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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-05-19
Holmes County Girls TO
Receive Blue Nj. Degrees

Blue Mountain, Miss, May 1e-Miss-
es Carlena Crider and Betty Wilburn
of Durant, Ruth Farr Of Goodman.
and Frances Smith Of Cruger are can
didates for the degree of Bachelor o.
Arts of Blue Mountain College, which
is to be awarded June i. In addition
to maintaining a heavy schedule to-
ward their literary degrees, these
young women have participated freely
in the extra-curricular activities on
the campus.
During her stay at Blue Mountain
Miss Crider was a member of the
Eunomians, the Hiking Club, the Home
Economics Club, and in addition, was
a House President and Y. w. A. OFF,
Ger.
Miss Wilburn was q member Of the
Eunomians, French Club, Information
al Relations Club, Music Club, May
Day Court; and, in addition, was q
b. Y. p. u. officer, Sunday School
officer. Y. w. A. officer and q House
President.
Miss Farr was q member of the
Eunomians, the Orchestra, Of which
she was president during her senio,
year. the IN" Club, volleyball team,
Softball team, Basketball team, Swim.
ming team and May Day Court. In
addition, she was q Y. w. A. officer
Sunday School officer, b. Y. p. u. Of
| ficer.
Miss Smith was . member Of the
Eunomians, Classical Club, Of which
she was an officer. Delta Club, Ju.
nior-Freshman Wedding Party, Hik.
Club. In addition she wa . Sunday
School officer, Y. w. A. officer and
B. Y. p. u. officer.
Miss Order is the daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. c. s. Order Of Durant
graduated from the Durant High
School in 1888 and from Hillman Col
lege in 1885. Miss Wilburn is tn,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. vii
burn Of Durant and graduated from
the Holmes Junior College, Goodman
in 1885. Miss Farr is the daughte,
of Mrs. w. e. Farr Of Goodman an,
graduated from the Holmes JUNO,
College, Goodman. in 1886. Miss Smitl
is the daughter Of Mr.. J. d. Smitf
of Cruger and graduated from tn,
Shaw High School in 1880.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-05-19
Duront School Bond Has
Bouquet Tsesdoy

Members of the Durant School Band
enjoyed q banquet a the California
Cafe Tuesday night.
Members OF the Board Of Trustees
and parents of members Of the band
were honored guests.
DR.. r. c. Elmore performed the
duties OF ,toastmaster and the speak
ers of the evening were c. H. Carruth,
superintendent Of schools, and Mr.
Skipworth, Knsciusko.
There wer 66 people enjoying the
affair.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-05-19

Thousands of bottles OF Nash's G.
a L. Tonic are being taken every
week by people all over the South
Every bottle is sold on MI. Nash's
guarantee Of, TRY for n week. n
you are not thoroughly satisfied SIM
ply return the bottle to the Drug
store and get your money back"
Today get . SOC bottle Of Nash's g.
4 L. Tonic from your druggist. You
are not out one penny II II does nos
do you . lot Of good.
For sale In Durant by Howell =
Heggie Drug Co.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-05-19
Hour OF Recital
lis Changed

The piano recital by the pupils Of
the Durant High School will begin
promptly at 7:45 Friday night. The
public is cordially invited. Please note
the time as the hour has been chang
ed.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-05-19
Mrs. Ito Spencer Foster
Dies In Lexington

Mrs. Lita Spencer Foster, AZ, died
Of apoplexy in the Lexington hospi-
tai Sunday, May Is, at Z o'clock.
The body was taken to Sarcoe,
Missouri for burial.
Mrs. Foster is survived by her
husband, J. v. Foster, and one son.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-05-19
At Your Best!
free From Constipation

III Vuuu OVUuO0W00Vuu
Nothing beats . clean sys-
tenn for healthl
At the first sign Of consti-
patton, take Black raught
for prompt relief.
Many men and women have said
Black Draught brings such refresh-
ing relief. BY it, cleansing action,
poisonous effects Of constipation are
driven out: you soon feel better.
more efficient.
Black-Draught costs less than
most other laxatives. o
BlACk&R|
DRAUGn1EY
GOOD LAXATIVE -
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-05-19
Nowoods Entertain
DINNER Guests

Mr. and Mrs. James Norwood en-
tertained at six o'clock dinner Thurs
day evening, Miss Mamie Clark, Miss
Jean Perkins. Miss Kate Pinson and
! Miss Endama Vickers.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21
MULCTING PUBLIC yOBHOLDERS
wall Street JournaD

Almost cynical in its disregard of the
nature of political solicitation of funds
Is the defense of that practice by the
WPA administrator of Pennsylvania, J.
Banks Hudson. Commenting on the open
appeal for a war chest which has gone
out to state and federal employees in the
Keystone State, Mr.. Hudson says:
"Any candidate is within his rights
IN asking contributions SO long as there
is no effort to menace, and no threats. y
Does Mr.. Hudson really think that an
employe Of state or federal government
can receive an appeal for funds from a
candidate who either controls his Job
or is in position to bring influence to
bear on his future retention of it, and not
construe that appeal as distinct threat
a distinct menace? If So he should do
little research into normal human psy-
chology.
This practice is vicious one, regard
less of how or by whom il is performed
II party machine is TO be well-oiled bv
funds from loyal party workers, and
their quid pro quo is to receive Jobs, then
the basis of public officeholding, while
vicious, should be at least frank "To the
vlctors belong the spoils" was a state
ment made in more candid age. But
to pretend that there is no politics in
relief, or in state government, and then
to demand funds in this manner is as
obvious q piece CT hypocrisy as can we'll
be imagined.
IN this instance the Democratic party
IS concerned. Charges have been made
that the same sort of thing is going on
among social security employees of Maine
where the Republicans are top-dog. The
practice is reprehensible wherever it
exists. With the vast and increasing
number of government employees in this
country, there are two courses which can
be adopted: Either openly to sell politi-
cal employment or to eliminate payment
therefore. There is no satisfactory mid
die course.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21
WeII, I'll
TelIYo,u..
Says
Bob Burns

Life is mostly like game OF put
and take, only some fellas will take
without askin' questions but will
freeze up when it comes to putin.
Grandpa Snaazy, though, isn't one
of that kind, he always believed in
tit-for-tat.
/ remember one time he went
into the bank at Van Buren, to bOr-
row two hundred dollars to make
a deal he had his heart set on.
When the banker asked him what
security he had, grandpa said. "TwO
hundred horses The banker lent
him the money.
Later on grandpa came back with
a big roll of bills and peeled Off
two hundred dollars and the inter-
est and paid it to the man and
started to put the rest back in
his pocket. The banker said, "Why
don't you let us keep the rest Of
the money for you?" Grandpa look
ed him right in the eye and said,
"How many horses you gOt?"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21
GOLDEN HOARD GROWS
FOR MYSTERIOUS REASON
(Riverside Press

(Riverside Press
At the end of the World War we had
in the United States treasury what was
universally considered a huge stock of
gold t was little more than S3,000,-
600 900. Today it is $4,000, ,0000 900 hav-
ing multiplied fourfold. The worlds
gold production for years has been
greater than in any previous period of
history, and Uncle Sam has absorbed it
all.
Devaluation is responsible for large
part of this gain of yellow metal as
measured in dollars, but even so the
gains and the present total are unpre-
cedented. Also, in the minds of many,
they are without practical value or even
perilous.
The purpose of the government in ac-
cumulating such huge bulk of gold
along with a corresponding bulk of sill
ver-has never been clearly stated. Pre-
sumably it is a state secret. The usual
view, however, is that it has been done
as measure of financial insurance
that in spite of most of the nations hav-
ing gone off the gold basis, they still
respect gold, and gold still retains its
value as money-metal or as mental in
fluence, persuading the rest of the world
that our financial position is sound. But
many experts are insisting that there
should be some clearer understanding
about it.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21
THE HIGH COST
OF DEMOCRACY

The Imperial county budget for the
fiscal year of 193S-39 sets up a fund of
Sl2,710 to cover expenses of primary
elections, and an identical fund TO cover
general election expenses. This provi-
sion is made for S25, ,420 which may be
spent to allow Imperial county voters
to cast their ballots this year. Yet most
OF the officers in the county itself are
unopposed for election, and there are
SO many names on the ballot for state
and national offices that, for the aver
age person, putting a stamp opposite
one name partakes somewhat of the ma
ture of a lottery.
There is no intention here to dispar-
age the right nor the wisdom of the bal
lot. 1t is the marrow of the Democratic
system; without it Americanism would
mean nothing.
We do question, however, the wisdom
of law that requires 58 separate kinds
of ballots for county the size of ours.
We question the red tape that requires
the printing of one ballot for the one
registered Communist party member in
Imperial county. And we believe a more
economical procedure could be allowed
in circumstances such as those existing
here, where all but one county officer is
unopposed for election.
Inc names OF those unoppoSed county
officers will go on the ballot August 80,
and they will be on the ballot again in
November. Yet there is no question in
the mind of anyone that they will be
elected
We favor election laws that place
every possible safeguard around sanctity
of the ballot, but we believe an honest
vote could be obtained under some other,
less costly system. The county authori-
ties have nothing to do with the rules
that govern elections, except that they
must follow them. Therefore it should
be the duty of the state legislature TO
study and recommend simplification of
California's voting machinery to save
the counties and the taxpayers part of
the huge cost of voting.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21
The UNITED STATES
AND CANADA

Those who have no better nail on
which to hang political criticism of
President Roosevelt than his Ontario
speech pledging the help of the United
States if Canada is invaded might as
well retire from the field of political
carping. Whether the President had ever
voiced the pledge or not, Canada would
still find herself supported by troops
from this country if she were threaten
ed by invaders.
To the bulk of Americans, invasion
of Canada would appear very little diff
ferent from invasion of the United
States. And in all probability, it would
actually be very little different. Any
nation that invaded Canada, under con-
ditions as they now exist and as they
have existed for over hundred years,
would not hesitate long about continu-
ing the invasion to include the United
States.
Fighting any war Canada might enter
on alien soil would be a different thing.
We should not be expected to support
the Canadians in any war in which their
strong British sympathies might involve
them. We do not believe Canada would
expect 1t.
Canada and the United States, gigan-
tic friendly neighbors, have too many
common interests, too much mutual re-
spect and too much liking for one an
other to allow any foreign nation to in
wade either without fighting both.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21
News Behind
the News
Senator POpe's Hide
Goes to ROrah
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

WASHINGTON. = If Senator
James P. Pope of Idaho stays lick
ed, his political belt should be tack
ed up On the wall of Senator VII
liam E. Borah.
Borah was alway the "only Idaho
senator because no one could ever
remember the other fellows name
Then mild, scholorly big Jim Pope,
elected in 1882, gradually grew to
be a major senate figure. Worse
yet, he demonstrated great interest
in foreign affairs, Borah's particu-
lar domain, and began to speak with
more or les authority as an admin
lstration member Of the foreign re-
lations committee, of which Borah
days.
1t may not be true, as rumored
here, chat Borah sent word to po-
litical lieutenants in Idaho which
caused thousands of Republicans to
enter the Democratic primary to
defeat Pope. But a horde of Borah
Republicans did extctly that, as
returns showed.
Congressman D. Worth Clark,
conservative Democrat who nosed
Pope out by 1000 votes, branded
Pope an "internationalist" and con-
tinually stressed allegiance ito the
philosophy of that great living
statesman, William Borah." Clark
also profited greatly by declaring,
"I don't know whether the Town
send plan will work, but I'm in favor
of giving it trial"
Certain other administration
supported senators would never be
missed. But Pope was one of the
ableSt, most sincere men in the
small senate New Deal group. That's
why many Democrats want him to
run as an independent.
Because stress was laid on Mr..
RooSeVelt's endorsement of Senator
Hattie CaraWay in the Arkansas
primary, it has been generally over
looked that Mrs. CaraWay was the
first woman ever to serve a full
senate term and now, since Demo-
cratic nomination in her stete
means election, will be the only
woman ever elected for a second
siX-year term. Furthermore, sev be-
came a campaign issue and sex
Although Mrs. CaraWay original
ly was appointed in November, 1881,
to fill the seat vacated by her hus-
bands death, she was nominated
and elected in 1892 to serve out
the term and then again in the
same year was chosen for the full
term.
Capital Hill colleagues privately
award Senator George Berry of
Tennessee the 1888 BOBBY prize. Ber-
ny, who had Wan:ed the government
10 spend millions to settle his TVA
marble claims later adjudged
Worthless-found he couldn't get
administration support for renomi-
nation SO he denounced federal
was beaten over
The reason New Dealers haven't
boasted of their Tennessee primary
victory is that they don't want to
advertise their tie-up with Boss Ed
Crump Actually, relations are
friendly and close. Crump is pro-
New Deal and especially pro-TVA.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21

to keep the st an from
scalding ker hands. She used some
CT the money she earned for music
lessons for Vick, and finally he got
a job singing in the choir. An6
there he was when he decided tC
crash radio.
His first step was a wise one
He said to himself, q can't just
walk in and ask for a job and
come out with it buttoned in my
pocket. I must get ready for radio
I must prepare myself. Then I'll
batter the doors" So he got a job
on a small station.
He knew no one in radio; he
had no letters of introduction. 1t
took him year, for he had deter
mined to learn the business from
the ground up. He announced
shows, sang, played drums, direc-
ted, wrote commercial announce
mentS, and acted. He played a
sailor on the same day. In the part,
the Swedish sailor fell overheard
and was drowned. After the show
the director told Wick he hoped the
drowning was permanent
After years experience he came
to New York. He was offered a
job. But he found that New York
and small station were vastly
different. New York drew the vest
the very cream. He felt that he
did not know enough about radio,
SO he passed up the offer and re-
turned to his small station for fur
ther study.
Next year he came back, made
a tour of the offices, was offered
a job. Again he decided he didn't
know enough to compete with the
New York boys = back home he
went.
He came to New York the fourth
time to study radio needs.
The fourth time he felt prepared
and this time he accepted a lob.
He shot upward like an express
elevator. He was now backed by
experience.
In no time at all he was direct
ing the Kate Smith program.
He did so well that he was en-
gagged by Phillips Lord to do his
Gang Busters program.
Eddie Cantor needed a man to
direct his show. The job came to
Wick.
He is now a top director. His
banker calls him Sir"
How old do you suppose he is?
Twenty nine!
He made a success because he
fitted himself for success. He learn
ed the business from top to bot
tom. When he was ready for the big
job, he asked for it and got it.
You can 90 exactly the same. Look
around you and don't hesitate to
begin in a humble way. Keep your
eye on the top and you have
chance to get there.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21
Famous Sayings
Bruce Cation Says
= Mans Inventions Impose responsibilities

The idea that we ought to call
a halt on new inventions until we
have learned to use the ones we
have already is not especially new.
But with the world in the state
it now occupies, it is hardly sur
prising that this idea should be
brought forward again.
1t is presented most recently by
C. E. M. Joad, the distinguished
British philosopher, who suggested
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21

get into radio
so did about a
million o t h e rs.
He got in. The
others didn't.
tt h IS boy S
name was Wick
K n i G h t H i S
mother had been
a calliope play
er on a show
boat on the Ohio
river. She had
to wear gloves
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21

TO a London teachers meetlng the
other day that there should be a
board of scientists empowered to
give or refuse permits for inventions
likely to affect human life.
Science, says Prof. Joad, has
given us powers fit for the gods,
vet we bring to their use the men
tality of schoolboys and savages.
The symbol of this is the alrplane,
the greatest of mans inventions,
which nevertheless threatens his
civilization with destruction. The
superman made the plane, but the
ape has got hold of it,
In view of the things the airplane
has done in Spain and China, and
considering the things which every
one expects 1t to do when full
dress major war breaks out, this
is hardly an overstatement. Yet it
is hard to believe that we must
look for a remedy by cutting down
on new inventions.
Hard as the job may be, our sal
walton can only lie along the line OF
living up to our inventions, no mat
ter how preplexig or far reaching
their effect may be.
1t would be pretty hard, for one
thing, to look at a brand new IN
vention and say just how great. 1t
would eventually effect human life.
remake the entire south and lead
Eli Whitneys cotton gin can hardly
have looked like thing that wou
TO a civil war. 1t would have taken
rare foresight to deduce, from the
first coughing gasoline engine, our
present network of paved highways
truck traffic and dying railroads.
What we usually fail to realize Is
that the whole tangle OF inventions.
Jumped together under the term
"the mechanical age" has brought
about the profoundest revolution
that the human race has yet had
to adjust itself TO. That revolution
goes far beyond any political revolu-
ton; it involves complete and fun
damental change in the terms on
fhich man exists in the physical
world.
We are in the midst of that rev.
olution right now, and we cannot
possibly see what things are going
to be like when it is over. But the
fact that we are in the midst OF 1t,
while 1t might explain our blunders
and our confusion, makes it impos-
sible for us to call halt.
We cannot put am smbargo on
new inventions. For better or worse
we have got to go ahead and make
the best of them.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21
BORROW QUIETLY

1t is not businesslike, to broad
cast your need of Loan. Borrow
quickly, easily, from us. That ~
the modern, sensible way Loan~l
are made with no needless delay.
Repayment is spread over conven-
iently long periods. Come and
learn about our Personal Loan
Plan.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21
DALE
CARNEGIE

Would you like to get into radio?
Well, let me tell you about a
boy who sang in a church
choir in Cleveland. He wanted to
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21

The latest word is that II Duce's
race consciousness campaign is in
tended to keep the men of Rome
from being too friendly with the.
bellies in the African colonies. That
Whirring noise you hear is Cleopatra
revolving in her grave.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21


ment of regular transatlantic SER
vice.
The first u. S. tranScontinental
airplane flight was made in 1911 by
Calbraith Perry Rodgers, who flew
across the country in SO days.
The annual crime bill in the Unit
ed States is more than $4,000 0OO,-
600, according to the American Bar
association.
The cockroach is said to be more
intelligent than many domestic an
imals.
Sales of mems and boys caps in
the United States are now less than
one-third what they were 12 years
ago.
Platinum was SO cheap in Russia
y
pots and pans made from the metal.
The famed flying fish can make
as many as II successive leaps in
the air before submerging into the
sea.
Medieval English shows often
sold pocket picking privileges to the
gang making the highest bid.
A her of 20 rare peccaries wild
pigs recently was seen in Tucson
national park, Arizona.
A former prize fighter has been
arrested in an eastern city on a
worthless check charge. Tsk, tsk;
from diving to bouncing.
First entry in the Michigan State
fair quilt contest was a quilt made
of 30 miles of thread-as the needle
flies.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21
Thoughts for the Day

Seek good and not evil that ye may live: and so the
Lord the God of Hosts shall be with you, We have
spoken.-Amos sid
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21
barbs

Corrigan, determined to stick to,
flying despite offers of other kinc. \
of jobs, keeps reminding himself:
Its a crate life if you don't weak
en-"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21

Political candidates in New York
have been warned not to paste
their literature on the street lights.
They can go on beclouding the issues
but they can't becloud the city
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21
Photographs

Airlines of Great Britain, France,
Germany, Italy and the Neither
lands are contemplating establish
ment of regular transatlantic SER
vice.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21

ONE AfAhIMTn FOR RENT
Wam Az yort, 100 Signs
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21

First entry in the Michigan State
fair quilt contest was quilt made
of 30 miles of thread-as the needle
flies.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21

The first U. S. ranscontinental
airplane flight was made in 1911 by
Calbraith Perry Rodgers, who flew
across the country in SO days.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21

A former prize fighter has been
arrested in an eastern city on a
worthless check charge. Tsk, tsk;
from diving to bouncing.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-08-21

A her of 20 rare peccaries wild
Pigs recently was seen in Tucson
national park, Arizona.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-19
p 0LISH MIGHT WINS DEMANDS;
 WAR AVOIDED
Europe Breathes Easier as Lithuanian Government
 Comedies to Poles
WRATH VENTED ON
 JEWS IN WARSAW
Diplomatic Relations to Be Re-established with Po-
 landHolding Whip Hand

KAUNAS, Lithuania, March 19- The Lithuanian government and parliament has bowed grimly to Po- lands army and navy backed ul- timatum and saved herself from invasion, and Europe from possible world war.
 Lithuania has fully accepted Po- lands demands for establishment of diplomatic relations, broken in 1920 when Poland seized the an- cient Lithuanian capital of Wilno.
 At the equalization it was. esti- mated that 100000 Polish troops were concentrated on the border, five times as many as the entire Lithuanian army. It also was re- ported that the Polish fleet was steaming toward Lithuania's coast. Predictions were that there would be changes in the Lithuanian cab- met as result of the weeks cri- sis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-03-19
INTER UNION
 FIGHT FLAMES
 UP ONCE MORE
Court Battle for Control of Longshore Hiring
 Halls Begins

LOS ANGELES, Cal March 19.-- The inter-union fight Tor the con- trol of the San Pedro longshore hir- ing hall became a live issue again today when Judge Ruben Schmidt set aside an order naming a receiver for the Longshormen's Union.
 Setting aside a receiver would have given the old AFL union con- trol of the hall. Judge Schmidt also dissolved the temporary injunction forbidding majority CIO member ship from switching it's utilization from the AFL.
 Testimony in the AFL suit to re- tain control of LA funds and re- cords is set for hearing beginning April to give CIO time to show articles of incorporation amended as necessary to change the unions utilization to CIO.