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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-08-11
Meeting Of Ginners And
Buyers Well Attended
Large Group Hears OF
Requirements For New
Cotton Crop

Practically every ginner and cot
ton buyer in Holmes county was
represented at the meeting held in
Lexington Wednesday morning which
was called by county agent T. M.
williams to discuss with the group
the method of keeping ginning and
cotton sales records as required by a
recent act of Congress.
Mr.. Williams delivered to the gin
hers the form required for semi-month
ly reports to the office of the county
agent. Included on this report is a
record of every bale of cotton ginned
names of farm operator and farm
producer, where it was produced, Sc
rial number of farm as well as de-
tails as to weight, etc. The reports
have to be Sent to the office of the
county agent in which the cotton was
grown. County agents furnish the
forms to the ginners. They are to
be sem in on the first and fifteenth
of each month.
Those ginners not present at the
meeting Wednesday are asked to
come by Mr.. Williams office inc Sc
cure supplies.
A list of farm operators in the
county to whom allotments lave been
made will be furnished by Mr.. VIII
liams to each ginner. The entire
county is on the list which is divided
into communities and names are list
ed in alphabetical order under each
community. The list gives the serial
number of each farm operator.
Ginners will have to have the cor
rect name of the farm operator 20
whom the allotment was made and
ginners operating county line gins
will have to report to the county
agent which the cotton was grown.
Forms nave not arrived as yet at
the County Agents office for the
reports required of cotton buyers
AS soon as they come in they viii
be distributed, Mr.. Williams said.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-08-11
B. & P. W. Clubs Hold
Annual Picnic Here

Durant Chapter of the Business
and Professional Women's Clubs was
hostess Sunday to the annual sum-
mer picnic of district one comprised
of the clubs from Vicksburg, jack
son, Canton, Lexington, Tchula, Kos
cusko and Durant. The picnic was
held at Castalian Springs.
T~hirty-five representatives from
these clubs were present.
Miss Bessie Watkins, Belzoni. pres
ident of the Mississippi State Fed
GRAFTON of Business and Professional
Women's Club, was heard in an in
teresting address at the luncheon
hour.
Mrs. Watkins gave an informal re-
port Of the regional meeting of the
organization which she attended in
July. She briefly outlined the work
that had already been accomplished
since the election of new officers at
the Gulfport convention and told of
plans for future work.
A delicious cold plate was served
by Mrs c.. S Hill at one o'clock.
Those registering were:
Bessie Watkins, Belzoni; Louise
Jordan, Ellen Scale, Lizzie Connolly.
Minnie Diggs, all of Lexington.
Leila Harrison, Frances Montgom-
cry, Ethels Collins, Annie Jones. Mary
Chandler, all of Canton; Mary D.
Cain, Summit.
Mrs. Velma Trolio, Mrs. Maude
Lehman, Mrs. Lillian Bridges. Mrs.
Matte Holyfield, Mrs. T. M. Evans,
Fleta Sutherland. Mary Riddick and
Eunice Pace, all of Canton.
Bessie Fife, vicksburg; Emily Har-
per, Vicksburg; Doris Harris, vicks-
burg; Mrs. John Boles Robinson.
Canton, Katie Branciere. v~icksburg;
Nellie Davidson, Vicksburg; Fannie
Voillinger, Vicksburg.
Lizzie Mcdaniel, jackson; Beatrice
A. Fry, Belzoni; Villa Ruth DePra-
ter, jackson
Katie Lee Craig, Charlotte Cress-
well, Vera Herbert and Hazel Bran
non, all of Durant
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-08-11
H. |. Nichols Speaks
10 Duranf Rotary
Club tuesday.
Interesting Alaskan Trip
Reviewed By Prominent
Lexington Citizen

H. l.. Nichols, prominent Lexing-
ton resident, spoke at the regular
meeting of the Durant Rotary Club
Tuesday noon at the Hotel Durant.
Mr.. Nichols and his family went on
the recent trip Of the Know Mis-
sissippi Better Train and it was OF
this trip that he spoke.
This year the party went to Alas
ka and 200 made the trip. Seventeen
Of this number were from Holmes
County.
The train left Jackson and came
through Durant and Grenada to Mem
phis. A Grenada eighty watermelons
from Water Valley were loaded on
to present the mayors of the towns
in which the train stopped.
The trip took its party through the
rich, fertile farming section of Illi-
nois. The thing that impressed Mr..
Nichols. he said, was the fact that he
saw so much level, rolling farm land
and no tractors. It was explained to
him that most of the farms were OF
small size from 80 to 100 acres and
farmed by individual farmers.
They touched Winnipeg, Canada,
where, Mr.. Nichols said, the people
impressed him in their similarity Of
speech to the south. They also stop
ped at Minneapolis and Duluth.
At Prince Rupert they took a boat
and went up into Alaska. This trip
took three days and four nights. Top
coats had to be worn.
At Seattle the entire party was
entertained by Joshua Green, relat-
ed to the prominent Green family in
Jackson, who was host at a banquet
and also a tour of the city. Mr..
Green and his wife are native Mis-
sissippians.
The Sioux City, Iowa Chamber of
tions met them royalty and conducted
them around the city. the speaker
stated. Everywhere they were shown
hospitality equal to the south.
Mr.. Nichols contrasted the trip
this year with the one last year to
NleAlCo anu ne Sdiu tHe living COiul
tons in the two sections could not
be compared.
The entire country, he said. seem
ed to be prosperous and its people
happy and contented, having the
best in living and educational ad-
vantages. In Mexico the conditions
pictured were just exactly opposite
The speaker concluded by saying
the trip this year was the best ever
taken by tine Know Mississippi Bet
ter Train.
Snapshots and catalogs added ma
terially to the many interesting things
told the Rotarians BY Mr.. Nichols
His address was thoroughly enjoyed
by everyone present.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-08-11
Sc New Machines Placed
In Durant Manufacturing
Company's Plant Here
Employment Given To
Eight People As Result
Of Late Expensionr

Thirty-six new knitting machines
installed at the Durant Manufactur-
ing Company, hosiery mill employ
ing 46 workers here.
The new machines bring to a total
of So the number Of knitting ma
chimes at the concern. Two shifts Of
eleven people each are employed on
the knitting operation every day. The
day shift works from $50 A. M. un-
til 3:15 P. M. and the night shift
starts at $3.50 in the afternoon and
works until 1915.
Five additional people Will be- er<
ployed as a result OF the new ma
chimes and these people have been
Three persons who were laid off re-
Gently on recount of tagging produc
ton will also be placed back at
work.
The new machines manufacture a
fine, sheer 2-thread hose for women,
full length.
Other operations employed in man
ufacturing hose at this plant are
knitting, looping, scanning, inspection
and mending.
J.. w. Norwood is superintendent
in charge of the mill.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-08-11
American Legion Enjoys
Watermelon Cutting

The Preston Hudson Post Of the
American Legion. Durant,, enjoyed a
watermelon cutting at the Holmes
County State Park Tuesday evening.
Members of their families attended
as well.
Those present at the affair were:
J.. L. Longinotti, Hycinth Eubanks,
C. F. Drake and family, G. G.. Allen
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. A. I. Camp
bell, F. ". McCullar and family, H. p.
Irving and family, p. r. Roby. c. G..
Mansfield. Phillip Terry, ". p. Tay-
lor. all of Durant, and w. A. Thomas,
Goodman.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-08-11
Through
Hazel
Eyes

THE South has God-given aids
which even the Interstate Commerce
Commission cannot match" says
Governor Cross OF Connecticut in his
plea to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to tour down the petition of
southern governors for equality in
freight rates for the southern states.
For no logical reason at all that
reminds vi of the sign that is said
to be up In front of the church in
which FDR worships 1t says "Roose-
velt's Church." Someone wrote un-
derneath these words, 1T used to be
Gods"
Governor Cross seems to have a
twisted mind. thinking the Interstate
Commerce Commission should, by le-
gislation, outweigh the God-given
natural advantages the south enjoys
today.
For almost rs years now the south
has been crippled industrially due to
discrimination against us in freight
rates. politics, tariff structures and
too many other things to mention.
The day has just now arrived when
the south has a determined. intelll-
gent leadership that will O rest UNI
til these barriers to our growth and
development are removed.
When these barriers are gone the
south Is going to be the best place
In the world In which to live in every
way, economically, socially and spi.
ritually.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-08-11
Drouehon's Team Falls
Before Duront III
BY william Cathey

Ladies were not first except in the
of being shown every courte-
sy here Monday afternoon as the
local softballers pounded out a IL to
1 decision over the Draughon's Bus
mess College girls outfit 1t was
Durant's ninth consecutive win.
The Tupelo lassies were held so
completely in check, insofar as the
matter OF hitting was concerned, that
they were able to gather only 2 safe
ties off the locals hurting, Georges
and Leonard's singles in the seventh
frame were the only blows registered.
The winners quickly overcame a l
to 0 deficit given the invaders in the
opening inning on three bases on
balls and Clements error at short
by denting home plate four times.
Hudson singled, went to second on
Drane's sacrifice, took third when w.
HUMPHREYS was safe at second on the
leftfielder's tumble and counted on
Soa A odl- IlulllpilIIC Ic-
gistered on an error by catcher Scott.
Clements started the fireworks all
over again when he singled with two
out, Wilkes and Montgomery singled
and these wallops, coupled with an
error by George. enabled both Gle
ments and Wilkes to tally.
Four more runs came in the sec
ond on N. Humphries' triple, Rays
infield out, singles by Hudson, Drans
and Clements and an error by Mag
gett. They added their final quartet
of markers in the fourth by virtue
of successive home runs by Carruth
and w. HUMPHREYS, errors by Echols
and Laster and a base on balls t.
Ray.
Carruth and w. HUMPHREYS VITA 2
home run in four trips and Hudson
and Clements with two knocks each
led the locals at bat. Durant had 1.
runs. II hits and 3 errors. while
Draughon's had / rum, 2 hits and
errors
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-08-11
Duront Will Have New
Bus Stotion

Durant will have a bus station in
the near future, according to an an
nouncement here today.
The Recreation Hall next door to
the California Cafe will be partition
ed off in the middle and both build
ings will be separately remodeled.
The bus station will occupy one and
the pool room the other. The fronts
of the building will be remodeled as
well.
The buses will continue to use
the front street as the stopping place
for traffic.
The California Cafe was formerly
used as the bus depot.
Additional plans will be made pub
lie at a future date.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-08-11
Former Health Officer
Goes To u. S. Nav

Holmes county friends Of DR.. and
Mrs. George w Mast, former health
officer here, will be interested to
learn that DR.. Mast has resigned his
position as head of the Washington
County Health Department at Green
vile to accept an appointment with
the United States Navy.
Or Mast will be stationed at Guar
tico, Va, and it is understood that
he and Mrs. Mast will go there short
ly.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-08-11
Committee Wants Towns
To Have Approaches

The first objective Of the Holmes
County Identification committee will
be the erection of approaches to each
town in natural rock with the name
of the town thereon, according to
Mrs. Eugene Cole, chairman.
G.. ]. Small, Greenwood, with the
Works Progress Administration, has
virtually been assured of approval of
the project, according to the COM
mittee.
Plans call for erecting approaches
to Cruger, Tchula, Lexington, Durant,
Goodman, Pickens, and the Holmes
County State Park.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-08-11
ho. y Citizens Attend
Annual Della Day Meet
Al StoneyiIIe tuesday
Assistont Secretary Of
Agriculture Heard On
Cotton Program

Holmes county had about twenty
representatives at the 18th annual
Delta Day Celebration Tuesday ut
S~toneville. About 1000 attended the
annual affair which was declared one
of the most successful ever held.
Among those going were County
Agent T M. Williams. c. w. Carr, Joe
Moore, David Miles, D.. Lundy, w.
3. Lundy, w. b. Kenna, Pat Mulhern,
all Of Lexington; Frank Wyatt Gwin-
ner, Tchula; r. l.. Wallace. Thorn
ton; Payton Allen Jones, Howard, and
others.
DR.. Harry L. Brown appointed as
sistant Secretary of Agriculture by
President Franklin d. Roosevelt, and
a citizen Of Georgia, vas the prin-
cipal speaker Of the day.
IF Not Cotton, What?" was the in
teresting text of DIR. Browns ad-
dress. His platform was made of
nine bales of cotton which used cot
ton baging. Planks we're placed over
the cotton bales which represented
the speaker said. the different planks
or parts of farming operations.
DR.. Brown stated that II the south
ern farmer used the same method in
operating the next 100 years as he
has the past 100 years the entire
south will be under a peonage system
by that time.
He said the only way the southern
farmer a come out is to adapt his
farming operations to the live at
home basis. In connection with this
the speaker discussed farm manage
ment, soil conservation, the problem
of producing food used in the home
as well as feed for stock, health, so
cial activities and the production Of
livestock.
The farmer must adopt one program
and stick with 1t through the years,
he said, and not allow himself to do
periodic livestock raising one year
and something else next e He
stressed the Importance of the far
mer raising cows and having plenty
of milk and butter at home as a safe
guard for the health of the members
of the family.
The speaker also said the farmer
should concentrate on making his
home farm attractive and healthy as
a means of creating for himself and
his family satisfaction and content
ment in living in a good home. He
said that the farmer should, instead
of buying more land, install running
water in his home or make other
improvements for the happiness OF
his family.
DR.. Brown stated that If the far
mer would conscientiously and con
tinuously stick to a well-rounded farm
program with his main object ci
making a good living at home. he
would make much more money in
doing that than he is at present.
Many other attractions featured
this annual celebration. A demon
stration of busting cotton for boil
weevil by airplane was given. Exhi-
bits of the latest farm machinery
manufactured were shown, including
the contemplating machine. Tours
of the different plots and farming
were also made by those attending.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-08-11
Rev. E. S. Lewis To Preach
Here Sunday Night

Brother e. S. Lewis will preach in
the Presbyterian Church Sunday
night. August 14th, at 7:45.
All friends are cordially invited to
worship with as
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-08-11

Mrs. j. w. Norwood and children
have returned from a delightful visit
in Indianapolis, Ind. They were &C
companied by their aunt, Miss Eliza
seth Connel, who will spend the
month of August with them.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-04-21
Gaifhersburg News And
Social Items

The Women's Guild, Church of tht
Ascension will hold a plant sale OF
the church lawn, Tuesday, May 3
from 1890 a. m. until p. M, accord
ing to an announcement by the COM
rnittee in charge composed of Miss
Hattie Griffith, Mrs. George Chad
wick, Miss Olivia Myers and Mrs.
Sinclair Taylor. Ice cream and cake
will also be on sale. Public cordially
invited.
Mrs. Paul Ledig, of Bethesda, a
well known Maryland lecturer will
give a travelogue and exhibit of her
curios from Huancayo, Peru, in the
assembly hall at Washington Grove
this evening, FRIDAY, April 20, 8 o.
clock).
Mrs. Ledik, who had charge of the
Carnegie Observatory at Huancayo,
for five years will appear in Peruvian
costume and tell about her experiences
with the Inca Indians to whom she
taught many of the Arts while in that
country. Mrs. Ledig holds the honor
OF being the first American woman
to organize troop of Camp Fire
Girls among these Indians.
Candy and ice cream will be for
sale after the lectura
Mr.. and Mrs. Odell Smith of Park
avenue spent the Easter holidays in
Atlantic City.
Mrs. James Dingwall and son, Mr..
Jack Dingwall, Miss Betty Gay and
Mrs. Elizabeth McBain, of Schenec-
tady, New York spent the Easter holi-
days at the home of Mayor and Mrs.
William McBain.
The Women's Missionary Society of
the Grace M. E. Church, South, was
entertained by Mrs. Clyde Thomas at
her home here last Thursday.
A review of the mission study book,
What of This Moslem World" by
Mrs. w. D. King featured which
proved both interesting and instruc-
tive.
Mrs. John Ayres and children are
visiting in Bridgeport, w. Va, their
former home.
Mrs. Dean Wilkinson is the guest
of her sister, Mrs. H. D. Spencer at
Havre de Grace.
The Gaithersburg Homemakers
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-04-21
WOODFIELD

The Young Women's Bible Glass
met at the hall on Wednesday night
to ce lebrate its first birthday. Officers
for the coming year were elected as
follows: President, Mrs. Estelle Bur-
dette; vice-president, Miss Nellie Will
son; secretary, Mrs. Dorothy Beall:
treasurer, Mrs. Doris Burdette; as
slstant secretary, Mrs. Mary Ward.
A cafeteria supper will be held in
the Damascus M. E. Church on April
20. Choice of meats, vegetables, sal
ads and desserts will be sold. an
The BrowRingsville M. E. Sunday
School presented play, "At Dawn
ing, on Sunday night. reE
For Pete's Sake, comic play will
be given by the Senior Class Of the
Damascus High School, Thursday
night, May IL, at 8:15. 24
Miss Doris Pizzarelle spent the
Easter holidays with her mother in
Washington.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-04-21

SECOND SET:
of Public
building located just West Court House building
on the Court House Square. e
IL Numerous places in this one time been used as
COW pastures Some of them l. Bouic's where Mr.
4!oet Boulc ives Stonestrees, Of
algh School buildings g. Howard of the A. p
Store Prettymans, Rockville Academy grounds:
DaWon IN the rear of that home Robbtt the old
JAN building; There many Others
H. So far be learned church building erected in
citation y ~ ~ 0e1' 4A0'0
a. General Coxey passed through two occasions
citizens. ~ ~ " ~
Religious with the Presbyterian Methodist Ban
and Christian Churches Joseph Reading now living and
Cnares w. Prettyman, David H. Bouic and John Homer
IT, There number the corporate limits
OF this town. Some of them have disappeared from view
The most prominent at this time Mars Catholic Then
comes the old Baptist cemetery. Church cene
terry has been family lot in aNest End
Park has been abandoned Several have been mem
uoned, but few people know of their
IT, The late Jacob Pos had his livery about the present
restaurant site and in the thereof formerly
the Kelchner property the Piggy Wggly
H. "Frog Hollow the location on Mont
gomery Avenue where Mr. Guy located in the
Delashmutt buildings.
49, There dispute Oldest standing building in
the Dawson home the
and Adams Street would be answer It was erected
in 1872 by Upton Beall.
TO- The first Court Session this on May 90 1777
at the old Hungerford tavern later called Davis
tavern. ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-04-21
ROCKVILLE LIBRARY
HIGHLIGHTS

Most everyone loves to travel If
given the opportunity. However, the
majority of US are not so fortunate
in having the chance to explore and
travel in distant lands. Why not take
journeys and explore wider horizons
with the travel books which you may
obtain from the Library. Travel lit
erature combines both romance and
knowledge. It is international and re-
creational and often inspirational, too
It enlarges the readers mental no
rizon and sharpens his intelligence
Travel books have particular interest
for men and boys and offers the most
effective bridge from westerns" to
worthwhile reading for leisure.
Try James Bones London Peram-
bulator" which Christopher Morley
calls zone of the most beautiful books
ever written about the worlds great
est city.
There is a growing tendency toward
race study and race Interpretation
through sympathy and shared expert
ence. Bonsers "Indian Journey" rep
resents kindred purpose, to absorb
and identify himself with the life he
describes. Also in more scientific ex-
actitude is Julian Huxley's AFRICAN
View".a work of far reaching signi-
fcance in dozen different fields of
knowledge. Public interest in world
wide economic problems finds refec-
ton in travel that centers on indus
trial and social conditions, as in j. B.
Priestly's English Journey.
The Library now has a fine collec-
ton of travel books, which can broad
en- your horizon of adventure.
ROCKVILLE PAGE
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-04-21
DOGGIE DOINGS
BY M. G. DENLINGER

II will be my endeavor in writing
This column each week to give such
dog news as will be of interest to the
general public.
Anv one having problems with their
dogs should feel at liberty to phone
or call and discuss them at any time.
There is to be Dog Show in Wash
ington on April 80, followed by an
other the next day at Pikesville which
is Just outside of Baltimore; from
there the circuit goes north day after
dav until it reaches Madison, New
Jersey where the largest outdoor
show in the country is held under the
auspices of the Morris and Essex Ken
mel Club.
Any one owning a pure bred dog
Of good type is invited to enter him
at the Washington Show. If you have
never been to dog show and are "a
lover of mans best friend, it will pay
YOU to attend even if you do not ex-
hibit.
Dog shows have done more than
anything else to educate the general
public to what pure bred dog of
good type should look like.
There are 103 different breeds rec
ognized by the American Kennel Club
and in all probability you will see 70
or more of them at Washington.
Any one wishing to get full infor-
nation and entry blanks for any show
can phone me at the Dog Hotel,
Olney; Ashton IS.
As entries must be received by
April % in order that the show cat
alogue can be printed, any one desir-
ing to exhibit should get full particu-
lars at once. This year the Washing
ton Show will be held indoors for one
day in the Packard Building, oath and
M Sts., N. w. The Judging will COM
mence at ten in the morning and con-
tinue all day, after seven p. m. the
final awards are made when the group
classes are judged and the enthusiasm
reaches its height when the Judge
gives best in the show to the most
outstanding specimen.
In previous years the National Can
itol Kennel Club held their show out
Of doors under canvas at the Meadow
brook Riding and Hunt Club, East
West Highway.
There were 1874 dogs entered last
year, the three leading breeds being
4S for terriers, A Scotties and Al
English settlers.
Best in the show was a black Chow
owned by Mr.. Mcfarland of Philadel-
phia, best in the group classes Sport
ing Dog, English Setter; Hound breed, |
Blood Hound; Working Dogs, Collie;
Terrier, Sealyham; Toy Dogs, Peke.
Next week l will try and give you
some pointers on caring for dogs in
not weather which we know is due to
arrive at any time.