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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-02-11
District Ranger
Cites Forest Book
w. A. KNIGHT REPORTS
ON NEW DATA

The 1886 Edition of the Forest
ry Primer published by the A
merican Tree Association and
distributed by the President,
Charles Lanthrop Pacq, among
the Country's Schools and Col
leges, is said to be masterpiece of
compressed and timely truth. If
the facts it presents were duly
appreciated by the public. our
economic future would be far
less problematical, according to
w. A. Knight, district ranger of
the Forest Service.
The Forestry Primer sets forth
the fact that in the curse of a
year nearly fortytwo million
acres of our woodlands r swept
by fire and rich soil washed away
by rains.
Far sighted Lumbermen and
practical conservationists remind
us of the great need of prevent.
ing woodland fires and of re-
foresting barren lands.
This year marks the sixty-first
anniversary of forestry as a
function Of the Federal Govern
ment.
This year marks the Eleventh
Anniversary of Mississippi forest
service and seventeen of the
eighty-two counties are cooper
ating with the Forest Service to
control woodland fires.
Holmes Cousty has n Gee
Camp Soil Erosion and n Park
The Soil Erosion camp is doing
a great deal for the county by
terracing and planting trees, last
season they planted 100000 seed
ling on s different properties.
This year their program calls
for 100000 on about 40 different
properties and it is very import
ant that woodland fires are con
trolled to avoid destroying the
seedlings that have been planted
at considerable expense.
Timber resources will always
be the chief consideration of for
est planting, but saving is an as
petit of the program which is re-
ceiving increasing attention al an
important part of a well rounded
plan.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-02-11
800 Refugees To
Arrive Here Soon
DURANT AND LEXINGTON
CARE FOR $50 EACH

CCC Camps at Durant and Lex
ington have received instructions
that they will get $50 refugees
each within the next few days. 1t
is not known where these refu-
gees will come from probably
from Memphis or nearby vicinity.
HI. f. Mari, Camp B%eauregard.
La, commanding officer of Dis
trict f, CCC, was in this County
and gave instructions Wednes-
day.
Commander Mari commended
the Durant and Lexington Off
Gals and officers at the Camps
for the plans they have made to
care for the refugees, saying that
they were among the best organ
lied in the entire territory. 8
The Durant organization for
flood relief has instructed the
Red Cross hat they can, if nee
essary, care for an additional 100
refugees, these to be colored.
They have already prepared for
$50 white people.
At both of the camps educa-
tional and recreational building
have been turned into Red Cross
headquarters and men have "a
Gated several of the barracks and
doubled up to provide room for
the people when they get here.
The Peeler Lumber Company
and Osier Lumber Company, Kos
ciusko, each donated 1000 feet
of lumber which is being used to
erect partitions in the barracks
for individual housing units.
The women and children will
be housed in one building and the
men in another.
Lieut.. Nugent Hill is command
ing officer Of the Durant Camp
and Lieut. Harold Gourgues is
in charge at Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-02-11
WPA Supervisors
Visits Project
ADULT EDUCATION
PROJECT VIEWED

A. l.. May, state supervisor OF
the adult Education project OF
the w. p. A., and j. A. Burris,
jackson, district supervisor, were
in Holmes County this week re-
viewing the project work in this
county.
Mrs. Robert J. Ham, Durant,
is superior of this County. The
project is carried on by the WPA
and sponsored by the Depart
ment of Education.
The state officials and Mrs.
Ham had a conference with Miss
Dorothy McBee, superintendent
of education in this county.
Teachers in Holmes county on
this project ire Miss Ethel Coop
err, Durant; Mrs. Jeffie Dodd
Durant; Mrs. Leila Edwards Lex
ington: Mrs. Raiford Killebrew.
Goodman; Mrs Susie Stewart
Coxburg; and Mrs. Overton Joro
an Coxburg.
There arc also four coloreC
teachers on the project. They are
Ethel Ingram, Durant Carrie
Garland. Goodman: Daisy Wash
ington. Lexington; Mamie Ellis
Milestone.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-02-11
Al CLUB NFMRFRS
TO HAVE CONTEST

Cash prizes Of $500 to $500
will be awarded 500 bows and
Girls making the best records III
the 1887 National Al Form No-
conn ing Contest. announces the
National Committee on Boys and
Girls Clpb Work,
Five other contestants whose
record books score HIGHEST win
receive merchandise prizes valu-
ed At 800 10 1900
Winners of the So5 prizes,
which total $4,000. win no sci
ected hv state ard federal ex-
Continued on Pare Four)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-02-11
NYA Aids Large
Group OF Students
TEN PERCENT OF EN-
ROLLMENT AIDED

Nearly ten percent of The
young men and women attend
ing colleges and universities il
the United States this year ar
learning a part of their expenses
through employment on thu
Student Aid Program of the
National Youth Administration,
Aubrey Williams, Executive Dir
ector, announced today.
Preliminary figures compiled
from reports of the state directors
for December, which are subject
to some slight corrections, showed
a total of 124.81S young people
enrolled on NYA projects in 1856
colleges and universities in 48
states and the District of Column
bia. Recent estimates by the U. s.
Office of Education place the total
college and university enrolment
this year at approximately 1,7SS,-
600.
Both the number Of students
receiving aid and the number OF
institutions participating in the
program this year show increases
over comparable dates for 1885.
Whereas in November of that
year 100 ,001 NYA students were
listed in 1902 colleges and uni.
versities. there were, in December
1886, 15,S17 more students receiv
ing assistance in S4 more colleges
and universities.
OF the total number of stud.
ents receiving aid, 1858 are
undergraduates and 5,235 are
graduates. Out of the total of l,
$50 participating institutions, 20C
are colleges or universities confer
ING masters Doctors, or profes,
sional degrees.
Total monthly ALLEGATIONS fol
college and graduate aid in Dee.
were 81, 1863, 143, according to the
state directors reports. This was
divided $1,770,533 for undergrad
uate aid and $98,6l0 for gradual,
aid, as compared with 1859 GA
and $4,000, respectively, a yea
ago November.
Mr.. Williams pointed out tina
the 1856 institutions of highe
learning which have instituted
student aid programs this yea.
represent about about 90 percen
of all institutions in the countr,
which are eligible for such aid
Eligibility requirements are tina.
the college or university shall b
non nrofi making and tax exemp
which embraces partially all de
gree-granting schools in 'th'
country.
"Such splendid cooperation 0,
the part of the Nations educal
ors," Mr.. Williams added, 81
one of the most encouraging as
Continued en- Page Fourl
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-02-11
KNOCK
KNOCK
By Hazel Brannon

There are many things which
are necessary for q community
to be abreast Of the times. Good
schools, churches, chambers Of
commerce, civic clubs, Libraries,
paved streets and a community
house. Durant has all these ex-
cept two Of the most important.
a Chamber of Commerce and a
Community House.
The price Of success is using all
your courage and ability to force
yourself to meet in a straightfor-
ward manner the conditions con-
fronting you; to thoroughly study
each problem Is it confronts you
until you understand it and then
strike at it's solution with every
ounce of vitality and preserver-
ance that you possess. The price
of success ZONES high. Few achf-
eve it.
Beaten paths are trod by beat
en- men for the most part. A man
of courage and vision beats out
a new path.
Perseverance is absolutely
necessary if I'VE would succeed.
1t is easy to slip back into a rut
which according to a friend of
ours, is just a grave with the
end knocked out.
There are still a lot Of good
people in the world. Witness the
eAgerness Of most people to aid
flood stricken victims.
$1,000
new pants factory at Am
DRY Viii pay 4 minimum wage of
1900 per week. -. which is bet
ter than doing nothing for the
person who has never held a job.
A noted stvlist says hat when
a mans depressed he takes a
drink and when a woman is de-
pressed she goes out and buys a
new hat. He failed to add that if
friend hubby had to pay for it
he probably took another drink
to get over the effect of the hat.
if it happened to be a late 1887
model.
The Victory Dinners which the
Democratic party is going to
stage throughout the country
March 4 to wipe out the party de-
ficit, will be quite different, we
imagine, from that famous take
a walk dinner of over a year ago.
The Brown Derby will NOT be
there.
No less an authority than Ben
Franklin said: "My son, deal
with the men who advertise; you
will never lose by it,
The Durant Business and Pro
fessional Women's Club has adj
opted a resolution to ask Mayor
Ed Howell to do something about
the large number of hoboes that
have been ~infesting Durant re-
Gently.
MUCH BETTER
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-02-11
j. Alb Armstrong
Dies In West
SERVICES HELD ON
TUESDAY

j. Alb Armstrong, West, died
Sunday, February 7, at the FAM
lily home in West after an illness
of several weeks.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at ten o'clock from the
Union Cemetery with the Lee
Undertaking Company in charge.
Mr.. Armstrong had been a res
ident of this County for many
years and has a host of friends
to mourn his passing.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-02-11
NEW BOOKS AT HOLMES
COUNTY LIBRARY
DURANT

JUVENILE
Adventures of Lappy Cushion
Tail Bosa Stera
Silver Wings .......... Hill
Paul Buyan Swings His AK.
Cormick Dell.
Romping Through Physics Gail
FICTION
Blackboard Days.. Sophie Poe
The Murder of Sir Edward God
frey John Carr
Bevond Sing the Woods .......
Gulbraassen.
Yang and Yin ........ Hobart
The Rolling Years Agnes Turn
bull.
Marriage is Possible : Widdemer
A Dream Came True =. Wynne
The Law Of the McLaughlins -.
Wilson
NON-FICTION
An Anthology Of World Poetry .
Mark Van Doren
Folksongs of Mississippi .......
Arthur Hudson
American Painting $500. Isham
The Secret of Achievement .....
Walter Pitkin
Queen Victoria ........ Strachy
The Nazi Dictatorhip :. Schuman
Birds of America.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-02-11

Have you ever noticed how
quick you lose respect for a per-
son who repeats some malicious
gossip they have just heard9
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-02-11
Teachers
Hold Meeting
OVER 100 TEACHERS
PRESENT

One hundred Holmes County
Teachers were present at a meet
ing of the Holmes County Teach
er's Association at the Agricul
tural High School and Holmes
Junior College, this week.
III. P. st. John is county chair
man and Mrs. Nick Walker sec
rotary.
The Program follows:
Song
Devotional -. Rev. E. w. Ford
Violin Solo -. Ralph johnson
Piano Ensemble =. Dorothy Jones
f. Metts, Pauline Rowe
Laura Melton
Rows Quartette. Two selections
Reading .......... Annie Terry
Address =. Mr.. D. r. Patterson
Announcements Dorothy McBee
Education.
Piano Solo ...... Dorothy Hanes
Round Table Discussion - c. Fl.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-02-11
MUCH BETTER

1t is better to strive and climb,
And never reach the goal,
Than to drift along with the time
An aimless, worthless soul.
II is better to strive and fall,
Or SOW tho the weed be tall,
Than to throw away day after day
And never strive at all.
Selected
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-02-11

Circle one of the Methodist Mis-
sionary Society will sell home
made candy at the picture show
Friday night.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13

said Marie, "she's worn out with work. She's old before her time. She wears old clothes and thinks old thoughts It cannot be otherwise, here in Beaulaire. ."
 Your mother" replied Jules sternly, "has the most truly beauti- full face in the village. My father says so."
 Marie raised her long lashes in surprise, and shrugged her shoul- ders. A week before Christmas the girl left the village. II have a position. During the holidays extra girls are needed in the stores. Soon I shall have money of my own. Soon I shall dance and go places with many fine people,
 "So that is what you are think ing," said her mother. But she added no words of advice or repri- mand. Don't forget us, child. Think of us at Christmas with the white snow about us, and the green spruces op the hills. Think of your father in the woods, chopping. Think of me cooking, and mend- ing and singing to the baby .. and nothing shall go wrong with you. Come home when it seems best. We love you"
 But Jules was silent and heart broken. You'll never be the same to me, Marie. again. Your head will be filled with idle notions. And to think you can go and leave us at Christmas"
 But Marie went And if they missed her sadly in the village where she was born. she worked hard. And because of her energy and lovely face, she was kept on in her position after the holidays. She sent presents home but she did not go there. She liked her new life.
 One year. Two years. For one reason or another she never found time to visit her people. She was doing we'll. She was thrifty. She went about with this or that admir- ing escort. And she smothered the occasional bangs of homesickness in her heart.
 Five years away. Now and then she heard from Jules. short letters
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13

a Christmas just like home right here? Plenty trees, if we can mus ter the trimmin s.
 Bob, the kid dishwa sher, was all enthusiasm. We've got popcorn. I've strung yards at home for mom. Sams got a harmonica, and Dave a Jews harp, an some of you fellows can sing. And I'll trim the tree"
 "The Boss wouldn't think much of a Christmas without kids" put in Dave. There's the Martins. They got a couple kids; we can ring them in. Twas by there t'other day an heard them talkin' about Santa comin'"
 Boss said Martin looks sort of beat out, too," said another. Sup pose we appoint Bob, here as a committee of one to extend our in- vitation for them to join us. I feel we owe them something, the way they helped us when some of the men had flu"
 Big Bill was jubilant with their plans. You fellows took the wind out of my sails, but you'll do bet ter job than could"
 "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" lead by Sam's harmonica, fioated out from lusty throats upon another star-strewn night
 Big Bill in a scrambled suit of red flannel and hemp beard was a satisfa ctory Santa Claus to at least two happy children. He hand ed out gifts to everyone. Sam had done his best on the feast that fol- lowed, and everybody joined in the "three cheers and tiger" for a jolly Christmas among the Oregon pines.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13
1 Holidau for Two J
 70 bq Luella B. Lyons

lLTHIS being with the family
 on Christmas is the bunk
 so I won't mind parking myself down there in Martinville, MT. Howard" Paul Boyd told his employer. That's how he found himself spending the holi lays in lonely little room in boarding and rooming house. His landlady had gone out to church services, he knew, but he determined to pass the lonely hours by reading, hav- ing prepared himself with a flock of new detective fiction before leav- ing the city.
 Before another half hour had passed, Paul tossed the book aside and began pacing the floor. Here he was alone at last on one Christ mas eve, far from too-cor cerned relatives and friends
 As the crowning insult, without a moments warning, the litt.e light that hung on a single cord from the ceiling, fickered and went out. Great day, this is the endi
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13

N 4 ARIE LA FARCE was the
 l\I prettiest girl in Beaulaire. A A Her dark eyes sparkled;
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13

wonder what they do here when the lights go out-go to bed, l sup pose!" he muttered disgustedly. But just the same he began scratching matches to hunt for possible kerosene lamp he might have overlooked. Five matches lat CT, he found a candle and lost no time lighting that. At least l can find my way about while getting ready to retire." he grumbled.
 But as he jerked at his tie, the unmistakable sound of smothered sob came to him through the hot air register. Paul wanted to be alone, but sobs did things to him and it took him just three minutes to locate the door from behind which was darkness and those sobs.
 All because a thoughtless land- lady had failed to provide the love- ly and lonely girl with an extra bit of lighting in case the rather unre- liable power company servi:e dis continued without notice, wasn't the only reason for the sobs.
 Being in a noisy city where folks are celebrating. asking all kinds of favors of you at the holi- day time, doing the same old par ties, family dinners and all that-I thought it would be nice to escape it for a change" she explained. Jean Hathaway. she said was her name.
 "Jean, I said the same thing and maybe we were both right only that-that," and suddenl, he be- came embarrassed but struggled on, that it is all okeh if you don't have to escape alone. Just one for company and for celebrating is about the right number. What do you think, Jean?"
 Alone together! It doesn't make sense as for English, but it does Christmas -edly speaking!" and the light of the candle burned high and proud on that holiday for just two.
 T-.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13
THE CHRISTMAS CAROL
 by Helen Waterman

"HE Christmas Spirit, if such
 sprite there be, must have
 A fled in dismay from old Silas Wentworth, for a crustier harder. less Christmas-spirited man would be hard to imagine.
 Yet Sally Blaine, his clerk and bookkeeper, had the temerity to bring Christmas into t.e store, stringing lines of tinsel
 Old Silas, coming to work, stopped and stared at this unusual addition to the colored globes and patent medicines with which his windows were adorned.
 Sally Blaine, rather frightened now, looked up Merry Christ mas, MT. Wentworth"
 Silas surveyed the store grimly. "Take it down."
 But Sally hesitated.
 T said take it down. More of your fool notions! What's this?"
 Dickens Christmas Carol, sir"
 He thrust the book on a back shelf. "Humph! Don't let me catch you reading on the job"
 "Yes, sir. I'm sorry about the decorations"
 At nine o'clock on Christmas eve Silas saw out his last customer. and began putting up the shutters. It was beastly cold, and his numb fingers were slow at their task. As he was about to lock up, he was confronted by two men, one carry ing a revolver,
 Let us in and lock the door," said the man.
 Silas. his teeth chattering from fear more than cold, complied.
 Now if you're quiet you won't get hurt, said the spokesman. My pal here has had an accident. 1 need some medicines. You'll be paid all right
 'Of course; of course," Silas an- swered, and brought out a stock of supplies.
 The wounded man spoke up. "Sorry to keep you on Christmas eve. buddy"
 Silas grunted. "Tommyrot.
 The other mar had been rum maging about the store. Here"
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13
AHouse Built Christmas Day
 =. by...
 Frances Crinstead

A HOME that was built on a "A Christmas day stood for a 4 \ long time on the old Santa Fe trail where it passed near Ar row Rock, Mo-, on the Missouri river. Though not quite completed in a single day. with the help of his neighbors on that holiday" about hundred years ago, Henry Nave got his cabin ready for his family and the day after Christ mas took them into his shelter.
 Of course the house was built of undressed lumber, felled right on his farm. When he had selected the location this pioneer cut down round poles for the walls. rafters and joists-the framework.
 MT. Nave had found some large, flat stones, and in the afternoon they dragged these into place for the hearth. Then of other suitable rocks, by much putting and pulling they built a fireplace-one of those great practical ones which served to heat the home and to cook ven ison, buffalo meat, corn pone and other "victuals." The exterior of this fireplace was wood, the stones providing fireproof lining.
 The mortar to bind the stones was chiefly mud; to obtain even this simple ingredient it was nec- essary to build a fire in the middle of the haf-constructed cabin and thaw the ground.
 But, writes this hardy woodsman, Tt was not many days until we
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13

K /ARIE LA FARCE was the M pre- ttiest girl in Beaulaire. Her dark eyes sparkled; her black hair framed lovely, viv- i'd face. It was inevitable that many young men should fall in love with her. Which they did. But chief among them was tall handsome Jules Gareau, the son of a wood-carver.
 Marie's mother was small hard-working woman whose beauty differed from the girls. Strong lines were graven on her face; and in her eyes shone clear fortitude. Madame La Farge's eyes looked steadily at everything, whether 1t was the snow which lay so many months about the small tight cabin, or at one of her children who had, perhaps been angry or selfish. So, while Marie's face was sweet and winning, her mothers expression was full of character.
 It could hardly fail that Marie should grow little arrogant un- der the circumstances. You are unkind to me-" said Jules one day. T have loved you always, yet you act as if it did not matter. And now you tell me you are going away from here" He waved his arm.
 What is that to your" Marie was dressed in bright jacket. full woolen skirt and high, laced boots. A red knitted cap was pulled jauntily over her curls.
 How can you ask such ques- tion of me?" Jules reproved her.
 "A girl cannot stay in this sim pie village forever!"
 But Marie" He reached for her mittened hand. His eyes, looking down at her, were filled with be- seeching love. We had plans to- gether, you and I. Already father has given me the land. Already I have cut the timbers for our house have you forgotten?"
 Marie laughed goodnaiuredly. You handsome stupid I must see bit of the world before settling down to . ." she nodded towards her own house where her mother stood in the door, calling to one of the children. You see?"
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-12-13

which related how her father had cut his hand chopping wood. How her brother had fallen through the ice and was rescued. How her mother was just the same. Every one loves her." wrote Jules.
 Then one day Marie happened to meet an artist named Tom Santos. You are so very beautiful, must paint you at once," declared this impulsive young man.
 Marie laughed at him, but 1t soon happened at she posed regu- larly for this brilliant painter. She liked his queer, jerky way of talk ing while he worked. She felt that she was lucky to be admired by him. One day in the studio he asked about her home. Marie told him little. rather grudgingly.
 You say you were born in Beau clare?" cried the man. How odd!"
 He laid down his brushes and went to a shelf. "One of the finest wood-carvers in Quebec made this. young man called Jules Gareau." He picked up a small figurine and held it in his hands.
 Marie felt quick trembling run all over her. "Oh,' she breathed, Jules never told me he had taken up his fathers work"
 You know him then this artist Jules?"
 Yes" she answered stepping down from the dias where she posed. Let me see, please"
 Tom gave her the small figurine as if it were something precious. Look at the pose" he said. Look at the old woman's face. Isn't she wonderful and beautiful in character? I'd like to meet her"
 You shall" murmured Marie in a low voice. and added, 'I must stay away from home for years. before I discover from stranger how fine my mother is. Come . we can catch the evening train"
 Snow lay thick on Beaulaire that Christmas eve Bright lights shone