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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-03
Returns from Spring and Talladego

Returns from Spring and Talladego
township yesterday gave w. n.
Bridges, the Taxpayers Protective
Association candidate, lead of 80
votes over A. r. Cooper, who held
the lead by slight majority Friday
night, with the Spring and ITALIA
dega boxes yet to report. AS Spring
township is the home of Squire
Bridges, it was generally cone Il d
that he would receive large enough
vote in that precinct to give him
third place i'll the representatives
race. When the returns arrived YES
terday morning Bridges bad s. OF
he 90 votes cast in Spring. Cooper
got 10 in that precinct Later Tai
ladega reported, giving Bridges II.
Cooper failed to get vote in 'raila-
dega township. This gave bridges q
lead OF ~ votes over Coop" The
latter says he will not concotlo the
election OF Bridges TO the Third p;aca
until after the official count is made
nj the meantime it appears that Mill
Ter, who led the legislative ticket,
Wilson and Bridges have been aom-
mated for the lower house.
The counting of the bale IN the
aldeTmauic races in the Third ward
was completed early yesterday morn
ing. The four wards gave Ben We'll
go and Russell Hollis, the present in,
cumbent, 657, We'll receiving the
nomination by just % woes. r. G.
Johnson, candidate for alderman from
the Fourth ward, received $50 votes
and ]. A. Clement, for many years a
member of the Council. 676. john
son S majority is just votes.
The bela4ed returns In the county
election, which arrived yesterday
morning, resulted in no change in
any of the other contests for county
offices. The result of the contests
for Magistrates OF vaugine township
will not be definitely known until
the official count is made, as the
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-03

judges in the Fourth ward and Vau-
CINE township failed to announce the
vote i'll the magistrates contests Fri
day night, before locking the ballot
boxes. 1t is believed, however, judging
from the returns still at hand that
Frazier, Vance, Knox, Mills, Talbot,
Bloom and Meyer will be nominated
The total vote by wards in the
constable race, in which Constable
Frank S ewart defeated Deputy Sher-
iff c. G. Green. follows:
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-03

Henry Jones, a negro who has
been wanted by the local authorities
for several weeks, was arrested in
Argen,a last night at the instance OF
Constable Frank Stewart, who locat-
ed him there. He is wanted eere 10
answer a charge of assault with in
tent to kill. 1t is alleged that he
severely cut his wife with a knife,
while the two were passengers on a
Pine Bluff and Arkansas River H.i.-
way Company train.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-03

prefer a canvass free of mud sling
ing" but what | had to say in my
own behalf was forced Ous by an I'M
just attack that was made upon my
record and my official acts. But WITH
it all l have no i'll feeling toward
anyone and the unfortunate episodes
are things of the past in my mind.
ink the people Of Jeffe rson county for
tneir confidence ard their votes-in-
dividually.
Your servant,
G.. VI. PHILPOT.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-03
N ASK RECOUNT
OF THE VOTES
JUE. Y. J. KERWIN TO CHARGE
IRREGULARITIES BEFORE SUB.
COMMITTEE.
&C p lR AWAITS COUNT
Bic S Gets Third Position on Be-
Ia ID Returns-Ben We'll and
Fob johnson Nominated.

No yfithstanding the fact that the
uae ical returns from Fridays coun-
ty I IL airy election give Thomas c.
Viii IL majority over Judge e. j.
Ksr -. in their race for the sena-
tors from jefferson county, it Is
rep, i hat there will be charges Of
IRE erties in three country pre-
cine Ted with the subcommittee
that canvas the returns Monday
and the official announce
mer the results of the various
cor, d =
A ra Judge Kerwin }as made
no ent regarding his intention
il + e~orted that he has already
seer effidavits, showing that vot-
ers cast their votes for @him in
both ee Faith and Springhill boxes
in Y sovi1le township had not been
repc and that other affidavits,
sho7 other Irregularities. are to
be n@ainst the unofficial returns
fre- -toria township. A recount
OF t -rntry vote cast in the
eacs precincts may be asked
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-03
BIG TELEPHONE
DEAL CONSUMMATED

Little Rock, Ark, Dec. 9TH
Southwestern Telegraph and Tele-
phone Company this afternoon clos
ed the purchase of the properties Of
the Southern Telephone Company for
$1,110,O00 The Fort Smitl Ind =
pendent Phone Company is among
those absorbed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-03

Mis-. f. E. Moseloy, of No. 636
Beech street, underwent an operation
at the Davis Hospital yesterday and
was resting we'll last night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-03

John L. Mills and Miss
Mary Geisreiter will SUPERVISE the
Fairgrounds Monday afternoon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-03

SteWarts majority, 26S.
nj the city attorneys race, in
which City Attorney w. B. Sorrells
wa defeated by w. b. Alexander for
reelection. the following vote was
returned:
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-12-03
Sorrells AleXand r

The following unofficial figures
are ssoNn in the four adermanie
rae 5 IN as many wards of tie city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05
WANT TO BUILD
SMELTER HERE
PROMOTERS OF SHELTER PLANT
ARE IN THE CITY AND WANT
TO INTEREST LOCAL CAPITAL.

c. o. Allen and w. NJ. Bowles OF
Shawnee are in the city and are
trying to interest local parties in
the erection of smelter in Ardmore
to handle the ore from the Arbuckle
fields.
The owners of this patent propose
to erect a $4,000 plant and ask that
Ardmore people subscribe for $4,000
worth of stock. Several people who
have holdings in the Arbuckle fields
are in conference with them today
and it is thought that the deal will
be closed with them in few days.
The people of Davis want the
smeter erected there, but the own
ers state that they had rather come
to Ardmore as they believed this to
be the best outlook for the ore from
the AIbuckle field.
Should this deal be made it will
mean the construction of an interurb
an road from this city to the fields
beyond Springer, a distance of twenty
miles, ana it has been intimated that
the owners of the Ardmore street
railway are ready and willing to put
in the line, provided sufficient ton
mage is guaranteed to pay them a
reasonable interest on the capital
invested.
Mr. Allen stated this morning that
if the smelter is erected here an'
in guaranteeing to use fifty tons of
ore daily and if the price for the
haul was as low as 81 per ton that
in itself would be some inducement
for the promoters of the interurban
to build, but he further stated that
there were other and better reasons
why the road should be built, primar-
lily because it tapped not only one
Of the best farming sections of the
state, but because it entered the
heart of the greatest mineral deposit
in the world.
These gentlemen will be here for
several days and will take the mat
ter up with other parties interested
in the field and see what can be done
in the premises.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05
.RUMORED THAT
CHANGE IS SOUGHT
STATEMENT CURRENT THAT AN
EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO RE
STORE OLD MUNICIPAL FORM.

There is a Tumor afloat that a pc
tition will be circulated in the city
within a few days, asking that the
present form Of city government be
abolished and that the old, or alder
manic form, be restored in place OF
the commission form of government
that we have at present.
The old charter, under which we
lived previous to adopting the com
mission form of government is dead,
and the only way that the present
form could be changed back would
be to amend the present charter
along the lines of the general statute
Should Ardmore make this move it
would get more advertising than any
city in the United States, as it was
one of the first to adopt the commits
sion form of government and would
be the very first to reject it,
This would make every office in
the city an. elective one, with the
exception of the policemen and fre-
men. Just how this will be received
by the citizens is problematical but
it will no doubt precipitate warm
fight. y
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05
Mr., BEECHER GETS
DESERVED PROMOTION
POPULAR AGENT OF EXPRESS
COMPANY GOES TO A HIGHER
OFFICE.

+. d. Beecher, who has been the
agent for the United States express
company at this place for the past
two years, has received a promo
lion and will leave today to take the
office of agent at Muskogee.
When the United States express
company decided to enter the local
field they chose as their agent Mr.
Beecher, who has risen by reason OF
merit in the employ of the company
as their agent here, and they could
not have made a happier selection.
Mr.. Beecher Immediately began max
ing friends and the business of the
company has gradually increased I'M
der his management.
Mr.. Mertz has been assigned to
succeed Mr.. Beecher here. The
'ransfer was made by II. NJ. Payton,
travelling auditor of the company.
Who is also interested in 1taer en-
.erprises in Ardmore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beecher will be grel;-
y missed by the large circle Of
riends that they have acquired since
'oming TO Ardmore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05
Personals

F. Z. Watkins OF Wav1-~ was a
business visitor today.
J. J. Massey OF Coalgate was in
the city today on business.
Frank Oyersueet of Orr was in
the city today on business.
c. j. Gill, a prominent citizen or
Hewitt vas a business visitor today.
W =. Higgins and II. L. Law
renee Of Poo!eyille were in the city
today.
W. w. Means, a prominent citizen
of Hewitt, was in the city today on
business
J, Fenuess Wisdom, who formerly
resided in Ardmore but who now is
attorney for the Mid Continent Life
Insurance Company of Muskogee,
was in the city today on business for
his company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05
Modern Brotherhood Elect Officers.

The Modern Brot herhood of America
met last night at !. O. o. F., hall and
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year:
Frank S. Wolverton. president.
A. C. Bagby, vice president.
NJ. S. Wolverton, secretary-treasurer
Mrs Callie Smith, Chaplain.
]. d. Lard, conductor
Mrs. Mary Childress, Watchman.
j. Spears, sentry.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05

Thousands of men in England earn
their living during considerable por'
ton Of the year by their ability TO
walk and work on tail stills. Most OF
them are employed in the hop fields.
where they have displaced the high
stepladders formerly in use. During
the pole stringing season the stilt
workers, Il feet from ;he ground per
form the work with ease and withod;
loss OF timS or motion A trained stilt.
man will do the work OF four men work.
iLg with stepladders, it is said.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05
WHEELER FIELD HAS
PLENTY OF GAS
PRESIDENT CONNELlY OF T;tE
GAS COMPANY STATES THAT
THERE is.

j. S. Connolly president of the Ard
more Gas Company of Carthage, Mo ,
went to the fields at Wheeler his
morning and will stay thee Sc 'eral
days investigating the holdiuGs of the
company.
In speaking of the report o: Prof.
Haworth, who predicted failure of
Oklahoma gas fields he stated that his
statements We're absurd and even if
they bore the semblance of truth,
would not apply to this field but to
the fields where gas has been piped
to other states.
He stated that there was some COM
plant at present over the pressure but
that would be remedied as soon as the
compressor plant was completed and
as far as the supply of gas was con
cerned the people of Ardmore might
rest assured that their supply was
practically ineXhaustible and that de.
velopment in the fields would go on
every year The company now are
installing an electric plant at the
compressor and il will be ready for
operation by the last of the week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05
Gillian Has Assurances.

The statement contained in yester'
day afternoons Ardmoreite that j..
Robert Gillian would be candidate
for national committeeman was par
ticularly well received, and today Bob
is receiving the assurances of his
many friends that they are for him
to the finish.
Gillian has a flattering chance OF
winning the election and as his democ-
racy has always remained on straight
it is confidentially expected that he
will land the office.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05

An d incident caused no little
dismay amongst Paris citizens the
other morning. A van conveying
about five hundredweight OF worms,
intended for batting. was overturned
on the Boulevard SebaStopol, Paris,
and tho worms swarmed over the
tramway lines and rendered all We
hicular traffic impossible until they
had been cleared away.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05
Aye, Times Are Changed!

Guests were expected to drink toe
freely Of liquors at castles In the
Scotch highlands years ago. and d
servant is said to have once ex
claimed: "Ach, It's sair changed
times at Castle Grant when gentlemen
can gang to bed on their ain feet
whatever"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05

Giving evidence at an inquest al
Yarmouth. market stall carrier de.
clared he could take ten pints OF beer
before breakfast and get home ali
right. The coroner told him he ought
to be ashamed to say so and the wit
ness replied that man who could
not take four or five pints was no
man at alI.-London Evening Stand
ard.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05

' Mrs. " \. Niback has donated a
room in her residence on Broadway
TO the Benevolent Society where DO
nations will be received of all kinds
for distribution among the poor on
Christmas eve. Mrs. Niback will re-
ceive the donations and take charge
of them for the Benevolent Society
and it is specially urged that donations
he made early AMI often.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05
Benevolent Work.

All persons desiring to make con
tributions Of clothing or other valu-
able things to the poor of the city
are requested to leave them with
Mrs. Curtis at the county court
house. Arrangements have been
made for storage room in the county
building and whatever is given will
be cared for and properly distributed
Call telephone 4i9.
MRS. c. p. VAN DENBERG,
President Benevolent Association
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05

II has been discovered that the rose
will cure headache. Its perfume
acts as a medicine upon the nerves
Its color-particularly If deep red
soothes the senses through the eyes.
and its cleanliness and medical prop
critics generally act upon the system
not only as a curative, but as a tonic
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05

The rest room at the court house is
not being advertised sufficiently TO
the country people for whom it was
intended, and for that reason Mrs
Holden wants it announced that she is
very ANXIOUS that the visitors from
the country take advantage of it and
come around and get acquainted.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05

Suit was filed with the clerk OF the
district court yesterday by Annie Fo!
lis against Roy Yollis for divorce IN
which plaintiff asks for an order from
the court restraining defendant from
6isposing OF any more OF her propert",
also for the custody of their child and
S25 a mont. aHmony.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05
Enouoh to vex q Saint

We often wonder how St Peter
ever gets rid Of the female spirits
who want to stay and argue 1t out
with him.-Chicago Record-Herald
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05
Prescience.

There is coming a break in your
life through blonde woman" 81
knew it! My nice dinner set is going
to get smashed by our new Swedish
cook"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05

Elliot will present The Lion and
me Mouse" or The Fortune Hunt
err at the opera house Wednesday.
Elliot mas no superior in American as
q dramatic reader. 90
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05

Uncle Tom Nolen, one of Ardmore's
pioneer citizens, who is now employed
by Warden Dick at the penitentiary
at McAlester, is here visiting his
family and will enjoy a merited rest
until Christmas. Mr.. Nolen has been
with Warden Dick for nearly two and
a half years and has made good all
during that time. Mr. Nolen is an
interesting talker and can relate some
thrills of pioneer life in Indian Terri
tory which would make the tenderfoot
hike back to city life.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05
Sure Of Company.

You may be Peace and Mercy
band all by your lonesome II you will
You'll not find yourself lacking for
company. .t
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05
Test Of Modesty,

Our idea OF modest man is one
who doesn't honestly think he'd made
a good president.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05
Our Religion,

We have just enough religion to
make us hate. but not enough to make
Us love one another.-Dean Swift.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05

Fred Williams and Mr.. Ballew OF
one Grove have returned from Coal
county, where they located two head
OF mules that had been stolen from
Melvin Herring at Lone Grove. The
property was recovered and they
found the men they wanted in jail.
charged with burglary, and could not
return them. County Attorney Nath-
crs talked with the attorney Of coal
county today over the telephone and
tie latter stated that he had a strong
case of burglary against the three
men charged with taking the mules
and did not desire to release them 10
the Carter county officials for pros
ecution here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05

Regular meeting of Washita Tribe
No. 80, Improved Order of Red Men,
will be held at the Wigwam Wednes'
day, tomorrow night, at 1880 O'Clock.
Election of Chiefs will be held, and
business of extreme Importance to ev-
cry member will be before the council.
Every Chief urged to be present.
T. LEE HOPSON, Sachem.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05

w. p. Keith OF Sioux City, Iowa,
is a visitor to Ardmore today. He
has gone over Jefferson, Love and
Carter counties and will leave here
this evening for Durant, where he
will examine the sOil in that portion
CT the state Mr.. Keith says the
lands in this section of the state are
selling for less than their real value
and that he will take the opportunity
to make some purchases while here.
He will also trade a stock of mer
CLandise which he has for lands in
southern Oklahoma.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05

When you have a bilious attack give
Chamberlain Tablets a trial. They
are excellent. For sale by all dealers
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-12-05

M Won nse the want sds'
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-23
BETRAYAL OF GIRL
IS NOW ALLEGED
New Developments Concerning
Death Of Avis Linneil.

Boston, Oct 23.-Gaunt. haggard,
physically and mentally a wreck, Rev.
Clarence Virgil Thompson Richeson,
pastor of the Immanual Baptist church
of Cambridge. Mass. sits in cell No.
IL, Murderer's Row of the Charles
street Jail, accused of the murder of
nineteen-year-Old Avis Linnell whom
he is said first to have betrayed under
promise of marriage.
The details Of the story as they
slowly come to light reveal the crime
OF which the young clergyman is ac-
cused as one of the most fiendish i'm
criminal annals.
The motive of the murder. the po-
lice assert, was to remove a trouble
some obstacle to Richeson's marriage
to his wealthy fiancee. Miss Violet Ed
mands, a woman older than himself.
but possessed of a fortune of $500 900.
Avis Linnell, the young student of
music at the Boston conservatory.
had a blameless reputation before she
fell under the spell of the handsome
clergyman.
1t was only when an autopsy re-
vealed the fact that she was to be-
come a mother that the police com
menced to build up the terrible chain
of circumstantial evidence that they
have woven about the young clergy
man.
While the man appears to be abso-
lutely shattered mentally and physic-
ally he still preserves the same taci-
turnity that has marked him since
his arrest. He refuses to speak to
any one and will scarcely reply to his
guards when they address him on
routine matters. The prison officials
fear that he will take his life if any
opportunity offers and are exercising
special precautions.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-23
GREECE MAY TAKE
HAND IN CONFLICT
Army Being Modified to Re-
SiSt Turkish Move.

Athens, Oct. 23.-The menace of in.
ternational complications in the Turko
Italian situation Is more acute than
at any time since the war began.
The dispatch of Turkish troops to
the Island of Chios has caused a ru
NOR to spread like wildfire through
Greece that the Turks contemplate an
attack upon the Hellenes.
The Greek army is being modified
The islands population is purely
Greek and it has been the scene of re
peated revolts against the Mussulman
rulers
An unconfirmed report says that the
Greek bishop of Gragena has been
killed.
Ii is believed here that Servia has
been ready and willing to attack Tur
key for some time, but that she has
hesitated because she was uncertain
of Bulgaria's attitude.
1t is now feared that a combined
attack by the two states will take
place.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-23
MAY JOIN REvOLUTlONISTS
Yuan Sh kai Said to Have Rejected
Office Under Government.

Peking, Oct 23.-Following close on
the news of the crushing defeat of the
imperial troops at Hankow comes the
report that Yxan Shi Kai, the strong
man of China" upon whom the gov
ernment was pinning its faith to save
II. has reconsidered his acceptance of
the viceroyalty of the revolving prov
inoes of Human and Hupeh and de
ctded to join the revolutionists.
The report cannot be confirmed but
js generally believed.
Yuan Shi Kai was bitterly de-
nounced as a traitor when he accept
cd the viceroyalty and his vaunted
popularity and influence absolutely
failed to stem the tide of public opin-
ion If he now declares for the revo-
lutionists it is believed here that it
will pactically seal the fate of the
government
The ministers are in state Of pan
ic which they scarcely try to conceal.
Many OF the wealthier Mar ohus have
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-23
NEGRO HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Rescued After Mob Had Placed Rope
Around His Neck.

Hiawatha, Kan, Oct. 23-Edward
WalthalI, negro, barely escaped
lynching following his arrest in the
courtyard here on a charge of writing
an improper letter to Miss Virgil Sar.
yer, who had been induced by the au,
thorities to agree to meet the negro
there.
The young woman's father, as Wal
thall came in sight, threw a rope
about his neck, with which others at
tempted to help string the negro up
Officers who were lying in wait Sc
cured the negro and took him away
in safety.
Walthalrs mind is believed to be af
fected, following his participation in
the lynching of the murderer of his
brother several years ago.