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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-07-02
BOARD FINISHED THURSDAY

The County Board Of Equalization,
comprising Commissioners Nickels,
speairs. and Hultsman. and Assessor
Yeats, which has been in session oil
Of the month, closed up the show on
Thursday, the first Of July. having
completed their work. The Board
raised the assessments of more than
eight hundred taxpayers and sent
them all notices, giving them ten
day in which to appeal. and fully half
Of them appeared before the Board
to object. All the members of the
Board agree that that sort of busi-
ness is real work.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-07-02
NEGRO HELD ON TWO CHARGES

The niger, giving his name as
Tom Burnett, who was arrested at
Ardmore last week by Deputy Sheriff
McFatridge on complaint of the fell
lows wife that he had run off with
and vac living with her sister. had
an examining trial in Justice Collins
court Monday and was held over on
two serious counts. One is that Of
seduction. hisbond being placed at
$500. and the other charge rape in
the second degree. the bond in that
case being set at $1,000. The niger
could not make bond and was placed
in the county jail.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-07-02
WILL CHAIN ooNvIcTs

The County Commissioners have
about decided that hereafter they
viii put balls and chains on all tho
ccnvicts of the county road gang
who escape and are recaptured, or
who attempt to make an escape,
During the time that the gang has
been out several have escaped and
have not been caught. while others
have been caught and put back In
the gang. II is also thought that
hereafter prisoners who break away
from the gang will be PROSECUTED and
given more time.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-07-02
ASKS pAMAGEs ron sEpucrIoN

A suit was filed this week In the
district court wherein Essie Shields.
an eightenn-year-old girl living at
Utica. sues Oscar Higgins for the
sum Of $3.50 for damages as the
result of alleged seduction Plaintiff
recites that Huggins promised mar
riage and that a date had been set
for the wedding. but weather condl-
tions prevented their coming to Du-
rant to be married, and that through
the promise Of marriage Huggins
caused her ruin.
She further alleges that she is an
expectant mcfher Attorney Porter
Newman represents the plaintiff.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-07-02
S. Bonneau & Son.
Successors to j. II. Newman)
N. Second Ave. Durant, Okla.
WATER ORDINANCE
To BE REDRAFTED

The City Council, after much dis
cussion, has decided to redraft the
city water ordinance prescribing the
water rates for the city of Durant.
The matter will be taken up for set
telment at hte first meeting in July.
Teh ordinance as formerly passed
provided a meter charge of fifty
cents month, a minimum rate for
a four-room house, and extra chars
es for additional rooms, bath, lava
tory, horse, auto. and so forth, and
was met with storm of disapproval
by the water patrons. and was dsne
away with.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-07-02
20 PER CENT Off
FOR CASH

We are offering unusual bargains
in Furniture. Stoves, Carpets. Art
squares. wall paper, and kindred
lines this month TO those who pay
cash for their purchases. In our ef-
fort to turn some of our large stock
into ready money. we are offering
discounts of 20 uer cent for cash.
Many people are availing themselves
OF these unusual bargains. Why not
you?
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-07-02
MARK HALL GOING WEST

Mark Hall. who has lived in Du-
rant for about five years, the past
three of which he has been assistant
cashier of the Durant National Bank,
is preparing to leave Durant and go
to the west for his health, which has
been much. impaired the past few
months. He is offering his home and
household effects for immediate sale.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-07-02
TEXAS FEVER AT porrsBORO

Not very far from this section, in
the neighborhood of Pottsboro, Gray
son county, Texas, there has devel-
oped disease among the cattle at
that point which has caused death
to quite a number during the past
few days. 4 veterinarian has ex-
amined the animals and has pro-
nounsed the ailment to be the much
dreaded Texas fever.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-07-02
piles Cured In s to a DAYS

Your druggist will refund money II FAzo
fails TO cure any case Of Itching
Blind. Bleeding Protruding Piles in 6to IL days
fhe first application gives Ease and Rest. Soc
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-07-02
ASSESSMENTS RAISED 81, 200. 900

II is thought by members OF the
Board OF Equalization that the many
raises to which the Board subjected
much real and personal property in
the county will increase the county's
valuation by more than million dol
lars. The assessors force Is busy
this week running up the totals. and
the valuations OF the county will be
known by the first Of next week.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-07-02
WEATHER FORECAST

The U. s. Weather Bureau
at Washington predicts the
following conditions for the
week commencing June so
Fair weather with moderate
ly high temperature probable.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-07-02

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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-07-02

Oliver Typewriter, second hand.
but in fine condition, for sale at a
low price and on easy terms to reli-
able party. u. M. Evans.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-07-02

Clean white cotton rags wanted
at the News office.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-25

wives. l thank the soldiers of 81 who
saved the nation born in '76, and I
thank the mothers who bore the first
cost of that war and who pay in tears
and anguish the awful debt Of all wars.
l thank the brave pioneers who cleared
the forests, broke the lands, and made
the empire of civilization speed on
ward in its westward course, and
devoutly thank those great-souled
women and wives who stood by their
sides and cheered them on.
I thank all the great explorers, the
grave adventurers, the patient search
ers for truth, the noble pioneers in
the spread and development of intel
lectual liberty I thank the men who
died for this liberty whether ON the
blood-stained fields of battle, under the
axe, the knife of the guillotine or by
the gallows ropes, or whether in dun
geons or foul prisons. thank Buddha
for his grand words fro the human
race when he said:
Never will I seek or receive pr1-
vate or individual salvation; never will
I enter into final peace alone; but for
ever and ever, and everywhere l will
live and strive for the universal re-
demption of every creature throughout
all the worlds"
l thank every teacher Of truth from
every race and every land
l thank the great poets and drama
fists. I thank Shakespeare for uttering
the grandest words that ever fell from
mortal lips, "None can be called de-
formed but the unkind." l thank Aes-
chylus. Sophocles and Euripides: Ho-
mer; Plato, Socrates thank all the
great artists and novelists and all
those who by touch of nature make
us kin-all of those great men of ge-
MUS who make us forget our sorrows
by sowing the seeds of mirth and good
cheer on earth
thank Dickens for his Little Nell"
and Paul Dombey" and Tiny Tim"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-25
ADDRESSES
MOOSE FRATERNITY

"The Virtues Of F'raternalism," was
the subject of the address of Frank
T. Strayer at the reception of the
members Of the Moose lodge and their
families at the club rooms last even
ing.
Equality is the basis of fraternal
ism," said Mr.. Strayer When equality
rules there is no chance for pecuniary
profit for the same spirit underlies
equality as underlies the principles Of
Christ"
A brief history of the Moose lodge
founded in 1888 by a physician of Lou
isville, KY, was then given. Until 1906
the lodge was merely a social club and
had only 246 members. In that year,
James Davis. an ambitious lodge man,
came to the front and began the or
ganization of local lodges affiliated
with the mother lodge at Louisville.
Following Mr.. Strayer's talk Mrs.
Charles z. Hayes entertained with
several piano selections and reading,
by Harold Clements Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Sutton also took part
in the program with an instrumental
duet. Dancing, cards and refresh
ments were enjoyed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-25

and the immortal "Pickwick" and
Sam Weller" thank all Of the
great novelists Of every race and land.
1 thank George Eliot for her Choir In
visible" I devoutly thank this great
woman for these words:
"Oh may join the choir invisible
OF those immortal dead who live again
In minds made better by their pres
ence; live
In pulses stirred to generosity.
In deeds of daring rectitude. in scorn
For miserable aims that end In self,
In thoughts sublime that pierce the
night like stars.
And with their mild persistence urge
mans search
To vaster issues"
thank her for these winged words
Of woman's sympathy:
May I be to other souls the cup Of
strength in some great agony, and be-
get the smiles that have no cruelty"
I am thankful for life. for sun. moon.
tree. flower, bird. harmony, music; for
mother. sister, brother. wife; for
sweet memories Of them; for love. gen.
tie words. caresses; for friends who
are bound with hooks of steel; for
books. pictures; for DIVINE songs and
gifted singers: for the brave soldiers
who pressed to the front and fell un-
named and unknown. I thank the men
and women who sent a ray Of light to
the foul prisons Of earth. thank Bud
dha who said. Il pray thee to have pity
on the virtuous by making them So"
thank Lincoln for breaking the
chains from the bodies Of men. I thank
Darwin for destroying the phantoms
Of the soul. 10 remove the shackles
from the bodies Of slaves is great. To
snap asunder the bonds Of superstition
and fiji the world with Intellectual
light is grand. Thanks to all the great
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-25
:'!'spRE EAvE TURKEY
SERVED At MISSION

Turkey, Dressing, Sweet Potatoes,
Irish Potatoes, Pickles, Slaw, Gran
berries, Jelly, Bread and Butter, Pie
Apples, Coffee or Milk.
ITS a real turkey, too," said one
small boy as he surrounded a nicely
Drowned drum stick at the annual din
ner given in honor of the children and
the members OF the Sunday School of
the North Fourteenth street mission.
The above menu was served to
about 200 persons this noon, includ-
ing about SO children who had been
called in from the streets. Other
wise, they would not have enjoyed a
Thanksgiving dinner. No trouble was
spared by the committee of which
Miss Alice Newman and Mrs. Alice
Ebling were in charge. There was
plenty to eat for all. The table was
laid for $50 people and fifty more
than had been expected, were later in
vited and provision made for them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-25
ABE MARTINS BOOK
SERVES AS "T0NIC"
FOR HC0SIER FOLKS

In the good old spring time people
are accustomed to dose themselves
with sassafras tea and other things
vegetable. credited with some myste-
rious medicinal properties, to get
themselves toned up" the better to
grapple with life's duties. The toning-
up process is nowadays carried into
the fall and early winter. but instead
of sassafras tea a big dose of ABE
Martins Sayings" is the remedy and
its popularity increases as the spring
tonic stuff Is on the wane. To forget
that there is a great war abroad;
that times are not what they used
to be-" and to get yourself into proper
shape to get clear perspective of life
and it's joys, there is nothing half so
effective as two hours with Abe and
his homely philosophy.
This Christmas season brings in
Hubbards best effort Looking back
over a period of seven or eight years
of annual Abe Martin offerings, one
wonders that Mr.. Hubbard's we'll of
humor never las gone dry. Instead it
has increased in volume and has be-
come richer with age. Mr.. Hubbard
this year, in addition to the bits Of
philosophy from the lips OF Abe him
self, supplements his book with a Sc
ries of biographical sketches of "un-
successful people" as taken from the
columns of the Bloom Center Week
ly S2:phorn," and penned by that emil
nent journalist, Hon. Gale Fluhart. A
great deal of the inside" of the lives
of such pe-sonages as Alex Newton,
Miss Bonnie Grimes, Elmer Titus,
Schuyler Virgins and other we'll
known characters in Abe Martins
Brown county life is placed under the
dazzling spot light and the series as a
whole represents some of the very
best humor of the day
1t would hardly be proper to say that
in this Christmas book Mr. Hubbard
has reached the height of his fame as
a humorist, for this has been said in
past years, and he always game back
the next year on a higher rung of
the ladder of fame. However, Abe
Martin for Christmas, 1915, is SO far
ahead and SO unlike any similar offer
ing from the pen Of any American
writer. that 1t promises to surpass
even the circulation of books gone be-
fore. The volume is nifty ard attrac-
tive in appearance. is profusely illus
trated by Mr.. Hubbard himself and
is the ideal gift book of Hoosierdom
1t will be on sale in bookstores within
a few days, the first advance copy
coming to the Palladium this week
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-25
~ EDGAR ILlFF,

AS we stand today upon the thres-
hold Of the twentieth century, looking
back upon mans struggles, martyrdom
and achievements from the earliest
ages to now, we should be thankful.
/, for one, am thankful for woman,
who was the mother of all the arts
and comforts, and all the elements of
a higher and nobler life. I am thankful
that she domesticated animals, planted
the seeds of fruit, flower and vine,
turned the skins of animals into raj.
ment, wove useful things OF the rush
es of the brook, and fashioned from
the common clay of earth vessels Of
utility and beauty. am thankful that
she is no longer looked upon az an an
mex OF man and the second thought
OF the Creator. for she has proved that
she was the first potter, the first weav-
er. the first florist. the first gardener.
the first breeder and tanner of animals,
the first agriculturist. the originator Of
language, the very mother OF all good
The man was the getter Of animal food
and he lived to kill. He killed game
and then had to kill men to keep his
food for women and child.
When woman, in the earliest devel-
opment of society, covered her babe
with the grass and sheltered It under
the whispering leaves above; when she
listened to its prattle and tried to tell
1t her mothers love, she made home
and language, and I am profoundly
thankful for that. Language sprang
from love trying to utter its passions,
its longings, it's hopes and fears.
thank the man who first spoke gen.
tie and tender words to the woman
who cared for him, who bore him
children, who made his home a haven
and fort of refuge. l thank the wom-
en- OF all ages and all races and all
lands who stood by men and gave them
courage and hope and inspired in the
fierce battles Of life. I thank the he
roes of 1776 and their noble and brave
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-25
EAGLES NOMINATE
LIST OF CANDIDATES

Nominations preliminary to the an
nual election of officers which will be
held on December l, were made last
night by approximately $50 members
Of the Fraternal Order of Eagles,
Wayne Aerie. No. 666 who met in
their hall on South Seventh street
Following are the nominations: Wor-
thy president, Charles Ashenfelter;
worthy vice-president, Frank Quigley;
chaplain. Louis Essenmacker. John A..
Reed and Otto Louck; secretary, Au-
gust Johanning; treasurer, Henry
Schroeder; inner guard. Charles Do
ner: outer guard, William Nicholson:
trustees 1.-TWO to elect) Charles Ew-
bank. William Cook, Horace From
she'll Frank Haller and Ed. N. Will
son; physicians 1.-TWO to elect) w. W..
Zimmerman, J. ]. Grovenor. S. G..
Smelser and NJ. S. Bulla.
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Liberators Of Men Of every race and
land.
I thank the men and women who
put animals and their rights ON the
statute books OF every civilized coun.
try today. ! thank those who have
emphasized the rights Of children. the
rights OF women, the liberty Of man,
woman and child. I thank those brave
for the dignity and honor of working.
men.
I thank that great mind voltaire,
who said the time would come when
the blouse Of the plowman and the
coat Of the laborer would be n sacred
as the robes of tho king or the GOWN
Of the priest
I thank all the great teachers Who
have taught us to love justice. to long
for right. to pity the suffering, to n.
sist the weak. to forget wrongs and
rememb>: benefits. to love the truth,
to be sincere, to love wife and child
and friend. to love the beautiful and
nature. to fill life with the splendor
OF generous acts and the warmth OF
loving words-who taught US to Dc.
stroy prejudice and to welcome light
nom every source.
I thank all the noble women Of this
earth. who through their love for splen.
did men. have painted all the great
pictures. carved all the sublime stat
ues. sung all the sweetest songs, com.
posed all the grandest symphonies. die
tated all the great books. won all the
great battles. dreamed all the great
poems. and filled the earth with beau.
ty and Joy. thank the Universal
Mind and the Eternal One for this
great truth. that It IL only when man
feels the divine presence Of the wom-
an who loves and discovery him, leads
and sympathizes with him. and ID
touched with her greatest gfft. under.
standing. that he does his best work.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-25
BRIDGE LEADS
union SERVICE
WITH SERMON
Praises President Wilson's
Untiring and Successful
Efforts to Keep United
States at Peace.

Excerpts from the sermon delivered
by tho Rev. U. 3. "A. Bridge at. the
union Thanksgiving service in East
Main Street Friends church this morn.
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"Praise Is a higher spiritual exercise
than prayer. Prayer expresses a sense
Of need. but praise implies only the
honor which is due the Lord. No day
has ever been so dark, believers
have never been SO completely swept
from the earth, but in the cleft of some
mountains, in garret or basement Of
some house. some child of God found
words which fittingly expressed the
sentiment OF his soul.
1--WE are in the season when men are
invited to give thanks to Almighty
God. His benefits are numerous. We
are in the midst of unusual material
prosperity. The fields have yielded
their increase. The trees have been
burdened with fruit and flocks and
herds have covered the hills. There
has been an increased movement Of
the articles Of commerce and bank
accounts have grown. To the Lord of
the harvest who has permitted it, we
are indebted. The increased popu-
larity OF civic righteousness Is not one
Of the least, but one OF the greatest
benefits from the hand Of the Lord.
Laws are being enforced, punish
ment is being meted out to those
higher up as we'll as to subordinates.
THE attitude Of the churches. the
press and political parties is 50 de-
cidedly friendly that their cooperation
is rapidly converting theory into prac-
tice.
'In this awful day when a large part
of the civilized world is in war, our
Lord has blessed us with continued
peace. For a time like this he has
called to the presidential chair q
Christian statesman. Woodrow Wilson.
Under God. his indomitable will and
skill, supported by the Christian spirit
and good hard sense Of Americans,
who know no hyphen. and who are
Americans first, last and all the time,
the United States has kept out Of this
conflict and continues to be at peace
with all the world. So long as these
Americans, lead by their great leader,
are not outnumbered by those who
think first Of some foreign country,
and the devils Of jingoism. plots and
conspiracies, they will keep the United
States out Of the worlds most terrible
catastrophe"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-25
NATIONS EXECUTIVE
PRAISED BY HOWARD

Five particular reasons why the
United States as a nation should be
thankful this year on Thanksgiving
Day were given by the Rev. E. G.
Howard before a congregational meet.
ing at special services at 1920 o'clock
this morning in the First English Lu.
theran church.
The reasons were the preservation
Of the nations life in the midst Of the
disaster wrought by the European en-
broglio, the progress OF the nation dur
ing the last twelve months as shown
in two instances in the completion of
the Panama Canal and the wireless
telephone. the plentitude of the har-
vests in the land, the peace of the ma
tion since the threatened conflict with
Mexico has apparently been averted
and skilled diplomacy is averting
war with European bellisents and
fifth the possibilities of the nation S
usefulness demonstrated in the allevi
alton of suffering abroad and develop.
ment of foreign commerce. especially
with the South American states.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-25
SEEKS C0L0RS
OF INDIANA MOONLIGHT

Under the heading, Indiana Artist
Discovers Dozen of Colors in the
Moon," the Chicago Journal prints an
article concerning Charles II. Claw
son, an artist, of this city. 1t is as fol-
lows:
How many colors are there in the
moonlight? One Indiana youth says
there are more than dozen. He has
found silver and blue and the green
Of absinthe in the night light that
shimmers over the Indiana hills and
the tints of its shadows, he declares,
are legion.
The youth is Charles Howard Claw
son and he is affiliated with the group
OF artists known as the Richmond
school, men who have found in the
prairies and hills of the Middle West
beauties that neither the Rhine coun-
try nor the lowlands OF Picardy, Can
ada, rival.
Among the men who make their
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-25

homes here part of every year are
J. E. Bundy, J. A Seaford, and young
Clawson was the acolyte of the group
Now art enthusiasts who have seen his
exhibition at the Barrere art gallery
say in time he may become a master.
'On many a night when the moon is
full, Clawson tricks over the hills and
through the valleys, near Richmond,
in search for sketches. He paints in
the daytime, too, sometimes, but he
believes in the moonlight he has found
Indiana at her best.
Most of Clawson's pictures are
done in pastel, water color or crayon:
frequently he uses all three in a single
picture. Only occasionally does he re-
sort to the heavier medium of oil.
But it is with the crayon and pas
tel that he achieves his best work. par
ticularly in the night mists. that mark
many Of his pictures. In the Barrere
exhibit there are about forty pictures. y