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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-12
Mid-Winter Revival
At Nozurene Church

We begin our mid-winter revival
at the Durant Church of the Nazar-
enc. Sunday, February 18th through
the 22nd. The Rev. Henry T. Boyer
of New Orleans, Louisiana, the evan
gelist.
Brother Boyer was reared under
the dark clouds of superstition, hoo
dooism, Catholicism and spiritualism.
Was convicted and converted thro-
ugh reading the Bible; from drink
ing. gambling pleasure loving life
at the age of 25. He has lead almost
his immediate family to Christ.
Come and bring your friends, hear
these sincere messages each night
and also the Sunday morning serv-
ices. Service as follows: Each night
at Z p. m. Sunday morning service at
IL a. m.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
S. D. GARRETT, Pastor.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-12
Marvin H. Mcpherson
Passes Al Pickens
Prominent World War
II Veteran Rites
Held On Friday

Marvin Hoover Mcpherson, splen-
did young citizen of Pickens, died
Thursday, February 5th, at his home
there following an illness of some
time. He was "a years of age.
Services were held Friday at the
Pickens Methodist Church with the
Rev. George Curtiss, pastor. in char
&c, He was assisted by DR.. r. B.
Gunter, Baptist pastor, and the Rev.
S. L. Mccullough, Presbyterian mini
ster.
Young Mcpherson was veteran
of World War II serving in the U. S.
Marine Air Corps for four years. He
was stationed in the Pacific Islands
and China in the army of occupa-
ton.
At the time of his death he was
sophomore in the School of Engineer
ing at State College.
He was a member of the Kappa
Sigma social fraternity.
He was the son of Mrs. Louise Dit
tman Mcpherson, of Pickens, and the
late Marvin Mcpherson, also Of
Pickens.
His mother and one sister, Miss
Carolyn Mcpherson, member OF
the Pickens High School faculty,
survive. Miss Mcpherson formerly
taught in the Durant schools.
Also surviving are three aunts,
Mrs. Lena D. Pepper and Mrs. Ruth
D. Hemphill, both of Pickens; and
Mrs. Esther D. Rogers, Of Shelby;
also two uncles, Theo Dittman, OF
Pickens and Fred w. Dittman, OF
Memphis.
Active pallbearers were H. S. Nc
Kie, Jr, Edwin Bridgeforth, James
Hemphill, Joe Dan Patton, Edgar
Young, Billy McKie and Edwin Ellis
and Nick Helm, Jr, all of Pickens,
and Edwin Ellis, of Lexington.
Honorary pallbearers were: Harold
Wright, William Owen. Jr, Robert
Cahoon, Jr, Sterling Crawford
Walter Lee Crawford, E. w. Akin
son. Roland Hart. Jr, Joe Thomas,
Jr, Stewart Bridgeforth. Bobby
Courts, Hood May, Jr, Edwin Max
well and Hubert Jones.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-12
March OF Dimes
Reports Due 10Th;
Drive Over 18th

The annual March of Dimes will
be concluded on Sunday, February
18th, and all community chairmen
are urged to send their reports in to
Mrs. Pat M. Barrett, Lexington, CO.
unity chairman, without delay.
The county chairman's report is
due in Jackson by February goth and
the cooperation of all community
chairmen is asked in order that this
might be accomplished, Mrs. Barrett
said.
Those not yet contributing to the
March of Dimes are asked to do
so without further delay.
Last year there was $2,612.48 con-
tributed in Holmes county to the
March of Dimes.
Durant gave $677.88.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-12
Military Honors Paid
Corbett |. Penton
In Service Here
Husband Of Durunt
Girl Buried At
Mizpoh Cemetery

Military honorS were paid the re-
mains of Pfc. Corbett L. Penton, hus-
band of Mrs. Elizabeth Hudson PEN
ton, in services held Tuesday after
noon at two o'clock at the Durant
Methodist Church.
The Rev. c. M. Day, Durant Bap-
fist minister and chaplain Of the
Preston Hudson Post of the Ameri-
can Legion, and DR.. E. R. Smoot,
Methodist pastor, were in charge of
services at the church.
Lexington Assists
Members of the Daniel w. Beall
Post of the American Legion, Lex
ington, sent a rifle squad and color
bearers for the rites held at the grave
in Mizpah cemetery.
Pallbearers were Claud Dodd, Ross
Rhyme, Jr, Wiley HUMPHREYS. Homer
Terry, Kenneth VanKeuren and Joe
York.
Died in Frdnce
Pfc. Penotn died July %, 1914 at a
field hospital in France as the re-
suit of wounds received in action in
the battle of st. Lo. He was wound
ed July 18th. He had been in serv-
ice since October, 1912, and went to
England February, 1914. He went
into France in the invasion of Nor
mandy.
The remains rested in the La Cam
be cemetery, Isigny, France, until
removed to this country, arriving in
Durant Monday afternoon from
Memphis.
Escorted by Sgt. Benito Casirez,
USA, the body was removed to the
Southern Undertaking Association
Home until Tuesday morning when
it was removed to the home of the
widow.
He was the son of Mr.. and Mrs. N.
R. Penton, of Mcneil.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Penton, and one daughter, Maribeth,
Az years old, of Durant; his par
ents, of Mcneil; three brothers, Law
renee, Dauldon, and Gilmer, all of
Mcneil; three sisters, Mrs. Albert
Lumpkin. Carriere, Mrs. Clara Nell
Spiers and Miss Laura Dell Penton,
Both of Mcneil His 90-year old
grandmother, Mrs. Emily jenkins, of
Mcneil, also survives.
Other relatives attending the rites
were Mrs. E. A. Landrum, of Car
riere, and Mrs. Charlie Lumpkin. of
La, aunts of the
deceased, Miss Lois Comfort, of Bir-
Alabama aunt of Mrs. Pen
ton; and Mr.. Albert Lumpkin, Car
riere.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-12
Raids Net Sheriff
Three Cases, 6 Pints
Cott!e Thief Caught;
Marshall Is Found Guilty
Of Assault And Buttery

Three cases of whiskey were found
in Big Black swamp near Durant by
Sheriff Ellis E. Wynn and his de-
puties last Thursday afternoon.
The whiskey had been hid out and
was at least one-fourth of a mile
from any known place.
Finding of the whiskey In the
swamp followed a raid at the Dur
ant place now allegedly run by
James Mcbride (known as the STAN
ley Woodall place. which netted
nothing. A thorough search of the
premises yielded nothing.
Villogs Inn
Sheriff Wynn found six pints Of
whiskey near the Village Inn near
Lexington last Tuesday afternoon.
February 3rd. The whiskey was off
the Village Inn property line.
At the time of the latter raid two
negroes were arrested at the Village
Inn for public drunkenness. They
pied guilty in Judge w. D. Ford's
court and were fined $500 and
costs.
Cottle Thief
Duke Hudson. 23-year old negro
youth, was arrested Monday by
Sheriff Wynn and is now in Jail
charged with stealing a COW from
farmer near Lexington. He has con-
fessed to the felony.
Brady Davis assisted the Sheriff
with this case.
Marshall Found Guilty
Claude Marshall, alleged operator
of the Park Inn, roadhouse on
highway 81 half way between Dur
ant and Goodman, was found guilty
of assault and battern on the per-
son of E. G.. Braswell, of Goodman,
in JP court before Judge R. E. Nc
Neer in Durant Monday aftrnoon.
The case grew out of an alterca-
ton at the Park Inn Saturday night
about $3.50 o'clock in which Braswel
suffered severe injuries about the
face and head.
The jury returned the verdict of
guilty and Judge McNeer fined
Marshall $4,000 and costs.
He appealed the case to Circuit
Court.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-12
Pi(kens Relief Drive
Reported Great Success

A report has been made to the
Rotary Club and the three churches
which engaged in the pre-Christmas
drive to secure clothing for local
relief cases and shipment overseas
for foreign relief. This report was
made by a committee, consisting of
Mrs. j. B. Farabee, Mrs. w. S. Guy
ton and B. M. Jones, and shows that
1898 pounds of clothing was col
lected, of which So pounds was dis
tributed locally to thirty six deserv-
ing persons residing in the vicinity
of Pickens, whose cases were investi-
gated and found deserving of assis-
lance. The remaining 1.475 pounds
were shipped to the Church World
Service Center in New Orleans for
distribution overseas.
Inaddition to the clothing, a char
ity benefit picture show was display
ed by the Mavon Theatre, at which
was shown the film, Danny Boy"
which was provided free of charge
by the New Orleans office of the
Eagle Lion Film Co. The tickets to
this show were sold through the
local school in a contest, in which
the winning class was Mrs. A. M.
Lorance's and the high ticket sell
ers were Johnny Marlborough and
Menez Dodd. The individuals were
awarded $3.50, donated by Hardy
McKie, and the winning class was
given $3.50, leaving as net proceeds
from the ticket sale $61.75. Out of
this sum there had been expended
$4253 for purchasing articles of
clothing for local deserving persons
and the shipping charges to New Or
leans were 1922. Also cooperating
in the sale of tickets at the Relief
Benefit Charity Show were Mrs. Ber-
nice Simpson and Mrs. Mary Lou
McKie.
Along with distribution of cloth
ing, arrangements were made to dis
tribute groceries and other staples
purchased with the $36.81 (the net
amount remaining after deducting
$40 expenses connected with the
program), representing the collec-
ton gathered at the joint Christmas
Church Program held at the Me-
thodist Church.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-12
Holmes Wins 1913
Over EIIisviIle Quint
EIIisviIIe Girls Get
Win 34-28 To Continue
Conference Leud
Bx r. w. Almond

GOODMAN, February -(Spec-
iaD- The Holmes students and fans
witnessed the most exciting games of
the season in the Holmes gym last
night. The girls game was close,
throughout. The score stood 8-8 at LIST
quarter; 17-all at intermission. The
experience and accuracy of Robbie
Robertson spelled defeat for the Hol-
mes sextet in final minutes of play.
Miss Robertson and Eva Scruggs
scored IL points each for the visitors.
The play of Louise Porter for Ellis
vile and M. Gregory of Holmes was
outstanding. Amy Owens, midget
forward for Holmes, played good
floor game and scored points.
The boys game was very exciting,
and the score was tied several times
during the final play period. Holmes
enjoyed 1921 lead at half-tlme.
The Bobcats came back strong in the
second half with Leonard Robertson
scoring A quick baskets to lead 1921.
The score was tied at both 34-34 and
46-46 during the course OF the game.
In the final minutes the Ellisville
boys went ahead 48-47 and attempt
ed the "freeze-the-ball' play. A bad
pass in final 10 seconds of play put
Clayton Woods of Holmes in scoring
position. His attempt was accurate
and spelled defeat for Ellisville 49,
48. The outstanding performers were
Benny Reed, Holmes. and Leonard
Robertson of Ellisville. Clayton
Wood, Lamar Busby, and Billy Gray
all played good ball for the Holmes
quint. Buster Davis and Frank Jen-
nings were good on both offense and
defense for the visitors. A bad pass
in final seconds by the latter spelled
certain defeat for his team.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-12
Supreme Court Remand
Ellis Case Due To
Courts Instructions
New Troll Will Be
Held In Liquor
Possession Charge

The Mississippi Supreme Court
this week reversed and remanded to
the Holmes County Circuit Court for
a new trial case in which 0. E..
Ellis was convicted for possession of
liquor because the courts instruction
to the jury was not properly pre-
sented.
The appellant, o. E. Ellis, had
been convicted on a second charge
of possessing liquor. The Supreme
Court held that there was sufficient
evidence presented to convict him
but that the courts instruction to
the jury was not properly presented.
The instruction asked the jury "if
you believe from the evidence in
this case beyond all reasonable doubt
that the defendant is guilty as charg-
ed in the indictment then the form
Of your verdict should be I'VE the
jury find the defendant guilty as
charged
The Supreme Court controlling
opinion written by Judge L. A.
Smith, ST., stated that "the trouble
with the instruction is that it does
not define within itself the elements
and nature Of the crime charged or
what the constituents of it are. In
stead it says as charged in the in
dictment'
"In other words the jurors them
selves were referred to and requir-
ed to interpret the affidavit, instead
of being informed by the court as
to the elements of the crime in
volved in the law violation charged"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-12
County School Bourd
To Consider Petitions

The Holmes County School Board
will hold a meeting at the court
house in Lexington on Friday after
noon, February 18th, at two o'clock
to consider and act upon petitions to
consolidate the Harmony School Dis
trict with the West Line Consolidat-
ed School District.
The meeting will be held in the
court room.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-12
Farm Development
Retarded Because OF
Conservation Pradifes
District Makes Progress
But Some Of Best
Lands Are Lost
BY "A. p. Carroll

The failure to establish good con-
servation methods is impeding the
agricultural development and pro-
gress in Holmes county.
The farmers cooperating with the
Holmes County Soil Conservation
District have made progress in estab-
fishing conservation practices. How
ever, the surface has not been scrat-
ched in protecting the soils.
The most severe erosion problems
are in the hills with about three
fifths in the Yazoo River watershed
and the other two-fifths in the Big
Black watershed.
Failure to do good conservation
farming is causing continuous loss
of the best soils, resulting in a de-
crease in production and higher cost.
This will cause Abandonment of more
farms of which we have too many
already.
Allowing the water to make its
own way down the slopes, through
the streams, over the bottom lands
to the rivers is not only causing the
loss of the best soils but is forming
many large gullies which can be
seen by driving over any road in the
hill section.
Those streams emptying into the
Yazoo River have very steep grade
from the bluffs up to the head
waters. The water runs off very
rapidly and works its way from one
side of the stream to the other, caus-
ing the creek banks to cave off, los
ing the best bottom soils. Many OF
these creek beds have washed out
land as much as quarter of mile
wide. Therefore hundreds of acres
Of this land, at one time considered
among our most productive acres are
now being ruined by these creeks.
AS these streams reach the Delta
area the grade is less and the water
is slowing down, sand and silt pick
ed up is dropped out, filling the
streams and Overlooking some Of the
best land in the Delta. Many of the
one-time good farms around the foot
iiiilo ildNS OCSll k1lSV
roads, railroads, and towns are being
damaged.
In the area emptying into the Big
Black River the hills are losing the
top soils and gullies are forming The
grades on these streams or creeks
are not as great as those in the va
ZOO River area, therefore, the velo-
city of water is not as great. The
sand and silt that has been picked
up is dropped out all along in these
streams They are being filled up and
and causing the water to overflow
the best bottom lands after each rain.
making them unsafe for row crops.
This can be adjusted by cleaning out
these creeks with draglines. How
ever, if the erosion in the head wat
ers are not controlled the bitches win
soon fill up.
Brown Brothers and ], L. Longin-
otti, of Durant, DR.. J. S. Rosamond
and Owen Mcclellan, of West, have
used the dragline in clearing out and
cutting new creek beds. They all
state it has been highly successful
for them and has brought non-culti-
waited land into profitable use.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-12
Negro Teachers To Meet
Saturday, February 18th

The regular monthly meeting of
the Holmes county negro teachers
will be held at the Ambrose High
School in Lexington at ten o'clock
Saturday morning, February 14th. ac-
cording to q statement made by L. r.
Thompson, Superintendent Of Edu-
cation.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-12
Duront Boy Member
Of Graduating Class

PRAIRIE, - (SpeciaD - James
Cakes of Durant is member of the
January graduating class at the
Trades Training Institute. Prairie.
Cakes will receive his certificate in
carpentry.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-12
Patients At The Hospital

Mrs. M. R. Autry and baby boy.
Durant.
Mrs. E. G. Pettus. Lexington.
Miss Mamie Clark, Durant. n
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-02-12
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
~ Hossl Brannon

A historic meeting will be held
this afternoon in Jackson.
citizens from all perts OF the state
will be there in response to Cover
NOR Fielding L. Wright's clarion call
for q meeting to protest anti-south-
ern legislation proposed by Presi-
dent Truman and the Democratic
There is no way of telling now
what will come out of the Jackson
meeting. It appears. however, that
Mississippi will lead the way for
other southern states in the rapidly
developing fight against Mr.. Truman.
The plan of action adopted by the
people of Mississippi today will be
watched with a great deal Of inter-
est throughout the nation parti-
cularly in the southern states.
The latter will be watching the
meeting Of the people Of Mississippi
to determine what degree Of support
Governor Wright has in his own
state whether or not his own
people are really behind him.
We believe the people are be-
hind Governor Wright ;. not only
Mississippians but people through
out the south who are tired Of being
doormats for northern politicians
who have taken over the Democratic
party.
The political bondage of the South
has never been more clearly de-
monstrated than in events Of the
past few weeks.
Chagrined beyond measure at the
outspoken anti-southern program OF
President Truman, southern Demo-
Gratis today realize with shame the
small part they have come to play in
formulating party policies and to re-
cognize the harsh fact that they are
held in utter contempt by the north
ern Democrats :. that the once
boosted loyalty Of the south to the
Democratic party has boomeranged
to the disservice of all our people.
Southern Democrats know how the
insufferable attitude Of those who
control the Democratic party ;. :.
that we in the south haven't brains
or CUTS enough to do anything but
vote the straight party ticket /.
that even though they use us for a
doormat, kick us around all they
please, we will still remain loyal and
20 on down the line always.
II remains for Mississippi to show
that we need not suffer forever for
the way to the rest of the south
the mistakes of the past that
there is a way to make our influ-
ence electoral votes) count for some
thing again.
If we in the south can overthrow
our political bondage to the Demo
cratic party and place ourselves in a
position where all political parties
try to gain our favor then we will
be able to restore the south to its
rightful position in the nation. We
will be in position to demand and
get economic justice.
All of our people do not yet real
ize the economic position of the
south today is due as much to our
one-party system of politics as any
other single factor. We are slow to
learn in politics just as we were and
are to change from the one-crop sys-
tenn to diversified farming. But we
are learning more every day.
Perhaps if we live long enough we
will see the south throw off its
shackles, political and economical,
and truly come into orr own.
The Western news., 1948-12-09
Bowling Scores OF
The Post Week
MOndav Night
mems League-TueSday

WUWCW LUa6 UV NN7.-.Ig
Honor Roll:-M. Anderson All, 1da
Brown AIT. c. Burpee AIS, E. Mel
son 399. NJ. Flesher 1868.
The Western news., 1948-12-09
News Notes From
Co. Agents Office
Radioactivity in Agriculture

haulOaELANAkE III <AEAALuAAuAC
Experiments with low level ra
dioactive materials conducted this
year by the horticulture depart
ment at Montana State College, II
other states and at BeltSvllle, Md,
failed to show any beneficial re-
suits upon either crop grown or
quality, according to F. M. Har-
rington, head of horticulture at
Montana State college who con-
Quoted the tests.
These experiments were carried
out because of the increasing in
terest in radioactive materials as a
fertilizer. They were conducted
under the direction of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture at the
request of the Atomic Energy com
mission and were carried out in
so many states to give a conclusive
answer.
The Montana State college horti-
culture department tested potatoes
and Mr. Harrington says radio
active materials did not indicate
any increase in yields.
The materials used to apply
radioactivity were commercial ra-
dioactive products and radium. The
1lrSt OF these was applled at three
different rates with 10 replications
in the various field tests to insure
dependable results. The other was
applied in only one concentration,
comparable to the medium concen-
tration of the commercial material
but with the same replication.
States which carried out tests
and the crop tested are: Arkansas,
sweet potatoes; Georgia, cotton;
Illinois, navy beans, table beans,
and spinach; Mississippi, corn;
North Carolina, tobacco and pea
nuts; Ohio, ladina clover; New
York, carrots and potatoes; North
Dakota, wheat and barley; Wash
ington, sugar beetS, field beans and
wheat; West Virginia, corn.
Producing Clean Milk
One of the easiest steps dairy
The Western news., 1948-12-09

honorably between October 8, 1910
and September 2, l945, may applv
to the VA for new insurance if
none was held while in the armed
force. These veterans must pass
an insurance physical examination
and pay one monthly premium to
put the insurance in force.
Veterans who previously held c.
T. term insurance but have allowed
il to lapse for more than three
months also must take a physical
examination and pay two monthly
premiums in order to reinstate their
policies. The physicals may be OBJ
tanned free of charge at any VA
hospital or clinic or at the veterans
own expense from private ply
sician
The VA reminds veterans that
they are eligible for any amount of
C. I. Insurance from 81 900 to SlO.-
000-in multiples of $5O0-either
under the low-cost term plan or ore
or a combination of six permanent
types.
For further details on G. I. in
The Western news., 1948-12-09
The Vets MoiI Bog
Correspondence Rules
Given Northwest Vets


Many Northwest veterans are de
laying replies or action on letters
and claims submitted to the Vet
erans Administration because they
fail to include sufficient informa-
ton or Identification for process
sing
Here are few correspondence
suggestions for veterans to re-
member when writing to the VA:
Don't write unless absolutely
necessary.
2. Make letters brief and to the
point.
3. include your age, service ser
ial number, C-number and the
name of your school or bust
ness establishment if in train
ing
4 If the letter pertains to c. I.
insurance, or if sending a check
or money order for payment
of premiums, be sure TO in
clude your insurance policy
number.
S. Sign letters clearly with your
full name and present mailing
address.
6. If asking more than one ques-
ton, list them concisely in nu-
merical order.
Following these instructions will
Identification of the writers
and speed up action on claims and
replies. the VA states.
The Western news., 1948-12-09
"Wednesday Night


WOmenS LCaB Ut MWEsUay
Honor Roll:-Amber Roberts 542,
Inga Riddle 502, Betty Petrusha
497. Billie McGraw 460, Esther En-
dere ASA
The Western news., 1948-12-09

Producing Clean Milk
One of the easiest steps dairy
The Western news., 1948-12-09

Leo Sova from Withee, Wis, is
taking Mr. Aliens place on second
trick.
Arthur Martin is working third
trick at the depot at present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Boughn from
Fish Lake were business callers in
Kalispell Saturday.
Mrs. Shaw was shopping and a
visitor with Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred
.Deseve in Eureka between trains
Friday
The Western news., 1948-12-09

Several folks from here attend
ed the dance at Trego school house.
Saturday evening.
Fifteen above this morning, Sun
dav = and over two feet of snow
at the present writing with heaVy
skies and no doubt more snow
Richard Gaertner resumed his
duties as 1st trick operator at the
depot Monday morning
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