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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-06
ST. CIRCLES
WILL HOLD MEETINGS

The auxiliary circles of St. An
drew's Presbyterian church will
meet as follows:
Mrs. j. L. White, chairman
with the chairman, Wednesday aft
ernoon at $3.50 o'clock, 712 Orange
street.
2-Mrs. j.. L. Fulbright, chair
man, with Mrs. Lottie Carr, Wed.
nesday at $3.50 o'clock.
3-Mrs. c. B. Case, chairman,
with Mrs. j. c. Saunders, III South
18th street, Tuesday at $3.50
o'clock.
Mrs. F. o. HUM, chairman.
with Mrs. T. D. Love, 3O5 South
Second street, Wednesday at 3:3(
o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-06
Water Color
Exhibit Will
Be Shown Here
Claude Howell Will Speak Be
fore Sorosis Art Depart
ment Thursday Evening

The Art department of the North
Carolina Sorosis will present a water
color exhibition and demonstration
by Claude Howell, on Thursday eve
ming, at 8 o'clock.
Mr.. Howell has exhibited in many
important shows and museums. At
the North Carolina Artist Exhibition
in Chapel Hill last year his paint
ing was selected to be sent to the
International Business Machines
Corp. exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
He has received recognition through
out the state as an accomplished
young artist.
Water colors a only be fully
appreciated when the limitations of
the transparent paint are under
stood. Mr.. Howell's paintings have
a brillancy of color characteristic
of the gay negro subjects he paints
so often. Some of his interesting
paintings will be on exhibition at
the clubhouse during the lecture
Mrs. C. B. Davis said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-06
MISS IVY
BRIDE-ELECT, T

Miss Olita Sheehan and Mrs. J.
Murchison Autry were joint host
esses Thursday evening at IN e
home of Miss Sheehan on Chestnut
street honoring Miss Ivy D'Orange,
charming bride-elect of October IL.
The lower floor of the Sheehan
home Was thrown en- suite and a
p%rofusion of fall flowers were beau
tifully arranged throughout the
rooms. Contract was played at
five tables. Miss D'Orange was
presented a crosage of roses to
which was attached a white ribbon
leading to the sun parlor where she
received many lovely pieces of
crystal in her chosen attern.
After the games an ice course of
bridal molds and individual cakes
was served. The dining room ia
BILE was lovely with a lace cloth
and in the center was a crystal
plate containing the brides must
cal cake; crystal candelabra hold
ing white tapers, minis and nuts
in crystal containers completed the
decorations.
Guests present were: Miss Ivy
D'Orange, honoree, Miss Hazel D.
Orange, Miss Dorothy Davis, Miss
Columbia Turner, Miss Anne Son.
dey, Miss Katherine Sheehan, Miss
Marie Keels, Miss Elida Winstead,
Miss Elizabeth King, Mrs. E. N.
Zeigler, Mrs. j. P. Russ, Mrs. F.
L. Williams, Mrs. Mildred Mum,
Mrs. Kenneth Eaton, Mrs. R. l..
Davis, Mrs. R. F. King, and Mrs.
o. o. Curtis. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-06
Recent Bride Feted

Mrs. R. M. Padrick, Jr., enter
tanned at a party honoring Mrs.
Francis Stanley, a recent bride, on
Friday evening at her home on
South 18th street. The home was
decorated with arrangements of
fall cut flowers and the color
scheme of blue and yellow was
used. The honoree was presented
with a piece of china in her pattern
by the hostess and showered with
many other gifts by her friends.
Games were played during the
evening and high scorers e e
Miss Mildred Scott ari Mrs. Luz
Their Buch.
A buffet supper was served later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-06
D. A. R. Golden Jubilee Will
Be Celebrated In WASHINGTON

is honorary chairman of the Gold
en- Jubilee COMMITTEE
By means of the jubilee cele-
bration the D. A. R. will seek to
increase an understanding of it's
achievements during the past and
of its aims and purposes for the
future.
Among the pre-anniversary
events will be the declaration of
the restored ballroom in Gadsby's
Tavern in Alexandria,, Va, Wed
nesday afternoon, October 9, and
a large reception Wednesday eve
ming beginning at 9 o'clock in the
new chapter house of the District
Of Columbia daughters at 1882 Mas
SachusettS avenue. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-06
BY Mrs. Henry M. Robert, Jr,.
of the American Revolution

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5-Turning
back history's pages for a half
century, Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution this week will re-
enact in pagentry the growth of
the National Society since it was
founded in the Nations capital on
October II, 1890.
Already a number of charter
members, As are still living, are
in the city as guests of honor.
About them all of the ceremonies
of the two day celebration of the
Golden Jubilee on Thursday and
Friday of the coming week, Octo-
Der 10 and II, will revolve.
Today Mrs. Henry M. Robert,
Jr., president general, announced
that preparations for the obser-
vance of the occasion are COM
plete and that national officers and
state regents, together with hund-
reds of members, were arriving.
The climax of the Golden Jubilee
celebration will come friday eve
ming, Octobr II, when an His
torical Evening" will be presented
in Constitution Hall. Through pag-
entry, the great moments il D. A.
R. history will be portrayed. There
will be five scenes, each embrac-
ing a decade.
On Thursday, October 10, the
high-light of the celebration will
be a Golden Jubilee dinner at the
Hotel Mayflower. Charter mem
bers will be the guests of honor
and will be seated at the head
table. The dinner will ) in lighter
vein and amusing. incidents in the
history of the National Society will
be among the features. Those TAX
ing part will dress in historical
costume.
Many Of those participating or
attending the anniversary events
are planning to wear authentic
costumes of the past fifty years
during the two days of the jubilee.
The observance of the anniversa-
ry will open at 4 p. m .on Thurs
day, Oct. 10 when a memorial
service in honor of the charter
members will be held = Memorial
Continental Hall. Charter members
attending the Golden Jubilee will
occupy front seats.
On Friday at i p. m. charter
members will be honor guests at
a luncheon at the Mayflowe: limit
ed to charter members, the Ma
tional Board of Management, hon
orary national officers and ma
tional, congressional, administra-
tive and anniversary charimem.
at the other ceremonies, tribute
A reception will follow, in Con-
stitution Hall, from $3.50 to 5 p. m.
At the pageant en- Friday, and
at the other ceremonies, tribute
will be paid the four founders of
the National Society, Daughters of
the American Revolution-Miss
Mary Desha, Miss Eugenia Wash
ington, Mrs. Ellen Hardin Wal.
worth and Mrs. Mary S. Lock
wood.
During the pageant present Of
ficers will impersonate those of
past decades. Presidents general
of the past twenty years are living
and will therefore, impersonate
themselve- in the various scenes.
Outstanding among the charter
members taking part is Miss Janet
Richards who has the 'nique dis
tinction of having attended every
Continental Congress turing the
past half century. Miss Richards
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-06
EMANUEL CIRCLES
TO MEET THIS WEEK

Emmanuel Presbyterian circles will
meet as follows:
1. With Miss Mildred Horn, Sum-
mer Hill, Tuesday night at 8
o'clock.
2. Mrs. Henry Everette, 220 Will
lard street, Tuesday afternoon at 8
o'clock.
8. Mrs. Bill Fisher, los North
Eighth street, Monday night at 8
o'clock.
4. Mrs. w. H. Jackson, 1113 South
Third street, Tuesday afternoon at
3 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-06
PIT. A. INSTRUCTION
SCHOOL CONDUCTED

All of the local Parent-Teacher
associations were well represented
at the annual school Of instruction
conducted by the New HanoV II
county council, Tuesday, October
1 at. the Isaac Baer school.
The group met in the auditorium
where Miss Weber, Bible teacher
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-06

these fall meetings, as does DR..
Clyde A. Erwin, superintendent of
public instruction. Mrs. Ruth Wick
Everett, field secretary of the
North Carolina Education associ-
ton, will be on hand; and P. T. A.
board members will attend any
district meeting within accessible
range of their homes. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-06

from the high school led them in a
most inspiring devotion. After a
vocal solo, God Bless America,
bv Mrs. Herman Moore with Miss
Eugenia Switzerland accompanist,
the workers were directed, to their
classes where they received point
ers on the work they plan to do
this year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-06

The yacht used by the late King
George V, the Victoria and Albert,
is the largest in the world.
Evening star., 1940-05-31

Americans had $103,O00, 900 in
vested in Denmark at the end of
1889.
Evening star., 1940-05-31
Confederate Memorial
Rites 10 Be Addressed
By Senator Hill
Services Will Be Held
In Amphitheoter at
Arlington on Sunday

Senator Hill, Democrat, Of Ala
bama will be principal speaker at
the Confederate Memorial day exer-
cises to be held Sunday, beginning
at 4 pm, in the National Amphi-
theater and the Confederate section
OF Arlington National Cemetery. The
exercises will be under the auspices
Of Camp I'll, United Confederate
Veterans and the Sons and Daugh-
ters Of the Confederacy, assisted by
the Confederate Southern Memorial
Association and the Children of the
Confederacy.
The ceremonies will open with a
program of music at the Confederate
Monument and placing of flowers
on the graves of Confederate dead.
The amphitheater program will
follow Immediately at 4:30 p p.m., with
Mrs. Livingston Vann., jr., president
Of the District division of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, pre-
siding.
The assembly will be called to
order by Peter Pierre Smith, COM
mander of Camp I'll, U. C. ", and
this will be followed by a parade of
colors conducted by 1t. Horace w.
Lineburg of the American Legion.
The invocation will be pronounced
by DR.. Edward c. Berry and talks
will be given by Mrs. Elizabeth c.
Fred, David Coulter, president of
the Maj. Charles M. Stedman Chap
ter, c. A. R.; Maj. Gen. F. Thomas
Evans, surgeon general, U. C. ", and
Gen. Julius Franklin Howell, COM
mander in chief of the U. c.. v.
Senator Hill will be introduced by
Representative Flanagan, Demo-
crat, of Virginia. The laying of
wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier. sounding of taps and pro-
nouncement of the benediction by
DR.. John E. Briggs, pastor of the
Fifth Baptist Church and chaplain
OF Camp 305, S. c. ", will complete
the program.
The musical portion of the exer-
cises will be furnished by the Marine
Band, double quartet and soloists.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-09
Hospital Day Will
Be Observed Here
Community Hospital
Invites Public To
Attend Program

National Hospital Day will be OBJ
served at the Community Hospital in
Lexington on Sunday, May II and the
puSsic Is cordially invited to attend
the open house planned by the local
institution in observance Of the day.
An interesting program has been
planned for three o'clock to last one
hour and light refreshments will be
served at it's conclusion.
Homes county has one of the finest
small hospitals in the state and one
OF which its citizens can well be
proud.
National Hospital Day, inaugurated
May q, 1921, has become an occasion
when hundreds Of thousands Of peo-
pie visit the hospitals. It is a day
for open house. 1t is an opportunity
for the public to visit the community
institution, to learn something Of its
services, facilities, purposes and pro-
blems.
The hospital has become an impor-
tam factor in community life. 1t is
: place, not only for the car OF the
sick, but for teaching and research.
Il is, in fact, a health center.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-09
Bobbie EIIurd And
Chris Curus Given
Loving Cups

Bobbie Ellard, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Rufe Ellard, was crowned little
Miss Durant and Chris Caras, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Caras, was crown
ed Master Durant, Monday night at
the Strand Theatre. Both were a.
warded silver loving cups by the Bust
ness and Professional Women's Club
of Durant, sponsors of the contest.
Monies raised from the contest go
into the community house building
fund.
Mrs. Mhude Tatum, president of the
sponsoring club, awarded the cups
and Mrs. Tatum expressed her ap-
probation and that of the club to the
mothers Of the children in the con-
test for their efforts:
Standing of the candidates and the
actual number of votes received at
the end Of the contest was as fol-
lows:
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-09
Sheriff Takes IS
Cases Of Liquor
In Holmes
Driver Of Truck Soys
He Was Enroute To
Newton; Makes Bond

william Caperton, Jr., Of Indianola
vas arrested near Cruger in Holmes
county and q truck load of 95 cases
of whisky confiscated by Sheriff VII
liam Allen Ramsey, who was assisted
by Deputy Sheriff A. A. Parker and
Patrolmen Morgan and Wilkes in the
arrest.
The driver told officers he was en-
route to Newton to deliver the con-
signment. Cash bond Of $3.50 was fur
nishcd and Caperton released. The
sheriff also arrested Roy Autry, white
man, north of Pickens on Highway
81. who was charged with possession
of over q case of liquor. The whisky
was outside the building and a negro,
Tommy Baldwin, who was guardics
the case with q single barrel shot
gun, was also arrested and held
Sam Newman, Of the federal agency,
early Sunday morning arrested w.
l.. Harper and Henry Mclean, Jr,,
both whites, who will be charged with
liquor making, officers stated. Both
men were carried to Jackson for
docketing.
Officers said the two white men
were caught in the Jones Crossing
area southwest Of Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-09
Duront Merchants Will
Close Wednesday Noon
In June, July. August

The undersigned merchants have
agreed to close their places Of bust
ness each Wednesday at II o'clock
noon, as a half holiday, during the
months of June, July and August
1910: ..o a
d. v. Pound, The Style Shop, Lyon
& Co., Spotless Dry Cleaners, Powder
Puff Beauty Shop. Ray Bros, Hotel
Durant Beauty Shop. J. N. Howard.
Variety Store, G. H. Odom, Terry's
Barber Shop, Hotel Durant Barber
Shop,
w. H. Irby, Mrs. T. L. West City
Market, Walter Durham, J. p. Dur
ham, Piggy Wiggly. Right-Way
Cleaners, Western Auto Associate
Store, r. E. Irby, Mayors Office, w. f.
Howell, ]. s. Racine, Durant Dry
Good Co., r. G.. Turner, D. M.
Barranco.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-09
A. B. Lowe Goes Into
Business; R. Harden
Joins News Force

A. B. Lowe. popular linotype opera
tor Of the News, has gone into the
Job printing business for himself in
Belzoni where he was formerly emr
ployed by the Belzoni Banner before
becoming affiliated with the News.
He would have been here three years
in September. A. b. has made scores
of friends in Durant who hate to
lose him as we do but we wish him
every success In his new undertaking.
We are happy, too. to welcome
Richard Harden, young linotype OPP
orator, formerly associated with the
Amory Advertiser. When the News
and Advertiser in Amory were con
solidated Mr.. Harden resigned his
place there. He Is thoroughly ex-
perienced as an operator and in all
other phases of work in the news
paper office and we consider him a
valuable addition 20 the News force.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-09
Oil News

Kingwood Oil Company's No. i Will
burn, south offset to the Discovery,
has plugged back to 700 feet after
drilling on a slant to 1854, and was
waiting on cement last night before
drilling again in a new hole. This
test is located 800 feet south of the
west line IN $50 feet west of the
east line in Section 81.
The No. 1 Wilbur, according to yes
terday's drilling report, flowed 500
barrels of oil and 158 barrels of salt
water during a 24-hour run. This
percentage of salt water has remain
ed approximately the same for the
past few days.
Exchange Oil Company's No. / Dix
ion in section 20 is drilling at 941
shale,
Exchange Oil Company's No. l Ber-
tina Russell. NE corner, NE SIC, Sec
ton 32-15n-2e. vas preparing to run
a schlumberger yesterday after drill
ing to 1861.
Rowan Drilling Company,s Smith
No. l, center NV NE, Section 7-14n~
1w, Is drilling ahead at 3515. A derrick
Is being erected on A. H. Rowan's No.
Eakin. Section 20-14n-1e.
Barker and Brander ct al have
taken over the old A. C. Warmers Nc.
l Jones. Section 27-15n-1e, and are
waiting on cement after setting 10
81 surface casing to 51S feet.
Other Holmes locations include Ex-
change Oil Company's No. 1 Gwin,
Section 6-16n-1e; and Lionel Hawkins
No. l Humphreys, Section 33-13n-2e.
The No. l Humphreys is rigging up.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-09
Death Strikes Thrice In State Family;
George CrisIer Accident Victim

She was rushed back to Jackson
where she died late Monday.
MI. Soul, whose widow is a sister
OF Mr.. Crisler and Mrs. Osborne.
died in a Greenville hospital OF
pneumonia. following an illness Of
several days.
Crisler Rites
Funeral services were held for Mr.
Crisler at the Methodist Church,
Durant. with the Rev. e. s. Lewis
officiating, at two o'clock Tuesday
afternoon.
Interment was in Mizpah with the
Southern Undertaking Association
in charge.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Celeste Rhyme Crisler. and two
daughters. Catherine and Gladys.
Osborne Rites
Mrs. Osborne was buried Tuesday
at three o'clock in Learned. She Il
survived by her husband, c. e.
Osborne, a son, c. e. Jr., Learned.
Scull Rites
Mr.. Scull was buried at Hollan-
dale Tuesday morning at ten o'clock.
He is survived by his widow. one
son, Fletcher, and two daughters,
Miss Eunice Scull and a married
daughter in Greenwood.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-09
Rites Held Tuesday
For Durunt Resident
Killed IN Accident

The Grim Reaper struck three
times in one Mississippi family this
week as George Crisler, 81 year
old Durant man succumbed to in
juries sustained Wednesday one
week ago when an automobile struck
him on highway 81 south OF jack
son. He passed away Monday at a
Jackson hospital.
The other dead are Mr.. Crisler's
sister, Mrs. c. e. Osborne, IS, Of
Learned, and his brother-in-law, J.
F. Scull, 80, Of Hollandale.
Mrs. Osborne's death was tragic
in that she was accompanying the
body Of Mr.. Crisler to Durant In a
Southern Undertaking Association
ambulance. According to reports she
became sick and possibly opened
the door falling out and crushing
her skull on the highway pave
ment. The accident was said to
have happened around Tougaloo.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-09
Planters Are Warned
About Some Varieties
American Egyptian And
Sea Island Crops May
Be Charged Acreage

Since Sea Island and American
Egyptian Cotton varieties were ac-
cepted in 1889 as general depicting
crops and not chargeable to a pro-
ducer;S cotton acreage allotment,
many planters throughout the State
of Mississippi tried out these cottons.
In 1910 the regulation has been
changed which requires all the cotton
grown on such acreage to pull Ia
inch or better in staple length before
this cotton acreage can be accepted
as a general depicting crop. and not
be chargeable to the cotton acreage
allotment.
It would seem good advice to pro.
ducers planting these cottons not 20
exceed their cotton acreage allotment
as they are almost sure to get in
trouble with compliance, since we do
not have the proper gin machinery
ia this section Of the country to pro-
perly gin these varieties Of cotton.
Although these varieties do produce
1Ia inch or better staple, the cotton
might pull shorter ginned on the ma
chinery available which has been set
up to gin cotton Of a shorter staple.
II any part of the cotton produced
on this acreage should show a staple
length shorter than IN inch, the en-
tire acreage planted to these varieties
would be chargeable to the cotton al
lotment made to the farm
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-09
Funeral Services For Bobby Stokes
Will Be Held Friday At 300
Son OF Prominent
Former Resident
Buried Here

Funeral services for Robert Bobby
Stokes, 81, whose tragic death has
stunned Durant will be held at three
o'clock Friday afternoon, May 10, a.
the home Of his aunt, Mrs. Marcus
Love, on Mulberry Street. Durant.
Bobby enlisted in the United States
Marines several months ago and was
stationed at San Diego, California,
where he was reported missing while
on duty Friday, April 26. His body
was found Saturday, May 4, and &C.
cording to reports received here, was
thirty miles out at sea. Details Of the
officials investigation have not been
heard here.
Bobby was born and reared in Du-
rant, the son Of Joe Stokes and the
late Early Howard Stokes. His father
left here three years ago to go into
the automobile business In Oxford
where he has since made his home,
Since that time Bobby lived with his
father In Oxford and had a position
in Jackson for sometime.
The Rev. E. S. Lewis will officato
and interment will be in Mizpah GENIE
terry with the Southern Undertaking
Association in charge.
Pallbearers will be Miles Ray,
Billy Montgomery, Buddy Mitchell,
Doc Winborn, Walter Durham, Jr.,
Gene Dollahite, Billy Elmore, Tom
Ramsey, Clyde Durham Bankhead
Drane and Percy Joyce.
The body will arrive in Durant
Friday on the one o'clock train and
will be taken to Mrs. Loves home.
Surviving are his father, one bro
ther, Joe Early, his grandmother,
Mrs. Sallie Stokes, of Oxford, his
aunt, Mrs. Love and an uncle, Clyde
Stokes.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-09
Charlie Knott Elected
President c OF c

Charlie Knott, Sinclair oil dealer,
was elected president of the Durant
Chamber of Commerce in a brief bust
ness session following a banquet in
the private dining room of the Cali
fornia Cafe Monday night.
The banquet session featured adj
dresses by Jimmy Arlington, noted
Collins wit, A. 3. Friend, Sardis bust
ness man and F. D. Wilson, Kos
ciTsko.
Mr.. Friend used as his subject,
"Why A Chamber of Commerce.
and advanced numerous reasons for
such an organization.
Mr.. Wilson spoke on the possible
ties Of dairying as a means Of in
creasing the income Of the farmer
and thereby aiding all business in
the community. He urged Duran'
business men to investigate fully the
possibilities Of this immediate ter
ritory.
Arlington laughingly stated that his
subject would be Democracy and
Milk" The substance Of his remarks
was advising US to look in our own
backwards for what we can achieve
before we search elsewhere. He ap-
piled this to our problems in the
community, county, state and the
nation.
Other numbers on the program in.
cluded selections by the Durant school
quartette and two papers read by
Mrs. Zouella Bacon and Mrs. Pugh
Winborn debating the question OF
whether the good old days" were
best for the family or whether the
family Of today is better Off than
formerly.