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Durant Weekly News
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF BRYAN OOQN1I
voi.r! xxi.
(This Issue 18 Pages)
nUIIAXT OKLAHOMA KIUO.W (MTOUK.lt 'M IIII7.
(PngeH I !' 10)
NUMIIKU FOHTV-TIIKKK
GREAT CROWDS
ATTEND MEETING
HiHiti MuiMil '" Durant for an
llniir ccliiesclii) W'lillt" Judge
II.iiii" it mill t'ongmwiiiiiii Carter
siil. fr Mbcrt) llonds.
i . in ss. commercial and olh-
... i. j In llnrnnt atnltnml f.ii nti
at .nr i' "" ' "'"I'l"-1" "
h r i commencing ui i.u on
ttVclm ' afternoon anil the town
..II .... cii.irf.Mfil 1. IIH il .t
HI 111.1 ' rauT-iii nuimiv:il
farr.ur tn town wiui cuiuhi. uuenciy
Pit ii l' 'rlotlp meeting which filled
tie t.i' rn.u'le to overflowing when
JoelfC " r icamsay cnnirinan oi
ne fV( ml Reserve Hank nt Dallas
l r ii l i ('small Charles I). Vartor
r f hi- district spoke to the crowds
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Minn Hi- urgenc necessity oi suo-
srrlW"1' "r IH'ity llonds and do-
me It MW
juJci Itamsay successful Jurist I
rmanilir .mil student of economics
.i ii Iniial problems literally
t brill 1 bis bearers to the limit with
a n ' '' -pi'inh.'iu(b as is seldom
lii-inl i' ie He told of the govern-
r..r hi ui In the matter and ex-
pltlnul ile.irly why it is much bet-
t(r fir tin' American people to In-
et In the bonds the world's best
ime-in nt. thereby loaning to the
l.o.oit ii lit nt interest than it
would 1" to let the bond Issues fail
iIiiti li I'liLiiurnglng our enemies
anil i 'he same time throwing on
the l.ournment the necessity of tax-
Ins u- "i the limit.
tiini;i ssiiian ('niter iiieiuber of
the cri id st and most Important ses-
sion nf Congress ever held put the
situation "l to his hearers in a mat-
ter id f.nj way that none could mis-
unili'rs'.iml llolnr- closelv In touch
ulth Covernmental departments ho
a .ible to bring this war home to
us a little closer than even the best
Informed layman could otherwise
know and that ho made the thing
feld goes without saying and Is re-
flected in the sale uf bonds follow-
ing. Mono In Durant or close by failed
to know that something was doing
nt 1:30 o'clock for at that hour to
the second pandemonium actually
broke out and every bell whistle
and siren in town shrieked and toll-
ed out notice of the big meeting in
terms that could not bo munder-
stooel. Many people who didn't
know of tho arrangement though the
town was on fire or that an earth-
quake had struck but were soon re-
tssurcd while the proceslon stream-
ed into the tabernacle until the three
thousand seats lacked several of be-
ing enough.
SAYS HERMANS KXPKCT KAIU.Y
PKACK
An Italian workman who has been
Interned In Germanv since the open-
ing of tho war recently made his es-
cape and returned home. He tell
that he has talked to thousands of
German people and that they are
eager for an early peace. He s.is
that It is generally expected by the
German people that peace will come
In November or Derember of this
jeflr. His statement is to the effect
that German workmen bac nb.iti
cloned all hope of victory and are
threatening to tie up all Industrie-)
unless peace Is declared.
HOWS THIS I'Olt BOND Sl'lt-
SCIUPTIOX? Montgomery county Kansas bus
subbcrlbed for five times its maxi-
mum quota of Liberty llonds and is
still going. A large oil company
egreed to take dollar for dqllur of
the bonds for all total subscriptions
in the county. The company has lui'L
to Invest five million dollars alreael).
Exceptional Values-
in Coats Suits Dresses and Waists
OUR NEW YORK BUYER WAS
very fortunate indeed in secur-
ing for us a shipment of Coats Suits
Dresses and Waists. The manufact-
urer agreed to deliver them to us by
express and they have just arrived.
They are all the very latest styles and
we want you to see them.
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Style t I VA
NV pass the saving along
"' our customers. The
('ats and Suits are excep-
tional values at 14.."
lii.3il nnd up (o $27.50.
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Uri'ssi-s t'XccpHonul wil-
lies at .i3 ll.S."iM."
r..5ll ii nil up.
Silk Waists exceptional
wilues at $:!.."ll aud $3.5(1.
Bryan County May Yet Exceed
Its Liberty Loan Quota
Indian Subscription Helps mu anil
it Mould Seem Hint the Public U
"Jarring Loose" at the M Mo-
incut Willi the Cnlii.
I!raii count) liny et exceed her
mlnimuiu quota of S37S 560 of tho
Second Liberty Loan mid should the
buist of enthusiasm that became ap-
parent Wednesday continue it is not
Impossible that tho subscriptions
muy reach n half million dollars tlu
county's maximum iiuotu.
To begin with the Indian acencv
at Muskogee has sent two $5l)uOO
suliscrlptlons here for the Hryan
county Indians whose funds tho V. S.
Government is holding and late on
Wednesday suirnl Indhlduals took
subscriptions of $!i000 each making
ttic total for Wednesday as near as
can be figured out about $1115 OlMi
lor Durant alone.
KeporU from the other banks In
the county are not at hand in suffi-
cient number or reient enough lo
determine lu curat el what other
towns. or the itiral communities are
doing
It Is safe to say Imurwi' that If
ntlMT towns in the county bine taken
the Interest in the last few days that
Durant has there will be no doubt
at all of the success of the campaign
in llr.van county i
Another element in the campaign
that makes matters uncertain is the
fact that the banks are not troubllin;
to send in their subscriptions day by
day or cen to icport them but are
getting all they pmsibly can to send
in in ii bunch on the last day or the
day before the last expecting to tel-
Ite-
egraph the late comers to the
serve Hank at the last hour.
I Committees that started to.wurK
I Mond.i morning in the city report
fairly good success and some of the
committeemen worked up until Wed-1
'ncsclay seeing people on their beats
who weie not in their places of bus-
iness .Mondav.
I Refusals to lmesl hae been ery
rare although a few huvo turned the
loan down and one or two have gone
far enough to speak slightingly of
the Issue all of which has been a-
lowed to pass unnoticed by thu so
licitoih who hae taken it for grant-
ed that the party so acting was do-
ing so through Ignorance
An especial liberality in nulisci th-
ing has been uotlied among the sal
nrled people in the different business
institutions anil as a class tin
clerks have bought ninth more liber
ally than hae the lipids of the bus.
Iliessis tlieniseUes. Instances of
huge subscriptions from people if
slender means haw been noted as
well and these liuvc all had a ten-
dency to sbiiiue the tiiiin of greater
means Into (uncasing bis subscrip-
tion The amount of subset Iptlons en-
teied liv faimeis not known as
et and will not be until the county
banks huc made their reports. As
far us farmers bae been solicited in
Durant. ei few hae failed to en-
ter a subscription in some sum or
aiioihir and If it wete possible to
hae put the piopositlon siiuaielv up
to eery Linnet In the county theie
Is no doubt that llr.win count) would
have won a place on the roll of hon-
or for large subscriptions
second and fourth cockerel second
third aud fourth millet and second
and third pen The Poultry News
published at Dallas this week carries
l ir"e half-tone productions of Mr
(Slafcke's birds printing that of the
Hi'innil cockerel In comparison with
that of the first prbe bird showing
to the initiated the close competition
and with the further hint that Mr
(lliifekc's bird was In the opinion of
many entitled to first honors. The
breeders of the first prize bird were
the nationally-known fanciers A. &
K Tnrbox tt Yorkllle. Ohio said
to haw some of the wry best of the
Sussex In this riinntiy. Mr. (ll.if
cke's birds will be returned here for
a rest the last of the week and then
will go to New Orleans where their
tix'uer expects on another occasion to
win over tho Tarbox fowls.
MUKTIXCH rON'TIVl'K uVni IX-
CHKASKI) IXTKKKST I
Kumgi'lUt Hrimn Itrlngs Hie Mes-
sage (mhmI anil Strong and is
Making it I'elt In Hie
Hearts of Mali).
The union relval serxices lime
continued this week with an increas-
ing interest not shown the first
week and Kvangellst Ilrown is
bringing the message of salvation
to peoplo in a way that makes it
felt. The number or coin ens is
large and Increases ot seems each
night. In spite of numeioiis other
things calculated to draw people's
interest tho supietue effort dining
the w.eeK to float our hhare ot the
Liberty llonds nnd other things tho
ittendance has averaged if anything
1 little larger than the flist week
mil next weik It is expected to see
he huge tabeinade seating three
ihous.ind people at eveiy meeting.
Tie length of time the meetings
will continue has not In en determin-
ed save that they will continue piob-
ably so long as the Interest keeps
U) and as good Is seen to be aicoin-
pli.sheil. ( III KCI1 MONKY IX UOMIS
A McAlcMer congregation hail
rilsed a lot of money to bullil a
church home but decided that nri-
terlal prices were too high Just now.
The money several thousand djillars
has been Invested 'n Liberty llonds
sum nno silisriiiriiov to Tilt:
iiomis ii:iti:
(J.ibe- K. Parker Indian superln-
'onilcnt at Muskogee had sent Du-
rant banks subscriptions to the Lib-
i rly Linn In the amount of $l'iOtinil
on behalf of Indians living In the
coiintv who have funds In the hands
of the fllvi rnmenl One-half of the
subscription was sent to eath or the
two national banks The subscrlp
tlmis will dnllhtiess enable tills conn-
tv to reai h Its minimum subscrlp
Hon allot tneiit.
IMU'.MMTV I'Olt lli:i(ill'.M.
At least one and a half billion dol-
lars will he the first Item that (ier-
man) must settle at the end of the
war. This is the approximate aniount
Ilelglan people have been damaged
by the (eruiiilis in theii depreda-
tions. This lm hides war contribu-
tions of special taxes levied by (!er-
111.111)' on llelglum and tho confiscat-
ed machinery and the raw material
but iloes not Include the enormous
amount of damage to private proper-
ty or loss resulting from the icss.i-
Ition of Industries
KKIHT Ol'.MJ MKN SP.NT IKMIi:
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Of the 2.10 )oung men of this
county sent to Cain;i Travis lot inll-
llaiy duty only eight have failed to
pass the ph)slcal examination there
and have been sent home as follows
l''iaml Williams. Kemp: Win Leni
on Achllle; Mat'sb ill JacKson Wade;
i Luther Calhoun 'adilo: Davis Iwir
lilukchito; Lee hnai kelford Durant
.lames i: .Massey. Kemp and llenrv
Ciiim Matuy
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(I.OSK CMV nllOPS i ON-
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I The sugar shiutagi! ovei the I'tiited
JKIates Is becoinlng siiloils evidently
fin food dictator Hoover lias ordered
ih.it s.ili.s fur shuns malline ealldv
i mill otbel lllXUlles MlWt lie illltalled
ami .is a result niauv c.inilv slniH
must be c Insecl. .Mr lloovei lias sain
that unless the people follow govern
i meiit suggestions and einiiiiiiiie on
sugar and some olhei commodities
It will be tieiessarv for the govern
ment to latlon it out lo people as-
111 ecled
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' (jor mimi: phi.ls
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1 hi the strongest kind of ionitl-
lliui nt Hie poiiltrv i.hnw at the St He
Pair ol Texas this week lit Dallas
Hie Speckled Sussex e hie kins ot W
(i (ilafil.e of this illy i.nrleil off
la good sban- eif the bonois winiillil'
K1HST AMKIIICAX YKSS'.'I.
SI'XK 7I I.IVKS LOST.
The tlrst American vessel to be
sunk by a submarine slnco this nation
enteii'd the war was attacked and
sunk In rive minutes last Wednesday
while ret inning rrom France wlure
" bud of sobJIi'is weie traiisporteel
Onl) a small nuinbei of men were cm
the vessel on the return trip and of
these siiwntv wi'te lost The vessed
vvus the Antilles an American trans
port" and she was guarded by lie
stro)ers and patrol boats. The lor
tieilo which st tuck a vulnerable spot
In the engine room was not seen on
the way ftTithiT was the sub that shot
her Tin- explosion was the first
warning had and (he veshd sank in
five minutes
pitiriM'iMMi ix mic.Uio
Prices licit ti wholesale and retail
In Chicago have taken such great
nihilities that the i!n eminent will
fix prices to be sold under by the
wholesalers and will limit the retail-
ers' margin. Tin- price-fixing will
includo sevcrtil staple articles of
food
RED CROSS WILL
NEED! UNDS SOON
Finance Committee oMcsrt Next
Week to Determine Plans for tho
Italslug of .Needed Money (or the
Local Chapter.
Chairman Hugh Cox ot tho Du-
rant chapter of the American Red
Cross stated to a News reporter ye-
teida) moinlng that the locnl chap-
ter of tho Hed Cross would oon be
In need ot funds and .that tho flnanco
commlttco plans to meet jarly next
week to devUo a way ot raising tho
money for tho chnpter. Tho finance
'comniftteo rnmprlses Messrs. Green
 Thompson. S. A. Whnle J. R. Mc-
Klnncy nnd Oeo. II Prultt.
It Is well for all to bear In mind
in this connection that tho (lovorn-
luent sustains the army and Its va-
ilous depurtnipnts but that tho bus-
leiiance for the lied Cross coniofl en-
tirely and solely from voluntary con-
tributions or the public and tho Red
Cioss Is full) as Inillspensablo lo the
prosecution of war as armed forces
'themselves for without tho minister-
ing nngel in the form of the Rod
Cross nurse and doctor most nil of
tho badly wounded mon wauld die
whereas most of them recovor.
TllltF.i: HI.ACKKHS 1'AlKlllT
Chief of Pollen Duvo Wright haj
rounded up three more slnckors dur-
ing the past few clavs and hns turned
them over to Pnlted States Marshal
Jambs of Muskogee The threo men
were: Herman Woodlnglon a no-
gro who fnlled to n-glsler: Dnvo
Carter a negro of Matov who also
failed to reglstur and Will Willis n
Choctaw who fulled to respond when
the tlnio cnuio for ontrulnlng for tho
itrnlnlng camp
WE HAVE
Two Telephones
In order that we may f-ive you better service we have
installed another Telephone the number of our new
Telephone is 55 if at any time you call our old num-
ber 51 and the line is busy just ask for 55 and you
will get us at once.
Just received our new crop of California Walnuts also
a fresh stock of
Red Star Pancake Flour
Red Star Health Bran
Phone 51 Phone 55
FOR BBTTER SER VICE
Snappy Styles
For Young Men
in
SUITS
and 
OVER-
COATS at
$15.00
$17.00
$18.00
$20.00
and
$21.00
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We've Taken Extraordinary
Pains To Assemble
the In' I valit's pro'iir.iblu tut )oiing men at prices quoted and
Hie- HSIlIt will far exeeeel )iilll i Jipill.llliiU
These Models Include
new military Idi nt xpn s'-'l In Hi" h"l!s new poikits trim sboul-
cleis new l llffi lll.il snug filling llll's.
(iIIhts sliiiw new style' l.ipeh and new cut In the front some)
.re iIiuiIiIm breasted but all liavn the M)le l.illorlng and fit you
want
If )iiu'r' a liv )iniiic c trip and want a Unit or Overcoat lh.it
Jv MliTll" don't fall til Me these.
Nobbiest Neckwear II. its anil Shoes 'lliat re lo be Seen on tho
Malkels 'I bis Ve.ii.
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