The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-05-12

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Il. u. Scivally. chairman Of the
| board of county commissioners, was
! in the city Yesterday afternoon upon
| political business.
NJ. NJ Johnson, who has been sui
| iering for several weeks from cry
sipelas, has recovered sufficiently u
be back at his drug store
u s Blackburn, who has the con
tract for putting il the waterworks
plant at Wapanucka, is spending
Sunday with his family in this city.
RAY Cunningham says that every
| body had a GOOD time at the ire
mans convention at Saphlpa last
week
The condition, OF Howard Best,
the sick brother of ]. X. Best was
reported no better yesterday. He is
still IN a serious condition.
The Duston brothers received word
Yesterday that their brother, W. o.
! DustOn, who was reported very sick
in Kansas City, was much better.
Marriage license was issued yeater-
day to !. b. OVerstreet, aged 2h,
! and Miss Linnie killcn, aged is,
beth parties of Brock.
Max Wilmington of the Excelsior
| Steam Laundry was in Dallas yes
| cry for the laundry.
y. c. Dings, who accompanied his
wife to Rochester Mimi, is expect
ed home today. Mrs. Dings will Wis
il for a time in Iowa before return
ing
Sherims officers are busy subpoe-
naine witnesses to the killing at the
union depot yesterday afternoon
Deputy CHM had subpoened twenty
up TO six o'clock last evening.
l. ID. Underwood, an attorney
who was a member Of the Ardmore
bar for long time, was in the city
yesterday on business in the dis
triCt court.
Sam Gazzaway caught from the
city lake Friday an eight-pound
small mouth black bass, which Is
said to be the largest fish of the
kind caught this season near Ard
| more.
Mr.. Rama Brown, wife Of c. c.
Brown, died ut Overlook Thursday
and was buried in Rose lIill ceme-
terry in this city Friday afternoon.
She died after long Illness with
consumption.
b. f. FronslCy is here from san
| Marcos. Texas. and will remain
short tine on business. He says all
| west and southwest Texas look GOOD
ard fine crops are promised. Plenty
Of rain has fallen in all that great
section Of country.
DR.. j. f. Young has gone to Mil
burn, where he will preach today
and tonight. Tomorrow he will join
the crowd of Masons from this city
en- route to McAlester to attend the
ing week.
The meeting of the city comp s.
sioners called for Friday afternoon
did not take place. Several OF the
members of the commission did not
attend, being detained by business,
and consequently there was not a
quorum present. The object of the
meeting was to further discuss the
Skillern gas proposition and to de,
eide on what action, if any, should
be taken. While there was not a
quorum present, yet these in attend
anCe discussed the matter and it is
probable from what was said by
those there that action in the mat: er
will be indefinitely postponed. 1t
seems that the impression is gain
ine currency that the well will not
afford the amount of gas that is
being claimed for it.
Persons residing in the southwest
portion of the city were disturbed
Friday night by burglar that en-
tered number of houses. The
homes of r. A. Fox, Matt Moore,
Homer Adams, r. A. Mckinney and
Capt. Hutchinson wore visited, but