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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-09-30
MCMILLAN.

Mcmillan, Okla, Sept 29.-We arc
having some bad, rainy weather since
about the 10th Of this month, with on.
| ly a few days of sunshine.
Cotton is being damaged from the
rains, and if it does not clear up pret.
ty soon, lots of it will be ruined
The farmers are somewhat blue
over the wather. While we have not
very much cotton at best, at the price
we are getting we can't afford to
lose it,
Several of our farmers carried cot
ton to Mannsville Saturday, for which
they received 14c. The roads are in
such bad shape, we cant get to
Madill.
Our gin has put up about 145 bales
to date, and it is doing fine work
We are having an election today
for the purpose of voting bonds to
build a court house which is badly
needed.
Born-to Mr.. and Mrs. c. +. Carter.
a fine boy, on the 25th. Mother and
babe doing nicely.
Mr. Joe Holt from Tyler was in town
today.
Our roads are getting in bad shape
this rainy weather
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-09-30

GOVERNMENT SALE OF TIMBER
LANDS. There will be offered at
public auction at the places and times
herein named at not less than apprai-
ged valuations about 1219,0OO acres
of timber lands with standing timber
thereon, which includes about 1913.
eonoVO feet OF pine, as estimated in
l9ll and approximately 1i1.3o9, COO
feet OF hard wood, located in the
Choctaw Nation, southeastern Okla.
hOma. Sales will be held at ldabel
January 9Th, Hugo January Sth, Po-
teau January 18th, Wlburton Janu-
ary 18th and McAlester January 18th.
'9li Bids may be submitted either
I'm person or by agent with power of
attorney. Land and timber will be
sold together. Land classed as
agrlcultural land will be offered IN
tracts not exceeding 1GO acres. other
lands in tracts not exceeding Gao
acres, and not more than 100 acres
of agricultural land nor more than
Cneilfth of the total OF non-agriCu.-
tural lands will be sold to any one
person. Terms % per cent cash,
balance in three annual installments
of % per cent each with interest, but
payments may be completed any
time. Immediate possession given af
land not required. Removal of por.
tiOns of timber permitted as paid
for. The improvements on land con
ter approval of sale. Residence on
ssting Of a few scattered houses will
la q al ~ cold with, Loud ID
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-09-30
PROV VENCE.

Provence, Okla, Sept 29--Lots of
rain, mud and cold winds down our
way the past week
Most of us have been busy building
fires and looking up our last winters
OvercOats.
The weather has been too bad for
cotton picking, so the gin is at a
Standstill
Mr. Williams, our gin man, has Il
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-09-30

Stop ana read the want Ads.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-09-30
Wonderful "Water Vine.r

One of the wonders of the Guate
mala jungle is the water vine" q
black, snakelike, leafless stem. drop
ping from the ceiba and mahogany
trees to which it has climbed. 1t is
said to contain a quart of water to
every foot When the stnm is cut the
water spur.s forth in refreshing
stream. Moisture is drawn up from
the soil, and filtered through the pores
of the plant.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-09-30
Oil Good for LInoIeupo

To keep linoleum that has worn
bare from showing every track use in
the water that you wash it with any
kind of oil. 1t saves a great deal OF
labor as the floor will need washing
only once a week, and 1t also keeps
down the dust wonderfully.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-09-30

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-09-30

1t Is not known who were the first
norseshoers, but historians declare
that the Gauls before the Christian era
were the first to apply artificial pro.
lection Of the hoof The art was first
introduced into England by William
the Conqueror, who lived during the
years lO27-lOS7.-Horseshoer's Jour.
nal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-09-30
Safest Laxative for Women.

Nearly every woman needs a good
laxative. DR. Kings New Life Pills
are good because they are prompt,
safe. and do not cause pain. Mrs.
NJ c. Dunlap of Leadill. Tenn. SAYS:
DR.. Kings New Life Pills helped
her troubles greatly" Get a box TO-
day. Price 25c. Recommended by
Ringer Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-09-30
UTILIZING Air SPACE.

1t is proposed to span a 2.5OO-foot
gully at Akron. Ohio, by the erection
of series Of Industrial buildings, tho
roofs of which are to be used as a
passageway.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-09-30

IF 1t wasn't for car fare and lunch
con" says a ba2heIor, IA woman
wouldn't have any need of money
when she goes shopping" But every
married man knows better-Chicago
News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-09-30

Tho ancient Arabic alphabet con.
sisted of "a letters. to which four
more have since been added. The
Turkish consists of 80. the Russian of
80, the Spanish of q, the Italian of 20,
the Latin Of 22 and the French of %
letters.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-09-30

casual ohserve, ana rpch to instruct
,b, MAN ~. .,,,,,,, ,,.,o aosir,s f., oat
bottor l.,o,.Iodao an. understand.
inr of his busiposs Thorn will ho
comnIeto cro,morv IN rul opera.
t,p r,,l.inc about ron no,rds ot
hnttor . doy ,rring tho on,ire lenotb
q, tho Fair also comnIeto WORKING
ica creo,, f,ctory ,r,dal dairy. of
twenty COWS will be operated adjoiu-
ing the dairy building. and the cows
Will he MIXED by the Sharp mechan-
cal milking machine. and the milk
will be separated by cream separator.
the cream being placed in the ripen-
ing watts, and the butter churned by
the latest and most improved machi.
cry \ model dairy house suitable
to the needs of the dairymau has been
constructed on the interior OF the dairy
building by the De Laval Separator
co" ana jhere butter making from the
dairymans standpoint Will be demon
strated. students or the Agricultural
and Mechanical College OF Texas Will
do the actual work OF butter making
IN Doth the creamery butter depart
ment ana IN the dairy butter depart
meht ANY one desiring plans OF the
model dairy house may receive the
same free OF charge by applying to
! the superintendent,
There will be competitive con
| test for the economical production OF
| milk and butterfat during the il
| days of the test, and here one will find
the very best dairy animals in the
state. Students of the \. q NJ Col
lege will have competitive butter
scoring and live stock Judging con
test, and finally, the most important
of all the competitive butter scoring
contest, open to the world.
The butter scorino will ne in charge
of an expert of the federal dairy di-
vision who ,,il scoro each antrv and
comment on the Improvement of each !
package. This expert is man OF
national reputation whose daily work |
it is to grade the butter offered for
sale in the great markets OF the couh-
try. The opinion of man of this
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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-03-07
biscuits Is Biscuits" Is the Impression Abroad

WHAT IS a biscuit? There has been
w an impression abroad that bis.
cults is biscuits" and that that let
them out, but German customs oii-
cials have found a biscuit is:
"A fine bakers product, sweetened
and favored, and should, therefore,
come under a particular heading Cor
import duty"
And, In consequence of this epicu-
rean definition, importers Of American
biscuits In the Fatherland are forced
to pay a prohibitiye duty. So high
has this duty been set that one i'm
porter has made protest to Ambas-
sador G. A. Leishman at Berlin that
the matter be taken up by the state
department
Many weighty problems have left
their indent on the massive brows of
the shippers of our ship of state. But
the latest problem is one that will
force them to get down on their knees
and scrub out the cellars of their in
tellects. What is beer?" What is a
Democrat?" What is whisky?"-they
have all been answered. But now
comes a proposition of preponderant
pourousness, and 1t is up to the state
department officials either to substan-
tiate the good old Century diction-
ary, or to agree In the German YER
sion The Century dictionary gives
this press notice on Biscuits:
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-03-07
White House Housekeeper Wins Name and Fame

Multimillionaires who pay their chefs
$4,000 yearly are not able to match
the product Of the White House kitch-
ems and millionairesses who have aim
ed to make good by living up to the
maximum that the way to a mans
heart is through his stomach" cast en-
vious eyes upon the way things are
done at the home of the president.
Caterers who previous to the com
ing of Mrs. Taft had found the White
House their best patron. bewailed the
lost trade. No matter how perfect
their wares they had no sale at the
White House, where Mrs. Jaffray's
management made 1t possible for
home cooking" to hold the boards
against all comers. The biggest fete
planned, as for instance, the silver
wedding celebration of the President
and Mrs Taft, as well as the tiniest
luncheon served, were provided for
down in the big White House kitch-
ems. 1t was all done so easily that
It looked like child's play Mrs. Jaff-
ray worked out a tentative menu and
presented it to Mrs. Taft. Mrs. Taft
made whatever additions or elimina-
tions she wished and returned the
menu to Mrs. Jaffray with the num-
ber Of possible guests to be served.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-03-07

The complaint that colleges are
moving too rapidly away from the old
learning is one very frequently heard
IN our day Many people have at
tributed this drift to the fact that
undergraduates are permitted to map
out their own courses Of study, and
20 do this under the influence OF a
delusion that only the so termed
practical" subjects are apt TO prove
of any service to them in after life.
says the Boston Herald Hence the
classes in accounting, or in industrial
chemistry. or in political science are
large enough TO tax the capacity OF
college lecture rooms, while profes-
sors of Greek o, Sanskrit discourse
to half empty benches on the beau
ties OF the "Odyssey and the aphor-
!sms OF the Rig Veda But the ex-
perience Of the university extension
courses which have been offered in
Boston during the last three or four
years seems to prove that the supe'
rior magnetism of the so-called bread
and butter studies is just as pro
nounced in the outer woyld as it is
within the college gates.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-03-07
Hohwayman, Dressed as Woman, Aids in Hod-Up

T WO highwaymen. one attired as a
stylish young woman, held up
John McLain OF 1108 Florida avenue
Northeast, he told the police OF the
Ninth precinct the other night, and
at the point of revolver demanded
his cash and jewelry
McLain was going to his home,
when he was accosted at Montello
avenue and Morse street Northeast
bv two men, one dressed in woman's
clothes. Both had their faces smear
ed with lampblack. The one in mans
clothes pointed a revolver at McLain,
and demanded his money. He only
had 25 cents, so the highwayman took
that, and pointing his revolver at NC
Lain told him to beat It," McLain
did.
Hastily turning corner, he met Po-
iicernan Steele about to mount the
steps of the Ninth precinct station.
"Theres couple OF hold-ups down
the street" he yelled. at Steele. The
bluecoat spled the pair about four
blocks away and started after them
on the double-Quick The two heard
his footsteps and vanished around a
corner. No more was seen Of them.
Before they disappeared, however,
Policeman Steele saw the woman"
pick up "her" skirts and dc 100 yards
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-03-07
COST is $3OO,OOO,OOO

thrust that unfortunate municipality
into a deficit of $170O00,00O. Both
views-and every sort OF intermediate
view-are held violently and convul-
sively by men of equal sincerity. intel
ligence and conservatism.
The only other undertaking financed
by a city which comes within shouting
distance of the subway plan for sheer,
brazen immensity is the Catskill wa
terworks system. which New York
city is building in a modest, depre-
eating sort of way, so that one hard
ly hears Of 1t. When this is cOmplet-
ed, which will be in three years or so,
its chain OF reservoirs will be fed by
GAG miles of water shed The IS by
II foot tunnel, which will deliver 5O0.-
100000 gallons OF water a day to New
York city, will be go miles long I'm
der Storm King and the Hudson river
it will be LOO feet deep. For miles
It will range between 700 and 500 feet
below the city's doorsteps. 1t will
cost $780, 100000 or thereabouts, and
will supply the needs of the city for the
next generation, just as it is hoped
that the new subway can be stretched
to fit the straphangers demands for
half a century. The two enterprises,
forced by conditions upon the city,
will cost S500,000,O00.
1t should be noted that New York's
net funded debt is 1874, ,949, ,404-as-
sessed against 100000 people-on
which the annual interest is S35,473,-
6S5. The total debt of tie nation is
81 ,027, ,575, ,00O on which interest
amounting only to s22, $4,000 is paid,
and which is shared by 9G,OO0,O0O peo-
pie.
Superlatives seem to be justified.
The present subway was built to
carry 10000 people daily. 1t is carry
ing two and one-half times that num-
Der, thanks to the straphanging genius
Of the New Yorker.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-03-07
DIVORCE IN DECLINE.
Los Angeles Plan Lowers Rec
ordS in Court so Per Cent.
Homes Are Not Broken Up and City
Enforoes Payments Of Alimony,
and Soon Husbands and
Wives Make Up.

Los Angeles, Cal,-That 90 per cent
On the cases of trouble between man
and wife, which formerly would have
ended in divorce and the breaking up
OF home, now end IN reconciliation
under the system of "divorceless" all
mony, is the statement of Hugh c.
Gibson, chief probation officer; and
that much larger percentage could
be saved from divorce II a larger stan
and more means were obtainable is
the opinion he advances as result
OF trying this system for two years.
The "diyorceless" almony Consists
in the payment of alimony without di-
vorce proceedings, and has been in
effect since January /, 1911, when II
became a law that failure to provide
IS felony. Before that time the only
redress woman had on this ground
was divorce Now she may apply to
the courts or the probation depart
ment, il there are children, on the
ground Of felony-and hubby" must
pay up. the alternative being the rock
pile.
And II he goes on the rock pile a.
e1.S0 a day--more than the average
mGH makes, according to Glbson-the
court collects the entire amount and
pays It to his wife and children.
Il believe fully half our cases are
saved from divorce now" said Mr..
Gibson. IN a year we must average
500 cases where there IS failure to
provide; We easily save 250 out of
that number from divorce. Unless
the trouble is very real and hard
& mans heart IS apt to soften toward
his wife and babies within few
months, and in five per cent. Of the
cases, within sixty or ninety days he
makes oyertures of peace and effects
a reconciliation. OF course We con-
tinue 70 keep supervision over the
families-particularly il there are
children. And sometimes the peace
business doesn't GO, and they are back
on our hands; but usually II sticks,
and instead OF a divorce a ruined home
and children without a father. there is
q happy home with everything as it
should be.
In the last year we have handled
approximately $4,000 in this divorce.
less alimony money. We cannot take
more than sixty per cent OF mans
earnings, and we have no set ratio
The amount IS fixed in accordance not
only with what he makes but with his
wife's condition, the number of chill
dren, and other matters affecting their
needs.
Gould we handle other specific di-
gorce charges, such as drunkenness.
or 'afinities, and save fifty per cent?
I don't know about the fifty per cent,
because we haven't experimental, but
we certainly could prevent many cases
OF divorce-many cases"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-03-07

in about ten fat. Underneath the
skirts "she" had ON serviceable pair
of trousers.
McLain expressed doubt as to his
ability to identify the pair should they
be arrested. He said the lampbIack
they had on their faces made it diff
cult to remember their features. In
addition, the beskirted member OF the
team had on heavy veil.
A blue broadcIoth suit, furs and
muff, tan shoes, and big black pic
ture hat comprised the attire OF the
one who masqueraded as a woman.
The police are wondering just what
the game was.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-03-07
H0BOES THREW J. E. HOW OUT
They Didn't Like the Millionaire Lead
er's Ideas Of PhilanthroPy--A
"Ph!losophicsl Anarchist"
How Says.

New OEeans.-James Eads How OF
st. Louis, the self,styled millionaire
hobo leader" who first organized the
Casual, Unskilled and Migratory
Workers of the World" and called the
FIRST national hobo convention, was re-
pudiated as a leader by the hoboes in
convention here recently. How tried
to inject socialism into the proceed
ings and was told to get out.
Tired of How and the fight between
him and President JEFF Davis over the
question Of socialism, the hoboes broke
up the convention of the "Internation-
al Brotherhood Welfare Association,
threw How and his principles out and
organized a hobo mass meeting
How said he was not a Socialist, but
merely a philosophical anarchist -
and tried to tell the delegates that
JEFF Davis was himself dyed-in-the-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-03-07
INTEMPERANcE.

Intemperance in speech is compara'
BILE with intemperance In any other
form. A man may easily be trans
ported TO the vanishing point OF so
briefly by the passionate momentary
impulse for which he is remorseful
when Il lie too late That experience
has just befallen a clergyman OF this
city. who. In default OF any clear
and accurate apprehension OF the
facts. took It upon himself TO de-
nounce the conduct OF private social
gathering The clergyman has made
an honorable and manful retraction
OF his remark, says the Philadelphia
Ledger. II is a commentary upon the
Eensation-seeking nature OF some peo-
pie that the church was flled to over
flowing 70 hear the apology-but, at
any rate, the public recantation oc-
CURED as promised The misfortune
IS that - was necessary. The clergy
man In particular, from the sancity
and authority OF his office is bound to
measure his words and consider their
possible effect upon those whom he
is addressing II the pulpit gives him
a unique opportunity, It gives him al
so supreme responsibility, Nero
uniformed lnvective from the pulpit
against overelaboration in social en-
tertalnment Is likely to have no furth-
er result than to create class hatred
shd 90 stir up blind Giscontent which
mSy overstep the boundary Of ironi-
cal commentary
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-03-07

wool Socialist. The hoboes. however.
howled How down and stood by Davis.
Down with How and his postage
stamp philanthropy, he has never CIV
en- us any Of his mythical millions" ,"
shouted Davis, and the hoboes yelled.
This amt no political hot air gang, "
shouted one Of the delegates, 'and we
amt going to let you fellows spoil our
convention"
President Davis said the convention
had been called 10 consider the well
fare of the boys who are up against
it" and he did not believe they should
be forced to listen to a lot Of rot
about socialism from those who have
axes TO grind"
After appropriat'ng one dollar for
the purchase of tobacco for hoboes in
Jail here the convention adjourned to
meet in the open air on the river
front the following afternoon.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-03-07

~ kind of hard, dry bread. consist
ing Of -four, water, or milk, and salt.
and baked in thin. fiat cakes. The
name is also extended to similar ar
ticles very variously made and flaw
ored. See cracker"
The German importers Of American
biscuits say that our biscuits ought to
be classed as "Einfaches backwerk,
and taxed accordingly. They hold that
our biscuits are not sweetened or
favored, but that Shakespeare was
thinking about American biscuits
when he wrote:
"As dry as the remainder biscuit
after q voyage"
The state department hasn't heard
from Ambassador Leishman yet, but
expects to at any time, and officials
are getting ready for an international
tussle over the dictionary.
They may ask counter-question:
What is a pretzel?"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-03-07

VIZ TASHINGTON.-Th electric car,
w or better, the electrified car, that
runs back and forth across the Penn
sylyania avenue bridge and for some
distance up Pennsylvania avenue ex'
tended is a relic. When you enter
this car there is something reminis'
cent about 1t. sort Of sensation that
carries you back to youth You can
not at first tell Just what II is. but
there is a familiar tone that watts
your memory back to the time when
the boundary was actually the north
ern boundary of the city, when there
were old-fashioned residences on +
street and few stores on Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets. when the only
shopping district was Seventh street
and Market space, when there were
no very tall buildings, no automobiles
and no ail-night lunch houses, and so
many other things TO which we have
become so accustomed that they some
times seem to have been always with
us.
When you enter this car you note
that It is only half as large, or
fourth as large as the average run Of
the heavy and noisy cars on the main
lines There are only six windows on
each side Of this little car. and a low
bench or side seat runs along each
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-03-07

VET INERS and diners at the capital
w who are fond of good things to
cat and have palates hard to please,
are beaming because Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson has retained Mrs. A. J. Jaffray,
the Canadian woman who for the past
four years has served as housekeeper
at the White House.
Few If any OF Mrs. Jaffray's admir-
ers know her personally It's her
works that have won her name and
fame. The presiding genius of the in
terminable series of feats which mark
ed the progress Of the Taft admins
tration, Mrs. Jaffray has earned a
place in history. The cuisine of the
Taft regime has become famous for
its excellence and the manner of fete-
giving at the White House is the envy
of the smartest hosts at the capital.