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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22
Parity Payments Have
Been Made Available

The Agricultural Amusement Ad-
ministration, Washington, d. c. this
week announced hat 500, 000, 900 had
been made available for 1910 parity
payments to cotton producers vino
plant within their 1910 acreage allot-
ments. The rate of parity payments
will be 1.55 cents per pound on the
normal yield on the allotted score of
1910.
Besides parity payments, farmers
who cooperate in the 1910 AAA farm
program and plant within their acre
age allotments will receive agricul-
tural conservation payments and soil
building payments for carrying out
s~oil+building practices.
Under the 1910 AAA program the
rate for agricultural conservation
payments is 1.6 cents per pound and
the rate for parity payments is 1.55
cents per pound, or a total of 3.15
cents per pound on the normal yield
of the allotted acres.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22
County coordinotins
Council Met Friday

The Holmes County Coordinating
Council met In the County Agents
office Friday night, February 16, at
which time new officers were elected.
Mr.. Ed Gully was elected Chairman
succeeding Brr. c.. w. Carr: I. ". Car
SON was elected Vice President, and
Miss Dorothy McBee vas elected
Secretary and Treasurer. succeeding
Miss Leila Selby. ="
Three members will be appointed
on the Board OF Directors at an
early date by the Chairman.
The Councif selected As Its objeo-
tive for the year. She task Of getting
more OF our people to grow and con-
serve more food crops for thstf fam
lilies. and moro feed crops for their
livestock. This objective was decid-
ed Upon after considerable discus
sion by the various members of the
Council, -
A committee consisting Of B. F.
Wiley. Ellen Scale, r. A. Luter and
U. C. Williamson was appointed 20
meke a survey furnishing first hand
information on at least n hundred
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22
!. ! DoHahiie Passes.
Away Saturday
% s-
Rites Held In Water
VoIley For Beloved o.,
Former Citizen

T. J. Dollahite, affectionately known
as "Granddaddy" to scores Of friends
In Durant. passed away Saturday If.
ternoon. February II. at the home
of his daughter. Mrs. Lena Perkins,
In Water Valley. He was born March
IT 1882, at Scobey in Yalobusha
county.
He and his wife, the late Mrs. Kate
Dollahite. came to Durant severa!
years g to make their home with
their son. the late J. e. Dollahite and
Mrs. Dollahite.
Up until three years ago he made
his home in Durant with Mrs. j. E.
Dollahite and had a large circle of
friends. He visited here two weeks
ago.
First Baptist Church, Water Valley,
at one o'clock with the Rev. Howard
in charge. He was assisted by the
Rev. Neblett.
Interment vas in Oakland GENE
terry.
Surviving are two daughters: Mrs.
Perkins, and Mrs. J. w. Mccormick,
Grenada; two sons, H. G.. Dollahite,
Amory. and L. L. D~ollahite, Oakland.
Seventeen grandchildren also survive
him.
Six grandsons were pail bearers:
f. r. Perkins, Water Valley; E. T.
Perkins, Memphis; J. w. Mccormick,
Jr, Grenada: Harry Dollahite. Amo-
ry; Gene Dollahi.e, Durant; and
Steele Dollahite, Oakland.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22
Distriet Conference
American Legion1o
Meet Here Sunday. 81.
Prominent Leeionnuires
Scheduled To Speak
On Program 2:30

The District Conference OF the
Fifth District OF the American L.
gion will be held at the Strand The
atre in Durant Sunday, February 2S'
ut 2:30 p. M. 't r
The welcome address will be given
by legionnaire Mayor Howell, with
greetings from the Commander Roby
of the Durant Post, followed by te-
licitations by Louis Longinotti.
Prominent. out Of town guest speak
ers are as follows: DR.. Leroy Will
kins Of Clarksdale. Child Welfare;
J. T. Crawley. Kosciusko. National
Legislation tNational Committee
mani; Clyde MCGEE, Vicksburg, Mem
bership Of the Middle District; VIII
kes Davis. jackson. Sons Of the
American Legion; Ben HiYbun, State
Commander, Laurel. Affairs Of the
Legion; Ignace F. Loyacono. Green
Vile, 40 ct 8 Grand Chief de Gare)
Bob Morrow, State Adjutant. Jack.
son, Membership; Forest Cooper. In
dianola, Americanism.
Following the conference program
there will be a buffet supper at the
California Cafe with Legionnaire
Charlie Dinas, in charge.
The program will be under the
charge of DR.. j. J. Kazar, District
Commander OF the 9Th District.
Posts of the 9Th District include:
Lexington, Durant, Winona, Carthage,
Eupora, Kosciusko, Alderman, Full
ton, Lena, Canton, Forest and Bran
don.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22
Jaytees To Sponsor
Boxing Tourney
Youthful Boxers Asked
To Send Entry Blanks
In To Committee

Lexington Junior Chamber of Com
merce is sponsoring an amateur box
ing tournament in Holmes County
beginning, Friday. March Is, in the
Lexington High Gym.
Paul Baldwin, Box 121, Lexington,
is in charge of entries. Dick Bar
rett and Freddie Miller are also on
the committee.
All youths living in Holmes Coun-
ty are eligible to enter the competi-
ton and are cordially urged to come
in.
BY means of preliminary bouts.
the Jaycees expect 20 crown a win
ner in each of the weight divisions
with an appropriate award as fol
lows: skeeter weight, 90 pounds; It's
sue-paper weight, 1O5, fly weight. 112;
bantam weight, 118; feather weight,
1876; ligh. weight, 1872; senior weller
weight, AS; middle weight 1888; light
heavy weight, ITO: and heavy weight
over ITS.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22
College Scholarship
Offered For Essay
On ~Infoxication
High School Seniors Moy
Win All Expense Award.
County Gives Gosh Prize

The State Department Of Educa-
ton Is sponsoring an essay contest
on the subject, 1.-THE Effects Of the
Use Of Intoxicating Alcoholic Liquor
as . Beverage" a. authorized by
law. Mtg
The members of tho senior class
Of each high school In the state are
eligible to participate in this 0 n
test. The pupil who wins this essay
contest will be given a one year
scholarship in any one Of the state
aided colleges with all service fees
paid In said college. The Board OF
Supervisors of each county Is au-
thorized In its discretion to oontri-
butte. not exceeding. $4,000 out of the
general fund Of the county toward
paying the expenses Of the author OF
the county prize essay in attendance
as a student at such college in the
state as the pupil may see fit to
attend. dis
Rules governing this contest are
OciuS SELL W Couuty superintendent
and superintendents of high schools.
Any pupil who is interested In this
contest may get complete details ~
contracting either the superintendent
of his school or Miss Dorothy McBee,
superintendent OF education.
Pupils from thirty-five counties / n
the state participated in the contest
lats year. Miss Carolyn Landrum of
Gulfpors, Miss. was the state winner
last year. She is attending school
at Mississippi Southern College, Hat
tiesburg, Miss, this year and is
making a very enviable record.
This is very worth while and i'm
portant contest and we feel that the
teachers of every high school in
the state would be justified in requir-
ing every member of the senior class
to write an essay. It will not only
give to them much valuable training
and information, but will aid some
boy or girl materially in a years
work in college.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22
Central R. R. To
Farm Car Here
.Durunt And TchuIu
Will See Latest Farm
On Wheels Soon

Residents of Durant, Tchula and
equivalent of a modern farm on
wheels move over the Southern Lines
of the Illinois Central System from
February 26 to March 8 as a contri-
button by that railroad toward in
terest in better farming, announced
J. l.. Beven, president of the rail-
road, in making known his plans for
a special MISUNDERSTANDING de-
monstration and exhibit train to tour
Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee
Reviving an old custom in a new
and improved way, this will be the
first agricultural exhibit train opc-
rated by the railroad in more than
ten years.
Station stops of several hours each
will be made, and local visitors will
be welcomed. Motion pictures and
exhibits will place emphasis on the
Importance of beef cattle, swine rails
ing, dairying and diversified farm
ing. One car will be used as a mo-
LOH picture HedlEe IieIe VIII US
a carload of purebred beef stock fea-
turing Angus, Shorthorn and Here
fords. The swine exhibit will con-
sist of three breeds, Durecs, Hamp-
shires and Poland Chinas. Guern-
seys and Jerseys will be in the dairy
car.
OF general interest will be the a
filled with demonstrations showing
cotton by-products, purebred cotton
seed, new and improved uses for cot
ton, a soil laboratory, varieties Of
oats. especially adaptable to cultiva-
ton in the South, improved pastur-
age methods, the growing of rough
age for livestock feed, the bes. me-
thods of winter pa~sturage, the use OF
silos and similar exhibits.
Towns in Holmes County to ne
visited and the dates follow: Durant,
Monday, March 4, 10:45 to IL noon:
Tchula, Thursday, March Z 800 to
900 A.. M.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22
New School Building
Is Now Assured
For Durant
WPA Approves Project:
100000 Building;
Bond Election Set

Washington approval Of a WPA
project to cree. a new school buiSd-
ing in Durant has been obtained and
work on the project Is expected -
start as soon as possible. -
Qualified electors Of Durant viii
go to the polls ON March 10 anA
vote on .he question Of issuing the
bonds Of the, city In the amount of
sec. 1000 to take are of the city,s part
Of the new school building. -
The WPA will contribute $4,000
or $4,000 which ear that Durans
will have a 100000 building when
completed.
The structure Is expected to -
built Of monolethic concrete. tho
same material used for constructing
the Bailey. Junior High School in
Jackson, and will be a very hand
some building. > z. ..-t-
The present building will continue
in use for the school building un-
til the west and middle wings Of the
new building are completed. Then
the old school building will be torn
down and the east wing built.
1t will probably be at least a year
before the new building can be fin
ished, according to estimates.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22
H. }. c. Honor Roll For
Term Is Announced

The Holmes Junior College Honor
Roll for the term ending January
Is has been released. In order TO
attain this Honor Roll the student
must average AS and BIS in all his
work, or maintain a scholarship Az
erage of SO and above.
Those students who reached this
high scholastic record are: Merle Nc
Daniel, Anise Mcdaniel, Lee Ander-
son Jones and Nancy Ddckerson, high
school students, all of Goodman.
college Freshmen: Juanita Guess,
Eupora; John Osborne, Cotton Plant;
and Walter Reeves, Yazoo City.
College Sophomores: Louise Ander-
son, Graysport; Virginia Carter, Lex
ington; Helen Jones, Walden; Fran
ces Kent. Kilmicrael; Thelma Land.
Eupora, Dorothy Miner, Walden;
Annie F. Owen, Sails; Ruby Tindall
Carrollton: Regina Vaughn, Good
man; jamie Mae White, Summer; and
Marvin Mcclellan, Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22
Students Enter
American Contest By
PIGGY WiggIy ii.
Additional Prize Offered
, By News To Duront
Student Poper

A number Of Durant students are
interested In and taking advantage
Of the unique American contest De-
ing sponsored by the Piggy Wig
gly Wiggly in all communities where
this nationally known concern has
stores.
$1,000 in prizes has been offered
and every man, woman, boy and
girl Is cordially invited to enter the
contest.
All you have to do 10 complete this
sentence, I'm Glad I'm An American
Because :" In 100 words or less.
An entry blank can be secured at
the Piggy Wiggly store in Durant.
The deadline IL n week from to-
day. February 28.
As ar added incentive, the Durant
News is offering a cash prize to the
student In the Durant schools who
turns in the best completed sentence,
I'm Glad I'm An American Be
The completed sentences are to be
turned in by Wednesday,, February
%, by noon to Dick Smith, civics
teacher and coach at the Durant
high school.
The student winner of the cash
prize given by the News will be an
nounced in next weeks paper.
1t is expected the students will
also turn in their sentences to the
American Contest Judges, selected
by Piggy Wiggly, and try for one
OF the big ash prizes offered by
the organization.
For further details see page five
of this issue or inquire at the Pig
gly Wiggly, Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22
Methodists Services Are
Announced For Sunday

Church School at GAS, Walter Odom
Superintendent.
Worship service at II o'clock. Spe-
cial music every Sunday morning.
Sermon by the pastor.
Evening service at S o'clock.
Leagues at 6 and SIS.
The circles of the missionary soci-
ETY. will meet at 3 o'clock Monday
afternoon. No. 1 with Mrs. G.. 3
Ramsey, No. 2 with Mrs. c II. Car
ruth, No. 3 with Mrs. George Fulmer.
Prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing al 7 o'clock.
Everybody invited to attend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22
Annual All Club Day
Set For March IS

Over 500 All boys and girls of
Holmes County will attend the annu-
al Achievement Day rally held in
on Friday, March Is.
Miss Ellen Scale, county demon
stration agent, is in charge Of All
work for the girls and w. r. Thomp-
son, assistant county agent, Is club
leader for the boys.
The event Us one Of widespread In
terest throughout the county and
eagerly awaited each year by every
4H club member. ls 077s- 8 A~@
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22

Jackson, February % and %. VIM.
T. Nardin, chairman of the Board
of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank
will discuss the relationship of dairy
ing to business interests during the
luncheon Thursday, February 90. His
talk will be broadcast over WJDX
from 1870 to 200.
Farmers and business men inter
ested In dairying are urged to listen
in on this highly informative and
educational program.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22
Teachers Will Meet On
March ID; Ploy boy Set

Holmes County Teachers Associa-
ton win meet In Lexington O .Thurs1
day. March II instead OF Tho 18th.
according to AZ announcement aof
Miss Dorothy McBee. county super
inteudent Of education.
The meeting will be held at the
Lexington High School.
An interesting panel discussion will
be held on the subject OF the various
agencies operating in the county and
their relationship to .he schools.
The annual play day will be held
AZ Holmes Junior College on March
% with Junior and Senior girls of
the high schools participating.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22

(1o0) average farms. The informa-
ton collected In this survey is TO
be used as basis data for the cam
that more food n feed be produced
paign to be launched later, urging
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22

II you have a job, buy food, cloth
ing and shelter, don't think hat in
creased taxes won't affect you. The
fact that you, the consumer, pay
for everything in the long run.
If you lave a job. says one ma.
tionally known organization, you are
in business. What helps business
helps you. And what hurts bust
e hurts you as we'll.
The mere fact that you work fol-
a salary on a corporation payroll
doesn't insure you a lifetime job
regardless of circumstances. Con
fiscatory taxes and declining bust
ness. sometimes sided by excessive
taxation may cause your corpora
ton to go out Of business
The state legislature and our ma
tional Cong ess as well had better
themselves with ways to aid
business rather than the placing OF
hampering taxes and restrictions on
it..
ITS time to have some consideration
for the man who trys to work his
way and employ people instead Of
the group that stands with out
stretched hands all the time.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22
Dairy Products Group Has
Prominent Speaker

The Mississippi Dairy Products
Association will have a prominent
speaker at it's annual convention in
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22
Buptists Announce
Sunday Services

Bible School 9:45.
Morning worship 1880.
B. T. II. 500. 81 sa41 y -.
Evening Services TOO.
Prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing TOO o'clock. 500 . =
. We have moved to the vacant build
ing on Front Street next to the
Duran. Bakery. " u
w. r. HAYNIE, Pastor.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-02-22
l1N .vhTsTWI
through
i. Haze<S
- ~
Eyes q
BY
Hazel BrannM

When a public official refuses to
show a record to a citizen when
asked to do so 1t indicates one of
three things: Either there is some
thing wrong with the record that
ne doesn't want revealed; or he or
she isejust ov~erstepping the bounds
OF authority, usually caused by be-
ing In office too long; or the official
might act that way just for plain
cussedness, prompted by personal
dislike for the citizen asking for the
record. "'s" -"
I'm either Ease such action on the
part of an official indicates clearly
that he or h Is jus. plain ignorant
and unmindfui OF his or her duties.
or worse still, he or she knows his
or her duties and does not care
whether they are discharged or not.
Mississippi Code, 1880. Section 1906,
provides a fine OF $1,000 and six
months IN jail for public officials
who refuse to show a public record.
A person whose duties 1t Is to han
die public records should be familiar
With this section Of the Code,
ANY time any person might take
exception to anything written in this
colomn we invite him or her to take
advantage of this same space to
state his opinion on any question.
We dc, no. want to take advantage
ok anyone II we are In position to do
DO. Neither do we desire at any
time to hide behind a woman's skirts.
Effst -
Fred Sullens in the Jackson Daily
News:
Three of the best newspapers In
mississippi are edited by women and
they are all rafting good writer's
Mrs. Harriet Gibbons. of the Laurel
Leader-Call, Miss Hazel Brannon, Of
the Durant News, and Mrs. Mary
Cain, of the Summit Sun. 1t Is wo :
thy to note that that these three
woman writers vigorously denounce
the farcial character of prohibition
enforcement in Mississippi M favor
the sale of liquor through state-con-
trolled stores"
1t Is impossible for anyone who
keeps one eye open half the time
to be of the liquor traffic
in Mississippi.
1t Is absurd to say shat we are
keeping the sale Of liquor down by
not legalizing it.
Just a few days ago the Federal
man dealing In intoxicating beve-
RACES for eight thousand and three
hundred dollars in Federal income
taxes and etc. The state demanded
twenty-nine hundred dollars and got
1t. A total of $11, 200 from one per-
son.
These figures indicate that he
must have sold between $175,0 900 to
$780, 900 worth Of whiskey, etc.
That Is one person alone. mind
you.
III all this tax money was pouring
into the state it alone would finance
the free school books program and
possibly nance a good portion Of
the old age pension bill.
Then small business men in Mis- |
sissippi wouldn't be getting the jit-
ters worrying abou. the legislature
taxing him out of business.
Every indication Is that it is go
ing to do plenty to him,
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-03-15

ecutive Secretary, YWCA, III New
York, and DR.. Emmett j. Scott, Of
Washington, DC, were the first
persons to place orders for the
Booker I. Washington Commemora-
tive Postage Stamp according to Dir.
r. D. Patterson, President, Tuske-
gee Institute.
Mrs. Saunders, who is a graduate
Of Fisk University and Columbia
University, began her career Of pub
lis service as Principal Of the Kowa-
liga Institute in Alabama and before
assuming her present duties was stu
dent YWCA secretary with the Ma
tional Board. In 1889 she was
awarded an Honorary Degree by
Tuskegee Institute.
DR.. Scot was for eighteen years
secretary to the late Booker E..
Washington and since his passing
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-03-15
HAS DIRECTION OF NEGRO
MIGRATION CHANGED? CENSUS
OF 1910 TO ANSWER QUESTION

WASHINGTON, ID. @. Among
thousands of interesting facts which
the Census Of 1910 vii bring to
light will be an answer to the ques-
tion which Negro s9cioiogists have
been asking since the last Cesus, in
1880. Tat question is: Are Negroes
still migrating northward from the
southern sections Of this country as
rapidly as they did between the
years 1920 and 1890?
The greatest change in the distri-
button Of the Negro race within the
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-03-15
STATE CAPITAL NEWS
From Department Of Stats)
EARL GRIFFITH, Secretary

April 5 rs Arbor Day.
Just as the II. s. Internal Revenue
Dept. through press releases was es-
timating an increase Of from 30 to
40 per cent in income tax collections,
comes the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation in statement issued
March saying that more than 1000
loans made by the RFC, represent
ing SAG, 900, 900 in principal and
interest, are in default. Both opto-
mists and pessimists are entitled to
first choice.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-03-15

only 14.I per cent of the total Me-
gro population in 1920---a total of
1,472,309 persons. BY 1880 it had
2,40a,2i9--an increase to 20.3 per
cent.
Whether this increase in the
North at the expense of tile South
has continued since that time will
not be known definitely until the
results Of the Census are announced
late this year.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-03-15

United State since 1870 occurred IN
he decade 1920-30--a marked shift
northward involving nearly q million
persons.
In 1920 the total Negro popula-
tim Of the South was 8.912,231--
85.2 per cent Of all the colored peo-
pie in the country living IL this re-
gion. BY 1890 this total had risen
a Little, to 1891 ,577, but this repre-
sented only 1877 per cent Of the
total colored population.
The North, on the other hand, had
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-03-15

Governor Bricker has designated
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-03-15
First r o Order
B. T. Washington
Commemorative
Postage Stamps

TusKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala.
Mrs. Cecilia Cabaniss Saunders, Ex-
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-03-15
FRIDAY, MARCH Is, 1910.

has rendered distinguished service
as Special Assostant TO the Secre-
tary Of War, Newton D. Baker, dur
ing the past World War and as Sec
retary of Howard University.
-u----
1T seems to me that tobe
CHRISTIAN is just to look up to
GOD, and be blessed by his LOVE,
and then to move through the world
quietly, radiating as we go.
Lucy Larcom
La gaceta., 1940-06-28
CUBA ADMITIRA A REFU-i
GIADOS ESPANOLES

Ciudad de Mexico, JUNO 28.-
Indalecio Prieto, exministro de
la Rep1blica y actual presiden-
tie del Comite de Ayuda a los Re
fugiados Republicans, NANTES
to aquf que ell embajador de Me
jico en- la Habana lie ha %nOtifica
do do que Cuba esta dispuesta a
admitir un contingente de- re-
fugiados espanoles.
Laredo BrG, ell p~residente GU
bano, dice que Cuba esta lista
para admitir a los refugiados Y
despues enviarlos a otras ma
clones de la America, por cuen-
ia de ellos o las colectividades
que los apoyan.
Cuba no admitira individuos
que vengan a poner pequehas
tiendas.
La gaceta., 1940-06-28
los CONSERVATIVES IN
GLFSES ST. UNID0S
Sc Aceptardn PrOpoSiciOneS
de Hitler

Londres, junio 28.-Comcn-
tando ell rumor hecho circular
en- Estados Unidos, de que Hit
'er le ma heaho ofertas acepta-
b.es de paz al gobierno ingl6 Ael
exprimer ministro Chamberlain
uno de los jefes del partido Ccn-
servador. declare que su parti-
do reafirma su apoyo al gobier-
no en- la determination de COM
batir y ganar la guerra. "Son ru
mores de quinta columna esos
de que una secci6n del partldo
conservador esta dispuesta u
entrar en- negociaciones con Hit
Ter. "Jamas Ell sentimiento del
Parlamento We de la naci6n ha
estslo mas undo.
Hablando aver por la Radio
Herbert Morrison, ministro de
abasteeimientos, die que Tngla-
terra resiste en- la quiiada del E.
nemiyo. mientras ell resto del
mando organiza sus recursos pa
ra la victoria.