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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22


The Santa Claus editor wishes TO
bid the little chaps of Carter coun.
ty a fond farewell until next Christ.
mas when In all probability Santa
will make another call On tyo
Uttlc folks of the CITY To let him
know what they want through the
columns of the Ardmorcitc The cstab.
lishmcut of the Santa Claus column
met with a success beyond the most
saneulre expectations or the man
a Measure to the editor as much so
as "A pleasure to the readers Of the
papcr.
The columns Of the Ardmorclte are
always opcn tn the pubic and any
subject that any of the readers wish
10 discuss I'm the columns of the
pappr not of libelous nature and
is of benefit to the public are always
open.
The following are the letters re-
ceiycd up until noon aSmrday when
the Santa Claus letter column closed.
Dear Santa want box ~
tools a drum A wagon. some applcs.
nuts candy and whatever else YOU
may wish 10 bring me. Don't for
bring her fur and whatever else
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22

H. L. Dalton. who has been i'll
at the sanitarlum for some time
and who underwent an operation re-
Gently was ablt TO be taken home
Saturday morning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22

me a big doll chair. a big doll. and
a doll buggy. lots of oranges, ban
anas and nuts. My number Is SIS
- street, northwest Yours truly,
MARIE GLENN.
Little Marie viii have her wants at.
tended to by Santa.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22

Don't forget 10 See Freddy about
the buggy and harness ne IS giving
awas
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22
To Cure a Cold In One Day

rake Laxative Bromo Qunine Tab
lets. Druggists refund money n 1t
falls to cure f.. w Groves sigma.
ture Is ON each box. 25c. n
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22

me DIX uOll tHdlT, DIX uOll, ana
a doll buggy, lots of oranges, ban
anas and nuts. My number Is SIS .
ID street, northwest Yours truly,
MARIE GLENN.
Little Marie viii have her wants at
tended to by Santa.
Dear Santa Claus:-I thought |
would write and tell you what | |
want for Christmas. | want foot |
ball. pistol and some caps, and |
bat and a init. and some fireworks. |
Ny name Is Edwin Hoffman. and |
live on Second avenue, northwest. |
Dear Santa Claus:-I want you TO |
bring me doll, and buggy. a little !
stove, and dishes. and sewing |
box. My name is Alma May Hoffman !
also want doll room, some !
dishes. book, a red chair, and a
little doll bed.
Santa will give the little HOFFMAN
children what he thinks best for
them.
Dear Santa Claus have been
good an of this week, and ! want
YOU 10 bring me a doll, "a doh
buggy a lamp. and dresser for my
doll. also rocking chair. Bring
them To rs West Broadway
GERALDINE THERESA NcCU \RHN
The McChar,n home will DE certain
/ to get visit from Santa.
Dear Santa.-Plcase bring me
/ big doll. a little doll. and a buggy
/ for them TO ride I'm. Bring me- a
sipuct ring also, and don't forget
/ little Thomas Newcomb. YOU know
what to bring a little boy. Will
have my stocking ready and prom
+, isr not to peep. | live at 1929 First
avenue. southwest. McIish addition.
Yours. MARJORIE LANDRUM.
| Santa will visit the Iandrum home
| among the first.
Dear Santa Claus; Papa takes the
| Ardmoroitc and like 10 read the let
| tcrs from the little folks. | hope
| that YOU will bring me a signet
ring. and gold bracelet aw a
! little cripple girl and ! thought ]
would get new leg for Christmas
/ but II Is too late now.
EDNA VERNA BISHpr
l2l d street y. w.
Dc,r S,rto.-I want 10 thank Won
,.r ,,,c,, hin maj Won have nj.
,,.a,,s hrou,.ht mn, and want to
a',, y,, ,nn for some moro 'ayors.
nrn,so hrirg mo n sicnct ring. and
, hook called Little Wmcn. | hone
YOU will remember the little chii-
dr,, JIrANITN BISHOP.
Ir,nit, will he remembered.
-
c.... ,,,.,,.. v.,u ,.,r ,l,,sc
-, i,',ofo,,o,.., IIi,,yotb5 ana
'ilL n' -, ,o,r ., rnr cloves
- ~, - '.ar,. GOOD bny mis-
,, ,,ui ,,.,. ,nI br hotter
,, w" a., li,,, ,a,r. old and
'''' "' non pIEAKNIORE
-
Dear santa I'"7' 'I't ..,
I'ddl Dear hul one l''t ga" ".''n
ana pony ih', ''h vain "".
blg one IKE fflhN s. ~ ana P'', -
ana please MAKE m'huI' ." ll'
Pulri' tnaJ VIII ne All ''" ''''
years old. .,...,,an,,
kENNE II '"' ~ h',i( IN, l''i =. =,
walking horses are I'l'' S'"'''
thls season nut as Npn'''" u's
iRhat's Si''" on one Who's N''I
santa VIII be mere WIN II ,
Ana non I'l,uIul I""',S'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22

DeWitts Little Early Riser pills
are sold by ". y Frame DIV
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22

Fabio Romani. by Marie Crell.
22-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22

Fahio Romani, New Years Eve.
22-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22

Springfield. Illinois. Suffers from
Flames Saturday.
BY Associated Press.
Springfield, Ills. Dec. 21.-Fire.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22
Ollie CoLsoN.

Dear Santa Claus:-Pleasa hlinl
me a doll and a little piano fo.
Christmas. BLANCHE HARLAN.
\ street y f..
\ street, northeast 2ll.
Blanche will get just what she
wants.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22

Dear Santa Claus thought /
would write and tell YOU what !
want for Christmas. want foot
ball. pistol and some caps, and
a bat and a init. and some fireworks
NV name Is Edwin Hoffman. and
! live on Second avenue, northwest
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22

Dear Santa Claus am 4 little
boy four years old, please bring me
q box OF TOYS and liz wagon to
A street, northeast.
Bud HARLAN.
Santa Claus will bring Bud lust
what he wants
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22

Dear Santa want TO thank you
for nice things that YOU have al
ways brought me-, and want TO
ask YOU YOU for some more 'aNorS.
Please bring me a signct ring, and
a book called Little Wmcn. ! hpr"
YOU will remember the little chill
dron. JIANlTA blSliOf.
Junnitn will be remembered.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22

Dear Santa Claus:-I am school
boy. eleven years Oh, and 60 20
school every day and try to be as
good as any Of the other boys ana
would Ike for you to bring me
a wheel and some cartridges for
my gun and a lot of fireworks, such
as sky rockets and things that are
not dangerous. | live on West Main
street. at 1905.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22

Dear Santa laus:-Will YOU please
bring me Longfellow's Hiawa'ha, and
a knife. want a pair OF fur gloves.
/ have been = very good boy this
year but will try and be better
next year / am eight years old and
i've AT gl9 Hargroyc street
BOB RLEAKMORE.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22

Dear Santa Claus am little
.ov nine year. old try 10 help
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22

Little Francis lives at the Carnegie
Library and the chimncys are so big
that Old Santa can easily get down
with a big load so Francis must
hang up both stockings.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22

Dear Santa Claus:.-papa takes the
Ardmoroite and like 10 read the let
tors from the little folks. ! hope
that YOU will bring me a signot
ring. and gold bracelet ! aw a
little cripple girl and thought !
would get new leg for Christmas
but II Is too late now.
EDNA VERNA BISHpl,
12l ID street Y. w.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-22

Dear Santa Claus:-I have been a
good girl. Please bring me some
doll dresses and hats ard side combs
and shoes for nay TWO odils, Florenc,
and Chockie. | want boowk wiu
the "Raggedy Man in It and lock
let wear on my chain and som,
nuts and candy thank you for
bringing my desk las. Christmas
Your little friend,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-12-21
The American Boy.

A two.color drawing Of Santa
Claus adorns the front cover Of the
December American Boy. The sto-
ries and:articles in this number will
delight not only the boys but their
elders as well. The fascinating sto-
ry of Jimmy Jones-Pirate is contin-
ued for two chapters, as is also That
Dillingham; Boy, by Oliver Optic. j..
T. Towbridge's serial, the Boy and
the Beast, increases in interest, and
Off the Reservation, by Edward S.
Ellis, is brought to conclusion.
Among the shorter stories, Christ
mas, of course, takes first place,
there being two. In addition there
are 81 illustrations. S100 a year.
The Sprague Publishing Co., De-
troit, Mich.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-12-21
The January Smart Set.

THE SMART SET begins the year
1908 most auspiciousIy Its contrib
utors number many of the most not
able living writer's. The novelette,
is from the pen of that always de-
lightful author, Anne Warner. 1t
is entitled "Wanted-An Original
Gentleman, and concerns the whim-
sical edventures of a young man who
believes himself stranded in Europe
and answers a curious advertisement.
The story, in itself a charming one,
is illuminated by many clever human
touches, which cannot fail to divert
every reader.
Vance Thompson, one of the most
finished writer's of the day. has nev
er written better piece of work
than his brief sketch, "The Mona LIZ
sa." 1t is as powerful as anything
from the Great French masters. and
it will be remembered and talked
about. In The Goddess of Art, "
Kate Masterson writes a charming
little sketch of Bohemian life; "His
Silent Partners" by John Regnault
Ellyson, is a beautiful romance; In
Earthen Vessels" by Austin Ad-
ans, is powerful study of a clergy
man and his wife; THE Shurtleff
Dinners," by Frederick Heron, is a
splendid club story.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-12-21
Church Made Of one Tree.

A large Baptist church that stands
in the City of Santa Rosa, Cal, enjoys
the distinction of having been con-
structed entirely from a single tree.
OF course, that includes the woodwork
of the structure. The tree from which
the timbers, lumber and shingles were
cut was a giant California redwood.
A, considerable quantity Of the lum-
ber was left over after the church
building was completed. The building
has spire 20 feet high; an audience
room capable of seating 499, a parlor
capable of seating so, a pastors study
14x20 feet, a vestibule and other
rooms.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-12-21

A lawyer of the name of Mayne,
who was a highly respected but de-
cidedly heavy person, had risen to a
judgeship, while Kellar who had en-
tered on his legal career at about the
same time with Mayne, was still
much in want of clients and fees. He
was in a court room one day when
Mayne was solemnly presiding and
he turned to a friend who sat beside
him and plucked his sleeve. "See
there?" he whispered. There sits
Mayne, risen by his gravity, and
here sits Keller. sunk by his levity.
What would Isaac Newton say to
that, I'd like to know?"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-12-21
The New Quartz Industry.

In the past few years the smelling
Of quartz, to be cast into great va
riety of vases, capsules, crucibles, hol-
low tubes, and so forth has assumed
considerable industrial importance.
Quartz melted in the electric furnace
form a glass of iridescent brilliance,
with which many kinds of jewels and
ornaments are made. 1t can be col
ored with great ease, and in a great
variety of tones and shades. In lab,
oratories, apparatus made of smelted
quartz has become practically indis
pensable.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-12-21
A Hornet Nest Prophet.

A mild winter, says John Peterman
Buffers hornet nest prophet. The hor
nets are building high in the air. II
the signs are for severe cold they build
on the ground, where the snow drifts
over them to protect the larvae from
the cold. If they select a place high
for their nest they prophesy a warm
open winter The corn husks, too, tell
of q mild winter, says the hornet nest
prognosticator The husks are thin
and few.-Punxsutawney (Pa) Spirit
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-12-21

At the beginning OF the year 1906
the total length OF the standard gauge
railroads in Germany aggregated S4.-
124 English miles. an increase OF 21.3
per cent. over the mileage length Of
ten years ago. The area of the Ger
man empire is 2OS,7 square miles
and It contains a population Of 62.l25.-
600. For every 100000 inhabitants
this would give 6.1 miles length OF
trackage. The receipts from passen-
ger traffic for the year 1906 amounted
to $169, ,773.75O, exceeding by 6S4 per
cent those of the year 1895. The pas
senger and baggage traffic contributed
2S.19 per cent. to the total receipts.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-12-21
Coffee Crop of Brazil.

Final official figures 70 rthe coffee
crop of Brazil for the year ending
June 80 show that the total entries in
all Brazil reached 20,409,1sO bags, rep
resenting an increase over the preyi-
Gus year of 1858, ,SO2 bags. or s4.6 per
cent, and an amount over the average
for the last four years of S,94S, ,797
bags, and exceeding the previous ban
ner crop of 1902 by 4,1S2.715 bags,
or 25.4 per cent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-12-21
A suit for DAMAGES.

A Kansas farmer wanted a big suit
for damages brought against a rail-
road company because his old brindle
COW had been run over during the
night On questioning him his lawyer
couldn't find single peg upon which
he could legitimately hang a case.
"Well," he said, Il kinder thought
ye could fetch it on the sign bein'
down They want no sign, Look out
for the cars so thought mebbe We
could git 'em on that"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-12-21
Saloon Transferred.

A brief called session of the city
council was held Tuesday afternoon
and license was issued to Thomas
Pitt to retail spirituous, vinous and
malt liquors at the southwest corner
Of Sixth and Virginia streets for
1907 and 1908. No other business
was transacted. Mr.. Pitt recently
bought out the saloon Of A.O.Locke.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-12-21

The mineral output of Sweden is in
teresting, for few people know that
this country has a mineral field.
There are 1876 iron mines worked in
Sweden. The total production for
1906 was 4,464,SSS tons of ore. Total
value of the ore products was $6,164,-
7S4 for that period. During 1905 there
were 129 furnaces producing 529,437
tons of pig iron, worth $1O,O91396.
The value of the gold ore produced in
Sweden during 1905 was $36,450 sill
yer, s52,S01;, copper, s114,255; man
ganese, $7,961; zinc, $796,666, and
coal, S636,550.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-12-21
Two AdvertIsIna Truths.

A soap millionaire and an actor.
manager were talking business.
a." said the actor-manager, "have
discontinued the use of posters. My
announcements appear in the newspa
pers exclusively. have learned that
those who don't read the papers don't
go to the theater."
you are WISE said the soap mil
lionaire. And l do like you. Long
since l discarded every form of ad.
vertisement save that of the press.
finding that they who didn't read a
daily paper had no us for soap
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-12-21
Saved.

Once at a dinner at which Liszt
was present the hostess suddenly ex-
9laimed in alarm that there were 13
At table, Don't let that distress you.
said Liszt, with reassuring
IN eat for two q. Qemocratic
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-12-21

21l acres, Smiles South
of town, improvements
good, and everything in
good shape. An opportuni-
ly you cannot afford to
miss. Price only $50.
418 acres near Roaring
Spring. Can be. divided
into two farms. Good i'm
provements, fine land and
will be sold cheap.
Also some verv desirable
houses and lots in the city
for sale.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-12-21
[lME TABLE.
TRAINS NAlNG NcRrn

TRAINS CNtNG NORTH.
No. 52-St. Louns Express, lola. a
~. 64- st. l.. Fast Mail, 1906 D. nj
no. &C. & St. l.. Linn, 6:04 a. m
0. Sc Hopkinsville Ac 8:55 p.
TRIiNs GOING SOUTH.
Va. 51--5t. l.. Express 5:lS p. r.
No. 63-St. l.. Fast Mail 5:37 q. N
No. 93--C. 4 N O. Linn 1880 .. u
No. 55-Hopkinsville Ac. 7:05 a. n
70. 81 and = connect at st. Louis
5Jnis west.
No. 8 connects At Gutnrit oi Memphis la
lsnts as far south as Erin and FOR bouiavIih
-lscinnAti q and the East.
@. 81 and IS make direct connection al Grie
,or Louisville Cincinnati and all poir .
iorth and east thereof NO 50 ana s. also GU,
,sct Tor Memphis and wav points.
no ~ runs through u Chicago and viii o.
snry passengers to point Soutn oi Evansviis
OIsn carries through sle pers - st. Louis.
No. %, through sleepers 20 Atlanta, Masol
4eksoDviie,St Augustine and Tamra, y.
3 60 Fulin al leepeiA to Rev Orleans. Coz
,C't at Guthrie for points East and West. \
VII not carry heal passengers for points y or
Nathviue Tenn
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1907-12-21
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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-05-17
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

Rev. George Y. Bradley, of White
Stone, preached for pastor Claybrook
at Irvington church Sunday afternoon.
Rev. f. F. Garner will hold revival
services at Weems Methodist chapel
next week, beginning Monday night and
continuing through the week at nights.
w. Mcdonald Lee, of Irvington, has
been notified that he was recently
unanimously elected member of the
Board of Trustees of the Virginia Con-
ference orphanage, at Richmond, rep
resenting the Northern Neck section.
The sixteenth annual session of the
Virginia State Interdenominational
Convention was held in Danville April
%, "a and 25. There were about one
hundred and sixty delegates in atten-
dance, representing all denominations
of Christian Sunday school workers
from every section of our State. Rev.
K. H. Beazley, of South Boston. was
chosen president. The Convention is to
be congratulated upon its choice of one
so eminently qualified in mind and heart
and Christian purity as Mr.. Beazley. -
-Danville Methodist.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-05-17
EDITORS TO MEET.
The Virginia Press Association
Sets Day of Annual Meeting
juno 10th. Mt jamestown.

The executive committee of the Vir-
ginia Press Association met in Rich
mond yesterday afternoon to make final
arrangements for the annual meeting.
There were present w. S. Copeland,
president; j. l.. Hart, secretary; w.
Mcdonald Lee, A. p. Rowe, c. E.
Thacker and Judge C. j. Campbell.
On motion it was decided to set as
date of annual meeting June 10th, SC
as to conform to the date of the National
Editorial Association. Both associations
will meet at the jamestown Exposition,
and the members of the State associa-
ton will act as hosts. The jamestown
Company will give the editors several
enjoyable trips around Norfolk, includ-
ing visit to Jamestown, and on Sat
urday, the 18th, the party will visit
Richmond.
The feature Of the meeting will be
an address by President Roosevelt.
Governor Swanson and President
Tucker will also make addresses, and
numerous technical papers will be read
by the editors. The meeting of the
newspaper men promises to be un.
usually entertaining and enjoyable. -
Tuesdays Times-Dispatch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-05-17
FISH AND OYSTER NOTES

Police bug-eye Pocomoke delivered to
lrvington this week two handsome crab
bing skiffs, with sails, which she had
captured from Maryianders grabbing in
Virginia waters.
+. G. Hall, one of Northumberland s
most successful fishermen. sent r. S.
Mitchell. of Irvington, a rock fish Tues
day which weighed little upward of
80 pounds. While suspended on a pole
run through its gills and placed upon
two mems shoulders the fish's tail
touched the ground.
Sturgeon, varying in length from three
inches to three feet are daily being.
caught in the James river, in the inn
mediate vicinity of Richmond. Old
and experienced fishermen can give
no cause for their untimely appearance
IN these waters. The little sturgeon
perfect shaped and having every
appearance of being close kinsman to a
fish similar in species weighing hundreds
of pounds, won't bite at hook, can't
be lured into trap, and the only way
to catch them is in a net.
| One of the greatest runs of herring
in Maryland waters in many years is
now on. For week large schools OF
the fish have been moving toward the
headwaters of the fresh water streams
in the upper part of the bay until every
waterway north of the Patapsco is fairly
alive with the members of the finnv
tribe. The markets are becoming
glutted with the fish. In many
sections farmers have gone into
the herring catching business, anc
are using the results of their heavy
catches for fertilizer purposes, hauling
the fish from the shore directly to the
fields. Jim Maddox, a fisherman,
report that he was caught in the midst
of large school of herring in the Gun.
powder river, and his boat was fairly
carried along on the backs of the fish
despite his efforts at the oars to stem
the tide. According to Maddox he was
carried nearly a mile out of his course
before he succeeded in extricating his
boat from the school. White Marsh run,
one of the tributaries of the Gunpowder
river, is very shallow and is an ideal place
for the fish to deposit their spawn. At
times the run becomes so great that the
fish choke up narrow portions of the
stream and form dam. At these points
the residents for miles around gather
andwith dip nets dip out the fish in large
numbers. The fish caught by the resi-
dents are sailed down. Baltimore
| News.