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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-10-10
From where | sit g. by Joe Marsh,
Bert ChiIders
and the Melon Pdfch

Naturally Il puzzled some folks
but Bert explains: at gives me
a kick to share things when Team
afford to-whether it's the melons,
or the lemonade, or beer. ! guess l
;ust like to indulge my Wilma
From where l sit, II re h-d sore
~self-indulgent" people like Sert
who believe In share and share
alike. live and let live, this tired
world would be = whole lot better
oil
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-10-10

Order your Christmas cords and
stationary from Mr.. c. r. fIdmlin.
Telephone is.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-10-10

Place your order for Christmas
cords md stationary with Mrs. G. r.
Hdmlin. Telephone lS3.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-22
DETROIT TIMES ~I c.
Tues. Jan. n. l94b
MONEY TO LOAN
GET A $l00 LOAN
REPAY S7.29 A MONTH

Up TO 10 Months 10 Repay
See the new smaller payments. Loans
for certain purposes stlli limited ~
Ask for full Information.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-22
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Preparations

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spptiestiont END pItss.
free iRiormaiion on
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sunday. - 10 o m.
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PLAZA 1850
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-22

lPaymsnts include sli charges st rate of So
Der mo. on that part ef . bsianes not a:
essdins 500. and 2,sss Ger mo. on thst
part of balance In excess OF ttOo.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-18
Why This Furore?
Gan Editorial)

IAN Editor1aD
The Holmes County Grand Jury is now in session in Lex
ington.
1t has been meeting since Tuesday afternoon. Most OF the
time it has been investigating conditions in the county.
Hundreds of witnesses have been subpoened and testified
before the Grand Jury. They have gone at great trouble and in
convenience to themselves and their employers, in many cases to
their families. 1t has worked a real hardship on many persons
to be subpoened before the Grand Jury, in some cases physical.
The whole county is stirred up.
Why?
All because one man has failed to do his sworn duty.
If Sheriff W. L. Murtagh had performed his duties in a
manner acceptable to the people of Holmes county there would
have been no need to turn the whole county upside down in order
to get him to do his job.
Sheriff Murtagh has performed a%cceptably, even admirably,
as far as we know all of the work in connection with his duties as
sheriff with the exception of enforcing the prohibition laws and
laws against gambling.
He should either start enforcing those laws or resign.
Since the above was written the Holmes County Grand
Jury has adjourned. The following item from their report will
be Of interest:
Eat the request Of your Grand Jury, Sheriff Walter Muir
tagh appeared before our body and was questioned concerning
certain complaints that had come to the attention of the Grand
Jury in regard to the prohibition and gambling laws. The Sheriff
has informed the Grand Jury that in the future the policy of his
office will be to rigidly enforce the prohibition and gambling laws
in Holmes County"
If Sheriff Murtagh follows through on his promise to the
Grand Jury he will hear no further criticism from this quarter.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-18
Cooper Found Guilty
On Liquor Charge
Draws $3.50. Fine,
go Days In Jail;
Only Case Tried

T. c. Cooper, of Durant, who re-
sides in a place commonly known as
Ed Weem's place on highway IL
east of Durant, was found guilty on
a charge of possessing intoxicating
liquor in Circuit Court in Lexing-
ton Monday afternoon. Judge S. F.
Davis fined him $250.00 and 80 days
in Jail. This was the only case tried
by jury in court this week.
The charge grew out of a raid
made on Cooper's place last Octo-
Der 18th, l945. He appealed the case
from JP court to Circuit Court. He
has now appealed the case to SUI
preme Court and is free on $1,000
bond.
Cooper repeatedly testified on the
stand that the place did not belong
to him but to George Mcdonald and
that he did not have anything to do
with running the place. He admitted
living there and knowledge that
liquor was sold there. The place is
owned by Ed Weems, according to
reports.
In this same case Cooper told
Judge R. E. McNeer in Durant JP
court in October that % cases OF
LIQUOR were taken on the raid. He
also told people in neighboring
establishments on the night OF the
raid, October Is, 1945, that % cases
were taken. But when he testified
on the stand in Circuit Court he
said about one and one-haf cases
of whiskey were taken on the raid.
His testimony agreed with the re-
turn made by Sheriff w. l.. Muir
tagh on the raid a photostatic copy
of which was printed in this paper
last week.
The case was prosecuted for the
state by District Attorney Howard
Dyer and County Attorney Pat M.
Barrett. The defendant was repre-
sented by S. R. King, Durant attor-
ney.
Jurors on this Ease were: G. W.
Ezell, ]. P. Malone, G. A. Hocutt,
j. R. White, j. B. Yeager, Dewey
Ables, Erwin Devine, Preston Mar
tin, S. L. White, Ben Carnathan, Rob
Roy Truitt, and Raft Harthcock.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-18
County Agents Mother
Passes In Louisiana

Funeral services for Mrs. Alice
Kemp Carson, rs, who died yester-
day morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. H. j. Hudson, 3175
Bartlett ST., following a long illness,
will be held today at 4:30 pm. from
the Welsh funeral home with the
Rev. S. c. Rushing officiating. In
torment will be in Roselawn Me
mortal park.
She was a member of the Istrou-
ma Baptist church and a native of
Washington parish, but has lived
here for the past % years.
In addition to Mrs. Hudson, she is
survived by two other daughters,
Mrs. w. S. Given, Sunny Hill, and
Mrs. H. S. Strahan, Baton Rouge;
one son, I. w. Carson, Lexington,
Miss; two sisters, Mrs. Lula Smith,
Bogalusa, and Mrs. Ella Smith, Port
Arthur, Texas; on brother, A. D.
Kemp, Franklinton, % grandchildren
and % great-grandchildren
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-18
Notice To Subscribers

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Thanks SO much for your atten-
ton and cooperation.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-18
James Edgar MRae
Rites Wednesday

Funeral services for James Edgar
McRae, well known citizen Of
Holmes county, were held Wednes-
day morning at ten o'clock at the
First Methodist Church in Lexing-
ton. The Rev. T. H. Dorsey, of
Water Valley, former Lexington pas
tor, and the Rev. A. Y. Brown, Lex
ington pastor, and DR.. r. A. Meek
officiated.
Mr.. McRae passed away at his
home in Lexington after a weeks
illness Monday evening about 1l:2(
| o'clock. He would have been 81
years old April 30th.
He was born in Carroll county but
lived most of his life in Holmes
county. He was married to the for
me Dona O'Bryant, daughter of a
Methodist minister. She passed away
exactly % years ago to the date OF
her husbands death.
Mr.. McRae was buried at Acona
with Masonic honors. He had been
a Mason for SIS years receiving his
50-year pin in 1941.
Surviving are ten children: Mrs.
r. c. Moore, Mrs. v. L. Richards,
Mrs. Roy Brown, and Miss Jean Nc
Rae, all Of Lexington; Mrs. M. O.
Smith, Mobile, Ala; Mrs. Grey john
son, Minter City; Mrs. F. w. Crisis,
Grenada; w. M. McRae, Jackson,
Tenn; Sgt. James McRae, Jr., sta
toned at Enid, Okla; John Philip
McRae, Holly Springs.
A large number of grandchildren
and one great grandchild also sur
vive with n sister, Mrs. S. H.. Her
bert, of Memphis.
Pallbearers were, ]. r. Williams
C. M. Mcdaniel, ]. w. Latham, w
O. Thompson, H. H. Johnson, ano
A. S. Povall.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-18
Mrs. A. D. Chester
Passes Al Greenwood

Mrs. A. D. Chester, widow of the
late DR.. Chester of Cruger, died at
her home in Greenwood Saturday
morning. Services were held at st,
Mary's Catholic church at 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, conducted by
Father John F. Clerico. Burial was
in Odd Fellows cemetery.
She leaves two daughters, Mrs
Agnes Chester Gilmore, of Green
wood; Mrs. Eloise Chester Nichols,
of Money; a son, Paul Pepper Ches-
ter, and three grandchildren.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-18
.TchuIa Youth Fatally
Hurt In Explosion

Ely Thomas, IS, was fatally
burned and Hubert Williams, II,
was seriously burned Saturday night
when a can of gasoline eXpoded near
a fire which they had built to warm
themselves.
The accident occurred about mid
night on Albino Plantation near
Tchula, owned by Mrs. William
Lowe, of Greenwood. The boys had
been engaged is discing and had
built the fire. Two other boys work
ing with them, John Baxter and
Walter Thomas, uncle of the dead
boy, were uninjured. The dead
youth and Williams were kneeling
around the fire when one of them
reached for the gasoline can which
exploded.
Both boys, who live with their
parents on the FSA project al
Horseshoe, were rushed to the Com
munity Hospital d. at Lexington
Young Thomas passed away Sunday
afternoon about one o'clock. He suf-
fered burns all over his body. The
other youth, Williams, was dismis-
sed from the hospital this week. He
sustained burns about the head and
hands.
Funeral services for Thomas were
held Thursday near West.
Friends and neighbors were griev-
ed to learn of the death of the
Thomas boy. He. was. Liked BY al.
who knew him and was a boy OF
good repute.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-18
Holmes County Grand
Jury Returns 81
True Bills Today
Jury Concluded 3
Day Session This
Afternoon

AS The News goes to press we
were handed the report submitted
by the Holmes County Grand Jury
which this afternoon about 4:3O
o'clock adjourned its session after
being called back Tuesday afternoon
by Judge S. F. Davis.
An examination of the report re-
veals that the Jury examined ZIG
witnesses, found Is No Bills and 54
True Bills which have been submit
ted to Judge Davis.
The report follows:
To The Honorable S. F. Davis, Judge
of the Fourth Circuit Court Dis
trict of Mississippi:
We your Grand Jury, duly elect
ed, empanelled, sworn and charged
at the regular April, 1916 Term OF
the Circuit Court of Holmes County,
Mississippi, having Heretofore met
and having been discharged subject
to recall by Your Honor, and having
been recalled, met again on this date
in due and legal session for the con-
sideration of matters occurring since
our first report; and we now SUBJ
NIT that we have been in session
three 90 days and have heard ZIG
witnesses, have found l6 No Bills
and now return into open Court,
with this report, 81 "True Bills"
which we herewith submit to Your
Honor.
At the request Of your Grand
Jury, Sheriff Walter Murtagh ap-
peared before our body and was
questioned concerning certain COM
plants that had come to the atten-
ton of the Grand Jury in regard to
the prohibition laws. The Sheriff has
informed the Grand Jury that in the
future the policy of his office will
be to rigidly enforce the prohibition
and gambling laws in Holmes Coun-
ty.
We wish to express to Honorable
Howard Dyer, Jr., District Attorney,
and Honorable Pat M. Barrett, Coun-
ty Attorney, our appreciation for
the capable and efficient service
rendered by them to u body dur
ing our deliberations.
And now having reported u act
ions in the premises we beg to be
again discharged, subject to recall
when and if ordered by Your Honor
during the current term of this
Court.
This April 10th, 1916.
HUGH R. VARNADO,
Foreman
Attest:
J. w. CUNNINGHAM,
Clerk.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-18
Home Spraying DDT
Continues In County

The Holmes County Health De-
partment, DR.. W. H. Weeks, Director,
has released information that the
spraying Of houses with DOT for
the control of malaria began its
second year of operation March 20,
1916. At the end of March 442 houses
had been sprayed. This program pro-
vides for the spraying of the STAN
ard houses in the delta section of
Holmes county and also the Big
Black river bottoms. 1t is in these
e that conditions are specially
favorable for the breeding of the
anopheles mosquito-the carrier of
the malaria parasite from the sick
to the well. Two crews each on
sisting of a foreman and three spray
men will function through the
spring and summer.
In order that the best results may
be obtained from the spray it is sug-
gested that the walls and ceilings
of houses be cleaned before the
house is sprayed. If the cleaning is
done a~fterward, the DOT will not be
left to kill the mosquitoes. 1t is also
a good idea to repair screens, walls,
floors and roof. This precaution
makes it hard for the mosquitoes to
escape DOT.
The Health Department also sug-
gessts that on spray-day pictures and
mirrors should be taken off walls,
clothes should be taken out of
closets and off walls, furniture
should be moved into the middle of
the rooms, food should be covered
so that spray will not touch it, kit
chen utensils should be put away
where the spray will not reach
them, and all fires should be put
oIIt
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-18

Mississippi has 10 state parks parks
which are easily accessible to the
motorist and may be a big drawing
card for tourists from out of state
within the next few years. Each
park is a wild life preserve under
supervision of the Game and Fish
stocmked with game, fish ana birds.
Commission, which keeps them
stocked with game, fish and birds.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-18

Miss Nell Williams of Kosciusko,
student of Mrs. Martha Tye Nc
Kie, will be presented in a voice
and piano recital in the college audi
forum on Friday evening, April 26,
at eight o'clock.
The high school senior play en-
titled, "And Home Came Ted" a
three-act sprightly comedy mystery,
will be given in the college audi
forum on April 10.
The thrilling story is cleverly
written, and the interest of any aud
fence is held throughout by a series
of dramatic situations arising from
one climax to another until the
final denouement. The action of the
comedy occurs at Rip Van Wrinkle
Inn in the Catskill Mountains, and
the plot has to do with a struggle
for supremacy between the right
full heir of a furniture business and
and INSCRIPTIONS adventurer.
Mrs. Billie Montague, the senior
sponsor, is directing the play. The
cast is as follows: Skeet Kelly,
Howard SmithSon; Diana Garwood,
Ann Garner; Miss Loganberry, Fan
ME Lynn Young; Ira Stone, Carmen
Dixon; Aunt Jubilee, Helen Ables;
Mr.. Man, William Orsborn; Jim Ry-
ker, Earl Ables; Mollie Mackiin.
Jean Lawrence: Henrietta Darby.
LHenrie 10 HaMkinsi Ted, Pat Kille-
brew; Elsie, Doris Browning; Sem
| ator M'Corkle, Walter Brock.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-18
Dickerson Held In
Shooting Al
Pikens Sunday
Grand Jury Recalled
Tuesday Afternoon
To Investigate Case

Thad Dickerson, of PickenS, is be-
ing held in the Holmes county Jail
at Lexington charged with murder
in connection with the shooting
Sunday afternoon of Sanley Dennis,
Is or 1~7-year-old negro youth. The
Grand Jury was recalled by Judge
S. F. Davis to investigate the case
Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock.
The shooting occurred about 1890
o'clock Sunday afternoon in front of
a colored cafe on the main street
of Pickens. Dickerson was reported
to have told the negro youth to get
across the street and when the negro
moved cross the street he was re-
ported to have shot him. Dickerson
was believed to have been drinking,
reports indicated.
Dickerson is a former barber and
vas formerly employed in Durant
where he is well known. He is at
present empleyed as night watch
man from the Nenton and Mcknight
Lumber Coo F, Pickens. His wife
and family ' there.
Young, % us is the son of Sam
Dennis pure sA.'employed by John
M. ,YsI ueu lss, CO ton office at
PiSflsenb lnoqlL. d to have been
a gooteddeu | u1oql1
.,uelnfpV sU-
PuriHrsD IofeWsar period COM
mencing, sSpm,r through 1945 the
pulp M su!4ue. industry of thu
South E,s1 ucd and distributed
free 10 no,sru forest tree seedlings
to nearly o, thousand timber land
owners ir, he South. Mississippi re-
ceived 4 IoJlion, 400 thousand seed
lings, NOR than any of the South
ern states, except Florida.
Farmers of Mississippi have es-
tablished a new record for partici-
pating in soil conservation programs
More than 3,446 farmers of the State
participated in programs designed tc
control erosion and soil
during l945.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-18

HAZEL
EYES
BY HAZEL sRANNoN

Peaceable assembly and the right
of petition are guaranteed the peo-
pie of the State Of Mississippi by
our state and national constitutions.
Section 2 of the Mississippi State
Constitution provides:
THE right Of the people psacsobly
to assemble und petition the govern.
msnt on any subject shall never b
impaired"
The Hon. George H. Etheridge
former Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of Mississippi, has
this to say regarding the rights Of
the people Of Mississippi. We quote
from Judge E~theridge:
"The officers of the state have no
power to prevent peaceable assem-
blies from discussing any questions
affecting their rights that they may
desire, MOI to prevent them sending
their petitions and rsmonstrancss to
any officer or government agency
that they may desire. &C long a the
people do not resort to. OF thrsdtsn
violence"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-18

For Sale: Bean stick. average
length s f.. &c each; tomato sticks.
overu5e length. lc each. Love Wugon
Co. Duront.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-18
Holmes Jr. College

Holmes Junior College Choir and
Glee Club san at the Durant Baptist
Church Sunday morning, April 7.
That night they sang at Eupora and
enjoyed refreshments served after
the program. On April IA, the group
went to Anding, where they sang
at the Baptist Church, and to Lex
ington, where they sang that night.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-18

Holmes county is not Germany
yet. Our people still have the rights
guaranteed us by our state and nat
ional constitutions. One Of those
rights is the right to send petitions
and circumstances to any officer OF
governmental agency we may desire
/. on any subject whatsoever
as long az we do not resort to or
threaten violence.
Such a petition was presented to
the Hon. S. F. Davis, judge of the
Fourth Circuit Court District and
referred to by Judge Davis Tuesday
afternoon, April 10th, when he re-
called the Holmes County Grand
Jury because Of crimes committed
in the county over the weekend.
We were glad to have our per-
sonal signature on the said petition
and welcome the investigation Of
conditions in the county which
Judge Davis told the Grand Jury to
make.
The eyes of every citizen in
Holmes county are turned upon the
Grand Jury session this week to see
what come of it.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-18

The shooting which occurred al
Pickens Sunday was reported tc
have had its origin in whiskey. The
man who did the shooting was re-
ported to have been drinking or
drunk when he shot a young boy on
the street there.
The unregulated and uncontrolled
sale of whiskey which we have
throughout Holmes county, the ease
with which it can be purchased by
anyone, including minors, and the
numerous joints which sell 1t are all
factors in the increasing crime wave
in Holmes county.
Drunken driving is common
throughout the county. Ask any
highway patrol officer.
Unless someone or some group
does something to clean up the
county before long we're going to be
in much worse shape than cited II
the petition which seems to have
stirred up so much furore.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1946-04-18

When any citizen is made to feel
he is being called to task, being put
on the defensive, so to speak for his
action in placing his signature on
a perfectly legal petition, then
things have come to some kind OF
pass . just what we are not r
tain.
But many Holmes county citizens
who placed their signatures on that
petition have expressed themselves
as feeling that their being sub
poened to come before the Grand
Jury was an action taken, in a way,
to "get even' for the citizen daring
to express himself. Most OF the sew
eral hundred signers of the petition
have been subpoened to testify be-
fore the Grand Jury. Popular opinion
seems to be that it is desired to make
''petition-signing' very unpopular.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-28
A. III. McInnis
Resigns Post
TO BE SUCCEEDED BY MO.
RENO WALLACE AS CHIEF
."4 DEPUTY SHERIFF

A. H. McInnis resigned this
morning as chief deputy sheriff.
the resignation to go into effect
at the close of the day.
Moreno Wallace will succeed
Mr.. McInnis, VINO, in his resigna-
ton, says, 81 wish for my sue
cessor in office, Moreno Wallace
every success"
Mr.. McInnis served as sheriff
of Monroe county for almost four
years, and had been chief deputy
10 years before his appointment
to that position by Sheriff Berlin
Sawyer, under whom Mr.. Me-
Innis has served four years.
In 1901 Mr.. McInnis came to
Key West to make his home
here, and at one time conducted
a motion picture show. He also
conducted a large toy and notions
store in the place where Fausto's
grocery is AT present, Er,a
j Mr.. McTnhis said today that
Key West is his hometown, and
tHat ne. wifi continue to reside
iiSI ~ F,,s s,fsfrg snRaH 20
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-28
Feeling Now
Running High
Against Franco
IN BRUSSELS AND SOFIA
DEMONSTRATIONS WE RE,
AGAINST SPANISH re-
CINE

LONDON, Feb. 90. = Feeling
ran high in Europe today against
the Franco government in Spain.
In Brussels, capital of Belgium,
and Sofia, capital of Bulgaria,
demonstrations were held, and
banners were carried in the form
er city, bearing this device,
Down with the cruel Spanish
regime.
Spokesman over the Moscow
broadcasting station demanded
the unconditional severance of
diplomatic relations with the
Spanish government, under GEN
eralissimo francisco Franco,
In Coepnhagen, D e,nmagk,
somebody threw a hand grenande
into the office of the Spanish en-
bassy, The grenade caused a fire
but nobody was hurt, nisis b
Unoffieially it was stated that.
the governments of Great Britain
and the United States have sent
notes to the Spanish government.
Contents of the notes, were, not
disclosed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-28
Returns Map OF
National Park
REQUEST MADE THAT OUT
LINE BE TRACED IN
RED OR BLUE INK

This morning County Clerk
Ross G. Sawyer returned the map
of the proposed Everglades Ma
tional Park to F. E. Elliot, secrel
.tary of the Florida Internal I'M
.provement Fund, with alreduast
that the, outline of the park be
traced in red or blue ink. ii
The map was prepared by The
United States Department of tie
Interior. @
4 Mr.. Sawyer's reason for re
turning the map was because he.
y. Frank Roberts and others, Ito
whom the map was shown inad
been unable to determine Just
how muchS Of Monroe COUNTY E;t
was sfntdrfd6d tol ihciudei Ill the
proposed park.
When the. map is returned.
marked as re9uesteds it will come
up for consideration at a meeting
of the county commission. AS the
map appeared when received
here, much of the county would
be taken into the park, including
a large area in the bay, where
sponge and fish are taken by resi-
dents of Monroe county in a vol !.
ume that amounts to several huns
dred thousand dollars a year.