The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-06-22
through
Hazel
Eyes

Expected to be pulled off soon Is
train 236 of the Illinois Central which
runs from Durant to Aberdeen daily
carrying passengers and express.
If this train is pulled off 1t will
result in unemployment Of IA men
In Durant, representing a monthly
payroll of around $4,000.
That this loss will be felt by Local
business firms is not to be doubted
The Durant Chamber of Commerce
in a special meeting Wednesday night
appointed a committee 10 see what
can be done to retain this train ser
vice and the employment it gives IA
Durant families.
This movement should have the
support of every town the line serves
in order that the utmost might be
done to retain jobs for men that
are citizens OF our town.
There's going to be plenty of con
versation next week In Durant.
Tom Bailey will be here at 3 o'clock
Monday afternoon to speak.
Paul Johnson will speak here at 4
o'clock Saturday afternoon, July 1.
These two gatherings should at
tract a huge crowd of friends, sup
porters and enemies of these men
and politicians In general.
Apx,uax it,c Fiatd Aax, fos ~patffics
now and the more that come the
merrier 1t will be.
Well give them all a hearty vel
come and though we may not agree
with what they say we will defend
their right 70 say it with every breath
we draw.
We do not know whether the "baby"
that Is going TO be given away in
Durant Saturday afternoon is black,
white, young or old. large or small,
but we do know there's a Baby"
going to be given away.
The Chamber Of Commerce has ar
ranged for this unique prize in adj
dition to the $40 capital prize, two
prizes Of SIS each n $3.50 each.
Someone last Saturday estimated the
crowd at between 1000 to 1000.
WI want to have an even larger
crowd this Saturday.
Come and bring your family and
friends.
iP. S. You don't nave to take the
baby" unless you want 1t.
Thursday, August 25, has been sct
as the date for the annual Holmes
County Mare and Colt Show, one OF
THE biggest affairs in this county.
Already plans are being made for
MAILING IKE show This yea the big
gest of its kind ever put on in this
vicinity.
The Importance of these stock
shows lies not in the fact that they
furnish an enjoyable outing for
thousands of farmers and their fam
lies. but rather in the influence they
WELD to grow more stock and better
stock, thus increasing the wealth of
participating farmers and the en-
tire county.
There used to be a time not so
long & when every bit of stock
of any value had to be imported. Now
fine work stock grown in Holmes
Holmes county farms
This annual colt show has had \
great deal to do with arousing in
terest in home grown stock and for
that reason alone deserves to nave
the cooperation of every business man
and person interested in farming the
county over.
AS the farmers prosper so do we.
WE heard the other day about a
fine young fellow just out of school
in another town who lost his JOB
with the State Highway Department,
1t develops that his father, a mem
Der Of the local board of trustees Of
schools. voted against another mem
Der of the same board. The other
member had a lot of influence with
a certain highway commissioner in
the state of Mississippi. Shortly ar
ter the disagreement the son was
fired.
When the boy was fired two other
youths were hired.
The other members of the board
went to the boys father and told
him that If he'd vote right the boy
could have his job back.
Then they say there is no politics
in getting jobs with the State High
way Department and expect us to
it.
Incidentally we hear that about rs
members Of an organization in that
town are voting solidly against thetf
highway commissioner because he
dabbled in local politics.