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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-06-19
Dancer From Lightning.

Country people are in more
danger from lightning than are the
people of the cities, according to
J. Warren Smith, professor OF
meteorology in the United States
Weather Bureau, who states that
lightning kills two and a half
times more farmers than the rail-
roads do. He points out that in
Ohio, there are on an average OF
.35 thunder storms annually and
statistics show a greater number
of deaths in this section of the
country than in others. The prop
erty loss from this cause is enor
nous. The greatest danger during
thunder storms is under trees, il
strong drafts of air, near wir'
fences, wire clothes lines, wire at
tached to poles, etc. Barns ar
struck oftener than churches
Buildings with wooden roofs
when struck, are more likely t.
be burned than those with meta
roofs. Good lightning rods, prop
erly put up, are an efficient pre-
lection, but poor rods are wors
than none. Professor Smith state
that iron rods kept painted ar
better than copper and are muc
cheaper.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-06-19
PRUNING tomatoes.

That tomatoes for early COM
mercial purposes should always be
pruned, is the opinion of E. J..
Kyle, professor of horticulture AZ
the Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Texas. The best
method is to pinch out the lateral
shoots as soon as they appear, I'M
til three or four clusters of fruit
have set, after which the terminal
bud should be pinched out. This
allows the plant to give all its en-
ergy to the development of the
fruit. Whenever this pruning is
done it is necessary to stake the
plants.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-06-19

Running a newspaper is Just like :

Running a newspaper is just ike
running hotel, only 1t is differ
ent. When a man goes into a
hotel and finds something on the
table which does not suit him, he
does not raise hades with the land
lord and tell him to stop his oH
hotel. Well. hardly. He sets
that aside and wades into the dish
es that suit him. 1t is different
with some newspaper readers.
They occasionally find an article
that does not suit them exactly,
and, without stopping to think it
may please hundreds of other
readers, make grandstand play
and tells the editor how a paper
should be run and what should be
put in it, but such people are be-
coming fewer every ear.-Grand
Junction Herald.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-06-19
Innocence.

Large expenditures at and be-
fore primary elections are an evil.
They are an evil, however, of the
whole political system, and not OF
the direct primary. The way in
which money is spent under the
old primary system is much more
malign than under the new system.
Expenses are regulated by law in
several Western States, with vary
ing degrees of success. The hg-
ures being given, about relative
amounts of money expended in the
present contest, are frequently too
ridiculous even for Indians or ma
rines. The New York papers, for
instance, in opposing Roosevelt
allege that Mr.. Taft's primary
campaign in New York County
cost approximately $4,000. 10
digest this requires a mind OF the
highest innocence. If the Taft
people have accounted for only
$4,000, it would be interesting tc
have them explain. For months
before the primary election the
treasurers of the various Assem-
hly Districts, of which there arr
thirty-five in New York County
were engaged in raising Taf
funds. In addition to this, TO
weeks before the primary election
a committee of New York Count!
men, representing the Easter
branch of the National Taft Blu
reau, was engaged in raising fund
to defeat Roosevelt on the groun
that his doctrines would MULTI
the Constitution and menace th
principles of Republican govern
ment. Among these men wei
Benjamin +. Tracy, Otto BannarC
Chauncey NJ. Depew, George I
Sheldon, and others of simils
powerful affiliations. The appe,
ended with the words: "Chec
should be made payable to Robel
S. Huse, acting treasurer, care {
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-06-19

Few regret having chased when
children across the wet and briary
field after the end of the rainbow.
Even after we learned the pot of
geld was myth, the inspiration
of the chase far outweighed the
establishment. Even the darker
fictions but add color to our mem
ory. Few of us would take out
of our memories the thrill and awe
of the night we thought the world
was coming to an end; the day we
saw the first circus parade and
thought the cages gold; the mys
terious white form which lowered
over the graveyard that DARK
night. If the color of these fan
cies and folk stories still lingel
after wisdom has come, we are thu
richer for it, provided that knowl
edge has brought the power Il
know the real from the imaginary
The use of grown-up wisdom is t.
teach which is fancy and which /
substance. 1t is not meant t
take away the color of the mind o
grind life down to material facts
Rather is it to carry over tn
wonder of fancy and more frml
attach it to the substances tina
andura
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-06-19
GREAT MASS OF PROOF
Reports Of 10000 Cases OF
Kidney Trouble, Some OF
Them Mt. Sterling Cases.

Each of some 5000 newspapers OF the
United States is publishing from week to
week, names of people in its particular
neighborhood, who have used and rec
commended Doan's Kidney Pills for
kidney backache, weak kidneys, bladder
troubles and urinary disorders. This
mass of proof includes over 10000 tes-
timonials. Mt. Sterling is no exception.
Here is one of the Mt. Sterling cases.
Mrs. Nelson, 43 Richmond ST.,
Mt. Sterling, KY, says:
II still think highly of Doan's
Kidney Pills and gladly confirm
all / said in their praise in 1908.
They have been of great benefit to
me and if / had not used them
would have been in bad shape to-
day. l suffered from most every
form of kidney trouble. My back
panied me and irregular action OF
the kidney secretions was annoy,
ing. / felt tired and worn GU,
and 1 had nervous headaches
Doan's Kidney Pills changed al
this and after taking them / fel
| like a new woman"
For sale by all dealers. Prize
so cents. Foster-Milburn Co.
Buffalo, New York, sole agents TO
the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other 5O-Z
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-06-19

Redmond & Co., 33 Pine Street"
The members of this committee
represented the presidencies, vice
presidencies, and directorships of
more than one hundred and fifty
large corporations. How much
did they succeed in raisingY
Ogden Mills, the treasurer OF the
County Committee, also sent out
appeals for funds. Are the Taft
people trying to tell us that all
these agencies together, including
insiders in many of the biggest
trusts in the country, were unable
to get and spend more than 5,OOOs
There are 912 election districts in
New York County. The Taft
election district captains received
usually from 500 to $40. At $50
that would make $1S,240. Apart
from the messengers, there were
at least /, 1924 Taft watchers, who
seldom got less than S. apiece
which would amount to SO, 12O.
1t also must have cost at least %
to canvass an election district
which would make total of S4,'
$50 more, besides incidental ex'
penses for badges, rent, literature
stationery, stamps, and clerlca
work. What about itY Th'
Roosevelt expenses were naturally
heavy, as a brand-new organlza
!, ton had to be built up, and Their
were no district clubs, clubrooms
workers, stenographers, or clerks
We should be extraordinarily In
! terested to have the Taft force
figure out the best defense the,
y can for their childish statemen
e that they spent only $4,000.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-06-19
HOw's This :

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
f. j. CHENEY &c CO.. Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have known =. j..
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonial ais
sent free. Price rs cents pei bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-06-19
The Kind of Bird He Got.

Englishman sees sign in New
York City:
Free bird with every drink"
Goes inside and orders highball.
No sign of extras" Calling bar.
tender he declares:
Hi say, you know, Hi read 8
bloom in sign outside that said yor
gave a free bird with every drink.
Where's my jolly bird9"
You got yours, all right,
laughed the bartender, "a swal
low"
$500 Panama Hats cut to So. Is
Punch & Graves.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-06-19

Dustless Busters will save you
from scratching your furnitures
price 25 cents, at w. A. Sutton
Son.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-06-19

The tailor who has discovered
that automobiling enlarges the
chest evidently forgot to measure
the head,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-06-19

AS we are overstocked on dried
fruit we will make the following
low prices: Evaporated peaches,
sold at 17!c, now 123c; evapora-
ted prunes, sold at 15c, now 1Oc;
evaporated apricots, sold at zoe,
now 1850. Now is your time to
Inv Greenwade's.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-06-19
Newspapers Bring Results.

The announcement of the new
Lozier automobile, type 70, model
1918, which was run simultaneous
ly in the principal newspapers OF
the country, has resulted in an
unprecedented record of sales, &C
cording to branch houses AND
agents of the Lozier Motor 20.
Best roast and chops at Van
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-06-19

Brink, you spend about half
your time tinkering with that mo-
tor boat. What is there about it
that's so attractiveW .
"The SIS l put into it, old chap. "
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-30
ADVERTISE CARTER
CO. IN MISSOURI
DR.. SON AND GEORGE n. WYATT
WILL VISIT THE MYSTERIOUS
STRANGER"

At a meeting of the Ardmore
Commercial Club held this morning
DR.. ]. F. Son ard George II. Wyatt
were selected to 60 as advance
agents for the agricultural train
which will make trip through Mis-
souri, advertising Carter county
lands and products.
DR.. Son is former Missourian, he
Is the owner Of n commercial or.
chard in Carter county and is more
or less interested in agriculture. He
is enthused with this country and is
an ideal man to send on this trip.
Mr.. Wyatt is also a Missourian.
Like DR.. Son he stands more than
six feet in height and is a man
Of pleasing appearance. He has
fund of Information about this coun-
try such as a good newspaper man
would soon gather. He Is an excel
lent advertising representative, and
these advance men may be expected
to do a great deal of good for the
agricultural interests of the country.
These men will leave here next
Wednesday night. The Carter coun-
ty fair exhibit will be loaded upon
special car at Oklahoma City at
the close of the Fair and will be
taken to Missouri. The farmers Of
that section will see what products
can be raised here, they will be told
of the quality OF the soils and the
acreage production and the prices Of
these lands.
Ardmore and Carter county have
become aroused from the lethargy
which has held sway here and this
agricultural train Is just one Of a
few of the big things that will be
undertaken within the next year.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-30
GENERALLY COLD
|SaTHE FORECAST
GOVERNMENT PROMISES SOME
RAINS AND FROSTS DURING
TIE WEEK.

Washington, Sept 29.-Generaliy
cold and fair weather will prevail
:ast of the Rock Mountains the com
ing week, with frosts during the
first dsys of the coming week in the
Rockies. the plains states, the upper
Mississippi and Ohio valleys, the lake
regicn and the south Atlantic states
according to the weekly bulletin
from the weather bureau.
West of the Rocky mountains
says % bulletin, Temperature VIII
average near TO above the normal
Tte rext general disturbance to t.uss
the continent will appear in the far
,est Monday or Tuesday, and the east
ern states Friday or Saturday. This
disturbance will be preceded by gen.
eral rise in temperature and be at
tended by we'll distributed rains.
There are no indications at the
present time of a disturbance in the
West Indies
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-30
SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
EXPECTED BY OFFICERS lNvEs-
TIGATiNG.
TWO HEAOLESS BODIES
Bodies Of Two Of Four Victims Of
Murder Near Quincy, Illinois, Were
Headless-BuIIet Holes in Heads Of
Others.

Quincy, H., Sept. 30.-Sensational
developments before nightfall are
promised by the officers who are In
vestigating the quadruple murder on
the Pfanschmidt farm, twelve miles
southeast Of Quincy.
Charles Pfanschmidt, a prominent
farmer, his wife and daughter,
Blanche, aged 16, and Miss Emma
Kaempen. aged 81, a school teacher,
were murdered. Their bodies were
mutilated as well as burned and in the
skulls of the two young ladies were
found large holes.
The bodies Of Mr.. and Mrs. Pfan-
schmidt were headless when found.
The crime was evidently commit
ted last Friday night when the home
was destroyed by fire. The telephone
iNtres into the Pfanschmidt home
were cut.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-30

Booth, the Santa Fe surge on, and Dr..
| Hardy, the Rock Island surgeon,
were Dotn summoned. A crew OF
Mexican laborers and three crews of
section hands were taken back on
the same train which carried the sur
geons. The heavy material in the
"reckage was moved and the boys re-
leased. The relief train arrived back
IN Ardmore about o'clock
The wrecked cars were one of fur
niture, tram car, metal couches, bug
gies, oil, wheat and one of oats. OF
those badly wrecked were the oil car,
the tram car, and the two loaded
with grain.
The steam wrecker from Cleburne
arrived here at five o'clock this morn
ing and went at once on to the scene
of the wreck.
The passenger train due to arrive
here en- route to Oklahoma City at
midnight was detained here until 6
o clock this morning when it was de-
tourned over the Rock Island to Ran
dolph and from there over the Frisco
to Oklahoma City. The morning pas
senger due to arrive here from the
north this morning at o'clock did
not pass the wreckage until between
II and IL o'clock.
Fortunately no member of the
train crew was injured. John w. Da-
Wis of Fort Worth had some cattle
on the train and was passenger
on the Inflated train. He was unhurt.
The repairs will require $50 ties
and 10 steel rails.
Winnie Hale the eXas lad, said
he left home a month ago and had
visited Seymour Wichita Falls,
Gainesville and other points in Texas
besides few towns in Oklahoma.
He inquired what the cost of his sur
gical and hospital fees would be and
replied that his father had $50 that
belonged to him.
The older is rather badly hurt and
does not take so much interest in
his surroundings but the little fellow
is as bright as he can be and keeps
the attendants laughing with his wit.
He was very game throughout the
emergency and joked with the sur
geons as they examined his wounds.
AS DR.. Booth entered his room this
the little fellow was taking |
the last drop from cup of choco1
late. He said he didn't know what
it was but it was mighty good. His
appetite is fine and he said he was
glad to be well taken care OF and
was mighty glad to be living this
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-30
BEN CARTER BECAME ILL.
Tainted During Services at Episcopal
Church Sunday.

Ben Carter, the fourteen-year-o
son of Congressman c. D. Carter was
taken suddenly i'll while attending the
services of the Episcopal church yes
terday with his mother and had to
be carried from the church and re-
oeive medical attention during the
celebration Of the Holy Communion.
The boy fell in faint just before
the sermon and was carried to the
porch of the rectory. Rev. Francis
p. Keicher, rector of the church i'm
went out and found the
young man recovering and returned
to continue the services so suddenly
disturbed It was only a slight attack
f vertigo, however, and this morn
the effects have passed off. Con-
man Carter is in the city and
b1 : 'e and Mrs. Carter received
ran. inquiries as to the boys con-
1ition.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-30
Wreckaae is Cleared.

The first passenger train to arrive
in Ardmore from the north since Sun
day afternoon was at 2:30 this after
noon when the passenger due here
at ! o'clock p. m, passed through.
No. 5, which is due here early in the
morning detoured by the Rock Island
and is scheduled to arrive here about
four o'clock this afternoon. No. 5
would have arrived earlier had 1t
remained behind the wreck instead
of making a detour. At 1:20 this af-
ternoon the north bound No. 6 due
here at 11:41 a. m, left the station
here for oklahoma City.
The wreck is cleared away and
trains should be running on time
now.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-30
TRIAL OF FORMER AND PRES.
ENT LABOR OFFICIALS BEGINS
TOMORROW.
.F|FTY-ONE DEFENDANTS
United States District Attorney De-
ciares That Nothing Less Than
Sudden Illness Of Defendants Can
Cause Delay.

Indianapolis, Ind, Sept 30-"Noth-
ing less than the sudden illness OF
half the defendants can cause a de-
lay" said United States District At
torney Charles w. Miller today, as
indicating the governments readiness
to begin the trial tomorrow OF the
fifty-one present ard former labor
union officials on charge of con-
spiracy in carrying dynamite and
nitro glycerine on passenger trains.
Two sets OF fifty veniremen have
been drawn from throughout Indiana
for selection on the jury.
The defense is allowed ten and
the prosecution six peremptory chal-
lenges.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-30
The Cotton Market.

Cot tnokeeps coming in but the
price has not been quite so good
today. The crop is opening fast
throughout all the cotton belt Every
metropolitan paper in the south is
carrying advertisements calling for
thousands of hands who are needed
in the cotton fields and the result is
that prices are being somewhat low
cred. Local cotton sold today from
wagons at prices ranging from lie to
11.25. The receipts today are about
100 bales
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-30
NEGROES IN
STREET DUEL
OVER CRAP GAME AND WIFE
BEAT!NG-ONE DEAD AND ONE
DYING.

duol with revolvers in which
five shots were fired, one negro kill
ed and another mortally wounded
took place on the streets of King.
fisher about 1 o'clock Saturday at
ternoon. w. e. Brown, former ne
gro preacher but now prominent as
bootlegger and gambler, died 20 min
utes after the shooting and Charles
Clay, porter at a local barber shop,
is unconscious and not expected to
live mary hours.
The duel took place while the
two men were walking along the
street. They were seen to stop sud-
denly and both pulled guns and be-
gan firing. The first shot from
Clay's gun entered the stomach Of
Brown, who then grabbed the revol.
yer and taking 1t away from Clay
shot back using the captured weap.
on The first shot struck Clay IN
tn shoulder, after which the gun
refused 10 fire and taking his own,
Brown fired three additional bullets
into the body Of Clay.
When Deputy Sheriff Long arrived
the two were lying on the ground
unconscious and Brown soon died.
The trouble Is supposed to have
started over negro crap game Fri
day night and ended over a woman,
Browns wife. After the crap game,
where the two qIsrreln6 BrowG
went home and had trouble with his
wife. beating her up and knocking
her brother down with chair when
he attempted to interfer. For this
he was convicted in police court Sat-
urday morning and fined s25. Clay
is believed to have taken the part
of the woman IN an argument re-
garding the case after the two left
the courtroom.
After the shooting the deputy Wis.
tied the home of Brown and found
three guns, a rifle, shotgun and re-
volver. One gun was in the frort
room. a second in the middle room
and the third near the back door
Brown served a term in the federal
penitentiary recently for selling
whiskey without a federal license.
About $50 was found in the clothes
of Clay and s11 in the clothes of
Brown.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-30
M|SS0UR|E[ECTORS
MAY LEAVE TAF 7.
IF HE HAS ENOUGH ELECTORAL
VOTES, THEY'LL SUPPORT HIM
IF NOT, A THIRD MAN.

st. Louis, Mo-, Sept. 3O.-Many If
not all of the eighteen republican
presidential electors from Missouri.
recently signed an agreement pledg-
ing themselves 10 vote for Taft for
president if the votes of more in the
electoral college would elect him,
but otherwise to combine with the
electors from other state on third
candidate.
The agreement came to light by
the announcement of John ]. Lahiv,
an elector OF ST. Louis, that he was
going to repudiate it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-30
AN INSPIRING SERMON.
Ninth Anniversary Of Rev. keicher's
Ordination Celebrated Sunday.

The apnlal meeting of the parish
toner's and election of the vestry OF
st. Philips Episcopal church is TO
take place tomorrow night and the
congregation are making elaborate
preparations to make the meeting a
success. Dinner is to be served at
night at the rectory, after which
the meeting will be held and the
Rector, Rev. Francis Keicher, will
make his annual report. The serv-
ices yesterday morning in commem-
oration of the ninth anniversary Of
Mr.. Keicher's ordination to the Dia-
conate were largely attended and
special music was provided. 1t was
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-30

c. z. Fielder was taken 20 the
Hardy Sanitarium this morning suf-
fering from bruises received early
this morning. He is employed at
the cotton seed oil mill plant and
fell from the seed house a distance
of fifteen feet and fell across lad
der or some other debris piled be-
side the building. The injury was
quite painful but not serious. Mr..
Fielder is a married man and re-
sides on d street, southeast.