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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
Child Welfare Clinic
At TchuIu Sept. 6

A Child Welfare Clinic will be conduct
ed under the auspices of the Parent
Teachers Association in cooperation
with the County Health Department at
Tchula Consolidated School Wednesday
September 9Th, starting at / P. NJ, for
first year school and preschool age
children. Examinations will be made by
competent physicians and a fee of 25c
will be charged. A prize will be given
for the most perfect child. All parents
with children are urged to take advant-
g Of this opportunity.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31

seem pretty gloomy il it absolutely had
to happen. but it does not 1t effsEs
an idea Of how much tax money viii be
wasted if pre-war methods are used In
financing postwar houses. The danger
is real. All the controls affecting the
quality Of building today existed during
the boom that followed World War Ose.
Sorry houses nay still be built and sold
on payments.
Installment home-buying is practical
economy. Discounting notes is sound
banking. Government insurance Of loans
has been a blessing; saved many a fam
lily from calamity and many a lender
from ruin. But shoddy construction
blights all this. 1t makes neither good
homes nor good security for a bank loan.
Lending is the cue. Mortgage money is
the key to better building.
Houses Warrantable
Buildings under construction neec
competent and impartial supervision and
rating, somewhat as steamships are
rated, or as a business firms credit is
rated. This is to protect lender and Dor
rover both against mortgages far out Of
line with a buildings actual worth. Such
an agency exists, relatively little-used
but known to leading associations Of
architects, engineers and general con
tractors.
Few money lenders are qualified t.
judge structural fitness. Many a homs
buyer never sees his house until it's in
| ner defects are hidden by decorative
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31

"For | tell you that organized labor
under the leadership Of Phil Murray
and the CLIO, is one Of the most dynamic
sources Of social action, the only test
ing ground Of political leadership in
modern America. Everywhere else, the
springs are running dry. Outside OF the
Farmers Union, there is little farm
leadership today that Is not admitted
TO be- subservient to the packers, millers,
professors, and warehousemen. II the
farms could again produce an Abraham
Lincoln, you can rest assured that the
Republican National Committee would
throw him out on his ear and probably
have Martin Dies investigate him as a
Communist. The last great leader OF
American capitalism died before we en-
tered the last war-the elder j. p. Nor
gan. The living great leader Of Amer
lean industry is now in his eighties and
l see no new Henry Ford s%pringing up
with = billion-dollar business. Only in
labor organizations do we find the vigor
Of leadership, the courage, and the
imagination which gives hope for the
future of our institutions. We call on
you to work with US and to share the
responsibilities and rewards with us. We
don't want electoral cannon fodder; we
do want full and fair political partner
ship.
"This is particularly true with re-
spect to the changes which are coming
throughout the nation, particularly in
the South. Certain reactionary South
ern political bosses, who are Republi-
cans in everything but name, have long
been waiting for the twentieth century
been waiting for the twentieth century
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
Mortgage Money

National Resources Planning Board
In a booklet by Miles Colean, predicted
last January that residential building in
the United States would approximate a
million new dwellings each year for ten
years after the war. There was an "if"
in the forecast: If the price could be
held down to an average of about 81, 1000,
Well, ten million $4,000 units represent
40 billion dollars, which is a lot OF
money.
The vision Of a million people plank
ing down $4,000 each for a house in a
single year is a pipedream. People able
to make such cash outlays nave houses
already. These new houses already. These
new houses will be sold on credit. Buy.
ers will sign installment notes. Debt,
will be protected by mortgages in the
hands Of life insurance companies, loan
associations and certain kinds of banks
Uncle Sam may insure the mortgages.
Unfit to Repeat
There is an old bromide about history
repeating itself but some history il
not good enough to repeat. We told las
week why 9.4lo Of government-insuret
mortgages defaulted and cost the nat
ional treasury more than 5000 apiece. L
that should be repeated on ten millior
homes to start building soon after thu
war, governments loss alone woult
shoot we'll above half a billion, ant
that's the small part.
Suppose 9I of ten million new, post.
war homes are lost by foreclosure; thai
would be 9O0, 900 homes. Hopeful owners
usually pay 20% down, which is $500 on
a $4,000 house. Few buyers, living in
such a house a year, could escape a loss
Of $1,000 at least. This profitless pay.
ment for vain hopes would total 900 mil
lion dollars. Worst Of all, it would come
from frugal, self-reliant, home-makini
people.
Need Not Happen
The foregoing simple arithmetic woule
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
Pfc. John W.. Puqh
Awarded Citution

Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry
Point, N. C.-Marine Private First Class
John W. Pugh, son of Mr.. B. L. Pugh
OF Thornton, is now on duty with the
Ninth Marine Aircraft Wing here after
having returned from service in the
Southwest Pacific.
Private First Class Pugh was award
ed the Presidential Unit Citation for
action in the Solomon Islands area. He
worked on his fathers farm in Thornton
before eplisting in August, 1912.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31

at is true that the farm forces Of
America are not organized as they
should be-but if they were organized,
they would sweep the CLIO and the New
Deal from its feet. The Farmers Union
Of which he (Guffey) speaks is nothing
more than a society Of agricultural
quislings, dominated by the urban ele-
ments of the CLIO. with a talented young
quisling by the nam of James Patton
fronting up this organization for the
CIO-thus, you may dismiss his remarks
about the Farmers Union without more
ado. On the other hand, if the real farm
organizations of America did mobilize
for political action, as the CLIO has done,
the days OF the New Deal would be
numbered. II the farmers of America
took Senator Guffey's advice; if they
would organize. organize, organize, reg
lister, register, register; vote, vote, vote
they would sweep out of power the
Guffey crowd; they would overwhelm
the urban CLIO element, as typified BY
Guffey, which holds to the theory that
IL 10 the duty of the farmer to remain
in perpetual peonsge to the city con
sumner.
Senator Guffey pays his respects e
the Southern reactionaries". He direct,
jibcs at Senator Smith, Martin Dies anG
Joe Starnes-but if Guffey doesn't know
the facts of Southern life, he ought tt
learn them. He ought to learn, for in
stance, that the two liberals" whom hi
praised so highly, found it not only ex
pedient, but absolutely necessary In
their recent campaigns to proclaim anew
their belief in the Southern p~olitica,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
AS The Southern Watchman Greensboro, Ala.)

doctrine of white supremacy. Guffey
ought to learn the basic political fact
that 40 man from the South can win a
seat in the United States Senate with
out proclaiming his belief in this doe
trine. And, as in the case of agricul.
ture, he ought to learn that if the
Southern white people did decide to lay
aside their shibboleths, and vote the;,
convictions and for their own best in.
%terests, the New Deal would be liauidat.
ed at the polls on the first Tuesday af.
ter the first Monday in November. Thu
South is sick and tired of that elemen,
OF the Democratic Party as represented
by Senator Guffey, and if it were no,
FOR ancient traditions, coupled with thu
failure to see any particular hope in thu
Republican Party, the South would re,
pudiate those people.
Thus, when Senator Guffey preache.
TO the CIO Political Action bows II
fennsylvania that the way to run thing,
Is Tor them to organize, register, ane
vote' he might consider the fact tina,
.nose two great political groups which
ne dlsmisses SO Neutrality-suspicious. ane
the So1th-would overwhelm his entir,
crowd II It took the occasion to organ
'ze register and vote for its own bes,
interests-and some day we hope tina
" VIII happen. II the farmers Of Amer
lea n the people Of the South yotet
Tor their friends and against their enc
mics, as Senator Guffey urges the CI(
20 DO, there wouldn't be any Roosevelt
administration in office to keep the CI(
in power"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31

turn intends to keep on rolling along
for two or three more generations, these
Southern reactionaries have become
desperate.
"Here is an example. The Chamberoof
Commerce of the State of Virginia has
adopted a res luton which opposes the
cause industry brings labor, labor or
g~anizes, labor pays its poll taxes, labor
registers, and labor votes. And if labor
votes in Virginia, then there is no hope
for the old machine. But the South is
being ndustrialized. Southern labor is
organizing, Southern labor has register
ed, and is voting. Martin Dies, of Texas,
is no longer to be in Congress. Joe
Starnes, Of Alabama, is also going on
a permanent vacation from the House
of Representatives after mex January.
Senator "Cotton Ed of South
Carolina, has also been retired by the
voters Of his state, but Claude Pepper,
Of Florida, and Lister Hill, Of Alabama,
both liberals and friends Of labor, were
renominated in the face Of biggest cor
porate slush-funds in the history of
Southern politics. The Roosevelt haters
and labor-baiters are on their way out.
Practical liberation is on the march and
laber is marching with it shoulder to
shoulder.
That is~why | repeat to you-organ-
ize, organize, organize; register, regis
ter, register; vote, vote, vote. Make
your votes count and see that your votes
are counted. Vote for your friends and
against your enemies. That is American
history and the American way"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
Rober [. AbIes
Rites Friday

Funeral services were held Friday
for Robert Landrum Ables. Of the Cox
burg Community, who died at his home
there early last Thursday morning. He
would have been SO years old Sept. 4th.
The Rev. Homer Robertson officiated
At the services held at Harland's Creek.
Southern Undertaking Association con-
Quoted.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Bula
Ables, several children, and his mother,
Mrs. Mary Augustus Ables, widow Of
the late Joseph Ables. Several brothers
and sisters alss survive.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
South Must Organize

Frequently in the past we have pointed out in the
editorial columns Of this paper the unlimited poesibilit1es
Of the South If we were but organized for action. we.
have tried to show from time to time how economic con,
ditions of the South, while gradually improving, coufo
progress so much faster with fair and friendly Legislation
from the Congress of the United States. However, LOT
instance, the economic development Of the South could
have been speeded up considerably by locating industries
here which would have been done If we could have secured
the freight rate equalization to which we are entitieo.
Now for twelve years we have had an administrator
in power which is supposed to be friendly to the Dem
ocratic South yet we have not yet been able TO get our
freight structure modified. We now have q promise 70
do something about freight rates if we support the New
Deal for q fourth term.
Eouaized freight rates and other needed leglsiation
will come to the South only as we demand and IighI .
e ORGANIZED labor is now running this country aa us
Government and it is now laying the plans to continue
tha New Deal in power and assure itself q secure place IN
the next four years.
Labor is building itself up as a great force TO pc
reckoned with and the Southern farmer is going 10
have to bestir himself in order to keep from becoming
the prey of the South-hating radical elements IN contro'
of organized labor.
All over this country today political meetings are
being fostered by organized labor. The kind OF sentiment
beine fostered at these meetings is eoquently told by
Senator Guffey, stalwart Pennsylvania New Dealer, VINO
in speaking before a county Political Action Committee
inhis state recently said:
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31

e~nticements. Yet buyer and banker both
deserve the protection Of a rating that
means ~ a home worth the price in
working mems money, and (2) security
for the bank that holds the D
%Speculativ builders in postwar Amer.
lea should have to provide ratings for
houses and stand good for them.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-31
So This Is New'YoIk
By NeFth CALLAHAN

Figures sometimes make interesting
stories especially when they are applied
70 something close TO ~. The statistics
about New York City tell an eloquent
story in themselves and even dwarf by
comparison those Of entire countries
~e often read about in keeping up with
he changing European scene.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-01-01
Grange Urges ~ G. Farmers
To Attain Production Goals

Salisbury, Jan. l.-(AP)-Attain-
ment of production goals i'm 1914 by
maximum utilization OF available ma
terlals was urged al the two-day
convention Of the State Grange dep
uty masters and workers closed late
today.
The grange set up the program for
the year, which is designed TO aid in
meeting goals established for agri-
cultural production and 10 assist
farmers in fulfilling wartime obi
cations.
Emphasizing the importance OF
farmers working comparatively. w.
Kerr Scott, State Commissioner Of
Agriculture, recommended an in
crease IN Grange membership us an
aid to overall production.
1T is unncccSS ~ and unwisc 10
SubSidiZc consumers under the pres
cnt conditions" stated Nj. G.. Mann,
manager Of the State Cotton Grow
crS CoopcrativeS. He indicated that
adoption of the proposed subsidy
plan would be reflected in terms of
smaller production because of I'M
ccrtaintics involved.
II. A. Patton. secretary of the
State USDA War Board. outlining
production goals which hive been
established for North Carolina. de-
clarcd that there must be an increase
in the production of milk. eggs. vege-
tables, ind other supplies essential
to the war effort. He added that the
meeting OF milk goals was Deepen
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-01-01
SOCIETY NEWS
CHRISTMAS BELLS.

heard the bells ON Christmas Dav
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet the words repeoi
or peace on earth, good will to men!
l thought how, as the ray had come
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along the unbroilen song
OF peace OH earth, good will to men!
And in despair bowed my head;
There is no peace OH EARTH" | said:
For hate is strong, and mocKS the
song
Or peace on earth, good will to men"
Then pealed the bells more loud and
deep:
God is not dead, nor doth he sleep.
The wrong shall fail, the right pre-
vail,
With peace on earth, good will TO
men,"
Till, ringing, singing on lis way,
The world rcvolvcd from night to
day,
y voice. Il chime. Il chant sublime.
OF peace on earth, good will to men,
Henry Wadsworth Longfcllow.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-01-01
English Girl Married
TO Henderson Soldier

The following is sent TO the Dnil,
Dispatch from base i'm England.
An Eighth AAF Bombardncnt
DIVISION Headquarters. England. In.
Am historic English parish church
near this Eighth Air Force FIvinp
rofireSS division headquarters - ion
was the colorful setting on Saturday
afternoon. December !, for the we'd
dlng of Private First Class ODDS W
carroll, OF Henderson. n. G.. and
LACW Betty Wallace. member of
me British Women'S Auxiliary Air
Force.
PIC. Carroll. whose parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Carroll. live at gO6
Nicholas street, is q telephone main-
tenancc man with q signal corDs
company at this station. The bride
10, Is serving as 4 shorthand tyDist
with Il Roysl .Air Force unit stationed
at this headquarters. She is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. }. Wallace.
OF !NcWcaStlC-On-Tyne. England.
More than a hundred officers and
enlisted personnel from the AAF
the Signal Corps, WAC, WAAF and
RAt We're present in the village
church 10 hear the Church of England
service read by the Reverend G.. NJ.
Napier, rector. y co-worker of the
groom, Pfc. Ernest c. Workman. OF
NarmCt, w. Va, was best man, while
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-01-01

two members OF the WAAF were
bridesmaids. The bride was given
away by Flight Lieutenant Norman
II. GoSden, Raj, of London. All
participants were in uniform, except
the bride, who wore Il long white
gown, and the bridesmaids. in mauve
and powder blue dresses.
Following the ceremony. American
khaki and Raj blue mingled again
in Il reception held AT the American
Red Cross Aero club here. A wedding
cake had been baked for the occa-
sion by Army cooks AT the officers
mess.
EnliSting in the Army in January,
1912, Pic. Carroll attended COM
municationS school at Mitchell Field,
Long lSlard, and was sent overseas
late in 1912. He met his l3-ycar-old
English bride at this post, where they
have both been stationed for more
than year.
In order for the marriage 10 take
place, Carroll had TO obtain permis-
! sion of two commanding generals and
| of his brides parents. After the war,
the couple plan to make their home
in North Carolina.
After attending the Warrentun. N.
c., high school, Pfc Carroll attended
the Columbia, S. c., high school,
where he graduated in 1889.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-01-01
DAY OF PRAYER AT
CAMP BUTNER TO-DAY

Camp Butncr, Jan. 1.-The first
dav Of tho New Year ut Camp But
ner will be designated as day Of
prayer, and military and civilian
personnel have been requested TO
attend services that day at the va
rious chapcls. The day of prayer
has been set aside by President
Roosevelt.
The proclamation stated in part,
at is the desire Of tho President
that at the beginning of the New
Year we pray TO be preserved from
false pride Of accomplishment and
willful neglect Of the last measure
of public or private sacrifice ncc-
cssary TO attain final victory and
peace"
Services will be held in the Prot
estant. Catholic and Jewish faith.
Unit and duty officers have been
urged to give military personnel
and employees time off 10 worship.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-01-01
ON BRIDGE

and the heart 10 Won the third.
Each dcclarer then went after
diamonds, winning the A and then
the X. One of them gave up. play
ing for one down by scoring the
club X. fincssing the 10. taking
the a and Q and then the spade A.
After the two high diamonds
another dcclarer deliberately gave
up one to East, hoping that be-
nighted defender would also cash
his other good diamond. which he
did. When he then led spade, the
A won, the X put dummy in for
two more diamond tricks and
game was thus assured. A third
declarer, trying this, found a cam
ny East unwilling to score his sec
ond diamond. picking his spade 6
instead. No matter what South did
now, West was sure to score
spade and heart to set the con-
tract before South could get nine
tricks. r,
Only one declarer circumvented
any possible defense. After the
second high diamond, he saw the
chance for four tricks in clubs.
plus three in the red suits. making
him need only two in spades for
his game. So on the sixth trick he
finessed the spade 10. West could
only get his spade Q and heart 9
home, then led back a club. South
was able then to finesse spades for
his game.
Your Weekend Lesson
What conditions should exist to
make 1t advisable to try the gag
of bidding a three-card suit in Or
der to steer the opponents away
from bidding il?
eatures Syndicate. Inc
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-01-01

dent upon production of feed, grains
ad pasture.
Goals established Tor 1914 require
the use Of $4,000 more acres than
were utilized in 1913, Patton cmpha-
sized.
An optimistic outlook for the OBJ
tanning of machinery and fertilizer
during the coming year was given
by DIR. |. o. Schaub, director of the
North Carolina Extension Service.
gas. tires, and motor equipment will
be tighter. however. he said, urging
conservation of these materials.
The smaller lsbor supply and the
need of greater number of work.
crS must be met by the swapping
of equipment and labor. he indi-
Gated. Availability of foreign labor,
war prisoners as laborcrS, and MI
grant workers is uncertain.
Expanded membership of Oranges
and the establishment Of new o~cs
in order to reach more farmers will
be among the detectives of the State
Grange during the coming year us
mans of attaining maximum utili-
cation and production.
The National Grange vii hold its
1914 meeting in North Carolira.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-01-01
Four Books GiUen In
Memory OF Beryl OSer"

Mrs. y. L. OScr has given four
beautiful books 10 the childrcn'S room
of the II. Leslie Perry Library in
memory of her son Bcryl. She writes
1t gives me pleasure 10 know that
other children enjoy the books that
my So was so fond of reading"
Mrs. OScr'S gifts this year include
the following books. The First
Christmas. by Florida Glover. tells
the story oi the Holy Child in Bc;hle-
mem simply and beautifully SO that
he youngest child can understand II.
II is beautifully illustrated md is
1rciaCcd with an account of the Natl
vity as recorded in ST. Luke from
which the story is taken.
The Christ Story" is another
beautifully illustrated book of uni
vcrSal appeal. Tho text j. taken en-
trcly from the King James Version
Jt Matthew and Luke S they tell
IF the birth o! Christ and his life I'D
% the age of twelve: the Introduction
IS the famous prophecy OF ChristS
birth from Isaiah.
Ludwig Beethoven and the CHM
ney Tower Bells. by Opal Wheeler.
IS another of the fine musical bio
graph!CS for young children which
Aavc proved SO successful III awaken
.ng feeling for music in the hearts
If young folks.
Little Tim AID the Br.Vc Sea
captain tells the story OF little
COY VINO had wonderful time AT the
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-01-01
WHY BLAME BAD LUCKo

DUPLICATE IS a great form of
bridge to show up the hard luck
stories which so often are used by
unsuccessful dcclarers. In rubber
bridge, there is nowhere near as
good a chance to point out how
contract could have been made. as
the hands get broken up at once
any many players do not remem-
Der them clearly. Duplicate not
only preserves the hands. for use
during post mortems. but it offers
a number of chances for various
declarers TO use different methods.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-01-01

a Smartly scallopcd yoke is a
cunning feature Of this pert easy
:o-makC little princess frock. Pat
tern 052i. It's the kind of dress an
ambitious lass likes. for she can but
ion ;hc front opening with her own
little fingers. Make IT up in a color
ful plaid or ray print.
Pattern 952i may be ordered only
In chldrCn's sizes 2. 3. i. ) and O.
Size 6 requires | ia yards 35-inCh
fabric. 3-3 ygrd contrast.
Send SIXTEEN CENTS in coins
for this pattern. Write plainly
SIZE. NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE,
NUMBER.
Send your order to the Henderson
Daily Dispatch. Pattern Department.
.32 Vest 9Th ST., New York u, N. Y,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-01-01
HOUSE BLESSING.

Bless the four corners of this house
And be the Intel blcSt:
And bless the hearth and bless the
board
And bless each place Of rest:
AND bless the door that opens widc
To stranger as to kin:
And bless each crystal window
pane
And bless the rOoitrCe overhead
And every sturdy wall.
The peace OF man, the peace OF God
The peace of Love on ali.
Arthur Guttcrlnan.