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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-04-09
GETTING TO WORh on
SOLDIER BONUS BILLS


The House Ways and Means Commit
tee has begun work on the contemplate
ed soldier legislation. and all angles.
from the payment of u cash bonus to
governmental aid to .N-SCrVir" men in
acquiring homes. E"prcs"nt.ttiv" Gar
ner of Texas. who is opposcd to th"
granting of a cash bonus. is not on The
subcommittee to consider that f-atur.
of legislation, but win work with the
subcommittee to deal with VI. hum"
purchase bill Belief is EXPRESSED hy
the leaders that the Republican nciu-
bers dominating u majority Of the COM
mittee would favor rcuurtiuG "a cash
bonus bill. and ar" working ON The"
basis of Slj6 "A day of service to th"
credit of the soldier
"The cost of past wars ana pr"pnr-
alton for future wars" rs II was term
ed by Representative Garner. viii b"
responsible for about S2.O0O.0OU. 600 of
Government money appropriated 10y
this session of Congress The general
pension bill reported by the Appro-
priation Committee calling for s2li.-
100000 for the fiscal year. 1921. other
special pension legislation. provision
for the war risk insurance. public
health service care for war risk pa
tients. and Federal board of vocational
training, on account of the recent
world war. viii bring the total for
what MT. ddTncT calls past wars 10
$630,65 600. Add to this the army
and navy appropriation bills. which
the Texas member says is preparation
for future wars, and the charge will
be a total of SO 900, ,000.000 or better.
This computation. Mr.. Garner points
out. does not include the proposed cash
bonus to the ex-service men which. If
carried out as planned by some of the
Republican leaders. will amount to an
ad al Of
$4,000. 100000 for wars past and flu
ture."
II the two billion dollars in cash
bonus is to he voted members say the
money will have to come through con-
sumption or taxes collected on practi-
cally everything sold over the counters
today. both necessities and Injuries,
30 that every man. woman and child
making a purchase will he required to
contribute to the bonus fund. Amend
ments are being prepared requiring
a stamp to be attached to each article
at the time sold to he known as the
''bonus stamp"
I'm other words" says Mr.. ';arner.
"the people ought to be allowed to un-
derstand just why this extra tax Is inn
posed upon them Incidentally. II will
be a means of further increasing the
cost OF living"
An interesting fact brought ont in
connection with the drive of the .Amcri-
can Legion for the bonus is that th"
Government has paid NOR. than So
500, ,00O. .00O ii pensions alone ON account
of past wars. not including the pen
siOns and gratuitics granted by reason
of the war against Germany In scrvic"
men in tn" war against Germany al
ready have been given bonus of $50
each. or total of S2ji U0O uUu. and
which was not enough to buy them
enough clothes L" max" - pr"S"utahI'
appearance. So the less said about that
$50, the better. if Il is mentioned as
evidence of the Governments libctal-
ity.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-04-09
PEACH CROP ~ RUINED;
MIGu d'ONN NEpLN NUED

The rains, frosts and freezes of sat
urday and Sunday night we're general
over this section, and the peach chop
is reported Hs practically total loss.
Many gardens were damaged and pot
ators particularly were hard hit. Much
corn in the county liz being replhnted
This IL not due, however. to the freeze
but more to the heavy and destructive
rains which washed many of the plants
out by the roots. Considerable young
corn, just peeping up got nippcd. and
will also have to he repianted. II was
"a freakiSh freeze and frost: some gar
dens being ruined in the city, while
next door ncighbors lost nothing, owing
in most instances to protection from
the east wind
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-04-09
NEVADA LADY WANTS
TO BE u. s. SENATOR

Miss ann. Martin chose A RAINY En 9
ter sunday 10 toys her bonnet into n.
unlj,ir:l ring In u statement she a.,
nounccd her intention to run for IT,
republican senatorial nomination In ~
yH1"
Miss Martin said she would acc,.
the i.,lihIic.n nomination if IL We
offered hor. but that under no circ,Ii.
stances would sh. max. a Ion. fip
In "a. primary aguius; bi-partis,
fu.inn candidate" II oppnS"I by ~
a candidate ~h" will I'll" ''"r potiti,
a.. lu indri.n,,rn' before tn" priulI
Niys Martin was an tndrti"nipnt cauH
date for me .u'.t', ~ Nevada in I9'.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-04-09

Spring Coats. too, hold an i'm
portant place in our after Easter
event. They are a happy combi-
nation of desirable styles at the
most moderate prices.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-04-09
LOONEN-IsIRDSONG

Mr.. Dolph Looney and Miss Thelma
Birdsong, both Durant young people.
were united in marriage Saturday eve
ming of last week. the ceremony being
performed at the home of the bride 5
parents. on Katy avenue, Rev. Ed q
Butler officiating. The groom Is an
employee of the American Express
Company. in which offices the bride
has also been employed. Both are well
known here and have a large circle
of friends. They will make Durant
their home.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-04-09
WILL. NOT TRY FOR THE
DIG METHODIST SCHOOL.

Owing to the fact that citizens are
taking considerable on their hands in
endeavOring to put through the cam
paign for funds to complete the $780,
900 for the building of the new O. T..
G. building. it has been decided to dis
continue efforts 10 have the one and
one half million dollar Methodist school
located here.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-04-09
KNIGHTS TEMri.,us' SERMON

On Easter Sunday. following their
annual custom. the knights Tcmrlars
of Durant attended church services i'm
II body with fun uniform ON this
Easter the knights attended the First
Methodist church and listened to a
special sermon by til" pastor, Rev. 6.
B. Cross who is. himself. Il Knight.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-04-09

A farmers labor devoted to pro-
ducing wheat in 1880 resulted in an
average of hardy more than 3 bushels
per work day of 10 hours. AS thc re-
suit of improved agricultural methods
nd machinery. says the United states
pepar, mcnt of Agriculture, his lrho"
for : h,v now averages q r"nddc of
60 bushels or % times rs mucn az nc
fore
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-04-09
PREsBYTERIAN cur
Order Of ,..hURCH

Sunday School s:45 a. M
Preaching at IL a. m "
Junior Endeavor at a:Oo D. ~
senior Endeavor at $3.50 n n m'
Evening Church Worshin az, m
Ihe public is cordially invita- ny 's' D
tend all Of our services invited 10,
d. b. GREGORY n
The fool-killer., 1920-10-01

The Jews constitute just about
one per cent of the population OF
the world. But it is a strange
fact that they hold the balance
of power both in capital and la
Dor. With both of these great
powers in their hands, can't you
See how easy it will be for them
to take control of the earth>s al
fairs?
The fool-killer., 1920-10-01
LOOK OUT, EDNA!

Au1I lACI dIlSWe 10 I MISS Edna
Veroery, of Augusta, Ca, whose
deter defending the Devils Lie
appeared in this paper a few
months ago.
Every time you can show me
ONE scripture verse that you
think can be made to support
eternal torment, I will show YOU
Ten verses that teach that the
wicked shall be burned up"
destroyed" "blotted out" "con-
'sumed," "be as though they had
not BEEN" and so forth. Why
will people put so much tress on
a few questionable verses and ig-
nore so many plain and positive
ones?
Luke 8:55. The word Esprit"
in this verse comes from the
Greek word "pneuma," which
means breath, air, wind. Our
common English word 'pneu-
matte applied to air-filled rub
Der tires, comes from the same
Greek word "pneuma." And as
used in this verse it can't mean
anything except just the breath
or the air that a person breathes.
That was what came again into
the daughter of Jairus, and that
WAS all that canoo
Matthew Is :46. "And these
shall go away into everlasting
punishment, but the righteous
into life eternal" Please take
note that there is nothing said
in this verse about conscious tor
ment. It is only punishment.
TheBible plainly teaches that the
punishment of the wicked will
continue as long as the life of the
righteous. But the question peo-
pile are divided on is this: What
is that punishment? Is it con-
scious life in endless torment, or
is it just death-a cutting off
from existence?
Let's see. The Greek word
which is here rendered punish
ment" is "kolasis," from 'kola-
TO-" which means Ito cut off,"
The Emphatic Diaglott, which
lies open before me as
write, renders the passage thus
And shall go away these into
a cutting-of age-lasting, and the
just ones into life age-lasting."
Now if the punishment of the
wicked is to be a cutting Off
what are they to be cut off from
From LIFE, of course. Jesus
says: eye will not come to me
that We may have lifen-Joh1
$40. This agrees perfectly with
the statement, "The wages OF sill
is death, but the gift of God j!
eternal life."-Rom. 6:23.
There are just two things Sc
before us-LIFE and DEATH
and we are perfectly we'll &C
quainted with both of them
There need be no mistake abou
what they mean. They are di
rect opposites, and if Life is tn
reward of the righteous, thel
Death must be the punishment
of the wicked. And Of course tn
death of the wicked will be jus
as everlasting as the life of tn
righteous. So there is your "ev
~erlasting punishment" and ther
is no eternal torment about 1t
The fool-killer., 1920-10-01

~ ~ l I
burning hell. But it does not
prove anything of the sort. The
word hell, which occurs several
times in this passage, is trans
lated from the Greek word, "ge-
henna,' which is the Greek form
of the Hebrew "Ge-Hinnom," or
valley of Hinnom," This was
a deep valley to the southwest of
Jerusalem where the refuse of
the city was cast, and fires were
kept burning there to consume
the filth. Sometimes dead car
casses were cast in there to be
consumed and gotten out of the
way. Living bodies were never
thrown there, and the dead bod
les did not remain there-they
were entirely consumed. Christ
was talking to the people who
were we'll acquainted with that
place in Jerusalem, and he used
that word "gehenna" to illus
trate to them how the wicked
would be completely burned into
ashes and destroyed, just as they
had seen the filth of the city des-
troyed. He had no thought of
teaching endless existence in tor
ment, but the very opposite-to-
tai humiliation.
Eccl. 1877. The word esprit"
in this verse is translated from
the Hebrew word "ruach," which
means breath, air or wind-just
the same as it Greek equivalent
"pneuma." The same word
"ruach" is used in Feel. 3:19,
and there it is translated
"breath."
By the way, why are you or
thodox people SO enthusiastic
about Eccl. 1877, but try to ig-
more Eccl. 3:19-20? Because you
think you can twist one to fit
your creed, and you know you
can't twist the other one. That's
why. But let's look at Eccl. 3:19-
20 before we pass on:
"For that which befalleth the sons
of men befalleth beasts; even one
thing befalleth them; as the one dieth,
so dieth the other; yea, they have all
one breath, so that a man hath no
pre-eminence above a beast: for all
is vanity. All go unto one place; all
are of the dust, ard all return to dust
again."
Now, if Ecclesiastes is not re-
liable at this point, why in the
name of all that is reasonable do
you put so much faith in it at
the other point? The same man
wrote it all. And here is some
more from the same writer:
"For the living know that they shall
die, but the dead know not anything
Also their love and their hatred ano
their envy is now perished."-Eccl
9:5-6.
, Try that tune on your immor.
tai soul fiddle and see how il
+ sounds. If their love and theil
: hatred and their envy and al
: their knowledge Of everything is
persisted, it looks to me like they
i are pretty tolerable dead. | say
: Miss, if you are trying to prove
= the Immortality of the soul, yol
had better keep out of Eccleslas
t tes.
The Jews constitute just abou'
one per cent Of the population o:
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-28

In coming up here this afternoon was
to talk to you about this same prop
erty. Mr.. Cullen. ! had some
rather important things to tell you
about II. But In view Of this new at
titude OF Warnings. I'm going to act
differently. This won't stop here. and
] prefer to have somebody look into 1t
before It's any worse. I'm going to put
myself In your hands. Rufus and An.
gela. ] want you both to witness this.
Mr.. Cullen, I'm going to give
you u check for eight thousand dol.
lars; its my whole balance at the
Trust and Deposit company, less what
I'll need to live on for q few days. I'm
going to turn over to you twenty thou.
sand shares In the Silverbow Mining
corporation to keep for me-it's my
own personal holding. I'm going to
turn over to you my contract with the
mining corporation. which calls for the
delivery Of all the rest of the corporate
stock on payment Of a hundred and
twenty thousand dollars. of which
we've already paid sixty-two. I'll give
you the corporations receipt to me for
that amount And give you my word
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-28
CHAPTER XII.

As he crossed the threshold Of the
long, overdecorated' drawing-room. he
knew intuItively that he had blum
dered upon climax. This he sensed
from the attitude Of the three who
turned toward him as he entered
sensed It before he saw what was IN
their eyes. The atmosphere
was vibrant. as though from sound
waves which had passed beyond, and
yet left traces Of the swell behind
them. The room was silent; but OF
silence more confounding than a deaf
ening turmoil.
Hilliard, standing on the threshold.
was himself the center OF this atmos-
phere; he felt 1t partly because his
mood was SC flexible and partly be-
cause the three who faced him had
simultaneously thrown their fixed at
tention on him thrown 1t directly and
challengingly, including him In the
finale Of the climax. while they stood
motionless as statues. He looked at
Warlng, whose expression was defen-
sively acute: he looked at Angela,
flushed, palpitant. and excited; he
looked at Mr., Cullen, tight-lipped and
frowning; and Hilliard caught his
breath, as swimmer who launches
himself to n high dive, and walked
composedly into the drawingroom.
81 hope" he said gravely, "Tm not
lntruding. Am II"
The trio was galvanized into action;
Cullec fairly leaped at him. billiard !"
he said, thank the Lord! You're the
very man we want"
Hilllard smiled straight into Cullens
eyes.
That's why I'm here" he said.
Waring laughed loudly-too loudly:
and the laugh stopped short, for Cul.
len was towering over him-Culen
blazing with indignant wrath and with
hand resting on billiards. shoulder.
Now go on" said Cullen command.
ingly. 1--WE don't want any under.
handed work around here, Rufus. I've
told you that once already. Go on |!
say II to his face! You're converse.
tional enough behind his back-say II
to his face! Either you tell him or
will I"
The boy wiped his forehead. Beads
Of sweat stood out on II.
"Mr. Cullen It isn't /.
1t isn't fair :"
"Fair!" Angeia's soprano had risen
to q half-scream. "Rufe Waring, after
what you've been saying. you talk about
being fair! Why II you"
"Hush! Angelal" Her fathers I'D.
monition was peremptory enough to
quell her instantly. he wheeled back
to Wsring. "Ws'rs going to got at TIE
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-28

there was always the refuge Of flight.
but in Flanders. men learn not to de-
sert their posts. and Hilliard had
learned that lesson among the first.
Loyalty to the cause OF fighting had
erown automatic: flight was simply In.
conceivable to him.
Yes, he could gather his resources
and place them, together with himself.
In the hands Of his subscribers. and
their vengeance would be twofold ::
once 70, their loss out Of pocket once
for the loss out Of faith. He had de
served no leniency. and he expected
none. But as for those who. without
the financial ENHANCEMENT. had re-
spected him. and honored him, as for
Carol Durant and Angela
Well. as for Carol. he was at least
relieved OF the terrific mental convu-
sion which would surely have fallen
upon him II he had had reason to be-
lieve that she loved him. As II was.
her shock at his disaster would be
tempered by Armstrong; sane philoso.
ply; at most. she would lose In Hi.
Hard friend Of only few months-a
man she had wanted to retain rs n
friend. but-by her own admsslon-as
that, and no more. This was conso-
lation trifllng and fragile to
be sure. but something saved out Of
the wreck.
AS to Armstrong-Hilliard. marvel.
ing somewhat at his own tolerance,
wished him JOY. Armstrong was fine
and clean and manly: he had well
merIted his victory. As to Mr.. Cullen
-Hlllard was torn with regret, but
after all. Cullen's gullibllIty was what
had made the campaign so chlldIshly
simple. As to Angela who had
really loved him
"Oh, the poor little kid" said Hi.
lard softly. "The poor little kid.
Ana perhaps he mad never loved
Carol Durant so much as when. at ten
o'clock that sunny. morning. he went
up the steps Of Angela's house to de-
stroy little girls regard for him be.
fore It could be destroyed by others,
On the doorstep. he found strength
In the memory Of poor Pierre Dutout.
In n way, HIllIard felt that he. too.
was giving up his life as Dutout had
given his with smile for the
fate. and blessing for the future. Be-
cause he was afraid. unnervedly afraid.
that Angela. after all. was In love with
hlm-and when he put stop to that.
1t was the beginning Of the end.
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-28

Of honor not to step foot outside Of the
city Of Syracuse. nor to be for one
single hour out Of your reach until
you've investigated the whole proposi.
ton from beginning to end. l insist
that you make that investigation.
That's Oh condition that Rufus won't
mention this again. either here or any.
where else. until he's collected the
facts! And I'll tell you right now
Rufus has given you the TRUTH
MY dear mani" Cullen's tone was
conciliatlng. I'VE know all that!
We've gone into this with our eyes
open. We're not buying a productive
mine; we're buying a good prospect"
"Slnce ! saw you last" Hilliard's
voice broke, I've reason to fear that
It isn't as good as we hoped"
"There" Waring was jubilant.
Listen to that. nowl What did I tell
you?"
1--WE went into It with our eyes
open." said Cullen. after a pause.
"You told US from the very first 1t
wasn't an absolute certainty-good
Lord. what business proposition ever
Is? Besides" He sent a fash Of
scorn to Waring. II don't care who
knows where stand on this deal or
any other. don't buy properties: I
back men. I'm banking on you, Hill
lard. I'm putting my money back Of
you. I'm counting on you to make
good-if that Montana thing falls
down cold, I know you'd make 1t right
with me-if I'd let you. But wouldn't.
When I'm sold, I'm sold for keeps, and
I'm sold on you. I'm taking the risk
just as you are. So :"
"Thank you" Hllliard's apprecia.
ton was in the nature of a stiff bow.
"rm afraid you're exaggerating a lit.
tie. though. :"
mot one syllable!"
Hilliard was patiently grateful.
"At any rate. I'm going to do as ]
said you'll keep those things
as favor to me. won't you? As Sc
curity. or evidence Of good faith. or
whatever you want to call it,"
Nonsense! For fareup like thlsi
Ridiculousp'
"But I insist" said Hilliard. "And
want you to make an Investigation
thorough one" He smiled grimly;
Dicky Morgan was safe forever. u
know In advance what you'll find"
$50 do l. Oh. well, know how you
feel. II you want to be whitewashed,
suppose I'll have to act as a sort of
trustee for you-it's tommyrot, but II
you want 1t, won't refuse. Send me
the stuff and I'll put 1t away for you
where it'll be safe. And Rufus here
-" They turned together to the law
student, who was defiantly abject.
RUFUS, we're going to give you every
chance in the world to back up what
you've said. but II you can't" He
paused significantly.
"You let me do the investigating"
said Waring doggedly. "11l get at the
foundation for you"
do It, and welcomew This from
Hilliard. "I'll take Armstrong; report
II you will-or you can 60 lust az
much further as you like"
Cullen had detected Warnings start
Of astonishment and chagrin, and his
interest quickened at the by-play.
"What's Jack Armstrong got to do
with III"
ITO BE CuNTINuEDl
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-28

go there and ask you questions. and
didn't you give me the data? Show me
figures and everythlng7 And I told
Mr.. Cullen the very next day, It didn't
look good to me- His voice rose
stridently. "All right. I'll say to him,
and I'll say 1t to you, and I'll say It to
anybody that'll listen to me! It didn't
look good to me then, and It doesn't
now. I told him you acted darned
funny about It. And Just now I've been
telling him don't believe It's straight.
You're too blamed sketchy about It,
and it's got all the earmarks Of bum
promotionl There Culleni"
The omission Of the prefix to the IA.
ther Of bis Idol was the worst insult
he could conceive.
Cullsn's hand was stu On Hlllisrd's
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-28
1llIllllI[ll11llllllllll

me no good at all-my pains got worse
instead Of better. l began taking the
Vegetable Compound and felt change
from the first. Now feel fine and ad.
wise any one going through the Change
Of Life to try 1t, for it cured me after !
had given up al hopes Of getting better:
You can publish this and ! will tell
any one who writes to me the good
it has done me. Mrs. MARGARET
DANz, 748 N. 18th Street. Phila., Pa.
It hardly seems possible that there 70
. woman in this country who will con-
tinue to suffer without giving Lydia p.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound trial
after all the evidence that is continually
being published, proving beyond contra
diction that this grand old medicine has
relieved more suffering among women
than any other medicine in the world.
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-28
,mparslne information,

Bartlett had heard his parents spell
most Of their conversations. 20 upon
learning his nrst few words he greet
ed his father that evening with:
Daddy, we're going to r. 4. 7. (pie.
ture show).s
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-28
REMARKABLE
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Power Of Lydia E. Pink.
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Philadelphia, PA want to let you
know what good Lydia E. Pnkham's

v ge ia Bile Com.
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! had organic trou-
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through the Change
of Life. Twas taken
with a pain in my
side and a bad head.
ache. / could not
lie down, could not
eat or sleep. ! suf-
fered something
terrible and the doc
tors medicine did
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-24
TEAM 70
REPRESENT II. D. AT
], Big RIFLE SHOOT

Biimarsk, n. ~, May 24.-North
Dakota Will be represented at the an-
nIar, rifle shoot ct Camp Perry, O.,
July so to August -. by civilian
rifle team, 1t was announced by
Major n. 0orenson OF the adjutAnt
generals ofnce today.
A national guard team may. also be
sent, Il. the guard companies display
%sIiicient interest In the event.
= The civilian rifle team, composed OF
IL rifiemen, two alternates and four
Officers, will be chosen by competi-
hon from civilian rife clubs in the
following towns. Fl. Ransom, Fair
dale, Grand. Forks, Leeds, Liebon,
Rugby, sheyenne and Bottineau.
The7,Ft. Ransom club has just
reQuiaitioned rtdesA&hrough the adju-
tant geReralss department. Each club
ID allocated two Rides, and members
may purchase rides made In the U, 8.
Rock Island rifle factory for IS each.
NationaA guard Organization ID
progressing in the state. the 1adjutant
general states, s& .; t4tg
4. Twelve companies, Of 100 men
each, are allowed in North Dakota.
Thirteen towns and: cities have been
designated by the adjutaht generals
ONCE for the formation OF companies.
Thus. the city OF town showing least
interest will be denied q company.
williston has notified the depart
mentz OF the organization Of .. COM