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Evening star., 1937-03-25

Friday SbeciaI
Marquisette Curtains, 'I''0
100 pairs ruf11ed dotted marquisette good quail
ity in cream color. "a yards long.
pairs Filet Curtains tailored style in color
2L wards long Special
100 pairs Tailored Marqusette Curtains color
rayon marquisete in color Special pair--95c
Is Pillows with afea, chintz damask covers slightly
soiled Originally ST. to $295. Now-------------39c
Is Window Shades assorted sizes and colos Reduced
to 25c
Large Group Of TaYeta Bed Spreads, single double
sizes. Greatly Reduced.
DRAPERIEs SEVENTH FLOOR.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Juveniles Dresses

Juveniles Dresses
9O' Originally s.
80 cotton frockS in interest
ing prints. Sizes 4 to 617.
10 Boys Covert Cloth Suits in
blue and brown. Originally
1928. Now
10 Juveniles White Berets.
Originally 75c and 81. Now 45c
JuvBNILEs' APPAREL,
FOURTH FLOOR.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Glass Stemware, 45e va, sss

112 pieces crystal glass stemware including dec
Grated finger bowls, fruit juice and beverage
glasses
Crystal Glass Salad Plates Were 81.
Metal Beverage Trays Originally $3.50. Now------Sec
Odd Pieces Of Glassware greatly reduced.
GLAsswARE, FIFTH Floor
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Playing Card Cases, 'l'2'

Were 81
IL imported leather playing card cases with decks
of cards and score pad Assorted colors.
Large Glass Vase, black and silver Originally
con Now ------ $3.50
hand decorated tin Were $l25 NOW 7oc
Solid Maple Swivea-Top Table Was $345 Now$z4s
SHOP SEVENTH Floor.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
SiIverware Reduced

IL Sterling Beverage Cups stemned Were 50 eAch
Plated Silver Console 3-piece Was $l6 set. Now.
l Plated Silver Relish Dish engraved P. Was s..
Nov -- 81. 50
Plated Silver Platter. Was $295 Sl'oo
l pair Sterling Silver Candlescks. Were $3.50 Now,
nair --------- 81
Candelabra. Was $4 So
Plated Silver GRAVY Boat Was $3.50 Now---S45o 50
Plated Silver Trays $3.50. SO
Plated Silver Trays grape pattern. Were s225o.
SILVER ROOM FIRST FLOOR.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Linen Luncheon Sets Reduced

Pure linen crash luncheon sets with pastel green
borders. Slightly soiled Or mussed. Each set IN
cludes six napkins
IL Sets cloth 63x63. Were $1.75. Now--------Nls
II Sets, cloth 52x67. Were 81. IS. Now----------N
Sets cloth 54x54. Were $135. Now--------------ssc
FANCY LINENS, srconD Floor
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Luggage, Special 8

10 fitted cases for women at this special price
Doctors Bas Was
l Brief Case Was $3.50
Underarm Brief Fold Was $6. Now-------------$4so
Fitted Was $40.
LUGGAGE, FOURTH Floor.
Evening star., 1937-03-25

FURNITURE, Sixth FLOOR.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-26
ADVERTISING CONSISTENTLY

Over in Collins, Mississippi, a contest was held to see
which citizen could write the best essay on why Trade
With Your Home Merchant. . Not a single contestant quail
fled for the contest, according to The News-Commercial, pa
per published in that town.
That is what we'd call q colossal flop.
But, wait, let's see why the contest was such a failure
and why none could fairly claim the $1,000 prize offered.
The "Trade at Home'' advertising was solicited by a
high pressure salesman who charged 45O for space that the
merchants wouldn't have paid the local paper fifty cents for.
Which all goes to prove that advertising consistently is the
only way to advertise.
ALL advertising should be well-planned and systematic.
Sporadic advertising seldom does any good, unless you're
giving something away. Even the newspaper itself doesn't
benefit very much for it does not give the same results as
systematic advertising and the advertiser does not feel that
he has achieved enough results to warrant his expenditure
Of funds.
That advertising regularly does pay is a well known fact
and can be seen very readily from the fact that every big
business in this country is a consistent advertiser.
Merchants, expand your business and increase your trade
territory by advertising! The News is prepared to help you
solve your individual problem.
When Mark Twain edited a newspaper in Missouri, one
of his subscribers wrote him that he had found a spider in
his paper and wished to know whether it meant good luck
or bad. Twain replied: Finding a spider in your paper is
neither good luck nor bad. The spider was merely looking
over our paper to see which merchant was not advertising,
so that he could go to that store, spin his web across the door
and lead a life of mdisturbed peace ever afterward."
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-26

something about an agricultural
control bill. And to the talk OF
lost prestige the New Dealers
cme back with the reminder that
much the same things were be-
ing said back in the fall of '35
and the spring of '36.
After that came the election
of forty-six states to two; of 523
electoral votes to 8. Oddly enough
it is just that overwhelming VIC
tory that has given is the most
fruitless and timewasting session
Of congress in history. Every
buck private on the winning side
looked at himself in his mirror
and privately decided that he
was the Napoleon who won the
day. They went to Washington
and traded votes and switched
votes and played politics gener-
ally, secure in their belief that
they had been given a free hand
by the 'peepul'.
Now, as congress gets ready to
go home the wise ones are begin
ming to wonder. There's a rum0r
just a rumor-that Congressman
are no longer elected to use their
judgement. They're elected to
vote as they are told by the
majority of the folks back home.
In Washington there are no bet
on a sure thing. Therefore no.
body in Washington today is will
ing to put himself publicly on re-
cord to whether-if another ele-
elton were to be held this year.
The result would be materially
different from nineteen thirty
six.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-26
TEACHERS AND MALADJUsTMENT

Interesting to some parents who have been told by little
Johnny's teacher that he is maladjusted and a few other
things besides are the findings of a woman psychologist in
Texas that 33 percent of the teachers are emotionally maad-
justed. and IL per cent of them in need of psychiatric adj
vice.
Only 10 per cent were well adjusted and 48 per cent
average.
Much space is taken up in textbooks and periodicals on
maladjusted children and how to treat them, etc. Rarely is
anything said about mentally instability and maladjustment
in teachers who have the responsibility Of children.
So maybe the next time the teacher tells you little John
NY or Mary is below psr in something, take her to a
psychiatrist. Maybe there's something wrong with herl
eve know there was with the red-headed hot-tempered
teacher who once turned us over her knee and administered
a sound spanking with a shoe. She's still unmarried and
teaching schoolD
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-26

Washington, ID. c. There
haven't been so many real hard
feelings in the Capitol since Dolly
Madison tucked her silver spoons
in her apron and kited down the
steps of the White House three
jumps ahead Of King Georges
grenadiers. Time was when Sena-
tor this and Senator that could
stand up on the floor of the
chamber and Lambaste each
other and then go out, arm in
arm, to have dinner at the New
Willard-To the scandal of the
voters who had thought all along
it was a grudge fight.
Today every fights a grudge
fight. The Anti New Dealers will
whisper in your ear that Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt is through.
They point to the Wage-Hour
Bill and a score Of other admin
istration measures which have
been sidetracked, checked, re-
jected. Yes, F. d. r.. is all wash
ed up = Prestige gone - with
only a mere handful of still daz-
zed followers stumbling after
him on his retreat from Moscow.
And there are some who go so
far as to say that if he isn't i'm
peached it will be because OF
sheer kindness Of heart on the
part of his opponents.
Listen to the other side. The
President, his supporters admit,
has had a number Of his pet
projects shelved. But, they
chuckle, he effectively upset the
opposition applicant with his
nomination of Senator Black to
the Supreme Court. Lawyers may
moan and big business throw up
it's hands in despair but labor
approves him and the deep South
is tickled to see an ALBANIAN on
the bench. And, say the new deal
ers, the President has shown he
can get tough. The broad Roose.
welt hand no longer greet oppon.
ents. The Members who went to
the white house to plead for
emergency crop loans found they
couldn't get 'em unless they did
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-26
THE POsTOFFICE

Someone said to us: 81 liked your piece about the new
postoffice. / really think it's wonderful but / haven't heard
anyone else say anything about it. You seem to be the only
one that wants it,
Well, my good friend, all we can say is this. We know
the city Of Durant needs a new postoffce along with a lot
of other things that perhaps it can't get.
We feel that it is possible for Durant to get the new
~postoffice by working for it. We feel, perhaps, that our
enthusiasm might be contagious and other people will start
working on the project.
That's what a newspaper is for, you know, to try to
serve the best interests Of a town. As long as we're in Du-
rant we are going to try our dead level best to do that. Or
quit.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-26
LIVING COSTS AGAIN

The editor Of the Oxford Eagle, one Of Mississippis best
weekles, evidently agrees heartily with this writer that the
Southern differential as to living costs of labor in the
south is just one of those ideas that people have accepted
as being true-and an idea far from the truth.
This can be seen by reading the comment of Editor Null
len after reprinting our editorial of a week ago. We quote:
"The fact is quite apparent to anyone who has
lived in other sections of the nation that cheap living
in the south is indeed a myth. Perhaps people can
exist a little cheaper down in Dixie but existing and
living are not just the same.
1--WE are inclined to believe the only way that
the south can build up a firm foundation Of prosper
ity is to be abandon the old belief that her labor
should be cheaply paid and live in the most adverse
conditions.
''How can any section be prosperous if the
greater proportion of the population has an income
that scarcely covers the bare necessities of existence?
SO long as the south is at the bottom in purchasing
power it is likely to remain well toward the bottom
in prosperity and material wealth.
We say amen and more to all of these sentiments.
The sooner the south realizes that industry of itself doesn't
necessarily guarantee permanent prosperity to a section the
sooner it will be headed for better things.
Industry gets only what it pays for in labor. There is
no such thing as cheap labor and the sooner the south stops
trying to attract a bunch of two-bit industries by promise of
t'cheap labor the better off it will be.
To our notion a laboring man is better off picking cot
ton out in the open air and sunshine than shaving away at a
nine dollar a week job in any factory that was ever erected
anywhere in these United States. The difference in doctor
bills and outlook on life alone are enough to make a case
for the farmer.
The person who accepts, without question, the state
ment that living costs in the south are much cheaper than
in other sections is either ignorant of those costs are is just
the type Of person who would go on the rest of his life be-
lieving the world is square unless someone shows him differ
emily.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-26
Editorials
A GREAT EDITOR PASSES

To the Kosciusko ii staff we extend our sincere
sympathy in the loss of your great father and editor.
Ours was not the pleasure to know Wiley Sanders per-
sonally. Only through the medium of his editorial page and
that only for a few months has it been our privilege to know
and observe the great man who occupies in the annals OF the
Mississippi Press a lasting and permanent place that time
will not obliterate.
Small consolation is found in words and tears at such a
time as this. We can only say to you, Stokes Sanders, and
your coworkers-you have a noble and great heritage.
Carry on.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-26
STABILITY AND CHARACTER

AT this era it is SO simple to acquire the habit
Of fitting from one problem to another mentally
and physically. Place enters into it, also. 1t is so easy
to drift from location to location, not making any
ties that bind nor contacts that might become per-
manent or obligatory. People hesitate and try to
avoid becoming property owners. They excuse them
selves on the basis Of non permanence of citizenship.
Seasoned and experienced business men maintain
that any man becomes a better citizen when he be-
comes a property owner. He thinks Of the town as
his town and it's interests become his interests.
Many people do not want that feeling of permanence,
they strive to prevent any deeprootedness lest it be-
come painful when the time comes to drift on"
Thus speaks Editor Mabry Of the Newton Record. And
he is so right.
Everywhere we 60 we see all around us people who have
no desire to take part in ANYTHING that does not directly
concern them. They are so selfish that nothing interests them
except something meaning dollars and cents and personal
gain. They do not care to le,d their efforts and energies to
community -~upbuilding or anything else that might need to
be done.
Stability Of character Iri makes a person give the best
within himself to those around him regardless of time and
place is a beautiful trait Of character that will surely receive
heavenly reward.
For there are so many parasites.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-26
DON'T WEEP, MIR. FARMER

Mr.. Farmer don't weep when you get only $25 more or
less for your cotton seed. don't weep, for you have only
yourself to blame in a way.
just what, for instance, are YOU doing to promote the
sale and use OF products made from cotton, SET
How many Of you use shortening for seasoning instead
Of pure lardf
Be honest, now. Don't you specify PURE LARD when
you 60 into the store to buy?
Maybe you don't know that one cent on shortening
represents about 800 per bale on cotton seed? That's just
about the ratio.
But your specifying PURE LARD doesn't help the price
of cotton seed one bit.
We can understand it.
Shortening made from cotton seed oil costs about two
and one-half cents less than pure lard and goes one-third
further. And the increased use of shortening would put mil
lions of dollars in the pockets of southern farmers because
Of the increased value Of cotton seed.
And everybody knows that shortening is so much better
for the digestive system and the palate Of the individual that
there is no comparison at all.
We just can't understand it.
Can youq
1t looks like the farmer is his own worst enemy.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-26
MULE-CoLT SHOW SUCCESSFUL

Nearly 1000 people attended the annual Mule and Colt
Show held at Lexington last Friday and 265 stock entries
were made.
Members Of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Lexing-
ton and County Agent Williams and his workers did a JAM
up job in planning the entertainment and feeding Of so many
people.
The affair was a success in every way and credit for
it goes to everyone cooperating in the annual event.
We're for bigger and better mule shows every year!
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-26

Many women, who formerly
suffered from q weak, run
down condition as a result Of
poor assimilation Of food, say
they benefited by taking CAR
DUI, q special medicine for
women. They found 1t helped
to increase the appetite and
improve digestion, thereby
bringing them more strength
from their food.
Naturally there is less dis
comfort at monthly periods
when the system has been
strengthened and the various
functions restored and regu-
lated.
Cardui, praised by thousands Of
women, is well worth trying. OF
course, II not benefited, consult .
physician.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-26
THE DURANT NEWS

30 let S cut down some Of this talk about industrializing
our beautiful southland and concentrate not on industry
especially but Desirable Industry.
There's a world Of difference in the two.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-08-26

FOR RENT Furnished apart
ment, 2 large rooms. Modern con-
veniences. Convenient to bath.
Mrs. T. II. Moore, 100 Depot st.
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-13
Things You Forget

Things You Forget
Unless you are the type of woman
who practically makes fetish Of
her good looks, yos will find that
You are sunstantls forgetting Ger.
taiR smsh details about pour ap.
pearanee.. 49,,
Some women will be we'll groomed
except for rundown heels on their
shoes. Most women, who quite
naturally hate shoe cleaning, will
20 out perfectly, dressed except for
badly polished shoes.
Come women are careless about
shoulder straps on underwear. and
spoil an otherwise perfect evening
outfit by letting these straps hang
out carelessly In view.
What are your careless poihtsf
Guard Against careiessness
Form the habit Of giving yourself
an examination once week. Your
hair should be sllampooed every two
weeks, and. if shingled, the back
part trimmed once every three
weeks.
The nails should be manicufed
once a week; but every night they
should be scrubbed. bleached, oiled.
ahd tie cuticle pushed back.
The elbows should be coated with
hand lotion once or twice day. and
at bed time they should be rubbed
with little oil or cold cream.
Thick or badly-shaped eyebrows
should be plucked or reshaped once
a month, and once week they
should be examined carefully and
every noticeably bad hair plucked
utit.
You cap never 60 far wrong IL
your hair, complexion, eyebrows,
nails and elbows look perfect. And
weekly check will keep them look
ing SO.
A weekly check of your wardrobe
is alsu essential.
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-13

,,tsots: This, IsttsE. ssbmsaesf, by
Mlss Mamie Gns Ptets g Cleveland,
80, In the nation. Wide contest con-
Quoted BY the Larieuss esauts Fcan'
dation.,
The woman who ls always the
most popular, whose eohnpA aicnkhlii
4 most sought ts ,tts woman who
ID ths. faSest of her crowd. We all
geek happiness, and unconsciousiy
expect to nnd II In the society Of
those who are already happy.
II you are not naturally happy.
no advice of mine or any, ohe's else
will make you 3D.. Bit ] can sug-
gest 1 way to make yourself seem
gay and carefree even II you are
not. That is to wear gay and friv.
olous cOlors, and color combina.
tions, and to choose jewelry and
ornaments Of the same type:
The first rule t8 remember is that
hp matter how good looking the or
Rifieht is in itself. it Is no good to
you unless ii has real decorative
value.
Just TO make It harder, will as
sumo that you are working woman
with IL limited allowance, and that
you therefore wear dark col1rs, FOR
economy. @oliiti Suggest, then,
that stii wear il bright orange scarf
Which will add gaiety to your
brown, black or blue suit. or even
10 a dark green suit.
Thrust q feather or bow of the
same color into your hat. tuck an
orange silk handkerchief in II pocket
somewhere, and YOUR outfit is
cheered M Try lacquer red In the
snnle way, or Il smart wOOlen plaid
in ja,lr green. or vivid blue and yeI
low. which will have the same eff
feet. If Snu wear dark fur coat
wear plaid wool or figured silk TN
der n
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-13

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B 7. p. U. $50 p. N
'EveniAg service 8 ?. m rs.
Prayer Ineeting every Wednesday
evening. . ?. n -
Rev. L. w. Harris, pastor.
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-13
ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH

314 18th Ave. So.
Rev. III. Reddick, pastor
Sunday School-9:45 a. m.
Morning Worship-11:00 a. m.
Allen Christian Endeavor-6:30 p,
m.
Evening Worship-7:45 p. m.
Mid-week Prayer Service, Wednes-
day, 7:45 p. m.
"Come worship with US and we
will do you good"
Twin-City herald., 1937-03-13

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BEAUTY = ROMANCE
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fhe LEsieuse Beauty Foundation was established
by the oedsfroy Manufacturing Company 70 ssudy
methods OF preserving Wonen'a natural beauty,
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-22

Two thousand workers who had
fought to save the st. Francis river
levee from Cardwell to Kenneth,
Mo-, fled for their lives when U. s.
engineers abandoned the fight
Tributaries of the Mississippi broke
through leveeS and swept into towns
Of southeast Missouri and north
east Arkansas, isolating four and
sending 5000 men, women and chill
dren scurrying to the hills.
Much Livestock Lost
Hundreds of head of livestock
were lost in the flooded areas
Rescue crews, modified hastily
worked through the night to give
relief to the homeless. State eXecu-
tives planned emergency expendi-
lures to expedite relief work.
Disaster workers estimated 10000
were homeless in Kentucky, $4,000
in Indiana, 10000 in Illinois. They
said 1t was likely the figure would
be doubled next week.
Boats and motor caravans were
dispatched to remove additional
thousands from lowlands homes
threatened by fast-rising rivers in
tho tri-state area. The Ohio river
rolled over tops of leyees.
Three deaths in the Missouri
Arkansas area were attributed TO
flood conditions. One death was
reported from the Pittsburgh area.
Many small villages either were