

The family of Samuel Co.
hen gathered at his home at
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4DETACHED FRAME DWELLING.
BEING KNOWN AS PREMIsES

TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE
DETACHED FRAME DWELLING.
R RG1Sa KH ssYS a AZ PH sFkasF.
SOUTHEAST
BY virtue Of Q certain deed Of trust
duly recorded. In Liber No. 11724.
ords Of the District q Coiumbis.
and 1T the request Of the party
sec lred thereby. the undersigned
trustees s; will sell; 81 public aY St,S
A 1E"nS H & S NJ PTfaGaNsfs o BAY Xo 81
MF oEfY o SR tgS&p .A A. shn &c foi-
ises. situate in the District Of
S sF Io is sd Sss H. A. ar e. sd
4sso4dsd S A az Sill: q s glas
vevor for the District OF Columbia
in. Lioer. County at Folio 100
said land being now known % Lot
1914 IN Square 5604.
TER. IS: Sold subject to Q prior
which viii Be announced 1t time
Of sale: the purchase price above
deposit q $500 e essR Of Or eeassrasiifisd
check required, conveysncing.
Adjustments made as Of OATS q
sale. Terms TO be complied with
within thirty days. otherwise de-
post forfeited and the property
ma be advertised and resofd st
the discretion Of the trustees.
GHAELEs ". MORGAN
mh7 i 10 rIy'1SS.17Y AAD Trustees.
THOS. J. OWEN q SON,
AmAtfAnAAPa az NJ
TR lIs E IS SALE 9E yALgAgIN
M RNfI sGIfpINo I sEfNa K KkNeoNrS
AS PREMISES NUMBER 1915
BE-. MONT STREET NORTHWEST,
BY vi tue Of q certain deed Of trust
duly recorded. In Liber No. 10276.
Folio 4 a29 tn Ct Ssa Of The land rec
and q The he FsdSest q q he S1u party
secured thereby. the undsrsisned
trustees will sell. at public auction
DAY. THE NINETEENTH DAY or
F NoAkEfH, O'clock 4R aef En- At e.. oS s0I-
ses :sSsts n t shs b 6Hd St'% e.
SsiD= Lots Ss. 81 and IS columno.
bia Heights Realty Compsny'S sub
DIVISION Of lots in Block 2s "co-
AZ UAo hAe.fhtS 80 pCI Plbb ISs
Ssyqr for the District q Columbia
$40 IN sansrs Sses. - LOU
TERMS: Sold subject TO o prior
Tor approximately $50 .Se5 SO. and
?. e;ISS.s $2sS;1lts.?S;, further
nounced at time OF sale; price
essh S' A deposit 81 IS. 60 P ln a.i e
or certified check required. Con-
veyancing, recording, etc., OF purs
chaser's cost. Adjustments made
as Of date of sale. Terms to Be
comnlied with within thirty days,
otherwise deposit forfeited and
tn property may be advertised
nard rssold at the discretion Of
THOMAS W. HUNT,
HOWARD BERNSTEIN,
mh7. I0.13.16.17 Trustees,
THOS. J. OWEN q SON,
Auctioneers. I'LL Z Sc. NV.
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Illegal Trials
Of u. S. Aides on
Okinuwu CHARGED

The American Federation
Of Government Employees has
charged that Federal employees
on Okinawa are being denied
their constitutional rights as
American citizens by being
subjected to the criminal juris-
diction Of an illegal court"
James Campbell, president Of
the AFGE, which has more
than 500 members on the
island. declared that American
citizens there are being tried
under an illegally established
judicial system which does not
provide for indictment by grand
jury or trial by jury"
This is in direct violation
Of their constitutional right as
American citizens" Mr.. Camp
bell said.
The AFGE president asked
the Kennedy administration to
take action to give the same
legal rights and protection to
Americans on Okinawa as other
American citizens have.
The present judicial system
in Okinawa was established
under an executive order issued
by President Eisenhower in
1857, Mr.. Campbell said.
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robbery last December in which
SIS was taken from o man.
Judge Alexander Holtzoff
gave Luther P. Mitchell, 81, Of
the 1900 block Of Parkwood
place NV. q s. to = Is = year
prison term for the armed
holdup Of a K street NV. ga
rage last August.
Mitchell, one Of two men in
volved in the holdup, was ac-
cused Of taking $243. Judge
Holtzoff. In handing down the
maximum sentence, said
Mitchell had a long criminal
record and observed that the
armed holdup had endangered
life.
Judge Tamm gave Wilbur M.
Cleveland. 80, Of the 1900 block
Of Meigs place NE, q 1-to-3-
year term on a charge Of brib-
cry Of a police officer.
Cleveland was accused Of Of
fering a policeman $40 to for
get about q ticket last June.
The policeman. however, re-
ported the bride offer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-17
Training Plan Mapped
Under Monpower Law

+ ing the training, according to
Supt. Carl F. Hansen. He said
the project would be "a sep
arate and distinct program,
such as Veterans High School,"
He added that similar train
ing plans had been formulated
last year for three classes at
Veterans High School, but that
no money was available then.
The program probably would
be conducted after school
hours, evenings and possibly
Saturdays, DR.. Hansen said.
1,40O Openings
Mr.. Hetzel estimated that he
could fill about 1,400 Jobs i'm
mediately II he could find
people with the required skills.
Most in demand locally are
office workers. including typ
lists, stenographers and office
machine operators. There Is
also considerable demand for
hotel and restaurant workers
such as cooks, and service in
dustry workers, according to
USES figures.
Mr.. Hetzel said the training
program would give the USES
and its applicants something
to tell the employer"
Both DR.. Hansen and Mr..
HetZel said training courses in
various skills probably would
be aimed at groups of about is
for the training. lasting sew
Ieral weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-17

District school and employ
ment officials are making plans
for q training program to re-
duce unemployment, under the
new Federal manpower devel-
opment law.
The program will be set in
motion for unemployed and
unskilled persons over 19 as
soon as arrangements can be
made with District vocational
schools, according to Fred z.
Hetzel, director Of the District
office Of the United States En-
ployment Service.
Mr.. Hetzel said the training
would begin initially under the
Districts share Of a IS million
provision to set up the program
Nationwide by July.
He estimated the number Of
unskilled and chemically I'M
employed persons registered
with his office at 5000.
Weekly Allowance
Under the $500 million Man
power Development and Train
ing Act signed by President
Kennedy on Thursday, I'M
skilled persons undergoing
training to make themselves
more employable would receive
a weekly allowance roughly
equivalent to unemployment
compensation.
The schools would be repaid
from Federal funds for provid-
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Bride Retriedin Ki||ino
Gets Longer Sentence

A woman convicted Of fatally
Stabbing an unlimited guest at
a party celebrating her mar
riage received a 4-to-12-year
prison sentence on q man
slaughter charge yesterday in
District Court.
Sentenced by Judge Edward
A. Tamm was Mrs. Elsie v.
Jones, 81, of the 400 block Of
o street NV, who was retired
after an earlier trial at which
she was represented by bogus
lawyer Daniel Morgan.
At the first trial, handled by
Morgan, she received a 1-to-4-
year prison term. Victim Of the
wedding party Staying on July
3, 1860, was Claude r. Smith,
80, Of 2021 Fifth street NV.
In other action, four men
were given prison sentences on
robbery charges.
Judge Richmond B. Keech
gave James D. Wright, 10, Of
the 1000 block Of Minnesota
avenue NE, and Robert Jor-
dan, 10, Of the 3700 block Of
Foote street NE, indeterminate
sentences Of up to 10 years
each under the Federal Youth
Correction Act.
The two men were found
guilty Of the armed hold up Of
a liquor store last october in
the 1900 block Of Minnesota
avenue NE. In which $3.50 was
taken from a cash register.
Judge Keech, in another case,
gave Preston Harrison, 10. Of
the 500 block of Sixth street
Sc, an indeterminate sentence
under the Youth Act for a yoke