NEW STATION WILL BE A
MODEL OF ATTRACTIVENESS
Whal Would WeDof
Wftprf Sugar?
' ESSgg?"
ll iimhii I'Hiiinniiinni'H iiijin iiiiH I ii I i wi ii mil i ii p hi 111 1 ihwihi ii i mhiihii I hwiihiihi jj.
I;
THE CITY GROCERY
Carries a complete line of Groceries
par excellenceWe feel that . every
customer who leaves our store pleas-
ed is the best' advertisement "ecan
receive thats why we try toJgiVS
satisfaction with every purchase ' '
EVERYTHING SANITARY
Give us your patrdftage we appreciate it.
- - Bring us your COUNTRY PRODUCE.
AH Kinds of Feed and Grain Products
lie City "Grocery
. J. CLIFFORD COLLIER Proprietor
205 West Alain Street
THE AWFUL TRUTH
ABOUT MEXICO
Tho following artlclo from tno cur-
Tont issue of Leslie's Weekly la Writ-
ten by Senior F. J. Arlzn for many
years managing editor of "El Impar-
clal" one of Mexico C'ty'B leading
nowspapers. Sonior Ariza one of tho
better class of Mexicans was forcod
to seek refuge In the United States
when tho Carranza do facto govern.-
ient camo into power. The observa-
tions ho makes are based upon many
years' experience in the troubled re-
public. "It is almost unbellovable that a
lapse of three years should havo beeir
sufficient to enthrone anarchy In' a
country whore up to the time of
Huorta's fall peoplp could at least go
about their business unmolested
travel over the land ln-safcay and
-oven undor military rule bo sure that
no unjustified attack would bo made
upon their honieB their property and
"""their rights.
"Conditions in Mexico aro such
that the main facts can not bo hidden
from tho American public and It
would bo useless to dwell on tho de
scription of things already printed.
But there Is still many an enlighten-
ing ciroumstanco to be pointed out In
ordor to give an Idea of the roal sit-
uation as no inatter how much is
said about it '"nobody can realize Its
horrors unless one has bCen through
the wholo affair.
"Of tho-wholesale outrages It has
unfortunately been my lot to see a
few will servo to give a glimpso of
the Mexico of today better than a
broader transcription of all the cha-
otic unendurable moss. Theso do-
tails are so impressive In themselves
as to make unnecessary all further
comment.
"The ruin and devastation of a
once flourishing country havo been
told aKain and agnin. Yet few neo-
plo realize for instnace that to trav-
el in Mexico nowadays Is so'hiQthing
almost impossible. If afoot a band
of highway robbers will certainly
lake the traveler's clothes if ho has
nothing olso from him. If on horse-
back the first patrol ho meets on-thO
road will dispossess him of his mount.
If in a railroad coach he is liable to
be either blown up by a bomb placed
on the tracks by the Zapatistas or
"" shot dead by tho brigands that make
a specialty of train-looting; but his
greatest danger lies in the fearful
condition of the rolling stock which
has not been repaired during tho last
five years so that wrecks occur dally
on every section of tho so-called Na-
tional Railway linos.
"Going from qno place to another
affords therefore very little attrac-
tion to tho avorago Mexican resident.
But let us suppose the case of an
American minor whoso house is brok-
en into one night his -three llttlo
children his wife arid himself being
lined up against the wall of his own
corral and his life and the life of his
family on the vergo of being taken by
tho outyaws because he refused to let
them sack his house. That American
will undoubtedly try to get away as
soon as possiblo from tho place re-
gardless of any forthcoming traveling
risks I happen to know tho Ameri-
can who has passed through such an
experience; he is tho owner of u mino
Jji Loa Reyes near Oaxaca and hla
wlfo Is a sister of tho postmastor of
Portland Oregon.
A Governor Sprees.
Villa's attempt to kidnap a promi-
nent French lady B002 aftor his arriv-
al as conqueror in Mexico City roused
broadcast indignation. But I havo
I ll III Jl 'VI "M l " '' in i  i
The Strong Withstand the Heat of
Summer Better Than the Weak
Old people who are feeble and younger
people who are weak will be strengthened
and enabled to go through the depress-
ing heat of summer by taking regularly
Grove's Tasteless CbillTonic. It purifies
and enriches the blood and builds up
ihe whole system. 50c '
Phono 100'
soon- something worse than that un-
der Carranza's reform admlnlstra
tionrTho local commander of n pros
perous Puobla town had wronged a
girl whoso family was trying to take
her away from him. One afterrioon
the man in a drunken frenzy grab
bed tho" victim's old mother-by the
hair and kicked and struck her until
sho became unconscious. Then turn-
ing around to faco a boy who had
como to the assistance of tho ladyt
tho bruto knocked film tlown with a
blow oh tho head and when the "po-
'1100" came to find out what was tho
trouble and saw who was tho offond-
or they hastened to withdraw from
tho place. This happened some four
months ago and as the wholo scone
took place In a hotel there wor over
a score of witnosses who did not dare
to interfere because it meant cortnin
death tho mottcr of this particular
general being "shoot first and lnvoB-
tigato afterwards." His namo is Vill-
asenor and I believe he is now Gover
nor of tho State of Oaxaca. At any
rate he was in charge of tho droops
that were trying to get the city from
the Fellcltas at the time.
. Hunger Jind "Usease.
"Hunger has reached such a stage
In Mexico that no words can give a
proper Idea of It. Brigands of all
kinds and denominations share the
spoils of a starved nation with a priv-
ileged crowd of self-appointed pe'tty
rulors while tho poof peon for
whoso sake it is claimed that all these
things camo to pass has to content
himself with whatever food he can
steal as It Is too expensive to acpulrc
it honestly. The stealing of corn is
punished with death. I remember
the ghastly sight of two soldiers shot
dead at the entrance of a church in
Tehuacan while the women and chil-
flrnn were comlncr out from th6 mass.
I ". V T 11 V .
Over tho corpses of- the wretched men j
hung with grim satire the sign:
"Thieves." And the general who had
ordered tho execution was engaged at
. the time In removing all tho furnl
turo to his private car even to tho
bedding nnd tho flower pots from a
residence ho had been unlawfully oc-
cupying for over a year! Not'ono
piece of furniture belonged to horn.
Nor tho private car for that matter.
"Two blocks away from tho church
where tho shooting had been done a
mob of ragged perspiring yelling wo-
men fought and toro their scant rai
ment in a pitiful endeavor to get a
handful of corn that was being dis
tributed by n charitable institution.
"In this same town I asked tho
doctor in charge of tho local Board of
Health why it was that nothing was
apparently being done to provent the
appaling spread of typhus. Ho took
mo to tho hospital where over 200
(persons wore suffering from the dis
ease. Nothing can give an Idea of
tho undescribable filth that surround-
ed them. Tho doctor pointed to a
particularly evil-smelling corner and
said to me: 'This room has not been
swept for two inonthB and they will
not even lot me have a 'man to pick
H. W. GIBSON President
Capital
100000
THE BANK THAT.ACCOMMODATES
EVERY MODERN CONVENIENCE
UNIQN DEPOT "WHICH WILL
. o. i -
The doubting Thomases have only To
lo lot Contractor H. B. McCart show
them thrtr-tho now union station
whloh will bn finished In ton avs. tii
l)o donvlncotl that tho station Will fill
jburant'fOvory npod for aoyernl y'aar.
nnu bo one oc tuij'Oiost bgautirui and 'lot orr from it; istiuni beauty of
convenient depots fihywhTr& alon afchllecturo olUfcUis' As iff thq main
Uio line. ' Salting rtjpm. South of tho smoking
On. tho north ond 1b tho baggage Too'in oft from tho main waiting
room 2Sx36 foot In dimensions.- AUVJBoin. Is ft indies' rosl'-room sWlth
baggage 1b slid Into ihtf room ovn modern tolfot. At various points in
a nlatform. triiek hluh. and walchMd
... - -
witiiout two oxtra lauor or iruiatinsr it
up and down as wns dono in tho old
way. Tq lliu east on the corner ofj.br the building will be of hnunnordll
tho room will pe a door from which
patrons may come In from' noav the
main waiting room door and trnnsricEJ
their bliHinosB ovor an oak counter
with tho baggage man. '
On tho SjOiith of tho bRgfWigo roofri
ID Ufo nogro waiting room 18x92
foot with toilot fooinB for mon and
womon off froHt-'tlio room 'to thtt
Wast."
Noxt South Is tlio. oXfico also 18j-
22 feat and off from tho ot'flco to ho
West is tlo "heating plant And whtorlp. Frye and J G. Kldd Durant car-
cooling syBtom all 'bfllow ' groundHtjionters havo b6on employed on tho 
with a balcony or.ruh around abbVfc
wharo the public (with tho agent's
Indulgence) may soo tho machlnryH-
at work.. '
On tho South corner 'Is the main
waiting room 45x45 foot with eight-
een foot colling boautlfuliy arranged
and decorated with a new patent pro-
cess red concrete floor. Doublo bGU
id onk settees will fill this room and
seats aplenty will be provided for all
passengers and moro. Four orna
mental square pillars soar from floor
up the dirty rags. Now you know
what tho-jnattc'r is.'
"I may add that this same doctor-
contracted typhus two wefiks lator.
and that tho five nurses in attend-
ance at that hospital as well as tbreq
successive managors of tho place
weoka that followed my visit. No
one was willing to take the vacancies
left by the deceased and the patients"
had to take caro of themselves as
well as. they could.
Permit to Die in Peace.
..mi . .
lit W1U LU1V11D VL 111C 1UIU11U1 Ul 1UVA-
1.1 l li ! . nlli .1 fi . ! f i . not a m 9 Ti
itu mat u uyiiiK iiiuu iiiui e win vuiiuy
ask for a p'rlest to comfort him in his 
last moments. In most of the States
a special permit Is required each time'
a piest is called to give spiritual con
this license is almost invnriably do -
  .  .. . 
nied especially if tho needy one is a
woman or a poor wretch who has no
'pull' or influence with the local
'chief.' 
"But on tho other hand free swing
Is given to whoever happens to bo on
good terms with the- potentates. A
...Ul ... .UOA.VU Vll i.U!. IUIIh bU II.IU
struggled hard and saved enough
build a printing plant considered the
best of its kind in .the city. Thi3
man a Spaniard had his place of bus-
iness in a building owned once
though not any more by Reyes
Spindola tho leading clentifico news-
paper man undor Porfirio Diaz Now.
pne or Lnrranza's closest editor
friends was In search of n. shOu ill
which to print his paper nnd Instead
of going at it In tho regulnr way he
just took possession of the Spaniard'?
premises 'In the name of the people '
Ho Is still there issuing a sheet called
the El Motln (Tho Riot.) Ho claims
that the rightful owner of the proper-
MR. FARMER:
- -mings nave como to sucn a passu hn rnnr.initi or n wn1Iin to bo dls
40000 POUNDS TO MdVE IN 30 DAYS
r .
Red Star t. . . . . $2.80
U. S  ?3.00
Pearl - $3.00
Princo Royal $3.10
' - '
DON'T FAIL TO GET OUR PRICES OX SEEDS OF ALTi KINDS
. - &
Peanuts Millet Cane Foterita Maize Kafir Corn Sudan Gre.m.
Enterprise Grocery Co.
South Second Avenuo. Durant Okla.
--r '.
-t " w
IMAGINABLE INSTALLED IN
FILL ALL DURANT'S NEEDS.
-
- eeilin'g and add to the artistic
UMuty of tlio room ub well
as sup
pdrtlng tlfo roof.
Off tho main waitinc room An one-
half the VubC oiul. Is a amokiuc room
fof men 18x22 foot .with men's tot-
tho bullriintr ion vntor in over avail-
. . i
rime
The rornlee work around thd top
copper and the wholo will presont a
bountiful spectacle when complotod.
Contractor McCart took occafllon
tto compliment two local workmen
Messrs Allan Bourn or oloctrlclcn on
tho job. and Mr..Cotron the nhistor-
er both loctil.mon. He -say thoso
mpn have given him as good eloctrlc-
al wjrlng work and as good plaster-1
Dig as he has ovor had dono. Other I
jnochnnicM 'On tho Job havo boon im-l
pdrted for tho np"st part. MoBsrs. H.
interior finishing work and Mr. Mc-'
Cart spoke highly of their work. -
The Katy's chief mogul on his fre
quent trips of inspection hag said '
that tho work is of an unusually '
goodt class and better than his com-
mny ordinarily gats in its stations. !
Mr. McCart has on this job mado for'
himself quite a roputatlon nil of
Which has been oarjied without j
doubt. He has already been engaged
reo do somo otner extonslvo work-
hero to be dono In tho near future.
ty is a Bclcntlflco and therefore a
thief. And the victim docs not dare
to romplnln but is endeavoring to 'fix
it' somehow.
Now Banner and Anthem.
"A wild horde has swept ovor Mox-
Ico and nothing but ruins remain
where civilization once held sway.
In that unfortunate country no man
be lie Carranzlsta Zapatista of Vill-
ista thinks of much clso than loot
graft nnd murder. And thoro will be
'revolution' in Mexico while there ro-
lii.i Ins n in nn tn bo (loHtinllod. a hmiHO
1 - " - ' ' " '
I '
honored
"The Mexican laborer who was of-
fered Liberty and Justice has been
J given Oppression and Slavery. Every
town Is ruled by tho local clan of
petty military grafters. Every home
1 '""' ? i . 7 I Ti rt w
lis menaced by thou" bestiality. No
.l . fa " n)ll) Mn
man's life is safe irom nuuse. xno
woman's purity is froo from attack.
No city is clear of brigands. Over this
lawless and unruly mob a now flag
wave the black flag of Piracy and
the skull and bones aH a fttilng em-
blem. And instead of tho inspiring
I  ... . -. .  j.
r- ritim unimu iiuiiuiiiu ii.t..ivjiu 11. ...
uoiiey crown now Hingu u iuv imu ri
bald song: 'The Cockroach.' "
ALBANY BOYS INTKIlKSTLn.
Farm agent Fash .says that tho
boys doing demonstration work In
tho vicinity of Albany are all doing
first grade work and following !'.
structlons to the letter. He 'as some
big" praise for the boya. Tho names
aro ns follows;
W. C. O. Harris Herbert Hulls-
man Colbnel Haddack C. 0. Butlor-
Pinkuey Beat. Phillip Majois Harold
Simmons Bccton Polk Ames Butler
all of Albany.
Savo niorfey by "Buying Flour from us.
B. Morgan Vice-Pretident
The First National
""' l' Of Durant Oklahoma
"i&L '
JifeirW s - i-rtrhv
Ai.
W arc bo uM tn encar
I'.iat vrc dtp 1!' i ' to for-
fH to (he U iM 1'nl'y
liii n t.mt i l.i ( . i: .it
now If foii1io('v aflfd
joii w''rbm -ar Jin rood
for yyu'd probably nfty
"Oh! to piif In coffie nnd
tea nml for making can-
Ile anil deiwprts." Thut's
it wo all tliinK-of m. or
fill 0 aWYMftfatiAr tirwl t
as a swwtener and over
look its valuo as a fond.
Tlio chemists classify
simar as a hydrocart on
that nm may or tnny not bo lntre-'t-Ing
to us but what Is lincre-tin I their
statement thaflt lias as a. lij.ltofarbon
equal food vrIuo with tlio starchy foods
and by digestion largely adds to ih
fatty tissues of ths body.
Why do wo oat sugar anyway? Your
first answer might be: "Jjscnuiw It Ih
sweet and tac'es gooxj." Of Ituslf the
nnswor would o correct but the more
Important fact is t! nt the body craves
sugar. bscauae It nsoJa It. And when iho
body craves sompt'ilng It gl.cs'us an p-
potlte for It. So prliut.ily t .at's why Te
like sugar and things made with sugar
and not just because tl y aie sweet.
in view or the fact that figar baa gono
tip jhj tremendously of Iu;e t lose
facts
PAmtt &v slfrnir 0e
ft
44 A4
r3vocfz& CCZBZZTV -swztti.
FIRST PEACHES.
Tho first 1913 ciop of peaches yet
marketed como from Bokchlto. from
which placo a car load was shipped
to eastern ma'-kets this week. Around
Bokchlto ar many fine orchard and
while tho r-flfb cop was eonsJdera-
biy damaged by late frosts thpiewlll
be many lof-..
HERE FROM OKLAHOMA CITY.
State Engineer W. P. Danfonkot
Oklahoma City formerly city engin-
eer of Durant Is hero this weak at-
tending to business matters. Mrs.
Danford accompanies him and they
will remain a week.
100 dozen Fruit Jars 50 cents to
75 cents per dozen.
Enterprise' Grocery Co.
See E. M. Evans for Typewriters.
WHY
-"-Nicsw
gpiygH&HFS&sgss ft ; wfr "vss'; s t ?? v??-'?'' "&
complain of the high cost of living.
Why Not
and get what you
for what you get?
NO
Special Prices
cheaper than
Cash Flour
T. F. ALLEN Manager
131 North Second Ave. PHONE 26 Durant Okla.
Bank
.c-
c-cs is'i
ucjiv i'yw? TKuvzr t-ojwr
are tntorooflnp because we fld iiat In-
st' 1 of I o luvury frar 1 .v . ;""
u  la the TO y sucftr that 1 u iame.1
Its i rice. -Yet cvn t'-ourb U price In
up we havo to have our sweet food just
the same.
Certainly tho makers of that dellclou
beverage Coca-Cola must have dis-
covered that suar Is Up beeaui e one of
tho principal ingredients In making- Coca-
Cola syiup is fine cane sugar. Think of
It! they use an average of SO tons of
sugar a day about 4 carloads. But un-
like many manufacturers that eomjsny
has itself boms the raise and so you an l
I pay Just the same today Xor our bottle
or glass of Coeft-Cola that we've alwav
paid. Incidentally this phase of the sit-
uation is a rfood reminder
of the benoflts one getj
from drinking a bever-
age as puro and good b.i
Coca-Colo. Not only d
we please our palate
nnd derive wbolesomt
refreshment from thi
drink but we hIho kIvj
our systems that bit of
suffar sweetness that
they crave and whun
necessary to health nn 1
tissues. Is It any won-
der then that Coca-Col v
la so popular and
univernally drunk that .t
has bven called "tlm
?zzz
j drink tho nation drinks' 1
VOTICE OF TRANSFER OF PUPILS
Sestlon 2C5 pago 61 of the 1315
school laws provide that all transfers
of children from ono school district
to another must bo made at least twj
months before' the beginning of tha
school in either district affected.
Many of the schools of tho county
will open September 4th hence all
applications for transfers eo or from
such districts must bo mado not lat-
er than Jund 30th. In rural districts
whoro tho term does not begin until
tho 1st of Octobor applications for
transfers may bo mado until the 20tlt
of July. No applications will be le-
ceived after the 20th of July.
All parents wishing to transfer
their children had best attend to this
matter now as no exceptions will hi
mado this year. Very truly
R. K.McINTOSH
County Superintendent.
CONTINUE To Pay
such high prices for
your groceries and
Pay Cash
pay for" and pay
BAD ACCOUNTS HERE
to be absorbed by losing
profits tty us and see.
on Fruit Jars
the cheapest
&
II. D.Neely CatLier
Surplus and undi-
vided Profits
$50745.62
Seed Store
BUSINESS SOLICITED
Srf-"-- " fr.
I
"Wh.
l-v
n
!
-
. Jl-
i.A
l"i.
t
- - 
M&V1.
'.sfStA