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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-06
BRILLIANT AFFAIR.
xid.ummsr Fese By St. Lakes
Guild 0ns of The Seasons
Great Successes.

The lava party given by the
.0.siss or s.. Lakes guild last
evening Al the beautiful home of
lrs Dsl.s Ross. cor1er Of ElsF-
-nth All Kausss aTenue, was 8
great success 10 every particular-
fAs ladies spared no Pains 70
srraage re msny fesfnIes Of en-
.ersa.amens. and tie program Of
uu-ueats was varied and elao-
ofstr Tee beautiful lava wss
brilliantly Illuminated, q locomotive
headlight shedding iis bright rays
oon the reireshment tables
Grouped 10 ihe left ofths entrance,
sad another cast t. light down
I ia Midway street 10 the resF Of
house Here there Vas much
nefrlmeni, and over tse noise of
bs laughing crowd vas heard the
voices oi tie spielsrs" at ths
various tents, while ID and out the
Z donkey carts threaded their wsy
carr iag the happy children Who
Gladly welcomed this a. pleas
ant Innovation in the way Of =
N lawn marty. Tie Chickasba Band
49,. erarliculsr attraction 10 this
cart II tie grounds, and an hour .
eoccen vas much enjoyed By sii
eresent. On the right of the en-
trance. Rebekah a. her welt 70
se pers0n o. Miss Pnebe Hamp-
toD. in appropriate aud becoming
costume. dispensed iced lemonade
im TIC thirssy. A 6ee graphic
lphone On the veranoa near the
refrgshneut tables added is share
plsasaut eHtertalnment- A
handsome sofs PILLOW, made and
( donated bg Mrs. Ross' gussf' Mrs
Richardson 0f Marshall, Tex, vas
Won s. SIR. Mcdaniel wno,guessed
y .h4 number Of beans ia . jsF 70 b
4 4ss. The ar held 900 beans.
s. Inose who participated 10 The
Z Midway we're. Mis- Kate KemiDg
\ Du. Living Statue; Mrs. y. l.
Newman aud Bliss Mildred Hcglst
efsvgsv fortune teilefs, Mr. Eugeni
(, ailion, palnisi; Miss Juii'
Owsley. $4,000 beauty; Johl
apnsg Grinin and Barbara Crib
b sr. aud Mrs. Tom Thumb.
q The ladies' realized about so
l- and feel we'll repaid fof eli th-i
So II gsuble. They wlsh tbs EXPIRES
a te voice their thanks % Mr. Brown
le sos, the popular druggist, for a.
la Gallons II Ice cream Donated
70 ,he Cryttal Ice Co. for the d'
" nation Of ice, aud TO Mr. A. I
Adams for special fayors. In q
language OF Rip Van Winkl
" 8 siay ihey live long and prosper
as Mrs. Durke, of Denham. Tex
40 arrived in this city yesterday, O.
ls- fouts To Lawton where she WI
1m called by the death Of her daught
of Mss Mary McCiusky, at the bon
We Of another daughter, Mrs. Gu
IFS liaoham. Mrs. burke stopped
on The home OF her friend, Mrs. /.
raj Daver, aud later received tel
gram TO wait here for the renal
of her daughter, which arriyl
ian "a the noon train today, and wi
ghi them she returned to her home
rty lTexae. The young lady's dea
ab- vas very sudden and caused
81 tvphoid pneumonia, and was
.er. very sad case in view Of the 4
4ill that the Cunningham home ,
va been lately bereft Of twin babi
im tie second OF which died or
the last Monday
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-06

HaYters cream aouE 81 the aFoS
tsA Grocery.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-06

Save half your lard bill by AK
ing your grocer for Panoio oil
II Il the best.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-06

The Chiekaaaw Drgaa. lnaeir
Territory Division 81 Uaised Coo
fadeKate Veterans, gill hold iis az
nuaI reunion 81 Durant On August
2 Aud 3. beginning today q
number of the members ol dos
shelby Camp, 975, d Chickasha
viii attend during the reunion, sno
tbev are counting on q royal good
time.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-06

Mrs D4lis Ross went y IL" .s-
" the exeursion to3ay
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-06

I.fe Kerr Aascn exhibition ihe
v4tstea from a mOu sier saase Te-
csatiy kiiiea II WI
Isl. There are thirty tro ia.s'e
aod \ button sh0eing ihat tAei
orper must haye beeu % ~
thirty third year. ghc aaa.e Z
sasd 10 have been about seven
f.et long and four inches 30 o.
ameter. -Alya Pioneer
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-06

Mrs. Baldwin and Mr. Young
formerly proprietors Of tbs suli-
var Hotel are packing up today
pyeparatogy 10 moving out and
mre. l. y. RAIN has taken poe
session and viii ontinue from
ths date to supply the wants q
sss travelling public who have
been pleasantly and satisfactorily
entertained by her predecessor
ana We bespeak for her a iipera
patrona4 .-El Reno Democrat.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-06
LOCAL NEWS

Hsmilton spenS Iodayin LaH-
ion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-08-06

Marshal Colbert j. reported 70
have been 81 his ear iateiy al
Ardmora IGeadas iour 9epet5
marahais we're relieved n ineif
etars aud Jobs 81 one feii snpDf
and stis said there . more 70 igl-
low Thefe must De someihiae
doing ID lhe icinitf q. tae hiacs
City.
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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-04-10
OUR CHRONIC CRIME.

Several Virginia county newspa-
pers coincide in the dismal opinion
that as soon as the winds and the
sun of the early spring have dried
out the roads in the State so that q
wheel can run over them without
sinking to the hub, the agitation for
better roads will cease promptly.
This has been the experience Of for
mer years, and we are told it is
likely to be repeated. 1t reminds us
of the squatter encountered by the
Arkansas traveller. who said he could
not mend the roof of his house while
it was raining and after. it stopped
raining there was no use in mending
it. This philosophy is comfortable
and it represents the actual habit of
the vast majority of the people of
Virginia. Unfortunately, it is not
sensible and not at all in accordance
with modern ideas of thrift and
progress. 1t is safe to say that the
people of the State lose more every
year In wasted time and wear and
tear of running gear and horse flesh
because of the Infamous roads than
all their State and local taxes
amount to. We are in this matter
the slaves of habit, whicL does not
attain to the dignity Of tradition
simply lazy, loafng, neglectful ac-
ceptance of abOminable conditions
because they exist and have existed
in the past.-Nescs- Leader.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-04-10
ROADS AND scIENCE

We are interested to note that in
several sections of Virginia, accord
ing to reports recently printed in this
paper, special attention is being
directed to the important subject Of
road improvement. The only way to
get good roads is to pay for them,
and each community must take care
of its own highways. 1t is not prac-
ticable, in our opinion, for the State
to undertake this work. There would
necessarily be discrimination, and
some would have to pay for improve
ments which others received. The
only fair way is for each section to
maintain its own roads, although
the State might do a great deal in
the way of general direction by
having q road Improvement depart
ment, with competent engineers to
supervise the work in the various
sections.
And this brings us to the point.
Virginia has expended vast sums of
money on her public highways, and
yet everybody who has investigated
knows that q great deal of this
money has been practically wasted.
Road improvement amounts to very
little unless it is done in a scientific
and substantial manner. Much of
the socalled road working in Vir-
ginia is a mere farce, and frequently
the last condition of a road, worked
on the old plan, is worse than the
first. Railroads are not built in this
slipshod way. First of all an en-
gineering force blazes the way and
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-04-10
THE QUINTINoAK RABBIT.
EDITOR VIRGINIA CIr1zpN.


L have been a reader of your paper
Tor years and have agreed with YOU
on many points which came up for
discussion, aud l had fondly cher
Ished the hope that the relations be-
tween you aud myself would be of a
pleasant nature. But, Mr.. Editor.
you have overstepped the limits of
human endurance and 1T becomes
my painful duty to "haul YOU over
the Goals" Why? Because you have
seen fit in your editorial columns to
poke fun at that venerable and time
honored animal, the Quintinoak
Rabbit.
feel satisfied that you were actu-
ated by a spirit of jealousy, arising
from the fact that while Iryiugton
has an abundance of fish, rabbits
are extremely scarce, and as "there
is more phosphorus, or brain food,
in a rabbit than FISH," you evil
IDENTIFY fear that we Quintimoakers
will leave you far behind in the race
for intellectual superiority,
Now, Mr.. Editor, we do not catch
them in seines. as you insinuate. We
simply put a pinch of Scotch snuff
on the fence where they pass through,
the rabbit sneezes, knocks its head
against the fence, which renders it
hOrS de combat-and there you are.
But is it true that the rabbit is
superior to the fish in that respect?
L think so. George Washington was
raised on Quiutinoak rabbits, aud he
became the Father of his Country.
General Grant ate fish all his life
until he came South, and never ac-
complished anything. As soon as he
got a taste Of our Quintinoak rabbit
he ended the rebellion then and
therel Five Presidents were raised
on them, and | am told that Teddy
Roosevelt had Quintinoak rabbit for
supper the evening Booker Wash
ington was his guest.
l invite you, Mr.. Editor. to come
up in our country and sample our
rabbits before you indulge in another
editorial of similar character. You
will find it the most wonderful food
that ever drove the skeleton from
the feast or painted landscapes in
the brain of man. Eat it, and you
will find the sunshine and shadow |
that chased each other over the bill
lowy fields, the breath of June, the
carol of the lark, the dew of night,
the wealth of summer and autumn's |
rich content, all golden with i'm
prisoned light. Eat it, and you will
feel within your blood the star
led dawns, the dreamy, tawny dusks
of many perfect days. The climate
of Quintinoak is the friendship of !
the earth ana air, and of this cli-
mate the sacred rabbit was born
the rabbit that breeds in the mind of |
him who eats it the cloudless, happy
days in which it grew. II tells of |
hope and rest. 1t smoothes the wrin-
killed. brow Of care, drives fear and |
strange, misshapen breads from out
the mind and fills the heart with
rest and peace. The rabbit is the
friend of the fireside, and the in
cense of the stew rises from myriads
of happy homes. Long live the
Quintinoak Rabbit! HAMLET.
Village. Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-04-10
SPRAYING THE ORCHARDS, ETC.

Now that the spring is advancing
all people having orchards of value
should prepare to fume up and spray
the trees, so as to destroy the multi
tude of insects and prevent the
growth of fungus diseases, blight.
etc. Spraying should be dore in
time. The Goblin moth ruins so
much valuable fruit, especially ap-
Piles, but fortunately this pest doesn't
do any damage until the trees are
in bloom. Then the weather being
warm spraying can be carried on.
The writer finds that nearly all
the failures in spraying are either
caused by worthless spray pumps or
spraying after the damage is done.
1t is not necessary to spray an or
chard four to SIX times during a
season, as claimed by some. Two to
three applications of the proper mix
ture applied at the right time with
good spray pump are in nearly every
case all that is necessary. The i'm
portant remedy for preventing the
fungus growth is Bordeaux, mixed
as follows: Four pounds copper sui
phate, five pounds fresh, unslacked
lime, to which add fifty gallons of
water. This mixture applied at the
proper time will prove to be of great
value to the orchard. The same
mixture should be used for the Sec
ond and third spraying, paris green
added to kill the sting of the Goblin
moth Experiment, IN Free Lance.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-04-10

establishes the grade. Then, when
the work Of road building is begun,
there is an expert to direct it. The
work is done In scientific way and
the road is built upon solid founda-
tions. It's not a perfect road when
first built, for it takes time to make
the road-bed firm and solid, but the
foundations are well laid, and then
the provements, which go on from
time to time, strengthen the found
tion and keep the road in condition.
lie our dirt roads were built and
maintained in the same way the sit
uation in Virginia would soon be far
different. The roads should be built
right in the beginning, under the
direction of expert engineers, and if
this were done the subsequent work
from year to year of keeping the
road in repair would be comparatively
light.
We commend these suggestions
most earnestly to people throughout
Virginia, for until this plan is adopted
they will not have good roads and
they will go on wasting the public
money and getting no substantial
results.
There Is no good in the patchwork
as it is done under the old system. 1t
is like putting new cloth on old gar
ments, "and the rent is made worse"
Richmond Times.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-04-10
Waynesboro, Va.
A STORY WITH A MORAL.

In the February EUery6ody's Mag
Gzine Booker Il. Washington has an
article in which he discusses the
need of new ideas in farming, and
tells story to illustrate the effect
which the long-continued cultivation
of a single crop has upon one. 81
remember that some years ago /
called an old negro farmer into my
office" says he, "and explained to
him in detail how he could make
thirty dollars an acre on his land if
he would plant portion of il in
sweet potatoes; whereas, if he planted
cotton, as he had been doing for
years, at best he could make only
fifteen dollars per acre. AS I ex-
planned the difference, step by step,
he agreed with me at every point,
and when came near to the end of
my argumentI / began to congratulate
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-04-10
THAT PROPOSED BOND ISSUE.
EDITOR CITIZEN:

So friend Curlett says think
am funny, which amounts to the
same thing, does he? Well, L will
try not to be funny with him, as /
always did love children. The fact
is, l was child once myself, and
never shall forget it while l live.
grew. i am perfectly satisfied that
our present conservative Board of
Supervisors will do nothing rash,
knowing as they do the nuisance of
a public debt for such a purpose.
But suppose they did issue bonds
for $4,000? Is there the faintest
possibility that any one would buy
them at par? BY no means. John
don't remember, but 1 do, when Ian
caster paper couldn't be cashed, and
had to be SHAVED" in order for the
holder to realize anything on it,
even school warrants. Such things
might be again, and where would
bonds beg 4 have no doubt in the
world there are three or thlrty-three
men in the county capable and hon
est enough to handle the business,
but those people have other interests
which would pay them better, ano
therefore don't have to have the
honor thrust upon them.
] think it needless to say much
more on the subject, but will say /
think it is rather late in the day for
the county to go in the banking
business with two flourishing ban ks
already established; aud, also, where
ever there are good pickings, there is
always found right good pickers.
TX there should be such thing as
a bond issue, which / hope is far
of, / think it would be like getting
money to foreign missionaries. 1t
would take $5 to put cents on the
roads. The poet must have had such
a case in view when he wrote:
" Great fieas haze little fieas preying
upon them,
And little fleas have lesser fleas - ad
ininitum."
And l think he was a preacher, /
am very sure the gentlemen of the
board will do their duty without
any coaching aud will not borrow
$4,000 or $50, 900, and thereby keep
the present generation and sour pos
terity" from feeling like thirty cents!
LATANE CURRIE.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-04-10
Consumption

The only kind of consump-
ton to fear is neglected
consumption"
People are learning that con-
sumption is curable disease.
1t is neglected consumption
that is SO often incurable.
AT the faintest suspicion of
consumption get a bottle of
SCOTS Emulsion and begin
regular doses.
The use of SCOTS Emulsion
at once, has, IN thousands of
cases, turned the balance if
favor of health.
Neglected consumption does
not exist where SCOTS Emul-
sion is.
Prompt use of SCOTS Emul-
sion checks the disease while it
can be checked.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE. Chemists.
4oo-4Is Pearl Street. New York
soc. and si.oO al -ussiats.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-04-10
FROM A CANDID MAN.
Editor Times Dispatch:

Editor Times Dispatch;
SIR-As a man who loves a toddy
or mint julip, l should like to say
a word on the liquor question. 1t is
a many-sided one, and volumes could
not contain the things which might
be said about it.
IN Virginia the question has mar
rowed down to this, and it is now
In the hands of our lawmakers as to
whether community may by n
majority vote, say that liquor shall
or shall not be sold to the masses,
"by the SMALL" in saloons.
There is no doubt In my mind
that the licensed saloon is the enemy
of civilization. Of course, tenn
perance is not abstinence, but let us
examine how it works. 1t is Satur-
day evening: John, Tom, Dick and
Harry have been paid off, and are on
their way home to their wives and
children with their wages. John
meets TomI they are friends and
have not seen each other for week;
and they meet pretty close TO saloon.
Both are tired and feel they would
enjoy drink, and John invites Tom
in and "sets them up" No harm
done if they'd stop here. But Tom
feels unusually hospitable after the
liquor has "run over the guitar
strings" and he "sets them up for
john" Still no especial harm done
if they'd go on home. But while
the ''cockels of their heart" are
stirred and they feel good, Dick
comes in with Harry and they begin
a new round, which ends they don't
know when; they do not get home at
the proper time and when they do
reach there the weeks wages are
gone, and there is nothing for the
wife and little ones.
Sam / my brothers keeperp" Yes;
we've got to look after these boys
who cannot pass a saloon without
going in, and it would be great
deal better if the saloons were not
quite so "handy." Revenue? Well,
the saloons can be taxed so as to
produce it, but it is shame to con-
slider it in that aspect. Will not
there be great saving in criminal
costs? And how the wife and child
ren will enjoy the change!
G. K. p.
Waynesboro, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-04-10
High Price for. Oyster Shells

Four to five cents per bushel is
the price now being paid fof oyster
shells that you see piled up in the
rear of Norfolk shucking houses in
great heaps. This price is higher
than any ever before brought by the
shells; in fact, 1t was not an uncom-
mon thing recently for shuckers to
give them away toanyone who would
furnish the drayage.
The fact that shells are about the
best thing known in this section for
repairing and keeping in order the
public roads, together with the fact
that they are excellent for making
the foundations of big, buildings ex-
tremely substantial, has great deal
to do with the demand for the shells
and the corresponding advance in
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-04-10
EXPLAINED.

1t is not generally known that
James Seldom Oowden ran against
Congressman Garter Glass when the
latter was making the race last fall,
nor is it generally known that he is
con ntesting Mr.. Glass seat, but the
following letter will explain clearly
what the said Cowden expects to get
out of the contest
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan 81, 1908.
"Hon Sidney j. BOtoie, Election Commit.
tee, Nc. l.:
DEAR SR-Every decent man wants a
wife and unless you vote to allow my
contest fee OF 81 600 l can't get the wo-
man | want. May | not appeal TO you
on the'ground of fellow feeling to vote
in my favor when your chairman lays
my claim before your committeeP
Yours truly,
JAMES SELDOM CoWDEN,
Contestant -
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-04-10

myself that had converted at least
one man from the one-crop system
TO better methods. Finally, with
what fear was the air of one who
felt that he had won his case,
asked the farmer what he was going
to cultivate on his land the coming
year. The old fellow scratched his
head and said, that as he was ge t.
ting old and had been growing cot
ton all his life, he reckoned he would
grow 1t to the end of his few remain.
ing years, although he agreed with
me that he could double the product
OF his land by planting sweet pota-
toes on it,"
This same story might be ap-
piled with equal force to the situa-
tlon in regard to country roads. The
farmers are willing to admit the
advantages of improved highways;
they growl and grumble about the
mud holes and quagmires, and rise
In righteous wrath when they con-
slider how much the coun ntry's prog
reSs is obstructed by impossible
roads; but when some one comes
along with practical, common sense
plan of improvement involving a
little labor and expense, the matter
at once becomes an abstract one and
the farmers drop back into the old
rnts (some of them two feet deep at
this time) aud the whole affair ends
in talk.
Virginia can never hope to become
a prosperous agricultural State until
this subject of road improvement is
settled IN way consonant with
twentieth-century ideas and meth
odS. Newport NesoS Press.