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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-11
Durant Youth browns
Attempting To Swim
Across Wolf Lake
Was Son Of Holmes
County Come Warden
Service Held Fridoy

A Durant youth, Roger Ray
Cain, 81, was drowned around
midnight August. 8, while on a
fishing trip near Yazoo City when
attempting to swim across Wolf
Take. The son of Holmes County
Game Warden L. r. Cain, Mr..
Cain was said to have swan pre-
viously across the lake in the
same place, a distance Of about
one-fourth mile, but this time fall
tered 80 yards from the other side.
Robert w. Rucker, of Durant,
who accompanied Cain on the
trip, said he had meant to move
the car to the other side of the
lake while Cain was making the
swim, but learned it was stuck in
mudhole after his friend was in
the water.
Heard Cries For Help
He said unidentified men on the
other side heard Gains cries for
help and rushed to meet him in
boats but failed to reach him in
time. The water was about Is
feet deep.
The body was taken to Yazoo
City where pulmotor furnished
by the Yazoo City fire department
feiled 70 revive him.
Services were held at the First
Methodist church in Durant Fri
dav afternoon with the Rev. o.
M. Morgan Of Burns. the Rev. Mr..
Huddle, of North Carolina. and
the Rev. T. A. Filgo of Durant,
: off'cjatirr Burial was in New
Hope cemetery near Sails with
! T1rda- Funeral home of Koscius-
ko in charge.
Was Navy Veteran
He offended the Lutheran
church near Sails and was a gra-
duate of Sails High school. He
had lived for the past two years
in Durant, after separation from
the U. S. Navy, and had won sew
eral medals for bravery.
/ He had been employed with the
Mississippi Power and Light COM
pany as crew member.
Surviving are his wife and two
month-old daughter, Barbara Fay,
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Cain of
Durant; and one brother, Glenn
Cain, of Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-11
Billy Burnley, Jr.
Attends FBi Academy

Friends OF William c. Billy
Burnley, Jr, will be interested
to know that he is one of the
three Mississippians to receive
appointment to the FBI academy
at Washington, D. c., which he is
now attending.
A part of the classes will be
held at the U. S. Marine base at
Quantico, Virginia. Billy is for
mer member of the Marines.
Also from Mississippi attend
ing the academy are Bill Har-
pole, formerly of the State High
way patrol, now sheriff of Oktib-
oeha county, and M. L. Pierce Of
Jackson.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-11
Two Durant Negroes
Die From Accident
Tuxidriver Burns
To Death Amid :
Flames Of Auto

A Durant negro was burned tn
death, and one other received IA
tai burns in an automobile acct
dent August S on Big Black River
bridge near Durant. Accordine
to State Highway Patrolman Billv
Jones of Lexington, Negro Taxi
driver Albert Brown, about 40
was burned with BIS car. Pulled
from the flames was Roby Nor
ton, about 80, also of Durant. who
died three days later.
The patrolman said Brown was
headed toward Durant on High
way IL, when his 1916 Mercury
coach struck an abutment of the
Big Black bridge which joins At
tala and Holmes counties, and
burst into flames after Tipping
over on its top and skidding in a
circular motion for about 500
feet"
High Rate Of Speed
The car was going at high
rate of speed, the patrolman said.
and had attempted to pass a
trailer truck before getting on the
bridge.
The driver was unable to leave
the burning vehicle, but the Nor
ton negro was pulled from the
OF the Benneke corporation truck
of Columbus, which the taxidriv-
flames by w. D. Thompson, driver
er had attempted passing.
Died Few Days Later
Placed into the car of an uni
Identified passing motorist who
rushed him to Montfort Jones hos
pital, Morton died at the Veterans
hospital in Jackson, where he was
taken about two days later, the
patrolman stated.
The accident occurred in At
tala county but ended in Holmes
after the car skidded the estimat-
ed 500 feet.
Durant law officers with At
tala County Deputy Sheriff @. O.
Harris, assisted in the investiga-
ton and the traffic, which was
held up for about one and one
half hours.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-11
Youth Revival Shows
Splendid PROGRESS

Splendid progress has been
shown in the citywide youth re-
vival being held at the Durant
Baptist church this week.
Twelve additions to the church
have been made and great interest
a.nifeef I'd in the services which
arc hello twice daily.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed everyone, young people and
adults, in the community to attend
these services which will continue
'h~o'roh this week
The Rev. c. M. Day, pastor, is
conducting a revival at Pleasant
Ridge this week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-11
Alfalfa Soldier Dies
OF Heart Attack

Kosciusko Army man, Douglas
Skeen, stationed in Kyushu, ia
pan, died July rs of a heart at
tack. He was %, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Skeen of Kosciusko,
and veteran of World War II.
He was sent to the South Pa
cific during Worlt War II and
was in several of the hardest Pa
cific campaigns. He was separat-
ed from the Army last spring but
re-enlisted after spending sever
al months at come.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-11

Miss Saraneil Howard spent
last week visiting relatives in
Kosciusko. Her cousin, Miss Sara
Jamison, accompanied her home
for a visit.
Miss Cargill Howard is spend
ing two weeks at home with he
mother Mrs John M. Howard.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-11

Mrs. Harry Gwinner and Susan
have returned to Atlanta after a
months visit here with her mo-
Their, Mrs. r. c. Elmore.
DR.. and Mrs. A. A. Derrick and
family and Roy Williams will
leave Saturday for a weeks trip
to Panama City, Florida.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-11

Wrong with the North" which
should be required reading for
everyone north of the Mason Dix
on line-and it wouldn't hurt the
people in the South to read it.
Holdings understanding and
treatment of the north is far
more sympathetic than the con-
sideration accorded the South and
southerners by the average north
erner.
We need more articles of this
type published by more maya
zines of national circulation to
help offset the bad press the
South in general-and Mississip-
pi particularly-gets on the ma
tional scenN
There are more editorials on the
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-11

Miss Joan Davis, Cardiff,
Wales, visited in the home of the
Misses Mcintyre this week. She
is expected to return for months
visit in September.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-11

Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Longinotti
are spending this week in New
York City and other eastern
points.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-11

Mrs. Mary Phillips has returned
from a vacation trip to Gatlin-
burg, Tennessee, Washington, D.
C., and Arlington, Virginia. She
was accompanied by her sister,
Mrs. ]. G. Webb, who remained
at the latter place for an extended
visit with her son, ]. H. Odom and
family.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-11

In the August 16 issue Of
"Look" magazine there is a de-
lightful article by Holding Car
ter, Greenville editor Of the Delta
Democrat Times, entitled What's
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-11

Mrs. E. B. Guess, Mrs. w. S.
Heggie and Miss Marybelle Per-
kins were Jackson visitors Tues
day.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-11

There are more editorials on the
editorial page.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1949-12-30

Have you ever stopped to analyze
the reasons why Christmas Day has
such q tremendous hold on you and your
family? OF course there's the real sig
nificance of the day, and the tree and
family reunion, but back of these happy
events Is q feeling of safety and secur-
ity. Safety and security are linked with
financial well being, firm underpinnings
for your very home. Regular systematic
savings out of your income produce
safety and security. The best way to
save effectively is to save before you
spend. You can do this very thing by
signing up on Payroll Savings Plan for
buying United States Savings Bonds
where you work, or enrolling In the
Bond-A-Month Plan where you bank If
you are self-emplOyed.
u. S. Treasury Department
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1949-12-30
Vtipny hajny.

Pr soulani slozil hrabe, ma
iitel panstvi, neobycejne slime
no srnce, vystopovaneho hal
nym. Rozradostnen krasnym
1lovkem, zatroubil hrabe ma
hajneho nedaleko ukryteho, a.
by pfisel a srnce otevrel. Hajny
prispechal a hned Sc chystal k
ukonu, nemohl vsak v brasne
najlti rezak k tomu vhodny.
Hrabe proto vynal z kapsy
mensf nGz a podal jej hajne-
mu. jemuz sc pc delsi namaze
podafilo tfmto pomerne slabym
"salonnfm'' nozem uloveneho
srnce ma brise rozriznout a do
otveru vstrciti jedlove snitky.
Ma to pravil hrabe hajnemu +:
ga svoji namahu Sc stopova-
MIN srnce, nesporne az dosud
nejlepslho meho 1lovku, 81 ten
to n1z nechte ma pamatku."
Pc case byl hajny kymsi oso-
cen pro Jakesl preciny a hrabe
no propustil re sluzby. Neva-
haze potvrdil hajny hrabeti p1-
semne pr1jem vypovedi, do do
pisu pax pribalil n1z, ktery
kdysi cd hrabete obdrzel a pri-
psal: "Nemaje nynf chleba, ne
potrebuji Ike krajenf noze -
proto jej S d1ky vracim."
Hrabe prohlednuv zasilku a
sdelen1 hajneho, zasmal sc a
napsal: "NIz patti tomu, ko-
mu byl darovan, k nozi ovsem
patti chleb - proto svou W.
poved odvolavam." Ma to ia
Ike do dopisu zaobalil nn1z a dial
ODE dorucit hajnemu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1949-12-30
Jugoslavec odsuzuje poruSova.
nj satelitHH.

Belehrad. = Jugoslavsky
professor filologie a obsolvent
soyetskych universit Radovan
Lalic napsal v clanku V literar-
MIN tyden1ku, re predaci Sovet-
skeho svazu zradily Leninovy
zasady, to je mezinarodn1 bra
trstv1 a solidaritu, a re sledujl
politiku podobnou jake naciste.
Professor Lalic napsal doslo-
va: "Sovetst1 predaci mluvi u
stavicne o internacionalismu a
O bratrstv1, veskutecnosti vsak
zradili Leninovy zasady mezi-
narodn1ho bratrstvf a solidari-
ty a nevahajf uz1vat jakychko-
Ii prostredk1, ba i zlocinG protl
jinym narod1m. Professor La
lie napadl sovetskou porusto-
vac1 kampan v zem1ch "a re
leznou oponou, ktera HASA
nadrazenost ruskeho jazyka a
ruske kultury mad ostatnlmi ia
zyky a kulturami.
V teto s~ouvislosti cituje pax
professor Lalic z Lenina tuto
pasaz: "Dobre vine, re jazyk
TurgenevGv, Tolsteho a Cerni-
sevskeho je veliky a mohutny,
ale nemyslfm, re je nutno, ably
BE velkemu ruskemu jazyku
muscle ucit pod natlakem." Po-
kud jde politickou stranku,
jugoslavsky spisovatel profero
Lalic obvinil sovetske vudce,
re sleduj1 nacistickou politiku
nicen1 a roztr1sten1 celych ma
rodG a nezavislych lid.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1949-12-30
Allen odhaluje plany Ruska
v StfedovYchode.

Washington, D. C. - Move
jmenovany americky velvysla-
nee v Jugoslavii George Allen
obvinil Sovetsky svaz z impe-
rialistickych 1mysln ma sired
MIN vychode. V projevu ma
vysoke skole zemedelske We
Washingtonu velvyslanec Allen
rekl, re spatruje sovetske inn
perialisticke 1mysly zejmena v
politice vGci Iranu. Rekl, re
Moskva ma v planu zabrati l.
ran pro vojenske ucely a vyko-
ristOvat tutO zemi.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1949-12-30
D. Lillenthal trva ma sve
resipnaci.

Washington, D. C. - David
E. Lillenthal, odstupuj1cf pred
soda atomove komise mel roz-
mluvu S presidentem Truma-
mem a prohlasil pax, re nezme-
nil svdj umysl vzdati Sc sveho
drfadu. Uvedl dale, re nedopo-
rucil presidentovi zadneho ma
stupce a new proto take, koho
81 president Truman pro tento
trad vybere.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1949-12-30
2 Vojenske.

Temnota nocni poskytuje Ii
dem vsech stavI prflezitost k
nedorozumeni. Strazny stoji
u pracharny a tam je ovsem
sluzba jake femen. We strachu
ably n%epohorel, zastavi vojfna
nesouciho veceri: "StGj! Kdo
tam?"
Mic. - Postava sc blizl, ia
ko by Sc nechumelilo.
tx zemi, nebo strelim!"
Re tiny Sc owe sousedska
nebojacnost: "Nekecej, to SUI
ia, nesu yam p~ajsl!"
Strazny vsak sluzebnf stro-
host neodlozil ami ted:
"Pajsl, vztyk a v pred!"
Je pc vecerce, ma svetnici
tina a ticho.
"Ivanco, spfs?"
"Nespfm. Go cheese"
"Daj mi zorku, ia DYSON
fajcil!"
"Derzi hubu, ia uze splm!"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1949-12-30

Ona: 90, Willie, milujes
mne opravdu a skutecne?"
On: "Zajiste, ma draha. Ale
mimochodem receno, mas jiz tn
germantown knfzku, kterou
isem Ii onehdy DALI"
Ona: "Ano, drahousku."
On: "Nuze napis 81 tam, re
te opravdu a skutecne miluji
a Includes Sc mne muset ma to
plat padesatkrat denne ~"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1949-12-30
New York dosahl rekordu pri
prodeji znamek.

New York. - 20. prosince Il
fady v New Yorku prodaly "a
S1,OO5,8 59 postovn1ch znamek,
.byl tim prekonan rekord dosa-
zeny dine IA. Tfjna t. r. kdy bylo
prodano znamek "a $945,146.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1949-12-30
Filmovy herec Clark Gable Sc
ozenil S vdovou Fairbankse, Sr.

Santa Barbara, Cal. = Jeden
z nejoblibenejsich filmovych.
hercn ma svete Clark Gable sla-
vii dine 20. prosince svGj snatek
S PAM Sylvii Stanley Alderley,
spravne lady Alderley, drfvejsf
to lady Ashley. Pro oba sva-
tebcany je to jiz ctvrty snatek.
Phi vyzvednutf snatkoveho po-
VIOLENT udal Goble svGj vek ma
48 let, kdezto nevesta Tekla, ze
je 80 let stara.
Lady Sylvia Sc v roce 1886
provdala "a Douglas Fairbank-
Sc, pc tom kdyz Sc Fairbanks
dial rozvesti S Mary Pickfordo-
YOU. Pred t1mto snatkem doslo
v Londyne k sensacnimu pro-
cesu, pTi nemz tehdejsi manze1
lady Sylvie tvrdil, re jej pod
vadela S Fairbanksem. Lady
Sylvia pozdeji pc Fairbanksovi
podedila obnos $1,00O,000.
) Clark Gable pochazf z Ca
ditz, Ohio a dostal Sc postupem
casu k nejvetsim 1spechdm a
poctam jake filmovy herec. Po-
prve Sc Gable ozenil v r.. 1924
S Josephine Dillonovou z Port
land, Oregon. Manzelstvf by
10 rozvedeno v roce 1880 a o
rok pozdeji sc pax ozenil S Ria
Langhamovou, ktera byla O II
let stars1 nez on. S touto man
zelkou sc Gable rozesel v roce
1885 a rozvod byl pax vysloven
v roce1939.
V temze roce sc pax Gable
zamiloval do herecky Garcia
Lombard, Sc kterou pred tim
vystupoval v nekolika filmech.
Kdyz Sc dali pax oddati v ma
lem mestecku Kingman, Ariz.,
bylo O Mich pozdeji tvrzeno, re
isou nejstastnejsfmi a nejsym-
pactitejs1mi novomanzeli v
Hollywoodu.
Garcia Lombard vsak prisla
o zivot, kdyz sc spolu
Sc svoj1 matkou a 10 dalsfmi ce-
stuj1c1hi stala roce 1912 ODE
tt letecke melody poblize Las
Vegar, New. PAM Lombard
Gablova podnikla tehda propa-
gacn1 cestu pro prodej valec-
bondu.
Kratce pc vypuknutl valky
sc pfihlasil Gable do vojenske
jake dobrovolnfk, acko-
byl tehda jiz vice nez 40 let
star. Zahajil vojnu jake pro
sty voj1n, avsak pozdeji byl Wy
bran pro dGstojnickou skolu, re
ktere vysel jake podporucfk
dine 20. rijna 1912. Slouzil pax
v letectvu, z1castnil Sc nekoli-
ka nalet1 ma Nemecko a byl "a
svdj dobry vykon odmenen le-
teckou medalif.
V roce 1913 sc pax Gable
do Hollywoodu, kde ma
tocil nektere filmy pro letec-
two, byl povysen az ma majora
a vratil sc koncem roku 1914
10 civilnlho zivota. Clark Ca
ole .je pro svoji milou povahu
1seobecne obl1ben.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1949-12-30
Pritel dStf.

"Pan Penicka: "Mate rad de-
ti?"
Pan steticka: "To 81 mysl1m
. vzdyt jsem 81 wal vdovu Sc
sesti caparty."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1949-12-30
ZahOnek HumOru.
~
Ty deti

ma, koukej, tuhle mas Sc
divy vlas!"
"Vidis Katy, to je proto, re
mne porad zlobis!"
"A to isl ty musela mamin-
ko teprve zlobit, chudinka ba-
bicka ma vsechny vlasy bile,
jake mleko."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1949-12-30
Take darby.

"Kdyz, ia dostala pannu a
ona mluvf, he!"
"To je kramG. to nam made
Ill Santa Claus docela zivou
= sestTicku, heel"
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-14

= Moist soap on the end of a
screw will make it drive easier.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-14
jones w. McGregor.
E~scutuwpu Native.
Buried AT Wiggins

Funeral services were held for
James Wilbur McGregor at the
Methodist church in Virgins last
Monday.
Mr.. MeGregor was a native of
Escatawpa where he was born in
1876 and had worked in Hatties-
burg before moving to Virgins
in 1901 to make his home. He had
a store in East Virgins.
He was the son of the late An
drew McLain McGregors, long
time residents of Hattiesburg.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Inez McKinstry McGregor; two
daughters, two sons, a sister, Mrs.
Mary Golf of Escatawpa, a broth
er, r. l., McGregor, Mobile, and
five grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed by the Rev. Charles Duke, pas
tor of Virgins Methodist church.
Interment was in Woodland CENT
etery at Virgins. Stewards of the
Methodist church acted as pail
bearers.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-14
Greater Demand For Heavy Crude
Increases State Oil Severance Tax

still below the record high of a
year ago.
Heavy Crude Increases
Baskerville. Heidelberg, Yellow
Creek, Eueutta and other Missis-
sippi "heavy crude fields each
showed a nice increase in pro-
duction in the last month. Only
noticeable reductions we're in
Cranfield and Brookhaven fields,
both with high gravity crude.
where refinery demands are flex-
ible.
One notable feature of this
months report is that Adams and
Lincoln counties together ac-
counted for more than half of
the total tax; Adams, which has
five fields Carthage Point, Gran
field, Ellislie, LAGRANGE and Pine
Ridge reported S128.088 and
Lincoln with Brookhaven and
Mallalieu fields. $138,942. Rest OF
the tax came from the other Il
oil producing counties.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-14
News From GAUTIER
Janice Jones
Fetes Birthday
AT Merry Party

Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Jones hon
ored their daughter, Janice, or
her eighth birthday with a party
at the home of her grandmother
Mrs, J. H. Rouse, Saturday. Much
merriment was furnished by an
old fashioned cake that held a
ring, dime, button, baby and 9TH
er novelties. Games were played
and contests won by Imogene
Ross and Judy Roberts. Favors
were balloons and hats.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Jack Green and
son, Jack Ed, were business Wis
itors to New Orleans Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Houston Penton
are spending this week in New
Orleans.
j. H. Rouse met his wife IN
Gulfport Friday when she re-
turned from Grenada after spend
ing the past two weeks with her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Frazier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Cooley of
Ocean Springs visited Mr.. and
Mrs. M. A. Penton Sunday.
Mrs. Ellis Adams and young
son, Ellis, Jr., accompanied MI.
Adams to Morgan City. La, where
Mr.. Adams is employed.
Visit From Student
Miss Mary Elsie Peterson, a
student of Perkinston Junior col
lege, spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Peter
son.
Miss Marion Thomas, who is
employed in New Orleans, arrived
home Friday and accompanied
her mother, Mrs. Harold Thomas,
and family to Sellers where they
visited Mrs. Calvin Shaw and Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Stewart for the
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marby Penton,
Perkinston, spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Penton
and MI. and Mrs. M. H. Adams.
Jack Green, who is employed
in Venice, La, arrived home Sun
day night to spend the week with
his wife and son.
Mrs. H. b. Rollins and daugh-
ter, Joyce, spent Saturday IN
Biloxi.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-14
BY Mrs. Louis Under

Mrs. c. H Day entertained a
group of young people at her
home Saturday night. Games
were played after which guests
made candy and popped corn
Present were Irene Taylor, Eloise,
Shirley and Quinna Wise, Jesse
Cooper, Pat May, Dean and Paul
! inc Day, Zadock Lee, Buddy
Owens and Nora Wilkerson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnnie Baker,
Pascagoula, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
l. L. Kelly Sunday.
Mrs. Roy A. Martin visited her
mother, Mrs. Elsie Crane, in Es-
catawpa recently.
Ernest Nelson, son of Mrs. B.
j. Nelson, has been transferred
from Long Beach to San Fran
cisco. He is in the navy.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Buxton,
Mobile, visited his sister, Mrs. Lee
Hutchinson Monday. Mrs. Hutch
inson accompanied him home and
will visit her mother, Mrs. j. w.
Buxton, in Chicora before return
ing home.
Virgil Hutchinson spent the day
Sunday with Jerry Denny.
Vernon Hutchinson is sick and
Jim Burroughs remains in bed.
Homer Inabnet, Natchez, spent
the weekend with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs, Rudolph Inabnet.
To Mobile
Mrs. B. ]. Nelson and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Taylor, accompanied
by Fred Nelson and Burl Rouse,
went to Mobile Thursday. The
two latter remained in Mobile
where they are employed.
Mrs. B. J. Nelson, Mrs. Theo
Nelson and Mrs. John Cochran
visited Mrs. R. C. Wilson in Van
cleave Sunday.
Miss Louise Watkins, Pasca-
goula, spent Sunday with Miss
Eloise Under.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius E. Ladnier
visited briefly in the Louis Lin
der home Tuesday. They recently
moved to Gulfport.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. N. Durham
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
E. Stringfellow Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jules Under and
Mrs. James Wilson, Bayou la
Batre, visited Mrs. A. H. Linder
Sunday.
Mrs. Genevieve Tillman, Merid-
ian, visited here last week.
Charles Thompson, Birming-
visited his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. M. Thompson, for the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-10-14
BY Jack Hancock

Mississippi's oil severance tax
collections during September
were $500 greater than in Au-
gust, according to the report of
the state tax commission, running
$454,976 for September against
S44S. 349 the month previous.
While this increase was not inn
pressive, il reflected a reversal in
the downward trend which had
been apparent for several months.
due to reduced production and
lower oil prices.
September's collections. made
on August production, represent
ed the first increase in several
months. and the increase was gen.
eral in fields all over the state.
Average daily tax collections hit
$l4,676 as against $14,485 in July,
each month having 81 days-a
factor in figuring the months
averages.
Encouraging Feature
One especially encouraging fea-
ture ofAthe report was that the
low-gravity fields-which have
been hit by a reduction in both
price and demand-all showed
some increase in both production
and tax during the month.
Early last winter there was q
strong demand for heavy crude.
which produces a high percent
age of heavy oil such as is used
for heating purposes in the east
and midwest.
All available tankage was filled
with heavy oil, anticipating a
record demand during the winter,
When the weather turned warm,
and the area which uses most oil
for fuel experienced one of the
mildest winters in record, all
companies were left with tanks
OVERLOOKING with fuel oil, fol
which the summer demand is exe
tremely light.
Firms Doubly Hit
Many firms were doubly hit be-
cause when the record spring and
summer demand for gasoline de-
veloped from an auto-conscious
America, their storage tanks were
still filled with unwanted fuel
oil. As a consequence the price of
fuel oil slipped badly, reflected
in the well-side price for heavy
crude from which much of the
fuel oil is refined.
Now, apparently, the over sup
ply of fuel oil is leveling off and
with cold weather coming on, the
demand for heavy crude is again
picking up, although the price is