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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-06-24
DURANT ROTARIANS
ENJOY OUTING TODAY

Members of the Durant Rotary
Club are enjoying a fishing par
ty to 4-mile lake today. Only
members of the club will go on
the trip and it will take the
place of the regular weekly meet
ing Tuesday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-06-24
HOME DEMONSTRATION
CLUBS WILL MEET TUE.

The County Council of Home
Demonstration Clubs will meet
Tuesday, June 20, in the office
of the home demonstration agent
in Lexington. All members are
urged to be present.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-06-24
MRS. w. B. STROWD
SUFFERS FROM INJURY

The many friends of Mrs. w,
B. Strowd, a pioneer citizen Of
this county, will be sorry to learn
that she suffered a broken leg
in a fall recently. Mrs. Strowd
lives four miles north west of
Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-06-24
TENNIS CLUB TO BE
ORGANIZED IN DURANT

A tennis club will be organic
ed in Durant Tuesday evening,
June %. All persons interested
in belonging to the group will
please meet at the City Hall at
eight o'clock.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-06-24
DIR. r. G. ELMORE
RECEIVERS FROM INJURY

DR.. r. c. Gilmore, popular Du-
rant physician, is able to be out
and is recovering from the eff
fects Of an infected hand which
he has been suffering with for
the past few DAYS.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-06-24
K OK
KIN C
BY Hazel Brannon

AAVOk1.
In the short space Of eight min
utes We counted % cars who did
not stop. Only two did.
Included in the ones who did
not stop was one man who has
previously bawled us out good for
not stopping at this particular
sign. 1t helped our feeling con-
siderably for the time-being.
However, we always stop at
that sign now since he told us it
was there. And we think of him
every time we put on the brakes.
"Get on Fire for Alabama" is
the caption of an editorial in the
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.
If it's as hot in Alabama as it is
over here they won't have any
trouble staying on fire for some
thing.
When everybody gets to work
ing thirty hours q week we won
der what the sick and suffering
are going to do after four o'clock
in the afternoon and on Sundays.
TIN probably be illegal to be
sick after office hours.
A writer advises that social
security will never take the place
Of private security. SO you can
proceed with your plans for per-
sonal security in your old days.
Elsewhere in this issue is .
lengthy explanation Of the social
security program and how it
works. It's for the benefit Of our
readers. We wonder how many
Of them will read it.
Joseph T. Robinson Democrat
ic leader in the Senate for thirty
four years without loss of a sing
lie day served Arkansas as Cong
ressman, Governor and Senator.
MI. Roosevelt with the resigna-
ton of Willis Wand evanter, con-
sentative, will have his first OPP
portunity to appoint a Supreme
Court Justice. Mr. Hoover, in a
much shorter time, appointed
three.
The song Of the season seems
to be the boil weevil will get you
if you don't watch out.
Holmes county, according to a
report from State College, is in
cluded in the group of counties
which have infestations of boil
weevils Of more than ten percent.
Nowhere in the heart of the
Mississippi Delta is there to be
found prettier cotton and corn
than in Holmes county west OF
Lexington.
cit is not what men eat but
what they digest that makes them
strong;" says an exchange, mot
what we gain but what we save
that makes us rich; not what we
read, but what we remember that
makes us learned: and not what
we preach but what we practice
that makes us christians.'
These are facts worth remem-
bering by all Of Us:
Charlie Harris, at Canton, can
always be depended upon to tell
a good one. Here's his latest.
A COUNTRY EDITOR visiting
in a city was impressed by the
news flashes put on . bulletin
board in front Of a metropolitan
newspaper office. Returning home
he decided to place bulletins in
front of his office. Deacon Smith
became suddenly i'll and the edi-
tor posted: Il.
40 a. m.-Deacon Smith seri-
Ously ILL.,"
Il a. m.-Deacon Smith in hos
pital."
-
III AS a. m.-Deacon Smith on
operating table,"
l p. m.-Deacon Smith with
stood operation in fine shape.
Great hopes felt for his recovery.
So on through the afternoon It
frequent intervals bulletins were
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-06-24

A writer advises that social
security will never take the place
Of private security. SO you can
proceed with your plans for per-
sonal security in your old days.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-06-24

When everybody gets to work
ing thirty hours q week we won
der what the sick and suffering
are going to do after four o'clock
in the afternoon and on Sundays.
TIN probably be illegal to be
sick after office hours.
Nogales international., 1937-11-27
Proposed Freight Rate Increase

PROSPEROUS railroads are essential to prosper
GUS nation. But today railroad employment and
the employment which comes from railroad purchases
are restricted because, since the low point of the de-
pression
Prices Of the things which railroads buy have
gone up, approximately 40 per cent;
Taxes have increased, approximately 25 per
cent
Wages have risen, approximately 18 per cent;
While the level of freight rates has gone down
about 10 per cent, and passenger fares about
Is per cent
So that today the margin between income and out
60 is thin to create a railroad crsis-a crisis
which is of vital concern to agriculture, industry,
every business, all Of us.
The money paid to railroads for their services
promptly goes into general circulation in every state
and almost every county in the nation It's effect
employment is cumulative, and not confined to the
railroad industry itself It reaches into practically all
branches of agriculture and industry throughout the
country.
The proposed Is per cent increase in freight rates
will not be burden upon general commerce. but will
help to insure the adequate and efficient transporta
tion the prosperous and progressive railroads. with
out which we cannot have prosperous nation.
Nogales international., 1937-11-27
Gambling Ends In Arizona?

DRESS dispatches the past week telling of the ar
rest of Sheriff Roy Merrill of Maricopa county in
connection with the antgambling drive in the ban
county Of the state said slot machines were op-
Grating in every county in Arizona except Santa Cruz
It's true slotters are to be found in Santa Cruz
at present but until the grand jury investigation was
naugurated last spring shortly before the Cheshire
administration took office in Nogales the one armed
bandits were plentiful in this city and county for al
most two years.
Alarmed at the sweeping investigation III Maricopa
the slot machine and other gamblers rapidly
folded up in other counties.
How long gambling will remain closed is question
no one can answer. They have habit Of bobbing up
again as the excitement in connection with
anti-vice drives dies down.
Nogales international., 1937-11-27
1897 Edition OF Romantic Arizona

CONTAINING 1853 pages, the 1887 edition of Ro-
mantic-Progressive Arizona, published by the Ar-
zona Republic and the Phoenix Gazette, was issued
Sunday.
The edition contains so many pages of interesting
reading matter and pictures we have not had time to
thoroughly read it but what we have seen so far
leads to believe it is undoubtedly the greatest ed
ton issued in Arizona.
Arizona's wealth of Romance, and her incompar-
able record of progress brilliantly and dramatca
ly presented.
The color the romance, the magic of Arizona are
dramatized with a new warmth Of feeling, a skilled
artistry Indian cowboy and Conquistador prehistor-
ic cave dweller and modern-day zanjero become vi
brantly alive in the pages of the absorbngy inter-
estng work.
Distinctly an achievement, the edition spells invi-
taton from first page to last.
Nogales international., 1937-11-27
POLL REVEALS

Continued From Page One)
now on the market for q house
would seem that this reason would
the survey shows, and although 1t
would seem that this reasno would
be the only real one to prevent
everyone buying who wanted to,
there are nevertheless others -
More economical to rent" "Dis-
like financial responsibility" and
Future uncertain" are the main
ones, the last being the biggest.
But the point of greatest sig
nificance to be gained from this II
per cent is the fact that this per-
centage merely expresses an opinion:
II per cent only "think" they can
not afford to buy home.
"It is extremely probable that
a large number of these peO-
pie felt they could never afford
anything with a $4,000 price tag,
and were never told into what
small monthly payments this
sum could be split by the
twenty-year amortized mort
gage.
PAY LIKE RENT
Such ignorance is not ex-
traordinary when you cansider,
first. that the average man
never has occasion to make a
$4,000 purchase; and second,
that the twenty-year amortiZed
mortgage is a relatively new
phenomenon, still unknown to
millions.
"a potent phrase to reiterate
row is "Pay for it just like
I rent
Nogales international., 1937-11-27
Let Decorate F or The Holidays!

TO add to the Christmas spirit in Nogales it would
be good idea to encourage everybody to decorate
evergreen trees in their front yards with colored
lights and let em burn each night from the first of
December to New Years night.
In Phoenix Bisbee, Tucson and other wide-awake
cities prizes offered each year for the prettiest
decorated yards If you don't have evergreen tree
you can get one from the Boy Scouts and stand it
up in your yard. They have all sizes.
In former years evergreen trees have been decorat
ed in about five yards in this city.
Maybe some service club here has enough funds on
hand to offer prizes for the best decorated tree but
prizes or no prizes, let's all decorate.
Nogales international., 1937-11-27
Join The Chamber OF Commerce!

EVERY business man in Santa Cruz county should
be member Of the Santa Cruz county chamber
Of commerce, and every business house should be
represented at every meeting That's what makes
chambers of commerce effective. Your troubles and
problems won't look half tough with a hundred or
SO people helping you dodge or solve them. If you
have none turn out and help the other fellow and be
a community builder
We now have good secretary-Mr. Al Condron-|
and he can boom this city and county if given the
proper sort of cooperation. But it's impossible for
any man to do it alone
Nogales international., 1937-11-27
Nogales Going Forward

THINGS are picking up in Nogales.
The Manhattan Cafe is putting in new front, the
Richfied Oil Corporation is to have two service
stations, and shoe store was recently opened
here.
THE BORDER METROPOLIS MUST AND WILL
MAKE RAPID PROGRESS IN 1888. We have the
climate and the location to make big city.
Nogales international., 1937-11-27

A~~'' W. AS' %vAN>Ac~AS5AA Ne~OAAA5 VAA AOV
turkey dinners in one week.
Cnet RAIDER preparing to read a
five-minute biography of Theodore
Roosevelt at next weeks Lions
luncheon.
Penn Kaanta raving about a
venison dinner at Hugo Miller's
home.
Ferald Parks dancing.
A. G. Dalton looking for Bowler
Virgil Walker.
K-eSS, W0OlwOrth and NeWberry
stores dOlled out in holiday attire.
Peter Houle wrestling with some
large boulders.
Riddles wondering what became
of the circus scheduled to appear
Nogales international., 1937-11-27
1t Had A Wallop

Port explosion peri1s five naval
vessels" 7 wonder whether it was
in barrels or bottles.
Nogales international., 1937-11-27
With A Bath Towel

Britain and France seek to tie
up Mussolini." They should gag
him at the same time, and make a
good job of it.
Nogales international., 1937-11-27

Harry Wolf declaring the temper
ature was IS above and snow was
falling when he pulled out of Chi
cago for Nogales a few days ago.
Nogales international., 1937-11-27

here last Sunday Several business
men who helped to advertise the
circus would also like to know.
Nogales international., 1937-11-27

Difference In Receipts
United States generals earn
Nogales international., 1937-11-27
Samples. Huh.

"The delivery of free samples
tends to increase business. The
manufacturers of automobiles deny
this, emphatically. .
Nogales international., 1937-11-27

Jackie Bowman exclaining as he
saw a cow eating on Texas ranch:
THAT cow is chewing gum
Nogales international., 1937-11-27
Copyright 1887 by HI. Painter)
Kidnaper

Secretary of Labor Perkins hello
dictator" Which one did she hold,
and for how long?
Nogales international., 1937-11-27

Bruce Powell and Shorty Watkins
sleeping in a canyon.
Nogales international., 1937-11-27
Two And One

There are three Sundays in each
week in Palestine" The American
business man plays golf three times
during the week, too.
Nogales international., 1937-11-27

Many shoppers in town from
Ruby.
Nogales international., 1937-11-27

$8O0O.00 year" Buck privates earn
ed that much during the world war,
but they didn't collect.
Nogales international., 1937-11-27
'Twasn't A Bunt Either

Justice Black denies bigotry and
scores critics" The bases were load
ed when he hit, and thy all scam
pered home.
Nogales international., 1937-11-27
Wagging Tongues

Wagging Tongues
District Attorney speaks before
bar group" Had he spoken after
them, he wouldn't have been home
It'll morning.
Nogales international., 1937-11-27

Riddles wondering what became
of the circus scheduled to appear
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-03
A Book a Day
Dude Ranch Is
Locale of Mystery

Here are three new mysteries, two
of them better than average, one
which stands head and shoulders
above most Of Its current fellows.
Death on Dude Ranch" by
Francis Bonnamy (Crime Club: $2),
is disappointing only in its conclus-
ion. Mr.. Bonnomy writes very well
indeed, and he spins q good yarn
concerning events Of a homicidal
nature which occur on a dude
ranch. His characters are credible
and the reader Is presented with a
couple of perfectly logical suspects.
either of whom he would be de-
lighted to find guilty. Then the
whole thing Is spoiled by the dis
covery that O character SO minor
as to be practically not there, did
the direful deed. That. as all devo-
tees know, is not cricket.
"The Camera Clue" by George
Roxe (Knopf: 92), Is witty and en-
tertaining despite the purple tinge
which characterizes the writing. BY
q trick of fate q young newspaper
| photographer takes 0 picture. q sort
OF street-scene shot, which unfort-
unately shows the exact whereabouts
Of q number Of individuals at the
time @ murder was committed In the
vicinity. There eEsues, as q result.
q struggle of the participants for
possession of the photograph. I
guessed the solution On page 90 and
you'll probably do better, but the
books worth finishing 70 watch the
pieces being fitted together.
THE Unfinished Clue" BY oeor-
gette Heyer tCri1ne Club: 90. Is
another topn0teh yarn by the aii-
thor of those enkhTailing volumes,
Merely Murder" s'Bef0ld. Here's
Poison" etc. no enc SURPRISES Miss
Hsyer In kkstching character through
witty dialogue. and IN bringing to-
/ seEhag between the covers Of . book
some u the most ehaFmingly eeldll-
lolas people IN modern fiction. There
never h a dull nlolnent N this one
- ~. q.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-03

In all the discussions of state finances
and what is to be done to carry on the
huge program now being contemplated
by our state officials, we hear little OF
what help Is to be secured from Washing
ton, if any. We admit that there is plenty
of admiration for those states and COM
munities which can get along now with
out federal aid, but this winter we were
assured that Connecticut would make an
effort to interest Uncle Sam in some of our
endeavors. Certainly such ray Of hope
cast on the legislative waters right now
would be like sighting the home port from
the crest of an angry wave.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-03

Dismaying news was furnished the
state this winter by Welfare Commits
sioner Frederick C. Walcott when he
stated that he didn't think the old age
assistance tax Of So per annum would be
sufficient to meet the expenses of this
form OF social security. In another year
or two, he stated, he does not think the
total income of $2,1OO,O0O (estimated)
will be sufficient unto the needs And he
also points to the threat of deficit. This
belief is figured on an increase in bene-
ficiaries. We presume 1t also takes into
account an increase in old age taxpayers.
OF course, as 1t now stands the number of
eligibles for the old age tax are those be-
tween 81 and go years Of age, as enuner-
ated in the last census. There won't be
another census until 1940 but certainly
it would seem to this writer that there
might be more than 100000 eligible tax
payers in Connecticut right now and
more apt to be more after 1910. Still
Commissioner Walcott's figures are con-
vincing enough to be discouraging.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-03

Several cities are trying hard to get the
Legislature to grant them permission,
such as was given this city several years
ago, to shift the responsibility for falls on
icy sidewalks from the municipality to the
owner of the property abutting on the
sidewalk where the fall occurred. New
Haven thinks it has secured legislative
approval of the measure which its own
legislators are pressing for, but expresses
doubt that similar acts concerning Hart
ford, Bridgeport, New Britain, and DAN
bury will win the legislative Ok. And
reason is that the New Haven act doesn't
overlook several vital points.
New Haven succeeded in pushing
through a special act in 1885 governing
such falls, but it is now necessary to put
through another measure which will clar-
ify the 1898 statute. Evidently then all
the Bridgeport, Hartford. New Britain,
and Danbury legislators need do Is pat
tern their bills after the Elm City one.
Perhaps they don't care for this type of
law, though. At any rate Waterbury
own law. However, there Is a bit OF ex'
PLANTATION due on this score.
One Of the main reasons why Water
bury sought and was granted such q
statute was due TO It's billy nature. The
sity still Is liable for damages where
sctsial sidewalk defects can be proved
But where the fall Is due TO Ice or snow
remaining on the sidewalk the property
owner must assume the blame. That's
why the city q quick 10 compel property
owners to clean and sand sidewalks In
'ssntEy weather. IT'S self protection.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-03

attempt to pin. down the poll to
President RooSevelt's exact reform
measures, or on the other hand,
ask about a constitutional amend
Tnent.
Merry Col Round
Nothing has so fatty folded up
the ambitions Of genial Judge
Walton Moore to become Under
Secretary of State more than the
Presidents move to retire Su-
preme Court justices after 10.
Judge Moore Is 70 Despite
that, Ambassador Bullitt Is re-
ported to be returning home part
ly for the purpose Of lobbying for
Moore's promotion WASH
ington Is rapidly becoming the
most over.red-lighted city In the
country as far as traffic Is con-
cerned. Ross Collins, Mississippi
congressman and car Of WASH
ington's appropriation, Is getting
the blame. He is reputed to have
q special yen for traffic lights.
DR.. Fred J. Douglas, con-
gresham from Utica, N. Y, flies
home each weekend and spends o
full day with his son at work In
the operating room of their pri-
vate hospital >. Senator Jimmy
Byrnes of South Carolina Is
working for Roosevelt on the SUI
preme Court with one hand,
while cutting out one of the presi-
dental pets with the other. He
was responsible for eliminating
expenses for the Central Statisti-
col Board from the Independent
Offices Appropriation Bill.
Copyright, 1887, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-03-03
Ponap and Circumstance

Having lived through the love affair OF
a king, the British empire ought to have
little trouble surviving the coronation Of
his successor. But the current argu-
ment over who shall be the residuary
legatee to the royal nightshirt, or pa
iamas, does seem to be one of those minor
crises that would rattle the rafters of a
less sturdy nation. The American,
brought up in land where no tradition
goes back much more than century,
has hard time understanding the sur
vival Of these trappings of medievalism.
He, is unable to figure out whether his
cousins over the sea are playing game
or taking 1t seriously; so, in the end, he
lapses into that spirit OF exasperated
admiration with which he is accustomed
to observe the doings Of the English.
Lord Ancaster, joint hereditary lord
great chamberlain of England, for in
stance, renders divers services to the king
before the coronation, and is entitled to
rake-off. BY tradition, he may have 40
yards Of velvet to wear at the coronation.
He may lodge at the kings court. He
may lay claim to the royal bed and bed
ding, and he can carry off the royal
pajamas.
All these claims the noble lord has just
reviewed, in all solemnity, before royal
court of claims And Grass and crude
Yankee may be pardoned, perhaps, for
asking Just what this Is all about, any
way, Somehow the British find all Of this
nunmery worth paying for It serves
some useful purpose, or they would not
60 on doing it. The question is, what
purpose?
Probably It's chief value lies in the fact
that this pageantry is symbol of solidity.
When the empire takes time out to stage
a comedy like this, you can rest assured
that nothing very serious Is wrong. Peo-
pie don't occupy their minds with games
when they are worrying about tonor-
rows disasters.
age and the stability which age brings.
ments over King Georges bedding with
out at the same time rejecting that king,
government, and people do share in a
society which goes back in an unbroken
line for many centuries. The implication
Is that it will continue for many more.
Now that is the sort of thing we in
A1nerlCa lack uCCeTly. we SeC along WSAl
enough without 1t, for we still have that
youthful cockiness which keeps us look
ing ahead and prevents us from caring
very much about the backward glance
We would not dream of robing Jim Far
ley, for instance in 40 yards Of crimson
velvet for a presidential Inauguration,
or of asking the Supreme Court to say
whether he might take Mr.. Roosevelt's
nightie home with him afterward But
we ought to be able to see why the Eng
lish find it worth while to do just that.
It is't all game. Beneath it's comic sur
face this horseplay has very real and
solid use.