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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10
FARM DEBT GROUP
TO HOLD SESSION

A regular meeting of the Hol-
mes county farm debt adjustment
committee will be held at Lex
ington, Monday, March Is, in the
county agents office beginning
at 3 P. NJ, it was announced to-
day by w. & Jordan, of Lexing-
ton, chairman of the group.
The chairman invited farmers
who face complicated debt pro-
blems and possible foreclosure in
spite Of their honest efforts to
meet their obligations to submit
their problem to the committee
when it meets.
( The committee acts as arbitra-
tor in bringing the farm debtor
and his creditor together in work.
ing out new agreements that will
benefit all concerned and enable
the farmer to carry on with a
sounder debt structure.
Either the debtor or creditor
may seek adjustment assistance
from the committee. All agree
ments are voluntary. Services OF
the committee are free.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10

Washington, March 6 - Cot
ton pro- ulcers who nave taken ad'
vantage Of the Government loan
are reported to be eager to take
advantage also of the provision OF
the Farm Bill under which they
would receive Immediately an ad
ditional two cents a pound and
turn title of the cotton over to the
Government.
The word immediate" did the
trick. Immediate payment of an
additional $40 a bale for which a
loan already has been obtained Of
the approximate value of the cot
ton naturally has a strong appeal.
Who wouldn't like to have SIC
more for something on which he
has received a loan of the APP
proximate value of the commodi-
|ty?
The farmers are not to be blam
ed for their enthusiasm over the
prospect Of this unexpected lagni.
appa. If the Government thinks
it is right. no farmer in his right
mind would see anything wrong
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10
COURT REvERSES
TUBERvILLE CASE

The Mississippi Supreme Court
last Monday in a decision handed
down by Justice Anderson, re-
versed and remanded the case of
B. E. Tuberville VS.. State, and
ordered a new trial, because OF
a series Of errors complained OF
by Mr.. Tuberville. Mr.. Tuber.
vile, a resident Of Lexington, was
convicted at the October term of
the Holmes Circuit Court for an
assault and battery with intent
to kill, according to the allega-
tions of the indictment and was
given a sentence Of 2 years III
prison.
Mr.. Tuberville was represented
in the Supreme Court by Sandy
King, local attorney while the
State was represented by attor-
neys John & White, D. 4. Ruff
attorney General Greek l.. Rice.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10
WILL
VOTE ON FARM J
BILL SATURDAY
VOTING PLACES AND HOURS
LISTED D

Holmes county farmers will 60
to the polls Saturday, March IL,
and vote on the proposed farm
bill. The polls will open at seven
o'clock and stay open until sew
en- o'clock Saturday night.
AS explained by the county
agent in a series Of meetings held
over the county this week, the
referendum Saturday is merely a
vote on the &c per pound penal
ty on the cotton produced on land
in excess of the farm allotment.
For example, if a farmer is al
lotted ten acres and plants twelve
and the referendum carries, then
the penalty would apply on the
two acres planted above his al
lOtment.
If the referendum Saturday car
ries there will be available to the
producers WHO cooperate on the
program . loan Of eight and one
fn.... =. cents on 7-s middling cot
ton. Il
To the non-cooperators only q
loan Of so per cent of the amount
to the cooperator will be made
and this on land that is in ex-
cess of the farm allotment.
1t the referendum fails to car
|rly there will be no government
loan on cotton this fall.
ALI cotton producers are allow
ed to vote regardless of sex or
color, whether landlord or ten
ant.
Following is listed the places
where the election will be held
Saturday and the persons in
charge at each place:
Durant - City Hall - G. w.
Melton.
Bowling Green - S. Sidon.
West - w. j. Dodd.
Centreville - Luther Brown
ing.
Emory - Hope Cade.
Acona - John Allen Cade.
Vineyards Store - Halle Ter
~.
Goodman - Masonic Hall =
Howard Douglas.
Pickens - Hoover Maxwell.
Rlchland - j. E. Chisholm.
Lexington - courthouse
W. E. Ward and E. II. Fowler.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10

the individual is prolonged, pain
full, costly and not without dan
ger. 1t is a disgrace that we
have allowed our domestic AMI.
mails to literally run wild" and
endanger the lives of SO many
innocent persons. A bill designed
to empower the Board of Super
visors to control this menace by
making the vaccination of all dogs
against rabies compulsory and
providing the destruction OF all
unvaecinated animals will be in
troduced into-the State legislature
in the near future. Every per-
son who has the welfare of his
child, or dog, at heart will urge
his legislator to see that this bill
lis passed.
Respectfully,
ROBERT II. ONSTOTT. M n
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10
HOUSEWIVES RECEIVE
GOLDEN BAKE SAMPLES

Durant housewives this week
were pleased to receive from the
Lewis Grocer Company a five
pound package of their Golden
Bake flour.
The flour, of highest quality, is
milled at the Indianola Plant. and
users OF the flour have express
ed themselves as highly enthusi-
astic over the project.
The sample packages were dis
tributed by Mrs. John jenkins.
1t is handled by practically every
grocery store in Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10
|about it.

BUT EVEN the Government
must proceed with something re-
|sembling an orderly program.
There is a limit to the amount of
money available and regardless o
the Farm Bill, benefits are going
to be apportioned equitably. II
would be highly discriminatory
for the Department of Agricul-
ture to adopt a policy of "first
come, first served"
In order to understand the pro-
vision by which producers have
obtained a loan on their cotton
and obtain Immediately an addi-
tional two cents a pound by turn
ing title to the cotton over to the
Government, it is necessary to con
slider the background.
THE DEPARTMENT of Agri-
culture says, correctly. that it
does not want to penalize this
years cotton crop by freezing
some 100000 bales under Gw
eminent ownership, which may
not be disposed Of until it can be
sold at a price representing the
Government s investment. 1t does
not matter who owns the cotton
on where il is, as the carryoyer
affects the market. 1t is the same
as long as there is a visible snp-
ply and 6,6U, 900 bales would be
CONTINUED on page IL
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10
''? g4I4t Rg|a1 sEIs
BULLDOGS LOSE IN final,
GAMES OF TOURNEY
By William Cathey

Three members of the Goodma,
basketball quintet gained recog.
milton on the annual All-State
selections just released, while two
girls won coveted positions on the
first choices. The Holmes Gag
ers attained the honor of both
teams advancing to the finals,
but each lost the last game, tho
girls to the Wesson sextet 81 to
"a and the boys to the Moorhead
IroJans by a score Of 81 to 46.
Louis Adair. who probably cs
tablished a conference record for
individual scoring in one game by
hitting the basket for 36 markers,
gained a center post, James Bus.
by was placed at one forward po-
sltion, and Johnny Powell tel
tor a guard berth with Charlie
Ward OF Wesson.
Both Willard Crawford and Ma
bel Roberts Of the girls we're men,
toned on the first All-State sex.
tet. The latter led the Holmes
six in scoring with sc tallies.
The Bulldogs did not place a
man on the second team, but the
girls were fortunate in having
julia Frances Persons and Willo.
dene as guard and forward re-
s%pectively.
In reaching the final round, the
Goodman quintet encountered
some very stubborn :opposition in
winning from Summit 80 to 80
and in eliminating the Wesson
Wolves AZ to 46 in the best clash
OF the tourney after a 81 to 81
deadlock at the end of the regu.
lation contest n~ecessitated the
playing Of an extra period
The local sextet started scoring
early and held its own in TRIM
ming the strong Decatur combine
by a score OF As to 38 in its OPEN
ing tilt and then engaged the
Summit lassies in a hard fought
affair to finally emerge victorious
80 TO 81.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10
LARGE CROWD
HEARS LECTURER
DIR. BARKER SPEAKS II
CAPACITY AUDIENCES

DR.. Charles f. Barker, noted
lecturer and teacher Of the prin-
ciples Of health and right living
delivered inspiring messages to
audiences at Pickens and Good
man Friday when he made a visit
here under the sponsorship Of the
Durant and Pickens Rotary Clubs
Speaking to an assembly Of 500
Junior College students in Good.
man at 10 100 he impressed his
youthful listeners with the value
of ideals. In the evening he
spoke at a public meeting if pa
rents and young people in Pick
ems. He gave a talk to the Ro-
tary clubs at their meeting in the
Junior College dining hall, dis
cussing Rotary By-Products."
In his Addr1ae haforo sparen1a
and young people In the evening
DR.. Baker told his listeners that
the most important job in the
world was that Of being q father
or q mother"
He deplored the lack of educa-
tional facilities for teaching young
people these facts as they grow
and said that "all they know con
corning motherhood and father
hood, is what they stumble into
by accident and not what they
learn from scientific study"
The talk DR.. Barker gave to the
Junior College students brought
out three requisites for a success
ful life, as stated by President
James A. Garfield. They are: IA
strong arm, a clear head and a
brave heart"
In his talk to the Junior Col
lege students in the morning DR..
Barker held the attention of ev-
cry pupil and was given wonder
full applause at the conclusion Of
his address. He aroused In the
pupils a desire for high ideals in
life, and the large npmher of .pu-
pills who returned to hear him
again in the evening, was fine tes-
timony of the impression he made
on them.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10

park, we now have more hopes
than ever that the park will be
pushed to completion.
The Holmes county park, stu
ated as it is, one and one-half
miles off Highway 81, aerial high
way from Chicago to New Or
leans, will attract many tourists
each year.
The attraction of tourists how
ever, is not as important in our
mind as the good it will do for
the people right here at home in
Holmes county.
Churches, lodges, clubs, farm
groups and civic organizations all
feel the needs Of the park.
Many recreational facilities will
be available to the people Of this
county where there are practical.
ly none at the present.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10
IS
SOUGHT FOR
COTTON STUDY
AGENCIES WILL BE
ESTABLISHED

Unified action to bring TO NiS-
sissippi one Of the million dollar
farm products laboratories autho-
rized under the Agricultural Act
of 1888, characterized a series OF
events at the beginning Of March.
One Of these chemical laboratories,
likely to be devoted principally
to cotton, is to be located in the
cotton belt.
Section POP Of the new farm
law authorizes and directs the
Secretary OF Agriculture Of the
United States ITO establish, equip
and maintain four regional re.
search laboratories. to conduct
researches into and to develop
new scientific, chemical and tech
nical uses and new and extended
markets for farm comaaodiries and
products and by.products there
Of" One million dollars is au.
thorized for each if the four labo.
ratories Beginning July /, 1895
and a like sum annually thereof
ter.
Following an address BY Sena.
tor Bilbo, author of Section 2O2
providing these laboratories, the
State Legislature moved rapidly
A series Of companion bills were
introduced in both Senate and
House, one Of them appropriating
not to exceed 100000 as IN cvi.
dence Of cooperation on the part
Of the state in event the labora-
tory is located in Mississippi; an
other authorizing counties and
municipalities to make donations ;
and still another setting up a
State Chemurgic laboratory Com
mission consisting Of the Cover
nor, the Attorney General and
the Commissioner of Agriculture,
to present Mississippi's case be-
fpre the Federal authorities. The
Senate passed these measures and
the appropriation bill was signed
by more than a majority Of the
House members
An enthusiastic meeting in Jack
son Of the Mississippi Chemurgic|
Council, was attended by respon.
sible representatives of a dozen
Mississippi towns and cities. The
expressed determination was TO
lay aside inter-city rivalry, secure
the laboratory for Mississippi il
in any way possible, then to let
each interested city present it's
claim.
"a Federal research laborato-
ry to discover new uses and ex-
pand market outlets for cotton"
stated Commissioner Holton, "has
long been sought. and will mean
much to the South. W. intend
to leave no stone unturned in our
efforts To secure it's location here
in the very heart Of the cotton
hell, where we grow the finest
guilty of cotton. the greatest va
r....y of cotton, and where leader
in teptt4aHr production has long,
been notable"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10
DR.. oNSToTT
GIVES HEALTH
DEPT REPORT
CITIZENS WARNED AGAINST
SMALLPOX

Durluc the month Of January
1888. the Holmes County Health
Department has received reports
Of the following cases OF Commu-
nicable Diseases.
Influenza 1863, Gonorrhca Is,
Malaria 70, Syphilis 81, Chicken
pox 81, Measles Is, Dysentery il,
Whooping Cough 8. Scarlet Fever
/, Puerperal Septicemia l. :.
Scattered over the State OF MIS-
sissippi are many cases OF Small
pox. As yet, there has been no
known case Of Smallpox occurring
in Holmes County, however, 1t is
probable that before long Small
box will appear here, as it is now
occurring in adjoining counties:
Due to the prevalence OF Small
pox in the State there has been
an Unusual demand for Smallpox
vaccinations and during the
month I,482 vaccinations were
performed by the Health Depart
ment. All citizens Of Holmes
County are urged to be v%accinat-
ed Immediately II they have not
been vaccinated within the last
five years. Vaccination is o SIM
pie and safe method Of develop
ing an immunity against this
dreaded disease Vaccinations
may be obtained from your fam
lily doctor or from the Health De-
partment.
Recently there have been a nun
Der Of Individuals bitter by stray
dogs in the county. Rabies Thy.
drophobia) has for several years
been present amcLg the dogs and
foxes of the county and state and
any dog which attacks a child or
adult is suspected Of having ra-
bies. When q mad dog" bites
q person it transfers the virus
c3x1xIfEx tho disease into the
wound. a1.d the indivi lual II un-
treated will in due course Of time
develop rabies and surely die.
All dog owners sLD,ud have
their animals immunixed sgairs.
by their veterinary surgeon
and should never allow their dogs
to run ut large. All unvaccinated
dogs if found running at large
should be destroyed. If this were
a great economic saving
could be cffe,,el. not only In COS:
ly medical care, but IN the saving
of livestock. 1t would also ro+
move a great menace to the life
of persons OF the county.
Should a person be bitten by an
animal which is even remotely
suspected Of faving rabies, he
should ID capture and impound
the animal and ~ call his ply
stefan. The animal should not
be killed, but should be held for
observation in order to definitely
determine whether the animal
does or does not have rabies.
The prophylantic ttrsatment Of
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10

about F. d. r. before he writes
such an article. 1.-THE South Sc
cedes Again" It's rotten and an
to the President and to
Southern people.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10
Farmers Should Beware

Following is an article writ
ten by George Morris in his
colunn H., I'm Washington
appearing in the Commercial
Appeal, which we think is Of
vital and timely interest to
our farmer readers. We in.
vite your close attention.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10
METHODIST CHURCH

Church School at 9.45.
Preaching services at IL A. NJ
and 7:30 P. NJ.
Special music at both hours.
The pastor will preach at both
hours.
Everybody invited.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Jones Of
Belzoni were the guests Of his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harper Jones
over the weekend
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10
THROUGH
HAZEL EYES
Since the legislature appropriat
BY Hazel a

ed money Tor
the forestry and
park work in
the state, and
since work has
already been re-
sumed on a small
scale on the Hol
mes county state
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

Bible School 9:45.
Morning worship 10 so.
Sermon Casting Stones"
B. T. u. - is.
Evening worship u.s..
Sermon "Gates of Pearl"
stor will preach at both
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10

For many years we've had Ia
put up with dukes and counts OF
foreign countries taking off the
richest and fairest Of our Ameri-
can women.
With the big reception accord
ed the three Albanian Processes
recently, we are inclined to won
der If they aren't out to santch
off the best Of gu, American
men.
II SO, all we can say is -Anieri-
can women just aren't what We
-Ahink- 49,
outrage to 20 on. It's bad enough
to have men fortune hunters III
our land. but women husband
hunters.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10

latOr, keeps on at the pace ne mas
set at the present session he will
end up by being speaker of the
house before very long.
Billy, according to the daily pa
pers, has made quite a record in
being in the speakers chair on
three different occasions when
storms have broken and on each
occasion has conducted himself
creditably and come out with fly
ing colors.
During the time the Social Sc
curly Act has been in operation
more than one billion dollars has
been collected. This money in
stead Of being set aside for pay
ments to its beneficiaries as most
everyone thinks, has gone, into the
general revenue fund and has
been spent to meet current run
ming expenses Of the government
This is, in effect. robbing Peter
to pay Paul.
Money the government spends
today from the Social Security
fund will have to be made up to-
morrow by. :. you guessed it. .
additional taxation.
This is nothing short of a vic.
lation Of the trust of the people
of this country have placed I'm
the hands Of their government.
When people are taxed for So.
cial Security the money should
go for social security only. or the
tax repealed.
"In short. there never was a
time when the devotees of Jeffer.
son and jackson were SO vicious
andhnan;Ao GUS in their opposition
to a Democratic President. (Speak
ing Of the people below the Ma
son and Dixon Line.) They dis
own Franklin d. Roosevelt CON-
.pletely to them he is an excom-
municate, a renegade. a carpetbag
ger"
Thus speaks Dom Thomas in
the current issue or the Common
tator.
AT any one Of a dozen coun-
tries at the present time the above
statement about the head of the
government would cost the writer
his life. In America we are saps
enough to pay Csc to read the ar
ticle.
We'd suggest that Mr.. Thomas
twho is he, anyway?) come south
and find out how people feel.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-03-10

mes county state
Evening star., 1938-09-16

0oiuc Ich IeAQy
for Mr.. Chamberlain when he arrived.
and that might have been her idea,
too. She likes to make everybody
happy and cosy, as when she threw
an impromptu picnic in 1925 which
quite possibly affected the course Of
history. 1t was at the Locarno Con-
ference on the shores of beautiful
Lake Maggiore in Italy. She was
there with her husband, IA years her
senior, then British foreign secretary.
War clouds were gathering then, a.
now. The conferees were getting no.
where. There were few desultory
exchanges Of vague suggestions about
this and that, but no plan or agenda
on which to proceed. The diplomats
were Just biting their nails.
One day Lady Chamberlain breezed
inshore with a snappy little yacht.
On board she had picnic hampers full
OF headcheese, blutwurst, pate and
scallopini, covering the entire conti-
mental range Of food addiction. Then
she dragooned her husband, BRAND Of
France, Luther and Stresemann Of
Germany, two or three Italians and
brace OF international jurists. They
disappeared around a bend in the lake
and didn't return until after nightfall.
Nobody would tell what happened.
1t was reported that the astute Lady
Chamberlain had flashed a concisely
written prospectus for agreement and
action and brilliantly expounded her
plan for an all-around European
rapprochement. At any rate, the
conference got going.
She is regarded as the cleverest
woman politician in England. and the
four-power pact, possibly flve-power.
with Poland in, is her dream, her
obsession, her all-inclusive and pas
sionate interest. She was recently in
Italy for months, conferring with Ciano
and others high in the Italian state,
after which came the British Italian
rapprochement, side-tracked by trou-
bles in Spain.
Like all of the family Of illustrious
Birmingham iron-mongers. whose social
and political mentor she has been, she
is a power philosopher, with little pre-
occupation with distractions Of de-
mocracy or absolutism. She was Ivy
| Muriel Dundas, daughter Of the late
Col. H. Laurence Dundas. and descen-
dant Of an ancient fighting clan. She
is now comely matron Of 62. It
seems quite plausible that she rang
up Neville Chamberlain and told him
she was phoning Adolf to have tea
ready, 50 they could talk things over
and not have war,
Copyright. 1889
Evening star., 1938-09-16

conscience honestly that the
Democratic his objective
the
formation the Democratic into liberal The Growing
while President still holds
If the Democratic
dsapproved President politicians fatenng
public trough likely their jobs
the hurry?" obvious
there another
the world at
the his bedside talk often concerned
recalled Wilson admin
should Wilson
high liberalism and all endedn
Gamael Harding Apparently remember Apparently he