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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-04-18
$5O.OOO,OOO ROAD BONDS
WILL NOT IMPOSE BURDEN

a careful investigation of the pro-
visions of the bill under which a
Statewide system of hard-surfaced
roads will be built If the people of
the State so decide at the election
May 6, convinces the News that.
while the bill may have its weak
nesses tno law ever enacted was
perfect) IL will come nearest to Civ
ing us what we have so long need
ed--a Statewide system of hard
surfaced roads----and will not impose
a financial burden on any class of
people in Oklahoma
In the first place. there Is to be
no ad valorem taxation for the pur-
pose of constructing the roads. The
funds with which the bonds and in
terest will be retired will, come ex-
clusively from the gross production
tax collected on oil. gas and miner
ais. income tax and the increased
tax on motor-driyen vehicles. This
will be accomplished without taking
one cent away from the funds with
which dirt roads have been main
tanned, for only the increased tax on
motor vehicles goes to the hard road
, fund, while the same part of the or
/ iginal tax from automobiles goes
back TO the county where it was paid
TO be used on dirt road construction
and maintenance.
Again. under present laws. there
| is no way of acquiring Statewide,
prchensive road system. Some
counties may still vote bonds. while
others are already bonded TO the
! limit under the law. Therefore, it
| Is seen that waiting until every
county can and will vote bonds
means that this generation will not
derive any benefit from a system OF
roads depending upon that cOndi-
ton. If such Il thing were contem-
plated now, it simply means that
one county would bond itself and
build its roads. The next county
either couldn't or wouldn't vote the
bonds. and that county alone busts
the State system of roads in the mid
die. The proposed issue of bonds
for Il Statewide system simply
means that the state proposes to
build the roads as the gif, of The
State to the whole peOple, paying for
them out of STATE incomes. AS to
I the increased automobile taxes, the
! Increase to the automobile owner
will be negligible as compared with
: the saving in tires aud fuel by nav
! ing hardsurfaccd roads 10 drive
over
feature of the bill ti,at is in it's
! favor is that provision that the bond 5
viii he sold only as capidly as The
work is completed and paid tor.
which prevents any possibility Of
paying interest on idle money. In
fact. it will be several Years before
all the bonds are sold. for the law
regulates the amount that may he
expended annually. Anyway, 'hc
work of getting materials and sun
plies and constructing the roads IN
itself will require several years.
! Az to whether or not the plan now
selected serves its purpose, every
county seat in tn" state is on the
route. and one may start from any
county seat in the state ard go 10
an: other comfy seat without NOV
ing foot off of the hard-surfaccl
highway. This feature alone proves
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-04-18

Dr. A. l.. Stout announces the on
ehlng OF offices over the First State
Bank, Durant. Oklahoma.
Dr. Stout is a graduate Of the
mead school of Osteopathy at Kinks
vile, Missouri. He holds licenses to
practice " several States, and has
selected Oklahoma. His office equip
ment includes a McManis De Luxe
treatment table, several electrical ap-
pliances. and rest rooms.
Office hours: 9 a. m. to l2 noon !:
z p. m. to 6 p. m.
Phones: Office SIS: Residence
Sfo' adv.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-04-18
Suspension Of Dry Law Urged

Internal revenue officials are
quoted as having said that the
Persident and Congress will be asked
ed not to attempt to enforce the
war time national prohibition act,
which If not held up or repealed
goes into effect on July first. The
principal trouble is the failure of
Congress to provide machinery for
the enforcement of the act. This it
is pointed out will make the law
Impossible of enforcement from a
national standpoint.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-04-18
[.,py or LEAGUE I OF ,,.,,n
fNaa,Tn,nSS COVENANT ISSUED
,,,. MENTION Of Monroe Doctrine
lW'iic WI wy Race Equality Finally
M%r r'i"c,rd I by Conference.


,,o official sum-
The foll0Wlns Is ... Tho nronos.
80 80 of the covenant VI , .nJ p n ias,
League "' '>"' "''
Iurday. ~ =, Nations is
t,l Thr League W .an,n,o in,er.
,pded in "fu'. !. va to sernre
ional cooperation "a, ;noiuaa. IaS
ire The lcdeue "t nod In n
belligerent Sta'es ,ha oovonap,.
,ument ann"N"" " % .no an nan,ad
all the ntutla. 49,. onv aeif-rov-
tcl Ill ~" chose admission is
ling country Wno1. ~ ,ho ctata.
boryed by t"o-'h,'uh ,ha ,aacne
pady nenO''a v, ,,hu,w from tho
"A state may hus Iont ,ts oh
que, providhab IL IA "a" aivine two
kuons 10 o"''' az"
rs' notice. ali, ,ot through
g the i'"su ..',nn mn, mnra
assembly coi'il' l,n.ivos 80 NJ nach
b three r'p'eaa 49,. oacb state
the mrhi"cI 80" ~ ,rJ counc;j
ting only on' W. ,,oaan, ono ron.
prlslns ~ ,,, St,te nf the five
entatlve VI ','n -, % four 9TH
81 pOWf'a ""u rrn,,, ,ima o.,
powers aS oo.. .t',,,
BY the aas'nie'' o ~, ooot
The nulhDe' u. a on,,,n;, -
repreSrn''i on nv .;,.,n,,, nn
ncreaSeu d! "a" 49,, ,,,a;o,;,,,
ot tnt cou"'r n,hnr ,nwars hayo
be asseinoii ,a,,hors of tha
lis"i i,,r;ro tho decision of mat
IN which they are respectively
,os,ed
n the council. as in the assem-
s,rb state will have only one
roth these bodies are to meet
,.,ad intervals (the council at
orce a yrar). and at other
If reouir.d: both can deal with
matter that is of international
,ss, or that threatens the peace
ma wnrIl. the decision of both
bo urorimous. eXcept in certain
EHod eases matters of procedure,
nstanc, hning decided nv a ma
n vo,o
bo lnocur viii have a herman
socro,,ri,t unher n sacretary
ral rho s.rretariot and all nth.
oJ,o. nnA,r tho Inapun may in
wor,or oou,Ilv with mon A
,rer, rnprt ni internotionni
60 and v.riuu. narmunent com-
Iors ord hur,nus AFRO ,leo tn Iva
Alishad
m
~ '"''''' '''''"''''''i''
Inc ih'hiper states agree
70 ftuucr theif armament. planS
Fuch reduction being suggested
e council. hut only adopted with
|ohs'h' ul inc states themselves,
thereafter not 10 increase them
Dul th' concurrence OF the coun-
D TO exchange full information
per- "Nistlll% armies ana their
anu military programs; tc) to
u each Diners territory and
mai independents" ana to guar
'hel against foreign aggres-
'd' 10 submit all international
It's 'lthef To arDitration or to
]! ny 'ho council, which latter.
'er' may not pronounce an opin-
iaiIS solely within a States
SUI Iurlsuictlon' IN no case to
war uh'll thfee months after
"aru' OF unanimous recon-
ouoh mas Deen made ana even
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-04-18
Dcbs Serving His Time

The United States supreme court
mandate ordering othat Eugene v.
DeDs, socialist leader, be taken to
Moundsville, w. Va. federal prison
10 begin serving ten year sentence
Ior violation of the espionage act
was received at Cleveland, Ohio
saturday. Since that time Debs has
peen incarcerated and is serving
his time.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-04-18

we must all be thinking serious
OF our duty in the Victory Loan cam
paign which is near at hand.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-14
Bulgaria S Peace Hope
And Expectation Is
Outlined by Minister
(BY LAST MINUTE CABLE

(BY LAST MINUTE CABLE)
SOFIA, Wednesday, Jan. 8.-(By
the Associated Press -Bulgaria's
hopes and expectations ct the peace
conference were outlined to the AS
saciated Press today by General
Theodoroff the Bulgarian foreign
minister.
"In the east" he said, I'VE think
we are justified in asking for the
restoration of the Adrianople dis
trict as ia ras the Midia-Enos line,
which was awarded to Bulgaria by
the London treaty of May, 1913.
con the south we expect free ac-
cess to the Aegean sea from Enos
to Orfani, which Greece has repeat
eddy acknowledged belongs to us. In
the south between Bulgaria and
Greece we feel the frontier should
run due west from Saloniki to
Mount Gnammes, in accordance with
the logical delimitation made in the
St. Stefano treaty.
In Macedonia we expect that
portion which was admitted by the
Serbians in their treaty with us in
1912 as of Bulgarian origin and
character, which includes the town
of Monastir, Prelep and Veles (Ko-
prili.)
AS for the part which is, desig
mated in the treaty as the Contest
tricts of Uskub and Kumanova, the
decision respecting which was to be
left under the terms of the treaty
to the then Russian emperor; we
are content to leave to the peace
conference to determine.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-14
No Mornings After
At Prison Camp, Says
Millionaire Austrian

julius Printer, Austrian million
aire, who had the most luxurious
apartments in New York before his
internment at Fort Oglethorpe, Ca.
objects to only one thing about the
camp-the Germans.
Otherwise, speaking from the
standpoint of connoisseur, he says
Oglethorpe has many advantages
over Gotham.
There are no telephones to
jangle," he said, mo mornings after,
and one can sleep as late as one
chooses
The millionaire made this com
ment In New York where he went
under military guard to testify in
the case of Former Sergeant Charles
l.. Bowen. According to the New
York World, Sergeant Bowen, who
was left in charge of the luxurious
apartments, couldn't resist the temp-
tation of the millionaire's sixteen
dollar pajamas and other dazzling
apparel, and appropriated a part to
MS own use. For this and other
offenscs he was sentenced to ten
years Imprisonment after trial BY
court-martial at which Printer was
a witness.
Before his internment as an alien
Pernitzer was president of the Trans
Atlantic Trust company, Of New
York. which was owned by three
Budapest firms and was used as a
depository for German funds by Cap
tainu Rintelen, German sabotage di-
rector.
The millionaire's New York apart
ments then were the scene of gay
parties attended by brilliant Hun
garian and Austrian artists. The
World quotes Miss Nita Maldi, Of
the Century theater, as saying that
Some of his Japanese prints and
Oriental jewelry are the best in any
private collection"
But despite these luXuries of pre-
war days, he says that the intern
ment camp at Oglethorpe doesn't suf-
fer by comparison. In addition to
it's comforts, 1t offers many interest
inT personalities.
ct met ore very interesting man"
he told the World. "He was a horse
',0isoner by profession, but had con-
tossed to twenty-seven murders as
Il side line. This gentleman was
visited by a most beautiful woman
who had a Madonna-Iike face"
After the hearing in New York.
Printer was returned to the Geor-
@ia camp, "where there are no morn
ings after and one can sleep as late
as one wants"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-14
How the South Is Working to Feed Itself

and brined, picked and stored 500
additional tons of vegetables. The
1896 southern girls engaged in
regular club work raised and canned
8,882,000 cans of vegetables worth
$1,500,000, as we'll as canning an adj
ditional 1851 900 containers of fruits
and vegeta bles which they did not
raise themselves.
Eoys' Clubs Much Larger
Boys club work has also develop
ed on an amazing scale because of
the persevering and conscientious
1917 the enrolment of boys with re-
spect to the branch of farming was
rs follows: Corn, 40,394; pigs, 81,
375; poultry, 1853; cotton, 5,297;
miscellaneous, 4,0S7; potatoes, BAL;
peanuts, 3,157; and grain sorghums,
2,12G. These numbers were greatly
increased during 1918, while an ad-
ditjonai 100000 boys aided in emer-
gency work. The average yield of
corn of the boys clubs was Al. "
bushels per acre. Thousands of pure
bred pigs have been distributed
boys club work is stimulating the
attendance of farm boys at aGricul
tural colleges. In one southern state,
during 1917, rs club boys entered
the state agricultural college.
Under the supervision Of the
farmers conducted farming demon
strations in 1917-the 1913 figures are
not yet available-on 501,72o acres
of corn, 1860 acres of wheat, 6&,-
769 acres of rye, 1852 acres of soy
beans, ,448 acres of velvet beans,
44,526 acres of alfalfa, 10000 acres
peanuts, 14,809 acres Irish potatoes,
Hits acres sweet potatoes and 1884,
TAI acres of miscellaneous forage
crops for hay and soil improvem ent
purposes.
Other Work Of Agents
Approximately $4,000 fruit trees
in southern farm orchards are yield
ing more fruit of better quality as
the result of intensive spraying and
pruning demonstrations conducted
by the county agents. The county
agents also had charge OF feeding
demonstrations with 1883 head of
beef cattle as we'll as 3O,041 hogs.
In addition they assisted in the i'm
breeding purposes, while they aided
in building 1855 dipping watts and
SSH silos. They instructed 5G,031
farmers how to care for farm ma
nure; they conducted 25,O68 lime
demonstrations; they advised 136,S04
farmers concerning the use OF com
mercial fertilizer; they furnished
building plans for 3.02S farm build
IngS; they installed 1,753 home va
ter systems; they supervised 28,812
thing demonstrations and 20,439 ter
racing demonstrations, and dire tied
315,654 home gardens. Southern
county agents visited 885,966 farms
and received ,207 callers at their
Offices or homes. They delivered adj
dresses at 1896 meetings attended
by 3,880,403 people.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-14
War Brings Change in Farming; Farmers Fol
low Program of Department Of Agriculture

The agricultural south of today is
as different from the DiXieland OF
1910 as the industrious and eX-
perienced hands OF skilled agr1-
near miracle has been performed.
Thousands OF acres that were run
ming wild in weeds and filth are
now productive OF profitable crops
Of corn, wheat, oats, hay, cotton,
tobacco. potatoes. vegetables. and
truck crops. Sections that formerly
had never exported d carload of cat
tie, hogs, or sheep are now extern
sive producers OF mutton, beef, pork,
WOOL and dairy products. Families
which formerly lived a drear life OF
meager existence are now not only
enjoying plenty Of the staples but
also many OF the luXuries Of coun-
try life.
How was that revolution effected?
How W2S u mirage transformed into
an actually in the southland? The
war presented the opportunity Tor
due to the unlimited demand on the
American food storehouses. The
second reason is because the United
States department of agriculture
and the state agricultural colleges,
through the medium of l,5S9 county
agents, located in the fifteen states
from Texas to oklahoma and from
Florida to Maryland, have been
steadily urging farmers to increase
crop production; to practice better
farming methods; to maintain more
live stock; and to produce in the
south the majority of what food the
south annually consumes, utilizing
cotton as the leading surplus cash
crop.
Old Practices Changed
Heretofore the south has been the
Eden Of the one-mule, One-negro cot
ton farming corporation. The negro
farmers have raised cotton largely
to the exclusion OF all other money
crops. Then they have about faced
and converted their cotton money
into imported beans, bacon, and
bread at the local supply stores. In
view OF this prevalent and tradi..
tional practice of buying instead OF
raising the bulk of food, the United
States department of agriculture OPP
Grated under severe handicap when
il began food work south of the
Mason and Dixon line.
Great credit is given to the coun-
tv agents. who have not only shown
southern farmers in fifteen states
how to raise and produce vegetables,
truck crops, field crops and meat
products, but have been Successtul
in getting the farmers to raise Such
products on a large scale. Despite
the fact that the record price of cot
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-14
An Attack Of Influenza
Often Leaves Kidneys In
Weakened Condition

Doctors in all parts of the country
have been kept busy with the epiden,,
ic of influenza which has visited
so many homes.
The symptoms of this disease are
very distressing and leave the sys=
tenn in a run down condition. Almost
every victim complains of lame back
and urinary troubles which should
not be neglected, as these danger sig
nails often lead to dangerous kidney
troubles. Druggists report large
sale on Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root
which so many people say soon heals
and strengthens the kidneys after an
attack of grip. Swamp-Root, being
an herbal compound, has a gentle
healing effect on the kidneys, which
is almost Immediately noticed in most
cases by those who try it, DR.. Kill
mer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. offer
to send a sample size bottle of
SWamp-Root. on receipt Of ten cents,
to every sufferer who requests it. A
trial will convince any one who may
be in need of it. Regular, medium
and large size bottles. for sale at
all druggists. Be sure to mention
this p2Dpr-( AdVt
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-14

Franck among the first and most
Intelligent OF the nations patriots.
In All instant flash of political in
sight he saw that the act was but
the first maneuVer Of a dark, MachisL-
Nellian design to divide the Belgian
people and to destroy the soul of the
Belgian nation.
This protest was signed by the
presidents Of the two great Flemish
Ounds, which have for their object
the encouragement OF Flemish cui-
ture, and by several members of the
former commission for the eStaD-
liShment of a Flemish university.
This was the instant response of the
tlaminSants themselves, and after
ward there were protests from all
the professors of the university and
the personalities in Belgium.
The governor general replied to the
protest of the FlamingantS, and then
he proceeded to the execution OF
the measure so long matured. 1t
was ordered that the university be
transformed, and there was more re-
sistance. Among the professors who
taught at Ghent were the historians,
Paul FREDERICK and Henry Pirennc,
both celebrated i'll the intellectual
circles of Europe and America. Pro-
lessor FREDERICK was Flemish, inn
bued with the ideals of his race. Pro
fessor Pirenne was a scholar whose
monumental history of Belgium is
the authoritative work on the life of
the sturdy little nation that had
struggled UP through the vicissi-
tudes of a thousand years of tur-
bulent history, determined to be
free.
1t was told everywhere in Bel
GUM, until it became common talk
that, when it WAS determined by the
German authorities to set up a pure
ly Flemish institution, Governor Gen
eral Won Kissing sent for Professor
Ptrenne and promised him the most
splendid and dazzling emoluments if
he would accept the position of rec
tor of the university, that Professor
Pirenne replied that he would be
pleased and honored to accept the
position of rector of the University
of Client eff the patient naming me
is signed by my sovereign, his Males
ty King Albert" The story had all
the intrinsic evidences of it's own fall
sity; it was too romanticistic; that
is the way men act on the stage. not
in life; and later Won Kissing him
self denied it.
Hrn-G
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-14
SOUTH CAROLINA

Cowpens. S. C.---Mabry. Ray (Ws)
Lamar. S. c. Hcaron. Marion (WS)
Ware Shoals. S. C.-Hotzclaw. c. w. (WSl
Lancaster, S. C.--Langley. Yancey L. CWS)
Laurens. S. C.-Pitts, Eddie l.. (WS
Dillon, s. C.-Nishoe. William c. (WS)
Dillon, S. C.-Utley, Dunlap J. tAD
Chester. S. C.-Caldwell 1t. W. F. ire
turned to duty previously reported died
Ware Shoals. s. C.-Brown, John s. ire
turned to duty, previously reported killed
Ware Shoals. S. C.-Balentine. Corp. David
". twounded severely, previously reported
died from disease)
Branchville. S. C.-Barrs, Corp. Thomas A.
wounded severely, previously reported
died from diseased
Greenville. S. C.-Bloom, Julius Il. twounded
severely previously reported died from
Greenvii1e, s. C.-Barton. Samuel s. twcund
ed severely. previously reported died from
diseased
Camden, s. C.-.Tohnscn. Corp William E
(wounded severely. previously reported
missngl
Westville. s. C.--TIomas. Corr. Roland C..
Cwounded severely, previously reported
missing)
Columbia, S. C.-Lee, James twounded &C.
yerely, previously reported missing)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-14
War Ends Career
Of Tank Boys Who
Trained at Gordon

There are a number of boys at
Camp Gordon who were just learn
ing to ride that untamed iron bron-
cho, the tank, when the war ended
and the fire-breathing monsters went
out of business.
If they had kept on fighting-well,
if they had it's a certainty that
several of the eX-tank corps huskies
now at the catnOnment would have
had an opportunity to find out how
it feels to be inside an iron bow with
bullets beating a patter like hail on
both sides.
Five members of the second COM
pany, first convalescent battalion at
Camp Gordon, who were completing
their training as tank corps men
when the war ended are Sergeant G.
$. Mills, Sergeant George j. Greer,
John d. Stewart. of Atlanta, Ernest
p. Bradshaw and Noble Van Ness.
These boys would have been sent
into battle in another month had the
hostilities continued. Stewart used
to sell automobiles in Atlanta and
is known as kid" Stewart along au-
tomobile row. The tank corps mer
received their first training at Ware
ham, England
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-14
CONTINUED from Last 1ssue)

a FTER the German occupation oil
~ all the ministries, the natlona!
n administrative departments OF
the Belgian government except
ing those OF foreign affairs and or
wal, had continued to function much
as they had functioned before the
war; they were indeed invited to do
so by the German authorities.
On the. fourth of January. 1915.
the chief OF the civil administration,
DR.. Won Sandt, formally communica-
ted to all Lie Belgian ministerial
departments a statement OF the gov
ernor-general, Baron Won Kissing, in
forming them that he would leave it
to the Belgian functionaries, TO de-
eide freely whether they were able
to reconcile the future exercise OF
their functions with their duty to-
ward the Belgian state" assuring
them that those who should resign
the declaration OF loyalty would have
no reason to fear any harm from THIS
fact, excepting, of course, the loss
of their salaries, providing they had
done nothing in the pursuance OF
their duties and obligations that was
against the interests Of the German
administration.
This striking generosity, this gra-
cious permission to functionarieS TO
resign if they did not care to retain
since even ii elementary rules OF
justice did not give d man the right
TO quit his employment. that right
had already been expressly secured to
these functionaries by article forty
three OF the resolutions annexed to
the Hague convention of 1907.
1t was in accordance with this as
SITance that the functionarieS con-
tinued at their posts and carried on
Internal affairs, though they did it
WITH difficulty and in spite of con-
slant, persistent nagging interfer-
ence on the part OF the swarm of
German functionaries that were
brought into Belgium or were al
ready waiting there when the Ger
mans arrived.
Americans coming to Belgium used
to Re surprised to note SO much
order. such comparative peace and
quietness. 1t was due to the fact
that Belgium was governing itself
in most of her local affairs and that
her government continued in many
ways TO function.
The system of Belgian government
Is based on the commune; it is the
cell OF the whole organization. Each
commune elects it's common. council,
which governs in much the same way
as GO the common councils OF Eng
lISh or American towns.
The system is as old as the strug-
gle of the city to be free. and it Is
TO that Belgium owes her genius for
self government, that love of free
uom which has kept the nation alive
ma stubboTnly determined to coz
test her right to liberty through sue
cesSive nominations of Standards.
ArE+Ei" MS. Drtchmen. and Germans
"hliH ccnstitutiOna1ly they despise