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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13
Holmes Red Cross
Workers Are Named
For 81 Drive
81, 500 Quote Is.
Assigned County;
LaiI Is Chuirmun

The organization of the 1852
fund campaign of the American
Red Cross has been set up over
the entire county.
7. A. Ian, chapter chairman,
Will serve as the county chair
man for the fund campaign.
Mr.. Lail has designated lead
ers in each town and communi-
ty to set up the organization in
that community and the follow
mig have been named:
Durant, Raiford McNeer, Ma
yor; Goodman, H. L. Albin, Ma
yor;, West, w. L. Campbell, Ma
yor; Pickens, j. D. McKie; Tchu-
Ia, w. r. Huddleston. Eddie
Heath is serving as co-chairman
with Mr.. Lail in Lexington with
Mrs. D. T. Ruff serving in the
residential section. This call is
civic as well as a patriotic re-
sponsibility of our county and
broken down it is the respon-
sibility of every town, communi-
ty and individual in this county.
been named and are organizing
Rural community leaders have
their workers. Holmes county's
quota is $450O.OO.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13
Mrs. Mary Lee Terry
Buried On Monday

Last rites for Mrs. Mary Lee
Terry, who died March 9 at
Greenwood, were held at the
Harland's Creek Church Monday,
March 10, at II am. The Rev.
Lonnie Johnston, pastor of Cox
burg Methodist Church offici-
ated. Burial was in Harland's
Creek cemetery with Southern
in charge. She was "a.
A native of Holmes county,
Mrs. Terry was born April 10,
1875 in the Harlands Greek COM
munity. She was a member Of
the Coxburg Methodist Church.
Surviving are one son, PhilliY
Terry of Clarksdale, and om
daughter, Mrs. Stanley Adam
of Greenwood. She also leave.
one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ami,
Terry of Jackson and two grand.
children, Paul and Rita Ann Ter
ry of Jackson.
Pallbearers were: Otto Wallis,
Oscar Rogers, Otis Hartheock,
Clark Adams, Wade Logan and
Harold Hearst.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13
Demand For Cattle
Brisk Al Sale

Despite the extremely bad
weather Monday and Tuesday
the weekly Wednesday livestock
sale at Lexington was featured
by the selling of several hundred
cattle, hogs, horses and mules.
Blooded cattle brought high
market prices of % to 33 cents.
Hogs brought the St. Louis and
Chicago price range up to 1850.
Several registered Hereford bulls
and one registered Angus bull
were sold. The Angus brought
$500 and the top Fl, ~eford sold
for $685.. Others sold for $27O,
$3.50, $3.50 and SEAS. They were
regarded as very profitable pur-
chases by the buyers.
Wednesday was sunny and the
grass is beginning to appear.
Buyers were eager to buy young
stock. MOI. than a hundred
cows soon to have calves were
sold, another so had calves by
their sides. The prices averaged
more than $3.50. A number sold
for SITS to 5000. Young Here
ford type steers sold from $29 to
$32 a hundred weight; Hereford
heifers ranged from 80 to SO. A
Jersey cow and calf sold for 5000.
More than hundred hogs were
sold along with more than 40
mules and six horses.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13
{. B. Wilson Rites
Held In T(hu|d

Celowee Bell Wilson, GO, pass
ed away at the Greenwood Le-
flore Hospital, Friday, March 7,
1852 after a long illness.
Born April 4, 1883 in Walden,
Mr.. Wilson had lived most of
his life in Carroll county. He
was married to Miss Elizabeth
Buchanan of Walden, January IA,
1908, and has two sons, c. B.
Wilson, III, of Black River,
New York and Motion A. Wilson
of Harper, Arizona, and a nep-
hew A. B. Wilson of Greenwood.
Mrs. Florine Mcdaniel of Gulf
port and Miss Mary Edna Will
son Of Tchula, whom they rear
ed. They have made their home
i'm Tchula since 1926.
Mr.. Wilson was employed by
the Illinois Central Rail Road
as car inspector on account of
i'll health. He was a member of
the Presbyterian Church since
early manhood and was an elder
in the Tchula Church for many
years.
He is survived by his wife, two
son, nephews and nieces, half
brother, Louis Ogletree of Cry
stall Spring, two sisters, Mrs.
John Whittle of Winona and
Mrs. j. E. DeLoach of Jackson.
Funeral services were held at
the Presbyterian Church, Sun
day afternoon, March at two
o'clock with Rev. Hayes Clark
officiating.
Active pallbearers were dea-
cons of the Church J. L. Shields,
r. l.. Ray, Sam Hutton, Charles
Smith, Montfort Jones, DR.. Da-
vid Minter, Bernard Jones,
Frank Moore Clark and Marvin
Smith.
Honorary were the elders of
the Church, G. w. Grow, w. E.
Hays, A. c. Conger, Jack Bar
wick and E. ]. Sheppard and his
many friends.
Interment was in the Carroll
ton cemetery with Southern Fu-
neral Home in charge.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13
MiIlsops Singers
Sing In Duront

The touring Millsaps singers
will be in Durant March 16 to
present a concert of sacred Choir
al music. The go voice acapella
choir will appear at the Metho-
dist Church at pm. Directed
by Alvin Jon King, the singers
are undergraduate students at
Millsaps College, the Liberal
Arts Methodist school in jackson.
Last year the singers toured
more than twenty-five Missis-
sippi cities and this years tour
will cover much of the same ter
ritory. Among the perennially
popular numbers to be present.
ed are MY God And l." Roll
Chariot" by Noble Cain, and
Lord Bring That Sinner Home"
by Graydon Clark.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13
by James B. Keeling

Transition of 3O0-acre cotton
farm to the grazing ground of
what is said to be the third lar
gest Black Angus herd in the
state of Mississippi is a revela-
ton of just how valuable are
the Hills of Holmes county. And
here, too, Homer T. Davis has
a feeding routine that probably
will make the average farmer
stand on his left ear.
Ninety-eight Angus cows and
two bulls make up the herd. Mr.
Davis says they all are regis
tered stock. His herd increased
by Is cows during the last year.
and this spring he is due to
count many new calves.
Just five miles from Licking
ton, bordered both by the old
Jackson highway and the new
concrete Lex to-Pickens-to-
Jax" speedway, Mr.. Davis has
transformed the former Shad-
dock cotton farm, which he &C.
quired four years ago, into a
grazing ground of many pastures
where his Angus stock is thirty
ing on the native grasses. Asked
by the writer what kind of pas
ture he had planted, he chuck
led and replied that he had not
done a thing. This grass and two
pounds of pellets a day, costing
about ten cents, fed in the win
ter only, constitutes the food
supply. He says he never brings
his cattle into the barn; that
they came through the terrific
freeze last year without loss, and
have survived the many freezes
and frosts of this winter. A large
gully provides a good place for
them if the winds get to rough,
but they prefer the open land.
His farm also is very practi-
cal, for it is bordered not only
by the two highways but thread
ed by many roads. This makes
it possible for him to make a
quick inspection Of all the herd
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13
Municipal Concert
Membership Open;
Free Concert Bonus

Membership in the Lexington
Municipal Concert Association
for 1928 is now open and any
new members enrolling before
the concert Monday evening,
March II, receives as a bonus
the privilege Of attending the
concert Monday evening fer.
ing Bill Hughes, Bill Palmer
Len Manno, accordion ar
ira bass players making L.
celebrated concert trio.
The concert win start promptly
at 800 pm. at the Lexington
Grammar School auditorium.
Anyone interested is urged to
contact Mrs. w. B. Kenna or
Mrs. Curtis Carr at once.
Old members are also urged to
renew now also or by Monday
night for the next season.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13
robert Roy Named
Agent For Billion
Dollar Company

The Travellers Insurance Com
panies of Hartford, Conn, an
nounces the appointment of Rob-
ert *. Ray, local insurance agent
as their representative for Du-
rant and vicinity.
The Travellers, with assets of
over two billion dollars and the
largest multiple-line insurance
company in America, has been
pioneering in insurance protec-
ton for more than three quar-
tiers of a century.
In 1864 The Travellers wrote
the first accident policy and in
1898 wrote the first automobile
liability policy and has since pro-
tected more car owners than any
other company. In 1865 The
Travellers began to write life in
surance and today, with over 10
billion dollars Of life insurance
in force, is the largest capitol
stock life insurance company in
existence.
The Travellers companies also
wrote all forms of fire and ma
rine policies and to serve its
many policyholders, maintains a
force of 1880 employees. With
more claim offices and claim
personnel than any other COM
pany, a policyholder is assured
immediate service, whether
he be at home or in some distant
part of the United States or Can
ada.
Mr.. Ray emphasizes that
Friendly Insurance Service"
will be the aim of his agency and
calls attention to the fact that
The best in insurance costs no
more. See his advertisement else
where in this issue.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13
". N. Unger Dies
AT Tehula Home
Goodman Motive
Was Well Known
Citizen Of Holmes

William McMurtray Unger,
planter, lumberman and sports
man died at his home in Tchula
Saturday morning, March 8 of
heart attack. He was 70.
Mr.. Unger was born in Good
man, September 8, 1881 and had
operated plantation for MAJ
years. He was also in the luz
Der business and raised fine
horses.
He was married to- Miss DOL
lie Harmon of Sails, December
81, 1926. He was member of
the Rotary Club and had served
as president. He was a member
of the Baptist church, one of its
deacons and had served as
church treasurer for Is years.
Mr.. Unger is survived by his
wife, three sisters, Mrs. c. T.
Bailey, Lexington, Mrs. j. c.
Sudduth and Mrs. L. N. Strace-
ner both of Baton Rouge, La,
and several nieces and nephews.
Services were held at the
Tchula Baptist Church, Monday
morning at 10 o'clock by Rev.
c. j. O'ander of Morgan City,
assisted by Rev. ]. B. Welborn,
local pastor.
Pallbearers were G.. w. Crow,
w. E. Hays, H. c. Waterer, Luz
ther Ganong, o. w. Nixon, D. E.
Rickles, w. E. Marshall, j. P.
Love, Frank Darnell, Peyton AL
bert Jones, Guy Campbell, j. M.
Bedwell, H. j. Baine, and John
Stewart Watson, of. Lexington.
Interment was in the Good
man cemetery with Southern
Funeral Home in charge.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13
Crippled Are Vital
Part Of Society
Easter Seals Make
Possible Needed Help
For Stote's Crippled

Because of modern care and
treatment now available to the
handicapped, the crippled have
become vital part of our world,
participating in every profess
sion, business, and industry, ac-
cording to Mrs. w. P. Taylor,
Holmes county chairman for the
Mississippi Society for Crippled
Children and Adults. Easter
Seal contributions make possible
hundreds of services for crippled
children and disabled adults.
This years Easter Seals por-
trays an adult hand holding two
children on crutches. The hand
is symbolic of help provided
through the purchase of Easter
Seals, with the future of crippled
children lying in the hands of
contributors and receiving a
lift" by them.
The Seals will be distributed
March Is in Holmes county and
throughout the nation. Funds
will be used to maintain and
expand existing services and to
develop new services for Grip
pied children. Handicapped a.
dults, through Easter Seal funds,
also are being helped to lead full
and productive lives.
The Easter Seal campaign clos
es April Is. Mail your contribu-
ton today to Mrs. Taylor at Du-
rant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13
Joseph J. Daniel Rites
Held In Durant

Funeral services for Jose III J.
Daniel of Houston, Texas, we're
held Tuesday, March IL, at 800
pm. in the Daniel home in Du-
rant. The Rev. c. M. Day and
the Rev. T. A. Filgo officiated.
Burial was in Mizpah ceme-
terry with Southern in charge of
arrangements. He died suddenly
Saturday at his home in Hou Tow
Texas.
Mr.. Daniel was born in Durant
on March II, 1896 and married
Miss Maggie A. Linn of Pickens
on January 81, 1925. He ran a
machine shop in Durant for years
before going to Texas.
Surviving relatives are his sis
tiers, Mrs. Ross w. Rhyme, Sr.,
Mrs. Matte Mcdonald, and Miss
Daisy Mae Daniel and one bro
Their, w. G.. Daniel, all of Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13
Former 300-Acre Cotton Farm Now Grozes Third
Largest Angus Herd In Mississippi

by automobile. He has the herd
divided into groups with the
pastures separated by fences and
farm roads.
The method he employs to feed
the pellets is calculated to make
the average stick-in-the-mud far
mer yell what the heck?" Mr..
Davis mounts horse with four
bags of pellets hanging across
the horses back. He rides into
pasture and either blows a
whistle or calls to his cattle. And
they begin gathering around. He
feeds the pellets to their mouth
or drops on the ground in front
of the animals. 1t is a time and
labor saver, and does not take
too long to feed the entire herd.
1t also enables him to keep close
check on the cows which will
soon be calving.
Mr.. Davis has changed the
name of the place to Silver Gates
Farm. He derived this name by
painting the gates aluminium,
thus making it easily identified
by passing autoists.
A great believer that the hills
of Holmes county can be made
highly profitable through live
stocking, Mr.. Davis says, Holmes
county people should develop
these hills instead of waiting for
outsiders to do it."
He cited his farm, the adjoin-
ing G. H. Love farm, now green
with oats on which large
Hereford herd is grazing, and
next to it the Erwin Moore dairy
farm where many very content
ed milk cows Craze, as ilkustrat-
ing the value of the hills.
Mr.. Davis likes Angus cattle.
and they like him, ambling to-
wards him as if they would like
to discuss politics, SPORTS or Mi
lady's Easter styles. He says they
are good mixers for the calves.
Despite the fact they are beef
cattle none Of them were beef
ing about anything as this wri-
ter toured the farm.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13

iollar plant has been estab-
lished in the South every
working day for the past year.
Many Of these plants are
direct result of research -.
and research is sharply grow.
ing. There are now over 100
research laboratories and ten
years ago there were only a
handful. Ten years ago there
was not one independent con-
sulting research laboratory in
all the southeast, while today
there are about thirty.
World War II Of course gave
the impetus for our growth
and development. The ma
tion's need for goods burst
over the walls Of regional pro-
tectionism.
Now today only 81 per cent
of our workers are in agri.
culture compared with % per
cent before the war.
The most enormous gains
have been registered In the
field Of chemicals. Counting
the independent country Of
Texas as a southern state the
South is absorbing over sc
per cent of the U. SIS chemi.
cal industry which is now hit.
ting a peak of over 5000 mil
lion in new plants and faci1-
ties.
The South is truly coming
into her own - but
She still has a long way to
60.
For instance, all of the re-
search laboratories in the
South put together are no
equal to one-third of those in
the metropolitan district of
New York - and it is in re-
search, North and South, that
tomorrow's progress in indus
try and business will come.
And, though we hate to
have to admit it, we still have
the lowest per capita income
some 40 per cent below the
national average. We still
remain the least industrialized
section of the country, at only
II per cent.
The sober fact, as Fortune
puts it, is that the South with
some Is per cent of the col
lege level faculty of the U. S.,
employs only 4 per cent of the
men listed in American Men
of Science and produces about
5 per cent of the doctorates.
But no one can any longer
doubt that the South has men
Of energy and enterprise, and
that it is on its way. 1t is be-
ginning as one commentator
put it, to substitute the re-
search laboratory for the wall
ing WALL and in that reposi-
tory the South will discover
that its growth is unlimited"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13

The current issue of For
tune tells the world about the
outstanding progress made by
the South within the past de-
cade. 1t foresees much great
er progress in the future
through chronological ad-
rance - and gives the story
of the beginning of the es-
Enlistment of research in the
South.
It tells how industry is be-
ing established near to and
taking advantage of the
South's natural resources -
an So million dollar soda and
chlorine plant over at Nc
lntosh, Alabama population
1907, a $32 million dollar plant
at Childersburg, Alabama
converting southern pine into
newsprint. 1t mentions the
So million anhydrous-ammon-
ia and ammonium nitrate plant
at Yazoo City in our state.
In short, whether we realize
t or not, a new multimilliou-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13
Jurani Boy Pee Wees
Are County Champs

Durant's Pee Wees won the
boys championship of Holmes
county in the county tournament
played at West Friday and Sat-
urday.
Drawing bye in the first
round Durant beat Lexington
1921 in a spirited game and in
the finals beat West 1914 for
the championship.
Only boys through the eighth
grade may qualify for the pee
wee team. There is no age or
weight limit. The Durant Pee
Wees are coached by Coach Mark
Cheney.
Lexington Girls
The Lexington girls pee wee
team was victorious in the coun-
ty winning the county champion
ship over Tchula SOTO.
Durant girls were eliminated
In the first game of the tourney
falling before Tchula in a close
ly matched game. The final score
was 1914.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13
WINS MEETS AT WEST

The Holmes County WINS As
ISOLATION will meet in West on
Thursday, March 20 at Gas. A
well planned program has been
arranged. Miss Edwena Robert
son, state executive secretary,
will speak in the afternoon. Ev-
eryone is given a cordial invita-
ton to attend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13
Hospital Picture Is
Presented By Smith
Holmes Will Hove
Modern 43-Bed
Hospital Soon
An up to date picture of Holm
-~"nunity Hospital
Rotar-
ekly

.s...--... by
Rotarian Walter D. o..-..,., hos
pital administrator. He was pre-
scented by Herman Flowers, pro-
gram chairman for March.
Mr.. Smith said when the new
hospital addition and remodeling
job was completed the county
would have modern 43-bed hos
pital, fully equipped and stated
to give the best possible medical
attention to Holmes county citi-
zens. This job is expected to be
completed within two months, he
said.
He emphasized the fact that
service facilities such as kitchen,
linen rooms, etc. and the operat-
ing rooms, laboratory, etc. had
been planned so that should any
additional beds be needed in the
future the hospital could be ex-
banded without further building
except for the needed rooms.
The Administrator paid tri-
butte to Mrs. J. bridge, former
superintendent of the hospital,
nd to members of the hospitals
board of trustees and other of
ficials who planned the hospital
program on long range basis.
Mr.. Smith gave brief report
on the relationship of Blue Cross
and the hospital saying that it
had worked out extremely well
and the hospital had been very
pleased with the Blue Cross pro-
gram. He explained rider 8, a
new provision for payment of
doctors fees after three days i'll
ness, which is now available to
groups.
Charity was explained and its
relation to the overall hospital
picture examined.
Actual cost of hospital care
here is $10.35 per day, Mr.. Smith
said. The only aid the hospital !
gets to care for charity patients
comes from the state and "a
mounts to only $500 per day.
This difference has to be made
up by the hospital itself and in
fact comes out of the pockets of
the paying patients in the hospi-
tai.
The support the hospital gets
from the county is 5000 per month
and this is raised from a .085 mill
levied by the Board of Super
visors and paid by all taxpayers
in Holmes county.
Naturally pretty close in
vestigation must be made before
it can be determined if a patient
is eligible for charity. The yard
stick applied is whether or not
he or a member of his family is
able to work and earn money,
Mr.. Smith said. Many times peo-
pie ask for charity when there
are able-bodied members of the
family earning good salaries, he
said.
Rates on rooms at the Holmes
County Community hospital are
the lowest known in the state,
Mr.. Smith said. They range as
low as $500 and the highest is
only $500. Comparable care in
other hospitals are reported to be
from $1,000 up.
When the present remodeling
of a new section for colored pa
tients is completed there will be
a total of ID beds for colored.
These will consist of two Shed
wards and five single rooms.
There is also a new waiting
room, entrance and rest rooms
for colored.
Mr.. Smith pointed out that the
taxpayers of district two pay
an additional 5-mill levy for the
support of their own hospital in
district two.
The Lexington Advertiser
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13
West High Seniors
Will Present PIuy

The seniors of West High
School will present the comedy,
Where's Grandma, at the
school auditorium on the even
ing of March 10, 1852, at eight o.
clock. The public is cordially in
vited. Admission will be Csc
and soc.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13
DAY OF DEDICATION

Sunday is the annual Day of
Dedication at the IL am. hour
at the Methodist Church. Every
one is asked to come prepared
to make a special offering for
missionary work on mission fields
over the world.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13
SPRING HOLIDAYS

Durant schools will be closed
on Thursday and Friday of next
week for spring holidays and in
order to permit teachers to at
tend the MEA in jackson.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-03-13

Discriminatory freight rates
which were saddled on the
South following the War Be-
tween the States have held
the economic development of
the South down as much, If
not more, than any other SIM
gle factor.
Now that these rates have
been removed after bitter
fight of nearly two decades
we may expect new squirt in
industrial development Of the
South. This means new jobs
to keep our people at home
profitably employed. In many
cases it means that eroded,
worm out land will be built
up with money earned in fac
tories. 1t means a higher
standard of living for many
people in the community as a
result.
1t is difficult for any per-
son to realize that there were
laws and regulations for SO
long which penalized so dras-
tically one section of the coun-
try and protected another.
For example one town in
Mississippi attempted to build
q small factory. We are told
that on examination the peo-
pie involved found that the
one-way freight rates would
penalize them to the tune of
$550,000 per year.
We have all heard stories
Of identical goods being ship
ped out Of the South at q
premium rate over what 1t
cost to ship the same merchan-
disc into the South. The story
is told of one Mississippi bu-
sinessman receiving a consign-
ment of goods by mistake. He
pasted his labels over the
merchandise without opening
it and shipped it back to the
new England shipper over the
anne route. 1t costs twice as
much to ship it back as it did
to ship it down to Mississippi.
We can all rejoice heartily
now that the unfair rates are
no more.