Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-04-05

WIN an 'N'eplIDUdlIN tlsNtT spy. or
German sympathizcr, II il the next
h"st thing To let tina, person know
hat he had best keep very quiet. to
'ay tn" least, and cOnfinc all his en-.
d"ators along hoin" and don"sti"
lines. without seeming 20 ac, as AN
irrn, ~ IN" kaiser ur - ~NmpathiHrr
IN ms caus" In times Ike IN, pl..--
! "ni an intelligent and really danger
ru> alien enemy will mo- do thing
ScdiiiOuS 50 thai all may know 1uSi
Whti' j." stands ana ii vuiI would
detect this sort of an Individual voI
nust match Wit. With him h.. !.
inpI" dangerous to tuur welfare, than
The loud mOnth"d lpuurniun, Who
s." uil"n g"tS INTO IN. lim"li1hi
However, ih"'" i no room ior
either class IN IA" uIn'u. ana II th"ir
dcii'itlrs cannot h" >tupl,d accord
III? 10 m" Federal law. then II t.,
i'm" for CITIES. towns runuuniti.s
aid III tiiciS 10 enact laW< ia govern
:g'n cd..":
In ihi, campaign against Gtrman
pr"papanda noN h"inr NHy"d hv m,
Stat" tnuncil of l"i"u-" ana an un
tiiuis ui IN" STATE. u !. Wull tu re-
m"nh'r that all PERSONS uI German
descent Hl'' not alien enemies az "V-
"h German ~Ynpdthik"rs. also that
all pro Germans and German Sympa
ihiZ'rs do not have i"rman sound
ihg names. II l. not always 4 Won
-Oln"body, or a Schmidt II may b
u Jones. pr y Smith You know that
Old saving about ihr rose that would
smell as sweet Tor as rank under
any other name.
II * obvious that tn" people To
look for ar" m" one who have SUI
flcicnf intclligcnc" to do things to
our d"trim,nt whil" not seeming 10
do so Is" on the lookout Tor this
class when Won catch one of this
sort YOU ar" landing u big fish. ana
helping win the war
OF rOurS" the others, ne loud
muuth"d ignorant ones, will hav" to
b" taken care of. too They ar.
comparatively easy io detect: but II
seems that real "vid"nc" that is
What IN" court deems evidence is
too often not gathered in with tn"
man liav" Witnesses to subNtan
'iai" charges
Tn" News recognizes the fact that
il l. pos,ibl" sometimes for innocent
persons to b" charged with SrdiIior
through thu cuuniNanrr "f personal
enemies II goes without saving thnt
any p"rSon who would thus vent
hlS spleen j. much loss of "A man
than the On" whom he maligns
II - to h" regretted that any in
nuccnl shall suffer. hu, il is never
th"l"ss nccrssar, that u few inuo-
cent should than that ON" agent of
h"llish l'rus>iHnis.n should b" allow
"d T." work unmol"St"d in our midS'.
judiriou,. l"v"l h"ad"d men. IN
al cases. shuuld ruus'it'il" hndi",
N'n pass ON th" lralty of any p"r-
~uu in any community
II iS a w"ll known Tact that even
in time Of peace. when man an
proach"e DEATH his thoughts turh
most seriously to religion and III"
hereafter Many who through lit"
h Il icrid"d and neglected all things
religious call for tn" preacher or
Ia" priest when thcy com" to tn"
brink oi the grave. SOLICITING that
comfort uf which they HAY" So Ion"
denied them elves when "" conSid
rr this very real fac. "" cannot bus
~
back from III" trenches. who makes
IA" statement that men over there.
n the face ~ imminent death, never
knowing but that tn" next Instant
viii usher them into tn" pr"S"nc''
of the Master. haN" real religion.
rhat sort % fr"ligiun which holds on
t" man hope that all is not over even
though death comes. that aSSurauc"
that all j. we'll whatever happ'ns,
and prumpis men to hest effort il
m" confident knowlrdp" that they
are but Just commrucinr /" liv" II
would not be u bad idea Tor many
who seem 10 worry over III" spirit
ual condition at our soldiers 10 con
cider this condition of tn" mind OF
III" fighting man Without doubt.
real christianity has com" tn many
thousands If men in IN" tirhtinG
lines who otherwise might never
hav" come To ponder On their souls
salvation until too lat" if il ever
is too late
As a general hing, tn" rco"'"
frrm Whum N" barred hook. "'r',
Finished Mystery a." is being taken
~" npor," who dnn't huv Liberty
Nnrd' und War Savings stamps.
"vid" tn" draft law as far as posi-
BILE. don't help the Red Cross. Y VI
e. \. X Of G., refuse to sign III"
food and loyalty pledges. and
are from almost every angle near
SlackcrS at least II they are mere
ly ignorant. they need enlightrn-
m"nt II they are purposeful slack
"rs. they are material for IN" rffor''
of the def"ns" council.
Baltimore, Maryland. wnuldn''
stand for the willard Fulton prize
fight to he held there When thou
sands and thousands of other men
are giving their lives and supreme
effort tn save America. il is not only
out of place for other men tu vast,
, "ncry AT home battrring each other
mp. but il is an attraction that mos
Americans won't care To waste tim"
AID money on during the National
crisis,