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Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
New Enterprises

One hears now and then of SOME
city or town that has made a spe-
cial drive to obtain new industries.
Some of these places have had re-
markable success. Probably in
many instances where industries
have have closed up or moved else
where. the townspeople have taken
hold with great energy to obtain new
shops in their place. Apparently
some Of them have been quite sue
cessful in this effort
Such a result can not be accom-
plished by any few people or small
group or organization. The people
as a whole need to take hold and
help. and people will have to be
willing to contribute money and time
TO the effort to obtain new business.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
The Fifth Column

The people read about the activi-
ties of the Fifth Column" in the
European war. Many newspaper
readers do not know the meaning or
the origin of the phrase.
1t is explained in this way by a
military authority. AS he under
stands it, when the Germans invaded
Holland, their army was divided into
four columns. But a group of Nazi
sympathizers and agents were work.
ing secretly within Holland to CO.
operate with and aid the invaders,
by acts of sabotage, directions on
how they could destroy vital SER
vices, etc. These secret workers
were called the Fifth Column"
If the United States should be
drawn, into the dreadful whirlpool Of
war, it would have to look out for
Fifth Column" work. It is the mod
ern style to depend in part on bor-
ing within. Not all the enemies are
advancing across the battlefield with
guns in their hands There may be
a Fifth Column within the borders of
an attacked country, doing treach-
erous work out of sight.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
48 Hour Week for Wife

A very prominent authority in the
restaurant business says that if he
had his way, the modern housewife
would observe a As hour week. He
says most restaurant workers only
work 40 hours, and he thinks the
housewife also should have a break.
Probably the average work week
Of the housewife is nearer 72
hours. One difficulty is that after
the housewives work the 4s hours.
they see so many things that need
doing they just simply can't quit
After they think everything is done.
Father wants some buttons sewed on.
the boys come in with their pants
torn while sliding to bases, and
Daughter discovers that her clothes
need fixing for the party. II the fam
lily learned to do more things for
themselves. the 4S hour ideal would
seem nearer in sight.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
Right VIII Triumph

A letter from one Of the vice pres
idents of the Rotary International,
who was a captain in the Finnish
army in the war with Russia, ex-
presses confidence that Finland will
come out of its terrible troubles and
again rise from her ashes.
History seems to work that way
Great wrongs are perpetrated, and
great tyrants rise to plague the
earth. The tyrants create a seething
mass of hatred underneath their
seats Of power. and the people boil
over with wrath The tyrants find
themselves caught In the tide of the
whirlpool they created by their
wicked acts. Finland is an example,
for il has been devastated many
times. but always has risen again
from its darkness into the light of
success and progress.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31

mer camp ground & great structure
Of wood built in the form Of a horse.
II had hollow insides, capable Of
holding 100 men. and II was fun Of
these bold lighters when 50 left.
Seeing the Greeks departing, the
Trojans came rejoicing out OF the
city and found only the wooden
horse. Some said TO burn It, but
some agent left there by the Greeks
advised them to pull It into the city,
which they did,
When night came the Grecian war
riors emerged from the horse, opened
the gates of the city, and set n afire.
the Grecian ships had
turned back. and the Grecian army
rushed through the open gates and
destroyed the city.
Pretty smart game for those old
times. The way the Nazis have got
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
Hitler's s CANDLES

Adolf Hitler has won so many
battles, many of them bloodless and
produced by threats or cajolery, that
the world trembles before his blitz-
kriegs. He took many chances when
he invaded Norway. If Britain and
France could have been a little
Quicker on the trigger, he could
easily have lost that game.
Now he throws a vast force into
Belgium and France. and his leg
ion of tanks and motorized equip
ment spreads terror They advance
with such fierce desperation and
daring that they may get too far
from their base of supplies. There
is such a thing as being so smart
in war that you lease positions open
to attack. If the soldiers had to go
without food, or the tanks without
gas, for one day. the war might take
a wholly different turn.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
Milford. Friday, May 81, 1910
One More School
Milestone

The schools and colleges can see
the end of their year of study. Some
of them have already had their final
glorificationsa and turned the young
colts out to kick up their heels in
the pastures of sport. The heel
kicking would be more jubilant If the
colts could see a sure chance to put
on some good harness when they
finally quit The majority of these
colts will be looking for load to
pull this summer, to get a start on
a regular feed box.
Many students used to think it
made no particular difference whe-
ther they got good marks or not, so
long as they got a passing mark.
Today they see that possible en-
ployers do not look kindly on a
youth who has been careless about
his study. Such a youngster is not
usually considered a too good risk
in a business job.
All who have done a good years
work have reason to feel pride.
They have had opportunities such
as were hardly dreamed of in the
days of our grandparents.
The average high school today
probably gives a better preparation
for life than the average college did
in Grandpa's time. The subjects
studied come closer to ordinary ex-
perience. In addition. high schools
have social and athletic activities
and enterprises that give the stu
dents valuable training.
Many of the old time students
were just bookworms, and seemed
like helpless orphans when turned
loose in the turmoil of human socie-
1a TbWmodaEn school student has
a chance to do many things that give
him confidence. power, leadership,
and systematic habits. The people
of Delaware offer their hearty con-
to all students, and have
faith that they are going on to tell |
The world some things it ought to
know.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
Community Workers

In an advancing town you can
almost always find a group of peo-
pie who are full of enthusiasm for
any good home town enterprise.
They feel keenly ambitious for the
future of that community. They
want to see it keep up with the pro-
cession. If they see some lack that
should be supplied, they are ready
to take off their coats, roll up their
sleeves. and go to work on that pro-
ject
Such folks give enormous amounts
of time to public causes. They don't
usually get any money for it, but are
rewarded by the pride they feel in
accomplishing good results, The
people should appreciate their eff
forts, praise their admirable en-
deavors. and encourage them to keep
on with this splendid work.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
TROJAN HORSE cAn.nalnra

The newspapere have been FREE
quently comparing the smart tactics
Of the German Nazis 70 ths .arro,an
horse" style Of making waf. Perhsps
many readers Of the Chronicle do
not understand the meaning a. this
reference. Il goes back 70 the leg
endary story Of the ancient war 5000
years ago between the Creeks ana
the inhabitants Of Troy il Asia
Minor.
The son Of the Trojan king had
carried on the daughter Of one Of
the Grecian kings, and the Greeks
fought 10 years to capture Troy in
for this act Failing to
capture the city BY open warfare,
they devised a smart stratagem.
They pretended to give up the war
md go home. They left on their for
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
Mechanized Warfare

Airplanes. tanks, motorized equip
ment. have turned the war making
system upside down. The finest per-
sonal courage and the most thor
ough training and strategy may be
helpless before the modern death
dealing machines.
1t is a CHASTITY thought that the
mechanical and inventive powers
which the Creator gave to man to
lift himself up out Of the dust, are
being used by the war makers to
reduce men TO dust again, and lay
their torn and outraged bodies away
in the sleep Of death.
The modern world works by mass
production. So in the field of war,
we have the mass production OF
death and destruction. Slow old
methods of making war are discard
ed, Back in the World War. it SEEM
ed for a time almost impossible to
break the trench systems in which
lighting went on for years with lit
tie change. Now the mass attacks of
these mechsnized units may be able |
to break up an intrenched army
which in the World War would have
chung to the position for many
The greatest need of the allies is
not probably for more men to stop
the Nazis They might not be able
to properly equip them if they had
them. If the United States had en-
tered the war the day it broke out
about nine months ago. it would still
be handicapped by the lack of the
vast organization Of mechanical
power which modern warfare calls
or.
The human element will always
'lay a big part in war. Personal
courage, military skill and training,
ount heavily as they always have
But a great new factor has entered &
f country is not ready to provide
Is men with the machines of mod
rn war, it might as well lie down :
nd let agsressors trample on At.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
Readiness for War

What has produced the astonish-
ing successes which the German
army has accomplished up to a re-
cent dateg The rest OF the world
has been cherishing hopes of peace.
Many generous hearted people have
been dreaming about social better
ment and civic reform. The German
people have been thinking principal
ly about one thing, which was how
to accomplish the ends they had in
view through ability to make war.
They had the feeling that prob
ably they could accomplish their
aims without any real war. They
felt they had a stupendous war max
ing power, and no nation would dare
stand up against them. The world
though their war talk was a blum.
1t was not bluff, as has been shown
since Germany invaded Poland, and
since it descended like a crashing
and lightning fire upon |
innocent little Holland and Belgium.
In Germany, science. instead Of
putting its main thought on improv-
ing the peace time industries, has de-
voted its main thought to the arts
Of war.
So when it comes to actual fight
ing, Germany is like a professional
ball team playing against amateurs.
The English and French have high
y competent professional soldiers,
tut their war preparation has been
sufficiently tardy so that in the ma
ion as a whole it is almost like
imateurs against professionals.
Can England and France recover
n time TO save themselves? If they
10 not, how serious is the danger {
hat Germany might attack our peace
owing land? These are questions
yer which the American people are =
-orried An attack on America n
yOuld have seemed an impossible !
roposition a few weeks ago. If Ger I
lany got possession of the British !,
nd French navies, the danger would .
aem serious. =
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31
--Trumps in the War
Game

Wars and battlefields are a h0r-
rible experiment station in which
new theories of war making are
tried out Among the new theories
being tested in the awful struggle in
Europe, two are specially promi-
nent
One is the idea that power in the
air is superior to naval power, that
airships can defeat warships Up to
date, that theory does not look so
good. The German air forces have
sunk a number of British warships,
but not enough to seriously affect
the fate of the war.
The question also comes up whe-
ther mechanical and motorized
equipment, or Notifications, are the
more valuable in defending a coun-
try. The French put a heavy de-
pendence on Notifications. At vast |
expense and with amazing thorough |
ness, they built the famed Maginot
line. 1t is a wilderness of concrete
Notifications, underground shelters,
barbed wire, and machine gun nests.
1t seemed impregnable.
Yet the Germans have been run
ming over a good part of France in
spite of the Maginot line. That line
was not finished in equal strength
over the entire French frontier. An
extension of it was built from the
end of the Maginot line to the sea,
but the extension seems to have
been relatively weak, and anyway it
failed to hold back the Nazi hordes.
The German motorized equipment
seems the most amazing manifesta-
ton of this war. So far nothing has
stood against it. 1t dashes across
the country in huge leaps, carrying
death and destruction many miles in
a day, where in the World War the
slow progress was measured only
by feet and yards.
Whether the heavy Notifications
Of the Maginot line would have held
ii they had been extended to the
sea, is an unsettled question. Motor
and airplanes appear to
be the aces Of this years wicked ,
End cruel game of war.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31

THE WORLD made almost no
progress until the art Of printing
was discovered. Similarly business
makes very slow progress until It
uses the art Of printing to tell the
public about its goods and services.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31

into Norway and elsewhere might
suggest they had been reading this
old yarn. When they whnt anything
in some adjacent country that is try
ing to keep out Of the war. they seem
% nnd German sympathlzers there
who viii help them. Or send such
people in to do their bidding.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31

1T IS CONSIDERED poor policy
to say disparagins things about your
own family. Similarly It is q good
Idea to decline to say disparaging
things about your home town.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31

A MANUFACTURING CONCERN
can usually increase its business by
sending out statesmen to- talk about
Its goods Similarly every adver-
tisement it puts in some newspaper
is = salesman that interests buyers
and produces business gains.
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31

WHEN YOU BUY goods at home.
You add to the power of the home
town to grow and prosper. When
yOn deprive it Of your patronage and
buy goods elsewhere. you take away
some OF that power and increase the
load It has to carry
Milford chronicle., 1940-05-31

WHEN YOU SAY pleasant things to
visitors and try to make them have
a good time here. you make friends
for your home town.
The weekly echo., 1940-02-09
18th Annual Celebration
Negro History Week
Begins February Ill,

The fifteenth annual celebration of
Negro History Week begins Sunday
February II. Again the Haven Rust
Club and the Harris Senior High
School will heartily participate in
the celebration of this rnagnaninous
event. Each year the club presents
as guest speaker of its program. an
outstanding personality in some field
Of achievement. This year it IS a
profound pleasure to present as CUES:
speaker to the people of Meridian
and vicinity, DR.. L. M. Owens of
Vscksburg, Mississippi DR.. Owens is
an outstanding character in the field
OF medicine. He is member of the
National Medical Association and the
Mississippi Medical and Surgical As
ISOLATION, having served as 10th
president and secretary of the latter.
Or. Owens is widely known for his
great achievement and service ia ms
field.
Ire Haven Rust Club, in oonabo-
ration with the city schools, cordially
invites the public to hear DR.. I. M
owens. Sunday afternoon, February
~, 1910, 300 pm at the Harris High
onooi auditorium. The supporting
program will be rendered by the club
and the Harris High land anc o. a
Club.
he sure to hear DR.. Owens. VIII, ;e
pronounced orator IS wen ae =
great physician.
The weekly echo., 1940-02-09
White Child Gets 1898
Negro Child Gets $I.OO
1.-Two Way Text System Asked"
Mississippi School Heads Seek Separate
Book Set For Negroes

Mississippi. To our way of Uaink-
m9, it is a fist class move to keep
the Negro down, TO push him as far
oacl1 in darkness as possible. The
Negro population in the state of
Mississippi is larger than the white.
According to report, in 1889,
Sl,491, 392.89 was spent on Negro
children for education. For white,
Sl2.035, 969.S9. Amount per white
child, 1898. Amount per colored
child, $1.00. This is a disgraceful
shame on the state of Mississippi and
now an attempt is being made, as we
see it, to reduce the amount from 81.
We appreciate the fact that DR.. H.
M. Ivy, Supt, of City Schools Of
Meridian, has granted us an oppor-
tunity to have a conference with him
Friday morning at 1880 with refer
ence to the plight of Negro school
children in the state.
We want to know why should the
Negro child be prohibited from the
same principles of voting, rights and
that are taught the
white parpila
The weekly echo., 1940-02-09

BY DR.. A. B. Blackwell, Dentist
Although syphilis presents one of
the greatest of public health prob
lens, it is problem with hopeful
aspect. The disease is well under
stood as to cause and course; accurate
means for its diagnosis are available,
and more so than in any other serious
malady, a favorable out come can be
confidently predicted when the dis
ssee is early and adequately treated.
The public health problem of sy-
phllis is merely one of early detec-
ton and early and adequate treat
ment in all cases. In bringing this
a3out the dentist can be of service.
Unfortunately the average person
feels that the dentists only interest
in him or her should be to keep the
mouth comfortable, presentable and
disable. Of 1924 cases of extrageni-
tai chancres collected, 847 were in
the region of the head, mostly about
the lips, mucous membrane of the
mouth and throat. The mouth pro-
Continued on page two)
The weekly echo., 1940-02-09

Mississippi Standard Nsass
Newspaper Of Character. Cscu-
lation and Opinion, with Mere
than 10000 Readers.
The weekly echo., 1940-02-09
An Open
Field With
A Bright
Opportunity For A
COlOred Florist In
Meridian

For a numer OF years, as editor OF
the Weekly Echo, we have felt that
we should have a first class floral
shop in Meridian, owned and oper-
ated by members of our group. Me
ridian is a large size city with a
colored population of some sixteen to
twenty thousands, according to reports
several years ago.
We do not have a eolored florist
in Meridian. We find them in many
cities much smaller than Meridian.
We have particularly in mind now,
Holly Springs, Mississippi The late
wife of Bishop j. H. Moore of Holly
Springs had one of the most beau'i-
tut florists that we have seen any
where Mrs. Moore, during her life
time, furnished floral designs for not
only the colored but for white people
in and around Holly Springs In fact,
her support came largely from The
white people, for the reason, she could
not expect a living through the patro-
nag of colored people in Holly Springs
the colored population being 700
small Secondly, she did her work
well with SO much courtesy and po-
likeness that white people gladly
patronized her.
= would not like to see a colored
! florist in Meridian established just
for the purpose of serving our own
group; we would like to have a florist
Established in Meridian for the pur-
pose of serving the community, and
remember this, if we as a group will
establish a first class and respectable
florist, we will get patronage from
tthe people. The Negroes in and a.
lround Meridian are not as alert as
Ithey should be. When it comes t.
:doing things worthwhile, we have
Continued ON page two)
The weekly echo., 1940-02-09

Oer1non by rev. %. W. CoateS
Wherefore, seeing that we also
Pastor of Union Baptist Church
are oompassed abou. with SO great
a [ oud of Witnesses, let us lay aside
every weight and the sin which SO
easily beset us, and let us run with
patience the race that Is set before
us-Looking unto Jesus" Heb. 12:1,2
There is tendency Oh all ma
chinery to run down or lose momen-
tum and force. after 50 long time OF
steady going This is even true of
our bodies. They are machine like
in their functional operation They
go, run and operate for period AM
then they are retarded, they slow
down, they lose efficiency. Hence, i
becomes necessary to check over, tc
examine, 60 to the mechanic (the
physician) in order to get back to o.
approach the best.
In the 18th Chapter of Hebrews W
have a great category of illustrou
and sainted dead Who wrouJ hit b
faith and then fell on asleep. Thes
constitute great cloud of witnesses
which compasses us about. Some {
! these had trials of cruel mockings an
scourgings, bands and Imprisonment
they were stoned, they were SOW
asunder, were tempted, were slai
Continued on page three)
The weekly echo., 1940-02-09
WF.TE CHILD GETS $9.86
NEGRO CHILD GELS S1.UO

NGGfCO CHILLI NIElHo 91.UO
(From Birmingham Age Herald)
jackson, Miss, Feb T. Eight lead
nag educators asked state Senate
Committee Tuesday to revise the Nc
Coy-Owens textbook bill so white and
Negro children could be taught from
different texts.
'Supt. H. M. Ivy, of the Meridian
school system, told the committee
mat the bill as written would require
educators to teach children of Miss
issippi's vast disfranchized Negro
population the same principles of
voting, rights and responsibilities
that were taught the white pupils"
The above statement clipped from
the Birmingham Age Herald of We'd
nesday, February 7Gh. An article
1as carried in the Meridian Star,
February 7th, which con-
irmed the statement in more Ella
form. t is useless for us to
say we do not quite understand this
move by the Educational leaders of
The weekly echo., 1940-02-09
About T ok We
Know

tar j. z. W;ilams of Toonsuta,
Miss, was in toe office the latter part
ol Aast wee,5 or business.
MIR. an dMrs. A. l. Collins OF 1901
21st Street, have just butchered hog
weighing around 300 pounds. They
made about So pounds of lard, %
pounds of sausage and 10 pounds OF
hog head cheese. My, my, how they
are smiling.
hiss Mammie Sims, daughter Of MIR.
and Mrs Capp Sims of this city pass
ed Wednesday, January 31st from
their residence. According to reports
Miss Sims was sitting at The table
when she died. She was faithful
member of Pilgrim NJ E. Chuvch oil
witch Rev. Il. Z. Morgan is pastor.
Mr. G. D. Cotton OF West Enterprise,
Miss, was in Tie H. B. A. Office Sat
urday, February 2rd on business.
Mrs. Erlean Hardy Price resumed
her dusy at :ouns's Beauty Salon
Saturday after an absence OF nin.'
or ten months On account of illness
The many friends of Mrs. Price are
happy to know that she is back on
her job.
CONTINUED on page two(
The weekly echo., 1940-02-09
New City Pastor

The Reverend Charles c. Walker is
the new pastor of the First Co-gre-
gational Church of this city. Rev.
Walker halls from East Orange, NJ
The weekly echo., 1940-02-09


tSondeg Clover e) palata residence
lan distinguished
the Telephone Board the Electrical of
member OF the legislative assembly, Mr. Tbote
G OF crack tennis players which have
r and Mrs Toote leaders the delightful
be of friends gathered garden
and radio celebrity,
The weekly echo., 1940-02-09

| A Home Paper with q Hon,
Editor: That Tells the .Stat,
News Weekly.