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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-06-07
AUXILIARY TO MEET

The Woman's Auxiliary of Dis
trict Two Community hospital
will meet Friday, June 8. in the
Y-Teen room of Durant School
gymnasium at 3 p. m. All mem
bers are urged to attend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-06-07
TO CONDUCT SCOUT SCHOOL

Neil Branum of Lexington will
conduct the Boy Scout Leader
ship Training schools session to-
night at 8 o'clock in the base
ment of Lexington Presbyterian
church on Conducting Troop and
Patrol Meetings" All men in
terested in Scouting, in all
churches and all towns of the
county are invited to attend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-06-07
Pastures Suffer Most
From Drouth; Cottoa,
Corn, Needing Rain
County Agent Tells
Boil WeeviI Count
High In County

Pastures are suffering M ORG
from lack Of rain than other crrgt,s
in Holmes county, according rx
County Agent w. r. Sullivan,
who said the only preparztacs
farmers could make for a situs-
ton of this kind is to plant terSa.
porary grazing crops of miIIet on
sudan grass.
Gardens are dry and suffering
and corn two-three feet high ax
suffering more than younger ccgm.
which is withstanding the drcwssk
except in hill areas. Cotton tfrs1
is up and growing is not suffer-
ing too much, Agent Sullivan H.
formed.
Not Below Normal
The normal rainfall for this
time of the year is about five-46u~
inches per month from January
to June l, when it begins d. "
creasing to November with l0w
of about two inches per murd& ,
Normally this area receives f."
bout so inches per year and -
far this year, Holmes county Il
not below normal in amount a
rainfall received. However, nk
Sullivan explained, the rain re-
ceived here came more or less -
at one time.
The last rain received all oeea
the county was April II. thos01r
Goodman md Pickens sections IS
far north as Franklin receives
one-hah to three-fourth fnsfaF
of rain on May 3. Early in ArrB
the county received about sis:
inches of rain in one day
Predictions Impossible
Due to the drouth, prediction
on the crop outcome is Impossible.
though Is per cent more cuts0xs
acreage above the $4,000 acres a.
the county last year, is reported
About the same, or $4,000 acres'
in corn has been planted said Mr.
Sullivan.
Planters are up with their wursks
and crops are clean. Garden SS,~
sects should be poisoned wTsse
marlate, the general reconrrneN,.
dalton for these insects. No signs
of unusual numbers of corn BORGESS.
have been reported, though
Holmes infestation with holR
weevils is the worst in the, srzfe~
according to o. T. Guice of tfes
State Plant board. Of State ooa~
lege, who~was here Monday
lnfsstation High
Last weeks boil weevil scout
ing report for the week ending
June 2 showed three farms m
tested out Of seven visited wi1b
$4,000, and 700 weevils per acres,
respectively, Mondays findingm
resulted in reports of COO and
800 weevils per acre On two nd
ditional fields in the southwest;
part of the county near Howard.
Agent Sullivan recommends poa~
soning cotton as soon as the fiYxN
squares appear.
The average weeviis per acgEs
on infested farms of MississipE,as
is LOT through last week, willis
several counties being as low 1zs
50, and the next highest tC
i,olm"r infestation being Quit
man and Rankin with $50 each
a few cases of screw woHIrnss
have been reported over the
county, which will cause dextig
to cattle if not treated. Young
calves being born during this
time of year should be treafes3
with screw worm smear on sat-
navel, the county agent said
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-06-07

Boil Weevils Are Coming Into
Cotton Fields:
Boil Weevils are coming into
cotton fields very rapidly at this
time. Recent checks have shown
that as many as 700 to 800 boil
weevils have been found to the
acre in the hill section Of Holmes
county. II cotton has begun to
put on squares poison immediate
ly.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-06-07
THROUGH
Hazel.
EYES
by Hazel Brunnon Smith

II es@s~~ SAAAASn 9AAAAAAl
Our adjoining neighbors lin
LeFlore county, have just been
issued warning that after June
18th whiskey selling and gamb-
ling will not be tolerated in Le-
Flore county, nor in the city of
Greenwood.
Heretofore for more than three
years LeFlore county has been
regarded as wide open" in both
those fields and the law enforce
ment officials have been severe
ly criticized an in some in
stances have openly been accused
of taking graft in connection with
the operation of gambling and
bootlegging establishments.
After great deal OF publicity
in the newspapers regarding a
"bootleggers' war" as brought out
by an armed robbery case in Cir
cult Court in that county recent
ly the Sheriff now comes forward
with a fortnight statement as to
his position on law enforcement
admitting he had not done the
job for various reasons and citing
them-the main ones being that
previous administrations had al
lowed whiskey sellers to operate
and the grand juries refuse to
indict the bootlegger.
The Sheriff came back with
this strong accusation against
the people of his county pub
lished in the Greenwood papers
but omitted in the version carried
by the Commercial-AppeaD:
People usually get the kind of
law enforcement they want.
Every citizen Of this county who
has purchased whiskey where it
is offered for .ale OF drunk it
where II is served, whether in
private homes or public places.
has fostered and nourished the
conditions for which the law en-
forcement officers of this, coun-
" and city have been openly cri-
ticized. II people refused to pa
tronize such dealers then they
would of necessity 60 out of bust
ness. No active influence among
our citizens has exerted itself to-
ward law enforcement or CO.
operation with the Sheriff; other
wise, such conditions would not
exist 4
We do not in anyway condone
past actions of the LeFlore coun-
ty sheriff or any other sheriff who
fails to do his sworn duty--but
he certainly spoke the truth in
the foregoing paragraph.
People do usually get the kind
Of law enforcement they want
If they really want it.
Our national crime starts on a
local level--it is only when there
is widespread breakdown Of law
enforcement on local level that
we have conditions such as we
have in America today.
Law enforcement on a commu-
nifty and local level will never
be what we want it to be, or
what it should be, until all Of the
people in the community and the
county cooperate toward that end
by demanding that elected Off
Gals do their sworn duty and
then backing them up by con-
victing lawbreakers.
When the people really want
law enforcement they can get it
from their constables, their city
marshals, and the sheriff.
When they make their wishes
known in no uncertain manner
the judges in the courts will lis
ten. too. and throw the book at
lawbreakers after honest jurors
convict them.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-06-07
Attend Convention

Attend Convention
Mrs. Wick Winborn and Mrs
M. F. Fowlkes attended the Mis-
sissippi Business and Professional
club convention held in MeridiaIE
recently to which Mrs. c. E.
Patton was elected chairman OF
the Fifth district Of the Missis-
sippi BPW.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-06-07

Rain continues to be the most
pressing need of the citizens Of
Holmes county as this is written
and l fervently hope that by
the time this gets to our readers
we will have had the rain we all
want so desperately.
Tchula received a little rain
Monday night--enough to wet
the pavement for a short while.
Only a few drops fell in Lex
ington Monday evening though
both Lexington and Durant re-
ceived a light shower for about
five or ten minutes around noon
Saturday-not really enough to
settle the dust.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-06-07
Banks Closed

Banks Closed
Due to jefferson Davis birth
day falling on Sunday, the follow
ing Monday, June 4, was observed
by Holmes banks as a statutory
holiday, with holiday for all
employees.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-06-07

If the drought continues our
farmers stand not only to lose
their crops and pastures but a
good chance to lose any timber
they might have through fire.
Forester E. P. Mcmillan issued
a statement last week begging the
people of the county to be care
full with matches, cigarettes and
fire.
There have been fifteen fires in
the past few days that have cost
a number of Holmes rounty citi-
Zens dearly. In some cases pas
lures that were desperately need
ed to feed cattle were burned.
Much young timber has been
lost.
Please be careful with fire
especially, we are asked to not
throw cigarettes out of car win
dows on highways.
Amy fires in woods now da-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-06-07
Lexington Visitors

Mrs. D. M. Barranco and Miss
Josephine Barranco were Lexing-
ton visitors Tuesday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-06-07

There were 1892 citizens in
Holmes county who paid thei,
1850 poll tax--which doesn't seem
many IN county where there
are approximately 10000 white
people. But il was only few
less than in 1850 when 3.025 paid
poll tax (for the year l949).
OF course there are q number
OF people who do not have to
Day poll tax to vote-those over
30 years Of age. if there is any
one who admits being over go.
md those who have just become
II.
There are sixteen voting pre-
:incts in the five supervisors dis
tricts Of Holmes county and the
number Of citizens who paid their
1850 poll tax by precincts follows:
District One: Lexington, 1874;
Acona, 70; Franklin, IL.
District Two: Durant GOA,
Goodman, l48; West, 1876; Bow
ling Green, 81; Emory, 81; Eds
vile IL.
District Three: Pickens, 179;
Ebenezer, ia; Eulogy, 1871; Rich
land, 26.
District Four; Thornton, 1872.
District Five: Tchula. 2sl; Cru
ger, 125.
In addition to the above there
were l02 citizens who paid their
l949 poll tax at the same time as
their 1850 taX--which means they
paid the $500 tax. all Of which
goes to our schools. and a $l.Oo
penalty set by law.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-06-07
Visits Sister

Visits Sister
Miss Allene Ramsey is spend
ing this week with her sister,
Mrs. w. A. Henley and Mr.. Hen
ley.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-06-07
Attend Workshop

Attend Workshop
Mrs. l.. c. Lipsey and Mrs. c.
w. Torrance of Goodman are at
tending a Piano Workshop I
Millsaps college this week, con-
Quoted by DR.. Richard Werder of
Washington, D. c.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-06-07

Visit HUMPHREYS Family
MIR. and Mrs. Earle Hooke of
Utica spent last week in the home
of Mrs. T. S. HUMPHREYS.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-06-07
Allison Visitors

Mr.. and Mrs. N. w. Kyle of
Durant were recent dinner guests
at Allisons Wells.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-06-07

Political candidates in Holmes
county will have chance t o
present their candidates. to the
voters at political rally planned
by the Lexington Lions Club for
Thursday, July 18th.
A number of gubernatorial
candidates n d candidates for
state office will also be present
Watch this paper for further
details.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-06-07

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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1951-05-05

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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-20
WRONG TREE

The 500 members Of housewives league in Texas city re-
Gently announced that they have agreed TO reduce their weekly
grocery bills by three dollars apiece They call this action
semboyco Of the grocery stores The league also sent letters
10 the President and Congressman asking for immediate price
controls based the prices charged the past two
years
The worry that the rising cost of living has caused is certainly
understandable But here where the housewives in
question barking the wrong tree The food merchano
any other kind OF merchants not responsible for initiation He
like the of the victims of IT, And the fact that
in this crisis and in those of the past he has fought initiation
with all the weapons at his disposal.
The figures tell the story The grocery chains commonly keep
profit only cent to ahaf of the money spent
their counters All the rest goes for supplies wages
taxes and other Other kinds Of food
have similar financial experience In The general merchandise
busness-hich complicated by style and seasonal trends
and other inventory probems-fhe profit only cents
out Of the consumers dollar.
In their letters to the officials the housewives
would have been wise had they demanded the kind
economy in domestic government spending Government
and exravagance accompanied by everrecung grow
ing deficits the most powerful naonary forces that
and that for government of all kinds from LITTLE school
district to the huge Federal establishment itself To blame the
merchant for condition which completely beyond his control
to do him nus+iceand far important to divert +he
mind OF people from the real of booming prices
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-20
Named Price
S+abiIizer

Columbus, O., Feb. 19--(APl-
The newly appointed director of
the Columbus District Office Of
Price Sterilization Edward F.
Wagner of Columbus dug into
his new job today.
His appointment was announced
Saturday night by Michael v. Di-
Sale, price stabiliZation director.
His. office viii cover % central
Ohio counties.
Wagner has been community
Relations Director of the Ohio
Farm Bureau for the last year.
He was rent director here during
World War II.
Two Columbus men have been
named to assist him Clyde B.
McBee as District Price Executive
and Sam N. Wolk as Chief Ad-
nanistrator.
Counties in the Columbus dis
trict are:
Franklin, Washington, Meigs,
Knox, Coshocton, Harrison, Bel
mont, Noble, Licking, Madison.
Ross, Perry, Vinton, Gallia, Ath-
ems, Morgan, Pickaway, Marion,
Morrow, Guernsey, Jefferson,
Monroe, Muskingum, Union, Della
ware, Fayette, Fairfield, Hooking,
and Jackson.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-20

(Continaed from rage One)

Continued from rage One)
making. The visitors were then
taken on a planned tour of sew
eral Madison County farms.
Farms visited were John Gray'S,
Marcus Kings and Delbert
Grouse near Mt. Sterling and John
Buehl, Jr., near Newport.
At Grays and Kings the visit
ors were especially interested in
the homes and the kitchens re-
Gently been remodeled under the
direction of Miss Beatrice Cleve-
land, County Home Demonstra-
tion Agent; at the Crouse's the
registered Jersey herd and the
dairy herd improvement records
on this herd, also the trophies
which MIR. Grouse has won in var
ious shows and butter fat pro-
duction tests.
AT the John Buehl, Jr., farm,
they saw the large dairy herd
being MIXED in one of the most
modern milk parlors now in use,
where two men can feed, clean
for milking, and milk 35 cows in
approximately one and one half
hours. Here they also saw the
seed house and the method of
handling the seed corn from the
time it is taken from the field un-
til it is graded, bagged and ready
TO go out to the farmer. This
greatly interested the visitors.
When asked what interested
them about the farm people, the
way they lived and operated their
farms, the Egyptians expressed
themselves as most impressed by
the farm homes and the many
uses made of electricity in the
home and about the farm. Elec-
trification, they said, would be
one of the greatest Improvements
in their rural communities.
The visitors from Egypt are
on an eight months tour of the
United States and have visited the
Hydro Electric Power projects in
Tennessee, North Carolina, Fla,
Maryland and also Puerto Rico.
They are spending some time
in study at Ohio State University
and plan to return to their coun-
ry in May.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-20
Block l in Darby Crest Addition,
jefferson township.
Enemy Pulls
(Continated from Page One)

was found among Chinese bodies.
He said:
They didn't have anything bet
ter to fight with.
But he would not say this
meant the Reds were that short
Of modern weapons and ammuni-
ton.
Since the collapse of the red
drive between Wonju and Chip
yong the Chinese have been try
ing to disengage, Ridgway said.
A six-mile advance carried
American troops 10 miles north
west of Chipyong. Turkish pa
trolls swept the entire peninsula
northwest of Seoul without find
ing any Chinese.
British forces advanced four
miles northwest OF Kyongyan, a
highway town II miles southeast
of Seoul. They found only dead
chinese and abandoned weapons.
In contrast to the heavy casual
ties inflicted on the Reds last
week, the Eighth Army report
ed slightly more than 800 were
killed in scattered light actions
Sunday.
Allied Warships pounded both
the east and west coasts Sunday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-20
Police Officials
Gel Suspension

Cleveland, Feb. is ~ (APl
Three police officials were sus-
pended today on neglect of duty
charges growing, cut of a west
side gambling raid.
The suspensions were ON charges
filed by inspector Martin ].
Blecke, who runs the first dis
trict to which they were assigned.
After the trio pleaded innocent,
Acting Mayor Lee C. Howley said
he would hear the charges within
five days.
Blecke said he had sent more
than 20 complaints regarding
gambling operations at the place
raided. Each of the officers, he
said, had visited the place but
never found any evidence Of
gambling"
The place was closed after a
raid by higher officials Tuesday.
The officers suspended are Dep
uty Inspector George Lucas and
Captains Herbert Murray an d
Raymond Shillat. All refused to
comment on the charges.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-20
Macarthur

Continued from Page Onel
Hongchon, a road center 25 miles
north of Wonju and communist
massing point for their counterat-
tact last week. Their big thrust
then won some ground but failed
to crack the central front.
Another 10000 Reds were re-
ported northeast of Wonju.
Tokyo. Feb. 19-(AF)- 1t.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway re-
ported a decisive victory over the
Chinese and Korean Reds i'll cen-
trail Korea.
The enemy, severely mauled in
a five-day effort &c smash through
allied lines, has pulled back in
the 70-mile area between the
west coast and Wonju in the rug
ged central sector.
Ridgway sand magnificent
stand by American and French
forces at Chipycrg Thursday
broke the back 0f the Red drive.
The Chinese were hit 50 hard, he
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-20
Tour VISITING
Beef Projects

The "a steers and five heifers
on feed by the All Beef members
in the Southern part of Madison
County were viewed Saturday, ac-
cording to Paul H. Engle, AS
sociate Agricultural Agent.
The All members presented
their animals to the tour group
of more than 80 All members,
parents and friends, and gave
their explanations on the feeding
program. The group stopped at
the Marion Meats farm. Mr..
Meats presented the lot of cat
tie he is intending to put on grass
this spring and gave an explana-
ton of his feeding program.
A lunch was served by the
Jolly Rangers, Jr. 4-H Club at
the Midway School building. The
Northern part of the County will
be toured Saturday, February "a.
The tour will start with jim
Fellows at 800 A. M. He lives on
Route SO. just North of Newport.
Following this the tour will 20
to David Smiths, and the Mad
ison County Experiment Farm,
Gary Peart, Eileen and Johnny
Overturf, Robert Riley; stop for
lunch at the Science Hill Grange
hall served by the Be Square and
the Pan Rattlers clubs. In the
afternoon, they will stop at loo
pm. at Billy ConWay's. followed
by Patty Houck, Shirley Over
turf, Harold and Henry Troyer.
Jay straley, and Lester Denton.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-20
Rites For Noted
Author Friday

Funeral services for DR.. Lloyd
c. Douglas, celebrated novelist
and former Ohio minister, are
to be conducted Friday in Los
Angeles, where he died Tuesday
night of a heart condition. He
once worked in Springfield as a
police reporter.
DR.. Douglas, a graduate of Wit
tenberg College and HANNA Di-
vinity School, held Lutheran
pastorates, including Lancaster
and Akron, Ohio until he was so.
Then he began a parade of
some of the most controversial
and widely read religious novels
of the century.
The books proved equally val
liable as spiritual solace to the
deathly i'll and entertainment for
the sober young college student.
They included Magnificent OBJ
session" and The Robe" both
astoundingly popular. Others were
Green Light" Disputed Pas
sage" and White Banners" His
latest work was THE Big Fisher
man. written as sequal to THE
Robe"
Even while at Wittenberg, DIR.
Douglas facility for writing was
evident. There is a story on the
campus which relates that DR..
Douglas was commissioned to
write the commencement speak
er's address for the day on which
he, as a graduating student, would
sit in the speakers audience. The
fee was described as having been
a princely sum in those days, and
one which the student needed for
paying his graduating expenses.
DR.. Douglas did not start out
to be a novelist. But, once while
writing an essay. the thought oc-
Cured to him that his message
would reach more people were it
put in story form. That was the
birth of s'The Magnificent Obses-
sion," published in 1929.
Nine other novels followed be-
fore his death.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-20

added, that his patrols have been
unable to make contact for SO
hours.
Only in the area north of
Chechon, 20 miles southwest Of
Wonju was there any sign of
fight. An estimated 5000 Kor-
can Reds made light attacks
along a 10-mile front but these
were repulsed.
Ridgway, commander of the
Eighth Army, told news con-
ference that although the Chinese
have been beaten south of par
allel 38 they have enough massed
manpower to prevent an allied
crossing of the old north-south
boundary.
I have lot given the 38th
a thought" said Ridgway. Paral-
lei 38 was designated as a tempor-
ary dividing line for occupation
purposes after World War II.
Ridgway said the Chinese had
five armies on the line when they
began their central front attack
last week after a limited allied
offensive carried from Suwon to
the gates of Seoul, former South
Korean capital.
When they attacked on a 20
mile front they had the potential
of a powerful attack" Ridgway
said. THE attack could have been
sustained for long time"
But the Reds lost thousands of
men daily, particularly around
Chipyong, 20 miles northeast of
Womb. Some of the Reds were
carrying only primitive weapons.
Ridgway showed correspon-
dents a crude five-foot spear that
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-02-20
MADISON COUNT COURTS
ACCOUNTS APPROVED

First account of Jonas Yoder,
trustee under Item 3 of the VIII
of Lydia Ellen Yoder was allow
ed and confirmed in probate
court, February z.
First, final and distributive ac-
count of Richard II. Robson and
Samuel E. Robson, executors OF
the estate of Sarah K. Robson,
were allowed and confirmed in
probate court, February z.
First and final account OF
George L. Jones, administrator Of
the estate of Paul Jones, was al
lowed and confirmed, February Z.
First and final account Of f.
E. Sidener, Jr., administrator of
the estate Of William Squires was
allowed and confirmed, February
7.
Thirty-third account of Bruce
d. Lewis, sole surviving executor
of the estate of Thomas j. Slut
son, was allowed and confirmed,
February Z.