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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-01-28

Adiit.
Right now Alex is not singing
his best. up at Paducah the
other day he stepped on a snow
covered sidewalk that turned out
to be a ditch full of water cover
ed with ice and snow.
Heroes of the Mississippi inaug-
ural ark were Colonies Morgan
and Riley of McComb.
when the ark's brakes got full
of water out in the middle of the
flood and locked the cars, the
engineer gave up but not the
Colonies. -. they knocked some
pipe loose some place and showed
him how to drag her on through.
when not dolled up in spify
uniforms Colonies Morgan and
Riley are engineers on the main
line of the I. G.
Another hero was Tom Crock
EFT. -. when the generators got
flooded and the lights went out
he borrowed enough lanterns
off other stalled trains to keep
the gentlemanly card games
going.
Then there was the lady who
found out Edgar Wright was on
the State Game Commission, so
she asked him to tell her some
games the crowd could play in
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-01-28

Nine years of work on the lev
ees since the '27 washout has put
Mississippi out of danger, they
say and who are we to dispute
the engineers?
The crest of the flood is due to
fill up the Mississippi about the
middle of next month. If you
want a thrill, so over to the
engineers headquarters at Vicks-
burg in a couple of weeks and
listen to the big boy roar.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-01-28

WASHINGTON, d. C.-When q
Capitol policeman stopped him at
the steps to the Capitol with the
Sorry, only members Of Congress
are permitted to enter the nervy
little fellow threw out his chest
Iand replied with dignity:
"And who told you that I'm not
n member Of Congress?"
As the absshed policeman
stepped aside the little faker
strobe through the door as If the
Capitol was his rightful property
+ Only God and the State Depart
ment can tell what makes an
American Ambassador! Vincent
Shechan- in Personal History.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-01-28
Up in the Morning
Feeling Fine!

The refreshing relief 50
many folks say they get by
taking Black-D raught for con-
stipation makes them enthu-
siastic about this famous,
purely vegetable laxative.
Black Draught puts the digestive
tract In better condition to act regu-
larry, every day, without your con-
tinually having to take medicine to
move the bowels.
Next time, be sure to try
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-01-28
WHAT IS DANS?

When Joe Davis, OR nee AM
bassador to Russia, announced -
the President and the world in
general that he was shipping two
thousand pints Of preserved cream
70 darkest Russia, It didn't seem
to this column . matter If diplo.'
matte lie or death.
} The intriguing thing about the
whole affair Is that statistics a.
hand show that the land Of the
Bolsheviks owns 42,300,0O0 cows
or one for every four perSons ~
compared 70 one for every five
Americans in our own lAnd-also
that Mrs. Davis, the former Mar
jorie Post, owns . "few shares
of Post products stocks.
Did our esteemed diplomat
simply mean to get . bit Of free
advertising for his wife's canned
products Perish the thought! 1
! Help Wanted-With military
'terseness, the United States Army
reports the nations second line Of
defense in danger; and all because
Of . helicon shortage.
} The plight Of our armed forces
leaked out when the Army In
formation Service let it be known
that q band in the Canal Zone had
20 have the said helicon plus .
man who could play it. But the
frantic Army Bureau informant
neglected to report what sort Of
an instrument . helicon Is. Cues
tioning Of expert horn-blowers
around Washington brought no
further information.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-01-28
PROCLAMATION

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL CONE:
WHEREAS, Land is the foundation of any lasting pros
peritv that may be expected for Mississippi and
WHEREAS, Proper use of this land is a problem, the
solution Of which will involve all of our people and
WHEREAS, Our natural resources and their wise use
must have, necessarily, an important place IN any long fme
planning program for the State:
NOW, THEREFORE,, l HUGH WHITE, Governor of the
State of Mississippi, under and by virtue of the authority
conferred upon me by the Constitution and laws of this State
do hereby designate and set aside the period from January 81
to Arbor Day, February 5, 1897, as
CONSERVATION WEEK
in Mississippi, and ask that during this period, especially, all
citizens consider carefully the many benefits already received
from our varied natural resources and encourage such efforts
as will assure the continuation of these natural fundamentals
to the full success of the future citizens of Mississippi.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, / have hereunto set my
hand and caused the great seal of the State Of Mississippi to
be affixed this 18th day of December, A. d. 1886.
Hugh White
Governor.
By the Governor:
Walker Wood
Secretary Of State.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
GLASS UNION SPLIT
IN M'CABE BATTLE.
Barred Delegates Threaten
Secession From c. !. 0.
Affiliate.
~ the Associated Press,

=
PITTSBURGH, July 15.-Delegates
refused seats in the national conven-
ton Of the Federation of Flat Glass
Workers threatened today to secede
from the union, an affiliate of the
Committee for Industrial Organiza-
ton.
The delegates represented IS locals
Cabe, target of an custer move
launched six months ago by the Ex-
ecutive Board.
Eve are going to establish demo-
cratic labor organization and it is not
going to be dominated by dictatorial
group" declared William Ward of
Clarksburg. w. Va, chairman Of the
mseated delegates.
'Rump" Session Decision Today.
Ward said the group would decide
today on a "rump" session.
The locals were refused admission
on the grounds that they had failed
to pay dues. They refused an invita-
ton to sit as "fraternal delegates
without vote"
McCabe Claimed representatives OF
"a lodges already seated were un-
friendly to him and challenged the
authority OF the convention to re-
move him. He asserted a referendum
Of members would be necessary.
McCabe said he would remain in
the meeting and added that he did
not believe ANY one can find fault"
If the unseated delegates went into a
rump session.
Helped Found Organiza ton.
Il am not leading a move to break
up the organization" he said, 1"
was highly instrumental in found
ing It. don't see how any one
could feel I would help destroy the
organization I helped create.
However. I don't know what I will
do If a group Of people whose political
Affiliations 1 don't agree with at
tempt to outlaw members of the or
Eanization."
The unseated delegates claimed to
represent 10000 members at Clarks-
burg, Butler, Charleroi and Floreffe,
Pa. and Barberton, Ohio. McCabe's
foes asserted the convention rep
resented 1900, or IS per cent of the
membership.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Bigger Zoo Backed.

To obtain better and bigger 700
Tor the city geological society has
been formed at Capetown, South
Africa. The municipality has only a
comparatively insignificant collection
OF animals on part OF the Cecil
Rhodes estate. DR.. S. H. Skaife, nat
uralist, said that the society would
have as one Of its aims the protec-
ton Of wild game in South Africa.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
PARENTS OF BRIDE, 13,
PETITION ANNULMENT
Husband of Girl, Who Claims He
Thought She Was 1S, Declines
fo Nnpoea c%;o,
to Oppose Action.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, July 15-Parents
OF a l3-year-old bride asked Judge
Joseph A. Richardson yesterday to
annul the marriage.
Attorney E. W. Hays. counsel for Mr..
and Mrs. John R. Grant. of nearby
Tarentum, said the daughter, Emma,
eloped last June to Wellsburg. w.
Va. with Joseph Macura, 27-year-old
steel worker.
The girl gave her age as 81. and
Macura thought she was ls, the at
torney said, adding that the husband
was not opposing dissolution OF the
marriage.
Evening star., 1937-07-15

plane into a driving rainstorm yes-
terday and took OF on the second leg
Of = projected 35000-mile hobo
flight from Blasdell, N. Y. to Bombay
India.
In cork sun helmet and boots, Rid
dick rolled out his single-motored
600-pound plane. threw in a suit case
and spun the propeller. .
He waved to a small crowd and
Evening star., 1937-07-15
CANADIAN RUBBER PLANT
CLOSED IN STRIKE OF is
All Manufacturing Departments
Of Goodrich Are Shut Down
Indefinitely.

KITCHENER, Ontario, July Is
canadian Press).-All manufacturing
departments Of the 3. F. Goodrich
Rubber Co. of Canada closed for an
indefinite period yesterday after a
strike Of Is workers in one key division
shut off the factory's supply of manu.
featuring materials.
Company officials said the strike
started when l6 members of the
United Rubber Workers of America,
affiliated with the Committee for In
dustrial Organization. took exception
to the presence of two non-union en-
ployes and refused to work.
The officials added the decision to
close was mutually agreed upon by
them and by the workers. but that de-
partments other than manufacturing
divisions would continue to work.
1t was estimated approximately $50
persons are idle.
Evening star., 1937-07-15

with the Full-Fashioned Hosiery Man.
ufacturers Of America, Inc, providing
wage increases ranging from 8 to 10
per cent for $4,000 union workers.
Rieve said the agreement, effective
for one year. would be signed today
in New York. The contract replaces
an agreement which expired recently
covering workers In more than "a
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Food Sent Daily bv Air.

To prove to Paris famous cooks
that Englishmen can also produce
taste tempters, the Buttery, a restau-
rant, has been opened in the British
pavilion at the Paris Exposition.
Everything in the Buttery is British.
Every day an airliner leaves England
with the days ration of fresh English
produce to be served in the Buttery.
Evening star., 1937-07-15

headed for cleveland or somewhere" {"
1tinerant flying instructor and
transformer, Riddick sat down here
Tuesday night after a quick hop from
Blasdell, 10 miles away,
Evening star., 1937-07-15

Nearly 100000 American cigar
cites were imported into Cuba in the
nrst three months of this year.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
ON "HoBo" FLIGHT

Merrill X. Riddick Flying From
New York to Bombay.
ANGOLA, N. Y, July Is (P.-
Merrill K. Riddick nosed his flivver
Evening star., 1937-07-15

mills In the United States operated
by members Of the manufacturers
group.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Chi|dren's Dresses
OU Originally 81, 5I.l5

2l9 Sheer dresses and few
boys suits. Sizes / to s,
broken.
155 pieces Infants and Tod
dlers' Furnishings. Sunsuits
bonnets, pajamas, baby books,
aprons, silk slips. Originally
SIC to $l.l5. Now 25c
III Pique and Lightweight Wool
Coats. Sizes l to 4. broken.
Originally s1s5, s2.e5. Now. .sc
~ Sheer Dresses, some with
hats. Sizes l to 6. Were sl.58.
Now 95e
Down STAIRS STORE
INFANTS AND JUVENILES.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
$4,000 in Rag Pile.

Under a pile Of dirty rags whereon
oesgar Raymond Gran of Paris,
France, was found dead, police di,-
covered $4,000 in stocks and hond.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
CiirdIes, 95e

Originally sI.9S
II Semi-step-in girdles, IS
inch length, with boned
front and back and elastic
side cores. Tearose batiste.
Down STAIRS STORE.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
CONTRACT IS SIGNED

Federation of Hosiery Workers
Reaches Agreement.
PHILADELPHIA. July IS R.-
Emil Rieve. president OF the Ameri-
can Federation of Hosiery Workers,
announced yesterday an agreement
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Paiama Ensembles
9Oe Originally sI.95

IS Polka dot cotton two
piece pajamas with three
quarter coats to match.
Navy or wine.
: Rayon and Cotton Print
Pajamas with rickrack trim.
Two-piece pajamas in dark
shades. Were $2.95. Now--S1.50
80 Rayon Gowns in blue, coral
or maize. Lace trimmed or
tailored styles, sizes 16, II.
Were 81. Now -50 Soc
% Housecoats in cotton crepe,
sateen, and chintz Sizes IA to
20 In lot. Were $2.o5. Now
$1.75
Down STAIRS SroRE.
Evening star., 1937-07-15

Womeq's Shoes, s|''o
Originally s3.9S, s.
ITS Pairs dress and street
shoes in black and tan.
High or medium heels.
straps and ties. Broken
sizes.
Down STAIRS STORE,
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Women's Straw Hats

UIT1eTTS JIIdW 7dlS
i Originally N.95, s295
35 Straw hats in assorted
colors and head sizes.
Is Silk. Straw and Felt Hats in
assorted head sizes and colors.
Originally $l95. Now--25c
Down STAIRS STORE.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Girls Dresses, So

Were Sc
81 Pique sun-back dresses
In solid colors. Sizes 8 to is.
Is Lightweight Wool Coats and
Jackets. Sizes 7 to 16, broken.
Originally $2.95 to $l0.35.
NOW $3.50
Down STAIRS SroRE, GnLs
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Boys Tennis Shoes, So

Originally Csc to SI75
259 Pairs in white or tan, high-laced STYLES.
Few >womens black or brown oxford tennis
shoes. Broken Sizes
80 pairs Girls Shoes in black or brown calfskin
straps and black or brown oxfords Not every size
IN each style Originally 50 to $3.o5. Now-.-u
Down STAIRS STORE.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Handbags, 35s

Originally 81
43 Patent leather and Fab
rikoid bags in dark cslors.
Down STAIRS STORE.
Evening star., 1937-07-15
Costume Slips, 95e

" ere y1.6S
IS Lace-trimmed French
silk crepe (slightly weight
ed slips In several styles.
Tearose. Sizes "a to AZ.
Down STAIRS STORE,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-06-28
POST 0FF|CE-W|[[
CUT SOCIAL WORK
Numbers Under Security
Program Will Not Be Is
sued After June 80

After June 80, the Henderson post
office will issue no more social Sc
curity account numbers, on orders of
the Post Office Department, Post
master j. r. league announced to-
day. Application blanks for the num-
bers will be kept on hand at the local
office however, and will be available
free to all callers. But the assign
ment of numbers will be discontinued
after Wednesday of this week.
Application blanks will be filled
cut by applicants and must be forward
ed to Raleigh. with the payment of
postage, and numbers will be assign
ed there and the cards returned to the
applicants here.
Mr.. league said today he had on
hand now around $50 application
blanks, and that he expected to clear
up all of these before Wednesday
night, and to assign numbers at that
time.
The post office has been issuing
both application blanks and social
security numbers ever since the in
auguration of the government pension
system last fall.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-06-28
BROAD PROGRAM IN
PRISONS PLANNED
Educational and Religious
Services To Be Stressed
by Officials
Daily Dispatch Burenu,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.


Raleigh, June ga broad educa-
tional and religious program is being
planned for the prison division of
State Highway and Public Works
Commission, it was announced TODAY
by Oscar Pitts, acting director of the
division, following the appointment of
an educational and religious director
who will start their new duties JULY
l. j. A. Caps, of Newton for the past
13 years superintendent of schools in
Catawba county, will be the new edu-
cational director, while the Rev Eu-
gene M. Bryant, of Scotland Neck,
will be the new director of religious
education and religious activities The
addition of these two new activities
has been contemplated for some time
by the prison division, but could not
be started until the new budget be-
comes available July /, Pitts explain
ed. fst siC
I'VE are planning to start the new
educational program on rather a limit
ed scale and to limit it for the time
being to the Camp Polk prison farm
here for the younger white prisoners,
most of them first offenders, where
tween the ages of 16 and o." Pitts
said. Most of these boys have had
very limited schooling and most Of
them are anxious to have an oppor-
tunity to learn more. Later on, we
want to extend. the program to Cen
trail Prison here and to the various
prison camps over the State"
Classes will be organized for the
illiterate prisoners so they may learn
to read and write and do other ele-
mentary work, while classes will also
be organized in vocational subjects,
Pitts said.
For the prisoners who want to be-
come farmers when they get out, we
want to have classes in practical agri-
culture, also classes and courses in
other vocational subjects where they
can learn trades, such as printing au-
tomobile mechanics and electrical
work." Pitts said. For if we can
teach them a trade in prison whereby
they can earn a living when they get
out, they are not so likely to get into
trouble again and be sent back to
prison"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-06-28
MNeW
York
E)alISles;SAsVell

New York, June 28.-Randomus-
ing: The literary torches which light.
ed our youth continue to go OUT.
'ohn Calswortfy, Kipi.r. AID now ].
M. Barrie. :. Barrie, who died the
other day, did not invent whimsy but
he did a great deal TO make it fash
! .ral',o. His far-fe!cned conceits
robahlv blazed the ''ail fer "v.ltc
.cNisl ness + suc2 :. ae: zines as The
new Yorker -. All he reccg :,zeu
and gilded whimsv. manufac:u. ..r. !.
White, Thurber, Arno; Benchley Il
)" lest, probably hid the auth.r Of
"Peter Pam in small regard as a SEN
timentalist-yet they are deeply in his
debt.
And Barrie nd an ability which, 20
! dge from recent Broa Nay efforts.
is dying out in the racc-the knstk
of turnin. out engrossing Plays.
'The Admirable Critc!:ton" and
Quality Street" to name a pair, al
though 1 confess 1 could never, even
as child, get much cut of the a1cy
tripping and traipsing of peter Pan"
IL am not a very E: Cd subject for
w!,imsy. Past ccct9ln point, whiro
ard somehow ashamed ecr the Ter
petrator. 1t makes me feel like
rushing off to the nearest and most
sanguinary prize fight....
Speaking of prize-figllts, this is
written few hours before the Louis
Braddock affair. 1t will appear
after the result is known and Il is
therefore too close to the line for pre-
diction. t.. Prophecies, IN a stint of
this sort, should be hazarded long ia
advance, so that the customers will
have a chance to foaget in case I'm
wrong. The correct ones can al
ways be dredged forth after the issue
has been settled-and there, ladies
and gentlemen, is the secret of a
great deal of strutting which the ma
TONS professional chatterists indulge |
Prize fights as a rule distress me
not because they are fierce and
bloody Call existence is like that but !
because they are dull THE great
Sattles, such as the second Tunney-
Dempsey engagement, are different.
But the matching of an ageing second
rate pug with plump slightly
somnambulistic and slow-thinking
does not strike me as pre-
cisely shot through with drama and
The fact that Braddock,
presumably healthy animal with a
will to survival stronger than in most
Of us beasts of prey, actually found
himself unable to win bread from this
rich country and went on relief. les
sens the glamor of the man greatly
n these eyes. OF course he return
I'd the money, according to news
stories current after his success over
he fantastic Baer, and I'm glad he
the fact remains. Dempsey
vas hard up good part of his life !
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-06-28
REGISTRATION OF
BIRTH IMPORTANT
Much More SO Than Ever
Under Social Security
Demands
DniBy DIApMtc0 Bureau.
In the SIR Walter Hotel
Rv u a. R1S X ElG VIII.

Raleigh, June 28-The increasing
Importance of seeing that every child
born in North Carolina is properly
registered was emphasized today by
DR.. r. T. Simpson, director of the
Vital Statistics Division of the State
Board of Health. He called attention
to the fact that after 1912 all persons
registering for benefits under the
Federal Social Security Act must fur
nish copies of their birth certificates.
Much of the child welfare work now
being done by states, towns and other
agencies is dependent upon proper
birth reports, while in order to comply
with child labor laws, ages must be
legally and definitely established, DR..
Simpson pointed out.
See that the child's correct name
appears on it's birth certificate, be-
cause this gives it an undisputed sta
tus," DR.. Simpson advised. "A GER
tificate without the childs name is of
very little value to the child Ere
quently, in legal matters, much de-
ponds upon the birth record There
have been frequent cases where the
absence of such authentic record
meant serious financial loss.
1T is such a small thing to ask
this filling out of a certificate to
guard the child's birthright and to
prevent future legal and other COM
plications," DR.. Simpson declared.
THE child is not the only one affect
ed by the failure of the doctor, the
midwife or parent, in the order nam
ed, to report it's birth. Failure to
make reports will soon throw the
registrars record out of balance. To
be completely effective, vital Stats
tics must be as nearly accurate as
possible. The law says every baby
shall be registered within five days
after birth. Reports are made to To-
cal registrars in the various coun-
ties.s The names of these have been
printed in pamphlet issued by the
State Board of Health, which will be
sent to any one requesting it.
For the sake of the baby who
may later stand in need of this very
important information, see that each
birth is properly registered"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-06-28
STOCK RALLY CUT
BY DROP IN RAILS
PrOtracted Labor Disputes Still Re-
Elected in Declines; Bond
Market Is Lower

New York, June 28.-(AP)-A drop
in rails nipped an incipient stock mar
ket rally today. After moving up frac-
tons to a point or so in early deal
ings, prices fell back for net losses
of about as much. Softness in the car
riers reflected, brokers said, an I'M
satisfying May earnings showing, ow-
ing to higher operating costs. Pro-
tracted steel labor disputes provided
a background for price declines, it
was argued. Nevertheless, failure of
the recession to prompt any appre-
ciable increase in trading was seen
as a favorable symptom of the mar
kets underlying resistance.
A lower bond market found me-
dium-priced rails heavy. Gains were
mixed, cotton narrow. The French
franc and pound sterling were off.
Losses of fractions to two or more
points ruled near the close. Transac-
tions approximated $4,000 shares.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-06-28
ANSWERS

/. Governor David S. Reid, of Rock
ingham,, 1854 in his message to the
legislature said: 1.-The present mode
of assessing the labor to construct
and repair the common highways is
Unjust and unequal The labor per-
formed is a tax. 1t frequently occurs
under the existing law, that persons
possessed of large estates, contribute
little or no labor in repairing roads.
while heavy exactions are made on
those whose means are very limited
This is wrong Persons ought to con-
tribute in proportion to the value of
their estates"
2 The officer who used "Prophane
Swearing and Cursing," was fined ex-
actly twice as much as other persons
by the, blue laws enacted by the as
sembly on January 80, 1715.
g. In order for a new political party
to put a ticket in the field in North
Carolina a petition signed by 10000
qualified voters must be filed with
State election authorities 80 days be-
fore the general election.
f. The beautiful memorial to North
CarOlinas heroic women of the Con-
federacy, erected on the Capitol
Square at Raleigh. Mr.. Horne gave
$4,000 to provide for this statue
5. The constitution of 1868 made
mandatory the creation of the Board
of Public Charities. An act of the leg
islature of 1917 provided for the State
, Board of Charities and Public Wei
fare to succeed the old board, and
enlarged its duties and powers
! 6. Wake, Mecklenburg, and Dare
Wake was formed in ITO and named
for Margaret Wake, wife Of William
Tryon, royal governor of North Caro-
lima at that time. Mecklenburg was
formed in 1852 and named in honor of
a young German princess Of The
Duchy of Mecklenburg in Northern
Germany who year before had De-
come the wife Of George the Third,
and Queen of England. Dare county
was formed in 1870 and was named
j for the first white child Torn on Am
erican soil, Virginia Dare. This child
was born August 49, 1887