The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-08-22
VOTE FOR
JUDGE ". ]. STRICKER
FOR SUPREME Duh
~STRICKER
RECORD HELD UNIQUE
IN LEGAL ANNALS

oroWs, a long. lanky figure, verify
the statement once made by the
subject of this sketch that 1T is
quite evident that I was not puut
for ornament
Twenty years on the chancery
bench in Mississippi's busiest
district have, however, contributed
something more than q mere pny--
! steal distinction to Judge v. y.
J Stricken of jackson.
"A ~closeness to the people in the
everyday affairs Of their lives mas
been a characteristic Of the chan
Gerry courts of the state. The hand
ling of property, the disposition o
estates, the adoption OF children,
the hearing of divorces and all
matters in equity, are all q part
of chancery procedure under MIS-
sissippi law.
"Judge Stricken feels that more
children have been adopted through
his court in the past 20 years tnan
through any or many OF the otnef
courts in the state. The Missis-
sippi Children's Home Society, q
beneficiary of the Powers Founda-
tor, located in Jackson, handles
practically all of its adoption
cases through Judge Stricken !
court. end the total number OIL
cases over a period Of his admir-
istration is upwards OF 2,0o0 o.
more.
at is to the chancery court tna'
widows and orphans look. 10 tne
charcery jurist falls the task OF al
ministering the thousands OF 0
lars or the mere pittance, thai
comes TO them through the death Of
a father or other relative.
"a vine and fig tree for all,
Biblically put, is the objective OF
Judge Stricken in such cases. He
mas devoted his judicial energies
particularly in the providing Of
homes for widows and orphans
with small estates.
otherwise. he reasons, these
estates would he exhausted in
comparatively short time for ,ivine
expenses and rent. But a home
with q few acres of land, and sucf
i%ncidentals as a cow, garden, chick
ems and pigs. makes these fannie
self SUSTAINING and happy, in tneli
own right.
"I have never had a failure II
this plan yet he says, land there
} are many such homes scattered
about over my district" 1t is these
homes that have made Judge
Stricken an ardent advocate q
homestead exemption fiom tax
alton.
Judge Stricken may find hi!
niche in the judicial history OF thi.
state as The Great L~iquidator.'
"And successful liquidation is "
a sense emancipation.
THE fateful March day in 1913;
when newly inaugurated Presiden'
Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the
dramatic proclamation closing al
Americas banks, saw the setting
in motion of a tide of events tina
reverberated in every hamlet.
THE fight back started, bu
strewn by the wayside was thu
wreckage of multiple business in
situations.
Into the laps OF the nations Ju
dietary was tossed the task OF I'm
tangling much of the mess. Banks
mortgage firms, insurance com
panieS and many another business
institutions, no longer able to stanc
alone, had to be l~iquidated in tn,
courts of proper jurisdiction.
In Mississippi, federal banks
when bankrupt, go through the fed
eral courts for final disposition
State banks and other financia
institutions look to the CHANGER,
courts for liquidation
Throughout the land, and Mis-
sissippi was no exception, closet
doors stood between thousands o
individuals and their savings o
. lifetime. Only hope for return
of the money was vested in tn
ability of the judiciary and dull,
appointed receivers to dispose o
shrunken assets.
The long, slow payoff started.
There arc few instances wher
depositors In . closed bank faile
10 get anything back. but percent
age return on the dollar has show
. wide range throughout the m
ton
sBanks that have returned mn
pr cent payoff n nQuidaktoa hov
e6oan regarded - saka8AceoE1. l