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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-30
SMALL FIRE.

The fire department was called out
at midnight Friday to extinguish a
fire at the rear of the Model and
England & Sons grocery. The coal
box at the rear of the Model was
found to be ablaze, and had not the
alarm gone in when it did. it is like
ly that serious fire would have got
ten under way.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-30
ROOSEVELT DECLINED
PROGRESSIVE NOMINATION

Roosevelt definately and publicly
declined the Progressive nomination
for president Monday and announced
his intention to support the regular
republican nominee, Justice Hughes,
for the presidency. He saye that the
nomination of Mr.. Hughes is the best
thing for the united party and that
Hughes is big enough for the place.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-30

FOR SALE: PROPERTY AT
CADDO-By request of the owner,
who resides in the east, we offer for
sale the w. H. Morris property Lot
a, block "A, Caddo. House almost
new and well located. Large beauti-
full. Carries loan of $1,000. Can be
handled for small cash payment, bar
ance on favorable terms. A splendid
opportunity to purchase, on good
terms, one of the best homes in Cad
do. Write Conservative Loan Com
pany. Shawnee, Oklahoma WEST
Let the News do your job printing.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-30
MRS. HATCHETT IN sANITARIuM

Judge Hatchett was compelled to
adjourn court last week owing to the
sudden illness OF Mrs. Hatchett, who
was found to be suffering with appen-
dicitis. She was taken to Sherman
Immediately, where an operation was
performed and is doing well from
last reports.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-30
HOW OKLAHOMA FARES ON
NEW FEDERAL BUILDINGS,
Appropriations Made for Nineteen
Cities, and Others Pending for
Twenty-Four Additional.

II will be interesting to News read
ers to know just what cities in Okla
homa are to be the beneficiaries OF
appropriations for Federal buildings
and just what others hope or expect
to he so benefited.
The following appropriations have
been made. Note that Durant is i'm
cluded in the list, and the site has
already been bought and paid for,
and the soil survey has been complet-
ed:
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-30
tO4th BIRTHDAY.

According TO the Ardmore States
man, Mrs. Susanna Smith. an inmate
of the Confederate home at Ardmore
recently celebrated her 1O4th birth
day, and that is still in good health
and retains all her faculties.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-30
PRENENTION OF HAY FEVER.

The weekly health letter Of DR..
Duke. State health officer. this week
tells Of a preventative for hay fever
and catarrh called Pollantin, which
comes in liquid, powder or pastille
form. The treatment is said to be
entirely successful of 60 per cent Of
the experiments made, and helpful
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-30

in 30 per cent more. This is the
season for hay fever and catarrh and
a positive preventative or cure would
be great relief to hundreds of suf-
,ferers.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-30
WHO IS HENRY
WILLMERING
OKLAHOMA EXPERT AND RAIL.
ROADS SUGGEST MODERN
DAVID AND GOLIATH.
PRODUCT OF A FARM is he
Henry willmerins, When a Country
Boy In Iowa. Began Conquest Of
Giant Of Railway Ineffieieney
and Unfair Rates.

The scriptural admonition TO train
child in the way you would have him
go IL you would have him adhere there
to when he is grown appears to be
applicable in business as well as in
moral affairs. uaa
Illustrating this proposition is the
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-30
MANY DEMANDS FOR
SCHOOL LAND LOANS,

Interesting Figures and Facts About
Loans, and the Amount of Them
I'm Force Against Oklahoma Farm
Lands.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-30
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up system

The Old Standard general strengthening tonic
GROVES TAsTELRsS chill TONIC. drives out
Msiara enriches the blood and builds up the sys.
lem. A true tonic. For adults and children. soc.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-30
$2,6S9,591.44

appropriations are now before con
.gTess asking Federal buildings. or
buildings and sites. OF sites only, in
the amounts and for the cities nam
ed below:
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-30

Because OF its tonic and laxative eject, LAxA-
IlvE BkOMO QUININEi Is better than ordinary
Euinine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing In head. Remember the foll name and
look for the signature OF X. w. GROVE. Csc.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-06-30
Aas Family and Earm.

At the request of Chairman Jack
Love and the other commissioners he
accepted an appointment by Attorney
General Freezing in February this year
as consulting expert in the present
Oklahoma rate cases.
In Chicago, in 1891. he married and
his family relations always have been
and are such as have made the Amer
lean home the most priceless heritage
of the American people.
For several years he has owned and
operated a farm sixteen miles south
Of Oklahoma City, to which he devotes
much attention and in which he takes
.Huch pride.--N( Political Adv,)
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14

The Womans Christian Temperance
Union of >Cordele is arranging to erect
a handsome drinking fount where man
and beast can slake their thirst. The
local union has submitted design for
a fount, which when erected will meet
not only need in Cordele, but will be
an ornament to the city.
The city authorities have granted
the union a space coornering, on
Eighth street and Eleventh avenue, as
a sit for the fount, which will be be-
tween ten and thirteen feet in height,
and will have three receptacles for
water which will flow continuously.
The city authorities appropriated
500 towards the cost of the fount,
which will approximate 1865 delivered
in Cordele On top of fount will be a
large electric. globe. Erected about
this white ribbons will be painted
with. the badge of the union, and on
the white bow will be inscribed the
letters wv. C. T. u" This fount will
we a monument to the loyalty and en-
ergy of the local W. c. T. U. and the
generous cooperation of the city au-
thorities.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14

The militia in border states are to
help hold the Mexican situation. The
Texas Rangers have long hoped for
this opportunity. Texas, New Mexi-
co. and Arizona have orders from the
president to marshal their forces for
the fray. 1t is said we now have more
than $4,000 troops across the border.
This looks like an American campaign
on broad scale. 1t means a cleaning
up in old Mexico and the establish
ment of a proper government to pro
vide protection for the bandit-ridden
industries. American interests be-
yond the border are too great to be
lightly considered as they have been
for the past three or four years.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14
FARMING AS A BUSINESS.

: The principles which underlie prof.
table farming are not unlike those
which underlie the profitable conduct
Of any other business. The difference
is merely in the application. The one
fundamental principle underlying all
successful business undertakings is
that the cost muse be less than the
selling price. In the operation of this
principle agriculture is no exception.
Farming, however, is such complex
business, and the different enterprises
making up the farm unit are so intri-
cately related, that is is often we'll
nigh impossible to determine the true
cost or the true selling price of a farm
product. However, the relation of any
factor in farming to the profits of the
farm as whole, by the stury of a
large group of farms, can be fairly &C
curately determined This relation of
the individual enterprise to the profits
of the whole is perhaps the best guide
TO successful farming and to an under
standing of the principles upon which
good farm organization is based.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14
MARKETING DIVERSIFIED CROPS.

One of the most timely announce
ments coming from the Office of Com
missioner of Agriculture J. d. Price is
The statement that in meeting of the
commissioners of agriculture of the
United States in Washington last week
it was decided that a feasible plan
could be worked out for marketing of
food crops. Commissioners from the
Southern states concluded that diver
sified farming is now reaching such
large proportions as 10 demand sat
isfactory plan for marketing these
products to an advantage.
Through small county organizations
it is proposed to find what food crops
are plentiful in certain sections and
what crops have shown up short. The
country is to be charted and notes
made so that where certain products
are needed, they can be supplied in
time from sections where there is an
overproduction so as to insure a good
market He expects Georgia to bene-
fit largely from the system as soon
as it can be worked out
BY such plan it would be possible
to secure good market for the sweet
potatoes that are usually over plenti-
full here. The new system will easily
provide way for the farmer to ascer-
tain where the potato output is most
needed. And so it would be with the
other crop output.
The next thing to do for the farmer
who wants to diversity is to show him
how to find the market where his out
put will bring fair price. If Commits
sioner Price wants to do his constitu-
ents real favor, he should keep this
proposed system hot till it nets the
farmers of Georgia something in the
way of dependable methods of market
ing their crops to the best advantage.
Unless there is quick action in the
right line, crop diversity will sustain
a set back, for there is nothing so dis
couraging to the producer as to find
himself unable to dispose of the crop
on which he has staked his years eff
fort.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14
OUR IDEA OF PROHIBITION.

Savannah went nine days out into
the deep blue after May l before she
had her first arrest for dunkenness.
That's encouraging, If Savannah can
do it, the rest of the state ought to be
able to get along. If Savannah wants
to live without her liquor, you may be
assured there will be no difficulty. And
1t is not much unlike other communi-
ties. People there do mostly as they
want to do. The same is true with
other communities.
But the alright, no-rim-cut, iron
bound prohibition laws, nor the fear
of them, will prohibit people from ex-
cessive use of intoxicants where they
want TO keep up the lick. The great
thing now is sentiment. Savannah
wants better name and that city is
willing to make the sacrifices for it.
There are hundreds of citizens there,
too, who have higher regard for
themselves and their fellows to in
dulge the traffic further. 1t is the
change of thinking that. is going to
do the work.
The day the last man of us begins
to think the liquor traffic and the in
temperate uses of whiskey are bad, is
the day that will mark the doom OF
drunkenness. With The turning OF
time, sentiment grows stronger, man
hood holds higher self respect and
as this change goes on, liquor is going
to give less trouble.
The old sot in Georgia is trying har-
der today to join the ranks of the so
Der than he ever did in his life. More
drunkards are trying to quit, if we but
knew ii, than the rankest optimist ever
dreamed of. The drinking man really
knows now more than ever in his life
that he is in the minority,-that it is
stylish to be sober and to maintain a
higher self respect. Let him alone
When he has no more of his old
crowds to follow to the club room
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14
THE BRIDGE AGAIN.

Somebody in Cordele is going to
make the move that will mean a
bridge across Flint river at a point
that will let in the large number OF
big farmers the other side who have
heretofore been going to Americas and
Albany with their cotton and for their
trade. All the way from Huguenin's
Ferry to Cork, almost constantly the
commissioners of Crisp county have
been hearing during the past few days
from people who live over the river
and steady inquiries are being made
as to whether there is a possibility
of getting a crossing.
1t ought to be repeated again: Hard
ly more than eight miles away from
Cordele, the farmers beyond the Flint
are forced to go regularly to Ameri-
Gus and Albany, twenty to twenty-five
miles to transact their business. This
is one thing makes it possible for
Americas to announce every year that
1t is leading in cotton receipts. II
enables Albany to take from Cordele
trade territory an abundance of bus
mess.
1t is not the cotton receipts that
alone hurt 1t is the business that II
takes away that justly belongs to this
town. 1t hurts bankers, merchants
and every line of business, on down
the line, even to the candy counter and
the peanut stand. A great slice of
the business that would help here has
ito go to Americas and Albany because
1t cannot come across the river.
The commissioners of Crisp have in
vestigated for enough already to find
that splendid bridge can be construct.
ed at figure that will not go over ten
thousand dollars. An investment OF
such fund in bridge will repay us
this and more in less time than it will
take us to pay for the bridge. 1t is
not matter to be passed lightly. The
business man in cordele who has not
investigated has little idea of the de-
velopment bordering the river on the
lands lying in our trade territory The
bridge is an urgent necessity Its
construction ought not to be delayed
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14

The jury that spared Branam's life
at his trial for numbering Miss Eu-
banks possibly had in mind the good
effect that his terrible deed had in clos
ing the dives in Macon. Branam hard
ly deserves so much mercy, if it could
be considered merciful to send him
away prisoner for life to think on his
crime.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14

From the office of state commission
er of agriculture comes information
that the farmers Of Georgia this year
used $4,000 tons less Of fertilizer than
they did in a corresponding period
last year,
If Hugh Dorsey had all the things
under his eye that they are saying
about him over the state. he might
change his mind about his popularity.
Some of his friends" have been very
unkind in their remarks.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14

1t is now generally charged that
United States senators representing
big corporations and money interests
are combined in their efforts to keep
Brandies off the bench of the United
States Supreme Court. Brandies is
credited with winning his distinction
on the side of the comman people
against the big interests. If it had
been the reverse. the assertion is made
he might have been in his place long
ago. 1t might be well to keep tab on
Hoke and Hardwick in this fight. They
are opposing the president and trying
to block the appointment.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14
pREssYrERlAN SERVICES.

The ladies of the PRESBYTERIAN
church are arranging an excellent pro
pram for the observance of Mothers
Day in. the Sunday school of this
church this morning. The church will
be profusely decorated with flowers
for the occasion. There will be spe
ciar song service and Mayor Jones
will explain the history of this day
set apart to the honor of mothers.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14

Persons living in the vicinity of
small stations should apply to ticket
agents for tickets several days in ad-
vance of their trip SO that tickets and
rate may be obtained, as small agen-
cies are not supplied with interiine
tickets.
Further information will be cheer
fully furnished by W. w. Croxton, Gen.
eral Passenger Agent, Atlanta Ga
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14

A New York Federal Judge sent a
German lieutenant to the Atlanta pen
itentiary this week for term of eight
years for leading a conspiracy in this
country to destroy munition ships OF
the allies. Two other Germans were
sent up for terms of four and six years
and there are three more to come. That
kind of medicine will stop German &C
tivities on American soil.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14

joint or the saloon dive, he will be a
better man. And the ranks are thin
ming fast, Many, many men quit May
/, to stay quit forever He knows 1T
better than does his prohibition cam
paigner. That's an argument that will
get him. His other diversions, when
he finds them, viii make him better
citizen
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14
AoNoREp TO BE ,DlsHoNoRED

Z I
When the people Of Georgia eleyat-
ed Governor Nat e. Harris to the Of
flee he now holds, they signally hon
ored veteran. Georgians seldom pass
up an opportunity to honor a veteran
when lie is of the kind that may rem
der service in public office. Some
how, they love to do it.
When distinction went to the pres
ent governor at the hands Of his state,
those who gave 1t to him were proud
OF their choice. 1t has been custo-
mary, likewise, to make the second
term of office gift, whether the
states chief happens to be a veteran
or otherwise. Those who made Har-
ris governor are not raising an objec-
ton to his record, nor are they yet
willing to agree with the opposition
that he is not capable Of filing the
place.
Those WHO honored the old veteran
are not going to help dishonor him
III the present race. They are not 60
ing to stop to argue about the qualif-
cations of others. They are also yet
willing to abide the custom OF giving
the governor the second term. Some.
how, 1t is their way of manifesting
approval. To deprive Harris OF this
customary second term would weigh
heavily with him, for it yso;iid amount
to the strong disavowal of his acts as
a high public official 1t would amount
70 taking the Office away from him be-
fore the time customarily given him
is out.
Georgia will likely not have another
opportunity to so honor civil war
veteran. Her people will certainly not
have opportunity to SO dishonor one
as might be done in the reputation
Of the present governor To pass the
thing briefly, confidence thus reposed
will not be misplaced confidence.
Other candidates and their friends
know all this. They are not assailing
the governor for his acts in office.
Others have right to ask fer the
Office, however, and whoever forgets
heartily to accord them their rights is
sn6tsjust the kind to look to for fair
play. 1t is not difficult task to ac-
cord everyone fair play and yet feel
that Governor Harris is entitled to
his second term.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14
Low ROuI1d.Tr
Fares
VIA A. B. & A. AND. CONNECTIONS II

VIA A. B. & A. AND. CONNECTIONS TO
ASHEVILLE, N. C.-Account South
ern Baptist Convention. Tickets on
sale May 14th to 18th inclusive. Re-
turn limit May 31st unless extended
to June 18th by deposit of ticket at
Asheville and payment of fee of
$1.00.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-Account Annual
Reunion U. c. v. Tickets on sale
May 18th to 18th inclusive, and for
:, trains scheduled. to-afriUe' at1 Biz.
mingham before loo p. m. May 18th.
Return limit, May 25th, 1916, unless
extended to June 14th by deposit of
ticket at birmingham and payment
of fee of fifty cents.
ORLANDO, FLA.-Account General
Assembly, Presbyterian Church.
Tickets on sale May 18th to 18th in
elusive Return limit June 3rd, 1916.
ATLANTA, GA-Account Grand Lodge
Grand Encampment and Rebekah
Assembly, l. O. o. F. Tickets on
sale May 81, %, %. Return limit
May 29th, 1916.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14
For instance. a packing house want

For instance, packing house wants
sto buy carload of hogs. The COM
pany lets Mr. Jones know its needs. He
makes inquiry and finds that in one
county there are sufficient number
OF hogs to supply this immediate de-
mand ifHhey can be sent to some cen
trail point for shipment. He sees that
this is done through some representa-
tive and reliable citizens in the coun-
ty. This gives everybody market
Savannah Press.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14
NOTICE,

The Mayor and City Council of Cor
dele having called an election, to be
held July IL, 1916, for bond issue
of S60,O00.0O for an Electric Light and
Power Plant, notice is hereby given
that The registration, books will open
on June LIST, 1916, and close on June
30th, 1916. If you are not already reg
istered, do so as early as possible.
S-14t G. S. HARRIS, Clerk & Treas.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14
With the Churches
FIRST METHODIST SERVICES.

FIRST METHODIST SERVICES.
Rev. Walter Anthony will occupy
his pulpit at the usual morning and
evening hours today. Morning servi-
ces at II o'clock and evening at 8
O'Clock. ~
The men are requested to wear a
flower at the morning services in hon.
or of Mothers Day.
Morning Loves Crown OF
Immortality"
Evening subject-"Eternal Prepar-
edness."
Song services for the evening will
begin at 1890 Prof Lanier will have
charge of the music.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14
palmlriuE RAPTlsrs

Services conducted by Elder r. II.
Barwick, pastor, morning and night
at usual hours. Thirty minutes
song service before preaching hour.
You are invited. :,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14

Friends of Mr.. j. w. Watkins will
be pleased to learn that he is rapidly
recovering from his illness of the past
several days. He was removed to the
sanitorium wednesday afternoon.
though was carried back to his home
Saturday. Mr.. Watkins suffered a
nervous breakdown from his strenu-
GUS work as ticket agent at the union
station.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14

A Macon firm bought the Americas
issue of bonds for street improvement
amounting to 100000 the other day. 1t
is a good sign when a Georgia concern
can buy Georgia city's improvement
bonds. That's Georgia money working
in Georgia.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14

Our --Spid movement Of troops to the
Mexican border must mean something.
This doesn't sound like note writing
at all. Let us hope it means order
in Mexico. even if we do have to fight
for it.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14

General Peter w. Deldrim is can
didate for congress in the first dis
trict to succeed Edwards who will not
ask for reelection. The new aspirant
is man of fine qualifications and
ought to be an easy winner.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14

Few writer's with a knowledge OF
affairs in Europe now predict an ear
ly cessation OF hostilities. Those who
offer any idea as to time now assert
that there will be three to five years
more of it.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14
Has An Eye On Us.

Announcement is made that the Cor
dele Dispatch will hereafter be issued
twice-asweek, on Sunday and Wednes-
day, and that the paper will be made
daily just as soon as conditions are
such as to warrant it. The Dispatch
is one of the best newspapers Cordele
has ever had, and under it's new man
agement gets better all the time. IT
Cordele needs daily Editor Brown
is the right man to furnish it as he
understands the business and knows
how to make good newspaper.-Haw-
kinsville Dispatch.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1916-05-14
BAPTIST SERVICES
ON MOTHERS DAY

There will be preaching services at
the Baptist church this morning at IL
O'Clock and again in the evening at
s. Rev. J. H. Coin, pastor, will &C.
cupy the pulpit at both hours
The morning sermon topic will be
appropriate to Mothers Day, and the
subject will be christian Mothers
the Hope of the World"
Evening subject, 1.-THE Lords Curse
in the House of the Wicked
Sunday school at $40 a. m.
B. Y. P. U. at o'clock.