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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-21

such a weapon to the protected in
terests OF Big Business annot be
overestmated. Why has the repub-
lican party consistently represented
privilege and graft? How have the
cormorants of protectionism and the
yultures OF high finance been able
to dictate it's executive policy year
by year? Through the assured con-
troll OF one-third the representatives
of republican and doubtful states.
The republican Solid South did the
rest.
AS time went on it became an in
stitution. No one stopped to ques-
ton the right or justice of giving
the 1868 so-called republicans In
Mississippi as many votes in the ma
tional convention OF 1908 as the 214,-
39S republicans in California, al
though the practice gave one South
Carolina voter who could not in
fluence the result exactly as much
representation in the convention as
fifty four California voters who
could.
Today the choice between Roose-
welt and Taft depends on the action
OF these administration law figures,
these false counters, these loaded
dice, the representatives of the Re-
publican Solid South. Theodore
Rooseyelt's declaration that he rep
resents the cause of the people is
blatant lie. William II. Tafts
pretension to the leadership OF the
forces OF orderly government and
regular procedure is false at the
root. The same Shiny trail is over
the Roosevelt and Taft movements.
They are engaged today in nothing
more noble than desperate st,Gg-
gle for the loaded dice, whose pos
session will decide the game at CHI
cago.
Either way, the southern delegates
will be bought and paid for. The
Roosevelt leaders offer money; the
Taft leaders place and power In
the name of morals and decency,
what is the difference
1t is the irony Of fate that the
republican party, once an organiza-
ton Of noble traditions, the party OF
Abraham Lincoln, should today see
its fate turning upon so sordid an
issue. 1t is not the nObler cause
which viii triumph at Chicago; 1t
Is the one whose representatives
bid highest for set of counterfeit
delegates. for sale, body and soul
to the highest bidder.
One Of the most terrible punish
ments of cruel antiquity was to
chain living man to a corpse, So
the republican party, whether OF
Roosevelt or of Taft, Is equally
chained to that fetid corpse, body
of delegates representing nothing
but lust of political plunder, and
corrupting and debasing the whole
body partisan, successful and unsuc
cessfu bidders alike.-St, Louis Re-
public.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-21
TEXAS TRAGEDY; 4
DEAD Z INJURED
TWO FAMILIES FIGURE IN TRAG-
EDY ON RANCH SOUTHWEST
FROM SHERMAN.

sherman, Tex, June 20-Four
people-three men and one woman
are dead at Sperry's ranch, twelve
and a half miles southwest of Sher-
man, as the result of shooting
affray which occurred there this
morning at 10 o'clock.
The dead:
l.. w. SHARP. &c years of age,
shot in the eyes and forehead with
single barrel shotgun loaded with
Ouckshot.
WALTER +. SHARP, 2S years old,
son of l.. w. Sharp, shot in face
and mouth with the same weapon
MISS GEORGIA SHARP. daughter
of l.. w. Sharp, shot in the right
side with the same weapon.
RUSSELL WALDROP, IS years
old. grandson of l.. w. Sharp, shot
under right arm with 32-caliber pis-
tol.
The wounded:
Two persons were wounded. They
are:
Henry T. Waldrop, Al years of age
shot in the face and slightly wound
ed. He was shot with a double
barrel shotgun carrying No. shot.
Mrs. Waldrop, wife OF Henry T.
Waldrop and daughter OF l. w.
Sharp, wounded in the face and
slightly hurt. She as also shot with
a double barrel shotgun loaded with
No shot.
Particulars Of Killing.
The particulars OF the killing as
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-21
Tis Foolish, Come to Think Of II.

Tis Foolish, Come to Think Of u.
Three days out from Hongkong on
the steamer Chyo Maru, bound for
San Francisco, the little American had
tust initiated her new-found friend, a
stately English woman, into the subtle
mysteries of the gum chewing art.
For full moment the novice chewed
in silence, then: Fancy" she er-
claimed, still chewing. how foolish
one must feel, forever chewing and
never swallowing"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-21
MORGAN TOWNSHIP.
For Justice Of the Peace.
WADE MORSE.
Grandstand Free.

Adults soc, children 25c., to the
aviation meet. This price includes
the grandstand and is the total cost.
Persons who go by private convey
ance may purchase tickets at the
Cruce Dairy The Elks have not
disposed of a sufficient number CT
tickets to cover the cost and Ard =
more people are urged to render the
terprise financial aid to make il
meet the cost.
Flights will not be made before 4
o'clock Saturday and Sunday after
moons.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-21
Takes Divine Gift.

Whoever tenders a man aims takes
from him the divine gift Of indepen-
ience
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-21
TAKEN TO ASYLUM.
Man Crazed from Effects Of Sun
stroke Removed to Norman.

Manuel Feres, the Mexican farmer
who became insane from becoming
overheated in his oat field some
time since, was taken to the state
hospital yesterday by Deputy Fred
Williams.
The physicians who examined him
pronounced him violently and, pos
sibly incurably, deranged
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-21

Think Of ALBATROSS when you
see your grocer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-21

FOR CONGRESSMAN At LARGE.
Vote for Three)
PAT GOULDING. OF Enid.
BOB ECHOLS. of Elk City.
VIM. M. FRANKLIN. OF Madill.
CLAUDE WEAVER.
FRED p. BRANSON.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-21

II. Waldrop are as follows:
A few weeks ago Henry Waldrop
and his brother-in-law, Walter F.
Sharp. had a misunderstanding over
a settlement for clearing some land,
and following this a fight occurred
between Russell Waldrop and Wal
ter F. Sharp.
The two families then agreed to
sever relations and only spoke as
they passed each other 10 and from
work. This morning the Sharps
were shocking grain near the Wal
drop home, and Walter Sharp and
Russell Waldrop became engaged in
fight in Waldrop's yard, and the
elder Sharp interfered, shooting
his grandson with pistol. The ball
entered under the right arm and
came out above the right hip.
Elder Waldrop interferes.
Henry T. Waldrop father Of the
boy who was shot, said that he was
working in a shop just west Of his
residence and near here the fight
commenced He stepped from his
shop with a single -barreled shotgun
and shot the elder Sharp, killing
him instantly.
Walter Sharp then ran to the
front gate, here he met his sister,
Georgia Sharp, who had a double
barrel breechloading shotgun. He
grabbed this gun from his sister and
| Just as he turned toward Henry
Waldrop was shot and instantly
killed by the latter.
Georgia Sharp then grabbed the
gun and ran after her brother Law
Henry Waldrop. Mr. Waldrop says
that she shot at him five times as
he ran around and around the house,
and he finally got another load In
his single barrel gun and shot her
as she came toward him in front
of the house.
Woman Shot Accidentally.
Mrs. Henry Waldrop was shot
once in the face as she stepped out
of the door, her sister, Georgia
Sharp, shooting her accidentally. She
is not badly injured.
The Officers here we're notified
and Sheriff Lee McAfee and Assist
ant County Attorney Ben f. CAT
ford went Immediately to the scene,
where they found conditions as sta
ted.
The body of Russell Waldrop~ was
carried to his fathers home, and
prepared for burial. He will be bur
led Friday morning at Friendship
cemetery. west of Sherman. At the
same hour l.. w Sharp and his son
and daughter will be buried in the
White Mountains burying ground.
east of Sherman.
All Highly Regarded.
The elder Sharp is survived by
his aged widow. Mrs, Emily Sharp,
and three sons and three daughters.
The boy, Walter Sharp, who was
killed in today's fight, is survived
by a widow. one little child and two
step children. He belonged to- the
Masonic fraternity and was highly
regarded in the community in which
he resided.
Henry Waldrop, the man who ack-
nowledges to killing the three-L. w.
Sharp, Walter Sharp and Miss Geor-
gia Sharp-is a highly respected
farmer and has resided in GraysOn
county for thirty seven years. He
is a native Of Alabama.
l.. w. Sharp was also a native OF
Alabama. He moved to Wood Coun-
ty twenty-three years ago and to
Grayson county about twelve years
ago.
After an investigation, Assistant
County Attorney made a complaint
against Henry r. Waldrop, charg
ing him with murder, and accepted
bond OF $1,000 for his appearance,
which was readily signed by his
neighbors.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-21
FOR GALE

CHOICE FARMS FOR SALE-lOO
acres at Teller, Okla, so acres
bottom, 20 acres high land, 70
acres in cultivation, railroad cross
es corner. Will take $2,5OO if sold
soon. All in corn, one third goes
with farm. Also 70 acres near
Russell, Okla, on river, about 40
acres bottom, balance high land.
some 40 acres in cultivation, one
mile west of Russell. Price SIS
per acre. Address X. T. Wilkin-
son, Ravia, Okla. l3-st
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-21
What Happens.

Where some men fall down. o'hers
get firmer foothold.-Deuoit Free
Press.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-21

Think OF ALBATROSS when you
see your grocer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-21
Work for Each.

No one OF my fellows can do that
special work for me which | have
come into the world to do; he may
do a higher work, but he cannot do
my work cannot hand over my work
to him, any more than | can hand
over my responsibilities or my gifts.
! must do my work. ] may
do little or ! may do much. That
matters not. 1t must be my own
work.-Ruskin.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-21
Makes the Nation Gasp.

The awful list of injuries on a
Fourth of July staggers humanity.
Set over against it, however. is the
wonderful healing, by Bucklcn's Ar
MICA Salve. of thousands. who suffer
ed from burns. cuts, bruises, bullet
wounds or explosions. It's the quick
healer OF boils, ulcers, evzema, sore
lips or piles. 25c at Ringer Drug Co.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-04

Oak finished in that soft dark shade that
created period in English furniture making. g.
foot sideboard, 54inch dining table, china cabinet
and service table.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-04
Mahogany Dining Room Suite, $4,000

The difference between this and the above
suite is one of weight and size. The sideboard al
though feet long, is not quite SO heavy The
same is true of the china cabinet and the service
table. The dining table is 54 inches.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-15
HOG PRIZES At PULLMAN.
Total Amount Of Cash to BE Given
Winners is About $1,000.

Total Amount Of Cash to Be Given
Winners IL About $1,000.
Pullman = The premium list for
Pullman's first hog show, December
z, has been completed. The list is
long and covers all classes Of hogs.
There will be first, second and third
prizes for each class, and the prizes
are liberal. Most of the prizes will
be paid in cash. The reason for Civ
ing three instead Of two prizes, is to
get larger display Of hogs and offer
more encouragement for farmers to
compete. There are many first prizes
Of $50 cash, with second prizes of SIS
and third prizes of $40. In the indi-
vidual classes the prizes run $40 for
firsts, Sc for seconds, and So. 80 for
thirds. The total amount of cash
prizes will run close to $4,000.
Farmers in the neighborhood of
Pullman are taking deep interest in
the hog show. Many of them have
begun fatening hogs for the fat
show and preparing the stock animals
for show purposes. It is planned to
have several hundred pure bred hogs
on exhibition and there will be a lot
of fat hogs shown. The Portland
Stock Yards company will have buy
ers here to contract for all of the fat
hogs offered for sale.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-15
influence Of tho cInematooraph.


A striking illustration of the I'M
luence Of the ubiquitous cinemato'
graph is reported by the American
consulate at Belgrade. American fash
ions have recently become very popu
lar with the young men OF that city;
there is an unprecedented demand at
the local shops for hats, boots and 9th.
er wearing apparel similar to that In
vogue in, the United States, and the
American style of hair cutting has
come into favor These innovations
are Enthusiastically the result of the ex
hibition of moving pictures OF Amert
can origin. The obvious moral OF all
/ this, as the consul points out. is that
the cinematograph might be used te
great advantage in advertising aA
kinds of American products. For In
stance, pictures of American agricui
tural machinery in operation wouit
probably create great demand fol
the thing itself. This plan offers an
economical substitute for the actual
exhibition of American products ID
commercial museums and the Ike
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-15
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
HOP CROP HEAVY; PRICES Low

Increase Of 77ei Bales Over Produc-
ton In 1911 Is Recorded.
North Yakima-The hop crop in the
Yakima valley this year was %, 84s
bales, an increase Of 7791 over that Of
1911. The yield of 1911 brought
growers 81, 150, $50. The yield of 1912
even though 40 per cent larger, would
have brought to the owners Of the hop
yards in the Selah Ahtanum Mckee
and other districts but $500, 900 had
they sold at prices prevailing in Octo-
Der. They did not sell, and approx
mately $500 bales remain in their
hands. The returns for this year de-
pend upon the rise or fall of the mar
ket in the next month or 30.
Last years price was q record for
the Northwest. Some of the growers
obtained as high as As cents for prime
hops, and the price for those who had
not sold on contract during the pre-
vious winter averaged between 35 and
45 cents. The high quotations on hops
came when English brewers found
their home crop bought up by the
Germans, who had suffered failure
Of their crop, and invaded the United
States and forced prices higher than
they had been here for 20 years.
This years increased yield is not,
according to Guy N. Grafton, one of
the best known buyers of the Yakima
valley, due to the increase of $50
acres planted to hops last fall, but to
an increased production per acre
brought about by the use of fertilizers
by the owners of hop yards.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-15
Moman,s PerIIous Climb.

4 daring feat was performed the
other Gay by Miss Whitehouse, 6
schoolmistress at Far Cotton schools
Northam pton. The young woman
climbed the chimney Of the brick
work here and walked round thu
staenlejack's scaffolding at the top, {
bairht Of $50 feet She was provided
With q line rope and climbing irons
mt abe dispensed with the line ant
vent to the top with only two rests
when she reached the scaffolding q
tha ton she had to climb over pro
i ,.s rim, which Is girdled by mar
NV nlank footway, and stand on
sine,e 11-inch plank. She remained
= the TOP 81 the chimney for about
quarter a Of an hour. talking with tn
ssaenIe1acks. Miss Whitehouse, "a q
, s,t said she did not feel Ct q
frightened during her climb ana g
acent she quite enjoyed the maenl
acenf panoramic view OF Norfhamptol
.nd the hoods along the Meme VALLEY
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-15
PALoUsE POTATOES BY TONS
Farmers Profit Despite Low Prices.
Because of Large Acreage.

Farmers Profit Despite Low Prices.
Because of Large Acreage.
Palouse- Ten thousand bushels Of
potatoes have been handled so far this
fall through the potato house built q
few weeks ago by the G. E. Frederick
company. Men are working double
shift receiving and sorting the pota-
toes. At the present price, IS to 40
cents hundred pounds, few farmers
are selling, and the capacity of the
house will soon be taxed.
The acreage of potatoes in this vi
cinity is the biggest in the history of
the country, and the yield per acre is
also the greatest. Many farmers are
not through digging, and in number
of cases unless the weather should be
unusually good this month, the pota-
toes will be left in the ground.
Farmers state that with heavy
yield there is profit in the crop, even
at the present low price, and at 30
cents hundred, potato-growing is
more profitable than growing wheat.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-15
CEMENT PLANT At AsoTlN.
Three Buildings Ready for Machinery
BY First of Year.

Three Buildings Ready for Machinery
BY First of Year.
Asotin-At meeting Of the Com
mercial club the first $4,000 of the
$50, 900 stock subscription guaranteed
by Asotin people to the Idaho Portland
Cement company was paid to H. R..
Blauvelt, general manager Of the COM
pany. A short talk was made by Mr..
Freedom, of the Freedom Construc-
tion company, of Kansas City, which
has the contract for building the GEM
ent plant here. Talks were also made
by Mr.. Blauvelt and by l.. C. Wilson,
superintendent of construction here.
Mr.. Wilson said three of the largest
buildings will be ready for the ma
chinery by January, 1918, and that at
the present time there are IS men and
ten teams at work on the plant, max
ing the pay roll s12O day. Within
the next 60 days many more men will
be hired and the work will be pushed
as rapidly as possible.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-15
RUSSIAN AT APPLE SHOW.
Specialist of Horticulture Is In North
west to Study Methods.

Specialist of Horticulture Is In North
west to Study Methods.
Spokane - That European Russia
offers vast market for the apples Of
the Pacific Northwest, market that
is now practically untouched by Amer
lean growers, and that Russia is ex-
periencing stupendous change in the
matter of agricultural methods, partic-
ularly fruit growing, but is anxious
to learn still more of the advanced
American orchard method, regarding
the Northwest as the apple country
par excellence, were some of the OBJ
servations of Vaclav P. Niemetz,
specialist of horticulture in the de-
partment of agriculture, Charkow,
Russia. Mr.. Niemetz is in America
for six weeks to study fruit growing
for the Russian government, and will
officially represent that country at the
Fifth National Apple show.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-15
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMA-
TION ISSUED By PRESIDENT

Washington, D. C.-President Taft
has signed and issued the following
Thanksgiving Day proclamation:
"A God-fearing nation like ours
owes 1t to its Unborn and sincere sense
OF moral duty to testify its devout
gratitude to the All Giver for the
countless benefits it has enjoyed. For
many years it has been customary at
the close Of the year for the National
Executive to urge upon his fellow
countrymen to offer praises and thanks
to God for the manifold blessings
vouchsafed to them in the past and to
unite in earnest suppliance for their
continuance.
s'The year now drawing to q close
has been notably favorable to our for
tunate land. At peace within and
without, free from the perturbations
and calamities that have afflicted 9TH
er peoples, rich in harvests so abund-
ant and industries so productive that
overflow of our prosperity has advant-
aged the whole world, strong in the
steadfast devotion to the heritage of
self-government bequeathed to us by
the wisdom of our fathers. and firm in
the resolve to transmit that heritage
unimpaired but rather improved by
good use to our children and our chill
dren's children for all time to come,
the people Of this country have
Astounding cause for contented graft
tude.
Wherefore, I, William Howard
Taft, president of the United States
of America, in pursuance of long,
established usage and in response to
the wish of the American people, invite
the countrymen, wheresoever they
may sojurn, to join on Thursday, the
28th day of this month of November,
in appropriate ascription of praise
and thanks to God for the good gifts
that have been our portion and in
humble prayer that His great mercies
toward US may endure"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-15
Gift Apples for Europe.

Wenatchee - carload of gift ap-
Piles left for Europe Saturday, sent by
the Wenatchee- Columbia Fruit COM
pany direct to its European manager,
s. Diggle. At Southampton he will
receive and reconsign the individual
boxes to final destinations. The only
charge for transportation will be the
carload rate of 81. This includes
handling charges at the other end.
Express rates from Southampton to
the final destinations must be added.
The express rate from Wenatchee to
London is $5.65 box.
E. F. C. Van Dissel, of Spokane,
vice president of the Apple show last
year, has ordered the fruit company to
deliver 80 boxes to his friends and
relatives in Holland.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-11-15
CRUISERS TO FAR EAST.
Tennessee and Montana Rushed to
Scene Of Turkish War.

Tennessee and Montana Rushed to
Scene Of Turkish War.
Washington, D. C.-Two big Amer
lean armored cruisers, the Tennessee
and the Montana, have received rush
orders to proceed to Turkish waters to
look after the interests of American
citizens.
The cruisers are now in reserve at
the Philadelphia navy yard, the Ten
nessee being the flagship of Rear Ad-
miral Austin M. Knight. They
should be ready to sail within "a
hours and under ordinary circum-
stances should reach Constantinople
about November Is.
Full compliments of marines will
be carried by the two cruisers when
they sail for Turkish waters. Orders
were issued for assembling the re-
quired number at Philadelphia. From
the Norfolk navy yard 400 marines
will be drawn.
The first disposition of the State de-
partment had been to refrain from
sending any American warships to the
Bosphorus, for the double reason that
their appearance might be taken as an
evidence of American participation in
the present Balkan war and its settle
ment and that SO rapid has been the
progress of the war that probably the
ships could not reach Constantinople
in time to be Of any service.
Since the presidents return from
Cincinnati, however, and after q con-
ference with the State department
officials, the fact was demonstrated
that American naval vessels could be
employed as places Of refuge for
American citizens in Turkey, in case
of general anarchy or the existence OF
conditions Of disorder beyond the con-
troll ::of the military commanders on
both sides.