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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

MIR. and Mrs.. A. r. BECKER left
Tuesday for Stewart after spending
a week In West visiting relatives.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

w. T. Brock carried his son, Thorn
as Brock, to Durant Sunday afternoon
to catch the bus back to school at
Safe College.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Mrs. Arthur Alridge called on her
friends in Durant this week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Mrs. Dunn of Kosciusko spent Sun
day with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence McCreary.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Our Christmas Seal Sale started on
Thanksgiving and will end Christmas.
Let's all get T. b. conscious and CO.
operate with our local chairman and
buy seals. The proceeds from the
sale finances our clinics in the cou1-
ty and helps fight tuberculosis IN
it's early stages, when it a be cured.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Stevens, Sr.
and /. Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Stevens, Jr.
and Andrew III spent Thanksgiving
in Senatobia visiting DR.. and Mrs. E.
l.. Collins. Miss Lula Stevens of Wes'
son accompanied them,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Arthur Alexander left today for
Jackson and other southern W IN
the state 40 sell Real Silk
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Mr.. and Mrs. L. Murff and Miss
Alice Murff spent Sunday in Green
wood visiting relatives.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Mrs. z. c. Alexander Is the loca
chairman and will greatly appreciate
your cooperation.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Melton and
family Of Tchula were here Sunday
visiting relatives.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Mrs. VI. T. Brook was in Duran'
Thursday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Stevens n
Junior spent Sunday afternoon n
the Alexander home at Emory.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Mr.. Clifford Cakes Of Walden was
4 business visitor here Monday. ,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

MIR. and Mrs. A. r. BECKER left
Tuesday for Stewart after spending
a week In West visiting relatives.
Mrs. Arthur Alridge called on her
friends in Durant this week.
Mrs. w. T. Brook was in Durant
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Stevens and
Junior, accompanied by MISS Hazel
Alexander, attended the show In Du-
rant Friday night.
Miss sara Rogers came up from
jackson today to spend the week.
end with her parents.
Rev e. C. Driskell preached at the
Methodist Church today at eleven
o'clock and again this evening at
seven o'clock. While here he was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.
Wright.
Ulris Earl and James Alexander
motored to Durant Sunday night.
Arthur Alexander spent Monday in
Durant on business.
Mrs. Dunn of Kosciusko spent SUM-
day with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence McCreary.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. BECKER of Stew
Thanksgiving with their
Mr.. md Mrs. Ras Vpae.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

The following boys and girls away
at school, came home to spend Thanks
giving: Charles Edmond Wright and
lege; Martha McCrary, Laura Mel
Mary Nell Hand, Holmes Junior Col
ton, Virginia Alexander, Alice Mont
c. w; Thomas Brock, Miss. State.
gomery and Dorothy Wigley, M. S.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Arthur Alexander spent Monday in
Durant on business.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Mrs. w w. Smithson came up
from Jackson Wednesday to spend
Thanksgiving Day with Mr.. and Mrs.
". l.. Campbell. She returned to
ackson Thursday afternoon as car
guest of Reed Brock.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Messrs. Willie and Lewis Steer
spent Thursday night with Mr.. am
Mrs. c. J. Steen and family.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Among those attending the Ole
Miss-State game from West were:
Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Bryant, Mrs
Hattie Morgan, Mrs. w. T. Brock,
Mr.. Lamar Bowls, ID. ID. Davidson
and others.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Uric, Virginia and Miss Annie
Alexander spent Friday morning in
Durant on business.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Mrs. Robert Lee jackson, Miss Cas-
teel Cade and John Watson Holmes
went to jackson Wednesday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Mr.. and Mrs. 8. L. Murff and Miss
Alice Murff visited in Brookhaven
Sunday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Ulris Earl and James Alexander
motored to Durant Sunday night.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Mrs. Earl Alexander and children
of Winona were visitors in the c. E
Alexander home Wednesday ant
Thursday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hand and chii-
dren spent Sunday in Goodman Wis.,
iting relatives.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1938-12-01

Miss Sara Rogers came up from
jackson today to spend the week.
end with her parents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-11
Sift Them Down

Much attention is being paid to infor- nation passed out of the Controllers office for public consumption. Attention is being called to the fact that checks were issued by the past holder of this office without securing first the necessary approval of the Board of Finance. The picture is being painted, though, in such light that most people are getting the opinion that the persons or firms to whom these checks went might have received them for services or for mate rials not necessarily having to do with orderly or efficient conduct of the city'S business.
 AS a matter of fact if everyone reads the whole story it will be seen that value was received for money spent. Revelation of the list of disbursements should not disturb anyone who is familiar with city affairs or knows some of the work that confronts the various departments. Of course critics may claim that they have no intention of charging the controllers office in the past with any such heinous crime. They may point out that their sole purpose is to show that the charter stipulates Finance Board approval be- fore issuing cheeks. There is no chance for argument on the charter here, but there might be room for argument on the worth or practicality of such provi- sion.
 It may be interesting to note how well the new controller will meet all such Sit nations as have occurred during the past eight years that Daniel J. Leary was in office He may find his troubles mounting as the days pass along; it's possible he may not be bothered by single financial woe or worry. But should the emergency arise or should the pressure be applied, we can only hope that he will meet the situation as calmly and efficiently as it has in the past If so then we rather inn agine that somebody spelling for fight could probably dig up just what is being dug up now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-11
Don't Know the Fellow

It's remarkable the way a party can disclaim a man. Just take, for example, the spectacle of Republican National Committeeman Samuel F. Pryor, Jr., throwing Highway Commissioner John A. Macdonald back in the laps of Demo- cratic officials. In statement over the weekend the new G. O. P. committeeman as much as stated that Commissioner Macdonald might be Republican, but if so he didn't know anything about it. MT. Pryor and Commissioner Macdonald 1t seems are not acquainted and have never met.
 There is something that the Republi- can State Central Committee can do for it's up-and-coming members. It can have them get together some day, meet one another, and in general check up on mutual activities. Here is Commissioner Macdonald serving the state as Repub- Hcan-appointed official since 1923 and we have the new national committeeman diSclaiming all knowledge of him and publicly handing him back to Governor Wilbur L. Cross as one of his appointees.
 True, Governor Cross was the last governor to name Commissioner Macdon- aid. He, thereby, aroused considerable Democratic ire by continuing Commis- Sioner Macdonald in office. But the gover- nor could only do that or name another Republican. And why name another since there apparently was no objection to Macdonald from the g. o. p. side of the fence But there was objection to a Democrat getting his job and there was such an alliance in the State Senate that any effort to name a Democrat could have been effectively blocked. That was the combination of three Socialist Sen ators from Bridgeport, guaranteed their interests at home in return for Republi- can support, which was provided.
 AS matter of fact Governor Cross renamed Commissioner Macdonald twice. The first time was in 1881 when Republi- cans controlled the State Senate; the second was in 1885 with the Socialists holding the balance of power Ex-gover- nor Charles A. Templeton gave Macdon- aid his first appointment in 1923: ex-Governor John H. Trumbull concurred in 1927 by reappointment If in that time MT. Macdonald did not become suffi- ciently acquainted with members and officials of the Republican party in Connecticut, then there was no real purpose behind the uproar that came in 1885 when his reappointment was in danger Mr. Pryor should make it point to invite Commissioner Macdonald down to Fairfield County, if only to ride o~Sr the finished portion of the Merritt Park way with him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-11
Current Comment

Where are we going to find re placement for the kind of man wht made this country what it is, wheE we penalize and discourage him out of existence?
 Charming Pollock, playwright Was it not a lucky day for man wien Eve ate the apple? The chargi that knowledge brings discontent. ment is fortunately true.
 pr. Robert Milliken, Califor
 mia Institute of Technology. Uncertainty rules the tax situa tiUn, the labor situation, the none tary situation, and practically every legal condition under which industry must operate.
 -Lammot du Pont, financier. It would put Indians back to the blanket days.
 Jim Thorpe, once famous Tn
 dian athlete, opposing plan to
 provide Indians with a sep
 arate constitution.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-11

Some time during 1888 the state will issue $15,000,000 in bonds for the purpose of funding the state debt. It is believed that this will be more than sufficient to care for the deficit at the time of issuance As a matter of fact it may be few millions too much, but inasmuch as that much was called for when the 1887 Legislature approved $25,000,00O bond issue, it will have to go through that way. That leaves only $10,000,000 for the building program which isn't half enough. But whatever is left over from sale of bonds not required to retire the state debt can't be used for institutional expansion. Only legislative act can permit such transaction as this. The most likely time for issuing the bonds necessary to retire the deficit is at the close of the fiscal year, June 30. The last time we saw the status of the deficit 1t was reduced from 100000 to $12,000,- 900 and there were possibilities of it going lower. Let's hope so, as few millions saved in bonds are thousands saved in interest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-11
Our Relief Job

A telegram sent recently by Catholic Bishop to certain state legislature is worth calling to the attention of public authorities and private citizens every where. The situation to which the tele- gram referred existed primarily because there were too much politics and too lit tie statesmanship in the state capitol. In one big city, without the necessary relief funds or the legal means of providing them, 65,000 persons were actually Suf- fering for lack of food and heat.
 The Bishop wired: City situation very critical. Rural districts may smugly smile but day of retribution sure to come. French royalists at Versailles said to have laughed at the Parish population, saying Feed them cake Paid with their heads for the ribaldry. Remember, empty StomachS and frozen bodies and evicted families do not reason beg of you to stop bandying words and vote sufficient relief"
 The importance of this to the whole country is it's call to recognize situa- tion, face it, and act. Much has been learned since 1929 about unemployment and about relief problems, but even after eight years there is too much indiffer- ence toward them. Too many people still consider those who need public aid as in some way apart from enterprising, self-respecting citizens. Their troubles are a burden to be passed quickly from one authority to another and lodged if possible. Yet the solution calls for much more than relief grocery orders and doled-out quotas of clothing and fuel.
 America must put it's mind on the decent and prompt relief of suffering It must develop permanent intelligent and constructive methods of handling the existing problem and preventing it's further spread. Treatment, cure and prevention are all essential.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-11

References to state or local government were few and far between at the Dem- ocrats' Jackson Day dinner in New Haven last Saturday night. State Chairman J. Francis Smith made one allusion in his introduction of Governor Wilbur L. Cross. He related how the governor, retired by Yale at the youthful age of 68, had taken over the leadership of the Democratic party in successful attack on en- trenched Republicanism and had really shown them facts about government. The governor responded with slight jovial thrust at the Fairfield County highway mess. And that was all. There were no inter-party lines drawn; no candidates announced or withdrawn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-11
A Book a Day
Do Sunspots Affect Human Behavior?

When we have a depression, war a revolution, or political upheaval, should we blame human cussedness or the sun?
 l. other words, do the people who blame such ills on sunspots have any scientific basis for their talk, or are they charlatans and romancers? Does the SunSpot cycle have any real cause-and-effect relationship to such human concern, for instance, as the business cycle?
 If you are curious about such questions you might well have a look at "Sunspots and Their Ef- fleets" by Harlan True Stetson- (Whittiesey House: $2). Dr. Stet- sen is one of the nations distin- gaished astronomers and he has taken the pains 10 compare the sum- spot record with the corresponding record of human activities.
 AS a cautious scientist, Dr. Stet- son refrainS from dogmatic answers. He does show, however, that there are excellent grounds to suspect tA4eiO oAAAopOCo NO nave d very SLTOIlR effect, indeed, on human behavior. He states these grounds and leaves the reader to draw his own conclu- sions; and the result is a most provocative book.
 Sunspots terrific cyclonic storms in the solar atmosphere - occur in cycles of approximately Il years Seemingly, they do have ar effect on certain biological behavior; 1t is quite possible that they may directly affect the growth and quail ity of the food-strffs we eat, and the behavior of our ductless glands. It is permissible to believe that "the sun may have more far-reach- ing effects upon terrestrial affairs than we have been accustomed to suppose"
 Designed for the lay reader, this book does fine job of making an aoStruse subject clear and inter eStinU
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-11

In 9S2 Erik and Red was outlawed from Iceland for three years because of a murder. At the end of his term he returned with tales which have suggested to one historian that he had in him the making of a modern "realtor". Erik told of 8 country to the west which he called Greeriand, not because it was so very green but because men would be ready to go thither if the land had good name" And thither they did go from overpopulated Iceland 5000 of them in the course of gen. eratlons. After five centuries their settlements were no more. Why? To pr. Isaiah Bowman. the fate of these Norsemen teaches a geographic les son and he makes the most of it in g paper on Geography in the Gre atlve Experiment" published in The Geographical Review.
 With the urge to migrate come dreams of utopia. And utopia changes with social needs. To a pre- Columbian Indian it was wilder ness teeming with game; to Flu rorean of Barbarossa's time realm
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-11
Man And His World With Change In Environment Comes Distinct Change In Man Himself and His Modes
 of Living.
NEW YORK TIMES

where the very trees were good to eat; to US it is democracy of rec reauon of mechanical conveniences, ol workless bliss. So with colonists. Once upon time they would ask of a new region, Can man live there?" to quote Dr. Bowman. Now they ask. How does one live there?" It is significant that four -fifths of those on drought relief in the Great Plains in 1883 and 1884 had radios and automobiles. The point is that as man changes his environ ment he changes himself. Greenland was one kind of country to the Vikings; another to the Eskimos. To us it would be still a third.
 In their accelerating onward sweep science and technology have done something to sub5ugate the earth to mans purpose, but to read the books on laboratory discoveries and inven- tions is to read tales told by scien- tiflc Eriks of utopian Greenlands. The earth is not easily subjugated Climate, for example, is still uncon- trbl'ed Grain may stand shoulder high on the Great Plains today and tomorrow give way to binding dust By clearing the bush in Africa cat tlemer did away with the tsetse fly but created desert bowl which now almost makes them long for the fly. Kill off too many wild animals, blow up too much of the soil, pol lute the air with too many corrosive factory fumes and the balance of nature is destroyed. Social life be- comes well-nigh impossible. Man and his environment lie in opposite pans of natures invisible scales. Science and technology may tip the beam so far and no farther. To some purpose Dr. Bowman quotes Emersons warning that "all tools are edge tools and dangerous" And to some purpose he adds on his own account: For every power gained by the use of tool corresponding so- cial or spiritual power must de- velop in man, or there is no free dom " It is the modern way of looking at geography in the crea- tive experiment-the social way, the profitable way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-11

NOTE-The man responsible for swinging the Southeast Governors Conference indirectly behind the bill was Lawrence (Chip) Robert, vivacious secretary of the Demo- cratic National Committee and moving genius behind the confer ence. Chip thought it was good strategy to put the South on rec ord against sweated labor, and wrote the newspaper ads himself. Supreme Court
 designations
 The resignation of Justice Suth- erland was like taking the key log of jam. It is likely to start a large flow of resignations. In fact, it is not improbable that the com plexion of the Supreme Court will be changed almost entirely dur ing Roosevelt's term of office.
 With the Liberals now in con- trol, there is less incentive for the Conservatives to stay on. Justice McReyn0lds has made no secret of the fact that he re- mained on the bench largely be- cause of his vehement opposi- tion to New Deal ideas. But now. being in the minority, his opposition is ineffective.
 McReynolds is nearly 76, Justice Butler is 72, Chief Justice Hughes is 76. All are retirement possibili- ties. Even before they retire, the Court is likely to see some resignations on the Liberal side.
 Most probable retirement is Justice CardoZa, now ill, who sometimes suffers from very seri- Ous heart trouble. Cardoza is 6S, finally has come to like Washington better than he did, but he still is happiest at his home at Rye, N. Y, or in his native Manhattan.
 The resignation of Justice Bran deis also is distinct possibility. Now past his 81st birthday, Bran deiS is in good health, but not as active as he was. In any case. both Brandeis and Cardozo are sure to resign before Roosevelt leaves office. Otherwise they run the risk of having a conserva- tive president fill their shoes with conservative successors.
 Mail Bag
 H. R. S., Bridgeport, Conn., General Johnson and Roosevelt never did get along any too well. even during MIRA days, especially the latter part. Johnson was made NRA administrator at the behest of Professor Moley, who urged it upon Roosevelt as a good political move to keep the friendship of Bernard Baruch, close friend Of Johnson and contributor of ST. 900 to Roosevelt's campaign fund. Although a great promoter, John son was not good administrator. After several efforts to ease Johnson out, one being a suggeS- tion to go abroad and study in dustry, Roosevelt finally fired him. The name "Old Iron Pants" was giveE the General by Westbrook Pegler .. F. N. Y., Dover. o. Senator Dixie Bibb Graves is 55 years old. Senator Hattie Caraway, who does not disclose her age in the Congressional Directory, will be 60 on February B. K, Columbia, S. C.1The salary of Marvin Mcintyre, Secretary of the President, is $9,500.
 Copyright, 1888, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-11
Test Y UT Knowledge
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

l. Name the chief city of South Dakota.
 2. What is the political utilization of Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee?
 3. Why is it easier to swim in salt water than fresh water?
 4. From what country was the territory of Alaska purchased?
 5. Name the chief body of our planetary system. ...-..---
 6. Which state of the U. s. has the smallest area?
 '. Who was the greatest Greek mathematician and geometrician of antiquity?
 8. What is the name for ship abandoned at sea?
 g. What is the middle name of Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture?
 10. Was Maine one of the original thirteen states?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-11
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, Jan II - Cosmopoli- tan Signs: There is an Italian vau- devllle show on Broadway at 53rd street A continental playhouse across the street from Lindy's is showing a talkie in Swedish. In And street, the Cameo has been offering a Soviet Russian picture. France is represented by 'The Gods at Hay" at the World Cinema. "The Brothers Ashkhenazi" is being offer ed to Yiddish enthusiasts at 59th street. And there is Chinese pitch man selling toy dolls at 57th street. and 9th avenue, an Indian from Bombay discoursing on the goodly life from a Soapbox podium off the Rialto. ali these assorted ton gues stirred in the babel of Broad way. Tragic Ambitions
 Scratch a satirist and find a tra- gic heart beating underneath all the time. Pagliaccis-sans the grease pant
 AS examples: Sheila Barrett. ace mimic of them all, openly confesses to yearning for the legitimate stage.
 Cornelia Otis Skinner, whose sa- tirical sketches have brought huge box office crosses from Maine to California, finally tried her hand at serious play, in which she was tEe lone character, this season.
 Charlie Chaplin frequently an- nt drced his intention to play Ham let and he may, in time.
 Eddie Carr, the clown, has a secret penchant to be a tragedian.
 Groucho Marx took off the lu., dicyous moustache, laid away that tall cigar, to portray serious part with Maine troupe some summers ago.
 Jimmy Savo, the pint-sized pam ton.imist of low comedy, would like to be an earnest thespian.
 While Stephen Leacock. Supersat- irlsl of them all, spends most of his working life as Professor of Eng liSh Literature at Canada's McGip University.
 Cruise Companions
 Gloria Baker, glamor debutante, Was lucky when she chose the Franconia for a world cruise. Three of the towns leading playboys are aboard = Bob Topping, John (Ship Ureck) Kelly and Ed Ely. Topping discovered before sailing that he had forgotten a package at the Twenty-One Club. He telephoned asking that 1t be sent to the boat if convenient. It contained $10,000 IT, travellers checks! N