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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
MARKETING COTTON.


The bureau reports Of the conditioh
of the cotton crop confirms local es-
timates of damage. Indeed IT goes
further than the average estimates and
shows that the condition is really
startling. says the Houston Post.
II is impossible now for Texas to
make more than an average crop ana
the odds are greatly against oven an
average. Unless consumption Is cur
tailed by some extraordinary 'ircum'
stance. there will be a keen demand
for every bale Of cotton grown this
year
In view Of this condition it hehooVes
the farmers Of the South to get the
best prices possible for the short
crop.
II would be a foolish friend who
would advise them to hold for 10
cents. or cents, or for any given
figure. because the commercial world
is subject TO accidents just like the
agricultural world. and some great
calamity to trade might entirely on
set the enhancement caused by the
short crop. But the farmers can hard.
Iy err in marketing slowly. The bets
minds among cotton producers have
agreed upon a program advising the
Of not to exceed 10 per cent
OF the crop a month. II some plan
like this is followed the South will OBJ
tain some recompense for the curtail-
ment in yield.
or course, the honorable farmer
will first meet his obligations, and hap
PLY he can do that at the present fair
price. After that he should market
only according to his necessities and
the rule Of steady delivery is bound
to maintain, II not advance, pres
ent prices.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
WANT COLUMN.

Advertisements under this head will
be received at the rste Of Ave Cd
cents per line. No advertisement re.
ceived for less than fifteen cents 15)
cents. Special monthly rates furnish.
ed on application. The notice may
contain any matter Of Lost"
Found" For Rent" For Sale"
Stolen" "straycd." or any purpose,
without display lines.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
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Elmer Hudson and Miss Ida Foster
cf This place ran away to Red FLYER
ard were married over "a the Texas
side.
Forty.two bales Of cotton have
been ginned here.
Mr.. Ware of Woodbine, Texas, is
here visiting his daughter Mrs.
High.
Lone Grove.
Mrs. /. D. Winans, who has been
sick for some time, died last evening
at s O'Clock. The remains will be
buried here this afternoon. Deceased
leaves husband and two children.
J. Il. Bum and Miss Maggie Nc
Cmre were married at the arbor here
last night by Rev. Black Of Ardmore.
Durwood.
Mr.. Edgemon's child died last night
at s o'clock and will be buried at the
cemetery this afternoon.
Preston Southern went to Manns-
willie today.
Mail White has gone to Texas after
load OF pears.
Miss Sa!lie Fitzpatrick is reported
flute sick.
Earl.
w. J. Ray, J. w Ray and w. T.
Phillips went to Ardmore this after
noon.
Abe Sims and Ernest Roberts are
preparing TO move their business
houses 70 new Mannsville.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08

The theatrical season will shortly
open and Ardmore will not be in
shape TO be entertained respectfully in
in an opera house. The immediate
proximity of the railroad destroys
the Klosh opera house value beyond
redemption. Ardmore must have a
new opera house, and the protector at
the present time would find such a
profitable investment. When a per
son pays their cash to witness a play,
they do not care to be deafend by
locomotive whistles and bells.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
Corhn & Co building on corner Of
Washington and Main streets.

Corhn & Co. building on corner Of
Washington and Main streets
The following judges of election,
appointed by the judge Of the United
states court, Southern district, Indian
Territory, are hereby appointed to
hold and conduct such election as pro-
vided by law:
Ward No. /, A. b. Mayhew, Monroe
Wheeler and w. s. wolverton.
Ward No. 2, G. A. Drain, Ed Alien
and John Canavan.
Ward No 3, Capt. j. S. Hammer.
o. T. Tyler and Mike Kemp.
Ward No. 4, w. l.. Gardner, Stanley
Bruce and Ash Douglas.
Said polls shall be opened at s
O'Clock a. m. and closed at sunset on
the same day and the return shall be
made forthwith as by law required.
Given under my hand this the 9Th
day Of September, 1902.
r. w. DICK,
Mayor of the city OF Ardmore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
YOUNG GRANTS COLT.
The story of Purchase That
Earned the Boy Much Teasing.

When Ulysses S. Grant was a small
boy living in Georgetown, o., he want
ed, like most boys, TO own n horse,
and one particular colt belonging to a
man named Ralston he wished espe-
cially TO have. To indulge the boys
taste and buy the colt his father Of
fered Mr. Ralston 500, but the owner
valued the colt at $50 and refused the
offer, taking the animal home with
him.
AS the hours passed after the little
horse had trotted away with its owner
Ulysses disappointment and eagerness
for possession increased, and he final
ly begged his father TO pay the $50 de-
manded. His father said that $50 was
all the animal was worth, but since
Ulysses desired 1t so much he might
20 TO Mr.. Ralston and offer 500 again.
IT, his father added, he could not buy
It for 500, he might offer $3.50, and IL
the owner would not LET II go for $22.50
he might, in order TO obtain IL, give $25.
Ulysses therefore mounted a horse
and set out fcr Mr. Ralston's. He was
at that time probably about eight years
old.
When he found the owner, he told
him. Papa says l may offer you $50
for the colt, but If you won't take that
to offer you S22.5O, and IL you won't
take that to give you S25."
The eagerness OF the boy TO gain the
horse could not brook any barrier. II
Is needless TO say that he paid $25 and
led the animal home.
Grant said, in writing his memoirs,
that the story of this purchase of his
got out In the village and 1t was long
before he heard the last OF 1t. The
schoolboys delighted In teasing him
about It; schoolboys are very often
little barbarians for tormenting one
another, and they did not let Ulysses
forget this one instance when he was
behind the rest In cleverness.
He kept the horse for several years
and finally sold it for $50, the poor
animal having become blind. Later
he found It taken from the road and
working the tread wheel Of ferryboat
which piled between the Ohio and
Kentucky banks Of the Ohio river.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
FINS OF THE FLYING FISH.
They Are Used as Parachutes Rather
Than as Wings.

They Are tHed ns Pnrachutes hather
Than Rs wings.
Out from the warmer seas fly the
flying fish, the fish OF which every one
has heard, which yet none can see for
the first time without a gasp OF amaze
ment, without feeling as though be-
holding the miraculous the fish which
has given rise TO more untruthful sto-
ries than any other fish in all the seas.
Undoubtedly the flying fish has wings
like a bird; undoubtedly 1t flies, yet not
az bird. 1t does not flap the wing
like, pectoral fins on which IL is up
borne, nor, once launched In the air,
can IL change its course by any move
ment OF its wings until IL dips again
10 the water. Yet II will pass a ship
making ten knots in the hour and trav.
el in the air as far as 500 feet at
time.
Astounding, indeed, is the sight OF
shoal OF flying fish taking TO the air,
skimming far over the surface when
the sea is calm, leaping high over
great waves when gales blow Fish
seem ludicrously out OF their element
in the air but that fish should fly is
not really more wonderful than that
some animals and birds. like the otter
or the penguin, dive and swim to per
| fection.
The flying fish's fins are really para
chutes TO support and steady It's body
rather than wings TO propel it. The
lobe OF the tail gives propulsion to the
| body as IL leaVes the water A nvinR
fish measures about foot in length
and its long, transparent pectoral fins
reach almost TO the tail; but, though
very large when expanded, they scan
be folded up very neatly. Its flight is
short aud intermittent. and II must
N" ds continually dip into the sea to
give itself fresh start.-Pearson's
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
SEA WALL CONTRACT AWARDED.
o'Rourke Of Denver Gets Galveston
Job at $i,tos, 1880.

O'Rourke OF Denver Gets galveston
Job at st,1os, 1880.
Galveston, Tex, Sept ii NJ.
ORourke G Co. Of Denver is the sue
cessful bidder for the Galveston sea
wall. Its bid was s1,1Os,3ls.s0, and it
agrees TO furnish broken, hard, sound
granite for the concrete for the sea
wall and good hard sandstone for the
outside ripraping, and to finish the
wall in fifteen months from the date
of their contract. IL further pgrees
to accept in part payment Of the con
tract price s350,000 in Galveston coun.
ty sea wall bonds at par.
At a special meeting of the county
commissioners in view OF these cOnsid
erations the contract was awarded to
III. w. ORourke's company Mr.
O'Rourke states that he will have the
work on the wall started within SIX
weeks and perhaps sooner. The first
thing his firm will do will be TO spe a
$4,000 for machinery TO do the work
and unless something absolutely un
foreseen occurs, he will finish the wal
within the fifteen months.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08

The meanes man in Ardmore is one
who will throw dead chickens and
other refuse matter in an alley against
a neighbor's property, He is in town
right now, and while we think about
II, there is a glorious opening for the
street AMI alley committee TO do Chris
tian work by having the alleys in town
cleaned up. The amount Of filth, tin
cans and decomposing matter which
8 pield therein sufficient 20 kill one
third Of our inhabitants. The town
needs cleaning up, else the steps OF
the dark angel will be found a plenty.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08

The Ardmoreite will give a bust
ness scholarship, in the Southwestern
Business University Of Oklahoma City,
FREE to the boy or girl, young man
or young lady sending in the largest
list OF annual subscribers to the
WEEKLY ARDMoREITE by the first
day OF December, 1902. This is an
opportunity rarely offered, and espe-
cially under such liberal conditions,
for as a further inducement every
contestant who enters for the prize
receives a commission of 10 cents on
every dollar collected. Begin now If
you mean business; the time is short
and the opportunity of your life is
offered you. You cannot afford to
wait, for you have nothing to lose
Sample copies will be furnished upon
application. Fill out the necessary
blank and begin work today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
Terms Of United States Court.


At Chickasha-Begins Monday
September 20. 1902, and Monday
February 16, 1903, and continues in
session two weeks.
At Ryan-Begins Monday, October
IL, 1902, and Monday, March 2, 1908,
and continues in session ten days.
At Purcell-Begins Thursday Oc-
tober 20, 1902, and Thursday, March
IL, 1903, and continues in session ten
days.
At Pauls valley-Begins Monday,
November 3, 1902, and Monday,
March 2S, 1903. and continues in ses-
sion four weeks.
At Ada - Begins Monday. Decem-
ber 1, 1902. and Monday. April 20,
1908, and continues in session one
week.
At neutrality-suspicious. Monday,
December s, 1902, and Monday, hHril
~, 1908, and continues in session one
week.
At Ardmore-Begins Monday. De
esmber Is, 1902, and Monday, May 4,
1908, and continues in session eight
weeks or longer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
Court Held BY Telephone

At Mckinney, Texas, the other day
a brief session of the county court
was held by telephone.
A prisoner charged with swindling
wanted to plead guilty. Judge Faulk.
ner, who is at Mineral Wells. was
called up over the phone by County
Attorney Houghton, received the pris-
oner's plea and assessed a fine against
him
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08

Those bosom friends Of labor, Quay
and Platt, have had a conference and
decided that the coal trike must be
ended by a special session OF the
Pennsylvania legislature. Legisla-
lures have been known to stop prize
fights, and perhaps this is not such a
bad scheme after all
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
Fruits.
(By L. b. Pugh)
Cotton Market.

The cotton markt opened up
steady this morning at 100 but soon
went down to IT'S. Seend cotton sold
for 2S5, while cotton seed still brings
$3.50 per ton. The receipts for the
day were about 175 bales.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08

II is now proudly announced that
the peace of Europe is closely guard
cd, the various dual and triple al
lance being closely watched. Think
OF that. peace trust has arrived.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08

In Cuba the house of representatives
is holding secret sessions discussing
the question Of the s35,O0O0OO loan
and the matter Of providing means
10 NEE; it, Many are advocating the
establishment Of a lottery while 9th.
ers favor an internal revenue tax.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08

The republicans now desire to con
vince labor that they are It's friends.
Labor II this be true, is certainly be
ing slain in the house OF its friends.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08

In a speech at Wheeling, w. Va,
President Roosevelt declared that IL
was impossible to destroy the trusts,
but said that they might be regulated
80 that they viii do no harm He
says trusts are the outgrowth OF the
times and the industrial tendencies Of
the times cannot be changed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08

ANY erroneous reflections upon the
character or reputation Of any per-
son which may be printed In the Ard.
moreite. or any article based on re-
ports that are false will be gladly cor
rected II brought to the attention OF
the publisher.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
Ardmore, Monday, September 8.

The body OF william Bartholin, the
Chicago murderer, has been found in
the woods near a town in Iowa, where
he committed suicide.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
DAILY MARKET REPORTS.
Grain, Produce, Live Stock and Other
Quotations.
LOCAL MARKETS.

LOCAL MARKETS.
(By Porter Staples)
The following are the prevailing
prices paid for produce today:
Wheat-No. 2, zoe; No. 3, Csc.
Oats-35c to 37Kc.
Hay-s650 to $500.
Corn-35c to 40c.
Sweet potatoes-s100 to $1.25 per
bushel.
IRISH potatoes-G0c per bu.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08

The board of health, or the street
and alley committee, or both, viii find
food for reflection where Paradise Al
ley intersects Caddo street The
stencil arising at that place is suiti-
cient to create a plague equal to Black
Death. Something must be done, and
that auickly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08

All United States malls close 30
minutes prior TO train time.
DAVID REDFIELD. p. NJ.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
DR.. A. J. ROBINSON
PHYSICIAN -,AND SURGEON
formerly of Gainesville, ca

For several years a speoiaI,s, oD p.
and Chronic Diseases. especiaIv ,hosa =.
Women and Children. Remoy.s 80; G
Siemishes' including MoIes, wens and Tn.
mors tguaranteed) without pain q, tnt,o
~ ONCE upstairs in Wheeler bp,Id,n,
Main st., opposite Noble RId pa.tse
st. and 9th Ave. NV.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
Mrs. Katherine Peoples, Pianist.

Pupils prepared for conservatory
course or educated independently.
Studio, First Presbyterian church an
mex. 29-1m.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08

Prohibition is certainly growing In
Texas. A few more tests like those in
counties during the past week will
throw the Lone Star state
in the class with the Indian Territory.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
A SNAP

A SNAP
F1ve-inch cypress shingles-good
ones-for only s1.45 while they last.
Aft. HOUSTON BROS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
Live Stock.

Live Stock.
(By Cold Storage Market)
Fat cows, gross cwt. S225
Fat calves $500 to $3.50
Fat sheep, per head. $500 to $3.50
Fat hogs (gross) 100 lbs, $3.50 TO $5.25
Wood-Per cord $1.75 to s225.
Coal (by Weeks Bros.) $3.50 ton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
Poultry.

((By William Newman.)
Ducks-Per dozen $500
Hens-Per dozen $3.50.
Frying chickens-s1.50 to $500.
Eggs-Per dozen 15c.
Butter-20 to 25c per pound.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-08
q a N N ER sALXE
ths most h~sIrc ssIve n IN, vvorId

rretty Tough TO Scratch
For relief and living also. Hunt,
cure VIII cure you OF itch, letter,
ringworm, itching piles, eczema. Guar.
anteed by all dealers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-08-02

most interesting that the 1rate son or
spaghettf-land has ever passed. When
ne emerged from the fray he passed a
unanimous vote that he would rather he
blown up by dynamite than by the fore
man. There was less physical discom-
fort in It, .:ss&.1ss z.7,,
" or course, as dynamite and .ielly,,' are
not allowed to be carried on the trains,
they never are but there are some in
teresting times for men who sit in a seat
holding bag in their arms during the
entire journey One local foreman said
he took trip awhile ago in crowded
car, and If anyone had hit his travel
ing bag no one on the car would have
reached the next station collectively.
When he got to the end Of his journey
ne went to hotel to get luncheon, and
while he was registering placed the bag
on the desk beside him. A man came
IN while the foreman was presenting his
autograph to the clerk, and was hurt
assert his rights as a true citizen of
free country he grasped the bag and
threw it on the floor. The foreman, when
he had stopped hastily tllought-up
prayer, explained the contents Of the
bag. How esje1ly''+is taken about no one
who knows will tell. It is never placed
m the seat of a wagon, even while being
moved from placesto place. hut is always
held in the arms of the forena It Is,
q pleasing way TO travel, and ID nearly
as exciting and uncertain as touring in
an automobile. The life Of dynamiter
is eventful. and there never fs q quiet
or unlnteresting moment in his business until the
time when he is representing Chinese puzzle and
the Undertaken is trying to sort him. 3
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-08-02
TOY WITH TERNl1Y
MEN WHO ARE COMPELLED TO USE
. DYNAMITE HAVE MAR
ROW ESCAPES
HOW THE STUFF rs HANDLED.
Few Uninteresting Moments in
Lives of Those Who Are
Engaged in Handling
Explosives.

II takes some nerve to toy with eternity
svery day and go to- work every morning
with the thought that you may come
home at night to your sorrowing family
In a basket. There are men in this city,
says the Springfield Republican, who race.
death six days QUITO seven, and think
nothing of it, and it is death of the most
horrible kind. These men handle the;
dynamite and nitroglycerin which are
used in blasting rock in the different
Quarries, and they pay but little heed to
a handful of the dim beyond in the
shape of a stick ofshigh explosive done
up in yellow wrapping paper.
These men are experts in their trade,
and hold the position of foreman of the
various gangs who do the drilling and
blasting in East LoHgmeadow and Will
braham. They are young men mostly,
the trade not being conducive to old age.
They begin as assistant foremen and re-
main such until premature crash causes
a vacancy. At first the fear of high
explosives is drilled into them until they
regard the sawdust-lined boxes with llor-
ror. But in few months they become
accustomed to their trade and handle the
sticks of dynamite as a boy handles a
big frecracker. They claim that dyna-
mite: is not such az terrible thing after
ALL, unless you eat#it, and then it viii
give you a violent headache. Men have
often done this and it makes them very
ill for a short time. A new assistant
foreman is almost always broken in in
this manner. .%s-z s. = ~
Dynamite is :. an uncertain quantity.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-08-02
AUGUST ?,

eonultions OF an uncertain climate The latter
implies certain resisting quality Of the respi-
ratory mucus membranes which must be neces-
sarlly developed along rational lines The
hardening processes thus become questions of
vitality, habit and environment
The old Indian explained his immunity
against low temperature by explaining that he
was all face 1t was with him the ha hit of
exposure to inclemencies and its reactiye pro-
tecting tendency The other extreme is seen in
the coddling process which our modern meth
DDS OF civilization encourage. When houses
were made OF willow, the men were made of
YAK Our Esuperheated houses reverse these
old-time conditions s. 80
The dry-hot air. of the modern dwelling is un-
sdoubtedly the most prolific of all the predis-
posing causes of ca tarrhal troubles. The mucous
membranes are thus placed in the worst pos
slble condition for resisting the impression or
the outside atmosphere. Their natural pro-
tective Isecretions not only decreased. but
the blood supply Of the air passages become
relatively superb bundant, congested and slug
gish, and the beginning OF the end is evident
enough. :Egss& 81 5@1-7s
Persons who are luckily unaccustomed to
these high temporal lures often experiences al
sense of oppression from the same cause It IS
the protest of healthy resistance against arti-
hcial enfeehlement.s Foreigners say with truth
That Americans literally bake themselves in
their houses, and there is in this connection
also much reason for their opinion as to the
cause OF the American catarrh.-Medical Rec
ORD .f5t-SE5 .-tsl@r.7
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-08-02
Toward Palmer Giving

One result of the munlucent gifts to
colleges, libraries and the higher sedu-
cation of the people may be palmer liv-,
ing. It always has gone with "high
thinking There may appear protest
against the mere vulgar display Of
wealth. It is true that the fashionable
follies of the very rich among us have
often made our own philosophers smile.
Doubtless the strong, good sense of our
people, not to speak of the fact that most
Of our rich are. church members or
church goers and dominated to a large
degree by that fact has prevented any
Saturnalian riot Of display. 49,. - =
Yet we must acknowledge that GER
tain reign Of extravaganza in living is
now attending our prosperity. 1t is in
SO far as this has laid hold of wage
Farmers, the salaried men and families Of
small income, that it increases social un-
rest. It makes for unhappiness in land
where all the other conditions of human
life are the most favorable of any place
on the globe. ..... =.