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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-02
The Queer Thinas in Politics.


Newspapers of a certain sort are
much enthused over the fact that
In Alabama, Governor Johnson poll.
ed almost thirty per cent of the
vote cast at the primaries for dele
gates 10 Denver A veteran repre-
sentative in congress from Alabama
said today:
queer things do happen in politics.
Now there was the congressional dis
trict represented for many years by
Wiley Of Montgomery. He had had
no opposition in the primaries and
yet in one election there turned
up a candidate against him who, It
was matter of record, had been
in an insane asylum. Everybody
thought that Wiley would be renom.
mated, so many democrats didn't
bother to vote. The man against him
to whom few gave any attention,
made red hot convass and when
It came to show down he polled
five thousand votes which was a
good deal more than n third Of the
Wiley vote. II was Just case Of
over-confidence."
THAT was exactly the case with
the Bryan-Johnson canvass-barring
the reference to the insane asylum.
The Johnson people poured money
into the state. the manager of his
campaign was the most prominent
and influential railroad attorney in
Alabama, the influence Of all the
local attorneys of the railroads was
exerted in his behalf and In the
meantime there was no Bryan or
ganization because Mr.. Bryan is an
organization in himself We fellows
sat back in serene confidence that
Mr.. Bryan's great popularity in the
state would carry it and it did"
\ Chicago congressman who over
heard the discussion Clipped in:
"You can't tell me what queer things
can happen in politics. There was
a time that a crazy club of news
paper men merely as a joke put up
a candidate for mayor of Chicago on
the platform no gas, no water, no
police Nobody expected anything
more than an opera bouffe result,
but as it happened it was serious.
There were two democrats and one
republican running and the newspa.
per reporters ticket polled Just
enough votes to throw the city gov.
ernmeut into the hands of the re-
publican candidate. The moral of all
of which is that in campaign all
factors should be considered seriously
and that jokes don't GO"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-02

hundred acres and increased his in
iome to 100000. lie places no limit
on the acreage that he may ultimate
~ reach as he has big farm and is
acquiring land in addition.
An interesting thing about this
great alfalfa farm is that the crop
Is grown without irrigation. Most Of
the alfalfa in the southwest is grown
with irrigation and there is an old
theory that the plant will thrive only
on bottom lands. On this farm II
grows not only in the valleys but on
the hills and has an equal thickness
in both places.
Alfalfa differs from most vegetation
in that II enriches instead of depletes
the soil Not long after II Is planted
even the barren spots begin to sup
port this kind OF plant.
The first cutting of alfalfa Of the
season on Mr. Smiths farm takes
pid'' III AIlbt tHt ldoA NuNllhS 10 US
uaily in December The total is gen
orally four cuttings to the year. The
yield will average a ton to the acre
for each cutting and the average price
Is Slj ton An additional income Of
;iS an acre is derived from the yield
Of seed, It sells at ten cents a pound.
sixty pounds to the bushel, and one
acre will easily average three bush.
els.
Mr. Smith has also made careful
experiments as TO the best methods
OF feeding and fattening stock on al
falfa. Il have run he said, II 500
head OF hogs on an alfalfa pasture
without single case OF sickness
have topped them off for ten or M
teen days on corn and sold them at six
cents a pound, each hog weighing
from 225 to $50 pounds. This Is what
you call turning alfalfa into money
especially, as in some fields have
grazed 500 head Of cattle, 200 head ol
horses and $50 Angora goats"
Mr.. Smith claims that as pas
turc and forage plant alfalfa is very
reliable. 1t is a legunimous plant
which draws free nitrogen from the
air not only for its own support bur
fills the soil with 1t until, scientist,
| declare. that one years growth OF al
ualfa J. Equivalent to putting 81
worth of fertilizer on the soil. Mr.
Smith says that the wheat he ha,
planted in the fields where alfalf;
has been grown Is much greener
more yirile and productive than whea
| grown on other lands.
Alfalfa is also being raised yer!
largely IN southwest Texas especial!
in the territory about San Antonio
, Here milder climate and the equa
fertility of soil gives from eight t
nine cuttings year with ton al
acre to each cutting. John Closnel
sheriff of Hidalgo county, Is also a
alfalfa grower OF great skill, hayin
hundreds of acres in this remarkabl
forage plant. During the precedin
year he cut nine times, a ton to tn
acre and realized an average price o
SIC ton.
The great success OF this plant ha
aroused interest in it in Texas. |
Is one of the easiest plants to cult
yate and II properly cared for on
planting will last eight or ten years
the only work required being to Gu
IT, The plant is an old one in thi
city, having been grown in Contra
and South America as far back as ~
year ago; however, the modern cul
ture of it is recent thing and at IN,
present rate Of expansion {, bids fai
to become the chief forage crop of thi
section Of the United States.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-02

John Deere cultivators and Jcin
Deere go Devils" at BiveLs. Cc-hu
& Frensley's.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-02
LYDIA e. pIAliSNaM's
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

restores the feminine system to a
strong, healthy, normal condition.
Mrs. Ella Griffin, of Park St, Can.
tom, NY, writes 10 Mrs. Pinkham:
4" | was troubled for three years with
female weakness, backache, pains in
my side and headaches. was most
miserable and discouraged, for doctors
gave me no relief. Lydia T. Piukham's
Vegetable Compound brought back my
health and made me feel better than
ever before"
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
MOVING PICTURE
MAY SUPPLANT PLAY

Moving pictures threaten to do dam
age TO theatrical managers and writer's
for the stage The newest device is
the theatorium, which has been lately
perfected ana will be used publicly
This machine. It is said, is able to re
produce entire plays and operas, Civ
ing the sounds of words and music as
well as the action without actors.
Among the plavs which have been pre-
pared and will be brought out within
few days are "Othe,io," Hamlet"
"A Midsummer Nights Dream" and
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" There are
also three grand opera productions
ready and Il is promised that these win
be so good that the public will will
ingly pay 81 for the best seats. The
theatorium is a devics combining the
effects to be obtained by the grama-
phones and the movmg-picture ma
chimes. The immense gramaphone is
placed behind the curtain on which tie
moving pictures appear, and is so con-
trived that the machine shifts auto
matically to three discs. Discs not in
use may always be replaced by fresh
ones. and thus the flow of sound may
continue without interruption for an
indefinite period. The gramaphone is
necessarily synchronizeG with the NOV
ing-picture apparatus in front of the
curtain. AT the end of each act the
regular curtain Of the theatre is drop
ned for an intermission exactly as dur
ing a regular performance.
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
new LAWS TO
GOVERNM MARRIAGE
After Sunday Catholic Sweet
hearts Throughout World
Must Sign Up

Catholic sweethearts must make their
in writing after Sunday.
Catholic marriages by Protestant cler-
gymen or magistrates will be invalid.
Such marriages have always been pun
ishable. but the Church considered
them binding. They are not even that
under the new Catholic law.
The revised betrothal and marriage
rules will be read from every Catholic
pulpit In the world on Sunday and be-
come effective at noon. Speaking of
engagements, they say:
only those are considered valid
which have been contracted in writing.
signed by both parties, and by either
the parish priest or the ordinary Of the
place or at least by two witnesses"
Private engagements" are referred
to as "an Indictment to sin and caus-
ing the deception Of inexperienced
girls, and afterward giving rise to in
extricable dissensions and disputes"
written engagements are not made
absolutely obligatory, but it is specified
that only such will be considered valid
and produce canonical effects"
Those marriages are valid" says the
Papal mandate, (which are contracted
before the parish priest or by the or
binary Of the place, or by a priest des-
ignated by either Of these. and at least
two Witnesses"
The marriage must be by or with
the consent of the priest OF the par
ish in which either the bride, the BRIDE
groom, or both have lived for at least
a month If neither party has a fixed
abode the marriage may not be per-
formed at all except on permission Of
the priests superior. Elaborate pro-
vision is made for registration Of mar
riages and severe ecclesiastical penal
ties are provided for priests who vio-
late any of the rules. The regulations
lapply even to the Catholics who are
under accommodation and who have
left the church.
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
TENEBRAE SUNG
AT CATHEDRAL
Father Burke, breaches on
the Ideal Of Love as
Manifested by Christ
SERVICES AGAIN TONIGHT

The solemn Office Of Tenebrae was
chanted last night at the Cathedral.
The church was crowded. The psalms
were recited alternately by the clerical
choir, and the lessons were sung by the
students and priests Of the salesianum
and Vicar General Lyons and Bishop
Monaghan. At the conclusion of the
Office the Rev. Father Burke of tho
Paulist Fathers. preached the sermon.
taking his text from st. John, chap
Is, verse H. This is my command
ment that you love one another even
as 1 have loved you" The saying Of
Christ, said the speaker was the last
discourse Of Our Lord. IL was a lesson
that He taught throughout his whole
life. 1t is explained in the end of His
life, and its the lesson of love. These
days which we are commemorating.
and which lead up to those days oe
Calvary, leads us to the very heart Of
Jesus Christ. When Jesus came upon
earth he faced a problem, as the human
mind was not prepa-ed to accept much
less adopt the religion he perforce mus.
teach. 1t was against the natural as
pect OF things. Against the ideals and
~N@fNRAAAN
a religion at variance with the nation
Men would not have the great gospel
of love which Christ came to estab-
lish, and this is why when He began
to preach His doctrine they looked
upon Him as a fanatic Besides when
we come to consider the multiplex
concepts Of God we can see the hard
ness OF the tack which confronted
Christ. To the Roman, God was typi-'
fed in the military-in the emperor,
TO the Persian, God was a two-fold
being-typifying light and darkness,
the sun, the moon; to the barbarian
God was despot who even demanded
life tself; to the Jews, God appeared
In narrower way. He was a Col
Of wrath who poured forth His thun-
derbolts upon those whom He hated
In such worlds God was to their minds
anything but one of love. How was
Christ TO appear to such a world? But
He came and presented an ideal and
that ideal was to love the Lord thy
God and thy neighbor as thyself.
Man is bound to God and his fellow
man as a child to it's parents as a wife
to her husband. This love of God for
man is especially manifested. and that
is why there is implanted that univer-
sal love in every human heart for God,
and this universality makes it a Law
Of progression for Jew and Gentle. It's
a law Of reciprocity. law, not returning
good for good and evil for evil but
good for evil. 1t was law that pene-
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
DRUNKENNESS
A Durable Disease
Eminent Physicians and Scientific Men
Agree That it Should be Treated
as Such.

Drunkenness IS a progressive disease;
the moderate drinker is not satisfied
with two or three drinks a day, the
craving for more and more becomes
irresistible as the disease advances:
the result Is Chronic Alcoholism.
The treatment used successfully by
thousands right in their own homes is
Orrine. II Is a scientific cure for
Drunkenness and mas given such uni
versal satisfaction that il is sold under
a positive guarantee to effect a cure
OF your money win be refunded This
guarantee IS given in good faith and
is carried out 10 the letter. Orrine il
not a new remedy; Il has been sold
by the leading druggists IA every city
for years II has lifted tens Of thous-
ands from the depths 20 worthy man
hood and has the hearty endorsement
of grateful men and women in every
state i'm the Unicn.
Orrine No. is the secret remedy;
Orrine No. 2. is for these willing 10
take the treatment. Either form costs
S1.00. Tha guarantee is the same in
either case. Write to The Orrine Co.
Washington, ID. c.. for free treatise on
Drunkenness. mailed in plain sealed
envelope. Orrnc win be mailed sealed
on receipt OF price. Sold by leading
druggists and In this city by n. p.
Danforth. Second and Market streets
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
PASSOVER FEAST
BEGAN LAST NIGHT
Festival Celebrates Deliver
anCe of ISTaeI'S First
Born

At sundown last night began the
Jewish festival Of Passover, which con-
tinues for seven days with the Re-
formed Jews and eight days with the
Orthodox. The festival celebrates the
deliverance of Israers firstborn from
the judgment wrought IN the hrstborn
OF the Egyptians and as well as the
liberation Of the Jews from Egyptian
bondage.
Because It is designed to mark re-
1oicing the feast is almost a jolly one,
and the Seder service at home on the
first night is marked by much that ap-
proaches levity, although part Of n
religious ceremony. During the week
the conforming Jew does not touch
leavened bread. Instead he uses
matzoth. All leavened bread is
chometz, and not a little of the en-
joyment of the Seder feast comes from
the pursuit Of chomets the night be-
fore.
The father in the Orthodox family
is supposed TO so about searching in
all parts of the house for leaven. The
children OF the family lake a particular
in order TO lead the father with his
brush and pan. to the spot where the
forbidden leaven is hidden.
After all the leaven is collected It IS
burned carefuliy
In the course Of the Seder services
each person is supposed to drink four
cups Of wine. The paschal lamb and
the bitter herbs, as typi, al of sacrifices
and afiiictions. figure in the meal, ard
also mixture OF almonds and apples
chopped no ana favored with clnna-
mon and little wine. which mixture
is supposed 70 remind its victims Of
the aiiiictions of having been forced by
the brutal tasNnasters. the Egyptians.
To make bricks without straw.
The feast has the name ordinarily of
pesach. from a Hebrew verb meaning
to pass. TO spare.
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
MEAT AND BREAD
SOON ALUXURY
By United Press Leased Special yv,rs

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
WASHINGTON, April 16-The re-
fusal Of the American boy to stay upon
the farm is considered by Secretary Of
Agriculture Wilson to be a national
menace. In an address to the Eastern
Manual Training Association the sec
retary declared that because Of this
fact the cost of farm products is stead
fly advancing and he predicted that
the time was fast approaching when
the common people cannot afford 10
eat meat at all and the poor people
would be unable 70 pay for bread.
Il want 10 see the girl who can cook
a meal before she sits down in the
evening to play the piano" he said. Il
would also be glad TO see her able to
take a twenty mile gallop on horse
back after she has done t."
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
BIG CIRCUS
SOON TO BE HERE
5arnum and Bailey Greatest Show on
Earth Coming to Wilmington.

5arnum and Bailey Greatest Show on
Earth Coming to Wilmington.
AS the billboards and dead walls about
the city are announcing in vivid pictures
the Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show
on Earth is to give two performances in
Wilmington on May 5. which news is in
teresting, and particularly so since the
policy OF the management this season is
to again present a street parade in the
forenoon.
The history OF the Barnum and Bailey
circus is part Of the history of America
with the stalwart p. I. Barnum as Its
originator and founder and the pioneer
of all great arenic affairs, and its earlier
achievements perpetuated by James A.
Bailey, the management has ever main
tanned a standard Of magnitude and
strength. It's tours cover the entire globe.
This years program embraces all the
European talent which appeared during
the past winter. the menagerie has been
vastly increased and various other origi-
nal features have been added.
The performance. under the largest
canvas ever spread, is given in the vast
dome. on two stages, in three rings and
on a half mile race course There are
comfortable seats for 1900 people in
this one tent The circus employs 1,500
men and women and 700 horses, and car
ries equipment that requires FIVE trains
of double-length cars.
The regular program ends with hair
raising, breath-stopping twin automobile
somersault act which has been given tho
name Autos that Pass in the Air"
Evening journal., 1908-04-16

trated all the relations of society.
Christ came TO break down the bar
rier between Jerusalem and Samaria;
came to solve the problem OF the ideal
of love and His message was one Of
discipleship. He gathered around Him
His apostles; He lived their lives; He
spoke their tongue. and they loved Him
because they saw in Him the very full
ness of love, and this power which the
apostles had in following Christ has
permeated the church throughout her
existence Father Burke's peroration
was a plea for a cooperation of the
people with the example and love OF
Christ, saying that this love stands
today as the most powerful in the
world, because its a love that can
never die like material love.
The Office of Tenebrae will be given
this evening, but with a change Of
lauds and mathis. Father Burke will
also preach.
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
LONDON FORBIDS
KISSING GAMES

LONDON. April 16.-The County
Council has issued an ordinance forbid
ding children attending county council
schools 70 play games in which kissing
forms a part The head teachers are
INSTRUCTED to see that such games are
discontinued.
The reason for the prohibition is
contained in a sentence Of the ordi-
nance reading; ION medical grounds
the practice is considered undesirable" "
ped rrTu, r-1yroyrnycs Io1rRNAr.
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
Exoursion 70 woodland Reaeh.

The annual excursion of the Reilly
Lyceum Association will be given this
year to Woodland Meach on June Is on
the steamer Thomas Clyde.
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
SPANISH WAR VETS
TO GIVE SMOKER

George V. Farrell Camp. No. 1.
Spanish War Veterans. will
hold a smoker in the headquarters Of
Company ID. Organized Militia, in the
Armory tonight The entertainment
viii be attended by the department
commander and stan from Washing
ton. The camp extends an invitation
to all survivors Of the army. navy or
marine corps who served in the Span
ish-Amerlcan war. the Chinese expedi-
tion, or in the Philippines prior to July
4th, 1902. to be present.
Miss Jane Aiken, who is spending
some time at Kennett Square, Is quite
ILL.,
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
HOw's This :?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
i. J. CHENEY q CO, Toledo, q.
We, the undersigned, have known y. J..
Cheney for the last IS years, and believe
him perfectly honorable I'm all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, ..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price IS cents per bottle Sold by
all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
For Benefit of Phoenix.

On the afternoon and in the even
ing of May 25 the jefferson Dramatic
Company will present the drama "Es-
meralda" at the Garrick Theatre for
the benefit Of the Phoenix Fire Com
pany. The Jefferson Dramatic Com
pany is known as one Of the best anna
teur companies in this section Of the
country and has given several credit
able performances in this city. The
Phoenix boys are working hard for
Evening journal., 1908-04-16

the success of the affair and already
number of tickets have been sold
Evening journal., 1908-04-16
Serve Luncheon for Hospital Benefit.

The Courtland Cause Branch Of the
Delaware Hospital will give a lunch
con in the DUPONT Building on April %
and % for the benefit OF the hospital.
The luncheon will be served between
11.30 and ? p. m. and between 4 and
6 D. m.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06
TWO KILLED sToRMINe JAIL.
Twenty Wounded In Battle at Lynch
ing Of Negro in Florida.

Pensacola, Fla.-Several men are
fatally wounded here Thursday,
two are dead and a score of 9TH
ers are seriously hurt after a pitched
battle which resulted in the lynching
OF a negro, Leander Shaw, who at
tackled Mrs. Lillian Davis, a white
woman, nea here.
After Shaw's capture a mob of more
than 1000 persons stood about the iail
two hours before the attack began.
Then a railroad iron was procured and
a dozen men started to swing it
against the iron gate of the Jail yard.
When the attempt to get the negro
began the sheriff and half a dozen dep
utles stood in windows with rifles and
revolvers, and all appeals to let the
law take its course being UNDECIDED,
they opened fire.
Their shots were returned by the
mob and two deputies fell wounded.
but the crowd fell back with one dead
and many wounded by the deputies
bullets.
Later another attack was made, and
after H. G. Kellum, a car conductor,
was killed and many on both sides
wounded, the sheriff and his deputies
were overpowered and Shaw dragged
OF his cell and hanged to an cleo
trio light post.
AS he swung fully 500 bullets were
fired into his body.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06
DOCTOR LURED TO DEATH.
Carthage Physician Found at Side Of
Road, With Marks of Blow.

Carthage, Mo.-That DR.. E. L.
Whitney was lured out of town
on pretense of need for medical ser.
vices and met foul play is the belief
of the majority of the officials at work
on the case here. An inquest, at
which light may be thrown on the
mystery, was begun Friday.
Dr.. Whitney had an abrasion over
his right eye, and under it there was
a blood clot on the brain, which was
the immediate cause of death. The
theory is that the abrasion was caused
by some such weapon as a blackjack
or sandbag. There also is a clean cut
on top of the head. The physicians
medicine case was found open at the
side of the road.
DR.. Whitney's body was found two
miles east of town, beside the road.
At first it was thought he had been
stricken with apoplexy, but examina.
ton showed this was not so.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-08-06
Kills Bride and Self.

Lebanon-Grover C. Willoughby,
aged %, shot and killed his wife, then
turned the weapon upon himself and
ended his own life here. Last week
young Willoughby made an affidavit
in regard to the age of Miss Nora
Logue, so as to obtain a marriage IL
cense. They were then married, and.
when they went to the brides fathers
to get her belongings, her father gave
the young man a severe beating and
prevented her from going with him.
Logue vas arrested and paid a fine
for assault. The young man was
arrested for perjury, and his trial
was pending at the time of his death