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81 per cent The Sasscer election,
however, was a foregone conclusion.
The Republicans did not have a
chance in the district, and that OBJ
viously had something to do with a
lack Of interest there. The Sasscer
victory was Democratic victory
but not necessarily New Deal vic
tory. The total vote cast was very
much less than half the total vote
cast in that district in 1896 or in
1894.
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The Capital Parade
President May Have Said European Demoeroeies
Are U S. First Line of Defense
By JOSEPH ALsoP and ROBERT KINTNER.


Apparently really said to the Military
that the European democracies the
the he
Senators reporters they words which
his advisers have used other occasions
understood how accurately minded
into the American frontier with
unhappy President the Ordinarily
first line of American defense"
interest spitters
important for holds the key the foreign policy which
has been quietly pursuing.
between frontier and FIRST line Of
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western district
of Virginia -
has so far been
entirely inefec-
tive. For the
Senate, W hich h
must confirm all
appointments to
the F e d er !
bench, turned
the nomination
down yesterday
72 to 8. The
appointment, the
S e ma tors de-
clared, was all
of piece with the
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the nomination,
will the Senate
establish t h e
rule that the
nomination of a
district ju d g e
who has the ap-
proval of both
Senators, b u t
who seems to
have the disap-
proval of a large
number of the
people of a
State, should be
confirmed?
The case arises
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protected by two oceans, we can
go twice as far as we have to
date, always on a cash and carry
basis, without the slightest risk Of
armed conflict.
The question Of the method
OF the Presidents policy remains.
1t cannot be doubted that he has
been less than frank. OF course,
complete frankness in foreign
affairs is impossible. The Presi-
dent cannot saw nllhliclV that
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Only DR.. George
w. Calver, the
Capitol physi-
C 1 a n, k no W s
these prof e Sc
sional secrets.
His prime poll
icy is keeping
Capitol Hill we'll
by preven t iv e
m e d ! c / ne. In
1889, thou g h
business Is none
too active, leg
islation Is. 1t
takes its toll Of
the strong e S t.
DIR CaIver has
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quite simply that you have to de-
fend a frontier, while you are
defended by a first line of defense.
Putting it a different way, one
means fighting ourselves, while
the other means letting our
friends fight for us. And even a
child, or an isolationist Senator
with one eye on the press gallery
and the other on 1910, can see
that, in resisting the onward
march OF Fascism. the European
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HE opinions OF the rtters this page their not
nsce:savly The stars such opinions are presented IN
readers although such opinions may be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
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Italy Germany Italy will the
Mediterranean and that will support her in the hope
snatcng colonies from embroo that had best help
England and France fast On the other hand
could publicly that the European democraces and China
first lines American defense Then probably the realism OF the
relied will
thought through instead of beloved through.
(Copyrghted,
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Mussolini to tell their people
that the European democracies
supported by the Americans are
prepared to destroy them.
But it may be true again
that a determined stand on the
part OF the American people-the
executive and the legislative
branches working harmoniously-
might induce Hitler and Musso-
lini to think the matter over be-
fore they decide to push to the
limit their oresent. r0licies
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For the time being strong statements aegedy coming from the
Presdeno denied the dayogethr with international
situation political politicians merely
confirm opinion Of leaders democracies
gandoe edice while foundations
being by termites.'
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By G. GOULD LINCOLN.

President Roosevelt's slap at the
Virginia Senators-his appointment
Of Floyd H. Roberts OF Bristol to be
United States district judge for the
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AnAmericun
You Should
Know
Dr.. CoIver Looks After
Health Of Congress
Members
By DELLA PYNCHON.

In addition to the publicized Con-
gressional Record there exists
complete clinical record of our 435
and 96 Senators.
Evening star., 1939-02-07

Automobile owners paid s29,122,-
420 in taxes in Florida during the
fiscal year of 1888.
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Jew WHO AH1eTlCdnlZeu MS name
from Rosenblatt to Roosevelt be-
fore his sons birth. The Amer
lean press is described as almost
exclusively Jewish controlled and
the Presidents most intimate
collaborators are people from the
New York ghetto. The rearma-
Inent policies of this country are
described as tending to cause
another world war. The propa-
ganda ministries in Rome and In
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|Judgeships
Still uinted
By Politics
Porterie Case
Argues for New
Selection Method
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Now that the Senate has rejected
the appointment of district judge
in Virginia because the two United
States Senators there objected to
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This Changing World
Uncle Sam Has BECOME Both q St. George
And BLACKBOARD in Europes Eyes
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

BY CONSTANTINE BROWN
gigantic European anairs
backguarded and called praised to the skies
the one and only savior Of world peace.
the Americans in President
particular course
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26
H. J. {. To Feature Annual
Homecoming Event

The annual Homecoming and meet
ing Of the Alumni is announced by
A. L. Tidwell, Alumni President, Tor
November 10.
The regular session will begin at
II 100 o'clock with words of welcome
to the former students. A program
Of entertainment has been planned
for the alumni before beginning the
regular business session.
Climaxing the days events, the
mighty Wolf pack from Wesson en-
cages the powerful Bulldog eleven on
their home field. The game is sche-
duled to be called at 200 p. M. For
getting the keen rivalry between the
two schools, the game promises 10
be one of the most important games
of the Junior College Conference, and
of being of interest to the friends OF
both schools. A record breaking
crowd is expected for the battle royal
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26
Mary Cooper Is Selected
junior Usher

Twenty members of the Junior class
at Mississippi State College for Wo
men have been selected to act as
Junior pshers for this session. These
girls will serve as ushers at all ma
Jor performances throughout this
year, including the Junior-Freshman
wedding. lyceum numbers, Theatre
Guild productions, and Common e.
ment exercises.
Ushers are: Misses Eloise Lee, Wi
mona, head usher; Ruth Fite, Clarks-
dale; Lorine Coca, Rosedale; Nancy
Nelson Cranberry. Grenada; Wini-
fred Cook, Crystal Springs; Daisy
Louise Price, Amory; Marjorie Dean.
Nesbitt; Christine Boyd, Tunica; Lii
liam Pierce, Jamestown; Jean Hitch,
Drew; Patricia Ross, A~lbermarle, N.
Carolina; Elizabeth Sessions, Clarks-
dale; Atherton Tubb. Clarksdale; Mar
garet Topp. Tupelo; Gladys Collier,
Clarksdale; Bettye Sue Neves. Green
vile; Bobbye Bobo, Senatorial; Nell
Gray, Prentiss; Mary Cooper, Durant;
and Annie Laurie Easter, Okolona.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26
Malcolm L.onqinotti Ranks
High Al Marion

Marion, Ala, Oct. 23-Special-Nine-
teen Marion Institute Cadets were
named on the Honor Roll for hign
academic grades for the month OF
September, Major L. II. Baer, dear
announced today.
To be included on the Deans List
a cadet must average IS or above
taking special preparatory courses
with nc grade below so. Students
for examinations to enter the Gov
eminent academies must ran in the
upper 10 per cent of their class. Good
standing in conduct is also required
Those named on the Deans List
for the mon. were: Laverne Blount,
DEBORAH, Iowa; Theodore Bottinelle.
Jr, New Orleans, La; Clarence Bout
well, Jr, Andalusia, Ala; Charles Car
san, Jr., Coalgate, Okla; Ruffin
Chestney, Jr, Macon, Ga; James Full
Ter, Laurel, Miss; James Gibbreath,
Collinsville, Ala; Harvey Hardy,
Thomaston, Ca; Howard Ingham,
Fort Warren. Wyo.; Ray Johnson,
Verona, N. j.; Roy Jones Jr., Bir-
mingham, Aa.; Glenn Lambert, Uriah,
Ala; Malcolm Longino.ti. Durant,
Miss; William Mckenzie III, Monte
yuma, Ca; John Martin, Akron, Ala |:
Edwin Pohlman, Pensacola, Fla; Au-
brey Seller, New Orleans, La: Ernest
Wood, Jacksonville, Fla; and Mil
ton Seller, New Orleans, La.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26
Albert Rogers Freed
On $500 Bond As
Result OF Hung Jury
Jury Stoys Out "a Hours
On Decision Of Cose;
Special Jury Is Used

Albert Rogers, indicted for mur-
der, will be freed on $4,000 bond as
the result of a hung jury which re-
ported late today, after being out
since five O'Clock Wednesday aftec-
noon. The 8 will be heard again
at the mex. term Of court.
1T was understood that nine of the
Jurors stood for acquittal while three
were against.
Rogers was indicted for the muir
der of Jesse Meeks whom he shot
and fatally wounded after an al
legged quarrel. Meek was said to have
threatened the son of Rogers and
was claimed to have been advancing
on the boy with a knife.
e. T. Nelson and s. r. King re-
presented the defendant while John
son and White assisted the County
Attorney Pat M. Barrett in the prose-
cution.
A special venire of fifty men WAS
summoned to get the jury which was
composed Of M. s. Terry, r. o. Duke,
J. E. OfKelly, T. B. Lehman, j. p.
Wiltshire, A. A. Porter, Jake Man
uel, e. w. Farmer, Roy C. McCrary,
Robert Tate, A. l.. Powers and H. C..
Wynn.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26
Marie Drake Is Member
Of Editorial Stuff

Announcement was made yesterday
by Ann Mayhem Roberts, editor of
the Spectator, weekly newspaper OF
Mississippi State College for Women,
that seven new members have been
added to the editorial staff following
tryouts by fifteen upper classmen.
New reporters are Evelyn Pear
son. Rosedale; Frances Guy, Meridi
an; Marie Drake, Durant; Alice May
Skellie, Long Beach; Stella ONeal
Jackson; Sue Brent, McComb; and
Louise Mott, Yazoo City.
Assistant business managers are:
Edith Furr, Laurel; Kathleen Steele,
Shuqualak; Julia Mae Watkins, Jack.
son; Marjorie Lee, Jonestown; Cath
crime Hunter, Tupelo; and Virginia
Hansell, Aberdeen. The new mem
bers Of the circulation staff are,
Sara Street, McComb; Flora Alice
Gore, Winona; Reba ellis, Philadel.
phia; and Ann Dorman, Myrtle. Ger
trude Shannon, Laurel, was elected
typist for the staff.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26
Durant Schools Use
Improved Reports
Student Now Gets Grade
On Different Sections
Of Each Subject

The school is using a different re-
according to G. H. Carruth, superin
tendent. The student will receive Q
separate report for each subject
which he parent may keep. The
office will file a duplicate.
The report divides each subject in
divisions and indicates the number
of days required to complete the di.
vision OF work. The report indicates
the number Of classes the student
missed in each division.
Students are given grades for each
division of work which is valued as
follows: for their daily work we
count 2-3 and for the test on the di-
vision Of work we count 1-2 of the
division value.
Then division grade is multiplied
by the number of days required to
complete the division of work. This
gives a day value for the division.
The school feels that a student
should be given more credit for a
grade hat is made over a longer
period of time. The day total is di-
vided by the number of days laugh;
giving a day value average. The
value of this average is 23 of the
whole weeks grade. The test grade
is valued at 1-3 of the whole. To get
the six weeks grade we multiply the
day value average by 2 and add the
test grade, dividing by 3 which gives
the six weeks grade.
This report viii enable the parent
to see on which division of work the
child made he best grade n on
which division they failed. This re-
port viii also indicate the point at
which the child should make addi-
tional effort.
We would like to have parents talk
to rs about the new report, which
we feel is superior to the old report
used last year. We hope the parents
will file these reports for future re-
ferences and ask questions about
them in case they do not understand
them.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26
Forestry Advisory
Council Has Meet;
Kreb Attends
Members Make PIuns To
Get Needed Laws To
Protect Forests

plans of the Mississippi Forestry
Association for a legislative pro
gram under which owners of wood
lands and forest lands of all types
will be encouraged in their develop
ment were discussed with members
of the recently formed Holmes coun-
ty Forestry Advisory Council by w.
j. Krebs, Field Director Of the State
organization. Constructive legisla-
ton desired by the Association, of
which Henry T. Crosby, Of Green
vile, is president, was endorsed by
the local council members.
Existing laws of the State, accord
ing to the Association, have so ope-
rated as to cause the cutting off of
timber in every county and
continuance of he demand condi-
ton has resulted from frequent burn
ing Of grasses. The Association seeks
statewide forest fire protection sub
stitution of a severance tax on trees
when cut and sold commercially in
place of the ad valorem tax IN stand
ing timber, and a constitutional
amendment fixing a nominal valua-
ton for assessment purposes on tim,
Der or woodlands az long as the own
er keeps such land in trees.
Ed White, Lexington; w. H. Ham
NETT, lexington; w. n. Jumper,
Tchula; members of the Legislature,
and j. Stewart Watson, Lexington
member-elect of the Senate, express
ed themselves as in accord with such
a program.
Members of the council who con-
ferred with Mr.. Krebs included:
T. M. Williams, Lexington; w. c.
Barrett, lexington; Reedy Ellis, Lex
ington; Parham Williams, Lexing-
ton; Alex Swinney Lexington; Claude
Wilkes, Durant; Eugene Cole, Du-
rant; Louis Longinotti, Durant J.. 3.
Shamburger, Durant.
The full roster of the Council will
be announced at an early date.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26
Jurors Summoned On
Week Court

The following have beer
ed for jury service for the fourth
week of Circuit Court:
Joe H. Moore, J. r. Moody. Jr..
Willie c. Tate, Merrill Eakin. Robert
O'Reilly. Harry Grantham, w. C. Win
born, ]. c. Tye, H. E. Elliott, H. B.
Moore. J. j. Ross, Floyd Upshaw.
v. B. Matthias, r. s. Henley. w. G
Woods. w. e. Wigley, B. B. Bran
non, w. M. Evans, J.. L. Mason, Ben
Killebrew, Joyce Cox, J. T. Nolan.
H. j. Divine, r. Parsons, E. J. Hines,
Jr, T. III. Gallon, ]. T. Mcbride, IRE
Earl Shanks, Jr., Lige Nash, H. H.
Ezell, Arthur Alexander and j.. T.
Levers.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26
Battery B Now Drills
Twice Weekly

Eat cry b, Hath Field Artillery OF
the Mississippi National Guard, will
drill regularly every Wednesday and
Thursday night, according TO Captain
e. I. Nelson, commanding officer.
Battery b. previously drilled GA
Thursday nights. The new order
came from headquarters only las
week and took effect this week.
While the full quota of eighty-ons
men is now fiied in the Holmes U
ty battery. Capt. Nelson stated that
he would have room for several ad-
dftional men at an early date. Any
him at the Armory in Lexington on
these nights.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26
Holmes Troining School
Foir November 9th

"A fair for colored people will be
held in Durant on Wednesday, No
vemfber 8. which is being sponsored
by the Holmes County Training
School.
Prizes win be given for farm com
aaodities and the purpose of the
4air is to promote he live-at-home
program through improved methods
Of agricultural activities, according
20 professor G.. W. Williams.
A big parade will be held at ten
O'Clock shat morning and speaking
and the awarding of prizes will fol
low that night at 7:30 o'clock. A
football game between Durant and
Lexington may be arranged for The
a~ftctnoon.
Judges will be Professor Marshall,
Ruby Moss, County Agent Cooper,
Home Demonstration Agent Daisy
Anderson, Prof. Bingham and posi-
bly, some white friends.
Prizes will be given, first and So
cond. for the bes. boar, two years
oia, oISl budl uiiuCA CWO years, DcSt
milk cow. best mule, bull, mule colt.
sow and pigs, sow, heifer, horse or
mule, mule colt.
Negro women will be interested to
learn hat cash prizes will be given
for the best five stalks louisiana
cane, sorghum cane quart Louisiana
syrup, n gallon peanuts, ten ears
large white dent corn, same for yell
low corn, home cured ham and ba-
con, Rhode Island Red hen, Ply
mouth Rock cock, fruits and vege-
tables of all kinds canned, cake,
~cornbread, biscuit and pie, one peck
Irish potatoes and one peck sweet
potatoes.
The fair is expected to attract a
large attendance from colored peo-
pie all over the county and much good
is expected to be derived from it
among the colored population.
White friends are cordially invited
to view the exhibits and inspect the
progress of the colored folks.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26
Criminal Docket Is
For The Fourth
Week Of Court
Six Cases Scheduled
To Be Tried During
This Week, Next

Cases on docket to be tried at this
and next are as follows:
State VS.. Wilson Rogers
State VS.. Wilson Rogers indicted
for manslaughter, in The connection
of the death of Dorothy Ingram.
resulting from an automobile acct
dent on highway 81, near Pickens,
several weeks Ago..
State vs.. Fannie Marseilles
The a s of the State VS.. Fannie
Marseilles, negro woman, indicted for
murder at a called meeting of the
grand jury last week, was to have
been aiken UP this morning. The
negro woman, who was said to have
hot down Walter Booker, her al
legged husband, on the streets CT
Lexington several days ago, was
said to have gone into Mysteries in
the courtroom and she was taken
back to Jail for medical treatment.
Her case is expected to be tried
Thursday afternoon.
State VS.. Claud Chapman
Claud Chapman, indicted for muir
der, in connection with the fatal
Shooting of Marvin Williamson, near
Mileston about three months ago.
State VS. Willie Higgins
Willie Higgins, colored, indicted
for murder in connection with the
death of Fats Helm, alias L. C. Helms.
State VS.. Ebert Davis
Ebert Davis pleaded guilty to as
sasault and battery with intent to
KILL the CASE arising out of tine
alleged cutting of the marshal of Cru
ger, about three months ago.
State VS.. Ollie Taylor
The case OF Ollie Taylor, colored,
indicted for the murder of another
negro, Ollie Cooks, was set for the
first Wednesday of court.
State VS.. Ellis Williams
Ellis Williams, alais Blood Williams,
was indicted for murder in the April
term of court, 1887, in connection
with the killing of Dock Brench, The
negro has just been taken into cus-
tody.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26

to the left of the entrance and a little
courtyard were finished in marble
from Georgia.
The poor men don't have much chance
up here. There seems 10 be about
from every state in the nation to
get those good government jobs, jobs
that seem TO be such good pay to
the folks back home. Living expen-
ses are high and the girls find it
tough going to have a nice place to
stay and dress decently on their
salaries. Wen wager tina. literally
thousands of them wish they had
never left the old home town for
W~ashington's bright promise.
While the modern woman is doing
everything she can to achieve the
right to jury service the men seem
to avoid this unpleasant duty as much
as possible.
After viewing the past few weeks.
OF court we wonder that any person
in his or her right mind would want
to sit in a courtroom day in and day
out on a case.
1t may be interesting to some OF
these women who aspire to jury SER
vice to learn that eight women were
included in the Federal petit jury
called last week II the United States
District Court in Springfield, Ill.
Among the eight was one Esther L.
J Mosely, colored. formerly of Gads
den, Alabama.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26
Petit Jurors For Third
Week Court Listed

The petit juries Of the third week
of Circuit Court were are follows:
Number one: B. C. McCreary. A. L,
Powers. w. G. McMullen, j. e. Fros..
E. l.. Weeks. s. F. Buchanan, y. M
Hammett, r. E. Ferrell, Jr, Frank
Spencer. j. L. Shoemaker. C. NJ. John
son. S. S. Truitt.
Number two: Norman Weathersby,
Bonnie Byrd. w L. Edwards, F. E.
Hocutt, Joe b. McCreary. S. H. Fow-
Ter. w. H. Smith, S. D. Allen. H. C.
Downer, Ellis Byrd. ". L. Upchurch,
J. B. Mcbride.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26
Sunday Services Scheduled
For Baptist Church

Bible School Gas.
Morning worship 1880.
The Uplifting Christ, John 1882.
Evening service. 7:45. Evangelis-
tic service.
B t. U. 6:15.
Prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing tbs.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26
$135,985. Is Received
BY County Formers

Holmes county farmers here re-
ceived to date $135, 9S5.1s subsidy pay
ments on this years crop, according
to county agent T. M. Williams.
This covers 1900 contracts and in
cludes 4,438 checks to producers.
There are approximately 1900 con-
tracts in Holmes county.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Montelle Lloyd. Billy
and Leila Irby of Greenwood were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lamar Hays
ATcnday night.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26
Meeting Called

Mr.. Williams requests all persons
interested in the county planning
work to come 20 a meeting Friday
morning at ten O'Clock in Lexington.
j. ". Pace, State College, will be
present and plans will be made for
future work of the group.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26

WEI el the hurry and hustle seen
on every side, Washington remains
a tranquil and beautiful city. It's
majestic buildings and monuments
symbolic a great nation. Perhaps
therein lies her tranquility for we
people Of the United States have SUI
preme confidence in our government
and our way of living, thinking, plan
ming. We go our way unperturbed in
the knowledge that our way is the
right way.
A little SNUG, complacent, you say?
Perhaps it is but our way has work
ed out pretty well for over a hundred
and fifty years. We will not stand
for any radical change in that sys-
tenn.
The new Supreme Court building
In Washington Is the most beautiful
public building we have ever seen
Built entirely of marble |. far out.
ranks the Capitol and the White
House in its regal beauty.
The hallway which one enters from
the from. has at least forty-eigh'
huge marble columns from floor to
ceiling. set tour in a row across. The
attendant told me that the entire
hallway was of Alabama marble while
the front of the building was done
In marble from Vermont. A wing
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-10-26

Cases on docket to be tried at this
term of criminal court for this week
and next are as follows:
Evening star., 1939-05-14

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