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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-31
UNIONS Will.
CELEBRATE
THE MAYOR WILL ISSUE CLOSING
PROCLAMATION SUNDAY.
Everything viii Be Made Ready for
the Entertainment Of the People.
Union Parade and Flag Raising
o.. Two Important Features.

Three more days, Monday, Scptcm-
Der the 3rd., and the big Labor Day
celebration will be on. The labor
unions OF the city, nine in number,
have been untiring In their prepara.
tons for the coming event and when
the crowd appears on the morning OF
the Bird, all will be in readiness for
| their entertainment. Each union has
pledged themselves to give s?5 to-
wards fund for the entertainment of
all visitors. and they have at present
"A fund of about 800. The Carpenters
Union, the strongest union in the city.
having ninety members. have given
$3.50 towards the entertainment, while
the teamsters, the next strongest un-
ion, has given accordingly.
Workmen have already started erect
ing the stands. tables and arbor. The
flag pole from which is to fly the
flag presented to he Trades Council
by j. Z. Coleman, was completed yes.
terday afternoon. The pole is 60 feet
and 6 inches In height, and stands in
the center p' the grounds. This flag
viii be ra.sgd rs part of the cercmon-
les o, the day, with a speech of pres
entation by NJ Coleman.
Mayor X. W Dick has been asked
TO issue proclamation to the bus
mess men of the city, to close their
doors on Labor Day He will issue
this proclamation Saturday. and It is
expected that all business houses who
can do so without injury to their bus
iacss, will close on that day. Many
business men have expressed them
selves as going to close on that day and
allow their employees a holiday. others
who can not close the entire day are
goinr to give half the day 10 Ceie.
bra,lrg Labor Day.
The program which has been pub,
shed. shows the line of parade In
which The unions will march to the
grounds.
| The Carpenters Union will come
fires. having been granted their char
ter first, and the others will follow in
line as they were granted their cnar.
ters. The entire nine unions will De
represented In full force Cr as fill a
line as possible and they Will make
4 good showing. Each Union has pre-
pared some emblem or fag which will
be- carried by a banner.bearer to the
grounds. The line of march will be-
formed nn Broadway
\ number of business men and bus
mess npuses are having floats con.
s'rncted tn represent their business,
an these will he In the grand parade
This will pobably be the greatest
Gathering of labor uniOns aud repre-
seniatives Of vnion men which has
ever cOngregated In Ardmoro. They
viii make tine showing for uniOnism
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-31
IMPORTANT CHANGES.
Prof. Evans Is Re-organizins the City
Schools.

Schools.
More money is being spent on Ard
more City Schools and more strength
and convenience to pupils and patrons
are growing out of it. Here arc some
itemized statements interesting 70 all
Ardmore school people.
% There will be an Eighth Grade
in First and Third wards from the
first and in the Second and Fourth
wards when school buildings are com.
plcted.
(2) \ Seventh Grade will be placed
in the Third ward and all pupils pro-
NOTED to that grade on entering It
from the Third ward will not pass to
First ward as heretofore.
CD Th First Grade in Third ward
has grown too heavy for one teacher.
It will be divided between Mrs. Berk.
shire and Mrs. Hardy.
ca Last year there were 25 teach
crs doing the work, this year there
will be thirty-one. Better work will
be the consequence.
| 60 A supervisor of music and draw.
ing will take charge. OF this most i'm.
portaut work of the schools.
90 The pupils entering Eighth Grade
out Of Second ward will enter that
grade in First ward. Those out OF
Fourth ward will enter Third ward.
~. All pupils entering First Grade
living between West Main and West
Broadway will enter Third ward
school.
.lSI The boundaries for schools will
remain the same as last year until
schools and yiaducts are completed
Santa Fe tracks, North and South
and Main street east and west mark
the wards.
CHARLES EVANS,
Superintendent.
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AN IDEAL TOWN.
Negro Village Governed by An Arbi
tration Board.

Judge = y Robnett Is at home from
I'tums "hcr, h" attended Il barbecua
cNen hy colOred people He says
ratum Is . town of 500 people In
which there il NOT white merchant
The town is not Incorporated hut the
citizens have u city arbitration board
to- which NIL matters of litigation are
submitted aud the nesyoes are govern
ed by the decisions of this board
Very few cases reach the courts from
that town.
: Some two or three hundred white
Te.IlG Were at the barbecue. These
were fed at u separate table and he
:"e the negros were served. Pl,nt,
III Iocl things were supplied. NJ;
,ininstt states that not an officer WI.
nn the grounds and there was ia
! disturbance of any kind The Jurlst
s'nt' i lat nearly AL the negroes WEI,
ia'd 'w'.rrs ana IL Le was info IN
that 100 copies OF the Ardmoreite
rca'hcl that town regularly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-31
Y. M. c. A. Market.

The ladies OF the Y. NJ. c. A. WIFI
hold their regular Saturday marker
at Noble Brothers hardware store
tomorrow. The many delicacies of the
season will be for sale. Come and 50.
lect good dinner for Sunday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-31
Attention Woodmen.

Assessment No. 1871, due Aug. I.
1906, must be paid on or before Sept. 1
or you will stand suspended unit.
paid r. + HOMES
l9-3t C,orl.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-31

George Dashncr. who for the past
m?n.h or more has been confined to
his bed, at the Ardmorc Sanitarium,
where he was operated uunn for ap-
pchdicitis Is again on the streets. Nj.
rashrers many friends will he glad
that he Is again his former self and
Hp again after so severe a trial.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-31
LABOR DAY, SEPTEMBER 8.

Misses Mary and Nell Gwyn who
have been in the city for several days
the guests Of MIS-. John Whteman, left
yesterday. Miss Mary returned to her
home at Gainesville, while Miss Nell
Cwyu will go to Ada to spend a few
days before returning home.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-31

Why does the sun burn? why doos
mosquito sting? Why do you feel
unhappy in the Good Old Summer
Time? Answer: We use Dewitt,
Witch Hazel salve. Sold by Hoffman
Drug Co. q.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-31
NV cent cigar,
EAEDO Made in Ardmor,
Daily hrdmoreite, so cents per month

An accurate clinical, or fever, ther-
mometer will determine the true con.
dition of a person who shows signs
OF fever We have guaranteed ones
at sc To $3.50.
20 f. j. RAMSEY, Druggist,
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MARKET REPORTS
(By r.. Il. GuiIlot & Co.. members Of
New Orleans Cotton Exchange)
COTTON MARKET.

ArdmOre August 3l.-The following
are the quotations for today:
Liverpool Futures.
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ONLY THIRTY DAYS MORE,
The Water and Sewer Mains Will Be
Finished.

Finished.
Henry G, Ulen, Manager Of the Am.
erican Light and Water Company
which company is laying the water aui
sewer mains In this city arrived last
usht from Kansas City Mr.. Clon
came TO Ardmore to look over tie
work his company is doing here, and
TO see how near it is to completion,
In speaking OF the laying of the mains
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-31
New 3uquies,

We have in u very fine line Of new
buggies and are making the prices
and terms attractive. Cali in, loo,,
through our stock and get our prices
before you buy.
NOBLE BROS.
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Pasture.

Good grass and water, 81 per month.
aash. Phone S72. Plainview Farm. 2ltf
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LOST.

LOST-Between Tatums and Davis,
small black pocket-book containing
private papers. VIII pay liberal re-
ward for its return. T. n. Robnett,
Ardmore, |. T. 31.dwtt
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GRAIN.
Livestock.

Hogs strong 70 higher.
Left over 800
Receipts year ago, 10000
Mixed 557 to G3)
Good, SIS 10 $50
Rough go to so
Light 5sD toss
Cattle, stroDg
Sheep strong,
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as were needed by them to carry on the
elaborate temple cult. Sign lists. gram
NAUTICAL paradigms, writing exercises, syl-
labaries, multiplication tables and astrono-
mical calculations form the chief part of
the tablets belonging to the temple school;
but there are also some distinctly literary
texts. such as hymns lamentations. legends
and myths, which are either practice tab
lets. prepared In or for the school, or repre-
sent in part the collection of texts used
in connection with the cult. It Is plausible
to assume that the texts comprising the
ritual of the temple were kept In the school
or somewhere near the school; but even
assuming that there were a couple of hun
dred texts of this character, this would not
constitute a temple library" by which an
extensive literary archfve Is meant.
So far as can be judged by the unsatis-
factory data at our disposal for determin-
Ing the character of the finds made by
Messrs. Peters and Haynes at Nippur, the
large collection of tablets from the temple
of Bel at that place is precisely of the same
character as at Sippar. The great bulk
of the Nippur tablets are no doubt of
business and administrative character.
either connected with the temple or OF a
private character; and II is also evident
that among the 1900 tablets Tor there
abouts) found by Haynes at Nippur in
January and February. 1900 there were
quite number that must have formed part
of the outfit of the temple school-sgn lists,
writing and reading exercises. syilabaries
multiplication tables, etc.-precisely as at
are also some literary texts in the proper
sense (hymns, nominations etc. may be
regarded as extremely probable. AS mat
ter OF course, We must assume that either
in the school or somewhere within the
temple precinct at Nlppur Gas at Sippar)
the religious texts used in connection with
the cult were kept; but these certainly did
not range into the thousands, and at all
events there Is not the slightest reason for
assuming that there was a temple library
at Nippur consisting of ..23. eco literary
texts" At Babylon the number Of tablets
| found by systematic excavations has been
small, but through private diggings Of
thievish Arabs conducted at various times
| many thousands of tablets have been
brought out OF the mounds at Babylon, and
from the mounds on the opposite side Of
| the river marking the site of Borsippa.
Through dealers these tablets have found
their way to the museums Of Europe and
America Here again the vast majority
have turned out to be business documents
either bearing on the administration and
| commercial activities Of the temple to
Mardrk at Babylon and temple to Nebo
at Borsippa. Evidence Is also Forthcoming
| for the existence OF temple schools at both
places. and We have numerous syllabarfes
grammatical paradigms and religious texts
| that can be traced back to these schoois
| In view, however. OF the centralixing re-
iigious tendencies that set In after the days
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opened the choice at to 2. went up in the
betting to to 1, and after leading for a
81 eater part Of the distance stopped badly.
Flying Virginian. 2 to l favorite, was
beaten easily Three favorites won.
The Summaries.
First race. six furlongs, main course-First
Premium. 126 (Bedell), to l and to o, won;
Old Faithful. 11s Lyne), 10 to and to l.
second: Ballotta, Ill tRadtke), to and TO l.
third. Time. LA 10. Hooray, Snow. East End.
sly Ben Water Tank, Lady Anne and Water
Grass also ran
Second. mile-Tiptoe, 116 (Mirier). 10 to and
even won: Monet, 115 tMartnl to and 2 to /,
second: Bohemian. 100 (Radtke), IA to and even
third. Time 10 Graziallo. Ironsides. Tele-
phone. Samson, Champlain and Warming ran.
Third. the Pansy stakes, selling, six furiongs On
turf-Frank Lord. 81 Oifller), to and ! to Z,
won: Gold Lady. 95 tHaganl. 0 TO and to o;
second: Mexican Silver 95 (Horner1, to ana
even third. Time. LIS 3-6. Jobstown and Mas
ter Lester ran.
Fourth. steeplechase selling. short steeplechase
course-Yama Christy. IA (Holman), to ana 9
to s. won; Tom Coxan, 1873 (Palmerl, to ana
to s. second; Folaow On, 1876 tSiaughter), Z to
and to 1. third Time. Alp rs. Flying sir-
gilman. Caller and Gypsic ran
Fifth 1--WE and half furlongs. Futurity course
Fountain Blue. 122 (Miller). even and 2 to o;
won: Royal Breeze, III (Hennessy). 10 to ! ana 9
to 1. second: Pierrot. liz tRadtke). 9 to ana z
to l. third Time los 40 Dashaway Smiling
Tom King Ahab, James Crawford. Little Min
lister. Preciosa II and Sailor Girl ran
Sixth selling, and One-sixteenth miles, on
won: Sir Caruthers. 81 Afiller) IS to and g to
l. second: Far West io5 Rnapp,, ad to anc
Robador. Druid John Lyle: Chariatan, Mary
MOrris Miss Cliff, r. r. Williams, Ambef1aek,
Ancestor and F1mnap ran.
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Of Mammorabi &c. 200 B. Co who united
the various Euphratean states into a single
empire, and which led to the endeayor to
assign to Marduk. the patron deity of the
city of Babylon, the attributes of all the
other great gods. like Bel Of Nippur. Sham
ash of Sippar. Ea of Eridu, myths that
were originally associated with the one or
the other OF these gods. were transferred
TO Marduk. Instead of Bel of Nippur,
Marduk became the slayer of the dragon
Tiamat and the institutor of law and order
In the world. Hymns and rituals that were
prepared for the Bel, Shamash and Ea
cults were changed and adapted to the wor-
ship of Marduk. There would thus be a
motive on the part of the priests of Mar
duk TO collect In the temple or in the temple
schooi literary productions that originated
IN Nippur Sippar. Eridu and elsewhere,
whereas the motive would be lacking, e. r..
In Nippur. the priests of which would not
be interested in the hymns lamentations,
rituals and myths that belonged to Sippar.
ana vice versa Literature for literature's
sake did not exist in ancient Babylonia.
All literature. as all religion, had practical
basis and practical purpose
With the single probable exception of
Babylon. therefore. there is no reason to
believe that the Babylonian temples had
libraries Le-. extensive literary archives
The evidence is against the assumption.
and the assumption itself is unwarranted
The exception in favor OF the Marduk ar
chive at Babylon is favored by the testi-
mony TO be derived from the only genuine
library hitherto found In Mesopotamia.
| namely. the large literary collection made
by King Ashurbanapal of Assyria in the
seventh century B. c., In his palace at
Nineveh, which was discovered by Layard
In 1S49. Through Layard and subsequent
explorers. like Rassam, Smith Rawlinson
and Bulge almost 10000 tablets and frag-
ments Of tablets have been brought to the
| British Museum. About two-fifths OF this
collection Is of Babyionian origin. repre-
senting copies Of Babylonian texts pre-
pared from the originals by Ashurban ma naI'a
| scribes. Internal evidence shows that very
| many of these originals belonged to the
Marduk archive at Babylon. which Il Is
safe to assert constituted the chief source
for the Babylonian literature preserved In
the library OF the ambitious Assyrian king
In the case of Ashurbanapal, there was 4
motive for the collection OF texts not pro-
duced In Assyria. only this motive was sec-
ular, and not religious. as in the case OF
Babylon. The Assyrian monarch wished 70
SECURE for his capital, Nineveh the pro
eninence once enjoyed by Babylon: ana ID
| order 10 emphasisA and symbolixe hin con-
troll of Babylonin and her cults. he gathered
IN his paiace-not In temple-fhe outfits
OF the temple schools IN Babylonia. iuclud-
| ing. the texts used IN the cult-the hymns,
lamentations, omens, rituals ana also tha
myths and iegen6s which. ~ We now know,
were also directly ccnnected with the cult.
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ADMIRAL nojestvensky's Trial.

At the court-martial triad Of Admiral Ro-
jestvensky for the surrender Of the Bedovf
in the battle of the Sea of Japan. the sur
geona OF the Bedou testified at Cronstadt
yesterday that Admiral Rojestvensky, on
account Of his wounds. was partly out OF
his head. irresponsible and incapable OF
passing orders to surrender. Lieut.. vorom
testified relative 70 the white nag incident.
saying he was ordered by Capt. De Co
tongue, chief OF Admiral RoJestvensky's
stan. to procure sheet to be used IN case
of the appearance Of q Japanese ship, but
Capt. caIamatien Indignantly threw Il Into
the -
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BRICK BOOKS.
Did the Babylonian Temples Have
LibrariesP

LlDrar1eSP
Prof. Morris Jastrow, IF. in the Independent
On the basis OF the results of excavations
conducted up to the present on the sites
Of ancient Babylonian cities. there are no
sound reasons for assuming that. with the
single exception OF the city OF Babylon. the
Babylonian temples ever had extensive
literary archives. Four sites in Babylonia
have now been pretty thoroughly explored.
and in three OF these notable results. in
GLIDING the discovery of large numbers OF
tablets have been attained. These three
sites are Telloh. Abu Habba and Nippur.
All three are of frst-class historical and
religious Importance. Telloh being the an
cient city OF Lagash COR Shirpula), which
PLAYED an important role in early Baby
lonian history. Abu Habba is Sippar, GER
tainly one OF the most ancient cities or the
Euphrates valley, and famous as the chief
seat OF the worship OF Shamash, the sun
god; while Nippur was at one time the
center OF kingdom OF considerable extent,
and after IL yielded its political prestige
TO Babylon continued TO be a religious
center as the head of the Babylonian pam
theon The fourth site in question. where
excavations were undertaken over fifty
years ago by the French, and again taken
up recently by the German Oriental So
ciety, is Babylon Although the topo-
graphical results here have been extremely
valuable, the excavations have been a dis
appointment in not yielding richer returns
In inscriptions and tablets
What is the character OF the tablets
found within the temple precincts OF La
cash, Sippar and Nippur? AT Iagash a
temple archive of some 10000 tablets has
been discovered, but the tablets deal, with
scarcely any exceptions, with the business
affairs and administration OF the chief
temple at Lagash. At Sippar about 6o0o0
tablets have been found within the precincts
OF the temple to the sun god. Ihe great
majority of these are likewise OF a bust
ness character. but divided into two classes,
QD such as deal with the business affairs
OF the temple. and CD such as are con-
cerned with the commercial transactions
and legal business of private individuals.
From this we may conelude-for which
there Is concurrent testimony-that the
temples OF Babylonia, at least In certain
places and from a certain time on. served
as the Official repositories for legal and
commercial records. corresponding some
what to a modern recorder OF deeds
office.
In addition to this. there have been found
at Sippar the remains of the temple school.
in which the aspirants to tie priesthood
received their training In reading. writing
and mathematics. and such other subjects
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JOCKEY MILLER
RODE THREE WINNERS

NEW YORK, July Jockey Miller rode
three winners and second at Sheepshead
Bay yesterday, where 1000 persons en-
Joyed delightful outing Miller had the
mount on I. d. Sullivan's Frank Lord in
the Pansy Selling Stakes, for two-year-
olds. six furlongs on the grass. The public.
the Sullivans and nearly all Of the big
plungers bet on Frank Lord, who closed a
to tavorite. Master Lester and Mex
lean Silver went up in the Odds but Tony
Aste's Gold Lady was backed from down
to to 2 II Gold Lady had gotten away
from the post well she might have won.
But as 1t was she ran second. Frank Lord
Winning easily by two lengths in Ills 3-5.
Gold Lady was closing steadily and nailed
the place from Mexican Silver by a head In
the last jump
Miller had the leg up on August Belmont's
Tiptoe. Is to fayorite, In the handicap at
mile, and. making all the pace, she won
with a length and half to spare in j 40
Monet. 8 to |. hard driven. took the place
from James r. Keene's Bohemian, II to s.
who made up lot of ground In the home
stretch.
Miller's Third Win.
Miller's third successful mount was ON
Fountain Blue. even money favorite In the
fifth race. for two-year-olds, five and a half
furlongs. He led always and breexed home
three lengths in front Of Royal Breeze. 10
to 1. James r. Keene's Pierrot. to /, was
third. two lengths away, beating August
Belmont's Smiling Tom. to 1. head The
race was run In los As
In the last race, q mile and q sixteenth on
the grass. Miller led with Sir Caruthers. is
to /. to the stretch. where Onalas, backed
down to 3, came away and won by two
lengths In Lso Sir caruthers beat Far
First Premium, to /. with 12d pounds
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in practice rounds at the Englewood course
yesterday. H. Chandler Egan, the title hold
er, made his first appearance, and, al
though he had never seen the course be-
fore, succeeded In making a score of so for
the round. He played with John Hobens, the
clubs professional, and the latter got a
ia record for the rearranged course. Ho-
ben's card was as follows.
Out. 8 8 8 4 434
Observation-Disclosures 3 3 4 8 3-39-73
Jerome D. Travers showed his class by
getting round in rs, which equals the anna
teur record for the links, made recently by
Walter j. Travis and c. j. Sullivan. Mar
shah Witlatch of Montclair made 49,
while DR.. D. p. Fredericks of Oil City had
n and SO.
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CHESS MASTERS
TOURNEY AT OSTEND

OSTEND. Belgium. July 7.-Of the lead
ers In the International chess masters tour
nament Schlechter alone made much head
way by winning his game in the fourth
round of the final stage yesterday Marco
zy and Rubinstein both drew and kept their
distance, and Schlechter is now third, half
a point behind the Russian The American.
Marshall. again drew. this time with Rubin
stein.
Appended are today's pairings and re-
suits. together with the scores Of the COM
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as a golf enthusiast ever since coming to
Chicago. Friends had jestingly told him
that the game was such that clergyman
could not follow 1t without increasing his
vocabulary. Strong words were necessary
for a real player. he was told.
81 will show that the Scotch game can
be played without such a display OF feel
ing" said the Rev. Macdonald III
CLERGYMAN would use his influence to raise
the standards which obtain on the links he
might do much rood
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Base Ball, Racing
and Other Sports
CONTINUED from Ninth Page,

Carpenter and expressed an opinion that
the success OF the Trf-State depended on
President Carpenters ability to put stop
to assaults on the umpire and unreasonable
objections to close decisions.
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President Carpenter R.eIents.

+ ALTOONA, Pa, July president Chas.
F. Carpenter of the Tri-State has decided
to moderate the suspensions imposed on
Dougherty of Lancaster and Tourney of
Harrisburg, umpire assaulters, for the good
of the league. He let's them OF with one
day, which enabled them to play yesterday.
The 500 fine. however, stands. The owners
OF the clubs pointed out that the absence Of
these players would weaken the teams at q
time when they were rather crippled.