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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-20
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

!. n. w. Dick, mayor OF the city of
Ardmore by virtue OF authority vest.
ed in me rs such mayor do hereby
proclaim and give public notice that
an election shall be held in the city
" Ardmorc between the hours OF )
o'clock a. m. and sundown on the end
day Of April, 1907. for the purpose
of electing une mayor. one police
judge. one chief o, police. one city at.
torncy. one assessor and collector.
une treasurer and one alderman for
each of the four wards in said city.
That the place Of holding such cleo
tion In the various wards and the
judges OF the election are as fol-
lows. towit:
First Ward.
In the rear OF the First National
bank building. Judges. c. ~ Hodges,
NJ. l.. Alexander and Sam Noble
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-20
First Ward.
Second Ward

In J. u. Spragins' ware house on
North Washington street. Judges. j..
r. Wyont. W L. I.andrum and Sam
Weeks
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-20
Catholic Church.

Catholic Church.
Holy mass is read every Sunday at
10 o'clock with the exception OF the
second Sunday, when It is read at 8
o'clock, followed by benediction with
the Blessed Sacrament. The sermon Is
preached during Mass and after Holy
Mass, instructions In Christian doc
trine.
The Altar Society meets every first
Friday in the month in the Rectory
at 3 p. m. The officers OF the society
are Mrs. Perry. president; Mrs. l.. p
Anderson, vice president; Mrs. l.
Wolverton. secretary.
JAMES ]. WALLRAPP, Pastor
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-20

Never any dlsagreeble effects from
Ramsey's Headache Elixir. Affords in
stant relief and is a pleasant, safe
remedy. Guaranteed. Price 25c.
IT +. J. RAMSEY, Druggist
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-20
Taxes.

The question Of taxes is to all peo-
pie at all times live and interest
Ing question. 1t is manifestly impos-
sible for us to have a state govern.
ment without taxation. In new
commonwealth Ike this where there
are practically no public Improve
ments 1t will require large sums Of
money to properly install our state
and county governments. and to
make public improvements absolutely
needed. This tax. owing to landed con
dItions in the Indian Territory. will
come largely from personal property
Our taxes should be uniformly levied
so that each citizen and corporation
of the state will bear his just proper
tion OF the burden. To allow the
man of great wealth to escape by
paying on only a portion OF his tax
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-20
Free Transportation.
Pipe Lines.

Pipe lines for the transportation o
gas, oil or other commodities opera
ting within the state should be de
clared to be common carriers. anC
made subject to all laws enacted 70
the control of other common car
rlers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-20
Enforcement Of Laws.

favor the strict enforcement o
every law placed upon the statute
book as long as 1t remains the Law
OF the state. To permit with impun
ity the constant violation of obnox
ious laws encourages the violation o.
laws that are not obnoxious. All laws
are made to be obeyed not violated
and II the law Is not to be enforced
| II should be repealed.
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-07-01
THE BOYS SAVED THE UNION.

Inc following figures are taken from
authentic records. In the War of the
rebellion, 2,841, 906 men and boys en-.
listed in the Union Army. OF these,
2,l59,79S were twenty-one years and
1,151,43S were eighteen years and un.
S44,S91 were seventeen years and
231 ,O51 were sixteen years and under
1O4,9S7 were fifteen years and under
1923 were fourteen years and un-
der
300 were thirteen years and un-
der
225 were twelve years and under
Io were eleven years and under
70 were ten years and under.
1t Is by no figure of speech that the
defenders Of the Union in the Civil
War are called "the boys of '61."
Their heroic achievements will never
be forgotten; yet a more majestic
struggle is now on, and the boys of
today who have thrown themselves
into this conflict are covering them
selves with glory. Yes, boys, hardly
out from under the parental roof and
with their high-school or college
sheepskins newly in their hands, have
sought and found place in the thick
OF this fight. They are already play
ing the part of men and not a. few Of
them have developed qualities of
leadership before which the veterans
OF this war gladly bow. Yet their
honors are not being won by their as
plrations after prominence. They
study, and dig, and endure, and sacri-
flce-and win. All praise to the bows
OF 1907 A crown of glory shall be
theirs.
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-07-01
GIVE THE PROHIBITlONISTs
CHANCE

Give the Prohibition party at the
next session of the legislature even a
dozen or a score of representatives
elected by vote of $4,000 to $4,000 of
the earnest citizens of the state and
there will be an atmosphere in both
Houses which will tend powerfully to
the enactment of righteous legislation,
not only upon the liquor question but
upon all issues having a moral bear
ing.
But our aim this time is higher even
than this. Minnesota is entitled to pro-
hibition NOW, and the Prohibition
cause is entitled to reckon the North
Star state among it's loyal champions
NOW, and the friends both of our
splendid state and of our glorious
cause are marching on to receive their
inheritance.
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-07-01

tlon known as the --party.
associated myself with it upon attain
ing my majority and have voted it's
ticket and sought to advance it's in
terests until now. l hereby also de-
clare that l intend to continue my
present relations with this party in
spite OF my knowledge that it's mem
bership is so radically divided upon
the saloon issue that it has not been
able, is not now able, and is not likely
to become able to effectively legislate
against the saloon or to enforce such
legislation if enacted. While great
numbers of it's members have favored
the destruction of the saloon, this
party, as party, has consistently
blocked the path of progress and
whenever in power in the nation, and
IN most of the states as well, has given
the saloon it's legal life"
How do you think such a document
would read hundred years or so from
now in the light of the changed con-
ditions certain to exist before that
time? Would it bear testimony to
your wisdom, patriotism and moral
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-07-01
A WINNING PARTY.

When you are strong enough I will
be with you" How long has this ex-
cuse kept great numbers of the enc
mics of the saloon out of the ranks of
the only party which has been fight
ing their battles! And how effectively
has it kept the saloon in the saddle!
1t Is losing it's meaning, however, for
in these days the Prohibition party
is electing it's candidates, especially
those who run for the legislature. Our
legislative vote in this state in 1904
was 10000. In 1906 it leaped to 3d.
900. What it will register in 1908 no
one can tell.
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-07-01

AS one or our subscribers, if you are
not already one. The fight for the
determination of the saloon is RAPIDLY
warming up and we want to point you
to the thick Of it. If you are there
already, we want to furnish you with
powder and ball-facts, arguments
and appeals-for you to hurl at the
foe The Public Veal keeps 'em. It
has access to the best made and is
ordering 'em in carload lots. If you
are pastor or teacher, if you are
a professional or business man, we
are especially anxious to put you in
touch with the big thoughts that are
flying and the big things that are do
ing. Whoever you are, you are in a
position of influence and our paper
will help you to WELD powerful blows
for the right.
II there were no other reason for
earnestly desiring your subscription
than the one just named, we would
want it in order that it might count
one toward our splendid goal of 5000
new subscriptions between last Novem-
Der. We have just rounded the 1000
mark and would like to have you
help us to get the 5000 on a jump.
send us rs cents in coin or stamps to-
day and don't forget to say whether
you would like, as a premium, our
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eous Five made up of the above and
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The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-07-01
A CORNERSTONE SUGGESTION

A number Of cornerstones of various
pubic buildings have been laid in the
state in the last thirty days and similar
ceremonies are to take place during
the next month. How would you like
TO prepare and have deposited in one
or them statement signed by you and
running something like this?
Il, -- being in the full DOS
session of my faculties on this - day
OF - in the year of Our Lord one
thousand, nine hundred and seven, do
hereby record the fact, for the con-
s1deration of my descendants and
others, that I am a loyal and stead
fast member Of the political organiza-
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-07-01
Tit for Tat

Prohibitionists demand local self
government as right when a COM
munity wants prohibition and calls It
local option, but they scorn local op-
ton when the decision is the other
Way.-St. Paul Dispatch
You are entirely correct. We be-
lleve that since license law is un-
wisely and wickedly upon the statute
book, the legislature may very proper
ly go in the right direction to the ex-
tent of local option if it will 20 no
farther but that, having neither the
constitutional nor moral right to
foist the saloon upon the people, it
cannot confer that right upon them by
towns or counties.
1.-The Wholesale Whiskey Dealers
Association fears that both national
political parties will be forced by pub
lie sentiment to take a stand against
tie saloon in their 1908 platforms. If
they do this, George F. Wells may de-
part in peace on his vacation. Min
Journal.
This is very nice of the Journal but
under the circumstances we believe
we will not engage a berth for few
million years yet.
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-07-01

OF the Prohibition party" The North
western Christian Advocate says that
while few speakers excelled Bishop
FITZGERALD in the power of his ap-
peals against the great curse, yet, in
his addresses on the subject, he ap-
pealed to the intellect with facts and
logic and not by denunciation. Prob
ably the bishop considered his remark
to us, quoted above, to have been
founded on fact and compelled by
logic.
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-07-01
A BISHOPS OPINION.

The death of Bishop FITZGERALD re-
calls conversation between him and
the writer some years ago. We men
toned recent occurrence in the pro-
hibition world and said, "This will be
hard nut for those Prohibitionists
to crack, who are not members of the
Prohibition party" The bishop quiet
ly but promptly replied, There are no
Prohibitionists who are not members
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-07-01
Two Thousand Mark
Passed!


paying subscribers added to The Pub
lie Veal family since November LIST
number 2037. To say that we are
glad to be able to make this announce
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Delighted. Our smile is broad and
noisy. In fact, we are uproariously
jubilant
If we were to stop right here, we
for, we regret to say, we could name
circulation does not reach 1000. Our
achievement means among other good
things that:
For year at least, we shall have
hearing in 1000 new homes for the
most radical phases of the Prohibition
fight and for the new and much more
aggressive warfare now being waged
in Minnesota against the saloon. A
majority of these readers have not
known just how we propose to de-
molish the saloon or how they can
help to accomplish it. Hundreds of
these families contain first voters"
who are now determining to what
party to give their ballot and their
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welfare of the Republic.
It means, we hope and believe, that
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interested in the extension of it's cir
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of commentator And some of them,
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subscriptions Of some of these friends
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sition to enlarge or improve our paper |
or to publish it oftener whenever any
such advance movement may be deem
ed practicable, without being put to
the enormous and almost prohibitory
expense of writing them personally
Thanks, thanks, THANKS! to all,
young and DID, local and field workers,
who have contributed anything to
this splendid result!
SAND! They ought to come quickly
IL VIII UC III easy IIlCk 10 lana S,UUU
IN four months as against 1000 in
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we hope and earnestly request you to
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Twenty could get SO each.
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One thousand could get one each.
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what will you DO? WHEN will you
do it?
We will send you sample comics
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The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-07-01

We told our readers a month ago
that the state committee was care
fully considering mighty advance.
The first page Of this issue affords
ample proof that the great forward
movement was decided upon.
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-07-01
THE PARTY'S NEW DUTY.

Prohibtion
u @ asss tn ers the
Chicago ~ " cH%s oates It. soas sys'y N s9nsss Chairman
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SUBSCRIPTION BLANK.
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The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-07-01

Postal savings banks and the par
cells post are coming. The people de-
mand them The latter reform has
received a big boost from the $685.
100000 melon which the American Ex-
press Company has just cut for it's
stockholders. Senator Platt and other
representatives Of express Interests"
in congress have been serving them
selves very faithfully. It's the peo-
pies turn now.
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-07-01
THE REMEDY is IN OUR HANDS,

| Inc state superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League says in The Min
nesota Issue, the Leagues paper, that
while there were a few splendid men
on the temperance committee of both
Houses last winter, both of the chair.
men and the majority of both com.
mittees could not have been more
faithful to the liquor interests if thew
had themselves been brewers and sa.
lOonkeepers." The record bears out
the truth of this statement by Supt.
Palmer, who was in position to know
the facts.
Let the friends of county option and
OF state prohibition line up next time
with party whose candidates do not
need to be hitched, nor watched, nor
petitioned, nor bulldozed and the presi-
dent of the Senate, the Speaker of the
house. the temperance committee of
both bodies, a majority of the Lower
house and, we believe, also a majority
OF the Upper house will vote for what
the people want. The day for getting
on our knees and asking our so-called
representatives to do for us something
that they are not anxious to do, some
thing that they would prefer not to do.
something that they were not elected
to do, something that in many cases
thelr party expects them not to do
this day has passed The time has
come to choose representatives who
represent. The time has come for the
people to take possession of their own.
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-07-01

The greatest obstacle to woman
suffrage is that the legislators can
not tell which way the women would
vote If they had the chance" So says
the funny man of the Minneapolis
Journal No such uncertainty, how.
ever, possesses the minds of the liquor
men regarding the probable conduct
of voting women on the saloon issue.
If this statement is doubted, just ask
any saloonist what he thinks of the
idea OF giving the ballot to women.
This editor draws the line on the
use of paper napkins decorated with
the national colors. He objects still
more emphatically to the employment
of the Stars and Stripes as a hand
kerchief. 1t degrades our national en-
blem. Outside Of flying at the mast
head, and decorating our public build
1ngs, stores and residences, the use
OF Old Glory should be limited to serv-
ing as a background for the elaborate
advertisements of brewers and distill-
ers, protected by state and national
law.
The public weal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1906-1908, 1907-07-01
THE SALOON VS.. BUSINESS

If, as is stated, the 400 saloons of
st. Paul are taking in from $50 to $500
each per week less than before the lid
ratified down over their ears, who is
getting the money? When business
men engaged in the sale of legitimate
merchandise-dry goods, groceries,
meat, boots and shoes, furniture, car
pets, musical instruments, books and
pictures, have answered this question
to themselves, let them ask themselves
this question: If the Sunday lid so
Increases my sales, why not order a
seven-day lid?
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-02
Hard to Understand.

A peculiar and remarkable thing oc-
CURED In Smail's butcher shop last Sat
urdsy. Some time during the after
noon they smelled fire. Looking all
around no evidence OF fire could be seen.
They went to adjoining places, but no
evidence OF fire could be discovered.
The smell Of fire continued, however,
and finally it was discovered to be In
the Redbsnk telephone instrument, in-
side the box. What caused fire to ig-
mite there is mystery. Had it oc-
Cured at night, when no one was in
the shop, the building would have
burned probably, and the origin Of the
fire would have been forever unknown.
There was no storm, nothing unusual.
-BrOokville Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-02
PENNSYLVANIA DAY at the

PENNSYLVANIA DAY at the
l. jamestown exposition is Oct
4, and one Of the most inter
esting programmes of the sea
son has been arranged. Pennsylva-
MAS hospitable building at the exposi
tion is so centrally located that 1t Ia
a popular rendezvous for visitors from
every state, and every hour Of the day
finds its broad terraces well flied with
resting multitudes taking in the sights
Of the harbor, the beautiful government
piers and the magnificent array Of
state buildings along willoughby Bar
levard. Everybody is at home I'm IndeF
pendence Hall, for Independence Hall
belongs to everybody. and Pennsylva-
MIA day will be more Of national af.
fair than mere state event
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-02

Her state building is accordingly
reproduction of Independence Hall,
Philadelphia, reduced One-quarter and
finished within in the main according
to the old pattern. Some few changes
were necessary upstairs to meet the
exposition requirements, but the essen
tial features, large apartments and
halls and stairways, are exact copies.
The building cost $4,000, and in 1t Is
much fine furniture Of the old pattern.
A clock and bell were placed In the
belfry at a cost of $1,000 The bell
weighs 1900 pounds and is four feet
at the spread of base. The clock
strikes the hours and can be seen and
heard In all parts of the exposition
grounds.
Some fine old portraits are shown In
the Pennsylvania building of historic
scenes and personages. There is a
large portrait of Washington, one Of
Gilbert Stuart's, private loan. and
several others from the statehouse in
Harrisburg. The replica Of the room
IN which the Declaration Of Indepcnd-
ence was signed has its walls covered
with copies Of portraits Of all the
slgners. A picture in the central hall
shows the interior Of Betsy rpss'
house. with Betsy and the ta.: CO."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-10-02
Furious Fire Rages
in the Heart of Town
MINUTES OF THE
w. C. T. u. CON-
VENTION SEPT. l9

The Woman's Cnristian Temperance
Union met in its twenty-second annual
convention at Brockwayville, Sept. l9-
30.
The lecturer was Madame Layah
Barakat, a devoted temperance worker
we'll known in Jefferson county for
her wonderful exposition OF the Scrip
lures. She remained here the two
DAYS OF the convention speaking on
Thursday night Of the Palm tree and
its analogy to the life of the Christian
and on Friday OF the Sheperd's Psalm.
She spoke to the convention on Thurs
day afternoon on the "Christianization
OF the Nations"
The day sessions were taken up with
reports OF work done and plans for the
coming year. The w. G. 7. U. is
minutely organized and its various de-
partments include many kinds Of work,
for the women Of this organization hold
that their motto-"For God and Home
and every Land" pledges them to the
help OF the sorrowing, suffering and
ignorant wherever found, as well as
to wage constant warfare against in
toxicating liquors. The reports as
whole showed increase in membership
and steady growth Of temperance
sentiment throughout the county. The
following officers were elected for the
next twelve months: President, Mrs
Tillie X. Fitch, Brookville, Pa; Vice.
President, Mrs. Thompson, Brockway-
vile; Rec. Sec., Mrs. S. E. Downs,
Brookville; Cor. Sec, Mrs. G. G. Chit
ester, Brookville r. F. d. No. 2;
Treas, Mrs. Nell Iddings, Crenshaw.
Resolutions we're offered and adopted
as follows:
Resolved, That we return our sim
cere thanks to Almighty God, and with
more earnest devotion to our cause and
a greater confidence to its final success
we will prosecute our work until the
saloon shall no longer have a place
In American civilizations; and that we
protest against the principle of license
or taxation OF liquor.
Resolved, That we commend our
Senators for voting to place the local
option bill on the calendar.
Inasmuch as the Judge has no power
within himself to grant a license with
out petitioners and bondsmen
Resolved, That the bondsmen and
petitions are the responsible parties
and we regret that the Title and Trust
Company composed Of so honorable a
body of men should become bondsmen
for 81 saloon keepers in Jefferson
county.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
published in all the county papers.