The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-10-10
THROUGH
EYES
BY
Hazel Brannon

A&&CA HTAnn0n
The dairy meeting in Durant Tues.
day night was we'll attended bv far
mers and business men. Both colorad
and white farmers showed cons;dar.
able interest in this th.t
can mean so much to the p-rosnar;tv
Of this section.
II they will follow this interest nm
by adding a few cows to their farm
and growing the feed and feed them
we will see a change of heart before
many months have passed.
We realize this cannot be accom-
pfshed overnight. But we do not
believe we are overly optimistic when
we say that every worthy farmer in
this territory can get the money
from somewhere to buy these cows
with. The banks have more money
than they know what to do with. If
a mar has always shown himself to be
progressive and a hard worker and
Is in dead earnest about farming he
can borrow the money to start with
on q small scale. Then he can add
to his herd from time to time.
Besides the banks we understand
the Farm Security Administration ia
doing everything possible to promote
diversified farming and hence dairy
farming. It should be possible to get
money from the FSA for those folks
who are willing to work but just
Ravens anything to begin with. There
are too many of those folks in Hol-
mes county.
Our average farmer can plant only
a few acres in cotton at the most. If
he will add pastures and food and
feed crops to his program along with
cotton and cows ne can stop moaning
the blues and earn a good living 365
days q year.
Last week a world breaking record
OF some sort was made here in Du-
rant. At least we think it must be a
record-breaker.
The Carthage High School football
team came over to Durant to play
the local high school Tigers. 1t was
nearly the end of the half. Durant
had scored one lone touchdown.
Neither team was doing any specta-
cular playing, according to our no.
ton.
Briefly, Carthage got mad when
the officials gave them a Is yard
penalty for smuggling and walked off
the field. 1t wasn't the lad alone who
walked off. They were led by their
And the Carthage lads went home.
The game was not finished.
We would not want that coach to
be training our children if We had
any. He just doesn't know the rules
of the game. He certainly has no bust
mes trying to lead young boys in
anything.
Note: Durant today is playing the
Jackson "B" team. On their circulars
they advertised that anyone who
thought they did not get their moneys
worth at the Carthage game would
be admitted free.
Goodman Lions last week heard a
representative from the American
Ceilulose Company in Archbold, Ohio,
tell how a new industry has been born
through crushing and grinding cotton
stalks, obtaining cellulose which used
in making plastics.
An effort will be made to obtain
a crushing and grinding plant for
Goodman. We sincerely hope their eff
forts will be successful.
We need to be getting something
out of the cotton stalks. Cotton itself
certainly doesn't bring anything.
Men of the United States between
the ages of 81 and 35 inclusive must
register on October 16, 1910.
Men of these ages will report to
the precincts in which they reside be-
tween 7 am. and 9 pm.
This is the first and basic step in
the entire scheme of selective service
and will insure fairness in the choos-
ing of the first 100000 men from
the nation who will be called into
military training for one year.
White and black must register.
Those who fail to register on the
appointed day, no matter where To-
Gated, must report of their draft
boards with a full explanation upor
which the board will pass. Those
found without reasonable excuse and
those who fail to report at all face
prison terms or fines or both penal
ties.
Men of Mississippi, always first to
answer in any national emergency
ora oxnontod Ia shnu tho wau "a the