Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 31, Ed. 1, Friday, August 1, 1919 Page: 1 of 12
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men an aw to nave
a ur I iid of liquor
Colbert to Bennington
and were doing a Rood
;j v. hen aU"ii in tow.
tclii'i.v . fine advises
LK ne in-" actual pur-
kof Mi- I""'d stun that
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or ."JpiMi" - l s had scv
en a' wi'n cleaning up
i.e'.ir tr iutst week i'i
rttoi'i'ike i lie place bet-
kins ..ml ' P it that
ilmm :t;tiinin is needed
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Ira'H'c ip town thru j
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WAS OLD SETTLER
James A. Linn pioneer or
Indian Territory and an old
resident of Durant died at hid
home at 104 West Pine street
at '2 o'clock Monday afternoon
after an illness lasting six
weeks.
The funeral services wero
conducted hy Rev. E. G. Butler
at the home at 104 West Pino
street at 4 o'clock Monday af-
ternoon. Burial at Highland
cemetery.
Mr. Linn settled in Oklaho-
ma ahout 40 years ago and es-
tablished the little town of
Linn in the northeastern pari
of Marshall county. Twenty
years ago lie moved to Durant
and has lived in the same block
until his death.
He was a farmer and stock-
raiser all his life having mov-
ed from his birthplace in mid-
dle Tennessee to Texas when
a young man. He was married
at Pottsboro Texas. One child
Asa Linn of Durant. and Mrs
Linn his wife survive him.
Plane wrecked nt Caddo
A. H. Wails who was on hi-;
way to Oklahoma City wreck-
ed his plane at Caddo Sunday
while making an exhibition
flight. Clarence Dodd of
Caddo was a passenger in th
plane at the time. In land-
ing the plane struck an auto-
mobile causing daniag" to the
plane.
Lait Call
learance
Sale Of-
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'in- entire
Summer
Stock
km conn r of the store
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I lamed things for suiii-
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lJ ' repriced at such
l"ki!i low fibres that
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Jmir purse at every
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Listed below are a
few ot these (last call
specials.
Ladies Silk Dresses
Ladies Gingham
Dress. Ladies Muslin
Undergarments.
Ladies Silk Petticoats
Ch'ldrens Gingham
i v' -' Dresses. Childreus
XMHi''' "hl Organdy
YL Dresses Ladies Silk
M H 'aiid Wash Skirts
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Men's Palm i'.eacli
and Kool Kloth Suiti;
Men's and I.a.lies Low
Shoes Hoy's Summer
Suit:- sMid Piece
Goods.
Th's is the very las'
call the final call to
come to the greatest
clean-up sale this
store has ever held.
We state no price.-
here ar. there are too
many items auditor
few of a kind t.-
give tiiein all bu'
come now for your
. last chance.
'" "I li FINAL CLEAN CI' OF ALL SCMMFJ
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DURANT. OKI.A.
SHF.KIFF (SETS
OLD OFFENDEH
John Qiiincy Adams for Whom
Rewards Totaling $1250 are
Offered Taken near Colbert
After CIiiinc.
Sheriff Dave Wright bagged
a much wanted old offender
late Tuesday night when he
captured John Quincy Adams
in an automobile near Colbert.
The Sheriff was returning from
Denison where he been to con-
vey prisoners wanted in Texas
and saw Adams and another
man in a car going south near
Colbert. Wright turned his
car about and gave chase iho
fugitives beat it and it vva
necessary for the sheriff io pu
a couple of well placed t-hots
Into th" fleeing car to bring it
to a stop. Driving the car for
Adams was a man named
Chancey from Fillmore who
is being held temporarily pend-
ing investigation. Adams was
locked up.
Adams is wanted at Ardinore
for jumping a bond and a $50'i
reward is offered. He is want-
ed at Tishomingo for jumping
a bond on a forgery charge iii
Marshall county and $250 is of-
fered there for his arrest. Re-
wards of $2fi() each are offered
for him in Marietta and at Sul-
phur. The sheriff's force has been
informed that Adams dressed
as a woman has been coming
into Durant once every little
while tor a long time but lie
has eluded their efforts to take
him Tuesday they were iippL".l
off that he was in town and
made a thorough search for
him without success. When
arrested at Colbert he had dis
carded the dr"ss but still wore
a woman's black straw hat.
Sheriff Wright is holding the
prisoner and lie will probably
be tried on the various charg."
one at a time and the sheriff
will get the rewards aggregat
ing $12s0.00 less whatever ex-
nennes he may incur on the
prisoner's account.
Returned From Germany
Lieut and Mrs. Walter E
Downs came in Tuesday to vis-
it Mrs. Drowns parents Mr. -uid
Mrs. E. C. Collins. Lieut
Dowar 1ms just reeeiu'y i
turned from Germany where
he was a member of the army
of oeoiipj'ioii. First Division
Mrs. Downs met him in Little
Rock a few days ago and to-
gether they visited his parents
in Arkansas before coming
beiv.
l-'AIK PREMH'M LISTS OUT
Secretary Davis mailed on!
catalogues and premium lists
for the Victory Fair to a big
list of people in the county re-
cently. Persons desiring one
of the lists who failed to get
one may obtain a copy by ap-
plication to Mr. Davis at the
Commercial Association on N.
Third Avenue. The lists con-
tain a complete list of the pre-
miums offered in the various
classes and much other infor-
mation about the fair.
BEST CHOPS IN YEARS
J. H Wood who lives near
Platter and who usually geets
a first bale of cotton says that
he lias a fine showing forbig
cotton crop this season and
that Ids crops generally are the
best in many years.
DFILVNTITES ABROAD
The following Durantites are
off on trips: Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Ilalchelt have gone to Manitou
Col.. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lake
have gone to Lo Angeles Cal
Mr. and Mrs. O. T. England
have gone to Caifornia Mrs. A.
E. Bate.-; has gone to Colorado
Springs Mr. and Mrs. Ben F.
McCurtain have gone to Color-
ado Springs. Mr. and Mrs. .1.
M. Ilalchelt have gone to Gal-
veston.. Mr. and Mrs. Ben G
(Brown are in New York and A
P. Rus-sell is in Chicago.
Three Arrested in Car Theft
A five passenger Ford Tour-
ing car was taken by the sher-
iff force Tuesday and June
Flood George Pryor anl Cal-
vin Taylor are all in jail fol-
lowing investigations at the
office of the county attorney
The car was driven over from
De.nison Monday night having
been taken at that place. A
telephone message from the
sheriff of Grayson county Tx.
having warned the sheriff her 3
that the car ww headed to-
wards Durant. Those arrested
have been turned over to the
sheriff of Grayson county.
Prof and Mrs. W. II. Echols
are leaving Fiiday for Eufaula
where they will make thir fu
tare home. Mr. Echols has ac-
cepted the superinlendency o'
.'.u Piihlic School;; there. Til
family has made Durant home
for the past ten jears and will
lie missed from various local
activities.
"Salary I'njment Refused
State Auditor Carter has re-
fused payment of (lie increased
salaries of the Supreme Courf
Judges based on the constitu-
tional provision that an offi-
cers salary cannot be raised
during ids tenure of office
.Mandamus will be sought.
Tii .'(fiiiy in slock of goods
and tvjMres of (:. C. Wiley
a Biinip'. sold this week
to J. C. V- -':! . f Muskogee
the sale being negotiated thru
.John A. McDonald Trustee.
V. B. Hamilton of McAles-
ter was thru here Thursdnv
having in tow a prisoner who
had escaped from the nenten-
Mary several years ago whom
he located at Hugo.
A. B. Davis Secretary of the
Commercial Association ha.i
returned from Eagle Mere
Park- Pa. where he attended
a two weeks school of the Am-
erican City Bureau.
The rate the threshing is g.
ling on and the oats being sol I
indicated a tremendous yiel.
Bead the ads and Save Money
A Store People Like
The store whose main idea is to serve as well as sell.
The store with prices that are fair.
The store witli a homelike and hospitable atmosphere
where there is no formality or haughtiness.
The store with polite and courteous sales people.
The store which makes a few mistakes ami rectifies
with good grace those that are made.
The store which considers no 'transaction closed until
the customer is thoroughly satisfied.
The store which eonside's the customers good will
worth many times the profit made on any one or a dozen
stiles.
OCEAXS OF FREE ICE WATER
Strickland
Cobb
llOrUHT INTEREST IN
WHITE HOUSE (3HOCEHY
A deal was closed this week
whereby N. C. Sinclair became
half owner of the White House
Grocery on N. Third Aveenue.
taking interest with O. II. Cur-
rln who has previously onerat-
ed the store by himself.
NEW STORE OPENS
The new denartinent store
of Dtinlap Brothers opens Fri-
day in the Moore Building on
Main street between the First
National Bank anr the Sever
ance Hardware Company. The
company is using a full page
of space in this issue to make
its announcement lo the pub
lic.
Terrapin No. 2!I is Redls-
covered In Wild Acre
A common box terrapin
bearimr tair No. '23 jiikI lilior-
atcd by II. S. Edwards in Wild
Acre May 13 i:n was redis-
covered on the same grounds
by Prof. M. P. Hatchett July
1211 . 1010. and reliberated.
Whether lie has remained on
the campus since May' or wan-
dered away to return awain is
a matter of conjecture. How-
ever he is booked at the biolo-
gical laboratories and off for
another tour.
Mr. ami Mrs. O. T. England
and Mrs. J. E. England lmv
gone to California for a visit
of several weeks.
NO POTATO WART IS
FOUND IN COUNTY
Tomato Wilt However Is Quite
Prevalent all Over This Sec-
tion of the Stntc.
E. C. Sherwood Field Assis-
tant of the Plant Disease Sur-
vey of the Department of Agri-
culture has been here this
week working with farm agent
Dtinlap to ascertain whether or
not the dreaded potato wart
bus taken hold of crops in this
country ami reports to this
paper that no cases have been
found.
Potato wart a large growth
which rots the potato and
spreads rapidly was brought
to this country originally in
imported seed potatoes but so
far the Survey has found none
of it save the eastern states
where it wreakes heavy dam-
age to the spuds. The disease
is combatted by the develope-
nient of seed that will resist
it and by placing quarantines
against importation of foreign
seed and against the exporta-
tion of seed from infected areas
here.
The tomato wilt a disease
(lint stops up the moisture cir-
culation system of the plant
is quite prevalent and origi-
nates in the soil thence to the
vine. It wilts the vine af. about
the time when the tomato is
beginning to ripen ruining the
fruil. Varieties of seed aro be-
ing developed that resist the
wilt Mr. Sherwood says.
Final
n-Up
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You will be offered for a few days TWO SPECIAL
Reduced
rices
OF LADIES OXFORDS
We say a few days as they will only last a short time
at these prices.
1 Big Lot of Kid Leather colors or Black While Grey
Tan two shades of Brown every pair worth $0.fi0 to
$11.00--
Reduced t
$7.85
.?i.."i0 Ladies White Reignskin oxfords reduced to $LS."
Shoe Findings
We carry Hie largest and most complete line of Polish.
Shoe Laces in Southeast Oklahoma Every Color Every
length.
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