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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-29
Holmes County
Electors Vote
Votes Cost For
Winner Except
In Senate

1912 Holmes county voters went
to the polls Tuesday, August 81, to
vote for Supreme Court Justice, for
the term beginning the first Monday
in January, 1941 and for the term
beginning the first Monday in Jan
uary, 1912; for United States Sena-
tor. Hon. Will M. Wilmington, Green
wod, candidate for reelection to con-
gress was unopposed.
AS last returns poured into Jack
son it appeared that Holmes county
had voted for the winner in every
race except the Senate.
Judge Julian p. Alexander defeat
ed incumbent George H. Ethridge in
this county by 1,452 to 444.
Judge Sydney Smith, incumbent
a native of Holmes county, received
1897 votes to retain his post against
BIZ for Chancery Judge v. J. Strick-
er, his opponent.
Former Governor Hugh l.. White
received 1,051 ballots for the SCI
accorded Senator Theo G.. BiIbo, can
didate for reelection, who Won in the
state contest by $4,000 votes.
Congressman Wilmington receiv-
ed 1,241 votes.
State Returns
In the statewide returns Judge
Alexander received 28,175 tallies
against 20,043 for the incumbent,
Judge Ethridge.
Chief Justice Of the Suprem e
Court Sydney Smith got 26,937 bal
lots for 21,183 registered for his
opponent, Judge Stricken
q. S. Senator Theo BiIbo was re-
elected by a vote of 87,868 to g.
O19 for Gov. White. Senator Bilbo
apparently carried IS of the 81 coun-
ties and ran q deadlock with his OPP
ponent in Lincoln county where each
carried 1928 votes.
Gov. White wired his congratula-
tions to Sen. Bilho on hearing suf-
return to indicate his reelec-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-29
Carter Rites Held
In Lexington
Wednesday
Self-InfIicted
Injuries Are
Fatal To Man

Funeral services for w. o. Carter
AZ, well known business man of Lex
lngton, were held Wednesday morn,
ing at eleven o'clock at the Metho.
dist Church there. The Rev. T. H.
Dorsey officiated assisted by the Rev.
j. T. McCafferty.
A wide circle of friends mourn the
untlmely passing of this highly re
spected citizen who took his own life
early Tuesday morning at his place
of business in Lexington. He passed
away shortly after nine o'clock at
the Community Hospital where he
was taken Immediately after being
found with a bullet wound in his
head.
Surviving is the widow and four
children, Miss Gray Carter, Mrs. A.
P. Shepherd, Jr., Gordon Carter and
Billy Carter.
Interment was in Odd Fellows
cemetery.
P~allbearers were:
Active: L. P. Johnson, J. r. Will
liams, w. o. Thompson, Reedy Ellis,
w. L. Ellis, Jr., DR.. o. d. Hooker,
C. l.. Stswart, E. W. Hooker
Honorary: DR.. R. M. Stephenson,
DR.. c. A. Moore, J.. w. Latham, M. A.
Latham, M. A. Scobey, A. P. Shep-
herd, l.. Fl. Paris, d. C. Lundy, T..
M. Williams, Norman Weathersby, w.
R. More, c. ID. Moore, R. A. Hale.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-29
Striker Appreciates
Votes
Candidate Supreme
Court Thankful
For Support
To The Citizens of the First
Supreme Court District:

To The Citizens of the First
Supreme Court District:
l submitted my candidacy to the
District, and it has decided that l
shall remain in my position as Judge
of the Chancery Court.
The arduous and continuous duties
of III Chancery District, comprising
Kinds, Copiah. and Lincoln counties,
made it impossible for me to actively
campaign for more than 20 days in
the Supreme Court District.
l had never campaigned in any
of the 81 counties comprising the
Supreme Court District, except in
Kinds, Madison and Yazoo, and that
was nearly 20 years ago, and had
little opportunity in this campaign
to see and meet the voters of the
Supreme Court District.
The splendid support and response
which you have given me is deeply
and gratefully appreciated, and l
congratulate m Y opponent on his
successful race.
Respectfully, cordially and
sincerely,
V. ]. STRICKER.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-29
Vernon Durham Likes
The u. S. Marines

Enthusiastic letters have been re-
ceived by the family and friends of
Vernon, II year old son of Marshal
and Mrs. w. E. Durham, who left
Durant two weeks ago to join the
United States Marines. He is station
ed at San Diego, California.
Vernon had a grand trip west
visiting points of historic interest
and is very pleased with California
and the Marines.
This young man will be missed by
o host of friends in this community.
He will be especially missed in the
Durant school athletic circles 'w,s.re
he was an outstanding football play
o.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-29
Louie Clements Gets
Masters Degree

Mr.. and Mrs. Louie Clements have
returned to their home in Month
cello where he is principal of the
High School. They have been visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B.
Clements.
Friends of Mr.. Clements will be
interested to know that he received
his Masters degree from the Uni
versity of Alabama at the closing
session of summer school.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-29
St. Louis Visitors
Enjoy Vocation Here

Russell Gregory and Harry Franz
lau, both of ST. Louis, are enjoying a
delightful vacation trip in the south.
They have been in Durant visiting
old friends.
Mr.. Gregory is secretary to Mayor
Barney Dickman, of st. Louis.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-29

Above is pictured Hon. Sgd
ney Smith, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, and a native
Holmes countian, who was re-
elected to his post in the Tues
day, August 81, primary.
Judge Smith was first ap-
pointed to this important post
by the late Gov. E. F. Noel, a.
mother illustrious Holmes coun-
tian. He has been reelected for
several terms and is an out
standing jurist in the state.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-29
- through
9sss, Archives and eI
BY
' Hazel Brannon

Business conditions in Mississippi
are good today the war and the
weather not withstanding.
Statistics show the states popu.
lation is up 1900, or Sc, this year
over last. Employment is up 84.2.
The 1910 farm income is expect
ed to exceed last year by $780,.
900 ,000 or III. For the first six
months of this year it is up 1885,
000,0
Based on these figures there should
be ar increase in business over the
state of 100000.
This is substantial evidence that
there is plenty of business to be had
here if we go after it, said Les M.
Taylor, sales promotion and adver-
Using manager of the Mississippi
Power and Light Company, to a
group of several hundred business
men and women from over the state,
in a meeting Tuesday in Jackson.
AS Mr.. Taylor said, however, there
are some people who will always com
plain instead of going out after bust.
ness or making it come in to them.
To these people normal times" will
never come because if such times did
come they wouldn't know what to dc
with them.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-29
Services At First
Methodist Church

Regular Services will be held at
the First Methodist Church of Du-
rant Sunday announced Rev. E. S.
Lewis today.
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-30

last very long. We business men can't afford to be blind, or ob- structive or stupid. You can't turn the clock back. Remember that.'
 Equally unexpected was the re action to tha Jones talk. His business hosts applauded vigor- ously.
 NOTE-Lone guest not in din- her clothes was Averill Harri- man, director of numerous cor porations and railroads and form CT head of the Advisory Board. Harriman's old friend Defense Commissioner Sidney Hillman joshingly started a subscription fund to buy him dinner jacket.
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-30
The Washington Merry-Co-Round
By Drew Pearson and Robert s. Allen

WASHINGTON Big business members of the Commerce De partment's BusinIssS Advisory Board got the surprise of their lives at the banquet they gave to new Commerce Secretary Jesse Jones.
 The towering, multi-million- aire Texan has not been noted for his New Dealism. AS REC boss, sometimes he bluntly op- posed the White House and his elevation to the Cabinet met with dour mutters in certain in- ner Administration quarters.
 So when Jones rose to address his business hosts, they leaned back in comfortable anticipation of soothing remarks. A few min utes later they were sitting bolt upright in startled astonishment.
 ''These United States said the new Secretary of Commerce, 'have been good to us. We have made money, we have nice hon. eS, wear good clothes, have fine cars and can afford banquets like this one. We can look back 50 years, when most of us start ed, and chart the courses we fol lowed. But we can't look ahead that far and Sse where we are going.
 But there are some things we do know about the future. One of them is that the days of mak ing great fortunes are over That Is finished. Another is that the upper third, you and I, have got to have more public-minded viewpoint. We must realize that the welfare and well-being of the lower third is our problem. We are not living in a world by our selves. We are as much part of society as the fellow on the other side of the tracks.
 His problems are our prob iems and unless something is done about them, the world we know and want to preserve, won't
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-30
AP The Story Of News Out standing Book

Against all the excitement and romance of men and events of the past hundred years, story unique in the whole panoramic history of headlines reached the public today between the covers of a strikingly illustrated book.
 The title of the work is AP - THE STORY OF NEWS and in dramatic sweep it r2counts for the first time the actual first hand experiences of a procession of reporters from the beginning of news gathering to the rise of the present-day Associated Press as the worlds oldest and largest news association of which The Nome Nugget is a member.
 The author is Oliver Granting, a newspaperman since he obtain ed his first job as $5-a-Week reporter at the age of l5. He was assisted by William A. Kinney now of the staff of The AP. The Illustrations are by Henry C. Barrow whose editorial page cartoons appear daily in scores of papers over the country.
 The story begins with the or igin of systematic news gather ing in Boston harbor in 1911. Om inous events were shaping the destiny of the recently born Unit ed States. The War of 1912 was in the offing yet the people had no way of obtaining fresh news. Neither the telegraph, the wire less nor the telephone had been invented and public information travelled only by word of mouth.
 The tavern or the coffee house, rather than the so-called news papers of the day was the best place to find out what was go- ing on and Boston was the trad ing center of the New World.
 Into this setting appeared a young Bostonian, Samuel Topliff who went into the harbor by row boat to obtain news from the incoming schooners. He gathered what information he could Wheedle from the merchantmen of the world and recorded it in a news book at Boston's famed Ex change Coffee House where mer- chants and patrons came to read.
 This enterprise marked the real beginning of news gathering and out of Topliff's efforts came the newspaper practice of obtain ing and printing daily news.
 The first phase of AP - THE
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-30

STORY OF NEWS deals with these pioneering efforts, the bat ties between competing news men and the eventual founding of the first news gathering asso- citation - The Associated Press in 1848. From that meager be- ginning the practice of gathering news grew until the AP, as it is familiarly known today spends S11,000,000 annually to obtain the intelligence of the world for the newspapers 1t serves. It is from this source that The Nugget re- ceives the bulk of the world news which it publishes for it's readers.
 .AP THE STORY OF NEWS however is more than a recital of the evolution of one news or ganization. Great names in news paper history fill the pages of the book which is primarily con cerned with recounting the first hand experiences of reporters on the scene of world events from 1912 to the present day.
 The book tells of the high col Jared reporters who covered the Civil War; of Lawrence Gobright who wrote the story of Lincoln's assassination; of Mark Kellog who trotted to d ath beside Gus ter; of the men who covered the famous Johnstown flood; of Kiri- loff who strapped himself on a horse after being shot in the lung and rode across the streWn battle fislds to report the RusSo-Japan- csc war; of the men who cover ed the first World War and of those now on assignment in the war-torn areas of Europe and the Far East
 AP - THE STORY OF THE NEWS also relates the devslop- ment of communications systems by which the news is sped as we'll as the perfection of the modern miracle" of newspaper science by which mechanism called Wirephoto speeds news pictures across continents within minutes after they are snapped to be printed side by side with the stories they illustrate.
 The book now available in stor eS throughout the country was published by Farrar & Rinehart. It contains 508 pages and 32 full page illustrations. Advance re- views have termed it "the out standing non-fction book of the Voar'
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-30
ARMY UNIFORMS

Young men who want to be of- ficers in the new Army are find ing that the greatest obstacle is the cost of getting dressed. The Army does not provide uniforms for it's officers, and the cost at a tailor shop is enough to send them back home as conscientious obiectors.
 For an officer called in from Reserve, here is the list of mini mum requirements. It does not include the special evening dress which would add another $105 to the total.
 Olive drab blouse (coat) with
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-30
SOURDOUGH STATIONERY

Write to your friends and rela tives on the Outside. using Sour ough Stationery. They'll get big xick out of it.
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-30

Buy them by the bundle, Use them for starting fires For Sale at The Nome Nugget.
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-30

This also does not Include a $16 sabre, which has now been made optional. And it includes only one suit of blouse-and- slacks, whereas thrse or four ac- tua'ly are required.
 The Quartermaster Corps of the Army estimates that S25O would be required to purchase modest outlay for young offic CT.
The Nome nugget., 1940-10-30

Distraugh by held who from Prison farm Diamond 15 eft and VoncelIe Williams 16 (igh shown after they Williams Diamond another girl held five escaped convcs streaed their forced woods with them while sought them State of Police Steve Afford the left of the girls Thirty prison the kidnapped the girls convicts ecaptured
 two of them killed.
La gaceta., 1940-09-09
CHRISTY Sc BATIRA CON
LA PANTERA G

Esta noche, en- ell ring de los
Artilleros, la Pantera Negra, ell
famoso luchador, Sc batirA con
ell californiano Ted Christy, que
la semana pasada fuera ovacio-
nado por ell p6blico. Christy ha
propuesto, y la proposition le
ha sido aceptada, que ell vence-
dor de esta noche game para Ell
toda la bolsa.
La Pantera, Ell lunes pasado,
trat6 con excesiva rudeza a Don
Evans Y Christy protest6.
FL conde Rossi lie oy6 y como
resultado de las palabras cam
biadas, Sc resolvi6 concertar ell
match.
Con ell hombre de- las patadas
de Calguro. Tommy Milan, Sc
batira Don Evans; Lou New :
man sera ell adversario de Milo
steinborp,
La gaceta., 1940-09-09
FIRM0 Ell P~RESIDENTE LA
LEY QUE CONCEDE PARA
Ell PROGRAMA DE DEFEN-
SA MAS DE 5000, DOC, 900

Washington, Sep. 9.-El pre-
sidente Roosevelt firm6 hoy en-
su Residential de Hyde Park, con
dado de Duchess, New. York, la
ley que concede un credito de
So, 251, 486, 1872 para Ell progra :
ma de defensas de la naci6n.
POGO despues Sc anunciaba en-
Ia Secretaria de Marina ell otor
gamiento de contracts para cons
truir 210 barcbs de guerra, in
cluyendo z acorazados q cruce-
rOs, lis destructores, 43 subma-
rinos Y buques a~uxiliares. Con
csc dinero sc fabricaran tam :
bien para Ell ejercito y la mari
ma, en- total, $4,000 aeroplanos.
En- esta misma semana ell ej6r-
otto firmara 6rdenes que repre-
sentan un gasto de $500, 000, 900
Parte del credito Sc empleafa
en- compras de equipo y artille-
ria y en- poner en- pie de guerra,
sin fines de aggression, a 1900, 900
hombres.
FL estado de New York llam6
la atenci6n a los industriales so
bre su gran responabilidad en-
cuantO al exito del programa de
defensas. Manifesto ell teniente
gobernador Poletti que la respon
sabilidad de la indutsria, a me-
dida que pasen los meses, sera
cada vez mayor.
LEGO hoy a esta capital ell al
calde La Guardia, presidente lie
la delegation americana en- las
negociaciones con ell Canada.
LuegO de conferenciar con Sc
cretarios y funcionarios ira a OF
tawa, Canada. para nuevos cam
bios de impresiones y acuerdos
con Ia delegation canadense.
La gaceta., 1940-09-09
Sc MATO CON SU MOToCI-
CLETA Ell ANCIANO AU-
GUSTO LEE

I'm obrero de los astilleros,
Augusta Lee, de 81 amos, COM
pro hace pocos dias una motoci
cleta de gran p%otencia y con ella
ponia ia carne de gallina' a los
"muchachOnes" y hacia acroba-
cias a b~astante velocidad, por
las GALES de Palmetto.
Viejos y j6venes, lie decfan
Lee te vas a matar; eres dema-
siado viejO para esos "dibujos."
FL desatendia los consoles Y
filos6ficamente replicaba "Todo
es p~eligroso... hasta esta guerra.
Aver iba Lee con su motoci-
cleta por las afueras de Palmst-
to, riendose de sus c~onsejeros,
contento de vivir, cuando sin DO
uerlO eVltar sc eStrell0 contra
un autom6vil que manejaba Al
len Brown, de la avenida East
Hillsborough, sufriendo lesiones
que acknowledgements lie ocasio-
naron la muerte. Brown intent6
impedir la collision y lanz6 ell CO.
che hacia un poste del telefono,
recibiendo heridas.
FL cadaver del viejo Lee, que
no apreciaba bien 81 peligro y
constantemente 10 desafiaba, Sc
ra remitido a Filadelfla, donde
reside su esposa.
La gaceta., 1940-09-09
lVOLVERA AL N LA
LEY DE CONSCRIPCIoN
MILITAR
SerdR rechazadaS las mGyores
enmiendas

Washington, Sept. S,-La Ca
mara aprob6 ell sabado la ley de
CONSUMPTION militar y hoy vol
vera al senado, donde las en-
miendas seran rechazadas y sc
nombrara una delegation para
integrar la comisi6n mixta de
los dos cuerpos legislativos. Los
obServadores dicen que ell sena-
do aceptara ell cambio de la edad,
estableciendo ell r~eclutamiento
entire los 81 y 45 amos; pero que
la mayor parte de las otras en-
miendas seran rechazadas. EST
mase que ell senado no aceptara
eel periodo de eSpera de go dias
" que en- cambio admitira Ell cam
bio de edad hecho por la camara.
Estimase probable tambien la
aceptaci6n del cambio hecho por
la camara Ell la parte que Sc re-
fiere a la CONSUMPTION industrial.
TODD indica que la ley pasara
a la firma del presidente antes
del pr0ximo sabado.
Los puntos de la ley aprobada
por la camara, que difieren de
los del senado, son los siguien-
ties: La eamara estima que la
CONSUMPTION debe demorarse Ell
60 dias para dar una prueba al
reclutamiento voluntario. En- ese
periodic de tempo ell p~residente
llamara a AGO. 900 voluntarios,
por un ano. De responder los
400 COO sc aplazaria la cOnscrip-
ci6n por tempo indefinido. La
camara aprob6 la enmienda de
la demora por 60 dias, en- vota-
ci6n final de 207 contra 200.
Aprob6 la camara.q que la cons
cripci6n sea desde 81 amos a as
" Ell senado habia aprobado des-
de 81 a 81.
En- la enmienda sobre la cons
cripci6n industrial, el senado y
la camara facultan al gobierno
para hacerse cargo de los indus
trias de los duehos que no COO
peren'
Ell senado estima que las ia
bTcas deben ser incautadas y la
quieren que sean alqui-
La gaceta., 1940-09-09

dres e lnglaterra." GOering, que
ha establecido su Quartet general
en- ell Norte de Franeia, asegura
que la bora historical ha llegado
de que la aviaci6n ataque ell CO.
razon de Inglaterra y quebrante
su Imperio.
"Ya estamos atacando a Lon
dres, cast sin oposici6n, en- pleno
dia y este nos permite asegurar
que poseamos ell dominic del
aire".
La aviaci6n nazi atac6 aver
duramente 8 horas y media y ell
sabado prOdujo la muerte a mas
de 400 personas y heridas a mil
cuatrocientas. Atribuyendose ell
menor nGmero de bajas del do
mingo a que los ciudadanos Sc
quedaron en- sus casas.
Las bombas del enemigo pro-
dujeron numerosos incendios, to
dos los cuales han sido controla-
dos va, aunque las llamas COM
pletan su obra en- algunos luga-
res. Miles de bomberos volunta-
rios siguen trabajando. Una de
las bombas cay6 a la puerta de
un peri6dico, cuyo personal Sc
habia albergado en- un refugio;
otra EN- Ell edificio de la embaja-
da de un pals europeo. Dos pa
bellones de un hospital fuer0n
destruidos por ell fuego que oca-
bombas de gran poten-
cha. Centenares de edificios han
sido aerivados.
La aviaci6n inglesa continue
atacando las eoncentraciones de
barcas y aerodromos en- Francia
y Belgica.
La gaceta., 1940-09-09

Cuando mayor Sc aprecia 10
que para ell socio representa- la
Seccion de Beneficencia del Cen
tro Espanol, por ejemplo, es
cuando ell asociado enfermo to-
ca a las puertas del SanatoriO y
Sc lie recibe con las mayores con-
sideraciones.
-Vengo enfermo-dice%y es
pero que ustedes me devuelven
la salud.
lie dan una CANA en- una habi-
tacion clara, Yentilada, higieni :
ca, y Sc lie eontesta:
La casa es tuya y aqui esta :
mes, como amigos y coasociados,
dispuesto a luchar por tn vida.
Y cuando ell enfermo recobra
la salud, entonces, maravillado,
exclama: ~ pensar que otros
hombres no son capaces de apre
ciar 10 que estas sociedades sig
nifican y la imponderable labor
cue realizanl
Y los que pasaron va por las
salas del SanatoriO, son los mas
enthusiastic cuando Sc lie avisa.
/ Efectuara un Picnic, para rea-
liar nuevas obras meritorias en-
la casa de salud, la Secci6n de
Beneficencial
La gaceta., 1940-09-09
Los nazis dicen que Londres sera
de~~Ruida.como 10 fue Varsovia
La aviacion inglesa cause enormes danos en-
Hamburgo y otras ciudades del "hitlerismO."
Vsiito ell rey Jorge las ruinas y los Hospitales
y converse con los heridos.

que la aviaci6n alemana lanz6
bombas en- los muelles de las dos
orilas del Tamesis y que estas
ocasionaron muchos incendios.
Todos los incendios estan va do
minados, aunque algunos no han
sido extingidos todavia.
Londres volvi6 al trabajo Co
mo de costumbre, en- la manaaa
de hoy, como hacia Madrid en-
los dias de la guerra civil. Doce
horas tuvo de calma la ciudad,
que dedic6 a los trabajoS de es-
combreo y a recoger heridos.
Ell reg Jorge visit6 las ruinas
de varios edificios, habl6 con los
obreros de las cuadrillas de sal
vamento y visito tambien los
hoSpitales, eonversando con los
heridos.
Pas6 ell monarch por diferen-
ties barriOs y a su paso Sc decia:
La resistencia jamas flaqueara.
Los incendios en- Hambrgo, Sc
gun la aviaci6n inglesa, Sc pc :
dian divisar desde una distancia
de varias millas. Amenazan los
peri6dicos alemanes con la des-
truccion de LOndres 81 la avia-
ci6n inglesa continna atacando
sus ciudadaes; pero en- Londres
NADIA Sc ha dicho que revele ell
prop6sito de zanzibar de actitud.
Tambien hablan hoy los nazis
de sus nuevas super-bombas,
que aseguran son de mayor po-
tencias que todas las tiradas al
La mayor parte de los danos, en-
presente en- las islas britanicas.
los Gltimos dfas, han ocurrido en-
los barrios pobres.
La gaceta., 1940-09-09

Ciudadano: No tie apartes de
la Inca de lealtad y honradez
que tie venimos recomendando.
Estados Unidos es tn patria
adoptiva, 81 eres un ciudadano
naturalizado, y la patria de tus
hijOs, 81 aun no has adquirido la
ciudadania americana.
Esos que elogian a Alemania,
con ell pretexto del odio a Ingla-
terra, son dem6cratas "tibios" y
debes apartarte de ellos. Son as
pirantes a ingresar en- la Quin-
ia Columna, como esos que ido-
latran a Mussolini y a Franco,
y continGan disfrutando inmere
cidamente de las ventajas que la
Republica concede a todos.
fTu deber, ahora, manana y
Siempre, es mantener la causa
del pueblo americana, que es la
tuya y la de todos los individuos
que saben constatar ell positive
valor de los derechos del hon.
bre!
Alejate de todos los que no
cumplan con sus obligaciones pa
"a la terra que les abriera los
brazos y como hijos les alberga-
ra!