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The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-28
BOTH CLARKE AND
 KIRBY CLAIM VICTORY
One of Closest Racest in History of Arkansas Politics. Latest Re- turns Give Clarke lead. Off,
 cial Count Monday

As the last belated returns of We'd nesday's democratic state primary election are coming in it seems certain that the official count will be neces- sary to determine whether James P. Clarke was renominated for the Unit ed States senate or met defeat at the hands of Associate Justice William F. Kirby. The Arkansas Gazette's six o'clock count shows that of a to- tai of 1l3,963 votes counted, Senator Clarke had a lead of 735. The fig ures are: Clarke, 57,359; Kirby, 56, GA.
 1t Is one of the clostest races in the history of Arkansas politics. About three hundred precincts still remain to be heard from, but they are all small county townships which will poll a light vote.
 It is believed that less than seven thousand votes are unaccounted for According to the rules of the demo- cratic party, the central committees of each county must meet on Monday to canvass the vote; the county com mittee must then notify the secretary of state central committee in Little Rock as to the result within five days. The present outlook is that the result will not be known positively until late Monday night and possibly not even then. Both candidates are claiming victory Senator Clarke says he has won by at least 4,O0O ma jority and Justice Kirby says he has won by a majority of between 4,O0O land 6,0O0 votes.
 Contest May Follow Election
 If the vote by which the winner in the United States senatorial contest is not decisive when official returns shall have been made; if there should be less than 5000 difference between the respective votes accorded the can didates, Arkansas may see another contest before the state democratic central committee.
 This information or prediction does not emanate from the camps of the rival candidates because with each claiming the victory for hours after the close of the polls neither was will ing to admit the possibility of con- test as far as he was concerned.
 Among the state political leaders who gathered in Little Rock during and immediately after the election, it was deplored repeatedly that the election did not go more sweepingly for one candidate or the other so as to obviate possibility of contest.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-28
Slang in the White House.
Popular Magazine.

Popular Magazine.
 President Wilson's ability to evade the questions of newspaper men is the dspair of the profession. He never refuses to answer queries, but he is 80 expert as a verbal fencer that he can answer all day without giving the information the writers want.
 On one occasion when he was sur rounded by host of the correspon- dents at the White House, he was ask ed question by Matthew F. Tighe, who, as a cross-examiner of public officials, is a wonder.
 As to that replied the President mllmgy, "in the vernacular of the uay, you can search me-"
 There are times, Mir. President" :" sad Tighe wistfully, when I wish I could"
The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-28
MAKING BACON IN GEORGIA

Washington, D. C., March 28.-The Southern States at one time years ago produced large numbers of hogs and cured practically all of the bacon nec- essary to feed the people. At the present time the same cannot be said of a single southern State and of but few counties in any of these States There is one county in Georgia, how ever, that is showing others what can be done in raising hogs. Brooks county holds the distinction of produc- ing and selling more bacon than any other county in Georgia Recently, I22 wagon loads of cured bacon were delivered at Quitman in one day. This amounted to 45,O00 pounds.
 Last year Brooks county raised the meat necessary for home consumption shipped out several carloads of hogs and in addition sold 150,000 pounds of bacon at an average price of IA cents pound. This year it is esti- mated that Brooks County will sell 250000 pounds of bacon in addition to what is needed for home consump- tion, and the large numbers of hogs shipped to the markets. About 1000 head of fat cattle will also be market ed from the county. The raising of live stock has not been accomplished at sacrifice of other crops. but has been produced in addition to the regu- lar crops, with the result that those who have taken up this line of work are becoming the leading and the most prosperous farmers in the coun- ty. The cash receipts for the live stock and bacon sold from the county is near $1OO,OOO.
 What is being done in Brooks county it is believed could be done in every county in the South. This would put the farmer on better f. nancial footing because he would not be dependent upon cotton as his sole cash crop. Bacon can be made a most profitable cash crop which can be marketed in early spring when farm CTS are so often in need of ready money.
 The boys of Brooks County have manifested great interest in the or ganization of pig clubs and an exceed ingly creditable exhibit will probably i he made hv tho hovc at tho cCun+y fo in the fall.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-28
TWO COMPANIES TO
 BE MUSTERED IN

Formal orders have been issued by the headquarters of the State Guard mastering in the following companies:
 Piggott. Go. L., 1st. Reg, Capt. George M. Gilbert, First Lieutenant Charles Gilbert, Second Lieutenant Birt Wheeler.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-28
Will Take Off, ciaI Count to De-
 eide Contest

Special to the News:
 Little Rock, March 2S (3:15 P. M.)-Returns received here today show very little change in senatorial contest and the miss ing counties will hardly report until Monday when the votes will be canvasSed.
 Both candidates, Clarke and Kirby still claim small ma iOri- ties.
 Rogers claims good lead over Cook for superintendent of pub lie instructions while it is almost certain that COffman has defeat ed Mccain for state auditor.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-28

The Mexican situation still remains Mexican.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-28

Go. to church tomorrow.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-28

NOtice-The Nevada County Farm CTS Union will meet with Brushy Creek Local the 9th and 10th of April. Let each local take notice as there is important business.-J. r. Otwell, president; F. M. Woosley, secretary.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-28
OLD LINE COMPANY
 GRANTED LICENSE

The State Insurance Department has granted license to the Old Colony Life Insurance Co., of Chicago, and the Hamburg Assurance Fire Insurance Company of Hamburg, Germany. The Old Colony has no state agent yet, The fire company is represented by Mutzenbecher X Ballard of New York.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-28
TEACHERS TO MEET
 WITH GOVERNOR

A meeting of the Teachers Commit tee of the University of Arkansas will be held with the Governor April 1. upon call of the chairman, George B. Cook. This meeting will be to con slider preliminaries for the election of the teachers for 19l4-15 to be held probably in May.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-28
MAY BE
 THROWN IN CONVENTION

The vote for the United States Sen ator is so close that many are predict ing the nomination will be thrown into the convention Neither side has yet conceded defeat, but Senator Clarke and Judge Kirby both express in their success.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-28

An exchange suggests that John Lind can be silent in two languages after he learns Spanish. Perhaps John will be so infatuated with the Spanish tongue that he will learn to talk after he learns it.
 Subscribe for the Daily News.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-28
Three Killed; One Fatally
 Wounded Fighting Today

Special to the News;
 Little Rock. March 2S.(3:15 p M)-Reports were received in this city this afternoon of the Killing of John Church, Francis McCuin and G. w. Hart, also that Mrs. Church was fataly wounded in a fight over govern ment land at NagO, Pope county.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-28
FAYETTEVILLE COMPANY.
 SURRENDERS CHARTER

The Nesbit McMillian Furniture Co.,, of Fayetteville, has surrendered it's charter. The F. E. c. U. of A. Mercantile Exchange of Center Ridge, J. F, Halbrook, president, has in- creased it's capital stock from $5000 to S20,0OO
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-07-10

Court Of Choctaw County, state Of
Oklahoma, made on the 23rd day OF
June, 1914. the undersigned will
sell at public auction at the front
door Of the Court House IN the city
of Hugo, Choctaw County. Oklahoma,
between legal hours. on the 18th day
of July, 1914, all the right, title, in
terest and estate Of The said Fleny
Sharkey, Lamos Sharkey, and Mar
garet Sharkey in and to the follow
ing. described real estate, located in
both Choctaw and Bryan counties,
Oklahoma, to-wit:
NJ Of SW4 Of SEA of Section IS,
and SW4 of NW4 and W. of SEA OF
Nw4 and NE4 of SEA Of Nw4 and
Nw4 of SW4 Of Section %, Town
ship Z South, Range 10 East, being
portion of the allotment Of Impson
Sharkey. deceased. 0U
Also the following described real
estate located in Carter county, Ok
lahoma, to-wit:
So Of NE4 Of SEA and SEA Of SEA
and E2 of sw4 OF SEA and SW4 Of
sw4 OF SEA and SEA Of SEA OF SW4
OF Section /, and NE4 of NE4 OF
NE4 Of Section 12, and SEA Of NE4
OF sW4 and W. of NE4 of Sw4 and
E2 Of NW4 Of SW4 and NJ Of SEA
OF sW4 and Sw4 of SEA OF sW4 and
NE4 Of sw4 OF Sw4 CT Section /, all
I in Township South, Range West,
being the allotment of Lula Belle
Sharkey, deceased.
Said sale will be eubject to con-
firmation by said Court.
The terms Of sale will be cash
ipon delivery Of the guardians deed.
Dated this 2Srd day Of June, 1914.
WILLIAM JOSEPH,
Guardian.
Stewart & Mcdonald. Hugo, Ok
lahoma. Attorneys for Guardian.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-07-10
And For Three Summers Mrs. Vim
csnt Vas Unable to Attend to
~ Any Of Her Housework. 4 I

Pleasant Hill. N. c.-"l suffered for
three summers, I writes Mrs. Walter
Vincent. Of this town, "and the third and
last time, was my worst.
i had dreadful nervous headaches and
prostration, and was scarcely able TO
walk about. Could not do any Of my
housework.
I also had dreadful pains in my back
and sides and when one Of those weak,
sinking spells would come on me.
would have to give up and lie down
Until Il wore off.
was certainly In a dreadful state o
health. when finally decided to try
carduL the woman's tonic, and ilrml,
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-07-10
Copyrighted

By A. M. Durroughs

Knowing the amount OF money
originally invested. the average
amount Of stock on hand and the
total amount Of times he has turned
his capital without reference to the
amount of the gross business.
Whether he has turned ~ at prof
Il each time is another matter.
Ivs have purchased $4,000 worth
of goods. Our stock averaged S5,-
900. Our original Investment was
$4,000.
We have re-invested our money
six times. We still have the same
amount OF stock we had in the be-
ginning. So we have invested our
capital six times.
The hardware man who has &c.,
600 worth Of stock when he takes
his inventory needs to know the
amount Of the purchases and the
average stock on hand to arrive at
the number of his turnovers.
Whep he tries to figure the mum
Der of turnovers on the gross bust
ness. he must allow for the profit
on each turn of his capital before he
can know the number Of turnovers
He is working without a starting
point.
If he knew the amount OF the
purchases and the average amount
of stock on hand. It would be an
easy matter to see that he has re
invested the amount represented by
his stock a certain number of times
Suppose you had a gross business
of $40. had stock on hand worth 81
and knew that you averaged 81
worth OF stock during any giver
period, how many times would yor
have turned the stock Investment
of 81?
Most retailers would jump to th'
conclusion that you had turned 1
ten times.
Now, let's see. Suppose you mad,
so per cent gross profit (based OF
selling price) at each turnover. Eff
ty per cent of $40 is IS. so your to
tai stock investment represented il
the $40 gross business was onl.
IS.
You turn your capital once whel
you sell all the goods you hav
bought, regardless of the price a
which the goods are sold.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-07-10
Farm Notes Of Interest to All
(FrOm Farm and Ranch.)

my cows; keep them we'll Uttered.
The manure is good pay for my trou-
Bile, and the shelters are very con-
venient and comfortable, essential
in cold, rainy weather.
I milk from three to five cows
twice day, which is some trouble,
but / find 1t pays to milk twice a
day. 1 strain my mornings milk in
large buckets or pans and strain my
evenings milk into the churns and
skim or pour my mornings milk in
churns with evenings milk.
use a flour sack to strain milk,
as do not like a wire strainer. They
are too much trouble to keep sani-
tary and with the sack you can wash
and scald 1t with so much less trou-
BILE and can get fresh one every day
or'so. have wire stretcher on my
back porch to hang them on, where
they can get the sunshine and air
In cold weather put the churnS
round the fire at night and they are
generally ready to churn by mornig
Don't get them too hot, as the but
ter will not be nice; 1t will be white
land puffy. / never use coloring In
my butter If 1t is not nice and firm
will not sell it at all. chprn by
hand in the old fashioned way. as
have never seen patented churr
that l liked. | take the butter ou
of the milk and wash all the mill
out l can, salt and set away unit
next day, then work 1t again and
lmold that intend to sell and wraI
in good butter paper. l use thu
square one-pound mold as you car
pack them SO much better than th'
round ones. / then empty my mill
vessels and put them out on th'
porch to sun. as think plenty Of ali
and sunshine help to make good but
ter.
AS made a nice lot Of butter
decided l would sell some liv'
five miles from town and / coult
only sell for few months through
the winter and then take 1t In trad
would have to take just what th'
merchant happened TO have, wheth
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-07-10

business is a tank OF profits
Capital is myriad Of sponges The
sponges should be constantly put
into the tank, one at dime, then
taken and squeezed dry"
A shoe dealer bought ten pairs Of
shoes at 50 a pair and sold them at
SO a pair, costing him $40 and sell
ling for $3O He turned his cap
ital once, at 3s 1-S per cent profit
on the selling price.
An implement dealer bought y
wheelbarrow at 50 and sold it for
SO. Then he bought and sold an
other and another and another un-
til he had sold ten, costing $40 and
selling for $50.
He turned his capital ten times,
at 33 1-3 per cent on the selling
price at each turn.
One merchant makes 33 1-3 per
cent on his Investment. The other
makes 333 1-3 per cent. gross. The
difference is that one man invests
$40 once. The other man invests
so ten times Both do gross
business OF $50.
II both had $40 at the start the
Implement dealer could have in
vested his other SIS in dozen
other items. BY the time the shoe
dealer had sold his whole ten pairs
of shoes the implement dealer would
have sold ten each of the otner
twelve items.
Capital is turned once when II Is
invested in stock and all the stock
is sold.
In practice this becomes very
complicated, because a part of the
capital invested is released almost
Immediately and put back into ad
ditional stock.
This has tho apparent effect, OF
the books. OF increasing tho invest
ment. The purchase rerords show
stock purchases very much in ex
cess OF the capital invested Salei
records show however, that thi
stock has been sold.
A dry goods man doing 100000
business per year on $4,000 in
vestment. for instance, probabl!
puts 100000 to $4,000 into stool
that is. re-invests his $10.00l
capital from six to seven times.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-07-10

Feeding Cows and Marketing Butter.
The first thing essential in but
ter-making on the farm is to have
cows that will give rich milk and be-
ing particularly fond of nice good
butter and liking to work with it
made me appreciate good COWS.
got some half Jerseys, which were
better than anything had ever had,
and that encouraged me to think IL
half-breeds were good, higher grades
would be better. Not being able to
buy full-blood stuff, the only thing
for me to do was to breed up and
Lave my best for breeders and now
have full-bloods and about as good
as you usually find on an East Tex
as farm.
The next thing was to have some
thing for them TO eat and as Bermu-
da grass grows we'll hecn and had
some little patches of 1t on. my place
9 fenced it off and planted more. I
rsst cut up my farm, into fields. The
fui, plant n cotton ran let my
cows go In almost through April,
which saves my Bermuda and gives
IL good start in the spring. Then l
plant corn and peas early so / can
usually gather the last of August or
first Of September, so that gives me
an early fall pasture. The thing to
do Is to try to have fresh pasture
when they eat one out.
plant patches of sorghum close
around the barn to be convenient to
feed green when the pastures begin
to fail. sell my cotton seed and
buy meal and hulls. find 1t pays
me to do so. as the COWS do better
on IL than seed. feed eornmeal and
bran with meal and hulls through
the winter. feed each COW one
half gallon bran, one-half gallon
cornmeal, two pounds of cotton seed
meal, with what hulls they will eat
up once day, and some Bermuda
hay. fixed my pasture so l could
have the mower run over it to keep
the weeds down. as most weeds give
the milk and butter bad taste and
odor. have shelters and stalls for
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-07-10
COULD SCARCELY
WALK ABOUT

believe would have died Il hadn't
taken it.
After | began taking cardui. was
greatly helped, and all three bottles re-
lieved me entirely.
! tattened up, and grew so much
stronger in three months, ! felt like an
other person altogether"
Cardui is purely vegetable and gentle
acting. Its ingredients have a mild. tonic
effect, on the womanly constitution.
Cardui makes for increased strength,
improves the appetite. tones up the ner-
vous system, and helps TO make pale,
sallow cheeks, fresh and rosy.
Cardui has helped more than million
weak women, during the past so years.
II will surely do for you, what it has
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Write 10: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladies Ad-
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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-07-10
VOTERS or CITY MUST REGISTER
To Vote At August Election-BoolSi
Now Open-Will Close July 25th

NOM OU0h-- w III (AO1O VhAJ NfDAha
The registration books are now in
the hands of the inspectors of the
various wards and all those who ex-
pect to vote the next two years
must got certificate of registration
before Saturday, night, July 25th,
the last day.
The election laws Of Oklahoma.
require that all persons oil Lawful
age in cities OF first class must reg
lister, and also sets a time for reg
istration. Any one can register who
has been in the state one year, the
county six months and the precinct
80 days.
Women are allowed to register.
but can only vote at school elections.
Below we give list of the places
where you can register. also the
boundaries of the four wards of the
city of Durant:
Ward No. embraces all territory
east of the NJ. X. & t. railway, w
\ A. Keithley, inspector. M
l w dlO w. q avs al ttNAAeCA =
west of the Katy railroad to the east
side Of Fourth avenue, Jas. A. Gull
bersch, inspector. Books will be
found at the sheriff's office in the
court house.
Ward No. embraces all territory
west of Fourth avenue. to the east
side of Ninth avenue, w. e. Haynes
inspector. Books will be found at ]
d. Haynes dry goods store, on MAR
street.
Ward No. 4 embraces all territor!
west of Ninth avenue to the cit!
limits, Wade Daugherty, inspector
Books will be found at the Red Tol
store.\
We urge upon every voter the ab
solute necessity of registering ant
that at once. No one should della.
the matter. for you may be calle'
out OF the city. Durant must hav'
full registration. Go and register a
once and become qualified.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-07-10


insertion, July IT. 1914)
No. 1888.
Treasury Department.-Office OF
the Comptroller OF the Currency
Washington, D. c.. May 8. 1914.-
WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence
presented to the undersigned, it has
been made to appear that "THE
STATE NATIONAL BANK OF DU-
RANT" in the City of Durant, in the
County of Bryan and the State OF
Oklahoma, has complied with all the
provisions of the statutes of the
United States, required to be COM
piled with before an association
shall be authorized to commence the
business of banking;
NOW THEREFORE,, I, John Skel-
ton Williams, Comptroller of the
Currency, do hereby certify that
"THE STATE NATIONAL BANK
OF DURANT" in the City of Durant.
in the County of Bryan and State of
Oklahoma, is authorized to COM
mence the business Of banking as
provided in Section Fifty-one hun
and sixty-nine OF the Revised Stat
utes of the United States. IN TES-
TIMoNY WHEREOF witness my
hand and seal of office this eighth
day of May. 1914.
JOHN SHELTON WILLIAMS,
1 [Seall Comptroller OF the Currency.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-07-10
(1st insertion June 26; 4th inser-
tion July 17.)
WARNING ORDER.
STATE OF OKLAHOMA,

STATE OF OKLAHOMA,
County of Bryan.
In District Court. October Term,
1914. No. 1881.
w. w. Hulon, plaintiff, VS.. Char
ley Brown, defendant.
The defendant, Charley Brown, is
hereby notified that he has been
sued by w. w. Hulon, and must ans
wer the petition filed by the plain
tiff on or before the Sth day of Aug
ust, 1914. or the petition will be
taken as true anu Judgment for
$4,000 together with interest al
the rate of 10 per cent per aunum
from June 1st. 1914, will be render
ed accordingly.
Witness my official signature and
seal this the 22nd day of June, 1914.
(SeaD' w. A. JONES,
Clerk of the District Court.
BY Richard Nicolds, Deputy.
Utterback & Mcdonald, Attorneys
for plaintiff.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-07-10
ORDER FOR HEARING PETITION
TO SELL REAL ESTATE.

III SELL REAL ESIAIHs
The petition Of James d. Keirsey,
as the duly appointed, qualified and
acting guardian OF the persons and
estates Of the above named minors
having been presented to this court
praying for an order to be made au-
thorizing said guardian to sell the
interest of the said minors in and
to the real estate described in said
petition. at private sale;
And It appearing to the Court
from the said petition that It Is
necessary to sell the said interest of
the said minors in and to the said
real estate for the purposes and rea-
sons mentioned in said petition
therefore. said petition will be filed
herein and a time appointed for
hearing the same.
And 4 Is ordered by the Court
that the S1st day Of July, A. d. 1914
at the hour Of ten o'clock a. m. OF
said date. be and the same is hereby
appointed as the time when all per
sons interested In the said minors oil
their estates are directed and re
quired to appear before this Court
at the County Court room in the
City Of Durant, Bryan County, Ok
lahoma, and show cause why al
order should not be granted to the
said guardian to sell the interest oi
the said minors in and to the said
real estate.
It Is further ordered that due and
legal notice OF the hearing on this
petition be given as required by law
Dated this the End day Of July
A. d. 1914.
]. L. RAPPOLEE,
(Seal) County Judge.
Utterback & Mcdonald, Attorney
for Guardian.