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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-28

The Ethics Of the Drama, bS Otis
Skinner).
Good Actors in the Old Days.
There We're good actors in the old
day many line ones, and there com
pctent critics who were happy In
spread.ns their praises One such ac-
tor In tie sixties was welLknown
tragediap named Buchanan He was
appearing in the town hall in Utica.
Naw York, big, plain hall with plat
form at ogc end. The floor was per
feCtly level and half way up the hall
We're two huge stoves by which the
place was heated. Hamlet was
Buchanans favorite role Well do re-
member the night that he made it his
bill II was bitter cold and the au-
dience was one OF those small. but APP
preciatiye ones that YOU read about
the next morning. Buchanan bad
come TO one of his pet speeches, and
10 could rel ilem out with thunderous
effect. lie VAS well on his way when
ne sound of heavy steps was heard
and the Scotch janitor of the hall
came in With "A scuttel of coal IN each
hand. As he threw the contents Of a
scuttle into one of the stoves, he
drowned ont Buchanan's voice and
the actor in a towering rage, stopped
and declared that he would not submit
to such an outrage. The old Scotch
man, nothing abashed. answered back
that he was not going 10 allow the peo-
pie to freeze to death and calmly
trudged across the hall and filled the
other stove Then Buchanan. not to
be denied the pleasure of delivering
his pet speech, went all over it again.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-28

Tickling or dry Coughs will quickly
loosen when using Dr Shops Cough
Cure. And IL is SO thoroughly harm
less, that Dr Shoop tells mothers to
use nothing else. even for very young
babies The wholesome green leaves
and tender stems OF lung healing
mountainous shrub give the curative
properties to Or ShoOps Cough Cure.
II calms the cough. and heals the sen.
sitiYe bronchial membranes No opium.
no chloroiorm. nothing harsh used 20
injure or suppress Demand Dr.
Shoop's. Take no other All Dealers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-28

Good FOR Everybody.

Mr. Norman r. Coulter a prominent
architect, in the Delbert Building. San
Francisco, says Il fully endorse all
that has been said Of Electric Bitters
as tonic medicine. II is good for ev-
erybody lt corrects stomach. liver
and kidney disorders in "A prompt and
efficient manner and uuilds up the
system Electric Bittcrs are the best
spring medicine ever sold over a drug
gist's connter, as hood purifier il
is unequalcd. 5Oc al G.. r. Renfro's
drug store.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-28

cation and building OF home for
WITH the Christian church ia
Confederate Veterans and the asking
or The legislature Of Oklahoma for an
appropriation for the maintenance OF
said home
Please make your ARRANGEMENTS to
be present. and aid in cNory way this
worthy undertaking.
JOHN THREADGILL.
Major General
WILLIAM CROSS,
Adjutant General Oklahoma Division.
Ed McKENAA.
Mai. Chief of Ordinance
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-28
EoR CONFEDERATE HOME.
Meeting Of Camp Representatives
Called At Shawnee. April 4.

You are hereby notified that there
win be a meating ia Shawnee, Okla,
on April 4, 1908. Of the dfficials ol
each Of the divisions Of Confederate
Veterans OF Oklahoma and Indian
Territory, and the commander and
adiutant OF each camp IN the two
jurisdictions. and one representative
from each camp of the Sons and
Daughters Of Confederate Veterans,
for teh purpose of discussing the 10
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-28
Call for Public School Ofhcers' As.
ISOLATION for Oklahoma.

Call for Public School Officers As.
ISOLATION for Oklahoma.
Whereas, The public school interests
of Oklahoma demand that we uni
formly cooperate together In main
tanning the high standard already in
vogue, and realizing that there are
many things of vital Importance need
Ing our immediate attention In build
Ing here Ia our fair state a public
school system that VIII be the peer
Of anything in the Southwest; there
iore. be it
Resolved, That we hereby Issue a
cali Tor meeting Ina Guthrie Wednes-
day and Thursday April ! and 2. for
the purpose OF organizing public
school officers association. and that
We urge the attendance of every coun-
IS superintendent. city superintendent,
members OF boards OF education and
member Of state board OF education
and examiners of Oklahoma 10 be with
as on said date and let ua begin
that which will rebound 70 the credit
Of the state ana TO ourselves.
Il. d. cAMERON.
State supt. fu0nc Inst
ROY O. CAIN,
Supt City Schools, Guthrie. Okla,
w. p. GILL.
Co supt Usage Co. Pawhuska. Okla
SNOWDON PARLETTE.
Prln Logan Go. H.gh school
Guthrie, Okla
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-28
DISTRICT COURT.

In the district court last evening ia
the divorce case of Mae Bale Wheeler
VS. Theodore J Wheeler a decree was
granted In favor Of tAe plaintiff Who
alleged gross neglect Of duty and non
support
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-28
J. J. McALESTER.
A. y. WATSON,
j. NJ. HALEY.
Major General In. Div.

Kodol Is n scientific preparation OF
vegetable acids with natural digestants
and contains the same j,..css found
ia a healthy stomach Each dose will
digest more than 5000 grains OF good
food. Sold by G. V. RIsNFRO.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-28

Is the one YOU pay 0ni tor a box OF
Df King New Life Pllls They bring
SOU the health that's more precious
than jewels Try them Tor headache.
bilionsness. constipation and malafla
il they disappoihf YOU the price VIII
BE- cheerlullg refunded al & r Rem
ifo'e drag store
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-28

See my ladies' Sf35, Si.5o, st.75 and
$500 onords before buying elsewhere
yor will save money al Hobinson's.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-28

Still, do not want You to class me
with the man who says that the only
good actors are the dead ones think
there are few good live ones left
The deen-chested. loud. sonorous
voiced tragedpn o,Jlong ago was the
fashion OF his times. He has passed
away Can We say The same about
the deep voiced ministers? The cele-
brated English actor, Macready was
appearing in London where he was
drawing crowded houses AT a social
gathering he met "A celebrated divine,
a man who possessed forceful thought
and great ability. but did not have
iine delivery Why Is a. asked the
minister, that yOu are drawing such
crowded houses. while !. who,come up
TO london with a reputation as a
preacher cannot get anyone to come
and hear me?' The reason is, an
swcred Macready, that you speak
your truths as II they were lies. while
we speak our lies as il they were
truths. - From a hitherto unpublished
address by VIM. H. Crane). j.. T..
To Maude Adams,
No deep trumpet Of the tragic muse.
No voice OF fate or prophesy is here,
But Just childlike, piping morning
song
Across the hills Of sunrise, ringing
clear
A song Of faith. of laughter and OF JOY
That tells us morning happens every
day.
And love is READ and life is brave and
sweet,
And God Is good alway b
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-28

Ever Ready Flash Lights at OILS.
mouths.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-28
Ethics Of the Drama.

Ethics Of the Drama.
"Ail art that deeeives you into talk
ing il for nature II Is inferior and
comparatively worthless. Like those
astonishing canv~sses painted by a
Western man that obtained a brief
popularity several years ago. repre-.
senting ears of golden corn heaped
up in baskets. His accuracy OF repro
duction was shown in the resemblance
80 a number OF real ears of corn piled
in front of the painting and leaping
against the frame. Nothing could have
been farther removed from the real
purpose of art, which cannot be an
absolute transcription of all the parts
OF whole, but that which is the es-
sence of whole Art is the pattern
and not so many yards cut from the
fabric of life. Last summer while in
London ! did my duty as a model par
ent, and took my small daughter to
see the exhibition of wax works at
Madame Tussaud's, On entering the
han We We're confronted by so be-
wildering an array of august person
ages that sought catalogue as a
key TO their Identities Approaching
lady who was presiding over pile
OF programmes. offered her six pence
in exchange for one. A peal OF laugh
ter from my little daughter disclosed
10 me the fact that the programme
lady was waxen. She was a very
natural lady. very human and convinc-
ing J recall that she was dressed
Ia mode. but for the life OF me | cannot
now recollect the slightest detail Of
her appearance have not forgotten
on the other hand the Venus de Milo
at the Louvre, the impressive Apollo
Belyidere with his magnificent out
lines. nor the majestic Moses OF Mich
ael Angelo. Nor do I ever expect to
forget them Waxen realism versus
marble idealisml On the one hand
We saw soulless wax and fabrics on
the other the enduring marble in
which the sculptor has enshrined his
ideals to live through the ages From
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-28

With the production Of ~The Mys-
terlous Mr. Ranles" tonight the Pay
ton sisters and their excellent com
pany close su. cessfui and highly
pleasing week Of repertoire. Tie com
pany is a new one to Guthrie, but the
Introduction was most pleasing and
the Payton sisters will be heartily
welcomed in the future.
Return Of Guthrie's Favorite.
'rhe appearance here tomorrow night
OF lNella Morey. supported by power.
full caste Of talented ladies' and gentle
men. In Clarence Benefits scriptural
play The Holy city Is. without
doubt, the dramatic event Of the sea
son Miss Morey is handsome grace
full magnetic and full Of dramatic are
and genius. and her portrayal of "sa-
lone is a great artistic triumph Her
emotional work is Kaleidoscope in
the rapidity and brilliancy Of its chang
es. Her beautiful Dance of the Sew
en- Wells cannot be surpassed for
grace and picturesqueness and we can
hardly realize that che has. too. the
artistic power to riss TO the tragic
nights OF her art, as she does in the
final announcement Of the play Her
company is excellent throughout; and
the scenery and costumes are simply
complete and superb. The play is one
of the most beautiful and powerful
ever written, and holds the Audience
spellhound every second from the
opening OF the play till the fall Of the
final curtain. II has realism as thrill
ling and majestic as it is rare in the
plays of the present era. II has had
many imitators, but it stands alone in
its originality beauty, historic truth,
dramatic power and its phenominal
success. The secret Of it's triumph is
that It delights everybody. 1t owes
its success to the popular verdict.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-28

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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
New Opening for Photographers.

Anyone visiting the commercial
quarter of Paris lately will have been,
struck by the extraordinary number
of Photographic cameras set up on
the pavement about midday. Some
enterprising photographers ii appears,
conceived the idea OF photographing-
the city workers in groups. between
the time they leave the restaurant and
return to their work. /Ry the follow
ing morning these portrait groups.
nave taken the form of picture post
cards. and are sold to the workers at
moderate price. The idea has
caught on" tremendously among the
Partisan "ouvrieres," who hastily de-
YOUR their frugal midday meal to,
group themselves before the photo
graphic lens. and these improvised
'sittngs" in the open lend a pic.
turesque touch to the moving piano.
rama of the streets.-London Globe.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
w. STATE 5. =. CONVENTION
ELECTED OFFICERS THIS \. NJ.

ROANOKE. VA Special. The
Virginia state Sunday School convcn-
ton. i'm session here. elected the fol-
lowing officers Thursday: Presi-
dent. II. G. Marchant. Charlottesville:
Vic" presidents. Dr. \. l.. Phillips.
Richmond; Rev. j. 4. Taylor. Roa-
nokc. Dr. Charles Manley. Lcxiugton:
Rev. Henry j.. Atkins. Richmond: Dr.
>. w. Manning. Norfolk: Jacob UNI
lnui. Richmond; Rcv. Dr. Wallis. Of
Theological Seminary. Alexandria:
William g. Hoover. Timbcrvillc. \. r..
Householder LoVcttcsViue: Arthur
kubh. Hcrndon. Va.
Executive Committcc-Chair l..
Dewitt Crane. Newport News: \. Il.
Hoidcrby, Richmond; j. l.. Hin. Rich
mond; W. II. Boatwright. Danvillc: =.
/. Jones. Manchester. Henry Lewis
Schmclz. Hampton; I. NJ. Groves. Mar
tiuSNillc; Il. *. Pennington. JoncsVille:
X. ;. Barbour. South Boston. Va. Rep
rrScntatiNcs on the International EN-
ccuuNe Committee. and Prof. George
w. Walker. Blacksburg, vice president
OF the international sunday school
Association. representing Virginia
Rev. y. l.. Phillips. -. D., was elected
Nlrginia'S representative on the Nomi-
mating Committee at the Louisville
Convention.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
SHOT HIS CHILD FOR
APRIL FOOL PRANK
Tragedy Took Place in Reception
Room of Asheville Female
Institute.
FATHER COMMITS SUICIDE
School Was Thrown Into Wild
Disorder When -Four Shots
Fang Out-Said to Have
Been Deranged.

ASHEVILLE. N. C.-Special.-Suf-
tering from impaired health. which
mad probably upset his mind. and
broodlng over an innocent Joke prac-
uced by his daughter on April Fools
Day. DIR. G. .. Swinney. recently OF
New York, shot and fatally wounded
MS daughter and killed himself here
Wednesday.
The tragedy took place i'm the recep-
uon room OF the Normal and Col
legiate Institute, of which the young
session.
Wednesday about 3 o'clock DR.. Swim
ney called upon his daughter at the
institute building. The young woman.
VINO was only sixteen years old was
named Nellie
Inc rather was shown into the re-
ceplOn room. and i'm a few moments
MS daughter entered and took her
seat AT the piano. Half an hour later
iour shots from revolver were fired
IN quick succession. and in another
moment the wounded girl came rush
ing from the room. Blood was stream
ing from two wounds i'm her head and
she reeled as she reached the hall.
In the reception room, amid the Wild
est scenes OF disorder, lay the dead
BODY OF the father. The revolver. with
BODY, which itself lay face downward
Dr. Swinney had placed the muzzle
OF the weapon in his mouth and sent
outlet crashing through his brain.
Two bullets are imbeddeG in the
skull OF the young woman. who is
thought to be fatally wounded
Inc tragedy is the outcome of a
harmless April fool joke. in which the
on that day.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
MARRIED FIRST MAN
THAT SHE EVER SAW
Miss Ada Pratt, % Years Old,
Brought Up by Sect That
Taught Association With
Man Was Sinful, WEEDS
Hotel Clerk.

PHILADELPHIA -Special.-BaclS
Of the marriage OF Miss Ada H. Pratt,
OF 1881 Irving street. Washington. TO
T.. Franklin Hoover. of Philadelphia.
saturday. lies a story of unusual ro-
nance and interest.
Miss Pratt lived until she was TWEEN
ty-uiu" years old without forming the
acQuduta nee OF "a man. She was born
and raised i'm community OF women
taught TO believe that marriage was a
sin. She was bound by teaching and
belief always to remain single. Then
she married the first man 10 whom
She ever had been introduced. More
than that, she did more than half tie
counting.
Nearly thirty years ago, i'm Texas.
where Mrs. HOover's mother lived at
the time. "A Mrs. Martha McWhirtcr.
OF Waco, announced that she had had
"a visitation from the Almighty. and
had been told that il was sinful TO two
with men. She left her husband. ana.
gathering about her a small party of
women who were brought to her De
h'f she went To the little town of
bglton, and there established head
quarters of the new creed.
AIRS. Pratt was one OF the converts
TO the religion. and. leaving her hus-
band, she Joined the colony. where
two months aftcrward. the present
Mrs. Hoover was born.
Ten Girl Children.
There were ten children i'm the
colony. all girls Ten years ago the
Commonwealth moved To Washing
ton. taking up farm i'm Montgomery
county Md. and a large house i'm the
city. The children were taught TO be-
ware of men. They never were per-
mittcd to have acquaintance with @nv
of them. Mrs. Hoover says she never
paid attention TO any OF them untiI
Sho met AIr. Hoover
Somehow or other" she said. II
could not get him out OF my mind /
knew it was not right; at least. I
thought II was not. Later / met him
downtown again. Then he told me
he was going To leave the city and
asked me TO write. told him l
would"
Mr.. Hoover is hotel clerk. and.
after leaving Washington. ne went to
Chicago. Later he decided TO come
To Philadelphia and of this intention
To Miss Pratt. i'm Washington. When
ne met her here he asked Miss Pratt
To marry him.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. DIR. J. -. G.. pidgc. pastor
of the Fourth Baptist Church. at the
parsonage last Saturday.
Mrs NcWhirter. the founder of the
Sanctiitcd Sistcrhood. as the organi-
zation is known. and who has long
since been dead. had many followers
in her day.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
MAKE STRONG FIGHT
TO ABOLISH PRIMARY
NORFOLK. vA.-srecial.-

NORFOLK. NA.-Special.-
There are many indications on the
political horizon that a determined
and aggressive fight will be made TO
have the Democratic state Convention
at Roanoke To sound the death knell
to the state primary system. 10y means
of which the Democratic party of
Virginia now selects its candidates for
Governor and other state offices.
United States Senator and for Con-
greSS.
Judge r. +. w. Duke. Of Char
lottcSVille. a candidate for Governor.
denounced the primary system at "A
recent meeting Of the Democratic
State Committee. Since then there are
signs of breakers looming up i'm the
path OF the primary ut Roanoke.
John Whitehead. n delceatc from
Norfolk To the Roanoke convention.
joins hands with Judge Duke i'm at
tacl<ng the present primary system.
and SAYS that If he attends the HOa-
nolIe convention he will fight for a
modification of the prim0rics-in
other words. Mr. Whitehead says he
is i'm favor OF abolishing the primary
for the nomination Of candidates for
Governor. Lieutenant Governor. At
torn'y General. Superintendent OF Ed
uca tom. Commissioner of Agriculture.
for United states Senator and for the
House of Representatives.. but let the
primary stand for the nomination OF
city aud county Offices.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
WERE OVERCHARGED
MORE TEAM MILLION

WASHINGTON. II. C.-Spccial.-
The Interstate Commerce Comm iSsiOn
gave hearing in the Georgia Lumber
case. involving the ella ms against the
Southern railroads for rebates made
hy certain lumber interests throughout
the south. Tho claim is presented un-
der the decision Of Judge Spear. OF the
United States Circuit Court of south
crn Gcorcia, i'm the Tiff case. ON an
appeal from the two-cent advance of
Jan". 1908. and the total amount i'll
VOWED exceeds million dollars.
Ar. Andrews. representing the rail-
roads. maintained that whore no pro-
.eet had been entered ly shippers at
tine time OF payment. Tho rate charged
was not Illegal. and the claimants were
there ogre not entitled to any rebate
under the law
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
AS to the Peanut DIet

II that Illinois physician who is now
emulating the example of the bow
who stood on the burning deck. eat
ing peanuts by the peck, succeeds In
carrying out h.J purpose of living six
~ days on peanut diet. ii is dou bt-
ful whether his experiment will have
accomplished any useful or instruc-
i've object Composed as IT is of near
~ all the elements in the vegeta BILE
ana mineral kingdoms, the human
body needs something of them all for
It's proper nutrition. A man might
sustain life for sixty days, or even for
sixty weeks, on a single article OF
net, but that would by no means
prove that his whole body was prop
erly nourished during that time. These
dietary stunts" whether they are
performed on peanuts, beans, onions
or sauerkraut, have little practical
I E1.ae except as showing what may be
done IN an emergency. If nature had
intended man to live on any one kind
OF food exclusively, ii is safe to say
mat the other kinds would not have
been so beautifully provided.-Boston
Globe.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
TWO CENTURIES CID

since It's discovery in the last quar-
Ter OF the eighteenth century. HON
oeopathN has grown steadily. I'm spite
al the bitter opposition of the domi-
nnnt school of medicine. until tod,,-
IL numbers its practitioners hy tho
thousands and it's followers bV the
tens Of thousands Hundreds OF its
colleges. hospitals and Sanitariums
are among the best equipped inStiu-
tions IN the United States. ana the
school numbers among its practition-
ers many OF the most eminent .ur-
geons, oculists ana specialists i'm am
branches of medicine i'm the world
The Richmond homeopathic Phar-
macy. Sol East Main street. Rich
mond. Va, are headquarters for every
thing homeopathic. Physician i'm
charge. All remedies Csc. Write for
free catalogue.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
Was Bound To Win.

Edward Mcintyre. Minnesota
young man. has set an example -
combined patience. endurance AID
ioNineSS that il would be hard to
match. An abandoned homestead mar
Est@Van. saskatchewan. was thro" u
open To entry, and animated was ~
scramble therefor. Mcintyre took
pains To be the last inquirer at the
land office on the day previous t.
that set for the filing. Then he sta
TONED himself on chair i'm the cor
ridor, with his hand on the knob Of
the land office door And there he
stayed till the office opened i'm the
morning. vigil of seventeen hours.
Many others had gathered from III
directions to get a chance at the horle-
stead. but Mcintyre was the winner.
whenever Western Cana lians want
to be shown trick or two let them
apply to Gopher genius.-St. Pau
Dispatch
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
Straw Hats in Winter.

In certain parts OF Chicago straw
hats are worn 10y mon the year round
This statement does not mean that
there are sections of the city tropical.
while others are snow and iccbound.
but simply that "A new use has been
found for ola straw hcadgear.
1t is not i'm the downtown district
nor i'm the residence streets whore this
anomaly may he observed. but in those
quarters OF town where factories ana
warehouses abound. Presumably the
offices In these large and grimy struc-
lures are drafty places. nccessitating
with the prudent, To ward off pncu-
monia, grip and kindred ills, some
covering for the head. The time hon
ored skullcap. which gives to many
the aspect of an antiquarian book
seller. is not despiSed; occasionally 4
knotted handkerchief is utilized. but
most in favor, il appears, is last sum
mer's straw hat.-Chicago Tribune