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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-17
Cotton And Corn
Recommendation

Thirty five farmers and agri-
cultural workers attending the
Big Black Farmers Club have
worked out the 1852 fertilizer re-
concentrations for corn and cot
ton in the hill section of Holmes
county. At the January meeting
of the club they came to the
conclusion that fertilizer is the
most essential and economical
material that can be used on the
farm. After thorough analysis
of fertilizer practices in Holmes
county for the past 8 to 10 years,
it was decided that the 1852 fer
tilizer recommendations would be
as follows:
On good cotton land 500
pounds of 6-3-3 or its equivalent
applied before planting plus 100
pounds of ammonia nitrate as a
side dressing would be our basis
fertilizer recommendations. Of
! course, tnere are certain lands
that need special applications
such as side dressed with two
sacks of ammonia nitrate instead
of one of our weaker lands. Il
your soils are rather sandy you
possibly need a heavier applica-
ton of phosphate and potash par.
ticularly potash, with a heavier
application of side dressing
There are certain spots in prac-
tically every individual field that
should have special attention
That is, giving little more ferti-
lizer than the rest of the field
In some cases it would be neces-
sary to fertilize these special
spots by hand in order to get the
desired amount of fertilizer need
ed. Every farmer knows the weak
spots in his field. These are the
ones to put special applications
on. We believe that any farmer
selecting good cotton land, using
a basis of 500 pounds of 6-8-8 per
! acre plus 100 pounds of ammonia
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-17
Second Semester BEGINS
Thursday, January II
At Holmes Jr. College

The second semester will Of
ficially begin Thursday, Jan. II.
Students will be expected to at
tend classes on Friday or it will
be counted cut.
With the new semester come
some changes. One of these is
that there will no longer be a
special time given to announce
ments in the Friday assembly,
but there will be a daily bulle-
tin to take care of them. Students
and faculty are asked to turn in
all announcements by noon the
day before in order that this bull
letin may be memiographed each
afternoon and distributed to
everyone by 8 am. the following
day.
The (HJC) Growl
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-17

stand for Is minutes or so and
polish with the grain. Use a dry,
soft cloth. Liquid wax cleans
and polishes at the same time
The polishing cloths can become
busters.
Homemade Wax
To make your own wax you
will need: " pound beeswax, l
pint turpentine, boiled linseed
oil.
Melt beeswax (pure) in a dou-
BILE boiler. Remove from heat
and when slightly cool, add tur-
pentine. Stir mixture until it is
like thick batter. The addition
Of little boiled linseed oil will
make it resistant to water.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-17
Heat Savers

neat savers
Tight construction, good insula-
ton, weather stripping, storm
doors and windows are ideal for
keeping homes warm in cold
weather and saving fuel. But ia
miles who are. "making-do" in
houses or apartments lacking
good weather proofing often ask
for temporary and inexpensive
ways to make their quarters more
comfortable.
Extension engineers of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture sug-
gest some simple, time-tested ex-
pedients to help in such situa-
tons:
Curb drafts under doors by
fastening misunderstanding to the
bottom of the door or by laying
narrow, tubular sandbags - easy
to make at home - against the
crack, especially when the wind
is blowing. Either of these meas
ures may be used for doors of
sleeping rooms to keep cold air
coming through open windows
from blowing under the door and
chilling the rest of the house.
Heavy curtains drawn over
window panes at dusk will save
some loss of heat during the night
and make rooms more comfor-
table in the evening.
Padding under carpets or large
rugs often helps keep floors
warm. For temporary or emer-
gency use, several thicknesses
Of paper can be used for this
purpose.
Many people don't realize how
much heat is lost up an open
chimney unless a brisk hearth
fire is burning. Most modern
chimneys have hampers which
can close off the flue. It's also
possible to make a screen" to
fit the fireplace opening which
ican be both decorative and use
full. The home carpenter might
make it of wall board with ar
asbestos back.
Sometimes rooms are uncomfor.
table because heat doesn't circul.
ate enough and settles around the
ceiling. An electric fan aimee
ct the ceiling can be a help to
ward keeping the warm air NOV
ing.
| How appetizing beef will b.
when it comes from the HON,
freezer or locker depends on how
: long il is stored and how IL i
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-17
Countrywide Meeting

A county wide Cattlemen AS
ISOLATION meeting will be held al
the Court House in Lexington
on Monday, January %, at z p
m. Every person owning cattle
or people interested in the de-
velopment of livestock should at
tend. We will have a very in
teresting speaker which will be
very worthwhile to those who at
tend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-17
TchuIo Boy Finishes
Ordnance Course

Atlanta Georgia - Sgt. Joe K.
Leonard. son of Leila A. Leonard,
Route 2, Tchula, graduated from
the Ordnance Automotive School,
Atlanta General Depot, USA, At
lanta, Ga.
Sgt, Leonard was selected 10
attend the Automotive School
and completed the course IN
combination welding.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-17
31a Division Trains
Al Camp Gordon

FORT JACKSON, S. C.-The
3ist Infantry (Dixie) Division.
-four srtillary battalions will
leave here this week for Camp
Gordon, Georgia, to complete
practice firing exercises proir tc
undergoing rigid Third Army
test later this month.
The Divarty units have been
engaged in post cycle training
and practice firing since return
ing from division maneuvers in
North Carolina in early Nov
.,SnbeY.
The Hath, 1l7th, 932nd, and
: D38rd Field Artillary Battalions
ar4s Headquarters Battery will
start taking the overall efficiency
test on January Is.
Playing a major role in the
final firing exam" given by
Thafd Army an XVIII Corps Of
ficiais will be Battery B, Hath
Field Artillary Battalion. Many
OF @'eee men are from Lexing-
ss.
~..e 3lst Division Artillary,
n"raled by Brigadier General
IN, Is A. Lake, Greenville, Miss.
OILS nsliy was scheduled to take
The tests last summer However,
when the 3lst was hard hit by
Korean levies, a delay was ne
,csssitated.
Each battalion will be graded
individually on all phases of ar
tilIery work. This includes move
Dent into tactical rendezvous; re-
.connais snce, selection and oc-
cttpaaioa of a position; rapid dis
placements: method of adjusting
fire; technique of massing fires.
The units will also be graded
ON security, communications, sur
', ~, and ability OF observers to
o. lust fire.
While training at Camp Cor
e1oes the 3lst units will be BIZ
ycuaced in the field about ten
miles from the main part of the
base.
fine si4th is commanded by 1t.
Col. John Dale. Greenville; the
S91fh b. 1t. Col. James r. Tay-
loy. Apdalusia, Ala; the 932rd by
cSpt. u, S. Jones, State College
Miss: the 933rd by Major Isaac
n. King. Lexington; Headquar-
tiers by Capt. Robert Hugh French
Of lpdianola.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-17
P. n. Williams Becomes
Member Of p. K. P.

The University of Mississippi
Chapter of Pi Kappa Pi, local
honorary fraternity, has announc-
ed the initiation Of seven new
members including Parham Viii
liams, Jr., of Lexington. This is
the highest scholastic honor that
may be obtained at Ole Miss.
Parham is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. p. H. Williams.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-17

How appetizing beef will be
when it comes from the home
freezer or locker depends on how
long it is stored and how it is
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-17
Polishing furniture

Polishing furniture
There is a great controversy
over the best materials and me-
thods for polishing furniture. But
experts agree on two points: y
surfaces must be clean and free
from dust before they are polish
ed, and p results depend on rub
bling.
You need not polish furniture
more than two or three times a
year, if you give good in-between
care.
The rubbing between polishings
and when busting builds up the
luster and brings out the grain
and beauty of the wood. The best
formula for success in giving fur
niture lovely sheen is persis-
tence, pressure and elbow grease.
To polish carved wood, you
may apply polish with a soft
brush, sparingly to prevent
Oil EXPERIMENTATION III tilC CICVlCSS.
Use stiff brush covered with
flannel for the first polishing,
then buff with a soft polishing
cloth.
Furniture polish of good quality
imparts high luster on furni-
ture that has no wax. Apply the
polish lightly in a thin film anc
let dry. Then polish well with
the grain using dry, soft cloth
You can make your own furni.
ture polish by mixing equal part:
of linseed oil and turpentine. Ap
ply this sparingly. Let stand Il
minutes or SO and polish vel
with dry soft cloth, rubbing with
the grain of the wood.
To polish furniture that i:
waxed, rub well at each busting
A new application of wax i
needed occasionally after tn,
furniture has been cleaned.
Liquid or paste wax (not self
polishing), gives wood a soft lus
ter. Apply it sparingly, let
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-17
Returns To Base

Returns To Base
Corporal Francis M. Hathcock
has returned to Lake Charles Air
Force Base, Louisiana, after
spending holidays in the home OF
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. I.
Hathcock. He also visited his
brothers, Mr.. and Mrs. Audis
Hathcock here and Mr.. and Mrs.
H. T. Hathcock, Jr., Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-17

nitrate as a side dressing ano
| carrying out a good poisoning
program you can easily produce
a bale or more cotton per acre.
Your seed bed should nave
thorough preparation and nave
il ready to plant as early as the
season will permit will be a Dig
, factor in determining your flnai
yield.
Corn Recommendations - our
corn fertilizer recommendations
are more or less similar to our
cotton recommendations in that
as basis we need phosphate and
potash plus a large supply OF nj
trogen plus at least one stalk OF
corn from every Is to l6 inches IN
the row. The variety of corn
you plant will determine to some
extent on your yield. However,
most any variety will do good
under our fertilizer recommended
tions planted as early in April as
possible.
The corn recommendations
would be at least 800 pounds of
6-8-8 per acre plus $50 to 200
pounds of ammonia nitrate per
acre applied deep under corn be-
fore planting. Side dress your
corn when it is knee high with
$50 to 200 pounds of ammonia
nitrate per acre. OF course, with
this heavy application Of ferti-
lizer it is necessary to have from
10 to 10000 corn stalks per acre
before you could expect a high
Weld such as IS to 100 bushels OF
corn per acre. The higher you
fertilize your corn and the better
land the thicker stand of corn you
should have. The earliness of
planting corn will also determine
the number of stalks of corn you
should leave on the ground. For
instance if you plant corn in early
April with a heavy application
of fertilizer one stalk every 10
to IL inches is not too thick as
your corn will moro than likely
have a sufficient supply of rain
fall before dry weather sets in.
On the other hand if corn is not
planted before May or early June
it should be thinned to around
10 inches. In other words the
later in the year you plant corn
the further apart it should be in
the row and automatically this
will decrease the yield per acre.
Cotton recommendations for
Delta area - On sandy loan and
silt loan soils 60 to rs pounds of
nitrogen prior to planting. Clay
and silt soils 80 pounds of nj
trogen prior to planting. Sandy
loans with excessive internal
drainage 40 pounds of nitrogen
before planting and 35 to 40 as &
side dressing.
1t is believed along the foo
hills and our sander type soil.
in the Delta area of Holmes coun
ty that an application of Al
pounds OF available phosphate
and 404 pounds Of available pc
fash would increase the yield O
cotton over just the use Of nj
trate alone. You may supply
your phosphate and potash by
using 500 pounds Of 6-8-8 ferti
lizer plus side dressing with 10t
pounds of ammonia nitrate, par
ticularly along the foot hills ane
your sandy loan soils.
Your corn recommendation!
for the Delta area of Holmes coun
ty would be $50 to 200 pounds O
ammonia nitrate put under corr
prior to planting and $50 to 20(
pounds of ammonia nitrate as /;
side dressing when corn is knee
high. Leave corn every IL to l:
inches apart in the row.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-17

wrapped - as well as on the
storage temperature.
Recent tests showed that beet
stored six months at from zero
TO ten degrees Fahrenheit was
much better than that stored a
year. A temperature at least as
low as zero should be maintain
ed for storage longer than six
months. Do not overload freezer.
Moisture-vapor-resistant wrap
ping is highly important for keep
ing meat attractive and palatable,
even for relatively short storage
Tests of wrappings at the Mis-
souri, Experiment Station found
heavy aluminium foil best and
waxed paper poorest.
A freezer is not a bank" or
safety deposit vault where food
can be kept indefinitely. The de-
post loses value if kept overlong
Best returns come from a regular
turnover of food. This is true of
beef, pork and lamb, as well as
other food deposits.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-17

$500 WEEKLY g. UP - In youS
own wholesale road jobbing bu.
siness. No investment neces-
sary. Selling wholesale to mer-
chants: Dry Goods, Auto Sup
plies, Cigars, Sundries, Drugs,
Toys, Cosmetics, Watches, Gift
Items, School Supplies, etc. Ter
Iitory available Holmes and At
tala counties. Write for details
or help friend or relative by
giving him this ad. H. L. Blake,
l08 Minerva ST.. Jackson, Miss
46-tfnp
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-17

Weekend Guest
Mrs. Ida Mcclellan of Durant
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. M. G.. Brough.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-17

See our Job Printing Depart
,Srseut fpr Quality printing.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-17
CLASSIFIED ADS

FOR SALE-Girls 20-inch BIZ
cyle. Good as new. $25. Phone
4461, Goodman. IA
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-17

FOR SALE - 800 bales good well
cured grass hay mixed. $1.25
bale. Hand Motor Co., Du-
rant. 18-2tnp
, 1952-05-21

regional vocational training.
program sponsored by the
Commission has resulted in its
continuation and enlargement
for another year with a grant
from the Mutual Security
Agency of the United States
Government. The grant will
provide seventyfive scholar
ships to citizens of the British,
French, and Netherlands terri
tories which this year, under
the program, sent thirty stu
dents to the metropolitan
Vocational Training School in
San Juan, Puerto Rico. Up to
now, with Puerto Rico provid-
ing tuition scholarships; and
the several local governments
providing transportation costs
of the scholarship winners to
and from Puerto Rico, United
States assistance has amount
ed to about half of the total
expense. During the next year,
the United States Government
will provide subsistence for
the seventy-five students and
willlpay the tuition fee of $500
each for forty-f1ve of these stu
dents. The Government Of
Puerto Rico will continue to
provide thirty tuition scholar
ships. The total United States
Government grant for the pro-
ject for the next year will be
500, 100, and, in addition, Puer-
to Rico will provide $4,000.
CONTINUED in next issue.)
, 1952-05-21
PUBLIC AUCTION

At the request of ALMERIC
L. CHRISTIAN, ESQ, attor-
ney for and on behalf of
MARIE E. EDWARDS, Adj
ministratrix of the Joint es-
tate of ANITA E. EDWARDS
deceased, and her pre-deceas-
ed husband, ALFRED Ed
WARDS, and pursuant to an
Order of the District Court,
dated the 18th day Of April,
1852, the Vendue Director will
sell at public auction
Properly No. ABB East S rect
a part Of the aforesaid estate,
on June 9. 1852 at 2:3O pm.
at the Police Court Room,
Christiansted.
The conditions Of the auction
will be read at the time Of the
sale.
The Vendue Directors Office
Christiansted, st. Croix. the
End day Of May, 1852, a. p.
William F. Moorhead
Vendue Director
Fee: S ZOO
Say two dollars)
w. F. M.
, 1952-05-21
LAST CALL

All persons who have not as
yet applied for telephone con-
nection under the new system.
are urged to do SO before May
Is. 1852. Application should be
made TO the Superintendent Of
Public Works in writing. stat
ing the street and number at
which the telephone is needed.
"A. Parallels
Supf. Of Public Works
, 1952-05-21
S P E E G H
by WARD M. cANADAY. US. co-chairman. al the
opening session Of the Caribbean Commissions Four
teenth Meeting, held al Guadeloupe.

enhance the work of the US.
Section of the Commission. I
shall be happy to transmit to
Pinero and DR.. Pico the graci-
Gus message of the President
of this Session. / extend also
to the new members of the
French Section the warm re-
CARDS Of the US. Section.
/ also want to take this oc-
casion to welcome our new
Secretary General who in
these few months demonstrate
ed his skill as an able admins.
TRAITOR, and | extend greetings.
to Deputy Secretary General,
Mr.. Beauregard, who so ably
served as executive of the Sc
cretariat prior to the induction
of the new Secretary General
into Office.
When we were in Guade-
loupe last time, your people,
like many others, were strug-
Cling out from the ravages of
a world war. Today we peo-
pies Of the free world are striv
ing to ensure that the demo
cratic way of life is made
secure. The Caribbean area
has an important contribution
to make in establishing a last
ing peace and stability in the
world. The Caribbean Com
mission has developed a pro-
gram designed to help this
area raise its standard of liv-
ing specifically in agriculture,
fisheries, forestry, industrial
development, housing, and
vocational training. L
Vocational training is a vital
necessity in building a strong
economic climate in this area.
| am happy, therefore, to an
nounce today that the suacess-
full reception Of the present
, 1952-05-21

N1T SIld0lIldll, LdQ1GS d11u
Gentlemen:
1 join my colleagues of the
Caribbean Commission today
in a reunion with the hospita-
lily of Guadeloupe. This visit
is filled with happy memories
Of my first Introduction to the
Commission here four years
ago when the session of the
West Indian Conference gave
historic emphasis to our meet
ing. Yesterday all of the warm
anticipation generated by
those pleasant memories was
again richly fulfilled by the
unforfettable hospitality at
your magnificent new airport
by your Prefet, Mr.. Villager
and Mime. Villager and the
citizens Of Guadeloupe. This
cordial welcome under your
friendly skies presages another
occasion Of progress at this
Fourteenth Meeting Of the Ca
ribbean Commission.
It is with great pleasure
that | welcome and introduce
to you my new colleagues on
the United States Section-Dr.
Alonzo G.. Moron and Mr.. Sol
Luis Descartes. DR.. Moron was
born in the Virgin Islands. For
several years he has been
president of one of our great
American educational institu-
tons, The Hampton Institute
at Hampton, Virginia. Mr.. Des
cartes, who is no stranger to
the Commission and its sub
sidiary bodies, was born in
Puerto Rico and is now Treas
urer of the Puerto Rican Cow
eminent. Both men bring to
the technical and
specialized knowledge which,
| am confident, will greatly
, 1952-05-21
FOR SALE

Parlor Suite
Dining Room Suite
Chest Of Drawers mahogany
3 small Mahogany tables
Ching Closet
Baby Set
Tables, Chairs
and Rocking Chairs
Hacinta Garcia
Samuel Hope
Evening star., 1952-10-02
Macarthur
CONTINUED From Page B-16)

mits a relieving ray Of light into
the forbidding gloom. The vet
eran director probably can set
down his version Of the classic as
a success. It was hard life Jean
Vatican led. according to Victor
Hugo. and it is a hard life he leads
according to Milestone and See
narist Richard Murphy.
In case your life has been un-
believably sheltered, Hugo here
told Of the unhappy plight Of a
man named Jean Vatican, who
goes to prison for 10 years for
filching a loaf of bread. He is re-
leased. not a free man. but a pa
rolee, ordered to report to the
officials at Orleans. He manages.
through set of fortuitous circum-
stances, to lose his old identity
and become respected business
man. Then Javert turns UP. VAL
jean is forced into fight again.
There is no point in going into
this as thoroughly here as Hugo,
or even Milestone. A number of
years pass. not unnoticed. and the
whole thing reaches q climax with
Valjean sloshing through those
Paris sewers. the French Revolu-
ton overhead. the purposeful Ja-
vert sloshing right behind him.
It probably has been noted be-
fore that Hugo, az q crusading
journalist, has suffered much the
same fate as Henrik Ibsen. Once
q condition has been changed long
enough that the new condition is
accepted as normal, the outcry
over the old one has q very
strange sound. Classic though
lies Miserables" may be. it still
has strong soap opera taint for
moviegoers today.
In spite Of all this. there. are
some commendable things about
the Ontario's screen attraction.
It has. for one thing, q most ef-
fective impersonation Of Vatican
by Rennie. It also has Newton's
acting skill to lend real substance
to Javert's character and to give
both credence and drama to a
yarn which gets more far-fetched
every year.
The physical production. guided
by Fred Kohlmar, is elaborate and
painstaking, too. and nobody can
accuse Goth Century-Fox of giving
Victor Hugo anything but the
best.
This tale is such a punishment.
though. that you'd better be in
the mood for it and fully pre-
pared.
Evening star., 1952-10-02

RYWr4 p 2lo6 Pa. Ave. NV.
0A0OA6 Air cend. re. oleA
GINGER ROGERS. MARILYN MONROE,
FRED ALLEN. VICTOR MOORE, LQQIs
CALAEkN u WE'RE NOT MARRIED" !"
at 0:3O, sos, 0:S6.
Evening star., 1952-10-02

appearance he ate up q large
platter Of eggs and bacon. with
several rolls. "You never drank
coffee like this BEFORE" said Mrs.
Keith. filling his cup for the fourth
time and watching him with mixed
anxiety and respect. Afterwards
they went into the library.
A ghost was in the brown, book
lined room, but Willie fought
down his feelings Of awe and sad
ness. He dropped into his fathers
red leather armchair. selecting
the sacred spot deliberately, dis
regarding his mothers wan, Sor-
|rowful. loving look. He told her
the story Of the mutiny. She fell
silent after q few shocked ex-
clamations and allowed him to
talk for o long time. When he
finished and looked at her face
she regarded him steadily and
puffed at q cigarette.
'Well. what do you think
mother?"
Mrs. Keith hesitated and said,
What does-have you told May
about it?"
May doesn't even know I'm in
New York." he said irritably.
Aren't you going to see her?"
Il guess I'll see her."
The mother sighed. ''Well, all
I can say Is, Willie, this Old
Yellowstain sounds like an abom-
Unable monster. You and the ex-
ecutive officer are perfectly inno-
cent. You did the right thing"
"The doctors say different"
"You wait and see. The court
will acquit your executive officer
They won't even try YOU"
His mothers blind optimism did
not comfort Willie. "Well. mother,
not that I blame you, but you
don't know much about the Navy,
that's obvious"
Maybe not. Have you decided
anything about May. Willie?"
Willie didn't want to answer, but
he was cross and nervous. and tell
ling the mutiny story had shaken
his self-control. well, this will
probably please you very much.
decided that it wouldn't work. I've
given it up."
The mother nodded slightly, and
looked down at her lap, appearing
to suppress a smile.
Willie went to his mothers bed
room and called the candy store
in the Bronx. May Wynn's not
home" said a nat. vulgar voice, a
woman with a foreign accent.
TRY Circle 6-3475."
He called the number. "Hotel
Woodley. good morning" said the
operator.
Willie knew the Woodley well;