Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-10-25
County is Over
Ouotain Fourth
Liberty Loan
UEfEN tO,NtIi iI\> NEi.D
SESSIONS DAILY AND NtiiiTlN
EO,: \ WEEK si;lNGlNG THOSE.
A.i;OSS WHO HAVE BEEN \
LITTLE BACkW AltD.

LITTLE HACkWAHD.
h'th,ugh six days have passed
since ia, CLOSING Of the Fourth l.lD-
ty i.J.6 campaign. II Is not ueIih-
;'clv known just hat tn" Subscrip
t,ns viii total in Bryan county. al
though \ -. Davis. chairman, says
la bctitcr~ the county IL safely over
Ia. GLptl set fui II by IA" Govern
rfcYt Il l., we'll known that on Ilb-
,rty .;"ri Day. Oct. -. only few
,t ;nn towns and ON" or TWO country
d,s,i,,t> subscribed for their quota.
and tta; only about ii" per cent ol
tl, tuLrty's quota had been sub
..rihcd Up 10 that uai. Thc snort
~, wa. du" to the tact that larg"
rluhc.. %! people III every diS'rf'
nospnttt Themselves from IN" meet
iags hc!d IN their school district Tor
Ia. rurposc Of makinL IN their dI'-
t.'irt' Itlut3. Some naturally were
uaavoidably absent. nnd since ma,
tiN ha.r appeared. a+""rtaintd thelf
,'yn Cno'a. and subscribed.
As W.. arranged In advance, each
t;s,ttic, committee rcpori"d to tn"
{ untv committee the name Of every
tnrsOr who took nN bonds or VINO
q ID not take the quota assigned him.
Tnere W"ir in all about tour hun
dred OF ihosc. and il was Tor them
that tn. council 0i defense has held
daily aGd nightly sessions. Ther"
were a snail number who were as
S s>od in amounts beyond their abil-
i,y tn pay. and whose subscriptions
fnlInI annie Ihp
bigger part. however were found tn
have lacked in the performance OF
their full duty. and these to man
have taken their full quotas when
shown the urgency of the situation.
and further shown that they had not
done as much in proportion as their
ncighborS.
Their. were a few genuine slackrrS
in the bunch. and on these persua-
sion has been necessary. Three or
four wcr. not sufficiently persuaded
until locked up in Jail for a time
when they, too, saw the light. but
with most of this type conversation
alone sufficed to bring them to time
One or two thought the whole bus
iuess huge joke. hut when the iron
door of the not too comfortable cit!
Jail opened to receive them. they re
allied in hurry that it was seriOu
business. transacted without gloves
and without favoritism.
The Nation as a whole went over
the six billion dollar mark On th'
morning of Friday. the day before
closing day. only two-thirds of the
loan had been subscribed. and in the
Friday daily papers the Government
called upon American people to take
the two billion dollars remaining %
the issue IN two days. that our enc
mit.. might not he consoled by on
failure and our own soldiers offer
irg their lives to be discouraged II
their tasks. In the two days thu
noccs ;ary two billions were sold, ant
III the selling a record was establish
cd. for never before in human his
t1ry did Il people make so big Il ii
rancial accomplishment in so shor
n Time.
There were dozens nj intcrcstins
ri delights un the cainpaigN here Il
home:
IN IA country district Il widow wo
man supporting five children on
poor, rented farm. who purpoSrl.
had not been assessed. walked tw,
NJ les To the meeting and inSiste,
uron taking Il $50 bond
In Duran, n widow "ho supports
larg" family with her washtub walk
cd UP and buurh, a S1n bond. Sh
already has paid 10, one of like de
nomination of II former issue.
\ tenant fIrm"r who was aSSesse
revealed that hc had already bough
and paid for $51n of all issues. a
amount equal to ahuut half of al
his total worth
Anoth.r farmer who owns Ian
and stock and owes no MONEY, wa
ot the opinion that he had done hi
amount equal to onc-fOurih of on
per cen, Of his worth After loukin
over some figures l." became 90!
vinr"d that his view Was wrong.
Az old man past the days of a,
tive work sold a piece of poor tow
property which was paving him 0nl
ii fair return. although On which h
hoped to make handsome prof