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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
What Is a Fair Rate2

We do not know what constitutes a
basis for rate making and have never
heard of anyone who did claim to
know much about it, but if the pros
perity of the farm is a factor 10 be
considered and the railroad commits
sion concludes that an increase in
rates is necessary, we would prefer
that ii come to us through articles of
consumption on their journey from
the factory 20 the farm We would,
for example, prefer that the rate on
hogs remain as at present and the
rate on meat bear the increase, for
any farmer can then avoid the burden
by raising his own meat, and farm
er who viii not try 10 raise his own
meat ought to be penalized. We
think the rate on coal and brick can
much bette. bear an increase than
the rate on cotton and flour We
would prefer that the rate on plows
remain the same, and machinery,
pianos and such articles as the poor
er farmer cannot hope to possess bear
the burden of increase.
The increase in rates should be so
arranged that the farmer who lives
at home will bear no part of the bur
den. but let the farmer who boards
in other states and countries and
who feeds his stock in foreign lands,
pa, the price OF his folly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

"In the later Stuart times says
Macaulay the houses of London were
not numbered, and there would, in
deed, have been lille advantage in
numbering them, for of the coachmen,
charmen porters and erraEd boyd OF
the city, a very small proportion could
read. II was necessary to use marks
which the most ignorant could under
stand. The shops we're, therefore, dis.
tinguished by painted or sculptured
signs, which gave very gay and gro.
tesque aspect 10 tie streets.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

Tulsa Okla, Jan. "a new de-
parture in conventions will take place
in Tulsa February II, u, Is, and IA,
when the state Y NJ. c. A, State Cos
pei Teams, and State Students Con-
ference of y. NJ. c. A., hold their
sessions Jointly for four days in Tul-
sas new convention hall. The con
vention will bring here many of the
nations leaders in "Y" thought and
action and will be the most widely
attended gathering of young men and
boys in the history of the state.
The past year saw the Y. NJ. c. A.
and affiliated bodies come into their
own in the new state, and the coming
Tulsa convention will be the first real
state wide meeting of character build
ers in Oklahoma. The convention
will be held under the auspices of the
state Y NJ. G. A. committee composed
of some twenty men from as many
cities in the state.
The actual work of building three
"Y" buildings in the state; the begin
ming OF community boys work in sew
eral towns, and the organization of
gospel teams in some fifty cities mark
ed the year just closed as one of the
greatest in the activity of this work.
The cities now building y. NJ. c. A.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

Charity.

Editor Ardmoreite:
have Just been reading in The
Ardmoreite the appeal of Consul Gen
eral Hanna to the good people of
the United States for corn, beans,
| etc, TO aid the starving MeXicans,
also of a report of the flour given
by Ardmore people to the suffering
Belgians.
Now. | do not want TO be classed
with the person whom your paper
calls the loudest kicker against send
ing relief to Belgium, for do not
come in this class. believe in char
ty. believe the Lord loves ch er-
full giyer, whether he gives to needy
Eclgians, MeXicans, or TO those who
are suffering with cold here at home.
| do not doubt but that The Ard
moreite, as well as most citizens
of Ardmore. will almost accuse me
of overdrawing things, when say
that there are many worthy chances
for charity in our dear old home
county. They are not beggars -no-
they are Americans, and Americans
seldom beg, they are good, honest,
hard working farmers who have sold
the little they had to pay their hon
est debts, hoping to be able to man
age some way to pull through the
winter. but they find no work, they
can get no credit because the busi-
ness men can not afford to carry
their accounts. As a result, their
families are suffering tonight for the
food and clothing necessary to keep
them warm, and drive off the pangs
of hunger. Are these good people
begging? No. They are Americans
They are too high minded for that;
they may starve, they may freeze
but they will not beg.
Now, already | can hear the good
people saying there are no sufferers in
our midst This is purely magina-
tpn. | might describe numbers Of
cases. but will give one only:
The man is a hard working. hon
est man. has a wife and four little
girls The father owes me some
money and some time since he found
owing to the war prices-his cotton
money would not reach all his cred
itors. He asked me to wait until
he could fatten and sell hog. This
agreed to do Last week the hog
was ready for me. but his neighbor
told me that the family was living on
bread and syrup, that not one OF the
children had a pair of shoes or
stockings, and no clothes except the
ones left from summer Now | may
be a kicker, but ! could not sell
that hog.
Our papers and our politicians talk
of a wave OF prosperity on board for
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
THE CHURCH As
ASOC|AL CENTER
A Broader Sphere for Religion-New
Field for the Rural Church.
BY Peter Radford

Lecturer National Farmers Union
The social duty Of the rural church
is as much part OF its Obligations
as its spiritual side. In expressing its
social interest, the modern rural
church does not hesitate to claim that
II Is expressing a true religious in
stinct and the old-time idea that the
social instincts should be starved
while the spiritual nature was over
fed with solid theological food, is fast
giving way to a broader intcrpreta-
tion of the functions of true religion
We take our place in the succession
of those who have sought to make the
world a fit habitation for the children
of man when we seek to study and
understand the social duty of the
rural church The true christian re-
ligion is essentially social-its tenets
of faith being love and brotherhood
and fellowship While following after
righteousness the church must chal-
lcnEc and seek TO reform that social
order in which moral life is eX-
pressed While chcrishing ideals of
service, the rural church which It
tains the fullest measure of success
is that which enriches as many lives
rs it can touch, and in no way can
the church come In as close contact
with its members as through the
avenue Of social functions.
The country town and the rural
community need social center The
church need Lffer no apology for it's
ambition to fiji this need in the com
munity, il an understanding of its
mission brings this purpose into clear
consciousness The structure OF a
rural community is exceedingly com.
plex; it contains many social groups,
each of which has its own center, but
there are many localities which have
but one church and although such
church cannot command the inter
est of all the people, II is relieved
from the embarrassment of religiousiy
divided communities
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

In providing for enjoyment the
church uses one of the greatest meth
DDS by which human society has de-
veloped Association is never secure
until it is pleasurable; in play the in
stinctive aversion of one person for
another is overcome and the social
mood is fostered Play is the chief
educational agency in rural commun-
tiles and in the play day of human
childhood social sympathy and social
habits are evolved AS individuals
come together in social gatherings.
their viewpoint is broadened. their
ideals are lifted aud finally they con-
stitute cultured and refined society
1t is plain, therefore, that the
church which aims at a perfected So
ciety must use in a refined and eX-
alted way the essential factors in
social evolution and must avail itself
of the universal instinct for play.
If the church surrounds itself with
social functions which appeal to the
young among its membership, it will
fill large part Of the lamentable
gap in rural pleasures and will reap
the richest reward by promoting a
higher and better type of manhood
and womanhOOd
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

Most of the men ana women in the
British isldnds-tO Judge from my let.
ters-seem to be buying matches and
striking them in order TO discover that
curious difference OF sex TO pull
some fifty letters it may be SAID tina,
the general view is that the average
woman strikes a match away from h.J
because she wants to light something
away from her body. and a man takes
the other direction because he want
TO light q pipe in his mouth. Bu
wait, The man il 'he economist in
the striking of matches. lie Knows
his match and it's habit Of breaking
The woman, striking out with finger
and thumb. smashcs the trail timber
twice out Of three times The man
plants a thumb and two fingers round
shs match. encouraging the fragile
timber and nursing the light in his
palm. II would he fun to have
matches lhoreS cUuap between meI
and women (which could light mos.
cigarettes. striking forward or back.
Sard.-London Chronicle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
Mnionaires ard Cheap "SmUkes."

II is a common delusion that great
American millionaires smoke large
cigars that cost about a dollar apiece
A man who mixes occasionally in such
company says ii is not SO He was
with one OF the great railroad kings o
America not Ion ago-C being who
has as many millions as fingers-ans
the august person asked him for 2
cigarette. He was offered a brand Of
cheap Virginia cigarettes. anC the
donor apologetically remarked that II
was the only kind be ever had oh
said the plutocra'. Il always smoke
these" aud he drew from his pocket {
yellow pape package which had once
contained cigarettes, such as are
purchasabe at any tobaccoHists for
few cents. The millionaire also ex
planned that he had compelled hi1 man
servant-much to that persons dis
gust-to smoke the same brand, 81
that he himself might be able tc bon
row one II he ran short IL the morn
ing
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
Social Needs imperative.

The average country boy and girl
have very little opportunity for real
enjoyment, and have, as rule
vague conception of the meaning of
pleasure and recreation. IT is to fill
this void in the lives of country youth
that the rural church has risen to
the necessity Of providing entertain
ment, as well as instruction, to its
membership among the young. The
children and young people of the
church should meet when religion is
not even mentioned 1t has been
found safest for them to meet fire.
quently under the direction and care
of the church To send them into the
world with no social training exposes
them to grave perils and to try TO
keep them out of the world with no
social privileges is sheer folly. There
is social nature to both old and
young, but the social requirements OF
the young are imperative. The church
must provide directly or indirectly
some modern equivalent for the husk-
ing bee. the quilting bee and the sing
ing schools Of the old days. In one
way or another the social instincts
of our young people must have opror-
tunity for expression, which may
take the form Of clubs, parties, pie
MICS or other forms of amusement.
One thing is certain. and that is that
the church cannot take away the
4. 81 ~ thn theatre
unless it can offer In its place a sat
isfying substitute in the form of more
pleasing recreation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

Every tragedy in the home circle,
every hour of agony through which
you pass, every wrong that you must
endure in silence--for there is no re-
dress upon this side of the grave-is
not purposeless or accidental. It is
a great privilege 10 which you are
called-the high prerogative of suffer
ing. Some day We shall see the mean
ing of it all, and never regret a mo-
ment Of it~-R. J. Campbell.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
LARGEST SHIP PASSES
THROUGH PANAMA CANAL

Panama, Jan. 9.-The United states
naval collier Proteus passed through
the Panama canal yesterday. She is
the largest ship which has used the
waterway On an average six ships
are making the trip through the can
al daily The canal channel is d
better condition than it has been
since October -. when ths las 80
slide occurred
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
Taliaferro on Road Situation.


It seems from The Ardmoreite that
am criticized by some for the con =
dition of the road between Ardmore
and the oil fields, | am aware OF the
had condition of the road and
regret it as much if not more
than anyone, hut it would ap-
pear to me that any sensible man
would realize that it has been raining
almost continuously for the past eight
weeks. and it has been impossible
to drag the roads. much less use the
slips, scrapers or grader. 1t has
been so wet that a man could not
drag a sack up a cotton row, yet
some are so void OF business judg-
ment as to think that | should throw
the taxpayers money in the mud on
the roads About a year ago the
people of Ardmore spent nearly one
thousand dollars during the rainy
season on this road which was wash
cd away before anyone got 10 traNel
IT, While am commissioner Of this
county the road funds will be spent
at the proper time and place for the
best interest Of all the people.
The good people of this city can
rest assured that the road between
Ardmore and the oil fields will be
repaired as soon as weather Condl-
tons will permit.
Very respectfully,
JAMES r. TALIAFERRO.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
RATE INCREASE
NECESSARY
FARMERS UNION OFFICIALS
THINK RAILROADS ARE EN-
TITLED TO MORE REVENUE.
Products OF plow and Farmer Who
Lives at Home Should Be
Exempt From Increase.
BY Peter Radford.


The recent action of the Interstate
Commerce Commission in granting an
increase in freight rates in the eastern
classification Of territory; the applica-
tion of the roads to state and inter
state commissions for an increase in
rates, and the uttCTances of President
Wilson on the subject bring the farm
ers of this nation face to face with the
problem of an increase in freight
rates. II is the policy Of the Farmers
Union to meet the issues affecting the
welfl'e Of the farmers squarely and
we will do so in this instance
The transportation facilities Of the
United States are inadequate to ei-
fectlvely meet the demands Of com.
mercc and particularly in the South
and West additional railway mileage
is needed to accommodate the move
ment of farm products, II in the wis
dom Of our Railroad Commissions an
increase in freight rates is necessary
to bring about an improvement in our
transportation service, and an eXten-
sion of our mileage, then an increase
should be granted, and the farmer is
willing to share such proportion OF
the increase as Justly belongs to him,
but we have some suggestions to make
as to the manner in which this III
crease shall be levied.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
Nation's Wiser Part.

Since the foolish part of mankind
Will make wars from time to time with
each other. not having sense enough
otherwise to settle their differences,
II certainly becomes the wiser part,
Who cannot prevent those wars. tc
alleviate as much as possible the ca.
lamities attending them.-Benjam
Franklin.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
Very respectfully
JAMES r. TALIAFERRO.

Owing to the Sickness of Bob Leon
ard, The Master Key" will not be
shown at the Theatorium next Mon
day, Jan. II. The next instaIment.
No. 8, will be here Monday, Jan. 1s.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

NJ. 3. White, ct uX., to Mrs. Maud
Jennings, part 29, 5s3e.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
Rates Follow Lines Of Least Resist
ance.

The freight rates of the nation have
been built up along lines of least re-
sistanCe. The merchant, the manu-
facturcr, the miner the miller, the
lumberman and the cattleman have
had their traffic bureaus thoroughly
organized and in many instances they
have pursued the railroad without
mercy and with the power of organ
lied tonnage they have hammered the
life out of the rates and with unre-
strained greed they have eaten the
vitals out of our transportation system
and since We have had railroad com
missions, these interests, with skill
and cunning. are represented at every
hearing in which their business is
involved.
The farmer is seldom represented
at rate hearings, as his organizations
have never had the finances to en-
ploy counsel to develop his side of
the case and, as result, the products
of the plow bear an unequal burden
of the freight expense. A glance at
the freight tariffs abundantly proves
this assertion Cotton. the leading
agricultural product c the South, al
ready bears the highest freight rate of
any necessary commodity in com
merce, and the rate on agricultural
products as a whole is out OF pro
portion with that of the products OF
the factory and the mine.
We offer no schedule Of rates, but
hope the commission will be able to
give the railroad such an increase in
rates as is necessary without levying
a further toll upon the products of
the plow The instance seems to pre-.
sent an opportunity to the Railroad
Commissions to equalize the rates as
between agricultural and other classes
of freight without disturbing the rates
on staple farm products.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

c. w Rollins and wife to Gertrude
Joseph, part l., 3s2w.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
Ardmore, Sunday, January 10, 1915.
JOINT SESSION THREE STATE
Conventions BOOSTS TULSA

structures in the state, and the sums
raised for this purpose by popular sub
scription in the respective towns, are
Tulsa, Sl25,0OO; Muskogee $4,000,
and Bartlesville, $4,000, in the order
named A campaign Is now being
launched in Oklahoma City that will
give the capital city one of the largest
Y. NJ. c. A. homes in the middle west.
There are two railroad VS. in Okla
homa the Frisco institution at Sapul.
pa, and the Rock Island home at Hal
leyville, and there are student Us in
connection with nine of the state S
colleges and institutions. The gospel
team work has spread from the largest
cities to the smallest towns in Okla
homa, until now more than fifty are
active.
The community boys work is the
greatest branch of the Y. NJ. G. \. in
the new state, and it was this work
that paved the way for the buildings
now being completed in Tulsa, Musko-
gee and Bartlesville. This work has
spread to Tulsa, Muskogee, Oklahoma
City, Bartlesville, Okmulgee, Henry.
eta, Coalgate, and other towns.
The program of the triangle-con-
claye in Tulsa is now in preparation
and will be announced in a few days.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

Marietta Harold ct uX., to James AS
kew, lots l. >, and 3, block II, Ard
more
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

i. J. Bell to John Shertlcr, oil lot
2S, block G, Ncll's md subdivision.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

T. II. Williams, trustee, to William
Beaton, lots 456, 457, 45S, 5O1, 5O2, 5O3
block c New Spindletop.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

Deed j. Y. Taylor and wife to T.
NJ. Godgrey, part %, 7slw.
Patent, the Choctaw and Chickasaw
Nations to Atwood McCarrell, part 81,
6s3e,
Patent the Choctaw and Chickasaw
Nations to Bell McCarrell, part 81, 6s-
Be
Deed. C. & c. Nations to John c.
Woods, part s, 6s2w
Deed, Hiram Nelson Foster and wife
to Grace Lightfoot, part lot l. block 4,
Thackerville, Okla.
Mortgage, j. O. Gillian and wife TO
Murrell and Whitehill, part %, 6s2e,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

Eliza Logan to f. w. Tyler part Z,
4s3w, sec. is, 4s3w.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

Assignment of Right Of Way
T. G. King to w. a. r. Oil Co., part
a. 4s3w
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

John S. Owens and VIII G. Gardner,
to Ed. Sandlin, guardian, part Is, 5sle.
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Release of Oil and Gas Leases
John S. Owens and Will G. Gardner
TO J. b. Criner, guardian, part IL, 5s1e.
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Geo. S. Cravens to Florence f. Smith
lots y to 26, block 10, College Hill
addition.
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Samuel Cobb to n. +. Dunn, par
36. isle
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-12-03
The J. Pabst Sons Co. s'1s s s:s: ss% WATERS
ROSTER OF ORGANIZATIONS
HAMILTON LABOR UNIONS

Cooperative Trades and Labor Council, H
The Washington herald., 1915-03-26
Some War Issues.

One OF the jests which gossip attached to Lord
Kitchener early in the the remark that it
Berlin and then it would take three years to get
Russia out again. The present war is too absorb
ing for anybody to give more than glance at what
cessfu their interests would be far from identical
after the Teutonc danger had been banished. Eng
lsh papers are taking as serious view of the
the fact that Japan is quasi ally, apd would be
a very ugly antagonist while Great Britain is
straining every in Europe. Neither the
tranquility the virtual annexation of China by
Japan, but interests not quite direct enough
to warrant interference, and nation in Europe
be that none will be in condition to.-Philadelphia
Record
The Washington herald., 1915-03-26

The Bureau of Public Welfare, OF Chicago,
has just completed of those enghtening and
uplifting inquiries which do much in the way
OF solving our great social problems and making
the world happier. This inquiry has established
beyond controversy that wives not deserted if
they are big physically. if they good cooks, if
they sweet-tempered, helpful, interested afec-
,onate and loyal; if they have children, if their
husbands are common laborers. On the other
hand spouses are liable to decamp and leave in
the lurch wives who weak physically and I'M
healthy extravagant, shrewish and untidy; not
anxious for children and are critical or gossips
What things are disclosed by these official investi-
gationsl Who would dream Of such causes
OF wife dcscrtionf
The Washington herald., 1915-03-26
After the War.

That democracy is to come into its own as a
result of the in Europe that thrones will fall
and crowns be consigned to the protective cases
of historical museums, predictions frequently
made. But there is another side to the shield
Among the soldiers at the front are many young
and older royalties sharing the hardships and
dangers of their subjects, displaying courage
and steadfastncss learning lessons OF selfcontro,
leadership and command that can never be taught
in civil life. They not losing popularity with
the military or civilians OF their countries; they
are not discreditng their caste or their trade Will
Belgium depose Albert when peace is accom-
cd?-New York Sun.