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The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11
POST CHECK MONEY.
A New suggestion for the Easy aud
snfe Transmission of Currency
Through the Mails.

a clear-headed business man has put
| his practical mind to work and evolved
sensible plan for postal currency
which has been embodied in the Me
Millan-Gardner bill now before CON
greSs. 1t seems to he altogether the
best suggestion yet put forth for Sc
curing Il safe and convenient method
of sending money through the mail.
In brief. il j. proposed to re-iss ne all
one. two and five-dollar treasury notes,
coin or silver certificates now i'm circu-
lation and have the faces of the new
bills provided with blank lines. This
would he the ordinary m lney OF the
day. When one wishes t. send money
by mail say 500. he takes such a bill
from his pocket book. writes on its face
the name Of the person or firm to whom
II Is 10 go. the city and state. affiNes and
cancels two-cent stamp in the square
Indicated tone-cent stamp for frac-
/ tional bills). and signs his name ON the
back. The bill which pre- siously was
negotiable money now becomes per-
sonal check on the nted states gov
eminent for $500. a safe for trans
mission as any bank check. 1t is en-
| closed in a letter 10 the person or firm
desired and is collected by the receiver
| upon identification al the post Office
named. new bill being given for the
old one.
The scheme would he of great benefit
to farmers. business men and publish
ers: ladies would appreciate it's con-
Venience. Business houses now receive
large quantities of postage stamps
through the mails. One Chicago pub
Usher reports the receipt of $3.50. 600 in
stamps in one year, nearly 81 900 per
| day. Others have this same experience
on smaller scale. With post check
| money this nuisance is avoided as we'll
as the tiresome and time-eonsuming
trip TO the post Office to secure money
order: a convenient. safe and instantly
available form of money is supplied
with which the public can safely
transact mail business which now ag-
gregated in small sums upwards of two
billion dollars a year. The small fee
charged would probably aggregate a
larger revenue to the government than
is received from the present money or
der system. The continual retirement
and re-issuing Of these bills would in
sure clean money and keep the cireula-
ton al par.
The financial policy of the govern
ment is not disturbed. the only change
being in the form of printing upon tbs
bills. The inventor offers the govern
ment his patent free of cost upon adop-
ton. The acceptance of this system
would be FASTENED if all who desire it
would write their senator's and repre-
sentatives in Washington urging its
afQnt ion
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11
EDUCATION WAS NEEDED.
The Rect Sugar Fight and the Snip
Subsidy business EnliEhteu
the People.

The beet sugar men are. we are told,
"undecided' whether to oppose the 20
per cent. reciprocity measure or not.
We imagine that it will make little
difference. 1t would not be a bad idea
TO have the controversy carried to the
floor of the house because we should
then have still further and more EN-
phatic proof of the sordidness of pro
tectionism. The people are being rap
idly educated on this subject, and the
beet sugar fight and the ship subsidy
business have been wonderful enlight-
eners, SAYS the indianapolis News
Gnd). No doubt many republicans are
for the first time in their lives begin
ming to question the divinity of the
protection theory. The farmers and
the laboring men in Indiana whom the
senate proposes to burden with the
task of protecting the Pennsylvania
railroad, and it's wealthy coparceners,
find it difficult to understand, even
though they may hitherto have been
protectionists, why they should be
taxed for any such purpose.
Thus the educational work is going
on. Many of the most important things
that this government has wanted or
found it necessary to do in the past
few years has been antagonized by
the protectionists. We could not have
free trade with Porto Rico because it
might create an "unfortunate" prece-
dent. Free trade with Cuba is impossi-
BILE because ii would hurt our sugar and
tobacco interests. We cannot treat
the Philippines as part of this coun-
try for similar reasons. Moreover. to
give the Philippines free trade would
destroy the open door in the islands.
Even the isthmian canal question is
thus complicated. for there has been
talk OF discriminating in favor of
American ships, and our coasting laws
are involved. And finally many of our
manufacturers are firmly convinced
that our tariff is now one of the great
est obstacles to the development of our
iorelgh trade. So the education that
our people are getting is sorely needed
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

THAT is, Mr. Hanna is not a can
didate for the republican nomination
unless it should appear that It can be
taken away from Mr.. Roosevelt.-De-
troit Free Press.
Some of the western republicans
are Just waking mp to the handle
ness of the Dingley business. IT is
pleasant to hear them squeal about it.
atlanta Constitution.
The passage of the ship subsidy
OH by the republicans will ONLY in
crease the score for which the party
VIII have to settle with the people at
the polls.-Davenport Leader.
Washington has heard that Con
heeticut is not unlikely to go demo-
cratic this fall. The Nutmeg state is
closely allied with New York in sen
tlment, and political changes in the
TWO often occur simultaneously
hany Argus.
The provision that Cuba shall
aaent our immigration laws before She
can obtain the benefits of any tariff
reduction has all the earmarks of a
Ilatt amendment. Cuban independ-
ence is fast becoming i9lIe.-Indian-
aDolis News Qnd).
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11
ROOSEVELT The DICTATOR.
Henry Wntterson's Arrangement of
the President and His Trust
Bound Party.

While present ut a democratic ban.
qaet in Washington few days ago
Henry Natterson. of Kentucky, Sc
verely scored the republicans as a
party sold To the trusts aud vigorous
~ denounced President Roosevelt as
dictator and despot. In the course
Of his remarks Mr. Watterson said:
The republican party is a syndieated
party Arbitrary power IS its motor. the
almighty dollar its trademark IT II be
not checked in the gait ii is going IL viii
IN the end surely Mexicanize the repub-
lie.
once again in the white house we
nave the man on horseback, Affecting
the simplicity of the cowboy, he conceals
beneath the self-contidence and queer
manners of the broncho buster the senti-
ments and ambitions. if not the talents.
cf Dlaz. TO him a little thing like
treating an admiral of the navy, wearing
the laurel leaves of impershable renown.
as If he were a baby in arms. now to be
landed and now to be spanked, Is mere
~ an undress affair begun and ended
during off moments between breakfast
and luncheon. To him the reprimanding
OF me lieutenant general of the army.
grown gray in the fighting of the battles
| OF his country, becomes an amusing horse
play, meant to relax his muscles and il
! ldstrate his high mightness. while warn
ing lesser officers of the army to obey
orders and say nothing
As these things go forward. partaking
somewhat of the character of feats to di-
vert and blinds to hoodwink the public
opinion. bill of army reorganization Is
prepared and urged upon congress which
II il becomes law. will make the power
| OF the president absolute. and which it
! ! a Igh To ha aY4 l.
TED An act to make the president of the
Chlted states a military dictator
Because the reprimanded lieutenant
general, answering the summons of a
committee of congress-as was his duty
-eNpresses an opinion adverse to this
bill it is proposed to retire him from the
service.
But turn from the white house to the
capitol and look at the republicans in
congress. The trail Of the trade mark is
| over them all. Old High Tariff dances
the can-can in the house. while old Ship
subsidy does the regular cake walk in
the senate Everything for the syndi-
Gates. Nothing for the p 1ple.
And. not content with their arbitrary
power in the white house and their
| mercenary power in congress. the lead
| ers or this party of federalism and false
pretension would rip open Pandora's box
to hlch thence the black piraticaI flag
OF negro domination, the equally disrepu-
table and bloody shirt of section agita-
ton, and in order to make sure of the
next house, they are proposing to bring
forward another force bill to smite the
south. To blight the north and to convert
land teeming with love and peace into
a land reeking with hate and strife.
Such 5 the banquet to which the exit
OF Mckinley the statesman and the adj
vent OF Roosevelt the rough rider has in
vited us"
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11
ELECTIONS FOR CONGRESS.
Excellent Warrant for Confidence
Tint II Democratic Majority
VIII BE Returned.

Democratic hOpefulneSs of victory
ia the congressional elections this year
should be backed by Il thoroughly dem
ocratic organization for victory and
an aggressive prosecution of the con
gressional campaigns which shall not
leave anything undone that would tend
legitimately TO insure a democratic
ma iority in the next house.
The party is in excellent shape for
a winning fight, despite the claims of
would-be reorganizers and disorgan-
izers. says the st. Louis Republic.
These ordinarily disturbing elements
have found their assertions of demo-
cratic dissension or weakness discred-
tied in every test of party strength
that has come since the general cleo
tions of 1900. The democratic party
has been found harmonious. well or
gained and capable of victory.
The present session of congress is
following line OF action certain to
arouse the people to the necessity for
a return to democratic principles. 1t
will be a $4,000, 5000 congress. On
top of this vast expenditure of the
peoples money. an additional tax of
nearly $2OO,O0o,00o will be placed upon
American taxpayers in order that GER
tain ShilH1wning corporations tan col
Sect =essffsidies for their private profit,
at the peoples expense and with no
benefit to the people. The dominant
spirit of the Fiftv-seventh congress is
the new and ominously un-Ameriean
spirit Of imperialism and colonialism.
Imperialism and colonialism have al
ready cost MS in the Philippines enough
TO have built 500 warSbips for the
American navy and to have constructed
the Nicaraguan canal.
The record of the present congress
should alone defeat every republican
candidate for congress in this years
elections The republican party's
| abandonment of American principles
and surrender to the undertaking and
empire building policies of monarchical
| Europe must of necessity warn the
American people against the peril and
| the folly of keeping such party in
power. There is excellent warrant for
| democratic confidence that democrat
ic majority will be returned to the
next house of representatives. But
this confidence must be supported by
unceasing effort in the direction Of ef-
fective organization and aggressive
campaigning. Make sure of victory
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

No one will imagine that Mr.. Roosa-
Welt has imperial ambitions or that his
disposition to infiict summary punish
ment upon any officer who presumes TO
express an opinion of his own has more
than an accidental likeness to the tenn
permanent of the German emperor. II
is. nevertheless. temperament that,
when combined with the advocacy Of
imperialistic military methods, is not
without its dangers. The so-called
settlement" of the Schley controver-
sv was an example of the gross inius-
tice that may result from arbitrary
personal selection and tie exercise Of
bureaucratic power. The war depart
ment scheme is an extension of the
same system upon much more danger
Gus lines. when il may very easily de-
velop into positive menace to the
epublc.-Philadelph Times.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11
FOR SYNDICATE GAIN ONLY.
The shirt of Extravaganza u Ue-
coming 0minour1y Apparent IT,
der Republican Raic.

There hasbeen no more graphic char
acterization of the ship-subsid biil
vet voiced in congress than that ut
tered by Repres Brundidge. Of
Arkansas, in his recent speech pro-
testing against the spirit Of extrava-
gance now so ominously apparent III
this government under republican con
troll, says the st. Louis Republic.
High as these figures are. says
Judge Brundidge, referring to the fact
that the appropriations by the Fifty
seventh congress will probably reach
the staggering total of $2.000,eJo 600,
I'VE are given to understand that they
do not represent all. for this congress
is expected to pass the ship-subsidy
bill, by which between 100000, 0oC and
5000, 900 is to be taken from the tax
payers of this country and turned over
TO the ship owners in order that they
may be able to carry on Their private
business for their own private gam to
better advantage. Every unrreju-
diced mind will condemn such an act
as unfair and unjust. for if govern
ment aid is to be extended to build mp
one business, why withhold il from
another
The plain fact that nearly $26o, o0G,-
900 is to be taken from the taXpay ers
for the exclusive benefit of a syndicate
group interested in shipping il itself
accounts for the strenuous advocacy
Of the ship-subsidy bill by such men
as Senators Hanna and Depew. These
senator's are in public life as the agents
of the syndicates. Their mission is e
bleed the people for the further En-
richment of the privileged multimil-
lionaire class to which they belong.
You never find Hanna and Depew adj
vocating legislation for the peoples
benefit. They are invariably the cham
pions of the protected caste that has
been built up in this country al tie
peoples bitter cost.
The Fifty-seventh congress is teach
ing us a lesson that is too expensive
not to be thoughtfully studied. The
S2000000 900 expenditure of tie pee
pies money will break all American
records for extravaganza. On top of
this will come the voting away Of near
~ S200,000000 of the peoples money
in subsidies to enable certain ship
owners Ito carry on their private bust
ness for their own private gain to a
better advantage" The time has come
for American taxpayers to call halt.
They are being ridden to death in the
interest of the syndicates.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11
A CASE OF PROVIDENCE.
Jones Hnd Everything Fixed All
Right SO There Was No Blnme
Coming to Him.

II have heard more or less about
the ways of Providence," said De
troiter who was in reflective mood
the other day, relates the Free Press.
land | can cite what looks like Il fair
instance of it. ! was in the western
part of the state this last winter,
and business took me out to a farm
where portable steam engine was
saving wood. Things were running
at high pressure. with half dozen
men at work, and | sat down on a
log with my man to talk business. An
engineer might have noticed by the
hiss of the steam that the water in
the boiler of the engine was low. but
of course | had no suspicious. | had
been talking for perhaps ten min
uteS when Il big rat ran out from
under a pile of wood and made for
the barn. Some one raised Il yell,
and we all jumped up and grabbed
clubs and started after the rodent.
The snow MAS deep enough to bother
him. and we overlook him about 200
feet from the engine. We were in a
circle and whacking at him when
there WAS roar like a cannon and
every man was knocked fiat. The
boiler had burst, and if we had kept
our places not man of us would
have escaped death. As it was, no
one was even hurt. \ Justice of the
peace came along just then and said
he thought he'd better hold an in
quest.
AS no one has been killed, what's
the use of an inquest?' was asked.
"'ro fix the blame for the burst
up he replied.
But how are you going to do it?'
You'll see. Now, then, Jones, YOU
was running the engine?'
81 was
"'You know all about engines and
boilers?'
~ do
"'Steam wasn't too high nor water
too low in this case?'
"'No. sir
Everything Just as it should be
when she took a bust, and you can
swear to ito
"'Yes. sir
"'All right. When a biler busts
either Jones or Providence is to
blame for it, and as Jones has
cleared himself there's nothing to do
but to lay il on to Providence and be
burned glad il was no worsei'"
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11
DUNN, weapons for Officers.

The new war Office regulations will
lay down that an officer is still to
carry a revolver in his belt, but is
also 10 he equipped with a carbine.
Some Wiseacre has induced the au-
thorities to add that no carbine am
munition whatever is to be allowed.
The carbine is To be merely dummy
weapon. the idea being to make the
officer as little distinguishable from
his men as possible. but at the same
time To prevent him from yielding to
the temptation TO shoot when he
should bc looking after his men,
Allahabad Pioneer.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

Sweet Sympathy. - Mrs. Youngw ID =
Eyes, Mr. Youngwed didn't feel at all well
this morning, so just made him stay home
from the office" Mrs. Naybor-' Indeed
/ notice all your carpets are up, and your
back sheds painted and" Mrs. Young
wed-"Yes, got Mr.. Youngwed to do al
that while he was home to-day. ''-Philadel.
phia Press.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

Our decisions are the sweetest thing,
IN lie, said the gentle optmist
How about the man who thinks lie car
sing asked the Washington Star
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

The quality OF directness is characteris-
tic OF all men OF great executive ability, be-
cause they value too much TO squander 1t in
useless and meaningless conversation; il Is
an indispensable quality OF the leader or
manager OF all large enterprises Success.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

Smithson (the celebrated poet, novelist,
playwright, etc. But, my dear young
lady. | really don't understand you.
haven't been winning any ping pong tourna-
ment. | don't play" Miss Brown-"Oh,
but surely heard our hostess say you were
the Mr. Smithson. Punch.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11
Earliest NusS.rn lf;llet.

Vill You b. short of hay, If so plant
plenty of this prodigallg prolific mi ct
. TO Tons OF RICH HAY PER ACRE.
Price 30 lbs 81 M: IO0lbs. Stn. NV fr,'rhts
John A. Salzcr Seed Co, La Crosse, Wis.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

Nell-"Cholly tells me he belongs to the
smart set Belle don't doubt it.
He's certainly stupid enough to be eligible"
Philadelphia Record.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

Method is the very hinge OF business;
and there is no method without punctual-
ity.-Cecil.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
as a cough cure.-J w 0'Brien. 322 Third
Ave. N, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan 6, 1900.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

Instructor-'In what respect did the four
teenth and nineteenth centuries resemble
each other" De Grees-"The nineteenth
century resembled the fourteenth IN that
both were hundred years long Harvard
Iampoon.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

Stiffness OF person and steadiness of iea-
lures are signal marks OF good breeding q.
W. Holmes.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

If there's anything that will make a fell
low hot, 1t is to be told that it isn't the
heat but the ty.-Indiananolis \eMs.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

He-"My living expenses are $1,000 a
year. Sae-"Nha; waste vi money. =
Life.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

IL cures swollen aching tired feet At all
druggists and Shoe stores &c. Sample sent
FREE. Address A. 5 Olmsted, lie Roy, n Y.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

Fits Permanently Cured No fits after
first days use of DR.. kliue's Great Nerve
Restorer. Free 81 % trial bottle DIR X IL
Kline, Ltd, 95l Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

Nothing humans us more quickly than the
contagion OF servility Edwin Markham. in
Success.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

He that blows the Goals in quarrels he has
ii the sparks hy in his ace-FrGnklin.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

The objection to getting run fol. onr
money is that it's frequently such long
walk back.-Puck.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

The street car motorman is one OF the
few men who is always ahead with his work.
indianapolis News
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

Sorrows remembered sweeten present JOY.
Pollock
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color more
goods, per package, than any other.
The Forrest City times., 1902-04-11
To Cure a Cold In onr Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. A
druggists refund money it fails to cure. 2,5t
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-06-03
Administrators Notice.

Letters of administration on the es-
tate OF Sarah l.. Sanders, deceased,
were granted to the undersigned, dat
of the fifth day of May, 1902, by the
United States court. for the Southern
District of the Indian Territory.
All persons having claims against
aid estate are required to exhibit them
properly authenticated for allowance.
to the administrator. within one year
after the date of said letter, or they
may be precluded from any benefit in
said estate; and II such claims be not
exhibited within two years from the
date Of said letters they shall be for
ever barred and precluded from any
benefit from said estate.
JOSEPH p. MULLEN.
Administrator Of Sarah l. Sanders. Da
ceased
Ardmore, Indian Territory, May s.
1902.
First published, May II, 1902.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-06-03
Rriaht,s Disease.

Bright's disease is no respector OF
persons; 1t attacks men and women.
the strong and robust, the rich and
poor the active body and the brain
workers. the fathers of families, the
bread-winners in every sphere of life.
seeming to choose for its victims
those only who can least be spared.
Smiths Sure Kidney Cure is the only
guaranteed remedy for Brlght's dis
ease.
Your money back II II fails to cure.
Price 80 cents and $1.0O. For sale by
j. F. Ramsey.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-06-03
Notice OF Sale.

Notice is hereby given that | will
sell to the highest bidder for cash.
at public auction. on the 4th day of
June. 1902. a certain stock of general
merchandise invoicing S3,941.35, also
two store houses-all located in tho
town Of Hewitt, l. T.. and known as
the Russell Bros. stock OF goods and
store houses. Also notes and ac-
counts, $2,163. ]. f. BLEDSOE,
Trustee.
(First published May l6. 1902)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-06-03
JOHNSON & JACK,
J. T. JOHNSON,

Bankrupts.
In the United States court for the
Southern district of the Indian Ter
ritory, at Pauls Valley; in the mat
ter Of Johnson & Jack, bankrupts,
in bankruptcy; order of notice:
On this. the 5th day OF May, 1902,
on reading OF the above and forego-
ing petition. II is ordered by the court
that a hearing be had upon the same
on the 9Th day of June. 1902, at Ard
more, before said court, in said dis
trict, at 8 o'clock in the forenoon.
and that notice hereof be published
in the Ardmoreite, a newspaper print
ed in said district. and that all known
creditors and other persons in interest
may appear at said time and place
and show cause, If any they have,
why the prayer of said petitioner
should not be granted.
And It is further ordered by the
court that the clerk shall send by mail
to all known creditors copies OF said
petition and this order, addressed to
them at their places OF residence as
stated.
Witness the Hon. Hosea Townsend,
Judge of said court, and the seal there
OF, at Ardmore, in said district, on
this, the 5th day Of May 1902.
HOSEA TOWNSEND.
Judge.
CHAs. NJ. CAMPBELL. Clerk.
By j. T. FLEMING. Deputy Clerk.
First published May 10, 1s02.)