The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-09
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
By Hazel

will voting legal beer out help make
conditions better in Durantf
In Durant there is only one white cafe
! uptown that sells beer.
rThere are. two others that sell beer.
one just inside the city limits on High
way 81 north and one beysnd the city
limits on Highway 81 south.
Soldiers coming to Durant for . week.
end Of relaxation frequent these cafes
- we'll as all the other cafes in Durant.
Some of them get drunk. But for
the most part 1t Is liquor they are drink
ing. 1t is easy to carry around q pint
bottle Of whiskey in our pocket but to
drink beer you have to stay in one
place pretty long.
We've never seen drunken soldiers
drinking beer in Durant but VT have
seen some drinking too much whisksy.
However, no solder has ever been
offensive in n way to any girl or
woman in Durant that We know Of. Girls
who behave themselves are usually safe
around soldiers +. +. for they're just
lonesome boys away from home just
like your sons and tho sons Of your
~neighbors. Some Of them are tough,
maybe even bad. But then they are a
cross section Of our whole country
II the people who operate the cafes
and have to pat up with them can stand
their beer drinking ! don't think the
persons they're fighting for ought to
object as long ~ they behave them
selves.
viii voting legal beer out make con-
ditions in Durant any better!
believe that II, instead, will make
them much worse. Soldiers now drink
ing beer in decent cafes will BIO to the
bootlegger to drink his beer, or worse
still turn to whiskey.
The problem of drinking IL not one
that can be solved by force, by passing
a law. Surely by now everyone knows
the prohibition law has not stopped the
sale Of whiskey. Putting beer in the
lawless class will not stop its sale.
Marshal Clarence Robertson is doing
his best to enforce the prohibition laws.
He has made raid after raid but the
bootlegger still operates. The reason he
still operates is that such a big part Of
the population Of Durant and this vicin-
ity support him by buying his product.
Regardless of how many laws you make
or how many raids he is going to be
there as long as the people support him.
The churches and preachers can best
serve humanity by leading and showing
the way to Christ in . spirit Of love,
tolerance and understanding.
Force will never work. 1t never has.
Holmes county is one OF the largest
Aads rieAvsA -sesaties in the state Of Mis-
ptssippi. II Is populated With high cisss
people and Is a mighty fine place to live.
At least we think so and we've been hero
a pretty long time.
Realizing Holmes county does have a
higher-than- average type of people we
hope every citizen who can will go to
tho polls Tuesday and vote on the ques-
ton whether or not the legal sale of
beer will be continued in this county.
There are two sides to every question
and we know that Holmes citizens are
broad enough to see both. They are
capable Of making up their own minds
without being intimidated.
We all want Holmes county to be and
have the best.
30 20 out and vote your sentiments
~ the polls.
Have you made your contribution to
the Red Cross War Fund? II not, con-
tact your community committee today.
The Red Cross is at His side and the
Red Cross is YOU.
TO THE DRAFT DODGER
l am writing this short letter
And every word is true,
Don't look away draft dodgers.
For it's addressed to you.