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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-01
Holmes County
Community Hospital

December 81
Mrs. w. p. Lewis. Lexington
January az
Mrs. w. l.. Crawford and baby
girl, Pickens
January "a
Mrs. Nick Helm. Jr. and baby
boy, Pickens
w. O. Harthcock, Eden
discharged January Is
Miss Alice Murff, West
Mrs. Wilburn White and baby
girl, Ebenezer
January rs
Phillip Ruche, Vicksburg
discharged January 26
January rs
Mrs. Olive Nolan. Tchula
Tucker Byrd, Lexington
Marvin Ratliff, Cruger
discharged January 80
January ~
William Clyde Nolan, Blackhawk
Frank Eakin, Jr.. Thornton
Mrs. Sallie Wynne, Pickens
January 20
Mrs. George Purcell, Pickens
Palmer Ables, Goodman
M. r. Presley, Pickens
B. w. Killebrew, Lexington
January 80
Mrs. John Conner, Cruger
Mrs. E. M. Acy and baby, Black
hawk
J. G. Herbert. Sr,. Lexington
February
Mrs. Charles Lee Cox. Tchula
discharged February 4
February 3
w. H. Byrd, Lexington
Mrs. Clay Herrin. Lexington
Mrs. r. L. Winstead and baby
boy, Lexington
February I
Mrs. j. w. Browning. Goodman
Mrs. Earl Shanks, Tchula
Ed Tate, Lexington
Mrs. Earl Ables, Lexington
February 5
B. S. Beall, Lexington
cOLORED
January s
Rufus white, Lexington
January IS
Harry Claiborne, Tchula
january Is
William Craig, Lexington,
deceased
January rs
Lucius Lyons. Lexington
discharged January ~
January ~
Charlie Benson, Lexington
January 20
Tommie Lee Wright, Lexington
discharged January 20
January 30
Willie D. Banks, Tchula
Lillian James and baby girl,
Lexington
discharged February 5
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-01
CoIored Winners OF
Corn Contest Named

Thirty two colored demonstra-
ton farmers, enrolled in the loo
oushel corn club reported thai
lhey producted 4,274 bushels of
corn on 81 acres. This gives an
average yield of 81 bushels ne,
acre.
The highest producer was Wal
ter Johnson of Route 3, about
nne miles north of Lexington
who made l40 bushels on one
acre. Walter johnson planted
Dixie II hybrid corn spacing il
l6 inches apart on rows 33 inches
apart. He used TOO pounds of nj
trate of soda on this creek bot
tom sandy loan.
Next highest producer was
Josh Meeks gathered 1919 bus
hels of corn on his one acre dem
onstration. Josh lives on Mr.. l.
p. Johnson's place in the Sweet
Water community north of Lex
ington. Josh used 300 pounds of
5-l0-5 before planting and side
dressed with 300 pounds of am
nonium nitrate. His seed was
Tennessee Red Cob.
Included in the list of pro-
ducers were the following who
produced 100 or more bushels.
Nick Archer, lis bushels; Earl
Randall, ll2 bushels on one acre:
Shadrack Pitchford, 100 bushels;
j. w Wade, LOT bushels. Jessie
Russell, l07 bushels; Robert Ba-
con, 1907 bushels; and Howard
Bailey, 100 bushels.
Alphonzo Clark, a All club bow
produced 1875 bushels of corn on
one acre of delta land. He used
500 pounds of ammonium nitrate
in split applications. Three hun
dred pounds was used before
rlanting End 200 pounds was
sed to side dress the corn with.
lis yield wa not included in
Ia 4,274 bushels reported above
The Farm Bureau awarded
$4,000 in prizes to these produc-
ers who made 100 bushels or
more. The prizes ranged from
$1,000 to $500.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-01
Durunt Youth Is
Transferred To Nd.

Ret Andrew Fultz of Durant
has been transferred to the Ord
nance Replacement Trainin g
Center, Aberdeen Provi n g
Grounds. Md, after completion of
six weeks basic training with
the 5th Armored Division.
AS Camp Chaffee, Recruit Full
tz learned the fundamentals of
rnilitarv life Further indoctrina
ton at his new station will equip
him for specific armv duties.
Fultz is the son of Mrs. Annie
Fultz OF Durant-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-01

Sgt. William r. Compton of
Lexington has been wounded in
action in Korea, he notified his
family here in a letter received
on January %. He is now in an
army hospital in Japan where he
is being treated for injuries to
his eyes.
In his letter he states that he
has been in the hospital at Osaka,
japan since January 4.
Sgt. Compton is the son of Mrs.
w. E. Compton, and his wife is
the former Miss Doris Parish
both of Lexington.
The War Department has not
yet notified his wife of his hos
pitalization.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-01
Lexington Wins Over
Durant January 18th

Lexington High boys and girls
basketball squads won over Du-
rant, January 26. in spirite q
games played at the Lexington
Gym.
The girls game was very close
throughout and ended with the
score of 48-41. The Lexington
boys won handily although Du-
rant took the lead several times.
Final score was 1923.
This was a return match for
games played in Durant la S t
week which Lexington also won.
Both teams are engaged in the
Big Black tournament which
opens at Ethel today.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-01
Contributions Urqed
For March OF Dimes

dimes county citizens are
urged to make their contributions
to the annual March of Dimes
without further delay by Mrs,
j. r. Qrene) Watson, of Lex
ington, countrywide chairman OF
the current drive.
Community chairmen an6
workers were named last week
and solicitation is now underway
The drive in this county was de
layed somewhate due to the fact
that last-minute changes in or
ganiZation had to be made.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-01
Ice And Snow Storm ParaIyzes Holmes County;
6-Day Power Failure Suffered; Phones Out
Electric Service Will Be Restored
BY End Of Week-Luter In RuroI Areas:
by Hazel Brannon Smith

AS The News goes to pres late Durant and neigh<
boring Holmes county towns have made some progress i
digging out from under eight inch covering of seet
and snowhe most weather ever experienced local
~ IN the memory of known living resident Temperatures
ranged from freezing to two to five below throughout
the county and Mississippi for the mast dav
Inc storm began with heavy fall of seet late Monday
Iernoon January 29th and continued Tuesday makin
streets and roads impossible This followed with heavy
snow fal Wednesday night which made the countrvsds
beautiful but parayzed practically all business in this entr.
section of the state.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-01
Special Notice!

Because of Indictment weather
the big Dollar Days" sale al
Leonard's Department Store in
Kosciusko will be continued
through Saturday. February 10.
See their advertisement on poge
three of this issue of The News.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-01
THROUGH
HAZEL
eyes
by Hazel Bronnon Smith

The campaign for the March of
Dimes is getting off to slow
start in Holmes county. Citizens
are urged to contact their COM
munity chairmen or workers and
make a generous contribution TO
this worthy cause.
In Durant the drive is being
sponsored by the Business and
Professional Women's Club with
Mrs. Doris Winborn as president
and Mrs. Calvin King as drive
chairman. Anyone desiring to
make a contribution may call
Mrs. King and she will be glad
to pick it up. Or, any member of
the BPW Club will take your do
nation.
Mrs. Irene Watson, president
of the Lexington Business and
Professional Women's Club, is
countrywide chairman.
If you have not yet been con-
tacted or if the solicitors have
missed you please make your
contribution without delay.
We must remember that Mis-
sissippi has for the past two years
suffered the most severe out
breaks of polio in history. Po-
lilo is still on the march-it never
lets up. Already we have had
thirteen new cases reported in
our state since January LIST.
The drive continues this week
A recent issue of The Baptist
Record reported that: 1.-THE Bap-
fist Record has received a copy
of the minutes of the Holmes
County Association which are at
tractive and well-prepared. The
printers also did good job"
We appreciate that praise al
though it did not mention us by
name. But we did print the job
for the Holmes County Baptist
Association.
If YOU have a printing job or
problem we will be happy to try
to solve it for you. No job is
too large or too small for us. If
we can't do the job for you we
can get it done-like engraving
and at an attractive price. Give
our service a trial
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-01
District Two Hospital

wv A1OSPlIdI
The District Two Communists
Hospital at Durant was reported
to have weathered the inclemenk
weather in fine fashion having
lights, power and water through
out the entire period.
A more detailed report will ne
given in the February 9Th edi-
ton of The News.
Mr.. East
J. B. East, Lexington manases'
of the MPL Company said he.
wished to thank the citizens Of
Lexington for their splendid CO.
operation and spirit and that he
would like for them to know thag
service would be restored 10,
every home in town just as so0ra
as humanity possible-a he
hopes this can be done by the
end of the week.
Mr.. East said current is beine.
worked section by section sssdl
the reason why one home wlqG
have current and another will
not is due to the fact that tsxe~r
are on a different circuit or trans
former.
He is expecting additional out
side crews to come in and help
with the work.
High Voltage crews
crews who have been engaS~
ed in building the high VOLTAGE
plant at kosciuSko were called an
pm the emergency and are heIpinE
restore electric service in Holmes
county. Others have come frusn
Louisiana.
The work is being expedited sss
short wave radio from the dis
trict MPL office in Duant..
Telephone Outlook
The telephone outlook for the
county is very bright considering
the extent Of the damage.
! The entire l2-mile line from
Durant to Lexington is on ting
ground at this writing. Practical
~ all OF the poles are broken. The
entire line will have to be re-
built. The same is true for the
entire district.
According to J. H. Fleming,
manager of the Greenwood dis
trict which includes all of Holmes
county, the Durant-Lexingtc,n
line is expected to be rebuilt By
Thursday of this week whic1n
will restore limited long distance
telephone service to Lexingtou'
and T c hula and surrounding
areas.
MIR. Fleming accompanied by L.
p. Timer. district traffic NAM
ager, both of Greenwood paid &
visit to the newspaper office to-
day and m a de the foregoing
statement.
H. H. Padgett, district plant
manager, and Fred Downing,
district engineer, also of Green
wood, are in Durant directing tire
gigantic reconstruction job I'm
derway in this whole section
MS. Fleming
Manager Fleming said truck
loads of materials are coming In
hourly by rail and motor ex-
press to do the job of restoring
telephone service to every SUBJ
scriber as soon as possible. There
are "a two-men telephone repair
crews each with trucks and Is
construction crews each of five
men or more now here working
on reconstruction.
Rural lines will be worked as
quickly as possible, Mr.. Fleming,
said. Watch the FEBRUARY 9th edi~
ton Of this paper for later
statement from Mr.. Fleming In
regard to the telephone situation,
Other Towns
Electric service is expected to
be restored to West. PickenS.,
Goodman and Tchula by the lat
ter part of the week also.
Telephone service in these
communities is also expected to-
be back to near-normal by that
time.
Rural Areas
1t may be as long as ten days
before electric service can be re-
stored to some rural areas in
Holmes county, Mr.. Taylor said
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-01
Finishes Training

fEtHS5Ics IIdIIiIII9
Friends of Russell Rivers will
be interested in knowing that
he has finished his boot training
at San Diego, California and will
sail for japan February %. and
from there to Korea. He has re-
received a rating as apprentice
fireman.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-01

Mrs ]. d Alshury is with her
daughter, Mrs. L, L. Ferguson
in Vicksburg who has been very
i'll with pneumonia.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-01
Community Hospital

The Holmes County Communi-
ty Hospital at Lexington W s
saved due to the fact that new
equipment on hand for the 5000,
900 addition now under construc-
ton included a portable genera
tor that supplied enough current
to keep the hospital operating. It
was through the 24-hour a day
service of the Lexington Con-
struction Company that this
equipment was put into opera
ton, ccording to Walter D.
S m t h. hospital administrator,
who said he wished to publicly
thank the latter firm for its fine
service in this connection. The
hospital was filled with patients,
Mr.. Smith said. The hospital was
energized first after the powe
was brought from Durant Satur-
day afternoon. A few homes In
the same section received cur
rent by ten o'clock Sunday morn
ing.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-01

Power and telephone lines
were broken down with t h @
heavy coating of ice and all
towns in the county were with
out water, lights, and power and
hundreds of homes were with
out telephones. Lexington an d
Tchula were completely isolated
with no long distance wires re-
naming up and highways were
virtually impossible. BY Thurs
day, February /, roads were so
bad that the mail truck was I'M
able to get to Lexington and
other mail deliveries were slow
ed down. Trains were running
hours behind schedule in Durant
ard the buses were stopped al
together.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-01
MPL Company

MPL Company
Crews of Mississippi Powe r
II d Light Company workmen
went to work Wednesday and
are working on dawn to dark
basis, according to c. c. Taylor,
of Durant, manager of the Du-
rant district which includes Lex
ington, all Of Holmes county,
Kosciusko, and Carthage.
Power was restored to the
business section of Durant by
dark Saturday night but most of
the residences remained to be
serviced. Durant has standby
plant owned by the city which
distributes its power Dough
wholesale from the MPL Com
pany.
Due to the fact that Durant is
on the co-axial cable it was never
without long distance telephone
service. Other towns on highway
81 for the most part had local and
long distance services on an
emergency basis.
Lexington Standby Plant
In Lexington the standby plant
which in case of emergency is
supposed to supply the hospital
with current and supply enough
power to pump water for the city
failed to operate and the city was
without water for a day and a
half. It was not until Thursday
night that it supplied the hospi-
tai with current.
City Clerk C. A. Glover said
the engine was so cold that the
air compressor failed to work. 1t
was only through the efforts OF
the Lexington Lumber Company,
which supplied a compressor,
that the city was finally able to
start pumping water to hard
pressed citizens, many Of whom
h ad been without water for
hours.
There were 700 telephones out
in Lexington alone. Most of these
as well as electrical power lines
were put out of service by falling
limbs from trees.
Power was restored to Lexing-
ton from Durant sub-station a.
bout five o'clock Saturday after
noon but it was late Sunday
evening before any of the bust
ness houses on the Square re-
ceived current.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-02-01
Rurol Areas ,

1t may be as long as ten days
before electric service can be re-
stored to some rural areas in
Holmes county, Mr. Taylor said
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-10-20
Merchants
Elect Officers

The East Slae Merchants As
sociaiion a. It's annual meeting
last week elected officers for
l95l-52 a, follow, Max Tcndler.
president Joseph Stalberg vice
president Zeb herman treasurer,
Samuel J licbcmnan executive
secretary
Explainine The Association S
plans LIebetmau stated We shall
continue 10 promote good WI!
in the community beiwecA the
members of our Assoc alton and
the community We feel that by
cooperating with other commun-
ny organizations in securing first
class citizenship for all regard
less OF race. color OF creed that
the entire city Of Detroit Will be
directly benefited
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-10-20
Others Await Trial
Tops inCeneva
Competition

Mattiwilda Dobbs of Atlanta
Ga, won a first prize in Voice
at the international Competition
OF Musical Performers sponsored
by the Conservatory of Geneva
on October third. Lenora Lat.
ayette of Baton Rouge, La. re-
ceived d second prize
These two Negro girls are
Opportunity Fellows of the join
Hay Whitney Foundation and
were among the many musicians
from all over the world com
pefing for prizes in piano. voice
and instrumental music.
Miss Dobbs came to Geneva
from Paris where she was study
ing voice. Miss Lafayette had
been studying in Basel where
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-10-20

were taken care of. Only after
the historical mothre. who saw
her child dying, made a scene
did the staff condescend 10 LOOK
at the child. When taken TO an
examination room. the child was
dead. Hill added.
POINTING out that Children's
hospital receives funds from the
United Foundation. Hill said
III the money of Negroes IS
good enough TO be taken by the
hospital, then the children Of
Negro citizens are too | demand
an investigation of this case bv
the responsible Health Depart.
ment and city authorities and an
immediate end TO this type OF
discrimination.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-10-20
Hospital Disregards
Lives Of Negro Hill

charging that Children's Hos
AL has "Callous disregard for
49, - lives of Negroes. the Rev
s ~ A Hill demanded today an
mediate and complete investi-
lion OF the death of the child
q the Roosevelt Walters. resi-
dents of Ecorse.
In a press release. the can.
a;date for Common Council
cb.roed that failure 10 obtain
prompt medical attention At the
hospital was chief reason for
the baby's death. Name OF the
infant was not mentioned.
when the child's illness was
diagnosed as bronchial pneumonia
Nv The family physician. the par
snts were urged to rush the child
70 Children's Hospital for treat
ment Hill said.
The parents were forced to sit
for over an hour in the lobby.
completely ignored by the hos
pitaI staff which other children
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-10-20

were also named in the warrant
as co-conspirators who sold the
swiped tires to cabbies were AL
bert Rayner, "a, 1885 Oakland;
Norman Thomas, %, $50 E. Can
field. and Leonard Collins. q
565 L. Philadelphia.
Others Await Trial
-Four others arrested Oct. 6 are
awaiting trial on charge of lar
ceny from an auto. Ten others
previously arrested are still await
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-10-20
Police Conhscates
tconfinued from Page ~

Maher was declared a mlstrial
when the prosecution reported
,ba, two women had talked TO
two nlrol and two witnesses.
Last Freed
Patterson who was living at
PHI ST Aubin. was the last of
nine Negro Youths to gain free
don, af,er being convicted OF
crminally attacking two white
girls in Alabama in 1881 in the
nationally known Scottsboro case,
was apprchended in Detroit July
1850 on q fugitive warrant.
A repor, from the psychiatric
chm, cited that Paterson was
of average Intelligence. had a
lifelong condition TO be a lawyer
but that his mistreatment in
prison had grown into an obseS-
sion regard ne the mistfeatment
Of Negroes
Carried Knife
Il quoted HIM as saying that
he carried a knife constantly for
4 protection
He has greait resentment. the
report continued. because his CO.
defendants d the Alabama trial
were paroled while ne was
treated ike an animal by sadistic
ZprISon guards
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-10-20
Record Firm
Thrills Songs
Ru anderson

NEW YORK. - The inspiring
voice Of contralto Marian Ander-
son IS again presented to her
many admirers Throughout tho
country via RCA Victor Red Sea-
records.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-10-20
CAB OWNERS HELD ON
CONSPIRACYWARRAN7

a conspiracy warrant
charging receipt of stolen
'ires and wheels in the
amount of $1,000 from a
inert ring Of dope addicts
was issued against five cab
owners and a dispatcher last
Friday.
Named were: Roderick Mat
chen. 20. 1921 ST. Aubin; Wal
Ter tTony) Heider. Sc. 600
Alger: William Freeman Jr.. 81.
1881 Ford; Robert Jarber. %.
S6i4 Russell; and Egqleston
tHed) Duncan. So. SGT (. Euclid.
The ring involving the cab
owners and narcotic addicts who
stole tires TO finance their dope
habits was smashed October 4th
by Bcihune Station detectives
after over 90 motorists in the
area complained Of thets since
Sept -. Ten cabs OF the CITY
Courtesy and the Exchange com
pane we're impoundcd.
Possible Five Years
Maximum penalty is five years
an conspiracy conviction.
MI, Agatha Knighton. "a. of
-s9O Clinton dispatcher for the
TX hange Cab Company. was also
named because She warned the
abbieS over the two-wav radio
70 eef rid OF their hot" tires as
IN" detectives moved in. The
Exchange Cab headquarters a,
a gas station at 8844 Oakland
which ) owned by Freeman Jr.
IS where most OF the stolen tires
we're sold police said.
Three alleged narcotic addict.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-10-20
Scouts Get Awards
For Saving Lads

Three Boy Scouts OF Troop No
343 received the Courtesy. eau.
ton, Courage Medallion SUNDAY
morning at Ebcnezcr AME church
IN recognition OF outstanding
deeds of heroisfl
Honorees were Donald Car
ter. 1892 ST. Antoine. James
Davis. 1853 Brush. and Donald
Murphy. 4lss Brush. who saved
two white lads from drowning.
Being scouts and prepared. they
Owed INTO the water and safely
rescued the boys This outstand-
lrg and courageous dekd was told
BY the Detroit News Uncle Safe
~ rcpr sentative Of the Safety
Legion of Amer.ca. Berne Ind
picked up the story.
Uncle Safety called ON Francis
A Kornegav Vocational Services
Secretary Of the Detroit Unior
League 10 represent them II
making the awards. In addition
10 the Medallion were other gift,
from Safety Legion Of Amcl ica =
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-10-20

ing trial Police said the ring
concentrated on late model Chry-
sler built autos.
The cab owners, three of whom
also were drivers, were released
on $500 bond at time of arrest.
William Freeman. ST., father OF
young Freeman, is president OF
the Exchange Cab Co, of which
belonged four of the ten cabs
impounded on suspicion of being
equipped with stolen tires
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-10-20

she was signed by the Basel State
Opera Company for the leading
roles in Aida" and Madame
Butterfly
Miss Dobbs and Miss Lafayette
are the vanguard Of colored sing
ers who upon award OF an OPP
poFtunity Fellowship. are prepaf-
ing for concert work in this
country and abroad.
Evening star., 1951-12-22

matte. The range Of the bells
extends from G below middle-C
to G in the second octave above
middle-C."
Most Of the apartments in the
large white-brick building are ef-
|flciency units. Four hundred and
six are of this type, while 79 have
one bedroom.
Besides lobby space, the build
ing has a garage on the lower
level, dining room soon to be
completed and three other public
rooms. besides package receiving
room, laundry room and other
space. Most apartments have
wall-to-wall windows with alum
mum sash. and all are air-con-
ditioned. The three passenger
elevators are of the self operated
type. Part of the roof serves as
a sundeck. The building is fully
rented.