Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-09-12
LOCAL AND
PERSONAL
DOINGS

DOINGS
Boys Wagons, Severance Hardware
Co. 37w3
II you want your meat early phone
early and your orders will be filled
promptly. A. Wolfe & Co. VISA
This paper has been requested by
the directors of the Bryan County
Fair to announce tina any and all COM
munlcations asking information about
the big fair be addressed to Bruce
YORK, Assistant Secretary, Durans,
Okla. who will give the same prompt
attention.
M ~
Sundays winas,orm was the worst
at Coalgate, northwest of Durant,
where several thousand dollars worth
Of property was destroyed. The shed
store room of the Hale-Halsell Gro
cery Company at that place was de-
molished, together with lot of goods
stored there, entailing loss to the
company Of about $4,000 A deluge of
rain fell there during the storm and
afterwards.
Information has reached this city
to the effect that the large barn of
]. S. Renfrow, living one mile east
of Roberta, was struck by tightening
Friday afternoon. The barn, which
was insured for $3.50, was completely
destroyed by fire Besides the barn
the principal loss was about % tons
of hay ami 5000 feet of lumber which
Mr.. Renfrow had stored in the barn
with which to build new residence
as soon as he could gather his crop.
J. w. Brown, who for many years
acted as a correspondent in Mexico
for the Chicago Northwestern News
Syndicate, passed through here Mon
day enroute for the north. Mr. Brown
says that of recent months every item
of news that went out of Mexico had
to be censored by a representative Of
the army and that this censor would
not allow anything reflecting upon
Mexico in its treatment of foreigners
to be sent out.t Mr.. Brown says that
he was deported from Mexico by mil
Litary guard on account OF some stories
be has written. nj . t!,s l,-.,
The following marriage licenses
have been issaed out OF the county
court: W. r. IHgtam and l.elah Shell
ltens both Of Achilles MIG. Smith OF
Dufant and Mis-. Belle Arlington II
FCaddo3 A. !. Newcombs of Roberta and
Dovie Harvey Of Allison; William Mo
Master and Dora .McMennameyu. both
of Robertas. Ollie James and Frances
Archibald, both of Durant; Roy Carr
penter and Effle Blackburn, both of
Achille; Dwight Dye and Ethel Jour
den, both of Duarnt; George Edge and
Ina Elliot, both OF Boswell; C. f.
Thomas and Pearl Mayes, both Sof
Ardmore. gtNA
Charlie Miller, who lives four miles
i northeast of town, had a fine mare
killed by Katy freight train Tuesday
afternoon. The team was standing on
! Main street in front of Maloney and
Boston's store, with the traces down
when they became frightened and ran
east, dragging the wagon by the lines
which were tied to the brake handle
i A freight train was pulling slowly intS
the station, when the team and the
train met. One of the horses, a fine
bay mare valued at 5000, was struck
one leg being entirely crushed off a
the thigh and the mare otherwise
bruised and cut. One OF the loca
policemen shot the injured animal
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Ps Says sthes peDnington Tribune; "Tbc
editor OF the Caddo Herald, notwith
standing that Durant furnished ;
large number of people to the corr
carnival, and the Durant papers gave
II some good boosts, returns the favol
last week by ridiculing the comini
Durant fair, etc. 1t looks like on
friend at Caddo has something hurt
ing him for sure, to come back witt
such an article after the nice write
ups given their carnival both befor
ard after. Cut 1t cut, Guy. You ar
hurting yourself and town by thi