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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-07-22
$1,000 Prizes Listed
For 18th Annual
Livestock Show
Premium List Is
Released Today;
$500 Night Show

81 1900 in cash prizes VIII be awarded
at the twelfth annual Holmes County
Livestock Show to be held at the Wilson
lot in Lexington on Friday, August 18th.
included in the prize list will be $317
for dairy and beef cattle; $382.50 for
work animals; $40 for hogs, and $54
poultry.
Night Show
The night show in which fine horses
from all over the south will be shown,
is expected to be a fitting climax to
the biggest and best livestock show in
the history Of Holmes county, said
Henri p. Watson, Lexington, chairman.
Nearly $500 in prizes will be awarded
that night.
Entry blanks have been mailed to
horsemen throughout several states and
already many fine horses have been
promised for the night show.
Following are the classes of %competi-
ton and prizes for the night show:
Class No. Colts foaled in 1943,
Prizes-s7.5O first; $500 second, $3.50,
third.
Glass No. 2-Colts foaled in 1912,
Prizes-s7.50 first; $500 second, $3.50
third.
Glass No. 3-Colts foaled in 1941,
Prizes-s7.50 first; $500 second; $3.50
third.
Glass No. 4-Colt championship
P~rize-$7.50 first.
Entries in above classes to be shown
under halter and will not be eligible
under saddle.
Class No. Walking mare, gelding
or stallion-Prizes: $500 first; $1,000
second; $500 third.
Open to Holmes county on~ly-entries
must nave beer owned in Holmes county
60 days prior to show.
Glass No. 6-Walking mare, gelding
or stalliong, 2 years old-Prizes: $500
first; $1,000 second; $500 third.
Glass No. 7%--Junior 5-gaited mare,
gelding or stallion, under 4 years
Prizes: $500 first; $1,000 seconds 500
third.
Class No. S-Junior walking mare,
gelding or stallion, under 4 years
Prizes: $500 first; $1,000 second; $500
third.
Glass No. 9--Senior 5-gaited mare,
gelding or stallion-Prizes: $500 first;
$1,000 second; $500 third.
Class No. 10-Senior walking mare,
gelding or s~tallion-Prizes: $500 first;
$1,000 second; $500 third.
Class No. 11-5-gaited sweepstakes
Prizes: $500 first; $1,000 second;
$1,000 third.
!. Glass No. l2-Walking sweepstages-
Prizes: $500 first; $4,000 second;
$1,000 third.
A complete premium lift for the
show together with all divisions of
competition in the day show is shown
on the back page of this paper. Cir
cular reprits of the premium list are
also available and will be distributed
throughout every community in the
county.
Citizens of Holmes county are urged
to start making plans now to enter their
livestock and farm animals in the show.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-07-22
Chicago Man Dies
Suddenly on Panama

Harry Frederick Gunner, Chicago bust
ness man, was found dead on the
Panama Limited, crack .streamliner of
the Illinois Central, Sunday morning
as it neared Durant. He was found by
Mrs. Gunner. Death was due to natural
causes.
The body was removed from the train
and taken to the Southern Undertaking
Association parlors where it was pre-
pared for burial and sent back to Chi
cago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gunner were enfoute
to New Orleans where he was attend
ing to business for The Pullman Car
Works Company. Next week they were
going to Victoria, Texas, to see their
only son, Harry, Jr., receive his wings
in the Air Forces.
Mr.. Gunner was a Legionnaire Of
Cook county and As years old.
Mrs. Gunner made this statement be-
fore returning to Chicago: 81 wish
to take this means to thank the people,
my friends, of Durant and Lexington,
for their kindness and many courtesies
extended me during the darkest hours
OF my life, in the loss of our husband
and father, Harry F. Gunner. Signed.
Mrs. Harry F. Gunner and Harry F.
Gunner. J-, 10000 Yale. Chicago. i'll"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-07-22
Porter Infont Buried
Sunday In Lexington
Norman

Friends of Sgt. and Mrs. Norman
Doty Porter, of Durant, will regret to
learn of the death of their infant son
born early Saturday morning at the
Community Hospital.
Services were held Sunday morning at
the Odd Fellows cemetery with Rev.
Henry S. Robinson, pastor of the Du-
rant Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Southern Undertaking Association was
in charge of interment.
Mrs. Porter is the former Jean Nc
Graw, Of Arcola, daughter of Mrs. John
McGraw, of that place. Mrs. McGraw
and daughters, Misses Mary Elizabeth
and Margaret McGraw, are here with
Mrs. Porter.
Sgt. Porter was on Louisiana maneu-
vers and arrived early Saturday morn
ing in time for the services.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-07-22
County 0PA Committee
Meets Weekly To
Help Citizens
LocuI Assistants Are
Appointed In Eoch
Community Listed

Holmes county citizens who may
have complaints to register regarding
local ceiling price violations may reg
lister such complaints with Miss Leila
Stansbury, price clerk of the Holmes
County Price Panel with the Panel COM
mittee weekly to hear and investigate
complaints of citizens.
The committee is composed of j. R.
Williams, chairman, W. o. Thompson
and w. E. Thurcond.
Assistants to the county committee
have been named in each community
Of the county. These assistants act
only when called upon by the county
committee in investigating a complaint.
These assistants are:
Lexington-vernon King, Mrs. W. A.
Ramsey.
Durant-J. L .Longinotti, Miss Cath
crime Calender.
Cruger-Max Gertz, Mrs. A. B.
Archer, Miss Addie Downer.
Goodman-Stanley F. Allen, Mrs. D.
X. Gulledge.
Pickens-W. S. Owen, Mrs. E. H.
Stratton.
TchuIa-R. X. Jones, Mrs. J.. C. Mel
ton.
West-walter Campbell, Mrs. A. j.
Stevens, Jr.
The Holmes County Committee re-
quests the cooperation Of all the bust
ness men and citizens of Holmes county
in complying with government rules
and regulations so hat complaints will
be reduced to the minimum. In the
event complaints are registered a full
and complete investigation will be
fairly made. 1t is the purpose Of the
Panel to help merchants work out COR
rect compliance procedures and to pro-
vide the Jackson district office with in
formation regarding the price problems
and difficulties faced by the merchants.
1t is the belief of the Panel that
Holmes county business men are con-
sicentiously trying to abide by pre-
scribed rules and regulations in so far
as %humanely possible and it asks the
citizens of the county to cooperate with
the merchants shyssfiliAe-a&Aeir COM
plants, if any, with the local Panel,
in order that the problem can be set
tied satisfactorily by local people more
familiar with this county and it's prob
lens, etc.
In addition the Panel will try to help
the county merchants by being at their
service in assisting with technical prob
regulations, in explaining the correct
way to post ceiling prices, to help
clarity other individual problems Of the
merchants.
Meetings of the Panel are held
weekly on Fridays.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-07-22
John Nicely Sample
Rites Wednesday

John Nicely Sample died at his home
near Franklin Tuesday morning. He
was So years old.
Member of one Of Holmes %county's
oldest families he was widely known
throughout the county.
Funeral services were held at the
Franklin cemetery Wednesday morning
at 1880 o'clock. Interment wal at the
Franklin cemetery with Harrell Funeral
Home conducting.
Pallbearers were: Adam Heinrich,
Sam Gwin, W. L.. Ellis, Jr., Roy Brown.
Roy Garnett, Robert Lipsey, and Lon
ME B~oatwright.
Honorary pallbearers were: w. r.
Ellis, J. M. Powers, w. L. Ellis, and J.
E. Gwin.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-07-22

Pfc. Bonnie Byrd, 81, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wade II. Byrd, Lexington, Route
4, has been wounded in action recently
somewhere in the southwest Pacific
according to a telegram received Mon
day morning by his parents from the
Adjutant General.
1t is not yet known how seriously he
is injured.
Young Byrd went into service in
Field Artillery, Holmes county unit of
the Mississippi National Guard. He
went overseas in October and saw act
ion on Guadalcanal. He was also on
the President Coolidge when it was tor
pedoed and been in the thick of things
over there.
The Byrds have only one other son,
Pfc. James II. Byrd, who ais went into
service with the Battery B in 1910.
He is now attached to a tan destroyer
battalion at Fredericksburg, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byrd recently received
a letter from Bonnie in which he said
he'd try his hand at poetry in describ-
ing the place where he was looted. Fol-
lowing is what he wrote:
A TROPICAL PARADISE
Somewhere in the Pacific, where the
sun is like a cross
And each day is followed by another
slightly worse
Where the coral dust blows thicker than
the shifting desert sand
And the white mar dreams and wishes
for the greener, fairer land.
Somewhere in the Pacific, where a girl
is never seen
Wheer the sky is never cloudy and the
grass is always green
Where the rats nightly bowling robs a
man of blessed sleep .
Where there isn't any whiskey and the
beer is never cheap.
Somewhere in the Pacific, where the
nights are made for love
Where the moon is like a searchlight
and the Southern Gross above
Sparkles like a diamond in a balmy
tropic night
IT'S a shameless waste of beauty when
there's not a girl in sight.
Somewhere in the Pacific, where the
mail is always late
And a Christmas card in April is con-
sidered up-to-date
Where We never have a pay day and
never get a m
But We never miss the money cause
we'd never get it spent.
Somewhere in the Pacific, where ants
and lizards play
And a hundred fresh mosquitoes re-
place each one you Stay
So take me back to Mississippi, let me
hear the Mission Bell
For this God-forsaken outpost is a SUBJ
stitute for hell.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-07-22
Tom Bailey Spoke
Here Thursday
GubernutorioI Condidute
Gives Platform To
Lurqe Crowd

"If the good people Of Mississippi
see fit to elect me to the office of gov
ernor I will do everything in my power
to see that we nave econom in our
state government and that the taxpayers
get full value for every dollar spent.
| will protect the tremendous surplus
amassed by the administration of Gov
ernor Johnson and insist upon a dis
posal of this surplus in such a way as
to give relief to the taxpayer. | will
not tolerate extravaganza or wasteful
spending" said Tom Bailey, candidate
for governor, who spoke here Thurs
day.
Mr.. Bailey stated he would recon-
mend and urge an amendment of the
state income tax law to allow the tax
payer to deduct from his income the
amount Of taxes paid direct to the
Federal government; that he would
urge an amendment of the state income
and for premiums paid or incurred on
insurance policies upon the life of the
taxpayer up to $3.50. In explaining
this the speaker said: Insurance is
the best chance of the average man to
leave an estate of immediate benefit
encourage to make such provisions for
their loved ones"
These planks in Mr.. Bailey's platform
have met with universal approval
throughout the state where he has gone.
Mr.. Bailey also favors enactment of
an Absentee Voters law in the state,
~safeguarded so that the citizens forced
away from home on voting day may
exercise his legal franchise without
fear of crookedness and corruption.
In speaking of war he said: "Our
supreme challenge is to win the war
not tolerate disloyalty of any kind or
any effort of outside meddlers to re-
make that way of life in this hour of
trial" He pledged unfaltering loyalty
and cooperation in winning the war
and an administration of the affairs of
state so that returning servicemen and
women will find a grateful and worthy
state where proper enlargement and
support will be made for the State
Service Commission so that claims of
all veterans may be properly and eff
GENTLY handled.
Other measures supported by Mr..
Bailey include continued homestead ex-
emption; better balance of agriculture
and industry; aid and encourage sound
cooperatives when needed; support re-
forestation; more emphasis placed On
vocational education; proper support of
public health; old age pensions of $50
per month if Federal funds can be
matched by the state; a continuation
Of the fight for equality in freight
rates; encouraging foreign trade
through Mississippi ports; an adequate
farm-to-market road program when the
war emergency will allow; close CO.
operation with municipal governments
and counties in obtaining justice and
fair play in matters of taxation.
Mr.. Bailey's address was we'll re-
ceived by a splendid crowd. He was
introduced by W. H. Fincher, prominent
Holmes county merchant.
Mr.. Bailey spoke earlier in the
afternoon to a crowd at Durant where
he was introduced by Mrs. Albert
S. Tatum.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-07-22
Duront Scouts Meet
On Thursdays Now

The Durant Boy Scouts VIII hold
their meeting on Thursday nights in
stead of Monday nights beginning next
Thursday, July goth, according to
S~coutmaster Hi Brumberg.
All Durant Scouts are urged to be
at the next meeting at the Baptist
Church as plans will be made at that
time for the summer camp to be held
soon.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-07-22
Notice To Subscribers

Please be sure to include old address
as well as new in changing your paper
from one place to another. We can
not make a change of address unless
this is done. We will appreciate yoaF
attention to this detail
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-09

Sorority; Women'S Editor Of the
Michigan Daily; member Of the
Mortarboard. senior womens
honorary society; w W 90 n,
junior honorary; member Of the
Michigan League Council
who's Who Among Students in
American Universities and Col
leges' from Michigan; music
chairman OF Junior Girls Play
Mid>hipman Scott was gradu-
ated from the University Of
Michigan April "a. where he was
affiliated with Sigma Delta Chi
honorary Journalism society.
Beta Theta ~ Fraternity;
Mlchlgaumua senior honorary
society: Sphinx and MINES
honorary societies. and he was
city editor Of the Michigan
Daily.
MidShipman Scott entered VI
School at Northwestern Uni
Verslty Chicago. April IS. and
will be commissioned ensign at
the end OF four months training
Tentative date for the we'd
ding IS September
The engagement was an
nounced by means Of printed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-09
Barbara DeFies
Plans Fall Wedding

MR.. AND MRS. WILLIAM f..
NA DE FRIES of Granger ave-
nue.. Ann Arbor. announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Barbara Ann, TO MidShlpman
Will Scott. u. s. n. r., son of
MIR. and Mrs. c. w. Sapp OF
Novelty, o.
Miss DeFries was graduated
from the University Of Mlchi-
gan last January. where she was
a member of Delta Delta Delta
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-09

cards which included a picture
Of the betrothed pair, mailed to
their friends.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-09
Due Home in June

MRS. EARL b. SMITH Of
Slratford road is expected back
about the middle of June from
Los Angeles.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-09
Tune In HUDS0k'S
MINUTE PARADE

Joseph Szigeti. violnis'. and
Sir Thomas Beechdm conduct
ing the London Philharmonic
Orchestra Columbia
recording.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-09

Everyoncs pitching in this Spring to he'll with
the victory gardens-including the young folks.
SO Hudsons Fourth Floor has prepared brand
selection of gay garden toys in youthful
styles and bright colors Nows the time for
Tots and Teens dig for victory! Come to
Hudsons early Monday morning and get a
r good start by picking the right clothes
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-12-01

II makes no difference whether
the group against which hatred
is leyeled be Black or White,
eapltalistle or worker, jew, Cath
ollie or Protestant. We all have
those In our own group with
whom we are not in accord. If
we judge other groups by the
actions of some of their indi-
vidual members, we cannot COM
plain II we in turn are judged
by those we deplore in our own
group.
Be intolerant of condeseension.
No man is good enough to look
down upon any other man. Con-
denim the action, but not the in
dividual. Repudiate the individ-
ual but not the group. Censure
the group il 1t acts as a bloc.
but not the individuals who-un-
desiring--are classified with that
group.
Be intolerant of all evil. Be
bold enough to condemn it wher-
ever 1t exists-but condemn it,
don't compare it! This country
is based upon freedom for all,
and the right to think, speak
write and worship as the indi-
vidual conscience dictates-but it
does not include the right to try
to keep this privilege from any
one else. Never let our constitu-
tional rights be used by any one
group to destroy another which
is entitled to the same rights,
whether it be labor or industry,
or racial or religious minority.
/ Be intolerant-of all that is
evil, and, above all, be intolerant
of intolerance!
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-12-01
Be NTOLRANT!
by RUTH TAYLOR

Il isn't a bad thing 10 be In
tolerant on some subjects. In
fact IL Is good thing. provided
you are careful To be intolerant
only of the evil. to have good
reasons for your preiudiees and
dislikes. Keep your intolerance
only save 1t for what your
heart tells you is bad.
Remembering that the diction-
airy definition of intolerance Is to
''be unwilling to bear or endure"
Of what should you be intolerant?
Be intolerant of treason-of
those people who say America
is all right-But" and then pro-
coed to repeat the enemy's char
ges against our nation. They are
half-hearted patriots. They
wouldn't live anywhere else, but
because they cannot get all they
want, they just won't play the
game. or do their part in work
ing for the good of the country
as a whole.
Be intolerant of discrimination
of those people who, while
condemuing our common enemies
still ape them in this country by
putting personal prejudices and
dislikes ahead of democracy and
equality. They are the people
who won't hire or work with mer
of a different race. creed or color
who really want to keep all Jobs
for themselves, who don't want
competition except from their
own people.
Be intolerant of hatred--of the
bitterness that condemns a whole
group for the actions of few,
disliking what Is not understood.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-12-01
REDS AND BLUES TIED
in CHURCH CONTEST

The Reds, headed by Miss Mar
garet Goolsby, and the Blues,
headed by Miss Izetta Spearman,
are practically tied in the First
A. M. E. Sunday Schools excit-
ing membership contest. The Red
are $4,000 and the Blues $500,
just 100 points difference. This
is the halfway point and both
sides are in position to win. Who
will be the winner?
The Shakespeare Contest is a
unique plan adopted by the A.
M. E. Sunday School to build up
its membership. Many former
members, as well as newcomers
to the city, attracted by the con-
test as well as by the interesting
program offered by the school,
are filling the Sunday School
classes. The Sunday School has
fine corps of teachers and effort
is made to interest parents as
well as their children. For in
stance, some of the classes plan
ned for adults are the Bible
Study class, the Dicussion class,
the Young Adults class, the
Teachers Training class. For
younger people, the classes are
graded down to the nursery class.
The Cradle Roll department
will have a special program for
the baptism of infants on De-
cember 10. Register your baby
with the Cradle Roll superin-
tendent, Mrs. Elwilla Gilmore, or
with the Sunday School. Early |
registrations are encouraged so !
that your baby's name may be !,
printed on the special Infants
Day. program.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-12-01
Y. W. c. A. News

The Business and Industrial
Girls were very happy to have
Cleo Earls back again. Cleo will
discuss, Thursday evening, the
Life of Hazel Scott" Records
of other Negro artists will be
played that evening.
=
Mrs. Octavia Brown is assist
ing Mrs. Shannon with the
younger girls Thursday afternoon.
+ S.
The Girl Reserve Interclub din
ner was held at the "Y'' last
Friday. The theme of the meet
ing was centered around World
Fellowship. The speakers were
Yut Wong of China. Serge Acena
of PHILIPPINES and Miss Hilda
Mayor of Germany. Lois Valley
presided over the meeting during
the idnner hour. The group was
assisted by Mrs. N. Parker and
Mrs. Augusta Shannon.
The Girl Reserve committee
planned and prepared the food,
headed by Mrs. Leonard Clayton.
assisted by Mrs. Al. Giles, Mrs.
E. Reese and Mrs. A. Nicholas.
Mrs. Donald Weber and Mrs.
Lloyd Hale assist weekly with
the Friday evening funfest.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-12-01
HOW PRIVATE
IS PRIVATE

Expansion of government in
the electric power business has
witnessed the development of the
popular terms public" and "pri-
vate" ownership. 1t has been as
sumed that any undertaking of
government is automatically pub
lic-the property of all the people
just as it has been assumed
that any undertaking carried on
by private citizens is strictly pri-
vate-the property of few. Both
are misconceptions.
In the words of one authority
on the subject: Just haw pri-
vate is so-called private utility?
For from being a closely held
private monopoly, it normally
draws on broad cross-section of
the saving public for its capital
requirements. Securities issued
to finance publicly-owned utilities
have an unusually strong appeal
to the wealthy to whom their tax
exempt eature is an important
advantage. They are, therefore,
In all probability not so broadly
owned by the rank and file as
those of private utilities"
An even greater misconception,
often malieiously encouraged by
politicians, is the belief that the
lions share of earnings of pri- !
vate utilities finds it's way into |
the pockets of a few monopolis |
tic promoters. However, nine |
large private electric utilities Sc
lected at random paid in 1912
total tax bill averaging "a per
cent of operating revenue. This
with an average of 17.S
per cent of revenue paid to their
security holders (owners). In
plain words, private" utilities.
owned by a representative group
of citizens, pay gigantic sums in
taxes to the government, for the
benefit of all the people. Tax
exempt "public" government
Owned) utilities, on the other
hand, in actual practice are
owned by a privileged class of
investors, and pay few taxes.
Moreover, financial losses and
in management are bu-
ried in a welter of political ma
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-12-01
Peoples Institutional Baptist
Church

Peoples Institutional Baptist
Church
100 21st Avenue
Pastor Rev. +. w. Penick, ID. ID.
25O2 Goth Avenue South
Church Pone East 100
Res. Phone Prospect S42O
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Morning Worship 1900 a. m.
Evening Worship 500 p. IN.
Mid-week Prayer Service. We'd
nesday evening 500 O'Clock.
Woman's Aux. Meeting every
LIST and 3rd Wednesday afternoon
$3.50.
Missionary Day, Bird Sunday
afternoon 3 o'clock.
The public is invited to all SER
vices.
Ebenezer A.M.E. Zion Church
23rd and e. Olive st.
Rev. Frederick Blythewood,
Pastor
9:45 a. m.-Sunday School.
1900 a. m.-Sermon.
400 p. m.-Vesper Hour.
500 p. m.-Sermon.
Wednesday, 500 p. m.-Prayer
service.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-12-01
In MEMORTAM

M. JOHNSON - In loving
memory of our dear Uncle
Bud" who passed away eight
years ago, Nov. 20, 1885.
God knows how much we miss
him,
Never shall his memory fade;
Loving thoughts shall ever
wander
To the spot where he is laid.
Mr.. ]. A. johnson,
Mrs. Abbie Cantrell,
Mrs. Viola Johnson,
Mrs. Lottie Schaeffer.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-12-01

chinations beyond the Jurisdiction
of any state regulatory authority.
The injustices and persecution
that have been perpetrated on
the private" electric industry
will be imposed. on other indus
tries and other groups of private
citizens unless political practices
are reversed.