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Holmes County herald., 1963-07-18
Soil testing time is here
saws County AGENT Sullivan

County Agent w. II. Sullivan is suggesting to Holmes
County farmers that now is the best time to get soils
tested. He said the testing laboratory at State College
is not busy at this time of year and farmers could get
test results and accommodations back within about two
weeks. Later on, he said, it will take four or five weeks,
and in the spring maybe two months.
After years of study and experimenting the Extension
Service is convinced that soil testing is by far the best
method of determining lime needs and fertilizer re-
quirements.
A good many farmers in the county have taken al
vantage of the free testing and accommodation service
offered and proved its effectiveness, the county agent
said.
Sullivan said that soil shipping boxes and full instruc-
tions m be obtained from the County Agents Office
in Lexington. Soil samples should be sent to Soil Test
ing Laboratory, State College, Miss.
Holmes County herald., 1963-07-18
New manager
named for
B & S Tractor

r.. w. (Bob) Maddox has
assumed management of B
& S Tractor Company in Lex
ington, it is being announced
this week.
Maddox comes to the local
firm from Jefferson City,
Missouri, where he has serv-
ed as territory manager for
John Deere Tractor Company.
He said he has made ar
engagements for living quar-
tiers and plans to move his
family of wife and five child
rem here in September. They
are Methodists.
Maddox said, "We will con-
tinue to give the same eff
cient, courteous service as in
the past with a full line of
tractors, equipment and parts,
and the same service facili-
ties"
Holmes County herald., 1963-07-18
Sullivan group
names officers


Lynn Jordan has bee nam
ed overall chairman for Hol-
mes County supporters OF
Charles Sullivan for Cover
nor, it was announced this
week. Formal appointment
of the working organization
was made at a meeting held
in Lexington City Hall last
week.
Chosen to serve as vice :
chairman was William Ellis,
Jr., and as secretary-treasur-
err, Olin Dunn. Named to the
finance committee were Joe
|Tingle, chairman, Pat Bar
rett, David Miles, Frank Hug
hes, Ben Moore Hammett and
Virgil Ingold, Sr.
Mrs. Paul Tardy is head OF
the publicity committee, as
sisted by Ed Wilburn Hooker,
Billy Ellis and James Peast-
er, Jr.
Jordan said that other ap-
pointments for various com
mitteeS over the county have
been made, but the full group
is not completed. He said an
|nouncement of the appoint
ments will be made within the
next few days.
Tingle said there are still
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Holmes County herald., 1963-07-18

grounds in Jackson : : where
there are plenty of comfort
able seats and free parking
spaces.
Enthusiastic supporters in
many towns and counties are
already chartering busses and
lining up automobile cara
vans for the big rally.
A sparkling array of talent
will be on hand to provide
entertainment between the
political speaking, climaxed
~ Sullivan's 8 p. m. address.
Grand Ole Opry stars such
Dis Webb Pierce, Warner
Mack and Skeeter Davis will
be on hand to sing. After the
speech, a reception will be
held in another part Of the
Coliseum for Charles and
Mary Sullivan.
Holmes County herald., 1963-07-18

Miss Jimmye Lois McNeer,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
e. McNeer, has been selected
by popular vote to serve as
president of the student body
of Baptist Memorial Hospital
School of Nursing during her
senior year. During her fresh.
man year she served as stud
ent council representative and
in her junior year she was
vice-president of the student
body. She spent three months
i'm Norman, Oklahoma at the
State General Hospital study
ing Psychiatric Nursing and
attended the Student Nurses
Convention held i'm Atlantic
City, New Jersey.
Holmes County herald., 1963-07-18
Former resident
gets highest
FILA cash oword

Eugene Love, former Lex
ington resident, presently
serving as County Super
visor for Farmers Home
Administration at Brandon,
has been presented the
highest cash award ever
issued by the departing nt
for an employee suggestion.
He was presented the $500
award by State Director I.
b. Fatheree in a ceremony
July 9 at the directors OF
flee.
The suggestion, adopted
for nationwide use, was on
farm Improvement In Mis-
sissippf.
State office employees
and Area Supervisor Tho.
mas G. Walton were present
for the ceremony.
Love, a former Agricultu-
re Vocational teacher at.
Lexington High School, is
married to the former An.
ne Wynne, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ellis e. Wynne OF
Lexington.
Holmes County herald., 1963-07-18

The local clubs totaled up
eight winners in individual
and team contests. six for
the boys and two for the
girls, in this major event OF
the year for Alters.
Top winners were the live
stock judging team composed
of Nathan McKie, Pat Slack,
Bill Atkinson, all of Pickens,
and John Kimibrough, III, OF
Lexington, for first place in
that division, and MCKEE TAX
ing first place in individual
Judging. The group will COM
pete in the National All con-
tests to be held in Chicago in
November.
Placing in the livestock de-
monStratiOn team were Ann
Atkinson and Tommy Haffey,
who were awarded a trip to
but will not compete
in the contests.
Walter Sullivan of LeXing-
ton won a $50 prize in Field
Crop Demonstration and Bill
Atkinson of Pickens won a
watch and a chance to COM
pete in the national public
speaking contest.
Others placing among the
top three statewide were
Johnny Lee Self and Kim
Kimbrough, who won second
in team electric de-
monstration and Guy Buford
who took second place in in
electric demonstra-
ton. Each won a $50 prize.
Homer Knox, Jr., of Tchula
won sixth place in tractor de-
monStratiOn.
A first place district winner
was Patricia ChiSolm in the
foods division and
Donna Kaye Pierce won Sc
.ond place in safety demon
Stration contests.
The contestants were &C.
.ompanied by Duane Tucker,
assistant county agent, and
Mrs. Joy F'rizell, associate
home demonstration agent.
Holmes County herald., 1963-07-18

An organizational meeting
of Holmes County Women for
Constitutional Government
was held on Tuesday morn
ing, July 9th, at the City Hall
in Durant, with Mrs. Robert
Neill of Leland assisting in
the setting up of the orgam-
cation.
Women for Constitutional
Government is a conservative
organization. It is non-parti-
sian. 1t is a political faction
group dedicated to States
Rights and to the defeat of
communism in world govern
ment via the United Nations.
It is dedicated to the return
to God in the affairs of this
Nation, regardless of the be-
Holmes County herald., 1963-07-18
Retreat set
for Laymen

A series of three Laymen's
Retreats on weekends begin
ming Aug. 81 and ending Sept.
Is at Camp Lake Stephens
Oxford, is announced by DR..
Roy Black, Lay Leader for
the North Mississippi Metho-
dist Conference.
DR.. Black explains these re-
treats will be informal meet
fings for fellowship, informa-
ton, recreation and mspira-
ton.
Two districts are included
in each retreat. The schedule
follows:
Cleveland-New Albany Dist
riots, Aug. 81 : Sept. 1.
Greenwood : Tupelo Dist
riots, Sept. z 8.
Sardis : Starkville Districts,
Sept. IA : Is.
Registration is from 3 to A
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Holmes County herald., 1963-07-18
WCG chapter organized
by Holmes County women

liefs of other nations.
The infection of this idea
has spread throughout thirt
eight states. Women CAN
turn the tide.
A large group of Holmes
County women have alreadT
joined the organization. MANY
more have indicated a desire
to become members.
The following officers were
elected: Mrs. LOWE Glenn of
Durant, Chairman; Mrs. A.
J. Heinrich of Lexington, Vice
Chairman; Mrs. C. f. Patton
of Durant, Secretary; Mrs.
Albert Tatum of Durant, Trea-
surer; Mrs. Carl Drake OF
Durant, Corresponding Soc
rotary.
Holmes County herald., 1963-07-18
Muslin accepts
position at
Ole Miss
BY Wayne Rodgers

The University Of Mis-
|sissippi Athletic Depart
|ment announced this week
THAT Holmes Junior College
head football coach Billy
Muslin has accepted aP-
|pointment as assistant fre-
|shman coach. He will as
duties as assistant to
|WobbIe Davidson with the
Rebel frosh on September
H..
Muslin has been on the
coaching staff at HJC for
mine years, having been ap-
poSnted as head coach in
|1959. Before coming to Hol-
mes, he coached at Sardis
and Cleveland High Schools.
During his tenure as head
coach at HJC, Muslin compil-
ed a record of "a wins and l6|
losses in four years.
Also, earlier this week, it
was announced by HJC Pre-
sident Frank Branch that Ken
Lauderdale, hired this spring
to fill the assistant coaching
vacancy created by the de-
parture of Wayne Sims, has
been promoted to the head
coach position. Lauderdale,
who was out of the coaching
profession the past year, has
previously coached for two
years at Dublin (Miss.) High
School, and for four years
at West Tallahatchie High.
Lauderdale is married to
the former Miss Kay Moss of
Tchula. They are the parents
Of two children, Doug and De-
nice. The Lauderdales plan
to move to Goodman in the
very near future.
Holmes County herald., 1963-07-18
Smokey Bear
picnic slated
for Monday

The annual Holmes COun-
ty Library Smoky Bear
picnic will be held Mon
day, July %, at Holmes
County State Park, it was
announced by County Lib
rarian, Miss Georgia Nc
Intyre.
All children VINO parti-
cipated in the program are
asked to contact their lOc-
al librarian for further de-
tails.
Fritz Frizell will be on
hand to conduct a tour and
explain the different trees
of the fOrst and freaks OF
nature.
Holmes County herald., 1963-07-18
BY Paul Tardy

And from big brother-in-
law over yonder in Vicks-
burg, H. B. Simmons, pro-
baby known in these parts
as Whistle or Bottle, comes
this little gem:
For the 80 percent of Mis-
sissippi's white and colored
citizens who watch with con-
cern, but take no part in, the
so-called civil rights battle
by outsiders who are in our
state without invitation, one
is reminded of the story of
the two Spaniards whe were
sitting on a hill watching one
of the great battles of the
Spanish Civil War in the
nInteen thirties.
According to this story, af-
ter watching the tide Of bat.
tie roll back and forth for
several hours, one Spaniard
turned to the other and said,
well, Carlos, it looks as
though my Germans and TIA
lians are beating the hell out
of your Russians today"
July is Pickles Month. Sill
iy season? Maybe. June was
Fight the Filthy Fly Month.
Now it's foaming tooth
cleaning tablets to be avail
able soon in vending mach
ines throughout California
and Nevada. What next?
Charles M. Hills, the At
fairs of State man for the
Clarion-Ledger, points up the
fact that j. P. Coleman pas
sed up an invitation to ap-
pear before a panel of news
men (of which Hills was a
member) in Jackson recently
while Charles Sullivan, Rubel
Phillips and Paul Johnson
were on hand for the direct
questioning.
He said some of the ques-
tons ready for Coleman were:
If elected will you support
the Democratic nominee, ev-
en- Jack Kennedy?
Will you take charge of the
Democratic convention in
Jackson and ramrod through
a slate of national Democra-
tic supporters for Kennedy as
you did for Stevenson in 1856?
If defeated will the
Kennedys give you a job in
Washington as they did
Brooks Hays and Frank
Smith?
My, they did have some in
teresting questions set for the
gentleman, didn't they?
Holmes County herald., 1963-07-18
Big Sullivan rally
in Jackson Thursday

Charles SuI|ivan's forces began marshaIing strength
this week for the gigantic rally slated for the Jackson
CosiIeum on Thursday night. July IS. \
The huge statewide rally gest indoor rally ever held in
of Sullivan supporters from Mississippi politics.
each of Mississippis 81 coun- It will be the first one stag
ties is expected to be the lar ed in the new Aforementioned
Holmes County herald., 1963-07-18
TchuIa Baptists will
0pen revival SUNDAY

Dr.. Lloyd A. S%parkman, pastor Of First Baptist Church
of Kosciusko, will lead the revival at First Baptist Chur-
oh in TchuIa July Il through 20, it was announced this
week by the Reverend Roy Raddin, pastor. Leading the
singing will be Gene B. Hubbard, Minister Of Music
at Broadmoor Baptist Church in Jackson.
Holmes County herald., 1963-07-18
Holmes County Al members
rate second IN statewide contest
Livestock judging team No. |;
Nathan MeKie top individual

Holmes County All Club members took high honors
in individual and group contests to place second in the
state in the annual Al Club Conference held at Missis-
sippi State University last week. They competed among
400 club members from ali 81 Mississippi counties.
Holmes County herald., 1963-07-18

HOLMES COUNTY DIXIE SENIOR LEAGUE ALL
STARS. left to right. front row., w. l. .tSonny)
Meek, manager, Eddie Upshaw, Johnny Mack Bur
relI, Weir Kyle, Jr., Don Wynne, and Richard Rcd
Roberts, official umpire and assistant manager; Sc
cond row., Harold Devine, John Wesley Hodges,
Holmes County herald., 1963-07-18

July is Pickles Month. Sill
iy season? Maybe. June was
Fight the Filthy Fly Month.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1963-05-04

janitor. am told that there
was a policy established some
time ago which decreed that
Negroes would be hired for out
side work only, such as post
men. I am further informed,
however, that even this policy
was ultimately discarded and
that no Negro postmen have
been hired in that community
in the last s years.
A 1862 report of the Post Of
flee Department indicates that
out of 1919 of its employees in
Mississippi, only 134 were Ne
groes and only 8 Of them were
above a Grade 4 (4,110) pay
level. Since the population of
that state is almost 500 Ne
gro, this is prima facie evidence
of discrimination.
I am also informed that in
the Meridian, Mississippi Post
Office, l out of 1859 employees
is a Negro and he is employed
at a Grade 8 level ($3,800). Mr..
Amzie Moore, a former presi-
dent of the Cleveland, Missis-
sippi Chapter of the NAACP
and a World War II veteran,
was employed in the Cleveland
Post Office. He worked there
as a janitor for % years, includ-
ing time credited for military
service. He became interested
in Civil Rights activities in 1865.
Thereafter, he had his duty
hours reduced to 16 hours per
week, although another janitor
with 10 years less service and
without veterans preference was
retained full time. The reduc-
ton can be traced directly to
his Civil Rights activities.
This prompts me to urge you
to conduct a full-scale investi-
cation of the employment pat
tern in the entire postal sys-
tenn of Mississippi. l would not
be surprised if the results of
your investigation substantiated
the existence of an employment
policy which is contrary to your
directives
A report of your findings and
corrective action would be ap-
preciated.
Sincerely,
Charles C. Diggs, Jr.
Member of Congress
United States of America
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1963-05-04

ell agreed to drop his famous
Powell Amendments" on the
Presidents supposed promise
that the administration would
vigorously push Negro Civil
Rights in the South. The "Pow-
ell Amendments" calling for the
withholding Of any benefits
arising from proposed legisla-
ton to states still maintaining
segregation has been used effec-
lively by the New York Con-
gresham in many cases to
block or kill proposed legisla-
ton.
Congressman Powell is re-
ported as viewing President
Kennedy's refusal to take the
recommendation from the Civil
Flights Commission as a viola
ton of his supposed promise
to vigorously enforce Negro
Civil Rights in the South.
Congressman Diggs whose
family halls from Mississippi
also is reported as viewing the
Presidents refusal to take the
recommendation of the Civil
Rights Commission as a sign of
weakening on Negro Civil
Rights.
Congressman Charles c.
Diggs, Jr. (D-Michigan) has
opened up a broad attack upon
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1963-05-04
Powell Plans -.

CONTINUED From Page One)
Detroit, has trained their fire
with renewed vigor on the state
Of Mississippi following Presi-
dent Kennedy's rejection of the
u. s. Civil Rights Commission
Recommendation of a few days
ago that federal funds be with
held from Mississippi as q
means Of bringing about full
and immediate recognition Of
Negro civil rights in that state.
Congressman Powell last week
announced the end of a truce or
compromise existing since last
year between himself and Presi-
dent Kennedy under which Pow
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1963-05-04

Negro in this nation"

Negro in this nation"
Sites described in the booklet
include:
In Alabama - Tuskegee In
stitute.
In Illinois - The Du Sable
marker and the Victory Monu-
ment in Chicago.
In Massachusetts - The At
tucks and Shaw monuments in
Boston, the Phillis Wheatley fol-
10 in the Harvard Library in
Cambridge, and Bunker Hill
monument in Charleston.
In Michigan - The Sojourner
Truth grave in Battle Creek.
In Missouri - The Carver
National Monument at Diamond,
Mo-, and the courthouse at the
jefferson National Expansion
Memorial in st. Louis.
In New Hampshire - The
grave Of Amos Fortune at Jaf-
frey.
In New York - The Harriet
Tubman home in Auburn; the
schomburg collection of Negro
Americana in the New York
City Public Library; and the
grave of John Brown at North
Elba.
In Ohio-The home of poet
Paul Laurence Dunbar in Day.
ton.
In Tennessee - The w. c.
Handy Park in Memphis.
In West Virginia - The
Harpers Ferry National Monu-
ment.
In the District of Columbia
The Frederick Douglass home,
the Emancipation statue of Alb
raham Lincoln, and Howard
University.
The booklet was written for
American Oil by Robert H. Ell
lott, former member of the staff
of the Chicago Defender and a
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1963-05-04
the administration of Federal

the administration Of Federal
programs in Mississippi which
discriminate against Negroes.
On April IS, 1868, in kilograms
to the Federal Aviation Agency
and the Interstate Commerce
Commission, he attacked dis
criminatory facilities at airports
and bus and train terminals. To-
day, in a letter to Postmaster
General Day, he asked for a
full-scale investigation of a dis
criminatory employment pattern
in the postal system of that
State. The following is the text
of the letter:
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1963-05-04
Diggs Father -.
Continued From Page One;

of the Negro.
The elder Diggs declared that
the Michigan Democratic have
"too long taken Negro voters
for granted"
He was especially critical of
the Democratic organization in
Wayne County. He pointed out
that not a single Negro holds
a policymaking position in
Wayne County, although Demo-
Gratis have controlled the coun-
ty government for several
years.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1963-05-04
Atty. Gen. -.
(Continuod Eroro pace Nv ol

\SOutuuucu TIom dkc ". 81
cannot be expected indefinitely
to tolerate the injustice which
flow from official and private
racial discrimination in the
United States.
"The troubles we see now, ag-
itation and even bloodshed, will
not compare to what we will see
in a decade from now unless
real progress is made" he said.
But it would be necessary to
eliminate discrimination even if
this threat did not exist, he
said, because 1--WE are commit
ted in the world to the cause
Of freedom"
"The secretary of state has
said the single greatest burden
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1963-05-04
Tourist f..
Continued From Page One

Continued From Page Cne)
Emancipation Proclamation.
The list is far from complete.
A foreword to the publication
says: "Other monuments and in
situations related to Negro A.
mericana are scattered through
out the country. We have done
no more than select some Of
those that seemed most import
ant or to have a unique peril
nence to the proud story of the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1963-05-04

he has to carry in dealings with
ether countries is the manner in
which the American Negro IL
treated by his fellow citizens
and often his own local gov
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1963-05-04

ernment," he said.
The attorney general said he
witnessed the same thing when
he travelled to Asia and Europe
last year.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1963-05-04

winner of the Chicago News
paper Guild Page One award
in 1854. Elliott is now a men,
Der of the company's creative
services staff.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1963-05-04
Honorable J. Edward Day
Postmaster General
Post Office Department

fOSC OIIlce department
Washington 25, D. c.
Dear Mr.. Postmaster:
On a recent trip to Clarksdale,
Mississippi, l encountered COM
plants Of what is obviously q
racial discriminatory employ
ment pattern in the local Post
Office.
1t is alleged that no Negroes
are employed inside of the Post
Office, except in the capacity of
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-12-13
CONNECTICUT RULING
Chanukah, Christmas May Be
Celebrated In Public Schools

attorney general said he had
felt that we should mention
celebrations which presently
take place in our schools on
days or periods which also
have a religious meaning TO
certain groups of our people.
for example. Thanksgiving.
Christmas. Easter. Chanu-
kah. Passover and ST. Pat
rick's day" Concerning these.
he wrote:
''It seems clear that, although
these celebrations may have
had their original impetus in
the religious tenets of a parti-
cular group, they have become
so interviewer with the fabric
of life of all our people that
they are a civic rather than a
religious observance insofar as
our public schools are con-
cerned."
He held that "the fact that
these days or periods may also
have a deep religious Signifi-
canoe to a particular group
does not bar these celebra-
tionS."
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-12-13
SUPER EFFORT IN 1868
Honorary Chairman Alderman
To Head Big Gifts Division

Harold H. Alpert, 1864
United Jewi is h Welfare
Fund chairman, announces
the appointment of Honor
ary Chairman, Johann S.
Ackerman, to head the Ad-
vance Gifts Division for the
annual drive.
Ackerman, who served as
UJWF General Campaign
Chairman in 1868, recently re-
turned from a round world
trip which included visits to
Israel and to special key cities
in Europe, where refugees are
escaping from behind the Iron
Curtain.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-12-13

HARTFORD, Conn. (JTA) =
Connecticut Attorney General
Harold M. Mulvey has ruled
that public schools in the state
must obey a United States Su-
preme Court order against re-
ligious prayers, but he held
also that such holidays as
Christmas, Easter, Chanukah
and Passover could be cele-
brated in the states public
schools.
The attorney general issued
the ruling at the request of
William J. Sanders, the state
d u C ion commissioner
Among other school boards,
that of Norwalk asked for a
specific ruling. While holding
that periods of meditation dur
ing classroom hours were per-
missible, he ruled that neither
the reading of the Bible nor
the recitation of the Lords
Prayer, or any other prayer,
as part of a formal religious
exercise, is permitted"
In his lengthy ruling. the