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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24
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LOYALTY TO ONES BREAD AND
BUTTER.

The great majority of our people
owe their livelihood, and whatever
success in life they may have attain
ed. 10 our own home town. If we
work for some one else, we depend
on the enterprise and efficiency OF
our employer for our own advance
ment. If we are selling goods to our
fellow townsmen, We depend on their
good will for our success. If we are
producing some commodity that is
elsewhere. we are still dependent on
the energy and fidelity of those of
our towspeople who work for us.
Thus our welfare and that of our
families is bound up in the closest
ties of intimacy with our fellow cit
izens and the place We call home.
Under those circumstances, how
LOYAL We ought TO be to our own
town There should be a sentiment
Of affection to this place as our home
much like that which We bear to
those allied to us individually by
ties of kinship.
Some people, however seem to
flattcr their vanity by decryi ne the
institutions and enterprises of their
home town. They seem to think
they establish their own superiority
by picking flaws in their home sur
roundings.
To say nothing more, this is the
worst possible taste. Sneerins at the
town that gives YOU bread and but
ter that offers its gifts of comrade-
ship. civic protection, and education
is a little like snccring at your moth
~ in order to show Your neshhors
how much superior You are to her.
Those of us who are affected only
by more selfish considerations should
consider what a suicidal business
policy il is to dccry our home town.
Money sent away helps pay taxes
and enlarge industry somewhere else.
Sighting remarks cast at our enter
prises discourage our people from
making improvements and hinder
Growth by dctracting from the gen
eral reputation of the place. Even If
We think so, let MS never admit that
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24
ENGINEER D. B. BRADFORD SUBMITS
THREE REPORTS To COMMISSIONERS

AT regular meeting OF the city
commissioners Yesterday afternoon
City Engineer Bradford submitted
reports on the survey of the Chicka-
saw Lake and the estimated cost OF
piping the water therefrOm 70 this
city. and upon the cost of pipe line,
pumping, etc, from the city of Ard
more TO the proposed dam on the
Washita river. The reports follow:
Ardmore, Ok. Jan. %, 1912.
r. c. Brdeman, commissioner w. j..
a S, Ardmore Okla.
Dear Sir: Pursuant to Your re-
quest | have made survey of the
ChickasaW Lake. and have also taken
levels to ascertain the elevation OF
the falls on Caddo creek, and here
with submit my report, towit;
For the purpose of saving time
started my levels from the township
corner two miles vest of Deese,
which is government bench mark
and the same levels upon which our
city elevations are based. traversed
from there to the creek. | found the
elevation OF the falls to be 7577S and
our city lake at high water being at
an elevation of Sl7.3 leaves the falls
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24

The County Democratic Central
Committee meets here Saturday and
there is much talk concerning what
resolutions will be passed by the con
yention. Other county conventions
which has been held har passed res
olutions against sending as delegates
to the national convention any state
office-holders and at the same time
Lee Cmce, governor Of the state, is
being urged as the logical person to
head the Oklahoma delegation to the
national convention This is Mr..
Cruces home county and whether the
committee passes such resolutions as
Comanche county passed is attract
ing local attention and action either
way will be of state wide interest fol-
lowing the meeting next Saturday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24

Right OF way at -
cents per foot. ..--.... |, 1,l0S.OO
Ditching, backflling and
laying pipe at $1.0O per
foot ........ ........ $4,000
> TripleX Dean pumps ana
meters and motors. .-- 100000
Connections to pump at dam l,00o00
Pump house. o.. ........ 1000 90
Moving pumping plant at city
lake and building basin 2j,3"o &c
Total............ ..-- -S334, ,5iSOO
Engineering and supervision
at > per cent$1G,720 40.
Incidentals at
per cent ..--l6, 12O. 40
$33, ,454.SO
Grand total .. S36S,OO2,SO
Very truly,
o. b BRADFORD,
City Engineer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24

In the election of county chair
man in Muskogee county the Tate
Rradv man was defeated and a chair
man favorable to Gillian for national
committeeman was elected. Gillian
wins the first victory in the state and
I victories will follow in quick success
ion until he will have votes sufficient
to elect him in Oklahoma City Feb
ruary %.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24

Feed ARCO, a mixed feed fol-
horses and COWS; put up in 1OO-lb
sacks. delivered in barn for go cts
cwt. This is a carefully prepared
feed manufactured by the Ardmore
Oil & Milling Co. 16tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24
Ardmore, Ok. Jan. %

~
Mr.. d. II. Dawson. Mayor
Dear Sir. The following is ar ap-
proXimate cost of a pipe line, pumps,
etc. from the city of Ardmore, 10
the proposed dam on the Wasnita.
to-wit:
5,i59 tons lS.inch c. |.
pipe, at $4,000 per ton. $204, 049 90
Hauling pipe at $500 per
JOINT .............. 1S,4sO 90
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24

Members of the Woodmen Circle
may pay their dues at the Ardmore
National Bank where the receipts
have been left for collection.
232t CALLTE SMITH, CLERK.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24

no TROUBLE to give Conkey's Roup
Remedy. Just pinch in drinking
water. The fowls take their own
medicine. For sale by Ardmore
Seed House.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24

The activity of the Roosevelt re
publicans in Oklahoma is sufficient
to make the cold shiycrs run down
the back of President Taft. If the
same activity among tine Roosevelt
people is prevalent in other states
there is chance for the defeat of
Taft at Chicago June u.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24
POULTRY.

MIR. POULTRYMANIf you are not
getting eggs don't blame the chick
ems: Help them along by feeding
Conkey's Laying Tonic. Ardmore
Seed House has it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24

See those babies and chidren's
shoes on Table No. | at torty'n'ne
cents at Hamiltons. 25-2
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24

our bread and butter is not fully equal
TO metropolitan cake and pie.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24

The Harmon club starts out with
a small but active membership and an
effort will be made to have the lar
gest Harmon club in the state in Car
ter cOmntN
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24

Senator owen has the consent OF
former Governor Haskell to accept
the presidency of the Washington and
Lee university.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24

FIRST-CLASS rooms and board for
particular people Electric lights,
hot and cold water, gas heat, 222
North Washington street. Tele.
phone 693. Mrs. w, R. Burnitt.
20tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24

LEDBETTER & WIMBERLY-Real
Estate, Insurance and Security
Bonds. Your patronage will be ap-
preciated. Over Western Union
Tel. Co. Phone GAG. 2S-1m
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WANT Ed

| WANT a roller top desk. J. f..
McKibben. 2O7 West Main St.
Phone 100. 22-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24
MISC CEItANEOUS

We want to buy Your fat cattle and
hogs. Carpenter &. Craddock 21-tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-24

IF you want to rent a dwelling see
r. 7. Dallas.
2l-3t Phone 504.
The Tupelo journal., 1912-12-20
SHERMAN.

Dir. and Mrs. j. Y. Wright left last
week for Memphis. where they expect
to spend several weeks with relatives.
Miss Lucille Sullivant, Of Ecru, spent
Saturday and Sunday of the past week
with Miss Annie Hancock.
Miss Elise Allmon was called to her
home in West Point Friday on account
of the serious illness of her father.
Mrs. Ebert Campbell left Tuesday
for Georgia to pay visit to relatives.
Prof. D.. C. Langston visited Tupelo
on business Saturday.
Mrs. John Witt and Miss Daniel WIS.,
tied Tupelo SATURDAY.
Mrs. A. A. Bruce and children visited
Memphis one day last week.
Little Misses Rernice and Rebecca
Finley visited Tupelo Saturday.
Hubert Richardson visited homefolks
here Sunday.
Mrs. Judson Gault and children were
guests of relatives in Tup slo last week.
The Tupelo journal., 1912-12-20
DON'T BE CREATURE OF HABIT
1t Is Better to Make Some BIunders
Than to OsciIIate Always In a
Groove.

1t is a good plan to break ones hab.
its occasionally, to see that it can
still be done. To follow even the best
of habits too closely tends to ossify
existence. 1t makes one stiff. 1t mar
ows his tastes. The retired farmer
who still gets up before daylight every
morning, so as to get an early start
waiting for bedtime, would be much
better off If during the stress of life
he had broken his habit occasionally
and slept until nine O'Clock.
The city man who lets the street,
the fiat, the Office grind become an IN
bearable habit loses all his elasticity
Recently a brother and sister were
found in an eastern state who had
lived on the same farm for sixty
years, and during that time had not
been ten miles from home. For
thirty years the woman had not been
to town, five miles away, and for 15
years, although well and strong, she
had not been 80 far from the house
as the branch In their bottom field
Habits of life like this become prison
chains. One must do some things the
same way or nearly the same to learn
to do them we'll, but once having ac-
Quired the skill OF repetition, 1t IL we'll
to break away and do 1t some other
way. 1t is better to make. some blum
ders and get some knocks expert
menting than to oscillate In q groove
until freedom ends.-ColIier's Weekly
The Tupelo journal., 1912-12-20
PAYING FOR HIS IMPATIENCE
Next Time 1t Is Likely That Patrick
Devlin viii Wait for the
Jury's Decision.

II Patrick Devlin of Lawrence,
Mass, were not such an impatient
man he would be free today. Instead
he is locked up at the state farm,
Bridgewater, for an indefinite period
Patrick was on trial at Salem be-
foPe a jury, charged with drunkenness
All the evidence was in and the jury
retired. After a while Patrick be-
came fidgety. The longer the jury
stayed out the more impatient he be-
came.
Finally he arose and said:
Your honor. / would Hike to change
my plea from not guilty to guilty"
The change was noted by the clerk.
Suddenly the door opened and the
Jury trooped back into court.
What say you, Mr.. Foreman and
gentlemen of the jury, Is the defend
ant guilty. or not guilty." asked the
clerk.
Not guilty." replied the foreman
Patrick was erestfaHen. Having
changed his plea, he had TO take his
medicine. Although the jury said that
he was not drunk. Patrick said that
he was drunk, and so the court de-
eided that he ought to know better
than the jury.
The Tupelo journal., 1912-12-20

IF you wish for anything like
happiness in the fifth act of life,
Sidney Smith advised Lord Muir
ray, "eat and drink about one
half of what you could eat and
drinS. Did | ever tell you my
calculations about eating and
drinking? Having ascertalned
the weight of what | could live
upon so as to preserve health
and strength. and what | did
live upon, | found that, between
ten and seventy years of age L
had eaten and drunk forty-four
horse wagon loads of meat and
drink more than would have
preserved me in life aud health.
The value of this mass OF nour-
ishment | considered to be worth
ST, O00 (S35, 000.) 1t occurred to
me that | must, by my voracity,
have starved to death fully 100
persons. This is q frightful cal
culation, but irlesistibly true,x
'-Picayune.
The Tupelo journal., 1912-12-20

Basket ball season at the Y. M. C. A.
opens Friday night at Z O'Clock. In
the senior class. ST. Clair Drug Co.
is represented by c. Roy Slavery as
captain, which will clash with Kinds
Bros, who will be represented by Fred
Young as captain. The regular "Y''
team will play a practice game with
R. w. Reed Co., who will be repre-
scented by Gambrel Shirley as captain.
A regular schedule will be played
every Friday night between opposing
teams representing R w. Reed, Kinds
Bros, ST. Clair Drug Co. and Clifton's.
Among the juniors, McGaughy's. Asa
W. Allen, Spight's, and Clark Grocery
Co will be represented. Friday night
the McGaughy and Spight teams will
clash. while teams from Asa W. Allen
and Clark Grocery Co. will strive for
mastery These games will be called
at Z o'clock every Friday evening.
The Tupelo journal., 1912-12-20
Basketball at Y. M. c. A.

One of the best and scrappiest games
of the season was played at Y. M. G A.
Friday night between the local Y. NJ
C. A. and Verona High School. While
it was only a practice game, the We
roma boys showed up well to run up
against such veterans as represent the
y. d.. G. A With a little more team
work and a little less roughness, the
boys from Verona bid fair to hold their
own among the hest of their class in
this part of the state. With the girls
the story is different. "A. no time was
the Verona girls goal in danger. The
guards. especially on the girls' team,
are 70 be commended on the way they
protected their goat. While the Tupelo
H Oh School girls went. down in defeat
t ,ey are by no means discouraged and
arr practicing regularly for a return
ga ne with the Verona girls some time
after CT ristmas. The final score was
V .rona 8 and 7 lpelo g..
The Tupelo journal., 1912-12-20

Notice of intention Of Mayor and Beard Of
Aldermen Of the City of Tupelo to select a
CITY Depository for two years commencing the
list Tuesday of January, 1913, and ending the
1st Tuesday in January. 1915.
Notice is hereby given that the Mayor and
Board Of Aldermen will receive sealed bids
from the different banks Of the City Of Tupelo
up 10 IL o'clock a. m. on the 1st Monday of
January. 1913, for the use Of the City funds
for a period Of two years commencing on the
LIST Tuesday Of January. 1913, and ending the
1st Tuesday in January, 1915. and that the
contract will be let to the bank offering the
most interest for such funds, and the bank
which secures said contract will be required
to secure the safety Of said funds by deposit
ing with the City Clerk securities authorized
by law. and said Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Il. w. ROBINS. Mayor
c. E. GOODLETT. Clerk.
The Tupelo journal., 1912-12-20
Local Happenings
Those Who Come and GO

OO0OeO0oa
DR.. II. A. Stokes of Corona, spent
Wednesday here.
Mr.. f C. Kinds was a business Wis
itor to Guntown Wednesday.
MIR. w. M. Gutherie, of Amory, was
here on business Wednesday.
Mrs. d. C. Langston, of Sherman,
was a visitor to Tupelo Tuesday.
Messrs. M arshall & Riley have sold
their stock of goods to O. Wood.
Rev. J. E. McShan, of Blue Springs,
was here Monday enroute to Verona.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Sparks, of We
roma were visitors to Tupelo Yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Eden. of Meri-
dian, were Sunday visitors to relatives
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis Young, of Gilvo,
were among the visitors to Tupelo
Wednesday.
Miss Zippe Willis. Of Memphis. will
be the guest of relatives here during
the holidays.
Messrs. Newt Brown and H. O. Kyle.
of Saltillo, were ~transacting business
here Wednesday.
Supervisor w. T. Pound. Paul Pound
and Dennis Lyle, of Auburn, were over
on business Tuesday.
L.. Gates and John Haygood left
Tuesday for Memphis where they spent
several days on business.
Mrs. Smith, of Sherman, was the
guest several DAYS this week of her
sister, Miss Mary BaskIn.
Mrs. Jake Funk left Monday for
Memphis where she Will be the guest
of friends during the week.
Mesdames Cox and Green, of Gun
town, were the guests of Mrs. Will
Houston several days this week.
Mrs. &. w. Long was called to Sal
tillo Monday afternoon by the serious
illness of her mother, Mrs. Ke.lum.
Olin Francis, who is fireman on the
Frisco out of Memphis, west, will
spend the holidays with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Pratt, of Ferris,
Texas. are the guests of relatives and
friends in and near Saltillo for the holi-
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Monaghan have
moved to the home recently vacated
by Mr.. and Mrs. Motlow on Franklin
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Motlow have
moved into their handsome new home
on the conner of Green and Franklin
streets. This is one of the handsomest
and most convenient of Tupelo's many
modern homes.
Collars, ~collarettes, and all the latest
novelties in neckwear at prices that
defy competition. Inspect my stock
before buying elsewhere.
Mrs. Alice f. Sivley.
The Tupelo journal., 1912-12-20
Four County Medical
Association Meet.

The monthly meeting of the
Four County Medical Association
was held at the court house
Tuesday with a good attendance
present.
There were several matters of
interest disposed of in addition to
the regular program.
DR.. Toomer. of Itawamber
county, reported a number of
typhoid fever patients in his
county.
DR.. j. O. Quincy read an
interesting paper on THE Public
Health"
DR.. w. c.. Spencer read an
interesting paper reporting a
case he had under treatment.
There were clinics by Drs.
Elkln, Quincy, Underwood ana
Feemster.
The Association elected DR..
Farrar, of Nettleton. president,
and F. J.. Underwood, also Of
Nettleton, secretary.
The visiting physicians were
banqueted by their local pro-
fessional brethren at the Hotel
Read in the evening.
The Tupelo journal., 1912-12-20
Card.

For fear someone may not get
one of the postals | have been
writing my friends who were
kind enough to give me their
subscriptions to the Journal, I
want to say here how much
thank each of them for helping
me to get the nice little pony.
If any Of them fail to get the
paper please write me about il.
Your little friend,
Oliver Clark.
The Tupelo journal., 1912-12-20
Warning to Railroads.

Washington, Dec. 16. "A caus-
tic arrangement of the lax meth
DDS prevalent among the rail
road companies Of the United
sEtateS with reference to provid-
ing suitable protection for their
passengers and employees was
the keynote eff the annual report
of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, made public here today.
The report stated that the
total number of casualties for
the year on steam roads was
$50, 123, of which 10, 585 persons
were killed and 169. 538 were in
jured. These figures represent
ed an increase Of 1879 in fatalities
and 1880 in minor accidents
over the preceding year. Con-
tinuinR, the report says:
knowledge gained from in
vestigation Of these accidents
indicates beyond doubt that with
the track and roadway conditions
existing upon many railroads in
this country the danger OF SER
ious derailments is ever present.
The commission stated that of
the 81 derailments investigated
by Interstate Commerce Com
mission agents IA were either
indirectly or directly caused by
bad track and that in three cases
the roadbed was in such bad
condition that accidents were
liable to occur even when trains
were progressing at low speed.
Particular attention was given
to the remarkable frequency OF
wrecks on the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad
though a yelled reference to a
wreck on that system, the re-
port stating that in many IN
stances the interstate commerce
investigators found spikes SO
loose that they could be removed
from the rotten wood by hand.
The commission reported that
the most disquieting and per-
picking feature of the problem OF
accident presentations is the
large proportions of train accl-
dents caused by the de~reliction
of duty by the employees involv-
ed"
The commission reported that
during the present year Z. 5oO In
formal complaints were docked
AN increase of 2.225 over the
preceding year and that 6,OOs
applications had been fled upon
the special docket Of the com
mission. Tnis was an increase
The Tupelo journal., 1912-12-20

of 1856 over the preceding year.
Upon the fourth section docket
the investigation and suspension
docket and the formal docket.
l. 1913, 120 and 755 applications
and complaints were filed respec-
lively. The report stated that
the commission had conducted
l, 154 hearings during the past
year, an increase of 1926 over the
previous year.
The Tupelo journal., 1912-12-20
NEWS FOR
TUPELO PEOI

Tupelo people who have |
and bowel trouble will be glad
that the mixture OF simple b,E
bark, elycerine, ETC., known as
ka, can be obtained at Poung
non-Elkin Drug Co. 1t has D
that JUST A SINGLE DOSH
i-ika usually relieves SOU
gas on the stomach and G
QUICKLY because this SIM
mixture drains Of such a x
amount Of old foul matter
body.
The Tupelo journal., 1912-12-20
Matinee Club.

Mrs. Dunbar Gentry was the
hostess Of the Matinee Club
Saturday afternoon, December
seventh.
This meeting was carried over
from November 9th on account
of the serious illness of Mrs.
Duncan.
We had for the afternoon the
second Of the Irving programs,
as follows:
Mrs. Anderson gave a bio
graphical sketch of the author.
Mrs. Clifton read the authors
account of his visit to Abbotts-
ford. So graphic is this descrip-
ton that we can see the Wizard
of the North in his own loved
home surrounded by all that
makes life worth living dispens-
ing gracious and kindly hospital
ity.
Mrs. Trice read his description
of the AIhambra, and, with him,
we can see all the beauty of that
dream of the Moorish sovereign
who built this palace as a refuge
f..om the languorous heat of the
Southern sun. There, in the
gardens, rich with the perfume
of jasmine and rose he was
lulled to sleep by the gentle
murmur of the fountains and
the magic sweetness of the
nightengales song.
We do not wonder that the
poetic Spanlard called the hill
from which Boabdil took his
parting look at this Paradise,
The Last Sight of the Moor
Mrs. George Mitchell read the
sketch, AN English Christmas"
in which he told Of the quaint
old customs dear to the English
heart at Yule tide.
Miss Haughton, of Aberdeen,
a guest of the afternoon, delight
ed the Club with a beautiful
vocal number.
Mrs. Gentry, though one of
the busiest of our Club men,
bers, is ever an ideal hostess
seeming to gladly lay aside the
everyday burdens of life to
welcome US to her home.
While enjoying a delightful
salad course with coffee. the
guests talked of the coming holt
days and the never ending Christ
mas shopping.
Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs.
Milan lent their efficient aid to
the hostess in receiving the
guests of the afternoon.
Club adjourned until after the
holidays, time and place of meet
ing to be announced later.
Mrs. Wright, President
Mrs. Anderson, Secretary.
The Tupelo journal., 1912-12-20
Rev. Cunningham Moved.

The people of Aberdeen and the Alb
erdeen District regret to lose Rev. j,
E. Cunningham as citizen and Presid-
ing Elder. Mr.. Cunningham goes to
Greenwood. Miss. as pastor of the
Methodist church there, and the pee
pie here commend him and his estima-
BILE family as valuable acquisitions to
the religious and social life of the town.
Rev. j. w. Bell succeeds Mr.. Cunning
ham as Presiding Elder of this dis trict,
and all Aberdeenians extend to him a
hearty welcome. Aberdeen Examiner.