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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-01-11
THE New South" To Be
Shown AT Pickens

The New South" a sound motion
picture in color, will be shown on
Monday night, January Is, at the
Pickens School. at seven o'clock.
The picture is free and all persons
interested are urged to be present
The film is Of particular interest to
farmers and their families.
1t was produced and is sponsored
by the makers Of Arcadian, the
American Soda, and is based upon
the part played by Arcadian in the
new sek-contained South. It pre-
sents n a dramatic fashion the story
of southern farming and Industrial
development. 1t has been widely &C.
claimed as n Of the best films OF
its kind eyer to be produced and
people of this section are looking for
ward to seeing the much talked about
feature.
John N. Marlborough, widely known
cotton man Of Pickens, is dealer for
Arcadian in Pickens, and invites his
friends and customers to take ed
vantage of this opportunity TO see
The New South"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-01-11
Mrs. William Snyder
Rites Held Sunday
Kin Oh LocuI Women
And Former Resident
Is Buried At Sails

Funeral services for Mrs. William
Snyder, of Philadelphia, Penn, were
held at the home Of her cousin, Mrs.
A. L. Stevens, in Durant at las
o'clock Sunday afternoon. The Rev.
Haynie and the Rev. Tacke.t Off
ciated.
Mrs. Snyder will be remembered
by many Durant citizens al Miss
Brownie Hughes Of Sails and Du-
rant. She was born and reared in
Sails and lived in Durant for some
time where she was in the milli-
merry business. She married MI. Sny-
der and went to Philadelphia about
Is years ago. She was a member Of
the Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Stevens received word of the
death of her cousin by wire Friday.
The party arrived Saturday night
at one o'clock on train number one.
MIR. Snyder and a niece, Miss Stella
Hemphill, attended her.
Interment was in the Sails ceme-
terry with the Southern Undertaking
Association in charge.
Surviving are the husband and
three cousins In Durant, Mrs. Stew
ems, Miss Mamie Clark, and Mrs.
J. F. WiIburn, and a number of
relatives In Attala county.
Out OF town relatives attending
the funeral were a nephew, Andrew
Boswell. Greenwood; cousins, DR.. and
Mrs. Harvey Love and son, of Aber-
deem. and DR.. and Mrs. D. F. Sails
Of kosciusko.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-01-11
Presidents Birthday
Ball In Lexington
On January q
Countrywide Boil Will Be
Held; Choirmen Of
Communities Named

Plans r being made for the big.
gest ball ever to be given in Holmes
county on Tuesday evening, Janu-
airy %, at the armory in Lexington.
The occasion will be the celebration
70 the 5Sth birthday of the President
of the United States and money rails
ed at the affair will go to aid in
the fight against infantie paralysis
IN Mississippi and throughout the
United States.
One-half of the money raised will
remain in Holmes county. The other
half will go to the National Founda-
ton.
Community chairmen and co-chair-
men for most of the communities
in the county have been appointed
by Miss Haxel Brannon, Holmes
county chairman for the celebration
of the Presidents Birthday.
Plans for the raising of funds
through birthday cards, coin col
lectors, ETC., will be announced next
week..
Work in the various communities
will be carried on by the chairmen
and their committees and public CO
operation is earnestly solicited in this
worthy cause.
Chairmen appointed to date are
Mrs. II. A Moore and Malcolm Hol-
mes, West; Mrs Eugene Cole, Miss
Annie Louise Griffin and Miss Win
fired Mcintyre, Durant; S. F Allen,
Goodman; Lowry Ingram, Pickens;
Herman Flowers, Wilburn Hooker,
Miss Julia Heinrich, Lexington! DR.
J. J. Kyzar, Miss Lorraine Norman
Mrs. w. Kinds Jumper, and Joe
Barham, Tchula.
Franklin, CoNburg, Ebenezer and
Mileston will be announced next
week.
Ed Howell and his orchestra from
Greenwood will play for the dance
on January % and it is desired to
have every section of the county well
represented. Tickets for the dance
will go on sale this week and the
chairmen are urging the public to
buy their tickets during the next
week so that arrangements can be
made to accommodate a capacity
crowd.
Dance tickets bought in advance
are one dollar and spectator tick
cts twenty-five cents. Tickets sold
the night Of the dance will be $1.25
A list of those buying tickets in
the advance sale will be listed a.
patrons and patronesses Of the dance
and will be carried in the county
newspapers next week.
Tickets to the dance will be avail
able ct any drug store in the county
and all members Of the community
committees will have the tickets foe
sale.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-01-11
Beloved County Woman
Passes Wednesday;
Services On Friday
Mrs. Mortho D. Gwin
Prominent In Life OF
Section For Years

Mrs. Martha burden Gwin, widow
70 Capt. Samuel d. Gwin, capitalist:
and landowner of Holmes county,
died at 1880 o'clock Wednesday af.
at her home in Lexington
after a short illness. She was SO.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed at the First Methodist Church
Friday morning at 10 o'clock by DR..
j. B. Hutton of Jackson, assisted
by the Rev. T. H. Dorsey. Burial
will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Mrs. Gwin was one of the oldest
residents of Lexington and had been
prominently identified in every phase
Of community life. She was a mem
Der of a distinguished family and
her marriage to Captain Gwin united
two families that have been contrib
uting factors to the Social, religious
and business activities of Lexington
and Holmes county for generations.
She was a member of the Meth
odist Church. The Martha Gwin
Circle of the Woman's Missionary
Society was named in recognition OF
her long years of service.
Despite her advanced years she
never lost contact with her rela-
tives and friends and her mind was
alert to all events. She wrote brll
liantly and kept this up to the last,
only the past week penning a beau
tiful tribute to a deceased niece.
She kept a diary that she called
"75 Years Of "reminiscences" anf
it was an interesting accumulation
of facts pertaining to the early days
of Holmes County. Her philanthro-
pies and charities were manifold.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Wick Robins of Wick sburg and
Mrs. J.. B. Hutton Of Jackson; two
sons, ]. E. Gwin of Tchula and Wal
ter K. Gwin of Greenwood; a sister,
Mrs. Fannie D. Dyer Of Lexington;
and a Brother, Walter K. burden
of Memphis. She IL also survived
by q grandchildren and nine great.
grandchildren.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-01-11
New. Improved Motor Fuel
Announced BY Stondord

Standard OH stations and dealers
are today offering their customer
the new, improved Crown Gasoline
"a popular priced gasoline that meets
specifications for premium anti-knock
performance.
Road tests have proved that this
new gasoline gives motorists quick
er starting, faster pickup. smoother
operation. more mileage and a new
high in knockless power. +: also
contains a unique solvent action
which helps to reduce the tendency
of carbon formations.
Today's purchasers Of popular
price gasoline demand the perform.
ance heretofore obtainabIe. only in
premium grade at premium price
and the development Of this new
improved gasoline was to meet this
demand.
L. H. Hays is owner Of the Stan
dard Service Station in Durant and
Ray Campbell is distributor.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-01-11
Holmes Farmers May
Have Workstok
Treated Right
Veterinarians ScheduI.
Released Todoy; Stock
Of County To Benefit

Last year many farmers Of Hol-
mes County had their workstock
treated for internal parasites and
had dental work done when neces.
sary. This service proved to be so
beneficial to these animals that nu-
merous requests have been made for
this service again this year.
Arrangements have been made to
get the same Veterinarian this year
Those who care to avail themselves
OF this service bring their workstock
to the places nearest to them as
outlined below.
Plantation operators may arrange
for a visit to their farm on week of
January % by getting in touch with
the county agents office.
Schedule
Monday, January Is - Lebanon
Church 500 A. M; Acona, Downer's
Store. 1000 A. NJ; Mt. Olive School
100 p. NJ. Emory, Smiths Store
500 p. M.
Tuesday, January 16 Clover
School 800 A. M; Centerville 1000
A.. NJ; Bowling Green, McLellan's
store loo p. M; West, West Gin
Lot 500.
Wednesday, January II - Franklin,
j. M. Powers Store, 800 A. M. Rich
land 1000; Goodman, Goodman Gin
Lot loo p. NJ; Pickens, Maxwell's
Mule Barn, 800 p. M.
Thursday, January IS - Bethesds
500 A. NJ; Durant, Wilkes Gin
1000 A. NJ; Ebenezer, Humphrey,
O'Reilly Store 100 P. M; Brozville
800 p. M.
Friday, January 10 - Earnest Ra-
thell's Store 500 A. NJ; DR.. Hooker's
Farm 1000 A. NJ; Coxburg All af-
ternoon.
Saturday. January 20 Hickory
Springs 500 A. M; Lexington, Dukes
Gin 1000 A. M. ana balance Of the
day.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-01-11
Peoples Bank Reflects
Officers And Directors;
8 Percent Dividend

ALI officers and directors Of the
Peoples Bank of Durant were re-
elected at a meeting held this week
They are J.. L. Longinotti, presi-
dent; William B~lankenship, vice.
president; w. E. Guiledge, cashier.
The board Of directors IL composed
of r. l.. Cooper. chairman, Mrs
Kate Hunoldstein, Marcus Love, c,
G. Van Keuren, Mr.. Longinotti, Mr.
Blankenship and Mr.. Gulledge.
This bank in December declared
an eight percent dividend and brought
the total passed to surplus UP to
s23,700.
On the second page of this issue
is a statement Of the Peoples Bank
which reflects its excellent condition
and good management.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-01-11
Red r Station Offers
Greet Savings In
Gasoline Prices

w. p. Taylor, owner and operator
OF the Red T Service Station, and
for years one OF the leading service
station men in this territory, di
reefs your attention today to an
announcement On the back page Of
this paper.
Mr.. Taylor has installed a big new
tank and from this date will sell
a premium grade Of Ethyl gasoline
at less that the customary price o.
regular grade.
He also offers great savings on
AL quality motor oil and the best
quality tires and batteries.
He will be very happy to serve
you at his place of business on
highway 81.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-01-11
tuberculosis Field
Unit Here Soon
Patients Examined Here
Junuory 1881; Sixty
Will Be x-Royed

The tuberculosis Field Unit of the
Mississippi State Board of Health
plans 10 be in Holmes county Janu
airy 29,3O.31. The purpose of this
unit is to examine and X-ray con
facts of proven cases of tuberculo.
sis, as well as suspicious cases and
proven cases, active or arrested. These
patients who are to be examined
are referred to us by The private
physicians Of Holmes county. The
unit works in full cooperation with
the doctors of the state and will mo-
accept any without a written
referral by the physicians.
During the present visit Of the
Field Unit approximately sixty cases
will be examined and X-Rayed. The
films for these X-Rays are purchas-
ed through the local tuberculosis
Association, which is made possible
by your generosity in buying Christ
mas Seals which are sold every year
during the Yuletide season.
1t is possible through these ex-
aminations to discover early cases of
tuberculosis as well as advanced
cases, which may be a source of
grave danger to contacts. The a r
ier a case is discovered, the moro
hopeful is that patients outlook.
Also. the earlier q case is diagnosed
the less danger Of spread.
The State Board of Health ope-
rates a tuberculosis Sanatorfum at
Magee. Mississippi where a limited
number OF cases are admitted for
treatment. AS the number Of g
applying far exceeds the available
bed space, selection of cases Is linn
tied to those who may be benefited
most. Admission also depends on
the number Of patients allowed from
county In the state.
MURPHY NJ. SIMS. NJ. d.
Acting Director Holmes
County Health Dept
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-01-11
Holmes Troining School
Will Broadcast WJDx

The Holmes County Training School
will be heard in a program on Fri
day, January 10 at four O'Clock in
the afternoon over WJDx, Jackson.
The program will last thirty min
utes and will consist mostly Of folk
songs. Professor G.. w. Williams
will make a short talk and Candice
Williams, director of music, will de-
rect the musical program.
The white friends Of the colored
school in Holmes county are respect
fully invited to tune in on tine pro-
gram and lend their moral support
to the program being attempted in
the colored schools.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-01-11
Holmes County Committee
Held Meeting Friday

The Holmes County, County Com
mittee, for 1910 met in the County
Agents office last Friday, 1870 p
M. for regular business.
At the close OF this meeting il
was decided by the committee TO
meet every Friday afternoon at 1:3c
O'Clock during the mex three or four
months, so that every farmer of the
county wishing to take UP any prob
lem with this committee may do 50
on these regular meeting dates.
This committee is composed Of:
H. L. Nichols, Chairman; c. L. Dow
ner, Vice Chairman; Claud Wilkes,
Member; l.. p. johnson, First Alter
nate; B. s. Bean. Second Alternate.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-01-11
Baptist Church Services
For Sunday Announced

Bible School Gas.
Morning worship 1850. Special mu-
sic.
B. T. U. 500.
Evening worship TOO.
All members are urged to be pres
ent.
The B. T. U. has set a goal Of rs
and have put on a church attendance
campaign.
We were happy to receive Mrs.
Zelda Sheeks of Memphis into our
church last Sunday.
W. r. HAYNIE, Pastor.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-01-11

for the Soviet government we have
ever seen. II the visitor was i'm.
pressed with the sincerity Of the ex-
hibit and took everything presented
there as being actually true, then
he surely came away feeling that the
Soviet government had solved al
problems OF importance in the world
and the Russian people were surely
the most blessed.
Yes, the 40 Fair Is going to have
to have something better than the
Dtonne quints, If It expects to be
a financial success.
We can all breathe normally now
that Biibo and Harrison are on speak.
ing terms again.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-01-11
Picture To Be Shown By
Extension Workers

A Southern made moving picture,
The River will be shown by ex-
tension workers of the county next
week In the following communities:
Centerville, Monday. january 15-
$50 p. M; Coxburg. Tuesday, jan
uary 1870 p. M; Bethesda, Wed
nesday. January 1850 p. M;
Acona. Thursday. January $3.50
P. NJ
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-01-11
West School Curriculum
Adds Instrumental Music

West has placed instrumental mu-
sic in the curriculum of the school.
The West PTA has sponsored the
move n has purchased a nice lot
OF instruments for the department.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-01-11

The Ddonne q~uintIpsets, precious
darhngs though they may be. ara
going to be a poor substitute for
the Soviet pavilion at the New York
Worlds Fair. IL and when they be
The Sovie. pavilion was by far the
most outstanding EXHIBIT in New
York In the estimation of a majority
of the visitors there. 1t was the
most perfect propaganda machine
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-07-19

intend to stay up there longer
than the others.
We have compiled some statis-
Tics on Jewish ball players in the
minor circuits other than those
mentioned above and We'll pass
them along to you. By no means
complete, we give you the names
of the players who have answered
our letter telling us whether they
are Jewish or not. Well pass on
the rest of the dope to you later
in the season.
The name of the player, his
team, league, games played, bat
ting average, and, if pitcher, his
number of games won and lost
and pitching average follow:
Larry Stein, Lansing, Mich.
State, 48, 1854; Joe Snyder, st. JO-
seph, Mich. State, 40, .SO6; Nor
ris HaIperin, Akron, Mid. Atlantic,
5, SO, 1000; IsadOre Fine, Can
ton, Mid. Atlantic, 1, 10, 1000;
Hy Kramer, Hot Springs, Cotton
States, 4S, $40; HI. Lehman, Glow
ersviIIe, Can American, 40, 1853;
Arthur Cohen, OswegO, Can
American, SO, .SO1; Abe Leavitt,
Rome, Can-American, SO, 800;
Jack Stein, Erwin, Appalachian,
81, 1889; Moe Green, johnson
City, Appalachian, 81, .4O8; Al
Werner, KingspOrt, Appalachian,
SO, 800; Ed ROsenbaum, Eliza
BEETHOVEN, Appalachian, 6-5, .545;
Milt Singer, MartinsvilIe, BIZ
States, So, ia; Hy ROsner, Far
go, Northern, %, .S1S; George
Weiss, POcOmOke City, Eastern
Shore, 80, 1873; Herb ROthman,
Milford, Eastern Shore, Al, 1878;
All Zimmerman, Dover, Eastern
Shore, S-2, 800; Abe Goodman,
MOOresvilIe, North Carolina, FL,
.667; Moe LilIienthal, Marion, Tar
Heel, FL, .667; Herb Winegarten,
Rayne, Evangeline, SIS, .SS9;
ChaIeS Zimmerman, Elmira, East
ern, 48, .SO9.
We haven't begun to touch the
deep south and far western clubs.
However, for those fans who are
interested, please write care of
this paper and we shall answer
any of your questions concerning
baseball.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-07-19
JEWS IN
SPORTS
By MoRR1s WIENER

Everv baseball fan in the cOun-
.rv can tell you as quickly as a
cSsrand rifle can spit bullets that
Harry banning and Hank Green
borg are major league ball play
orc and that Horse works for the
Giants while the BambinO is a pO-
tent part of the Tiger bombing
sOuadron. Many fans can do more.
Thew can tell you games played,
hating averages, birthdays and
emdry siIlier items about these
1.-TWO heroes in the majors.
Heroes! Of course they are.
THEY'RE the ideals of millions of
Youngsters throughout the la n d
|who are merely imbued with the
glamor attendant on playing in
1.-The big league ball parks before
roaring thousands in jammed sta
dia. The enormous salaries that
90 with such glory are not to be
sneezed at either. banning nets
well over twenty thousand and
Hank well over thirty grand and
newspaper reporters note their ev-
|ery move when they travel. And
|how they travel-the best hotels,
the fastest trains, the most lux
urious planes, the best of eats
and all on the house. Yes sir, it's
|oh for the life of a big league ball
player!
But few of these youngsters re-
aEize the long hard climb to the
major league heights. Few real
ize the struggles and hardships of
the grist mills of baSebalI-the
minor leagues with its myriad di-
visions of associations, leagues
and ball clubs. Few of the fans in
the stands at a ball game-the
major league variety - seem to
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-07-19
Life A Passing
Shadow?
CONTINUED from Page Two)

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our position or personal power,
but only in the good deeds we do,
in the help we give our fellow
men who require our aid, and in
the development Of character,
which improves us and which sets
an example to our neighbors.
Our modesty, our humility, our
courtesy and our kindness are,
what give tone to life, and we are
judged by others solely by these
essential traits of good charac-
ter. For who remembers those, no,
matter how great or how veal
thy, who when they lived were
selfish, proud, and cruel.
The prejudice n d intolerance:
that we notice around us, the ami
mosities and the hatreds that en-
gender strife, these elements
bring only discomfort and sadness,
and shorten mans span Of years
directly if war results or indirect
ly if he carries these antipathies
in his heart and soul and thwarts
his own happiness, as well as the
cOntentment of others.
If he is active in his work in
the world, he has no time, he does
not think of committing wicked
acts. If he is righteous himself, if
he thinks kindly of his neighbor,
if he deals justly with him, if he
is tolerant and forgiving, he can
have no regrets when the final.
summons comes no matter if his
life be long or short.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-07-19
Roosevelt Stresses
Religious Freedom

HYDE PARK, N. Y. (JTA)-
Warning that there could be no
compromise between tn e demo-
cratic and totalitarian concepts
of government, President Roose-
welt, at press conference, listed
freedom of religion as one of the
five freedoms required for inter-
n a tt on tranquility. Religious
freedom has been fairly well
maintained under democratic gov
eminent, but under the Dictator
ships it is practically non-exis-
tent, the President said.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-07-19

-"s OAAS"V AOA OVCIy OAAC VI CIAG
eighteen men on the field there
are a thousand more playing on
organized baseball teams cIamOr-
ing for a chance to make the big
leagues-Or at least the class AA
associations. These minor
leagues stretch from the upper
reaches of the Rio Grande to the
tidal waters of PassamaquOddy
Bay. The ball players appear i'm
such widely separated leagues as
the Florida, Seattle, Canadian,
American and Pacific Coast Clubs
and under such picturesque titles
as The Kitty League, Sally
League, Pony League and Three
Eye League.
These ball players play the
same game of baseball as their
more talented brethren in the ma
jors do, but oh the difference in
playing conditions. Minor leaguers
and farm-gangs travel in buses,
private autos, trailers and motor
cycle. They sleep in boarding
houses and camp cities and eat
in beaneries and slop-joints and
hope for one thing. This hope is
universal. It is ever-present. The
hope is that a big-league scout or
a scout of an association higher
than theirs may observe them on
good day. a day wherein the
player under observation may
pitch a no-hitter or hit four for
four. And always the dream of
crashing the majors and the big
time and the big money looms be-
fore them as they labor away un-
der the broiling sun of patch
cake baseball field for the kind of
dough that is laughable. Natur-
ally, the better associations such
as the American and the Inter-
national and the Pacific Coast
shell out more literally but these
sums are as nothing when COM
pared to the jackpots collected in
the majors.
Jewish athletes too can be found
wherever the game of baseball is
played. These Jewish youngsters
are hoping for their big chance
that is, some of them are. Some
yes, some, have had their chance
in the majors and have been found
wanting, but the salaries they still
rate are worth the effort. Men like
Phil Weintraub-a major le>gue
perennial for years who just didn't
have the stuff to last in the big
time-iS still around. Phil is at
first for Minneapolis in the Amer
lean Association. Likewise there
are Fred SingtOn, IF. with Louis
vile; and MiIt Galatzer, CT. for
Indianapolis - all in the same
league. GOOdy ROsen is a fielder
for Syracuse in the International
circuit. Buddy Meyer is second
baSeman for Beaumont in the Tex
as fields. And Bud was batting
king in the American League but
five short years ago.
Of newcomers there are plenty.
In the International league alone
we have a Feldman, a Levy,
Becker and Berger and Ross and
Gordon just waiting for a chance
their Hebrew brethren mentioned
in the preceding paragraph have
had. Only these newcomers who
are cavorting for Jersey City,
Newark, Montreal and Baltimore