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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-08-10
Paul Johnson Leads
Ticket In Holmes
Primary Election
Official Count Gives
Johnson Big Lead
Over Opponents

The people of Holmes county went
to nne polls Tuesday, August s, in
the Democratic primary election and
cast 1884 woes for Paul b. johnson
for governor of The State of Missis
sippi.
Judge Johnson carried every pre-
clnct in the county with the excep-
ton of Durant and Goodman, car
ried by Conner, and Acona and Pick
n which were earned by Bailey.
MIR. Johnson was a close second in
the Durant, Acona and Pickens boxes
and in Goodman he was third.
Mr.. Conner was strongest in the
Durant box where he was "a votes
ahead of Mr.. johnson. At Goodman
he was only five votes ahead of Mr..
Bailey with placed second. Bailey
was five votes ahead of Johnson who
placed third in Goodman.
At Lexington Judge johnson was
AZ votes ahead Of Mr.. Conner who
won second place. Tom Bailey re-
ceived only 80 less votes than Mr..
Conner In the Lexington box.
Mr.. Johnson led the state ticket
the next highest number of votes
being polled for governor being 773
for Mike Conner. Thomas Bailey
was a close runner-up for second
place, polling 729 votes. Other gu
bernatorial aspirants were Lester
Franklin with 226 votes, DR.. Can't
with 8, Rdchey with 81 votes and
Billy Snider with 160 votes.
Clarence Morgan, Koscousko, led
the ticket for lieutenant governor
with 1890 votes and Dennis Murphree
with 1414 placed second. James Not
grass polled 141 and Nelson Levings
119.
Walker Wood carried Holmes county.
for the office of Secretary of State.
He spolled 1885 votes. Roy Arnold
'polled 1889 and Heber Ladner 468.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-08-10
Stote Roi!rood Workers
To Receive Checks =

Benefit checks are now being is
u e under the Railroad Unemploy-
ed Insurance Act to eligible workers
in Mississippi. These checks go to
workers who earned not less than
$50 in railroad employment in 1888
and who were totally unemployed,
able to work, and not otherwise dis
Qualified under the Act.
These workers were required to
register and file their claims with a
designated person at the last place
where they worked for a railroad.
or, if now living some distance away
from their last job, with a desig-
mated person at the nearest office.
station, shop, etc, of a railroad. They
were also required to serve a wait
ing period" of Is days, which did
not start until they began register
ing. Having served his period, each
of these workers will continue to
receive payments for each day of
unemployment over seven for which
ne registers in any Is day period,
except That he cannot receive more
than 80 daily payments in the II
months beginning with the 15day pc
riod containing n or more days for
which payments were made.
The Railroad Unemployment In
surance Act is a Federal Act and is
administered by the Railroad Retire
ment Board. which o1~o .x-,>>-
the Railroad Retirement Act. The
ofr'ce OF the Board which serves the
southeastern States is located in At
ianta, Ga, and a District office has
been established in Birmingham. Ala.
oama to serve Mississippi South of
the Columbus and Greenville Railway.
address of this office is Sol
Marhin Building, Birmingham, Ala
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-08-10

r. H. Hewitt reports that no one
enjoyed election day, Tuesday, more
than he. It was his privilege to
shake hands with over 300 of his
friends whom he had not seen since
his return from an extended visit
in Texas with his children.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-08-10
Boptists Announce
Sunday Services

Bible School GAS.
Morning worship 1880.
b. 7. u. 6.45.
Evening worship 1:4o. Baptismal
service follows.
Prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing at 7:45.
Misses Lyn Flemming, Julia De
Loach, Rev. and Mrs. M. L. Brant-
ley are recent additions to our church.
They are indeed welcome.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-08-10
Howard. Robinson Bring
In Open Cotton BoIls

Curtis Howard, Durant farmer,
again brought in the first open cotton
boil this year to the News office. The
was planted in April.
John w. Robinson, Sails farmer
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-08-10

also brought in an open boil planted
April 20 from DPL number eleven.
Bob report prospects for a good
crep year.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-08-10
through
Hazel
Eyes
BY
Hazel Brannon

Much speculation is apparently go
inging on in the minds Of daily news
paper editors throughout the state as
TO what candidate will receive sup
port from Governor White and Sen
ators Harrison and Bilbo and much
is made of same.
We'd like to Know VINO cares how
Governor White, Senator Harrison
and Senator Bilbo vote? The fact
that one of these three men is Cup
porting a candidate in the guberna-
torial race does no. add to or de-
tract from his character as a man
and ability al a governor.
Some of our leading editors would
nave us believe that just because one
of the political big shots like MessAs.
White, Harrison and Bilbo, say frog
all the people of Mississippi jump.
As a matter Of fact, we don't believe
that.
When people of a state get so mired
in a political machine that they don't
know how to vote until the man at
the drivers wheel says the word it's
time to do something about 1t. There's
no need to talk about the rights"
Of the dear people" being invaded.
As a matter OF fact, when politicians
get such a strong hold on a state
there isn't much hope for the dear
people anyway.
Wed suggest to the people OF Mis-
sissippi that they examine as best
they can The character and ability
Of each man in every race and then
make up their minds who they
will vote for instead Of having some
body tell them how to vote.
The newspapers of the state owe 1t
to their readers to present facts for
reading and not opinion except on
an editorial page where it belongs
When newspapers get to where they
present only the side of the picture
they want their readers to see they
are STOPPING just as low as any poll
tician that ever put one a piece OF
false propaganda.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-28
IN MEMORY

In loving memory of our dar-
ling, Lenora Lewis, who passed
away February %, 1894:
Five years have passed, my dar-
ling,
Since you left us and went away.
And. oh how we miss you, Lee
nora; 49,
Miss you more and more each
day.
Each day has new beginning,
Which brings sweet memories of
you,
Of the little things you used to
say
And the things you used to do.
We know you're safe in Jesus,
Safe in His tender care,
Some day we shall go to see you
In that beautiful home over there.
MR.. and MRS. WILL LEWIS.
feb28-1tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-28

With quite a large influx Of
Minnesota guests at the Casa
Marina resort hotel last night,
the visits this year of many of
the children of Lucius P. Ord
way, of st. Paul, Minnesota. are
recalled.
On January 9 Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Ordway, son and
daughter-in-law visited MIR. Ord
way and remained two weeks at
the Casa Marina. On January 20
daughter, Miss Kathleen Ord
way, arrived for stay. January
% Mr.. and Mrs. Lucius p. Ord
way, son and daughter-in-law of
New York and Palm Beach, ar
rived. Yesterday Mr.. and Mrs.
S. G. Ordway of New York also
arrived. The elder Mr.. Ordway
finds his Children carrying out this
custom yearly.
Minnesota folk who arrived
last night were Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank E. Burch of st. Paul, Min
nesota; Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Rob-
erts of st. Paul; Mr.. and Mrs. c.
w. Mooers of Minneapolis, and
MIR. and Mrs. A. H., Harmon of
Lake Elmo, Minnesota.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-28
3O0-POUND TURTLE

Continued from Page One)
liams of Charlotte, N. c.; c. A.
Williams of Oskaloosa, Iowa, had
an extremely varied catch of
kingfish, barracuda, large group
er, albacore, bonito and small
shark.
A 40-pound crevalle jack with
its huge gaping eye and the mus
cular development equal to
fish twice its size was landed by
w. Zeisett of New York City on
the excursion fishing boat Aylce
B. Other "AB" catches were 80
fish landed by Miss Sally Ramey
of Baltimore, Md, and c. F.
Cook of Worcester, Massachu-
sets, catch of snapper, grouper
and porgie. An amberjack was
landed by P. c. Geddes of De-
troit, Michigan.
A 300-pound turtle, was har-
pooned by C. Sobel, who, with
Ralph Dominguez. of Key West,
is at present on a three-day cruise
of Key waters on the 25-foot Sloop
Muchachita. The turtle was
brought into the Yacht Basin
Sunday and large crowd watch
ed it carved. The head was
enormous and grueSome.
On Captain Frank Gates Mar
lin two days of parties brought
in a complete catch. One day, a
party wanted to 60 bottom fish
ing. So out to the reef the Mar
lin went and Captain Gates pro-
ceeded to hit" the spots where
the various types of bottom fish
could be secured. There were
yellowtail, grouper, Nassa u
grouper, porgies, large mutton
fish, hogfish and scores of others.
Yesterday trolling the deeper wa
tiers Is barracuda, three macker-
ell, a 33-pound ferocious black
ggouper, al 21-pound barracuda
and others were landed in a very
large catch. ~ sAs."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-28
O.E.S. Planning To
Receive Visitors

Mrs. Beatrice Brandon, Worthy
Grand Matron and c. r. Kemp,
Worthy Grand Patron of the
Grand Chapter of Florida, Order
of the Eastern Star, will pay
their official visit to Fern Chap
ter No. 81 at the Scottish Rite
Hall, corner Eaton and Simonton
streets, Monday at 8 p. m.
All members are urged to be
present and visiting Eastern Star
members will find a cordial well
come.
A banquet will be held pre-
ceding the meeting at 6 p. m. at
the La Concha Rainbow Room.
Reservations should be made
with Mrs. G.. N. Goshorn, phone
122 or Mrs. VIM. H. White, phone
740-W, not later than Friday
night.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-28
Concert At Convent
Thursday Night -.

Hilger Trio, composed of Elsa
Hilger, Celist; Maria Hilger, Vio-
linist, and Greta Hilger, Pianist,
will present a concert in the Con-
vent Auditorium on Thursday,
March 2, at 8 p. m, under the
auspices of the Convent of Mary
Immaculate.
Splendid program of unusual
and interesting music has been
arranged and is expected to draw
a large crowd of music lovers.
Program is as follows:
Concerto in G"-Bruch.
"Romanza Andaluza" - Sara
safe.
Song of the Nightingale
Sarasate.
"Andante and Waltz Sara
safe.
Concert Paraphrase on Rigo-
letto"-LiSzt.
ave Maria Schubert Wilhel-
my.
Flight" -KochanSky.
Apres I'm Reve"-Faure.
'Mazurka" -Zarzitzky.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
"Frolic"- yucca.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-28
gH SOCIAL ( @ ms
R'11I ACTIVITIES ~
SOCIAL CALENDAR

TUESDAY,
Stone Church Service Club SUPPER winter visitors 600
m. Church Annex.
WEDNESDAY,
County officers p. m.
Key West High School Auditorium
THURSDAY
Concert by Hlger Sisters at Convent of Mary I'm
maculate.
Meeting West Lions Club Stone Church Annex $50 NJ
Concert Hospitality p m.
Brotherhood Banquet Fleming Street Methodist Church 745
p m. Parsonage
Rotary Club meeting 1915 p. m. st. Paul's Annex.
Annual Fashion Show of Senior and Junior Womans Clubs
p m. Casa Marina.
FRIDAY
Choral Society regular meeting winter visi
tors. High School Auditorium
SUNDAY
Concert Hospitality Band Art Park.
MONDAY
honorng Worthy Matron
don Worthy Grand Patron c. r. Kemp by Fern Chapter
No 81 OES Scottish Rite Hail. La
Concha Rainbow Room at 6. p.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-28
Judge And Mrs.
Bidne Leave

Judge Francis Biddle of Phila-
delphia, who President Roose-
welt recently named to the bench
of the Circuit Court of Appeals
in Philadelphia, and Mrs. Biddle,
left this morning after a delight
full stay at the Casa Marina.
Mrs. Biddle is better known by
her pen name of Katherine Gar
rison Chaplin. Recently SYM
phonic arrangement of hers was
presented by a Philadelphia SYM
phony orchestra.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-28
PIT. A. Council To
Elect Officers ,tL@s

Important meeting of Monroe
County Council of Parent Teacher
Associations will be held in audi
torium of Key West High School
tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
according to an announcement by
the president, Mrs. Sebastian
Cabrera.
Election of officers will be held
at this session and the president
requests that all committee
chairmen and their members at
tend.
Music viii be furnished by the
Key West High School orchestra
under the direction of T. B. Kleb-
satteL
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-28
Former Miss Smiley
To Visit March s

Mrs. G.. r. Smiley of Louis
vile, KY, who has small win
ter home at 1415 Division street
has had some very attractive
guests during the past few
weeks. Mrs. Denis Shanahan of
Louisville, KY, leaves March the
third after spending five delight
full weeks here. DR.. and Mrs.
Fred w. Jones of Alton, Illinois,
who came in on their cruiser
Lazy Lady III spent several days
with Mrs. Smiley. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Miner of Chicago, were
with them and all were delighted
with Key West and Mr.. Miner is
thinking of buying here.
Mrs. w. Bowman Cutler of
Boston, will arrive March 9th, to
spend several weeks. With her
will be Mr.. Cutters mother, Mrs.
Charles E. Humphrey who will
remain a week. Mrs. Cutler was
formerly Miss Helen Smiley and
has spent many winters here.
Her husband, Mr.. Cutler will
come later for several weeks be-
fore they both return to Bos-
ton.
Mr.. Smiley will arrive the
middle of March and plans to re-
main until the middle of April.
Mr.. Smiley's love for Key West
dates back to Florida East Coast
Extension days and four years
ago bought the home on Division
street and remodeled it for his
winter vacations. gAs
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-28
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Tribute Is Paid To
Miss Mary Sullivan

0eoeooeeOoeOe
CA nice tribute to Miss Mary
Sullivan, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. B. Sullivan of this city,
and a student at Florida State
College for Women, was written
by one of her classmates. Miss
Sullivan, incidentally, has a clev-
er and well-written article in the
college literary magazine, 1.-THE
Distaff", at F.S.C.W. of january
MARY
see your face but dimly
When ] think of you.
Strong, slender hands
l see instead;
Your hands
Writing,
Turning pages,
Softly clasped moment on the
tables edge;
In my eyes will remain the vision
of those hands;
In my heart, the tingling sound
of your voice; o.
And the bright, sweet strength
that is your Soul.
Tallahassee, Fla.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-28
CORRECTION

In the article sent from the
registrars office at Bucknell
University concerning scholastic
honors of Guy w. Atkins and
printed in yesterdays Citizen
the parents were listed as MIR.
and Mrs. E. w. Atkins of 400
Margaret street. Guy is the son
of Mrs. Ann P. Lamb by a for
mer marriage to Mr.. Atkins and
lives at 1872 Olivia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-28
Announcement
OF Engagement

Mr.. and Mrs. J. Otto Kirch-
heiner announce the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Anna Rose
Kirchheiner, to Sidney A. Curry,
son of Mrs. Zelma Curry.
There has been no date set for
the wedding but it is understood
that it will take place in the near
future.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-28

vegetables. ported plants palms,
ETC., were exhibited, and there
were some excellent antiques, in
Guiding dishes from Nassau al
most a hundred years old. The
st. Peters Parochial School dis
play showed articles made by the
children, shell-work, handwork,
tables and stands.
Certainly the entire Flower
Show this year was an immense
success, and all of those who
worked on it deserve the greatest
praise Every visitor attending
announced themselves as delight
ed with the Show.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-28
Key West Tropical Flowers, ~
Antiques, Shadow Boxes, In -
Annual Garden Club Flower Show
By NINA LESLIE CALLEJA

The annual Flower Show, Spon-
sored by the Key West Garden
Club, opened formally Saturday
afternoon at 800 o'clock at the
Lighthouse Building No. 3. The
affair was very largely attended,
and was eminently successful and
beautiful.
The first one hundred ladies
were given charming corsages of
local blooms, roses and rosebuds,
orchids, coral flowers, bougain-
villaea and hibiscus. These cor
sages were made up by Leo B.
Warren, ard were indeed lovely.
Exhibits Judged
Prior to the opening, the va
rious exhibits were judged by a
competent and painstaking group
of judges, consisting of Mr.. and
Mrs. Anton-Otto Fischer, c. K.
Van Nortwick, Mrs. Everett Win
ter, Mrs. Funkhouser, Mrs. Edith
Rhodes Foster and Mrs. E. c.
Lindeman. Blue, red and white
ribbons were awarded.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fischer were par
ticularly interested in the array
of seeds and seed pods, declaring
it to be one of the outstanding
exhibits of the Show. This seed
pod display has always proven
of great interest to winter visi-
tors, together with the tropical
fruits and vegetables exhibit and
the tropical blossoms.
Building Decorated
The building was decorated
with palm fronds crossed in an
attractive pattern on the side
walls and suspended from the
ceiling, augmented by banana
trees. At intervals there were
splendidly executed shadow box
es on the walls, the blue ribbon
one being a charming scene of
little dancing figures made of
pink hibiscus flowers. Several
others were worthy of note, one
with a silver bucket and cham
payne bubbling in glasses and an
other with artists palette, tubes
of paint and screened roses in a
frame.
There were many large and
small varieties of palms on ex-
hibit, and these made an inter-
eSting display, as did also the
WPA Horticultural Exhibit, in
Guiding crotons, cactus, pam
danus, the plant known as Span
ish bayonet, etc. The beautifully
arranged ferns of many kinds
were lovely, ranging from the
very delicate and fragile to the
harder big-leaved varieties.
There was table Of colorful
potted calladiums, another of
begonias. and a very effective
display of crotonS.
Tropical Flowers Exquisite
The Tropical Flowers were ex-
Quisite, and numbered among
them were the Royal Poinciana,
the stunning waxed-textured
ginger flower, and a beautiful,
little unnamed white bloom that
was as lovely as any flower in
the entire Show. Containers for
these blossoms were particularly
nice.
The rose display, in tall, round
and small vases, baskets, china,
silver, glass and golden bowls,
was a pretty one. Roses of many
colors and kinds were to be seen.
Oleanders We're banked in pro-
fusion against one partition. A
large variety of garden flowers,
beautifully arranged in an assert
ment of containers and vases,
was easily one of the finest ex-
hibits at the Show. The arrange
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-28

ments of flowers in miniature
vases was dainty, delicate and
charming. There were tiny glass
vases only one or two inches
high, little cups, and even a bios
som or two in an antique Chinese
silk embroidered slipper.
Specimen Plants Outstanding
The array of specimen plants
beggars description. There were
strange and exotic plants, flow
ers and vines, some dull and
colorless, some brilliant and
startling with color, but all inter-
esting to see. The hibiscus dis
play was unusually good this
year, in all their various shades
of color, double and single. There
was a large and beautifully ex-
ecuted arch of purple bougain-
villaea.
The cactus exhibit, numbering
scores of kinds, was immensely
interesting in their strange shapes
and tasteful arrangement, and
the exhibit by visitors to Key
West, showing what interested
them most here, was nicely done.
The hanging baskets, made of
shells, Sponges, etc., and contain
ing a large assortment of plants,
were much admired.
Marine Curio Display
There was a table of marine
curios, corals, shells, favors and
place cards by Chester Thomp-
son, with a centerpiece of one of
the most striking pieces of coral
the writer has ever seen, and
there was on display also the
shell collection of Mrs. Mario
Calleja, representing specimens
from all parts of the world.
In the antique section, there
were to be seen a good assort-
ment of vases, !. clocks, chests,
china, cabinets, chairs, dolls, jew
elry, glassware, paper money,
hurricane lamps and an old Re-
gina Music Box. The Trading
Post Exhibit was particularly
lovely.
The handicraft exhibit was
splendid. 1t included bags, hats,
sandals and belts made of COCO
nut leaves and fibre, intricate
drawnwork, wrought silver and
copper done by the Dudleys, and
some beautiful water &C olor
sketches of Key West flora by
Wallace Bryant Kirke.
Public School Exhibits
The public school exhibits were
finely done, and included table
displays, novelties made by the
children, flowers and vegetables
grown by them, and shadow boxes,
The children and teachers are to
be complimented on their very
good work.
The table settings this year
were superb. The formal Colonial
dinner-table, with Dresden fig
ures and candlesticks, beautiful
glassware and silver, was lovely
in its perfection of appointments
and arrangement. The cocktail
table, with its wooden plates,
was charming. Its centerpiece
was most artistic, consisting as it
did of a profusion of tropical
fruits, leaves and coconuts. The
oleanders dinner table with its
silver candlesticks and gold-bor-
dered plates and glassware was
very effectively done. The buff
fet supper table was in the man.
ner moderne, with chromium APP
pointments and informal flower
ed china.
Colored Residents Section
The colored peoples section
was fine. Cut flowers, fruits,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-28
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