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Evening star., 1940-02-17
Washington Produce

BUTTER-93 score, tubs. 81: 1.poutA
prints; 3lh: A-pound prints SO; 90 score.
tubs 80; 1-pound prints, 3OIa; L.pound
prints, 81; 81 score, tubs, 3O l-pound
prlnts 3OHz N-pound prints. 81: 80 score
TUBS, 2gA; 1-pound prints. 3OK: N-pound
prints 30S4 80 score. tubs, 291z; 1-pound
prints go; 4-pound prints, 30h; So score.
s%Rs; pfin;, g; g. 1-Dound prints 2sHs; N-pound
IIvEsTocK-calves, 1oh: lambs, o;
pounds 4.5O-4.75; 18O-21O pounds, Z 1So
800: 220-240 pounds. 450-4.75: sows.
50o-3.25; whole undressed calves, lOIa n
From Agricultural Marketing Service.
fricss paid net fob Washington
EGS-Market stronger, / cent higher
on candled and graded eggs: about steady
q. On others: oti For eggs candled and Graded in
extras, large, 20 Cents: q. s. ns Extras, y me. =.
diums, q cents: q. 8. Standards, large. %
cents; U. 8. standards mediums. 25 cents:
U. 8. trades. "a cents. For nearby un.
graded eggs: Current receipts: Whites, "a
to - cents: mixed colors. 81 to % cents.
LIVE POULTRY-Market steady. Fowl:
Colored. all sizes, l 5 to 16 cents; No. Is. III
70 10 cents: ROSTERS. to 10 cents. Chick
ems: Virginia Rocks: Broilers and fryers, all
sizes. 16 to II cents; No: IS, il to I3
cents: Delaware Rocks and CROSSES: Broil-
Is. l to 13 cents; mixed coiored fryers, is
to 16 cents. Turkeys: Young toms, is
pounds and UP. 13 to IA cents young hens,
10 pounds and up. 18 to 10 cents. Young
guinea keats. ia pounds and up. 16 cents
pound; old keats. 10 cents . pound. Ca
pons: pounds and over Is to 20 cents;
No. rs and slips, 16 cents.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
New York Produce

NEW YORK, Feb. IL R.-Egss, 1885;
Mixed colors. fancy to extra fancy. eshss
90; extras. 27h-2sh; storage-packed
firsts 27A-h: sraded firsts. 27-27H; sec
onds. 26L4-h; mediums. 26; dirties, No, /,
26: average checks. 23l3-24
Whites, resale of premium marks. 3Oh-
30: nearby and Midwestern. premium
marks. 2Sk 80: specials %; standards,
27-27h. Resale of nearby heavier me-
diums. 27k-30 Nearby and Midwestern
mediums, 81: Pacific Coast jumbo and
premiums. 3lA-35: specials. 29s-3ON:
standards ,2sh-29; mediums, 2s-2sh;
Browns nearby fancy to extra fancy.
2sH4-2gh, Nearby and Midwestern spe-
ciais. 2S,2sh standards, 27-27h; me-
Duck eggs. 32-34
, Butter, 7O6.s59; unsettled. Creamery
higher than extra 29-2a9.: extra fe2
onds ts4-s7), e6G-27%.
Cheese. 71,O71: easier State. whole
milk mats. fresh. 17h-1s; other grades un-
Dressed poultry generally steady. All
fresh and frozen prices unchansed.
Live poultry. by freight, about steady.
FOWL. colored. 20: Leghorns II.
By express weaker: Chickens Rocks,
southern, 10: colored, Southern. Ia Broil-
ers, crosses. 1890. Fowl. colored, South
srn' lSI2-l9: some 1S and 20: Leghorns.
II Pullets' Rocks Southerns, 22. Old
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Feb IT LF,, Omitted States
department Of Agricultural. .-Salable hogs
300: total, 5000; steady trade on small
supply supply ayailabls; n top. 5.e5. paid for load
sspouns sIeuno sO9pSSnd sntch,1. .versses load rood
15O; hoidoyer. 500: compared di week TUs sso
sood and choice barrows and eilts, 16O-
350-pound averages generally steady;
packing sows, lO-15 higher
Saiable cattle. 200; calves none; COM
pared Pa Friday last week good and choice
"a and Medium a1I'ea Grades 70 stesas esS
but bulk weeks crop common and ma
dium grades sold Is lower. good and
choice kinds steady to. strong: weekend
ADVANCE being retarded as forced affair
on abridged recetpts: top yearlings. 11.75:
9qtside sn on l;437-pound finished steers.
ll:oo; liberal supply roush but fst veishty
steers. S.66-Q.60; common and medium
hetfers strong to Is higher. all others
stea9y to strong: practical top 9S8 pounds.
Hs7sf' best EoSS st snp5toad ss
Gamers and cutters 1895 hisher; bulls.
1928 lower; ysalers strong to so higher;
ssiabis sheep, 1,6oo; total. 5000: late
Friday. fat lambs steady to strong, sheep
ss ss;,,;s ss:: ;ss:
26-4O hiGher; yearlings sharing improve
ment;. sheep also stronger; weeks top
wooled lambs. $50. Bulk, 915-9 40; 1OS-
11s.pound geight: closing s:So-s 2s; year
Kna. :hors sioana g s%9 ans: sss scp
slauEhter ewes. $40. Bulk around 4.50-
$40.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Retail Values
| About Same as
Last Year
BY the Associated Press.

The Federal Reserve Board esti-
mated yesterday that Department
Store sales In the week ended Feb
ruary 10 were about the same as in
the corresponding week last year.
In the week ended February 8
sales had been 8 per cent above last
year. and for the four weeks ended
February 10 sales averaged per
cent above last year.
Comparisons of sales in the week
ended February 10 with the cor
responding week last year, by Fed
eral Reserve districts. follow:
1ncreases-Cleveland, 3; Rich
mond, S; Atlanta, 6; Chicago, /; st.
Louis, l, and Kansas City S per
cent.
Decreases-Boston, 2; New York,
3; Philadelphia, 2; Dallas, 6, and
San Francisco per cent.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Wool Market Remains
Very Dull in Week
3y the Associated Press.

9y the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Feb. 1.-THE CONNER
eial Bulletin today reports:
"The wool market continues deadly
dull for the most part. A little busi-
ness is still possible for Canada, but
higher prices in South American
crossbred woods make that more diff
f1cult. Domestic consumers are
showing little or no interest in offer
ings, rejecting the uncertain situa-
ton in New York, where only
little piecing -out business is re-
ported.
Foreign markets keep very firm.
and South America is slightly dearer.
"A high light of the week was the
rejection Of 271s cents, the highest
of eight bids for the Sawyer clip
at Phoenix, Ariz. This figures about
1884 cents clean basis at Boston.
Some contracting Of mohair is
reported in Texas out Of the new
clip at so cents for adult and 60
cents for kid. The Boston market
is hardly changed"
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO, Feb. II tR.-Butter. 49,
S5s 5s4; Tesk; , creamery; M 90 score; 2sh; 90.
90 centralized CARROTS, 27A-2s.
Esss 9.055: weaker: fresh Graded extra
cars: 2lA: current receipts. 2Oh.
:. Potatoes. 81: on track. $40; total o.. 8.
shipments. 720: Nebraska Bliss Triumphs.
good quality. demand moderate: steady;
Idaho Russets., demand light: about steady:
Northern stock. demand light: dull with
liberal, sacked per cwt. Idaho Russet
Hurbanks, U. g.. l.. few sales. 1.SO-2. 90;
q s. I, few sales. 1.72h-75: Nebraska
shss Triunmphs,, 90 90 Per cent or more 2.
8. 1. unwsshed car. 1.60: Michisan Rus
set Rurals. u. S, /. car. medium size.
!:21h: North Dakota, Red River vslley
Tripmphs, rs per cent u. s. /. car. .o5;
unciassifed. 90; Wisconsin Katahdins.
unclassifed. LOS; Chippevas, u. s. ]. car
nne quality. so: new stock, supplies mod
crate: demand very SLOW: dull.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Weather Favorable,
But Wheat Outlook
Is Uncertain
Experts Differ on How
Much Prospects O.
Have Improved
BY FRANKLIN MULLIN,
Associated Press Market Writer.

CHICAGO. Feb. 1.-Two months
Of what some farmers call decent
winter weather" have given a new
but uncertain lease on life to much
Of the Nations wheat crop, now be-
ginning to green and grow in the
far Southwest.
The market price Of this new
wheat today was more than 30 cents
q bushel higher than q year ago and
the best at this time of year for the
past three seasons.
Private local surveys differed
sharply over wide range from
pessimism to bright optimism but on
the whole most crop experts ex-
pressed belief that there has been
at least some improvement from the
record-breaking low crop condition
Of December L. The area of pessi-
mism is largely in the Southwest
hard winter wheat belt, the principal
surplus-producing region. Condi-
tions are generally more favorable in
the soft wheat area to the east and
through the Ohio Valley.
Exception Is Possible.
Experience has taught experts that
odds are against a strong revival of
wheat that has very poor start, but
many observers admit an exception
is possible. In general, they regard
weather treatment received this win
ter as about the best that can be
expected, but point out near perfect
conditions are required from now on
to prevent crop setback with a sur
plus Of rain to make up for below
normal precipitation the past six
months.
The serious fall drought was not
interrupted until Christmas in the
Southwest, but in January two or
three periods of snow produced a
protective covering during the cold
wave. February has brought addi-
tional precipitation.
Wheat is coming to life from its
winter dormant period in parts Of
Texas and Oklahoma. There has
been some damage from alternate
thawing and freezing which breaks
down the root structure and the
threat Of this will continue for sew
eral weeks. Later on frost damage
will be a threat.
Seeds Sprouting Now.
Melting snow revealed that some
seeds, not terminated last fall, have
sprouted, but whether this wheat
can survive to produce grain In time
for harvest before hot weater re-
mains to be seen.
More seeding has been done since
December / than ever before, but
crop experts expect large abandon
ment and the fate Of recently plant
ed grain, some drilled since the
thaw, Is In doubt. In many areas
late sown wheat Is known to have
little chance Of producing good
yields.
The sharp unexpected price rise
Just before the close yesterday, re-
fiecting hasty short covering more
than anything else, accounted for
all the net gain Of the past week.
Before the opening today wheat was
3A to S cents higher than a week
ago. Corn was M up: oats, M
higher; rye, 2A-2h up. and lard
* lower.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
! ,050 Tons Of Lead Sold

NEW YORK, Feb. IT R.-St. Jo-
seph Lead Co. reported ITS tons Of
Southeast Missouri pig lead sold
yesterday at $4.85 per 100 POUNDS,
East st. Louis; TBS tons at $5.C5,
New York, and $50 tons at the New
York average.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
January Store Coins
Loid to Jobs Rise
By the Associated Press.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 11.-An "qm-
provement In employment" was
credited by the Netirnal Retail
Credit Association today for an in
crease IN sales and collections dur
ing January.
Reports from 8,372 stores in the
United States and Canada showed
average advances Of SO per cent in
total sales, 80 per cent In credit
sales and ID per cent In collections
over January, 1889.
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Punumu CunuI Tolls
Luq Behind Year Ago

By the Associated Press.
Panama Canal tolls in the first
two weeks of February amounted to
$840,473, compared with $1,035, ,088
In the similar period last year,
Evening star., 1940-02-17
Rubber Futures

NEW YORK. FEB. II Gp--cruds rub
Sas,h, 1900; NAY. iS.ses; s jul ~ HI 'sSS. s
Smoked. Sihbed. spot. 1o.13n. b-61d..
Evening star., 1940-02-17

Approxmote Soes Of Stocks on the r Stock Exchonoe
AI:oo AM 220 900 1900 Noon - 400 900
Unit of trading
In benp ,,a.-
Act securities
Rates OF dividend table snnuai dis.
included. ' ' 0A e~"~ o'iuenos are NOT
4 . xIx DIVIDEND M Ex rshts. Also extra or extras
Accumulated dydends paid
lar this year PAYABLE in year Cash OF
stock kAccumuated dividends paid declared year
Evening star., 1940-02-17
U. 5. Treasury Notes
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK. Feb. 17.-Dividends de-
ciafeo. (Prepared BY Fitch Publishing co..:
Increased.
Pc Stk. Of Pay.
Rate. rtod. record, able.
proGreSs Laundry Co 20c q 2.C0 Al
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-09-05
Duranf School Is
Started This Week:
WPA Projed
Two Years Will Be
Token To Finish
$4,000 Building

Work on Durant's new schoo
building started this week.
The building will be built as 9
WPA project on which so men will
eventually work, as soon as a full
quota may be employed.
The structure will cost approx.
mately 100000. 1t will be one story
and of monolithic concrete. 1t will
consist of an auditorium with coo
seating capacity and two wings. The
west wing will be used for the high
school and the east wing for the
grammar school.
twenty-five men are at work de-
molishing an old house situated on a
lot next door to the present school
building. The front rooms of this
house will be left standing to use
as office and storage space during
construction.
The first wing of the new build
ing will be erected on this lot. When
the first wing is completed the
students will be moved into it and old
school building will be demolished.
w. f. Rubush, Meridian, is super
intendent in charge of construction
and N. w. Overstreet, Jackson, is
the architect.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-09-05
Mrs. Rosie l.. EIlord
Posses Al West Home

Funeral services for Mrs. Rose
Lee Ellard, 81, who passed away at
her home at West, Tuesday, August
27, after a long illness, were held at
the Unity Church Wednesday at two
o'clock.
The Rev. William Miller officiated
and burial was in the Brister Gene
terry with the Southern Undertaking
Association in charge.
She was a member of the Lutheran
Church.
Surviving are the husband, w. H.
Ellard, West; two sons, William and
Fred Ellard, West. Her mother, Mrs.
Margaret Livingston, Burlington, N.
c. and two sisters and one brother
also survive. They are Mrs. Minnie
Herod, and Mrs. Nellie Jeffcoat,
both of Burlington, N. C. and Sam
Livingston, Indianola.
Active pallbearers were l.. J..
Hand, Clyde Cade, Frank Morgan,
Fred Hand, Cliff Bowen and Ike
Ingram.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-09-05
Purpose Of AAA Is
To EquoIize The
Formers Income

1t likely will become increasingly
necessary for farmers to unite in a
well organized Effort to continue pari-
ty payments as an important fea-
ture of the AAA farm program. The
purpose of parity payments is to, as
far as possible, guarantee farmers
parity of income with other groups.
One of the primary reasons why it
became necessary for the Federal
government to provide aid for far
mers under the AAA farm program
was the substituting of other groups
by the government to the disadvan-
tage for farmers.
This fact is forcefully brought on.
in a recent study by the Division of
Information, Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration, in answering
the question, should agriculture be
subsidized?" This study showed that
the government subsidies nonfarm
groups more than agriculture. Public
aid to nonfarm groups now amounts
to more than $4,000, 900. 900 annual.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-09-05
Farmer Loses Home;
Neiehbors Help
Build Another

How E. j. Duckworth, of Coving.
ton county, who lost his home from
fire built a new $500 house at q
cost of only $1,000 because he utiliz-
ed timber from his own farm and
obtained the help of his neighbors
in building it is told by Lee SEES
sions, assistant extension forester.
After making plans for the new
building, Mr.. Duckworth estimated
that a sufficient amount Of material
could be cut from his farm woods to
build his new home. However, be-
cause of his immediate need for a
home, he did not have time enough
to allow the lumber which he would
cut from his own woods to season
sufficiently for finishing, so it was
necessary that siding and interior
trim be bought from a local lumber
All structural material for fram-
ing, studs, stills, rafters, and other
uses were cut from his own woods
end used green. All material pur-
chased including brick, hardware
and paint cost $1,000, and Mr.. Duck
worth, with the help of his son and
soon built the new home.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-09-05
Miss Joy Wynn Member
News Stuff

Miss Joy Wynn has Joined the staff
CT the News and will be in charge
of the local and society page of the
paper.
She will also handle other Local
news as the occasion may arise and
assist in the office with proofreading
and other duties.
Joy, we feel, is a talented young
writer and will make her mark in
the newspaper world. She is a bril-.
liant student at the Durant High
School where she will be a senior
this year.
After graduating from Durant
High she plans to continue her jour
nalistic interest by further training
and study. In the meantime the ex-
p~erience she will obtain from her
home newspaper may be of valuable
assistance to her in her future
studies.
Any courtesy extended Joy as a
member of our staff will be ap-
preciated by US as well as Joy.
Miss Wynn is the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ellis Wynn, prominent
residents of this community.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-09-05

when Jim saw he was in trouble
up to his neck he started to shout.
bill heard his cry for help and
came to his rescue. Bill had been on
that road before and he knew the
water was deep and the current
swift. So he was wise and he rode
Jumbo, the circus elephant.
when he reached Jim's side il
was just as the jackass made an eff.
fort to dislodge his rider, knowing if
he did not get rid of his load they
would both be drowned.
"Jim looked at the elephant and
decided that the donkey was not big
enough to carry him out of the
trouble that he had carried him into
and he gratefully climbed abroad the
ELEPHANT with Bill.
"Maybe you wouldn't swap horses
in mid-stream, but believe me, the
wise man would swap a donkey for
On elephant any day, especially if
the water was over the donkey's
Lead"
If The Light will shine just a lit
tie bit brighter maybe it can see that
presidential : candidate Wiki
couldn't very we'll effect a rescue of
this country anymore than FDR.
They're both riding the same ami
maE-and FDR has the distinct ad-
vantage of being in the saddle longer
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-09-05
Cotton Buyers
Record Keeping
Won't Be Hard
Will Form Only A
Routine Duty
Says County Agent

Holmes county cotton buyers, VIII,
are required by the 1910 marketing
quota provisions Of the Agriculture
Adjustment Act to keep accurate re
cords of all purchases from producers
will be able to do this as a part O
their routine work, according Il
County Agent l. w. Carson.
A record of purchases from pro
ducers with white marketing card.
was not required in past years. Thi'
year such a record must be main
tanned in addition to the records ant
reports which buyers during the pas
two years made for purchases from
producers with red and blue market
ing cards, and which they are also
required to make this year.
Pointing out that no special re
cords are required for white market
ing cards, Mr.. Carson said that, as a
general rule, the business records
ordinarily kept by the buyer will con-
tain all the information necessary,
with the possible exception of the
serial number Of the producers mark
citing card.
The regulations under the act re-
quire that the cotton buyers records
contain the following information
CD the name and address Of the
producer; (2) date of purchase; (3)
original gin bale number; (4) weight
of the bale or the lot of cotton
purchased; (5) amount of the penal
ty collected, if any and (6) the SER
ial number of the marketing card
or certificate by which the cotton
was identified when marketed.
1T is preferred that the buyer
make no change in his regular re-
bookkeeping system, other than to re-
cord some necessary information
which he previously did not enter
on his accounts ledgers, or other
records" Mr.. Carson said.
Any buyer who desires to keep a
separate record of the information
required, however, a obtain the
necessary forms from the county
AAA office.
"The buyer must always examine
the marketing card" Mr.. Carson
said. "If the producer does not
show his card, the buyer must make
a report to the county AAA office
and remit with his report the mar
keting penalty of 3 cents a pound on
the entire amount sold.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-09-05
Holmes Farmers
Are Urged To
Save Clover
$4,000 Is Spent
Annually Here
For Seed Alone

My estimate is that there are more
than 800 farmers in Holmes County
who every year buy and plant a:
much as 5000 acres of ~lespedeza
The quantity of seed required tc
plant this acreage in common les.
pedeza costs these farmers on the
basis of 1910 prices $4,000, a suf.
ficient amount of money to pur.
chase forty small combines.
What / am trying to say is that
farmers should start saving their
clover seed every year. This need is
more apparent now than it has ever
been in the past, since we are fac
ing a bad cotton price situation.
Five or six farmers in several
communities of this county could
easily set aside as much as 100 acres
Of ~lespedeza to be harvested for
seed. This would be sufficient acre
age to justify one of the farmers
to buy a small combine and harvest
the clover seed for the neighbors
on a one-fourth basis.
Where the combine is not prac-
ticable the pan method may be used.
This pan fits just behind the NOW
ing blade that will catch seed sue
cessfully. This method is recommend
ed where a small acreage is to be
harvested and where it is not pro-
fitable to purchase a combine.
If lespedeza Clover is cut for
hay while in the bloom stage, seed
will be produced by the second
growth and be ready for harvesting
in profitable quantities before frost.
l have noticed that most lespedeza
in this county has been cut or is
being cut in the bloom stage. This
is the proper stage to cut le~spedeza
for high quality hay.
Why should farmers of Holmes
County spend their hard earned
money every year for most of their
planting seed, when it can be saved
on the farm with very little trouble
and expense. You grow clover seed
every year, and why shouldn't it be
more economically harvested on your
farm than on some farm hundreds
of miles away.
/. w. CARSON,
County Agent.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-09-05
Hue Enrolment
Exceeds Last
Years Figures
Registration Was
Monday; Glasses
Started Wed.

Holmes Junior College opened
Monday with a twenty percent in
crease in enrolment over this time
last year. 1t is believed to be the
largest enrolment at the beginning
of the year in the history Of the
school.
There were $40 student. at Hol-
mes Junior College last year.
Every indication points to the best
year in the history of the school.
Registration took place Monday and
Tuesday. Glasses started Wednesday.
New Faculty Members
Several new persons have Joined
the faculty Of the school this year.
They are Miss Alice Collins, MA.
Raymond; Ernest Wilson, M. A., Nc
Comb; Louis Cauthen, Camden; Mrs.
Louis Cauthen, Camden; w. P. Ed
wards and Mrs. Martha Tye MCKEE,
Pickens.
Miss Collins will teach languages.
She takes the place of Miss Billings
ley.
Mr.. Wilson will be instructor in
mathematics.
Mr.. Cauthen teaches commercial
subjects.
Mrs. Cauthen is a registered nurse
and will look after the health of the
students.
Mr.. Edwards will be incharge of
the buildings and grounds.
Mrs. McKie, instructor of music,
will take the place vacated by Miss
Ida Hickman last year.
Football Season
Football season will start with
the Junior Colleges in the state in
two weeks. The schedule for Holmes
Junior College is given elsewhere on
this page.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-09-05
School Trustees To
Meet Friday 10th

Notice is hereby given for all Con-
solidated School Trustees Of Holmes
County to meet in the office of the
County Superintendent of Education
at Lexington, Mississippi, Friday,
September goth, at 2:3O o'clock in
the afternoon, for the purpose of
electing a County School Board men,
Der from Beat g., to fill the unexpired
term of the late A. P. Marlborough,
said term to expire in 1914. Trus-
tees are urged to attend, according
to Miss Dorothy McBee, county sup
erintendent.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-09-05
Automobile Drivers
Licenses Must Be Renewed

All licenses expiring at this date
must be renewed at once, officials
state. A driver being caught with old
licenses will be subject to penalties
just as those not having them, there
fore all drivers should see that their
licenses are up to date.
The Highway department urges
that drivers dim lights, drive more
carefully, use arm signals, stop at all
stop signs, do not pass on hills and
curves, obey all city traffic re-
gulations, and all other things that
will make the highways safe for the
motoring public.
C. o. Alexander and w. 7. Har-
pole are patrolmen in the Durant
district.