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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20
TIE CIGAR BAND NUISANCE

Turning briefly rom discussio ion O
more important matters. the New
sun has eaitorially deprecated tn,
cigar band nuisance.
Presumably its 0ui1Ersl OF excep
tionally vel tenderel indignation
was provoked by the experience oi
one Of the editors when h- undertook
u remove the gaudy elnch from 4
cigar and doing so made the otner
Nlse perfectly good smoke useless
for lis intended purpose by tearing
the wrapper
The sun is to be commended for
its depreciation OF the practice OF
tightly encircling the waist line oi
cigar with a belt OF paper which
has the general aspect OF those so
called 0ecalcOmania pictures with
which the youngsters OF a generation
ago amused themselves. lit is with
Out Eeasop.s good purpose, or even
senlasAaliQ eScuse58 Ii is an aDomina-
Z NJ It ADDS a title To the cilSt ot
production of The cigar which the
consumer must pay IN che way or an
other. Its removal takes a little 81
the consumer time ald it always
leopardizes the ingegTitg' Of the
wrapper. &
y The sun intimates THAI II may be
the real purpose Of the BAND TO make
the ruination Of a cigar III the pre-
cess of removal possible but We
hesitate TO accept that AieW. At the
same time. no manufafInrar4 has eyer
attempted 10 justify the use ef the
band which is as utferF9 with9rt use
as q pink RIBBON around sausaee g
wOuId be-
Bur smokers have il easily in their
power to compel manufacturers TO
Keep the bands off cigars. AS soon as
they refuse 10 buy banded cigars.
the bands viii disappear
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20
COTTON HOLDING MOVE
MENT HELD NO ANTI
TRUST LAW VIOLATION

Houston Tex. Dec. 49, The assist
ant attorney general II Texas in an
.oDlnion rendered 10 Governor Colquitt
holds the cotton holding movement
'in the South 10 be perfectly legal
and in no sense a violation OF the
Sherman anti trust law
The point was made By the Tom
Green county local chairman appoin-
tee Of Governor COlquitt who leclar-
ed he had been informed the cotton
holding movement as inaugurated az
the conference OF southern governors
Al New Orleans is a violation Of the
antitrust law.
The opinion Of the Texas depart.
ment is the first called for in relation
70 the cotton holding movement and
VIII give gpetus To the lolding
movement throughout the South. be-
cause il clears the legal status or
the various states by the governors
various cOSt chairman appointed in
as 10 hey participation in leading
the more1erN.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20
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BIG MEN AND CRIME.

New York Telegraph Big, heal
thy men seldom go wrong, says q
Kansas City judicial oracle. 1t is
The thin. shrimpg type wao are the
criminals. Yet a New YORK iinanci-
AL recently convicted was two-nnn
dred-aEd-f ra4 -ponnd shrimp; another
recent Boston financier caught in
Bombay and brought back 10 Charles
weighing 250 pounds. still another
town prison was aB auaemic wisp
Boston broker Who trimmed every
body ia state street before going TO
langish al the C0arlestown reception
house exceeded the tw hundred-and-
fitg-p9uHd limit of physical deli
cacg
More aud more frequently Is if be-
ing proved taat assertions are total
By independent OF information.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20
BROUGHT TO LIGHT
Guthrie People Receiving the Full
Benefit

Guthrie People Receiving the Full
Benefit
mere nave been many cases like
the following in Guthrie Ey7ryona
Ieiates the experience of people we
know These plain, straightforward
statements will do much toward 70.
lneYlng the suffering of thousands
such testimony will be read with in.
lerest by many people.
w. n. c. Brown, 209 \. Fifth e
Guthrie, Okla, says: The pnblic
lslstement l gave some wears ago in
praise of Doan's Kidney pins stiI
ncids good. do not believe I would
De awe today were it not for this
u caifiHe. For at least seven years
~ae victim Of kidney complaint
one time | had attacks of gravel
MS left my kidneys very weak ana
after that l suffered almost constant
y from a lame and aching back. Ths
kidney secretions passed too frequent.
" at night and when being voided
we're attended with pain. was
treated by physicians and used one
remedy after another but found onlv
temporary relief | did not think
there was help for me and II would
De almost impossible for me IN DO.
scribe how miserable | was whom nj
sot Doans Kidney Pills al Crsme-s
Drug store. This remedy helDed mel
50 greatly from the first that / con-
tinued its use and the contents Of
three boxes restored me to health
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo |
New York, sole agents for the United
Remember the name-Doan's-and |
AXE no other.
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AN OLD MOTHER.

Dear mother standing as a mucn-loy
ed qaeen
STEPPED from her throne to rest a
while might stand.
At the low liatel Of your kitcnen door
Let me be- laureate in yonr loved de-
mesne,
q singer Of your peaceful wondrous
land
For know none that men may wor.
ship more.
Tired eyes tired hands. worn body.
worn fer mine,
Your white hair mother. makes your
cnly croHn,
And calico wcfk-stained. your com
mon dress.
But oh. upon your lace the peace oi.
vine
The jollity That wlll not be cast
down,
The love that coyereth all with lowell
ness
-samuai N'Coy In January Ainslee.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20
TAr TAIF OF 100 aJoss.

The tale n 100 dvnamiiins jobs
can not he ted without impressins
upon The hearers The fac, that the
acts u violence against property. ans
n ssme Instances against lie were
~ tetbe acts oi individuals so fired
hy zeal for @ cause that they ios
their sense 81 proportion Tie Jobs
We're evidently done Or uuimpa
ed hired men VIA worked fr high
vases Their employers were evident
ly nor Individuals unbalanced byiheig
sense o; wrong but master crimin.
ais ensaged ID c0ldiy werking out a
gigantic dynamit.ng plot Wits the in-
fantion O getting taeir WeT-not mere
ly their rightly 81 program of ter
rorizati upon a plane with thai o.
the recently active night rlders la
The t0hacc, districts of Kentucky and
several ter states
SO one who is iu touch witn the
rank and fe In any field of labor
will for ment charge The crimes
that have leeu committed 70 the
cause oi labor or look uR Them as
rejecting the sentiment of working
men fae dyuamitins pr sram orig
'nted with and was pr secuted by.
hlacrlees whose leadership is an
imposition UPON membels NJ the "a.
acr organizations which ghey misrep-
resented. What is needed is a house
cleaning sufficiently thor uga 10
make room ior htnest leaders wher-
ever criminal IS installed iu a posi-
lion OF trust Il efand and pelit 5ur-
+ es TIE h rsec Gaming So much the
better RI these wnO used such taOlS
Is McNanigai and tae McNa maras
should mol ae merely out of bs. but
satesr II ueniIentiaries
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

When it was first rumored that at
Hast the old story of Little Women
was to be staged the questions began.
When the fact was established that
Miss Marian de Forest had fnished
her dramatization they qulckened.
And when. after tangle Of prelim-
inaries, Miss Jessie BonstelIe signed
her contract TO produce II this win
ter the JOY of actually seeing their
old friends before their eyes. hearing
their voices. and slapping and cry
ing again over each mad-cap frolic
was altogether too much With a
bound the flood gates reopened and
the stream poured in asof ola.
Please make 10 marry Laurie: it S
good chance
Don't have Beth die l like her
best
Make the Marches get rich right
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The Message on High.

/ ~
Go 10 the window tonight and loOl
Out upon the city. yonder where the
barracks OF Want huddle in the shad
uws and tenements stand bleak
against the sky: where pitiable. cow
ed children OF priYation wistful ana
wan, wien hungry and heart hungry
lie in the cold and dream Christmas
dreams tnat can never come true
dreams such as you dreamed back in
+the dong ago. golden dreams spsng led
with Hope. dreams that win lose
their way and fall. broken winged, to
earth.
Once upon the pinions OF Fancy.
YOU sped into the mystic dawns
once YOU and Faith in magic argos
les set brave sails for cloudland pur-
pie zones.
And now, Youth is dead and mem
Dry is stained with tears And your
saips have come home and they ride
at anchor
Wise Man what cargo did you bring
in their aold?
How did you barter with Life2 Did
y0u trade we'll? Are you content?
Where is your myrrh and where
your frankincense2 Where is happi-
ness and where peace and where is
the glory of mercy and the JOY OF Civ
ing and the strength that comes with
the lifting of burdens?
Look up, behold the star OF Bethle.
hem Head tAe message.
a thousand gray souled women sit
tonight with the ghosts OF Yesterday
Women, hagged by toll, gaunt aud
bruised, women with empty pockets
and empty pantries and empty stoves
women face to face with the dreari-
est tragedy in all motherhood. the
explanation of the empty Christmas
stocking.
And the Star Of Bethlehem keeps
sailing 20 you: Wise Man, Wise
Iani Gataer your gifts and go forth /
"a the name of the Lord 10 the man /
ger wheresoever the Child awaits your
coming
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

We must confess t8 inability fully
to understand Hby the surgeon genef-
al OF the navy should wish 10 have
football abolished The Annapolis
boys, if our recollection is not al fault
have defeated the West Point cadets
in the last two annual contests.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

Abe Martins yob Th' trouble
about putin your name on your UNI
Drella is that th owner o th one
you take by mistake kin come back
on you. Tn nearer th end o th first
act women come L n the-ater tn
wider ther hats are
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20
o Tragedy

He was just S deg Mister-thats all;
Ana aH of Us bows called him Bun;
/ He Was curly and not very tall
+ And he hadn't tail--just STUB.
his tail froze one cold night, you set
We Just pulled The rest of him thru
lNo-he lidni h1te much ped gree
Perhaps tk-t was frozen on, too.
He always seemed quite well behaved
And b never had many bad fights,
IL summer he used to be shaved
And he siepl in the woodshed o
nights.
Sometimes he would wake up too
soon
And cry. if his tail got chill;
Some nights he would bark at the
moon.
But some nights he would sleep
very still.
He knew how TO play hide-ani-seek
And he always would come when
you'd call;
He would play dead. roll over. and
speak
And learned il in no time az all
Sometimes he would growl. Just in
But he never would bite. and his
worst
Was to bark at the postmsn one day
But the postman- he barked at him
first.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

Norman, Okla. Dec fS--The annual
Christmas holidays viii begin Wed
nesday December 20, at $3.50 D. m,
and continue until January 3. at 5
O'Clock a. m, Professors are already
announcing the quizzes which are
usually given the week proceeding
the vacation.
Prof. Gimeno. instructor in painting
Z at the university has just been noti-
ned that he has won first prize and
the sum of five hundred dollars for
submitting the best painting in con
test inaugurated by Anton H. Classen
/ lof Oklahoma City offering prizes for
/ the three best pictures of Oklahoma
City-past, present and future.
The students in the various depart
mental schools OF the university do
not limit their search for facts to the
class room and library This can not
be shown better than by mentioning
the fact that the Engineers club. the
Pick and Hammer club, the Medic so
ciety, the Chemistry club. and three
law organizations all held meetings
last week at which programs were
rendered consisting OF papers and dis
cussions on technical subjects
At its meeting last Sunday the
girls Of the University Y. W c. A.
discussed the subject: If Rockefel-
Ter should give $4,000 for missions
where should it go?" 1t was decided
that Japan was the most likely place
Tor charity, The writer was inclined
to think that the starving poor of our
own great cities might have first
claim, but on second thought is IN
clined to believe the girls are right.
Fifty thousand dollars wouldn't 90 far
enough along Mulberry bend to let
the public know that Mr.. Rockefeller
had sheiied out
Director OF the State Geological
Survey D. W Ohern left Mond ~ for |
Oklahoma to study re-
cent developments in the oil ana gas |
field. The oil and gas producers ana |
Industries dependent upon these pro-
sucts in Oklahoma are greatly dis
aH'bed rostr the fsport recently issued 4
1y State Geologist Haworth. OF Kan
as. to the effect that the Kansas-Ok-
ahoma oil and gas field viii be COM
'letely exhausted in three years at the
resent rate Of consumption Dr- /
)hern viii gather data to refute this
eport If the facts warrant. and he
eclares his belief that they undoubt
dly do
A Des M0ines man had an attack
muscular rheumatism In ais should Is
r A friend advised him to go TO II
ot Springs. That meant an ex- Il
anse Of $4,000 or more He sought
lr a quicker and cheaper way 10
ire Il and found IL in Chamberlain 5 !
iniment Three days after the first (
1plication OF this iiniment he was
ell For sale by all dealers. l.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

The postDffice department made
szlg.0U0 this year Watch for the
rcformer who viii attempt to project
himself into the limeiight en- tile the
ory that the people are paying TOO
much for their nostage
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

The Turkish forces are reported 20
be in bad tx. and considering how
bong the war has been going on #
was time thai their supplies should
begin to give out
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20
rhe story d olsioaaisd snoulde

The StOry of 4 DlsIoSsteo oWou7ue'
Private" John Alien. Of Mississip'
MI was IN his office one day when a
very seedg and exceedingly un~ash-
G.. tramp came in and told ham 3 tale
Of woe
N need little MONEY SAID the
hobo for am in bad tx. Not
onlr am hungry but ! am an hroS-
eu 10 physically have olslocateu
mv lea shoulder
I'm than event said Alien drNis'
won must have tried To put on q
clean shir! The fWiee-a-Month
Popular magazine
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

away - AMY can have fine clothes.
Marry Meg ST the beginning. as
ne Sns; hove John Brooks. and so on
ana On antil il seemed as though'
rieht demanded some earnest conc.u'
site answers. Harper's Bazaar.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

This Christmas shopping reform is
getting 10 be science. First in was
simply shcp early then Ii was shop
early, and in the morning and now
u is proposed 10 shop early IL the
morning and without small children.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

With the Methcdists aud Christian
denominations yying with each other
IN pulling eff conferences. (}uIurie
certainly stands strong on tae church
a1dp
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

A psychologist IL Boston believes
that If the world would aiye rs Christ
mas presents IN well wishes and kind
thoughts, everyone would profit more
than by coed tbings out of Santa
Claus bag Perhaps II ihe world
were psychological instead oL mum.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

The latest Vanderbilt marriage I.
a triumph for the divorce courts. The
groom. Alfred Gwxnne Vanderbilt
was divorced from his wife seyera
years ago The bride secured a a.
yorce last year The brides mother
who announces the marriage, was di
sorced .befoEe either Of them.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

'One great love IN lifetime" com
Imented George Arlissa ssHhose mar,
lvelous portrayal OF Disraei Il
winning boundless applause. well,
perhaps. IL the man is Z. Dante and
THE woman Beatrice. but for every
day morrals-I give you tale that
speaks for itself
"A minister. bent on consolation,
was conversing with a man whose
wife had hat DAY been laid .away.
My brother said the preacher
II know that this is great grief that
has overtaken YOU ana thought you
are compelled to mourn the loss Of
this one, who has been y01r COM
panion and partner in life. / viii con
sole YOU with the asa Lance that there
is another who sympathizes with you
and seeks TO embrace you in the
arms of untailing love-
ITO this the beTeayed husband
replied by asking, as he gazed into
the minister's face
What's her name2 January
Youngs Magazine.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

81. Louis Post-Dispatch The con
fusion In China is indescribable
Nearly one-fifth Of the people know
that something is going on.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

Those 0pposed TO The bond sale
should be present when the postal
cards are counted Posimortem
shfieks Of fraud will be out OF order
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

From all reports there are variegat-
ed blowboies in Russell power
league petitions
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

And now Russia appears on the
scene to add names hard 10 pronounce
70 an already complicated war situa-
ton
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

The Southwestern iron company :
frog promises 70 make business hop
for Guthrie.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

The city council has recently gain
ed an energetic AID vasra Die scqulsl-
tiOn in Will Patterson
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

: And still The Lorimer hearing hangs
fire. There are some tlinss that
never ccme to a close
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

The flavor Of good Tea and Coffee
can easily be ruined BY using Inferior
sugar Those who know, use THE
ALTON GOODS Crystal Lump Sugar
aiNags sold in packages.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

Most people woald do their Christ
mas, shopping early # il wasn't for
zone tning-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

When you have bilious attack
give Chamberlain Tablets a trial
hey are excellent For sale by all
callers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

July rain a. Yuletide Nature S.
cutting up again
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

Etlei Conrad viii sue Millionaire
Stokes fer S1t4 zoe dRmz ges. You've
guessed it- Da magas to Aer reputa-
tion.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

Geo. Evans has dug up another poei
fsiNeafe al Chickasha
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

TEE Limft
louise. ls your new cook trouble
some rt 49,.
luea- Troublesome, She couldn't
ael verse 81 she were q near relative
-Aarpors Bazar
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

The McNamaras viii have no
chance 10 tell about il on the lecture
Platform.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

The Castles contribute fAscinai-
ing romance TO January Ainslee's en-
titled The Princess EedVige' the
action taking place in one OF those
miniature German kingdoms so pic
turesoue ana popular with the fiction
writer Invested with the charm and
|eolor that these writer's invariably
give their work. it is needless 10 say
it is one OF the most entertaining
bits OF fiction in this number
Other strong stories in this num-
Der are: +The Reckoning" By Thos-
Addison Their Wedding Day" bg
Alicia Ramsay. The Second Of7eer,
by Andrew SautaT "A Venture in By
Products, by Joseph c. Lincoln; The
Greatest Good. by Nalbro Barley.
and A Bundle of Sticks, by ~. Car
ey Wonderly.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

Do yen not feel the need u a more
elastic currency?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

Advertising and push win This
E6ahas pseHs ably demonstrated bys sec
retary Rasson OF the Retailers asso.
citation
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

Husband And Mary, woman
came in our afice today ana told me
something that viii blight our whole
married a4ie
Wlfe on John What did she have
on 9--liarpcrs Bazar
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

The Aiken bill is giving ,ghe sec
ondafses an ache. anyway
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20
"Jsytown journalism

Vt aVul uhfitlt MO9Dt -
John smith called today and paid
his subscription. Call again, Mr..
smith
Henry Jones and family came in
today and paid a pleasant visit to the
Moon He also left a bushel of p0-
tatoes. Mr.. Jones is all right.
The Moon received a call today
from Mr. Tom Brown. Who left a dol
Tar for the Moon Brown is one of
the best citizens. You are always vel
come. Tom.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

Time certainly flies. Pretty soon
the correspondents will begin 10 Xiii
\ 4 Aext,sy ears peach sertsa. segs
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

COLDS CAUSE HEADACHE
LAXATIVE BROM0 Quinine, the
Torld wide Cold and Grip remedy
removes cause. Call for full name
Look for signature L. w. GROVE. Csc
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

Bigger babies are ae5ng born npw
says London lhfysisian DO they
grow up to be bssgef ulHn That's the
real question
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

Tslt has since ogen disetYs ered thai
Ffter Sharp has three wives No
Tscfldef' the old man vas worried
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20

Ii Is hardly neeessafy for Georgia
TO geselop the PECAN Industry to cou-
vince sthe. rest o. the country that sac
Il uMt+,. B44
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-20
An az Mish IN New woras

Mr. d. p. Seerley, OF Chicago. Is an
art cunnojsseur. but sometimes he az
lows himself 10 bs tasen awat from
pictures and sculbtures, and led into q
concert hall he had yielded u this
one afternoon when the friend beside
i'm noticed that he looked bored
weary. and wan. not TO say exhausted
and disguised
What's the mattel n ne asked
Seerley: 10 which question Seerley
replied with a prolonged vawn
Its true admitted the -riend.
that that piano PLAYER is missing
some Of the notes and
Il wished. cut in SeerieS, 'he had
missed EN- allt"-The Twice-a-M0nth
Popular magazine.