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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-10-23
Stockport Route Two

The farmers institute will be
held at the East Windsor grange
hall, Wednesday evening and Thurs
day, Nov. 5 and 6. Speakers, Mrs.
Kreider and Mr.. Cookson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Brokaw en-
tertained with dinner at their
home Sunday their daughter, Mrs
Hazel Mahan of. Lawrenceville, Ill.
their son Russell Brokaw, wife and
son Billy, their grandson Earl Full
mer, and wife, and Arthur Hosom.
Mrs. Ocie Wilson has returned to
her home at Dayton, after visit
with relatives here.
Mrs. Dora Sheets of Columbus is
visiting relatives here.
Mrs Ross Baker entertained a
number of her friends with a quilt
ing at her home;~Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hilaman and
daughter of Canton and Miss Evelyn
Calendine of GAINESVILLE visited Sun
day at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
James Calendine.
Russell Terry returned Tuesday
to Newark, where he is employed
on the B. & o. railroad, having
spent over Sunday at his home
here.
Rally day was we'll attended Sun
day at Mt. Olivets and a splendid
program given. Children taking part
in the program We're Donna Num-
mey, Cleo. Jean and Marie Hind
man, Colleen, Twyla and Jeanne
Rippey, Carl Terry, Jean Cooper,
Hazel McAtee, Galen White, Mary
Jane, Margery, Catherine and Bob
Pettibone.
Mrs Dora Gundy visited Thurs
day with her aunt, Mrs. Lizzie Nc
Weigh, of Columb bus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Applegate
edith Shankland) of Marietta,
were guests Sunday of c. F. Chap
man.
Mrs. Emma Locke and daughter
Martha had for guests Sunday,
Remley Locke, wife and children,
and Junior Locke of Wheeling, Mr.
and Mrs. Russell Locke of Wells
burg, Mr.. and Mrs. James Locke
and daughter of Beverly.
Guests Sunday at the home of c..
NJ Leonard and wife were OF Ram
age and wife, Wat Peters and wife,
and Gene Leonard of Hoskinsvi1le; ;
Burl Leonard and family and John
Leonard and family.
D;rI,% Nor,,;c ITorJ -
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-10-23

ening with their cousin, Mrs. Myr-
tie Porter and family.
Miss Pauline Porter and friend
Mr.. Nelson spent the week end with
relatives in ST. Clairsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Henderson
Of Columbus spent the week end at
the Frank Porter home.
Mrs. Merle Walsh is assisting
with the work at the Copeland and
Brooks homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Davis Of
Springfield spent Sunday with his
mother, Mrs. Ida Davis, of Echo
HILL
Special. Mems Winter Union
Suits, medium weight, 79c, at
WHITES.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-10-23

callers at H. H. Greer's.

callers at H. H. Greer's.
Frederick Goldsberry has been
painting C. b. Greer's residence.
Fred Parmiter and family took
a bus load of high school pupils to
Columbus, Saturday, to attend the
football game.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Roberts and
daughter Erma spent Friday even
ing at VIM. Johnson's, McConnels-
vile.
Mrs. Mertie Revenaugh Berscht,
of Wenatchee, Washington, who has
been visiting here and other places
in Ohio, left for her home Sunday
evening, going by way of Lebanon,
where she expected to visit with
her brother, Will, and family.
Paul Keyes returned from camp
in California, last week to his home
here.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-10-23
Business Mems Organization

A drive for membership in the
Business Mems organization will
start next Monday. 1t is hoped to
have every business and profession
al man a member of this organiza-
ton. A dollar will pay your dues TO
January /, 1943.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-10-23

present. Come masked unmasked, bring your con-
fetti take part the contests games etc. This par
ty is being sponsored by the M. & NJ Business Mems
club. the Band Mothers and the Firemena big three
combination in one, that be excelled when it
comes to throwing parties.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-10-23

Rosa Thornley, house, near Brokaw,
vacated by Ed Fry and family, who
have moved to near Pennsville.
The Oakland W. S. c. S. will
meet with Mrs. Anna Morris, We'd
nesday, Nov, 5,
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-10-23

It's Coat time at WHITES. Big
selection of new STYLES.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-10-23

Right now Morris Hardware is
busy installing several Lifetime
basement furnaces with forced air
circulation and ventilation and all
that's new.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-10-23

Special, Womens Rayon Panties
25c, at WHITES.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-10-23

Special, Mems Winter Union
Suits, medium weight, 79c, at
WHITES.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-10-23

Special, Nylon Hose, $1.39, at
WHITES.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-04-17

man is what he accomplshes and he never
will accomplish anything if he is forever to be 'pro-
tected" by his stronger brothers. Let him learn
says the farmer, to stand on his own feet and be a
mani No whining, please. Farming is only for men
who aren't afraid of work!
Summit Sun.
This column mildly wonders what far
mers would have lone in the past eight years
without a benevolent 'social-minded" gov
eminent setting some kind of parity on cot
TON and what our "selfteliant" farmers
would have done without soll-conservatlon
payments and a lot of other farm benefits
that individual farm families enjoyed such
as FSA, etc?
If we keep on in our present direction
our farmers and everybody else in the nation
will be working directly or indirectly for the
government. All of this will mean one ad-
ministration will be kept in power to keep
up the good work and after a while every
body will be even. All of the property in
the world will be divided up between the
HAYES and have-nots and everybody VIII DC
happy 1--WE hope.) =.
What we would really like to see is all
the farmers organized in some kind of group.
as suggested by Editor Weir. and demand
their rights even if it means starving a naton.
Demanding" will be the only way they Will
ever get their rights from a "vote-consclous"
group of congressman.
While the Roosevelt duIllnlSli aIioh nos
done more for the farmer than any other
administration he is still today the most KICK
ed-about memebr of the human race. He's
been squeezed on one side from capital and
ON the other side by labor for so long that
we have almost ceased to hope that he will
ever get a decent break.
Only through playing every inch OF vote
getting power he has will the farmer ever
get anything like a square deal from Con-
gress. It's very we'll to be individualistlc but
Sometimes it is better to have a lot of per-
sons who make their living the same way
you do lined up with you. -. :,
Our ills here in the south are political
first and then economic. Our economic trou,
bles are caused from policies set by political
bodies, the u. S. Congress. Only that BODY
can remedy our ills and it will do so only
under high pressure.
Organization is the only way we can
think of for southern farmers to get their
lust share of the national income. wed
like to see every farmer in the state and
nation belong to such a group working un-
selfishly and honestly for the farmer's in
terest.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-04-17
Formers Are Self eiiont

Editor Weir of the Poplsrville Democrat recent
ly heard Ransom Aldrich. Michigan City farmer and
head of the Mississippi Farm Bureau, tell OF the
plight Of farmers over the nation as contrasted with
the positions held by labor and industry. Both
labor and industry, he said, have about fifteen dollars
to every one the farmer has.
Editor Weir says the farmers must organize and
demand their rights, not through trouble making
strikes, but through a demand for rights"
We are thoroughly in sympathy with those far
mers who can't make a living from their soil but,
frankly, We shudder when the word demand is
mentioned. That's the way labor and industry start
ed their rackets. And while Ransom Aldrich is a
fine, clear-thinking person, as are the majority OF
the farm leaders of the nation, we'd hate to see any
of them given the opportunity of creating a new
racket in the United States.
J. Farmers who are self-respecting and self-sus-
their brother laborers in the industrial world. but II
they have any intelligence whatever, they live a lot
better than their city brothers living from
their own pantry shelves and slnoke-houses.
Frankly, it is our belief that no very successful
mobilization of farmers will ever be made because
farmvrs are stia the most completely individuahstic
of all citizens of America. Successful farmers are
sturdy and self-reliant and you won't find them pas
sing laws within an organization designed TO pro-
tect men Of no ability. They will give advice, in
generous quantity, TO any farmer who may seek 1t,
but you won't find them setting up a set Of fool
laws, such as those found in labor organizations, pro-
tecting men who are not worth two boots in hades'
They learned, a long time ago, that the proof Of the
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-04-17
Notice for Sealed Bids
In Re, Advertise for Pickup
s&s aN~ ASe& tOH 4
for County Farm.

TOT SoUnty FaTu'
1t appearing that the Holmes
County Farm is in need Of a pickup
with which to carry on the farming
operation for the year 1871; it is
ordered that the Clerk Of this Board
advertise in the Durant News for
bids to be received at the May, 1941,
meeting of this Board, the Board
reserving the right to reject any or
all bids, for one new or used 1941
Pickup for the use and benefit OF
the County Farm; and also for the
sale of an old 1887 Chevrolet Pick
up which, if purchased by the sue
cessful bidder Of the new Pickup,
said sale price my be credited to the
cost Of the New Pickup.
Ordered this April Sth, I941.
Parham H. Williams, Clerk
Holmes County Board of
Supervisors.
April 10, at.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-04-17
Arnold Renacker
Attends Convention

Mr.. G. A. Renacker, !ocs! re-
resentative OF the jefferson S.al.
dard Life Insurance Company, Is I.
Augusta, Georgia, attending his
Company's National Convention. ~
ing held in that city on the 15.%,
18th, 18th and 18th.
This meeting, expected to be the
largest aver held by the Company, is
being attended by more than 700 re-
representatives.. Invitations to attend
were based on attaining a certain
goal in new life insurance writing.
Mr.. Renacker, before he left, receiv-
ed his invitation direct from Ralph
C. Price, Vice President of the Com
pany, who stated in extending the
invitation that Mr.. Renacker was to
be especially congratulated on being
one of the earlier men to qualify a.
mong the 1000 representatives of
the concern. While in Augusta, Mr..
Renacker will stay at the Bon-Air
Hotel, one of the nationally known
resorts.
Mr.. Renacker has represented the
Jefferson Standard in this area for
a number Of years, and has received
a number of distinctions for his pro
ficiency in life underwriting, on sew
eral occasions winning awards by
qualifying for Clubs maintained by
his Company for leadership in var
ious phases of the business.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-04-17
Notice for Sealed Bids
In Re; Advertise for Truck
far .Cruv>r Pad

tOr SruScr NoA0.
1t appearing that the Cruger Road
District is in need Of n new truck
with which 10 repair and maintain
the roads Of said district; it is or
dered that the Clerk of this Board
advertise in the Durant News for
bids to received at the May, 1941,
meeting Of the board, the board re-
serving the right to reject any or
all bids, for one l!2 ton Truck with
cab, reinforced frame, two speed
rear end, heavy duty radiator and
generator, extra rear axle and spr-
ing, and 80 by 6 10 ply tires on
rear. for the use and benefit of
the Cruger Road District; and for
the sale Of n used 1910 Chevrolet
Truck which if purchased by the
successful bidder Of the new truck
said purchase price may be applied
to the cost of the new truck.
Ordered this April 9Th, 1871.
Parham H. Williams, Clerk
Holmes County Board of
Supervisors.
April 10. At.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-04-17
NONRESIDENT Notice

TO AUDREY SCOTT, A nom
resident of the State of Missis-
sippi, whose place of residence
and post-office address are un-
known:
You are hereby commanded to
appear before the Chaneery Court
of Holmes County, Mississippi, at a
term of said Court to be held on the
fourth Monday of May, 1941, at the
Court House in the City of Lexing-
ton, Mississippi. on the first day of
said Term, then and there to plead,
answer or demur to the Bill of Com
plant Of Rule Scott, in cause Num-
Der 6253 Of the Chancery Court r
cords of Holmes County, Mississippi,
to which you are defendant.
Given under by hand and seal o.
said Court and issued this April 8,
1871.
PARHAM H. WILLIAM,
Chancery Court Clerk of
Holmes County, Mississippi.
s. R. KING,
Solicitor.
April 10, At.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-04-17

diana, Maryland, Virginia, and Mich
igan to which conscientious DIRECTORS
may be assigned.
The Army
The War Department estimated
Army strength at 1,185, 60O-6S,61l
officers and 1,117,OO0 enlisted men.
as follows: 4S7. 900 Regular Army
$50 600 National Guard, $4,000 Re-
serve, $4,000 in trainees. In an Ar
my Day radio speech Chief of Staff
General Marshall said:
Remarkable progress has been
made . our men have drilled and
worked through all kinds of weather
and under all sorts of conditions. The
Army now energies as IN organized
force"
General Marshall quoted Rep.
Wadsworth of New York (R.) as
telling Congress with respect to food,
order and absence of disease, 81
think there has been nothing like it
in military history. No Army has
ever made such a record"
Labor
The U. S. Conciliatiot Service an
nounced settlement Of 81 strikes dur
ing the current week, including the
Ford Motor Company contro~.ersy.
Secretary Of Labor Perkins certified
the following strikes to the Defense
Mediation Boards: Phelps Dodge
Products Corporation, Elizabeth, n.
j.; Seas Shipping Company, New
York City; j. Sklar Manufacturing
Company, Long Island, N. Y; and
the Cowles Tool Company, Cleveland
Ohio. The Board announced settle
ment Of the Allis- Chalmers and Seas
Shipping Company strikes at West
Allis, Wis, and New York City re-
spectively.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-04-17
Notice Creditors

No. 6255 Letters of Administra-
ton having been granted this day by
the Chancery Court of Holmes
County, Mississippi, to the undersign-
cd upon the estate of William Blan-
kenship, Deceased, notice is hereby
given to all persons having claims
against said estate to present the
same to the Clerk of said court for
probate and registration according
TO law within six months from this
date or they will be forever barred.
This the 18th day Of April, 1941.
Mrs. Zenobia B~lankenship,
Administrator G. T. A.
April II, At
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-04-17
"BEHIND THE SCENES IN
AMERICAN BUSINESS"
By John Croddock
NEW YORK, April 7.-BUSINESS =

NEW YORK, April 7.-BUSINESS -
Casters importance as a trade factor is en-
phasized in figures showing nations depart
ment store sales for week ending March ~
were "a per cent above same week OF iS4o.
This follows five or six weeks In which the
gains over same-week-last-year grew steadily
smaller, and even turned into a two per
cent drop for week ending March ~. En-
PLANTATION is that the "a per cent gain Is Tor
a week corresponding to the one that came
after Easter in 1910. A more accurate line
on the actual pace of retail business, now
ever, is gained from the fact that, Tor the
four-weeks period also ending March ~,
store sales were 8 per cent ahead OF same
period last year and we still have the
climax of this years Easter shopping rush
ahead of us.
WAR ON 'JALOPIES'-A major head
ache for safety authorities-how to reduce
hazards created by some 100000 aged
"jalopies' roaming the nations roads -
is being attacked this spring by one auto
manufacturer who declares that sales, not
laws, is the broom hat can sweep the road
ways clean of undesirable motor vehicles
Describing the average cars as menaces to
highway safety, Joseph w. Frazer. presi-
dent of WHY'S Overland Motors, has called
on his organization to conduct a strong spring
offensive" to replace them with new cars
that would be not only safe and comfortable.
but would help protect the financial re-
sources of the nation by cutting the cost OF
motoring. High cost of operation makes
mechanical purse-snatchers' out of antique
cars-an unwarranted waste, he said, es-
pecially in these times when we all are faced
with higher taxes to pay for the nations
arms. He said one factor in the current
trend toward low-cost transportation was
the technical excellence of modern four
cylinder engines, which deliver up to 63
horsepower, yet average up to 35 miles per
gallon of gas.
THINGS TO WATCH FOR-New ma
terial in baseball paraphernalia; in addition
to the plastic under-cap "bean-ball protec-
tors there'll be home plates made of un-
breakable plastic instead of wood or rubber,
and bases of sponge rubber instead of can
vas bags oats as a prime ingredisnt of
bread; it's being introduced in the Chicago
area . synethetic neckwear, made en-
tirely of nylon. last years hosiery sensation
to be available in IA solid colors besides
black and white one of the most nc
table of the poems inspired by the current
war, Alice Duer Miller's THE White Cliffs
of Dover" has been put on records in a
which will locate and extract. by magne-
tisrn, the hairpins you have used to produce
those curls
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-04-17
Holmes County Needs
Defense Industries

The eastern and western sections of the
country continue to get the major portion OF
defense industries and Mississippi continues
to get the least of any southern state.
The crumbs that have fallen to this state
have been concentrated at Jackson and Meri-
dian south to the coast. The central portion
of the state which includes Durant, Lexine-
ton and Holmes county, have received moth
ing.
It is the announced policy of the admin
~istration to distribute defense industries eG-
uitably. There is nothing equitable about
Jackson and the Gulf Coast getting every
thing that comes to the state.
It has been the observation of citizens
here for many years that anything this sec
ton has ever attempted to locate in the
state and in this section, if achieved at all,
goes to the Gulf Coast.
Lately there has been an air school To-
Gated at Greenville in the Delta. This is
one of the best towns in the state and we
have nothing against Greenville. But on
the basis of need or particular qualifications
and airschool would never have been placed
there. 1t is a good business tow and Delta
farmers get more in parity payments than
our whole cotton crop amounts to.
tatives know this.
In the name of fair play we ask them to
do something about it.
We are not asking for defense indus
tries merely because we have had a near
crop failure for the past three years.
Holmes county has every advantage
needed for defense industry. 1t is located In
the precise geographic center of the state.
Durant is located at the intersection of high
ways IL running east and west and 81 run
ming north and south. We are on the mann
line of the Illinois Central railroad and arc
served by the Tri-States bus company. Grey
hound line serves communities on the west
ern side of the county. Thus we have a
wonderful location and unparalleled means
of transportation.
In addition our county has an abundance
of labor to draw on for industry. We have
thousands of acres of land that is just as
good as any section of the country for army
maneuvers. :.
We have every advantage and facility
for making an ideal site either for an army
training camp, an airfield, or a defense in
dustry.
1t may be argued by some that Durant
is a small town, too small to secure or serve
such an industry. However a powder plant
has been located at Millington, Tenn, which
is smaller than Durant, and a powder and
shell plant at Milan in that state, a town
about the size of Durant. Tullahoma, Tenn.
q town the same size as Durant, has secured
a large camp.
All of the advantages of Durant have
been cited to authorities time and time again
and thus far without result. We do not know
whether it is because we haven't presented
our cause properly or whether it is because
we haven't been getting enough congressional
consideration. At any rate we commen our
cause to our Mississippi congressman and
ask them to help us get a favorable reaction
to our cause and a concrete result In
the form of a badly-needed industry or camp.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-04-17
This Week In Defense

CONTINUED from page one)
maj Land said American aid to Bril-
tain will provide three and one-half
to four million lightweight tons Of
ships a year. Any further expansion
of U. S. shipbuilding a present,
Chairman Land said, will be done
only at the expense Of efficiency and
economy and delay in delivery of the
vessels now ordered
Ssb-eent<acting
The OPM published a booklet de-
scribing successful farming = out
methods used by private companies
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-04-17
LEGAL NOTICES
Notice For Bids

Bids will be received and pub
.iely considered by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the City of
Durant, Mississippi, at the Mayors
Office in said City at 1880 P. NJ,
May 6, 1871, for the sale to said
Ci.y of the following equipment.
Three Hundred feet of two
and one-half inch (2h in.) dia-
meter fire hose.
The right to reject any or all bids
is reserved.
BY order Of the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen Of Durant, Mississippi.
MRS. c. w. CRESSWELL,
City Clerk.
April II, 2 t
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-04-17

Miss Hattie Gulledge of Licking
ton was a Durant visitor Wednes-
day.
Mrs, Julia Koonce Of Memphis
visited her mother, Mrs. ]. A. Dicken,
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Irby and
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Durham motored
to Jackson Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Tatum, Mrs.
Paul Odom and Mrs. Charlie Lance
were Jackson visitors Sunday.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-16
Only ; Detroit
Boats Victorious
AT MdCkindC
BY GEORGE r. VAN

MACKINAC ISLAND, July is
-Froth, of the 1871 Port Huron
iMackinac race; Duchess and Vic
tory in the cruising class gave
Detroit yachtsmen their only
triumph this year. Robert Thinker
took the racing-cruising prize back
to Cleveland Yacht Club with his
I50-foot cutter. Kittihawk. and
Harry FletchcrS 12-meter Sloop,
Iris. Of Alpena, won easily in the
racing class.
Tommy Lott, Duchess skipper,
had Joe Drake, Joe Mason. Elliott
Spaulding, Tom Green and Dun
can Ross as his crew and reported
that watches were not kept dur
ing the race and that everybody
was on the alert throughout the
250-mile trip.
Duchess was first in the B d.
vision of The cruising class last
year and not only retained those
Iaure1s but made faster time teeF-
rected) than Chantey, Ted Farms
worth's ketch, which won Class A
cruising honorS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-16
Class B Sets
First Round

LAW 154 Inc team which had
ITS nlne-game winning streak
broken by Walt Williams last Sun
day. drew the same team in the
first round Of the Class B play
offs Of the Detroit Baseball
Federation scheduled 10 open next
Sunday
Sans defending ch am pi o
plays Acme, one Of the two clubs
holding a decision over il this
season, while ArthurS will meet
Greyhound IN another feature
first round contest.
In playof 10 determine Sans
opponent in Amateur Day at
Briggs Stadium, July q, Acme
will meet JAW ia, while JAW
15f takes on Walt Williams Thurs
day evening The winners will
meet the following day.