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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-25
Lexington Not To Be
Shoe Foctory Site

Hopes that Lexington would be
chosen as site for the Selby Shoe
concerns factory in Mississippi
faded with the receiving recently
OF a letter by Mayor Allie PovalI
from an official of the company
who wrote that Lexington was not
one OF the final three from which
a site will be chosen. Unofficial
reports previously had been to the
effect that Lexington would not
get the factory.
According to H. H. Thomas,
secretary of the local group which
is making efforts to get a factory
located here, Wednesday said they
had mot given up hope yet" and
told that the BAWI and the MPL
company of Jackson were working
for u.s."
The official in his letter to Ma
yor Povall did not state reason
why Lexington was eliminated.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-25
CONSTITUTION Begins
On Ebenezer Road

Construction work started Aug
ust Is on the Ebenezer and Rich
land road. According to specifi-
cations advertised by the State
Highway department, the i'm
|provement calls for '2.2 miles Of
grading, drainage structures, cul-
verts, and gravel surface course
on county highway between Eben-
ezer ard Richland In Holmes
county" The present roadbed
will be used.
Successful bidder on the project
awarded on July 20 was Walsh
Weaver Construction company OF
Jackson at $35,22057. Next best
bidders were S. Leroy Reed at
al, 92653 and McCormick-Spauld-
ing for $46,357.06.
The route is classified as a
farm-to-market road and was
selected by the Holmes Board of
Supervisors. Under terms of the
law setting up sue ~ogram,
the State Highway department
was designated to do certain en-
work, call for bids, and
to supervise the work. Final
award or approval was left with
the supervisors.
Funds to finance such improve
ments were granted by legislative
act to all counties TO be used for
be equally matched by federal
specific Improvements and will
aid. The Highway department
was appointed by the federal act
making such funds available, to
serve as coordinator.
Work time allocated for COM
pletion of the job is set at rs work
days.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-25

Mrs. Woods Mcclellan and Mary
Elizabeth of Philip are spending
this week with Mrs. Tom Ashley.
Woods and Mrs. w. E. Mcclellan
will join them here for the week
end. Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Perry,
Miriam Mcclellan and children,
Baskin and Patsy, of Rolling Fork
will also be here for the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Pechin
and baby daughter, Sherry, spent
the past week in the home of her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Porter, Sr. They live at Hatties-
burg where they attend school at
Mississippi Southern.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-25
Patients At The Hospital

Mrs. Dave Burrell, West
Mrs. M. Holleman, Pickens
Mrs. James Rogers and baby
boy, Lexington
Miss Margie Parrish, Walden
Mrs. Graham Field, Durant
Miss Lucy Fritz, Lexington
Mrs. Lucas B. Thomas, Yazoo City
Mrs. Jessie Edwards, Lexington
Baby Joel Power, Lexington
Baby Thomas, Lexington
Colored
Virginia Jones, Howard
Louise Young, Howard
George Powers and baby girl,
Lexington
L. l.. Wade, Lexington
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-25
Highway PatroIman
Would Make Driyinq
Safe For Children
Urges Caution.
With Opening
Of Schools

With the opening of schools in
the county, State Highway Patrol
man j. B. Yearwood with other
law enforcement officers exercises
a note of caution to the general
driving public against making
highways and streets unsafe for
school children to ride or walk
over. Patrolman Yearwood's warn
ing note is in cooperation with a
message sent out this week by
the commissioner of public safe
ty, Col. T. B. Birdsong, of Jack
son.
The highway patrol and the city
police departments of every city
will be putting forth extra effort
to see that no school child is in
jured or killed. Patrolman Year
wood says. Through the coopera-
ton OF the State Department Of
Education and the Mississippi
Highway patrol, school bus driv-
ers have been given special train
ing for number of years and the
schools have been held in every
county in the state this year.
Orgonixe Patrols -
School Safety patrols are being
organized by the highway patrol,
but there is definite responsible
ity on the part Of every motorist
who drives on the highways and
streets, according to the patrol
man.
Mr.. Yearwood reminds the
public Of the following measures
which should be observed to pro-
mote the safety of school children,
and the driving public in general:
Every person who drives a We
hicle must exercise due care and
caution at all times when driving
past a school building and in a
school zone.
Must Not Be Passed
A school bus which has stopped
for the purpose Of loading or un-
loading school children at any
time, either meeting or overtak-
ing, must not be passed. The We
hicle wishing to pass at such a
time must come to dead stop
not less than so feet from the bus.
Any person convicted of viola
ton Of the provisions of this act
is subject to be punished by a
fine not less than $40 nor more
than 5000, or Imprisonment in the
county jail for a term not to ex-
coed six months or by both such
fine and Imprisonment.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-25
LOCAL news

Miss Daisy May Daniels visitors
this week from Dayton, Ohio, are
Mr.. and Mrs w. T. Pegg and
their daughter, Mary Alice, who
came Wednesday and were to
stay ten days. Enroute they stop
ped in Central City. Kentucky, to
visit Mrs. Pegg's mother, Mrs.
Stewart. ,...
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Hull and
Claire. Memphis, spent the week.
end with Mrs. Hull's mother, Mrs.
S. H. Birmingham. Claire is spend
ing the week with her grandma
ther who will accompany her
home this weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Turner, Nc
Marry, Tennessee, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
l.. Turner, and Thelma Elaine
Turner of Hollandale; also w. L.
Turner, Jr., of Greenville. were
guests in the Tucker home Sun
day.
Miss Vonda Webb of Clarksdale
and Alton Massey of Kosciusko
were dinner guests of the Homer
Terrys Sunday Miss Webb re-
manned over for a few days visit
with her sister.
Mrs. R. w. Rhyme returned
home Saturday night from Oxford
where she has been visiting her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Aubrey Seay.
Mrs. H. E. Brooks and Mrs. H.
E. Brooks, Jr., spent the weekend
in Tupelo. While there they at
tended the Third birthday party
of Mrs. Brooks granddaughter,
Jacqueline McCulluch.
Sgt. and Mrs. A. A. Porter, Jr.,
and daughters, Gloria and Kath-
leen, of FIT. Smith, Arkansas, were
recent visitors in the A. A. Porter,
Sr., home.
Mrs. Wilbur Reed left for
Jacksonville, Illinois, Monday, by
automobile, to visit her parents.
She is expected to be back Sun
day
Mrs. M. J. Fowlkes will be a
member Of the McAdams faculty
this year.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-25
ATTEND FUNERAL

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard O'Cain
attended funeral services of Mrs.
O'Cain's grandmother, Mrs. How
ard Cooper, at Centerville, Ala
bama. They were accompanied
by DR.. Cooper at Belhaven col
lege. Mrs. Cooper was the latter's
sister-in-law.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-25
Cruger Man Buys
Registered Jersey

COLUMBUS, Ohio, August ~
j. T. Thomas, Jr., Cruger, has
purchased the registered Jersey
Prince Ormond. The animu1
comes from the herd owned by
Joe r. Ross, Greenwood. Thu
purchase adds to the steadily
growing number in the county.
Purebred Jerseys are registered
by the American Jersey Cattle
club which has its national head
quarters in Columbus, Ohio. Sew
eral programs are available
through the American Jersey Cat
tie club to help breeders get the
most profits from their Jerseys.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-25
PICKING IN FULL. SWING

Cotton picking will be in full
swing starting Monday, accord
ing to H. H. Thomas, manager,
Lexington Employment office.
More pickers will be hauled into
the Delta area Of the county from
the hill section, he said.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-25
RETURN FROM TRIP

E, F. and w. A. Turner and Miss
Estelle Turner have returned from
an eight-day trip during which
they visited in Arkansas, Missouri,
Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana.
They left on the eighth and
turned the sixteenth.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-25
Youth Rally Set For
Saturday Night At
First Baptist Church

A youth rally will be held at
First Baptist church, Durant,
Saturday, August q, at 7:30 pm,
1t is announced by the Rev. c. M.
Day, pastor.
The Rev. A. B. Pierce of Kos
ciusko will preach. Jimmy Nc
Caleb of Columbus will direct the
singing. The public is invited to
attend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-25

Mrs. Jake Hermann's kinder
garten will open Monday. Sep
TENDER IL, at her home. Children
four and five years of age will be
accepted for enrolment with the
class being limited to 20. Glasses
will be from 9 am. to IL noon.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-25
Oregon Church Revival
Set For Next Week

Revival services at Oregon Me-
mortal church will begin Sunday,
August %, at 8 pm, with the Rev.
c. T. Floyd preaching. Services
will be each night through Friday
starting on Monday, at 7:45 pm.
The public is invited to attend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-25
Rev. MCCULLOUGH To Preach

The Rev. S. L. MCCULLOUGH who
has been in Richmond, Virginia.
for the past seven weeks, taking
summer theological training, was
expected home tonight, and will
preach Sunday at II am. at Du-
rant Presbyterian church
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-25
Local Officers Were A|erted For Prisoners
Who Escaped State Penitentiary
Chosen For Officers School

Bob Clark Stevens was one OF
four selected from his class of 800
for officers training in the U. S.
Marine Academy at Pass Chris
tan.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-25

Miss Margaret Brown of Hunts
vile, Alabama, Mrs. H. H. Led-
yard and Sue of Jackson, spent
the weeken dwith Mrs. j. r.
Brown.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-25
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
BY Hazel Bronnon

The Brookhaven Leader say.
the most destructive force operat-
ing in American life today is the
injection of the government into
private enterprise and its usurpa-
ton of the powers and duties re-
served to the states and the peo-
pie thereof--using the same me-
thods as the Socialists OF England
and repetition to lesser degree
OF what exists in Russia, and what
happened in Germany, France
and Italy.
The governments operations for
the past IS years in the fields of
subsidy is then briefly surveyed.
We find Federal Land Bank, Ten
nessee Valley Authority, the pro-
posed st. Lawrence seaway, AAA
and numerous agricultural subsi-
dies, Inland waterways and Air
line subsidies, FILA, Social Sc
curly, the proposed Federal aid
to education and proposed So
cialized medicine.
Certainly our government has
already travelled a great distance
on the road to socialism as anyone
knows who stops long enough to
think about it. How much far
ther we will 60 remains to be
seen.
But we do know that when the
American people look to our gov
eminent for security from the
cradle to the grave we have lost
the elements Of goodness and NOR
atty that have made this a great
nation--and that in the end we
will be as completely frustrated as
are the people today Of England,
Russia, and all the other countries
OF the world which have permit
ted their governments to get a
stranglehold on the people.
We walked out Of the Democrat
&c convention and no longer be-
long to the Democratic party as
It now stands--we don't like the
folks who control it so we have
one Of our own--the States Rights
party. The majority of folks in
Mississippi. the vast majority,
supported this party last summer
with their vote, and would support
It again If the opportunity pre-
scented itself.
Why we should even want re-
presentation as a state on the Ma
tional Democratic committee
when we are out Of the party is
beyond me-nor do we see how
we could claim membership on IL
since we have said ourselves that
we want no part Of certain legis-
lation called for by that group.
While we have no claim to
membership on the National De-
mocratic committee neither, we
claim, does any other group in
the state. Thus Mississippi's two
seats on this committee are va
cant and will remain so until the
people Of Mississippi hang their
heads in shame and decide to play
ball with the ex-Pendergast gang.
It they ever should, Heaven for
bid.
Meanwhile the States Fighters
are in control of Mississippi poll
tics fair and square and will re-
main so-and our electoral vote
still counts just as much toward
electing a president as ever be-
fore-and it will be needed in the
next presidential election possib-
ly more, we hope, than it was in
the last one unless they pass q
law depriving US Of the right to
vote.
Anyway. if we don't tuck our
tails and crawl back to the dom
key 1t will be an interesting pre-
sidential race in the Magnolia
state-there's no telling how hot
those deep-freeze boys can get.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-09
NEGROES ARRESTED
SNAKE RACKET

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ANP =
Five Negroes were arrested here
recently in connection with what
authorities call a cotton SNAKE"
theft ring. A white man Is be-
lieved to be head of the racket.
Names of two of the arrested
men were given as Vernon Rufus
Houston, So, who works at Dixie
Pickery, and Robert Lee Redd, 50,
who works at Jackson and Jones
Cotton company.
"Snakes" are loose rolls or
bundles of cotton swept from I'M
der CHASING tables in local cotton
firms, then sold to pickeries for
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-09
ored 1919 Buick. Really its a
dream. Seen 1t: Undoubtedly a
belated visit from Santa.
Obituary

The passing. January %. Of Mrs.
Josephine NJ. Duke, aged 70. late
Of s34 N. e. Shaver, leaves Port
land beheft of one of its early
citizens one who had contri-
buted much to civic, social and
religious life of the city. She was
stewardess of Bethel AME church
and a member of House Hold
Ruth.
Surviving is a daughter, Mrs.
Marguerite Griffith, a son Stanton
e. Duke, Portland; another daugh-
ter Vera lone Duke, San Fran
cisco; a sister, Mrs. Martha Bur-
ton, Chicago; also 6 grandchildren
and great-grandchildren.
Last rites were held at the
Chapel of Miller and Tracey. Rev.
c. N. Austin, Jr. pastor of Bethel
AME officiated assisted by Rev.
J. F. Smith. of First AME Zion
church. Mrs. Charles Johnson, SOLO
list sang Going Home" and I'm
The Garden"
The esteem of friends were ex-
pressed in a profusion of floral
gifts. Vault interment at Roce City
cemetery.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-09
TACOMA news
FUNERALS IN TACOMA
Mrs. Mamie Sheppard

Mrs. Mamie Sheppard, 70. was
buried last week with Rev. Z.
B. Wilson conducting the services.
She had been III for 20 years.
Following her husband by less
than IL months in death. left a
forlon home in the hands of their
daughter, Mrs. Pearl Dennis, who
kept a vigil watch and care to
the end. Mrs. Sheppard was born
in Enid, Oklahoma, and had been
resident of Tacoma for 43 years
at the time death came to her.
Brs. Frances Bethel
Mrs. Frances Bethel. near 100
years old. who passed last week
in local hospital after few
days ILLNESS there. having been
taken from her home as a result
of inhaling smoke from fire
that caught from a stove setting
fire to her home and she being
i'll and unable to check flames.
Neighbors notified fire department
and she was taken to hospital
where she passed.
From oldtimers 1t was learned
that she was born in Virginia and
had lived in Tacoma more than
fifty years, but no relatives could
be found, or the name of her
birthplace known.
Mrs. Bethel was a member Of
the Bethlehem Baptist Church and
funeral services were conducted
by Rev. e. B. Wilson, pastor,
from Mallenger's Funeral Parlors,
last Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Cattle Singleton
The funeral services of Mrs.
Cattle Singleton was held Satur-
day afternoon last week at Allen
Chaped A. M. E. Church and
burial at Mountain View Memoir
ial Park. Rev. r. A. Washington
assisted by Rev. e. B. Wilson Of
ficiating.
Surviving relatives and friends
paid their last respects at the
h,.;ar when IL was laid to rest
beneath the flowers leaving behind
a world and task well done.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-09
STEADY SUPPRESSION
OF VICE TO GO ON: DEVIN

Steady pressure to suppress
vice, instead Of short, infrequent
periods of heat" will continue
to be the police departments
policy, Mayor William F. Devin
declared this week.
In a statement made as re-
suit of Saturdays punchboard
raid on 81 North End taverns
and cafes by sheriff's deputies,
Mayor Devin said:
For the past two-and-a-half
years, we have been concerned
with the development of new
police administration and a new
approach to the law-enforcement
problems.
Particularly with respect to
vice control, it has been a diff
cult job for Chief Eastman. He
has had recalcitrants and chisel-
ers, both inside and outside the
department, who have done every
thing they could to embarrass
and impede our program.
"our effort on vice control has
been to enforce the laws as rea-
sonable person would expect to
have it enforced. Within exist
ing law, we have developed poll
cies of enforcement which we
consider reasonable and which
can be carried out with mini
mum of police personnel. These
policies are in force continuously,
with steady police pressure,
rather than by the old style Of
short periods of heat, followed
by longer periods of laxity.
I'VE have a right to expect
compliance with the laws, and
with our established policies, by
every licensed operator, including
taverns. Falling to secure such
compliance, we will continue to
request appropriate disciplinary
action from the Liquor Board. If
any licensee cannot comprehend
this situation, we will ask the
Liquor Board to replace him with
someone who can.
Our policies are well known
to the public and to members of
the police department. They are
not subject to deals or special
privilege. We will continue to en-
force them to the best of our
ability"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-09

Sick List
Mrs M. C. Deering, of Los An.
geles. Calf, writes that she has
improved greatly since she has
been in this Nursing home and
she wanted her friends to know,
as she is formerly of Yakima
Mr.. and Mrs. d. G. Harris, ST..
are i'll, he is in the County hospi-
tai. and Mrs. Harris is at their
home, they are convalescing nice
ly.
Mrs. Jimmy Robinson, was shut
in all last week with influenza,
but she is well and back to work
again.
Mrs. Ruth Joseph is i'll. Also
little Jacqueline Young, and Linda
Morrison, had pneumonia, but they
are also Commissioning.
stort Arrives
To Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Shep
herd, was born a baby boy on
Jan. 20, weighing 8 pounds and
ounce, in st. Elizabeth hospital
At the time Of this writing the
mother and baby are home and
doing nicely. Mrs. Shepherds sis
ter, Mrs. Viola Terry. is visiting
from Ellensburg.
Business Trip
Mr.. and Mrs. John Woods, wen'
to Toppenish. Friday, February 4
to see Mr.. and Mrs. John Lane
on business for the Masons.
BOXING = SPORTS
The Yakima Boxing association
manager, went to Portland a few
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-09
Yakima and Tacoma

looking out of the window"
Then. she would ask. do you
have any customers?"
Yes, about g.. said Mrs. Rob
inson.
wait on them. I will hold the
phone"
The story went ON until every
move was told and Mrs. Robin
son actually knew every thing
but she couldn't leave the store.
She prayed, ''oh. Lord. please
don't let my house burn down."
Mrs. Robinson said that she thank
ed God. It was only about $4,000
damaoa
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-09
FIND PAIR LONG
DEAD In APT.

A radio played and electric
lights burned in an humble apart
ment at 2128 So. G st. when
police found the bodies of an
elderly couple there Saturday
afternoon. The two had been dead
for weeks, possibly since before
Christmas.
Mail was piled high at the door.
A notice that the water and power
would be turned off If bills for
these were not paid was found by
police on the floor of the front
room.
The man was identified as Louis
C. Tessonneau and his wife. Both
of them about so years old. Their
tiny three-room apartment was
jammed with furniture and brio
a-brac. Tessonneau was found ly-
ing on the floor beside bed
and his body had been covered
with a rug. The woman's body
was on the floor of the kitchen
directly in the rear.
Deputy Coroner John Volk said
Saturday night the cause of death
had not been determined, and a
postrmortem examination would be
conducted.
Tessonneau had worked in the
shipyards and had been a down
town news vendor. The couple had
no known relatives, but police
were going through the mail Sa-
turday night in an effort to locate
someone who knew the couple.
The two died in apparent pow
erty. The front room was piled
high with furniture, cushions and
sacks of old clothes. A bank state
ment showed Tessonneau had a
balance of IL cents. There was
$13 in bureau drawer, but little
food in the house.
The Northwest Enterprise re-
porter made an investigation
among the neighbors and Mr.. and
Mrs. Clovis Louis Tessonneau
were people who had little or
nothing to do with their neighbors
nor were they connected with
any organization during their res
idence in Tacoma. Their fate was
direct result Of needed atten-
ton and a Coroner's report gives
natural causes for their death,
which dispelles any doubt of foul
play, at first thought by many.
The birth places or former
addresses of the victims could
not be obtained but it is assumed
that they were natives of some
French West India islands as both
spoke French. No relatives could
be located but an investigation is
still being made by the police
department.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-09
NAACP

Members and friends Of the
NAACP are asked to take special
notice of the change in regular
meeting place of the Portland
Branch as announced by Mrs. Ed.
Smith, president.
I'VE will hold this regular meet
ing of February at Williams Ave
nue. YWCA. The time, 4 pm,
has not been changed. just the
place, said Mrs. Smith.
A most interesting program has
been planned" Mrs. Smith added.
"Our program chairman, Mrs. Mar
jorie Jackson and her committee
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-09
Social Sidelines

Mrs. Lettie M. Polk and her
daughter, Mrs. Raymond Wilson
entertained on Sunday, A to pm.
complimentary to their house
guest, Mrs. Alice Moore, popular
Denverite, who arrived Saturday
for a several day visit.
Mrs. Nelsene Campbell formerly
of Denver. poured at the beauti-
full tea table from which a half
hundred or more guests enjoyed
delicacies.
Adding color. zip and thrills de-
spite snow, sleet, ice and other
hazords, are the Erwin Flowers
sporting a luxurious maroon col