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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-13

night wrote graphic account Of the
fire from start to finish. He was the
most available reporter in NeW$:Y York
when the great Hoboken fire started,
and hiring steamer in the name Of
his newspaper, he saved many lives
before the fremen could render aid.
When President Mckinley was assas-
sinated at Buffalo the first news came
to all the papers in. New York in the
shape Of a very brief bulletin. A
group Of newspaper men simulta-
neously asked Of each other, "Where
is Foster?" Somebody explained that
he was then on his vacation at Nara
gansett Pier, but even while he was
speaking, a telegram to the city edi-
tor was received and torn open. It
read thus: ~ was right beside the
president when he was shot, having
come to Buffalo exposition to close
my vacation. Will send full descrip-
tive story tonight. - It was Foster.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-13

jumped to their feet and scattered.
With a joyous laugh the two men ran
over to the tables and scooped in all
the money in sight-a goodly pile
jumped on their horses and galloped
away.
''To say that the players were in
censed when they returned would be
putting it mildly. 1t turned out,
upon investigation, that it was only
black sand that the two desperate
men threw on the counter.'
The lawyer asked why, when one
Of these men threw some Of the stuff
in the stove it created a volume Of
smoke. The other thought he must
have had some real powder in his
pocket.
Now the second attorney is won
dering if his friend who told the
story was one of those who ran out Of
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-13
A LUCKY REPORTER.
lie Happened to Be on the Spot on
Important Occasions.
Remson Crawford in Success Maya

Remson Crawford in Success Maya
zine.
It requires eternal vigilance for a
reporter to bag his game, leaving not
single chance for escape. It might
be further said, however, that the ele-
ment Of luck does creep in now and
then, either to newspaper mans ad-
vantage or to his ruin When Regi-
naId Foster was one Of the craft, he
came famous as the luckiest Of re-
porters. He was alert, energetic and
capable of writing an excellent story
when he landed it, but seemed to have
mascot perennial and eternal.
Wherever he went he stumbled upon
"beat." He happened to be report
ing St. Patrick's day parade and
went into Windsor hotel to telephone
his Office when the fateful fire started
in the hostelry, resulting in the horr1-
bic deaths Of great number Of per
sons. Foster abandoned the parade,
and helped rescue the imprisoned pa
irons Of the burning hotel, and that
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-13
THE SOUTH THE PLACE TO DIE.
Down There They Show They Know
It When A Prominent Citizen
Dies.

Two southerners now living in New
York were exchanging recollections.
"Whatever became of -, who came
up here from Selma a few years after
reconstruction asked the Kentuck-
ian.
event back, baggage and accoutre-
ments about four years ago." answer
ed the Georgian.
"Didn't It he do we'll in New York ?"
"Better than he ever did before.
But Jim had a streak of that fool SEN
timent which has kept so many SOUTH
erners down at the heel. He was al
ways pining.' -
eff he was doing we'll why did he
pine?"
HE always used to say to me that
New York was the best town on earth
to live in, but he always got the blues
when he got to thinking about dying
here. And what do you suppose was
the kick about that?
II was up to his house one night
and he got to doing business with the
undertaken as usual. I made myself
very inquisitive, for I had got toler-
able tired of hearing him on that
topic.
''Thereupon he dug up bundle of
southern newspapers. They were from
several states. Jim began opening
the file. Nearly every paper he open
ed had an obituary Of some prominent
man or woman.
Look at 'em!' said Jim in for
lorn sort Of way.
" We'll, Jim,' I says, what about
'em?'
'' That's it, be replied. Every
one of these obituaries has mourning
rules at the top and bottom, and in
some cases the whole Of the page is in
mourning. They read as if the writer's
were broken hearted. Some Of the ar
ticles have poetry in them. Now and
then there is some Latin
II asked him if it wasn't all right
for a good man to have such a send
off,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-13
Why They Retired.

Baltimore Sun. > ..s'>
A prominent attorney Of Baltimore
told the following story on one Of his
colleagues recently Of the time when
he was in the west, when the gold
fever was at its height:
Zone Of the largest gambling
houses in San Francisco was in full
swing when, in walked two men, one
Of whom carried large powder horn.
They ambled up to the bar, and the
man with the powder horn threw it
on the counter and said in loud
voice: I am tired Of it all, and shall
end it here; but I may as well take
my friends along with me- He then
dumped out on the counter a quantity
of what looked to be powder. His
companion took from his pocket some
of the same stuff and threw it into
the fire, whereupon black smoke puff
ed out from the stove. By that time
the gamblers looked around and were
Mortified to see the other one seize the
horn and to throw the contents into
the stove.
"The whole company, thinking
there would be a terrible explosion,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-13
SUMMER SCHOOL.
County Superintendents of Five
Counties Arrange For Joint
Institute at Greenville.

Greenwood, S. c. March S.-The
county superintendent IF education
of the following counties met here
yesterday: Salrla. Abbeville. New
berry. Laurens and Greenwood. and
decided to hold here sum-
mer school with eight or ten instruct
ors. These counties will comprise a
district and il is their hope that by SO
doing they can have much better
school than if the old plan Of indi-
vidual schools was held. The sessions
Will be held at Lander college. Hon.
0. B. Martin. state superintendent OF
education. was present and encour-
aged the work. All Of the superin-
tendents were enthusiastic over the
prospect of good school. Arrange
ments will be made at once to have
prominent educators deliver address
eS.
It is currently reported that the
Charleston and Western Carolina rail
way will at an early date put on an
other passenger train running from
Spartanburg to Greenwood and re-
turn. This train is asked for Spar
tanburg T. P. A., and is seconded by
Greenwood business men. IF put on
it will arrive here about 10 o'cioch a
N. and return to Spartanbrrs in the
evening.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-13
TRUTH ABOUT ADVERTISING.
Temptation to Exaggerate Should Be
3 Resisted By Writers.

There is no good thing in this world
that is not misused, and this is as
true Of advertising as Of anything
else. The temptation to 'stretch
things' in telling story of business
which is truly what an ADVERTISE
ment ISIS as strong as in telling an
ordinary yarn; and this leads to un-
truth and deception, with the conse-
quent result that the average adver-
tisement is discounted as to it's most
important statements, and in many
cases properly so. The firm that sue
ceeds in sticking to the exact truth
in it's advertising and convinces the
people Of the fact, has learned the Sc
cret Of making advertising pay, pro-
viding it also knows how to tell the
truth in a timely and convincing man
ner.
A single business man in a town
who brazenly disregards setting forth
exact facts in his advertising may cas-
lily spoil the value Of advertising to all
the rest and to the newspapers as
we'll. so that it would be a splendid
law if it could be made an indictable
offense for a dealer to make any state
ment in print not easily substantiated.
No doubt there would be revolution
in present advertising methods, but
the result would be healthful and in
the end more profitable to all concern
ed. No town ever amounts to much
without one or more good newspapers
to tell the stories Of business. This
can be set down as indisputable. The
advent Of newspaper, therefore, Of
ten marks the beginning Of towns
business prosperity and general awak-
ening, but it is doubtful whether the
newspaper is given this credit. It is
often true that non-advertiser IN a
live town does a good business-it is
very natural that he SHOULDN'T the
credit is not due to himself or to his
not advertising, but to those. who do
spend their cash literally with. the
newspapers and bring the tide Of peo-
pie to the place to trade. Once there
they are very likely to drop into
stores that do not advertise, particu-
larly in certain lines Of business. not
usually extensively advertised. Sec
ondly, then, it is the advertisers who
help: make a town progressive--in
helping their own business they help
The sum of the whole question is,
therefore, that public spirited } and
discerning people should support ad-
yertising firms and at the same time
insist on their: telling the truth. IF
the peeple@like to- be deceived and
some appear to-Ithey are apt to be
accommodated, but if. - merchants
know that their. announcements are
critically watched and: that their un-
truthfulness reacts on their business
no other-incentive toward reformation
is needed The people can, if they
wish, compel truthful stories Of bus
mess to be told and thereby raise the
value Of advertising to everybody
the merchant, the newspaper, the
town and the community in general
Md Record.
When woman hates somebody it
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-13
the place. Of course he could not
have been one Of the desperadoes,| so
how did he know? '' =: ..;-.. =.
Pointed Paragraphs.

The life of 1oafer isn't worth liy-
ing. .'@,''s,''
After all, great man is only lit
tie boy grown up.
Too many people are like cider
they become sour with age.
If you have talent for criticism
don't fail to use it on yourself. XII
If you do some men favor they
act as if they were doing you favor
by letting you do it. ',.-''
+ Sometimes a man is unable to make.
both ends meet because he keeps them
headed in opposite directions.
Happiness is nine part imagination
and one part brag about it. ,'>' ;:.-.. .:
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-13

When woman hates somebody il
is sign she is going to smile as if
she didn't.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-11
ONLY TWO CONTESTS.
Election Commissioner Returns Home
and Gives Out information.

Election Commissioner Returns Home
and Gives Out information,
JAS a. Burns, election commission.
OF this district who was ut Musho
gee Yesterday TO return the ballot
boxes i.um this election, said that
nap 20 that time only two contests had
been filed One was the Weeks con.
test rgm the Ardmorc d strict, which
Mr. Blrus claimed that Weeks could
no doubt win. and the other was a
'outyst in The Wagner district which
was Won by q Republican The Re
rGn'cnn vIa elected hy majority
D.. '', votes TN. Republican carried
one. rrcr.uC, In that district by lIl
votes, the Democrats are con'csting
his Erection OWING to the fact that two
ballots were cast in that precinct be.
fore the officers of the election had
been SWORN In
Mr RUrns also stated that he mot
Chas. II. FilsOu, Oklahoma's Rcpubli,
can secretary of state, and asked Eli
son what he thought of the Democrat
iC landslide in the new state Mn
Filson replied. y refuse to talk tor
publication"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-11
M '0UATTERS Is HERE
PAVING MACHINERY IN COURSE
OF ERECTION.
The Company Expects. TO Do More
Paving Work When the Contract
with the City Of Ardmore
Is Completed.

s j. NcQuarJors. manager uf tho
| ICgm.lgrs Plumbing q Nanufactur
. ing Company is in the city. Mr. Nc
Quarters came in Saturday afternoon
. from Waco TcEls lie was i'm consul
ta'iou with Mayor Dick aud a few of
. tine aldermen of the city SATURDAY. aft
oruuuu They were completing all ar
rangcmcuts and coming to understand.
ings upon the contract for the paving
Nj MCQuartcrs when seen Satur.
day afternoon stated that he would
remain iu the city for few days
while the erection Of the machinery
is iu progress When asked how long
il would be before actual paving
would begin, he stated that This qucs.
ton he was unable 10 answer How.
ever, he made the assertion that the
machinery for the paving would be mp
in two weeks and then there is moth.
ing that stands iu the way uf immcdi.
ate work. The crusher which Is TO be
used tu crush the rock for the fouuda.
ton has been erected in the Walcott
addition southwest of the city. and
viii hc started the latter part Of the
w.c.
Mr. NcQwuaes stated thai the cost
of thn payiu- machinery is csu-
matad at $4,000 lt is the intention
or tho company to let it remain here
until ArimOro has been paved H..
said "thg officers of our company arr.
not OF the opinion that this will Dc
tho only job of work they will have
iu Ardmorc am dare prepared when
. I...
bids for paving ON other streets"
Mn McQuartyrs stated thar the Nc.
Quarters Plumbing and Manufacm-
ing Company have been notified bg
the Ardmorc Ice. Light & Power Co..
that the company which is TO put i'm
the street car line i'm Ardmoro would
want his concern to do their work Of
paving. The franchise by which the
power company secured the right to
nut i'm the street car system was that
the street car company pave that part
of the street taken up by their tracks
and two feet on either side OF the
tracks This paving will be done in
connection with the paving Of the
other part of the street.
MI McQuarters is well satisfied
with the progress that has been made
toward making arrangements Tor the
paving He visited the place where
the machinery is being erected and al
so the site where the crusher Is To-
Gated. lie will remain in Ardmore sew
cra' days after which h will return
To- Waco. lie will be here while tho
paving is in progress to give it hi
Us~-Dual attention
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-11
STREET RAILWAY SURVEY.
Survey Of Main Street Made Saturday.
Construction to Commence.
s*****"***@ :..s-s.s.ss..

The survey of the proposed Ard.
more street railway was made Sat
urday afternoon from the Frisco rail
road tC T. street west on Main street
At this point the survey stopped. The
survey was made with the view of be.
ginning immediate work. II takes in
width of ten feet in the middle or
Main street
The franchise for the completion
of the street railway is in the hands
of the ArdmOre Ice, Light & Power
company of this city. In this franchise
Is embodied clause which stated
the holder thereof viii. pay for the
laying of the paving on that part OF
the street used by the railway and at
a distance of two feet on either side
of the road.
The street railway will be laid NJ
the same time the pavement is put
down. AS the paving will probably be
gin in about three weeks the railway
company have begun their survey
none too soon. The same company
which is paving the remainder of the
street will have the contract for paw
ing that part of the street to be paid
for by the Ardmore Ice, Light & Pow
er company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-11
WILL MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
Another Story to be Added-Elevator
to be Installed.

another Story TO be Added-Elevator
to be Installed.
improvements amounting to b-.
tween $4,000 and $4,000 will b,
made on the Wilmington hotel pron.
erty, Another floor will be added TO
the front part Of the building and
twenty-four or five rooms added.
making the hotel have capacity of
al least l25 rooms. It is also the I'm.
tention Of the owner, w. F. Whiting.
ton, to install an elevator and nut
down tile flooring in the lobby.
Capt. Wilmington has had these
improvements in contemplation for
the past several weeks and the archi.
tects are at present engaged on the
work OF arranging the plans
II will be unnecessary TO strength.
on the front walls as they are about
is inches thick The entire front, -
feet, will be included in the addition
of the new story.
1t Is the intention of Capt. Whit
tinEton to make the hotel as complete
as any in the state and with the in.
stallation Of the elevator and the
other floor, the improvement on the
building will be noticeable to the
stranger arriving in the city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-11

The following is the program for the
week:
For the benefit of those who have
never had the opportlnitE OF seeing
life saving dogs ana also for TIE ben.
eft OF those that have seen them, the
Bijuu this week are presenting an eA
hihition of how the life saving dogs
work, using exactly the same aprar-
atus that is used AT lita saving sta
tiOns.
These dOEs are owngl uud were
trained by Captain Sidney Hinman,
who comes direct from Couev Island,
y. Y, where he spent So aruteen lears
of his life in this line Of work.
Nell Bbel, the man with the gold
mine in his mouth mot that IL Is stud
dcd with diamonds) as he lays claim
to no such distinction, but because he
has such wonderful control over the
muscles Of his mouth, and can twist
60 into more shapes than any other
man i'm that line. He is certainly
one Of those funny fellows.
Naue aad paCtanyille, aerial art
lists have one of the highest class acts
I'm vaudeville
The Illustrated song and the moving
icu.es are both excellent, and taking
the show "a whole, It is without
"a doubt one OF the best bills that has
eva been to the B'iou
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-11
He Visited in Ardmore

Nelson Wolfe, an Indian from Sui.
phur, visited Ardmore Saturday and in
his rounds about town he explored
the plant of the Ardmorc Steam Laun.
dry. After he had come out he wrote
the following verse in his own Ian.
crude way:
OF all the work
! ever saw work
Was when | was i'm the work
OF the Ardmore Steam Laundry
work.
The only and the good work
OF ArdmOre work.
Why the works of steam laundry
works
Like one of these S.duy clocks works
And a better time ! never saw work
Until | saw the Ardmore Steam
Laundry work
Why 1t works like old clock work.
NELSON WOLFE,
Visitor OF places of work Of sulphur,
l. T. II
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-11
F1 Nl.Sl For Everything That Is
kE1uH 1MTEViltAl Mad I'm.
! uHA SSV'I isIa Tin Roofins Speciality
oILmER CHANGES HANDS.
). NJ. oriswell Of Winchester. Tenn.
Buys Out ]. 3. Shea

ouyS Out J. =. Shed.
Mine host J. F. Shea has disposed
Of the Gilmer hotel 20 s. NJ. Griswcll
Of Winchester Tenn. The deal was
made Saturday afternoon and Col.
Griswell, the new proprietor, will take
control Monday The consideration
could not be ascertained.
Mr. Shea leaves this city for Denver
90 engage in another line of business.
While citizen Of this city Mr. Shea
has made many friends who regret to
see him leave.
The new proprietor is a congeuial
gentleman and has had ten years ex
perience in the hotel business. having
controlled hostelries in McMinnville
Tenn Winchester Tenn, Sheffield
Ala. and Clarksvillc, Tenn He
comes here from Winchester
II is the intention of Mr. Griswell
20 make number of improvements
i'm the building and also to refurnish
the rooms.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-11
Sanders Buys Property.

As an evidence of the confiden
ia Ardmore real estate. secretary OF
the Commercial Club r. J.. Sanders
Saturday purchased through Kahn d
Rollins, the residence property ci
Fred Gates The property is among
the choicest resident lots in the city
The lots are Six232 feet and are sit
uatad in the southwest part of town
This Is Mr. Sanders first venture ia
real estate, but he says he has absolute
confidence in Ardmora's future.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-11
Watches and Jewelry

Full and complete line OF watches,
clocks and jewelry. Watches from
$3.50 to $50. II YOU want a good watch
for little money come TO /. Boger. If
you have a watch that others can't
repair bring o, TO l. Boger | make a
speciality of repair work
3l'o l. BOGER.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-11
Cured Of Rrlahts Disease.

Mr. Robert O. Burke, Elmira, ~ Y,
writes; Before | started to use Fo-
ley's Kidney Cure | had to get up
from twelve to twenty times a night,
and ! was all bloated up with dropsy
and my oyesight was so impaired |
could scarcely see one of my family
across the room. had given up hope
of living when a friend recommended
Foiey's Kidney Cure. One soc bottle
worked wonders and before | had ia
ken the third bottle the dropsy had
gone, as we'll as all other symptoms
.of Brights disease
Hoffman Drug Co., and City Drug
Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-11

II you have a citizenship claim pend.
ng and are not yet enrolled, or have
other business before the Interior De.
partment, write Immediately to Will
lam w. Wright, registered attorney,
Offices, Washington Loan & Trust
Building, Washington, d. c.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-11
For Sale

Two very desirable pieces OF Ard.
more property. The First Baptist
church property, located on Broadway,
is offered cheap This street viii
soon be the main business thorough
fare of the city The other piece Is
the pastors home on d street uortt
west. See l.. c. Leisure. Az
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-11

See Lou l.. Wagnus, the champion
fancy billiard shot OF the world, at
pcWitts smoke house and billiard
parlors, THURSDAY Nov -. 1880 p. IN
It's free TO all 6-9t
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-11
POSTAL RECEIPTS INCREASE,
Good Showing Made in the Amount
Of Postal Receipts.


The receipts at the local post Of
fee for the month of October just
passed show an increase over the cor
responding month of last year Of
S39Oli The receipts for October Of
this year amounted to $2,2S9li and
for the same month in 1905 they were
.Sl,S99.00 The receipts for the month
lust passed were the largest for any
month since the establishment of the
office in this city. The expenses for
maintaining the office for October
amounted to Sl46S.5l, which leaves
a clear profit OF $S2O.63 remitte. to
the postofiiCc department from the
office here as earnings for one month.
The gain in receipts of S39O.li for
October over the saaIe month of ast
wear is an evidence of the m-ease
n all lines of business. The receipts
have been growing steadily for the
past year and each months receipts,
whom business Is normal, shows a
greater receipt than the month pre-
codirg #, while the expenses are prac.
tiCaNy the same.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-11
PETITION FoR CITIZENSHIP.

Heroert A. Higgins, an English Sub.
Jeet, Makes Application
herbert \. Hieg.ns, q farmer living
IN the Glenn section. and who has
been residen; of this country since
1870, but who is a subject of kim
Edward of England, applied for natu.
rallza'ion papers Friday afternoon.
\ hearing was given the appllca.
tion with c. p. Van Denberg ana
Geo. Corbin as principal witnesses.
Mr. Higgins has never cared for the
rights heretofore on account of NOT
being allowed the right of franchise
In national politics, but since the
new state has been formed he wants
To be a sure enough American.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-11

Hcrschel Connell has sold his Third
avenue real estate and collecting
agency TO Messrs. J. l.. Joiner and c.
NJ tlhney OF Ardmore and the latter
gentlemen are now in charge. They
are popular and well known young
men hustlers and capable anI busi.
ness-ilke from the word go-Durarr
Statesman
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-11-11

Iho public school board held their
regular weekly meeting Saturday ar.
turnoun. The accounts for the running
expenses of the schools for the past
month amounting TO $1,000, were al.
lowed and other routine business at.
LNmAnd %.