The Mississippi enterprise., November 21, 1942, Image 2

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THE MISSISSIPPI ENTERPRISE i
A NEWS SERVICE FOR MISSISSIPPI NEGROES
Published Weekly at Jackson, Mississippi
143 E. Monument Street
Willie J. Miller...Manager
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TREASURE CHEST
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and
the knowledge of the holy isunderstanding; Proverbs 9:10.
THE KITCHEN ARSENAL
One of two billion pounds of vajuagle waste fats and
oils go down the drain and into garbage cans of America
each year. Every pound of it can be used in America’s muni
tions factories. The waste fat collection campaign is the
government’s effort to salvage as much of this as possible.
Needless to say, this campaign depends almost entirely
on the home front, on the continuous efforts of every home
maker in the United States. And, too much emphasis cannot
be placed on the importance of this seemingly prosaic task.
Prior to Pearl Harbor, America was getting more than
60 per cent of its imported fats from the Pacific area. As in
so many other materials problems, this loss of our normal
sources of supply is aggravated by increased demands. An
adequate supply of fats and oils is vitally important to a war
economy. Fats and oils are the raw materials from which
glycerine is produced, and glycerine is a basic and indispen
sable ingredient in the majority of our explosives.
To make up our serious shortage of fats and oils the gov
ernment os asking homemakers to save and take to their
meat markets for forwarding to Uncle Sam, half a billion
pounds of waste fats this year. Individually, the homemaker
may look at the small amount she is able to save daily from
drippings and other sources and decide that it hardly seems
worth while. Let her remember, that if every woman in
the country saves as little as four ounces of waste fats in a
week, it will produce the glycerine required to make 13,000
000 pounds of gun powder, and that adds up to deadly pro
portions Hitler & Co.
On The
Agricultural Front
Last week Negro Mississippians
set a precedent which may effect
the future of the Negro in Agri
culture in many important res
pects. Heres what happened: the
Nation’s cotton crop was in dan
ger of being lost, there were too'
few pickers. The cry went out
to the towns that unless pickers
were obtained large quantities of
cotton would rot in the fields. The
town people became concerned. In
Doing Business for
Your Convenience—
THREE-WAY INN
Cafe and Hotel
Famous for its Good
Food - Clean and
Comfortable Rooms
Gas Heat Pool Room
THREE-WAY
BEAUTY SHOP
Expert Beauty
Service
By Trained Operators
THREE-WAY
Grocery and Market
Staple & Fancy Gro
ceries - Quality Meats
Ernest Washington
Prop
22 E. Railroad Ave.
Hazlehurst Miss.
r. —
a few days business men and wo
men, teachers, ministers, doctors
newspaper editors and reporters
pushed aside their own work and
joined the cotton pickers brigade.
Claude Ft. Barnett, special as
sistant to the Secretary of Ag
riculture points out that this at
titude on the part of Negro bus
iness and professional people will
do much to help farmers under
stand the importance of their job.
Fie thinks the recognition of the
significance of agricultural purs
uits will encourage farmers to da
a better job.
NEGRO WOMANS IDEA
In 1935 the School Lunch Pro
gram w?s launched. It has grown
steadily, Last year lunches were
served to five million white and a
million colored youngsters. But the
idea is not new. Mrs. Dora John
son, a teacher in Jefferson coun
ty, Ga., began serving school lun
ches 17 years ago.
Of course then there were no
surplus commodities, so Mrs. John
son planted a school garden which
supplied all the vegetables for the
meals she served to more than 100
undernourished children. Going a
bout the program scientifically,
Mrs. Johnson has kept accurate
weight charts showing the child
ren’s development and records of
daily menus throughout the 17 ye
ars.
Two new varieties of flue cur
ed tobacco, one highly and the o
ther partially resistant to black rot
disease, have been developed by
: the North Corolina Agricultural
Experiment station and the Bureau
of Plant Industry, Agricultural Re
search Administration, the Depar
tment announced this week. The
new varities are 400 and 401. It
took 10 years of experimentl bre
eding to develop them.
Although not immune to black
root rot, 400 is highly resistant
It is also slightly resistant to
some of the leaf spot diseases, and
produces high yields of cigarette
leaf, is easily cured and has suffi
cient body, when grown in Vir
gnia and North Carolina Piedmont
areas.
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For Good Taste, For Courteous Service,
For Economy and Quality, None can
Compare with
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Featuring
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'5,000,000 WOMEN NttDFD
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Information Must
Be Given Boards To
Classify Men
State headquarters of selective '
service announced its interest in 1
securing all available information :
for classification of registrants.
Lt. Col. Lawrence W. Long, state
director, stated that it is the re
sponsibility of the individutl, as
well as the employer, to provide
such information. Particularly is
this true in regard to the occupa
tional status of registrants who
might fulfil the requirements of a
necessary man, in an essential ac
tivity.
Employers must keep currently
informed of the status of their em
ployees. The information they sho
-uld have is dates of (1) registra
tion, (2) receipt of questionaire,
(3) receipt of notice to report for
local physician examination, (4)
receipt of notice of classification,
(5) filing of request for occupa
RUST HELPS AXIS
About finished with some of your
farm toools and ready to put them
away for the winter? Well, De
partment experts warn that rust
is one of the chief enemies of
farm tools. So you’d better take
a tip and grease plows and hoes
and other farm tools before you
put them away. While grease of
ten serves the purpose, a red lead
paint has been developed which
is a sure shot against rust. If you
prefer to make it at home, con
sult your county agent and he
will tell you how to go about ma
king it.
BLU ESTAMP FOODS
Heres the november blue stamp
food list issued by the Agriculture
Marketing Administration: fresh
apples, all fresh vegetables in
cluding irish and sweet potatoes
shell eggs, corn meal, hominy grits
dry edible beans, wheat flour, en
riched wheat flour, self rising flo
ur, enriched self rising flour, and
whole wheat flour.
HOST TO NEGRO TEACHERS
Several Home Economists from
Negro Land Grant Colleges and
related institutes are here in Was
hington this week discussing ways
and means of helping families with
their wartime home management
problems including rationing. The
Department’s Bureau of Home Ec
onomics, which is acting as host
to the teachers, will give them
some pointers in nutrition, the care
of clothing and food preservation.
NEGRO FARMERS CAN HELP
According to experts in the Bu
reau of Agricultural Economics,
the outlook for milk production for
1943 is not particularly bright. To
tal requirements for milk next ye
ar, on the basis of prospective
consumer demand at ceiling prices
and military and lend-lease needs
will be considerably larger than
they were this year and if pro
dution in 1943 does not exceed
this year’s milk pail of 120 mil
lion pounds, civilian supply wil ma
terially beyow what consumers
would prchase at ceiling prices.
In view of this situation, Negro
farmers can play an important
part in helping to assure adequate
supplies of dairy products for the
war effort by having another hei
fer freshen next spring and by
feeding and taking better care of
their milk cows so that their pro
duction will be increased.
4-H CLUBBERS
During National Achievement
Week, November 7-14, the Nation
200,000 Negro 4-H Club boys and
girls will review their work for
the past year. With our Nation at
war, 4-H clubbers find it parti
cularly important to keep a close
check on their achievements so that
their contribution to the war eff
ort will be assured. ,
tional deferment, (6) appeal and
report of same, (7) receipt of no
tice to report for induction.
It is the responsibility of the
employer to notify the local board
when a change is made in status
occurs and cancel any claim of
defermen when seperatian is made.
No claim should be made on em
ployees who are not key men ne
cessary in an essential activity.
Regardless of the present classifi
cation of the employee, each em
ployer must inform the local board
concerned in regard to his employ
ment status. No registrant classi
WE BUY AND SELL EVERYTHING
All Colored Merchants Report To
RHODE’S VARIETY STORE
For Their War Savings Stamps & Bonds
ROBERT RHODES, Mgr.
N. Gallatin Phone 4-9415
BARGAINS BARGAINS
FACTORY OUTLET
CLOTHING STORE
Men’s, Women’s and Children’s
Clothing
109 E. Capitol St. Jackson, Miss.
VISIT US IN OUR NEW HOME!
A Complete Line Of
Household Furnishings, Wood and Gas
Stoves, New and Used Furniture
McMURRY FURNITURE CO.
222 N. Farish Dial 2-0673
fied as a necessary man can enlist
in any of the services. These clas
sifications are II-A, II-B and HI-B.
If an employer has an empdoyee
in class III-A who is engaged in
an essential activity now he sho
uld request the local board to place
the registrant in class III-B, since
class III-A registrants are now be
ing reclassified and inducted.
Buy War Bonds
and Stamps _
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PRICE
Natchez, Miss.
WHAT WILL YOU HAVE?
Breakfast
Dinner
Lunch
At Every Meal We Have Just
What You Want __
Prepared By A Chef Cook.
Sandwiches - Cold Drinks
Beer
BLACKSTONE
CAFE
W. J. SUMMERS, Prop.
Located Downtown
Jackson
Phone 4-9364
Jackson, Miss.
FERGUSON CASH ANNEX “
144 N. Farish St.
“WE BUY, SELL OR TRADE”
Many Bargains in New and Used
Furniture
DIAL 3-5963
YOU HAVE TRIED THE REST, NOW COME ANC
TRY THE BEST_
Barbecue Chcken and Beef
Sandwiches of all Kinds. Beer and Cold Drinks
Barbecue Our Specialty
800 W. Pearl Street Phone 3-3326
BOOKER SIMPSON, Prop.
DREAMLAND BEER GARDEN
Jackson Mississippi
FERGUSONS iXl.
Furniture _ Clothing_Jewelry
All On Credit
Items Selling for less than $6.00 May be
Added to your account without Down
Payment.
FERGUSON FURNITURE CO.
Dial 3-2678_ 202 N. Farish St.
r
We Satisfy
Hungry People
Good Food At
Economical Prices!
Generous Portions
Friendly Atmosphere
We can easily satisfy
the biggest of appe
tites, because the
prices are so small.
Dial 4-9271
COME IN
We Sell War Stamps
SHEPHERD’S
KITCHENETTE
604 North Farish Street
Jackson, Miss.
A cream that light
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Keeps it soft, black
and glossy and does
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SPECIAL OFFER!
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BEAUTY CULTURE (diplomas awarded).
Write at once, as this offer is for a limited
time only.
E. F. YOUNG, JR.
MANUFACTURING CO.
500 25th Avenue Meridian, Mississippi
A harmless cream
that takes the odor
out of perspiration.
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A Hair Dressing
that stimulates the
roots of hair and
keeps the scalp hea
lthy.