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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-17
Rules Regarding
Induction New
Registrars Given
Rotio lO-1 Will
Be Observed
In Coll

A very comprehensive and inter-
esting statement was made today Dy
Brigadier General Thomas J. Gray
son, State Direcor of Selective Ser
vice, regarding the method OF IN
duction of the 21-year-old men who
registered for Selective Service on
July l. Under Regulations issued by
National Headquarters. General
Grayson stated that these new regis
trants will be integrated for lnduc-
ton in proportion to and along with
registrants from October 10, ls4o
who have not been called.
For example, if there should be 10
new registrants in a Local Board
area and $50 old registrants await
ing call, the new registrants would
be placed and called in the ratio OF
Is to $50 or l after each 10 of the
old group.
In the process of distributing these
new registrants, it is important to
know how serial numbers, sequence
numbers and order numbers will be
determined and to observe the diff
ferences in these designations,
On July 8, 1941 all Local Boards
throughout the country will shuttle
and mix he melon-colored cards, re-
presenting 21-year-old men of the
July l Registration, so that the To-
cation Of any individuals card with
respect to other cards will be purely
matter of chance. Each Local
Board will then proceed to place on
each melon-colored registration card
serial number with the prefix let
ter IS" in the space marked "Ser-
iel Number" The card that is first
in the pile after the shuttle will
be designated ISL, the next card
'S-2", and so on until all melon.
colored cards are numbered con-
secutively. This constitutes the pro.
cess of serial numbering.
| Continued on page SIKH
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-17

move which strategists considered
logical or likely.
SELECTIVE SERVICE
Selective Service Headquarters an
nounced that 21-year-olds who reg
istered July will be given draft
number so they will be called in
proportion to previous registrants
rather than ahead of or after older
men. Order number will be deter
mined by national lottery on July
II.
Headquarters advised local boards
to defer men who have volunteered
for civilian or military duty with
Canadian or British forces. The
House passed legislation to permit
deferment of all men who were %
on July l.
ALIEN EDUCATION
The President allocated $14,000,-
900 of WPA funds for program to
educate 100000 aliens in the du-
ties and responsibilities of citizen
ship. More than 1000 teachers on
Continued on page SIKH
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-17
White And CoIored Citizens OF Both
Sexes Asked To Register 1S-19h
Every Holmes
County Resident
Is included

The first call for service to be
made on the vast civilian population
of the United States has been
sounded for Friday and Saturday,
July 1919, when every man and
woman, white and colored, from the
ages of 16 to IS, are asked to re-
gister for civilian defense purposes.
in the community in which he or
she lives.
The purpose of the registration -
to make an accurate survey of the
manpower and womanpower and its
possibilities for defense. 1t will form
valuable index as to vocational
classification and may aid in the
campaign to secure skilled labor for
defense industries in the event OF
further emergency.
Every man and woman, boy and
girl, in the age groups mentioned is
urged to present himself or herself
at the registration place in the sew
eral communities.
In most communities the regular
polling place will be used for re-
gistration. In both Lexington and
Durant the schoolhouses will be used.
Voluntary groups of women and
men will assist in each community
and the offices will be open from
eight o'clock in the morning until
six o'clock at night for registration.
Registration for colored people will
be held at the colored schools.
The card each citizen will be asked
to fill out is reproduced as a public
service by this newspaper on page
5 of this issue. Turn to page
and you will see exactly what ques-
tions you will be asked. Remind your
friends and neighbors to register in
order that complete survey of our
civilian possibilities may be made.
Persons in charge of registration
in Holmes county communities are
listed again this week as follows:
Lexington: w. B. Kenna; Rich
land, ]. f. Chisolm; Acona, j. D.
Williams; Thornton, Frank Eakin;
Franklin, j. NJ. Powers; Tchula. R. K.
ZONES; Parkinson, Mrs. J. D. Holland:
Eddsville, George D. Mcclellan; Du-
rant, w. S. Heggie; Goodman, Mar
ion Ousley; West. D, D. Davidsor<;
Pickens, Jim McKie; Emory, Mrs. ].
c. Ammons; Ebenezer, E. E. OReil-
ly; Bowling Green, Mrs. Hugh Nc
Lellan; Cruger, Claude KERN; Eu-
logy, J. C. Brister.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-17
Durant Pastors Ask
Better Observance
OF Sabbath
Merchants Will Close
Sundays If Public
Buys Saturdays

Etidor, Durant News:
Durant, Miss.
Dear Editor:
We, the undersigned pastors Of
this community, are very anxious to
see more general observance Of the
Sabbath Day. We know, too, that
large numbers Of our good people
share our feelings about this matter.
Some of our stores open for BUSH
ness on Sunday, when perhaps they
would be glad to close up. If people
would buy on Saturday what they
will need on Sunday. the stores would
not be open. These stores are open
on Sunday because there is demand
for it. That being true, not all the
blame can be placed on the mer-
chant.
In the beginning, God, the Creator,
gave two fundamental reastss for
observing the Sabbath--rest and wor-
ship. Let us look at these two fun
damcnal laws: Men need the Sabbath
as day of rest. All men do. Re-
Gently the writer of these lines met
gentleman and his wife in a ply
sician's office in Jackson. They were
both there to consult specialist.
When asked their trouble, the replied
that they ran a big grocery business
up in the Delta section of Holmes
County, and that they never could
close up on Saturday nights until
1890 or TOO o'clock and they could
not get home to rest until after
that time. The people would not
get out Of the store, just GOOD a
round until they were almost pushed
out. Conditions in Durant are very
much like that. Why do people,
both white and black, stay up town
so late on Saturday night? In the
first place, they should go home ear
lier so as to get the rest and sleep
they need in order to be in good
condition for Sunday. God never
said to any merchant, "You sleep all
day Sunday SO you can be fresh
and fine for Sunday morning. No,
God never said that. Every man,
whether he be Church member or
not, owes it to His Greater 10 give
Him some recognition for all that He
has done for Him.
We appeal to the people of our
community, white and black, to give
our merchants chance to close up
earlier on Saturday night. Some Of
them would like to go to Church and
Sunday School on Sunday. The boys
and young men who work for these
merchants would like to get off
home at an earlier hour Why not
give them chance? What do you
say?
Signed,
E. S. Lewis, Pastor, Durant
Methodist Church.
]. K. Tackett, Pastor, Durant
Presbyterian Church.
J. H. Street, Pastor, Durant,
Baptist Church.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-17
Increased Penalty
On Excess Cotton
To Be In Effect
August lst Marks
Beginning Of
New Cotton Yeur

Penalties on 1871 cotton market
ed in excess of the farm marketing
quota will be considerably higher
than last year, l. w, Carson, County
Agent, pointed out this week.
The penalty on l94l cotton under
the present law likely will be between
61a and cents pound, as COM
pared with 2 cents a pound in 1888
and 3 cents on the 1889 and 1910
crops. There will be no increase,
however, in the total amount of pen
alties due on carry-over penalty cot
ton marketed in excess of the quota
in 1941.
In order to simplify the collection
of penalties, the new and higher rate
will be collected on all cotton market
ed in excess of the farm quota. In
the case of carry-over penalty cot
ton however, the higher rate will
be applied only to that portion of
the carry-over which will yield the
same amount of penalty as all of
the carry-over cotton would have
yielded UNA the former penalty
rates. At the same time, he remand
err Of the carry-over will become pen
alty-free.
Should the penalty rate be set at
Z cents, here is what would occur in
the case of farmer who has TOO
pounds of carry-over penalty cotton
from the 1910 crop. Had he market
ed this excess in 1910, he would have
Continued on page six.)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-17
Music Week" Is Success
At Baptist Church

Music Week" was very success
fully observed in our Church this
week with meetings Tuesday. Wen
nesday, and Thursday night. These
meetings were occupied with various
discussions pertaining to Church mu-
sic and the practice of special songs.
Miss Mamie Clark, Director of Music,
was in charge.
The Pastor will preach Sunday
morning as usual. He will leave in
the afternoon for Lena, where he
will be in revival meeting for a
week with Rev. A. A. Ward, Pastor
and the Lena Baptist Church.
In the absence, of the Pastor the
Sunday night service will be in charge
OF the Brotherhood. J. E. Sweany.
Extension Chairman, will preside.
The order of the evening service fol-
lows:
Song.
Prayer-Murray Stevens.
Offering-Prayer by W. H. Jones.
Special Music.
ocrlpeure-Miles Ray and S. N.
Boyette.
TaIk-"Christts Representatives"
j. o. Ritter.
Talk-"False Representatives" -
Charles Ray
Talk-"True Representative" -
B. A. Clendinning, Sr.
Talls-"T'he Worlds Reaction" -
w. H Counts.
Song.
Closing Prayer, S. c. Ray.
In this service, the men will oc-
cupy the choir Music will be under
the direction of Quitman Steed. Boy
Scouts will act as ushers and receive
the offering.
Sunday Services
Sunday School, Gas
Morning Worship, 1880
Baptist Training Union $3.50,
Evening Worship, 1880.
Next Week
Monday meets at
1880. A president will be elected to
'ucceed w. E Oliver, resigned.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-17
Colt Show Committee
Adopts New Rules

The Holmes County Colt Show
Committee, in its last regular meet
ing adopted a new rule governing
the Saddle Horse Class. This rule
requires that all horses entering this
class be owned by a Holmes County
citizen at least so days before the
Show, August 22nd. This does not
apply to home raised horses that
might be out of the county in train
ing.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-17

Mrs. Lamar Hays, Carolyn Hays.
tatherine Moore, Paul Tasting and
rom Steen have returned home from
lovely trip to the Miss. Coast. They
so enjoyed an excursion trip to
he Island of Capri, Cat Island, Deer
9land and Ship Island They also
slted Mr.. and Mrs. James Estes at
attiesburg.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-17
ROUND THE
COUNTY

GOODMAN-M. G. Catron, we'll
known independent gasoline and oil
dealer Of Lexington has opened a
modern service station on highway
81 north in Goodman. The new
station is near Goodman's fine new
school building and opened July l
for service. Mr.. Catron will continue
to operate his station in Lexington as
well.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-17

Mrs. Leila Maxwell and Miss Kath-
crime Maxwell spent Tuesday in Hat
tiesburg.
Miss Bobbie Haynie and Gloria
Haynie of New Orleans are visiting
Miss Carolyn Hays and Ann Joyce
Odom.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-17

LEXINGTON-Miss Ellen Scale
nopular and attractive young LADY
of Lexington, who serves Holmes
Comfy as home demonstration agent,
left this week for Knoxville, Tenn
where she will enroll in the Univer-
sity of Tennessee for three weeks
course in the latest methods COVER
nings her profession.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-17
Zoo

TCHULA- Friends of V. Rein
hard affectionately know as Uncle
Vic" to his many friends, will be
clad to know he is resting as COM
fortably as could be expected after
an illness Of some time. Uncle VIC
had to go home from the Board OF
Supervisors meeting last week in Lex
ingtn before the meeting was over
but he is expected to be completely
well soon.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-17

Ever since the President present
ed to Congress the Lease-Lend bill
as measure designed to keep war
away from our shores and America
out of war; every step We have
taken has been in the direction Of
war.
After voting to heap an unpre-
cedented tax burden on the Ameri-
Continued on page two)
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-17

There are those who say we will be
safe if we retain the men in ser
vice but prohibit their use outside
the western hemisphere.
That is a foolish hope. President
Roosevelt has already said that he
has given up trying to decide just
where the western hemisphere is.
We can rest assured that men kept
in service will be placed all over the
Atlantic and possibly the Pacific,
And that as result we will be drawn
into active conflict.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-17


DURANT-The Strand Enterpri-
SEES. Inc. which already has one mo-
ton picture house in Durant, is build
ing another show next door to the
News .office. 1t is due to open
in about a month. They will con-
tinue to operate the old show Also
according to reports, and plan to
modernize that building as soon as
they get the new one ready to go.
-OOo-
DURANT-Visiting in Durant this
week was Mrs. Vivian Thomas and
sons, former residents, who now live
in Jackson. Hugh will be remember
ed to Jackson newspaper readers as
the young man who recently had a
miraculous escape from being sucked
through a sewer pipe in Jackson and
noine about l25 yards before ne
could regain his balance. The pipe
was about one yard in depth and
about 2 l-2 yards in width. If Hugh
hadn't been a rather lean young fell
low he probably would never have
lived to tell the tale. All his many
Durant friends rejoice in his escape.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-07-17

move which strategists considered
Evening star., 1941-04-04
Teach Child Control
All Tantrums Must Be Handled
With Gentle Understanding
<orth Photo

/ will stimulate anger and, in the event
of a tantrum, walk away.
A tiny baby who has been spoiled
and picked up when he cries should
be left alone when he cries from
temper. OF course, his mother must
be very sure he is crying from tenn
per only. 1t is very, very rare for
a healthy infant to injure himself
or rupture himself from crying.
If you pay attention to an older
child having a tantrum he will soon
be impressed by your notice, his
tempers will surely increase in fury
and frequency and he will tyrannize
you. If you Scold him at the. time
you are only focusing attention on
his act and you may also set up an
unwholesome belief in his little mind
that he has been wicked There is
nothing evil in a child's bad temper.
1t is only wrong when he Is not
taught to control it.
OF course he must learn to control
himself. He will learn this by living
with other children and adults and
the example set by his parents will
be the most powerful guide for his
own behavior But he cannot learn
everything at once and there is so
much before him now.
He will gain emotional stability
much more quickly if his mother
praises his good behavior rather than
make the important event of the
day the moment when she scolds
him for being a naughty boy.
Evening star., 1941-04-04
FiS-Banana Brick

2 tablespoons granulated tapioca.
112 cups milk.
2 tablespoons granulated sugar.
Is teaspoon salt.
l cup dried figs.
Z pint whipping cream.
cup crushed bananas.
y teaspoon grated lemon rind.
teaspoons vanilla extract.
Cook tapioca with milk over hot
water about 10 minutes; strain over
the sugar and salt but do not rub
the tapioca through the sieve. Boil
figs 10 minutes in sufficient water
to cover, drain, and when cool, clip
stems and chop. Whip cream stiff.
When milk is cold, combine with
figs, bananas, lemon rind, f1avoring
and whipped cream, blend thor
oughly. Pour into refrigerator tray,
place in freezing unit and freeze.
Stir two or three times during
freezing process. Unmold and slice.
This can also be nodded in an ice
and salt pack using eight parts
of ice to one of salt. Serves eight.
Evening star., 1941-04-04

to the customs and traditions of
the past.
HOT CROSS BUNS.
2 cakes compressed yeast.
4 cup lukewarm water.
l cup milk.
4 cup shortening.
Il cup sugar.
teaspoon salt.
2 eggs.
6 cups siftsd flour, about.
Soften yeast in lukeWarm water.
Scald milk. Add shortening, sugar
and salt. Cool to lukeWarm. Add
flour to make a thick batter. Add
yeast and eggs. Beat well. Add
enough more flour to make a soft
dough. Turn out on lightly Toured
board and knead until satiny.
Place in creased bowl, cover and
let rise until double in bulk (about
2 hours. When light, shape into
buns and place on creased baking
sheet. With knife or scissors cut
small cross in the top of each
bun. Let rise until double in bulk
G2 to "a hour. Bake in moderate
oven 1915 degrees F. 20 to 25
minutes. While hot, ice with un-
cooked icing, following the cross
cut in the buns. Yield: 3 dozen
buns. Instead of the white frosting
markings, the nodded buns may be
brushed with beaten egg and sprin-
killed. generously with rock sugar
before baking. Or jam may be
placed in depression in each
nodded roll.
Evening star., 1941-04-04
BY Leffice Lee Street,

IL v LcIIlS Lee otV CCIt
Have you ever witnessed a scene
like this? A 2-year-old tot is faSci-
mated by the jingling sound key
makes when he jiggles it in the lock
Suddenly the key drops to the floor
The baby spies it and with much
grunting and putting and talking
to himself retrieves the key and
attempts to return it to the key
hole-Without success.
With the stubborn key tightly
clutched in his wavering little hand
the baby tries again and again to
fit it into the lock. Suddenly he
dashes the key across the room and
filings himself to the floor believing
with fury and evaporation.
Do we understand what this honey
little scene indicates? This baby
was showing a perfectly normal re-
which is Illustration.
Before a mother scolds her child
for flying into a rage she should
try to understand not only why the
baby was provoked, but she should
also realize that no two persons
respond identically to the same sit
uation.
The general causes of sudden
anger are physical, such as frustra-
ton, described above, where the
child is unable to carry out his
wishes. Haven't we all, at one time
or another, spoken impatiently when
hindered by a seemingly small OBJ
Stacle?
Another situation that can result
in a tantrum is the interruption of
an activity. For example, 4-year old
Betty is playing nurse and dressing
her doll baby. 1t is very important
for the doll to be covered up lest
she catch cold. Just then Betty's
younger brother snatches the doll
away, or Bettys mother hurries her
off to wash her face before lunch.
Before her mothers startled eyes
Betty turns purple in the face, roars
with rage, beats her baby brother
over the head with her fists or kicks
her mother on the shins. The child
is incensed because her important
work was rudely or unjustly stopped.
Generally speaking, the most Sue
cesSful way to handle the child who
is prone to tantrums is as follows
Make sure that there are no physical
causes for chronic irritability, avoid
such situations outlined above that
Evening star., 1941-04-04

working with yeast OreaQS. IL Ine
family is too hurried in the early
morning to adhere to the ceremonial
meal, then break custom bit and
give them the buns, made by your
self and smoking hot and fresh, for
supper that night.
The origin of hot cross buns is an
ancient and honorable one, dating
back to the time of Cecrops and
the "liba" offered to Astarte, the
moon goddess-and Casters con-
nection with the moon is we'll known.
Thence the buns can be traced, oddly
enough, through the Jewish passover
cakes and on through the eucha-
ristic bread, or croSs-marked waters
mentioned in st. ChrysoStom'S Lit
urgy. The very name "bun" is said
to be formed of the word "boun,"
from "bouS," the sacred OK, whose
horns were stamped upon the origi-
nal cakes destined for Astarte. The
substitution of the cross marks for
the horns was apparently made by
the Greeks, chiefly to make easier
the division of the bun into four
parts. Such cross marked buns were
found at Herculaneum.
In England, from whence we
largely obtain our own custom of
serving hot cross buns on Good
Friday morning, the buns are said
to have been produced first in Cam
bridgeshire and Hertfordshire There
two of the old Roman roads crossed,
and there in Roman times, stood the
altar of Diana of the Crossways, to
whom the Romans offered their
sacred cakes.
For a century and half Chelsea,
in England, was famous for its hot
cross buns. Swift mentions the
rare Chelsea buns" in his Journey
, to Stella" in 1712. In those days
early every Good Friday morning
men, women and children used to
be bustling about to supply the
demand for warm, spicy buns
packed in huge baskets, with flannel
wrappings to keep them warm. The
Old Chelsea Bun House in Jews
Row was where the buns were baked,
dilo OCCdu1C d SlcdG Hlceti1lS pIdoc
for the community on Good Friday.
Later rival bun house made its
appearance, and competition became
fast and furious.
So you see, when you break that
sweet, hot bread, adorned with a
cross upon its shiny surface next
Friday morning, you will be repeat
ing an act that has been performed
by hundreds of generations before
you. 'The older order changeth"
so rapidly these days that it is
pleasant to cling, even for a little,
Evening star., 1941-04-04
Practical Mode

If you've a mind to be practical
try one of the new linen suits in
forest green, navy blue, or a saddle
leather brown. When you're not
wearing the complete suit, put the
jacket, preferably one with collar.
less, cardigan lines, over any of your
casual spring or summer dresses
Then if you plan your colors care
fully, you'll find the linen suit q
must" from now til Labor Day.
Evening star., 1941-04-04
Traditional Hot Cross Buns Have Interesting and Ancient History
Good Manner
Essential in
The Office
Dress and Conduct
Of Girl Play an
Important Part
Ru Dn~ofhr D;r
By Dorothy Dir

A young girl, who is just starting
out on her first job, asks me If I
will give her few directions for her
guidance along the rocky road she
is going to travel. Well, first, dress
the part. A womans clothes are
always part of her success or fall
ure. Be neat and trim, trig and taut,
with no floating chiffons or rafting
jeWelry. Use enough cosmetics TO
help nature out bit, but don't come
to work painted up like a circus
wagon. And, above all, eschew long,
clawlike nails that appear to be
dripping blood. Put all that you
have in your job. Study 1t. Learn
all about it. Try every day to make
yourself more efficient in 1t. Go
to it as if it were going to be your
life work and not merely tempo
rary way of passing time between
the schoolroom and the altar.
Toward the men with whom you
work adopt the motto of Washington:
Friendship with all, entangling
alliances with none" A business
Office is no place for flirtations.
Don't trade upon your sex and
try to make your good looks take
the place of good work and vamp-
ing your superior atone for bad
spelling and mistakes in your &C
counts. And, above all remember
that consoling your boss for having
a wife who doesn't understand him
is no part Of your job.
Cultivate good manners. Be
dignified without being naughty.
Have self-respect without being
touchy. Get an iron grip on your
self-control. Learn to give the
soft answer that turns away wrath
to an irritable and grouchy boss.
Use common sense. Loads of it.
All you have on the premises.
Recognize that when a girl goes
into business she comes into direct
competition with men on their own
ground and that she must expect
to be treated as if she were man.
Finally, my dear, be proud Of
your job. Be proud of earning
your own way in the world instead
of being a parasite upon some one
else. Never apologize for being a
working girl. Never pretend that
you pound a typewriter or stand
behind a counter because you are
bored with society.
You only make yourself ridicu-
louS when you do, but the world
takes off its hat to the girl who
stands on her own feet and asks
no odds of any one She is a woman
at her best. Be one of her.