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The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-01-26

ID not he subject to humiliation.
Couldn't Sam have left that out Oh
his speech?
"We have our white supremacy
hut what else have we? Have
,,e solved the problem Of employ
wont for blacks and whites? Have
we provided an honest living tor men
and women of ali colors and ciasses'
Howe we solved the problem of wage
levels: Have we SOLVED the prob
lem of giving all our children wnlte
. l1ocL a fair chance to acquire
=, education? What have we done TO
mt flowers on the lawns OF our mum
bier folk and paint on their wretcneo
tosos9 whot have we done to i'm
,rove their eating habits? What have
we done to give them a sense OF GU
zenship? What have we done 70
strike down the UlScdSSo
and malnutrition? What are we do
inc to prepare al our people tor the
wavs and responsibilities OF de1noc-
racy?
~ITere IN the South two races are
fighting side by side to raise the
common standard Of living. FOR a
years hence these. two WIZ
live here in the South. Why must
one be forever fiastered and the other
ieered and disposed by our Leaders!
We are Just asking because we 90
not pretend to know.
eve are sorry that Sam Hsbbs gave
apv thought to white supremacy
about which there is so little uncer-
ta;ntp and devoted his talents SO
sparingly to the great human problem
Of survival in a troubled world
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-01-26

BOARD NOTICE
Dear Presidents The March Boards
are scheduled to meet as follows:
Friday, March 1, Dekalb, Miss, H. Ct
Jennings, president.
Saturday, March 2, Quitnan, Miss
Brown McRee, president.
The Boadr will open at 900 A M.
on Saturday in order that we might
wind up OUR business by 100 o'clock
Monday, March 4, Collins, Miss. VIM
Boykins, president
Wednesday, March 6, Deerbrook, Miss
I M Moore, president
Thursday, March 7, Braxton, Miss,
A G Kennedy, president.
BOARD COLLECTION
All presidents are requested to
collect SIPS per member and report
same in the March Board. We are
hope to pay more Death Claims in
The March Boards than we paid In
December. In order TO do this it Is
going to be necessary that we grow
sur lodges and collect from ALL of
If members.
SECRETARY.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-01-26
Continue from page One)
Jucksoa Day t TX

Jewels of our western civilization and
defending our commonfresides again
st the Hun and the Slav.
There are 100000 Negroes In the
United States. Because most of
them live in the South most of them
are politically helpless If they were
not politically helpless they would not
be jeered by political orators, they
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-01-26

2. In housing programs financed
by federal, state and local govern
ments, citizens regardless CT race,
creed and color should be given equi-
table benefits according to needs;
moreover, programs should be SO ad
ministered in communities with large
Negro populations as to assure Neg
roes participation in all stages of de-
velopment and operation.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-01-26
H. B. A. BOARDS BREAK ALL
RECORDS FOR 1889
Continued from page one)

| pleaded so earnestly with the Zen
eral President to give them until
March that he granted their request
The General President has been
watching with a keen eye, those
presidents and members who are at
tempting to grow their lodges.
AK 10 FALL
IL appears as if the H. B. A. AK or
proclamation will fall heavily upon
the necks of the little lodges IN
March. Just a few are not attempt
ing to grow, seemingly. Look out,
presidents, it appears as if the grow
and go song will be sung to some of
you in March.
DEATH LIST y
It is going to be necessary-ure-
emily so-that members be added
for the reason, we are having MEM
bers IN large numbers to die weekly
This week we had about five (5)
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-01-26
deaths reported in two days.
BOARDS

BOARDS
The Boards entertained by Presi-
dents J. E. Grace of Porterville, "A
ron Trotter of Picayune, F. S. Posey
of Collins, r. H. Loften of Shubuta
and E. D. Ports of ToomsuLa, were
superb. These presidents and their
members tried themselves. Plenty to
eat, good fires, large attendances and
good reports. My, my, when have
we enjoyed ourselves in Boards
such as we did in December
SMALL LODGES DECREASING
A check on the lodges with less
than Is members shows that in Sep
tember we had about 140 local
lodges with a membership less than
IS. The December Boards showed
that we had about SO or 80 with less
than Is. Well, that was a big pull
and from all indications, by March
the number below Is will be less
than 70 or 80. Well, that rs making
progress.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-12-12
Army Camp for Holmes County

AS the national defense program moves
forward additional camps are being built
throughout the south to take care of the
training of thousands of draftees.
It is only logical that these camps should
be located in the South where the climate
is more favorable for year round training.
Mississippi has one camp at Shelby near
Hattiesburg. This post was used for training
soldiers in the first World War. We under
stand it is certain that another camp will be
located in this state at Bienville Forest near
Lake
Thus it looks like south Mississippi has
about all the camps it can accommodate.
The United States government will pro-
badly build twelve more camps in the south.
There is no reason why Mississippi and
Holmes county should not get one of those
camps. The contour of our land is ideally
suited for artillery range and we have thous-
ands of acres that could easily be utilized.
We understand it takes from 10000 to 10000
acres for such a camp.
In addition to having the available land
Holmes is one of the best located counties
in the state and in the south. In the vicinity
of Durant we are on the main line of the
Illinois Central railroad and highways 81
and IL intersect here. We are easily &C
cessible from all parts of the United States.
Airport facilities could be arranged in this
vicinity as well.
Congressmen from every state in the
south are doing their best to pull wires
and secure these camps for the constituents.
MANY of them are succeeding There is no
reason why Mississippi congressman should
not get busy and secure another camp for
Mississippi. Every one of our congressman
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-12-12

will get under way with a formal
Foreign Entanglements Banquet"
with Miss Haynie presiding as toast
mistress. Mary Nell Edwards. BMC,
will give the address of welcome
which will be responded to by Nancy
N. Cranberry of MSCW, followed
by a vocal solo, 81 Am An American
by Joyce Farmer, BMC. Dean Err
nest H. Cox, BMC, guest speaker,
will discuss the general theme of the
conference, and DIR. Elnora Winfrey
of the BMC faculty will give a
Toast to The Young Women of
America" The afternoon session will
close with a song, "God Bless AM
erica" by the BMC q~uartette-
Monday evening a piano recital
will be given by Miss Franziska Helm
rich, head of the department of
music of Blue Mountain College, af-
ter which Vespers and Taps.
The Tuesday session will begin
with a devotional by Lois Brimm,
president of the Baptist Student
Union of MBC, and at 1000 o'clock,
President and Mrs. Lawrence T.
Lowrey will entertain with a coca
cola party in the presidents home.
At 1890 the regular session Of the
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-12-12
HUG Basketball Schedule
Announced This Week

The Holmes Junior College Bull
dogs will begin their basketball sea-
son with their first conference game
against Senatobia at Goodman on
January 3 and January A
The remaining schedule is as fol-
lows {:
January 10-Moorhead, at Moor
head.
January 11-Moorhead, at Moor
head.
January 17-Ellisville, at Good
man.
January 1S-Ellisville, at Good
man.
January 23-Wesson, at Wesson.
January 24-Summit, at Summit.
January 25-Summit at Summit.
January 20 - Mathiston, at
Mathiston.
January 31-Moorhead, at Good
man.
February 1-Moorhead at Good
man.
February Raymond, at Good
February 7-Senatobia, at Good
man.
February S-Senatobia at Good
man.
February 11-Raymond, at Ray
mond.
February 14-Ellisville at Ellis
vile.
February 15-Ellisville, at Ellis
vile.
February 18-Summit, at Good
man.
February 19-Summit, at Good
man.
February 21-Wesson, at Good
man.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-12-12

should not forget that they have a duty to the
whole state and not just the districts from
which they were elected.
Hon. Ross Collins, chairman of the House
Military Affairs Committee, has taken care
of his south Mississippi district very well.
We ask him now, in the name of the
people of Holmes county to help us get ano-
ther camp in the state. We also earnestly
beg our Congressman Will M. Wilmington
to secure the cooperation of the other state
congressman and our State Senators in max
ing a real effort to locate a camp in Holmes
county.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-12-12
Durunt Girl Acts
As Hostess at
BMC Fete

Blue Mountain, Miss, Dec. 7
The thirteenth annual conference of
the Mississippi intercollegiate Asso-
citation of the Student Government
Organization for women will meet
at Blue Mountain College December
$40 with the Student Government
Council of the college, of which Miss
Myrtis Haynie is president, acting as
the hostess. All sessions will be held
in Henry Breach Hall, new student
activities buildings. The general
theme of the conference will be
"The Responsibility of the College
Trained Women to Her Community
and Nation"
After registration from 3:00-5 100
Monday afternoon, the conference
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-12-12
cousin left" Weeks

One of Holmes %county's best loved cltl-
gems will be missing around the courthouse
BOW.
J.. d Weeks, circuit clerk, has gone
to his reward.
"Cousin Jeff as he was affectlonately
known to thousands of his friends, lived a
long and useful life. He was Holmes county's
most popular county official. Reaching the
age of 80 on Wednesday, December A, ex-
actly one week later he went to sleep until
eternity.
Only the Dark Angel could remove Cousin
Jeff from the office which he held through
the love and respect of the people of this
county for nearly thirty years. He was be-
ginning his eighth term as circuit clerk.
There are no words adequate enough to
pay honor to a man of his character, a man
who regarded his office as a trust of the
people and considered himself their servant
He did not seek PERSONAL fortune and glory.
His creed was service to his fellowman.
We loved you, Cousin Jeff, and are going
to miss you very, very much. To us you
will never be dead. You will live forever
in the hearts and memories of those you
loved and served.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-12-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Quit1nan Steed are
announcing the arrival of an eight
and half pound daughter, Mary Lynn,
born at the Baptist Hospital in Jack
son on Thursday, December IL.
Mrs. w. S. Presley of Bogalusa,
Louisiana. and small daughter, Linda
Gertrude, are visiting in the home
of Mrs. J. w. Justice. They will re-
turn to Bogalusa Saturday.
Mrs. James Cobb, Sturgis will be
the guest of her mother, Mrs. w. E..
Thomas until after the Xmas holt
day.
Mrs. Virginia Archer will leave
Saturday to spend the Christmas holt
days in Memphis with her daughter.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-12-12

conference will begin with Norma
Shuford, state president, presiding.
Open forums will follow with BMC
leading the discussion of the sub
ject Faculty Counsel as an Aid to
Student Government; Belhaven
leading the discussion of "The
Value of Student Government Res
possibilities for the Development of
Future Leadership; and the Uni-
versity of Mississippi leading "The
Honor System" forum.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-12-12
"Tom Q-Riosities"

Tom @. Ellis, one of our favorite speak
ers and a native Holmes countian, is known
far and wide in this state as clerk of the
Supreme Court and quite a bit of a philoso-
pher and wit. Under the title of TONIC
Riosities'' he writes with much feeling about
the approaching Yuletide season..
How man of our readers can look back
that far when Santa brough only an ap-
pie, orange and a piece of candy? Undoubted-
ly every one of you would be grateful if
only history could repeat itself and your
own dear children and grandchildren today
would be rich with so little.
We give you Mr.. Ellis:
"Back in my rural home, every
Christmas of childhood brought
indescribable joy. But Memory a
wards first place to one happy oc-
casion when in addition to the US
ual apple and orange and fancy
candy, old Santa actually answer
ed my letter and brought a shiny,
new silver DIME! That was many
wears prior to New Deal' days,
and a DIME was some money! Sew
eral years ago, at the approach of
Yuletide a vivid memory of that
epochal event inspired the follow
ing lines which l transmitted to a
number of friends as a personal
Seasons Greetings
It's Christmastime and Memory lifts the
curtain of the Past, AS thoughts of days
and years agone come crowding think and
fast. l see the old Schoolhouse again, it
ooLooc with tho cho,,f SVTOmOrrOw MIGHT
is Christmas Eve, and School has done
turned out" How Times does fly!" the
old folks said Another Christmas here!'
stead of just one year.
And then there came that s~leepless
night when Santa Claus was due, The night
for which we'd hoped and yearned, and
lived the long year through;
But poets pen, nor artists brush, nor
minstrel's sweetest lay Could e'er depict the
scene of joy that filled that Christmas Day
Victorious Hope! Rewarded Faith! Twas
happiness sublime When Santa brought an
apple and an orange and a DIME!
The years have swept along with speed
and many Yuletides brought, And each has
held it's share of joy, with happy mem'ries
fraught; Each time I've hung my stocking up
and each time have l thrilled at thoughtful
gifts of loving friends, with which it has
been filled; But never have l thrilled agar
as thrill l did the time When Santa brought
an apple and an orange and a DIME!
With richer gifts to bless the day, will
school turned out for good, 1t seems tha
Christmas now should be what then it never
could; But in the School of Life I've learned
one lesson that is taught, That only with
simple faith, can lasting gifts be bought
Then, Lord restore us to that Faith which WI
possessed the time. The Santa brought al
apple and an orange and a DIME!
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-12-12

Christmas Lighting In West
To Be Judged Wed. Night
The Christmas lighting contest
sponsored by the Mississippi Power
and Light Company in West, will be
judged Wednesday night at 700 p.
m, at which time the contest will Of
ficially be closed.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-11
Tar Heels Lay Defense
For Tough Early Ecss

Chapel Hill, Sept. ll.-A good Of
Tense may be the best defense, but
Coach Ray Wolf figures Appala-
chan's North State champs and
Wake Forests national rushing lead
ers will be hard to stop, and the
Carolina gridders are preparing ac-
cordingly.
Wake Forest also has in John
Polanska, Red Mayberry, and Tony
Gallovich the No. |, 2, and 9, ground
gamers in the country from last
year And so it was, the Tar Heels,
who spent the first seven days MAIN
| ly on their own Wide-open ground
and air attack, had turned today to
setting their defense.
The morning session was a long,
varied, and thorough one, and Coach
Wolf stressed equally the infantry
and anti-aircraft, line and backfleld.
Co-Captains Paul SEVERN and
Gates KimbalI in the line, Jim La
lame, Harry Dunkle, and Roy Con-
nor in the backfield, and some OF
Tie OlllCl O1l loSN w WIN ~
fensive maneuVers as naturally as
duck takes to water. However,
some of the rockies showed uncer-
tainty, hesitation, and the Tar Heels
have much to do before their Sep
TENDER 21st and 18th tests.
The coaches and squad have also
been devoting much attention to
punting and to protecting and Gov
ering on kicks.
Carolina should be Well-fiXed with
long-range hooters to help keep the
enemy away from the door this year.
However, Duckle, who led the ma
TONS hooters last year, has been
slow hitting his stride, and WilloWy
Lalanne has been outdistancing him
so ar.
Mike Cooke and Bill Sigler, sopho-
more fullbacks, are also good pros
poets for the kicking job. Cooke has
been slowed up with injuries, but
Sigler has begun to round into shape
and form, and has given signs Of
making a good man with hard work.
The speedy 195-ncunder has taken
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-11

to produce some of the finest crops
in the state.
All experimental plats and fields
will be open to inspection and label
ed so far as is possible. Farmers are
being urged to look these platS over
in addition to studying the results
from them as shown in the exhibit
booths.
Among features which may be in
spected are CD the strawberry
breeding fields, (2) strawberry spac-
ing tests, CD strawberry forcing
beds, (4) small fruit control tests,
60 raspberry-deWberry breeding
plots, Co the rabbit-eye huckleber-
ries, CD dahlia collection, 60 sweet
potato tests, (9) pecan variety COL
lection, UO) the new dairy herd, QD
the dairy herd, Q2) temporary pas
ture for cattle, 03) forage crop pas
ture plots, Q4) hybrid corn test, Q5)
fertilizer tests, Q6) muScadine grape
vineyard, and Q7) poultry plant.
Southport, which now often rivals
kInStOn IN the sending out OF freak
stories. now come to bat with one
about Churchill BragaW, superinten-
dent of famous Orion Plantation.
This mighty man, it is sald' thinks
little or nothing of going out alll-
gator hunting with his bare hands.
He grabs the saurian around the
snout with one hand, gets something
of a deadlock with the other arm
and losses MIR. A into boat and ties
him up.
Also the story relates how Bra.
gaw recently had some friends at
Orion for an alligator steak iuncheon.
When some were dubious about this
fare, he gave them another dish Ii
which they found quite tasty. II
wasn't until later that they discover
ed they had eaten rattlesnake, when
Bragaw had caught with a forkeo
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-11
I.rAD THIS FIRST:

lkTh!| lIS
Gun Cotton. famous Scotland Yard
agent, becomes Interested i'll Stran,
"Gr, who calls himself PullinSer. and
has an agent assigned to follow hlm'
nut the latter loses the trail. Gun SUI,
perIor, known only rs y, is Interested
also. but assigns Cotton to the case OF
missing bomber. The agent goes so TO
q new ''hush-hush" station where new
and secret types of military planes
are tested. When Gun goes up with
Squadron Leader Hazeldeane in very
closely guarded plane. which supposed
ly contains important secrets OF con
struction and equipment. but really
does not. he gets radio message ~
meet another plane. GIBBS. which taxes
off to meet the r. A. +. mystery lane
Following orders from G.13l3 Hazel
dcane and Gun land ct spot unknown
10 them Three men get out of the pHlck
bomber. one wearing an H.. a; L. UNI.
form. The British pilot and the secret
agent are told they are to follow G.l3l5
to still another place
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-11
ColOred School
Teachers Meet

Members of the faculty oc the
Negro graded school met today pre-
paratory to the opening of the fall
term on Thursday, Edwin T. John
son, principal of the school, an
nounced
The teachers were entertained at
noon with luncheon, at which D.
M. Jernagin, principal Of the Haw-
kins nigh school at Warrenton, was
the principal speaker.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-11

SllCh.
Many North Carolina cities have
from time TO time been faced with
housing problems, but few, il any
have ever been called on to meet the
kind of trouble which is already be-
ing felt in Fayetteville and which
will become worse in the very near
future unless something is done al
most Immediately.
The national defense program,
which is already jaming Fort Bragg
with soldiers, and the opening OF the
United States Veterans Facility in
the Cumberland capital are the main
causes of a housing shortage which
threatens to become acute.
The municipal authorities are con-
sdering a Federal Housing project
to take care Of approximately 400
non-commissioned officers and their
families.
In mid-August there were already
5000 troops at Bragg and 1t IS eX-
pected that with recruiting of the
9th Division Zone of Uncle Sans new
streamlined units) to full strength,
the garrison of the big artillery post
will go to $4,000.
About $50 buildings are under con-
struction and contracts have been
let, or will be let soon, for 600 more
With the state convention of the
Young Democratic Clubs Of North
Carolina slated to open here tomor-
row, there is an unusual amount of
serious questioning "Why the Young
Democrats?"
There are those who admit that
having conventions of Y. DIS makes
for some financial benfit to the city
in which the sessions are held. They
admit, too, that they are nice for the
persons who get good political jobs
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-11
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERILL

Raleigh, {. ll.-Thosc OF the
eight thousar or more at the Willard
@.cid Day Thursday who are not too
much interested in politics or in
plcchcS, will have an opportunity
10 GO first hand how DR.. Charles B.
bearing and his assistants manage
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-11
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

L
WHAT HAPPENS after l fol-
low YOU to a new destination 2"
asked Tommy.
Afraid 1 can't tell you, old CHAP
for the simple reason that l don't
know myself" replied Trent.
That's a good reason, anyway.
And whereabouts is this new des-
tination
Trent shrugged.
There again-see answer to
previous similar inquiry. In other
words, have not been instructed
to inform you, and so I'd better
not. You will simply follow u.s."
Il dare say" Tommy protested.
But how far is it? My gas is linz
tied"
That's all right. You don't have
to worry about that. My chaps
have just loaded you up with new
supply" -,
"Oh! they have, have they?"
Tommys voice hardened, and Gun
mentally congratulated him on be-
ing a better actor +han he would
have thought. Wen, I hope you
don't mind me saying sc, Trent,
but I don't like my machine being
messed about with unless I'm there
to supervise"
Trent Immediately became plac-
Gtory:
Now, don't take it like that, old
man! Your precious machine hasn't
been messed about with at all
refueled, that's ALL"
Il still don't like it! snapped
Tommy.
We'll, if that's so, I'm sorry. But
don't blame me. I'm only carrying
out instructions.
What! You were told to refuel
my machine without referring to
me?"
More or less!"
well, I'm damned, but I'll make
a noise about this when I get
back"
Yes, why motif it's going to
make you feel any better. But"
The light from the doorway was
suddenly darkened. Gun swung
around quickly. 1t was one of the
other men.
All correct, sir" he said to
Trent. Both machines refueled
and in order" So.
Very good, Jones! And what
about the coffee and sandwiches q
Yes, sir-Smith is seeing to
thosem
Tell him to put a jerk in it
times getting on. It's nearly seven
ack emma, English time"
Very good, sir"
The man departed, and Trent
turned to Tommy:
Wen just have bite, and then
get going again, if that suits you"
Looks as though it's got to suit
u.s." grumbled Tommy, sulkily. He
was playing his part we'll. II don't
mind telling you that all this hush
hush stuff's damned silly"
Il agree" Trent soothed him.
But l suppose it's all necessary
SO what's the use of worrying?"
The other man came in with a
huge plate CT thick bully beef sand
witches and a pot cf coffee.
Get to it. lads!" Trent directed.
L don't know about you. but I'm
starved
The ate in more or less silence.
Gun was watching Trent, and
making up his mind that he was
neither a Britisher nor an Ameri-
can. He belonged to one of the
Latin races. And he wouldn't have
passed IS an Air Force officer in
a football crowd.
They made a rapid meal of it,
and then left the dugout, Trent
locking the door behind them. AS
they walked across to the planes
Trent saido
"Take a squint at that bus of
mine. She's not so bad, you know"
"She's a sinister looking brute,