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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-11-07
STOMACH TROUBLE
FOR five YEARS

taking other medicines. decided to
take his advice, although did not have
any confidence in it.
have now been taking Black -Draugti
for three months, and il has cured me
haven't had those awful sick headaches
since ] began using it.
am so thankful for what Black.
Draught has done for me-"
Thedford's Black -Draught has been
found very valuable medicine for de-
rangements of the stomach and liver. II
is composed of pure, vegetable herbs,
contains no dangerous ingredients, and
acts gently, yet surely. II can be freely
used by young and old, and should be
kept in every family chest.
Get package today.
Only quarter. 10
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-11-07
LEGAL NOTICES
list insertion Nov. Z; 9rd insert
Nov. 21.)
WARNING ORDER

State OF Oklahoma. County of Bryan.
In the Justice OF the peace Court
for TWP. No. l in Bryan County,
Oklahoma, before c. A. Woodward.
j. NJ. WEBB, Plaintiff.
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r. L. GARDNER.

Guardian OF Othena Gardner.
w. G. Caudill, " Durant, Atty. for
guardian.
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tist insertion Nov Z; 4th insertion
Nov. 2S)
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l.. Mccoy, Defendant.

]. l.. MCCOY, Defendant.
The defendant, J, l.. Mccoy. is here
by notified that he has been sued by
]. M. Webb and must answer the pc
tition filed by the plaintiff on o.
before the 18th day of Dec, 1913 or
the petition will be taken as true and
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MARNINa 0RnRR.

State of Oklahoma. County OF Bryan.
In District Court, March Term, 1914.
o. w. RUSHING, Plaintiff,
vs.. No. 1903
ALICE RUSHING, Defendant.
The defendant, Alice Rushing is
hereby notified that she has been sued
by o. W. Rushing and must answer
the petition filed by the plaintiff IN
of before the goth day of December,
1913, or the petition will be taken
as true and judgment for divorce will
be rendered accordingly.
Witness. my official signature and
seal this the 1st day of November, 1918
w. A. JONES,
Clerk Of the District Court.
BY Richard Nicold, Dpeuty.
Utterback Hayes & Macdonald, At
torneys for Plaintiff.
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Judgment for s115O will be rendered
accordingly.
Witness, my official signature and
seal this the Ord day of Oct, 1913.
G. A. WOODWARD,
Justice Of the Peace.
sPRowLs 6 STONE, Attorneys for
Plaintiff.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1913-11-07
Notice of Hearing Final Report I

Nov. z.
Notice Of Hearing Final Report Of
Guardian
In the County Court of Bryan County,
Oklahoma.
In the matter Of the guardianship of
Elizabeth Mitchell, a minor, Frank
lin A. Walden, Guardian.
Notice is hereby given that on the
14th day Of November, 1913 at 10
o'clock, A. NJ, a hearing will be had on
the final report and accounting OF
Franklin A. Walden, as guardian {
Elizabeth Mitchell, in the County
Court Room, in Durant, Oklahoma,
and said report and accounting OF
said guardian is for final settlement
at said time and place and any per-
son interested may appear and file ex-
ceptions in writing to said account on
or before said date.
]. L. RAPPoLEE, County Judge
McPherren & Cochran, Attys.
(1st insertion Oct. 80; 4th insertion
Nov. Ply
State of Oklahoma, County Of Bryan
SIS. In the District Court al
Durant.
Chas. r. Allen, Plaintiff.
VS.. No. 1895
VIM. ]. Cassidy, C. S. Maupin, Defend.
ants.
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WHENEVER YOU NEED
A GENERAL TONIC take GROVES

The Old Standard Groves Taseess chill Tonic is Equally
Valuable General Tonic because II Acts the Liver
Drives Out Malaria Enrches the Blood and Builds up
the Whole System. For Crown People and Children
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Said sale will be subject to confirm
tion by said Court, the terms OF said
sale will be cash upon delivery Of
guardians deed
Dated this the Goth day of october
1913.
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Free map by counties of Arkansas
Leslie Land Co., Leslie, Ark. Adv
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C1st insertion Oct. 81; End insertion
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1st insertion Oct. 81; 4th insertion
Nov. 2D
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
Law the Southern States By Joseph Potte ss% s%s

tn HE press of the country latterly is full of
so-called statistics and unwarranted in
terences relative to the matter of law
enforcement IN the South, as well as obedience
to and respect for the law in the same section
I am not one of those who believe that the
law is altogether as well and impartiaIy en-
forced as it might be in our State and section
or that there is such universal reverence for
the law and the courts as the welfare of the
people demands. Things might be better-yes;
but they also might be worse.
am writing this solely for the reason thatI
confess to a feeling Of some resentment and
more or less indignation at seeing my State and
section constantly exploited as the chief Of
fender against the law, and our people held in
invidious comparison with sundry foreign ma
lions.
1t is declared, for instance, that in Birming-
ham, Ala, and Atlanta, Ga, typical modern
Southern cities, far greater number Of homi-
cides is committed in single year than in
the city of London, with her seven million pop
uiation; that while in Great Britain and Can
ada 50 per cent of those indicted for murder
are convicted, less than 20 per cent are pun
ished here And the conclusion drawn is to
our very great discredit both as to law obedi-
ence and law enforcement
In making these disCreditable comparisons,
all sight is lost Of the conspicuous all-impor-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

per cent were convicted of some grade Of
homicide.
When it is remembered that it is almost
the universal practice in Georgia for grand
juries to indict one charged with murder with
out anything like thorough investigation of the
facts, 1t will not, l think, be justly contended
that this apparently small percentage of con-
victions justifes the sweeping generalization
that our people are careless and Indifferent
in the laws enforcement.
The statement above that grand juries, as
rule, prefer indictments for murder on slight
evidence, involves no criticism Of them They
usually take the view, and in my opinion 1t is
the JUST view to take. that a case of that
gravity should be investigated by the trial jury,
if there is any evidence to Justify the belief
that the defendant might probably be guilty
OF the 245 homicides tried in the Ocmul-
gee circuit in ten years, 225 were negroes and
20 were white. So 1t will be seen that of the
in round figures 100000 population in the
seven counties, two white persons per annum
were indicted for murder, or 2-7 per annum in
each county.
The white population of the seven coun-
ties is, say 10000 So it will be seen that in
this representative judicial circuit the percent
age Of homicides by white persons to the white
population is for ten years 20 out of 10000, an
average annual percentage of out Of 10000.
So after all, the record does not show that
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

our folks are so bent on murder and so thirsty
for each others blood.
1t is, of course infinitely regrettable that our
negro population occupies our courts and fills
our jails in such disproportion to their relative
numbers, but | do not believe in the justice
fairness or expediency of arraigning an entire
section because Of so unfortunate a condition,
and as a citizen Of this State and of the South
| want to deny that the record authorizes the
popular and much exploited conclusion that the
white people, the Anglo-SaXons of the South,
are one whit worse than any other peoples on
this earth, either In their respect for the law,
their obedience to the law or their fearless and
impartial enforcement of the law.
know one thing with absolute certainty, and
that is that in the counties composing the on'
mulgee Circuit. in Georgia, there is practically
a universal disposition to enforce the Law
against all lawbreakers OF every class.
In my long term of official service there have
been few verdicts of not guilty which, paru-
san prosecutor lin a sense) as / was, did
not thoroughly approve.
The much Haunted laws delays, frivolous
technicalities. easy escapes from criminal
charges, have shown themselves but little in
this representative and average circuit
believe do but simple justice 10 the jurors
the Judges and the bar of the other circuits OF
the State and throughout the South when | ex
press the opinion that, in the main, the same
condition exists there also.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

that of any conservatory girl, played ripping
opera
do you know" she remarked with her laugh
when she had finished, Il haven't seen the
notes to that opera for forty years. They were
burned then, but they seem to live in my mem
DRY. It's an old opera, called Norma and
suppose you have never heard it before. Pretty
good for an old woman, don't you thinkT'
Pretty good from any one, and doubly charm
ing as she played it. This wonderful mother
inlaw.
She played another bit of old opera.
Remember" she said, II have not said any.
thing that would do to put in the paper
have just played you a little music. Let that
do for an interview"
As an interview it did pretty well, revealing
the charm and the variety of accomplishments
and the naivete and the camaraderie of her
She was yet unconsciously to reveal another
charm-that of her youthfulness.
Everybody is very good to me- she said,
discussing the dilemma that confronts her as
to making her home with the Governor and the
Governors wife, her daughter, or with her son,
John W. Grant. Everybody is good to me,
the young people particularly. l love them"
Then she talked about Atlanta's young peo-
pie the women particularly in a way to prove
that she loved them.
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tant consideration that the criminal element in
Georgia and Alabama is made up largely of
that class of our population the members of
which VIGOROUSLY since the war, feel very
lightly the restraining influence of the laws of
Goa, of self-respect, and the laws of the land.
1t is no exaggeration to say that in both the
States named, and l do not doubt that the
rule holds good in the other Southern States,
the percentage of indictments for homicides of
negroes to whites is as So to Is.
| have lately taken the trouble to 60 over
the record, insofar my judicial circuit is
concerned, (the Ocmulgee) for the past ten
years, the period Of my incumbency Of the Of
fee Of Solicitor General Of that circuit. This
circuit, located in Middle Georgia, is, I think,
fairly typical Of the large majority of the other
Georgia circuits.
In seven of the counties composing the cir
cult 1.-THE Eighth, Hancock not being included
because until recently it belonged to an adjoin.
ing circuit, the number Of homicide indict-
ments for the past ten years has been 245, or
an average of "a IL per annum-an average
annual homicide Of, about IL to the county
The counties average, in round numbers 49,
900 population, or an average annual homicide
roll to the county of about 1-50 of l per cent.
Again, Of these 245 homicides in the period
referred to- 151 were either not tried or were
acquitted and the remainder Of "a we're con
victed, that Is; Of those indicted at least Go
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
Georgia's Most Beloved Mother-inLaw" BEST in
The Governor Frankly Azores Mrs. W. D.
Grant, Who Isn't Bit Ashamed Of Her IS
Years, Can Talk of Constitutional Law and
Yet Plays Piano With the Touch of a Girl.
By TARLEToN COLLIER.

charm of manner, her mental gifts, her bright
ness, her sweetness, all make her the most at
tracttve person 1 know"
The two frankly are lovers. Here is what
Mrs. Grant said about her son-in-law:
'He is the best son-in-law in the world. He
is good man. Nobody can know him but to
love him. He likes to have me with him"
And then she commented, self-deprecatingly {:
'As If anybody would enjoy the company Of
an old woman who is nearly seventy-ive!'
The dear lady. AS if anybody would not en-
joy her company.
She' met reporter In the hall of her home
at Peachtree and Pine Streets with a hand out
stretched in greeting, and with a gay laugh
that found its way into every word she spoke
Her dress was white, the color of her hair: her
face was surprisingly kind, her voice and her
laugh were low-toned and soft, for Mrs. Grant
is daughter of the old South.
You don't want to interview me-" she pro
tested. I'm just an old woman"
Which drew forth the declaration that she
was herself and therefore to be interviewed.
as Georgia's most beloved woman and mother
in-law.
She was reconciled to the proposition of be.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

"Now there are the people you should 60 to
for your Stories" she remarked. GO to the
girls and young matrons of Atlanta. They have
the Southern culture and refinement that girls
had fifty or seventy-fve years ago. And added
to that they have the advantages Of education
and of new thought. Worlds have been discov-
cred since / went to school, Huxley and Oar
win and great poets have lived and have done
their work. With all this, I think the Southern
girl Of to-day ought to be the most attractive
person in the world. They have had wonderful
advantages and a wonderful environment. I
think with their advantages could have writ
ten book or have done or said something
worth while"
Instead, she has become the ideal mother-in-
law. She has become hostess whose charm and
graciousness men and women Of every section
of the United States have praised warmly. She
has become beloved woman.
This wonderful mother-in-aw.
She would not dare tell what it takes to be
a perfect mother-in-law In fact she insists
that she is not that But there is the word Of
others that she is. And there is the evidence
of her own life that the prerequisites of perfect
mother-in-lawhood are independence, an infinite
variety of thought to At every mood and every
circle, the charm of graciousness and always
a smile.
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r
blessed with a mOther-in-law. And over
at the mansion, they consider her ideal
particularly does her son-in-law, who is Gov
ernor John NJ. Slaton
Atlanta society agrees with the Governor IN
his estimate of Mrs. W. D. Grant She is
CHEEKY, she is charming. The younger set holds
no party complete without her presence, for it
is plain that her soul has found the well of
eternal youth, and that she is as young and as
merry as the youngest in spite of the fact. as
she will tell you without reserve. that she is
rounding Is years
Men of affairs coming into the Slaton home
ask first Of all for Mrs. Grant She can talk
to them and can interest them about constitu
tional law or the cotton crop, or about any,
thing else as their predictions demand And
with it all, she is the most gracious lady alive.
But the attachment most marked is that
which exists between the son-inIaw and moth
er-in-law.
She is the best mother-inlaw in the world"
said Governor Slaton yesterday.
His regard for her, it is widely known-and
be will admit it-bOrders on idolatry
Nobody can know her but to love her. Her
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

she can not decide
THE Governor and my daughter have lived
with me all the time" she said, outlining the
argument that has worried her exceedingly Of
late. 1T is hard to lose them, and he likes to
have me with him"
Then her own sons invitation is alluring
He lives just next door to her, and she argues
that if she takes up her residence with him
she will not have TO close her own home
She is proud of that home and it is likely
that the last argument will win.
Isn't it a shame to close house like this?"
she said wistfully yesterday, switching on the
lights in the dainty parlor. 1--WE have made it
a home"
There was pride in her voice. Her home is
dearer to her than the prestige of the States
mansion
In the center Of the room was a quaint grand
piano. She touched it lovingly.
But don't interview me-" she said. "Sit
down, and let me play something"
She opened the piano. She did it herself
Later, when she went out she put on her rub
bers herself scorning the proffered help of a
maid, and admitted that she scorned it. indie
pendence is one of her chiefest glories
And so this lady, who insists that she is near
10 years old, opened the piano, and with a touch
as sympathetic and as varied and as true as
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

ing interviewed when informed that the subject
her son-in-law.
81 ought to know Governor Slaton," she said.
HE married my only daughter and they knew
each other as children. At the University Of
Georgia he roomed with my son, John W.
Grant and the two have been life long friends.
When 1 went to the Lagrange Female College
in 1S49, I knew his mother as a college mate,
and I boarded with two of his aunts, Miss
Rebecca and Miss Caroline Slaton."
SO the Governor is more than a relative by
marriage to his mother-in-law. And she liked
him, she said, from the very first, when he was
a little boy.
He was a good boy said his mother-in-law.
There were no cherry tree episodes nor days
OF hockey" nor anything not crcumspect that
she could recall.
And then he married her daughter, and came
to live with her in the Grant home at Peach
tree and Pine Streets. The lives of mother
in-law and son-in-law have been cast together
pretty much all the way.
Now great trial has come to Mrs Grant
Her son-in-law has become the Governor of
Georgia, and he and his wife perforce must
move into the mansion down town. The Gov
ernor is begging her daily to move with them
into the executive mansion. Her son is as ur-
gent that she make her home with him, and
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-10-23

'Whcn my lnudiady tells me tnat
anything Is good for me-" said the
hnirier. "A always recall the halcyon
days 81 my boyhood There were oc-
Daslons then when. after eating pro
fisely Of green apples or other u"ripe
vegetables. my works became disor
organized aud caused me intense dis
iress At such times my mother step
ped into the imminent deadly breach
with q remedy that was good for me
she had a Partially for SIENNA tea.
a beverage which tastes like the interi-
or % a Russian jail | had TO swallow
this auid until Il was necessary to put
hoops on me 50 | could hold Il all. aud
for several days thereafter my mother
continued to dood my insides with sen.
ma tea. always insisting that IL was
good for me. Now that | am an aged
man | love peace better than anything
else. but tn climb the frame OF any
gentleman who mentions SIENNA tea to
me Walt Mason Ia Chicago News.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-10-23

"Once when you asked for chopped
meat. said a housewife. "the butcher
cut on a chunk. hid it on a block and
chopped Il on the spot. using. one In
euch hand, a pair OF ~cleavers There
were not q few butchers who could
make ragtime music with the c~leavers
aud even suggest the classical But
u0wf
when you want chopped meat you
may hud Il ready chopped II you will
take il so But II you want some spe
cial part the butcher will cut OF a
piece Tor you. but he won't put 1t ON
the block and play you tunes on II with
a pair OF cleavers. He chucks the meat
into the hopper OF a machine. presses
an electric button. and b-z-z-z-z goes
the motor. while your chopped meat
pours out OF the spout"-New York
sun
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-10-23

A scientist who recently lnycstigut
al the causes % secular variations IN
temperature az the earth's surface
thinks that thet are more probably
due 20 chaagcs la the amount Of car
bonic .acid in the atmosphere than TO
sarlntiors 10 the heat % the sun II
the amouut Of carlAoaic acid that the
air now eoutalus was diminished a
little more than half the mean tenn
perntuvc an over the earth would. Il Is
stated drop about eight degrees
which would be sufficient 90 bring on
another glacial period On the other
hand an incresse Of carbonic acid be
tween Tvs aud three times It's present
amount would raise the mean temper
atnre fifteen DEGREES and renew the
not times OF the e0cene epoch Boston
ftukf
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-10-23

Betting Is not a crime. but Il Is not a
virtue u IA an lneradicable foible OF
human nature u is generally an un-
healthy excitement and an expensive
amusement. II Is very seldom. | think,
a real enjoyment to those WHO indulge
la n Legislation cannot stamp out
this passion. but Il need not foster Il
I have never heard of any wise aud
snectionate parents who advised and
encouraged their children TO bet-Lord
Durham to Turf Guardian Society.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-10-23

In 1897. when the dictatorship OF
Porhrio Diaz was young. writes vii.
liam Archer IN the London News. there
was am attempted rising at Vera Cruz
The governor Of t~tstAplace telegraph.
ed to DiaZ asking whether he should
shoot the conspirators and received
the economical answer. I'm caliente
st Some people argue that this
meant. III IN the heat Of action. YES "
hut who requires orders for shooting
IN the heat Of action? The plain NEAR
ing Is Ia American, Right awayrn or
In English. Without formality." So
he governor understood II. and nine
men werN '-st to.death
A Record.
English Poultry Farmer-Yes. I as
sure you the weather was so hot here
one summer that the water in the
birds drinking troughs positively
boiled. American Ditto-That's moth
ing. Why. in New Jersey we m
times have TO feed M hens on crushed
Ice to prevent them from laying hard
boiled eggs.--Iondon Home Notes.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-10-23

MIS-. Rose--Did your husband ever
nave more than n love affair? Mrs
fose-oh. only me. | believe! Mrs.
Rose-And that was when he fell in
love with your Mrs. Pose-Oh, dear.
DO! He had fallen in love with himself
long before he had met me
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-10-23

Darling" he murmured as soon as
they had been seated In the high priced
restaurant. you a haye anything
you want on the bill OF fare Shall |
read Il OF TO your
NO replied the dear girl; lust read
Il 10 the WALTER Milwaukee Daily
News.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-10-23

Some men are born great. some
achieve greatness. and some manage to
put np a s~uctesSful blu6. -Philadelphia
~ lletln
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-10-23

He cat masquerade balh-That's a
singular hooking costume you're wear
ing Whit do you representa- She
Opportunity. He Indeed. Then let
me embrace You BoSton Transcript.