The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-07-14
through
Hazel
Eyes
BY
Hazel Brannon

A Durant merchant told us about :
q salesman from an out Of town print !
ing concern who was in his place So
liciting business last week. The young
man very earnestly told the man he
could do his printing better than any
local concern could possibly do it.
that his prices were cheaper than
anywhere in the state, that he could
deliver the job almost Immediately
and If the merchant would just tell
him the price he could get it done
for locally he'd guarantee to do 1t
cheaper
This particular merchant IL a par
~ticularly good business man. He
doesn't think only in terms Of cents
but dollars. He doesn't think in terms
of minutes but Of years. He recog-
nized the argument of the salesman
as the misguided efforts of a person
wanting to get a job badly enough
to employ dirty tactics to get 1t.
But Of course he didn't get the
job. The merchant appreciates the
business this newspaper and its en-
ployees give him. He knows It
amounts In dollars and cents to a
great deal than n cheap. cut-rate
printing he could ever get from any
out Of town firm dirty enough to do
business on a cut-thfoat basis.
He also recognizes the TACT that
this newspaper Is making an earnest
effort to promote the best interests
OF the community Of Durant and Its
people and will go to any extreme
TO accomplish things for them. He
knows that we are here to stand be-
hind our work, that we are not here
today and gone tomorrow.
He knows that when he pays for
cheap printing he gets cheap print
ing and nothing else.
He knows this newspapers and its
employees are sharing the Dad with
him and with other businesses in
the community In paying the taxes
that keep the city running. support
the schools M pay the salaries OF
its city officials.
He knows this business cannot ex-
ist unless other business concerns
are loyal to 1t.
And he knows that every business
that goes under In Durant makes his
share Of the tax burden just a little
bit heavier.
That is why he never buys his print
ing out OF town.
We haven't preached this sermon
Tor our own benefit only. We ara
TALKING for every business concern
in Durant. The same thing applies
to every one of them. None Of them
can prosper unless they get their
share of local business.
And every business concern that
fails puts that much heavier share
Of taxes on the home owners and
n of property in the
ty.
Thus the person who trades out Of
his community exclusively is really
cutting off his nose to spite his face
and will suffer in the long run.
Maybe we're a little crazy but We
would hk to be with Howard Hughes
and his crew on hat record break
ing round the world flight. There's
something about an airplane that gets
under your skin and we have always
had a desire to own and operate our
own While we have been up many
times we lave never been at the con-
trolls.
There's a grand feeling in flying
.ohNx,o thn ol.,l~ 49, - -,
at peace with the world when one is
riding high above 1t.
There are those who say, sPoor
Amelia Earhart. Look where she is.'
Maybe 30. But she died doing what
she wanted to and we can't discount
the Importance of that. How many
people do o know who go on living
all their lives and never get to doing
the thing they've really wanted to
do After all is said and done the
lives that count for most dn this
world are the lives that are rich in
experiences and full to the brim with
doing the useful and worthwhile
things one wants to do. whether
it be flying a ship or tramping thru
the &
More fascinating to us than any
magazine Is National Geographic,
whose vital pictures in color and black
and white take n to the far corners
of the world n with discriminate
ing eyes and keen ears unearthes
the most interesting bits OF history
about each particular place.
Our nations capital has never APP
peared more beautiful than in the
current number of this magazine.
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