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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-01

the personal spiritual welfare. The
question In reality Is whether or
not the clergy Is doing all that II
can in the sphere which properly
belongs TO 1t. There is not the
shadow OF doubt that the clergy
Is hard working and sincere. 1t Is
confronted with problems that have
sprung up only within the past few
years and these problems are vex.
ing 10, the extreme II Is to be ad-
mittcd that they ought not to go
into political or commercial affairs
yet II would appear that they
should know something Of political
and business life, as they should
know something Of all life. Their
sermons should show that they
know a good deal Of what IS going
on about them In every sphere OF
ilfc and should be up to date In the
sense that they apply to the condi
tions that exist In the present day.
When the Son OF Man was engaging
In Ills ministry on earth He knew
all about what was going on In the
world and lie preached and taught
OF the lniqulties and the sins OF
men as they existed at that time. He
drove the morey CANCERS from the
tempe and He Distinguished be.
tween degrees of sin. And today
the sins and evils that are denoun-
ced should be those which really
affect life rather than those which are
conventional. The CRATER is worse
than the man who engages In re-
creation on the Sabbath day or who
fails to go to church with due regu
larity and there should be sense
of proportion in dealing with these
subjects. The important thing Is
that spiritual progress should be
made. And It would seem, there
/ fore that preaching on the affairs
OF present day life would be quite
effective.
Nevertheless It must be remem
/ bered that much OF the criticism
directed toward the clergy Is made
by men who could not be dragged
Into church with yoke OF oxei
and they indulge In thelr TRADE
Only in tho endeavor to justif
themselves by finding reasons I
stay away. There always has bee
; and there always will be criticism
OF the churc' OF God, but that doe
not prove that orga.izcd Christian
lty has lost its power to accomplis
the nna' organization OF tn
world The criticism may do
J good Record.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-01
CASUAL PHOLISOPHY.

No. Alonzo. 1t isn't the bad eggs
that produce tough chickens.
When woman takes the conceit
out of man she adds TO her own.
It's poor brand OF religion that
doesn't cause a man to try to treat
his neighbors decently.
If a man does the best he can and
declines to brag about 1t he is a
pretty good chap to tie to.
Doubtless every man has had mo.
ments where he imagined he would
wake up some morning and find him.
self famous.
1t appears that sometimes even
the still, small voice OF conscience
Is tongue-tied.
When fellow has money to burn
it generally results in spontaneous
combustion.
The beauty about being n critic is
that you can roast other people and
get paid for doing 1t.
Sofe people catch religion as
easily as children catch measles
and with about as serious results.
Little Ethel-"When the mouse
ran up the clock what did the clock
do?" Little Willie-"I spose the
clock ran down"
The fellow who claims that he IL
tired of the world doesn't stop to
consider that the world may also be
tired of him.
Between the two ey1ls-a kicker
and knocker-there's no choice
Let the other fellow have it his
way-as long as it is only talk.
Preachers lives would be awfully
tame II 1t wasn't for weddings
II woman is unwilling to TAX,
in washing and scrubbing to sup
| port the family she has no busi
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-01
BOX Supper.

Saturday night December 1lth st
Pleasant Hill school house near the
Downard mines. The people of Ard
more and surrounding towns are IN
vited to come and spend the even
ing with us. There will be plenty OF
good things to eat and we promise a
jolly time to all. Every cent derived
from the sale OF boxes will be placed
in the fund for the building OF
Confederate home in Oklahoma
Come and help us in the work.
s. d. MITCHELL,
C. w. DUNCAN.
FRANK CULWELL
Committee
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-01
FOR SALE OF SCHOOL LANDS.
Senator CordelI Of Chandler Will In
troduce a Bill.


Guthrie, Okla, Nov Ex-senator
Cordell Of Chandler will introduce a
bill providing for the sale of the
common school lands as soon as the
act takes effect, and providing for
sale OF other lands when deemed ad-
visable by the Commissioners of the
public lands, or when the money Is
needed.
Senator Cordell also has primary
election bill the chief feature Of
which is providing that candidates
within ten days after the election
date must file with the proper officer
an itemized account of his expenses,
including everything from h. OK fare
to hotel.
\ third bill Is for separation of the
races in coaches and waiting rooms
He provides that when "A person is
told to vacate a car on account of
the racial division. whether white or
black, and refuses, he or she shall be
guilty of misdemeanor. He will
also introduce an antitrust bill sim
liar to that of T xas. giving power tc
the Attorney General or any County
Attorney TO bring q suit.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-01
Uvalde Honey.

Ardmoreite Special.
San Antonio, Tex. Nov. 3o.-A
new record In American exports was
established lately when three car.
loads OF honey were shipped from
Uvaide. near this city. to England.
Uvalde is the largest single honey.
producing county in the United
States, and owing to the abundance
OF n very fragrant wild plant called
euailra, makes honey OF such
clearness and quality that it is feat
ured on the New York bills OF fare.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-01
THE SUN WILL SHINE AGAIN.

After the Civil War. In '73. and
In 93 pessimists could see nothing
but disaster ahead. These perlods
OF depression. however. were quick
ly followed by Astounding prosperity
And so will the pinch" OF 1907.
We have been going ahead 80
fast that We have used up. for the
time being. all available capital.
And then We have been frightened
and forget the enormous powers Of
growth possessed by country of
100000 600 people with fabulous nat.
ural resources at their command
4 country with seven times as
much coal rs al Europe. that con.
trolls the worlds cotton trade. pro
duccs s7OOOOOO,OOO a year on its
farms. and slS.0OO,OOO0Ov a year
in It's factories.
Horace Greedy, at the close OF the
Ciyil War, showed the way to re
sumo specie payments In the simple
formula The way to resume Is to
resume" Rcsumption spceduy fol
lowed To-day tho way 10 do busi.
ness Is TO do business. Nobody can
make any money by stopping work
md boarding his capital
That this is realized TO a very
large extent is shown by the fact
that the Pennsylvania. New York
',ntrar. Hartman lines. and other
great railroads rcport that the
transfers Of small lots of stocks
have in the past few weeks incrcas
ed hy hundreds every day. Extra
clerks have been put to work in the
Union Pacific and Southern Pac
ific offices tu parcel out the stock
holdings Of the investors who show
I'm this very practical way their
faith In the future OF these proper.
lies
Il WI HELM toward a restoration
of confidence IL pcoplc remember
that wealth is not A production O.
ongravcrs and printers. and that II
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-01
PAYING Cash FIR COTTON
GUTHRIE'S FEMALE COTTON BUY
Err BULLS THE MAtkET BY
PAYING MONEY.
Ardmoreite Special.

Ardmoreite Special.
Guthrie, Okla. Nov. 30.-Mrs.
Frank Sarber, the woman cotton
buyer, broke the congested condition
of Oklahoma market today, when she
began paying cash in full to all cot
ton growers. Heretofore all other
buyers have been giving only twenty
ave per cent in cash and the rest in
the script ADOPTED by the Oklahoma
bansk. Mrs. Sarber's move caused
a lively rally m the local market
and more cotton was moved today
than for the past month.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-01

\. c. Bagby has returned from a
visit to the country west of here
lie reports that the people have
their crops almost gathered and
that the farmers are prosperous and
happy. lie says the farmers from
the Rock Island country are bringing
their cotton this year to Ardmore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-01
A Popular teacher.

Miss Leslie Woods the primary
teacher of the first ward schoo.
won prize of six tickets for the
Clansman as the result of con.
test Miss Woods is popular with
her little folks who worked hard for
their teacher.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-01
At the Jail.

Iii Chambers was Faced in jail
with the charge OF grand larceny plac-
ed opposite her name.
John Pickeus and Culish Hawkins
two knights OF the green cloth were
released from Jail after having sery.
ed their sentence.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-01
THE HAT DOCTOR.

clean and rchlock hats
clean and press clothing
am agent for sherman Stear
Laundry
will appreciate sC,r business.
JOHNSON. TIE HALTER.
doors west court house. 10
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-01
SUES FOR FOURTEEN CENTS.
J. 8. Thompson Sues Santa Fe-De
mands His Rights and Change.

Oklahoma City. Okla, Nov. 30-The
first case 10 come p under the act
creating the 2-cent fare sy y'tem on
railroads in Oklahoma is that where
in J. b. Thompson chairman of the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-01
With the Sick.

County Attorney James Mathers
is IN AT his home in the city
Mrs. w. f. Grmcr. who has been
m at the Sanitarium for several
weeks is somewhat improved.
Mrs. Charley McCauley who has
been i'll for some time Is reported
somewhat improved
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-01

One Of the ambitions OF the aver.
age man is to do those he has been
done by.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-01

We receive fresh oysters thre,
lines week.
l-3 FELKER, The Grocer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-01

An engagement ring is girls
idea OF a band OF hope.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-01

We receive fresh oysters three
times a week.
l-3 FELKER, The Grocer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-01

We receive fresh oysters three
times week.
1.3 FEI.KER, The Grocer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-03

American meat will work no hardship
except in obstructiRg further develop
ment Of trade in that line which does
not now amount to much. Thus far
the French have placed their maxi
mum tariff rates in operation against
American products of which they inn
port only small quantities, but the dis
position clearly is to inaugurate a gen
eral tariff war unless they are placed
on an equality with Germany.
Congress has failed to act upon
pending reciprocity treaties with both
France and Germany and Secretary of
State Root has taken the position that
the government has the right, under
the Dingley law, to grant special priv
ileges in exchange for privileges
granted to us, and that these priv
ileges need not be granted to any
other nation. This leaves France the
option of seeking an interchange Of
concessions, regardless of our tariff
modus vivendi with Germany, or start
ing a tariff war. Secretary Roots de-
cision places a broad definition on the
meaning of reciprocity and will prob
ably force action upon trade treaties
negotiated under the DiQgley bill, but
which have so far failed Of ratification
by the senate.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-03
NO DISCRIMINATION.

In making return for the Milwaukee
road the tax commissioner of that
company very properly calls attention
to an unfair discrimination which has
been practiced by previous state boards
in fixing the assessment of railroads
operating in Nebraska over leased
lines only. The Milwaukee road has
been assessed and taxed on its rolling
stock, mileage and trackage privileges
in Nebraska, all of the same being In
Douglas county, while other railroads
likewise running their trains over
leased lines or by contracts for joint
operation with other companies have
escaped listing altogether.
The point which the Milwaukee tax
commissioner endeavors to make is that
the trackage rights of his company
should be assessed up to the Union
Pacific and that its rolling stock
should not be chargeable, except to its
own main line. While his protest
dbdlubL DISQUALIFICATION Will NC AOSOb
nized as just the suggestion that the
discrimination be removed by giving
the Milwaukee road similar tax ex-
emption to that enjoyed by other roads
on their leased line mileage will hardly
strike home.
The correct way to remove the dis
elimination complained of is to con-
tinue the assessment of the Milwaukee
road as 1t Is, subject of course to re-
adjustment as to amount, and to list
other roads for all leased line mileage
and trackage privileges on which they
have heretofore evaded taxation. The
plea that they should all be exempted
cannot possibly be accepted, otherwise
any Nebraska road by selling its roll
ing stock to an outside company and
making trackage agreements could get
out from under the larger part of its
taxes, thus unloading corresponding
tax burdens onto the individual owners
of taxable property in this state. We
take it, however, that the state board,
as its membership is at present made
up, can see through the specious. argu-
ments of the railroad tax commission
ers as well as do other people.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-03

NATIONAL And STA TIES RIGHTS.
Senator Beveridge Of Indiana is APP
parently much concerned and alarmed
over his discovery that the nation is
threatened with a troublesome of
Calhounism" and that the next great
issue to be settled at the elections will
be based on the doctrine Of states
rights. The eloquent Indianan can see
nothing in the recent enactments by
state legislatures on the question of
railway and corporation regulation
and control but a concerted EFFORT to
interfere with the functions of the ma
tlonal government. He contends that
particularly all the ills from which
the people are suffering are national
ills and can be cured only by the APP
plication of national remedy. In his
Grant memorial address at Galena the
senator said:
What affects one Of us affects all Of us.
Most Of the evils that develop among US
are common evils, to be reached only by a
fined exclusively to one state.
The cheering assurance is given by
the senator that no one proposes to
wipe out state lines "or destroy local
self-government," but he insists that
all corporations should be authorized
by the federal government and that
their operations should not be inter
fered with "by forty-seven other gov
ernments." Senator Beverage clearly
makes the error of confounding Cal
hounism with the problems that are
pressing for consideration today. By
constitutional right each of our states
Is free to try experiments in legisla-
ton, however radical, without result
ing danger to the country, should the
legislation prove to be futile. The
states, in spite of Senator Beveridge's
advice, will probably continue to ex-
ercise control over corporations oper-
ating within their borders, assess them
for taxes and punish them for law vio-
lstlons. The people and the courts, 1t
is true, are admitting the necessity of
a wider scope of federal control in the
management of corporations, railway
and otherwise, engaged in interstate
commerce. No one doubts that the
federal authority in that direction will
be considerably enlarged, but the Bev-
eridge plan to substitute federal juris-
diction for local control to the extent
of obliterating state government is apt
to meet with distractions.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-03
RUBIAYAT OF GOLD PRoBS."
Munsey's Magazine.


The Weather Prophet writes, and having
writ
Benignly back amongst His Clouds doth
Nor all the Cold Sarcasm Of the Press
Can hinder Him from thinking He is II.
And that Inverted Bowl we call the Sky
He rules from Day to Day with varied LieI
Lift not your hands TO Him for Help
for He .. .. .
AS little really knows as You or I! "
Myself when Young did eagerly Peruse
The Weather Indications in the news
For Picnics and for Balls; but evermore
What they did promise, did surely lose.
l sometimes think that never glows so Red
The Dawn as when the Weather Clerk has
said:
"Tomorrow-Cloudy; Heavy Winds and
Showers
And Sol comes out Right dazzlingly In
stead.
All. Love! could'st Thou and somehow
conspire
To grasp this Weather Bureau Scheme
entire;
Would we not quickly get onto tile Job,
And then remold 1t to our Hearts Desired
For He no Question makes of Ayes and
Noes,
But anything that strikes His Fancy goes;
What Others think is neither Here nor
there
He knows about it ALLIE knows-Hs
knows!
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-03
FEDERAL BANK DEPOSITS.

Wall street bankers have discovered
another source of grievance against
the west. The Aldrich bill passed by
the last congress, provided for the de-
post of customs receipts in national
banks that had been designated as
government repositories, without the
necessity of going through the Treas
ury department at Washington, as had
been the practice under the old law.
A clause in the bill, however, provided
that in making deposits of federal
funds in national banks the secretary
of the treasury shall distribute the
deposits herein provided for, as far
as practicable, equitably between the
different states and sections" Under
that clause western banks are asking
their share of the deposits of federal
funds and Wall street is voicing its
wrath.
The New York Journal of Commerce,
echoing this Wall street sentiment,
says:
The nominal placing Of the money in
distant sections in order to give local In
stitutions an opportunity of using the funds
in the development of the country is
mere farce. The money has no effect on
the community in which the small bank
is located. and the only result Of the pro-
cess is to earn for the western bank an
interest rate which it has done nothing
IN mic hn he
same is true where the deposit is directly
made with an eastern institution since
the bank In that case is In exactly the
same situation as to the use Of the money,
except that It pays ~ interest to its cor
respondent. The reply would be, on the
surface of things, correct, but 1t should
be borne In mind that in making deposits
with New York institutions the depart
ment at least sends the funds to the finan-
cial center of the country from which in
the first instance the greater bulk Of the
Withdrawals through taxation were made,
and in which the use of the deposits Is
most directly called for.
The government now has on deposit
with the national banks about $175,-
100000. The money draws no inter
est, but is secured by the deposit OF
federal bonds or other accepted securi-
ties. It has been the custom for years
for the Treasury department to deposit
these funds with the eastern banks, to
relieve the currency stringency, to pro-
vide funds to move the crops" or on
other excuses which have occurred to
the minds of the Wall street fnanciers.
The interest earnings which have gone
entirely to the benefit of the eastern
bankers have totalled a large amount
at times when call money has been in
big demand and interest rates alb
normally high, due to the demand
from speculative interests.
Under the provisions of the Aldrich
law, the western banks are entitled to
a share of this benefit and are claim
ing 1t. The long-accepted and pleas
ant financial fiction that Wall street
must act as the middleman in placing
federal deposits in the hands of west
ern bankers has been exploded and
Wall street is almost inconsolable. 1t
makes a difference whose OK is gored.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-03
NOT WORTH THE EFFORT.
UurighteOus Risk of Life in Search
for the Pole.

CINCINNATI Enquirer.
The theory is that the region to which
we give the general description of the
North Pole is a vast sea, probably frozen
over the year round. There is nothing 10
discover that may not be outlined in the
Imagination as wildly as the natural eye
could depict, in the misty regions OF the
forbidden north. The contributions TO sci
ence OF the polar expeditions are generally
trining-not worth the unrighteous risk Of
life. The record is one OF long suffering,
starvation and enormous expense The loss
OF life and the Generalization OF misery cry
out that a dash to the pole" is a hysterical
slogan. Some men may be satisfied with
such record for heroism. They start for
the pole and, not getting there, return 10
be lioniEed for having tried.
Explorers have gone close enough to the
ultimate north latitude TO teach the lesson
that the polar center Is unattainable, and
that II IL were there would be nothing
worth taking an ordinary voyage In search
OF. II Is a mystery more enduring than
eternity. for there turks in the heart OF
even unTelig Gus humanity the idea that we
shall some time reach another land, fairer
than day, where life lasts beyond the cal
culations OF the finite.
The North Pole is death and sometimes
Oblivion. Explorers may have reached
there, but II they did they perished In the
embarrassing waste and left no one 20 tell
the story ana no drift OF relic TO hint OF
where they had been.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-03

If the railroads are so anxious to
have a physical examination of their
property they can easily get one, so
far as their Nebraska lines are con
eerned, by making It themselves and
presenting It TO the State Board of AS
sessment as a basis for taxation. That
would prove very quickly to what ex-
tent the water has been capitalized to
float the stocks and bonds in excess Of
the physical valuation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-03

voluntarily putting in a rate less than
cents can go into court to fight the
2-cent rate law on the ground that It
Is conhscatory or noncompensatory.
II these railroads can carry passengers
on a roundabout line that has little
traffic for less than 2 cents a mile, how
can they show any hardship from be-
ing prevented from charging more
than cents a mile on their own short
lines which are the natural routes of
travel?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-03

Frank H. Hitchcock, now first as
sistant postmaster general, is said to
be slated to succeed Mr. Loeb as pri-
vate secretary to the president, If Mr.
Loeb retires. Prospective White
House visitors with grievances will
please note that in addition to his
other qualifications for the position
Mr.. Hitchcock is the best amateur
heavy weight boxer in the District of
Columbia.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-03
Tragedies of the Rail.

Complete figures have recently been given
or the casualties upon the British rail-
roads in 1906, and 1t appears that 1859 per-
sons we're killed and 1904 injured an in
crease OF 70 killed and 745 injured, as COM
pared with 1905. The last annual report of
the Interstate Commerce commission
showed that in the year ending June 80
1905 our American railroads had killed
4'225 persons including both passengers and
employees. and injured 66,7O9, while in the
year ending June 80, 1905, the figures were
3,7sS killed and 55, 466 injured.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-03
MID I'm sentIment.
Warrington Herald Gnd).

Third term sentiment astonishes us by
appearing In the most unexpected quar-
ters We hear OF II north, south, east and
west, In all parties and among all sorts
and conditions Of men. Perhaps the peo-
pie are prepared TO smash a precedent
and II is conceivable that the third term
issue might be as effective In ranylng sup
port 10 Mr.. Roosevelt as u would be IN
consolidating the forces OF the opposition.
A. all events. It would add zest and nov
city to our somewhat outworn political
controversies, sharpening party differ
ences and offering new alignment Ia the
perplexed voters Of all shades OF opinion.
But it is yet too early to forecast its value
as a party asse'