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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
|Graveside Services
For |. N. Williams

Graveside services for Leslie
Morris Williams, SO, who died
Friday, March 3, at his home in
Ell Reno Oklahoma, were held
Monday, March 6, at the Lexing-
ton Cemetery here at $3.50
p m, the Rev. c. T. Floyd, pas
tor, of the Methodist Church at
Lexington, officiating. Masonic
services were held at the First
Methodist Church in Ell Reno,
Sunday.
Mr.. Williams, formerly of Lex
ington, was the son of the late
Parham and Sally Williams, life
long resident of Holmes county.
He was graduate of Lexington
High School and after graduation,
entered the Chancery Clerks Of
flee serving two terms of office
as a deputy Of his father.
He leaves his wife Mrs. Ruby
WEIGH Williams, and the follow
ing brothers and sisters: j p.
Williams, Jackson; E. w. Will
liams, Belzoni; Mrs. r. E. Gran
berry, Meridian, and Mrs. c. A.
Glover, Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
Mobile Unit For TB
Control Visits Holmes

The mobile unit from the Tu-
berculosis Control upit, State
Board of Health, in Jackson, will
be in Holmes county beginning
Monday. March Is, according to
w II. Weeks, Holmes county
health officer.
The schedule for the various
communities are as follows:
Monday: Mileston; $50 till fin
ished, HOO till 1900 clinic:
Tchula; l:30-2:3O, 800 finish up-
town.
Tuesday IA: Cruger, at Matthias
Store, $3.50 till ll.00. school to
come to clinic. Richland: /: 80
till 400, clinic at school.
Wednesday Is; Lexington on
square, $3.50 till 1900, { schools
come to square) 100 till 200, St
Industrial School, 2:30 to inish.
Thursday Is: Durant, Clinic
$3.50 till 1900; School to come t.
clinic. West clinic, 200 till 4::3O
schools to come to clinic.
Friday II: Pickens, clinic, 9:Ot
till 1900, schools to come t.
clinic.)
Saturday Is: Lexington, health
department, 900 till HOO.
Those having appointments ar,
urged to haveX-rays made. TIL,
service is provided free of charg,
and anyone may have chest X
~ made.
Per acre for each acre in the cot
ton allotment.
In the delta area, $3.50 plus 20
per acre for each acre in the cot
ton allotment.
Payment based on this rat.
must be made at the time tn
request for measurement is filed
The farmer will be required t,
furnish two helpes and stake
that should be 80 inches long ,
X IL inch
THE premeasurement is purely
optional" says Mr.. Nichols, ''ane
is offered as service to grower.
who prefer to have an officia
measurement to use as a plant.
ing guide"
The chairman explains that all
cotton acreage in the county will
be measured as soon as possible
after the cotton s'comes up" te
determine compliance with the
acreage allotment marketing
quota program. When compliance
is checked, the farm will be con
sidered to be within the farm
acreage allotment if the crop is
planted within the premeasured
area
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
TOM
e Fl

man. Durant, Miss w. MCINTYRE:
Tchula, w. r. Huddleston; PICK
ems, w. S. Owen; West, Mrs. G.
B Cade; Cruger, Mrs F. C. Elem
ing and Henry Frank Fleming
Goodman, Mrs. Lille Perry,
Acona, K. F. Downer and Mrs
M. ]. Evans; Beulah, Paul Wal
drup; Liberty Chapel, Mrs. Dick.
ard; Bethesda, A. E. Ellington
Brozville, Mr.. Barrentine; Cen,
terville, Mrs. Wilburn Grace
Coxburg, Gus Spencer and OttH
Wallace; ,Eulogy, H. o. PettuK
Ebenezer, Mrs. Allen Murtagf
and Mrs. Burwell Humphrey, Jr,;
Emory, Andrew Smith; Franklin.
Howard Malone; Howard, John
H. Beall; Mileston, James E
Cunningham; Oregon, Mrs. Mar
shall Downer; Owens, Mrs. B. S
PARKINSON; Rich land, jon
Branch; Tohrnton, w. H. Rush
brooke. - --~
The goal set on this years drive
is $4,000. M
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
County All Club Rally
10 Be Held Saturday

The Holmes County All Club
Rally will be held at the Les-
ington Grammar School auditor
ium on Saturday, March 10, at g.
a. m.
Holmes County has a All Club
enrolment of SOB boys and .giTh
all of which will be invited to
participate in this County Rally.
School buses will run from all
the county schools for the occa-
sion. The County All Advisory
Committee and Adult All Lead
ers are invited TO attend. {.
A program of interest to every
one has been arranged by the
All Junior Council. A state AZ
leader will be present for the pro
gram and entertainment, consist
ing of free movie at the Center
Theatre, will be provided. Lunch
will be be served to all those pre-
sent.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
Conservation Notes
by A. p. Carroll

To those who believe that a
good pasture can not be built
on the poor soils of Holmes coun-
ty in one year should visit the
DR.. c. H. Ingram farm one mile
north west of Pickens and see
what he has done.
DR.. Ingram has practiced medi-
cine in and. around Pickens for
the past 80 years. He is loved
and respected by all people both
young and old who know him. He
is known as Doc. to them all and
@as he meets any one on the streets
or in the country they always
wave and say Hello Doc He US
ually finds time to stop and say
a few words to them, which
shows his appreciation for people.
Along with his love and appre-
citation for people he has another
great characteristic, great love
and appreciation of the soils. He
talks of soil becoming i'll and
needing treatment just the same
as people becoming i'll and need
ing treatment. DR.. Ingram states
that, our need to be teated with
medicine when they are sick,
while our soils need to be treated
with the proper minerals when
they are sick.
That is just what he has done
on this badly eroded sick soil. He
applied two tons of lime per acre
and 800 pounds of 20 per cent
phosphate in the fall of l948 and
disked it into the soil thoughly.
Then he planted ten pounds of re-
seeding crimson clover per acre
as soon as the ground was well
settled. He grazed it until April
], l949, then took the cattle off
and let it make a seed crop.
Last fall, which was in 1919,
he applied 200 pounds of As per
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
Concert Association
Sets Date For
Membership Drive

The Holmes County Concert
association has set thu latter part
of April as the date for their
annual membership drive.
Only one opportunity is given
each person by canvassers to join
and that is during the member
ship drive. Dues are $500 plus
tax for adults and 5000 plus tax
for children with minimum of
three concerts per year. Accord
ing to William z. Rozan of Hous-
ton, Texas, president of NUM-
cipal concerts of America, men,
bership cards are interchange
able in other cities where concerts
are being held All bookings by
the association are with noted
American or foreign born artists.
Officers for the past year were
Mrs. j G. Herbert, president;
Allie Povall, first vice-president;
Wilburn Hooker, second vice.
president; Mrs. David Miles, third
vice-president; Mrs. r. M. Gwin,
secretary; Mrs. T. A Lail, pub
licity chairman, Chatwin M Jack
son, Jr., treasurer, and Mrs. Ray
ford Watson, get-together chair
man.
The following list of team cap
tains will be in charge of this
years drive and anyone wishing
to volunteer their services, re-
new their membership, or
secure new membership should
get in touch with any of the fol-
lowing:
Lexington: Mrs. Rayford Wat
son, Mrs. w. D. Wilson, Miss
Myrtle Jordan, Miss Clara Wat
son, Mrs. David Miles, Mrs. Her.
man Flowers, Mrs E. w. Hooker,
Mrs. ]. B. Walton, w. H. Scott,
Mrs. Doty Porter, Mrs R P. Ellis,
Mrs L P. johnson, Mrs Max
Scobey, and Mrs. Edgar Lumpkin.
Durant: Miss Winifred McInI-
tyre. Tchula: Mrs. HenryWaterer
and Mrs. Sam Hutton. Acona:
Ms. j D Williams. Goodman: Mr..
and Mrs. Stanley F. Allen. Ebe-
nezer: Mrs. Matthews.
Contracts have been made for
artists for the coming year and
the artists names will be listed
later.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
food and service excellent, and
everything was done on shedule.

food and service excellent, and
everything was done on shedule.
But at Keeling where the
China Travel Service had charge
of arrangements, the representa-
tlves Of the travel service did not
show up until around 1890, al
though we had locked at 7:45
that morning. Finally the tour
lists got off just before lunch and
with typical American impati-
ence.
Foremost of the sights offered
by the group was the one-day
tour of the ancient city of Tai
peh where stands the statue of
General Chang in honor of his
effort to restore Fomosa and the
Pescadore Islands back to China
during the l943 conference held
at Cairo. These islands had been
out of the Chinese fold since 1895
at the conclusion of the Sino-
Japanese war and were only re-
turned TO China in l945 at the
end of World War ii.
Whether the Chinese or the
Japanese are ruling Formosa does
not seem TO make any substantial
difference in the lot of the vast
majority of the people there.
They are miserably poor and the
march of progress seems not to
have touched their world at all.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
Library Notes

The Holmes County Library at
Durant offers to help you forget
your troubles, all selections this
week are light and entertaining.
Raising A Riot" by Alfred
Toomb's is really a riot of fun,
n man at his worst learning to
be mother" and housekeeper.
And whole group of mysteries
including BLACK Orchids" by Rex
Stout, 'The Interloper" by Phil
lips Oppenheimer, "The Devils
Paw" by Phillips Oppenheimer,
'The Mystery of the Folded
Paper" by Hubert Footner, THE
Wild Bird" by Hubert Footner,
and three by Sax Rohmer 'The
Day The World Ended" THE
Golden Scorpion and 1.-THE EN-
peror of America"
The sn. lller readers will surely
enjoy two new bedtime stories
by Burgess, THE Adventures of
Jimmy Skunk" and "The Adven-
lures of Reddy Fox"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
Officers And Directors
Appointed To Serve
CattIemen Assn

D. c. Lundy was elected presi-
dent, r. M. Branch, vice presi-
dent, H. T. Parish, secretary and
M. M. Mcclellan, treasurer, at the
organizational meeting of the
Holmes County Cattlemen Asso-
citation. called by w. r. Sullivan,
county agent, at the Lexington
City Hall, Friday evening, March
8. The purpose of the meeting
was to organize cattle producers
OF the county in an effort to stop
cattle rustling now being practic-
ed in the county.
A board of directors consisting
of B. H. Maxwell, K. F. Downer,
Luke Ellison, and Frank Eakin
was appointed. In addition to the
board of directors, community
leaders were appointed in the
various communities of the coun-
ty.
Future meetings will be called
to discuss plans for stopping cat
tie rustling in Holmes county.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
CastaIian Springs Will
Open Camp June 5

Camp Castalian Springs, under
the AUSPICES of the State YMCA
Of Mississippi, will begin reg
istration of the first period for
older boys l3 to II years of age
on June 5; the girls camp for
girls 8 to ID years of age viii be-
gin June 10, and close July 3;
the younger boys period will be-
gin July 5, and close July IA.
The fundamental detectives of
Camp Castalian Springs is the
development of character and in
spring the boys and girls 10 tram
for service. A program of pys-
ical, educatioal, social and relig-
ious activities is promoted. keep
ing the campers fully occupied
with work, rest and play
College and High School boys
will provide the leadership this
year for the Boys Camp, and Mrs,
Lambright, girls camp director,
will have associated with her a
group of young ladies form col
legs and High Schools, each hav-
ing her own specific duties for
which she is best suited
A skillfully balanced daily menu
prepared under sanitary condi-
tons by professional cooks is pro-
vided, and a deep well provies
excellent water Athletics of all
kinds and other activities are fea-
tured.
The camp is located 2 ID miles
west of Durant on a wooded hill
covered by oaks and pines, 1t
is situated almost in the cente,
of the state which reduces trans
portation costs to a minimum.
Parents are urged to help their
children to answer the call of
the great outdoors"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
1850 Cancer Drive In
Holmes Opens April |

The cancer drive for 1850 opens
in Holmes county April l, ac-
cording to o. A. Cleveland,
Holmes county chairman.
Chairmen for the various COM
munities are as follows: Mrs. Bill
Brock, West; Miss Georgia Nc
lntyre, Durant; Mrs. H. w. Nc
Cormick. Goodman; Mrs. c. M.
Bryan, Pickens; Mrs. Robert B.
Garrard. Thornton; B. and P. w.
Club. Tchula; Mrs w. P. Waldrup,
Beulah Road; Mrs. ] Barnett,
Coxburg; Mrs Henry Fleming,
Cruger. and Mrs. Allan Ramsey,
Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
Durant Baptist Church
10 Hold Youth Revival

A youth revival will be held at
the Durant Baptist church March
II, 3D.. and l9. Services will be
conducted by the Rev. Newell
Massey. music director, and will
be held Friday, Saturday and
Sunday night at 7:30; Saturday
morning at 1000 a. m. and
Sunday morning at HOO a. m.
Miss Carroll Freeman of Mis-
sissippi College, Clinton, will sing,
organist will be Miss Jean Dale
Walden and Miss June Richard
son will be at the piano.
All the young people in Holmes
county are given special invita-
ton to attend these services.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
Premeasurement For
Cotton Made By PIMA

Eolmes county cotton growers
can arrange for official measure
ment of their 1850 farm cotton
acreage allotments prior to plant
ing time, the County Production
and Marketing Administration
Committee announced this week.
To get the premeasurement SER
vice, which is being provided on
a cost basis, cotton farmer must
file a written request with the
county PIMA Office prior to March
70. 1850 says H. l.. Nichols, COM
mittee chairman. The rate to be
charged for the service in Holmes
i county has been established as
follows:
In the hill area. 80 51 nluS 15c
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
Dedication Services
To Be Held Morch II

Church services for the Ebene-
ger charge of the Methodist
church for Sunday. March IL are
announced as follows:
Ebenezer church, services at
1000 a. m; the Rev. Crawford
Raw. officiating.
Hebron Church. services at
HOO a. m; The Rev. Jack VIII
liams in charge.
Coxburg Church, services to be
held at HOO a. M; the Rev
Crawford Ray to preach.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
Mary Nell Weeks
Buried March &

Funeral services for Mary NeE
Weeks. age three of West, who
died March 4, after one days
illness, were held at the Mt. Plea
SAINT Baptist Church, Monday af-
ternoon, March 6, at 800 p. m.
The Rev. A. H. Miller of Meri-
dian, pastor of the Mt. Pleasant
Church officiated, assisted by the
Rev. Curtis Ellis.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs Marion Weeks, West; l
brother, Marion Thomas, also OF
West, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan
Weeks, grandparents, West; Mrs.
Bud Mcclellan, grandmother, six
aunts and four uncles.
Burial was in Mt Pleasant
cemetery.
Southern Funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
State municipalities
Want More Revenues

Mississippi business men are
becoming increasingly aware Of
the financial crisis facing the
States 203 Incorporated munich
palities, said Mayor r. E. NC
Neer this week.
In proof Of this fact Mayor Nc
Neer today cited resolution Just
passed by the Board Of Directors
Of the Jackson Chamber of Com
merce urging the Mississippi
Legislature to study carefully
the needs of municipalities and
share with them some of the re-
venue the state is collecting.
Mayor McNeer said the resolu-
ton of the Jackson civic body,
representing approximately 1000
firms and individuals, went on to
give the following facts:
1.-THE growth and expansion of
Mississippi municipalities have
thrown increasing demands upon
them for both new and expand
ed muicipal services embracing
schools, new streets, parks, paw
ing, sewage, water works, addi-
tional police and fire protection
and other civic needs.
Population in towns and cities
| above 1000 population has more
than doubled in Mississippi dur
ing the past 10 years, creating a
financial problem in all cities in
order to meet their local needs
while tax revenues of the
state have vastly increased those
of the municipalities have gene
rally increased very little.
at is found that approximate
~ one-half of all municipal reve-
nue. is obtained from advalorem
taxes"
Mayor McNeer pointed out that
similar groups, such as the Missis-
sippi Press Association and the
Mississippi Economic Council
have also endorsed the impera-
tive need of the towns and cities.
The press group represents 20
daily newspapers and l39 week
lies and the MEG include in its
membership several thousand
business and professional men.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
Final Concert OF
Season To Be Given
Tuesday, April Il

Ferdell Lack, noted concert vio-
linist will appear in Lexington
Tuesday, April II, for the third
and final concert of the season.
Miss Lack will perform on a
celebrated Stradivarius, made in
1929. She is twenty-five years
old and has been widely acclaim
ed by critics in many countries.
Miss Lacks program will be
printed at later date
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09

cent phosphate and 200 pounds
of so per cent potash per acre.
He then planted 20 pounds Of
wild winter peas per acre. He
has a good stand Of crimson clo-
yer which came back voluntarily
and a fair stand Of the peas.
Over seven acres of bottom land
he planted IL pounds Of KY 81
fescue grass and three pounds OF
ladino clover per acre.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
Thousands In Property Damage Sustained By
Property Owners In Hail Storm, tuesday
Roofs. Windows.
Autos. Signs Hit Hard
BY Egg Size Hail

hallstOne6, the approximate
size Of golf balls, and 81 inches
Of rainfall during a sever storm
between 6:l5 and 6:45 Tuesday
evening. March z, in the Lexing.
ton area caused damage to auto
mobiles, windows and roofs that
will total thousands of dollars
when costs of the damages are
tabulated.
Heavy rains and hail accompa.
MED by high winds from the west
pounded the glass from windows
on the west side of virtually every
dwelling and bushes establish.
ment in, the area. Roofs were
damaged and water soaked inter-
ior of buildings in the residential
and bushes areas. Neon signs
were smashed, awnings were rip.
ped, automobiles were battered
and windshields and window
glasses broken.
The Durant area Jared some
what better suffering only heavy
winds, small hailstones an d
drenching rains beginning at z pm.
ad 8 pm. The telephone line to
Kosciusko was knocked out when
a falling limb snapped the wire.
Tightening caused several tele-
phone cable fueses to blow out
causing disruption Of short dura-
ton in telephone service. Elec-
trio power service was virtually
-, uninterrupted, and no appreci-
able damage to public or private
property was reported
Telephone and electric power
service in Lexington was dis
rrupted leaving ~ telephones and
one long distance line to Jackson
out of4order. Several power trans
! formers on Cemetery road had to
be replaced. Lights went out in
several sectors of Lexington
shortly after 900 pm, and were
out all night on Cemetery road
School Closes
The grammar school closed
Wednesday because of heavy
window breakage on the west side
of the building, according to w.
B. Dribben, superintendent OF
schools. The high school will re-
main open, he said, because the
west end of the building could
be sealed off to conserve heat in
the remainder of the building.
This was impossible at the gram
mar school, he said.
w. H. Sullivan, county agent
stated that according to his meas
urements, 81 inches Of rain fell
between 900 pm. Tuesday and
600 am "Wednesday Most of the
rain, however, fell during the a.
hour period beginning at els pm
Tuesday.
Traffic on highways and streets
was at standstill during the
height Of the storm and at least
one automobile ran into a ditch
The total damage, according to
Wilburn Hooker, of the Hooker
Insurance agency will run into the
thousands. He stated that the
greatest amount Of damage was
done to windows and roofs and
that il will take several days to
know the total cost of the dam
age.
No one was reported injured
in the storm.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
County Baptist Ass n
To Meet March II

The Holmes county Baptist AS
ISOLATION executive committee
will meet Friday night, March II
at 80 pm. at the First Baptist
church in Lexington, according
to the Rev. c. M. Day, moderator.
All members are urged TO be pres
ent.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
Red Cross Workers
10 Serve County
Named By Chairman
All Moy Help"
Is 1850 Slogan

George S. Patterson, Counr
Fund Chairman, at an organic
ton meeting held March 2, an
nounced the following chairma
for the several communities ae
the 1850 Red Cross Fund Cam
paign:
Lexington: David William
Chairman, Eddie Heath Co-Chai>
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09
RedlGross Drive Opens, Quota $4,000
Change Noted In Droft
Boord Office Hours

The Local Draft Board, located
over Bealls Drug Store is now
open on Mondays and Saturdays
instead Of on Tuesdays and Wed
nesdays, according to Necie Po-
vail.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-03-09

In the hill area So 50 nln,
Evening star., 1950-03-05
Bristol. Myers cinic.proven RESISTAB is the
antihistanine formula reported in Readers Digest'

much as 48 hours, REsIsTAB may give you
some relief, but at this late stage neither it
nor any other antihistamine can completely
stop your cold.
So have REsIsTAB handy at all times
at home, at work, in your pocket or purse.
Start taking it the minute you feel cold
coming on-or have been exposed to some
one else's cold That's when REsIsTAB can
best help you to resist cold!
REsIsTAB is absolutely safe when used
as recommended-evenf for children. Your
druggist can sell it to you without pre-
scription See him-ask for clinic-proven
REsIsTAB today!
Evening star., 1950-03-05

You've probably read about, heard about
the remarkable antihistamine tests pub
lished in December's Readers Digest!
For antihistamines are now big news for all
who suffer from colds.
But one all-important fact you may not
know is this:
The idsnseoi formula used in these clinical
nests ~as the ReslsTAs formvIo. Yes, the ResisIAs
formula.
And here is what these clinical tests have
proven: When taken at the first sign of
cold, Bristol-Myers effective new antihista-
mine, REs1sTAB. kills colds in an Average
of one day.
Even when trootmsnt wos started on the
second doy. REslsTAs was found 10 stop colds
within one TO three doys.
But frankly. to get the greatest benefits
from REs1sTAB, you must start taking it
at once. After your cold has progressed as
Laurel outlook., 1950-12-06
Montana Power Pays
$24,589.62 For Taxes
First Installment

Checks totaling $1,O43,257.6e
have been mailed out by the Mon
tana Power company to county
~treasurers of the 40 Montana coun-
ties in which the company oper-
ates, as first-half payments Of the
1850 physical property tax of the
company, according to R. E. Gran
gle, head of the utility's tax de-
partment.
Second-half payments will be
made next May, bringing to APP
proximately $2,100,000 the COM
pany's total property tax payment
for 1850. The total tax bill, the
Montana Power company pays
to federal and local governments
will reach approximately seven and
one-half million dollars, compared
with a 1949 bill of over six million
dollars.
The company's first-half pay
ment to Yellowstone county
amounted to $24,589.62.
Laurel outlook., 1950-12-06
Heavyweights

Heavyweights
The average weight of 3,425, 252
hogs received by Chicago's union
stock yard in 1949 was 26O pounds.