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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-10-16

Miss Mae jenkins was a Jackson
visitor Tuesday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-09-18

widely used to proof fabrics against
water, acids, mildew and the like.
is being Communicated by the fleet.
The material is being used to coat
thousands of miles of electrical wires
and esbles which constitute the "ner-
We centers' of battle wagon. It's vital
10 the Navy since it does not support
flame and is uninjured by heavy
overlooking of power lines. The COM
pany has promised to make more
shower curtains available as soon as
the Navy's urgent requirements are
met.
THINGS TO WATCH FOR -
Plastic tips, instead of metal ones,
for shoe laces - of all sorts from
baby booties to cavalry leggings; it's
estimated half a billion of them will
be substituted this year, saving half
a million pounds of metals, chiefly
tin Novelty porcelain cookie jar
equipped to yell mama, Mama,
when a cookie-cadger reaches in
Cosmetics vending machines-they're
being tried in Mays, New York, and
for a dime they automatically dis
pense a portion Of face powder, hand
lotion. or toilet water =. +. A new
process for Smelling nuts that in
wolves exploding the shell off the
k&rnel - a tiny hole is bored in the
shell, explosive gas forced in, then
exploded by electric shock!
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-09-18

grown here, but which has been ex-
terminated as a weed, along with far
less valuable plants, such as the cas-
tor oil bean, jimpson weeds etc.
AS ! do not own one inch of acre
age nor a single artichoke, | have no
personal interest in the matter. But
! have more than a personal interest
in the welfare Of my native state, so
long under the heart-breaking, back
breaking thrall of King Cotton, with
its ever recurring worries of weevil,
price, drought and rain.
To me it seems that this tuber.
with it's. vast and varied possibilities,
its ability to bring sugar refineries
candy making plants, dry ice, indus
trial alcohol, yeast, etc. and no less
important, it adjunct to livestock
raising, seems to me the way out oil
the cotton patch.
No, / regret ] do not know the
name of q single dealer to whom yol
can apply for seed. But if there are
any an inquiry to the Department
! of Agriculture at Washington shoult
bring you the addresses. When start
ing this crusade some years ago,
wrote to them and they supplied sew
eral addresses.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-09-18
BY JOHN CRADDOCK

NEW YORK, Sept. Is. FUN
SPENDING-More Americans are
pending more money on amusements
nd recreation than ever before. Pro
ably what psychologists call the
escape mechanism" is responsible
"a desire to get away from world
woes for a few hours at a move Or
ball game. Defense-boosted payrolls,
however, are at least an equal factor.
The amusement world was startled
by a spending explosion" on the
Fourth of July weekend, and thought
it was a flash in the pan. But it con-
tinued through rest of summer, struck
new all-time highs Labor Day. Air
lines, railroads, bus lines all report
free-spending trend. Movies r get
ting weekly attendance 10 to 10 per
cent ahead Of a year ago. Even sum-
mer theaters, additionally thread.
bare, this year showed some profits.
The book business, which normally
hibernates in summer, "throbbed,'
with increases Of 20 and 80 pei
cent reported by some publishers, q
few even higher Preseason all
star football games drew huge crowos
+. Candy business better than ever,
boosted by big demand at army post
exchanges . Summer opera ir
Chicago set hey records.
--oOo-
WASHINGTON - According t
Department of Commerce estimates
salary and wage payments in tn
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Senatorial
(Continued from page One)


Cade, Mrs. w. E. Grace, managers; 5.
S. Truitt, Mrs. Andrew Smith, clerks;
Phil Downer, peace officer.
Pickens-Mrs. B. T. Hoover, V. c.
sendy, Ed. Atkinson, managers; MRS.
Josie Burton, A. NJ. torrance, clerks;
Walter Murtagh, peace officer.
Richland-H. Bowman, w. J..
Shanks, Mrs. Raft Killebrew, mana
gers; Mrs. ]. E. ChisolA, Mrs. H. Bow
ma,a, clerks; Tom Richards, peace Of
ficer.
Eulogy-Merrill Eakin. Jesse Ed
ards, Earl Covington, managers;
Mrs. Lillian Hocutt, Mrs. Clarence
Abel, clerks, j. P. Malone, peace Of
flee.
Ebenezer-Hdwin Murtagh: E. E.
O'Reilly, B. w. Humphrey, mana-
gers; Walter Lucas, Edgar Brown,
clerks; Henry Brock, peace officer
Thornton-C. G. Campbell, Frank
Eakin. j. w. Tinnin, managers; Guy
Campbell, John Liberto, clerks; r.. G.
Causey, peace officer.
Tchula-Robin Jones, T. j. Bogue,
Mrs. Harvey Baine, managers; Miss
Mary Elizabeth Stigler, Mrs. Eliza
beth Jones, clerks; A. c. Conger,
peace officer.
Cruger-W. w. Wynn, c. L. KERN,
NJ. w. Estes, managers; Mrs. ]. E.
Turner, Mrs. Lizzie White, clerks
! Egbert Hines, peace officer.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-09-18
"BEHIND THE SCENES IN AMERICAN BUSINESS"

United States for the seven months
ending July 81 increased 20 per
cent over the same months Of l?4u'
In the same period what are called
"entre-preneurial" profits tfat
profits of business men m
dustrialists conducting their W &C
tivities-rose by 8 per cent; and IN
the same period dividend payments
by corporations increased by 8 per
cent. Which gives an idea of where
the money is coming from, that ac-
counts for the record-breaking spend
ing that has stimulated the amuse-
ments and recreation fields, and ira
veil, as we'll as setting new records
in department store sales, auto, mouse
hold appliances and sundries.
-oOo--
GHOST STORY-The shade Of a
French emperor who vas "born 100
years too soon' must nave been an
interested observer" as Aluminium
Company of America cut its ingot
price to Is cents a pound--the four
n price cut since the start of the
war, bringing the metal to % per
.ent below the peacetime level. For
il was Napoleon III in 1855 - and
not Hitler or Churchill n OPM -
who first recognized the importance
Of the lightweight metal in warfare.
He envisaged a mobile army, tighten
ed by aluminium trappings, which
| would give him an ~insuperable ad-
vantage over his foes. But aluminium
then cost $545 a pound, and des-
pite all the rewards the emperor of
fered, French scientists couldn't find
IA way to bring the price within
reach. 1t was still prohibitive, at 81
= pound, when Alcoa was formed
in 1888 to use the process discover.
ed by Charles Martin Hall; and j
vas more than double the presen'
price during World War l. But tn
rend has been steadily downward
and today, in the face Of the great
est demand on record, it is at tn
, lowest prize III HlotoIy'
-oOO-
HOME DEFENSE-The America
ONE, room by room, is making il
acrifices for the defense, program
The kitchen, of course, was frs
hen al,\ninum pots and pans wcr
attributed. The dining DON wa
xt, with chromium and metal e.et
e appliances enlisting for defens'
ow it appear the Navy is invadiE
.e great American bathroom to OF
IL necessary antilles of still ;
hother vitally-needed defense mate
ial, one which heretofore has Gee
used for treating shower curtains
This patriotic raid on a family sa'
ctum was brought to light when tn
b. +. Goodrich company notified tn
trade that all production of its syl
thetic koroseal, which has bee
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-09-18

Sugar cane and the sugar beet
the main source, a negligible anne
coming from the maple.
The last available statistics sho
world production of 34,80s ,S19 I
Of cane and beet sugar. OF TING
amount continental United 81
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-09-18

Of artichoke will produce these by
products:
$50 pounds of dry ice
800 gallons of industrial alcohol
100 pounds of yeast
1850 pounds of high protein feed
There is the opportunity to start
four separate industries, and at the
same time opening a new market for
farmers.
But here to our mind, is the prize
opportunity of all. 1t is contained in
an announcement that has reached
me from the Bureauaof Standards. IT.
IS tMat Experimentation has shown
that
Sugar manufactured fros
the artichoke Is harmless to dia-
betics."
Think what that would mean to
''abetics! What an opportunity for
manufacturers of candy!
We have received the report OF DR..
VIM. J. Hale, Director of Research
Of The Dow Chemical Company, which
fays:
"The Jerusalem artichoke re-
quires little cultivation and yet is
capable of tremendous yield per
acre. Aside from utilization in the
f,rm of new foods, the tuber will
supply sugar so per cen sweeter
than ordinary sugar and far better
for the human system. The engineer
ing problems necessary to insure the
successful operation Of a plant on a
Numerical scale are still to b. work
d out; a few months time and a few
thousand dollars will guarantee the
success of the enter prise.
1.-The result is staggering TO the
imagination; it means the utter ban
ishment from our tables of all cane
and beet sugar, and the direct effort
of thousands upon thousands of on,
farmers toward the supply of our en-
tire needs of sugar"
Quoting from mater sent to mt
by the Bureau of Standards:
NO developms" in nan years
has such possibili i : for profoundly
dfeethag mans fo,i supply. The pro.
dGetion of sugar Is one of the wor,,3's
arrest industries. The demand fei
'epul. se--the sugtr produced fron
he a:tfchoke - would be enolmon.
.sere II available.
In appearance levuiose cannot be
distinguished from ordinary granu.
lated sugar. 1t has a very much high.
er solubility than other sugars
Approximately one-half the cos
OF production of sugar from beets il
the agriculture, a large amount Of
hand labor being required at eertai,
seasons OF the year. In addition, il
mas always been necessary to i'm
port from Europe each year prac
tically all the sugar seed uset
in America.
The great problem, so far ms tn.
worlds sugar industry is concerned
has always been the utilization o.
factory equipment for q period long
er than three months in the year. The
perlshable nature of both canes ane
beets is their most unfortunate at
tribute. The artichoke is stored i,
the ground, freezing does not seen
to hurt the tuber.
ut is drought resistant and
has no insect enemies"
i OF all essentials for human con
a gnp,rt;n- e,,na~ IL - 4ha a. --.
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produced only 2,263,00 tons. Cubs
produced 3,127,942 tons of cane 81
gar, the Philippines 1,1O8,S00 tons
Puerto Rico 1,099.S40 tons, and
Hawaii $4,000. The statistics ar,
for the year 1910.
Senator Norris, of Nebraska:
No matter what happens it is
impossible for the American pro-
ducers of sugar, bod, beet and
cane combined, to produce half
of what the American people CON-
sumo each year, Congressional
Record, June z. 194l.
But with a wide cultivation of the
%artichoke, a plant immune from dis
ease insect damage, drought ano
freezing, this nation could not only
supply its own needs but the rest Of
''e NI reduires oEIy 100 pouads to
plant an acre and an acre will pro-
duce 20 tons.
Up in semi-arid Nebraska, the
United Artiehcsc Company has been
formed with former Congressman
Johnson as president. In II letter to
, me he wrote saying that in Nebraska
he had found that
1.-THE artichoke will not form tu-
bers during the long, hot days of sum-
mtr but will make tubers when the
days become shorter towards fall.
This characteristic most peculiar
ly adapts the Jerusalem a%rtiehoke as
semi-arid regions. For if it is proper
iy cultivated during the early spring
months, it will g. y good start and
grow like a weed, fixing its roots
well in the ground, then when the
hot dry winds of summer come, the
artichoke with no tubers to form,
no grain to mature, no blossom or
tassel to blight, will loaf along like
a weed during those long hot days,
and when the fall rains come, and
the days are cooler and shorter, it
will blossom and make its tubers, and
produce a good crop after all other
crops are dead. II does not necessarily
need to blossom to produce a fair
crop. The plant is very slow in ma
turing, the tubers often trebling in
size after the first frost.
What Mr.. Johnson writes of
semi-arid Nebraska. does not
apply to the far superior eli
mate of Mississippi. If the ar
tichoke does well in Nebraska,
it will Guido itself in Mississippi)
Mr.. Johnson continues:
"The ~artiehoke is a great con
ditioner, and it is claimed by many
hog raisers that a hog fed on arti
chokes has never been known to have
cholera. The Jerusalem artichoke
has proven itself to be the best
drought resisting crop and the most
natural live stock food and condi.
toner. All livestock seem to be i'm.
mune from diseases while feeding OF
artichokes. and they are splendid
poultry feed, every poultry mar
should have a few acres of arti
chokes.
Sixty pigs were pastured on one
acre of Jerusalem artichokes am
made a gain of one pound a day PEI
head for six weeks. Thus an acre oil
a~rtichokes produced $500 pounds Of
PORK in six weeks. If the owner Of
the pigs only received a cents pc,
pound for the gain. His artichokes
paid him 500 per acre. The average
agricultural acre in the u. S. should
produce no less than 500 worth OF
spork."
There briefly summarized are tn,
tremendous possibilities that lie il
! the most valuable of@all plants, on,
!. that is known to have prolificallS
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-09-18
INVALUABLE DISCOVERY SHOWS
WAY OUT or COTTON PATCH
BY WALTER SCOTT MERIwETHER

When the Bureau of Standards-whose announcements
you can accept with the same confidence as a Treasury note
when this bureau announced that after years of experimental
ton it had found a process for extracting the juice of the Jeru-
salem artichoke at no greater cost than that of the sugar beet,
it said this discovery was destined to profoundly affect man
kind.
Sugar is one of the most important commodities. The world
consumes around 35 million tons of it each year. OF that vast
amount, Continental United States produces not much more
than 2 million tons, importing 70 per cent of all we use.
So at one stroke the Bureau of Standards showed how we
can not only supply our own needs, but supply the rest of the
world through utilization of the enormous sugar content of the
artichoke.
The bureau went further and showed the many by-pro-
ducts that can be derived from this neglected plant, industrial
alcohol, dry ice and yeast among them. From what science is
discovering about the tuber, there seems no end to it's pos
sibities.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-09-18

know the artichoke. II is a native
of Mississippi and l can we'll remem-
Der land owners savagely attacking It
as a weed that was likely to crowd
out every growing thing.
On his place in Tallahatchie coun-
ty, my father had planted artichokes
in the corners of the old fashion
''snake row. fences that surrounded
his plantation. The artichoke would
have o n Of this circumscription.
They marked put into fields in every
direction, and l remember Big
Aaron" one Of u good "befo' de
war; negroes saying. IF you plant
one of dem artichokes on de other
side oh dc bayou hit viii DO ar de
sittin room befo' you car turn yo-self
round
So al a bumptioua weed it WIS az
tackled and finally destroyed.
Time moved on and in its curse
d few years ago the Bureau 4.
dards set a report to Congress IN
which it said that after years Of ex-
perimentation it had finally develop
ed a process by which the juice of the
Jerusalem artichoke could be extract
cd at a cost M greater taaa that in
volved in extracting sugar from the
that this discovery wa on OF pro-
found Importance as it mean that the
artichoke could supplant not only the
beet, but sugar cane and corn IN sup
plying sugar for the n%ation-a ma
ton that imports 10 per cent Of all
the vast mount of sugar it con-
sumes!
In the most widely unread or p{.b-
locations, the Congressional Record,
that report appeared IN small face
type. The solons passed it by with.
out comment and with the lads in
ne press galleries i. RAM, no bell.
1t did down here, ar NY newspaper
/ wto.e Il half page about this new
route out of cotton lows, urged far
mers to devote at least a part o.
their acreage to artichoke, and wrote
to DIR. Burgess of the Bureau OF Sta
tistics asking him to send me all in
formation he had on the subject
He did He sent such a volum,
that ] was able to publish a half pag,
OF it in each issue for the ensuing
months.
Many Of our farmers became on
thnsiastie, searched seed houses 70
the tubers and planted such few a
they could obtain.
But--there was no market! Whiel
first, the IN or the egg? Mil
operators would not establish a ST.
gar mill here unless assured of
supply, and growers would not con
time planting unless assured Of
market.
In view of more recent develop
ments it seems to me that Mississippi
a now find in the artichoke an op
p~ortunity of developing an immens
new industry, not only one but many
Here is what chenI rgy, the Blu
reau of Standards. the Dow Chemics
Company and others have discovere,
about the artichoke. The Bureau o
Standards finds that it contains NOR
sugar than anything else that grow
ont OF the ground. II caves this tabI
of percentage Of sugar content:
Corn &C
haAf IN
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-09-18

In addition TO its high sugar con-
tent. 1t has been found that one acre
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-09-18

WHAT SCIENCE has Discover.
About Most Valuable and Fri
life of All Plants.
Tubers, similar to the Irish "a
tato, contain the greatest .uos|
content of anything that grow
Bureau of Standards gives 81
table of percentage:
Corn .. Sd
Beet .7U
Sugar Cane ...- rs
Artichoke -. ITO
In addition to its high suga'
content il has been found that %,
acre of sktichoke will produe,
these by-produets;
$50 pounds Of dry ice
500 gallons Industrial alcohol
100 pounds OF yeast
1850 pounds high protein feed
stufft
80. Thorough tests have shown tina
artichoke sugar is harmless ts
diabetes 49,. That its sugar 10 81
per cent sweetcr than cane sugar
49,. Statistics show that we i'm
port 70 per cent Of ALI the suga'
we consume Common sense
tells that with the artichoke WI
could supply not only our owr
needs but that Of the world.
The ARTIcHoKE -
Has no insect enemies
L. drought resistant
Freezing does not harm il
And $50 pounds of seed will
produce 20 tons.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-09-18

WASHINGTON According to
Department of Commerce estimates.
salary and wage payments in the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-23


knights q the Msceahses. Ia
coma Tent No ,. ain install is.i
officers Thursday al 500 p m.
In closed ceremony at the Mac.
cabces hall. 18th and Pacific.
New Officers include Commander
Roy pevish. IL. Commander Max
shaln. Record Keeper Robert
ColdterE. Chaplain Barney Wis.
ner. Sergeant Harry Ru,t. Master
At Arms John snyder. First Mas
ter Of the Guard George Eekroth.
20 Master ~ the Guard Joe
stemp. Sentinel Vince sahutis.
Picket Bruno Reriucoi. Trustee
Walter butt and Musician Harry
Mayhin.
Installation win he under the
direction Of Past Commander SIR
knight Mark Taylor as installing
officer. assisted BY Arthur Aur-
ply as suprem. master at arms
A special entertainment pro.
gram has bcen provided 10 follow
installation. A Dutch lunch viii
be served.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-23

for the colors OF the Mutual I'M
provement association. is an an
nual affair staged in all stakes
and missions Of the church and Is
the outstanding social event of the
winter season.
The executive officers 81 the
Young Mems and Young Women's
Mutual Improvement association
in charge Of the ball are Raymond
Parker, Orven Kendall. Lyl ?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-23
Former Yelm
Resident Dies
Sum Price Lived
There 81 Years

A picturesque figure = pioneer
DAYS in Yelm. SAN Price. - sho
haa been living recently With =
daughter IN Fsrn IN Mrs Mildred
Ellison. seos So. Yakima sxe. died
A. iocai hospital "Wednesday At
Ii.to = m. following a weeks III
ness
A. small boy. Price came %
Vein about 30 years age. and had
ben = resident for - wars. Orig
insliv the family settled In Ne
Kenns. THREE brothers. Alec.
Jane. and Frank. ran = ferry
across the Sisqually river Ju<t BE-
low the present hrdgs. and young
sam helped his brothers In this
work
Price used 70 recall 20 iniimaies
how hs had come west frem Ms
souri 20 San Francisco ny touust
train, with tho passengers cooking
their osn meals ard sleeping in
their bedroll. and thence voysging
up the coast by wind hammer 10 Sc
attic lie WAS . native q Ten
nessee.
After the ferry went out Of bust.
ness. Price ran a creamery on the
old George Chalmers place lie
was assessor for the Ielm district
for IS years. also. Ne wss a mem
Der Of the Methodist church.
Surviving. in addition 10 his
daughter. are his wife, A. Melvina
TO whom he had been married -
years. a son. J. Fred Price, Vallejo.
Calf. a brother. Prank r.. Port
Orchard. and three grandchildren.
Meninger will announce the fu.
neral.
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10th Annual Green and Gold
Ball Will Be Held Friday

Miss Betty Thomson. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs Denton X. Thorn
sen Of 1916 No. Both st. Will reign
as queen over the tenth annual
Green and Gold ball sponsored by
the Mutual Improvement assoeia-
ton of the Latter Day Saints
church. TO be held at the roof gar
den of the Masonic temple. Friday
evening from TO II o'clock.
The Green and Gold ball. named
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-23
Lemon Juice Reeipe
Checks Rheumatic
Pain Quickly

II you sut'er from Rheumatic. Arthrit,
or n-urius Iatn. tfy tI.s ample mex
p-nsife home recipe that Thousands a..
using Get a BasAagr u ka-E1 CON
pound. tW7-He-k supply. ts1aF Nj
Ntih GuaIt - water, add tu- fulrr
~ lemons - tase so trouble e.
. -. I.rAsanl 494 need only 9 table
- Haafs #ssfnsfifass osssn lErt-spIssdI d
fesHHfs 49, oHtaInsd. - tha pain. A.
~ quickly 'sz@ go - OF d. nst fssf
bsffsf return - sWptF rarksEs snd
F8-EE VII rHs sou noffins 10 =, /,
g. % -1if rf fsHr fruEEst under - =.
solu'' Hsrst -harE E4sranfss Hu.Fr
Cor pound - for So ard recon- m -nfsf
b. Pay Less and drug stores sv.rs - aer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-23

nan Carl virsou ~ fhs naval ~
fairs COMMITTEES sieclneed hat
President Rscs~velt shorfIy yin
ssk congress fof another n1pple~
mental defense appropriation -
ecvsr this program snd probably
increased army expenditures
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-23

Smith. Ray Jensen. Ora Qualls
Beatrice Nielsen. Helen Larson and
Elizabeth Edwards.
Miss Thomson will represent
Tacoma Central ward as queen at
the Seattle Stake Green and Gold
ball 10 be held next month.
Members Of Miss Thomsens
court are the following attendants
Loretta Maynes. Lorraine Bald
win, Bernlce Tame. Erma White
lock. Muriel Cassidy. and Dorthy
Jorgensen. Others featured In the
coronation ceremony will be shar-
ron Evans as flower girl. Larry
Baldwin as crown bearer. and
Gary Qualls as page.
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s<ur>sros

WASHINGTON TIE hsuse
Tuesday passed unanimously snd
cent = ~ senate . hlu saihcfls-
inr ~ navy = spsrzl 500 90 90
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-01-23
F. D. Has Emergency
Orders in Readiness

WASHINGTON Presi lie n I
Roosevelt said today he has sp-
proximately so executive orders
drawn up for use In event OF
further emergencies growing out
OF the European WAT.
lie said these undoubtedly In
clude on. To freeze the assets OF
all foreign countries in the United
states II certain circumstance
arise.