The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-04-25
Through
Hazel
Eyes

Durlng the next few weeks this
writer Is going to be mighty busy
collecting for subscriptions to 1.-THE
Paper Everybody Reads 1--WE hope)
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you who rave already come In ard
paid your subscriptions and we will
be most appreciative II the rest Of
you will do likewise.
"A country weekly paper L. an in
teresting thing. It tries to carry al
the local items, all Of the births, wed.
dings n deaths, club news. churcp
ssews, school news, social news, pro.
mote the interest of the town and
county in every way possible. Edit
ing It Is enough to keep one person
very busy all the time. It doesn't
leave much time to get out and CO,
iect On subscriptions.
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nation or entertainment, show you
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We want to give you q good pa
per every week in the year. Your
cooperation and support will aid ma
terially in doing SO.
Mayor Howell and the Board OF
Aldermen seem to be very we'll pleas
ed with the outcome OF the $50, 900
bond sale here Tuesday evening.
The bonds sold at 3.35 interest an
proximately and were bought by the
Deposit Guaranty Bank and Trust
Company Of Jackson. Mr.. Russ Ma.
hon johnson represented the Jack
son bank al the sale.
Mr.. johnson is well known In Du.
rant where he was born and rear
ed.
The bonds will be validated on Tues
day. April 20.
Skipper Meriwether, editor of the
Mississippi Sun, Charleston, says that
II a hole could be bored through
the center Of this nation 1t would
come out near the Dutch East In
dies. --gTIS
Now what, he asks, have we to do
with the Dutch East Indies? Yet
u government has sent a warning
to Japan that 1t must not monkey
with the Dutch East Indies.
MIR. Meriwether says he cannot
Imagine young America enlisting to
fight for the protection of Dutch
interests on the other sid. of the
world.
Neither can we. Nor can we i'm
agine young America enlisting 10
help England win a war so that she
can continue to dominate the trade
OF the world.
memphis is worried about her pop
ulation. Toe long has Memphis been
in the 100000 class says the CONNER
c~ial-Appeal when she should be in the
100000 or more class.
We know Jackson is worried about
her population because practically
every issue of the jackson Daily
News has something to say about IT.
LII Jackson doesn't nave at least
$4,000 people when the census is COM
pieted the city is going into mour-
ming and Fred Sullens and Mayor
Scott will probably retire.
Why the size Of a city should
make any difference is beyond us
The largest oranges aren't necessari.
ly the sweetest and the biggest boats
aren't necessarily the safest. Mel
ther are the largest women consider
ed the prettiest. So why should a
city have to be the biggest?
Wei AXE a smaller and ouieter
town where the streets are lined with
oak trees and there is plenty of shade;
very little noise SO that you can
sleep late If you want to; where PEG
pie are folks and have more fun
You can walk to work il you wan
to and if o drive a car you can
usually find a parking place some
where neat where you work Where
If you're in a hurry you can wait on
yourself in a store; where every plot
of green does not nave a Don't Ster
on the Grass" sign and you can YET
If you wanna.
No, people in cities don't nave more
fun.
The entire state was shocked when
1913 Natchez Negroes were burned
to death in a m~oss-draped dance
hall fire this week. The cause of
the fire has not been officially de-
termined but one reason advanced
was a cigarette tossed away care
lessly by a negro girl dancer.
This brings to mind something we
nave noticed many, many times in
women smokers. They are absolute
ly needless of mo Smoking" signs.
They light cigarettes in department.
stores, on street cars and on dance
floors. The TACT there Is a crowd
around doesn't make any difference.
IF a woman is going to smoke the
least h can do is to observe every
safeguard possible for the protection
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