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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-20

the old MuskOgee hotel in 1904 Whel
the hotel was built public contribu
tion was taken to pay for the con
struction. The money raised in this
manner did not prove sufficient how
ever to defray the expenses and {
loan was made on it from the FRS
National Bank. The money obtained
in this way amounted to about $4,000
and the loan was carried until the
hotel was sold in 1907. When the no
tel, which is now known as the Tur
ner hotel, was sold, it carried a mort
gage but the loan has never been
paid
c. n. Haskell made second loan
of the bank May 10, 1911, for the
sum of $l0,6O0. 1t is here that the
trouble seems to have originated The
attorneys for the plaintiff, Zeyely
Givens and Stout, state that in ne
gOtiating this loan Mr.. Haskell merely
added the amount to the previous
loan of the Muskogee hotel. They
declare that this new loan, together
with the hotel loan of $4,000, and the
interest accumulated in the past eight
years amounted to $4,000.
Kistler and Haskell, attorneys for
the defendant, assert that when c.
y. Haskell went to the bank to make
the loan of $1O,GOO the bankers in.
sisted that he take over the indebted.
ness Of the hotel which he was in
terested in at the time the indebted
ness was acquired. They declare that
he was forced to take the papers
under duress since he needed the
money and could not get it unless he
consented to their demands.
Haskell states that he has never re-
Ceived but $10,6OO from the plaintiff
and if they charge him $4,000 they
would be violating the state banking
law by charging usury Mr.. Haskell
offered in court to pay the amount
of what he claims to be his only debt,
$1O,6OO, and the interest thereon but
the bank refused to accept the money.
Judge r. p. DeGraffenried, presid-
ing over the case, continued the case
until 9 o'clock this morning. 1t is
doubtful if the case will 90 to the
jury before night.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-20
STAR ROUTE MAIL LETTINGS
Post Office Department.

Washington, D. c., Oct %, 1873
Proposals will be received at the Of,
flee of the fourth assistant postmaster
general, post Office department, until
4:3O p. m. of January 20, 1914, for
carrying the mails of the United
States from July /, 1914, to June 30,
1918, upon the star routes in the
States of Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas,
Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South
Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyo-
ming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arzo-
ma, Utah, Idaho, Washington, oregon,
Nevada, California, and Hawaii as
specified in pamphlet advertisements
of this date.
List routes, forms of proposals and
bonds, and all necessary information
will be furnished upon application
to the fourth assistant postmaster gen.
eral, Washington, d. c.
A. S. BURLESON,
Postmaster General.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-20

Of . or more mills, that cannot main
tain an eight-months' term of school,
a sufficient amount will be paid, based
on the salary of teacher or teachers
to extend the term to eight months.
If, in any of these districts, a levy
of more than five mills is made, the
amount will be increased by premium
of per cent for each additional mill
levied.
Minority schools will receive aid
for term equal to that given to the
majority school in same district.
8. Any balance remaining after dis
tribution has been made or provided
for in accordance with the foregoing
paragraphs, will be distributed out
side Incorporated towns or cities on
per capita basis, in accordance
with the state enumeration of all
pupils of school age.
Respectfully,
JNO. r. BROWN,
Supervisor
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-20

humility before her great brain, trust
and love in her vast heart
No one is so consummate an ass
as the one who thinks he knows it
all-Chicago News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-20
EAST INDIA STRIKE
STILL SPREADING
PRACTICALLY 10000 MEN IN MA.
tai QUIT WORk-lLL FEELING
is AROUSED.

Durham, Natal Union of South AT.
rica, Nov 1S.-The strike of East In.
dian laborers spread today to the south
coast. Practically every one of the
100000 workmen of East Indian blood
in Natal had quit work at noon.
Thus far the strikers have been
comparatively peaceble, but serious
disorders may break out at any mo.
ment
Ill feeling among the East Indians
has been considerably augmented by
the death from flogging of a laborer in
the coal mining town of Dundee, %
miles north of Ladysmith, and the
arrest of 1000 East Indians who at.
tempted to cross the border from the
Transvaal into Natal.
The federal law of the Union of
South Africa prohibits the emigration
of Asiatics from one state to another.
The 1000 East Indians from the
Transvaal had planned a demcnstra.
tion in sympathy with the strikers in
Natal
The strike has already paralyzed
industry throughout Natal. The East
Indians do practically all the labor
in Natal, including that of the farms,
the railroads, the sugar tea and wat
tale plantations and the mines. Most
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-20

of the mechanics and servants are
also ot this race.
All the strikers have refused to pay
their poll tax Of Sl5 per head.
The most alarming menace is the
likelihood that the strike will spread
to the other states of South Africa.
The government is disinclined to de-
clare a martial law as the employment
of Imperial troops for the suppression
of the trouble among the East Indians
would be almost certain to cause a
movement of discomfort in British
India, where the native peoples are
already considerably irritated over the
treatment of East Indians in the Brit
ish colonies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-20
WISER We GROW
LESS We KNOW
SCIENTISTS STILL IN DARK AND
DISCOVER MORE MYSTERIES
EVERY DAY.

The most striking thing about a
really learned man is not the extent
q. his knowledge, but the extent Of his
admitted ignorance The wiser a per
son is the greater the number Of
things he doesn't know
The more universally cocksure and
we'll informed one seems the more like
j. it is that he is humbug.
How little has science made inroad
uoou that stupendous and limitless
uoscience that surrounds it as the
stellar universe enfolds the tiny earth
Sir Oliver Lodge the other day, at
the meeting of the British association,
spoke Of the mystery Of sex determi-
nation Spite of all claims, We know
little more today than did the cave
men why one child is born Il boy and
another girl, and why ;he world
ratio keeps about the same.
Sir Oliver also expressed his vol
der that some plants bore both nale
ana female flowers. He sad the same
sap comes into the stem hrt just at
that junction who're differently seNcd
flowers branchrd away from each eth
er there must be some profound
change in the sap.
81 don't know what it is, and mi
croscopes tell me nothing about it,
he continued. "Perhaps if physiolo-
gists could find out just what happens
in that little plant joint they would
get some clew to the reason why
some human beings are born boys and
others girls"
He might have pushed further his
point of wonder. How comes it that
the earth juices make here white
flower and there a red?
How is a huge oak all folded in
little acorn?
How can nature make the peach,
full of juice and Cased SO closely in
the thinnest of fuzzy skin that never
leaks?
How does blood food here create
hard finger nail there hair, and
there a stony tooth?
What is electricity? We know
something of how it acts. But what is
lit? We know little more of it than
does a savage.
What is life? What is the secret
force that transforms in a triae a
living dog that eats his en- comment
into a dead dog whose environment
eats him?
What is love? Why does this wom-
an thrill you and that one ave yen
cold or repel you?
What is conscience, that worlds
policeman that urges rs on to what
we think right and affrights us at what
we think wrong?
What is truth? What is personality?
What is being?
And these questions are not re-
mote, academic quesuons not such
things as Huxley called lunar poll
tics" but they touch the very near
est and dearest regions Of every mans
life.
We are but dust notes in the sun
beam of the infinite. We cling ike
oysters to our little point in the bed
Of the vast ocean Of mystery.
All about us in nature, her mind a
galaxy of secrets, her thoughts far
and strange as the procession Of the
suns.
Nothing befits us, her children, so
much as reverence for her purposes,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-20
NOSE CLOGGEO UP FROM COLD
OR CATARRH OPENED At ONCE

dissolyes by the heat Of the nostrils;
peuetrares and heals the iniamei,
swollen membrane which lines the
nose, head and throat; clears the air
passages; stops nasty discharges and
feeling Of cleansing, soothing relief
comes Immediately.
Don't lay awake tonight struggling
for breath, with head stuffed; nos
trils closed, hawking and blowing. Ca
tarrh or a cold, with its running nose,
foul mucous dropping into the throat,
and raw dryness is distressing but
truly needless.
Put your faith-just once-in Ely's
Cream Balm and your cold or ca
catarrh will surely disappear
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-20
Can Get Three Crops on Same Land

Guthrie, Okla, Nov. l9.-By sowing
oats that will harvest the last of May
and then disking the land and plant
ing cow-peas, which will mature by
the last of August, farmer can get
three crops off the same tract of land
annually, according to Fred l., Wen
ner, farmer and secretary of the Guth
rie chamber of commerce. The third
crop, says Wenner, will be oats pasture
that will be ready for grazing in Oc'
tober and November. When the ground
is disked it reseeds the land to oats
from the first crop. Wenner has a
fine field of oats for winter pasture
now.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-20
Our Best Seller.

We are selling more Of Meritol Ec.
lena Remedy than all the others put
together This large sale is due to
the fact that it is a preparation of
unusual merit, made expressly for
one purpose, eczema in its various
forms. If you are afflicted with this
loathsome disease do not delay us
ing Meritol Eczema Remedy. F. j.
Ramsey, Exclusive Agency.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-20
Savcc His Eoot.

H. d. Ely of Bantam, o., suffered
from horrible ulcer on his foot for four
years. Doctor advised amputation, but
he refused and reluctantly tried Buck
lens Arnica Salye as a last resort. He
then wrote; I used your salye and
my foot was soon completely cured
Best remedy for burns, cuts, bruises
and eczema. Get a box today. Only
25c. All druggists or by mail. II. E.
Bucklen G. Co., Philadelphia or St.
Louis.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-20
HASKELL SUED ON
AN OLD DEBT
EX-GOVERNOR DECLARES THE
SUM NOW ASKED FOR LOAN
CONSTITUTES USURY.

Muskogee, Okla, Nov. ia great
legal battle is being waged in the
district court in the case between the
First National Bank and the Indiano-
la Construction company, OF which
former Governor c. n. Haskell is the
president. The case was filed May s,
1912. The bank is suing for the sum
of $25 1000 which it is alleged is due
them from the company.
The case dates back to the time Cf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-20

Torpid liver, constipated bowels and
disordered stomach are the causes OF
these headaches. Take DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, you will be surprised how
quickly you will get relief. They
stimulate the different organs to do
their work properly. No better regula-
tor for liver and bowels. Take 25c and
invest in box today. At all drug
gists, or by mail. n. E. 5uckIen &
Co., PhiIade Iphia and ST. Louis.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-20
In Ore Minute Your Stufy Nose and
Head Clears, Sneezing and Nose
Running Cease, Dull Headache
GOeS

Try "Ely's Cream Balm
Get a small bottle anyway just to
try it--Apply little in the nostrils
and instantly your clogged nose and
stopped-up air passages of the head
will open; you will breathe freely;
dullness and headache disappear. by
morning the Catarrh, cold-in-head or
catarrhal sore throat will be gone
End such misery now. Get the small
bottle of 'Ely's Cream Balm at any
drug store. This sweet, fragrant balm
pntrats ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-20
Riotinq in Ladysmith.

Ladysmith Natal, Nov. 19.-About
900 East Indians started rioting here
this afternoon. Their leaders claim.
ed they were entitled to equal rights
with white men. Mounted police fl
nally dispersed the mob, but the East
Indians appear to be dangerously in.
famed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-11-20

-Meritol White Liniment is
splendid application for Sort Throat,
Cold on the Lungs, Group and Pains
in the Chest. Saturate piece Of
flannel cloth with the Liniment and
use as a plaster. 1t is very penetrat-
ing and effective F. J. Ramsey, Ex-
elusive Agent.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-17
HIS USUAL FEE.

At the recent homeopathic .conven-
ton at the Delaware Water Gap, Dr..
August Korndoerfer, Jr., told story
about brother specialist, who is an
authority on the stomach.
Blank" he said, was travelling in
the west, where they are all great
jokers. AS a western country club a
jovial looking stranger accosted Blank
and said:
"Dr Blank, / believe?
eyes, sir; thank YOU
"'The great DR.. Blank?
"Well, er-I-well, yes, l have
been called-er-by that name
"'The DR.. Blank who treats stom-
achs?'
Precisely, sir
"'Then, Dr. Blank, as it's the lunch
con hour and our table d'hote is ex-
cellent, I wish you'd treat mine!" said
the joker.
CDR. Blanks veins, as we all know,
run rich with generous sporting blood,
and he treated the stranger-an ami
able western millionaire, as it turned
QUITO lunch. But he got his re-
venge. Later on in the afternoon he
approached a group of men with a
roll of small bills in his hand.
HAS anybody here, he said, got a
ten spot?'
1.-THE western joker promptly pro
duced a $40 note and handed 1t to
Blank. Blank thanked him, thrust the
note in his pocket and turned away.
"Look here said the westerner,
what did you want that bill for?'
"'What did l want it for?' said
Blank, blandly. why, for treating
your stomach, of course. It's my u.s.
ual fee. philadelphia Bulletin.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-17

er. absent on tour of the world Re-
turning Unexpectedly, the young mil
lionaire discovers that the picture ex-
pert has been masquerading as the
owner of the house in upper Fifth
avenue, and is about to make his "get
away" with particularly valuable lot
of art objects as a part Of his impedi-
menta. 1t is around these incidents
that Augustin MacHugh has woven his
play, which is said to be filled with
dramatic surprises and clean fun that
is particularly appealing to Americans
of the present day.
How this young millionaire outwits
this particular "Raffles" by borrow.
ing the uniform OF police officer and
appearing as Officer 6e6; how in do
ing 30 he meets the burglars sweet
heart, society girl. who thinks he is
millionaire. and who is arrested as
the cooks accomplice; and how, thrill
ed by the charm of her personality, the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-17
Advertise in THE NEWS.
>%>%~%% = %%~~%
REALTY TRANSFERS.

M. B. and w. A. Johnson to John
Hamper: Property west of
and paralleling Hamper Park
with Improvements. Consid
eraCloh - '''.''.''''. .4lUO.OO
]. P. Smith to w G. Grimsley:
South half of northeast quar-
ter of southwest quarter, Sec
ton II, township north,
range 70 west. Consideration 10000
S. V. Robertson, trustee for
John Gormley and wife, to R.
e. Fee: Lot 5, block 6, Nose
ley & Dozier survey; also lots
and 10 in block of Bert
rand's subdivision of the J. H.
Buschman survey. Consid-
Grafton ................. $4,000
Tom Cannon to S. V. Robert
son: North half of east half
of lot /, in block 8, Nancy
Anderson survey; quit claim
deed. Consideration ...... 56S.00
Laura A. Nordman to Willis S.
Thompson, Jr. West half of
northwest quarter, section 81
township 5 north of range IA
west; other valuable consid-
erations and .......... 1000
w. S. Morrison to Mrs. Alice
Batson: Quit claim deed to
a number of lots and parcels
of land in several surveys and
subdivisions of Hattiesburg
and environs. Consideration 1880
H. P. Scrivenor and ]. ]. SERVE
nor to Guy B. Sims: Lot l
in block AZ of Hicks subdivi-
sion of Hardy & Scott survey
of the city Of Hattiesburg.
Consideration .......... $500
F. Sims and wife to Guy B.
Sims Lot 2 in block AZ of
the Hicks survey of Hardy &
Scott survey. Consideration. $500
]. ]. Newman Lumber Company
to Augusta s. Goetz South
east quarter of southeast
quarter, section %, township
5 north, range IA west. Con-
sideration .................. 10000
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-17

ing and maintaining first-class high
ways he said in his recent inaugural
address at Albany:
I'VE know that good roads, like
good streets, make habitation along
them most desirable; they enhance
the value of farm lands, facilitate
transportation, and add untold wealth
to the producers and consumers of the
country; they economize time, give
labor lift and make millions In mon |
ey; they save wear and tear and worry !
and waste; they beautify the country
and bring 1t in touch with the city;
they aid the social and religious and
J educational and industrial progress of
the people; they make better homes
and happier firesides; they are the
avenues Of trade and the agencies of
speedy communication; they mean
the economical transportation of mar
ketable products-the maximum bur-
den at the minimum cost; they are the
ligaments that bind the country to-
gether in thrift and industry and in
telligence and patriotism; they pro-
mote social intercourse, prevent intel
lectual stagnation, and increase the
happiness and prosperity of our pro-
ducing masses; they contribute to the
greatness of the city and the glory of
l the country, give employment to our
idle workmen, distribute the nee.
essaries Of life-the products of the
fields and the forests and the factories
'' encourage energy and husbandry
inculcate love for our scenic wonders
and make mankind better and hap
pier"
This is a most admirable and eff
= fective summary of the advantages o
y good roads. In fact, the Governo
;, could not have enunciated it NOR
" strongly or made it one-half so in
pressive if he had strung out his r,
:. marks across dozen pages of hi
- inaugural message. Substantially
embraces about all that could be sal
" in behalf of good roads by the MOI
ardent and capable exponent of hig
A. way betterment.
- Gov. Sulzer appears to have the gi
-, of condensation, which is a somewh
:. rare virtue among statesmen. AS
companion piece to the foregoing
should some day give us a chapter
the same epigrammatic style on
-, iniquities of bad roads.-Courier Jol
nal
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-17
TELLS OPERATOR TO
SEEK WARMER CLINE.

There was Just bird" of time
for about twenty minutes last night
at the Waldorf-Astoria.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Bailey of
New Orleans have been at the Wal
dorf for three or four days. They
were ready to leave yesterday and
went to the office to pay their bill and
arrange about their baggage. While
Mr.. Bailey was comforting with the
head clerk the light on the telephone
switchboard flashed and the operator
answered the call
Hello, sweety! Hello, darling
came over the wire in q. guttural voice
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

There's hardly any way to be such
nuisance as to have strong convic-
tions.
The reason a man can swear so an
grily is he might get angry il he didn't.
Steak and potatoes fill mans soul
up just the way religion does wom-
ans.
A wonderful thing in mathematics is
how a girl about three feet long can
stretch out in a stocking about three
yards long.
Father never has, mother always
has, the sense to see how good look
ing some money makes one of their
daughters suitors.-New York Press.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-17
Paint Now

If your property needs it; don't wait.
There are two parts of job: the
paint and the work; the work is more
than the paint; and it never comes
down.
The cost of paint is about two-fifths;
the work three-fifths.
Paint won't come-down in hurry;
too-many jobs put-off.
Men are waiting for 81 or So; they
don't know it; they think they are
waiting for 500 or $25.
Why don't men use their heads?
p DEVOE
Barksdale & HARRISON sell It.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-17
The young woman at the switch
board was highly outraged.

The young woman at the switch
board was highly outraged.
What number do you wish, please?"
she asked in icy tones.
In a deep voice an invitation then
came over the wire advising the ope-
rator to migrate to a warmer cline.
The young woman threw down the
headpiece and stamped her foot. Then
she summoned the chief operator, and
he tackled the voice. The message he
received was of the same general
tenor.
Mr.. Stewart was then called. He
summoned the house detective, Smith
who, slipping "billy" into his pocket
went to the room from which the cal
had come and knocked on the door
Deep silence reigned within. Smitl
got chambermaid, who opened thu
door with her key.
Perched on a small table was larg
parrot, his head cooked to one side ez
pectantly, as she looked into a telt
phone instrument from which the n
ceiver was dangling.
| Mrs. Bailey apologized for the tro1
BILE her pet had caused.-New Yor
Tribune.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-17
ADJUSTMENTS
"offIeer ESQ.,"

That splendid melpdramatic-farce
-"officer $685." a play that has alb
sorbed the attention and attracted
crowded houses in the Conan and Har-
ris theatres, both in New York and
Chicago, for the past year, will be pre-
scented here at the Auditorium theatre
for one night only, Monday, Feb. "a.
The story of "Officer 666" is all
about a gentlemanly burglar who is a
student of art as well. His particular
hobby is old paintings. When the play
opens he is found to be negotiating
one Of his famous coups and has chos-
en- for his base of operations the home
of Travers Gladwin, rich New York
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-17

1t was made known in New York
the other day that the new play in
which Mabel and Edith Taliaferro are
to appear will be produced early in
May instead of next fall, as originally
planned Joseph Brooks has the man.
agement, of these actresses, and for
their medium has acquired the rights
of play by Cleveland Moffett, yet to
be named.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-17
MOTHERS CAN SAFELY BUY

Dr. Kings New Discovery and give 1t
to the little ones when ailing and suf-
fering with colds, coughs, throat or
lung troubles, tastes nice, harmless.
once used, always used. Mrs. Bruce
Crawford. Niagra, Mo-, writes: "Dr.
Kings New Discovery changed our
boy from a pale weak sick boy to the
picture of health" Always helps.
Buy 1t at all Druggists. e