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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-08-10
NEWS FROM ENGLAND

nOur ldCc.
A wonderful Christian well
come awaited me at Waterloo
Station, London, and again at
10 Northbrook Road, Lewis
ham. Mrs. Laytham is a very
devoted Christian woman, as
we'll as being an efficient,
capable person. Mrs. Peto re-
minds me very much of Miss
Lloyd. Indeed she is a Saint"
Zion is fortunate to have such
a splendid Christian within her
English ranks.
Much against my desires, l
am afraid that Mrs. Peto has
gone to a great deal of trouble
and expense (both from the
standpoint of money and ra-
ton coupons). It is hard to con-
vince her that we do not have
pie in America at every meal!
However, I brought some food
stuffs with me, and have been
able to procure five weeks
emergency rations, which will
help out. 1 do not believe that
any one is starving in England,
but l do know that it takes a
great deal of perseverance
and cheerful spirit for them to
go on month after month un-
der the present circumstances.
And, one can hardly begin to
imagine what they endured
during the war. When you
walk down the street, it seems
that hardly a building escaped
damage.
1 have spent two days in
downtown London seeing the
sights, attending to details of
my return ticket, seeking to
find a 16 nm protector, etc. It
will be possible for those near
London to go into camera
shop found and have the two
films run off Go shillings).
Mrs. Laytham had pretty
we'll planned out my travel
route. She has her "holiday"
(vacation) beginning tomor-
row, August 9Th, for a week.
Since she wanted to go up to
Lancashire, she thought I
should stay in London until Sat-
urday, and accompany. her.
The Laythams and others are
there. | will be in that area,
visiting those people, and show
ing the films if possible from
the 9Th through the 18th. Then
l will leave for Deacon Muir
toms in Yorkshire and be there
over the weekend. Gle works
during the week of course and
wanted me to come when he
was free). On the 9Th, | will
leave for Edinburgh, Scotland.
We have allotted about five
days to Scotland including Wis
iting with the people at Edin-
burgh and Arbroath. l will re-
turn to London some time be-
tween the Goth and the 22nd.
Back in London, I will make
several one-day trips. I will go
to Birmingham to visit Jay Tay-
lor's sister, to the Isle of Wight
to visit the late Mrs. Wright's
sister, to Dover to see the
White Cliffs, etc. Elder Mel
lor's sister will come up to
London over the weekend of
the 26th, and some others will
probably come in that period.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-08-10
VICTOR MAGNUS
Barber Shop

previously located at Wadsworth and
Greenbay Road)
NOW OPEN at 1908 SHERIDAN RID.
(Henke's Garage)
Regular Hours 9 a. m. to 700 p. m.
Phone Zion 2423
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-08-10

PATRONIZE OUR ADVER-
Users
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-08-10

ing journeying mercies. We are
earnestly praying that He will
make this whole trip a bless
ing to all of us. Continue to
pray for us-we are remem-
bering all of Zion at head
quarters.
= Sincerely,
Charles.
Evening star., 1949-10-07
request for a statement Of m,
present condition.

request for a statement Of my
present condition.
Ever since the doctors ex-
planned to me that these were to
be permanent handicaps, I have
tried to adjust to them and make
the most of bad deal -.
"The day the letter came asking
for proof of my disability, I had
tried to walk block and half
to the drug store: by the time I
got back, even with the steel brace
I wear, my back was so bad that
the tears were running down my
face-and I'm not the cry-easy
kind-and then was greeted by
a letter wanting to know If I
were still disabled.
"Mr. Lee, all the things in the
old reports are still true. I GER
tainly cannot work, even at q
sitting-down job, because I can
not sit on a chair through meal
without my special cushion. My
legs are still spastic in certain
positions, and I have to call some
one in the night to straighten
them. The areas without
sensation are still numb. and
unless look where I am to sit. I
may miss the chair. The spine
is still crooked at the bottom; the
muscles have not filled in there
and it is very obvious.
Couldn't you tell the men on
(See GIRL CRIPPLE, Page AID
Evening star., 1949-10-07
Girl CrippIe Center of Senate Debate

Miss Schiek could not get relief
in court, as her accident occurred
abroad.
Congress is the only place to
which she can come" he said.
when she does, we should not
say, We will give you half the
amount that is coming to you.
because in the past we have
treated some one else in that
way"
It was an impassioned argu-
ment, but when the first test
came on the Schiek case, prece-
dent carried the day. The vote
was on Senator McCarthy's S
amendment. raising Miss Schiek's S
compensation to $4,000. The
amendment was defeated,
Mccarthy Bounces Back.
Senator Mccarthy was being
difficult. He bounced back with
new amendment. He proposed
this time that Miss Schiek be
granted $45,000.
Time is valuable in the Senate.
particularly valuable these days.
It was Senator Fulbright. Demo-
crat, of Arkansas, one OF the most
highly respected members OF the
chamber, who stepped In at this
iuncture with what looked at the
moment like an almost merciful
Knockout blow.
"Mr. President" he said. Il ask
that the bill be passed over"
The boom had been lowered
One Senator had objected to Miss
ISchiek's bill-the unanimity nee
essary for approval in the cal
endar call apparently did not
exist.
/ AS things developed. however
that was not the knockout. 1t
was only the end of Round One
Comes Out Punching.
Senator Mccarthy once worked
This way through college giving
boxing lessons, and when the bell
rang for Round Two with the
announcement Of the next bill
on the calendar. he came out
punching. He said that unless
Senator Fulbright could point out
some good reason for shelving
Miss Schiek's bill, he would OBJ
/ Iject ito all other bills on the con-
sent calendar"
At first, his dignified colleagues
tried to proceed as If they hac
Evening star., 1949-10-07

-FHOtO w WI MItUuUhcc JOuf Hut.
will slide off an average chair
unless her feet are supported.
She cannot wear ordinary shoes,
but only soft -soled slippers. Be-
cause of weakness and atrophy OF
muscles, she Is unable to sit or
lie in any one position for more
than a short period : = -"
Other Complications Described.
The Senator described other
complications, making 1t impossi-
Bile for Miss Schiek to care prop
| erly for her personal hygiene.
This case does not compare
with the one in which we allowed
$25, ,oo0," he said. "The woman in.
volved in that case had bad hip
He asked Senator Kilgore to &c
back to the Senate Committee anc
try to get $50, 900 for Miss Schiek
Senator Kilgore was doubtful
why" he asked, should we make
particular exception of one
case?"
'If we cheated some one ir
the past by giving him only $4,000
when he was entitled to $4,000
or $4,000, it is time we stopped,
Senator Mccarthy replied. 1T /.
time we compensated injured per-
sons in full"
] Senator Mccarthy pointed out
Evening star., 1949-10-07

Cooper, q nurse, who slapped me
and showed me over because she
said refused to turn over, as she
insisted could If wanted to. -
They insisted that I sit up in
a wheel chair. I wanted to try but
it was very painful. would
have the native servants push me
to the far end Of the porch so that
no one would see me cry. One day
Mai. McDevitt caught me: was
trying to write letters, but I was
crying, too.
HE was very angry. If you don't
get over this foolishness. we'll send
you to the hospital in Calcutta
and then you'll be sorry. They
wouldn't put up with all this nom
sense for q minute. We're sick Of
it. Why don't you just get up and
walk and then we'll let you go
back to your job
FINALLY, they wanted my room
for a nurse who had the hives. so
they moved me to anotner Dullo-
ing"
AS the evening wore along on
Capitol Hill, and Senator Nc
Carthy continued to bring out de-
tails of his story, he ran into in
creasing impatience on the part
Of his colleagues.
Il want to advise my good
friend from Wisconsin that he Is
jeopardizing the interest that this
lady has in this bill by continually
talking about it," Senator Lucas
warned.
Into the record, nevertheless,
went a letter Miss Schiek wrote
last May to Walter r. Lee of the
staff of the House Judiciary Com
mittee, which then was investigat-
ing her case:
Dear Mr.. Lee: -.
ct am writing concerning the
Evening star., 1949-10-07

had shown slow progress because
would not help myself. He said
I would be ready for duty in three
weeks.
"I returned to my base. I could
not walk alone. was still tncon-
tinent, and had severe pain. I
returned seven miles to the hos
pital daily for one week for physi-
otherapy, driving a jeep at Mai.
McDevitt's suggestion. Some
times some one would drive me;
sometimes I drove alone. stopping
beside the road when the pain
was too great. At the end Of the
week the treatments stopped. -"
"Mr. President, I realize that
my five minutes are about up. I
ask the Senator from Arkansas to
refer to that part Of the state
ment showing how this girl. who
was crippled, with broken back.
and who could not walk, was put
into a room with no nursing care
and no medical care. She tells
how the lizards, toads, and scor-
pions crawled over her. None Of
this has been contradicted. The
doctor who later treated her at
Calcutta said that this was the
most inexcusable and shameful
case of malpractice he had ever
SEEN"
Senator Mccarthy sat down.
us there objection to the pres
ent consideration of House Bill
2960?" the presiding officer asked
again.
This bill proposes to appro-
pirate funds with which to make
loans to rural telephone cooper
atives on the same basis on which
the REA now operates -
Mccarthy Tries Again.
And so it went. again and again,
as Senator Mccarthy tried to
wedge bits Of his story into the
record while the Senate forged
ahead through the business Of the
day. There was not time to tell
all the story; the Senator, for
instance, left out several poignant
details in reviewing Miss Schiek's
statement. Here are q few of
them:
IT could not move nor roll
over when they had to change the
sheets and they were very rough
in turning me. I remember 1t.
Evening star., 1949-10-07

mot heard the remark. But when,
a few minutes later, Senator
Mccarthy made 1t plain he meant
what he said, the atmosphere
changed.
1--WE are not going to legislate
in this hall by duress and CO.
ercion," said Senator Lucas OF
Illinois, leader Of the Democratic
majority. ..
Senator Fulbright said what
Senator Mccarthy did about other
bills was perfectly within his
right"
IT know this case is very
meritorius one," he said. 1T ap-
peals to ones sentiments and all
that. But I think the Senate
would be getting into very deep
water If it were to override the
committee which has had the op-
portunity to weigh the case"
Senator Tobey, Republican, OF
New Hampshire also was incensed
at Senator McCarthy's intransi-
gent attitude.
Shame on any man who tries
to put through legislation by
means Of duress and threat" he
thundered. "Such action is en-
tirely unworthy of any Senator. y
An Unusual Opportunity.
It was finally decided that Miss
Schiek's bill would be taken ur
again at the foot of the calendar
after other measures on the wait
ing list had been cleared.
This, as it turned out. gave Sen
ator Mccarthy an unusual oppor-
tunity. Under the minute rule, he
was entitled to speak for five min
utes every time new bill was
presented. Throughout the next
hour, he kept bobbing up with
more details of the Schiek case.
HR 1900. to amend the Rural
Electrif1cation Act and provide for
rural telephones, was announced
"Is there objection to the present
consideration of House Bill 2960?'
asked Senator Stennis. Democrat
of Mississippi. the presiding OIL
Ger.
Senator Mccarthy stood up.
"Mr. President" he said, "re-
serving the right to object-and
I believe this is the. only way ]
can bring this matter before the
Senate shall read for five
minutes from page 10 of the. com
mittee report in the case OF Mary
Thomas Schiek. - read al
follows:
"I asked them to turn me over
so that I could rest my back
and try to sleep at night. One
night, about 1880. the pillow!
shifted so that my hips were
Evening star., 1949-10-07

twisted into q painful position. I
could not move nor turn myself
and after I had endured 1t for
about an hour or so, I asked Tor
the nurse. AS she came
to the door, I drew In my breath
and it caught in a sob. Without
entering the door she said. We'll,
that settles it. I wouldn't do any
thing for q crybaby. and no one
else is to either She left and I
lay in that position all night
Bear in mind that this woman
was lying there with her back
broken =.
zone day Maj. McDevitt (Maj.
Charles H. McDevitt, jr) came In
and said, We'll, let's see you
walk He and a nurse forced
me into a sitting position. The
pain was extreme and I fell back
on the bed. That's the end"
said Mai. McDevitt, Il wouldn't be
bothered helping any one who was
such a baby about little thing
like sitting up
Report Of Treatment.
Bear in mind that this was a
woman who had two vertebra in
her back Notwithstanding to
Army report-her sacrum smashed
and her nerves 50 badly impaired
=" =. This was the treatment
she got:
"After four weeks of this had
continued I asked for him again
and told him that surely there
was something the matter with
me, that people just don't lie
helpless and in severe pain when
they want to get back to their
Job, unless something is the mat
ter. He was very cross. well,
- it. we'll prove it to you.
Well take more X-rays and then
you'll see that there is nothing
the matter with you except that
you are a stubborn baby"
"'They took more x-rays. They
would not help me onto the high
X-ray table. Maj. McDevitt said,
"You asked for these x-rays and
now, it, you can climb on the
table yourself" They told me
that the x-rays showed nothing
and they hoped I was satisfied
now
Those were the X-rays which
showed nothing, according to the
doctor-X-rays which the hospital
later proved showed that this
woman had a smashed sacrum and
nerves so badly impaired that four
years later she cannot walk.
/ Finally they discharged me
Mai. McDevitt wrote letter to the
! Red Cross. saying that I had only
superficial abrasions and that I
Evening star., 1949-10-07
Continued From First Page }

awarded by the Senate. Precedent
is important in these matters.
Finally, there was Senator Nc
Carthy, Republican, of Wisconsin,
sponsor of Miss Schiek's bill in
the Senate. who wanted the
Houses award upped to $4,000.
Recounts Story to Senate.
That was the setup. Senator
Mccarthy struck the first blow.
This claimant was Red
Cross nurse" he said. while
serving in India, a truck tipped
over and injured her. ."
"She went to the hospital (the
United States Army 372d Station
Hospital where, the record shows,
she remained 4s days. The doc
tor said to her, You are not hurt
He would not give her an
X-ray. Finally, he consented to
X-ray her on condition that she
could climb onto the X-ray table
herself. She was semipara-
lized from her hips down. The
doctor X-rayed her and said there
was nothing wrong with her. He
discharged her. He said to her,
1T is just merely Imagination.
You are a crybaby.' He abused
her terribly.
Taken to Calcutta.
According to the information
in the committee report, she went
0ater) to the Calcutta Hospital
(the United States Army 142d
General HospitaD where she was
X-rayed."
Senator Mccarthy paused a
moment, then added:
1T was found that her back
was broken in two places. They
found the sacrum badly fractured
They found that one of the main
nerves had been impinged, be-
cause of the malpractice in the
original hospital"
The Senator forgot to say it also
was found that Miss Schiek had
. broken pelvis and several broken
ribs.
LAS Of today" he said, "four
years later, If I may quote from
the committee report. she
Is still unable to walk more than
two blocks without exhaustion ano
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-27
Citation Given
Wife OF Former
|Durant Boy
College Honors
Mrs. MoyfieId

Mrs. w. w. Mayfield, wife of
Walter Mayfield, former Durant
boy, now of jefferson City, Mo,
was one of six alumni and one
alumna who were recently given
Citations of Achievement from
William Jewell college in this
years Of their annually given
awards. An honorary member of
Beta Sigma Omicron, Mrs. May
field was the first homemaker to
be given the citation.
The following is an excerpt
from the Urn, Beta Sigma Omi-
cron publication, which lists Mrs.
Mayfield's qualifications for the
honor:
''This wife, mother and home
maker was graduated from Will
liam Jewell college in 1927. After
one year as a high school teacher
she married Walter Weatherly
Mayfield (born and reared in
Durant). Their first son was born
in 1880 and their second son in
1888 On the William Jewell cam
pus she was continually on the
Deans honor roll for high grades.
"She was the first coed elected
to major office on the William
Jewell campus, the editor-in-
chief of The Student She was
captain of the first women's in
tercollegiate debate SQUAD (and)
was a member for four years of
the Board of Trustees of the First
Presbyterian church of Jefferson
City"
Among other activities taken
part in by Mrs. Mayfield which
were listed in the sorority publ
ration, were: past president of
Women's Council of Presbyterian
church; teacher of Sunday
school classes and active church
worker; chairman of World Ser
vice committee of Jefferson City
Council of Church women; men,
Der of Parent Teacher association,
holding various positions and
committee-chairmanships, and
member of E. O. sisterhood, and
the D. A. r.
Mrs. A. c.. Bennett of Boone
vile, who is former Durant girl,
writes that Mrs. Mayfield was a
close friend of her late mother,
Mrs. Horace Weir, and that she
made visits to Durant to visit
Colonel and Mrs. Mayfield.
The recipient of the citation is
the sister of Mrs. Reeves Vandi-
yer of Tchula and Durant, and of
Clifton Mayfield of Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-27
Duront Men Candidates
For Ole Miss Degrees

UNIVERSITY, Miss, Jan 81
William Ralph Bowie and Jasper
Carl Herrin, Jr. of Durant are
among the 1862 students at the
University Of Mississippi who are
candidates for degrees this semes-
ter.
The Bachelor of Business Ad-
ministration degree leads with SO
applicants, followed by 81 for the
Bachelor of Arts, and % for the
Bachelor Of Laws, according to
DIR. A. j. Lawrence, registrar
There will be no formal COM
mencement exercises this semes-
ter, but the January graduates
will have their names listed on
the May commencement program
and may participate in those ex-
ercises if they desire.
Both students are candidates for
the B. B. A. degree with majors
in marketing and merchandising
Mr.. Herring is a past president
Of ri kappa Aloha fraternity and
member of Delta Sigma Pi, in
ternationsl business fraternity.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-27
J. }. Smith Announces
For Justice Of Peace

]. j. Smith, Durant truck farm
err, announces candidacy for JUS
tice of the peace of beat two, in
his first time to run for an office.
A native of York, Alabama, MIR.
Smith moved to Holmes county in
1910. He has lived in Durant
eight years, having owned his
own home there for the past five
years.
He is active in the Durant Bap-
fist church, serving as inactive
deacon, and teaches the Mems
Bible class. He says he makes
no promises or claims except that
he stands for law, order and JUS
tice, and if he is elected, he will
try to see these executed.
Mr.. Smith says he is running
solely on the basis of character
qualifications. He will not make
house-to-house canvass, but
urges all prospective voters to
consider him for the position, and
says that he welcomes all inouir-
les into his character.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-27
Holmes Secures
New Math Teacher
Mrs. Robinson Fills
CIV. Lorunce Post

Mrs. Mary Phillips Robinson of
Newton began work this week as
instructor of mathematics al
Holmes Junior college, to fill the
position left vacant by c. w
Torrance.
Mrs. Robinson has had several
years of teaching high school and
junior college work. She recently
returned to Mississippi from At.
lanta with her husband who has
just completed his engineering
work at Georgia Tech.
Mrs. Robinson taught mathema
tics in the Houke Smith High
school in Atlanta while her hus-
band was in school at Tech. She
taught two years at the Demon
stration school at George Peabody
college in Nashville. She is a
graduate of Peabody where she
also secured her master of arts
degree.
Prior to going to Atlanta she
taught mathematics at Copiah-
Lincoln Junior college at Wesson,
and comes to Holmes highly re-
commended.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-27
Ebenezer Farmer
Rites Are Held
Was Uncle Of
Local Men

Samuel Valentine Holdings
worth. 81, lifelong resident and
farmer of Ebenezer, and uncle of
S. T. and G. E. Hollingsworth of
Lexington, died January II al
Montfort Jones hospital, Koscius-
ko, following a long illness.
He was a member of the Bap-
fist church and was prominently
identified with the best interests
of the community and county
Services were held at Ebenezer
church with the Rev. Paul Bard
of Ethel, in charge. Burial was
in the church cemetery with Lee
Funeral home in charge.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Matte
Poole Hollingsworth; a son, Will
liam Wright Hollingsworth, Kos.
ciusko; two sisters, Mrs. John
Jamison, and Mrs. J. E. Turnage
of Kosciusko.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-27
Miss Williams Attends
Home Agents Meeting

Miss Joyce Williams, Holme.
County Demonstration agent, will
attend the Annual Meeting of the
Mississippi Home Demonstration
Agents association in Jackson
January % and 10Th. Three chair
store executives will deliver the
principal addresses.
The home agents session will
open with registration Friday aft.
ernoon, followed by election Of
regional councillors at district
meetings that night at Robert E
Lee Hotel. State President, Miss
Katherine Staley of Meridian
will preside over the annual bust
ness meeting on Saturday morn
ing.
Climaxing the convention Sat.
urday night will be the Associa.
tion's annual banquet at Robert
E. Lee hotel.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-27
BIatkhawk Masons
Install New Officers

Officers chosen recently to
serve Emory Chapter no. 80, R
H. NJ, Black Hawk, during 194e
are:
w. S. Parrish, E. H. p; j. w
Dawes, king; w. M. Songley
scribe; H. R. Stone, captain OF
host; P. H. Pentecost, principal
sojourner; H. T. Stone, R. H. c.;
B. F. Kittull, master of third veil,
Howard Cox, master of second
veil; H. w. Hall, master of first
veil; S. E. Galley, sentinel; B. F
Clement, treasurer; and R. E
Meek, secretary.
Officers chosen to serve Mt
Moriah Lorge no. IS, F. and A
NJ, at Black Hawk, during 194s
are:
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-01-27
All Group Organize
Advisory Council
At Meeting Thursday
To Acquoint Selves
With Club Program

Organization of a county All
Advisory Council took place at
the City hall in Lexington on
January 20, with ten of the lead
ing civic, business and profession
al men and women meeting with
extension workers for the purpose
of hearing A. G.. Hamilton, direc-
tor of the Mississippi Chain
Stores Council, explain functions
of an advisory council. The coun-
Gil did not elect a chairman, but
each person present will be con-
tacted within the next few days,
and a chairman elected later.
The council supports and spon-
sors the All club program in the
county. but does not direct its
activities. Members acquaint
themselves with the program and
will know what is being done with
the youth of this county in All
club work and will be offering
suggestions in improving and
Strengthening the program.
Since business and professional
members of the advisory council
are busy they will not meet unless
definite problems arise. Each
member will be welcome to visit
Alters and their projects and at
tend All meetings whenever pos
sible, officials said.