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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-09-21
Womon's Club Meets With
Mrs. Mark Love


The first meeting of the Durant
Woman's Club was held in the homo
of Mrs. Mark Love on Tuesday,
September 10, with eighteen mem.
bers present.
After a short business session with
Miss Annie Mcintyre presiding, Mrs.
A. l.. Stevens, chairman of program
committee introduced the subject foi
the years study: Adjusting Demo
crazy for Human Welfare Each
member will participate in each pro
gram to the extent of answering roll
call with some bit of information per-
tinent to the topic under discussion.
The following program was present
ed with Mrs. A. l.. Stevens as lead
err.
Democracy. Roll call-Democracy.
America-Club, Rise of the Demo
cratic Ideal-Miss Allen. Democracy
Must Be Earned-Mrs. Taylor. De-
mocracy's Role in the Americas
Mrs. Ham. Vocal Solo-Miss Clark.
Following the program the hostess,
assisted by Mrs. Weir, Mrs. Joyce
and Mrs. Marcus Love, served deli
cious refreshments to the members
and two guests, Mrs. r. e. Rosson,
Jr. and Miss Ethelyn Baine.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-09-21
Twentieth Century Holds
First Meeting OF Year

The ladies of the Twentieth Cen
fury Club were delightfully."- enter
tanned at their first meeting of the
season at the home of Mrs. Zouella
Bacon Wednesday, September 18th,
with n guest, Mrs j. w. Maxwell,
present. The spacious living room
was enhanced by huge bouquets of
pink and red radiance roses.
After a brief business session an
inspiring address was given by the
President, Mrs. Bacon, introducing
the topic of study for the coming
year, Americas Parade of Progress
An unusually interesting program
was brought to the members under
the leadership of Mrs. j. l.. Longi-
motif, and consisted of a lively descrip-
ton of the highlights of vacation
trips of several fortunate members.
Indiana and for What it is Noted"
was presented by Mrs. j. w. Nor
wood, followed by an Interesting sum
mer of sightseeing, study and pleas
IRE in Chicago by Mrs. Madge Lipsey
A trip by motor through Tennessee,
Kentucky, North Carolina and the
Eastern Coast, including Washington
and Philadelphia, was cleverly de-
scribed by Mrs. Charles Knott, while
trips to the western coast were
brought forth in a fascinating
by Mrs. Harry O'Cain and Mrs. Wal
ter Odom, with colorful souvenirs
brought for the members inspection.
A delicious salad course was serv-
I'd at the conclusion of the program
The next meeting will be held at
Holmes County Park on Wednesday
September 9th, with members of
the families as guests. The program
will be followed with a picnic supper.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-09-21

Mr.. Jack Dodd of vicksburg spent
Monday here.
Mrs. Robert Ray and Mrs. H. j.
Baine spent Thursday in Tchula Wis
iting relatives.
Mrs. Pearl Larkin Of Louisville,
Ky. spent the weekend with her bro
ther, Mr.. John Campbell.
Mr.. Rem Johnson of Jackson spent
Thursday here.
w f. Durham. Jr. spent the week
end with friends at Miss. State.
Mrs. Matte Alice Willis of Lexing-
ton spent Sunday here with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Fly and Miss
Jean Fly of Jackson spent Sunday
here visiting relatives.
Mr.. Paul Odom, Mr.. Paul Phillips
and Mr.. Irby Johnson attended a
Loreco meeting in Jackson Thursday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Cooper and little
daughter OF Pickens spent Sunday
with home folks.
Mr.. Bob Thomas left Sunday for
Greenwood where he will work on
the river project there.
Mrs. r. b. Jenkins, Mrs. Paul Odom,
ginotti and James spent Saturday 10
Jackson.
DR.. and Mrs. Robert Cooper and
two sons have returned from New
York where he has been studying
a special course in x-Ray.
Miss Bessie Mansfield left Thurs
day for McCool where she viii spend
a few weeks with relatives.
Mr.. Dace Davis spent the past
weekend with his wife in Jackson.
King Crawford, Memphis, Repre-
stntative of American Type Founders.
was a business visitor here Wednes-
day.
Mrs. John Clifton st. Clair of Jack
son spent the weekend with his mo-
Their. Mrs. Annie st. Clair.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-09-21
B. & P. w. Club Starts
New Club Year


The Business and Professional Wo-
mems Club began the new years
work by holding the first meeting
at the Hotel Durant on Thursday
evening and the following club at
fairs were entered into: Report on
district meeting held in Jackson by
Mrs. Virgie Johnson; new year books
presented by year book committee;
financial report by Mrs. Norma Ais
bury, who also announced the quar-
tet knights of Song will give a
program Friday evening at the school
auditorium sponsored by the club.
The club adjourned to hold the
social Wednesday evening, Septem-
Der q, in the home of Mrs. Maude
Tatum with Mrs. Tatum and Mrs
Lille Brown as co-hostesses.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-09-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hand and lit
tie daughter, Pauline, and Mrs. Ea-l
SHELTON of Goodman spent Friday in
Durant.
MIR and Mrs. r. e. R~osson, j.
and son, Robert, and Mrs. Lemuel
Walters and son, Charlie, spent Sat
urday in Jackson.
Miss Florence Nicely of Florence
spent the weekend at home with her
parents, MIR. and Mrs. J.. T. Nicely.
Miss Maxine Carroll left Saturday
for state Teachers College at Mem
phis where she will attend school this
year.
Mr.. H. L. Dodd of Sails transacted
business in Durant Friday.
Mrs. w. S. Heggie and Miss Maxine
Leard spent Friday in Jackson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buford Campbell and
son of Clarksdale spent the weekend
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Campbell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Maxwell and
Mrs. John Maxwell spent Sunday in
Kosciusko.
Mrs. Jim Crum OF Memphis spent
Friday here visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ray of Stark
vile spent the weekend here with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Baine and Mr..
and Mrs. c. S. Ray.
Miss Annie Louise Griffin spent
the weekend at Choctaw Lake neal
Alderman where she Joined her pa
rents.
Mrs. Denton Rosamond and Mrs
Malcolm Holmes of West spent Fri
day in Durant.
Miss Dorothy Van Keuren left on
Sunday for Greenville after spend
ing lei vacation here and in South
Mississippi.
Friends Of Charles Durham arc
glad to know that he is now I'm
ployed at the Pan-Am Service Sta
ton.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-09-21
Mrs. Norwood Entertoins
With Bridge Party

Mrs. c.. w. Norwood was hostess
to the members of the Tuesday bridge
club at her home Wednesday evening.
Those enjoying the hospitality of
Mrs. Norwood Were Mrs. F.AC. Calea-
der, Miss Catherine Calender, Mrs.
G. W. Drane, Mrs. Eugene Cole, Mrs.
zouella Bacon, guest, and Miss VIM
fired Mcintyre.
Bridge was enjoyed by the guests
after which the hostess served deli
cious refreshments.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-09-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Stokes of Oxford
spent several hours with Mr.. n
Mrs. Clyde Stokes Saturday while
/, enroute to his home from Jackson
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Williams and
family of Yazoo City spent Sunday
| in the home of Mrs. Sallie Glass.
j Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Brown were
! in Jackson Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. N. Thorne, Miss
Clytee Thorne, Mrs. Elliott Mcdaniel,
and Mr.. Charlie Ray spent Sunday In
Grenada with Mr.. William Thorne.
who is reported improving at the
Grenada Hospital.
Mrs. Malcolm Holmes of West shop
ped in Durant Monday.
Mrs. Harvey Campbell and little
daughter, Betty, of West are spend
ing this week with her mother, Mrs.
Graham Field.
: Mrs. Walter Brock of West was a
Monday shopper here.
Miss Lorraine Wood spen. Thursday
in Walden with relatives.
Mrs. Jane Hand and Miss Mary
Hopkins of West spent Monday ia
Durant
Miss Frances Avery and Miss Nan
ME Wright of Walden spent Friday
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Jenkins.
Rev. Luther Jenkins Holcomb and
Mrs. Bridgeforth and Billy spent Wed
nesday with Miss May Jenkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Meek and little
son Billy, of Kosciusko. spent Tues
day here visiting friends.
Miss Mamie Ingram left Sunday
for S. T. c., Hattiesburg, to attend
college.
Miss Katherine Maxwell of CROSBY
was called home Monday to the flu
neral of her aunt, Mrs. Dave Shanks.
of Kosciusko.
Mrs. Charlie Lance left Sunday for
her home at Dallas, Texas, after visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Pres
ton Durham, for the past two months
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-09-21
Mrs. Totum Hostess To
Tuesday Bridge Club

Mrs. Albert Tatum entertained the
members of the Tuesday bridge club
in her home Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. w. S. Heggie was high score
winner for the afternoon. Those
enjoying the games were: Mrs. F. C
Calender, Mrs. Paul Odom, Mrs. Z
Cole, Mrs. G. w. Drane, Mrs. w. S
Heggie, Mrs j. w. Norwood, Miss
Catherine Calender and Miss Maxine
Leard.
Delicious refreshments were served
by the hostess. The next meeting will
be held with Mrs. Paul Odoml.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-09-21

Mrs. John Jenkins spent wednes-
day in Kosciusko.
MIR. and Mrs. S. w. Leard Of Jack
son spent the weekend here.
MIR. Bill Lancaster of Memphis was
a weekend visitor in Durant.
Mr.. Johnnie White of Memphis spenr
the weekend here.
Mrs. Albert Tatum entertained her
Tuesday bridge club,
Mr.. Joe Holifield of Jackson spent
Monday in Durant.
Miss Lauree Durham of Jackson
spent the weekend here with home
folks.
Mr.. Oscar Bunch of Jackson spent
Monday and Tuesday here attend
ing to business.
Mr.. d. de John of New Orleans
spent Sunday here with friends.
Mrs. Joe Dabney and little daugh-
ter, Janette, of Carthage visited in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Ham recently.
MI. and Mrs. w. w. Blame and
children spent Sunday in Jackson
visiting relatives.
Mr.. Gene Dollahite, Buddy Mitchell,
Joe York, Jr., Billy Elmore, Frank
Edwards, L.emuel Walters, and Tom
Renacker spent Sunday here at home
but returned to Greenwood Sunday
night where they are on the river
project.
Brother Fred Sartin and family
have moved into the Culley home.
Brother Sartin is the Nazarene Pas
tor here.
Mrs. Charlie Lance and Miss Kath-
ryn Durham spent Friday in Koscius-
ko.
Mr.. w. 8. Heggie spent Friday in
Yazoo City.
Mr.. Charlie Bennett Of Yazoo City
spent Friday and Saturday in Du-
rant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-09-21
Mrs. Campbell Entertoins
West Bridue Club

Mrs. Ruth Ray Campbell was the
gracious hostess 20 the West bridge
club in her home here Wednesday
afternoon.
Three tables of players from Wesi
and one table composed of Mrs. Nor
wood, Mrs. Roby. Mrs. Ellis Wynn
and Mrs. Charles Watkins, Of Duran..
were entertained.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-09-21
w. IA. u. To Hold Annual
Meeting September %

The Baptist Woman's Missionary
MON will hold its annual meeting
with the Pickens Baptist Church ca
September 18th at 10 a. M, accord
ing to IN announcement made today
by Mrs. S. C. Ray. Superintendent.
Every society in the county is
urged 20 send a large delegation to
the meeting.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-09-21

Mr.. Arthur Aldridge, employed by
the Love Wagon Co., suffered pain
full injuries to his hand Monday while
he was attempting to fasten a trailer
to a truck.
Mrs. Guy Holmes of Greenwood
and Mrs. Cover of Winona spent
Tuesday with Mr.. and Mrs. F. ].
Strub.
tied her mother, Mrs. Dickens, last
week.
The friends of B. B. Dicken, Jr.
will be interested to near of his mar
riage 20 Miss Hilda Skulley of Can.
ton on August Is, the marriage tai
ing place in Jackson with the Rev.
Boyles officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. N. Johnson and
B.. B. Dicken and Mrs. j. B. Dicken
and daughter, Dorothy, all of Jack
son, were Sunday guests of Mrs. j.
A. Dicken.
Mr.. William Morgan Gulledge has
just been appointed accountant and
bookkeeper for the dealers of Inter
national Harvester Products at Lee
land. He has recently been employ.
ed by the Lewis Grocer Co. and re
of his former employers with a sub
stantial promotion.
Mrs. c. j. Moore of Gulfport is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G
S. Beall.
The WPA had a county meeting
at Lexington Monday afternoon. Mrs
Robert Ham and Miss Winifred Me
Intyre attended.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. c. N.
Thorne and family regret very mucn
to learn hat they are moving Il
Memphis on September 20. Miss Cor
.ine Thorne has accepted a position
with the Firestone Tire Co. in Mem
phis and Miss Marcelle Thorne has
accepted a position with LowensteiE
Mr.. c. G.. Mansfield is enjoying .
new Chrysler.
Misses Cargill and Ann Howard
spent Saturday in Jackson.
Mrs. John Howard spent Monday
in Lexington.
Mrs. Ebert Mcdaniel and three
of Jackson spent the weekend
here with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
;. N. Thorne, and family.
11r. and Mrs. G.. s. Beall and Mrs.
j.. Moore spent Sunday in Winona
she home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. II.
Baker.
Friends of William Thorne are glad
0 know that he is still improving
the Grenada Hospital after a re-
accident.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-09-21
Methodist Missionary
Society Meets

The Methodist Missionary Society
held its regular meeting Monday the
18th in the home of Mrs. Walter
Odonn. Plans were discussed for
the second annual Halloween Carni-
val to be given by the society this
year.
After the mission study refresh
ments were served during the social.
Mr.. Louis Longinotti made a visit
to all gins in Holmes County Mon
day, making a check up on cotton
ginning activities.
DR.. Robert Cooper and Mr.. r. L.
Cooper left Tuesday for Shreveport,
La. where they will spend a few
days.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-09-21

Mr.. Jack Dodd of vicksburg spent
Monday here.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-09-21

NATURAL GAS COOKERY -.
tor wholesome, oppetizinq
meols, in O cleon. convenient
monner for the overoqe
dolly cost of less than q peck
age Of gum.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16

by the University of North Carolins
Press, according to a review from the
New York Times. The authors point
out that many jobs, such as hotel work,
barbering, etc, have been taken over
by whites during the depression. On
the other hand, they point out large
gains made by Negroes in the trade uD-
ion movement. E,
But despite these gains there re
mains far too much discrimination In
the trade I'm n movement, such as the
recent Tampa Shipyard Case, which
William Green, head of the American
Federation of Labor, has promisd to
investigate. We have no kick with
Il, 'se who argue the right of the work
er to collective bargaining and We lfsvS
from time to time pointed out the de-
STABILITY of NegA2 workers organic
ing. What we would like to point out
at this time is that mere trade union
membershi pts not in itself a panacea
for the ills hat affect the Negro work
Ell.
Centuries # racial prejudice can
not be eradicated by edict from the
head of any organization. The only
way to combat this prejudice is to no,
only join the unions but also place com
petent representatives on the govern.
ing boards of such organizations. and
see to it that they fight racial PREM
dice wherever found. It's only small
comf3rt to organize Negro motion pie
ture operators, For instance, and then
limit them to work only in neighbor-
hoods where there are Negro movie
houses. Or the limiting of Negro union
musicians to work among their own
pt9ple. Such forms of discrimination
can be broken up only by having an
outspoken representative in the gov
erning councils of the union.
Control, shl9uld be the watchwort
IN labor, Just as it should be in all polit-
lcal consideration of the race.
-nnn
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16
WHITE WORKERS ON NEGRO
WRITER'S PROJECT

We had a visit last week from a
member tof the Federal Writers Pro-
ject of the WPA, who was in Harlem
investigating charges of fraud in an
election 10 years ago. He happened to
be a Hebrew and when we expressed
surprise that a white man should be as
signed to a Negro project, he explain
ed that there were a number of white
wrlters working on such projects. It
was explained to US that the project is
being cut from a personnel of over 300
to about 118, which will include the
clerical staff. He was unable to give
any figures on the percentage of Ne
groes on the project or how MANY
would remain after the drastic reduc.
ton.
- 1t seems to us that this is a clear
case of discrimination when white wri-
ters. are assigned to check on stories
about Negroes and the Negroes are
fired. The project, which has done
some valuable research work in pub
fishing the New York GUIDE Book SER
les, has from the beginning given Ne
groes assignments only as they affect
their own people, and for that reason
1t seems unfair to give such assign
ments to whites when there are Negro
newspaper men available and willing
to accept this work.
An immediate investigation should
be made of the pHoportion of Negroes
dropped from the several white col
lar" projects of the WPA and if it is
found that a larger percentage of Ne
groes are being fired than other racial
groups, protest meetings and pressure
should be brought to bear o nthe gov
eminent to call a halt to this nefarious
practice. saasssmws
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16
The Age of Statistics

When the late DR.. Booker T.
Washington was at the height of his
power, he discovered that there was no
reliable organization from which rec
ords and statistics on the Negro could
be obtained, and so he set up at Tus-
kegee Institute a Department of Re-
cords and Research, under the able lea
dership of Monroe N. w rk. This or
~ganization did some fine pioneer work
in publishing through the Negro Year
Book and the press statistics of every
sort on the Negro.
Since DR.. W~ashington's death the
statistician has come into his own.
There are a number of institutions,
such as the Gallup Foundation which
can, for a fee, supply statistics on al
most any conceivable subject. And re-
seach work is part of almost every col
lege and university. But in the case of
the Negro, this work has been allowed
to lag and is now largely confined to
statistics on lynching and census fig
ures.
8 The Negro press, we believe is bad
ly in need of an independent organiza-
ton to make a study of its gains and
losses in advertising and circulation to
gather figures on the purchasing pow
er of the Negro in various localities,
unemployment and the need for Negro
workers in industrial center. There
are any number of such organizations
which supply such information to the
daily press-the Audit Bureau of Cir
culation, Standard Rate and Data Ser
vice, schools of journalism, etc. but the
Negro field in this respect has been
neglected.
We can think of several Negroes
eminently equipped for this wprk, such
as Prof. Davis of Tuskegee, assistant to
DIR. Work, and Charles E. Hall Of
years in the Census Department, but
Washington, d. c., who was for many
for dome reason they have not consid-
red the Negro press a profitable field
for their talents. A study of the Negro
press as a whole, with emphasis on the
territory they cover and the number
of people they serve would be great
value to advertising agencies and nat
ional advertisers and could be sold to
many newspapers who are "yng to sell
the idea of advertising to Il e people.
And speaking of SCHOOL, of jour
nalism, we have often wondered why
such institutions as Howard and Fisk
do not have courses in journalism. Be-
sides work on the Negro newspapers,
there are a number of civil service jobs
available for trained newspaper work
ers in city and state departments,
which have to deal with the public.
Schools of journalism in the Negro col
leges could do much of the research
work so badly needed by the Negro
press at this time. ~
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16
CONTROL" SHOULD BE THE
WATCHWORD OF THE NEGRO
WORKER

An interesting urvey on the part
the Negro worker has played in the in
dustrial life of America is contained in
a new book, "Black Workers and the
New Unions," by Horace R. Cayton
and George S.. Mitchell and published
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-16

~
superiority of democracy to dictator
ship and then put the power in the
hands of one man to put this nation of
130,000,000 into war. Today the Presi-
dent-any president-has the power.
He makes certain claims while war is
going on. He demands for Americans
the right to trade as they please. He
exacts for American citizens in war
one a degree of safety which the fed
eral government does not guarantee
them in dozens of gangster-ridden
centers in the United States. He tries
to play God and dictate terms tr des-
perate nations. His terms may be right
or wrong, but war-maddened bellige-
rents must accept them-or else"
A popular referendum on war is
nc panacea but it is certainly a means
whereby people will st5p to ask, "Why
should American boys be sent overseas
to keep Germany from getting Danzig
or part of the Polish corridor? A ref
erendum will not only give an oppor-
tunity to the wan mongers but also to
those who understand that we can
eve get rid of war till We find a way
to stop the exploitation of mar by
man.
It's perhaps t,o much to expect
Thoma j. Watson former president of
the international Chamber of Com
merce' to accept that solution but as
reU3rted in the Times of August 20, he
realizes Gas every liberal and radical)
that the causes are economic. Only eco
nomic changes then will remove the
present tension. According to Mr..
Watson:
'The underlying causes of the pre-
sent difficultie are economic malad-
justment. This has been proved by eco
nomic research of the international
Chamber of Commerce. Let us keep re-
peating the disastrous effects of the
last war: 100000 900 soldiers and 49,
000,0 900 civilians killed; {. 100000 sold
iers wounded; 100000 people made
refugees; 100000 children made or
phans and a cost in money of 1888, 000,-
600, 900. 1t must be remembered that
economic and social conditions are
far worse today than they were before
the last war. This should show us that
another world war would destroy civil
lization as we understand it,
1t is too bad te convention of the
American Federation of Teachers did
not realize that through a discussion
OF war and peace-or approval of the
Ludlow Amendment would the Ameri-
can people be able to get at the funda-
mental economic problems which are
now SO obscured by troop movement
and diplomatic exchange of notes. Tho
bad, too, that it did not realize that its
disqualification for democracy, de-
mocracy to support any measure which
gives the people a greater share in de-
Gliding important issues. Educators,
more than any other group, have an
obligation to make their actions con-
sonant with the policies they profess;
so the convention vote against the ref
erendum was a. Reputation of its own
must cherished slogan.
Defense of democracy through eco-