The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-02-27

ceptanee of cotton order stamps.
q. Can purchases be made by
mail?
A. Store which qualify under
special Surplus Marketing Admin
istration mail order regulations will
be authorized to accept cotton
stamps on orders sent by mail, in
addition to their authority to re-
ceive cotton order stamps on over
t~he-counter transactions.
Q. What are some of the cotton
products that can be bought with
cotton stamps?
A. Cotton piece goods, dresses,
shirts, sheets, pants, overalls, chill
dren's and infants clothes, under
wear, mattresses, blankets, work
gloves, plowlines, stockings, and
any other cotton products.
Q. May cotton stamps be used to
buy secondhand clothes or renovat-
ed mattresses?
A. No. Cotton stamps may be used
to buy only new products which r
made entirely of cotton.
@. VIII persons using cotton
stamps get the the same cotton pro-
ducts as persons who pay cash?
A. Yes, and al the same price.
@. May retail merchants give
change to customers using cotton
stamps?
A. No.
O. Since merchants cannot give
change and since cotton stamps are
printed only in 25 cent denomina-
tions, what is done when the price
Of the cotton goods purchased does
not come put exactly to % cents, so
cents, or some other multiple of
25?
A. Suppose the purchase price
is 60 cents. (1) The customer could
give two cotton stamps represent
ing SO cents to the merchant and
pay the additional 10 cents in cash,
or (2) the purchaser could give the
merchant three cotton order stamps
representing Is cents and buy some
other cotton goods product that
costs Is cents, or 81 the customer
could give three cotton order stamps
representing IS cents to the mer-
chant and receive from the merchant
a credit slip for Is cents which
could be used later for the purchase
of cotton goods at the same store.
@. Will retail stores accept cot
ton stamps that have been taken out
of the stamp book?
A. No. Cotton stamps must be
taken out Of the stamp books at the
time the purchase is made-except
when sent with an order for cotton
products to a store qualified to
accept cotton order stamps by mail.
@. May anyone other than the
person to whom the cotton stamps
are issued use them?
A. The person to whom the stamps
are issued signs his name on the
stamp book. Then, only the person
to whom the stamps are issued TT a
member Of his family may take the
book to the retail store and exchange
the stamps for cotton products. If
the retail merchant or clerk does
not know the person who brings in
the book, he is required to have the
person identify himself
Q. May cotton stamps be sold or
traded?
A. No. They can be used only to
buy cotton or cotton products and
only by the person or families to
whom they are issued Any person
or any retail merchant who misuses
the cotton order stamps will be sub
ject to penalties imposed by Federal
law.
@. May cotton stamps be used to
pay outstanding bills or accounts?
Or may the stamps be used in con-
nection with a "law-away PLAN or
other installment buying?
A. No.
@. May cotton stamp books be
left with the retail merchant, or
| signed over to a merchant or land
lord?
A. No. Stamp books must be kept
by the person to whom they are is
sued for his use as he see fit in
connection with the exchange Of
stamps for cotton goods.
@. Can cotton stamps be used to
repay advances made against the
crop, the landlords share Of the
crop, or other Indebtedness?
A. No.
/ @. Must the entire amount or
stamps be used at any one time?
A. No. One stamp" o all stamps
may be used at any m time, or over
a period Of time, until the total