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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-08-30
Candidates Hard
Fought Battle Ends
Byrd And WiIlioms,
Bootwright. Wynn,
KERN Elected

Winding UP hard-battled in
dividual competition, and tossed
about by the sea of politics,
Holmes County's candidates for
office in the second primary held
out till the last in their respec-
tive contentious by which they
hoped to get elected.
race resulted for each of the fol-
lowing: Richard Byrd, winnar
over Ross Rhyme in the sheriff1
race with unofficial tabulatiouC
of 1849 against the latter's 1885, q
margin of So votes. T. M. VII
liams defeated Calvin r. King
by similar small margin Of ~
votes with the former drawing
l847 by unofficial count and the
latter 1868 in the senate race.
Winning the representative racg
was Will w. Wynn (195D against
L. o. Spell (1406). L. c. Boot
wright won over Roy M. Brown
with COB votes against the latteE's
SAT, in the supervisor, beat one
race. For supervisor, beat two,
Claud F. KERN beat Sam Foose
258 to 234 votes. -
The count of IA precincts had
been taken by Q y n. With only
Lexington and Duran. aasa
two precincts toSA
time, the lapse of wnie.. MI 4
in long-held and tense exc. ase...
By lis am. Durant's ballot hao
been taken, and by 2 am, that
of Lexington.
Officials were complimented ON
their speed, cooperation, and eff
ficiency in getting returns tabul-
ated for the second primary.
The vote count in the state races
follows:
| johnson 1885, White 1858; Ar
rington 1892, Gartin 1892; Neal
1929, Roper 652; johnson 1892
McGahey 24l0; Beard 1929. Davis
2053; Massey 1923, Wood SIS:
Dearman 2298, Smith l248.
White for governor led in All
precincts with the exception Of
Bowling Green, EdSxille, and Ess-
Iogy. Massey for public service
commissioner led all the precincts
as did Dearman with the excep.-
ton OF Bowling Green ana Eds--
vile.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-08-30
Girl Scouts Organize
In Meeting Tuesday

An organizational meeting of
Girl Scouts met Tuesday, Aug. 20,
Nth ten Intermediates enrolled.
Troop leader is Mrs. Ralph Nc
iehee, and assistant leaders are
Mrs. Louis A. Clements, Mrs. Ca
therine CLANCY, and Mrs. c. Fl.
2lanton, Jr
Meetings will be held on Tues
avs at 5 pm. Next Tuesday the
Cup will hold a wiener roast al
home of Mrs. Clements at G
pm. 1S
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-08-30
Holmes Jr. COLLEGE
Opens Fall Session
Sept. 3rd Set For
Beginning Of 24th
Consecutive Term

Holmes County Agricultural
high Sclool and Junior College
will open Monday, Sept. 4, mark
ing the oath session for the col
lego and beginning the 39th year
for the high schoo,.
Several new teachers and staff
meiabers are among changes at
hJC tins year. The entire foot
ball coaching staff is new at
Holmes, and a new commercial
teacher has been added.
Coach ]. w. Patrick resiened in
m ..er II last session co work
with the Ross Barnett state cam
palgn headquarters, and was ia
ter named as superintendent at
j. L. George High school at Car
rollton. Coach Bobby Oswald is
with the National Guard unit in
South Carolina.
Joins Coaching Staff
Oliver Poole, former Ole Miss
player and later a professional
player who coached the past year
at Anding High school, Bentonia.
was named as head football coach
and athletic director last spring.
--s l~4iieu the Holmes staff in
March, and coached the 1850 State
Junior College championship base
oall nine.
Van Stewart, former Durant
High School coach, joined the
staff during the summer and is
directing the backfield at Holmes.
Miss Maude Montague, a gradu-
ate OF HJC and Mississippi South
ern college, will teach commercial
work this session. She has COM
pleted her work on her masters
degree at Peabody college.
Faculty Listed
The complete Holmes faculty
list for the 1852 session fol-
lows:
Clarence w. Torrance, president:
Stanley F. Allen, business man.
ager; Robert w. Almond, voca-
tional agriculture, Frank B.
Branch. social sciences, Mrs.
Frank Branch, George w. Curtis.
Bible, G. j. Everett, education,
Mrs. u, j. Everett, high school
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-08-30
Historical Marker
10 Be Erected
At RichIand Size I
Home Of OES Movement
School Bldg. Housed
Soldiers In Civil Wur

An Eastern Star and Confeder-
ate historical 5irhwav ~-e7l-o- 70
~ erected at kichland. birthplace
Of the OES movement and muster
ste of Southern troops during The.
C'viI War hes reached Tseyington
and viii be dedicated on Friday.
Sept. % at pm.
The marker is being erected BY
the State Historical commiss Ion,
at the request of Mrs. r. C. Car
Iea, who when lists for possible
3llocations of markers throughout
he state were being made two
years ago, wrote DR.. William D.
mcrain Informing of the historical
background of the Richland site.
Sarly this year, Mrs. Carter was
notified by DR.. Mccain, chairman
of the commission, that the re-
quested marker had been allocat-
q to Richland A text was draft
ee - lutcg I'D Dr.. John
K Bet worth. head Of the de-
pa, tn = CT government and MIS-
tory at S. lzllrge, and text
editor of the commission.
Marker Text Y
The text reads: 90 E. S.
Birthplace. Here in 1849 Robert
Morris, Mason, schoolmaster, be-
gan movement that resulted in
creation of the Order of Eastern
Star. Schoolhouse has also nous
eG Masons and Co. c 18th Miss.
Ini., c. S. A."
Mrs. j. F. Williams, active O. e
s. member, has accepted chair
manship of the program planning
committee, with tentative plans
arranged. Master of ceremonies
will be Parham H. Williams.
Chancery Clerk of Holmes county.
prominent Mason, member of vet
Grams organization, and Holmes
scholar. The historian, who will
give the main address at the de-
dication, will be Edwin White,
weH-knoWn attorney of Holmes
county, veteran of a war, ard
elected representative to the state
Legislature. The Lexington band
81 play. The mayors of the
towns and city of the county will
be specially invited guests, and
Vetei ans groups are expected to
take an active part IN assisting
Continued on Page 81
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-08-30
Church Of Nuzurene
10 Have Singing

The Church of the Nazarene
ill hold an old-fashioned singing
sunday, Sept. 2 from "a pm.
everyone is invited to attend.
Leo Ellis of Lexington will be in
~herge of singing.
Sunday School will be at 10 a
m. Morning worship will be al
IL am, N. Y. p. S. at $50 pm.
and evening service at 7:30 pm
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-08-30
Defense Bond Drive
Opens September 3

a. j. Stevens, Jr., chairman,
fiolmes County Defense Bonds
committee, announced today the
nations first Defense Bond drive
opns on Labor Day, September
sand extends through October 81.
ms drive is to 'step-up" the
sustained purchasing of Defense
Binds by individuals in every city
ana community in America.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-08-30
Annual Holmes Fair.
Livestock Show Not
10 Be Held This Year
Joycees Report Groups
Who Helped Previously
Unwilling Co-Sponsors

The annual Holmes County
Fair, presented successfully for
the past two years by the Lex
ington Junior Chamber of Com
merce in cooperation with other
organizations, will not stage a
fair this year, it has been reveal
ed, following a recent meeting of
the Jaycees, who in a written
statement said they were not
willing to assume the full amount
OF work and responsibility of the
fair and livestock show without
help from other organizations.
These organizations, they stated,
did not wish to co-sponsor the
fair.
The statement prepared by the
Jaycees follows:
The Holmes County Fair and
Livestock Association has for the
last two years presented a sue
cessful fair each fall in Licking
ton. This Association is composed
OF members of the Lexington Ag-
ricultural Development Associa-
ton and the Lexington Junior
Chamber of Commerce and was
established to adequately handle
the business and financial aspects
of fair.
Began Plans Early
During the past month the Jaw
Gees began to make their plans
for the fair and at that time learn
ed that the LADA had voted early
this year, not to co-sponsor the
fair. The Jaycees first thought
OF getting one Of the other service
clubs to co-sponsor the Fair As
ISOLATION as they were financially
unable to handle it alone. Upon
investigation it appeared that the
LADA, County Agent, and the
All leaders had already given up
the idea of fair. Each group.
however. individually offered to
cooperate in any way possible 10
have fair and at the same time
pointed out the inadvisability of
having a fair due to lack of per-
llanent buildings and trained per-
sonnet to devote the necessary
time to make it successful.
AT a recent meeting of the
board OF directors of the Jaycees
these points were discussed. since
1t appeared that the agricultural
groups had not anticipated a fair,
and had not directly requested the
Jaycees to sponsor one alone, the
directors felt it inadvisable to at
Tempt to have a fair this year.
Matter Again Opened
AT the following regular meet
ing of the Jaycees the decision of
the board was announced and the
matter was again opened for dis
cussion. Members asked repre-
aentatives of the LABA and Coun-
ty Agents office who were pres
ent if by not sponsoring the fair
would any young groups or indi-
be disappointed.
These representatives informed
Jaycees that there had been little
or no preparation during the past
year toward a fair. So due to
the lack of time to create interest
and for one organization TO make
the necessary preparations it was
voted that the fair would not be
held this year.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-08-30
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
bv Hazel Brannon Smith

1t was the morning after the
election.
A successful candidate for
office rushed up to a friend on
the street, pumped his hand
and exclaimed:
Did you hear? l wont"
Honestly"
We'll, darn it, l wont"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-08-30
Visit Mother

Visit Mother
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Edwards
were recent visitors of Mrs. Ed
wards mother, Mrs. j. w. Lam
drum of Sturgis.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-08-30

Sunday Visitors
John Caldwell of Walnut Grove
was Sunday visitor of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gordon Allen.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-08-30

VCon.lnHeG on Page 81
, 1951-01-03
PUBLIC NOTICE

Pursuant to the provisions
of Section 3 and 8 of the Or
dinance to Create a Parks and
Fairgrounds Commission and
for other purposes, approved
October IA, 1947, the Commits
sion hereby rules that the ex-
ercising, training or racing of
horses on that public play
ground lying to the southeast
of Christiansted town and
commonly known as Parade
Ground is now and shall here
after be prohibited as detri-
mental to this playground, and
as dangerous to the safety Of
those persons who use it for
those purposes for which it
was established and for which
it is generally used.
Parks & Fairgrounds Comm.
of ST. Croix
, 1951-01-03
WAS "FLATTERED

Young people, for all their new
ideas, do appreciate old-fash-
Toned goodness in a meal. 1 had
my two small grandchildren for
dinner the other day and, as a
treat, served them chicken SOUP.
Say, Grandma" said Jean.
this is a delicious soup. I hope
someday I'll cook as well as you
do"
Flattered as I was, I answered.
It's really quite simple, Jean.
This is Campbell's Chicken
Soup =. so delicious, as YOU
say, because Campbell's make
it with fluffy rice, so full of deep
chicken flavor, and plenty of
real chicken, slow-simmered to
a rich golden broth"
Just then, little Billy, who
hadn't stopped eating all this
time, spoke up. More please.
Grandma"
, 1951-01-03
R E w A R D

For return of IS nm camera
taken from glove packet Of
pickup truck on Christian
sted Wharf about 7 p. m.
Jan. 1st.
Additional reward for re-
turn of exposed film in
camera with no questions
asked.
DIR. THETFORD
c o Coulters Hotel. F..sted.
, 1951-01-03
SHIPPING NEWS

A Steamer is scheduled to
sail from Mobile January Is,
1851, from New Orleans Jan.
18, and is due at Frederiksted
on o rabout Jan. 80, accepting
freight for Barbados.
A1coa Steamship Company. Inc.
Rob't L. Merwin & Co., Inc.
, 1951-01-03
FOR SALE

FORD va. 2-DOOR SEDAN
Black. License No. elisa
In good running condition,
equipped with five practically
eW tires.
For further information
see DarnleY A. Petersen.
Farmers Home Administration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-04
BY CreStOn B. Mullins

BY CrestOn b. Mullins
T IGHTS never go out In
IL one group of Offices on
the fifth floor of the new
State Department Building
at Twenty-first and c streets
NV.
This Is the center of a
gigantic spiderWeb, whose
tenuous strands girdle the
globe-the traffic center of
the State Departments tele-
graphic communications sys-
tenn.
Here more than 80 teletypes
draw In from all parts of the
world urgent and routine
messages which shape Amer
lean Government decisions
and flash out to more than
800 foreign posts instructions
which exert the American
Governments will in world
affairs.
Yet, huge as it Is, this tele-
graphic organization Is but
one phase of an even more
vast communication system
under the State Department,
whose channels embrace all
means of transportation. This
is the work of the depart
ment's Division of Communi-
cations and Records.
Under its director, Robert
E. Stufflebeam, this divisions
more than TOO employees in
Washington receive and dis
tribute a virtual flood of
written and printed material
which flows into the Capital.
seven days a week. At the
same time, they transmit an
STAR PICTORIAL MAGAZINE
The Valley settler., 1951-03-23
nnEA n11EE7InG. APRIL IA.

Plan to attend the annual meeting of tho M-t.,nuskc Electric Association, Inc., on April IL, 1851, tt r.m., It the r liner High School Audi torium. There vii be cn election of five Directors, annual reports prizes, movies md rcfreshmcnts. This is your HREA" Electric Coop. Give it your support by ettending the annual meeting.
 YUKON RIVER IS BREL-UP, HELPS A.C.C.A. which timokeopors rcto es rmong tho world 5 moot accurate.
 Tho larger of the two has z l5-inch diol and is oloctri col1y operated. :. pin on the side of the big clock will trip the pendulum the second the tripod the Yu- kon's ice starts to move.
 The lily operated small clock will give double check on tho timo. Special locks hcvo been constructed in the cases of both clocks thoro be no inter- ference wi tn the time.
 Sponsored by tho Mckinley Foundation, Inc., non-profit organization, tho Yukon River Brock-up guessing contest vi Il re- suit in the -4lcskC Crippled hildrcn's association getting ono-hclf of tho pro- cceds end the lucky guosscr getting one half.
 Then Mir. Don Knudson of the Mel finley Foundation won't to Fort Yukon, he hunted through the various diaries of old timers, government employees, etc., to determine the timo of the breakup during the pest ten yocrs. Following is the completed lis os compiled by Mir. Enudscn:
The Valley settler., 1951-03-23

YS.llOY SCttICr
 The Club wishes to thank the mcny Valley residents who bought tickets for the rcff- 10. Miss Louise Kellogg, who hold number l76, was the lucky recipient of the quilt.
 Mrs. Richard Weshburn, repro sonting the Tub, presented the gift to Mrs. Earl Gro- ves, President of tho Library association. AR0Dy 1UYS RATHRCGdnS
 Exposition Press of New York received call this week from Washington army brass ordering 600 bathrooms. The men who medo the call sounded c little dozed, os if he. he'd q strcngo feeling that the --rny Was Int the 4.rmy cny moro.
 Mposition's s publisher, IdW2rd Uhl@n, re assured him that the order Wos' ,for copies of hBothroom's Down tho Ecll" by i'm. Cam Iron Johnston, humorous story of what happened Hhon mother took in bocrdCrs, which Exposition Banner Books wi Il publish lon M0rch 3Oth.
 "Thcnk Cod they're books, the ..rmy mn Is2id. II trying to figure out how Iucs going to transport 600 bathrooms wi th- out di connecting the plumbing.H
 Johnston, on employed of 44rctic Contract ors now working in Point Barrow, --loske, wrote nBcthroom's s Dom the Hell" to while IeJGy his spcrc hours at the construction comp. Tho Us. -.rmy got on cdvcncc peck at tho book end ordorcd 600 copies for it's libraries to holp GI's to Whi lo away their hours in comps all around tho world.
 Johnston has packed : bookful of chuck los into his rcminiscenccs of his mo thcr's lrooming house b0ck in Britton, s. D., tho locclc Of Bathrooms Down the H.ll.H
 The book is q loading title of Exposit- ion Press Btnncr Books, the now trede pub- llishing division of Exposition Press of New York.
 Priced t $2 50, the book be ordered through locc.1 .4lcsko bookshops or direct ly from the publishers, Exposition Press B nnor Books, 366 Fourth ..vonue, New York lo, Nov York.
 CiC& m COllCCpC1u1
, 1951-03-15
Police Hold Man
On Kidnap Count

AUGUSTA, March Is (ANP)
An unnamed man was held by
police here on an open charge OF
kidnapping, after a seven-year-
old girl reported that the man
had kept her prisoner for two
days.
The child was playing with
other children when the accused
is said to have driven up IN an
auto and offered her some candy
if she would get in the car with
him. Two. days later, she was dis
covered on the streets by a friend
of her family and returned home.
She had several bruises and
scratches about her body.
, 1951-03-15
Indictments Returned
ByEederm Gram MV

The Federal Grand Jury return
ed "a indictments in the 81 cases
they examined in their two-day
session in Dayton Monday and
Tuesday, according to the report
to U. S. District Judge John H.
Druffel of Cincinnati.
Here are the defendants and the
charges against them: Richard
Leon Manuel, 80, of $40 S. Sum-
nit St., possession of heroin, Ro-
bert Tucker Al, Of Rockford, Ill.
and formerly of Dayton, and his
wife, Gwendolyn, 40, possession Of
heroin; James Stanley Godfrey,
27, of 10 Mound St., possession Of
heroin; Mrs. Rebecca Coins, 80,
of 81 Bragg Pl., DeSota Bass Cts,
possession Of heroin; Martin
, 1951-03-15
NAACP Acts
To Save MCGEE
In Mississippi

A wire service reported: The
Fifth United States Circuit Court
of Appeals granted a hearing to
Willie McGhee, a 20 year-old
Laurel (Miss.) Negro who was
convicted three times of attack
ing a white woman and who was
scheduled to be executed March
20. McGee's plea for a "cer-
tificate of probable cause' will be
considered. The certificate would
permit MCGEE to appeal to the
Circuit Court from a decision
handed down by a Federal Dis
trict Court in Mississippi. The
District Court ruled against Nc
Gee in habeas corpus proceedings.
NEW YORK, March is Branch
es of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People throughout the country
have been asked by Walter White,
executive secretary, to wire Gov
ernor Fielding L. Wright of Miss
issippi urging clemency for Will
lie MCGEE who is scheduled for
CONTINUED on Page ~
, 1951-03-15

Franklin Miller, 25, of 815 Will
berforce Pl., DeSota Bass Cts,
possession of heroin; Earl Metcalf,
81, of Miamisburg, three counts
on forging, possession Of and pass
ing checks; Willis Alvin Wynn,
FL, Of 1926 S. Broadway, Day
ton mail carrier, charged with en-
bezzlement of a parcel; Guy E.
Morgan Jr., 26, of $50 Court
Homes, Springfield, post office
thefts, $170 in postal notes and
SGT in postal stamp funds; Cler-
ance M. Patterson, SO, Of $50
Itasca Pl., DeSota Bass Cts, en-
bezzlement of a letter from the
mails; Richard Andrew F. Feke-
tie, Fl, of 1893 Grand Ave Crown
Point, interstate transportation Of
a stolen car.
, 1951-03-15
Anna Rosenberg
Asked To Stop,
Army Jim Crow

WASHINGTON, March IS
Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, Assistant
Secretary Of Defense in charge of
national manpower, has been
urged to expedite the elimination
of racial discrimination and seq
regation from all phases Of Army
life.
In conference with Mrs. Rosen-
berg here, Walter White and
Clarence Mitchell, NAACP execu-
tive secretary and director of the
NAACP Washington Bureau, re-
partment of Defense Immediately
issue Cd an order eliminating the
use of racial designations on all
travel orders for servicemen and
, 1951-03-15
Late Justice Praised
By HuryoodM Marshall

WASHINGTON, March IS
Participating in a memorial pro-
gram for the late Supreme Court
Associate Justice Frank Murphy,
Thurgood Marshall, special coun-
sci for the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, expressed the conviction
that "the greatest contributions"
of the jurist ''were in cases in
volving the rights of minority
groups who were victims of or
gained hostility and the rights of
non-conforming individuals and
groups"
Joining with Marshall in praise
of Mr.. Justice Murphy at services
held in the Supreme Court cham
, 1951-03-15

port says, 100000 new class
rooms will be needed for increas-
ed enrollments in grades LIP,
100000 for necessary replace
ments, 10000 for reorganized
school districts, and 100000 for
kindergartens and grades 13 and
A."
The total cost of this number
of needed classrooms, according to
the report, will be ,oO0,-
900, an expenditure which is
termed "an investment in Ameri-
ca"
Zone out of five schoolhouses
now in use throughout the country
should be abandoned or extern
sively remodeled," the report
points out. Many of these "are ad-
mittedly firetraps." A large num-
Der lack normal sanitary con-
veniences, with no inside toilets
or decent Mushrooms. Many others,
some dating back to the Civil War,
"are not adapted to modern edu-
cational demands or administra-
tive efficiency" Poor location OF
still other schools, because of shift
ing population trends, results in
high pupil transportation costs and
other administrative problems, the
report reveals.
, 1951-03-15

Der here we're Chief Justice Fred
M. Vinson, Attorney General J.
Howard McGrath, Judge Charles
Fahy, Ben Cohen and Edward G.
Kemp.
Justice Murphy, who died on
July 10, 1949, will always be re-
membered, Marshall said, for chs
determination to insure to all the
opportunity to settle social and
political controversies peaceably
in our courts regardless Of the
heat and tensions surrounding
these issues outside of the judicial
forum. He had a profound feeling
for tn social problem of his day
and for the people whose lives
were to be affected by his de-
cisions."
, 1951-03-15

The report, presenting informa-
ton on what has happened to our
schools during the past rs years,
and reviewing current and antici-
pated schoolhousing problems, was
made public by Earl James Nc
Grath, Commissioner of Educat-
ion.
Coming from laymen on the
Citizens Federal Committee on
Education, an advisory group to
the Office of Education, this
progress report offers factual evil
dence Of the nations critical need
for schoolhouse construction"
Commissioner McGrath sal d.
Facts contained in the report
should impress citizens With many
of the problems school admins
traitors face at this time in help
ing meet the urgent needs of our
children. The report also focuses
upon schoolhousing needs of the
next decade which u country's
growing population viii dictate"
< s. x
THE REPORT TELLS briefly
'what happened to u schools
during the past quarter of a cen
tury," and reveals that I'VE will
need at least SO percent more
classrooms over the next 10 years
than we now have" to take care
of the rapidly-increasing school
population. by 1%959-60," the re-
, 1951-03-15
No. | School Headache
Is 'Luek OF Buidinq'
PRICE FIVE CENTS
VOL. IX-NO. So

Americas No. / school headache is it's lack of adequate
schoolhouses, a committee of citizens from 20 national or
CARNATIONS emphasized in a special report entitled,
"Citizens Look At Our Schoolhouses," just released by
the Office of Education, Federal Security Agency.
, 1951-03-15
Pre-Easter Program
Set AT Upshaw anne

A pre-Easter program, "Three
Hours" At The Cross" with seven
speakers will be held at the Up
shaw Chapel AME Church, corner
of Blanche and McCabe SITS.
Sunday, March Is at 2:30 pm.
Speakers will be various ministers
of the city. Rev. M. l.. Sumlin is
pastor.
(2) an order banning racial Sc
gregation of all Army personnel
from induction through assignment
to troop units.