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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-15
Holmes Director Elected
President Bond Assn.

At a meeting Of the Junior College
Band Masters Of the State assembled
at State College for the Band Gil
mic recently, Mr.. w. G.. Skipwortn
Band Director at Holmes Junior Col
lege and Kosciusko, was elected Pres
ident of the Junior College Band
Masters Association. Mr. Richard
Morse of Kinds Junior College was
elected vice president and Mr.. s. c.
Beers. Perkinston, secretary. Other
Junior College Band Directors who
attended the State High School Band
Clinic were: S. c. Marlborough of
Summit; M. c. Ba'Son, Poplarville:
C. w. Coons, Moorhead; ]. H. T.
Mize, Elliswille; r. Franklin of Wes-
SON. While at State College, the group
selected Dublin Holiday overture by
Bucktel as the required number for
the Junior College Contest next spring.
The Junior College Directors accept
ed an invitation to hold at Holmes
Junior College a Band Clinic and
Concert next fall.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-15
Miss Alice Swim Is
Injured In Accident

Miss Alice Gwin. Lexington, suf
icered minor injuries and lescera-
lions about the face in an auton1o
bile accident Tuesday, December 10
about four O'Clock a few miles fr,om
EbeneDer.
The accident occurred when one
Of the tines blew out causing Miss
Twin 80 lose control of the car
The car ran into a bank and turned
rver. Grady Edwards and Benn.e
Byrd, who were passing by found
Mss Gwin unconscious. She wa.
ushed to the Community Hospita,
Lexington where she is still con-
med.
Miss Gwin is supervisor of the
Feded'al Music Project of the WPA
in Holmes County and has a host
Of friends over the county who wish
for her a speedy recovery.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-15
At Community Hospital

Mrs. L. v. Lane and baby boy, Du-
rant
Dorothy Dodd Tardy, Lexington.
Mrs. David c. Hester, Lexington.
Barbara Ann Hester, Lexington
r. P. johnson, Lexington, Route 8.
Miss Alice Gwin, Lexington.
Mrs. G. A. Pinkston, Carrollton.
Negroes
John Hoover, Lexington, Route
Sarah Williams, Lexington, Route 6.
E11aes- Hudson, Jr., BIacl1hawk.
Kind Delaney, Tchula
Irene Cross, Lexington, Route 6.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-15
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

BY virtue of the authority vested
in me as Trustee in that certain
deed of trust executed by Mary Ed
wards, Albino Edwards and his wife,
Susie Edwards, of date of October
81, 1887, and recorded in Book II at
page 81 of the records of Mortgages
and Deeds of Trust on Land of
Holmes County, Mississippi. default
having been made i'm the payment of
the Indebtedness secured thereby, and
and having been requested by Mer-
chants and Farmers Bank, of Du-
rant, Mississippi, the beneficiary in
and the owner and holder of said
indebtedness and trust deed, so TO do,
1, S. r. King, Trustee, will on Mon
day. January 9ah, 1888, within legal
hours, offer for sale, to the highest
bidder for cash, at the South front
door of the Holmes County Court
House, in Lexington, Mississippi, the
following described property, to-wit:
Lot No. 80, Block 2, Of the
Fairview Addition of the Town
of Durant, according to the plat
or map of said addition, now OF
file in the office of the Chancery
Clerk of Holmes County, Missis-
sippi, by which description dt Is
intended to describe the land
conveyed by Mrs J. S. Hudson to
Novel Ellis by deed dated June
%, 1884, recorded in Book Al,
at page 602 of the Land Deed
Records of Holmes County, Mis-
sissippf, reference to which instru-
mems is here made in aid of de-
scriptiou.
Witness my hand this the 18th day
of December, 1888.
S. r. King,
19-2O-2122 Trustee.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-15
Nv. |. Abernothy Loses
Brother In Texas

Friends here OF w. l. Alternately
win regret to learn of the death of
his brother, s. WI. Alternately, which
occurred in Kennedy, Texas, last Sun
day. He was buried ON Monday
there
The deceased was a native Mis-
sissippian, having been born and rear
ed at Houaka. He went to Texas
80 years ago and has made his home
there ever since.
Several other brothers survive.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-15
Methodists Announce
Services For Sunday
Sue Shopper

Church School meets at GAS, c. H
Carruth, superintendent.
Preaching at IL A. NJ 2
As a prelude Mrs. Lipsey viii play
The Holy City by Adams.
OffeatoTy, "Noel."
Sermon theme, 1.-THE World Get.
ting Ready For Chris mas
At in the afternoon the choir will
present a Christmas Cantata
All OUT people aae urged to be
present az Sundays services.
The entire community is invited.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-15
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. $3.50

Letters testamentary having been
granted this day by the Chancery
Court of Holmes County, Mississippi,
to the undersigned upon the estate
of Mrs. Fanny J. Owen, Deceased,
notice is hereby given to all persons
having claims against said estate
to present the same to the Clerk of
said court for probate and registra-
tion according to law within six
months from this date or they viii
be forever barred.
This the 18th day of November.
1898.
J. D. Guyton,
16-7-89 Executor.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-15
Tenth Grade Presents One
Act PIoy At Chapel

The tenth grade of Holmes high
school, sponsored by Miss Santa Tack
eaa, gave the one-acS play Enter
the Hero" at the chapel Wednesday
morning. Martha Hoof played the
part of Mrs. Carey; Eleanor Long
and Helen Branch had the roles of
Ruth and Ann, her daughters; and
Herman Teal was Harold, the hero.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-15

16-7-8-9
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-15
Better Business Institute

small group of Durant business men Tentatively
organized the Durant Better Business Institute In
meeting Wednesday evening.
It is planned to have weekly meetings beginning
in February and using prescribed course OF study on
craftsmanship merchandising, ETC., from the Alexander
Hamilton Institute. The purpose of these meetings.
is to study business conditions and how they AFFECT the
small towns America, to find out what the small towns
have to do to compete with the city ana hoid the a
which is necessary for their existence
The meetings will be open to everyone and 1t IS
hoped that at least to so people, both employers ana
employees will become interested and attend each week
ly meeting.
Further plans regarding organization will be made
known after the holidays.
Suffice say any move that seeks to bring about
solution Of the trade problems of the small town is
worthy of serious consideration.
We hope that every citizen of Durant will become
interested in this project
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-15
No Such Thing As Surplus"

There is such thing as surplus" as long as
millions of Americans go unfed uncothed, without jobs
and the necessities of fe said Mayor La Guarda OF New
York City in ringing address to more than 5000 dele
gates at the annual convention of the American Farm
Bureau in New Orleans this week.
Mr. La Guardia attacked labor industry and agri-
culture in his address which he termed the Voice OF
the people, He said that before the
huge socaed SURPRISES could be turned into food and
clothing and jobs for those without them the trio OF
industry labor and agriculture would have to adopt an
attitude of live and let live in order that all the people
of the United States could have abundant life.
Offering a solution to the problem confronting the
American people the mayor of the greatest city in the
world suggested that President Roosevelt appoint
committee from the ranks of this trio and work out an
acceptable plan to all. He further suggested that the
be given the to enforce the plan evo
we'd.
are going have to adopt the spirit of the Golden
Rule, he said in future actions We must remember
that we are grown up nation with full responsibility
actions and that going to have to learn
to live within borders forgetting
the prattle about reganng foreign markets
They gone he said and the important thing for us
to learn is sesuffciency and getting along with
each other working out plan whereby industry labor
and agriculture labor at least in harmony to the
end of good living for all.
La gaceta., 1938-03-25

GALES preso de un abatimiento
q. lie quitaba las fuerzas. Nadie
cruzaba a la saxon y libremente
podia revolcarse en- sus penSa-
mientos dolorosos. Mas del tro-
pei de ellos surgi6 repentina-
mente uno cue lie hizo estreme-
cerse. Qued6 inm6vil un instan-
tie V, recobrando de subito toda
su energia, emprendi6 SUI cami-
no de nuevo con resolution Y a
paso vivo. AL pasar por la Gale
de Homo Quenado VIC venir ha
ella 81 un hombre que no tard6 en-
reconocer. Era ell senior Rafael
que Sc retiraba a su casa. Ira
to de evitar el saludo pasando a
la acera contraria; pero el vie
jo, que no eStaba tan borracho
como supOnia. lie conoci6 perfec-
La gaceta., 1938-03-25

ESQ es cosa perdida va. Ma
da tengo con ella hace tempo.
Puede abrir la puerta a un toro
de Veragua 81 gusta.,. De todos
MOODS, gracias por ell aviso, Ga
bino, y buena suerte.
No era sincere aquel despre-
clio. La noticia lie lego al alma,
porque 81 bien conocia las rela-
clones de su querida con Anto-
MO, tenfa por cierto que no ha-
bfan alcanzado tai grade de ma
durez. Ash que vagamente nu-
tria en- su alma la esperanto de
poser de luevo a Soledad v ha-
cerla su esposa. Ahora ST que
la sentfa perdida enteramente.
Sus ilusiones Sc desvanecian CO.
mo ell hume.
A paso lent0 recorri6 varias
La gaceta., 1938-03-25

gracia que fuera a sorprenderle
en- Ell cuarto de la criada... -! iii,
il! Toda la culpa la ha tenido
ese perdido de Velazquez... Que
mona llevabal iSueprior!, ipero
SUPERIOR! Escucha, Ramon,
no digas a nadie que me he equi
Vocado, porque Sc van a Greer
que estaba borracho... iii, ji...!
iBorracho Ell senior Rafael!
iTend1ia cue ver...! Adi6s, Ra-
rson..., buenas noches... Chito,
ieh..? Buenas noches... Hasta
mahana, 81 Dios quiere...
Ell serene, sin dejar caer la
sonrisa de los labios lie miro a.
leJarse con Marcia vacilante, a.
orlr la puerta de su casa y desa-
parecer.
VelazQuez. al separarse de 81.
La gaceta., 1938-03-25
rnuchacho de Nebraska.

En- un anterior encuentro ell
italiano venci6 a Lee, pero por
muy pequeno margen.
Despues, en- la costa del Paci-
fico, Young Corbett III superb y
derrot6 a Apostoli, 10 que los ex
per.os no esperaban.
Tendra Ell italiano que veneer
a Lee para que la Comisi6n At
letlca del Estado de New York
acepte su reto, garantizado con
$1,000, en- contra del campe6n
Freddie Steele,
De modo que Fred necesita de
rrotar de nuevo al caballero de
Nebraska.
Asomaron los empresarios las
unas y a los muchachos, lenta :
mente, sc les fue metiendo en- la
cabeza que los honores y Ell arte
eran interiors; en- valor al dine
70.
La gaceta., 1938-03-25

-iAnda, hijo, anda a la CANA
en- seguida...! No pense que tie
hacfa dano tambien ell vino... va
no queda en- Cadiz mas hombre
que yo...
Prosigui6 ell majo su canine
mientras ell ito de Frasquito, re-
torciendose de risa, intentaba
en- vano meier la llave en- la ce-
rradura de su casa. Asi estuvo
largo ratio hasta que pas6 ell Sc
reno y le dijo sonriendo:
-iPero sen6 Rafael, 81 esta
listed enganado! Su casa esta
tres puertas mas abajo.
Ell viejo echo dos pasos atras
Y exclam6:
-!Verdad, amante... Estoy
meiendo la lave en- casa de don
JuSto el escrihaRo.- iTendria
La gaceta., 1938-03-25

La temporada de pelota en- ell
parque de Cuscaden sera inau-
gurada manana, a Vas A de la
tarde, con un desafio entire los
Jefes del Syracuse y los novatos
del Cincinnati.
Los novatos del Cincinnati
son altamente peligrosos, por-
que los Rojos tienen dos clubs
bien organizados, en- lugar de
uno. Concediendo a los rivales
toda la importancia que tienen,
por su habilidad con ell bate y en-
Ell campo, Jimmy Bottomley pom
dra en- acci6n a sus mejores ele-
mentos.
Practicaron aver de nuevo los
pitchers y fueron seleccionados
los que parecen estar en- mejo-
res condolences.
Escogi6 la novena del Cincin-
natl, con su inegable habilidad,
John Haddock uno de los mas
habiles exploradores de la Liga
Nacional, al servicio de los Ro-
jos.
Haddock viene actuando CO.
La gaceta., 1938-03-25

lien Eustace, Ell gigantic de Kan
SaS.
Eustace jur6 aver dramati-'
desde ell puente de la
avenida Lafayette, pero sin in
tenci6n de tirarse al rio, que de-
rrotaria a su poderoso contra
rio.
Tenia Eustace sincere carino
por la corona de hojalata y en-
una mala noche, con la suerte de
espaldas la perdi6 en- sensacio-
nal combate con McCleary.
Bueno es decir que la Srta,
Doria Doan, contratada para a.
tomizar a la campeona, es natl
va de Georgia, ell estado de los
melocotones y las muchachas
lindas.
La gaceta., 1938-03-25

busca.... Luego la emprendi6
conmigo y me dijo las mil y una
inJurias--.-, pero yo me he rel
do, Isabes.....? Estos infelices
que viven en- familia ,en cuanto
Sc apartan de las enaguas de su
mujer y 10 prueban, Sc vuelven
locos...
Velazqez estaba impaciente.
La Charla gozosa del viejo lie
parecfa insufrible en- aquel mo-
mento. Pero por mas que hacfa
no lograba despegarse. al fin
.uvo que decir con acento NAL
humorado:
-Vaya, d6jeme listed, senior
Rafael, que tengo prisa.
Ell viejo lie miro a la cara sor-
prendido Y, observando su pail
deza solt6 L. carcaiada>
La gaceta., 1938-03-25
V lie chiche6.

tamente Y lie chiche6.
-iiEh! iChist! Velazquez--..-
Atraca, hijo.--. jD6nde va ell
hombre:
-Pues a ninguna parte. Es-
toy tomando ell fresco-.- Y pen :
sando en- 10 divertido que estara
ahora SD sobrino.
ii No 10 creas--..! Mi sobri :
no es un gallego desorejado. No
Sc ha override jamas de la vida
nj Sc divertira. Ahora mismo es-
Ia pensando en- el gasto.
Velazquez sonri6 y trat6 de a.
lejarse. pero ell viejo lie retuvo.
-Ahi dejo al CGrdenal y al
suegro de mi sobrino con una
mona superior, pero isupe-
rior----! Ell Cardinal guerra sa-
lir con Ia navajo alberta en- tn
La gaceta., 1938-03-25
Los jefes de Syracuse jugaran mahana
sabado con los novatos del Cincinnati

mo ayudante del director Bill
McKechnie y pondra en- acci6n
a los siguientes j6venes pelote-
ros: Blackstock, IS; Burman,
2b; Lang, 2b; Green, 1b; O
Council, CT; Lewis, rf Moser, If
Y Easteryood, catcher. LAMA
ran por los Rojos les pitchers
Downey Y Doering.
Jimmy Bottomley anunci6
una Inca de combate muy fuer-
te, integrada por AL Glosop, 2b;
Wane Blackburn, 3b: Dick Por-
yer, rf; Bottomley, 1b; Joe
Mack, CT; Allen Hunt, If; Dee
More, catcher; Ashley Me Dan
iel, IS. Pitchers que entraran en-
combate Steve LeGault, Ell cor
pulento muchacho; EFerrett
Hill, Emil Hemenway y Mat
Holmes.
Dos precios de entrada Sc han
fijado de acuerdo con los bolsi-
los mas modestos, 40 y Is cts.
Los fieles latinos sienten YER
dadera simpatia por los Jefes y
asistiran al desafio de manana.
La gaceta., 1938-03-25
CON LOS GUANTES

Antes, hace ocho o diez amos,
los jovencitos de Tampa pensa-
ban en- aprender a boxear Y des-
tacarse.
No pensaban en- dinero. Apre-
ciaban Ell arte de los punos y Sc
ejercitaban diariamente en- los
differences gymnastics locales.
La plata ocupaba un sitio
secundario en- sus "tanques de
pensar."
Vino Ell progreso del pugilis-
mo y semanalmente Sc llenaban
los "estadios" de Benjamin
Field, Circulo Cubano y Semino
lie Heights.
Les entro ell amor, a toda pri-
sa, per los billetes de banco.
Deiaron de hacer case a los
hombres que desinteresadamen-
e les entrenaban, descuidaron
el entrenamiento y provocaron,
indirectamete, la ruia del pugi-
lismo,
Ahora bien, los empresarios
engordaron la vaca Y cuando da
ba mas leohe con sus errores y
avaricia la mataron.
La gaceta., 1938-03-25
DEPORTES
LA CAMPEONA THEME Eel
MONO BIEN SUJETO Y LU-
CHARA CON DORIS DEAN

La nunca bien ponderada can
paona de luchas la graciosa y
vigorosa Mildred Burke, duena
de I'm cintur6n valuado en- 1000
pesos, reaparecera de nuevo ell
lunes, en- Benjamin Field,
Como oponente de Mildred,
luego de una b1squeda por ell es-
tado, Sc design6 a la Sra. Doris
Dean, muchacha bien alimenta-
da, allegro y que conoce todas las
llaves existentes.
Nnterada de que Mildred ha-
bfa dicho en- tono doctoral que
para ella no existfa rival desde
California a la Florida, inclu-
yendo a Cayo Hueso la Srta.
Doan, modestamen!e declare:
Monos mejores que ell de ella los
he visto 70 deshechos.
Con estas palabras quiso de-
cir que la Mildred pudiera cal
cular NAL y ser derrotada.
Ahora bien, en- una asamblea
de expertos verificada aver en-
IN lugar que no recordamos, sc
declare favorita, en- proportion
de so a 2, q la muy admirada
campeona. fTN Il
Bueno es hacer constar que
no Sc trata de campeonas bigo-
tudas, sine de muchachas que
visten a la moda, fuman cigarri-
Hos v 81 es necesario comen I'm
potato de garbanzos a la luz de
la luna. a.
Ademas de la rina femenil, ell
campeon masculine, caballero
de 800 libras y I'm andar que
conmueve las piedras, irlandes
Pat McCleary, Sc batira con A.
La gaceta., 1938-03-25
LOS ROJOS
POR Ell KANSAS CITY

Luego del contratiempo sufri-
do en- Clearwater, ell microbes,
los Rojos fueron aver a Haines
City a jugar con ell club Kansas
City, llamado tambien los "Azu
les"
De nuevo, 10 que nadie espera
ba, la derrota corresponds al
team administrado por Warren
Giles y dirigido por Bill McKech
ME. Ocho hits pegaron los "azu-
les' a las curvas de Paper, Geh-
La gaceta., 1938-03-25

mar y Cascarella, hacienda Gin
co carreras y ganando ell desa-
flo,
Pegaron los Rejos ocho hits,
tres de Bongiovanni y dos de
Virgir Davis, mas solo lograron
anotar cuatro wees.
La derrota Sc lie acredit6 a
Cascarella.
Hoy jugaron los Rojos, en-
Plant Field, con los Dodgers de
Brooklyn Y esperan devolverles
la derrota.
Cincinnati &c, 8h, De; Kansas
City sc, Oh, lie.
La gaceta., 1938-03-25
NUEVA VICTORIA DE LOS
CUBS DE CHICAGO

Los Angeles, Mario 25.-Ga-
naron aver los Cubs su sexto de-
safio de exhibition de la tempo
rada, derrotando al club Los An
geles con "~score" de a carreras
por 8.
Jim Collins, que trata de reeu
perar su puesto en- la primera
base, impulse en- ell octave la ca
rrera del triunfo,
La gaceta., 1938-03-25
LOS INDIOS VENCIERON A
LOS ATLETTCOS

New Orleans, Mario 25.-Los
Indios de Cleveland vencieron
aver a los Atleticos de Filadelfia
con anotacion de 8 carreras por
5. Bob Feller lanz6 en- cuatro
entradas, dando seis bases Y sir
viendo cuatro pouches. Despues
lie sus tituy6 el veterano Johnny
Allen.
La gaceta., 1938-03-25

Bajan las acciones del italia
no Enrico Ventura en- la catego-
ria del peso ligero y en- la inme-
data, la de las lat libras,
Make Berger, un canadense,
era Ell "perro de abajo." Todos
cream cierta la victoria del tia
liano; pero Berger era meior de
10 que Sc calculaba y Enrico SUI
fri6 otra "desgracia."
La gaceta., 1938-03-25
Los MAI
DE CADI2
Por
ARMANDO P. VALDES

modo Ell favor que me hace. 81
listed tiene todavia algdn inte-
res por esa mujer que ha queri-
do, lie dire que la he visto hace
POGO ala en- Puerta de TERRA
entregar una lave a Antonico,
que debe ser IA de su casa. Ha-
ga listed ahora 10 que mejor lie
pareZca.
Ell majo Sc encongi6 de hon.
bros con afectadO desd&n-
La gaceta., 1938-03-25

Dura sera la prueba del dfa 1
de abril, en- la Madison Square
Garden, para ell italiano de San
Francisco, Fred Apostoli.
Volvera a pelear Apostoli,
que aspira a la corona del peso
medic, con Glen Lee, ell diestro
La gaceta., 1938-03-25

Armando Stella, gladiator de
Chicago, hizo tablas con Joey
Fontana. Fue tablas ell match, a
ocho asaltos. Stella es un mucha
oho de bastante habilidad y po-
see un gancho izquierdo efecti-
vo.
Don Colon, en- ell mismo pro :
grama, venci6 a Young Chappie.
La gaceta., 1938-03-25

Compramos casI todo.-LoS
0aa altos precios r~or sus nue.
hes y enseres. Muebles de Off
tina.
OLIVER'S TRACING POST
1913 f'yAn' lin Sc.
La gaceta., 1938-03-25

AVISO-A los que sufren de
Diabetes les ofrece un folleto
Otto Cisky,- Leesburg, Fla.
La gaceta., 1938-03-25

Sc VENDE Mant6n espahol,
muy bonito. Bajo precio. Infor-
man 2S08 Gale IL.
La gaceta., 1938-03-25

La Gaceta Folletin No. 80
Evening star., 1938-03-23
FREIGHT LOADINGs.

NEW YORK. March % R.-Revenue
freiaht .carloadinss on railroads reporting
cluded:
March, 10. Pr wk. Yr. ago.
Norfolk q west 1874 1854 30.245
Pennsylvania - 1871 s0.O33 120,44t
Evening star., 1938-03-23
ACTIVITY REEVES
AT STEEL PLANTS
lngot Rate Up 2 Points,
at Highest Mark Since
Mid.November.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 23.-The Na-
tions steel mills. with operations up 2
points this week to "a per cent Of
capacity. are producing ingots at the
highest rate since mid-November, Iron
Age reported today.
Probably for the first time since
the first half of 1887 orders are rum
ming in excess of shipments" the pub
lication added
while this change Of trend is too
small to be highly significant, the in
dustry derives some encouragement
from even a minor release from the
stalemate Of recent months. -"
THAT much of the current buying
Is logical seasonal development is
indicated, however, by the fact that
the sudden arrival of spring weather
throughout the country has expanded
sales of wire products, particularly
wire fencing, more than any other class
Of steel products.
"As an example, an outstanding wire
manufacturing unit has increased its
operations from 81 per cent two weeks
ago to 33 per cent this week. Much of
the buying of wire products has come
from farm areas, where considerable
frozen buying power might be released
If general conditions affecting the
farmers markets were more favorable.
The farm equipment industry is con-
tributing more support to the Chicago
steel industry, on relative basis, than
any other branch Of the steel consum-
ing field"
Lack of substantial buying of steel
by the automobile industry and the
railroad industry are "keenest disap-
pointments" to steel makers, it was
said.
A small decline in steel scrap at
Pittsburgh lowered the Iron Age scrap
composite price to s1354 this week,
a drop of cents from last week.
American Metal Market said the
recent pickup in steel mill opera
tions Is greater than can be ac-
counted for by seasonal influences,
considering that buying is only for
the promptest deliveries possible"
Depleted buyers stocks are pointed
to by the trade paper as an explana-
ton for increased orders from agricul-
tural areas for merchant wire prod
ucts Such buying, however. 1t says,
rs not large in proportion to the
aggregate Of all steel products"
Some orders for rails are reported
over the last fortnight, but "for press
ing necessities only"
Evening star., 1938-03-23
NEW RECORD |SSET
BY SEARS PROFITS
Net Reaches $30,828,24
Years Sales Also Hit
AII.Time Peak.
BY the Associated Press.

8y the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, March 23.-Sears, Roe
buck q Co. reported net earnings and
sales for the fiscal year ended January
81 broke all previous records for the
retail sales and mail order concern.
Consolidated net income was $780,
828248, equal to $3.50 a share out
standing, compared with $50 1850, 1893
the previous year, or $627 a share be-
fore issuance Of additional shares in
January, 1887.
Net sales totaled S537,242, 400. an
increase of per cent compared with
1896.
The 1887 figure, according to Robert
e. Wood, president, does not include
net loss of unconsolidated insurance
companies Of s176,3e0 for the year
ended December 81.
Wood said that on January 81 Sears'
inventory was per cent larger than
q year earlier. The current inventory
was below that Of the corresponding
date year ago.
Evening star., 1938-03-23
ODD.LOT DEALINGS.
by the Associated Press,

7 By the Assoclated Press.
The Securities Commission reported to-
day these transactions by customers with
odd.lot dealers or specialists on the New
York Stock Exchange for March 90:
7,S46 purchases. involving 1875. .765 shares;
S,14e sales, involving 162,1o7 shares.
Evening star., 1938-03-23
MONTREAL SILVER.

MONTREAL March - ,ts,.-silver
AGO. Nay. %4.o0; July. 44.60.