The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-01
LAY CORNERSTONE
At MARIETTA
A. EDDLEMAN MASTER OF CERE
MONIES LARGE ATTENDANCE
OF MAsoNs.

bus. css was suspended 100 the city
. of Marietta Thursday afternoon from
. 20 g. The occasion Na- .bc layme
of the corner stone in the new county
cour. house building. TH cc.cmou
, les were under the ausp.ac, of tho
masous and Lex EddlcmHu acted as
master of ceremonies aId carried uut
the ancient ritual of that orIOr
Considerable preparation. had been
made for the occasions. limitations
had been som, to Gainos,Ii. and Sra.
moro and to an towns Iu Love c1u.
o.. \ large number of WHsous Pee
spoudcd from Gainesville and several
from here. pr Il. H. Horny. JuI-c
James T. Humphreys j. o.. Coleman.
Col Suggs. g. H. Palmer We're among
those who attended from DO,
five hundred school children Voa, u
the para ie and the large, procce-roD
ever orsauizcd iu the city was Vi'-
ues, ed on this occasion. Judge Ham
..ufcvs made speech at thc laying
~ Eve corner stone. lie reviewed
conditions as they existed before state.
hood ald told of the progrc-- cyidouc.
ed by the people since statehood was
conferred upon the people His speech
was well received.
Marietta Is kaown as one of the
most cordial towns in the state and
j; and itself proud on this occasion.
The following is the list of articles
deposited i'm the corner stone of he
court house of Love county Oklaho.
ma:
The Holy Bible
Apron
Proceedings of last Communications
OF Grand Lodge of lndial Territory
and Oklahoma Territory and Organi
zation of Grand Lodge of .hc State
OF Oklahoma and Proceedings of lts
FIRST Communication
List OF Acting Grand Officers Of.
'ficia;ing at Laying OF the Corner stone
OF Love County court House.
List of Officers and Members ~
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in the absence OF an actual meeting
II the two men. the title must be
left where il is found-and sheridan
must be considered the creates, of
them all
Sheridan Earns Honor
First of all Hornors records in
the various events were made az diff
ferent times, and for the most part,
we may assume, his best performance
in each event was made at a time
NJ when he had not been fatigued by a
r. competition in other events. Not so
Is with the figures OF sheridan which
o. are quoted. Sheridau's figures are
10 those recorded in the 1909 world s
'd championship contest, and his work
D" in at least part of the events mus,
III have suffered as the result of his
n strenuous efforts in the preceding
~ events. TO he more specific. the half
ey mile walk-which is the most tryine
III of all events, and which leaves al
no athlete more unfit FIR further com
u petition than does an, other "veu;-
comes fourth on the program. Subse
quent TO 1t are all of the cVent
'c' except the 100 yard dash, the shotput
st and the high jump. 1t is a reason
nd able and correct inference, then
es that iorner's best records woulC
le- not be equaled by him If he were
m competing under the condition.
,e- which govern the contest for the al
mt round championship.
iy. This brings MS 10 the work o
Ist Sheridan himself. lie became In,
to individual champion in 1905, and wa
en- returned the winner again in 1870
in, and 1903, last year being easily tn,
gh mCst remarkable. In winning th
ts championship for the first time Shei
he idan scored G,S20i2 points, ucarl,
m 500 points more than had been scoI
ed previously by any contestant. an,
.; yet last year in winning for TN
third time he raised his own rec
cr ord by another 500 points, scorin
1888, a marx which is more likel
tc succumb to its own efforts 4
similar contests than 10 those of an
er- subsequent aspirant for champion
ship honors.
H.; Outranks Athletes Of Past
We hear much OF Ford and JC
H.; dan and Clark, individual champion
Of times past, and undoubtedly the
. IL.
work is compared with sheridan
T.; 'iJ serves to emphasize the remari
able progress that has marked III
history OF track athletics and {
stamp more clearly than any othe
zen agency could possibly do, the til