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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-09
IN The DISTRICT COURT
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Joint with pistol and iii, d at
Ballcw three times, and Ballew emp.
tied his pistol at Fooshee.
lrh Fooshcc had a weapon In his
possession, but It had never been
produced or fired.
II was stated in evidence that
Ballew provided himself with cart.
ridges for his weapon about one
hour before the affray occurred.
The defense opened its case ABOUT
noon and was at work at late
hour this afternoon 1t has about
forty Witnesses. The object OF the
defendants attorneys appears TO be
TO establish evidence OF conspiracy
and solfdefense. Drawings of the
scene Of the murder were p 'oduced
in court and much time was given
10 the study of the question of he
direction OF the bullets.
Among those produced by inc d".
fcnsc as Witnesses were ID. T.. Booker
and L. 5. Joins, who testified as 10
two bullet holes presumed to have
been fired in the fusiade. Both wit
nesses stated in answer TO question
.of County Attorney Matson that
they were upon the bonds OF the
prisoner and Booker created a mild
sensation by stating that the pris-
onor was an enemy OF his a. he
time that he went on his boni
Ballew has been at liberty under
a $4,000 bond and appears to be
little disturbed by any of the ties.
timony introduced for or against
him. w C. Dean was placed upon
the stand for the defense and lis.
claimed any knowledge OF the ma.
ter with the exception of having seen
the bullet wounds in connection with
which there was so much quos ion.
II Is expected that the defense
VIII conclude its case this evening
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-09
PERSONALS

w. A. Ledbetter goes to Guthrie to.
night in connection with some legal
matters.
Malcolm Henry of the Conway.
Henry company. Oklahoma City. is
in Ardmore today on business.
Miss Maze Cotner is reported as
being very Ill and It is feared by
her friends that she may have to
undergo an operation for the trouble
in her ear with which she is az
flicted.
Ernest Chambers. an attorney OF
Oklahoma City, was in the city yes.
tcrday in attendance upon the Wall
bankruptcy case. Mr.. Chambers was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. r. II.
Sturgeon.
iss Evans. the court stcnogra-
pher, who is here with Judge Rosser
for the session of the district court.
is from Fayetteville, 40. Acquaint.
ances here in Ardmorc are finding
her a very charming young lady.
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notice TO CONTRACTORS-Sea'-
ed bids will be received IN he OF.
flee Of the architects and at the OF.
fee Of the clerk of the school board
at Oougherty for the erection ard
completion OF a six-room stone
school building, Plant and specf fi-
cations can be seen at the office az
Tackett & Myau, architects, Ard-
more, Okla, or at the office OF tho
clerk az nOugherty Bids will be
received up 70 the hour OF D. m,
February 22 1909. Each bid must oe
accompanied by u certified check of
two per cent OF the bid. made pay
able 70 the clerk, W c. Morgan
The right IS reserved TO reject any
or all bids
9l4-2l TACKETT & MYAI.L
Architects.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-09
STORES WILL Be CLOSED
MEN WILL OBSERE
LINCOLN DAY BY CLOSING UP
STORES FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

The following business men o
lrdmora have signed the petition
agreeing to close their places OF bust
less Friday afternoon at O'Clock
n observance OF Lincoln Centcnnia
lay:
Stevens konnorly a Spragins Co
c. W. Anderson.
Pennington Gro. Co.
A. VI. Rice
j r. Hamilton & Co.
Madden 4 Co.
Wcsthcimer a Daubo.
Ardmore Wholesale Mer. Co.
II 7. Wolverton.
New state Hardware & Harness Co
Jones q McCharen.
y. l.. Martin.
Sprekelmeyer & Co.
j. y. Barall.
VI. r. Felker
J. G. Whtchurst.
Hyden-IIodges Co.
A. G. Young.
r. VI. Goff
The Bankrupt Store.
Ditzler Dry Goods Co.
Tyler & Simpson Co.
Frank Berryhill
Conway & Julian.
Ardmore Wholesale Groc. Co.
Brady & Brady.
w. w. Taliaferro.
w. \. Pride
Frrnslcv Bros. Lumber Co
Ardmore Supply Co.
Chickasaw Lumber Co.
Nelson Bros.
Webb's Art Gallery.
r. X. Kearney.
Russell the Photographer.
u. T.. Allen.
J. ]. Lutterell
J. +. Havens.
Thos. H. Rol prts,
Geo Il, Criner.
Frank Hunt.
The Wonder store,
Chickasaw Furniture Co.
The Baltimore Mer. Co.
g. \. Sammons Lumber Co.
Hudson Houston Lumber Co
Koenigs Shoe Shop.
oPland e. Foster.
X. J. Taylor.
Taryer & Dorlah
w G. Dean.
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Soldier ealks Death Plot.

II seemed 10 J. \, Stone, a civil war
veteran, of Kemp, Tex, that a plot
existed between a desperate lung
trouble and the grave to cause his
death. Il contracted a stubborn cod
he writes, that developed a cough
that stuck TO me, in spite OF all rem
edies for years My weight ran down
TO 13O pounds. Then | began TO use
Dr. Kings New Discovery, which re-
stored my health completely ! now
weigh l7S pounds" For severe Colds
obstinate Coughs, Hemorrhages As
thma and 10 prevent Pneumonia it's
unriyaled soc and 800 Trial bottle
free. Guaranteed by Ardmore Phar'
macy.
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Notice to Creditors.

To the Creditors OF John A. Gordon,
Deceased.
The creditors of the above named
decedent are hereby notified that the
undersigned was, by the County Court
of Carter county, Oklahoma, appoint
ed Executor of the estate of said
decedent, and that all persons having
claims against the estate Of said de-
cedent are required to exhibit them
10 said undersigned w. +. Mcknight
Executor, with the necessary vouch.
ers, at Healdton, Carter County, Okla.
homa, within six months from the
date OF the first publication of this
notice, toIwit, from the 18th day Of
January, 1909.
Dated January 10th, 1909.
w. F. MCKNIGHT.
l9-4wks Executor.
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ABOUT THE cITY's BONDS.
City Clerk George Bruce Receives
Letter From Splitter & Co.

Letter From Splitter d Co.
Mr.. Bruce received the following
letter from Spitzer a Co. this morn
ing. The contents OF the letter indi-
cate that some definite action in this
matter may be expected in the very
near future.
The City Clerk. Ardmore okla.
Dear Sir-Mr. G. J. Gilbert has
forwarded 10 MS n copy OF the resolu-
tion passed by the city council of
your city awarding us the s225OOO
25year city bonds, and We have turn
ed the same over 10 our attorney,
with instructions TO get out all nee,
essary proceedings, first in the mat,
ter OF the votes being taken and
then preliminary steps being taken
by the city council in the matter OF
getting our the proper legislation
including resolution adopting the
form OF the bond, and also the blank
bonds which we are 10 furnish the
city council. But the first thing ne
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-09
LINCOLN DAY CELEBRATION
SPLENDID PROGRAM ARRANGED
WITH MANY NOTABLE MUSIC
AL NUMBERS.

4 splendid musical program has
been arranged for the Lincoln Day
celebration at the Robson opera
house on next Friday afternoon over
five hundred of the school children
of the city will participate and there
will be musical features OF great in.
tcrest. 1t is hoped that a large ma.
jority of the citizens OF the city
may he present There will be no
admission fee.
The committee Of decoration. head.
ed by Mrs. c. w. webb. with the
assistance OF Captain Hutchinson
and the local company Of the Ma.
tional Guard will decorate the opera
house in a splendid manner. All
the church choirs with their leaders
will be in attendance and add 10 the
musical features of the celebration
The exercises will begin promptly at
two fifteen.
While there will not be any special
feature Of the kind developed It Is
the special desire Of J. u Spragins
and the program committee that all
the old soldiers Of both armies will
attend.
The program arranged by the fol.
lowing committee is given herewith
in full The members of I'M com
mittec are Mossrs Charles Evans.
Colonel David Rodhcld, J. II. Sprag.
ins. Mr.. Spraeins was appointed spe.
cially by the governor TO arrange
for the celebration I'm the city.
Master of ceremonies Mayor J.
r. Pennington
Song, first three stanzas Of Amer.
lea Entire audience.
mvocation-Rcv. Connolly Of the
Christian church.
Proclamation Observation-Disclosures
Chas Evans.
Life Of Thirty-threc boys
and girls.
Lincoln the Man Eugene Niv.
ouche
High School orchestra Patriotic
airs
Life Epochs of Thirteen
boys and girls
An Ode for Decoration Day-Daisy
" Webb.
Battle Hymn OF the Republc-En.
tire audience.
Short sayings Of Eighteen
children.
\ Prophecy from Lincoln's Grave
jeanette Moore.
Lincoln. the Statesman-John Ed
wards.
Dixie. the entire audience and or.
chestra.
Address of the Dayton. \. =.
Crucc.
Last stanza Of America" and 1as
salute.
Benediction- -Archdeacon Smith
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-09

will prepare is the necessary data To
present to the legal voters of your
city in the matter OF voting the
bonds in due and legal form. We ex.
pect 20 be able 70 forward this data
to you at an early date.
Yours truly,
SPITZER 4 co
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-09
Notice to Creditors.

To the creditors Of Elizabeth \ COT.
fey, deceased.
The creditors Of the above named
decedcnt are hereby notified that the
undersigned was by the County Court
of Carter County, Oklahoma appoint
ed administrator of the estate of said
decedent, and that all persons having
claims against the @ tate of said de
cedent are required 10 exhibit
them to said undersigned administra
tor with the necessary vouchers, at
Provence, Carter County, Oklahoma.
within four months from the date OF
the first publication of this notice,
to-wit, from the ninth day of Febru-
AIRY, 1909.
4. J. HARRIS.
9-l6.23-2 Administrator
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Plck.uPs HERE AND THERE.
+ + + + + + + + + 4 + 4

The county commissioners are
again in session in the court house.
County Registrars Tolson's force
IS now busily at work making a copy
OF the city's charter for filing in
that office.
The farm Of Frank Hydcn that was
sold a few days past by the real cs.
tate firm of Hooks. Nolan and Ian.
It's. TO Mr.. Wolf of Kansas of which
mention was made in this paper yes
tcrday afternoon. was sold for s32
per acre instead of s23 per acre This
is one Of the finest farms in Carter
county and is a rich black sandy loan
and is as level as floor.
+
J. y. Schinholscr is reported III at
his home in southeast Ardmore.
The Pythian Sisters will meet in
called session tomorrow afternoon at
. o'clock. All members please be
present
HATTIE NORTH.
GRACE BERRY, NJ. f. c.
II. NJ. G.
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The Catholic ladies will give a tea
at Mrs. Guillots residence on Friday
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Notice.

Notice is hereby given by virtue Of
an execution duly issued out OF the
district court Of Carter county, Okla
homa on the 3rd day of December,
1908, in the case OF r. r. Dallas vs..
II. \. Ledbottcr, have this day levied
upon the following described property
as the property of II. \. Ledbctter,
to-wt:
An undivided onc-hfth interest in
the y W a of the y L u y Z a
of the y W u; the y Z 4, Of the y.
+ "A of Section l6. The y w a OF
the w !, of the y L a OF Section
2S Township 8 South, Range East,
And an undivided onc-tenth interest
in the 5 L a of the $ w a; 5 u Of
the y + a OF Sec. S. Township 3
South, Range West The y y Of
the r a Of the S T. AS + a Of
the S Il "a of the $ L "A Of Sec. 6,
Township 3 South, Range . West.
And that / will offer said properly
for sale at public venue to the highest
and best bidder for cash in hand, in
front OF the court house in Ardmore.
Carter county, Oklahoma on the 9Th
day OF March 1909, between the hours
OF o'clock a. m. and o'clock p. m.
Said property having been apprais-
ed as by law required and its value
fixed at $4,000 by said appraisers.
Witness my hand this the 29th day
Of January 1909.
l-iwks j. II. AKGRS,
BY Fred Williams Deputy.
Notice For Publication.
state OF Oklahoma, County Of Car
ter In the District Court.
r. NJ. Cummings, et al plaintiff,
VS.. H. s. Bottcs, Newton Kelsey and
W. p. Terrell defendants
Said defendants, II $. Bettes and
Newton Kelsey, will take notice that
they have been sued In the above court
for money accounting injunction and
receiver, and must answer the peti
tion filed tehrein by said plaintiffs
on or before the 3rd day OF March,
A. D., 1909, or said petition will be
taken as true and a judgment for
said plaintiffs in said action 70.
s27 10000 at per cent interest from
October 1st, 1903, will be rendered
accordingly
Dated this 2lst day OF January
1909.
H. A. LEDBETTER and
r. A. HOWARD,
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Attest. c. r, VERNON,
District Clerk
By 8. NJ PARKER, Deputy. q"
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c Boone Taliaferro's new line Of
picture mouldings and mat boards.
2l-lm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-09

J. y. Schinholser is reported i'll a
his home in southeast Ardmore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-09

PAY YOUR GAS BILLS TODAY
AND SAVE THE DISCOUNT.
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Read Ardmoreite want Is.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-05-20
The House of the Black
szz:=2= Pate: Ring Copyright. 1905
By F. L. Pattee

Gone on. Follow me- he shouted.
he fell pom the underbrush for dear
life. The n cry OF his heart. frantic
and wild, was to save her-at any cost.
she mustn't burn. My Cod! she
mustn't burnt" poured from his heart
like a mad prayer,
The girl, her hand linked into the
bride OF the horse, staggered on in the
path he vas crashing Town. A few
steps and he stopped abruptly. They
We're walking directly into the fire.
They had struck for the more exposed
side of the valley, and the wind had
driven the flames ahead of them. The
other side was their last hope,
Quick! Turn back" he yelled.
It's our only chance They wheeled
about like frantic creatures into the
opposite brush. He was slashing at
the tangle like a giant. Right and left
flew the axe shifting and crashing and
lopping-the very embodiment of de-
struction. Once he glanced back and
saw the slim figure of the girl wrest-
ling with the horse and the thickets.
He caught a glimpse of her face,
smoke stained and eager. her glossy
hair torn and streaming about it, ard
his whole soul sent up the mao cry.
She shan't burn! My God! she shan't
burnt" But the flames were racing be-
fore a wild hurricane.
There seemed not one chance in a
for the fugitives.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-05-20
All WHO
Would Enjoy

good health, with its blessings, must I'M
derstand, quite clearly, that it involves the
question of right living with all the term
implies. With proper knowledge of what
Is best, each hour of recreation, of enjoy-
ment- Of contemplation and of effort may
be made to contribute to living Alright.
Then the use of medicines may be dis
pensed with to advantage, but under or
binary conditions in many instances a
simple, wholesome remedy may be invalu-
able if taken at the proper. time and the
California Fig Syrup Co. holds that it is
alike important to present the subject
~truthfully and to supply the one perfect
laxative to those desiring it.
Consequently, the Company's Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA gives general
satisfaction. To get its beneficial effects
buy the genuine, manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-05-20
Inconsistencies of Our Speech.

tIOIl tue scrap BOOK.
Fo. the last 80 or 40 years a good many
persons have been trying to simplify the
accepted spelling of the English language.
They say that its irregularity is a Stun
bling block to foreigners who wish to
learn it, and that it is, moreover. in itself
Illogical. 1t is rather remarkable that no
one has suggested simplifying the gram
matical and verbal forms, since these are
much more irregular and difficult than
the spelling. To say Il am II was" i
have been" and to say that these differ
ent forms belong to the single verb be"
is strange enough. SO in the present tense
of the same verb. We say II am" You
are" He is" A really scientific language
would let the verb run: Il am You
am" He ans" Twenty centuries ago
the AleXandrian Greeks formed a scheme
for getting rid of the irregular verbs in
their language: but, naturally, the people
at large stuck to the old usage. The ir-
regularity of English, however, is more
marked than that in any other tongue:
because we have drawn upon so many
different OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Norman
French, Latin, German, Italian. Greek and
Spanish, not to mention stray contribu-
lions from Turkish and Hindustani. The
apparent absurdity of our noun system
is very well set forth In the following
clever rhymes written by some one who
has preferred to remain anonymous:
Wen begin with a box, and the plural is
boxes,
But the plura! of OK should be oxen. not
oxes.
Then one fowl is a goose, but two are
called geese,
Yet the plural OF moose would never be
meese.
You may find a lone mouse, or a whole
nest of mice,
But the plural Of house is houses, not
hice.
IL the plural of man is always called men
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called
pen?
Then COW in the plural may sometimes
be kline,
But a bow II repeated Is never called bine,
And the plural of VOW is vows, never vine.
If / speak Of a foot, and you show me
your feet,
And I give you a boot-would a pair be
called beet?
If one is a tooth, and a whole set are
teeth,
Why couldn't the plural of booth be called
beeth?
II the s%ingular's this, and the plural is
these,
Should the plural of kiss ever be nick
named kese?
Then one may be that, and three would be
those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose:
And the plural of cat is cats. not cose.
We speak of a brother, and also of
brethren,
But though we say mother. we never say
Then the masculine p%ronouns are he, his
and him;
But imagine the famine, she. shis and
SHIN,
So the English. I think, you all will agree,
see.
Author Unknown.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-05-20
500 Reward. O

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there Is at. least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
In all Its stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken Internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature In doing its work. The
p!roprietors have SO much faith In its cura-
tive powers that they offer one Hundred
Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address r. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by ali Druggists. T5c.
! Tako Halls Family PILLS for constipation.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-05-20
"Jumn-Short" pic.

FTOHI tIlH LOIIUDH CIFOnlCIe.
In our catalog of out-of-the-way
dishes q feast of Rev. R. III. Barkam
may be included The author of the
~"Ingoldsby Legends" his son relates,
on visiting n of his parishioners, was
asked to dine n have some Jump
short" pie. He did so, and made a
hearty meal. It's very nice-tastes like
lamb. why the odd nance" he asked.
We'll, sir" said his host, lit is lamb.
You see the young lambs in the mesh
try to get Yer the drains; a good
many of 'em jump short, tumble in
and get drowned. We hooks 'em out
and puts 'em int a pie. Have another
help. sir?" Barham declined.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-05-20
The Harvesting Of the Nile.

EIOIIl Ine New 1OTR F1ndnCler.
IN the 9th OF February the khedive
of Egypt officially declared open the
Esneh barrage, or DAM, across the
Nile. thus making effective n of the
most gigantic engineering feats Of mod
ern times. This dam is some distance
north Of the Assuan barrage; the con-
struction work of the Esneh was begun
after the Nile flood of 1890, and it was
carried forward with such energy that
it was completed more than Is months
before the time limit of the contract.
1t was an Anglo-Egyptian government
enterprise, labor was cheap and unre-
stricted and renee uninterrupted prog
resS was made. Il
The first step In this enterprise was
the building of the Assuan reservoir,
$50 miles from h sea, which reservoir
is capable of impounding two and one
third billion tons of water for delivery
at the lower reaches Of the river when
required: at intervals below the AS
suan are smaller barrages to control
the water level. and the Esneh is the
last Of such barriers to be completed.
In h dam at Assuan are huge gates
that open at the touch of a button;
daily a wire from Cairo informs the
engineer in charge of the barrage how
much water will be needed, the gates
are opened and the water flows along
he hundreds of miles Of river and the
thousands of miles of irrigation canals.
contributing to the nourishment of the
earth n to the deposit Of rich mud
highly fertilizing vegetation.
One result of the completion Of this
enterprise will be an enormously in
reased acreage of the hitherto arid
and unproducttve area, two crops-one
of cotton ard sugar will be raised in
the summer. and grain in the winter. A
thousand years ago the Nile valley was
rendered fruitful by floods which over
flowed the banks, and, subsiding, left
their fertilizing deposit; when the over
flow was liberal the people Toasted;
when. however. 1t failed, there were
famines. and since Joseph's day there
have been periods Of feasting and fam
Inc due to the absence or the presence
of he Nile flood. The design of the
reservoir n the dam construction
was to provide such artificial devices
as would always make the Nile de-
pendable for the uses which nature in
tended to provide for the benefit OF
man; the constructors have not alone
realized their expectations, but demon
strated the accuracy of their ~calcula-
tions when the vast work was planned
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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-05-20
Do You Drink 1t.

Do You Drink 1t?
A minister's wife had quite a tussle
With coffee and her experience IS inter
esting. She says:
During the two years Of my train
ing as a nurse, while on night duty, I
became addicted to coffee drinking. Be
tween midnight and four in the morn
Ing, When the patients were asleep,
Ihere was little to do except make the
rounds, and it was quite natural that I
should want a good, hot cup Of coffee
about that time. 1t stimulated me and
4 could keep awake better.
After three or four years Of coffee
drinking | became a w wreck and
thought that | simply could not live
without my coffee. All this time / was
subject to frequent bilious attacks,
sometimes so severe as to keep me in
bed for several days.
After being married, Husband
begged me to leave off coffee, for he
feared that 1t had already hurt me. al
most beyond repair, so I resolved to
make an effort to release myself from
the hurtful habit.
began taking Postum and for a
FEW days fels the languid, tired feeling
from the lack Of the stimulanty but I
llked the taste Of Postum, and that an
swered for the breakfast beverage all
right.
FINALLY | began to feel clearer head
cd and had steadier nerves. After a
years use Of Postum l now feel like a
new woman-have not had any bilious
attacks since l left off coffee"
SIhere's a Reason" Read THE Road
to Wellville,' In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
they are genuine, true and 1ull OF
bar:sM interest.