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Durant Weekly News
Otlldal l'svpcr of Hrjrvn County
Published Ererr Friday at 114 N.
Third Avenue. Durant. Oklahoma.
Entered as Second Class Mall Mat-
ter at the Post Office at Durant
Oklahoma under Act ot Congress of
March 3rd. 1S79.
K. M EVANS. Editor and Publisher
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A FARMER'S SALE DAY.
The Industrial department ot the
M. K. & T. reports that through the
efforts of Fred I Werner secretary
of the commercial club and J. A.
Farquharson. county farm agent of
Logan county a monthly sle day
ion the farmers has been Inaugurat-
ed at Guthrie. Oklahoma. A unique
feature is the provision for a sale day
for the farm women.
The following account of the first
sale day Is plren in Mr. Famuhar-
son's weekly report:
Today is the first monthly
sales day of farm products. It fe
a great uceeH. Notwithstanding
the very bad weather the farm-
ers wero out In great numbers
and offered for sale on the auc-
tion corner everything from an
old scythe blade to tine pedi-
greed stock. Horses cattle and
farm implements .all sold at
very satisfactory pritea. and
changed hands from the taan
who did not need them to the
man who did. Everything had
to bn gcaranteed from the seller
to th buyer to be as represented
The rosn without money could
buy provUW the amount of the
purchases was ten dollars or ov-
er and his note was good at the
banks.
"In the ladies and girls" de-
partment conducted by the la-
dles' auxiliary to the fanners In-
stitute there was for sale great
varieties of stuff such as fancy
sewing cooked foods dressed
Chickens cannr fruits butter and
eggs and farm sausages. Every
thing In this department soli: at
the prices asked and the supply
' fell far behind the demand.
"This scheme of bringing the
buyer and the seller together Is
something that we have been
planning here for nearly a year
' and this Is the first try-out on a
large scale."
Why can't we start such a move
ment? It would benefit everyone. It
brings the farmers to town and gives
them the cash with which to patron
ize their local merchants. The right
kind of advertising by the merchants
preceding the sale day. would result
In the stores shops and mills being
crowded by the farmers and their
wives eager to secure the bargains
offered. On the other band It would
give the town people a chance to pur
chase many homemade articles of
freshness and quality (hat are other
wise hard to secure.
Let's start something!
He buys traces at 45 cents that
used to cost 76 cents.
He pays 0 cents for picking and
he used to pay 11.
"He sell his wheatat f L that he
used to sell at 60 centi
"lli sells oat at SO cents that he
::.:.." .. i
useu 10 sou at is ceais j
"He sells corn at "accents that
used to bring IS cents.
"He sflllsliay at 114 per ton that
used to bring J I.
"He sells turkeys at $2 and some
time $4 that uted to bring 60 to 7a
cents.
"Ho sells chickens at 13.50 that he
usedto sell at J1.25 to $1.50 per dot-
on.
"He sells a horse at $126 to $225
that used to sell from ISO to JlfJ.
Vhea he was confronted with the
above conditions he bought land on
time cleared It. fenced It and soon
paid for It raising cotton at 7 cents
per pound nut n. inaeeu ne is
maklBg les profit this year than for
raerly tho same conditions are true
with you and with us and the busl-
boh world at large. He ought net
to put himtelf in the attitude of a
mendicant or as the Indian a ward
of the government. He ought to he
a geod sport. He ought to take his
testes just as manfully and as grace
fully as the rest ot us are doing.
Tho retail merchant owes It to
himself to his Jobber and to his
bank to Insist on the farmers soiling
at least a part of their cotton. A
man has an unquestioned right to
speculate on his own money lat he
has no right to speculate on the oth-
er fellow's money. The farmer hai
a right to hold his cotton till dooms
day if he does not owe anything but
he has no right whatever to hold his
cotton to the financial cnioarrass-
ment of the retail merchant who
since last spring has fed and clothed
his wife and children and furnished
him with a means with which to
make that cotton."
Old People Everywhere Say
fcgLr- TV V " AlHB
saw8
jJKJmP.W.C HEMPHILL.
Eighty Years Old.
"I had a Ereat deal ot trouble with
my bowels and bladder and pain In
nv rleht h'rt which felt lUce rheuma
tism. Weak hack. Constipated t'rtae
hMruiy colored. Many doctors failed.
1 have takn reruna and think I am
currd. I have Kalnvd twenty rounds
tn weight lnce I b-pan reruna." Mr.l
. C Hemphill. Louisville. Ml..
Eightyfour Years Old.
"About fifteen cr twenty years ago
I was suffering with pains In my
back. I could scarcely evl about. I
Et some reruna and was relieved of
the pains ever since.
"I have used Peruna occasionally
since and recommended It to others.
Peruna is good for
Coughs Colds Catarrhal
Diseases and after effects
of the Grip.
When i flmt knew of Teruna the druc-
Rttts here did not keep It. Now they
all keep It.
-1 have lived In this place eighty-
four years I am a farmer. Was bom
where I live. I have three llvlnp chil-
dren. Should you publish this In the
papers it will reach many ot my old
friends. You can use mr picture an
you think proper." J'r. O. W. Rob-
erts. R. r. U 1. Box 3 ricken. Miss.
Eighty. two Years Old.
"I had a severe attack of grip. 1
suffered terribly while It tatted. After
my attack I ent fr Peruna. My
wife said I mutt have a doctor but I
Insisted upri taking the Peruna and
made a  ..ok and rerfect recovery."
Mr. . R. rrince. R. It. L Tuckahoc.
N. x.
Etghtyons Years Old.
"I had nervous prostration. One
doctor would cay I had catarrh of
stomach and bowetst another nervous-
lwr. and another enlargement of
liver. Nothing teemed to do me much
Koed. I rommwml taking IVruna
whwh built me rUht up" Mm Martha
AeryJJ Graham SULeomlnster.Maas.
Seventy-eight Years Old.
"I had catarrh of the head. Com-
menced taking Peruna and gamed
eleven pounds. It Is a Kreat medicine.
A fair trial would convince any one ot
Its ertlcacy." Mr. F. M. Joffrion. Bo-
galusa. Louisiana.
Those who ob'ect to liquid medi-
cines can now obtain Peruna Tablets.
THE
BIG BEN
SALE
at
Durant Mercantile Co.
Commencing Saturday will be
one of the greatest events of the
Times.
iThe News carries this week a full
text of Governor Williams Messago
to the Legislature. The document
Is tho most unique the most sanely
radical and the most conducive to
efficient and good government that
has ever been prepared in Oklahoma?
Readers of the News will profit by a
careful reading of "the message In iU
entirety.
THINK IT OVER
The city campaign is getting hot-
ter every day and gives evidence of
securing and holding the interest of
every voter in town until the results
are announced. Tho mayot's race
Is to be one In which interest centers
Several candidates are in the field
while others are In a receptive mood.
and the Dark Horse and last hour
CASCARETS" AlAVAYS
STRAIGHTEN YOU DP
Tonight! Clean Your1 BoweW and
End Headache. Gold and Sour
Stomachs.
FOR THE PESSIMIST
From Dry Goods:
With the air still full of complaints
and misgivings regarding the busi-
ness situation and tho actual favor-
able conditions the following letter
from Mr. Charles E. Nash of Fort
Worth. Texas Is worth framing and
we believe of special interest to the
Teaders of Dry Goods. Show It to
you rfriends and watch a roal psy-
chological change
"To the Retail Trade:
"We are not in tho cotton busi-
ness but we know enough to say
that an article or commodity Is only
worth regardless of what -it coats
offered for sale. If eight cents per
pound or even seven cents par pound
is all that a farm or can get for his
cotton then that Is all that cotton is
worth regardless of what it Is worth
to raise it.
"It Is said that a farmer cannot
raise cotton for lee than ten cents
per pound yet there are a great num
ber of them who got rich or at least
independent by raising it at seven
cents per pound and that was when
everything else he raised sold at a
much lower figure than Is ruling to-
day and everything that he bought
cost a good deal more than it dooa
today. Besides this he did not got
seven dollars per bale for his seed
as he does today.
"We give you the following com-
parisons: "He bbs & hoe for fifty cents that
used tccost 75 cents.
"He buys a file at -fifteen cents
that used to cost 3G cents.
"He'buys a single tree at 35 cents
that 'used to cost 50 cents
that used to cost fifteen cents.
"He buys a pller al 75 cents that
used .to cost f 2.
"He buys nails at 4 cents a pound
that used to cost 5 cents per pound.
"He buys wlro at 3 cents per
pound that used to cost 10 cents a
pound.
"He buys bames at 50 cunts that
ged to cost 75 cents.
The newspaper promotes the In
terest of tho community In which It
is published to such an extent that talk s goInJ. the round;. There may
It becorr.ta almost impossible to esti- be onJe real pouuca mlxed up in the
mate its real worth. There Is no race aftcr aJl
enterprise that does so much for the
corporation or tho Individual citizen
as the newpaper. It stands opposed
to the knocker the kicker and the
town drones. It stands for action as
against dry rot. it stands for pro-
gress as against stagnation. It Is
ever ready to combat the schemes of
the visionaries and Is ready to aid In
upbuilding of the community. The
newspaper has never come into It
own however because it Is never ap-
preciated by the people to the exterJ
of IU worth. Yet when battles art.
to be fought for the town or com-
munity a rush is always made for
the newspaper 'office always to find
the loyal editor ready frequently with
hope of reward. Many other enter
prises are encouraged by a bonus
but rarely Is the newspaper offered
any such help and still more often it
Is not given the support It Is enUtled
to. Communities frequently lose
slcht ot their real benefactors when
they fall to recognize tho weekly
journal as such. The editor and his
paper stand as the bulwarks of de-
fense against the attacks of the evil
doer or designing schemes affecting
the good of the Individual or ae
town. For these and other reasons
the newspapers ot the town and the
county should receive the support of
the public at large In a very liberal
Three
Hundred Thirty-Four
tinge
Mar-
During the past year the wedding
bells rang three hundred and thirty-
four times and during the same per-
iod of time the divorce mill only
ground out ninety-eight divorces or
a tlesat that Is the number that were
filed.
Thus It Is that little Cupid has out
stripped the divorce mill nearly four
to on  which Is quite a nice record
and shows that tho little goddess Is
tying tho couples up In nuptial knots
of bliss that knows no breaking.
The summer seems to be the best
time for the. wrecking of tho mar
riage vows while In the early spring
when the lovers fancy turns to love.
seems to be tho best time for the ty
ing of the nuptial knots. January is
also a big month for the little god as
is also December. During May Jan
uary and December over one-third
of the marriage licenses of the entire
year wero isuued. Democrat
Call SI
The Old Reliable Steam Laundry
s Tor First-class Work
and Prompt SerrlM
The Orpheum
IN A CLASS BY IT'S SELF
Get a ten cent box now.
You men and women who eanit get
feeling right who have headaches. I
coated tongue foul breath and foul ' Work Called tor and Delivered
taste dizziness can't sleeji.'are bil-
ious nervous .unset bothered with a
sick sour gassy disordered stomach
or have backache and feel worn out
Are you keeping your bowels clean
with Cascarets. or morly forcing a'
passage every few days with salts ca-!
thartic pills or castor oil?
Cascarets work while you sleep'
cleanse the stomach removo the'
sour undigested fermenting food
and foul passes take the excess bile I
from the liver and carry out of the)
system all .the constipated waste mat-
ter and poison in the bowels. J
A Cascaret tonight will straighten '
you out by morning a ten cent box
from any drug store will keep your
stomach sweet; liver and bowels reg-
ular and head clear for months
Don't forget the children. They love i
Cascarets because they taste good r
degree for It Is really the most lm- never gripe or sicken.
portant business enterprise of tnej
community. i
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PURCHASING POWER OF THE
FARMERS
The purchasing power of the farm
era depends not only upon the money
value of the crops he produces but
also upon the money value ot what
he buys. From 1S99 to 1009 (cfU
Kbus years) the money value of one
acre of the farmer's crops Increase!
"2."7 per cent but in the same period
the money value of the articles usual
ly purchased by fanners had Increas
ed 12.1 por cent; consequently as a
result of the greater Increase In the
the price of what he bought tho net
increase in the purchasing power of
the produce of one acre was fifty-
four per cent; that Is one acre of
the farmers' crops in 1909 could
buy fifty-four per cent more of the
articles usually bought by the fann
ers than in 1S99.
Upon the basis ot the purchasing
power ot one acre of produce the
year 1909 stands as the most pros
perous tor farmers ot the past fifty
years for which the:o tre records.
The oats planting- season is nearly
upon us and the weather has been so
unfavorable all along that fanners
have not bad time to prepare their
land. Farmers all agree that one
of the most vital points in connection
with tho raising of any crop 1s the
proper preparation ot the seed bed
and it is to bo hoped that our friend
Jupiter Pluvins iclll ghro us a rest
until that preparation can be made.
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LISTEN!
As you read this paper each week hereafter wo want you to
turn to this page and right here in this spot you will find our
ad We shall change the copy each week and you will find
it to be Interesting reading matter end much moreprotltable
to you than many other news items. It will pay you to read
It especially it you Intend to
"BuUd You a Home"
ROCKWELL BROS. & CO.
Durant. Okla.
The Master Key
Don't miss the eighth installment of the
great Motion Picture
The Master Key
at the
Bungalow Theatre
Saturday Afternoon and Night
I in 1 j ' "" ' '"
We're coming to the best part of the
great serial now and its worth your
time and dime to see it throigh.
Beef and Milk A-plenty
Cattle are kept for two purposes; for beef pro-
duction and for milk production. To do either right
they must be healthy. There is nothing better to
keep them in continued good health or to make
them well quickly when sick than a lew doses of
Daa Haa STOCK
CC JLCC MEDICINE
Stirs up tha liver Drives
disease poisons away.
Any time lay ot mr cat-
tie ret xnjthht wroes
with them I sire tbesi a
lew doses ol BetDet
STOCK MEDICINE.
ThCT soon ttt well.
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Durant Weekly News $1.00 Per Year
Don't Wait!
Buy Your Rugs Now
Before the first of the year we bought a large assortment
of rugs and carpets. We bought them before the war and
since then foreign dye stuffs foreign wool etc. have been
hard to get and high priced. As these are used extensively
in the manuacture of rugs and carpets you can readily see
that prices must advance soon.
But while the stock lasts we are selling the rugs and
carpets bought before the war at the same low prices and
no advance whatever.
This is a timely warning to those of our friends who need
rugs and carpels. Buy now and save-money.
I
Durant Furniture Co.
G. W. Holmes Manager
A Resolution for 1915:
UsQ-the Home Inter urban
(Texas Traction Company)
exclusively between
Denison
Sherman
McKinney
Dallas
and intermediate Points
Direct interorban conaectiosu at Dallas for Waco Corsicana Fort Worrk
Cleburn and intermediate points.
Miss Avis Park who is teaching at
Bennington spent Saturday and Suu-
day with her parents la this city.
Tota King cashier of tho First
National Dank of Kenefick was In
tho city Sunday.
Itev. E. Thurston Campbell pas-
tor ot the First Methodist Church of
this city went to Atoka Wednesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Mary Atkinson Is qulfo ill at
her horno at the corner of Fourth and
Arkansas.
Attorney Wm. II. Murphy of Ben
nlngtou was a visitor In this city on
Monday.
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