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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-28

Many a man who acts like a bear
Is foxy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-28

Harmony Concert Company, opera
house Saturday night.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-28
LOST.

LOST-FoX Terrier dog wearing col.
lar with Berry 'Iall's name On IT,.
Return 10 Albert solomon and re-
ceiye reword. 2Stf
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WANTED.

WANTED-Ten good concrete men.
81 per day. l.. II. Marston. 27-3
WANTED-To pay you cash or trIde
for old stoves and furniture. Phone
3GG. C. p. Hall. elf
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-04-12
The Agitation Grows.

would like to know who"Bill Simp
son" is, but it probably does not make
any difference, for whoever he is he
has hit the catalogue house business
just about right. am furninst these
large cities controlling every thing. !
believe we ought to do little OF this
controlling business ourselves. The
harvester trust went to work to drive
the smaller fellows out of business and
have succeeded so well they have real.
ly cornered the entire harvester trade.
Then we have our nail trusts, hard
ware trusts and trusts Of all kinds:
am not exactly satisfied with this
idea Of shipping our cream to the
large central creameries where it looks
to me like an effort to drive our home
creameries out OF business and they
will pay US whatever they please for
our cream and they will control the
price of butter as well as the price of
cream
There Is danger in such things and
one / do not propose to harbor the
mail order and catalogue house trusts.
1t seems to me our home merchants
occupy the same relation to us as the
small manufacturer does to the differ
ent trusts. III the big fellows once
get a hold of us we are their meat.
The things "Bill Simpson says in
his letter to you are just about right.
This nonsense about our home mer-
chants making too big a profit / be-
lieve is all wrong: 1t seems to me
any man capable Of reading and Of
comprehending the way business is
done nowadays knows that competi-
tion In all lines is so strong that it IS
pretty near impossible for man TO
charge more than he ought TO for any
length OF time. Suppose one Of the
merchants OF our town should ask me
or any one else dollar profit on an
article he ought to sell on twenty-five
cents profit, how long would it be Le-
fore the other fellow, selling the same
thing would see this chance Of cutting
under the man who wants such a large
profit and get the business.
remember once, only few months
ago, Of reading lecture delivered by
the professor Of economies in one Of
our large eastern colleges, in which he
warned the people to look out for this
mail order and catalogue business, for
it was only another form Of the trust
idea. He went on to say that these
concerns bought what is called seconds
or slightly damaged goods from fac
tories, and in that way get hold of
stuff they could handle. He said the
most Of their goods which were only
slightly damaged could not be detect
ID by the average person. He drew
bhe illustration Of a customer buying
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-04-12
SOUTH FULTON.


A news butcher and another gen
tleman. name unknown. alleged
bootleggers, who we're confined in
the city lookup, after being fined
$50 and costs, made their escape
Saturday night by going through
three floors into the second story
of the city hall.
Mrs. Ed Bradshaw, who was
raised in Union City, has been very
i'll several weeks, but is slowly inn
proving.
Mrs. G. M. Anderson, of Union
City, and daughter, Mrs. las. Lee,
of Sikeston, Mo-, are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. John Sheffield.
The much advertised evangelistic
union meeting was opened at the
Methodist Church last night (Sun-
day. at 7.30 p. m. by Rev. Hudgins,
of Union City. A great revival is
expected, as Rev. Hudgins has the
reputation of being strong man,
both as preacher and speaker.
We trust much good may result, as
the field to be worked is in much
need of this kind Of work. We're
we the preacher, giving our ex-
preston from both observation and
experience, we would first give our
entire attention to the people who
class themselves Christians, and if
we could succeed in getting refor-
nation among them, then the field
would be mellow and in perfect or
der for a great revival. Sinners
converted over the heads of stun
bling blocks don't amount to much,
because the fellow who is so saneti-
monious on Sunday and runs the
Devils business the other six days
in the week is so disgusting to
them they soon fall back in the old
rut. Eternity is said to be COM
posed of two places Heaven and
Hell-and the only thing to do to
land in either is to live up to the
requirements of either. A preten-
tious life will be the cause of many
people stopping at the wrong hotel,
but after they have registered and
been assigned to their room it will
be too late to retrace their tracks.
The time to make the arrangement
is to-day. Tomorrow may never
come. Love, friendship, genileness,
honesty and pure manhood is very
fine. had rather risk it than beat
ing your neighbor in horse trade
or selling stovewood at from So to
S12 per cord, short measure and
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-04-12

short weights, never visit the sick,
and allow your ambition to be the
gain of money, and to carry on
your religion by praying the prayer
of the fellow when he said, "Oh,
Lord, bless me and my wife ana
my son john and his wife. us tour
and 10 more"
/ want to insist that some one
write Gipsy letter, or even a pos
tai card would do, to relieve the
troubles she has been undergoing
ever since the city free mail deliv-
cry commenced, as she was so en-.
thnsed over the matter and so ex-
rcited over the style and city-like
manner she was going to indulge
inland has never received a letter.
] would attempt to assist Gipsy
myself, but it might cause a duel
between Mr., Gipsy and myself.
Poor Gipsy; 1t is too bad that her
much exercised expectations should
be so cruelty blighted.
There is just no use in arguing
the matter, The Commercial is one
of the best all-round newspapers
ever published in these or any other
"diggins.' It is simply tip-top-
per.
Cyclone and his family last Sum
day, week ago, had the pleasure
while in Union City meeting sew
eral old associates and friends,
some Of whom were Esq. FL. s.
Sacra. Edwin White, Albert Roper,
John O'Donnell, Chief OF Police
Pardue, Alonzo White and others
too numerous to mention. We were
glad to learn in conversing with
some of these gentlemen that w.
A. Forester had not at last ac-
counts made application to the
poorhouse, and we made inquiry
concerning Ben Akin because we
are expecting to visit in his neigh
borhood in watermelon time.
CYCLONE.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-04-12

dried fruits, or groceries Of any kind
and said if it was only quarter or
half pound short, the person buying
though it was so small an item as not
to be worthy of notice. but to the cat
alogue house, handling thousands OF
pounds, it made nice profit. This
he called robbery, and guess ne is
about right.
/ once had the pleasure Of visiting
large factory where they made
knives, forks and other things in that
line. The foreman of one OF the
rooms showed me a pile Of these goods
and said they were damaged. ex-
amined some Of them, but / declare,
until he showed me where the flaw
was, it was pretty hard to detect it.
1t seemed to me big waste to throw
these damaged pieces away, and /
asked him what they did with them.
He said they had contract with a
large catalogue house to take all dam
aged goods they had and showed me
how they wrapped and packed so as to
keep the flaws from being seen unless
the examination was pretty thorough
This was about the first time / had
had my eyes opened on this kind Of
business.
Paint. varnish, nice boxes, etc., can
hide whole lot Of devilment. Two
or three years ago everybody was GO
ing crazy over buying from catalogue,
but / notice OF late good many peo-
pie are getting their ill of It.
THE HOME MAN.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-04-12
A MEMORABLE ANNIVERSARY.



Forty.two years ago to-day Gen.
Robert Z. Lee surrendered bis
forces, the battered remnant of a
once magnificent army, to Gen.
u. S. Grant, and war which had
been fiercely waged for four long
and bloody years came to an end.
That was a solemns day--solemn
to both sides and unspeakably sad
to one, yet with it all there was i
sense Of relief. Forty-two years.
That is a long time. Men who
|, we're then unborn now have sons
H.ldeg. than q large per cent Of those
Ywho to ths stirring music of the
drum and fife marched away un-
der the stars and bars. Yet we
still have many Of these latter with
us, most of them still fighting the
battles Of life, and more than a
few of them looking as though
they would 60 to the front again
If needed.
The war has been over so long
that only a minority can personal
" remember it. The days of re-
construction, worse in some re-
spects than war, are also over. The
ravages Of the war have disappear
ed, and SO have the rancor and the
bitterness, and the mad passions
which we're engendered.
AT the beginning Of the war the
south had q population Of 10000
900, about 1000, 900 Of which were
negroes. Now it has a population
Of d, ,00o, 900, of which about l5,-
900, 900 are white. Texas, which
had only 100000 when the war
began, now has 100000, or g.
O0o,0 900 more than it had then, or
considerably more than half as
many whites as the whole South
had in 1860. Then the United
States had d population Of 81, 443,
900. Now Il has q population Of
over 81 900, 900. In 1860 the South
was only oneifth that Of the
North. Tremendous odds to war
against, but the Solth did not hes
itate on this account. The public
debt Of the United States was
~, S46, ,000,00 at the close Of the
war. II is now less than 81, ,000,-
900, 900. The total wealth was
multiplied until it is now estimat-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-04-12
ed at $4,000, 900. 900.

FortY-two yeal ago to- day the
South was crushed, helpless, bleed,
ing. 1t was ia the very depths Of
poverty. The ravages of war had
left it PROSTATE. The Confederate
soldier returned from q four years
struggle in the field to find bis
fences and houses and stock, and
all species of property but bis
land, gone. He had to build from
the ground up. With a heroism
equal to that displayed in war,
and there was never greater, be
went to work to restore the waste
places, to earn q living for himself
and family-and bravely he faced
the new conditions. How well he
did his work only the student Of
history or the personal observer
can know. He brought order out
chaos, he asserted the white mans
inherent qualities and demonstrat-
ed the truth of the declaration that
blood will tell. His is a proud
record and only the ignorant or
the thoughtless will fail to honor
him anywhere and everywhere.
We owe it to him and to ourselves
to teach our children what he did
and what he was. Those of us
who have come after, who have no
bitterness in our hearts and who
love this Union and the flag that
floats over us all, should be proud
of our glorious heritage, keep
green the memory of the heroic
deeds and achievements Of our
fathers in war and the trying
peace that followed war, and teach
our children and our children's
children the wonderful story of
the South. There is no more
beautiful land or nobler people.
Every SON and daughter should
love it with intense devotion. The
great united Nation, also, and the
starry flag which is its glorious
emblem, and which owes most of
its stars 10 Southern valpr and
Southern craftsmanship. Nash
vile American.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-04-12
Shocking Death.

Shelbyville, Tenn, April 5, John
Fl. Williams, prominent young
man, aged IS years, residing with
his father, N. G. Williams, near
town, met a horrible death yester-
day afternoon.
The young man went to the horse
lot for the purpose of catching a
horse, but he was out so long that
some of the family went to see
what was the matter. On arriving
in the lot they found the young man
dead on the ground, with his brains
oozing out. The cause of his death
is not certainly known, but it is
presumed that when he secured
the horse, he mounted him without
saddle or bride, and this fright
ened the horse so that it threw
him and he fell against a small
stump and in this way his skull was
broken and death was the result.
This is inferred from the fact that
the stump was covered with blood
and brains.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-04-12
Buy Dietzel Mattings. Do il now.

According to figures there are
about six hundred thousand pen
sioners on the list drawing money
from the government as result
Of the civil war. The C0nfederA
ate army never did consist Of more
than six hundred thousand sol
diers. The johnny Rebs" were
good marksmen to bring about all
this. Smithville Review.
You've tried the rest, now try the
best Sunshine Flour
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-04-12

tDoan's Ointment cured me Of &C.
zema that had annoyed me long
time. The cure was permanent. ~"
Hon. s. w. Matthews, Commissioner
OF Labor Statistics, Augusta, Me.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-04-12

Baby won't suffer five minutes with
Group If you apply DIR. Thomas Elec-
trio Oil at once. 1t acts like magic.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-04-12

Nothing delivered on Sunday af
ter Ii a. m, DAHNKE.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-18

tic Shriners convention at that place.
DR.. H. g. Young performed an oper.
alton on Eli Truitt Of near Drakesville
Tuesday for glaucome Of the left eye.
and friends here the past week left
Rev. T. B. Hughes and wife Of
Agency arrived Tuesday for VISIT at
the home of their daughter. Mrs. w.
B. Taylor.
Mrs. e. A. Young sold the north
eighty acres Of her farm Tuesday to
OFT c. Banded, youngest son Of Lewis
Banded.
Mrs. Senceny is very i'll at the home
of her son at West Grove.
Mrs. Verne Putnam spent short
time In the city Tuesday morning en-
route to Glenwood. Mo.
Miss Belva Burdet and A. L. Spur
gen went to Ottumwa Wednesday
evening to attend the wedding of Miss
Jennie Burdette to Wallace limbaugh
Of that place.
Miss Puma Sample leaves Wednes
day evening for Des Moines to re.enter
Drake university from which she re-
| turned short time ago on account
Of her health.
Mrs. w. w. Reeves and brother,
Harry Haywood left Tuesday evening
! for Spokane, Wash, to join Mr.. Reeves
who Is very i'll. A telegram received
before they started stated that he was
slightly improved.
w. o. Shaw of this city is very Ill
at his home south of town.
Mrs. Arthur Healy Of Grand Rapids,
Mich, who has been visiting relatives
and friends heer the past week left
today for Ottumwa for short visit
enroute to her home
Mrs. Ed Reeves left today for Des
Moines for visit with her sister, Mrs
Will King.
Mrs. w. H. McAchron left for OF
tumwa Monday evening to attend q
house party at the Phillips home.
w. T. Dunlap, who has been. repair
ing and remodeling their home have 1t
ready for occupancy and are moving
in today.
Mrs. Samuel Mcconnell of Floris
arrived Tuesday for few days. visit
with ner son. S. #. Mcconnell.
: Miss Mary Power Of Mt. Sterling ar.
rived Wednesday for visit with her
sister, Mrs. l. N. Thompson.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Pres
i byterian church gave social at the
home of Mrs. A. G.. Sax on Tuesday
evening. Refreshments consisting OF
fruit salad, sandwiches, coffee and
cake were served for ten cents Miss
Delpha Banded at the piano furnished
music during the evening and was as
sisted by Homer Kaukin with his
grapnophone A large number took
/ advantage of the delightful weathe,
and most enjoyable time was spent.
Il Miss lola Mouck, who has been trim
ming for Miss Henderson this season
i left the first of the week for Chicago
to spend the summer. She will return
In the fall.
In letter received from John Har
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day evening from Ottunlwa, where she
has been spending the past week as
guest Of Miss Marie Paramore.
Jack Gaumer returned to his home
Thursday, after short visit In the
city with his brother, DR.. A. w. eau
MGR.
The Round Table club met with
Mrs. w. n. Taylor this week.
j. L. Middleton, father Of Ellis MID
dleton. foreman Of the Commonwealth.
died Monday morning In Oskaloosa
end was brought here Wednesday
evening for burial Interment was
made in the I. o. o. F. cemetery.
Thursday evening for on extended
trip through the east. Some Of the
points at which they will stop are Ed
inburg, Indiana; Columbus, Ohio, and
the exposition at Jamestown.
William Senseney of West Grove was
a business visitor here Thursday
Samuel Henderson, who has been at
tending the Kenper Military school at
Boonville, Mo-, arrived for short visit
with his mother, Mrs. Belle Henderson.
The latter part Of his vacation Will
be spent on hunting trip through the
north.
Mrs. Charley seyler of Des Moines
is visiting at the parental Childers
home.
LIE. n. ". IO1NS IIldOe puStaSSS 10y
to West Grove Thursday morning.
Mrs. r. l.. Hardy and daughter, Es-
Their, OF Bismark, North Dakota, are
expected the last Of the month to spend
the summer.
Mr.. Teneyck Of Pulaski spent Thurs
day in the city on bushes.
Miss Iris Burgess is visiting her SIS
ter, Miss Audrey, who is attending
school in Des Moines. They will return
the last Of the week and Miss Mamie
Young, who has been attending Drake
university, will accompany them.
I DR.. Jay of Pulaski was In Bloom
field Thursday on business.
| Miss Nora Moore Of Mexico City,
Mexico, who has been visiting In st.
Louis the past week, arrived Thursda'
evening for visit at the John Wallace
| home.
A little excitement on the square on
Thursday afternoon was caused by
Frank Savers horse becoming fright
ened and unmanageable. 1t ran into
the carriage belonging to Millard Glib
son, doing some little damage. NO one
| was hurt.
Owing to the carelessness OF some
one in dumping large amount OF
| sailed pickles in Dave Davies pasture
DR. Stafford lost a fine Jersey COW
which was one of five killed. Several
Others were being watched for fear
1 of them dying.
James Stokesbury passed through
Bloomfield Wednesday enroute to Qs
kaloosa where he will attend the Mys
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-18
RIVER HOLDS
ITS VICTIM.

From Mondays Daily.
The treacherous Des Moines river
has claimed another victim. Near the
old Wabash round house, about oppo.
site Ash street, in the very same spot
where young Harry Kindall met death
about six years ago. Patrick Mcdonald,
an employe Of the Morrell packing
plant, was drowned last evening about
6:30 o'clock while in bathing with a
PARTY Of six other young men.
All are employees of the packing
house and all are said to live at the
same boarding house at 412 Iowa ave-
nue..
The current at the place where the
young men went in is very swift, The
water is said to be from IL to Is feet
deep and strong undertow exists.
1t will never be known what caused
Mr.. MacDonald's death Some say
that he was seized with the cramps
and others say he was caught in the
under current, and being poor swim.
mer at best, was carried away. Inves-
tigation today at the packing house
fails to elicit the names of Mr.. Nc
Donald's comrades.
Body Not Found.
Up to the present time the body has
not been found. A party under the d.
1ection OF Captain Matt Mier has bsen
conducting systematic search with
boats and grapple hooks, but all to no
avail. 1t Is feared that the under cur
rent has carried the young man body
on down the river. At the time Mr..
Kindall was drowned, the body was
found three days later far down the
river near Bakers Grove.
Mr. Macdonald came here less than
a year ago and has always been an en-
Lloye Of the packing house while in the
city. He has sister, Mrs. Durkln, re-
gliding at 906 Mozart street, Chicago,
Ill.,, but other than that he is not
known to have any relatives living in
the states. His parents reside in Ire
land.
The searching party, reinforced by
more boats and mon, renewed the
search this afternoon, but hopes Of
finding the body at this point are
about given up. Mr.. Mcdonald is said
to have been about 2 syears Of age.
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yey, formerly Of this place but now of
Fl Scott. Kansas, he states that the
climate is suitable to both Mrs. Har.
vey and himself and they are much
improved in health.
Isaac Blakeley and wife left Tues
day for Ottumwa for a weeks visit at
the home of G. D. Evans, the cashier Of
the South Ottumwa bank.
Miss Pansy Bett. who has been Wis
iting at the Pierce home north of town
left Tuesday for his home in Quincy
DIR. Pennington Of Milton as in town
on business Wednesday.
Frank Messer left today for Iowa
City where he has accepted the posi-
ton as stenographer for Fl B. WEIGH.
He expects to enter college there in
the fall.
Earl Snodgrass of Milton is spend.
ing week with his cousin, Clarence
Bence.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-18
IOWA TORNAD0ES
DO AWFUL HAVOC
WRECK YOUR HOMES WITHOUT
WARNlNG-ARE YOU PRE-
PARED.
The Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance
Association Has Paid Over
Half Million Losses.
$4,000, 900 INSURANCE IN FORCE.

Tornadoes have again made their ap.
pearance In Iowa, and we may look for
more Of them as the weather gets
warmer. They seem to be little late
this year. Marion, Jasper, Polk and
Wapello counties were visited by
destructive tornado on Sunday, June
8, that totally destroyed many build.
lngs and damaged other property.
1t Is not likely that much Of the
property was insured, as there had not
been any tornadoes In that immedi.
ate vicinity for some time.
There Is no use Of any ono being
without tornado insurance iE owa,
when we have the largest, cheapest
and best cooperative insurance assocl-
alton On earth right here in this state.
with headquarters in Des Moines. We
refer to the Great IOWA MUTUAL
TORNADO INSURANCE ASSOCIA.
TON, that has been in operation
twenty-three years; has paid one-half
million dollars in losses, has over
S117,0000o0 in risks and $98,000 cash
on hand. This association has mem
bers in every county in Iowa.
If you want cheap. reliable, safe and
satisfactory insurance. insure in the
association with big surplus. and
that has reputation for prompt and
satisfactory adjustments. If you are
not willing to help others in their mis-
fortune you must not expect sym
pathy II you are the unfortunate loser.
1t will cost you but little to investi
gate this wonderful institution. We
are informed by the secretary, j. B.
HERMAN, that he is receiving from
one to two hundred applications day,
as the association Is very popular in
Iowa. It is an Iowa institution and
does not do business outside the state
-Des MQines News.
w. A. 20. Brown was insured in this
association, and his loss was adjusted
and check for $4,000 was sent him
within one week from the time Of the
storm. VIM Abegg of Kirkville is
agent for this association and the as
ISOLATION will be pleased t., have
agents in other localities Of this
county.
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From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
1 Sargent fills mail orders promptly
i Mrs. w. veitch of Chester avenue,
has returned home from visit with
relatives in Sigourney.
Miss Louise Herman of Farson is
ATTENDING the summer institute being
fheld at the Ottumwa high school.
Mr.. and Mrs, J.. A. Wilson of 1915
East Main street are spending the day
with relatives in Abba.
Mrs. George Simmons og 2o1 Wood
land avenue, is visiting relatives in
Knoxville and Des Moines.
Mrs. b. j. Swanson Of 542 North
Green street was called to Eddyvi.le
this morning to attend the funeral Of
q relative.
Miss Emma Noel Of Eddyville, who
has beep visiting with Mrs. Walter
Giltner Of 211 East Main street, re
turned home this morning.
Real Estate Transfers.
Phillips j. A. to Phillips Big Store
Co.-Part of lot II. Ottumwa. good and
valuable consideration.
Phoenix Trust Co. to William H.
Mast-Lot 16. Grandview addition.
Ottumwa, s1a5.
Taylor. c. o. ct al, to Benjamin
Thomas-Lots IA and Is, block 8,
Fairyiew addition, Ottumwa, 5000.