The Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 43, Ed. 1, Friday, October 27, 1922 Page: 3 of 8
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cnlDAY OCT. 27 1922
THE DURANT WEEKLY NEWS
ENTERS ON
NEW HIGH GROUND
riiriuiuli Former Harrier as
Hi!) in on Contract K-
j and .Mills Call Cotton
- a certain Fntiiifnctinn in
tin; cotton inarKot confirm
it paiticiilarly when the
i in jc.ipomt' to the woik-
f the tamo factors as wetu
1 in preparing tho predic
tion futures market worked
through the former high
in July and on September
u'lis of the i-ailicr niovcments
ii apiiaicntly a barrier of
"Kt"- ....
list approached its previ-
i f inures the matket was
mu't a larcc amount of prn-
Not only those who had
I on the i caction to around
were seller but others who
i "mine; up" on the previous
dl out their trade. "Hvery-
1 a profit when the high
is reached but the matket
I on stimulated by the ve-
way in which tho profit tak-
licrh alisoihcd. It was e-r
. i Tuesday when the former
e pa-ted th'it the NVv York
I lyine; of Winter and Spring
contracts has expanded considerably I
nd mills have been calling cotton.
luuiimjr. ine auvancc in Sterling
fx?ngu al hna contributed to the1
bulli-h sentiment nnd the increased
export movement has added its bit.
temperatures in sections were pick-
ing is still going on have been re-
ported near the ficezing point nnd
cod vct weather geneially has ob-
tained over tho northwestern part of
tllC belt. Thn miilinitnn.... nf . 11i..
in the .South has helped hold back tho
price advance out in tho long urn the
freedom with which the South has
been disposing of its crop spells a
H-nicity of later offerings.
Huying of spot cotton at Liverpool
has broadened. Sales reaching as
high as 10000 bales a day and this
is significant of the more construc-
tive attitude of foicign spinners who
being closer to the picture were mote
impressed with the recent Turkish
maneuvers than the situation war-
ranted. A bullish position on cotton nt this
time is the only logical one as we
view the situation and we believe
that Deiembcr cotton would be jus-
tified in selling around 21 cents bo-
fore it becomes the spot month.
Hulletm of Springs & Co. for Oct 10.
matket had taken 50000 bales of
orofit taking sales.
THREE)
TEACHERS TO PLAY
UNIVERSITY
DALLAS
SATURDAY
The fast football team of the
Southeastern Teacher's College goes1
to Dallas Saturday wheie they will'
play the Dallas University team at I
Gaidner l'aik there. Durant beat !
the Dallas aggiegatiou here last year..
Speaking of the pro-pective game'
the Dallas News sporting writer say:
In next Saturday's game at Ga'td-
ncr 1'ark with Southea .tern State
Normal of Durant Ok. they face
their font tit haul game within as
many week-ends. The Durant crew
is nlways a strong one and this year
seems to be exceptionally so. having
up large scores against their oppo-
nents including nt 102 to 0 victory
over Oklahoma City College ard !W
to 7 victory over Kan Texas State
Normal last week. Dallas U. will
need all its men in the b-.Mt of con-
dition and with all their" fighting
spirit which has he. tofore undo
their games thU year thrillers worth
watching. Dallas IT. has no1 forgot-
ten the stinging defeat administered
them by the Durant Teachers lat
year and will go on the field do-
tetmincd to give their rivals a meny
battle.
BUYING MORE COTTON
Consumption of American cotton by
f'Veign countries was .10 per cent
't eater for the 12 months ending
July 111. 1H22 than during the piv-
U'l'is tendon. Among the larger
t' 'fci 'tt con inning countries showing
.in mcroa e oer the pioceding 12
maths were Cheat Hiitian til pel
'it. Germany (!"i icr cent Trance
21 per cent Ita'y i! per cent Spain
"I er cent and Jnpan ". per icnt
Gi eat Hiitian lends in the consump-
f n of American cotton with n tntnl
f 2()3S:.01 b.tle.s for the year 11)21-
HENS AND COWS FEED PAMIILY
Chat ley Pound a negro farmer
living near Ilob.irt i making his
entire living off of four cows and a
floik of chickens nccoiiling to a
tntement to A. I. .lord in. fat in demo
(ration agent. Pounds Iwed an si
aeie fi"ld fur cotton th! year. Hi-
cow s and chickens t aid the cash ren.
o that all the cut ton lie picks will
menu dear money.
BALDWIN PIANOS
and
MANUALO PLAYERS
D. CROSIIY. Agent
3d West Main
WK DO .1011 PRINTING TOO.
K&CKK)OiEKltClfffiSK"'t!?fO
PLY AIMH'ND WORLD
1'nitcd Slates army airplanes are
soon to attempt a flight around the
wn'd it is reported the attempt no)
being very f-ir in the future. Kor'h
me time officials have been gather-' W
lug data on tlio host routes nnd the
mrangements are about completed.
Ors. Evans & Warren n
UHIKUFICACTOKS
"Where Haolth's Contagions"
Office hours 9 a. in. to 6 p. m. m
f FALL SEASON IS THE SEASON OF
I FIRES
WILL YOUR HOME HK ONE OK THOSE ADDED TO
THE LIST THIS SEASON THAT WENT AND HAD
NO INSURANCE?
It's cheap so ifliu risk your home play safe.
'Phono 22
SALMON & GILSTRAP
12!) North Third
WE DO JOD PRINTING TOO. j 120 N. Third. Durant Oklit. i'j?;i;Tf:r3tJ
pBi6 Chain of Perkins Stores
Perkins Has What You Want. Perkins Knows Your Needs
ONE
MILLION
DOLLARS IN
MERCHANDISE
The combined stocks of the
great chain of PERKINS BRO-
THERS COMPANY stores
throughout TEXAS and OK-
LAHOMA and the recent
FALL PURCHASES OF Mer-
chandise added together rep-
resents an investment of over
$1000000. Over ONE MIL-
LION DOLLARS worth of
merchandise bought for
TEXAS and OKLAHOMA peo-
ple by buyers who as members
of this great retail organiza-
tion through their long years
of experience have become
thoroughly efficient in the se-
lection of that kind of mer-
chandise TEXAS and OKLA-
HOMA people need and want.
This fact coupled with the tre-
o
mendous BUYING POWER of
the big PERKINS organization
are the supreme factors that
govern the Service of this great
organization which stands out
today pre-eminently in the
world of retail business supply-
ing the DRY GOODS needs of
thousands upon thousands of
families to a degree of satis-
faction that has made the name
PERKINS synonymous of
QUALITY SERVICE and
VALUE.
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Buy Your Fall Clothing at Perkins Store
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1 rfrtCaS" CKEENViLt-t.
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PERKINS'
CLOTHING like all
Perkins merchandise
must pass a rigid test of
Quality. The Special
Numbers in Men's Suits
Men's Over Coats and
Men's Dress Pants are
what we present as
PERKINS UNMATCH-
ABLE VALUES at the
prices quoted and we in-
vite comparison that
our claims may be veri-
fie. PERKINS SUITS at
$14.85 and 24.50 are
values surpassing all
previous offerings of
Men's High Grade Tai-
lored Suits of All Wool
Materials and are the
enormous purchases of
these Suits in quanti-
ties sufficient to supply
the volume of business
of the great chain of
Perkins stores.
MEN'S SUITS AT
$11 85
14.
$185
$
16.
24.
50
arc values ' unsurpass-
ed in Oklahoma and
Texas.
BLUE SERGE
Extra Special
Tiiese""Serge Suits for
Men are generally ac-
knowledged $10.00 val-
ues but priced only
t
29.
50
P ERK1NS OVER-
COATS here priced
$1 1.85 and $10.50 repre-
sent tho very utmoTt in
Quality. These Coats
are made especially for
the great chain of PER-
KINS STORES under
our own specification
and each Coat is guar-
anteed to be of the very
best Quality. Great var-
ieties of Overcoats nov.
assembled in cacli PER-
KINS STORK.
P EKKINS DRESS
PANT S absolutely
All Wool materials in
very choice patterns.
Perfect tailoring and a
variety of patterns that
affords every man ur
usual lots to select
from. These All Wool
Cassimere Worsted and
Serge Pants priced at
$8.95 $4.95 and $5.9"
are values that will ap-
peal to every man.
OVERCOATS-
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You Find What You
Want at Perkins
Complete stock of Merchandise
of every description is ready for
your selection all the very best
QUALITY at prices that will in-
stantly meet your approval. The
last few weeks we have received
thousands upon thousands of dol-
lars worth of new materials all
bought in great quantities to sup-
ply the immense volume of sell-
ing throughout the big chain of
Perkins stores every yard a
standard quality and at PER-
KINS PRICES represents 100
per cent VALUE and in many in-
stances MORE. Get PERKINS
PRICES and COMPARE PER-
KINS QUALITY. You'll find it
to your advantage to trade at a
PERKINS STORE.
STAPLE COTTON ITEMS
Good heavy outing Flannel in
popular stripes plaids and solids
and a good Perkins dependable
article the yard "
Good Old time Wool Mixed
heavy Blankets in gray tan and
bright colors five pound weight.
Per pair '
Good heavy Cotton Blankets
stack after stack piled up as deep
as a snow bank at only per
pair $2.15
High grade Standard shirting
cheviots in hundreds ol prcuy
d1 OC patterns woitli today 25c at the
$14.00 yard 17 l-'ie
$19.50
bleached
the yard
12 l-2c
OTHER OVERCOATS
at
$24.50
$34.50
to
$39.50
TROUSERS
$3.95
$4.95
$5.95
up to
$7.50
Good heavy grade of
muslin 8(5 inches wide
only ..
8(J-ineh fine grade unbleached
donustic the yard 10c
Superior grade fine weave
brown or bleached muslin in large
quantities and the saving past on
to our customers the yard 7.7c
Clothing for
Boys
Just as great care
is exercised in buy-
ing Clnlhino tor
Hoys as in Men's
Clolliini. Boy's
Clothing from a
PERKINS STORE
always give satis-
faction. Two Spec-
ial Values this
store offers in
Ron' SuilH for
Fall. These Suits
were tailored es-
pecially for the
PERKINS CHAIN
of stores under our
own specification
and tho immense
quantities in which
these Two Num-
bers were purchas-
ed makes it possi-
ble for in to offer
them at the Spec-
ial Price quoted
$ 1.95 and .-9.S.".
The t! Suits aiu
i'ii..r.int('d AH
Win I and are !
lalimble in all
ages.
BOY'S
SUITS
$4.95
and
$9.85
and
OTHER
SUITS
at
$6.95
$7.50
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Evans, E. M. The Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 43, Ed. 1, Friday, October 27, 1922, newspaper, October 27, 1922; Durant, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc83014/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.