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LMA The Durant Weekly News L'.ME XXV -A-i-iriKH SLAYER GIVEN V KD STAY OF EXECUTION n.l...lunn Ifanrlnvaa W tl ,..,rnnr isii'ii'if"" !'-" ... T.iit Until December 15 it Tint, awaiting execution in L flK'ru i hair, which was set for frh- u( this wcek was Wednesday &" other stay of life when Gov i... i'. . imi tson crnnted a reprieve rfnni i" - .'- , - . , til Dec 1 "t wns convicteu in " . ith Ihn irillinr nf mia- y Spniiriic Lnwton taxicab driver. n. ri'in ii e i t" allow the Criminal fflnrt ei xpiit'ai i" i'oo mi mi ji- R . . . nn. nl.A nnnmnlnil O.u T.it Cohen annealed from nis EL conwetion and was granted a F?. h-imI Then it became necessary Ea reprieve Tait, as the latter was P.- f.rtiii-n has annealed in the sec- na cake aim una ' ui m e.i. mint in case a new inai &S" ' ." ....l !l !- J il1 Ivoa'd he grnnicu, it is ussumuu uiuv hit would ne usuii UK"1" a wit- .!, hence me uovurnor a ucuuh in antinjr n reprieve. LrvTON. TEXAS MAN IS XftM L.EU1U1 ,U.UUl111JiU it ihe Fourth American Lesion fttional Convention which closed at ftw Orleans on October 20 Alvin M. jrsifj- d1 Texas, was cicciea iMaiion- 1 Commander. frrslev was carried on the shoulders JTexa legionnaires wine piace on lie plaliorm oesiuu ruurwif v.uuiuiuii ie MacNider, who grasped his hand ad then turned to tne assembly. He Texas band broKe loose While MacNider jerked the gong wlently. "Bill" Deegan, of New York a in me cupiiuiuwuii ui uuii'ciii'u odidatcs. Deegan moved the vote i made unanimous, lhe vote was mounced as Owsley 574: Deegan El; Thompson 205; McCormick 12. Five national vice commanders were I'ectcd as follows: Edward J. Barrett, Sheboygan, Xis., Robt. S. Blood, Concord, N. H.; Mies I' Plumer. Cashier. Wyo.: Earl focle; Macon, Ga.; and Watson B. Sillier, Washington, u. C. Father William B. O'Connor of (Ohio was elected National Chaplain if a vote of 714 to 374 over Rev. :xra (.lemons, a Methodist ol Alinm- iota. I;e demons moved the vote o be made unanimous. After bene- Iiction by Father O'Connor, Com nandir MacNider, pronounced the ourth national convention adjourned. ftivin M. uwsley, new national com mander of the American Legion, be ran hi career at Camn Bowie, with lhe Sflth division, in 1917. He re- lipicd n county attorney at Denton, vm. in go to war. Mustered in fere n- a captain, he went overseas as p lieutenant-colonel and returned a blond. For a time after peace, he W an assistant attorney cencral K Tea. His parents live at Den- ieas. PROMINENT MAN DROPS DEAD IN K. K. K. PARADE Howard Turk, need sixty of Em- M. Oklahomn. fell dead while parching in a Ku Klux Klan parade u u-nnmingo Monday night. Heart amire is said to have been the cause it his death. It was said Mr. Turk crumpled Jwn in the line of march as t'.ie rob jl men entered the main street of ie town. His wife and two sons re in the crowd that viewed the larade. but HM Tint Vnnw nf rtin eath of their loved one, until it 'm announced at the fair grounds, fer the nnrado wns nvnr nnd tho fowd bad gathered to witness a jpolic initiation. Mr. Turk was a Pioneer of Johnson county, and was en Known. About thrin TirninVnn1 mon fAnlf nnrf n the parade and following the pa- ade a class of nbniit nnp bunilrpf! Rfere initiated. An address was made ? the citizenship of the county by natnr Buck-man of Tulsa. A barbe w as .served to about five hundred eoplc. piCKF.n UP RADIO PROGRAM i IM HAVANA, CUBA I -, ........ ii;vill nLclLlllll III HI. i. I.nn.ltnn . !.: -II 1..I1- .i "i'B i mis cuy so mr noms w inne distance record nmon:r the g.1"1; '""lio fans, for Mr. Gooding lHn ,nv nj(rht pjc,.od lm n mu!pnl prrcn, brnndrastcd at Havana, Cu- fiio announcement of the pro- "" "u tne statement ns to wf'at ' ' was doing the broadcasting "do both in Spanish and in TO CALL A HALT ON DISARMAMENT President Says America's Relative Naval Strength Must Be Kent Un On Basis With Other Powers President Hnrding nnd Secretary pf State Hughes have laij down a basis upon which is contingent the participation of the United States in any further world disarmament pro gram. America's present aimed strength, they declare, must not drop below that allotted it under ths Wash ington disarmament treaties if future conferences are to be held and further agreements entered into with other world powers. The pronouncements have come fol lowing a difference between the Navy department and the Director of Bud get, as to just how many men and how much money are necessary to maintain Anierica's naval forces up to the ratio agreed upon between the powers at the conference. The principal question at issue in volves the enlisted strength. The naval authorities arc recommending urgently the absolute necessity of 90,000 men. This number, an in crease of 10,000 over the present per sonnel, they say, is needed because of the new ships to be added to the fleet this year "even if a practical test this year bad not demonstrated the present strength to be inade quate." It is apparent at this time that the two opinions are not going to be reconciled, and Presidential medi ation of the differences is apparent ly to become necessary. DURANT HI TAKES HARD GAME FROM KINGSTON DURANT, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, OCT. 27, 1922 CU'T TAKES UP CRIMINAL DOCKET MONDAY MORNING About Sixty Criminal Cacs On Set ting. Complete Civil This Week. District Judge March will convene District Court on the criminal dock et next Monday morning, October 30 at nine o clock, when about sixty criminal cases are set for trial, ranging all the way from such minor orrenses as simple assault all the way to first degree murder. The court has been grinding away 0,)..Jury. Clvil cnscs this week and will end tho civil docket with the close of tho week. About one-hundred and seventy-five tmall civil cases have been continued for tho term. NUMBER FORTY-THREE Although outweighed more than ten pounds to the man, the Durant High School football team cleaned up on the Kingston Hi team at King ston last Friday by the score of G to 0. The game was all that the score indicates a mightly hotly con tested one and clean from the first until tfio lnaf minvfni TUn nA:nl ...... ...v .u ..witiKII .,, uuimi iiL nek of the lighter Durant team took me neavier ooys on their feet and resulted in the local's winning the oramn. Tho ntilv annm ivna n tnimi.. down made in the last quarter when iviuiara oi uurant intercepted a Kingston fnrwnnl Tinea nnrl ran 4V..... yards through a broken field for a touchdown. He failed to kick- goal, and the final score was C to 0. HOME IS BURNED Tho hnmp nf T.uthni' rimria nf Tlnt- ehito was totally destroyed by fire late Saturday, too-othnr with nil in tents, while the family was away from home. It is believed the work of an incendiary. Officials are mak ing an investigation. FOURTEEN DIE IN FIRE Fire beieved to have been the work of nn incendiary with a mania for seeing things burn, destroved a 5 story New York tenement house early Sunday morning, destroying fourteen human lives with it, most of whom were small children. Most of the vic tims were trapped in their beds and cither roasted alive or sufficated without a chance to escape. LOCAL BOY HONORED AT STATE A. & M. COLLEGE William Sexton of Durant has been named vice president, for the third congressional district, of the feder ation of county student clubs in Ok lahoma Agricultural and Mechanical college for the 'present year. Tho federation, which was formed for the purposes of promoting a more rapid development of the college, is composed of officers of county clubs representing almost every county in the state. There are eight vice presidents one for each congression al district. Ben Ellis, of Sopcr, Choc taw County, is president andLucile Glazner, of Eufaula, Mcintosh coun ty, secretary-treasurer. Sexton also is president of 'the Bryan county club this year. Bess Allen of Bennington is vice president and Douglas Mitchell of Bokchito secretary-treasurer. There are eight members of the club. FIRST BALLOTS SHIPPED TO BRYAN COUNTY MASONIC LECTURER TO SPEAK HERE TUESDAY Several Meetings Being Arranged Bv Local Masonic I-odge For Day The Scottish Rite bodies of Mc Alester have made arrangements whereby F. A. Hatch, of Pueblo. Colorado, and Mrs. Hatch, both noted educational lecturers, will spend the day in Durant. next Tuesday, Octo ber 31, under the auspices of the Du rant Masonic Lodge. Mr. Hatch is Very hillhlv reciinlm! ns nn n,1nn. tional speaker nnd comes here back ed by the highest testimonials as to ine merit or his work. At 9:00 o. m. or nt llinn n. m. Mr Hatch will address the High School at assemniy. At 2:30 p. m. he will speak to the "oys oi mo nigh school. At 3:30 p. m. Mrs. Hatch will nd dress a meeting of the mothers of scnooi children. At 7:30 n. m. Mr. Hatch will nd dress a meeting of the fnthers of school children and boys above the age oi nineteen. At 9:00 D. m. Mr. Hatch will n dress n meeting of Master Masons in the Alasonic Lodge Rooms. 1500 TEACHERS TO ATTEND MEETING Annual Session of Education Associa tion Convenes Here Thursday Nov. 2 For Three-Day -SesHlon On next Thursday, November 2 the annual meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Oklahomn Education Association convenes in Durant for a three-day session. It is expected that there will be fifteen hundred visiting school teachers in the qity for the occasion, coming from seven teen Southeastern Oklahomn counties. While it will be necessnrv for n large number of the guests to find lodging and meals in private homes of the city, it is not expected that the people of the city entertain them free, ns these people expect to pay their own way, according to P. E Laird. Tho general sessions of the con vention will be held nt the Baptist Church, Thursday night. Friday morn ing nnd night, nnd on Saturday morn ing, when several nationally known educators are to appear on tho pro gram. I Friday afternoon the various de partmental conferences will be held LIEUT. HAIKU RECEIVES AWARD FOR WAR SERVICE SENATOR BAILEY SPEAKS TO ROTES AND LIONS HERE!at the High School building, four teen sucn meetings being in progress Bryan county will be the first county to receive election ballots and other materials for use in the gen eral election, if train schedules are maintained. W. C. McAIester, sec retary of the state election board. began Monday morning the task of I shipping the more than 1,000,000 ballots to the various counties. Bal lots for Bryan county were the first to be shipped. Corridors on the third floor of the capitol arc being utilized in shipping the ballots. Former United States Senator Jos eph Weldon Bailey of Texas, was the guest of Durant for a few hours Wednesday, during which time h, wns guest of honor and speaker at a joint meeting of the Lions and Ro tary Clubs at the Atwood Hotel at noon that day. Senator Bailev made ono of his characteristically excellent speeches, J dealing witn tne governmental and political issues of the day, and held his hearers spell bound with his elo quence, for which he has been noted for more than thirty years. Although ill and just up from his bed Mr. Bailey convinced his hearers that ho is not lacking in his old time vigor and eloquence. Following the luncheon a reception was held for Mr. Bailey in the par lor of the hotel, where a great num ber of admirers and old friends re newed their acquaintance with him. TWO BANK ROBBERIES Oklahoma had two bank robberies less than two hours apart Tuesday of this week. "At ten o'clock that morning three unmasked men swoon ed down on the First State Bank of Talala, near Claremore, and got away with $i,'juu in cash at the same time, Friday night, there will be two ban quets served by organizations within the association. Tho Red Red Rose will hold their banquet nt the At wood Hotel. The Blue Blue Violet will hold a banquet the same evening just where, it is not yet announced. On Friday afternoon the School Marms, a local College organization, will give a reception to tho visiting lady teachers, being held . at the Christian Church annex. REPUBLICANS TO STUMP COUNTY SATURDAY THE 'Practically every town in Bryan county will bo visited next Satur day by two of the most prominent Republican speakers in the state, who will speak in the interests of the campaign of John Fields for gover nor and the Republican state tick et. Tho speakers are Judge F. E. Kennnmer. justice of the supreme court, nnd Hon. Thos. G. Andrews, candidate for attorney general on the Republican ticket. Judge Kennn mer will speak nt the following places Bokchito, 11:00 a. m.; Durant on the nnd Liberty market srtuarc at 2:00 p. m.: Achillc Bonds. About noon, four robbers, ,3:30 p. m.; Caddo, at 7;30 p. m. apparently boys in their teens en-1' Mr. Andrews will speak nt the fol tcred the First State Bank of Kel- lowing places: Bennington, 10:00 n. leyvillc and got nway with $2,500. m.; Bokchito, 1:00 p. m.; Caddo, 3:00 Posses got after both gangs, but at p. m.; Kcnefick, 4.30 p. m. and nt last reports they were at liberty. ! Durant at the court house 7:30 p. m fcwiiiwriwijiyiuwiuwijiiL i ....,.,, ,,, fcjlt4lliail llllll III i ... ' inu imin Dpanisn nna rncf-. n" ' tUlinfci trniA ltt.An,l,.nr.4...1 2.. t,! Prp-ini Ir eroding expects to be' :,' "irk Un nrnr-rnms frnm hnlh i v . "".ific nr"l Atlantic coasts with "-riving set this fall. hi n A BIG MAN nERE of C i ,s ""Si tms week to one ,' h largest men physically she BlaV ""Ttnmed. R. L. Stither fdIfl nnnn1n1. I - imr t , h v.,. '""' iwmwn ns mi; uon , f o visiting his sister, Mrs. W. tV i i Vp nn1 family. When nn Biv -r' Vp. s ni employee of the lev ,V?,n"ff School nt Pauls Vnl- tKat n i v. one mentions the fact Ponr-n ! ' tIpps ,no sca,ps at 411 L ,..""? Bets the impression that justly entitled to his nick I le i. I lame. IiT.V'rP T. r'ET VERDICT Aiv .. ptnet Court ca-e vl-nrMn , .. -"nv;i Midi fin ininnr irt "'i romnany for S20.oin. tho '" '"i c,nmnnn.v v,-f)n out v'"n tiin cV. .iinrd n demurrer to. t!m m 1 ' '" rdainttff w?"d n. nl'"fe,! (- ("''ired while plnv'n" in t'" . J contnnny's seed ho-so nt f, 'rom which injury he lot n, By&yiii2?syayam K HERPS WHY WE ARE ALWAYS BUSY. WE ARE SELLING THE VERY BEST MERCHANDISE EVER SHOWN IN THE COUNTY AT THE LOW EST POSSIBLE PRICES AND GUARANTEE YOU TO BE SATISFIED. Every Man and Boy in Bryan County Should Have a New Winter Suit The Prices for Boys' Suits are only $4.95 $5.95 $7.45 and $8.85 And Men's Suits in all the New Styles and Colors at $14.85 $15.75 $16.50 and $17.50 These Prices Should Please You and Especially When You See The Merchandise Men's Corduroy and Moleskin Suits good grade and at our very low prices $10-75 $11.85 We have a nice comfortable place for you to rest in our Store and we are glad to have you Don't forget our Special Bargains in Ladies Hats S silrJUinX-jTihiiriW JLVJfAAVACiJi.w- ml.. 'VV'jK"rNijwr1L: L ? A V S a B-J -f JNJT "WE SELL KOR CASH AND SAVE YOU MONEY" DURANT, ryyriryiMHi?ru?T-;Y'ri Y; XrrP!vrcZlZIIliLi.iiiJLi iuij.ljLU. OKLAHOMA B Durant Veteran Totally Disabled A Result of War Many Mcdnla First Lieutenant Hnrry Haigh, of this city has just received from the war department its recognition for his service? during the World War in France, a beautiful designed map of the railroads which Lieutenant Haigh built while tho American ar mies were driving the armies of the German Kniscr hack toward the Fatherland. The map is handwork ed on felt cloth, showing its exact route nnd the towns nnd cities through which it nasscd. Tho Ver dun sector is in the center of the map. Hehind the shield, on which the map is worked arc the flags of the four principal allies, America. Great Rritian, France and Italy. Below the map nrc the three years in which Licutennnt Haigh paw service and the three gold stripes, emblems of his foreign service. Lieutenant Haigh wns master en gineer of the 13th Engineers li Franco nnd wns in command of building 180 miles of road in the battle sectors. Tart of tho road which he built was on tho road bed of the German Central railroad, northwest of Verdun, which wns de stroyed by the Germans as they re treated in 1018. This section of road was built' from rails captured from the Germans. Licutennnt Haigh was decorated for bravery and distinguished ser vice by every one of the allies, hav ing been nwnrded tho distinguished service medal of the United Statei Croix do Guerre of Franco nnd the mednls of Great Rritian nnd Italy, but he snys he takes more pride in the map given him by tho war de partment, because it is in recogni tion of real accomplishment. He wni wounded several times, while per forming this service but completed his task. Incidentally Lieut. Hnigh is perma nently and totally disabled as a re sult of numerous injuries received during the war. A TRAVELING CLINIC IS PLANNED IN STATE Health Association to Provide Free Inspection in Oklahoma Towns Plans for Oklnhomal's travelling clinic designed to give free examina tion for tuberculosis in communities where expert examination is difficult to obtnin nre being completed rapid; ly by the Oklahoma Public Health Asociation. The first city to profit by the clinic will be Okmulgee where it will be held the first Tuesday in December. Visits to other cities nre now being arranged. Ada M. Whyte, director of public health nursing for the Association precedes the clinics, finds families in which tuberculosis deaths have oc cured within the hist five years and urges attendance of such fnmilics es pecially the children nt the clinic. These will be held then to be exam ined without charge by one of the leading tuberculosis diagnosticians of the state. If infection is found ndvice will be given ns to entrance !nto sanitoria, prevention of the spread of 'the di sease to other members of the fam ily, and care of the patient in the home. In cases in which tuberculo sis is only suspected free advice on prevention of the disease is given. Tho clinic will stay but one day in each city and will examine white pet sons in the afternoon and negroes In the morning. It is hoped in thlg way to discover many eases of the disease in its early stnges which' if allowed to go without attention might result in the death of the patients. The work is financed by funds raised from the sole of Christmas Seals and its scope next year will de pend largely on the success of tho sale this Fall according to R. II. Hix son. Twenty million senls have been sent over the stnte for sale beginning December 1, in an attempt to raiso $00,0(11) for tuberculosis nnd disease prevention work in Oklahoma. SOWEI.L WELL STRIKES ROCK AT lr.OO FEET What is known as tho. So-vell test well drilling on the Iti'ie Ileal place we t of invn has struck n strata of haul lime tune ruck at n.)oniinnte ly 1,'IID feet, and lias already pene trnt'd thirty feet iulo (lie imlc, nc eoiding to rcporti. The rnmpnny owning the lea' e is the Ti'x-Oklnhn-ma Oil Cnmiinny, composed in major Pint nf Dunn ni 'ii. The rnmnnnv diil'ed a hole on the same lea i to a depth of mote than 1 -100 feet, nnd found n good oil indication. Some thing happened about that time, wliidi, so to sneak, mined the well, and made it wies-my to dww the casing nnrl tool nnd ftnrt nil over acain. They moved over about .100 feet nnd spudded in ngnin, with re sults ns above -tated. $1,000 JUDGEMENT AGA1VST - K. O. ci G. RAILWAY In District C. jury awarded jin of Celina. Texas for in ini ie- he n iiTOiint of the r IF" mm ij ffip ?; "i-i'eil I'm on I r. Iim.-,!, , n t r: iir-n'!il rohvir"1 f' i") to .VM'I tl r. ti'lil) t'litf l ("Pen on it nnd f, . ,.,l . , r 'I s 'm-i -.-- -5- &ui au&i ii&m juiiiMiuaiSci mM&L&IMffiZW5m!3LZ& iiirt last Friday the h'emerit to Tom May in the mm or SI 000 lli't'e: lie recol""d on fiimnnv1' nf,f'!i "mm "irio Tlu- Til-Intlff N'nv rtibor " P'"0 lin ( f 'li t'' fi "il mt ' nt '!i nn in'i"iil " b n fit i' it I nn Im f.iro h b-il tl"it ns n vp nt" In ,,,,1 ' .,,.,! 1 ; i ., ' ' . f i v ' 'i i - lm - ff. reel coivcijucnt in-rcparablc injury.