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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-27
PAULS VALLEY CONTRIBUTES TO STORM
SUFFERERS: CRUCES FRIENDS ON HAND

thought better of it and didn't do it.
His church experience predominated
and he got the money. Il gve
hundred dollars" said some one in the
crowd.
But the hundred clip did not las,
long. The seventy-fve. fiftys and
twenty-ives were numerous. Some
where in the proceedings, Mr.. Carr
repeated Alfalfa Bill Murray, ten dol
lars And there was a cheer. Alfal-
ia Bills friends were seeing to it he
was represented in that good work
In less time than it takes to tell it,
three Pauls Valley citizens, who are
not Murray men, had their heads to-
gether in earnest conversation, and aft
er few quiet words, Judge T. l..
Kendall, of the police court, pointed
finger at Mr.. Carr ard said. Lee
Cruce. twenty-five dollars" and there
was a roar from the crowd. The three
Cruce men We're Judge Kendall, c. p
Bruce, the leading druggist, and Dave
Sherill, all well and favorably known
in Ardmore. j. W. Fielder another
Cruce follower. of Pauls Valley, not
seeing the other three at the moment,
got busy and as a result Lee Cruce
was about to be credited with con
tribution of fifty dollars. 1t was all
just little friendly rivalry betweeu
the friends of the candidates for gov
ernor. Cruce should give fifty dolla
to these storm sufferers, for he is
ing through here now like cyclone,
sweeping everything along with him.
That's a fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-30
A PEACEFUL SCENE
 AT THE OLD STATION

It happened in the waiting room of the
 old union station An aged man in a suit
 of faded gray had left the train at the
 completion of his return journey from the
 reunion and had dropped wearily into
 seat on one of the benches. It was a
 simple occurrence. and few were aware
 of it. The old man had merely fallen
 asleep and the world and he were dead to
 each other.
 Here was a study worthy of the mas
 ters brush. The gray of the heros
 struggling locks mingled with the gray of
 his coat. and the grizzed beard rested
 peacefully on his breast. His dreams
 were not of war The closed eyelids spoke only of repose. and the calm ey eression on the tanned and furrowed face spoke only of peace. For three happy days he had camped again with his messmates, had mourned the lost cause and fought again its battles; but his dreams were not of war. The tat tered banner he had loved and vindi- cated with his blood was furled. 4 and the din of the unnnatural strife of brother against brother was sttIled The dead past was buried with It's dead. The war riors bosom heaved no longer with tho Are of passion and prejudice.
 Here was the emblem of peace: the hero slumbered and dreamed only of peace. The blood-blurred vision of the past had faded into oblivion. and there shone for him in it's stead vision of purer light--the dawn of peace ''To-
 morrow and tomorrow and tomorrow"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-30
CITY'S FIRE FIGHTERS
 SHOW REAL HEROISM

"They stood there and tore off shingles and fought the fire as if possessed of no fear of death at all.'' said Chief Bennett, in speaking of the gameness and endur- ance displayed yesterday morning by Fire Companies Nos. 2. 3 and in the Ivey F. Lewis, 2210 Ridge Park avenue.
 A lack of water on account of the high point on which the house is situated and the necessity of having to drag the hose by hand for over a block up the steep hill were but few of the difficulties the fire fighters had to face But despite the fact that they had labored themselves al most beyond the limit of human endur- ance before they placed these things at the top of the hill they tackled the fire with a dogged persistence that soon re- suited fin the flames being quenched.
 Their gameness was illustrated in the burning building. It didn't seem as though A person could live in that mass of flame. but never man fiinched.. The fire had gained great headway before the alarm had been turned in and before a stream could be played upon it had reached awful pror ortions. Like the Spartans of old however, the firefighters stood to their duty and the crowd which witnessed it admired, cheered and appre- ciated.
 The firemen of Nos. ?, 3 and did them selves proud and proved to the world that the men who protect Birmingham from fire are made of pure stuff. well seasoned by a gameness to which, the Knights of old must bow in acknowledge uent of superiority.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-30
TRAGEDY IN RING
 OF TELEPHONE BELL

With the most prosaic occurrence the direst tragedy is ushered in. In quiet home last Wednesday all was peace and happiness. The tender housewife was preparing for the return of her husband from his daily work. As she busted herself about the simple duties of the home the telephone bell rang. There was nothing in its tone of tragedy. noth- ing ominous, and the housewife placed the receiver to her ear with the expecta- ton of hearing the familiar tones of her husbands cheery voice.
 The tragedy had begun. A strange voice vibrated over the wires to her ear in faltering. broken accents and she awaited with increasing dread until the brutal truth had been blurted out. A cry of agony escaped her lips as the in- animate receiver told that her husband lay at the point of death, cut off in the vigor of his manhood by the cowardly bullet of an assassin.
 With the simple ringing of the tele- phone bell the gloom of horrid tragedy had displaced the calm and sweetness of this happy home. Her husbands cheery voice would be heard no more and his last return to the quiet little home would be made in death. The tragedy had ended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-30

lost fifty pounds In weight and was almost out of my mind with pain and chagrin as no matter where the irrita- ton came, at work, on the street or in the presence of company, l would have to scratch it until 1 had the blood running down into my shoe. l simply cannot describe my suffering during those seven years. The pain. mortifi- cation, loss of sleep, both to myself and wife is simply indescribable on paper and one has to experience it to know what it is.
 :. 1T tried all kinds of doctors and remedies but I might as well have thrown my money down a sewer. They would dry it up for little while and fill me with hope only to break out again just as bad if not worse. 1 had given up hope of ever being cured when I was induced by my wife to give the Cuticura Remedies a trial. After taking the Cuticura Remedies for little while 1 began to see change and after taking dozen bottles of Cuticura Resolvent, In conjunction with the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, the trouble had entirely disappeared and my leg was as fine as the day was born. Now after 8 lapse of six months with no signs of a recurrence feel perfectly safe in ex- tending to you my heartfelt thanks for the good the Cuticura Remedies have done for me. I shall always reco-- mend them to my friends. W. H. White, 312 E. Cabot St., Philadelphia, P,l., Feb. and Apr. 13, 1909"
 Cuticira Remedies are sold throughout the world S.e' Msss g s Mailed ree Sapase os cuseurs Book on lhe Care and Treatment of the Skin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-30
HALLEY's COMET GIVES AUTHORIZED INTERVIEW

Well, here | am again, remarked Hal ley's comet to Sterling A Wood as that slant of the astronomical universe looked down benisnly on Red Mountain yester- day morning.
 .Gettiag I'D ahead of the sun these beautiful spring mornings is refreshing. I am enjoying splendid health for one of my years l really believe l have lost nothing of my old-time vitality Indeed l feel stronger than on my former visit
 T am indeed delighted 10 find this pros porous and comedy city which has sprung up since my former journey to this neck of the universal woods. When I was here before Alabama was wilderness There was but one small line of railroad in the state. That was the horse line from Tuscumbia 10 Courtland. Just at that time it was extended to Decatur and Daniel Sherrod, the president, had just ordered an engine from Manchester, Eng land as an experiment to take the place of horses. There were no telephones in the state. no telegraph wires. no automo- piles or street railways.
 There WAS a very small village in the midst of the wilderness that covered Jones vallsy. I believe 1t was called Ely ton. Alabama has indeed made wonder ful progress since I was here before
 By the way. the people were very timid when I was here before. My pres enee frightened some of them to death Others got mighty good and went to church regular for a few months after my visit. Some of the older people now living have faint recollection of the sensation I created. They will tell you how the sun turned red and the stars fell.
 T hope the people will keep calm this time and not disturb the performance My friends. the astronomers, have tried to tell the people in the galleries and on the peanut row that if they sit still nd harm will come to them; that the thun- der and green lights are all down on the 1 am going to venture lit tie closer this time. but will do no harm.
 My hearty wish is that those of you who favor me with your audiences this year will live to witness my return en- ga agement 75 years from now. Good morn- ing MT Wood: I will see you tomorrow"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-30
CONFESSIONS OF AN
 AUTOMOBILE THIEF

'"The confessions of an automobile thief.v Here is a genuine interview with the real live fend who for the past year has been taking liberties with the auto mobiles of the city, and has sent many a frantic owner hurrying through the streets, only to find his machine car ressing a telephone pole or climbing some front porch.
 The leader and his chum, are both young men, the sons of two prominent families who take a hand in society, and could own automobiles of their own- if they so desired. However they take joy riding as a pastime, and get all the adventure and stealthy trick work Of the Indian frontier. combined with the fascination of moving at the rate of 50 miles an hour. Out of all their scrapes they have come with not single scratch, and are still unknown to the public.
 From the first moment I rode in an automobile was seized with an over whelming desire to operate 1t. After watching the chauffeurs carefully, I came to the conclusion that I had mas tered the car, and, upon finding a doc tors machine on South Twentieth street, we made the attempt I succeeded in guiding 1t across the street, up some stone steps, and into an oak tree, and was so very delighted with my first sue cess that I continued experiments. In a very few nights I could take a car, of the E. NJ F. the Maxwell, or the Buick type around a block with little difficulty. became quite reckless, and, careless whether the police got the number or not seldom stopped for anything. Our joy riding was of the Lewis Strang calibre.
 Tt was while serving my apprentice ship that the community became so aroused last summer. We were respon- sible for all of it. The most thrilling escape was that with Robert Jemison's car We left the Country club with it at 10 o'clock, and tore all over town, mak- ing 1t point to move so fast that no one could recognize us. However, at Five Points, Henry Gray, who had heard of the car being stolen, spied us and gave chase in his big racer. Down Eleventh avenue we flew with the wind, but, seeing that he was gaining, we thought best to escape. Throwing on the brake, and leaving the machine at low speed, we jumped out, ran through yard over a fence, and away. while the car calmly climbed a telephone pole.
 "I have a wild mania for joy liding. There is no joy on earth like 1t. Yes, have a complete set of plug keys, and now have access to almost any make. Sometimes I leave the car down town, or on Fifth avenue, as I did Steve Smiths Buick last winter. Often I return it, and explain that I found it where some thieves had abandoned 1t, for which I receive much thanks, end often the offer of reward.
 'I read the stories in the newspapers about our escapades with great delight. That accident the other night, when I ran over the Creeks wagon with Sullivans car would never have occurred had l not been teaching my chum to run the car Well, I've broken up some dozen cars or more, damaging them for about s1O,OOO but it was all unintentional and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-30
HIS FAREWELL TO
 HIS LITTLE FAMILY

"Papa. I don't want you to go away.
 Papa. or say papa, can't me and mama
 20 with you?' Tears came into the big, broad shoudered mans eyes as he slowly
 shook his head. He turned his eyes from the little sad faced 4-year-old baby girl
 jumping up and down on the floor in
 front of him and as he did so he cholSed
 back sob Beside him sat his young
 wife. holding his hand in hers, tears
 shining in her eyes and her young fare
 made more beautiful and appealing by its
 sad expression of sorrow. Oh she would
 have given the world to be clasped In
 her husbands arms and just allowed to
 cry and cry and cry.
 The little one seemed to have forgotten
 her trouble Laughing and frisldng
 about like a little fairy, she tried her hat onto the head of her papa. Little peals of rippling, childish laughter rose from her lips as she stepped back and surveyed the result. Then she tried to put her little coat on him. She stretched and worked and fused, but he could not even get his hand into the arm hole.
 She was going to appeal to her mother for help. but as her eyes caught the picture of pain and trouble and misery on her mama s face, she suddenly stopped her playing. The smiles faded
 from her face and she crawled to her fathers knee.
 "I guess. IT guess I won't dress papa, n-pow." she said almost crying. Say, papa" she continued, If If you don't let me and mama go along with you, why-why--why. I'm goin to cry" You mustn't cry; don't do that, but be papa's brave little girl and then when he comes back he will have lots of fun again. he said.
 "Yes-yes, I'm don Q be brave she | said as she climbed up from his lap and threw her tiny white arms around his neck "But-but,' and she almost cried again, "I don't want you to go" W 1 The door of the jail opened and de- tective walked in. The warden told the man that the short time given to be with his loved ones had expired and now Ne
 must go The detective placed a pair of handcuffs on him, one on the man and one on himself, so it would be impossible
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-30
CASE OF LUCK FOR
 MAN IN RUNAWAY

Talking about luck" said the man with the red necktie, q have a tale to unfold truthful tale at that-which will do more than make your blood run cold" And he turned the chew from the left to the right cheek, splitting between the innings.
 The hero, in the first place. was minus his underpins, or, according to the smart guy who wrote the physiology I studied his legs. And the reins, by one of the plunges of the maddened animal he drove. had been jerked from his care less fingers
 But the fellows nerve was good and though he did cry as he passed Twen- tieth street. Head himl Head himr so unconcerned he sat that we who saw though him joking And the horse crazed with fear continued his wild dash through crowded streets, grazing here grating car here grouchy pedestrian here a wagon load of brick, and even the little girl with a basket whom every- one thought as good as killed escaped without a scratch,
 And the race with death continued with an army of people following behind And fear was great that even though no collision occurred, the rapidly moving wheels would burn from their axles" Here the narrator checked himself. elected the quid from between his teeth, calmly rolled and lighted 9 cigarette. After drawing deeply and exhaling with al whstling sound, he continued
 Well, there. is not much more to tell. There appeared no hope for the fellow, for he could not jump. But the horse turned corner of narrow street just then and ran full tilt into a body of workmen en- gagged In digging the road Headed at last, the animal reared upon his hind legs. snorting viciously and by a great of Ii f,trv tI,o buggy.
 He is deady cried those who fol- lowed.
 "Jt is just as we'll panted the keen cut chap who had run aiMarathonfin his lime, for he had no legs to give him pleasure!'
 And all out of breath we came to the scene of the spill. To our amazement the legless individual was sitting erect, coolly igniting the end of a cigarette which he held between his lips. Speaking of luck! It was pile of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-30
NEGRO WOMAN GREATLY
 WORRIED OVER "COMIC'

Regarding Halley's comet Sarah Mc- Guire, the negro cook of a North High land family. isk greatly concerned. ah may be seen conversing with some one about the coming of the ~comic," as she sees fit to call 1t.
 Sarah has the most implicit conti- dence in the Almighty. Often along to- ward the close of day when she is weary from the work in a hot kitchen she will stop and look around to see what is lacking of the completion Of the evening meal. And when things haven't gone just right she goes to tn C Lord with her troubles. There Is nc put-on about her prayers. but it ia related by members of the family for whom she works that Sarah Is fre- quently heard to send up in the most conversational sort of way this simple prayer:
 Now, Lord, you've got to help me I'm tired"
 And pretty soon Sarah will be sing ing away, washing dishes or perform ing some other duty of the culinary department, and apparently relieved oi her fatigue.
 It is in this same spirit that Sarah talKS or the comet. one glimpse Of her is enough to convince her nearer that she is in earnest. In her check cred servants cap and apron to match, and with her naturally serious face, she can evince no doubt. She can read and she looks over the papers daily for information regarding the 'comic.' She has heard so much about people kill ing themselves and making tn ei. shrouds and all that sort of news that she has the bug in it's most ex- aggerated form. A day or two ago she decided to go to the Scientist who stands alone when it comes to real knowledge of the comet.
 I'm going to ask the Lord about this thing" she said.
 And Sarah says she has asked the Lord, but hasn't received any answer In her own serious way she is confident the Lord will send her some kind of a mysterious message regarding tn. part which the present visit of Hal ley's comet is to play in the destiny of man and in the meantime her advice is to 'get right with Jesus" .,he says if everybody does ''get right" the world will be better off, even if the comet does not affect the earth on this 1910 trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-30
INJURIES PROVE FATAL
w. c. Mann Was Hurt in Automobile
 Accident at Five Mile Creek

It has been learned that w. c. Mann, who died Thursday night at a local in- firmary is the man who was hurt at Five-Mile creek April 19 when the auto mobile belonging to Carrie Woods and in which were several people. ran off the road and seriously injured most of the occupants. At the time the mans iden- tity was not known, but it was believed that he was not hurt very badly. His injuries proved more serious than those received by the other members of the party, however, and resulted in his death The body was sent to Cedar town. Ga, for interment by Lige Loy.
 The other three persons who were in juied in the accident, Carrie Woods, Rand Colker. the chauffeur, and Ethel Cook, are all improving, according to I statement made at solomon's infirmary yesterday. t4..s.lf i4 ass
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-30
.ROOSEYELTS VISIT <
 QUEEN OF HOLLAND

The Hague, April 29.-The people of the Netherlands turned out today and well ccmed the Roosevelts as though they were homefolks. It was as though the former president was travelling through his own country. At every station or, the route from Roosendaal to Arnheim { cheering crowds were met with and everybody wanted speech MT Roose 7 Welt frequently appeared on the reaIN platform. At Hertogenbosch he said: "I| am visiting the country from which my people came three centuries ago."
 The Roosevelts were met at Roosendaai by Baron Michaeels vender Queyenen, one of the queens chamberlains; Ameri- can Minister Arthur M. Beaupre and Paxton Hibben, secretary of the sAmeri- can legation. The baron, after present ing the compliments of her majesty to the Roosevelts invited the party to occupy a special train, which carried them to Arnheim
 At the latter place Baron Facts Van Amerengen, another of the queens cham berlains, was waiting with the royal au-l tomobiles in which the guests were driven to the queens residence. Het Loo.
 The Roosevelts were accompanied by Maj. T. K. Mott, the military attache at Paris, and Lawrence Abbott. At the. chateau they were joined by Mrs. Beau- pre-. The Roosevelts were presented tt3 the queen by Minister Beaupre.
 The conversation that followed was in' formal
 MT. and Mrs. Beaupre and all of the American party were the guests of Queer Wilhelmina and Prince Henry at tn luncheon which followed.
 At luncheon MT. Roosevelt was seatei beside the queen, with whom he COL ducted an animated conversation. Nc toasts were exchanged. The guests wer- later conveyed in carriages to Arnheim escorted by tue grand marshal of thu court, and departed at 10:39 o'clock fot Amsterdam in train. s4s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-30
WHAT HAPPENED
 TO THE BOOK AGENT

Like the moth err in Jaw" tie book agent is at all times the target for a good story and one of the prominent members of the Birmingham bar is the victim of one of the best that has been heard for some time
 The lawyer, seated in his office a few days ago. was accosted by the agent who tried to sell him some of his hoice selections and in every in- stance the lawyer declined. Finally af- ter repeated unsuccessful efforts the book agent said:
 '"rhis situation reminds me of some thing that happened to me not long ago had been in very poor health and my company sent me to the southern part of Alabama to recuperate. To kill two birds with one stone\ took along some samples of an encyclo- peaia we were making a special price on. thinking ] might get few orders The first person I stacked up against was a typical Alabama farmer. lie was sitting in the sun in front of his shack watching his wife do the fam- ilv washing and peacefully smoking his pipe. I spoke to him and began my little speech and although l knew he was A hopeless subject I went through my rigamarolc to the bitter end. H listened attentively and finally said he tn ought he could get along without the encyclopedia.
 "Then I started afresh. thinking I'd take another chance, and l said
 Why, sir, no family is complete without this book
 Taint, eh? he drawled What dn you consider a complete family, young man? See them there young 'uns a. playin' about out there?' he continued. as he pointed to bunch of kids in the yard.
 How many do you see? he de- manded.
 q counted nine.
 There's two more at school he said proudly and three boys a-workin on the farm. Now, how many do that make?
 Fourteen I replied.
 "Then he commenced to call his dogs
 "'See them hounds? he said.
 q nodded.
 "'Wen. there's six of them and four more in the woods How many do that make?
 Ten, I answered, wondering what on earth he was driving at.
 "''Pears to me like fl children and 10 dawgs is putty complete family, although your idee may be different. he said, an as I hev managed to git along fairly well so fer with out your book, l guess I can struggle along the rest of the time