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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-21
FOLD BY TELEPHONE.
Words Whispered IN Our Ear From
l,iand Towns In the Territory
Tuesday Afternoon.

weston.
Tom Knight of Berwyn is here
today.
Guy Attaway went to Bervyn
today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fox are in
Berwyn today.
The arbor burned down Satur-
day night.
Jim Chapman has returned to
his home in Gainesville.
Mr.. Gudgle has a fine new girl
at his home.
CHAGRIS.
We are needing rain badly, cot
ton has diminished at least one
half in the past week.
Mrs. M. E. Boyle went to Ard
more yesterday.
1G. l.. Tyson returned from Ard
more last night.
Miss Willie Creel is visiting
here.
j. A. Brandon has two very sick
children.
Messrs. A. Creel j. G.. Dixon,
G. w. and j. w. Morris left for
prospecting tour in the Cheyenne
country.
Mr.. Myser of Fox was here yes
terday.
A. G. Weleh is sick this morn
ing.
LONE GROVE.
10 Brown is here from Burling-
ton. Tex.
J. J. Garlick is here from Mem :
phis, Tenn.
Mr.. Strange of ArdmOre is here.
BELTON.
A. J. Downing of Durant is
here.
w. W. Lanier aud John Shelby
of Mcmillan returned home this
morning.
A. F. Lanier and family are
visiting in Mcmillan.
J. A. Pattersons's baby is quite
sick.
| COLBERT.
George Higgond sold a bale of
cotton in Denison yesterday which
brought 1-2 cents per pound and
$25 premium.
Will Cordell sold O bale in Col
bert for 8 1-2 cents per pound and
$40 premium.
Colbert will pay the highest
prices for cotton and sell goods
the cheapest of any town in the
country.
4
Messrs. Page and Andy Fair
child are here.
A number of officers passed
through here looking for horse
thieves.
Mr.. Abrams children have scar
let fever.
Quite number of new houses
are being built.
l.. A. Goldman went to Ardmore
this morning
We have newspaper mere now
the first issue will be printed this
afternoon. The Ravia Ex-
change"
OAKLAND.
Oakland received its first bale
of cotton yesterday. 1t was raised
by E. E. Dun can, ginned by r.
Gipson and sold to j. E. Diliing
ham at 9 cents.
The upper and lower rooms Of
the new stone building have
been rented.
There are many prospectors in
town today.
One of the Madill merchants has
moved his stock of goods to Oak
land.
Rain is needed.
j. l.. Woody is quite sick.
10 Dillingham; and Doc Biles.
who have been very sick, are i'm
proving.
RUSSETT.
DIR. Mitchell and family, Miss
Willie Mitchell, Mr.. James and
wife are camping on Oil Springs.
j. l.. Williams was in town yes
terday.
BERWYN.
Henry Croskell while coming to
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-21
1EATli 6N THH RAIL.


Berwyn, I. T.. August 2l-At
this place this morning the south
bound passenger train. ran over
and killed a young man who was
asleep on the track. His name is
Ira Woods, and his father is said
to be a prominent lawyer in Green
vile, Texas.
His companion was 12year-
old boy and he says thatthey came
in last night on a gravel train and
laid down near the track to sleep.
When the passenger came
through the younger. boy was not
disturbed and knew. nothing of
Woods death until he awoke this
mor6ing.
The young mans parents at
Greenville were notified this morn
ing and sent instructions to send
the remains to that city on this
evenings train.
Mrs. Arch Campbell entertained
a party of young people at her
home last evening in honor of
Miss Tina Harris. Quite an en-
joyable evening was spent by all
who attended.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-21
Our Special Clearing Sale

On furniture, carpets, mating,
window shades and SO on. We
have the best goods for the money
possible. Very ordinary goods
have no place in our stock, we
could not sell them for our Gust %
mers want good substantial goods.
A limited amount of goods sold on
easy payments when part cash
payment is made. We must make
room for our large fall stock.
A. G. YOUNG,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-21
Business Mems neeting

There will be a regular meeting
of the Business Mems League in
the city hall tonight. All mem
bers requested to attend.
SIG SIMON, Pres.
Joe Weiss SpcretarY.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-21
For Sale.

First class Columbus phaeton.
Good as new, cost 1925 and will
sell for $50 cash. See j. w. Lokey.
21tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-21

Marguerite Hyden is suffering
severely from the Group.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-21
MARKET REPORT.

The following are the prevailing
quotations on the local market, and
will be changed daily as the market
huctuates:
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-21

S. S. Hood has a fine line of
lin
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-21
HANNAH NORRIS, Sec.
Wagoner's Wealth.

The report of Tax Assessor Com
stock for 1900 shows the number
of people on the tax lists is 61O.
and that the assessed valuation of
Wagner is $571 ,546.O1. At AN
average of five persons to every
property holder in the city the GEN.
sus should show the population to
be 1850 people.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-21
GRAIN
PRODUCE.
HIDES AND WOOL.

Green hides. SC; dry hides, II 1-2c
Wool. 10 to II 1-2c
Better prices are expected to pre-
vail next week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-21

Come to the Lone Star" for a
good dinner. North side West
Main street. 2ltf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-21

There was nothing done in the
police court today nor in the dis
trict clerks Office that would be
an item of news.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-21

Furniture and Carpet Dealer.
2Otf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-21

JOE Weiss. Secretary.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-21

Let 60 the handle bars OF love or .
bicycle and it begins to wabble.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-21

John Cherry was today released
from Jail.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-21

The Bluest Blue makes the
whitest white, that's Red Cross
Bag Blue. Refuse limitations,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-24
Personal.

-Adelina Patti has taken up either
playing, and thus frequently accompanies
herself when singing for her intimate
friends.
DIR. Luis Alexandra Barratt, who for
many years has been special instructor
in Spanish in the College of the City of
New York, has resigned to take Inc chair
of English in the University of Havana.
Mrs. c. f. Haskelrs gifts to Oberlin
College now amount to $4,000. This in
cludes lectureship endowment of s22,-
900, which will enable the college to
bring thfther famous specialists every
year.
Family History.-Little Willie-"Say,
pa, did you ever have another wife be-
sides map Pa-''No, Willie. But whv do
you ask?" Little Wilie-"The family re-
cord in the Bible says you married Ammo
Domini 1S77'-Chicago News.
-Ex-Congressman Springer says that an
acquaintance of his, Creek Indian
among our volunteers in the Philippines
found a tribe of Malays whose dialect was
almost the same as that of the Creek ma
ton. He could understand them and they
him.
!. Mrs. Navarro, better known as the
beautiful and popular Mary Anderson, will
put in the winter on the continent with
fler husband and little son. as \the eye
sight of the latter has been causing some
anxiety lately and his parents are desir-
Gus of consulting the German specialists.
The last time Senator Wolcott under
took to rebuke a fellow senator was some
years ago, when it was shown that the
Senator in question had some of his laun-
dry work done at government expense
says the Washington spondence of
the New York Mail and Express. So biz
ter was Senator WOlcott's speech on this
occasion that 1t completely non plussed
the Senator accused. He made feeble
attempt to answer the charge, but only
got himself deeper in the meshes, and fin
ally tried to break the force of Mr. VOL
colts remarks by accusing the Senator
from Colorado of some trivial offense
Mr.. Wolcott took no notice of the attack
merely remarking that the course of the
Senator reminded him of the old Spanish
proverb that 'ft was a waste of lather to
shave an ass" This silenced his oppon-
ent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-24
THE FUTURE OF CUBA.

The Rev. DR.. W. W. Landrum OF AT
lanta, who returned from a visit to cuba
a few days ago, preached last Sunday on
the future of that island It is evident
from what he says that he does not think
Cuba will ever accomplish much for her-
self. The Cubans have not the virtues
necessary to make a prosperous nation
They are too lazy and too much given TO
pleasures that unfit them for becoming ma
ton builders to make much progress
DR.. I.andrum is of the opinion that If
the question of annexation were submit
ted TO them nine-tenths of them would vote
against it. As a rule, the property own
ers favor annexation, because they want
a strong and stable government, but the
people who have practically nothing want
an independent government, d republic.
They will never be satisfied until they
are given control Of their own affairs.
Dr. Landrum is satisfied thai the island
must ultimately become an American
state. He does not undertake to fix the
time when this will take place. 1t viii
be probably after the Cubans have had
trial of self-sovernment Those who are
now crying out for independence win find
out that an independent government,
such as cuba is likely to have, is not
what they thought il was. Then they will
be anxious to become a part of this coun-
try. But just at present, if they could
have their way, they would run every
American holding an official position out
of the country. Gen. Wood is popular with
those who want annexation, and is tolerat
ed by the others, but those who are call
ing for independence want to be rid of him
as soon as possible, and of every other
American official.
1t is probably the purpose of the Gu
bans who are planning an Independent
government to load the island with debt.
1t is safe 10 say that when its credit is
exhausted there will be but little TO show
for the money spent. If our government
is wise ii will put in a bill for its ex
penses in freeing Cuba from Spain. The
amount would be sufficiently large to pref
ty nearly exhaust the credit of the isl
and. 1t is stated that the amount of
claims this country will be called on to
pay will be about $5OOO0,OOO If Cuba is
required to pay all that it has cost this
government TO free her from Spanish rule
she will have a debt about as large as
she can comfortably carry.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-24
Polly at the. Phone.

The peculiar charm of parrots is that
when they do mischief it is generally
amusing, although. not infrequently en-
barrassing, mischief. A druggists bird
who recently alenated a customer is new
ertheless, prouder of his pet than he was
before the following incident occurred I'M
precedented in his long business career:
The parrots cage, says the Waverley,
hangs near the telephone, with the result
that Polly had become quite proficient in
telephone talk and furnishes much enter
tainment to his customers. The other day
a stylishly dressed young lady came rush
ing into the storel and asked permission
to use the phone. The pharmacist point
ed to the rear and she started in that di-
rection. The place being rather dark, she
seated herself to wait because she heard
some ope apparently talking into the re-
ceiver.
'Halloa central-halloa-yes; give me A.
Yes, halloa; who is that? Oh, yes; what?
HalToa. I say; no 1 didn't get that; is
that so? Well goodby; ring of; haloa,
central, halloa, halloa; give me-" and so
on. and so on, through several repeti-
lions. Then the young woman rose and
advanced with a stately air to the assist
ant and asked If he thought that person
intended to use the telephone all day.
why, that's only the parrot. He"
But the door had slammed before he could
finish his sentence.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-24
Meaning of Words.

what" asked the teacher, according
to the Chicago Times-Herald, docs an
thracite' mean?"
That's a kind of COAL" said little Will
lie.
Yes. Anthracite coal is what we call
hard coal. So anthracite must mean
hard Now, can you tell me what 'bitum-
nous means?"
That's coal, too" Willie replied.
But it isn't the same kind of coal that
anthracite is. is it? Bituminous coal is
what we commonly refer to as soft coal.
Now, Willie, let us see if you can form
a sentence containing the words 'anthra-
cite and 'bituminous.' "
Willie thought the matter over for a
minute, and then said:
Here's one: This morning before pa
started downtown ma wanted s. for gro
ceries and things, and she tried to get ii
by saying bitfminous words, but pa gave
her an anthracite look, and when he dis
appeared around the corner she was
weeping Unanimously"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-24
A Solomon Needed.

"A certain woman" says the Wichita
Eagle. desired the arrest of the joint
keeper who had been selling whisky to her
drunken husband. Having conducted the
officer to the joint she was told by him
TO pick out the proprietor. Seven men, ali
looking alike and dressed alike, were
standing motionless around a whisky bar
rel, and she could not tell which was the
one, but she stepped to the barrel and
turned the spigot and the liquor began to
pour out on the floor. One of the men
sprang out of the circle and turned the
spigot off. Arrest that manr she said
But was she right? Was It more likely
TO be the proprietor who would thus plead
guilty or go to jail, or some innocent man
with an unquenchable thirst who was hor-
rihed at seeing the awful waste?'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-24

The lynching of two men at Fort Scott
Kan, last Friday night does not seem to
have aroused any indignation in the East
or West. The Republican papers in those
sections which indulge in double-leaded ed
itorials when a negro is lynched in the
South for assauldng a woman. are quiet
about this Kansas lynching. Apparently
II is all right to lynch white men in the
East and West but a most heinous offense
to lynch a negro in the South.
These men who We're lynched at Fort
served to be punished, but they ought to
have been punished in a legal manner.
Why mob violence in Kansas is not de-
nounced by the Republican papers which
denounoe il so vigorously in the South is
question which we are unable 10 an
swer. Certainly mob violence in the East
or the West is as much to be condemned
as it is in the South.
We do not call attention to this Fort
Scott case for the purpose of excusing
lynching in the South, but to emphasize
the claim we nave always made, namely.
that MOB violence is not confined to any
section of the country There may be a
little more of il in the South than in the
North, but that is because of the pres
ence in the South of a larger criminal ele-
ment in the population.
The South has no objection to being
criticised for the outbreaks of mob VIC
lence which occur now and then within
her limits but she objects to the effort
that is made, purposely, apparently, to
create the impression that lynchings are
confined to the Southern states. Let che
truth be told and she will not complain.
1t is certain that she makes as great an
effort to put stop to lynchings as is
made in the North
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-24
An EIephnnt.s Toothache.

II told you the other day about the Sui
tan of Zanzibars clocks" said Robert
Crawford to the New York Tribune but
there was another thing 1 heard of
while in that country which is not with
out interest. The Sultan used to take me
round to show me the place and of what
its trade consisted. 1t is the greatest Glove
raising country in the world, and as such
conveys comfort and courage to out be-
tween the acts theater goers the world
over. Other spices and cocoanut rope are
also important features of their export
trade. But in addition to the sale of that
which they raise within their own borders
their revenues are largely increased by
the trade in ivory Zanzibar is the great
est market for South African ivory which
is brought there in large quantities from
the interior. This ivory is placed in large
warehouses, from which it is either sold
at once or else held therein for better
market The man in charge of these ware
houses was a very interesting character
an expert in ivory. He told me many Gu
rious things about it, ana among others
propounded the following theory as an
explanation of why elephants go mad and
occasionally run amuck: In the ware
house were pair of magnificent tusks,
measuring fully fourteen feet from tip to
tip, which in life must have been carried
by Veritable Goliath among elephants.
The expert in showing me these tusks
pointed out the fact that while one of tbs
tusks was complete and flawless, the other
was broken off at the point and showed
deep scratches and abrasions throughout
its length. Now said he if you will
look near the base you will find a hole
made by decay that had struck into the
nerves and given that elephant a tooth
ache and think what a toothache of
toothaches a fourteen foot tooth must
have held. In his effort to relieve this
pain the elephant rubbed his tusk against
rocks and trees and drove it into the earth
which mutilated it in the manner you
here see. l have frequently come across
places where an elephant has ripped up
great spaces in a forest and torn down
the trees, and l am positive that tooth
ache was the cause of this frenzy An ele
plant in circus going suddenly mad and
killing his Keeper is not an uncommon
thing, but I'll wager that in nine cases
out of ten if they would properly investi-
gate the matter they would find that the
brute's sudden frenzy sprung from so or
binary a cause as common, everyday
tOOthache' -ss--~H
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-24
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meeting-Clinton Lodge No. 81, F. and
a M.
Special Notlces-For Handsome, Stylish
Buggies, Etc, See Mark Apple; ManteIs.
Tilng and Crates, Savannah Building Sup
ply Company; Doors Sash. Blinds, An
drew Hanley Company; Suits, Vests and
Trousers, Leopold Adler.
Business Notice-Favorite Salt, Henry
Solomon & Son.
% Per Cent Off for Ladies' and Chill
dren's Suits, Etc.-Leopod Adler.
Is Per Cent. Off for Mems Clothing Etc
Leopold Adler.
$1.25 Is the Real Value of Your Dollar
B. H. Levy & Bro.
Mineral Water-Hunyadi Janos.
Buy a Gas Range--Mutual Gas Light
Company.
Fire Sale-At Hogan's.
"A Home Enterprise-The Georgia Tele-
graph and Telephone Companys Tele-
phones.
Steamship NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
Miners Transportation Company.
Horses and Mules-Waterman & Co., Of
Macon. Ga.
Legal Notices-Notlce of Application for
Discharge. L. J. Frink, Tatmal County,
Georgia.
Amusements-The Woodward Warren
Company in Midnight Masquerade" at
Theater Tonight
Beef-Liebig's Extract of Beef.
sauce-Lea & PERKINS, Worcestershire
Sauce.
Postum Coffee-Postum Cereal Company.
Medical-Cuticura Remedies; Munyon' $
Blood Cure; Dix's Tablets; Prof. Dexter;
DIR. Kennedys FavOrite Remedy; Hood
Pills; Sloans Liniment; DR. Hathaway
Company; Horsfords Acid Phosphate;
Browns Bronchial Troches; Ayers Pins
Railways Pills; stuarts Dyspepsia Tab
lets
Cheap Column Adverusements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-24

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-24
A NEW SYSTEM OF TAXATION.

A new system of taxation has been pro-
posed by the Joint Committee on Taxa
ton of the New York Legislature. 1t is
radically different from the system in
force in that state, and is of interest in
this state where it is proposed TO make
sweeping changes in the tax laws. By this
new system it is provided that the state
shall raise its entire revenue from a tax
of l per cent. on the capital stock, sur
plus and undivided profits of banks, bank
ing institutions and trust companies, and
"a tax of one-half of one per cent. on mort
cages. These two things are exempted
from all taxation by cities, towns, coun-
ties and school districts. The bin pros
vides that local taxation on other kinds
of personal property shall be restricted to
one per cent Cities, towns, counties and
school districts are at liberty to levy
whatever tax they please on real estate.
The chief opposition to the bill is the
tax on mortgages. 1t is held that that
tax is in reality tax on real estate, since
a tax of that kind is taken into account in
fixing the rate of interest. Bonds as a
rule are based on mortgages, particularly
railroad bonds. There is no doubt that
there is double taxation where there is a
tax on real estate and on real estate
mortgages.
The system that is proposed in New York
would hardly answer for this state, be-
cause it is doubtful if sufficient revenue
for state purposes could be raised from
one per cent. tax on banks, banking insd
tutons and trust companies and a tax of
one half of one per cent. on mortgages. 1t
is evident, however, that some way ought
TO be devised for lowering the rate of tax
alton. 1t is practically impossible now
for persons of comparatively small means
to live in any of the cities of this state on
their incomes, if their means are invested
in first-class securities. First-class rail
road bonds pay only three and a half per
cent The rate of taxation in this and
perhaps some other Georgia cities is pref
ty nearly two and half per cent. There
are, of course. securities that pay more
than first class railroad bonds, but many
of them are not regarded as entirely safe.