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Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
SLAUGHTER NECK
By Mrs.
HeTsChel Bennett

Church services Sunday, April Il
2 D. m, Sunday school, V. II. Carey
I Supt., 300 p. m. worship service
and sermon by Rev. Revelle, Sr.
pastor. An invitation is extended tC
all.
The church has been beautifully
painted inside with pale green and
ivory. Painters from Milford did q
fine job Of redecOrating recently.
Mr.. Paynter Collins returned tC
the Delaware Hospital in Wilm.
for an operation to be performed
on Monday. His many friends are
wishing him a speedy recovery
William Clendaniel, Russell Ben
nett and DAVIS jefferson are on the
sick list.
Miss Eleanor Bennett and Miss
Nancy Penuel have recovered from
the mumps William ArgO has them
this week. John P. ArgO has the
grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dempsey
and friends, Mr.. and Mrs. McWil-
liams of Chester, Pa, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Hubbard Argo on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Penuel and
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Mitchell return
ed to their home Sunday evening
from a four day sight seeing trip
into Kentucky and Blue Field, w,
Va.
Mrs. Edna ArgO and Mr.. Herbert
Heller visited in Wilm. on Sunday,
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Fisher were Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Revilions of Chester,
Pa. and Mrs. Lillian Peters OF
Wilm. Mrs. Peters returned home
on Saturday from plane trip to
Miami, Florida, where she visited
her aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Clifton.
Rev. and Mrs. Nelson Bennett Of
Drew University, Madison, N. j.,
called on Mrs. Margaret Bennett
and family enrOute to Newark, Md,
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Abbott, Miss
Faye Coffin, Mr.. and Mrs. John
AdACy anu uduSuCSI CdIOlyH IuO-
tOred to Washington, D. c., on Sun
day and enjoyed touring through
the city seeing the Japanese cherry
blossoms in full bloom.
Mrs. Alice Shepard visited her
son, Mr.. Nailor Shepard and fam
lily in Hillcrest, Wilm., on Satur-
day. She accompanied Mrs. Donald
Donovan and mother, Mrs. Mae
DickersOn. Mrs. Dickerson entered
the hospital there for eye treat
ment.
Sunday evening guests Of Mrs.
Alice Shepard were Mr.. and Mrs.
John Mcbride of Frederica.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Hassinger
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
4th Annual Chicken
Festival Set For
Salisbury, Maryland
CONTINUED from nrst pagol

Chicken Cooking Contest, an annu-
al feature of the festival. The books
have gone to most states and many
foreign lands.
The Chicken Festival, a nom
profit organization, depends entire
ly on volunteer labor. All of it's
funds are contributed by persons
interested in the Delnarva broiler
industry-broilers growers, feed
dealers, hatcherymen, ssin g
plant operators, bankers, and
others.
For many of these people, it's
the only advertising they do. Many
brOiler growers contribute each
year at the rate of one dollar for
every thousand birds of their capa-
city. It's a way that growers can
join hands with the people that
supply their necessities and the
people who buy their product to
promote the industry as a whole.
Persons interested in supporting
the 1851 Delmarva Chicken Festival
have been urged to send their con-
tributions to Otis Esham, Treasur-
er, ParsOnsburg, Maryland. Checks
should be made payable to the Del
marva Chicken Festival, Inc.
Space for the poultry equipment
show will be allotted in the order
that requests come in. Persons in
terested in exhibiting should con-
tact Mr.. Clarence Hurst, Dover.
Delaware. Officers of the festival
are: Dave Greene, president; Roy
Twilley, vice president from Vir-
ginia: Cliff Dryden. vice president
from Maryland; Otis Esham. Trea-
surer; and Ken Baker, Secretary.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
Americans Leave Prague

PRAUGE - up - A diplomatic
survey just completed here shows
that only four American firms and
agencies are still in operation on a
permanent basis in Czechoslovakia
This compares with so or so two
and a half years ago.
These four are the Associated
Press. the United Press, The Mo
tiOn Picture Export Association and
the buying office for eastern Eu-
rope of the R. H. Macy Company
New York department store.
They employ 42 CzechOslovak
citizens. All have American resi-
dent managers, but Macy's manager
went back 10 New York last fail
and mas not returned.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
Oil Sought In MOiave
Desert

SAN BERNARDINO, Calf. - P)
~ Western il men are keeping an
eye on drilling operations on the
vast MOjave desert across the
mountains.
While no one has struck oil there
yet in commercial quantities, some
experts believe it's there to be
found In several areas derricks
now point slxyward among the
yucca and Joshua trees. Test Wells
are bein9 drilled near Barstow,
Victorville, Orc Grande, Helendale
and Harvard.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13

of Milton, Sheldon Webb and daug-
liter Thadda, were guests of MI.
and Mrs. Edward 1. Webb on Sun
day.
Mrs. Mildred Thompson of Elk
ton, spent Sunday with her son,
Billy Wilson, and Mr.. and Mrs. =.
I. Webb.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
CLASSIFIED Ads get results
Char-PrOOf Coatings

Many ash trays are now coated
with burn-and-char-proof synthetic
coatings. Cigarettes do not char
the organic film. Some Of these
coatings are baked on. Others are
Of the air-dry variety.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-05
Mississippi National Guard Raids Il Holmes
County Roadside joints Saturday Taking
Sb,WOWhiskey, Firearms, Gambling Tokens

ing found.
A. l.. McNair's place just inside
Durant corporate limits, highwav
IL east, whiskey.
Tlllman Branch's place, high
way IL, east of Durant, gin, slot
machine, shot gun, punch board.
H. D. Powell, Club IL, highway
IL east of Durant, whiskey, slot
machine, pistol, black jack.
Tillman Branch, highway IL.
east of Durant Second Branch
place raided), nothing found.
The Spot, highway IL, east of
Durant, J. G. Lane, game machine
and punch board.
Jimmy McNair's place, highway
IL east of Durant, whiskey, shot
gun and shells, slot machine.
Mike Breazeale's Torch Club,
just outside Durant city limits,
nothing found.
Rainbow Garden, slot machines.
counter pay type, punch boards,
poker chips, dice, brass knucks,
whiskey, cartridges and shot gun
shells; at Mrs. H. S. Powell's
residence north of Rainbow Gar
den, one Chevrolet pickup loaded
with 80 gallons of moonshine
whiskey, and eight gallons moon
shine in storm cellar of house.
The White Pig, T. r. Lucas, pis-
tol and shot gun, punch boards
and black jack.
Hillside Cafe, highway 81, about
five miles north of Durant, Mrs.
Ruby Fowler, whiskey and pistol.
L. H. Ramage's place on the
West-Emory road, nothing found.
Village Inn, highway IL east
Of Lexington, Herbert Downer,
whiskey, rifle, pistol, punch board
and penny slot machine.
Wagon Wheel, T. E. (Ed)
Weems, Neva Weems and Stanley
Woodall, whiskey, dice. s-.
H. L. Malone, Jr.'s place on
highway IL west of Lexington,
whiskey, slot machine, punch
board, dice, shot gun.
Rainbow Inn. highway 81 south
Of West, Herbert Mayo, nothing
found.
Evidence in these cases is being
presented to the Holmes County
Grand Jury which convened Mon
day and Tuesday of this week re-
cessing Tuesday afternoon to
meet again Friday morning. The
evidence is being presented to the
Grand Jury by County Attorney
Barrett, Sheriff Wynn and Dis
trict Attorney Stanny Sanders.
If indictments are made by the
Grand Jury they will be prose
cuted at the criminal term of Cir
cult Court which opens Monday
April Is, with Judge Arthur Jor-
dan presiding on the bench.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-05
tooth Birthday IL
To Be Celebrated
Here On April t3
Tom Q. Ellis viii
Be Speaker At
Afternoon Program

The Tooth anniversary of tsas
Illinois Central System will Rae
celebrated in Durant on Friday.
April IS, at program to be heaS
IN Railroad Park on Front Street.
at $3.50 o'clock.
Tom Q. Ellis, Supreme Count
Clerk of Jackson, will be- tine
featured speaker of the day araa
the Holmes Junior College bsnsA
will furnish music for the oc-
casion.
r. H. Hunter, superintendent of
the Mississippi Division of the nc
Will present plaque to the Gritty
of Durant concentrating tire
railroads centennial.
The public is given a most cor
dial invitation to attend and IL e.
hoped a large number of Dusxs
citizens will be present for t
occasion.
The program has been p1anr,eo
as follows:
Master of Ceremonies, Mr.. W..
E. Howell former mayor.
Music, Holmes Junior CoIIese
band.
Invocation, Rev. c. M. Day.
Introduction of A. I. CupA
bell, Agent; j. H. Dame, TraEsk
Superintendent; A. E. ETIzex,
Train Master.
Remarks, Mr.. J. L. LongiraafaI
president of Peoples Bank anG
former mayor.
Music, HJC band.
Speaker, Mr.. Tom @. Ellis.
Presentation of Plaque, MI: h
H. Carter, Superintendent, Mis-
sissippi Division.
Acceptance by Mayor r. E. Mc-
Neer.
Music.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-05

upon to do so is only one way
that Holmes county citizens can
back up their law enforcement Of
ficers.
Every private citizen can help,
both men and women, by letting
his opinion be known - by yoic-
ing his disgust with present con-
ditions and letting the law VOL
ator and all Of his friends know
they are not wanted in the COM
munity or county.
He can and should speak out
publicly every opportunity he gets
to go on record against these
hoodlums who are trying to take
over our communities through
out the county and array him
self or herself on the side of law
and order - and then back this
up by voting for man who will
enforce the law and back him up
by serving on juries and in
every other way possible.
There is no halfway measure
in this thing. You are either for
the bootlegger and law violator
or you are against him.
Which is it?
When enough private citizens
get mad enough about living in
a nest of hoodlums they'll do
something about it - they'll band
themselves into groups and call
upon these roadhouses in a body
and tell the operators to get out
of our communities and stay out
not to come back
That's what l recommend as the
only sure way to get rid of them
There's one thing certain. One
sheriff or one county attorney OF
one newspaper can't do it, in
dividually or collectively. Any
effort made by any of these
agencies must have whole hearted
and vocal support from the ma
jority of the citizens of the county
, if the job is to ever be done.
Do they have it?
What do you think?
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-05
M5 People Wanted
In Sunday School
AT Baptist Church
Large Crowds Attend
EvuneeIistic MEETING

AS Durant people are wanted
to attend Sunday School at the
First Baptist Church Sunday, ac-
cording to an announcement by
SIS Superintendent Boyd Moss.
Splendid crowds have been at
tending the evangelistic crusade
meetings this week at the First
Baptist Church here.
Thea Rev. P. D. Bragg, Licking
ton pastor, has been doing the
preaching and bringing great in
spiritual sermons while James
Hayes, church youth director, has
been doing his usual fine job in
leading the singing.
New Goal Set
The goal of AS in Sunday
School would set a new record in
Sunday School attendance at the
Durant church. The SIS enroll
ment is 40. Last Sundays at
tendance was 1923 and for the two
Sundays before was 276 and 274.
Every citizen in the community
who is not enrolled in Sunday
School in another church is Civ
en- a most cordial invitation to
attend the Baptist Sunday School
Sunday.
Citizens in the community who
do not attend any church regul-
arly are given a warm welcome
at the Baptist Church.
Day In Lexington
The Rev. c. M. Day, pastor OF
the Durant Church, has been con-
Quoting an evangelistic meeting
IN Lexington this week at the
Rev. Bragg's church.
Both revivals will come to an
end Sunday night.
The Rev. r. c. Campbell, Jr., OF
Texas brought fine message al
the Durant church Saturday night
He is engaged in revival meet
ing at the Pickens Baptist church
this week. The Pickens meeting
ends Friday evening.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-05
Holmes Man Dies
OF Gun Shot Wounds
In Yazoo County
Shooting Incident Az
Eden Proves FutoI To
Lewis G. Thrusher

Funeral services for Lewis Cir
mon Thrasher, 40, Holmes cnm-
mercial fisherman and farmer q
near Eden, were held at HH-
lands Creek church Monday n
IS pm. Thrasher died of Euu
shot wounds around am. ArrN
!, inflicted by B. l.. Sabell, -,
Eden merchant, according to d.
putty Sheriff w. w. Holloway -
Yazoo county.
Deputy Holloway said Ere
shooting occurred at Sabeue
store, Highway 40 at Eden, sns
miles east of Yazoo City, follow
ing a fist fight between the tsse,
who had been reported drinki1<,
He said eyewitnesses' accoussas
told Of Thrasher entering tiae
store, aiming a pistol and shsuG-
ing at Sabsll, who returned xine
fire. The weapon used by g.
beA was a 80 Special. T1mxe
shots were fired into the stom1k1e
and shoulder of Thrasher, WIN
died shortly after, enroute -
Kings Daughters hospital, Ya1sD
City.
Sabell was waiting for Sher-
iff J. r. Shirley and Deputy Hn6-
loway at the store As minutes
later when they arrived to inves--
tigate, the Deputy said He was
released from Yazoo county jag
Tuesday on 81 900 bond.
Charges have not been coue.
pleted, but win be presented the
Grand Jury when Yaxoo Counsy
Circuit Court convenes Mondxy
morning.
Neither man had been arrested
before, Deputy Holloway said
Earlier Saturday night Thrash
er had made bond in Lexingtox
for one of the men arrested IN
the National Guard raid made I'm
Holmes county Saturday after
noon.
Thrasher sold fish in licking
ton on Saturdays throughout tias
/, fishing season.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Nellie
Thrasher, and several brothers
one of whom is L. v. Thrashes.
of Eden.
Born Nov. 10, 1910, he Was
the son of L. l.. Thrasher and
Bell Rodgers of Holmes county.
and farmed near the Peastsx
plantation. He had lived all his
life in Holmes.
Pallbearers were Claud Lev
Bridges, Bobby Thompson, WE
mer Edwards, Dan Foose, Car
Edwards, and Ollie Jones, witt
Southern Funeral home in chars
' of arrangements.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-05
lorge Crowd Attends
Singing Held Sunday

A large crowd attended the
singing at the Church of the
Nazarene Sunday from 2 to 4
pm.
Singers from Winona, Lexing.
ton, Kosciusko and Jackson at.
tended. Every one, regardless
of faith or denomination, is in,
vited to attend these singing.
which will be held each frs
Sunday afternoon.
The singers are invited tc
come, as well as the public il
general.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-05
Holmes Junior Choir
To Sing At Church

The Holmes Junior College
choir will sing at the Durant Me-
thodist church Sunday, April 8,
at 7 pm, it is announced by the
Rev. T. A. Filgo, pastor. pastor.
The choir will be directed by
Mrs. H. S. McKie. The public is
invited to attend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-05

M. M. Powell is shown leaving
the cell in the Holmes county Jail
at Lexington to be fingerprinted.
He was arrested along with %
others as result of Saturdays
raids.
Photo above was taken by Jack
son Daily News photographer
whom Powell repeatedly threat
ened for taking his picture.
Powell said today he had no in
tention of really threatening the
photographer, that he was only
joking.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-05
70 Are Arrested
On Ruid Asked For
By Wynn And Barrett

Nearly 100 Mississippi National
Guardsmen, State Guardsmen and
Holmes county law enforcement
officials raided q Holmes coun-
ty roadside joints simultaneously
Saturday afternoon at $50 o.
clock resulting in the arrest of
70 persons and the seizure of
a large quantity of whiskey,
firearms and ammunition, brass
knuckles, punch boards, dice, polk
er chips, and counter-pay type of
slot machines, valued at some
$25, 900.
The raid was made by order of
Mississippi's Governor Fielding l..
Wright on the request of Holmes
County Sheriff Ellis f. Wynn and
County Attorney Pat M. Barrett.
Top officials of the Mississippi
National Guard participated in
the raid including General w. Pat
Wilson and Colonel T. B. Bird
song who directed operations.
Gen. Wilson is adjutant general
Of the state of Mississippi and Col.
Birdsong is provost marshal of
the Mississippi National Guard.
Among those arrested, officials
said, were:
R. c. Holder, Floyd Head,
, James Mcbride, Freddie Mcbride,
John Mcbride, Mrs. John Nc
Bride, A. l.. McNair, L. c. Nc
Bride, D. w. Broyles, H. D. Pow
ell, Mary M. Burnette, Marie B.
Johns, J. G. Lane, Jimmy Nc
Nair, M. M. Powell, Dennis Will
liams, Mrs. H. S. Powell, Judson
Lee Drane, all of Durant.
John Pettus, Pickens. no,
Herbert Downer, Jessie Mae
Waddell, Lille B. Pate, John D.
! Pate, H. L. Malone, Jr., John D.
Pate, Jr., all of Lexington. A..
Assisting in the raids were De-
putty Sheriffs George Bailey, and
w. H. Roach and Deputy-Jailor w.
H. Byrd.
At the Sheriffs office in Lex
ington Mrs. E. E. Wynn and Mrs.
Clara CHM Bruce, assistants for
the Sheriff, and Mr.. and Mrs. E.
F. Love, were busy checking in
the large amounts of confiscated
goods from the various details of
Guardsmen making the raids
The 81 places raided, their loca-
tons, together with the name OF
the alleged owner or operator
and the results of the raid in each
case, follows:
John Pettus, highway 81, north
of Pickens, whiskey.
Mile-O-Way Inn, highway 81
south of Durant, operated by R
c. Holder, whiskey and pistol.
Jack O. Diamonds, highway ST.
south of Durant, James Mcbride
[ slot machine Counter pay type)
punch board, pistol and rifle.
81 Grill, highway 81, south Of
Durant, X. G. Ellis, two nicke-
counter pay type slot machines
punch boards.
John Mcbride, highway IL cas-
of Durant, moonshine whiskey
brass knucks, black jack, leather
flogging strap, pistol, rifle ane
shotgun.
Frank Cooksey residence, no.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-05

A Mississippi National Guards
man covers the front of the Rain
bow Garden, Durant night club
owned by M. M. Powell, which
was raided Saturday afternoon
by the Guard along with 20
other places on orders of Cover
nor Fielding L. Wright by re-
quest of Holmes Sheriff Ellis f.
Wynn and County Attorney Pat
M. Barrett.
The raid cost Powell from
$4,000 to $4,000 loss in whiskey,
slot machines (of the game or pin
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-05
Auxiliary To Meet
April ID, In Gym

The Woman's Auxiliary of Beat
Two Community hospital will
meet Friday, April IA, at 8 pm.
in the Y-Teen room of Durant
gymnasium. All members are
urged to be present.
New members are welcomed
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-05
Circuit Court Opens;
Candidates Heard;
Jurors Are Named
Judge Charges Grond
Jury On Liquor,
Gambling, Jury Duty

April term of Circuit Court
opened Monday in Lexington with
Judge Arthur Jordan presiding.
District Attorney Stanny Sanders.
County Attorney Pat M. Barrett,
Circuit Clerk Miss Minnie Jor-
dan and Court Stenographer Miss
Pearl Mcclellan were in attend
ance.
Preceding the empanelling of
juries Ross Barnett and Sam
Lumpkin, both candidates for
governor, made speeches and Ish-
am Beard of Jackson, candidate
for Commissioner of Insurance.
made an announcement as did r.
+. Moore of Durant and Edwin
White of Lexington, the latter
two candidates from Holmes coun-
ty to the Mississippi State Legis-
lature.
Names for grand Jurors were
drawn and the grand jury went
into immediate session which
lasted the remainder of Monday
and all day Tuesday. The body
then recessed and will come back
Friday morning for further deli
beration. List of grand jurors and
their findings will be carried in
this paper next week.
In making his charge to the
grand jury Judge Jordan said:
Il hear rumors that intoxicating
liquor is being sold in this coun-
ty and that gambling is going
on"
He added that he had also
heard that as an adjunct of
these conditions more or less
confidence game" had grown
up.
Judge Jordan emphasized to the
grand jury that criminals could
mot be prosecuted for crimes
above misdemeanor unless it
made the indictment.
The Judge said that it was the
purpose of this court to SO con-
duct itself that it would be de-
serving of the confidence and
respect of the people of the coun-
ty."
He pointed out that a man who
stood on the street corner and
criticized the courts and bemoan-
ed his lack of confidence in them
and then evaded jury duty when
called upon to serve should have
the decency to keep his mouth
shut.
Petit jurieS were empanelled
but were discharged without try
ing any cases.
Several cases on the civil dock
ct were dismissed by agreement
and default judgments taken in
some cases and a non-suit enter
ed in one.
Petit Jui1es Listed
Petit juries empanelled were
Jury No. L:
Frank Bennett, Thomas E.
Haffey, Nathan Schur, Walter
c. Streetman. Jr., H. L. Camp
bell, J. C.. Herrin, E. E. Rickles,
Fred l.. Taylor, J. T. Alderman,
r. G. Brock, Gordon Ellington,
r. d. Rodgers.
Jury No. II:
r. p. Porch, J. M. Bruce, Bob
Farmer. Ike Russell, Otis Farm
er. B. L. Lee, Jim Dickard, AL
fred Hearn, Guy Bradley, J. H.
Warner, Renshaw Thomas, w. B.
Riser. ..
The jury box was exhausted
before two full petit juries could
be empanelled. Ten men had to
be picked up to complete petit
jury number two.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-05

ball type ruled legal by the At
torney GeneraD a pickup truck
loaded with moonshine whiskey
and other gambling tokens such
as poker chips, dice, punch
boards.
Powell told raiding officers the
Rainbow had not engaged in any
open gambling operations since
Sheriff Wynn went into office.
Formerly bingo nights were held
weekly and dice and roulette ia
bles were operated as we'll as an
open bar.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-05

efforts will be so directed as to
place Holmes county high in the
field of education.
1t is my plan to see and talk
with all the people; however, I'M
til l see you, l sincerely solicit
your careful consideration and
help in this endeavor.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Lillian A. Hocut.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-04-05

At Miami Beach
Guests at the Roney Plaza Ho-
tel, Miami Beach, include Mrs,
Louise Durham of Durant.