Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 3, Ed. 1, Friday, January 18, 1918 Page: 4 of 10
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FRIDAY JANUARY 10 1018.
T WEEKLT NEWS
Dorant Weekly News
Official Taper of Bryan County.
Hy B. M. KVANS.
Publl-ihed every Friday at 114 North
Third Avenue Durant Okla
Bitereid as swond-elaFR mall mutter
at the poit office at Durant Okla-
homa under Art of ('ont-resie of
March .Ird. 1870.
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Invariably Cash In Advance-
The publisher reserves I hi- rlKht
to reject any ndverllM'im tit offered
for publlr.it Ion In the Is'e-wh which
may be ilermed ohjortionahli- for
any reaoon.
Any erroneous reflection on th"
character standing or reputation of
person or persons firm or coi-
pttratlon or anv inlsst-ite-mc tits
which may nppcar In the roluninH of
the Nowh will bo Kladly torrerteil
upon their being brought to thu no-
tice of the publisher.
have proven 'powerful Influence
'or bad amntthc younR boys who
by eonteant alsoclatlon with Idler
nil other noS hall habitues are
Imhtinl with Hn Inf lui nco that .iirfffl
the tst .idl"' of fathers cannot
FRIDAY JANUARY IH JIHrt.
4 I j J fy A. s .$.
ANVOUNCKMKNTS
If if &j J $ A . rt ft
Tho following announce their can-
dUac.y for the office under which
their namcN appear subject to the
action of the Democratic otera at
tie primary to be held on Tuesday
Aturust 6 1918:
Fr Sheriff Rrjon Count-
DAVB "WUU'.HT.
Human curiosity will never be
satisfied until the names of the heav-
iest Income tuxpaors tit ly be lawful-
l published hut the publications ol
the surtax lerelplH lij States Hive
some comfort. A table appearing In
the New York Ann. ill-it kIvim murli
InteriHtliiR Infatuation All the
States and Alaska. Iliiw.tli .mil tin
Dlstriit of (.'olumbi.i have- it-ddi-nts
pay I hi; smt.txes on iml i III u.il In
tomes up to $jnuiiin Then Ala-
bama Alisk.i Mississippi Nevada
North Dikiil.i. South t'.irolltia South
Dikot.i. and Wyoming drop out Ar
kaus.is Ni .Mixiio .iml I'tah h.ivi
nohodv pa) Inn on i in nines lutwun
li.'iO i)H0 and $3MIiiiiiii low a ha
none with an Im oine above 1100-
000 Hawaii Idaho. Kentucky
Maine Montana Nebraska and New
Hampshire have no inilMtlual In
lollies above IfiOO 000 The District
of Columbia Oregon Virginia Wist
Virginia and Wlsionsln have no In-
comes In excess of J 1.000. 000 Cal-
ifornia. Colorado (ieorKla Indian-i
Minnesota. .Missouri North Carolina
Vermont and Washington have no
IliLomes In excess of tl.lOO.OOO On-
1 thirteen Stati s pay on incomes In
cx ess of $2000000 ranking In the
! following order as to surtaxes from
this tlaH'i: New York Okl ihoma
' Delaware Texas Pennsylvania Ohio-
Massachusetts. ('onnei tlcutt Michi-
gan Rhode Island Illinois 'N'wLjer-
'sey. and Florida the latter getting In
b the skin of Its teeth Us paincit
I being 13 per cent of $44.
. New York leads in over class and
'in the total The surprise Is that
Oklahoma the buby State hhnuld
stand second in the highest class Its
payments more than dougling those.
i of Delaware and or Texas trebling
I those of Pennsylvania and being
noarlv six units those ot unto in
fait. Its surtaxes from this cla-s
cijual the total of all the other
States after excluding New York and
Pennsylvania It stantls sew nth In
total payments of Individual Income
taxes the rank being New Yolk Il-
linois. Massachusetts Ohio. New .! r-
sey and Oklahoma. The answer Is
oil nothing else tould .mount for
tut h a showing either 111 the hlghist
surtaxes or total lmllvlilu.il iniome
tax The surtax on the t lass of $2
000.000 and over fiirni-dics $lii0u0.
000 of the $ I i)T lino Dim total from I
Individual iniome taxis St Louis
(ilobe Demm rat I
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counteract One cannot find n younf
man who derived anv good from a
pool ball but on the rontrar) thor-j
are man) men In the pi nltentlarlei
who htg.in life as mini lull lolter.-r.i
Mlnlstirs of the tiospel are plated
In one or the last cla-lflt itlotis for
draft Into the nrniv jet at Puri'-ll
Is a fighting par-on who walvis his
claims and want1- to scrap So muuv
young ft Hows are huntltig an excuse
for tit fern il t l.issll'ii rttlon tint to
find a man who won't take it when
he Is entltltd to it makes n pli as int
t hange in the m enery
Camp Tiavis notes iirlnted in til"
Ntws this wtek av - "We can't
wtar out sill the wristlets that are
sent about all we net d Is t Igaruttes
and money." Whv not a public sub-
scription to see that tverj lliyan
county boy at Camp Travis gets a
carton of his favorite "pills" two
of 'em if he wants them
Anotht r thing we fall to giasp Is
a practical explanation of just why
the drop in the prlt e paid for litres
nntl cattle is acioiupanieil by an I-i-
reuse of sevt nil tents a pound In
the prlte charged by the pickers
for their proilutt especially in the
tuse of beef; the intiensii in pork
not being so notli cable Why does
not the same si ties of tomlitlons
that force down the prlte on foot al-
so put down the prlt e of hind quar-
ters bacon and hams to the butcher
and to the tonsumei''
If eat h of America's twenty mil-
lion families saves one shovel of coil
ii day the suing would amount to
twt nty-flve thousand tons dally tak-
ing two and a half pounds as a fair
average weight tor a shovelful or
coal If America's civilian popula-
tion will effett this muili of a sav-
ing which National Tag Your Shov-
el Day will seek to bring ubout wo
will not have as big i futd problem
as we have now
The arlli le In this Issue of tho
Ntns by Clarente Dulloso on this po-
tato situation is worthy t.irelul read-
ing There are moie pot.itot i In Aw-
eili.i now than ever befoie and no
man ever died in lost weight or
strtngth who had plenty ot "spuds"
to t at The suggestion that we whit-
tle out meat ration and double up tin
the "Miutl" is practii.il. si nslhle. uml
January 30th "Tag
Your Shovel Day'
School fhlltlrcn to Tag K wr bod S
Coal Show-I. Idea Is for Kadi
to Save One Shovelful of
Coal liicrj Dav.
Ten dollars a iiuart tor the sun Mlrlnllp too
of stuff whll ll pisses lol vvhlskv I
ub. n nun based nf bootleggers Is' v e w ill all eat less mi at and It-ss
Hiirely "ending tl ist ot living to
new altitudes fin those who ft el
thev must bo situtaleil to survive
It I even .1 priie out of pinpiirtioli
win it and moie potatnus and iiiru
broad and I bus Amerftan will bo
able ti t hei own and hi r allleV
food n Ciilienn ills
Hnw joii bought vioir War
f Savings t'ertiflt ntes vel'.' Vour
money is iicislctl to fight l.lh-
? ertjV Rattle.
to ireseiit prices of ilailv Ineid and
porterhouse and othei ngtllai food
The man who wants it at sin h a fig
lire should lake the tine to siw
llionej. If nothing else. Mall does
mil live by bn.id alone but tan
eisily git along without ill In K of the
sort that rots mil his iliun ntarv
i anal and gives bilii a hob uaili d
llvei And. .It the lisU of ilisiinii
aging those persistent mil ni.ilig
n.ml dealers ill the stutf. II m.iy b
stated tint no booth gger tvir got
I r it It al It. no millet how e. libit mt
the priie Oklahom I it TiliH s
If all tho "noti-prodiiiers" in Hry-
an county were "farmi d out" it
would greatly relieve the si.mlty of
farm labor in the toiiiitv.
The News wishes to IIIIUIil th"
people of Aillllle ill bini-hlllg the
pool halls from tilt ir town To stv
the bast pool halls i nt mirage loit-
ering anilw aste of time and ale
among the niosl useless of all the
unessi ntials to the in iinteu.un e of
ellhir the civil 01 mllil.uv esiablish-
ments In actual tact the pool halls
Whv not miIi nue nt us adopt the
ptm nl pivlng i.ish for nil! giniei-
its and then tarrving them liinmi?
Such a plan Is being rt tommi ndu 1
to aid in i lifting out useless work.
sn fir tin or has. been but one m
mono i mint of t .inrliil.it v loriounlv
of fit e. but the "milling" set ins In
have begun and a gund nop uf i.in-
iitct.it s in iv be txpetteil soon.
We have wimtlciitl whether th
law leiiulriug alien inemles to ng.
istei affeits l.itollette and (ime
Unheard of Bargains in
SHOES
We are not putting on a sale of any
kind but' offering some of th most
unheard of bargains in SHOES that
have ever been offered in this section.
Our c-olclmitctl lint of
Mayers Honor-Built Shoes
for Men Women ami Cliililreu cannot be duplicated any-
where in quality nor in price. Kvery pair absolutely
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or your money
refunded.
Colliers Shoes for Men and Boys
These Shoes are guaranteed all leather Shoes and
are priced from $l.i".0 to $2.00 per pair under any other
specialty line of Shoes on the market.
If you are in the market for shoes for any member
of the family you could do no better than to come in anil
try on and price these shoes and we are confident that
you will buy them.
(OMMI'MIl M)-OPi:i('IION
(Copviighted bv
llnlland's ;
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r.im iV. Italic Ii
lag.uine )
Xiltcitisctl Tr.nlc-M.uk (iiiaran-
tees Oiulitj.
Have will ew r Mopped to inll"idii
tile rial sl:;niric.uu e 'I O YOC of the
tiaile-inai k or brand name on the
patkage nr libel of the article .vol
buv at the 'tore
Have you over stopped to think
tll.il the pieseme of an .idvci tlscil
trinle-m uk on a t an of pork and
In i.ns. fin ciiiplo is a guarantee
that tin se beans are of gund qualilv .'
'Ibis must be true else the adwi-tl-
mi nt would dereat its own pur-
pose The ttatli -mark being a in irk
of lilotitlfitatlon is us much a me ins
of 11 jet t ftill as nt seei lion
'I hill is. ir the ai tiie so liltnllfiid
proves uiisatisfat torv. ynu are enab-
Inl bv the tiade-iii.nk tn avoid it a
set mill til i
Manifestly i manufacturer could
tint affnul to pt a brand n line or
li. iile ni.u L on nn unsatisfactory pin.
dint People would not buv it a s c-
ond time and he would run himself
out nl business almost linuu tll.itelv.
iii.muf ittur-r lucks a branded
piotliltt bv his icpul.illoii. Tin re-
fine he mil afford to stake his
reputation on any product that is not
good.
It Is only when he puts on the
miiket a sitlsfntoiv produit one
which people will like and tall for .1
si i ond time that he tan nford to
put the mark of Identification upon
it.
Hut whin he has such a product
he wants people to know th it it s
his Kvtry package he rtrlls then
helps to build a reputation tor him
and bis goods
Adveitisi i trade - mar!:e.l gnoili
'hen nro most apt to be tiOOD
coons
'I he advertised trade-mark is vour
guarantee of cu.illty.
With the idi i In mind of Inducing
everybody in the t'nlttd States to
save one shovelful of roil every clay
a National "I'ag Your Shovel Dav" i
bus been nnnotinci il foi January .10
when all over the Nation school!
children will hang a little tag on the
shovtd of every noun that can he
disc ovi red On the tag on one stilt-
will be din i lions for t conomUIng
coal and on the other side is a pic-
ture of a coil shovel with the words
"Save that shovelful of coil for Pn-
clc Sam " A half million of the tags
have bet n union d fin Oklahoma
. ... .... .. ..r i... ..i i ..vie
ami me llliertsi in me pcunm run- i
dren hiis be ell enlisted In the tag-1
King the tags now hi Ing In course oi
distribution to everv school hous" Pi
the State by State Superintendent II
II Wilson
Jas It Me'Klnney rn il administra-
tor fm this county. Issued a state-
mint i oncoming thv orcislon which
In rail Is as follows:
"How- important it is that this
shovelful n day be saved Is shown
from the fact that although a mil-
lion cars of coal more than was ever
taken out of the- ground In this coun
try in a single year was mined an I
delivered In 1317. yet another mil-
lion carloads were needed. When)
it is a CAM' of physical requirement
such as It is in mining coal it Is be-
yond human power to make bo sud-
den an Increase In production and as
the necessities of the war cannot
wait thu American people must face
:i typnial American problem meet-
and satisfying an unheard of In-
crease in demand for coal with in-
adequate facilities for Increasing
such a supply.
"The school children will do their
part -it Is for us to do ours by sav-
ing that shovelful each day. The
hoys and girls will not neglect any
coal shovel no matter how humble
m exalted It may be
"Contests will be arranged in ev-
erv city and town in the 1'nlted
States to see which hoy and girl will
have the honor of tagging the may-
or's and other high officers shovels
In Washington scholarship tests are
hi Ing conducted to determine which
hnv and gill will tag President Wil-
son's shovel Ntetlltss to say every
bin and girl aspires to that honor.
"It has been it marked that any
wnithy cause that tnllsfs the sympa-
tic of the thililitu is already half
wnti fin their enthusiasm and eagi"-
iii ss Is spontaneous and t.itthing
When the il 000 000 school children
in the ('tilted States st.ut to spread
tin- win d of fut I economy through-
nut the eiiuntrv. as thev will on Jan.
! wo may be sure that it will
spn ad This message of conserva-
tion will htirdlv he lightly regarded
or forgotten.
'11 is belli vi tl that this 'tag day'
tiiuipalgn will not only bring much
know ledge ' t nntt ruing economy to
the householder Uit wil prove a lib-
eial i iluc.itlcin in tnnver-ation to the
children themselves and the result
will be that not onlv will the Nation
save fuel for lis own needs hut at
the same time the bouses nr the laud
will he warmed without waste."
While our produttion will be fiO-
noo more tons than last vear. the
cjovt riunent iuhi"d we will need at
least 10.000000 tons more there-
fore we are blunt r.o.duo.ilOO of the
amount we will need this year.
This war is a coal vvai. a war nf
on i hanks of t nginc-s nf transpor-
tation of manuf..t Hires a war which
v.ill be won in the gent ration of cn-f'rgv
NATIONAL ltNK
HHilll'ST
liri'OMIK
F.VKU
iti:
According to published statements
this week the deposits in Durant's
two national hanks on December .'tl
wen- $ ()" till l.l'l. the highest
point ever leaclnd In Durant. He-
poits of condition weie not called
for from State banks but the depos-
its of the two State banks in this
citv should run the total hink de-
posits In Durant to over the four and
a half million mark
The Durant News 1 year 11.00.
Get our price-s on Job Printing.
Wolf! Wolf!
No Not Yet--But Soon
In the fall of 1918 he's due to make his appearance
at the door of every retail clothier in the United
States ho far as "all-wool" Clothes are concerned.
Figure It Out For Yourself!
Our country in normal time shas been producing 3S
per cent of the wool we consume. Now practically
all outside sources of supply are cut off and we've
millions of soldiers to clothe. Uncle Sam has told
us that he will take 90 per cent of the new wool crop.
All that is left for civilian use is the remaining 10 pet-
cent a small amount from South America and what
"shoddy" wool (reworked wool) we can get.
Never
Again!
the same fair values iti Winter Suits and Overcoats
that we're showing today. Never again the same
"no-fade" colorings.
You Have the Facts-
Anticipate now your cloth-
ing needs for next winter.
Money invested in good Clothes at this time is well
spent. Our stocks are still reasonably complete and
they still carry the 1917 figures. Every Suit or Ov-
ercoat is backed by Guaranteed Satisfaction.
Come in Today!
jrtlPALL
!yQLOTHIN
Tht-
Man'$ Slot a
LQTHING JOT
H. M. PHILLIPS
The Store That Sells You Shoes For Less.
North Second Ave. Durant Okla.
svi: wi
IK.T NOW OK DO WITH.
Ol'T I.VTKK
The Kond Administration spoaks
very pl.ilnlv In the statement. 'Wo
must less wheat now or do without
it entirely later on." It is figured
that about one-half of tho pop!u
really try to observe vvhe.ttless dav
literally and that the other half does
not heem to take the situation ser-
iously at all.
Clean racs waatatl at tU offlco.
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Evans, E. M. Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 3, Ed. 1, Friday, January 18, 1918, newspaper, January 18, 1918; Durant, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc82740/m1/4/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.