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WILL store piano in my home for
summer for use of same, or will
rent spinet for several months. Reli-
able. Phone SPAR. july22-3t
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TWO bedroom house. completely
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3Cottsges For Rent

COTTAGE for rent, couple only, no
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Price Organization, All Fleming.
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sIxTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
~ AND ron MoNRoE COUNTY.
IN CHANCEHY.
NJ. 1872.
HAROLD soLTIs.
Plaintiff.
HAZEL ~ BOWEN soLTIs.
NOTICE nv puaLIrATroN
To; Haxei AZ. Bowen S0itis
cko Mrs. Pearl Faulk
1875 sherry Drive
Norfolk. virginia
Yuu are notified that q bill ~
Complaint for Divorce has hssn
Tiled against yoG BY Harold saitss.
you are hereby required 90
serve capy Of your Answer 20
the Bill Of Complaint on plsIntifrs
address - 2asM paTAi Street. ksT
Msss. Florida. ard thereafter ffte
TIRE original 81 yo3F Answsr In Tbs
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N@ars on August Is. 1864 - de-
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Observations taken At City Office
500 An. EST
Key West, Fla, July %, 1854
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IApsrtnsnts For Rent

NEW bedroom and efficiency
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8 to 8 months lease. Couple, one
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APARTMENTS Now Available.
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and Patterson Ave.
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Individual attention. Day and
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LUIGI'S roomiug house. Rooms
with and without private baths.
Csl after 3 pm. 227 Duval st.
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CORNER two bedroom, nine
months old CHS. home. AL con-
struction. Near ocean and beach.
s13 500. sl4. 500 with furniture. Call
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ONE large Coldspot refrigerator,
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MOTHERS. hours can be arranged
for your child. Children accepted
ages : S, from s. 2 pm, S., s.
pm, So weekly. Including trans
portation, hot meals, rest period.
Mothers invited at all hours. Phi.
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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1952-02-09

being seriously i'll. Mrs. Pippins
mother, Mrs. Victoria Waters, is
also on the sick list.
Mrs. Bertha M. Carter who was
appointed chairman of the March
of Dimes for Rankin County is
very happy of the cooperatin she
got from the majority of the peo-
pie. Up to the present time three
hundred and ninety four dollars
has been received, and she is an
ticipating that the, four hundred
mark will be reached before the
drive is ended.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Roy Kelly of
Route 2, Brandon. has just received
telegram from their son, Lee
Roy, Jr., stating that he has just.
arrived in Tokyo.
Friends of Mr.. Oscar Dobson
of the Mt. Zion Community are
glad that he is improving after
undergoing an operation at the
Baptist Hospital recently
Everybody is looking forward to
Tuesday night, Feb. II, when they
will hear and see THE woman
Next door, presented by the stu
dents Of the Brandon-Iigh School
at the Methodist Church here.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1952-02-09
9th District Basketball Tournament
To Be Held In Yazoo City Feb. Is

The 9th District Basketball Tour
nament play-off to be held in va
zoo City, Mississippi Feb Is This
is destined to be a step higher in
high school cagedom. For each year
has brought us more refined play
ers tboth boys and girls For each
year has brought us thousands and
thousands of spectators. For each
year has brought us a greater APP
probation of organized basketball.
Therefore. it is only fitting and
proper to take not of basketball's
thigh schools) rapid pace.
AS for the members of the 9Th
District we have the following
county teams participating: Yazoo,
Madison, Rankin, Warren and Kinds
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Brandon Notes
BY Bertha Carter

Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Pitman were
recent visitors at C. nton, Miss.
this week.
Friends of Mr.. George A. Spann
regret to learn that he continues
i'll at his home here.
Miss Lena Mae Jones of New
FORK, N. Y, arrived here last
week to attend the funeral of her
brother, the late Charley Jones.
Funeral services for the late
Bessie Mae Williamson were con-
Quoted Tuesday at Rock Star Bap-
fist Church by Rev. R. L. Luckett
Many friends and relatives from
various parts of the state came to
sympathize with the family.
We are sorry to learn of Mrs
Elijah Pippins of Mound Bay u
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NOTED NEGROES
FROM a 70 Y

/ Parker House Sausage Co., Chicago
QUETZALCOATI-Was the much
| worshipped Black God of Mexico
REVELS, Hirma R.-First Afro
American U. S. Senator, native
of Mississippi
SPAULDING, C. C-North Caro-
lima banker and business man.
SOLOMON, King - Related to
Cush, Ham and Nimrod.
SELASSIE. Haile-Once dethron-
ed emperor of Ethiopia.
SIMMONS, ACKNOWLEDGMENT AT
ro-American orator.
tut ANKH- AMEN, King = Was
Negroid, the most remarkable OF
the Pharoahs
THORNTON, Ben-Famous de-
tective, Indianapolis, Ind.
VARICK, William E.--A street
in New York is named after the
pioneer Negro.
VERNON, w. T.-Bishop and ex--'
Register of U. S. Treasure.
WHEATLEY, Phyllis Great
African born poet enslaved in
America.
WASHINGTON, Booker T. =
Famous founder of Tuskegee In
stitute
WOODSON, Carter G.. Great
historian of the darker races.
YOUNG, Charles-Famous sol
der and Colonel of U. S. Army.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1952-02-09

Counties. County winners only will
be eligible to participate in the dis
trict play-off
The winners of the district will
be eligible for a regional play-off
composed of Districts a., 2, 3, 4,
and 6, 6, 7, 81. Winners and
runner-ups of the play-offs will
be eligible for the State Finals.
Last year Lanier High Schools
boys and Yazoo City's girls rep
resented District in the Big 8
Negro Basketball Conference. Now
the challenge is at hand! Who will
the 9th District this sea-
son?
Note:
On Friday, February l, Yazoo
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1952-02-09
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to take this method tc
thank our many friends who were
SO loyal and kind to us in the pass
ing of our husband and brother,
Charlie Jones. Your prayers, your
words of sympathy, your deeds O.
kindness helped to tighten our bur-
den.
May God Bless you
Mrs. Leila Jones, Wife
Miss Lena Mae Jones, Sister
Mr.. Johnnie Jones, Brother
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1952-02-09

AESOP-World's greatest fabu-
list-62O B. c.
ALONZO. Petro-Navigator and
co-discoverer of America with Co
lumbus
BANNEKER, Benjamin - Astron-
omer, inventor of calendar and
first clock
Observation-Disclosures greatest
musician and composer.
CYRENE, Simon Helped Christ
carry His cross up Mount Calvery
COLEMAN, Bessie-First great
Negor aviatrix
CARVER, George W.-America's
foremost chemist, Tuskegee Insti-
tute, Tuskegee, Ala.
DISABLE, Jean Baptiste-First
settler in Chicago, 1873
DOUGLAS, Frederick - Abolu-
zionist, orator and Statesman.
DUNBAR, Paul Laurence-Great-
est poet of his race
ELLINGTON, Duke-Fanous or
chestra leader and composer
ESTEVANICO-Tireless explorer
and discover of Arizona and New
Mexico.
FULLER. Thomas = Unlettered
slave of Virginia. perhaps the
worlds greatest calculator.
FALASHES-Black Jews of Alb
yssinia claim to be the original
Jews.
FLOWERS, Tiger (Deac on)-
One time, worlds champion mid
die weight pugilist
FULLER, Meta Warrick-Sculp-
ture of note
GROVES. Junius G-America's
potato king Of Kansas.
CANS, Joe tOld Master)-One
time worlds lightweight champion
pugilist
HANNIBAL-Father of military
strategy who defeated Rome.
HENSON, Matthew = Explorer,
who went to North Pole with Com
odore Perry.
INIH OTEP-Ancient Egyptian,
the father of Medicine.
JENKINS, Nine. = Inventor of
Aunt Jemima's Pancake Flour.
JOHN, "VT'-King of Portugal
ruler Portugal from Brazil.
KNOX, George Lone of the
first Race newspaper publishers.
LATINO, Juan-African poet of
the 10th century.
LOVERTURE, Toussaint-Of Hat
ii, greatest soldier of his day.
MCCOY, Elijah-Famous inventor
of the lubricator
MURRAY, Chares D.-Manufac-
turer of cosmetical goods-Chicago
NASH, Charles E.-U. S. Con-
gresham from Louisiana.
NEFERT-Egyptian Princess, g.
900 B. c.
OWENS, Jesse-World's fastest
runner.
OWENS, Chandler - Journalist,
orator, thinker.
PUSHKIN, Alexander S. - Rus
sia's Priniere Black poet.
PARKER, j. H. Founder of
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CARD OF THANKS

We feel grateful and wish to
thank our friends who were so
thoughtful to us in the passing Of
our loved one, Mrs. Bessie Mae
Williamson. Especially do we thank
the pastor and choir for the con-
soling words and songs which were
sung.
We pray Gods Blessing upon you.
Mr.. Mark Williamson, Husband
Mr. Eugene Branch, Father
Mrs. Lille Thompson
Miss Dorothy Branch
Mrs. Ida Eugene Davis, Sisters
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1952-02-09

City's girls defeated Lanier's girls
for the second consecutive time.
Yazoo seemed to have been too
much for Lanier's hard fighting,
but losing team. After all, someone
must lose. Should it be Lanier?
Evening star., 1952-07-09
Hollywood Diary
Ann Sheridan Is Talking
Movie DeoI At Republic
'By Sheiloh Grahom'

happens to his goth Century Fox
contract?
ITy Power did a er-playing
scene in mississippi Gambler, "
then confessed it was his first
Iwhirl at the game. But with his
poker face the lads a cinch.
Calling all King Solomons:: The
big problem is how to divide the
dock owned by Lana Turner and
Bob Topping in Balboa. There
are also a couple of warehouses
ito be split in half before they can
reach a property settlement. !.
The mountain above Ava Gard
|ner's house in Nichols Canyon
keeps falling into her driveway
which is why she doesn't live there
with Frank Sinatra.
Groucho Marx, discussing new
medical discoveries for men of
his years. opines: "The doctors
Isay you can live much longer If
Iyou quit everything that makes
you want to-"
Marilyn Monroe, the beautiful
butter blond. has a theory for
beautiful walking - LET every
thing else go limp except for the
coccyx. and you can move in
any direction without too much
trouble"
Comes fall and Mickey Rooney
dashes to England to try to undo
the bad public relations of his last
trip to Britain.
Rudy Vallee says, re Johnny
Ray. he has nothing to lose but
his voice. Doesn't believe the lat
ter can stand the strain.
| Released by
! North American Newspaper Alliance
Evening star., 1952-07-09
HOLLYWOOD

dOLL4 WOOO.
Virginia Bruce gets back here
in September. from Istanbul, to
settle permanently. And her Turk
ish delight. Ali Ipar, follows a
month later, when he leaves the
army. They'll remarry here.
Ann Sheridan is talking deal
with Republic about two proper
ties she owns. :. Dane Clark'S
telepix have run into money prob
lens and he's angling for an angel.
=. Film Angel Phil Gabriel has
q publisher for his book, "I Found
America"
Bing Crosby gets more than
100000 letters per annum to run
for President. And Bob Ar
thur. who plays Bingo's son in
"Just For You," gets co-star bill
ing with the maestro along with
Jane Wyman, Ethel Barrymore
and Hoagy Carmichael. :. And
Wanda Hendrix. Bob's first love,
teeveeS Babes in Hollywood" with
him in September. Tells all about
the trials of beginners.
If jeanne Dru can be pried
from her John Loves Mary
straw-h halter, she'll do "Split Sec
ond" at RKO. But the John hap
pens to be Husband John Ireland,
SO I'll give you one split second
to guess the outcome. Joan
Blondell is torching for Mike
Todd. But it's too late, on ac-
count Of Todd is enamored of one
Of the sea-chorines in his Jones
Beach show.
+ \
The bell didn't ring for Mae
Vests Come On Up, Ring Twice
premiere in Princeton. It was a
rush job and painfully apparent
that neither Mae nor the rest
of the cast had learned their
lines. Oh well, people don't &c
to hear Macs lines. ). and while
we're with the theater crowd, June
Havoc is having a great time OF
it on the road with Sadie
Thompson"
Nancy Valentine. with Producer
Joe Pasternak, said she'd still be
around for another few week.
before Europing for the big.
decision scene with the Maharajaf
of Cooch Behar. Richarc
Greene is switching from Rita
Hayworth to the richest girl IL
the world, Doris Duke. Ant
Rita Switches to Charlie Fit
SimonS, brother Of Maureel
O'Hara.
Jay Hyde, son of the late agent
Johnny, is negotiating to bu.
Caesar in Cicero" which com
bines the ancient with the modern
skipping from togas to tuxedoes
with Orson Welles wanted TO
Brutus, which he played for th'
Mercury Theater long ago in Ney
York Bette Davis and Gar,
Merrill were real cute cutups OF
the Hayride at the Ojai Vale,
Inn last weekend. with Gary sing
ing his own Western ballads. /.
From q confidential source W
hear that Gary goes with Bett
GOr her AToadway revue. So Wha
Evening star., 1952-07-09
Those Wicked '80s
By the Associated Pre-,

HOLLYWOOD.
Maureen O'Hara reports she
wears the most daring gowns Of
her career in Cattle Kate"
and that takes a lot of daring.
Her wardrobe consists of 16
gowns of the 1880 period. cut so
low that the skirts average IA
yards Of material compared
with little more than q yard in
the upper portions.
Evening star., 1952-07-09
This Red Passes
Test
BY the Assoeioied Press


Mae Clarke, who won undying
screen fame in 1891 when jim
my Cagney pushed a grapefruit
in her face. is back in harness
again.
She's playing with Loretta
Young and JEFF Chandler in
Magic Lady" The. studio
showed her a clipping this week
from Stars and Stripes. the
Army newspaper. It was a 1881
cheesecake picture of Mae when
she made Public Enemy"
The caption read "At least
one Communist prefers Mae
Clarke to Joe Stain"
The accompanying story told
how a North Korean sniper's
hut was shelled. When the
United Nations forces took the
hut they found only q table, q
chair and the 1881 pinup Of
Mae.
Evening star., 1952-07-09
Too Many Mitzis
Can Be Problem
By the Associufed Press
HOLLYWOOD.

Mitzi Gaynor is known as
Mitzi, jr.. on the set Of Blood
hounds of Broadway" in which
she stars.
The Mitzi, ST., title goes to
Mitzi Green, the veteran mimic,
comedienne and former child
star who also is in the movie.
It was the only way the di-
rector and crew could avoid
confusion.
Actual bloodhounds are used
in the movie. a Damon Runyon
tale about q Georgia hillbilly
(MisS Gaynor) who invades
Broadway. Most of the Holly
wood crowd thinks the blood
hounds in the title refers to
agents.
Evening star., 1952-07-09

ADJUSTMENTS.
Evening star., 1952-07-09
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time Of Showing


Stage.
Arena - 1.-THE Hasty Heart:
$3.50 pm.
Catholic University -" School
for Wives: $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador - 1.-THE Winning
Team: 1:15. 800. 5:25. 7:25 and
l9:35 pm.
Capitol-"Pat and Nike; II
m, LAS, 4:30, 7:15 and 10 pm.
Stage: 1855, $40. 6:25 and 9:10
pm.
Columbia - "Scaramouche"::
11:50 am, 2:20, 4:40, 7:20 and
$50 pm.
Dupont-"Never Take No for
an Answer; 1885. 3:35. 5:35. 7:40
and $40 pm.
Keith's-"Robin Hood; 1880
am. lao. $3.50, 900, $40 and
1920 pm.
Littie-"Kon-T Tiki: $40. $50
and 1920 pm.
Metropolitan - "Red River;
I1:10. Sis and 9:25 pm.
Ontario-'Lydia Bailey; 1:4O,
$3.50, 5:55, 7:55 and 9:55 pm.
Palace - "The Washington
Story; 11:40 am, 1:40, 3:45, 5:45.
7:50 and 9:55 pm.
Playhouse 'The Marrying
Kind; 1880 am, 1880. 3:35. 5:35,
7:40 and $50 pm.
Plaza-.The Man in the White
Suit: 11:15 am. 1:1O, 3:O5, 500,
l6:55. $50 and 10:45 pm.
Trans-Lux - Encore: 11:l5
am, 100, 2:50. 4::35, $40. $40
and 10 pm.
Warner-"The Winning Team:
1880 am. 1875. $40. $40. 7:45
and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1952-07-09

1t certainly has seemed lately--iS
on exhibit this week at the Olney
Theater where Second Thresh-
old" opened weeks engagement
last night.
Unfortunately for the popular
appeal of Barry's last hero, the
consideration of his psyche and
his plight is more literary than
dramatic. He is given an admir-
able sort of tussle by Sidney
Blackmer and an above-average
cast, but he remains a shadow
fitting through a forest of words.
The play, which Robert E. Sher-
wood revised when Barry's death
left it incomplete, has been fur
ther polished in this version. It
is improved, but not enough.
It is to the credit Of Director
Arthur Marlowe. Blackmer and
the others. that they have done
as well as they have with Second
Threshold" It is a far more diff
ficult play than frivolous minded
summer theater is disposed toI
tackle. Olney's production man
ages to endow certain moments of
it with authentic Barry touches
which were unfailingly bright and
moving theater.
The company's inability to bring |
It of lies in the fact that 1t simply
Is not bringable.
*%
Second Threshold" has been
described as a serious comedy.
This is a fair enough description.
The play is serious in its consid-
Grafton of the plight of Josiah Boil
ton,1 an apparently cracked up
cabinet officer, yet its author is |
palpably aware that his case has
its inescapable humorous aspects. |
His inability to keep the two |
moods under control accounts for
the plays fuzziness.
The audience comes upon Boil
ton, a weary and disillusioned
man, brooding darkly upon the flu
tility of living. He has resigned
his job. is resigned to the unprom-
ising prospective marriage of his
daughter to a man twice her age
and Indifferent to the fact that his
son is small actor instead Of a
luminous beginner in the law.
Josiah Bolton is a man with
nothing to live for in a world he
sees doomed by mankind'S in
adequacy. His one agreeable COM
panion is the image of death with
whom he holds occasional con-
verSationS.
His one tie to the life he abhors
as both futile and empty is that
he cannot think of decent way
to commit suicide so his death |
will appear accidental. This he
would spare his children. especially +
the daughter he adored as child.
While he is graphing with the
problem Of how to dispose of him I
self, the daughter begins to grap- /
Evening star., 1952-07-09

lple with the reverse one Of how to
save Bolton.
This situation provides Second
Threshold" with an overwhelm-
ing volume of talk on life and
death. Among modern dramatists.
few could be more interesting than
Barry on such subjects but little
he has to say actually illuminates
the characters he deals with here.
It is woefully evident that the
character played by Blackmer has
lost faith in himself and mankind.
but not precisely clear just why.
The suggestion Of the wordy dag
nosis Of his condition is that his
fatigue is more spiritual than
physical. But what is its source,
the futility of his professional life
or the emptiness Of his personal
one? Or both?
Second Threshold" does not
get to the heart Of these things
with anything like the definition
and intensity of Death OF A
Salesman" AS a kind of high
level Willy Loman, Bolton could
be an even more dramatic figure.
Instead he is less so. Willy
aroused pity and terror by being
betrayed by a world he could
not understand. Bolton merely
suggests a man who understood
his world to a degree that gave
him a suicidal distaste for it.
This leaves him more an object
Of curiosity than Of sympathy
which certainly cannot have been
Barry's intention in Second
Threshold"
Blackmer's hero in the cur
rent Olney play is an expertly
polished figure as compared with
most Of those one runs across in
summer drama. He has had
great. if profitless. experience inI
human relations. He knows what
to expect of a disappointing som
and a disappearing daughter. He
knows how to be amusing andE
even how to be amused, but all
ways more as an actor knows
these things than as a retired
Cabinet officer with a death wish.
The fault is in. the play, how
ever, more than in the acting or
direction.
AS the daughter whose lovei
and ingenuity redeemS Bolton,
Miss Anne Sargent is another in
teresting performer in "Secondl
Threshold" She is a distinct as-l
set to the play and SO is Hugh
Reilly as the brusque, wise young
doctor from next door.
Another winning performance
is that of young Anne Pearson
as the Bennington college bud
whose zest for life gives the play
some of it's most lifting moments.
Robert O'Hearn has provided
one Of those downtown New York
living room sets in which a re-
tired political celebrity might die
in dignity If he could only devise
a dignified way to die.