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Durant Weekly News and Bryan County Democrat from Durant, Oklahoma • Page 11

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vT f7ttg Stato by Dr. It Commls- ivo new aowe committee wUI I purpose of I in Hit- tiursl new "hospital" dogs may bo Ii.ih runted lulls of thu cltj. -8 worth wiitormains. mil have "Tip; i fur Humane So- new water iMiiuiitiilii stream. niiinilalnlng and nr nolghbois by Mi'iis," Hays Vlcl uui Is planning U.il spirited citizens i i Min Kellar bos- of now sunl- ir motion Willi tbo i.

ih main goal of L. 11 IMK'M ''ITV bas just obscrv- DEM vnrable progress is nuilv worKS rx" "I i county official" ik ileiH who veil cl- ui U.ib new Emergen- lo Have now mree- Is to no consirucieu llnpl. lir.li:- Mi thndlst liospital hero f0r 'n d.irity cases during Xci'M li Hfd Pross Home serin, 4iii ery active. Ik wi 1 uM iln ample water sup- n. r-1' di i wens.

OSSIFIED ADS. WAXTKD TO BUY llT Hfe me beforo you sell. bfer (Sumra'n Jewelry Store. lOwitf. HKU WANTED FED Local ugents In all parts i st.ilf K.u-y money to bo made.

for Lockhart Mon- works I.ockhart, Texas. 9wal3 IWANTKl) for Detective Work, O.inor Former Govt. Detec- Danville. III. 13 w5 it SA1.K MISCELLANEOUS kI HAS lease on in acres.

Scc- lolnlng Hr.in County well for offer subject to withdrawal option I'. O. Box 747 Colbert. 17ws5 iBARr.AI.V' I have a thoroughly Hpo 4 cylinder car 111 or trade. What have you to V.

Kind.ill, Durant, Ok.l3wa6 fllNKKY' We have for sale several 59. shafts and hangers, that would the thing for small machine Don't need them and will sell Dur.int News, Durant, Ok.l3ws. MISCELLANEOUS EX H' Sow and five shouts. bih hit on right ear, under bit In lat (' Kennedy farm, four miles i of Durant. lSwa2 2 Mill deliver to the south i.irts of the city only.

White i' Uriiciry 16wn2. WI.i: or trade, New Racine Sep- fr Intirnatlonal Tractor. Seo UiniidlN, Oklahoma, for r. g.mlir.g same. 17wa3.

pTKH A fnw rfnnil Aiiatnmnwa 11r "iitli of 1'rlseo and east of Katy Mjs. white House Grocery. lewaz. II.VVU Added another car to our pery department In order to give Icustonurs on the Bouth and east "1 the city better aprvlee White 10wa2. III.

Wler, have ii lining Men's, Women's linv 11 'lung iin( shoes. John i.d Ave. 1 block south Kvvsl l-'i ITIVI: HIk pay; easy ton. wrlto Yv'aguei, liw.il. li.nl Small 'lid M'o.

John Oaks. wmif 17wh4. 1 'mi it cut two and 1(. four inolifH and fiiurli'i'ii unit slx- Vvlll pay (tin mi per ') II. oats.

rkaus.is. 17wal. Ivm I l'V Two-Inch oak and vnlth; number one com- I pay J50 per thous- 1 "el snr, jier thousand for any iiolnt. Phone 2tf. 'Ml and chills take Ilobln-' l'llls and Uoblnon's "i.m.

iwi.vri: 1 iiiji-rsectlon of Twclftn price llil.ou r' ''d In a lot seo the.ff-: Klncey Kealty Co, 'm Ollstrap and Wan, hi.ir from owner of 1 'and for sale. Send price fr, rr.ii 'inn ery. Lr II 'Hni-y. 111. (iTwnli iclieri) desire to teach u'rln In summer and "I'llir.

rioth hold first i JIu" stronuin i'Vlfcr lople. sei.r. i l'rmary. Send dd- "ek Iv "ter" care of be ma'de." fU" aPPl'- "i WILSON'S. PLAN FOR ADRIATIC ACCEPTED French And UrltUli Premiers, After C'nnfrrrnrrt Annnunre That Afrrrrmrnt Itraehr.

The Italian, French and Urltlsh rremlers, and tho Jubo Slav Foreign minister, nt the pence conference, have come to complete agreement upon a settlement of the Adriatic questlors, following the plan of President WIIrou, almost to letter. Tho plan mnkes Flume, formerly tho bone of contention between Italy and other allied powers, buffer state, with no contiguity rf territory between Flume and Italy. A prebesclto shall decide whether the Island of Lngosta shall belong1 to tho now stato of Flume, to Italy or to Jugoslavia. Tho Islands arc valuable only for tuival strngctlcal purposes, hut agreement to give them to Italy would mean Italian naval control of tho Adriatic. The Tremlcrs are all ngreed that the matter has been settled and that every contention Is fully satisfied.

pints stYH tiii: is a lAii.mti:. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, charges that tho present Congress with completeness nnd abandon, bus failed tho nation utterly. Ho asserts that tho congress bus failed on tho peace tieaty in reconstruction und In reducing tho high cost of Jiving, and has "failed us In Intelligent comprehension of every great question affecting the lives and welfare of our people." Continuing he says that "America must get rid of Its veto congress and elect im, action congress. Tho 'no' congress must give pluce to tho "es' congress." (Mil. 1.

All AMI NIIIIIT STIIIKU. A "collar and shirt" strike, aimed at alleged proflteelug by haberdashers and luundrymeii, to begin May and to continue for twenty das has been Inaugurated In Chicago. The "strikers" will wear khaki shirts, cotton or any other material, costing not more than 12.5U with collars attached, the laundering to be done nt homo. aihpi.a.m; iicsiiki) citoui). At Sallisaw, Oklahoma, Saturday, an airplane driven by Bob Fogg, an ex-army nvlator, fell forty feet, plowed through a largo crowd of people, and finally came to a stop when It crashed Into an automobile.

One fourteen year old boy's head was cut off by the propellor, another one, In the automobile struck, was badly hurt, lis was tho aviator. Numerous others were knocked down und more or les3 seriously Injured. WOULD WIIIIAT SHOKTARKt Tho American Agricultural Trade Commissioner nt London, is authority for the statement that the Increasing demand for bread over the world and tho present small acreage of wheat, will bring about a world shortage of wheat this fall. OUJKCT TO MEXICAN LAIIOll Tho American Federation of Labor has lodged a complaint with the House of Representatives' Committee In Immigration against the further importation of Mexican laborers. It is charged that they are being brought to this country in large numbers to take the place of striking American workmen.

Tho original Government order permitting the Importation of Mexican labor to relieve a bona fide shortage of workmen, has beon Imposed upon, the representatives of tho Federation say. HIIMAINS OP CECIL I1AIIXETT TO nu rmouGiiT home Mr. nnd Mrs. W. G.

Barnett have been advised by the war department that tho remains of their son Cecil, who died in England of Influenza, will be brought back to Durant for burial. Cecil enlisted in the Marine Corps, and was In active service when ho was taken with the fatal Illness. Itev Herman Jones, formerly of this place will return to Durant to officiate, at funeral services and burial. NEW HUSINESS fhoxt. W.

H. Gumm Is completing a modern new front In the building occupied by his jewelry store on main street, which adds materially to the appearance of the store. HU.VriAHIA.VS MASSACIti: JEWS. Charges that the Hungarian government Is conniving In a plot for the wholesale massacre of Jews, and that Jews are tortured and thrown Into Jail without trial arc madu in a communication sent to tho peace conference in Paris by a committee of Hungarian Jews. IMPROVE YOUR FARM We Loan Money On Lands and BUY AND SELL FARMS SHANE EARLY Durant, Oklahoma.

'hKMKSBMBmmmmBm nwp. V'tnrw rJM ir vvvvr vv 'Wnmil JL tm.BAIJI l-IV i ir, a tt tt tt tt nn it tt uk Farm Aaent's Column tt Btttttt38tttttt8tt8 8tttttttttt A Ken Thing!) That Eery Man On Thr Farm Knou. In the early part of the season to kill timber the following formula Is highly recommended: To one gallon of water adduine pound of white urscnlc and bring tho mixture to the boiling point. Then add two pounds of sal Hoda and boll until the mlxturo becomes clear, which wlir be In twenty-five to forty minutes. To use the preparation, cut gashes enough through the lurk In the trees and pour about a tablespoonful of the liquid In each cut.

It should bo used during the early part of the growing season. As It Is a poison, care should be taken It handling It and It should not bo lef where Irresponsible persons or stock can have access to It. It might be wel not to turn stock Into the field where It has been used until several daB have elapsed. For the control of potato bugs or beetles which have foliage eating habits, use either arsenic of lead or parls green und they may bo applied alone or with bordeaux mixture. The arsenic of lead when used Is mixed with water or linrile.iux mixture at tho rate of from 2 to 4 pounds of paste to gallons of sprny solution.

If the powderel lead Is used, it will take from one to two pounds, to the fifty gallons of spray solution. liordeaux mKture Is made by mUliig the dilute solution of copper sulphate (blue stone) with dilute milk of lime (lime water). The proportions vary all the way from 3 to 8 pounds of each of the chemicals to 5n gallons of water. In using parls green care should be taken in not using too much as it is very bad to burn the plants. SOUTIIEASTEII.V WINS DEIIVTE.

Southeastern Normnlwon one of a series of triangular debates here last Friday night, from the Northeastern Normnl of Tnhlcquah. The subject debated was, "Kefcolvod that the settlement of labor disputes should be made mandatory by National legislative enactment." Durant having tho negative side of the question. Misses Mella llllss and Nellie Hayes represented the visitors, HossQulncy and Honest Wal-lender, the locals. IIEHE FltlltAV. Last Friday afternoon, Mr.

Ii. S. Bonner of this city and Miss Kuth Stanford of Houston, Texas, were married here, Judge S. Archibald performing the ceremony. They will mnke their future homo In Durant, where tho bridegroom Is engaged In the automobile epair and tractor business.

PIC.MCKEIl AT WOODI.AKi:. The pupils of the local high school had big picnic at Woodlake, between Denlson nnd Sherman, last Saturday, the boys providing the automobiles for transportation and the girls furnishing the lunches. There were a dozen cars In the party and a big time is reported. CEIIMANY MAY HAVE 100,000. Allied military observers have determined that Germany Bhall be allowed only 100,000 men In her armed forces, including policemen, ns provided In tho peace treaty.

This contemplates the withdrawal and disarmament of the relchwar and Ruhr district forces nnd the German civil guard. HOY SCOUTS WK.M' F1SIII.G. Last Friday night, F. W. O'Banlon, Scout Master, took his troop of about ten boy scouts out to Blue Falls for an all night fishing party and fish fry.

They hiked It out nnd back, getting back to town about nine o'clock Saturday morning. IllIII-MV-TISM If) A I'OWEIIFCI. ANTISEPTICl IT KILLS THE CAUSED FROM INFECTED CUTS, CURES OLD SOnES, TETTER, ETC. 'NO OTHER CHILL TONIC EVER GAVE SUCH SATISFACTION IS HOW OKLAHOMA MAN ENDORSES SWAMP CHILL AND FIJYEll CURE. Mr.

Hnrve Smith of Haileyvllle, tried various chill tonics, hut found nothing that equalled Swamp Chill and Fever Tonic, lie says this famous remedy neer failed to cure his chills. Thousands of others who once suffered from malaria, ague and similar ailments praise Swamp Chill Tunic ns strongly as Mr. Smith. For 20 iais It has been the one ncwr-falllng remedy, Chill Tunic ncls quickly and surely. It seldom takes mole list three dajy to break up chills Slid piiigutHi' has to ho liken with it Uo medicine itself acts gently anil upon the liver and bowels.

Tlure Is no cilomcl In Swamp CI Tniile nothing but pun ly M-Mlahl. Ingii dleiils and Iron. It Is tasleli cs and Pie. i ant to take sleluns scribe Ii know Ii Is Hi lust rep malaria ague, i hills grippe, elc Dealei.s eryw heie ri Lonimend and Swamp Chill Tonic. Tin pile I ipj i-enlh Try a bottle f.d I Numeions i h.

'hi rty hill' I- P' fever, old Dr. J. L. Reynolds Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat and Glass Fitting Over Corner Drug Store Durant, Okla. Liberty News Stand O.

WREN, Prop. Magazines, Newspapers, Books, Cigars, Cigarettes, Candy and Gum Subscriptions taken to Dallas-Semi-Weekly News and other papers. rUND TO EDUCATE CHILDREN OF TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS Al'r V.V?Ik, of ATn" Vmm I.tnre. in Ilrlinlf of yUnA to llrinic Light In ThiMf In Dnrklirxa. Although, offered largo sums of money to appear In various vaudeville roles, on account of his nolrlety gain-ed through sensational feats performed In the war.

Scirgunt Alvln C. York, of TcnnfPseo. has turned them alt down and, devoting all of his time, without cmniit'iiHiitlon, save bare llv-lug to the Interest of the iork fund, which Is to bo used to help educate the children of the Ignorant mountain regions of Tennessee, where Vorc himself was reared until tho war, ana lure hu chose to return afterwards. Imme.ll.itel rcturn to Ton. ne.ssee.

In realized the educationul llinltallnm, llu had gono through the third grade but obtained no tuoru schooling, i-ave that gained by personal 8tllll.V Shortly after, when ho was In Nashville, receiving another tnnlal. he told some of the officers nnd directors of the Nashville Kotury club of his urn-billons fur his people. It was there that the Alvln C. York Foundation was marled. Sergeant York, formerly of the Infantry i)hEn, performed what M.irh:i Foch said was the greatest Individual achievement of the war.

Sent out with a small patrol In the Argonni on October 8, litis, to break up flunking machine-gun fire which was holding up the advanco of his reglnunt he found himself opposing a whole German machine-gun battalion. With his rifle nnd pistol he fought It out with them. The fight ended with more than twentv Cerm.ms dead, with olio huudtcd nnd thirty-two of tin in, including four officers, prisoners In York's hands, and with thirty-five iniiihlue guns out of action. For that fight he has been decorated with thlrtieii medals, Including the Congressional Mulal of Honor. GOOD PROSPECT FOR I OIL IN CADDO WELL Drill Down More Thnn BOO Fret And (iond Showing; In Itrportrd to llnve llren Mndr.

SSSLV1 Persons who have been watching the progress of the test well on the McCoy farm, two miles south and three-quarters of a mile east of Caddo, believe that the well Is soon lo lie real oil product and that an oil field of greater or lesser porpnrtlons Is to be oponed up In that section. Last Siturday a lopresentntivo of the News was on the ground and was told thnt tho drill was down COS feet and wan then drilling In a very hard rock with every Indication of nil. Oil was coming up with the water, ho reports, and often a large globule of It would come out, H. W. Kiddle nnd Co.

drilling tho well, with largo standard rig, are sanguine of the successful outcome of the test, nnd thnt their faith Is shared with others, is evidently tho fact that values on leases In the territory have gone up to from $20 to 35 per acre. Many people are watching tho progress of the test and Interest Is keen. IN AIH.O.VA FOR HEU.TII. Claudo Smith, former Durant attorney, who has recently resigned us probate attorney for the counties of Choc taw and Pushmatuh, Is In Tucson, Arizona, for the benefit of bis health nnd Is reported to be improving rapidly. Ho had a lorn- sick spell several months ago, and decided ih.it change of climate nnd rest would bo benefic ial.

tt- ANNOVNCEStENTS of CANDIDATES -it This paper Is authorized to announce the following named citizens ns candidates for Democratic nomination for office, uubjeofe.to the action of the voters of Bryan County, Oklahoma, at the Democratic Primary election to be hold Tuesday, August 3, 1920. FOR SIIEKIFF OF BUYAN COUNTY-DAVE WHICIIT. isreond Term). lll'EL TAYLOR FOU ASSESSOR I.O.N ME (ILENN (Stroud Term) FOK TRRASUKEK S. IIONNER.

CIIAS. CALHOUN. FOR COUNTY CLKRK EARL WARD. II EMI MrCREARY' FOR COUNTY JUDGK: JOHN FI.VSEY LEWIS I'AULLIN (reelection) FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY VICTOR C. PHILLIPS (2nd term.) FOR COURT CLERK: LACY (1RIMES (Herond Term) FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT ONE.

WALTER L. RAMRO (rrelrctlon.) A. L. II DISTRICT TWO: IIE.N IIUI.TSMAN (rrelrctlon) FOR COUNTY WEIGHER HENRY M. METCALF II.

1 PI.NNON PRESIDENT SKiNs PAPER RILL. President Wilson has aapproved tho uiii wiin.li virtually allows newsprint paper to como into this country free of any Import duty charges. It Is believed that this free entrance of paper will nave the effect of ut least making paior stock more plentiful. It Is not thought any reduction In price enn come soon as there Is already a great shortage, and it will be some time even with heavy Imports beforo tho normal demand can be satisfied. IIAHS STREET FAKERS.

Clinton, Oklahoma, has a new ordinance which bars from thut town all medicine shows, and all street taklrs of every kind. It Is being rigidly n-forced. ATTEND NATIONAL CONVENTION. W. E.

Utterback of this city is planning to attend the Democratic National convention at San Francisco In Juno. Mrs. Utterback and their daughter. Miss Prlcllhi, plan to accompany him. EXTRA SPECIAL "BM o.

1 lytLLUWROOAl 5: TfMW The Queen Theatre Monday and Tuesday May 3rd and 4th. -jnlli mHHUEB TAKING AN AUTO APART Is easy. Anybody can do that, But putting tho parts together again properly Is different proposition. So if your car gets out of order don't tinker with it yourself. Send It here, whero wo have the knowledgo nnd skill required to make nil repairs and to restore your car to Its best efficiency.

Ford Work a Specialty DURANT MOTOR CAR CO. Cor. 4th. and Main. Phone 20 aaawaaHWhvWtaaaeaaxpg HEALTHY TESTED COTTON SEED For Planting 4 Machine-Culled Seed of Good Germination.

These Best Oklahoma varieties sacked in 3 bushel bags Ready for you: LONE STAR CHISHOLM PROLIFIC MEBANE TRIUMPH BIG BOLL KASCH BIG BOLL ROWDEN $10.00 a Ton Premium for Your Seed from Our Lone Star $10.00 a Ton Premium for Your Seed from Our Rowden Ready for you right now See me today. A. G. MARVEL Wolford Pratt Restaurant Durant MMHPgMHlMXMimaM IIHllllllllWlll Drs. Evans Warren CHIROPRACTORS 'Where Health's Contagious'' Office hours 'J to 0 p.

m. Crider BuildinR Durant, Okh-. FISH OYSTER PARLOR PRICE Props. A good place to eat. Open Night and Day.

Good Service. Main Street Durant, Oklahoma Office Pliotii IM Kiiii' n-e DR. M.GRAY Eye, Ear, None und Throat riTIEII Over Kimbin Ii In i im IH'RWr OK'L'HDMX HAIL INSURANCE The Season is here when it becomes necessary for every conservative and cautious farmer to protect his growing crops from damage and destruction resulting from Hail. We represent several companies writing this Insurance and therefore can secure for you a maximum amount per acre. Attention is called to the fact that one charge for this Insurance is made for the Season.

No saving therefore is made as a result of delaying in taking out this Insurance. SALMON, 'ULSTRAP WARD I Special Offering DONAHUE' On All Early Spring PATTERN HATS 1 25 Pattern Hats Price 140 W. Main Street 'tVt 4 "a vi vZl V. yii jV i Vi At rfi i Lt I i ii' 4 ft grettstvOTcKWMiftWhsffffsrwirar.

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