The Durant news., 1946-07-11
CURRENT COMMENT
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The First Primary Has Passed
with no untoward incident. In this
County thanks are due the Circuit
clerk, Miss Minnie Jordan, who had
the poll books in such perfect condi-
ton that no error could be found In
them. Further the election officials
for the various precincts were care
fully chosen by the county democr-
attic executive committee for their
good judgement and horse sense.
The event justified the selections.
A Majority For Tom @. Ellis In
this county Is fitting. Here his par
ents dwelt for long. Here he and his
family made many friends. Here
they are known to be clean, gener-
Gus, fair. Here Tom @. is appreciated
for efficient and carefully handling
of his responsibilities. The only re-
gret his supporters have is that he
did not get more votes. Holmes Co
unity vote was: Ellis 1853, all others
107l.
John Rankin Has Much Sympathy
for his action in resisting one of
those news photographers that 60
about swapping pictures at their
own sweet will and with no regard
whatever whether or not the victim
is willing to be photographed just
at that time. The more bizarre, fan
tastic, odd, the news cameraman can
make the picture the better he likes
1t has more reader appeal says he.
The only thing Hughie Long did
that ! approved was having his body
guard smash the cameras of that
gentry who made bold to snap his
picture without permission.
Not Many Years Ago we were
imploring the Federal Government
to take our cut over forest lands,
mostly pine, and reforest them, at
the same time demonstrating to pri-
vate owners how best to accomplish
reforestration. Now much of the
land the Government took has good
growth established and somebody
has set up yell about taxes there
on. Maybe we can get those National
Forest areas back into the hands of
the State and maybe somebody can
get it from the state so as to make
bunch of money on it. Who knows.
Certain Paries--In The Recent
Campaign stirred up more resent
ment more i'll feelings, more bitter
ness than we can get over in many
years. A large majority Of Holmes
County colored folk are courteous
and have no wish to mingle social.
" with the white people; are as
much opposed to it as the whites
themselves. They get, and are entit-
led to, fair business treatment; they
are part of our economies; we get
along better with them than we
might without them. No troubles
will come unless stirred up by out
siders due to their ignorance or spit
efulness, or by vicious neighbors
who hope to profit by disorder such
maybe, as the communist-and don't
you ever think there are not some Of
them crawling around in the under
brush.
Besides That, Certain Politicians
would not care how much trouble
they stirred up il they might person
ally profit. That applies as well to.
any Black Belt politician who hopes
to ride into office and fat pay by
arousing prejudice against the negr-
os, as it does to lowflung politicos
of the north who expect to profit in
reverse way by the same prejudice
A Prominent State Editor was
once quoted as saying he was sell
ing papers and therefore didn't care
how his papers news and editorial
columns affected the candidates. His
sole purpose being to induce people
to buy his daily paper. Probably
that feeling activated several north
ern magazines to publish scurrilous
articles about Mississippi people and
politicians. Certainly their combined
influence positively assured the ele-
ction of the candidates against
whom they thought themselves to
illuminate. Mississippi voters may be
fooled they are not bought as all
accounts agree voters are, in several
of the holy northern states.