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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04
The Red Book Magazine, Chicago
Editorial Department

really tough. As they used to say In
those days, they were hard nuts TO
crack but there wasn't one of us
! that ever frightened Miss Bennett.
I Charlie Clark, ON Roach, VIII Powell
and myself constituted this quartet
of bad ones and what meanness one
couldn't think OF the other could.
In the spelling 1s always occupied
positions at the foot of the class, but
I remember tnat on one occasion we
srelled every word that came to US,
and when the lesson was over we
stood one, two, three, four right at
the head.
Then came the expose. Bill Flick
lin told Miss Bennett We had stealthily
looked at the book each time We had
to spell word and that was why We
made such a high average
The tun began when school was
dismissed We set on Ficklin and
gave him good licking The next
day we were brought before the court.
with Miss Bennett as the presiding
Judge, told her that We licked Flick
lin because he tattled on us and to
give me the whipping and let the other
boys go. (This was not special hero
ism on my part. l got licking every
day, anyway.
The other boys, with the exception
OF Bill Powell put up a good talk.
Powell refused to say word. This
ohstinaCy aroused the Simon pure
lighting spirit i'm Miss Bennett, who
turned the rest of MS loose and started
on Bill. She gave him one of the hes
'whalmgs' he had ever had in his life.
He didn't awe her a bit She had her
dauder up and Bill got the full benef;
OF IT,
The directors wanted 10 eXpcl Bill
but Miss Bennett intorceded for him
Let him stay in school Miss Bennett
advised. L want TO make good boy
out of Bill And Miss Bennett did.
She took all the mischief out of him
and when I met Bill in New Florence
a long time atterward he told me that
he believed that If it hadn't been for
Miss Bennett he would be in the pen
itenuary."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04

\ Perthshire farmer on his way
home from market one day suddenly
remembered that he had forgotten
something, but what he could not re
call.
As he neared home the conviction
increased. and three times he stopped
hi, horse and went carefully through
his pocketbook in a vain endeavor to
discover what he had missed. In due
course he reached home and met his
daughter. who looked At him surprised
and asked: Why, father. what have
Won done with mother? Prom Nor
man L. Macks Monthly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04
Monday.

Eighty-eight members of the Naval
Academy class of 1909 will be com
missioned.
Fifth annual Rose Festival opens in
Portland, Ore, to last through the
week.
National Association of Piano Deal
ers will hold session in Chicago.
Texas anti-prohibition campaign
will open with mass meeting in Fort
Worth.
Special congressional election will
be held in the Ninth district OF
Iowa.
National Hotel Mems Mutual Ben
eft Association will convene in Bos-
ton.
American Guild of Piano Tuners
will open second annual meeting
in Chicago.
International Union of Pipe Filters
ami Helpers convenes in Cincinnati.
Fraternity OF Operative Mil ers OF
America will open convention in De-
troit.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04
4 Dreadful Wound

from a knife, gun. tin can, rusty nail,
fireworks, or OF any other nature, &c
mands prompt treatment with Buck
lens Arnica Salve to prevent blood
poison or gangrene. IT'S the quickest,
surest healer for all such wounds as
also for Burns, Bolls, Sores, Skin
Eruptions, Eczema. Chapped Hands,
Corns or Piles. % cents Ringer Drug
Co
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04
Stsrtino the Stopped.

One day an o,d farmer borrowed
a mule from his neighbor; after he
had finished his work he sent his
fourteen-year-old boy to take it home.
The boy had gone about half a mile
when the mule stopped and positively
refused to go any farther. After the
boy had almost pulled his arms on
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04

Walter Damrosch, the musical con
ductor, was describing very igno'
rant foreign critic. In short" Mr..
Damrosch ended, ''he was as ignorant
of music as old Jed Shucks and his
wife were of city ways. Jed was de-
scribing his recent visit to New York.
An we went to big department
store he said. an we got inter one
O. them ere things wot whizzes ye
clean up to the top-wot in tarnation
is their name, MAJ 'oaopllfters, Je-
dediar,' Mrs. Shucks replied. New
York Sun.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04
unveiI Confederate Memorial.

Suffolk, Va, June "A beautiful
memorial to the soldiers of the Con
federacy was unveiled today at Frank
lin. The shaft was erected by pop
ular subscriptions, the Daughters of
the Congefderacy leading in the
movement. \ parade preceded lhe
dedication ceremonies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04

There is one medicine that every
family should be provided with and es
pecially during the summer months;
viz. Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. II is almost Ger
tain to be needed. 1t costs but a quar-
ter. Can YOU afford TO be without it
For sale by all dealers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04

\ bilious. half-sick feeling. loss Of
energy. and constpated bowels can
be relieved with surprising, prompt
ness by using HERBINE. The first
dose brings Improvement, lew doses
puts the system in fine, vigorous con
dition. Price soc. Sold by Hoffman,
Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04
Read This.

Durant, Ok-This certifies | was
cured of Kidney, Bladder and Rheu-
matte trouble by the use of one boz
tie of Halls Texas Wonder. | fully
recommend it, for it is a medicine
with merits.-W. B. WARD.
Sold by all druggists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04

The uniform success that has attenc-
ed the use of Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has
made it a favorite everywhere. 1t can.
always be denpended uponFor sale by
al dealers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04
sIsaVSE INTO YOUR SHOES

Allcu's Foot Esse, The aniacptic powder II cures
psiufYl, smartiaG, nervous fees, and instantly takes
rnmfortT discovery OF the .egc. Aliens Foot Ease
.naEca tight or new e,ocs feet easy. Il is certain
me- for aweal Hg caiio1s, ,twOen, tired aching leei
sitsye ,,, ii 10 Bresh In New shoes Try It today.
5s,.i ry.r,,,hrrc Ry msh fos 95 cts. IN stamps
ti.,s .e.e,s any siibsSHsU 70, FREE trial pack
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04
Friday.

Associated Harvard Clubs will open
fifteenth national reunion in. st.
Paul.
Young WOnen's Christian Associ-
atoms southern conference at Ashe-
Vile, n. c.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04

Nawning. It's an old story to me.
crossing the Atlantic now. Why ac-
tually, | always recognize more than
half the waves we meet'-COsmo-
politan.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04
Tuesday.

Social Workers of National Con.
ference OF Jewish Charities meet in
Boston.
National convention of bookkeepers
will be held at Amherst College,
Mass.
Moody Institutes fifth conference
on summer church work opens in Chi
caeo.
Sou hwestern Millers and Grain
Dealers will hold meeting in Wichita
Kansas.
American institute of Actuarics
opens annual convention in Chicago.
American Waterworks Association
will convene in annual session in
Rochester.
One hundredth nesting of Ameri-
can Institute of Mining Engineers in
Wilkes5arre.
National Association of Railway
Mail Clerks opens convention in Syr-
acuse, N. Y.
Wednesday.
| President Taft will address Luthe
ran General Synod meeting in Wash
/ ington.
Miss Grace Bryan. daughter of W
]. Bryan. will be married in Lin
coin, Neb.
Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers
Association will convene in New
York.
National Conference of Charitie;
and Corrections opens in Boston.
National Baptist Sunday Schoo
Congress opens in Meridian. Miss.
National Assembly of Civil Service
Commission opens in Madison, Wis
Association Medicale Oanadiennt
will open annual convention in Mon
treal
Canadian Order of Chosen Friend.
begins three day session in Toronto
Commencement day at Columbii
University
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04
Sunday.

St Vincent de Paul Society opens
national conference in Boston.
American celebration in st. Die,
France, the "godmother OF America"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04

Miss Lenora O'Reilly, in suf'
frago address in New York, said:
The more intelligent a man is the
more respect he has, find, for the
intelligence OF women. Intelligent
men hesitate to say that women are
their mental interiors. But the con
ceit of stupid men reminds me ol
Sandy Macpherson. Sandy, in a pub
lie house, told an Englishman that
all the great poets were Scotch. But
how about Shakespeare? cried the
Englishman. Can you say he was
Scotch?' His talents was the reply
would justify that supposeetion, -
Kansas City Star.
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June, and the top notch
The mercury hugs;
June, the month we dedicate
To brides and bugs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04
Painting Pictures
With $1,000 Bills
Gouverneur Morris Tells How Harrigan Did 1t, IN
THE, RED BOOK MAGAZINE for June

THE RED BOOK MAGAZINE tor
June takes you around the world. You
pass from the country home of a million
a;re into the camp of a detachment OF
the u. S. army in the Philippines. Then
after celebrating the tenth birthday o.
.Janey with Inez Haynes Gilmore, Allan
Updegraf takes you with him on a motor
cycle through an amazing New England
adventure. You board ship with RI. Is.
Marriott Watson, and after solving the
hieh-seas robbery in "Jackal," you touch
at Morocco, where Albert Edwards and
George E. Holt let you in on The Cor
respondents Conspiracy" Proceeding
again with Lincoln Colcord, you expert
ence what it means to be Burned at
Sea-" and finally you reach land again
with Margaret Buobee Shipp at New
soundland. Edward Hungerford then
takes YOU through railway adventure
with The IoWern an, and en- EoCIe
West you visit the shipping room CT a
great Chicago Department Store with
Frances A. Ludwig, who lets you witness
"The Acknowledging of Earl" Touch
ing at the navy yard you become &C.
auain.ed with as funny pair of tramps
as ever deserted from the U. S. marines,
and finally you finish in the Land of the
M;dn;eht Sun with "Whitelaw of the
Arctic" whose tremendous story IS told
you by Alvah Milton Kerr.
And the total cost of the trip has
been fifteen cents!-THE RED BOOK
MAGAZINE for June.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04

He was The Wire Fence King, was
Hsrr;pan. He had been business
crook so long that one day, when he de-
cided to do a little good for change,
ne actually didn't know how TO do 1t
honestly. so he did it in the old crooked
way. But he did it well, just the same.
flow. after long years Of buying other
mems pictures, he began to paint his
own with 81 900 bills, Mr.. Morris tells
in the best story he has ever written
"Tbe Oldest Beginner"-in THE RED
BOOK MAGAZINE for June.
Although it is the leading story in the
issue. those that follow are no less splen-
did. The hallmark of the authorship
defines the quality of the goods.
[nez Haynes Gilmore
Lieut.. Hugh Johnson
II. q. Marriott Watson
Fannie Kemble johnson
Emerson Taylor
Lincoln Coicord
Margaret Busbee Shipp
Edward Hungerford
Frances A. Ludwig
Alvah Milton Kerr
These ave among the writers repre-
scnted in THE RED BOOK MAGAZINE
sor yunc by fiction that is more than a
bunch OF stories;" fiction, rather, that
rneans something, that stands for some
thing, that IS something.
The Red Book
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04

Booth Harrington is very difficult
to please in matters theatrical said
a Philadelphia novelist. "Tankington
was visiting me here during the run
of one of his own plays, and after
dinner one evening we sauntered to
the theater. But the doorkeeper did
mt know us, and for some little time
refused to let us in. Finally, though
Tarkington's identity was establish
ed and we were conducted to q
stage box. But the performance was
mt up to much. Harrington fidgeted
in his chair and at the end of the
first act he suggested that we go.
On our way out | saw my illustrious
friend peering anXiously about the
lobby. What are you looking for?'
said. I'm looking replied Tarking-
ton, for that chap who wouldn't let
Us in. | want to give him a quarter, y
Philadelphia Record
One of Denyer's railway magnates
once made a trip to Chicago a,one
and when he stepped from the Pull
man in,o the crowd on the platform
sweet, fluIy young thing threw
herself into his arms. Oh dad she
cried. with a series OF ecsta;ic hugs
"Oh, papa, dear, I'm glad tO-oh.
! She perceived her error and blushed
painfully, but gloriously. II beg
your pardon she stammered q
/ th.thought you were my papa: T.
and she tried to escape into The
throng where she could hide hel
confusion. But the magnate held hel
firmly in quasipaternal embrace
Il am not your papa, 1t is true.
he whispered tenderly. "but am go
ing to play that j am for awhile
Don't try to get away from me, m!
deer. I'm going to play papa 20 yol
until the police come" When tn,
police came they restored the tray
eler's watch and scarfpn to him ant
led the struggling one away.-Den
yer Republican.
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-04

Eighty-eight members of the Naval
Academy class of 1909 will be com
,iucinna1
The Washington herald., 1911-03-08
Change the National Calendar.

One OF the reasons for the necessity
OF convening Congress in IN extra ses-
sion is that we still are adhering to
national calendar arranged to meet con-
ditions of the long ago. but altogether
out of cOnsonance with up-to-date ne
cessities. If the Congress elected last
fall had taken the oath of Office the first
Monday of January, the present COM
pllcauons over an extra session of Con-
gress would not have been experienced.
Periodical agitations for changing the
date of the quadrennial Inauguration
OF the President are matters of record.
There are vastly more substantial rea-
SONS why the initial assembling of each
Congress should be moved forward from
the first Monday in December, nearly
thirteen months after its election, to
the previous first Monday of January.
The Constitution conferS Oh Congress
the power of determining It's time of
meeting Custom and routine are the
chief reasons for adhering to the ancient
calendar. A national legislative cal
endar corresponding more nearly to
that of our State legislatures would
be more to the point.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-08
The Mobilization of the Army.

President Taft has answered with
overwhelming emphasis the assertions in
the House of Representatives that the
army IS unprepared to meet a sudden
emergency By his order he has ac-
compllshed mobilization of troops
upon the Mexican border unequaIed as
to numbers in time of peace He has
demonstrated that the organization of
the military force is capable of i'm
mediate action and that sufficient num-
Der Of troops can be placed at any point
to meet threatened danger
More than this, the President has
shown that the United States is fully
prepared to meet any crisis which may
develop in Mexico. Up to the present
time, it has not been necessary for this
country to make any demonstration. 1t
IS impossible, however, to predict what
the future may require. If it should
happen that the government of Mexico
cannot adequately cope with the situa-
ton that confronts it, the United States
IS now in a position where it can pro-
tect not only the lives and property of
the American citizens, but it can dem
onstrate to European nations that it is
capable of maintaining the Monroe doc
trine in both its spirit and its letter. Thus
the mobilization of the army on the
Mexican frontier has a two-fold value.
Not only does it demonstrate our own
preparedness to meet a war emergency,
but it shows to the nations of Europe
that we are in position to uphold the
doctrine which. above all others, is
purely American
The Washington herald., 1911-03-08
APPLE MARY's, EXAMPLE.
How n Thrifty Woman Managed to
Accumulate 100000.
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press
Keep your shop and your shop will
keep you," advised Poor Richard. Every
one who looks around can see instances
where the truth of this homely admoni-
ton is exemplifed. Not in frequently It
is found that faithful shopkeeping in the
humblest way, when accompanied by
thrift, is the pathway to fortune. Point
ing the truth in the most emphatic man
ner is the case of Apple Mary" who sold
fruit and sandwiches at 4 little stand in
the entrance to the Chicago Board of
Trade. In this unpretentious form of
shopkeeping she amassed a fortune esti-
mated at $1,000.
After forty years of industry, Apple
Mary" died on Friday, and a committee
of the board of trade will conduct her
funeral. She is understood to be of
French extraction. but made her way to
Chicago from Algiers. Hers is not a
case of dazzling wealth achieved through
some golden opportunity. Like all the
women of the French race. she was no
doubt frugal. Probably she found some
of her customers liberal in the days when
prosperity shone upon them. At any
rate, for forty years Apple Mary man.
aged TO save an average of $500 a year.
Relatively few professional men do as
much. Their standard of living is neces-
sarily higher in proportion to their income
thar that OF the mechanic or artisan.
Similarly the mechanic OF artisans man.
ner of living would in ordinary circum-
stances be propOrtionately much more
expensive than that of an Apple
Mary" Still the lessons remains that
frugality and thrift may be practiced in
every walk of life. Apple Mary" kept
her shop, and her shop kept her Dying.
she leaves an estate greater in value than
that which will remain for the family of
many well-to-do member Of the board of
trade who bought fruit or sandwiches at
the little stand
The Washington herald., 1911-03-08
The Pennsylvania Railroad.

The statements made by President
McCrea, of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
in his annual report for last year, are
interesting, as usual While a disap-
pointing year for investors in railroad
securities in general, those who are for
tunate enough to own shares or bonds
OF this road have no cause for dissat-
isfaction. The gross earnings did not
equal the banner year of 1907, but they
largely exceeded those of the year 1000,
although this increase was not sufficient
to balance the larger operating expenses,
which totaled $I26ooooo more than the
year before; nevertheless, after providing
for all fixed expenditures, :here was left
a net income almost 100000 larger
than that of 1909 The report figures
out that this is 9 per cent net earnings
on the capital stock, when cnly 6 per
cent was needed to pay the obligated
dividend.
But one must not forget the exten-
siEe improvements undertaken and most
ly finished during the year of the re-
port, especially the New York tunnels
and the mammoth terminal station in
the heart of that city. These necessi-
tated the expenditure of millions, but
in the end cannot fail to bring vast
returns TO the stockholders, while the
bondholders viii reap the profits re-
sulting from an undoubted increase in
the price of those securities when all
of the improvements viii be completed.
increasing the volume of travel at
greatly reduced cost of operation. Mr.
McCrea says that additional sums are
needed for other Improvements planned
by him. He will find no difficulty IN
obtaining financial assistance, for the in
vesting public believes in the Pennsyl-
The Washington herald., 1911-03-08

individual, sectional, or political domi-
nation, and its business to be limited to
transactions with the government and
the stockholding banks, except such as
relate to dealing in gold and foreign
exchange Dividends are to be limited
to a fixed moderate return. and the
profits in excess of such dividends, after
providing for reasonable surplus and
emergency fund, would be turned over
to the government. The institution to
operate through branches in banking
districts in which the member banks
would form associations and share IN
the administration of the branches. No
interest on deposits is to be paid. Cir
cuIating notes secured by gold and ne
gotiable paper are, to be issued, regu-
lating the gold reserve by buying and
selling gold and dealing in foreign ex-
change, rediscounting commercial paper
(for member banks only under proper
regulations) and discounting bank ac-
ceptances under careful and proper re-
strictions. The bank is to act as the
fiscal agent of the government, free OF
charge"
This, in a nutshell, is Senator Al
drich's plan, and was derived from the
study of foreign systems by members
of the commission 1t is founded upon
sound principles and methods, and can
be adapted to the existing banking and
currency system of this country.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-08
Work for Monetary Reform League.

There is great need of an active cam
paign of education and propaganda to
make the report of the monetary COM
mission and its recommendations clearly
understood throughout the country.
Hence the formation of the Business
Mems Monetary Reform League is to
be welcomed as step in the right di-
rection. This league is to hold its or
ganization meeting during this month
at Chicago, and it faces important work.
In the preamble to the resolution,
adopted at the Washington monetary
conference last January, which now has
received the Endorsement of the New
York Chamber of Commerce, through
the approval of the report of its delega-
ton, it was stated that a modern fnan-
cial system, which must rest upon credit
supported by adequate gold reserves,
can be safe and efficient only if so or
ganized as to enable the concentration
of idle cash in one reservoir, and to
render such cash always speedily avail
able for legitimate needs. The report
declared that experience has demon
strated that a central bank system is the
most efficient instrumentality for this
purpose, and added:
''The banking system of the United
States has proved disastrously defec-
tive because it scatters reserves among
10000 banks, each striving in time of
stress to strengthen itself at the expense
OF others; prevents utilizing reserves and
mobilizing resources invested in COM
mercial paper, substitutes stock exchange
loans for discounts of such paper, max.
ing the former the regulator of the daily
supply and demand for credit, and pro-
vides for note issues irresponsiYe to
business requirements, bringing about
imitation and stringency.'
The principles of the central banking
organization we're set forth as follows:
"A central bank, to be incorporated
with large capital, the stock to be held
by incorporated banking institutions,
willing TO assume equal duties as a basis
for equal privileges. its administration
to be divided between the government
the member banks, and the commercial
classes, IN q way-to safeguard, 1t against