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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-05-04
Graduation Exercises
Jr. College Listed
Brozil Missionary And
Tom 9, Ellis Will Be
Principal Speakers

The Rev. Jack Cowsert, missionary
from Brazil, will deliver the Bacca-
laureate sermon at Holmes Junior
College on Sunday night, May Il.
at 500 o'clock In the Junior College
auditorium.
Hon. Tom @. Ellis, clerk of the
Supreme Court of Mississippi, Jack
son, will be the Baccalaureate speak
err at the graduating exercises on
"Wednesday morning at 1890 o'clock
at the auditorium, when both High
School Seniors and Junior College
graduates will receive their diplo-
mas.
MIR. Ellis are natives of Holmes Coun-
ty. The Rev. Cowsert was born be-
tween Rlichland and Goodman and
the Ellis family is one IF the pho
neer families of the Goodman sec
ion.
Two daughters of the Rev. and
Mrs. Cowsert are members of the
graduating class of Holmes Junior
College, They are Miss Helen and
Miss Esther Cowsert.
Other activities scheduled are the
Junior-senior reception set for Sat
urday night, May 20; Sermon Sun
day night, May 81; Senior Glass Night
exercises, High School, May %; Jul
nior College Senior Glass play, night
Of May %; Graduation Exercises,
Wednesday morning, May "a.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-05-04
Has Float In
Memphis Cotton
Carnival Parade
School Bond To Precede
Float In Parade; Maids
Attend Miss Howard

Durant is interested in the Mem
phis Cotton Carnival this year due
to the fact that this city will have
one of the prettiest floats in the pa
rade and the Durant School Band,
which performed so capably in Jack
will precede the Durant float in the
parade.
Miss Cargill Howard, lovely daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Howard,
will be the Durant Princess. Maids
who win ride the float with her
are Miss Sara Rogers, West, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Rogers,
and Miss Minna Dean Jones, Mileston,
daughter of Mrs. Eb Jones.
Misses Howard, Rogers and Jones
will participate in all the social events
honoring out-of-town visitors in the
Carnival.
May II, at eleven O'Clock. A large
crowd from Durank and this vicinity
lis expected to attend.
People and business houses con
sributing to the fund to pay for the
Durant float are as follows:
Twentieth Century Club, Gamma
Club, Present Day Club, Business &
Professional Club, Woman's Club,
Rotary Club, Howard's, Brown Bros.
Howell & Heggie, c. G. Mansfield,
Durant Floral Company.
Stems Dairy, Durant Manufacture
ing Co., Coca-Cola Boiling Co., City
Tea & Coffee Shop, Rightway Dry
Cleaners. Style Shop, D. v. Pound.
Durant Dry Goods Co., Variety Store
Hotel Blanche, Melba Shoppe, Peo-
pies Bank, Merchants & Farmers
Bank, Piggy Wiggly, Henry Irby
Robert Irby, c. M. Whlters, City Drug
Store.
Claud Wilkes, Shamburger Lumber
Co, Southern United Ice Co., Red 7
Service Station, Robertson's Gulf Sta
tion, A. H. Brown Garage, A. L
McNair, Racine's Barber Shop.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-05-04
Revival Meeting Stofts At
Methodist Church Moy 70

On Sunday, May 2sth, a revival
will open at the local Methodist
church. Rev. Sam f. Ashmore, Kos
ciusko Methodist pastor, will be the
CUES. preacher. He has had wide
experience in this type of work anc
IS considered one of the most sue
cessful evangelistic pastors in the
conference. He recently conducted
his own revival with a large number
of additions to the church. He is
an enthusiastic Scoutmaster and lead
er, and a man of wonderful warmth
of nature. Gods hand is on this
splendid leader. Durant will give
MIN a great hearing.
The choir will be under the di-
rection of Mr.. Joe Meek. The other
choirs will be invited to assist in
the music and a time of great spi.
ritual uplift is anticipated.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-05-04
Gurden Contest Will
End Moy 49, 10Th

The Garden Beautiful Contest, spon
sored by the Twentieth Century
Club, will be judged by points May
Is and May 10. Everyone in Du
rant is invited to meet at the Pres
byterian Church at 4:30 o'clock p. NJ
to go on the Pilgrimage and enjoy
viewing the many beautiful gardens
Prizes will be awarded as usua
to Home Owned Gardens" and Trent
ed Home Gardens" Every one is
urged to attend the Pilgrimage and
help promote interest in more beau.
tiful gardens for Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-05-04

Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Alsbury were
Tupelo visitors Sunday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-05-04

The plane accident which occurred
at Grenada this week, taking the
lives of three young men, is deplo-
rable and 70 be regretted.
From all appearances Pilot George
Stokes slowed down his flying speed
as much as possible so that the
ship could be stopped within a com
paratively short distance after touch
ing .ihe ground. This was necessary
according to news reports, because
the landing field is short and there
was danger of overshooting the field
Possibly had the Grenada field
been larger, its facilities more ade.
quate, the accident would not have
happened.
If any community is going to have
an airport there should be, and may
be for all we know, stringent regu.
lations governing its size, location
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-05-04
Music Week Will Be
Observed Here

Durant win be treated to d feas
or music next week during Nationa
Music Week. which is sponsored 10
cally by luhe Nevin Music Club.
The festival really opens on Thurs
day, May 4th, when the p. T. A
VIII present an entire program Of
music for It's members.
Continuing Friday evening, May
5th, the Goth Century Club present,
us annual Musicale, with out of town
artists.
Sunday evening, May 18th. at ;
o'clock, there will be a choir festival
at the Presbyterian Church, when
the Nevin Music Club and the choirs
of Durant will present a program,
of sacred music. The public is cor
daily invited.
Tuesday afternoon, May 9th. the
W'oman's Club, Tuesday evening. May
9th. Present Day Club; "Wednesday
afternoon, May 10th, Nevin Music
Club Tea "Wednesday evening. spe-
cial music at Prayer Services at the
Churches. Thursday, May 18th. $50
p. m, vesper organ recital, Metho
dist Church. The public is cordially
invited. Friday, May 18th, Gamma
Club; Saturday, May 18th, Band Con-
cert. The public is cordially invited.
Our colored people are also OBJ
serving National Music Week. They
will have programs Wednesday, May
10th. Thursday, May II h and Fri
day, May 12tA at 1l:3o p. m. al. the
Holmes County Training School and
an evening program Friday evening
May 18th, at s O'Clock.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-05-04
Mrs. Albert Brown Loses
Sister At Middleton

Friends of Mrs. Albert Brown SYM
pathize with her in the death Of
her sister, Mrs. o. A. Duncan, which
occurred at Middleton. Tenn, on Sat
urday morning after a lengthy III
ness.
Mrs. Brown and MIR. and Mrs. Al
bert Brown Jr. went to Middleton
Saturday and to Walnut where the
services were held Sunday afternoon
They returned to Durant Sunday af-
ternoon.
Several sisters besides Mrs. Brown
survive.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-05-04
Circuit Court Busy
Criminal Cases
This Week
Large Number OF Cases
Disposed On Docket;
Jurors Are Given

Criminal division of Circuit Court
converting in Lexington, has disposed
of mos Of the cases on docket and
it is believed that court will probably
adjourn this week.
Jurors serving this week are jury
number one: Luther p. Mcclellan, s
j. Foose, Jr., w. p. Waldrup, Eugene
Wynn, James W. Killebrew, w. J.
Penn, J. F. Sample, NJ. II. johnson,
Sid Owen, Clifton McGinty, James
Roberts
Jury No. 2 e. H. Skinner, III. j
Albin, Fl. b.. Moore, j. d. Tate, Ham
NETT Malady, r. s. Henley, Paul w
Odom, j. l.. Moorehead, Vince Dendy
w III. Wallace, r. r. Truitt.
Cases were dispossed Of as follows
on Monday. May 1:
William r. Manuel, charged with
forgery, uttering forgery and obtain
ing signature under false pretense-
passed to files.
r. l.. Farmer, charged with en-
bezzlement and obtaining property
under false pretense-nol pressed.
Charles Torrey, White Dulaney
Jason Williams. Oscar Williams, char
ged with manufacturing liquor and
possession of a still-passed to files
Rooster Redmond, charged with
manufacturing liquor, possession of q
still and possession Of liquor-passed
to files.
Lock Thompson, charged with reck
less driving-passed TO files.
Ike Horton and Roosevelt Hamon
charged with grand larceny-sevei
ance granted.
L. M. Slower, charged with assault
and battery and peace bond-contin
ued.
Frank Tuclter-3O day suspended
sentence after pleading guilty Of pos
sessing whiskey.
Ebert Shannon, charged with sell
ing whiskey-dismissed with writ Of
~procedendo TO J. p. Court.
Samuel Grear, charged with pos
SSoSiii6 WibShcy, uiSiuS,oeu WICH VIII
of p~rocedenido to J. p. Court.
George w. Green, charged with
driving automobile while under the
influence of intoxicating ~liquor-con.
tinued.
Dewitt Luster, charged with tres.
passing and disturbing the peace
mol pressed.
Willie Jones and J. r. Redmond
found guilty of burglary and larceny
ceny.
Willie Harper, guilty of grand lar
Ensley Doc" Wade, found guilty
of manslaughter.
John Sproles and Bob Mabry fount
guilty of manslaughter.
Tuesday, May 2
r. L. Sims VS.. Irby Johnson-dis
missed with prejudice at defendant:
cost.
Sam Byas, arraigned and pleades
guilty to charge of burglary and lar
ceny.
Longo Williams, alias Longo Nc
Cullom, found guilty of murder a.
charged but jury disagrees on pun
ishment.
Herman Taylor fotnd guilty of muir
der.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-05-04

facilities, etc. If a community /.
going to have an airport it should
have n adequate to meet ordinary
flying needs. E. or not try to have
n at all.
1t is unfortunate, we feel. that SC
many small towns have built airports
since the advent of the WupA, fol-
most small towns have neither the
nor the money for such.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-01

pirates to Cuba where they were
being protected by the Spanish
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-01
Key West Has Had
Long Naval Career

Continued from Page One)
might force their way. Working
in conjunction with the Ann
erican base at Guantanamo Bay
on the eastern END of Cuba, Key
West is indeed an important
base. Together effective patrol
activities of all passages to the
Gulf of Mexico and Panama
Canal are being carried out.
Long Naval Career
Key West has had a long and
stirring naval career ranging
from fighting of pirates to pres
ent patrolling of submarine paths.
In the early part of the 18th cen
fury the present location of the
Key West Station was used by
pirates as a place in which they
could haul their sailing craft for
periodical scraping and paintings
of the bottoms. u. S. N. Com
modore David Porter was order
ed here in 1921 and he laid vigor-
Gus attack on the pirate craft.
His strategy was to pursue them
with old steamboats, from New
York harbor. Then, when they
tried to escape through shallow
passages in the Keys, their IA
vorite trick, he followed them
with long cared scows and took
them. Commodore Porter even
went out of the bounds of inter
national laws and pursued the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-01

pirates to Cuba where they were
being protected by the Spanish
government.
- Civil War Activity
The base was abandoned after
suppression of piracy in the area.
In 1856 storehouse was built
here, but there was nothing fur
Their done until outbreak of the
Civil War. Along with Army
Notifications in the area Key
West base was held by Union
forces throughout the war, the
only southern city to be held by
the Union throughout the war.
More ships were based here than
at any other port in the country
by the Union. In 1897 on the
breaking out of the war with
Spain every available ship was
again rushed to the Key West
area, and the Oregon and the
Marietta made their record runs
around the Horn to Key West.
Lieut.. Robert E. Peary, dis
coverer of North Pole, in 1881 re-
built a naval wharf substituting
iron piling for wooden piling. In
1895 Navy Department bought
property which was the home of
the two Stephen r. Mallorys, ia
Their and son, both U. S. Senators.
In 1890 double house was built
for the cornmandant. In 1902 u.
S. condemned for navy purposes
all that part of the island lying
southwest of Whitehead between
Fleming and Fitzpatrick. A strip
of waterfront was later pur-
chased. Distilling plant was con-
structed in 1893 and wireless
station in 1906. V
- Curfailmenf In 1890
! During the World War there
was a commandment and staff of
% officers, IS marines, $50
civilian employees and naval per-
sonnet of 100. In 1880 first cur
tailment came and in 1892 the
Station was ordered decommis-
stoned
In 1914 u. S. Naval Radio Sta
ton towers were constructed.
Seaman's and Marines Barracks
were constructed in 1919. Sub
marine base and breakwater were
built in 1890.
Reconnaissance Today
Today Key West Base was re-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-01

commissioned after a lapse of
seven years.
There are eighty officers at the
Station at present destroyers, ten
der and planes. There are ap-
proximately $50 enlisted men.
Civil Service group here is 80.
Yet to come are six officers and
IS enlisted men.
There are seven destroyers,
one airplane tender. six planes
operating out of Key West base.
Expected shortly are more de-
stroyers, airplane tenders and a
squadron of naval patrol planes.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-05-19
SCULPTURE EXHIBIT AT
ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
SHOWS STUDENTS WORK

Atlanta, Georgia.-The fifth an
nual exhibit of Sculpture by stu
dents in the University system
will go on view Sunday afternoon
at o'clock in the new Sculpture
Building at Spelman College. The
exhibit is retrospective, including
the best works of students done
in the past five years.
In the showing are masks, full
figures, self portraits, and animals
modelled in clay and terra Gotta,
pieces of pottery, and bas-reliefs.
Among the latter the most out
standing is the religious work of
Edward Scott, entitled Peter at
the Beautiful Gate" Scott, a gra-
duatet student in Atlanta Univer-
sity, is represented by several 9TH
err compositions, including a full
figure of a man, two masks en-
titled Solitude" and Melancholy,
portrait bust, and a study after
the antique. Also in the group of
bas-reliefs are an academic pro-
cession entering Sisters Chapel, at
Spelman College, and an interest
ing conception of Christ Entering
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-05-19
Use Of Word Niger" Distresses
Mo. Methodist Unity Conference

KANSAS CITY. Missouri (UP)
= Objection to the use of "nigger"
by a white former secretary of
the Southern church general con-
ference moemntarily disrupted af-
fairs in the unifying Methodist
conference here last week.
DR.. Lud H. Estes, white Mem
phis delegate, remarked: las the
old niger said, Lets not be too
persnickety'."
Rev. Benjamin F. Smith, Chi
cago delegate, sprang to his feet
to demonstrate with: IT object to
the connotation of the term used
by the secretary"
1.-THE secretary begs pardon"
was Estes way of smoothing over
the uncomplimentary social breach
and the incident was then deleted
from the conference report upon
the secertary's remarking that the
word was a slip of the tongue.
The occasion of the meeting was
the reuniting of the three Metho-
dist Episcopal churches into one.
A slavery dispute had split the
church into a North and South di-
vision about the year of 1874.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-05-19

Jerusalem" In the medium of
terra Gotta, are a decorative cat,
a portrait of girl in a blend of
color, a cherub, and creeping ba-
by.
The showing includes the works
chigan, and Mary Royal of Will
or Inez DeVaughn, of eDtroit, Mi
liamston, South Carolina, students
in Spelman College, and Claude
Weaver of Atlanta, and K. D. Red
dick of Sarasota, Florida, students
or Morehouse College. In the show
ing of previous years are works
by Mrs. John Hope, Edward Scott,
Emma Laura Wilkins, and the late
Dorothy Henry The contrast of
the present showing with the first
sculpture exhibit in 1885 is remar-
kable for the amount of growth
evidenced in such a brief period.
All of the works on view have
been done by students in the class
es of Miss N. Elizabeth Prophet,
internationally recognized sculptor,
who has been on the faculty of the
Atlanta University system since
September, 1884
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-05-19
Baptist COnUe11tiO,1 Is Outstanding
Race Well REPRESENTED On PROGRAM
Broadcast Year Old Next Thursday;
Special Program For Natal Event
John o. Lewis Sets Local Precedent Makes Fine
Contribution To Community

Thursday, May rs, completes
one year of regular broadcasting
of the Enterprise All-Negro Hour.
A special program has been ar
ranged in keeping with this MEM
orial event. The Enterprise Hour
is the first Negro-conducted pro-
gram in the Northwest and has
been under the direction of Mr..
John o. Lewis since its concep-
ton.
During the year of broadcasting,
celebrities and outstanding local
citizens have appeared over the
station. Many fine professional
acts sent by the Black and Tan
Cabaret, Palomar Theatre and o.
Their establishments have also APP
peared. Choirs of both the Bap-
fist and Methodist churches have
appeared at different times. News
and sports commentator on each
broadcast has been an added fea-
ture. Noteworthy was the debate
pro an con on Initiative 100 dur
ing the last election, also the APP
pearance of Henry Clay Agnew
and Jack Shermer on uhe same pro-
gram discussing the merits of Ag-
new and Warner for prosecutor.
Lieut.. Oxley and Joseph H. B. Ev-
ans, high ranking race officials in
the Federal government, were a
mong those who have spoke to the
Northwest by way of the North
west All-Negro program.
The program next week will be
dedicated to one year of progress,
and to the local graduates who are
asked to drop into the studio for
an informal interview. Gus West
is sports commentator.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-05-19
San Francisco Shows
Thelma ]. Streat Work

PORTLAND, Ore, May IS =
OF interest locally is the following
announcement: The City of Paris
Galleries, San Francisco, Califor-
MIA, announce an exhibition of oil
paintings and water colors by Thel-
ma johnson Streat, May 8 to May
20, 1889. Twenty choice pieces of
her paintings made up the exhibit.
Thelma Johnson Streat won ma
tional recognition when only II
years of age. Her painting titled
"a Priest" exhibited at the Har-
mon Foundation, won honorable
mention and, according to some
critics, was highly creditable
piece of are"
Her exhibitions have been shown
in the Harmon Foundation, Uni
versity of Chicago, Portland Art
Museum, San Francisco Art Mu-
scum, Carnegie Library, Ellison
and White Conservatory, and j.
K. Gill, Portland
This announcement, which we
are sure is of much interest to
Portlanders, was secured from
Mrs. j. N. Cantrell, aunt of Mrs.
Streat.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-05-19
Commercial Exibit At
Fair Discriminate

New York.-Old Man Jim Crow
came into full view this week at
the New York Worlds Fair when
it was learned that separate toilets
for employees, marked "colored''
and white" have been set up by
Standard Brands Inc, in its exhibit
building.
Standard Brands includes such
well-known products as Chase and
Sanborn's Coffee, Tender Leaf Tea,
FleischmanE's Yeast, Royal Celia
tin, Blue Ribbon Mayonnaise, and
others.
A vigorous protest against the
Jim crow lavatories was sent to
the New York office of Standard
Brands at sos Madison Avenue by
the NA.A.C.P. The letter said its
lawyers were investigating the pos
sibility of legal action under the
New York Civil Rights law.
The Standard Brands exhibit has
about $50 white employees and
about 80 colored, including buffers,
porters, dishwashers and maids.
The separate toilets are said to be
the idea of a Colonel Snap and
Mrs. Snap who are reported to be
in charge of the exhibit.
When the arrangement was pro-
tested to Colonel Snap by one of
the colored employees, the colonel
said that he was responsible for
the separate toilets and that they
were going to remain there 'be-
cause he didn't want white south
erners insulted."
The NAA.C.P. letter to STAN
dard Brands pointed out that mil
lions of Negro housewives and
maids and cooks working for other
people were purchasers of foods
and that this jim crow arrange
ment at the Worlds Fair would
not build up any good will for
Standard Brands.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-05-19
Girls Drill Team
Wins Acclaim
By ABE.

The Girls Drill Team, organized
by Mrs. Ernest Alexander and Mrs.
Roy Harvey under the sponsorship
of the V.F.W., won the acclaim of
the public Monday night when
they performed before a large aud
fence at Harmony Hall. The team
of thirty girls has been trained by
Mrs. c. L. Mccullough. Their pos
ture, their carriage and their CO.
ordination We're excellent, and they
unanswered the intricacies of the
various formations with deal of
skill. Seattle may well feel proud
of the support given these young
girls in their endeavor to buy uni
forms.
Mrs. Alexander and Mrs. Har-
vey are grateful to the public for
this response. They are grateful
also to Gerald Wells who secured
the services of an 11-piece orches-
ira which played for the drill and
for dancing. The players were OF
to Sampson, Wayne Morgan, trum-
pets; Alonzo Mitchell, Aaron Da-
Wis, William Bowman and Gerald
Wells, saxophones; Charles Rous-
seau, trombone; Palmer Johnson,
piano; William Green, guitar; Ju-
ME Bradford, drums; and Buddy
Groves, bass. Pepper" Neatly led
the orchestra and sang several Sc
lections to the very great delight
of the dancers and the drill team.
With such grand gesture from
the members of the Musicians IN
ion and such excellent music, the
affair was a success from the very
beginning.
Mrs. Alexander reminds us that
the girls will drill in the Memorial
Parade downtown on May 80. I'm
fortunately, their uniforms will not
be ready at this time. This will be
their last public appearance before
the VF'W contest at the University
Stadium on June 20, and later at
Tacoma and Vancouver, Wash.
With the community behind the
girls, and with the leadership they
have, we feel confident that this
tea mwill be among the final win
ners.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-05-19
Youth Parlev Spurs
Anti-Lynch Campaign

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May IL
(Ben Davis, Jr., for CNA)- A
wide campaign for passage Of the
anti-lynching bill, President Roo
sevelt's social measures, and Wig
orous opposition to amendment of
the Wagner Act, featured the out
standing resolutions adopted by
the third All-Southern Negro
Youth Conference at it's closing
session. The conference represen-
ted organizations totalling 100000
persons, primarily Negroes, the
largest representation in its three
year history.
At it's closed business session
in the Masonic Temple it voted to
concentrate on four fundamental
issues in a special Southwide anti
discrimination drive: jobs; right
to vote clubs; adequate education
al facilities and the promotion of
lealth especially in actually suf-
ering lakewood areas.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-05-19
Ethiopia Resistance Is
Strong, Report Shows

NEW YORK (UNP) = Ac-
cording to John F. Shaw, recog-
nized by Washington as Consul
General of Ethiopia, the Italians
have lost much of the territory
they gained by taking Adds Aba
ba.
Resistance is now organized.
There are many thousands of men
in the forces. One concentration
is only a few miles from Adds
Ababa. According to information
the Italians have not done much to
Western Ethiopia at ALL" the Eth
iopian consul stated.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-05-19

Manager of the A.M.E. Book
Concern, who has announced his
candidacy for Bishop. Thousands
of African Methodists throughout
the Country believe he will be ell
ected on the first ballot at the
General Conference that convenes
in Detroit in May, 1910. The Book
Concern Building, located at 716
So. 10th ST., Philadelphia, is the
largest building owned by our
group in the Quaker City and was
saved for the Church by DR.. Cur
ray. Eastern News Service