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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-28
SALES TAX SHOW
INCREASED RETURNS
GREENWOOD OFFICE GIVEN
CREDIT


GREENWOOD OFFICE GIVEN
CREDIT
Sales tax revenues from the dis
trict including Holmes county
have increased 27.3 per cent dur
ing the first six months of 1897
over 1886, according to A. II.
Stone, chairman Of the State Tax
Commission.
Mr.. Stone attributes this in part
to the establishment Of a district
service office at Greenwood to
serve the counties in the vicinity.
Mr.. Stone makes the following
statement:
"The District Service office Of
the State Tax Commission. locat-
ed in Room 4. Bright Building.
Greenwood. Mississippi, renders a
variety of services to the taxpay-
ers of this district. This office
serves the following counties. At
tala, Carroll. Grenada, Holmes,
Humphreys. Leflore, Montgomery,
Sunflower. and Washington. 1t
makes available to the public. a
constant supply Of sales tax to-
kens, tax forms and reports: and
also the latest rulings and regu-
lations relating to the application
of the various tax laws admins
tered by the State Tax Commits
sion. There are also trained Au-
ditors and Field Representatives
working out of this office. Their
duty and desire is to be Of every
possible assistance to the taxpay-
ing public. This office was es-
tablished in Greenwood by A. II.
Stone, Chairman, of the State Tax
Commission, in May 1886. Since
that time, taxpayers, in constant
lly increasing numbers, are finding
it to be a real benefit to them in
solving some Of the perplexing
problems connected with their tax
matters.
"The sales tax revenue from
the counties in this district has
shown an increase of 27.3 per cent
during the first six months Of
1897 over the first six months Of
1886. A large part of this in
crease is due to a greater degree
of efficiency in tax administra.
ton. resultine from the creation
of the district offices. However
the results of the work being done
Inv these district offices have no,
been confined to increased tau
collections alone, important a
these are to the State. One o.
the outstanding achievements is 1
better equalization Of all the tax
es administered by the State IA,
Commission, including sales. IN
come, tobacco, beer, franchise
amusement, and statewide priv
lege tar. /.
1.-THE personnel Of this office i
composed Of Miss Beatrice Pow
ell. office assistant: Mr.. 8. L
dear, Greenwood. Representative
of the Advalorem Division: Messr'
N. Nagruder. Fndianola. ank
.IJ.C Harris, Greenwood. Fielt
Auditors; Messrk v. B. Wheelea
Greenville, e. b. Wall, Jr.. Lex
ington. j. II. Williamson. Green
wood, and s. II. Gardner. Grena
DAT ield representatives: ant
Nr. c. r Gartin. Greenwood. Dis
trict Supervisor.
Each Of these persons has
genuine desire 10 be Of service 2
1.-The taxpayers Of this district. Tn
loffice was established for the ~
and benefit Of these taxpayer:
land the State Tax Commission J
anxious that they make sver'
.vailahle nee cf IT,"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-28
PlCkENS NOTES
preshvterian Auxiliary

Monday afternoon. October 18th.
at 4 o'clock. This was an his
tor;cal program. Mrs. E. G.. Blu
ford gave the devotional. after
which Mrs. E. w. Ford made al
interesting talk on "Yesteryears."
The meeting was dismissed with
nrayer and a social hour a en-
loved during which the hostess
served lovely refreshments. Mes
DANES f. W. Ford, Jack Brandy,
s,,J ,::.ati, I'd. and MIS- Judlt',
Ford. members Of the Goodman
Auxiliary, were guests O.. the af-
ternoon.
Pickens Presbyterian Church
Pickens Presbyterian Church
entertained the group conference
of the Canton District of Central
Mississippi Presbyterial Thursday
October 21st. This group is made
nm Of the following churches
Canton, Forest Grove. Mcbride
Memorial, Camden, Yazoo Cityand
Pickens. Mrs. Afford Muckle of
Canton was chairman. The theme
was Advancing With Christ"
The following program was Civ
en-: Morning. 80 - Registra-
ton. 10 90 - Call to order. Song.
Prayer by DIR. w. ]. Caldwell.
1905 - Greetings by Mrs. j. B.
Farabee, president Of the local
Auxiliary. 10:15 - Response by
Mrs. William Maxwell Of Cam
den. Song, "The City -Four
Square" by Mrs. Hoover Max
we'll with Mrs. Cliff Hemphill ac-
companist. 10 so 49, The Minis
ters' Annuity Fund by DR.. w. ].
Caldwell Of Yazoo City. 1l:20-
Review of Yesteryears by Mrs
F. E. Alsworth. IL AS - Officers
conference period.
Lunch was served at L. O'Clock
by tie local auxiliary at the
church to 81 people.
LOO eau TO order. ray
.Ua MESSAGES Dau use Se.-
retarles MRS. Downlng' rleii
e'mp: l:oU Caii alr re-
port from Auxlllarles. ;oo
Echoes from the Belnaven CONFER
ence BY Mrs. =. u: Hart' Canton
2:lO ~ OIIering: report q On"'
mlttees. race OF next mees!liR-
Yazoo City: 10 Oten oiscuS'
sion. 2;30 message IRON m
presbyterian freSloelit, NILS. -
A. Gamble OF Greervllle. CLOSING
prayer by Kew. y. ". f'ord.
Mrs. w. z: Hoover, MRS; San
kaplan ana mrs. james =. Mcnls
were nostessc' 10 the Iou
Like 1t CiuD' TUESDAY alsernooa
October lStn. IN the lovely nome
MI. Brokoe Burwell Of Ebene'
ger was . business visitor ners
Tuesoay.
Mrs. j. =. Maxwell and NM
Mary Hart were business v's'tor'
to Durant "Wednesday.
a business visitor here wednss
day.
MI. J. w. Salby and son. WI
burn, and Claude Ellison Of Ebe
nexer were visitors on business
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-10-28

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Ars Nsal notys6svkiti61 Mr.,
r. z. wilbur q Lexin9sSns
Ar. anaHN ". 4. Brooks. III
McComb Waited in the homo 81
Mrs. Stella Dsndy Sunday.
Mr.. e. C. Buford and Mr..
James w. Anderson ars patients
OF Community Hospital in Lex
ington.
The Girl Reserves, with Mrs.
d. P. st. John as leader, gave an
impressive program at the Bap-
fist Church Sunday night in place
Of the regular preaching.
Mr.. Ivan Heath Of Sharpsburg
was a business visitor here Tues
day.
Sam Hall Of jackson spent a
few days in town last week look
ing after farming interests. While
A"re he was the guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Landrum.
Messrs. Herman and Jack Flow
ers and Manuel Applebaum. Mr..
and Mrs. Pinkey Flowers were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Kaplan Sunday.
Mr.. Thurmond Fulton spent
Sunday with his parents at I'm
ion
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-02-10

John L. Lewis, c. I. o. chairman
and chief parleyist for the United
Automobile Workers union in con-
ference with General Motors repre-
sentatives, is snapped off-guard in
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-03-11
TOWN OF MUNICH
TOWNSHIP FORTY (40)
RANGE NINETEEN (lV
TOWN OF MUNICH
TOWNSHIP FORTY (4O)
RANGE TWENTY GOD

Sam Pfaff. sell of swA 80.
john A. Johnson. swA of n
John A. Johnson. nwA of s
John A. johnson, swA of S
John A. Johnson. neA of sy
David Davis. Trustee. neA {
David Davis. Trustee. nwA
4. 6. Austin. sell of nell :.
David Davis. Trustee, sw4 {
sam Pfaff. nwA of nwA -,
Sam Pfaff. swA of nwA =.
Minnie Kanse, swA of swA
Minnie Kranse. sk of nell O
Minnie Kranse. nwA of nwI
Ole A. Staras. swA Of swA
WINS j; Norton. neA of Sc,
frank J. Pehler. nwk of s
Willis ]. Norton, sell of S,
Frank ]. Pehler. swA of s
Ernest G. A. & Jessie Bloom,
pwA of neN
Ernest G. A. 6 Jessie Bloom.
swA OF neA ..............
J. E. Howe. nwA Of SELF :.
Joseph Roatt, neA of neA
Joseph Rossatt. sell of nell
Fred w. Ausmus. neA of nwl
Fred w. Ausmus. seA Of nwi
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-13

Trial of Jack White, who flimflam-
med most of official Raleigh, is like
ly to be held in Rome, Georgia, soon.
Reports are that Robert L. Thomp-
son, governors secretary, may be call
ed to testify.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-13
Thanksgiving Aid Asked
For Orphanages OF State
1850 Children Being Cared for in These Institutions
for Whom No Other Pro vision Is Available, Mrs.
Bost, State Wei fare Head, Says

dren,' because they have no kin who
are suitable guardians for them, and
who can provide them with safe and
proper homes as re required by the
social security act, both Federal and
State
Indeed, to provide real security and
protection for this group of children,
it is necessary that they be placed in
substitute or foster homes either by
the juvenile courts or accepted for
care by private children's agencies
licensed or approved by this icoard in
accordance with provisions of our
child welfare laws. At present, in most
of the counties of the State, there are
no funds provided for Juvenile court
budget for even temporary care of
children removed by the court from
the custody of kin who are improper
guardians for them.
Orphanages an Asset.
1.-The private child-caring institutions
are a special resource on which the
courts rely for help in providing long
time care or special service for this
type of child. Therefore, the orphan
ages of the State, which for years
prior ~ lIic COll11llS5 III ioOS1dA Ivy
served the neglected and dependent
children will be needed to continue
their service to children who are not
eligible for aid to dependent children
assistance because their own kin have
failed them.
"The child welfare program il
North Carolina would be sadly handi-
capped without the orphanages, as a
well-rounded, comprehensive service
program to children demands private
as we'll as public child-caring agencies.
cat this point, we wish to pay tri-
butte to the North Carolina orphan
ages for the fine type of service they
are rendering the children of the
State.
Public Agencies Limited.
''The function and service of the
public children's agencies such as
juvenile courts and county puElic well
fare departments are necessarily pre-
scribed and restricted by law, so on
the approved private children's agen-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-13

Raleigh, Nov 13-For years it has
teen the custom for member organiza-
tons of the North Carolina Orphan
age Association to make a Statewide
concerted appeal at the Thanksgiv-
ing season to the more fortunate cit
liens of North Carolina to give of
their bounty and substance to the I'M
der-privileged, dependent children
who are wards of child-caring institu-
tons.
Again for 1887 this appeal will be
made for the children numbering ap-
proximately $500 who are provided
for in these 81 institutions.
The sum of $1,5OO,O0O in public funds
available in North Carolina on July
j. 1887, for Aid to Dependent Children
has relieved the orphanages of the
responsibility of many children on
their long waiting lists by providing
grants for their care in their own
homes or in homes of close kin where
these homes are safe and proper"
Many Needy Children.
But there remain not only the chill
dren in the present population of the
orphanages, but several thousand chill
Ol CAl Ill dQOIiiOIl SCdILCICQ dOOQI ONCl
the State who need the help and Sc
curity which these private agencies
can give because the relatives OF these
children, il they have any, are not
suitable guardians.
In commenting on the work of the
orphanages and their need of con-
tinued support through private funds,
Mrs. w. T. Bost, commissioner of the
North Carolina State Board of Char
tiles and Public Welfare, says:
"The records in our Division of PuS-
lie Assistance show that a total of g.,
O79 families received assistance from
the fund for Aid to Dependent Chill
dren durin gthe month of September,
1897. In these 2,O79 families these are
approximately 6,501 children. AS this
assistance program develops, other
families will be added to this list.
No Funds Provided.
"But this program does not provide
funds for the care Of children who are
truly neglected and dependent chill
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-13
PAGE THREE

cies rests the responsibility of meet
ing new and unusual situations in
the field of child care, and of filling
in the gaps of the program.
'On the private children's agency
also rests the responsibility of pio-
neering in new methods of service
whereby both private and public agen-
cies move forward. To make it pos
sible for them to carry on, the orphan
ages are now appealing for support
of their work through the Thanksgiv-
ing Offering of 1887, and the State
Board of Charities and Public Wei
fare is happy to sponsor this appeal
and to urge citizens of North Caro-
lima to continue their support or con-
tribution to the orphanages and otheg
private children's agencies.
'In this way every socially-minded,
far-sighted citizen will have part
not only in helping to maintain and
shape the program Of child welfare in
North Carolina, but in developing the
individual children in care of those
agen to become good citizens of their
communities and State"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-13
I ate slowly, watching them both.

was a girl-a girl child indeed.
She was perhaps 13. She wore
one of the thin high-collared white
blouses which were then fashion
able, and a small black velvet hat
with a peacock's feather caught
up by buckle. Her waved russell
hair was tied at the neck with a
wide black ribbon.
But it was none Of these things
which held me; it was, rather, an
effect of poise, of finesse. She
kept her eyes to herself. For all
her consciousness of them, there
might have been no one else in
the room. She was vivid, girlish,
gay holding the old man en-
thralled while she talked to him,
using her hands expressively, deli
cately, so that I was aware of
their loveliness-but always there
was the effect of being a thousand
miles away from the world about
her.
Her detachment affected me
strangely. was used to country
girls who were embarrassed or
OVERLOAD when out in company.
But here was a girl who did not
blush, who did not stare, who was
as remote as a fairy princess in
tall tower.
My uncle saw my eyes upon
her. That's Mimi LIE Brun," he
said, "the senator's granddaugh-
ter" !
IFS she French, Uncle Jerry?"
French blood, like a lot Of St.
Louisans. Some Irish, too, I
imagine, with that hair"
He forgot her then, as someone
stopped at our table to speak to
him. When at last he turned to
me, he said: !
Don't you want some more
steak?"
mo-"
"You haven't eaten much"
I'm not hungry"
My appetite had, indeed, left me.
It seemed to me that wanted
nothing else than to feed body and
soul on the beauty of that child
at the other table. It was, to use
an old-fashioned phrase, love at
first sight-the capture of a boys
romantic fancy. Yet 1 knew moth
ing about her except that she was
Mimi lie ,Brun, that she lived in
st. Louis, and that her grand.
father had a seat in the senate
Ito BE Continued
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-13

I haunted the galleries, leaning
over the rail and listening spell
bound to the laundering Of the
gods. It was in those fascinating
days when Theodore Roosevelt
was the sturdy and idealistic
president of the United States.
The war between him and the leg
islative bodies was, in some re-
spects, a merry one. It was, in
deed, at times as good a tilt as if
it had been done with lances on
caparisoned steeds. There was one
senator from Missouri to whom
the name of Roosevelt was a
challenge for battle. He de-
nounced in no uncertain terms the
arbitrary methods of the chief
executive. According to him,
young Theodore was a menace to
the liberties of the sovereign
states. The danger of centralized
government was the warning
which his voice tolled.
He was a handsome man, with
a crest Of gray hair and a gray
mustache. He wore always a
frock coat and a flower in his but
tonhole. The elegance of his dress
and of his manner was as old
fashioned as the rather florid elo-
quences of his speeches. And while
I resented the epithets which he
hurled at my hero who sat in the
White House, was none the less
aware of the charm of his elderly
and picturesque enemy.
It was on the day that my
dream was born that I went into
the senate lunch room with my
uncle. remember he had ordered
a great planked steak, and that
my mind was on it and on nothing
else! I was at the moment just
plain, hungry boy-rather ma
terial, it must be confessed
wanting nothing better at the mo-
ment than the hearty food and the
steaming coffee that came with it..
Yet in the twinkling Of an eye
I was transformer Never again
was I to be happy in the way I
had satisfied to eat and
drink and take the days as they
came. Henceforth I was to be
consumed by restless longings-
vague aspirations. Moreover, I
lost forever certain complacency.
For the first time I saw myself
awkward, crude, country boy.
The senator from Missouri sat
at a table near us. Opposite him
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-13
NEWSOME TO SPEAK
AT HISTORIC MEET
Will Discuss Framing of Federal Con
stitutiOn Before Session De-
cember 2 and
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
I'm The Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, Nov. 13-Dr. A. r. New
some will deliver an address OF
seNorth Carolina in the Framing OF
the Federal Constitution" at the an
nual session of the North Carolina Lit
erary and Historical Association, De-
cember 2 and 3.
DR.. Newsome, who is head of the de-
partmenl of history at the University
of North Carolina, will speak at the
meeting to be held at the Woman's
club here on the morning of Friday,
December 3, 1t was announced today
by Dr.. C. c.. Crittenden, executive Sec
rotary of the historical association.
The speaker is native of Marsh
Vile Union county. He is ,gradu-
ate of the University of North Caro-
lima and was awarded, the electorate
by the University of Michigan in 1929.
Hc has taught public schools in
North Carolina and at several col
leges From 1926 to 1885 he was Sec
retarv of the state Historical Com
mission.
His address will be in line with the
celebration throughout the United
States of the Sesquicentennial of the
Constitution. Congress has created
the Constitution Sesquicentennial
Commission under the Craftsmanship
of representative Sol Bloom of New
York, and North Carolina is partici-
pating in the celebrations in several
ways.
Dr.. Newsome will outline the i'm
portant part played by the North Caro-
lima delegates to the Constitutional
convention, especially in the adoption
of the "Great Compromise by which
it was decided that each state should
have equal representation of the
United States Senate, while the House
should be apportioned according to
population. North Carolina delegates
at the convention were William r.
Davie, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Alex
ander Martin, Hugh Williamson and
| William Blount.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-13

The Supreme Court will hear nc
arguments next week as the seven JUS
ticas work on decisions in causes al
ready heard l.y them.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-13

Pretty Grace Mcdonald, 1S-year-
old dancer shown in New York,
appealed directly to President
Roosevelt to have her sweet
heart, Bradford Greene, musician
and composer, released from the
navy. Greene joined the navy so
he could eat. Then a score he
wrote for a musical play was ac-
copied. Now. the play opening IN
Cleveland is going to Broadway
and he desires to continue to write
scores for plays rather than be IN
the navy. But the navy says,
tut! Tut" 1t gave Greene
merely 30 days leave to help re,
hearse the play. Greene descr1peo
Miss Mel Donald as a "dear rr1eno
-CentrGl Press
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-13
CHAPTER 4

ON THE third day of my
soiourn with Uncle Jerry in Wash
noton was disturbed by some.
thing new in nina change. He
found excuses to be away from
me. sent me to a matinee alone;
left me in the senate gallery fol
hours while he met some mysteri-
Gus engagement. And that night
he told me with some embarrass-
ment that he would not come back
for dinner.
You won't mind. will you?"
didn't mind in the least.
wanted to write a long letter to
nv mother. l decided to take the
evening for it. and found it a fas-
chatting occupation to fill sheet
after sheet of deliberately litho-
graphed hotel paper with an ac-
count of my adventures.
When 1 finished, Uncle Jerry had
not come. I lounged for a while
in the lobby. Then 1 went out and
walked along the lighted street.
It was too late to attempt to take
in a play, so I strolled up the ave-
nue. to where it turns at Fifteenth
street, and came down the south
side.
It was late when I passed the
restaurant where Uncle Jerry and
1 always went for oysters. It was
cold outside (have I said that it
was in February?) and I was
tempted by the thought of the COM
fort and coziness within.
climbed a long fight of steps to
the upstairs dining room. I felt
more at ease there with men and
women than with the men alone
at the downstairs counter. I was
given a table far back, and Or
dered a milk stew.
It was not until I was seated
that l saw my uncle. He was at
a table by a front window and was
eating steamed oysters with his
air of prodigious enjoyment. OPP
posite him sat a woman. In front
of her was the scarlet shell of a
lobster, but she was not eating.
She was talking in a vivacious
manner and smiling. Uncle Jerry
leaned forward and spoke to her,
and his eyes had a warm eager
look. I had never seen him quite
like that, but I thought him very
handsome and the lady pretty.
She had great deal Of blond
hair curled across her forehead,
and her cheeks were very pink.
Few women rouged in those days,
and artificial compilations were
unusual. But I did not know it
was artificial, and, as I have said,
I thought her pretty. Not as
Theresa was pretty: she was,
rather, like the girls on the bill
boards in front of the theater next
door. She had on a silk blouse
and it was trimmed with blue.
There was blue rose in her hat,
and on her hands were several
flashing rings.
I ate slowly, watching Uncle
Jerry and the woman. was glad
that I was half-hidden by the peo-
pie at the tables in front of me,
and by an overhanging palm. !
had a feeling that Uncle Jerry
would not care to have me see
him with the little blond woman.
It was while I was in Washing
ton that a thing happened which
was to color my dreams for all
time to come. =
Every day during our sojourn in
the city we had gone up to the
capitol. Uncle Jerry spent his
time in committee rooms-"wire
pulling, as he expressed it. There
were certain things that he wanted
done in his western country, and
his vigorous personality was a
great asset in pushing his claims
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-13
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

ADMINISTRATOR NOI1CE.
Having qualified as Administrators
of the estate of Harrison l.. Allen, de-
ceased, late of Vance County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate of
said deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned at my home in Vance
County, N. c., on or before the 18th
day of November, 1885, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar to their re-
covery. All persons indebted to the
estate will please make immediate
settlement.
This 18th. of November, 1897.
CE1AS. D. ALLEN,
Administrator of the Estate of
Harrison l.. Allen, deceased.