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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06
April II Set By Census
For Counting Hotel
Guests And Transienfs

T-Night has been set for Aprn
18th IN the taking Of the popula-
ton census in 1850. On this night
throughout the nation. Census
enumerators will be present in
the larger hotels, Y.M.C.A.'s tour
ISL courts and other places ac-
comodating large number of tram
sients, to enumerate all tran
Sients.
IN Durant, the Hotel Durant
Will be the site Of such an effort
with an enumerator being pre-
sent TO obtain the required infor-
nation from all persons staying
that night in the hotel. fndivi-
dual Census Report forms will b
filled for each guest by the emu
merator. These individual reports
VIII be forwarded to Washington
and there sorted and used to de-
termine whether the guest was
listed on the regular schedule OF
population at his place of usual
residence.
The cooperation of the Hotel
Drant with the Census effort has
been assured, and Mr.. Porter w.
Peteet, District Supervisor of the
Census, states that he is certain
that the guests at the Hotel
Durant that night will be glad Of
an opportunity to make certain.
that they are enumerated, even
though they may be away from.
home during the enumeration Pc
Rod.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06
Mrs. Annie 6. Bailey
Passes Al Her Home

Funeral services for Mrs. An
pie Gertrude Bailey, 70, who
passed away Tuesday, April 4,
at her home near Lexington,
were held at the Oregon Metho-
dist Church, Wednesday, April 5.
the Rev. c. 7. Floyd. pastor of
the Methodist Church at Lexing.
ton officiating.
lnterment was IN OREGON
Cemetery.
Mrs. Bailey was born Nav -.
1871, in Holmes County, and was
a member of the Oregon Metho-
dist Church.
Surviving are two sons Grady
and Charles Vernon; one daugh.
ter, Mrs, c. L. Hathcock and a
sister, Miss Charlie Harrison. She
also leaves eight grand children,
SIX great grand children and a
host OF nleces and nephews.
Pallbearers were her nephews
Southern Funeral Home was IN
charge of arrangements.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06
Grand Jury Reports
On April 1850 Term

The Grand Jury empanelled for
the regular April 1850 term of
the Circuit Court of Holmes
County, have submitted in their
report of the proceedings of that
body that Is witnesses had been
examined, from which three mo
Bills and six True Bills" had
been found.
The report stated that the coun-
ty records appeared to be in
satisfactory condition, that food,
sanitation and general facilities
in the County Jail were good; but
stated that physical structure of
the Jail, cracks in the building,
particularly on the northwest
corner, are causing leaks which
are damaging the building, and
which should be speedily repair
ed.
The County Farm and Poor
house were found to be in salts
factory condition.
Marvin Mcclellan was foreman.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06
Potients At The Hospital

Mrs. c. w. Dugan and son, Tchula
Mrs. w. c. McNeer and son,
Lexington
Lamar Kyles, Durant
Mrs. A. e. Bailey, Lexington
Harvey Hurst, Pickens r
Baby Girl Fisackerly, Lexington
COlO1ed
Lennie Benson, Lexington
Mildred Yates, Tchula
Annie Lou Horn, Sails.
Ruthie7B. Williams, Lexington
Soloman Yates, sCruger
Nadie McGrone, Goodman
Walter Wilson, Tchula
Jim Moore, Tchula
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06
Brilliant Musical Duo
To Be Presented

The Municipal Concert Associa-
ton viii present the brilliant
musical duo Of Doris Hansen,
violinest and Peter Hansen, plan
ist, in joint recital at the Lex
ington Grammar School auditor
ium. Tuesday evening, April II,
at BIS p. m. in place of Miss Ere
dell Lack. violinist, who, due to
illness, will be unable to appear.
Attendance at the concert viii
be limited only to members of
the Holmes County Concert As
ISOLATION or to friends to whom
members give their cards for the
occasion.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06

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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06

Holmes County farmers have
awakened to the possibilities of
profits from pine trees. Since
forestry work began in Holmes
County, demand for pine seed
lings to restock idle land has
grown considerably, and organic
ed efforts by interested local peo-
pie have brought promises of
county wide forest fire protection
beginning this year.
Delta farmers in this area have
become interested in protecting
the hill lands from fire, knowing
that unburned broomsedge and
woodland holds the rainfall on
the land permitting it to perco-
late into the soil rather than run
off Immediately into the creeks
carrying with it tons of channel
choking sand, silt, and gravel
with resultant inundation in the
Delta.
Tree planting crews were or
ganized and supervised by the U.
S. FOREST SERVICE with the
PIMA paying for the tree plant
ing under the vendor system. Us
uaily some farmer with eight or
ten hands on his place would act
as vendor and plant trees on seve-
raj farms in his neighborhood.
The FOREST SERVICE furnished
the trees and planting tools and
instructed the crews in proper
planting methods. Planting areas
were originally designated in
land use plans prepared months
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06
New Provisions IN so
Acreage Law Passed

New cotton legislation recent
~ passed by Congress provides
for minimum 1850 acreage allot-
ments based on one of three
provisions, Mr.. Trotman, County
Administrative Officer, said to-
day.
The revised allotments are bas-
ed on the larger of ID IS per
cent Of the average acreages
planted to cotton Tor devoted to
war crops in place Of cotton) in
l946, l947, and 1913; (2) As per
cent of the highest acreage plant
ed to cotton on the farm during
any one of the three years; but
(3) not more than 40 per cent Of
the 1919 acreage which was til
led on the farm or in regular TO-
tation.
Any owner or operator of a
cotton farm in Holmes County
who believes he is entitled TO an
acreage increase and wants to be
considered by the county com
mittee for possible allotment ad-
justment under the legislation
must file an application not later
than April %, 1850.
We urge owners or operators
who want their farms considered
for revised allotments to file ap-
plications by this date" Mr.. Trot-
man. Farmers who are satisfied
with their present allotments
need not file applications. How
ever, those desiring increases will
be considered by the county COM
mittee after applications for such
increases are filed in the county
office"
Each operator OF farm for
which an application is filed will
receive notice from the coun-
ty committee on the findings OF
his appeal. However, this does
not mean that his allotment will
be increased. To receive an in
crease in an allotment, the farm
must meet one of the require
/ ments stated in the second para
graph above.
If you operate a farm in 1850
that has more cotton acreage al
loted ito the farm in 1850 than
will be planted to cotton, the
county committe urges such ope-
rators to go the the PIMA office
and release such acreage SO that
they may be allocated to other
farms in the county. II you re,
lease your surplus cotton acres il
will be for 1850 only and will no,
affect your l95lallotment.
Application forms may be OBJ
tanned from the County PIMA OF
flee located in the Post Offic,
basement in Lexington, Missis
sippi
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06
N. Stobey Announces
MEG Meet In Jackson

A call for reservations 70 the
first annual meeting of the Mis-
sissippi Economic Council in
Jackson on April 20 was made
this week by M. A. Scobey, MEG
County Chairman.
DR.. Paul Chapman, of the Col
lege OF Agriculture, University of
Georgia, will be the principal
speaker at the noon luncheon. The
mornings business session will
get underway at 10 a. m. In the
Rose Room of Hotel Heidelburg.
A good delegation from this coun-
ty is urged, the chairman stated.
The speaker is expected TO
stress the need of businessman
farmer cooperation in bringing a.
bout higher economy in the
state. He is known as one of the
nations leading agricultural eco
nomists, and is particularly
known for his work in the south
ern states.
Both business men and farm
ers will profit by the meeting on
April 90" the chairman stated.
I'VE hope to have a cross section
representation from this county.
Those who wish to attend should
make reservations directly to the
MEG, Box 1901, jackson. Tickets
to the luncheon are $500 each"
Edmund Taylor, Greenville,
president of the Council viii pre-
side, while George Mclean, edi-
tor of the Tupelo Journal, will
introduce the speaker at the Jun
cheOn.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06

John M. Kimbrough, Lexington
planter and some of the hands
from his place are shown as they
reforest some the Holmes Coun-
TVS eroded land. The U. S. Forest
Service furnished the seedlings
and payment for the work is
made by the Soil Conservation
Service.
These trees Will serve to help
protect watersheds thereby reduc-
ing danger of floods.
The second year of the fede-
raj flood control program in
Holmes County brought with it
a continuation of an extensive
tree planting effort which doubl-
I'd that of last year.
The U. S. FOREST SERVICE,
charged with forestry RESPONSE
bility in the flood control pro-
gram of north Mississippi, fur
nishtd over 100000 pine seed
hngs for planting on eroded, gull
lied, and worn out land, in GER
tain Holmes County watersheds
this past planting season. Land
on which these trees were plant
ed has contributed heavily to
rainfall runoff and stream sedi-
mentation.
Trees were planted on A farms
in two minor watersheds; this is
an increase of lao per cent over
last year. Efforts viii be made to
double this figure next year
should pine seedlings be made
available in desired quantities.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06
Diamond Season
Opens April 9Th At
Holmes Jr. College
by r. w. Almond

The baseball schedule for
Holmes Junior College was re-
leased today by Coach Frank B.
Branch. Holmes will play a H.
game conference schedule, open
ing the season here against the
East Mississippi Lions of Scooba
on Friday, April T. The final con-
ference game will be played at
Moorhead against the Sunflower
nine on May 5. All teams in the
Northern Division will complete
the season on May 6 to conform
to the Southern division dates
for the Junior College play-off
the following week. The winner
of the Northern and Southern di-
visions will meet for three
games series for the 1850 Junior
College Championship.
North teams include: Holmes,
Sunflower, Northwest, Northeast,
Ittaw lmba, and East Mississippi.
South teams are: Kinds, Copiah-
Lincoln, Southwest, Perkinston,
East Central, and Jones of Ellis
vile.
The complete Holmes Schedule
is as follows: April 7, East Missis-
sippi, here; April IA. Northeast,
there; April Is, Itawamba, at Full
ton; April l8, Sunflower, here;
April 81, Northwest, here; April
%, Northwest here; April Is,
East Mississippi at Scoba; April
rs, Northeast, here; April 20, TIA
wanda, here; May 2, Northwest
at Senatobia; and May 5, Sun
flower at Moorhead.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06

in advance by technicians of the
Soil Conservation Service and the
Forest Service, working through
Holmes County Soil Conservation
District and cooperating farmers.
Plans are being made by local
organizations to purchase addi-
tional pine seedlings SO that this
service may be extended to farm
ers outside the Black Creek
Watershed.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06
DEMONSTRATION COUNCIL.
TO HAVE CAKE WALK

The Home Demonstration coun-
Gil is sponsoring cake walk.
April 2, at 7:30 o'clock on the
Square at Lexington.
The public is cordially invited
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06

Pershing Spruill viii address
a mass meeting of hosiery worker
this weekend in Humbolt, Tenn
Approximately $50 workers OF
the Humboldt division OF the
Wayne Knitting Mills OF Fort
WAYNE, Indiana, will attend.
Mrs. r. c. Elmore attended the
funeral of Mrs. Joe Mccarthy IN
Jackson Wednesday. Mrs. Nc
earthly was born and raised IN
Durant and was the former Miss
Edna Wilson Nichols.
Mrs. w. G. Montgomery of
MSCW spent the Spring holidays
At home.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06
Cancer Drive Goal
Set at SM, SIS; 600

Strike Sock Give 10 Conquer Con.
Ger" is the ehaAsoeins slogan Of the
1850 conesr crVsods Of the American
Coness Society. April Is kotionoi Con.
Ger Control Month. authorized by Con.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06

The Revival services for the
Pickens Presbyterian Church will
begin Sunday night, April at
7:30 p. m. and continue through
the evening service Friday, April
IA. The Rev William Mansell,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church. Vicksburg, will be the
guest pastor for these services.
Tie n rning services will begin
at HOO a. m. and the evening
SEA vie-s al 7:30 p. m.
The public is cordially invited
to attend these special services.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06

Mrs. Marcus Love, Sr. and Mr..
and Mrs. Marcus Love, Jr., ac-
companied Robert Love to Jack
son last Thursday afternoon to
catch plane for Atlanta, Georgia
where he spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. James Stokes.
Mrs. L. O. Hutchinson, Mrs.
Curtis Howard and daughter,
Sara Nell attended the funeral of
}. w. Mabry, in Kosciusko, Sum
Gay.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06

Mrs. w. S. Heggie was a Jack
son visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. T. r. Barrett, Mrs. Pat
Barrett and Mrs. Chatwin M.
jackson were Durant visitors last
week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06
Bishop ]. Allen
Passes At Sails

Funeral services fer Bishop !
Allen. age 54, of Sails. WIN died
March 30 at the home Of his bro
ther, Grover Allen after an i'll
ness of eight months, were held
at the Baptist Church, Saturday
at 1000 a. m, the Rev. A. Farve
pastor of the Sails BAPTIST
Church officiating. Burial was in
Sails cemetery.
Surviving are his mother. Mrs
l.. b. Allen, Jr., of Bowling, Ken
lucky. one sister, Mrs. Luther
turner of kosciusko and two bro.
theirs, Fred A. Allen Of jackson
and Grover Allen of Sails
Sothern Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06

The Holmes County All live
stock judging team composed Of
Grover Bailey and w. l.. Lip
sey of Lexington, Louis Temple
of Tchula and Hugh Carl Nc
Lellan Of Durant, won third
place in the district contest at
Greenwood and will complete in
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06

W. G. Montgomery of Alabama
spent the weekend at home and
ne and Mrs. Montgomery spent
Sunday in Memphis in the home
of their daughter, DR.. and Mrs.
Spencer Barnes.
Friends of H. d. Bouchillon
viii be glad to know that ne
is improving after a major ope-
ration in the Baptist Hospital
III Jackson, He will be there for
two weeks.
Miss Edith Rhyme of Grenada,
spent the weekend with her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. W. Rhyme.
Evening star., 1950-06-18

awards assembly at the Cardoza
High School. Edward G. Conf
gore. sr-. past commander OF the
Washington Police and Fire Post.
presented Americanism awards TO
Robert Potts and Jeannette Louise
Brown. outstanding graduating
students of the June class.
The annual Soap Box Derby
parade will take place next Sat-
urday at 2 pm. according to
Frank Murphy. general chairman.
Meetings this week:
Monday-''Red. White and Blue
finals, National Guard of Honor,
Justice Post. Legion Club; Barry
Post. 735 First street NV.
Evening star., 1950-06-18

Thad Dulin Post on the west
diamond. The latter team also
plays the Clark v. Polling nine in
a twilight game next Saturday at
$50 pm. on the west diamond.
Frank D. Norton, membership
officer Of the Forty and Eight re-
ports that organization win make
every effort to retain the Bissel
Trophy at this years national
convention in Los Angeles next
fall and requests all local voy-
aguers to make their reports of
all members secured before the
deadline Of September lst.
Seven new or fourteen renewal
members entitle the member to
a bronze star while four bronze
stars in five years he will receive
gold star and after winning two
gold stars he will be entitled to
gold shoulder cord.
Edward G. Comingore, past
commander of the Police and Fire
Post. who for about the last two
years has been manager of the
American Legion Club has sub
mitted his resignation to the de-
partment commander to take
effect July 1st.
At a special Americanism
Evening star., 1950-06-18
Personalities and Impressions
Rare Books of w. Lloyd Wright
Given to G. w. II. Library

The Travellers Directory. or +;
pocket companion, showing thl
course of the main road from
Philadelphia to New York anc
from Philadelphia to Washing
ton might be the forerunner o.
our present AAA strip road maps
Washington as a tourist centel
from it's earliest days is stressed
in literally hundreds of early guide
books. Many contain addenda il
the way of etiquette hints, un'
doubtedly the Emily Post bulletin!
of their time. "Morrison'S Stran-
gers Guide and Etiquette fol
Washington City" published here
in 1901, was of this type. The
advice it gives as to official enter
tanning and visits to official per
sonages sounds quite modern. A:
late as 1850 volumes of this type
must have been considered to have
educational value, for one Johr
O'Donoghue received Etiquette al
Washington" for proficiency ir
elocution at the Washington Cath
olic Seminary.
Very dear to Mr.. Wright be-
cause of its link with his career
must have been a blue leather.
bound volume, printed by Force &
Davis. Pennsylvania avenue, 1920
(Peter Force has often been called
this city's first archivist" and be-
came a Mayor. His name lives ir
Force School) This book is q
Register of officers and Agents
Civil, Military and Naval of the
U. S. on the 30th of September
1919. Together with the names
force and condition of all the ship.
and vessels belonging to the U. S.
and here built, prepared by the
Department of State in Pursuance
of a Resolution of Congress of tht
9th of April, 1876"
Nearer our time and with di.
rect relationship to George Wash.
ington University is "An Addres.
delivered before the Enosinian So
ciety of the Columbian College
d. c., July 4, 1887, by Edgar Snow
den Washington and printed BY
Peter Force" 0ee was later in.
Quoted into this society.)
There is a little red-bound
pocket-sized book entitled: Prodo.
mus of the Flora Columbian, Ex.
hibiting a List of All the Flora
Yet Collected IN This Area" com.
piled by John A. Brereton, M. D.
U. S. A., and a forebear of Capt
William Jenny Brereton, U. S. N.
retired, and of his daughter, Mrs
Hamilton Robinson of this city.
Evening star., 1950-06-18

Washington singers, dancers,
magicians, novelty acts, etc., and
others, from New Jersey to
Georgia. will appear as hnalists in
contest tomorrow at pm. at
the American Legion Club, 2437
Fifteenth street NV, to select
star performers to take part in
the Legion's new musical revue,
''The Red, White and Blue"
Roy Mack. talent scout, will be
the judge. Those selected will be
given a contract with all expenses
paid to Hollywood, Calf, to pre-
pare to open with the show during
the Legion's annual national con-
vention at Los Angeles, Calf. :,
next fall.
Due to the size of the audition-
ing hall. only those connected
with the contest will be admitted.
Bloodbank chairman John
Evening star., 1950-06-18
-Four Business Groups
Schedule Meetinus

With the coming of hot weather
and the general suspension of
meetings, only four business
groups will meet this week.
Scheduled Tuesday are the
East Gate Business Association,
banquet at $3.50 pm. in the SUM-
day School Building of Sherwood
Presbyterian Church. Twenty
second and Jackson streets NE:
The Electrical Contractors Asso-
ciation board of directors, $3.50
pm, at COLT Sixteenth street N,
w., and Central Business Associa-
ton, 1915 luncheon in the Bur-
li1gton Hotel.
Meeting at 8::15 pm. Wednesday
Is the Federation of Businessmen's
Associations in the American
Security and Trust Building.
Evening star., 1950-06-18

TueSday-Department Conven-
ton Committee, Cooley -McCul-
lough Post. Maritime Post, Ie-
gion Club: I'd Division Post, Pepco
Post. Colonial Hotel.
WedneSday-A. G. Bell Post,
Leslie and Douglas McNair Post,
George S. Patton-Tank Corps
Post. Legion Club; General Ac-
counting once Post. 224 D street
Sc.
Neutrality-suspicious. Execu-
tive Committee, Legion Club:
James E, Walker Post, 1882 Ninth
street NV.
Friday-Victory Post. Colonial
Hotel.
Evening star., 1950-06-18

vention next
month at the
s h o r e h a m
Hotel.
He announced
last week that
all posts must
have their total
membership on
file at the head
quarters by the
close of buSi-
ness next Tues
day to count
for their total
of delegates and
alternateS.
Evening star., 1950-06-18

OMera announces 31l pints in
the Legions bank and sch June
80 as the deadline in the contest
for the award of a silver cup to
the post donating the most blood.
Nominations in triplicate for the
Watson B. Miller Award made an
nually at the department conven-
ton to the District member who
has shown the most outstanding
and unselfish example of service
to the. Legion for the past year
will be received up to pm. to-
morrow at department headquar-
ters. It was announced by AL
Keating, chairman.
Clifton D. Eiland. chairman of
the midsummer dance of General
Accounting ONCE Post will an
nounce final plans for this event
at the Prince Georges Country
Club on June % at the meeting
next Wednesday evening at the
Kenneth H. Nash Post Clubhouse,
224 D street Sc.
Arrangements to sponsor two
boys at a summer camp and a
boy in the annual Soap Box Derby
will also be announced by Depart
ment Vice Comdr. Jacob A. Milwit.
Cooley-McC Cullough Post, at its
last meeting, unanimously indorsed
its past commander, Gen. U. S.
Grant III. for department COM
mander.
In the Junior American Legion
Baseball League today at 1890
pm. on the Ellipse the Holleran-
Murray Post team meets the
Victory Post on the north diamond
and Fort Stevens plays Bunker
Hill Post on the east diamond
while the Fort Dupont Post plays
the National Cathedral Post on
the south diamond. Government
Printing Office outfit meets the
Evening star., 1950-06-18
MI c ID O NJ O G H.

One Of the Nations best equipped college
preparatory schools for boys. Pre-voca.
tional shop and business training. Grader
1-l2. Small classes. Tutoring periods
Endowed. Semi-military. Separate dorm
for younger boys. Year-round sports, 81
horses, gyms. football fields. Whole.
some food from school farm, S35 acres
Visitors welcome. IL miles Baltimore
Catalog. MAJOR LOUIS E. LAMBORN
Boz 1O7, McDonogh, Md.
Evening star., 1950-06-18
ID. {. Department,
American Legion,
| Annual Session

Comdr. Charles K. Dunn Of the
District of Columbia Department,
American Legion, has issued a call
for the annual department con-