The Durant news., September 16, 1948, Page 8, Image 8

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Crop Insurance Against
Losses.- Explained
Servicing the 300 policies in
Holmes county providing Federal
Crop Insurance protection on the
194b cotton crop and the acceptng
of applications from additional eli
gible farmers for this all-risk in
surance on the 1949 crop will be
handled by an advisory committee
of three farmers with offices at Lex
ington, James S. Smith. Mississippi
State Director for the Federal Crop
Insurance corporation, announced
today.
Members of the Holmes County
FCIC Advisory committee are
James Chisolm of Pickens; Levi T.
Sheppard of Tchula and James E
Cunningham of Tchula. They will
have Ray E. Johnson, County Crop
Insurance clerk, on full time duty
in. the county crop insurance office.
Previously the work has been
handled for the Federal Crop In
surance corporation by the County
AAA committee. In order that all
phases of the program be adminis
tered by personnel directly respon
sible to the Crop Insurance,corpora
tion, FCIC has establish^H its own
office in the county wider the
supervision of the committee of
three farmers, who are policy
holders. Similar offices have been
opened in the seven other Missis
sippi counties in which cotton crop
insurance is being offered
“We fully expect to continue to
have the wholehearted support of
the State and County PMA com
mittee," Mr- Smtlh pointed out “Our
understanding is that they decided
that it would be mutually advan
tageous to both the ACA and the
FCIC set-up to have the work on
these two programs handled sepa
rately since they did not feel that
the funds available for this work
would be adequate to cover the
expenses that they felt they must
Incur if they agreed to accept the
responsibility for crop insurance
work.” <
The Crop Insurance Advisory
committee takes over the crop in
surance responsibilities with a new
type of insurance policy offered, and
opportunity for considerable ex
pansion of the volume of program
participation. It is estimated that
there are abut 5,800 farmers and
landlords eligible to participate in
the program as contrasted with the
300 policies in effect on the 1948
crop.
The policy continues to cover all
unavoidable causes of loss, such as
weather, insects and plant diseases,
offering a business proposition of
protection of a major portion of the
investment in producing the crop.
Premiums paid by farmers are
used only to pay indemnities. The
loss experience of a County will
determine over a period of years
whether this protection can be pro
vided at a lower rate than at present
or vice versa. In effect, the Crop In
"our DEMOCRACY-byM.t
AS SCHOOL STARTS
A SALUTE
TO THE TEACHERS-TO THE PUPILS-TO THE PARENTS
TO THE TEACHERS -MEN AND WOMEN
TO WHOM WE ENTRUST SO MUCH
OF THE CULTURAL,INTELLECTUAL
AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OP
OUR YOUTH. THE SERVICE THEY
RENDER TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL
COMMUNITIES AND THE NATION
AS A WHOLE CAN NEVER
BE MEASURED.
TO THE PUPIL* - THE CITIZENRY OR
TOMORROW- THE PEOPLE WHO
WILL CONTINUE THE STORY OP
AMERICA'S PROGRESS.
THROUGH LEARNING, THEY
PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR
THE PART THEY WILL TAKE
IN THE FUTURE BUILDING
OP OUR COUNTRY.
70 TM£ PARENTS- FATHERS AND
MOTHERS WHO WANT THEIR.
CHILDREN TO HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY.
SEEING THEM THROUGH ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS, PROVIDING FOR THEIR.
HIGHER EDUCATION THROUGH THRIFT
AND EVEN SACRIFICE,THE PARENTS
EQUIP THEIR CHILDREN FOR
TUCKER AND MORE USEFUL LIVES.
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Holmes County Believed—
(Continued From Front Page)
is the feeding source of the
Pickens field in the area to fhe north
In this section there are several
major companies and independent*
who no doubt would concur with
me in this opinion—Sinclair, Gulf
Carter, Magnolia, H. L. Hunt anc
others of this area. In view of the
fact that oil. gas and salt-water have
all teen encountered in this section
..re .s positive evidence of closure
.a you nave to have closure before
„• ou can have oil or gas in commer
cial quantities.
“I could go on for pages and covei
surance Program provides the farm
ers in a County the machinery
through which to protect their croj
investments against loss from cause:
which they cannot control
, many additional details pertaining
to this field, but I do not know of
anything of importance that could
add to the picture more than the
wells which have been encountered
by companies in there and the ac
cepted picture it all holds in our
economic life. Some refer to oil as
a gamble, but with our modern me
thods of radar, radio, and seismo
graph, 1 do not consider oil any
more of a gamble than perhaps any
other business. I feel that all of
those who have had an opportunity
to associate themselves in this de
velopment have an excellent chance
of enjoying a big return, and it does
not make any difference how may
fields are brought in or how big
they are, unless we are in on them
there is little remuneration that we
' can hope to obtain. With the wells
> that are in. the companies that own
i acreage in this area, the develop
ment that is in progress, the gamble
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Holmes Man Witnesses
High Speed Craft
T- V. Blaylock, owner of City
Cleaners in Lexington, reported this
week, seeing some fast-moving
bodies in the skies which he thought
might be rocket ships or sorhe other
experimental craft of the U. S.
government.
Mr. Blaylock spotted the croft on
September 10, about 9:20 in the
evening about eighty miles from an
army airbase in Mississippi.
In the following letter Mr. Blay
lock set forth his observations. We
quote:
“Gentlemen:
“After the furore, last Summer
over the objects seen flying at night
over Georgia. I can report that the
so called ‘rocket ships’ were not
just spoofing- The evidence is con
clusive that I saw one. My point
of observation was eighty miles
from an air base. I have two wit
nesses to what I saw in Mississippi.
“This craft was obliging enough
to pass between two points of ob
servation which enabled me to plot
the speed by use of triangulation.
Since the elevation of to* object
was necessarily 25.000 feet* hr mAre
to attain its velocity, plus the fact
that the strata of clouds being flown
in is known to prevail at this .alti
tude, the above figure was used in
the computations of elevation.
The other distances were measur
ed. This object made 6 consecutive
passes between my points of obser
vation. On the 7th run it made a right
angle turn in three seconds and flew
beyond the clouds. The speed and
maneuverability is surprising. Such
an object would be mistaken for a
meteor if it only made one run.
However, it left no lingering trail of
light Based on the above data, the
speed of this object was considerab
ly in excess of 900 m.p.h. I don’t
believe that I should give the exact
figure for reasons of security. This
object may have been an experi
mental craft of the government.
“The time of observation was 9:20
p. m.. September 10.”
T. V. BLAYLOCK.
on the deal is not you and I. but
the one who is betting that Gulf,
Magnolia, Sinclair, Carters, and
others do not know what they are
doing. I for oi^e had rather bet with
companies than bet against them.
“With the two wells going down,
the one on the Gulf acreage and our
lease which joins Gulf, and both
wells being north of the field, i1
looks as if the Mother Pool is aboul
to be tapped.”
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Uncle Sam Says
i
(Graduation days are now over ant
millions of youngsters are enjoying tha'
annual summertime vacation. Now ii
the time for you parents to give serioui
■consideration to their future education
Thousands of students will enter higl
school or coll<'"e this fall with no finan
cial worries. Their parents started buy
ing Bonds early and with maturity
those bonds are now yielding $4 foi
every $S invested. You know Savingi
Bonds yield a non-' nroWt at no risk t«
J the principal. . V. S. TrraIary Dtpcrlmtn
Holmes County Librarian
Lists Interesting Reading
The Holmes County Library at
Durant calls attention this week to
the wealth of material that it offer^
regarding the South. One of the
local literary clubs has planned the
j year’s study on the South, and as
assistance to them and others in
terested the following is listed:
“Culture In The South,” a very
good study of culture, politics, edu
cation. literature and journalism, by
W. T. Couch, “The Way Of The
South" by Howard W. Odom, “The
South Old And New” by Frances B.
Simkins, “The South In History
And Literature” by Mildred L.
Rutheford. "Southern Poets" by
William Weber, “A Southerner Dis
j covers The South.” a study of so
cial conditions, “Take Your Choice”
by Thco. Bilbo, “Where I Was Born
_j And Raised” by David Cohn- “Mem
phis Down In Dixie” by Shields Mc
Illwain. “Natchez" by Harnett Kane,
pnd "Fabulous New Orleans” by
Lyle Saxon, are lovely pictures of
1 ,'our larger cities, “Stars Fell On
Alabama” by Carl Carmer and
! “Lanterns On The Levee” by Leroy
Percy give pictures of the country.
New books offered this week: the
above listed “Culture In The South,”
“The Foolish Gentlewoman” by
Margery Sharp (author of “Cluny
Services Held Tuesday
For Rufus Abies, Jr.
Goodman Army Veteran
Died In Luxembourg
Services for Prt- Rufus Abies,
Jr., who was killed in action in
Luxembourg, November 18. 1944,
wire held at Senashe church near
Goodman, Tuesday afteboon,
at three o’clock. he Rev.
Billy Hoof, of Hillsboro, officiated.
Burial was in Senashe cemetery
with Southern Funeral home in
charge.
Young Abies, a member of
the infantry, was born in Attala
county, November 2, 1916, He was
a member of the Methodist church.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Edna C. Abies, of Goodman; three
sisters, Mrs. Ruth Allen, of Sallis;
Mrs. Blanche Burrell and Mrs. Eva
Dickerson, both of Goodman; four
brothers. Fleming Abies, of Water
Valley, Hanson. Levi and Palmer
Abies, all of Goodman.
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Brown”). “Melissa" by Taylor Cald
well, "Jiired Guns” by Max Brand,
and .Red Wine of Youth,” a bio
graphy of Robert Brooke, by Arthur
Stringer. (Part of the material for
this biography was collected by
Richard Halliburton just before his
death).
“The Crimson Anchor” by Felix
Riesenberg. Jr., and “Famous Kings
And Queens, For Young People,”
a short biography of 16 famous kings
and queens, will prove interesting
to the juniors, and “Spotty The Fly
ing Dog” by Eric Godal and “Once,
Long Ago” (short Bible stories are
offered for the tiny tots’ entertain
ment.
Mrs. Lanfair reports that several
people from West and several from
Goodman came by for books this
week- Visitors at the library were:
Mrs. W. D. Wadley. Miss Mary Ann
Wadley, and Mrs. John Ballard, all
of Akron, Ala., Major Hunter M.
Brumfield of Madison, Wis„ (former,
ly of Sallis, Miss ), and Mrs. Bill Os
born of San Diego. Calif., (nee Jen
nie Lee Streetman, former librarian)
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Government
Loan
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Cotton Is Bringing From $2.50 To $15.00 A Bale More In The
Government Loan, Than It Is Selling For On Today's Market.
Our Warehouse Is Qualified For Storing The Cotton.
When Yoir Drive Up To Our Gin Your Troubles Are Over.
We Gin Your Cotton, Store It, Have It Classed By Government
Classers And Put It In The Loan For You With No Additional
Charges Other Than Regular Gin Charges. !;
I In Other Words Our Regular Charge For Ginning Entitles' ||
Our Customers To All Privileges 01 The Government I
Loan Free Of Charge.
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' No Other Gin In This Territory Offers This Service.
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