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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-30
County Farmers May
Reamortize Loans
According To FCA
1877 Forms Con Benefit;
$500, 900 Outstanding
In This County 40

The opportunity to reduce the an
nual principal payments on Land
Bank Commissioner loans by reamor-
tizing them over a longer period of
years has been opened to many OF
the 1877 Holmes County farmers who
have Commissioner loans, according
to a statement received today from
the Farm Credit Administration Of
New Orleans.
There were about $203,450 of Land
Bank Commissioner loans outstand-
ing in this county at the beginning
Of 1910 and in addition Approximately
1927, ATS of Federal land bank loans.
Some Of these loans have already been
reamortized.
Most of the Federal and bank loans
are already written for long terms up
to 30-odd years, but the Commits
sioner's" loans were originally made
on a 10-year basis, requiring CON
siderably heavier principal payments.
In a recent statement from Wash
ington, A. G. Black, Governor of the
Farm Credit Administration, said
many of the commissioners" loans
were being reamortized over a longer
period of years in order to ease the
payments of farmers with the heav-
lest mortgages. Spreading out the
payments over a long period will pro-
vide these farmers with the same OPP
portunity of working out of debt as
already provided for Federal land
bank borrowers through long-term
repayment periods, Governor Black
said. Federal land bank loans are
all first mortgage loans whereas the
Commissioners loans are made on
both first and second mortgage sec
urity.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-30
Added
Laws
Tex Bose For Stute
Now Same As Federal;
SimpIifies Work

Jackson, Miss, May 2S.-Employers
covered by the Mississippi Unemploy-
ment Compensation law will find that
recent amendments to the law by the
Legislature clarity their status under
the law in a number of respects and
in many cases reduce the total amount
of contributions for which they are
liable, c. B. Cameron, Executive Dir
ector of the unemployment compensa-
ton commission, said today.
Two important changes in the law
make the tax base for State unem-
ployment contributions the same AS
for Federal old-age insurance and I'M
employment taxes, representing for
most employers a simplification in re-
porting n for many a reduction in
amount of contributions due. These
changes limit the tax base to the first
$4,000 of annual wages paid by an en-
ployer to an employee, and change the
collection of contributions to a wages
paid" instead of a wages payable"
basis. The $4,000 tax base goes into
effect on July /, and the change to
wages paid" as the basis for con-
tributions becomes effective on Octob-
err 1.
The time limit within which en-
ployers may make application for ter
mination of coverage is extended from
January 81 to March 81 of each year,
and provisions governing registration
of employers and termination of COW
erage are clarified.
An amendment effective on July l
makes communications from employ
ers or employees to each other or to
the Commission privileged, in that
they cannot be made the basis for a
SANDER or libel suit unless falsely
and maliciously written. This pro-
vision should encourage employers TO
submit accurate information request
ed by the Commission regarding the
eligibility of benefit claimants.
The period within which employers
may make application for refund or
adjustment of payments of
contributions, interest, and penalties
under the act is heightened from one
| year to four years.
Various changes in the definition of
employment" covered by the law will
become effective on July 1. Employ
ment" is defined so as to make the
exemption provisions of the Missis-
Continued on page two)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-30
Delta Council Names
Officers For 40
Jones And Thomas Are
Named As Directors
From Holmes County

S~toneville. Miss, May 2S.-Directing
body of the Delta Council as elected
at the Cleveland Annual Meeting of
the organization on Friday was an
nounced today by James Hand, Jr.,
Rolling Fork, president. Officers for
the 194O-41 session include Mr.. Hand
as president; E. L. Anderson Of
Clarksdale and Walter Sillers of Rose
dale, vice-presidents; Frank Mccoy
of Greenwood, treasurer; and Read
Dunn, Jr., Greenville. secretary.
Directors designated to serve for
the ensuing year for Holmes County
are Bernard M. Jones, Mileson; and
j. T. Thomas, Jr, Cruger.
Complete Board of Directors in
cludes: T. e. Pemble, Merigold, Wal
ter Sillers, Rosedale; DR.. Edgar Giles,
Avaon; Pat Hemphill, Greenwood; e.
L.. Anderson, Clarksdale, Howard Sto-
vail; Olin Cox, Lake Cormorant; S.
b. Dean, Hernandez; Bernard Jones,
Mileston; j. T. Thomas, Jr., Cruger;
j. A. Mortimer, v. B. Montgomery,
Belzoni; Irby Charping, Filter; j. s.
Equen, Minter City; J. Ellis Williams,
Morgan City; B. T. Tonnar, Grace;
T. c. Potts, Crenshaw; A. B. Friend,
Sardis.
L.. J. Barksdale, Marks; Fox Hicks
Sledge; James Hand, Jr., Rolling
Fork; w. T. Mckinney. Anguilla; j
M. Montgomery, Inverness; DR.. r. c
Smith. Drew; J. A. May, Sumner; B
w. Sturdivant, Glendora; James E
Cahill, M. p. Moore, Senatobia; Frank
Harbert and C. p. Owen, Tunica;
William r. Ferris, Vicksburg; B. N
Simrall, Redwood; F. C. Wagner, Dun.
leith; Terrey Wood, Hollandale; S
H. Coker. J. s. Williams, Yazoo City.
C. G. Smith, p. F. Williams, Clarks.
dale; H. l.. Gary, ]. H, Pettey, Green.
wood; Will Percy, Edmund Taylor
G~reenville; John Brunini. Joseph Gar.
rett, Vicksburg; Irby Turner, Belzoni;
A. H. Gable, Cleveland; Harvey M.
Trice, Indianola; F. A. Taylor, Yazoo
City.
Oscar Beldsoe, Frank Mccoy, Lit.
Teton Upshur, Greenwood; J. w
Bradford, Itta Bena; Alexander Fitz.
Hugh, Vicksburg; w. j. Godbold
Healthman; Oscar Johnston, Scott;
H. H. MCGOWAN, Beulah; H. D. Nor
gan, Yazoo City; ]. B. Snider, S
H. Kyle, Clarksdale; NJ. p. Sturdivant
Glendora; w. T. Wynn, Greenville
Baxter Wilson. Cleveland; Joe Pritch-
ard, Inverness; and f. T. Voolfolk,
( Tunica.
Mr.. Voolfolk is retiring president
OF the Delta Council. Working with
him during the past u months have
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-30
AAA Cotton Farmers
Subject To New
Regulations 40
Excess Acreage Will
Have To Be PIowed
Up On Own Expense

Cotton producers cooperating with
the Triple A Program this year will
be subjected to new regulations should
their farm cotton allotment be over
planted, according to the Washington
and State Triple A Offices.
The operator of a farm found to be
overplanted, will be required to des-
troy the excess cotton and to bear
the expense of having the acreage
Of the plowed-up cotton measured.
This procedure will be followed this
year in Holmes County with all over
planted cotton farmers.
The following formula will be used
in computing estimated cost of meas
uring acreage on which excess cotton
has been destroyed:
%. &c per mile for each mile of
distance between the farm and
the county AAA office, plus
of.
go The minimum charge to be
$1.OO.
After compliance has been checked
on a farm a report will be mailed
to the operator, giving him a summary
of his crops as shown by the survey.
In the event this summary appears
incorrect the producer should come
to the County Office and carefully
review his farm on the aerial photo
graph.
A producer who is convinced that
an error has been made in checking
his farm, may have it rechecked by
making a deposit. After the farm has
been rechecked and it is found hat
there is an error of more than two
but on the other hand, if the survey
is found to be correct the deposit will
become property of the County Asso-
citation.
When the compliance reporter Is
ready to check a farm the producer,
II at all possible, should arrange to
go with him and give him all the
assistance he needs in doing a good
job of checking. If the operator Is
unable to go with the reporter, he
should arrange for a representative
who understands the farm layout 20
go with the reporter.
Compliance reporters will be fully
instructed not to attempt checking a
farm unless the operator or his re-
preventative is able to be with him.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-30
School Administrators
To Enjoy Conferences

A series of five school admins
traitors conferences will be held in
the state from June 81. These con-
ferences n sponsored by the State
Department of Education. Meetings
will be held at the following places;
Monday-June 3, Hazlehurst.
Tuesday-June 4, Hattiesburg.
Wednesday-June 5, Philadelphia.
Thursday-June 6, Pontotoc.
~Friday-June 7, Greenwood.
The conferences will at
nine o'clock and will continue through
the day. Members of the State Depart
ment of Education who deal with adj
ministrative problems will be present
at all of these conferences and will
lead the discussions. These discussions
will deal with budgeting, transporta-
ton, school buildings, the new text
book law. new school legislation, and
other administrative problems in
connection with the school program.
In these conferences we expect the
county superintendents, separate
school district superintendents, and
consolidated superintendent and prin-
cipals to be present. Discussions in
these meetings will be Of vital i'm
portance to every school administra-
tor in the state in setting up and
administering the school program for
next year.
1t is, therefore, our hope that every
school administrator in the state will
make plans to be present at one of
the conferences.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-30
Visit Beautiful Gardens
And Porches In Duront

Take advantage of the beauty in
Durant and visit Thursday or Friday
of this week the gardens and porches
entered in the Contest sponsored by
the Twentieth Century Club. Markers
have been placed in the yards and
all are invited to visit. Gardens en-
tered are, Mrs. Ed Guess, Mrs. Brooks
Davis, Mrs. j. r. Brown, Mrs. John
Conn, Miss Ethlyn Baine, Mrs. Pugh
Winborn, Miss May Jenkins, Mrs.
Chas. Knott, Mrs. VIM Elmore, Mrs,
billiard Odom, Mrs. Harry O'Cain,
Porches entered are Mrs. Louis Long
motif, Mrs. Marcus Love, Mrs. r. G,
Elmore, Mrs. Walter o m, Mrs.
Zuella Bacon. Winners will be an
nounced and first and second prizes
will be awarded on Saturday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-30
Sunday Services At
Methodist Church

Church School at 9:45, Walter Odom
superintendent.
Worship Service at IL o'clock.
Prelude, Sabbath Musings"
Cornet Solo, "Inflammatus," Ros-
sini-Malcolm Carter.
Offetory, Faith"
Anthem, by the choir.
Sermon by the pastor.
The communion service will follow
the
Both Leagues meet at 6 o'clock.
Evening preaching service at 7:45.
Monthly business meeting of the
missionary society at 3 o'clock Mon
day afternoon.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 7:45.
Everybody invited.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-30
The Church Of The
Nuzurene Services

Everyone is invited to attend u
Sunday School every Sunday morn
ing from 10 o'clock until II o'clock.
Come and bring someone with you
and put yourself into the service and
you will receive a blessing.
The pastor will speak on you
Young men shall see visions and you
old men shall dream Dreams" in the
morning service.
Sunday School 10 an
Preaching Service IL am.
Might Service 7:45 pm.
Come and Worship with us.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-30

When England withdrew from Nor
way the world did not cry Traitor"
as 1t seems to have done when Leo
pold had his men lay down their
arms.
Apparently it was alright for Eng
land to break her word time after
time as she did every time n oil
the small European nations came I'M
der the heel of the Nazis. She had
guaranteed the integrity of each OF
those small countries. But England
did not do anything.
The surrender of the Belgiums
leaves II a war between the Nazis
and two countries, England and
France. So far France has done all
the fighting. Most of the English
forces are intact.
We will see now what the EngiisA
can do on their own merits, when
they nave t o fight their own battles
The English have gone a long Tune
without having to fight their
battles.
II it weren't for the tragedy OF
the whole horrible massacre 1t would
be fascinating to witness the outcome
of a really great battle between Eng
lish and German soldiers.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-30
President Approves
SOS, 1872. For Durunt

President Roosevelt has approved
a Federal allotment of $95,182.0o for
a Durant school building, according
Harrison here this week. Funds will
be released through the WPA.
Durant will contribute not more
than 100000 to the erecting and equip
ing of this building.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-30
Miss BIunton Receives
Scholarship Award

Miss Ophia Blanton, student at Mis-
sissippi State, received the Chi Omega
Political Service Scholarship Award
for the year 193940. The field covered
law and government. The award was
given to a co-ed on the basis of grades,
effort and service application.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-30
WPA Health Project Is
Approved By President

The sum Of $1,2e7.00 has been APP
proved by the President to assist the
county health office and county nurse
by recording data obtained during
course OF examinations of school chill
dren in public schools of Holmes
county.
The money will be released through
a WPA project.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-30

been E. L. Anderson of Clarksdaie
and James Hand, Jr., Rolling Fork.
as vice-presidents; Frank Mccoy,
Greenwood, treasurer; and Read Dunn
Jr, Greenville, secretary.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-30
First Baptist Church
Announces Services

Bible School Gas.
Morning Worship 1880.
B. T. U. 6:45.
Evening Service 7:45.
Prayer Meeting, wednesday, 7:45.
w. H. Haynie
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-30

The writer had occasion to talk
with a young Canadian woman last
fall, discussing the possibility of wal
and whether or not the United States
should or would enter it. This young
woman said the United States got as
much out OF the last war as the Eng
fish did. On being asked to name
something specific the U. S. got out
OF the war she pondered several
minutes, frowned a little in juzzled
thought and finally said, "Well, it
made a OF o. Americans m~illionaires."
That's just about what the last war
did for America. Borught about ter
rifle initiation which gave birth sew
,eral years later to a depression from
which we've never fully recovered.
Millions of dollars have been spent in
pensions and hospitals and untold
misery and human suffering caused
by death of thousands of our men and
boys.
Yes. a handful Of m~illionaires is
about all who did get anything out
OF the war.
President Roosevelt would do well
to see that the billions of dollars we
will spend preparing to defend our
selves in the next few years will be
spent well getting full return dollar
for dollar in value received.
Profiteering should be taken out of
NrInrx rr,xvap ~ tho IT cnxvnrn-
ment. The health and well-being of
the nations depends upon it.
Billy Snider, former lieutenant
governor and now publisher of a daily
newspaper at Clarksdale said a wo-
man ordered her subscription to the
paper Cancelled because she said the
editorials OF the paper had been un-
favorable to Hitler.
An investigation brought out the
fact that she was a German and was
holding a government job and obtain
ing her support from the u. S. gov
eminent.
1t certainly seems there would be
no place on our public payrolls for
sany persons other than loyal Ameri-
cans. If we do not love America en-
ough to believe in her and her way
of doing things then we can just get
ready for a change.
A nation cannot endure when those
citizens inside 1t become so self-sat-
isfied that they will sit down and
let aliens come in and run every
thing for them, and not always friend
ly aliens at that.
A nation to endure must be healthy
and united, ambitious and eager for
itself and its people. When decendence
is allowed to creep in empires begin
to crumble and a new order arises.
Looks like this generation is going
to witness just that.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-05-30

We are we to judge King Leopold
of Belgium?
Imagine having the responsibility
of the lives of more than 100000 men
under you, to say whether they shah
fight on to death or not.
How can we possibly Judge the
actions of a man, be he king or pea
SAINT when we have no just know
ledge of the true conditions he was
fighting under the possibilities ne
faced?
How do we know but what the
English themselves were planning or
beginning to withdraw from Belgium
as they did from Norway
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-17
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When making baked custard,
pour boiling milk onto the beaten
eggs. It will then bake very firm.
A piece of chamoiS that has been
dampened makes an excellent
buster. 1t makes furniture look
like new.
Wash sleeves with water to
which a little bicarbonate of soda
has been added. Never use soap
when washing sleeves.
Any faxed ready-to-serve cereal
may be used instead of bread
crumbs in recipe that calls for
bread crumbs.
To get the best decorative eff
fects with house plants, it is good
plan to set aside some sunny part
of the house, such as a large kitch-
en- window, as a culture room.
Here the plants can be grown and
rejuvenated under ideal conditions
and moved at various times to 9TH
er parts of the house where they
will serve their dual purpose.
Do not move bread dough after
it begins to rise, or it is likely to
fall. Select spot, out of a draft,
for the bowl. Cover with a cloth
and then let the dough alone.
If you do much deep fat frying,
you will save time by using a
frying basket. immense it in deep
hot fat, bringing it up, add the
food and quickly drop it back into
the fat. Fry until done then re-
move the basket and let the food
drip dry. Doughnuts, fritters and
croquettes can be easily fried in
a basket.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-17

nNE day there came a letter
~ with a rough sketch of the old
rocker at the upper right. The
last line of the letter said, 81 will
remove the rockers if you say so,
Mrs. Spears, but I would like to
keep Them" Well, why not?
There is nothing smarter now than
things Victorian. Old oil lamps
with lowered globes are being
wired for electricity so, why not
redesign this rocker along simple
lines? Cover it with plain rep in
a nice shade of blue perhaps, and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-17
HOWL SEW
by Ruth Wyeth Spears oAp

give it matching foot stool and
a hem stitched linen chair set all
tricked out in tassels?
Here is the result of that idea
and the diagram shows all the
steps that led up to it. Almost
any old chair may be transformed
with slip cover if little work
is done first to build out or to saw
off projections. Padding is also
important, and open spaces under
arms may be covered by stretch
ing the padding tightly and tack
ing, as shown here.
NOTE: Directions for making the foot
stool are in Sewing Book 3. The hem
stitched chair set is in Book 4. All the
steps in fitting and making slip covers are
illustrated in Book l. Booklets are 81
pages each. and will be sent to any ad-
dress upon receipt of 10c TO cover cost
and mailing. Send order to:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-17
GOOD REASON

The sergeant was asking the
recruits why walnut was used for
the butt of a rife.
Because it has more resistance"
volunteered one man.
"Wrongl"
Because it is more elastic"
"Wrong!"
Perhaps it's because it looks
nicer than any other kind" volun-
teered another, timidly.
Don't be an ass" snapped the
sergeant. Simply because it was
laid down in Regulations.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-17

If you sprinkle little -four in
the grease in which you are to fry
eggs, croquettes, etc., the grease
will not sputter.
Apples that are to be baked
should be pricked with a fork be-
fore being placed in the oven. If
you do this you will find they will
not break while cooking.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-17
II Smells

Editor-This isn't poetry, my dear
man. It's nothing but an escape of
gas!
Hopeful Poet-Something wrong
with the meter?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-17
A Genius

Marget-Hang it, man! If your
car has been stolen, why don't you
communicate with the police?
Target-Tm not worrying about
the car. I'm wondering how they
got the thing to go!
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-19
Convicts Respond To
Chance to Attend School
CONTINUED From Page One1

their educational standard.
Mr.. SoX is hopeful that the entire
program of education can be extend
ed as the WPA adult education pro-
gram expands over the state, or
should this program be curtailed, he
hopes that the State will eventually
make available funds to conduct the
schools.
Courses in the prison schools are
either elementary or vocational, no
emphasis whatever being placed on
the ''frilis and furbeloWS" Of edu-
cation. By far the big majority OF
classes arc in grades up to the
eventh, though where there are en-
rolled prisoners who desire to take
typewriting or some other vocational
subject in which a qualified teacher
5 available they are always allowed
% do so.
The entire program is in line WIKI
he ardent desire Of Mr.. SoN and
)ther prison heads to do everything
possible toward rehabilitation of the
prisoners. From Superintendent of
Prisons Oscar Pitts on down, the en-
fire prison staff is placing special
emphasis on work of this nature.
MI. SoX said that cooperation OF
the WPA adult education leaders has
been splendid. He also lauded the
line cooperation Of all the camp su-
perintendcnts where schools have
been started.
These superintendent, he said are
doing everything possible to encour-
age enrolment Of the prisoners anc
to enable them to attend as many
classes as possible during the schoo
year.
Plans are being made to extend
the system, particularly in the fielc
If vocational instruction, as rapidh
md as widely as possible, with the
Ultimate aim of making school avail,
able to every convict serving tern
If length enough to justify enrolling
| lim.
Mr.. Sox admits that progress along
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-19
Will
Support Hull
Governor Withdraws
Own Name AS Dark
Horse; Believes Roose-
welt Will Not Run.

Raleigh, April l9.-(AP)-Gov.
Clyde K. Hoey, who has kept 4 firm
hand on the reins Of the North Caro-
lima Democratic party for the last
three and half years, announced
late yesterday he was supporting
Cordell Hull Ior president, and eX-
pressed the hope that North Caro-
lina's 26 votes in the Democratic ma
tional convention would be cast for
the secretary OF state.
The governor said he had very
good reason to believe" that Presi-
dent Roosevelt would support Hull,
and predicted that Hull would be
nominated in the Chicago conVen-
lion.
North Carolina should exercise
impressive influence at Chicago in
selecting 4 Great Democrat for pres
ideut." said Governor Hocy This
state has the largest number of votes
of any Southern state except Texas
| should like to see North Carolina
demonstrate her leadership in point
ing the way at Chicago to unity and
victory by aiding in naming Cordell
Hull us our standard bearer"
Hocy's announcement, contained
in 4 formal statement. also withdrew
his name from the list of probable
dark horse candidates for the presi-
dency.
Although the general assembly
and several other groups had passed
resolutions urging that North Caro-
Iina'S delegates to the national Dem
Ocratic convention be instructed to
vote for Hoey on the first ballot,
the governor said no good purpose
would be served by this action
The governor made no direct ref
crence to the launching last Sunday
by certain state Democrats of a
North Carolina for Roosevelt
the aim of which was to
pledge this states delegates, to vote
for Hoey on the first ballot and for
President Roosevelt on all subse-.
uuent ballots.