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, 1962-10-30
LEGISLATIVE RECORD
Continued from Yesterday

Continued from Yesterday
Bless, we pray thee, the Governor Of these Virgin
Islands and all the members of the legislature. AS they
seek to lead and direct the affairs OF government give
them wisdom and spiritual insight in order that progress
i've government may at the same time be moral govern
ment. With true spirit OF dedication to their Office may
honesty and integrity always prevail over political ex-
pediency, and may they at all times represent the best
that is in our community
Grant that as citizens of the Virgin Islands may live
under our leaders a quiet and peaceable life in all godll-
ness and honesty.
Hear our Prayer, Q Lord, in the name of Jesus.
Amen
CORRECTION APPROVAL OF JOURNAL
The House approved its Journal for the Legislative
Day, February l, 1862.
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF UNITED STATES
Oftic e Of the Governor
Charlotte Amalie. St. Thomas
January 31st 1862
The Honorable Walter /. NJ. Hodge
President of the Legislature
OF the Virgin Islands 49,
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Dear Senator Hodge:
am transmitting herewith copy of a memorandum
from the Commissioner OF EQucduOn W me III LIE oup
iect of "the case of Mrs. Juanlta M. Caroline.
Since so much has been written and said about this
case, I thought it necessary to ask DR.. Sanchez to docu-
ment the facts in this case, as outlined under four cate
gorles. This report gives an entirely different picture and
IS completely contrary to the story carried in The ST.
Croix News Current.
Please make this information available to the other
members of the Legislature.
Sincerely yours
[Sgdl Ralph M. Paiewonsky
Governor
Enclosure
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF H UNITED STATES
Once of the Governor
Charlotte Anaa1ie, ST. Thomas
January 20, 1862
NV dear Mr.. President:
Kodiak mirror., 1962-10-19
psea4txa NeeM Saes1xeea

DoeSaSa need schools captl roads and facilities for industry ora capital? You will settle this question by Initiative No. 1.
 The State Department Planning reported in March, 1902 that needs tor schools hospitals roads, aoS, harbos and o public facilities the totaed nearly S3eo o ooo These things must have going to meet our minimum
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05
Land Deal Looms On Gulf Coast = Protest II

The two pending bills in the U. S.
Senate, Senate Bills 1860 and 1868. if
passed, will mean that a value asset
of the state and nation will be grabbed
by a few mercenaries who have only
their own selfish interest at heart
rather than the public welfare.
The Gulfport editor, Mr.. E. P.
Wilkes, says: eff Senate Bills 1860 and
1868 are passed by Congress it will
mean a few thousand persons may
have the use of the two islands while
thousands or hundreds of thousands
may be deprived of their value as
recreational areas"
Publisher Wilkes urged Coast citi-
zens to write Senators Eastland and
Stennis and their Congressman that
they wish the islands retained for the
use of the general public and not be
turned ver to private developers.
We think it would be wise for
other citizens of Mississippi to do the
same : because we have a stake in
the Gulf Coast, too.
AS that areas population grows
and its business activity expands there
will be a greater need for recreational
facilities than even before in the
history of the state.
The type of facility which will
most be needed in the future by the
Coast residents, as well as visitors from
in and out of state, will be these islands
where family-style recreation may be
enjoyed . swimming, picnicing, water
skiing, boating and just plain loafing.
We should help them get it.
Write a letter or postcard to your
Senators and Congressman protesting
Senate Bills 1860 and 1868.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05
GAlzonIoA
Paper Curtains
All "Brainwashing" Is Not In Russia
Paper Curtains

A Memphis reader took the trouble
to compile reports as they appeared in
Memphis newspapers on Governor Ross
Barnett's recent speech before the
Citizens Council there and send them
to us = for which we express our ap-
probation. The action was probably
prompted by our March % column on
the subject.
Since his report did little more
than s~ubstantiate what we had al
ready published, we shall not go too
much into details. But needless to say
these reports published in Memphis
were in sharp conflict with the ac-
count written by Charles Hills in The
Clarion-Ledger on information supplied
by w. j. (BilD Simmons, executive
secretary of the ] ackson Citizens
Council and editor of the state and
national organizations monthly publ
cation, "The Citizen"
For instance, the crowd attending
the &C rally was reported as "about
$50" in The Commercial Appeal and
600 or more" in the Professionalism.
This was a far cry from the "14O0
members" reported by Sim n
through Hills.
On the "standing-room only" re-
ported in the Jackson paper: Our
reader (who attended the rally) said
there were between 100 and $50 empty
seats in the rear of the ballroom and
others to be seen at other points in
the room.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05
100000 HOSPITAL rs
OFFERED MISSISSIPPI BY
MRS. KATE MOORE

An offer Of $3.50, 100000 for
construction of a state charity
hospital providing the state
of Mississippi matches that
amount in funds to make a
total of half a million dollars,
has been made to Governor
Corner ard will be referred
to the Legislature this week.
The donation will be made
bv Mrs. Kate Ray Moore of
West. in compliance with a
request in the will Of her
late husband. Mr.. Henry A.
Moore. The offer as presented
to the state must be accepted
on a given date and the hos
pital would be Known as The
Henry A. Mocfe Memorial
Hospital. work to begin in
six months and completed by
sentember /. 1888.
H. A. Moore. resident OF
West for manv years, was one
of Holmes Cornty's leading
businessmen. His death re-
moved one Of our most pro-
miI.ent capitalists.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05

Kinds County and the Mississippi
Gulf Coast are the only economic areas
in Mississippi that will gain population
during the next 10, years, according to
a reported statement of DR.. George L..
Wilbur, of the Department of Sociology
and Rural Life at Mississippi State
University.
From present activity in both
areas it would appear that DR.. Will
bur's prediction may well prove true
for the decade ahead. Both are moving
forward rapidly on almost every front.
And if there are some who lag
behind these growing areas, let it be
said that we at least share in their
pride of accomplishment and wish them
we'll as they continue to set an example
for the rest of us. At the same time
their economic progress spreads out
and affects our area as we'll as the
entire state.
What helps or binders one section
of Mississippi affects all of us.
Thus we have become interested
in the disturbing reports which come
from the Mississippi Gulf Coast con-
corning ONE proposed real estate de-
velopments IN Horn and Ship Islands.
According to the Gulfport Daily
Herald there are now two bills in Con-
gress that would remove these two
Gulf islands from their present status
as wildlife and recreational areas into
real estate developments.
The Gulfport paper asks: ..Are.
leaders of the Coast and the state so
blinded by monetary gains that they
lose sight of the value of these two
islands to the state and nation"
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The report given in Hills story
was that the crowd attending was a
good cross-section Of Memphis citizen
ry."
Our observer said there was one
elected official from Memphis, Bruce
Law, a v of Germantown and legal
adviser of the Memphis Citizens
Council.
"a cross-section of the Memphis
clergy, civic leaders, elected officials,
and businessmen was not in evidence
at the Citizens Council rally" he said
flatly.
And Memphis Mayor Henry Loeb
DID NOT meet Governor Barnett at
the airport as indicated in the Sim
mons-Hills report.
The purpose of all this is not to
be nasty to Mr.. Simmons OF Mr.. Hills
= but to say that all Mississippians
are entitled to read truthful reports
of what takes place when our Governor
goes outside the state to tell other
places how to run their business =
as we'll as all the other actions of our
elected officials, at home or abroad.
The paper curtain which we like
to talk about so much is not confined
to the North or other sections of the
country.
Nor is all the brainwashing done
in Russia.
There is too much of it attempted
right here at home.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05
DOES THE TOWN
MARSHAL HAVE BEES
IN HIS BONNET?

Now is the time for all
good men to come to the aid
of the marshal.
Town Marshel T. B. Leh-
man of Lexington is in a bee
of a fix. A swarm of bees
has gotten into the walls of
his home and has just about
run the family out of the
house. Mr.. Lehman even cor
creted one place in an effort
to keep the bees out, but it
did not stop the little honey
gatherers. He would deeply
appreciate anyone who knows
how to handle bees to drop
around and take them away.
He contacted one bee man
about eight miles in the coun
try but he didn't care to have
them.
Even the sidewalk scien-
lists of courthouse square,
who can solve any problem
on any subject, are nom
plussed.
Any hero or heroine who
understands bees can relieve
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05
LARGE
AT PORT
OF ~PASCAGOULA

Port Director Al S. John
son has announced that the
Port of Pascagoula handled
cargoes totaling 249,616 tons
during February. He said ele-
yer. ships called at the port
during the month to load ex-
port cargo. Corn accounted
for the largest single category
of shipping, and other grain
also contributed to the total
tonnage. During February,
the Port of Pascagoula hand
led 1,017 railroad Freight cars,
127 transport trucks and "a
barges in addition to the
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05
THIRTY YEARS AGO

gresham Crump to the u. S.
Military Academy, West
Point, New York.
Young Herbert was born in
Lexington and has been in
Memphis since his parents
moved there in 1915.
He graduated from Central
High in February where he
was president of his class and
also president of the student
body. He also served as pre-
sident of the Boys Hi-Y.
Following his appointment
by Congressman Crump he
left for Hot Springs, Arkan-
sas iris week.
Many local friends join
with relatives in this city in
congratulating the young man
upon his recognition.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05
INDUSTRIAL
PROGRESS
REVIEW
S4O0, 600 RAIL YARD
PLANS ANNOUNCED

Construction will begin
soon on the Louisville and
Nashville Railroads 1885
frieght-handling facility for
Bayou Casotte in Jackson
County. Included IT. the pro-
ject will be a three-track adj
dition along the main lin
and a four-track yard. The
yard inside the Casotte indus
trial area will be large
enough to permit switching
and storage of cars delivering
to ard received from the
present industries. L and N
is the exclusive rail server
in the 7,200-acre industrial
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05
SPEED A RI
STATES
TOURIST A

Legitimate enforcement Of
Mississippi's speed laws is
favored by the Mississippi
Agricultural and Industrial
Board, but an increase in
complaints alleging obvious
trapping" of motorists for
the sake of collecting fines
has been reported to the
board. At its March meeting
in Natchez, the board stated
that any harassment of tour
lists hurts the states impor-
tant tourist trade.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05
DUKES VISIT HERE
BEFORE

MSGT Robert l.. Duke and
Mrs. Duke have arrived in
Lexington from his Air Force
Base in Marietta, Georgia.
They will remair. until April
20 when Sgt Duke will re-
port to Camp SLOVENIAN, Cali
fornia for duty in the Far
East. Mrs. Duke will reside in
Lexington with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Holloman
for awhile.
Sgt and Mrs. Dukes fathers
are well known. fishing pals.
The Sgt. will be fishing dur
ing his furlough from a boat
his father. R. O.. Duke has
just built for him. He has
been in service since 1899,
serving in the North African
Sicilian and Italian cam
paigns of World War II.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05
TWENTY YEARS AGO

Ramsey, an ex-Navy man,
described some highlights Of
life in the U. S. Navy.
He told of his experiences
on land and sea from Seattle,
Washington down the West
Coast to Central and South
America through the Panama
Caral and UP the East Coast
to New York.
Mr.. Ramsey was presented
by H. H. Johnson, program
chairman, and President Paul
I,ndholm introduced Dinty
Moore as a visiting Rotarian
from the Jackson Club.
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salt dome about ten miles
west of Port Gibson, accord
ing to an announcement made
by company president Ed
ward L. Fuller and Rollo
Hammett, of Hammett Farms.
The company, ore of the
worlds largest salt producers,
will explore the dome of rock
salt which is located over
1000 feet below ground sur
face.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05
KEEL LAID o
$24 MILLION SHIP

The keel was laid at In
gals Shipbuilding, Pascagou-
la, this month for the third
Navy ship to be named Hol-
land. The new ship, the USS
Holland AS-32, is a 99-foot-
long, 83-foot beam submarine
tender. 1t is being constructed
under a 24-month, $24.395,8 300
Navy contract awarded in
September. The tender will
provide facilities and support
for nuclear powered Polaris
submarines.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05
Nrw GRENADA INDUSTRY
WILL EMPLOY As MEN

The Memphis Hardwood
F'oor'ro Company has locat-
ed in Grenada and will en-
plov As men. Kilns have been
c~~-~+~,,ctad and production
# 80, 900 board-feet per day
is scheduled. The mill will be
supplied with oak timber
from the Grenada area.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05
HERMOINE RUSSELL, HAS
HERD OF FINE COWS

Hermoir.e Russell sells six
ty gallons of milk per day
from his herd of fine milk
cows. He is milking five cows
now and receives a good
price for his milk. Much milk
produced in Mississippi is
sent to Great Britain and to
other nations resisting ag-
erosion.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05
BRICE'S CROSS A
MUSEUM NOW OPEN

Although formal opening
ceremonies have not taken
place, Brice's Cross Roads
Museum is now open to the
public each day. A wide va
riety of relics of Civil War
battlefields, Indian artifacts
and documents is on display
in the area.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05
FORMER LOCAL u
TO WP

Lexington. friends claim
equal honors with Memphis
in the honor bestowed ON
James Stanfield Herbert, IT.
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wil1 Bailey Herbert, who has
received an appointment as
second alternate from Cor
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05

area operated by the county
port authority. Coastal
Chemical and H. K. Porter
have plant facilities in the
area and Standard Oil is
presently building a $125
million refinery there.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05
SALT COMPANY TAKES
OPTION ON MISS. SITE

international Salt Company
has signed a three-vear op-
ton agreement with Ham
NETT Farms, Inc, for a min
ing lease or. the Bruinsburg
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05
through The Years
Items OF interest from the past taken from our fi|ee
OF The Lexington Advertiser and The Durant News.
By Ruth B. Flower
TEN YEARS AGO

the marshal and his many
friends by going by his home
on Carrollton Street and de-
parting with the swarm of
bees.
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Problems are not to be sol
we'd by fantasy. There is no
long-range profit to America
if r.ortherners assume an
attitude Of SNUG SUPERIOR Y
over their southern brothers,
and if the x-Confederates
denim the Yankees for their
me6dling and try to return
TO the ante bellum womb.
What is needed is not an az
tempt to oter-simplify COM
pick problems but a little
SSa-ca.chiEg and perhaps a
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05
LIFE IN U. S. NAVY
DESCRIBED BY RAMSEY

At the Rotary Club meet
irg on Friday Sheriff Allan
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-04-05

Attend The Church OF Your
Choice This Sunday!
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The Lexington Advertiser
Thursday, April 5, 1862

HAZEL BRANNON SMITH (Nrs. Walter D)--Ed Editor and Publisher
Established in 1887 = Published Every Thursday Subscription rates: Anv-
where in Holmes County, $500 per year; Outside Holmes County $3.50 per year.
Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Lexington. Missisippi
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eleven ships.
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Face Il tobacco Road Is Paved
BY JENKIN LLOYD JONES
Editor, The Tulsa Tribune
(Reprinted from The Commercial AppeaD

How do you like your mutual confession of error.
Sou n? In the past 20 years tt
Do you like 1t with honey South has been hit by a dol
r11nkln 1fnnc Manarnu,c hnrn LIZ ..La-~-. 8.
Evening star., 1962-09-26
President Luuds
NutionuI Guard;
Accepts Pointing

President Kennedy praised
the National Guard yesterday
as "undefeated in the field or
the halls Of Congress"
The President emphasized the
significant role Of the National
Guard in time Of crisis as he
accepted . painting from the
Army and Air National Guard
showing the first American
militia meeting British troops
in the Revolutionary War.
Mai. Gen. D. W. MCGOWAN.
chief Of the National Guard
Bureau. presented the painting
to the President. who said he
will have it hung in the White
House where visitors can see
it.
Mr.. Kennedy said he did not
agree with those who argue that
the National Guard has no
place In modern times and that
the United States should MAIN
tain q standing army big
enough to meet all defense
needs.
"Crises come, and we hope
they CO." he added in en-
phASizing that the National
Guard plays q most significant
role" In adding to national de-
fense strength by its very exis-
tence.
Evening star., 1962-09-26
Cuba Is an American Problem

gression in Europe, Asia and
Africa.
Also, the United States
government has just dramati-
cally come to the rescue of
the United Nations by voting
q 500 million purchase of
bonds to pay the expenses Of
the UN. armies in Africa.
The President Of the United
States didn't say that the
Congo mess was essentially
an African problem"
Maybe the charitable ex-
PLANTATION Of all this is that
neither the newspapers Of
Europe nor the American
ambassadors there have con-
veyed the whole story Of how
the people Of this country
really feel about the Soviet
infiltration and military
buildup IN Cuba. One reason
for this may be because
President Kennedy and Sec4
retary Of State Rusk have
maintained q mistaken policy
Of silence. They haven't said q
word publicly to the govern
ment Of the Soviet Union to
protest what 1t has done In
Cuba. The reported explana-
ton Is that the advisers Of
Messrs. Kennedy and Rusk
have insisted that to do so
would increase tensions"
over Berlin. But tensions
have increased now not only
over Berlin but over Cuba,
The West gives the impress
sion Of disunity, and the
United States Government
gives the impression Of timid-
ity If not Of fear to notify the
Soviet Union that 1t has de-
liberately interfered in the
Western Hemisphere and has
assisted Q dictatorship to
continue to deprive the Gu
ban people Of their sovereign
rights.
A real opportunity has
been missed by the Kennedy
administration to make 1t
clear everywhere that what
has happened in Cuba in the
last two years Is q world
problem, and that the ag-
gression by the Soviets must
be checked by the free world.
For this is no time for
''neutralism" either by the
smaller countries or by the
larger nations that regularly
receive financial or economic
or military aid from the tax
payers Of the United States.
(coDyright, loo2)
Evening star., 1962-09-26
Allies Isoloting u. S. Over Cuba

sophistries Of can't-do Allies
and Latin neighbors. Already,
foreign aid in any and every
form is in trouble at the
Capitol. The time may come
when it is in deep and ire
parable trouble.
What profit to our Allies
and Latin neighbors II they
win their little argument
about preeedents and all
that. but really do force us
really to go it alone?
They would all be wise to
make some effort better to
understand the actual mood
of Congress and country.
Cuba may be trivial to them.
But to Congress and country
it is far from that; and the
present mood of bewildered
anger can, without much
more provocation, become
ugly indeed, from their view
point.
Evening star., 1962-09-26
Army to Make
New Nerve Dust

PINE BLUFF, Ark, Sept. 26
(AP).-The Pine Bluff Arsenal,
an Army Chemical Corps In
stallation. will process q
new nerve dust for possible use
in chemical warfare. the Army
announced yesterday.
The dust will be made else
where and brought here. The
Army did not say where it
would be made.
Col. John Appel. command
ing officer Of the arsenal, called
the product an "incapacitating
chemical agent" and said it
would have temporary physi-
cal or psychic effects sufficient
to prevent an individual from
going about his normal duties" !"
There are no permanent
after-effects," Col. Appel said,
Recovery occurs in a few hours
without medical attention and
some cases can be hastened
with treatment"
Col. Appel said the agent will
be processed and put in con-
tainers at the arsenal. A build
ing win be altered to produce
the dust safely.
An Army spokesman said the
agent is definitely not a nerve
gas, but o solid material that
can be released in many ways.
Evening star., 1962-09-26
Americas European and Latin Friends
Are Expected to Be Hurt Most by II

bish from our backyard but
for our desire to avoid Allied
criticism and anguished
howls Of intervention" from
the same Latin American
nations we are safeguarding
from the very real Inter
vention" of the Soviet Union.
The true sufferers, unless
soon our Western Allied
friends and our Latin neigh
bors decide to give us at
least a minimum co-opera-
ton, will be those very
Western Allies, those very
Latin neighbors.
The British, the Norwe-
gians and others, who thus
far refuse the patiently de-
termined appeals Of Secre-
tary of State Rusk to halt
shipping to Cuba, are giving
many fine legalisms for with
holding even this tepid act of
support. After all, they say,
nobody is at war with Cuba;
free trade is free trade, and
so on. But they can awake
one day to find that in main
tanning their right" to this
tin-pot trade with Castro
they have, so to speak, lost
a much bigger customer, the
basic good will of the people
of the United States.
The Latin Americans, in
hanging back from any joint
plan genuinely to seal off
Cuba in this hemisphere, can
awake and find they cannot
forever play both sides. The
multi billion dollar Ameri-
can aid in the Alliance for
Progress does not come from
the pockets Of the reformist
types who are so oddly un-
derstanding Of Latin-Amer-
ican hemming and having.
1t comes from the American
people. through the American
Congress. And the American
Congress already is danger
ously fed up with the elegant