The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-05-06
1.-THE GREAT SOUTH"

COOA oRAhS news ECAutiuS " Ju1c
laud of cotton and many other val
uable products. In this column is
found the following:
1t is not generally know that
the Indian Territory is becoming
an active factor in coal develop
ment. but that Territory has vast
quantity of high grade coal, and in
1899 mined l, ,400.0O0 tons. x
Just now cotton manufacturing
is attracting even more attention
i'll the South, than coal and IRON,
aud States such as Mississippi,
Louisiana and Texas, which have
not heretofore done much in the
way of manufacturing their own
cotton. are now turning to this
business with the same vim and
energy which have characterized the
textile interests of the Carolinas.
The life of cotton mill
machinery running ten hours a
day is estimated at about twenty
years. but improvements in ma
chlnery are made so rapidly that
any cotton mill machinery is out
OF date before this period is out
Southern mills, appreciating this
fact, have pursued the policy of
running their mills night and day
aud thus getting the full life out
of their machinery in eight or ten
years. x The old adage
that it is an ill wind that blows
nobody good" is again illustrated.
This time the South gets the bene-
fit of the African war in the de-
mand for mules. 1t is reported
that since Oct. l. 21,O00 mules,
valued at 50, 100000, have been
shipped 70 Cape Town.
Day after day this Great
South" column appears and is
always packed full of encouraging
news for Southern people. This
would not be especially significant
if this or other journals contained
such Ecolumns relating to other
sections of the country. No other
section claims of the press such
special attention. The South is
just about to come into a magnifi-
cent inheritance, and the best of
it is that Southern people are at last
awake to this fact Dallas News.
The ancients believed that rheu-
matism was the work of a demon
within man. Anyone who has had
an attack of sciatic or infiammatory
rheumatism will agree that the in
Fiction is demoniac enough to war
rant the belief. 1t has never been
claimed that Chamberlain Pain
Balm would cast out demons, but it
will cure rheumatism, and hundreds
bear testimony to the truth of this
statement. One application relieves
the pain, and this quick relief which
it affords is worth many times its
cost. For sale by City Drug Store
and T. N. Coleman.
Jake's Best Proved to be the Best.
J. A. BOdovitz, leading grocer
has for some time past manufac-
tured for his best customers by the
Ardmore Mill and Elevator Co., a
brand OF flour known as Jakes'
Best" which brand is placed on
each sack.
A controversy having arisen be-
tween him and the representative
of well known wholesale grocery
house of Ardmore. as to the re-
spectlve merits of this flour and
the brand made by the Purcell
Mill and Elevator Co, known as
The Leader a wager was made
as to which was the better flour
and by agreement C.. Z. Whiteman
and l.. b. Robertson We're chosen
as judges. This morning tests
were fairly and thoroughly made
and Jakes Best" was in a short
time declared by both judges to be
far superior. being winter and a
much better quality.
This test reflects great credit on
q home industry and also on Jake
for his good judgment and earnest
efforts il giving his customers the
best in the market. We are inform
ed that both brands Of flour are
retailed at the same price. Sim
Catarrh Can be Cured.
Bunsen's Cream Catarrhal is a
preparation scientifically compound
ed for Catarrh, Hay Fever ard Cold
IN head. Ii you have Catarrh try
Bunsen's Cream Catarrhal. 1t