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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28
DR.. MCCAIN SHOWS
FILMS OF EUROPE TO


Lexington Rotarians and a
number of guests were taken
on an enjoyable, but too
brief trip over Europe at
their weekly luncheon on
Tuesday.
DR.. Charles l.. Mccain,
pastor Of Canton Presbyter-
ian Church, and president
elect of Canton Rotary Club.
showed a number of colored
films made by a friend while
the two were studying in
Edinburgh, Scotland, where
the Canton pastor received
his PhD Degree. no VI er.
The film was made in sew
eral European countries. in
Guiding ENGLAND in addition
to Scotland. Norway. Den
mark, GERMANY, Austria
Switzerland and Czechoslo-
vokia.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28
MRS w. c. B JR.
HEARS NINE. CHANG
KAI-SHEK IN SENATE
Bv Mrs. W. c. Mabry. Jr.

Bv Mrs. w. c. Mabry. Jr.
While visiting in Washing
ton last week I had the pri-
vilege THROUGH the courtesy
of Senator Jim Eastland, of
seeing and hearing Nine
Chang Kai-shek as she de-
livered her historic address to
the U. S Senate.
This was a great occasion
in the Capitol City and every
one that could get passes was
on hand to see the disting-
uished visitor from China.
From the moment she
mounted the rostrum in the
Senate, until an hour later
when she walked down the
aisle on the way out, Mime
Chang Kai-shek. wife of
China's Generalissimo, the
speaker had listeners in the
hollow of her dainty hand.
No visitor has ever had a
greater ovation, and bursts
Of wild applause accented
virtually every statement.
A perfect picture of the
well-dressed Chinese woman,
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electors" offered so far, then he has
nothing in the way of a constructive
platform. These are blind alleys that
lead nowhere.
At the same time it will be re-
membered that Senator McLaurin,
himself q Methodist, was one of the
first people to speak out against the
20 young Methodist ministers in the
state who published a Christian estate
ment of convictions" early this year.
Senator McLaurin was quoted at great
length in the state press criticizing
these ministers, among other things
suggesting local Methodists could
control the situation by Withholding
funds" This principle of economic
intimidation and reprisal so callously
advocated by McIaurin is too wen
known as one of the basic tenets of
The Uftizens' Council doctrine TO merit
further comment. Mr.. McLaurin is a
frequent speaker before Citizens
Council audiences.)
He is also one Of the big wheels"
who went up to Ole Miss, or was sent
up, to represent the Governor on the
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28

campus when Meredith was enrolled
last fall. =
However, we do not believe any
candidates will get political mileage out
of the Oxford crisis - there are too
many citizens throughout the state
who have solemnly vowed to vote a.
gainst any candidate who tries to take
political advantage of that tragic series
Of events. x
And more and more Mississippians
are becoming fed up with our home
grown Hitlers who are determined to
tell us all what to do, say and think,
and try to destroy us if we speak with
out permission.
So Senator McLaurin, and other
candidates as well had better start
thinking up something constructive to
offer Mississippi and her people -
real plan for true progress in every
field of efdeavor = economic, political
education, human relations, health and
public welfare.
We've been fed too much political
pap already and the campaign hasn't
even started.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28

State Senator John McLaurin OF
Rankin County is apparently running
a double-barrelled campaign this year
= to win Democratic election as At
tornev General of Mississippi in Au-
gust, and to place Mississippi in the
"unnledoed elector" class in next years
presidential election.
The Brandon solon has already an
nounced he will try to- unseat State
Attorney General Joe Patterson.
And in a recent appearance be-
fore the Forest Lions Club, McLaurin
urged that Mississippi vote in 1864 for
"unnledged electors" and begin now to
make "an organized effort" to get five
other southern states to also go "un-
pledged" (Mr. McLaurin was CAM
naion manager of the 1860 slate of un-
pledged electors in Mississippi.)
The five states to concentrate on,
according to McLaurin. are Louisiana,
Arkansas. Alabama. South Carolina,
and GEORGIA. These five states and Mis-
sissippi have a total of So electoral
votes.
The proposed plan is the same
n we've been hearing for about
twenty years now (and on occasion
supported until we found out it didn't
work. that is, if no presidential can
didate gets a majority of the electoral
votes, throw the election in the u. s.
House of Representatives where each
state would have the same vote, one
vote each, with 26 votes needed for a
candidate to win.
This plan has never worked before
in our history and there is no reason
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28
THIRTY YEARS ACC

appeared in coart with a
trombone and told the judge
he had stolen the watch, "be-
cause somebody stole my
horn It developed that the
other hoboes would hide his
trombone because he footed
it at all hours Of the night.
They thought it was bad
enough to sleep on the floor
of a waiting room, and not
have to listen to an amateur
trombone player.
The watch was left for the
owner, and the musician was
told to migrate. and take his
horn with him"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28
EDITH WILL
APPEAR ON WJDx
ON r lST

Miss Edith Mcdaniel, pop
ular Lexington organist who
is now a member of the Bel
haven music faculty, will be
heard weekly over Jackson's
WJDX radio from 400 to
4:30 D. m. beginning Sunday,
March 1st.
Her manv friends are in
vited to listen to the pro-
gram.
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7 through The Years
Items of interest from the past taken from eur filA
Of The Lexington Advertiser and The Durant News.
By Ruth B. Flower
TEN YEARS AGO
By Ruth B. Flower

Guests included Ernest Ra-
thell, Jr., Borden Wallace Of
MPL Co., Jackson and visit
ing Rotarian. Bob Clinton of
Durant. Walter Sullivan,
County Agent, was welcomed
back into the clubs member
ship after an absence of some
time.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28

times by the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals. The order issued by
Justice Black was issued with the full
knowledge and concurrence of all other
Justices of the Supreme Court.
Under u system of government
there is no appeal from the orders of
khe Supreme Court of the United
States, it being our constitutional court
of last resort. How could there be any
ejudicial processes beyond the final
prOn0uncement of the Supreme Court
of the United States?
Tt has been urged that since Gov.
Rarnett was not a party to the original
sl1it. he should have been made a party
defendant and given his day in court.
According to this theory he would then
have been able to get an adjudication
as to the validity of his "~interuosition"
proclamation. The fallacy of this argu-
ment is that bv virtue of the Consti-
tuition of the State of Mississippi the
governor was neither a proner nor a
necessary party to any action invol-
wing the admission of a student to the
University. The sole power to admit or
denv admissions to students is vested
in the Board of Trustees of State In
stitutions of Higher Learning. as ac-
knowledged bv the governor himself.
The onlv defense he wanted to assert
was "in~terposition." The "interposi-
tion" doctrine had already been de-
clared nv the Supreme Court of the
Unified States to he "fi1Ieoal defiance of
constitutional authority"
Governor Barnett could have or
dered the closing of the University of
Mississinni. Section 213B of the Mis-
s~issinni Constitution and Section 6232-
21 of the Mississippi Code of 1912 DUR
port to grant the governor such autho.
ritv. Governor Barnett did not choose
to order the University closed.
Were the series of proclamatiOns
and executive orders issued by the
governor in his attempt to block the
admission of Meredith a u~surpation of
powers nnt granted him bv the cOnsti-
Hrtion of his own state and expressly
denied him? Was his status that of
an interIoper meddling into the affairs
of a great university in violation of
Mississippi's Constitution? He was
charged by the Southern Association
of Colleges with such political inter-
ference in the affairs of the univer-
sity. In his letter of October 25th to
the Association, Governor Barnett said
g. . all statutory and constitutional
authority for operating the state insti-
tutiOns of higher learning in Missis-
sinpi is in the hands of the duIv ap-
pointed members of the Board of Trus-
tees of State Institutions of Higher
Learning"
In the ultimate analysis, can any
defense he made for a public official
who publicly proposes to defy the fed
eral courts? Such defiance is what set
into motion the sequence of events
That led to the Oxford riots.
That innocent blood was shed was
not the fault of the President, the fed
eral courts, the attorney general or
Chief Marshal James P. McShane. Tt
was the price of defiance.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28
One Way Or Freewuy?

Governor Ross Barnett's appear
ance before the Harvard Law School
Forum this month has been cited as
a contribution to American democracy.
Forum Director David Berfnan
wrote the Governor his appearance at
Harvard was can invaluable service to
American Democracy, which in the
long run depends for its vitality on
the free interchange of ideas"
Mississippi's Governor went to
Massachusetts where he was given
every courtesy, even royal treatment.
Included was a call at the State House
upon Governor Fndicott Peabody where
he met other state officials, including
Massachusetts ATTORNEY General Ed
ward w. Brooke, a Negro.
Barnett extended the usual p e
invitation Southerners are wont to ex-
TEND - to come down and visit him in
The mansion.
Now the Bay State ATTORNEY Cen
eral has publicly said of the invita-
ton: s'This. of course. was a gracious
gesture and though I don't want to
IN e ungratefu1, nevertheless, I
would much prefer an invitation from
Governor Barnett to visit the campu
of the University of Mississippi and
there sneak in defense of government
fo nrotect him in the exercise of that
right"
SO the Massachusetts official wants
to sneak in Wississippi.
This is not surprising.
If W~ississinpians are going to take
The case of the South ~(seorepation|
FL the North - then The North NAV
be expected to want to state the ease
for inteoration in the Magnolia State
- in a real Interchange Of ideas In
The normal democratic concert of a
free society. The only surprising thing
is that some of the messages from
Mississippi" haven't prompted a de-
mand for "equal time and billing" long
before this.
Frankly we doubt General Brooke
seriously expects an invitation from
Governor Barnett to. speak at Ole Miss,
where every speaker has to be screened
and even a u. S. Supreme Court JUS
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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28
Pickens Man Promoted To Colonel

After being promoted to
Colonel, James L. Ingram
(right) of Pickens, receives
the silver eagle denoting his
new rank from Colonel A.
Vickoren. Third U. S. Army
surgeon, in recent cere-
monies at Fort Mcpherson,
Georgia.
Colonel Ingram, chief of
the Medical Supply and
Claims Division. Medical
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28
TRANSIENT TRoMBoNnST
REPORTED IN CANTON

The following article from
the Madison County Herald
in Canton will be of interest
to Lexington readers, who re-
member the visit of the tin
Grant musician here, who
serenaded many business
houses and stores during his
sojourn.
The item read: IA hobo
was arrested for stealing a
watch from a fellow knight
OF the road, while he and
others were sleeping in the
Canton depot. The prisoner
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28

The political leaders of Mississippi
who led the people to the tragedy at
Oxford have evidenced no repentance.
shame or remorse. Instead, they used
the executive, legislative and judicial
agencies of the state government to
place the blame on the President of the
United States. the federal courts, the
attornev general, and Chief Marshal
James P. McShane.
Edwin A. Walker, the former gen.
eral accused of leading rioters, has been
eulogized on the floor of the state
legislature. and was permitted to ad-
dress the legislature at a time when
he stood charged with insurrection,
conspiracy and sedition against his
country.
The powers exercised by the Presi-
dent of the United States were eyer-
cised not by choice, but from necessity.
It was his duty, as it has been the duty
of presidents from the time of George
Washington, to see that the DEGREES of
the court are complied with. In the
absence of maintenance of peace and
order bv the state, it became the duty
of the President to see that order was
maintained. AS a matter Of fact, the
riot was underway, two human lives
had already been taken, scores had
been injured, and property had been
damaged, before the federal troops ap-
peared on the university campus or in
the city of Oxford. Had they not come
when they did. the carnage would have
been worse.
The federal courts without excep-
ton have been denounced as "puppet
courts" bv a resolution of the state
Senate. The Kennedy administration
has been accused of having appointed
little men to the judiciary"
These uniustified attacks on the
Integrity of our federal courts are IN
attack on the entire United States
Senate, UPON our Mississippi senators,
and particularly upon Senator James
o. Eastland. AS chairman of the power
ful Judiciary Committee of the Senate
he has personally been responsible for
the recommendation and appointment
of federal Judges. Are we to believe
that our senators would vote to ap
point "1ittle men?"
We can be proud of our Missis-
sippi federal judges. Although as Ia
tive Mississippians they may disagree
with decisions of the United States
Supreme Court in civil rights cases,
they recognize that the decisions of
The Supreme Court of the United
States are the claw of the land" and
that they are bound thereby. Contrast
their conduct with the Incorporate ut
Herances of some of our state judges.
Which are the little men?"
The claim that the attorney gen.
eral precipitated the riot because he
was unwilling "to await the compile
ton of judicial processes" is directly
at variance with the facts. Meredith
first filed suit for admission to the
University of Mississippi on May 81,
1861. Between that date and Septem-
Der 10, 1862, myriad phases Of the
Meredith case had been heard by the
United States District Court, and three
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Section, entered the Army in
1arch, 1871 and was last sta
Toned in France. The 40
year-old officer, son of Mrs.
c.. H Ingram and the late
DR.. Ingram of Pickens was
graduated from Pickens High
School in 1881 and from the
University of Mississippi, at
Oxford in 1885. He is a mem
Der of Kappa Sigma fra
'ernity.
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edaoM's'a Page
Massachusetts, And Mississippi - Contrast

Cambridge police protected him, and
the Harvard police surrounding Memo
rial Hall prevented the thousand ticket
holders who were refused admission
from suffering any greater harm thar
disappointment.
Governor Barnett's party in
cluded several Southern newsmen, who
received every courtesy shown the
Governor and his family. They were
invited to dinner at the Faculty Club,
shared his excellent Boston accomoda-
tions. and enjoyed complete freedom
of movement.
"In public, the Governor was
allowed to express himself unhamper-
ed, on the dangers he sees facing state
sovereignty. In private. at the Faculty
Club reception. for Forum members
following his address. his assertions of
racial differences were respectfully
received. If not accepted.
"Governor Barnett invited his au-
dience to visit Mississippi. Whether
The representatives and people Of Mis-
sissippi would receive with equal hospi-
talitv someone as r%epuonant in thonoht
and act to them as was Governor Bar
nett to MANY of his hosts here = some
one as wi11fnl in defending human
equality as Governor Rarnett in at
Fackinp IT. - is a question to wonder
about. From the loss Of life in Snntem-
her in Oxford. and The retroorade ar
rocance Of Governor Rarnntt's nraise
Of Neoro humility. one ensnacfs fhe
~taneuver tn +he nunsfjon is Mo- Rnt Mis-.
eeiesinni will have a rhancn r. answnr
this o11astion aoain. and aGain. and
aoafn. This visit sho11ld show Governor
Rarnett how it could be answered
Yes"
IF M~ississipnians were forced to
answer The Crimson's question. we
would have to admit that no person
advocating intepration of the races
from Massachusetts or anywhere else
would be allowed to sneak. on the cam-
mus of any of our state schools and
COLLEGES = and probaly not anywhere
else in the, state.
Yet Harvard permitted Governor
Barnett to air his views freely. un-
popular though they were with the
vast majority of those who heard him.
Therein lies a dramatic contrast
between Massachusetts and Missis-
sippi.
One wonders how much longer
Mississippi will be able to hold TO a
n way approach on controversial
questions - how much longer It will
be before the "right to dissent" is
recognized as an honorable one in the
Magnolia State.
One wonders indeed If our cone
way" will ever become a "freeway'' Of
thought and expression. in the normal
manner enjoyed by other Americans.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-02-28
The Oxford Disaster -.
Price OF Defiance: The Law OF The Land

This is the fourth of five articles written by State Representative Karl
Wiesehburg of Jackson County on the Ole Miss desegregation crisis. The
which was first published in The Chronicle, Pascagoula, Miss,
will be of great interest and value to our readers in helping them to
understand the legal background of events at Oxford. Rep. Wiesenburg
is an able legal scholar and We believe he has performed a notable public
service in writing this series. We are happy to be able to publish i)
The Editor a4
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to believe it would be successful in
1864.
Mr.. McLaurin is fitting at wind
mills and the sooner he and others who
think like him begin to face reality the
better off the whole state will be.
The obvious facts are: 1. We will
elect a Democrat or a Republican as
president in 1864. 2. Barring providen-
tial hindrance the Democratic candidate
will be President John F. Kennedy. 8.
And if the same p~rovidential inter-
ference does not occur, the Republican
candidate will he New York Governor
Nelson Rockefeller. a. Most Of the Deep
South states by that time will face the
nolitical facts Of life realistically, ra-
fher than emotionallv as at present,
snd will cast their vote for the Presi-
dent. 5. And President Kennedy will
be e'ncted for a second term.
The majority Of Southerners will
vote for President Kennedy's reelection
because he will be The more conserva-
tive of the two candidates offered.
And Senator Barry Goldwater?
He will be running for reelection
as senator from Arizona - and may
have a tough time winning against a
strong Democratic opponent.
In Mississippi we have thrown a.
way u votes so often in the past. We
hope this will not be the case in 1864.
If Senator McLaurih doesn't have
something better in his campaign than
the 'hate Kennedy" and "unpledged
CONTINUED in right hand column)
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The Lexington Advertiser
Thursday, Feb. IS, 1868

Hazel Brannon mith---Edit and Publisher
Established In 1887 Published Every Thursday
Subscription Rates: Anywhere WI in Holmes County
$500 per year; Outside Holmes County $3.50 per year.
Entered as second class matter at the P6st Office
at Lexington, Mississippi.
The Sidney herald., 1963-08-28
Cherry Creek

Mrs. Don Anderson and son,
Michael from Stevensville,
Mont, arrived for a weeks
visit at the Arthur Anderson
home.
MIR. and Mrs. Leo O'Connor,
Barbie Ruffatto, Larry Craven
and Dick O'Connor were Sum
day afternoon visitors at the
Aldo Zoanni home.
MIR. and Mrs. Knut Hover
stem and Janet, Mr.. and Mrs.
Norman Nell and son Craig
were Sunday dinner guests Ut
Mr.. and Mrs. David Anderson
Cherry Creek School started
its new term on August 26th
Mr.. Nell and Mr.. VanVleet
are teachers again this year.
Sunday evening visitors a
the Aldo Zoanni home were
Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Palmer anC
children.
Visitors at the Glenn Ander
son home Sunday were Milo
Lars and John Borg, RolanC
Ludlow and Gloria BuX'baum
Margie and Rodney Lemieu1
of CulbertSon were overnigh
guests Tuesday of the Al Zoan
nj children and attended tn
fair ait Sidney with them.
Mrs. Myrtle Fisher and Cath.
Schrnitz of Sidney visited Wed
nesday afternoon at the Do
ZOanni home.
The Sidney herald., 1963-08-28

and Mrs. Albert Sutton. The
SuttonS moved recently from
Forsythe to Plentywood where
Rev. Sutton is pastor at the
Assembly of God church there.
Dale Merlin of Billings was
a weekend guest of his mother
and father-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ruben Brown.
Over night guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charley Gidley Wednes-
day were their grandson, Mr..
and Mrs. Melvin Gidley and
four children from Tacoma,
Wn. On Thursday the Wash
ington visitors called on Mr..
and Mrs. Johnnie Johnston and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Peterson
and Warren of Miles City were
overnight guests Monday, Aug
ust 19 in the home of her par
ents, MIR. and Mrs. Verne Sto-
ker. Their daughter, Sue, who
has spent the summer with her
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs.
Andy Lee, returned to Miles
City with them on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Boje had
as recent dinner guests, his
nephew, MIR. and Mrs. Dick
| Dershied and five children OF
Clarion, Iowa.
MIR. and Mrs. Forrest Boles
of Seattle, Wn., visited rela-
tiveS in Circle, Richey and
| Sidney a few days before go.
ing on to Germany. They lef
Wednesday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Coutt!
and Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Cul
yer visited Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell Culver and family of Ba
ker over the weekend.
MIR. and Mrs. Carl Holm lef
Sunday afternoon for Sprin
Lake School where Mrs. Holm
has accepted a teaching posi-
f. tion for this school term.
Robert Eggebrecht, Jr., Ar
: den Schwartz, Raymond Rails
Mike Gibson and Gust Neumil
ler returned Saturday from
tour of the Black Hills in s
Oak.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Munph.
had as guests last week he
, father, August Koepke of Glen
, dive and her sister, Mr.. an
Mrs. Donald King of Billings
5 "Wednesday overnight guest
: of MIR. and Mrs. w. Murph
were her siSter-in-law, Mrs
3 David Murphy and five child
: rem from Great Falls.
Weekend guests of Mr..
/ Christine Bitterness were he
; nephew, Mr.. and Mrs. Mer
nap Eggum of ST. Paul.
/ Mrs. Gladys Volbrecht LEI
Friday for Missoula where sh
5 attended the wedding of he
nephew, Delbert Volbrecht.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Ieh
/. of Glendive were Thursda
a visitors in the homes of MI
: and Mrs. Otis Waters and MI
! and Mrs. John Deeney.
S Weekend guests of Mr.. an
$ Mrs. John Unruh were he
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Suth
, erland and daughters, jamie
and Linda from Denver, Col
orado.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Well
and three children of Dee
/ Lodge stopped for a short visi
2 with Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie
!. Gidley ON Friday.