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Evening star., 1940-01-04
The Rev. William A. Nevin
Dies Of LONG Illness

The Rev. William A. Nevin, well
known in the East as Jesuit edu-
Gator and parish priest, died early
today in Georgetown University
Hospital of a heart ailment that
had incapacitated him for the last
three years. He was 54 years old
and a native of Jersey City.
Father Nevin had been resident
at Georgetown University since 1896,
having given up active duties be-
cause of i'll health. He was con-
fined to the college infirmary dur
ing most of that time, and was sent
to the university hospital on New
Year Day, when his condition be-
came critical.
He entered the Society of Jesus
on August IA, 1905. at Poughkeepsie,
N. Y. In 1919 he was ordained to
the priesthood at Georgetown Uni
versity by the late James Cardinal
Gibbons.
With the exception of four years
spent as a missionary in Jamaica
Father Nevin was engaged in an
administrative capacity during his
active career In New York City
he was stationed for a time at
Fordham University, and later at
the churches of st. Francis Xavier
and at st. Ignatius Loyola. He also
was at Loyola College, Baltimore
and before coming to Washington
was a member of the faculty OF
st. Joseph's College in Philadel-
phia.
Arrangements are being made TO,
his burial IN the Jesuit cemetery
at Georgetown University. He is
survived by two sisters and three
hrothers all residents of Jersey Citv
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Funeral Services Held
For J. Eliot WRIGHT

With members Of the Associa-
ton of Oldest Inhabitants attend
ing, funeral services for j. Eliot
Wright, well-known ofiicial OF that
organization, were held at 2 pm.
today at his home, 1854 Colum-
bia road NV. He died Tuesday
at his home after months ILL
ness. He was in his 87th year.
Mr.. Wright had been member
of the association SO years, re-
cording secretary 10 years and
treasurer for 10 years. A native
of the Capital, he came from a
family that long had lived here.
The Rev. Walter E. Price, pas
tor of the Northminster Presby-
terian Church, offciated, and
burial was in Glenwood Cemetery.
Mr.. Wright is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. Horace A. Graham,
Chevy Chase, Md, and Mrs. Jesse
CARL, Northport, Long Island; six
children, Mrs. A. M. WigglesWorth,
Oteen, N. c.; Mrs. Charles L. Ferry,
Miss Edith A. Wright, DR.. Herbert
Wright of Catholic University, j.
Eliot Wright, jr., and Miss Su-
zanne Wright; seven grandsons and
one granddaughter.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Visits Universities

In connection with plan to de-
velop a program Of localized busi-
ness research, Nathaniel H. Engle,
assistant director of the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
left Washington today to confer
with officials of the University of
Newark, at Newark, N. j., and
Rutgers University at New Bruns-
wick.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Treasury Emp|oye Dies
By Moose Made From Belt

Audrey Lee, %, an employe of the
Treasury Department, was found
hanging this morning from a moose
improvised from her bathrobe belt
in her third-hoor room in the 800
block Of H street NV. The body
was discovered by another roomer,
Cecil Kirkman.
The young woman, who had re-
sumed her maiden name after sep
aration from her husband, Melvin
Quirk, called her mother on the
telephone about 6 am. She ap-
peared hysterical. her mother said.
The mother, Mrs. Audrey Lee, is
housc..oe 2er for Connecticut ave-
nue hctc
The r r'1y was found about 9 am.
ana tie eng woman was pro-
novnced oea1! by a physician who
.e-ponded with an ambulance from
Enc gen. Hospital. He said she
had been dead oa)v short time.
The girl had missed considerable
time from work recently Because of
i'll health. it was said and her FAM
lily had planned to send her to a
hospital as soon as arrc ngements
could be made. She had lived at
the rooming house for the last two
months.
Evening star., 1940-01-04
Sea Creeps Hiqher

Old Hatteras lighthouse was built
/ mile from high water in 1870. Now
the tide comes within a few yards
of the base.
Evening star., 1940-01-04

Capital outlay of organizations
furnishing England's national water
supply now totals sl500.00o, 1000.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11
2,037 Homes Exempt
So, .48 Saved
In Holmes County

Holmes county home owners have
saved an average of SAL. O6 to date
under the Hugh White Homestead
Exemption program, according to fl
cures compiled today from reports
of the State Tax commission by cam
paign headquarters of Governor
White, candidate for the U. s. Senate
in the August 81 primaries.
A total of 2O37 Holmes county home
owners obtained exemptions totaling
$50, 639. 48 for an average cash a
ing per homestead of s41.0 6, the COM
pilation shows. The total includes two
1889 and one 1910 reimbursement
from the state to the countries, road
and school districts, for taxes which
otherwise would have to be paid by
home owners, and also includes the
amount of exemption from the states
mill ad valorem tax.
Total savings to 10000 registered
home owners have already reached the
total of $5,6O5, 1876, today's
shows.
After successfully urging the legis-
ature to increase homestead exemp-
ion from just state taxes, inaugural
I'd in the Conner administration,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11
Rankin comment
Wilkes
Views On Power
Public Developments
On Power Would Be
Finished, He Says

Washington. D. c.. July 10.-Comr
menting on the statement In todaya
press to the effect that there would
be no more federal power plants II
Wendell L. Willkie should be elected
President, Representative Rankin of
Mississippi, leading advocate of pub
lie power in the House, today said:
mo one is surprised at that state
ment. If this new utility Fascist.
which has taken the place OF the Re
publican party for the time being,
should be victorious, public power
developments of all kinds would stop.
1.-THE water power of this nation
would then be turned over to selfish
interests to exploit at will. Mfunicipali-
ties would not only be denied any as
sistance or encouragement in acquir-
ing or constructing their municipal
light and power systems, but they
would have the open opposition OF
those influences that controlled this
nomination.
1.-THE extension of rural electrified
ton would come to a s~tandstill, and
the door of hope would be shut in the
faces of the farm men and women of
this nation who have not already been
provided with electric power.
81 am not surprised to note that
Continued on page two)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11

to loot and plumber everything we
possessed.
The nations of Europe could not be
in greater despair than was the south
at this time in her history.
But so great was the love of our
people for liberty and the right to
govern themselves as sovereign states
that they not once gave up hope of
regaining their rights. So strong was
the love OF liberty In their hearts that
they used every weapon in their pow
er to finally gain control of their
homes and firesides again. More than
ten years OF terror and bloodshed fol-
lowed the close Of the war before
these powerful and u%nyielding pro-
ponents of Democracy achieved vic
tory and were able to wIest the reins
of government from alien hands and
once again govern themselves.
The south had wonderful leaders
but they could have done nothing
without a people behind them ready
to die before they submitted them
selves forever to carpetbag rule.
If the people of Europe really want
Democracy they will get it. If the
people are worth saving they will
find a way to save themselves.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11
coH4 Council
Producer
COOPERATION
C%onumption Increase
Is Necessary If
Cotton Survives

Cotton firms and cotton farmers OF
Durant aid Holmes County area were
called on today by President Oscar
Johnston Of the National Cotton Coun.
Gil for 100 per cent allegiance in cot
tons total war for increased con
sumption"
In a message addressed to local pro-
ducers throughout the country Presi-
dent Johnston declared that "the raw
cotton industry is arming as never be-
fore in. its history to smash down the
blitzkrieg Of substitutes, surplus, and
foreign competition"
The message came simultaneously
with the National Cotton Councils
announcement ola universal service
Plan euTprOvfde funds with which to
carry OF the tight during the coming
year. In new plan, to go into effect
August /, calls for a defense fund of
five cents on every bale Of lint and
three cents on every ton of seed, mo-
blized with the help of each of the
five primary raw cotton interests.
Under the new plan, arrangements
have been perfected enabling the pro-
ducer to make his nickel-a-bale oon-
tribution at the first point of sale,
either to the cotton merchant, large or
small, or the ginner or warehouseman
Continued on page two)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11
County Agent Gives
Report For 1899

A county summary prepared by
County Agent /. w. Carson shows
that the farmers of Holmes county in
1889:
Applied 7.6 tons of basic Stag on
permanent pastures, winter legumes
lespedeZa, and crotolaria.
Applied PAS tons of ground lime
stone, or its equivalent, on pasture
and cropland to increase production
of pasture grasses and field crops.
Constructed 439, $3.50 feet of standard
terraces on rolling lands to prevent
erosion and conserve soil fertility and
soil moisture.
Seeded 8,209,6 acres to winter le-
gumes, lespedeza, and crotolaria to re-
duce soil erosion and restore soil
fertility.
Planted inc turned under green
manure crops on 19,o36.6 acres to pro-
tect and enrich soil fertility.
Planted AS acres to trees.
Interplanted 33,28O.2 acres to sum-
mer legumes.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11

Holmes Farm Owners Have Saved
Average OF S41.06 To Date
On White Exemption Plan

from $500 to $4,000, Governor White
spent months working out the basis for
a total exemption program, in CO
operation with many state officials
and agencies. Armed with a pre-
liminary report, he asked the 1888
regular session to name a committee
to work with him in getting further
information, and working out detail
ed Legislative bills.
With this done. he called the July,
1888 special session at which was pas
sed the present homestead exemption
act, exempting all homes, up to $4,000
valuation, from all state, county, road
and school district taxes, except levies
for bond payments which could not be
exempted under the Constitution.
I'm every county I've visited" COM
mented Governor White on his return
from a swing around the state, home
owner have come to thank me for
lifting the tax burden on their homes,
and to pledge me their support in
this campaign, because they say
nave been promising them
tax relief for years, but that home
stead exemption is the only real re-
lief they've ever received.
Further data for each county on
homestead exemption, and on other
accomplishments of the White ad-
ministration are available to any Mis-
sissippian who will write Hugh White
Headquarters, 5O4h E. Capitol Street,
TackC son
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11
Services Al Methodist
Church For Sunday

Church School at 9:45, Walter Odom
superintendent.
Worship service at II clock.
Prelude, Beulah Land.
Offertory, Consolation Mendel-
ssohn.
Miss Dorothy Davis at the organ.
Anthem by the choir.
Sermon message by the pastor.
Union meeting of the Leagues Of
this territory will be held in Methodist
Church, Durant, Sunday at 2:3O I'm.
Sails young people will give the pro-
gram.
A joint service of the Presbyterians
and Methodists will be held in the
Methodist church Sunday evening at
7:3O o'clock. Rev. John Smith, pastor
of Presbyterian church in Lexington,
will bring the message.
A program meeting for all the cir
cles of the missionary society will be
held at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon
with Mrs. Harry OCain.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 7:3O.
Everybody invited to these services.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11
Soil Conservation
Program Underway
In This County
Directing Officers
For District Are
Nomed Today

Representatives Of the Soil Con
servation Service located In Lexing
ton July I, plan to start an active
program Of soil conservation in the
recently organized Soil Conservation
District Of this county, cooperating
with the Soil Conservation District
Commissioners and other agricultural
agencies Of the county.
These trained men are located in
the county for the sole purpose of
working with farmers to assist them
in planning the most profitable soil
conservation program for their farm,
by classifying their soils, and making
recommendations for it's best use
which will result in a more fertile
and productive soil, and ultimately
give more profit to the farmer.
An educational program will be
carried to every community of the
county as rapidly as is practicable
and farmers showing the greatest
interest in these meetings will be
selected as c~ooperators first.
Soil conservation work is broad
and will offer a definite service to
the delta farmer as well as to the
hill farmer.
Many farmers are Of the opinion
that terracing is the major service
rendered by soil conservation experts.
Nevertheless, there are some services
that are of more practical value on
many farms than terracing; such as
drainage, soil classification, and crop
rotation.
The officials responsible for ad-
ministering the Soil Conservation
Program in this District are as fol-
lows. Commissioners of the District,
II. p. Watson, Chairman; c. V. Max
well, Vice Chairman; b. M. Jones,
Secretary-Treasurer; Louis Parker,
Continued on page two)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11
Workstoek Care Is
Urged By Agent
Animals Lost From
Heut In ~ After
Long Wet Spell

Farmers of Holmes County should
be careful with their workstock fol-
lowing the present wet spell of wea-
Their. 1t will be easy for many far
mers to remember the number of
work animals they lost from over
heat in 1882 following a similar wet
spell in July of that year.
Work animals, in most cases, have
been idle and running on pasture dur
ing the last few weeks which has
softened their muscles making them
unfit for hard work following these
weeks of hard rain.
Remember, you work animal might
be worth more than the good it is
possible for you to do your crop he
is helping cultivate.
Another important point to con-
slider, following several weeks of wet
weather n no cultivation, is the
method of cultivation to be used ON
the crop in question.
Corn, being a shallow rooted plant.
will be permanently injured If culixa-
ton is very deeply. Be careful to cul-
tivate as shallow as practicable: no
cultivation at all might be a wise
plan 1t the crop is reasonably FREQ
of grass and weeds.
Cotton will stand more abuse from
cultivation than corn, but, remember,
most of your feeder roots of cotton
have come ear the surface and care
should be exercised in depth of cul-
tivation. If your crop is free q grass
and weeds and the cotton plants are
large enough to give complete shade,
1t is possible that even a shallow cul-
tivation would be unwise at this time.
Signed,
I. w. CARSON,
County Agent.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11
Western Auto Store
To Give Awoy
Gosh And Prizes

J. p. Ragsdale, operator of the
Western Auto Associate Store in Du-
rant, that beginning this
week his store has started a ticket
refund campaign in appreciation of
the splendid patronage accorded the
store.
Every Saturday night at ten o'clock
a total of five dollars in cash and
one dollar in merchandise will be Civ
en- away as refunds for purchases
made in the store prior to that time.
"A ticket is given to every customer
with every 25 cent purchase.
Visit the Western Auto Store for
further details of this amazing offer.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11
Third Term Of Summer
School Al H.J.C. To
Open July 10Th

On July 10Th students will register
Tor the third term of summer school
at Holmes Junior College. Both col
iege and high school classes will be
o1fered and a student may secure
" OF a unit of high school or 8
hours of college work.
The summer school has been one
OF the largest in the history of the
College. According to advance re-
~gistrations the third term will be
as large as the first two terms.
Summer school will close August
18th.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11
Britt Herrin Injured
IN Accident Monday

Britt Herrin. Lexington barber, was
painfully injured in an automobile
truck collision which occurred on high
way 81 south of Pickens about three
o'clock Monday night.
Mr. Herrin received decorations a.
l.. Upchurch and Ernest H~uffstatler,
also of Lexington, were shaken up and
bruised when the car in which they
were riding was said to have been
hit by a truck.
Mr.. Herrin, a brother of Carl Her
rim. Durant, is resting as comfortably
as could be expected al his hoGcc.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11

Fun, entertainment, instruction and
prizes will be offered to homemakers
of Durant and surrounding territories
on Thursday and Friday, July IS and
10 when the City of Durant Modern
Home Revue and Cooking School will
be presented at the high school audi
torium at 300 o'clock each afternoon.
Working under the direction of May
or w. e. Howell and the Durant
Board of Alderman, Leon Maxwell,
Superintendent of the city's water
and light department, has arranged
to have two expert economists to
conduct the school. The services of
Miss Dorothy Day and Miss Judith
Lemly, home service advisors for the
Mississippi Power & Light Co., are
being loaned to the City of Durant to
make this the biggest and best cooking
school in the history of the town.
Baskets of food from local grocery
stores and the foods prepared during
the demonstrations will be given as
prizes. Local and out-of-town APP
pliance dealers are also offering prizes
such as floor lamps, etc.
Attention of the reader is directed to
the advertisements of local and out of
town merchants cooperating in the
cooking school as follows: Western
Auto Associate Store on page 3; T.
M. Williams and Sons, Lexington,
Westinghouse dealers, on page 5; The
Fincher Co., Lexington, F%ridgidaire
dealers, on page s; Piggy Wiggly,
page 6.
Among the prizes announced today
is a 1911 model RCA radio which
will be given away by 7. M. Williams
& Sons, Lexington dealers.
The two talented home service ad-
visors, who conduct similar schools
throughout the state of Mississippi,
will offer valuable recipes, sugges
tions, and instructions to homemakers
who attend. Actual demonstrations
Of tried and tested methods for pre-
pairing food will be made with cleo
trio refrigerators. ranges roasters
and other kitchen appliances.
Negro cooks will also be welcome at
the cooking school, and a special sec
ton of the auditorium will be re-
served for them.
Dealers of Durant and Lexington
will build attractive electric appliance
displays at the Modern Home Revue
and will cooperate with the city in
making the cooking school interest
ing and entertaining.
The City of Durant Modern Home
Revue is being made possible through
t he cooperation of the Mississippi
Power and Light Co., from whom the
Mayor and Board recently secured a
contract o the purchase of electric
for the municipality on a
basis. Consultation services
OF n utility company are available
the city in helping solve problems
may arise from the city's dis
tribution of electricity to its Gus
Mayor Howell said today, "the city
water and light department extends
whole hearted invitation to Durant
to be guests of the city
this instructive and entertaining
on Thursday and Friday, july
and 10. The Revue will be alb
soiutely free, SO make your plans now
to be on hand when the curtain goes
up for the big Modern Home Revue
and Cooking School,"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11
Negro Sentenced And
Fined For Robbery

Duke Myers, Durant negro, was
fined 500 and sentenced to AS days in
Jail in Mayors court this week for
an attempted robbery of the Pan-Am
service station here.
Myers was said to have been caught
in the act Of taking a ten dollar bill
out of the cash register when the man
n charge of the station was busy.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11
Roy Cobb Injured
In Fall Tuesday

Roy Cobb. Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs
Roy Cobb, of Durant, suffered a badly
broken arm Tuesday night when he
fell off the Presbyterian Church.
Young Cobb was trying to catch
some pigeons which made their home
on top of the church and had been
giving considerable trouble.
He is resting as comfortably as
could be expected at his home.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11
Kothryn CrisIer Obtains
Position At West

Friends of Miss Kathryn Crisler
will be interested to know that she
has accepted a position at the Bank
OF West.
Miss Crisler has many friends who
will wish her much success in her new
position.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11
Gala Cooking School Scheduled
AT Durant School Auditorium
Next Thursday And Friday
City Is Sponsor Of L.
Electric School; :
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Census Shows Holmes
Gains 1859

The 1910 census shows that Holmes
according to figures released today.
The population of the county is
now 39,703 compared to 1854 in 1880.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11
Services AT Presbyterian
Church Sunday

Preaching service Sunday morning
will be under the direction of John
Dantzler from Winona.
Sunday evening services will be the
Union meeting with the Methodist
Church at 7:30 with Rev. j. r. Smith.
pastor of the Presbyterian church in
Lexington, in charge.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-07-11

Mrs. Robert Ray accompanied her
husband back to S~tarkville Sunday
night after an extensive visit with her
parents. MIR. and Mrs. Harvey Baine.
Mrs. c. G. VanKeuren will cave
Sunday for jackson where she will
JOIN a party going on the Know Mis-
sissippi Better train which this year
goes to the west coast.
ed her parents Mr. and Mrs. M. E.
Miss Maggie Rivers of Tchula spent
the week end with relatives. Margaret
R1vers returned home with her.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
n. c. METH0DISTS
WILL MEET HERE
Continued From Page One

Barclift is the conference host and
the Rev. W. A. Cade is the host
district superintendent.
Between 600 and 700 delegates
to the conference will be entertain
ed in Wilmington homes and at
local hotels. Those entertaining
guests in their homes were asked
Yesterday to note the fact that
most of the guests will arrive on
Wednesday evening
The entertainment plan provides
that conference delegates will be
taken care of in entertaining
homes beginning with Wednesday
night after the eveing meal and
continuing until Monday morning,
November II, after the morning
meal.
Entertainment in these homes
will likewise include breakfast
each morning and all three meals
OF Sunday. Other midday and eve
ming meals will be provided by
the conference in various church
dining rooms and in public eating
places. The conference program
follows:
Wednesday, November 6
7:3O D.. M, meeting of the con-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
Y HEALTH CLUB
PLANS ANNOUNCED
Construction Of Quarters Al
ready Well Advanced,
Laney Says

: The board of directors OF the
YMCA Yesterday announced uae
beeinning of construction Oh d
modern health club.
The required number of charter
members, which the board mace
mandatory before constructor
work could begin, has been Sc
cured, and plans are gong 1or-
ward for a formal opening OF ue
club in the near future.
Brick work for new showers ana
driving room and the partltlonlng
of the locker room space for the
nroiect are already in an ad-
vanced stage.
While E. A. Laney, president OF
the YMCA, yesterday declined TO
predict the exact date Whe nall
would be in readiness for moving
in. it is expected that all equip
nent vii be secured and installed
within SIX weeks.
Equipment will include electro
cabinets, electric vibrators, other
pieces of exercise equipment, Ill
tra-violet and mira = red lamps
massage tables, and other items.
Trained masseurs will also be Sc
cured. Service will be on a regu-
lar membership basis, as in the
case of all other ~" service. l