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‘BRING THE GOLDEN EGG BACK

TO ITS RIGHTFUL RESTING PLACE’
Revisiting Mississippi State’s 1936 win over Ole Miss
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com

I
n a rivalry marred by absurd end-
ings, Saturday brings the latest
chapter of the annual Battle for the
Golden Egg.
After the Southeastern Conference
bumped the start of this season to
late September coupled with slews of
cancellations related to the COVID-19
pandemic, this year’s 93rd edition of Ole
Miss and Mississippi State’s longstand-
ing feud will not be played during the
final week of the season for just the
ninth time ever. It also marks just the
second time in 119-year history of the
rivalry that MSU will play two regular
season games after the Egg Bowl.
The only other time it happened?
1936 — a season in which MSU, then
named Mississippi State College,
snapped a decade-long winless streak to
the Rebels and appeared in the school’s
first ever bowl game.
“It’s only the Ole Miss-State college
feud, fanned to life again by the autumn
winds of late fall football,” Reflector
sports editor Hunter Cox wrote at the
time. “But wotta game!”

‘Just watch us down there’ Mississippi State’s 26-6 win

over Ole Miss in 1936 gave the
The Mississippi State athletic depart-
Maroons their first Egg Bowl win
ment was in shambles when Mitchell since 1926. The Maroons went
Robinson joined the administration in on to their first ever bowl appear-
1932. ance later that year, falling to
A Jackson native and former student Duquesne 13-12 in the Orange
at Augusta Military Academy, Millsaps Bowl. — Courtesy photos/Missis-
College and, eventually, Mississippi sippi State Special Collections
State, Robinson previously served as a
partner at Robinson and Julienne, Gen-
eral Insurance for more than a decade.
With a keen business mind and a sharp,
military-based way of thinking, he insti-
tuted stark changes in an MSU athletic
department that was wrought with poor
facilities, underfunding and dysfunction
upon his arrival as the college secretary
— now known as the vice president of
business affairs.
Robinson instituted The Athletics
Board of Control, functionally a board
of directors to control the athletic
department and advance its deplorable
conditions. He was also heavily involved
in the hiring of Major Ralph Sasse as
the school’s football coach in 1935.
See EGG BOWL, 6A

Area hospitals see spike in COVID cases, have not reached ICU capacity
Total cases surpass 6,000 in Golden
Triangle since pandemic began
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
COVID-19 cases in the
four Golden Triangle coun-
ties continue to increase as
the holiday season begins
and local hospitals con-
tinue to manage several
symptomatic patients per
day.
As of 6 p.m. Wednesday,
Oktibbeha County has had
2,435 positive COVID-19
cases and 62 deaths, and
Lowndes County has had
2,328 cases and 64 deaths,
according to the most re-
cent data available on the
Mississippi State Depart-
ment of Health website.
Clay County has had 899
cases and 27 deaths, and
Noxubee County has had
700 cases and 17 deaths.
The four counties now
have compiled a total of
6,362 cases since the pan-
demic began.
Oktibbeha County saw
the sharpest increase with
149 new cases and Lown-
des saw 118, compared
to 107 and 113 last week,
respectively. Clay County
had 72 new cases and Nox-
ubee County had 29.
OCH Regional Medical
Center saw an increase
in COVID-19 coronavirus
patients in the past two
weeks as cases in the area
have risen, CEO Jim Jack-
son said at Tuesday’s board
of trustees
meeting.
“We think we can see a
maximum of 15, and once
The hos- we get to 15 we’re talking
pital saw about diversion (to other
three to five hospitals),” he said.
COVID-pos- As of Tuesday, OCH
itive patients has eight COVID-positive
per day in Jackson patients, four of whom are
October but in the Intensive Care unit,
has seen an average of which has six beds, Chief
eight to 10 per day recent- Medical Officer Todd
ly, with a maximum of 12 at Smith said.
one point, Jackson said. See COVID, 3A

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■ Virtual Christmas Tree Light-
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2 What singer-songwriter is known for ing: Columbus lights its city tree
men meeting,
often keeping her face hidden under a via Facebook Live and WCBI at 6
p.m., with carolers and special 5:30 p.m., City
shaggy wig?
3 What is both the Greek god of music guests including Santa and Miz Hall
and a longtime NASA program? Claus. Virtually chat with Santa Dec. 7: Oktibbe-
James Shepperd
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First grade, Annunciation
Princess Diarist,” which topped best- Columbus, 662-328-6305. of Supervisors

66 Low 47
seller charts in early 2017? meeting, 9 a.m.,
High 5 What kind of illnesses are Petya,
Showers likely
ILOVEYOU and CryptoLocker?
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Tuesday, Dec. 1 Chancery Court-
house
Full forecast on ■ “Deck the Halls”: Lowndes
County Master Gardeners host a Dec. 8:
page 3A.
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Trump says he’ll leave if Electoral College seats Biden

President announced that he will travel to then that might alter the results.
“This has a long way to go,”
lomatic Reception Room after
holding a teleconference with
Trump’s administration has
already given the green light for
Georgia to rally supporters ahead of two Trump said, even though he
lost.
U.S. military leaders stationed
across the globe. He thanked
a formal transition to get under-
way. But Trump took issue with
Senate runoff elections that will determine The fact that a sitting Amer-
ican president even had to ad-
them for their service and jok-
ingly warned them not to eat too
Biden moving forward.
“I think it’s not right that he’s
which party controls the Senate dress whether or not he would much turkey, then turned to the trying to pick a Cabinet,” Trump
leave office after losing reelec- election after ending the call. said, even though officials from
BY JILL COLVIN — as he spent his Thanksgiving tion underscores the extent to He repeated grievances and both teams are already working
The Associated Press renewing baseless claims that which Trump has smashed one angrily denounced officials in together to get Biden’s team up
“massive fraud” and crooked convention after another over Georgia and Pennsylvania, two to speed.
WA S H I N G - officials in battleground states the last three weeks. While key swing states that helped And as he refused to con-
TON — Pres- caused his election defeat. there is no evidence of the kind give Biden the win. cede, Trump announced that
ident Donald “Certainly I will. But you of widespread fraud Trump has Trump claimed, despite the he will be traveling to Georgia
Trump said know that,” Trump said Thurs- been alleging, he and his legal results, that this may not be his to rally supporters ahead of two
Thursday that day when asked whether he team have nonetheless been last Thanksgiving at the White Senate runoff elections that will
he will leave the would vacate the building, al- working to cast doubt on the House. And he insisted there determine which party controls
White House if lowing a peaceful transition of integrity of the election and try- had been “massive fraud,” even the Senate. Trump said the rally
the Electoral Col- power in January. But Trump ing to overturn voters’ will in an though state officials and inter- for Republican Sens. David Per-
Trump
lege formalizes — taking questions for the unprecedented breach of demo- national observers have said due and Kelly Loeffler would
President-Elect Joe Biden’s vic- first time since Election Day cratic norms. no evidence of that exists and likely be held Saturday. The
tory — even as he insisted such — insisted that “a lot of things” Trump spoke to reporters in Trump’s campaign has repeat- White House later clarified he
a decision would be a “mistake” would happen between now and the White House’s ornate Dip- edly failed in court. had meant Dec. 5.

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of arrangements. Linda James formerly employed as
Mr. Gregory was a mail handler with the
COLUMBUS — Lin-
born Feb. 2, 1947, in da Ann Hill Grandberry U.S. Postal Service and
Columbus, to the late “Grand- was a member of Greater
Johnny Gregory and New Canaan Baptist
Nu” James,
Lillie C. Neal. He was a Church.
73, died
graduate of R.E. Hunt In addition to her par-
Nov. 19,
High School and a ents, she was preceded
2020, at her
member of Shiloh Full in death by her husband,
Gospel M.B, Church. residence.
Grave- Same James; siblings,
He is survived by Ora Maddine Twine, Tal-
his wife, Brindle Greg- side ser- James
vices will ma Sue Hill, Henry Jeff
ory; daughter, Janice Hill and Jessie R. Hill;
Davis of Grand Rapids, be at 2 p.m. Saturday, in
Hopewell M.B. Church and one great-grand-
Michigan; stepdaugh- child.
ter, Ashley Ashford of Cemetery, with the Rev.
Tommy Shelton officiat- She is survived by her
Columbus; siblings, children, William Lamar
Isola Gregory of St. ing. Visitation is from 2-6
p.m. today, at Carter’s Gradberry of Florence,
Louis, Missouri, Ber- South Carolina, Norvell
enice Vaughn-Forte’, Funeral Services. Car-
Ray Grandberry and
Henry Neal Jr. both of ter’s Funeral Services of
Travette Denea Grand-
Columbus and Brenda Columbus is in charge of
berry-Lewis of Colum-
Ree of Brooksville; and arrangements.
bus; 10 grandchildren;
two grandchildren. Mrs. James was born
and 11 great-grandchil-
Pallbearers will be May 14, 1947, in Fort
dren.
George Turner, Tim Worth, Texas, to the late
See OBITUARIES, 5A
Edwards, James Butler Henry E. Hill and Emma
and James Johnson Jr. Mae Hill. She was

Louise Robinson
STARKVILLE —
Louise Hicks Robin-
son, 58, died Nov. 20,
2020, in West Point.
Graveside services
will be at 2 p.m. Sun-
day, in New Prospect
Cemetery. Visitation
will be from 2-6 p.m.
Saturday, at West Me-
morial Funeral Home.
West Memorial Funer-
al Home of Starkville
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
She is survived by
her husband, Richard;
mother, Emma L. Ho-
gan; children, Kennie,
Kendrick and Kyle;
siblings, Helen Peo-
ples, Sabrina Williams,
Audrey Williams,
Eloise Carter, Tequila
Stallings, Lenora and
Ledora Hogan, Quincy
Stallings and Frankie
Hogan; and six grand-
children.

Hunter Gregory
COLUMBUS —
Hunter Lee “Charles”
Gregory,
73, died
Nov. 20,
2020, at
Baptist
Memorial
Hospi-
tal-Golden
Gregory
Triangle.
Grave-
side services will be at
noon Sunday, in Memo-
rial Gardens, with Otis
Washington officiating.
Visitation will be from
noon-5 p.m. Saturday,
at Carter’s Funeral
Services. Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Columbus is in charge

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Mississippi hospitals using antibody therapy to help fight virus

The new therapy can be used by high-risk patients who have tested of Mississippi Medical Center
Assistant Vice-Chancellor for
Pinkerton said the treatment
is the latest in a string of “good
positive for the virus and have not yet been hospitalized Clinical Affairs, last week at a
briefing with press.
science” coming out to help
physicians fight the virus.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Monoclonal antibodies were The one dose is administered George Regional Hospital Wiggins Mayor Joel Miles,
approved on Nov. 21 through intravenously and can be used in Lucedale administered the
who tested positive for corona-
JACKSON — Mississippi emergency use authorization in individuals ages 12 or older, treatment for the first time to
hospitals are administering a virus earlier this month, was
by the U.S. Food and Drug Ad- according to the Mississippi two COVID-19 positive patients
new antibody therapy to coro- ministration. The therapy can State Department of Health. last Friday, WLOX-TV reports. treated with monoclonal anti-
navirus patients in hopes that it be used by high-risk patients “The goal is to keep them out Days later, both patients were bodies on Monday. Miles told
will improve outcomes and limit who have tested positive for the of the hospital and keep them doing well with few symptoms, WLOX that a day later he expe-
hospitalizations as new cases of virus and have not yet been hos- from decompensating more,” George Regional Hospital Chief rienced his first fever-free day
coronavirus are on the rise. pitalized. said Dr. Alan Jones, University of Staff Dr. Jay Pinkerton said. since November 14th.

COVID City of Jackson

Continued from Page 1A
Baptist Memorial
Hospital-Golden Trian-
gle in Columbus had 22
COVID-positive patients
as of Wednesday morn-
ing, pulmonologist Peter
Tofts told The Dispatch,
and nine were in the ICU,
which has 18 beds.
Tupelo-based North
Mississippi Health Ser-
vices, which includes
North Mississippi Med-
ical Center-West Point,
has seen a total of 71
COVID-positive inpa-
tients throughout its
system as of Wednesday,
according to the NMHS
website. Chief Medical
Officer Jeremy Blanchard
declined to provide The
Dispatch with data specif-
ic to NMMC-West Point.
Blanchard also declined
to say how many employ-
ees systemwide have test-
ed positive for COVID-19.
Smith estimated about
20 of OCH’s 650 employ-
ees have tested positive
for the virus during the
pandemic, but OCH Chief
of Staff Will Carter said
the actual number is like-
ly higher, and a positive
antibody test showed he
had the virus at one point.
Health care workers
are considered essential
and therefore not sub-
ject to strict quarantine
requirements if they test
positive for the virus,
Jackson said, and the sys-
tem could not function if
an entire ward or depart-
ment temporarily shut
down due to virus expo-
sure.
Instead, a COVID-pos-
itive employee must
quarantine for 10 days
and can return as long
as they show “a reduc-
tion in symptoms” and
have been fever-free for
24 hours, Jackson said.
These employees must
wear protective equip-
ment including masks
and goggles, and keeping
the workspace clean is
also necessary, he said.
Baptist employee
health nurse Johnny
Judson said 92 of the
hospital’s 1,182 employ-
ees have tested positive
for COVID as of Nov. 1.
COVID-positive employ-
ees must self-isolate for
10 days after symptoms
begin or 10 days after
testing positive if they do
not show symptoms.
NMHS follows the
CDC’s quarantine guide-
lines, Blanchard said,
which call for 14 days of
quarantine if exposed to
COVID-19.
Some states allow
COVID-positive citizens
to continue to work as
long as they do not show
symptoms, which Carter
said hopefully will not be
allowed to happen in Mis-
sissippi.
Getting vaccine access
All three hospitals said
they are in the process of
completing paperwork to
get access to one of the
COVID-19 vaccines cur-
rently in production by
national pharmaceutical
companies.
The Food and Drug
Administration recently
authorized the use of an
antibody drug to treat
COVID-19, and Smith
said OCH is developing
plans to administer it and
will hopefully be ready
within the next week.
“This medicine is for
the mild and early stages
of COVID to hopefully
mitigate or prevent hos-
pitalization, because the
success rate does not
tend to fare well once
(people) become hospi-
talized,” Smith said Tues-
day.
The FDA’s specific cri-
teria for who can receive
the medication include
being over 12 years of
age and not being admit-
ted to a hospital.
About 12.5 million
people nationwide have
contracted COVID-19
since Jan. 21, according
to the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Preven-
tion, with 52 new cases
per 100,000 people in the
past week as of Wednes-
day afternoon.
An open letter dated
Nov. 24 on the NMHS
website from Blanchard,
NMHS CEO Shane Spees
and NMMC-Tupelo Pres-
ident David Wilson asks
For the week of Nov.
16, Annunciation Catho- officially approves
flying of new state flag
Gov. Tate Reeves to in- lic School in Columbus,
stitute a statewide mask Millcreek of Golden Tri-
mandate to curb the angle in Columbus, Mag-
spread of the virus. nolia Christian School THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
“We believe the last in Macon and Starkville
place anyone wants to Christian School and Oak JACKSON — Mississippi’s capital is the lat-
be for Christmas is in an Hill Academy in West est place where officials have decided to fly the
ICU,” the letter states. Point reported no new new state flag ahead of legislative approval in
cases among students or January.
Area schools staff, MSDH data shows. Jackson will fly the flag, which voters ap-
The Lowndes County Other private schools in proved Nov. 3. It is decorated with a magnolia
School District saw its the area were not listed and the phrase “In God We Trust,” replacing a
largest weekly increase as reporting to MSDH. Confederate-themed flag state lawmakers re-
in new cases with 29, the Mississippi State tired months ago as part of the national reckon-
University publishes
majority coming from ing over racial injustice.
daily COVID-19 case
15 students and staff at The state Legislature will formally enact the
updates on its website.
New Hope High School, new flag into law at the start of the 2021 session
As of Wednesday, MSU
according to data up- in January. After that, the flag will be flown at
had 109 positive student
dated every Monday at public buildings across the state.
ht t p s://w w w.low ndes . cases and five employee However, many officials across Mississippi
k12.ms.us/. The district cases. There were 46 pos- have already made the decision to begin flying
has had a total of 148 cas- itive student cases and the new flag ahead of time. The day after the
es since the start of the eight employee cases as election, the new flag was hoisted outside City
school year. of Nov. 18. Hall in Hattiesburg and on the campus of the
As of press time, the Mississippi University University of Mississippi in Oxford.
St a rk v il le - Ok t ibbeha for Women has not up- In a unanimous decision, the Jackson City
Consolidated School Dis- dated its case data on its Council on Tuesday agreed to display the new
trict and the Columbus website since last week. state flag at City Hall and city-owned properties
Municipal School Dis- MUW had two new cases across the city, The Clarion Ledger reports.
trict had not disclosed among staff and four new “This is the capital,” said Councilman Ken-
COVID-19 data from the cases among students neth Stokes, who requested the city begin flying
week of Nov. 16 to Nov. during the week of Nov. the flag in an order on the council agenda. “It’s
20. SOCSD had nine pos- 16 to Nov. 20 and has the largest city in the state. It just seems like the
itive cases among stu- seen a total of 70 cases right step.”
dents and three among since Aug. 14. Stokes wrote in his order that the council’s
staff during the week of Mississippi has seen approval will “evidence the full support of the
Nov. 9, and CMSD had a total of 147,382 cases city of Jackson to the flying of the new state
one student and three of COVID-19, with 1,746 flag.”
staff cases in the same new cases from Tuesday When the new flag goes up remains unclear.
time period. to Wednesday alone, and The city’s chief administrative officer, Robert
School districts are re- 3,763 deaths, according Blaine, told the Clarion Ledger he will assess
quired to report the num- to MSDH data. how many flags will be needed in Jackson.
ber of COVID-19 cases
among staff and students
to MSDH weekly. When
schools report fewer than
five confirmed COVID-19
cases in a week, MSDH
lists the number as be-
tween one and five.
West Point Consol-
idated School District
reported one to five new
cases in three buildings
— therefore ranging
from three to fifteen new
cases — from Nov. 16
through Nov. 20, accord-
ing to the MSDH website.
None of the schools
within the Noxubee
County School District
is listed as reporting to
MSDH. Superintendent
Rodriguez Broadnax
could not be reached for
comment by press time.

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kill everybody.” pi. I know many including my- going to be confronted with

Encourages Christmas lights
With COVID-19 in mind, I think it would be a great idea for
Columbus homeowners and surrounding areas to light up the
holiday nights with Christmas lights on their property. While
we remain socially distanced, there’s nothing to prevent
families from doing a drive by to see the twinkling lights.
Just as we did with the teddy bears and stuffed animals so
small children could discover them while out and walking, the
lights are in like fashion. Merry Christmas, and I hope to see
lots of lights.
Believes knowledge of civics
is missing among Americans
I realize that The Commer-
cial Dispatch leans Left in
their political ideology. I am a
Conservative Constitutionalist.
The majority of the time we
will disagree about political
issues and that is okay.
The First Amendment of
our Constitution protects our
freedom of speech and free-
dom of the press among other
things. Everyone is entitled to
their own opinions. However,
the media should be non bias
in reporting. At one time (pre
Obama) the media was able
and could consistently report
information in this manner
but not anymore. I read the
paper and watch the news to
be better informed but I do not
need to be manipulated how
to think. It is up to the individ-
ual to determine what is best
for “we the people” and how
we want the government run
to protect our Constitutional
rights and to protect our coun-
try from enemies foreign and
domestic.
Our forefathers were ex-
tremely intelligent men that set
up a Constitutional Republic
as our form of government. A
constitutional republic gives
“we the people” the power to
elect the chief executive and
representatives to govern our
country. They do not have un-
limited or uncontrolled power.
The Constitution was framed
to give “we the people” the
power to protect our country
from a tyrannical government.
Civics, a social science
dealing with the rights and
duties of citizens needs to be
taught in schools. I seriously
doubt that most people would
be able to pass the citizenship
test. Americans have become
quite lazy and seem willing to
be “spoon fed” how to think
and what to do. It is not okay to
be ignorant of our rights and
Ed Oakes
Columbus
responsibilities.
American’s need to edu-
cate themselves in how our
country’s government actually
works.
“The United States of
America is a Constitutional
Republic and not a Democracy.
A Democracy is not a Constitu-
tional Republic. It is important
to know the difference.”
It is imperative that “We
the people” educate ourselves
about what is occurring in our
country. We are voting our
freedoms away. Constitutional
Republic > Democracy Repub-
lic > Democratic Socialism >
Socialism > Marxist Socialism
Wake up America!
Candi Vezina
Columbus
A rule not enforced...
In the novel CATCH-22, set
in WWII, Captain Yossarian
says to Clevinger, “They’re try-
ing to kill me.” After learning
that Yossarian is referring to
the enemy, Clevinger answers,
“They’re not trying to kill you.
They’re trying to kill every-
body.” Yossarian says, “What’s
the difference?”
I feel like Yossarian. I am
well past my three score and
ten, and have type AB blood,
which studies have shown to
have the worst outcomes from
COVID-19 infections. Bare-
faced people are trying to kill
me. They are everywhere. My
partner and I went to an estate
sale with several items of great
interest, but when we opened
to door to the house, five
unmasked people were sitting
inside chatting. We left. I went
to Military Hardware for some
bolts. All the customers were
masked, but only the 20-year-
old clerk was masked. All the
rest of the staff were bare-
faced. They were trying to kill
me. “No, Bill, they’re trying to
Since I am unwilling to risk
the gym, my exercise is walk-
ing. Most days, I walk the Riv-
erwalk. The last dozen times I
walked there, only one person
I passed was masked. I do a lot
of walking on the grass about
ten feet from the walkway. My
least favorite thing there is the
long bridges with bare-faced
groups lounging and talking.
Raymond Deskins, in
Virginia, has been charged
with assault for deliberately
blowing on women asking him
to wear a mask. Should one of
the women die of COVID-19,
perhaps he will be charged
with homicide. He was, after
all, trying to kill them.
Governor Reeves has
extended his mask mandate to
Lowndes County, adding his
mandate to the one already
in force locally. I doubt it will
have much effect. A rule not
enforced is not a rule.
Bill Gillmore
Columbus
Comments on recent items
in the paper
In the November 24 edition
of The Dispatch it was stated
“Columbus ends FY2020 with
a $2.8M surplus.” In normal
times that would be good news,
but the amount of debt was
not mentioned: $35-40 million
and counting. The city has
refinanced the loans for street
paving years ago from some-
one that doesn’t care about
Moody’s credit rating. The only
time you can get a loan with a
bad credit rating as an indi-
vidual, you pay a high interest
rate. Maybe it is different for a
municipality. Please enlighten
me! Using a metaphor, “pay-
day someday” sound familiar?
Saving money has come at a
cost from Columbus’ finest:
our policemen and firemen
and women. Both departments
are understaffed, underpaid
and overworked. But we are
saving millions? At what cost?
We have an amphitheater
not finished with a $400,000
entrance, a new fire station that
has been under construction
for five years at a cost of $1 mil-
lion-plus (originally budgeted
at $650,000 or so), streets that
are terrible, overgrown ditches
and stopped-up drainage, but a
lot of pretty flower in the down-
town area.
On Nov. 25 Andrew Colom
wrote a column slamming the
“Friendly City” and Mississip-
self that didn’t have to go other
places to have a satisfying life
by staying in “Possum Town.”
I have not made a fortune, but
through hard work have made
a good life for my family. I live
in a home that was built in the
late 40’s in a subdivision that
is subject to flooding, but it’s
home and it’s paid for. I think
your father and brother have
done well. Mr. Edwards of J5
has done well from all reports.
So what is your point? Is it a
“racial” thing?
A final thought: Mr. Biden
might be our new President,
the jury is still out with the
voting irregularities. If he is,
for the life of America I hope
he’s up to the job, but with his
cabinet appointees he has re-
leased, I have my doubts. Free
health for illegals, Green New
Deal, firearm confiscation,
open borders and weakening
our military. To the support-
ers, you do have Harris as a
backup. I pray that if Mr. Biden
is inaugurated, he will support
Israel. If he doesn’t, America’s
days will be numbered. Look at
Genesis 12:3.
God Bless America!
Lee Roy Lollar
Columbus
Editor’s note: This letter
makes reference to presidential
voting irregularities. There
has been no evidence presented
that supports widespread voting
irregularities, though some legal
challenges to the vote counts are
still pending.
Alarmed with direction of
country under Trump
Governor Reeves states
revisionism has aimed to tear
down American institutions,
and is poisoning a generation.
Reeves has been a staunch
supporter of Trump.
Monday, more than 100
former Republican national se-
curity officials demanded party
leaders denounce Trump’s
refusal to concede the pres-
idential election, calling it a
dangerous and anti-democratic
assault on U.S. institutions.
I don’t know what the Re-
publican party stands for, cer-
tainly under Trump, not truth
and honesty. Maybe some of
you never-Bideners can tell me.
They used to be the party of
family values and fiscal respon-
sibility. But not anymore.
For the second time in a
row, a Democrat president is
a deep recession, or maybe a
depression, after replacing a
Republican president.
Reeves states young chil-
dren have suffered from in-
doctrination in far left socialist
teachings. Name them!
Michael Cohen’s, Trump’s
personal attorney for over 10
years, says Trump makes fun
of Christians.
Cohen says when the
religious leaders were praying
for Trump and laying hands on
him, he asked Cohen, can you
believe there are people that
believe that bulls--t?
It’s my opinion, if we are a
Christian nation, Trump would
never have been nominated for
president, much less elected.
Steve Bannon, once Trump’s
the chief strategist, just re-
cently tweeted on Facebook,
saying Dr. Fauci and Wray, the
director of the FBI, should be
beheaded.
Giuliani, Trump’s personal
lawyer, made motion with hand
across the throat, to cut heads
off of top Democrats.
Trump’s rhetoric is similar
to Jim Jones, who poisoned
over 900 of his cult followers,
says massacre survivor, with
his constant bullying and
intimidation.
Trump has never been in a
situation where he couldn’t lie,
steal, cheat or buy himself out
of, until now, according to his
niece.
Now, under Trump, we have
all these hate groups that are
thriving.
They even had plans to
kidnap the governor of Mich-
igan, try her for treason, with
200 more militia men standing
by to take over the state capitol
and burn it down.
Before this could happen, it
was stopped by the FBI, head-
ed by Wray, the man Bannon
wanted to behead, and 14 of
them were arrested.
Marjorie Greene, a member
of QAnon, a hate group that
Trump loves, was just elected
to be a Senator from Georgia,
who is known for promoting
conspiracy and bigoted views.
Larry Hogan, Republican
governor of Maryland, says
with Trump and the Repub-
licans trying to steal the
election, we’re like a Banana
Republic.
Socialism? Well, compared
to the above, it may be worth
a try.
James Hodges
Steens

AMERICA

Giving thanks and maintaining perspective, even in a pandemic

Editor’s note: The follow- agriculture is shrinking,
ing column was intended and the share of wildlands
to run in the Thanksgiving and oceans that are pre-
Day paper, but is running to- served is on the rise.
day due to space constraints Global absolute poverty
yesterday. is falling. In the 1800s, 90%
of people lived in poverty,
Let’s be thankful for the billionaire
and millionaire investors who, at their
own risk, have invested billions of
dollars to make new drugs, new tests
and, eventually, new vaccines. Let’s
not forget the billionaires and million-
aires who create innovative companies
for the rest of society. Larry Ellison,
co-founder, executive chairman, and
chief technology officer of Oracle: $3
trillion. Larry Page and Sergey Brin,
cofounders of Google: $5 trillion.”
Finally, let’s give thanks for this
wonderful country we live in and the

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ona Charen is off on $2 a day. Today, that such as Amazon, Apple or Walmart, generous people within it. We just
this week. The number has dropped to either. In the best-case scenario, we experienced a terrible year. Tragedy,
following column 8%. The size of the world’s take these entrepreneurs for granted. deaths, the pandemic and political
is by Veronique de Rugy. population living in slums At worst, we drag them through the fights tore us apart. And yet, through
Every Thanksgiving, has declined drastically. mud and accuse them of being greedy it all, through yelling and screaming,
we make a conscious effort Veronique de Rugy Vaccination rates continue and self-interested jerks. through the many tears shed, it’s im-
to give thanks. This year, to increase, saving the lives Self-interested they may be, though portant to recognize all of the remark-
even in the midst of a pan-
demic, I’d encourage you
America’s of millions of adults and
children around the world
their innovations benefit us all enor-
mously. In fact, those inventions ben-
able acts of charity and love that fellow
Americans have shown one another:
to be genuinely grateful for
everything you may take
civil society who, not too long ago,
would have been killed by
efit us much more than they benefit
the entrepreneurs. Nobel Laureate
young people delivering food to elder-
ly neighbors housebound by the virus,
for granted. There is still
so very much.
is like no other diseases that we no longer
worry about today. Child
William Nordhaus’ work shows that
successful innovators in the United
breweries making hand sanitizers for
their consumers and communities,
Let’s be thankful that
we continue to do so much
that I know labor is declining. So are
workplace accidents, as are
States during the second half of the
20th century personally captured, on
church volunteers feeding the poor,
donors filling the coffers of thousands
better on a global scale. of. Americans most forms of violence and average, a mere 2% of the social value of charitable organizations devoted to
Dwelling on apocalyptic infant mortality. The list of their innovations; 98% of the value those in need.
headlines might lead some are the most goes on and on. created by their innovations went to America’s civil society is like no
to think otherwise, but a Let’s also be thankful for consumers. other that I know of. Americans are
new book by Reason’s sci- generous the globalization of science Back in 2019, the American Enter- the most generous people in the
ence correspondent Ronald that has allowed for the prise Institute’s Michael Strain did a world. And I, for one, am grateful to
Bailey and the Cato Insti- people in fastest development of vac- little back-of-the-envelope calculation live in such a place and call it home. I
tute’s senior fellow Mar- cines and pharmaceutical based on Nordhaus’ findings to see hope you are, too. Happy Thanksgiv-
ian Tupy shows that this the world. treatments in the history how much of a benefit some of the ing!
pessimism is unwarranted. of medicine to combat billionaires that people routinely com- Veronique de Rugy is a senior
In “Ten Global Trends Every Smart the novel coronavirus. The intense, plain about have created for the rest research fellow at the Mercatus Center
Person Should Know,” they outline 78 international and fast-sharing world of us. According to that year’s Forbes at George Mason University. To find
improving global and U.S. trends that we live in has allowed scientists and 400 list, he writes: “Jeff Bezos is worth out more about Veronique de Rugy and
should put a smile on everyone’s face. companies to exchange knowledge, $114 billion. This implies that the total read features by other Creators Syndi-
For instance, you learn that con- learn what worked and what didn’t, value Mr. Bezos has created for the cate writers and cartoonists, visit the
servation efforts are growing, in part and provide products that will save rest of society adds up to $5.2 trillion. Creators Syndicate webpage at www.
because the share of land devoted to lives around the globe. Bill Gates has created $4.8 trillion creators.com.

Obituaries
Continued from Page 2A
David Mitchell
MILLPORT, Ala. —
David Lee “Sugar Bear”
Mitchell, 88, died Nov.
19, 2020, at DCH-Hos-
pital of Tuscaloosa,
Alabama.
Funeral services will
be at 2 p.m. Saturday,
at Holly Grove M.B.
Church, with the Rev.
Richard Hood Sr. offici-
ating. Carter’s Funeral
Services of Columbus
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Mitchell was
born Dec. 26, 1931, in
Palmetto, Alabama, to
the late Dave Mitchell
and Louise Mitchell. He
was formerly employed
as a truck driver for
Boyett’s Trucking Com-
pany and was a member
of Holly Grove M.B.
Church.
In addition to his par-
ents, he was preceded
in death by his chil-
dren, Carolyn Hayden
and Melissa Hannah;
siblings, Lillie Mae
Gardner, Harvey Ray,
Franklin Dee, and Bust-
er Lee; one grandchild;
and one great-grand-
child.
He is survived by
his wife, Dosie Max-
ine Mitchell; children,
David L. Mitchell Jr.,
Riletta Baker, Angale
Williams all of Colum-
bus, Steve Jordan of
Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
Gary Mitchell, Virginia
Hannah, Stephanie
Cox, Jason Anderson,
Tony Bridges all of
Millport and Regina
Williams of Caledonia;
15 grandchildren; and
21 great-grandchildren.
Willie Kelly
STARKVILLE —
Willie L. Kelly, 73 died
Nov. 17, 2020.
Funeral services will
be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at
Beth-el Church. Burial
will follow in the church
cemetery. Visitation is
from 4-6 p.m. today, at
West Memorial Funeral
Home. West Memo-
rial Funeral Home of
Starkville is in charge
of arrangements.
He is survived by his
wife, Ella Mae Kelly;
children, Willie Kelly
Jr, Stanley Kelly, Tina
Holliday, Janet hill and
Janice Kelly; siblings,
Walter Kelly, James
Willie Kelly, Dorothy
Ware, Barbara Davis,
Helen Wordlaw, Berry
Kelly, Annie Johnson
and Tina Johnson; and
nine grandchildren.
James Malone
NOXUBEE COUN-
TY — James Earl
Malone, 50, died Nov.
15, 2020, at Hospice
Ministries in Ridgeland.
Graveside services
will be at 11 a.m. Satur-
day, in New Providence
MBC Cemetery, with
Willie Ivy officiating.
Visitation is from 2-5
p.m. today, at Carter’s
Funeral Services. Car-
ter’s Funeral Services
of Macon is in charge of
arrangements.
Congress braces for Biden’s national coronavirus strategy
BY LISA MASCARO
AP Congressional Correspondent
WASHINGTON — agree additional funding is
Congress is bracing for
President-elect Joe Biden
to move beyond the Trump
administration’s state-
by-state approach to the
COVID-19 crisis and build
out a national strategy to
fight the pandemic and
distribute the eventual
vaccine.
The incoming adminis-
tration’s approach reflects
Democrats’ belief that a
more comprehensive plan,
some of it outlined in the
House’s $2 trillion corona-
virus aid bill, is needed to
Mr. Malone was
born June 27, 1970, in
Noxubee County, to
the late Robert Charles
Malone and Annie Low-
ery Malone. He was a
member of Hopewell
MBC.
In addition to his par-
ents, he was preceded
in death by his siblings,
Eddie Earl Malone and
Robert Earl Malone.
He is survived by his
wife, Mattie Malone;
son, Jerrick Boykin
of Cincinnati, Ohio;
stepchildren, Rashawn
Shanklin, Shedrick
Shanklin both of
Macon and Qundisha
Pratt of Columbus;
siblings, Dorothy
Hearn of Brooksville,
Linda Robinson, Glenda
Harlan, Eddie Will
Malone, Talitha Sutton
all of Macon and Annie
Orra of Georgia; and 12
grandchildren.
Tarcari Walker
COLUMBUS — Tar-
carie Tyshun Walker,
24, died
Nov. 9,
2020.
Grave-
side
services
will be at
11 a.m.
Saturday, Walker
in Mayhan
Cemetery of Macon.
Visitation is from
noon-6 p.m. today, at
Carter’s Funeral Ser-
vices. Carter’s Funeral
Services of Columbus
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Walker was born
Sept. 7, 1996, in Colum-
bus.
He is survived by his
parents, Lofay Walker
and Joe Tate of Co-
lumbus, Demetric and
Felicia Dunn of Kem-
per; children, Madison
Sharkey, Jaedyn Walker
and Tarcara Walker all
of Columbus; siblings,
Diesha Walker of Ma-
con, Demetrica Dunn
of Kemper, Brie Thom-
as of Shuqualak, Secora
Tate, Brooklyn Miner,
Joe Tate, Devin Tate
all of Columbus and
Steven Bailey of Mus-
kegon, Michigan.
Sarah Hairston
CRAWFORD — Sar-
ah F. Williams Hair-
ston, 72,
died Nov.
21, 2020,
at Baptist
Memorial
Hospi-
tal-Golden
Triangle.
Grave- Hairston
side
services will be at 2
p.m. Saturday, in Oak
Grove M.B. Church
Cemetery, with the Rev.
Therman Cunningham
officiating. Visitation is
from 2-6 p.m. today, at
Carter’s Funeral Ser-
vices. Carter’s Funeral
Services of Columbus
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mrs. Hairston was
born Feb. 6, 1948, in
Crawford, to the late
get the pandemic under
control. Republicans have
resisted big spending but
needed. With the nation on
edge but a vaccine in sight,
the complicated logistics
of vaccinating hundreds
of millions of Americans
raise the stakes on the ma-
jor undertaking.
“We have an incredible
challenge on our hands,”
said Sen. Patty Murray of
Washington state, which
is approaching the anni-
versary of its first reported
case of the virus last Janu-
ary.
A vaccine can only go so
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Bennie Will Jones and
Mary Frances Wil-
liams. She was formerly
employed as a cafeteria
manager for Lowndes
County School District
and was a member
of Oak Grove M.B.
Church.
In addition to her
parents, she was
preceded in death by
her husband, Godfrey
Hairston; son, Rickey
Green; siblings, Annie
Lee Weatherspoon,
Diane Weatherspoon,
Willie Mae Henderson,
Willie
Ben Jones and Sam,
She is survived by
her children, Michael
Jones of Crawford and
Patrick Weatherspoon
of Columbus; siblings,
Shirley Jean Carr,
Mary Dell Rice, Arthur
Lee Morgan, Wash
Weatherspoon,
Timothy Robinson,
Bobby Weatherspoon
all of Columbus, Valerie
Tate of Memphis,
Tennessee, DeAndreya
Jones, Latoya Matthews
both of Northport,
Alabama, Eddie Weath-
erspoon of Clarksville,
Tennessee, Antwan
Matthews of Atlanta,
Georgia and Troy Mat-
thews of Charleston,
South Carolina; eight
grandchildren; and sev-
en great-grandchildren.
Willie Fulton
STARKVILLE —
Willie D. Fulton, 38,
died Nov. 18, 2020, in
Columbus.
Graveside services
will be at 2 p.m. Sat-
urday, in Sessums
Community Cemetery.
West Memorial Funeral
Home of Starkville is
in charge of arrange-
ments.
He is survived by his
mother, Magnolia Clark
Fulton; and sister, Nata-
sha Fulton-Bolton.
Quince Tate
MACON — Quince
Ella White Tate, 92,
died Nov.
23, 2020, in
Tupelo.
Grave-
side
services
will be at
2:30 p.m.
Saturday, Tate
in Drake
Hill U.M. Church
Cemetery, with Mack
Young officiating. Car-
ter’s Funeral Services
of Macon is in charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. Tate was born
July 7, 1928, in Macon,
to the late Sherrod
White and Emma Bell.
She was formerly em-
ployed with Johnston
Tombigbee Furniture
and The Berry Family
and was a member of
Mt. Zion M.B. Church.
In addition to her
parents, she was
preceded in death by
her children, John
Kennedy, Ruth, Johnny
Mack, and Willie L.;
and siblings, Wilford,
Sherrod Jr., Cleothis,
Willie, David, Amos,
far, Murray warned, with-
out a distribution plan. “A
vaccine can sit on a shelf.
A vaccination is what we’re
talking about,” she said.
As Congress weighs a
Nathaniel, Mard Ella,
Isabell and Ida Ruth.
She is survived by
her husband, Willie M.
Tate; children, Emma
M. Ivy of Kalamazoo,
Michigan, Eris Tate,
Lesia M. Jackson both
of Columbus, Jeanette
T. Wallace, Ronald
Tate, Kevin Tate all of
Tupelo, Joseph Tate
and Ester Duck both
of Macon; siblings,
Agusta Gillespie and
Robert White both
of Kalamazoo, Mich-
igan; grandchildren;
great-grandchildren;
and great-great-grand-
children.
Mildred Spraggins
WEST POINT —
Mildred Mae Rupert
Spraggins, 102, died
Nov. 18, 2020, at her
daughter’s residence in
West Point.
Graveside services
are at 2:30 p.m. to-
day, in Mt. Zion M.B.
Church Cemetery, with
the Rev. Erusia Culpep-
per officiating. Visita-
tion is from 2-2:30 p.m.
prior to services, in
the cemetery. Carter’s
Mortuary Services of
West Point is in charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. Spraggins was
born Feb. 14, 1918, in
Clay County, to the
late Scott Rupert Sr.
and Lubirda Porter
Rupert Taylor. She was
formerly employed as a
homemaker.
She is survived by
her children, Shirley
Hogan, Barbara Srag-
gins, Irma Spraggins,
Claretha Sims, James
Otis Spraggins all of
West Point and Deloise
Reese of Aberdeen;
siblings, Emma Lou
Brown of Jackson
and Scott Rupert Jr.
of Chicago, Illinois;
46 grandchildren;
45 great-grandchil-
dren; and seven
great-great-grandchil-
dren.
Willie Goins
WEST POINT —
Willie R. Goins, 80,
died Nov. 23, 2020,
in Stone Mountain,
Georgia.
Graveside services
will be at 11 a.m. Sun-
day, in upper Prairie
Creek Cemetery of
Woodland. West Memo-
rial Funeral Home of
Starkville is in charge
of arrangements.
Charlie Bradshaw Jr.
WEST POINT —
Charlie J. Bradshaw Jr.,
68, died Nov. 18, 2020,
at North Mississippi
Medical Center of West
Point.
Graveside services
are at 11 a.m. today, in
Mt. Zion M.B. Church
Cemetery, with the
Rev. Erusia Culpepper
officiating. Visitation
is from 10:30-11 a.m.
prior to services, in
the cemetery. Carter’s
Mortuary Services of
West Point is in charge
of arrangements.
new round of COVID-19
relief, federal officials say
doses of the vaccine could
begin shipping within a
day of Food and Drug Ad-
ministration approval.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2020 5A
Mr. Bradshaw was Carter officiating.
born Aug. 21, 1952, in Visitation will be from
West Point, to the late 10-10:30 a.m. prior to
Charlie J. Bradshaw services at the ceme-
Sr. and Mary Earl Clay tery. Carter’s Mortuary
Bradshaw. He was Services of West Point
formerly employed as a is in charge of arrange-
painter specialist with ments.
B&W Fabrication. Mrs. Townsend was
He is survived by his born Oct. 24, 1963,
wife, Judy; children, to the late Jimmy Lee
Dewayne, Shedrick, Dean Jr and Dollie Ruth
Damion, Tavares, Kim- Herrod Dean. She was
berly and Charlise; sib- formerly employed as
lings, Gregory, Thom- an electronics associ-
as, Gaylor, Elaine, ate.
Carolyn, Cassandra She is survived by
and Yolanda Sparks; 17 her husband, Tracy L.
grandchildren; and two Townsend; children,
great-grandchildren. Latrisha S. Townsend
and Christopher T.
Ophelia Stallings Townsend; step-chil-
STARKVILLE — dren, LaTisha Belk,
Ophelia Stallings died Roger Brownlee,
Nov. 10, 2020, in St. Yarvish Brownlee and
Louis, Missouri. LaShon Crownlee;
step-brother, Micheal
Graveside services
R. Barr; and two grand-
will be at 11 a.m. Satur-
children.
day, in St. Mark Ceme-
tery. Visitation is from
noon-6p.m. today, at John Thomas
West Memorial Funeral COLUMBUS —
John E. Thomas, 56,
Home. West Memo-
died Nov. 25, 2020, at
rial Funeral Home of
Baptist Memorial Hos-
Starkville is in charge
pital-Golden Triangle.
of arrangements.
She is survived by Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
her children, Tom-
mie Lee Stallings Jr., announced by Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Cornelius Stallings
Sr., Wayne Stallings, Columbus.
Alonzo Stallings and
Pamela Simmons; and Curtis Crawley
12 grandchildren. COLUMBUS — Cur-
tis Crawley, 81, died
Nov. 25, 2020, at his
Willie Davidson Sr. residence.
WEST POINT —
Arrangements are
Willie Dell Davidson
Sr., 71, died Nov. 20, incomplete and will be
announced by Lown-
2020, at his residence.
des Funeral Home of
Graveside services
Columbus.
will be at 3:30 p.m,
Saturday, in Green-
wood Cemetery, with Joseph Jarrell
the Rev. Al Lathan Sr. STARKVILLE —
officiating. Visitation Joseph Jarrell, 42, died
will be from 3-3:30 p.m. Nov. 26, 2020, at his
prior to services at residence.
the cemetery. Carter’s Arrangements are
Mortuary Services of incomplete and will be
West Point is in charge announced by Lown-
of arrangements. des Funeral Home of
Mr. Davidson was Columbus.
born Jan. 22, 1949, in
Clay County, to the late
Odell Davidson and
Helen Davidson. He
was formerly employed
as a computer operator
with B&W Steel Fabri-
cation.
He is survived by his
wife, Ethel J. Davidson;
children, Willie David-
son Jr, Sharon Taylor,
Janice Jefferson, Felicia
Frazier and Delbrina
Davidson; siblings,
Betty Lane and Johnnie
Lee Davidson Sr.; eight
grandchildren; and four James Bolin
great-grandchildren. Graveside Services:
Friday, Nov. 27 • 11 AM
Beersheba Cemetery
Tammie Townsend College St. Location
WEST POINT
— Tammie Dean
Townsend, 57, died
Nov. 18, 2020, at North
Mississippi Medical
Center of Tupelo.
Graveside services
will be at 10:30 a.m. memorialgunterpeel.com
Saturday, in new Hope
M.B. Church Cem-
etery, with Fredrick
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Having cycled through
17 coaches in 40 years of
football, Sasse brought
MSU a level of discipline
and a proven track record
of success. A graduate of
the United States Mili-
tary Academy, he saw ac-
tive duty overseas during
World War I, serving as a
commander of the 301st
Tank Division, earning
the British Distinguished
Service Order awarded to
officers who performed
meritorious or distin-
guished service in war.
A college friend of
famed Tennessee coach
Robert Neyland, Sasse re-
turned to his alma mater
as a math instructor and
assistant football coach
following World War I.
Sasse was later elevated
to head coach at Army
from 1930 to 1932, com-
piling a 25-5-2 record.
“He was truly enthusi-
astic about the prospect
being held out by the
boys themselves, as he
considered the mate-
rial numerous and big
enough to go places,”
Purser Hewitt wrote
in the Jan. 22, 1935
edition of the Jackson
Clarion-Ledger ahead of
Sasse’s hiring.
Officially hired on
Feb. 4, 1935, Sasse met
with boosters in the Delta
during a basketball game
between MSU and Delta
State Teachers College to
preach his vision for the
program.
“Just watch us down
here,” Sasse reportedly
said on his way from Fort
Knox, Kentucky, where
he was last stationed, en
route to Starkville.
A roaring start to 1936
Sasse’s squad rolled
in his inaugural season
in Starkville, finishing
8-3 for the first winning
season at MSU in nine
years.
While a 2-3 SEC
record aided in holding
the Maroons out of a bowl
game in 1935, the team
again sprinted out of the
gate the following year,
outscoring opponents 155
to 19 in the season’s first
seven weeks.
There were blowouts
of Millsaps and Howard
Several Mississippi musicians
garner Grammy nominations
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON — Several
prominent Mississippi
blues and rock artists
have received Grammy
nominations.
Jackson’s 86-year-old
Bobby Rush received a
Best Traditional Blues
Album nomination for his
album “Rawer Than Raw.”
Rush previously won a
Grammy award for his
2017 record, “Porcupine
Meat.”
Rush has won twelve
Blues Music Awards and
been inducted into the
Blues Hall of Fame as well
as the Mississippi Musi-
cians Hall of Fame and
the Rhythm and Blues
Music Hall of Fame.
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
of Bentonia also received
a Best Traditional Blues
Album nomination, for his
album “Cypress Grove.”
Holmes, 73, is the own-
er of Mississippi’s oldest
surviving juke joint, the
Blue Front Cafe. Holmes’
parents, sharecroppers
Carey and Mary Holmes,
opened the business in
the late 1940s.
Luther and Cody Dick-
inson of the Hernando
rock band North Missis-
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to open the year. A 68-0
win over Sewanee and a
32-0 victory over Loyola
also ensued. Losses to
Alabama and LSU, in
which the Maroons were
held scoreless, dampened
1936’s rip-roaring start,
while a 0-0 tie against
TCU completed its 4-2-1
opening to Sasse’s sec-
ond season in Starkville.
Guided by “Chunkin’”
Charlie Armstrong and
co-captain “Chicago”
Bob Keenan, MSU was
a heavy favorite enter-
ing the 1936 Egg Bowl,
despite the Rebels having
won 10 of the past 11 ri-
valry games dating back
to 1925 — two years prior
to the indoctrination of
the Golden Egg trophy.
The only non-Ole Miss
Egg Bowl win in that
span? A 7-7 tie in the 1929
edition in Oxford.
“The Johnny Rebs are
said to have the power,
but that power has failed
to win any major con-
tests,” Daily Mississip-
pian Sports Editor Billy
Gates wrote on Nov. 18,
1936.
Before a Mississippi
record crowd of 22,000
fans at Scott Field, where
the Robinson-led athletic
department previously
unveiled a brand new
scoreboard earlier that
year, Ole Miss star
running back Ray Hapes
appeared for the Rebels.
Suffering an injury two
weeks prior, fans flooded
Ole Miss head coach Ed
Walker with telegrams
from fans asking him to
save him for the MSU
game. Walker obliged.
“Coach Walker has
been taking no chances
with his Little star, Ray
Hapes,” Cox wrote. “‘Tis
said that the young man
was kept on the sidelines
partly on account of the
many telegrams that the
University coach received
to ‘Save Hapes for State.’
And he did. We really
appreciate it too. What
a shame it would be not
to have that little boy
to practice our tackling
technique on.”
The ninth Battle for
the Golden Egg saw
offensive play stalled
until late. MSU broke
through when Fred Hight
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North Mississippi All-
stars previously received
a Grammy nomination for
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of Kosciusko flipped a
pass to Chuck Gelatka to
bring MSU down to the
Ole Miss 10. Two carries
by C.W. Steadman result-
ed in the Maroons’ first
score of the day.
Ole Miss responded
when Herb Baumstein
chunked a scoring pass
to Dave Bernard for the
Rebels’ lone score of the
contest, while Hapes was
a minimal factor.
As crowd noise grew
to a fever pitch, Sasse’s
MSU squad roared out of
the third quarter break.
Bernie Ward hit Ike
Pickle for a touchdown
reception. After an Ole
Miss fumble at its own
8-yard line, Bob Hardison
notched the Maroons’
third score with a touch-
down scamper of his own.
Armstrong, who
missed the LSU game
with a shoulder injury,
delivered the knockout
blow, hitting Dennis
Cross 35 yards downfield.
Ducking two Ole Miss
defenders, Cross raced
into the end zone for a
60-yard score.
As the final whistle
blew, MSU fans rushed
the field in a scene
described as “wildly ju-
bilant” for Maroons fans
and “somewhat dejected”
the Ole Miss contingent.
“Armstrong’s pass to
cross netted the fourth
and final touchdown and
the hysterical crowd
swarmed on the field a
few minutes later to carry
the victorious (Maroons)
off the field and to bring
the Golden Egg back
to its rightful resting
place — Mississippi State
College,” Reflector Staff
Writer Jimmie Robert-
shaw wrote.
MSU’s first bowl
appearance: The
Orange Bowl
Following the win over
Ole Miss, MSU stomped
Mercer 32-0 before earn-
ing its first ever victory
over Florida a week later.
Capping his second
season in Starkville with
a 7-3-1 record, Sasse’s
team tentatively accepted
a bid to the Cotton Bowl.
Days later, Tennessee
and Alabama both de-
their first album, “Shake
Hands and Shorty,” which
came out in 2000.
The Grammy winners
will be announced on Jan.
31, 2021.
clined bids to the Orange
Bowl, ultimately sending
the Maroons to Florida
for a date with Duquesne.
Touchdowns by Pickle
and Fred Walters, the
latter of which was a
40-yard reception from
Pee Wee Armstrong
of Meridian, put MSU
ahead 12-7 in its first
ever postseason contest.
But as time ticked down,
Duquesne tailback Boyd
Brumbaugh connected
with end Ernie Hefferlie
for a desperation 72-yard
touchdown pass, sinking
the Maroons’ hopes in
South Florida with a 13-
12 loss.
MSU finished its
season 8-3-1 with all
three losses coming by a
combined 20 points.
Sasse would coach
one more season at MSU
before succumbing to a
nervous breakdown that
left him homebound. Dr.
J.W. Eckford, Sasse’s
physician at the time,
suggested he’d never
coach again, leading the
former Army man to
resign from his coaching
position following the
1937 campaign.
Started by Sasse’s
squad in 1936, MSU won
six of the next seven
Egg Bowls, in a tradition
continued under Spike
Nelson and Allyn McK-
een. McKeen, who played
for Sasse’s old pal Robert
Neyland at Tennessee,
would guide the Maroons
to the 1941 Orange Bowl,
the second and only post-
season appearance MSU
would make until the
1963 Liberty Bowl. McK-
een left the school as the
winningest head coach in
its history in 1948.
“The victory was deci-
sive, smashing and more
than made up for the
disappointments of past
years,” Robertshaw wrote
of the 1936 Egg Bowl.
Decisive and smash-
ing, indeed.
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Bulldogs drop pair of contests to Liberty, Clemson

BY GARRICK HODGE went by the wayside, as of the gate on fire, con- dogs were outscored 44- and we’ll improve.” to Iverson and Deivon,
ghodge@cdispatch.com the Flames converted a verting their first five 32 in the second half. Four Bulldogs were in it was something he’s
school record 19 3-point- shots taken, all of them “I think both teams double figures, includ- not used to and you can
The NCA A tourna- ers to sink the Bulldogs 3-pointers. we lost to in the start ing Tolu Smith and D.J. see there were times
ment rematch didn’t go 84-73 in the first match- At halftime, MSU had of the season will be in Stewart, both who had where he was just trying
as planned for Missis- up between the two almost as many points the NCA A tournament a team-high 20 points. to remember to come
sippi State men’s basket- teams since Liberty’s as it scored at the end of the day,” Abdul Ado chipped in 14 back and get the ball
ball. 80 -76 victory in the 2019 the en- Howland said. “I would points, while freshman as a point,” Howland
After a dismal offen- NCA A tournament. tire night be surprised if Clemson Deivon Smith scored said. “We played him
sive output in its season With the loss, MSU We d ne s - and Liberty are not in 10. Stewart, who typi- too many minutes, to be
opener, MSU fine-tuned starts a season 0 -2 for day, as it the NCA A tournament. cally rotates between honest. Not having Iver-
its free throw shooting the first time since the took a 41- We were planning on the three and two po- son here puts a heavy
and scoring output en 1967-1968 season. 40 lead having four games un- sitions, had to handle amount of weight on his
route to shooting 57.4 “I thought (Liberty) into the der our belt prior to shifts at point guard due shoulders.
percent from the field did a good job penetrat- break. The Howland getting here. We had to the absence of Iver- MSU has its home
and 15-of-19 from the ing and kicking out,” Bulldogs a chance to pull out of son Molinar, who was opener against Texas
charity stripe against MSU coach Ben How- scored 41 points, 26 (the Space Coast Chal- unavailable for a second State at 7 p.m. Monday
Liberty Thursday in the land said postgame ... of which came in the lenge) and use COVID straight game due to an at Humphrey Colise-
Space Coast Challenge “They shot the hell out paint, without the bene- as a reason, but I didn’t undisclosed reason. um. The Bulldogs’ next
in Melbourne, Fla. of it tonight, give them fit of a single 3-pointer think that was the right “He’s played minutes three contests will all be
The problem was, credit.” and made 11 of 13 free thing to do. Our young at the point which we in Starkville.
the perimeter defense The Flames came out throws. But the Bull- guys will grow from it, typically expect to go See MBB, 3B

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County’s
Young
keeps late
Sweat, Washington in 1st after
cousin close
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Thanksgiving win over Cowboys
MACON — Teddy
Young wears the memo-
ry around his neck on a
small silver chain.
At the bottom, held
on by a slim black clip,
Dantrell Rapheal Frank-
lin is immortalized in
a small
b l a c k -
a nd -white
picture.
Franklin
stands on
the side-
lines in
his No. 90 Young
jersey, his
football helmet halfway
off.
The chain, which
Young never takes off,
is how the Noxubee
County football coach
keeps his late cousin
close.
Franklin — more
like a little brother to
Young — was shot and
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Watson’s 4
TDs lift
Texans to
41-25 win
over Lions
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT — De-
shaun Watson dropped
back in a protected
pocket at midfield and
perfectly lofted one
of his four touchdown
passes, connecting with
Will Fuller in stride just
before he reached the
end zone.
Houston’s star quar-
terback made it look
easy, and the Detroit Li-
ons did their part to not
put up much of a fight.
Watson had a pair of
go-ahead touchdown
passes in the first half
and threw for two more
scores in the fourth
quarter to help Houston
pull away and beat De-
troit 41-25 Thursday.
And still, he wasn’t
satisfied.
“It was definitely
good, but I missed two
touchdowns,” Watson
said.
The dynamic quar-
terback finished 17 of
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The Washington Football Team defense celebrate a touchdown scored by former Mississippi State standout defensive end Montez Sweat
(90) against the Dallas Cowboys during the second half Thursday at AT&T Stadium.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARLINGTON, Texas —
Alex Smith has Washington at
least temporarily in first place
in the NFC East after win-
ning on Thanksgiving for the
first time, two years after a
planned holiday showing was
wrecked by the quarterback’s
career-threatening leg injury.
Smith and his teammates
aren’t going to concern them-
selves with how bad their divi-
sion might be.
Antonio Gibson ran for
three touchdowns, Smith had
a scoring pass and Washing-
ton pulled away in the fourth
quarter of a 41-16 Thanksgiv-
ing victory over the Dallas
Cowboys on Thursday.
Smith was days away from
a second career Thanksgiv-
ing start in a visit to Dallas
two years ago when he was
injured. Now he has a second
straight victory in his improb-
able comeback.
“It’s hard to put into words,”
said Smith, who was a modest
19 of 26 for 149 yards and got
bailed out on his only inter-
ception when receiver Terry
McLaurin ran down Dallas
linebacker Jaylon Smith to
prevent a tying touchdown be-
fore the Cowboys had to settle
for a field goal.
“I never would have dreamt
in a million years something
like this would be happening.
Just thankful for it and mak-
ing the most of it every day.”
Gibson’s second score was
a 23-yard run on the first play
after an ill-advised fake punt
attempt by Dallas as Wash-
ington beat its division rival
on Thanksgiving for just the
second time in 10 tries, the
most frequent visitor for the
Cowboys in their annual holi-
day home game.
Washington (4-7) slides
ahead of Philadelphia (3-6 -1)
in the NFC East and will stay
in first place if the Eagles lose
to Seattle on Monday night.
It was the third win in five
games since a five-game los-
ing streak dropped Washing-
ton to 1-5.
“Our record’s not the best,”
Gibson said. “We’re still in
it. That gives us hope. That’s
what we’re pushing for is we
can still make the playoffs
right now. We’re going to keep
going.”
Dallas (3-8) couldn’t build
on a big win at Minnesota,
losing for the fifth time in six
games since star quarterback
Dak Prescott’s season-ending
ankle injury.
The Cowboys were playing
a day after strength coach
Markus Paul died at a hospital
following a medical emergen-
cy at the team’s facility. Paul
was honored with a moment of
silence before the game.
The Cowboys trailed 20 -
16 when they faced a fourth-
and-10 from their 24-yard line
early in the fourth quarter.
Darian Thompson took the
snap in front of punter Hunter
Niswander and pitched to Ce-
drick Wilson on a reverse that
was stuffed for a 1-yard loss.
On the next play, Gibson
easily beat the Dallas defense
to the left pylon. After another
Dallas punt, Gibson capped a
clock-killing drive with a 37-
yard score for a 34-16 lead.
Washington made it a blow-
out when Montez Sweat tipped
and intercepted a pass right in
the face of Andy Dalton and
was free to run 15 yards for a
TD.
Gibson, who already was
the rookie leader in touch-
downs rushing and now has
11, finished with 115 yards on
20 carries.
And two-time rushing
champion Ezekiel Elliott of
Dallas had just 32 yards while
losing his fifth fumble of the
season, by far the most of his
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five-year career.
McLaurin had the defen-
sive play of the game, tack-
ling Smith at the Washington
4 after Smith’s interception
in the open field near the 50.
The Cowboys went 6 yards
the wrong direction and had
to settle for a short field goal
and a 20 -16 deficit late in the
third quarter.
“I was just trying to make a
play,” said McLaurin, who led
Washington with seven catch-
es for 92 yards. “But when our
defense got that stop, that’s
when I kind of felt like, ‘Wow,
that was a big play.’ You never
give up on any plays because
you never know what’s going
to happen.”
Dallas’ last lead was 10 -7 in
the second quarter after Dal-
ton’s 54-yard touchdown pass
to Amari Cooper, who had 112
yards on six catches.
Pass and catch
Smith’s touchdown pass
was a 5-yarder to tight end Lo-
gan Thomas, the former col-
lege quarterback who chun-
ked the ball into the second
deck of seats not long after
his 28-yard pass to McLaurin
on a trick play set up Gibson’s
first TD.
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No. 1 Gonzaga defeats No. 6 Kansas

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT MYERS, Fla.
— Coach Mark Few and
Gonzaga keep reaching
new heights.
While the top-ranked
Bulldogs opened their
season with a 102-90 vic-
tory over No. 6 Kansas,
Few won his 600th game.
“I got an ice shower in
the locker, which I didn’t
expect,” said Few, who
has been at Gonzaga since
1999. “(Kansas coach)
Bill (Self) and I set this up
for a big college basket-
ball game on Thanksgiv-
ing Day before the Cow-
boys game. That’s why we
love college basketball.
There’s a lot more games
like this coming across
the season.”
Drew Timme scored
25 points, Jalen Suggs
had 24 and Corey Kispert
added 23 as No. 1 Gonza-
ga pulled away for a state-
ment win.
“We’re not that expe-
rienced of a team com-
ing back,” Few said. “We
needed Drew and Corey
against a high, high level
team. We needed their ex-
perience and toughness.”
The Bulldogs built a
double-digit lead in the
first half at the Rocket
Mortgage Fort Myers
Tip-Off, then saw the Jay-
hawks tie it twice in the
second half before put-
ting them away. Gonzaga
went on a 22-7 run to go
up 96-78.
Self said he believes
the Bulldogs are as talent-
ed as the Kentucky team
in 2014-15, which went
38-0 before losing to Wis-
consin in the Final Four.
“I thought we played
a great team,” he said.
“They have four guards
who I think will be the
best guards we’ll play all
year.”
Suggs, who got in foul
trouble in the first half,
scored 17 of his 24 in the
second half.
“I played patient,
picked my spots, picked
my moments,” Suggs
said.
Few said Suggs was
special. “And he’s so good
to coach,” he added.
Marcus Garrett led
Kansas with 22 points
and Ochai Agbaji added
17 points. Agbai picked
up his fourth foul midway
through the second half,
which hurt the Jayhawks.
When he left, Kansas
trailed 70-67.
“We needed Ochai out
there,” Self said. “We’re
not deep enough to make
up for him.”
The Jayhawks rallied
from a 14-point deficit
in the first half to tie the
game at 57.
Gonzaga went on a
12-3 run to take a 20-9
lead. Timme scored eight
of those points from the
inside. He and the Bull-
dogs constantly broke
down Kansas’ defense,
which led to three layups
in a row.
With Gonzaga leading
29-15, Kansas made a
couple of runs to cut the
deficit to as little as five.
However, Kispert heated
up and kept the Jayhawks
at bay. Gonzaga led 54-46
at the half.
Thanks to 62 points in
the paint, the Bulldogs
shot 65% from the field.
“We definitely can’t
start games like that,”
Garrett said. “We have to
be better.”
COVID-19 news
Three non-athletes
that are part of Gonzaga’s
traveling party were iso-
lating in their hotel rooms
after one tested positive
for the coronavirus.
A total of 112 tests were
given and no players from
any of the four participat-
ing teams tested positive,
tournament officials said.
Auburn and St. Joseph’s
also are participating in
the tournament.
“To get the game in
was really important for
our guys,” Few said. “The
Kansas program and ours
were consistently doing
the right things. We did
the protocols and test-
ed hundreds of times.
I absolutely marvel at
what these guys have
done. They’ve never com-
plained.”
Big picture
The way these teams
played each other, it
wouldn’t be a surprise to
see Gonzaga and Kansas
meet again late in the
NCAA Tournament, may-
be the Final Four.
The Bulldogs are deep
and look like they can
play defense as well as
any of Few’s teams. They
can score from the inside
and the outside.
Kansas never gives
up. Not many teams in
the country could get
in a 14-point hole to the
nation’s No. 1 team and
come back to tie it. Howev-
er, the Jayhawks couldn’t
recover from Gonzaga’s
second offensive attack.
“I thought we had a bad
25-28 minute start,” Self
said. “We gave up a lot of
layups, we turned the ball
over. Yet we could’ve had
a two- or four-point lead.”
Fierce freshmen
While Suggs took over
the game at times for Gon-
zaga, Bryce Thompson
and Jalen Thompson had
solid openers for Kansas,
combining for 23 points.
“(Jalen) was in attack
mode,” Garrett said. “He
guarded well and was a
competitor. Bryce had
the same aggressive
mindset.”
UP next
Gonzaga, which is
playing four morning
nonconference games
in West Coast time, in-
cluding top-10 match-
ups with Baylor and
Iowa, will play Auburn
on Friday at 11 a.m.
EST.

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25 for 318 yards with four touchdowns
and no interceptions. He has thrown 15
touchdown passes without getting picked
off once in the past six games.
“You’ve got to give some credit to the
guys up front,” interim coach Romeo Cren-
nel said. “If they give him time, he’s able to
make plays. Guys can get open and he can
hit them. He has that kind of accuracy.”
Texans star defensive end J.J. Watt had
an early pick-6 and Fuller had six recep-
tions for 171 yards and two touchdowns,
including a 40-yard touchdown catch in
which it looked like he and Watson were
all alone on a practice field.
The Texans (4-7) have won two straight
for the first time this season and three of
their past four games with Crennel.
“That’s good, but we haven’t won
enough,” Crennel said.
The Lions haven’t, either, and it might
cost at least one man his job.
Detroit (4-7) might end the season with
interim leaders after losing consecutive
games for the third time this season, drop-
ping coach Matt Patricia’s record to 13-29-
1 and general manager Bob Quinn’s mark
to 12 games under .500 over five seasons.
Patricia was peppered with questions
about his job being in jeopardy, and evaded
each query.
“My focus every day is on the guys in
that locker room and working as hard as
I can to help them be successful,” he said.
The Lions retained Patricia and Quinn
for this season and ownership said there
was an expectation they contend for the
playoffs by playing in meaningful games
in December. And, that seems highly un-
likely.
Detroit quarterback Matthew Stafford
said the scrutiny on Patricia has not ap-
peared to affect him.
“He’s the same guy every day,” Stafford
said. “The guy comes to work, grinds, and
wants to win like all of us. He’s a passionate
coach, who loves the game. I’ve had a lot of
respect with how he’s continued to come
to work.”
Detroit, which was coming off its first
shutout loss since 2009, scored first before
collapsing with turnovers on two straight
snaps and three consecutive possessions
in the first half. Houston’s defense entered
the game with an NFL-low five forced
turnovers.
Watt put his hands up on a rush just
in time to pick off Stafford’s pass and re-
turned it 19 yards for a touchdown in the
first quarter.
“I saw he was going to throw quickly so
I stopped rushing and jumped up,” Watt
recalled. “It hit me square in the hands.”
On Detroit’s next snap, Jonathan Wil-
liams fumbled and Houston took advan-
tage with Watson’s 2-yard touchdown pass
to C.J. Prosise to go ahead 13-6.
“Three turnovers early in the game
killed the momentum,” Stafford said.
Watson’s 33-yard touchdown pass to
Duke Johnson gave the Texans a 20-14
lead early in the second quarter.
Watson’s first touchdown pass to Fuller
early in the fourth put Houston ahead 34-
17. He connected again with Fuller, who
was wide open, with a 34-yard touchdown
on a trick play after handing the ball off
and getting it back on a lateral.
Stafford was 28 of 42 for 295 yards
with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Mo-
hamed Sanu in the fourth and an inter-
ception that Watt returned for a score.
Detroit’s Adrian Peterson had a pair of
1-yard touchdown runs in the first half
— and tried to take some blame off Pa-
tricia for the latest loss.
“It has nothing to do with the head
coach,” Peterson said.
Brotherly love
Detroit defensive back C.J. Moore
and Houston defensive back A.J. Moore,
identical twins, embraced before the
game and played against each other for
the first time.
Elite company
Watt became the third NFL player to
have at least 100 sacks and six touch-
downs in a career. The others are Jason
Taylor and Julius Peppers.
Trump’s take
Watson and Stafford were among a
handful of players on both teams that
took a knee during the national anthem,
a social justice statement that didn’t sit
well with President Donald Trump.
“No thanks!” Trump tweeted.
Injury report
Texans: FB Cullen Gillaspia (back)
and WR Kenny Stills (quadricep) were
inactive.
Lions: CB Desmond Trufant aggra-
vated a hamstring injury in the second
quarter in another setback for a sec-
ondary that had rookie CB Jeff Okudah
(shoulder) and CB Mike Ford (concus-
sion) inactive. RB D’Andre Swift (con-
cussion) along with WRs Kenny Golla-
day (hip) also missed the game.

Young
Continued from Page 1B

killed in November 2017,
and ever since, Young
has been coaching in
his memory. This fall,
he has the Tigers two
wins away from another
state title, and it’s all for
Franklin.
“Now, everything I
do, I dedicate to him,”
Young said. “He’s just
my guardian angel.”
A ‘country kid’
The only year Young
and Franklin shared
the football field for
Noxubee County’s high
school team, the Tigers
went 14-0 and won their
first-ever state champi-
onship.
It was 2008, when
Franklin was a fresh-
man defensive lineman
and Young was a senior
wide receiver. And de-
spite their differences
in age and position, the
two were always close.
Growing up in
Shuqualak with Frank-
lin, the son of Roy and
Valerie Franklin, Young
said his cousin was
a “country kid” who
loved hunting, fishing
and riding horses and
four-wheelers. The baby
of the family, Franklin
— who went by “Ralph”
— was always smiling
and upbeat.
“If you’re having
a bad day and you go
around him, he’s going
to find a way to make
you laugh and make you
smile,” Young recalled.
When Young became
an assistant under Ty-
rone Shorter at Noxubee
County, his cousin was
there to support him.
Franklin texted Young
to wish him good luck
before each game and
was in attendance Fri-
day nights whenever he
didn’t work.
On Nov. 9, 2017, with
Franklin just home
for the holidays, the
two planned to hang
out at another cousin’s
birthday celebration in
Shuqualak. Young was
getting ready to leave
when one of his other
aunts pulled her car up
to the house and honked
the horn. He ran out-
side.
Franklin, she told
him, had been shot in
the head.
Young and his fami-
ly rushed to the scene,
where Franklin lay in-
jured on Church Street.
They could tell it didn’t
look good.
According to the
Meridian TV station
WTOK, Franklin was
shot by his best friend,
Christopher Scott, who
was cleaning his gun.
Scott was later arrested
and charged with man-
slaughter.
Franklin was trans-
ported to Noxubee Gen-
eral Hospital in Macon
and pronounced dead
that night. He was 24.
“Everybody loved
him,” Young said. “It
was tough for our family
at that time.”
Coaching and grieving blew out Corinth. Then cousin, a big fan of high getting a little easier,
they held off Louisville. school football, on Nox- but it’s still hard on me,”
Franklin’s death fell
On Dec. 2, 23 days af- ubee County’s season Young said. “Some days,
on a Thursday night.
ter Franklin’s death, — who the Tigers play some nights, I still think
The next evening, Nox-
Noxubee County beat next; how he expects about him a lot and shed
ubee County faced a
East Central 41-35 in the game to go. Young tears. It’ll get better
Class 4A second-round
the state championship talks about the problems with time, but right now,
playoff game on the
game. in his life. Then he sits it still has its days.”
road at Yazoo City.
in silence with Franklin A month after Frank-
Early Friday, Short-
Still close for a few minutes before lin died, Young, his
er and Young talked for
Before the Tigers getting up to go. brother and Franklin’s
a long time. If Young
take the field every Fri- “It just helps me be brother all bought their
didn’t want to coach,
close to him,” Young chains with Franklin’s
Shorter said, he didn’t day, Young makes sure
have to. to pay Franklin a visit. said. “That was my best picture hanging on the
friend — we grew up, we end.
Young, in his first Whether it’s after
did everything togeth- Since then, after ev-
season calling plays for practice on Thursday,
er.” ery Noxubee County
the Tigers, had already later Thursday night
For Young, that be- touchdown, Young has
made up his mind. He’d or sometime Friday
comes more important developed a tradition.
be there. morning, Young heads
He got in his car and down to New Jerusalem around this time of year. Upon each score, he
drove west, affording Church in Shuqualak — Franklin’s birthday was raises Franklin’s pho-
himself more than two the church he attends Oct. 6; he died in Novem- tograph to his lips and
hours to think. When every Sunday — and sits ber. It’s been more than kisses it — a way to hold
he arrived at the stadi- down next to his cous- three years now, but the his cousin close.
um, the team embraced in’s headstone. pain is still there. “I just keep him with
him. Young updates his “As time goes by, it’s me,” Young said.
A nd when it came
down to it, Young found
it surprisingly easy
to focus on the game.
Noxubee County failed
to score on its first two
possessions, but the Ti-
gers soon pulled away.
At halftime, with his
team leading 26 - 0, ev-
erything started to hit
Young. Again, after the
final horn capped a 39 - 0
win, he felt the impact.
“It was very tough
at that time trying to
get my mind prepared
to coach a game and
also grieve at the same
time,” Young said.
Still, he and the Ti-
gers found success. In
the next round, they

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Continued from Page 1B

“We have to grow up
here in a hurry,” How-
land said.
Missed free throws,
turnovers plague
Mississippi State in
season-opening loss to
Clemson
Mississippi State had
as many turnovers as it
did missed free throws
in its season opener
Wednesday night.
Considering that num-
ber was 19, it was a subop-
timal result for the Bull-
dogs.
“Shooting 8-of-27 from
the foul line is obviously
atrocious,” MSU coach
Ben Howland said post-
game. “It’s the key stat of
the game. How we could
be 8-for-27 is mind-bog-
gling. I know I’ve never
had a team shoot that
poorly, so obviously it’s
on me. We have to spend
way more time on foul
shooting than we are. If
we just make 75 percent
of our shots, it’s a two-
point game in the last few
minutes.
“Nineteen turnovers is
way too many turnovers.
Some of that is youth and
just not executing. We had
a lot of moving screens to-
day. It’s hard to have your
first game being against a
really good ACC team like
Clemson.”
Missing Iverson Mo-
linar from the lineup,
MSU dropped a 53-42
contest to Clemson in the
Space Coast Challenge
in Melbourne, Fla. The
42 points scored was the
fewest in a single game
by a MSU team in the Ben
Howland era. The previ-
ous low was 48 against
Vanderbilt in the 2016-17
season.
“(Getting better on of-
fense) has to happen in a
hurry and we have to do a
better job,” Howland said.
“We were playing against
a really good team and
a really good defensive
team. We’ve been in the
top 20 in offensive effi-
ciency the last few years
as a team. We’ll get there,
we’ll gel. Obviously it will
help when we get Iverson
back because it gives us
an experienced guy who
can make plays for him-
self and others. In the
meantime, we have to find
a way.”
Molinar, a sophomore
guard who was expected
to be a central cog of the
MSU lineup, was not avail-
able Wednesday for an un-
disclosed reason and will
not play in Thursday’s
matchup against Liberty.
Howland said he hopes to
have Molinar back in the
lineup on Dec. 4.
Neither team was effi-
cient offensively from the
get go, as the Tigers start-
ed 0-of-10 from beyond
the arc, while MSU went
2-of-11 from the charity
stripe in the first half. As
a team, the Bulldogs shot
30 percent from the floor
and held Clemson to 35
percent shooting.
Tolu Smith picked up
a double-double with 12
points and 10 rebounds,
while D.J. Stewart
chipped in 12 points and
six rebounds.
“We’re a young core,
so in time we’ll be able to
play a lot better,” Smith
said. “There were a lot of
first game jitters, even for
myself. I feel like in time,
we’ll be able to gel better.”
4B FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2020
Bama’s Jones, Auburn’s Nix playing well entering Iron Bowl
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Alabama quarterback
Mac Jones was a skinny
three-star recruit who
had to wait in a daunting
line for a starting shot. Bo
Nix arrived at Auburn as
a prized recruit and has
started every game since.
They have taken differ-
ent career paths but both
enter Saturday’s Iron
Bowl playing well.
Jones has emerged as
a Heisman Trophy con-
tender and a worthy suc-
cessor to Tua Tagovailoa,
leading the top-ranked
Crimson Tide into the
game against Nix and the
No. 22 Tigers. His days
as a largely unheralded
recruit destined to labor
behind eventual NFL
Comics & Puzzles
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ZITS
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BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
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quarterbacks Tagovailoa
and Jalen Hurts seem a
distant memory.
“You know, people al-
ways give you a rating or
whatever in high school,
but once you step on cam-
pus that doesn’t really
matter,” Jones said.
That goes both ways.
Nix arrived on campus
with more acclaim as a
five-star recruit and the
son of a former Auburn
quarterback, Patrick Nix.
He also didn’t get the time
to ease into Southeastern
Conference football and
has had to learn on the
job, with all the growing
pains that entails.
Nix did help direct Au-
burn to a 48-45 Iron Bowl
win in his first start in the
bitter rivalry. Of course
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that was at home, not at
Bryant-Denny Stadium
even if it’s before a crowd
shrunken by pandemic
rules.
“I think it gives me a
lot of confidence, know-
ing that I’m going into a
tough place,” said Nix,
who won a high school
state title at the stadium.
“Obviously we have a ton
of guys coming back, a lot
of the same skill guys that
we had last year, and then
obviously a lot of guys
on the defensive side of
the ball that do the same
thing.
“So I feel comfortable.
A lot of the guys that
made big plays last year,
they’re back.”
Jones made some big
plays in last year’s Iron
Bowl, too, but couldn’t
overcome having two in-
terceptions returned for
touchdowns. He passed
for 335 yards and four
touchdowns after replac-
ing an injured Tagovailoa
for the last few games.
Now, Jones is one of
the nation’s top passers
and directing one of the
most dangerous offenses.
He ranks third nationally
in passing efficiency and
yards per game with an
average of 366. He’s also
second in yards per at-
tempt (12.41) and comple-
tion percentage (78.5).
And he’s among the
leading Heisman contend-
ers. Jones acknowledges
he has the luxury of lead-
ing an offense loaded with
stars like tailback Najee
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
Every year
for the last
15 years or so, my
husband’s sister
has sent us a huge
box of home-
made cookies for
Christmas. My
husband is from a
large family, and
she does this for
each family. I know
it involves a great
deal of time and
effort on her part,
and she sends
them via priority Dear Abby
mail, which means
an additional
expense.
The problem is, we don’t eat
cookies. Weight is a concern
for both of us, and I avoid sugar
or sugar products as I don’t
believe they are healthy. Before
we retired, we took the cookies
to work to get rid of them or they way they are. Your sister-in-law
were thrown out.
Many years ago, I asked my
mother-in-law what to do so as
to not cause hard feelings. She
advised, “Don’t say anything;
she needs something to keep
her busy.” I then asked a
brother-in-law how he handled
the unwanted cookies. He said,
“Throw them away or give them
away, but DON’T TELL HER.”
My SIL suffers from mild de-
pression, and everyone tiptoes
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov.
27). You’ll hit a streak. Your ef-
forts are working in the way you
intended them to or even better.
Reinvest in success. Relation-
ships grow, especially those
with new people. You attract the
sort of scenarios you’ve long
dreamed of living. When the
fantasy lands in reality, that’s
when things really get good.
Aquarius and Cancer adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 1, 24,
44, 37 and 5.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Happiness may be the best
revenge; no one said it was the
easiest. Today, you attempt to
grab some and it runs off. Let
it go. Stick with your path and
goals. Happiness will catch up
just when the right people are
Harris and wide receiver
Devonta Smith and a for-
midable line.
‘”You see it on TV and
stuff but I’m not on social
media,” Jones said of the
Heisman hype. “All of
that’s really is a distrac-
tion. We obviously have
great players here and it
probably makes me look
a lot better than I actually
am, and there’s players on
our team that should be in
that talk.”
His numbers are wor-
thy of Heisman consider-
ation, though it’s a season
where not all the likely
candidates have had equal
chances: 2,426 yards and
18 touchdowns against
three interceptions. The
6-foot-3, 214-pound Jones,
who arrived at closer
lightly around the
issue to avoid up-
setting her. I feel
bad that she has
spent time and
money on these
unwanted cookies
all these years.
No one on
that side of the
family has ever
said anything, and
perhaps, many of
them enjoy the
cookies. Evidently
even a carefully
worded “thank
you, but we can’t
consume them”
note would cause
family problems. I tried not
sending an acknowledgment;
the cookies kept coming. What’s
your suggestion? — SWEET
PROBLEM IN CONNECTICUT
DEAR SWEET PROBLEM:
I suggest you keep things the
needs something to occupy
her mind and give her a sense
of purpose during a time of
year when people can become
depressed. Get creative. Those
cookies might be appreciated by
a church group, a residence for
seniors or even holiday gifts for
your neighbors if you repackage
them.
DEAR ABBY: My 22-year-old
daughter asked if her 23-year-
old best friend could stay with
watching.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You are the type of friend who
comes early to the party and
stays late to help clean up a
mess you didn’t make. You have
friends who would do the same
— if you’d let them. No parties
are happening today, but let
them help anyway.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
It will be liberating to recognize
the difference between infat-
uations, preoccupations and
actual love. Love isn’t about the
amount of time you spend think-
ing of someone; rather, it’s the
home you make for someone in
your heart.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Relationships are co-created,
so no one is completely in
to 180 pounds, has a lot
more seasoning than he
did in that last Auburn
game.
“I think he’s got a lot
more experience, he’s
got a lot more knowledge,
he’s a lot more confident,”
said Alabama coach Nick
Saban, who won’t be at
the game because of a
positive COVID-19 test.
“I think the improvement
is pretty obvious to ev-
erybody that watches the
games.”
Ditto for Nix since his
three-interception perfor-
mance when Auburn was
upset by South Carolina.
He has passed for five
touchdowns and rushed
for two more against just
one interception in the
three games since.
us for six months. Her friend’s
parents had to return to Europe
to finish wrapping up some
things and then would return for
their citizenship appointments,
so we agreed to the arrange-
ment. Rent-free, because we
are nice.
My daughter got a school
offer in Houston and moved
there in May. Now it’s just her
best friend and us at the house.
Well, COVID-19 happened, and
the parents are banned from en-
tering the U.S. They have asked
us if she can stay until the ban
is lifted, which who knows when
this will happen. We agreed, but
now it’s November.
I miss my personal space,
and I need her to move out. I
feel she has overstayed. But
I don’t know how to approach
her or her family and say this
arrangement will end soon. How
should I handle this? — CROWD-
ED IN THE SOUTH
DEAR CROWDED: You have
been more than generous to
your daughter’s best friend,
and I hope your generosity has
been appreciated not only by her
but also her parents. She is an
adult, and she needs to be told
the arrangement she had with
you is coming to an end. Set a
date for her to leave and notify
her parents that they may need
to make other living arrange-
ments for her if she can’t do it
herself.
control. You can manage your
end of things, but that in and of
itself may not be enough to get
a thing headed where you want
it to go. It’s a day for realistic
assessment.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
There’s no reason to judge your-
self now. Nor should you subject
yourself to the judgment of oth-
ers. It’s a time to accept your
right to create your precious life
to whatever extent you can.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Run your day through your
mental projector before you
launch into it. As you picture
each responsibility you will tend
to, you will get ideas as to what
would make the experience
even better.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Attention to detail saves the
day. You like to know for certain
that your being on the scene
made things different. When
you doubt your impact, you’ll
speak up, touch people, do and
change something.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You can’t control other
people’s reactions, but you can
predict them. Knowing more
about your audience helps you
predict more accurately. This is
why time spent in research and
observation is invaluable.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Your desires make them-
selves known to you, usually
obviously but sometimes subtly.
Today is a subtle one in which
your wants speak in whispers,
nudges and inklings.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You prize self-sufficiency,
but it may be worthwhile to pay
someone to fix the problem of
the day. Even so, you’ll try to
learn as much as you can from
the process.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). One solution doesn’t work
for everyone, but it will probably
work for you, especially because
you’re so excellent at following
instructions. A step-by-step
guide will lead you exactly where
you want to go.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You know when you’re
thinking, but how do know
when you’re overthinking? If the
thought process doubles back
on itself more than a handful of
times or spirals downward, then
it is likely unhelpful.
Extra-large
SOLUTION:
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High court blocks NY virus limits on houses of worship

Court’s three liberal justices and
Chief Justice John Roberts dissented
BY JESSICA GRESKO
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — jority. It was the conser-
With coronavirus cases
surging again nation-
wide, the Supreme Court
barred New York from en-
forcing certain limits on
attendance at churches
and synagogues in areas
designated as hard hit by
the virus.
The justices split 5-4
late Wednesday night,
with new Justice Amy
Coney Barrett in the ma-
vative’s first publicly dis-
cernible vote as a justice.
The court’s three liberal
justices and Chief Justice
John Roberts dissented.
The move was a shift
for the court. Earlier this
year, when Barrett’s lib-
eral predecessor, Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was
still on the court, the jus-
tices divided 5-4 to leave
in place pandemic-related
capacity restrictions af-
fecting churches in Cali-
fornia and Nevada.
The court’s action
Wednesday could push
New York to reevaluate
its restrictions on houses
of worship in areas desig-
nated virus hot spots. But
the impact is also muted
because the Catholic and
Orthodox Jewish groups
that sued to challenge the
restrictions are no longer
subject to them.
New York Gov. Andrew
Cuomo, a Democrat, said
Thursday the ruling was
“more illustrative of the
Supreme Court than any-
thing else” and “irrele-
vant from any practical
impact” given that the
restrictions have already
been removed.
“Why rule on a case
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Mykle K. Smith, Judy K. Smith,
Daisy Flowers Hawkins, Sarah
Flowers Sykes, Eddie B. Smith,
III, unknown heirs of Eddie B.
Smith, Sr., deceased, un-
known heirs of Eddie B. Smith,
Jr., deceased, and unknown
heirs of Peach Flowers Smith
a/k/a Peach Flower Smith, de-
ceased.
You are required to mail or
hand deliver a copy of a writ-
ten response to the Complaint
filed against you in this action
to: G. Dewey Hembree, III,
McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC,
1020 Highland Colony Parkway,
Ste 702, Ridgeland, MS
39157, the attorney for the
Plaintiff.
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE
MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT
LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS
AFTER THE FIRST PUBLISH
DATE, WHICH IS THE DATE OF
THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF
THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RE-
SPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR
DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY
DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED
AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY
OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED
IN THE COMPLAINT.
You must also file the original
of this Court within a reason-
Issued under my hand and seal
of said Court, this 9th day of
November, 2020.
Cindy E. Goode, Chancery Clerk
Lowndes County, Mississippi
BY: /s/ Shantrell W. Grander-
son
D.C.
(Seal)
SUBMITTED BY:
G. Dewey Hembree, III (MSB
No. 2247)
MCGLINCHEY STAFFORD, PLLC
1020 Highland Colony Pkwy,
Ste 702
Ridgeland, MS 39157
(769) 524-2300; (601) 510-
5609 (fax)
Publish: November 13, 2020
November 20, 2020
November 27, 2020
December 4, 2020
General Services
A & T TREE SERVICES
Bucket truck & stump
removal. Free est.
Serving Columbus
since 1987. Senior
citizen disc. Call Alvin @
242−0324/241−4447
"We’ll go out on a limb for
you!"
DUMP TRUCK HAULING.
Slag − $400
Clay Gravel − $250
Available for hauling any
materials. Filling in
swimming pools.
Columbus. Call Walter,
662−251−8664.
WORK WANTED: Licensed
& Bonded. Carpentry, minor
electrical, minor plumbing,
insulation, painting, demo−
lition, gutters cleaned,
pressure washing, land−
scaping, cleanup work.
662−242−3608.
One call will bring you results. 662-328-2424
IN THE COMPLAINT.
You must also file the original
of your response with the Clerk
of this Court within a reason-
able time afterward.
Ads appear in The Commercial Dispatch,
Issued under my hand and seal
of said Court, this 9th day of
The Starkville Dispatch and Online
November, 2020.
Cindy E. Goode, Chancery Clerk
To place ads starting at only $12,
Lowndes County, Mississippi call 662-328-2424 or visit ads.cdispatch.com
BY: /s/ Shantrell W. Grander-
son
D.C. THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2020 n 6B
(Seal)
SUBMITTED BY:
G. Dewey Hembree, III (MSB
Legal2247)
No. Notices Apts For Rent: Other Sporting Goods
MCGLINCHEY STAFFORD, PLLC
1020 Highland Colony Pkwy,
COLEMAN
Crawford Army Surplus
Ste 702 on Main in Crawford.
Ridgeland, MS 39157 Now for sale: Metal Ammo
(769) 524-2300; (601) 510- RENTALS
5609 (fax) TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS cans 30&50 cal, $10;
.155mm Howitzer treated
Publish: November 13, 2020 1 BEDROOM wood ammo boxes,
November 20, 2020 $5&10; Army steel
November 27, 2020 2 BEDROOMS bunkbeds, $125; Field
December 4, 2020 3 BEDROOMS Artillery camo nets with
spreader poles, $225;
LEASE, Unissued camo (BDU/
© The Dispatch
Employment
ACU/ABU) military 6−
DEPOSIT pocket fatigues, $35 & M−
AND 65 field coats & fire−
retardant coveralls, $50;
Call us: 662-328-2424 CREDIT CHECK polypro col weather under
garment, $18;
General Help Wanted
662-329-2323 OCP T−shirts, $5.
Call 662.769.1889
PERSONAL CARE: Full and
2411 HWY 45 N
ED SANDERS GUNSMITH
part-time employees
needed at small personal
care home in Columbus,
COLUMBUS, MS
Houses For Rent: North
Open for season!
Tue−Fri: 9−5 & Sat: 9−12
Over 50 years experience!
Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
MS. Must pass back-
ground check. Call COLONIAL TOWNHOUSES.
Repairs, cleaning, refin−
ishing, scopes mounted & Sudoku
Sudoku is a number-
placing puzzle based on
Yesterday’s answer
Collegeview Personal Care 2 & 3 bedroom w/ 2−3 zeroed, handmade knives. Sudoku
a 9x9 gridis witha several
num- 2 8 9 3 7 4 1 5 6
662-327-9463. bath townhouses. $650 to Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North
ber-placing
given numbers.puzzleThe object 7 1 5 8 2 6 4 3 9
2020 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
$750. 662−549−9555. of West Point, turn right on
Ask for Glenn or text. Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn based onthe
is to place a 9x9
numbers 6 4 3 1 9 5 7 2 8
PART TIME mature person grid
for retail store. Sales ex- Mobile Homes for Rent
left on Darracott Rd, will 1 to 9with
in theseveral
empty spaces 9 5 6 4 1 8 2 7 3
perience a plus, computer
see sign, 2.5mi ahead given
so thatnumbers.
each row, eachThe 8 3 7 5 6 2 9 4 1
skills and very flexible
shop on left. object
column and each 3x3 the
is to place box
3BR/2BA MH in New Hope. 662−494−6218.
numbers 4 2 1 9 3 7 8 6 5
contains the1same to 9 number
in
$650 dep + $650/mo. No
pets, quiet area. Leave full the empty spaces so 5 7 2 6 8 9 3 1 4
only once. The difficulty 3 9 4 7 5 1 6 8 2
Too much
name & message,
that each row, each
205−712−6697. level increases from
RETAIL STORE needs entry column and each 1 6 8 2 4 3 5 9 7
STUFF?
level employee. Part time, Rooms For Rent Monday
3x3 boxtocontains
Sunday. Difficulty Level 11/26
flexible hours, ideal for
local college student. ROOM FOR RENT, FULLY
the same number only once. The difficulty level
Email letter of introduction FURNISHED, WEST POINT. increases from Monday to Sunday.
or resume to
Includes appls, furn & util.
job114@cdispatch.com $400 per month.
No deposit.
662−295−4701.
Rentals
Real Estate
Ads starting at $25
Ads starting at $25
Apts For Rent: West
Lots & Acreage
VIP
1.75 ACRE LOTS Good/
Rentals
Bad Credit Options. Good
credit as low as 20% down,
$499/mo. Eaton Land,
Apartments & Houses 662−361−7711.
1 Bedrooms LAMAR CO., AL−80 ACRES
Start your
2 Bedroooms hunting land, north of
Millport. $585 per acre. de-cluttering by
3 Bedrooms
placing a garage
Call for more info,
205−695−2248 or
Furnished & Unfurnished
sale ad today!
205−799−9846.
1, 2, & 3 Baths Mobile Homes for Sale
Lease, Deposit 2019 Clayton Mobile Home
& Credit Check Brand new, never lived in.
Ads starting at...
Fully furnished, perfect for
viceinvestments.com
1 day $10
an older couple or person.
327-8555 Attached front porch with
roof. May have to be
3 day $18
moved unless lease is
Apts For Rent: Other approved by land owner.
$40,000. 828−674−8659
6 day $34
Merchandise
Price includes 4 lines of text;
Ads starting at $12 $1/line after base cost.
Firewood / Fuel
Vehicles
FIREWOOD FOR SALE.
Various lengths.
662−295−2274.
Lawn & Garden Ads starting at $12 ACROSS
STIHL EQUIPMENT: Trailers & Heavy Equipment
1 Sacred chests
BG 55 Hand held blower 5 Archaeologist’s
$50. JD D110 42" Lawn Tractor find
FS 55RC Grass Edger $50. $800.
HS 45 Hedge Trimmer $50. 9 Cruller’s kin
662−368−6779. 6’ x 10’ Carry−On Trailer, 11 Poppy yield
fully lighted, high sides 13 Love to
$1,000. 662−368−6779. pieces
Need a 14 Wild dog
new car? 15 Kitten cry
Community 16 Appended
18 “My bad!”
Ads starting at $12 20 Take to court
21 Wander off
Good Things To Eat 22 Lawyer: Abbr.
23 Bowler, e.g.
24 “That’s obvi-
ous!” DOWN 17 Use a towel
25 Lively folk 1 Washington 19 Vaccine type
dance successor 22 Polly or Em
Start in the classifieds section for 27 Trait carriers 2 Western 24 Hate
your buying and selling needs! 29 Overhead contests 25 Showed over
trains 3 Is discrimi- 26 Late hour
30 Rudely nating 27 Colt creation
Ads starting at $12 for one week! interrupts 4 California’s 28 Western
32 Use an easy Big — range
chair 5 Rum drink 30 Awaited
34 Pot fill 6 Mayberry kid 31 Birth-related
35 Skirt 7 Is in charge 33 Exist
36 Cricket, for temporarily 37 Sulky state
one 8 Leave in a
38 Audacity hurry
39 Caesar’s land 10 Attack, in a
40 Must have way
41 Blue hue 12 Bucks
General Services Lawn Care / Landscaping
TERRA CARE
LANDSCAPING L.L.C.
Phone: 662−549−1878
Landscaping, Property Read local.
Clean Up, Plant Care,
Bush Hogging,
cdispatch.com
Herbicide Spraying
Painting & Papering
Five Questions:
QUALITY PAINTING.
Ext/Int Painting.
Sheet Rock Hang, Finish &
Repair. Pressure Washing.
1 Puerto Rico
Free Estimates. Ask for
specials! Larry Webber,
2 Sia
662−242−4932.
SULLIVAN’S PAINT
3 Apollo
Lawn Care / Landscaping SERVICE
Special Prices.
Interior & Exterior Painting.
JESSE & BEVERLY’S
662−435−6528
4 Carrie Fisher
LAWN SERVICE
Mowing, cleanup, tree
cutting, landscaping,
sodding & bush hogging. Are you a painter?
662−356−6525 Advertise here! 5 Computer vi-
ruses