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Evening star., 1953-05-18
Man Injured Last Week
Dies in Arlington Hospital

Bernard j. Taylor, So, of Route
4, Vienna, died in Arlington Hos
pital yesterday of injuries re-
ceived in an automobile accident
last Thursday.
Mr.. Taylor had a crushed chest
and internal injuries.
Fairfax County police said Mr..
Taylor's car crashed into a parked
truck and struck two men stand
ing beside it on Route 1913 at vi
enna- The men were working for
a tree surgery firm. One of them,
William T. Holt, 25, of Burling-
ton, w. Va, is still in Arlington
Hospital with broken hip,
broken arm and head injuries.
The other injured workman, Will
liam M. Smith, So. Of Warrenton,
was treated for a broken rib and
released
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Fairfax Boy Hit by Car
Has Fractured Skull

A 5-year-old Fairfax County
boy was in critical condition at
Arlington Hospital today with
injuries received when he was
struck by a car near his home
yesterday.
Michael Craig McGinnis, son
of Mrs. Mildred McGinnis
ITO Arlington boulevard. Falls
Church, is being treated for a
compound skull fracture.
Fairfax County police reported
the child ran into a dead-end
street in the Jefferson Village
Apartments development and
was struck by a car driven by
Betty Ann Snowden of 1906 Rob-
ertS lane. Falls Church.
Evening star., 1953-05-18
Surveyors Group to Meet

The Northern Virginia Chap
ter. Virginia Association of Sur
veyors. will hold its quarterly
meeting at $3.50 pm. Friday in
Dardanelles Restaurant, Hillwood
avenue and Lee highway, Arling-
ton, Va.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-03-05
Vision Survey

Continued from Page One>
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-03-05
Rabies Vaccination
Schedule Listed
For March 9-12
Dog Owners Must
Have Accredited
Robes Certificates

Rabies fvaecination station
schedules 4 br aext week, are re-
leased tod az by the Holmes
County Hen Department. These
stations ale scheduled for all
parts of Tho county within one
or two miles bf all dog owners
Laws requt ng annual VAGINA
ton Of dogs gainst hydrophobis
will be enforced.
No vaccinat1 ION tags or vaccina.
ton certificates will be accepted
as official unless issued by vet
erinarians or health department.
Monday, March 9, Tchula and
Gwin- $50 A. M. to 200 P. M.
Health Clinic, Tchula-3:00 to
600 p. M.-Gwin Grocery, Gwin.
Tuesday, March 10, West and
North of Tchula-9:00 to HOO
A. NO. w. Nixon's Plantation
Barn-l2:30 to 2:30 P. M.-Al-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-03-05
HJC Boys Team To
Compete In State
Junior College Finals
Tourney Will Be
Played At Kinds
Fridoy-Soturdoy

The state finals for Junior Col
1ege girls and bows will be played
This weekend at Kinds Junior
College gym. Raymond. North
boys winners and runnersup were
East Central Of Decatur and
Holmes Of Goodman. The East
Mississippi &c Girls Of Scooba,
won top place over the Indian
cites Of Itawanba &c of Fulton.
The South teams finished in
the following order: Copiah-Lin-
coin and Jones Of Ellisville in
boys play with Perkinston and
Pearl River finishing as No. l
and No. 2 teams in their division
play. The North tournament was
concluded Friday at Bonneville
while the South division finals
were completed Saturday night at
the Kinds Gym, Raymond. None
Of the teams preferred to hold
the tournament at any OF the
competing teams home gym and
Kinds invited the finals to be
held at Raymond.
The invitation was accepted by
the officials Of the competing
teams.
Play will open Friday afternoon
March with Perkinston, No. ]
South girls playing Itawamba,
No. 2 North team at 8 p. m. East
Central boys, North No. team
will meet Jones of Ellisville a.
4 p. m. Friday to conclude the af-
ternoon session.
East Miss. of Scooba will op-
pose Pearl River Girls at 1880
to open the two-game night ses-
sion. East Miss. is the only un-
defeated girls team in the state
J. c. Association for the past sea-
son, and represents North No. l
team. Pearl River girls have q
good record in South Division
play but lost to Perkinston in the
finals Saturday at Raymond.
Holmes, the No. 2 North boys
will play Copiah-Lincoln, the
South No. / team at $3.50 to close
the semi-finals of state J. c. Play.
The finals will be played at
7:30 and $50 Saturday night.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-03-05

sponsored by Tulane
The countrywide vision Survey
is sponsored by Tulane Medical
School, State and County Health
and Education Departments and
financed by private funds is max
ing the study of eye health in
the county among all ages and
races with the purpose Of find
ing the causes of blindness and
serious eye diseases in the Coun-
ty. The survey will be in progress
several months.
Free medical eye examinations
are available week days daily
from $50 until $3.50 and from 800
until noon on Saturdays. Only
persons with appointments are
seen by the Consultant each We'd
nesday afternoon from 1-3.
Every section Of Holmes Coun-
ty will be visited as the large
green truck goes to schools, plan
tation stores and churches. rural
communities, manufacturing plants
and other neighborhood centers in
the County.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-03-05
Legal Notice
NOTICE TO cREDIToRs

No. 1851 Letter testamentary hav-
ing been granted on the It'll day Of
February. 1883. by the Chancery Court
Of Holmes County. Mississippi. to the
undersigned upon the estate Of
s. o. Horton, deceased. notice is
hereby given to all persons having
claims against said estate to present
the same to the Clerk of said Court
tor probate and registration accord
ing to law within six months from
this date. or they will be forever
barred.
This the It'll day of February, 1858.
Gladys c. Calender.
G-4tnp Executrix
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-03-05
THE DURANT NEWS
Hazel Brannon Smith
M. Walter d. Publisher

(MlS. Walter d. PUBLISHER
Established in 1853 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 8, 1879.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-03-05
WANTED TO BUY-Will pay tor

WANTED TO BUY-Will pay top
prices for any land. 100 acres
and up. Developed or unde-
veloped. Particularly in Brown
loan section of Holmes, Attala
Carroll, Madison or Yazoo
Counties. Especially interested
in acreage that has some front
age on highway IL or II. Phone
ALL, Pickens, R. E. looms, Jr.,
Realtor. 26-2tnr
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-03-05
NOTICE TO cREDYTons

No. 1862 Letter testamentary hav-
ing been granted on the 10th day of
February. 1858. by the Chancery Court
Of Holmes County. Mississippi, to the
undersigned upon the estate OF
Cora Gerren, deceased, notice is
hereby given to all persons having
claims against said estate to present
the same to the Clerk of said Court
for probate and registration accord
ing to law within six months from
this date. or they will be forever
barred.
This the 10th day of February, 1853.
c. F. Drake.
z3-4tnp Executor.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-03-05
Holmes County
Community Hospital

White Patients
September IL
DR.. F. l.. Bot, Lexington
January is
Mr.. E. L. Faulconer, Lexington
January l8
Miss Ethel Anderson, Pickens
February 8
Mrs. D. w. Truitt, Lexington
February 10
Mrs. W. A. Henley, Durant
February 20
Mrs. E. L. Faulconer, Lexing-
ton
February q
Mrs. r. X. Farmer, Lexington,
discharged March 2
February 70
Holt Cade, Lexington, discharg-
ed February "a
David Michael Jones, Tchula,
discharged February %
Miss Joyce Williams, Lexing-
ton, discharged February Is
Mrs. A. A. jarrett, Lexington,
discharged February %
Mr.. Luther Mayo, Lexington,
discharged February Is
Mrs. Fannie Wigley, Lexington,
discharged February "a
February ~
Mrs. George Purcell, Pickens,
discharged February q
Baby Boy Purcell, Pickens, dis
charged February q
Billy Joe Gilmore, Lexington,
discharged March
February IS
Benny Joel Mcbride, West. dis
charged February %
Mrs. Alton Ables, Pickens, dis
charged February q
February 26 --.---- - -
Mr.. George Barrett, Camden,
Rt. No. l
MRS. James klltebreW, Tchula,
discharged March 2
Baby Boy Killebrew
Tchula, discharged March 2
Mrs. Raft Harthcock, Lexing-
ton
Gayle Ann Martin. Tchula. dis
charged February 81
Mr.. j. c. Jones, West
Mr.. D. J. Forde, Goodman, dis
charged March 2
February ~
+ Mrs. c. T. Bailey, Lexington
Mrs. H. T. Alternately, Lexing-
ton
February 20
Mrs. E. w. Rainwater, Lexing-
ton
Vicky Lee Cauthen, Pickens
March
Mr.. o. H. Boiling, Pickens
March 2
Mrs. w. c. Cook, Pickens
BABY Boy COOK, PlckenS
Colored Patients
January 8
Christine Morris, Lexington
February l3
Lawrence Purnell, Lexington
February "a
Charlie Morrie, Lexington
February rs
Ananise Mclean, Jr., Tchula
February rs
Mary Jean Buchanan, Licking
ton
Baby Boy Buchanan, Licking
ton
February 81
Susie Mae Cain. West ,discharg
ed February %
February 20
Virda Bush, Pickens
Baby Girl Bush, Pickens
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Sponsored BY Tulane

in their area.
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southwest of Tchula-8:30 to $50
A. M.-Sam Hutton's home. 1890
A. M. to 800 P. Mr.. L. Peas
ter's Plantation store 400 P. M.
to 500 P. M.-Luther Morrison's
home.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-03-05

blno Plantation Store-3:30 TO
4:3o p M.-Graves Plantation
Headquarters.
Wednesday, March IL, area
west of Tchula-9:30 to 1890
A. M.-Stroud's home-l1:30 A.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-03-05
TO OUR MANY FRIENDS

We wish to express our appre-
citation, love and thanks for the
kind deeds you did for us at this
time of grief, May God bless
you.
Mr.. and Mrs. Babe" Thomas
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Thomas.
26-ltp
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-03-05

M. to 1890 P. Make Boyst'
store-1:30 to 2:30 P. Meth
Section Headquarters Barn-3:30
to 4:30 p. M.-Edith Hoskin's
home, Marcilla.
Thursday. March IL, area
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-03-05

FOR SALE: Two Ford tractors,
equipped with gas and butane
disk. cultivators, planters and
busters. Priced to 60. Phone
4331. Goodman, Miss.
46-2 tnp and 25- 2 tnp
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-03-05
Classified Ads
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SIS Per HOUR SPARE TIME
Man Or Women

BE YOUR OWN BOSS
Spare Time-First Time Offered
An Entirely New Item.
Refilling and collecting money
from our machines in this area.
No selling! To qualify for work
you must have a car, reference,
$40 cash to secure territory and
inventory. Devoting 8 hours q
week to business your end on
percentage of collections could
net up to $400 monthly with
vary good possibility of taking
over full time. Income increasing
accordingly. For interview in
clude phone in application. Box
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FOR SALE: One registered black
angus calf. Eight months old.
H. c. Mitchell, Durant.
26-1tnp
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-11
Page THE WEST cTixsN Wednesday, February H. iss,

before he said that che knew
nothing,w
When Spottswood, read the "at-
tack" on him in The Citizen, he
Immediately demanded a retrac.
ton. The Citizen editor said that
he could not have il but that he
would be given equal space for his
rebuttal.
The Sheriff came into The Cit.
zen office with a prepared state
ment in which, amcng other things.
he called the writer, who happened
to author the, original story, ian
unmitigated liar
/ am not an unmitigated liar or
any other kind of liar, for that
matter.
According to Peace Justice AL
bury's statement, the information
that Spottswood released was not
exactly accurate.
/ denied being a liar, but in
fairness, Spottswood was allowed
to run his statement which was
given just as much space as the
original article / wrote.
He was talked into toning down
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-11
nis "unmitigated liar charge"

his ''unmitigated liar charge" To
s.entirely incorrect however.
In barrage of invective which
he Embossed in my direction, the
Sheriff also mentioned the word
ethics" Claimed that / was un-
ethical in my stand on the matter.
Which brings to mind the thought,
that, until the day comes when the
Sheriff fulfills his oath of office by
going out to Stock Island and put
ting paddock on Mons Tea
Room (Which is known to be a
fancy name for a brcthel), he will
hardly be qualified to discuss the
question of ethics.
OF course, some public officials
are likely to say (privately) that
Mons fulfills a definite need in
the community = but it is a bro
thel and under the state laws, L.
legal. 1t is the duty of the Sheriff
to close brothels, when and if they
are brought to his attention. Per-
haps the Sheriffs prediction
policy of complete law enforce
ment" does not extend to Stock
Island.
Since the advent of the dog track
on Stock Island, hundreds of auto
mobiles have been passing MONS
door nightly, leading many to be-
lieve that the old landmark would
finally close its doors.
In, an effort to check such ru-
mors, this reporter phoned Mons
Tea Room, which is listed in the
phone book (the number is 2-9222)
and posed as a tourist seeking a
little diversion.
A man answered the phone and
i said: Elm visiting in town and
I'd like to have a little party. Are
you open now"
Eyes, we are open but we don't
wake up the girls for just one
man." was his business.like reply.
I assured him that there were
three of US in the party and he re-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-11

been substantiated and the case
dismissed by nim." That is his
story and he is stuck with it. He
claimed that he knew nothing
about the case, which we doubted
at the time.
Now, on the basis of Peace Jus
tice Albury's rebutual, which was
run on the front page of Wednes-
days Citizen, it appears that Mr..
Spottswood might have been with
holding information after all. I
didn't ask Mr. Albury to make any
statement - he came into the Of
flee voluntarily, irked because the
Sheriff had used his name "as an
excuse for not giving information
to the press"
Albury said: 81 called Spots
wood by phone to come to my
office where he was shown and
read the statement that the wo-
man had written and the clothing
she wore at the time. The man was
not arrested until that night"
(Which would indicate that the
Sheriff read the complete testi-
mony of the complainant the day
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-11

piled, 'In that case come rishs
out.
Now, why did this hassle begin?
It really doesn't amount to 4 Hill
Of beans, when you stop and con-
slider it.
1t all started when / became
aware that Spottswood was with
holding information from the press
on the rape case in question.
On one point, | agree with the
Sheriff : an overwhelming per
centage of the rape cases. re.
ported in Monroe County, are UNI
substantiated when the facts are
learned. 1t seems that every time
a B-girl works herself into a COM
promising situation, she shouts
rape and some unfortunate indivi-
dual winds up in jail facing a pos
sible long prison term.
agree, Mr.. Spottswood, that
the situation is becoming alarming.
But. the fact. remains : when a
warrant is issued charging rape
Cor attempted rape), a charge
which could cost a man his life if
convicted : it is news and it is
the duty of the newspapers to
publish it.
Hence this situation all came UP
when the Sheriff attempted to pre-
vent the reporter from doing his
job.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-11
By JIM COBB

In the release, Spottswood said:
81 should like to point out that
this case never came before the
Sheriff"
I'm fact" the Sheriff continued,
Justice of the Peace Ira Albury
has informed the Sheriffs Office
that charges in the case have not
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-11
INDICATED at last

NhNA~GS~A ~ ha1hs
Sheriff John Spottswood issued a
statement which appeared in the
February End issue of the Citizen
in which he denied withholding in
formation from The press concern
ing rape charges brought against
a local man.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-02-11

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Evening star., 1953-12-13
Atomic Pool -for-Peuce Plan
Eisenhower's Own, Aides Say
Many Experts Had Hand in Proposal,
But Idea for 1t Was Presidents

of shrinking back from that
horror, faces up to it with a
grimly earnest determination to
do his utmost to prevent it from
coming to pass.
That man. of course is Gen.
Eisenhower. He delivered his
speech with such heart-stirring
earnestness before his intent
U. N. audience because the in
Spiration for it and much Of the
actual language was his own.
For several months, the Presi-
dent has been convinced that
the American people must be
told more of what the rapid
development of atomic and hy-
drogen bombs would mean if
war should come again to the
world-such desolation that no
one could claim victory.
But he did not want to pre-
sent an entirely black picture,
without hope. The situation
was black enough and could be
made brighter only by some
positive action to try to find
(See EISENHOWER page AS,
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Woman Leaps in Path
OF Car During Quarrel

A 24-year-old girl was injured
critically last night when police
said. she apparently jumped in
front Of a car near Ingleside, Va.
Taken to Alexandria Hospital
was Miss Alberta Pickelsiner.
State police said the girl ap-
parently had been arguing with
a soldier as she stood at a bus
stop on the highway, about
mile south of Alexandria.
Police quoted the soldier as
saying Miss Pickelsiner shouted,
well, if you don't love me I'm
going to jump in front Of the
next car that comes along"
She jumped in front of a car
driven by 1t. Gordon r. Steiner,
%. a student engineer at Fort
Belvoir, police said.
Her companion was identified
by police as Corpl. Paul E. Good
poster, also stationed at Fort
Belvoir.
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Jomning of Receiving Home
Forces Freeing of Offenders
No Relief in Sight for 'Tinderbox'
Where Children Sleep on Floors

Henry j. Palmieri, Juvenile
Court director of social work.
freely acknowledged that to re-
lieve overcrowding court officers
are taking a chance on some Of
the youths they release to the
community while their cases are
awaiting court action
I'm some instances, we frankly
are taking a calculated risk.
Sometimes it works and some
times it doesn't" he explained.
When it doesn't work, it means
the youth has committed an
other offense. Recently, a boy
was released in the morning and
was picked up by police on an
other charge before nightfall.
Commissioner Renah Camalier
went through the building late
last week and declared:
This is a tinderbox here.
From the point of view of posi-
BILE riot or epidemic, there's no
question about it,"
Members of the Senate Juve-
nile Delinquency subcommittee.
opening public hearings on ,juve-
nile crime here Tuesday, will
Continued on Page A-29, Col. 81
Evening star., 1953-12-13
BY the AssoeIoted Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ. Dec.
12.-Dr. Frank c. Hibben. Uni
versity of New Mexico anthrop-
ologist, announced today there
is "incontrovertible proof" man
existed in America 10000 years
ago-10.000 years earlier than
any previously proved date.
DR.. Hibben said the tusk of a
mammoth found in Sandia Cave
near Albuquerque is years ago
established the new date after a
radiocarbon test at the Univer-
sity of Michigan.
The tusk was found buried
under the debris of ages with
f1ints and other man-made litter.
proving. DR.. F1iben said. that
man lived there in the same
time.
DR.. volney H. Jones, University
of Michigan anthropologist,
wrote DR.. Hibben:
'sThe Sandia date is a pretty
prime morsel in that it is just
about double any previous date
for man in the Americas"
"Prof. H. r. Crane who is In
charge Of the radiocarbon
project" DR.. Jones wrote, says
that it (the tusk) dates some
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Eisenhower on Hand
As Gridiron Joshes
Idle Spies and COP.
Cabinet Aides Present
At Newsmen's Dinner;
Mcneil New President

Unemployed spies. the Eisen-
hover administration and Demo-
cratic presidential hopefuls were
principal targets last night as
the so members and 500 guests
Of the Gridiron Club. Washing
tons 68-year-old correspondents
organization, held their winter
dinner at the Hotel Statler.
The administration. in line
with the Gridiron custom. got
the Sharpest barbs in the skits
which highlighted the evening.
It was shown wandering con-
fusedly in a programmes, Nc
Carthy- haunted "Manana" (to-
morrow land where:
"Our budget isn't balanced but
Ike doesn't seem to care.
Our plans for cutting taxes
are not getting anywhere.
"The Humphrey solid dollar
will not buy a beefsteak now,
But sometime in the future
we will fix it UP somehow.
Spy Business Slump Lamented.
In another ySkit a disconsolate
spy chorus found the espionage
business so uncomfortable that it
finally intoned. to the music of
whistle IT.:
"In White House and in Treas
ury. it's been our job to pry;
1--WE always thought we were a
cinch to fool the FBI.
'But now please tell us how to
make living as spy"
And the Democrats were shown
in some confusion as Adlai Z.
Stevenson and Representative
Franklin D. Roosevelt. jr,
("Enoch Arden") Wed for the
hand of Miss DENNY" in 1856.
President Eisenhower was in
vited to grin and bear it as the
guest of honor in an audience
which included cabinet members,
Supreme Court justices. mem
bers Of Congress, governors. am
bassadors, businessmen. editors.
and others prominent in publish
ing.
Departing from custom, Gen.
Eisenhower did not give one of
the main off -the-record speeches
(NnrtfNtrAI ~ rAn~o NJ
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Evidence MonLvedin America
10000 Years Ago Uneorthed

where in the range Of 10000
(years) plus"
The tusk was found in Sandia
Cave by Ken Davis, a dancing
master and university student,
in 1897.
No actual remains of Sandia
man have been found.
DR.. Hibben submitted the tusk
to the University of Michigan
three years ago. But the obstacle
of several atomic bombings had
to be overcome before the test
was completed last week.
The testing machine measures
carbon IA radioactive carbon
in the air that enters all plant
or animal objects. The carbon
disintegrates and is replaced at
a fixed level while the plant or
animal is alive.
But it stops replacing after
death and disintegrates at ia
mathematical rate until it dis
appears after about 10000 years.
The machine, in a sense an ex-
tremely delicate geiger counter.
measures the disintegration time.
The first tests attempted on
the tusk took place just after
the Bikini atom bomb tests. When
the radioactive cloud from the
bomb test passed over Michigan.
the machine measured the radio
activity in the air instead of the
tusk.
Every time Prof. Crane and
DR.. Jones went to work on the
tuSk, a bomb was set OF some
where and the subsequent radio
activity made the test impossi-
BILE. The instrument had to be
cleaned. making for long delays.
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Pedestrian, IS, Killed
By Car in CheverIy

A 75-year-old pedestrian was
killed last night by a car on
Defense highway in front of the
Cheverly Md shopping center,
police reported.
Sergt. Frank Thombs of the
BladenSburg town police identi-
fed him as William Wesley Sears,
1927 Varnum street. Landover
Hills.
The officer said Mr.. Sears was
crossing the road after leaving
bis job in a grocery in the shop
ping center. He was pronounced
dead on arrival at Prince Georges
Hospital.
Sergt. Thombs said he charged
Joseph Richard Weinberg, so. of
Bellemead (Md.) on technical
counts of manslaughter and reck-
less driving. The driver was re-
leased without bond pending a
January z preliminary hearing
in Hyattsville.