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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
Mrs. Daniel Mcmillan
Rites Held SUNDAY
Mrs. H. G. MitcheII's
Mother Is Stricken
With Heart Attack

Mrs. Daniel Mcmillan, mother
OF Mrs. Howard c. Mitchell of
Durant, died in Durant Satur-
day the victim of sudden heart
attack. She was SO.
Mrs. Mcmillan was a native ci-
tizen Of Attala county. She was
born April II, 1867 and was mar
ried to Daniel Mcmillan in Alta
la county.
Funeral services were he d
Sunday at the McAdams Metho-
dist Church of which she was a
devoted member. The Rev. T. A.
Filgo, Methodist pastor of Du-
raont, and the Rev. c. M. Day,
Durant Baptist pastor, assisted
the Rev. Hester at the rites.
Interment was in Coleman
c m etery with Southern in
charge.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Mitchell a d Mrs. T. A.
Poole, of Gainesville. Mo-; four
sons, Ernest c., Vicksburg; Cor
don S., Port Gibson; Emmett L.,
McAdanns; and Fred D., Jackson.
She is also survived by Is grand
children and seven great grand
children,
Pallbearers were Lamar Go
wan,, Roy Braswell, Horace Sud
duth, John w. Jones. H. l.. Her
rington, Dee Adcock. W. {
Stonestreet and Wesley Guess.
Honorary pallbearers were j.
w. Mitchell, Ike Gowan. George
Ellington, Festus Phillips, DR.. )
W. Howell, w. H. Counts. j. b
Sudduth, Billie Sanders, w. M
Beachman, H. M. Braswen, Char
lie Finley, Earl Oliver, Roy Fat
terson, Watkins Haskins, George
Hester, Robert Henry.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
Population Shown In
Incorporated Towns

An advance report of the pop
ulation count of incorporates
places in Mississippi having less
than 500 residents has been Sc
cured by the Mississippi Economic
Council from the Bureau of the
Census.
The preliminary report of the
towns and villages does not liss
percentage of gain or loss, the
MEG said. The release on small,
Ter incorporated places will be
one of the final reports on popuis~-
tons by the Census Bureau, since
larger incorporated places receiv-
ed preliminary reports last sum-
mer.
In Holmes county, the advance
report listed the following in
corporated places of less than 500
and the preliminary number og
residents in each: West. ssh
Ebenezer, 81; Cruger, 493.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15

This x-ray survey is primarily
Tor tuberculosis, but other ches,
conditions such as heart disease
JUNIORS, lung abscess, etc. will al
so be discovered and reported.
Below is a complete schedule
giving the itinerary of the bus,
Mileston Colored School Mon
DAY, March 5, $50 to 1O:O0a.m.
Tchula High School - Monday
March 5, 1890 to IL Noon.
Tchula Business DISTRIBUTION
DAY, March S, 100 to 2:3O pm.
Cruger Mathy's Store) Mon
day, March S. $3.50 to 400 pm.
Lexington High School Tues
day, March 6, $3.50 to 1920 am.
Coxburg - Tuesday, March 6,
1870 to $3.50 pm.
Industrial School - Wednes-
day, March 7. $50 to 1890 am.
Lexington Square - Wednes-
ody, Marcn Z, ll-lZ, 10 pm.
Rlchland - Thursday, March
8, $3.50 to 1000 am.
Pickens Business District -
Thursday, March 8, 1890 to 1870
am.
Holmes Jr. College - Thurs
day, March 8, loo to 500 pm.
Durant High School - Friday,
March 8, $3.50 to 1890 am.
Durant Health Clinic - Fri.
day, March 9, HOO to 1900 am.
West High School - Friday,
March Q. 100 to 2:3O pm.
West Business District - Fri
day. March 9, 800 to 400 pm.
Lexington Square - Saturday
March 10. $50 to 1l:3O am.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
David Mason Rites
Are Held AT West
Drowning Victims
Body Recovered
Thursday Night

Funeral services for David Ma
son, Telephone Company employ
ee who was drowned early last
| Thursday morning near Tchula
when the car in which he was
riding plunged off the bridge al
Spring branch, were held Satur-
day at 200 pm. at the West Bap-
fist Church.
The Rev. MCGEE of Walden and
the Rev. Miller of Meridian Of
ficiated. Burial was in the West
cemetery.
Young Mason made his home
with his sister, Mrs. William
Brock, in West.
He was a cousin of Cecil Ma
son of Lexington.
The accident occurred about
two o'clock Thursday morning as
ne and a fellow worker, A. Long,
were returning from Greenwood
where they had spent the even
ing. They were staying in Tchu-
la at the time being engaged in
reconstructing st orm-damaged
telephone lines.
The car in which they were rid
ing belonged to Long who es-
capped with his life but suffered
severe shock and exposure from
which he is recovering at his
home in Reform.
Longs car was recovered about
1890 am. Thursday but Mason's
body was not found until 1880 p
m. that night. 1t had evidently
been caught in the window of the
car as he tried to escape. AS the
grab hooks lifted the car from
the water the body was thought
to have slipped from the window
as it was found near the bank
after having drifted up under
boat fastened at the scene.
Survivors include his father
Croft Mason of Chicago. and three
brothers, Hubert of Memphis, R.
G. and J. T. Mason. both of Chi
cago; two sisters, Mrs. Brock of
West and Mrs. Christine Hanna of
Brookhaven. Mrs. A. c. Archer
of West is an aunt and Miss Glad
VS. Browning of Durant is also
cousin.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
Assistant County Agent
Arrives In Holmes

Jim Goodman, new assistant
county agent, arrived this week
to assume his duties here. He
takes the place of Hayes T, Far
ish who left with Battery B.
Mr.. Goodman will be in charge
of boys All Club work in Holmes
county.
He and Mrs. Goodman and their
sons, Tommy, 4, and Jimmy, 3,
are at home in Mrs. M. Burk-
hardt'S apartments.
Mr.. Goodman is a graduate of
Mississippi State College winning
his degree at midterm this year.
He is a veteran of World War II
serving for three and one-half
years in the Air Force. He is
second lieutenant in the Of
ficers Reserve Corps.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
Restoration OF Phone
Services Shows
Good Progress
Much Construction
In Ruro! Areas
Must Be Done

Great strides have been made
toward bringing telephone ser.
vice back to normal which was
disrupted by the most destructive
ice storm in the history of the
Telephone Company, stated j. II
Fleming, district manager for
Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company.
In Durant and other Holmes
county towns practically all ur-
ban phone service except where
new cable is involved, has been
restored. However, due to ex-
tensive damage to telephone lines,
extending far into the rural areas,
requiring great amount of con-
struction work, in some instan-
ces little delay is unavoidable.
In addition to the regular
crews, many Southern Bell re-
pairmen from Tennessee, Louis
lana, Georgia, Kentucky, Florida,
and South Carolina are working
feverishly from dawn until dark,
seven days week in order to
bring all local and long distance
service to normal as soon as pos
sible.
your patience and understand
ing has contributed most effect
lively in aiding our repairmen in
doing a wonderful job of service
restoration" Mr.. Fleming said.
SHOULD your telephone still be
out OF order, you may be sure
that everything possible is being
done to restore it as promptly as
can be done. Meanwhile should
your long distance call run into
congestion or if you should en-
counter delay or some other
unusual condition, your patience
and understanding are greatly
appreciated. Your continued CO.
operation helps all of us get the
best job done for everyone" Mr..
Fleming concluded.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
East Miss. Quint
Takes Holmes Bows
Holmes Girls Hold
Winning Streak;
Beut Scoobu 37-25

! Goodman. Feb. IA Especial -
! The Holmes and East Miss. series
was split on the home hardwood
last week. The teams divided at
Scooba last week, but the Holmes
quint made it a game here last
| night.
East Miss. boys led by single
point, 1925 at intermission, and
the score was tied five times dur
| ing the final half. Holmes en-
joyed four point lead with two
minutes to play, but got overan-
| xious to break in and scored
again but lost the ball to Scooba.
I The visitors hit two timely bas-
kets in the final minute to gain a
tie at 53-all.
| Wayne Landrum, an outstand
T, ing performer for East Miss. scor-
ed the two goals from the court in
the 3-minute play period to win
for his team. His total for the
evening was 81 points to lead both
teams. Shannon Allen scored Is
to lead Holmes. Billy Gene Hood
of Holmes and Tommy Scarbor-
ough of East Miss. was outstand-
ing on defense.
Mai Stainbrook led Holmes
girls with 19 points. Mary Ann
Hodges led the visitors with
points. Helen Rogers for Holmes
and Josephine Smith were de-
fensive standouts in the girls play
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
New Books At
Duront Library

The Holmes County Library al
Durant offers an exceptionally
choice selection of books this
week. 1.-The Main Line Of Mid
America" by Carlton Corliss, is
OF interest to people of this sec
ton as it is the history of the /.
G. Railroad; fiction offered in
cludes "The Nightrunners OF
Bengal" an enthralling story of
India by John Masters; "The
Whole Armor" by the ever-pop-
ular Faith Baldwin; Twilight
STAR" a romance by Rebecca
Marsh; For Loves Sake Only"
9 light romance by Vivien Grey,
another popular writer. Two very
good western stories, Rio Patrol"
by Chuck Stanley, and 1.-The
Home Spread" by Galen c. Colin;
and two mysteries: Poor Pris-
pner's Defense" by Richard Shell
don and ''The Green Ace" by
Stuart Palmer, both authors have
written several successful books
The Intermediates have two
additions to their American Ad-
venture series: "Squanto And The
Pilgrims" and Eur Trappers Of
The Old West" both by A. M.
Anderson; and "The Mystery OF
Catesby Island" very good mys-
terry by Mcdonald and Ross.
The still smaller readers will
enjoy "Downy Duck Grows Up"
and Watch Me-" both by Irma
Sharp.
Mr.. p. S. Landsmark of Rowan,
Montana visited our library this
week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
|Foose Promises Tax
Reduction To Beat 5
ICitizens 0fCounty

The News is authorized to
announce the candidacy of S. j.
Foose for supervisor of district
5 subject to the action of the
Democratic Primary election in
August.
Mr.. Foose, a we'll known bu-
siness man of Tchula, in making
his announcement today said that
f. il he was elected as supervisor
that he pledges himself to work
toward general reduction OF the
bonded Indebtedness and lower
ing Of taxes in the district. The
tax rate in beat S is 52.40 and in
Cruger is 48.10.
Mr.. Foose said he had defin-
ite plan to accomplish this re-
duction. He said that if the road
districts of Cruger and Tchula
were combined instead of being
kept separate as they are now
set up that a saving of from one
| fourth to one third could be made
in maintenance costs.
In 1949. the last year for which
| complete figures are available
it cost $32, OS8.64 to maintain the
roads in district 5. This tax mo-
ney is derived from gasoline tax
car and truck tags paid to the
county by the State Tax Com
mission.
! Mr.. Foose proposes to stream
line the methods used to main
tain roads and give the citizens
as good or better roads than they
now have at a cheaper cost by
having one man to have charge
of the roads with crew large
enough to do the job well. H
pointed out that the present me
thod of having two crews and tive
heads dates back to the day
when the roads were maintainet
| with mules. In this dav of mo
dern machinery he said this wa.
unnecessary and results in nue.
greater cost to the taxpayers thar
would result under his proposed
plan.
Mr.. Foose emphasized that bea
S with l76 miles of roads is tn,
only beat that has two complet,
setups in the county even though
other districts have greater mile
age to maintain. District | ha
! 298 miles, district , has 206 an,
district 5 has 256 milts,
The Tchula candidate said .ha
! if he is elected SUPERVISOR he pro
poses to use the money saved b,
employing one crew to reduce
the present $4,000 onded roat
indebtedness and after thi
has been paid off he further pro
poses to get a sooc'al enablinl
act passed by the State legiSla
ture to allow district 5 to use an,
surplus road funds to retire tn
| school bonds which now cost tn
! taxpayers in Tchula IA mills an
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
Stewordship's Rally Wifi
Be Held At Goodman

A Stewardship rally will be
held at the Goodman Baptist:
Church on Wednesday, February
%, beginning at 1000 am. Miss
Belle Stigler, Stewardship chair
man, will be in charge. A good
program has been prepared ansH
all societies in the county are urg
to show 100 per cent attendance.
according to Mrs. j. F. Williams
superintendent of Holmes County
Baptist w. M. U.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
Thomas Is Candidate
For Supervisor

The Durant News is authorized
to announce the candidacy of
Kirk P. Thomas for supervisor
of District Three subject to the
action of the Democratic Primary
election in August.
In making his announcement
Mr.. Thomas said that ever since
he has been in this office he has
always tried to render the best
service possible to all citizens OF
the district without partiality or
favor - and that if they see fit
to reflect him he will continue
that policy.
He said that he would sincerely
appreciate and be grateful for any
support given him in this race
and that he will try to see each
qualified voter in the district be-
fore election.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
the Cruger taxpayers $40 mill

the Cruger taxpayers $40 mills.
In case school or road bond
holders do not want these bonds
retired until they come due then
he proposes to put this money in
sinking fund so the bonds can
be paid off when thev come due
and not TO be used for any other
purpose. Eventually this will re-
suit in the district being out on a
sound financial basis, he said.
District S has an assessed val,
uation of S3,502,897. Mr.. Foose
said that if any citizen thinks his
assessment is too high that he
personally will go before the
! State Tax Commission in Jackson
| to try to lower it. H said he
would do everything within hi,
power to keep present iotal as.
sessments from being put up any
higher.
Mr.. Foose said that if he was
elected supervisor he would .ur
the office himself and woulc
serve all of the citizens of the
district without partiality.
| He said that his only reason
Nm offering for office is a sincere
desire to be of service to the
district by reducing the tax bur
den and that he will appreciate
the thoughtful consideration o.
all qualified voters.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
Former Holmes Youth
In Fatally Injured
In Car Wreck SUNDAY
John Roland Sheehon
Rites Held Monday
At Duboch, La.

John Roland Sheehan, brochel
of Mrs. Fred Petty of Lexington
and Mrs. Elton Young of God
man, died in Ruston. La. hos
pital early Sunday morning a.
the result of injuries received "a
automobile accident early fhxs
morning south of Ruston on hlgh~
way 1877.
Young Sheehan, 80, was borsz
and reared in Holmes county and
had wide circle of friends whgT
will be sorry to learn of his deszfk.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at the Duba1A
Baptist Church with the Rev. A
H. Pruett, pastor, officiating. In
terment was in Hamilton Me-
mortal cemetery. Mr.. Sheeflan
had made his home in Dubacfr fog
three years with his wife. the tsr.-
mer Margaret Fuller of Dubscfx
and one son, Roland Fuller Shee-
han, Is months old.
He was a veteran of World War
II.
The accident which claimess stss
life of Mr.. Sheehan was invest
gated by State Trooper M. E. KIDD
who reported that the YOUTH spat-
IDENTIFY lost control of his car gxts~
some unaccountable reason, caus-
ing it to leave the road and cras&
into tree which pinned the VIC
tim in his car. He was rushed &C.
the Ruston hospital where he Ia
ter died retaining consciousness
almost until the end.
Besides his wife and son H.. Is
survived by his parents, Mrsnds
Mrs R. F. Sheehan: three sisters.
Mrs. Petty of Lexington and Mrs
Young of Goodman and Mrs. EOs-
lie Jones of Jackson; three Bro
theirs, Fred of Mobile. AlabsHna2-
Eugene of Fort Worth. Texas, arp&
w. H. of Alberta. Canada.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
R. N. MCNeer Rites
Will Be Held Today
Lifelong Resident
Of County Passes
Wednesday Night

Funeral services for Robert
Martin McNeer, lifelong citizen OF
Holmes county who died at his
home near Durant last night at
TOO pm. will be held today at
Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church at
800 pm. The Rev. w. c. Sledge
of Shaw will officiate.
Mr.. McNeer, "a. was born
March 9, 1875. in the Bowling
Green community and lived all
his life in Holmes county where
he was engaged in farming. On
December %, 1899. he was mar
ried to the former Mary Eubanks
who survives. He was devoted
husband and father and conse-
Grated member of the Pleasant
Ridge Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife and one
daughter, Mrs. c. B. Read. the
former Mary Emily McNeer. of
near Durant; two sons. G. New
man, Jackson. and w. Martin,
Clarksdale; one brother, j. w.
McNeer of Yazoo City. and two
sisters, Mrs. Matte McNeer, Du-
rant, and Mrs. E. F. Weeks, Lex
ington. Also surviving are eight
grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
Interment will be in the
churchyard cemetery with Sou
thern in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers will be N. M. Park
inson, o. o. Morris, f. H. Fowler,
v. o. Ingold, R. A. Rodgers and
j. E. Taylor.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
Two Negroes Confess
To CuttIe Theft

Two Negro men named Davis
and Dorsey of BelzDni have con-
fessed to stealing three head Of
cattle in Holmes county.
The men were apprehended at
the sale barn in Greenwood as
they attempted to sell the third
COW after having sold two head
previously.
The first two cows were stolen
from John Quinn at Howard on
Dec. % and the third COW was
taken from Negro woman. Elsie
MCGEE, at Howard on Feb. 8.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
ter-County Tourney
IWon By West School

West boys and girls basketball
teams won the inter-county tour
nament PLAYED at West Friday
and Saturday of last week
West boys defeated Goodman
Saturday afternoon to play In the
finals and West girls won by de
fault from Coxburg to reach the
finals.
Lexington Highs squads both
reached the finals beating Durant
boys Friday night and Durant
girls Saturday afternoon
A sub-district tournament Will
be held in Walden on Friday and
Saturday of this week IN which
the Holmes teams will partici-
pate.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
Pickens Girls Painting
Now On Display

Blub Mountain (SpeciaD -
Philip N. Kellogg, head of the
art department of Blue Noun
tain College, announces that JAG
queline Montgomery, junior
Pickens, is one of the five Blue
Mountain College art students
whose painting is on display at
the Mississippi Art Association
exhibit being held this month at
the municipal art gallery in
Jackson.
Miss Montgomery's painting is
entitled Still Life With Fruit. -
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
Deputy Tax Collector
In Durunt Feb. 1923

S. L. Donald, deputy collector
of Internal Revenue will be in
Durant on Feb. 26, q and % at
the City Hall TO assist taxpayers
in the preparation of their income
tax returns.
Any taxpayer desiring assist
ance is invited to contact Mr..
Donald at this time.
He will be in Winona on March
l and in Greenwood from March
2 to Is, inclusive. At the latter
two places he will be located at
the Post Office building.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15

MIS-. watson urged that cUn--
tributors please make their do
nations Immediately in order thzx
the goal of about $4,000 may
be reached without further de-
lay.
No reports have yet been re-
ceived from Goodman, Thorntoea,
and West and Lexington is ses1~
ously tagging behind.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15

A lot of people who have been
FEELING pretty sorry for themsel-
yes for living in the country dur
ing the ice storm may feel better
to know that the great city OF
jackson was hit just as bad as
Durant and Lexington and points
In between.
Most of Jackson's citizens were
without lights for a full week lust
ike most of us in Holmes county.
Our good friend Agnes Pickens.
secretary to President Bill Noun
Ger OF the Deposit Guaranty Bank
and Trust Co. in Jackson, said
some stores were selling candles
for as high as $l.0O each.
Some patriots.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
TchuIo Raises $375
For March Of Dimes

The Tchula B. and p. w. Club
wishes to thank the people of
Tchula for their splendid sup
port in the March of Dimes drive.
Funds on hand total 1915. SO
and were realized as follows:
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
by Hazel Bronnon Smith

We're operating this newspape,
right now under several handi.
caps. With the telephones GU,
~ is pretty difficult to check ur
on news - especially between
Lexington and Durant.
So for the next few weeks i,
any of you have anything real
Noteworthy taking place in your
communities we would appreci-
ate a brief note in the mail with
facts involved. Well take care
of the rest.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
Pot;ents At. District Two
Community Hospital

January 80
]. E. Ham
discharged February 81
February
Jake Kealhofer
discharged q
February 2
Walter Autry
discharged y
February 5
Levi M. Caldwell
discharged 81
February ?
Miss Ethelyn Baine
discharged 81
Mrs. Evie McCrory
discharged l0)
Howard Guthrie, Goodman
discharged 81
February 9
Mrs. c. 3, Wilson
discharged 1O)
John Mcbride. Jr.
discharged 10
Mrs. j. M. Burnley
discharged 13)
Mrs. Jimmy Lee Aldy
February IL
Willis White, Ethel
discharged l2)
February IL
Walter Baughn, Pickens
Ode Burrell, Jr.
February Is
Clay Gum
colored Patients
February z
Alice Robertson
discharged A.
February 4
Annie Bell Sails
discharged y
February S
Whitfield Horton
r(discharged 81
EebrudrY 10
E. j. Pickens, West
discharged 49,
Deborah Powell
February ii
Christine Wise, Goodman
Febru0rY IL
George Truss, Sails
February IL
Dorothy Bush
Charlie Sample
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-15
March OF Dimes
Reaches Hallway

Contributions to the March oS
Dimes have reached the halfway
mark according to Mrs. j. R. Wat~
son, Lexington, county drive
chairman. Appr m a ely
81 1856 has been raised as fol-
lows:
Evening star., 1951-01-17
FrankIin's Anniversary
Brings Thrift Message
BY the A,seeiatsd Press

CHICAGO, Jan. 17.-National
Thrift Week started today-the
birthday anniversary of Benjamin
Franklin-with q reminder from
President Truman that thrift
builds success for the Individual
and economic strength for the
Nation.
Mr.. Truman commented in a
letter:
IF Benjamin Franklin still were
about, I am sure he would join
me enthusiastically in saying that
the National Thrift Week purpose
Of calling attention to the wisdom
Of financial prudence is a most
commendable one.
"All the advice about thrift
which Franklin gave us is good
It is advice which we never need
question. Thrift builds character
It builds success for the indi-
vidual. 1t builds national eco-
nomic strength"
Mr.. Truman's letter was to
President Herman B. Wells OF
Indiana University. chairman OF
the Board of Directors of the
National Thrift Committee, which
is sponsoring the week.