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The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1913-10-24

unoficially. by the Americans
with profound interest and
with the desire that the construction
of a canal should be the work of the
United States. The thought of COM
munication between the oceans being
in European hands was distastefuI to
our statesmen.
In 1852, when the Panama railroad
was being built, a captain of a COM
pany in the Fourth regiment of in
fantry, Ulysses S. Grant. crossed the
isthmus at Panama on his way to the
new California post. An epidemic of
cholera broke out, costing the lives of
eighty men. and the general hard
ships of the transit deeply impressed
Captain Grant with the need of a bet
ter passage.
Several American exploring parties
had been on the isthmus, and in 1854
Lieutenant Arthur Strain, with TWEEN,
ty-seven companions. attempted to
penetrate the jungle. They got lost,
and after ninety days of living death
Strain and two or three of his men
reached Panama
President Lincoln in 1868. when he
was freeing the negro slaves, cast his
eyes upon the Cbiriqui province of Pan
anna as suitable place for colonizing
the negroes Of the south after the civil
war, but his untimely death prevented
the opportunity to work out the idea.
That Captain Grant who had cross
ed the isthmas in 1852 became presi-
dent in 1860, and the very same year
he directed General Stephen A. Hurl-
but to negotiate treaty with Colon
bia for a Panama canal. He knew
from experience how advantageous it
would be to his country. Such a
treaty was signed at Bogota on Jan.
26, 1870, but the United States senate
did not ratify it, and the senate of Co.
lombia mutilated it.
President Grant then sent Admiral
Ammen to Nicaragua to investigate
that route, more in pique at Colon
Aie than from a belief in its available
Colombia returned the feeling by
hing to the French and giving a
At the instance of Presi-
dent Grant the Panama route again
was surveyed by Commanders e. P.
Lull and r. 0. Selfridge, in 1875, but
from this time onward the French had
the center Of the stage
Their spread eagle operations served
to make the world and the Americans
q
plant proposition. The SDanish-Amer-
lean war. however. suddenly brought
the American people to a realization OF
the vital necessity, from a military
viewpoint alone, Of an interoceanic
canal
Day by day as the battleship Oregon
steamed around Cape Horn this lesson
was impressed upon the people. A
10000 mile journey could have been
saved by Panama canal The war
over and peace allowing the country
and the government to consider other
things, President Mckinley reorgan-
lied the isthmian canal commission
which he had appointed in 1897 WITH
the following personnel:
Admiral John G. Walker, chairman
Samuel Pasco, George S. Morrison
Lieutenant Colonel Oswald H. Ernst
q. S. A.: Colonel P. G. Hams, .. S. A.
Lewis NJ. Haupt. Alfred Noble, vii
liam II. Burr and Professor Emory Il
Johnson.
This commission was appointed IL
March, 1899, with instructions to In
yestigate all Central American routes.
The Wn9E4r. commission QnQf1aiG4D
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lax Collectors Notice.
r irSt Round

will be at the court house
every day except when filling other
appointments for the purpose of
collecting State ard County Taxes
Tor 1913. Ashton Tuesday Oct. 21st
10 to IL a. m.
Dicksons Mill Tuesday Oct 81,
l to 3 p. 10.
90 Bowen's Mill Wednesday Oct.
22nd 9 to II a. No.
Vaughn Wednesday Oct. 22nd.
l to 3 p. m.
Williamsons Mill Thursday Oct
23rd 10 to ~ noon.
+. M. Graham.
I. G. B. H. Co.
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Citation.
GEORGIA BEN HILL COUNTY:

GEORGIA BEN HILL COUNTY:
Mary Jane Lewis, having made
application for twelve months sup
port out of H. B. Lewis, and APP
praisers duly appointed to set
apart the same having filed their
return, all persons concerned are
hereby required to show cause be-
fore the court of Ordinary of said
county on the first Monday on
November 1918, why said applica-
ton should not be granted.
This October 9th, 1913.
G, M. Wise, Ordinary.
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Citation.
GEeRGIA-BEN HILL COUNTY.
IT. All VXTL1 IA NJ

To All Whom It May Concern:
M. j. Small having in proper
form applied to me for permanent
Letters of Administration on the
estate. of j. D. Small late of said
County this is to cite all and singu-
lar the creditors and next of kin of
j. D. Small to be and appear at
my Office within the time allowed
by law, and show cause, if any
they can. why permanent admins
tration should not be granted to
NJ. j. Small on j. D. Small's estate
. Witness my hand and official
signature, this 9th day of Oct. 1918.
c. M. Wise, Ordinary.
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Continued From Last Fridays Issue)

In 1890 an extension of ten years to
the time for completing the canal was
granted by Colombia, acknowledgements
1y extensions were permitted that ad-
vanced the life Of the concession until
Oct. 81, 1910. A new Panama Canal
company was organized in 1894. with
Il capital Of $13,000,OOO, and. while it
spent this amount and more, it never
attained the momentum Of the first
company. The maximum force under
the first company was 25,OOO men and
under the second regime 5000.
The total excavation by the French
in Panama was 100000 yards, of
which the first company took out 65,-
100000 yards, but out of all their work
only 29,90S000 yards were eHcavated
om the present American route. For
rs before the Americans came the
ehch did just enough work to keep
csleir concession alive.
The mechanical equipment we took
over from the French, the houses and
hospitals and especially the engineer
ing records were invaluable from the
start of American operations, and
much still is in use.
An effort was made by the French
company in 1898 to interest the United
States government in the enterprise,
provided permission could be secured
from Colombia. But this failed, and
the plan of 1903 for turning the prop
erty over to the United States was its
successor.
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Malaria or (,hiIIS g. Fever

Prescription No. 666 is prepared especially
TOR MALARIA or CAlLLS G. FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
if taken then as tonic the Fever will not
retHrn9 It acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not grippe or eicken. Csc
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FARMERS

We want TO buy your
COTTON, SEED COTTON
and COTTON SEED.
We will pay you the the
market price for same.
We will pay you 81 per
ton above the market price
for your COTTON SEED, and
will take the gin weights.
Yours For Business,
Baker Supply Co.
04-2t-a W-2mO.
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CHAPTER v.
The Roosevelt Impetus.

~OREIGN activities in Panama
were watched, officially and
unofficially, by the Americans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
LINOTYPE nAShlrlEs

The Age Heralds model newspaper plant Fifth avenue
acknowledged by experienced newspaper men to be the most
complete well the most compacty arranged in the south
completed and occupied in February 1870 and not an
issue Of the paper was making the transfer from the
old plant on Second avenue-whch had become entirely
inadequate to meet The AgeH Herad's constant growth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
PRESS ROOn

In designing the AgeHerald building artistic beauty
combined with utility most pleasing From base
ent to kyght every detail carefully thought out The
building reinforced concrete Of especially heavy
structon to carry without vibration the heavy machinery
the various floors Standard equipment of kind
stalled to facilitate daily publication of Alabama greatest
newspaper.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
DEATH CAME WITH PENSION.
Engineer, Rewarded for Long Service,
Killed as He Left Locomotive.

nHlnttE, hcWdTutU TOT IOIl9 SC'N'SSf
Killed as He Left Locomotive.
Irwin De Raney 60 years old, OF
2SO Park avenue, Hoboken, an engi-
neer on the Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western railroad, put up his engine
in the roundhouse at the Hoboken
terminal at $50 o'clock the other
night for the last time. for he was
going on the retired list with a pen
sion from the railroad company for
forty years of service unmarred by
an accident.
De Raney patted his engine good
bye and then started to cross the
railroad tracks, apparently intending
to make a short visit to his brother,
John, engineer of the Lackawanna
Limited, which was to pull out at 8
o'clock for Buffalo. He had not gone
very far, however, when an incom-
ing train bore swiftly down upon
him. Either the retiring veteran en-
gineer did not hear it, or he did
not have time to get out of the
way. He was struck by the engine,
killed instantly, and his body hurled
to one side of the track.
Yardmen and other employees who
soon formed a dense cluster around
the body failed to recognize it as
that OF De Raney The dead mans
brother, John, seeing the excitement
a little way out in yard, left the
big engine of the Lackawanna Limit
ed which was to start in few
minutes, and walked over TO the
group. He shouldered his way
through the press to the innermost
circle, and instantly recognized the
mangled body as that of his brother.
He was so unnerved by the sight
that a substitute engineer had TO
take out the Iackawanna Limited,
which was fifteen minutes late in
leaving.-New York Times.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
GREAT OIL FIELDS
IN CARTER COUNTY
HOTELS CANNOT HOLD CROWDS
THIS WINTER. EASIER MONEY
THAN IN OTHER FIELDS.

G. II. Lamb, an enthusiastic young
oil man who has contributed toward
development work in the Tulsa and
Gushing fields following his work in
promoting and building the Clinton,
Oklahoma and Western railroad, is in
Ardmore and has headquarters at the
Randol. Mr.. Lamb in speaking of oil
development here stated today that
the eyes of all the oil men of the state
are turned toward Ardmore, and the
hotels of this city will not be able
TO hold the crowds that will be here
this winter. Carter county field is
the most promising in the state for
two reasons: first they are good pro-
ducers and second they are not so
expensive to drill. Wells in the
Gushing field cost from $4,000 to S2O,-
900 while wells in the Carter county
field can be drilled at prices ranging
from $4,000 to $4,000 and that makes
a great deal Of difference in the cost
of development work. Ardmore Will
remain the center of the activity, as
the wells are brought in the fields ape
brought nearer this town, the trading
will be done here, this city will be the
home of the operators and the oper'
ators are the class that build the
cities. The Ringing road will run
special trains to the oil fields, going
out in the morning and back in the
evening. This city will be made the
supply town for one of the greatest
fields in the state and just how long
development work will be continued
no one is prepared to tell. When the
shallow sands are exhausted the wells
will be sunk to a depth of 1000 feet
or more where the oil men believe
that greater wells will be found. While
the shallow sands pay as well as
they are paying now, there is no de-
mand for deeper drilling.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
CLASS FACTORY
LOOKS PROMISING
J. r. HANSEN HERE FROM NE.
BRssKA--lNVEs EsTlGATES SILICA
DEPOSITS.

The probabilities are that glass
factory will be established in Ard
more this winter. j. F. Hansen, a
wealthy German glass manufacturer
of Grand Island, Neb., arrived here
today for the purpose of looking over
the glass saind deposits of the
county. Mr. Hansen said, "lf you
have the glass sand you are reputed
to have, shall build factory here.
If ! can get gas will use it as fuel,
if ! cannot get gas, then ! Will use
oil for fuel" The statement was
very plain that if the sand is here
the factory will be built, for the
fuel question is settled. Mr.. Han
sen left today for Provence, with a
letter from w. T. Roberts TO R. r.
Jones OF Provence asking Mr.. Jones
to show him the sand deposits Of
that portion of the county. Mr,
Hansen was also introduced to y.
H. Mccoy, who probably knows more
Of, the sand deposits here than any
other man. Mr. Mccoy gave him
what information he desired. Geolo-
gists who have gone over this coun-
~ report without an exception that
great deposits of glass sand are hare
and there is every reason to believe
that Mr.. Hansen will be able TO fad
all that he desires and that a fac
tory VII be built seems certain,
Mr.. Hansen does not only manutac-
ture glass, but he manufactures a
building material from the silica
which he says there is a great de-
mand for in the construction Of
handsome buildings.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
Bic DEAL WITH
SUN COMP ANY
ONE THOUSAND ACRES CHANGE
HANDS UNDER 30 DAY DRILL.
ING CONTRACT.

The Crystal Oil Co. of Ardmore,
which owns $500 acres of leases in
the oil fields about Healdton and
Joinor city, have leased 1000 acres
to the sun Oil Co, which is known
in Oklahoma as the Twin State OIL
Co. Under the terms of the con-
tract drlhng is to be begun within
thirty days, and four or five rigs
will be moved here from Wichita
Falls, Texas besides contracts VIII
be made with local drillers for other
wells. Mr.. Pew OF Philadelphia is
at the head of this company and
it means that pipe line Will be
built TO the fields, and the Mag
nolia Company, which has already
asserted that it will build a pipe
line into the fields, will have ccmpe-
tition. The oil men are pleased
with the new deal, as it will give
them a competing market for their
oil. Mr.. Pew will build from point
on his pipe line between the Electra
field and Port Arthur to Joiner City
and on TO Gushing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
Gypsy Oil Company.

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Crowley of
Tulsa are registered at the Whiting
ton and will remain here several days.
Mr.. Crowley is assistant to Murray
Doane who has charge OF the Gypsy
Oil Company properties in Oklaho'
ma. The Gypsy company has large
holdings in the field west OF Ard
more, they drilled a well near Fox
last summer and contributed their
part in the development Of the Carter
county fields The Gypsy people have
had a representative here for sew
eral weeks and while they have made
public no statements, it is certain that
this company will enter actively into
the development work here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
Road Supervisor.

w. F. Whitson who resides near the
Downward Mines and who has been
engaged in road work for the county
almost continuously since statehood,
has been appointed road supervisor
for Morgan township by the board of
county commissioners and will assume
his duties at once. There were a
number of the best men in the town
snip who were willing to take the
place and Mr.. Whitson says he will
prove to the commissioners that they
did not make mistake. He has re-
sided here for twelve years, he knows
the work he Is to do and will be
able to make a success Of it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
Women Petition For Mrs. Reuter-.

Tulsa, Okla, Oct. 6.-MoTed by sym
pathy number of Tulsa women Mon
day started circulation OF a petition
asking that Mrs. Laura Reuter- be
granted a new trial on the grounds
that the verdict is unjust They Will
be presented to Judge Henry Hudson
of the district court OF Washington
county just before he passes sentence
on the convicted woman next Wednes-
day. More than two hundred sigma
lures, principally those OF women
we're procured by the circulators of
the petitions Monday.
1t is reported here that women at
Bartlesvile, where the verdict aroused
considerable feeling, are launching a
similar campaign in an effort to pro-
cure freedom for the slain attorneys
wife.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
Not Hard TO Deceive Moslems.

Times have changed since Captain
Burton, 60 years ago, made pill
grimage to Mecca at the peril Of his
life. A recent account OF such a pill
grimage, by A. J. b. Wavell, says that
with a passable knowledge Of Arabic
and of Moslem ceremonial, and with
due precautions as to avoiding pill
Erlms from the country to which one
2retends to belong, "the pilgrimage to
Mecca may be made In disguise with
out running any risk worth mention
inS."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
Btop and read the Want Ads.
In Blaine County.

U. T.Rexroat is at home from
visit to Oklahoma City. He is q
member of company who has large
lease holdings near Watonga In
Blaine county and he is figuring with
C. NJ. Hapgood to place some rigs
in tho field. A deal has not been
closed. Mr.. Hapgood is preparing
to place three rigs in the Joiner
City field. Mr.. Rexroat stated that
no oil wells have been sunk in
Blaine county, but that surface in
dications are fine there and somo
wells dug for water to a depth cf
sixty feet produce nothing but oil.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
Arthur Keltner Married.

J. A. Keltner well known in Carter
and Love counties, was married re-
Gently 70 Miss Lulu Corbin, daughter
Of William Corbin who resides at Pom.
totoc in Johnston county. Guests at
the wedding included Capt. wv. II. H.
Keltner of Carter county, father OF
the bridegroom and his two sisters,
Mrs. Kinney and Mrs. Middleton OF
Ada. Mr.. and Mrs. Keltner have
gone on a trip to Galveston and ar
ter their return will make their home
at the Rock Hotel in Madill.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
FRESH OYSTERS DAILY At CITY
FISH MARKET.
Placed Under Arrest.

A warrant was sworn out yesterday
for the arrest of a Carter county cit
izen for leaving the carcass of a
horse on a public road and within
one-fourth Of a mile of a house. The
law requires that a carcass be buried
to a depth Of two and a-half feet or
cremated and If buried not in a ra
vine or in a stream Of water. The
maximum penalty for such violation
is six months in Jail or fine Of $500.
This is a law mat is likely to be
violated through ignorance.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
C.. M. Van PeIt Here.

Mr.. and Mrs. c, NJ. Van Pelt and
their little daughter Of Tulsa, are
in the city and will remain here for
an indefinite time. Mr.. Van Pelt is
head OF the leasing department Of
the Gypsy Oil Company. l.. r. Wal
lace, secretary-treasurer Of this com
pany has been in the Ardmore fields
for a number of weeks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07

Prof. G. c. Adams and family are
moving today from Provence to
Keller where on the 3rd OF Noyem-
Der he will begin on his fourth
years work as teacher Of the Keller
school. Prof. Adams is one of the
best teachers in the county and he
has pleased the Keller people so well
that he has refused to accept larger
schools and remains in the work
where he is pleased and where thd
people are pleased with him.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
-ELgGApAlc BREVlTIts.

New York, Oct. lit is estimated
that over $4,000 will see the begin
ming OF the world series btween the
Giants and Athletics. Betting fayors
the Giants slightly; the teams are
remarkably well matched this year
and the outcome depends on whether
the hard hitting of the Athletics can
overcome the stronger piuning Of
the Giants.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
POSTMASTER SHOT RoeeeR.
Hearing Noise Of Explosion, New York
Postmaster Shot Robber to Death.

Troy, n. Y, Oct Frank Stumpf,
postmaster at saltwater, near here,
was aroused this morning by an eX-
plosion in the post office near his res
dence. He seized a rife and fired al
random through the window beside
the safe. He killed instantly an un-
identified man who was attempting
TO rob the safe. The two other rob
bers escaped.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07

Not so many real estate mortgages
are beng filed these days. The tax
of fifty cents on the hundred dollars
will create a scarcity in real estate
mortgages. They will be taken only
as necessity requires them. This new
law became effective this month.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07

Roy NJ. Johnson, editor of the Ard
more Statesman, received today his
commission from Governor Cruce as
delegate from Oklahoma to the
Southern Commercial Congress which
convenes In Mobile, Ala, on October
q. for a session OF three days. Mr..
Johnson accompanied by Mrs. John
son, will attend.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
Fair Awards.

At the State Fair, Mrs. P. B. Tar
yer won first prize on sweet pota-
toes, T. ]. Chapman won first on
Bradley yams, Millard Wisdom won
second on sed corn and Earl Wyatt,
a small boy of Deese, won first on
his popcorn.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
Personals

Mrs. Z. c. Wymore. has returned
from visit TO the State Fair at
Oklahoma City.
Mis- Lavine Woods, confidential
clerk and stenographer to Governor
Cruce, is spending a few days With
home folks, while the governor IS
here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
District Court.

In the district court this morning
decree of divorce was granted
in the case Of Lulu VS.. George Cody.
At the noon hour arguments were
being heard upon a demurrer to the
complaint against the former county
commissioners.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07

Nothing rsjuvenates like marriage.
Look at Jane Towie. Jane was once
an old maid. Jake Hopkins took pity
on her and married her last year, and
three months ago, as everybody
knows, Jake fell of his barn and
killed himself while juggling with a
jug of applejack. And Jane, the plain
old maid, is now Jane. the dashing
young widow.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
Another chine,e Official.

Pekin, Oct. General L Yuen
lieng, provisional vice president was
today elected vice president for five
years by the two houses Of parlia-
ment.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07

Your telephone bill for the month
is past due; unless paid by 6 p. m.
Of the 10th, no discount will be al
lowed. Pioneer Telephone and Tele-
graph Co.-Adyertisement.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
JUNGLE TOMS CABIN" At TIE
ATORlUM TONIGHT.
$500 Pearl Stew,

Mansfield, O., Oct &C. E. Faber
of Shelby is $500 richer today as the
result of a purchase of an oyster stew
at a local restaurant last night.
The first oyster Faber put in his
mouth contained a pearl and the next
three oysters were similarly supplied.
He sold the pearls today for $500.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
Trades Council Tonight.

Ardmore Trades Council will meet
at Labor Hall at o'clock tonight.
Every union man in Ardmore Is
welcome. All unions are urged TO
have as many representatives as
possible present.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07
Rest.

Some doctors say that II a woman
could really rest until ten o'clock ev-
cry day she would add a decade to her
life Rest is the only thing that let's
US catch up with ourselves.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07

New York, oct. 7.-Nearly a thou
sand members OF the womans auXlia-
ry of the board OF missions OF the
Protestant Episcopal church met here,
preceding the general convention OF
the church to open tomorrow.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-10-07

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct schools
throughout the state are celebrating
James Whitcomb Rneys birthday TO-
day. The poet Will not tell mis- age,
but il is believed to be sixty.