The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-04-20

OF the sidewalk upon which to navi-
gate they call it by some other name
But IL means drunk, Just the same
An onion called violet is still an
onion.
City Assessor NJ. NJ. Griffith has
been busy for the past few days IN
getting things into shape to turn over
10 ms successor The office having
been abolished, Mr.. Griffith's "suc.
cessor" will probably be distributed
out among the mayor and the board
of directors.
A valuable bird dog belonging 10
J. B. Spragins was killed on the
streets yesterday by being run over
by an auto. Mr. Spragins said the
dog was two years old and had just
been trained at considerable ex-
pense and had proven to be very
useful dog in bird hunting.
A party bound to the oil fields IN
an auto had a very narrow escape
from serious accident yesterday
morning. While running along at
a thirty miles an hour clip the driver
lost control for a moment of the car
and regained it only in time to pre-
vent it from taking a header from
an elevated bridge approach,
A farmer driving down the streets
today in wagon ran over torpedo
which lay in the street at the inter
section Ot Main and Caddo. The
torpedo exploded, the noise resem-
bled that Of the discharge of a IL
caliber gun. The farmer thought Al
first that an assassin had got HIN
sure and when he learned that there
was no trouble and that no one was
| injured he went on his way smiling
more happily than before.
Perry Carpenter aged %, and Miss
Grace Ford aged is, both of Ard
more, and j. A. Bray, aged &c, of Ard
more. and Miss Elizabeth Camp, aged
rs, of Springer, were granted mar
riage licenses by Clerk Leeman yes
terday. Chester Bray, aged 26, and
Myrtle Adams, aged is, both negroes,
and both of Ardmore, were also
granted a marriage license.
w. r. Meadows, a young man en-
ployed in the W. O. Lane bicycle
shop, was one of number of<motor-
cyclists who were fined for speeding
on Friday of last week. He was Civ
en- permission by the officers to go to
his employers place of business 20
set the required five-spot This he
aid, after which he mounted his buzz
wagon and skidooed, leaving the fine
as an asset to the p. and l.. column
of the city.
1t is stated that all the c)EgrC-
cations, irrespective of color, of th1
different churches at TatUm in this
county are preparing to Whtewash
the interiors of their edifces of re-
fious worship II honor of the early
return from Oklahoma City of Rep
resentatiye 4. + ReXroat, .he father
of the BIZ which puts Carter county
on 'hc nlIr y saving IA. no one
shall smoke in churches duri' 5 the
time OF religious worship,
A money lender of this city visited
a young man at the county jail yes
terday. The young man is in Jail
on account of doing" the money!
lender out of some larger change.
When the gentleman who had been
done asked the one who had done
why the doing was done, he was
given the reply, Just to see hoW
YOU would feel to be stung after hav-
ing stung."
Mrs {. A. Whtehurst of this city
is in receipt of letter from Mrs.
Tom Wilson, formerly Miss Rosalle
Bowman of this city, who is in San
Antonio, stating that she and her
husband have been waiting in san
Antonio for twenty days to get a
train to their future home in Mexico. |
On account of the conditions IN
Mexico train service into that coun-
try is demoralized Mrs. Wilson
writes that Mrs. Russell Williams
and children and many other former
Ardmore people are spending the
winter in San Antonio.
J. F. Williams owns a new car.
The car has ideas Of its own, which !
sometimes conflicts with those of Mr.. |
Williams, as to how, when and whore |
it should run along the county roads |
and the boundary lines Of the same. |
Yesterday afternoon while Mr. Will |
liams and his family were enjoying a
spin out toward the western horizon
the car took the bit between its |
teeth and before it could be made |
to reason was standing on
its head IN a. ditch with it's hind ler3
no its hind wheels madly wayink |
IN the air. Mr. Williams succeeded |
in pulling the auto from the ditch
without fracturing the commandment |
regarding violent Language.