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Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10

FOR SALE-New i-bungalow, 3
bedrooms, living and dining room. kit
chen, bath, cellar, hardwood floors
venetian blinds, tile kitchen and bath
Cellar heat. Gas hot water heater
Sand finish walls, seal unit windows
Large lot, located on North Union
street, Milton. Del. Possession at once.
Price, $6,50000. Everett Johnson, Mil
ton. Phone 1892 53-6-10-2t
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10

NOTICE-BuyinE corn. Top prices
paid. ] also have a portable corn shell
Steen. Phone Rodney $500, Dagsboro,
Del. a8-tf
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10
SHELTIES And COLLIES FOR

SALE-A beautiful collie or sheltie
puppy from Benbrae Kennels will mean
protection, love and beauty for your
children this summer. Free gift with
each puppy and terms if desired Pup
pies ready now and three litters due
soon. Benhrae Kennels. Phone Milford
S07J11. m20-tf
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10

BABY CHICKS FOR SALE-New
Hampshires, Red.R Rock Crosses, White
Leghorns and Barred Rocks. IIatches
each Tuesday and Friday. Delaware
U. S. Approved. Pullorum clean. Tel
ephone 437. Scarborough's Hatchery,
Milford. j2S-tf
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10

FOR RENT-Five room bungalow
with bath, located i'm Milton, COM
pletely furnished, fine condition, nice
shade automatic hot water and heat
er. Call Milton 4411 between and
4 o'clock Monday to Friday. 6-10-2t
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10

FOR SALE-55l2 acre farm, AZ acres
cleared, 1872 i'm woodland. 7-room
chicken house, $500 capacity. Place
owner occupied. Located miles west
of dupont Boulevard, on Ditch Bank
Road near ShaftOX Corners. Sacrifice
for quick sale Phone Rodney 1927 or
see George B. NAPLES. Frankford, Del
6-l0-1t
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10
TOMATO PLANTS FOR

FOR SALE-One truck body, almost
new, with removable sides. Good stock
body. Fits any ~ ton long wheelbase
truck. J. Vincent White, $50 Pilottown
Road, Lewes, Del. Phone Lewes 1856.
81 1-6-10-tf
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10
SEWING MACHINES FOR SALE

New, used and rebuilt portable and
console electric. Also treadie ma
chimes. All guaranteed. Your old Sing
er can be refinished like new in a
portable or console. Reasonable. Re-
pairs and parts for all machines. Phone
Seaford 3l70 and have a representa-
tive call. E. Harry Butler, Seaford,
Delaware. a29-tf
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10
DEALERS WANTED
OPPOR.

TT NIFTY for capable party to have own
business. Agency for sale of approx
ed lightning rods. Proposition is clean
cut and profitable Write fully. furnish
references. National Lightning Pro-
lection co. 81 loui. g. Mia- Uiri
G-lU-ltp
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
Dr.. Mccall! To Preach
At Baptist Revival
Set For This Week
New Orleans Singer
PIunkett Martin
To Direct Music

The Rev. DR.. D. A. Mccall will
preach at next weeks revival SER
vices beginning at First Baptist
church, on Mothers day, Sunday
May 8, it is announced by the Rev.
c. M. Day, pastor. Professor
Plunkett Martin, nationally
known for his singing, and pro-
fessor of music at the New Or
leans seminary, will direct music.
He has led the singing for Ridge
crest and the Southern Baptist
convention many times.
The Rev. Or. Mccall is a ma
tionally known minister, and has
made tours throughout Europe,
Palestine and South America. His
messages promise to be dynamic
and inspirational.
The Rev. Mr.. Day has set Sun
day as triple Red Letter day
Sunday, and asks all mothers and
children to attend the weeks SER
vices.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
Deposits Stand At
10 Million Dollars,
Bank Report Shows
Decrease So, 900
Over lo48 Period;
Total Assets Up

Holmes county's bank deposits
stand at $l0,824, 1873 so, reports OF
the six banking institutions show
to the Comptroller of Currency
at the close of business, April II.
l949. The combined deposits
show decrease of about S63. 900
from those at this time last year
and $4,000 less than at the end
OF the year 1948. Combined as
sets are 1858, 1880 higher than
those of December 81. l948.
Combined assets of all six
banks stand at $11,493, 27127,
about $4,000 less than at this
time last year. OF the total de-
post figure of $10,824, 1880, de-
mand deposits account for $7,3O4, :
274.52. or about $4,000 increase
over that of one year ago.
The sum of $2,051, 422.10 listed
as loans and discounts, is approx
mately $485. 900 less than the ST.
536,0l9.36, listed for loans and
discounts for the period ending
April 81, 1913.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
Sales Report Made
On Crop Insurance

Every year except l948, Missis.
sippi has lost money on crop in
surance," according to Ray John.
son, Lexington, clerk. However
the organization continued func.
tioning, growing from year-to-
year, and last year total of 2,83t
cotton producers (about "a all
Holmes producers) were contact.
ed with 724 contracts sold. The
results more than double the 800
total number sold the year be-
fore.
The largest number of contracts
were made in 1947, after the near
crop failure in 1916, Mr.. Johnson
said. The program began here in
1912, and except for one year,
has been operating since.
More than S4,700,OOO has been
paid out in the state as crop in
surance dividends to farmers in
curing losses since 1916. This
was more than the total premiums
collected, it was said.
Agents from Holmes county, be-
sides Mr.. Johnson. are ]. E. CHS
holm, Richland; j. E. Cunning
ham, and L. T. Sheppard, Thcula.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
Services April 29
For James {. Allen

James Edward Allen, 81, Good
man farmer, died at the home o1
his daughter. Mrs. S. ]. Browning
at Goodman, April %, of heart
attack. Funeral services were
held Friday at Southern Funeral
home, Durant, with the Rev. Mr.
Curtis of Pickens assisted by the
Rev. Spiva L. MCCULLOUGH, offic-
Eating.
Mr.. Allen, who was born De-
cember 10, 1867, in Attala county
leaves one daughter, Mrs. Brown
ing; a brother, retired Judge
John F. Allen of Goodman and a
sister, Mrs. w. A. Hanna of Pick
ems.
He was a member of Senasha
Methodist church.
Burial was in Goodman ceme-
terry.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
To Receive Bids
For Construction OF
Durant Hospital

Sealed bids in duplicate for the
construction of the Durant hospi-
tai CT Eolr'oS Supervisors dis
trict two, will be received by the
Board Of Supervisors of Holmes
county until II a. m. on May 81,
at the Holmes County Courthouse
in Lexington, at which time they
viii be publicly opened and read,
according to a notice posted this
week by Parham H. Williams,
clerk of the board.
Plans and specifications are on
file at the Office of the Clerk OF
the Board. and copies may be OBJ
tanned from Mallett and Assoc
iates, Architect, Jackson, upon de-
post of S25 for each set, to be re-
funded upon return of each COM
nlete set in good condition within
10 DAVIS after opening of bids. ex-
cept that $40 to cover cost of re-
production will be deducted for
each set in excess of one from an
actual bidder, and for each set
from nonbidder.
p oposals must be submitted or
the form shown in the specifica-
tons and must be accompanied by
a bid guarantee of at least five per
cent of the base bid. in accord
ance with the general conditions
or notifications bound with the
specifications.
No bid may be withdrawn with.
in thirty days after the scheduled
closing time. The contract is to be
awarded to the lowest acceptable
bidder, with the Board reservine
the right to waive informalities in
or to reject any and all bids.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
College Musical Group
Present Program

A musical program presented
by Holmes Junior college tsudents
was the feature of Tuesdays Ro-
tary meeting held in Lexington
Grammar School basement. G. H
Marlborough, member of the
Board of Trustees, was in charge
OF the program. Ben S. Beall, Jr.
Is program chairman for May.
President c. w. Torrance intro.
duced those taking part on the
program. Visitors included Stan.
ley F. Allen, HJC business mana.
ger, Miss Joyce Williams, home
demonstration agent, and Mrs
Rex Buchanan of Durant, presi-
dent of Holmes County Home De.
monstration council, who spoke
on National Home week being
observed May II; also a guest
of o. A. Cleveland was presented
Johnny Marlborough, Jr., of
Pickens played two piano solos. A
Boys Octette and Girls Trio
sang three musical numbers.
At the April 26 meeting of the
club, DR.. w. H. Weeks spoke on
''The Holmes Health Situation"
and showed film.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
A:eycF PYocIaims
Week Of Beautification
For City Of Durant

The following proclamation is
being issued by Mayor Raiford E.
McNeer, in regard to the Missis-
sippi Identification program:
In recognition OF the Missis-
sippi Identification program ini-
tiated by Governor Fielding
Wright and to the end that Durant
take part therein, l, Raiford f.
McNeer, Mayor of the City of
Durant, Mississippi, hereby pro-
claim the program to be in effect
in Durant beginning with the
week of May 9th, 1949, and urge
the people of Durant to:
"Clean up and paint the fronts
of business houses and homes;
clean up and beautify both front
and back lawns of all homes and
other premises: clean up alleys
and vacant lots; put in more at
tractive garbage containers for the
use of the City truck in picking up
garbage.
And I especially urge that the
people of our City cooperate in
this program to the end that Du-
rant may rank first in the state
wide program to beautify Missis-
sippi."
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
J.C. Booth Rites
Conducted May 3rd
Acono Former, 49,
Died Of Heart Attack

Funeral services for John Cliff
ton Booth, IS, Acona farmer, who
died May 2 of heart attack, were
held at Acona Methodist church
Tuesday, May 3 at 2:3O o. M.
with the Rev. w. M. Langley in
charge. He had been i'll for II
months.
Mr.. Booth was born at Carroll
ton, September II, 1870. He was
married November %, 1898, and
was engaged in farming and in
telephone work all his life. He
was a member Of Acona Metho-
dist church.
He leaves one daughter, Mrs. c.
L. Downer of route three, Lex
ington; a son, Carl c. Booth, and
one grandson, Carl c. Booth, Jr.,
of Tchula
Southern Funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were H. S. Terry,
H. D. Terry, J. d. Parrish, Jr., c.
B. Minyard, l.. H. Cade, and H.
E. Buck.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
Services Held For
f ather OF West Man

Robert N. Fender, "a. lifelong
resident of Salem in Alfalfa coun-
ty, father of Lucian L. Fender,
and brother of Drew Fender, both
of West, died April 20, following a
long illness. A Baptist, he was
active in civic and church affairs.
Services were held at Salem Bap-
fist church April % with the Rev.
Mr.. Douglas and the Rev. Curtis
Ellis officiating.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Fannie
G. Fender; five daughters, Mrs.
R. L. Cain. Mrs. Percy Britt and
Mrs. E. E. Brantley, all of Mem
phis; Mrs. Wayne Tyler, Cleve-
land; Mrs. Clinton Cummins,
Sardis; three other sons, George
Fender, Pace; Robert Frank Pen
der, Marteniz, Calf; Paul d.
Fender, Memphis; one sister,
Mrs. Robert Thornton, McCool,
and one other brother, Frank PEN
der, Kosciusko.
Burial was in Salem cemetery.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
liail1llllgIb,ll,k,
\! IS! 5!

We hear lot about veterans
BENG pampered - that is, we
hear lot about it after the war
is over. During a conflict, people
can't do enough for service men
But when it comes to the benefits
later, lot of folks start squawk-
ing now don't misunderstood
me, ! think most vets should be
treated like everyone else, with
possibly a break here and there
in regard to jobs, pensions, etc. A
reader has sent me a poem which
is appropriate here:
sour God and soldiers
we alike adore
Even at the brink of danger,
not before;
After deliverance,
both alike requited,
Our Gods forgotten and
our soldiers sighted"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
N. 6. cairon, s.,
Local Oil Dealer,
Dies OF DROWNING
Retired u. S. Nav
Officer, Was Native
Of Holmes County

Martin Gillespie Catron, So.
owner OF Catron's Tank Car sta
tons at Lexington and Goodman,
died May 3 by drowning, accord
ing to coroner's jury report. The
body OF Mr.. Catron was found in
Little Black creek just above the
depot, floating above the approx
innate seven-foot depth of water.
early Tuesday afternoon. He had
been in i'll health for sometime
and had been subject to heart at
tacks.
Mr.. Catron, retired U. S. Navy
officer of 80 years service, was
born in Holmes county and had
lived here for the past II years.
He was member of Lexington
Methodist church. He was Ma
son.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Dru
Walton Catron of Lexington; his
mother, Mrs. Mary Eta Gillespie
Catron, of Emory; two sisters,
Miss Davie Catron of Lexington
RID, and Mrs. Henry Ellison OF
Clarksdale.
Southern Funeral home was in
charge of arrangements, with SER
vices conducted by the Rev. A. Y.
Brown, of Louisville, assisted by
the Rev. c. T. Floyd, at Lexington
Methodist church, on Wednesday,
at 2:30 p. m. Burial was in Odd
Fellows cemetery.
Pallbearers were Marion CHM,
Dick Barrett, M. B. Brown, j. H.
Warner, Johnny Robertson. Shep
Darnell. Merle Tate of West, and
T. j. Evans.
Judge w. D. Ford acted as cor
oner at the inquest.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
Pickens Seaman Set
For Return To States

Johnnie Rodgers, Jr., seaman
son Of Johnnie Newton Rodgers OF
Pickens, is scheduled to arrive in
Norfolk, Va, aboard the destroyer
tender USS Hamul, May 2.
For the past two years the ship
has been attached to the North
ern European Task Force of Ad-
miral Richard L. Connolly, the
Commander-inI Chief of Naval
Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Med
iterranean.
The European assignment has
kept the Hamul at Plymouth,
England. most of the time since
arrival in April, 1947. On few
occasions it locked at ports in The
Netherlands, Belgium. France and
Scandinavia. One assignment
carried her as far south as Port
Said and Beirut in the Mediter-
ranean area.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
Prospects Bright
For f dst Mail Service
To Columbus
Operation Hoped
To Begin By
August lst

Following a conference with Of
ficials of the Post Office depart
ment, Representative Thomas G.
Abernethy Cd. Miss.) announced
this week that prospects are ex-
ceedingly bright for the establish
ment of fast highway mail service
between Durant and Columbus,
Mississippi.
Present plans contemplate that
the route will operate from Du-
rant via Sails. Kosciusko, Ethel,
McCool, Weir, Fentress, Sturgis,
Starkville, Mayhem Junction,
West Point, Prairie, and Aberdeen.
then over Highway 45E, direct to
Columbus. Other services from
these offices as we'll as from Am
DRY will be coordinated with the
highway post office schedule in
order that they will receive the
full benefit of the new service.
Mr.. Abernethy stated that the
Department expects to receive ad-
ditional highway post office vehi-
cles about August /. The officials
advised, according to the congress-
man that while final decision
has not been made as to where
the vehicles will be assigned, it
is believed it will be possible to
establish the Durant- Columbus
route on or about August L."
Mr.. Abernethy. who has long
been actively working for an i'm
provement in the mail services,
said department officials had
agreed with him that the Durant-
Columbus route was not only
highly desirable for highway mail
service but that it was lone OF
the most needed"
Through the efforts of Rep.
resentative Abernethy, a similar
service was inaugurated about
two years ago between Columbus
via Starkville, Maben, Mathiston.
Eupora, Tonnolen. Stewart. Kill
michael, Winona, McCarley, Car
/ rollton, North Carrollton and
| other intermediate points. 4
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
Final Report Given
On Red Cross Drive

A final report on the Red Cross
Fund campaign which was con-
Quoted in March with George S.
Patterson, county chairman, shows
the following:
Lexington, S1011.82; Durant.
S5O5.07; Tchula, $500; Pickens,
$3.50; West, 5000; Cruger, SITS;
Goodman, $137.89; Coxburg,
S51.58.
Beulah. 1920; Oregon, s21.5O;
Thornton, $40; Emory, s23; Rich
land, $40; Bethesda, $40; Ebenez-
er, $30.ll; Brozville. S13.
Liberty Chapel. 81; Franklin,
SIS; Howard, S38; Mileston, $50;
Acona, $3.50, making a total of
S3,479.85 subscribed by the white
population over the county.
The negroes, under the leader
ship of A. P. Johnson, donated as
follows: Ambrose Public school,
$51 SO: county at large, S339.62
making total of $4,000. The
total collections amount to So
870.75.
OF this amount AZ per cent is
forwarded National Headquarters
and 81 per cent retained by the
Chapter to carry on the Red Cross
work locally.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
Preliminary Hearing
Set In Negro Incident

Preliminary hearing for Walter
Lee, Durant RID negro, who
stabbed and killed an Evans ne
gro man in Durant around S am.
Sunday, was to have been held
before Judge E. B. Guess in Du-
rant, this morning at 10, accord
ing to Constable Casey Griffin,
who with Night Marshal Tom
Ashley made the arrest of the Lee
negro, May l, soon after the Incl
dent occurred. Constable Grit
fin said investigation is being
made to find cause of the alterca-
ton from witnesses. He said the
victim was thought to have made
a play for his gun before being
stabbed.
The arrested man was being
lodged in Holmes county jail,
prior to the hearing.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
Holmes Negroes Held
In Kinds Jail, Await
Federal Aetion
Other Arrests Made
In Connection With
Possession Of Stills

Failure to pay fines for posses
sion of unregistered whiskey stills
resulted in two negro Holmes
county men being lodged in Kinds
county Jail last week where they
await action Of the Federal grand
jury. The men, Albert Booker,
and w. d. Rule, were arrested
April % near Thornton by coun-
ty law officers and Department
of Internal Revenue man. and
were turned over to Federal au-
thorities for inability to pay their
fines here.
The arrests were made along
with discovery of three other
stills, and arrest of two white men
by county law officers in coopera-
tion with the Federal agent. E.
" Waldrup and Gus Lacey, ar
rested April 81 at a still south
west Of Lexington, were fined
$500 each and costs in w. D.
Ford's Justice of the Peace court.
About 800 gallons of whiskey
mash from the still were destroy
ed.
Additional arrests were made
recently for illegal possession OF
whiskey, according to a statement
made by Sheriff Ellis E. Wynn
Paying fines were r. O. Brea-
zeale, operator of the Jack OF
Diamonds place near Durant
500 and costs in E. b. Guess
Justice of the Peace court; Henry
Pike, Cruger, 500 and costs in
r. B. O'Reilly Justice of the Peace
court; and Louella Salter, negro,
fined 500 and costs in II. b
Jones court.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
Miss Tutum Chosen
Miss Hospitality"
For City Of Duront

In cooperation with the State
Agricultural and Industrial board
the Community Travel Promotion
committee of Durant have named
MISS Nancy Tatum as Miss Hos
pltality" for Dtirant.
Miss Tatum, the daughter of Mr.
ana Mrs. "A. S. Tatum, will COM
pete for the state title at Gulfpor,
on June 7 and 9th.
The Mississippi winner in the
contest will travel to cities in var.
lous sections of the country, with
purpose to promote tourist trade
and favorable publicity for the
State.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
Rotary Club Elects
New Officers
Huthorn Heads
0Toup; CressweI!
Chosen Vice President

Durant Rotary Club officers
elected for the coming year are:
N. c. Hathorn, president; Eph
Cresswell, vice president; Deck
johnson, treasurer; Calvin King
secretary; F. V. McCullar and
Harry O'Cain, directors.
Retiring officers of the club are:
Miles Ray, president; Mr.. Hath
orn, vice president; Mr.. Cresswell,
secretary; w. P. Taylor, treas
urer; DR. A. A. Derrick, Jr., and
DR.. c. E. Patton, directors.
Newly elected officers will take
office July l.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
Boy Scouts To Attend
Comporee At Co. Park

An estimated l25 Holmes Boy
Scouts will attend a "Camparee''
at Holmes County park, May 20
81, according to Louie Beall Mich
OILS, scoutmaster, Lexington troops.
Represented and attending the 2
day get-together will be Tchula
troop, led by Frank Gwin; Lex
ington troop, Lawrence w. Rabb,
Jr., and Pickens troop, Hardy Nc
Kie. Fathers are invited.
Contests will include tent pitch
ing, swimming, relay in first aid,
and compass work, MIR. Nichols
said.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
|MedicuI Conference
For Children

A medical pre-school confer
ence for white children will be
held at the Lexington Health de-
partment, Wednesday,, May IL,
from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m, it is an
nounced by DR.. w. H. Weeks,
director, Holmes Health depart
ment.
All children up to six years of
age. and especially those who will
start to school next fall, are urg
ed to attend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
National FumiIy Week
Is Muy lst-8th

Mrs. c. M. Day, chairman OF
American Homes in the Woman's
club OF Durant, wishes to encour-
age families to observe National
Family week by thinking more
about family relations and being
drawn more closely together.
Sunday, May 8, concludes Ma
tlonal Family week and is also
Mothers Day. Nothing children
could do to cheer mothers more
than attend church services in a
group with her.
"A family that prays and wor-
ships together is more likely to be
a family that stays together"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-05
Local Man To Attend
Wisconsin Convention

Pershing Spruill was elected al
ternate delegate with Wesley
Kuykendall, delegate. to the an
nual convention of the American
Federation of Hosiery Workers at
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mr.. Spru-
i'll expects to attend the conven-
ton, which will be held on May
8.
He reports that negotiations be-
tween local Branch 1872 of the
AFHW and the employers, will
continue on May Is.
Negotiations were discontinued
April 81, with the contract ex-
tended from April 80 to May 81