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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22
MAYOR ROBERTS
GETS REVENGE
WITH DIABOLlCAL GlEE HE AS
sEsSES HEAVY FINE AGAINST
CHICKEN THIEF TODAY.

After dsposing of an indiscriminat-
ing bunch of plain and fancy drunks,
vags, vandals and belligerent scrap
pers in the police court this morning,
the remaining case to be called was
one who had been apprehended for
stealing chickens, and when the char
ge was preferred against him by the
officer who made the arrest, there was
a steely glitter in the mayors eye,
and he was heard to humble, Here's
where | get even.'
1t will be remembered that some
days ago a large JUICY, hand-raised tur-
key that was being especially groom
ed for the Mayors table Christmas,
was distracted from the chicken coop
in his back yard and since that time
his honor has been waiting for a
chance to let some one feel the mall
ed fist of the law as applicable to
chicken and other stealers of do
mestic fowls When this one was pre-
sented before him this morning, all
trace of mercy and pity was gone and
in less than a moment after the
charge was preferred and sustained
by the officer, the culprit was on his
way to the rock pile, with the alterna-
tive of digging up ten dollar fine.
Persons who lose their Christmas
turkeys have a warm sympathizer in
the person of Mayor Roberts.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22
FORTY-SEVEN CONVERSIONS
Work. Will Serve Free Dinner.
(Contributed)

The union meeting on Caddo street
in the Fraley building is still pro-
crossing. 1t is being conducted by
Mrs. F. Johnson and Rev. Henry.
Many are being saved, AZ conversions
is the record up to Monday morning
and the meeting will be continued un-
til the first Of the year. The only pub
lie dinner given in the city will be
given at this hall on Christmas day.
Mrs. Ten has received from the cit
liens of the city SO, and Mrs. John
son received $1.65. Some provisions
have also been promised. We think
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22

the ladies of the city will help us
literally to supply our tables, and all
those who viii, are requested to send
their baskets to the hall on the oath.
The poor of the city are cordially
invited to the dinner and the help Of
the citizens is respectfully solicited.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22

Misses Mary and Lillian tucker nave
gone to Kansas City to spend the
holidays with their sister, Mrs. Stod-
dard.
Mr.. and Mrs d. S. Ezzell have gone
to Fort Worth to spend the Christ
mas holidays with Mr. Ezzell's moth
er.
Arthur Julian who has been confin-
di to his home several days with a Sc
were attack of la grippe, IS 2ble to be
out once more.
Bertram f. Keicher, of Chicago is
in the city to spend the holidays with
his parents, Rev and Mrs. F. P. Ke-
| cher
Prof. Thomas Overstreet who is
teaching near Lone Grove, was in the
city Sunday
Frank Ketch who has charge of
the Wilson townsite, for ]. l.. Hamon,
will spend the holidays with his fa-
mily in Oklahoma City.
J. L. Hamon who promoted the Ring
| ling road and who has been here sew
eral months experimenting the con-
struction and townsite work, will
spend the holidays with his family
| in LawtOn.
Miss Clara Smith, stenographer for.
the Ringing railroad, will spend the
holidays with relatives in Dallas, Tex
Miss Pauline DENIES of Fairmount
Seminary, in Weatherford, Texas, is
here to spend the holidays with her
father, O. l.. DENIES. Miss DENIES
states that the seminary is filled to.
its capacity and is doing very pret
ty work.
Miss May Roberts, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Tom Roberts, returned yes
terday from st. Louis, where she isl
taking a special course in voice train
ing. She was accompanied home by
her aunt, Mrs. Leila Musgraves, who
will spend the holidays with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Cook, and
other relatives. A large number of
friends of the two met them at the de-
pot yesterday evening.
Mrs. A. J. Thompson of Hereford,
Texas, is in the city visiting with her
sister, Mrs. B. f. Wymore, 113 First
avenue, southeast.
Herbert Barall, city salesman for
Burn Stewart, wholesale grocers of
Dallas, Texas, is here to spend the
holidays with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe n. Barall.
C. l.. Hall, of the A. & VI, College
holidays with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. P. Hall.
Misses Laura and Ada Dudley who
are here from Marysville, Texas, at
tending high school, will leave to-
morrow morning for their home toI
spend the holidays with their par
ents, DR.. and Mrs. ]. B. Dudley.
NJ. L. Alexander and ALI Wolver
ton left here this morning on a bust
ness trip to Bromide, Okla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy NJ. Johnson spent
the Sabbath in Oklahoma City.
Miss Eva Brady who is attending
Kidd-Key College in Sherman, is here
to spend the holidays with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs A. NJ. Brady.
Prof Merritt Johnson, who is teach.
ing in Phillips University at Enid, ar
rived home yesterday to spend the
holidays with his parents, Rev. and
Mrs. M. S. Johnson.
o. w. Jones and George w. Israel,
of Wichita, Kansas, are here today. |
They came to look over lands in Car
ter county, but found the roads so
bad that they will return home with
out going to the country. Mr.. Jones
has owned property here for several
years, and he is always a walking ad. |
vertisement for Carter county.
CARLOAD OF CHRISTMAS TREES
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22
Edltors SaYlnua.

An editor who started about twenty
years ago with only Is cents is now
worth 100000. His accumulation OF
wealth is owing to his frugality, good
habits, strict attention to business,
and the fact that an uncle died and
left him ,s99.-Editor and Publish
er.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22
Violin Notes attract Mosquitoes

In some parts of India, where mos
quitoes abound, 1t is impossible to,
play the violin because the music at
tracts the insects in great numbers.
When the first notes are heard TT
mosquitoes swarm in clouds arounts
the player and make the movements
OF the hand impossible.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22

weeks, he had been well fattened for
the holiday dinner and Sunday morn
ing the door was found open and the
proud Old bird was gone. Mr.. Fraley
took the loss good naturedly ard said
he hoped some really needy family
would enjoy it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22

Amos A Wolff of Hugo was here
yesterday making a brief visit with
his sister, Mrs. NJ. X. Martin, on
North Washington street. He was ac-
companied home by Minnie Gather
inc Martin, who will spend the holi-
days with her grandmother, Mrs.
Wolff, in Hugo.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22

Lee Lemons a boy of II was made
a federal prisoner here Saturday. lie
was placed in Jail on the charge
of robbing the postoffice at Fox.
His father, DR.. Lemons, is postmaster
at that place. 1t is claimed that the
boy has a pretty bad record for one
of his age and just what to do with
him is a puzzle, as it is doubtful
whether one of his age can be held
in the prison, said one Of the Off
GERS today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22

A trunk was confiscated by the fed
eral officers Saturday. 1t contained 90
quarts of whiskey which is said to be
selling now at 81 a quart. Two
comforts and some underwear were
also in the trunk. The goods were
taken to the federal building where
Mr.. Hignight destroyed the wet
goods and awaits the arrival Of the
person to claim the comforts and the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22

waiting for him. His father is a
Jeweler and Lawrence graced the
jewelry store with his presence, wait
ing on customers and doing the en-
craving. Lawrence makes a full
team wherever he is placeG, wheth-
er IN school or at the work bench.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22

Clyde Ayres with the Leeper Bros.
Lumber company, was visitor TO
Ardmore Sunday. Mr.. Leeper will
take charge of the Leeper yard at
Wilson and will remain there until
the town of Ringing is started, when
he expects TO be transferred to that
city
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22

Reflect that as rule the people
you have come to esteem communicate
themselves to you gradually, that they
Old not begin the entertainment with
Teworks.-Arnold Bennett.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22

Lawrence Tarver, the red headed
boy from the A. and VI. College
at saltwater, arrived here Saturday
and his father had a very nice job
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22

G.. c. Adams was here today from
Keller w. f. Clowdus cane with
him. They took the train at Will
son and avoided the muddy roads.
Mr.. Adams says their mails have
been delayed and the country is he
ing inconvenienced greatly On ac-
count of the fearful road conditions.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22

Miss Lou Scott has gone to Bon
ham, Texas, where she was called on
account of the illness Of her father
Within a few hours after she left,
another message came to her, stat
ing that her father had died. Miss
Scott teaches art in the city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22
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STREET STORIES.
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The team of a farmer ran away IN
the Santa Fe yards late Saturday
afternoon, demolishing the farmers
wagon as we'll as completely wreck
ing one of the Wells Fargo Express
company's trucks near the union
depot
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22

CARLOAD OF CHRISTMAS TREES
JUST RECEIVED, PRICE rs CENTS
TO $500. w. J. LANE.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22

CITY Commissioner Will S. Fraley
of the Second Ward lost his big
fine fat Christmas turkey. The bird
had been in the pen for several
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22
Matter Of Slow Growth

DE Wits HANDMADE Sc CIGAR
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22

DE Wits HANDMADE Sc CIGAR.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-22
SPECIAL TODAY

White Swan Pine Apple Uarge) zoe
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-02
Winds of WelIinutot,,

Australians boast that anywhere throughout the world their national call, "Coo-ee," will always be answered by a fellow Australian. A writer in the London Chronicle reports having heard 1t so given and answered in a London theater. But other people from the antipodes have their signs of origin. If you see a man walking along and although a breeze does not stir the air he involuntarily holds bis hat firmly to his head whenever he comes to a street corner you should greet him with the question, well, and how are things in WellingtonP Thereupon he will fall upon your neck as a fellow New Zealander in London, for in Wellington the winds are so tempestuous that the habit of holding the hat firmly to ones head when pass ing a side street becomes second na- ture and proclaims the man from Vel lington all over the world"
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-02
Waqner's Second Marriage.

The Paris Weekly Revue relates from letters hitherto unpublished tht exciting story of Wagner's second mar. riage. All the world knows that he married, after the necessary divorce, the wife of Hans von Bulow, but all the world does not know that there was d rival applicant for his heart and hand. This was Malwine Schnorr, the singer who bad just created the part of Isolde in his Tristan" and the cause of Malwine Schnorr was cham pioned by another artiste named lsi- dore de Reuter-. who announced her self as a prophecies, charged with divine message to the musician. The message was to the effect that Wagner must marry Malwine and must at the same time persuade the king of Ba- varia to marry lsidore herself. Wag ner tells the story of his embarrass- ment in a letter to his friend. Au:uste Roecker, and 1t appears that he only succeeded in peacefully marrying the lady of his choice after the king had. at her request. expelled the two other ladies from his dominions.
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-02
PuzzIin1 the Sassenach,

We have long been accustomed tu puzzling the Sassenach. says the G'aS- gow News, by talking familiarity about "Mullguy," which he looks for in vain even in the most reliable atlas, or if he should discover 1t under the dis guise of Milngavie we try him with "Loch'neuch" Cor LOchnyeuch. to spell it phonetically). Many Scotsmen even would fail to recognize this as Loch- winnoch. A commercial traveller has just discovered another of these pe- culiar local names while on his rounds up north. He had noticed at a station where his train stopped an old porter limping alongside the tram and crying out at every other step, "Ach! Ach!' and assumed. so he said, that the poor fellow was suffering from rheumatism. the pain of which caused him to com plain in this guttural way. He was even commenting on the cruelty of making the man work when the other passengers explained that "Ach'' was the correct pronunciation of the name of the station, "Avoch."
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-02
Women Wha Do Not Count.

The female of the species in Monte negro is chiefly a beast of burden. Her status is low on account of her sex. It matters not that she bears men; she does not bear the rife and is not there fore a fighting unit. She is, in fact. introduced to the world with an apol- ogy. A man will announce the birth of a daughter to his friends with the words, Comrades, excuse -me-a girl"
 Until thirty years ago the population was only counted as so many rifles that is to say, supposing one of the walled villages to contain POO men, each with his "handjar" and rife; 200 women, 300 children, with forty lusty boys, of whom thirty were able to shoot and hcd guns, and, say, sixty old men and women, then that place would be said to have 230 inhabitants. non fighters going uncounted.-"Peeps at Many Lands"
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-02
Brain and Bulk In School.

Two parents sat side by side at the school prize giving. They had been dragged there by their wives to see the distribution of prizes which had not been gained by their own children It was an occasion of almost monu- mental dullness. Then, says the Man chester Guardian, one of them had q happy idea. He whispered to his friend, 'I'll lay you two to one in six pences that the second boy in each class is taller than the first boy" He won every time till his friend repudi- ated the wager in disgust.
 How did you know? Had you seen the list of prize .winners?" he was asked.
 Well, noticed when at school that brain and bulk never went together. and I thought it was worth speculat- ing on today"
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-02
Thin Glass and Thick,

Glass is a substance that we cannot figure the strength of as we can great many other things with which we are familiar. It varies greatly in itself. The strongest glass. as rule, breaks into the greatest number of fragments. Comparing the strength of thin glass with thick. the former is rel atively the stronger. This is a thing very often lost sight of. Then. again. as to the difference between rough plate and polished plate, we find pol ished plate the stronger. This is per haps to be attributed to the fact that all these very fine surface hair cracks are polished out. These only go into the glass to a certain depth, and when they are all or nearly all polished and ground off there Is less chance for some of them to form the basis of crack. and thereby the glass is increas- ed in strength. Tests have been made, and some formulae have been arrived at. AS was to be expected. they show very irregular results as to the strength of glass. -ts.
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-02
His Tombstone a Baseball

The grave of William A. Hubert. at one time president of the old Ma tional baseball league, is marked with a tombstone in the shape of a baseball. When MT. Hubert died. in 1882. some of his old associates set about to show their love and respect for him. and the result was the monument in Graceland cemetery, Chicago. The baseball Is made of red granite, about twenty inches in diameter, showing the seams as they appear upon the balls used in the regulation games. Across the top appears in raised letters, "W. A. Hull bert, President National League, P. B. B. O., 1876, 1882" On one side ap- pear the names of four clubs in the old league-9Oston, Providence, Wor- cester and Troy-and on the other those of the other four-Chicago. Cleve- land, Buffalo and Detroit. Also there Is a headstone of white marble, upon which appears the name, together with the date of birth. Oct. 23,' 1882. and the date of death, April 10, 1882.
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-02
An Absolute Vacuum,

Q.-When bottle of milk is emptied 1t contains air; when the air is pumped out there is a vacuum. My friends cannot tell what is in the bottle. Can you explain?
 A.-But the air cannot be entirely pumped out. Humans so far have not secured an absolute vacuum. If they could, then the bottle by some is sup posed to contain ether. But the ex- istence of ether has not been proved. And then the bottle might contain three or four saN' .lions free electrons. ail beyond human research to discover.- Edgar Lucien LarEin in New York American.
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-02
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING

The legal voters of the Town of Sharon, County of Litchiield and State of Connec ticut, are hereby warned and notified to meet at the Town Hall, in said sharon. on Monday, October 9th, 1913, at z n. m., for the purpose of casting their ballots for town officers for the ensuing year, and the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Connecticut, relative to the compensation of members of the General Assembly.
 Polls open hours, from a. m, to 12 o'clock noon. Business meeting will com clared. the reports of the Selectnen Treas urer, Tax Collector, School Board and Town Health Officer will be heard and acted upon.
 Also to lay a tax sufficient to defray the expenses of the town for the year ensuing Also to See what action the town will take relative to accepting its share ol the appropriation for the improvement of state roads.
 Also to see if the Selectmen shall be in structed to discontinue and close short piece of highway on sharon Mountain (so- called) little southerly of the tenement house lately owned by Simeon B. Jewett deceased.
 Also to transact any other business necessary and proper to be done at said meeting.
 Dated at sharon, this 29th day of Sep tember, A. D.. 1913.
 ARTHUR W. LAMB,
 ROBERT DowD,
 AMILE DEvAUX,
 Selectmen.
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-02

ESTATE OF William Connor, late of
 sharon in the Probate District of sharon. deceased
 At q Court of Probate holden at sharon within and for the District of sharon, on the 29th day of September, 1913.
 Present, FRANK W. DAKIN, Judge.
 Willis P. Connor. of sharon, aforesaid appeared in Court and moved that letters of administration be granted on said estate to said Willis P. Connor, as per written application on file.
 And it is Ordered-That said application be heard and determined at the Probate Office in said sharon, on the 1lth day of October, 1913, at o'clock in the afternoon and that notice be given of the pendency of said application and the time and place of hearing thereon, by publishing a copy of this order in some newspaper printed in this County and having a circulation in this district, and by posting a like copy on the public sign post in the said town, and by sending by mail postage paid "a marked copy of said newspaper to George A. Con- nor, Simsbury, Conn.,, and Charles k. Connor, phenix, Arizona. all at least one week previous to said date of hearing.
 FRANK w. DAKIN, Judge
 A true copy of the original order
 Attest:-WILLARD BAKER, Clerk.
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-02
Bermuda.

Bermuda enjoys the distinction of being the only British colony mention ed in Shakespeare. And his way of spelling 1.-the "still vexed Bermooth es'-is more correct and grammatical than that used today. Bermuda is plu ral, not singular. It is really an archi. pelago or cluster of 300 small islands very small. seeing that all told they do not aggregate more than nineteen square miles. Bermuda is less than 600 miles from the coast of the United States. The exceptional mildness and salubrity of its climate have made it during recent years a favorite winter resort with well to do Americans. Ac- cording to statistics, these visitors number some 30.000 a year. Mark Twain was a regular winter resident of Bermuda.
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-02
Cut Off the "Mr."

The deprivation of the prefix "Mr.' was one of the penalties enforced in the American colonies during the sev- enteenth century. The records of Mas sachusetts show that in 1880 Josias Plaistowe was condemned for steal ing four baskets of corn from the In dians, to return them eight baskets again. to be fined f5 and hereafter to be called .Iosias. not Mr.. as he used to be-" The Massachusetts penal code also provided for docking women of the prefix Mrs. but there is no rec ord of this clause having been ell. forced
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-02
Power of Sugusstion.

The man was hale and hearty at I) q. Ill.
 At 10.O5 some one handed him a medical almanac.
 The man glanced at it and became interested. He read 1t through from cover to cover.
 At 1925 he was suffering from dia- betes, Bright's disease. malaria. dys- pepsia. insomnia, lumbago. blood poison, cancer of the stomach. sciatica. scrofula and rheumatism. m.--Cincinnati Enquirer.
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-02
Pretty Near.

It was Sunday afternoon, and Ma bel's little sister. Ruth. aged four, was seated beside Mabel on the sofa. Pres ently the little girl asked of MabeIs fance. Aren't your tweetheart, MT. Bumper?"
 Well" answered MT. Bumper. with fond glance at Mabel, you're the next thing to it."-Judge.
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-02
LEGAL NOTICES
OF CORNWALL, ss F

nISTRICT OF CORNWALL. ss Pro. bbate Court, Sept. 29, A. ID. 1913
 Estate of Charlotte K. Clarke, late of Cornwall. in said district. deceased.
 Upon the application of Josephir re Rogers, praying that an instrument in w iting purportinP to be the last will and tcstament of said Charlotte E. Clarke. de. ceased, may be proved, approved, allowed and admitted to probate as per application on file more fully appears, it
 ORDERED-That said application be heard and determined at the Probate Office in Cornwall. in said district. on the 4th da, of October, A ID. 1913, at l.30 o'clock in the afternoon, and that public notice be given of the pendency of said application a' q time and place of hearing thereon, by publishing copy of this orGer once in a newspaper having n circulation in said dis trict. and by posting a copy thereof. on the public sign post in the town of Cornwall in said district. at least Eve days before said day of hearing.
 GEO. R. SMITH, Judge.
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-02
Softeninc the Shock,

''\Eill you give me something to drink" he asked faintly of the nurse.
 'Certainly," said the nurse. offering him a glass of water.
 He put up his hand feebly. Give it to me in teaspoon. please" he whis- ,ered huskily. until l get used to it." -LOndon Answers.
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-02
The "Probe."

The man of great financial promi. hence had met with an accident.
 "We1l have to probe" said the doc tor.
 Just at that moment the man recov- cred consciousness and exclaimed:
 "If it's a surgical operation go ahead. but if it's another investigation give me an anaesthetic." c."-Washington Star.
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-02
Pnaitixn Proof.

"Yes. indeed. my husband is a re- markable man.
 ''I suppose nearly every woman has that opinion of her husband"
 But nm sure my husband is an extraordinary man. | told him this morning where something was in one of the closets and he found it."-Chi cago Record Herald.