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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-10-27

"For several years." Mr.. Watkins
says, 81 suffered from a rheumatic
condition in the hip and leg. was
very nervous and finally developed
migraine headaches. | tried ali
kinds Of medicines but nothing
seemed to do me any good.
seemed to be growing worse and
worse and was finally advised to
take leave Of absence from my
work on the police force in or
effort to recover my health"
"The pains in my head some.
times were unbearable. l suffered
fortunes and | was miserable. A,
night particularly l lay awake and
could not Sleep"
Mr.. Watkins said that someone
finally persuaded him to try
HADACOL, and after taking the
first bottle he said he could see
an improvement in his general
condition.
ION January 18th Of this year"
he said, II felt so much better
decided to go back on the job
The examining doctor told me
was in perfect health. Now I am
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-10-27
Whot's Wrong With Work?

It is disturbing to observe how few of our young
people know how work have intention OF learning
They don't like the idea of work. Yet they want jobs and in
comes.
Only few years ago work held as honorable To
be called hard worker considered high praise
People in full of hours and applied themselves
diligently at their jobs Nobody thought there anything
peculiar about it, We received sort of inner satisfaction in
doing job we'll Now all this appears to be oldfashioned
and all of who worked hard the hope of carving out
niche in the world dopes. you don't believe just
listen in the youngsters conversations better yet let
them apply to you for IAN association with your firm
No. they don't even apply for jobs any more. They
want to form connection" And most of them want to
start out as executives at executives salaries.
Just notice the questions they ask you: What
the hours? When will get my vacation? Do you have free
disqualification How about pension and retire
ment plan? How soon will get a raise?'
Another thing that disturbs me is the low grade of
effort exerted by the workers who the job Offices
shops stores and factories full of Indifferent employees
VINO give half measure who stall the job who manage
to waste two or three hours each day.
Can it be that big slice of population longer
believes IN Opportunity? Has much talk about Security
caused edown in the vital drive that America great?
Young people used to expected Opportunity Now they
mand Security
Perhaps that's where the difference lies
The fact that jobs have been plentiful the past several
years has strong bearing the matter Few of the young
folks have known what it means to hunt
Joo Tor weeks Maybe the situation will correct itself with
out oun young folks having to learn what is to need Job
desperately But can't help wondering if the answer will
come out any other way. hope it will.
Somebody tell me- What's wrong with work?
from Printers Ink
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-10-27

write Mississippi Division u s. Brewers Foun-
dstou 7l2. Guaranty Bulb Jackson Mississippi
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-10-27
Cash and Scholarships
Offered To Best Teen
Age Auto Designers

DETROIT, MICH.,-October q
The 1850 model car competition
of the Fisher Body Craftsman.
Guild is offering SOS, 900 in cash
awards and university scholar.
ships to the nations best 'teen-agt
model automobile designers anc
builders, it was announced today
by j. j. Cronin, vice president Of
General Motors, general manager
of the Fisher Body division, and
Guild president.
Any boy in the United States
between the ages of IL and &c
is eligible to enter the competi-
ton and may obtain an enroll
ment card by writing to the Fisher
Body Craftman's Guild, General
Motors building, Detroit 2, Mich
A booklet on model car design
and construction, the only text
book of its kind for youths wish
ing to learn about automobile de-
sign, will be sent to each boy
enrolling in the Guild, Cronin
said. 1t was prepared by profess
sional designers from the General
Body Division engineers and the
Motors Styling Section, Fisher
Technical Staff of the Craftsman's
Guild.
The design manual shows how
to sketch a model car, including
some of the practical limitations
that face the Professionals. 1t
also illustrates, step by step, how
to build the model either by cast
ing it in plaster or by carving it
from wood block.
The awards for the best models
entered in the Guild competition
again include eight university
scholarships for the national Win
ners of the Junior az through Is
years old) and Senior (16 through
19) Division of the competition.
In each age group the awards
will be: First-$4,000 scholarship;
Secon d-3,000; Third $4,000;
Fourth-$l, 900.
There will be IA awards in
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-10-27
Caused By dietary deficiency.

| Naust0 " uies1hy oehieteHeys
working from 8 to IL hours daily
and / am able to sleep as any
normal person. I have taken. six
large size bottles of HADACOL
and all my friends know | owe my
good health to HADACOL"
Mr.. Watkins is one Of the many
thousands Of people who suffered
from q deficiency Of the B vita
minis and the minerals that HAD
ACOL contains and who, therefore,
found relief in HADACOL.
1t is a well-known scientific fact
that the lack of only a small
amount of the B vitamins and
certain minerals in your system
will cause certain bodily disorders
such as nutritional neuritis, which
causes the aches and pains COM
monty known as rheumatism, and
there is no known cure for the
ailment except the administration
of the needed vitamins and min
erals. This is why people who suf-
fered for years and years never
were able to obtain any relief until
they took the vitamins and miner
ais the lack of which was causing
the disorders.
HADACOL does not contain only
one but has five of the B vitamins
and four necessary minerals. 1t
comes to you in liquid form so that
it will be easily absorbed by the
blood and, therefore, carried to the
parts of the body which need them
most.
So, it matters not where you
live-no matter who you are-if
you have tried all the medicines
under the sun, you should be fair
to yourself and give this wonderful
preparation, HADACOL, a trial.
And if your disease is caused by
lack of the B vitamins and miner
ais which HADACOL contains,
then don't go on suffering-don't
continue to make your life 50
miserable. Temporary relief for you
is not enough. Take HADACOL
Sold at all leading drugstores.
Trial size only N.25, but save
money; buy the large family econ
or,y size, only $3.50. II your drug
gist does not handle HADACOL,
order direct from The Le Blame
Corporation, Lafayette, La, and
when the postman brings your
package, just pay the amount plus
the cod. and postage. II you remit
with the order we will pay the
postage.
Then, II you don't feel perfectly
satisfied after using HADACOL
% directed, just return the empty
carton and your money will be
cheerfully refunded. Nothing could
be fairer.-Adv.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-10-27

state and the District of Columbia.
seven in each age group as fol-
lows; First $50 cash; Second
$500; Third-$50; and four Honor
able Mention awards Of
Model Builders Tool Chests. For
judging purposes, the states and
District of Columbia will be
grouped into 20 regions, each of
which will send a junior and SEN
ion division winner expense-free
to the national Guild convention
next August.
Deadline for finishing model
cars is midnight, July 1, 1850.
The Craftsman's Guild is an or
ganization for the development of
craftsmanship and creative ability
among boys. It was founded in
1880 by General Motors.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-10-27
Goods Produced In
Holmes County
Rises Sharply

Information received from c.
Parker Persons, regional director
OF the U. S. Department of Com
merce in Atlanta states that the
value added by manufacture of
goods produced in manufacturing
establishments of Holmes county
has increased by approximately
S7O2,649 since before the war.
A Census Bureau report from
its 1947 census of manufactures
shows, Mr.. Persons said, that in
1899 the value added by manu-
facturer of good produced by
manufactures Of Holmes county
was $319,35l and that in 1947
it was $1,022,00O. The term
value added by manufacturers
means the value of manufactured
goods in excess of the cost of
materials and Supplies, the Com
merce Department official ex-
planned.
All branches of Holmes county's
manufacturing industries h e
grown correspondingly in the
eight year period, it was stated.
The number of establishments
engaged in manufacturing opera
tions has increased from II in
1899 to Is in 1947, the number of
employees from 239 to 430. and
salaries and wages paid from
S140,1 1876 to 1921 900.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-10-27
Had RHEUMATISM So BAD
That He Had To Quit Working

Mr.. Jerry Watkins, chief Of de-
tectives Of the city Of Hot Springs,
Arkansas, suffered with rheuma-
tism so much and the aches and
pains were 50 terrible that he had
to quit working in an effort to
regain his health after he had
tried everything which his friends
recommended.
Detective Watkins Is well known
and his countless number Of friends
throughout the country will rejoice
to know that he is now healthy,
free Of rheumatic aches and pains
and now working hard.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-10-27

spending more and
m ore on them
selves; leaders who
are irresponsible
self-seeking and in
competent: poverty
unprevented a n d
uncared-for drunk
enness high and
low. Isaiah, and
other prophets as
well, saw in the sin
and drunkenness Of
tt &t.. Al.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-10-27

Htg pow-wow the other night
q the Fire House between farm
oRs and the town fellows who 60
01hing and hunting on their
lnnA. Sam Roberts says: I'VE
usa't nind anyone going ON our
Deopeety. It's the carelessness--
0ates left open, fences broken,
l1Fes started. even livestock get
ting hurt"
Then Slim Dalton spoke up.
Some of US may have been bit
careless. but from now on we'll
est permission first. Besides that,
we're offering $50 reward for
Information about any destruc-
ton to q farmers property"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-10-27

the tunes the sign
and symbol of national decay. To
the careless, the selfish and the
wild, to those who were leaders"
but were leading in the wrong d.
rection. Isaiah kept saying, in
many different ways. Choose the
best!
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-10-27
Choose The Best!
Lesson for October 30. 1949

IT HURT Isaiah's patriotism. and
. his religion too, to see how fast
his country was going down hill
Most of the troubles Isaiah saw
are with us today. Wealthy women
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-10-27
Where Drunkards Start


X GAINST ALL THIS the church
"A must keep saying and persuad-
ing people. Choose the Best! But 1t
does comparatively little good to
say this to the confirmed alcoholic.
1t makes more sense to say it to
young people. For the sad feature
Of alcoholism is that it begins in
the high schools.
The Yale School of Alcohol Stud
les has collected evidence indica-
ting that two-thirds OF all alcoholics
begin drinking habits in the early
high school years.
A recent Gallup poll shows
the greatest percentage Of
drinkers to be In the age group
81 TO 80. Today, It is estimated,
there are four million alcohol
addicts or excessive drinkers
who are In more or less con-
slant trouble with their fami-
lies and employers.
Drunkenness costs industry in
America no less than one billion
dollars q year. and has lot to do
with the breakup Of homes and
with crime generally. .,-rsr
Allied Youth a~s S"'''
COMETHING IL being done to
~ stop this. which you should
know about. There 10 q movement
known a. Allied Youth. . national
educational organization working
IN high schools all over the country.
Its work Is positive. not negative.
Il Il not trying to pass laws or to
bring back prohibition. What II does
try to do-and It 10 succeeding re.
markably well In many places-is
70 give young people . way Of life
that will enable them to meet social
pressure for drinking without loss
Of 'face." Every Allied Youth post
In q school has three aims: 1. To
meet, the social and recreational
needs OF young people.
Every New Years Eve, for
instance, when millions Of
Americans are getting sickly
drunk, more than 5000 young
people gather In Detroit for the
biggest dry party In America,
sponsored by Allied Youth.
2. To establish within the school
. fellowship of young people who
do not think 1t 10 necessary t.
drink to be smart. Such q grour
can change the attitude Of an entire
school
3. To build . solid foundation d
education for total abstinence. Es.
sentially. Allied Youth 10 saying Il
young people everywhere. Choose
the Bestl"
Information about Allied Youth
can be had by writing Allied Youth
l709 M. Street NV, Washington
d. c.
Copyright by the International coun
I'll of Religious Education on behalf o.
10 Protestant denominations. Released
by WNU Features.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-10-27
The Prophets Successors

THERE WAS A TIME when the
. church put most Of her preach
ing emphasis on individual religion:
Get right with Godl was the cry.
The church Of today has not by any
means given up her emphasis on
personal religion, but we are learn
ing from the prophets what social
Righteousness means. The church
In our time Is the logical and actual
successor to the prophets work.
The church II doing more
than ever 70 awaken the con-
science Of society. In fact the
church Itself has . duty - be
the conscience Of society. One
Of the problems shout which
eur nation needs 10 be walked
up y one that Isaiah and Jere-
miah faced, only we have Il in
. more desperate form.
We call It alcoholism; they called
It by an uglier, more suitable word:
drunkenness. Even In those days
drinking was q problem; It cut
down the nation health. wealth
and wisdom. No W II Is worse
because Of two factors. One 10 the
higher percentage Of alcohol in bev-
erages such as whiskey. unknown
in those days. The other factor u
advertising.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-10-27
From where ! sit :. by Joe Marsh
How About Being A
Good Sport?
from Printers Ink


Farmers and sportsmen both
liked the idea and went home
friends. From where / sit. that
meeting showed how folks can
get together and work out safe
guards for each others good.
It's hike the Brewers Self.ReG-
ulation program whereby beer re-
tailers cooperate in setting mp
safeguards to keep their places
clean, bright and law-abiding. In
this way, mo trespassing" signs
are never needed!
MsM4&
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-10-27

Hal Rhyme spent the weekend
in DeKalb.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-11
Your State
Health Officer Says
by Felix J. Underwood. Md.

Only yesterday / was somewhat
shocked when an outstanding
physician, a psychiatrist who op-
crates a private institution for pa
tients with mild mental and ner-
vous disorders told me: Il treat
very few alcoholics any more. AL
most all of my patients now are on
nembutal, seconal, amytal and
other barbiturates. They tell me
they can buy them promiscuously
and that many country merchants
are now selling them over the
country. It is causing a great
amount of mental trouble" He
felt that some drug stores were
selling these dangerous prepara-
tons promiscuously and that pre-
scriptions were being refilled
many times for addicts. 1t was his
feeling that the better drug stores
were not guilty of this practice
of making more and more addicts
from the use of these drugs. He
stated that it was his practice
when it was necessary to pre-
scribe such drugs to prescribe a
very limited amount and to write
on the prescription mot to be
refilled." He also said that pa
tients often asked him to write the
prescription for 100 to 500 tab
lets or capsules which, of course,
is ridiculous except for an addict.
This is a real problem in Mis-
sissippi and other states. These
barbiturates definitely produce
psychoses. People already de-
pendent upon such drugs should
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-11

secure treatment before it is too
late.
This doctor in talking with me
appeared not to feel overly criti-
cal of anyone, but was discussing
it as a matter of interest to ply
sicians and public health officials,
as well as the public generally.
He expressed the thought that the
problem is soon going to be, If it
is not already, as big as the NOR
phine problem. He reiterated the
statement that when he ~prescrib-
ed a barbiturate he never pre-
scribed more than 6 or 8 doses
and then wrote ''non-refill" on the
prescription. However, he per-
sonally knew of several women
who made a practice of going back
and getting such prescriptions re-
filled a dozen times where the
druggists would fill them.
l agree with this good doctor
that this big problem must be met
courageously if we are to do any
thing about it. In medical socie-
ties physicians who realize how
rapidly the problem is increasing
will be discussing ways and means
of solving it, and druggists win
be just as interested in trying to
help. Lawmakers and citizens
generally are interested and all
must work together to solve this
one, because it will not be easy
and will take the combined eff
forts of us all. The drug habit
grows easily on one, far more cas-
lily than the alcohol habit. / be-
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-11

$500
many are worth singing aboutf)
In the United States, there are
known to this writer no New Year
songs, none for Decoration day or
Labor day. none for Armistice day,
none for the various birthdays cell
ebrated hither and yon. (Who ever
heard of q song to commemorate
Thomas Jefferson?) We may not
even sing on our personal Vacations.
we are too busy working up q sun
tan. On the other hand. we could
hardly think Of Independence day.
Thanksgiving. Christmas and East.
er without being reminded of the
songs that 60 with them-The Star
spangled Banner or America the
Beautiful for the Fourth Of July,
Now Thank We All Our God In No
vember. and all the Christmas and
Easter carols.
God and Country
TT looks as If some kinds of holi-
) days produce songs and others
don't. It appears to be a general
rule: II the holiday is specially
patriotic or religious. then people
sing: otherwise they don't. God
and country, in short, arouse emo
ton and enthusiasm which Cfor ex-
ample) the memory even OF a great
man like jefferson, or the planting
Of a tree, does not. This is generally
true throughout the world. 1t was
true in ancient Israel, for many OF
the Psalms are holiday hymns, fes-
tival songs. Some years ago a re-
ligious denomination issued a new
hymn book. One minister roundly
denounced the book because 1t had
introduced a few patriotic hymns.
my Country, it's Of Thee has no
place in public worship, he said.
II that man had been q clos
er student II the Psalms. he
would not have made such .
criticism. Most patriotic hymns
are really prayers for ones
native land; Psalms los and LOG
are only two Of . number Of
Psalms which are In the best
sense Of the word patriotic.
II the reader will look through
the Psalms for himself, noting all
the references to God and to Israel,
remembering that Israel was the
name Of the poets country he will
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-11

he convinced that In those times
as in these. love for God and love
for country r singable.
Halleluiah
~UR word ''H~allelujah" 10 He
~ brew, and comes from the
Psalms. It means Praise ye the
Lordl" Incidentally, 1t 10 q relig-
ious word. and should not be used.
as IL 80 often Ii. irreverently or
lightly. Psalms Hills In our
Bible were sung as a group. and
called the Hallel. or the Praise.
The Hallel was sung regularly at
he three great holiday festivals:
Passover (near our Easter time),
Pentecost Tin early summer. ances-
tor of our Whitsunday). and Taber-
nacles (in the falD.
When our Lord had his Last
gupper" he and his friends
would sing these very Psalms.
The 'shymn'' they sang before
they went out was very prob
ably the latter part Of this
group. 116-118, always sung ut
the end Of the Passover meal.
The note of praise in these
Psalms Is very strong. They are
not In a minor key.
Parodies
4 SAD FACT today IL that the
~ un-Christian world. which does
not understand religion at all. has
taken over our religious holidays
but leaves the religion out The
result Is a parody, something with
out rhyme or reason. Take q look,
next winter. at Christmas greeting
cards for sale. You viii find scot.
" pups, all sorts Of things. more
easily than you win find true
Christmas messages.
For people who are mot Chris
tians, Christmas 10 only Xmas,
. time for exchanging useless
presents. . time for shopkeep-
err 70 make money.
And as for Easter, there are
cities where the big items are only
the Dummies and the parade, neither
Of which has the slightest thing t.
do with the real Easter.
downright by the International Cotm
Eli Of Religious Education on behalf o.
70 Protestant denominations. Released
d. WNU Features.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-11

ills attending it, from many IN
timely deaths and frequent sui.
cides. We can go on toleratinp
and even encouraging the making
of addicts out of thousands Of
our people every year, or we can
go to work to put an end to these
pernicious practices. The situa-
ton seems to be that many people
want these drugs and many other
people make it far too easy to
secure them, with the end re-
suits of invalidism, severe mental
and nervous diseases, and often
death.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-11
-MAMED BUSINESS MANAGER

Billy Carter has been named
new business manager Of the Law
journal at the University of Mis-
sissippi. Since graduating from
saziIlsaps June, 1913, he has been
IN law student at Ole Miss.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-11
Singing Holidays

TT A CITIZEN Of the U.S.A. OBJ
4 served all the holidays that are
officially counted as legal, some
where in his wide country, he would
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-11

have 43 days OF
every year. Holt
days are a national
habit in all coun-
tries. Not content
with what the Law
gives us, we take
our personal vaca-
tons besides. But
how many holidays
do we sing about?
Zone might even
dare IN AK. how
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-11

"A congregational meeting Of the
Lexington Presbyterian church is
called for Sunday, August IA, at
Ii am, by T. A. Lail, chairman,
unluit committee.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-11

Physicians, druggists and citi-
gems a put a stop to this by deal
ing with the situation honestly
and courageously. Thousands OF
our citizens can be saved from
drug addictions with all OF the
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-11

lieve the doctor is right when he
states that the use of these barbl-
turate preparations under various
nice names but deadly in their
cumulative effects and habits de-
veloped is now, or soon will be, a
greater problem than morphine
and a far greater problem than al
cohol.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-08-11

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