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Evening star., 1937-04-04
DELECATESPASS
8 NEARBY BILLS
Prince Georges Assembly.
men Kill County Insur-
anCe Proposal.
h.f stan Correspondent Of The Star

| ANNAPOLIS, April 3.-The House
adopted eight Montgomery and Prince
Georges County bills tonight and sent
them to the Senate Immediately tc
pave the way for their passage through
that chamber before the State Assem-
bly, adjourns Monday night.
In the group was a new proposal to
repeal the 1885 act under which
wholesale beer distributors are licensed
to operate in Prince Georges County
at 5000 annual fee. The present
law would conflict with Statewide
measure introduced In the Senate.
The latter bill proposes to grant State
wide sale privileges to wholesale deal
ers handling beer brewed in Maryland
at $3.50 annual license fee and similar
privileges to wholesale distributors
selling out-of-State beer under i'm
porters' licenses costing $500 yearly.
Members of the Prince Georges del
egation substituted the new measure
for a bill which would have empow-
cred the county commissioners to
create their own insurance fund to
repair or replace schools and other
public buildings damaged or destroyed
by fire Insurance will be continued
with private concerns as a result Of
the move.
Delegation members explained the
insurance bill was laying dormant in
committee. 1t was therefore amended
and used to repeal the 1885 beer
wholesalers law so that wholesale dis
tributors in the county would not
be burdened with a double license
fee. The county will suffer no loss
of revenue from repeal of the law, for
the present fees collected in Prince
Georges go to the State anyway.
Charles c. Marbury. delegation
chairman, declared Gov. Harry w.
Nice will be asked to veto the repeal
bill unless the Senate's wholesalers
and importers license measure is
passed.
The House adopted the bill permit
ing the Governor to sell five tracts
of land owned by the University Of
Maryland to the Federal Government.
A similar law was passed In 1885, but
contained an error In the description
Of the property.
Federal officials are said to have
offered the university 100000 for the
land, which is located near the
Washington Baltimore boulevard and
Sunnyside road.
Approval likewise was given the
bill broadening the powers of the
Bowie town commissioners, permit
Evening star., 1937-04-04
q SENATORS PAT
ON 1917 WAR VOTE
Two Who Opposed Entry Of
IS. Contend They Were
Right.
~ the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
The 81 men now in the Senate who
voted for Americas entry into the
World War 20 years ago said today
they still stood by that action.
The two present Senator'S who op-
posed war against Germany still con-
tend they were right.
Commenting on the anniversary
Tuesday Of the declaration, those In
the first group who could be reached
expressed disappointment with the
wars aftermath, but said Americas 5
participation was regrettable neces-
sity.
Senator Neely, Democrat, Of West
Virginia added:
Except in case Of invasion, would
never vote for another war"
Senator Lundeen, heavy-set Mime
sofa Farmer-LaborHe, who said mo
when the crucial question was before
Congress remarked today:
ASK those who voted us into that
carnage If they are proud of it,
challenged them from the Senate f1o'r
oil flpI II U lhoG yNdIt anu NiIN4L cAANA4NS
was eloquent"
Sheppard Proud of Vote.
A reply came quickly from Senator
Sheppard, Democrat, Of Texas, who
has more years Of continuous service
than any other member Of Congress:
Voting to declare war was the
proudest act of my life; ! am prouder
Of 1t every year"
Regret at the necessity Of the war
was expressed by Senators Connally,
Democrat, Of Texas and Hayden, DEM
ocrat, Of Arizona, who, with the pres
ent New York Mayor, Fiorello La
Guardia, and three others, left the
House to enlist Nine present Sena-
tors were in the House at that time.
Suppose We had stayed out and
subsequently had An ambitious and
hostile power al our shores" asked
Senator Barkley. Democrat, OF Ken
lucky.
Senator Lewis, Democrat, Of Illinois
said: We were aIssailed in our lives
and property; We resented 1t and
punished the agsreSsor. And If We are
assailed again. make no mistake about
1t, we will again resent and pun
ish."
Borah and Johnson Views
Unanimously. the 81 agreed the Ma
ton has better chance now to keep
clear of conflicts. Some Of their
comments:
Senator Borah, Republican OF Idaho
I'VE see the last war accomplished
nothing"
Senator johnson, Republican. Of
California-''If We had possessed mill
tary might in 1917 the acts COM
mitted against us, which dragged US
into war, would never have been CON-
mitted."
Senator Byrnes. Democrat, Of South
Carolina-"We are better armed.
Money spent on the Navy speaks more
loudly than any words on the foor
of the Senate"
Senator Pittman, Democrat Of NJ
vada-"Our neutrality legislation V
help keep US from becoming G.
meshed."
Evening star., 1937-04-04

in, and the wasting depression, In
which all classes of our people are
suffering, would affect us only in
minor degree If we had kept out of
that war. 1t was war where no vic
tory was possible. The vanquished
suffered no more than the victorious.
while thousands and millions Of
men were killing each other in France
and Russia, other thousands, safe at
home, were coming their blood into
private gain and gold. 1t is always so.
The rich were made richer, the poor
poorer, here as in other countries.
Fewer people own more Of the wealth
OF the world today than ever since
the days Of the Roman Empire. II
they are not to own all Of 1t. this
tiny minority, while the rest Of us are
reduced to the status Of peasants and
economic slaves, certain vital reforms
are necessary at home, and war must
be avoided abroad.
although suffered some oetracism
and much abuse, and was condemned
by the foulest name of traitor for
my opposition to the war, am still an
optimist about life in America.
II believe that honesty in Govern
ment will regain its foothold that
civilization will recover-if it can pre-
vent another war-and that men and
women will some day be relieved Of
the struggle and will have the necessi-
ties, the comforts and even some Of
the luxuries of life assured to them
by their cooperative and sustained
efforts.
But let us remember, on this an
niversary of our calamity, that, al
though we were told by propaganda
that we went into the war to make
the world safe for democracy, there
is less democracy in it today, outside
of the United States, than ever be-
fore We went to war to purify the
soul of America-and instead we
drugged and paralyzed it. We went
to war to awaken the American people
to idealistic concepts of justice, lib
erty and fraternity-and instead we
awakened them to the mad pursuit of
money and an era of cynicism that Is
now ending. Such was the harvest
Of the World War.
II would rather make immense sac
rifices of immediate material inter-
ests and learn to live entirely within
the neutral world. by confining our
commerce to exchanges among the
nations of the American Hemisphere,
if necessary, than permit ourselves to
be drawn into another European war.
And I have no illusions that we can
prevent it by any kind Of inter-
vention"
Copyright, 1887, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Incl
Evening star., 1937-04-04
METHODIST YOUTH UNIT
DENOUNCES COURT PLAN
Washington District Council
Votes Resolution Expressing
Fear of Dictatorship.

The Washington District Council of
Youth of the Washington Annual
Conference of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, said to represent more
than 5000 members in the District
and Maryland, made public last night
. resolution assailing President Roose-
velt's plan to revamp the Supreme
Court. and asking Congress to reject
It.
The resolution said "the Presidents
proposal amounts to an unwarranted
attack upon one Of the coordinate
branches Of our Government, which,
II permitted to succeed, would seri-
ously undermine the checks and bal
ances Of our Federal system, pave the
way to suppression Of our civil and
religious liberty and lay the founda-
ton for . dictator"
Evening star., 1937-04-04

American Gold Star Mothers In
automobiles.
Aztec Club of 1847.
Daughters of American Col0niSts
(national and District of Columbia
societies..
Society of Founders and Patriots
of America.
American Women's Legion In auto
mobiles (Mrs. Charles Demonet,
national president).
Daughters Of ths American Revo-
luton.
6oos ol a. 4. Y.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
FIRE DESTROYS HOUSE
By q STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.

By Stan CORRESPONDENT Of The Star.
ANNANDALE, Va, April 3.-Fire
of undetermined origin last night de-
stroyed the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Greenstreet on the AMMAN
dale-Falls Church road, near here, with
loss estimated at 5000.
The home had not been entirely
completed and work Of finishing the
exterior Wa still under way.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Gets Trailer by Mistake

NEWBERRY, S. C. (P). Sims
Brown, jr., got a little worried when
he had driven for several blocks and
the automobile Immediately behind
him had not changed position. Finally
he stopped. The other car stopped.
too. He found it was driverless. Its
front had caught his rear bumper.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
DR.. STERNHEIM TO TALK
| ON SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY
Council Nominating Group Will
Present New Slate at April
12 Meeting.

DR.. Emanuel Sternheim, educator
lecturer and author. will address the
annual meeting Of the Council Of
Social Agencies at the Y w. c. A.
Seventeenth and K streets, April ~
at 1890 pm
His topic will be the PHILOSOPHY
OF Social Work"
The Nominating Committee will
present a slate for elections and the
application of the Goodwill Industries
for membership will be acted upon.
Evening star., 1937-04-04

Is Detachment Of bluejackets.
r Detachment Of United States Coast
uard.
Detachment of Naval Reserves.
4 Second Division.
e COL Oehmann and staff.
:, One Hundred and Twenty-first En-
nineer Band and l2lst Engineers,
6ieut. Col. j. s. Oliff, commanding.
Drum and Bugle Corps, 26oth Coast
rtillery, and 260th Coast Artillery,
lieut.. Col Walter w. Burns, COM
handing.
Field music.
r. Special troops 29th Division, Maj.
William T. Roy, commanding.
a Company A, 372d Infantry, Capt.
Arthur G. Newman, commanding.
Third Division.
r Brig. Gen Cox and staf1.
Drum and Bugle Corps, I'd Battalion,
18th Infantry.
Organised Reserve units, in order OF
march: 1S5th r. A. Ssigade (3l3th and
'3l5th Field Artillery, 320th Infantry.
s306th Cavalry, sl3th Coast Artillery.
Evening star., 1937-04-04

Twenty years ago merit Tuesday
the United States entered the
World War. Josephus Daniels Was
the Secretary OF Navy. Today he
tells why he belteDes the United
States is in better position to
keep out of such a furnace.
The Durant news., 1937-04-15
METHODIST CHURCH

Church school meets at 9:45, c.
Fl. Carruth superintendent,
Preaching by the pastor at IL o.
clock,
Special music by the choir,
Epworth League meets at 6 As,
Evening preaching service at 7 80
Missionary society will meet al
the church at 3 o'clock Monday
afternoon for program meeting.
A most interesting program OIL
Home Missions will be given at
z 80. Mrs. Joel Gulledge will have
charge Monday night, Mrs. Dan
Comfort and Mrs. M. T. Williams
will speak Tuesday night and Mr..
Carruth and the pastor on We'd
nesday night This promise to be
a most interesting series of dis
|cussions on The Country Church
On Friday night of next week
there viii be a Fellowship supper
lat the church, each one bringinp
an offering for the Bishops Cru
|sade.
The people generally are invited
to these services.
f. s. Lwis, Pastor.
The Durant news., 1937-04-15
Snp.rintendents And
Teachers To Meet
BUSY SCHEDULE AHEAD
UNTIL SCHOOL CLOSES

Holmes County superintend-
ents of schools and school teach
ers have a busy time ahead OF
them between now and the clos
ing Of school.
A series Of meetings, both coun.
ty and state wide, have been an.
|nounced and all teachers and
superintendents are urged by the
county superintendent, Miss Doro.
thy McBee, to attend as many as
possible.
Friday, April 16, all superint.
endents in the county will attend
a meeting at the Millsaps Build.
ing in Jackson at 8 80 o'clock
Taken up at this time will be the
budget for next year, legislation
and the purpose of the various
programs.
| Saturday, April II, the super.
lntendent of the Tchula Consoli.
Edated Schools at Tchula, w. r
lHuddleston, has invited all the
teachers and superintendent OF
Holmes County to attend a meet.
ing at that school.
A business session will be held
and the program will embrace
various points on curriculum i'm.
provement. Luncheon will be serv.
led.
The Mississippi Education As
sociation will hold its annual
meeting in jackson April 29, 80
and May 1st. State superintend.
ent Vandiver urges all teachers
throughout the state to be pres
lent.
On May Z all trustees of the
various schools are asked to meet
in Miss McBee's office to elect q
county school board member from
Beat-One.
The Durant news., 1937-04-15
Holmes Band Gets
Third Place In State
JUDGES VOTE GOODMAN
oUTaTANDMQ

Sunflower, Perkinston and
Holmes ranked one, two and
three in the state junior college
band contest held at Raymond,
April 10.
Solo and ensemble contest re-
suits were:
Saxophone solo: first-James
French, Holmes; second James
Hale, Kinds; third-Jean Black,
Jones.
Clarinet solo: first-David Don
aid, Holmes; second, R. P. Dent,
Kinds; third, Hubert Jordan,
Jones.
Cornet solo: first-Charles
Granger, Holmes; second, Jack
Huff, Jones; third-Vernon Gil.
ly, Perkinston.
Ensemble contest: Holmes,
Kinds and Sunflower ranked
first, second and third in order.
Judges of the contest were
Lloyd Funchess, A. M. Culpepper
and Lewis Hasselmans, all Of the
Louisiana State University school
IOf music.
Band directors present were:
H. E. Jackson, Sunflower; Kent
Amacker, Kinds; R. H. Longmire
Perkinston; D. s. Ogletree, Jones
w. G. Morgan, Copiah-Lincoln
and w. G. Shipworth, Holmes.
The Durant news., 1937-04-15
HEALTH OFFICER NAMES
DATES FOR EXAMS

Preschoo1 conferences for ex
animation of children expecting
to enter school next fall are an
nounced today by DR.. George w
Mast, county health officer.
The Parent Teachers Associa
|tions at Lexington, Cruger ant
Coxburg with their summer
roundup committees are cooper
.ating with the Health Depart
ment in these examinations.
The conferences are scheduled
as follows:
April 20, l P. M. West, Schoo
Building; April %, 2 P. M. Good
man, City Hall; April 27, l P. M
Ebenezer, School Building; Apri
|28, ! P. M. Lexington, Grammar
School; April 90, 2 P. M. Crugel
City Hall; May S, l P. M. Cox
burg, School Building.
The Durant news., 1937-04-15
Annual Track and
Field Meet Set 10Th
IEVENTS TO BE STAGED ~
AT GOODMAN

Everything is in readiness fol
the annual Big Eight Track ani
field meet, platform contests and
tennis semi-finals, which will b.
unreeled at Goodman on Friday
April Is weather permitting.
Activities for the day are sched
uled to get under way at nine o.
clock in the morning when thu
net tourney is slated. Singles anc
doubles for both boys and girls
will take place on the Holmes
dboule courts. Among the schools
to participate are Du.
rant, Walnut Grove, Kosciusko
Winona, Lexington and others.
Track and field events will prob
ably begin at ten o'clock and will
continue until well into the after
noon. The names of the competing
teams have not yet been announc-
ed, but representatives will un.
doubtedly come from Kosciusko,
who is perhaps the strongest con-
tender in the district on account
of the super-abundance Of mater
ial, an excellent coach and un-
rivaled interest and enthusiasm
Lexington, Sails, French Camp
McAdams, Tchula, Ackerman and
Durant will participate.
Contests for the boys will com.
prise the following: 100-yard dash
22O-yard dash 44O-yard dash, low
and high hurdles, mile relay, mile
run, shot put, discus, high and
broad jump, pole vault, while the
baseball throw, 60-yard low hur-
dies. high and broad jump, relay
and 50-yard dash, will constitute
the girls contests.
Capable officials to handle all
track and field events will be Sc.
lected and will be announced la.
ter.
BEGINNING at 7 80 in the even.
ing the platform events. includ-
ing boy and girl quartette, decla.
nation, piano solos and auartette
for BOYS and girls will take place
and following these the results
of the various track and field
platform, tennis and literary con.
tests will be announced together
with the victor of the annual
meet and to whom a silver loving
trophy will be awarded.
The Durant news., 1937-04-15
M. G. MCDANIEL rs
NAMED ROTARY PRES

M. G. Mcdaniel, president OF
Holmes Junior College. was elect.
ed president of the Durant Ro-
tary Club for 1878 at recen,
meeting.
F. V. McCullar was named v.
President and Wiley Brown was
elected secretary-treasurer. Char.
lie Ray was elected sargeant-a,
arms. The new officers will be
installed the first meeting in
July.
The new Board of Directors
consist of Leroy Paris, Louis
Longinotti, Edgar Howell and R
G. Elmore.
Next Thursday night the annu
al "Ladies Night" banquet will
be held. The occasion will mark
the celebration of the first ami
versary of the club.
The program committee for the
affair consist of William A. Ba.
con, Quitman Steed, William
Keith and Maxine Cathey.
The Durant news., 1937-04-15
Goodman Pastor
Dies In Grenada
THE REV. w. F. FARR
BURIED TODAY

Funeral services for the Rev.
w. F. Farr, So, who died Wednes-
day morning at 10 80 O'Clock at
the Grenada Hospital will be held
this afternoon at 4 100 o'clock at
the First Baptist Church in Gre
nada. The Rev. Norris Palmer,
Baton Rouge, La, will officiate.
The Rev. Farr had been ill for
some time. As pastor of the Good
man Baptist Church he was active
in affairs of the church through
out the county.
He leaves his wife, two daugh-
tiers, Ruth, who is attending Blue
Mountain College, and Frances,
attending Holmes Junior College;
and three sons, w. E., Jr., Of
Cleveland; Paul of jackson and
James, a student in Mississippi
College at Clinton.
Mr.. Farr was born in Meridi-
an. Early in life he became q
Baptist minister and pastored q
number of Mississippi churches,
including the First Baptist Of
Grenada for a period of nine
years, ending in 1880. Credit be-
ing given him in large measure
for the erection of the Grenada
Hospital building and the Ma
sonic Temple.
In 1885 the state Baptist con-
vention assigned him the task Of
saving the Orphanage at jackson
from an overwhelming financial
incumbrance. Within a year the
finances Of that institution had
been restored to healthy con-
dition. He then retired to again
become a pastor, his last charge
being the Goodman Baptist
Church.
The Durant news., 1937-04-15
Leading Industrialist
At Chemurgic Meet
SCIENCE COMES SOUTH
TO BRING PROMISE OF
STATEWIDE INDUSTRY

A Mississippi of today, awaken
ed to enormous industrial posi-
bilities and determined to shake
off fetters that have bound since
the Civil War and take her place
among the great agricultural-in-
dustrial states Of the nation, is
summary Of the Farm Chemur
gic Conference held in Jackson
April 1918.
Great deeds have been done in
the applications of science to
problems of agriculture and in
dustry, and the conference was
scheduled to bring to leading
Mississippians information on
what has been done and what
could be done to build Mississippi
industry and~agriculture by the
united efforts Of science, indus
try, and agriculture.
Products now imported from
foreign countries at a cost OF
hundreds of millions Of dollars
per year may be produced in
America, speakers at the confer
ence stated, thereby providing
markets for some SO million acres
of American farm land, necessitat-
ing numerous industries and pro.
viding work for many, many
thousands of men and women
The South, and especially Missi-
ssippi, with inherent capacity to
produce in quantity and variety,
was pictured as on the verge of
The Durant news., 1937-04-15
Recreation Institute
Held In Kosciusko
HEADERS IN HOLMES
& TO PARTICIPATE

Directors and assistant leaders
d the Recreation Project Of the
WPA in Holmes County will ct
tend a tri-county institute to be
held in Kosciusko Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday of next
week. Attala and Leake counties
sre the other two participating.
State recreational leaders and
The WPA Recreation Truck Unit
will also attend the three day
meeting.
The purpose Of the institute
will be to plan for the summer
months well-balanccd play
ground program in the various
counties and to train the assist.
ant leaders on the program
Included in the schedule for the
'three-day period will be liscuss.
ions and activities lead by Miss
Margaret Langston, state music
supervisor; Folk dancing, Miss
Lois Prophet, physical education
director of the state; discussions
on the summer playground pro-
gram, Miss Martha Field, Durant
Mrs. Ivy Rimmer, Kosciusko, and
Mrs. Edith Nester, Carthage.
Dramatics, Miss Margaret
Weisbrod, state dramatic super
visor; Metalcraft, Mrs. Rimmer
Weaving, Miss Velma Kealhofer,
Kosciusko; Woodcraft, Miss EN-
ma Sue Craft, Kosciusko; Leather
craft, Miss Field; Stagecraft and
Puppetry, Miss Weisbrod.
The Durant news., 1937-04-15
MCDANIEL RELEASES
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

M. C. McDaniels, president of
Holmes Junior College, released
a program of events for the next
few weeks which will involve
numerous students at the institu-
tion. 1t is as follows:
April Is, Operetta; April 20,
piano recital; April %, piano re.
cital; April %, platform events
at Wesson which will include
defamation, expression, piano So
10, piano duet, boys and girls
vocal solos and boy and girl quar-
tette.
May /, Tennis tournament, sin
giles and doubles for both boys
The Durant news., 1937-04-15
Homes All Clubs
Attend Rally Sat.
OVER 2s2 MEMBERS
PRESENT AT GATHERING

About 282 Al Club members
of Holmes County assembled In
Lexington Saturday for an all-day
program. There are ten All clubs
in the County and all Of them
were represented.
A feature of the day was the
address of Miss Olive Dowell,
Greenwood, district agent, who
gave an interesting speech on club
work
Other speakers Of the day were
Miss Dorothy McBee, County
Agent T. M. Williams and Miss
Aleene Elmore, assistant home
demonstration agent in Holmes
County.
Short plays were given by the
clubs from Coxburg, Lexington,
Centerville, Goodman, West and
Ebenezer.
During the afternoon parade
was held after which the club
members were given a picture
show party by their leaders at the
Star Theatre, Lexington, where
"a banner was presented Coxburg
for having made the most repres-
entative showing throughout the
entire day.
The clubs were judged on the
following: attendance of club
members and leaders, 40 per
cent; conduct through the day,
Is per cent; plays and stunts, 30
per cent; Parade, Is per cent.
Other parts of the program
for the day included: Song, "Fol-
low the Gleam', Invocation, the
Rev. Judson Chastain; address Of
Welcome, Cecil Ferrell, Coxburg; !;
Speech "My Trip to Chicago,
Ilene Holder, Lexington; Music
by the Lexington band for the
parade.