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, 1963-11-06
RED CROSS SENDS HELP 10 HAITI


Washington, DC, Fifty thousand family packets of
assorted vegetable table garden seeds aresbeng rushed
by the American Red Cross to help head off widespread
hunger this winter in the disaster areas of the southern
peninsula.
Theses seeds areurgently neededto restore normal
food supplies which were destroyed by Hurricane Flora,
Robert Pierpont, deputy national director Of R d-
zaster services. reported by telephone to National Head
quarters.
MI. Pierpont, who has been in the disaster area since
October Z, said many of the victims will be totally de-
pendent on outside relief and will have no means Of
helping themselves unless they can plant and harvest
anew crop.
At the present time, many of the people are living
on seed beans which were set aside for the next seasons
crop and on fruit gathered before the storm.
The Red Cross packets contain. envelopes Of beans,
cabbage, corn, tomatoes and onion seeds, enough for a
5family-size garden. The U. S. Navy, which is transport.
ing relief supplies to the stricken area by ship or heli-
Hccpter, will fly the seeds to Haiti and will assist in dis
~tributing them to the villages.
The seeds are valued at $4,000. Wednesday q US.
Navy plane delivered 10000 pounds 81 canned foods and.
large quantities of medicine to Haiti for the American.
Red Cross. Earlier, Red Cross sent 1,125 blankets for
use in the hospitals. Assistance in meeting other needs
will be provided as soon as specific requirements are.
determined.
, 1963-11-06
GOVERNMENT OF
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
Christiansted. ST. Croix
GOVERNMENT OF
Christiansted. st. Croix

Department Of Property & Procurement
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS
ST. JOHN, VIRGIN ISLANDS
, 1963-11-06

GOVERNMENT OF
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
Charlotte Amalie. ST. Thomas
Department Of Property & Procurement
ALL FOR BIDS
Sealed bids. in quintuplicate, will be received at the De-
Department of Property & Procurement, Division of Procure
ment, Christiansteds st. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands until
100 Am. November 8. 1868.
WATER TANK RUCKS
OFFICE EQUIPMENT
The Government reserves the right to reject any or all
bids, to waive any infornality in bids, and unless otherwise
specified by the Government or by the bidder, to accept any
item in the bid.
Copies of Invitation to bid may be obtained from the Division
of Procurement, Christiansted, ST. Croix, US. Virgin Islands.
A. G. ANDREWS
Deputy Commissioner
6-7-8 ftIfI
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FOREIGN TRADE BOOSTS
A PORT ACTIVITY

The development of the
ports of Mississippi is amin
portant phase in the indus
trial and economic develop
ment of the stafe. Mississippi
has always been active in
world commerce, and there is
every indication that this
foreign trade will become Inv
creasingly important in the
years to come. ft
Mississippfs plans for IN
creased world trade, however,
are not confined to
America. Ships from all over
the world come into Missis-
sippiss deep water ports at
Pasca g.oula and Gulfport
every day. In addition to her
deep water ports on the Gulf.
Mississippi has three very
important port cities on the
Mississippi River Natchez,
v;cksburg. and Greenville.
Other river port facilities are
in the planning stagene ;
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-15
LETTERS TO EDITOR

To The Lexington Advertiser:
In the 1860 Presidential
race Charles S. Sullivan ran
in Texas on the Constitution
Party. The platform Of that
Party included the Repeal Of
the Federal Income. Tax and
Social Security Mr.. Sullivan
sought to repudiate the plat
form, but one who accepts a
party's nomination cannot do
this. He is thoroughly COM
mitted to it, and this lines
him up in his thinking with
the John Birch Society. Such
a person is not fit to be
Governor of Mississippi, now
or at ony future time, in my
opinion.
1t. Gov. Paul B. johnson,
Jr., sought unsuccessfully to
get the Liberty Amendment
through the Legislature and
failed because former Gov.
J. P. Coleman voted against
it. The Liberty Amendment
is in favor of the Repeal of
the Federal Income Tax and
Social Security. This type Of
thinking is along the line of
the John Birch Society. The
people can very we'll deter
mine for themselves whether
Mr.. Johnson is fit for the
job of governor. We do not
believe that his political
thinking along this line
would be helpful to the peo-
pie Of Mississippi.
The Federal Income Tax
serves a very useful purpose
in helping finance the gov
eminent. There is no geed
reason why those who enjoy
the benefits and protection
of the government should
not contribute to its support.
if they are able to do so. He
IS I very sorry citizen. who
wants to get all he can from
the government and contri-
butte nothing in return. In
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-15
MRS. oRIDGE GIVES
HOSPITAL REPORT
At ROTARY MEET

"We cared for 736 patients
with a total of 4,432 patient
days during 1912 at the Hol-
mes County Community Hos
pital", said Mrs johnnie
bridge, superintendent. in an
address before the Lexington
Rotary Club Friday at a re-
gular meeting.
Mrs. bridges address was
in the form of a report of the,
work and progress of the
Community Hospital. an in
stitntions which is a source
of pride to all Holmes Coun-l
ty citizens.
Housed in a modern brick
building with a capacity Of
Is beds, and six bassinets,
the hospital cares for both
white and colored citizens.
There were 83 births on re-
cord in 1912.
Explaining the setup, the
speaker said the hospital is
governed by a board of five
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-15

per machine.
Two types of voting machines are
now on the market, electric and an
ual, the latter fused by Adams) cost
ing about 500 less. Both work identi-
cally as far as vote recording is con-
cerned with the total vote for each cam
didate being recorded automatically
and available as soon as the polls are
closed. All the election officials do is
unlock the back of the machine, read
and record the results. The machines
may be bought by municipalities or
counties on time.
Use of the machines is not con-
fined to party primaries. They may be
used in municipal elections and IN spe-
cial elections of all kinds, especially in
bond elections, as pointed out by Ken
meth Toler in his Sunday column in The
CommerciaLAppeal.
Using the formula of one machine
for each 300 voters in Holmes County,
ut would cost only $4,000 to purchase
thirteen machines needed on the basis
of the August 9Th vote. Practically
speaking, possibly an additional four
to six machines would be wanted to
accommodate the geographic division
of the county. In addition further m
s~olidation of some precincts would be
helpful.
The Advertiser feels the expendi-
ture of $20-3O,OO0 for voting machines
would be a wise one and the machines
would meet with as universal approval
in Holmes as they have in Adams
County.
We commend this proposition
heartily to u Board of Supervisors.
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TWENTY YEARS AGO

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trustees, one from each Beat
in the county. The president
of the Board of Supervisors
is an ex-officio member. The
medical staff is composed of
all licensed physicians in the
county who are in good stand
ing with the State Medical
Association.
"The laboratory is making
a not too rapid, but steady
growth. "We re equipped
toltype blood and give blood
transfusions, and recently a
patient living in a larger
town, unable to offer this
type of service was treated
here"
."sWe are grateful to Mr..
Ephraim Cohen and his sis
ters for a large plate glass
window and door in the nur-i
sery.f
"Two memorial rooms were
recently furnished in wood
furniture, one honoring DR..
r. M. Stephenson. and. the
other by Mrs. R. E. Wilburn
in memory of her husband.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-15

rains - increases efficiency
of both labor and machinery.
Land leveling promotes un-
iformity of crop production
and maturity. This facilitates
harvesting Land leveling per
mits uniform distribution of
irrigation water and pro-
notes the fullest crop use of
the water.
But Soil Conservation Ser
vice technicians warn that
correct land leveling requires
careful planning Farmers can
obtain engineering assistance
from the Sos in planning
land leveling. And they can
qualify for. soil conservation
payments with the Asses in
their county.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-15

this class are those who are
for the passage of the Liberty
Amendment. r'u
Social Security is a great
blessing to many of our peo-
Pile, 1t helps to do. away with
poverty, which is a great
curse to mankind.
Former Gov. Coleman is to
be strongly commended for
helping to defeat the Liberty
Amendment. 1t took great
moral courage for him to do
so. His action shows that he
does-notlean toward the
John Birch Society.
In our opinion, Mr.. Cole
mans leadership is the very
best of those seeking cleo
ton for Governor. Besides
being a man of very sound
judgement, and being well
balanced mentolly, like the
late Senator j. S. George, he
possesses a profound know
ledpe of Constitutional Law.
and has about 80 years of eff
ficient serving successfully
the people of his state in
many. important public offic-
es, including the one he seeks
again now. The people OF
Mississippi have never turned
down Mr.. Coleman in his bid
for public office in the past,
and We do not believe that
they will do so this time.
Another thing about Mr.
Colemanxworth noting is that
his private life is above re-
proach. He is indeed q wor-
thy man in every respect, in
Guiding both morals and re-
ligion.. Efforts to discrddit
him alone anv lines for anv'
reason whatever are entirely
and completely groundless
Such a course of action is Of
ten pursued in politics to the
disredit Of those who do it.
B. J. DODSON
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-15
WEATHER CONDITIONING
CATTLE

The prevailing hot weather
has brought suggestions from
livestock authorities for inn
proving the environment of
animals on feed as a means
of increasing gains in weight
and reducing feeding costs.
Livestock specialists say that
several management practices
can increase summer feeding
profits simply by making
animals /, more. comfortable,
with the proper use of shade
air movement. water-and
feed. The location of feeding
oparationssneaf naturaE shade
helps to improve gains and
increase eedseffieiency. e
II natural shade is not
available. the operator can
improvise shade with wire
and straw. or galvanized
sheets or boards which costs
less and gives results equal
to or better than shade con-
structed of moro costly ma
terials, the specialists claim.
Livestock consume more
water and feed. and make
faster gains if water is kept
around SIS degrees. This can
be accomplished by using
small size tanks4that till more
often. Water pipes should be
nlaced deep underground to
keep them eoolaA q
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Capitol
News
THREE NEW INDUSTRIES
IN ONE DAY SEEN AS
EVIDENCE OF
BY HEBER LADNER
Secretary OF State

~
The office of Governor
Ross Barnett recently an
tnounced three stable new
industries in three parts
of the state - to add yet, an
other boost to MississippIs
$50" program of develop
ment.
"A ten-million-dolla Dia-
mond National Plant at Nat
chez will employ 200-250
people. and manufacture
moulded paper cartons tas
for eggs, meats, etc., A $780,
600 Kruger Metals project
in Tupelo will employ 200
and manufacture fold nkg
chairs. Kruger will manu-
facture q haHrmillion chairs
a year in its northeast Mis-
sissippi plant. "A quarter
million dollar egg grading
facility at Collins will en-
ploy so people and add an
other facet to that southwest
Mississippi egg center.
We are on the 60. We have
the. economic climate. the
friendly people, the favor
able laws - in short, all the
INGREDIENTS that will create a
dynamic economic attraction
to progressive-minded indus
trialists.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-15
Cost: $1e,500
Voting Machines Needed In Holmes

Holmes County voters differed on
whom to support for governor, but
there was one point on which all agreed
at the close of the Democratic Pri-
mary Tuesday:
Mississippi needs voting machines
especially in the more populous areas
Of the state.
Here in Holmes County election
workers in most of the county's four
teen precincts worked very late to get
a report after putting in an 11-hour
day in the gruelling August heat. In
Durant it was about 800 a. m. before
the 716-vote was completed. In Lex
ington, where LAO votes were cast,
it was after 900 the next morning
before the count was ready. At Tchula
(4O6 votes) it was nearly midnight.
1t should be noted at the same
time that the Holmes ballot was much
shorter than usual with five county
wide offices and five or more beat Of
fees not being listed because of a lack
of competition.
BY contrast, down in Adams
County, where they have voting ma
chimes, the vote count was completed
before 800 p. m. Adams County,
famous for Natchez and beautiful ante
bellum homes alongside an ever-grow-
ing industrial complex, polled 6,47O
votes.
A call to Circuit Clerk A. Y. Davis
revealed that thirty machines in the
IL precincts of Adams County were
used to record the 6,470-vote. One
machine is needed roughly for each
three hundred voters, Mr.. Davis told
The Reporter. The cost is about $500
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-15
PICKENS MAN NAMED
AIRMAN-OE.IHE WEEK

The following story ap-
peared in an Official Air
Force newspaper, printed at
Brady Air Force Base, Kyu-
shu, Japan:
This weeks honor Of Air
man of the Week goes to
S/Sgt.. Robert Hanna, of the
Air Police Squadron. Sgt.
Hanna, a native Of Pickens,
attended high school there,
with two years at Holmes
Junior college at Goodman:
SGT. Hanna joined the Air
Force in 1850 at Sheppard
Field. Texas, where he re-
ceived basic training. He has
served in the Philippines and
Japan and plans to- re-enter
college upon completion of
his assignment in the Air
Force"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-15
FAMILY REUNION HELD
At G r RAIIEY.HNME

FAMILY REUNION HELD
AT C.. +. BAILEY HOME
A family reunion was en-
joyed at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. T. Bailey last Sunday
that was greatly enjoyed, as
the la was spent in happy
"reminiscences as nwell as an
old fashioned dinner that
was served lat the noon hour.
In the list of guests were Mr..
and Mrs. Claude Bailey, Mr..
and Mrs. o. T. Williams, Mr..
and Mrs T.. Ware, and fam
ly, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w.
Bailey and Miss Nadia Eakin
of Friars Point.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-08-15

In its interest in the pro-
motion of world trade, the
A & l Board has worked
with the U. S. Department of
Commerce, the Mississippi
World Trade Council, and
with the governors special
committee on Latin Ameri-
can Affairs to encourage in
creased interest e in foreign
trade
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9nrsssua Il,

a
ly done our small part to lay that
American tragedy at the doorsteps on
which it belongs, that of John F. and
Robert F. Kennedy.
We remember expressing our adj
miration for Governor Ross Barnetts
stand, and we still think it was mag
nificent right up to the point where
he failed to go to Ole Miss himself to
keep things under control while drama
tizing, as he did so well, the position
of Mississippi's people.
But we have always maintained
that any credit accruing to Barnett out
OF those tragic events, shouldn't mis-
takenly be deposited to- the political
account of Paul Johnson. o.
Johnson danced his jig with Mere
dith and McShane at a time when he
couldn't possibly have done anything
else. AS Charles Sullivan and Coleman
both pointed out during the first pri-
mary campaign, a second Negro n
tered the University of Mississippi
law school recently and Paul Johnson
was nowhere in sight. -
Mr.. Coleman's bald promise that
he can insure continued racial peace
and segregation in Mississippi We felt
in the first primary campaign was i'll
advised and we still believe it to be so.
But we also believe that he will be
more capable of fulfilling that promise
than Paul Johnson.
There are other reasons J. p.
Coleman should be sent back to the
governors office. His skill as an adj
ministrator, his ability as a champion
for Mississippi causes while he held
that office, his reputation for making
hard decisions unflinchingly, are some
of them. = " Vi 37~
Meanwhile. it is beginning to ap-
pear that if the entire story of why
Mr.. Sullivan withdrew at the last
moment his support of Coleman ever
comes out it will make Johnson's pre-
v1OuS campaign tactics look ike Boy
Scout pranks.
And there have been some under
handed developments coming from
JohnsOn's side of the aisle.
Mr.. Johnson beat himself in 1866
by calling Mr.. Coleman. a draft dodger.
He's limited at even more malicious tao
ties in this campaign. -
Can a man who resorts to such
tactics in a campaign change after he
reaches the governors office and con-
duct the peoples affairs the way they
want them conducted?
The answer should be simple.
aH wr'a (T.W.)
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Lieutenant Governor Paul Johnson
has asked for the support IF al! Sulli-
van voters.
Former Governor J. P. Coleman
has asked for the support of the people
of Mississippi.
Therein lies an indication of the
essential difference between the two
remaining candidates for the highest
political office in Mississippi.
The Commonwealth supported in
the first primary the candidacy Of
Charles L. Sullivan, believing that he
would have made Mississippi one of it's
greatest governors. We are still Of that
opinion and we certainly hope that
Mississippi hasn't lost the example of
his fortnight approach to state prob
lens.
In the meantime a choice must be
made between Johnson and Coleman.
Our choice is Coleman.
We have no quarrel at all with
those Sullivan supporters who now
wish to switch to Johnson, nor those
Johnson people who voted their con-
v~ictions on Tuesday. A mans secret
ballot is his most precious right in this
America we all love. SHa 2sa
But it is also a right, in this case
a duty, for citizens to express their
choice and the reasons for it.
First, as the Commonwealth point
ed out repeatedly ever while support
ing Mr.. Sullivan, Mr.. Coleman made
Mississippi one of it's finest governors
from 1860. s7
Second, Mr.. Coleman has admitted
that he made a mistake in supporting
the election Of John F. Kennedy in
1860. Over 100000 Mississippians
made the same mistake that year.
But Coleman did take a stand.
Like Sullivan he made a choice and
let that choice be known at a time
when the direction the political winds
might blow later was unknown. 2~"
Before the Ole Miss : Meredith
crisis, we remember remarking that
Sullivan and Coleman could beat Mr..
Johnson to death in the first primary 9
campaign just ended. @aT + enHr
y 81 was here" Sullivan could have
said. ~ sf 30 znd
7esff Il was there" Coleman could have
said. ~ M asEfsiou @@bshl- go
"But where in the world was little
Paul." both might have chcrused.
Of course, the Meredith crisis
changed that. 1t was an event that
couldn't have been forseen by any poll
tician in 1860. We have since, editorial
sTf4fsrtsf - Es~t
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& YEARS AGO
JET PILOT ESCAPES
INJURY IN PIcKENS.
PARAcHUTES no SAFETY

pARAcHuTEs TO SAFETY
zA-Navy jet pilot parachut-
ed to safety northwest of
Pickens about five O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon, but the
E9F jet plane he was flying
was completely demolished.
The pilot of the plant was
LIT. Commander Ray Hawkins
a member Of the famous
Blue Angels" flying team
which, according to reports,
had recently stunted over
Europe. Commander Hawkins
was flying the new ship from
the factory.
He was carried by a High
way Patrolman to Jackson
Municipal Airport, and later
to- Memphis for a scheckup
by the Flight Surgeon there.
The pilots home base was
not disclosed by officials.
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hississippi's Progress Under The Democrats

had been in progress on the campus
for several hours. The State Legisla-
tive Investigating Committees own
report brought this fact out clearly.
The people on the campus and in Ok
ford were mighty glad to see those
troops come marching in. 1t is interests
ing to note, in this connection, that
Coleman led the ballot in Lafayette
County, home of Oxford and the Uni
versity. Evidently the people of that
area were not impressed with the way
the crisis was handled by Barnett and
Johnson. (Jo hnson ran third. )ia1fe q
But the handling of racial affairs
and civil rights matters are only part
of the overall relationship Of Missis-
sippi with the Federal government and
the Kennedys'. We should not lose
sight of this in our anger and frustra-
ton.
Virtually all of Mississippi's mar
velous progress, economic and other
wise. has been under a Democratic adj
ministratiOn, the same as the rest of
the South, much of it under Mr.. Ken
nedy. lte1f Voc ssf
Besides, we can get the U. S. gov
eminent out of Mississippi any time
we choose. All we have to do is stop
taking that Federal money to the tune
of about $3.50 million each YEAR!
AS for the second point, the con-
~tinuance of segregation, Lieutenant
Governor Johnson has been quick to
say Coleman cannot deliver on this
promise and has, in fact, inferred that
Coleman is lying to the people by even
saying he intends to maintain segrega-
ton and racial peace This is a tacit
admission from Mr.. Johnson that racial
conditions are not going to remain the
same in Mississippi, that change Is
coming in spite Of the about efforts
of the Barnett administration and the
Citizens Councils. 80 g
(SOme or our own critics nave
wanted to destroy us because we have
been trying to tell them the same
thing in the past. printing the truth in
order to prepare for the changes we
know to be inevitable. asaSf
We do not understand how some
critics Of the former Governor can
actually condemn Coleman for saying
he is going to preserve segregation and
racial peace, things they surely favor,
and loudly support johnson, Who says
it cannot be done. ifs'nss'a #7K 50
Looks as if all staunch segre9a-
tionists would welcome the fopb6ttiuhi-
tv to take d chance On Coleman .
since as governor He successfully de-
Tended segregation FOR FOUR years {.
while johnson and Governor Barnett
have already failed.