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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-10
The Earning Capacity OF a Dollar.


Banks may break and railroad
stocks depreciate in value; the
weather may affect crop conditions
and sway thereby the money market
to an unhealthy initiation or cause
u shrinkage to point several de.
grees below zero. One such shrink
age alone would carry to destruction
thousands upon thousands of invest.
ors of all degree, from the one op.
Grating upon change with his mil
lions to he who plays a few dollars
on the curb or through the tickers
In the bucket shops.
Dollars were made to supply our
daily wants and to earn more dol
lars. The earning capacity OF a
dollar is only limited by the judg.
ment used by its owner in investing
1t. The man who uses good, sound
horse sense in seeking place for
the investment OF his 'uest egg
may after that sit in the shade and
watch his surplus grow and the orig
inal dollars multiply in a healthy
ratio.
No investment is safe unless 1t is
guarded by a good ano non-shrink.
able security. Real estate is the one
thing which always has and always
will be an absolutely gilt edged Sc
curity.
Manufactures may burn and
strikes aad other labor troubles put
railways out OF commission and de-
moralizc their securities in the H.
nancial world, but real estate always
remains the same. It's market price
like Tennyson's brook goes on for
ever" Just the same.
Anyone who would like to place
their money, or any part OF it, in a
sound and secure proposition would
do we'll to see w. A. Edwards. sec
retary of the Peoples building and
Loan Association.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-10
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Our Public Roads.

Good Roads" is a mighty fine
slogan for every citizen to adopt
who is interested in the welfare of
his community.
But when anyone rides over some
of the roads in this country they
realize that it will require some
good. hard thinking and an enormous
amount of labor to solve the ROAD
problem.
At present the work done on the
roads is little more than temporary.
This is proved conclusive1y when
we ride over them after big rain
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-10

women in our organization are not
working for the ballot just now.
That will come later. | have in
fluenced audiences all my life. bu.
the only audience we want the aver.
age woman to influence in thh
campaign is the one opposite her at
,he breakfast table
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-10
Water Notice.

City water rents are now due and
payable at my Office in the city hall.
Delinquents will have their water
cut off after September 10, and the
usual fee charged for turning on
again.
w. NJ. HILLS,
5-5t Collector.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-10

Feed your chickens on wheat, better
than corn or chops. For sale at $1.65
by your groceryman or the Ardmore
Milling Co. 1-6
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-10
Instant Postum
as one sure way to get back

Instant powder mmade from regular
instantly Postum delicious
low favour nd S 'front.' the coffee drug caffeine.
tra,n in the quality constantly uniform.
TINS holding enough groce
Smaller tins 20 make about
Ordinary coffee about twice much.
PsunCea alec. Ltd Pure Foo odFaao tte eCrekM Mic.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-10
from health to ill.health

M
the slide
udgetn
The coffee drnke certain some kind "b 1t be
bowels kidneys bad
people,
who commenced
trouble
thinking, Now
am we'll and stand it.
Sot
old troubles began show difficult
reur Welvile
Moved
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
FOR DIRECT ELECTIONS
CONGRESS PASSES RESOLUTION
ORDERING AMENDMENT SUB.
MlTTED TO STATES.
Southern Democrats Based Opposition
to Measure on Fear of Negro
Domination.

Neutrality-suspicious. the fierce op
the house accepted the Brlstow
amendment to the popular election OF
senators resolution by a vote Of 237
TO SO.
The announcement of the result was
greeted by cheers on both sides of
the house.
Both houses of congress have now
approved OF this fundamental change
in the organic law by the requisite
two-thirds majorities and if the
amendment is ratified by the legisla-
lures of three-fourths Of the states
it will become amendment No. 16.
Since the first resolution. for the di-
rect election of senators was introduc-
ed in 1926 the house has five times
passed such a resolution, but the SEN
ate has never yet come to terms with
the house.
On February %, 1911, the house
resolution failed by four votes in the
senate. 1t contained as reported from
the senate judiciary committee the
Objectionable Sutherland amendment,
or Bristow amendment as it later be
came known, which some Southern
congressman feared would open the
way for interference by congress with
the election laws of Southern states.
The first paragraph Of section 4 of
article 1 of the Constitution now
reads:
The times, places and manner OF
holding elections for senators and
representatives shall be prescribed in
each state by the legislatures thereof,
but the congress may at any time
make or alter such regulations, ex'
cept as to the places of choosing sen
ators."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
Governor Paroles Three Men.

A. w. Morgan, who was convicted
in the Richland county court in Janu.
airy of This year on the charge of
shooting into an electric car in Colum.
bia and sentenced to serve six months
on the county chain gang or in the
state p~enitentiary, or to pay a fine of
$500, has been paroled by the gov
ernor, on condition Of good behavior
and that he refrain from the use OF
whiskey. Morgan fred into a street
car on Main street in Columbia last
winter. A parole has been granted to
P. w. Bentley, who was convicted In
Richland county, in January Of 1908:
on the charge Of forgery and sentenc.
ed to five years in the state peniten.
tiary, on the condition that he leave
the state within twenty-four hours az
ter securing his freedom and that he
never return. The sentence of F. w
Johnson, of S~partanburg, who was
convicted on the charge Of assault
and battery with intent to kill and
carrying concealed weapons and giver
a fine of 5000 or six months imprison.
ment, has been committed by the gov.
ernor to a fine of $500 or six months
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
NEGROES KILL OFFICERS
MARSHAL AND DEPUTY SHERIFF
SHOT TO DEATH BY NEGRO
GAMBLERS.
Florida Officers Were Decoyed to q
Lonely Spot and Murdered
by Negroes.

Gainesville, Fla.-Marshal G. H
Slaughter and Deputy Sheriff Charles
White of Archer, Fla, were decoyed
to a lonely spot near there and as
saSsinated.
]. A. Manning, another deputy
feigned death and escaped after be
ing wounded. He shot n of the
murderers, capturing him and his
three sons, who are now in Jail.
Marshal Slaughter received a mes
sage that there was a Skin game
in progress on the outskirts Of the
town. He deputized Deputies White
and Manning and went to the scene
The officers started to reconnoiter
and were greeted by a volley of shots
Marshal Slaughter and Deputy White
fell at the first fire, both being dead
when aid arrived.
Manning also fell with a wound ir
his abdomen. He feigned death, and
as the negroes started off shot Cain
Perry, one of the negroes, and at the
point of his pistold held up the three
o n who were implicated in the
shooting.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
5oo Killed in Mexican Battle.

Coneios. Mexico.-Twelve hours of
fighting on the desert plains 900
miles south of the American border
between a force Of 5000 rebels under
General Orozco and an equally strong
bodv of Federals under General HUI
erta. resulted in a decided advantage
to the government. At nightfall the
sandy mesas between here and Yermo.
"A miles north, where the insurrectos
were gradually forced back, were
covered with dead and wounded.
Nearly 500 are believed to have been
killed and wounded on both sides.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
Sunshine Aided Flood Fight.

New Orleans.-Another day of sun
thine in New Orleans and throughout
southern Louisiana cheered more and
more the hearts of those who are
concerned over the high food stages
of the Mississippi river. State and
Federal engineers announced that the
few reports received from points
north of New Orleans where gangs
are repairing and strengthening the
levees, we're encouraging, although it
was admitted that the situation at
Baton Rouge was still somewhat seri'
Gus and would demand careful watch
ing and continued hard work to pre-
vent a break in the front levee.
A report from Torras stated that
the levee at the lower end of the
creyasse there was sloughing off and
gradually adding to the width of the
gap in the river embankment.
The levees in New Orleans have
been repaired where damage was
done by severe storm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
NOTED ANARCHIST IS TARRED
V~iqiIantes Make Emma Goldman's
Partner Kiss the Flag.

VlqlldnteS Make 6WHld Soioii'a'' o
Partner Kiss the Flag.
San Diego, Cal:-Dr. Ben Reitman,
known as king of the tramps," who
has travelled for some years with
Emma Goldman, the Anarchist, was
kidnaled from the U. S. Grant Hote!
here, taken to the LaPesquimltas
ranch twenty miles north, forced to
kiss the American flag and then tar
red and feathered.
After he had been tarred and feath'
cred Reitman was driven northward'
Miss Goldman had come to San Die
go from Los Angeles to assist in the
crusade of the Industrial Workers OF
the World for free speech Relt.
man has been travelling with Miss
Goldman.
The tarring and feathering was a
climax of the fight the citizens here
have been waging against the Indus
trials. Reitman sprang into promi'
nence some years ago, when he or
ganized the "hoboes" of Chicago and
with himself as king, marched first to
the mayors office and later to the
board OF trade.
Emma Goldman was spirited from
the hotel, taken through the base
ment entrance into an alley and rush
ed to the railway sation. There she
boarded a train for Los Angeles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
Cotton Claims Cause Protest.

Savannah, Ga.-Protesting Vigor'
ously against excessive reclamations
which Bremen cotton merchants made
upon cotton shipped from Savannah
the Savannah cotton exchange has Ia
ken the matter up with the cotton
exchange of the German capital. Ship
pers of cotton from this port to Bre'
me this season have been forced to
pay enormous reclamation, so large
that all who have been affected on
this side have appealed to the Sa'
vannah cotton exchange to protest
against a system.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
BANDITS HOLDUP
N. D. 8 N. EXPRESS
EXPRESS SAFE ON NEW ORLEANS
AND NORTHEASTERN R. e..
DYNAMITED.
TRAIN CREW OVERPOWERED
1t Is Believed the Robbers Escaped
With More Than $500 After
Blowing Open Safe.

HattieSburg, Miss.-Two masked
bandits boarded the New Orlean.
Limited on the New Orleans ant
Northeastern railroad, eight miles
south of this town, dynamited the
safe in the express car and escaped,
The robbers did not modest the pas
sengers, but one trainman received Sc
rious injuries as he lay bound near
the safe when the dynamite blew il
to pieces.
The two men boarded the flyer as.
crowded with passengers, it was about
to halt at Okolona to take on water,
The safe was shattered and the ban
dts had an easy time collecting their
loot. most of which was government
funds consigned from New Orleans
for the East. After collecting his loot
and placing it in a leather bag, the
bandit who had done the dynamiting
Joined his companion. Then, warning
the train crew not to follow or to
give any alarm, they made off in the
darkness.
Estimates as to the amount of the
boot differ, ranging as high as $780,
600. Officials of the Wells-Fargo Elk
press company admitted that the train
robbers secured at least $4,000.
The men are believed to be the
same who held up a Mobile and Ohio
train near Corinth, Miss, in Febru'
airy.
1t is said the robbers secured a
package of money representing the
payroll Of the Alabama and Vicksburg
railroad at Meridian and about rs
smaller money packages, remittances
to agents of the express company at
points along the Vicksburg. Shreve'
port and Pacific railroad. Also there
were two other packages, containing
$1,000 each. packages containing cur
rency in smaller amounts and several
packages of jewelry and stock Ger
tifcates.
The hold-up Of the train was effect
ed in a true wild west manner, but,
Notwithstanding a generous flourish
ing of weapons, not a shot was fired.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
conoress Plans Adjournment.

Washington.-Plans for %expediting
legislation to allow congress to ad-
iourn prior to the national political
conventions we're considered at con
ferences of leaders of both house and
senate. The house leaders outlined
a program that they believe would
conclude the business of the house by
June Is. The senate leaders reached
no definite conclusion. On the house
side It was agreed that the Panama
canal administration bill should be
DISPOSED of Immediately following the
massage of the anti-lnjunction bill.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
Mo Favors Shown in Tennessee.

Nashville, Tenn.-The entire dele
cation from Tennessee to the Demo
cratic national convention will go un-
instructed. The state convention,
which selected all the delegates, first
adopted resolutions against instruct
ing the delegates, and then named
eight delegates and eight a%lternates
from the state.at-large, who had been
agreed upon by the campaign mana
fers of Clark, Wilson, Harmon and
Underwood. The twenty district del
egates were chosen by the convention.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
North Carolina for Roosevelt.

Raleigh. y. C.-ln a state conVen'
ton marked by bitter attacks upon
President Taft. North Cardinals four
delegates-at-large and four alter
mates to the Chicago Republican con
vention, were instructed to vote for
Theodore Roosevelt, first, last and
all the time" so long as his name
is before the convention. There was
no test of strength upon the subject
of presidential endorsement, the Taft
forces yielding to the Roosevelt lead
ers at the start.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
CYCLONES HIT TALLEDAGA
Property Loss of s1e5,ooo Inflicted on
Alabama Town.

Talladega, Ala. - Twin cyclones
struck Talladega. doing a property
damage of approximately $165,000.
There was no loss of life. One storm
struck the town from the southwest,
going east and when Immediately
over the business district was met by
another storm. The twin disturbance
united. doing heavy damage in the
way of broken windows and unroof-
ing stores. Talladega county court
house was badly damaged. the force
of the wind swapping four massive
granite columns like reeds.
The five state institutions located
at Talladega were uninjured, being
out Of the path Of the storm. The two
depots were also unchanged. The
path of the tornado was a half mide
and a mile long.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
GUSTS MEN NAMED
BY THE GOVERNOR
SUPREME COURT HOLDS THE
BEAUFORT COUNTY APPOINT
MENTS INVALID.
DELEGATION NOT CONSULTED
This, The Court Finds, Is Sufficient to
Render Migratory BIease's Selection
Of the Township Commissioners
Case Will Be Hard Fought.

Misunderstanding that the de-
PENDANTS are usurping and intruding
upon and are unlawfully holding and
exercising the duties of office, the
supreme court in a decision by Asso,
ciate Justice Watts, concurred in by
the entire court, ousted the appointees
Of Gov. Blease in Beaufort county as
township commissioners.
1T Is the judgment of this court
that the defendants be excluded from
said offices and that the plaintiffs re-
cover costs in each case against the
defendants" says the decision of the
court. 49,.
The action was brought by ],
Fraser Lyon, attorney general, repre-
senting the state Of South Carolina
to GUST C. A. Verdier, J. R. Cooler:
w. w. Hudson, A. J. Alexander, w.
H. Stalworth, C. E. Boineau, J.. w,
Campbell, B. %Josselson, c. A. Walker,
R. A. Coburn and s. S. Kellars, who
were appointed township commission,
ers by the governor without regard
to the recommendation of the Beau
fort county delegation.
"The demurrer to the return" says
the supreme court, "is on the ground
it fails to state facts sufficient to con
stitute a defense and that it fails to
show why defendants should not be
ousted from Office in that it fails tic
allege that any Of defendants were
appointed by the governor, either IN
1911 or 1912, upon the recommends
ton Of the senator and members OF
the house of representatives of Beau
fort county. On the trial of the cases
an order was passed dismissing the
complaint as to B. Josselson. The de-
murrer %interposed by the defendants
to the plaintiffs complaint are over
ruled, and the demurrer ~interposed by
the plaintiff to the answer and returns
of the defendants must be sustained.
These cases are controlled by decis'
ions of this court in Ellege VS.. Whar,
ton advance sheets) SO s. c., 113
and Golden VS.. Wharton advance
sheets) 80 s. C., 355.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
ROOSEVELT GETSCALIF0RNIA
Election Results From Many States
Show Peoples Preference.
San Francisco.-Returns give the
following results from presidential
preference election:

Women voters played a large part
in the primary. Reports from all
parts of the state indicate that they
went to the polls in greater numbers
than the men, in proportion to regis
tration.
All of the twenty-six delegates elect
ed were chosen at large and, accord
ing to the state law, they are bound
by the popular expression Of prefer
ence.
Reno, Nev.-The Democratic presi
Dental preference vote in Nevada
primary is for champ Clark, Wardoe,
Storey, Elke and Humboldt counties
give heavy majorities for Clark. White
Pine county almost entirely is com
mitted to Wilson, the vote in Ely
standing 1874 Tor Wilson to i for
Clark.
Concord, n. H.-Four delebates;at'
large and TWO from each Of the two
congressional districts TO the Demo
cratic national convention at Balti
more, unpledged, but morally bound
by a preferential vote in the conven
ton to vote for Speaker Champ Clark
for the presidential nomination, were
elected by the Democrats Of New
Hampshire.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
p.union Cost Macon S25O,OOC.

Macon. Ga.-Careful estimates place
the financial loss sustained by Macon
people on the reunion at not less
than s250,O00. The greater part of
his was invested in thousands of
cots which were never used. There
are numerous instances where the
loss falls upon those least able to
hear it. In one case an aged school
teacher mortgaged her home. spend
ing $500 for cots and failed % rent
eve one. A Russian barber who
saved $500, likewise bought cots and
did not have a single roomer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
Methodist Ban Stays on Cards.

Observation-Disclosures the general
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church o%verrules the action of the
committee on state Of church, that
part of the famous paragraph 260 OF
the Church Discipline, which espec-
tally prohibits dancing, card playing
and kindred amusements, will remain
a law OF the church. The committee
voted to reject the report which ia
vored the elimination of a portion Of
the paragraph and leaving amusement
questions to the conscience" of the
individual members.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
THREE AVlAT0RS KILLED
TWO Airmen In England and One at
St. Louis. Mo-. Fall to Death.


st. Louis.-Ray Wheeler, amateur
aviator, was killed and Peter CHASER,
a companion, probably was fatally
injured when their machine struck a
telegraph pole at Kinloch Park.
Perry, GENERALIZATION Ralph McMil-
en- was seriously injured during an
exhibition flight here. When more
Than 100 feet in the air the engine
stopped and the biplane fell into a
creek. He suffered two broken legs.
a broken shoulder bone and numer-
Gus other injuries,
London.-Victor Louis Mason, an
American identified with extensive
mining interests and at n time pri-
vate secretary to the American Sec
rotary of war, Gen. R. A. Alger, and
10 his successor, Elihu Root, was kill
ed. while making a flight at Brook
lands with the English aviator, +. V.
Fisher. Fisher also was killed
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
CHICAGO Printers Will Not Strike.

Chicago.-By a vote of 1909 to SIS.
members of the Typographical union
voted not to go on strike in sympathy
with the pressmen who are out in all
Chicago daily newspaper offices. j..
NJ. Lynch, international president Of
the Typographical union, and Walter
". Barrett, president Of the Chicago
local, expressed themselves as well
pleased with the result. This vote is
final. The pressmen were downcas'
over the failure of the Typographical
union to join them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
r,un Killed In Geordia Eeud,

D%ouglasville, Ga.-A family feud Of
many years standing came to a cri
sis at Sudie, near here. when three
members of the McCard and Cooper
families engaged in a bloody knife
and pistol duel. which resulted in the
death of two and the fatal w%oundine
of the third participant. The dead
and wounded are: Will McCard
t,,roat cut by Grady Cooper, died al
most instantly: Grady Cooper, shot by
McCard, died Monday; Grover Cooper
shot by McCard, not expected to live
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-22
NEGRO CHARGED WITH ARSON
Chapter in Shocking Story-Gosnell
Is Lodged In Jail at Landrum.-
Four Children Lost Lives.

Observation-Disclosures an investi
cation by B. A. Wharton, inspector
of the state insurance department, on
the burning of the home of W. ]. Glib
son, when his four children lost their
lives, January %, Allendar Gosnell
has been arrested and lodged in jail
at Landrum charged with arson. The
insurance inspector has been con-
Quoting an active investigator into
the burning of Mr.. Gibson's home
three miles from Campobello at ]
o'clock in the morning of January %
and has unearthed sufficient evidence
to cause the arrest Of Gosnell.
The burning of the home and the
death of the four children was one
of the most shocking tragedies in the
history of this community. Mr.. Glib
son is a prominent farmer, a former
member of the house Of representa-
tives and one of the most widely
known residents of this section of the
state.
The children who lost their lives
in the fire were: Hugh Gibson, 18
years Of age; Annie Thomas Gibson,
IA years Of age; Laura Gibson, 10
years Of age; James Gibson, eight
years of age. ~
Walter J. Gibson had gone to Green
vile to attend the funeral of a kihs-
man leaving the four children at
home. Their mother had died several
years before and their ~stepmother the
previous winter. The children spent
the Sabbath with their sister, who
lived a mile from their home, but
had returned home at 10 o'clock Sun.
day evening. !.
Neighbors were aroused by the roar
Of the flames in the. early morning
and when the first to reach the scene
arrived at 1 o'clock the large two
story frame building was a mass Of
flames. The creams Of the children
were heard by those first on the
scene.