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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24

dame. He's friSky one" He low cred an eyelid to show his enjoy ment of the situation, for he was a good-natured Devonshireman who relished joke.
 Mind your manners!" retored the old woman, frowning severely. Get along with you!" Her mouth twitch- ed oddly.
 Not till I ask ye about letter" " said the porter. Here 'tis. This came from Lon'on last night, but not by regular post. The driver car ried it down. remembered about it this mornin, sayin it was to be de- livered by a young lady by name of Chelsey. Now your name be Chelsey, but it's been time since ye were young ."
 Give it here!" said the old wom- an and whacked him smartly across the shoulder with her staff. Its for my niece" Her eyelid, too, lowered discreetly, in mute apology for the Whack.
 As the coach jolted out of the cobbled stable yard and gained the highway, Polly Chelsey examined the letter with curiosity. She did not recognize the cramped feminine handwriting of the address, but sup posed it must be from Mrs. Toby, belatedly wishing her bon voyage.
 She had more pressing matter to think about. The driver would soon be asking his passengers where they wanted to be set down, and Polly had not chosen her destina- tion. Even yet her only beacon was that phrase of Jerry's: some where short of Deal there's a wretched fishing village where this smuggler puts in ,. :"
 Will I know the place when l see it? she was asking herself. Her fingers were automatically breaking the seal of the letter, and opening it. And now she began to read. By the time she had reached the sec- ond line she was sitting erect, grip ping the paper.
 "This will surprise you no little. Your Sweetheart Jeremiah Whit field is now in His Majesty's Navy against his will. I was the one helped put him there and I regret same because it made you think he had gone off with Another. For some days I Worried over this and then went to the Unicorn and Cr'n to tell you. You had Gone and my Troubles were added to when lernt you were Amerikan and frendless. MT. Toby says you are trying to get to france. I hope this catches you first. I hereby comics I never saw this J. Whitfield before the day he was pointed out to me in your com pany and Waved to him so frend- ly. The hackney coach Driver was the one employing me. That night this man went into the Unicorn and Crn taproom and set at a table with J. Whitfield and pretended to be drunk and I Came in and pre- tended to look for him because he was the driver of hack was Rid ing in. Then I saw this J. Whitfield of yours and told him I had Mis- took him earlier for Navy Man I knew and also told him I was hav- trouble with the hack Driver. Your Sweetheart got coffee and sobered the man up and then went with us to the Vehickle. It was Nothing but Kindness on his part and it shames
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24
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HoweRsMatC Caew
 Oh TREEC

k'LAMING, exotic little flower,
 the orchid has fascinated men for 300 years since it's discovery in the New World and for cen- turies before that in the Old. Men have died that milady might wear one on her shoulder; that a new and more beautiful bloom might be brought back from the jungles to civilization.
 For the tropics is the orchids natural home. And usually it is found on tree tops!
 Costa Rica is the most notable orchid country in the world. There the blooms range from some of the largest blossoms ever seen to those so small as to be almost im- perceptible except by closest ob- servation. Generally the orchid is found with it's roots fastened into the messy bark of the tallest trees, set amid a growth of ver- dant ferns and tropical plant life.
 More recently orchids have been cultivated in the United States. They are started in test tubes from powder-like seeds and they are watched through seven years before they finally burst into full gorgeous bloom. Shown here is the purple orchid on a new Costa Rica stamp, depicting native in- dustries.
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me to say he was then Hit on the head and carried to Ship. They said he was a deserter from His Majesty's Navy but on thinking 1t over I realize this may be a lie as our Navy is Short of Men and some times they are not to careful, they would as soon have an amerikan as not. maybe rather. But whether he was Navy Deserter or not, he was not Deserter of you and this is what I had to Tell you. My ad- vice to you is go to the fishing town of Corly south of Deal and ask at the Inn there for a Man named John Mclean. He is a snug gler that don't mind a Passenger. And now Good luck and God Bless you from your frend Mazie Miller.
 P. s. The Ship they took J. Whit field to was the Run Rise ankored out in the Harbor but I think it has already Sailed. This is very sad situashion.'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24
(To Be Continued
OLDEST WATCH

Rose stradner has Hollywood's oldest Swiss watch. It is platinum with 8 red face, and is one of the tiniest timepieces ever made. It is attached to a platinum and ruby MriSthand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24
PSYCHIC EVENTS

Carey Wilson bases all his minia- ture pictures on psychic phenomena, on things that have actually hap pened to him. He is one of Holly woods outstanding students of the subject.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24

Gushing entered drugstore and lunch room operated by Rodman and ordered a cup of coffee and a roll. The food was served and paid for. Unfortunately the roll con- tained pebble upon which Cush- ing broke tooth and thereby suf- fered pain, disfigurement and den- tai expenses.
 There were no pebbles in Rod mans place of business, and the pebble could not have gotten into the roll there. The roll was like any other in appearance. The pebble was not visible from the outside and could not have been seen by Rodman or his employees in the or dinary course of serving. There was no negligence on the part of Rod- man. He had purchased the roll, along with other rolls, from another person.
 Gushing brought suit against Rodman. The lower court held that there was no legal basis for permit ting Gushing to recover from Rod man.
 WAS THE DECISION coRRECTs
 Solution on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24
C.n AMlsIM CRACKERS $

(In this series of Cranium Crackers with a courtroom query, unusual local statutes may alter slightly the legal decisions given)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-24

Solution on Back Page
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-04-21

are deeply grateful and extremely hap
py that we have pleased you.
We shall bend every effort In the
future to live up to the high STAN
dards we prescribe for a country
weekly newspaper.
We shall continue to make the
NEWS the paper you READ.
Those new signs Of welcome on
highways IL and 81 as you enter and
leave Durant are certainly welcomed
by us.
They tell the world that Durant Is
glad to welcome its visitors, that 1t
Is a community of $500 people and
asks them to come back again.
A small thing, but 1t helps.
One local politician who aspires
to office in Durant's coming cleo
ton on May 3 said one of the evils
Of the secret ballot system was hat
1t allowed the voter to play politics
the same as the candidate.
Hon. s. T. Roebuck, highway com
missioner from the central district,
Is at present in Washington and will
be there for about a week. On his
return he Is expected to pay q visit
to Holmes county and help the club
women of the county map out q
highway Identification program.
The clubwomen OF the county nave
been interested in this project since
the roadbuilding program In the state
started but they weren't able to do
anything about 1t until the roads
were built and accepted by the state.
Now that two roads hae been prac-
tically finished much Of the work
can be started as quick as q def
mite program il furnished.
- \
F. s. Scott, Federal Housing Ad-
ministrator for Mississippi, was an
other interesting visitor this week.
Mr.. Scott tells us that building is
picking up considerably over the
state with things definitely on the up
trend.
The FILA mas felt directly the in
fluence of the Industrial program in
Mississippi. In increasing numbers
every day, he says. people connected
with the new industries are purchas-
ing and building homes in Missis-
sippi and many of these are financ-
ed through his organization.
Cotton dresses a be bought as
cheap as 10 cents.
They can also be bought for SOS.
eos, 1900, and higher.
The farmer gets 8 cents for mis-
cotton maybe.
1t takes a few ounces Of cotton to
make a dress.
1t doesn't make sense.
All of which is another sound rea-
son why Mississippi will continue to
make an effort to balance agricul-
ture with industry.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-04-21
Junior College Has
Eighty Seven Grads
Complete Roster Of
Candidates For
Degrees Given

Eighty-four students at Holmes
Junior College and Is students at
the Holmes Agricultural High School
are candidates for graduation, ac-
cording to an announcement today
by Dean G.. J. Everett.
Sixteen students of the 81 candi-
dates for graduation from Holmes
Junior College are Holmes County
residents.
Out of the IS candidates for gradu-
alton from the High School, six claim
Holmes county as their residence.
HsThe complete list is as follows:
Freddye Lavera Baine. Ethel; Janet
Barrett. Water Valley; Frances Blai-
lock, Kosciusko; Marjorie Blaine.
Vance; Nettie Sue Branch, Good
man; William Van Brewer, Cotton
plant; Mary Elizabeth Brinkley, Rip
ley; Neoma Brock, West Point; Thorn
as Leon Brock; Fayette, Ala; Sam
mie Sails Burris, Sails; Hilda Burris,
Smithdale.
Vida Burris, Smithdale; James
Wesley Busby, Eta; Lura Elizabeth
Chesteen. Kilmichaei; Cathryn Clark,
chael; Fred Clark. Big Creek; Helen
Louise Clark, West Point; Priscilla
Elizabeth Cook, Camden; j. T. Couch
Jr., Vardaman.
Elsie Elizabeth Courts, Pickens;
Donald Douglas. Tutwiler; Aretha
Dukes, Goodman; Corrie Beatrice
Dun. Kosciusko; Vivian Mae English,
West, Christine Terrell. Lexington;
Edward Mccoy Foster. West Point;
John Anthony Frasca, Lynn. Mass;
Dewitt Clinton French, Water VAL
ley; James French. Water Valley.
James l.. Gaines, New Albany; C.
Willie Gillian. Myrtle; Calvin Bruce
Gunner, Water Valley; Ruth Hall
Lexington: Benjie Moss Harper, Car
rollton; Dorothy Ester Hines, Sauls-
bury, Tenn; Jessie Mae Holdings
worth, Hollandale; Laura Jones, Oak
land; Dora Dean Lawrence, Pickens:
Mary Thornton Lindsey. Pelahatchie.
Lorcne Logan, Bruce; Henry Flow
ers Marshall. Carrollton; Ruth Nc
jCrcary. West; Annie Laurie McLel-
Ian, Lexington; Russell McKibber,
Pittshoro; Ethel Gene Mckinney,
Hollandale; Jewel Middleton. Embry;
Continued On Page p
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-04-21
First Meeting Will
Be Held Tuesday
In Lexington

A County Coordinating Council
was organized in Lexington Tuesday
consisting of Representatives of state
and federal agencies operating in the
county.
Its purpose. as the names denotes
is to coordinate the work of the agen-
duplication and work for a more sys-
tematized program.
The first meeting viii be held on
Thursday, April %. at 7:30 in the
office Of the Home Demonstration
Agent in the Masonic Hall at Lex
ington.
r. A. Luter, Smith-Hughes teacher
at Coxburg, was elected president
Miss Thelma Parker, county health
The meeting was attended by e,
H. White. state extension director
Ransom Aldrich. president OF the
Mississippi Agricultural Association
and Miss Olive Doweil. district horne
demonstration agent, as we'll as a
large group from Holmes county re-
presenting state and federal agen-
cies operating in the county.
Member agencies OF the new or
ganization as Soil Conservation De-
partment. Rural Resettlement Ad-
ministration, Federal Land Bank,
Production Credit Discount Corpora
ton, County Health Department, Ex-
tension Department and Smith-Hugh-
es Department.
Mr.. White in outlining the purposes
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-04-21
ENtors Must Have
Receipts To Vote
Poll Tex Receipts
For ? Years Have
To Be Shown

Citizens of Durant expecting to par
ticipate in the coming municipal cleo.
ton on May 3 are warned to have
two poll tax receipts in their POSSES
sion when they appear at the polls
in order to be qualified to vote, &C.
cording to an announcement today
by Marcus Love, chairman Of the ex-
ecutive committee Of Durant.
Citizens are required to have the
receipts for two years prior to the
election in which they want to vote
according to the Corrupt Practices
Act governing elections and this reg
ulation will be strictly adhered to
in the coming election.
For the benefit of those citizens
who have paid their poll taxes for
the past two years but have lost
the receipts the following will be
Of interest:
If you have lost your poll tax re-
ceipt go to Sheriff w. L. Ellis office
and find out the day your taxes were
R1AAt ~ AhAAAhIA "a IN RA6C hib
line on which they are listed, the
number Of your IA receipt and the
name Of the sheriff or deputy TAX
ing the tax.
With this information in hand go
to the office Of Circuit Clerk j. d.
Weeks and get a duplicate tax re-
ceipt. This will enable the elector
to vote In the election.
The only persons not having to
pay poll tax are those who have just
come Of age and are voting for the
first time and those over 80 years
of age.
All ballots will have to be marked
In ink. All ballots marked In per-
ell will be thrown out.
Election commissioners, named
this week are as follows:
J. w. Justice and M. E Rhyme,
managers; Miss Mary Julia Nettles
and Mrs. Annie st. Clair, clerks;
Gordon Allen, peace officer.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-04-21
P~resbytery Will Be
Held Here 1875

The twenty-ninth Annual Meeting
of the Woman's Auxiliary of the
Prssbytery Of Contra Mississippi Sy-
nod Of Mississippi will meet in the
first Presbyterian Church at Durant
April 1926.
The following officers will preside
President-Mrs. H. A. Gamble, Green
ville;s MISUNDERSTANDING. M. A
MnStEns. jackson; Recording Secre-
tary-Mrs. w. d. Crawford, Canton;
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. e. D
Davis, Greenville; Historian-Mrs.
Beaman Triplett, Forest; Treasurer
Mrs. ]. E. Maxwell, Pickens.
The guest speakers will be: Mrs.
Ray Sanders, Little Rock, Ark;
Mrs. Robert Price, Taichow, China;
Mrs. F. g. Gammage, Synodical Pres
ident, Bay Springs; Mr.. R. l.. Lands,
Synods Director of Religious Educa-
ton, Jackson; Mrs. C. C. Afford
Chairman Negro Woman's Confer
ence; Rev. j. C. Stewart, Presbyterian
Chairman Woman's Work.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-04-21
vesper Choir Will
Sing Al H. ]. {.
On April %
State Teachers Group
Appear In Worried
Musical Concert

The State Teachers College Vesper
Choir Of Hattiesburg. Mississippi, in
der the direction of Frank Earl Marsh
Jr, will present an unusual concert
in the auditorium on April %, at
Holmes Junior College, Goodman.
The Vesper Choir was organized
in the fall of 1890, at Mississippi State
Teachers College for the purpose of
gaining experience in professional
concertizing and also to acquaint the
musical public in various sections Of
the country with the calibre of vocal
ensemble composed of youthful south
csa singers. The personnel of this
talented group consists of forty-two
students from the Mississippi State
Teachers College.
April of 1885 the vesper choir jour-
neyed to Philadelphia, Penn, and
sang with great success at the Ma
tional Federation of Music Clubs BIZ
ennial Convention. 1t being one Of
the three such choruses to receive en-
cores during the week Of music at
Philadelphia. The Choir appeared on
the Artist Night Program before the
Louisiana State Federation of Music
| Clubs Convention held in Monroe,
La. April 1886. October of 1887, the
choir went to Dallas, Texas to repre-
sent Mississippi on Mississippi Day
at the Central Centennial Exposition
on invitation of the Texas State Fed
Grafton of Music Clubs and last April
besides making a State Concert -FOUR
also sang before the National Fede-
ration of Music Clubs Biennial Con-
v~ention in Indianapolis, being fea-
Itured on the Music in Religious Ed
u~cation Program. Tho Choir has
sung twice, over a national hook-up
from coast to coast.
The Choir will be conducted by
Frank Earl Marsh, -. one of the
outstanding American .uterpreters OF
choral music in the south. Edna Rae
Burrow, soprano, William Morgan
Keller, violinist, Alton e. Harvey.
tenor and John McIlewen, baritone.
outstanding young Mississippians.
will be presented as soloists with the
Vesper Choir in its concert here. All
three of these young artists are reck-
oned with the most capable young
~soloists on the concert stage.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-04-21
County Council Is
Organized I ues.

of the council stated hat if each
department engaged in work with
the people OF the county could know
and appreciate the work of every
other department that many cases
of duplication of effort could be
avoided.
He said that if each department
in the county realized as does the
state council that when a program
of county development is made that
will accomplish what it is intended
to accomplish it will come from the
people on the arms in the county and
county.
1t is from this point of view, he
said, that heads of departments of
the several state agencies are looking
at the problem.
MIR. Aldrich, who has recently re-
turned from Washington, said the Of
fetal family there had the same idea
of the future of all the work with
the people in the rural sections OF
the nation.
Director White said he had more
confidence in farmers of the county
working out a program that would
work than he had Of the hired agen-
cies. He said If the hired agencies
would work with these people and
encourage them in meeting and work
ing out their problems on health.
agricultural production credit, pro-
cessing and marketing of crops. that
a approach would be made to
the solution of the problems.
Everyone interested in the work
of the County Coordinating Council
is invited to attend the meeting on
Tuesday night.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-04-21
Jurors ~EmpaneIIed
Al Circuit Court
Number Of Coses Are
Gotten OFF Court
Term Docket

The regular juries empanelled al
the beginning of circuit court in
Lexington this week were composed
of the following: Petit jury No. l.
James III Hathcock, vardaman Fer
rell, T. J.. Rogers, Alton B. Parker
George Patterson, r. Thomas, B. Z
Mcbride, F.. T. Worthy, s. Bunch
George Burrell. George Ellison and
". d. Wynn.
Petit Jury No. 2-W. C. Carnathan
H. e. Lundy, e. J.. Hines, Clarence
Ables, b. T. Taylor, w. G. Gwin, H
d. Edwards. Fl. r. Garnett, w. H
Cooks!e, j.. c. Perry, Earl Shelton,
and Dan Pepper. !?
The following cases were disposed
of: Dewitt Smith vs.. Tri-State Tran.
cit Company, transferred to Federal
court; Mrs. Mary McBain vs.. s. J.
Groves and Company, settled and dis
missed; d. M. Barranco VS.. DR.. Da-
vid A. Morgan, transferred to Fed
eral court.
C. L. Crump VS.. Lewis Grocer Com
pany, Tom Renacker VS.. same, Fred
Piercey VS.. same, settled; Walter
Murtagh, agent, VS.. J. e. Burch ct
al, dismissed at plaintiffs cost; B.
G. Mcdaniel VS.. Dave Ford, dismiss
ed at plaintiffs cost; Mrs. Bertha
Taylor ct al VS.. Tri-State Transit
Company, transferred to Federal
court.
Bank Of West w. A. X. Dinas, dis
missed; Freeman Shoe Corporation
VS.. Julius Flowers, by consent of both
parties judgment given to plaintiff;
T. A. Skeahan VS.. viii Henderson,
judgment by default; Malkie Gipson,
a minor, by mex friend, Walter Glib
son, VS.. Mississippi Power & Light
Company, judgment for $4,000 was
awarded plaintiff.
Tchula Grocery Company VS.. T. ]
Sweet, judgment for $3,971.61; Tchuls
Grocery Company VS.. N. b. Parrish
dismissed without prejudice; William
Nj. Turk VS.. r. c. Calhoun, Jr., dis
missed; Eddie Mitchell VS.. Roy L
Lilly, found for defendent.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-04-21
Dixie Theatre Will Give
Awoy Gosh Tuesday

Beginning next Tuesday the Dixie
Theatre will give away $1,000 cash
every Tuesday night to persons sit
ting in certain seats.
Each seat will be numbered and
the numbers will be drawn.
First prize will be $500 cash and
five other persons will be given $500
each.
In case no one is occupying the
eat called the amount is added to
the first prize the following Tuesday
night.
The Dixie is also continuing it's pol
icy of having one matinee each week
on Saturday afternoon a / 800.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-04-21
Grand Jury Reports
At Beginning OF
Court Session
Ten True Bills Are
Found By Body;
Jurors Listed

The grand jury of Holmes County
meeting this week prior to the spring
term of circuit court, made the fol-
lowing report to the Hon. S. F. Davis,
presiding judge:
To the Honorable S. f. Davis,
Judge of the Fourth Circuit Court
District of Mississippi:-
We. your Grand Jury, empanelled
at and for the regular April 1888 Term
of the Circuit Court of Holmes Coun-
ty, Mississippi, beg to submit. this,
our report of the acts and proceed
ings had and lone by our said body
at said term:
We have been in session 3 days,
and during said period have examin-
ed 20 witnesses, and from our invcs-
legations and deliberations, have
found 4 No Bills, Ignored 4 cases, con-
tinued l case and have found and
now return into open court 10 true
bills. which WI herewith submit to
Your Honor with this deport:
Our committee, on inspection OF
the State Farm at Belmont, found
said farm to be in good condition
with all work being lone as to Drop
erly operate said property. and found
a bountiful supply of hogs. cows and
other livestock in evidence, ample
to meet the needs of the prisoners
at said place. The prisoners appear
ed to be well fed and taken care Of
and no complaints were registered
with the committee. The sanitation
at said farm was good, with the cx-
ception of the toilet at the second
drivers quarters, which however will
be remedied very shortly as assured
i by the manager. We wish to re-
commend that two new corn CRIBS
be built and hat the COW barn be
repaired and a new roof furnished
1T. We further noted that the Hairy
was entirely too small for the pur-
pose, but found the same in sanitary
condition. We further recommend
that the connecting of the lighting
system with the power lines b. inn
inediately had, as improper and IN.
sufficient lighting is being furnished
thereat in the form of smutty and
ill-burning lanterns. The manage
ment is carrying on very splendid,s
with the equipment we have, and are
maintaining a sanitary camp and
plant at said place, but the correc-
tons or additions herein suggested
should be made to properly conserve
and care for the investment of the
State.
Our committee appointed to in
spect the County Farm and Poor.
house reports that there was an abun,
dance of substantial food at tn,
Continued on Page q
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-04-21
Present Day Club Sponsors
Art Exhibit April n

The Present Day Club is sponsor
ing an art exhibit in Durant on
Wednesday. April q at the Holmes
County Library. 1t will be held
from 200 until s 800 and any person
having pictures drawn by local peo-
pie or relatives, pottery. tapestry,
wcodcuts. blocked printing they wish
to show are asked to get in touch
with Mrs. Foster McCullar. president
of the club, Mrs. Herman Odom or
Miss Martha Field who is directing
the project.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-04-21
Sunday Services At
Methodist Church

Regular program next Sunday.
Special music at both hours and
the message of the pastor will be Of
unusual interest.
Preaching at II A. III. and 1850
p. Nj.
Circles of the missionary society
will meet at 3 o'clock Monday after
noon. No. / with Mrs. Norwood.
No. 2. with Mrs. Storms and No. 8
with Mrs. A. w. Mitchell.
Prayer service at 7:30 Wednesday
evening.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-04-21
through
Hazel
Eyes

To all our friends who have VI Z
ten US. called us and personally COM
plimented the new streamlined News
we want to give our sincere thanks.
II would be impossible to print all
the comments we have received, per-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-04-21

One local politician who aspires
TO office in Durant's coming cleo
ton on May 3 said one Of the evils
OF the secret ballot system was that
1t allowed the voter to play politics
the same as the candidate.