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FLASHBACKS

The W.D. Cole and Everette Cole families of this city gave $15,000 to Mississippi College at Clinton last week to establish the Cole Foundation, which is for the purpose of training workers for Baptist churches. 

THOMAS/Institutions vs. We the people

New York Times columnist David Brooks, who is about as close to a conservative as that liberal newspaper publishes, wrote something last week that gets to the heart of why Democrats, especially, but also some Republicans, fear a second Trump administration.

GETTING THE MESSAGE/There is room for you in Christ

With Thanksgiving Day now in the rearview mirror and Christmas ahead, we are looking this week at a passage that sets thanksgiving in the context of what Christ alone can do for us. In Luke 11:11-19, we are given the account of 10 lepers who are healed by Jesus and their response.

GETTING THE MESSAGE/Thanksgiving

When we think of Thanksgiving Day, our minds usually run to the temporal mercies of God: the blessings of family, home, job, country, and so on.

BIBLE SELECTION

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.  

FLASHBACKS

Pvt. Claud "Jacky" Peebles, Jr., youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Peebles, Sr., of Deemer, was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in battle in Italy. 

EDITORIALS/Thanksgiving

The first recorded Thanksgiving was celebrated on December 4, 1619, at Berkeley Hundred, a plantation on the northern banks of the James River about 20 miles upstream from Jamestown, the first permanent settlement of the Colony of Virginia.

THOMAS/To vet or not to vet

There is a reason the Founders wrote Article 2, section 2 and clause 2 into the U.S. Constitution.

BIBLE SELECTION/John 17:17

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

FLASHBACKS

The Farm Security Administration of neshoba County enjoyed a picnic Saturday (Armistice Day) planned and called by their leader Mrs. Olga Hughes for a thanksgiving celebration.

THOMAS/Trimming obese government

Fifty years ago when Ron Paul (father of Sen. Rand Paul) was running for Congress from Texas, a billboard featured an obese Uncle Sam with the caption “let’s put big government on a diet.”

BIBLE SELECTION/Colossians 1:9

And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,  

FLASHBACKS

Mrs. H.T. Key, who has been appointed chairman of the Woman's Division for the 6th War Loan is making plans with her committees to raise the quota of E Bonds early in the drive.   

EDITORIAL/Rick Scott for Majority Leader

As the Republican Party prepares to take control of the U.S. Senate, Sen. Rick Scott of Florida emerges as the clear choice for Majority Leader.

THOMAS/Dems self-examine, but not the media

It’s been a week since Donald Trump’s landslide re-election and some Democrats are using words like “realignment,” “self-reflection” and “regret.”

EDITORIAL/Rick Scott for Majority Leader

As the Republican Party prepares to take control of the U.S. Senate, Sen. Rick Scott of Florida emerges as the clear choice for Majority Leader.

Flashbacks

A three-county meeting of War Bond Driver workers was held at the Pix Theatre Monday afternoon. Leake, Kemper and Neshoba were represented by their county directors, county chairmen and several workers.   

THOMAS/Is it too early to talk 2028?

What can a columnist do when his deadline is Election Day and he doesn’t know who has won the presidency and other offices (and we likely might not know for days, or more, if the polls are right about a virtual tie)?

FLASHBACKS

Members of the Rotary Club enjoyed a feast of squirrel stew Tuesday evening at a picnic at W.D. Myers' place near Deemer. 

THOMAS/Johnson optimistic on GOP wins

If Clark Kent had a twin brother he might resemble Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. That includes Johnson’s mild-mannered nature.

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