The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-05-04
Through
Hazel Z
Eyes
BY
Hazel Brannon

an editorial appearing recently In
the New York Times which com
mends t local newspapers" in
America and what they c to the
country. Heaven knows how many
hundreds of thousands of New York
ers read every week the concerns OF
their home town. said the New York
paper.
All of which brings to mind O
conversation we had with Mr.. Char
les M. Lincoln, managing editor OF
the New York Times, who personally
escorted us through the offices OF
that great paper last May when we
had the privilege of meeting him.
After making the tour over the
huge building wherein 1000 employees
of the paper toll, Mr.. Lincoln said,
We'll, what do you think of it2'
We laughed n told him it was eli
very impressive and quite awe-in
spring but personally we thought
the Durant News was a great deal
important than the great New
York Times. He looked AT us grave.
ly and replied we were right.
He meant, of course, that the Du-
rant News stood for more in the
community of Durant than the New
York Times stands for in the city
of New York, being more personal
and closer to the life Of its people.
That Is one advantage hat peo-
pie in small towns have all over
people of the cities. Not just news
papers,, but every business man has
q greater opportunity for service
in a small town han in a big one
The soone WI people in America
learn that we don't have to be small
just because we live In small towns,
the sooner we learn to glory in be-
ing small town people. that much
sooner will come a happier new day
for the vast majority Of our popula-
ton who comprise the backbone and
character of the nation.
VIZ can't all live in cities, thank
Heaven.
IF this country ever goes to war
It must be prepared to do so with
the most efficient killing and devas-
tating machines mankind has ever
devised and lin quantities correspond
Ing to the mass production capacity
OF the present age"
Doesn't ounid very civilized, does
lit But after all, it is only common
sense, this remark quoted from a
speech made by Colonel J. II. Burns,
executive officer to the Assistant
Secretary of War, to members OF
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States recently.
ITS a sad commentary on the hu-
man race that the u%tterance of such
a remark could really be common
sense.
Today a nation has to be ready
to defend itself in order to keep it's
place in the sun,
We have never questioned stories
read in the paper coming from an
Associated Press Bureau until today.
1t is generally understood by the
newspaperNeading public that the
AP, like the family Bible, never
lies.
To-day, however, we read where a
young bride, wife of an Ohio textile
mill mechanic who moved to Au
gusta, Ga. to work. and live, became
sick shortly after moving to Augusta
n died.
according to the story the body
was left with the local mortlcian for
ten years before being inferred. wait
ing on the young man to get money
enough to complete burial arrange
ments.
After ten years time a pauper's
burial was arranged by Mortician
John Curtis. When Judge Henry C
Hammond heard the story he prompt
ly Offered a cemetery lot. Other
people subscribed She has
now been buried with Episcopal rites
and all honors, apparently.
John Shaw Billings, New York man
aging editor of the magazine Life,
and a friend of Judge Hammond
was one of the pail bearers.
If the Alp story is true we will
probably see in a forthcoming issue
OF Life something about life Goes
To A Funeral and we will have a
lot more undesirable publicity for
Georgia n the south.
Looks like Tobacco Road" would
have been enough for Georgia with,
out playing up a ten year late fu.
neral.
The plane accident which occurred
at Grenada this week, taking the
live of three young men is deplo-
rable and 70 be regretted.
From all appearances Pilot George
Stokes slowed down his flying speed
as much as possible so that the
ship could be stopped within a com
p~aratively short distance after touch
g-- 49, AN,.- Nit