The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-29

EN'lN 'iu S'd h'H VIII J'iu NV Ut
this. The sea is his home, he
loves It as the farmer loves his
broad acres. Apart from it he is
restless and dssat fled. but with
voyage OF weeks ahead OF him he
is as happy as a clam at hiEn tide
No true sailor would exchange
his Christmas holiday at sea for
one ON shore. 1t would be like
rI nksgiving dinner without the
turkey
Bullets as Xmas Gifts.
or twenty-five Christmascs spent
at sea the one which rises before
me most viyidly is that of 1868.
when the federal forces. assisted 10y
the gunboat fleet. were trying TO
capture Fort Fisher.
That Christmas was a hummer
The only presents We received. ana
+ they came fast and furious. were
solid shot and she'll from the guns
Of the enemy Even this did not
destroy our sense Of humor
The boys would write on each sol.
Id shot or shell before placing them
in the guns. Presented BY" and
add the name of whatever vessel
they might be on. Mighty few shells
hurled at the fort that day lacked
this Christmas greeting All The
gunners caught the spirit % the
grim jest, for the fighting line is
no place for dyspeptics with long
faces
Despite the excitement Of the
fierce combat We managed to have
the mastheads of all the ships trim
med with Christmas greens. even
though the sailors had to risk their
lives in going ashore to get them,
and you can bet the sentiment of the
day was not lost.
Santa Follows Fleet.
! This year old Santa Claus follow
!. ed the fleet He showed up just as
promptly and was welcomed just
as warmly II We are crossing the
equator as he would be were we
: skirting the coast of Labrador.
Santa Claus has anticipated oui
! 10000 mile trip this year and fur
+. nishes in advance the pick of hi,
. best. On board the supply vessels
when va sailpd from Hamnton Road,
were thousands of packages con
b. tanning every imaginable sort o
4 Christmas gift from whisky flasl
+. to a smoking jacket. each package
labeled Don't open until Christ
mas"
-, Along with the gifts he is sendinl
thousands OF yards of green will
which to decorate the mastheads o
the sixteen ships. II would be dif
ficult to imagine a more beautiful
=. or Picturesque sight on Christina
= morning than these ships lined up
with the sailors swarming the mast
putting up Christmas trimmings will
as much zest as the small boy dis
plays when he lights the candles OF
his Christmas tree.
For Those In Love.
Then comes the opening of tn
Christmas packages. This Is Away
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e work may be entailed by this wor
u may be covered by charging for
" certificate, and It is the opinion G
the attorney in advising us in IN
- nor matters, that man cannot i
u gally practice medicine without
" certificate, and that the certificat
u must be registered in the count
D. in which the doctor desires TO prat
y tice
-. Or Marh also says:
a. ANY doctor who wishes ce
tificate from the new state boar
Ia of health, can have same by sendin
10 in $3.50 which will be the charp
10 for a new certificate This we hay
so made so small fee as we thougl
A would be consistent with the e
%. pensc that will be entailed'
es THE law does not authorize II
s. board to fix any part OF its cor
IN pensation 1t would have as muc
e. right to charge $50 as $3.50 for
certificate.
er Attorney General West is 10
nt good a lawyer TO have advised h
board that it possessed the extraord
~ nary power OF exercising its ow
" discretion as 10 the price It woul
rd charge for a certificates; or thi
I'd 1t could charge anything for a ce
e. tifcate or that a new certifica'
e, Is at all necessary to entitle the phi