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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-11-17

S T o p - Of the Antique Shop
in Durant on Highway 81 South.
You are alwdYs welcome. Phone
225-W. Leila Guess.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-11-17

Rabbits raised for commercial
purposes should be handled as lit
tie as possible.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-11-17

BRING your lump buses u the
Antique Shop for wiring and
matching globes. Leila w.
Guess. HighwuY 81 South. Du-
ront. Miss. ftp
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-11-17

FOR RENT - 4-room house, S.
Washington St., Durant. Phone
l04-J. A-t4np.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-11-17

FOR RENT Apartment in West.
Reasonable. Mrs. E. A. Brock,
West. Phone Durant l99-R-2.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-11-17

FOR SALE-Franchise for Holm
es county on Ferguson tractors
and farm equipment with in
ventory. Nice building and
warehouse at Tchula goes with
deal. Terms can be arranged.
Holmes Tractor and Implement
Co., phone Al. Tchula.
48-tinp
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-11-17
Cord o. Thanks

We wish to thank DR.. A A.
Derrick, the nurses at Community
hospital, Mrs. Rawson and Mrs
Alexander, special nurses, during
the sickness and death of our hus-
band and father, E. r. Gibson.
We would also like to thank
offerings and cards. May God
bless you.
Mrs. E. r. Gibson
Barbara Lee Gibson
A. L. Gibson
Curtis Gibson
Mrs. Leila Guess Of Durant Wis
tied Mrs. Ruth Roach over the
weekend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-11-17
Classified Ads

FOR SALE - New Corona add
ing machine. A bargain. See
Leo Maness at The Lexington
Advertiser, Phone ll6. tip
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-11-17

FARM FOR SALE - 33 acres of
land located about 2 miles west
of Durant. Phone 97-W. Walter
Odom. Box GOT, Durant. 6-4tnp
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-11-17

FOR RENT-Front bed room con-
Went to bath. Mrs. Andy Nit
chell. Phone sc 7tfnp
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-11-17

NOTICE - For prompt free re-
moval of dead animals call Wi
mona Rendering Plant, 417-J
collect, Winona, Miss. 9-3tnp
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-11-17

FOR SALE-Llgnt weight con-
.rete blocks for sale. Winona
Concrete Products Company.
phone 1921. Winona. Miss.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-11-17

FOR SALE - 100 acres OF iano
with good five-room house ai'0
other buildings. 2 ponds. nice
orchard and lots of timber. .
miles west Of Durant on COCA
gravel road. Mail carrier, schooi
bus, and rolling store 60 ~
door. Price $4,000. See Yer
non Thrasher at place. S4P
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-11-17

FOR SALE - rs horse power y
type diesel engine. good snap
Also generator, air tank 49,
air compressor included. Pr,cee
to move. See Southern Unis
Ice Co., Durant, Phone 100.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-11-17

NEW ASSORTMENT OF nook
patterns. Stop by and see me 80.
You are always welcome. Len. "A
Antique Shop. Highway p z. -
Durant. Phone 225-W- 0
Evening star., 1949-01-25
Protestant Church Buildings
Uncomfortable, Architects Told

The trouble with too many Pro-
testant churches is that usually
there is too little to see and more
than you want to hear"
The Rev. John r. Scotford, editor
of the Congregational Christian
magazine Advance, expressed this
+ view last night at a dinner of the
Institute on Church Architecture in
Hamline Methodist Church, 450l
Sixteenth street NV.
I'VE as Protestants have wor-
shipped words" Mr.. Scotford said
I'VE have tried to talk folks into the
kingdom of God"
In the Roman Catholic Church, he
said, there is a great deal to see
it is music without words" The
speaker charged that Protestants
have shut the doors Of the church
on people who are not ear con'
scious. Our Psychology has been
wrong"
200 at Gathering.
Mr.. Scotford, who is member OF
the Interdenominational Bureau OF
Architecture of the Federal Council
OF Churches, told the gathering OF
more than 200 laymen and min
listers that church buildings should
be constructed so as ito relax the
incoming worshiper, to make him at
ease"
I'm many churches, half the seats
are unusable because they force
persons to appear conspicuous in
stead of comfortable" he declared.
Slocum Kingsbury Of Bethesda
Md, past president of the Washing
to on-Metropolitan Chapter. Amer
ican Institute of Architects, also
addressed the dinner.
Panels on church planning were
conducted later by the Right Rev
Angus Dun, Bishop of Washington;
DR.. Frederick e. Reissig, executive
secretary of the Washington Fed
ekbtion of Churches, and the Rev
F.! c. Reynolds. superintendent.
Washington East District, Methodist
Church.
Architecture Traced.
The evolution and function of
three major types of church archi-
lecture used In the United States
Evening star., 1949-01-25

were outlined at the afternoon
session.
Philip H. Frohman of Washing.
ton, architect associated with the
Washington Cathedral plans, traced
the development of Gothic Church
Architecture; Milton L. Grigg
architect Of Alexandria Christ
Episcopal Church Expansion pro.
gram, spoke on Colonial Church
Architecture" and the Rev. Darby
w. Belts. rector OF st. Clements
Episcopal Church. Alexandra, de.
scribed the new style architecture
of his church.
The Rev. Charles E. Enders
pastor of Concordia Evangelical and
Reformed Church. presided at the
general sessions.
Evening star., 1949-01-25
Two Drivers Found Guilty
In Fatal Police Van Crash

Two persons, one of them police
man, yesterday were found guilty OF
failure to give full time and atten-
ton to their driving. prior to an ac-
cident last September IS which took
the life of veteran District police
man.
In Municipal Court trial, Judge
Armond w. Scott made the ruling on
traffic charges against Pvt. Earl
Johnson, 80, colored, of 629 Quebec
Evening star., 1949-01-25

| place NV, and James J. Hartin,
81, of 1903 M street NE. Pvt. John-
SON was driver of police prison
van which collided with Mr.. Har-
tins car at Fifth and K streets NV.
Pvt. Mortimer P. Donoghue, So, of
1902 Kansas avenue NV, was killed
Instantly when crushed under the
Evening star., 1949-01-25

NET BEHIND the wheel of a handsome Lincoln
" Cosmopolitan as possible and we
promise You'll discover OF motoring pleas
ure far surprising anything you've experienced betore
Here is fine car that's luxurious you've got to see
it-and drive ito believe it!
It's windshield is the widest any fine cara sweep
ing of onepece safety glass almost fye feet wde
Its interior is so elegantly appointed that even push
button windows are standard equipment' And what
Evening star., 1949-01-25

rear wheels Of the van, which oyer-
turned.
Both Pvt. Jofnson, who was in
Freedmen's Hospital for more than
q month after the crash, ana Mr..
Hartin, pleaded not guilty. They
were released by Judge Scott on
their personal bond.
Evening star., 1949-01-25
ADVERTISEMENT.
20 Years
No Purgatives-
ADVERTISEMENT. A

"For the last 20 years I have relied
on KELLoGG's ALL-BRAN to keep me
regular-it has never failed me-
w. L. Carmichael, Portsmouth, Va.
II your diet lacks the bulk for
Evening star., 1949-01-25

normal elimina-
tion, eat an ounce
OF ALL
BRAN every day
In milk-and d
drink plenty of
water. II not sat
isfed after a 10
day trial send the
empty carton to
the Kellogg Com
pany, Battle Gre
Evening star., 1949-01-25

thrilling car 1t is to driveI
Its powered by the great new Lincoln V-type Eight
the smoothest eight" in the whole wide world An
engine that's lively and lovely in acton Once you head
it down the open road you'll be convinced there's no
other power plant like it earth It's the last word for
dependabilty economy long life
Why not pick up the teephone-and make that date
for Lincoln Cosmopolitan demonstration now! 1T
tomorows too long to tOat, why not make II todoy)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-06-30

A faded newspaper clipping, 100
years old, brought in sharp focus
those stirring days when the country
was thrilled by the discovery of gold
in California and men by the thous-
ands sold their farms and ehatteis
and joined in the stampede for the
west.
The clipping was brought to the
Bluffton News office by Mrs. G. F.
Eikenbary of Bluffton, RI. 2, and IS
treasured as family heirloom.
1t advertises the sale on March /,
1S4o. of one J. L. Moss of Versailles,
Ky., apparently a large landowner,
who sold all of his property except
two OK teams, evidently to be hitch
ed to a prairie schooner for an over.
land trek to the "Oregon Territory
Included in property sold were six
negro slaves.
One of those attending the sale
was Eikenbary's great great grand
father, who was seeking to buy a
horse for his son, the great grand
father of Eikenbary. The family al
that time lived in Preble county
Ohio.
The complete list of items to be
sold is as follows:
Having sold my farm and | an
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-06-30
Bluffton rs Years Ago
On Parade In Windows
Concluded from page II

tSOIlIludCd I1OHl page i y
period early farming implements,
etc.
Another display features pioneer
lamps, some of which lighted down
town stores and homes. Old-time
store fixtures also are featured. In
another window an old-time shoe
cobbler's shop is re-created.
There also are candle molds, early
meat grinders, one of the first sew
ing machines built, an early carpet
sweeper, cumbersome coffee grinders
of another day, pioneer clothing
cradles, candle sticks, eating utensils
and wooden dishes, spinning wheels
pewter pots and pans, silver with q
pioneer flavor, etc.
Early paintings and photographs
of Bluffton also help recreate the
flavor of yesteryear, plus fixtures
from some of the pioneer stores.
It's an excellent show, it's free
and it has historical import that
young and old alike will never for.
get if they simply take the time tc
make the rounds sometime before
the week is over.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-06-30

camp reads: Where were to be seen
fathers and mothers recognizing ana
clasping their once lost babies; hus-
bands hanging around the necks OF
their newly-recovered wives; sisters
and brothers unexpectedly meeting
together after long separations,
scarcely able to speak the same
language or for some time to be
sure they were children of the same
parents.
Feelings of very different
nature were painted on the looks of
others. Flying from place to place
in eager inquiries after relatives not
found-trembling to receive and
answer to their questions: distracted
with doubts, hopes and fears on OBJ
tanning no account of those they
fought for; or stiffened into living
monuments of horror and woe on
learning their unhappy fate" Any
thing could happen in the wilderness
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-06-30

at Muskingum with a babe about
three months old at her breast. One
of the Virginia volunteers soon knew
her to be his wife, who had been
taken by the Indians six months be-
FORE"
Early Ohio Births
Much mystery and some doubt
arises from this story. Though the
Moravians had settled at Boliyer,
Tuscarawas County, in 1761 and
children may have been born to
them, there were but two white
Moravians in Ohio before 1864
Heckewelder and Christian Frederick
Post.
Heckewelder was not married until
1880 and Post was married TO an
Indian squaw, Rachel, who died in
1747. Two years after her death he
married another squaw named
Agnes, who died in 1851. After
that he married a white woman. He
visited the Delaware Indians at
Tuscarawas (Rolivar) in 1851, built
a cabin just over the line in Stark
County and went back to Pennsyl-
vania that fall.
Post returned to Tuscarawas In
1862 with Heckewelder, then 10, but
found the Indians had become
hostile and left the country in the
winter of 1762-1763. That gives both
Post and Heckewelder an alibi--the
white baby belonged to neither be-
cause neither was there.
There were no white women in the
Moravian settlement in Ohio before
1854, which pretty we'll explodes the
unidentified child among Bouquets
prisoners as being the first born in
Ohio. No names or other particulars
were ever made available. No white
children, French, English or Ameri.
can ever have been known to have
been born in Ohio prior to 1764.
The identity of the first white
child born in Ohio after the settle.
ment at Marietta, in 1888, is solidly
established. 1t was Leicester G
Convers, born at Marietta, February
Z, 1889. He lived there until 1885
when he moved to Morgan County
where he died on a farm near Nc.
Connellsville, February Id, 1859-St
Valentines Day.
The story of the woman with {
three-months-old child among tn,
prisoners turned over to Bouquet b,
the Shawnees really has nothing t
substantiate the child having beer
born in Ohio or after captivity o
its mother. Among the captive
were many women and children
captured here and there and a
various times by the savages. Som
were recent captures and others ha
occurred long before.
Many men were in Bouquets arm
whose wives and children had bee
taken by the Indians and there wer
many women and children among tn
liberated captives brought to tn
Muskingum by Boquet.
An old account of their arrival i
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-06-30
Old Public Sale Advertisement Revives
Memories OF Days OF '49 Gold Stampede

leaving for Oregon Territory by OK
team, will offer March 1, 1849, all Of
my personal property, to-wit:
All OK teams except two teams,
Buck and Ben, Tom and Jerry; 2
milk cows; l gray mare and colt; l
pair of oxen and yoke; ] baby yoke;
2 OK carts.
81 iron foot of poplar weather
board; pillow with wood mole board;
800 to 1000 three-foot clapboards;
1900 ten foot fence rails; l sixty
gallon soap kettle; S5 sugar troughs
made of white ash timber; 10 gal
Ions of maple syrup.
"2 spinning wheels; 30 pounds OF
mutton tallow; large loom; 100 split
hoops; 100 empty barrels; 32-gallor
barrel of Johnson Miller whiskey,
years old; 90 gallons apple brandy
4O-gallon copper still of oak tanned
leather; l dozen real books.
80 handle hooks; 3 scythes anc
cradles; dozen wooden pitchforks
one-half interest in lanyard; 80
calibre rifle, bullet mold and powder
horn, rifle made by Ben Miller; 81
gallons of soft soap.
"Hams; bacon; lard; 40 gallons o
sorghum molasses; head of fo1
hounds, all soft mouthed, except one
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-06-30
Rear 1S49 Prairie
SchOOners In Parade
Concluded from page u
USED IN BOND DRIVE

USED IN BOND DRIVE
The Nordhaus prairie schooner,
exceptionally well preserved and typ
ical of the fleet of wagons which
went west in the gold rush, saw
active service this spring in aiding
to promote the opportunity drive for
the sale of U. S. Savings Bonds.
This prairie schooner originally
rolled west with Mormon family,
according to Nordhaus, who purch-
ased it five years ago in Salt Lake
City and shipped it east from Utah
in a truck.
Since then he has repaired the
1O1-year-old schooner, installed new
canvas and repainted it in the orig
inal steel-gray color. Golden eagles
original insignia on the front anc
rear were touched up to restore
their former color.
CoNEsToGA WAGON SIMILAR
Quite similar to it is the 85-year'
old Conestoga wagon owned by Cole
| man. Chief difference is that the
wheels are broader for travel il
soft ground.
Originally three oxen pulled th'
schooner and they were used oc
casionally on the Conestogas. Horses
however, will do the job on botl
wagons Saturday night.
The Nordhaus vehicle measure
30 feet from bow to bow with from
and rear wheels IL feet apart from
axle to axle. The schooner il
made to float on a raft when cross
ing rivers and is not water-tight a
is a Conestoga wagon which fioatet
across.
Those riding in the wagons Satur
day night will be dressed in '49-e
costume, bearded men carrying rifle
and women in sunbonnets.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-06-30
BiuftOn Man In
Chicken Contest

William Reichenbach of Bluffton
is one of the contestants in the
Northwestern Ohio district show In
the 1949 Chicken of Tomorrow con-
test to be held in Deshler, Friday.
Nj. E. Sweet, Ohio State university
poultry specialist and chairman or
the contest said object of the event
is to encourage growing of birds
that produce more meat faster than
the average chicken. This means
larger drumsticks and more white
meat.
Five district contests are being
held in various parts of the state
and the top three winners in each
of the senior and junior classes wifi
compete in the state finals, July IL
at Ohio State university, Columbus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-06-30
Special Police Enforce
Ban On Firecrackers
Concluded from page u

closed for the holiday week.
Farmers, however, will take little
time off during the holiday weekend,
continuing at work in fields, if
weather permits, because of the
press of seasonal activities. With
haymaking, corn cultivation and the
wheat harvest coming at about the
same time, farmers are unusually
busy this summer, and the holiday
will mean little spare time for them
As for nearly the past decade,
Buttons Fourth of July observance
will be without frecrackers, continu-
ing a transformation to the "safe
and sane" variety that started here
with passage of a municipal ban on
fireworks in 1910. Special police
have been added to curb violations
of the state and municipal laws.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-06-30

AT the same time | will sell my
six Negro slaves-2 men, 35 and so
years old; boys, II and Is years
old; . mulatto wenches, DO and 30
years old. Will sell all together to
same party, as will not separate
them.
"Terms of sale cash in hand, or
note to draw per cent interest with
Bob Mcconnell as surety.
"My home is two miles south of
Versailles, KY, on the McCount
Ferry pike. Sale begins at s o'clock
a. m. Plenty to drink and eat.
J. l.. MOSS"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-06-30
Youth In Navy On
Cruise To EurODe

Jack Urban, apprentice seaman
and son of Mr.. and Mrs Max Ur-
ban of Bluffton Route l, is scheduled
to visit Portsmouth, England, and
Cherbourg, France, this summer as
member of the crew Of the de-
stroyer mine-layer Shea, it was an
nounced this week. Tours of Lon
don and Paris are being arranged,
it was stated.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-06-30
Keeps the boys on
their milking Toes.

ing-they never forget the milker.
THE boys milk faster now, too,
and get more milk. They like the way
the Mccormick varies the vacuum to
suit each COW, how it protects tender
teats and udders."
"How's the pulsator working" |
broke in.
Zine! No trouble at all. Operated
perfectly, even at 20 below! No oil
to gum it up-it just keeps clicking
away!"
Folks. the Mccormick fnilker is
everything Ted says-and then some.
Come in and see for yourself Ask us
about Mccormick cream separators
and International milk coolers, too.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-06-30
Patterson Hired As
High School JdnitOr

Charles Patterson has been hired
as janitor at the high school build
ing for the coming year succeeding
Harry Gratz, it was announced by
the board of education this week.
Patterson will be one of three jani-
tors in the building. Others are
Wade Bechtol and Paul Clark.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-06-30
d1aggfel9|S;|E1 el|;|E1
zx,zes%}eG1S
az HARRY L. HAlA

6r HARRY l.. HAl0
EDITORS NoTE-Thts IS one
of a series of articles to appear
in the Blufton Netos dealing
Nth early Ohio history. Others
sriu appear IN Forthcoming
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-06-30

Boys will be boys my friend Ted
said one day. "I'hey start talking or
dreaming about dates and girls, and
first thing you know, they forget to
watch the mixer.
That's why like my new McCor-
mick with the plastic milk hose and
timer beII-the milker that says
When You can see and bear when
the cow quits giving.
eJust set the dial for the number
of minutes needed to milk each COW.
Then when the bell 'dings'- strip
the cow with the mixer and take off
the teat cups.
''It's simple. No matter what they're
doing-feeding new calf, carrying
milk to the milk house, or just dream
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-06-30
OhiO's First-BOrn Son


"July 4, 1773-Today God gave
Brother and Sister Roth young
son. He was baptized into the death
of Jesus and named John Lewis, on
the 5th inst, by Brother David
Zeisberger, who, together with Broth
er Jungman and his wife, came here
this morning."
That, an entry in the official diary
of Gnaddenhutten, in the archives OF
the Moravian church, preserved at
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is the birth
| certificate of the first white child
born in what now is Ohio.
John Lewis Roth died at Bath
Pennsylvania, in 1841. The inscrip.
tion on his tombstone there reads
Gum Anderken au Ludwig Roth
geboren 4th JUL, 1773. Gestorber
25th September, 1841, alter 68 Jahre
Il NJ, q Tage."
Mrs. Mariah Agnes Roth was his
mother and Ludwig Roth, his father
The birth took place at Gnadden
hutten, still existent Tuscarawas
County hamlet, where on March 8
1882, more than 80 unarmed ane
defenseless Moravian Christian In
dians were massacred by Pennsyl
vania militiamen. Roth was takel
to Pennsylvania when not quite
year old. He educated himself a
Nazareth Hall, Bethlehem, and late,
moved to Bath, where his death oc
Cured.
Miss Mary Heckwelder, who wa
living at Bethlehem a century ago
was widely believed to have been TIL
first white child born in Ohio ant
the belief has become so general tha
she always will be spoken of as 'th'
first white child born in Ohio"
However, the birth of Roth ante
dates that of Mary Heckewelde1
who was born in Salem, one of tn
Moravian towns on the Tuscarawa
River, Tuscarawas County, April 1f
1881.
First Ohio Wedding
Mary Heckewelder was the daugh
. ter of John Gottlieb Ernestus Hecke
welder, English Moravian mission
ary, and Sarah Ohneberg Hecke
welder, who were married in July
1880. That was the first wedding c
: white couple in Ohio. Sarah Ohne
berg had been sent to Ohio as
{ mission teacher. The daughte
E Mary Heckewelder, was known .
h "Aunt Polly Heckewelder."
e In 1855 her parents sent her
e Bethlehem, where she was educate
Y She became a teacher in a girl
Y boarding school at Lititz, Pa, b1
/. at the end of five years had to gi,
!, up her position because of the To-
e of her hearing. After the death
: her parents she lived at the Sister
e Home in Bethlehem. Mary Heck
e welder died September 10, 1868,
n the age of eighty-seven.
e Another claimant of being Il
S first child born in Ohio was Ter
Bonne, Louisiana, planter nam
Millehomme who related in 1885 tn
he had been born in the forest,
} the headwaters of the Miami Rive
!, on the portage between Laramie a
st. Marys, in 1774. His paren
were Canadian French and on the
5, way to Louisiana at the time, t
claimant stated.
r Another claimant is mentioned
l. an account of Bouquets Expedite
e in 1864: "Among the captives
n woman was brought into the car
Evening star., 1949-12-26

To conserve dollars, Bermuda
has banned import Of many items
from hard-currency areas.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Salesman Dies After Fall
Down Store Elevator Shaft

George w. Gallahorn, 45-year-
old salesman for the P. J. Nee Co.,
died at Emergency Hospital yes
Iterday of a fractured skull suffered
Christmas eve when he fell one
floor down the store elevator
shaft.
Mr.. Gallahorn. father Of two
children, lived at 10415 Huntley
avenue. Silver Spring, and had
been with the Nee company Is
years.
Police attributed the accident
to q stalled automatic elevator on
the third floor Of the furniture
store at Seventh and H streets
NV. A store employe said he had
thrown an emergency switch in
the basement which made 1t pos
sible to open elevator doors on all
floors.
Apparently Mr.. Gallahorn. un-
aware Of the open shaft. opened
the door expecting to find the ele-
vator there.
A native Of Washington, he was
"a graduate of National University
Law School. He Is survived by his
widow and two children, George
Edward, 9, and Robert Patrick, !