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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-01-11
American Business
BY Reynolds Knight

million units. with an estimated
value at factory prices In ex-
cess of $175 million" according
to Walter A.. Scheaffer II, presi-
dent of the w. A. Sheaffer Pen
Company.
These figures compare with
$40 million units, valued at Sl3o
million, produced in 1860, ne
said. They're based on reports
from more than 70 firms in the
writing instrument industry.
Unit-wise, production OF ball
points will lead the field again
in 1862. and cartridge fountain
pens will continue to show size
abe gains, Mr.. Sheaffer predict
ed. Currently more than one
third of all fountain pen dollar
volume is attributable to the
cartridge-filled type, he said. In
spite of the tremendous popula-
rity of ballpoints in recent
years, the industry manufac-
tured and sold more fountain
pens in 1860 than in any pre-
vious year he noted.
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newspapers because I know this
is the only basis upon which we
can build sound racial relations
in the county and state. The
white people of Holmes County
and Mississippi of good will
feel the same way.
"When a white sheriff with
out reason shoots q Negro in the
back, as happened in my county
on July 3, 1854, / cannot look
the other way. To do so would
condone the crime and that !
cannot do. Nor can / sit idly by
and not condemn such action.
The libel suit filed then from
this action is the root trouble of
everything that has heppened
here since. My position was up
held unanimously by the Mis-
sissippi Supreme Court and l
was commended by the Missis-
sippi Press Association.
1--WE have the best Negro CT
tizens in the world in Holmes
County and there is no racial
trouble or unrest threatening
the public peace. There is no
one that I know of. least of all
me, who is trying to change
this.
"But If Mr.. Hooker and Mr..
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Holmes Editor Is -V
tconiinued from Page one)

County Herald down their un-
willing Threats. The 10000 or
more Negroes in Holmes County
barely know it exists. They have
steadfastly refused to have any,
thing to do with it, even when
the Herald added around 800 of
them to the mailing list. SEEK
ing their favor. Even then they
couldn't force them to read or
subscribe to the Herald, so most
of their names have been re-
moved"
'Tt is tragic that Rep Hooker,
Sen. Williams and their asso-
ciates are willing to use their
elective offices and these vicious
tactics and methods to try to
discredit me when, for the past
Is years, all of my adult life
spent here in Holmes County, I
have done nothing more than
print the truth and meet issues
as forthrightly as possible as
they develop. / have not gone
out looking for issues. I have
been fair to the people Of both
races in the columns of my
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George Phillip Taylor
Dies In Greenwood

George Phillip Taylor, former
Holmes countian, died at his
htme in Greenwood Tuesday a.
bout $50 a. m. after an extend
ed illness. He was 81.
Mr.. Phil, as he was known
to his friends, made his home
on Horseshoe near Tchuls for a
number of years. He was a
member of the Horseshoe Bap-
fist Church, and a retired farm
er.
Funeral services will be held
today Thursday at 1000 a. m.
from the Tchula Baptist Church
with the Rev. Roy D. Raddin
officiating. Interment will be in
Pinecrest Cemetery with South
ern Funeral Home Of Lexington
in charge of arrangements.
Survivors are his widow. Mrs.
Essie Mae Tate Taylor, Green
wood; a son Hugh Taylor. of
Greenwood: five daughters. Mrs.
James Nash, Morrisville, North
Carolina; Mrs. Charles Reeves,
Greenwood; Mrs. George Hogge,
Virginia; Mrs. Earl Davidson.
Florida; Mrs. Griffin Cholfont,
Marietta, Georgia; a brother.
Joe Taylor, Lexington; three
sisters, Mrs. Lloyd Rogers Val
den; Mrs. Louise Tate, Lexing-
ton; and Mrs. N. A. Tardy,
Winona.
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Williams continue in their pre-
sent course they will make GER
tain that we do have trouble
here, as elsewhere in the state
where fear controls the people
and their leaders.
II challenge these two gentle.
men to live up to their respon-
sibilities as public officials in a
statesmanlike way, instead of
their present course of petty
politics, so that the people of
Holmes County and Mississippi
will be better served and that
the state and all its people may
advance on all fronts. I have
el. dured their abuse and perse-
cution almost silently now for
more than seven years simply
because / did not want to wash
the dirty linen of Holmes Coun-
ty in public = and their attacks
on me, if exposed. l knew
would receive national publici-
ty as they probably now realize.
"Now that these gentlemen by
their own actions have invited
this publicity, I shall endeavour
to see that the people of Missis-
sippi and the nation learn the
truth, all of it."
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HUNTSVILLE BOOM OF
NTEREST TO HANCOCK

A recent report from Hunts
vile, Alabama, home of the
Redstone Arsenal. indicates
what Hancock county might
have to look forward to as the
site of a Saturn moon rocket
test facility, since the test CEN
ter in Mississippi will operate
under the Alabama unit, both
under the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration.
The annual payroll of the Red
stone Arsenal was estimated at
100000 900 in a recent AsSo-
ciated Press story from Hunts
vile. Anoter estimate in the
story was that the operation
pours $780, 00, 900 a year into
the economy of Alabama. Loca-
ton of the arsenal some ten
years ago jumped Huntsville's
population from $4,000 in 1850
to $4,000 today.
Although the RedStone ArSen-
al is Huntsville's major means
of economic support, a Hunts
vile Industrial Expansion Com
mittee is active on benalf Of
the city and Madison county, in
which it is located. The COM
mittee recently hired a Missis-
sippi industrialization expert,
Guy E. Nerren. to attract new
industry. Nerren until recently
was assistant director of the in
dustrial development Depart
ment of the Delta Council, with
headquarters at Stoneville, Mis-
sissippi.
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Mr.. Joseph Gee SaIIey
Rites Held In Gmfporf

Mr.. and Mrs. Lutte Ellison.
Mrs. c. o. Sudbeck and Mrs.
Maud Legate attended the fune
raj OF their uncle, Mr.. Joseph
Gee Salley in Gulfport on Sun
day, January 18th.
Mr.. Salley died Thursday
night in Gulfport after a leng-
thy illness. Other survivors are
his wife. Mrs. Leila Salley. a
son Roy Salley, Mrs. Salley and
two grandsons, all of Gulfport:
two sisters in Texas.
Sympathy is extended the
family here, where he has many
other near relatives.
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Lexington P. o. Gets
New Trim, Paint Job

The Lexington Post Office
Building is undergoing a face
lifting this week. All trim work
on the outside of the building is
being redone.
Tuck masonry pointing is
being APPLIED to all stone and
brick, which consists of clean
ing and replacing mortar.
The entire interior of the ex-
tension department is being re-
painted.
George E. Jensen Contractors.
Inc. of Mobile, Alabama are do
ing the work. Work began the
latter part of last week and
is expected to be completed bv
january Is, weather permitting.
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LOOKING
Ahead
BY DR.. George S. Benson. Pres
National Education Program
SearcY. Ark
THE USES OF INITIATION

One of the strange Laradoxes
of our time is that in cur politi-
cal life today those who so
proudly march under the
liberal banner often are really
not champions of freedom at
all. This column has been max
ing this observation, off and on,
for almost two decades It is
a mistake, of course, to call all
liberals Communists. Relatively
few left-leaning liberals" have
carried cards in the Communist
Party; even eXtrepe liberals are
not especially wanted inside the
party, for they accomplish its
goals more easily outside.
1t does seem that liberals"
are becoming increasingly a.
ware of flaws in the collectivist
arguments. I believe that many
sincere Americans ara today
examining critically the reasons
for their political faith and that
: manv of them are re discover
ing the bedrock principles upon
which this nations achieve
ments are based. Some Ameri-
cans, long accustomed to look
ing with suspicion upon "capi-
tai" Or property while listen
ing to the orators plead for
human rights, are realizing
that any planned economy leads
to a net loss of freedom and
human values.
Thirst For Power
DIR. Melchoir Palyi, in his
can Initiation Primer (Chica-
go: Henry Regnery Company,
$A), has shown why this is so.
The planned economy, he in
sists, cannot operate without
initiation, nor can initiation be
planned. The patterns Of slow
initiation, however, are apparent
to managers and manipulators.
Without a sound budget and
credit system that will conserve
and restrain the currency, the
patronage state" (misnamed
welfare state, he says) can run
wild. The politicians and others
then have power to manage the
economy and dispose of patron
age as they please.
"In ultimate analysis" DR..
Palyi says, "it boils down to
the choice between a free. COM
petitive-market economy and a
statist or c~ollectivist system run
by political fiat" The collecti-
visit minded liberal. you see,
does not like the free enterprise
system. He usually assumes,
falsely of course, that the free
market system will not work,
or that it results in depressions
o. recessions. His real objection,
however, is that it deprives him
of the exercise of real power
over the control OF production
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and distribution.
The New Line"

The New Line"
The answer, from the Glib
eral" point of view: let the
government take over. Yet, it
is almost too obvious that when
the government is free TO print
money and manipulate it at
will, you no longer have a free
country. Currency manipula-
ton is not only a characteristic
OF every collectivist society; it
its the safest and surest way to
c%olectivize every society,"" says
DR.. Palyi. The collectivists, he
explains, are no dreamers. They
know what they want. They
will S initiation as one means
OF gaining and holding power.
In describing the current sta
tus of creeping initiation, On.
Palyi refers to a new Zine"
which is now being advanced
on a broad front. This is the
idea the U. S. must always
"move ahead" that growth"
is important enough as 'to JUS
tify more public spending, tax
ing, initiating, and meddling."
There are good and sufficient
reasons for rejecting this new
Zine" He unmasks this subter-
fuge, showing that the same old
purpose is evident, to win fri
ends and influence votes, under
ali sorts of humanitarian slo-
gans that appeal to the greed
of any groups that have thu
votes.
Toward Full Control
Crawling initiation is a very
convenient avenue for the re-
distribution of incomes and
wealth, a most effective subsi-
diary to discriminatory taxa
ton, political patronage, govern
mental meddling. and outright
corruption. Even the tightrope
act of balancing the economy
between booms and recessions
necessitatets a host of incisive
fiscal and monetary maneuvers.
And should the initiation get
out of hand, the collectivist
stands ready with price, profit,
and wage controls . The
greater the calamity brought a.
bout by initiation, the broader
the power he is likely to scquire
to combat the initiation. -"
"A word about the collcctivist
is appropriate. He is not Com
munist, oh no! Frequently, he
claims to be a believer in econo-
mic freedom, with a bit of
money management super-im-
posed. But on some basic points
his thinking happens to coin
eide with the Kremiin line.
Growth at any price, his ulti-
mate ideal, is straight out of
the bolshevist horses mouth.
And Changing the metaphor)
he rides that horse for all it is
worth"
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INDUSTRIAL
PROGRESS
REVIEW
JACKSON AREA GETS
BIG NEW INDUSTRY

Announcement of a new man
ufacturing pant to be construct
ed in the Jackson area was
made December % by G.. Dewey
Hynes. executive vice president
of General Cable Corporation.
Hynes announced that his COM
pany would build a plant ap-
proximately 100000 square feet,
Ito be completed in 1869 which
would employ a minimum Of
$50 people. General Gable is a
major manufacturer of electri-
cal and communication wire and
cable.
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THE BIRDS

Even here in the South where
the winters are mild many
species of birds have difficulty
in finding sufficient food during
a severe winter, especially dur
ing periods of heavy ice or
snow. Bread crumbs. suet, small
grain chick feed will bring
many birds to the grounds as
daily winter visitors.
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Personal And Press Freedom Are Al Stake
Continued from Page One)

OF 1854 when the fight against me be-
gan in Holmes County because /
published a news story and editorially
condemned the Holmes County Sheriff
for shooting a Negro in the back. 1t
is a question of the right of a free press.
the right of a newspaper to print the
truth and make fair comment. My
position then was upheld by the Mis-
sissippi Supreme Court in a unanimous
decision rendered in November, 1866,
and | was cited and commended for my
service to press freedom in Mississippi
and America by a unanimous vote of
the Mississippi Press Association, an
association composed of every daily and
weekly newspaper in the state.
The struggle that began then has
continued until this day without letup
and my opponents, some seeking re-
venge, have used every conceivable
means to try to discredit and hurt me
and ALLEVIATE my friends and supports
ers throughout the county and state.
This small but highly vocal and in
some quarters, influential clique has in
spired boycotts, economic pressures and
~reprisals and other forms of intimida-
ton which climaxed three years ago in
the organization of an opposing weekly,
the Holmes County Herald in Licking
ton, a community of 270O population
which can barely support one news
paper.
Puzzled Legislators, and other in
terested citizens, too, will get a clearer
picture of the situation if they read
the page one editorial in the December
28th edition of The Lexington Adver-
tiser an editorial which clearly shows
the methods and tactics of my oppon-
ents, notably State Rep. Wilburn
Hooker, and may we'll explain why the
attack was made at this time. Mr..
Hooker is a close associate of Sen. Will
Hams, and with him an organizer and
supporter of the competing newspaper,
the Holmes County Herald.
Among others associated in the
latter enterprise were former State
Rep. Edwin White, Holmes County
Citizens Council Chairman William
Moses and other Citizens Council lead
ers. This group was aided and support
ed by a number of bootleggers, and
neutrality-suspicious. whom l have
been fighting for years in order that our
people might have a decent county in
which to live. The new newspaper was
organized for n purpose-to put me
out OF business principally because
they cannot control my news and edi-
torial policies, policies incidentally, that
have never advocated integration of
the: races.
State Rep. Hooker is a member of
both the Sovereignty Commission and
State Executive Committee of the
Mississippi Citizens Council.
AS a state legislator he votes tax
payers money to the Sovereignty Com
mission and as a member of the
Sovereignty Commission he donates tax
money to the Citizens Council.
Is this morally or legally defensi-
BILE? I think not.
But when Rep. Hooker uses his of
flee and the power he attained through
the gift, of the people pf Holmes County.
to prosecute any citizen of our county
Tor any reason whatsoever, then his
position is truly indefensible.
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Does any member OF the LeglSla-
ture, or any private citizen think for
one moment that either the Sovereign
ty Commission or the states Citizens
Council would dare move against any
person in any county Of the state with
out the direction, advise or consent of
n of its own directors in the same
county?
/ think not and the majority of peo-
pie in Mississippi are of the same opin-
ion.
Mississippi stands today upon the
threshold Of her brightest hour, econo-
micaIly speaking. But man does not live
by bread alone. He cherishes his person
al freedom, without which he is no
better off than the people in the Com
munist-controlled countries. The spiri-
tual values which we as a people hold
above all else compel us to have a de-
cent regard for the dignity of all men
and live our lives and build our society
on a policy of love, not hate, on faith
and hope, not fear and despair. In this
direction lies the growth and develop
ment of a magnificent Mississippi in
which all races may live in mutual re-
spect and pride = and only in this di-
rection can we achieve real racial peace
and harmony and our own happiness
and prosperity. We cannot hold down
more than az per cent of our entire
state population without staying down
ourselves - and all intelligent people
know it.
This greatest of all nations was not
built by men who were afraid. The
Magnolia State was not carved out of
a wilderness by the fearful and timid.
And we cannot live and truly progress
in today's atmosphere of fear an
atmosphere e%ngendered by the Citizens
Council and its professional agitators
who apparently are now running our
state and setting it's policies, ever to
the point of intimidating the Legisla-
ture. The average Mississippian has no
authority or voice in the local Coun-
ellis. They have been taken owe by the
professional politicians, although they
were organized on a non-political basis.
And the little people are supposed to
ego along" and not ask questions.
Gestapo rule in Mississippi? 1t is
nearer than we think.
Responsible, dedicated, courageous
leadership is the crying need of the
hour - and Governor Ross Barnett and
members of the Mississippi Legislature
have the authority and the means to
provide that leadership. We need lead
ers who will step out in front and lead,
and not continue to follow blindly the
dictates of the Citizens Council.
We beg Governor Barnett and the
gentlemen of the Legislature to cast
off the shackles of the Citizens Coun-
ellis and their negative policies that bind
Mississippi to a course which leads I'LL
tlmately down the road to the point
OF return = and guarantees many bit
ter days in between. We beg you, in
stead, to adopt a positive attitude to
our racial problems and attempt to
solve them on a basis of Christian chart
ty and fair play so that, working to-
gether, in an atmosphere of mutual
trust, we may claim the bright future
that is rightfully ours.
Ill., r.. ~
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Capitol
News
BANNER YEAR
FOR FARMERS
BY HEBER LADNER

Mississippi farmers, using
mechanical skill and technical
knowledge. performed new feats
in production in 1861. IT was a
banner wear in which farmers
made advances on nearly all
farm fronts and established new
records in some areas. Farmers
set new records of production in
soybeans. rice, pecans, peaches.
broilers. commercial eggs and
per acre yields of corn.
MINERAL PRODUCTION
Mineral production in Missis-
sippi during 1861 had a value
of 5.3 per cent over 1905 fig
ure. Petroleum, natural gas
LIQUID. and natural gas account
ed for ninety one per cent of
the states mineral production.
Overall production of nonmetal-
lie minerals increased due to
the highway and industrial con-
~struction needs. The figure in
cludes CLAW, sand and gravel,
pntaSS'''m compounds. anhydrous
ammonia, and glass sands.
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MINERAL
GOOD TINE TO CHECK
ON A r MACHINERY

The winter lull affords a good
opportunitv for Mississippi far
mers to check their machinery
and equipment for possible
sources of danger before the
spring planting season and field
work gets under way. Improper
adjustment of equipment and
machinery often is at least a
secondary factor in accidents.
injuries and subsequent loss of
working time during busy sea-
sons.
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The Lexington Advertiser
Thursday, January IL, 1862

HAZEL BRANNON SMITH IMrs. Walter D)--Edtc and Publisher
Established in 1887 - Published Every Thursday - Subscription rates: Any
where in Holmes County $500 per year, Outside Holmes County $3.50 per year..
Entered as SECOND glass matter ct the Post Office at Lexington, Mississippi.
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Pen Pals

The nations pen manufacture
ers are looking to 1862 as the
year in which production will
hit the one-billion-unit mark
for the first time, an industry
says.
Combined production Of
fountain pens, ballpoints and
mechanical pencils in 1861 pro-
badly will total well over $50
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-13
Donald MoIcs Elected Commander of Legion

CORONA lP = Delegates to the 43rd annual convention of the Alaska Department of the Ameri- can Legion elected Donald Moles. Juneau mortician, as Commander for the coming year at the con- clusion of a three-day convention here last weekend.
 Ruth Brown of Ketchikan was named President of the American Legion Auxiliary in Alaska.
 Alaska Legionaires also approved q number of resolutions including one that asked representative of the Legion be appointed 10 the Alaska Textbook Commission. a state body that approves books for use in the public schools.
 In other action, the Legion went on record urging S25 million state bond issue to provide match ing money for federal aid highway construction in Alaska.
 Joseph Briones, Anchorage, was reappointed State Adjutant, finance officer and service officer with headquarters at Juneau Herald Stringer, Anchorage, was reelected Alaska's representative on the Legion's National Executive Con- mittee.
 Haines was selected as the site for the 1863 convention
 The convention wound up Sat urday night with an address by the Legion's National Commander, Charles l.. Brown, Kansas City at torney.
 He told the meeting that while it is not essential that America be liked throughout the world, it is absolutely essential that America be respected throughout h c World.'
 He added that America must stand for peace, "but not al any price
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-13
Primary Election TomorroW

NOME HAS FOR THE FIRST TIME polling places for ~ the primary election being held which will the field for each office the general election held in November
 There has been interested Alaskans seeking office and candidates are tor the of high standards both young and experienced the big State of Alaska
 All sincere in their belief platform the good of the State
 lou are not urged to vote tor either you urged study the campaign material and select whom you think best for the development of Alaska don't this election then should lose the right complain when you think the elected officials handling the affairs of the the think they should Everybody qualified be leader but qualified and remember ONE SIDE of your only you and
The Nome nugget., 1962-08-13
Wrong Airfield

PORTLAND, Ore tR - A DC-8 jet plane with 88 persons aboard came in for a landing at Portland and bumped along to an abrupt halt at am. Sunday.
 A voice came over the planes loudspeaker: Ladies and gentle men, we have inadvertently land- ed at the Troutdale field by mis- take
 Troutdale field's single runway which is used by light aircraft. is only 4,64l feet long. The big plane, enroute from Chicago to Seattle, was supposed to have landed 10 miles west on Interna- tional Airport's 8,800=foot runway.
 A United Airlines spokesman sad the pilot, Capt. s. R. Whipple of Chicago, apparently got the air ports mixed up.
 Eight hours later, United crew flew the empty plane off the short runway.