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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-21

State of Oklahoma, Carter County,
IS:
The Board of County Commission
ers of Carter County, Oklahoma, met
on Wednesday. August 1th, 1912. as
per adjournment OF August 5th, 1872,
all members Of the Poard being pres
ent.
As the Excise Board has not re
ceiled the returns from the SU",o
uoard Of EGualillu1a 50 that the
Estimate for the County Expenses
could ne aprrovoG, it is hereby order
ed that We stand adjourned until
Monday, August 18th, 1872.
Witness our hands and seal this
the 7th day of August, 1912.
ROBT. +. SCIVALLY.
Chairman Board County Commis-
sioners
Attest: b. W. DUKE,
County Clerk.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-21

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-21
SENATE SPLIT
ON TERM LIMIT.
WILLIAMS AND BORAH IN DE-
BATE OVER WRITINGS OF
ROOSEVELT AND GOV. WILSON.

Washington, Aug. 20-The first at
tempt of the senate to debate the
W oTks resolution for single sin
year term for president and vice
president, plunged that body today
into another open discussion OF the
political situation. Senator Cummins
made the chief speech IN support
of the resolution. but it was interpo-
lated with a running fire of com
ment from prOgressivos, republicans
and democrats. Before its cOnCluS-
ion the brief debate became an issue
between Senator Borah of Idaho, re
publican. and Senator Williams of
Mississippi, democrat. as to wheth-
er Colonel Roosevelt or Governor
Wilson had been guilty of greater
indiscretion in use of language in
their writings of recent years. Sen
ator Borah read from Governor VIII
sons works to show that the dem
ocratic candidate had favored long
tenure of the presidential office.
Report from Williams.
Il think the senator will admit =
retorted Senator Williams, that
Governor Wilson never wrote more
recklessly than Theodore Roosevelt "
"If the colonel has written some
things which he ought not to have
writer" replied Senator Borah.
he has written a great many things
for which the public is indebted TO
him.
Senator Williams declared Govern
or Wilson had never said anything
unkind about the men who have
been president of the United States
since its foundation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-21

State of Oklahoma. Carter County
SIS:
The Board of County Commission
ers of Carter County, Oklahoma, met
on Monday, August l2th, 1912, as per
adjournment of August 1th, 1872, all
members of the Board being present
and transacted the following business
to-Wit:
Claims agains- the County, includ-
ing all Pending Claims, We're taken
up and audited and those that We're
valid allowed and warrants ordere
drawn Tor same on the follOwin-;
tunIs: Salary, Sl2,132.S5; Court
Fund. $262>.55; Supply Fund
S3,S0H 90; foor and Insane Fund
$lo4f Road and Bridge, s4,523.j7
and Separate School Fund, S5oI2O;
Contingent Fund, $6,S5S.21.
Orde'ed that we stand adjourned
until Tuesday morning, August 18th
1872, al nine O'Clock.
Witness our HAMS and seal this
the 10Th day of August, 1872.
ROBT. +. SCIVALLY,
Chairman Board County Commits
siorers.
Attest: b. W. DUKE.
County Clerk
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-21

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08

laws establishing rural banks practi- cally on the German basis.
 A committee of five governors has been appointed by the house of gov ernors to perfect such a measure, and the hope is that it will lead to sys- tenn of rural credits that will greatly promote the interests of the farmers of the country.
 All appreciate the importance of the subject and all are endeavoring to put this country abreast of Germany in the matter of rural credits. When the committee appointed by the house of governors submits it's report de- tails of the plan will be furnished, and then all will be prepared to judge the merits of the proposition. All now know that agricultural finance is in a backward condition in this country, and the hope is that new era is at hand for the relief, especially of farm CTS of limited means.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
Man of the Coosa Coal Field

From the office of State Geologist Smith has just been issued large map of the Coosa coal field-a field that extends into Calhoun and Shelby counties after crossing the entire length of St. Clair. This map was prepared by Assistant State Geologist Prouty from notes of George F. Prouty and George N. Brewer. It is printed in colors, and every section of land from the old Yancy furnace in Calhoun county to Selma in Shelby county is shown on it.
 The map is better than book, be- cause it shows at a glance every inn portant and interesting fact. It not only displays the surface, but it also presents vertical sections and hori- zonal sections of the big coal field.
 That field is not as ,favorably known in this neighborhood as is the Pratt seam and the Cahaba field, but it is plain that there is great quan- tity of coal hid away in the Coosa coal field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
Flood Water From Tennessee

Chancellor Allison stands high in Tennessee as lawyer and jurist, and he has now become an aspirant for senator. The senatorial race is re- garded as an open one, although Gov ernor Patterson is the nominee of the primary. Politics in our sister state is chaotic and any democrat consid- CTS himself free to enter the senator ial race.
 Chancellor Allison presents a lively senatorial platform and one of its blanks concerns Alabama, for the chancellor proposes to turn the flood waters of the Tennessee at Gunters- vile into a creek that would carry them into the Warrior river.
 This plan would prevent flood damage in the lower Tennessee valley and it would lessen perhaps the mighty current of the Father of Waters, but Alabama might have an excess of water at the time and then the flood waters of the Tennessee would break all records along the Warrior and Tombigbee. Tuscaloosa and Demopolis and various other cities might object to the proposed disposition of flood waters, for Chan cellor Allison proposes no canaliza- tion with it's locks and dams, but a flood outlet uncontrolled and un- checked. "In order to do any good, says the Memphis Commercial-Appeal, the channel would have to be as big as a cross section of the Tennessee river with the mean gauge as a base, and with the flood gauge as a top line, the perpendicular being the distance from the mean gauge to the high water mark. A river nearly as big as the Tennessee would have to be constructed and that would entail right smart digging"
 Everyday water is one thing and flood water is another thing, and the chancellor and even Uncle Sam would find that Alabama is not anxious to become the receptacle even temper arily of Tennessee's flood water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
VALUE OF LOMBRoWs

Samuel George Smith in the Atlantic Monthly
 Talent declines to appear when 1t should. Robert Browning married Eliz- abeth Barrett and the union predicted the birth of a supreme artist, but Ma . ture refused to take the hint
 The world could not endure the intol- erable burden of continuous line of great men. If men like Caesar, Napo- leon and Cromwell had furnished a pos terty of like power, to remain perma- nent in human history, where by this time would be all the men of lesser breed? If every great financier were able not only to hand on his fortune but also his ability and his rapacity to his sons, capital punishment for bus mess success would be the only safety for society We could not even endure the permanence of great men of genius A continuous line of Shakespeare would by now have made England an intelr lectual desert, as the Goethes would have desolated Germany by genius too great to be endured.
 Nature kindly uses her greatest sons for great tasks and then dissolves their power in the common social group in order to make secure the democracy of life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
Then was I ns n tree
B;lls of Lading Before Congress

The Stevens bill which passed the House in June, 1910, to be pigeon holed in the Senate, has been super seded in the present Congress by the Pomerene bill of much greater length, and which passed the Senate by unanimous vote on August 2l last. It is now before the House committee on interstate and foreign commerce. The American Bankers association is supporting the bill, and there IS some chance that the House will act on 1t during the short session.
 The Pomerene bill would settle many questions concerning bills of lading as banking security. First and foremost it would render every in- terstate railroad responsible for bills of lading issued by it's agents, wheth- CT the goods have been received or not. At present railroad can plead
 Ef '7s eral law and under the
 asa ule that it did not re-
 oa eoons in question, although
 ls own agent had certi- s} F4 This is why the rail
 adds 0r sing the enactment of Ana Rsusrea pill, and yet all know that some kind of bill of lading re- form is necessary in order to protect the small shipper and the entire bill of lading situation.
 The Pomerene bill may not go quite far enough in some respects, but the best judges of the problem say it is probably the best bill that can at present be passed It will do as a beginning of thorough reform. Ac- tion by the House on the Pomerene bill is desired because it will give the shipper a ready cash market at his own door for the goods which he has purchased and is forwarding, and it will be equally helpful to the con signee or receiver of goods at desti- nation who will be able, with fair safety, to pay drafts drawn upon him with bill of lading attached, without waiting for the arrival of the goods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A,e)-3ooeQ1

1 to New York and entered the offices of the firm which had been stnng by his bankrupt activities
 Throbbing with optimism. he explained to MT. Oddenheim that he intended to start new business and wanted to buy a long line of goods. Mir Oddenheim stuck his head out of the door and yelled out abruptly:
 Isaac, come down here MT. Cohen is here and wants to buy lot of stun It is Mr. Cohen, of Lancaster. MT. Cohen, c. O. D."
 At this Mir Cohen was greatly angere1. What do you mean?" he inquired, with heat. Is not my credit good for ninety days? What do you mean by de- scribng me as C. 0. D.'?"
 Now, don't be alarmed, MT. Cohen," said the junior member or the firm. That C. Q. D. does not reflect on your credit. When I called out to Isaac, l said e. o. D. That simply means Come Omme- diately Down. "-The Popular Magazine.
 JOSEPH G. CANNON.
 As Uncle Joe' He won great fame. Bet you don't know
 His middle name
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
Rural Credits in This Country

Governor O'Neal and all the other governors and President Taft agree in saying that this country lacks an effective system of rural credits. Here a farmer of small means must pay a large commission and high interest in order to borrow money at all, and when he has secured loan he must mortgage his next crop and his stock and farming utensils, or else his farm itself.
 This is not the case in Germany or Italy, where banks exist that float long or short bonds based on real es- tate on favorable terms. Myron T. Hcrrick, ambassador to France, be- iieves that the thrifty people of France and other countries would buy such bonds if the states would perfect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
Water Powers in NavigabIe Rivers

Water Powers in Navigable Rivers
 President Taft discusses in his mes- sage sent in on Friday water powers where dams are built to create ill rivers slackwater navigation.
 This is a subject of deep import in this state where the rivers are long and full of possible energy. The de- velopment of the state may be said to hang upon the manner in which the navigable rivers are made more navigable and upon the incidental use of the powers created by the erection of dams in them. This power has great commercial value. It means more mills and plants of all sorts.
 No subject outranks this question submitted by the President concern ing the regulation of water power in our rivers. The President thinks all such water power should be rendered available for further navigation in the streams.
 "In my opinion," says the Presi- dent, constructive statesmanship re- quires that legislation should be en- acted which will permit the develop ment of navigation in these great rivers to go hand in hand with the utilization of this byproduct of water power, created in the course of the same improvement, and that the gen. eral dam act should be so amended as to make this possible" This seems to be the horse sense of dam building in navigable rivers, and the question will surely come before Congress for final settlement. "To do otherwise" :" the President says, "would be to throw away a most valuable national asset"
 Alabama is the chief river state of the Union, and she should through her representatives make it plain that she wants no water power in any river of this state thrown away. She wants all such power turned to the utmost pos sible account. The federal question has never been fully settled, and it should he SD settled that not a single horsepower at federal dam would be wasted. The water that is not needed at dam for navigation pur- poses should be used in producing products and multiplying population and increasing prosperity as far and wide as hydro-electrica energy can be carried on modern wires and poles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
Our Military Forces

President Taft in his message to Congress Friday dealt with many sub jects, but one of special interest to military men was that under the head of War Department said a man who was formerly in close touch with the army.
 "The President is particularly well qualified to discuss the subjects re- ferred to because he was himself Sec retary of War four years, and not only that, he became interested in the de- tails of the military service and at the end of four years was regarded as a high authority on military affairs.
 'In his message he calls attention to the comparatively small number of en- listed regulars available for war duty on our mainland. He speaks of the to- tai enlisted strength, S3,s09, as our small army but within the continental United States we have a mobile army of about 35,000 men. This is a small num- Der, indeed, for so big a country, but I can remember as far back al the sos when the ranking general officer year after year in making his annual report
  from 25,000 up to 3o,000, only to have his recommendation ignored. In those days the maximum enlisted strength was 25,000, but the men on the roster rarely numbered 10000. It was ridlcu- lously small army and while we do not need a very large force today as armies of great nations go we should have at least 50,00O men available for service in this country.
 "The national guard consists of about 10000 men. The guardsmen are well disciplined and well equipped, but the President recommends a bill now pend ing which provides for a large force of volunteers in addition to the national guard The passage of the bill would not entail a dollar of expense upon the government at this time or in the flu ture until war comes. But if war comes the methods therein directed are in ac- cordance with the best military judg- ment as to what they ought to be, and the act would prevent the neces- sity for a discussion of any legislation and the delays incident to it's consid- eration and adoption
 ''The President earnestly urges the passage of the bill and l am certain that all men who keep informed about military matters will indorse the Presf- dents views"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Active Business Conditions

We may soon expect the usual holi- day dullness in manufacturing and wholesale business, but I think 1t will be generally agreed that the last half of 1912 has witnessed greater activity than any similar period in previous years" said W. F. Bertram of Chicago. member of a large manufacturing con cern
 "The bumper crops stimulated busi- ness. as a matter of course, and the whole country has been prosperous since the early summer. l expect busi- ness activity to return in January and, while industrial operations may be tenn porarily retarded during the extra ses- sion owing to the discussion of tariff revision, I look for great boom again next summer provided We have good crops"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
JACK SAYS THAT

From the Boston Transcript.
 Jack says that
 The happiest age Of woman is mar rage.
 girls heart is naturally light when she strikes a match.
 When womans teeth chatter they usurp her tongues prerogativc.
 No old maid need lack for an engage mcnt-with her dentist
 It is easier to carry on a Irritation than 1t is to carry off an heiress.
 A woman doesn't expect to do her own baking when she maries u man who makes the dough"
 No girl accepts the first offer of mar riage because she thinks she is too homely ever to get another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
LITTLE JOkI; BY KEELING

From the Bookman.
 After the siege of Kimberley Rud- yard Kipling was staying with Cecil Rhodes near the town. One morning Rhodes took walk before breakfast.
 Time went on and the idea presented itself to the author that breakfast would be desirable. But there was no sign of his host It was nearly 10 o'clock before Rhodes remembered his starving guest and hurried homeward.
 Whats this?" said his mana ger, suddenly pausing before a tree.
 Upon it was pinned a sheet of paper bearing in large black letters:
 "Famine."
 The next tree was also decorated:
 We are starving feed us."
 Nearer the house they came upon a larger sheet with these words in huge type:
 For the human race. Breakfast {. Purifies the mind; invigorates the sys- tenn. It has sustained thousands; it will sustain you. See that you get it.
 Finally upon the front door was an enormous placard
 Why die when little breakfast will prolong life?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
SHE IS STILL SINGLE

From London Answers.
 The white haired old man laid down his newspaper with a troubled look and listened to the footsteps which made themselves audible in the hall. Present. ly the door burst open and in there rushed his youngest born, a sweet and charming girl of twenty summers.
 why so sorrowful. dad?' she asked merrily, seeing the old mans depression.
 Darling he replied "I can scarcely believe it; but your mother says it is true" He paused to wipe tear away.
 What is true?' breathed his beautiful daughter, eyes distended.
 That you're engaged to five young men at the same time,'' whispered her parent.
 Then the beauteous maiden broke into merry laughter and patted her father 3 shoulder playfully and joyously.
 You dear old dad, Don't worry They're footballcrs, every one, and Pm to marry the survivor at the end of the season-if there is q survivor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
THE HAPPY SCOTSMAN

Burns, Tam O'Shapter. Ae market night, Tam had got planted unco right, Fast by an inglc, bleezing finely, WI roaming swats, that drank divinely: And at his elbow, Sorter Johnny, His ancient, trustry droughty croay; Tam loed him like vera brither; They had been fou for weeks the
 gither, The night drave on wi sangs and clat-
 ter,
 And aye tho ale was growing better; The landlady and Tam grew gracious, WI iavors secret. sweet and precious; The souter tauld his queerest stories; The landlords laugh was ready chorus :: That storm without might rair and
 rustic,
 Tam did ma mind the storm a whistlts Care, mad to see a man sac happy. t en drowned himself amang the nap
 py,
 As bees flee hame wi lades O treas.
 ure, N The minutes winged theis
 pleasure; Kings may be blessed hH 4
 glorious. Ger a the ills Q fife yictNssa.ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
TRAGEDIES TOLD IN HEADLINES

From the Chicago Tribune.
 River Cuts New Channel, Moves Farmer Lushwell over Into Dry Coun- ty."
 Fat Mans Bicycle Chain Breaks When Starting Down Long Hill.
 The Rev MT. Simpson Stirs Up Nest or Bumblebees; Man With Moving Pic ture Machine Happens Along and Gets, Good Film
 Man in Trouble Hunts Vainly for Il Friend Is Copy Reader on Daily Thun- derbolt."
 They Were Not Mushrooms; Doctor Arrives Just in Time"
 Young Man Loses Sweetheart His Younger Brother Had Sprinkled Red Pepper on the Candy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
REFLECrioNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 There's no optimism anywhere on earth when the first-of- the-month bills come in.
 A woman is afraid she'll get chance to be tempted, and man that he won't.
 The golden locks of rich man $ daughter can change to fiery red hair by his losing all his money.
 man with a million dollars IS scared sick for fear his poor relations will think he has car fare.
 No family can be big enough for an artistic temperament in 1t not to be able to make everybody miserable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
HANDING IT TO HIM.

HANDING IT TO HIM. The man about town May be wise, But he'll ne'er wear a crown When he dies.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. The man about town Often smokes, And the habit won't down When he croaks.
 Milwaukee Sentinel. The man about town Often lies And he long will lie down When he dies. n- Houston Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
AN OLD MANS LAMENT

AN OLD MANS LAMENT. I'm weary of wishing and waiting, I'm weary of dreaming my dreams; Pm tired of the quest that will never
 bring rest
 And the hope that is not what it seems I'm weary of building air castles In lands that I never will know, And the fancies that throng as I struggle
 along,
 But to leave me in darkness and woe. Time was when the splendor of morning Called me to the battle anew, With a soul yet aflame to be brave in
 lfe's game
 And laugh in despite of it's rue. Time was when the days of rejoicing Made amends for the hours of pain; All the glamour is gone, yet Pm still pod- ding on
 Toward goal that I never shall gain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-08
CHRISTMAS EVE IN PARIS
Bertelli in Beslie's.

t. Y. beTlelil III IJeSllS $.
 If you are an artist at heart, if you cherish your dreams, go to Paris for Christmas; they will be realized. For days before the great festivity you have seen on all sides feverish prep arations Q for Noel, as we call it. All along the boulevards continuous line of booths spring up like mushrooms on the sidewalks. offering for a few sous almost everything in existence The normal routine of life is altogether up- set. The traffic is trebled and if you are about in the early morning you will see huge carts coming in from the surrounding country, laden with tine mistletoe which France supplies to ev- cry part of Europe. If you enter one of the great stores in search of the com mon necessaries of life, you will find it almost impossible to obtain them. The ironmongery department will have been swept away to make place for a huge toy fair, and where you generally seek neckties you are confronted with Christmas tree, 150 feet high, stayed with iron girders and bearing on its branches every conceivable object, from 5-cent top to fur coat or a canoe.
 To you, foreigner in exile, all these busy preparations for the supreme fes- tival of conviviality and domestic re- joicings have had the reverse effect that they have on the v,slbly rising spirits of the Parisians themselves The very happiness of this particularly happy people seems to YOU selfish and while you wander among the crowds you arc obliged to recognize that, after all, they are but little different from those that are even now filling the streets of little old New York;" or, say, Chi cago. And the very similarity makes yOu homesick