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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
.edthersby Rites
Will Be Held Today
Member Of Well
Known Family Dies
After Long Illness

Funeral services for Albert
Glenn Weathersby will be held
in the home of his son. Norman
Weathersby, this Thursday
morning at 1l:00 o'clock with the
Rev. Hayes Clark, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church. Of
ficiating.
Mr.. Weathersby died around
midnight Tuesday night shortly
after being admitted to the
Holmes County Community Hos
pital. He had been in failing
health for some time.
Born May 81, 1873. Mr.. Wea-
thersby was 70 years of age. He
had made his home in Lexington
for several years coming from his
home in Liberty.
Surviving are his wife and one
son.
Interment will be in Odd Fell
lows cemetery in Lexington with
Southern in charge of arrange
ments.
Pallbearers will be o. o. Nor
ris, w. E. Strider. w. B. Barrett,
Lee Herring, Leroy Paris. H. T.
Hathcock, Vernon Hathcock, and
William Nose.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
Accomplishments Of S2nd Congress
Reviewed By Congressman Frank Smith

tense program.
He suggested that an incentive
must be given the cotton farmer
for his crop--to assure him of a
fair price in the face of increased
production costs. This must be
done in order to avoid bankrupt
cy.
Warns Farmers
Cotton farmers were warned
not to go all out for production
unless adequate guarantees on
price were made by the govern
ment.
Our Weakness
In speaking of the international
situation Mr.. Smith said all of
our past mistakes in foreign pol
icy have been based on our weak
ness-our inability to back up our
words with strong military forces.
Today We still cannot call the
hand of Russia he said, "as
badly as we hate to admit it. Yet,
we have the Job Of defending
ourselves against the potential
combined powers of Russia and
all her satellites"
As for Europe, he said, her
production must be kept on our
side in order for us TO maintain
a favorable balance in arms pro-
duction.'
Japan and Germany, too, must
be kept on our side or within our
orbit, he added.
This means the U. S. must
maintain bases in the Pacific as
well as England, France. Spain,
Turkey, Greece and North AT
rica-these bases to be used for
delivery Of atomic weapons.
He pointed out the fact that in
order to achieve victory in any
war we must take the battle to
the enemy on his own soil-and
suggested that now is probably
the best time to start experiment
ing with the use of atomic wea-
pons in Korea.
Our defense program must be
continued, he said. eventhough
it means vast expenditures. Full
Ives per cent Of our present huge
budget goes for preparation for
defense and to pay for past wars.
I'VE could do away with the
whole civilian program of gov
ernmert and get no relief at all"
he said.
Mr.. Smith favors strongly a
sound universal military training
program saying that the Korean
was cost us four or five billion
dollars additional because of an
inadequate reserve system in our
military forces.
He also favors an amending
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
Hornets And Tigers
Named BIB AII-Stars
Nine Holmes Players
Win Honorable
Mention For PIoy

Five Lexington Hornets and
four Durant Tigers were named
to the Big Black Conference all
star team at meeting held Sun
day afternoon in Ethel. Unani-
mously elected as outstanding
stars by school officials attend
ing the meeting were Glenn Tay-
Tor, back, Sturgis junior, and Bud
Rhodes, guard, also junior of
Sturgis.
The Holmes lads named to the
all-conference team were:
Lexington: Joe Chapman, back;
Bobby Fisher, center; Joe eau
then, guard; Banks Shepherd,
end; and Billy Gilmore, tackle.
Durant: Thomas Gunter, back;
Nit Roby, guard; Thomas Phil
Terry, Tackle; and w. r. Mar
tin, end.
Receiving honorable mention
were four lads each from Lexing-
ton and Durant teams and one
West back. Buddy Black. On
this list were Harvey Hearn and
w. L. Lipsey. Lexington backs,
Ernest Ingold, tackle. and Joe
Moore, guard. on the Hornets
team; James Rucker and James
Pilgrim, Durant backs. Roy Par.
kinson, tackle, and Duane Hall,
end, on the Tiger eleven.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
BIB Championships
Playof Scheduled Fol
Sturgis Brooksyi||e
Indicated Lexington
Bows To Durunt
Friday Night 1877
BY Stokes Sanders, Jr.

A playoff game between St,r
gis and Brooksville for champion
snip OF the Big Black Conference
mas been scheduled after a hectic
weekend of football in which
Sturgis defeated French Camn
w IN a bruising battel and pre-
viously undefeated Lexington
feil to keyed up Durant 1877.
The Sturgis-Brooksville play-
Off will be held in Stureis
thanksgiving afternoon at 200
The thrilling battle between
traditional rivals Lexington and
Durant was seen by the years
lagest crowd, possibly the largest
ever to jam the Durant gridiron.
The home team scored first after
a sustained drive in the second
quarter with Thomas Young Gun
ter going across. The extra point
try by James Rucker was good.
Soon afterwards, Joe Chapman
OF Lexington broke losse for 60
yards. AT halftime the score was
deadlocked TT after the whistle
stopped Durant on the Lexington
one-foot line. The decisive touch
down came in the last two min
utes as James Pilgrim went over
to china a power drive.
In the other big game of the
week, Sturgis knocked French
Camp from the undefeated list
by outscoring the Bulldogs 20-7.
The. visiting French Camp eleven
scored in the first quarter on a
passing attack but Sturgis tied
up the score in the second on a
pass from Billy Eskridge to Shor-
ty Lindsey. Garner Morgan and
Glen Taylor both scored in the
third for the Lions. Glen Taylor,
Bobby Hunt and Bud Rhodes
were outstanding in the Sturgis
defense while Shorty Lindsey
starred on defense.
Indicated in conference COM
petition and assured of a place
in the runoff, Brooksville coasted
to an easy $40 win over Sloan,
an outsider.
Scoring in every quarter, Sails
defeated Ethel 24-13 in another
Big Black battel. Pascal Burnley
is credited with two touchdowns
plus a great defensive game, Pat
Waddell made one and Billy AL
len the other.
Mathiston improved its confer
ence standing by whipping Ma
ben 1877. Billy Blanton's pass to
George Pierce in the second quar-
ter netted the initial Mathiston
touchdown AMI in the third Blan-
on received a pass from Jimmy
Gardner for a score In the fourth
Blanton was on the receiving end
of touchdown pass from Len
Hester. Maben entered paydirt
on an end around play in the last
few minutes.
The Kilmichael-W inona match
was cancelled.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
Former Holmes Youth
Wins Commentator
Service In koreu
With Artillery
Draws High Proise

Corporal William a brennan.
Jr., son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Gus brennan of Lexington, has
been awarded commentator
for meritorious service in Korea.
The citation reads:
The Commanding General, LIST
Marine Division (ReinD FMF.
takes pleasure in commencing
Corporal William A. brennan, Jr.,
United States Marine Corps, for
service as set forth in the fol-
lowing citation: For excellent
service in the line of his opera
tions in Korea from / November
to 10 December 1850. Corporal
brennan, serving as a member of
field artillery howitzer section,
displayed great skill. courage and
confidence in the performance of
his duties. On the morning of
7 December 1850. while his bat
terry position was under heavy,
close-in enemy attack. he volun-
tarily moved machine gun from
one extreme of the battery posi-
ton to the opposite flank which
was the point of the enemy at
tack. Repeatedly exposing him
self to enemy fire and regardless
of danger, he placed the gun in
action and delivered such accu-
rate and effective fire that the
enemy was routed. His actions
set an example to all who served
with him and materially contrib
uted to the successful repulse of
the enemy attack. Corporal
Dlennan's conduct throughout
was in keeping with the highest
traditions of the Service"
Commentator Ribbon with
Combat w" authorized.
G. c. Thomas
Major General
u. S. Marine Corps.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
Thanksgiving Observed Here Today;
Union Services Are Held This Morninu

Today, Thursday, November %.
is being observed as Thanksgiv-
ing day in Durant. The schools,
stores, banks, offices. postoffice
and other Federal offices are
closed for the holiday.
Thanksgiving services will be
held this morning at 300 o'clock
at the First Methodist Church
with the Rev. J. o. Bearden, pas
tor of the Nazarene church bring
ing the message. A beautiful pro-
gram of music will be given by
the combined choirs of the city's
churches.
Offering taken at these serv-
ices will be divided among the
Durant churches.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
Douglas Moss Rites
Held On tuesday
Prominent TchuIu
Citizen Suffers FutuI
Heart Attack

Funeral services were held on
Tuesday, November 20, from the
Tchula Methodist Church for Ar
thur Douglas Moss, Al we'll known
citizen of Holmes County, who
died Monday following a sudden
heart attack. The Rev. J. v.
Stewart officiated with burial in
Odd Fellows cemetery. Southern
was in charge of arrangements.
A native of Holmes county, Mr..
Mr.. Moss was born December IL,
1910, and married Miss Mabel
Owen in 1884. He had extensive
planting interests and was the
Chevrolet dealer in Tchula. He
was member of the Methodist
Church.
He is survived by his wife, two
daughters, Yvonne Moss and Kay
Moss; two brothers. H. H. Moss
of Algoma and j. w. Moss of of
Schlater; five sisters. Mrs. Jodie
Hinton and Mrs. H. G. McClel-
Ian of Lakeland. Florida. Mrs
F. v. Buchanan of Indianola,
Mrs. Mack CAN'T of Belzoni, and
Miss Ouida Moss of Jackson.
Active pallbearers were: Ralph
Ray, Harvey Baine. G.. T. Cobb,
]. L. Shields, Edwin McKibben,
Charlie Smith. Frank Moore
Clark and Durward Warner. Hon.
orary pallbearers were his
friends.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
BIB Conference Plans
Basketball Tourney
Meeting Held Sunday;
Holmes Teams Placed
In West Division

The Big Black Conference was
divided into two divisions for
basketball tournaments in Feb
uary and an all-conference team
was selected at a special meeting
held in Ethel Sunday afternoon
by superintendent and coaches
of the Is member schools.
The basketball Journeys of the
east and west division will be
scheduled Feb. l and 2 with fl
nails slated Tuesday. Feb. 5th.
Sites of the hardwood events will
be set at the annual January
meeting of the Big Black.
Teams entering the east divi-
sion tournament will be French
Camp Academy, Maben, Mathis
ton, Noxapater, Sturgis, Weir and
Brooksville. Contestants in the
west division will be West. Lex
ington, McAdams, Sails, Walden,
Kilmichael, Durant and Ethel.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
1851 Tex Books Now
Open In Holmes

The tax rolls have been COM
pleted and the books are now
open for early payment of 1875!
taxes, according to an announce
ment today by Ellis f. Wynn,
sheriff and tax collector Of
Holmes County.
Taxes paid in 1851 are deduct
ible from 1851 income tax re-
ports according to law. Citizens
wishing to keep ahead of the tax
collector are warned accordingly.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
Countrywide BTU
Clinic PIonned

A countrywide Baptist Training
Union Clinic will be held at the
First Baptist Church in Durant
beginning Monday evening, Nov.
20, at ZOO. Aubrey j. Wilds,
state BTU secretary, will be in
charge.
BTU members all over the
county are urged to attend, said
the Rev. c. NJ. Day. pastor of
the Durant church.
A study course for juniors and
story hour will be conducted by
local leaders. Adults. young peo-
pie and Intermediates will meet
in the auditorium and study to-
gether. 1t will continue through
November 30th.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22

Everyone in Lexington and
Durant should be proud of his
favorite team after Friday
nights annual classic.
At least 1900 people attend
ed the game in Durant FRIDAY
night-the largest crowd ever
despite the freezing cold
weather.
The fans were amply reward
ed for both teams fought hard
and clean and with good spirit.
The fans themselves display
ed good craftsmanship which
is no more than they should
have done, Of course.
Stealing the show at odd mo
ments during the game were
the cute cheerleaders on both
sides in their colorful garo.
At halftime the purple and
gold clad band of Lexington
nut on a show that was very
GOOD and greatly enjoyed by
the crowd. Eleanor Patterson
and her corps of majorettes
evoked a great deal Of favor
able comment with their hign
~r.ncinp during the show.
We are sure that Mr.. W. H.
Scott, director of both the Lex
ington and Durant bands was
highly gratified at the recep,
ton his band students received
from the crowd.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
Holmes Red Cross
Chapter Fill Quotas

The Voluteer Service Groups
under the leadership il Mrs. ]. r.
Williams, chairman for Holmes
County Chapter of the Red Cross.
have completed the quota OF hos
pital supplies which was assigned
the Holmes Chapter. 20
The hospital quota consisted of
20 bedside bags, one layette. one
card table cover. They will be
sent to a government hospital as
designated by headquarters.
The quota of gift boxes for
Christmas on the High Seas has
also been filled and these pack
ages have been forwarded to the
Field Director of the American
Resd Cross serving at Naval Dis
trit Headquarters, San Diego. to
be distributed through that chan
mel.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
Durunt Youth Receivers
From Injury Received
In College Come

Holmes county friends of Glenn
Cain, outstanding Millsaps soph-
omore halfback, will be interest
ed to know he is recovering from
injuries received in tho Millsaps-
Hendrix College game at Con-
way, Arkansas Saturday Young
Cain suffered torn neck muscles
IN the game but was able to re-
turn with his teammates Sunday
to Jackson When injured it was
feared he had received a broken
vertebra from blow on the
back of the neck.
Cain halls from Durant and
was a valuable player on the
Durant Tiger team for the pc
riod of his high school career.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
Biggest Achievement
Wos Negative;
Situation Discussed

The biggest achievement of
the 82nd Congress was negative
one, in the opinion of Congress-
man Frank Smith of Greenwood
according to his views voiced in
a visit paid to Holmes County this
week.
Congressman Smith appeared
as guest speaker at the Friday
meeting of the Lexington Rotary
club where he was introduced by
Curtis Carr, November program
chairman. A. p. Carroll pre-
sided.
The refusal of the Congress to
adopt the Fair Deal proposals of
the President was its greatest
achievement, Mr.. Smith said. The
reaction was so strong against
these proposals, he continued,
that little attempt was made to
get the matters before commit
tees.
Mr.. Smith said he did not be-
lieve the same situation would
exist in the new term of Con-
gress-that strong effort would
be made to get Mr. Truman's
Fair Deal into legislative chan
nels. He expressed the opinion
that this effort would fail and
the impending legislation would
be throttled.
The Delta Congressman ex-
pressed the opinion that the SOU
thern states should not commit
themselves to anything until the
future can be forseen more read
lily. The way he expressed it was
that the south is in the midst of
an "unending fight"
Need Production
Production is the only answer
to initiation, Mr.. Smith said. II
must be expanded, he added. un-
til the needs of the military and
essential requirements are met
Commodities in short supply like
steel can be allocated. he said.
| A good example Of how pro,
duction meets the inflationary
challenge is shown in what hap
pened to cotton during the cur
] rent season, he said. When we
produced bumper crop the price
fell.
Need Agriculture
Mr.. Smith said the United
States needs increased agricul-
tural production. Cotton. he
maintained, was second only to
steel in Importance in the de,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22

fight in the battle against COM
munism all over the world and
believes that the best way to dc
this is to be as strong militarily
as possible and continue to
strengthen our allies.
Miss Mary Arlyn Young. SEN
ior honor student, was a special
guest of honor of the club.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
Voiden-West Quarterly
Conference PIunned

The second Quarterly Confer
ence OF the Vaiden-West Charge
will be held at the Emory Me-
thodist Church, Sunday, Deem
Der 2. with DR.. ]. E. Stephens,
district superintendent, presid-
ing.
All officials and members are
urged to attend this quarterly
conference which will convene
Immediately after preaching SER
vices at $3.50 p. m.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
BY Hazel Brannon Smith

By Hazel Brannon Smith
know three things must al
ways be
TO keep nation strong and
free;
One is a hearthstone bright
and clear
With busy, happy loved ones
near.
One is ready heart and hand
To love and serve and keep
the land.
One Is a worn and beaten way
To where the people go to pray.
= So long as these are kept alive
Nation and People will survive.
God, keep them always every
where
The hearth, the flag, the place
Of prayer.
Author Unknown.
On this Thanksgiving Day it
may be harder than usual for
our readers to feel truly thank
full for anything. Every day
the people we see and talk to
from every section of our fair
county and state seem to be
suffering from nerves--and to
Be honest the writer must ad-
nit that she feels pretty weary
and pessimistic about general
conditions in this country and
abroad.
But we must not forget for
q second that even though this
country is not being run the
way we think it should be run
lit is still the greatest country
on the face of the earth and
the only hope of the world.
While our burdens are get
ting heavier all along and life
grows more complex every day
still we have a greater mea-
sure of security and a better
living than the people of any
other nation in the world.
We hope that all our readers
will attend church somewhere
this Thanksgiving and say q
prayer of real thanksgiving to
God for our many blessings
and ask him TO put the Ameri-
can people back on the road
to honest living. honest toll
and a sense of decency. honor
and integrity in our people.
For as surely as We breathe
as long as we have families
and hearthstones, churches and
homes. as long as we love and |
respect our soil and the flag |
that flies over it-tnat long
will we survive as a nation of |
tree citizens.
But If America continues to
60 down the road of socializa-
ton urged on by the planned
economy" crowd of Washington
we are going TO wake up one
of these tine mornings and find
that we have traded our free
dom for 6 mess OF government
patronage.
We must once again reassert
the principles upon which this
country was founded and in
sist that those principles be the
governing law of the land from
the White House on down. We
must get away from the idea
that the government owes us
anything--rather we must be-
gin to insist that the govern
ment is the people and that
every citizen must carry his
own share OF the load II he
wants to keep on eating.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
annual Drive Success

Annual Drive SuccosS !
The Woman's Clubs annual
drive for THANKSGIVING box last
week for the Old Ladies' Homie at
jackson proved very successful
A total of $l04 in cash, and an
estimated 1920 in groceries was
donated. The package Was ship
ped by Railway Epress Agency
free OF charge on Tuesday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22
Jackson Shoppers

Jackson Shoppers
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Odom,
Mrs. Lee Fleming and Mrs. Ruth
Howard shopped in Jackson on
Saturday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22

Taken Home
Mrs. Clyde Stokes was taken
home Friday form the District II
Hospital after several days check
up.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-11-22

I011 NeOISe8O2y aEt
Mamie Ruth Carroll left Wed
nesday night on the City of New
Orleans for Summit where she
will visit in the home of her sis
ter and brother in law. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. THOMPSON.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
NeeIy Would Amend Code
For Divorce on Insanity

Senator Nicely, Democrat, of
West Virginia. yesterday intro
duced a bill to amend the District
code to provide for absolute di-
vorce when a party to a marriage
is found to be incurably insane.
The measure introduced at the
request of the District Bar Asso-
citation, was referred to the Sem
ate District Committee, of which
Mr.. Nicely is chairman.
Under a 1901 law, insanity is a
ground for annulment. if the hus-
band or wife was of unsound mind
before the marriage.
The bill would permit divorce
If one of the parties to the mar
riage was confined in mental in
stitution or similar place for three
years or more, or if the court
found from testimony of two or
more physicians competent in psy-
chiatry that a person was suffer-
ing from permanent or incurable
unsoundness of mind.
Also at the request of the bar
association. Senator Nicely intro
duced a bill to provide for the
court appointment Of counsel for
impoverished defendants in Grim
inal cases, such lawyers to be paid
$25 for each days service.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Planes Join Ships
In Search for Craft
With 8 Girls Aboard
BY the Associated Press

MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 29.-Navy
and Coast Guard air and surface
craft intensified the search today
for eight girls and their malt
skipper. missing in rough seas off
the lower Florida keys in the 43-
foot schooner, Tropicair.
Small craft warnings flew over
the area. The weather bureau
said the 20 to 80 miles per hour
wind had been building up since
Monday.
Planes from st. Petersburg.
Miami and Key West bases Joined
the Coast Guard cutters Ariadne
and Androscoggin in sweep of
the gulf stream and Dry Tortugas
areas.
The Coast Guard cutters
searched throughout the night
while planes joined them at day
break.
Unreported Since Monday.
Two reports of a schooner an
swering the Tropicair's descrip-
tlon came from the S. S. Gulf
Brand at 7:45 am. yesterday and
the S. S. Halcyon III at 7:45 pm.
last night.
Coast Guard headquarters in
Miami said, however. that first
report concerned the Princess, an
other schooner of similar descrip-
ton, and the second might also
be the princess, which was cruis-
ing in the area.
The Tropicair was unreported
since Monday and fear was ex-
pressed that the four-day food
supply may have run out. It also
may have put in at one of the
thousands of small islands in the
area.
Flies Confederate Flag.
Def1antly flying a Confederate
nag as rebels" )" owner LIE Heder-
man and his all-girl crew left St.
Petersburg Saturday noon on the
284-mile trip to Havana. They
had been refused permission to
compete in the st. Petersburg
Havana yacht race and went along
'just for fun"
Crew members were:
Myrna Bibb. 20, and Pat Fenner
%, dancing teachers: Marion Hall
26; Dottio >Sherill. 20, and Clarice
Wilson, 90, department store
clerks, and Janice Kaufman. 10,
Mr. Hederman's secretary.
Also aboard were Betty Gill
christ, %, free lance photographer,
and Helen Hobbs, %, publicity
director of the Bahama Shores
Yacht Association.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
AIqer Hiss Transferred
To Lewisburg Prison
BY fts Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 29-Alger
Hiss, convicted perjurer, was
transferred yesterday from the
Federal House of Detention here
to the Lewisburg (Pa0 Peniten-
tiary.
Hiss, former high-ranking State
Department employe. made the
trip in a prison bus with other
inmates.
Hiss surrendered last week to
start his five-year term after
losing a. Supreme Court appeal.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
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