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THE DDRANT WEEKLY NEWS
LIBERTY BONDS
LIABLE TO TAXES
DUirrwi-t' Tax Tree ltonds Held Tax-
able When Hold lt Hanks With
funds 1'rnni Capital
expect rvu. service on
riUSCO STAKTIMJ NEXT WEEK
President Of Ro.id Promises Two
Trains I)ail As llcfore Strike
Tlu- News Monday nitht leeched
tin- fiillnw intr tclcKinin fiom (licirj-e
PRESBYTERIAN MEN LAUNCH
lA Y.MAN'S ASSOCIATION
MORE STRINGENT LAWS
REGARDING FOOD NEEDED
I-icuterinn men representing the (Hy Dr. A. R. Lewis Commissioner
several churches or the Durant I'res- or iienmi-.
bti'i. In Id n meeting here last One of the most important phases
week iiml proceeded to organize what of pulilie health work is the taklty
thi teiiii a Ijiymnn's Association of ptoper precautions to insuie as
:M 1'JL'J.
IVcision of the United States su-
preme mint iMond.iy that libeity
.ootids n ie -uhpeit to state t.iatioii
when such cithern isp ta evenipt -o-ciinties
aie held hy hanks as iapit.il
.stuck. uiplus Mini uiiiliideil pmfits
will haw n widespicad effei t m Ok-
lahoma in the opinion of the attor-
ney jteneial's office.
The taso of the People's N'.itinnal
Hank of Kingfisher veisus the state
board of ciiu.ilmitioii in whiih the
bupreme mint decision is said to hao wiling ti.un eiuh way and the tiav-
lecn nvide. involved $ 11(1011 capital I'llinjr puhlic was hiuiI reaonahly
stock surplus and undiMiled profits well iimsiilctin- slow trains poor
which the diicctors of the Kingfisher aimiuodations i-it .. that is to bay
institution had invested m liberty the tiavellinir public had n soit of
bonus. way of netting from one place to an-
The Kingfisher tounty tnv assessor other
on Jnnuar 1 I'.US icftiM'd to allow When the lailroad shopmen's
a dedmtion (tanned liy the People's strike i.ime on following the coal
National hank on that pait of the strike the Prism cut the sen ice on
capital stock Mil plus ind unlimited this line in half assigning the coal
profits invested in United States shnitnge a the reason. After they
bond- although in the ea-e of an in- got through with it we had one tiuin
dividual such securities hid been held east at ll:I"i o'clock in the morning
rion-tanble. land another west at :!." in the een-
The state hoaid of eiiuali7.ition also mg east bound tiain and the morn-
slisallowed the claim fin deduction mg west bound train weie both dis-
hut the ilistnct court ovoi ruled the  continued.
holding of the hoard. The state ap-1 Then came the settlement of the
pealed the case to the supieme mint I stnkes both the rail mac! and the
of Oklahoma where the opinion of coal stnkes. Other lines lestored
the lower court was iever.sed the sit- normal train service but from the
Tireme court ruling that taxes wcio Pn'co came no word at all. Ilcrcsay
levied nirainst the shares of htock of has it that the Prlscn hml n stirnlns
the bank; and that in determining the .of coal stored nvvav for weeks after
value of the .shares of stock of a na-1 the .strike's settlement but still con-
tional or state bank for purpose oftinued to give this line half train
AVfl tl f nS. flA4nH . 1 -. 1 ul A ! MA
vMjwikjwu nu ui-uuviioii is io iiu maaupuviLT
1' Shoit Attoine.v (iineiul of ()kfn-i consisting of a close organization of f-it as possible the purity of
honia ft oin St. Imis.
M. Iiuls .Mo  Nov
i: M. Evans:
Hiitant Okla.
I'l I'-idcnt Kiuni of Pi ism Hailtoul
has piomisid me to lestoie full p.n-
Miigei set vui1 nil Ardinoie Hope ill-
vision beginning nest week.
GEORGE F. SHOUT.
The Knsio always 1111 two trains
dail.v on the In. inch through Durant
each dav. Theie was a tnnining and
the
the men of the various churches with- fond supplied to the public the
in the piesbjtem. Officers selected ta-k is not an easy one. In fact the
weie Hertram laecraft of Colbert irciiei.il public scuuely realized the
piesidcnt; J A. Illack of Wnpnnucltii ainoiint of vvoik which the State
vice piesidcnt; A. M. .Jones of Ant- I'.naid of Health is doing alone this
leu Scetetnrj; Prank Gibson of Du- line although theie is a giouing np-
i.int tieasutei puliation of it which is veiy en
The nMic latum is to have meetings couinirinir.
i very two vcars on the day preceed- n'li' '? a imng need of mine
uiir tin- meeting or nre.shyterv. suim-eiii ias uciub uuick-u Kuin
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iil innnin tti itu I itm la nnnc.a  n
tivitj. assist pastor in work of lo- '""IS
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Among the announced purposes of "'c l"1' T' ".' ZrJ  t V  .
he association as set forth in the " .""P l1" n l" JiBfh" Tn
ylaws are. bring Presbv terian lay- 1'! ' 'lL'itV ffTZr I .
LlevXSeKhrS --!- ttPW. of
siieciallv the wotk of the church in umn  ""' L ."r0""'" """S .. "" . " "
n mi ift i. in nnn'pnr nnii iiiisiisih-i-l-
DR. MILLER PLANS SPECIAL
SERMON FOR MASONS
Net Sundaj at the morning ser-
vice at the High School auditorium.
.. ... ' I'Miit-. lilt.. llll 4111 uiiii.iui:i."3.
Kev. J. l. .ililler pastor or the Jirst w1(1 in any manner handle food but
There should he a state law compel
ling all handlers of food to pass a
ph.vsical examination before they aie
allowed to wait on the public. As it
now is our povveis are very limited.
A few cities in the state have ordi-
nances compelling examination of
cooks waiters and all employees
.vieinouisi i nurin win preacn n
special set nmn to Mnsons. The sub
ject of the senium will be "The Foun
i man who is physically unfit may
be peddling meat around some coun-
in dill n itl ill- 11 linlvi li (i linl'n 1 Itfli-i
I . i ft 1 -r . il V I. if ll ftI lllflll V 11(( U i It IU
elation and Pnneiple.s of Masonry."! f-nnv jurisdiction. This is one place
Rev. Miller through research and whoc a stnte law is badly needed
study is well fitted to deliver an ... i. .. i i :. r
address on Masonry and those who.nn nPIiiiinf annles svho had line!
on account of the capital it might
invest in securities which are other-
wise exempt from taxation.
The People's National bank of
Kingfisher in common with many
other institutions in the state- had in-
vested funds from their capital stock
surplus and undivided profits in lib-
erty bonds and other similar securi-
ties in the belief that such part of
their funds would be tax exempt.
Following the opinion of the state
court upholding the ruling of the
state board of equalization the King-
fisher case was appealed to the su-
preme court of the United States it
having been decided by the banks to
fij-tt the contention of the state bc-2ftrn-
the supreme court as a test case.
The attorney creneral's office Mnn-
-3ay yas unable to state just how
sweeping the effect of the dicision
might be although it is said that
The Ardmore folks got after the
Frisco The Durant Folks got after
them The Hugo Folks got after
them but they still laid low. The
message printed above from the At
torney Uencral is the first indication
that Durant is to get what she merits
to-wit; train service that is suffi-
cient to take care of the folks who
wish to travel on the company's lines.
In the interim the travelling pub-
lic (by that we mean the men who
earn their livliboods selling goods to
merchants on the line traversed by
the Frisco) have made their OWN ar-
rangements. They have found that
they can use cheap automobiles and
get over their territories about as
cheaply as the FRISCO can haul
them and on ton of that thev An
not. nave to wait for trains
Hun
dreds of them have seen an actual
saving in expenses bv the overland
many other banking institutions had'J0Utl'. and n large number of these
invested capital and other stock inmvc expressed themselves as mean-tax-exempt
securities hoping thereby ' mK to continued the overland route
to escape taxation bv the statp
States have the ncrht to tax for
state purposes liberty bonds owned
of calling upon customers. These
the railroad will NOT gain back.
vvnen a railroad comnanv deter-
hy banks the supreme court decided "".nes to shortput a community to
Monday in nffirming the decision of ain its selfish ends its management
&n Oklahoma court. i cannot blame its own patrons for pro-
Every national bank in Oklahoma  teeting themselves.
is affected by the decision sought to 
have reversed it was stated as well .. '- begins to look as if the Irish bel--is
every national bank in the United ''Kcrents have gone into winter quar-
States. I lers.
JLKGIONAIKE DIES HERE
SUNDAY MORNING
John Allen li. died Sunday morn-
ng at the home of his parents Mr.'
and Mrs. John Allen after brief ill-1
ness. Deceased is survived by his
wife and two children besides his I
liatvnts two brothers and four sis-.
ter.s. Funeral .services were held'
from the home Monday afternoon
conduct! d by Rev. Schoonover pastor
ji me ennsuan ejliuuli followed by
interment in Highland cemetery. The
local Legion post and guard units at-
tended the funeral and accouled the
usual last military ntes over the u-
mains. Deceased entered the war and saw
much service with the army overseas.
OSTEOPATH
DR. A. L. STOUT
First Statn Runlr TtnllHIn.
Phone 888 Res. Phono 697-JU
DR. W. M. K. CHATTLE
Eyo Ear Nost and Throat
Offico 120 N. 3rd. Phone 401
Housa Phone 719-J
DURANT. OKLAHOMA
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Everyone
Can Play It
NO pie tilt would be mote nj
puuatul by the whole family
than a I'layei Prino.
Eve i june loves music and
eveijone can play this beau-
tiful instrument. Pie-sent it to
the family foi Chiistuia this
Near. Player Pianos may be
puiihnsid toi as low as .5fi").
A CROSBY AGENT
'Phone C4 and COO
SHOW ROOM
Durant Ilok Store
t
We have just installed a
CONSTANT POTENTIA L
CHARGING SYSTEM
WE ARE PREPARED TO
( IIAKGK BATTERIES IN
8 HOURS
Rent Ilatteiies Furnished
1'iee while Chaiging provided
the.v me ic turned in 2A houis.
WHY WASTE TIME AND
MONEY WHEN YOU CAN
GET MODERN SERVICE?
Come in and see Us
hear him next Sundav will be well
icpaid for going out and no douht
will go away with a better concep
tion uc cms uruur.
The members of the lodge will
meet at the hall at 10:30 Sunday
morning and go in a body to the au-
ditorium. The music will also be
well worth hearing.
REV. MORELAND TO MUSKOGEE
CRUTCIIFIELD NEW ELDER
The recent Methodist Conference
appointed Rev. R. B. Moreland
Methodist presiding elder of this dis-
trict to the pastorate of the First M.
E. Church at Muskogee which pulpit
" -iiui-jibuu iineu xur me lirat lime
last Sunday. Mr. Moreland made
many friends here while on duty in
this district both in and out of his
own church.
The conference appointed as pre-
siding elder to succeed Mr. Moreland
Rev. W. M. Crutchfield formerly of
Hugo. The new presiding elder
preached his first sermon here last
bunday morning.
sines on their lips spitting on the
apples befote polishing thereby mak-
ing it an absolute menace if eaten
without being peeled.
The public must be protected
against eating impure and contami-
nated foods and any laws that can
be enacted along these lines by the
coming legislature will be of vast
benefit to the people of the state.
But even if the skirts are to be
worn longer there will still be windy
days.
ENGLAND & MORROW
Insurance
Fire Tornado Automobitt
121 1-2 North Third
Durant Oklahoma
EII)E HViTHRY STATION
'Phone 17
Corner Ith and Main
DURANT OKLA
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HBBBEsC&frPI
SAVE Don't
Hoard Money
IS a treacherous icvolver your
only protection against your
savings? If so ttansfer your
money now to this safe bank.
Don't be the victim for ruth-
less buiglnis when this Nation-
al bank is willing to piotect
ou and jou aie paid for IT.
We invito j mi to situ t an ac-
count today.
1 MER1C. 1 .V NA TIONA L
RANK
of Durant
COMING TO
DURANT
DR. HAMILTON
Medical Doctor Specialist
Treating Diseases Without Surgical
Operation.
Tree Consultation to all who Want
and Need Medical Aid
AT THE ATWOOD HOTEL
TUESDAY DECEMBER Tith
Hours 10 A. M. to 4 P. M.
ONE DAY ONLY
Dr. Hamilton specially licensed by
the state will demonstrate at the
principal points throughout the state
his system of treating diseases and
deformities without surgical opera
tion.
The diseases tieated are those of
the stomach liver kidneys bladder
blood heart nose throat lungs skin
appendicitis gall stones goiter tu-
mor ulcers of the stomach and
bowels swelling of the limbs enlarg-
ed eins leg ulcers rheumatism.
neuralgia paralysis high blood pres-
sure consumption catarrh bronchi-
tis asthma pellegra blood and skin
diseases epelepsy club feet cun-i-ture
of the spine undeveloped chil-
dren bed-wetting in children and all
curable chronic diseases of men wo-
men and children.
Dr. Hamilton is a practical spec-
ialist in internal medicine and his
clinics are patronized by those who
know and appreciate the advantages
of treating with an experienced doc-
tor. He will examine free all those in-
terested as to their health and in
those cases selected as favorable for
tieatment the medicine will be fur-
nished or sent fiom their labotatory
at a leasonable cost.
These piofessional visits as plan-
ned thiough this and adjoining states
afford those inteiestcd an oppoituni-
ty to consult one of these experienced
specialists dose to their homes. Mar-
ried ladies must come with their hus-
bands and ihildien with their guar-
dian en patents.
Dr. Hamilton and associated phy
sicians Mediial Lnboiatoiy Boston
Block Minneapolis Minn.
OPEN DEER SEASON
OPENED NOVEMBER 13th
For the first time in many j.enrs
Oklahoma sportsmen enn -hoo- deer
in the state. The season opened
Wednesday Nov. 1J anil will close
December 15th.
Each hunter will be allowed one
buck with horns according to a
statement issued from the office of
the state game warden.
Pushmatohn I-eFlore unit McCiir-
tain counties nfford the best fields
for hunters it is snid. while the
shooting of deer is prohibited In the
counties of Caddo Comanche Major
Blaine and Kiowa a statute having
been enacted in 101.r for the pro-
tection of animals straying from the
national preserve in Comanche county.
UNDERGOES
SURGICAL OPERATION
Bonnie Renegnr l.Vyear-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Renegar living
at Cry this county undenvent an op-
eration for acute appendicitis at the
.Memorial Hospital Thuisday after-
noon of last week. Although the
joung man was leported in quite a
serious condition due to the bursting
of the appendix before the operation
he is reported as doing nicely at this
time.
FRIDAY NOV. 9A m.
Dr. J. L. Reynold
Eyoar Noso and Throat
and Glass Fitting
Durant Okla.
Over Corner Drug store
Cuts sh
Colds
CogJjs
ort.am
ULx 4MI
8rSsWv
Check development
of the cold that mlRht lead to
Eomothlntr serious. Thi..i .
treatment cools and soothes
inflamed irritated membranes-
loosens disagreeable) phlegm'
breaks colds and coughs in
short order. Don't wait right
now ask your druggist
DRKINtfSovm
-asympforcoughs&colds
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WE'VE JUST OPENED OUR STORE
FULL LINE STAPLE AND FANCY
GROCERIES
Fresh and Cured Meats
DURANT GROCERY CO.
J. B. LINK Prop.
44 West Main Durant Okla.
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SVPPLYINGA NEED
"Vhen you want to make a quick trip between Denison-bhtr-nan-Dallas-Waco-Corsicana
and intermediate points
remember the Interurban operates hourly service between
these points.
Buy Round Trip Tickets and
Save Money.
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Commercial National Bank
DURANT OKLAHOMA
'Service That Really Serves"
G. A. MASON Pres. SAM STONE Vice Pm.
W. E. CLARK Cashier
n'WWw-wre-ffl
mgjJs53Li -o..ti mm iHsHlr
"THE NATION'S SERVICE TRUCK"
At your command. The order is not too small nor too large to
hare our immediate attention to deliver to your door anything that
can be had in the Hardware line. Our stock is complete Our
Hardware the best money can buy Try our service once and we
shall convince you of our superiority in handling your business.
Abbott-Brooks-Hall Hdwe. Co.
DURANT OKLA.
J. W. LEV1NE
Lion Brand Work Shoes for Men and Boys. Best work
shoe made to day. Ask to see No. 75x 130 708 961.
Prices $3.50 to $4.85
Children's Shoes; rubber heels; sizes 8 1-2 to 2.... 92.00
Young Men's Shoes; rubber heels; sizes 2 1-2 to 6
only $2M
Men's Sheep lined Coats 97.85
Men's Wool striped Sweaters $4.95
Boys' Coat Sweaters $1.00
Boys' Slipon Sweaters $1.50 to $2J50
Children's Union Suits 50c to 75c
Everything in Caps Hats Shirts Gloves Pants and
Overalls.
LITTLE FELLOW all-wool Suits Serges and Cordu-
roys $3.50
132 MAIN STREET DURANT OKLA.
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Plows and Harness
You are now thinking of plowing and breaking. We
S have a complete line of Gang Plows SuNcy Plows and
Turning Plows.
PLOW SHARES
If you need a new share for your Avery or Moline
153 Plows we have them.
HARNESS
Our stock of Harness was never more complete than it
is right now. We bought our harness collars etc. before
I the recent advance in prices and offer the best values you
n will find anywhere.
E. G. McKINNEY HARDWARE CO.
298 West Main 'Phone 61.
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