The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-04-13
SENATORS
VISIT ARDM0RE
ARE TAKEN ON AN AUTO TRIP
OVER THE clTY-WILL BE
BACK HERE TONIGHT.

Members of the Senate Building
committee arrived in Ardmore from
Oklahoma City Saturday at one
o'clock. In the company were Sen
ators Barrett, Dutton, Aycock, Nc
Clintic, Shaw and Sorrells and Mrs.
Aycock and Mrs. Barrett. They were
met here by a number OF Ardmore
citizens and taken to the Gem Cafe,
where they were served luncheon.
After the lunch hour they were driven
over the city. The first trip was made
to the state Confederate home. This
was done that they might be accom-
panied by Col. r. A. Sneed of Lawton
who is a member of the state Con-
federate home board and who left
town for his home at Lawton at )
o'clock in the afternoon After leav-
ing the home they visited the county
court house, in which the senator's
were particularly interested, for the
reason that Tishomingo granite was
used in its construction. The new
High school building was visited and
a tour of the city was made. Secre-
tary West of the Commercial club,
who learned of the coming of the
committee, had arranged with a num-
ber of citizens to meet them at the
station upon their arrivsi. Several
owners of cars, including Robert f.
Scivally, John e. McCarty, Judge Har-
beld, Judge Davis, w. H. Rogers,
W.. s.. Fraley, met them and took
them on a drive over the city
The committee left here at four
O'Clock Saturday afternoon for Tish-
omfingo, where they will visit the
granite beds of the city and remain
there until seven O'Clock Sunday eve
ming when they will leave for Okla |
homa City. En- route to the capital !
tkey will arrive in Ardmore over the |
Rock Island at $3.50 Sunday night and |
will remain here until the midnight |
train leaves for Oklahoma City. An |
informal reception will be held at |
the Wilmington hotel Sunday
evenin, where all ladies' and |
gentlemen OF the city who desire
to meet the senators and their ladies' |
are invited to come. Senator Barrett,
chairman OF the committee, said the
party OF senators had their working
clothes on, that they did not desire
to have any formal reception but that
they would be glad to meet the peo-
pie of Ardmore In an informal way.
The Tishomingo people desire to
have their granite used in the con-
structiQn of public buildings in tie
state and the city is paying the ex-
penses of the committee to visit the
granite beds to see their material.
The citizens of Granite, Okla, have
invited the same committee to visit
their town for the purpose of invest-
eating the merits of their granite and
a trip to Granite will be made later
Tishomingo has very fine building
granite, it has been thoroughly tested
and the state could not find a better
material than Tishomingo has to offer.
The oId Chickasaw capitol was butt
Of it, bank building in Tishomingo
was built of it, some of it was use
in the construction of the Carter
county court house and it's appear
'nce is very pleasing to/the eye and
t bears every indication that it will
stand as long as the country stands
and that is about long enough to sat
sly any committee from the state
senate or of any body of American
lawmakers.