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$.$F> LEXINGTON, MISSISSIPPI, MAY 2, 1919 VOL. 81—No. 47 $1 JO PER YEAR R. A. Montgomery for the Legislature Another tried and true and dependable citizen of Holmes county has been pre vailed upon to offer his services in the present crisis in the affairs of our beloved state, in the person of Hon. R. A. Mont gomery. Upon the earnest and insistent solicitation of friends and voters from every part of Holmes county he has de cided to subordinate his personal predi lections and interest! to the public good! and has authorized The Advertiser to an nounce his candidacy for member of the legislature, aubject to the action of the Democratic voters in the primary elec tions to be held in August of the current year. He enters the contest with e full realization of the grave responsibilities that an election to the next legislature will entail. The coming session will be one of hard work and will require the best thought and statesmanship that the various counties of the state can muster to meet the perplexing problems that now confront the state. There are questions of finance and of other matters of vital public policy to be settled in order to place the state on a safe basis, state's present predicament is partly due to legislative inefficiency in the past and the passage of laws that prove detri mental to progress and advancement. There are altogether too many laws on the statute books now, and the member of the legislature who secures the repeal of vicious enactments docs his constit uency much better service than the one who is "ever and eternally" trying to add more laws to the statute books in the hope of having hip name go "thundering down the corridors of time" as the author of this or that measure. Mr. Montgom ery is no novice in the legislative game, having served in the 1912 and 1914 ses sions. He made a record there to which he invites the closest and most searching scrutiny and investigation. He did his very best to serve his constituency and the state and has no apology whatever to offer for any action he took or vote he cast. He feels confidently certain that his record, when closely examined, will meet the hearty approval of all fairmind ed people. The published proceedings of the 1912 and 1914 sessions of the Missis sippi legislature show that R. A. Mont gomery missed very few roll calls. It is manifestly impossible for a member to be present at every meeting, a s com mittee assignments or other public duties may require his presence elsewhere. The occasions he was absent on a visit home or on purely personal matters were very few indeed. He believed that the voters had sent him to Jackson to be strictly "on the job," and he attended closely to busi ness and eschewed social frivolities and distractions. While always ready and amply able to take part in the discussions on the floor of the house, he devoted the greatest attention to the work in the committee rooms. There is where the real work of legislation or law' making is done. There is where honest and alert men are required to "scotch any snake" that might rear its he'ad or eliminate any "joker" that any enterprising lobbyist might want inserted jnto a measure in order to make it ineffective or render it capable of being construed otherwise than originally intended. Some of these "jokers" look mighty innocent and might easily be overlooked when presented for passage in the house. After emerging from the committee room with the recom mendation that it "do pass," most mcas ures are given but scant attention by the house, as the members generally deem it the duty of the respective committees to duly look after the bill entrusted to them. Under these circumstances, Mr. Mont gomery very properly preferred to do his principal work in the committee room rather than court plaudits or seek laurels as an orator on the floor of the house, j Mr. Montgomery has followed the voca tion of farming all his life and has made a success of it, despite boll weevils and various and numerous other obstacles or handicaps. By a most conservative esti mate two-thirds of the people of Missis sippi are farmers. In the past they have been satisfied to be represented in the halls of the legislature by men of other professions; at least the number of farmer members have been disproportion ately small. But of late years the,farm ing classes are demanding more adequate representation by members of their own profession, and as they have the votes to elect whom they please the farmers will doubtless be in the majority in fu ture legislatures in this state. Mr. Mont- ; gomery is a typical Mississippi farmer | and fully cognizant of the needs and ■ aims, the hopes and ambitions of the vast j majority of the people of the state. He ! is very progressive and desirous of plac- i ing Mississippi in the very forefront of : the sisterhood Of states, agriculturally, ; industrially and educationally. He is j proud of the record so far made, and is j anxious that the good work be kept on j unabated. Mr. Montgomery is no uni -1 versity or college bred man, but never theless a well-informed man. He se cured a splendid education in the com mon schools, which has been greatly broadened and extended by subsequent reading, study and research. Principally has he read copiously along agricultural, economic, sociological and political lines, and is pre-eminently able to cope with the problems that confront our state in these days of reconstruction and ever changing conditions. The Beall's Friends to Push His Candidacy In last week's issue Hon. R. W. Gul ledge had a call for a mass meeting of the friends and supporter* of Geo. S. Beail, Jr., in hia candidacy for atata rev enue agent to be held at the court house in Lexington, on Monday, May 6, at 11 o'clock for the purpose of forming an effective organization and discussing ways and means of conducting his campaign to a victorious conclusion. The solid and open support of a candidate by hia home people has a tremendous moral effect in a campaign, and it to hoped the mass meeting on Monday will be largely at tended. Hog Shipments Exceed Goal for Year is is At the beginning of the year, our en terprising county farm demonstration agent, D. D. Gibson, plAced $100,000 worth of bogs as the goal for the ship ments during 1919, which is $30,000 over and above the total reached last year. By the end of April he had gone beyond the $100,000 mark to the tune of about $5,000, counting the two carloads of hogs shipped last Monday. These two .car loads were exceptionally good, the hoga all grading No. 1 and No. 2, constituting the best shipment made so far this year. Our shippers are more and more realiz ing the advantage of having their hoga in the very best condition possible. It does not pay to ship inferior hogs just to get rid of them. It is a much more profit able policy to properly feed them and bring them up to the marketable' stand ard. The following had hogs in the ship ment made Monday: C. A. Beagle, 27; Roy Robertson, 9; A. E. Ellington, 4; J. I. Truitt, 1; J. F. Clark, 38ffl Frank Davis, 1; Mrs. S. B. Wilkes, 1; J. T. Bailey, colored, 1; Ed Bradley, colored, 1; A. Jacobson, 13; J. E. McRae, 2; W. B. Peacock, 5; J. W. McNeer, 18; Prof. M. D. L. Wilson, 1; G. C. Waddell, 6; L. B. Garnett, 2; C. C. Watson, 6; A. B. Cade, 4; H. E. Mullen, 2; Brown & Fonville, 8; E. C. Tackett, 2; Mrs. Nannie Wigley, 1; Mrs. Hattie Rogers, 1; J. C. Smith, 1; W. S. Shipp, 6; J. H. Hays, colored, 4. More Good Jerseys for Holmes County Stephen L. Burwell has purchased from Allen Dale Farms, in Kentucky, a mag nificent voung Jersey bull, "Betay's Fairy Lad-165432," and two superb heifers, "Raleigh's Susannah-418219" and "Fairy Glen's Eminence-422822," having paid $900 for the three head. These ani mals are of the famous Raleigh line of breeding. Mr. Burwell will dispose of all his highly bred cattle, not belonging to the "Raleigh" family, and in the future confine his breeding to this particular line. The importation of a few cattle of the above quality will soon lay the foundation to make Holmes county one of the best known Jersey centers in the state. Local Firm Strong Soy Bean Advocates Sisblatt & Kamen, the enterprising proprietors of the Lexington Produce Co., are strong believers in the efficacy of the soy bean as an animal food and as a restorative to worn out lands and are anxious that every farmer in Holmes county should plant a certain acreage in soy beans each year. In order to lend their encouragement to this effect they keep constantly on hand a liberal quan tity of soy beans which they will gladly exchange for peas on an even basis, bushel for bushel, or for cash at cost price. They have an advertisement touching this matter elsewhere in this issue. ft ft A ft ft 5E==g 3E 3E 3E 3E rjyi WHY YOU SHOULD BUY A ii 4 CREAM SEPARATOR \„ i •\ \% J «\ r . t* \» t % ■ 1— It is better made. 2— It is quicker, and does its work better than any Sepa rator made. 3— Wherever you go you will find prosperous people using De .Laval*. Good people and good separators go to gether. 4 f 7 " i I, § m LA VA - H \ v u V \* We will gladly demonstrate the Separator to you. v u w V Swinney-Fincher Co Lexington, Miss. (Incorporated) The Shop That Promptness Built << It The Advertiser's job department this week filled orders for commercial print ing from Hinds, Smith, Sunflower and Attala counties. Some of these orders were quite large, but our linotype ma chine and expert type-setter* soon had them ready for the presses and all reached the customers before the specified time. In every instance the work came with out solicitation and unexpectedly, show ing that work well done advertises itself. These parties had seen some job* turned out by The Advertiser job department and they liked it so well that they prompt ly sent in orders themselves. The Ad vertiser's linotype machine, operated by an expert, turns out a vast amount of work in a day and renders the task' of getting out booklets, pamphlets, brochures, etc., comparatively easy, while to those offices depending upon hsnd composition such work is formidable and almost in hibitive. Besides, The Advertiser has a number of experienced and tasty job compositors and proficient pressmen, and every detail is attended to with pains taking care. The prices charged are based on a living profit, not so low as to entail a loss, and by no means excessive, and on a par with those in vogue at all well conducted and legitimate printing establishments. Jeff Davis Highway Controversy Ended At a meeting held in Memphis Monday the three years' controversy between the proporents of the hill route by way of Grenada, Winona, Durant, Pickens, and those of the delta route through Sardis, Charleston, Carrollton, Lexington and Pickens, was ended, when a special com mittee appointed by the Tri-State Jeff Davis highway commission decided in favqr of the "hill route. The committee was composed of Thomas B. King, Mem phis; Mr. Paris, of Fulton, Ky.; Mr. Reynolds, of Union City; Mr. Ewell, of Dyersburg, and William Tucker, Jr., of Ripley, Tenn, The route via .Lexington thus loses the right of being called the Jeff Davis highway, but will be a popular interstate highway just the same. Tourists from the North will naturally want to pass through a portion of the delta and will choose this route in pref erence to an "all hill" route. Gibson's Methods Win Lead for Holmes Holmes county leads and others fol low. Holmes county "set the pace" in the corn club and several other move ments, and is doing some advance work in the hog and cattle shipment work. The hog and cattle pens and shipping facilities established hare by County Farm Demonstration Agent D. D. Gibson are to be copied and used by every county agent in the state. Prof. Gross, of the Department of Engineering, was here yesterday and took blue prints of the stock pens for that purpose. _ Gertz Brothers Hold Big Inaugural Sale Gertz Bros, will begin their business career in Lexington with • big bargain sale. They will open their atore, which ts located in L. Dobrowski's corner build ing on the east side of the public square, on Saturday, May 3. They have a very large and completely new stock oi goods and have placed the coat marks at the low pre-war levels. The Gertz Brothers, Ben, Frank and Abe, have for years con ducted e lucrative mercantile busineaa at Cniger, and about two years ago opened • store st Greenwood, r*hich at once sprang into popular favor. They will as a matter of course, continue their busi ness at Cruger and Greenwood, the one here being In the nature of an expansion. Gerts Brothers have associated with them Sam Goldenberg, a live wire, who besides being a competent buyer and salesman, is an experienced publicity manager. Realising that advertising is as neces sary and essential to business as the cir culation of the blood to the human body they have placed a page announcement of their initial sale in this week's issue of The Advertiser. See page eight. White Crest Demon stration at Pahlen's Mrs. Leila Knowles nnd Mrs. Maybelle Monjenbaro, of Jackson, representing the J. C. Lyle Milling Co., of Leavenworth, Kans.'.s, millers of the famous White Crest flour, of which the Cole Trading Co., of Durant, are the sole distributors in this territory, gave a three days' de monstration of this superb flour at the store of Pahlon Bros., local distributors, this week—on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. These demonstrations cre ated much interest and wore liberally at tended by the ladies of Lexington and surrounding country. Mesdames Knowlas and Monteabara are adepts in their line and demonstrated the excellencies of the flour to gcod advantage. Each lady at tending the demonstration was presented a thimble and all visitors treated to de licious punch and delectable cakes. One sack of flour was given away each day, the lucky winners being Mrs. W. K Dur den, B. C. Ratholl and Mrs. I, Flower. The demonstrations were interesting and nstructive and will doubtless give he sale of White Crest flour a decided stim ulus in this neighborhood. Knowles and Montenbafo left this morn ing for Tchula to give demonstrations. Mesdames Increased Jelephone Rates Go Into Effect The Cumberland Telephnoe and Tele graph Company has raised its rates in order to conform with the increased cost of operation. The new schedule of rates went into affect yesterday, May 1. The increases far as Lexington is con cerned cents or. business phones, fwSm $8.76 to $3;«*nd 36 cents on resi dence phones, from $1.66 to $2. People recognize the necessity of the changed rates, and there will .not be much grumbling thereover. Holmes County Is Nearing the Top Morris Lew it, county chairman of the Liberty loan organisation, reports good progress made in the subscriptions for the Victory Liberty loan bonds. Below are the allotments made to the various banks of the county, which are all raised with the exception of the Durant allot ment which is $10,000 behind and Pick ens, which is still more so. It is sincere ly hoped these communities will make up their quotas before the time specified in order that Holmes county may go over the top again as she has done in all past drives: Merchants k Farmers Bank k Trust Co., $126,680; Bank of Lexington, $77, 660; Merchants k Planters Bank, Tchula, $46,860; Bank of Cruger, $36,060; Peo ples Bank, Durant, $36,000; Bank of Pickens, $27,800; Bank of Goodman, $26, 260; Bank of West, $17,100. No. 1 Hog Club • Attracting Shippers The June No. 1 St. Louis Club ship ment is attracting considerable interest among the farmers of this community. The shipment made by this club will con sist exclusively of hogs meeting all the requirements of the No. I grade or clas sification, and the prices received will doubtless prove an object lesson in the advisability of bringing hogs up to the highest shipping standard. Among those who have already signified their inten tion of including hogs in this exclusive shipment are J. N. Sample, with 16; Maj. J. M. Powers, 20; Guy Malone, 30; M. J. Evans, 6; L. F. Heard, 4; E. C. Tackett, 10. Agricultural High Scores at A. and M. The Holmes County Agricultural High school sent to the State High School Meet held on April 26th a team which did not take first pluce, but did show credit able training and some flashes of distinct ly good form, points in all. Walters set s new high school record for the state in the 120 yard hurdles, making the distance in 20'A seconds. Ott took third place in the 220 yard hurdles. Other members of the team who accompanied Coach Parker were J. B. Allen and E. A. Parker. The team scored six Barr-Gwin Co. Sell Many Cars The enterprising Barr-Gwin Co. re cently sold and delivered motor trucks to Beall and Nichols, at Bee Lake, and J. R. Manuel at West, and Ford cars to the following parties with a large list yet to be filled: W. P. Roach, E. G. Finney, A. Tahir, B. N. Darnell, M. H. Taylor, C. C. Wallis, W. H. English, W. E. Moore, W. R. Howell, J. D. Bankhead, W. L. Smith. The following purchased Overland cars from Barr-Gwin Co.: Co lumbus Smith, Mrs. I. S. Crow, J. T. Fincher, Jim Kyle, E. F. Noel. J. G. Robertson for County Treasurer A look at our announcement column this week discloses the fact that that sturdy and honored citizen of Holme* county, J. G. Robertson, is a candidate for county treasurer, subject to the ac tion of the Democratic voters in the party primaries to be held in August of tha present year. Mr. Robertson makes his announcement at the earnest request of friends and voters from every part of the county, who are desirous of expressing their appreciation of hia sterling worth as a citizen and recognition of hia past faithful services to the community jand <he Democratic party in numberless ca pacities. Mr. Robertson unfortunately to a sufferer from chronic rheumatism which utterly disqualifies him from farm work, which has been his main dependence in the support of himself and family. This malady also greatly hampers him in the work of surveying, and his friends in urging him to make the race for county treasurer did so in the hope of assisting him in obtaining a position that would maintain him and at the same time would not be too arduous from a physical stand point. Most of the work of the treas urer's office Is now done by expert a** eountanta connected with the county de pository, and this office has of recent years been considered as rightly the heri tage of some worthy citizen who by rea son of advanced years or physical dis abilities is unable to make a living by hard labor. Mr. Robertson was born in the splendid state of Alabama. He received a fine education in the public schoola of his native city and later spent two yean in a male college at Huntsville, Ala. He also took a special course In surveying from which he graduated with high hon ors and received a diploma. In 1876 he moved to Holmes county, Mississippi, Where he has continuously resided ever since. Upon locating here he immediate ly thoroughly identified himself with the people and institutions and has proves a model, useful and exemplary citizen in every way. He has gladly and cheer fully assumed every task imposed upon him as an integral part of the community and has done yeoman work for his party in defeat as well as in victory, twelve years he served as county sur veyor. In his capacity of surveyor Mr. Robertson hns visited every part of Holmes county and as a consequence en joys a very large acquaintanceship, and to know John Robertson is equivalent to liking and admiring him and being hia staunch friend. By his suave and pol ished manners, his kind and accommodat ing disposition, and his sturdy and rug ged honesty and general moral excel lencies he draws people to him "as with hooks of steel" and they become his friends for life. Owing to his large ac quaintanceship Mr, Robertson does not consider it necessary nor advisable to make a thorough house-to-house canvaas, but submits his case to the voters, con fident in the hope and assurance of a favorable consideration. The emoluments of the treasurer's office are so small that no candidates for that positino is justified in going to the expense of an extended canvass and the fairminded people of Holmes county do not expect it. If the voters of Holmes county place Mr. Rob ertson in the treasurer's offle for the next four years they can feel safe in the as surance that the affairs of the office will be conducted fairly, squarely and with the utmost competence, and that all who have business to transact with that office will be treated with the greatest courtesy and consideration. For Preparing for Poultry Shipment May 24th Miss Vivian Fisackeriy, the highly com petent home economics demonstration agent for Holmes county, is making ex tensive preparations for the co-operative poultry shipment scheduled for Saturday, May 24th. This will be the first complete .carload of poultry ever shipped from Holmes county and will mark an epoch in the history of the poultry industry in this section. A regular, specially con structed poultry coop car hns been or dered and will be or, the sidetracks ready for loading on May 24. This will save a lot of trouble and expense, as it will not be necessary for the shippers to supply coops. There will be buyers present from the largest eastern markets, so that the shippers will receive their monpy for the poultry as soon us they are weighed in the car, and will not have to take the risk or have the worry of any of the birds dying enroute to market. Every one having marketable poultry should at once notify Miss Fisackeriy in order that she might reserve necessary shipping room. The prices will be very good, from present indications. AH should esteem it a privilege and honor to be enumerated among the pioneers in this branch of diversification and as shippers of the very first co-operative carload shipment of poultry from Holmes comty. Beagle Demonstrates Hog Feeding Value C. A. Beagle, of Brougham, became thp possessor of 27 runty, scrubby, wormy end lousy pigs for which he considered 810 a liberal valuation. He kept them for 46 days during which time he fed them 111 bushels of corn, 3 sacks of cot ton seed meal and 6 sacks of wheat bran. Upon marketing them the returns showed that by this process he had sold his com at $1.75 per bushel and received back the cost of the bran and cotton seed meal end received $145 for his time. $145 is a pretty good pay for 45 days' work, when it is considered that but a very short time each day was devoted to the hogs, as Mr. Beagle has many other things to look after and hog raising to practically a secondary consideration. Had he sold them before reaching the marketable stage, his profits would have been greatly lessened. Hogs prove most excellent "manufacturing plants" la transforming the raw products of tha farm into the finished and highly profit able article of commerce.