The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-16
Community Meetings
Being Well Attended
Holmes County
Soil Improvement Asst n,
Is Formed; Directors.
Officers Are Elected

dngs that are held each two weeks
are shown it was the intention of
making this a regular part of the
county plan of work. 1t was hoped
through these meetings to develop
a greater community spirit and give
the workers an opportunity to come
in contact with the people in the
county in order to keep them advised
as to the work being done and fur
nish International matters relative I o
the many farm programs.
At Acona, Emory, Centerville, Be.
thesda, Coxburg and RiGh3and, wa
have had unusually good attendance
and interest in this work. At other
places we have had poor attendance
and therefore will drop these places
and arrange to visit other, commu-
mites instead. Communities not men
toned who desire this monthly meet
ing will please communicate with the
county or home agent and arrange
ments will be made to visit these
places.
The picture shows are educational
and semi-entertaining. It is planned
to rent some high class reels and
allow the community to make a
small charge for admission and re-
tain the profits, II any, to be used
in sending delegates to farm meetings
A. In noxyinr 80 Nh..rrh nv crhnnY
debts. However, this plan is option
al with the community and the agents
will be governed by recommendations
Of the community.
The county agent has a motion pic
ture camera with which he will make
pictures of scenes in the county to
be used as instruction in showing
what different farm people Of the
farms.
Soil Improvement Ass'ns.
J.. M. Kimbrough was elected Pres
ident and o. D. Hooker Secretary Of
the Holmes County Soil Improvement
Association Friday of last week in
the office of the county agent. The
purpose of this organization is to set
up a county plan of work to be
submitted to the state office, for ap-
prevail and in turn ! recommend to
Washington for acceptance in order
that the department might cooperate
in furnishing technical supervision
in the conservation of the soil Of
the county.
Through this association the local
Soil Conservation Service of the CCC
may enlarge its district and work
in any part of the county. Before
work can be started however, it will
be necessary to call a county wide
meeting in order that the state COM
mittee may determine the attitude OF
The people of the county about such
work. If this is favorable, then the
people of the county will vote on
| the proposition and if this carries
by a large majority, approval will be
| gwen to proceed with the work.
Claud Wilkes, w. C. Downer, C. L.
Downer, H. P. Watson, Luther Brown
ing, w. j.. Dodd, j. d. Parrish, ].
NJ. K~imbrough O.. D.. Hooker, and
J.. w. Eakin were elected as organ
izing directors in the association.
More Checks To Come
To date there have been 1868 farms
paid off out of 2400 to be paid. These
farms were paid with 5698 checks
which represented s344 ,2S4.17. +.
You will see from the above that
there are 532 farms to be paid yet,
which will represent about $100,000.O0
in money. A few checks are arriv-.
ing each week and it is believed that
all farms will be paid off this month,
! however, there are a few who have
not signed the 209's making formal
request for the payment.