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by W. R. Sullivan, County Agent The outlook for livestock promises to be good for producers in 1948 Sharp reduction in total cattle and calf number and reduced grain feed ing will result in small slaughter in 1948. Pork and lamb output will like wise be smaller than in 1947 Demand is expected to continue very strong for at least the first half of 1948- Even if it falls off some in the last half, meat animal prices for the year will probably average as high as in 1947 DAIRY PRODUCTION in 1948 is expected to change little from 1947. Total cow numbers and pro duction per cow probably will re main about the same. Winter and early spring production may be low r i I ■ I J er due to feed shortage and poor ' quality. Demand for dairy products will continue strong Prices probably will average about the same as in 1947. However, net income to producers will be smaller because of higher feed and labor costs. POULTRY AND EGG PRODUC TION is expected t decline from 1947 production. Demand will continue strong, both for eggs and poultry meat. Prices should average at least as high as in 1947- Feed costs will be higher and quality will be lower Net income will be lower because of higher production costs. VEGETABLE PRODUCTION and prices in 1948. with some exceptions, are expected to be at levels about i the same as in 1947- With average | weather conditions, production of I sweetpotatoes and fresh market veg ! etables probably will be somewhat larger. Irish potatoes and truck crops for processing will be about the same. Cabbage acreage may be increased materially due to good prices in 1947. Lower prices may result in 1948 Demand for vegetables likely will stay about the same as in 1947. Commercial vegetable growers may profit mos*t by shifting acreage among individual crops, and to some extent by planning production for different market dates. FOREST PRODUCTS production in 1948 wil continue heavy- Supplies will be more plentiful. Demand will continue heavy throughout 1948. Prices are expected to be as high, and possibly Jiigher, than during 1947. RIBBONS Complete Stock For Typewriters And Adding Machines For Any Make Or Model See Leo Maness The Lexington Advertiser HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOVERS | "Across The State - Across The Continent" ; BONDED INSURED | Mississippi Moving & Storage Company j Audis Hathcock, Agent Durant, Miss. Phone 14-W I £/ew crepes and failles, sizes 7 to 15, new prints, Carlye’s own .. . new wide, tiny waists, shown off by hug-me-tight midriffs ... new full sway of skirts bell-shaped and beautiful. • • a new YOU when you see yourself in the new Carl yes at Leonard’s Kosciusko, Miss. SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 40:28-31; Matthew 8:9: John 14:8-14; AcU 17:22-31. DEVOTIONAL READING: Psalm 33. What We Know of God Lesson for January 11, 1948 'T'HE Scripture for Sunday’s les * son is Isaiah 40:28-31, Matthew 6:9, John 14:8-14, and Acts 17:22-31, with Psalm 33 as the devotional reading. “Hast thou not known? Hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no search ing of his under standing. He giveth power to the faint, Dr. Newton »nd to them that have no might he increaseth strength. . . . They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” That is the passage from Isaiah. What a promise! In this hour when men are bending beneath the bur den of a war-weary world, how it gives lift to one’s soul to contem plate the words of this great and blessed promise. God Our Maker I'UE GIVES to all men life and * * breath and everything,” Acts 17:25. One of our daily prayers should be to thank God that he has let us open our eyes to the beauty of another dawn. We must not take it for granted. It is the goodness and mercy of God that permits us to open our eyes, to breathe, to have food, to think. He gives us life and breath and everything. He causes the sun to shine and the tides to ebb and flow. He causes the rain to fall and the winds to bear their blessings. He holds the earth in its course. God is the maker of every good thing. 0 0 0 And He Is Our Father only is God the Creator and ^ ^ Sustainer of the physical uni verse; but he is also our Father. He knows us each by name. He cares for the sparrows, simply because they are sparrows. He cares for us because we are his children, made in his image, capable of fellowship with him. The end of man, as the Catechism clearly teaches, is to en joy God and glorify him forever. Read again the passage that de scribes Paul’s visit to Athens, and how he observed that the people, though quite intelligent, were worshipping many different gods. Paul summoned them to worship the one true and living God. When we acknowledge God as Maker and Father, we are then en able to serve him in conscious as surance of his love and care for us as his adopted children. # * • Show Us the Father DEAD again John 14:8-14, and join with Philip in the prayer, "Show us the Fathef.” Jesus an swered Philip, saying, “He that hath seen me hath seen the Fa ther.” We come to know God as Father through Jesus Christ, and only through Jesus Christ. Jesus goes on to say to Philip, "If ye shall ask anything In my name, I will do it.” The greatest need of our day and generation is a fresh understanding of God— his nature and his will. We can know him through Jesus Christ. And we come to know him through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Enoch walked with God. Abraham was the friend of God. David was a man after God’s own heart. And Jesus came to perfectly reveal the | Father. The determining factor in knowing God as Father is our will ingness to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. * * • Belief in God Today f | 'HE Bible is a Book for today— A any day, every day. It reveals the purpose of creation, both of the universe and man himself. It re veals the loving concern of God for every soul. It portrays his forbear ance and his mercy and his exceed ing kindness, even to sinful men and I women who reject his love. Best of all, the Bible tells us the sweetest story ever told — the story of how God gave his only : begotten Son that whosoever be- ! lieveth on him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Religion, the Christian religion, is the most practical proposition in the world. Every man is constantly in reach of God, if only he will believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. God is yonder in the loneliest watchtower of the timberlands. He is yonder on the storm-tossed ship at sea. He is everywhere, waiting to own and bless any and all who will come to him through Jesus Christ. (Ccpynrht by the International Council of Hr'r vr « “ - ■ —t on hehall ol 00 Protectant i-' ** WNV FeatureaJ Dsa the Classified Ada—It Pay*) Plans Made To Organize Beta Club Chapter At Pickens High School Plans were made recently at the Pickens High School for establishing a local chapter of the National Beta Club, a service-leadership organiza tion for senior high school students of America, according to an announ cement by H. H. Mellard The National Beta Clnub has ap proximately 1450 chapters and over 32,000 active members in seventeen states. It is now in its 14th year and has been in continuous operation since 1933. This club is a non-secret, leadership service organization hav ing the following objectives: to en courage effort, to promote character, to stimulate achievement among its members, and to encourage and as sist students to continue their edu cation after high school graduation. Mrs. William Ledbetter, teacher of history and civics, was apponited as faculty sponsor for the local chapter and Peggy Presley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Presley, and Vir ginia Helm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Helm, were elected tem porary secretary and treasurer re spectively. Permanent officers for this year will be chosen after in stallation meeting to be held at an early date- A special program is be ing planned for this occasion The organization will be composed of the following students who have filled the requirements necessary for membership in the National Beta Club: Virginia Helm, Ann May. Peg gy Presley, Emily Hope. Shirley Stratton. Mauleene Presley. Blanche Abies. Harold Presley. Jack Sledge, James Morphis. Robert Hanna and Claude Ellison. Jr. GOSPEL TALKS Decisions “Choose you this day whonj ye will serve . • • but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lora-”— Joshua 24:15. Around New Year’s Day we often make decisions concerning what we are going to do and be in the coming year- But every day is decision day. A thousand times a day we are call ed on to decide one thing or another. Where we go. what we wear and eat. what we do and say—all these are the results of decisions Some decisions are more important than others, of course. Some carry with them a whole /lock of results while others are comparitively tri vial. The greatest decision we are ever called upon to make is the de cision as to whether we will serve God or mammon. Joshua, as he neared the close ol his life, called together the children of Israel and set before them the al ternatives of serving the gods their fathers served in Egypt or the gods of the Amorites. or of serving Jeho vah. Joshua and all his family chose to serve the Lord and all the people said, “we will serve the Lord.” Today we must decide whether we will serve as our master, the demon sin and reap the consequences, cor ruption and death, or whether we will serve self and seek plasure. fame and riches, or whether we will deny self and serve Christ- His is a glori ous service and it brings rich and abundant reward. Today is the day of decision. The wav of "blessing in the service of God and to the way of the curse of sin lie ahead- Which way will you take. Only in the service of Christ is there i true joy and peace- “Choose you this day whom you will serve Report of Condition of Peoples Bank of Durant of Durant in the State of Mississippi At the Close of Business on December 31. 1947 ASSETS Cash, balances with other banks, including reserve balances, and cash items in process of collection 5 «j>u.■*> • United States Government obligations, direct and guaranteed „ Obligations of States and political subdivisions isi 041 98 Loans and discounts ' Bank premises owned None, furniture and fixtures $600.00 „ Real estate owned other than bank premises iu.jwu Investments and other assets indirectly representing bank 3331.43 premises or other real estate - -’ TOTAL ASSETS $ 1.566.879 62 LIABILITIES _ Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations 1 060.256 21 Time Deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations ijj.^i.to Deposits of United States Government (including postal sav- 10o84 08 Deposits of States and political subdivisions Other deposits (certified and officers’ checks, etc-) '*} TOTAL DEPOSITS ..._$1.470.841.99 Other liabilities TOTAL LIABILITIES (Not including subordinated obli gations shown below) ' __ CAPITAL ACCOUNTS _ .... 26.25000 cap***1 56.000.00 Profit, - 12M0W TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 94-730" TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $ 1.566.879.62 •This bank’s capital consists of: Common Stock with total par value of $2b.2oU.uu^__ MEMORANDA Assets pledged or assigned tc secure liabilities and for other rl28200.00 purposes T, W H. McKenzie. Jr. Cashier, of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, and that it fully and correctly represents the true state of the several matters herein contained and set forth, to the best of my knowledge and belief. ^ McKrn?:je jr Correct—Attest: C. G. VANKEUREN J. L- LONGINOTTT R. K. VANKEUREN. Directors. State of Mississippi. County of Holmes, ss Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5 day of January* 1948. and [ hereby certify that I am not an officer or director of this bank. [SEALi My commission expires 3-3-51- W. S. Heggie. Notary Public. ■■ ...— ■ =* A+ittau+tce+nesti % 1948 <1'uicJz4. The First Public Showing In West Of The New 1948 Model Ford Trucks Will Take Place January I6th At An Open House To Be Conducted By The HAND MOTOR COMPANY. With The Streamlined New Trucks—The First Post War Products Of The Ford Motor Company—As The Main Attraction, The Hand Motor Company Will Welcome The Public To Its Showrooms, Service, Parts And Accessory And Used Vehicle Departments. We Arranged An Open House Program For Public Announcement Of The 1948 Truck Line Because We Feel That This Is The Most Important New Truck Showing In Ford His tory Said Mr. Hand. We Are Entering The Greatest Truck Market Of All Time, With The Widest Range Of Models And Capacities Ford Has Ever Produced. We Expect To Receive Trucks During The Coming Months !n Quantities Increased Sufficiently To Permit Us To Meet The Heavy Demand. We Welcome You To This Showing On The 16th. Hand Motor Co. West, Miss. I ^