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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-27
ROADS ONCE BY-PASSED NOW
GET WORK OUT BY MOTORISTS

Less than a dozen years ago the
average motorist was by-passing
Mississippi to avoid dusty dirt and
gravel roads which snaked
through ugly red cuts over ricke-
ty bridges.
Today Mississippi boasts the
finest highway system in the South
with 1000 miles of well-marked
superior roads, supported by good
bridges and few railroad crossings.
Travel in the Magnolia State as
late as 1896 was laborious and
dangerous. At that time there
were only $685. miles of all-type
highways, with little more than
1000 miles of hard-surfacing.
Today the motorist may roll
along safely and smoothly over
mile after mile of hard-surfaced
super highways which are attract
ing an ever-increasing flow of
travellers.
But the big job of building and
maintaining Mississippi's highways
is not over.
During 194S, for instance, the
Highway Department W a r d e d
$14 100000 in contracts, rep
resenting approximately SOC miles
of roadway and bridges.
A total of approximately 900
miles OF roads were completed and
accepted during 1948. OF that
amount 492 miles were paving and
hard-surfacing and 1913 miles of
grading and drainage.
Farm TO-Market Roads
With practically all through and
connecting interstate highways
now of a fine type surface, the
Mississippi Highway Department
is interested in farm-to-market
roads to connect productive agri-
cultural areas with consumer
areas.
The 1916 legislature enacted
farm-to-market legislation and al
located $5,O0O,00O on a pro-rated
basis to the so counties. These
funds are Sub ect to being matched
by aid from the Public Roads Ad-
ministratiOn.
Because Of increased construc-
ton costs many counties are get
ting less improved road mileage
than anticipated. but many are
putting the funds into one import
ant county road.
Others have divided the money
between supervisory beats, and
still others have not yet taken ad-
vantage of the money available to
them.
Approximately eco miles of
farm-to-market roads have been
completed and accepted since the
start of the program, 1S5 miles of
it for surfacing and rs miles of
grading and drainage.
Marking Aids Motorist
Mississippi was one Of the first
states and is still one of the few
states to paint center stripes on its
highways to keep the motorist on
his side OF the road. Center stripes
we're first used in 1880 but were
more extensively used after 1899.
| Today less than a dozen other
states utilize this method to aid
the motorist. Michigan, California
and Ohio are among those which
do.
Highway engineers will not haz-
ard a guess as to how many acct
dents have been eliminated by use
| a these painted guides, but they
do know that 27,763 gallons OF
paint we're required last year to
keep Mississippi highways safe
That Is a sufficient amount tC
paint 4inch wide stripe from
Jackson to Portland, Maine.
Another rece t innovation
which is found in few other states
- the colOred luminous highwa,
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transfer, and fluid flow, which
gives advanced work dealing with
the phenomena of heat flow and
fluid flow and their interdepen-
dence.
The electrical engineering de-
partment plans to switch from
two-hour laboratory periods to
three-hour laboratory periods,
The aeronautlca1 engineering
department, the youngest Of the
four departments of the Engi-
hoping to cut down on the amount
Of work necessary outside class.
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THE OLD FIREPLACE"

Seventy three today
the seventeenth day of May
To the world a life given, by
mother who is in Heaven
The mother folded the babe breast
while surrounded by all the rest
There sat the father SO full of grace
uttering thanks at the old fireplace
The child was kept in perfect ease while
held upon its mothers knees,
Glad tidings and love abound while
other children played around
Kindness and cheer and love to spare,
while the child kept in mothers
And the father with smiling face,
kept the fire burning in the old fireplace.
But time passed another day,
father and mother have passed away,
And this child says she's getting old,
with silver threads among the gold,
Is shining her brow today,
as life is fading fast away
Yet, she a smiling face
she sits at home, by the old fireplace.
Trials troubles tries not to heed,
at her hands she has lots to read
But there's one thing best of ALL
mothers picture upon the wall.
1t grieves her not with hair gray,
she's longing to meet mother sweet day
She enjoys life. full of grace
sitting around the old fireplace
Oh what great pleasure, these odds and ends,
of great treasures given by many friends
This child is Nellie Boyd, with a smiling face,
still sitting around the old fireplace.
Written by her John Beard Ruson, Louisiana th
January 9, 949.
19-1tn
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Don't Wuit Until
"Pyorrheo" Stri|

Look at your GUMS. ever,
else does - Are they irrita
Druggists refund money IL
bottle Of "LETO'S" fails to sat
Howell He9gis Drug Comp
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FOR SALE-Llgnt weight c
crete blocks for sale. vino
Concrete Products Compa
Phone 1921, Winona, Miss.
2l-tfl
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Classified Ads

FOR SALE-Second hand
compressor. $50. See Mrs. v.
Willis, Durant.
10tfn
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-27

FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEI
BEAT TWO
E. B. Guess
J. J. Smith
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-27

STOP AT Leila's Antique Sh
highway 81, north. Durant. ]
appointments nights and 81
days, call 542-J.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-27

FOR SALE-Bailed Soy b
Hay. Cut in August in the bic
stage for $500 per ton. Soy b
Hay bailed following combine
$500 per ton. All FOB Bal
Plantation. r. L. Wallace, Tch
Miss, Rt. Box 101 IL.
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FOR SALE - Wheel chair
good condition. Mrs. Ethel
tneave, Durant, Telephone 8.
49,
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State College Offers
New Courses, Degrees

State College, January 13-Pre-
dictions of things to come are we'll
reflected in the scope of new
courses to be offered during the
forthcoming semester at Missis-
sippi State college. In addition to
the new degree in agricultural
engineering, it is now possible
for the first time to receive a
degree in agriculture with a
major in forestry.
Mississippi State college is the
first Immigrant college to offer
major in forestry in the school
Of agriculture. AS stated by E. B.
Colmer, associate dean of the
School of Agriculture, Demand
for more forestry information by
county agents and other public
agents in agriculture, and the in
creasing in forestry in the state
have made apparent the need for
a more inclusive course in fores-
try"
One of the greatest advances in
recent years has been in the de-
partment Of marketing of the
School of Business, which has ex-
banded in the last two years from
one general curriculum in mar
keting to its present status as the
largest single branch Of the Bust
ness School. Under the general
degree in marketing students
may take options in retailing,
craftsmanship and sales manage
ment, and radio advertising.
OF special interest is the new
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Tobacco Markets

RICHMOND. Va, Oct. R.-Prices
nue-cured tobacco markets concluded
three weeks Of sales. u'1
Government agencies said the volume
cleared floors. ~e''
Gross sales and averages for THURSDAY.
as reported to the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture: Virginia 1856, ,65s
pounds, at an average Of 1851 Der hun.
dred pounds; North Carolina, 2,l47,4Oe
pounds, at S46.s4 average. Thursdays
price average was 72 cents Der hundred-
weight above Wednesdays.
RALEIGH, N. c.. Oct. R).-Average
Belt markets held firm yesterday, the
Federal;state Departments OF Agriculture
The Old Belt closed its third week O,
sales with day marked by a heavy vol.
ume OF offerings. An average OF SAC. 81
" cents above Wednesdays average-was
recorded Thursday for gross sales total.
ing 3,733. .064 pounds.
Demand was stronger yesterday for
some grades on the middle fiue-cured
belt. Volume was heaviest of the week
and quality improved. Average prices for
smoking leaf. lugs and primings were
steady to higher. with other groups re.
naming UNCHANGED.
Gross sales Thursday totaled 2,973.79a
pounds Tor an average of S4S.72. This
was an increase Of "a cents over Wednes-
days average and only the fourth day
this season that the average has topped
the $4S mark.
Evening star., 1949-10-02

fUnit of trading 10 shares.
|ceiverSbip, or being reorganized
Act OF securities assumed By
|of dividends in the eoregoing
|bursements based on the last q,
declaration. Unless otherwise
|dividends are not included cid
|xr Ex rights. . Also extra or
dividend. d Cash or stock. el
able in stock, estimated cash
|date, Z Declared or psid so far
or paid after stock dividend Or
paid this year, an accumulativ
In arrears. p paid this year.
ferred or no action taken at
+ Declared 194S, paid in 194q.
s Pay abls in stock. exact cash
IdeelafatioA AAta.
Evening star., 1949-10-02

Worst Labor SnarI
Since 1916 CurtaiIs
Trade and Industry
By 6. A. Phillips

NEW YORK. Oct. 1.-Business
and industry shifted to a slower
pace late this week as q result
Of the worst labor snarl since 1946.
With steel mills idle and little
coal finding its way to the surface
there was nothing to do but re-
vamp working schedules and ad-
just all planning to the conditions
dictated by two major strikes and
a host of lesser labor disputes
brewing over the industrial scene.
No one knew for sure how many
people were detached from pay
rolls as q result Of labor trouble,
but the number certainly exceeded
100000 and promised to grow
rapidly unless a sudden break oc-
Cured.
Just how far things would go
was a question that begged for
an answer at both company and
union headquarters. Prestige.
pride, background and personals
ties all figured in the answer.
Impartial observers agreed that
steel and coal are so dependent on
each other that neither could sur
|vive without the other very long.
and that the greatest industrial
nation on earth might find itself
back in a horse and buggy era
soon If q solution could not be
found to the social security prob
lens that brought on the strife
in the first place.
Relying heavily upon the theory
that no one wants to 60 backward,
analysts who camped on the opti-
mistic side of the labor scene this
week end believed a solution to
at least one of the major riddles
would pop up. Once one is out Of
the way, the entire picture can
change with dramatic suddenness.
And usually the change is for the
better.
Settlement Of the Ford pension
dispute at the very last minute
and the sudden decision of Mr..
Lewis to send the hard coal dig.
gers back to work Monday along
with the miners in Western States
were the main props of optimism
over the larger labor scene.
The numbing industrial crisis
hit at a time when the fledgling
fall upswing in business was gain.
ing altitude slowly but surely.
Retail trade has been holding up
well in recent weeks despite the
natural caution generated by
strikes and threats of strikes.
Forward buying for fall and
Christmas inventory accumulation
has been a bright spot in the
economic picture and industrial
expansion and modernization pro-
grams have provided important
props.
Evening star., 1949-10-02


sIn bankruptcy or re-
q under the Bankruptcy
such companies. Rates
table are annual dis.
luarterly. or semt-annual
noted, special or extra
4 Called. Ex dividend.
r extras. b Plus stock
Paid last year. I Pay
! value on ex-dividend
r this year. h Declared
I spltt-up. K Declared or
We issue with dividends
dividend omitted, de.
last dividend meeting.
u Liquidating dividend.
value undetermined on
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Bureau Reports Drop
In Crude Oil Output
BY the Assoeioted Pres,

The Bureau of Mines reported
stocks of domestic and foreign
crude petroleum totaled 9.189,.
900 barrels on September "a, 9
net increase Of 100000 barrels
for the week.
Domestic crude decreased l..
1853, 1000. Foreign crude increased
5000.
Daily average production was
4.875, 900 barrels, an increase o1
10000. Runs to stills averaged
5,377, 900, an increase of 71,000
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Business Briefs

| slightly above the peak of the
1920 boom, despite recent declines
American Bankers Association.
Because OF heavy demand and
the price support program, no
drastic drop in the farm economy
is in prospect. the agriculture
commission of the ABA reported.
October Retail Sales will ap-
proximate $11,302 ,000, 900, a sea-
sonal gain of $482 100000 from
the previous month. but will re-
main around 90 below a year ear
lier, the magazine Sales Manage
ment predicted. When lower
prices are considered. unit sales
are about even with 1948, the
magazine said.
Wholesale Price Index Of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics stood
at 152.4% of the 1926 average
on September 81, a drop Of 1.1%
from a week earlier and 9.2%
below a year earlier.
Standard Gas & Electric Co.
will file a dissolution plan under
the Public Utility Holding Com
pany Act shortly, declared Edward
o. Boshell. Board chairman of
the company.
Allegheny Corp. filed q brief
with the ICC proposing capitali-
zation Of at least $770, 149, ,688 for
the reorganized Missouri Pacific
Railroad. The commissions last
plan called for $611,931.952
Boston & Maine Railroad stock
holdres committees filed objec-
tions to a proposal to reclassify
the company's eight issues of stock
into two new issues.
Rumford Press, printers Of sew
eral national magazines. failed to
declare the usual quarterly divi-
dend for the first time in four
years. The usual payment is $3.50
a share. A sharp drop in earnings
was blamed.
Union Electric Co. of Missouri
registered with the SEC 10000
shares Of no par prferred stock to
be sold at competitive bidding to
finance construction.
Public Service Electric 4 Gas
Co. of Newark registered with the
SEC 250,000 share Of cumulative
preferred stock, 500 par value, to
finance property additions and i'm
provements.
Armour g. Co. reported a deficit
Of $6,342,055 in 80 weeks ended
July 80 VS.. loss Of $1,034,459 in
the like 1948 period. Results in
cluded Federal tax credits of $3,-
678,543 in 1949 and $882,243 in
1e48.
Consolidated Gas, Electric Light
& Power Co. of Baltimore earned
$5,441,828 or 1884 a share in eight
months ended August 81 VS.. $4,-
777,53l or 1926 a year earlier.
Avco Mfg. Corp. net income for
nine months ended August 81 was
$2,711,540 or IS cents VS.. IS. .323, ,079
or IA cents in the same 1948
period.
Ex-Cell-O Corp. earned $780,
799 or 1856 in nine months ended
August 81 VS.. $1,S80,075 or $4.71
a year earlier.
Gameweu Co. profit for three
months ended August 81 was
$229. 1877 or 64 cents vs.. $259, sos or
73 cents in the same 1948 period.
Waukesha Motor Co. earned
81 .020.672 or $1.70 in IL months
ended July 81 VS.. $1,575,313 or
1894 in the previous year.
Mueller Brass Co. had q net loss
Of $442, $50 in nine months ended
August 81. after a $271, ,308 tax
credit and a 81 .494 ,226 deduction
for inventory adjustments to mar
ket prices. Profit for the same
1948 period was 81 500, 1926 or $3.19
q share.
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK. Oct. .R.-The Asso-
ciated Press index of 35 important whole-
slightly to 1916 on Friday from 1907
week earlier: A year. ago the index
stood ct 1917. The base year 1926
The textile component Of the index
again moved to a new high point on Fri-
day at 1871 from 563 last week.
Livestock reversed itself and advanced
this. week to 202.27 from 199.51, indus
trials rose slightly, as did grains and
cotton.
On the other hand. nonferrous metals
dropped to 152.42 from 155.0S and food
fell to 1890 from 1926.
The index with comparative figures for
q week ago and q year ago, follows:
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the Clerk of the above entitled
Court, and that the Court IS
asked to settle said Final Account,
TO distribute the property OF SAID
estate TO the heirs or persons en-
titled to the same and TO discharge
the Executrix.
Said Final Account and Petition
for Distribution will be heard by
the Court at the Court house in
Prosser, Benton County, Washing
ton, on the 10th day Of February,
i949, at the hour OF 1000 o'clock
in the forenoon.
GERTRUDE M. HESSE, EXecutriX
by MoULToN POWELL g. CESS
her Attorneys l:l3-l:27
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF THE STATE OF WASHING
TON IN AND FOR BENTON
COUNTY.
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATE OF GEORGE WASH
INGON BOWLS, Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that Letters of Administration
on the estate Of George Washing
ton Bowls, deceased, were grant
ed to the undersigned on the
18th day of December, 1913, by
the said Superior Court.
All persons having claims
against said estate are required
to serve them with the necessary
vouchers upon me at the office
of Moulton, Powell and Cess,
Kennewick, Washington, within
six months after the 18th day
of January, 1919, and file the
same with the Clerk of the
above entitled Court, together
with proof of such service OF
they shall be forever barred.
Dated at Kennewick, Washing.
ton, this 10th day of January
1919.
LESTER ALoNZo BOWLS
l:l3-l:2r
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

<AAV6n 406XQ6N 6So o4NS
Sealed bids will be received by
Marjorie Miller, City Clerk of
the City of Kennewick, Washing
ton, until 800 o'clock P. NJ, Pa
cific Standard Time, on the 18th
day Of February, 1949, at the City
of Kennewick for sale and de-
livery to the City of certain Ere
quency Modulated FM Radio
equipment. The City Council will
open the bids at said time and
place and the same will be pub
licly read and awarded.
The description of the kind Of
FIN Radio Equipment desired is
IS follows:
Central Station: 5000 watt
Trsnsmitter, 30-44 Megocycle
band.
Mobile Units: Complete with
microphone, speaker and anten-
ma. r. ='-
Motorcycle Mobile Unit: All
necessary equipment.
Installation: All installation
| must he done by bidder and in
Guided in bid. ST. a..s
/ Comrlete Specifications are on
file with. the Kennewick City
Clerk end may be obtained by de-
depositing $500 which will be re-
! funded upon return of specifica-
, tons. ~ .--.
Each bid shall be accompanied
with a bid bond in the sum OF
SEQ of bid that the said radio
equipment will be installed and
turned over to the City within 6t
DAYS after the bid is accepted
and written notice thereof rnaileo
to bidder, or the said $50 shall be
eorfeited to said City without no
tice. 90. -
| The City of Kennewick reserves
+he RIGHT to reject any Or al
bids andfor to waive all formali
ties in said bids and to cancel an.
award of bid made if the abov'
described Radio Equipment is no
completely installed end in opera
ton within sixty t60) days afteI
the date award is made and writ
ten notice mailed TO successful
bidder.
| BY order of the City Council o
Kennewick. WASHINGTON.
! Marjorie Miller, City Clerk.
j 1.o71..
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NOTICE OF HEARING ON
FINAL ACCOUNT AND
FOR DISTRIBUTION

FOR DISTRIBUTION
NO. 2s2s
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF THE STATE OF WASHING
TON IN AND FOR BENTON
COUNTY.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF ARTHUR E. HESSE,
Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that GERTRUDE M. HESSE, Ex-
ecutrix of the Last Will and Tes-
lament of the Deceased, has filed
her Final Account and Petition
for Distribution in the office of
the Clerk of the above entitled
Court, and that the Court is asked
to settle said Final Account, to
distribute the property of said es-
tate to the heirs or persons en-
titled to the same and to dis
charge the EXecutrix.
Said Final Account and Petition
for Distribution will be heard by
the Court at the Court House in
Prosser, Benton County, Wash
ington, on the 10th day Of Feb
ruary, 1919, at the hour Of 1000
o'clock in the forenoon.
GERTRUDE NJ. HESSE,
" ExecutriX.
By MOULTON, POWELL G.
CESS, Her Attorneys.
l:13-1:27
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SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

NO. ................
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF THE STATE OF WASHING
TON IN AND FOR BENTON
COUNTY.
ETHEL WILMA PEMBER-
TON. Plaintiff, VS.. JACK Penn
BERTON, JR., Defendant.
THE STATE OF WASHING
TON. To the Said Jack Penlber-
ton, Jr., defendant:
You are hereby summonded to
appear within sixty days after
the date of the first publication
of this summons, tO-wit: within
sixty days afer the 23rd day OF
December, l943. and defend the
above entitled action in the above
entitled Court, and answer the
Complaint Of the plaintiff and
serve a copy OF your Answer up
on the undersigned attorneys for
plaintiff at their office below
stated, and i'm case Of your failure
so to do judgment will be rcnd-
cred against you according TO the
demand or the Complaint. which
has been filed with the Clerk OF
the above entitled Court.
The object Of this action is
secure a decree Of divorce for Il
plaintiff on the grounds state
in the Complaint and declared /
the Statute Of the State Of WaSl
ington to be grounds for divorce.
| MOULTON, POWELL & CESS,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Office and p. o. Address, Box
l25, Kennewick, Benton County,
1 Washington. l2:23-2:5
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East w. M. lying north Of the
North Coast Railway Company
Now Oregon-Washington Rail-
road and Navigation Company
right of way; and the East Half
EI5D of said Section Thirty
five (35, Township Nine 80
North, Range Twenty-nine t29'
East w. M.
SECTION 2. That no property
within the limits Of the above de-
scribed territory shall ever be
taxed or assessed to pay any
portion Of any indebtedness OF tho
City of Kennewick contracted
prior to or existing at the date
of the effective date Of this ordi.
nance; nor shall any of the annex.
ed property above described, be
released from any taxes or asses.
sments levied against il or from
liability for payment of outstand.
ing bonds or warrants issued pri'
or to the effective date of. thi:
ordinance.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance
shall be in full force and effec'
five Cd days from and after it,
passage, approval and publication
in the official newspaper of thu
City Of Kennewick.
Passed by the City Council o
the City of Kennewick this l9tl
day of January, 1919.
Marjorie Miller, City Clerk.
Approved by the Mayor thi
18th day of January, 1919. u. L
Keolker, Mayor. Approved as 4
form: Kenneth E. Serier, Cit.
Attorney. l:2
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shall be forever barred.
DATED in Kennewick, WASH
ington this oath day of January,
iS49. zsEa #H.
WILLIAM G.. O'NEIL,
Executor of the Estate of
Evelyn Clara O'Neil, Deceased.
Attorney for Executor
KENNETH E. SERIER,
Is Kennewick Avenue East
p. o. Box AIT
Kennewick, Benton County,
Wash. 49, 1:27-2:l0
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MARCH OF DIMES
LIN r r ! c K

l. I NJ + II e Il
A Tri-city fellow named Crimes
Was against the collecting OF
Then poor crippled kid showed
what the dimes did
Rules: -, w..
!. Just complete the last nn s
with something rhymine WIN
dime. =.
,. Attach your contribution. to
Zach limerick you send IN. Jus.
address-March OF Dimes ana
YOUR city post office.
= Re sure your name and ao-
dress are printed plainly. :,
:. The contest closes January Si'
1949. ...,,
{ Send as many entries as you
wish, but be sure ana at'sci
contrihutiou to each one.
q Roth Junior and Eenior aien
= School may use school caros'