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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Sunny with
highest temperature near "a degrees
this afternoon. Clear with lowest
temperature about 81 degrees to-
night, Tomorrow, continued nice
weather
Maryland and Virginia-Fair and
cool tonight and continuing tomor-
row.
Wind velocity, 10 miles per hour;
direction, west.
River Report.
From United States Engineers)
Potomac River muddy at Harpers
Ferry and at Great Falls. Shenandoah
muddy at EarperS Ferry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-07
The Sun and Moon


Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital current month TO datel:
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30

persons to register with the Mis-
sissippi State Employment Ser
vice which will refer to vocation
rehabilitation agencies those who
are in need of medical and or
vocational training prior to enter
ing the labor market and to en-
ployers those who are readied
for entry.
AND FURTHER URGE ALL
EMPLOYERS to place all their
job orders with the Mississippi
State Employment Service so
that disabled veterans and other
handicapped workers may be
given an opportunity to prove
their value in productive and
self-respecting jobs.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF l
have hereunto set my hand and
have caused the seal of the City
of Durant to be affixed.
Mavor. City of Durant.
Edgar Howell,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30
King Bros. Circus To Be
In Lexington Oct. z N

The King Bros. Combined
Shows are headed this way to
Lexington, Saturday, October 2,
for performances at 2 and 8 p. m.
Fresh from Spring engage
ments in Eastern cities King
Bros. promise to uncork the latest
in the way of streamlined thrills
with its $50 performers recruited
from foreign countries.
Travelling with the shows are
600 people, a herd of elephants,
IL menagerie animals and horses.
Great conveys will transport the
circus hither to you. Joe Mix
hero of more than one hundred
movies with a congress of rough
riders, cowboys and cowgirls,
Indians and Cossacks promises to
make the old West live again.
The famous cinema star will be
seen on Rowdy his prize mount.
Everybody wishes to see the
King Bros. Circus this year,
which recently returned from a
triumphal five year tour of South
America, and it is a foregone
conclusion that the tent seating
5000 persons will be filled to the
last chair afternoon and night.
Six rings and stages and the
hippodrome track will be used
for the earth's foremost arenic
talent-l50 acknowledged kings
and queens Of daring, grace. skill
and incredible agility. Miss Cito
Christiani, charming and youth
full equestrienne will be head Of
great array Of riders.
Doors will be open at / and z
p. m. The big shows start at 2
and 8 p. m.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30

agencies and organizations in
terested in the care, health and
welfare Of children and young
people under the age of Is years
in the United States. The next
such conference, of course, will
be held in Washington in the
spring Of 1850.
A preliminary conference was
held in Washington on this
matter last spring. Between now
and the time of the next nation
al conference it seems likely that
several district conferences and
at least one state conference on
this matter will be held in the
State Of Mississippi Very likely
our number one social problem
today is what needs to be done
for children.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30

To get the best results with
this recipe and all rice recipes.
DO sure to use Riceland Rice. IT'S
the worlds most delicious rice
grown in the heart of the
quality rice belt of America.
Only the choice, perfect-cooking
rice grains are packed In Rice
land packages.
This quality rice Is quick and
easy to cook. Riceland Rice
cooks deliciously tender with
white, fluffy, individual grains.
Most grocers now feature this
better-cooking. wonderfully-deli-
cious, packaged rice-and at eco
nomical prices, too! Riceland
Ricecosts onlyone-cent a serving.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30

~ W. Ats 0oAhvAAs SSuhty HSS"s
PINE SEEDLINGS AND BLACK
LOCUST SEEDLINGS ARE
AVAILABLE TO FARMERS OF
HOLMES COUNTY,:
Any farmer interested in setting
pine seedlings or black locust
flee to make application for the
seedlings. Each farm is entitled
TO five thousand seedlings free,
seedlings please contact our Of
however he will be charged rs
cents per thousand for delivery
to Lexington. If interested in
these make application at once.
SOY BEANS:
! The government loan on yellow
and green soy beans with the
moisture content not exceeding
n per cent stored in approved
government storage houses or on
the farm storage is $2.18 per bus
kel These may be stored in sacks
or bulk on the farm and the
government will lend the farmer
the support price Of $2.18 per
bushel.
The government loan on black,
brown or mixed beans is $1.98
per bushel.
Be sure that your beans do not
contain over ii per cent mois-
ture when harvested. For addi-
donal information concerning
support price on soy beans
Dlease contact this office.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30

labor and civic groups to make
every effort to enlist public sup
port for a sustained program
aimed at the employment and full
use of the capacities of physically
handicapped workers.
IN TF STIMONY, WHEREOF,
have hereunto set my hand
ard caused the Great Seal
of the State of Mississippi to
be affixed, this the Is day of
September, 1948.
(SEAD
FIELDING L. WRIGHT,
Governor.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30

WlSc-lndt pie III
Bibles and tesla.
ments would be 20
miles high. In l947
that firm put out
the astonishin &
total Of 9.3l0, 439
Bibles, testaments
or portions. During
the first lbs years
of the society's ex-
istence, 305,579. PIT
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30
All-Time Best Seller
Lesson for October 3, 1913

IF ALL the Bibles sold In one year
by one manufacturer, the Amer
lean Bible society. were piled on
top Of one another. fat-not end
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30
OF Interest To
Veterans

Q-Does a veteran who has
become eligible for a loan
guaranty through separation from
service, lose his eligibility by re-
turn to active duty in the armed
forces?
Aft he has become eligible
once, he remains eligible, pro-
vided he can meet the other re-
ouirements of the Servicemen's
Readjustment Act and regula-
tons in regard to the guaranty
Q-Is a veteran entitled to a
loan guaranty while he is receiv-
ing compensation or while he is
going to school under the Gil
Bill?
Ayes.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30

OIL signed d statements be-
fore my discharge that l had a
disability before I enlisted in the
armed forces. Will this statement
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30

more, during which time the
water win be absorbed, making
the rice deliciously tender. Re-
move the Lid. permit the rice
TO steam dry to the desired
consistency and the grains WIN
20 separate and fury. Never
str rice. Lift rice gently with
q fork when testing its consis-
tency. Always use Riceland Rice
for best results.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30
Hire-The-Hundicopped'
Week Set By Officials
For October 80

BY proclamation of the Mayor
of Durant, and the Governor
of Mississippi, October 3-9 has
been set aside as Hire the-Handi-
capped week. II. H. Thomas,
manager of the Lexington en-
ployment office states that there
are in the active file of the office
about 25 so-termed handicapped
veterans in the county. The pro-
clamation, however, does not re-
fer solely to veterans, and there
are many more handicapped per-
sons in the inactive" files and
others that are not registered,
Mr.. Thomas said. The proclama-
tons by the Mayor and the
Governor follows.
WHEREAS the nation, by act
of Congress has set aside the
first week of October of each year
as time for observance of
National Employ the Physically
Handicapped Week.; and
WHEREAS the State of Missis-
sippi, by proclamation of Cover
nor Fielding l.. Wright, will again
observe Hire the Handicapped
Week" as part of the national
campaign and as a period for
emphasis on the year around pro-
gram promulgated in 1947; and
WHEREAS the citizens of
Durant being aware of the i'm
portance of such a campaign to
this community, realize fully the
urgent need of rehabilitating and
employing those of our fellow
citizens whe have acquired ply
steal handicaps; and
Restore To Normal Living
WHEREAS these two steps
rehabilitation and employment
and essential to the restoration
of the physically handicapped to
normal living: and
WHEREAS the Mississippi
State Employment Service and
the vocational rehabilitation ser
vices of all State and Fedora
agencies in Mississippi are bound
to the accomplishment of these
two steps;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Edgar
Howell, mayor Of the City o.
Durant, do hereby set aside
the week of October SO as "Hire'
the Handicapped Week." and
urge all local officials, all loca-
employers, all local civic argani.
cations, and all local citizens te
cooperate with their local Missis
sippi State Employment Service
and other agencies in this worthy
campaign to find suitable job:
for the physically handicapped
who, impartial surveys have
shown, become superior EN-.
ployees when placed on job that
utilize their abilities:
Urges Registration
AND FURTHER, I urge un-
employed physically handicapped
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30
PROCLAMATION
BY GOVERNOR

WHEREAS, through proper
training programs Mississippi can
give opportunity for employment
to many of our fellow citizens
who by reason of physical handi-
caps are now denied such oppor-
tunities for employment; and
WHEREAS, because of war,
industrial and other accidents, the
toll of handicapped persons in
| creases annually; and
WHEREAS, this State and the
Nation need the fullest measure
of productivity possible from our
citizens, and at the same time,
our handicapped citizens only
desire an opportunity to become
self-supporting and independent;
and
Employers culled Upon
WHEREAS, all our employers
have a unique opportunity to as
sist in the national effort to re-
habilitate otherwise qualified, but
physically handicapped workers
by employing them; and
WHEREAS, the Congress, by a
Joint resolution approved August
II, 1945 $50 Stat. 500 has desig-
mated the first week in October
Of each year as National Employ
the Physically Handicapped
Week, during which appropriate
ceremonies are to be held
through the Nation, and has re-
quested that the President issue
each year a suitable proclama-
ton;
NOW, THEREFORE, I FIELD
ING L WRIGHT, GOVERNOR
OF THE STATE OF MISSlS-
SIPPI, do hereby call upon the
people of the State of Mississippi
| to observe the week of October
PLOY-T III E-P HY SIC A Ii Y
HANDICAPPED WEEK in the
State Of Mississippi. I also call
upon the mayors of cities, and
heads of other agencies of govern
ment and other public officials,
as well as leaders of industry,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30
Weekly News Letter

w. F. Bond, Commissioner
Every ten years beginning in
1880 on the call of the President
Of the United States there has
been held In the City of Washing
ton. White House Conference,
maze up of representatives of all
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30
White, Tender, Fluffy Riceland Rice

] cup Of Riceland Rice
! teaspoon Of salt
z cups Of cold water
Put 1 cup Of Riceland Rico 1
teaspoon Of salt and 2 cups Of
cold water In a two-quart sauce
pan ana cover with q tight
hitting lid. Set over a hot fame
until It boils vigorously. Then
reduce the heat as low as pos
s1ble and simmer for IA minutes
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30

OUCH popularity must be de-
- served. There are many reasons
why the Bible continues to be. year
after year. the all-time best seller.
But one Of the reasons IL it, i'm.
pressive variety. It 10 not one
book. it 10 . library Of books. What
ever your mood. whatever your
need. there Il q page In the Bible.
somewhere. for you.
A Christian win try seriously
70 appreciate the whole Bible
and not merely one or two parts
Of Il. Yet there II such variety
In II that invariably some per.
sons are attracted by ono fea-
ture Of II while another fea-
ture makes stronger appeal 10
others.
Our studies these next three
months will be In The Literature
Of the Bible" and each week we
shall be noticing a different feature.
This week we give a thought to the
tremendous variety Of the Bible.
along with its underlying unity.
Many Types
7 OOKING thror IN the Bible you
IL And all val leties Of literary
types; you find poetry and prose:
stories. essays, sermons, biogra'
plies, dramas; rhapsodies, love
songs. funeral dirges and battle
hymns.
Here are pages as prosaic as
telephone book and here are
pages more exciting than any
fiction. Here are simple,
straightforward ideas that a
child can understand as soon
as he understands the words
and here are mysteries SO pro-
found that the worlds mightiest
and bOldest minds shrink back
In awe.
The Bible Is not like a piece O.
music played on one single instru
ment. like a tune on a piccolo; i
Is more like an immense symphony
the more often we listen to 1t
the more we hear in it.
Many Times
MO ONE knows exactly how Ion,
il took for the Bible to be writ
ten. Let us suppose that the ear
Hest parts came from the pen (ol
stylus) of Moses, and the lates
part from about 100 years aftel
Christ John and the Revelation
If Moses flourished around l20t
B, c., that would mean that tn,
Bible was completed Is centurie.
after it was begun.
In ID centuries much can hap
pen, and much did. There is hardly
any circumstance or crisis, there i!
scarcely any time, however hum
drum or thrilling, which does no
have Its match in the Bible. It.
writer's were inspired men; they
knew God. But they also knew tn,
times in which they lived. and thu
can speak to ours.
One Theme
TOR all the vast variety Of tn,
Bible. there is in 1t a deep ans
lofty unity. It is bound together
by its mighty purpose. which
throbbed in the hearts blood O
every man who wrote a line of It
That purpose is to make God rea
to man, and to bring man to God
The writer's Of the Bible may hav,
had their lighter moments, but the,
did not write these pages then.
They wrote under the ire
sistable impulse, born of the
Holy Spirit. TO make plain to
other men what God had re-
vealed to them.
So as you come to the Bible, re
member its purpose is not to max,
you admire or revere 1t as a book
its great purpose is to be trans
pat.nt, window through which
you shall see God.
(Copyright by the International Counci
Of Religious Educstion on behalf of q
Protestant denominations. Released B.
WNU Fsatures) ~
Use The clossifieds 1T Puys
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30

Under what circumstances are
parents considered dependents?
A-Parents are considered de-
pendents if they do not have an
income sufficient to provide rea-
sonable maintenance for them
selves and members of their
family under legal age and MEM
bers of the family dependent by
reason of mental or physical in
capacity.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30

bar me from receiving compen-
sation?
A-No. Under the law any
statement of this nature which
YOU have made at discharge
is considered null and void.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30

Use The clossifieds 1T Pays
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30
Urges Registration

AND FURTHER, I urge un-
physically handicapped
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-09-30

perfect cooking results. Rceland Rice is easy to cook
kiceland Rice Cooking Method
Assures You Perfect Results
You have to be cooking expert like Miss Amy Jackson
70 oe able to cook rice perfectly time is to
use easytocook Riceand Rice and the simple Rcend Rice
cooking method described below
ceand Rice requires washing before cooking and no
aranng rnsing steaming in the after cooking This
simple Riceland Rice cooking method is so quick and easv
your want to serve this delicious noushng rice often
White, Tender, Fluffy Riceland Rice
The Durant news., 1948-01-01

For the first time this newspaper
is bringing to our readers the Jan.
uary lst business and financial out.
look of Roger w. Babson, wei
known financial editor and authority
Mr.. Babson's forecasts are oi
widespread interest throughout the
country because they have had, in
the past, a great deal of accuracy.
His score for 1947 was SO per cent
correct.
We invite your attention to his
fifty forecasts for 1948 contained ir
the lead story appearing elsewhere
on this page.
II this feature is of interest to oui
readers we expect to publish it every
year from now on another serv.
ice we are happy to be able to rend'
er.
The Durant news., 1948-01-01
Holmes Farmers Urged
To Attend Important
Meeting In Lexington
Blue Cross Plan
To Be Discussed
At Courthouse 9th

Every farmer in Holmes county is
urged to attend an important meet
ing to be held at the courthouse in
Lexington January 9th for the pur-
pose of explaining the Blue Cross
Hospital Insurance Plan which has
recently been approved. by the Mis-
sissippi Insurance Commission. Blue
Cross is already operating in 46 other
states and has total enrolment of
over % million. This means that in
just few years of operation that
this plan has proved to be so popular
that more that one out of every five
persons in the U. S. is now covered.
There are several types of policies
available under Blue Cross which
has been designed to cover the
special needs of Mississippi people
with its large rural population both
white and colored. Blue Cross is
available only through some organ
lied group thus saving any agents
commission and keeping the cost as
low as is possible. 1t will be available
in Holmes county through the Farm
Bureau Federation which co-sponsor-
ed the plan on the state leveA It is
felt that Blue Cross will bring much
needed medical attention into the
financial reach of the low income
groups who in the past have been
denied these services.
The Farm Bureau also has avail
able Life Insurance and Auto Cas-
ualty Insurance at cost for its men,
bers and these services will also be
thoroughly explained. These services
are able to save the members con-
siderable amount of money although
giving the Same or better protection
than available elsewhere and an
formers should attend the meeting
on January 9th and become thor
oughly familiar with the program.
The meeting will be held at 10 a.
m. January 8, for the white farmers
and at 2 p. m. January 9th for the
colored farmers in the courtroom of /
the courthouse in Lexington.
The Durant news., 1948-01-01
Luborer CustodiuI Job
Now Open At Post Office

An examination for probationa
appointment to fill the positions o.
Laborer Custodial, $1700 per year
for employment in the Durant, Miss.
post office, was announced today by
A. j. Leach, Regional Director, Ten
tn U. S. Civil Service Region.
Persons applying for this examina-
ton, which is restricted to persons
entitled to veterans preference
must have had at least six months
experience in manual work above
the grade of mere common or un-
skilled laborer, or in janitorial or
cleaning duties.
No written test is required for
this examination.
Applications are to be filed with
the Regional Director, Tenth u. S.
Civil Service Regional Office, Gus
tomhouse, New Orleans 16, Louisia-
ma.
Further information and applica-
ton blanks may be secured from Mr..
H. ]. Montgomery, Secretary, Board
of U. S. Civil Service Examiners,
Post Office Building, Durant, or
from the Regional Director, Tenth
U. S. Civil Service Regional Office,
Customhouse, New Orleans 16, Lou
isiana.
The Durant news., 1948-01-01
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Services Held For
Mrs. Matte Keith

Services for Mrs. Matte Bruc,
Keith, aged Holmes countian wht
died at her home in Durant, Decem
ber 9th, were held Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock at the Durant Naz
arene Church with the Rev. S. D
Garrett, pastor, officiating. Burial
was in Bowlin cemetery in Attals
county with Southern Funeral Home
in charge.
Mrs. Keith, who was 81, was born
in Attala county and moved to Hol-
mes county at an early age to make
her home in Durant. She was men,
ber of the Durant Nazarene Church.
She is survived by three daughters,
Mrs. O. c. Robertson, Mrs .Vella
Pritchard and Mrs. w. A. Wigley,
all of Durant; son, w. P. Keith, of
Creighton, Alabama; a brother, Char
les Bruce, of West; 80 grandchildren
and 81 eat-grandchildren
The Durant news., 1948-01-01
Young Goodman Veteran
Stabbed Christmas Duy

GOODMAN -(SpeciaD- Herbert
Harmon. young veteran, continued
in serious condition at the Veterans
Hospital in Jackson Saturday as the
result of cutting affray in which he
was wounded some seven miles east
OF Goodman at noon on Christmas
Day.
Witnesses stated that Harmon be-
came involved in an alteration with
Leon Mcbride, another young white
man of the community and the stab
bing followed.
Harmon was stabbed underneath
the heart, the knife blade barely
missing the heart, the examining
physician said.
Leon Mcbride, 26-year-old white
man of Attala county, is at liberty
under $4,000 bail following his ar
rest Friday in connection with the
knitting.
The Durant news., 1948-01-01
Babson Predicts No Depression For 194S; But
Conditions Will Be Less Favorable Says
Authority In Business And Financial Outlook
Dividends May Be Less; Some Rotionne May Be
Resumed In New Year; inventories To Increase
By: Roger w. BabsOn

- 1915 VIII be- more less of duplicate of 1947 Certain
te VIII oe no depression pessmists talk
ing about but fundamental conditions will become increasingly
less favorable Watch out after November g 194S
General Business
z Ihe above paragraph applies mostly gross business
CERTAIN industries will show profits This means that
IN some cases, dividends may be less in l948
The reconverson from to peace has been entirely
completed war suruses well disposed Of and 1948
VIII even show a resumption of military purchases.
a. Inventories quoted both their price values and their
volumes VIII increase during 1913 Both piles and
manufactured goods will be in greater supply during
The Durant news., 1948-01-01
Mrs. SaIIie H. Woods
Passes Al Jackson
Last Rites Wednesday
For Prominent Citizen

Mrs. Sallie Horton Woods, one of
Durant's Oldest and best loved citi-
zens, died at st. Dominic's Hospital
in Jackson Monday afternoon at 1886
following short illness. She was n.
Born in Attala county in 1870, Mrs.
Woods moved to Durant So years ago
where she made her home until her
death. She married the late Marcus
7. Woods, former engineer for the
Illinois Central Railroad in 1890. She
was a member of the Methods,
Church.
Services Wednesday
Services for Mrs. Woods were held
Wednesday morning, December 81
at II o'clock at the Durant Metho-
dist Church, with the Rev. c. M. Day
pastor of the Durant First Baptist
Church, and Johnnie Dinas Of the
Methodist Church officiating.
Interment was in Mizpah Gene
terry with Southern Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
She is survived by four daughters,
Mrs. w. E. Mcclellan, Sr, of Phillip;
Mrs. j. r. McComic of Jackson and
Mobile; Mrs. ]. w. Elliott, Jackson;
Mrs. M. P. Gilbert, Memphis; sis
ter, Mrs. Helon Huckaby, Yazoo City;
brother, Sam Horton, Durant; eight
grandchildren, Mrs. Tom Ashley, of
Durant; w. E. Mcclellan, Jr., Green
vile; Mrs. Basken Perry, Rolling
Fork; Woods Mcclellan, Phillip:
Sarah, Jim and George Elliott, all of
Jackson; Claude w. Dodd, Durant;
and six great-grandchildren, Tommy
Ashley, Durant; Patsy and Basken
Perry, Rolling Fork; Claudia Lee
Dodd, Durant; Mary Elizabeth Nc
Lellan, Phillip; and Billy Mcclellan,
Greenville.