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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-04-17
Henry Paris Named
10 Who's Who At u.

University (SpeciaD - Six out
standing student leaders have
been named to the University of
Mississippi's Hall of Fame for
1852, among them a Lexington
youth, it was announced today
v The Mississippian, campus
newspaper which sponsors the
selection.
Named were Leon Lewis of
Port Gibson; Kelly Clifford of
Oxford; Jack Geary of Vicks-
burg: Paul Pittman of Tyler
town; Henry Paris of Lexington
and Cissy Westbrook of Jackson.
The choices were made by a
secret committee of students who
voted by mail. Announcement
was made of the six selections
simultaneously rather than an
individual announcement each
week as has been a former Gus
tom.
Mir. Paris is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. H. Paris of Lexington and
is a senior in the School of Com
merce. He has been cheerleader
for three years; member of Omi-
cron Delta Kappa; Alpha Phi
Omega; Inter-Fraternity Coun-
] and Committee of 100.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-04-17
edward 4. Stewart
Rites In Pickens

Edward Anderson Stewart, 81,
well known resident of Pickens
and an employee of the Southern
Natural Gas Co., died Friday
night in the Holmes County
Community Hospital following a
lengthy illness. The funeral
was held Sunday morning at
1000 in Maxwell and Owen Fu-
neral Home with the Rev. G.. w.
Curtis, pastor of Pickens Baptist
Church officiating. Burial was
in Pickens cemetery.
Mr.. Stewart was born in Ma
olson county near Pickens and
moved to Pickens at an early
age, where he lived most of his
life. He was a we'll known citi-
zen of the county and will be
missed by a wide circle of fri
ends.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs
Lillian Boiling Stewart of Pick
ems and two sisters, Mrs. Ralph
Lacey and Mrs. r. B. Wander
slice of Dallas, Texas. He also
leaves three brothers, Harvey
Stewart of Tchula and Alton and
James o. Stewart of Pickens.
Pallbearers were friends who
worked with him in the receiv.
ing station of the Southern Ma.
tural Gas Co. at Pickens.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-04-17
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
BY Hazel Bronnon Smith

We wish all of our readers
could have heard an address
last Thursday evening given
by our dear friend, Mary
Cain, publisher of The Sum-
NIT Sun and Mississippi's first
woman candidate for COVER
nor in the August primaries
last year.
Mary spoke Thursday at the
Holmes Junior College dining
hall to members Of the Big
Black Farmers Club at the
annual banquet honoring their
wives.
Mary, who has sustained a
constant barrage of publicity
because of her rufusal to pay
the self-employment tax COM
monty known as social securi-
ty, is an attractive and charm
ing woman Of keen intellect
and firm convictions.
Her address proved to be
informative as well as interest
ing and she presented a chal-
lenge that captured and held
the interest Of the entire as
semblage of some 200 persons.
Every American should be
interested in the message
brought by Mrs. Cain - and
for the information of our
readers we have covered it in
more detail in a news story
which appears elsewhere on
this page.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-04-17
Rev. TIL. Dorsey
Dies AT Water Valley

Services for the Rev. Thomas
Henry Dorsey, former Holmes
minister and father of a Good
man resident, were conducted
from the Water Valley First Me-
thodist Church Tuesday. He was
81. The Rev. w. B. Stokes. as
sisted by other local pastors Of
ficiated with burial following in
Oak Hill cemetery.
Before his retirement in 1912.
the Rev. Mr.. Dorsey had served
as superintendent of the Aber-
deem, Corinth and Winona (now
the Greenwood districts of the
church and as pastor at Fulton,
Cleveland, Arcola, West Point,
Oxford, Water Valley, Tunica
and Lexington. He had made his
home in Water Valley since his
retirement.
A native of Ingomar Springs,
the Rev. Dorsey was educated at
Poplar Springs Academy. In
1893, he was ordained minister.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Eliza
beth Cayce Dorsey; three sons,
T. H. Dorsey, Jr. of Goodman,
Newman Dorsey of Amarillo,
Texas and Warren Dorsey of West
Point; three daughters, Mrs. N.
S. Sweat and Mrs. Grady Percy
of Corinth, and Mrs. D. w.
Brooks of Chadron, Nebraska, a
brother, A. l. Dorsey of Ripley,
Tenn, and sister, Mrs. Henry
Haynie of Smithville, Texas.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-04-17
More Corn Needed
Says Holmes Chmn.
Holmes Farmers
Asked To Increase
Acreage 7 Percent

The nations farmers intend
to plant about the same corn &C.
reage this year as last, according
to Mr.. c. L. Downer, chairman
of the Holmes County Agricul-
tural Mobilization Committee
who says this is not enough. The
nations goal this year is 80 mil
lion acres, intended planting, "a
million
In Mississippi the goal is two
million acres and the intended
paintings, 1,828,000 acres.
Nationwide the deficit can be
made if farmers would increase
their intended planting by 7 per
cent - LOT acres for each 100
acres intended.
AS the chairman sees it, unless
farmers increase their intended
paintings, it may mean a very
serious livestock feed situation
for the country that would be re-
Elected in a reduction in livestock
and livestock products within the
next IL to ID months.
We are at cross roads not
unlike the situation that existed
in World War III. Then the COM
paratively large feed reserves
dwindled almost overnight and
before we knew it we were in a
serious livestock feed situation.
History could repeat itself and
1852 may determine whether we
are going through that 'wringer"
once more. One way to avoid it
is to get more morn planted than
was indicated on March l."
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-04-17
Easter Sunrise Service
Attended By 300

Durant's Sunrise Easter Service
was attended by a crowd of APP
proximately 800 people who brav-
ed the bad weather and came out
10 early morning worship.
AS the crowd entered the
stands at the ballpark they heard
beautiful organ music which had
Aeen recorded and played by
Miss Sally Branch.
The 30-voice choir was COM
posed of members from the Du-
ant churches and directed by
Anon Baker. The Rev. T. A.
Filgo led the opening prayer and
then the Rev. Bearden gave the
scripture. After several numbers
by the choir and congregation,
the Rev. Day gave a short talk
about the Resurrection" after
which the benediction was pro-
nounced.
The Jaycees wish to thank ev-
eryone who had a part in put
ng on this program and also to
the local churches for their CO.
operation. The Easter Service
was a part of the "Come To
Church" program being spon-
sored by the group for the month
of April. The Jaycees also wish
to thank The Durant News for
Its cooperation in advertising
this program without charge and
thanks the B and PW Club for
It's assistance.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-04-17
George Thornton Speaks
At Union Service 9th

The Junior Chamber of Com
merce in cooperation with the
churches of Durant will sponsor
a union service to be held at the
Durant School auditorium Sun
1av night. April 9th, at 100. Mr..
George Thornton, outstanding at
+orney and 'ayman of KoSciusko,
will bring the message.
Everyone is urged to attend.
All the churches of Durant will
dismiss services that evening and
join in the union service at the
schoolhouse for worship together.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-04-17
Public Service Commission Orders Illinois
Central To Make Durant A Conditional
Stop For Panama Limited
Special Hearing At City HoII
Today Attended By Large Crowd

Shields said.
During the past year along As
trips have been made by Office
personnel on the Panama LmiteUS
in spite of the inadequate SERVER
given by the &c, Mr.. Shields said
Since Pathfinder started its Kos
ciusko interests there have been
rs trips made by various Off
Gals on the Panama Limited, he
said, in addition to travel Il.
some IL suppEers.
Mr.. Shields testified that he
felt the Illinois Central should
Continued on Page A.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-04-17
Mary Cain Challenges Big Black Formers To Live
FOR America - To Throw OFF New Deal Chains
by Hazel Brannon Smith

/
The majority of us hope we
would be brave enough to die
Tor our country, if need be, but
are we willing to live for it?"
This was the challenge present
to to members of the Big Black
Farmers Club and their wives
by Mrs. Mary d. Cain, Summit
newspaper editor in hard-hit-
ting address at the clubs annual
banquet held at HJC dining hall
last Thursday evening.
Mrs. Cain was introduced by
Stewart Bridgeforth who with
w. 5. Owen was co-chairman for
the evenings program.
The attractive Mrs. Cain said
she believes this country is now
on the brink of third revolu-
ton. She reviewed briefly the
first two revolutions in our his
tory which resulted in the De-
claration of Independence and
the advent of the New Deal.
The Declaration came out of a
peoples need for freedom and
liberty, she said and the New
Deal sprang from a peoples
greed.
The wage and hour act was the
beginning of the end of the So
called American Way of Life.
the speaker proclaimed. When
the government undertakes to
tell business how many hours if
may work its employees and how
much it must pay them then bu-
siness is no longer free or phi
vate, she said.
After the New Deal bought
labor's vote by appealing to its
greed it started to work on the
American farmer, Mrs. Cain said.
Then came public housing, IVA.
REA, until finally every little
group in America practically mas
become subsidized or intimated.
worst of all is the public well
fare setup," the woman speaker
proclaimed.
We've become a nation of
moochers' to such an extent that
today our people not only ex-
pect it - they demand it,
Il for one am sick of this
mooching - we've built this
little monster ourselves (our gil
gantic government and now we
have no say-so as to how our tax
money is spent" she continued.
Mrs. Cain said she particularly
the efforts of the gov
eminent to subsidize the veter-
ans, to attempt to put a price of
dollars on his patriotism.
In spite of the tax load heaped
now upon the backs of American
wage earners the Federal gov
eminent last year added to its
payroll every working day 1103
people, she said.
The speaker said she believed
it was high time for another re-
volution for the people of the
United States, both men and
women, to stand up for constitu-
tional government.
1.-The income tax, foisted on us
in 1913, though it is constitu-
tional, made possible the insti-
cation of this program of Karl
Marx in the United States, the
plan of graduated taxation, which
makes possible our terrible bu-
reaucracy and loss of freedom.
Not in the widest magma
ton of any of its originators was
the income tax expected to be-
come a weapon of re-distribu-
ton of Americas wealth." Mrs.
Cain said.
The speaker condemned bitter
ly the Korean war and Americas
major role in it. She reviewed
the small contributions in man.
power made by other members
of the United Nations who have
much greater reserves of popula-
Continued on Page A.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-04-17

The seizure of the steel mills
by President Truman is much
more than a move designed to
keep the mills producing at a
time when the need for steel
is great. The seizure has no
basis in law.
What has happened is that
a President of a great country
has taken over a privately
owned enterprise in a manner
that would be a credit to any
dictator of modern times.
President Truman does not
claim that he has extra pow
ers granted him by Congress
for this seizure as would be
the case in time of war. But
he has taken over the mill
under what he. calls his Gin
herent powers" under the con-
stitution.
And the Justice Department
dominated of course by Roose-
welt and Truman appointees)
has agreed with the President.
The Justice Department ad-
vised the court that seizure
of private property in the u.
S. by the government in per-
iods of national emergency"
date back to the American
Revolution.
OF course any administration
that has been in power as long
as Mr.. Truman's can find am
pie courts to back his posi-
ton up when he has ap-
pointed the presiding judges.
And any would-be dictator
ship can always find a nation
al emergency" as an excuse
to take over private enter
prise.
If the President has the
legal authority to take over
the steel mills and force the
people to work in them he
can do the same thing with
the telephone, power, and gas
industries, with the railroads
and any other industries in
America.
Using the same inherent
power" he can force farmers to
grow cotton TO clothe the
population and the livestock
industry to grow beef and
pork to feed it because it
will be to the benefit of all
the people" There's not any
thing the President can't do
under that inherent spower"
he claims in the constitution.
If our Congressman let Tru-
man get away with this it will
sound the death knel of free
and private enterprise in these
United States our condi-
ton will closely parallel that
of Russia.
An industry which may be
seized by the government at
any time can by no stretch of
the imagination be called
either free or private.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-04-17
Butler Brothers viii
Be Tried Separately
For Wynn Death
Criminal Docket
Will Be Set
Monday Morning.

The Butler brothers, under iryG-
dictment for the murder of w. w.
Wynn, Democratic nominee foz-
state representative from Holme.=
county, will be tried separately
/ according to their request in Gin.
cult Court this week presided
over by Judge Arthur Jordan =
An effort at the time by attors-
neys to have trial date set i'm
mediately brought the comments,
from Judge Arthur Jordan that,
the time of trial would be deter
mined when the criminal divi--
sion docket is called up Monday
The Butler brothers and other
defendants indicted by the recent
session of the grand jury were =
arraigned this week and all pied
not guilty before Judge Jordan.
A special venire of 100 tales
men was ordered drawn for the :
Butler trials.
Other persons arraigned, all OF
whom pied not guilty, were Car
roll Lowery and Horace Cain
indicted for the murder of
Charles Darnell, and who also :
were granted severance in
trials; j. S. Cook. Gordon Moss
and Robert Lee Moss, indicted
on the charge that they did
steal one cow" and John Nc
Bride, Jr. and Elvin Wells, in
dicted on the charge of stealing
two gum vending machines. Two
Negro defendants, who also pied
not guilty when arraigned, were.
Reedy Thomas, indicted on a
rape charge, and James Irwin, in
dicted in the murder of j. D
McMurtray.
A motion by Attorneys North =
and North of Belzoni, represent
ing w. Tom Butler, that Sheriff
Richard Byrd and former Sheriff
Ellis Wynn and County Attor--
nov Pat Barrett be ordered TIC
allow them access to any con-
LESSONS or tape recordings ano
other evidence in the murder
trial, was overruled by Judge ,
Jordan. Travis Butler said he %
did not have an attorney and
the court appointed Representa-
tive Ephraim Cresswell, who was
elected to fill the vacancy caused
by Wynn's murder, and j. A.
White, both Durant attorneys, to-
defend Travis.
Most of the cases on the civil
docket were continued or 60 .er-
wise disposed of. One z trIa
required several + II ;elec.
ton of a ju y, Alto. rc,
both sizes challenged many iur-
ors an, il was necessary to sum
mon additional talesmen. After
proceeding three hours more in
examination of witnesses the
case suddenly blew up" into a
non-Suit.
This was the suit of Mrs. An
ME Pearl Barfield of jackson
against B. E. Presley of Pickens.
and Negro tenant of his, j. W.
Harris. Mrs. Barfield suffered
injuries to her back when the
automobile her husband was
driving December 2, 1850, turned
over in front of the Presley FARM
a short distance north of Pickens
The plaintiff claimed Mr.. Bar
field was forced to swerve his.
car to avoid striking mule, and
attempted to show the mule had
come upon the highway from the
place. The defense denied
this. The plaintiff was placed in
the position of not being able to
lmpeach its own witnesses. and
the non-suit resulted. The jury
was informed by Judge Jordan
that the lawyers had agreed
upon an armistice" and the juryy
would be excused from further
consideration of the case.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-04-17
cAKEWALK SET

The Durant High School Jun
Tors and seniors will sponsor a
cakewalk at 7:30 Friday night on
Front Street in Durant. All the
cakes will be home made. The
money will be used for the jun
Tor and senior trip to New Or
leans at the end of school. The
public is given a cordial invita-
ton.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-04-17

Public welfare agents
throughout Mississippi are
sending out letters this week
notifying the public and their
clients that the legislature has
passed a law requiring Coun-
ty Welfare agents to file every
month a list of the names Of
all those persons receiving a
check from the welfare pro-
gram each month and the
amount each one receives.
The same letter notifies
clients that if there is any
one drawing a public assis-
lance check who does not want
his or her name on the list
which will be handed to the
Chancery Clerk should inn
mediately authorize the Coun-
ty Welfare Agent to remove
his or her name from the pub
Continued on Page q
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-04-17
Visits Sister

Visits Sister
Mrs. c. H. Blanton, ST.. visited
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Shelby
Fox, at the Baptist Hospital in
Jackson Thursday. Mrs. Fox un-
derwent a major operation on
Monday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-04-17
Citation Amended

During the proceedings the CT
tation was changed to ask that
the railroad make Durant con-
ditional stop for interstate traf-
fic rather than a regular stop
as first directed. Attorneys for
the Railroad said they neither
consented or objected to the
amendment.
Evening star., 1952-03-24

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The Miami times., 1952-02-16

on February 8 for Ft. Lee, Vir-
ginia and a 2-year hitch E.
Mrs. Marion Ash Cooper of New
York City, arrived in Miami re-
Gently to attend the funeral of
her brother, Theodore Ash, who
was funeralized last Monday from
st. Matthews Baptist Church.
Mrs. Cooper returned to New
York on Tuesday afternoon +.
The Algonquins, one of Miami's
leading mems club, are present.
ing their Complimentary Dam
Sante on next Thursday, Feb. 81
at the Harlem Square. It's formal
and here's a prediction that it will
be well attended The Dorsey
Hotels Cocktail Lounge held its
grand opening Thursday night of
this week. The affair was well
attended and the lounge is n e
that will have the Miami elite
talking for long time The
little birdie has it that virginia
(SlS) Rigby and Billmore Fergu-
son are altar bound . Best
wishes to them The Fourth
District Convention of the Diver
slfied Cooperative Training clubs
met in Miami today (Friday'
The meetings were held at St
Agnes Parish Hall. You'll read
complete report on the confab
lnyour Miami Times next week
Sunday morning, I'll take on
my 9Th godchild, in the person
OF little Ethel Leona Cumbie
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Lee Cumbie of lO32A NV Attn
ave. The christening will be per-
formed al ST. John Baptist ch ,rch
oy Rev. T. johnson and the ra-
ceptlon Will follow at the HON.
2f the parents taat afternoon.
The Miami times., 1952-02-16

Two records were established
in Judge L. E. Thomas Municipal
Court Monday morning, and one
of them still has the spectators
talking. One was set when the
number of cases listed on the
docket for trial was a mere 49-
the smallest number of cases
ever carried on a Monday morn
ing docket; and another was
reached when the heaviest fine
of the court was levied on a de-
fendant. It is this fine that still
has the many spectators who at
tended the session talking. And
what session it was.
The case involving the heavy
fine was easily the highlight case
of the day. But there were at
least two other cases which merit
special mention among the top
First and foremost in general
interest of the days hearings was
the case of Amos Boles, who op-
crates a barbecue lunch counter
at $50 NV 14th ST., who was
charged with assault with gun
on Inez PoStell and with reck-
less and careless discharge of a
firearm within the city limits.
Testimony in the case disclosed
the fact that the woman, who
lives at 1858 NV 3rd ave-, had
been keeping a special friend
ship with Boles for sometime.
Boles told the officer that he had
done a number of favors for the
woman from time to time. Boles
also explained that he had gone
to the young Woman'S room late
Saturday night, expecting to find
her home, only to find that she
was not there. Obviously not
pleased with his findings, Boles
is reported to have returned to
the young Woman's room on the
following morning with a loaded
gun in his hand. He knocked on
the door to her room. The woman
opened the, saw BoleS standing
in front of the door with the gun
in his hand, and, according to
Boles, became excited. He said
she grabbed the gun, and the
weapon was discharged acciden-
tally. The bullet went through
the floor and no one was hurt.
Boles declared that he had no
intention of shooting or harming
the woman in any manner. He ex-
planned that he only had the gun
with him because he was on his
way to open his business for the
day, and that he always keeps a
gun at his business for protec-
ton. The young woman also did
pretty good job in attempting
The Miami times., 1952-02-16

to convince the court that Boles
meant no harm to her. But she
could not adequately explain her
reason for grabbing the gun.
But Judge Thomas was not at
all convinced that Boles meant
no harm to the woman. In view
of the background, as stated by
Officer Anderson, the judge held
firmly to the opinion that the.
woman grabbed the gun because
she feared that Boles was going
to shoot her. Incidentally, the
house in which this young woman
lives, is only a short distance
from the one in which Emma
Smith lives, who was one of the
victims of the shooting of the
mad gunman, Robert Perkins, on
Sunday night, February 8. Judge
Thomas said that it is his bound
ing duty to do everything in his
power to discourage men and
women from carrying guns and
other weapons on their person.
He further said that there has
been too much violence in and
around this city, here of late, and
it must be stopped in some man
ner. He fined Boles $500 or 100
days in Jail. 1t was the heaviest
fine levied so far in history of
the court.
Another herring which should
be listed separately for general
information was the case of
Charles Perkins, who was
charged with assault and battery
on Katie Mae Perkins and with
being drunk. What makes this
particular case of interest to many
persons, is the fact that Charles
Perkins, the defendant, is a
brother of, and Katie Mae, the
complainant, is the wife of the
mad gunman, Robert Perkins,
who shot four persons on Sunday
February3.
Testimony during the trial re-
vealed the fact that Perkins tried
to break into her trunk in order
to secure some postal saving
stubbs, which are the property
of his mother. She explained to
the court that he ramshached
much of her personal property
and in general disrupted her
home. She also told the court
that Perkins hit her several times
when she attempted to stop hiG.
Perkins, of course, denied all of
the charges, explaining that he
was only trying to look out for
the interest of his mother, who is
now very ill.
After hearing both sides of the
argument. Judge Thomas fined
Perkins SIS or 6 days in Jail.