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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-04-29
SCRIPTURE
Isaiah, 55th Chapter, 1st to Sth
Verses

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Verses
HO, everyone that thirsteth, come
We TO the waters, and he that hath no
money come ye. buy and eat. yea.
come buy wine and milk without
money and without price
wherefore do We spend money for
that which is not bread. and YOUR
labour for that which satisfieth noto
lie 'rken diligently unto me. and eat
We that which is good. and let your
soul delight itself in gatness.
Incline your ear. and come unto
me: hear. and your soul shall live:
and | will make an everlasting cove
nant with you. even the sure mercies
OF David.
Behold. have given him for wit
ness To the people, leader and a
commander of the people.
Behold thou shalt call a nation
that thou knowest not. and nations
that knew not they shall run unto
thee because of the Lord thy God
and for the Holy One of Israel: for
he hath glorificd thee.
Seek We the Lord while he may be
found, call ye upon him while he is
near:
Let the wicked forsaka his way.
and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return INTO
the Lord. and he will have mercy up.
on him; and to our God, for he will
abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your
thoughts, neither are your ways INV
ways, saith the Lord,
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-04-29

We have not yet had the Oppor-
tunity of studying the program OF the
Oklahoma Cotton Growers associa-
ito. but without any study OF its
policy and purpose We are prepared
to say that there is grave need for
organization among the men who
produce cotton. There is no class
in our country that We can think of
who are prosperous unless that class
is organized. At the same time we
can think Of no organized class that
has not prOfited by organized. No
class has ever been hurt more by
lack OF organization that the cotton
growers OF the southern states. II
the plan Of the Coffin Growers as
sociatiOn is we'll thought out and les
management has the proper executive
ability.-Ada News.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-04-29
LET THEM FIGHT

The great fight between James J.
McGraw former repu blican Commit.
tee-mar and James A. Harris present
Committeeman is on, with whiz.
bang, over who shall sit at the nj.
counter.
Mr.. Harris refers to the sinister
and powerful interests now assOciat.
ed together in the name of Jim Nc.
Graw and Jake HamOn. McGraw
comes back and says Harris is q
liar, and that his attack is the ac,
OF a dastardly coward.
Let them fight. The State al
large and the people in general will
be benefited.
The leaders in the Democratic
party have not measured up to the
standard of what they should be in
this State: but when they are com.
pared with the leaders of the Re.
publican party, they are as the per.
fume of roses by the side OF timber.
ger cheese.
They were rotten before State.
hood and age only accentuates that
condition, and yet thousands of good
Democrats voted with the socialist
to put his bunch in control of our
State. They knew not what they did
and when they become sufficiently
chastened they will come back and
help us to undo this terrible wrong
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-04-29
PENROSE AND THE NEGROES

FENhOSc AMI nC. .>E0nOEo
In openly advocating what he
calls equal rights" for negroes,
Senator Penrose of PENNSYLVANIA
is not performing a service to the
negro race but rather reopening
a question that may result ip SER
ious trouble.
The Pennsylvania house of rep
resentatives. acting under the ad-
vice of PenrOse, who is the Re-
publican leader in that state. has
just passed a bill providing that
negroes may patrOnize hotels.
cafes, restaurants educational in
stitutiOns and amusements on
equal terhs with whites.--Fred-
erick Leader.
Every man to his own notion |
the people OF Pennsylvania wish t
associate with the negroes on eQua
terms. intermarry. or anything else
it is their business. However We ca
still thank God that we have a jim
Crow law in Oklahoma.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-04-29
RUNS EITHER WAy

Are you bull or a bear IN u,.,,
Street," w"
Neither" replied Mr.. Dustin s,.,
when I'm on the trail Of ,r",
profit. I'm a bloodhound, when I1'
scared I'm a rabbit"
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-04-29

well, ladies and gentlemen. He
has our sympathy and you have
our thanks.--HartshOrne Sun.
The Sun man must have been lick
ed judging from the above nice word
ed editorial.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-04-29
should prefer to leave the ,n.. :.
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Evidently, Lady Astor, who ,.,.
that the world is TOO Loose" hs'.s
been at the bank lately trv,ns =.
borrow money" ="
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-04-29
ODE TO AN AUTO

My Bunny bent over the gas tahk,
The height of the contents to see;
lie lighted a match to assist MIN,
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me!
Bill Spivens, says II Is unnecessary
to 20 to Atlantic City to get sea SICK.
Jus, stand around and listen TO some
sixteen -year-cid girl shoot the hot
air over the telephone to some candy
legged kid for an hour or two.
WHEN IN DOUBT. WRITE A
POMEA.
Gentle reader, do not hiss
When you read verse like this;
For you little dream. I'll bet,
How II made the writer sweat.
THE TALES OF DEAD MEN
Dead men tell no tales" observed
the Stage.
Maybe not" commented the
Fool; But their tombstones are aw-
full liars"
STRANGE
Ask friends for help, and. I'm
afraid,
Not one of them will heed it. =
But they are quick to offer aid ''''
When they think you don't need 1t.
n l..
ASK THE EDITOR
A Rochester, N. Y. firm is "gOing
to try to get along without money
according to the news dispatches.
Any country newspaper man can
give them pointers.
ONE DIVORCE, PLEASE
You made me what I am today,
AS though the years we've rambled
Now rectify the mess you've
wrought;
I want to be unscrambled.
READY TO JOIN
Minister--"Would you care to join
US in the new missionary move
ment?"
Miss Ala Mode-''I'm crazy to try
it. Is it anything like the fox trOt?
o.
II now understand why the wo
mems styles in dress are so abbre
Waited.
Explain"
"They are designed by man."
TIMES WHICH TRY MEMS SOULS
When he has spent all but his last
dime in a barber shop, intending tG
use the dime for car fare. and the
porter insists on give him bit ol
personal service with a whisk broom
Rather than turn out another one
Of those h. c. I. wheezes. which b,
the way. we were about, to do, We
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-04-29

The man who originated the frost
proof cabbage plant idea. should try
MS hand on beans. tomatoes and
then get ont n hail and frost proof
peach. plum and pear, and we will
put him in with Edison and Bur-
bank as a benefactor to the human
race.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-04-29
SEEN IN PASSING


When the allies presented armis-
tice terms to Germany. that empower
threw up his hands and declared he
would not sign-but he did. When
the reparat!on commission assessed
Germany Sc billions Of dollars, they
came back swearing they could not
and would not pay and offered IL
billion. Now the bid has been raised
to SO billions, just. 6 billions short.
II the members OF the legislature
are going to be as stubborn in extra
session as they were in regular ses-
sion, how on earth are they EVER
going to pass any reasonable ap-
preparation bills? The needs of in
stitutions and departments are mat
ters OF fact, not opinion. and there
is no more reason for the injection
OF partisanism in meeting these needs
than there is in the deliberations of
Sunday School class.
No matter how clever the profess
siOnal criminal may be, and no mat
ter how cunningly he plans his ex-
plOits. he sooner or later makes ONE
mistake. and that mistake is his un-
doing.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-04-29

The hail and wind storm of last
week has about finished all OF the
fruit and garden stuff left by the
recent frost; it looks like we are get
ting more jolts than the average man
can stand.