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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-06-09
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AIR LINE RAILWAY.

AK LINE HALLWAY.
Effective Sept. 18th, 1903, and
subject to change without notice.
Trains will leave Durham as
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shakes ones Faith.

Speaking about trusts and combines
"how come the price of automobiles
does not come down? There Ia no
trust and hundreds of shops are turn.
ing them out like cigarette machine.
yet the price is high up and has been
there all the time. with the strongest
kind of rivalry among the various
makers. Things like this have ten
dency to shake ones faith Greens
boro Record.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-06-09

Subject: "Watchman. What
OF the Night
The moving force Of every age
Of civilization aud progress has
been an inquisitivc mind. The
spirit Of inquiry has always been
among men. To know has been
the supreme desire Of the ages.
The leading characteristic Of the
present age seems to be a desire
to look into the details Of things.
Nothing seems to escape the pene-
trating eye Of the twentieth cen.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-06-09
Graduating Class OratiOns

tinues because the prov oca'ions
have bseil too strong FIR thei'
hot sensitive blood Sonc apollo
gists. haze TIED % make The
lower class ofwhi'e pcopl' respoi
sible for lynclsis 4, hni Y, IS iii.
fair; fit istrne tIi4i ~ as been
carried on chilly BY tic lower
element, il is sqaaIiy true that il
has been backed, in many in
stances by pull c s. i'nent. Nj
is il to be exp a:ns'l y ans the, r,
Of race prejudice. ignorance q
low human q. vsln.nacih.
We find i. rat /. Tie produces
Of time whi.i, l,f, IN indelible
stain upon the ,cors's Of the
American Poop c. Dming the
reconstruction { I'd law and or.
der became him # lie past,
white people Of thu South bccam,
the objects Of iiilam i Negro
hatred. Ku Kiux Kans a, d
other secret organizations were
rife. This srb .rary admins.
tration Of justice alone saved the
south, but ain impress Il lawless.
ness was left upon the teinpre
ment of the Southern people,
which they have not yet out.
grown. They are, however. grad.
ually overcoming it, and arousing
themselves to an acute apprecia.
ton Of its terrible significance.
The pulpit aud the press have
raised their protest against it.
The negroes are being educated
and refined. The better class oil
their leaders have exercised a
saving inhuenceby cxhorting their
people to more noble and high.
or minded lives. The indications
today point strongly to the time
when lynching will be a thing Of
the past.
In her devotion to the solution
Of this problem, the South has
sacrificed her political pre-emi-
hence. The voices which rang
out during the first seventy. FIVE
years Of the existence Of this re.
public have been silenctd in the
last half century. Her JefIersons,
her MarshaIs, her Gays. her Cal
houns, have, if they have been in
existence at all. been hidden in
the shadows Of the negro prob
lem. In the sixties she was cru.
cited on the African cross, and in
that crucihxion she bore not only
her own sins, but those Of her
Yankee neighbor. She was bur.
led beneath the black cloud Of
Reconstruction. but the seal
which the Carpet Baggers placed
on her tomb has been broken,
and today the cloud, which ap-
pcared for a long time without Q
silver lining. Is beginning to part
and the sun Of a better day is
shedding its light upon the
South. bringing with it a fuller
life, and the hope Of a more glor-
ious civilization. The soil tina,
once ran red with the blood Of
her sacrifice is now white with
the lilies of her Easter.
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The literalures of Gie,ce and
Rome are OH trial fer their lives
ia the educational world today
Whether they shall retain their
present position IN the education
al institutions Of America is a
question which most vitaly con-
Germs the intellectual life of the
Nation. Up to the beginning oil
the nineteenth century the Class
les occupied the most prominent
position in our educational
scheme, but when modern scien-
ti6c research began to present
new methods Of doing things,
they began to lose that material
value which they had once pos
sessed.
The higher institutions OF
learning are somewhat respousi-
BILE for the unpopularity of the
Classics, since they dictate the
terms upon which the applicant
may enter college. And it is
against this dictatorial attitude
that the schools Of our country
must offer protest.
The application of the elective
system has a far-reaching inf1u.
ence in making the Classics un-
popular. 1t is strange thing to
me that We disregard the wisdom
of past generations, when We can
c early see that we are narrowing
the intellectual interest of the
youth by allowing him an almost
unlimited freedom Of selection.
The method of teaching, how
ever, has had a more decided ef-
feet than all other causes COM
bined. If we would create a re-
vival Of interest in Classical liter
AZURE, we must arrive at new
way of teaching. This is ALSO
lutely the only way to recover
what we have lost through sheer
carelessness.
OF recent years, we have been
inclined to place the grestest
stress on the practical life. II is
glorious to be fondled in the
bosom OF luxury. to have at ones
disposal every desire Of the hui
man heart. This is the spirit
which dominates American life
today and shows a tendency to
work havoc in the intellectual
life of this nation. We might as
we'll remove Astronomy, Analyti-
cil Geometry. or Chemistry from
the educational scheme as 10 re-
move Latin and Greek. None OF
these will prepa;e MS for greater
material accomplishments. II a
woman is TO be trained aud de-
veloped along practical lines only,
what matters It 10 her what inn
portant events are locked up in
the archives Of history. Domcs-
tic science schools are all right as
far as they 60, but greater aud
more permanent results would
be realized il they embraced more
of those branches OF instruction
which afford a cultural and re-
firing influence. When We leave
such influences out Of woman's
education II appears too much
like preparing her for a life Of
servitudc in the home. We for
get that she has been placed here
as our helpmate and not as our
servant, that under her influence
a future generation is born and
fostered.
No one can fail to realize that
the Classics have had a greater
o,d dcc,cv influence IN our liter
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ne seeks to know more and more.
Ard this love ofknowledge grows
on him as The years go BY.
Il is good that this love OF
knowledge should be a part Of
mans nature, but it will lead
him into difficulties. He ma,
fail to go far enough into the
depths Of things and reach cen
clusion too scon, or prolong his
Investigations too long and never
re ch a conclusion. Between
these alternatives tile thinking
man is often cast into doubts
early in his career.
In the beginning CT our lives
our ats are acts Of imitation. To
the small boy his father is the
K eatcst man in the world and to
do. and be like him is the su
,,rcine end Of life. But when we
come 10 answer the problems f
life without a father to look 10
AID feel an inherent power well
ing up within US we do not con-
slider SO highly the knowledge Of
our father. When we have got
ten this knowledge we gain, at
the same time, a certain contempt
for it.
This contempt is result of
mans nature to ever look for
ward. AT every unfolding Of the
mind there seems to be a widening
Of the horizon Of research. But
many enter into this research ex.
pecting a vast amount of know
ledge to be p ured into them and
that this knowledge will teach
them to live their life according
to certain mechanical rules. This
is usually the attitude OF the
young man who enters college.
Because Of their attitude or of
the failure Of their research year
by year thousands are overcome
by doubt and superstition. So
much so that men have come to
regard the skeptic as a fool and
a dangerous citizen.
In the life Of every one Of us
there has come, or will come a
time when we will stand in the
valley Of the darkness of doubt
aud cry to the one on the hill.
"Watchman. tell us Of the night"
Fortunate are we If we have
climbed on. Of the valley and
taken our stand OIL the hilltop
where VIC can point the way to
those who follow us. But it is
not right that we should despise
the man who has not yet been
able to see the light. There is
no reason to brand the honest
questioner with shame. II no
one had ever doubted that. the
world was fiat, would we have
ever known that il is round1 The
soul that never has doubted does
not know what it really believes.
Still the honest skeptics are
crying, "Watchman, what Of the
night And what does the
Waterman ieply3 1.-THE morn.
ing cometh; and also the night
In this iwofold answer lies the
great tragedy Of many lives. But
il is likewise the great inspiration
Of other lives. To some. fr.nl
out OF the valley Of daikn, s.,
there cometli the morning Of great
glory: to others there comes the
night.
Tie solution, then, is left with
each individual. While he can.
not iuin to those who have reacl,-
ed the eminence and have them
point out 10 him the splendors Of
the heights, lie may he assured
that he shall find those splendors.
He may reach the heights Of the
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-06-09

but He is the truth in His own
person. Newton and Darwin
disconcerned and stated laws,
Christ could say, II am the law
"The Galilcan has the authorita-
tive place because His utterances
are the eternal facts Of His own
eternal nature. Christ holds men
today because He deals with the
truths of the common life and
because He recognizes and acts
upon the same great principle Of
the ethical, the moral, the politi
cal, aid religious unity Of all
men The ideals Of our social
system areonly attainab'e through
The realization Of His grea. moral
and political concepts.
II christianity is to be Of any
use it must be applied TO our
ewry day life. One way which
principles, christian or otherwise,
can be applied to industrial and
social conditions, is through the
agency of political means. But
is there not a popular conception
Of politics as being something
apart from religion? Just as
there is a popular impression that
politics is something apart from
bread and butter, shorter hours,
better homes and industrial condi-
tons -an idea fostered by the
possessing class in order to
strengthen and maintain their I'M
just monopoly. There can be
no separation between the politi-
cal and religious movements of
our country. If christianity can
not find expression in terms of
political life, the highest progress
Of the world must be abandoned
in despair. The two worlds Of
heavenly and earthly life fall
apart, and the truth of the incar.
nation is forever denied.
Through the acceptance of this
new social ideal and the religious
and political unity of men, there
will also come the conviction oil
the responsibility for the condi,
ton of a brother man, the con
viciiou that somewhere, in the
unity If The human race is sec.
ial order which will discover the
highest interests of humanity and
lend encouragement TO the dis
4
couraged pilgrim.
When this spirit Of true hui
lnanitarianism, the Galilean's
great principle of love and sacri.
6ce, shall dominate mankind, nc
longer will men be under the i'm.
pcrative necessity Of an awful
life struggle for the barest subsis'
tence. The rewards Of honest
toll shall have found hearty and
proportionate response to the rem
dered labor. / see a people whose
real wealth is life full and free;;''
whose ways are ways Of pleasant
ness and whose fowery paths are
peace. see no children de.
prived by early toll of the joys Of
childhood, but provision made by
which every child can develop its
talents to the utmost. see no
woman at unwomanly toll, but
woman raised to her rightful
sphere. And my horizon widens,
for my vision cannot end until it
reaclie. the confines OF the great
ind re. Republic whose glorious
ministry Of woild-npliii has been
the wonder and marvel of the
CIVILIZED world; ard in il see as
nowhere else this mighty spirit Of
christian brotherhood lcavening
the nations far aud wide until we
know no more international walls
Of separation, for hatred and sus-
picion has given place to mutual
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Subject: 1.-THE Galilean in
Modern Life.n
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-19
McMURRAY TELLS COMMITTEE
THAT INDIANS OPPOSE SUCH A
COURSE BY GOVERNMENT
TELLS ABOUT HIS BIG FEE
Denies Report That He Was Paid in
Thousand Dollar Bills, Which He
Carried in a VaIise-Says He Was
Paid With Treasury Warrant.

sulphur Okla, Aug. l9.-Any at
tempt to reopen the government In
dian rolls and admit thousands OF
claimants to participate in a division
OF the lands now held in reservation
will be resisted by tle Indians at
present on the rolls, according to At
torney }. f. McMurray, who testified.
again today.
McMurray told the committee that
he believed great many were now
wrongtully ON the rolls and that many
were wrongfully kept off, but that any
re-adjustment of these faults would
be done by special legislation and not
by reopening the rolls.
McMurray was asked concerning
the $I50000 paid him by the govern
ment in 1900 and his fee in what is
known as the citizenship cases.
1T has been said.' explained Repre-
sentative Burke, that you drew the
money from the treasury department
at Washington in $1,000 bills and that
you carried them in a yalise to your
hotel, where you divided them be-
tween certain persons. Is this true?'
1T is not, said McMurray. "A
warrant for the money was handed to
me. My two law partners and | went
to the Riggs National Bank and upon
the warrant, we received
individual checks for $3.50, 900. That is .
all there is as to what We did with
the money after it was paid over to
u.s."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-19
CORONER'S JURY CONVENED TO-
DAY-NO CLUE TO TRACE OF
MURDERER is FOUND.
EMPTY BOTTLE UNDERTAKER'S
Autopsy Upon the Body Of Miss Ber-
tina 5enignus at Abilene, Kansas,
Will Likely Be Held Within the
Next Few Days.

Abilene, Kan, Aug. 19,-Since the
development of the theory that chic
reform may not have caused the
death of Miss Bertha Benignus, an
autopsy will probably be held with
in the next few days.
The empty chloroform bottle found
on the dresser. near the girls bed,
it developed later, was found to
have been uncorked and dry in
box in the girls effects and was
placed near the bed by the under
taker.
The coroner's jury convened to-
day.
Following the announcement of its
findings, it developed that there was
nothing to be used as a clue to
trace the murderer
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-19

st. Louis, Mo. Aug. lS.-Dayid
Ranken, Jr., the millionaire ST. Louis
phi.anthropist and founder of the
school OF mechanical trades which
bears his name is dead in Atlantic
City N. }.
Mr. Ranken endowed the trades
school with all his fortune, saving
only $3.50 month for himself He
was "A years old and native of Bos-
ton county, Londonderry, Ireland. He
came in 1862 to St. Louis, in which
city he made his permanent home un-
til his death.
Just before departing for Atlantic
City in June Mr.. Ranken gave 3d.
0OO,0 900 to the school of which he was
the founder For the rest of his nat.
ural life, he declared, he had to be
contented with a measer $4,000 a
year or $S a day. He regretted the
publicity attending his gift.
Following the gift to the school the
board of trustees announced that eX
tensive additions will be made by the
of all departments and
the addition Of the schools OF a large
corps of additional instructors.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-19
Indian Feud Exists.

Weleetka, okla. Aug lS.-James
buckley, a Creek Indian, was found
dead, hanging to tree by a pair OF
suspenders. His death is believed to
have connection with a feud which
has existed among the Indians in this
vicinity for a long time. About two
months ago Thomas Jeffley, another
moian, was found dead in The same
way.
Hanging by suspenders, according
to the story that is being passed from
mouth to mouth, is a sign of society
which is believed to be responsible
for the two deaths Officers of Okfus-
kee county are conducting an investi-
cation, but SO far no clue has been
found.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-19
Catholic CLERGY Coming.

Rome, Aug. ia party OF dis
tinguished Roman Catholic clergy
men left Rome today for England
and on Thursday next will take pas
sage with the English and irish dele
cation on the Empress of Ireland fol
Montreal The purpose of the pilgrim
age is to attend the eucharistic con
gress in the Canadian metropolis next
month. In addition 10 the Italian
British and Irish clergy, the party
will include churchmen from Spain,
Austria. Belgium. France. Germany
and other European nations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-19
ROOSEVELT MAKES CLEAR HIS
INTENTIONS OF NOT ENGAGING
IN MEX YORK CAMPAIGN.
SILENT AS TO N|NETEEN-TNELVE
Roosevelt Says he Reserves the Right
to Engage in Any Situation at Any
Time He Feels His Policies Demand
II.

New York, y. Y, Aug. 19.-Theo.
dore Roosevelt made its clear today
to his friends that the reports that
he did no intend to take any part IN
the coming campaign were well based.
As the Colonel put it, he did not
think he had been encouraged to take
an active interest by the action Of
the state committee in turnins down
hi" name for temporary chairman OF
tho convention.
Close friends are authority Tor the
statement that Roosevelt had never
Indicated by the slightest word what
his intentions are regarding 1912.
Colonel Roosevelt has always said
that he reserves the right to engage
in any situation at any time he feels
that lis policies demand It,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-19

ing Seriff Akers not to let anyone
see him. Perhaps the only time he has
spoken Of the trouble was 10 his
attorney, and to Sheriff AlSers To
the sheriff he said IT'S an unfor-
tunate affair" and again when the
sheriff was talking to him he lean
ed out of the window and remarked
There goes a barrel of beer on
wagon now; yes, booze causes lots
of trouble" and intimatei that whis-
key was in a way the cause OF last
nights trouble.
Sheriff Akers is not Of the opinion,
however that booze had anything
to do with the trouble. Deputy Viii
liams also stated that from the in
formation gained at and around
Deese there was no indication that
the young men were drinking Oscar
Payne is said to be a man who
drinks little. if any.
a minute examination of the
ground where the shooting occurred
failed to locate the gun used. al
though Deputy Williams stated that
a closed knife was found.
Drs. Henry of Ardmore. Ballard
Of Lone Grove and Terpin of New
port attended the wounded lad. He
will be brought to the Sanitarium
here this afternoon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-19
Heaviest Rainfall This Season.

Buffalo, Okla, Aug. 1S.-The heay-
lest fall of rain this summer came
this week, causing Buffalo creek to
rise higher than It has been in
five years, so some Of the old set
tiers claim. The mail driver 10 Will
lard found his road impossible when
he came to the creek between here
and Dolby Springs. so drove to Will
lard on the north road, bringing in
Buffalo mail from Ashland in that
way. The two rural routes that have
to cross the Buffalo missed a trip
that day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-19
Muskoaee Town Lot Leases.

Muskogee, Okla, Aug. 1S.-lt be-
came known here today that the inyes-
tigating committee of the United
States senate, composed Of Senators
Brown Of Nebraska, Borah of Idaho
and Stone of Missouri. to investigate
the methods of the government in Sc
curing indictments against Gov. Has
kell and four otner Muskogee citizens
in the Muskogee town lot cases, will
be here about Sept. 3. Orville r.
Smith. private attorney for Gov. Has
kel, is here preparing evidence TO
submit before the comnittee.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-19
Eagles in St. Louis.

St Louis, Aug. 19-St. Louis
echoed today to the first cheerful
cheeping of the advance flocks Of
Eagles, and before forty-eight hours
have passed the Mississippi Valley
metropolis will be the roosting-place
of tens of thousands of the birds OF
JOY. The sessions Of the convention
will continue through all of the coming
week. Twenty-Five Thousand dollars
will be distributed in prizes for de-
gree team contests, competitive drills
and other events.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-19
HASKELL ON COMMITTEE.
Governor and Indian Chiefs Will Invite
For Last CONGRESS.

MuskOgee, Okla, July 1S.-Goyernor
Charles \. Haskell and the chiefs OF
the principal Indian tribes OF Okla
mona were today selected as members
of the invitation committee for the in
,einational Indian congress, which as
semb!es at Muskogee Oct. 10, II, IL
ald -. This probably will mark the
las big Indian pow-wow to be held in
The United States, and the second to
be held at Muskogee, the first one
assembling here in 1876, when this
city was but a small trading post in
he old Indian Territory.
Governor Haskell viii be the presid-
ing officer on the morning of the open
ing day and he will be followed by
the various tribal chiefs OF Oklahoma.
Invitations have been sent to Presi-
dent Taft, members of the cabinet
senators and congressman and former
President Roosevelt and other men OF
prominence viii be in attendance.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-19
SUES FOR DAMAGES.
Woman Wants $1,000 For Injuries
Received at a Laundry.

Laura McNatt has filed suit in
the district court against l.. II. Brad
ford. in the sum of $1,000, to recov-
er damages for injuries alleged to
have been sustained while In the
employ of the defendant. The suit
sets forth that the plaintiff was EN-
ployed in the month of November,
1909, in the Ardmore Steam Laun-
dry, of which the defendant is pro-
prietor; that she was put to work
feeding a mangle; that the defend
ant knew this was dangerous work
for an inexperienced hand and that
while working at this her left hand
was caught in the steam presser
and badly mashed and burned.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-19
Murray's Friend Dies.

Guthrie, Okla, Aug. 1S.-M. L.
Houtchins, live stock inspector
for the state board of agriculture,
1ied last night at Norman of ty-
phoid fever. He became a well
known figure in Oklaoma politics be
cause of his unSwerving loyalty TO
Alfalfa Bill" Murray of Tishomngo,
while Murray was president of the
convention and speak
er of the first Oklahoma house
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-19
Cannon Childish Old Man.

Salina, Kans., Aug. 1S.-Senatof
Bristow of Kansas Thurs lay replied
to Cannons thrusts at Kansas in
surgency which he made in a speech
delivered Wednesday at Iroq1ois H..
by characterizing Cannon's state
ments as the" petulant remarks of a
childish old man" Bristow stated
that Kansans object to CannOn's
domineering politics.