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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-28
TEXAS WON'T PERMIT
PICTURE OF BOTTLE

Housewives of Texas are tearing
the wine and beer recipes out of their
cook books.
A man who shows one of his
friends n picture of Il bottle of whis-
ky now commits a felony.
All because Texas is not to be out
done by Uncle Sam when it comes to
putting the kibosh on the devilish-
ness of John B%arleycorn.
a new prohibition law has gone
into effect in the Lone Star State
which perhaps is the most drastic in
the Union. 1t was enacted to put
teeth" in the State constitutional
amendment.
Not only is the Government limit
of II pint on doctors booze pre-
scriptions duplicated. but the Texas
law places close restrictions also on
the sale of all alcoholic drugs which
might be used as beverages.
Any person or firm selling liquor
in violation of the law is liable for
damages to any relative or dependent
of the buyer.
1t is feionious to circulate or even
W "A recipe for making whisky.
wine, OF beer, or to display the pic
ture of any bottle 'reputed to con-
tain malt. spirituous or vinous H.
Quors."
Texas, the pros calculate. is now
safely in the dry column.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-28
TREATY MAY o
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER I

Upon receipt of news OF the adj
Journment of the Senate without
ratification of the peace treaty the
English. French and Italian repre-
sentatives at the Paris Peace Confer
encc decided tentatively to put the
German peace treaty into effect on
December /. II Is said that, il before
December ! II appears that the Sem
ate will ratify the treaty early in De-
cember, there will. in all probability.
be a further delay in putting the
treaty into effect; but If. meanwhile,
the prospect of American ratification
remains uncertain. the plan for maxi
ing the treaty effective on December
! will be carried out.
When news Of the Senate's adj
journment without favorable action
on the treaty reached Paris at first
there was a feeling of dismay, but
within n short time the feeling spread
abroad that during the few days pre-
ceding the opening of the new session
of Congress the leaders of both par
ties would be likely in some way or
other to effect q compromise. and
that the treaty would be ratified ear
ly in December; and there is now a
disposition to await patiently the
further action Of the Senate in the
matter.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-28
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION

An examination for post office
clerks ana carriers will be held at
the post office in this city ON Dec. Is.
1919. Age litlit. is to A. yoars on
the date of examination.
Married women will not be ad.
mitted to the examination.
Applicants must be physically
sound. and male applicants must, be
not less than 3 feet 4 inches in
height il bare feet, must weigh not
less than 1873 pounds without over
coat or hat.
For application blanks and for full
information relative TO the examina-
lions. qualifications. duties. salaries.
vacations. promotions, etc, address
immediately
Oscar C.. Pearce,
Secretary, Board of Civil Service Ex-
aminers, Post Office, Durant, Okla.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-28
AND HEALTH
tBy Arthur r. Lewis, State Health
Commits sioner.)

N'' H''hui H. LEWIS, state Health
Commits sioner.)
Ever see a radical. close up? I've
never seen an agitator yet who was
not understood. underfed, in poor
health. Health and bolshevism are
not handmaidens.
We have just been through a con-
crete instance of the link between
health matters and dissatisfaction of
the populace. An Oklahoma City
mar who is intelligent and has q good
job. wrote a letter complaining of
the sanitary conditions around a big
corporations plant.
'Ihey have everyone scared" he
said. mo wonder there's bolshe-
vism, when these people can IL ov-
err all kinds Of officials. 1t makes
me want to go cunning a little, my
self!' And he meant it. He was in
danger of becoming a loss to the
community-a menace
Inspectors of the health depart
ment had tried to make this corpora
ton clean up. | investigated person
ally and ordered them to clean up or
close up. They cleaned. Two days
later this potential anarchist wrote
me that his faith in official humani-
ty had received quite a BOOST
You can't be healthy in body and
unhealthy in mind.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-28
BUREAU OF TUBERCULOSIS
WILL BE OPENED DEC,

The Bureau of tuberculosis Great
ed by the last Legislature in connec-
ton with the establishment of three
tuberculosis sanitoria will be opened
Dec. | under the supervision of the
State Health Department. it has been
announced by DR.. a. II. Lewis. State
Health Commissioner. DR.. Lewis also
announced appointment of Dr.. d..
Long of Duncan as chief of the bu-
reau. The place carries Il salary of
$4,000 a year. The Bureau of Tu-
b%erculosis will have charge of all the
matters pertaining to tuberculosis
and treatment in the State. Three
sanitoria, already provided for, will
will be constructed early Icy year.
Il at Clinton. one at Talihini, and
Ii for the negroes at Boley. DR..
Longs headquarters will be at Ok
lahoma City.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-28
OKLAHOMA CITIZENS RAISE
$4,000 FOR RED RIVER BRIDGE

The BOnham Board of Trade sent
a delegation to Wade. Okla, last
week in the interest of the bridge ov-
or Red River north of Bonham. The
crowd was entertained at a banquet.
following which $4,000 was raised
for the bridge by the Wade people.
who are enthusiastic for the under
taking. The bridge subscriptions
are now at the 100000 mark. 1t is
estimated that $4,000 more will
build il.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-28

President is still very weak, and
only permitted to attend to routine
business. He is still being wheeled
about in a chair.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-28

President is still very weak, and
only permitted to attend to routine
business. He is still being wheeled
about in a chair.
Wealthy oil operators at Okmul.
gee have organized a to
build a half million dollar hotel at
that place.
The Southland Hotel property in
Dallas has been sold to the Security
National Bank of that city for more
tina a million dollars. The bank
VIII make of it a banking and office
building and will spend nearly a mil
lion more in its renovation.
About a dozen deep test wells are
being drilled in the vicinity of
Whitesboro, Grayson County. Texas.
and that section is just o in the
throes of a real oil boom.
Explosion of a steam boiler in a
gin at Ronoake, Denton county.
Texas, Saturday, caused the death of
Sam Seagrayes, Clint Merrill, and
Charles Cleveland.
In spite of a decreased production
which is estimated at about 5000
barrels a day, the 1919 gross pro-
duction tax on oil and gas is expected
to equal if not exceed last years
high mark. To Nov. /, the gross
production tax had reached $3,233,-
657.76 including penalties. Last
years November receipts were about
1851 10000 and the collections for
this month will be about the seine
as during November, 1919.
The Episcopal Church in trien-
Mai convention at Detroit has de-
clared in favor of the elimination
of the word ''obey' on the part of
the bride in the marriage service
making the promise of man and wo-
man just the same. Also the man
will not in future say: with all
my worldly goods | thee endow."
The burial ceremony will expur-
gate ell expressions tending to place
the blame for sickness or death on
God.
The Oklahoma pecan crop this
year is bigger and better quality
than ever before. Pecan buyers
from all over the country are in the
State getting their winter supplies.
Prices vary from 8 to 20c per pound.
according to quality and size.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-28

NinEcl9S Murray Butler. of Col
lbia University, predicts that the
r1'Iy will face n of the great
/ crises of its history in 1920. and
i.Matcs that it can only be avoid
by Republican success.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-28

Wealthy oil operators at Okmul.
gee have organized a company to
build a half million dollar hotel q,
that place.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-28
CHEROKEE NATION AFFAIRS
ARE FINALLY WOUND Up

With the signing of fourteen deeds
to land AT, Muskogee, the affairs of
the Cherokee Nation have passed in
to history and are finally wound up.
Andrew y. Cunningham was recently
appointed chief 50 that he might per
form The last transactions Of the old
triDAl government.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-28

twenty-five persons persisted in a
at Villeplatt, La, Saturday in
in which a dance was being
4 Deaths were caused by a jam
, doorway when frantic people
a To get out, of the building.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-28
EsEaHH"
[,rUS or THE WORLD
IN BRIEF

xxx agaaGaaaaMa 10
L., white labor leaders were
and Two wounded by special
'm,o at Bolgalusa, La, Satur-
n tight over the apprehen-
= the negro president of To-
,.,h,r workers. 1t was claimed
N, nero was an a%gitator. The
al u,licrmen were members of
laval Legion, an old organiza-
.ouuoScd of eX-army officers.
l,-5neh Il hoax perpetrated by an
unified person at, Atlanta, Geor-
saturday night, a meeting which
IN b" addressed by Vice Presi-
, MARSHALL was broken up by the
announcement that President
.on was dead. Mr.. Marshall and
great audience were visibly over
by the news. and it was some
timr before information was
'ired as to the falsity of the Q
krenr,-iive persons persisted in a
at Villeplatt, La, Saturday in
Sal in which a dance was being
Deaths were caused by a jam
doorway when frantic people
10 get out, of the building.
Fbe oklahoma University eleven
!, over the Kansas Aggies last
|uriay by the scroe of IA to 3.
|, Louis breweries are again maxi
las per cent beer, because of a
k.nt injunction OF the wartime
addition law.
|in airplanc which makes a verti-
| ascension and can hold a sta
kary position in the air, has been
Ented in France.
|The League to Enforce Peace, of
(th az President Taft is the head,
10 u'sr the next Congress to set
differences over the peace treaty
\ ittliy il as soon as possible.
Tho ;.publicans of Massachusetts
endorsed Governor Coolidge of
b STAT" for the presidential nom
.'rn next year.
Coz r. is To he asked to alter
laws by transferring the
,hoi'y fer deportation of nndesir-
iIum the Department of Labor
tn" Department of Justice. with
enactment of q code under
18th 'h" Government invoke posi-
? action.
:. Hding army of 100000 men
,sel hY d universal military train
>y.''m to supply the reserves
l.l meet the peace time require
Ms Of he United States, says Cen
ltoH E. March. chief of staff. and
will likely make this recommen-
ion tu In" War Department to be
.t"sj"d to Congress.
'lnEolGS Murray Butler. of Col
oll University, predicts that the
will face one of the great
crises Of its history in 1920. and
that it can only be avoid
by Republican success.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-28

Boy Scouts are helping in the sale
of Red Cross Seals. Help the boy
scouts make the sale n success.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-28

a load of wood in time will save
lots of shivering.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-28

An enumeration of the mines and
Quarries of the United States was
made for the first time in 1910.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-13
JUDGE D. A. r. CRUM

Judge D. A. R. Crum, one of the
leading attorneys of this section, and
eX-judge of the superior court, is
strongly in favor of the bond issue,
and urges the following unanswerablc
argument in support of his position:
ut is sound economics that perma-
nent Improvements for the public,
such as public roads, should be built
by bond issues. because thereby the
burden of payment for such perma-
nent improvements is di ltributed
through the years; and the people
who use them, including newcomers
as the years go by. pay their proper
tionate part of the cost thereof
Thereby the cost is shifted to those
who really reap the benefit of the i'm
provements. 1t would be unfair for
such improvements to be paid for by
diect taxation in an amount sufficient
to Pay for the same as constructed.
The bond issue commands my vote
and my earnest support"
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-13
B n. PALMER

! am fer road bonds, not because |
have a farm or any other property
that | think it will benefit but be-
cause | know it is for the best inter-
est of Crisp county TO have paved
roads--just like I knew it was for the
best interest of Cordele to have paved
streets and sidewalks. No one in
Cordele would now be willing to ac-
ceDt their money back and do away
with out paving. Just so it will be
with the county when we get paved
roads
OF course, we cant pave the roads
all ever the county the first year, but
we have got to make start some
time, so why not now? AS fast as
we are al le. We will pave all the main
roads.
We nave got to pay our govern
ment taxes for this road fund whether
We pave our roads or not. Not a sim
Gle county in the state has failed so
far to vote for bonds that has held
AL election. These counties that have
waited bonds know that it is a good
-propaSitioEaDste4naeeept~swfFen the Unit
ed States government will put down
a dollar every time they do and let
them pick up both dollars and use
them Cl their roads
II we don't vote bonds, we do not
get anything, but will have to pay
our government taxes to help pave
the roads for those counties that do
vote bonds-ther they will laugh at
us for our poor judgment
say, we must vote bonds.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-13
JUDGE WHIPPLE

Judge N. " Whipple, leading citi-
zen and lawyer, just returned from
army Y. M. A., expressed himself
as glad to say word for the success
of the proposed good roads bond issue.
In part he said: THE prime reason
for good roads is to facilitate the
means Of communication between
neighbcrs, between communities, and
between town and country. Probably
the best index to the development
any given county or section is the
condition of the public roads and the
state Of Improvement to which they
have been brought. For instance on
good roads you find good farms, good
houses, good schools, good churches;
while ragged roads, bad roads, usual
ly, if not always, represent backward
communities, etc. | am glad to find
on my return that a good roads bond
election has been called, and to have
the opportunity of casting vote for
the success of the bonds | sincerely
trust that the good people of Crisp
county will overwhelmingly endorse
the bond issue in Thursdays elec-
tiOn,
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-13
J. II. CHURCHWELL

Mr.. j. H. Churchwell, also a men,
ber of the firm of Churchwell Broth
ers, wholesale and retail dry goods
merchants, and with large farming in
terests as we'll in Crisp county. says:
81 am for the good roads mond issue.
l will cast my ballot for the bond
issue in Thursdays election. | hope
all of my friends in the county will
join me in voting for them. We
need permanent reads, and must
make a beginning at sometime; and
there was never a better time than
now | am using my influence for
the success Of the movement; and
agree with others that it would be a
disgrace and misfortune for the bonds
to go down to defeat and ! don't
believe the fine citizenship of cur
county which always stands up for
things progressive and valuable will
permit up to be the first county in the
state to defeat such an issue of bonds
for such an important purpose"
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-13
DR.. THos. J. McARTHUR

Probably the best way to judge of
the degree of prosperity of the people
by casual observer travelling through
a community is the condition of its
roads.
All will admit that goods roads will
increase the value of land, but some
Say that they do not wish their land
80 !ucs to increase as they do not care
TO sell They forget that fifty acres
with good and permanent roads are
worth more than a hundred acres with
ordinary roads, for the reason that it
Iings more comfort and satisfaction
to its owners, and thsi is what we all
want. So let us vote for road bonds.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-13
A. f. CHuRCHWELL

Mr.. A. F Churchwell, one of the
leading merchants of southern eGOr-
gia, with large interests not only
in Crisp county, but also in eight or
ten other progressive South Georgia
counties, is behind the movement with
his vite, his influence. and his best
wishes and hopes for the success of
the bond issue in Thursdays election.
Noting the wonderful improvements
being made in those counties which
have made the farthest advancement
along the line of good roads, he says
that the paved roads movement, if
carried for Crisp county, will give this
section a most wonderful impetus, and
will mean more in actual values to the
county, than any other possible pro-
feet at this time. He said further:
ut would be no less than a genuine
public calamity for the bonds to be
defeated; and prove that Crisp coun-
ty is retrograding rather than ad-
vancing; that we are ceasing to lead,
and that we must fall behind the end
of the procession now being led by
Charlton, White and all of the other
counties from the mountains to the
Florida line who have voted for good
roads bonds almost unanimously"
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-13
O. M. HEARD

Mr.. o. M. Heard, one who takes a
vital interest in all movements for tn
uplift of his county and section, says:
J'You may put it as strong as you
like that l favor the bond issue, shall
vote for it; believe it to be the best
thing for US to do, and to do now
Good business demands that we ac-
cept the proposition Of the United
States government to match us dollar
for dollar;-for if we turn it down, il
goes to some other county, and we
must assist in paying it. And we don't
want to help build good roads for
some other county, and still be with
out them ourselves. / hope the vote
will be practically unanimous for the
bonds"
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-13
{. F. SATCHER

Statistics will show and your own
observation will prove that ernie is
decreasing and the number of convicts
available for road work is decreasing
each year, and if whiskey is prohibit
ed as at present for the next ten years
before the expectation of this time the
convicts available will be insufficient
to maintain the roads and it will then
be necessary to employ labor for this
work and when this condition is met
the tax rate will be greater than if
paved roads are voted at this time,
and yet we will have poor roads and
increased taxes. The solution. Uaved
Road bonds.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-13
WENONA CITIZEN

WenOna expresses a pretty well de-
fined purpose to take hold and help
make permanent roads success.
The bond issue is popular in the We
mona community, very little oppo5i-
ton having manifested itself
Mr.. w. A. Tuck says: From what
| know and understand, | am in favor
of bonds He is a good 3ne.
Mr.. j. NJ. Cofer says 81 am out
for bonds and expect to vote for them
on May 18th" Thass straight talk
Mr.. Thomas Thompson says; 81
aTn~in favor Of bonds. | have been a
bond booster because | want Crisp to
carry its issue in the election next
Thursday" Sounds mighty good
Mr.. J. S. Gown says: Tell them
Mr.. J. s. Gown says: 81 am going
to vote for bonds in Thursdays cleo
tiCn.' He's right, of course.
Mr.. j. W. Wood says: = Tell them
| am for bOnds-anything that will
help the cause" There's a ringing
spirit that will win.
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-13
w. J. MUsSELWHlTE

Mrs. w. ]. Musselwhite, one Of the
oldest citizens OF the county and who
has had full opportunity to note what
public improvements have done ior
this section, when approached on the
question of the bond issue for good
roads said: "Yes, sir, quote me as EN-
phatically as words can put it, that
l favor the bonds, and will vote for
them in this weeks election | be-
lieve that they will mark the begin
ming Of the most prosperous and pro
gressive era in the history of Crisp
county Good roads mean many good
things along a great many different
lines for cur people and county.
ask everybody to join with me in vot-
ing for the bonds"
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-13
HESE men WILL VOTE FOR PAVED ROAD BONDS|
READ WHAT THEY SAY

POSTMASTER A. L MACARTHUR
The rural mail carriers travel each
day about 225 niles Of roads in Crisp
county, good, bad and tOlerable The
best roads are of necessity nearest
the center OF business and population.
where traffic is heaviest. Purchasers
of land pay mere for il on these best
roads. those willing to buy cheaper
lands less favorably situated buy and
build further out hoping that in the
near future they too will be given
good roads, thereby developing their
section and increasing the appreCia-
tiOn OF their hcme. The plan of work
ing the roads at present fails to reach
these people, because SO much of the
money, time and convict labor is re-
quired on the most used roads, that
the fellow further out is NOT reached
as desired Teh opportunity is now
at hand, whereby if bonsd are voted,
money, time and convict labor will
De releasedfrom these most worked
roads Gf they are paved) and this
work can be spent on the other roads,
reaching out to these less favored
communities, giving these taxpayers
roads to their very doors. One OPP
posing this bond issue as | view it,
is blocking his mail facilities, his
marketing, his going to church, his
schools, and in fact the things which
make for prosperity and happiness.
An opportunity SO vital to his inter
est does not knock at his door very
often, and it beehooves him to ocn-
slider well the question and vote FIR
bonds
The Cordele dispatch., 1919-05-13
ATTORNEY M. Nj. EAKES

NJ. NJ. Eakes, Esq, member of the
Cordele bar, when asked for his views
on the good roads bond issue matter,
talked as follows: CRISP county
cannot afford to miss the opportunity
which is offered at this time to begin
a definite system of permanent road
building. The government proposes
to pay the expense of building per-
manent roads, and if We fail to ac-
cept the offer made, we will be taxed
by the federal government to build
roads for other counties and other
states and derive no benefit whatever
from this tax; while if we build our
permanent roads, we will receive the
portion of the government money COM
ing to us.
"The bonds which we sell. will be
paid for on. long time maturit'es, and
will be paid fro ma property tax The
poor man. without property will not
be taxed, and yet will have the best
of roads; while the man who has prop
erty will be recompensed for the tax.
es which he pays, in having perma,
nent roads, and in great enhancement
of the values of his properties.
"tf Crisp county people are as wise
and forward looking as they usually
are, they will forget the penny wise
pound foolish arguments made by
some men. and will place themselves
squarely in line with this great for
ward element"