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Smyrna times., 1950-06-01

AVAILABLE
University of Delaware An
nOunces That Applications
Must Be In By June 80
VALUED AT $500

The University of Delaware has
announced that the Silco Company
Scholarship will be available this
fall to a 1850 graduate of a Della
ware high school. The scholarship
is valued at $500 a year for four
years, provided the recipient main
tains satisfactory academic rec
ord.
The Silco competition now is in
its fifth year, according to DR.. ].
Fenton Daugherty, dean of men.
He said that under the rules, an
applicant may be either boy or a
girl graduate of public or private
Delaware high school in the 1850
class. Each applicant must have
been graduated in the upper 10 per
cent of the class, and must present
evidence of definite need of finan-
cial assistance in order to attend
the university.
Interested persons are to go to
the Office of Dean Daugherty in
Room 100, Brown Hall at Newark,
for a personal interview and filing
of application form, on or before
June 80.
A competitive examination to de-
termine the winner will be held
from 1 to 5 pm. on July 13, in
Room 229, Chemical Laboratory,
on the campus.
Smyrna times., 1950-06-01
VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION
Review of Thirty Years of
Vocational Education in
Delaware" Published
BEING DISTRIBUTED

A review of Thirty Years of Vo.
cational Education in Delaware
has been published by the State
Board for Vocational Education
and is being distributed nationally
as well as to interested persons
throughout the state.
The liberally-illustrated 60-page
book is designed ito acquaint the
public with the progress of voca-
tional education since the passage
of the Delaware school code in
1919"
During the past 80 years great
strides have been made in the ap.
plication of science to business, in
dustry, the farm and the home,
according to the book. This ad-
vancement has necessitated train
ing which would better fit the pros
pective worker to adjust himself
readily to rapidly expanding and
quickly changing employment con-
ditions. This publication illustrates
the practical application of voca-
tional education as it relates to the
farm, the home, business, indus
try, and the rehabilitation of voca-
tionally handicapped people in Del
aware"
Principles and policies of the
program are discussed, as are the
various steps taken under the di-
rection of Raymond w. Helm, state
director of vocational education.
Special attention is given to devel-
opments in agricultural education
distributive and business educa-
tion, guidance, homemaking, trade
and industrial education, and vo-
cational rehabilitation.
''The growth of the program
throughout this 30-year period has
been most gratifying" the state
board says in its review. "All high
Smyrna times., 1950-06-01

same drugs may be .obscuring an
important symptom of more SER
ious ailment.
In general an occasional head
ache is something of little signifi-
canoe; however, persistent or sew
ere headache should be observed
by a doctor so that the cause can
be determined and corrected.
Smyrna times., 1950-06-01

The United States bought Alas
ka from Russia. 1t cost us about
two cents an acre. At the time
people said we paid too much for
If
Smyrna times., 1950-06-01

Mathematics is one of the oldest
subjects taught in our schools to-
day.
Smyrna times., 1950-06-01
NOTICE

On and after the first day of June A. d. $780,
all State License fees for the year 1850 are due and
payable to the State Tax Department, City of Do
yer, Kent County, Delaware, and if not paid or
before the 30th day of June $780, penalty of five
percentum will be added On all licenses not paid in
July an additional penalty of ten per centum viii
be added, and on all licenses not paid during the
month of August further penalty of ten per
centum will be added making total of twenty-five
per centum all licenses paid after the month of
August, in accordance with the Revised Code 1886
Laws of Delaware, as amended
HOWARD S. ABBOTT
State Tax Commissioner
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03
Membership Drive
Now Underway

The membership campaign in
the Lexington Municipal Concert
Association got underway Mon
day and team captains and work
ers throughout the county will
make their final report Saturday
afternoon at which time the mem
bership list will be closed.
Anyone in the county who has
not been contacted who would
line to join the Concert Associa-
ton is asked to send in a check
for $500 for adults or $40 for
students to Mrs. R. M. Gwin, Sec
rotary, at Lexington.
Those paying up their member
ships in Durant up to date are:
Dixie Winborn, Mrs. Eugenia w.
Guess, Annie and Joseph Guess,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Montgom-
cry, Mrs. j. M. Howard, Linda
Lou McCullar. Mrs. Ralph MCGEE,
Misses George and Annie Nc
Intyre, Miss Mamie B. Clark, Mrs.
J. B. Thompson. Mrs. T. S. Hum
phries, Mrs. c. A. Doster and
Miss Elaine Ellard.
H
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03
Milk Grudes Announced

During the past SIX months A
grade milk, and milk products,
were sold in every incorporated
town in Holmes county.
Below are the names of the
dairymen and the grades of milk
and milk products sold by them
during this period:
Moores Dairy, Grade A Raw
for Pasteurization.
Russells Dairy, Grade A Raw
for Pasteurization.
Tate's Dairy, Grade A Raw
for Pasteurization.
Henry Dairy Products Co.,
Grade A Pasteurized and homo
genized.
Grenada Farms, Grade A Pas
teurized and homogenized.
Leflore Dairy Products COM
pany has also been selling Grade
A Pasteurized and Homogenized
milk in Holmes county during this
period, but due to the fact that
Mr.. Henry was selling this milk
the first part of the grading per-
iod and Mr.. Ciggers was selling it
in the last part of it, the number
OF samples required to award
either one of them grade has
not been obtained.
r. c. Fraser, M. d. Director
0. w. Thompson, Sanitation
Supervisor, Holmes County
Health Department.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03
$3.50 Blood Tests
Given By Holmes
Health Department
Over 100 Attend
Educational Films
Shown In County

Since the beginning of the mass
blood teSting-informational cam
paign on July 81, more than $500
blood tests have been taken by
the citizens of Holmes county. In
view Of the fact that there still
remains approximately three
fourths of the county to be sur
veyed, this figure is very encour-
aging, Health Department offic-
ials report.
Attendance at the night infor-
national meetings has been very
high. More than 1,70O persons
have attended these meetings
which are held at various church
es, schools, and buildings through
out the county. 1t is hoped that
more and more people will at
tend the meetings in order to avail
themselves of accurate informa-
ton concerning venereal diseases.
A full schedule of the movies and
clinics for the ensuing week is
carried elsewhere in this paper.
AT 2:l5 pm. each day, programs
concerning the campaign may be
heard over radio station WGRM
in Greenwood. The public is re-
quested to listen to these pro-
grams and also for information as
to when the night meetings and
the special blood-testing clinics
will be held in each particular
neighborhood.
Anyone who misses the sched-
uled clinics is reminded that free
blood tests are available at the
Holmes County Health Depart
ment any week Monday through
Saturday, from 8 am. to 4:30 pm.
An international rack has been
placed on Yazoo street, making
available to the general public
free health information of all
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03
Cattle Thieves Draw
Heavy Penalties
Two Negroes PIeod
GuiIty To Stealing
Cows; Bound Over

Isiah Williams and Lewis Wade.
both colored, pied guilty before
Justice of the Peace c. G. Meeks
at Pickens Wednesday morning to
three charges of cattle stealing
preferred against them by County
Attorney Pat M. Barrett.
In the case of a calf stolen from
Jo>nny Anderson about July !.
the defendants were each given
the maximum sentence of six
months on the county farm ana
fines of $4,000.
In the other two cases, involv-
ing thefts of stock from Fit Wade
and William White, on July 7 and
July Is, respectively, the defend
ants were placed under appear
ance bonds of $2500.00 each in
both cases to await the action of
the Grand Jury at the October
term of Circuit Court.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03
Presbyierians Plan
installation Sunday
Duront Presbyterian
Postor To Charge
Rev. Clark, Sunday

installation service for the Rev
1ayes Clark as pastor of the First
Presbyterian churches at Lex
lngton and Tchula will be held
Sunday, August 9Th.
The morning service will be at
the Tchula church at the Hoo
o clock hour and the evening ser
vice will be held at 7:3O pm. in
Lexington.
The commission at Tchula will
be composed of the Rev. D. M
Mounger, of Carthage, who will
preach, and DR.. R. E. Hough,
former pastor of the Central
Presbyterian Church in jackson
now retired, who will charge the
pastor. The Rev. J. w. Young,
Morgan City, will charge the con-
gregation and w. E. HAYS and
Edwin White are the elders who
complete the commission.
Sunday Night
The Rev. Erskine jackson. of
kosciusko, viii preach at the
evening service in Lexington,
and the Rev. Spiva L. MCCULLOUGH.
pastor of the Durant, Goodman
and Pickens churches will charge
the pastor. Tie Rev. Mr.. jackson
Will charge the Lexington con-
gregation and elders w. w. Wynn
and G. H. Love will complete the
commission.
The public is given cordial in
vitation to attend these installa-
ton services.
Revival Completed
A successful revival was COM
pleted Sunday evening at the
church by the Rev. Mr.. Clark. d.
There were IL professions of
faith and four transfers by letter.
A number more are expected to
transfer their letters at an early
date.
The many friends of Miss Clara
Watson will be glad to know she
is doing nicely following a mas
told operation at the Baptist Hos
pital in Memphis Monday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03
Mrs. Effie Fritz
Passes In Jackson
Rites Held Tuesday
For WeII-Known
Holmes Women

Mrs. Effie Fritz, well known
Holmes county beautician. died
at the Baptist Hospital in Jackson
Monday afternoon about 12:45 o.
clock where she had been a pa
tient for several days.
She was 63 years of age.
Funeral services were held at
the Methodist Church in Licking
ton Tuesday at 500 pm. with the
Rev. T. c. Floyd, pastor, official
ing, assisted by the Rev. p. D.
Bragg, Lexington Baptist pastor
lnterment was in the Licking
ton cemetery with Southern in
charge of arrangements. Mem
bers of the Masonic Lodge were
pallbearers.
Mrs. Fritz was known as a kind
and generous person by a large
number of friends throughout the
county. She established and op-
Grated for a number of years the
Fritz Beauty School in Jackson
Which still bears her name. She
also operated a beauty shop in
Lexington for a long time.
She was a member of the Me
thodist Church, the Order of the
Eastern Star and the Rebekahs.
She was born and reared in
Bonneville but had made her
home in Holmes county for about
rs years. She was married to the
late Otto A. Fritz % years ago. He
preceded her in death on Deem
Der 2, l949.
Surviving are one brother, Mr..
Carl Campbell, Bonneville; three
sisters-in-law, Miss Lucy Fritz
and Mrs. Linda Fritz, both of
Lexington, and Mrs. w. c. Camp
bell, of Bonneville.
Among the out-of-town rela.
tives attending the rites were Mrs.
Campbell and son, James, Boone
vile: MIR. and Mrs. Robert Camp
bell, of Vivian, Louisiana.
Active pallbearers were Grady
Bailey, Perry Strickland, James
Hester, Eph Cohen, w. H. Fin
cher, Jr., and William Ellis.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03
Holmes CountyFa And Livestock Association
Second Annual Show Set For Sept. 1873

sented at the fair for each animal
entered. Cattle and hogs must
be tested and vaccinated within
80 days prior to being entered in
the fair. This service will be rem
dered to any exhibitor free of
charge upon application to the
fair association.
There will be class open for
any type livestock or crop which
the farmer wishes to exhibit. De
tails can be obtained from the
county agents office or other ag-
ricultural agencies in the county.
The Fair Association officials
further explained premiums would
be limited to Holmes county ex-
hibitors. From the interest shown
in the fair last year, association Of
ficials anticipate a much wider
range and volume of exhibits this
fall.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03
Horse Show Set
At Winonu Friday

The around the clock Amateur
Horse Show Association will hold
horse show in Winona on Friday
August 4. There win be 10 elias
ses in the show: five in the after
noon and fourteen that night.
The show will be held on the
regular Horse Show Grounds near
the Winona Sales Co. sales barn.
The show will be judged by Ever
EFT Slayden and annouced by F.
K. Stennis. For entry blanks or
further information write Small
Yelvington, Winona, Miss.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03
Former Durant Man
Will Be Buried
Here On Friday
W. H. Petty
Passes At Home
In TchuIu

w. n. Petty, retired railroad
man and a former Durant resi-
dent, Will be buried here Friday
morning. Funeral services will be
held tomorrow friday at 1000
O'Clock at the Methodist Church
IN Tchula. The Rev. j. V. Stew
art, Tchula pastor, will officiate
Mr.. Petty passed away at his
home in Tchula this morning at
5:35 o'clock. He had been in fail
ing health since April.
He was native citizen of Madi-
son county. He moved from
Tchula to Durant in 1916 and
made his home here for about
ten years before being transferred
to Hattlesburg. He moved from
the latter city back to Tchula and
was retired in 1914.
Mr.. Petty had a wide circle of
friends in Tchula and through
out Holmes county. He was
consecrated member of the Tchn-
la Methodist Church and an Act
ave member of the Mems Bible
Glass and the Board of Stewards
he was secretary of the Tch,IIa
Masonic Lodge and a former
Shriner.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs
Carrie Ship Petty, and three
daughters: Mrs. l.. E. Grittman
of Drew; Mrs. B. S. Garrett Of
Springdale, Ark; and Miss Sue
Petty, Tchula. Four grandchild-
rem also survive.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03
Dr.. Frank CressweII
Locates In Aberdeen

DR.. Frank Cresswell, son of
Mrs. Charlotte w. Tindall. has
located in Aberdeen with DR.
Murphree's Clinic, his many Du-
rant friends will be Interested to
hear. He became associated with
the Murphree clinic and hospital
on July LIST.
He and Mrs. Cresswell, the for
mer Dot Woodward of Oxford and
their two children, Dianna, 4, and
George, l8 months, are located at
40 Meridian Street.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03
Jesse Sweany Rites
Held In Durant
Prominent Former
Holmes Resident
Passes Friday

Funeral services for Mr.. Jesse
Sweany, 81, one of Mississippi's
outstanding Baptist laymen, were
held in Durant at the First Bap-
list Church Sunday afternoon at
800 o'clock.
Mr.. Sweany, former Holmes
county resident for many years.
died of sudden heart attack
which he suffered Friday night at
his home in Hazlehurst where he
and Mrs. Sweany had made their
home for the past three years. He
was manager of the employment
service office there. Prior to
that time they lived for about
three years in Yazoo City where
he held a similar post.
DR.. Webb Brame, pastor of the
Yazoo City Baptist Church, Of
ficiated at the rites assisted by
the Rev. c. M. Day, Durant pastor.
Interment was in Mizpah Gene
terry with Southern in charge of
arrangements.
Born In Attala
Mr.. Sweany was born in Alfalfa
county six miles east of Durant
the son of the late Olivia Sanders
and ]. B. Sweany. He came to
Durant as boy with his father
where he was reared and educat-
ed. He attended Mississippi Col
lege and Draughon's Business
College.
For many years he was superin-
tendent of the Sunday School of
the First Baptist Church in Du-
rant and held other important
posts in church work in Holmes
county and in the state. He was
formerly connected with the State
Sunday School Board and was for
several years engaged as educa-
tional director of the Roanoke,
Va. Baptist Church. He was a
Mason and Rotarian.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Lucille Cargill Sweany whom he
married in 1905; one sister, Mrs.
Sallie Heard. of Jackson, and one
brother, DR.. ]. D. Sweany, of Min
ter City.
A number of nieces and ne
phews also survive including Mrs.
Chatwin M. Jackson, Jr., and Mrs.
Dick Barrett, both of Lexington
and Miss Sara Howard, of Du-
rant.
His fine Christian character en-
deared him to a wide circle of
friends wherever he went and a
large number of these friends
were present at the services Sun
day.
Pallbearers were R. E. Green,
Cecil w. Landrum, c. T. Collins,
Richard Mitchell, all of Halle
hurst; Cliff Byrd, Crystal Springs:
Walter Bivins and John Kinnard.
both of Jackson, and Robert Ray,
of Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03
Exhibitors Are Urged
To Ready Stock
For Foil Event

The Holmes County Fair and
Livestock Association announced
Monday through its President
Emmett Reese that its second an
nual Holmes County Fair and
Livestock show would be held
from September Is through Sep
TENDER 23rd at the Holmes County
Fair Grounds at Lexington.
Mr.. Reese urged all farmers and
cattlemen who contemplate enter
ing exhibits to begin preparation
OF their exhibits for the fall fair
which is slightly more than six
weeks away. The Fair Association
pointed out that health certifi-
Gates must be up to date and pre-.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03
Prisoner Wanted On
Three Charges Now
Back In Holmes
Sheriff Returns Sun.
From California
With Peter Ford

Sheriff Ellis E. Wynn and De-
putty Sheriff George Bailey re-
turned Sunday from San Fran
cisco where they went to pick I'D
Peter Ford, former Holmes
county negro, wanted in this
county since March, l945, for as
sault and battery with intent to
kill, robbery and Jail breaking.
Ford was released to the
Holmes county law enforcement
officials after serving four and
one half years of five year SEN
tence an San Quentin penitentiary
for second degree robbery commit
ted in Los Angeles in 1945.
Ford, about 81, was originally
indicted here for assault and bat
terry with intent to kill in connec-
ton with the wounding and rob-
bing of Mr.. H. K. CHM. well
known Lexington citizen on Febr-
uary 20, 1915. :.
Mr.. CHM went to the barn to
feed his stock at his home in
Lexington. The attacker hid in
the hay loft and hit him on the
head with barrel stave from be-
hind. Mr.. CHM was seriously in
jured. He was also robbed of his
purse containing money before
the attacker fled.
Mr.. Walter L. Murtagh, sher-
Tiff at that time, got word that the
negro was headed for Buffalo, N.
Y, so he boarded a plane and was
waiting for Ford when he arrived
in Buffalo and brought him
back to Lexington.
A few weeks later a negro wo-
man trusty at the Holmes county
jail unlocked the cells and per-
mitted Ford and another negro
prisoner to escape and walked off
herself.
Thus Ford has three charges in
Holmes county against him now.
He, will be tried at the October
term of Circuit Court.
Praises Officials
Sheriff Wynn said California
i officials from ahe Governors Of
flee on down to the County Sher-
ifs office were most friendly and
cooperative on Tie Ford case. The
Sheriff provided him with sta
ton wagon and deputy to help
carry out his mission and other
wise was very helpful, he said.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03
Holmes OES Members

The Holmes County members
of the Order of the Eastern Star
are planning picnic to be held at
the Holmes County Park on
Thursday, August II beginning at
4:S0 pm.
An interesting program has
been arranged and all members
are urged to be present. Each
Chapter will bring picnic lunch.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03
zoo Masons From
Ten Cities Pay
Visit AT School
Lexington Lodge
Is Host To
Group 3 lst- lst

About 200 Masons from ten
cities attended the annual Con
gressional School of Instruction
Of the Masonic order held with
Lexington's Lodge No. "a on
Monday and Tuesday of this
week.
DR.. j. Rice Williams, Grand
Lecturer, of Houston, presided.
He was assisted by the following
District Deputy Lecturers: c. E.
Sampson, Greenwood, w. M.
Holmes, Moorhead, j. c. Paden,
Houston, and c. M. Mcdaniel. of
Lexington.
Other prominent Masonic offic-
ialS attending were DR.. Joe Lee
Smith, Forest, Senior Grand War
den, Sid f. Curtis, Meridian,
Grand Secretary.
Visiting Masons from Canton,
Greenwood, Cleveland, Indianola,
Clarksdale, Goodman, Pickens,
Durant, West and Tchula were
present as well as members of the
host Lodge.
Two all-day sessions and even
ing sessions were held with the
Lexington ladies of the OES
serving a banquet each evening
DR.. Williams, whose 83rd birth
day is today, August 3, was pre-
scented with lovely gifts by those
present.
AT the conclusion of the affair
he commented that the school
had been very successful in every
respect and that he had enjoyed
very much the friendly atmo-
sphere and pleasant hospitality
in the Lexington Lodge.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03
Negro Drows As
Dogs For Lorceny

In a hearing before Justice y,
the Peace E. B. Guess at D,,r.nt
Tuesday afternoon, Charles Smith
colored, Piled guilty to a cbaras,
OF petit larceny preferred s..
County Attorney Pat M. Barrs;t
and was sentenced to serve AZ
days on the county farm 10
The charges grew. out of = ,b.f,
OF boil weevil poisoning from tn
farm OF Andrew Smith near En-
DRY. H-iii-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03
Chotwin M. Jackson, Jr.
Goes To Kosciusko

Durant friends of Chatwin M.
jackson, Jr., Lexington attorney,
VII ~ interested to know he and
Mrs. jackson, the former Ann
Howard of Durant, and their
daughter, Sara Cargill, viii move
to kosciusko where Mr.. jackson
will open realty office for Hol-
comb, Inc, and engage in the pri-
vate practice of law.
He has formerly been practic-
ing in Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03

Kinds.
The cooperation shown thus far
has been exceptional, health Of
ficials say, and it is hoped that
the citizens of Holmes county will
continue to cooperate to assure
the programs success.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03

tire community are especially
urged to attend this series Of
meetings.
TIE public is also invited to
worship, regardless of age or de-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03

nomination, or lack of denomina-
ton.
The meetings will continue
Though August 18th.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03

Little Tommy Ashley is at home
after visit with relatives in
Memphis.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-08-03

MI Lamar Hayes has returned
from Hot Springs, Arkansas '