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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-23
Texas RaiL1ayS
Facing Deficit
Bush Declares
Not Only That, But Roads
Of Whole Country Are
Running Behind.

Austin Texas. April 23.-Not a
single railroad in Texas viii earn the
federal compensation, said 3. +. Bush,
regional director Of railroads. yester-
day, before the Texas railroad COM
mission, which is conducting a hear
ing to determine whether it shall re-
woke its permission for discontinuance
Of certain passenger trains.
Chairman Allison Mayfield stated
at the beginning Of the hearing that
the meeting was 10 determine which
trains should be restored
Mr.. Bush said that he expected a
deficit Of s310.1OO.1OO in the opera
ton Of the railroads Of the United
States this year and that this deficit
must be paid either by increased
rates or taxation He continued that
the cost Of passenger service per mile
in Texas five years ago was from 40
to 90 cents and that now il is from
81 to 80 He asked the commission
not to order any trains restored which
would not earn at least S1-67-
Chairman Mayfeld at this point
said that the commission agreed with
1Ir- Bush on most points AIr. Bush
then said that while he did not have
figures for Texas. that automobiles
in Arkansas and Kansas have reduced
revenues Of passenger branch lines
so percent. The docket Of the hear
ing was then taken up. Trains Of the
n. X & T. were considered first
ever. is proceeding naturally and with
out industrial Copyright,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-23

ever is proceeding naturally and with
out industrial Copyright
1913. by New York Evening Post, Inc
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-23
CONGRESS RULE
GOES To WEST
South Loses Domination;
Democrats Are Losing
Prestige in Utah.

lContInued - - -
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-23

For a person who knows nothing of
finance, stocks, shares or bonds, there is
one good safe ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Securities.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-02-21
l,OBI,ED POKER GAME.
BIT DIDN'T GIT AWAY
sheriff Got "Iiish-Jackcrs" and
Twelve Participants in the
Game, As Well.

Last Sunday while "A dozen citi-
ZcnS Of Bennington were engaged IN
Il poker game, or some other game
used as Il vehicle for gambling, a
couple of others broke into the game
properly masked and robbd the jack
pot of some seven hundred dollars
But that isn't the whole story: Sher-
If Dave Wright was there and got
an even dozen of the party. and they
in turn identified the iGh-iackerS.
aud they are in Jail charged with
highway robbery. The two men in
iail. whom officers say have heen
Dositivcly identified aS the robberS
are John Durbin and W. {. Shumak''
In Justice DowninG'S court her"
Monday twelve men plead guilty to
gambling and paid fines of some
thing like S25.00 each. Those en-
tcring pleas of guilty were ID. Gard
ucr. Gene Shumakc. Ira Brackett.
W. Jones. X. Gardner. ID. Coburn,
Bill Stokes. Dock Walker. \, Mar
tin. Il. Murray, J. \. Jones. and Boy
Iiayslir.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-02-21
DETERMINED TO EREik Up
GAMBLING IN COZ NTf
Shcriff's Department Has Arrested
TOO Men, VII" I'ayr Paid %2,1o0
to Count, Since January u.

The News is informed this week
th"t sine" taking his office as Shcr-
iff of Bryan county on January d,
Sheriff Dave Wright has appr"hrnd-
od an even one hundred men, who
have either pleaded guilty or b"ea
convicted OF gambling, and who all
in all have contributed to the coun-
" something like $2.50O.00 in fines.
Or these arrests thirty-iivo were
at Wade, twelve at Bennington. thir-
teen AT Colbert. fourteen at Albany.
six 1T BoEchito, and twenty-five here
in Duran'.
Sheriff Wright says that the gam
bling ring is getting too bold to suit
him aud that he is determined to
break it up. The law provides jail
sentences for subsequent offcnS"s. n
lahitual gambler. properly convicted
may be given Il penii"niiary sen
| tcEcc.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-02-21
For Motor Vehicles

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.ln. heaviest I'll ud,uE can not cu
iArnu"r 81. and IN, lDu,cs, .ppli o..
.r wu.I weather never intcri"r, .
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Vl, irN. - ut iht aver y" count =,
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-02-21
Criminal Cases
Up March 3rd

''h ~ ~ ."n al bh"M 10 hr ifi"h ~
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Sc hH"~tii,, A."rrh ., 1910.
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.EH.r. mccoy, rape III Iir'' Ht-
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h.. ~ !'.|''''' ~, a"S'Ni' VIII ]
U' 10 XII.
A'''Ii' cruz 'N ~ "nlIh rs.
&. .'''"'., violating nf"Hi 1l-
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.'. y" "-'' forgery F'c'Au A'
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one f.pH III IiI'' u'NI''.
"" N'hh, obtaining money cH-
"l'r lRltt pretehseS.
O.. +" i' 'loHiiHS' ioTE'l! III "''
'"d decree. - ~ ..
t''rie icdrce ana pan Mi''Hc''' .
burglary IN second degree.
Jnr Jackson, obtaining money oh
DER iaiSp pretcnSes
tfiu'N' haf'h - '"iD'
Ahn" brown assault with ih'en'
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-02-21
THE BIRD or PARADISE

The Bird Of Paradise, al the lih-
arty Monday might was a real show,
put on hy real actors. and ii there
was II novice nr m understuudy H.
the east one couldn'l tell il, for every
member acted just IN artist. Nor
than that the house was pretty wen
fillcd aud those present secm'd -
enjoy aud appiHcilt" the mIduct;"n
The story Was that ot IlawJiia :
life with i,- prejudice, and super
stitione. In which Americans hrccnt
imhrddcG fur a i!Ms, fascinated -
the easy lille and charm of III" n
tivcs and the warmth of the climate
The leading character. Luana. Ii l.
waiian princess mg"rics one Of those
Americans and they live happily 10:
a time. bat The American is li~illN'
stoned aud leaves his native M!i".
who AT the hehcsI of her people, -
icrs herself living sacrifice 20 the
native God, who. in their belief con
trolls the action Of Il huge vo,canp,
10 Hpnrasc whose wrath the natl'"
hcliovr q sacrifice necessary. III
last scene is where LuaEa Jumps in
to the fiery mouth of the volcano
while her former native lover. stand =
on the brink. straining To catch Il
glimpse OF her. =
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-02-21


tnru The Ctl,1 .i. 81 iur q rcduc-
.iu. iH he dll"a %. 10. D;ri 90 cotton
Tor the sea, 1919. alI ii promise
10 hri.B tn' C',l. ,a,Uit IN som /.
.u ID. ~.t,.- at i"..
I'D. cujn" m2.avI ls uDjhing
nor or Joss jh-n aI application OF
,!tr law ri surpl. U-t demand,
%"i,h U.Iily uuI 'H &u tJAuudil v
';1c'a, whether 90. commodity be
"r uricir rt uoN.HnIi,r, an agri-
cultural prrdu", @. human labor.
Fr.cr 10 i3i Z "a"G the great war
pInk' ptt. ia" h"i- bin ul the South 3
ambition Vas 10 sell IT'S cotton for
.ip"en cents rpJ..'. which was
nc exception f"th.: th2u the rule
l"r cutirn .oiU in th' t'W years prior
10 the war al iI9h 'iGh' 80 twelve
ruH's pound. Further ,han tina,
great corporation oiEdniZcd By
i.rrci@ w~s formed wih Il view to
/ holding enough 'pttuA ~ warehouses
.nu hCirinE last - drive IN" prics.
| 80 fifteen cents where y" thought Il
ought to be, ANA hold il there.
In 1913 III" W! broke nut and the
/ '1"''P'''' ~ .il''t''A i''l +A''''i ''''i W.
con was nil also one couldn't get
II across the Nater--and cotton sold
away below production cOsts-and
1t was in that year that some fellow
started the agitation 10 Buy Il bale
Of cotton at ten cents pound
with the result that thousands of
business firms in the south bought
a bale at ten cents pound and kept
Ian
Then came IA war demand for cot
ton and pricceS reached the ideal
fifteen cents, exceeded it, doubled
1t, and last fall the cotton sold at
ihirty-five cents pound and up
ward But that was war demand
abnormally stimulated. in spite of a
biz crop with surplus from former
years.
When the armiSticc was signed,
the market Went down and cotton
is selling now at about thirty-five
per cent that the highest point reach
ed in the fall There is no doubt,
! further. taking the judgment of cX-
/ pcricnr"d cotton men. that If the
south raised bumper crop next
year prices will fall away down and
Wc will be hard up on Il fat crop.
business man who is familiar
with the cotton situation told the
writer the other day that in his opin-
ion. if the farmers do not plant less
cotton they are, in his opinion doom
ed to sell at loss. To quote hfn
"%actly he said Experience has
taught us that ten million bale
crop will bring more dollars TO tn
south than IA fifteen million bali
crop. yet in view Of this the farmer
cotton crops. say the situation il
serious because hear so much tall
of the land that the farmers expec
I'D to SOW in oats that they now n
= | tan m n len n n
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-02-21

Down at Boswell II dog went NAL
and bit small child and as Il result
the city officers took dog killing
expedition and eXterminated every
canine in town that wasn't muZzlel
or that the owners did not immedi
atsly muzzle.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-02-21
J. p. Wright, perjury.
Dink Myers. rape in first decree
Tuesday, March IL, 1919.

Arihur WarH. IarcthN UI UUIHV''I0
animals.
Cay Williams. assault wan III
tcNt TO kili
som Par'la. cruelty 80 toiHNle.
T.. =. MornhoGi. cruelty t' an
Wals.
4. l.. Twlr,'. assault vita in.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-02-21
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more i"lportant. and transportation
pr"h'"'t Nnd for the farmer alway'
IN" 'rAhspoWaiioH problem Is pri
mnri'' :. question OF publir roads
Ihay I"hk" II easy or difiicui' 10
hit - get to the market with hi
pr"iLc. or for supplies.
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u "A;'t thihE IN all communities
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aqtni Tue best roads the communit!
car build ana maintain for the char
acteT ~ 'raiitc they should ami arr
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NaH"2fd may require nothing NOR
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othe'' a gravel road, or macadam
or Az ''phalt -macadam, or even
SDn"i ttr road. The community, wis"
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-02-21

Bishop f.. +. Hoss of the Method
ist Episcopal church, South, is rot
expected to survive a stroke ri apo
plexy suffered this week at Musko-
gee, Wednesday night he was very
low
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-02-21

The NEWS does first class =,
work and delivers promptly. "'
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-02-21
tent to kill.
Lloyd Yandle, forgery in soo..
degree 'SeVn

The divorce docket is unu,r.,
heavy for The coming term ,Sa Iall
haing 81 cases docketad for boon'll'' el'
during the five days settinr 'u'
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-02

vtnous liquor for beverage purposes. !"
Pending . decision OF the court as
to the constttutionality OF the war
prohibition act the governments at
torney announced that manufacturers
win operate tn peril OF future prosecu-
ton.
The brewers contention that the
war act Is unconstitutional because
the war Is over was upset by a state
ment Of the court that in its opin-
ION the war is still in progress"
This was in response TO the govern
ment attorneys statement declaring
that the necessity for food conserva-
ton is greater even than on the day
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-02

Of Chateau Thierry" and that 1t is
equally essential that liquor be with
held from public sale while the army
and navy are undergoing demobiiiza-
ton
The brewers have received no COM
fort whatever from the litigation thus
far. An rulings and opinions brought
out to date point to the fact that the
war prohibition act is constitutional
and that the government will enforce
1t to the letter. II appears that the
question, what is intoxicating beer,
win have no bearing whatever upon
the war prohibition act
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-02

The eighth Psalm. written by
David asks the question. What is
man, that thou art mindful OF him ?
And the son OF man, that thou
Visifest him 90 OF this passage and
those which immediately follow.
Matthew Henry has this 10 say, "He
Is very honorable rank of beings
We may be sure that ne takes place
OF all the inhabitants of this lower
world, for he is made but "a little
, lower than the angels, lower indeed
because by his body he is allied TO the
| earth and TO the beasts that nerish
anf yet by his sould. which is spiritual
and immortal. he is SO near akin TO
the holy angels that he may be truly
said to he but little lower than
they and is in order next TO them.
He is but little while lower than
the angels, while his soul is cooped
up IN house of clay. but the children
! of the resurrection shall be angels
pers and no longer lower than they.
He is endued with noble facul
ties and apacities-Man's reason
Is his crown Of glory: let him not pro-
fame that crown by disturbing the use
OF II. nor forfeit that crown by act
ing contrary to its dictates"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-02

Lesson Text: Genesis 1868:
.:7-a. Ephesians 4:2024-
Golden Text: God created man In
his own mage--Genesis 1921,
Senior And Adult Topic: The
Dignity And Worth or Man.
lesson Outline.
l. Man Created in Gods Image.
Gen. 1:26-2S: 81
IL Mans Needs Provided For.
Gen. 2:8-9.
III Mans New Create Q n
Ephesians, 4oo24.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-02
rAruous EVASION OF PLAIN FACTS.

- hnvN waited with what pAIence
asss m4wAs ar some denial or cx-
Anakion Of ths statements Asrrs-
aeA % tl,s ep~ernor OF Virginia tn
] ~ urs,as,t spe>ch II Suffolk. but we have
nfseA In ~sSr--watted until. indeed
- have come to understand, thAt
SHAT -ArpAAxed to he a semi-oeniai
fr0m IN apposntee OF the executive
- ireny Of the kesne~t Kind
me GUvsrncr was quoted a. having
oasd that ths federal road appropria-
80. ssesred for Virginia by senator
nNnneon. waA nothing more or less
4Aan an attack upon the school
M1tsm of virginia This amazing
y aonclussor was reached. SO the COVER
ainr sAid. because he believed that 10
Aoet the requirements OF the federal
- would he --at the immediate ex-
penee ana sacrifice OF the school syn
t-
The gov%rnor seems to have forgot
IN many thing. IN the iast year One
~ thsm = the spirit Of the leztsiA-
4us wA3eh was No friendly TO the
1ahoole ~ the state that. IN liking
- u schools and roads, Il Appor-
1aned fDsx natIls to the former and
10y fArss - ths latter. The Same
AAnb~vuAfp composes the lngtslaturs
Eous- but willing forgotten
SoaA aap>rt that the Legislature would
n1ark upoa any program which
uSd ~sacrince the eAucafSon Of ths
1naASsn OF Virginia - the exrfut~s
. 49, u rod Aufldi.x~ o. anything
- And tass ySopla. whose ,epressn-
tnxav0 compass ths lsg1saatuz~, ars rum
- wGn1ng and ready to support che
4 oeAool sugtmm hu the payment Of taxes
- 0hav ~ - support tho conStruo-
I 60 ~ hkgnvAys--oofh being srs,,
oo1eA
4AAN farts are known 10 svcr]
10y. unleGs. indeed. the goverDcrr
Aory has ceased to function ooo
ealng matters he would nike To for
~
Let M hook . ffttls into the ia
<Aat ths federal appropriation N ~
81 exAeh uDo0 thu school system Of
AAlxE1nlA~ The national government
4 49, as0n4s> policy With respect 4
- extended state. both for roads AMI
Nicola For both. it requires tina
n ~ 04ake shall furnish for the sasnt
U inpssswnsther roads or schools
~ dollar for every dollar appropriat
~ congress In this respect thu
&nIth~Ilever Act In aid OF Virginia.
EDUCATIONAL system does not dinel
nm Ne act arproprfattng money FOL
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-02

There n sound sense In the plan.
too. Tho self-respecttng com7nunify
would not be willing to have the gov
eminent come tn and build roads and
school houses for 1t: and the govern
ment that would undertake such a
policy would be too paternalistfc to
sa tfsfy The American spirit gov
eminent approaches both problems
with the same point OF vtew-that IN
70 far az the state. are benefited the
nation prospers. It recognizes a com
munity Of interest between itself and
the individual comm onwealths IN the
promotion of those things which are
most vital to the public welfare. The
commonwealth which meets the ma
ton half way demonstrates, by that
very ACT. it's own acceptance OF re-
sponsibility. Surely the governor can
not wish that the people OF tlris proud
state should be made an object of
charity. Yet this - what 10 seems
to demand when he Says. rs ne Is re-
ported to have said at SuffoR. that
''if congress possessed funds which
It could spare This money
should be appropriated to the states
for rood roads without any strings
attached to IT.
Remarkable ianguAs~. mat. for \
man who campatgn~d the state on a
good roads p,atform. telling el>s p~e-
pss everyvher~. with show Of frank
nrsA that good roads could never b
obtained without paying the price.
W. urn hav~ thu dfstreasfng spec
tscse OF . governor whiningH onm-
planning mat thu nation n willing ia
add dollar to every Virginia dollar
ratsed by tho people OF Virginia e
build good roads In Virginia. axncth
doubling the benefits which esre poo
ple Of Virginia could obtain shrougf
their own efrortA
The federal government no nore In
tends 10 p~up-rfre the stmte OF VIZ,
GfnfA than the state AZ Virgins
intends to he paupertzed How
much Of the federal Appropriatio,
can be made Avatlabis Ia a matte,
which Virginia can and win settle TO
herself BY making such effort ~ TIT
or the next Legislature deems possible
This VIII be done Without IN AM
measure limiting the work Of the stat
school system, Indeed, aside from
other considerations. good roads vii
help schools Immensely by making
them more easily accessible to ever
child. To declare that tho fedora
appropriation 10 in the slightest de
gree tntmtcal to the schools OF thi
state is to uttsr u faiuous ahsuritty.
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wine regardless OF the alcoholic
strength OF these beverages.
In the opinion Of the department of
justice there is no ground for quibb-
ling over what constitutes intoxicat-
Ing beer as far an II applies to the
war prohibition act. The act clearly
prohibits the use OF grains. cereals,
frult or other food products "in the
manufacture or production OF beer.
wine or other Intoxicating malt or
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-02
CONFERENCE

s71 ~ Canada unite with drys Of
~ Omitted etAses IN extending an In
1a1en 70 temperance leaders of the
- ~ attend the Toronto Wash
- conference. The Toronto meet
- = called for May .I~.3 and the
< nAngten for June A-s-s The
= utee1tA National convention of the
zAn41s0Aloon League Of America win
ma n washington on these latter
anAss.
& NOwhere on earth perhaps has the
eoAJhttson cause advanced more
anp11iy or advanced farther than II
800 N Canada and the United States.
ok Canada and the United States,
1Ai1A anxious TO give the rest OF the
I'D the benefit OF their experience
A8hting the liquor trnffic, do not
eaiess thsy know 1t all. In the Ian
GnEe OF the call Issued by the Join,
|nGnmittaes of the Anti Saloon league
nA the Dominion alliance. the las,
T. III a to methods In temperance
has mot yet been spoken and no
nisxtion or nation knows all the
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truth or an the elements of success.
but ora great objective unites us. we
seek y saloonlees and drinkless
world"
That In c1e purpose Of the confer
ence-a salooniess world. To that
end several hundred delegates are
coming from abroad. Their fnforma-
ton win not be limited to what they
secure from reports and speeches.
This conference is unique in that It
il proposed 10 make q sort OF travel
ing conference out of It. Six circuits,
including the principal dry cities Of
the United States, win be traversed
by delegates led by speakers OF ma
tional reputation. Tho delegates from
abroad will be assigned to these var1-
ou- circuits. thus giving them an op-
portunity to see first hand the effects
OF applied prohibition. These six
groups starting from New York
thence to Toronto will reunite In
Washing for the mai conference.
II will undoubtedly prove a wonder
full impetus TO the worldwide drive
for prohibition.
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n&4ng for Attorney-General Pal
an me Hoffman Brewing com
cAse. advised that the words
and wine" in the war prohi-
~ ac1 In the opinion OF the gov
1T wers not qualified and that
government In
~ enforce the prohibition Of
Aetmse ana sals Of beer and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-02

We are not to consider In this les
son the subject OF sin, growing out
OF the fall in Eden; that We are to
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-02

REV, JOSEPH r. WATTS D. D.
Sunday Baptist Mission BoardD