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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-03-04
Coodman-S unflower
Win Tournament
By--William Cathey

Taking an early lead and hold
ing the upper hand throughout,
the Goodman sextet displayed
true championship form to win
the state diadem from the defend
ing Decatur lassies by a score OF
36 to 30.
The victory was sweet revenge
for Holmes, as the losers had tri-
umphed in four regular season
clashes, twice by only n point
margins. The locals were primed
for the important scrap, however,
and took the floor a confident
and inspired team.
1t was the sensational goal
shooting Of Buna Hope, elongated
forward, who tailed Is points by
using her height and finger tips
to advantage over the helpless
Decatur guards that was a big
factor in the win, but Mabel Rob
erts contributed some excellent
floor work which also figured
prominently in the triumph. Both
forwards displayed some unbeat-
able fight under the basket.
On the other hand, Reba Echols
and Pauline Bailey handled their
guard positions very effectively
spreading a tight defense over
Decatur's supposedly high scor-
ing forwards, Durham and John
son, each of whom registered Is
markers. The losers recorded only
one point in the initial quarter to
trail 10 to 1.
Each outfit counted 13 markers
in the second period to give Good
man a 90 to IA lead at the half.
Holmes increased her margin
to IL points at the beginning Of
the third chapter to lead 80 to 10,
but the East Central girls came
back strong at the beginning OF
the final can to tally seven points
and trail 80 to 26. However, good
ball-hawking by the locals with
only several minutes left and
their II points advantage were
too much to overcome.
Had not johnson sank several
goals from long angles, the VIC
tory margin for the winners would
have been much greater.
Ruth Echols and Watson in
center for Goodman cavorted in
fine fashion on the floor, passing
fast and accurately.
Much credit is due Coach Frank
Branch for his gradual develop
ment Of the squad from one which
had only an in and out season to
one which reached the topmost
pinnacle of success by its specta-
--~--
Continued on page six
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-03-04
Strand Theatre
Opens March l5
ALEXANDER OPENS NEW
PICTURE CONCERN

March Is, is the date set for the
opening Of the Strand Theatre,
motion picture concern, according
to j. C. Alexander, owner of the
new enterprise.
The Strand will use only first
run pictures, according to Mr..
Alexander, and admission price
will be IL and 20 cents. Matinees
will be given on Mondays, We'd
nesdays and Saturdays.
The Strand is located on Front
Street next door to the Mansfield
Auto Company. The building is
now being completely remodeled.
The interior will be done in soft
shades of grey with beautifully
shaded lights.
The booking agency for the
Strand is located in Memphis and
Paramount, Columbia, Republic
and Universal pictures will be
shown. The opening feature will
be Gladys George in "Valiant is
the Word For Carrie" A Para
mount newsreel and a Popeye
short will also be shown.
Mr.. Alexander has already
moved his wife and family here
from Monterey, Tennessee, where
he sold his last theatre to come
to Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-03-04
LEXINGTON CHURCH HOST
TO DISTRICT SESSION

DR.. A. F. Haynes and his church
will be hosts to the Lexington
District Missionary Institute
meeting Monday, commencing at
10 a. m.
The program theme will be
making the Church Missionary
Minded" Speakers will be DR.. II.
P. Meyers of Nashville; DR.. F. H.
Peoples of C%ovington Rev. w. F.
Maxedon of Memphis; DR.. A. F.
Haynes of Lexington, and the
Rev. j. c. Gilbert Of Niche. Pre-
siding Elder G. B. Clayton will
have charge of the meeting.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-03-04
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

w. r. Haynie, Pastor
Sunday School 9:45
W. IL. Counts Supt.
B. 7. U. lis
Mrs. w. r. Haynie, Director
Morning Worship 1880
Evening Worship 80,
A special offering will be taken
for the churches in the flood sec.
tons.
The young people will have
charge of the mid week services
Wednesday night
Sunday School workers council
Wednesday night
Deacons meeting Friday night
Z 80.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-03-04
All State Cagers
Named By Group
FIVE HOLMES PLAYERS
MERIT AWARD

AT the conclusion of the annual
junior college basketball tourna-
ment here, coaches of representa-
tive teams, refree Harold Davis,
umpire Sheriff Knight and sports
writer, William Cathey, selected
the following all state boys and
girls teams with the various pos
itions being decided by balloting
FIRST BOYS TEAM
Prather, Moorehead, forward
r. Moore, Goodman, forward
Day, Goodman, center
Kicks, Moorehead, guard
McCarley, Scooba, guard
SECOND BOYS TEAM
Kicks, Moorhead, forward
Herran, Raymond, forward
McKinnon, Moorhead, center
Busby, Goodman, guard
Stone, Moorhead, guard
Honorable mention: Forwards
McKinnon, Moorhead, A. Moore,
Goodman, forward and center.
Harrison, Wesson, Vincent, Deca-
tur; P. Shows, Ellisville, Ward,
Wesson.
Centers-R. Moore, Goodman.
10. Shows, Ellisville, Ward, Yves.
Ison. GuardSNHerrington, Deca.
tur, Eubanks, Ellisville, and Nc.
Kay, Raymond.
FIRST GIRLS TEAM
Willoughby, Summit, forward
Durham, Decatur, Harris, Yves.
son, tie.
Watson, Goodman, center
Butler, Summit, center
Reba Echols, Goodman, guard
Bailey, Goodman, Fleming, Deca.
tur, Blackwell, Wesson, guards
tie.
SECOND GIRLS TEAM
johnson, Decatur, forward
Roberts, Goodman, forward
Adams, Decatur, center
Brewer, Decatur, center
Pace, Wesson, guard
Culberson, Dtcatur, guard
Honorable mention: Forwards
Hope, Goodman, Centers-Rutr
Echols, Goodman, E. Miller, Sco-
oba, Bush, Ellisville and R. Will
oughby, Summit.
Guards-Goings, Summit, Har-
dy, Scooba and Richardson, Ray
mOnd.
In winning a berth on the first
all-state team, Reba Echols, guard
was a UNANIMOUS selection, while
Maxwell Day, all-state center on
the first boys squad, nosed out
McKinnon of Moorehead by the
margin of one vote. Kicks, only
candidate to land a place on both
selections, received a total Of 10
votes at guard on the first team
and IA for forward on the second
team.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-03-04
q. G. MILLER TO
EDIT McCOMB PAPER

Friends of o. c. Miller, former
editor of the Durant News, will
be interested to learn that he is
now connected with the McComb
Daily Journal, owned by Colonel
II. Rey Bonney. Mr.. Miller will
hold the position Of city editor.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-03-04
Soil Conservation
Program Underway
5000 CHECKS MAILED
TO HOLMES FARMERS

Over five hundred checks amo-
uniting to 100000 have already
been mailed out to Holmes county
farmers on the 1887 Soil Conser-
walton program of the state and
federal governments, according to
an announcement of County Agent
T. M. Williams, today.
There will b cover six thousand
checks mailed out on the 1897 pro-
gram, Mr.. Williams said. Over IA
80 work sheets have been filed
for the new program.
The Holmes County agricultur-
al program for 1887 will empha-
size livestock, soil Improvement
and dairying. Farmers are being
encouraged to plant more corn,
soy beans, legumes and provide
pastures.
Committeeman ELECTED
A committee composed Of Claud
Wilkes, Mat Taylor and Sam Sid
don were unanimously elected to
serve as the Soil Conservation
committee for the Durant and
Bowling Green communities for
1887 in a meeting at the City Hall
Tuesday morning. Mr.. Wilkes act
ed as chairman in the absence Of
County Agent T. M. Williams.
About twenty-five leading far.
mers in this district attended tho
meeting.
Meeting were held in various
communities throughout the
county for the purpose of elect
ing committeeman to serve on the
ISoil Conservation committees in
1887.
Members Of each committee will
elect a chairman who will serve
on the County Board of Directors
Three members on this board will
elect a County Committee Of
three and one alternate. (
The Committeeman elected were
West, Emory, Edsville: Luther
Browning, L. II. Cade, ST., Mar
Jon Mcclellan and Harvey Brister;
Tchuia, Cruger: III. Nichols, e.
L. Hines, j. T. Thomas, Jr. and
w. L. Parker.
Thornton: T. F. Clark, E. 1.
Lyon, r. L. Wallace and R. G.
Calhoun: North Lexington: Joe
Moore, w. E. Grantham, E. Fl.
Fowler and George Auburtin;
Pickens, Goodman. Richland: j.
E. Chisolm, j. r. Killebrew, E. j.
Thweatt and w. j. Waits.
South Lexington: w. L. Jordan
w. s. Ship, T. A. Barrentine and
w. V. Frost Howard R. T. Kim
CROUCH, ]. A.. Hearn, Fl. l.. Brock
and P. A. Jones.
Acona: G. L. Downer, j. G.
Minyard, Haley Terry and J. A.
.Cade; Coxburg, Ebenezer: J. w.
Akin, J. r. Harthcock, X. D. Hen
ry and D. w. Humphrey.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-03-04
HOLMES FARMERS
TO SHIP HOGS

County Agent, 7. M. Williams,
IN cooperation with the farmers
of Holmes County plans a cooper
alive shipment of hogs from Lex
lngton on April 8. Anyone having
hogs that they would like to ship
are requested to list their hogs
with the County Agent by March
~ in order that they may be in
cluded in this shipment.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-03-04
H. L. HARRINGTON
ELECTED TO BOARD

HI. L. Harrington, prominent
druggist, was elected to the Board
Of Trustees Of the Durant High
School, at the meeting of the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen
Tuesday evening. He will serve
a five year term.
Other members of the Board
are Marcus Love, w. G. Martin,
Mrs. M. T. Williams and Hilliard
.Odom.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-03-04

The Pickens high school band
will present a concert at the local
high school auditorium Friday
March 9Th at 7:30. The entire
public is invited to attend free
Let's give them a large welcome.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-03-04
KNOCK
KNOCK
BY Hazel Brannon

We're glad to know so many
people agree with us on the park
inc in the middle Of the street
question.
One man said You were kinda
stepping on us out-of-town shop
pers last week, weren't your
We said: Why you don't mean
that YOU are an out OF town shop
peri
He said: "Well, / am when |
can't find a single thing / want
in Durant. / looked all owe town
this week for a pair of baby $
shoes n d could find only two
pair in town"
How about THAT, Mr.. Mer-
chant?
We looked for five minutes on
this typewriter trying to find the
question mark. We knew it had
one somewhere because it certain
ly doesn't know all the answers.
Next year we're going to raise
us some hogs so I'VE can have all
the country sausage and ham we
want. -. like that the w. j. Dodds
have out on their fine country
place at Centerville.
Well, we ARE going to have
some more tennis courts here in
Durant. Certain parties have gone
to work and real progress will be
reported next week. Several peo-
pie have come forward with offers
Of the use Of their property. For
that We are grateful.
We wonder what it'd take to
get Ed Howell excitedf Going in
to his drug store yesterday MORN
ing TO get a better view of the
fire behind his place we found
him calmly jerking soda in front
while the smoke came rolling in
at the back.
Some people think it's a sin to
laugh. At least you'd think so
judging the number Of times they
do.
A small town is a place where
most of the people do not have
enough business of their own to
tend to and have to spend the
majority of their time tending to
other folk S affairs.
Moving along with the world
is very good advice. But it does
MT make any difference to the
world. It'd just as soon move on
without you......and leave you
standing still.
Ad appearing in a daily news
paper: Wanted: A young wo-
man of pleasing personality who
does not chew gum to work in a
law office" We wonder how
long it'll take the chewing gum
manufacturers to sell Emily Post.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-03-04

Mrs. H. S. McMurphy, San An
tona, Texas, is visiting her paren-
is, MI. and Mrs. r. H. Hewitt.
Evening star., 1937-02-28
Around i'm a Circle.

The Commissioners apparently have
the right to ban parking part of the
day or all the day on any streets they
choose, as long as they do not mention
snow removal as the reason.
But when they link no-parking
regulation with snow removal, the Police
Court insists on shifting the air, exam
lining the weather forecast and otherwise
determining whether there is any snow.
No snow, no snow removal. No snow
removal, no parking bans in order to
facilitate snow removal.
So merrily we go around, the Commis-
sioners firing one regulation at the Police
Court, the Police Court firing 1t back at
the Commissioners and the poor police
chasing around between them with their
tongues hanging out-trying to do their
duty, whatever it is. The public, which
is not bothered now by any snow, enjoys
the combat of Tweedledum vs.. Tweedle-
dee regardless of its effects upon the
respect to which the Commissioners and
Police Court are entitled. The Commis-
sioners may yet be forced to the reality
of ordering bans on all-night parking,
not because of possible snow removal, but
because all-night parking tends to in
crease the traffic menace.
Evening star., 1937-02-28

the Government to obtain farms, busi-
ness men may next demand help of the
Government in gaining ownership of
the businesses they operate, or grocery
clerks may seek Government aid in full
filling desire to become grocery owners
Also, If farm prices are to be stabilized
and farm production controlled, industry
next can be expected to press Govern
ment for specific power to stabilize its
prices and to control its own production.
Subsidized home ownership Is taking
hold today both in the country and in
the cities.
A controlled agriculture, now in sight,
is recognized as just step away away
from a controlled industry. Both are
dependent on Government-controlled
finance.
The Supreme Court, interpreting the
Constitution, now stands across the path
of renewed and broadened experiments
in the realm of Government controls
over industry and agriculture. The real
Importance of the approaching battle in
Congress over the Presidents proposal to
change the membership of the court
stems from that fact. Once the barrier
is down, this country is in for renewed
series Of experiments in economic con-
troll, with the farm plans just Q sample.
q. (copyright. 1872
Evening star., 1937-02-28
Useful Period of Life.

The question of human usefulness as
related to "the time factor" is in the
forefront of the public mind at present
for many reasons. President Roosevelt's
theory that "old" men require the in
tellectual assistance of young" men is
only one manifestation Of the prevailing
issue The so-called retirement prob
lem" in the professions, industries and
trades is another.
DR.. Carney Lands of the New York
State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia
University, not long ago discussed the
whole matter from the angle of his
observation and experience. 1T Is
grossly unfair" he said, Ito expect .
man to retire at the age Of IS years, or
to bar an individual from new position
because he is past 40.' You can teach
Evening star., 1937-02-28
THE TRUE NEIGHBOR
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES FREEMAN D. D, Ii. d, d. c. L.
BISHOP WASHINGTON.

Edith Cavell. She loved and served.
The other, cardinal, namely, Mercier
of Belgium. This noble man is owned
of all men as the high exemplar of the
Christia., faith. Again, it was love and
service. There is no lubricant of life
that does so much to ease strain and pre-
vent friction as kindness-the kindness
that says to the discouraged and af-
f1icted: BE of good courage"
Take the recurring disturbances in our
industrial work room. what salutary
changes would we witness if beyond the
sanctions and prescriptions of law the
problems that arise were treated in the
spirit of neighborly kindness. The pre-
vailing method is suggestive of IAN eye
for an eye and tooth for tooth" Too
much on both sides of a given contro-
versy is the Shylock method of the exact
pound of flesh" The quality of mercy
hardly enters into the adjustment of diff
ferences, hence disorders, riots, blood
shed and a growing spirit of suspicion
and hatred on both sides. The whole
method violates every principle of
economy.
The true neighborly spirit applied to
inter-racial and international relations
is urgently demanded in our modern
world. The futility of pacts and legal
agreements has been repeatedly demon
strated Scraps of paper" they ulti-
mately become. Behind them there ap-
pears to be little of good will, and with
out this diplomacy tragically fails. Com
ity among nations can only come from
neighborly good will. Everything else
has been tried and we still live in war
torn world.
Applied again to our interdenomina-
tional relations. what need there is for
the true neighborly spirit. How it cuts
across denominational rivalries and COM
petitions; what salutary change it pro-
duces in the whole corporate life of the
church. What a commanding influence
the church could exercise if on such a
question as world order and peace it
spoke with one voice. The neighborly
spirit does not destroy autonomy, nor
does it make us all alike in form and
practice-it does compel and encourage
cooperation. One wonders where we
are headed for unless this ancient dictum
becomes the universal practice. They
helped every one his neighbor, and every
one said to his neighbor, be of good
courage"
Christianity at its best is neighborly
religion.
Evening star., 1937-02-28
Tell.Tale Green Slips.

One of the criticisms frequently leveled
against the tax on intangible personal
property is the relative ease with which
the tax is evaded by those who conceal
their taxables by simply. failing to report
them, The District of Columbia has
ranked high among the States in its COL
lection of the intangible tax, but its col
lection will be even more thorough now
as result of the green slip" provision
pfthe revenue act of 1885, under which
heome taxpayers must report in dupli-
cate some of the information placed on
the returns.
Such information, available to local
tax authorities, has already revealed
Some $500 cases of possible evasion in
the District Of the personal tax on
tangibles and intangibles, bringing to
light over $22,5O0,0Oo in taxables. The
tax evaders face prosecution in court
Evening star., 1937-02-28
Shooting Stars.
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON.
Amendments.

Amendments.
Amend the Constitution!
We often hear the cry
Which shows no diminution
AS years 60 rolling by.
When each amendments finished,
Let some one from the floor,
With ardor undiminiShed,
Move on to add some more.
And when 1t all seems truthful
And phrased exactly right,
It may, like playthings youthful.
Seem far more tail than kite.
Evening star., 1937-02-28
and the check Of the green slips is only

and the check Of the green slips is only
half complete.
The net increase to the local tax col
lector resulting from the green slip ex-
animation is yet to become known, but
it may be sufficiently substantial to raise
the question whether the proposed local
income tax will be any mere effective as
a revenue producer than the Intangible
tax for which it would be substituted.
Taxpayers who understand that failure
to report personal tangible or intangible
taxables to the local tax collector may
mean a penalty of twenty per cent OF
the ultimate assessment. plus one per
cent month, plus court costs and who
understand at the same time that the
revelations of their income tax returns
are available to the local tax collector
will think twice before concealing such
taxables in the future. They will, at
any rate, If they are wise.
Evening star., 1937-02-28

many an old dog new tricks. Many men
Of go or 10 could learn as well as 20
year-olds. If ability, personality and
efficiency are the desired human quail
ties, then some men of 80 are actually
superior to many who are 20. Since
these statements are true, why do we
have such rules as compulsory retire.
ment at S. or no one will be hired who
is over 40'?"
The psychologist explained that it is
common practice among students Of
mental character to classify subjects in
three groups-for the years between 20
and As, those between As and 65 and
those after IS. But, he insists: "The
individual capacity of the adult student
is much more important factor in his
progress than his age. A bright man
Of so can learn and profit by training,
while dull or uninterested man of Is
will not" He repeats: "You can teach
an intelligent dog new tricks, but you
cannot teach q stupid puppy anything
OF value"
Contemporary history, hasty survey
shows, brims with the names of famous
persons whose active usefulness has been
as notable in advanced maturity as at
any other period. Among such celebrated
"old" people, the following may be cited
as examples: DR.. Thomas G. Masaryk,
President of Czechoslovakia DR.. Adolph
Lorenz, Austrian surgeon: Sir William
Flinders Petrie. English Egyptologist;
DR.. Ivan P. Pavloff, Russian biologist;
George Moore, British novelist and critic;
Rev. DR.. Henry Van Dyke. author and
diplomat; DR.. Robert Underwood john
son, poet and essayist; Professor Albert
Bushnell Hart, historian; John Hays
Hammond, engineer and publicist;
George Eastman, inventor and philan-
thropist: Captain Robert Dollar, shipping
magnate; John Barton Payne, former
chairman Of the National Red Cross; DR..
william r. Hornaday, zoologist: DR..
George F. Kunz, gem expert and author;
William Nelson Cromwell, attorney; John
Philip Sousa, musician and composer;
Adolph Lewisohn. philanthropist: Cyrus
H. K. Curtis publisher; Daniel c. Beard,
Boy Scout executive, and DR.. Felix Adler.
ethical culture movement leader. The
genius of these men was not extinguished
when they attained threescore and ten.
On the contrary, as DR.. Lands wisely
argues, they were still actively and help
fully In harness at that moment Their
usefulness did not terminate with their
youth. Instead, it much more truth
fully may be said to have had new
beginning.
Evening star., 1937-02-28

II is universally true that we disclose
the finest qualities in our nature when
we respond to the ills and misfortunes
of others. That "a touch of pity makes
the whole world kin" is fact that tends
to restore any lost confidence In human
nature we may have experienced. Re-
peatedly in our life as people we have
given generous evidence that the heart
OF America is kindly and sound.
In the ancient prophecy of Isaiah, in
the sixth verse of the forty-first chapter,
there is a passage that has peculiar
pertinence to what we have in mind. This
single verse might well be called twen-
tieth century text for a world that has
been bewildered and disillusioned by the
stern experiences through which it has
passed. Writing of an ideal condition Of
life, the prophet says: They helped
every one his neighbor, and every one
said to his neighbor. be of good courage" ;"
In the verse that follows we have the
application of this standard OF generous
and cooperative service The writer
goes on to say that the craftsman readily
and gladly, each in his place, did his part
in furthering the interests OF all. so
the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith,
and he that smootheth with the hammer
him that smote the anvil" etc.
In consonance with this ancient word
we have Christ setting forth as His Sec
ond great command: Thou shalt love
thy neighbor as thyself"
In both passages the law of kindness
is given supreme place. What pre-
scription is furnished here for a dis
tracted and confused world. Is there
any new or modern remedy that tran
scends this one; is there any panacea for
human ills more urgently needed? 1t is
a suggestive fact that those who have
most consistently exemplified this kind
of neighborly kindness have been held
in deepest affection by their fellows. 1t
is not. as Shakespeare says. the evil that
men do, but the good that lives after
them. Over the tomb of Lord Shafts
bury, in Westminster Abbey, two words
are inscribed suggestive of the excelling
virtues of the man: Love, Service" ,"
Whatever may have been his other gifts,
he was remembered for his kindness and
the generosity of his service to his fell
lows. The two outstanding figures OF
the World War did not bear arms, nor
did they command host The one
woman, is cherished by her countrymen
above her great field marshals, namely,