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Evening star., 1939-01-07
Summary Of the Course

|! IS EASY TO BEGIN THIS COURSE ond once storted
you will look forward eagerly to every session. Meetings
held week for weeks Eoch meeting consists
of sessions dinner ond Gloss session. You will
speak at both Throughout the course you troined
to develop self confidence prepore ond boil down
tolk hold ottention acquire pose improve
your gestures troin your voice quotations
introduce speaker. Special evenings reserved
for "Stroteey in Deoine with People" remembering
names ond fooes building mental index for reody
when your feet before audience
This is condensed outline of the For first
hond impression. visit the open meeting.
Evening star., 1939-01-07
Personal Coaching--
Every Class Except Conducted by Granville Jaco

The Granville Jacobs method bosed personal
hon Mr. jacobs will not oooept students thon he
IT you wont to develop your speaking obity the high
est level of effectiveness Granville Jacobs conducts every
Gloss session, except wo-ond these two directed by
specialists of notiono repuoton in the field Of Speech
Evening star., 1939-01-07
Speaking Clubs Formed

In Washington ond in other cities where the 0roo-
vile B. Jooobs course hos been gwen, oroduote
speok'no clubs have been formed All who hove
token this welcome to offend meetings
Of these clubs.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-23
Former Legislator
Passes In Pidens
John J. Tucker Dies
Following illness
II His Home

John J. Tucker, past member of the
state legislature from Holmes county
died at his home in Pickens Tuesda,
morning after a long illness.
Besides being a former legislator
Mr.. Tucker was a Mason and a dea.
o in the Baptist Church.
Services were held Wednesday morn
ing at 1890 o'clock. DR. H. L. Martin,
Baptist pastor Of Senatobia, official
ing, assisted by DR.. w. F. Marlborough,
Of Pickens.
Surviving are n daughter, Mrs
w. s. Owens. Pickens; a grandson,
William Owen, Jr Pickens; four
brothers, w. e. Tucker, Canton; H
e. Tucker. saltwater, Okla; e. J
Tucker, Austin, Texas, and o. w
Tucker. San Beneti, Texas; three sis.
tiers. Mrs. T. p. Montgomery, Good.
man; Mrs. J. w. OrBrian., Kntxville
and Mrs J. w. Wright, Hattiesburg
and a large number Of nieces and
nephews.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-23
Xmas Savings Club Will
Distribute $1,000

' VA
On or about December 1 the Mer
chants and Farmers Bank OF Durant
will distribute to Its Christmas Saw.
ings Club members over 5000 cash
The 1910 Christmas Savings Club
will start on December 4 and persons
interested In joining are invited &c
call by at the bank at that time.
A survey by some of the more
prominent banks which handle Chris.
tmas Club savings indicates that the
amount Of money saved in such clubs
for 1889 will be approximately 10 pei
cent higher than In 1888, which would
mean a distribution for the entire coun
try OF something over $3.50, 900 900
assuming that the average rate OF
gaining other sections Of the United
States parallels that in New York
Both the amounts saved and he
number of participants in the clubs
are sharply up from a year ago. re-
fleeing in part a wider employment
and TO some extent increased thrift.
OF the total available for distribution
IN the country as a whole, II is esti-
mated that more than $104, O00, O0C
will be distributed in New York State
Distributions in many cases will be
made before November %. the Thanks
gving- day holiday. proclaimed by
P~res!6c.rt Roosevelt. which is one
week earlier than the Thanksgiving
Day no mally observed.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-23
Norwood EnroIIs 80;
Cooperation Urged

j. w. Norwood, superintendent in
charge of the Durant Manufacturing
Company, aiding in the Red Cross
Roll Call repor.s that 80 members
were secured at the plant. represent
ing about eighty per cent of the en-
tire number Of persons working there
Durant citizens who have not We.
enrolled in the Red Cross are urged
to call or see w. H. Counts, commu
nifty chairman, as soon as possible
Each membership Is one dollar. Fiji
ty cents stays in the local chapter
and fifty cents goes 20 the national
organization. Regardless Of the
amount given by the individual for
a membership only fifty cents goes
to the national organization. The res,
stays at home.
Mrs. Charlotte Cresswell and Q
group of ladies in the community
are assisting in the drive and every
one is urged to enroll every member
in his family in the Red Cross.
The goal set for Durant is s275.
So far only about 500 has been Sc
cured.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-23
Steed And Gilmore
Attend Ice Convention

Messrs. Quitman Steed and J. J..
Gilmore of the Southern United Ice
Co. left Durant Sunday for the Delta
States Ice Associations Brass Tacks
Convention which was attended by
$50 ice manufacturers from the states
of Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkan.
sas.
Elaborate displays Of ice. confer
ences on improved methods Of selling
and advertising ice, and the ice sales
story presented in motion pictures,
were features OF the Brass Tack Con-
vention he'd at the Eeuna Vista Ho-
tel, Biloxi. Mississippi, November 20.
81 and %, 1880.
in add ion to the elaborate dis
plays of ice in cube form, and different
sizes and grades, ice to be used as
punch bowls, and ice in snow form,
there was exhibited at the conven-
ton a quarter-million dollars worth
OF ice-making machinery and mod
ern aforementioned ice. r~efrigerators,
etc, for the inspection of the $50
members of the industry who attend
ed this meeting.
Charles F. Rantz, Algiers, La, pres
ident of the Association, says: From
the standpoint of the business pro-
gram :he exhibits and the entertain
ment this was an outstanding conven-
ton which covered all phases of the
industry problems"
The entertainment. during the meet
ing included a Sea Food Supper, q
'"Tacky Party" a tea and a luncheon
for the ladies, and a golf tournament.
The program featured talks on
Modern Merchandising and Advertis-
ing" by Guy w. Jacobs, General Man
ager of National Ice Advertising, Inc,
Chicago. Ill. and "The Problems in
Vegetable Icing" by H. S. NOES. Elk
ecutive Secretary of The Louisiana
State Market and Warehouse Com
mission. Baton Rouge. La: and as a
par. of this talk on vegetable icing,
a colored motion picture. 1.-THE Re-
tention Of Vitamin c." told the story
of how ice projects vegetables from
the time they leave the farm until
they reach the consumers table.
A sales film entitled How to Re-
member Names and Faces" by Bor-
den & Bussey. was also featured.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-23
Is Fatal To
James Hathctok :
Killed Wednesday In
Collision On Highway
Il Near Tchulu

james T. Hathcock. SO, who lived
at Eden, Route 1, was killed instant.
ly at two o'clock Wednesday when
a car which he was driving collided
with a a driven by q negro near
Tchula q. $S1
The accident occurred on highway
IL. The negro was said to have been
going west on highway II and Hath.
cock was said to have come up on
the highway from the Howard road
Indications were that a head-on COL
lision resulted.
-Four companions with Hathcock
were considerably shaken up but were
not thought to be injured. They were
Cleemon Ables, r. l.. Abels, Varda
man and Marvin Ables.
The negro driver and his two wo-
men companions were uninjured
Death of Hathcock resulted from
a broken neck and he suffered also
severe cuts and bruises.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at three O'Clock at The
Coxburg Church.
Surviving are the widow and two
children, the parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
James Hathcock, and a large num-
Der of relatives in this county.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-23
National 7. B. Association
Helpful, Says Doctor

Two hundred thousand persons
are alive in the United States today
who would have been dead Of tubercu.
losis il last year had been 1904. Since
that year, which marked the incep
ton of the National tuberculosis As
ISOLATION, the morality rate from this
disease has been cut down from 2Ol
deaths per hundred thousand of pop
ulation to 40 in 1898. People are
now being urged to buy Christmas
Seals, which help 20 finance the work
Of this association and its $500 affil-
lated organizations in all parts Of the
country. A part of the money de-
rived from the sale of these. seals
goes into a fund which maintains
a rehabilitation program for tuber-
culaous persons in sana.oriumsI But
the rea! problem II fighting ta5c-cu.
losis involves education: those who
have tuberculosis in it's incipieni
stages can be cured if hey are awara
of their disease. In order to find
these early cases, the people mus
be educated to look for it. In spt e
of the improvement of diagnostic
methods, only 10 per cent of patien's
admitted to sanatoriums are found
to be in the early stages of the dis
ease, thus showing hat there are far
too many with unrecogniZed cats in
the community injecting their fam
lilies end neighbors. Only by finding
every single ase can the disease be
eliminated. Early examination, skill.
full diagnosis and prompt treatment
are the fac ors that make tuberculo-
sis durable and p~reventable. Per
sons with questionable cases should
be promptly examined.
Twenty-nine new cases cases of tu-
b~erculosis nave been reported by the
prac icing physicians Or found by the
Health Department in Holmes County
SO far this year and yet we have not
had an intensive campaign for the
location of new patients.
It is only through the cooperation
of the people tina. we will be able
TO eliminate tuberculosis The Tu-
b%erculosis Association is doing a won
derful work and our results would
be far more limited il 1t were no,
for the help Of the Association. You
can not show the Christmas spirit
i n a better way than using stamps
of your tuberculosis Association on
your letters and bundles.
Arrangements are practically com
pleted for a County wide case find
ing clinic early in 1910. but your help
particularly through the Tuberculosis
Association is needed.
no your part in protecting your
self and your neighbor by using these
stamps to stemp GU. tuberculosis.
Yours very sincerely,
L. H. ENBANKS, NJ. d.
Director.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-23
Meeting Scheduled For
County Next Week

A sories Of meetings will be held
over the county next week starting
on Thursday or Friday and continu
ing for a week, according to an An.
nouncement Of county agent T. M
Williams A definite schedule of these
meetings will be mailed out later.
They will be held for the purpose
Of discussing with the farmers OF
each community the marketing quota
referendum on cotton to be held
throughout the south on December 8
Other problems of interest to tbs
farmers in each community will also
be discussed.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-23

can be done about It? Men and wo,
men reading their newspapers. Will
America enter the war?
No, the problems Of today do not
any longer permit. OF glib partisan.
ship. What difference does it make
whether you are a Republican or o
Democrat IL you cannot straighten
ont the ugly mess of our bewildered
world? $3.50.
We all of us need new and better
brains-brairs that can think wider
and more penetrating thoughts. And
we know. with a kind of despera.
ton, that unless we can develop
those better brains and get them
working quickly. we may all go down
to destruction through the very mar
vels our genius has produced"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-23
John R. Campbell.
Passes Mondey
In Hospital
Rites Held Wednesday
For Veteran RoiIrood
Engineer Here

Funeral services for John R. Camp
bell. who was 6S years old on the
seventh day Of November, were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2:3o o'clock
at the Durant Baptist Church fol
lowing his death at the Baptist hos
pial in Jackson Monday afternoon
at 5:45.
Mr.. Campbell had been IN poor
health for some time. He had been
retired from service with honors as
engineer on the Illinois Central rail-
road where he had worked for 4s
years. being n Of its oldest and
most valued employees.
He was we'll known throughout this
section and had a host Of friends
who will be sorry to learn of his
passing. He was a lifelong member
of the Baptist Church and a Mason.
He was also a member OF the Bro
therhood.
The Rev. w. r. Haynie. Baptist
pastor, a charge OF the services, and
assisted by the Rev. e. s. Lewis
Methodist pastor. The Masonic rites
were held at the grave.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Min
ME Gwin Campbell, one daughter,
Mrs. Josie Kelly, Bristol, Va; three
sons, Buford, C~larksdale; Randolph,
Guntersville. Ala; Sidney, Louisiana;
one brother, Joe Campbell, Miami,
Florida, and n sister, Mrs. Pearl
Larken, Louisville, Ky.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-23
Duront Tigers Trounce
Lexington Eleven
n william Cathey

Revenge is sweet-the taste Of de.
feat is bitter. The Lexington High
gridders were handed a very liberal
dose Of poison this afternoon in their
annual grudge battle with the Durant
High pigskinners who smoothed out
the wrinkles in .he Lexington Pug
pie Wave and sailed smoothly to the
Land of Promise by a score of &c
to 0, thereby avenging last years
heartbreaking defeat.
It was the first victory the locals
had gained from their stubborn foe
since 1882 and Coach Dase Davis lads
this afternoon entered the fray de-
termined to reverse the proceedings
somewhat, and they did very con
clusively and decidedly. The losers
never had q chance to register until
the final two minutes of the CLASH
when they advanced to the Durant
Is. but this was the first of two times
they crossed the midstripe all az
ternoon.
The running game of the charges
of Coach L. r. Thompson was check
ed thoroughly and almost complete
ly, so rugged was the Tiger defense
The Purple Wave was able to gain
but 1S yards on running plays, but
they su. fered a total Of 70 yards loss
from the line of scr.mmage to give
them only a net gain rushing of IA
yards.
The all-round performance of Car
roll. both in kicking and Juggling the
pigskin, was brilliant, while Gibson
and Blanton also played well in the
backfield. Standouts in the line were
Wesley Hodges and Curry Won Viii
son. Aubrey johnson and Rhea
Johnson were the best performer
for the losing eleven.
First downs favored Durant 6 to
4. Lexington punted 9 times to the
homelings 6, and completed 5 out OF
10 passes to 3 out of 10 for the Tigers
Durant gained a total of LAG yards
rushing. 116 net. Both squads ad-
vanced As yards through the aerial
route and Durant drew As yards in
penalties as compared 10 L~exington's
s.
The tilt was unreeled in perfect
weather conditions before a huge
crowd.
Hardly he'd the game began when
Durant started a drive from their
own IS and advanced the ovel to the
Lexington IS before the Purple Wave
stiffened. In the same period an out
of bound punt on the Lexington 6
by Carroll forced the opposition 20
punt with Blanton returning to the
n. Again, after the ball was carried
to the IA, the offense begged and
Lexington took he pigskin on the
IA. A bad snap from cen'er with
the ball rolling into the end ZONE
gave the Tigers an automatic safety
In the second frame the Tigers scor-
ed another safety and a touchdown
Two touchdowns in the third period
one point after being good, gave the
| Tigers and lead of o to 0. The home
lads scored again in the last canto to
close the game % to 0.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-23
Holmes County Beauties
In Greenwood Contest

Among he Holmes county contes
tants in the beauty contest at Green
wood held in connection with the banc
festival at Greenwood Friday. Novem
Der "a, are Miss Velma Harriet Viii
burn. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J H
Wilburn, Durant; Miss Frances Van.
denburg. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
F. P. Vandenburg. of Cruger; Miss
Ruth bridge. daughter Of Mrs. X
bridge. Lexington: and Miss Marie
Lowe, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Wi.
ter Lowe. Tchula.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-23
1900 Acres OF Land
Now Under Lease In
Three Counties
Holmes Is Port Of Area
Where Leases Are
Being Token

jackson, Miss, Nov. 2~2-Tentative
leases on $4,000 acres of s~.ate-owned
lands in Yazoo, Holmes and Humph-
reys counties were approved today
by the State Mineral Lease Commits
sion. Under the policy Of the commits
sion. adopted Today, a 35-cent-per-
acre performance bond" 10 required.
Texans Get Lease
A group including w.. L. Stewart
and Hill & Hi. all Of Fort Worth.
Texas, were given a kase on TO acres
in Northwestern Yazoo, County, ad-
joining the Thompson property, on
which they plan to begin drilling an
oil well at once. The group plans to
go 5000 feet, and gave a $1,000 per-
Torrance bond
Malcolm watson, s0nnl of State Sem
ator J. s. watson OF Lexington, was
leased $500 acres in Holmes county
to become part OF a block Of a 1900
acre block being formed. '" Senator
Watson, who presented the matter to
the commission, said the plan was to
drill a 5000 foot tes: well. A $1,50e
performance bono was submitted.
Misunderstanding Cleared
Lease of 11,Oo0 acres in Humphreys
County, lei Belzoni, to j. e. Mon
Grief of Texas was approved after
a misunderstanding in an earlier ag-
reement Mr.. Moncrief gave a $4,000
performance bond, and will drill q
5000 foot test well on the state prop
erty.
All leases call for continuous drilling
n require operations TO start within
80 days. Completed leases are mo-
delivered until the well IL down 1000
feet.
Members Of the commission pres
ent were Governor White, Attorney
General Greek Rice, Land Comm,s-
sioner Guy McCullen and H. NJ. Morse,
state gas and oil supervisor.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-23
Duront To Meet Soils
AT Goodman Monday

The Durant Tigers will meet tho
Sails eleven in Goodman on Monday
evening at 7:30 o'clock at Branch
Field.
The game is the quarter finals in
the Big Black playoff and a large
crowd Is expected 10 attend. .
Supporters of the Durant team are
urged to attend the game and see
the locals give another good account
Of themselves.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-23

THE talk of these present years
has in 1t the bite OF hard and puzzled
thinking. Men standing at the farms
edge looking over dreary dust fields
looking over the dreary dust fields
and talking. What can be done?
Where can they go? Mem looking
AT ominous red figures in their led
ger books. How can they start the
wheels of business going? How can
they earn an honorable livlihood'
Women. Of kindly heart. knowing
their ~neighbors to be in distress.
Why his poverty and despair? What
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-11-23

AS far as we're concerned this
Thanksgiving business is settled. The
answer to the question Is just get
an invitation to eat turkey with some
good friend one Thursday and then
observe the second Thursday with
your own turkey. Or you could get
two invitations. Maybe that would
be better after all. Then you could
save your turkey until Christmas.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-03-23
Finlayson Couple
Become Man, Wife

Miss Ethelyn bosch and Mr.. Francis
Kaeder of Finlayson, were married
Saturday morning at the home of
Father D. v. Patt in Sandstone, with
Miss Agnes Kraft of Pine City, and
Albert Kaeder of Minneapolis, a
brother of the groom, as their attend
ants, and with the parents of the
groom, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Kaeder and
the uncle and aunt of the bride, Mr..
and Mrs. c. A. bosch, Jr., also present.
Following the ceremony wedding
breakfast was held at the Madison
hotel. The bride has made her home
with her uncle and aunt since she
was very small, while the groom has
lived in the Finlayson community
all his life. They are both grad
yates of the Finlayson high school
and have a wide circle of friends
who wish them happiness in their
life together. For the present they
are at home to their friends at the
Kaeder home near Pine Lake.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-03-23
Pastor OF Kerrick
Church Transferred

Father Michael Hayes, pastor of
st. Michael's Catholic church in Ker-
rick, has been called to assume charge
of the parish at Marble. Friends in
the community regret his leaving.
He has had charge of the parish for
nearly four years, having come there
in July, 1885; and he has made host
of friends during that time. The
members of his parish held farewell
party in his honor at the j. H. Hogan
home Tuesday evening. He is sched-
uled to leave for the new parish
on Thursday (today).
Father Crawford, at present an as
sistant at Hibbing, will be the new
Kerrick pastor. Mrs. Rosalie Lahay,
who has been Father Hayes house.
keeper for the past two years, will
also move to Marble to continue
assisting him. She has also been very
well liked in the community, and
friends are sorry to see her go.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-03-23
AskOv Wins A Four
Team Rifle Contest

In a return engagement between
the Askov, Grindstone, Finlayson
and Sandstone rifle teams held Tues
day night in the American Publish
ing Co., rifle range, Askov came out
on top of the heap with $50 score.
Finlayson was second with 654,
Grindstone third with 542 and Sand
stone fourth with 431. The match
was not decided until the last two
men on each team had shot their
targets, as the lead for first place
was first in Askov's and then in
Finlayson's favor, while Grindstone
and Sandstone were fighting it out
in hot battle for third place.
High scores for each team were
shot by Hans Nielsen for Askov with
an 80, George Heino for Finlayson
with IS, Earl Jamison for Grindstone
Lake with II and Phil Anderson for
Sandstone with 76
The four teams will meet again at
Askov Tuesday, April 4.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-03-23
CCC Camps Will
Get Enrolment

Information has been received at
the Pine County Welfare office that
young men will be enrolled into CCC
from Pine county early in April.
1t is expected that several times as
many men will be selected in April
as were in the last enrolment in
January. In January only four men
were selected from Pine county be-
cause of the small number of Vacan-
cies in the camps.
Young men between the ages of
18 and % who are interested in going
into the CCC are urged to call at
the Welfare office and make out a
preliminary application. Those men
who have made out such an applica-
ton within the past four months will
only need to renew it by postal card
While it is still permissible for boys
between II and ID years to make
application for enrolment they will
not be selected unless enough quail
fled candidates above 18 years can
not be found.
Enrolment in the CCC now stresses
good health, good character and the
desire to work in addition to the
need for employment, according to
information received from the CCC
Headquarters in st. Paul.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-03-23
Farmers Week To
Be Practical One

Varied, practical and modern is the
program to be offered at the 18th
annual Northeast Minnesota Farm
ers' Week April 8, 4, and 6, at the
Northeast Experiment Station of the
University of Minnesota at Duluth,
announces Mark j. Thompson, super
intendent.
The four days will be damned with
interesting lectures, exhibits, demon
STATIONS and entertainment. Topics
will include livestock judging, crops,
poultry, All Club work, farm engi-
neering, livestock problems, home
and community topics, fruits and
vegetables and flowers, and other
subjects of interest to farmers, home
makers, county agents, Smith-Hughes
instructors, Farm Security workers
and everyone connected with agri-
culture and rural life. A feature of
the last day, Thursday, April 6, will
be the annual Arrowhead Rural Lead
ership dinner.