The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-07-27

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Mrs. Otto Booth, who is at the nome
of DR.. r. s. Booth in this city is SUI
fering from an attack of fever.
The county excise board was in ses
sion at the county court house yester-
day making levies for taxes to be
collected for the present assessment.
There was nothing doing in the city
court yesterday morning. Since the
lid Went on with a vengeance busi-
ness in police circles has fallen off
to a perceptible extent
Doc" Hayes left Friday for Putin
Bay. Ohio, to attend the annual con-
vention of the Woodmen of the World.
From there he will join Company
at the annual encampnent at Chand-
Ter, Okla.
Yesterday morning a negro in the
northeast part of the city undertook
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but was prevented from doing so by
an officer who was called and landed
him in Jail He will be given hear
ing before Justice Butcher.
Company G, Oklahoma National
Guard will leave today over the Santa
Fe for Chandler, where they will at
tend the state ercampment fer the
next fifteen days. The company, forty
strong, is under command of Lieut..
W. A. Worley.
Deputy Horace Kendall returned
from Davis yesterday with Sylvester
Roberts, a negro who shot and Sc
riously injured a negro named Cozey
at picnic near Berwyn Friday. Da-
Wis is now in the county jail pending
an investigation of the melee.
Tom Wilkes. RED" Roberts and Ben
West returned from a fishing trip to
the Washita yesterday morning. They
say that it will be useless for anyone
to go fishing there again until after
the government has restocked the
river.
A. LoWenStein has returned from a
visit to the markets, which also in
cluded a pleasure trip. During his
absence he visited st. Louis, Chicago
New York, Boston. Philadelphia and
Baltimore. From New York the trip
TO Boston was made by water. He
reports most pleasant trip.
Miss Bernice Rutherford. who has
been in the city the guest of her
grandmother, Mrs. +. d. Norris, has
returned to her home in Kansas Citv
Miss Bernice is only eight years old
but she travels with the dignity of a
lady much older and wins the friend
ship of all her fellow passengers.
The rain of yesterday refilled the
mosquito incubator on the federal
building lot By the way, have you
ever noticed that heavy dew will
cause that particular place to fill?
There is no need of a government oh
servatory to tell the rainfall as long
as this pretty little pond remains un-
filled with earth.
S. S. Tolson was host Friday even
ing at the Chickasaw lake to a merry
party of friends from different parts
of the state. His guests were Col.
r. A. Sneed of Lawton, DIR. John
Threadgill of Oklahoma City, Capt. nv.
F. Wilmington of Ardmore, General
d. NJ HALEY of McAlester The party
enjoyed supper at me lake hoIee and
enjoyed boating for several hours.
Our ball team may not be able 10
win many series of games and bring
the victories home with them, but one
thing is certain they never fail to
bring home a refreshing rain. The
farmers of the county could well af-
ford to pay the visitors guarantee
for the manv seasonable rains that
have fallen when the team was sched-