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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-15
Politician and Patriot.

Teacher-What Is the difference be-
tween q politician and patriot
Scholar--A patriot does something for
his country; politician does his coun'
try.-Pittsburg Press.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08
PROTEST FROM SOUTH
ON RUMOR THAT CHICAGO SUP
ERINTENDENT DECLARED THE
SINGING OF DIXIE" TREASON.

Chicago, Feb. 7.-"Did any author.
ized or even consequential person in
Chicago forbid as an act Of treason
the singing of Dixie" in the public
schools during the Lincoln cclebra
tion?"
The foregoing question confronted
Richard Han, president Of the Chit
cago Association of Commerce. re-,
ceiyed today from Philip Wchrlein
president of the New orleans Pro
gressivc union. The answer was an
emphatic negative, telegraphcd Ia
Mr.. Wehrein after few hours OF
strenuous investigation Here Is the
message from New Orleans
Press dispatches state that sing
ing Of Dixie in public schools ON
Lincoln day has been forbidden as an
act Of treason. If Chicago wishes ia
make progress I'm the south. take II
as timely, friendly bit Of advice and
and have that order rcscinded and let
the people of the south know that II
has been rescinded. and get rid Of the
head of the school system that issued
any such orders"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08
Lincoln Loved Song.

Washington, Feb Joseph Nim-
mo Jr one Of the few surviving close
personal friends OF Abraham Lincoln,
today took issue with statement ap-
pearing in a local newspaper that
President Schneider Of the Chicago
board of education has forbidden the
singing OF Dixie at the Lincoln cen
tennial as reasonable
This | am prepared to deny from
my personal experiences said MIR.
Nimmo. early one morning i'm the
month of April, 1868. the news reach.
cd Washington that Richmond had
been evacuated. There was a rush at
the White House, led by a band.
accompanied the crowd Soon Mr.
Lincoln appeared at the window over
the front entrance. He replied TO the
demand for a speech. ! well remember
his closing words which We're as
follows
There is a song or tune. which
| used to hear with great pleasure be-
fore the war but our friends across
the river have appropriated It to thcil
own use during the last four years
II is the tune called Dixie. But | think
we have captured it. At any rate,
conferred with at attorney general
this morning and expressed the op'n
ion that Dixie may be fairly regarded
as captured property. SO | shall be
glad to hear Dixie by the band
Ever since then Dixie has beer
regarded as a national air, beloved b!
the people of the north and of th'
south, The tune was composed b,
Dan Emmet, a northern man, who al
so wrote the words. For years befor'
the war it was sung at the north AM
at the south, and It will remain 70
all time truly national song mad
so by the good natured humor of Al
raham Lincoln"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08
To Debate Unwritten Law.

New York, Feb s. - The Sunrise
club Gotham's famous dining and de.
batting organization, whose members
at their last banquet voiced the bitter
cry of The married and thereby gained
yards OF space In all metropolita l
newspapers, will again burst into thu
limelight tonight. At this evening -
gabfest at the cafe Boulevard the toy,
ic of afterdinnor discussion will have
TO do with the so-called "unwritteu
law with special reference to the
Hams case. That some OF the Sun
risers are even more opposed to tho
"unwrittcn" than the written law Is
evidenced by the fact that ChaicmaL
Walker has chosen ;or the genera,
title Of the discussion. Our Imminent
Reversion To Barbarism"
James +. Morton Jr. who is a law
yer by day and a philosophlc anar
chist by night and grandson OF
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08
THIS APPROPRIATION HAS FRiT.
TERED AWAY IN MANY WAYS
IN ILLEGAL MANNER.
INVESTIGATION TO Be MADE
Senators Are Inclined TO Ignore the
Presidents Request that the State
ment Be Regarded as Confidential
Too Many Dinners and Trips.

Washington, Feb. :. - The presi-
dents request that the reply of the
secretary of the treasury TO the For
aker resolution calling for an itemized
statement OF expenditures made from
the war deficiency fund of 1899 be
considered confidential maY be ig-
nored by the senate. Since the docu-
ment has been rcposing in the files
of the committee ON military affairs it,
has been examined by a number of
senators who say they are not I'M
pressed with the Importance of con
cealing from the public the informa,
ton II contains.
The reason given by President
Roosevelt for the request that the in
matter was that the war fund had
been used TO send military agents in
TO foreign countries to gather materi-
al for the secret use~of this govern
ment. While it is said that this is
true i'm regard TO some expenditures,
certain senators have averred that the
report so hides the details connected
with such expenditures that the pub
lication of the report could not result
in any diplomatic estrangement with
other governments. The resolution
bringing the statement to the senate
was introduced by Mr.. Foraker after
he learned that the detectives work
ing on the Brownsville case had been
paid from the war deficiency fund. II
is declared by senators who have eX
amined that statement that the infor
nation in it shows that the fund has
been used as a financial junk shop
II is asserted that the statement
shows Ghat several 'junkets' were
paid for from this fund, and that in
certain instances the fund was used &c
pay for the entertainment Of military
visitors from other countries.
Although number of senators
were disposed TO make 1t public. II Is
known that such action would be op
posed by others and that therefore 9
motion to print the statement as
public document may be accompanied
by sharp debate.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08

francis sent Key, viii touch off She
zig piece of the oratorical fire vorss
and score or SO of other debaters
al' holding diverse Opinions. VIII add
to the sweetness and light of the oc-
casion.
Although there is every reason to
believe that Mr.. Morton will jump on
the "unwriJten law" with both feet,
and cause it to wither away under tic
fiery blast of his .ed-headed oratory
it Is promised tina; there will b.
something doing when the defenders
of states not included in the books
unlimber their guns. Altogether II is
evident that an interesting night Is
ahead for the Sunrisers, and every
newspaper in New York will have re-
porters present TO carefully and pains
takingly report everything that isn
said.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08
DISTURBING LAND TITLES HERE
SENATE AFTER INSTIGATORS

Washington, Feb. 6.-Interest In
the town lot investigation has in
creased in Washington since govern
ment officials have been hailed be-
fore the grand jury This is especi.
ally true at the department Of the in.
terror for the town lot schedules
were all made under the supervision
Of that department and approved by
the secretary.
1t was suggested here today by a
man who has large financial interests
in Oklahoma. that the people OF
the eastern part of the state should
appeal direct to the president for re
lief from the irritating conditions that
are brought about by the continued
bringing of suits by the government
on the slightest preteXt They would
also appeal to their representatives In
congress. that they may be armed
with data and information with which
to present the situation as 1t is to
the president, and TO others who have
power to relieve the situation
through legislation.
The president ought to issue an
order to stop bringing suits that dis
urb titles in that state, except in
cases where 1t is clearly shown that
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08
A NEGRO STAYS CONSTABLE
PARIS TEXAS AROUSED BY TRAG.
EOY-TRoUBLE WILL RESULT
IF BLACK is CAUGHT,

Paris. Texas. Feb Deputy
Constable Robert Draper was shot
and instantly Killed by John McIn.
tosh, negro, about \ o'clock last
night. while he. in company with
Constable Matthews, WAS endeavor.
ing to place the negro under arrest
ON a charge Of assault preferred by
10 ncgrcss who lives here.
It is alleged that Mcintosh. who
heretofore has borne good rcpu-
tation In this vicinity. brutally as.
saultcd a ncErcss az her home and
the negrcss shortly aftcrward pre-.
fcrred charges against Mclntcsh
Constable Matthews and Deputy Dra-
per. after securing the warrant. went
to the home Of the complainant
and while the officers were talking
to the negrcss Mcintosh walked
into the rear door Of the residence.
The officers ordered him To sur.
render. but the negro. without
deigning a reply. drew a revolver
and fired pointblank AZ the officers.
The first shot went wild. but the
second one struck Draper. the but
let entering the lower abdomen and
killing him instantly. The negro then
dropped to his knees and stcadying
his revolver. fired four times at
Matthews, who returned the fire at
close range. When the negro had
emptied the chambers Of his re
vOlyer he turned and fed Mat
thows then turned his attention to
his dead deputy and the negro made
his escape
The killing Of Draper occurred
shortly after s o'clock and BY Q
o'clock a posse had been formed and
angry citizens were searching the
neighborhood for the officers slayer.
Feeling runs high in the vicinity
and serious trouble is feared II
the negro is apprehendcd
Draper, who was a highly respect.
ed officer, as well as citizen. was
IS years Of age and is survived by
his wife and two small children.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08
VALUE OF SOLDIERS WIVES
SENATE AND HOUSE LOOK UPON
Her DUTIES FROM TWO EN-.
riReLY DIFFERENT VIEWS.

Washington. Feb s--The senate
ard the house of representatives en-.
tcrtain entirely different views OF
the duties Of the wife Of soldier
According to the views OF the house,
wives OF soldiers are making their
greatest sacrifice when they are at
home caring for the babies while
their husbands are on the firing line.
According to the senatc's views. Il is
just as necessary for wives to take
care OF the old soldiers when they
have returned from battle and grown
feeble. as at any other time. At least
this seems to be the only ANALYSIS
OF the prcdicament into which the
widows pension increase bill has
fallen. This bill has passed the sen.
ate and Is over in the house where
trouble has ovcrtaken it.
Last year there wa bill which
proposed to Increase the pensions
Of all widows of soldiers then on
the pension roll from s. 10 $40 per
month II did not change the exist.
ins laws which made no provision
for widows who had married sol.
diers subsequent TO 1890
The bill which the senate has sent
over to the house provides widows
Of soldiers shall be included mp Ia
the time of passing the bil I'm the
pension increase bill. while the
house threatens TO kin the entire
measure II the former date limit of
1890 Is changed.
The bin is held mp in the house
and unless the senate can bring the
lower branch around 10 IT'S pcrspcct
i've OF the value Of % wife TO the
declining years Of an old soldier. Il
may die there.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08
After Eighteen Years.

Muskogee, Okla, Feb. 7.-Eighteen
years ago Milo B. Terry of Des
Moines Iowa, kissed his two little
boys, Milo and Clement, and years
old, goodbye and sent them TO rela,
tiycs In Missouri to save them from
"a plague Of typhoid fever which led
devastated his home. claiming six of
his twelve children The father him
self was stricken with fever and when
he recovered after weeks Of illness
it was to find that all trace was lost
Of the two little boys who had been
sent away
Today in Muskogea Mr. Terry, now
an elderly man, saw the name Of Milo
Il Terry signed TO a petition and go
ing 10 the residence OF the Terry
whose name was the same as his own
found that the young man is his son
for whom he had been searching for
eighteen years. For the past seven
months father and son have lived
within a block of each other in the
Midland Valley addition here
The elder Terry Is in the grocery
business IN Muskogee. The younger
is an employe of the Midland Valley
road, and after father and son had
rejoiced over the strange meeting ar
rangements were made for the elder
Terry to take up his residence with
his sons family
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08
FIVE EXPERTS FOLLOW THE
NGlNEERS-cAuSE STUDY OF
PROTECTION PROBLEM.
MOVE SEA LEVEL LOCKS
It is Thought They Would Make Too
Good a Target for Hostile Fleets
and Will Be Safer Behind the
Mountains.

Panama. Feb. :. - Now that the
United States has definitely settled
the plans for the construction of the
Panama canal the greatest problem
that conrronts the builders of the
great waterway is the protection of
the canal against the foes of the
United States in time Of war.
President-eect Taft has been in
formed that within past two years no
less than Gve Japanese experts have
been here at different times studying
the canal with the undoubted object
Of discovering its weak points of de
fense. These weak points at first
were many. Now they have been par
italy eliminated
The original plan of the canal had
two locks at La Boca on the very sea
edge. They would have been a plain
mark for any hostile fleet that might
have sailed up within rifle shot, blown
both locks into the air at the first
fire and thus destroyed the entire ca
nal without the slightest trouble.
Discovering this fatal defect in
time the canal engineers have moved
these two locks six miles back from
deep water, planting them where a
range of hills loom up on either side
for additional protection.
Also on Sosa hill and San Juan hill,
heavy batteries will he placed to
| further guard these locks To make
! the defense of the canal from this
side complete all the islands on the
shore will be fortified On the Al
lautic end OF the canal the locks on
either side are also six miles from the
Z nossible approach of the enemies
guns.
I It was announced today that Gener
al Murray, chief Of the United States
ordnance bureau, Is coming here at
once 10 locate defensive batteries
without loss Of time,
Prosident-elect Taft yesterday
viewed the nine-mile length Of the
famous cut from Empire hill and con
ferred with the engineers throughout
the afternoon.
Last night he was a guest OF honor
at a state ball held In the national
theatre. At the close he announced
that he has abandoned the contem
plated visit to Birmingham while er
route home. He offered the Birming
ham promoters all OF Saturday and
half Of SUNDAY Of next week but wher
they said that he must give then
three days at the least, the president
elect was forced TO veto the whole
proposition,
Under his present plans Mr.. Tai
will reach New Orleans February IL
. and will leave on February l3 direc
! for Cincinnati.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08

there is Just cause for action. and
not bring suits by the thousand under
general blanket order that catches
thousands OF innocent investors, and
serves no purpose whatever save to
give employment to government at
torneys and sleuths and makes in
cstments and titles uncertain to
such extent that the state suffers
untold loss.
Besides, Investigations like the ON,
now in progress Is costing the gov
crnment an enormous amount Of mon
ey. Take the mileage item for wit
nesses alone and 1t will run into
many thousand dollars
There is rumor IN the capital
that as soon as the investigation is
over. and IL there are no indictments
returned, statement will be called
for by the senate. asking the prcsi
dent. the attorney general and the
secretary of interior to submit the
names of persons engaged in the town
lot prosecution. and the amount OF
money paid 10 them and for other
purposes. 1t is believed this would
reveal some startling facts as to who
Is on the government pay roll, and
what purposes they are serving.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08
..S.S. pnooU oUf1S Poison

blood
hdeous and destructive liberated
colord plotce falling ulcers medicine
surely blood
blood and steadily and surely every particle the
absolutely perfectly blood
rich and healthy before the destructive OF blood
entered the circulation S. quickly takes effect the blood
and gradually the disappear the health improved the skin
OF coming
s.
s. contagious poison
all blood
forty suggestions treatment
and medical advice ree % all who
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08
Read This.

Yates Center, Kan, Sept. is, 1908
After my doctors gave me up to die
Hans Texas Wonder cured me OF
kidney and bladder trouble. 1t is the
best medicine on earth. Mrs. II. S
Johnson. Sold ny all druggists. D&W
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08

Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds,
that may develop into pneumonia
over night are quickly cured by Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar and 1t soothes
inflamed membranes, heals the lungs,
and expels the cold from the system,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08

Phone c. f. Fraley. He Is prepared
to do that carpenter work on short
notice. slim
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08

C Boone Taliaierro about your pic
tre framing. 2l-lm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08
ALBATROSS

That's the name OF the best hosI
sold In Ardmsre.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08

WE CAN DO YOUR GAS FITTING
FRIGHT Now"
Don't wait Until II gets cold again.
Phone go. Ardmore supply Co
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1909-02-05
The SubaItern's Retort.

When Sir Ian Hamilton was in SOutf
Africa acting as chief IF STAFF 10 Lord
Kitchener he had occasion 10 visit raTi-
er Il large depot Of which young Of
fcer was in command. Going through
certain papers. General Hamilton found
that these were not quite In order and
at last said rather wearily to the Of
fcer: You know this sort Of thing
will not do at all What 10 YOU sup
pose your brains were given You for|'
Il am sure | do not know general"
was the cheerful reply. Since J came
here ! have worked sixteen hours Il
day ard more. | have acted as mule
teamstc" porter, van guard. supply
clerk. station master, orderly. room
clerk. typist and n dozen other things.
l think if | had not been endowed
with brains | might have managed to
take on two or three more jobs rs Wei,
but as it is | must admit am some
what handicapped"
Sir Ian Hamilton was forced to
laugh. and shortly after tie young
officer found himself attached to the
generals personal statf.-LondOn Tit
Bits.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1909-02-05
The Action Of a Spinet.

The spinet instrument was an I'M
provement upon what WAS known as
the cldvichOrd. the tone Of which. al
though weak. was capable. unlike that
If the harpsichord or spiuet. Of in
rrease or decrease. rejecting the fin It
."adationS of the touch Of the pa. +.
this power OF expression il us
i.hout Il rival until the piano was in
rntad. The early history Of the clavi-
h0rd previous to the fifteenth century
rests In profound ObScurity. but it Is
said that Their is one bearing the date
1920 hayin" f0Ur o"tlVcS without the
D sharp and & sharp notes. The spinet
was the invention of the Venetian Spi-
META. The action Is unique. The IN
,trument IS similar 10 a small harpSi-
,hord with one string 10 each note.
The strings are set in vibration by
points Of quills elevated on wooden
uprights known rs jacks. and the de-
preston Of the keys causes the points
to pass upward. producing tone sim
liar 10 that Of a harp. Springs are used
to draw the quils back into position.
The keyboard IS arranged I'm manner
after the present modern plano.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1909-02-05
The Ascassins.

The ASSaSSinS were Il religious and
military order who came into exist.
ence during the eleventh century. In
Persia and who devoted themselves to
the destruction after steallhy apprOa h
Of all who opposed the MOslcm th;t
I'm any way. The crusaders met wiki
q branch of these desperate zeai"ts T.
Syria. and many Of the warriors of tht
cross were slain relentlesSly and viii
mysterious suddenneSs in consequence
The Tartars cXtcrminatcd the Persian
Assassins In 1856. ard fourteen year
later the Syrian band Of murdererS
was wiped out by an EgyptiHn ruler
But the name they bore remains as a
designation OF dread.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1909-02-05
Apartment House Life.

I know you say you can't help llylhG
In q fat, but YOU could help II If you
weren't too lazy 10 live in the suburbs.
There IS no real home life possible
without chlldren-not one. but two or
three-enough to keep the young moth
er too busy TO make believe she be.
longs to the smart set. And apart
ments are either too small for that or
the landlords won't tolerate children
at all. And then there IS no neighbor
hood life. It's a good thing to have
gosslpy neighbors. You're more apt
to be careful Of the way you live.
always think OF apartment hous"
life as n sort Of joke on socialism
lot Of strangers under one roof with
Just two mutual interests. a dumb
waiter shaft and an artificial palm.
And I'm bound 10 say that | think Il
ls responsible for a heather race with
no children. Children mean sacrifice.
and It's sacrifice that make good men
and women.-Amelia f. Barr In New
York World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1909-02-05
A Scoop.

John L. TOOle, the famous EngliSl
comedian and practical joker, and Mr.
Justice Hawkins. who was afterwarC
Lord BramptOn. were great friends
They were at supper together one even
ing discussing the events Of the day
The Judge incidentally mentioned thl
he intended on the morrow giving th'
man he had been trying fifteen year
because he deserved It.
AS Toole was leaving he blandly IN
Quired:
"Oh. would YOU mind my calling q
the newspaper Offices and telling thrc
about that fifteen years? II will De ;
tip for them - exclusive information
you know-and Will do me no end o
good with the press"
Good gracious. No, sir" eXclaimcC
the Judge, who took the precaution o
accompanying Toole to his hotel an,
seeing him safely 10 bed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1909-02-05
Psychic Phenomena.

The Chinese believe that the p'O IS
equivalent to the supraiiminal self,
the visible personality interpenetrating
and indiSsolubly attached TO the body.
the hun being the subiiminal or invisi-
BILE self. also interpenetrating the body,
but not indisSolubly attached to it,"
For instance. the hun Of a girl elOp-
ed with lover, leaving the physical
body informed by the p'O only. and
there she lay In bed. semicOnsciouS
invalid, for several years, until the re-
turn Of a runaway pair, who had been
duly married and were bringing home
couple OF children. While the aston
ished parents were wondering what 10
make Of II ALL the girl in the bed got
up and went out TO meet herself The
two fell into each others arms. and
there and then. in the presence Of spec
tatorS, they coaleSced anl became one
one ordinary woman. dressed. how
ever, in two complete suits Of clothes -
-Theosophical Review.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1909-02-05

The pretty. broad faced. blue eyed
woman was telling how it happened
that her husband came home 50 late
Of Saturday night.
WHEN he goes to get shaved for
Sunday" she said. "he waits so long
for the line that gets there before him
that he goes TO sleep in the chair while
he is being shaved. Then the barber,
who is a friend OF his. lets him sleep
as long as he likes after he has fin
ished with him. But don't see how
he can fall asleep with a dangerous
razor scraping all over his face.
couldn't. Could you?"
"It isn't the most plausible excuse
ever heard" said one to whom the
question was put. but it ought 20 pass
on account Of its originality."-New
York Press.