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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-10-23
TIE DURANT NEWS
Hazel Brannon Smith

Mrs. Walter d. Publisher
Established in 1858 and published
every Thursday. Subscription
rates: anywhere in Holmes coun-
ty, $3.50 per year; outside Holmes
county, $500 per year. Entered
as second class matter at the Post
Office at Durant, Miss, under the
act of March 3, 1879.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-10-23

IF we must give our money
away to support the broken
down anti-Communist nations,
we must call the tune for them
in firm and intelligent manner"
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In Jackson
Mr.. Marcus Love went to Jack
son Tuesday for a general check
pu which proved to be satisfact-
DRY.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-06
City Still Hunts
Bldg. Inspector

The Civil Service Board. City
Of Key West. met last night in
one Of its regular meetings.
The main item of business was
to have been fhe selection of
three applicants whose names
would be submitted TO the City
Manager 10 fill the position Of
Building inspector. Due TO the
small number Of qualified appli.
eants however, il was decided
to keep the LIST open for one more
day Through Friday.)
Mr. Ralph Russell has been
City Building Inspector for years.
He has taken three months leave
Of absence and city officials are
anxious TO get someone to replace
him.
Two temporary appointments
were made Al last nights meet.
ing. Joe Dearmss and Rudolph
Sawyer were assigned as labor
ers TO the Seavenser Department.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-06
Jack Sellers Believed To
Have Suffered Sprained Neck
MRS. SELLERS
HAS CUT ON HEAD
AND On FACE

Favorable reports have been re-
ceived from Miami concerning
Jack Sellers and his wife, Lorna.
who were injured early yesterday
morning In an automobile accident
on Miami Beach.
Doctors are awaiting the final
reports of X-Rays but they think
that Jacks most serious injury IS a
sprained neck. He will be confined
to St. Francis Hospital for a period
Of al least Is 10 n days.
Lorna Sellers is suffering from
shock. She has a cut IN the head
and one on her face. Neither are
considered serious.
Both Jack and his wife are con.
scious and allie to talk. Mr.. Sci.
lers, ST., left yesterday afternoon
TO be with the injured couple,
The accident occurred at 1918 a,
m. yesterday, corner Of sard. and
Collins, Miami Beach. Police Pat.
Continued On Page Threel
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-06
Says He May
Not Be The
Mar, Who Broke
In Her Room
BY SUSAN MeAvoY

The possibility that william
Stubs may not be the man she
accuses of breaking in her apart
ment and getting in her bed early
Wednesday morning, was admit
ted by the n year old Navy bride
of two months. when interviewed
her at her apartment this morning.
HE had gold teeth. the man who
was in bed beside me when
woke" she said. He looked just
like the man I later saw on South
ard street. / didn't notice whether
the man In bed had a mustache,
I saw that Stubbs had. When / see
'atubbs at the hearing next week
IN know II he Is the man or not.
Right now with all the stories 60
ing around about what good man
he Is, I'm shaken"
Inc NAVY Driue, nervous ana
showing plainly the cut under her
left eye and over her right eye,
that was made she said when the
intruder tried to silence her
scream, said she Weakened out of
a sleep to find the stranger beside
her.
II had gone to bed at 1890. My
husband had the duty that night,
and left about Sis. am a sound
sleeper. I woke up" she said,
"the lights were on in my bedroom
and In the living room. saw this
Negro lying beside me. / tried to
scream and he grabbed my face
with his hand and then I pushed
him away. He ran outside. The
door to my apartment and the
house had been locked when l went
to bed. They were open when was
wakened. Here are the keys any
CONTINUED On Page Three)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-06
WEST
URGED TO
FORM SQDN.
ORGANIZER OF
SEA SCOUTS
JOHN ROKER SEES
NEED OF GROUP

John +. Roker, born and raised
IN Key West and one of the first
organizers of the Sea Scouts here
IN town, has returned with his wife
for a short visit.
Mr.. Roker formerly lived at 614
Grinnell st. He moved to Tampa in
1889, and has been engaged in real
estate, mortgage, and loan bust
ness in that city.
John has a great love for the sea.
1t was approximately twenty-five
years ago when he first called to-
gether a group of lads at the San
Carlos Theater and made plans for
Key Vests first Sea Scouts. He
has never lost his connection with
boats in one manner or another
since that time. Now his chief in
terest Is an organization known as
gu. S. Power Squadrons."
"Our objective is to promote the
safe handling of small boats,
yachts, etc." John says. Having
been raised around boats and wat
er, | thought I knew something a.
bout them. Working with the Pow
er Squadron has taught me differ
entity"
key West needs q group Of this
Continued On Page Five)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-06
Roberts Guest
Speaker AT
Rotary Luncheon

Guest speaker at the Rotary Club
luncheon on Thursday was young
Billy Roberts, winner of the Jay
Gees Il Speak For Democracy"
State oratory contest, and of the
regional contest sponsored by the
American Legion. The address
which he gave at the Rotary Club
was the regional prize winner on
the Constitution of the United
States.
Roberts. a slim blonde lad with
serious brown eyes. speaks with di.
rectness, forcefulness and sinceri-
~ He is a master of enunication
and delivery. His manner is a COM
bination Of simplicity and eloqu.
Continued o. Page Threel
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-06
\ Only Wanted To Teach
Him A Lessor" Saws Hill
In Confession To BEATING
Navy Bride May Identify Stubs
At Pre|im. Hearing Next Week

stained uniform over the side OF
the ship.
The defendant said that he didn't
Continued On Page Threel
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Sailor Testifies
In Second Degree
Murder Trial For
Hopkins Murder
BY Jim Cobb

~ StH @o0S
in dramatic move by his attor-
neys, Bennett Fielding Hill was
placed on the witness stand this
morning to testify in his defense
against the second degree murder
charge held against him. Hill is
on trial in tire County Court for
the alleged Staying of George H..
Hopkins on the morning of Febru-
airy End.
immoral Act COMMITTEES
In calm. quiet voice the defen-
dant said that after Hopkins had
committed an immoral act against
him, he had become infuriated and
struck the victim. He said 4 want.
ed to teach him lesson to leave
young guys aione-not to bother
them"
Hill said that Hopkins had ac-
c0sted him In Duval Street bar
and suggested that the two of
them go to a hotel room. When he
refused, Hill said that the victim
followed him to the area where
the body was found and again pro-
posed an unnatural relationship.
The brawny sailor said that dur
ing this act he became enraged
and struck the man. He heard the
mans head strike the concrete
sidewalk and said that he lost his
head and holding the mans UP by
his sweater, stood over him and
had hit him again and again.. He
stated that at the time he
thought he might as well take the
mans money" but that when he
heard ''commotion' in the
neighborhood he left the scene. He
couldn't remember whether he
walked or ran. The accused then
went to a Duval Street restaurant
where he met some friends. No
ticing his bloodied clothing and a
cut on his right hand, they sug-
gested that Hill return to the
ship. He stated that two ship.
mates had disposed Of the blood
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-06
Willie Stubs
Character Is
Defended Here
Sam Harris, Former
Employer OF Stnbbs
Tells What He Knows
Of Him And Family

Another former employer of VIII
liam Stubs, accused of climbing
into bed with white woman early
Wednesday morning, testified to his
character today. Yesterday NJ. Z.
Bennett, present employer told
what he thought of Willie Stubs.
Sam Harris, Key West writer,
Overseas Road and Toll Bridge
Commissioner and former editor of
The Citizen made this statement
about Willie Stubs today:
Willie worked for me recur-
rently on Saturdays for several
years in cleaning my yard and
moving the lawn, and always /
found him honest and dependable.
We called him smiling Willie for
he smiled while he worked and
Continued On Page I'hree)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-06

MONTHLY PAYMENTS
BASED ON ONE THIRD DOWN
~ Buick 4-dor sedan $3.50
Monthly payments $3.50
'46 Chevrolet 4.door sedan $69s
Monthly payments $3.50
20 Chevrolet 4.door sedan SAYS
Monthly payments $4s.Io
~ Chevrolet Skyline Sedan sI7ps
Monthly payments $500
20 chrysler 4-deer Windsor sI0es
Monthly payments $500
so chrysIsr Windsor Club
Coupe si9e5.00
Monthly payments $3.50
'46 Mash 4-door Amhasssdor Ssss
Monthly payments 1855
~ oIds 20 Sedan $I5ss.0 90
Monthly payments 1875
so Plymouth 4-sioor Sedan $685.
Monthly payments $s6.ss
81 Plymouth Two.sona SlaSS
Monthly payments $500
81 Dodge 4-deor slpas.00
Monthly payments $3.50
81 Dodge Wsyfsrsr SI74s.0o
Monthly paymenfs 67.20
81 Ford fwe-door sedan ;lToo.ss
Monthly pAymsnfs 1910
81 Ford 4-door with
Ferd.u.Aafie $685.
Monthly payments I7oo
- Lincoln 7-deer sedan $500. IS |
Monthly payments s67.75
81 ehryslsr Twe-ions sedan
s77Ss.o0
Monthly payments $3.50
20 ossofe Convertible sos
Monthly paymsnfs $500
81 Dssoso 4-deor sedan s7lss.0c |
Monthly payments $s1.7o
20 Dodge S-deor sedan sg95.0o
Monthly payments ssI.sS
80 Dodge censsrfihls ceupe
3lsSs.oe
Monthly payments MIS-
80 Pontiac s-deor hydremsife
1880
Monfhiy payments $3.50
~ stvoshsksr ceuysrfibls
sioqs.oo
Monthly payments $500
80 ssvdehskar 4-door sedan
sl7Ss.0s
Menfhly payments s511e
50 studebsksr 7-dcer seesn
sl74s.Do
Monshly paYn&nis ssi0a
81 WHY'S ststien wason $685.
msnshIy payments Ss7.oa
20 EnsIlsh Ford 7-doev $3.50
Menffsiy payments s15.so
80 English Ferd 7-aSer ssSs.G
Menthiy payments Saz58
NAVARRO, INC
81 nusAL PHONE 80
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-06
4th Polio Case
In Weeks
Reported Here
Child Taken To Miami
Children's Hospital; Kill
All Flies Is Best Polio
Preventive, DIR. Says

The fourth case of polio in four
weeks has been reported to Mon
roe County F,ealth officer DR.. K. J.
Dalton, he said today.
The child. a two year old at
Sigsbee Park was taken to a chill
dren's hospital in Miami for treat
ment, DR.. Dalton said.
The first case in the county Of
this season was reported four
Continued On Page Three)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-08

'Kingis going 10 start ranching
again." Belle said. Mother has
quite lot of money in her own
right, and there's a place about
five miles north of here on the
creek where they're going to
build. He's going to work small
spread and raise some blooded
horses"
a GAIN that awkward pause.
"A Belle waited. finally looked
toward the front porch, took him
by the arm and turned him. He
saw a lone figure in white. her
eyes going far over the basin to
the distant horizon, perhaps to-
ward the junction where Holland
Forrest lay beneath a new head
stone put up by Old Appleby.
Over Montana's shoulder came in
a soft whisper the voice of this
half-sister he so loved:
s'She's been like that week after
week. Brand. ] think she was
something q little afraid you
didn't care enough 20 come back
&0AEt lG 1ctAAAs A0WrNVASCA~ -
she only knew.
perhaps she does, Brand But
iffyou knew a little more about
women. you'd know they like 10
be told Go 10 her-she's been
waiting"
He went. feeling, strange inside
the tightness reminding him again
of the night in Buckner's when
the guns he no longer wore had
spoke out; of the night on the
train when the horse thief McIsain
died
He saw her turn at the sound %
his jangiing spur rowels and her
face change. II lit up with some
thing new he had never seen in
IL before. He saw the beauty Of IL
and the welcome. and for some
strange reason as he went up the
steps to meet her there fioated
into his mind picture of the
valley far up under old Horse
Thief Peaks craggy. shoulder. Old
Jorg, he thought. would have
liked IL very much IL he had
known that one day In the not
too distant future that cabin
would shelter two people who
wanted 20 shut out the rest Of tho
world while they spent their
honeymoon there.
THE END
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HELLS HORSEMAN
BY WlLLlAM HoPsoN

/ rains, but the water flowed As-ta1
and clean over the gravel sad the
horse sank its warm MUSE deep.
Montana sat there in taAe saddle,
little surprised o ZEE smoke
coming from the kkchen stove
pipe and couple Q horses in, the
lot.
Three months seemed to have
done wonders for him. He was
filed out and healthy looking
and the haggard look was gone
from his young countenance.
There was in it both eagerness
and longing as his eyes swept
past the house and along the road
that led to the ranch four miles
away.
AS the horse raised its dripping
mlzzle and rolled the bit in its
mouth the back door of the for
mer stage station flew open. A
man came through it, running. He
legged it straight for the bank of
the creek, turned long enough to
shake his fist at the belliqerent
Assiniboine woman in the door
way, and then did a beautiful
slide down the bank. He sat there,
look of disgust upon his face,
until he saw the grinning rider.
Recognition was mutual, and
Pete, the saloonman from Smell
er-A-Mile, got to his feet. He
jammed both fists upon his hips
and glared.
what in the he'll are yuh
GRIMM at, you ring-tailed,
blankety : blank polecat?" he
roared.
"You," Montana said, urging
his horse on across. 81 thought |
yore stomach hurt--or maybe it |
was yore feet"
Pete turned long enough to
shake his fist again at the full |
boSomed young woman, who by |
now had been joined by Leota |
and the other girl from the ranch.
He let go an indignant snort.
"Of course my belly hurt" he
snapped. that's just the trouble.
Me good cook she says. 4 don't
care if you are / says. My
blankety- blank stomach WON'T
take them steaks of yourn.' Then +
she gets mad. You eat more,l
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she hollers. I'm damned if / win >
1 holler back. Then she throws
the bloomin' skillet at me. Look
at 'emi Now they're laughing az
me. They drinks UP my whiskev
an then laugh at me. Me-fhe
otoner of the placel
Owner" Montana o.,eria6
You own this placer"
We-el-l,s Pete admitted =
little sheepiShly, Il just sorta
moved IN a couple months aRo
after / sold out IN SmeIIer-f-
Mile and come up here"
Montana laughed again, babe
Pete goodbye, left him to his
marital woes and rode on toward
the cut. He was IN no particular
hurry. Austin probably wouldn't
be in until shutdown. Montana let
the mount under him take its own
time, and the sun had swung
far down toward the west rim al
the basin when he finally rode
through the cut and headed his
horse toward the ranch buildings.
He reached the lower corrals
and logged up the lane past the
bunk house where three men
lounged on the bench outside.
waiting for supper eaIl. One az
them, not a day under sixty.
looked up, recognized the rider.
and lifted a hand in greeting.
Montana went on past and saw
Austin over beyond the corral.
opening gate to enter and IN
saddle.
The ranch had changed little.
m that just north of the corrals
and not far from the big mansion
small but comfortable house.
new and cleaning with fresh
paint, had been erected. On the
porch stood Belle. his half-
sister.
She saw him coming and her
hand went up to her throat as he
rode up. He refined up and swung
10 the ground in long step, and
ne noted the clean house dress
the wore and the apron around
ler waist. She looked fresh and
wholesome, and yet this was q
different Belle from the one he
lad known 50 briefly before.
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Major Hawkins
Assigned To Duty
At Fort Dir. N. ].

Fort Dix. New Jersey. September
8 - Major Robert L. Hawkins, son
Of Mr.. Charles d. Hawkins OF 81
East 9Th Street, Brooklyn, New
York, has been assigned here for
duty with the 9Th Infantry Division
commanded by Major General
Homer W. Kiefer. His wife, Marian
Francis. is presently residing at
1122 Fleming Street, X. W. Fla.
Entering the Army in April 1851,
Major Hawkins served in the
European African. Middle East The-
atre Of Operations during World
War II. He participated ia the
Italian Campaigns and TIE action
in Southern France, Contra! Eur
ope and the Rhineland. His other
assignments have included duty st
Fort Jackson. South Carolina,
Camp Barley. Texas. and the Far
East Command.
Among his awards are the Dis
tinFuished Service Gross. Erenxe
Star Medal with Cluster. Dissir.
E1ishe1 INIT citation. Comhst In.
fsntrymsn Badge. Glider Badge.
World War n Vicsogy Medal ard
Army Of Occupation Medal Jap
am
a graduate At Erasmus Hall High
School. Brooklyn. the MAJOR vas
foFmeriy employed BY Consolidated
Edison Company IN New York
Cit.
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Chapter 50

~<AANkbCA ~
CHE didn't speak as he took off
~ his hat. Just as she had done
to her father that night at Buck
ner's so she did to her brother.
She came forward without word,
put both arms around his neck,
and kissed him. Her eyes were a
little misty when she stepped
back.
'sHow are you, BELIEF" he asked,
trying to be casual and finding it
hard. A lump had come into his
throat.
Il couldn't be better. And your"
''Fair to middlin'. I reckon" he
replied.
Where have you been?"
up north, taking care of a
little business. ] kind of wanted
to clean a couple of things off the
slate first and start fresh"
"We thought perhaps you'd
gone back to Carson's," Belle said.
But when we met him in Chey-
enne during the trial of Black
Jacks men he said he hadn't seen
you. They got from thirty to fifty
five years on the abduction
charges. feel lot better now"
"You look a lot better" he OBJ
served. for want of anything bet
ter to say.
She laughed. a low. rich laugh.
"Much better than you think.
You're going TO be an uncle"
For a moment he didn't quite
comprehend and Belle laughed
again.
I'm going to have a baby" she
explained. Austin and ! were
married in Cheyenne during the
trial. Look--there he comes now"
Austin was striding up from the
corral His shirt was open at the
neck. displaying an area of sum
burned skin, and his big hat was
back on his head. He wore leather
chaps and carried a saddle carhine
in one hand. His face split in a
wide grin as he came up and
seized Montana's hand.
Brand. you old sonuvagun." he
said delightedly. I'm really glad
to see you back here, boy. How's
things goin'?"
mo complaints. / guess"
ME neither. Brand. I'm run
ming the spread for Helen. and
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her cows are rolling fat. We won't
make any money this year, / reck-
on, but you watch the beef crop
next year. That's not the only crop
either. Belle anG me are going to
have son."
1--WE already told him." Belle
said Indignantly, her arm going
around his waist. "And I'm not
sure about the son business either,
mister"
"Well," drawled the grinning
Austin. 81 don't know what he'll
be, but if he's a half Texan, half
Wyominger he ought to be a hum
dinger. Just wait'll King finds
out"
Montana had forgotten his IA
Their for a moment. He asked a
question.
''King?" Belle said. Hes back
East. He was pretty badly hurt
with that bullet through his side,
but within two weeks he forced us
to make a bed in the stage and
make a slow trip to the junction.
The minute he got there he start
ed burning up the wire TO every
sheriff in Montana. He finally
found out the details about those
that trouble you'd been in.
And his name was still powerful
enough to get results"
$50 that's how Ii was?" unused
Montana thoughtfully. Il figgered
I'd have to stand trial on at least
the deputy sheriff fracas. but the
new sheriff told me il was all
water over the dam. We had a
hearing on the Bostick charge up
in Billings. | found couple Of
the boys who had witnessed IL.
So they called it seif-defense and
cleared him of the charge"
"Tm glad, terribly glad. Brand, !"
Belle answered softly. And King
viii be pleased too. He went on
East on the train, still in pretty
bad shape, and IL you'd ever met
my mother, you'd have known
what would happen when he was
carried in wounded. It's probably
the only thing that could have
brought them back together"
What's be going to do now7"
Montana asked.
Austin was divesting himself OF
his chaps. He kicked the leather
free and tossed them over porch
chair They're coming out here
this fall" he said.
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|n@EN
Chapter 70

AoPtG1 ~
a MONTH passed and things
changed on the ranch. The
basin bloomed and grew still
greener and new men came. Up
in cleared spot in the timber,
grass began to grow over 1--WE un-
marked graves, beneath which
rested Black Jack CasweIl. Dutch
Saunders, Buckner, and two of
their riders killed in the bunk
house. Seven more went on trial
IN Cheyenne and, with Austin and
the two women teStifying, heard
a Judge close the doors of peni-
Tertiary upon them with a sem
tence of from thirty to fifty-five
years. Carson returned with them
on the train and got off at
Smeller-A-Mile to find his friend
Pete had sold out and disap-
peared. The spring heightened
into summer as two more months
went by. Things were still chang
ing.
NEW men had some into the
y back country. Quiet men who
wore the badge of u. S. deputy
marshals beneath their shirts.
backed by other men who had
been picked for their Jobs. Lone
riders hiding out in cabins stepped
out of a morning to find them
selves facing guns in the hands
of these same men. Horse thieves
rounding a trail jerked UP sharp
and raised their hands as other
men stepped from concealment.
Some of those captured were the
Kings former riders, the men
who had rustled his stock while
they drew his gun pay. Word
went out along the dim trails that
the back country wasn't safe any
more, and the cabins soon became
shelter only for the pack rats who
scurried past open, wind banged
doors.
The law was coming in.
On an early afternoon in July
q rider logged out of the timber
and headed his horse toward the
creek that flowed through one
end of Buckner's corral. It was a
little wider of late from recent
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There il sometimes = differ
enre q spoas 80 feet betWeea
hiah and iow tides - Windsor.
Nora Scala.
Evening star., 1952-09-04

BIOS Nichols Ave. Sc.
1925 MINI. Ave. NE.
Clarendon, Va.
Arlington Forest, Va.