Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 32, Ed. 1, Friday, August 7, 1914 Page: 4 of 8
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THE DUEAtTWllKLT Wl-Wf'
ntleial Paper.ef Drym County
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Dtrnf 'XXalrlv IMmio somo folkB nnd -"thara out.
j-rurant. weeKiy icws tc- 1Ho falmply prlnts hi tho news
'!" 'Hio can flatf. Some people; !
1Bl' 'about sufehnhjSg.8 nndxottieai
! . . . .An.jlltor should not .bo-expoctedL to.
roMehed eyery Friday at 114 N. "know tho" hariies and resfdoncea" cT
ThtoaViAyeaue Durant Oklahema. alI yqur uucjkwl ftunt8 Bnd U8jnSf
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Metered as .second as'Mtl Wat- and off thenr'ain't Toll us about Itl
ri at the pSatyrfice at Durant. Ok- u te. now8 that makes a newspaper
aSl'!1rSn 1 tMAct I ' Crww ef and every ma" woman and child
start 3rd. 1879. J tygnn b(j nn fifrkto odtor lf thy
r ' .' - nj.t . ' v.. . w!u- Never apeiaglae when you give
S ' HVANdltor and Publisher. -tn'ta bit or heWe the oditot far If
. . . ' . ithoro lives onejwt.dsd that he-As
TBRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION lost appreciation "far such favors' 1m
Year Vk advac.Cv ..1.00 1B dead Indeed teVevery virtue that
Months M advance. .. .GO .imparts valuo ' "tJa paper Safari
ADVXRTIKQ RATES and clrcu-
JtlveeayeVuiUr9 US!i ' Judge from the way people 'are
WcUve advertisers upea appllca beng turned 08 -fw th(J C0UJllry
Advertisements authorized with- for murdering editors that the-' time
eat apealfled number of Insertions Is not far distant when the county
will be print each issue until or- commissioners will 'be authorised' to
dared aisesnuaaed by the advertiser offer a bounty for editors; -"scalps
. Li I reserves uie ngat just as they now do for waif scalps
to rejeet aay advertisement jThIS mattor la respectfully referred
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war map snowing AU5ina-nnngaerv ureee&
Bosnia Herzegovina and the New.Slkan Boundaries
to our
News.
next leefslattfrt.i-Pofeau
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Is thero anything . ne.junji
sun7 .
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The day President Wilson told At-1 Over eighty years ago i8.SS) la
torney Gcnorat McReynolds to pro-a speech nade. In ife UnlW 'Statoa
eeod against the New Haven tho stock Senato( Daniel 'Wo'bsfbr paid; tfhero
market in New York showed strength are persons who constantly clampr.
la Chicago local and foreign securlt- They complain of fcpprosslon spocu-
Jes stayed flrni. A great Chicago Ration and pornlclous Influence of ac-
bank announced plans for a largo In- cumulated wealth. Thoy cry out
crease in capital stock. No signs for 'against all banks and corporations
ay foar anywhere." Chicago Trlb- and all means by which small capital
ists become united in ordor to pro-
duce Important and. beneficial results
They carry on mad. hostility agalnat
Tho camnaicn lust elnawi k h.n 'an established Mnstltutlons. They
the dirtiest la tho history of Oklaho- .would choke the fbuatain of industry
ma politics and has wroaknd w!h hn and dry all the. streams. In a coua-
trao.
Anothor evidence of panic
tench throwk Off bv the hlrnil chnr.
ti(jbfjeslap. Let us hope that
thaate. wlM never" again be dis-
SrsfeM'by arcurrenco of such tac-
tics. ;
try of unbounded liberty they clam-
or against oppreealoa rn a country
of perfect equality they would move
heaven and earth against the prlvr
lllges of monoplyj In a country
where proportyfii more evenly dlyld-
The proBfti war in Europe prom-' .' "fB Ji"7"" BlBF' n77 rona 'He
Ises to become the greatest war tho ' ir 7 "B"an "e-
world has ever seen! In comparison! tK' r5 waf ?s of labor are
which tho conquest of Napdfco" i "S B b.yondfca1 J .thf Kwud
wnn.iiil. o..-u ViTi "teach the laborer that be is but an
l? kitlf llu k SuChtj.nE8mak oppressed slave.-McAlester Wews-
Ua.Mitove that the world's peace is rni.t i-
yet a ways eff'
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r VA "iCu'La -.-ti i. Tho Herald hag received several let
I. havered generally for the tGra trim .llAvA Socialist. Vhcs
j.i.i4i . .iojo iron twiiu-uiiiti ouciauaia wuq
ifZsJ? !!?." want to debate wlth'as. n.f sU.y
r.r.n-4 f 4-T i . ; . . 'n lh rst place. In the aocond
latereet of Unpeople of my state lnL 4fa " i ln a a'.n.
Ing hfuiintss Ve' don't cur?
vhtther' one n? 'bu anarchists !e-
licve what we sny or not. We don't'
enre hew many liars they calliiH.ir
We Just cqnjslder 'th''source whence
o doing." Representative Bryan o
Washington regressive.
The rain which visited this section
ithe country on Monday has made;
vra.n va t m a r i ..i -. ...t. jiii b- .
.-"- - ?.' ". juuen uuier- it came ana paes on. w .nave no
at and the farmer and merchants as .tlme'lo waste or fool away With
Vihi ttf) Pjorj optimistic over the jmen whose minds are so" poisoned
tPMTOppjIt . . - - witb the YU9 (nth of jwW'.sra .that
t---..-.jj -2 ' 'they will not listen to reason logic
Having pa'sied the i'ruet bills the or B6nBe- we conBddr lhoB veoJ1
Demecratfc eewdldates' for Congress no wni cheor a. blasphemous rerer-
eaa say to th people "We have ence God and the -Savior of man
kept oor promises every one 0f as benealh tho aotice of deceat men.
thero" " - They cannot prosper and all the gov-
Ji r!L "" '" ernment aid ln the world cannot
.. "fr :.: T 0 lhold them up. The predicates wo
Now that the primary la over we'nv down are not debatable Questions
know wbo idminated and who Is -... (lii1vv . fiolf-ovldent truths
t Let's get. politic nd.-get and neod 0 defen8e. As for.the.
hack to business s " .i nf fhl hitAhra about the
Herald we. care not for it we have
not time to notlec every flee 'that
barks at us. Caddo ilerald.
On the Streets Saturday afternoon
Bro. 'A. A. Taylor spoke to a large
crowd aboHtJhe evils of socialism.
He told the truth straight from the
shoulder and- exposed so much' of
their ipttenneeff that several of the
red eArd brothers are getting mighty
The value or a live energetic news
paper to any town is absolutely lm-
po'sslble of estimation. There are
so many ways that a newspaper pro-
motes tho Interest of a town and the
individual citizens wheaNt Is publish
ed that It would be. Impossibje to en
umerate them. The Times 1 a truo
friend to this clty and every resident
tioreof and stands- ready to fight
the battles even of Individuals citi
zens ln a way that no other agency
to db. It stands a great bulwark o:
defense for the city and for the peo
ple. Madlll Times
weak' Whe'the people roalize the iha8 either the nerve nor the courago
utter depravity of Socialism thoy wP
quit It lf they have any sense and
decency. Caddo Herald.
A man. .cannot serve two Goda;
-either can Charlie West servo the
people' and the oil companies as gov-
ernor. He "might have to hire a
Fort Smith lawyer as he has had to
do la. handling the law suits. Po-
teau 'Keys.
Thei phenomenal race that is be-
ing put up by. Judge Samuel t
Hayes' In his. race for United States
Senator is causing much Joy to his
supporters aad consternation to
Gore. At first It was said "Nobody
can beat Gore' then."Haye will get
a big" vote but has no chance" and
aow .evea the Gore men admit that
it la 'aj m5hty tight race with Hayes
galnlafc at every Jump.
Sevt4?tflPr cent of 4the news-.
papers of tfc State now predict that
Hayewftl yrn andlthey are pretty
good indteaiera or the public pulse'.
The people have begun to think M
the more fhr think the stronger.the.
Hayes fvot foV. Senator pore has
not madgpM and tho people are
in the; B0tl) t regulating to the
rear every ataa that has had his
cnanc ahdTfailed to deliver the
bom. i
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Georgia observes the."' Galveston
Tribune is on the eve ef enacting a
law for thepreveitlon;.ef.-:the. employ
ment of children under fourteen in
ti tnltlfe foxtnrfaa InusdnHcta . nnd
places of auusement. An amendment
was tacked on exempting stores ho
tela restaurants bootblaik stands-
the delivery of merchandise and he
carrying of messages. It also pre-
vents the employment of chlldrea less
than fourteen years of age unless
thoy have attended school at least
twelve weeks prior to the time of em-
ployment and unless thoy aa rail
and write. A compulsory education
law for children undor fourteen
would also do niuch to place Geor-
gia among the raojre civilized' Ameri-
can states. DeateefeHerald.
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The hueinees of printing ;coraer
cards oh stamned enVe6T)en is nractli
cally In the hands 'of the gov.erament
meat m vma utmuiry. ibjb is iwibk
done hy contract with arf individual
firm which U being fostered by the
Postoffice department greatly to the
detriment of the printers throughout
the gauntry for they canot meet
the close prices made oa the work
with any decree of: profit. yf
This firm Is also Tel(eye4 tof the
transprtatlea .charges as the oV1
ernment "pays the freight'' The
coatract with this firm aada oa March
imxvit4mrirrtrmt f k
tor every publfoher to taktup the
qumiion wun ins uongressmaa ana
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WMrrahly tf ICerfelfck'' visrtii
KH and Mrsjj Paj''f lUffn .last 9mA
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom .Rush are visit' .
fug relatives at Amity. 'tfVk'ansag. ' "'
Mrs Jfj-Ic ha rem4hont:d
after a few" days visit with rektlvea
at.JChtrani.. i .t nii .-
Mrs. CWreaeeWoihv ' 'MlWwr
Texas returned home after visiting.
relative here f.ar sone tae. v .
Mr. FurtaagBf Btai atteadeA oar
Sunday seheal Sanday. A .-
Mr. and Mrs. Win. Rowell v 11 ted
Mr and Mrs Dewaney near Matey
fast week.
Misses Johnson ef Texas are vum- .
lag their qeuslns the Misses Girder
this week; '
Miss Inez Brewer attended church.
at Pleasant Hill Sunday.
James Wallace was a Bokchtte vls-
fto'r Friday . . j ...
Mr. Shepherd of Bokchito. was a
Visitor "in our neighborhood Sunday '
'; W. I Hatcher and 0 Ct Robinson
had ibuslnese In Durant Monday.
Mr. ami Mrs. RmmI saat last weelc
With relatives in Caddo Oklahoma.
Mr ana Mrs mmipn were i.ne-
flck visitors last weekl
Mr and Mrs. Sorrels were Pleas
ant H1U visitors Sunday
WHBN the Tiult.iiilknn war ended In the dof eat of Turkey by Bulgaria. Servla. Urvtre aud MontenexrPt
a'Mtinx topettiqr. Nio liojuidarles'ef every couutry in the Balkan peninsula were tentatively clwnged Hnd a
now state. Albania. wiis.urw!tcd from part-or the old Turkey In Europe. The European part Of the Qtta.
man empire wns. In facr. tSftusU'wIpea' outi nltbougl'the new boundaries have not been .confirmed" offl-
dally All tlint Is left
as far as Adrlnnople.
rv wliiin fliilfnirln jimir
warB. By the terms of the agreement of the allies with Turkey Servia doubled' be'r ol$ sWat the expense of Tur
ucr lines now reacn eouin 10 meet iuo?oiiue"v;"
or TurkeyMn iBiirut W a corner normeasi oi uonsiaauiopie. whu me city iweu. e(iinib
That flty.jSiBnclent. seat jot. the .Tarklsh empire was.anatcned bacK from tne nreoy lur-
r..i.i uih hir fnj-mor alilea .and. was defeated' by them m theiseconu' or tne recent' wtaa'
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Efforts looking towrad the getting:
of more good cattle Into the farm- '
lag areas' of Oklahonia ' are beinr
pushed' by the commercial orgaalxa-
tlo-as ef the state. The impetus that
has been given t dairying and cheee
making Is noticeable and the results
are said to he such as to encourage-
farmers' ln the vicinity of these m
terprlses to Increase their herds'.
At a meeting held la Inld recent
ly it was decided by the farmers whe
attended to secure a. car load of XI na.
dairy cattle le he ueed as abjet esc
sons showing the advantages-ef pure
hred cattle qver grades fer the fr'o-"-
auction or mute ana Dutter rat. Tnen
cows will he 'distributed over the-
county and a record kept of their
other' cows in several e.rda. It I
expected that the hewiag wilf be-
an argument fefpihetter cattle In th-
dairy herds. "" c '.' .. " .'
CADDO COR OARMVAti
key cxpandliiK from nliout IS.tx'MKqiiareiuillea toSe.QOti. . U
Greece which have kuii north anil etisKtb Include the captu
Uttle Montenegro has acquired
Hill-
ured'clty of SalonlkL
. m no m ti... .nii. nfi-tiiA. AUrintin ciiubi nn tin iirlce of tipc nartlclbatlon In the defeat of Turkey.
garla has gained flip coveted outlet) finShe Aegean sea. with a. considerable sUetch of territory south of the Rbo-
dope mountains tier former southern tioumisry. .jou.Riuwia. wnw wok no.acuve pan in euuer ypr u ""'
in- a itX- i.i.y-M i..rrit.)i-v. utikIi Hulk On 1-nkta.i on the shore ef the Black sea. The new kingdom or principal.
ity of Albania shaped 8(niejvbaf?IIUjij tJ'lKlorida jwnlnsula. extends southward from Montenegro oa the Adriatic
a'ttie eniaTgeti ureece is sun aaeanam.
coast Itx Bouthprn Ixmndnry. wl
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ing the practice. . Congress aloae ?an
act-iiatUe matt fer'kad give the r&tteti
desired. -Pubtlnhnra' Aiurlltarv.
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JUtVE! STOCK MARKETS. ( I
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Kansas :Clty. Stock Yards Aug1 Is.'.
Tho calp. markot was alow Md!
vreak todav folIowlnE unsatlBfactM-v
trade In" all departments Monday.) if la
HaaaajjM he lives uo to kt nant
reeard should do hatter Itiaelnh
that ha can de'.no leas and the pub-
lic seffisineUafd U make the change
BesliaftofiTrihuaa.
' Tha-'atsjapar-maa Jrfjstasaad 'fa'
a wnosa lot.ac wuaaflf aa faaf .jlii
'such a nslat.partnaity ia' mention-
lag TpHswa-isi tha wtwa abaat rtswatly'-pikeat alalast eonUau-
Stockers and feeders aro' fairly active
a good many country buyers boiag
a good many country buyers be$nK
present and sales of stock cattle'
look Btrong. Medium and quarah
Thousand head including one thou
an .dhj'ln the quarantine dlylalo'n
Packers bought cattle slowly and at
wBk pricSi.. 'Prime native steers
soil' at 9.S0 to f970 and choke
yearlines Brought S9.2E. Middle
had low class native steers brought
7'.70 to $8.85 native caws largely
5 o J6.751 veal calves steady tops
Tha Flint. Hill section of Kansas
one of the great suhlmer grazing
BocUqns ha ao "shipped much this
we'eV that country having had plenty
of moisture and able to resist con-
tine cattle also showed good action. alderable dry weather ''The only
oruor Duyers taKing tniriy or iirjyt.
loads in the quarantine division at:
steady prices. -Total receipts wefe'
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good wintered cattle from there
hreught $8.76 and some Texas cattle
brought up' this-aptjil and' graaad'
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8.S 4 4 4 84.S $ 4 $6 4 ''4 4 4 4 'f $ ? 4 S
. i THH XE qOTJjrrr.OFFICKIW i
Sheriff -r .'.. ..'... i(.jiiJ-i -r-r.-er-iohri Phillips &
County' Judge '.. . ...... .. ... . J. L.'Rappatea 9
S County Treasurer .;... 41 .'. .... Geerge Harrjaon
$ CountyAaasoasor . . . ... . i.ir (......... 'W H. Yaatts
. .County Clerk .... jt. 2Jr. . . . . .- . .Henry XeOreary
3 Court Clerk ...... .-. .--. . i .'fj vr. ..... W. A JrW" '
$ i County Saparlntesdaat' ....... ' i'' .'... . . . R. X. Mclataah
.' County Weigher
k'"sCounty Sutpreypr
'County Attorney
District
Dietriet
X4tri
. . . '. i .. .-....:... . . Bea im TTtm"1 lamDS soia at .s ;uoay ana
....... .. .;!.r;-Awv'.TwT.iaiMP1r9
t . ..f. r ; . . . 'WaWor Ttthwfl Vq AiWIIf hwi ar' yori''5 ; M4t
County Commiasioaers; n ' f atCyMrtIaguPjtJIro. . '
I W. paaJm.-Darhaf. .v" 0iJr5rV tV.iTMr- ata iald aaU waM
m aray Hels -Matoy. ' - 1Vr iW ha hera lambarad I7J.
ct HI ' Ban "HultAwah Alhttay. " ' hrng hwnhf wp t7n.. ' '-t
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there brought. J7i9B. Mtssouri grass
steers brought $8.25. Good cake fed
quarantine steers weighing 1025 to
1225 pounus. aoht at T7.7.S to S8.20
and fair to gtfod Oklahoma' grassora
la' the quarantine division at ?E.90
to 17.10. '
Good stack steer's are selling at
6.75 to 17.25 and feeders $7 to tfr
50 which prices will look cheap In
a 'week oi; twoja case raip visits the
earn section soon.
rThe hog market was again thai
scene.pt damprilleation today being
10 to '2 5' lower receipts are 80 thou-
sand head. The situation was mora
rational today as the order buyers
and packers are bidding within 25'
cents of each other while their bids
were 40 t BQ cents apart yesterday.
Packers' "bids were mastiyi at 8at
whlca price they are apparently- try-
lag to buy hogs at all thV markets
this .'week. '. ' '.'
Xhstrlcted BUpi);'atth'?rhta.
ara pxpected nntH the preaeati lurry
subsides t i a-' ( '
iheap anai Jamb? ara sHqil Hyt-
er today hut the ttgeas isv.the aheap
barns are Trior stable thatf lh aay)
ether lMmtWfa-ilWhr&
The Caddo Corn Carnlvrilbavlngr-
announced the datW"tH.i 'year ' for'
August 26th to 29th is rapidly .rnakr
lni tirenaratlons for the event.whlclt
will eclipse every effort lisretefnre-made.
Tlie grounds are bain pul.Ia shape;
au-1 the grandstand enlarged tb
rase track" smoothed h'dadVeVtlalBir
W "is expected that led thousaadv..;
rronla will visit' the carnival .. tWa f
y-nr as' it. is. an Institution Qiit'-:'
Inxt'iuctive as weu as saisciaiDipu. . p
The exhibits will be larger .that '
epr. Two thousand dollars In pre-' ""'
tnlums Insures somei ffnj'xblbik
The' exhibit hall hasifloor space SO
xi1 feet an?i tha live" ptwa. pavilion:
ns room ier jnfff)wy .
Tho biggest feature of the carni-
val will be tho roping and Tiding coa
teats each W2MV1V&
dollars la pranilums have been .hunar
up. Ward -has been reeiVed-from
forty of the" beHfcft4?I rr-f;
In the state that they will be her
with their covHoftiea'and mustangs.
So.me very' fancy race fcl t?1U' $91.
hej'd each Afternoon 1. bstif-J
Caddo Is -prepared -to takO'careNOfi
the Imniense.'cVfiw'ds that'leohle. "."ly-t
ery amusemeal. known to 'the public '.
will be here. Brides tne jmmg.
roVlng- and Taclng in the ilarks there-- f
will be a baby show. ot immense prp-" h
portions conducted under tha rule
of the American MedicarABeoelatlon.
Dancing at night on the paviUlon I--oiie
Of' the fancy features of theen-r
tertalnment. There also will be in-1-
numerable shows On the gromdr
minstrels wonders and the like. Ani- .
pie provision Is made for- the people-
to "procure food to eat and places ta-
steeD
.Th'lswillhe the season whea th-
former Caddo folds wiirtevlstt tho
townu'w.hen Caddo'a kinfolks will
eema to see them; when the hoapl-
abTe doors will ba' thrown open.
The parade on Thursday wlU'rivat
those; 6 the1 large-'(JM? It has'h-' r -come
aa lastHUtlea in 04dowlth tha
people a thln ! w.tfch they take
imraasa pride. Everybody gets i- . .
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Th prise 'list Veoks aya printed1 ' '
and inanx. thousand .pf thm hav -hea
ituted: PUrtle desiring a. ?
crar at tb'e samf en secure thera 'f
byarelng the- CaddO Corn Carni-
val Caddo OKMih'o.raa.
" ralpt'ei'aslhlngt4kenln'th
iiaW's contest; .Th 'f av.orltea are re.
eatviac rotes-already. This contest '
TV.U1 clone pi ShWi-dif night before v
ha CrlY.al1 " The.-nuaen M.'the
caster' of the aeeial (unctions at tha.
Carnival.. NO one lit barred from en-
tarlK the Qeijcoiteai x .
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