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The Durant Wbmh .v News
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1929.
The Durant Weekly Ncidb
ly K M EVANS
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FRIDAY, MAY fl, 1UT2
WOMAN AND INSURANCE
A woman who has linn writing
life insurance for years i-ays that
thousands of men who do not carry
policies are kept from it by their
wives. As a result of his .hort-Mght-edness
she says that only 18 out of
every 100 widow? live on their in
come. Forty-seven work for their
living and 35 are dependents.
According to this same authority
the arouble is that women are able
to see only the ' possession of the
moment. "An automobile, a fur coat
and nothing for the unseen rainy day
makes an ideal life. But the far-off
rainey day taken care of, and so fur
coat or automobile, is dreary indeed
according to their outlook."
It is hard to belie-e that any great
majortiy of women take so shallow a
view of life. It seems more proba
ble that to the average wife and
mother daily income is so far inade
quate to immediate and unavoidable
expenses that she sees no possible
margin for any possible outlay which
is in any sense optional.
But in either case, of the man him
self is to blame for the non-protective
situation, the figures quoted give
reason for both men and women to
think the whole subject over again.
Even if a women is active and
trained and working, the assurance
that there is a fund tucked away for
possible emergencies will be a com
fort, especially after the vigor of
youth is past.
And if the hearts of that depen
dent sisterhood who must live in the
homes and more or less upon the
bounty of others were searched,
what bitterness would be revealed.
and how would they throw the bal
ance, of they could be given a chance
to decide again!
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NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE
Could you keep a fire burning un
der water? It has been done. Till feet
under the surface of New York har
bor. Near Saten Island, a 38-inch stiel
water main on the floor of the ocean
was smashed by a diedgc. It had to
be cut away.
Divers came up out of the muddy
depths and reported that the water
extinguished their steel-cutting aiete
lyne torches.
But on "underwater fire chisel"
has been developed by a company '.hat
salvages submarine wiecks. The
chisel was brought into play. As it
bums it generates a gas which forces
back the water on all -Hie-', leaving
an open or hollow span' for the
flame.
That is scientific niiigic.
If the inventor had lived .riil(l jvar-.
ago, his invention would have made
even kings kneel to him in sup, r.-ti-tous
tenor.
Suppose you vi re in the hands f
enemies, about to be shot, and they
told you. "We will spate your life if
yop will light a fire under water and
keep it going."
Your answer probably would be.
YOUTHFUL LEADERS
Fiedctirk 1'alnnr. the war corrc
pondent who ha been in Ireland
writing a series of articles for a syn
dicate of American newspapers, has
been especially struck with the
youthf jlne of the pieser.t Irish
leaders. mot of whom art under 40.
"The older members of the Dial
Kireann." he writes, "would be mere
boys in our national houe of repre
sentative's, and in the United States
Senate they would be so young that
some of the -enators might rie to
ask if they had brought their nursing
bottles with them and insj-t that the
child labor law be applied 'o states
men." The moving 'tints m adventures
like that under way in Ireland have
always butt young men. When we
sprak of the "I'ilgrim Fathers" it has
almost always b en a figure of
speech. Most of the men who came
over in the Mayflower were young
mm, under 30 many of them.
In our civil war many of the ma
jor-generals on both sides were under
30. The leaders in political upheav
als are usually young men. though
they often have wise old htads to
council them.
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HENRY FORD'S ESCAPE
Some people may regard it as
poetic justice that Henry Ford came
very near being run down by an au
tomobile of his own make in Atlanta
the other day, but we ore inclined
to think that the incident simply
proved that the great manufacturer
is. after all. an ordinary human being
like the rest of us.
The evidence in the case showed
that Mr. Ford was a "jaywalker"
that is, he wandered across a busy
street in an aimless sort of fashion
without watching the traffic and
just as any of us would have done
under the same circumstnnces. he
blamiil the driver and gave him a
piece of his mind.
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BUT WE SHALL SEE
Chairman Fordney, of the house
ways and means committee, -ays the
bonus bill will be passed at this ses
sion of congress and the firt payment
will be made in October.
Whereupon the St. Louis Ton-Dis
patch remarks that with a congress
ional election coming on in Novem
ber, n cash bonus in October is sound
psychology and magnificent politics.
But wouldn't it be better, if the
bonus bill is passed, for the ex-service
men to feel that it was passed
because the members of congress felt
that the ex-service men deserved it
and not for political reasons?
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li is easier to find fault than it is
to find a remedy.
l'ettei to be square, young man.
than to be a rounder.
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A man is like a postage stamp
to be any account he must be a stick
er.
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Envy, when you come to think of
it. is praise disguised in its meanest
form.
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We are gradually forgetting mo-t
I th' lessons that we learned dur
ing the war
One way to make yourself popular
i to tell your friends they work too
hard.
Some congressmen seem to think
that leave to print is mightier than n
speech.
Say it with flowers, or with candy
if you pre l or. out, don t say it with a
! hammer.
And nun fnlf of the world doesn't
"It can't be done." even though your , .(lW lW tnt. ()ll,r hn)f j ,,.,,, t0
mi- ueiH-iHieii on u. I vole till:- fall.
Yet it can he done, as is tne (it vice
under water near Stntcn Island, an
electric spark starting the flame.
Learn from this that nothing is
impossible.
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The main objection to the tariff is
that it is generally levied on things
we have to buy.
No mattir whether the coal opera'
tors or the miners win the strike.
the public will lose.
Spring fever may be inevitable, but
there is no em-e ior having it the
whole year round.
When a man hegms to think he i
indispenable. he is not far from
learning that he
isn t.
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A GOOD WOKLh AFTER ALL
A little six-year old girl in a Texas
city came in contact with an electric
wire and was badly burned from
head to foot. At first her life was
despaired of, but physicians said she
would recover if they could swum a
sufficient amount of skin to graft on
her body to take the place of that
which had been burned away.
Scores of persons in that Texas
city volunteered, and the little girl
underwent no less than 4.1 skin-grafting
operations. Now. after months
of suffering, she has been discharged
from the hospital as cured and the
physicians say that within a few
years no scars will remain to tell of
her terrible experience.
We will wonder at the skill and de- Footless hoitrv is said to be the
votion of the sUrirCons. but deeper 'latest style in Paris. For once we
than this we will marvel at tiie many cnn keep step with Paris.
offers of live skin from the people I x
of that Texas city who wer- m n-.'d Our soldiers are coming home
with compassion at the nil. g.rl yrhoy say they had a good time kcep-
conoiuon. ine uoctors rain mi.;.- mp the watch on the Rhine,
could make use of the many n! in ; s
teers who came to the hospita' to, a phvsician -av- half the men of
help the little sufferer. 1 this country hnve flat feet. And the
Another man who believed in per
sonal liberty has just died from drink
ing bootleg whiskey.
A man thinks he is in great luck
if he is able to figure himself out of
paying any iniome tax.
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ouuii'uuiust s- mum uiv vvuiiu l . rest 01 us nave
growing worse, but it is not. lhci
loving sympathy of these people in
Texas proves that it is a right good
old world nfter all.
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According to a Kansas preacher
cold ones
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heaven is a place where you may be
with people you like and hell is a
place w.here yu will have to be with
people like you.
A good memory i a wonderful
thing but there is many a man who
would be more popular if he didn't
have one.
And when you stop to consider the
kind of people who own them, it is a
wonder that more dogs do not go
mad.
A friend in nted doen't mind tell
ing you about it, utrcr. as a rule.
Th'-ru is a fellow in town who still
ha- a horsi- and buggy. In a few
year- more he can charge people nil-
in s,.n to Junk at them.
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Parents .,-jgnt to consider them
elves lucky, in these mad times, if
they are not cruised more than once
or twice a day by their children.
annrannannnnnaaaan
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THE OFFICE CAT n
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Bill Spivens says
thf mother that stays
up till midnight wash
ing and pressing
clothes for the kiddies
don't have much
trouble finding cause
for fussing with tho-e same kiddies
the next morning.
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JUSTIFIABLE SUSPICION
He kissed her fondly at the door;
She'd been his wife ten years or
more,
And so had cause, perhaps, for think
ing. Poor lady, that he had been drink
ing.
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WOMAN'S RIGHTS
"She was bom and grew up to
manhood in New Jersey." said a
somewhat over-accurate reporter in
describing a suffragist.
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TO AVOID THE RUSH
"Last evening, sir, I distinctly saw
my daughter sitting in your lap.
What explanation have you to make?
"I got here early, sir; before the
others."
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CUMULATIVE CALAMITY
The saddest words
Of tongue or pen;
The auto's broken
Down again.
Detroit Free Press.
Next saddest to
These words, alas;
The old machine
Is out of gas.
Canton News.
But saddest, saddest
Yet, by far
These words; I can't
Afford a car.
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Bill Spivens "says when you talk
louder than the other fellow it's a
sign you're wrong and he's right.
K.N I) OF A PERFECT JAY
. 'he body of Simon Shinn.
. id persist in "cutting in."
v he met a five-ton truck
- -ion sure was out of luck.
-HOI' BY DAYLIGHT
vour drug store shopping
L.ilie."
,-t heard our druggist say
- are going up."
-'-.irg is planning five hun-
i. ins courts on vacant lots.
: .vhat has become of the va
gal dners?
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NOT MADE
"M' "' said the drug department
clerk i- he laid down the morning
papei Hasn't this prohibition law
madt .i iot of crooks?"
"N " said the chance customer,
"not .ule them, merely showed us
who Ty are."
TH'
Hen
Who
The
Poor
earl;.
nitnr
Pi
died
Woni!
cant
Bi! Spivens hopes that the next
few n. 'iths will see the invention of
a de. for running the lawn mower
by ran .
GETTING ALL SET
"At. thing else?" inquired the
drugg after filling a prescription.
"If t'.is is not the real stuff." re
plied " customer, "you might as
well !i t me have a package of head
ache (.vilers."
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i An in tress suggests that men wear
'corset- Hoes she mean to insinuate
1 that iii'-n are not straight-laced
enough, "r that they need lacing? Or
is she alertly trying to get men in
a tight olacc?
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Teai'r.tr: What is the Order of the
Bath?
Well Harry comes first,
hen Willie, and then the
laajj a y a a a n a a a n
la RUDE RURAL RHYMES
n a
ja a a a a a a a a a a u a a a a
I Johnny Appleseed
rn writ., that he who runs may
read a rhyme of Johnny Appleseed.
Men called him cracked, his ways
were quaint, he was a hero and n
L..int His timlsn the heaVenlv choi-
!us sings while all the angels flap
'tin.!.' wine-. He left the town, the
beaten track, with apple seeds upon
his back, and where he saw a likely
Li... i... nlnnt.'.l them to left and rieht:
1,1,..., ivimr on the orou ml at niirht
he thought of more unselfish schemes
and planted apples in his dreams.
May Heaven send for modem need
more men like Johnny Appleseed. He
ate each day one fruit or more but
never threw away the core. The
seeds he rescued from his day bless
ed later gents he never saw. and not
a tree he ever struck bore fruit that
he would ever pluck, but when our
fathers emigranted they found young
orchards ready planted. What
though your work men never know
and credit it to me or Joe, let's do
our darndest here below. I too will
twang the lyre again to benefit my
fellow-men. I too will rise and wirte
some rhymes that folks may grin in
later times. And when discouraged,
stumped and treed. 111 think of John
ny Appleseed.
BOB ADAMS.
CAME HOME IN AEROPLANE
uenerai vourne iucrnerren of Du
rant, who was at Lawton, was in a
hurry to get back to Durant Wed
nesday, so he was brought home ina
Government aeroplane piloted by
Lieut. Wagner of Ft. Sill. The trip
wns made in 80 minutes, the airplane
distance being about 125 miles.
BIG APRIL RAINS
According to Government weather
reports the rainfall in Durant for
April was ii.l'J inches, the heaviest
in years. The total railfall for the
three preceeding months this year
'was 5.02 inches.
We will pay the highest cash price
for clean white rags at this office.
Johi.' :
i then in.'
! baby.
Tobac.o was taken to England
from America, and declared by socie-
I ty lead' r- a luxury Now look at it.
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l TUMPING FATHER
Brigh Hoy "I say, dad. I can do
somethu-g you can't do!"
Fathi i - "What is it?"
; "Grow ."
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Bill Spivens says if radio activity
'.ns.im.... n v., n m ...ill n nfrnlfl In (rfl
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Coxie says brains as a rule, ain't I
judged by what a feller says, but by j
what he thinks an' does. ;
Drs. Evans & Warren
CHIROPRACTORS
"When BeaJth'M Contagions'
Office hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Grider Building Dorant, Okla
Mother's Day on the
14th of May
Show your love for
mother with a Moth
er's Day card or mot
to. Buy now while
our line is complete.
Durant Book Store
to sleen lest his dreams be broad
casted.
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The bigL'est baseball star of all
Is sometimes figured cheesy.
And that's because he always makes
The hardest plays look easy.
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IN QUESTIONABLE SOCIETY
First Guest This Is a pretty cheap
Ladies and gentlemen, this thing i family. Just look at the napkins, all
The nervous bridegroom was called
upon to make a speech at the wed
ding breakfast.
Putting his hand on his bride's
Kulder, he hesitatingly remarked:;
has been thrust upon me."
BUYING A RECORD
"I see it stated that hens lay bet
ttr to music."
"Well, sir?"
"Have you a cackling chorus fromi"''
some opera ."
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Coxie says the feller
rich tendin' to his ow
holds the mortgage on the farm of the
feller than didn't.
Tin: FLAPPER
"Mother, you ought not to let
daughter dress the way she does."
"How foolish you are. John. I de
pend on her to keep me posted on
sty!.-."
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PEEVE
Lomon in the apple auce.
Cinnamon in pie.
Nutmeg on the apple tarts
Irritates a guy.
I believe that homicide
Nn't such a vice
Whir, applied to those who soil
Apple pie with spice.
pateb'd and domed
I Second guest Yes, and besides
! that they borrowed them from me.
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CLOSE AT WORK
Bi'l Spivens ays a tailor's duties
always pressing.
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I'ovie says from the attendance
it that got ireiords of lodges, clubs, fratcmatics,
fn business. !"i' other grown up organizations, it
In... like the American youngster
wiis a national orphan.
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V rivolous,
L uring.
A dole-tent;
P rettily
V ainted,
K ffeminate
U ogue.
CITY TRANSFER C05IPANY
HEAVY IIAUIiDra
LONG INSTANCE IIAULUO
and
SUDDEN BAGGAGE BERV1CB
phoiwi e
Protect Your Tractor
The average tractor lasts from 3 to 15 years.
You want yours to last the limit, don't you?
It all depends upon you. Care in operation
nnd Correct Lubrication will be your best
guaranties.
If you care nbout Correct Lubrication with all
the economies of operation that go with it
We can ofTcr you the correct grade of Gargoyle
Mobiloils for your tractor.
You pay less per gallon by buying it in 15, 30
or 55 gallon bteel drums with reversible faucets.
CITIZENS OIL CO.
Service Station 420 W. Main
'Phone 721 Durant, Okla.
WHEN YOU BUY GROCERIES
you always want the very best
that money can buy.
THEREFORE 'PHONE 148
BOSTON GROCERY
130 West Main Durant, Okla.
Startling
Quality
in Spring Suits of Na
tionally known makers,
Guaranteed to give ab
solute satisfaction at
451
&
pfiL
-- .v-a'! t.
$29
AND $35
Men who buy them say they're $5
to $15 under prices they've been ask-,
ed on the same quality suits.
Any Model Any Style
Any Fabric Any Color
And they're made by Hart Shaffner
& Marx and Styleplus.
Come in and take a look ai Cood
Clothes reasonably priced.
HltbUndStAto
Sa-Mala-MsMs-aTstSKMMs-s-aaaKaBB
The Rest Apparel under the Sun nt llie Most
ttensonnble prices.
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