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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31
NEGRO STORY
BRINGS CHARGE
AGAINST TWO
TWO FARMERS m KAY COUNTY
ARE c,1hR3EO WITH HOLDING
NEGRO EU> S IN PEONAGE-NE-
GRo'S WEIRD STORY.

Guthrie, Okla, July 30.-Charged
with holding negro boys in peonage,
James and Andrew Williams, farmers,
were arrested Thursday by United
States Marshal Newell and placed in
jail. 1t is charged the Williams
maintained an agency in the south
east and had shipped to them thirty
five negro boys from Charleston, S.
c., who We're placed on a farm in
Kay county and worked as slaves.
Last week one of the boys escaped
and informed the officers. Three 9th
er boys who attempted to escape, it Is
alleged, were recaptured and received
beatings which may result fatally.
The Williams brothers were report
to the Kay county attorney several
weeks ago by one of the young ne
groes who had managed to escape and
found his way to Newkirk. The Kay
county officers had heard vague ru-
mors for several years, but no one
was ever able to get a word out of
the boys until one finally escaped.
He alleged that he was the only one
to ever get away, and he described
the hunt the ranchmen made and
how nearly they were upon him sew
eral times before he finally got away
The stories the negro told started
an investigation, but the officers soon
concluded that it was a case for fed
eral action if any, and reported the
matter to the United States attor
ney's office at Muskogee.
The information filed charges the
two Williams men with violating sec
tion 269 of the new penal code of the
United States, and that they are gull
ty of holding and causing to be helt
certain persons and names seven o
them, all of Charleston, s. c., as
victims of these unlawful acts. The
information also charges the Williams
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threats and intimidation against th
negroes, thereby succeeding in keep
= ing them in a state of involuntar.
servitude and slavery.
The department of justice of thu
United States claims that some kint
of an agency has been maintained
in the east where young negroes arr
picked up and by offering them stead,
work at good wages on the big hors
ranch in Oklahoma have induce'
them to make the long trip to Okla
3 homa. The government claims tha
on arriving at the ranch they are tol,
. that no one has any authority to max
:, any such deals, and that there is n
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED.

by local applications, as they cannot
each the diseased portion of the car.
There is only one way to cure deaf
less, and that is by constitutional rem
edies. Deafness is caused by an In.
famed condition Of the mucous lin
ng of the Eustachian Tube. When this
ube is infiamed you have q rumbling
ound or imperfect hearing, and whom
I is entirely closed, Deafness Is the
result, and unless the inflammation
can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hear
ng will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an infamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
or any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu
lars. free.
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills FOR consti'
patton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31
AGREE ON PEP CAPITA PAYMENT
Conferees on Indian Appropriation
Bill Opposed to Provisions.

Washington, July ,29.-Conferees
on the Indian appropriation bill reach
ed an agreement tonight whereby the
Chickasaws will receive a per capita
payment of 500 and the Cherokees
per capita payment of $15. The
Choctaw per capita payment, as well
as the Williams Mississippi Choctaw
amendment, the committee recon-
mends be eliminated. An effort will
be made to secure Choctaw pay
ment in December. If the report is
adopted the payment will distribute
about $625,000 to members of the
Chickasaw tribe and about S6O0,00C
to the Cherokees.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31

work for them. According to the gov
eminent they are finally told that If
they are without means and want to
stay until they can find other work,
they can do so. Government charges
that the negroes are informed that
they are sure "up against it hard,
and that the negroes stay around; -
if they talk of leaving they are in.
formed they are indebted to the
ranch for their keep as their work
has not paid for the expense.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31
ALvERSoN HOMECOMING.
His Sisters From Texas Are in His
House Party.

!. S. Alverson of Glenn is enter
tanning his sisters this week. Mr..
Alverson has a beautiful home, built
on the south side of the Arbuckle
mountains. On the mountain side,
above his home, he built lake.
Pipes from the lake supply his home
with water. In the basement of the
home there is an ice house. 1t is
built on the style of a big refrigerator
and will hold several wagon loads OF
ice. That house always has a supply
of ice at this season of the year. Sev-
eral Ardmore friends of Mr.. Aiverson
will enjoy his hospitality Friday.
There will be a big barbecue and
plenty of good things to eat. Only
those who have attended these AL
verson home-comings know how nice
ly they are arranged, and how much
pleasure they give.
Mr.. Alversons sisters, who are
with him, are Mrs. NJ. E. Ledbetter
of Fort Griffin, Texas, Mrs. L. Y.
Cowan of Alexander, Texas; Mrs. Will
lie Jones of Fort Griffin, Texas; Mrs.
Julia Hill of Glen Rose, Texas; and
Mrs. N. A. Thornton of Rails, Texas.
Mr.. Alverson met them in Fort Worth
and accompanied them to Ardmore.
Mrs. Ledbetter, the oldest, knows
much of Texas history. She lived
there in the early days. She knows
of the capture of Cynthia Ann Parker
the white girl who afterward became
the mother of the noted half-breed
Indian, Quanah Parker. Her memory
has rich collection Of old histori
cal facts that make her a most inter
esting companion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31
TRADE WITH ABBOTT.
DISTILLED WATER IS MUCH
CHEAPER THAN DOCTOR BILLS,
OR MAYBE THE LOSS OF YOUR
CHILD. w. j. LANE. 23tf
Stops NeuraIqla-kiIIs Pain.


Sloan's Liniment gives instant re.
lief from Neuralgia or Sciatica. 1t
goes straight to the painful part
soothes the Nerves and Stops the
Pain. 1t is also good for Rheumatism,
Sore Throat Chest Pains and Sprains.
You don't need 70 rub-it penetrates.
Mr.. ]. r. Swinger, Louisville, KY,
writes: 81 suffered with quite a Sc
we're Neuralgia Headache for four
months without any relief. | used
Sloan's Liniment for two or three
nights and | haven't suffered with my
head since" Get a bottle today
Keep in the house all the time for
pains and all hurts. 25c., SOC. and
s1.00, at your Druggist.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve for all
Sores.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31
LOADING HIS GUN
John Fields Will Fire First Shot at
Chandler. Will Speak Here Aug. 10

John Fields, republican nominee for
governor, will open his campaign at
Chandler Immediately after the an
nouncement is made of the result OF
the democratic primary. From Chand
Ter he will take swing down through
the southern portion of the state, and
will be in Ardmore on the 10th of Au
gust. Candidate Fields will make an
active campaign for office. He will
make an especial appeal to the farm
ers as he is the editor of a farm
paper.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31
Insurance Man Arrested.

Guthrie, Okla July 29.-Federal
officers here have arrested w. T.
Dickson, Guthrie agent of the Amer
lean National Insurance company OF
Galveston, on a charge filed against
him by the head officials of the com
pany. Dickson is charged with using
the mails to defraud. The specific
charge is that Dickson certified to
the death of a negro and attempted
to collect the $340 policy. but the of
ficers of the company became sus'
picious and claim that on investiga.
ton they found the entire transac'
tion to be a bold attempt at fraud
Dickson is now in the Guthrie federal
jail, awaiting hearing on August D.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31
You're Bilious and costivel

Sick Headache. Bad Breath, Sour
Stomach, Furred Tongue and Indiges
ton, Mean Liver and Bowels clogged
Clean up tonight. Get 25c. bottle OF
DR.. Kings New Life Pills today and
empty the stomach and bowels OF
fermentirg, gassy foods and waste
A full bowel movement gives a salts
fed, thankful feeling-makes you feel
fine. Effective, yet mild. DOM
grippe. 25c., at your Druggist.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31
The Want Ads-they pay.
Freckle-Face
Sun and Wind Bring Out Ugly Spots
How to Remove Easily.


Here's chance, Miss Freckle-face,
to try remedy for freckles with the
guarantee of a reliable dealer that
it will not cost you penny unless it
removes the freckles; while if it does
give you a clear complexion, the,
expense is trifling.
Simply get an ounce of othine-
double strength from any druggist,
and a few applications should show
you how easy it is to rid yourself Of
the homely freckles and get beau
full complexion. Rarely is more than
one ounce needed for the worst case.
Be sure to ask the druggist for
the double strength othine as this is
the prescription sold under guaran-
tee Of money back if it fails to re-
move freckles.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31
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FRIDAYS CALENDAR
SATURDAYS CALENDAR.
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Ah, never yet
The smallest reckoning was set
Too slow, too fast, by Natures hand
Her hours appointed faithful stand
Her million doors wide-open stay.
Love cannot lose or leave his way
Comes not too soon, comes not too late
HELEN HUNT JACKSON.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31
Matinee Dance.

Quite a large crowd was in attend
ance last afternoon at the ladies' mat
inee dance at the Elks' club. Among
the out-of-town guests were MISS
Ruthel Baugh of Rogers, Tex, MISS
Marion Clements of Marion, KY,
Miss Mary Moore Of Dallas, Tex, and
Miss Westendorf of Richmond, Tex
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31

Mr.. and Mrs. p. c. Dings and
daughter, Miss Dorothy, are leaving
this week for Colorado and Wyoming
where they will remain until fall.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31

The many friends of Mrs. B. A
Simpson will be delighted to learn
that she is convalescing and speedy
recovery is anticipated. Mr.. Simp
son will return to Ardmore this week
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31

Mr. and Mrs. Writ Franklin lei
yesterday for Colorado.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31

Mrs Ewing of Oklahoma City was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Shu
mate for a few days this week
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31
#

Miss Ruth Kenner is visiting in O
lahoma City.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31
IN SOCIETY,
| BY jeanette H. Poland Telephone sol


The Five Hundred club met this
morning with Miss Beatrice Fraley.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31

DISTILLED WATER, FlvE-GAL.
LON BOTTLES s5 CENTS. w. j.
LANE. 23tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31
THE CHARM
OF MOTHERHOOD
Enhanced By Perfect Physi-
cal Health.

The experience of Motherhoodis a try
ing one to most women and marks dis
tinctly an epoch in their lives. Not one
woman in hundred is prepared or un-
derstands how to properly care for her
self. OF course nearly every woman
nowadays has medical treatment at such
times, but many approach the expert
ence with an organism untitled for the
trial of strength, and when it is over
her system has received a shock from
which it is hard to recover. Following
right upon this comes the nervous strain
of caring for the child, and distinct
change in the mother results.
There is nothing more charming than
happy and healthy mother of children,
and indeed childbirth under the right
conditions need be no hazard to health or
beauty. The unexplainable thing is
that, with all the evidence of shattered
nerves and broken health resulting from
an unprepared condition, and with am
pie time in which to prepare, women
will persist in going blindly to the trial.
Every woman at this time should rely
upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, a most valuable tonic and
invigorator of the female organism.
In many homes GS@SSS
once childless there INV IT. &SSAN(M
are now children be- " " SV)
cause of the fact Va EWN II
that Lydia E. Pink " = n
hams Vegetable ~ " 6 IL
Compound makes Nm sseSSEs I'M
women normal, SNENs-LMSNDS
healthy and strong. 1850 ~. 5 a4., ss2, ~
II yOu want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cCnfl-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by a
woman and held in strict confidence.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-31

Mrs. Fred Taylor of Italy, Texas,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Nettie
Jones.
Mrs. Luella Robinson and daugh-
ter, Miss Gladys, have returned from
a visit with relatives in Tennessee
and Kentucky.
T.
Rev. and Mrs. c. r. Gray are spend
ing several weeks in Chicago, from
there they will go to Michigan and
spend the remainder of the summer.
IT.
Mrs. Lillian B. Hays and daugher
Helen have returned from Edmond,
where Mrs. Hays has taken a teach
ers' course in the Central State
Normal.
Little business helps-Want Ads.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-13

sastieally Of Mr. Crosby as candi-
date for representative and says that
he believes the county will make no
mistake IN sending him to Tallahas-
see al the next session OF the legis-
Iature as his years OF service on the
board OF county commissioners and
other work for the general good OF
the community shows that he has at
heart the Advancement OF the county
and state. He is a thorough bust
ness man and has carefully studied
the needs Of the state from every
standpoint. He is a farmer and fruit
grower and in his years Of devotion
TO these industries is in a position
to know the needs OF the people OF
the state along these lines; he is
leyel-headed and gives sober thought
to any movement before making his
decisions, so is bound to make an
able. safe and enthusiastic member
OF the Florida legislature If our peo-
pie elect him at the June primary
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-13

Mr.. George White of Hagerstown,
Md, treasurer of the Antietam Paper
Company, of that city, was in town
Tuesday, calling on his friends of
the printing Offices. Mr.. White, for
Is years travelled the South regular
ly for his company, but the business
has grown to such proportions that
he now has to remain in the Office
most of the time. The company is
opening a branch in the Union Ter
minals in Jacksonville, where they
VIII carry a stock of paper from
$1OO, 900 to $2OO,O0O to serve the
trade of Georgia and Florida. The
Antietam Paper Company is the
largest and enjoys the best trade
among the Southern printers OF any
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-13

Messrs. Leach and Mayer of the
Tampa Tribune, who have been Sc
curing material for the Tribune's
big Marion county edition have
finished their work and returned
home They are pleasant and enter
prising gentlemen, and have made
friends for their superb paper of all
they met The Star is afraid their
work has not been fully appreciated
in Marion county, but it knows 1t
has been well done, and will do our
section much good. The Star hopes
that when the edition comes out our
people will buy and circulate as
many copies as possible. The Tri-
bune has done splendid work for
other counties, and is sure to help
Marion.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-13
RESULT OF UNFAIR
FREIGHT RATES

The report is out that the Ocala
Iron Works will not be rebuilt in
this city, but at some other point.
The only reason for this step on the
part of the owners is the unfair
freight rates that every interior city
has to pay.
Ocala is excellently situated for
the Ioca ton of this industry. 1t is
convenient not only to our own peo-
pie, but to scores of plants in the
vicinity. But it may remove to a
point hundred miles distant be-
cause of the policy of the railroads,
than to make the people of the in
terror hewers of wood and drawers
Of water for the people of the coast
ecities-a policy aided materially by
the weak or corrupt men who have
been put in Office and who neglect or
betray the trust reposed in them.
Almost two months ago, the state
railroad commission, in Ocala, heard
eF1uence ana argument On a matter
already plain to a sensible man
whei her a railroad should be allow
ed to charge more for hauling
freight 100 miles than for 200 miles.
Since then it has held other hear
ings in various parts Of the state. 1t
has done nothing. It doesn't want
to do anything. 1t is the most COM
plete aggregation of official useless
ness that ever clogged the wheels of
state.
The Star will recommend the
Board of Trade to take the matter
up with the city government. and
make the iron works people conces-
sicns that will in part make DIP for
unequal rates and induce them I'd
remain in the city. In the mean
time, the people of the interior
should steadily keep up their fight
for justice. Some of these days we
may have railroad commission that
is worth while.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-13
HE is POPULAR AT HIS HOME

Rev. w. ]. Nease, pastor of the
Citra Methodist church, passed thru
Ocala yesterday afternoon on his way
home from business trip to Lady
Lake. While here Mr. Nease called
at the Star Office and in speaking of
the other Improvements at Citra,
said that the proposed new school
building for which bonds had been
voted was by far the most important
event in the towns history of late
years.
Mr. Nease took occasion in this
connection to speak most en-
Enthusiastically of the candidacy of Mr..
w. J. Crosby for member of the leg
islature. He said, that Mr.. Crosby
had always been a public spirited
citizen, never overlooking any oppor-
tunity of lettering the school condi-
tons of his town and county. He
has been a member of the local
board Of trustees for ten years and
for eight years has been chairman of
that uouy
When Mr.. Crosby recently decid-
ed to enter the race for representa-
tive he announced that he intended
giving up his position as school trus-
tee, but to this the people of Citra
would not hear, and he was persuad-
ed to again allow his name used in
this connection. As result in the
recent school election he received al
the votes cast except one for the
position, the people of Citra feeling
that no one in the community was
better prepared nor more earnest in
the work of building up the public
schools than he 1t was largely
thru his efforts before the county
board as member of the local board
of trustees that the project of Citra' 1
new school building was pushed te
| its present status-bonds have beer
voted and the plans OF the building
are now being discussed.
Mr.. Nease speaks very enthus
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-13
EQUALIZING ASSESSMENTS

The city council has raised the
assessments on all city property, and
some of our people think they sure
are smitten sore upon the breeches
pockets, and the voice of their pro-
test is heard in the land
Some of the Stars friends have
been soaked, and some who are not
so much its friends have also been
soaked, and the Star has been soak
ed itself; but it is not adding it's
voice to the general wall for the fol-
lowing that seem to it good and suf-
ficient reasons.
In the first place, the system that
has prevailed, of a low assessment
and high millage is ponderous,
hoary, crank-sided fraud, and would
be out of place in Turkey, let alone
America. It makes our town look
small and poverty stricken to peo-
pie at a distance, and makes taxes
seem TO loom up mountain high to
the stranger who comes here to in
vest-and often scares him away.
We have to have a certain amount
of money to run the city govern
ment. 1t won't be any more on ac-
count OF the assessment or any less
on account of the millage. There is
a mighty good chance that it will
OF the new system.
The Star doesn't think that the
council has picked any favorites, or
nnfavorites. Tt is very likely it has
of these mistakes have only to go be-
fore the council and show reason,
and the mistakes will be corrected.
The Star notices that one council
man has more than doubled his own
assessment, and he has no money to
burn, either.
The people of Ocala should re-
member that the job of equalizing
assessments was no picnic 1t in
Eolved three or four hours hard
work every night for over two weeks
for bunch of men who have about
as much as they can do attending to
their own affairs. These men are
not paid cent for their work for
the city. And it is the rarest thing
in the world for any citizen to go to
the council chamber with advice or
assistance.
The Star thinks equaizing the as
easements was wise and necessary
step. II any property holder has
suffered, let him go to the council
and have the error corrected. If
the council shows a disposition to be
unjust, and refuses to correct in
justice, any man wronged can have
space in the Star to show forth how
he has been i'll treated.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-05-13

house south OF Philadelphia, and Mr.
White, personally, has many warm
friends among the printing fraterni-
ty of the South. He says he will
continue to make semi-annual trip
over his old territory to keep in
touch with the boys. The Jackson
Otto W. Renner, formerly with How
ard-Fisher Paper Company, of Balti-
more, and Mr.. Arthur Green will
travel the state for the house