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Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Ninth Election District
Gaithersburg

271. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Truman AIbbe. Report states
amount of sale to be $16.85.
272. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Truman Abbe. Report states
amount of sale to be $11.6O.
273. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Truman Abbe. Report states
amount of sale to be $1,000.
274. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Harry Broclxlehurst. Report states
amount Of sale to be $9.41.
275. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Harry Brocklehurst. Report
states amount of sale to be 1896.
276. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County. Land assessed
to Harry Brocklehurst. Report
states amount Of sale to be $1O.74.
277. To Milton and Hazel Reed,
Land assessed to John w. Dorsey.
Report states amount of sale to be
1886.
278. To Milton and Hazel Reed.
Land assessed to Kate Dorsey. Re-
port states amount of sale to he
1886.
279. To Alvie A. Moxley, Land
assessed to Harvey Fisher. Report
states amount of sale to be 1854.
28O. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to James Nick. johnson. Report
states amount of sale to be $33.
281. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to p. M. Linebarger. Report states
amount Of sale to be $1O.55.
282. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to George w. and Jane Reed. Re-
port states amount of sale to be
$21.86.
283. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Herman Reed. Report states
amount of sale to be $22.44.
284. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Raymond and Annie r. Stang.
Report states amount of sale to be
$57.97.
285. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Alice ID. Trundle. Report states
amount of sale to be $192.21.
2S6. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Amy Rose White. Report states
amount of sale to be $1,000.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Ninth Election District
: Washington Grove

298. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Robert S. Bains, Trustee. Report
states amount Of sale to be S34.70.
299. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Alice E. Craig and Meta C.
Turkenton. Report states amount of
sale to be $38.73.
300. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Alice E. Craig and Meta C. Tur-
kenton. Report states amount of
sale to be $45.73.
301. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County. Land assessed
to James P. Lynch. Report states
amount Of sale to be $119.22.
302. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to l. L. McCathran and David F.
Bradley. Report states amount of
sale to be $26.55.
303. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to I. L. McCathran and David F.
Bradley. Report states amount of
SoAC w OC POtsOCs
304. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to j. L. McCathran and David F.
Bradley. Report states amount of
sale to be $63.73.
305. To Thomas G. Duvall, Land
assessed to l. L. McCathran and
David F. Bradley. Report states
amount of sale to be $25.87.
306. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Frances A. and Thomas B. Myers.
Report states amount of sale to be
$38.88.
BOT. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Howard F. Morgan and Adam
M. Orndorf. Report states amount
of sale to be $48.93.
308. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Charles L. Parker. Report states
amount of sale to be $106.81.
300. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Frank H. Smith. Report states
amount of sale to be $500.
80. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Edwin A. Swingle. Report states
amount of sale to be $34.71.
311. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Richard E. and Dorothy A. Tull.
Report states amount of sale to be
$79.83.
312. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Sallie L. Walker. Report states
amount of sale to be $31.67.
313. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Sallie l.. Walker. Report states
amount of sale to be $12.85.
314. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Sallie L. Walker. Report states
amount of sale to be $10.82.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Eighth Election District
Olney

258. To Douglas H. Riggs, Land
assessed to John G. Bowie Heirs.
Report states amount of sale to be
$11.27.
:. 259. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Lydia A. Budd. Report states
amount Of sale to be $3.50.
26O. To John Lethbridge, Land
assessed to John T. Brown. Report
states amount of sale to be 1854.
261. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Henry L. Benson. Report states
amount of sale to be $130.48.
262. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to John Thomas Chase. Report
states amount of sale to be $3.50.
263. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Harry Cook. Report states amount
of sale to be $8.56.
264. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
| to John S. dorsey. Report states
amount Of sale to be $10.36.
265. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
tc James S. Fraser. Report states
amount Of sale to be 1856.
266. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Charles o. Huff. Report states
amount of sale to he $12.23.
267. To Douglas H. Riggs, Land
assessed to Isaac Johnson. Report
states amount Of sale to he $3.50.
268. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Charles G. Jones. Report states
amount of sale to be $11.54.
269. To B. M. Snowden, Land
assessed to Hamilton A. Snowden
Report states amount of sale to be
$1O.36.
270. To Douglas H. Riggs, Land
assessed to William and L. Steven
son. Report states amount of sale
to be $1O.36.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Seventh Election District
Glen Echo Heights

239. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Josephine Blaclxfan and Wendell
B. Keene. Report states amount of
sale to be 1892.
240. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Lora M. and Daniel D. Beekman.
Report states amount of sale to be
$13.45.
PAL. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Lora M. and Daniel D. Beekman.
Report states amount of sale to be
$13.45.
242. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Lora M. and Daniel D. Beekman.
Report states amount of sale to be
$79.81.
243. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Lora M. and Daniel D. Beekman.
Report states amount of sale to he
$12S3.
244. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Doris A. and Sarah B. Brown.
Report states amount of sale to be
$71.22.
245. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to First National Bank and Trust
Company of Delaware and Ruby r.
Vale. Report states amount of sale
to be $31.86.
246. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to First National Bank and Trust
Company of Delaware and Ruby r.
Vale. Report states amount of sale
to be $27.90.
PAT. To Mrs. B. E. Jones, Land
assessed to Margaret F. C. Hender-
son. Report states amount Of sale
to be $31.S6.
248. To Mrs. B. e. Jones, Land
assessed to Margaret F. c. Hender-
son. Report states amount of sale
to be $3.50.
249. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to William w. Hopkins. Report
states amount of sale to be $29.36.
$50. To j. T. Ensor, Land
assessed to Robert Mcintosh. Report
states amount of sale to he $118.42.
251. To County Commissioners OF
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Ernest B. Quible. Report states
amount of sale to be $24.89.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16

1913. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Security Land Company. Report
states amount of sale to be $32.25.
1879. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Security Land Company. Report
states amount of sale to be $60.2o.
200. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Security Land Company. Report
states amount of sale to be $3.50.
201. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Security Land Company. Report
states amount of sale to be $500.
ZOE. To County Commissioners Of
Security Land Company. Report
states amount Of sale to be $41.22. /.
203. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Security Land Company. Report
states amount of sale to be $28.53.
204. To County Commissioners Of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
30 Security Land Company. Report
states amount of sale to be $26.05.
2O5. To R. C. Pollock, Land
assessed to Saratoga Building and
Land Corporation. Report states
amount of sale to be $274.72.
206. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Walter r. Tuckerman. Report
states amount of sale to be $6O.93.
2O7. To r. C. Pollock, Land
assessed to Marion D. Wilson. Re-
port states amount of sale to be
4372.33.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Seventh Election District
West Chevy Chase Heights

230. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Mary Dorsey Adams. Report
states amount of sale to be $3.50.
231. To Carter Clagett, Land
assessed to Henry L. and L. G..
Heishman. Report states amount
of sale to be $120.96.
232. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Karl L. and Jeanne L. Hicks.
Report states amount of sale to be
$90.91.
233. To r. C. Pollock, Land
assessed to Harold w. and Evelyn
M. Kennedy. Report states amount
of sale to he $96.76.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Seventh Election District
WOOdmOnt

234. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Grace Marsden. Report states
amount of sale to be $15.67.
235. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to National Investment Syndicate.
Report states amount of sale to he
$49.20.
236. To ]. T. Ensor, Land
assessed to Charles M. Powell. Re-
port states amount of sale to be
$44.52.
237. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to John D. Sadler. Report states
amount of sale to be $86.53.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16

331. To Joseph Hawkins, Land
assessed to Thomas and Bessie An
derson. Report states amount of
sale to be $14.00.
332. To County Commissioners Of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Otilia S. Crunibaugh. Report
states amount Of sale to be $85.43.
333. To County Commissioners Of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Charles C. Duvall. Report states
amount of sale to be $3.50.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Seventh Election District
ROsedale Park

PA. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
10 Stewart e. and M. s. Barton.
Report states amount Of sale to be
$187.48.
225. To ]. T. Ensor, Land
assessed to James M. and ]. PEN
dleton Kincheloe. Report states
amount of sale to be $11.60.
226. To County Commissioners Of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Jerry Maiatico. Report states
amount of sale to be $13S.O6.
227. To J. T. Ensor, Land
assessed to Guy B. Stephenson. Re-
port states amount Of sale to be
$11.6S.
228. To Carter Clagett, Land
assessed to Herbert A., and Beulah
Simon. Report states amount of
sale to be $148-S7. .yaa
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16

Montgomery County, Land assessed
to James E. Mobley. Report states
amount of sale to be $81.74.
296. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Annie r. Stang. Report states
amount of sale to be $91.20.
297. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Remus D. Trundle. Report states
amount of sale to be $12.83.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Tenth Election District
Cabin John Park

322. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Mary C. Gallagher. Report states
amount of sale to be $14.43.
1923. To Emmanuel Perry, Land
assessed to Arabella Perry. Report
states amount of sale to be $13.54.
324. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Docia Plunkett. Report states
amount of sale to be $21.42.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Seventh Election District
Bethesda
Special Improvement
Assessment Only

252. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Metropolitan Southern R. R. Co.
Report states amount of sale to be
$392.05.
253. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Metropolitan Southern R. R. Co.
Report states amount of sale to be
$210.24.
254. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Metropolitan Southern R. R. Co.
Report states amount of sale to be
$86.83.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Seventh Election District
National Chautauuua

2S8. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Rafael R. and Hester c.. More.
Report states amount Of sale to be
1891.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Seventh Election District
SOnOma

229. To Vernon r. Smith, Land
assessed to Charles w. and M. M.
Walton. Report states amount of
sale to be $36.05.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Seventh Election District
Kenilw0rth Or North
Chevy Chase

212. To C. Birch, Land assessed
to William L. and Nellie E. Lanning.
Report states amount Of sale to be
&200.67.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Seventh Election District
Otterbourne and SOnneman

222. To C. Birch, Land assessed
to Carlisle and Anne Bargeron. Re-
port states amount Of sale to be
$291.09.
223. To C. Birch, Land assessed
to Donald A. Pippinger. Report
states amount of sale to be $159.37.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16

257. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Carroll ]. and Lorraine C. Gren-
fell. Report states amount of sale
to he 1921.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16

$50. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to Matilda Roome. Report states
amount of sale to be $50.03.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Seventh Election District
Chevy Chase Terrace
Special Improvement
Assessment Only

266. To County Commissioners Of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
TO Bruce . Construction Company.
Report states amount Of sale 10 be
1921.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Seventh Election District
Friendship Heights And
The Hills

2Oe. To j. T. Ensor, Land
assessed to Lulu A. F. Hansen. Re
port states amount of sale to be
&66.89. b
zoe. To Henry w. Offutt, Land
assessed to Claughton West and VIII
lie Pope. Report states amount of
sale to be $108.00.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Seventh Election District
OakmOnt

221. To R. C. Pollock, Land
assessed to Henry "A. and H. B.
Latimer. Report states amount of
sale to be $144.23.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Seventh Election District
Huntington

211. To Carter Clagett, Land
assessed to Reginald C. Feldt. Re
port states amount of sale to be
314S.76.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Seventh Election District
Norwood Heights

220. To Carter Clagett, Lan6
assessed to George &C. Wiggington
Report states amount of sale to be
$96.8S.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Seventh Election District
Huntington Terrace

21O. To County Commissioners of
Montgomery County, Land assessed
to City Building Company. Report
states amount of sale to be $38.94.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1938-06-16
Seventh Election District
Section s, Chevy Chase
Special Improvement
Assessment Only

255. To J. T. Ensor, Land
assessed to Robert L. Devereaux.
Report states amount of sale to be
$17.73.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-08-11
Employment Found For 339
BY Yozoo City Office

Employment was found for 800 per-
sons by the Yazoo City office of the
Mississippi State Employment Ser
vic during July. Private employers
hired So of these employees. and
2S3 We're placed on public jobs.
The active file" of job applicants
held the applications of 1874 per-
sons at the end of the month, 1851 of
whom were men and 125 of whom
were m OF these applications,
439 were received in July and 52S
We're renewals of applications that
had expired.
The Yazoo City office serves not
only Yazoo county but Holmes and
Humphreys counties as well. For the
convenience of residents of these
counties. the office sends a repre-
sentative to Lexington on Wednesday
and Friday of each week and to
Belzoni on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-08-11
American Legion Floats
10 Leave Jackson On
21st For Los Angeles
Mississippi Will Aeoin
Leod Worlds Longest
Parade On Cost

Only a limited number of local Le-
gionnaires win witness the biggest
parade in the world'-the 1888 march
of the American Legion in Los An
geles September %, but this city will
see the leading unit of the parade
even in advance of appearance on
the coast.
Five motorized floats to represent
Mississippi at the head of the Legion
parade will stop in Durant on August
81 enroute to the scene of the ma
tional Legion convention. Repeat
ing its 1887 Legion victory by enroll
ing more members proportionately
than any other state, Mississippi re-
tanned the coveted honor Of leading
the national convention parade
The caravan, representing the Mis-
sissippi department of the Legion. and
made possible through a $4,000 APP
preparation by the state legislature.
will lead the national parade for tho
second consecutive year, an honor
conferred on Mississippi for leading
every other state in proportionate
number of Legion members enrolled,
wilkes Davis, state Legion COM
mander. has announced the appoint
ment of Walter Lee of jackson: grand
chef passe of the 40 & 8, as head of
the
In addition to the parade units
there will be a of five 40
and 9 locomotives, following an en-
tirely different route to the West
Coast. Two trains will carry five
Legion bands to the national parade.
The bands, selected at the recent
state convention in Gulfport, are
from Jackson. Clarksdale, McComb.
Tupelo and Meridian.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-08-11

Southern farmers had better stop
farming for money and start farm
ing to make . living. said DR.. Har-
ry L. Brown. Assistant Secretary OF
Agriculture, at Stoneville the other
day.
His statement was not as offensive
to his listeners as 1t sounds because
they know whereof he spoke.
DR.. Brown meant, of course, IL tho
farmer would concentrate his efforts
on having a good living at LONE
for himself and his family he would
make more money so DONG thar he
Is making row while he concentrates
on cash crops.
The speaker advocated a
OF raising the family's food at he rue,
including the meat. fee | for livestock,
carrying Tn a program OF soil conser-
walton SO as not to let the land go to
waste or drain II. Of its fertility
making improvements on the farm
home SO that It will be a pleasure
to live In it and a general well-round
ed farm program to be adopted and
carried on continuously.
DR.. Brown made the statement that
II southern farmers Used The same
methods for the next 100 years that
he has for the past 100 that the south
would be under a peonage system by
that time. The solution to this prob
lem he said was adapting our farm
operations to the live at home basis.
1T is h~eartening to know that every
year sees a big increase in the mum.
Der of farmers who are planting soil
building crops, growing their food
n feed at home and making con
oitions better for their families.
A happy, progressive farm family
IL t. backbone OF this nation.
Boys in Battery b. Holmes County's
n Of the Mississippi National Guard
Will really have had a taste of war
by the time they get tacx sunday
m Of the B.owa tattacking)
force, they were Stationed nineteen
miles in The wilderness from Biloxi
Actual war time cona.t'crs AND reg.
ulations Prevailed, steictly speaking
Seventy gallons of water for tho a.
men were allotted per day fol- cook.
ing. drinking and was,ing Rain
mud AMI confusion pre- ya'led for the
first three days.
Some of the outfits were CANNED
on wet, marshy land.
The Brown force lost the war then.
retically Contrary to the headline ir
the Memphis CommercialAppeaD.
The armistice was called while thu
Brown force was in full retreat.
II the mosquitoes are as bad now
on h Gulf Coast as they were 81,
weeks ago, we imagine it will be 9
few days before we are able to re
'cognize any OF the boys.
Durant's crack softball team Clip
ped the Tupelo Red Wings 12-1 Ii
a hot and furious game Monday af
ternoon.
These Tupelo girls have beat al
most everything in sight and ther,
were quite a few Of the locals VIII,
thought Durant would fall befor,
them.
The girls don't use regulation bats
They play with lighter, shorter bat.
and it's usually awfully hard for tn,
men to get to hitting with them.
One local remarked that was JUS
like a woman, always wanting tn,
rules Of the game changed when sh,
plays.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-08-11
F. Y. Net uIIor Will Go
To Coast Convention

Marking its twenty years of lead
ership in the s~elf-service grocery field,
Piggy Wiggly will this year hold its
annual convention in the delightful
atmosphere of the exclusive Edgewa-
ter Gulf Hotel at Edgewater Park,
Mississippi. Piggy Wiggly merchants
will meet from August IA to II, the
dates set for the Twentieth Anniver-
sary Convention.
Here in Durant, F. ". McCullar is
the owner and operator of the Piggy
Wiggly franchise. Mr.. McCullar has
for many years been a leading mer-
chant of Durant and his home-owned
independent Piggy Wiggly has been
a real leader in the grocery field.
Being a member of the great Pigg-
ly Wiggly organization, "All Over the
World" Mr. McCullar has had and
store, and none of the disadvantages.
Piggy Wiggly has had for twenty
years the whole hearted support of
manufacturers and jobbers-and So
it is with Piggy Wiggly here in Du-
rant. This cooperation from manu-
facturers and jobbers, and the abil-
ity of Piggy Wiggly, buying in large
quantities., to lower prices has en-
abled Mr.. McCullar to become one OF
our very outstanding merchants.
When Mr.. McCuHar meets with all
the other Piggy Wiggly operators
from all parts Of the world at Edge
water Park in August, these msr
chants will discuss and analyze the
many business problems thai con-
front grocery stores all over the world
These discussions and the consequent
enlightenment will make each one
of the members of Piggy Wiggly g
better. smarter, broader merchant
who can meet his own problems with
q sureness of thought and actor
which might otherwise not be pos
sible. The benefits of this nation
wide organization naturally come
home to Durant and the customers
of Mr.. McCullar.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-08-11
County Agents. Force
To Visit Communities
Producers Signatures
Will Be Obtoined For
Subsidy Payments

County Agent T. M. Williams and
his office force have made up 4
schedule to be observed in the next
ten days for visits to communities III
the county to obtain signatures of
producers for subsidy payments.
Marketing quota cards will be de-
livered at this time.
The office force has been divided
into four teams which will observe
the following schedule:
Wednesday, Aug. 17-All records
will be left at the Colt Show in Lex
ington.
Team No. 1
Thursday, Aug. 18-From z to 9 A.
M. Parrish's Store; 9:15 t. IL A. NJ.
Acona; 11:15 to 1890 Emory; 1870 to
4 p. M West.
Team No. 2
Thursday. Aug. 18-7 to s A. M. How
ard; $50 to 10 Thornton 1920 to
1890 Tchula; 1870 to 800 Cruger.
Team No. s
Thursday, Aug. 1877 to 1880 Ebe-
nezer; 1890 to 800 Coxburg.
Team No. 4
Thursday, Aug. 1877 to 9 Richland
$50 to II Pickens; 11:30 to 1890
Goodman; l to 8 Durant.