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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-16

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-16

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03
Southern Pine Furniture.

A dealer in fine furniture in New York advertises bedroom suites of Georgia pine; bed, bureau and wash stand, $95; reduced from $120." These prices are pretty high, and no doubt home makers could turn out three pieces at much lower figures, but per haps the home articles would lack some of the artistic features of the New York goods.
 But the fact that southern pine is marching on from inside decoration to furniture is encouraging, and possibly it will yet outrank for the latter pur- poses oak or birds-eye maple. In very truth curly pine is not equaled by any of the other woods. It's rich beauty is enhanced by the color of age. It is as strong as mahogany, and w..s@n it has stood in the Interior twenty years 1t has all the richness of that tropical wood.
 Southern pine is still cheap in price, and it Is plentiful, and these things perhaps keep it from general adoption for furniture manufacturing purposes. It has all else to commend it-solidity of texture and richness of grain and in the long run of color. Highly pol ished the grain appears in marvellous beauty. Surely tie southern curly pine will yet displace the hardwoods, and become the favorite material for all high-grade work in the interior of buildings, whether that work relates to the fixed parts of the building or to the movable pieces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03
vlqorous Canal Policy Needed.

Panama canal shares in Paris went up when the Hay-Herran treaty was voted down. They had stood at TO, and they went up to "A, closing at 73. What this means is not fully known, nor is it at all important that we should know.
 We need, however, distinct and vigorous canal policy. The American people have decreed that an isthmian canal shall be built. The progress of the world cries out for it. There must be canal. That much is set tied.
 President Roosevelt should shake off all his Bogotan and Parisian asso- citations and proceed to obey tho Spooner law and public sentiment. A vigorous policy on the part of the ad- ministration under the law passed over a year ago is what the country has right to expect. There is but one straightforward course open to the President. The Spooner law limits him to the digging of a canal on the Nicaragua route in the pres. ent emergency, and he should turn to it at once, disregarding alike cam paign subscriptions and all the rotten alliances connected with the Panama scheme. Colombia, ever backward and crooKed, should be brushed aside. She should be shown that she cannot stay a worlds work. She should be left to become the fly on the big wheel.
 What the country expects is vigor- ous action at Washington. The time for dillydallying has passed, and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03
A FEW PLAIN WORDS.

Two of the In opposition the bi the Montgomery Etoah Lusk of Marshall they private they the slang of the the other the senate alongside gagged like them opposing publicity banks that receive deposits Mr. Rich officer bank and so MT Rushn of luvene and Mr. Parker private bank These together with of the bill in the
 In former under crcum stances In the days distinguished United States tors began their Messrs LusF Rch Rushton private interest seen" to their public they should this morning ask to be voting their interests banks affected reputation and Not them right pending bill and their votes should challenged eVer they will ask to be voting upon After al should object cy in relation the the who should compelled submit official nspos7 The bare object need the posed reform. All the publicity peoples
  should
 
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  Publicity policy Publicity Secrecy to cOrnwen disasters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03
REUBEN WENT TO TOWN
 TO BUY A LITTLECOTTON

ways treated to a close shearng wh m they wandered into that partic cllar pen? It was to laugh, and laugh taa anointed ones did, right loud and -.erily It was almost pathetic, it was so funny.
 And the hilarity ceased on Tuesday, when time was up for the delivery of September cotton. The New York mag mates who had contracted to furnish the material, found that they didn't have it. and couldn't get it. except from the Louisville hayseeds who had bought it. and whose destruction they had so con- temptuously predicted two months be- fore. The hayseeds had bought the cot ton itself with their good money and had it to sell to those who wanted it. The great metropolitan magnates had con- traeted to deliver certain thing at a certain time and when the time came they had to buy from the despised pro- vincials. It was a question of knowl- edge. judgment, nerve, and the hay seeds won at the expense of the city wiseacres
 How your genuine New Yorker loves to sheer at-and to despoil-the innocent and credulous rustic. With what fine scorn does he dismiss from respectful consideration every one who has had the misfortune of birth in the outer will derness. And yet, during the past forty years. Reubens have been going into that towns, squeezing millions out of the na- tives and taking pretty much everything they wanted. Their palaces stand on Fifth avenue, at Newport, at Tuxedo, and when they need more they go down among the New Workers and segregate it.. MT. Brown of New Orleans will join them if he wants to, New York is fairly bursting with easy money
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03
MT. Lusk's Substitute.

Representative Lusk of Guntersville, who admits that he is private banker, Is endeavoring to defeat the senate recess bhl by substituting for 1t bill drawn by himself. Private Banker Lusks bill is beauty. It pro- yides for an examination of bank, and the report of the examiner is to be filed with the state auditor. The Lusk substitute does not authorize an additional step, no matter how rotten bank may be found to be.
 The Lusk subs titute also provides for the making of two statements a year by each bank. This reads fairly enough on it's face, but, alas and alack, the private banker of Guntersville says in his bill that the two reports are to be made before the first days of May and november" In other words. the banker is to have six months mar gin in selecting day for reporting. He could in fact make one report of the year on October 31, and the other on November 1 So he could prepare to make such reports on April 30 and May IT! He should in fact make a Lusk report on April 1.
 The Lusk substitute is worse than no bill at all. It is a mere make believe, and tho house should reject it even if non-action must ensue. The Lusk bill would not render deposited dollar one bit safer than it is now. It is bill of the private banks for the private banks by the private banks, and as such it should be discarded lock, stock and barrel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs.
Gamblers Believe in omens.

Gamblers are usually superstitious per- sons.' said man about town, "and they believe in all kinds of omens-that they will bring them either good or bad luck, have seen fellows stand a losing streak as long as they could and then change their seats in hope that the luck would turn. If a man is sitting in a chair and his money begins to disappear too rapidly he will sometimes reverse his seat so that he will be facing the back. Any thoughtless persons who happen to put his foot on a gamblers chair is apt to get into trouble, for this Is one hoo doc that no gentleman of the cloth will submit to if he can help himself.
 Not only does the fraternity have a number of established superstitious GUS. toms that are observed everywhere, but any unusual thing which happens to them on a winning night Is ever after regarded as an omen of good luck. l knew young fellow once who firmly believed he would never have any luck unless he kept a small pipe stuck in his mouth while at the gaming table. It happened that this pipe was given to him one night and he managed to carry off a big stake. There after he always kept the present with him when in a game, but l never heard of it's bringing him any further good luck"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03

a candidate or not for congress from the Sixth district. He stated that after his leetnring tour in the west he would return to Alabama. where he intends taking up the study of law, perhaps, at the uni versity. Captain Hobson is making a marked success as a lecturer and is being heartily received by the people. A friend remarked yesterday: There are yet great things before Captain Hobson as well as wonderful achievements behind him"
 W. p. Bingham of Tuscaloosa is in the city.
 
 R. A. Hoffman of Baltimore is regis tered at the St. Nicholas.
 w H. Oates, prominent citizen of Mobile, is at the Hillman.
 
 James S. Fuller a prominent lawyer of Montgomery, is at the Metropolitan. ". F. Wilkes of Montgomery is stop ping at the Hillman.
 & B. Howlet of New Castle is in the city.
 John G. Simmons, circulation manager of the Atlanta Journal was in the city yesterday. MT. Simmons is vice president of the Southern Association of Circulation Managers and is regarded as one of the most successful circulation men In the south.
 s. Friedman, prominent merchant Of Tuscaloosa, is in the city.
 c. O. Bonnom of Montgomery, is in town.
 Charles II. Patterson of New York, was one of the late arrivals at the HilIman last night.
 Scott Maxwell. superintendent of the Indian Head cotton mills of Cordova, is at the Hillman.
 W. F. Cole one of the leading mer- chants of Newman, Ga, is stopping at the Hillman.
 W. J. Mccain of Livingston, is in the city.
 Dr. L. A. Woodson of Patton, is at the Metropolitan.
 D. B. Smith, one of Opelka's prominent citizens. is at the St. Nicholas. MT. Smith is postmaster at Opelka, and is one of the leading republicans of Alabama. M Mason of Montgomery, Is in the city. Edward Flynn, district president of the United Mine Workers of America leaves today for Indianapolis to attend an im- portant meeting of the United Mine Workers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03
Meeting We'll Attended.

T was impressed with the large atten- dance at the Commercial Club meeting, said member last night. T knew tkat an active canvass was being made by President Jackson, assisted by the mem bers of the club for new members. tut l had no idea they had been so s',c, essful
 Another improvement that 1 notice is that the club attends to business rapidly and without long and windy discussions This makes the meeting more interesting and does not keep members away from their business so long.
 The club is doing better work than ever in it's history ana there are mure members than were ever before enrolled on the books. President Jackson is able to add from fifteen to thirty names to the list at every meeting of the board of directors. This is growth at rate which will soon include every buslne ss man in the city,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 OME months ago a few southern NN men. headed by MT. w. P. Brown - of Louisville, went on to New York with the avowed purpose of buying up all the cotton in sight and taking ad- vantage of the great demand for the staple which they believed would occur later on. They made no conceaIment of their plans. They frankly stated the con- viction that the crop would be very late on account of weather conditions, and prophesied that the great metropolitan wiseacres, who were selling right and left for August and September delivery, would be caught with contracts they could not readily fulfill.
 Of course they were ridiculed by the great men of the great city They were ignorant hayseeds, desperate gamblers, impudent charlatans. The famous com puters who sit in their offices near the cotton exchange and tell the country all about everything doomed the provincials to early destruction and thought no more about it. The idea of any one coming from the remote wilderness, hundreds of miles from Hoboken, coming to the very home of financial and commercial genius. with the idea of teaching it's anointed prophets and high priests-why it was too prepos- terous for consideration. The oracles had spoken. New York had decided on the crop and had proclaimed it's infallible de- crees. Let the southerners go to their ruin if they would.
 Along in July the great men became aware of a vague, but persistent uneasi- ness. Of course, 1t could be nothing se- rious. To suppose that they could fall short of perfection in human wisdom was to suppose the extravagantly impossible. Nevertheless. the provincials went ahead in their temerity. Soon 1t became whis- pered about that they had actually bought all the cotton then in sight They had bought even the stocks held by number of factories which wanted to close down for repairs and could sell at a handsome profit and to great convenience besides. Still. the great metropolitan authorities could not believe .hs-s was any cause for serious anxiety. They could not De mis- taken in the end. They hal given the matter their august attention. and, of course, they must be right. The mis- guided rustics held a great deaf of cotton, no doubt. and they would smart tor their folly in due time. Was it not always sn when the rustics ventured upoa liberties with them? Were the lambs not ai-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03
Indian Territory.

nave just returned from trip through the Indian Territory" said Bir- mingham lawyer "and I was greatly impressed with the wonderful possibilities Tn store for this unusually favored sec. tion or our country. There is crudeness ana bustle and frequently a stranger Is atraid that the rough citizens will break out in western jubilee Although the country IS advancing rapidly the last ves- tiges Of the noble red man are yet to De seen on street corners, where he loafs anout saloons, clad in brogan shoes, a siouch hat and jeans or overall trousers.
 The enterprising citizens are content 10 get along without many of the com lorts to be had in more thickly settled parts Of the country but will give them credit for having many good things to eat. The black man is not much in evidence as yet ana those who can afford the lux ury of servant hire white girls. Women are employed as waitresses in all the res- taurants, although the negro population Is steadily increasing every year. The rich coal deposits of the Indian Territory are destined to bring it's people much wealth. and when the territory is ready for statehood other states of the union will be surprised at the progress made bv their new sister"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03
Athletic Tr.jninu.

'The weekly classes at the Birmingham Athletic Clubs handsome new gymnasium are largely attended, said a member of the organization. Such training under the direction of skilled athlete cannot but prove highly beneficial and it has already become popular. To judge from the noise made the children get most good out ot their classes, although our young men who take the courses are be- ginning to show rapid development.
 "Too little attention is paid to athletic training in Birmingham. Business men do not mind Q little outdoor sport now and then but the drudgery of pulling chest weights twenty minutes every day or working on the horizontal bars for half an hour Is not very attractive. They plead lack of time and give other excuses not so good. No doubt some of these cases are unavoidable, but for the aver age man 1t Is not hard to take systematic exercise every day if he will just make up his mind and have a regular time. The growth of the Birmingham Athletic Club has awakened much interest in athletics here and our handsome new building is also quite an attraction. The paths are popular feature. To the aver age athlete exercise Is robbed of all its pleasure if no bathing facilities are at hand when he finishes his work. Our paths are equipped with every convent ence and are alone worth the dues paid"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03
How to Secure Immiqrants.

Tn the year ended June 30, immi- grants to the number of S57,0 ar August were 40 per cent more numer ous than those of the previous July and August. More than a million im- migrants will probably come in in the current fiscal year.
 The south scarcely feels this great tide. and many papers are discussing the problem in all its aspects There are two things to be kept in mind namely, the universality of color prej- uGice, and the fact lAat other sections are soliciting the newly-arrived home seekers in practical and intelligent manner.
 The existence of color prejudice in all white countries does not mean that the south cannot hope to attract immi- grants. It means nothing of the kind. for we have plenty of counties in which the negro is the rarest of black birds. Winston, for example, has but 2 negroes; Marshall, 1500; Fayette, 1701; Cullman, 21; DeKalb, 972; Gle burne, SS1, Blount, 1781, and Marion, ITS. The counties north of Jefferson, with three or four exceptions, do not average over 200G negroes apiece. It is to these counties immigrants should be invited to come There are as many negroes in the Ohio counties as there are in the counties of North Alabama.
 But however few the number of '-regroes be, immigrants will not come
 ere unless they are asked to come in
 practical, busipesslike way. Intel
 gence must De brought to bear trough the 9ffort of practical men. Men ara needed for the task who com
 
 bffies the skill of the railroad solicitor with the general intelligence of the statesman This bill cannot easily be filled, and it must be expensive to get and retain the services of such men, but until this is done we need not expect to secure our share of immi- grants. The northwest is still an ac- tive competitor, and it works along practical lines. So must we before success is attained. We have plenty of white counties, and we have an equable climate and soil that can be rendered very productive, and we can attract immigrants when we transact the particular business in a business like way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03
TWO kopJEs.
By Rudyard Kipling.

By Rudyard Kipling Only two African kopjes.
 Only the cart tracks that vinG Empty and open between 'eu
 Only the Transvaal behind: Only a Andershot column
 Marching to conquer the land, Only a sudden and solemn
 Visit. unarmed. to the Rand Then scorn not the African kopje
 The kopje that smiles in the heat, The wholly unoccupied kopje.
 The home of Cornelius and Piet. You can never be sure of your kopje
 But of this be you blooming we'll sure A kopje is always a kopje,
 And Boojer is always a Boer! Then mock not the African kopje
 But take of your hat to the same; The patient. impartial old kopje,
 The kopje that taught us the game! For all that we knew in the Columns,
 And all they've forgot on the Staff. We learned at the fight of Two Kopjes.
 Which lasted two years and a half.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03
OUR RAILWAYS AND BRlTAIN's.

The Athenaenm Uondon) makes the comparisons which follow in the course of a review of Edwin A. Pratt's "Ameri- can Railways" It says the book illus trates those stupendous resources of the United States which must render rivalry with her in material wealth impossible.
 ''rhe United States possesses 100000 miles of railroad to our 22,O0O miles. The London and Northwestern has 1887, while the Pennsylvania and the New York Cen tral each controls over 10000 miles of railway The persons employed by the United States lines are 54s to 100 miles of line. and In the United Kingdom, 26S5
 The freight earnings of the United States lines were in 1ss7 s7so,OOo, 900; in 1898. sses. :. 0Oo ooO in 1899, s922, ,OoO,OOO: in 1900, sl,o52, 00o GOO. and in 1901, s1.126, 900, ,O0o" :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03
Dreary Existence.

''We sometimes get lonely in our small southern towns" remarked traveller but we have no conception of what that state of feeling really means Out on the plains of the Dakotas and other far western states telegraph operators at way stations along the line of great transcon- tinental railroads lead a dreary exist ence Summer brings them few delights except sunshine and a breath of fresh air out of doors, but when the blizzards begin they are prisoners until spring. Many of these telegraph stations are nothing more than a tiny building stuck close to the track, with little platform about the size of pocket Handkerchief, and two small windows in front. through which the operator can look out at pass ing trains.
 Tn the dead of night, when the storm howis about his little retreat and the huge drifts roach to the caves, vita only the monotonous tick, tick of his instrument for company the operator coui1 not be blamed for getting sleepy. Yet ae must keep awake and vlglant for lie has the responsibility of two great flyers upon his hands, and negligence would mean a frightful loss of life. l nave passs1 tLese little stations on the long night runs and gancing sleepily out cf the conf .rt- able Pullman down into the little room where some fellow bends ever his dts patch, I could not help but shudder at the utter loneliness of his position. The vestibuled train draws up fo' moment the conductor rushes for his orlers, and with roar 1t disappears In the storm. Sometimes these fellows can find wife to share their lot, but more often they have to stand 1t alone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 It is the man who lets his wife have her own way that comes the nearest to having his
 A woman can worry even about what clothes she ought to wear at her own funeral
 When girl is kissing a man against her will, the more she lodges the surer her lips are to land in exactly the right place.
 Nothing makes a woman so proud of her husband as to have him use a Bib Heal quotation when their minister IS dining with them.
 Because a man can sit for forty sec- onds without talking at the rate of a steam whistle woman has an idea that he is breeding over black thoughtsl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03

directions of the Spooner law are i'm perative. To wait on Paris-to bull doze Colombia-to dicker with the state of Panama-all these things are unlawful and immoral. There is but one straight and lawful course, and that course is summed up in these words: Turn at once to Nicaragua and never turn back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03
NOT A PROMISING MOUNT.

From the KniXville Journal and Tribune,
 The fact is the new hobby mounted by Senator Carmack does not look more promising than the one he rode to death at the last two or three sessions of con gress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03

The republicans begin to think slumps are democratic electioneering tricks. They still hold that nothing has right to slump while the blessed tariff is in full operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03
About Persnns

Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson of Greensboro stopped at the Hillman A few hours yesterday en route to Anniston. where he lectnred last night. Captain Hobson refused to say whether he was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03

If the rich mans panic goes much further, we will soon have few es- teemed millionaires. Not even MT. Rockefeller can be counted in that class, for he is a billionaire and owns tho world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03

General Grosvenor has just returned from Europe, where he ascertained that the republicans are about to sweep the country again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03

George B. Mcclellan has been se- lected to lead the New York city de- moeraey, and Governor Garyin the Rhode Island democrats. Garvin and Mcclellan may constitute a new ticket for 1904.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03

We have not had even a swish of the equinoctial storm that the almanac solemnly says is due us. The almanac is veteran joker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-03

All ports now want 95-foot channels, but Birmingham will stand pat on a 6-foot channel in the Warrior, if 1t keeps it up the year round