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Foreign AdvettLiiuf Ktpreirntiitivo I
niEAMEKICANPKLSSASSOCIATION
FRIDAY, FEB. 18, 1921
WHAT l'AI'I.MN THINKS UK
WWIIUIDW W1LSO.V
(Uy Lewis J'aiillin)
President Woodrow Wilson will in a
Jew ilaK step out of hi" office, to
again niter the pursuits of private
life. He gos out of office liroken
man physically, and a failure us many
people see It. Why? What has lie
done or left undone, that would rail
forth the fearful criticism tli.it haa
been heaped upon, him Jn season and
out of season? An all wine omnipo
tent Mod may know, hut I, In my poor
way have never been ahle to figure
it out.
A few short mouth uiio he was
hailed by the people of Ihu world, as
a Meaiilah .that luul come to save
their countries, to make them safe for
Democracy. To day there ure few to
do him reverence. A few short
months ago he waji considered and
regarded by th people of thin countiy
and of the world at large as one of
the greatest, and strongest characters
that this country has ever produced.
Today he stands abused, bemeancd,
darlded. cussed and criticised for
vary thing that has In-fallen the gov
ernment, or each Individual In It, and
seems to have no defender, and no
friends. While he himself ni was
spoken of another Idealist ' of old,
"like a lamb before his shearers is
dumb, so he opened not Ills mouth."
Can the mistake that 1'reaiUeiit Wil
son has made In his administration,
or personally, be the cause of all this
change in public sentiment? It does
not seem reasonable. He has been ac
cmrsd of being an autocrat, the ac
cusation Is true and It was a neces
sary that we might win the war In
the shortest possible time. ror the
same reason Foch was made command
ing general of all the Allied Armies.
He Is accused of being an Idealist,
that Is true also. Jesus hrlst, una
an Idealist, and yet there Is no na
tion, kindred, or tongue, that does not
bow Its head with 'reverence to him,
and to his teaching There Is not
a liberty that we enjoy today that
some Idealist has not been 1 1 h founder
and Its promoter.
He made a political blunder when
he called on the people to einl demo
crats to congress In I ! 1 H that his poli
cies might liu carried to a Hiicosiful
end, for the republicans hud aided
him in nearly every way dining tin-
war nnd there had been no p.irtlsan
fights during that time.
He has been accused of stuhhnin
,neB in refusing to accept the league
of Nations, as amended by Senator
Lodge with Article 10 stricken fiom
It. These accusatlona may nil lie true,
but do they account for the terrible
punishment that has been heaped up
on Woodrow Wilson, the commander
In chief of our armies? The. man who
In less than eighteen months, after
war was derlalred had sent to France
over 2,000,000 men, nrmed, trained.
ready to grapple with Frits on nny
soil, or under any conditions, and the
boys were landing therein spite of
the submarines and insurmountable
conditions at the rate of :inii,uno n
month.
Lord Kltclienor told the world, when
he was made commander In chief of
the Kngllsh armies that It would be
two years before the Knglish Army
could be of much assistance In win
ning the war. Yet we had ou our
aeven league boots, and an army func
tioning in all parts, from the remot
est home In Ameticii, to the front
trenches in France In less than eigh
teen months. We Americans under
Wilson's leadership won the war.
Then why this abuse of I'reslileut Wil
son? In answering this iiiery I may he
a little vitriolic, hut if my coiicIuhIoiis
are correct the vitriol Is alright and
I have no apologies to make.
When ('resident Wilson returned
from France with the finished Treaty
and the League of Nations, and It had
been "given to the public, Senator i'.i
bot Lodge notified all ItepiilillcaiiH to
not express any opinion concerning
it until after the Itcpuhllcaua had con
sidered it In caucus. I believe In his
mind and In that caucus, w.is handled
the dcllbeiuli- purpose of ruining Presi
dent WIlBon, and making his life a
failure fur no other Ih.in imiiImiIi
reasons.
Senator Lodge knew that should this
country become a party to the League
that President Wilson wmiM lie con
aldered the biggest man. nut unl In his
own country, but In the world, and
that the Democratic party under that
stimulus would elect who ever they
might nominate for President. It was
from this, the basest of motives, the
calumny hounds were placed on Wll
sjn'a trail. Tear down Wilson the
leader and the put Is whipped.
When he took his cause to the peo
ple who had stayed with him through
out the war, and was stricken with
a disease from which for months he
Uy at the point of death, they still
hounded him, their halng was loud
er and fiercer. Some years ago I had
an old Plymouth Itock rooster. Needing
another, I bought a young one. When
ever the young cock saw the old one
hia hackles would fly up and Ills tail
down, and he would hunt a different
place to live. On day the old cork in
some way got his thigh broken, and
became helpless. The young cock soon
ascertained this fact, and would hunt
out the old fellow where he had hid
Jn the weeds and would Jump on him
to spur him, would peck his head till
it waa raw, and would then proclaim
his victorious battle by crowing.
Tou know I often thought of those
roostsrs when the republicans were
hounding Wilson, as he lay paralysed
n nia oea or affliction.
In Ancient Mythology the Ood Pro
aottheus incurred the ill will of all the
reigning Oods by giving flre,to mor
tals. He was chained hand nnd foot
'o the cold bleak rocks of Mount
I'atirussus, a vulture would prey on
tils vitals by day, while he would be
stung by countless bees. At night his
wounds would heal, hut day would
bring back the ulture with the bees.
The men who have hounded Wilson
for a political purpose have played the
lull of "it- lultiin-s. no eagle would
hue done It. It It th'i Minnie of the
century l!ml cm only be washed from
our cnnscl net tt tin- rains of time.
Many good liemocrats were opposed
o llie l.inmie of Nations anil were
-luiilnst Wl'smi, t-wr man had a right
to lie, if It- sew It In th.it way, no
tna'ter wlmi Ms poinds was
I believe the t line will mine when
hlsinrv will write Vvomliow Wilson as
the peer of imv in. in in I nj country
of i.ny time. In spile of the fact
that lie was burn a Hi tiioi-r.it. In the
South, and Mas an old school I'rcsby
lerl in That was given ns a reason
for Presldi nt Wilson's falluie by Sam
uel i! Illythe In the Saturday livening
post of I'eliiintry fifth.
Prof. Thulium I. Itrailford of Hetrolt
Itclurer and student of the oi-culi,
ilellberati ly committed suicide a few
diiys ago, after telling his lady friend
that "I will return to earth and ou
will hiar from me soon" The young
lady promised to receive his message
and give It to a doubting world. So
far the young lady In question, has
received no message. Could it be pos
sible that Dradford lias his wires
crossed nnd can't communicate? Or
has ho gone to a country where they
are exercising In a very strict cen
sorship and refuse to allow- his mes
sage to go across the lines? To view
the matter logically It would appear
that Dradford had got himself In a bad
position from which he might never
be able to gel himself clinr. However
the news item slated that lie only had
five cents In his pocket when Ifls body
wus found. Knowing how hard con
ditions In this materialistic world at
the present time, we cannot see what
in Tophet liu wants to come buck for.
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Money, on the person. Is getting so
scarce In Dallas and Ft. Worth that
the hold-up-men ate not able to make
uu horn-si living. Oklahoma City re
ports three holdups In which the rob
b r only got one dollar. What are
times coming to when a hardworking
robber, can only net one poor lonely
dollar to three stick-ups. They will
be forced out of liuslnrss, or will have
to adopt a few side Hues, such as
working one or two days a week at
some handy job. Perhaps they are
living In holies that times will be better
win n Piesideiil Harding takes Ills scat
and the government fiom top to but
'oiii is helms inn by the Republicans
XX
. lodge Hubert I.. Williams has giv
en Instruction to officers of the Fed
eral Court not to iimkc any iim-i-t in
lli'iinr possession cases unless there Is
strong evidence that it is being sold
III violation of the piohlbllory law
This Is a news Item and we do no:
know- If it In true. Hut we do know
thut I lu-ie is a great bond that bind-i
us to the man who has a little hid
away, that lie keeps to take a little
for the stomachs sake and allows his
friends now nnd then to smell Un
cork. -xx-
Thls weather for the past few days
has been fine enough to put pep into
the heart of a wooden Indian.
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The carpenters and paperhangers of
Caddo have made a better reduction
thun thosp of Hugo. The Herald has
been Informed they voluntarily made
a reduction of lAc per hour.
The time Is not far In the future
when all wages will have to he reduc
ed. Kxc.pt the wages of sin. which
is Heath. Caililn Herald.
Thank liod we pay the major por
tion of the penalty for sin after death
Hut really aim It about time this re
duction was hitting Durant.
mrrlrnn Legion Post
At a meeting of service men held
at the Woodman Hull Wednesday
night, steps were taken to organizn
a post of the American Legion.
It is named Klmer Keith Post of the
American Legion.
Sam W. Maytuhby was chosen tem
porary chairman: Hnss llonner. Secre
tary. Applications will be made at once for
a .dinner, ami another meeting will
be held lit the call of the chairing
when It Is hoped a larger representa
tion will be present.
The Post Is named In honor of Klmer
Keith, of Caddo, who lost his life In
the Argonne righting, October. 1IM8.--
i.aiiiio Herald
This is light bojs. oiganUe. this
country is proud of our work, and
will et Live ,iou the honors .Mm de
serve. Ilnmon Instate
The lepint of the appraisers Just
fllnl shout, the net value of the .lake
I. Hamuli estate in Oklahoma to be
JI.::iU.:n,1 The state inheritance tax
will be fU'.Oim dollars The report was
filed too late fop the Statesman to
mahc more than this limited mention
of it, Aidmore Statesman.
If the lovely Clura gets one-fourth
of this amount she may yet get her
chance with a sure-enough man. No
questions asked and the slate wiped
clean.
What Do You Thlnkf
It Is a Utile absurd for the American
nation to lie '-busted" Just now
Isn't it?
Labor has had four or five years
llllTll W.lt-t-S Mlllll t linlieu tlltil tll.-ilttl' nt
work.
If labor hasn't accumulated enough
s.'tl'illLTN to keen lirt.ml In Ihn Iipa..,! hnv
and coal In the bin during a few
weeks of partial unemployment. It
doesn't deserve much sympathy does
u.- inai is wnai Agriculture thinks.
Agriculture has had some fat years,
too.
It A .!.. ..It..-.. ,. 1l., ....
rtnin Hiiiiii- iii.bii i ,Miu oj some
thing for a rainy day if It can't stand
n niuiiiii in prices uiier lis period or
undisputed prosperity why Agricul
ture is a pretty poor business. Isn't
That la what Labor thinks.
Manufacturers and Wholesalers have'
been pilling up profits on a rising mar
ket, and if they can't take their medl-
clni, nnu- rfnvlni. tti .. ina .. .. .a
"- "" ,,,. .,v ,.i:,.w.. ui ,c-au-
Justment, It's a queer thing.
mm is wnai ine itetaiiers tninK.
And If the Retailers, who have
worn out their pencils marking up
prices, can't make the necessary re
ductions now without whimpering,
they would better shut up shop.
rTh,M '? what ,he Manufacture and
Wholesalers say.
-aI?u.I,,?.v.? B'n- 'o make and
save a little money for several years.
THE DURANT
and if you can't stand a little hard
times you're either a pretty poor sport
or you're a pretty poor business man.
That is what Hverybody says to
everybody else.
And what everybody says must be
so! Farm Life.
This is nil true, and we all plead
guilty. Like the grasshopper of the
old fable when the harvest was ripe.
w-e were singing and dancing, and
we enjoyed our purt of the harvest In
a riotous life, nut now that the win-1
tcr of otir discontent Is at hand, we
are grom-lilng, i uslnr Prei-.lilent Wll-'
son and voting tl.e llcouhltciiu tickets i
.illume on us as ineii, and Ain-rlcati I
i-ltluens
SEKN IN PASSING
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Within n wi ek Ihiti- high State of- i
ficl-tls arc Uiurgul with the cummin- (
slon of crlmci-. The Lieutenant Gov
ernor Is facing a charge of fruuil uml I
malfeasance in office, the State rti.nU '
Commissioner Is hargid with fraud:
and the Suite budget officer Is
charged with pi i Jury. Republicans in
the l.ixb.latur- arc oiitlnually talking
crookedness. Democrats howl charac
ler dHsa'.ilns. It Is high time that the
fellows under lire urn either proven
guilty and kicked out, or proven Inno
cen and the fellows who framed them
kicked out Instead. There are too
many "stop, thief" prices going up at
the Capitol.
o
Over-zealous prohibition enforcement
officers have violated the rights of
numerous citizens by summarily
For One
"Windup"
Of Al
Suits
We've still a few Suits and Overcoats from the Fall
line that we dte pushing out in a final drive where
prices are cut more than in two.
We'll carry none over to another season, even though
they are the finest from the shops of ' "
Hart-Shaf f ner & Marx
and Clothcraft
We've about 85 of these famous Suits in regulars,
stouts and slims in two big price ranges prices that
will make them go.
Weights are suitable for wear until
are cheaper by far than next fall.
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WEEKLY NEWS
searching their grips on trains and In
lioiels, their rooms, offices and homes,
,n a hunt for liquor. Sometimes they
have found It and often they have not.
Many Ini.taiicert uie reported by out-rat-e.l
citizens of the liquor thus
M-lztd Koini to quench the thirst of the
off. i, -is tliMiistlvcs. Federal Judge
Cottiell stepped right on the neck of.tr,.HH umong deserving people. Why
this sort of procedure lust week when j
lie oiileitd a quart or wiiiskj- rcmriieu
ii an ukhihmiiH City lawyer. wheni
hlic.'-n that officers had entered piem-1
is. s and taken it without a search
nan "it lie also quashed an Indict-
nun- at- linst the person on the
v-iii ml tli.it the evidence (the liquor)
was H't-tial '
Vln- people of liur.'ini nni v In- In favor
it a uhaiigi- In our i It y govt I ii.ueni,
1,h" tho- an- suit Iv very slow about
slkiilng ili Ir na-nis to petitions ask-;
lav.- f..r an .lection on the subject.
wPI It- put In tin- liaiuls of paticniH.
Now- I hi" folks really want to (-'etu, ,,is of time to spend who will
down to wink and then- Is Mini II la- t ,.,.,.,. tl.eiu with eaucrness and
bin- surplus, vvuiild be a flue time to dun,-,.. ,
siai woik on llrxiii eoiint.v's hard- 0
sin fact d mails, for which bonds were
nil last vcai-. Of course a market
must h. fnii ml for the bonds first, and
must b. round Tor Hie ln.nils Iirst, aim
mm,,,-.,.,., u.s are no, selling readl -
ly when Liberty bonds u.ay be had
nil t ll'tli tin lit picriiiii --. --.
be brought about to start our road
hcaply as at present. If it could
building this year It would greatlv In
crease Hi van county's prosperity,
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W.'ve found a way wheieln one. can,"" "'' """ s"OB u" w,,al "m
receive an Income, over and above hl'P"n to AV young man as a resit t
spe-lflc exemptions, and still not l'"f ,,A" -. " "l-am .May's
obliged to pay tax to the Federal-"""'""'-" ",""1'1 ''" J ,,!,,!on lo ,1,,,r
ilovetniutnt on It. One of the local In-, "w,ld 0''-
Week Only.
15th to 22nd.
Fall And Winter
And Overcoats
AND
33ter4eV
come men bus held that money received
from a sickness Indemnity policy. Is
t.ol subject to Income tax.
One of the local churches has the
past few months taken up two collec
tions totalling about four-hundred dol
lais for the purpose of relieving dls-
would it not be a good Idea for the
,.),, , n -,, asW Its memners io comn-
- ,ul(. r(.j.Ulally to a fund for this pur-1
nose, the same as they do for church,
..ujiii.pi t, ..ml let the chui'-h board ad-,
ilui-tt r the fund as occasion demands. I
-,jH would penult of the Immediate
.,.;(,. f n, , ,-. J. ami save i-mit Inii.illy
Inheh up t ullet-tlutis.
Then- an- numbers of people in Du-
i.iul who bti.v monthly a lot of mapa-1
"ins look l.eiii over and cast them
snh- If tl will take a few- moments i
(mi ti ,,', , ,, 0,itnl. they
on n ilaj William I.ee Mays quit
a Job at Shei malt lo look for a better
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fell In with u thug and was a par
ticipant In u felonious assault and a
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, loU-eiy. The next day. he had de lb-
eratiily shot down a man, and sustained
a self Inflicted wound. The next day
he was a corpse. The tragic end of
February
summer. Prices
FRIDAY, FEB18; 19B1
LRGIHLATIVR NKWs ' '
(Continued from pas; out)
will object, as the savings effecua on '
tires and wear and tear will be mar
than the taxes to each Individual
This bill Is to come up shortly, t.
altendy has u lot of support, but It
needs a lot more, If It Is to becotnt
law.
Senator Joe Sherman exploded a I
uomu ui inu niKiit session 01 the Sen.
ate Tuesday when he Introduced a ttto.
lutloii authorizing the appointment of
five men with power to ubpoB4
witnesses and udmlnlBter oaths la b
Investigation of the expenditure, o(
much money In lobbying Senate mew
urcs. The resolution passed unanb
itiot:ly. Hi- pi utilised u sensation it-
pose.
The prohibition commllUes of both
houses presented bills Tuesday aimed
at people who make uny sort of lntoxi.
, cants in their own home.
The Senate flnully passed Tuesdiy
a bill pioviding $800,000 with which
to build a hospital for disabled aol
dlers. The House V cdlieHilitv ntlnnt.,.1 ...
.... v -V,,,M lnB
committee report regarding Impeach
ment of Lieut. Governor Trapp tnd
a committee was appointed to prepar
charges.
The House finally passed the new
registration law- Wednesday,
MltS. CHOHS IMPHOVlSU
Hev. ;. U. Cross has -returned from
i:agle Pass, Texas whore he has been1
for some time with Mrs. Cross, who
is there for the benefit of her health,
and reports that her condition Is great
ly Improved.
"WINDUP"
Prices on
BOYS SUITS
Just one-half their
original prices.
BOYS9 SHIRTS
Underwear and odd
Pants.
ALL
Flannel Shirts,
Winter Unions,
Sweaters
SCRATCH HATS
All Scratch and
Velour Hats from
Stetson and Trim
ble COME!
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