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fcfttDAY FEBRUARY 11 1916.
THE DUItANff WEEKLY NEWS
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W.1IU THE. SAY QF. CHANGES
IN CITY GOVERNMENT
Idda Expressed Scent to Fnyor Man
agerial Form Under Proper Re-
strictions Old Charter With the
Necessary Changes Will lo.
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Night Phono 735
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ONEY
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To Loan ri
Estate at all times
Whale & Cox Co.
MONEY IN FEEDING
GRAIN TO THE COW
A "pound of grain conoUmcd by a
.good cow wlll produce more profit
than when fed to a steer for bwi
fkia Is not fancy It ia e. fact
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YOU'RE BILIOUS! LET - 
"CASOARETS" LIVEN
LIVER AND BOWELS
Don't Stay Headachy Constipated
Sick With Bad Breath and
Stomach Sour.
Get a 10-cent box now.
You men and women who" can't get
feeling right who have headache
coated tongue bad taste and foul
breath dizziness can't sleep aro bil-
ious nervous and upset bothered
- with a Btck gassy disordered stom-
ach or have" a had cold. "
Aro you 'keeping your bowels
clean with Cascarets or merely forc-
ing a passageway every few-days with
6altst cathartic pills or castor tpil?.
Cascarets work whlld-yiott 'sleep;
cleanse thQ."8fomaCh..rQmove the sour
undigested fermenting food' and foul
gases; take the excess bile from the
liver and carry out of the system all
the constipated waste matter and poi-
son in the bowels. ' 
A Cnscaret tonight will straighten
you out by morning aO-cent box
from any drug store wly keep your
stomach sweet liver and'bqwels reg-
ular and head clear for months. Do
not- forget the children. They 'love
Cascarets because they taste good
never gripe or sicken. (adv)
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Tito discussion 6f proposed changes
In Durnnt's form of city government
appears to have been revived and for
tho most part thoso parties Interest-
ing themselves In tho prdpoaed
change appear in a majority to favor
the managerial form of government.
In a talk this week with a promin-
ent business man tho writer listened
to tho following statement: "My fear
is that if tho pooplo wero to voto a
charter and agreo upon tho city man-
ager plan that some local man would
secure tho Job who Is of doubtful ca-
pacity and such a condition would
bring us little or no relief. For my
pnrt I would .oppose tho whole thing
unless I wero assured that NO MAN
WHO LIVES IN DUIIANT WOULD
BE GIVEN THE MANAGEMENT OF
THE CITY. According to my idea.
If tho city would prosper under the
managerial form of government the
cltv nhould zo as far from homo as
possible and secure the services of a
'man who haB been trained along the
lines of municipal management pay
him $5000 a year If necessary .we
can well afford to pay the. right man
that sum and .we can ill afford to
pay Just any man $1500 a ytar. An
absolute stranger competent and
trained in every way who does not
nol know or care a rap -for any of us
horo would give the city a falr un-
biased unprejudiced administration
of affairs and we would all be treat-
ed with equal candor fairness and
honcBty whereas ANY DURANT
MAN regardless of how honorable
ho may bo could not help but be In-
fluenced by personal prejudices and
by his regard or lack of regard for
those with whom ho comes In con-
tact." Another man a merchant one of
the old-timers expressed himself
thus to tho writer: "For the past
eight or nine years we have steadily
been going from bad to worse and
our tax rate has been soaring higher
and higher each year whilo the ben-flts-
that tho taxpeyer has received
have diminished In about the same
proportion that the tax rate has in-
creased. -I say without fear of con-
tradiction that taken as a whole
we have not had In six years a coun
cil that has been in tho majority eith
er competent to handle city affairs
oV that hsa shown thorough unpreju-
diced Interest to accomplish anything
on an Impartial basis. Personal feel-
ings petty politics and" bull-headed-ncss
have characterized every act of
every council for years. Tho dispo-
sition seemB to. have been 'spend the
raondy 'get rid of it' 'give the work-
ing man all tho work you can it
will help ub get votgsat the. next
election' and the taxpeyer the bus-
iness man tho man with large inter-
tists -has had to- sit silently by and
pay for all thla outrage." "
A prominent property owner Is
doubtful whether a change would
benefit or not. These aro his words:
"A change in the plan of govern-
ment under restrictions will help.
Tho theory of commission govern-
ment is more practical than tho nl-
dermanlc form. It Is unreasonable
to believe that a board ot eight -al
dermen attempting to attend to all
city business at a meeting of two
hours once a month could possibly do
anything half way right If the city
had a board of aldermen who were
all cold-blooded hardheaded far-seeing
business men wo .would not be
Tn 4he shape we are in. On the oth-
er hand tinder tho commission form
of government if a competent board
of commissioners devoting their" time
to city affairs could be secured there
would be a quick Improvement and
If a city manager wero employed and
the right man 'secured the improve-
ment -would be still quicker. How-
over It a board pf commissioners
were made up as councils have been
wo would probably go along as at
present spending all our money apd
getting nolhing for It." .
A prominent attorney opposes any
change In tho plan of city govern-
ment until wo shall have tried out
every manner of government that we
aro permitted to try under tho law.
Quoting hint- "The statutes give
City councils tho right to employ a
city manager to- have full charge of
tho city's business. I think $at
would be much better for a try-out
than disrupting tho old fabric of the
present form of government without
knowing what we aro doing. I will
opposo any change In tho form ot
government but strongly favor the
employing by tho council of a compe
tent manager wnen wo couiu iry mo
plan out in the cheapest way. I
strongly .favor tho idea of going as
far as possible and getting the best
maa for the money a man trained In
the administration of city business- a
man who deep not know ua 'person-
ally and who could not possibly have
any axe to grind." -
Another pr6fesslonnl man" who has
closely watched tho progress of
ovonts IB opposed to any change of
any klfad. Horo Is how he stands:
"While tho nldennanlo form of city
government Is undoubtedly antiquat-
ed It Is not a failure. Durant's. fail
ure has not been In tho system eho
nasi empjoyea qui in tno persopnei
of tho pity officials and employees.
If tho pooplo of tho city will ever get
sense enough to wako up and see to
It jthat we select a council which is
in 'the majority' composed of compe-
tent business m'en atid that sort :of
council k&s the reins for a year wo I
will se an improvement. It we can't'
elect a compotont council wo could
do no hotter under tho commission
form and t am igolng to make all the
fight I can against any change ex-
copt the chaugo of putting competent
men lii-whoro we havo had Incompe
tents for ton years." L
A man who has made a study ..of
municipal affairs puts It this woy:
"Tho nltv irnvfirnmnnt In never colriir
to bo any bettor than tho people. T4j'o
voters can make tho city Just what
they want It. I favor the commission
form on tho broad basis that It tends
to centrallzo the responsibility and
the city manager plan Is merely car
rying out tho Idea a lottlo farthtr.s I
think tho proper thing Is to elect! a
board of five commissioners from tho
city at largo nnd lot them serve with
out pay. Tiioy couiu niro tno rigju
sort of a manager If they want one.
and the fact that tho commissioners
draw no pay would cut out a lot of
local Incompetent Job hunters."
Tho board of freeholders selected
several months ago to wrlto a char
ter has don'o nothing. Ono or two
members went so far as to get hold
of a copy of the old charter and went
over It with a view to making some
changes In it but oven this has not
yot been done. There Is a strong
sentiment for another mass meeting
to tnlk moro about tho matter. -
POIATICAIi CAMPAIGN IS
MAILING A SLOW START
Many Candidates Expected to Con-
test for tho Various County Offices.
Tho Campaign Seems to bo Lato
In Gottlng iv SUvrt.
COUNTY POLITICS
Plans are under way for the hold-
ing of a big banquet in tho main
waiting room of the Union Station
when It is-completed which will bo
attended by. as many local people as
may care to shell out their coin for
tickets and prominent officials of tho
Katy Frisco and M. O & G. railway
companies. R. E. Powers formerly
head of the Chamber of Commerce
and who had much to do with tho se-
curing of tho new depot has had cor
respondence with the railway officials
about tho matter and has received a
letter from Mr. W. E. Williams gon-
eral manager for the Katy In which
that gentleman gives his hearty sup-
port to tho Idea. Tho local Chamber
of Commerce will attend to the arrangements.
Although a fow men have mado
their public announcements as can-
didate afor county office this year
thoro Is every Indication that tho
flold bf aspirants will bo largo. -The
campaign is late in starting this year
only three men having formally an
nounced for office. Two years ago
by this time there wore a dozen In
the flold making their actlvo cam-
paigns. This year so far only one
man 1b making an active campaign.
Tho tendency to wait Is probably
augmented by tho fear as to what
tho Legislature may do about making
tho terms of county officers four In-
stead of two years. If this Is done
thero will bo no campaign as tho
present Incumbents will hold over.
Tho fact that thero is likely to bo a
titrong move to abolish the office of
county Judge is also doing a part to
keep candidates from announcing for
that office.
So far as can bo determined the
probable line-up for county offices
tbl? year will bo about as follows;
For Sheriff John Phillips Clip-
per Hamilton Early ZIon and Jcfr
Early.
For County Judge J. L. Rappoleo.
Lewis Paullln Porter Newman.
For County Attorney Grey Moore
C. P. Abbott Richard Nlcolds.
For County Treasurer Carl Beat-
ty Sam Ross Marvin McDnniol John
Spell and possibly W J. O'Donley.
For Court Clerk W. A. Jones.
For County Clerk John Finney
H. B. Deaton J. M. Mooro.
Cor County Assessor Will Yeats
W W. Gates and Lacy Grimes.
For County Weigher R. A. Bish-
op Ben Lee Ned Bate3. .
For County Superintendent R. K.
Mcintosh C. L. Whitney.
PfrjTffi iin
MATOY CITIZEN ARRESTED
CHARGED WITH RAPE
T. W. Bailey of Mntoy Unnblo to
Mnko Bond and Is in County Jail
Awaiting Trlnl on Serious Charge
Before tho District Const.
SOME INFORMATION ABOUT
THE TROUBLESOME TICKS
Department of Agriculture Gives In
tcrcstlng Facts and Figures About
tho Little Chaps that Suck the Life
Blood of t chCattfe.
February and
March bring weather
conditions very trying
to most people.
Colds coughs
sore throat tonsil it is
catarrh bronchitis
pneumonia arc all
prevalent.
These are all catarrhal conditions. All
depctfdent upon the same cause climatic
changes. Sloppy weather underfoot. High
winds chilling blasts changing from day to day.
Thermometer dancing a jig. Barometer follow-
ing suit.
All of the acute catarrhal conditions above
referred to call for
They call loudly too. If Pcruna is neglected
these a catarrhal conditions arc liable to become
chronic. One bottle of Peruna used at the
right time will save months even years of
suffering and sickness.
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Columbus . . Ohio
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BRYAN COUNTY IS SEVENTH
IN ANNUAL COTTON REPORT
J. W. Bailey of Matoy lies In the
county Jail awaiting trial on the
chnrgo ot rape in the first degree'
having been unable to mako the two
thousand dollar bond sot by Justice
C. Q. Adams- ot Matoy Monday. The
victim of B alloy Is said to have been
Miss Willie Chancellor his wife's 19-
year-old sister who alleges that his
conduct toward her had been going
on for six years during which time ho
constantly threatened to kill her if
sbe told; but that she finally grew
tired of his treatment and filed com-
plaint against him. She has a 2-year-old
child of which she says he Is the
father. ...
Assistant County Attorney Grey
Moore and Constable Bruce of Ben-
nington took Bailey to Matoy Mon-
day to havo a hearing before Justice
Adams when Bailey -waived examin-
ing trial and was bound over to the
district court in the sum ot $2000.
Being unable to make- the bond he
was remanded to Jail.
Still another sister of hla wife is
said to have died several years ago
near Colbert and the Information al-'
leges that this sister was the mother
of an illegitimate child by Bailey.
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PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN
A partial eclipse of the sun was
visible here Thursday morning from
about 8:40 to 10:30 o'clock and the
shadow on tho sun was distinctly'
visible when viewed through a piece
of smoked glass. In some portions of
South America It is said that the
eclipse was a to.tal oho throwing that
part of tho world in total darkness
for a nhort time. The eclipse was
caused by the passing of tho moon
between tho earth and tho sun 'and
the dogreo ot the eclipse varied In
different parts of tho world.
CALOMEL DYNAMITES A
SLUGGISH LIVER
Crashes into sour bile making you
sick and you loso u day's
''.work.
Calomel salivates! . It's mercury.
Calomel acts like dynamite on' a
sluggish liver. When calomel comes
Into contact with sour bile It crash-
esjinto It causing cramping and nau
sea.
If you feol bilious "constipated
and all knocked out just go to tho
druggist and get a fifty-cent bot-
tle of Dodson's liver Tono Which Is
a harmless vegetable -substltuo for
dangerous calomel Tako a teaspoon
ful and If It doesn't start your liver
and ' straighten you up bettor and
quicker than nasty calomel and with
out making you sick you Just go
back and get your money.
If you take calomel today you will
bo sick and nauseated tomorrow; be
sides It may salivate you while if
you tajko bod8Qn'a I4yr Tono you
wlU Wako up feoiing great (uU ot anv
bltlon and ready for work or play.
It's harmless .pleasant and safo to
giro to tho children; they like It
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The following bulletin Just re-
ceived by this paper bolls down tho
cattlo-tlck situation and expresses tho
matter In pretty clear terms:
"If one of your steers or dairy
cows got a bad cut and was bleeding
nearly a quart of blood a day you'd
do something about It In a hurry.
You'd know that Buch loss of blood
-would weaken the animal prevent
Its putting on weight and In the case
of the cow you'd soon see tho milk
flow fall off.- If you couldn't handle
tthe wound yourself you'd think It a
good investment to pay a veterinar-
ian from 50 cents to one dollar or
more to stop the bleeding.
"Ticks havo the same effect on a
steer or a cow os such a wound but
the difference is that you don't see
tho blood dripping because it flows
into tho tick. Every tick bite is a
tiny wound on tho animal through
which blood Is constantly being
drawn. These tiny wounds and tho
drawing of this blood Irritate tho an-
imal and weaken 11 Just the same as
tho wounu. Tne wounu or course
may become Infected and make the
anliflal very sick but the tick In addi
tion to causing blood to flow may
give the nalmal Texas fe"ver and even
kill It.
"This Is no ta theory. Actual ex-
periments show that where "an ani
mal is heavily Infested with ticks
they will draw as much as 200 pounds
of blood ifrom a 1000-pound Bteer.
Ot course they do not draw this all
at once but get it In tink sucks. Fig-
ures show that the blood In a steer
at any one time weighs about 50
pounds. Where tho ticks are very
numerous and very busy therefore
jthey force tho animal to renew its
blood about four times a year. This
means that blood that should go to
mako blood or milk goes Into fatten-
ing ticks. An actual experiment de-
monstrated that a tlck-lnfestcd steer
Which weighed only 730 pounds and
was a scrawny animal when freed
frqm tick by being dipped In .the ar-
sqnlcal dipping bath gained 385
pounds In weight In two months.
r "Tho price that you'd pay a veter-
inarian for curing a wound or that
you would spend for Unamonts and
cloths to cure tne wounu youraoir.
would more than pay tor dipping tho
tlcky cattle and savo this terrible
drain on their blood and strength.
Tho trouble In driving the animal to
tho dipping vat and lotting it swim
through would be less than treating
tho wound.
"It costs only fifty cents -a head at
most Including tho first cost of dip-
ping vats to clear cattle of- theso
bloodsuckers. It will cost your coun-
ty only ?50 to $100 to build a dip-
ping vat and you can figure Just how
much this first cost per head io if di
vided among all the cattle near tho
vat. After tho vat Is built 5 cents a
head will pay for arselc enough to
rid your county of ticks
'Moreover when a beef animal
has been freed from ticks because It
can bo sold In the open pons at tho
stockyards in Competition with other
fren cattle it brings from. $5 to $10
rpro per bead than when offered for
immediate Biaugiuer ony irum u
quarantine pen. It costs less to ship
tick-free Battle than tlcky cattle be-
causo tlcky cattle have to be dipped
under quarantine restrictions which
add greatly to the coflt and make tho
animal worth less at home and causo
It to brine 1&ib net profit tit the pacje-
Unr house."
Had Ginned Only 10553 Bales Up To
January 10th Jncksn County Is
-Still in tho Lead With Total Gln-
nlngs of 20.405 Bales.
" "in
The last government glnners' re-
port places Bryan In seventh position
a? a cotton producing county in the
State of Oklahoma. The report Is-
sued covering all reports to and In-
cluding January 16 gives this county
only 19553 bales as against 22.227
bales up to the time of tho same re
port the year before.
Jackson Ciunty still holds the lead
with 29465 bales and her glnnigs
of the crop tho year before up to tho
same tlmo wero 49290 bales.
The counties besides Jackson that
beat Bryan County this year and the
number bof bales each has ginned
aro as follow?: Garvin County 22-
694 bales; Greer County 21431; Ki-
owa County 28911; and Tillman
County 19692.
TURNBULL WAS RELEASED '
ON A BOND OF $5000.00
Every Man of Means in thp Achilla
Community Offered Services as
Bondsman Will Say Nothing Re-
garding tho Affair.
The residence of Frank B. Semple
of Caddo was totally destroyed on
Thursday afternoon by fire supposed
to havo originated from a defective
flue. The house and contents' wero
a total loss but are partially covered
by insurance.
D. Turnbullcharged with the mur-
der of S. E. RainB near Achllle last
Wednesday was Thursday granted
bail in tho sum of $5000 by Judgo
Jesso M. Hatchott. and almost Im-
mediately made the bond and was re-
leased. One of tho peculiar things
about tho making of the bond was tho
fact that practically every man of
means in tho community around
Achillo seemed anxious to go on tho
bond .for Turnbull and a wholo
crowd of them camo.to Durant for
that purpose. Turnbull was releas-
ed and had to spend practically no
time in Jail. "He waived examining
trial.
Attempts to secure any statements
from Turnbull have failed . utterly.
He will havo nothing to say'ab.out
tho matter. He has retained Attor-
neys Utterback & MacDonald to con-
duct his defenso.
The Quinine That Dees Not Affect The Head
Because of Ua tonic and laxative effect. LAXA-
TIVK BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary
Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor
rWlne In head. Remember the full name and
look for the signature of U. W. GKOVE. 25c.
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