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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-23
KNOX MUST TELL.
Subpoena for Cabinet Officer Served.
Must Explain Certain Expenditures.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 22.-Secre-
tary Knox was subpoenaed today to
appear before the house committee
on state department expenditures this
afternoon to explain the secret fund.-
expenditure for the Lake Champlain
Centennial celebration in 1909. The
department discussing officer Nor
rison had refused to produce the vou-
Chers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-23
SOCIALISTS CARRY POINT.

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 22.-By a
large majority, the socialists in the
Mine Workers convention today
mended the constitution by strik-
ing out the clause forbidding the mi
ners to make any political stands.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-23
G|NNERS' REPORT
ISSUED TODAY
FOURTEEN AND HALF MILLION
BALES GlNNED TO JANUARY
SIXTEENTH.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 2S.-The
censIs bureaus cotton ginning report
gives running bales of 1911 crop gin
ned before January 10th, for United
States, 14,510,676, round bales 1865,
Sea Island 109,592
The report for Oklahoma shows
%l6,4l6 bales.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-23
END ECUADOR REVOLUTION.

Washington, d. c.. Jan. 23.-Art-
icles have been si5ned bringing to an
end to the revolution in Ecuador ac-
cording to an official report received
here today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-23

us so much service and did all they
could to heal the wounds of grief in
the loss of our little girl can never
know how we appreciate what they
did and what such friendship mems.
All we can do is to wish that such
may never come into your
homes.
W. T. FREEMAN
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-23
Big Soap Special.

Flake White Soap, bars for 25c.
all this weeld at Will Scrivner's.
Phone 253.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-23

HsmiItons Big Shoe Sale now on
23-2
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-01-23
The Weather

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27

in a month" protested the editor. a
trifle vexed at this Importantly, which
did not seem TO him quite gentIemanly
our people are really strict about il.
and I would rather not suggest any
thing Of the sort. You need not worry
about being hard up for immediate
payment now, you know. You are good
for $4,000 year when you can write
fiction like this"
Ferrers rose to his feet, his face pale
as death
That's not fiction he said; tits
"Eh?" said the editor.
1T is the account. exact and literal
of how I have spent the last few DAYS"
said Ferrers slowly. Three nights
without "a bed and two days without
food, but for me there was no long
lost uncle with his pockets full OF
gold. Now do you understand why I
am worrying about immediate pay
ment2"
Good Godr' cried the editor. Jump
ing 10 his feet just in time to catch
Ferrers falling, fainting from hunger
and exhaustion.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27

the world; one can hear the answers OF
the woman If ever a short story was
destined to live in literature, this is II,
Ferrers"
You give it high praise" said Fer
rers.
cant help" said the editor. with
that sort Of amazed enthusiasm which
had held him in its grip from the be-
ginning Everyone who reads this
viii know exactly what IL is to spend
a night starving, friendless and alone
in the park at winter time. III give
you S125 for it."
Thanks said Ferrers, flushing, and
then going very pale
Payment on publication" muttered
the editor.
Gould you-er-pay now?" said Fer
rers.
Z "Eh? On. well. fact is they are
strict about that you know. Been
done once or twice, and don't mean it
to happen again say, Ferrers, fancy
telling me you couldn't write fiction
when you can turn out stuff like thisT
"One never knows what one can do
till one tries" said Ferrers somewhat
bitterly ~Er-abOut the payment
My dear fellow, it VIII be published
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27
The HeraId's Daily
Short Story

it over three times myself before I un-
derstOOd what you were driving at
Now, one can't ask the public to pay
for things they have to read over
three or four times to understand, can
one?''
It suppose not, though I thought it
was clear enough" said the poet, and
added, for he had an acid humOr Of his
own: Unless you can use 1t in your
puzzle column"
'Ha, hag said the editor. Very
good, but you ought to try your hand
at fiction"
"Me2' said Ferrers. astonished clear
out of his grammar.
You" said the editor firmly.
Why, 1 never tried to write a line
Of fiction In my life" said Ferrers.
All the more reason to start now"
said the editor
But I can't" protested Ferrers
Never know what you can do till
you try" said the editor. Il was say
inc just now there is nothing like ffc-
ton to sustain a circulation. You
have brains-nO man mOre-imagina-
ton, sympathy. Tell you what Fer
rers, IL you go in for fiction, 1 believe
you'll do fine"
Il may have Imagination" said Fer
rers slowly, but not the right kind
for fiction, I'm afraid"
'Rats? said the editor Just you
try"
'-An right" said Ferrers, Il will"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27

A LMOST any day we are liable
"A to be sorry for an the insult
4 = ngs " have thought or said
about poor O. swampy, "malarial,
generally no good Arkansas-sot the
biologists and others wise in mineral
lore are saying
For Arkansas has developed dia-
mond mines quite as genuine, and as
scientifically promising as those Of
South Africa-even the DeBeers Syn
dioate mine that produced the Great
Cullinan" diamond Weighing nearly
two pounds, and a mere splinter Of
which sold for $4,000.
Only recently have the Arkansans
themselves come to realize this fact,
though Professor Branner, Of the
State Geographical Survey, reported
back IN 1890 regarding igneous rocks
In Pike County near Murfreesboro:
From the mineral composition
and structure, then, this rock be-
longs to the family Of Peridotites
and the new type Of picrite porphyry
OF kimberlite"
If you had known that 'kimber-
Hte" is the name o. the mineral
which in Africa has -ielded sS per
cent Of the worlds diamonds for the
past forty years, you would undoubt-
edly have searched this Arkansas
region as Professor Branner now ad-
mits that he did; but geogolists are
not miners and diamonds in the
richest yielding Kimberley mine are
50 scarce that the average yield OF
whole freight car full Of the kim
berlite mineral would scarcely
amount to a single cara
So Professor Branner didn't find
any diamonds and If the natives ever
suspected the peculiar black rock
and mucky ground was the outcrop-
ping Of a possible diamond mine,
they had forgotten al about it when,
seventeen years afterward John
Huddleston rode into Murfreesboro
on his mule and announced that he
had found two diamonds down on his
farm.
HuddlestOn had been looking for
gold on a deeply eroded portion Of
the area described by Branner, when
his attention was attracted by the
lustre and simmer and the sleek
glossiness Of the crystals which were
so apparently unlike any Of the
other rock crystals SO plentiful
around and about the Murfreesboro
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27
Scalp
Falling Hair
Many People Have a Simple
WaY o. Stopping It

It was DR.. Sangerbond, of Paris, who
first discovered that dandruff and fall
ing hair were caused by microbe.
And now that Partisan Sage, the rem
edy that kills the dandruff germ, is
sold in every town in America, the
clean people of this country have
awakened to the fact that dandruff is
unnecessary. that falling hair and
itching scalp can be quickly stopped,
and that people who use Partisan Sage
viii never grow bald
To every reader who wishes to eradi-
cate disgusting dandruff. stop falling
hair. and have an Immediately clean
scalp, free from itchiness, we make
this offer:
We viii return your money. without
red tape. if Partisan Sage does not ban
ISL dandruff, stop falling hair and
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Partisan Sage is sold by druggists
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tie 1t is an ideal daintily perfumed
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lustrOus and luXuriant
Partisan Sage is made by the Giroux
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bottle and cartOn-you can always
get the genuine at Kelly * Pollard.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27
How to Absorb an
Old Complexion
Ion Popular AIontbIrl

A girl signing herself "Diseourage5v
writes she has tried everything for
Ter coarse, horrid. muddy compIexio1i'
and asks. rs there no really effective
remedy"
that comes out OF Jars and botf1ee ig
liable 10 make it worse The Isuresf
way TO Danish bad complexion lie "a
remove It. Ordinary mercolized wa
(get an ounce at your druegfst'sl ,r-fI1
90 this. Apply at night like cold cream
wash off in the morning. The wax an
serbs the ola skin, revealing the cIear
soft healthy and beautiful skin un-
derneath. Naturally all surface defects
go 100, as plnples' blOtches, liver
spots. freckles and black heads. The
treatment causes no discomfort no
enc can tell you are using it. the clltf-
Gle coming off so gradually.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27

That's good" said the editor. send
II along as soon as you can Ferrers
went away and tried accordingly, and
few days later the editor received his
story.
He read it at once, and in spite Of
all the goodwill in the world he was
forced to recognize that it was about
as feeble a production as could De-
Editor knew that plot from beginning
to end before he had read six lines. AS
for the speech at the end, in which
the hero asks the heroine to marry him.
II was impossible.
The manuscript went back by return
mail, together with a kind little note
in which the editor gave the story as
much praise as his conscience WOulo
permit and urged Ferrers to try again
He received in reply a grateful little
note and punctually at o'clock on the
following Friday afternoon Ferrers
appeared with his manuscript IN his
pocket.
He looked a little more gaunt, a little
more haggard than before, perhaps
his eyes were more hollow; his cheeks
more pinched. The editor knew the
signs and frowned uneasily.
He took Il and began to read. while
Ferrers sat nervously waiting his YER
dict.
UNI grunted the editor as he read,
mot a love story this time. That Is a
blessing-just read II love stories on
end. Not a murder either Good
just read 10 murders. uni Oh, say
by JOVei Ferrers--
The muttering subsidized into silence
broken only by the rustic of the pages
as the editor turned one after the other.
When he had finished he drew a long
breath.
BY Jove." he said. 1T is terrible to
think of such suffering" he took OF
his spectacles and polished them Win
yigor and then blew his nose bg
Jove! he said again with IOISe9
laugh quite affected me. / am gao
YOU saved the poor fellow at the emo,
Ferrers. One could hardly nave DoEAe
il If all had not turned out weil-a
little crude. artistically. perhaps tnaI
long-lOst uncle with his pockets Iun
of gold, but I must admit LeIl d
frightful relief when { turned out VINO
he was
81 remembered there ought TO De
happy ending said Ferrers-
How plainly you make one feel It,
it's really wonderful the editor con-
unued- That description of the nome
less sleeping i'm the open at night win
which you open, is a wonderful piece
of word painting. OF course. Jhat Is
the kind of thing YOU always We're
good at, but the conversation between
the hero and the strange woman Is
superb I didn't think there was Nv
ing man. since TOlstOy, who could nave
done il. 1t is a really brilliant, dra-
matte bit of dialogue and not word
wasted 1t goes straight to the heart
Of the story; it explains the whole stu
alton, one seems to feel the despair Of
the starving hero, poor and lonely IN
the richest and most pOpulous city IN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27

ton from great depths Of the earth
is believed to have been accom-,
plished BY vapOrs. largely water
rather than flaming gases and lava
to be seen in ordinary volcanoes.
Such action may. be classified as
hydrothermal or more Of the nature
Of a mud volcano" The surface
now appears as a greenish-yellowish
earth everything a hard aud more
compact mineral OF a blue color
Familiarity known as blue ground"
or ."blue clay"
This everything disintegration Is
the blue ground oxidized by weather
ing and may extend to a depth Of
several feet and washes readily.
while the blue ground must be
crushed or weathered before the dia
mOnds can be recovered. Intermixed
with both the yellow and blue ground
in masses o. bikes there is found
boulders Of all sizes Of a hard dark
green or black volcanic rock known
as "hardibank' or ''hardbanS," which
contains no diamonds.
The areas occupied by the two
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27
An Excavation IN the Arkansas Diamond
Fields Where Many Large Stones
Have Been Found Within the
Past Favv Months

quantities Of dirt for every stems
found. Diamond mining. therefore,
is not a poor mans proposition
The stones that are picked up on
the surface are purely chance
finds" In spite Of the fact that the
CuIlinan diamond. the largest In
the WOrld-weighing more than
5000 carats-Was casually picked up
on a South African hillside. the real
profits IN diamond mining are
gained only bt a minute inspection
Of every cubic inch Of diamond
bearing soil taken out OF the pipes
where only il is found.
The origin Of these pipes" being
volcanic, no one knows to what
depths they descend. There being
a likelihood Of greater richness OF
the soil the nearer the source Of Ma
lures laboratory is approached. the
thorough working Of a diamond
mine requires large capital, for
machinery and labor.
There was no difficulty IN finding
capital in the case Of the South
African mines, and the syndicate
which controls them has grown
enormously wealthy. Thus far there
is nothing to show that the Arkan-
sss deposits are not quite as extern
sive and rich as those in South AZ
rica. 50 there are reasonable expec-
tations that before very long Pike
County, Arkansas, viii be the scene
Of one Of the greatest mining in
dustries IN the world
The news has already reached
Amsterdam-th worlds centre Of
diamond-cutting and the chief mar
ket for diamonds Also. the Arkan-
sas deposits have been inspected by
persons interested IN the De Beers
Syndicate Of South Afrlca-which,
heretofore has had no cause to fear
important competition
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27

region that he firmly believed they
must be diamonds.
None Of the Murfreesboro folks
really knew rough diamonds. so the
crystals were sent up to Little Rock
and from there to New York, where
positive confirmation Of their gem
character was obtained. Immediate
Iy following this report a shrewd
trader at Little Rock. remembering
Professor Branner's classification Of
the Murfreesboro volcanic rock,
rushed down and optioned Huddle-
ston's farm and then more diamonds
were found near where the first were
discovered.
This was the starter; but this
diamond bearing mineral is peculiar
in its Occurrences'an L assumes pipe
like forms rather than vein or lode.
which is characteristic Of the metal
bearing minerals, and these pipes,
or vents. have always been found in
groups, as at Kimberley, where five
are being worked within an area Of
three and one half square miles, and
in the Trangvaal others are confined
to even more circumscribed areas.
Becoming possessed Of this nowl-
edge the Arkansas natives were not
-Ong in recognizing more exposures
a couple Of miles to the northeast
and soon defined the true limits Of
the first exposure which extended
far beyond the portion where Hud-
dleston had found the diamonds and
the lands which the Little Rock
trader had Optioned.
1t was only a few months until
all titles were confirmed and the two
areas or pipes Of the diamond-bear-
ing mineral passed into the hands Of
Of four corporations and one in
dividual who now own them
In attempting by primitive meth
DDS Of working to prove their prop
critics contained the diamonds in pay
able Quantities, these owners have
passed through many vicissitudes,
but always secure in their knowI-
edge Of possessing the identical min
eral which yields the diamonds 50
politically in Africa
The diamonds found by the crude
processes are largely Of good quality
and experts have pronounced them
Of greater hardness and more lus-
trous than the average South Afri-
can diamonds The infnitesimal
yts15 Of the richest Of diamond mines
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27
Past Few Months.

disintegration is usually as rich in
diamonds as The underlying harder
mineral, unless there has been con-
eentration Of the diamonds by erO-
sive action. but it is Just as likely
that the .oIcanic mineral has been
covered by the wash from higher
levels. Therefore to prove a dia-
mord mine profitable the extent Of
the mine must be determined and
large quantities washed from every
portion and the result averaged, for,
unlike metal mining. there can be no
assay and measurement Of quantity
to indicate paying conditions
The reader must not assume that
these wonderful occurrences Of dla-
mond bearing mineral in Arkansas
are proven mines, although engineers
are united in stating that with the
present showing Of quality based on
the market value. together with the
MANY favorabl- natural conditions
which prevail in Arkansas, the
diamonds can be recovered at great
profit if only an average Of one
eighth Of n carat for each ton Of
mineral trashed is obtained
Large outlay Of capital and knoFl-
edge of how to do this is necessary,
and the attendant risk Of failure is
always present as in all mining ven
lures, vet single diamonds have been
found in Africa worth millions OF
dollars. and diamonds are known 70
ocaur in sizes from the microscopic
grain to crystals OF more than three
thousand carats.
As already stated, diamond min
ing means Overhauling enormous
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27
FICTION
By F. R. Punshon

{" he EDITOR looked across at the
proprietor.
zone of our victims, he re-
marked, gIancing at the name on the
slip Of paper the office boy had just
brought in.
How is that2" asked the proprietor,
looking for his hat
ssVVhv. when we bought up Robinson
daily. most Of their staff had 10 60
YOU know, and this young chap VINO
has lust sent in bis name IS one OF
those We-couldn't take on. asked him
to look me up, for ne IS worth Keeping
an eve on He was sub to Robinson,
and Robinson thinks he is something
like a genius.
terested, in what way!
Not in our way, unluckily, said the
editor with a smile, only wish 1t were
But he is a remarkably fine Greek
scholar-he wrote that monograph on
Homer's Catalogue Of Ships there was
some talk about the other oay--and ne
is a poet that some people think very
SOh. is hep said the proprietor. los
ing interest again Poetry doesn
pay: and, as for Greek scholarship---
the proprietor. with wave Of his hand
dismissed Greek scholarship as a sub
iect not worth discussion in business
hours We'll I must be off I'm glad
to see the circulation was up again last
week"
with some complacence. Nothing Ike
good, strong fiction for sending cir
cUlatiOn up"
The proprietor nodded and went out,
passing on the way a tail, gaunt young
man. with hollow eyes and pinched
cheeks and a coat a little shabby.
Well. Ferrers. how goes itE said
the editor. shaking hands with his VS.
itor warmly.
Ferrers. which was the poets name.
smiled family, and made some evasive
answer
However. ne limited gently that he
should like a position on the editors
staff similar to that he had enjoyed
under Robinson, and the editor shook
his head and said he didn't see how
Ii could be done.
I've looked over those things you
sent me, he added, "awfully clever,
Ferrerss, heart sank, for he knew by
long experience what that but"
meant.
Vow, there's that poem" the editor
continued "A wonderful thing, Fer
rers; really wonderful thing. 1 don't
know another man who could have
written it, but-wel, / had to read
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27
MRS. SCOTT
WELL AGAIN
Good News from Martin
Tells Of Timely RecOv-
cry. Details Regard
ing the Case.

Martin. Tenn.-AIrs. Gennie Scott, Of
this city, says: For years, I was trou-
bIed. more or less. with womanly trou-
bles. Sometimes, I would have short
ness Of breath, and smOthering spells
I tried several doctors, but they only
gave me temporary relief
At last. tried Cardui the woman's
tonic. and found 1t to be the medicine
suiting my case. was quickly relieved
by it, and now. for the first time in
years. am very well, and enjoy good
health.
praise Cardui for these good results.
recommend the medicine to my
friends. because I know it is good. safe
and reliable. 1t helped me wonderful
~. and I can truthfully say that Car
dui is the best medicine I have ever
taken"
Be sure that Cardui, the woman
tonic. viii bring you help. if you win
use it regularly, and for a reasonable
length of time
You know YOU can depend on Car
dnf. because YOU have read Of so many
who are enthusiastic in its praise Car
dui has stood the test Of time. the su-
preme test Of merit
Cardui is successful Tt has been
found to relieve womanly pain and
build UP womanly strength. Try Car
duL 1t viii help you
n. B.-Write to; Ladies' Advisory
Dept. Chattanooga Medicine CO. Chat
tanoOga, Tenn, for Special Instructions
and 6A-psge book, Home Tres tment
for Women" sent in plain wrapper. on
request
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27

as compared with the bulk OF the
mineral that must be washed to re-
cover the diamonds makes any oper-
alton on 4 small scale by primitive
washing plants improbable, yet
there have been some profitable finds
by these methods in the Pike County
diamond fields during the present
year.
On the eighteenth Of June John
Key, Of Murfreesboro, was sitting
diamond dirt" on the Mauney mine
in Section 81 and found a magnid-
cent white diamond weighing thir-
teen and a quarter carats. and on the
sixteenth Of August Reece Lamb,
washing with an ordinary meal
sieve, on the American mine in
Section "A, found a particularly fine
limpid white diamond Of several
carats which has been valued by
st. Louis experts at one hundred
and sixty-hve dollars a carat
The mineral, kimberlite, which
has been proven the matrix Of the
diamond both in Africa and Arkan.
sas, is a volcanic product whose erup-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27
Discovery of Precious Stone DEPOSIT

"On June IS, John
Key, of Murfrees-
boro, was sitting
diamond dirt and
found a magnih-
cent white diamond
weighing thirteen
and a quarter carats
Con August 10,
Reece Lamb, wash
ing with an or
binary meal sieve,
found a particularly
fine, lirnpid white
diamond of several
carats' weight, and
which experts val
ued at $I65 a carat. %
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27
GIVES OUT NUMBER
OF THE DELEGATES
VIII Require $40 to Make
Choice in the Repubi-
can Convention.
can COnVe

Omaha, Neb.. March 27.-The exact
humber Of delegates in the Republican
national convention is definitely fixed
by the statement oy Victor Rosewater,
acting chairman of the Republican ma
tiOnal committee.
In view Of many inquiries. it may
be stated officially that the number OF
delegates in the Republican national
convention under the call is 1918. max
ing 30 the necessary majority to nom
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27

pipes Of kimberlits in Pike County
approximate a total Of about one
hundred acres and have been proven
to extend vertically downward to IN
known depths. The softer surface
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-27
POPE'S CONDITION
REMAINS UNCHANGED

Rome Italy, March 27-The. condition
IT now Is expected me suspension OF
general audiences viii be extended un-
I'll after Easter so as TO give himi a
thorough rest.
me pope received cardinal CasimiO
Gennari. Mgr. SansOnf. bfsboD Of
Cetalu sicily, and Mgr. A. Secchetti.
bishop or smyrna With the latter he
mad long conversation regarding the
case of an attack by the Italian fleet.