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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07

Last week published letter from Tom Shepherd Lex
ingon resident and former editor of The Advertiser Mr..
Shepherd connected with the Greenwood Common
wealth.
I'm the letter last week Tom urged for consideration the
building OF municipal swimming pool in Lexington. He
pointed out the obvious advantages of pool for local resi-
dents particularly young people He said that he had
In Greenwood times large crowds of Lexington boys
and girls who had come to enjoy for small fee, SWIM
ming in their pool He stated that having pool where they
could get wholesome recreation in their home town
would add much to living in communities like Lexington
We are certain that most everyone in Lexington heartily
agrees with Tom in his sentiments It is of interest to know
that large group OF people in Lexington belonging to
several civic clubs and organizations have considering
the building of municipal pool here much needed civic
enterprise for some time But because of the size Of the
no club or organization has yet had nerve
enough to sdopt it.
Perhaps Toms letter will spur local club or or.
ganxauon to start the ball rongwe believe that such
P9Jec properly planned and organized would have the
.0 OF every other civic church and fraterna
10 say nothing of the gratitude of our young peone
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07
by w. Fl. SULLIVAN.
County Agent
Corn Storage

Corn Storage
AS you know Holmes county has
the best corn crop this year that
it has ever had. That means that
we are going to need more stor-
age space or must sell our
corn when it is gathered. AS you
know corn is usually so to go
cents per bushel cheaper at har-
vest time than it is several mon
tbs later in the year. If we can
do a good job Of storing our corn
without weevil or rat damage that
means we will receive so to 60
cents more than by selling at har-
vesting time.
Now is a good time to poison
your rats while feed is short. Rats
will eat most any poisoned bait
put out where there is no other
feed such as corn or grain around
for them to eat. There are num-
Der of good rat poisons on the mar
ket. I am sure your seed dealers
or drug stores can furnish you
with plenty of rat poison. Kill
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07

bership and others whose letters
have not yet come, reports the
Rev. Hayes Clark, pastor.
A Men Of he Church group will
be organized Monday evening.
Sept. II, at 7:30 at the Tchuia
Church. Their sermon topic for
Sunday night, Sept. 10, a 7:3O is
Temptations to Compromise"
Council Plonned
The Sunday School Council of
the Lexington Presbyterian
Church will meet Wednesday.
September Is at 1880 at the
church. All Sunday School tea
chers and officers are urged to at
tend.
Sermon topic for Sunday morn
ing, September 10th, will be God
will help"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07

of cotton one to two grades by
picking trashy cotton. For each
grade you lower your cotton that
means that you receive from ten
to fifteen dollars per bale less
than you would if you would have
used a little precaution in picking
clean cotton. Do not pick your
cotton too wet. If it is damp be
sure to spread it out to dry thor
oughly before ginning. Gins can
not do. a good job on wet cotton.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07
Pasture Dream Demonstration

There will be a Pasture Dream
Demonstration today, September
7th, at 200 pm, at the Silver
Gates farm, 5 miles South OF Lex
ington on highway II. Everybody
is invited to attend this demon
stration. Mr.. w. R. Thompson,
Extension Agriculture Pasture
Specialist, will discuss better pas
lures.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07
Gutter Makes Good
Lesson for September 10, 1850

YTNLESS THAT boarding house IN
OAntioch was different from other
boarding houses. you could hardly
have a private quarrel in 1t. There
would be some inQuisitive people
who would notice when voices were
raised, and who could not resist
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07

the temptation to
listen.
One of the quar-
refers was none
other than the IA
nous Apostle Paul,
and the other was
his best friend
Barnabas. At least,
Paul and Barnabas
had b en- good
friends I'D to that
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07

Young Man Seeks Position
THE ARGUMENT was all about
/ young man named John Mark.
Young people do not always real
lie how often they are discussed
by their elders. or how much those
discussions affect their lives. A
young man applies for a Job (Which
he would rather call a ''position'')
and he either gets the job or he
does not. But he never sees the
files. He never hears the CONVEX
sations about himself. He never
knows just what remark got him
the job--or cost him the job, as
the case may be. So John Mark
may never have known just what
Paul and Barnabas said about him.
The facts were plain. John
Mark was native Of Jerus-
alem, son OF q woman at least
well-off enough to have q large
house Of her own. He was some
relative Of Barnabas, perhaps
a nephew. (Tradition says he
was the young man In embar.
raising circumstances described
In Mark 4:5l-52.) When Paul
and Barnabas set off on their
first missionary journey togeth-
er, this John Mark went with
them as a general assistant.
All went well at first. But when
the party landed on the hot steamy
shore of Pamphylia, and when the
missionary expedition was about to
take off over the high lonesome
ranges through bandit country, John
Mark left the party and took the
first boat back to home and moth
err.
Two Bosses
uIE HAVE no idea why he went.
w Maybe he had good reasons,
maybe not. Anyway. we do know
that he quit. And that was all Paul
wanted to know. A new missionary
party was being made up. and
Barnabas wanted to take his young
relative along again. But Paul
could not see it.
Why take . man who had a.
ready fallen down on one jobf
Why take an assistant that
could not be depended upon?
The argument between Marks
two bosses boiled down to this,
y Paul judged their assistant on
past performance. Il was al no
had to 60 by. Barnabas judged
Mark by his love for him and
his belief In him. The quarrel
was sharp. and the two old
friends could not agree. Final
ly the incredible happened:
Paul and Barnabas parted COM
pany, and each went his sep
arate way from that time for
ward.
What happened to Barnabas we
do not know. But we do know thai
Barnabas was right about Johr
Mark. Years later we read in more
than one letter from Paul that Marx
was a real help to him. We fine
that another great leader, Simon
Peter. called Mark his son." These
leaders Of the Christian church
though they might differ on som,
things. agreed about Mark, that h,
was a man to rely on.
What This Goes to Show
NIL THIS GOES to show severa
"A things. For one, it is clea
that even an Apostle may be wrong
No man can be an infallible judg
Of another man. And another thing
You can't Judge a man on his rec
ord alone. There may be more i
the man than the record shows.
On the other hand, people
| do Judge others by their rec
oras. The dubious young man
dees net always have . rela-
tive who win give him the bene-
III Of the doubt.
II your record Is bad, you mu.
realize that there are numbers {
people, even good people, who wi
Judge you by that alone.
copyright by the International Cou,
ell of Religious Education on behalf ,
20 Protestant denominations. Release
by WNU FeatuIss.l.~
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07
Dinner Guests

Mr.. and Mrs. O'Neal Mcdaniel
with Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Barth of
Memphis were dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Doty Porter in Lex
ington Saturday evening.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07
Receives Navy Call

HeCeIVeS NUVy O0A1
Mr.. William F. Elmore of the
Memphis Naval Reserve has re-
ceived his call to the Navy and
will 20 on active duty October 4.
His family plan to make their
home in Durant with MIR. Elmore's
mother, Mrs. Matte Elmore.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07
Visit From Tennessee

Mrs. Wiley HUMPHREYS and sons
Danny and Tommy, of Tulla-
bona, Tenn, spent the weekend
in the home of her mother-in-la law
Mrs. T. S. HUMPHREYS.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07
Visit Pmenfs

Visit Pments
Mr.. Hal Rhyme, Miss Gladys
Rhyme, and Miss Lucille Rhyme,
of Jackson, spent the weekend
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
M. E. Rhyme.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07
Local News
In CARTHAGE

III OdIVIIo9S
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Edwards
and Mrs. w. E. Thomas were
guests in the Jack Edwards home
in Carthage on Wednesday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07

Mississippi supplies more than
fifty per cent of the worlds sup
ply Of tung oil.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07
1chulo Presbyterions
Add Nine Members

Results Of the recent revival at
the Tchula Presbyterian Church
were nine additions to the men,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07
Cotton Harvesting

Cotton Harvesting
Do good job of harvesting cot
ton as our crop is going to be very
short. We certainly want to get
the very highest prices possible.
It is very easy to lower the grade
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07
Guest Of Mother

Guest OF Mother
Mrs. Bob Moorhead is in Ethel
this week as the guest of her mo-
Their.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07
Visit Thomases

Visit Thomases
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Thomas and
sons, Dannie and frankie, of
Montgomery, Ala. spent last
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. w. E.
Thomas. Mr.. Dan Thomas is
State Auditor of Alabama.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07

In Memphis :
Mrs. William Elmore visited re.
latives in Memphis this past week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07

Try the Classified Ads-It Paysl
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-07

10y.
After that days argument We
do mot know that they ever saw
each ether again. Paul never
mentioned the incident, but the
story got around, and Luke put
Il Into his book Of Acts.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-10
Let Protestant gentleman

Let a Protestant gentleman tell it:
 On my. way from the garage to the house I saw a young Catholic priest approaching the kitchen door. I had heard of his practice, so I called a bit coolly: Anything I can do for you?'
 He stopped, not at all embar- rassed, and said: "I'm Father Bissell. I came to see Maggie. "
 Well, Maggie is busy. She cannot see you, Father Fa- ther Chisel."
 That's perfectly all right" 7" he answered with a smile. "I'll come again, MT. MT. Ham, mer, or is it Knox?"
 Fair enough" replied, for this priest seemed interesting, "but tell me, do you get money from all the servant girls?"
 Religion, like water,' he stated, still smiling, lis free; but also like water, it costs some thing to pipe it to you. All Catho- lies get their religion through their church and when they can afford it, are glad to pay for the piping"
 "Glad?" I questioned. Then why do you invade homes via the back door?"
 We invade the front doors of Catholic homes," answered the priest, land some non-Catho- lie homes too. Perhaps, it is sixth sense that warns of cer- tain unfriendly front doors. But either entrance suffices for when we come to offer spiritual help to those who need it and to accept the offering customary on such visits, from those who
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-10
Womon's Club Sees TroveI Slides

Attendance at the regular meeting of Seward Woman's s Club Thursday night was small because of the Poliomyelitis h. stitute being conducted at the same time. Mrs. Florence Aylen, instructor, was to have been a guest at the meeting. Mrs. La Preal Bic, Public Health Nurse, took leave from the classes to attend the meeting for short period, and was present to give an outline on the method of treatment being taught in the classes under Mrs. Aylen.
 At the conclusion of the busi- ness meeting, Miss Betty Boyd delighted members and guests with her color slides depicting the beauty and grandeur of scenery and historic places in England, Wales, Holland, Ger many and other European coun- tries which she visited,
 Miss Boyd gave a colorful and descriptive account of her tour as she showed her pictures. She also spoke of the hospitality and friendliness of the people she met abroad, which she said add ed so much to the enjoyment of her holiday.
 Hostesses for the meeting were Mesdames Duffy and Ches- mutt and the Misses Clark, Case and Estep.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-10

wish to give it.
 "But don't think" he went on, "that we ask money but once a year. At all Masses on all Sun- days we take up collections. Sometimes we remind our peo- pie as whole of their duty to support their church and school and parish charities. But we never tell an individual what he should give at all. That is up to him-according to his means and his conscience"
 But" I asked, to try him out, surely the more you col lect, the more goes into your own pocket?"
 You know he replied little whimsically, "I'm weak enough sometimes to wish that were so. But mind you, I'm not complaining. I get my keep, just as your Maggie does; and regular pay bit under hers. My pastors pay is regular, too, but not quite so handsome as that of your chauffeur. So if I were out for a racket think l could do better than this."
 That does put a different light on it." I said. I'm afraid you're a poor racketeer. And l do know how Maggie prizes her Church. So come around to the front door with me and Maggie will let us in.''
 If it's anything Catholic. ask a Catholic!
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-10

ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHAPEL Cloude C vivisn Mulcom. Postors Phone Adams 141 PA Sixth Ave. SUNDAY
 1O:30 a.m.-Combination Sunday School and morning worship 7:30 p.m-Fellowship Service WEDNESDAY 7:30 p.m.-Young Peoples Service
 (Christ Ambassadors All are invited to attend these
 services.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-10

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Seward seaport record., 1950-11-10
Moose Pass News ..

Mrs. Bob Woods gave a sur prise birthday party for her hus- band last Thursday evening. In addition to the Moose Pass friends, MT. Woods father and mother from Anchorage were in on the surprise. Home made ice cream and cake were served the thirty guests.
 Ice skating got into full swing last Saturday evening on Trail Lake near Lindsey's sawmill. A bonfire was built to ward off the cold and also to toast marshmallows. Most of the day was spent sharpening skates and making ready for the evenings fun, which everyone seemed to enjoy.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-10

It's better looking all around

Outstanding good looks accompany the outstanding performance of Chevrolet cars-only low-priced car with Body by Fisher-and most beautiful in its field, according to a recent public survey
 It gives more for less throughout Only Chevrolet offers so many perform. ance, comfort and safety features of highest-priced cars at the lowest prices, and with such low cost of operation and upkeep. Come in and see it now!
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-10

MT. Roland Paul plans to leave by train next Tuesday to spend the winter in the States.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-10
if rides more smoothly

Take one ride and you'll agree Chevrolet is the snoothest riding car in its field. It's the only low-priced car combining the famous Unitized Knee-Action Ride and airplane-type shock absorbers all around.
 It drives more easily
 Enjoy fnest no-shift driving with Power glide Automatic Transmission and lO5- hp. engine-or fnest standard driving with standard engine and Synchro-Mesh Transmission-at lowest CoSt.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-10
Catholic Information

Money, maids. and Catholic priests
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-10
If operotes more economically

H 0Pe'seS
 Chevrolet's famous Valvein Head En- zine, exclusive to Chevrolet in its price range, brings you an outstanding comh, nation of thrills and thrift, plus proved dependability, year after year.
 If lasts longer, foo Many Chevrolets are performing depend- ably after ten, fifteen or twenty years ot service. That's one reason why there are over million more ChevroletS on he road than any other make.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-10

pe Christion Science Monitor
 be. hor~oy St.. Boston IS. Moss. U.S.A.
 Pieose send me on introductory bserirfion 10 The Christion Science onitos 26 issues. enclose Sl.
Seward seaport record., 1950-11-10

CHURCH OF CHRIST
 Larry o. Grounds, Minister Service Schedule for Sunday AM. Bible Class A. M Preac cling and Commun- ion
 Fening Service 5:30
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-08-03
LIE n G4GRcH FOR ALI
= ALL FOR THE c 11n

he builains Of + ea ihs gssq'ss earth IT,
s0ng neither s1sual yduss Wn ihou'
e eun survive There ore o civzo0
and su p1[S4n should attend Sound reasons why
own sake ~ ne Church They 1eoyces regulary
sate Of his con n06 his childens sat s "a For his
sake of the chur dui it. and notion - F For the
and material suppo, tfS9a which needs his FOR the
y and your Bible Ia1 to go TO church i m ps
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-08-03

stirring Twenty-Third
down He Ieadeth beside the still
=. He reSoreth my SouH
psalist turmoil of fe though
he lived three thousand At least had experienced the
when busting
the stiffness of natures And he caught its spiritual
meaning!
SOUL like his body
rebuild physical worship revaize
spiritual being.
Thoughtuy ohers taught part each day
spiritual pursuits Wisely they aside day of the week for
worship.
Church provides opportunity Sunday worship guidance
in every. day devotion to God.
Evening star., 1950-05-06
5000 Veterans Study
Abroad Under GI Bill

The Veterans Administration re-
ported today a survey made De-
cember /, 1949, showed there are
more than 5000 World War II
veterans studying under the GI
bill in As foreign countries. About
half are taking training in the
humanitieS and social sciences,
while the others range from ar
chitecture to theology.
Pointing out that the foreign
land courses are restricted to
classroom studies only, the Vet
Grams Administration said that
about half of the students are
taking courses in France, Canada
and Mexico, France leading with
1.150. There are 826 in Canada
and 821 in Mexico. There are
578 in Great Britain, 800 in Italy,
382 in Switzerland and 238 in
Australia.
The most popular courses in
the humanitieS and social studies
were foreign languages, fine arts,
history and philosophy. A num-
ber are studying medicine and re-
lated subjects, engineering and
music. The survey revealed that
the average veteran enrolled over
seas was 20 years old, two years
older than the average EXCL TAX
ing courses in the States. He had
two more, years of schooling than
those taking studies in this coun-
Evening star., 1950-05-06
Nicaragua President Roman
Near Death in PHILADELPHIA
BY the Associoted Press

PHILADELPHIA, May 6.-Dr.
Victor Roman y Reyes. II. PreSi-
dent of Nicaragua, lay unconscious
and near death today in Hahne-
mann Hospital. where he under
went two operations last month.
Last rites of the Catholic church
were administered yesterday.
President Roman came to
Hahnemann Hospital-where he
had served his internship a half
century ago-to undergo treat
ment for a cancerous ulcer of the
stomach. He was operated on
April 8.
Ten days later pneumonitis de-
veloped at the base of the right
lung and corrective surgery was
performed by his son. DR.. D. A.
Roman.
While at first he seemed i'm
proved, President Roman suffered
a relapse Wednesday and Thurs
day night lapsed into unconscious
ness.
Evening star., 1950-05-06

New York's first water mains
were hollow logs.
Evening star., 1950-05-06
HyattsviIIe Woman Dies
OF Bed Blaze Burns

Mrs. Betty Mcnamara, 35. a
Hyattsville housewife, died last
night at Leland Memorial Hos
pital, the victim of severe burns
suffered earlier in an apartment
fire.
Hospital officials said Mrs. Nc
Namara suffered burns over four
fifths of her body.
John Mcnamara told firemen
yesterday that he pulled his wife
from a blazing bed in their apart
ment at 1916 Chillum road shortly
after midnight. Mount Rainier
firemen believe the fine may
have been started by a heating
pad in the bed.
Evening star., 1950-05-06
Sc 1riIIion Federal Budget
Seen by Farley for 1000
BY the Assecieied Press

NEW YORK, May 6.-James A
Farley says operation of the Fed
eral Government will cost S6 tril-
lion for the year 1000 if National
budgets increase in proportion to
the last so years.
The former Democratic National
chairman and Postmaster Gen
eral also predicted 40 million men
and women" would be on the Fed
eral payroll.
The present National budget is
$40 billion. There currently are
about million people on the
Federal payroll.
Mr.. Farley told the 30th an
nual conference of the National
Association of Mutual Savings
Banks last night:
IF this increase isn't checked,
we shall find ourselves living un-
der a form of government which
is utterly different from that in
which we were born and under
which our forefathers built a
great country"
He praised the findings of the
Commission on Organization of
the executive branch of the Gov
ernment headed by former Presi-
dent Herbert Hoover.
Evening star., 1950-05-06
Stereotypers End Strike

MINNEAPOLIS. May s (P.-
The Minneapolis Stereotypers'
Union. AFL. Local Is. today ended
its strike against the Minneapolis
Star and Tribune. The union and
the newspapers issued a joint
statement saying the settlement
provided an hourly increase of 2
cents, payable to both day and
night shifts. The strike lasted
about "a hours.
Evening star., 1950-05-06
Montana Governor Calls
Arrest Report Mysterious
BY the kssoeioted Press

BILOXI. Miss, May 6.-Mon-
tana's Gov. John w. Bonner says
there is something mysterious
about a report from New Orleans
that he was jailed there for drunk
+ enneSS.
1 En- route here to speak before
the Interstate Oil Compact Com
mission meeting, Gov. Bonner
stopped over in New Orleans
/ Thursday night.
| Police Capt. Joseph Guillot of
New Orleans said he arrested a
man in the French Quarter who
identified himself as Gov. John
Bonner" and produced credentials
to that effect. The man was
booked on a charge of simple in
toxication, held six hours-the
usual practice in New Orleans for
such a charge-and then released
without trial.
When the man was released
early yesterday he told a photog-
rapher, Il just did some drinking,
like a lot of visitors, and had
too much"
Later, Gov. Bonner telephoned
the Associated Press in Helena.
Mont, and said the stories were
grossly exaggerated" and that he
believed it was "a practical joke. :"
Here he told newSmen: "The
whole damn thing was a bunch of
foolishness." He would not elab-
crate.
A few hours after the incident
the Governor appeared here, 80
miles east Of New Orleans. and
addressed the oil commission.
Coy. Bonner, Democrat, began
a four-year term in January. 1946,
Evening star., 1950-05-06
Detroit Group in Frankfurt

FRANKFURT, May 6 tP.-
Forty-four members of the De-
troit Chamber of Commerce ar
rived here today for conferences
with German businessmen. They
came by air from Zurich.
Evening star., 1950-05-06

The population of Manhattan
Island in 1776 was $4,000.
Evening star., 1950-05-06

try. There is a greater percentage
of women veterans studying in
foreign lands than here.