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Evening star., 1949-06-08
Newest Footwear Features Comfort, Looks

Ons Of f1,e r>osn recso1s
30 rso'ry women cont '74r>s
OF their feet ~1.Ac<1s ~4-cinc
Is stos ss,ey do7s ~'ecr xN>oes
in fts right reel re oh.s.
We've token ~4,cs ~s sesl
Is O Representatives sNc~ 70
OF these ,e~ s~oes- We
present tf>ern in fsse Kind OF
octN4fies in WHICH y<~a night
find Yourself ~~ofi>e 'hen.
For oorsc,nc ire high
feelec open 'ccs so~aol
upcer left, riot cocnes Il,
Neoble itnen. polko on
fobr'o, in white ord other
summer sueoes
The Io~~-heeIed tiny strop-
ped open foot" shoe. lp-
per right, IS suggested Tor
waking in the CITY II comes
in white suede, >o~y sueos
Win red coli trim, ord IN
madagascar stro~ For
p'oytir,e. the shoe on the
lover right with q low
heeIed ~edoe ard O rect
strop treatment. Lower lef'
The high -heeIed ~eooed
shoe. the perfec, shoe ocoes-
soN for the other bright
summer cot.oos in your ~o-
cotton wardrobe. AvoilobIe
in Mooosoor s'ro~ ard In
white suede.
EIeni
Evening star., 1949-06-08

addition of water. turpentine or
water solvents. II will dry tn
approximately 10 minutes and
leaves no odor. What's more, II
you can't finish q wall In an
evening. don't worry. for this
"spred" viii leave no hint OF lap
where old and new applications
meet. Too. II you miss . spot.
simply 20 back and touch It up.
At present the paint In availabls
In II pastels but work 10 In pro-
gress TO market darker shades
that are proving % popular this
season.
Evening star., 1949-06-08
Washington Shop-Talk

fiat wall paint, but from an angle
there's q soft satin sheen that is
really pleasing 70 the eye. IT'S
sef-sealing. won't soak into any
surface. whether wood. beaver
board, wallpaper or plaster. AT
Evening star., 1949-06-08

cleaning 10 q einch using rust
mild soap and water. Ink. erayon
and pencil marks the kidciea
might decorate the walls with
can be washed away without .
trace. This paint requires no
Evening star., 1949-06-08

q demonstration ws noted that
even newspaper and blotters didn't
soak up this paint. You'll find 1t
q very good primer on fresh walls
that ordinarily drink In count
less coats OF paint. They claim
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
Cotton Picking Season County Schools To
Begins In Holmes Co. Open September 5ih

August Is was the beginning of
the cotton picking season in
Holmes county when hands on
the Crawford Logan plantation
near Tchula started work. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Logan, a probable
10 or is bales would be gathered
by the weeks end.
Harold H. Thomas, manager of
the Lexington Employment office
servicing Holmes county, said the
labor supply for this seasons
cotton picking will be plentiful,
but that hauling is not expected
to start before August 90. There
are more unemployed negroes this
year than before, it was said.
Earliest cotton in the county
started opening about 10 days ago,
according to reports, County
Agent w. r. Sullivan predicts the
crop in the Delta area to be about
Is per cent shorter than last
year, and in the hill area about 70
per cent shorter than last year.
r. S. Love of the Horseshoe
Lake Gin company said bale OF
last years cotton was ginned this
week. in trying cut the gin for the
oncoming season.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
Holmes Goal Reached
In MEG Membership

Holmes county has reached it's
goal in the current membership
drive of the Mississippi Economic
Council, according to a release
from state headquarters. Through
Wednesday, total of 26 member
ships, one over the county's goal,
had been mailed in to headquar-
tiers by county chairman M. A.
Scobey.
I'VE wish to thank and compli-
ment MIR. Scobey and his commit
tee for the good job they have
DONE" Edmund Taylor, Green
vile, president of the Council,
said. "At the same time, we well
come the membership into the
work of the Council and trust the
Council will be of real service to
them. We want the advice and
assistance of the members. They
represent the type of leadership
the council has over the entire
state"
The present Holmes member
ship is as follows: j. c. Allen, G.
w. Crow, E. L. Hines, ]. P. Love,
D. w. Nixon, Geo<ge Samaha, G.
p. Sharpe, H. c. Waterer, all of
Tchu1a; M. B. Brown, w. R. Ellis,
Jr- f. w Hooker r A Tail n
c. Lundy, George S. Patterson,
w. A. Ramsey, M. A. Scobey, John
Tingle, Norman Weathersby, J..
R. Williams, all Of Lexington; S.
F. Buchanan, ]. T. Thomas of
Cruger; L. E. Crawford, j. E.
Maxwell, H. S. McKie, John M.
Marlborough of Pickens; and c.
D. Maddox of West.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
Total 112liyeb;rths
Recorded For july

A total of 112 live births and
80 deaths were recorded by Hal
A. Gillian, registrar of births and
deaths for Holmes county, during
the month of July. Of the births,
SO were colored and 1s were
white. OF the deaths, 25 were
colored and seven were white.
Three still births were report
ed, all colored, and three non-re-
sident births, two white and one
colored. One nonresident death,
colored, was reported. Twenty
births were in the hospital, 16
white and four colored, of the
total IL births One colored
death occurred in the hospital.
One white child died under one
year Of are.
In listing causes OF death, the
report shows: six died of heart
disease, two white and four col
ored; two of cancer, both color
ed; two of pneumonia, both col
ored; three of apoplexy, two
white and one colored; one sui
eide, white; two without services
of physician. colored.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
LIBRARY NOTES

The Holmes County Library at
Durant offers q wide variety Of
reading material this week. Fra
ternity Village" is a selection OF
short stories by Ben Ames Will
liams, after The Storm" is a
novel by Garth Hale, MARY Don
ovan" is a very readable novel,
by Anne Downes, author of "The,
Eagles Song" Pink Magic" by
Margaret Runbeck and Mr.
Preen's Salon" by Robert Tai
LIANT, are both light and anus
ing. "Gunsmoke Bonanza" by
Weston Clay and North Of Santa
Fe" by Chuck Stanley will please
readers of western stories, while
mystery readers will be delighted
with THE Franchise Affair" by
Josephine Tay. 1.-THE Three
Fears" by Jonathan Stagge, and
THE Fourth Funeral by Char
les Leonard. Very light fiction Of
fered is THE Charming Young
Man" by Fern Shepard and Sud
denly It's Love" by Peggy Cad
dis.
The intermediates have three
new Judy Bolton" mysteries,
''The Name On The Bracelet"
=" The Clue In The Patchwork
Quilt" and 1.-THE Riddle of The
Double Ring" all by Margare
Sutton.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
Brother OF Goodman
Marion Dies Monday

Burial services for James
Bailey Tate, As, former Jackson
resident and an employee of the
income tax division of the U. S.
Internal Revenue department.
brother of Mrs. ]. c. Donald,
Goodman, were held at Lexington
Tuesday morning with the Rev.
DR.. G.. N. Price of Jackson Of
ficiating.
Mr.. Tate died at Greenwood
Leflore hospital Monday morning
after an illness of one week. Bu-
rial was in Odd Fellows cemetery,
Lexington.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Trea-
sure Grafton Tate, two other
sisters. Mrs. L. B. Condo of Los
Angeles, and Mrs. B. E. Davidson
of Jackson; also two brothers,
Clifton r. Tate of jackson and S.
FELTON, Tate, Memphis.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
Agricultural Workers
Organize Posture
improvement Club

The Holmes County agricultural
workers met Monday night, Aug
ust 10th, under the leadership of
W. X. Sullivan and organized the
Holmes County Pasture Improve
ment club. The purpose of this
club is to stimulate more pasture
Improvement work in order to
balance the livestock and cropp-
ing system now carried on in
Holmes county. Each worker pre-
sent agreed to help the producer
plan good pasture program in
Guiding Undertaking., seeding and
good management.
Another meeting was scheduled
for Saturday morning, August 20.
The purpose Of this meeting is to
work out a pasture information
sheet which will contain all the
information necessary for a good
pasture program.
The club elected A. +. Carroll
president; o. A. Cleveland. vice
president and John Holditch,
secretary.
Those present at the meeting
were: A. P. Carroll, and J. r.
Coca, Soil Conservation service:
w. r. Sullivan, County agent:
Hayes T. Parish, assistant county
agent; John Holditch, director of
Lexington Agricultural Develop
ment association; o. A. Cleve-
land, and r. w. Almond. voca-
tional agriculture teachers: John
| Davis, John Killebrew. and Frank
Gwin, Jr., Veteran instructors.
The following colored agricul-
tural workers were present: ia.
cob McClain, Frank Benson, Al.
bert H. w. West, L. A. Williams
and P. B. Reynolds, all Veteran
instructors.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
$4,000 Acre Game
Refuge Approved
For Alfalfa County

Biologists of the Mississippi
Game and Fish Commission have
tentatively approved a large area
IN Attala county for establishing
a game refuge.
The area surveyed several miles
north of Kosciusko consists of
10000 acres and is said by the
biologists to be well-suited for
the purpose of establishing re-
fuge for deer and other wild game.
Results of the survey have been
reported as most favorable and
the Commission has advised the
Attala County Hunting and Fish
ing association that it is now
ready to proceed with obtaining
leases and working out detail.
Recommendations for the de-
velopment include boundary post
ing, restocking with deer, turkey,
other wild game and fool plant
ings. Preliminary work has been
done through efforts of the At
tala association, the Mississippi
Forestry Commission and the Soil
Conservation Service.
Members of the Attala Hunting
and Fishing association and others
interested in this project will
meet at the courthouse in Kos
ciusko on Monday, August %, at
z pm, to assist representatives
of the State Game and Fish Com
mission in setting up the game
refuge.
All lovers Of outdoor sports are
urged to attend the meeting and
promote this worthwhile project
which viii help conserve and
propagate Central Mississippi's
fast diminishing supply of wild
game.
-Kosciusko Star Herald,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
Taxitab Ordinance
Forbids Parking
On City Streets

Notice is posted by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen this week
Saking unlawful the parking of
taxicabe on any of the streets or
avenues of the City of Durant,
except when receiving or dis
charging passengers, and that the
city streets may not be used as
station or stand for taxicabs.
The ruling makes violators
guilty Of misdemeanor in the sum
OF S. to $50. 1t further states
that no person or company operat-
ing taxicabs for transportation of
passengers for hire shall install
or maintain a telephone on the
sidewalks, streets, or avenues Of
the City of Durant."
The new ordinance was passed
at a meeting in City hall Tues
day, August l6. and becomes i'm
mediately effective.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18

White schools of the county
Will open Monday, September S,
according to L. r. Thompson,
county superintendent of educa-
ton. A large number of new
teachers will be starting their
first work in the county. Repair
is being done to several Of the
schools, including the addition of
classrooms to Tchula negro
school, and repair work to other
negro schools. Colored schools
will open October II.
School superintendent, as an
nounced by Mr.. Thompson, are:
Goodman, j. G. Jacob; Pickens,
Malcolm Shackelford, who trans
fers from Madison to replace
Supt. Mellard; Coxburg, c. B
Neal, replacing G. L. Roberts who
Will be superintendent of Kilmich-
ael High school; Ebenezer, Miss
Vertia Porter; West, P A. Akin
son of Webster county, replacing
NJ. 7. Smith; Tchula, w. r. Hud-
dleston; Cruger, H. c. Wallace.
West school will have a faculty
melting on Friday, September 2
Tcbula school will hold a faculty
meeting on Friday, September 2
with children reporting on the 9Th
Centerville school has consoli.
dated with West,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
City Ordinance Grants
To ICRR Permission
To Construct Track

An ordinance granting to the IL
linois Central Railroad company
the right and privilege to con-
struct a railroad spur tract over
and along portion of East Depot
street in Durant and to maintain
and use it for not less than rs
years is this week posted by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of
Durant.
Heretofore, the railroad COMP
any had been unloading its ship
ments OF pulpwood on Madison
street crossing, which was block
ing the city drainage system, and
was an eyesore.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
Mrs. Mary Cotton
Buried Al Goodman

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
s. Cotton. 70, of Louise, mother of
u. S. Hughes Of Tchula, and T. F.
Hughes, Eden. who died August
Is at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. S. c. Carpenter in Louise,
were held Wednesday at 1890 a.
m. at Strickland-King Funeral
chapel, Yazoo City, with burial in
Goodman cemetery.
Other surviving relatives are:
two other sons, J. w. Hughes of
Bentonia, and S. E. Hughes, OF
Berkeley, California, and one other
daughter, Mrs. ]. N. Jones, of
Louise; also two brothers, G. P.
Hays, Canton, and Edward Hays,
Jackson.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
Landrum Services
Held Al Goodman

Funeral services for Miss Ger
trude Effie Landrum, ga, Good
man, who died at Baptist hos
pital, Jackson, on August Is, were
held at the Landrum home in
Goodman at $50 am, Tuesday.
The Rev. Perry Perkins official
ed, with burial in Hillcrest ceme-
terry, Goodman.
She was a member of the Bap-
fist church. She leaves one bro
ther, irving Landrum; one sis
ter, Miss Leila Landrum, both of
Goodman, with whom she lived;
also a nephew, Roy Landrum, OF
Long Beach, California.
Southern Funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
Rites Held For Pionee,
Holmes Woman

Funeral services were held a,
Carrollton Baptist church Angus,
IL at 4 pm. for Mrs. Cornelia
Terry Ray, early settler of Holmes
county, and widow of Sam j.
Ray, who died August II at the
age of 80. She has a host of
county relatives.
She leaves three daughters:
Mrs. j. c. Riales, Jackson, Tenn /:
Mrs. Van Grantham, ClarksdaIe.
and Mrs. o. o. Lee, Carrollton.
one son, John S. Ray of Carroll
ton and one twin sister, Mrs. Mol
lie Reynolds of Greenwood.
She " as the aunt of w. H. Fin
cher, Mrs. v. o. Ingold, Mrs. Ada
Tharpe, Mrs. Claude Bailey
Howard Terry, and Halle Terry,
all of Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
Second Polio Cose
Reported This Week

The second polio victim for
Holmes county for this year has
been reported by the Health de-
partment. Marjorie Dean Raw,
10, OF Ebenezer, was admitted to
Vicksburg hospital August 4. with
diagnosis of polio.
The girl was taken i'll in Jack
son where she had been visiting
for several weeks.
The first case of polio reported
In the county was that of a negro
child, Marie Anderson, of the Mt.
Olive community, who was refer
red to the Vicksburg hospital on
July l.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
Services In Alfalfa
For GuyL. Self

Services for Guy Leroy Self, Is.
who was shot and killed while
working at Georgetown, South
Carolina, on August 6, were held
at pm, Tuesday, at North Union
church in Attala county. The
Rev. c. E. Burden officiated with
burial in North Union cemetery.
He leaves two sisters, Mrs. Edna
Fullilove of West. and Mrs. Bur-
nell Bingham of Walden; his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Self of
Sunflower; four other sisters,
Miss Annie Jean Self, Mrs. Carrie
Easter Miller, and Mrs. EVELYN
Bullock, all Of Sunflower; and
Mrs. Pearl Mitchell of Memphis.
Also three brothers, Walter j.,
Andrew j., and Harry Self, of
Sunflower.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
THROUGH
Hazel.
EYES
~ Hassl Brunnon

A new weekly newspaper starts
publication in Yazoo City next
week. Its owners were in the
office today and we asked what
they were going to name it. On
being told it would be known as
The Democrat" we asked whether
it would be pro-Truman deep
freeze democratic. But we were
assured it would be strictly q
States Right Jeffersonian sheet
in the warmest fashion.
All of which reminds us that
President Harry should get rid Of
General Harry Immediately, il
not sooner, and the public in gen.
eral and the South in particular
is tired of the General and his
antics and of the Presidents
badly misplaced loyalty to him.
Something else we're awfully
tired of Is whether or not the
States Fighters are going to be
read out Of the Democratic party
or not-ny goodness, we've been
out Of the party for yeats as any
one knows who has observed the
things the South has had cram
med down our Threats beginning
with the Roosevelt dynasty. Mr..
Truman is just now trying to put
into action the Roosevelt dream,
the things Roosevelt talked about
for years and never did.
Whether the States Rights De-
mocrats Of Mississippi are invited
or not by the National Democra-
tic committee when it meets to
name successor to Chairman
McGrath is a matter Of little mo-
ment to us. Our committeeman
Billy Synider and committeewo-
man Mrs. Gautier. are the legally
elected members of the national
committee from Mississippi and
as such are the only persons le-
gally qualified to be seated. An
81 per cent vote OF tho lie of
this sovereign state of Il
elected them. At least the state
was sovereign before Truman.
II Mr. Snider and Mrs. Gautier
aren't seated by the National
Committee then we have the spec
tacle of a gang of machine poll
ticians riding roughshod over the
people of a state--the picture of
them saying Well, we'n seat
your members of the committee
as long as you elect pro-Truman
men and women who will support
Our candidate-but il we don't
like who you elect then we Just
won't seat them"
Hitler's Germany was no worse.
The people were ridden over there
just like Truman's peanut politi-
clans are trying to do here. The
only difference is Hitler ran over
the people in a grand manner
here Truman's administration is
SO riddled with little men it leaks
like a sieve. Nothing is too large
or too small for them to steal.
The whole things revolving.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
Civil Service Seeks
Conservation Helpers

The Board of u. S. Civil Service
Examiners, u. S. Department of
Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga, an
nounces examinations for proba-
tional appointment to positions of
Conservation Aid for duty in the
Soil Conservation Service in the
Department Of Agriculture, in
the States of Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, and Virginia, paying
entrance salaries Of $2284 to $2724
a year.
Most positions are in small COM
munities or rural areas. Appli-
cants to qualify must have had
from one to two years of expert
+ence in soil conservation work
such as comforting, terracing,
strip cropping, gully control
structures ,sodding and planting
trees.
For complete information on
positions available, experience
required, and forms to file, refer
to the Examination Announce
ment, a copy of which may be
secured from the Commissions
secretary at most first, second,
and third class post offices in the
above mentioned states; the U.
S. Civil Service Regional Office
at Atlanta, Ga, New Orleans,
La, Washington, D. c., Cincin-
natl, Ohio, or the Executive Sec
rotary, Board of u. S. Civil Ser
vice Examiners, Department of
Agriculture, Sill Glenn Building,
Atlanta 3, Ga, with whom ap-
plication forms must be filed.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
Weekly Cotton
Insect Report

State College, August 18-Boll
weevil injury continued. at a high
level during the past week ana
Farmers In several sections of Mis-
sissippi were reporting local dam
age from bollworms, according to
the State Plant board. Lice were
numerous in some fields but no
general infestation has occurred
reports on the boil weevil have
been discontinued except from the
Delta where 1853 fields in l6 coun-
ties were all infested with an
average Of 81 per cent. On this
date last year only about half the
Delta fields had weevils, with an
average of Is per cent.
Early cotton was opening in
nearly all parts of the state and
as far north as Clarksdale the
first bale of the seacon was GIN
ned last week. Limited supplies
OF 3-5 or $40 were available in
some counties. Clay Lyle, ento-
mologist of the Board, is urging
the use Of calcium arsenate to pro-
tect young bolls. Where supplies
OF 3-5 are also available he sug-
gests alternating with calcium ar
senate, or reserving the 3-5 for a
final application where 2 or more
treatments with calcium arsenate
are used.
In fields with bollworm injury
and low damage and where the
3-5 mixture is not available. dust
ing with about Is pounds of five
per cent DOT per acre, or 10 to
IL pounds of 10 per cent DOT is
suggested. Several complaints
have been received of beetles
about three-eightS inch long. re-
sembling small June beetles, feed
ing in bolls, but DR.. LYLE states
that these are harmless scavenger
beetles and feed only in bolls al
ready damaged by bollworms or
rot.
Information about cotton insects
and supplies of poison may be Sc
cured from the State Plant Boar
at State college.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
Duront Boy Listed
Among Ole Miss Grods

UNIVERSITY, Miss, August Is
tn l94e summer session grad
uating class at the University of
Mississippi numbers 339 candi-
dates for degrees, DR.. A. J. Law
renee, registrar, announced today.
Largest group of degree appli-
cants since the first Ole Miss sum-
mer courses were offered in 1893,
the list includes j. D. Cooper, Jr.,
OF Durant, candidate for a BBA.
degree in finance.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
Ebenezer Project Underway

Construction on the Ebenezer
Highway project, totalling 2h
miles, began this week by Walsh
weaver Construction company of
jackson. The project is employ
ing 1918 local men, according to
H. H. Thomas, of tn Lexington
Employment office.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-18
REVIVAL SCHEDULED

Revival services will begin as
scheduled at Liberty Chapel Sun
day, August 81, at IL am. There
will be services only in the even
ing beginning at 7:45. The pastor
will be in charge.
The Rev. Wilson Ray, brother
of the pastor, will be the speak
err for the services at Coxburl
which will begin August %, with
two services daily.