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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13
Civil Service Examination.

An examination for clerk and car
rier will be held at the post-office in
this city on October 27, 1910.
Age limit Is to 45 years, on the date
OF the examination.
Married women VIII not be admitted
10 the examination. This prohibition,
however, does not apply to women who
are divorced or those who are separat-
ed from their husbands and support
themselves, but they are eligible for
appointment only as clerk.
Applicants must be physically sound,
and male applicants must be not less
than 8 feet and 4 inches In height
without boots or shoes. and weigh not
less than l25 pounds without overcoat
or hat.
For application blanks and for full
information relative to the eXamina'
ton. qualifications, duties, salaries, va
cations, promotions, etc, address i'm
mediately
GEO. ]. SANDLIN,
Secretary, Board of Civil Service Ex'
aminers, Postoffice. Ardmore, Okla.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13
Notice Of Sale.
In the District Court OF Carter County,
C+ata NJ OkIahOma

In the District Court of Carter County,
State Of Oklahoma.
Ardmore National Bank, plaintlf., VS.
Mary r. Whitten and Thomas G. Whit
ten, defendants.
Notice is hereby given that by yir.
the of an order of sale issued out OF
the district court of Carter county,
state of Oklahoma, In the above styled
cause, directing me to levy upon and
sell lots One, two, three, four and hve
in block thirty-seven, according TO the
official plat of the City OF Ardmore,
Carter county, Oklahoma. to satisfy
said execution or order Of sale which
said execution or order Of sale was
duly levied upon lots one, two, three,
four and five in block thirty-seven In
the City of Ardmore, Carter county,
Oklahoma, owned by the defendants
herein.
Now. therefore. by virtue OF the
mower vested in me as sheriff OF Car
ter county, Oklahoma, and by reason
of the levy of said execution. or order
of sale. notice is hereby given that l
will. as the Sheriff OF Carter county,
Oklahoma, on the S1st day OF october,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13
LOST AND FOUND.

1910, between the hours of o'clock
and o'clock p. m, at the court house
door in Ardmore, Carter county, Okla
homa, expose to sale, for cash in hand
to the highest and best bidder, the
following described real estate:
Lots One, Two, Three, Four and
Five in Block Thlrty-seven in the City
of Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma.
Said real estate has heretofore been
duly appraised by thre. disinterested
free holders of Carter county, Okla.
Given under my hand, this the 3Oth
day OF September 1910
J. II. AKERS,
Sheriff Carter County, Okla.
2-9.l6-23-3O.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13
FEATURES AT FAIR.
New and interesting Attractions AMI
Features Have Been Received

Dallas, Texas.-In addition 10 the
fact that there will be an cXtraor-
binary display Of livestock and agIt
cultural products at the twenty-fifth
annual meeting OF the State Fair Of
Texas. which opens at Dallas, October
Is. and continues sixteen days, the
management this year has arranged
for many features which not only add
to the importance of the Fair from an
educational standpoint but will make
every department interesting to every
man, woman and child that visits the
grounds.
These features are all Of an educa.
tional value Principal among them
are: A United States naval exhibit,
a display Of the geological and mineral
resources of the state; a fishery eXhib'
It; n model cotton farm; n good roads
park: manufacturing machinery in op-
Grafton. and an old-fashioned tourna.
ment, the kind so popular in the South
before the war.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13
United States Naval Exhibit.

Lieutenant Adolphus Andrews, an
officer in the United States navy, is in
charge of that exhibit. Every patriotic
citizen takes pride in the war fleet ol
Uncle Sam. Individual members OF
the white Squadron" from the
naughty battleship to the mysterious
little submarine, have their own es
pecial interest to the civilian. That T.
why an interest in this new depart
mcnt Is assured There will be models
of every instrument of warfare, frord
the big siXteen-nich gun to the deadly
torpedo. IN glass cases, miniatui e
replcas of some of the finest vessels
in the navy. will be exhibited The
mechanism Cf the submarine, that lai-
est development in warfare, will b2
explained. Linked with this. movie
pictures of the maneuvers OF the NORTH
Atlantic squadron off Hampton Roa"
will be produced. This production WI
be realistic in the extreme, and of ia
terest TO all.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13

Special DAYS will feature tho twenty
fifth annual meeting Of the state Fair
Of Texas, which opens at Dallas Octo'
Der 10 and continues sixteen days. The
three Sundays of the FAIR WIZ be "a
crod Concert days, for which Band.
master Thaviu Is arranging supert
programs to be given morning. after
v-on e~A evening
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13

Halls Texas Wonder will remove
Kidney, Bladder and rheumatism
trouble. $1.00 bottle contains 60 days
treatment and seldom one bottle
fails to cure. Sold by all druggists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13

Sufferers from stomach. liver or
,,ouni troubles cannot do better than
GCt Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, the
well-known reliabls laxative tonic. An
druggists sci, 1t at SO cents and VI
hottie
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13
State Fair Tourney.

State Fair tourney
Various county tournaments are
now being held over Texas preliminary
to the state event in this city. The
winners in these local tournaments
will be entitled to entry in the state
Fair tourney. All entries must be
made on or before October ]. 1910.
Each knight shall be masked, accord.
ing to the rules. He shall choose his
own character and kind of costume
The tournament committee is composed
of the following: Edward b. VIII
liams. chairman: Majcr f. II. Roach,
Major A. s. Wilson. Captain Sloan
Simpson. Captain W. II. Kinnard, Cap
tain June Peak. Lieutenant I. c. Har'
ry and Lieutenant A. c. Allen.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13

Visitors to the twenty-fifth annual
meeting Of the State Fair Of Texas,
which begins at Dallas October 10 and
continues sixteen days. will have the
rare opportunity Of inspecting the
paintings of the foremost artists of the
United States. The citizenry Of TeXaa
has a wonderful appreciation of tn
best in art. This year they will be d..
lighted with the exhibition. Anon
those that will be represented are
Charles s. Chapman, Charles Peter
Book, Bruce Crane. Julian Onderdo1h
Robert Henri and others.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13
RACING PROGRAM
At STATE FAIR
Much Interest Already Manifest.
ed in Coming Meeting.
CONTESTS ARE VARIED.
Trotters and PAGERS, Automobiles, Mo-
torcycles and Aeroplanes Will Ap.
pear In Sensational Events.

Dallas, August. l9l0.-Racing tea'
lures at the twenty.fifth annual meet.
ing OF the State Fair OF Texas promise
TO be sensational. The management
this year offers In purses and stakes
in the horse, automobile, motorcycle
and tournament events. something like
$4,000. There will be ten days OF
horse racing and three days OF auto.
mobile contests In other words. there
will be something of interest doing al
the grandstand every week day during
the Fair The racing program will be
featured by new attractions secured by
the Fair management this year Greet
est OF all will be the contests popular
to all Southerners before the Civll
War, when the planters civilization
was in its prime.
Much interest is already manifested
in the coming race meeting. Entries
for the eight stake harness events,
which closed July ], averaged oven
thirty-five to the race. This showing
Is much better than last year In all
probability The races will have to be-
run in sections owing TO the heavy er'
tries In all classes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13
Events.

Automobile Events.
Assistant Secretary Ben L. Cabell Is
getting the harness track in readiness
for the automobile and motorcycle
contests. In order that the cars can
make a record of a mile In less than
minute the turns of the mile track arc
being banked to keep the cars from
skiddng through the fence. There
will be five to six automobile events
and two to three motorcycle races each
day. Great automobile manufacturing
concerns will send their crack crews
to participate. Some OF the star dTiv'
ers of the automobile world, Barney
Oldfield. Dewitt and others are to be
here. Novelty races, etc, will feature
each program.
Monday, October "a; Tuesday, Oc'
tober 25, and Wednesday. October 26,
are the dates for the State Fair tour
nament Fifteen hundred dollars in
prizes will be distributed. The tour.
nament is given to prove that the age
of chivalry has not passed forever, and
that there are Texas horsemen as ex'
pert in equestrianship and with the
lance as a Goeffrey de Preuilly or q
Bayard. The tournament was very
popular in the South before the war
and before the age OF commercialism
had been ushered in. Its revival by
the Fair management has been met by
the warmest approval of those to
whom clean outdoor sports are dear.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13


Few Texans realize the richness G
their state from a geological and miA'
eral standpoint. To forcibly impress
this upon the minds of visitors and -
direct their attention to the opportuA
tiles offered in the development oI
these resources. DR.. William b. Phi.
lips, director of the Department OF
Economic Geology of the University o.
Texas has arranged to exhibit at the
Fair the collection of Texas ores and
woods belorg ging to that institution,
The management, delighted with THIS
offer on the part of DR.. Phillips. has
set aside q space of sufficient size, ad'
mirablv located, for the exhibit.
Under the management OF the Bu'
reau of Fisheries of the United state
Department of the Interior, splend q
aouarium has been installed in the
Exposition building. This is directly
in the center of what was known last
wear as Music Hall. II is octagon ~
shane. built of glass and stone, filled
with running water. and in 1t VIII ~
exhibited all the fish native to The
creeks. lakes and rivers OF Texas. The
exhibit will be sent to Dallas from san
Marcos and will be under the super'n
tendence Of John L. Leary OF the Bh
reau of Fisheries.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13
Features Are Numerous.

= cdtuTGS ~
Indeed. so numerous are the new
features at the Fair this year that 1t is
a hard matter to list them at all. Good
Roads Park should, however, not be
overlooked. This park, as its name
implies. Is 10 demonstrate the great
benefit derived from good roads. and,
at the same time, exhibit IN pracuca'
manner for educational purposes the
various kinds of road material and
road building machinery. Professor
Robert ]. Potts. engineer Of Highways
of the Agricultural and Mechanical
College at Austin. will be in charge
Professor Potts pronounces this move
on the part of the State Fair manage
nent to be the most beneficial ever
inaugurated under the auspices OF che
association. Macadam, oitulithic. n--
phalt. brick wooden blocks and ali
other classes OF road materials will be
exhibited here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13
Fast PAGERS Coming.

Y dot T6CC'o SO'f''S'
An interesting feature Of the coming
meeting will be the races between four
of the fastest PAGERS in the world, who
come from the home OF Dan Patch to
show what PAGERS can do. The four
will not only go in races, but will have
a good team race--Hedgewood Boy
and Lady Maud against Minor Heir
and George Gano. The records OF
these four are respectively: 2:O2H,
2:02k, 1:59h and 2:02%.
As in the past. the speed department
will be kept up to its high STANDARD
from the standpoint Of running horses
and the very best race meet of the
year in this respect will be given In
front of the grandstand. AS is well
known the Texas running horses are
the greatest in the world. Many Of the
features of the Grand and Great West
ern circuits have been captured by
them this year. Local turfmen predict
that the showing this year of the Tex
as thoroughbred will be sensational
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13
State Fair Futurities.

State Fair Futuritles.
The two futurities-trottlng and
pac.ng-promise to be popular with
turf enthusiasts, as there is the llkeH-
est bunch of youngsters entered that
ever left the breeding farms of Texas,
All the aristocratic equine families OF
Texas are represented. In their try
outs each morning the two-year'olds
are being watched with interest. All
are making splendid showings, and
each event promises to be contested
for in manner never seen at the To-
cal track.
The State Fair meeting opens Just at
the close of the great racing circuits in
the North Strings of American turf
kings and queens. en- route to Califor
mia and Florida. stop over in this city
Already stalls have been engaged by
famous turimen. The racing program
promises to he sensational New rec
ords for the mile track will in all prob
ability be made.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13
FOR SALE

FOR SALE OR RENT-National
cash registers, very cheap. j. Gold
smiths Loan Office. 21-mo
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-13

/ ShLL AND RENT TYPEWRITERS.
film G. p. SELVlDGE. Phone $40.
FOR SALE-Large coal heater; will
sell cheap. Prone 779.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-15
South Richmond Bureau.
The Times-Dispatch,

IlUV fiuII SoITeeI.
At West End Methodist Lpiseopal
ing Sunday school officers were. electod:
Superintendent Sunday School, w. -.
Taylor. First Assistant superintendent,
a. III. Thomas; Second Assistant Super.
Intendcnt, j.. II. Clarke; Treasurer.
Miss Lillian Adkins; Librarian, Allen
Wilson; Secretary Librarian, III"
Belcher. Assistant observation-disclosures
James Wilson, organist, Miss Carrie
BEDFORD; First Assistant Organist, Miss
Mary Brooking: Second Assistant Or
ganist. Miss Louise Williams; Chnr,a-
ter. Miss Ida Butler. Assistant Choris-
ter. Mr.. G. u. Bass: Secretary. Charles
Cersley.
Released Under Bond.
Sunday morning about l O'Clock
Hardy Coy was assaulted by Joseph
Rocks, both colored, and badly cut up
by pocketknffe. The attack OF
Richmond. An Ambulance was. called
and Coy removed for surgical. ald,
Yesterday morning in Police Court tho
assailant was released upon pOnH
of $3.50. Anna Davis, over whom the
trouble occurred. was married to Coy
In Police Court yesterday afternoon
about o'clock. Rocks has t.en gent
on to the grand jury
Held on serious Charge.
J. p. Taft a white man about thirty
eight years Of age. Is in the tolls OF
the South Richmond police az sua-
picious character, but such damaging
evidence Is against him that the more
wins store in the dead of night VIII
undoubtedly be preferred against him.
Beaween II o'clock and midnight Saturday
night Baldwinss store. 1903 Hull street. was
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-15

of Richmond Hive. No. g. Lady Maccnbee s
Will he held In the home OF Mrs. Maud
Adams, ii0i Decatur street State Com
mnnder. Miss ella NJ. England yill prob.
ably BIO present.
Not So Serious.
a member OF the gouth Richmond Fire
Department said last night that the extent
of the damage suffered BY the fire at Block
ton Street Church Sunday night would not
exceed $l.0Vl Tn interior of the church was
only slightly damaged The roof OF the edi-
five no longer remains, but It's falling In orii;
ruined the carpet and did not materially
damage the pews.
Chester Won.
The Oak Grove Inginclbies journeycd over
to Chester last Saturday and played d yer,
creditable game against the strong Ioca
eleven. the final count being Ii to in favor
of Chester. Although greatly outweighed
the visitors put up clean, bitter struggle
and before the end chester kneH 1t hac
been in game.
General News Notes.
Next Thursday night at o'clock an "OlC
Folks concert com posed of Richmond tai.
cnt. will be given in tch lecture-room oil
cambridge street Baptist Church FOR tho
benefit of the annex. Nothing has beer
spared to make the entertainment a success
Mr.. and Mrs. Minor Bronaugh and chit
dren. who have been visiting their parents
left about week ago for their home IN AL.
beInarle county.
George E. Cary and daughters MIS-.
Eleanor and Lyle Gary. and niece dis.
horse show.
Miss Harriet Crewe. after pleasant visi
to friends in Chester. has returned to hei
home in Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-15
ADJUSTMENTS.
Academy Of Nlusic-'Ben Hur.'
Biiou-.At the Mercy OF Ttberius."

"Ben Hur."
can It what you like-play. spec
tacle. drama. or even sermon-"ben
Hur" is one Of the most thrilling, ao-
sorblng, and beautiful productions ever
put on this stage of ours, Year after
year it draws the same enormous
crowds Many of us have seen 1T three
or four times. and each time the
chariot race stirs and eNcites US In the
same way, and the beauty and reycr-
ence with which the theme of the
Saviour is treated softens us and fills
us with wonder--wonder at the great
genius Of the man that wrote the book,
and at the faithful and apparently
reverential work of William Young.
who arranged 1t for the stage,
Last night there was literally not o
vacant seat In the house, save for 2
few in the upper aoxesi many Of tho
audience haze seen, the play time and
again. and Yet there was the same
earnest and tense interest In the
3quieter scenes and the same genuine
excitement during the thrilling mo-
ments that marked the frs perform
ance OF this wonderful play. And no
wonder Thare has never been q more
gripping. enthralling bit Of stagecsaft
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-15
News Of South Richmond

'roken into and nine coats stolen. The
whole south Richmond police force imme-
diately vigilant, and their efforts met with
success last night. They centred upon the
arrested man, TAFT. who halls from Har-
rsburg. Pa. Taft who Ia puddlor, camo
to South Richmond about week ago and
got lodging at McDonough street. near
Twelfth Street. He got employment at
Belle Isle. and very little was known OF
him. Last night about s O'Clock. when tho
police were strong upon, his trail, he walked
into the police station He was either TOO
much under the influence or liquor to real
lie what he was doing, or else tried bluf.
He wore at the fine two coats with the
label OF Baldwin. He was instantly iockcd
up and Will he arraigned this morning. He
had In his possession a pawn ticket. Tho
door OF the rnnsncked store had been priced
OPEN and the robber Is supposed TO have
used two pieces of horseshoe. the property
of Belle Isle. to effect the opening. Seven
coats still missing.
Jack Robinson. a negro, was sent to the
grand jury yesterday charged With assault
ing William Minns, also colored. He was
locked up in default OF bond.
Memorial Day Plans.
Tho various committees appointed not
long ago from the several fraternal orders
to dscuss plans for the celebration OF Me-
mortal Day in Maury Cemetery next spring
met last night at o'clock in the Fraternal
Hall. where tentative plans were considered.
This evening at s o'clock special review
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-15
AROUND THE HOTELS

than the chariot race; when the curtain
goes UP on the two chariots, each with
four horses straIning into their traces
the house sits UP and grips the chairs,
and when Ben Hur, shaking the reins
over the backs of his plunging four
and cracking his whip with every
jump. gradually FORCES ahead, taking
off the far wheel of Messala's chariot
as he passes. the excitement Is intense,
SO intense that there are always cheers,
and they are not confined to the gal
lery.
On the other hand. whenever the
Nazarene Is mentioned, whether by
Ben Hur. shaving away his life IN the
galley as he tells how in Nazareth a
boy with eyes SO full of pity. SO
mystic, SO far-seeing." his face that OF
'one born, not to rule, but to suffer.
and to die" gave him to drink when
he passed. dragged in the dust at a
horses heels, or when He is described
as man-"if He be mere man"-who
has made the halt and the lame to
walk and has even raised the doad
from their tomb, the mention or tho
reference Is made with such solemnity
and delicacy OF expression that all. no
matter what their creed or belief. 81 t
In deepest silence. And most beautiful
of all Is the scene when He heals tho
mother and sister of Ben Hur of their
leprosy. They kneel on a stone and
they are healed by the Christ. hr. there
is no personation of Him-there comes
simply ray of light upon their heads.
The concourse OF men and women bent
their heads. and His G,nry shone
around.
Possibly there were not az many
extra people" as we have haG heforc.
but there were enough to convey tho
idea of throngs; their costumes were
fresh and clean. and the scenery was
the same as before. a numbs. of the
settings were strikingly beautiful, and
the stage management was practically
perfect the waits we're very short and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-15
LOSES RIDER, BUT
CONTINUES RACE
Horse at Kilmarnock Fair APP
plauded by Crowd-Other
News.
tspetlal to The Times Dispatch,

Especial to The Times-Dlspatcn.I
Lancaster, Va, November 1.-THE
Chesapeake Agricultural Fair, that be.
gan at Kilmarnock last Wednesday
elosea Saturday. Large crowds were
present every day. There were several
good races each day, but the exhibits
OF live stock and farm products were
rather slender There was an exciting
incident of one OF the trotting races,
when the driver of S. o. Lowry's Red
Heat fell from the sulky and the horse
continued around the track without
breaking. winning the second place.
The horse trotted five times around
the half-mile track without stopping
and then proceeded to his stall. where
a large crowd assembled to cheer the
horse and congratulate the owner.
The driver was unhurt. The crowd
present on Thursday is said to have
numbered about 1000.
Several days ago daughter OF
Creed Delano, who lives on the Mt
Airy estate. near Warsaw. was acci-
dentally shot in the leg. The accident
was caused by a dog running against
a loaded gun and knocking 1t on the
floor, causing It to go or. a physician
tried to pick the shot out, but they
We're found to be too deeply Undecided
in the flesh.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-15
pent E,tzabeth city county farmer, and

nent Elizabeth City county farmer, and
robbing him of gold watch and
money. Dotson was going from New
port News to his farm. when the hold
UP occurred. The men ran Into the
woods, but were captured by the OFF,
GERS. Dodson Identified both While
the officers were searching for Dotson's
assailant. another hold-up man way.
laid and robbed Carrie Johnson and
Carrie Hopkins colored, women, on
the main road The man struck the
Johnson woman terrific blow over
the eye, intlicting dangerous wounds
Daniel White. an inmate of the Ma
tional Soldiers Home, fell from hi:
quarters in Company L to-day, anc
sustained fracture of his skull Ht
died few hours later. He served
on the North Carolina in the navy, dur.
ing the Civil War.
George Watts. fifty-four years old
widely known Elizabeth City coun
ty farmer, dropped dead from hear
disease in his nome, near the city to
n