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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-10-12

announcement that the full quota of
S3000,000 allotted to Dallas had
been over subscribed.
The telegram was from Edward
A. Faust of st. Louis, who sub
scribed 100000 to the Dallas citi-
zens' fund Friday. 1t was as fol-
lows:
"Was overioyed to hear that Dal-
las arranged for its full quota this
afternoon. Have reported same to
our committee here and have been
informed that Dallas is the first
city to complete the arrangement.
Congratulations to you, the members
of your committee, the Dallas banks
and the subscribers"
With the $15O,OOO,UOO rund it is
planned not only to finance the sur
plus cotton of this section of the
country but to increase the consump-
ton of cotton abroad and also to
finance any such increase.
Henry d. Lindsey last night an
nounced that Dallas allotment of
$3,000,000 had been more than sub
scrlbed. And at that time also he
announced that much of the credit
for the plan is due to Dallas bank
ers and business men, Several weeks
ago plan similar to that launched
in st. Louis, but more limited, in
its scope, was brought into being
here. 1t was outlined before a num-
Der of business men by Nathan Ad-
ans, cashier of the American EX-
change National bank, and one other
banker Later it was brought to the
attention of St Louis bankers and
with some additions became what is
now known as the st. Louis plan.
For weeks Dallas business men
have been working on plans to aid
in solving the present cotton situa-
tion. They held many meetings, in
which they discussed ways and
means. Finally a plan was launch
ed that gave every promise of sue
cess. when a committee from the
Chamber of Commerce formed the
Dallas Cotton Syndicate, which plan
ned to raise $25,OOO,OOO to be loaned
on cotton.
Then a day later the larger plan
was announced from st. Louis and
the local men at once merged the
financial feature of their plan in it
/ Through the organization of the To-
cal syndicate, however, the work Of
securing the necessary subscription:
to the bigger plan was made mucl
simpler Without that organization
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-10-12
Ardmore, Monday, October IL, 1914.

qualified electors of the City Of Ard
more for ratification or rejection a
certain contract made and entered into
by and between the Ardmore Ice,
Light and Power Company and the
City of Ardmore, for lighting the
streets of the City of Ardmore under
the provisions of said contract which
said contract is more particularly set
forth in words and figures as follows,
to-wit:
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-10-12
SPECIAL ELECTION
PROCLAMATION

w. r. Roberts, by virtue of author
ity vested in me as Mayor of the City
of Ardmore, and pursuant to a certain
resolution adopted by the Board of
Commissioners of the City of Ard
more on the 29th day of September,
1914, do hereby call a special election
to be held in said City of Ardmore on
the 18th day of October, 1914, for the
following purpose:
For the purpose OF submitting to the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-10-12

ton throughout the entire world. Eff
forts will be made to have Japan
use 100000 bales instead of its
usual consumption of 100000 bales
of American cotton. No possible out
let for cotton will be overlooked and
some plan for supplying each outlet
will be devised Such, at least is
the outline of the plan as given by
Mr.. Lindsey yesterday.-Dallas News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-10-12

that the party Of the second part
reserves the right to ask for re-
adjustment Of rates and prices for
such street lights and lighting. be-
ginning August 21, 1919, and pro-
vided further, that the said party
of the second part shall at all times
use a minimum of street lights to
insure the party Of the first part
a revenue equal to the sum Of four
hundred seventy-fve ($47500) dol
lars per month for the services rem
dered in lighting the streets of the
city Of Ardmore, and provided fur
ther, that the party Of the first
part shall at all times during the
term of this contract provide the
party OF the second part with new
improved lights as they may be
invented or adopted by the best light
ing system for cities Of the same
size and class as Ardmore, provided
further that the adoption of said
lights or lighting system will not
increase the initial cost or operating
cost to the said party of the first
part over the system Of lights and
lightings as in this contract provided.
This contract is to be n lieu Of,
and as substitute for, a. existing
contracts between the parties hereto,
covering the same subject matter,
and that all contracts now in force
shall be null and void after the
adoption and approval Of this con-
tract in accordance with law.
Done at Ardmore, this Goth day Of
September, 1914.
ARDMORE ICE, LIGHT & POWER
CO., BY H. E. Foster,
Secy and Treas.
w. R. ROBERTS,
Mayor of the City of Ardmore.
G. H. BRUCE,
(SEAL) City Clerk.
under the law shall be entitled to
vote at such election.
Those qualified electors desiring to
vote for the approval of said contract
shall stamp an "X" in the rectangle
opposite FOR THE APPROVAL OF
SAID LIGHTING CONTRACT"
Those desiring to vote against the
approval of said contract shall stamp.
an "X" in the rectangle opposite
AGAINST THE APPROVAL OF
SAID LIGHTING CONTRACT"
The polls shall be opened on said
election day at o'clock A. NJ, and
shall be closed at o'clock D. m, of
said date and day.
The polling place for said election
shall be at the city hall in the City of
Ardmore, Oklahoma, and the officers
who shall conduct said election shall
consist of two judges and two clerks.
for said polling place, as follows:
Judges: w. P. Davis and l. R. Best.
Clerks: E. E. Guillot and Frank
Pierce.
Given under my hand and the scar
of the City of Ardmore this the 30tT
day of September, 1914.
w. r. ROBERTS,
Mayor.
G. H. BRUCE,
(SeaD City Clerk
First published Wednesday, Sept
80, 1914.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-10-12
DALLAS LEADS.
IS FIRST CITY
NO RAISE FUND
IN THREE DAYS SUBSCRlBES
THREE MILLION DOLLARS FOR
COTTON SYNDICATE - WILL
FINANCE SURPLUS CROP.

Dallas is the first city in the
United States to raise its allotment
of the $15OOOO,0OO fund that is being
subscribed to solve the tense cotton
situation in the south. A telegram
to this effect was received last night
by Harry d. Lindsey following his
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-10-12

Dallas today would undoubtedly still
be seeking subscriptions to complete
its full quota.
Unanimously Indorsed.
When that plan in all its phases
was outlined to Dallas bankers at a
meeting of the Clearing House as
sociation Thursday, last, it was un-
animously indorsed. Before the day
had passed the city's financial in
stitutions had subscribed $4,000, 900
That action gave the plan a pres
tige that was largely responsible
for the response by the business
men of the city when they were
asked to subscribe their portion Of
81 900, 900.
And there is one feature of this
solicitation that must not be over
looked Every dollar of the million
was secured without any solicitor
paying a personal visit to the sub
scribers place OF business. All of
the solicitations if it can be called
such was done in Henry d. Linds-
ley's office or over the telephone
from that office.
Mr.. Lindsey began his campaign
to raise $1,OOO,00O for the fund
from Dallas business men Friday
morning. He was at his office that
morning by $3.50 o'clock A few
minutes later he called r. II. Stew
art, president of the City National
bank, and asked him to attend a
meeting called for o'clock. From
then on until the meeting began,
other leading business men of the
city were balled up and asked to
attend the same meeting They all
agreed to do so, though some want
ed to know if Mr. Lindsey was going
to serve breakfast
When the meeting convened, Mr..
Stewart, who had attended the meet
ing in st. Louis where the new
plan was launched, outlined its pur-
poses. Every one of the business
men in attendance unanimously
agreed that the plan was practical.
By 8 o'clock they had subscribed
$5O0,O00 In the afternoon another
meeting was held, attended by bus
mess men who had not been pres
ent in the morning These also in
dorsed the plan and subscribed $780,
600 more. The remaining 100000
was raised at a meeting yesterday
morning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-10-12
Dallas Does Its Share.

Dallas Does Its Share.
Dallas has done its share to-
ward solving the cotton situation"
Mr.. Lindsey said yesterday, after the
fund was completed. "Now it is up
to the rest of the south to do it's
share. For unless the full $50,000,-
600 allotted to the south is sub
scribed by the south the plan can not
be put through
All of the subscriptions made to
the fund in Dallas were made con-
ditional upon the full $150,000,000 be-
ing raised. Subscriptions elsewhere
have been and will be made under
the same conditions. The entire
amount of the fund must be sub
scribed before it will be put into
effect. Not one dollar will be loaned
nor will any action toward organiza-
tion be taken until the full $50, ,0OO,-
600 Is raised.
I'm raising its share of the fund
so quickly Dallas has set an ex-
ample to the entire SOUTH" Mr.
Lindsey said yesterday, "and the
south will respond. | believe that
the full $50,000000 allotted to the
southern states will be subscribed
within the next fifteen days. The
south now has its chance and yill
do as it has always done before
take advantage of that chance"
Only the future can reveal what
the plan will eventually do for the
south. It's first purpose, however,
will be to loan money to cotton grow
ers. Loans will be made on a basis
of $50 a bale, middling. Interest will
be at the rate of per cent per
year, but to this will be added a
charge of one-tenth of l per cent a
month for the expense of conduct
ing the syndicate. making the total
interest SO per cent per year Inter
est will be paid when the principal
is paid and not when the note is
made. Also, the borrower can pay
Off his note at any time and. If he
pays it before the expiration OF
year, he pays interest only up to
the date of payment
New York Headquarters.
Headquarters of the syndicate will
be in New York. A branch, Mr.
Lindsey believes will be conducted
/ in Dallas. This branch will take
care of the Texas business. Loans
will be made through banks all ovel
the state. In making loans through
such agencies, however, the syn
dcate will insist that they be made
on the interest basis set by the
syndicate.
In addition to all this the syndi.
cate plans to send agents into Ger
many, Austria and other European
countries, and also to Japan, tC
boost the consumption of cotton.
Methods will be debised so as tC
provide the spinners in those coun.
tries with all the cotton they car
handle on a credit basis. In ordel
to have the spinners in those coun
tries work their mills TO capacity
the syndicate, il necessary, viii
finance them.
The consular agents of the United
States will also be utilized to worl
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-10-12
PRICE MAINTENANCE.
Its Necessity to Aid Consumer.


Many big industries engaged in
national trade have often in the
past done openly what the small
concerns In their limited fields have
done secretly-varied prices accord
ing to the degree of competition at
different times and places. Their
object has been to secure the high
est price to be had. Irrespective OF
whether the buyer was held up or
The principle Of selling goods at
q close margin at one place to meet
or to kill competition. and charg-
ing a high price. to make up for II.
where little or no competition ex-
lists. is economically wrong and un-
fered for sale should have a uni
form price plainly marked upon It.
Manufacturers will then have to
see that the price Of their goods Is
a reasonable one. SO they Will sell.
and at the same time they will
provide enough profit to pay the
jobber and dealer fairly for hand
ling the goods at a uniform price.
This will inspire confidence In the
consumer. because he will know the
price can not be cut and must,
therefore. be q reasonable one to
permit the goods to sell. He Will
buy such goods in preference to a
small selling article sold at exag-
gerated profits. -.
Everybody will benefit from price
maintenance in this way. It will
protect the manufacturer who has
built up well-known brands. also
the newcomer who Is seeking to do
SO. Distributors will be protected In
handling 1t at q fair profit. and
they will not be forced. through
fear Of cut-throat competition. to
build up their own private brands
at much expense.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-10-12

Dallas today would undoubtedly still
be seeking subscriptions to complete
its full quota.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-13
When the Strife Ceases.

In Europe, when the war Is done.
may that day soon be greeted!-when
some their victory have won, and some
have been defeated, twill be a country
Of the old, the halt, the MANNED, the
dying; in unmarked couches, meath
the mould, the young men will be ly-
ing. Afar the youthful hosts are flung,
like grain that waits the reaping; for
war takes harvest Of the young, and
leaves the old men weeping In Eu-
rope, when the war is done, and rust
dims sword and sabre, in barren fields,
from sun to sun, old men and danes
will labor. The patriarch must guide
the plow in fields yet red from slaugh-
ter, while hitched like horses are the
frau, the grandma and the daughter.
Perhaps some cripple from the wars
may help to do the seeding, while
groaning DER his varied scars, and old
wounds freshly bleeding. Some veter-
an on wooden legs, whose strength is
swiftly dwindling, may milk the cows
and fetch the eggs, and split the daily
kindling. But everywhere the weak
and old must do the heavy toiling,
must strive the little farms to hold,
and keep the pot a-boiling. Old men
and danes, the harvest waves! Go
forth and do the reaping, for in their
red and shallow graves, your strong
young men are sleeping! Mason.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-13
SALTED PEANUTS
Sailing Process Described in an Inter
esting Manner.

There are two distinct kinds Of
salted peanuts, according to A. P.
Grohens, an authority on that sub
ject says the New York Times. The
ordinary kinds are the ones prepared
from Spanish shelled peanuts, un-
bleached, or, in other words, with the
skins left on. The other class of
salted peanuts is prepared from the
Virginia varieties and blanched. The
blanched salted peanuts are usually
put up in small parafiined paper
sacks to prevent early deterioration
To prepare the unblanched varie-
turer makes use of a copper kettle
or of an iron steam -jacketed kettle.
This kettle is partly filled with veg
etable fat or "konnut." When this
fat has come to the boiling point the
peanuts. by means of wire basket,
are lowered into the vat and boiled
to a straw color. When done, the
wire basket is raised above the fat
10 allow the OIL " uIdlll Oll anu lilti
the nuts are discharged into suit
able vessel or trough. where the salt
is applied while the nuts are still
hot
The making of blanched peanuts
requires a different process. The Vir-
gina shclled peanuts are roasted in a
special roaster to a light straw color.
After this, and as soon as they are
cooled off, they pass through the au-
tOmatic blancher, which removes the
red skins as well as the bitter germs
or sprouts. The nuts are then salted.
In order to produce ready cohen
sion for the salt it is necessary to use
Il little cocoa oil, which is sprnkled
over the nuts, and they are mixed be-
fore the salt is applied.
The Virginia goober differs from
others in that it is blanched whole
and is prepared from only the
choicest or Jumbo" Virginia shelled
peanuts.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-13

islators, who look to Mr.. Stevenson as
one of our leaders Of legislative
thought. They are ready to trust his
judgment in many matters even be-
yOnd their own. His aggressive cham
pionship of any cause with which he Is
identified has commanded their respect
and at the same time they have con-
sidered him safe" He has acquired a
reputation for keeping his feet on the
ground.
Mr.. Stevenson is now before the
public in what for him is rather a new
role. He is leading proponent Of sew
eral measures all of them extremely
radical. 1t will be interesting to see
what he will have to present in justi-
fication of the legislation which he pro-
poses for the relief Of the present ex-
traordinary conditions.
The need of intelligent leadership
has seldom been so great in South
Carolina as it is right now.-News and
Courier.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-13

TippinS, who worked independently,
tell us that the English service bull
let takes somewhere about 55 seconds
in it's perpendicular flight in the air
and return to the earth, and it reaches
height of between 5000 and 5000
feet This is confirmed by calcula
tions based on the resistance of the
air and the force of gravity. The
bullet starts off with a velocity Of
about $500 feet per second, but it
loses speed very considerably in the
upper regions of the air: so much so
that for about half the time of it's
entire flight, the bullet is travelling at
velocity not much greater than that
of well-hit golf ball.
balloon observations, particularly
those made by Lindenburg, show that
may blow with a force three or four
times. that at which it blows in proX-
unity to the earth. Again. it has
been found, time after time that on
an apparently calm udy the NlIlu III
the upper strata is blowing with con-
siderable force. Here, then, we have
an explanation of the soldiers belief
that the bullet never returns. When
towards the higher part of its flight
the bullet is progressing at a very
small speed, and is, therefore, easily
carried away by the force of even a
light wind. That the bullet descends
is, of course, unquestionable, and it
does so with very little alterations to
its initial shape and weight. Due to
the spin given to it by the rifiing,
it in all probability returns as it as
cended-that is, with is point upper
most 1t returns, too-as very
practical missile--with a velocity OF
between 400 and 500 feet per second,
capable of giving Knockout blow
to any combatant.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-13
4Niscrllaneous BEADING.
LEGISLATIVE BUGABOO.
Senator McLaurin Tells Joke at Ex-
saH.a of nanbfers

Senator McLaurin Tells Joke at Ex-
pense of Ooubters.
Senator McLaurin told good story
in his speech before the senate, on
Thursday morning.
He said that every time you tried to
help the farmers, somebody shouted,
Unconstitutional"
When Horace Greeley was the
farmers candidate for president, that
farmers all over the country sent him
pumpkins, potatoes and all sorts of
farm produce. One day two roosters
came TO the office. They kept Growing
and pecking at each other, until the
boys concluded they would have some
fun There was an old drunken tramp
printer, who was kept, because he was
the only one who could read Mr.. Gree
ly's horrible handwriting. They took
the roosters and put some paper on the
floor. then they rubbed printers ink on
their feet and dropped them on the pa
per. They fought all over it and when
they finished, it looked exactly like one
of Mr.. Greely's editorials, then they
cut it in strips and hung it on the old
printers hook at the type case. He
came in after awhile, just off of big
drunk. He looked at the paper, studied
il awhile and then Went to setting type.
He set away until he came to great
big streak where one Of the roosters
had slipped. Then he went in to Mr..
Greedy and asked him what that word
was. Old Horace looked at it and said,
Why, you fool, don't you see it is,
Unconstitutional?
That is about the way it is with
acreage reduction, elimination, the
warehouse bill or anything else for the
farmers, when they are out of logic or
facts; it is Unconstitutional
No wonder it is occasionally said,
To hell with the constitution, con-
cluded the speaker.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-13
SCIATIC RHEUMATISM CURED

Five bottles Of Mrs. Joe Persons
Remedy cured T. H. Harrison. Clerk
Superior Court, Yancyville, n. c., of
sciatic rheumatism. The blood Is
purified, the body built back to health
and strength and all the ills resulting
from impoverished or poisoned blood,
such as rheumatism, nervous dyspep-
sia, gastritis, indigestion, eczema,
scrofula. etc., are completely over
come by Mrs Joe Persons Remedy.
This remedy has been successfully
used for forty years, and hundreds Of
testimonials declare its superiority as
a blood medicine. 1t is scientifically
compounded of vegetable ingredients
Of the highest purity. When you suf-
fer these ills, you need Mrs. Joe Per-
sons Remedy for your blood.
Your druggist should have it; If he
hasn't, we will supply you. Large size
bottles one dollar. Remedy Sales Cor
poration. Charlotte. N. c.
Mrs. Joe Persons Wash should be
used in connection with the Remedy for
the cure Of sores and the relief Of in
famed and congested surfaces. It is es-
pecially valuable for women, and should
always be used for alterations.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-13
Unseen, Unknown
Future....

Many years ago the late Charles A,
Dana wrote a letter to a little girl
who asked If there was Santa Claus
Here are some extracts from 1t:
"Yes. Virginia, there Is a Santa
Claus: he exists as certainly as
love, generosity and devotion ex-
ist The most real
things i'm the world are those
things that neither men nor Chill
dren see. You may tear apart
the baby's rattle and see what
makes the noise inside, but there
Is u wall covering the unseen
world which not the strongest
man nor the united strength OF
all the strongest men can tear
apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry,
love, romance, can push aside
the curtain and view the glory be-
yOnd. Is 1t real? All, Virginia,
I'm all this world there Is nothing
else real and abiding. No Santa
Claus? He lives and lives forev-
er."
There is a wall covering the un.
seem" there Is a wall covering the fu-
ture, and those beautiful sentiments
love, generosity and devotion" de-
mand that provision be made for that
unknown future. No better provis-
ion can be made than by means Of a
life insurance policy in the Staunch
Old Mutual Benefit.
SAM VI. GRIST, Special Agent
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-10-13

Misiudaed.-Gen. Vincent r. Thomp-
son was talking in Milwaukee about
the war, says the New York Tribune
The Germans, in the first place" he
said, misunderstood the temper OF
the Belgians. They misunderstood, in
the second place, the temper OF the
Russians, of the English and of the
French. Actually, from all those ma :
tions they expected a feeble resistance
or none at all.
The Germans, in word, misJudged
the Allies as Cornelius Husk misjudg
ed the metropolitan restaurant.
Cornelius Husk, on his first visit to
New York, entered a restaurant with
timid, faltering steps. A waiter brought
him a menu. Very red in the face, he
studied it for a long time. Finally, to
help him out, the waiter said:
Table d'hote, sir?
What mought tabble dote be-" old
Corn Husk asked, feebly.
Course dinner, sir
Don't want her, then said Corn
Husk. 'Ye see. young feller, I'm from
the kentry, l am. and git enough
coarse grub at hum