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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-06-22
Executive Candidates
Will Speak Here Soon;
Bailey On Monday
Paul Johnson To Address
Voters Of Holmes
Here On July lst

Tom Bailey and Paul B. Johnson
candidates for governor of Mississippi,
will both speak in Durant next week.
The News is in receipt of a tele-
gram from G. N. McIlhenry at Bal
ley's campaign headquarters saying
that Bailey will be in Durant at foul
O'Clock Monday afternoon, June 26.
Judge Johnson will speak in Du-
RAM at three o'clock Saturday af-
ternoon, July 1, and people from all
over the county are expected to come
hear him.
Plans are being made by local john
son supporters to secure a large
crowd for the event.
The regular Trade Day program
will be held on this day Immediately
following the speaking and a larger
crowd than ever is expected to appear
for the speaking and Trade Day
program.
Friends and supporters and those
interested in hearing Mr.. Bailey tell
what he will do if elected governor
of Mississippi are urged to come out
and give him a good audience Mon
day afternoon.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-06-22
Curtis Howard Brings In
First Cotton Bloom

Curtis Howard, prominent Durant
farmer, reported the first cotton
bloom in this section last Fiday and
brought the bloom into the News
office.
The cotton planted was d. P. & l..
Mr.. Howard reports that while the
rain is causing lots of grass and
trouble he expects % make a pretty
good cotton crop unless the boil
weevil gets him.
Wicsor Crowder, who lives in At
tala County near Sails, brought in
a bloom Wednesday morning from
DPL seed. Mr.. Crowder said he
found a bloom Monday morning or
his cotton. Me planted about the
middle of April.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-06-22
P. Hammett Enters
For Legislature.
Prominent Lexington
Mon Offers For
Representative

The News is authorized to an
nounce The candidacy of w. p. Ham
NETT for Representative, subject to
the action of the Democratic primary
on Tuesday, August g..
Mr.. Hammett is we'll and favorabiy
known all over Holmes county and
has a large host of friends who will
be interested to learn of his candi.
dacy.
He was a member of the Board OF
Supervisors from district 1 and his
record indicates faithfulness, ability
and excellent business
We direct readers of the News to
his statement which follows. Ws
believe that voters generally through
out the county will be interested il
his statement.
To the People Of Holmes County:
I am a candidate for Representa-
tive subject to your vote in the Aug
ust primary. My platform is strict
ly business policies and economy. No
new laws, no new taxes, no more re-
strictions on business. Fewer prom
ises and less politics. 1 will favor
all worthwhile progressive movements
for the state that / think the tax
payers can afford.
i am asking your vote and influ-
ence on August 8 and will appreci-
ate any help from my friends as it
will be impossible for me to make
a house-toIhouse
Your friend.
w. p. HAMMEyTT.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-06-22
aE<''rowds Continue
To An Trade
In DA. ant
$50 Capital Prize Sot.;
BODY" Will Be Given
As Extra Prize June q

A crowd estimated at from 1000
to 5000 by various individuals at
tended the regular weekly Trade Day
in Durant Saturday.
$50 is the capital prize to some
lucky shopper in Durant this week
when the cash prizes will be given
away by Durant merchants in front
of the Durant Dry Goods Company
at 4 p. NJ. q
The regular prizes of two SIS bills
and two prizes of $3.50 each will pc
given away also as they are every
Saturday.
In addition this Saturday as an
extra special prize a baby" will be
given some lucky person by the Du-
rant Chamber of Commerce.
No seem to know just at pres
ent just what this baby" is but It
is certain that a huge crowd will be
on hand to find out.
Everybody is Urged to attend the
Trade Day Saturday and bring a
friend or the family.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-06-22
Home Demonstration
Clubs Have Meeting

The County Food Judging Contest
for Home Demonstration Club mem
bers will he held in the Demonstra-
ton Room Tuesday. June 9th al
1000 A. M. The contest consists OF
exhibiting corn meal mullins, soda
biscuits, and white yeast bread, and
judging the same products. Ter
community Judging contests were held
this month with the following win
ners:
Acona - Mrs, ]. l.. Braddock, LIST;
Mrs. Lee Peacock, End.
Coxburg - Mrs. Alfred Hearn, LIST;
Miss Ruth Covington, End.
Elliott Hill - Mrs. T. r. Garrett
list; Mrs. T. E. Hearn, End.
Brozville Mrs. e. X. Frost, 1st
Mrs. w. A. Montgomery, End.
Pickens Mrs, J.. w. Sims, list;
Mrs. S. F. Hanna, End.
Bethesda Mrs. Glen McNeer,
fst; Mrs. A. f. Ellington, End.
Harmony - Mrs A. l.. Snayely,
1st; Mrs. r.. A. Montgomery, End.
Lexington, Glass / Mrs. Albert
Barrentine, LIST; Mrs. C. o. Buck
End.
Lexington. Glass 2 Mrs. Albert
Barrentine, list, Mrs. c. 0. Buck
End.
Centerviile. Glass 1 Mrs. w. F.
| Grace, list; Mrs. Emmi. Kyzer, End
C~enterville, Class 2 Mrs. H. G
wilkes Isl; Mrs W z. Grace, 2nd
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-06-22
County Mare And Coll
Show Set For Aug. Is
Committee Making
Preliminary Plans For
5000 Attendance

Holmes county's annual mare n
August IS, this year and a committee
appointed by County Agent T. M.
Williams to arrange for educational
features of the big day has already
started making plans for the event.
The committee is composed of chair
man Henry Watson, d. Lundy, Will
burn Hooker, Max Scobey and Joe
Latham.
This committee met Monday of
his week and made plans for giving
away a $50 prize to someone having
a colt of any kind under two years
entered in n competition. The
more 2-year old colts and under a
person has entered the more chances
he will have of winning the $50
prize.
A prize will be given this
year for the first time to the person
having the most entries in the COM
petition. This prize will be $40.
Due to the great interest that has
been aroused in saddle horses du--
ing the past few years in Holmes
county prizes will be given this year
for this class Of colts ~ well as
the usual prizes for workstock.
Detailed plans for bigger parade
than ever before will be revealed soon
and communities throughout Holmes
county are urged 20 participate so
as to make this the biggest show
ever held.
Last year $500 people were fed
according to officials, at a free bar
becue given by the Lexington Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
This year it is expected to have
5000 people present.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-06-22

They continue to survey highway
u between Durant and Lexington.
How long do you think it will be
before they do something besides
survey?
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-06-22
Ginners Urged To Attend
Meeting Saturday.

An important meeting of ginners
throughout Holmes county will 10
held Saturday morning at Lexington
al ten o'clock at the courthouse.
All ginners as well as community
committeeman are urged to attend
the meeting by members of the coua-
~ committee who have called it.
The main purpose of the meeting
is to urge ginners to use cotton bag
ging instead Of jute for the 1889 cot.
ton crop.
1T is hoped to get the entire 1888
crop Of Holmes county wrapped in
cotton bagging,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-06-22
Library To Be Closed On
Thursday Afternoons

Announcement was made today by
Miss Winifred Mcintyre. Librarian OF
the Holmes County Library, that the
library would be closed on Thursday
afternoons throughout the summer.
Notice will be given when the library
again begins opening on Thursday.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Sunny Jim Warned Experts
To Hold Off on Johnstown
Until Tested in Mud

"Mr. Mud" cut himself a hand In
the Preakness stake.
But he is not one of the greatest,
because the great ones don't ask for
odds from weather or opponents.
and Johnstown proved that he can't
go in the heavy footing. He stopped
so badly after three-quarters of a
mile OF that 3/16-mile stake that
from the press box it appeared he
was going to lie right down on the
track to take a nap.
Just as the victory marked Johns
towns first 3-year-old setback, so it
was Challedon's first success of the
campaign after two previous outings.
And just as it proved the Woodward
colt a dismal failure in the mud, SO
did it stamp the son of Challenger II
colt without 3-year-old superior
on heavy track.
Title in = Tangle.
From here on, the 3-year-old
championship outlook is puzzle
A week ago, after Johnstown's DERBY
waltz, it was regarded as a cut and
dried affair.
All eyes turn now to Belmont
where Johnstown is scheduled to
run in the Withers Mile Saturday
and the 11a-mile Belmont Stakes
early in June. But in the Withers
he probably will hook up again with
little Ell Chico, whose speed may
cause trouble at mile. In the Bel
mont he won't have to face Chal-
ledon, for Brann didn't make the
colt eligible. So the next time they
look each other in the eye may not
be until the Arlington Classic in
Chicago, for which both have been
named.
Johnstown was shipped back to
New York q tired horse. Challedon
will stay in Maryland until Wednes-
day and then 60 to Delaware Park
where he may start.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Cupboard Marathon
Victor Hangs Up
Two Records
Ey the Associated Press.

xfy ttlS AeSOCldLeQ TIcSS.
NEW YORK, May 15-Clayton
Bishop broke two records yesterday
in the 18th Albany New York motor
boat marathon.
1t was a record that the Onset,
Mass, fire chief won the race for
the second time. He won it in 1886
and yesterday became the first "re-
peater" in the history of the dash
Gown the Hudson. He was in the
money for the fifth time in six years,
ana the finishing average generally
oosent run that high. In fact only
50 OF the SO boats finished, and con-
oltions were unusually good for
racing.
Bishop also smashed a speed rec
ord for Glass B motors as he led
the parade of chips" The new
motor which his firemen gave him
drove his little hydroplane over the
l3o miles of placid river in 3 hours
IL minutes and % seconds for an
average of 4068l miles per hour.
Baby, piloted by zalmon G.. Sim
mons of Greenwich, Conn. negotiat-
ed the distance in 2:25:55 for an
average of 53353 m. p. M, beating
Gar Woods 1925 record for 225-cubic
1nch racers. David Gerli of New
York drove Lady Gen III to a record
OF 1854 miles per hour for the
unlimited class.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
White Sails FroIic
To National Title
Regatta Berth
Scores Fourth Straight
Win in Trials; Snipes
Paced by Rebel
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.


William White and his comet,
Frolic. will represent the local fleet
In the comet class national cham
pionships this September at oxford,
Md, barring accident.
Whites fourth consecutive win in
four weeks yesterday in the fifth
race of the Potomac River Sailing
Association series clinched the
modest shippers chances to survive
the local eliminations, qualifying him
to compete in the championship
regatta.
F'rolic has scored more than 46
points, two more than Charles
Dodge's Nandua, second yesterday.
Races Are Shortened.
A fleet of 36 boats in six classes
came out for the start. Light and
battling airs out of the northeast
compelled the Race Committee to
signal but one lap instead of the
usual two around Hains Point.
With a crew that included D.
Werner Smythe, former local sailor
of note, Judge Prentice Edrington
finally brought his revamped Lady
Avon out of her slump to win the
20-foot restricted division.
Eight Ball. Charles Murphy's
black-hulled sloop, led seven in the
Glass A handicap.
Rebel Leads Snipes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reid Dunn, who
come up from Richmond every Sum-
day to sail their Rebel, led the snipe
boats in.
Summaries:
Evening star., 1939-05-15
$40, ,90S, 900 Stroneers
To Everv Bock

4. The players are numbered-No.
I, No. 2, etc., etc, all the way up to
No. 8. The fourth player is called
the back" by his friends, and Mr..
Back" by strangers. The official polo
guide estimates that there are &c.,
100000 strangers to every back.
S. The polo field is longer than a
football field, and polo game seems
longer than anything you ever sat
through.
6. The guy on the end is Tommy
Hitchcock.
Once you have mastered these
fundamentals, you are 33d degree
polo fan, and can ride any subway
In the world for a nickel.
British officers in India invented
polo one afternoon in 1862, when
they were tired of stealing money
from the natives. remember my
own introduction to the game, when
was drafted for the No. position
on the Nawab of Bhopul's team in
'04. The Nawab-"Skippy," as we
called him-played No. l, but that
was because of his money, of which
there was $500 1902 900 20, not count
ing rupees and annas. He was a
: rotten No. /.
In game against 18th Dragons,
featuring the Maharajah of Poopal
g goals, $2O5 100000 at back,
I scored 48 goals and was asked to
leave the country. 1t took polo IL
years to recover from this blow, and
the Nawab still is trying to cash
my checks.
A proposal to change the name of
polo" to faro" in 1918 was de-
feated, 6 to 8.
The Maharajah of Poopal died in
1921.
Ten-goal players are admitted
free Of charge.
Play BALL
Evening star., 1939-05-15
National City Loops S
Close Races Bear
Out Prophets
Days Strife Leaves 5
Clubs Bunehed at Top
In Group A, 2in B

Preseason predictions for close
races in both sections of the Ma
tional City League began to ma
terialize today as three clubs in A
section and two in B found them
selves stalemated for the lead after
a day of close, well-played games.
Klein's Tavern, j. c. Flood
Plumbers and D. G. S. are run
ming neck and neck In section A,
with Wade's Auto Service and Serv-
ice Battery fighting for the top
rung of the ladder in B.
Klein's Scores Shutout.
Klein's chalked up a SO victory
over Reads Pharmacy yesterday,
scoring three runs in the first and
two in the fifth to clinch matters.
Liggett set dawn the Pharmacists
with four scattered hits and never
was in difficulty.
Three runs in the seventh and
two more in the ninth gave Flood
7-2 decision over Cameo Furniture.
Cady, who clouted home run, and
Connolly starred at bat for the win
ners, while Burroughs held the op-
position to seven hits.
The D. G. S.-Small Motors battle
was as close as your shadow until
the Grocers got to Schaeffer for
four runs in the eighth to clinch
the argument, IL. Errors hurt
Smalls chances, for the boys were
guilty Of five miscues.
Easy for Service Battery.
Service Battery won without diff
ficulty from Wakfield Dairy in B
section, rolling up a six-run lead
in the early innings and adding to
that margin in the closing frames.
The score was 1911. Hahn, Silver
and Miles paced the attack.
Arcade Pontiac needed all of the
eight runs it accumulated in the
first three INNINGS to stave of
Arcade Markets belated drive to
win. 9-6. A Market rally was ter
minated abruptly in the seventh and
final inning after two runs had
crossed, thereby saving the day.
Both Wade's Motor Service and
Southwest Market got of to good
starts and protected their leads in
winning from Ross Jewellers, 1872
and 81, respectively.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Ponts-EntongIed
Runner q Hero
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FRESNO, Calf, May Is
Barney Willis, University OF
California runner, failed to hear
the gun starting the 40 relay
in the West Coast relays Satur-
day night.
When he learned the event was
under way he didn't have time to
remove his sweat suit. But ne
took the baton anyway on the
last lap and dashed away. Some
how his sweat trousers worked
loose. Lower and lower they
dropped.
The crowd of 1000 laughed,
then it cheered, for Willis won
the race and came to halt with
the trousers draped around his
ankles.
The Trojans scored 569/1o
points to win the relays. STAN
ford was second with 53A.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Sports Center Softies
Maui Member Tens

Free-scoring games and lopsided
decisions marked the Sports Center
Softball League games yesterday
with Golub's Market winning over
Washington Shade e. Awning by
the outlandish figures of 37-l4 ir
the wierdest game.
Other results were United Type
writer, %; Tariff Commission, 0;
Plaza, s; Garvin's, 4; Irish Wal
Vets, IL; Land O. Lakes, 2.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Regattas This Week
Bear Heavily on
Sprint Title
Cornell, Yale, Harvard
In Line for LuureIs;
Princeton Picks Up
BY the Associated Press.

oJ tuc AScoCidtcu 1Icco.
NEW YORK, May 15.-With only
about a month to go before the long
4-mile pulls at Poughkeepsie and
New London, Eastern crews seek to
clear up their sprint" champion
ship this week.
Three eights remain undefeated
at this stage of the campaign and
at least one of them is due to lose
next Saturday.
Cornell and Yale, both all-victori-
GUS, hook up in the Carnegie Cup
race at Princeton, N. j., with Prince
tons good looking eight as the third
starter. Harvard, also winner of two
regattas, takes on Navy, Pennsyl-
vania and Columbia in the Adams
Cup race at Cambridge, Mass.
If that doesn't settle the short
course rowing supremacy, it will be
up to the triangular Cornell -Har-
vard-Syracuse race at Ithaca, N. Y,
May q to do it.
A brand-new regatta and in its
way the biggest thing ever attempted
also is on this weeks program. 1t
Is the Dad Vail Rowing Associations S
first small-college crew champion
ship race at Red Bank, N. J. En-
tered are Rutgers, favorite on its
performances this spring; Manhat-
tan, Dartmouth, Boston University,
American International College,
Rollins and Marietta. That takes in
all but one or two colleges whose
crews don't compete in the big time.
The Carnegie Cup race, of course,
shapes UP as a duel between Cornell
and Yale. The Ithacans have whip
ped Syracuse and Navy so far and
were idle last week while Yale
breezed to its second triumph. The
Ellis finished 10 lengths ahead of
Massachusetts, Tech at Derby, Conn,
after Syracuse was put out by an
odd accident.
The Syracuse coxswain steered too
close to a course marker and Bill
AAoAAt 2oWA2A6 4No. Oh uth ~ Will IllS
oar. He was catapulted out of the
boat and Syracuse finished with
seven men. Syracuse, incidentally
lost good chance to beat Cornell
by poor steering around a bend in
the course.
Princeton Is Improved.
Princeton, however, may upset the
dope for both these leaders. The
Tigers, beaten by Navy and by Har-
ward and Syracuse in two previous
starts, came back to whip Columbia
and Penn last Saturday in the Childs
Cup race on the Harlem. And they
rowed impressively in doing it.
Harvard, unbeaten since 1887, also
was idle last Saturday and figures
to outrow this weeks rivals. Navy
looked good until it was beaten by
Cornell and Columbia has been
showing Improvement, so the Can
tabs may get a real race out of it.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Mothers S Injury Du||s
Fe||er's Joy Over
Sixth Victory
Trick of Fate Makes
His Parent Victim
Of Bob's Pitch
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 15.-Mother' Day
was one of sadness and Joy for young
Robert Feller, fireball ace of the
Cleveland Indians pitching staff.
His mother, Mrs. William Feller,
came from the Van Meter, Iowa.
home yesterday to watch Bobby
pitch against the White Sox. But
she saw less than three innings of
the game.
Chicago's third baseman, Marvin
Owen, fouled one of Bobby's speed
balls into the first base line boxes.
The ball struck Mrs. Feller, one of
$4,000 spectators. The ball struck
her on the head and broke her
glasses. The shattered glass in
flicted deep cut above her nose
and right eye.
Max Weisman, Cleveland's train
er, gave Mrs. Feller emergency treat
ment, sent her to hospital and
then assured Bobby the injury
wasn't serious. Young Feller went
on to finish the game. registering
his sixth victory Of the season.
Six stitches were required at
Mercy Hospital to close the deep cut.
Hospital attendants said their ex-
animation revealed no skull fracture
nor broken bones. Nevertheless,
AS soon as the game was over
young Feller went directly to the
hospital. Another visitor in her
room shortly after the accident was
Kenesaw M. Lands, commissioner
of baseball.
Feller's father and sister, Mar
guerite, 10, were sitting with Mrs.
Feller when she was struck by the
ball. They came to the game with
several hundred other Iowa resi-
dents. Fans from Burlington pre-
sented the youthful pitcher a port
able radio.
Evening star., 1939-05-15
Owners Death Kept
Challenger Il Out
Of English Race
Bronn, Urged to Enter
Preokness Winner, Is
Strongly Tempted
BY SID FEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, May 15.-Death
cheated Challenger II out of his
chance for the Ascot Gold Cup back
there in 1928, but the famous sire
of bliuebloods may have his revenge
next year with his gallant son, the
mud flyer, Challedon.
AS the result of his victory in the
Preakness Saturday, Owner w. L.
Brann is thinking Of taking Challe-
don to England this fall to ready him
for the 21z mile classic in June of
1910.
He has spoken in the past of max
ing the trip as William Woodward
did with Omaha in 1885, and after
'Pete's" brilliant victory Saturday,
in which he exploded the myth of
JohnstoWn's invincibility Brann said
to a friend with whom he has dis
cussed the idea:
well, how abiut taking him over
there now?"
Challedon, Brann points out, as a
4-year-old will have nothing to keep
him in this country, $50 I may do
it."
Death RObs Challenger.
If he does, it will be the last chap
ter in the storybook biography Of
Challenger II, sire of the mud-run-
ming, stretch-breezing youngster,
who looked in the eye Johnstown, as
well as the four others in the Freak
ness field, and made them all eat
the mud he kicked up over Pimlico's s
race course.
This saga dates back to 1923, when
Brann and r. j. Castle formed their
Branncastle Breeding Farm part
nership, now dissolved. For years,
Brann, born in Indiana across the
river from Louisville, had wanted
a Kentucky Derby starter. So he
and Castle commissioned R. j. Fitz-
gerald to look up any possibilities in
England.
Lord Dewar, who had nominated
Challenger II for the English Derby
and the Gold Cup, died before the
races could be run and under an
old rule in England the nominations
were tossed out upon the nomina-
tors death. So Challenger II was
cheated out of his chances and Fitz-
gerald was able to buy the colt from
Lord Dewar's son.
This Challenger" Brann tells YOU,
was the best horse the English ever
let get away from them"
Finds Ideal Mare.
When he reached this country,
Challenger turned in some amazing
workouts. In training he did mile
after mile under lao. But an ankle
went bad and he was sent to Brann-
castle Farm at Frederick, Md.
Then in 1882 Brann saw a mare
at the Saratoga sales he believed
would be the ideal type to breed to
Challenger. She was Laura Gal. by
Sir Gallahad III. Where Challenger
was compact, she was big and rangy.
So Brann bought the mare for $4,000.
Challedon was the third and last
foal of the pair.
Their most famous son, although
he was beaten by Johnstown in the
Derby, now gives promise of fulfill
ing Branns' ambitions. He revenged
himself in the Preakness Saturday
while 10000 soaked spectators looked
on as Big John" came in dismal
fifth. The victory was good for a
winners value of $52,710 and Chal-
ledon paid s1440 for each 50 win
ticket.
So now it's the Arlington classic as
his next big outing. and after that he
may pack his kit and head for Eng
land to clean up that little unfin-
ished business for his daddy.