The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-23
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Hazel Branno

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AS far as we're concerned this
Thanksgiving business is settled. The
answer to the question Is just get
an invitation to eat turkey with some
good friend one Thursday and then
observe the second Thursday with
your own turkey. Or you could get
two invitations. Maybe that would
be better after all. Then you could
save your turkey until Christmas.
The thing that we are most thank
full for today is he fact that we are
American citizens and have the priv.
ilege of going about our business and
living as we please. There can be no
greater heritage than ours of freedom.
1njustices and inequalities arise In
any form Of government because gov
eminent Is only as perfect as the
men who make It. But IN u De.
mocracy we come nearer getting the
same opportunities for every man than
In any country In the world, including
England and France.
Death and resignation have done
for President Roosevelt what Con.
xress would not do, says Charlie
Harris Of the Madison County Her
aid in commenting on the fact that
President Roosevelt, by a strange
quirk OF fate, has had the opportu-
nifty OF appointing to the Su-
preme Court more justices than
any other president for q long time.
Charlie says It simply goes to show
that there's q Divinity that shapes
FDRs ends, no matter how Con-
gress bends. He advises that we
don't have to be hasty. give Time .
chance and we might save ourselves
q kick In the pants.
Along with Charles numerous 9TH
.er achievements. editor, mayor. dea-
con, bank director, and chamber OF
commerce director. he now tries po-
etry.
Charlie. that's going too far .
but speaking Of FDR I. 1t Is q
strange coincidence that fate seems
to perform In such q manner that
our President usually gets substan-
TALLY what he goes after. be 1t
larger appropriations for WPA, neu-
tralfty legislation. a bigger and bet
ter Supreme Court. or anyone of sew
eral things he a fought Congress
almost single handed to get.
Maybe the Almighty IL with FDR
At any rate he's giving a much bet.
I Ter account Of himself ~ = leader
than any other government head we
q name.
An editor in North Mississippi, neal
Memphis, is very sad. Hear hs
story:
with melancholy interest we have
been observing the great flood Of
advertising in the Memphis news
papers. There are some hard-headed
business men in tina. city. II it didn't
pay we doubt 1t they would be keep
ing 1t up.
s'Show US q town where the home
paper IA little or no advertising and
well show you a mailorder town.
People positively do buy advertis
ed goods.
There is no argument about that
and il dealers don't. advertise Their
goods In an earnest and intelligent
way as though they meant it, the
people will send away for their mer-
chandise.
ANY store that does any business
can do more business by right adver
Using. Don't lake 1t from us. but
study the advertising in the city pa
pers."
The progressive communities OF
Tchula, Pickens, and Ebenezer join
Franklin in going over the top one
hundred per cent in their Red Cross
drive.
I'VE congratulate he people OF these
splendid communities in giving whole
heartedly to an organization that. has
done more for the people of this stale
than any other organized group.
The matter of cooperating by pledg
ing our membership in the Re- Cross
is only a question of gratitude for
what an organization has already
done for us. The people of the flood
ed areas in this state several years
ago and the Tupelo disas .er haven /
forgotten the Red Cross and what
it did for them.
1t stands by TO do the same thing
in Holmes county should fate decrs@
disaster for us tomorrow.
Some of the communities in the coaa
ty have no. yet been heard from. Ii
you haven't turned in your dollai
do 1t today. Call your community
chairman or one of the group helping
in the drive in your community.
A list of the chairmen and the goa
for each community is given else
where on this page.
Do your part today.
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