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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-06
FOR SALE.

A cheap piece Of property OIL
West Main st close IL,
Stock of groceries in good !ocl
ton. invoic- about = 600, fixture.
$3.50. (Ardmore.)
Stock of drugs in a small town
for sale at a bargain
Good home Oh second avenue,
splendid location, good water
trees and etc, lot 229xl50 feet
cheap,
For rent 4 room house......... $40 OC
For rent broom house-......... SOC
For rent Broom house. 600
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-06
Buy fruit trees direct from Ardmore
Nursery and save agents commission
ana expenses. t-oct-l5
The Lady Maccabees.

The Ladies OF the Maccabees will
meet Wednesday afternoon at 2:3O
O'Clock for initiatory work. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
MRS. DORA NIsBETT.
Lady Commander.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-06

The broncho riding al Bailey park
begins Sunday afternoon, October II.
al 2:3y and ends at $3.50. Three hours
Of tae finest sport IN the world for
TWO bits 4.G.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-06
For Sale or Exchange.

will sell for cash or exchange for
cattle. my residence property on
North Caddo street. See Lee Stew
art. Ardmore, or write me.
G. NJ. STEWART,
t-Oct-1S Foster, |. T.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-06

As ii will be impossible to get oui
fixtures, the opening Of Hamilton g
new shoe store will be delayed for a
week OF ten days
G-2 HAMILTON SHOE STORE.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-06

Come 10 the "Destrick Skule' Of
fifty years ago at opera house, p. m.
oct Q. Duet Fifty Years Ago" Roll
call Very laughable). A, b, c, and
primer class actually recite from books
more than a century old G-it
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-06

Mrs. Heth is building a neat seven.
room cottage on y street and Second
avenue, southwest l.. Ely is superin.
tending the construction.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-10-06
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
J. a. HUMPHREY, Specialist.

Recently of Gainesville, Texas. Glass
es accurately fitted. Office thorough.
ly equipped, Open Oct. /. over Hotcn-
kiss jewelry store Ardmore, |. 7.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
CLEAR THE MUDDY sITUATToN

CLEAR THE MUDDY sITUATToN The witty minstrel. when asked the other night how many candidates for Mayor there were. said. "open the Di- rectory and read the list of white male inhabitants. When asked what candi-
 date would be elected. he replied Chief Gerald has not decided yet"
 There appears to be too much truth in the exaggerated fun of the minstrel.
 There are too many candidates for Mayor.
 and nobody seems to know whom the willy Chief prefers. He himself. indeed. may not know yet.
 But these sallies of fun point moral. There are too many candidates. Their number will serve to divide the strength
 of serious. earnest voters. and enable
 Chief Gerald and the various interests
 with axes to grind to concentrate their strength on some man who may be will ling to make terms. The prospect of suc- cess tempts most men, and success fre- quently follows combinations of the weak against the strong.
 It may be possible that the crafty Chief is more or less responsible for the array of candidates. It is very easy for . shrewd wire-puller to play upon the van ities of men. Doubtless he has not opened his mouth to a single one of the candidates. but 1t Is very easy to set up brick in row and to reach the one at the end of the line through the medium of dozen others. Candidates should endeavor to find out the forces which led them into the race.
 Whether or not the present situation was brought about by Chief Gerald or some other keen manager, 1t Is an ad- mirable one for boss to profit by. 1t is so easy to concentrate the machine vote on its choice when all other forces are 70 divided.
 This being the plain fact, 1t Is the first duty of earnest. patriotic citizens to con centrate. The Advertiser is not booming any candidate It cannot now say who ,a the most desirable leader for the citizens to unite upon. That is for the neon,a to thing about and to consider most serf- ously. It is the key to the situation. It VIII develop very quickly the purpose of the opposition. It will crystalise the con- test. and make the issues clear.
 The quicker this is done the better The waters should not be allowed to be muddied aEy longer. The candidates should be weighed and their availability determined. The weaker ones will soon stand aside. and the real contending forces be made to stand out clearly.
 Until the candidates are all out or are sifted down to those between whom the race will finally be. there is no need of voters committing themselves. Wait for the issues to be sharply defined and see how candidates line up on them,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
STAY IN ALABAMA

The Advertiser this morning specially commends the speech of Andrew M. Mcconnell, printed in part in another place, and we echo his advice to the young men to stay in the South. We narrow the advice down, in fact, and tell them to stay in Alabama. There are in our own State ample fields for the exercise of all the talents and gifts possessed by any of our young men. There are oppor- tunities almost unlimited for the acquisi- tion of wealth and influence. The great resources of Alabama have been so often referred to and dwelt on and exploited that 1t is almost like repeating a twice told tale to go over 1t again, but the theme is inspiring and the arguments without limit.
 It is all true enough that States and Territories in the, newer West are con- tfnualiy trying to tempt our young men and some of our older ones-to emigrate from Alabama and make their homes in Aew places. and it is equally true that many yield to the temptation and are lur- ed away by the promises of wealth and greater OppoTtuiutieSs put IL ought not to be so. Our own Alabama can supply all that the young man needs or should de- sire. There are yet good homes to be had from the Tennessee to the Gulf on which the young men of energy and in- dustry can become independent and use- ful citizens. This is the class of men that Alabama needs and they should be induced to remain here if possible All that the West can offer can be secured in Alabama, and the disadvantages that confront one here will not be found ab- sent in other sections. While efforts are making to turn immigration to Alabama, it is perhaps more important that we should keep those we have. and to make them satisfied to remain here. A thriving. contented people is the strongest bull wark of any State, and no greater or better work can be done for Alabama than that which will keep our best young men from desire to roam, and induce them to add their industry and talents to the work of making this one of the greatest and most prosperous States of the South.
 Stay in Alabama!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

The Birmingham Ledger Is opposed to MT. Browns boycott bill-evidently not having read 1t and, among other things. 1t says:
 Boycotting means the refusal of . man. or set of men, to have dealings with another. If the law can prevent set of men from refusing to deal with another, 1t can compel them to deal with him. That is absurd. law prohibiting boy cotting would be about as effective as one forbidding "the blades of grass from growing as they go.
 If The Ledger will study tine meaning of words little more closely. and will study the bill before the Legislature. 1t will find that 1t makes no attempt to prevent men from dealing with whomsoever they please, but 1t does propose to prevent two or more men from conspiring to keep other persons from exercising the right to trade or work or have other dealings with any person or firm. The proposi- tions are entirely different. and the bill proposes to do what law has the right to do and what the law ought to do. Let The Ledger study the provisions of the bill carefully and see if it's strictures on it are just
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
Democratic Situation Today.
Brooklyn Eagle.

6rOoklyn Edgle.
 Those able and observant men, the po- Htical reporters of the daily papers, dis cern significance in the meeting recently reported to have occurred in New York, in which Grover Cleveland. William c. Whitney, Richard Oiney and Edward M. Shepard took part. MT. Cleveland came to Manhattan to pay respect to the mem ory of A. s. Hewitt. Mr. Whitney, but lately returned from a winter visit to Aiken. called upon the former President. MT. Olney was on his way to Washing ton to the annual meeting of the regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Mr. Shep- ard, we presume, made upon MT. Cleve- land merely a friendly call. It is quite possible to explain the gathering of these representative men by accident.
 The reporters are responsible for the rest. There Is no reason to doubt that the significance which they attribute to the meeting should be ascribed to if. The situation of the Democracy appeals to every Democrat The memory of every Democrat goes back to the happier and better time when these men had the ear of the party. The hope of every Demo- crat is that such a time may be restored The estimate of every Democrat Is that these men can be effective in trying to restore that time. These are men of strong personalities. They also hold idea in common. They are likewise men who would subordinate their personal or po- hucdi dIhpitioiiS lo the Wel1are Of the party.
 Two of them, in our judgment can he counted out of consideration as sta andard bearers. One of the two is Grover Clsve- land, and the other is William C. Whit- ney. Mir Cleveland would be very nm likely to disturb or hazard the high place he holds in history by another candidacv MT. Whitney could not be induced to ta Ka Q nomination or an appointment to any otf1ce, but no man. we believe, would be gladder to discover, stand behind and support a standard bearer of ability in tegrity, intellectual originality and ooliti- cal acumen than Idr. Whitney would he
 MT. Olney and MT. Shepard remain as the political eligibilities of the comnanv under consideration. Each has The ca pacity to inspire the Democracy with an thusiasm and pride on lines Of princinie Each Is gifted with extraordinary powars of elucidation. Each has a public record. not only excellent, but attractive Each has the moral advantage of commandin respect, for their sincerity, of those who diner from them In opinions or who think that they have made errors of tudsment
 We frankly think that MT Shenard made a mistake in running for Mayor on the Tammany ticket of 19Ol, and thai his defeat then put him out Of Democratic running for some years to coma Rut we do not believe that such a fact hrtnss to him any large disappointment We do believe that 1t has quickeued his desire to reuntte the party on lines of nripclnla under proper candidates and unSer corn, potent leadership, Since his defeaf he has made addresses in Massachusetts In Maine and in Georgia, which hava dow onstrated his intellectual eminence in Democracy, and placed him on view to Democrats ot commanding power and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY l, 1908.
pouBLE GOLDEN sYMBoL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer- tain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of thss whole field of uewspaperdom which comes under It's notice. and one of these ssigns IS the mystic symbol [ ol denotins golden" which stands for high quality. and is thus explaihed:
 'Advertisers value this paper more for tns class and quality of its circulation than for tho mere number of copies printed-''
 Such papers are credited with a single gym bol; but there is higher grade. according to this standard authority. which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL SsS to describe Adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol r00l and is the only paper SO distinguished in this section of the South. *t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

N N vl'A s119V Fl Sz&ScH AND HE REMEDY. hsa Ss o Sssn aas prsss snd ss and they were compslsd H the sxgssg bssnsss coupstion % violate the law have ads digshs n4ur sion h irresistible that the fault bes the law the unjust and unfair diseriinaon n it. favor strict adhQrSncs to the Fat Ncoauy
 Unjust ana unfa di.ertminaonn law IF the excuse A the saloon msn fer violation
 The Police Departmsnt the enforcement 
 and 1t s his creation V
 Can change in conditions change the head of the Departmsntt n
 Are the rank and As of voters permit largely done in the past and thus psstuAss The result will what be where thsres wlI there's they change there will be 
 If they want ehanse they organise concentrate with brain Chief time, and he has the machine " '
 Will the voters kns down and they rule themselves dictatonf - N-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
Invidious Discrimination.

Editor The Advertiser:
 refer to the favored banana peel of the steep places on the paved sidewalk. The curbstone empty bottle and ash box Is treated differently by the city adminis- tration.
 am g. voter and desire to hear iron, MT. Pat McGauly and the other stu dents of municipal finance what is the true economy that I may vote intelli- gently. Is it cheaper to pay damages to the victim of the banana peel from the city taxes or to compel the police to keep the sidewalks clear of pitfalls and the like. This Is the most perilous town in all Christendom to the
 F. E. Destrian
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
Railroad Commission.

Tuskegee News.
 We believe that The Advertiser Is right in contending that the making of the Railroad Commission elective would not improve. affairs but on the contrary would at each election embroil our State in un- necessary and hurtful campaigns. Such contests would bring to the front the small bore politicians whose only hope of success would lie in arousing the pre- judices of the people, We have seen the time in Alabama when before our juries it was awfully hard for wealthy men and corporations to get justice, Nobody wants to go back to such a condition. Today the Governor can select the very best equipped men of the State and an-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
HE BELONGS THERE.

The Advertiser fpupilsnes this morning
 and heartily cofnmends the address of
 Col. A. K. Mcclure, relative to a statue of Lee at Gettysburg. There is now be- fore the General Assembly of Pennsyl- vania bill appropriating $2o.ooo, provided the Legislature of Virginia will appro- priate like sum, the money to be used in erecting on the battlefield of Gettysburg a suitable statue to General Robert E. Lee. This was the motive of Colonel Mo- Clure's address.
 It was to be expected that this proposi- ton would be the signal for discordant notes of protest from those patriots who have yet to learn that there was honor
 and greatnesVand patriotism South of expected, and though we may deplore the
 narrow feeling behind this opposition we have no right to feel surprised. Some of the camps of the Grand Army of the Re- public have solemnly met and protested, but that also, is not & matter to be as- tonished at. It is no credit to them, and even as intolerant a Republican paper as The New York Commercial declares that
 the opposition of the Grand Army "does
 not sit we'll on that body" and The Phila- delphia Record says that mot only should such a statue be erected there, but the position of the Confederate army in the
 three days fighting should be appropri- ately marked"
 We confess to a feeling of surprise that strong note of disapproval should come from The Savannah Press, but that note is not based on any want of devotion to
 the memory of Lee. but solely on the feeling that the propbsition will revive
 sectional bitterness in the North, This is an argument which should have no
 weight. Any proposition to do honor or
 justice to the name of Lee or Davis will meet with this same opposition, and it should neither be needed or combated. In the present case the matter is for Penn syivania and Virginia to settle. The battlefield Is within and part of the his- tory of the former State, and when 1t takes the initiative there should be no hesitation on the part of Virginia. Let the heather rage as much as they like,
 but let Virginia pay no attention to the raging.
 As The New York Times recently re- marked, Lee belongs at Gettysburg" It
 was not only one of the bloodiest battles
 of the war. but on no other battlefield
 was there such superb display of cour- age and devotion as was there exhibited
 by the finest soldiery that any age or country ever produced. Whether that
 battle was lost to the Confectionery by the fault of Lee himself or of those under
 him matters not in this connection. He
 was the genius of the field, and though
 that field was lost 1t detracted nothing
 from the fame which is his. and of which
 no malice or envy can deprive him.
 Yes. Lee belongs at Gettysburg.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
r-s----------- The Selma Times man Is a phllose

The Selma Times man Is phliosophi- cal genius, The Times opposes sSo.- GOO appropriation for the St. Louis Ex- position, but. says he, having had our say, do not care whether the Legislature approprlates q, ,oco or $50 GOO for the above object" That's a good way to take it, Tine Advertiser has not been eentending for a specific amount but does insist that 1t should be sufficient to give Alabama a creditable representation,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
A Patriotie visx of It.

As for the propriety of . Northern State participating In erecting . monu- ment to Lee. thsts win bs few. forty years after. to Question N. Grant and gave to the nineteenth century. Lee wal tho fine type of Southern gentleman. "a model soldier, Christian gentleman No one act of sentimsnt can do more to obliterate the scars of the ,iong since q statue raised to Isse as GettSsbure by Pennsylvania in to-operation with vir- Glnia- The uonuments of Gettysburs should tell the whole story of that strug- gle. and no better way to begin the rec ord on the Confederate side h there than in the proposed equestrian statue to Rob ert D. Lee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
The Negro Mix-up.

NOOSd DPIHOCFdL. r
 Roosevelt has his individual rights and if he desires negro associates we have no objection. but as President of the United States. and at public functions, we se- riously object to the negro mix up. He Is doing as much to create sectional feel ing as Mckinley did to blot it out; and prejudice in the South and encoura ging the negro, who Is naturally humble and subservient. in insolence and taking from him the dearest treasure he possesses, tae friendship of the Southern whites.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

The Choctaw Advocate wants to know of The Advertiser how Q man can be held up and knocked down." Didn't you ever sec a game of ten-plns played? The pins are set up and knocked down. aren't they?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

.'Teil us what you are eating that makes The Advertiser always so interest ing" is the way The Moulton Advertiser tries to wheedle confession out of us, but we declne to be caught. Envy is a very unpleasant feeling and we don't want our old friend to have an attack of #.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

Kansas has a prohibition law which doesn't prohibit. and now they are trying to pass law prohibiting the eating of snakes. It really seems that the law makers don't want Kansans to have any fun at all.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

The Butte Inter Mountain keeps 6 regu- lar department of what happened twen- ty-one years ago today" If 1t could only tell what is going to happen twenty-one years ahead 1t would make q hit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
sNEER1No AT THE SOUTH.

The Kansas City Journal of recent date has. an editorial intended to bs sneeringly sarcastic towards the people of the South. closing with these words:
 It would seem from all this recent his- tory that before anybody enters upon 2 political discussion with a,, prominent nIinsnt himself for personal encounters. lnas- much as 1t 10 somewhat agAlnst all ideas of decency and morals for Northern men
 to use either list or pistol as arguments l ,,s of Congress, they are at . great disad- vantage. If matters grow worse. It per- haps would be advisable for each house to have wire-screen which could pc un- separate Northern and Southern mem bers when debates become overwarm, or If this would be too conspicuous method. few suits of armor might Dc purcnased statesmen who depend on logic and elo- quence to prove their points and carry their measures.
 We don't know that the Southern people have any apologies to make for what might ,be termed their fire-eating pro. clivities. even though The Journal cites the Tillman episode as one of the counts in its indictment. There are very few men in the South who endorse the act of Tillman or who are willing to ad- init that his act waa typical of tRe South ern spirit. for 1t was nothing of the kind. It was distinctly in violation of what may be called the sentiment of Southerners.
 However ready they may be to avenge insult or wrong. they do not usually adopt the tactics of the assassin.
 That there has always been broad difference between the personal charac- teristics of the people of the two sections is beyond doubt. Whether that differ ence proceeded from origin, climate or en- vironment. it certainly existed, especially
 years ago. The Northerners were largely dominated by the spirit of commercialism l which rendered them cautious and cal
 culating and averse to personal difficul-
 ties. even under great provocation. It was certainly different with the Southerner. Whether 1t was the blood of the Cavalier. the warm Southern sun or the habit of command incident to slavery.
 certain 1t is that our people have always been quick to resent an insult and not
 
 ing it. That this spirit may have some- times run to extremes. and that 1t some-
 times resulted in deeds of violence is not
 to be disputed. but at all events 1t was
 the spirit of brave men who scorned to
 turn their backs to an enemy or shrink
 from any personal danger.
 If The Journal wants usto look on the
 Northern man as one who will offer in-
 suits, but will not defend himself. who
 will use offensive language and will not
 bide the result, or who will throw down
 the glove of defiance and then shun the
 consequences-if that is the character our
 contemporary proposes to saddle onto its
 Northern friends, we feel no need to ar
 gue the matter. A Northern man, in
 Congress, or elsewhere. who acts like
 gentleman has no need of screen be-
 tween himself and Southern men. but if
 he fishes for trouble he is very apt to
 catch 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

The Advertiser is glad to know that The Fort Gaines Recorder is prospering to such an extent that 1t will soon be en- larged Editor Greene is an old news paper man. and his paper deserves the liberal patronage 1t is evidently receiv- ing,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
He is Color-blind.

CenterviIIe Press.
 President Roosevelt Is color-blind as to negro office-holder, just now, but ob- jects to polygamous Shoot being elected United States Senator from the State of Utah. But he stands cheek-by- fowl with such financial, political pariahs as Ad- dicks, Quay, and perhaps a few other stalwarts. being good and ever loyal Re publicans. when money and votes are needed. in a pinch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

That's her alphabetical position, any how says The Richmond Times Dis patch. referring to our remarks about Alabama heading the procession. Oh, shake off the idea that Virginia is the whole thing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

The Huntsville Mercury accuses Mont gomery of wanting to annex all the small towns in this county, bot that is mis- take. Montgomery Is not Birmingham, 1T you please
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

The Kansas girl who bet and lost one thousand kisses on an election is thought full enough to pay on the instalment plan. No man could take them all at once.