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Evening star., 1936-06-18
CHOICE.

Newspaper men not only coper
the neWs, but sometimes are good
at torecnsting it.
On october 29, 1885, nine MEM
bers OF the Fourth Estate decided
to hold secret ballot OF the most
ltely choice TOR the Republican
nominee for President. A waoe
pds made by the group and each
choice wds sealed and put dWdy.
The other day the envelopes were
opened. Sir out OF nine papers
read "Ldndon."
Evening star., 1936-06-18

1t is much more effective to absent themselves Il
of presence and sit silent or to protest and be
administration steam roller.
Copyright. le3e)
Evening star., 1936-06-18
The National Scene
BY ALICE LONGWORTH

TWO possibilities much discussed during the
/ Winter Spring One q Democrat should be
nominated for place the Republican ticket Moth
Evening star., 1936-06-18
HORSE TROUBLE.

HORSE TROUBLE.
A PPEARING before the Arlington
County Board recently to pro-
test the pasturing Of livestock in the
county, Walter johnson, not the Rap
pahannock River dollar tosser, said:
Evening star., 1936-06-18
ID. C.. Bill

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Evening star., 1936-06-18
Ohio Strike

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Evening star., 1936-06-18

G. o. P. WAR CHEST SWELLs.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26

Like a Tight
Doc available
the a 2Smile
began urge night
Then have insane
become his wife's illness.
Daylight Reveals That Bridge Wasn't There
o
partly safe his sick
his
the brought the subject breakfast He sad
before
O
There something in that fellows that reminded
Doc of humong sick 1t occurred to him then
agreed
the bridge which only mile away from
the They got n sight o and then
when that
bridge he told There
of them
running from side of the river to the other
Sratl Gordon Had Piloted Car Over Fingers of Death.
plankngthe railsthe taken
darkness the
night knew that. began
think that losing mind.
1.-THE string pieces the They than
wide, width
automobile |
dark like acrobat tight wire. My into
thought of what might happened.
"A that bridge impossible
that, having with the
operations
might have attended
G.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26
Death of G. K. Chesterton,
Noted English Author

n NE of England's most distin-
" guiShed and interesting authors
and critics passed from the scene
in the death of Gilbert Keith Cites-
tertOn, generally known as &c. K"
He was siXty-twO years old. .Ches-
tertOn was converted to Catholicism
in 1922 and thereafter much of his
writing was devoted to his cham
piOnship of that church. For many
years his writings were very popti-
lar and in 1926 he established his
own weekly magazine. He was the
author of about 80 books and in
Vulnerable articles. ;-...- -.
Chesterton loved to write some
thing incOngruous and was called
prince of paradOXes. Combative,
unconventional, and dogmatic, his
was a distinctive style. His out
spoken criticisms in addresses and
writings frequently led to contro-
yersieS.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26

and consolidation of terminals and
other facilities.
He also advised the development
of a nationwide "container" service
in the movement of freight by rail
way, highway and water, predicting
that this would save millions of dol
lars in the handling of present
freight and would create much NEW
business. The containers are now
used in a limited manner in some
localities and industries.
Eastman recommended a search
ing examination and thorough over
hauling" of railroad pullman serv-
ice, and a plan of operation under
which the pullman company would
own and operate the cars ard rail-
roads, leasing them and retaining
the entire revenue from the sleep
ing and parlOr car service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26
Russia to Become Only
"Real Democracy"

d USSIA proposes to establish
IN what its rulers assert will be
the only real democracy in the
world. A new constitution, to be
promulgated next fall, has been
drawn up under the direction of
Josef Stain, the dictator, and will
be acted on by the all-uniOn con-
gresS of SOviets on November %.
This document guarantees prOtec-
ton for private property, suffrage
for all citizens more than eighteen
years old, regardless of race, sex,
religious belief, and previous activ-
tiles or property ownership. The
communist party will be retained as
the only recognized political organ
ization.
There are to be two Legislative
bodies, the council of the union,
elected by the people, and the coun-
Gil of nationalities, selected by the
present indirect system. These two
bodies will elect board of 81 of
ficials to run the government. The
chairman of this board will be equiv
alent to the president of republic.
The official press in Moscow says
bourgeois democracy is "dictator-
ship of capitalism" whereas the
Soviet democracy will grant the
widest rights to all working people,
the "old, exploiting classes" having
disappeared over there. g.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26

unanimous. Although his name had
not been placed in nomination, Sen
ator William z. Borah of Idaho re-
? ceived ~ votes, including IS from
the Wisconsin delegation and one
from West Virginia
, Col Frank Knox of Chicago, pub
Usher of the Chicago Daily News,
was nominated for vice-president
on the ticket, receiving the unani-
NOUS vote of the delegates.
= Party unity and harmony were
the Watchword, of. the delegates. The
action of. the three. other leading
candidates for the Presidential nom
inatiOn-Col. Frank Knox of Chi
'cago, Senator Arthur Vandenberg
of Michigan and Senator Borah-
in withdrawing in Landon's favor
paved the way for militant and
united front in the coming campaign
by the Republican party.
The convention adopted a plat
form of "Anericanism," pledging a
broad farm relief program, repeal
of reciprocal tariff bargaining, the
elimination of mOnOpOlies and Op-
position tO American entry into the
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26

the animal, they would be able to
obtain enough water to carry them
over a period of two or three days.
Possessing no teeth, states a
writer in the Los Angeles Times,
their jaws are hard and sharp on
the edge. forming a beak. This is
the means they use to grind their
food small enough to swallow. The
large shell protects them from any
attacking enemy. They are in real
ity their own foe. The males when
fighting strive to Overturn the op-
pOnent. When this occurs, they
have no means to right themselves
and are left to die by the victor.
Land turtles are sun creatures and
when night comes or the day is
dark and gloomy they seldom put
In appearance.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26
Tortoise Carries Water
in Travel Over Dry Land

The word tortoise is applied to
the land turtle. Sometimes called
the ground hog of California for
his habit of alternating during the
rainy season, there is still another
nickname that might be given. 'The
little camel of the desert" Locat-
ed under the hard shell is a men,
brane sack in which they store a
supply of water to carry. on their
travels far from streams and ponds.
From plant life growing on the
wastelands they obtain more than
enough moisture for their daily
use and are able to store up a
supply so large, that if person
suffering from thirst could locate
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26

delivered at Philadelphia on the
twenty-seventh of June.
The final speech of Mr.. Roose-
,yelt'S> trip was delivered at Vim
cenres, Ind, where he dedicated the
handsome memorial to George ROg-
ers Clark. He paid eloquent tribute
to that conquerOr of the Northwest,
and found occasion to appeal for
support of his own program. Said
he:
"In his (Clark'S) day among the
pioneers there were jumpers of land
claims and those who sought to
swindTe their neighbors though they
were poor in this worlds goods and
lived in Sparsely settled communi-
ties. Today among our teeming mil
lions there still are those who by
dishonorable means seek to obtain
the possessions of their unwary
neighbOrs.
"Our modern civilization must
constantly protect itself against
moral detectives whose obJectlveS
are the same but whose methods are
more subtle than their prototypes
of a century and half ago. We do
not change our form of free gov
ernment when we arm ourselves
with new weapons against new de-
vices of crime and cupidity."
In a series of rhetorical ques-
tiOnS the President defended the
AAA subsidies to farmers, soil con-
servatiOn, refOrestatiOn, and pres
ervatiOn of wild life.
From Vincennes Mr.. Roosevelt
went to Hodgenville, KY, for a brief
visit to Lincoln's birthplace, and
then his train carried him back to
Washington.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26
g western Newspaper Union

League of Nations and the World
court.
Governor LandOn in a telegram
read to the convention by his cam
paign manager, John Hamilton,
placed his own Interpretation on GER
tain planks in the platform. Under
the title of labor he advocated a
Constitutional amendment permit
ting the states to adopt legislation
necessary to protect women and chill
dren in the matter of maximum
hours. minimum wages and working
conditions, provided it is not p0ssi-
Bile to do so under the Constitution
as it now stands.
He likewise advocated currency
expressed in terms of gold and con-
vertible into gold, adding: Il rec
ognize. however, that this requisite
must not be made until and unless
it can be done without penalizing
our domestic economy and without
injury to our producers of agricul-
tural products and other raw mate
rails"
Concerning the merit system in
civil service, he suggested that it
should include every position in the
administrative service below the
rank of assistant secretaries of ma
jor departments and should cover
the entire Post Office department.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26
Senator Morris Again Will
Support Roosevelt

EOUR' years ago Senator George
l. Norris of Nebraska, independent
Republican,, warmly supported
Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Pres
idency, and he now announces that
he will again back the Democratic
ticket. He urges his cOuntrymen "tO
forget partisanship and come to the
support of the man who more than
any other man in recent years has
stood for the welfare of the COM
mon people"
The senator said the Cleveland
convention nominated a man for
President whose greatest asset is
that nobody knows him and nobody
knows what he stands for 1t does
not necessarily follow from this
that the nominee is not good man.
But it does mean that if he will not
take orders from the undisclosed
bosses who made him; then these
.",. eminent gentlemen have been de-
ceived"
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26
"The Bridge That Wasn't There %
BY FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter.

NJ ELL give good look this boys and girls from Dr.
W Alexander E. StrahGordon of East Orange, N. J. If you
read this yarn he going to tell you novel, you
wouldn't believe it could happen your brother told to
you, you'd tell him he was just plain goofy
Doc Srat Gordon thought he cracked himself when
found out what had happened And the people he told his
thought he while But here the simple
truth of the thing.
solid object. If amt
You can't dream out of place and then back again.
All of which
Seattle WASH
medicine Seattle he had received
Duwamish Head.
Patients Husband Thinks Doc Flew to Sick Room.
He his 1909 vintage
automobiles like To make the dirt the
them flooded
But twenty
away it Doc to him if he possibly could
The night pitch dark The roads unighted and
Docs horseIess didn't throw light the road
ALL There o Duwamish
took the shorter took him hour half
twenty miles, but when he got there his patients husband said:
GOOD gosh fast How did
to get here quickly"
funny, ne
His
worked
he her husband that everything
Doc Hears He Crossed Bridge That Was Out.
a starting
his husband the subject the
with which he had arrived.
you here anyway Doctor?"
you hy"
why the Side road, of course" said Doc.
curiousIy.
he bunty "The S
joking,
insisted the bridge being repaetha the nkng all off
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26

posed a lot Of re-
forms by which the
railroads might win
back the business
they have lost to
the truck and the
automobile. Among
his suggestions are
lower fares, lighter
weight, and speed
ier cars, use Of
busses and trucks
by the railroads to
m e t competition
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26

h u n q I G Il ana
fifty pounds. AS
every doctor will
SurmiSe, he died
of heart disease.
His weight eX-
plains the un-
necessarily early
death. y pump
breaks down if
you overwork il ;
a sixty -twO-year-
old heart breaks
down if you com
pei it 70 supply
w ith 0lOO d
food, drink, OXy-
gen too many
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26

mated for President
of the United States
by the Republican
national convention
meeting in Cleve-
land.
Nominated on the
. first ballot, Cover
nor Landon received
the unprecedented
number of 9S4 out
of a possible 1908
votes. The nominal
fInn NUnC m. N ~ a
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26

= hoped to run up to
New London, Conn,
for the Yale Har-
ward b o a t race.
That depended on
t h g congressional
situation. He had
to deal with the
lawn a kerS who
were all tangled up
in the controversy
over the tax bill,
and also to COM
plete his speech of
occantnDcn tO he
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26
Eastman Offers Program
of Railway Reform

lust as his office was about to
- expire, Joseph B. Eastman, fed
eral co-Ordinator of transportation,
submitted report in which he pro-
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26
President Returns From
His Western Tour

DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT re-
Il turned to Washington from his
tour through six western states and,
though he was rather tired, he
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26
Landon and Knox Are
Named bY Republicans

IN ONE of the greatest demon
l. stratiOns of popular acclaim in
the history of American politics,
Gov. Alfred NJ. LandOn was nomi-
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26

It's interesting to learn from Mr.,
Ripley that the first Cunard steam
ship did not carry as many passen-
gers as could be carried by one of
the lifeboats on the Queen Mary.
What. is more important, each life
boat has wireless apparatus.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Lightweight Lives Long
Eyes, Also, Work
Japan viii Oblige
The Russian Letdown

Gilbert X. ChestertOn, dead at
sixty-two, weighed more than two
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26

Russian sOvietism came quickly
and might go quickly; signs of
breakdown are seen already. Those
that do more and better work get
special rewards; engineers, chem
lists, scientists occupy fine apart
ments compared with those of ordi-
nary workmen. That is hardly
straight communism" Now Rus
sia will have a constitution and
house of parliament, important
steps in the direction of conServa-
tism.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26

The last chapter in the Lindbergh
murder and kidnapping tragedy is
written with the return to Colonel
Lindbergh of $14,6G5 held by New
Jersey as evidence against Haupt-
mann.
g King Features Syndicate, Inc.
WNU Service,
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26

Our railroads find it hard to make
money. but at least they are safe
railroads.
w. Averell Hartman presented a
gold safety medal from the fund es-
tablished in memory of his father,
Il. II. Hartman, to F. E. William
son, president of the New York
Central, which has not lost one life
in II years.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26

Tell your little boy and girl to in
clude in their prayers the following:
And please, Lord, do not send us
any more wars"
Uncle Sam recently began deliv-
ering hundreds of millions of bonus
bond dollars to 3,51S,000 veterans Of
the war-many veterans and big
bonus, for a war in which we were
not concerned until foOliShness
pushed us in.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26

South China thought she wanted
a war with Japan, and will prob
ably have it. Troops from a Jap
anese naval squadron land at Annoy,
Fukien province, accompanied by
the usual convincing flock of air.
planes.
War with Japan is the easiest
thing to have, if you really want it.
In Canton. South China's big
city, parades and mass meetings
We're organized to increase and eX
press hatred of Japan.
The Outpouring recalls VOltaire's
description of a glass of English
beer-"froth at the top, dregs at the
bottom"
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26

The French Premier Blum, first
Jewish prime minister in French his
tory, is man of unusual ability,
combining common sense with the
radicalism of his Socialist party. Mr..
Birchall writes to the New York
Times that there is fear of anti
Semitic outbreaks in France; OBJ
servers "see a groundswell of an
anti-Semitic movement in the vi
cious attacks of the right against
the new Jewish premier" French
: anti Semitism, according to Mr..
:BirchalI, has survived the Dreyfus
case, which should have ended it.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26

billions of cells.
Every cell in the body must have,
from a laboring heart, its supply OF
food and oxygen, pumped every sec
ond.
The brain, alone, contains thirty
thousand million separate cells, ac-
cording to Doctor Carrel. In his 100
surplus pounds, ChestertOn carried
scores of billions of useless cells,
each making an unnecessary de-
mand on the heart.
Do not let yourself remain fat
after forty if you would live to be
old. To become thin and stay thin
requires some effort of the will,
often more disagreeablc than dying.
At one of the ultra-radical work
erS' meetings in France, the red flag
displayed and the communist in
ternational" hymn sung, there was
radical and determined talk. Mon
sieur ThOrez told the meeting the
factories of France would soon be-
long to the workers.
If the plan is sent through some
workers would discover that it takes
more than a red flag and hymn to
run a factory and make it pay; if
factories did not pay there would
be no pay rolls. Brains count as
well as hands. The eyes carry no
load, but they direct the feet and
hands.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-06-26
Settlers Have Good Homes.

To reach a RhOdesian settlers
farmstead, you might possibly drive
20 wooded miles off the turnpike,
and, If it is after nightfall, hear
some stray lion gulping gutturally
in the distance. Yet, once arrived,
you find yourself in true home
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1936-12-03
BAPTIST GROUP MEETS
MEMBERSHIP GOAL SOON

"With 81.1 per cent results
from a 49.S per cent effort, the.
Five Thousand Club is comfort
ably beyond the 1000 mark"
Frank r. Skilton, General Chair
man of the Club, told messengers
to the Mississippi Baptist State
Convention at Natchez last week.
496 Chairmen and workers have
each secured from one to sixty
club memberships. 2270 women
of the Woman's Missionary Union
have joined. The women agreed
TO produce $500 Of the 5000.
Memberships of the Baptist men
total 1,727. There are 100 unal-
located memberships. "Only 90
workers have resigned" Skilton
stated. "and I am confident Mis-
sissippi Baptists can count on
those who are sticking to finish
the job in the next two or three
weeks.
Of the original $4,000, 10000
investment in their colleges, Mis-
sissippi Baptists have paid off al
but II per cent, The Five Thous
and Club will pay the remaining
seventeen per cent, 81 per cent
of which has already been assur
ed.
Chairman for District No. l are
Rev. C. J. Olander, Morgan City
Chairman, Mrs. Wegb Brame
Yazoo City, w. M. u. Chairman.
Chairman for Holmes County
Association are: DR.. Judson Chas
tain, Lexington, Chairman; Mrs
C. M. Bryan, Pickens, w. M. U.
Chairman.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1936-12-03
STOKES-RILEY WEDDING
INTERESTS MANY FRIENDS

A wedding of great interest to
his numerous friends throughout
the state was that of Nh. Joe
Stokes, Durant, to Mrs. Maudc
Riley. Warren, Arkansas, on
Monday evening at eight O'Clock
in Warren.
The ceremony was witnessed
only by members of the family
and was performed by the Rev.
Cole, Baptist minister at Warren
The bride has been associated
with the Dermott Wholesale Gro
Gerry business for several years
and will complete her duties by
the first Of the year and come
TO Durant to rseide.
Mr.. Stokes is connected with
the Durant Motor Company and
widely known throughout Missis-
sippi and Arkansas.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1936-12-03
JOHNSON-SANDERS
WEDDING THANKSGIVING

The noon hour of the Thanks
giving holiday found the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Sanders the
scene of a beautiful home we'd
ding when their daughter Ida B.
became the bride of Mr.. Alton
Johnson of Meridian, Miss.
The solemn but impressive rims
ceremony was said by the Rev
w. r. Haynie, pastor of the First
Baptist Church.
Relatives and only a few friends
witnessed this happy occasion.
The happy couple left immedi
ately amid hearty congratulations
and well wishes for Meridian.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1936-12-03
FDA COMMITTEE
TO HOLD MEETING

The Holmes county farm debt
adiustmemnt committee will hold
it's regular meeting at the County
Agents office in Lexington at 8
p. M, Monday, Dec. Z, according
TO w. l.. Jordan. chairman of the
committee.
Working on a voluntary basis
under the Farm Debt Adjustment
unit of the Resettlement Admin
istration, the committee has been
appointed for the purpose of help
ing debt-burdened farmers avert
cout liquidation either through
bankruptcy or foreclosure. By
bringing debtors and creditors to-
gether, friendly and amicable adj
.justments are reached, and unless
both parties r satisfied, there
is no adjustment. Over Ais
cases have been successfully IRON
ed out in Arkansas, Mississippi
and Louisiana since last fall.
Persons interested in seeking
the help Of this committee, which
works without charge, should
contact the rehabilitation supervi-
sor or extension agent of their
counties, lay their problems before
them, and they will in turn refer
them to the committee. Further
details may be secured from Mr.
Jordan, chairman of the commit
tee for this county.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1936-12-03
CITY ORDINANCE TO
BE ENFORCED STRICTLY

AT the semi-monthly meeting OF
the Mayor and Board of Alder
men Of the city of Durant Tues
day evening the town marshal,
Mr.. w. K. Durham, was instruct
ed to enforce the city ordinance
against games Of chane.
Dcring the last few weeks Du-
rant has been infested with
punch-board fever. No less than
a dozen a day were presented to
people who stay in their places
of business.
The ordinance prohibits slot
machines, punch boards and any
kind of game of chance.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1936-12-03
Q
KNOCK
BY Hazel Brannon

The stores of Durant have tax.
en- on a gay holiday air in the last
few days with beautiful Christ
mas decorations and a large as
sortment OF gorgeous Christmas
gifts. And the merchants tell us
that they are just beginning to
get their Christmas stock in. AT
this rate well have a wonderful
assortment from which to make
our gift selection. We need not
90 further than Durant to make
our purchases. And there's only
eighteen more shopping days un-
til Christmas.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1936-12-03
EVENING.

The clock ticks
On the shelf,
The dog ticks
His own sores,
A cricket comes out
Chirping a song Of cheer;
Before a blazing, cracking
Heap
OF burning logs piled
Deep,
Sits a lonely man dreaming
Listening to memories call
Yes, thinking:
"Of all sad words
OF tongue or pen,
The saddest are these:
1t might have BEEN
Patsy Stuart.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1936-12-03
g. TRAIN DERAILMENT
CAUSES Mali DELAY

Mail was delayed today at Du-
rant for several hours due to the
fact that No. 25 of the Illinois
Central was derailed this morn
ing at one o'clock at Eskridge.
No passengers were hurt, only
five express cars being derailed.
The derailment caused trains ],
2 and 5 to be routed around
Eskridge via the Y. and M. V.