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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-09
u. D. c. Meets With
Mrs. ZoueIIu Bacon

The U. D. C. met in the home of
Mrs. Zouella Wednesday afternoon.
March first with a good attendance
and following guests present.
Mrs. Sallie Lee, honorary vice pres
ident, Mrs. E. S. Lewis, Pugh Win
born, Glazier Montgomery, c. ]. Van
Keuren and Mrs. j. w. Justice.
In the absence of the president
Mrs. Cooper, Miss Pearl Magee presid
ed over the business session. Mrs
Stevens read the minutes and com
m~unications. All officers for 1885
were reelected.
Mrs. Annie Ramsey was leader oil
the program. Mrs. Bacon, Poem, Life
and Death" Mrs. w. C. C~astleberry
Reading, THE Negro and the South.'
Mrs. Elma King, Poem, Wet
Weather Talks" Mrs. Stevens, in.
victus." Discussion by members and
guests Poll Tax Necessary for vot
Ing" led by Mrs. Ramsey.
At the conclusion the hostess serv
ed a lovely plate lunch. The favors
were small green flags, an emblem Of
Spring and st. Patricks Day. Addins
to the pleasure of the afternoon wa!
a visit to Mrs. Bacon's sun parlol
and window garden, which was lovely
displaying her charm of artistry ant
love of flowers.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-09
Master Jim Odom Has
Birthday Purty

On Saturday, March 4, Master jim
Dive Odom was the manly little host
TO 35 of his friends at a Birthday
Dance given in the dining OF
the Hotel Durant. The guests gath
cred at Z o'clock and enjoyed games
for an hour and then danced to the
melodious rhythm of the Nickelodion
for another hour. Jimmy was eleven
years old and each of the guests
brought lovely birthday remembrances
to their little host. Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Odom were assisted in entertain
ing for their son by Mrs. A. e. Flem-
ing, Jimmy's grandmother, and Mrs
Walter Durham. After several en-
joyable hours had been spent Mrs.
Odom brought out the huge birthday
cake and the guests each made a
birthday wish for Jimmy n he
proved that they would all come true
by blowing out the candles all at one
puff. Each guest was given a fancy
hat to wear during the party and
fortunes were drawn from capsules
IOIelellIlS STtdI CliISo III oboiS va
this younger generation. Ice cream
and cake and candies were served
Guests enjoying this party with
Jimmy were Misses Catherine Moore
! Beatrice Roby Carolyn Hays, RUBY
I Jean Cooper, Peggy Knott, Nancy
Ann Tatum, Barbara Jean Angle
Mary Louise Cresswell, Betty Nor
wood, Emma Ruth Grey, Martha Full
mer, Gladys Crisler and Masters
James Nelson Mcdaniel, Roy Will
liams, Reuben Jenkins, Robert Pau
Odom, Robert Miles Odom, Bobby
Clark Stevens, David Comfort, Bot
Lee Cooper, James Brown, Robert
King, Paul Hastings, Tom Clover
| Steen, Constantine Dinas, Theodore
Dinas, Robert Love, Sonny Ham and
Hamilton Ledyard.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-09

Mrs. ]. e. Chisolm and Mrs. e. A.
Doty, Goodman, shopped in Durant
Saturday.
C. N. Thorne and Miss Marcella
Thorne went to Hattiesburg Thurs
day. They were accompanied home
by Mrs. Ebert Mcdaniel and chill
dren who came for a weekend visit.
Mrs. Jeff Browning, WHIST, shopped
in Durant Saturday.
Mrs. Ed Guess, Mrs. o. IT Palmer
Mrs. Charlie Lance, Mrs. Clyde John.
son, Winona, Mrs. j. Jarrett, Lexing'
ton, Mrs. Archie Schiller, Cleveland
were Jackson visitors Monday after
noon.
Mrs. Albert Brown and II. II. Led
yard have returned from Walnut
where they were called to the bed
side of Mrs. Browns sister, Mrs. 0
A. Duncan. Mrs. Duncan is re
ported doing nicely. They were &C
companied home by Miss Carolyn Hop
kins for a visit.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-09
Womun's Club Meets
With Mrs. EImore

The Woman's Club held a very in
teresting meeting in the home OF
Mrs. r. c. Gilmore Tuesday afternoon,
February %, giving a program on
Historical Mississippi, with Mrs. H
J.. Montgomery as leader.
Miss Frances Allen, Mrs. Joe York
and Mrs. Horace Wkir furnished the
program with Literature and LIE
gend, Educational Pioneering and
Mississippi as a Territory. Litera-
ture and Legend of Mississippi was
given in a very unique way. A pa,
geant was arranged by Miss Allen
with ten of her pupils in costume
depicting the history of Mississippi
from the time of the Indians to
the present.
Emma Katherine Roby related the
French rule; Jane Harrington the
English rule; Carolyn Hayes the Span
lsh; Peggy Knott represented the
United States; Bobby Haynie the
Bonnie Blue Flag; Sylvia Johnson the
Confederacy; Dorothy King represent
ed the young state of Mississippi. The
poets ard historians were given -
Katherine Moore; novelists and short
story writer's by Margery Norwood
Mrs. Robert Ham closed the pro-
gram with a vocal selection accom-
panied by Miss Allen. The guests
were Mrs. c. H. Carruth, Miss Vera
Herbert, Mrs. Tart, Miss Gene Per
kins, Miss Iene McMaster and Mrs
Dan Comfort.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-09

Miss Cecile. Rainier and her mother,
Mrs. Walter Rainier, of Louise We're
guests of Mrs. w. S. Heggie Sun
day. Miss Rainier remained for a sew
eral days visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Coughlin
ed to Lexington Tuesday of last week
and are located in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. George Povall.
Perry Dennis of Starkville spent
Sunday in Durant.
Mrs. Bill Hand and Miss Katherine
Lever were Durant visitors Satur-
day afternoon.
Miss Martha Rhyme, who teaches
at West. spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Rhyme.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Coughlin of
Lexington were the guests of Mrs.
w. S. Heggie Sunday evening.
Mrs. J. r. Brown, Mrs. Hamilton
Ledyard and Mrs. John Conn at
tended the funeral of Henry Rimmer
in Kosciusko Monday.
Miss Mary Cooper, a student at
MSCW, spent last weekend with her
parents. She and Mrs. Charlotte
Cresswell went to Jackson Monday.
Miss Margaret Gulledge, MSCW
spent the weekend with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Gulledge.
Mrs. Leon Sandidge and children
Travis and Grady, Jackson, visited
in Durant this weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Atwood, Chicago
announce the arrival of William Ra
cine Atwood, on Friday afternoon
March 8.
Mrs. James Elliott, jackson, visit
ed her mother, Mrs. M. T. Woods
Sunday.
Mrs. Brown Brock and Mrs. ". G
Brock were shoppers in Durant Fri
day.
Miss Lillian Guthrie, Mrs. Bernic'
Rogers, Mrs. Thomas and Miss Lot
tie PEBBLE, Goodman, shopped in Du
:, rant Thursday.
!, Mrs. Graham Field is having
: prolonged visit with her son, Georg,
. and Mrs. Field in Biloxi last wee
and all this week.
Bankhead Drane, State College
spent the weekend at home.
Mrs. w. p. Taylor left Monday fol
a visit with Miss Elizabeth Ramsey
in Starkville.
DR.. and Mrs. Lapsey Dodd, Kos
ciusko, were guests of Mrs. j. A
Crum Saturday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-09
Mrs. Taylor Is Hostess To
Finesse Bridge Club

Mrs. w. p. Taylor was hostess to
the Finesse Bridge Club at her home
Saturday afternoon.
At the conclusion of the games 1t
was found that Miss Mae Jenkins
won high score prize.
Delicious refreshments were served
to two new members, Miss Jenkins
Mrs. R. B.. Jenkins, two guests, Mrs
Ben Lingenfelter and Mrs. Herbert
Montgomery, and the following mem
bers: Mrs. w. E. Howell, Mrs. Clyde
Stokes, Mrs. Zouella Bacon, Mrs. j.
L. Longinotti and the hostess.
Mrs. Turnage Williams, another new
member. could not be present.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-09

Mrs. l.. b. Farmer and Mrs. Sam
Farmer, Lexington, shopped in Du-
rant Monday.
Mrs. Billy Montague and Miss Jessie
Van Osdel, Holmes Jr. College, shop
ped in Durant Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. u. G.. Owen spent the
weekend in Memphis visiting friends
and relatives.
Mrs. j. w. Cathey and Miss Maxine
Cathey spent last Friday in New
Orleans.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-09

J.. B. Williams and ]. j. Ross
made a business trip to Jackson or
Saturday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-09

William Cathey and ]. G. Sproles
attended the final game of the Dixie
Conference basketball tournament II
Jackson last Saturday night.
Miss Betty Whlburn, who teaches
at Tocopola, was the weekend guest
of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. j. III.
Wilburn.
Miss Aileen Ramsey, Kosciusko,
| spent the weekend at home.
Myer Brill, G~reenville, was a busi-
ness visitor in Durant this week.
Evening star., 1939-09-29

Rubberized ploid eopes
and coots with hots and
berets. Sizes Z to s.
Evening star., 1939-09-29

Chevron effects, benooIines, foiIIes, con-
ton erepes, cashmere weoves, novelties
and new outumn eoIors All from the
eountry's best silk manufacturers.
Evening star., 1939-09-29
Bath Robes
B8c

Req. LIS cotton fleeces
in pIoids and patterns.
Worm and coy. z to 6
Evening star., 1939-09-29

3 for 81 Dress Bags; transparent
cellophane: tapebound edges; snap
fasteners; 66-inch, 45-inch, 60-inch,
8 for $50
81 Transparent 3-Pc. Box Sets; con-
sist Of hat, glove and hanky boxes:
29c Lansburgh Dress Shields; double
covered cotton nainsook; white or
flesh; sizes 2, 3, 43 prs. for SIC
81 doz. Clark's o. N. T. Spool Cotton
Thread; $50 and 300 yd. spools
White and black; al st1os- -.-els d.
-ahna Iana1
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-10-06

The Enterprise is in receipt of a
communication from Mrs. Ruby
Hardin who is having a grand
vacation in Honolulu.
Miss Ozie Mott, daughter of
Mrs. Beatrice Reed, has recently
completed a three year course in
Physiotherapy and Colon Therapy.
She graduated with highest honors
of the SO fall class from Columbia
College of Massage. Having re-
ceiving her Master, Miss Motifs
formal title is Doctor of Hydro
therapy and Colon Therapy. Dur
ing this three year course, Ozie
has worked satisfactory on some
Of Portland's leading white intelli-
genzia. Her many patrons wish
Miss Mott continued success in her
career.
Under the new supervision of
Mrs. Pollyanna Reed, the Allen
Christian Endeavor League elected
the following officers: president,
Branche Graves; vice-president, liza
Fuller; secretary, Lerline Gibbs;
and treasurer, Browning Allen Jr.
Mrs. Reed will entertain the Lea
que Friday night at her home in
Cherry Court.
Funeral services for Melvin
Coleman were held Saturday. Be-
reaved family includes Mrs. Hen
ry Woods, Mrs. Fac Gordley and
Miss Esther Coleman, daughters.
Miss Barbara Hubbard was SOLO
list and the Rev. ]. ]. Glow offic-
lated.
Reported on the sick list: Atty.
Eugene Minor, Miss Marie Crane,
who is undergoing an appendix
operation at local hospital, Mr..
Kenneth Hanson and Miss Jessie
Mott, who are both convalescing
at their respective homes after an
attack of la grippe.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-10-06
BremertOn. Wash.

Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, 9th
and Pakr.
Rev. Geo. P. Jones, wife and ba-
by, arrived in the city last Sun
day evening. Rev. Jones was a
former pastor of Billings, Mont,
and will take over his new duties
as pastor of the Ebenezer A.M.E.
Church.
Mrs. M. D. Leouis of CHAMPAIGN,
ILL.,, mother of Mrs. Jones, is here
visiting with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stevenson of Bur-
ley spent the week end as guest
of Mrs. Stevenson's mother, Mrs.
J. Collins.
Mr.. w. w. Simmons made trip
to Tacoma to visit his sister, Mrs.
L. Lutter.
Seattle visitors were Messrs. Ro-
land Whiteside, Earl johnson and
Lawrence Johnson.
We welcome the U.S.S. York
town on it's first visit here bring
ing As boys in.
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lies, of capitalism gone haywire.
Then you can visualize how the
economic topsoil, 80 to speak, is
swept from scattered individuals
and communities into central de-
pository controlled by a few men
in the financial center, leaving be-
hind huge aggregate of economi-
cally moribund people. If you i'm
agine that I exaggerate. listen to
the words of that great social re-
former, Plus XI: at is patent in
our days that not alone is wealth
accumulated but immense power
and despotic economic domination
are concentrated In the hands OF
the few, and that those few are
frequently not the owners but on.y
the trustees and directors of in
vested funds, who administer them
at their own good pleasure +. .
Free competition is dead; econom-
ic dictatorship has taken its place.
The whole economic life has
become hard, cruel, relentless In
CHASTITY measure"
These conditions, denounced by
the Pope, helped to produce two
notorious panaceas: Nazism and
Communism. In both cases the
remedy is worse than the disease.
Both increase the dictatorship at
the top and magnify the slavery at
the bottom. Both lull the masses
into economic and social coma by
the opium of collectivism or plan
ned economy.
But to return to Nova Scotia.
Its hardy people, mostly of Irish,
French and Scotch origin, are the
men and women who fled the feud-
al system of Europe to secure So
cial and economic freedom in Am
erica. The New World held and
still holds a plenitude of riches.
You can still see the rich Nova
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-10-06
SUPPORT NEGRO PAPERS
Kansas City Call

Negroes must support Negro
papers, or they will let die the one
press that can and does give a
truthful picture of them. In one
day a daily reported two instances
of rape by whites. An assault by
31year old man upon a 4-year
old girl was related in nine lines
which carried no lurid or exciting
details. The heading was a simple
statement which besmirched no
nationality. The other story re-
lated that testimony was being
taken in rape case, again with
no description or heading that
shamed any race or nationality.
How differently the same press
treated a misdeed which it itself
admitted was boyish prank"
The culprits were described as Ne
groes in the heading, the story
about them taking more than dou-
BILE the space given the rapists.
Is it wonder than one of these
alleged rapists was freed after
trial? There was no ready-made
prejudice against him which make
jury automatically convict Ne
gro.
Since papers reflect the opinions
and serve the interests of those
who support them, Negroes must
create their own press the same
as other people do. This press in
turn, by telling the truth about
Negroes, will create for them ia
vorable public opinion in whatever
degree they deserve it.
1t is a harsh thing to say, but
IL is absolutely the truth that the
Negro who does not buy and read
Negro papers does not care what
the world thinks of him. He is a
toady whose kind gets neither re-
spect nor a square deal. He is a
cheat who by letting children grow
up in ignorance of the glittering
heights to which their people have
climbed, kills their ambition. He
is a cheap migrate who takes the
gain the race makes to himself,
but refuses to contribute to it even
to the extent of holding up the
arms of the Moses upon whose
strength depends the outcome of
it's fight for mans chance in this
country.
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ISaw People
By the Rev. Ignatius w. Cox, s. j.
Professor of Ethics, Fordham q.

By the Rev. Ignatius w. Cox, 5. j.
Professor of Ethics, FOrdham q.
(From Liberty, June "a, 1880
The cooperative movement in
Nova Scotia is one of the most
hopeful social experiments in the
Western World. l studied it for
two weeks and saw how, under the
skillful touch of wise social doc
tors, an antitoxin is being develop
ed against economic disease to de-
feat the creeping death brought
upon the world by a perverted ca
pitalistic system. Slowly, because
it was very sick, Nova Scotia is
becoming a healthy social organ
ism. 1t is a pledge for all such
sick organisms, a social Lazarus,
called forth from the jaws of the
tomb by the voices of those who
follow Christ. That is why / say:
II saw a people rising from the
dead"
There is no need to explain the
meaning of social and economic
death" We see it all round us in
the millions who are without suf-
ficient food because our crops are
too bountiful; in the millions who
are improperly clothed because our
factories produce a superabundance
of clothing; in the millions who
shiver in the slums while coal min
ers are idle and steel mills cease to
What is responsible for this
state? The vice-president of the
Cooperative League of the United
States answered my question with
smile: Each year." he said,
''the Mississippi River with its tri-
butaries carries off millions of
tons of precious topsoil, to deposit
it, centralized and sterilized, in the
Gulf of Mexico" Take a map of
the United States, scratch out the
names of the great inland rivers
their allies, and substitute the
names Of chain stores and monopo-
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Scotian fields once cultivated by
the Acadians of whom Longfellow
sang. Nova Scotia's fisheries are
unrivaled. On Cape Breton Island
Nova Scotia possesses coal mines
reaching far beneath the ocean,
and it is dotted with steel mills.
But in spite of all these advantage
es, its poverty is CHASTITY. Before
the resurrection of Nova Scotia it's
steel and coal mines were the
spearhead of Canadian Commun-
ism.
Nor can we blame the freemen
of Nova Scotia for their deep dis
content. The economic system
made them sharecroppers of the
sea, of the land, and of industry.
They had less than the share be-
longing to them by the bounty of
nature and the goodness of God,
because the values produced and
created by them were swept away
into the hands of absentee econo-
mic landlords.
(To be continued)
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Helena, Montana
By HEX

Logan Smith appeared in spirit.
uals at First Mission Sunday
school Sunday morning at 10 o.
clock and was highly appreciated
by his hearers.
AID Banks, H. J. Baker, Arthur
Palmer, ]. B. Reid, please take due
notice and govern yourselves ac-
cordingly: The s. P. e. B. s. @. s.
A, Inc. is investigating your case
and report on it is expected in a
very short time.
Our well known, expert, matri-
monial angler, has finally settled
down within the confines of his
comfortable home, following a trip
to Great Falls Sunday, there to en-
joy the fruit of persistent endea-
vor to find haven of tranquility
and everlasting contentment. Good
luck galore!
Mr. and Mrs Ernest Walker of
Phoenix, Ariz., motored to Helena
Sunday from Butte, for a visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. N. Ford. The
Walkers were formerly residents
of Butte, having left that city sew
eral years ago. Mrs. Walker when
living in Butte was well known by
her personal name, Earlee, and
was popular with the younger set
of Helena as well as those in
Butte.
A petition has been filed in the
district court seeking the revoca-
ton of guardianship letters grant
ed P. G. Schroeder in the case of
Carrie S. Caught. Mrs. Gaughf's
estate consists of a life insurance
policy of $4,000 left her by her mo-
ther Mary Soulds. Mrs. Caught
says she is II years old and will
be 18 in seven months and was
married to Joseph F. Caught with
the written consent of her mother
She claims her guardian has ask.
ed her to pay $3.50 on debts owed
by her mother, give her sister
Mrs. A. L. Byrd, $3.50 and spend
$500 on remodeling of a building
She insists she is not required BY
law to make those expenditures
and that she also signed the re
quest for guardianship, not know
ing what it was.
The Nathanial Fords have in
stalled stoker in their basement
preparatory to the onslaught Of
Jack Frost who-is enroute to He
lena and expects to remain with
us for an indefinite stay.
Who is to blame when one i.
talked about for using funds of al
organization and appropriatine
them for their own use? In law /
might be called larceny as bailee
OF course that is not as harsh 6
sound as rob, steal, theft and the
like, but the result is the same.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-10-06
Willamette Claims
Eugene Williams

On September 20, little Eugene
Mckinley Williams, often referred
to as "the perfect little gentle
man." had deep imagination that
he could swim. To satisfy his Sc
cret ambition. Eugene wandered
to the banks of the Willamette
River. Very deliberately he re-
moved his immaculate clothing and
plunged awkwardly into the mud
dy river. His little adventure was
not completed. A workman no.
ticed his clothing on the dirty river
bank and at once notified the Har-
Dor Patrol. Thus began sad, yet
eager search for the lifeless body,
then being pushed around by the
black waters.
His services were held last
Friday. A depressing, yet some
how beautiful picture was the
small white casket embodied in a
garden of expensive and beautiful
flowers. Eugene was brilliant
scholar and a very entertaining
and interesting young man to all
who knew him. He had many
friends, both young and old. In
fact, his entire class tearfully turn
ed out to pay their last tributes
of sincere friendship to their little
friend.
Eugene was born in Salem, Ore
gon, August 2, 1880. He has been
the ardent child of a dear God
mother, Mrs. Ethel Frazier, of
Portland.
Eugene attended the Mt. Zion
Sunday School. So, it Is needless
to say that God has taken our
perfect little gentleman" Eugene
Mckinley Williams, to a Home
where his little adventures will not
be endeavored in vain.
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ABrief Sketch OF
Phillip Randolph

Mr.. A. Phillip Randolph was one
of the founders and organizers, to-
gether with about half dozen
porters, of the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters in New York
City, in 1925. Since then, he has
been the International President.
Prior to and during his work
with the Brotherhood up to 1929,
or later, Mr.. Randolph was one of
the editors and publishers of the
Messenger magazine, celebrated
for its militant voice and emphasis
upon economic factors as consti-
tuting the basis of the Negro pro-
blem.
In 1925, he was selected to speak
on a program with ex-President,
Herbert Hoover. and Secretary of
State, Kellogg as the representa-
tive of the Negro people at the
opening celebration of the Sesqui-
centennial at Philadelphia.
Mr.. Randolph has spoken to col
leges and universities from coast
to coast on subjects of economics,
politics, sociology and labor.
He was appointed by Mayor La
Guardia of New York on the May
or's Commission to investigate and
study conditions among Negroes
in New York City. He was also
appointed by the Mayor upon a
commission for the study and re-
organization of the entire relief
set-up in New York, under the De-
partment of Public Welfare.
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters signed contract with the
Pullman Company in 1887, in
creasing the wages of the porters
some two million dollars, which
came as the climax of a 12-year
fight which was waged by Mr..
Randolph in cooperation with his
fellow co-workers in the Brother
hood.
For the last ten years, he has
lead the fight in Convention after
Convention of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor to abolish the CO.
lor bar in the Trade Unions, and
some definite progress has been
made on this matter.
In May, 1889, he called a confer
ence of Negro Railroad workers
for the purpose of developing q
program to stop the displacement
of Negroes on Railroad jobs. A
continuing committee was set UP
in this Conference to watch legis'
lation affecting Negro workers
and to work for the elimination OF
color discrimination in the Rail-
road Unions.
He coperated with the Red Caps
in establishing the international
Brotherhood of Red Caps and also
assisted in developing a national
organization of Dining Car en-
ployees.
Mr.. Randolph is also the editor
of the Black Worker, the official
organ of the Brotherhood, and con-
tributes articles to various publ.
cations.