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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-11-07
FOR LAST WEEK OF THE CONTEST
Your Last Chance.

Call books have number
glad you with unmber
giving 100000 each book sold Get them while they
last
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-11-07
LYCEUM COURSE

On next Monday evening, Nov. TO-,
the first number of the lyceum course,
which will be given by the three edu-
cational institutions of Durant, will
take place. The first number will be
Hon. Thomas Speed Mosby, one Of the
greatest lecturers on the lyceum plat
form today. The others come as fol-
lows: The Westerner's Concert Par
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-11-07

Between the ages of 10 and 90 there
were Col deaths; between tire ages OF
20 and 30 there were SS7 deaths; be-
tween the ages of 80 and 40 there
were 762 deaths; between the ages
of 40 and so there were 699 deaths.
between the ages of so and 20 there
were 2,1S1 deaths.
OF the total number of deaths, pre-
ventive diseases were responsible for
losses as follows:
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-11-07
RURAL ROUTES JULY FIRST

Two rural routes out of Durant will
begin serving patrons July l, 1914.
The routes have been approved by the
postoffice department, and the depart
ment is now advertising for bids for
carriers for the two routes, and will
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-11-07

Salesman to sell lubricaA-
ing oils. house and barn paint and
specialtiea. Big profits. ChampsbA
Refining Company. Cleveland. okse.
Sept 12-13t.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-11-07
Cures Old Sores. Other Remedies Won't curs.

The worst cases no matter Of how long standing,
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable DR..
Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. 1t relieves
Pain aud Heals at the same time. 2Sc. SOC. $l.o0
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-11-07
To Prevent Blood Poisoning

apply at once the wonderful old reliable DIR
PoRrER's ANTIsEPT1C HEALING OIL. a sur
gical dressing that relieves pain and heals a
the same time Not a liniment. 25c. soc. 81 90
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-11-07
Public Health Department


The following occupations show no
deaths:
Cigar makers
Insurance agents
Liquor dealers
Planning mill workers
There were COZ deaths due to ex-
ternal causes, such as:
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

tunes of the hostess and her guests.
Mrs. Draper wore $500,000 worth of
pearls. which included a pointed
tiara of pear-shaped pearls, some of
them as large as a small pear. ear
rings and collar of pearls, a four
strand necklace, besides a long strand
of pearls, which hung from her shoul-
ders nearly to the bottom of her
gown, corsage ornament of pearls
and a stomacher which covered her
waist and hips and was described by
one of her guests as a coat without
sleeves. Mrs, Draper was gowned in
the costume of n court lady of the
Louis XIV period and wore beneath,
the pearls a costume of white satin
with broad stripes of black velvet
Although many of the jewels worn
were priceless, 1t is estimated that
more than s1,50O,O0O in pearls were
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25
No result OF the
SO gratifying to a

tion of his name. to figure in
the national annals and his friends
predict that as a lawmaker he
will add new laurels to the name.
He comes in direct line with the
signer, Eldridge Gerry OF Marble
head, Mass. a member of the Cont
mental Congress from 1916 to 1880.
commissioner sent by the infant re-
public to France in 1888. governor of
Massachusetts and vice-president of
the United States from 1918 to 1914.
Mr.. Gerry is one OF the long line of
vice-presidents who died in office. Ell
bridge Thomas Gerry. the distinguish
ed lawyer and philanthropist. is his
grandfather. In Mrs. Gerry, formerly
Miss Mathilde Townsend, centers
much interesting political history con-
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

rently accepted as true that there
would be no appointment OF a perma-
nent chief during the present admin.
istration.
1t is understood that Dr. Doolittle,
on finishing his term as acting chief.
will return to the charge of the New
York laboratory
DR.. Alsberg is the son of a chemist
and grew up in an atmosphere of
chemistry. His early education was
obtained in private schools in New
York city, and in 1892 he entered Co
lumbia university, receiving the A B.
degree in 1896. He then entered the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Columbia university, receiving his M.
D. degree in 1900 and the degree of
A. NJ. from the university during the
same year. He then went to Ger.
many, and during the period from
1900 to 1903 he took graduate work in
the University of Strassburg along the
lines of pharmacology, physiological
chemistry and internal medicine.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25
CAPITAL SOCIAL SETS GREATEST BEAUTY

nected with the dawn of the railroad
Importance of the lake country OF
Pennsylvania. Ohio and Illinois,
through her grandfather's connection
with the Pennsylvania system and la
ter as member of congress.
Beauty as a divine attribute and the
most desirable possession which
daughter of Eve can hope, is however
more associated with any considera-
ton of Mrs. Gerry than her intimate
relation to history past and present.
She is by universal consent one OF the
rarely beautiful women of her era and
at the time of her presentation to so
ciety. she created a furore here and
abroad. She is OF that blonde spirit
uelle type. slender graceful with pure
gold hair and the deepest of azure
eyes. Her expression is rather pen
sive, something which adds to the
charm of her calm Madonna-like de-
meanor. An only child of parents who
idolized her and eventual coheir with
her cousin. Mrs. Ronalds of New York.
of the vast estate left by William l..
Scott of Erie. she was most carefully
educated at home under specially Sc
lected teachers. Her childhood and
girlhood were passed here. and Wash
ingtonians feels an especial pride in
all that relates to her future.
Mr.. and Mrs Gerry were married in
the spring of 1906. snd among the 200
official guests included the president
and his wife, as well as 200 out-of-
town guests
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25
IN DEFENSE OF MISS ANNIE SMOOT

subject of social ostracism is not un-
derstandable. Senator and Mrs. Smoot
move in the very best society in Wash
ington. He has but one wife, and never
had but one, and he says so. 1t is
true that back of Miss Smoot she has
had some grandfathers who were po-
lygamous Mormons. Her fathers
father, Abraham Smoot. had several
wives. One of them was a Norwe-
gian girl. and she gave birth to the
present apostle. Miss Annie's father
The debutante has two sisters and
three brothers When Senator Smoot
was made an apostle of the Mormon
church. and elected to the United
States senate in 1904. an attempt was
made by certain women's organiza
tions to have him expelled from the
senate on the ground that he was
member OF corporation that believed
In polygamy. 1t was even charged
that the senator himself had three
wives, but the charge was not proven.
Senator Smoot's wife was formerly
Miss Alpha Eldridge. She was cal
pha and Omega. the first and the
last" so the husband told his accus-
ers. Some time previously the Nor
mons elected Brigham II. Roberts to
congress. He had several wives.
The house of representatives rejected
him, on the ground that he practiced
polygamy and none of his daughters
were received in Washington society
But with Miss Annie Smoot the prop
osition is entirely different Her faith
er is not polygamous Mormon. She
is we'll qualified for social duties.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

young woman who is avowedly
Mormon, and who has forbears
elders of the church in Utah long
before there was pretense OF
giving up bigamy. AS a matter of
fact, Miss Smoot. who is very pretty
and very bright girl, has been living
in Washington for number of years,
attended school, and has grown into
young womanhood right in the circle
of the young ladies' who will make
their bow to the public this winter.
She never has been snubbed, and
do not suppose anybody has stopped
to think whether she was Mormon.
Pagan, Catholic. or Cambellite, Po-
lygamous Mormonism is long since a
dead letter, and pretty Miss Smoot
has not thing on earth to do with it,
and Just why. as she is blooming into
young womanhood, she should be the
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

]. w. Caldwell writes to the New
York World that he is educated,
good bookkeeper and skilled stenogra-
pher, but can get no work in New
York because he is a negro He adds
that there are hundreds of others like
him, who are walking the streets OF
the metropolis and can get no employ
ment in the work they desire. This
being true, the north has no right to
lecture to the south about race preju-
dice and the color line The incident
proves that most of the talk of that
kind from that section is insincere.
1t is a pathetic fact that this let
ter in the World points out, consider
ed in one light but it means that the
negroes will have to learn to depend
on themselves. There are over 10, ,00O.-
600 negroes in America-over 100, 900
in New Work city. Why are there
not negroes in business who employ
bookkeepers and stenographers? II
the race has sufficient enterprise and
business acumen 1t can build it's own
institutions and own civilization.
There is no use arguing against race
prejudice or race antagonism. 1t can't
be abolished by law or any other way.
1t is as immutable as the leopard's
spots or the Ethiopian's skin. 1t is
stubborn fact that the negro must
learn and accommodate himself to. He
is going to be a newer of wood and
drawer of water if he depends entire
ly on the white man for employment,
but nothing debars him from building
business and industrial world of his
own. Other people in the past his
tory of the world more oppressed and
equally excluded have found it pos
sible to be thrifty in trade.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25
MANY JEWELS AT MRS. DRAPER'S BALL

worn by Mrs. Draper and her guests.
Miss Margaret Draper was gowned
in the fashion of a young woman OF
the court of Louix XIV, and wore
strand of pearls around her neck
which is more valuable than any other
necklace of its kind in the world
These pearls were given to Miss
Draper by the Dowager Queen Mar
gherita OF Italy. who is her godmoth-
er. Miss Draper was born in Rome
while her father was American am
bassador to Italy, and Queen Mar
gherita gave her one of the priceless
pearls which are her pride. She has
added to them each year,I always TAX
ing care to pick out those with inter
esting history or of intrinsic value
Among other women who opened
their jewelry caskets to wear their
pearls were Mrs. Franklin Mac.
Veagh. wife of the secretary of the
treasury. whose pearls, like her emer-
aids, have been carefully selected by
lapidist who travels all over the
world for the purpose
Mrs. Joseph Letter wore the gift OF
Mrs. Levi y. Letter, a companion
strand to those of the Duchess of Sut-
folk, the late Lady Curzon and Mrs.
Colin Campbell of England daughters
of Mrs. Letter. Mrs. Peter Goelet
Gerry, who made a personal canvass
of Europe in search of the pearls for
her strand; Nine. Hauge. Mrs. Rich
ardson Glover and Miss Eudore Glover.
all added to the beauty of the pearl"
ton
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

If your daily occupation does not
furnish you mental stimuli and brain
culture, take up some side line of eff
fort that will be in measure a means
of further education. When you come
to realize that the side interest fur
nishes the brain and soul expansion
lacking in your regular line of work,
your contentment with your daily EN-
ployment will become more complete
There are various avenues of side
effort into which one can enter with
ever increasing absorption of interest
among them some branch of
church work, the promotion of secret
organizations, civic or community ir'-
provement through organizations for
the purpose, work among the unfor-
tunate: culture may be sought in lit
erature through clubs or by private
instruction; course suitable to ones S
talents or tastes from some CORE
spondence school; the cultivation of
musical talents, etc, etc The work
of so many of the negro people is irk-
some and non-productive of culture
and refinement. the advice here
given should find ready reception by
many of them. AS long as there is
life in an individuals body, and health
along Herewith, efforts should be
made increasingly for enlarging the
mental horizon and broadening the ac-
tivities of the soul. If it be neces-
sary that we pray without ceasing. i"
then without ceasing we should strive
for greater power to think keenly
and feel more intensity.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

Sam Powell of Paw Creek, N. c.,
sold in the Charlotte market early in
December 13 bales of cotton for which
he received $1,0S6. He disposed OF
400 bushels of cotton seed for $500.
Eight bales sold at Is cents a pound
and five bales at IT cents pound
He averaged bale to the acre. Mr..
Powell is in every way an up-to-date
farmer. He subscribes for and reads
several papers, both daily and farm
journals. He raises each year his own
food supplies and sells enough to pay
his expenses.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

The Scullin-Gallagher Steel Foundry
of st. Louis, Missouri, one. of the larg-
est steel plants in the world, employs
several thousand colored men in it's
shops. Negroes are to be found work
ing in all but three of its departments
and lack of experience and training is
the sole reason. The wages paid Ne
groes run from sl.75 to $500 per day.
Not a few Negroes have learned the
trade in this foundry and are now fore
men of their departments.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

of her Christmas
costume balls, en-
tertained at an
eighteenth cen
tury ball the 9th
er night which
$ urpa s S e d all
which she has
previously given
1t has been re-
named the Pearl"
ball on account of
the display of
priceless jewels
worn with the
Louis XIV cos
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

The trouble with most young per-
sons who are complaining and whin-
ing because they have not a soft job
is: They are not competent to fill the
soft chair 1t is very easy to say
what you can do and tell some one
else what they ought to do, but for
you to prove it is another and harder
thing. Good positions are always look
ing for good and competent man.
The Forum.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

Doolittle, formerly in charge of
the New York food laboratory of
the department. 1t has been thought
in many quarters that the ap-
pointment Of DR.. Doollttle as perma-
nent chief OF the bureau would be
made. 1t was also reported and cur
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

Wilson the other
day appointed DR..
Carl Alsberg chief
of the bureau of
chemistry, the po-
sition vacated last
spring by DR.. II.
w. Wiley.
The vacancy in
the b ure au o {
chemistry made
by the resigna-
tion of DR.. Wiley
has been filed
since March Is
last by DR.. r. e.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

We have very little respect for the
negro who wishes to turn white; and
for that reason abandon his race for
fifth-rate associates among other peo-
pie. The women of our race have
much of virtue. temperance, sobriety,
beauty and other highly commendable
qualities to satisfy the most critical
and technical man in the race. They
have all of these good qualities with
odds against them, which is only sug-
festive of what they would be if en-
couraged and protected by their men,
rnd left undisturbed by lascivious
white men. If the negro race had
not been a necessity. God would have
not permitted it to exist Having per
nitted 1t, he will not permit either
Iow-grade white men or bad negroes
10 destroy it. Every negro that
crosses the boundary line and at
tempts to break into other races pays
The penalty for such indiscretion and
very many.-Dallas Express.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

Tuskegee, Ala.-Friends of the late
S. Coleridge-Taylor. of London, have
written Booker T. Washington. urging
him to assist in securing a fund for
the support of Mr.. Taylor's widow
and children. 1t seems that help is
urgently needed, as Mr.. Taylor's fam
lily are left without means to live on.
Mr. Washington has received a cable
to this effect.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

viii make her de-
but in Washing
ton this winter.
has forced Wash
ington society to
face a problem"
and then goes on
to remark that
the highly conven-
tional dowagers of
the official set
will scarcely be
able to reconcile
themselves to as
sociating W 1 t h
their daughter, a
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

ltStlll titCIlOH -
larger number of
Washington peo-
pie as the election
of young Peter
Gerry of Rhode
Island, to a seat
in the low e r
house. Apart from
the charming per
sonality of this
young co upl e
their names re-
call many import
ant chapters of
history. Mr.. Ger
ry repres 5 e Il t S
the sixth genera
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

There is not a negro bank in all
South Carolina. Is this one reason
why Cole l., Blease has such an easy
time in his state kicking the negro
dog around? f. j. Sawyer. a colored
citizen of Bennettsyille, a man of some
means, is considering the wisdom of
moving to Columbia and organizing
and operating bank by and for his
people. Mr.. Sawyer is methodical,
level-headed, and a man of unimpeach-
able integrity. He is the right man to
head the movement.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

About the only things some people
seem to get out of life are the necks
and drumsticks
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

Mrs. William F. Draper of Washing
ton. who is noted for the lavishness
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

Some girls are such prudes that
they wouldn't care to go to heaven
without a chaperon.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25
DR.. CARL ALsBERG SUCCEEDS DR.. WILEY

Following instructions from Presi-
dent Taft. Secretary OF Agriculture
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

The suburban cook should be well
trained. She frequently comes on one
and goes on the next.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

The girl who is to be had for the
asking generally spends all her life
waiting to be asked.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

Some sort of a society jenkins an
nounced that Miss Anie Smoot who
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

It's all right to fight the devil with
fire, but don't lose sight of the fact
that his ammunition will last longer
than yours.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

Wealth doesn't always bring happi-
ness. So after all it may be philan-
thropy to separate a fool and his
money.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

A man may acquire ease and plenty
but not in the order named
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

Describing as an inspiring scene the
deft work of a group of negro street
laborers in New York City, the Am
sterdam News says:
No one thought, apparently, of the
creed or color of the experts, but ad-
nired only their skill. One would
have thought that only white men,
perhaps imported Germans, Belgians
or other highly trained European me-
chanics would be employed to do
such work. But if one could have
penetrated the crowds gathered on the
curbing and got closer view of the
mechanics he would have been aston
ished to see that they were colored
men, and, what is more, they were be-
ing tended by Italian helpers. No col
ored man watching the scene could
come away without glowing in right
eous race pride. No white man OBJ
served the scene and took the sober
second thought without experiencing
just little increased respect for the
ability of the black man. Here is an
evidence of what skill and training
will do for any colored youth. The
you are a white man or a black man.
whether you are a Protestant, Catho-
lie or Hebrew, but whether or not you
are doing the work, and whether you
can do that work better than anyone
else There is no color line in skill.
There will be no color line in the
generations to come against the man,
white or black, who has mastered
some one trade or profession. To be
prepared for an emergency is to have
that emergency arise. Colored boys
and girls. fit yourselves for the work
of tomorrow. There is a great work
for each and every one to do. The
black Belgian block layer is only the
forerunner of the black artisan of the
future OF every man or woman who
knows his or her work.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

The true test OF greatness is not to
allow your hat to get too small for
you.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

When a woman stays home from
church because it is raining either her
religion or her complexion isr t wa
ter=-oof
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

We have all experienced times
when hard words came mighty easy.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

Some men will sit down for hours
and discourse on the evils of laziness.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-01-25

Dearfeld Colorado, is the scene of
"A Negro colony in the west. 1t is To-
Gated west of the Missouri river and
north of the Mason and Dixon line. 70
miles northeast of Denver. Twenty
six colored families are settled on
Eovernment land Most of them have
flready been here long enough to own
the soil they till. They have 6,000
acres under their control. In 1911
they had but two habilable house. Now
they have fourteen. In the same year
there were but 200 acres fenced; now
there are 5000. In 1911 they had $50
acres broken and in cultivation. this
year 500 acres are under cultivation
The land is especially adapted to the
cultivation of beets. The settlement is
crying for tradesmen. They are espe-
cially In need of blacksmiths, cobblers
and saddle makers.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-23

GOVERNMENT SALE OF TIMBER lands
There will be offered az public auction at the
places and times herein named at not less than
appraised valuations alb ur l.2l9.000 acres of tim
Der lands with standing timber thereon. which
includes about 0i3 57 600 Feet of pine aH pstinaAt
Cd 1911 aAd approximately l41 800 600 feetofh
w0ld. located in the Choctaw Nation. south east
ern Okahoma. Sales will be held at ldabell Jan.
uary 5th Hugo january sth poteau January 10Th
Wilburton January 18th. and McAlester January
18th. 1914 Bids may be submitted either in per.
son or BY agent with power Of attorney. Land
and timber win be sold together, Land cassed
as agricultural land viii be offered in tracts not
exceeding 160 acres other lands m tracts not ex-
ceeding $40 acres. and not more than 160 acres of
agricultural land nor more than one fifth Of the
total of non AGRICULTURAL lands viii be sod TO any
one person Terms 26 percent cash. balance in three
annual inatallments Of 70 per cent each with in
terest but payments may be compsettd any time.
Immediate possesfson gycn after approval Of
sale- Residence on land not rsqu red Remo,a
improvements ON land consisting Of few scat
tered houses viii be appraieed and sold with land
and the owners thereof reimbursed where they
are not successful bidders TIE right 10 wnive
technical defects IN advertisements and bids and
to reject any aud all bids Is reserved. Detail, 4
Information, including descriptive lists. showing
quantity and nppralsement of timber and land in
each tract will be furnished without cost after
October |. 1918; MAPS. showing location and &C
feasibility 20 railroads. Of each tract win be fur
nahad aG cost af fifty cents each Application
for both descriptive lists and maps should be
made 10 the Commissioner to the Five Civilized
Tribes. Muskogea. Oklahoma. CATO SELLS
COMM 1851 ONER or INDIAN AFFAIRS
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-09-23

II you child is pale and siciKly
picks at the nose, starts in the sleep
and grinds the teeth while sleeping,
it. is a sure sigr }f worms. A remedy
for these parasites viii be found IN
Whites Cream Vermiguge. It not
only clears out the worms, but it re.
stores health and cheerfulness. Price
25c per bottle Sold by Owl Drug
Store and Public Drug Store Adv
d&w