Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 47, Ed. 1, Friday, November 21, 1913 Page: 4 of 8
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Durant Weekly News
Official Paper of Bryan County.
Published every Thursday at 114 N.
. Third Avenue Durant Oklahoma.
Entered as second class mall mat-
ter at the postofflco at Durant Okla-
homa under Act of Congress of March
trd 1879.
X. M. EVANS Editor and Publisher.
TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION.
One Tear In advance $1.00
Blx Months in advance .60
ADVERTISING RATES and circula-
tion statcmont will be furnished pros-
pective ndvortisers upon application.
Advortlsemonts authorized without
peclflcd number of Insertions will bo
printed each issue until ordered dis-
continued by tho advertiser.
Tho publisher resorves tho right to
reject any advertisement for any
reason good and sufficient to himself.
Report of County Superintendent
Neely shows more chlldron attending
school in this county than over before.
Good sign.
Candidates aro bobbing up for
county offices and thero aro already
about six candidates for sheriff. Tho
more the merrier.
Every merchant "in Durant reports
a fall business to date far in excesJ
of last fall's trade. Tho merchants
of tho smaller county towns all report
a good business. Looks as prosperity
were upon ue again.
The leading authorities on farming
advise all southern Oklahoma farmers
to plow now the land that they ex-
pect to plant to oats In the spring
and to plow It deep. Hundreds of
farmers In this section are doing it.
Tho success of the Third Annual
Bryan County Fair Is assurred and
with Its elegant permanent grounds
race track and Improvements It will
before many years grow to be tho
leading event of its kind In South-
eastern Oklahoma..
Harlow's Wcekiyieferr'eil to Sam
Swjnney of Durant' as' the leading
candidate for State Auditor "but Sam
Swlnney'alnn'ounccnlsweic'lfiat'he"
lsnot andiwlllljljot become a candi-
date forjitplsj&r'any other state office
and that his frlcrids have all been 'so
advised.
$A'ladyanBwered an.advertlsement
of 'a mail Ordefihotlse1 'and 'sent 50c
In stamps for a floor pillow top. The
pillow top arrived and tho lady saw
one Just like It goods and all in a
local store window marked to sell at
39c Just an example of mall order
patronage and its results.
A few of the newspapers situated
on the Frisco railway line near Hutjo
favor ColHInds of the Hugo Huson-
ianforJ"LIeutenant Governor. Tho
Col. is one of the best editors in the
state and a man who has been a suc-
cess at his own calling should it seems
make good as an official.
J Roy Williams In his McAlester
News-Capital says that BUI Durant
and John Crawford were tho mouth-
pieces of Gov Cruce In tho last legis-
lature. All right Roy answer this
IfV.BUl nnd John were Cruco's mouth-
pieces nnd at the. samo time wero the
leaders of the House why did the
Govornor and the House not get on
on together any .better than they did?
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Th0 YolumalffUB dispatches In th-
metropolitan press oT the country ex-
ploiting the pisslbllitles of a war
with Mexico are becoming n tire-
some to the rending public as the af-
fairs about Harry K. Thaw. Oiv
us -a ri'-t fiom thU w;.r muff until
nomeHiiiii; really happens.
Hqlly two-thirds of the newspapers
Xt Oklahoma linve piini'd oditprlaU
nbort Hob William'? candidacy for
i; verror ami the hli in ( ulty of
those b:ve picked Vr.i "" f-r a win-
ner. I'.ob Williams i iuul.wi.ly the
No Expense
cash means: cheap
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Call at the Leach Grocery Co."
We- will tickle you clean down8.
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best fitted man in the stato for the
Job and will surely bo tho next gov-
ernor of Oklnhomn.
Cotton bolla havu been bringing
$2.10 por 100 on the local market In
some cases $2.50. It hts been but a
few years since tho partially oponcd
bolls woro of no valuo as thero was
no machinery In use to get tho cot-
ton out of them. Tho bolls this year
will add many dollars to tho cash
value of Bryan County'B cotton crop.
The Nows prints this issuo tho tax
levys for Bryan County given by
towns cities nnd school districts. A
moment's study of tho statement will
show you tho total. levy In your dis
trict. Whon this Is found multiply
by tho numbor of hundred dollars nl
which your property Is assessed and
you will know the amount of taxes
you are to pay.
Tho lynching of the Wowoka negro
and tho hanging on his corpse of tho
placard bearing a tribute to Leo Cruco
is mora significant than would first
appear. It simply monns that Cruco's
policy of commuting sentences of tho
worst criminals in tho Btato whom
the courts have doomed to die is en-
couraging thoso who are so inclined
to a return to mob violence Does
Ixso Cruce placo his own. sentiments
on a piano higher than the law and
order of the great State of Oklahoma?
Harlow's Wcqkly believes that with
all of his appointees behind him Leo
Cruco would make "a strong candidate
for tho United States Senate Wo
oplno dlfforently. Tho average voter
and tax payor is tired of Leo Cruco
as well they may be. Tho average
man will not standfor any oxecutlvo
who over-rides the mandates of the
courts and Interferes with Justice to
satisfy his personal whims. A few
hundred appointed Job holders can
poll mighty few votes for Leo Cruce
for Senator.
SO THE
PAPERS SAY
Senator Mcintosh ' of Durant is u
candidate for- congress1 .to succeed
Charlie Carter.. . Mcintosh is a Rood
campaigner and will make tho natives
elt ud and take' notice. Choctaw Co.
Democrat.- ;?. j - ..;
That $50000 suit against Gore has
hod one effect hero in Seminole coun
ty It has made two Gore votes grow
whero only ono grew before. An-
other such' suit and the vote down
thlsi way will be unanimous. Wowoka
Democrat. '
"Senator ' Thomas P. bore says
that he will como tb the lobby ot a
certalni hotel in the state capital
whero his enemies hatch their pVots
agalnst him with a majority of thirty
thousand next August" BayB the
McAlester News-Capital.
No matter what "may be said about
the short cottbn crop we have got to
acknowledge that tthe blgb price has
enabled a lot of people who wero on
the outside looking In. to get on the
insldo and look out. Wnpauncka
Press.
Building operations have resumed
slnco the cotton has been coming in
nnd the farmers havo Bomo spending
money to leave our busy merchant!!.
Several now residences are under
construction and prospects look ex-
ceedingly ood for n town of fifteen
hundred or two thousand Jn tho next
two years. Achille Press.
One republican paper on our ex-
change list known a9 tho Cherokee
Republican Is raising the dovll becaupc
the rrlco of living has not been re-
duced since the democrnts got hold
of the reins while on the other hand.
She Kans1 City' Journal come out
uh a titii-i-ffllifiir" tnll'lncr ItR rand-
em that CannWis UIuillnK in dress-
ed beef to the'!T.'S.'T?hd- Belling it
cheaper (by tho pound) - than our
home bo;s are on tho 'hoof. Now
which onn's rltht? Potemi News.
MiKM-KippI rhcwtawr jadUtuit who
in the v:it vfTirs ha' fMred do-
tenvincci np-l.t fr i ehnr of tH tribal
6Htate if the Oklahoma. Cfcoct&WB.
hav nsknl tho I"i;sitnienj Interior
to eetabli.-h i cine wnent Ayehcy tor
(hem ere- echo)- and otherwise
look ftr their nr' tt is stlmnted
that there are 1.0'." l .ill lloods and
12.006 m'.ved ill i ' scattered over
WcslM'pi. TvniiUiiT i :.nd Alabama
fie pnelallst ')-' carfelv made
jtyowlng at all in Ttu4Jr0l0c-
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COPYfilGH7tD FARM AND RANai-HOiMAND'S MAGAilNQ
Not long Ago 'two mon woro driving
over a Red River vnlloy farm. Tho
soil was deep rich chocolate loam
nnd tho cornfield they wero passim;
as It proved whon hnrvestod later had
more than ono hundred bushels to tho
acre on It. Threo years beforo the
owner had bought the farm for $12 per
acre.
"What Is that land worth?" asked
ono of the men.
"That Is n rather difficult auestlon
to answer" returned the other. "If
this lnnd wero In two or threo miles
of tho county scni. it would bo worth
$200 per acre.' As It Is more than
15 miles from town and with no roads
it wouldn't sell for $20."
Everybody knows that the highest
priced lands In any community aro
tlon. Tho people of this country who
aro Its bono nnd sinew nro too busy
to waste much time with the dream
ers. Tho moro democracy wo have
tho less thought thero will bo ot so
cialism. McAlester Nows Capital
Whenever the political admirers of
Senator Gore can rest from boosting
him long enough wo would Ilka to
hnvo a list of the valuable publlo sor-
vicos ho has rendered tho peoplo of
Oklahoma. If wo owo him something
yet let's find out what the obligation
is to cover Vinltn Leader.
Tho rawest calling down we havo
over seen an editor get in his own
paper appeared in tho Husonlnn re
cently. Editor Hinds had rovlewed n
murder trial and expressed the. 'opin-
ion thnt fho verdict returned by tho
jury was not Justified. In his opinion.
by tho evidence. The noxt issuo of
the paper carried a statement over
tho signature of the Husonlnn busi
ness manager disavowing this editor-
ial of Hinds and expressing tho great-
est confidence in tho wisdom ot tho
Jurors. Hinds has been making 'a;
goou paper out or tno uusonian nnu
we dont think he deserved Buch treat-
menu viuiiu LA.-uuur.
COURT REVERSES OWN DECISION"
Important Precedent Set by Oklahoma
Stato Supremo Court Thla 'A
Week.
Oklahoma City Ok. Nov. 20. For
tho. first time in its history tho Okla-
homa . Stato Supremo Court recalled
one .of decisions Issued several months
ago and rovorscd . its. own Judgment.
At tho same time the court establish-
ed an Important ruling to Us Jurlsdlc-r
tlon over a cause in holding that (al-
though tho opinion may hnvo been
given and the mandato transmitted to
.the trial court tho' Supremo. Court
still has Jurisdiction nnd may recall
tho decision It It bo shown that t the
court hnn n nnv wav been"mlsled.-ii
Tho opinion recalled wa-sithnt band
ed down in tno case or St. raqi Fire
and Marine Insurance Cpmpnny
against S. E. Peck appealed from tho
District Court of Klnsflsher County.
The flrpt opinion was written. by tho
Supreme Court Commission No 2 and
handed down on Fob. 18 1913 re
versing tho Judgment of tho lower
court in awarding Peck $543 on nn In-
surnnce policy. Then Peck brought
suit ngnlnst tho company for $500 al
leged to bo due him from Insurance
carried upon . nn animal and for $43
Interest. The commission Irevtersed
tho Judument. holding that as . the
amount Involved exclusive 'of Intorr
est was not In excess of $500 th3
District Court was without Jurisdic-
tion. From the brief filed by the com-
pany's counsel It appears that a stat-
ute relative to Jurisdiction of the
County nnd District Court in suits in-
volving money had. been orroneiuslv
minted nnd thnt tho court assumed
the quotation ' to be correct. Judie
Loofburrow In tho Becond oolnl "n In
the ense stntes thnt the stntnto doe.3
not provide thnt Interest Hhnll be ex-
cluded as nsserted by the company's
counsel nnd In thls'cnBO where the
amount Is $543. tho Kingfisher County
District Court hnd Jurisdiction to try
the ense. .
The Supremo Court Bevernl vearfl
nso ijpiii in tho caso or ih-imtu?
aealnst Thpninft that ijftor a de istan
an;i)c ismicu. mp.mununio i-ueu
nT' trnnsmittpfl to tho trial ' "irt
hit' court In the absence of frtut I. a
NEWiiDEGEMBER RECORDS
A new double-disc Ey EONCI
Two notable songp by BISPHAM
- 't-' Two arias by HENRI SCOTT
".Mf-Kslah" ecl.18. Two
t'lulKtmaii Joy.
Birthday of a KJV
Around the Chrlatrhg Tree
Boy Scout. Mareh
New One-Su-us. rar.
On th Old Fall River Lin-.
On the Honeymoon" .;gwres-.
Cliamicey Olcott.nw (f a ).
Trinity Church Chimes.
. II Wnnfa Someonrf to Call Him
Pnnn "
What Do You Mean';. You List
Your Dog? ' ' A
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thoso nearest town and on roads lend-
ing Intd town becnuso such lands aro j
most valuable. Tho public Institu-
tions that mako life worth living I
schools churches nnd trading and
transportation facilities aro moro nu-
merous nnd most efflclont In tho
toWnB npd thoso seeking land for
homes are willing to p.iy a premium
to get themselves and tholr families
near thoso instltutons.
Tho very llfo of theso towns and the
existence of tho institutions that make
llfo In and around them worth whlln
depend on the volume of business
dono by tho local merchants. Every
dollar unnecessarily sent away tJ
othor mnrkets therefore takes away
from the community's life-blood and
reduces Its efficiency as a satisfying
placo to live.
cldent Inadvertence or mistake Is
without Jurisdiction to recall tho man-
date and entertain a petition for ro-
honring. Justice Loofhurrow held thnt
In tho caso in question tho decision
and Judgment of the court was a mis-
take and comes within' tho exception.
LIVE STOCK MARKET
Kansas City Stock Yards Nov. 20
1913. Tho fat cattle market Is under
going turtner trouble this week a
steady to 15 cents lowor market yes
terday nccount of too many cattle at
Chicago and eleswhere being followed
by n weak ana druggy market today
on normal receipts resulting from
general debility of market conditions.
In the last three weeks 18000 quart-
ers of Argentine beet have reached
Atlantic coast points equivalent to
4500 cattle an insignificant item and
and tho present stumpy condition ot
fat cattle trade must bo attributed to
heavy domestic liquidation. Territory
trlbutnry to Buffalo and to Chicago
aro tho guilty ones In this respect
Receipts bore today aro-1500 head a
Tuesday supply caBlly digested under
ordinary conditions. Tho best heavy
steer.s today brought $3.50 similar to
$9.00 cnttlo Inst week. Some steers
thnt cost $7.65 hero four nrcnths ngo.
nnd which hnvo taken on 350 pounds
weight in feed lot since then sold to-
day at $8.50. with a tew head out.
losing $5 to $8 per head for the feeder.
Nntlvo cows sell up to $C75. bulls
tho samo veal calves $10.25 for tops
but veals aro are due for a slump as
Chicago prices broko half n dollar yes-
terday. Qunrantlno supply qonslsts
largely of mixed Btuff and tiie good
fed cnttlo received last week. hnYe no
counterpart In that division this week.
Stockers and feeders are lower but
choice Colorado yearlings nnd twos
sell at $7.00 to $7.25 nnd some hold
at $8.10 bid $8.00. Fancy Gnlloway
stock calves brought $8.65 yesterday
but bulk of stock calves sell at $7.00
to $8.25. nnd stock cattle feeders latge-
Ir 'at $5:75 'to S7.50. H6ks nrVmoro
-plentiful. 2200O here today nnd !whlle
f prices nro lower tho market Is. de
clining slowly. 0;ienlni? prices Tvere
G to JO lower 'todnv but the presence
of good shipping orders put strength
into the situation and tho close was
steady top $7.87 1-2 bulk $7.55 to
$7. SO. Chlcneo tho today is $7.00.
Mnny light woght hogs are Included
nvcrngo weights Inst week 17JT lbs.
Sheep and lambs aro a dollar lower
In pome enses thnn ten days no. In-
cluding a heavy lofts today.- Too many
hnlf fat Iambs at Chlcngo nnd bad
fresh mutton Bltuntion are given as
reasons. Commission men nro advis
ing ngnlnst shlnment on this break
but somo owners nro compelled to
cut boe. Desirable ftodcrs aro sel
ling without reernrd o recent broiks
on fnt stuff at $.".00 to $6.25. Top
fat lam'm today $7.00. owes $4.00 to
$4.05. Receipts' aro moderate here
'9000 today.
" J. A. RICKART.
Market Correspondent.
TEACHERS' MEETING
The Brynn Countv Tfioherfi' As-
pclatlrn met SnMirdav. Nov. 15 with
but n pnmll numbor of ho ountv
tenchprs In attendant. State Siimr-
Iptcndent Wilson delivered nn in-
pnlr'nc nrtdre!" tffc O'n pttident" of flie
SouthenKtorn NnrmM ami teacher. on
the vat-e ot insolation in icbinl
work rfmr Which the association nd-
Jou.ni'Ml for luncheon. ..
During th'h afternoin eeseliMi Prof.'
Gniftett. of Calera and Prof. Llns-
Sinclair's Confectionery
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" FDR EXCHANGE
Bring you corn to u$ and get meal and chops in ex-
change for" same. - We are prepared to give you prompt
service at aAy time and will give you meal that is
ground frora.com which we have thoroughly cleaned
before grinding
Durant Grain & Elevator Co.
Plant located just below Oil Mill Plant
cbcld of tho Notmal faculty ably pre
sented tho consolidation question.
Tho class demonstration given by
Miss Sanders and most Intelligently
ditciiBRcd by .Misses Howard and
Bcutty was a fentftro ot the day.
An Important 'bublncBS session vtsia
held where ator lengthy discussion
the tonrhcrs voted' unanimously to
adopt Normal Extension Work In lieu
of the Reading -Clrelo Course.
Officers were elected for the ensu-
Mclntosh of Beiinlngtotl;vbgkqmfwy
ing year s folows: Supt. R. K.
Mcintosh of Bennington president;
Supt. GruggettjOt Calora vice-president;
and Miss oorrTJnincs of Achille
secretary. ; '
RESOLUTIONS'' 0 CONDOLENCE
Whereas It h'dS pleased the Grand
Master of tho unlvfc'fBO to call from
labor to refreshments our beloved
Brother HarveyA. Mooro on tho 9th
day of Novemher..J913.
Thnt Whereas 1Y the death of our
beloved Brother. RlBlng Star Lodge.
No. 129 of F & AJMi.lost a good mem-
ber tho community in which he lived
a good man ana aa many rrienas
and relatives to'Tnoufn his loss.There-
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foro. be it resolved' that tho charter
of Rising Star .Lodge be draped In
mourning and thatiJtho members wenr
crape for tho period of 30 days Bo
it further resolved that a copy of
tnese resolutions- do pinccu on mo
with tho records -of-tho Lodge And a
conv furnished the' Durant .Weekly
News for publication1 also a copy to
the bereaved famllyr
"S. M. MEAD
-aWP'L. SCEARCE
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"CONFESSES" DOUBLE 3IURDER
A letter in witch the writer "con
fesses" to ho cringe of murdering
Mrs. W A. Borah .".and her daushtor
hand then setting fire to their home at
Tishomingo. AUg 30 for which W. A.
Borah husband (ot 'tho woman has
been sentenced to Ife imprisonment
TyaB roceivea o uov (jruce. xno
to tho County Attorney of Johnson
County for investigation.
Tho writer states in lils letter that
ho met Borah husband ot the woman.
In Sapulpa Augfflj last and tried; tpJ
negotiate a. loan.jpt i irom iiorau.
Tho loan was refused nnd tho writer
whq 6nys he had bpen drinking at
the tlmo grew angry and told' Borah
ho woujld get "even with him" '
B.clng unnblp tp get "eveaVA witty
Bo'ratiJ ho 'says ho ibcTded to' kill
Borahs Iwlfo' .and. child wtyich he
says he did 6n tho morning of AUlL
3Q. Ho says he strangled Mrs. Boraa
to death hit ttf ''chlld In tho he'a'd
and then satuijata tho rootn witp
coal oil and burned tho house.
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Are Bet Sleep . Producers
rf t f ' i
5ntitev'tell us that more pebpla die be-
.for their time frcm loss of sleep than
tern any other sing)ecaus$. R.eardless
of how tired and wornbut you may be if
your bed it hard and khgity;ybu will rest poorly and
ffcel 'as iired in the mQrrtfvlienVj)U retired. The
be6t of beds and the most Comfortable of mattresses cost
very little more than cheaper articles and a comfortabje '
bed is the best sleep produced Our stock of nice beds
and the celebrated Seely Mattresses is complete.. Seev
them before you buy.
DURAP MNITURE CO
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Night Phon'221
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IT PAYS
Merchants somotlmea say "thero is no-
need for me to advertise; everybody
knows where my store la and what
I havo to sell." Recently n Dallas
firm took seven full pages in ono is-
suo of the Dallas News In which to
advertlso its business and on the fol-
lowing day. In fact overy day elnco
has taken liberal space in which to
tell the readers of the paper what the
store lias to Bell. This space cost thorn
hundreds of dollars. This snmo Dal-
las firm has been doing business in.
tho samo Bpot for years and sell noth-
ing but men's furnishing goods. Thoy
nro bettor known in Dallas than any
of our merchants aro to our people.
They are shrewd business men that
havo built up an enormous business
and a greater reputation. LookB like
if anyone could quit advertising they
could. Thoy know that advertising:
has made them business and know-
that it will mako them moro. Thoy
do not advertlso to "help tho Editor
or to show loyalty to the town" thor
slmply buy advertising like they buy
goodB and expect and do get a profit
on It.
Tho samo rule applies to the entail-
er towns no man can do business suc-
cessfully for any length ot tlmo and
fall to properly advertlso his wares.
Sooner or later tho "live wire men""
will get tho business. Bennington
Tribune.
COMING HERE FROM RUSSIA.
A letter has been received by M.
Tcmerlln and brother. Pink Llnelzky
of this city from a steamship com
pany through which they had sent
transportation for a young brotnor
Bonln Lclnlezky ot Russia stating:
that the ship on which ho sailed would"
reach Galvestou next Monday.
Early this year Pink. Lelnlepky ar-
rived under similar circumstances.
He had reached hs majority and had'
begun a term ot four years servlco la
tho Russian nrmy when ho deserted
and came to America.
Sonla was not 'of ago but was in-
formed that he must begin his service.
It waB understood among the brothers:
that wtyen the tlmo arrived he was t
come to Amc-rico.
Tha- younf.fr brotherawhp are half .
brothers of Mr T.ejnerlln -expect to
change their names whop they ren
celvo their naturalization papers.
'' LOSICENjEEBiriECFs
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. Secretary .Slttell of the Bryan Comi-
ty fair Asdclntfon; 'states that he.hfls.-
a plecc pi fancy work a center piece. '
wtylctyB left in .the. exhibit nall.at
.tW fftlr grounds. 'Ownof can have "
sanTb by" cMllng1 on him at tho Or-1'
ph$W yheatro '
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