The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-05-02
soeRreTY AND SUCCESS.


The announcement Of lndiana's new
drinking man need apply is the latest
drinking man need apply is tn clat-at
example Of he disrcputo into which
,ippling has fallen. For years several
OF the great railways hnvc insisted
that their employees shall be sober
mon. and others large corporations
have followed their lead, with the re
suit that drinking Is no longer consid
cred respectable" To be sure no"
and then we hear tho possimistic VIII
that intcmpcrance Is on the increase,
but the facts show nothing Of the
Kind. saws Robert Webster Jones inI
the May Housekeopcr. Half cen
tury ago our representatives in con
gross thought lt no disgrace 20 De car
riod hclplcssly intoxicated from the
dining table Today the sale OF liquor
is prohibited in the national capitol
many of the senators and congress
men have interested themselves &C.
lively In t-mperance legislation. AZ
banqucts VI Chambers Of Commerce
in our large cities It is not uncommon
TO omit wine from The menu, and
where wine Is served 81 is untastcd b.
a largo number oi diners. Tho en-
ployor no longer demands the ability
IN the bibulous line from his travelling
mon. Business is not got BY the
rrokscrcw nowadays.
We read sensational stories in the
yellow journals occasionally concern.
ing the uppling among socalled so
cicty women Some OF them. no
doubt. are true, but We should remcm.
Der what an extremely limited co
taric society It, both as regards
numbers ana influence. Even were
all fashionable society TO dring II.
SELF to death, the work Of the worls
would proceed as usual
In the twentieth century scheme OF
civilization there Is no place for
drunes or drunkards. Il has taken
our race q gnoi many years TO r+tch
this point where Il Is just beginning
TO learn To live.
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The death uf Gen Fit2hugh Leo
from , .i'.k, of aUoLlcNy -iu bc q
source OF universal regret. He was
perhaps, the most popular officer on
1 the retired list, rs II stands today. and
was wcllknown and greatly beloved
| throughout the south. Recently he had
/ devoted considerable efforts to the ad.
| yancNmcnt OF the jamestown EXposi-
! tion. and IN the performance of his
duties rad visited various sections OF
the country. Everywhere he was given
a cordial reception, and the scenes At.
tending his arrival and departure AZ
| various places partOok of the nature
Of an ovation. Legislative bodies We'd
with each other in doing credit to the
gallant officer OF the Conicdcscy and
the retired general OF the United
States army. ENConfcdorate organi2a
tions never tired of doing him honor
and his trip through the south must
have been very pleasant indeed. His
sudden death will be a shock 10 the
country, and the bornycd relatives
viii receive ample evidence OF the cs
TEEN Ia which he was held By the
public
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Counsel for Nan Patterson decided
not to offer any evidence for the de
rcnsc after the state had closed in III,
proceedings yesterday. The impression
prevails that the jury will take a sim
liar view of the case 20 that which ey
idcntly actuatcd the defense, and tina
this time Nan Peterson will be ac
Quilted.
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II IS announced that Nj Schwal
has made a contract To build some
powerful bnttleshlps for the Russians
Some Of them are 10 bo built on thii
side of the water. The last named vii