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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-02-25

John T. McGraw has filed in the
Senate his objections to the manner
in which Senator Scott was elected.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-02-25

The big blizzard was quite we'll be-
haved finally, the snow melting oil
without producing floods.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-02-25

The House should at once pass the
bill creating the Office of Admiral.
Dewey won all that the bill proposes
to confer upon him.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-02-25

The Fifty-fifth Congress will adj
iourn sine die next Saturday. 1t has
been a pretty good Congress.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-02-25

The North Carolina Legislature has
passed a Jim Crow law.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-02-25

Any old thing is preferable to the
present election law.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-02-25

That there is general prosperity in
the country, and among cotton and
iron manufacturers in particular, is
beyond all dispute. About a year ago
the cotton goods business was IN the
dumps deeper than ever before, and
the manufacturers began to fear that
they were so badly in the hole that
there was doubt Of their being able to
pull out. Overstocks of goods to any
amount were piled up in the leading
New England manufacturing centers,
with a selling price, in not a few
cases, actually below the cost of pro-
duction. Losses were inevitable.
Many causes were suggested, chief
among which was the ever-increasiug
competition of the southern mills.
Strikes and labor revolts multiplied
as results of reductions of wages.
Everything seemed to conspire to in
tensify the gloom of the situation, and
the feint-hearted, as usual, began te
predict that New England woule
finally be forced to drop out of the
race permanently.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-02-25

But, as history always repeats it.
self, the manufacturers were bound to
strike bottom at last. And when
they did, the rebound was certain to
be all the more marked. Realizing
that when the lowest soundings had
been reached was the proper time to
stock up" dealers began to %replenish
their bargain shelves, and this i'm
pulse was enough to set the tide run
ming Justify the other way. Fortu-
nately it came at the end of a splendid
export year, and the western farmers
had a good slice OF their crop money
in the banks. Their wives and daugh-
tiers did not, therefore, propose to &C
without dresses when prices were
down to a song, and so the ball once
in motion the mills unloaded their
long-waiting stocks like hot cakes,
and trade went humming at a lively
pace which is still being maintained.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-02-25

1t is almost needless to remind New
England people that the bugaboo
about southern competition which tor
a time looked so serious, has ceased
t. create much alarm. While the
southern mills have shared in the
general prosperity, it has not operated
to depress the boom in this section,
The southern manufacturers turn off
a cheaper grade OF goods, such as do
not materially injure our trade in the
North. These matters were thoroughly
discussed in the recent convention of
southern manufacturers at Shreveport,
La, and although the most astonish-
ing figures of the growth of cotton
manufacture in the Gulf states were
produced, it was practically conceded
that in the lines which had so long
distinguished New England she was
bound to maintain the lead, while the
South would long be compelled to go
TO school to her method of organizing
manufacture and securing markets
In this great country, with population
doubling itself every quarter of a e
tury, backs are bound to multiply
than looms, while our export
trade is but in its infancy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-02-25
THE COTTON GOODS O

1.-THE following editorial is clipped
from the Boston Globe, tie leading Dem
ocratic newspaper of New England. 1t
explains itself
The announcement that several OF
the largest cotton manufacturers OF
Rhode Island propose to voluntarily
raise the wages of their employees,
and in sorue cases under a promise
made a few years ago that if the
latter would accept a cot down IN con-
sideration of the then depressed con.
dition ofthe market it would be put
back when a revived market warranted
it. is very gratifying from more than
one point of view. In the first place,
it is an assurance of a genuine boom
in cotton manufacture, and, further
more, it is evidence that there is
not wanting honor in employers to
match temporary patience and sacri-
fees on the part of the operatives.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-02-25

Two million Americans suffer TIE
torturing pangs of dyspepsia. No
need to. Burdock Blood Bitters cures.
At any drug store.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-02-25

Good Prunes 6 cents pound at FELL
KER'S.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-02-25
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
PERSONAL PROPERTY.

Having sold my farm, and intending te
discontinue farming, | will sell all my
stock and farming implements at my
home, / mile east of Jones Spring, and
o miles west of Martinsburg, in Back
Greek Valley, on
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21
HAS MONEY ENOUGH.

New York, Dec. 20.-James II.
Keen, leader of Wall street, made
five millions in the past few weeks,
and will take a long rest. His
wealth is estimated at twenty mil
lions, aud he says he has money
enough.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21
OFFERS TO HELP OLD ENGLAND.

OFFERS TO HELP OLD ENGLAND.
Chicago, Dee. 20.-There was a
telegram sent to Premier Laurier
of CaRada, Offering a regiment of
Illinois citizens of British birth for
service in South Africa; to up
hold the British empire in its gal
liant fight for justice and human
liberty
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21
. ANOTHER FAKE.

Paris. Dee. 2O.-A Berlin news
agency has reports from Washing
ton that the American government
intends to invite European powers
to propose meditation TO England.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21
GOMPERS RE ELECTED.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 20.-Samuel
Gompers was dsAously re-elect-
ed president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor today. All other
officers were also reelected.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21
HELP FOR DEAD HERo's FAMILY.

HELP FOR DEAD HERO : FAMILY.
Washington, Dec. 20.-An ap-
peal to the country was issued from
the war department today asking
for contributors fer the relief of
the widow and four small childre n
of the gallant General Lawton
killed at San Mateo in the Philip
pines Tuesday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21

The pupils of the kindergarten
school will give their annual Christ
mas entertainment at the school
room, Friday afternoon at , O'Clock
p. III. A cordial invitation to pa
irons and friends.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

WOULD DYNAMITE THE SULTAN.
Constantinople. Dec. 20.-Ex-
tensive dynamite mines were found
in the grounds of Yilkiz Kiosk. the
Sultan's S palace.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21
DREYFus TO START A PAPER.

Paris. Dec. 90 The Dreyfus
family, it is said, contemplates
Founding newspaper in Paris
with Clemsnceau as editor, The
paper will be named Justice or
Truth. "
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21

Ladies', now Is tho time to buy foe I
wear, when j. N. Barall offers goo d
vici kid shoe, lace or button, that s
worth 81 to SO. so fer g3c.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21

We are selling high grade cor
sets worth nll over the land So to
So. 80 each, (P. d. or her Majesty
only CSC. j. \. BARALL.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21

Anything in the gun line that
you wish can be found at Noble
Bros. Also loaded shells for any
kind of game. l-tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21

Ladies, if you want a fine figure
wear a majesty corset, regular
prices $3.50 Clear EN- Out sale
prices only Csc at j. n. BARALL's.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21

just received at Spiegle's, 1000
pounds fresh candy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21
LOCAL nARkETS.

Thursday, December 81.
The following prices govern our
local markets, this date, in country
produce, grain, corn, hay, cotton ,etc:
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Chickens (frying), doz. 81. so to 81 rs
Hens, per dOZ ...... S1.70 to 81 90
Eggs, per uOz .......... ...... l0c
Butter (fresh) per 10 ...........20 zoe
Potatoes tsweet), per bu. -. go to 75c
GRAIN.
Oats, per bu. u...... zoe
Corn. .... zoe
Hay, per ton ..........S4.5 so to So so
COTTON.
Middling. -. 500
Strict middling. ng...............6 %
GOoO mloollng.. g...-.-....-....o 5O
Seed cottons1 so per hundred.
Cotton seed $1,000 per ton.
Prices quoted on cotton are for
cash.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21
I or Sale,

Don't bake your Christmas cakes
but buy them at the Saturday Market
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21

Will sen my horse and buggy
cheap for cash. Inquire at Pres
byterian manse.
1S-tf s. A CALDWELL.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21
THE PASSING THRONG.
All the Worlds a Stage and Each
one Plays a Part"

day from Lone Grove.
H. FL. Wagner of Springer was
among our visitors today.
Judge William Pfeiffer returned
TO his home at Purcell today.
Col. A. Il. Person of Denison is
among or visiting attorneys.
Gov. Brown of Tishomingo is
here attending court this week.
Tom J. Dulaney, a prominent
merchant of Cornish, was here to-
day.
Joe Maytrbby, prominent
Chickasaw attorney, is in the city
today.
w. Fl. Bates of Chickasha is
among the representative visitors
TO our city.
NJ P. Lyon Of Muskogee, an at
tache of the Dawes commission, is
at the Wilmington.
T. B. McLish, the clever young
postmaster at Tishomingo, is
among our visitors today.
A. f. Baker. representing the
Western Newspaper Union at
Wichita, kas., is in the city.
John J. Van Vickle of Leon and
Johu Chitwood of Butcher, Tex,
are in the city attending court.
DIR. A. S. Howard of Cornish,
who has been attending court here
for several days, returhed home
today.
Judge 5. B.sBradford, who has
been to Kansas City on private
business. is expected home to-
night.
Jack Crouch has returned from
Kansas City and accepted posi-
ton rs night clerk at the Whiting
ton Hotel
Mrs. J. X. Hendrix has gone to
Dallas and will remain at the sani-
tarium there for several weeks TO
improve her health
Mr.. l.. F. Bowman of Norman,
Okla, is here visiting his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Frank Hyden, and will
remain a couple of days. From
here Mr.. Bowman will go to Wa
co, Tex, to visit another daugh-
ter who resides at that place.
Miss Fry, who for the past two
seasons has had charge of the
trimming department of Mrs.
Crank's millinery store, leaves to-
night for her home in st. Louis.
Mrs. Crank, together with Miss
Fry's many friends here, regret
that she will not return next year.
OYSTERS Three dozen for twen-
ty- five cents, at 7. B. johnson &
Co.'S. 21-3t
Gentlemen. get your night shirts
at Davis Bros. 2l-2t
Ladies, if you want fine figure
wear majesty corset, regular
prices $3.50 Clear EN- Out sale
prices only 98c at j n. BARALL's.
Anything in the gun line that
you wish can be found at Noble
Bros. Also loaded shells for any
kind of game. 1-tf
Ladies, now Is tho time to buy foe I
wear, when j. N. Barall offers goo d
vici kid shoe, lace or button, that 8
worth 81 to SO so fer 93c.
We are selling high grade cor
sets worth nll over the land So to
So. 80 each, (P. d. or her Majesty
only Csc. j. \. BARALL.
The pupils of the kindergarten
school will give their annual Christ
mas entertainment at the school
room, Friday afternoon at , CLOCK
%. III. A cordial invitation TO pa
irons and friends.
just received at Spiegle's, 1000
pounds fresh candy.
Don't bake your Christmas cakes,
bat buy them at the Saturday Market.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21

Gentlemen. get your night shirts
at Davis Bros. 2l-3t
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21

Christmas candies at Speigle's S
Just received 1000 pounds.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21

OF all seasons this is the most
suspicious for the eharitably dis
posed to act.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-12-21

OYSTERS Three dozen for twen-
ty- five cents, at 7. B. Johnson &
Co.'S. 21-3t
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-07
A Baby Drowned.

G. }. Martin, father Of Chas. F.
Martin Of the firm of Black & Martin,
was in the city from Whitman last
Friday afternoon and brought the
intelligence of the drowning Of the
two year old child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lon Carter, living three and a half
miles east Of Belle PlaiDe, the day
previous.
Mrs. Carter and her child went to
the home Uf neighbor, Mrs. Plttin-
ger, living quarter Of mile distant,
10 spend the day. Mr.. Carter was
not at home, and there were nc men
folks at the PttiHger home. While
the ladies were sewing and talking
tile child wandered out of the house
unnoticed, and while playing in the
back yard, fell into cistern. The
suppositiOn is that the child raised
the trap door of the cistern and in
looking 10, lost its balance and fell in.
The child had been absent from
the house some minutes when its
mother dropped her work to search
for 1t. When she came out Of the
hO1se and did not see her child she
called, and receiving no answer, ran
quickly to the cistern, the door Of
which was open, The mother was
hOrrifled to see the apparently iifeless
form Of her baby floating in the water
below. Her screams attracted the
attention Of man three quarters OF
mile distant, who came quickly to
the house and rescued the body. The
child was dead and it was impossible
to tell whether it had been killed by
the fall into the cistern or had died
from stranguation.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-07
Thinks the Spirits Control Him.

Vim. Mack Of Mulvane, has been
taken to Wichita to be tried on the
charge Of insanity. He was taken
charge of by the sheriff at the request
of relatives, with whom he had been
visiting for some time.
Mack believes that some unseen
power is controlling him and his suf.
fering from fear is intense at times.
While at Muivane he started for the
Indian Territory on three different
occasions, it is said, and each time he
would get as far as Udall and stop.
lie claimed that the "unseen power"
would not let him proceed farther on
ais journey. In his worst stages
strange phantoms appear before him
unbidden. The Spirits" which he
sometimes calls them. have so worked
upon him that he has talked OF suicide
in order to get relief.
Mack is harness maker and is
considered splendid workman, who
readily secured employment anywhere
he tried. He thinks he is in a hospl-
tai at Wichita and told the sheriff
that he hoped wnen he got better the
spirits would leave him. Mack will
probably be tried for insanity today.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-07

the day we were at the nursery, Geo.
W. Bailey, the well.known horticult-
urist, was there also. He made a
critical examination Of the trees and
gave the following testimonial to Mr..
Reun:
"This lstO certify that l havethis
day carefully examined the nursery
stock OF the Gem Nursery Of yelling.
ton, Kan. ,and and all varieties of trees
and shrubs in first class condition, no
injury from freezing or otherwise. 1t
Is also free, 50 far as | am able to
Judge, from any disease, San Ja,e
scale, or any infection. will fur
ther state that | have never in my ex-
perience with fruit trees found a tiner
or better prOportiOned lot OF trees or
with better growth OF flbrous roots.
G. W. BAILEY,
Trustee Of the Seventh District as a
member Of the Board of the State
horticultural society.
People who are looking for nurs-
sery stock certainly have a golden
opportunity to get the worth OF their
money at The Gem. They are now in
good shape to handle and oil all orders
promptly and accurately"
Last fall they built a packing house
2ex4O, well fitted 10 every way for the
dispatch Of business.
Our visit to the nursery was a reve-
latiOn and we are glad to be able 20
put our readers in possession OF in
formation concerning it.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-07
Death of 0rville Smith.

Orville Smith, one Of the early
settlers of Sumner county, and a
highly respected citizen, died at his
home on the west side Thursday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock Of kidney trouble.
He had been sick two or three weeks,
tue disease taking serious turn a few
Gays ago, resulting in his death.
Funeral services were held under
the auspices Of the Masonic lodge at
the Presbyterian church Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by
Rev. Thes. PeDick of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church. Interment was
made in Prairie Lawn cemetery by
The side of the remains OF his second
wife, who died Two and half years
ago.
Orville Smith was born in Franklin
county, Vermont, August 81, 1874,
being aged 81 years, 6 months and 8
days at the time OF his death. He
was member Of the Masonic lodge.
He had attained the 32d degree in
that order, and was rated as one OF
the best informed Masons in the state.
lie was also member Of the X. s. L.
OF 5. lodge, in which order he carried
5000 life insurance. Mr.. Smith was
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-07

5000, notably The Arkansas rivel
bridge east of Oxford. upon which the
county has expended s9.e60; the Mn
nescah river bridge at Zyba, the con-
tract price for which was s6,979, and
the bridge over the Arkansas river
west of Mulvane, when repairs now
being made are completed, will have
cost to exceed $1,000.
The most of these bridges were con
tracted for during the palmiest days
OF the bridge trust, when all cOmpan-
les doing business in Kansas pooled
their interests and were thus enabled
TO secure their own prices on work of
this kind throughout the state.
The fifty bridges are apportiOned to
the various rivers and streams of the
cOuhty as follows: Slate creek, 20;
Chikaskia river, I; NnneScah river,
6; Fall creek, 5: Bluff creek. 4: Ar
kansas river, 3, and Beaver, Shore,
Shoe Fly, Spring and Elm creeks,
each.
Bridges are located either within
or on the township lines of town
ships numerically as follows: Wei.
liDgtOu and Caldwell, 6 each; Valverde
and Falls, 4 each; Belle Plaine, Lon.
don, Sumner, Avon, RYAN, Bluff and
Greene, leach; Gore, Conway, Spring.
dale, Palestine, Oxford and Dixon,
each; Eden, Harmon, Chikaskia and
South Haven, l each; while nine
townships have no county bridges, to-
wit: Illinois, Creek, Seventy-Six.
Osborne, Morris, Downs, Jackson,
Walton and Guelph.
Contracts for the construction of
these bridges have been awarded as
follows:
The Missouri Valley Bridge and
Iron Works of Leavenworth, Kas., "a
contracts; j, k. Sawyer of Wichita,
D contracts; The Wrought Iron Bridge
Co. of Kansas City, Mo, A. R. Elliott
OF Wellington, Geo. Bradford Of Kan
saS City, Mo-, and Geo. Foster, c. E.,
of Wellington, 2 contracts each; the
King Iron Bridge and Manufacturing
Co. Of Cleveland, o., l contract: and
the bridge on Usage street, Caldwell
City, was decided 10 Sumner county
by s. T. Tuttle.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-07

a veteran of the civil war and belonged
to the local G. A. R. post. AT the
close OF the civil war he entered the
government surveying service and was
at the head OF one Of the corps Of
surveyors that surveyed the Indian
Territory. At the close OF this work
in about 1870 he took up his residence
in Sumner county, opening a cattle
ranch on the Chikaskia river. He
was fist married in Vermont, bis
wife dying few years after. One
child, daughter, now "a years of age
ard living in Vermont, was the
result Of that union. In 1916, Mr.
Smith was united to Miss Mollie
Hawk of this county Two children,
a girl and boy, aged 20 and l5 years,
were the result OF the
second marriage. Both survive him.
A brother, H. f. Smith Of this city,
and two sisters living 10 Vermont,
also survive him. On account Of the
distance the two sisters were unable
TO attend the funeral. The deceased
had served several terms as county
surveyor of Sumner county.
Logan Hawk, father-in- law of the
deceased, arrived from the Strip south
east Of Caldwell, Friday morning to
attend the funeral. Mrs. Hawk was
unable to come on account Of sick
ness
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-07
Ed L. Brown Injured.

Ed L. Brown, the carpenter, was
pulled from the seat OF a spring
wagon yesterday about S:30J'clock a. m.
by d couple If unruly horses, aud fail
ing upon bis head was rendered un-
conscious for awhile. Mr.. Brown and
his son ROlla were driving north on Z
street, on their way to the country to
do some work. R0lla Wis driving the
wagon and Mr.. Brown was sitting in
the wagon leading a couple of horses.
When in front OF Judge Herrick'S resi-.
dence the horses Mr.. Brown was lead
ing jerked back suddenly pulling him
out of the wagon. He fell upon his
head and was rendered unconscious.
Judge Herrick and others who saw
The accident, ran out aud picked Mr..
Brown up. He regained conscious,
ness and was taken home and a
physician summoned. 1t was found
that no bones were broken. Mr..
Brown is conflned to his bed and
slffers considerable pain from sprains
in the shoulders and chest, but no
serious consequences are feared.