The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-07-08
County Officials Say
Quietest 4th OF Ju|y
In Several Years
No Traffic Accidents,
Few Arrests. Little
DisorderIiness Seen

"A quiet Fourth of July weekend
over the county has been reported
by officials. No traffic accidents or
casualties from any cause have been
told, and few arrests were made.
Most OF the holiday-ers either made
trips out OF the county or went on
outings to nearby Holmes park or
Bee or Tchula lakes, or remained at
their homes, according to accounts,
Various officers of the law have
termed the holiday "the ouietest
Fourth in years."
Few arrests were named. In the
county, the sheriff and his deputies
arrested three Negroes and ona
White man on various small charges.
according to G. L. Bailey, deputy
sheriff. No arrests were made in
the town of Lexington. Durant, West
or Tchula, according to reports.
Slight disorderliness occurred in
Goodman, Thornton, and Pickeus.
No accounts were given Of CASUAL
ties from the heat at either Bee or
Tchula lakes or at the Lexington
Country club where swimming was
IN progress over the weekend.
Nearly browns
Crowds swarmed at both lakes,
where fishing, boating, and swimm-
ing were the chief attractions. GUY
p. Sharp of Tchula reported that
one near-casualty occurred when
an allegedly Intoxicated Negro was
IN danger of drowning while SWIM
ming, or after having fallen out Of
boat on Tchula lake. He was req.
cued from the water.
The town of Lexington was "a
good deal quieter than last year."
according to w. H. Roach, town
marshall. No vehicle accidents were
IN the town. and according to other
accounts, none occurred in the coun-
ty. A Pickens Negro was apprehend-
ed by Sheriff Wynn and deputies
and fined by G. G. Meeks, Justice
of the Peace of Pickens, for opera
ton of a gambling table. Parker
Adams, Negro, was fined by Justice
OF the Peace Watt d. Ford Of Lex
ington on drunken and disorderly
conduct charges at Franklin after
having been arrested by the sheriff
and deputies. A Negro man was
jailed Sunday afternoon pending
the outcome of shooting in which
another Negro man was wounded,
at Thornton.
More Cars On HighwoY
Deputy Bailey SAID despite the
fact that more cars were on the
road during the last Fourth of July
this holiday appeared quieter than
the previous one. T. A. Lail. presi-
dent of the Lexington Country club.
said the re-opening of his swimming
pool had not resulted in any acci-
dents over the Fourth. A crowd Of
golfers and swimmers spent their
time at the club.
Marshall J. D. Taggart of Good
man told that two men who were
visiting in the community had been
arrested Saturday night. One was
fined 500 by Mayor w. j. Hollum
on Tuesday. The other Pat Bald
ridge, escaped, it was said. "a few
minor brawls, though no real fights
were also reported among Negroes.
he told.
Durdnt Is Quiet
w. S. Owen of Pickens reported
no fires, deaths, arrests, or acci-
dents over the holiday. j. L. Shields,
mayor of Tchula, said no accidents.
arrests, fires, weddings, deaths, or
births had taken place in that town
over the holiday.
Raiford E. McNeer, justice of the
Peace and Mayor-elect of Durant.
said the past holiday was "about
the quietest it had been in the past
several years"
A. j. Stevens of West reported a
quiet weekend in that community.
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