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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-11

corn fed animal and at cost of less
than one fifth Of what il would cost
to reach the same stage with fun
corn feed.
Should local growers desire TO ship
their crop or sell it in the field, they
can find a good market at Denison
Texas, where peanuts can be sold al
any time during the year, and good
market could be established in Ard
more in a short time II farmers would
take to growing peanuts, for there
is one OF the best equipped peanut
mills in the southwest that could Do
easily put into commission, but is idle
for want of the raw product The
chances are that this mill Will be in
operation next season. If SO it will
be up to the farmers Of this locality
to furnish the material to operate on,
There are many things in connec'
ton with the peanut industry other
than planting and cultivating, they
have to be threshed with a specially
designed threshing machine, but there
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-11

are several Of these in Carter coun-
ty II properly taken care OF the hay
that is left after threshing will nearly
equal in value the price Of threshing
the crop, but as a rule the fall OF
the year in this section is dry, and
ths crop is easily protected by proper
stacking in the fields so that cone
shaped crown Will shed water should
it rain before the grower can get the
stalks to the thresher
Too Late for This Season
1T is too late to do anything with
peanut crop here this season, but
my advice to every farmer in Carter
county would be, that next spring when
he starts to plant his cotton crop, to
remember the weevil scare Of 1921,
and plant Just half the cotton land
laid off in cotton, ana in about a
month after the cotton has been plant
ed and the rush work out Of the way
to plant the remaining half in peanuts
and in the harvest time compare the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-11

cause there is not buyer on every
street corner ready to grab them, but
there would be if farmers Of Carter
county would raise them in sufficient
quantities to induce heavy buyers to
become interested.
The peanut grower is not altogeth-
er dependent upon the buyer as the
cotton farmer is, because with a little
effort he can raise hogs and pigs
enough each year to clean up the av-
erage acreage that any farmer would
plant, and the animals will fatten rap
idly on this feed.
Fine for Hogs
with two weeks Of corn feeding
before butchering or shipping the flesh
will harden so that they will bring
as good price on the market as full
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-11
Quiet Wedding Celebrated

London, July 10.-The marriage Sat
urday TO the Marquis of Calvatone
(Don Giralamo Semmi-PicenardD and
Mrs. Blanche Vogel Of New York, as
announced in the London Times today
was a very quiet one.
The bride is a daughter Of Mrs.
Siegel Of Chicago and was the widow
OF the late Frank Vogel OF New York.
The marquis is a captain in the Ital-
ian army.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-11
SUITS FILED In
DISTRICT COURT

Suit for possession vi property was
filed in the district court Saturday by
John W. Hoffman against Melvin
Gaster alleging the defendant failed
to abide by terms of contract. h.
A. Howard is attorney FOR plaintiff
Fox Rig Company filed suit against
the wag-Ntar oil Company ct al for
account due. alleging S5l6. Attor
neys fees are asked TO extent OF 500.
polman 4 Dyer are attorneys fol
plaintiff.
n. W. Gresham Is suing for divorce
from his wife. Lue, alleging desertion
and violent temper. Plaintiff is %
years old and defendant 80. They
we're married last March, according
to the petition. They had been mar
red at prior date also. johnson )
McGnl are attorneys for plaintiff
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-11

washineton.-Addition Of some 1000
bales TO the 1920 cotton crop over pre-
liminary statistics made public last
March is shown In the final figures
OF the census bureau just announced
on cotton ginned. from last years
crop.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-20

inG darkness werc hundreds ~ other
brains. vital and active. appeared to
stimulate his own imagination.
Nearly n month had elapsed s.ncc
he had agreed /" TAX" up tho inquiry
into the authorship of the series of
ANONYMOUS letters with which CYL
sion and -" nri"hh"rhoud had been
Hooded: Vet ~ ;ne matter remained
i mystery.
For = turtr.-&t Malcolm SaG" hal
been on the trW'inrn; in connection
with the theft Of the Ada!r D:a-
muuI&. Tw" days previously. after
har.n.: restored the famous jewels
t. Lady Adlir. he had rttarncd T."
LONDON. I" find that the Gy!st"n
AFFAIR had developed Il now and dra-
matte phase. The curnte had been
arrested FIR IN attempted assault
upon Miss rravue and, pleading
not guilty." had been committed fur
trial.
The incident that led MP to this
had taken place on III" day that Nal
cuim Sag" loft London. Late that
afternoon Miss Craync had arrived
4, the vlrararc in stat" bordering
IN collapse. ON becoming more col
lcctnd, she stated that on returning
from having Il call. and whom half
way through a Copsr. known locally
as "Gipsics Wood" Blade had sprung
out upnn her and violently protested
his naesior 10 had gr.npHd hold
uf her wrists. the mark oC his FIN
nnrs was To hr seen on the delicate
skin. ard threatened tn xii her and
himself. She had brpn terrified.
thinking be meant 10 kill her. Tho
rpprnarh If farm lah"r"r had
sawed her. and the "urntc had dis
nInrrrcl through tho c"pS".
This story was horne out Ivy J"-
scph Higgins. the farm lahnrcr IN
uf"vtirn. He had arrived 10 find
Miss CravnC in 4 state Uf great
a,lrm and agitation. and he had
WALK, Il with her ~ far as tn" vicar
u@" gate. He lid not. however. actu-
n!iy 80" ~" c,ireir.
ON 'lc ,i"'l.';th # This statement
thu police" had ..mi'l."h 10Y a warrant,
ana had subs .nnMUy arrested the
,ura,r. Later h appeared before
IA" magistrates. had h-cn r"manh"d.
"rd fi,aly committed for trial. bail
h'inr allowed.
l!adc protested n.S innocence n!ik"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-20

Saw tho whole blessed lo,." was
the CHEEKY reply. It's all ~ Gear
as milk" and he laughed.
What did Mr.. Blade say" in
quired Malcolm Sage. looking k"cniy
across at the inspector.
Just that ne had nothing 20 say"
His exact words. Can YOU re-
member them" qucricd Malcolm
Sage.
oh. yes" replied tho inspector.
He said. Inspector Murly. | have
nothing to say and then ne shut up
Ike real Whitstable."
He was away yesterday" rN-
marked Malcolm Sage, who then told
the inspector of his visit. How
about John Gray, the schnolmaster ?"
nc queried.
"IIr practically told me to so to
the devil" was the genial reply. In
spcCtOr Murdy was accustomed 10
rudpncSs: his profession invited il,
and to his roLit;h-aud-r"ady form At
reasoning. ruGclltSS meant IiHp-
cenCe: pulitcrcss guilt.
And yet the vira would not hear
of the arrest Of Blade" murmurcd
Malcolm SaC". turning ihr copper
ash-tray round with his restless
fingers.
sheer good nature and kindlim'sS,
Mr.. Sage" he said. HES as gentle
ns u woman"
IL once knew man" remarked
Malcolm Sage. who SID that In tho
annals If crime lay III" muster key
~ the worlds mysteries. past, pres
Ont and to come"
"A dreamer. Mr.. Sac" smiled tn"
inspector. I'VE lIrv"N'. tim" t"r
dreaming nj the Yard" n" added
good -temrcr"rllv. n 10 r"s" and
shook himself like a Newfoundland
dog.
Il suppose it uc"or struck YOU I"
look elsewhere than AZ ;hr Cura,"'S
lodgings for ~" writ, i IT," l"t-
,ers"" inquired Malcolm Sax" quietly.
1t never strikes in" |" i.vk about
for somcon" when I'm S:ttlr,; "m hs
chest" laughed Inspector NHr,I}.
True" sad Mai"oln Sag. "ET
the way" Ne continued. without
looking up. IN iut'm" can }"u let
me sec every letter as = is received?
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-20
VL-THE GYLSTON ISLANDER

Nv whose badness 'Nt"'G'l :" h&
,y"i..iS. WAS h,WS;ln- with .nirrmI-
Ton. By nature CHp1hl" Of making
4 mystery cut If sunbeam. H.
r"yC!lcd IN the S,'anddi 'nai numm {!
arM.nd him.
After quarter e ~ hours con-
r,"-atlOn, ~" lar.i,urI# "nnNcrSa-
t.nn. Malcolm Sage found himself
l,"ea..ssed II - "wildcrin2 amount
81 urw mater!Ii
y Young LLl don't hHv" th"m
hi@nS,rricS fer no;lin'." my host re-
mnIErG darby. Has It's of I'm
cv,"v now and then over sire" she
WAS a narp"r, subi'in' and cry!n iit
to break II heart. and tho vicar thar
cross with her"
THAT is considered In" hest way
10 treat hyS'ryicIl people" remarked
Malcolm, Sage.
Maybe" WIS ;hc reply. but shes
only q sal. and Il pretty on" tor
he added incunSrqu"ntly.
"Th"u there's the sch""lmas;cr,'
he continued. "'at the curatr like
poison. he does. Shouldn't d" Snr-
priscd it il was him that don" it,
'Es always been bit sweet IN that
quarter himself, has Mr.. Gray. Got
talked about Il good deal one time,
'anGin' about ar'cr Miss MnrIcl.
added the loQuarious publican.
BY the time Malcolm Sag" had An
ished his meal. the landlord was VOL
in his Stridr uf SCandalOus remi-
nisCenCc. |, was with obvious r"-
luCtanCe that ne allowed so admir-
able listener to depart. and Il
was with manifest regret that he
watched Malcolm SaEc's car disap-
pear round the curve III The road.
The next morning. in response T.
a telephone message. Inspector
Murdy called on Malcolm Sag.
We'll. Mr.. Sage" he cried. as ho
shook hands. going 10 hav" another
try to teach us our job" and his blue
eyes twinklcd good hui. 'rod!y.
Did you sec Mr.. r. l"?" inquired
Malcolm Sag
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-20

ping the knife to. he replaced it in
his pocket.
( Blades sermons" Malcolm Sage
continued and such letters OF his
as you have been able to collect.
show that he adopted very definite
and precise system of punctuation.
He frequently uses the colon ard
the srmicnlon. and always In the
right place. In a parcnthctical
clause preceded b. the conjunction
ami no uses 4 comma after the
. and. not before il ~ most peopi"
do. l., fore such words as Yet and
but he without exception uses n
scmicolnn. The word only he al
ways puts in its correct place. In
short. no is go academic as to SAVIOR
/ somewhat OF the pnmposity OF the
eighteenth century. Turning to the
anonymous letters. it must be ad-
mittcd that the handwriting 10 very
similar: but there all likeness ~
Blades sermons and correspondent"
ends. AIurdy has shown me nearly
all the anonymous letters, and in
tho whole series there is not one
instance Of the colon or the semi
rplon hcing used. The punctuation
is Of tho vaguCst. consisting largely
Of the dash. which. after all, is a
/ literary evasion.
! I'm these letters the word but
frequently appears without any
punctuation mark before it. At
/ other times II has a comma, Il dash,
or n fpll stop.
/ Such phrases as If only you
/ knew / should have loved TO hnv"
been. different than,' which appear
In these letters, would have been
absolutely impossible to Il man Of
blades mcticulnus literary tCmpcra-
mrnt. The most curious factor in
the whole case is the way III which
. the letters were delivered. one WIS
,hrrwn into Il fly on 10 Mss Cravrc's
lap. she tells us. when she and her
father were driving home after din
ing AT the Hall. Another was dis
COVERED in the vicnragc garden. \
third was thrown through Miss
CRAVINGS bedroom window. a few
Of the earlier group We're posted in
the ncichhorinG town Of NhitchUrch.
some on days that BLADE Was Ger
lainly not there.
"Thnt was going IL hr ore of my
! strongest points" remarked Frryncs.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-20

- the assault and tho wrSttn. Of the
l..-,.,.. Inn. two hand writing en-
merits had testified Ia the similarity
II tho handwriting Of the anonymous
letters With that Of tic curatc. Fur
rErrmnrr. the, were ali written upon
.nI,.r,r. s,.r.,." IN. manor that
rl,Lr r,cl for his sermons
N.,,,,,,, c,ro h,d ms, started -,
,,o... Io.h n.bnr ,n,. L,Ir ,nrrcd ana
..a., .,nu.ol - rrn.rt L,r,,u.s
..,,' ,n,,.ir,, ,ro,,v u,Iv fnr
,,.s, ,r,.od t,rornos, rccocn;z-
~. ,,a a,I,v,;t,.tinr uf thc h-ior
,,o,,,.a,,,.,,.,, ,n.,, M,Icorm
aI,. ,,r ,,,rcrs,tinn
~, "
.i',. ,,.,n,., b,rlr.ri,iur
.,a1 trno,roy "Thor.r,,
,,,,,,.,,;, -, ,,- l,.,,,
+. ,,I.n .,Iu,ys v,rrs tho
i,n.,. 81 80. i irrrr ~ ocrnpt,r. tb.,r
r,.i,iorrr. w., c,ch side continues 10
,r,,lrc, rh.r, I,,s an jnsult 10 In.
,cllIrcrce ana mStirr."
To hang = man because his s.
rcsrmbIcs That or Am duplicating
documcnt" remarked Mrlrulm Sage
"a no placed 4 red queen on a black
kn,ve "Is about rs sensible as e.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-20

his hand: Frcynes followed suit.
Ask Miss Muriel to come here
said the vicar to the maid as she
was closing the door.
4 few minutes later Miss Crayne
entered, pale but self-possessed. She
closed the door behind her. Instinc-
lively she turned her eyes toward
Malcolm Sage.
inspector Murdy," he said. with
out raising his eyes, will you please
open two Of those packets? l should
explain that each Of these contains
one CT the most recent Of tho series
OF letters with which we are con-
cerned. Each was sealed up BY Mr..
Crayne Immediately It reached him.
in accordance with Inspector Muir
dy's request. Therefore, only the
writer. the recipient and the wear
have hadc access to these letters
Meanwhile the inspector had cut
open the two top envelopes, unfolded
the sheets of paper they contained,
and handed them to Malcolm Sage.
Everyone bent forward, eagerly ~.
pccting something; yet without quite
knowing what. Malcolm Sage lifted
the metal plate from the letter.
There in the centre Of tho page, In
blush colored letters which had not
been there when tho paper was
smoothed out upon the plotting pad,
appeared the words:
Malcolm Sage.
August 18th, 1919.
No 1S9
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-20

Merit Wcck-Thc Missing Hcarr-
rCi0ht.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-20

Immediately he had lifted the plate
from the letter. Malcolm Sage had
drawn a sheet Of plain sermon paper
from the rack before him. This he
subjected to the same treatment as
the letter. When a few seconds later
he exposed 1t, there in the centre
appeared the same words:
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29
FROM OLD ALLISON

Mr.. and Mrs. Perryinan had the
sad misfortune of losing their infan,
child last week. II was buried Fri
day.
Joe Dunlap's children have beer
visiting up here. They have bee,
sick the most Of tho time since
they have been here. They will re
turn to their home at Kemp thi.
week.
Geo. King returned home Saturday
from Rolf, where he had been visit
ing his brother the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell visited a,
Old Allison Sunday.
Mrs. Kings children have beer
sick, but are able to be up now. J
w. Horton has also had some sicl
children and they also are very mucf
improved.
Gathering dried beans and peal
putting up fruits and vegetables ART
keeping the house keepers very bus!
at the present. Produce ism
worth anything on the market and /
behooves the industrious wife Il
save It all for home consumption.
Mr.. Trout Of Albany was a bust
ness caller in our neighborhoo,
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Kennedy ar
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29
ITEMS FROM CALERA

Rev. John Boyett filled his reeu.
lar appointment at the First Baptist
Church Saturday night and SUNDAY
Rev. Harral is conducting q re.
vival at the Christian Church.
The cottage prayer meeting me,
with Mrs. s. Carr Tuesday D. m,
Will meet with Mrs. A. B. Hunt,
next Tuesday at y. m. Every one is
ipxited:' -.
Born to- Mr.. and Mrs. John Ferru.
son fine son. Mother and babe
doing nicely.
Mrs. ]. H. Grizzell of Orr, Okla.
and little granddaughter Burris
Hodges returned to their home
Thursday, after a ten days visit te
Mrs. Grizzells' daughter. Mrs. J. R
Keller.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. e. Richardson lef,
Thursday for Mission to visit rela.
tives.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Fergu.
son. July % fine baby girl.
Forrest Linton went to Ector
Texas last week to see his father
who was sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Brinlee and fam.
lily Of Westminster. Texas visited
Mrs. Brinlee's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
F. B. Rickerson the weekend.
Bro. Dyke and a Baptist ministe,
are holding a revival at Lemon Chap
ell, and are having a good meeting
j. l.. Lyon Of Brownfield. Texas
formerly Of this place. and Miss Jua.
nita Coca were married last Thurs.
day afternoon.
Miss Fenny Belle Hulsey visited in
Caddo last week.
Jewel Rickerson OF Bennington
visited his parents, Mr and Mrs. F.
B. Rickerson Saturday and Sunday
Little Miss Tren Hodges who has
been visiting with her aunt, Mrs. J.
r. Keller the past two and one-hali
months for her health. returned tt
her home at Wilson, Okla. Tuesday
She improved very much in health
while here.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29
COLLECTING A DOLLAR

Junior, a Kansas City small boy,
was Obliged to lend his dad q dol
lar a short time ago for carfare, the
dollar being the smallest coin Junior
mad In his bank. Since that time he
has politely but frequently approach
cd his father for payment Of the
loan, but never when he happened to
nave q dollar. The other morning
Junior put the case this way: Say,
dad, next time you're down town BY
the bank, and the doors open. won't
you go in and get that dollar for
me-" That appeal did the business
Capper's Weekly.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29
DURANT GIRL GOES no
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Miss Haydee Ritchey, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Ritchey Of this
city, has accepted position In the
University Of Washington Library at
Seattle. Washington, and will depart
Tor that place about September 1,
but she is now spending the vacation
at nome. Miss Ritchey is an Alum
nus OF the Durant High School,
Southeastern Normal, University Of
chicago and Columbia University.
New York City.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29
CHANGE IN PERSONNEL OF
INSURANCE FIRM

n. ID. Ward, has sold his interest
IN the insurance and bond firm OF
salmon, Gilstrap & Ward, to Messrs
salmon & Gilstrap and has moved to
wichita Falls. where he has become
interested in an insurance firm there
During his residence here Mr.. Ward
mas made a large number Of friends
ana he is first rate insurance man
from every angle. o. r. Salmon and
w. n. Gilstrap will hereafter handle
the firms business.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29
INR QQ3ANT XNxLY NRws

tne proud parents Of a new baby
girl. born a few days ago.
Singing was held at MIR. Smith,
den's Sunday night week ago and
al mrs. Dunn's last Sunday night.
boll weevils are doing lots of
damage to cotton. However some
patches have good manv half
grown bolls.
AT this writing Tuesday, Mrs.
perryman is reported as doing rea-
sonably we'll.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29
Negro Girl Turned Ioese

In Justice Ellis court nj Rem.
ninston, Saturday, Mamie Railback
seventeen-year-old nesress charged
with the murder Of q negro named
Traylor. was acquitted, the defence
making showing of self defense
The dead negro was a cousin Of the
slayer. >"%
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29
=, with COW Stealing

'.l ' D,,is, living south OF
eona NJ, an bond under a charge
PdeF i ,,,ne w. Information filed
COW sn,,, a,torney's office. says
the n,rked up a stray yearling.
y, :, and sold and eat the meat.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29
Doings at the Court House

hallway. the Kansas, Oklahoma and
cur Railway, the Southwest Be,l
Telephone Company and the Texas
Company. The bone of contention
is the State tax levy, Of one and one.
haif mills which the contenders al
lege is an illegal levy.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29

HITCHING RACKS COMING BACK
So many farmers are going back
to the horse and buggy, because 1t
has become easier and cheaper to
feed horse than to feed and fix an
automobile, that many country towns
are restoring theft hitching racks
and their sheds for farmers wagons
and teams.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29
,,..rr,., with Burglary

uo,, pong Holt and Abe
10y - neat Achille, are charged
", ,.Shinr the house Of L. s. Os-
o,r Achille. of numerous
~ lu), II. They were ar
w. -" Vs. nopulv sheriff G. c. Jones
made bonds.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29
TULSA RIOT FIRE LOSS

Fire loss in the recent race riot
at Tulsa, which resulted In The
compete destruction of the negro
settlement In that City, and the loas
of more than a score II lives, b o.
ficially placed at 81 100000 IN the
June report Of John Connolly. stats
Fire Marshall.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29
6etting Right OF Way

n. County Commissioners anu
n, Attorneys office are busy
IL.s right of way for the hard
..aS @ roads in the county, espec-
m the road from here to Red
and the road from Neee to the
~ county line. Officials say
ro.t of the folks are donating
rirht Of way, knowing that the
A road across their land will
I,.s lis value by a sum greater
| ,he right Of way given. Others
I, pay for their land, but they are
,he most part agreeing to let
vork commence and settle the
mt TO be- paid later on. Some
arc obrudate and condemnation
eedngs will follow in such cases.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29
Excise Board Meets

County Excise Board meets
day Of this week to approve or
prov" the county, city and town.
financial statements and esti-
and make the tax levies for
Nous submissions of the county
Anent for the ensuing year. It
expected that the board can
ele 'he work in the one day.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29
Still and Six Men

"! Sheriff Ben Risner and
o'e John Hampton, Of Ben.
seized one Of the biggest
f'er operated in Bryan County
.nuay afternoon and bagged six
Operators OF the still and
them TO Durant. The Still
IVY gallons capacity and 800
Vi mash was seized. The still
As As operated two miles south
de, Oklahoma.
VINO We're caught and are
10 have been operating the
Lee Davis. fifty-nine, T. F..
'.''V-'ish', Luther Young
'oF'y-s!x, Horace Williams
'p.F' 'fipp Thompson, forty
~! COX, twenty-five.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29
0O0o0ooooooooo0Oo0000ooo0o000ooo0(
A SIGN THAT NEVERtFAnS

Gentle reader, in the beginning
l want it distinctly understood
that "Yours Truly" is no philos-
Opher. I don't claim, nor never
did claim to be anything more
than a common prune peddler,
and a very common one at that.
But I do think / have just as
much right to my opinions as
anybody, philosopher or what
not. However the line of thought
within the confines of this
buck-shot border can be easily
distinguished from the great
philosophers in this respect:
The philosopher said-"tell me
what you eat and I'll tell you
what you are," still another has
said--"tell me what you read and
I'll tell you what you are," while
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29

SALE OR TRADE-90 acre farm. all
in cultivation. well fenced and cross
fenced, good black sandy land ;some
bottom land; 3-room house. VIII
take Durant residence property. B
F. Dyer, 701 w. Main St., Phone
476. Durant, Okla. 28wa3
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-07-29

c,,ckcn stealing Charged
. uurks and Ray Cox are under
~ grand larceny charge, 1t
/. hat they stole a chicken or
Mr. Ta,um near Achille.