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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05
I. 6. 0'Briant Purchases
Mt1ueen's Restaurant

Mr.. T. C. O'Briant has bought Nc
Queens Restaurant in Durant, for
merly known as California Cafe, and
will operate same in the future.
This eating establishment under
the management of Mr.. O'Briant will
be known as the New California
Cafe.
Mr.. O'Briant is known to large
circle of friends in Durant having
worked for the Railway Express for
the past three years with headquar-
tiers in Durant. He will continue his
position with the Railway Express
Company and Mrs O'Briant will be
associated with him in the cafe He
also has extensive ginning interest
at Walden.
The New California Cafe will be
open daily and Sundays from four
o'clock in the morning until eleven
o'clock at night.
A cordial invitation is extended
the public to pay the New California
Cafe visit.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05
Holmes Honor Roll
Largest In Years

The registrars office released today
the first semester honor roll for 1947-
48. Those qualifying with B or better
grades in all subjects are as follows:
Agricultural High School: Allene
Rurrell, Dot Dale, Max Killebrew,
Billie Jean McCrory, Jean Phillips,
Peggy Leopold, Patsy Torrance and
Mary Miley.
Freshman Class: Billy Adams,
Norma Joyce Blanton, Dorothy
Jones, Paul Hastings, Hugh Davis,
Virginia Dickerson, Joyce Gregory,
Brooks McWhorter, Ina Claire New,
Robert P. Odom, Amy Jean Owens.
Dimitrios Paraskevopoulos, Curtis
Renfroe, Rosemary Stewart, and Roy
Williams. -.
Sophomore Glass: Marthajo Bacon,
Billy Ruth Barnes, Ladell Beckham,
Doris Browning, Margaret Rose
Coker, James c. Jones, Robert King,
Edd Lipsey, Helen Lyons, Carease
Truitt, Joseph WATSON, William
Wicker, Eloise Edwards, Billy B.
Gray, Marie Gray, Burvil Hawkins,
William L. Henning, and Edith Her.
ring.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05
Red Cross ExpIoins
National Blood Proqrum

The call that Is placed second on
the need for funds under the 194a
fund campaign of the American Red
Cross is the National Blood Program
The first blood center to be opened
in. this area will be in Atlanta. OPP
Grafton of this center is expected to
begin by the middle of February,
1913 Centers will be opened in Bir-
mingham soon.
The national program is headed by
DR.. Ross T. Mcintyre, retired sur
geon general Of the navy, who had
first hand observation of the bene-
fits the wounded received from the
wartime Red Cross blood program.
The program was undertaken by the
Red Cross after consultation with
leaders in the American Medical As
ISOLATION, the United States Public
Health Service, the American Hospi-
tai Association and the Army, Navy
and Veterans Administration.
The entire cost of collecting, pro-
cessing and distributing blood to the
hospitals will be borne by the Red
Cross. There will be no cost for the
blood or blood plasma. This is a
national program but if the need
arises the individual of any race,
creed or color is given the life blood.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05
Delta Chenille Plant
Reopened Here Monday
Full Production Is
Expected In 3 Weeks

The Delta Chenille Company at
Durant reopened Monday and is ex-
pected to be in full operation in
about three weeks, according to
statement by Mrs. Annie Ward Per-
rim, plant manager.
Operation at present is on limit
ed scale with few work.
ers in the multi-needle machines and
cutting departments. Twenty five
employees are expected to be added
next week as the scanning depart
ment begins operation Monday. An
additional rs workers will be hired
to resume work in the other depart
ments in the next two weeks.
The schedule for the reopening of
the department in the plant is as
follows: Scanning, February 9ths
Chenille, February 18th; Inspection.
February, 18th; Dyeing, Trimming.
and Packing, February 18th.
Mrs. Perrin said the company
plans to get back into full production
as soon as possible. The Durant plant
will manufacture chenille robes in
the latest and smartest 1948 Styles
she said.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05
yellow Fever Here
Fifty Years Ago

There are perhaps still few old
timers here who recall the time
half century ago when yellow
fever appeared in Durant An ac-
count of the safety measures adopted
by the Attala county Board of Super
visors appeared in the Attala Led
ger at the time and again
in the Tuesday issue of the Kosciu-
sko Star-Herald in column, Flash
backs In-'The Beehive of the Hills"
The following is from the column
in the Star Herald.
Holf Century Ago-(From the At
tala Ledger. November S, 1879
Whereas is has reliably come to
the knowledge of the Attala Board
of Supervisors that yellow fever has
appeared in Durant in Holmes CO.
unity, and that the board deeming
that the safety of the people of the
county requires that all communica-
tions from all persons coming or
passing through any infected point
be quarantined against any and all
persons, freight, baggage and pas
sengers coming from the west side
of the county line and that no trains
shall be permitted to stop in the CO.
unity. but shall pass through at the
rate of 20 miles per hour with all
windows and doors closed. and that
guards be placed at the county line
at designated points in the county"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05
Norman Weafhersby ID
Head Holmes Scouts
Lexington Troop 81
Will Be Recognized;
Active Year Planned

The 1913 officers, for the Holmes
District of the Andrew Council, Boy
Scouts of America are Norman Wea-
thersby, district chairman; Allie
Povall, district vice-chairman; c. c.
Taylor, district commissioner and
c. M. Mcdaniel, advancement chair
man.
The following Scouting units are
registered in Holmes county: Troop
IS at Pickens is sponsored by the
Pickens Rotary Club The troop COM
mitteemen are H. S. McKie, H. H.
Mellard, B. H. Maxwell and T. o.
Buford. Hardy S. McKie, Jr, is the
Scoutmaster. r7v '.rE -~i
Cub Scout Pack So and Troop SO
at Goodman are sponsored by the
Goodman Junior Chamber of Com
merce, Committeeman are J j.
Bearn, c. N. Dickerson, A. S. Don
aid Jr, and William Taylor. The
Cubmaster is John w. Browning
The Troop committeeman are r. w
| Almond, Sam Hall, and D. K. Gull
ledge. Edwin Albin is the Scout
master. .-r ... -,.,,.s. 80. -... .,.,---
| Troop 70 at Tchula is sponsored by
the Masonic Lodge. The Troop COM
mitteemen are Bob Gillespie, H
Schur, H. A. Black and w. r. Hud'
lesion. Frank Gwin, Jr., is the Scout.
master.
Troop 70 at Durant is sponsored
by the American Legion. The com.
mitteemen are j. G.. Jacob, Claude
Estes, Phil Terry, P R. Roby, Mile:
Ray and Homer Terry. The Scout.
| master is Leon Englemann.
Troop "a of Lexington is being or.
ganized. The committee will be A
p. Koran, c. M. Mcdaniel, Norman
Weathersby and A. P. Carroll. The
Scoutmaster will be Z. B. Nichols
Assistant Scoutmaster will be John
Farmer
Lewellyn Dean is the Field Scout
Executive in this area.
Scouting provides the boy with ar
active outdoor life, grants him re-
cognition for mastering various
skills. 1t holds before him the ideals
of good citizenship.
1t is hoped to provide the oppor.
tunity for all the boys of Holmes
| county to get this training.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05
J. D. MIKE Is Named
To FILA Advisory Board

Appointment of State Advisory
Committeeman to assist the Farmers
Home Administration in its super
vised credit program in Mississippi
during 1948, was announced today
by State Director, T. B. Fatherree, as
follows:
Frank C. Willcoxon, General Seer
etary YMCA, Vicksburg; Claude c.
Coats, Businessman and Farmer
Pelahatchie; Walter Page, President.
Peoples Savings Bank, Starkville:
Robert A. Patterson, Farmer, Way
side; L. I Jones, Director of Extern
sion Service, State College; Wilburn
P. Sudduth, Farmer, Starkville; Guy
L. Sigrest, Pastor of Methodist
Church, Enterprise.
James D. McKie, Merchant and
Farmer, Pickens; Henry E. Mauldin.
Jr, Director of Vocational Education.
Jackson.
With the exception of Mr.. Maui
din, all members of the committee
have served previously.
mississippi Committeeman were
carefully selected and rank high a.
mong leading farmers, agricultural
leaders, and others in the state whose
major interest lies in agriculture"
Mr.. Fatherree said.
These Committees advise the State
Director and his staff on methods Of
solving problems that face family
type farmers. They help adapt the
national program of the agency to
the needs of the local area and aid
in coordinating the program with the
activities of other agencies working
in the same field
The State Advisory Committee
members are not only individually
qualified to advise on agricultural
credit and rural welfare matters"
Mr. Fatherree said, ''but also repre-
sent farm, business, and service
groups interested in rural problems.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05
March Of Dimes Drive
Extended Two Weeks

The tenth annual March of Dimes
Campaign to raise funds to combat
infantile paralysis has been extend
ed for an additional two weeks and
will close February 18th instead Of
the scheduled deadline of January
31st.
Extension was granted to give
those who were unable to contribute
during the recent bad weather a
chance to give to this worthy cause.
Anyone desiring to make con-
tribution may mail their check to
Mrs. Pat M. Barrett, Lexington. =,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05
18th Anniversary OF Boy Scout Movement Will Be
Observed s z; 100000 Members In U.S..
sident of the United States, to Con
gress and to the United Nations.
Years Progrum

In addition to conserving food and
natural resources, the Boy Scouts
will emphasize safety and fire pre-
vention, home repairs and personal
health. Through their World Friend
ship Fund of Involuntary gifts the
Scouts have sent more than 5000
tons of supplies to help Scout organ
izations overseas to rebuild. This aid
is to be continued throughout 1948.
Scouting is having rebirth in
many of the countries ravaged by
the war. The Boy Scouts Interna-
tional Bureau in London reports a
world membership of 4,409,780 boys
and leaders in IL nations
World peace and mutual under
standing is an objective of Scout
ing. Through World Scout Jambor-
eeS and the resultant expanding in
terest in friendships, understanding
and personal relationships through
correspondence these aims are in
creasingly being met. The Sixth
World Jamboree last summer brou-
ght 10000 Boy Scouts and leaders
together in France from 38 nations.
The Boy Scouts of America is the
largest group in the World Scout
Brotherhood. Its 100000 Scouts and
leaders are members of 68,500
Units. They in turn come under the
jurisdiction of 545 local Boy Scout
Councils which provide camping ex-
periences, leadership training, Scout
craft activities and Courts of Honor
Continued on page three)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05
Polio Coffee Day Al
New California Cafe
Y-Teen Girls Will
Aid Logging Drive

Polio Coffee Day will be observed
IN Durant Saturday, February 7th,
at the New California Cafe to aid
IN raising funds for the current
March of Dimes, infantile paralysis
campaign.
1. G. O'Briant, owner of the New
California Cafe stated that all money
taken in from the sale of coffee will
be contributed to the March of Dimes
fund. The coffee will be sold for
whatever the customer desires to
pay. 1t is hoped that those who have
not contributed to the drive will
take advantage of Coffee Day at the
cafe to give to the fund.
Y-Teen Girls Serve
Coffee will be served by the Y
Teen Girls of Durant under the dir.
ection of Miss Estelle Turner, spon.
sor Y-Teen's who will serve are
lnez Shelton, Carolyn Inman, Deveo
Pierce, Ivon Jones, Mile Carroll
Josephine Barranco, Annie Mcmillan
Nancy Tatum, Mary Lewis and liz
Mae Robinson.
Miss Sara Howard, community
chairman for Durant, said she hoped
the people of the community viii
take advantage of Polio Coffee Day
to help 'Durant reach its quota in the
March of Dimes drive. She said the
current campaign is tagging and still
way short of its mark.
Anyone who has not yet made ;
contribution is urged to mail thei
check to Miss Howard at Durant ant
bring the drive to a successful close
Everyone is again asked to max,
a stop at the New California Caf'
to drink a cup of coffee and hell
the nations children afflicted will
dreaded infantile paralysis.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05

Holmes county's new U. S. Army
recruiter is M/Sgt Arnold l. Cook
of Covington, Virginia. He will re-
place M/Sgt. Edward Holmes who
is now assigned to recruiting area
south of Canton.
Sgt. Cook, veteran of seven and a
half years in the army, served in
the European sTheater for fifteen
months as CAT pilot and participa-
ted in parachute drops in the Nor
mandy Beachhead, Holland invasion
and the drop across the Rhine River
Sgt. Cooks, present schedule is, as
follows: Mondays, Goodman, and
Pickens; Tuesdays, Durant and West;
and Wednesdays, Lexington and
Tchula. He will be in the Postoffice
at each place.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05
Holmes Plays Jones
Friday And Saturday
Holmes .Sextet Ties
Pearl River 1888
In Come Monday

GOODMAN, Miss, - (SpeciaD -
The Jones quint and sextet will come
to Holmes campus Friday for two
double-headers Friday and Saturday
night, February 6 and Z. The teams
from Ellisville will play the Holmes
teams in the first 2 game series this
season on the home court. The Kit
tens are the only undefeated girls
team in the Mississippi Junior Col
lege Conference. Couch Country
Graham's boys quint has very inn
pressive record. Holmes won 1897
in their first meeting this season at
Ellisville early in January.
The Branch-coached boys from
Holmes have a record of seven wins
against 3 losses in Conference play
to-date. The boys are anxious to i'm
prove their conference standing be-
fore the committee sets-up the brac-
ket for the boys tournament.
The date for drawings and brack-
ct has been set for February 22nd at
Greenwood. The boys committee as
signed to work out the double eli
mination play-off consists of Presi-
dent Horton, Sunflower; Coach
Frank B. Branch, Holmes and Coach
Joe Jackson, Wood Jr. College. The
girls tournament will be held at Per-
kinston Junior College February19-
20-21. The boys tournament is SCH
eduled a week later, February 1921
% to be held at Sunflower Junior
College, Moorhead.
Holmes Wins Tie
The Holmes Sextet was de-
MED victory Monday night
when Ellen wilson, Pear
River forward, shot a basket in final
minute of play for 1888 score to
climax the best game of the season
on the local hardwood.
Lorene Long led the scoring with
% points for Holmes. Miss Wilson
with Is and Jean Miller with lC
points led the visitors in scoring. M
Gregory went out early in the Sec
ond half due to excessive fouls
Francene Hudspeth for Holmes anc
Lois Howard for Pearl River stooc
out on defense.
The boys game started as a one
sided affair and early in the second
quarter Holmes led 1877. Coach
Frank Branch of Holmes inserted an
entire new team. The Pearl River
Boys started clicking at this point
and pulled the score to 1929 Holmes
leading as the first half ended Hol-
mes led throughout the last half. The
final score read Holmes "a and Pearl
River 81.
The high scorers of the game were
registered as Killo-Watt and Hot
Ladner with Is and 10 points re.
spectively. Robert Mcbride with II
points led the locals in scoring. Billy
Gray made several neat shots late
in the game. His total points for the
Continued on Page y
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05

the President are unconstitutional
but that he has long ago given up
hope for the Supreme Court holding
anything recommended by the New
Deal crowd as being unconstitution-
al. They have stretched the con-
stitution to fit the situation, he said
Mr.. Truman's action points to the
positive need for every white south
ern Democrat to follow Governor
Wright's program of standing indie
pendently and true to the principles
Of the Democratic party and declin-
ing to be led away from the Demo-
cratic party by the renegade poll
ticians who are presently leading the
party. Mr.. Sillers said.
Mississippi's state legislature is in
a position to do something now that
could help stem the tide of anti
southern legislation recommended
for passage by President Truman.
The State Legislature can pass
legislation freeing our electors and
make it possible for them to cast
our votes for any Democrat or for
anyone whom they deem wise or
necessary.
Such legislation should be enacted
without delay, That would give de-
finite and specific notice to the
Democratic Party and to the world
that Mississippi, at least, is in
earnest.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05
Active Program For
1948 Is Planned;
Report To President

Holmes County Scouts will joir
with 2,120,000 members of the Boy
Scouts of America throughout the
nation to observe the 38th anniver-
sary of the organization during Boy
Scout Week which opens Friday
February 9th, and continues through
Thursday, February IL.
The anniversary will be celebrated
in every city and town and most viii
lagos and hamlets throughout the
nation and its possessions. 1t is young
Americas largest birthday celebra-
ton.
The theme of Boy Scout Week this
year is, THE Scout Citizen at Work
in his home-in his community-in
his nation-in his world" Scouting's
activities for the year beginning with
the birthday celebration will be re-
lated to this theme.
Bushels of Food" Plan
The nations Boy Scouts are en-
gagged in the program of saving and
producing food to alleviate the wor-
Ids food shortage. AS part of their
service program this year each Boy
Scout is expected to save bushel,
grow a busheL share a busher' of
food.
Each Cub Pack, Boy Scout Troop,
Senior Scout Unit, will share in a
Report to the Nation" that will tell
of their community services last
year and their program for this year.
The report will be made to the Pre-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05
Holmes Ginning Up
Is, 800 BoIes AZ

Census report shows that 10000
bales of cotton were ginned in Hol-
mes county from the crop Of 1947
prior to January 18th 1948, as COM
pared with 24,910 bales for the crop
of 1916.
This represents an increase of 49,
900 bales.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05
Hooker Replaces Nichols
On Board Of Trustees

Wilburn Hooker has been named
to the Board of Trustees of the Hol-
mes County Community Hospital to
replace H. L. Nichols.
Mr.. Nichols, trustee from beat one,
was unable to serve.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
BY Huxel Brannon

Saturday, FebruorY 7th, Is
Coffee Day at the New Cdlifor-
niu Cdfe.
On that dry oil of the money
taken in for coffee will be given
to the polio fund in Durdnt.
so be sure and visit the New
California Cafe Saturday ana
drink to did the many victims OF
infontile porolYsis in the notion
The coffee will only cost you q
nickel but you may contribute
as much as you like ana
pleose make your contributions
generous because the drive for
funds in Durant Is logging
seriously.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05
Rites Held Sunday For
Norris Clayton Melton

Services for Norris Clayton Meltor
four-year-old son of Norris l.. Mel
ton of West, who died enroute to the
Community Hospital in Lexington
Saturday, were held Sunday morn
ing at IL o'clock at the North Union
Church with the Rev. Curtis Ellis
officiating. Burial was in North
Union Cemetery with Southern
Funeral Home of Durant in charge
He had been jill for two weeks.
In addition to his father he is sur
vived by a twin brother, Layton
Melton, three other brothers, Leslie
Jr., Ted and Donald Melton. and four
sisters, Carolyn, Gladys. Nita Lee
and Irene Melton, all of West.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Durham, of
Durant, were Lexington visitors
Tuesday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-05

Hon. Walter Sillers, speaker of the
Mississippi House of Representa-
tives and a highly respected leader
in public life has this to say con-
corning the Presidents Civil Rights
proposals:
''This is not a program to abolish
determinations. 1t is a program of
discrimination against the majority
of people in the United States in
favor of certain minority groups.
eff I were to try to formulate a
program destructive of the south and
more Objectionable to the south, l
do not believe / could possibly for
rnulate one as bad as this. ! don't
think the people of the south should
stand for it, and certainly we don't
have an obligation to any party.
candidate or President who would
endorse any such program. 1t is de-
structive of the south and the entire
nation"
MIR. Sillers said the proposals OF
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Chicago Livestock

ss sas. s5s IAN to II e. TspAad
25-75 lower, least decline on weights unde
saabls cattle 500 testimated2i t total net
shipper demand exceedingly marrow, high,
good and choice steers and yearlings closed
lover in instances Yoa, 90 OF On
locks; closing trade such kinds very dull at
decline: common to low, good grades,
srGas se to hsss %ss sesaos
M higher. % but good f and choice sS % srsdss closed
ali week ali iHx srades 50 to ioo higher. ae.
tive at advance; bulls, strong; vealers, 200
lower; high, choice ,weighty steers topped at
choice Choice 'i 70 prime - mixed Steers and hsifers
early in week, 1000; top heifers, $500;
competitive trade az week en common to
heifers. 26.o0-25 90; but high. good and
choice steers and yearlings closed at t0. 90
1925, most low to average, choice weighty
choice heifers closed at I'd. 90. local
abos ss pe era sss in ana ds 5e.nss H9s
weekend; cutter cows finished at 100,
mostly 1880 down; good yeighty younns "a
ss5o c0Ts heavy " SAUSAGE cub bus s down.
vealers 32; 90 down. with culls and com
g5r E 60 sssfk ess 9TH ss1 ssGns .S sS
flss6S s6S- 3 seq sS to choice light feeders at
Salable sheep, 200 (estimated); total
not given; compared week ago: slaughter
yeariings very scarce: good and choice fed
wooden lambs, 1Os lbs, down 25 5.00-26 90,
mostly 25.50-26.00, top 26.15 for load
woolskins %. .OO-2 90, sprinkling common
16. 90 20 90; good and choice 92-1o1 .lb.
fed clipped lambs fall shorn pelts 25. 80:
26. 90, merely good 8S-lb. weights No.
pelts 24.50; common to choice slaughter
ewes 10 0O-13. 90
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. Jan. II P.-Profit-tsking
knocked all grains lower on the Board OF
Trade today. with fairly heavy selling COM
ing from commission houses. Traders said
the slump was q. natural development after
carving corn and oats to record highs
Grains opened lower and dropped more
than q cent before. meeting support A
point and prices advanced to within small
fractions Of the preceding close. But the
aueky soe ne% lows for he
Wheat closed to cents lower; May.
$3 .02S-1a: corn was 1la-2ss lower; May.
$2,67h-h; oats were ss-1h lower; May,
S1.27ls-ss. and soybeans were z to
cents lower; March, S4.33.
Evening star., 1948-01-18

fUnt Of trading. 10 shares. IN banKfuptcy on Ie.
ceivershiD being reorsanized under me
Of dividends In the foregoing table annual dis.
Sursements based on the last quarterly semannual
declaration Unless otherwise noted SPECIAL or extra
risi,ts Also extra or extras Plus stock dividend
Cash or stock Declared paid so far this year.
paid after stock dividend or stock spt-up Accum-
ulated dividsnds paid or declared this year.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Chic n RA NARh NaYkA n

ees; No. ). 2.55N-a.ssI; yi sample ~g Grade.
2.46h. Oats, No. white, 1.45-1 46k:
Nominal: Sa FEED stie s5esoa %anS Nominal Tisid
seed, per hundredweight, nominal Tim
othy, 100000; red top, 19.O0-20.00.