Saturday Morning Advertiser (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 14, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 22, 1919 Page: 4 of 8
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SATURDAY FEBRUARY SfcHW'l
SATURDAY MORNING ADVERTISER
FOUR
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Saturday Morning Advertiser
Published every Saturday morning
t 114 North Third Avenue. Durant
Oklahoma
from kxciia.vcks
B. M. EVANS. Killtor ami Publisher (
sTnisF'KII'TIONS ThroiiKh the 1 1 1-1
eral pntumuge of the merchants I
of the eoiutnui.lty. the publisher is i
ennulCU to uisirinuie uns uauur ireu
of cost to if-ldcnts of Durant. Look
for It everv Friday afternoon.
forgetting apparently their late visit
to tho printing office
SATl'IlDAI rKllIUWRY
l!H!(.
We were asked toilav hy v.-e. do
riot dig into certain alleged moral
rottenness and print detailed ex-
posures of h.ild alleged conditions in
our newspapers with n view to cor-
recting nforeKiild alleged unclean
moral conditions. We replied to our
interrogator that if we were ho dis-
posed editorially we could fill our
newspapers eery week with cnougn
stories dealing with moral degrada-
ttpn that In about four of those
vt'ecks decent people wouldn't want
itlr said newspapers to come into
Obelr homes and for that reason we
don't propose to delvo Into any
(Well editorial muck. The editor's
first and foremost Idea is to print
atf newspaper that our friends are
Kind to have every member of their
unities read from "Itlvnr" to back
ijln other words a paper that is
clean Inside and out. In tho cities
ru'ero are papers that make a bus-
iness of such "news" as our Inter-
rogator asks for but dealing with
the "scum" they naturally circulate
among tho same element. Person-
ally we prefer to print a clean pa-
per and circulate in the best homes
qf our field and that Is what we
are earnestly endeavoring to do.
GOOD ROADS PKOURKSS
Tho passage by the lower house
jt tho 'legislature of the good roads
ijlll is 'a distinct step forward in
kdod roads progress in Oklahoma.
Tjjicre may be a hundred dotails in
which the selected routes might be
changcd for the better but on the
whole wo believe the bill as passed
fill give tho state its money's worth
tfi carried out and finally made into
Jaw.
According to published lists of
ioutes the house bill provides for
i wo highways to corss thu stato each
my ono of which touches or come)
(lose to touching every county seat
and every Important city and town
: a tho state and If such finally is
: ealized and tho roads built laterals
i ind auxiliary ioutes may be- built
rom time to time until In a few
'ears th state will ranV. well to-
ward the front for good roads bulld-
og. ; Of legislators must remember one
hlng however In the deliberations
hilldlng roads Is ono thing main-
aining roads Is another. All over
bur good htate are instancces of
what was a finely graded and drain-
jllrt road that Is now a mud hole
and n swamp for no other reason
bn earth than failure to arrango for
proper maintenance. Hard surfaced
foads requite less maintenance th.m
lllrt roads but they require main-
tenance Just the same.
A fifty million dollar highway
pystem will require a lot of money
bach venr to keep In repair. Just
what percentage of tlrst cost Is re-
iiuired for repairs will depend upon
the character of ro.id built and is a
uiuttcr of technical knowledge and
hot of opinion. Our Mdons must keep
Ihls fact vuu.st.mlly in mind and pro
jvlde Tor it.
t EATINO ROHROWKIt MOXKV
When a man's family need-i some-
thing to ent they must have it ami
if the head of tho family hasn't
money with which to buy the nece.i
sary provision Is In fully Jultfi'-d
in borrowing tho necessary iuimiii.
It would not. however seem to be
very good Judgment for any man to
borrow money to buy thoje article-.
of food which : little effoit on his
part would find at his own bad.
door.
A banker friend of this writer
told us tho other day that of all the
money loaned by his bink thin juar
to farmers who need to bo tided over
tho next rrop about one half wa
needed to buy feed for tho fanner's
Mock and food for his family and
' right there Is a great evil which has
come about in many ways anil iv-
SRonsiblllty for which eaunot belaid
directly at any one's door. In some
cases the responsibility Is on the
.'landlord who insists upon planting
'flvery foot of ground in cotton while
'In others the actual farmer Is at
'fault.
;' In our county we have n largo
'number of farmers who last yaar
raised enough feed to onre for their
own stock to another gathering sea-
son raised enough vegetables and
killed enough meat for most ot the
'family larder ant) sells enough but-
lnr and eggs meantime to buy other
'living necessities. What one farm-
er can do on a certain kind of land
in llryan County another farmor
can do as well--barring of cour?e
prevention by causes beyond hi.
control.
Tho NEWS hopes to print soon a
series ot several articles dealing with
this situation and giving plans for
the romody not our own plans
the plans of our own farmers iu
llryan county who haw tiled It and
made It work.
t Caddo Herald: The lleatltudcs
lookt very good to Germany now;
especially the one "Messed are thy
merciful" etc. It is a cue of De-
foe's sick devil.
Kerderlsk I.eadrr: In America a
Socialist In a Socialist but in Ger-
many they are spllf into so many
fatcloim that their protestations of
"brothel hood" seem all the more
..irclenl In this they me lll.o other
huiii.tii paitlos that so long as they
are out of power lhey ean hold to-
gether but when they have the op-
port'tiiitv for authority and power
they go to piece-! The Lender ha
maintained for many .ve.irs that tit
surest euro for .Socialism was iis doc
trines applied to actual government
and both Germany and Russia are
proof of litis I'outditloti.
Atoka Indian fit I '.en Democrat:
Tho present legislature has an op
portunity to do something ot real
benefit to the people of the stale If
it will pass a workable Hole Sky law.
If It should adjourn without doing
something along thlH line many of
our people will be sorely disappoint
ed.
Iloswell News: Mines says he '
will carry out tho McAdoo railroad I
policies; and the Knoxviiio Journal ' vi
and Tribune hopes "he 11 carry 'om
out and not bring them back."
Dallas News: That the new Ger-
man Republic Is to be democratic fi
attested by tho election of an ex-harness
maker to the presidency. Even
In our own U. S. A. our first Prcal-
1 dent was called an aristocrat. Per-
1 haps the very best sign of a genu-
line demoenrcy Is the elevation of
I character ami Intelligence to office
j regardless of whether tho Individual
Is rich or poor. Frederlch Ebcrt has
I already proved hlu title to public
confidence and what he and his eul
leagues ar trying to do for tho du-
mocratlratlon of what was only re
cently the most aristocratic govern-
ment on earth is entitled to th
woild's respect.
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If you want to ruin your boy Just
take his side on every question and
dispute he has with his teacher or
your neighbors' children just tei
him know you nro with hlra rteht
or wrong In nil his disputes. This
will give him a good start Iu the
downward path. Grove Sun.
Hobart Republican: It tho gov
ernment in onrntlng tho railroads
for Ices than a year should create
n deficit of $200000000 when tar-
iffs have Increased fifty por cent
bow great 'would be the deficit on
pre-war revenue? Mr. McAdoo or
Mr Minds might include this Infor
mation in tneir next estimate.
Knld Kvents: Kansas women have
started a movement that Is likely
to help irr finding work for returned
soldiers. Mo.j.t largo employers of
labor hnve. been displaying servico
flags showing how many of their
employees are in the service. The
women aie asking that a returned
soldier be employed for each stnr
displayed in the service flag.
Hartshorne Sun: The state legis-
lature and the Oklahomuu can't build
roads and fight all at the same time.
Let's haw more fighting and less
business or else more huslne and
less fighting.
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PIGS IN POKES j
Lehigh News: We can't see any
necessity for anyone getting- unnec-
essarily excited over whatbp young
soldiers are to do upon their 'arrival
from the battlefields of France. We
rather think that these boys should
tlrst be consultid as to what they
would like. Kverybody stands ready
to assist them In every way possible.
They ine deserving of the best' in
the land. Hut they should not' lie
treated as helpless and destitute
paupers. They are red blooded
Americans and want to be treated
us such. Whenever they got rested
and want Jobs we think they are
going to ret them.
Yub.i Sun: According to I he Ok
lahom.i I'lty p.ipers the capita!
town is almost Inundated by waves
of eilme of more varieties than can
be catalogued iu a hook of vices.
Which reminds us tint we recently
heard a Claromore preacher depict
the Oklahoma metropolis as a jort
of rolling sea of Iniquity.
It is an American character-'
istic to shout when you win but i
never cheep when you Jose '
Afore's the -pity. ' '
And shrewd stock swindlers '
have made the mast of it.
If only ten per cent of the'
victims who have traded their
Liberty Bonds for worthless
stocks in wild cat companies !
alone were to tell the country '
ui men lusftuti ii vvuuiu uisuuur-
age this sort of bartering.
But they will never do it
The man who is stung the hard-
est is me ie.ua i iikim.v to uumn
it. He simply grins and bears
it.
Meantime thousands of Lib-
erty Bond owners arc consider-
ing surrendering their 3V 4
and 4' certainties for ne'atly
printed and highly illuminated
certificates that are 90 per cent'
pipe dreams.
Nine times out of ten these
gulls are the small investors
the fellows who can the least1
afford to loae.
There is some excuse for the
man who lives in a developing
oil field and sees and knows1
what is being done investing in
a promoting company there.
But there is no apology to be
made for the man who invests
at long range. Who never seed
what Tic is dumping his money
into. Who takes only a sales-
man's word. Who above all
mutes in a uueriy nona ior a
tock certificate.
Keep your bonds. They're an
'investment not a speculation.
Ardmore Statesman: You doa'i
have to pay 7." cents a doz"ii for
eggs. Min nun i nave to e.u eggs.
Did that ever occur to you?
Ardmore Statesman: Miss Edith
C. Johnson of Tim Oklahoma!! wants
all married men to bo required to
wear wedding rings. Just how would
tho lato Nat Goodwin have been able
to navigate the stage it ho had been
loaibd up with all the gold band-
necessary in his case? O Edith!
Arapnho Hee: i After this war will
come an army of beggars seeking to
make a living and get out of work
by sympathetic appeals to the tender
henited public. Our government
has provided for all afflicted in
need.
Grove Sun: "Keep It out of the
paper" is tho cry which I he local
newspaper publisher dally hears. To
obllgo often costs considerable tho
the party who makes tho requoH
thinks tho granting scarcely worth
saying "thank jou" for. A uowe
paper Is :i peculiar thing In the pub
He's eye. The newsgatherer Is storm-
ed at hecauso he gets hold of one
Item and Is abused becauso he does
not get another. Young men often
youug women as well as older per-
sons perform acts which become
legitimate items for publication and
then rush to the newspauer office
and beg tho editor not to notice
their e?capados. The next day they
condemn the same paper for not hav-
ing published another party doing
tho same thing they were guilty of
"DOLLAR TALK"
War Savings Stamps make
the flat pocket-book to rejoico.
Have enough sand to hold on
to tho slippery dollar. Got War
Savings Stamps.
Ever sec a crawfish walk? It
jjocs backward ! Financially
speaking arc you going back-
ward or forward? Buy War
Savings Stamps and go for-
ward. The road to Miccess is vs
short as the way to the iwt-
j office or your bank where War
Savings Stamps and Thrift
Stamps are sold. Save and sue-
cecu ! '
Thrift is power! Acquire)
power by the W. S. S. route. '
(Jet ready for the big oppor-
tunity! Save now!
Every little bit added to what
you have makes just a little
bit' more.' Buy W. S. S.
Clip the wings on your dol-
lars. Invest in War Savings)
Stamps. '
If you take care of your
money now it will take care of
you later. Buy War Savings.
Stamps. ' ' I
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Any Red Blooded Man
is Proud to Wear the
Uniform of Uncle Sam
When There is Wa
r
But when the war is over and the job is
done then its back to the work of Peace.
Success in time of Peace depends on the
Clothes-you wear.
Give us an opportunity to show you and We believe that you will feel as many other
men of the Army and Navy have felt that the logical place for apeace unifonn is at a
.Mans store.
Clothes of National Itcputation which arc
guaranteed by the maker to us and In turn guar-
an teed to you ore the kind of clothes wo sell
Styleplus Clothes
Michael-Stern Clothes
Society Brand Clothes
These clothes stood the test of a worfd war
and came out with flying colors. They had rep-
utations of years for fair dealing to maintain
and did it. - '
THEY'RE HERE FOR SPRING 1919 IN MANY
MODELS AND COLORINGS!
There'll Be No "Camo-
flaged Sale' -
Here at the end of the 'Season!
You can buy just as cheaply ath
this store now as you can :in July
and August.
We aBk no large profits.-at the
first of the season to take care of.
"cut price sales" the last of the
season. ' '
Sales are unjust to you for the-
reason you are compelled to wait
until the season is over to get
what you want at the right price.
At this store you get what you
want when you want it at a fair
price which is the same 365 day
in the year and the same to every
body. '
Think it over!
To see just what they are come in and look them over for yourself you'll like them.
PRICES $25 $30 $35 $40 $45 and $50
P. S. Ol'R XKW MALLORY AND STKTNOX HAT.S ARK XOW OX DISPLAY-
.. YOIT'LL WAXT.OXK.
CLASSIFIED ADS
I'OlTTltY AXI l'KT STOCK
SETTING EGOS- Pure White l.c-
horn I'KSs ono dollar for sottfnt; of
fifteen. See Mrs .1. II. Aloseley ono
mile northwest of Durant. Sws3
day February 24. 1910 selioolid
amounting to Jl 20000. Sealed!
must bo in bv 7:30 o'clock o
Monday February 21. lllKlit kM
ed to reject any or all bids. Mtm
II. I.. t'o. President. Sohnul Ba
Dur-nt. Okla. Si
AdvertiMMii'-nta under this bunding
no 7 '4c ner line- for each Insertion
n both the Durant Weekly News n:nl
:ho Saturday 'Mornlnc Advertiser
'Jo mlvertNuiiient accepted for elth-
r paper singly Terms are i-ash lii
ulvance oxcept In vnvf wlio ad-
vertisers have it I'harKe aivount on
mr books.
liAND FOR SALT! IN OKLAHOMA
'"!! '"KASWrjBKTl - J:7 SAWS-PAIIMsl
Mr. and JIi.. Vernon -Limes u-e
now the proud parents of a fine li.ihy
daughter who arrived last Rat'ird iv
mornint;. Mr. James is u p-u' of
i no ahum man army in rranre or
ilerniany or 'Vomovvhiire over th-i
water. '
CHKAP FARM LAND In a coun-
try that nover had a drought vvhoro
they raise from one-half to a balo of
cotton per aero and from 30 tor0
bushels ot corn Big frco ranee and
a fine fruit country. Plenty of good
water Small cash payment balance
In ten equal yearly paymouts. For
particulars writo W. II. Jones Im-
migration Agent. Texas Oklahoma
& Eastern Railroad Co. Broken Dow
Okla. WBfeb2S
iTUXAS LANDS FOR SALE Tho
Santa Fu has built u new branch
railway lino through tho South
' Plains region of West Texas. A now
farming and live stock region with
' new towns in being opened up. This
territory already Is partly occupied
by a good class of settlers and crop
possibilities proven by actual ixpor-
innce. Here you can ptofltahly raise
cotton corn yorghums and fruit. It
is an ideal live stock and dairy coun-
try. Low prices for unfilled lands
and very easy terms. Move In early
juid take first pick write today for
free Illustrated folder. T. C. Spcar-
niuu 100 1 Railway Kxehango. Chi
cago 111.
A PLVIJ FARM -100 two miles (I
of Hluo station. 100 acres fiuet
land in cultivation 00 acres tin
n.ibturo. two extra cood Inj'
ments. Possession this year of
auits. owner nav rent on ta?
SO. Tho best black land barrf
I the county. $7f.00 per acr;
Harmnn Durant.
I FARM LAND FOR KALK 16
I of bottom land adjoining '
or Ynrnnhv. Okln.. hnir n CUIU"
'half in timber all fenced fair.
Will take In right kind of mwl
. dlse stock on the deal. .. '
I .1I.I1IIIV vnici.
STRAYED OR STOLEN
STRAYED OR STOLEN From D. M.
Banner's pastutc two miles north-
west of Utica Tuesday February 4
one black mare four years old
weight about 700 lbs. tolerably lean.
Finder please notify D. M. Banner
Vtlca Okln. arid receive reward.
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FOR RKXT ROOMS
FOR RKNT--A good modern bed-
room with bath; "rate roaioii.ibli.
Phone H"7. or cj!1 GUS N. Fourth
Ave. vvstf
. IIuks Wantrd
Will pay five cents per pound for
clean cotton rags. Deliver to tho
Durant Weekly News Durant Ok.
Typewriters
FOR KAI.K snSCKLLANKOl'H
FOR SALE- A first cla-s second-
hand Invalid chair. If in the market
for such phone B37 or call flOS X.
Fourth Avenue. Durant. vvstf
' I now havo a few Corona Type-
. writers for Immedlato delivery. The
price is tho samo as always $50.00
E M. Evans Durant Okla.
School Ilomls Fur Sale
The school board of Durant Ok-
lahoma will offer for salo on Mon-
Milhurn News: Ton donflj
to iro to war to he natrlotlc. '5"
your locality uphold your nM
lnvmi Itn tMlnnco nl.l 1lnd & A
to pi ogress nnd you are a Pt(3
a lover of your country j j
as :i soldier who shoulders WM
ket.
El Reno American: InvestlRB
are all tho rage. Having no Jl
trial homes sunnose wo inspKJ
back yards they too. need
up.
n-illnu Monro . HniV WOUM."!
to sell somo of our surplus to""
the idlo spinners ot Central .-
Thcro is a tlmo for all inm.
Advertiser ads. gel results.
Okoinah 'Liilgijr: The Houston
Post and the Ualveston and Dallas
News have closed their columns to
advertisements for oil stocks. They
say most of theBe stocks are known
to lw worthless and tboy do not
wish to advertise frauds. It takoi
'nerve to turn down theso advertise-
ments nerve backed by a rooJ
bank account.
Capital $ 1 00000 '.. The Bank That Accomodates Surplus $400 0
The First National Bank
i:. (.'. MILLION President.
GItKKX THOMl'SOX Vi.e I'reNldeiit.
Of Durant Oklahoma
Business Solicited
t'HAMC cfuSOX. Cwliirr.
Get our prices on Job work.
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