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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-12
6optist Revival Shows
Great Interest Here

The annual revival in progress
at the Durant Baptist church is
attracting full house every even
ing with great interest being
manifested in the services both
morning and evening. There have
been several additions to the
church, acccxding to the pastor,
the Rev. c. M. Day.
DR.. d. A. Mccall, well known
Baptist preacher is doing the
preaching and Prof. Plunkett w.
Martin is directing the singing.
A feature of each evening SER
vice has been the singing by a
junior choir composed of boys and
girls in the community of all de-
nominations which has added q
great deal to the services. The
solo numbers of Mr.. Martin have
also been greatly enjoyed each
evening.
Members of other churches in
the community have been attend
ing the services regularly and a
most warm and cordial welcome
awaits everyone who comes.
Services are are at 1000 and
7:30.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-12
Unemployment Down
In Holmes Area
MSES Manager Tells
April Claims Fewer,
Though Still More
Than Year Ago

A As per cent decrease in I'M
employment for Holmes county
has been noted during April, as
compared to March, by H. H.
Thomas, manager, Lexington EN-
ployment office. Though this is
five per cent short of the CORES
bonding so per cent decrease in
unemployment during April of
last year, as compared with the
month previous.
Compared with one year ago,
Unemployment Compensation
claims in April showed an in
crease of approximately 40 per
cent over April. 1913; on the other
hand, the claims in April of this
year showed a decrease of ap-
proximately 40 per cent over
March, 1949. The decrease is
partly due to the exhaustion of
benefits for female textile workers
who were laid off during Deem
Der, 1948, due to lack of orders,
and partly to the placement of
several claimants on available
job openings, it was explained.
Due to the rainy weather which
prevailed during April, unemploy-
ment did not decrease as much in
the area as anticipated, Mr.. Thorn
as said. The textile plant in Du-
rant which closed in December,
due to lack of orders, still remains
closed and is not expected to re-
open until August, l949, if then.
The hosiery mill at Durant mott
fled the employment office that
IL hosiery workers were to be laid
off April IA for an indefinite per-
iod, due to replacement of old
machines with new.
In his monthly report. Mr.
Thomas stated that IS workers
were employed in the city sewer
age construction now underway
and that the construction of the
health clinic which began May 2
will employ approximately Is
laborerS.
Mr.. Thomas said no outside re-
cruitment for labor will be need
ed during the construction of the
projects which are expected to
last about five months. Rental
houses are becoming easier to find
in Lexington and other points in
the area, the local manager said.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-12
Holmes Ends Season
With 9 Wins, 3Losses

GOODMAN, May II - The
Holmes Junior College baseball
team closed the season at home to-
day, losing to the East Mississippi
team Al. Lefty Smith pitched an
outstanding game allowing the
Holmes boys measley two hits
during the full nine innings. Rob-
ert Grissom, Holmes righthand
er, allowed six hits and went the
full game for the locals.
The Scooba nine collected three
OF their hits in the big third to
score three of their four runs. The
final Scooba marker came in the
ninth on consecutive doubles by
B. Richards and r. Curlee.
Holmes scored in the third on a
walk to Bill Branch, a sacrifice
and Catcher Joe Rhodes crashing
single to center. The other Holmes
hit came from the bat of Raw
Heard in the fifth.
The game with East Mississippi
closed the 1949 season for the
Holmes boys who established an
impressive record of nine wins
against three losses for the sea-
son. Northwest of Senatobia and
East Mississippi of Scooba will
meet this week in a single game m
decide the North Mississippi Jun
Tor College championship, and the
right to play the South Mississip-
pi winners in three game series
for the Miss. Junior College
championship.
The State play-off will begin
Friday, May 10, with site yet to be
determined.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-12
Fines Are Paid
In Liquor Charges

Four hundred dollars and costs
were paid by S. T. Pitchford of
Tchula as result of hearing before
Justice of the Peace H. B. Jones
on charges of illegal possession
of whiskey, according to Sheriff
Ellis E. Wynn. Total fines of $375
were paid by Will Meeks, John
Albert White, and Mckinley Car
penter, negro men arrested at
stills seized by the sheriff and
federal revenue officers last week
Three stills were discovered
three miles north of Coxburg
school. About 1850 gallons of
whiskey mash were destroyed.
The fourth still was found west of
Brozville.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-12
HJC Sophomores
Comedy, May 18th

GOODMAN, May II - The
sophomore class at Holmes Junior
college will present their annual
play Oh Wednesday night, May
l8, at 8 p. m. in the College audi
forum.
The cast includes: Robert Odom.
Joyce Gregory. James Aldridge.
Rosemary Stewart, Dean Walker,
HELENE Rackley, Amy Owens.
Ruth Montgomery, William "Bill-
Ghetti, Thomas Davis, Chris Cole
man and Joyce Balm.
Ushers will be: James Hatten.
Opal Williams, Quilla Sprill, ana
Emogene Burch. Stage managers
are Ernest Golding and Bill Gal
loway. The play is produced by
Robert St. Clair, and is directed
by Mrs. Zilpha Ellis Mansell, class
sponsor.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-12
Holmes Win Double
From East Central
Worriers Foil
By Good Margin

GOODMAN. May TT h e
Holmes Bulldogs won Monday
from the Worriers of Decatur by
81 and g. Both games were
seven inning affairs by agree
ment.
Robert Grissom went to full
seven innings in the opener to
limit the visitors to two hits.
Holmes was held to three hits by
j. Foley in the opener. James
Free pitched the night cap and
allowed four hits, all singles. Bill
ly Mann, Holmes left fielder, led
in the first inning with long tri-
pie scoring on long fly to CEN
ter, to set Holmes in a 10 lead.
Holmes managed to touch b.
Kelly and w. Patton for seven
hits in the last game to score
all six runs in the first two inn
ings off Patton.
Ray Heard was the fielding
star for the locals, making seve-
raj difficult stops on hard hit
balls down third to toss out run
ners. The Northen division play
off will take place this week be-
tween Holmes East Mississippi
and Northwest.
The North winner will NETT the
South Mississippi Junior College
Champs in a three game series
for l949 Junior College
Championship. Northwest of SEN
atobia is defending champions.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-12
Mrs. Rex Buchanan
Speaks At Rotary

Mrs. Rex Buchanan, one of the
outstanding farm club leaders in
the county, was the speaker at
the Friday meeting of the Durant
Rotary club.
Mrs. Buchanan gave most in
teresting discussion Of Home on
the Farm" which was greatly en-
joyed by those present.
She discussed the work and i'm
portance of farm clubs-which have
as their goal the lettering of con-
ditions on the farm and making
more attractive, especially to the
young people, farm life.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-12
County Agent Reports
On Farmers Progress
Believes Poultry
Raising May Be
Good Investment

Due to the heavy rains, num-
Der of farmers are planting cot
ton over, according to w. r. Sulli-
van, county agent, who said We'd
nesday about 70-75 per cent OF
cotton in the hill area had been
planted, and that except in high
water areas, most cotton planting
in the Delta area is completed.
Little corn has been planted.
About 300 cotton choppers are
daily leaving Lexington and Du-
rant, for work in the Delta. Ten
days of dry weather would help
farmers greatly.
Mr.. Sullivan told that during
the week he had visited Read and
Clark Poultry farm, and had
found the owners to haye-Just
turned off 5000 New Hampshire
fryers, with "fair returns for mon
ey invested despite the fact that
the poultry market has dropped
within the past few days.
The county agent said a pos
sibility exists that with proper
management" poultry raising in
the county could bring profitable
dividends.
He said there is always place on
farms for two or three hundred
layers, and that more profit may
be gained from egg production
than in broiler production.
SiXty-five to Is cents a dozen
for eggs may be assured by con-
tract. Anyone interested may OBJ
tain advice from the county agent
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-12
Recital At School
On Friday Evening

The following piano students
will play in recital Friday even
ing at 8 at the school auditorium.
Shirley Leslie, Tabitha Peden,
Virginia Lovins, Claire Jean Coop
er, Sara Majors, Bobbie Jane FL
lard, Sally Branch, Shirley Nit
chell, Betty Harrington, Carol
Watkins, Elaine Ellard, Linda
McCullar, Rose Counts.
The High School Gle club will
sing.
The public is cordially invited.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-12
Holmes REPRESENTED
At DeItu Council

Holmes county was represented
by H. P. Watson of Lexington and
H. c. Waterer of Tchula at the
Delta Council 14th annual meeting
held in Cleveland May S, at which
Secretary of Agriculture Charles
+. Brannon was chief speaker
The two men were introduced as
members of the l949-5O Board OF
Directors.
Also attending the meeting from
Holmes were Lewis Garrison as-
sistant county agent, and job,
Holditch, LADA director.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-12
6. |. Morton Dies
Al LEXINGTON

G. L. Morton, petroleum engin-
eer of Durant, died at Community
hospital, Lexington, on May 10,
and was returned for burial to Ell
Dorado, Arkansas.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Morton,
of Durant, and several children.
Details of services were incom-
plete.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-12
LABORERS NEEDED

A dire need exists for laborers
for construction work and at saw
mills, according to H. H. Thomas,
manager. Lexington Employment
office. Fifty and rs cents an hour
to both white and colored is be-
ing offered. Sewerage workers
are also drawing rs cents an hour.
Mr.. Thomas said.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-12
Plans Completed
For Concert Drive
To Begin Monday
No Memberships
To Be Received
After May 2lst

Citizens Of Durant are given n
special invitation to become MEM
bers of the Municipal Concert -
ISOLATION of Holmes county which
will bring at least three outstand-
ing artists in music during the
year to the county for concerts.
The concerts will be held in the
auditorium Of the Lexington
Grammar school which has 500
seating capacity. Only 500 season
tickets will be sold and no indi-
vidual tickets to concerts will be
sold. Membership costs $500 for
each adult and $2.4O for students.
Mrs. Raford Watson is chair
man and will preside at an or
ganizational meeting Monday
morning at 10 a. m. at the Lex
ington Grammar School cafeteria.
Memberships are transferable
for individual concerts during the
season, assuring full value and
use of each ticket obtained. Mem
bers of the Holmes County As
ISOLATION may use their tickets
anywhere in the United States
where Municipal Concerts are
held, according to an announce
ment by the Association.
At the close of the weeks MEM
bership campaign, the plans for
the seasons entertainment will
be made. Since the organization
is on a cooperative basis, mem
bers are asked to have a part in
the selection of the concerts. MAX
ing known their preference from
a list of professional artists under
contract with the Municipal Con-
cert association.
Following is list of entertain
ers available, and it is requested
that choices be made known by
phone or letter to Mrs. T. A. Lail.
Lexington.
Fredell Lack, violinist, accord
ing to The New York Sun, tOne
of the outstanding talents of her
generations" Tomiko Kanazawa,
lyric soprano, and Gal,as Carelli,
tenor in joint recital Opera
scenes in costume; Dorothy Ken
drick, pianist, =. ripping
touch and singing tone that
brought out the beauty of the
music in a way that won the
great favor of the audience" The
New York Times. I
Philip Williams, violinist: Will
liam Masselos, pianist; Frances
/ Demond, mezzo-soprano: Walter
! Orbert, pianist; The Men of Song
a male quartet; Rafael Druian,
violinist; Josh Wheeler, baritone;
Jeanne Beauvais, French soprano:
Betty Jean Kimble, lyric soprano;
and The Raphael String Quartet,
consisting of two violins, viola,
and cello complete the list of
| entertainers available.
i A committee composed of Mrs.
r. w. Gulledge, Mrs. Doty Porter,
Mrs. Edgar Lumpkin, Mrs. Harry
Worthy of Pickens, and Mrs. Sam
! Hutton of Tchula will meet to de-
eide on the concerts to be pre-
sented. They will give full con-
sideration to the preferences made
known by members of the as
! ISOLATION who have expressed
themselves.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-12
Duront Major Serves
With Army Reserves

FORT MCPHERSON, GA. -
Maj. James Alfred Hathorn, of
Durant. member of the u. S. Army
Reserve, has been ordered to re-
port to the Post Engineers here
Tor a short tour of duty beginning
MAY g.
Major Hathorn, who volunteer
ed for the tour, will be relieved of
duty May %.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-12

Mr.. A. B. Clements has re-
turned from visit with his son,
j. B. Clements in New Orleans
and while there enjoyed a deep
sea fishing trip. He also visited
his daughter, Mrs. c. N. McCona-
ghy, and family in Mobile on the
return trip.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-12

and even here the touch of color
is accepted if accompanied by
enough wealth and position or
personal accomplishment.
The greatest curse of Brazil is
venereal disease.
Although great efforts have
been put forth to cope with the
disease and thousands of COM
munity clinics and hospitals are
IN operation, the fact remains that
almost every family even in the
highest social brackets is affected.
The country is predominantly
Catholic but freedom of worship
is guaranteed. The Protestant
population numbering over one
million is second in size. Natur-
ally, divorce is forbidden.
Under Brazil's system, primary
education is free and compulsory
and one years military service is
also compulsory. The right to vote
Is granted all citizens, men and
women. on reaching the age of 10.
The president Of Brazil is Mai
Gen. Enrico Gaspar Dutra who
was elected in 1945, and he is what
we would probably call moder-
ate liberal. He is strictly anti-com-
munist and the communist party
mas been outlawed in Brazil.
President Dutra has committed
his country to a five-year plan of
development which is designed to
overcome Brazils recent unfavor-
able trade balance He has planned
program that will improve the
transportation facilities Of the
country, develop more power for
industry and manufacturing, the
latter plan calling for extensive
exploration for petroleum re-
sources believed to exist in Brazil
Next week l shall write on
Santos, Brazil, the leading coffee
port in the world and nearby Sac
Paulo, capital city of the state OF
Sac Paulo. the most prosperous
state in the country of Brazil.
Purely PERSONAL: It's nice to be
back home after a wonderful
seven-weeks' cruise to South Am
erica. Never has this small town
looked quite as pretty with the
trees in full dress. They were
bare when I left ir March.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-05-12

Joe Franklin, Greenwood, was a
business visitor here Wednesday.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16

68 per cent. While the average
American for the country was
receiving 81 in income 20 years
ago. the average in the South
west was getting only SO cents.
A year ago. the SouthWesterner
had boosted the figure to 81 per
cent.
The main significance" of
the changes in income distribu-
ton, says the Commerce De-
partment, is that there has
been IAN appreciate narrow
ing Of the relative differences
in average income levels among
the States and regions" To put
it in a palmer way. the rich
States are getting relatively
poorer. and the poor States are
getting richer. AS many STU
dents have observed. heavy
taxes are cutting into the ranks
of the rich and the income
levels of the poor are being
raised. More and more Ameri-
cans are moving, from both di-
rections. into the middle
class"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
Educator De1vey Going Strong at 90
Took so Years for His
Method to Permeate
School System

educate children for the voca-
tional and cultural world they
would have to live in. My pupils
were going to do the things they
would have to do later on in life.
When I was planning the
school. went to a supply house
and described my needs. Why,
Mr.. Dewey exclaimed the sup
plier, I see you want your pupils
to have places to work at, not to
study att
And that is exactly what
wanted. I wanted their activity
to be practical and fruitful"
Ideas Spread
In essence. explains DR.. Dewey,
he sought to set problems for his
pupils to solve. Or, if they &C
cepted the solutions of others,
they were to go over the grounds
to see how the conclusions were
arrived at. Under his methods,
pupils share with the teacher in
proposing, planning, executing and
judging results.
DR.. Dewey's ideas have received
worldwide attention. He has
visited Japan, China, Turkey,
Mexico and Russia as adviser and
consultant. Russia adopted his
methods literally until the Com
munists decided they did not con-
form to their theology.
AS a philosopher, DR.. Dewey is
listed as a pragmatist. a school of
thought which believes an idea
must be judged by how it works
rather than by how it looks or
sounds. The pragmatist does not
believe that anything is self
evident"
Within that school, DR.. Dewey
has a speciality of his own called
Instrumentation. For him, knowl-
edge is simply the instrument we
use to get out of predicaments or
to better our social conditions.
Just before the interview end
ed, the second Mrs. Dewey, who
is about 40 years younger than
he, came into the room with their
two adopted children. DR.. Dewey
stood up. his spare frame erect,
and patting them gently on the
head, remarked with smile:
''They call Mrs. Dewey. mother
and me grandfather but that
is all right, we don't mind"
distributed by the Associated Press)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
BY John l. Springer

the biggest gain-their intake
increasing II per cent a year
and the Southeast kept pace
with the national average. Be-
hind the national parade in
percentages were the Middle
East. the Southwest, Northwest
and New England. But they
made important gains never
theless.
These Commerce Department
reports clearly reveal that the
entire Nation is prospecting
from the boom. Farm States
have been having an especially
good time of it, and gains in
the Northwest. Southwest and
Central States are the result. to
a considerable degree. of in
creased agricultural income.
How farmers prosperity helps
everybody, however. is also in
dictated in the fact that in each
of these regions the increase in
income among persons not on
farms also was ahead of the
Nationwide average.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16

school systems, but then that is
about what it takes for any idea
to get around our Schools" he
says.
DR.. Dewey was born at Burling-
ton. VT, October 20, 1859, the son
of a local farmer turned grocer.
After graduation from the Uni
versity of Vermont. he went on to
receive his Phi. D. at the Johns
Hopkins University. He taught
philosophy at the Universities of
Minnesota, Michigan, Chicago and
Columbia.
Own Schooling Deadly
At Chicago, where he was d.
rector of the school of education,
he put his philosophical ideas to
work.
OF medium height and typically
New England in appearance, DR..
Deweys trim, almost ascetic-
iOoh44lS ldSC VI OhC l4lIO q SlllllS dS
he recalled his own school days.
School was a pretty deadly
place when 1 attended. We were
forced to learn a given number of
pages of text and recite them
orally the next day. What we
learned had no relation to the
world we lived in.
Discipline was then the key to
education. A discipline inflicted
with a rawhide or ruler.
Il remember how glad we were
when vacation time rolled around
We would sing: 'Good-by school,
good-by teacher, damned old
fool!'"
when I began to teach. the
time was more than ripe for q
change. At the university ele-
mentary school, I tried out a new
-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
Father of Progressive
Teaching Foresees
Ripe Old Age
BY Dovid ToyIor Morke

py DoVIo Ioylor Morke
NEW YORK. John Dewey
father of progressive education
celebrates his goth birthday ami
versary October 20 and figures he
is going to live to ripe old age.
The great philosopher. teacher
and psychologist. whose thought
has had great influence on mod
ern aducation, said. in an inter-
view in his apartment overlooking
Central Park, that he was deeply
moved by the preparations being
made all over the country to cele-
brate the event.
Then. with a twinkle in his eye,
he added: In Siberia there are
men and women who live to be
well over 100 years of age. Why
recently, one fellow. about 125
years old. asked reporters not to
mention his age because he was
going to get married again. If
they can live that long. why
can't -"
Currently, DR.. Dewey is at work
on a new introduction to his Eek
perience and Nature" which is
about to be republished. In addi-
ton, new translations of his works
are being readied for Italy and
Japan.
Alert and deeply interested in
the world about him, indulgent of
the foibles of mankind so long as
they do not seem to him to in
volve fatal consequences, DR.
Dewey feels that people need to
realize that while there is so much
cause for depressions and fear at
the present time, to give way to it
is equivalent to losing faith in
ones felloW-men.
Studied at Hopkins
mo matter what may be the
results of the atomic bombs and
other scientific advances, above
ALL" he said, I'VE must not lose
faith in our fellow-men."
Speaking of the new education
he fathered. DR.. Dewey asserted
that despite the distortions and
enthusiasms of misguided teach
ers. it can do much to prepare a
child for life in an industrial So
ciety.
ut has taken about 50 years for
my methods to permeate our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16

Most people make more
money today than they used to.
but in the wartime and post
war years some have jumped
into higher brackets than
others. So it is with the cities
they live in, and also with the
States.
The Commerce Department
recently completed its annual
report on the state of the
States in 194S. Nobody could
be surprised when it found that
income payments to individuals
broke records everywhere as the
Nation as whole hit new pro-
duction highs.
More neWsWorthy was the
fact that some sections are
moving ahead of the country as
a whole, while others are fall
ing back.
For the Nation, incomes re-
ceived by idividuals increased
9 per cent from 1947 to l948
and hit total of $206, 000. O00,-
600. The Central States made