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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
Lexington CT. Co.
Gets Charfer|on.

The formation ofnew corp
Grafton, the Lexing Construc-
ton Company, Ir was an
nounced Thursday B. E. Thur
mond, one Of the dirors.
The new corporat is con-
solidation of the coacting de-
partment of the nsey- Thur
mond company (hayare-furni-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in
Lexington, and thLexington
Concrete Products npany.
Officers of the colration are
Wilburn Hooker, prdent, j. M.
Hoff, vice presidential Wayne
Floyd, secretary ar treasurer.
Directors rae w. E. Trnond, w.
"A. Ramsey, and Wilrn Hook
er.
The purpose of the n corpora
ton, according to astatement
made by Mr.. Thurnd, is to
serve the public bett by doing
complete jobs. Thdexington
Concrete Products G and the
contracting departmei of RAM
sey-Thurmond comnly had
formerly worked in ose harm
ony, each doing part the job
Ramsey Thurmond copany usu.
ally sub-contracting fG the heat.
ing, plumbing and elecical work
Inc new company rlocated al
3o4 Yazoo street in Lexington
and complete lines oiplumbing
heating and electrical hxtures are
on display. The compny is com
pletely equipped to serve tn,
public in general Extracting
concrete blocks, paving, plumbin,
electrical work and heating.
The company is now engaged il
several contracting jobs includ
ing plumbing and heating worI
on the Delta State Science build
ing at Cleveland, plumbing, heat
ing and electrical work on tn
Rosecale jail, electrical work a
the new hospital in Durant
plum -ng and heating work a
St. Clara Convent at Yazoo Cit,
plumbing and heating at Ami
Ellis Elementary school at Yazo
City and many heating jobs a
Charleston where natural gas wa
recently made available.
The operation Of the corpora
ton does not affect the bushes
now carried on by Ramsey Thur
mony company in any way, sait
Mr.. Thurmond.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05

newspapers of all 48 states, Ha-
wall, and Canada for the year
1850.
Our advertising in local news
papers is the back bone of all
jolly Time sales promotion" Mr.
Smith said. Year after year
sales surveys show that in cities
where jolly Time pop corn is
continually advertised, it is also
first in sales. We ask for no bet
ter proof of the power of news
paper advertising than what is
shown in our sales records"
This season, newspaper adver.
Using for Jolly Time pop corr
will be the largest in history. Thi.
represents the largest advertising
program scheduled for any pack.
aged pop corn for home popping
purposes.
'We have increased our news
paper advertising each year,
continued Mr.. Smith, land each
year our sales have shown a cor
responding increase. We are Sc
firmly convinced of the effective
mes of newspaper advertising tha
there is much we would do with
out before we would consider
dropping our valuable newspaper
advertising"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
J.W. Walls Injured In
Truck Accident, Wed.

j. w. Walls, prominent contrac-
tor of Lexington, was seriously
injured between 1000 and HOO
am. Wednesday when his pickup
truck, in which he was returning
to Lexington from Tchula, over
turned about S miles out.
The truck ran off on the right
side of the road and rolled down
2 steep embankment, overturn-
ing several times and throwing
Mr.. Walls clear.
A Southern Undertaking As
ss,csetiofa ambulance took the. in.
jured man to the Community hos
pital in Lexington. Mr.. Walls
was unconscious when the am
bulance arrived, and had not re-
gained consciousness at 1000 the
following day.
The cause of the accident is as
yet undetermined.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
Interim District
Attorney Appointed

William H. Barbour, of Yazoo
City, has been appointed as in
te"'n' district attornev by Gov.
Wright to fill the post held by M.
M. MCGOWAN of Jackson, who was
elevaed to circuit judge by guber-
material appointment.
Mr.. MCGOWAN will fill the po-
sition vacated by the death of
Judge Hugh Gillespie, which runs
to January !. 1851.
Mr.. Barbour, in accepting the
appointment, stated that he will
not be a candidate in the election
for district attorney, which will be
held on February IA, 1850.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
Dennis Wayne English
Buried At Durant

Funeral services for Dennis
Wayne English, Durant, age seven
days, who died at the Baptist hos
pital in Memphis at 400 am. jan
uary 2, were held at 1890 am,
January 3, at the home of the
child's parents in Durant. The
Rev. T. A. Filgo, pastor of the
First Methodist churchin Durant
officiated and burial was in Miz-
pah cemetery.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Emmett English of Du-
rant, Mrs. r. M. johnson of Lex
ington, grandmother, and Mr.. and
Mrs. /. H. English of Durant, pa
ternal grandparents.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
William Girls Smith
Passes AT TthuIa

Funeral services for William
Girls Smith, 81, Tchula, who died
at 800 am. Saturday, December
81 at his home, were held at his
home Sunday, January |. The
Rev. J. v. Stewart, pastor of the
First Methodist church at Tchula
officiated and burial was in Odd
Fellows cemetery.
Mr.. Smith was born in Lincoln
county April 6, 1892. He was a
member of the Baptist church, the
American Legion and was a re-
tired telegraph operator.
Surviving are his wife, Their
esa Ann Foose Smith; one daugh-
ter, Ann Louise Smith; one son,
William Cooper Smith; three
brothers. Willard Smith, Brook
haven; Fred Smith, Jackson; and
Walter Smith, Bogue Chito; five
sisters, Mrs. Luther Bowman,
Beaumont, Texas; Mrs. Will
Summers, Bogue Chitto; Mrs.
John Hickman, Brookhaven; Mrs.
Nettie Hart, and Mrs. Pink Bow
man, Bogue Chitto.
Pallbearers were his nephews,
Dan Edward Foose, Carl c. Booth,
Jr., John Hickman, Jr., Houston
Hickman, d. Alfred Smith, Culloh
Smith, Pearl Summers and Rob-
ert Hart.
Strickland Funeral home in va
zoo City was in charge of ar
rangements.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
Mississippi's Liquor
Consumption Listed At
S22, 600, 900 In 1949

Legally dry" Mississippians
consumed approximately $22,000,-
600 of bottled pirits during 1949,
it was estimated this week follow
ing report by Mrs. Thomas L.
Bailey, state tax collector.
Mrs. Bailey reported total col
lections for the past year OF ST.
l69,231. This, in itself, represents
sales totalling more than SILL
100000. In addition, about one
half the bootleg liquor sold in the
state does not bear the 10 per
cent "black market" tax.
In 1948, total collections on Ii
quor was 1872, 1893.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
luthom Takes Office As
Lions Sponsor Bond

l.. c. Latham of Vicksburg has
been named chairman Of the Mis-
sissippi Lions All State Band
committee Lion Latham is gem
eral manager of an oil company
operating in Mississippi, Louis
lana, Arkansas and Texas; i'm
mediate past president of the
Vicksburk Lions club; and a
member of the board of directors
of the Vicksburg Chamber of
Commerce.
Other members of the commit
tee are Ed Atkins of Corinth
Harry Clark of Gulfport, r. l.. Os-
born of Belzoni, c. Y. Katzeme-
yer, Jr., of Port Gibson and Sid
ney Stallngs, Jr., of Greenville.
This committee will formulate,
supervise and administer with and
through the various Lions clubs
through the state of Mississippi.
policies and plans for the purpose
of raising funds to finance an SO
piece band, to and from the Lions
international convention that will
be held in Chicago, Illinois. dur
hing the month of July, 1850.
The four district governors of
Lions clubs in Mississippi-H. {
DeCell, Vicksburg, governor dis
trlct BOB; Howard Cameron. Me
rldian, governor district BOD; DR..
Toxey Hall, Belzoni, governor dis
trlct 30-C: Rev. John McCay,
Senatobia, governor district BOA
have asked and secured the. CO.
operation of the state band direct
ors who have named a committee
for the purpose of selecting mem
bers of the band.
The band will be selected bv
the committee composed of Missis-
sippi band directors, namely
chairman Roy Martin of Green
wood High school, E. A. Cornell
ius OF Columbus High school, Miss
Grace Kelly of the Itta Bena High
school, Miss Mary Sheppard of
Winona and Milton Barbee of
Drew, from members of high
school bands throughout Missis-
sippi.
Try-outs will be held and men,
bers selected before the end of
March, 1880 One week before the
International convention, the
band members selected will be
assembled at one of the states
major colleges for the purpose of
drilling and practice. :
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
The Secret
Of Progress

The incredible development of
the oil industry is well known.
The first well was drilled only
80 years ago today we have
$4,000 wells producing about
100000 barrels of petroleum a
day.
We think of oil in terms of
wells and refineries and machines.
But, as an article in The Lamp, a
publication of Standard Oil of
New Jersey, said, 'The i0oportant
Iecter has not been the o44 t the
men who worked with it. The
men started with smelly, dirty
looking substance and out of it
built magnificent structure of
useful things. In the process they
built an industry with an invest
ment of more than $40, 900, O00, 900
and jobs for nearly 100000 peo-
pie. They helped create at least
100000 little businesses. Their
activities created an income from
leases and royalties of more than
$750,000,000 year for farmers,
educational institutions, landhold-
ers and state governments. Their
activities also resulted in annual
revenue to Federal, state and To-
cal governments of more than
$1,000, 100000 yearly"
The machines are important
but the human factor is infinitely
more so. Oils contribution to the
nation was made possible because
men had vision and were willing
to take long chances for the re-
wards of success. Some failed,
some suceesed Back of every step
taken by this or any other enter
prise are human brains and hui
man hands and human ambition.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
Potients At The Hosp;tol

Mrs. A. G. Weathersby, Lexington
Miss Margaret Brumby, Goodman
Mrs. w. L. Taylor and baby,
Goodman
Mrs. Willie r. Dickard, Eden
Mrs. Sara Mcbride, Durant
j. w. Walls, Lexington
Miss Sue Cade, West
Tom Wigley, Sails
Cc1ored
Jesse Mae Fucker, Black Hawk
Pecola Henderson, Pickens
Andrew Henderson, Tchula
Melvin Roby, Lexington
Ollie Lee Wright, Cruger
Henrene Jones, Pickens
Virginia Clark, Tchula
Lige Brown, Durant
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
1!Illllllgl,,1l,k,
II NV ; !! Y! IS! s! )!
~ leua7u call Ana

Inc new year will bring us to
tne halfway mark of this CEN
fury. It might be well as we make
our wishes to think upon how this
world has moved since 1900 -
both forward and backwards. We
have made great strides toward
human improvement - and hu-
man destruction and / am
afraid that we need to take dras-
tic steps to attain that still-to-be-
reached objective, a Happy New
Year.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
Highway Office Opened
At Yuzoo City, Jan. 1st

On January l, the Missihsippi
State Highway department acti-
waited a permanent construction
and maintenance office at Yazoc
City. 1t wiiserve all'counties OF
the central district west of High
way 81, comprising District 3.
w. E. Holmes will be in charge
with headquarters in Yazoo City
The Central District will there
fore have equal district offices,
the other being at Newton.
The CENTRAL district is under
the immediate direction Of Mr.
Sidney 7. Roebuck, chairman Of
the State Highway department.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
Service Application
For Southern Bell
Reach $4,000 Total

For the fourth consecutive post
war year, telephone growth and
demand in Mississippi during l94s
continued at an amazing pace
which spotlighted the states part
in the rapidly developing new
Southland the telephones con-
tribution to that progress.
In the homes and business Of
fees of Mississippi, the Southern
Bell Telephone company added
i1,OOO telephones during the year.
bringing to over 202,OO0 the total
IN service at the end. The
company in four years since
January l, 1916, has added 87,7O0
telephones in Mississippi, or
three-fourths as many as were in
service four years ago.
That's nearly five times the
gain in the four prewar years
l936-1939. Likewise, the COM
pany expenditures for construc-
ton of new facilities in Missis.
slppi, reaching four-year total
of nearly $38,00O,00 by the end
of l949, have been several times
the l936-l939 prewar period.
Amazing as is this record OF
Set New Records
performance, the scope of de-
mands for new service which
Mississippi has made on Southern
Bell are even more striking. APP
proximately $4,000 people have
applied for telephone service in
MISSISSIPPI since the war, it was
disclosed. "At the end of 1949.
only $4,000 of the $4,000 were
still waiting for SERVICE" State
Manager T. E. Harris revealed.
Applications continued heavy
right on up to the end of l949,
Mr.. Harris disclosed in fact, in
l949 were only slightly below
1913, which was the all time high.
Our experience is striking
evidence of the economic, agri-
cultural and industrial growth
that has taken place and is still
occurring throughout Mississippi.
These facts prove that the needs
and the requests for telephone
service that have been expressed
to us 60 much deeper than the
backlog of war. If the telephone
demand that we have experienced
during these four years had been
nothing more than backed-up ap-
plicationS from the war, we would
have caught up with all service
orders two or three years ago" y
Record for Rurul Tslephones
More than 5000 rural tele-
phones were added to the aproxi-
mately $4,000 in service in Mis-
sissippi as l949 started. In four
years, Southern Bell has. in
creased the number of telephones
in farm areas from 10000 at the
beginning of 1916 to $4,000 as
l949 closed. This means that in
AZ months the number has been
nearly tripled.
Progress Continuing Into 1850
Fifth Posfwur Year
With demands for the service
continuing SO heavy, Southern
Bell goes into 1850 with a con-
tinuation of the service improve
ment and expansion activities al
ready well under way in Mis-
sissippi. New capital, added to
the large sums already spent,
must be attracted to the business
and put to work to help finish
the job of bringing the public
added convenience and useful
ness from the telephone, Mr.
Harris stated.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
Re-Appointed To
Farm Credit Bourd

Mr.. ALI Stone. chairman of the
State Tax commission, was re.
Gently re-appointed to another g.
year term on the Farm Credit
board for the fifth district.
Mr.. Stone has served on the
board for "a consecutive years
The appointment was made by I
w. Duggan, governor of the farm
credit administration in Washing
ton, D. c.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
BeuIoh Boptist Church

The Rev. Merren Lee, D'Lo, will
preach at a special service at
Beulah Baptist church Sunday,
January 8 at 800 pm.
Sunday school services will be
held at 1000 am, and all church
members and the public and their
families are cordially invited to
attend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
by Joyce Willioms

Even if farm income is lowe,
in 1850 than it has been, il is like,
ly that farm family spending will
not be cut in the same proper.
ton.
Consumer prices have declined
somewhat since the September
l948 high and may continue to
drift downward. In addition,
many articles that have been
scarce on the market are now
cheaper and in good supply.
Housing Maferiul
All building materials in Mis-
sissippi for 1850 will likely be
In good supply. Items as gal
vanized steel. wire, wire nails
and cast iron soil pipe have in
creased slightly in price due to
the strike, but 1850 prices will
likely not rise above present
prices. Lumber prices will be
about the same as for the past
three month Of l949.
Continued increase in homes
with electricity is predicted for
1850. Mississippi now has between
70 to rs per cent of the rural
homes with electricity.
House Furnishings
Most house furnishings have
gone from a buyer market to a
sellers market. Housewives are
wanting more in a refrigerator
than is found in standard model.
Larger deluxe models are in de
mand.
Supplies of household linens
are low as compared to l948 due
to the fear of being caught over
stocked in case of a crash. The |
quality of supplies is better.
Clothing And Textiles
The price trend in textiles de-
ponds on what happens to the !
general economic situation. If
times are good" people will |
have money with which to buy !
and prices probably will not
change much.
The general feeling in the APP
parel trade is that prices as a
whole will be lower in the spring.
although not all apparel and
household textile articles will
show declines.
The consumer should plan to
buy cautiously, the family plan
a clothing budget and abide by
it, and where practical, do the
family sewing at home. Accord
ing to a survey made in l948,
AZ per cent of those interviewed
sew at home.
Food
From the overall supply pic
ture, supplies of meat and fish,
dairy products and eggs, are ex-
pected to be greater in 1919. AL
though the retail price Of milk
may average slightly less, the
larger total supply is not expect
ed to result in more fresh milk
on Mississippi family tables.
Consumption of fresh vegetables
is expected to be about the same
as in l949.
Plentiful supplies of food, how
ever, do not mean that the Mis-
sisSippi housewife will or can buy
them or that their prices will be
low.
With a decrease in family in
come the food budget is usually !
the first to be cut. Therefore if
Mississippi families are TO be ade-
quately nourished, more stress
must be given to home product |
ton and conservation of food |
with a minimum of waste.
Waste includes overheating.
over-filledgarbage pals, losses in
flavor, minerals and vitarnins
from poor cooking and spoilage |
due to the way food is handled. !
For better nutrition, all income
Continued, on Page Four
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05

the world by
Howard c. Smith
president of the
American P p
Corn company.
HE announced an
extension of the
|company's adver-
Using in tn e
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
Census Office Nomed

Representative viii M. Whit
tington announced today that Mr..
Porter w. Peteet of Greenwood
had been appointed district super
visor of the census, and James
Willard Pierce as assistant super
visor of the census, with offices
at Greenwood, for the district en-
bracing Leflore, Sunflower, Wash
ingtn, Holmes, Humphreys, Shar-
key and Issaquena counties. :.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
Ok Grove Church

Services will be held at the
Oak Grove Baptist church Sun
day night, January 8, at TOO p.
m. The Rev. Morrell Lee will
preach. The public is cordially
invited.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05
Newspaper Ads Main
Fuctor In Success"
Claims Manufacturer

Newspaper advertising was Civ
en- the major portion of the credit
IN making jolly Time Pop Corn
the most preferred pop corn in
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05

Edward Rhyme returned to
Kingsville, Texas, Wednesday af-
ter spending Christmas with his
parents, MIR. and Mrs. M. E.
RHYME.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05

Mr.. and Mrs. I've Daniels OF
Houston, Texas, left for their
home Tuesday after spending
the holidays with his sisters. Mrs
Matte Mcdonald and Miss DaisI
May Daniel.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05

More for the experience than for
the purpose of buying anything,
took a trip through the great de-
partment stores, Mays and Gin
bells. Naturally the toy depart
ments were the center of attrac-
ton. and / must say these lengthy
labyrinths fill one. with feeling
of dismay at never being able to
get through 1t all. Toys from
huge imitation elephants to tiny
rubber dolls are arranged in q
way that resembles q cluttered
circus. Music on one side vies
with the dulcet tonee.sof Santa
Claus and hilarious rats on the
other, and everywhere IRE peo-
pie, big and little handling 'his,
buying that, playing with the
toys and talking to each other. It's
the nursery for eight million kids
who make up this big village.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05

Joe Smith says that if capital
and labor don't call halt to the
initiation spiral of higher prices
VS. more wages, the middle man
upon whom both groups depend is
liable just to sit down, tend to
his own business and wait for the
two groups to knock each other
out when they collide head-on
around that not-too-distant cor
ner of saturation.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05

Quotations from two eminent
men: DR.. Vannevar Bush, atomic
energy expert, warning that the
trend toward government-bac
security is greater threat to the
nation than Russia: People vot-
ing themselves into Eden sup
porting everyone by soaking a
fast-disappearing rich will not
measure up to a competition with
a tough dictatorship" Carlos P.
Romulo, president of the United
Nations general assembly: Lake
Success is. AS YOU know, neither
q lake nor, so far, a success. But
we are working very hard"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05

understand that lot of young
couples are purposely planning
their marriages for December 81
or Whereabouts Ito say nothing of
the celebrated Of New York's ma
yor who just got hitched to mo-
del about half his age and there
by caused even more speculation
about the prospects for his heal
thy. Main reason, it seems, for
the scheduling of these numerous
nuptials for this late in the year
is the fact that no matter if the
COUP ~ ~a'ried just one min
ute ght of years end,
they eligible to file
joint. .aA returns for l949
and thus gain the financial bene-
fits Of this arrangement.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05

had been wondering for some
time why New York didn't avail
itself Of the Hudson river and end
the shortage which is the talk of
this town right now. Such cities
as Chattanooga, Tennessee, have
used river water for years, and by
properly purifying it, have been
assured of a never-ending supply
of good water. So l got in touch
with the city water department
and asked why Gotham didn't get
hep, etc. A friendly official adj
mitted that such plan had been
is salty for about Is miles up the
considered but since the Hudson
river, it had been considered too
expensive to try to change this
into drinking water which would
require repeated processing and
chlorinating. l was beginning to
think that this was the answer
until suddenly the city manage
ment and Governor Dewey an
nounced at almost the same time
that they were planning to utilize
the Hudson's water by connect
ing a pipeline up above the salty
portion.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-05

Gordon Rowland who buys
toys to send overseas for the chill
dren of the air forces perhonnel
stationed abroad told me that re-
gardlesh of the fact that the dads
Of these yeuassers fly planes, ~the
favorite toy is still the railroad
train. In fact, said Rowland, the
demand for toy trains exceeds
that for airplanes about Is to /.
All of which goes to show that we
still live somewhat in the past as
far as our childhood fancies are
concerned, and there is nothing
that brings to mind youthful JOY
more than the rousing whistle of
that locomotive as she comes
surging around the bend.