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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16
EQUAL TO THE OCCASION
 :. 4L. Dl,;1a InIphio ,T,o1o0ro

From the Philadelphia Telegram. Sometime since an evangelist was con-
 ducting a series of revivals in country town and displayed the usual warmth in his exhortations. 1T want to warn you" he exclaimed at one of the meetings, "that there will be weeping and wailing and gnashing Of teeth" But, sir,' interposed an elderly wom-
 an. rising in the congregation. II have no teeth.
 That is all right" sister," easily re- ljoined the evangelist Teeth will be pro-
 vided."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16
Increase in Travel

More people have come to Birming- ham in the last 10 days than in any similar period for several months" said IA. H. Dunclee, clerk at the Tutwiler hotel. For the first time in many weeks practically every room in the house was occupied last night, and ar rivals today are larger than on any previous Sunday in many weeks.
 ''The summer months usually are dull with city hotels, but apparently fewer people travelled during the past summer than in former years. The increase in travel began about 10 days ago and has been improving every day since.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16
Ready for Service

T am glad they will get my brother in the army now under the provisions of the new draft law" said c. B. Frank lin of the American Railway Express company. 'I was within the limits of the first draft but, after examination by the local board, was rejected on physical reasons. My brother and I are the only sons of my mother and while wanted one of us to stay with her IT also wanted one of us to join the army. Therefore, as I cannot go, I am glad my brother, who was willing
 can go and help defeat the Hun"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16

{ BEGINNING THE DAY--Lord. beIp me to build permanently. Help me to put materials into my house of life that shall not decay. Reveal to me the tragedy of having 10
 tear down later and build again. May I set my house on rock. Then may | build into it day after day honesty. courage, unselfishness. in Christ's name. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16
AS ROOSEVELT SEES IT

From .the New York Herald.
 In his Lafayette Day speech Colonel
 Roosevelt declared that internotionalism at the present fetish of a flighty
 mind and craven heart--is a vicious and demoralizng notion. sThe man who loves other countries as well as his own stands
 on level with the man who loves other women as much as his own wife. One is as worthless a creature as the other, Evidently the League of Nations wishes to assemble all the peoples of the earth in one grand worldwide Oneida Com munity of free lovers!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16
Much Interest in
 Wheat Growing

| ID EPORTS of county agents re- IN ceived at extension service headquarters at Auburn indicate that "interest in wheat growing is even greater than expected"
 Much attention is being given to the quality of seed. Farmers know that it pays to get the best. One busi- ness house in Huntsville has bought Ia carload of specially selected seed wheat to be sold to the farmers of Madison county at cost plus 10 per cent for the handling. Another car load is coming to another concern in Huntsville to be handled on the same basis.
 The wheat acreage in Walker coun- |ty will be about doubled this winter. Owing to labor shortage on the farm i the growing of wheat is especially desirable, for besides increasing food production it requires less labor in cultivation than most other crops. l In view of the enthusiasm being manifested in agricultural Alabama
 over wheat growing it is safe to as- .sume that record crop will be har-
 vested next year. Most of the big
 farmers will SOW big acreage, but no farmer, large or small, should fail Ito SOW less than five acres in wheat. Few crops pay so well as wheat. In questioning an arr-n enemy in New York recently the examiner used the ex- lpression, s.Deutsch uber Alles." The
 suspect Jumped to his feet and stood al attention while tears streamed down his iface. He had prevlously stated that ht W ould answer the call of my Emperor If German loves Germany so. why com. to America? Why live here for 10. 15, 3 years and still be willing to crawl on hi'
 belly to 2 Hohenzollern7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16
EVERYBODY PLEASED

T TUIII tIIe CHdttaHUUgH IIIIts.
 Debs, in grandiloquent rhapsody, de- clares that he will be stronger for the right behind prison bars than he is out in the open. That is fine; now everybody can be satisfied. The people wifi be glad, the anarchists will rejoice and Debs will be happy. Let it be 20 years for him, prolonging the good, thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16

hv an absolute incompatibility or temper. spirit and aims The Asa tians claiming no hatred for the Ser mans. but only that fusion with them is impossible Germany has made poor out with her repression.
 Bismarck had no illusions about A. sace and Lorraine being easily Teuton- l ized. He knew perfectly well It was put forward to bolster up the demand | for an impregnableN frontier. lie | lauphed in his sleeves at the German professors who waxed eloquent over the fatherland regaining it's long lost children. What we want" he said 10 Busch, his biographer is the fortress | of Strasburg and Metz" It has peeh pithily said that the result of that pru- tal anplication of military calculation 1 to a profound question of nationality has been the extension of western Eu- rope of the eastern dispute of JuiS' 1914.
 1 The Alsatian villages and cities nave not only been hectored over oy ioru'S I German officials. but there has been l {. swarm of German spies to annoy them I in every way by their constant pryins' l The active police have used secret hs's' the thought of which was nightmare l to ina Alsatians who never knew when tbav would be brought to book for ssomething done or left undone. The ra+iva nopulation was made daily and
 na,,1v to feel the heavy hand of their conquerors.
 I corporal was imprisoned six
 months at Metz for speaking French in public. (Germany may get good in terest on this by having the language barred here and elsewhere.) The French language after the disastrous var was soon regarded as reasonable and expelled from the very schools where the teachers had taught Ger man practically as they pleased till 1870. The policy of exclusion coming lon the heels of this put them in a mighty bad liz sfae fne world, but 1t is a thing anaa which ' German brides himself, th4t a alees rules
 of his own. anH eFafHr what he does is right.
 We hope the. eas N9N eYAr, is not
 long distant when t esti ,n of the
 s.isrc sal of Alsace ana 9efAsue wifi be
 made on basis waa vi not only
 be pleasing to Fsun put the in
 habitants of these paAwps provinces
 which have been h#fatiiat by theis
 German. overlord
 l cApsI1uts x1l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16

Washington bureau. POT Hibbs build ing.
 European bureau, Henrietta street. Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office, World nuilo- ing. New York city: western business office. Tribune building, Chicago. The S. C. BeckWith Special Agency. agents for foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16
Bob Seals Expects Big Things.

T just ran up to talk over some mat
 ters with the Alabama fair officials, said Bob Seals, the we'll known cattle en- thusiast of Sumter county The Red Cross sale of bulls gave the Shorthorrf as well as other pure-bred cat- tie great boost in the state. The lovers of the standard breeds are planning some
 big things They will not be able to put
 them over this year, but just watch out
 for next year. I'll never be satisfied until Alabama takes the rank as cattle state that she can and should be-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16
chapple's sunday school Talk

T want to express my appreciation of
 the presence of Joe Mitchell Chappie
 at our Sunday school dinner at the
 Southern club on Friday night" said Judge Hugh A. Locke.
 T have heard many Sunday school talks, but never more telling one than was made by the distinguished editor ot the National Magazine from Boston. lie
 got at 1t in an unusual way and cer- Itainly made great hit with the Birming- ham Sunday school workers. l only wish that we might have had the chance to have given him a packed house in one or our big city churches"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Enioyed celehritien, speeeh


 'I count myself fortunate to have hap pened on Birmingham at time when l had the pleasure of hearing Harris Dick son, Joe Mitchell Chapple, and some other mighty interesting speakers" said Louis Davidson of Uniontown. T had the pleasure of dining with Har- ris Dickson and 1t was great privilege to get from him at first hand the situa- tion as he saw it at the front, as he is only recently back from an extended trip throughout the long battle lines I also greatly enjoyed talking to him about his stories and his books, and, by the way some of his best negro stories have never been printed. He is the best type of the cultured southerner"/
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16
Member of the Assocrated rress.

The Age Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press ols- patches. The Associated Press is exclusiveiy entitled to the use for publication or all news dispatches credited to IL ol not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pupAsheu herein. All rights Of republication ol spesi"' a;spat tcbes herein are also reserved.
 TELEPHONE
 Bell (private exchange connecting all departmental Main 4SOO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16
From Stars and Stripes.


 EHH1T1IT for a king is an expression often used to denote the last
 word in excellence Bien! American officers in France are soon to be offered chance to spend their leaves at a chateau that is not only up to the specifications of royalty, but that ac- tuaily was used as residence for an ex- tended period by q full-fledged mon arch.
 It is true the king did not select lthls chateau as his happy home. But he liked it so well that after he had been detained there seven years by order of Napoleon i, I. they had to resort to eviction proceed ings to get him off the premises. The king was Ferdinand VII of Spain. and the chateau is that of the Due de yalencay, in the department of lndre. It seems that Napoleon, after garnering | in his fellow monarch, handed him over to Prince de Talleyrand for safekeeping. The prince was at that time living in this chateau and took Ferdinand home with him and boarded him for seven years. 1 When the time came for the king sentence to expire, he had become so at tached to the old homestead that he pos- itively refused to leave until the span
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16

by an absolute incompasioihly oi temper, spirit and aims. The Asa tians claiming no hatred for the Ser mans. but only that fusion with them is impossible. Germany has made poor out with her repression.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16

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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-07-05
MOTHER! GIVE CHILD SYRUE
OF FIGS" If TONGUE
IS COATED
II Cross, Fcvcrish, Sick Bilious,
Clean Little Liver and
Bowels. i

Children love this "fruit Iaxa-
tive -. and onthing else cieanses the
tender stomach. liver and bowels SO
nicely.
A child simply will not stop play
ing to empty the bowels, and the re-
salt is they bccom" tightly clogged
with waste, liver gets sluggish, sta
mach sours, then your little one be-
comes cross. halfsick. fevcrish. does
not eat, sleep, or act naturally,
breath is bad. system full of cold,
has sore throat, stomach-ache, or
diarrhoea. Listen, Mother, See il
'ongu" is coated, then give tea
spoonful of California Syrup OF
Figs -, and in few hours all the
conStipaicd waste, sour bile and un-
diEcstrd food passes ont Of the sys-
TEN. and you have we'll, playful
child again.
Millions of mothers give Cali
fnrnia Syrup of Figs because 1t IL
perfectly harmless; children love It,
and il never fails to act on the stOm-
ach, liver and bowels
Ask your druggist for Il hottie of
" California Syrup of Figs -, which
has fun directions for babies. chill
dren Of all ages, and for grown-ups
plainly printed on the bottle. Be
ware of cOuntrrf"its sOlu here. Get
the genuine. made by the CalifOr-
mia Fig Syrup Company" Refuse
any other kind with contempt.
81 (adv)
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-07-05
GASOLINE FOR PLEASURE CARS
MAY BE CCRTAlLED

The people of Oklahoma can ma
terially help in winning the war by
curtailing the pleasure-riding autos.
Up to the present time there has
been sufficient supply of gasoline
to meet all requirements, but II
shortage is likely unless steps are
taken to conserve the supply.
Il is not thought" says Mr.. Nor
ris. lin any even that il will be ne
cessary to restrict normal consump-
ton for freight vehicles. If IA rca-
s0nabl" conservation is practiced by
all concerned. II may not be neccs-
sary to seriously interfere with the
pleasure ears.
1T is necessary for the citizens of
the stat" to realize that the para
mount use of gasoline is for war
purposes. and the war demands will
be supplied.
IF the people will respond to the
appeals of the United States Fuel
administration and conserve the
supply. 1t is thought no law will be
be required to restrict the use.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-07-05

What have you done today to help
win the war?
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-07-05
UNITED STATES BOYS
WORKING RESERVE

q. - ~ ~ ~ - g
Herbert Hoover. United States
Food Administrator. says of the I'm
tied States Boys Working Reserve:
I'm order to count on a maximum
production of food i'm this country
we not only have to increase the
productive units hut we have to face
substitution for the units lost by
putting our men at the front Every
boy in Germany Is in active produc-
tive service today. Every boy we
con get to produce in this country
will be working against similar
boy in Germany
Francis NJ Foster has enrolled in
the Boys Reserve this week
-
a number of the boys over tho
county have just completed their
minimum time for the honor medal,
and the correspondence of inquiry
is increasing al the office of the di-
rector.
All recruits who have served their
minimum Of 80 labor days should
secure an official service sheet and
fill ont and fiji" their record with
the director in order to receive their
medal without delay.
Training Hints.
Keep yourselves physically fit by
systematic exercises. long hikes, and
observing the simple rules of health.
Get the habit Of doing things
right according To instructions.
Speed will follow Iou will discOv-
or most farm work to be skilled la
bOr.
Let no day on the farm go by
without doing some new thing or de-
vising a better way of doing an old
one. Plan to get some new idea
daily.
| DO not be afraid to ask questions,
! Keep your eyes open. Get books
and publications on farming and az
riculture and from them get all the
Information ana help on farm work
possible.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-07-05
CLEANSES YOUR HAIR, MAKES
IL BEAUTIFUL. THICK,
GLOSSY, WAVY
Try This! All Dandruff Disappears
and Hair Stops Com.
ing Out.

Surely try "Danderine Hair
Cleanse" If you wish to Immediately
double the beauty of your hair. Just
mOisten a cloth with Danderine and
draw it carefully through your hair,
taking one small strand at time,
this will cleanse the hair of dust,
dirt or any excessive oil--in a few
minutes vol will be amazed. Your
hair will be wavy, fluffy and abund
ant and possess an Incompatible
softness. lustre and luxuriance.
Besides beautfying the hair, one
application of Danderine dissolves
every particle of dandruff; invigor
eats the scalp, stopping itching and
falling hair.
Danderine is to the hair what
fresh showers of rain and. sunshine
are to vegetation. 1t goes right to
the roots, invigorates and strength
ems them. Its exhilirating, stimu-
lating and life-producing properties
cause the hair to grow long, strong.
and beautiful.
You can sure have pretty, sOf;.
lustrous hair, and lots of it. If you
will spend few cents for small
bottle of KnOwlton's Danderine a,
any drug store or toilet counter and
try it as directed (adv)
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-07-05

at Camp Bowie, and who is expected
to take trip to France within the
next few weeks.
Get our prices on Job Printing.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-07-05
FEDERAL CONTROL OF TELE-
GRAPH Is ASSURED
Decision Of the Telcgraphcrs to Go
on Strike Brings Governments
Plans to u Head.

Announcement of the call for 4
strike of Western Union telegraph
operators for July has brought to
"a head plans Of the Government for
taking over the telegraph and tele
phone lines of the country which
have been under consideration for
Postoffice Department has been
pressing the President for decision
in favor of this and it was positively
stated early in the week that the ia
vorable decision had been obtained
While II cannot now be stated
positively that officials of the ad-
mlnistratiOn knew in advance of the
setting of July s as the date for the
Western Union strike. 1t was posi-
lively known that the strike was
contemplated. and plans have been
in preparation to meet the situation
by Government ownership.
As matter of fact, il is the be-
lief of some officials of the Postof-
flee Department that the President
has all the authority for the step
which he had for taking over the
railroads of the country on Dec 81
last without special authorization
the same paragraphs of the same
bill giving the authorization for the
telegraph and telephone lines which
gave authorization for the railroads.
However, additional legislation is in
reserve
There are number Of reasons
advanced why the Federal Govern
ment will be forced to take this step,
says high official. First, 1t desires
absolute control over means of COM
munication in this country during
the war period; second, the attitude
OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company officials toward the Gov
eminent proposals to arbitrate the
threatened trouble with the operat-
ors is resented, and 1t Is felt that
the Government must act to prevent
lie-up on the telegraph lines.
i Third, there is the discovery of
the use of a messenger system of
sending night kilograms by the
Western Union Telegraph Company
| Fourth, the demand of the tele-
phone companies in many American
cities for increased rates and rcduc-
ton in the use of telephones.
Ana, fifth, to install the automat-
lc telephone system in cities where
th're is now a great congestion.
In case that il shall be Judged
the President should have more au.
th"rity tn act than that with which
n" Is now vested, Congress will yer,
likely pass additional laws for that
purpose.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-07-05
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ANNOUNCEMENT COLUMN
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The charge for political announce
ments for insertion under this head
ing in every issue OF the Durant
Weekly News and the Saturday
Morning Advertiser until the Pri-
mary, Aug. 6, is $500. invariably
cash in advance. Included in this ser
vice candidate may use not to exceed
one-half column for any statement he
desires to make to the public. An
nouncements accepted only for both
papers, and only on the above terms.
The following announce their can
didacy for the office under which
their names appear. subject to the
action OF the Democratic voters at
the primary to be held on Tuesday.
August 6, 1918:
For State Senator (Bryan, Atoka,
and Coal COuntirs)-
T. +. MEMMINGER, Atoka.
WILBURN CARTWRIGHT,
of Clarita, Okla.
For Representatives
DIR j. B. SMITH.
For Judge sixth Judicial District
J. NJ. CROOK.
JOHN l.. holland (Caddo), =,
For County Attorney
CHAS. p. ABBOTT, (re-elec-
VICTOR c. PHILLIPS.
For sheriff.
DAVE WRIGHT.
w. NJ. McFATRlDGE.
EMMETT BOYDSTUN.
G. p. CARPENTER.
For County Clerk
JOHN FINNEY, (re-electiOn)
For Court Clerk
SCOTT SHANNON.
LACY GRIMES.
For County TrcnSurcr-
CARL BEATTY. (re-election)
For County Asscssor-
LONNIE GLENN.
REV. j. r. CLINTON, Calera
FOR County Superintendent
j. LEE CUNNINGHAM.
J. r. RYLE.
Cor County Commissioners, Dist. l.
W. II. YEATS.
SAM B, ROSS.
WALTER l., RAMBO.
For County Commissioners, Dist. 3
BILL BRAY. tAlbany).
BEN HuLTSMAN. (Albany)
T.. PAYNE (Achillc).
For County Weighrr-
X. A. BISHOP, (re-electiOn)
B. +. PINSON.
p. B. (Pink) DORSEY.
For Constable Precinct No. -
CLIFF kEIRSEY.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-07-05
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

mas been household remedy all ov-
er the world for more than half a
century for constipation, intestinal
troubles. torpid liver and the gener-
ally depressed feeling that accom-
panies such disorders. 1t is a most
valuable remedy for Indigestion or
nervous dyspepsia and liver trouble,
bringing on headache, coming up OF
FOOD, palpitation Of heart. and many
other syr9toms. A few doses of
August Flower will relieve you. Il
Is a general laxative. Sold by Cor
ner Drug Store. 80 and 80 cent bot
Ties { adv)
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-07-05
CaIome| Today! Sick Tomorrow!
Guarantee Dodson's Liver Tone
Don't take nasty dangerous calomcI when bilious,
constipatcd, headachy. Listen to me!

Calomcl salivatcs! It's mercury.
Calomel acts like dynamite on II
sluggish liver. When calomcl comes
into contact with sour bile it crashes
into t.causing cramping and nausea.
II you feel bilious. h,sldachv, con-
stipated and all knocked out. Just 90
to your druggist and get Il bottle of
Dodson's Liver Tone for a few cents
which is harmless vegetable sub
stitutc for dangerous calonel. Take
q spoonful and if it doesn't start
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-07-05

your liver and straightcn YOU up
better and quicker than nasty calo-
mel and without making you sick,
yon just 60 back and get your money.
YOU take calomcl today you'll be
sick and nausratcd tomorrow be-
sides, it may salivaie you. while if
YOU take Dodson's Liver Tone YOU
will wake up feeling great, full of
ambition and ready for work or
play. 1t is harmless, pleasant and
safe to give to children they like it.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-07-05

..l >r. Jesse NJ. IIatchott
t...i,. from "A visit 10 Fort
.t.,, .try had been to visit
Mrs llat,hctt, VINO i
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-07-05
CITY TO USE CHLORINE GAS At
THE FILTER

Water Superintendent P"rkinson
said this week that the city will
hereafter use chlorine gas for puri-
fying and filtering the city water in
stead of other substance. The chlo-
rinc will he purchased in large
drums and diffus"d with the water
II the intake main at the pumping
station. TIL" gag, which destroys
all forms of bacteria and animal life.
is easily diffusrd with the water and
will assure an absolutely pure sup
ply Of water for domestic use" II is
said to be much cheaper than the
processes formerly used.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-07-05
LETTER FROM FRANCE

the News editor has a letter from
Lieutenant VIM. HIynds. in France,
which is as follows:
Just a word or two to say that I
am still on the job over here. and
FRITZ has not put my lamp out vet
or put III" up for repairs Think |
am Going very well for six month
foreign service.
Lots of excitement over here the
past few days. Expect Won have.
been putting out some black ink
about il. Wish | could tell YOU all
about IL; but No,
with best wishes,
''W. VI. IIINDS, JR"