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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-14
SILKS.

Is Pieces Taffeta, 20 inches wide, pin |
stripe, former low price, per yd hEc
90c. Cost Sale price UJ(
3 Pieces Fancy Brocaded Taffeta, for waists
former low price, per ward Toe. EEc
Cost Sale price JJN
10 Pieces China Silk, all colors, for 1Ec
mer price soc, ayd Cost Sale price JJN
Black Armure, 20 ius. wide, former kEc
low price, 81 yd. Cost Sale price UJA
Taffetto. in solid and changeable colors,
20 inches wide, former low price, ESc
per yard. 7jc Cost Sale price JU(
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-14

COUNTERPANES.
No !, Standard size, bargain at EEo
former price, 75c Cost Sale price OOS
No. 2, larger than above, former LE.
low price, 81. Cost Sale price UOC
No, 3, very large splendid quality, OO
former price, VI 80 Cost Sale price yyC
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-14

HERE is A DRIVE.
100 all Pure Silk, made of Best Teffeta,
the very latest in Ladies' Shirt Waists.
were So 90, your choice, all c1 en-
colors, zach during this sale, Dk.JU
Our entire stock of Dress skirts. is
offered you at exactly One Third Of Of the
Low Marked Price-silks included.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-01-14

CAHES.
20 Broad Cloth, fur trimmed in rich re
colors, former low price, each, z III
$3.50. Cost Sale price Eel
Is Silk Plush, fur immed former , M
price. each, $5 Cost Sale price J.U'
10 Elegant Silk Plush, fnr trimmed al
braided, former low price, each, } ~
So So Cost Sale price j.
l9 Cheviot, fur trimmed and braide
former low price. each. $l.25. IL
Cost Sale price 4 y
II Chevot, fur trimmed and braidad. W
bargain at former price, each, n,
81 IS. Cost Sale price ~
10 Beaver Capes, very large, fur trimm,
and braided. former low price. 4 e
each, ~ so. Cost Sale price ~
Is Broad Cloth. large, fur trimmed al
braided, former low price, 4 y
each, 90. Cost Sale price l.f
so Silk Plush. fur trimmed, former OF
price. each. 81 .25. Cost Sale price Oh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
Gifts in 1903.

A scrutiny of the list of large gifts in this country during the year dis closes the fact that MT. Carenge easily leads all the rest. He built during the year library buildings in ninety-six cities and towns at a cost of $5,5 5,500, thus bringing his total library gifts Up to nearly $22,00O,O0o. But his library gifts during the year were but an item, for his total gifts of the year aggre- gate $25,S24,5O0 And it is said his gifts in the year did not encroach upon his principal at all. He simply gave away his surplus income. Great is iron
 MT. Rockefeller comes next, but he was a poor second, for his gifts during the year were but 44,597, more than one-half of which amount went to Chi cago university. MT. Phipps, an iron baron, gave away $1,835, ,00O, nearly all of which went to the founding of a free hospital for consumptives. Dr. Pear sons, who accepts the Carnegie doc Urine against dying rich, gave away s250000.
 These four persons gave away all told about $S1OOO,000, and when the benefactors of the year are carefully summed up it will be found that the years gifts by large giyers were fully up to fifty millions. Other years show a better record, but the gifts of 1903 will do a great deal of good, and it's record is by no means a poor one..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
PINEAPPLE MOB.

From the Montgomery Journal.
 The Selma Journal denounces the Pine Apple mob that killed a negro, then set the calaboose on fire and thus destroyed half of the town, but the Journal has no hope that the mob will be punished. It thinks the present wave of indignation will soon blow over and the memebers of the mob will be left to go undisturbed, and it tells the reason of the faith in it. The Journal says:
 "Will the guilty ones be found? Hard ly.
 Somebody's wayward boy, somebody's unchecked son is mixed up in the deplor- able affair, and after flash in the pan the whole matter will be dropped"
 The Journal is right nine cases out of ten, and the more the pity it is.
 Why should the fact that a boy of a highly respectable family is mixed up with such a deplorable affair." prevent the full and complete enforcement and vindication of the law?
 But this question is easier asked than answered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
Church Music.

Music lovers who attended Catholic services read Cardinal Gibbons remarks on the pope's attitude in relation to musi- cal masses with much pleasure" remark ed member of St Pauls congregation Hundreds of Catholics in Birmingham would be sorry if they were not to hear from time to time the brilliant masses that are in the repertoire of St. Paurs choir
 Commenting on the recent letter of the holy father to Cardinal Respighi, ex- pressing desire for reformation in church music, In which a certain style of music was criticised as an abuse of relig- ion,' Cardinal Gibbons said:
 His holiness has referred to the ex- treme abuse through Italy and France In some churches of those countries there is little suggestion of reverence and the ceremonies are given an operatc effect
 Tt is this departure from the old cus- tom that his holiness deplored and not necessarily the use of modern music The music of the churches in this country is the Gregorian chant. sweetened by fig ured music. The Gregorian chant is the official music of the church, but figured music within bounds is not condemned.
 Tn the sixteenth century during the reign of Pope Plus ", Palstrina effected a reform in church music by improving the Gregorian chant by means of figured music. In this country there has been little abuse and we do not expect the pope's letter to effect a change in che music of today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
J. T. Land.

J. T. Land of Meridian, Miss, was in the city for a few hours last night, having come to meet his two boys en route home from Georgia
 MT. Land was formerly connected with the business office of the Age-Herald. He IS now business manager of the Meridian Evening Star. He reports Meridian and that section of Mississippi in prosperous and growing condition. The farmers are buoyant over the high prices they are receiving for cotton, and the merchants and other business men of Meridian are liberally sharing the profits. Meridian is growing" said MT. Land, and is des- tined to reach a high position among southern cities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
When mercy seasons justice.
 Merchant of Venice.
County Affairs Again.

The discussion of county affairs by Auditor Morris diseloses the fact that the board of revenue in Jefferson coun- ty is not responsible for the fiscal con dition of the county, simply because the coroner, the solicitor, the sanitary commission and the judges can draw upon the treasurer ad libitum. These can draw funds out regardless of the amounts standing to the credit of par ticuar funds. Their warrants must be paid, even if they create a deficiency in those funds.
 Auditor Morris is clearly right when he says that the multiplicity of unre- strained warrant drawers should be abolished, and that not a dollar of pub lie money should be paid out except upon the order of the board of revenue, which should be held responsible for the condition of the various funds or the county. At present no board and no officer can be called to account. No one can be made to answer for the con dition of the treasury, for one can charge another with the responsibility, and the result is, no one is responsible to the taxpayers.
 Such state of things does not exist in any other county in this state. It is the result in part or careless, in part of selfish, legislation, and 1t should be rendered as soon as the legislature meets. Auditor Morris will do the peo- pie of the county good service if he will recall attention to the anomalous state of affairs in this county shortly before the meeting of the legislature
 Not even the judges should be per mitted to pay themselves. There is no reason why they should not be paid by the board of revenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
Events of the Old Year.

Taken as whole the old year has been a good year. It was from start to finish a year of liquidation and ajust- ment, but we were able in this country to pass from the abnormal to the nor nal in commercial matters without a panic, or anything approaching it. All who can recall 1893 can see what we escaped. As the year goes out all feel that general business is much safer and sounder than it was when the year came in. Values are no longer unduly inflated, and things are what they seem. Some persons have suffered losses, but the general gain is unmis- takeable.
 The chief event of the year was the death of the worlds foremost officer, Pope Leo XIII, and the election of Plus x as his successor. Ex-Premier Sails bury, the the artist Whistler, the his torian Lecky, and the still greater Mommsen, and the philosopher Her bert Spencer, were included in the years losses of individuals
 It was year of peace. Some fight ing, it is true, occurred in the Philip pines, and in Macedonia there was an uprising, and in Servia the king and queen were murdered by the army, but all these occurrences were of small scope, and the year must be set down as one essentially peaceful
 The political events of the year were not noteworthy, although in England the Irish land bill was passed, and Mr. Chamberlain began his pro-tariff cam paign. In Germany the social dem, ocrats won many seats in parliament, tained his crusade against the religi- ous orders.
 In ths country boodling and grating have been unearthed at many places in Washington, in Missouri, in Chicago in Grand Rapids, and in many other places. These diseases are well-nigh as broad as the country, and probably
 eity and no state is free from them The lands of the frias in the Philip lpines were purchased, and the hush room republic of Panama sprang up in a night, and was recognized and a reaty for a ten-mile isthmian canal
 as negotiated in almost another night. ! fammany was restored to power, and he democracy began to regain hope
 nd courage for a presidential battle.f
 The year would be considered q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun
 N EFORE the Methodist preachers F11 resumed, yesterday, their discus " sion of the famous Clause PAS of the Book of Discipline, which provides punishment for Methodists leaving the paths of rectitude to indulge in dancing card playing. gambling. horse racing, at tendance at circuses and other vices, they posted guards at the doors of the meeting room in the Methodist building in Fifth avenue to keep reporters out. Most of the debate was plainly audible, in spite of that, because the speakers became so ex- cited that they didn't speak, but yelled.
 The Rev. Dr. Daniel Halleron, presiding elder of the Elizabeth district, Newark conference, made the principal address He argued that there should be no change of attitude in the Methodist church to- ward the interdcted amusements.
 "In the thirty-one yeears since this par agraph was inserted in our dscipline,9 said he, ''Methodsm has made greater ad- vances in culture In benevolenee, in edu- cational movements, than in almost the hundred years preceding. It is indeed a very uncertain quantity in Methodism that desires the elimination of this para graph. Have the founders, builders and promoters of the church no rights? Such excsion would not increase our member ship, and even if the church did grow because we dropped Clause PAS, 1t would be doubtful if quantity is preferable to quail lty. The indulgent life in Christianity has always been failure
 About two-thirds of the preachers seem- ed to favor some modification of the much
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
Unique Locomotives.

Said mechanical engineer: Tn Ger many there is a locomotive worked by steam, entirely independent of fire of it's own. The engine was recently com pleted at Dusseldorf. and is one of type designed for service in explosive factories
 Instead of carrying fire in it's own boiler, it is filled with steam from sta- tfonary boilers, and when so charged is capable of several hours work The first warming up occupies half an hour, and subsequent reehargng can be done in quarter of an hour The apparatus is so simple that an unskilled workman is able to look after it. The absence of fire in place where dynamite or gun powder is being handled is the reason for the invention of this type of engine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
Returned From Tennessee.

Attorneys James Weatherly and J. T. stokeley returned yesterday from east Tennessee where they spent the past week hunting
 They were in Jefferson county, Tenn. on the French Broad river, and report that birds are more numerous there than ever before. friend of the two men in commenting on the trip said:
 "of course( birds are plentiful up there this year and the only reason MT. Wealth. erly and Mir. stol1eley did not bring back many of them is because they can't shoot When they reached Birmingham they had a string of about twenty-five and I heard half a dozen men ask them where they bought their game.
 As a matter of fact though they only went for the outing and shooting birds was really secondary consideration. Mr Stokeiey's home is in Jefferson county. Tenn, which made the trip all the more enjoyable"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31

were among the arrivals at the Hillman yesterday.
  c. B. Harris ard wife are registered at the Morris Thomas w Jones and wife are stop ring at the Hillman.
  Forrest Collin of centerville Is stay ing at the Norris. L. Bernstein of New York is registered at the Tfillman.
  W J. Baglon of Gadsden is registered at tEe Metropolitan.
  ]. B. Jones of Fayette is staying at the Metropolitan.
  Harry Faber of Montgomery is register ed at the Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
LOVE SONG.

Robert Browning. Out of your whole life give but one mo-
 ment. All of your life that has gone before All to come after it. so you ignore, So you make perfect the present, con-
 dense In rapture of rage, for perfection's
 endowment. Thought and feeling and soul and sense Merged in a moment which gives me at
 least You around me for once, you beneath
 me, above me Be sure that despite of time future. time
 past, This tick of our lifetime's one moment
 you love me! How long such suspension may finger. An sweet The moment eternal just that and no When ecstacy,s utmost we clutch at the
 core. While cheeks burn. arms open. eyes and
 lips meet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
Pineapple Is Aroused.

Fuller accounts of the operations of the mob at Pineapple relieve the good people of that town from all responsi- bility for the crimes there committed the murder of an innocent negro, and. the destruction of half of it's business district It shows, too, that the repu- table citizens of Pineapple are cooper to bring the members of the mob to punishment The offerings of rewards will, however accomplish nothing. It never has in the past, and it will not in the future What needed is keen de- tectiye work It is idle to say that in a town as small as Pineapple that the names of the guilty are not known. They are known to perhaps every per son in Pineapple. and the need is either courage to tell what is known, or else detective skill to produce It.
 While the fuller reports relieve the better citizens of all blame, they show that the mob's action was even deeper and more damnable than was at first supposed The shooting complained of occurred on December 22, and the lynching did not occur until December 26. Young Melton, who was acciden- tally shot, was wounded only, while the negro who was murdered and cremated did not do the shooting, and so far as can be seen was guilty of nothing more than participation in a game of craps. This game of craps was joint affair in which the color line was not drawn. In it were four white men and four ne- groes, and out of it grew quarrel that has brought disgrace upon the entire state.
 Solicitor Quarles has charge of the case. and if he succeeds in bringing the mob to te bar, he will lift some of the disgrace from the state, while he re-establishes the supremacy of the law, and vindicates the cause of justice even in the case of a friendless negro.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
About Persons.

Harry Hughes. the chief clerk at the IIllman, has resigned his position at that hotel, to take effect January l.
 MT. Hughes will go from Birmingham to the Hotel Grunewald at New Orleans, and his departure from Birmingham will be much regretted by a large circle of friends.
 Popular among both the travelling and general public MT Hughes will go to his new position amid the well wishes of a host of people among whom he was noted for his accommodating and pleas ing manners
 F. Bryce of Nashville is registered at the Hillman.
 NJ l.. Foster, Jr., of Louisville is stop ing at the Hillman.
 J. Craig Smith of Montgomery is regis tered at the Morris.
 Oscar Fugham of Huntsville is stay ing at the Morris.
 Allen A. Greene of Anniston is register ed at the Hillman.
 II M ara ID H. Lanier of Cincinnati
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31

From the Saturday Review.
 The philosopher had an infirmity com mon to great minds and little. He was selfish in regard to conversation which bored him; and he carried this selishness to such a pitch that he bought pair of ear-stoppers and applied them regularly. When conversation in which he had talk en part went on too long for his patience or when some unmerciful talker held forth, he would take out of his pocket his ear-stoppers and hastily put them in place. not removing them till he believed all danger to be past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
IN HOTEL LOBBIE5
Price of Sugar.

Some people have been under the im- preston that as a result of lower duties on the Cuban product, consumers are to have sugar cheaper than heretofore" ]" said dealer
 "The trust says this is not to be the case, and the trusts generally manage such matters. It must be remembered that the Dingley duties still remain in full force on very considerable part of the imported supply for domestic de- mand. and that enables the trust to keep up the price on the rest of the supply.
 Congress did not seem anxious to give the people cheaper sugar, else it would have removed the differentia1 duty on refined all round. Many people were just preparing to use two spoons of sweeten- ing where they only used one before, but will be disappointed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
SCIENCE IN AMERICA.
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
 The younger generation of European scientific men are discovering that they can obtain in America facilities for re- search with unlimited money to supply all their demands for new laboratories and apparatus such as cannot be offered them on this side of the Atlantic AL ready the centre of gravity of science has begun to travel from Germany to Amer ica, which promises to be the scientific headquarters of the world ere the century is ont
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
THE SOUTHERN PRESS.

Atlanta Constitution: Now Senator War ren of Wyoming is accused of having Dietrichitis.
 Louisville Herald: What Colombia lacks in fighting men 1t makes up in fever breeding mosquitoes.
 Rome Tribune; The new Monroe doc- Urine teaches us to do what we please on enis side of the earth and do all we can on the other.
 Memphis News: The senate will take time to th.nk over the Panama treaty That looks good. The more it thinks over it, the less likely 1t is to be ratified
 Arkansas Gazette: Officials of the Jap- anese legation at Paris say there will be no war between their country and Rus sia. Then, in the lingo of the turf, they are certainly drawing the finish very fine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT

Miss Agnes Mullen was recently ap pointed advertising manager of the Ma con railroad. and is the only woman in the world holding such a position.
 Mayor-elect George B. Mcclellan of New York desires to buy the home of his boyhood at Haywood, on the ridge of the Orange mountains in New Jersey.
 It is reported that the emperor of China proposes to Ego in for athletics, as his health is far from being robust. A gymnasium is now being constructed in the palace at Pelxn. and his majesty hopes to learn all the latest tricks.
 Presidential boom is rumored for for mer governor Taft of the Philippines He has won general commendation by his conduct in office, and his friends think he is about as strong as several other candidates mentioned.
 The two youngsters now occupying public attention most are the lselin boy and the Vanderbilt girl. The first will probably develop into a sturdy yachts man, if omens are to be believed. while the second is said to be destined for the nobility.
 Reed Knox, son of Attorney General aKnox, who has been serving as confi- fdential clerk for his father has re- signed his position and will devote his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
Vast Country.

'As an illustration of the comparative strength and vastness of this country of ours remarked a mathematieally in- clined man, in the lobby, If the enire volume of money in circulation in the United States were divided equally among the people, it would yield a small CT sum per person than the s10,000000 would in the case of the 300, ,0eO citizens of Panama. In other words. this payment will mean to that little state what the dumping of $2.65o, GOO cash into the United States by some outside power would mean to the people of this coun- try"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
 It takes heroism to be a good husband when he has ceased to be loving one.
 When a man hugs a girl in car full of people it is a sign it is going through tunnel
 Before she is in love a girl believes she could never be so bold to go on honey moon.
 What a girl likes about electric lights is the way they sometimes go out when a man Is calling on her. h
 The extravaganza of a woman, who spends a quarter for chocolate bonbons makes the man who smokes 50-cent ci gars a terrible pessimist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31

happy one despite it's liquidations if it had not bred deep-seated trouble in the far east that threatens at it's close to deluge the world with blood, spent in a war that involves in the long run the worlds supremacy, for whoever gains control of China gains the up- per hand in this world of ours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31

In the death of Jerome Sykes the world loses a gca1 actor and a pleas ing comedian who laughed his way inta the hearts of many thousands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31
EASY READING FOR INFANTS.

Extract from a Child's Fairy Book.
 He proposed, conjointly with his father and brother to blast the stone as the most expeditions mode of gaining access to- her arcana, and this in the open day. light, in order that any tdtelary protec- ton she might be d,srnse,' tc extend to her favorite haunt might. as she was 9 thing of darkness and night, be effectually countervailed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31

The mariner will not object to swap of Boston or New York weather for the mildness of Panama, even if few snakes and monkeys are thrown in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31

Literature is a dangerous pursuit for men in office, especially if they write about business affairs. There is some consolation, however, in the fact that this will curtail the output of trashy novels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31

Mr. sully says he intends to "edu- cate9 the public up to 14c cotton. This Is procedure against which the south will raise no objection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31

Fifty-three Gotham families have do cided that certain pug dog is nuis- ance. One sensible family in any part of the country could have done that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-31

It has just been discovered by Prof. Ladd of Yale that terrible greed" is the country's curse. Although the pro- lessor hardly stands in the same class with Columbus, we are much obliged.