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Daily Corinthian Vol. 121, No. 198

Staff photo by Mark Boehler

Alcorn County Sheriff Ben Caldwell stands watch over the Col. W.P. Rogers monument about 4:30 p.m. Friday at the Alcorn County Courthouse. Law enforcement agencies stood watch over the barricaded statue when an activist group threatened to take the Confederate monument down at 5 p.m. Friday.

Anti-monument group never shows By Jebb Johnston The likeness of a Confederate soldier quietly overlooking court square for more than 100 years probably got more attention on Friday than it has received since its ceremonial unveiling in August 1912.

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The threat of an attempt to remove the statue led to a crowd of around 100 people assembling peacefully at court square around 5 p.m. in support of the statue, which was erected in honor of Colonel William P. Rogers. Many more people took a look as they drove around the

block. There did not appear to be anyone voicing opposition to the monument. A large law enforcement presence kept an eye on the crowd and the statue, which was surrounded by barricades marked Please see Monument | 2A

Businesses owners arrested for drug paraphernalia EASTVIEW, Tenn. — The McNairy County CounterDrug Unit have arrested two Eastview business owners for possession of drug paraphernalia. One of the owners is a Corinth resident. Twenty-six-year-old Omari Lufti Ali and 29-year-old Asam Ghanem were both taken into custody by the unit on Thursday, according to the Independent Appeal. Ali, owner of the Junction in Eastview, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. Ghanem, a clerk at the store, was charged with sale and delivery of drug paraphernalia. The Junction is located at 6745 Highway 45 in Eastview. Simple Pleasures owner Jessica Hancock was also arrested in a separate case on Thursday. The 31-year-old Hancock of 1401 Douglas Street in Corinth was charged with sale and delivery of drug paraphernalia, possession of drug paraphernalia and falsification of drug test. Simple Pleasures is located at 136 Synergy Drive in Eastview. “We have been getting complaints from people about drug paraphernalia being bought at the businesses,” said unit investigator Kim

Holley. Holley said both businesses had the drug paraphernalia in display cases. “They were selling it as novelty items,” added Holley. Whether or not an object is drug paraphernalia by Tennessee law is determined by some factors such as: • Statements by the owner or anyone in control of the object concerning its use. Example: An person admits the pipe found by the officer was used to smoke marijuana. • Instructions, oral or written, provided with the object concerning its use. • Descriptive materials accompanying the object that explain or depict its use. • The manner in which the object is displayed for sale. Example: Bongs are often sold in tobacco shops however typically it is made clear that their intended use is for tobacco or hookah. The unit sent an undercover informant with a audio video recording device at both businesses to purchase drug paraphernalia, according to the report. The informant asked for a weed grinder and weed pipe at the Junction. Please see Junction | 5A

Board discussion continues on student transfers BY ZACK STEEN

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A lengthy discussion surrounding the student transfer policy highlighted a Monday night meeting of the Alcorn School District Board of Education. Attorney Arch Bullard offered an explanation of state

laws and how the district might revise their current policy in an effort to make it stricter. Superintendent Larry B. Mitchell and board member Mary Coleman want to see the “exceptional circumstances” reason stripped from the policy, while other board members think it should stay.

Bullard offered a compromise. “The statute allows for three exceptions and that’s it,” said Bullard. “There is some language in the statue that states students living in one district may be legally transferred to another school district by the mutual consent of the school

board of all school districts concerned.” He added, “There is a provision in the state statue that allows the board to find an exceptional circumstance without actually stating those exact words. The district’s policy doesn’t have to have that provision in it, but if you want to go

strictly by the statute and set out the three reasons that individuals shall be transferred and none others than you can put that in place.” State law says students can be transferred out of their home district only if a parent is a em-

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CHS graduate to be inducted into Hall of Fame By L.A. Story lastory@dailycorinthian.com

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Former Corinthian Doris Durr Ross will be honored as an inductee into Tougaloo College National Alumni Association’s Hall of Fame. The induction ceremonies will take place at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 13 in at the Jackson Hilton, in Jackson, where Ross will be one of seven to be honored that evening. “I’m the second Corinth native to achieve this honor, following Dr. Roy L. Irons,” said

Dr. John Shipp, M.D.

Ross. “I feel so humbled to walk in his [Irons] footsteps. I wish my mom were here, but she’s resting in glory.” The Tougaloo alumni was born in Mt. Olive, but her family moved to Corinth when she was in the sixth grade. She is the eighth of 11 children. Her brother, Paul Durr, lives in Guys, Tenn., and her sister, Carolyn Barton lives in Corinth. Ross’ mother was the late Mrs. Laura Etta Durr Hampton, a Corinth civic leader who founded NAACP chapters in Corinth and Iuka. She was the

first African American woman to run for mayor when she ran against E.S. Bishop, who went on to win the election to become the first African American mayor elected in a white majority town. Ross said her mother suffered a stroke during the campaign. Ross attended Easom High School up to her junior year. Due to desegregation, she attended Corinth High School her senior year, graduating in 1970. She said it was hard going to a new school after being forced to go there, but she did participate

in activities there. After reading and inquiring about a Tougaloo brochure lying on the counter during her junior year, Ross said her homeroom teacher told her that she “need not concern herself with college because she needed to go to work after graduation to help her family.” In her senior year, she only applied to Tougaloo and was accepted and awarded an academic scholarship, work-study and grants which enabled her to enter TouPlease see Ross | 2A

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Leon Frazier, James L. Horton and Elizabeth Whitehurst are named to the advisory board for Deposit Guaranty National Bank.

Corinth High School alumni renowned author and journalist Curtis Wilkie visits town to sign copies of his book “City Adrift.”

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