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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11
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Items taken from the News of Oct.
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Items taken from the News OF Oct.
4 to Sth. 1907. .'ir.
McAlester. I. T.. Oct. AFTER
nearly a year of the best kind of
protection. the near beer joints Of
MuskOgee were raided by Booze
Buster" johnson and a number of
deputies yesterday. The keepers had
warning through the local press the
day before and had removed their
stock of drinkables so no great dam
arrested. which proceeding was all
viii go out over the country that
MuskOgee is dry.
The negroes are concentrating
their forces against Statehood. Can't
he'p II. uncle: it's got to come. and
with il will come the Jim Crow laws
and You cant sit with white folks
any more. az in the good old days of
the carpet -baggers.
The Chamber of Commerce is
now considering getting the VI. 0. l.
g. Road that is surveyed three miles
west OF Durant. and is also figuring
on a proposition that has been sub
mftted to erect 100000 cotton
mill here. II they can land both
OF these propositions things will hum.
Theodore had to give the people Of
this country a slap in the face, when
he said that his opinion OF the Con-
stitution was unfit for publication" :"
But We will excuse him for this gra-
tutiOus insult. until we get State
hood. then we will put in seven votes
for Bryan.
Mr.. Hugh E. Johnson, of st. Joe,
Texas, Is the guest OF his uncle, II.
f.. Johnson. of Durant.
j. q. Adams of Antlers. was in
Durant yesterday. He had been up
to Wapanucka. looking over some
business matters there.
Mrs. J. r. England returned home
yesterday from Sterreti. I. r.. where
she spent a pleasant day with her
son. II. S. England and friends.
Mr.. A. B. GUslin and family return
ed home from Stephens, Ark. where
Mr.. Gosdin ras been working at the
carpenters trade for the past two
months
Miss Monnie Prtle resigned her
position with the Hampton Dry
Ho""' We do SdieSldWt, 10 accept q
likewise position with the new store
OF II. G. COnnell 4 Co.
Ed Moore returned from a two
days fishing and outing trip to Blue
Fails. He reports as usual fisher
mans luck. with the exception that
he caught one water -mOccasin.
Mrs. S. L. Swinney. the wife of
sam Swinney. the prescription clerk
at the Corner Drug Store, arrived in
our city yesterday from CaddO, They
both will make this their future
home. We are glad to have them
with us.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11
SEEN IN PASSING

The peach trees are in bloom and
there are lots Of peach trees in Bry.
an county. IL we get one peach ont
OF ten blooms, there will be more
peaches than all OF us can eat. carry
home and can for winter. Peaches
are wholesome food. too.
%
Senate committee recommenda-
tions on appropriations allows half
as much money to sustain the peni-
tentiary and reformatory as is recon-
mended for thirty other State insti-
tutions. including Normal schools.
combined.
While the Durant Normal School
Is second from the top in point of
enrolment Of students. it is second
IRON the bottom in appropriations
for operation as allowed by the Sen.
ate appropriations committee.
A headline says that the European
press is disappointed in Senator
Harding's inaugural address in that
ne does not promise Europe every-
tnsng on earth. IT, was our impress
sion that MIR. Harding was elected
President Of the United States, with
duty to help America get back TO
earth. and that these duties do not
include trying to please the widely
| divergant views OF the folks across
the Atlantic. 70"
| 1t has occurred to this writer that
when man has introduced himself
to one. and inquired his name each
day for fourteen days without an
exception. he ought. finally to he.
come acquainted. A certain candi.
Date for mayor of this city has done
that thing. and each day, accostipp
US on the street. he inquiries ouI
name. tells us his name and what 8
heli0fa fine statesman he Is W.
dont mind in the least. SHINING II
10 the party. (and to any others whf
may be fn'erested.) that we intenf
10 vote for Steve Whale for mavor
ana that we are doing our darndes
10 induce our friends to do likewise
a writer in magazine which
comes to our desk said in an artic,,
last week. the greatest fault with
organized labor is its utter selfish
ness At the very moment that hi.
article was being circulated in Du
rant, the carpenters OF this town wer,
offering to give p. r. Palmer fort,
days OF free labor to rebuild hi
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11
Is 1T RIGHT?

A news item states that the union
carpenters OF Muskogee by large
majority vote, refused to cut their
wages from nine to eight dollars a
day.
Cotton and wooden goods are sell
ing at about half the price paid by
those union carpenters when they
put the price of nine dollars a day
- q fair calculation upon their days
labor. Food prices are still lower
and these union carpenters can sup
BORT their families on less than one
half OF the amount paid for food
when they establish price OF nine
dollars, for a days work. Yet they
refuse to even cut one dollar a day
from their original price OF nine dol
lars for eight hours work. Farm Ia
Dor was paid under high priced con-
dltions, at from four to six dol
lars q day, but now you can easily
get farm work dOnesat from One-fif-
~ to two dollars a day. But you say
fern labor is unskilled labor. That
10 one of the worlds mistakes. A
good farmer can do more things and
do them right, than any mechanic
that ever hit a nail on the head or
sawed a marked line. II any one
doubts this let them try farming a
little and see II II does not require
more knowledge, more skill and more
science to succeed, than IN any other
line of human endeavOr.
: Farm labor Is, and or necessity has
to be, the most skilled OF any labor.
Then why should a union carpenter
draw nine dollars a day. while the
farmer only draws one sixth OF that
amount? Why should carpenter for
eight hours work be paid as much
- farmer gets for sixty hours
work. There is something wrong
somewhere; something is ont of bal
ance. And to those MuskOgee car
penters we would suggest little
quite study and consideration OF the
golden rule.
We are in favor of Union Labor
but we favor II only when its de-
mands are just and right. The first
union that was ever organized in Du-
rant was organized by the printers
10 this office. And there has never
been any friction or trouble between
employer or employee for they have
never asked for anything that is not
right.
country at large to build you home.
and own your own home This cam
paign is largely for the purpose of
livening up business to give employ
ment to labor, but these union car
penters give this movement that is
for their benefit, a direct slap in the
face, and they say virtually that
"you have to pay US nine dollars a
day or you cannot build your home.
Another thing. II they have no re-
gard for the law OF equity and justice
It would seem that the law of self
preservationwOuld prompt them to
90 q little SLOW"
The open shop is not a dead issue
Ry any means, the majority Of the
business world is in favor OF 1t. and
when nnionism becomes bar TO pro-
press, the business world is going to
the open shop. And the union men
whose demands are not in accord
with conditions as they exist in the
business will some day realize that
they have killed the goose that has
been laying the golden eggs.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11

Pre- iiden, Wilson has vetoed the
tariff act recently passed
by congress, and his veto message
shows that his old time art Of hand
ling the English language has re-
turned to him with its accustomed
vigOr. He shows this tariff could
not possibly benefit any American
farmer except the wool grower. and
sugar raiser. We can sympathize
with the wool grower for he needs
II he IL to stay in bust
ness. But the sugar raiser when we
think OF the little vest pocket pack
age that was handed us for our dol
lar, not many moons ago. we can
have no sympathy for them, but we
can say in the language that Byron
uses when Eve curses Cain for the
OF his brother. May earth's
fruits turn to ashes in his mouth.
and may he live in the pains that
others die Of. A protective tariff
at this stage of American progress.
and condition would be the worst
thing that congress can do.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11
ROTAHIANS TO DISTRICT MEET

The district annual convention of
Rotary clubs of the 18th district will
be held at Wichita. Kansas, April 7
and 5. when the biggest gathering in
the history of the district is expected.
The Durant bunch plans the char
tering of a special Pullman to carry
their numbers TO Wichita. Some
where up the line this will be joined
by special cars from McAlester. Shaw
rec and other towns. and by the time
Wichita is reached, it will be solid
Rotary train.
Those members of the local club
who plan to attend are to have a
meeting Saturday night at the office
of tuerback L. Macdonald,
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11
MY WIFE AND I.
Written by Lewis Paullin

(Written by Lewis Paullin)
Secretary Tumulty says that on
one occasion President Wilson made
the statement that he wanted the
people to love him. but they never
wiii."
Now Woodrow dear don't get such
idea IN your head, for its all wrong.
Would You mind II ! tell you a lit
t1s family secret! You have never
In all your life had more loyal
pair Of lovers than my wife and !.
We have loved you even before
you became President and we have
loed you through all the eight soul
searching. man. proving years of your
presidential life.
: We were with you when you ask
Cd Congress to declare war on Ger
many. We were with you when the
draft law was passed. We were with
you In France, and indOrsed all OF
your fourteen points, to build an
eternal international peace upon. We
we're with you when you returned
from France with the League of Ma
ti0ns Treaty to be approved by the
American people. A little document
that every other Nation has signed
that was allowed to sign it, except
tno united states.
We, my wife and were with you
when you lay on your bed Of afflic-
ton and were being abused by the
Republicans in Congress and we felt
that they had been just as guilty OF
committing treason. as had been
those unspeakable BOlshevists who
T. we're transported back to Rurria,
where they could enjoy all the pains
and penalties OF Soviet government.
and we really felt that the passen-
ger list on the Ark should have been
added to very materially from the
Republican leaders in this country,
very much to said countries benefit.
In fact 1t has riled my wife and |
every time he have heard any one
speak Ill OF you. We have been with
you. all the way. And should you be
called to cross the river before we
DO you can know that the tears shed
I by us will be prompted by the sin
! cere love OF my wife and !.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11

,Iow some day, but they never will
look like June rose again. The
price at which cotton II selling at the
present time, II would seem would
discourage every southern farmer
from growing any at all this year.
On the same date March the third
October futures are quoted on the
New Orleans market at .S2. Far
mers do you wish to grow ten cent
lotion this year? II you do. go ahead
and plant your usual cotton crop, and
he chances are yu will take less than
ten cents for your cotton. But you
may say what are we to plant? Corn.
oats. hogs and beef are losing pro-
positions. and are hard to get money
out of. Now what are we TO plant?
No one knows. no one can tell you
what you should plant in place Of
cotton.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11

These are peach blossom days.
On every side these little pink
prophets tell us of Spring. And
Spring tells us of the wide. open
out-of-doOrs.
1t tells us OF secluded banks
bordering ripping streams where
the lazy fish lounge, where the
leaving oaks toss their buds ITO
the song Of the waterfall tones"
--Madill Record.
1t tells us Of peaches. good ole
luscious peaches. peaches canned
peaches and cream. peach pie, pea
ches dry, peaches preserved, and pea
ches put in a stone crock. layer O.
peaches .and a layer OF sugar. a lay
er OF peaches and another layer o.
sugar, till the crock is full then tit
a white cloth over the top, set then
away for two weeks and you hav,
some fine uh-hur, sweet peaches.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11
GROCERY STORE FIRE

A fire discovered ats $3.50 -
Thursday morning, badly dsm...;
the grocery store Of w. ]. 1'ho1s
son. on Main street at Sevenih sap
nue.. The fire is supposed to hs.., e.
started from defective wiring in s ~
ceiling of the frame building. ~. S
building belongs to Mr.. Perk,nsaNs
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11

my resignation from my po,,,,o., p
flee In this wayf" ~
surprise. =!
why. I thought you gave on, y!
story YOURSELF" t'se
so I did," replied the ret,.,.
politician. bursting with rage "l.
I don't tell you to print the nv ~
under the head Of Public Imr.s".
ments! columbus Dispatch 's-
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11
WRONG CLASSIFICATION

SHOW him up" said the patient
editor. and the fuming visitor was
into his presence.
II want an explanation" cried the
visitor. shaking his fist in the edi-
dOr's face.
"Why, what's the matter?" asked
the editor.
See here" shouted the visitor,
What do you mean by publishing
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11

Middling cotton was quoted at
1925 on the Dallas market OF March
the third. On same date, and on the
same market. one year ago It sold for
t0.A1, some little decline. The cot
toa farmers may recover from this
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11
OUR EXCHANGES :,
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The spirit OF ChOctaw County
Will not he dOwned. The hard
times has come and gone. faded
into nOthingness like mist in the
morning sunshine. And now we
are going ahead with the work
OF building greater county.
The HusOnian wishes to COM
mend the progressive citizens and
those who are behind the move
ment to 20 ahead with the good
roads. They are empire builders.
and we glory in the faith they have
In the future OF our cOuntry.--.IIu-
so HusOnian.
The bible says faith is the sub
stance OF things hoped for. the evi
dence of things not seen. But an.
man can put his faith in count.
that is progressive enough to built
good roads for they use the arterie
OF trade. No roads no trade. Whel
they get the hard surfaced road be
tween Durant and Hugo we ma.
drive over some day and visit will
the HusOnian editor.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11

With farm products clear down
In price. few people are wonder.
ing what the farmer will do this
summer. They fear he will raise
only enough for his own use and
let the rest OF Us starve.
1t might be an act of Just retri-
button IL he did let the gougers
90 hungry. But he won't. He has
a bigger heart than some other
people and the world will not suf-
fer through any inactiOn of his.
He will 60 right on raising his
crops and we will keep right on
eating them.--BokchitO News.
The farmers feel that they hav,
been dealt an uncalled for blow b,
fate or somebody. in the low price
they have received for their las
years crop. They are preparing I,
raise another crop. not from an
altruistic feeling about feeding tn
world, but because they are in deb,
at least most OF them are, and the
are going ahead making the bes
OF bad situation.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11
SUNDAY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

There were 1894 people in Sunday
School here last Sunday and the
,utal collections were $1s6.5G. The
attendance of the various schools,
was as follows:
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11

Six weeks ago II appeared that
the sentiment OF growers in Okla
hOma called for 29 per cent re-
ductiOn in this years crop Now
there does not appear TO be any
certainty that there will be any
reduction at all.
My own guess In this cOnnec-
tiOn is that not all the marketing
associations In the world nor all
the easy credit money one can
ask for will get good price for
cotton this coming fall IL there il
too much cotton. by too much
cotton ! mean more han the usual
supply as compared with the de-
mand. Carl Williams in Oklaho-
ma Cotton Grower.
Then you said a mouth full. II far.
mers don't wish to raise a crop thai
will not pay for picking and putting
on the market its up to them Il
decrease their acreage. Thousand,
of bales Of cotton have been left il
the fields Of every cotton growinl
country in this state. because 4
would not pay for picking and gin
ming. Then why raise another bi,
crop. The less cotton raised tn,
more money is paid for it. Tn,
money is what you are after.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11
NOTICE

There will be meeting of the Bry-
an County Cotton Growers Associa-
tiOn Saturday, 1880 p. NJ, March 10,
1921. Every member Is urged to be
present.
c. ". Brown,
Chairman.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11

The Republican house Of repre-
senta'ices seems determined not
to vote for anything else unless the
Democratic senate will vote for the
Rep..hlican election bill. ard II be-
gins 20 look like a deadlock that will
cost the Sta'n a lot of money and
re VII in on good whatever.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-11
home destroyed by fire. That
doesn't look like selfishness to us.

The State OF Oklahoma spends
more money on the Penitentiary at
McAlester than on either the State
University or the A. 4 NJ. College.
and more than on all other State
schools combined. She spends more
money on the reformatory at Granite
~ II on any two Of the Normal
Srhhnis
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STATE NEWS.

Cyril SENEGAL of East Wallingford
shot a 15-pound wildcat, or bay
LYNX. in Wallingford recently.
Rev. C F Hill Crathern, a former
pastor of the Old First church in Old
Bennington, is back from overseas and
is lecturing in Vermont. He was for
two and one-half years Y. M. Z. A
chaplain in France and field secre-
tary in the Causasus, Armenia and
Turkey in Asia.
Gov. James Hartness has appointed
Miss Mary Kane of the state board Of
registration of nurses as a person to
visit the state hospital, under that
section of the law which provides
that the governor may appoint a
woman to inspect institutions where
women are committed.
The town hall at Pittsford was de-
stroyed by fire between 8 and 9
o'clock last week Sunday morning,
the origin of which has not been
determined. The main part of the
building was built in 1895 and was
occupied as a church until 1887.
Mr. and Mrs Dwight NJ Mather of
West Brattleboro observed the Goth
anniversary of their marriage at
their home Nov. %. Mr. Mather is Sc
years old and Mrs Mather is so. Both
are in remarkably good health.
Windham county has 25 tobacco
growers, raising 1O2 acres. Wildfire,
a tobacco disease, caused a total loss
of one field in the county last season
and several were affected to a lesser
degree.
Mrs Henry George, formerly Of
Morrisville and St. Adams, has been
appointed chief censor Of places of
amusement for Pasadena, Cal. This
is the first time such an Office has
been created with pay.
The St. Adams e. Swanton Traction
company, which has operated a troll
ley line between St. Adams, St. Al
bans Bay and Swanton, has suspend
ed operation and awaits action on the
part of its creditors. The decision
is final and the company will make
no effort to resume operation The
road is unable to meet its obligations,
the income since the establishment
Of the motor bus line to Swanton not
being sufficient to pay the employees
wages. to say nothing Of the other
fixed and operating costs.
Plans are being perfected by Mason
S Stone, secretary Of Vermont pub
lie safety committee in which the
in Vermont will be pro-
vided with work. These plans are
not yet advanced enough 50 that the
details Of the plans can be announc-
ed but very likely the committee will
cooperate with the American Legion
official and the Asset ated Industries
Of Vermont who have been handling
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ECHOES FROM THE SOUTHLAND.
1853 S. w. 1st St, Miami, Fla.
Dec. 2, 1921.
Dear Opinion Readers

Dec. z, 1871.
Dear Opinion Readers
That electric sign in New York is
flashing out the truth to the world
in saying Its June in Miami" for
that is just what it is. The grass is
green, and the trees and shrubs are
in blossom, white dresses and flannels
are on the street and a week from
Sunday, Arthur Pryor and his Band
will give their opening concert,
What more do you need to make a
June ? They say there are ten
thousand more people here than a
year ago at this time but nobody
notices the increase except for the
automobiles on the street for there
has been a building program which
has more than kept pace with the
growth Of the town. There is plenty
of room in Miami and there will be
for most of the winter because new
hotels, apartment houses and homes
have been built to take care of last
years surplus. And next year they
will have to build again for Miami
will have caught up with herself.
Three weeks ago there was a new
building started on the Bay Shore
drive and now there are three real
estate offices, a barber shop, a mill
linery store and a restaurant doing
business in it,
Where do all the people come
from who seek Miami for a winter
home =? Someone got curious the
other day and so they interviewed
the hotels and this is what they
found. The middle west sends the
most with Ohio leading, with Indiana
a close second and then along comes
New England. New Orleans sends a
good many and occasionally one
drifts in from the Pacific coast. New
York has a big representation and
Pennsylvania is a close second. while
they come here from as far south as
Atlanta, Ga
At Jax, a good roads man says that
the Waycross road is not terrible"
at all and that a good many are
travelling IL getting into Florida
The fact is that the Waycross road is
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A Rat That Didn't Smell After Being
Dead for 3 Months.

81 swear it was dead at least
months" said James Sykes. Butchers
westneld. y. J. 1--WE saw this rat every
day. Put a cake OF RAT-SNAP behind
a barrel. Months later my wife asked
about the rat. Remembered the barrel.
looked behind il. There was the rat
dead. not the slightest odor." Three
sizes 35c. Csc. s1.25. sold and guaran-
teed by Sisco's Pharmacy.