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Library of Congress1959

Image 1 of Holmes County herald (Lexington, Miss.), December 31, 1959

JJoimeS Sountu HER M Volume 1No 49 LEXINGTON MISSISSIPPI Thursday December si Progress Late Start No Space Sorry Due to a late start on this weeks issue after the Christ mas holidays and the lack of space we were forced to leave out some of the news this week This news will appear in next weeks Herald GROUND BREAKING ceremonies for the newly formed Black Creek Charcoal Co was scheduled to take place on the site of the plant just west of Lexington Thursday to day at 10 am Lexington officials and civic leaders were on hand for the cere monies as were other dignitaries from Jack son and Herbert Hyman one of the owners Pictured above watching Mr Hyman look through the transent last week as the site was being laid off are William Cooksey who will be in charge of maintenance at the plant and C M Martin Plant supt in charge of production Good Paper Good Competitor FourCounty News Bows Out by Chester Marshall After more than five years of operation The Four County News of Pickens ceased pub lication this week with the Dec 30 issue In a front page editorial Publisher CurtfHs H Multen said

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Library of Congress1958

Image 2 of Jackson advocate (Jackson, Miss.), March 15, 1958

131 AND STILL LIGHTING THE WAY to FREEDOM tSggEif IH _ THE JACKSON ADVOCATE Is Proud to Cooperate with Fellow Publishers In the Observance of NEGRO NEWSPAPER I MARCH 16 22 Commemorating the founding of Freedoms Journal the first Negro Newspaper by John B Russwurm on March 17 1827 in New York City r S Special Events SUNDAY MARCH 16 In mon Churches special sermons will be preached commemora ting the 131st Anniversary of the first Negro Newspaper TUESDAY MARCH 18 A Negro Newspaper Week Radio Broadcast over Station WXXX 000 megacycles at 545 P M featuring Sammy Davis Jr Billy Eckstine Jackie Robinson and William O Walker announced by Beverly Carter FRIDAY MARCH 21 Open House at the Jackson Advocate Plant Visitors are welcome See how a modem newspaper is edited printed distributed and managed SATURDAY MARCH 22 Another Negro Newspaper Week Radio Program on Sta y tion WZZZ 000 megacycles at 915 P M featuring Lena Horne Ella Fitzgerald Rev Martin Luther King Jr and h Frank L Stanley announced by Thomas W Young No Other Source of Information or Entertainment Gives You All These Negro Newspapers like the Jackson Advocate present the truth about stumb ling blocks

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