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

A story is told of an ID Puriten and
his encounter with Judge Jeifries in
the seventeenth century. Jeffries,
hearing the case against the Puritan,
was trying to make fun uf the old
man, as was his hal it. q; E.nor you,
sir" said the judge. neerinsly, from
your head to your feet "knd honor
you, sir" said the Old Puritan, "froir
the crown OF your head to the sole'
of your feet" 81 honor you, went on
on the Judge, from Lands End to
Johr O'Groat's'' And | honor you
from the Equator to the Antipodes. y
Il honor you" said the judge irasci'
bly, to the gates Of Hell The Puri.
tan didn't reply at once. Then he
said. Sir there is passage in Holy
Writ that says, Answer fool accord
ing to his folly | have done so. Bat
there is another passage that says
Answer not a fool accordi:.g to his
folly Sir, / decline 70 follow you to
Hell!'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
ARDMORE ELKS To STAGE AN
ELABORATE MINSTREL SHOW

What will prove to be the theatri
cal hit of the season is the forthcom
ing Elks' Benefit Minstrel, which Is
now being rehearsed by fifty ladies
and gentlemen, picked from Ard
more's best talent
This will be the most elaborate
and carefully staged production ever
presented in this city and abounds
in catchy coon songs, popular ballads
and late novelty numbers, while the
jokes and comic situations are en-
tirely new and guaranteed TO produce
an over abundance of good, whole
some laughter.
The producers, Messrs. Lowrey and
Sneders, who are gentlemen of wide
experience in this class of work, are
greatly pleased with the excellent
talent they have encountered here.
and are very enthusiastic over the
interest manifested by the Elks and
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

their friends. Every prccaution has
been taken to please the most criti-
cal and fastidious taste, and pro-
gram has been carefully selected to
amuse all ages of children from six
to sixty.
Every member of the big cast and
chorus IS being drilled in their
parts, much attention being given
to every detail
This minstrel will be staged in
identcally the same manner as the
leading professional shows of this
class. The public will be delighted
to learn that Lowenstein's Orchestra
Will take part in the capacity of ac-
companists, which will assure the
success of that part OF the perform
ance.
The Elks' Benefit Minstrel will be
the most talked of event from now
until Thursday. January 81, the date
set for the attraction.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
SULPHUR WARRANTS
ILLEGAL AND VOID

Oklahoma City, Jan. 9.-Validity
of $4,000 of warrants issued by the
city of Sulphur in 1908 is attacked
in ten appeals from judgment of the
district court of Murray county filed
Friday in the supreme court by at.
torneys against the city had been
obtained by persons who had bought
the warrants.
1t is alleged the warrants are il
legal and void for the reason that
they fail to show, on their faces, the
amount of funds in the Sulphur city
treasury at the time they were is
sued.
1t is alleged further that the
amount represented by all the war
rants issued is far in excess of the
so per cent debt limit provided by the
state constitution and that the con
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
Child Shoots Mother.

Madill, Okla, Jan. 9.-Mrs. Albert
Hooper was shot and seriously
wounded at her home near Lebanon,
southwest OF Madill Thursday after
noon. A little 5-year-old son OF the
woman was playing with 45 caliber
Colt revolver which was accidentally
discharged, the ball striking the
mother in the abdomen. Mrs. Hoop
er's condition is serious. Mrs. Hooper
did not think the gun was loaded
when It was given the child to play
with.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

were not made by the city council.
but by the city clerk.
Another ground upon which 1t is
demanded the supreme court shall
hold the warrants worthless is that
it was intended when they were is
sued that they should be discounted.
The warrants were issued during
the panic of 1908. Many of them
were for salary claims of police Of
ticers and officials of the city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
DYNAM|TERS
ARE ASKING
FOR PAROLES
RAPiDlTY WITH WHICH THEY
CONSTRUCTED CELL HOUSE AT
FEDERAL PRISON URGED IN
THEIR PLEA.

Leavenworth, Kan, Jan. 9.-The
rapidity with which they constructed
the west cell house at the fedora
prison here was one of the argu-
ments for paroles put forward by
seventeen structural ironworkers
convicted in the dynamite conspir-
acy cases at indianapolis, who ap-
peared Friday before the federal par
ole board Having Served one-third
of their sentences, the men are ELI
gible for parole
Frank NJ. Ryan of Chicago, former
head of the Ironworkers, was not
eligible for parole, not having served
a sufficient period of his sentence.
When the men came back to the
prison after their appeals had been
denied. Warden Morgan decided to
put them to work on the west cell
house For seven years the prison
management has been trying to get
this completed, but at no time were
there enough ironworkers in prison
to finish that part of the job. Ryan
was made foreman of the work. 1t
had been a long time since the Co.
year old head of the ironworkers
had been on a job, but he showed his
0ld-time skill and ability and within
six months the iron work on the cell
house was completed.
Only one of the men who applied
for parole failed to do his share
in the construction work. That man
was Hockin, and he was willing to
help, but the others objected because
of the part Hoclin played in the
prosecution of the ironworkers by
the government.
The applicants for parole are
]. r. Butler, Buffalo, n. Y; H. S.
Hockin. Detroit; Il. y. Clancy, San
Francisco p. A. Cooley, New Or
leans; J H. Barry, st. Louis p. J..
Morrin. St Louis; II. w Legleitner
Pittsburgh; c. T. Beum, Minneapo-
lis: Edward Slnythe, Peoria, H.; w
Il. Brown, Kansas City; p. ]. Smith
and George Anderson, Cleveland, o.;
Frank c. Webb, New York; w. b
Reddin, Milwaukee; +. J. Higgins,
Boston; w. c. Bernhard, Cincinnati,
and 4. w. Basey of Indianapolis.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
PAYROLL Of
MET
BY FARMER
WANTS NO "DEADHEADS" ON
LIST OF EMPLOYEES.
A CALL UPON THE LAW MAKERS
TO PREVENT USELESS TAX
UPON AGRICULTURE.
BY Peter Radford
Lecturer National Farmers Union

Lecturer National Farmers l Mon
The farmer is the paymaster Of
industry and as such he must meet
the nations payroll. When industry
pays its bill it must make a sight
draft upon agriculture for the amount
which the farmer Is compelled to
honor without protest. This check
drawn upon agriculture may travel to
and fro over the highways of com
globe with bands Of steel; may search
hidden treasures in the earth or
traverse the skies, but in the end it
will rest upon the soil No dollar
will remain suspended in midair; it is
as certain to seek the earths surface
as an apple that falls from a tree.
When farmer buys a plow he pays
the man who mined the metal, the
woodman who felled the tree, the
manufacturer who assembled the raw
material and shaped it into an ar
ticle of usefulness. the railroad that
transported it and the dealer who
sold him the goods. He pays the
wages Of labor and capital employed
in the transaction as well as pays
for the tools. machinery. buildings,
etc, used in the construction of the
commodity and the same applies to
all articles of use and diet of him
self and those engaged in the sub
siJiary lines of industry
There is no payroll In civilization
that does not rest upon the back
of the farmer He must pay the bills
all of them
The total value of the nations
annual agricultural products is around
$12, 900 100000 and it is safe to esti-
mate that 80 cents on every dollar
goes TO meeting the expenses of sub
sidary industries The farmer does
not work more than thirty minutes
per day for himself, the remaining
thirteen hours of the days toll he
devotes to meeting the payroll of the
hired hands of agriculture, such as
the manufacturer, railroad, CONNER
cial and other servants
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
The Farmers Payroll and How n,
Meets II.

The annual payroll Of agriculture
approXimates s12,000,000,0 1000 A por-
tion of the amount is shifted to for.
eign countries in exports, but the
total payroll of industries working for
the farmer divides substantially as
follows: Railroads, $l,252, 100000;
manufacturers, S4,365 100000; mining,
$655 900, 900; banks. 100000, 900;
mercantile $3,500,OOO 900, and heavy
miscellaneous payroll constitutes the
remainder.
II takes the corn crop, the most
valuable in agriculture, which sold
last year for 81 ,692, 100000, to pay of
the employees of the railroads; the
money derived from our annua. sales
of livestock of approximately $4,000
100000, the yearly cotton crop, valued
at $920000000; the wheat crop.
which is worth sG10,O00,0OO, and the
oat crop, that is worth $ii0,000,000,
are required to meet the annual pay
roll of the manufacturers. The
money derived from the remaining
staple crops is used in meeting the
payroll of the bankers, merchants,
etc. After these obligations are paid,
the farmer has only a few lunches Of
vegetables, some fruit and poultry
which he can sell and call the pro-
ceeds his own.
When the farmer pays off his help
he has very little left and to meet
these tremendous payrolls he has
been forced to mortgage homes. work
women in the field and increase the
hours of his labor. We are, there
fore, compelled to call upon all in
dustries dependent upon the farmers
for subsistence to retrench in their
expenditures and to cut off all un-
necessary expenses This course is
absolutely necessary in order to avoid
a reduction in wages, and We want
If possible, to retain the present wage
scale paid railroad and all other in
dustrial employees.
We will devote this article to a
discussion OF unnecessary expenses
and whether required by law or per
mitted by the arrangements of the
concerns, is wholly immaterial. We
want all waste labor and eXtrava-
gance. OF whatever character, cut out
We will mention the full crew bill as
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

There are two kinds of farmers
One tries to take all the advice he
hears and the other won't take any
at all
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

Lame back may come from over
work, cold settled in the muscles of
the back. or from disease. In the two
former cases the right remedy is BAL
LARD'S SNOW LINIMENT. It should
be rubbed in thoroughly over the af-
fected part, the relief will be prompt
and satisfactory. Price 25c. soc, and
S1U0 per bottle. Sold by Bomar Drug
Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

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. 19.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
illustrating the character OF unneces
sary expenses to which We refer.
Union Opposes Full Crew" Bill.

The Texas Farmers Union regis
tered its opposition to this character
OF legislation at the last annual meet.
ing held in Fort Worth, Tex. August
4, 1914, by resolution, which we quote,
as follows:
The matter of prime importance
to the farmers OF this state Is an ade-
quate and efficient marketing system
and We recognize that such a system
is impossible without adequate rail
road facilities. embracing the greatest
amount of service at the least pos.
sible cost We further recognize that
the farmers and producers in the end
pay approximately 20 per cent of the
expenses of operating the railroads,
and il is therefore to the interest OF
the producers that the expenses of
the common carriers be as small as
Is possible, consistent with good ser
vice and safety. We, therefore, call
upon our lawmakers, courts and
juries to bear the foregoing facts in
mind when dealing with the common
carriers Of this state, and we do espe-
cially reaffrm the declarations of
the last annual convention of our
State Union opposing the passage of
the socalled 'fullcrew' bill before
the thirty-third legislature of Texas"
The farmers Of Missouri in the last
election, by an overwhelming ma
jority, swept this law off the statute
book of that state, and 1t should
come off Of all statute books where
it appears and no legislature of this
nation should pass such law or
similar legislation which requires un.
necessary expenditures.
The same rule applies to all regu-
Iatory measures which increase the
expenses Of industry without giving
corresponding benefits to the public.
There is ofttimes body of men as
scmbied at lcgislatures-and they
have a right to be there-who, in
their zeal for rendering their fellow
associates a service, sometimes favor
an increase in the expenses of in
dustry without due regard for the men
who bow their backs to the summers
sun to meet the payroll, but these
committees, while making a record
for themselves, rub the skin OF the
shoulders of the farmer by urging the
legislature to lay another burden
upon his heavy load and under the
lash of 'be it enacted" goad him on
to pull and surge at the traces of civil
i2ation, no matter how he may sweat,
foam and gall at the task When
legislatures cut melon" for labor
they hand the farmer a lemon.
The farmers of the United States
are not financially able to carry dead
heads" on their payrols. Our own
hired hands are not paid unless we
have something for them to do and
we are not willing to carry the hired
help of dependent industries unless
there is work for them. We must
therefore insist upon the most rigid
economy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

When the soul communes with the
spirit of nature the back to the farm
movement prevails
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

When honesty is merely a good
policy it is a poor virtue.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

Lazy farmers are just as useless as
dead ones and take up more room.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

Have you house or a room you
wish TO rent? 1t will cost but thirty
cents 10 rent it-try the want ads.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

A dollar fairly got is worth a thou
sand that are not.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
Carter Avenue Methodist.

Sunday school at 9:45 a, m.
Sermon by the pastor at II a. III.
and 1880 p. m. You are cordially
invited to attend these services and
worship with us.
w r. FREEMAN, Pastor
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10

It's impossible to defeat an ignor-
ant man in an argument.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-10
Legislative House-cIeaning Needed.

Legislative House-CIeaning Needed.
While the war is on and there is
lull in business, we want all legisla-
tive bodies to take an inventory of
the statute books and wipe off all
extravagant and useless laws. A good
house-cleaning is needed and econo-
mics can be instituted here and there
that will patch the clothes Of INDECENT
children, rest tired mothers and lift
mortgages from despondent homes.
Unnecessary workmen taken off and
useless expenses chopped down all
along the line will add to the pros
perity of the farmer and encourage
him in his mighty effort to feed and
clothe the world.
If any of these industries have sur
plus employees we can use them on
the farm. We have no regular
schedule OF wages, but we pay good
farm hands on an average of S150
per day of thirteen hours when they
board themselves; work usually runs
about nine months of the year and the
three months dead time, they can do
the chores for their board. II they
prefer 10 farm on their own account,
there are more than 14,000000,000
acres Of idle land on the earth's sur
face awaiting the magic touch of the
plow The compensation is easily OBJ
tainabIe from Federal Agricultural
Department statistics Tho total
average annual sales of farm in
the continental United States amounts
to $4,000 the cost of operation is
$4,000; leaving the farmer S176 per
annum to live on and educate his
family.
There is nc occasion for the legis-
latures making a position for surplus
employees Of industry. Let them come
back to the soil" and share with us
the prosperity OF the farm.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-02-10

Wanted any young man or young lady,
planning 10 attend Business College
soon, TO write, or call and see the editor
OF this paper. We have a Scholarship,
i'll the largest Business College in this
State, which we have just accepted in
exchange tor advertising space. We can
sell you this Scholarship at big discount
and save you money. 1t is good for 4
complete Bookkeeping, and Banking, OF
i Shorthand and Typcwriting Course.
If you want it, write us TODAY for ad.
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PAGELAND JOURNAL.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-02-10
Inc EtiifOSS
esYaosutc prote'
the people.
Personals

Mrs. Hursey, of Chesterfield,
spent part of last week at the
home of Mr.. ]. G.. Sanders.
Mr.. T. A. GuIledge returned
Monday from a few days visit
in southwestern Florida.
DR.. Thos. Duncan spent three
or four days in Cheraw last
week.
Mrs. Thos. Duncan visited her
sister Mrs /. P. Mangum, at
Chesterfield last week.
Mr.. ]. 6. Parker spent the lat
ter part of the week at the home
of his father, Esq. B. F. Parker,
in Lanes Creek township.
Messrs. Otis and Henry
Thompson, OF Lancaster county,
spent Saturday and Sunday here.
Mrs. w. F. Redfearu and child
rem are visiting relatives near
Peachland, n. G..
Mr.. K. A Carpenter and family
and Mrs. W. ]. Blakcney are
spending a few days in Charlotte.
Mrs. d. f. Clark and children
spent Saturday and Sunday in
Ruby.
Mrs. G. w. Clark and children
and Mr.. Emmett Gulledge arriv
ed from Florence yesterday.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-02-10
RURAL SOCIAL CENTERS

We need social centers where our
young people can be entertained,
amused and instructed under the di.
rectiCn of cultured, clean and COM
petent leadership. where aesthetic
surroundings stir the love for the
beautiful, where art charges the at.
mosphere with inspiration and power,
and innocent amusements instruct
and brighten their lives.
To hold our young people on the
farm we must make farm life more
attractive as we'll as the business of
farming more remunerative. The
school house should be the social unit,
properly equipped for nourishng and
building character, so that the lives of
our people can properly function
around it and become supplied with
the necessary elements OF human
thought and activity.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-02-10
Patrick Planters Turn Deaf Ea
to Cotton

Patrick, Feb. 6.-Much interest
is being manifested in things
other than cotton in this section
of the county for the coming
year. There was Assoc per csnt
increase in amount of wheat
seeded last fall, as we'll as quite
an increase in amount of oaas
and rye sown. Several are
planting tobacco and a good
many are planting Irish potatoes,
and at Gillespie, a station four
miles north of here, 4SQ bushels
of seed Irish potatoes We're On,
loaded Yesterday. s
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-02-10
Notice to Creditors

The State of South Carolina,
county of Chesterfield.
By M. ]. Hough, Probate
Judge:
Whereas, w. G. Price, made
suit to me to grant him Letters of
Administration of the Estate and
effects of w. A. Price, deceased,
These are, therefore, to cite
and admonish all and singular
the kindred and Creditors of the
said NJ. A. Price, deceased, that
they be and appear before me,
in the Court of Probate, to be
held at Chesterfield, S. c., on
23rd February, next, after publ
cation hereof, at IL o'clock in
the forenoon, 10 show cause, If
any they have, why the said
Administration should not be
granted.
Given under my hand this 9th
day of February, Arno Domini
1915
M. ]. Hough,
Probate Judge.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-02-10
The COUNTY fair
BY Peter Radford
Lecturer National Farmers Union

The farmer gets more out Of the
fair than anyone else. The fair to a
city man is an entertainment; to a
farmer it is education. Let us take a
stroll through the fair grounds and
l1nger moment at few of the points
Of greatest interest. We will first
visit the mechanical department, and
hold communion with the worlds
greatest thinkers
You are now attending a congress Of
the mental giants in mechanical sci
ence OF all ages. They are addressing
you in tongues Of iron and steel and
in language mute and powerful tell an
eloquent story of the worlds progress.
The inventive geniuses are the most
valuable farm hands we have and
they perform an enduring service to
mankind. We can all help others for
a brief period while we live, but 1t
takes master mind to tower into the
realm Of science and light torch Of
progress that will illuminate the path
way Of civilization for future genera
t1ons. The men who gave us the
sickle, the binder, the cotton gin and
hundreds Of other valuable inventions
work in every field on earth and will
continue their labors as long as time
Their bright intellects have conquered
death and they will live and serve
mankind on and on forever, without
money and without price. They have
shown us how grand and noble it is
to work for others; they have also
taught us lessons in economy and eff
cheney, how to make one hour do the
work Of two or more; have length
ened our lives, multiplied our
opportunities and taken toll off the
back Of humanity
They are the most practical men
the world ever produced. Their In
ventions have stood the acid test of
utility and efficiency. Like all useful
: ~ 1alkbelsty ~ yveR PdbiiCfry, Yet
..f.iions Of machines sing their praises
from every harvest field on earth and
as many plows turn the soil in mute
applause Of their marvellous achieve
ments.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-02-10
John Green on Chain Gang

John Green, Colored, who for
some time has been evading
arrest for breaking a contract
with Mr.. Turner Culp, was tried
yesterday before Magistrate
CaSkey and sent TO the chain
gang for 80 days. He was hiber
mating in the Tirzah church sec
ton, just across the state line.
His wife was first arrested and
brought to Lancaster. 1t was
not long before John followed.
AS soon as his term expires he
will be rearreSted on the charge
OF stealing a mule in Chester
field county.-LancaStcr News
Green is the negro who stole
Charlie Crawford's mule a few
weeks ago-The Journal
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-02-10
BUSINESS LOCALS

fosFarmers-Are you one of the 400
subscribers TO Southern Farming, in
Chesterfield county? If you are, or if
you're not, I'm going to give the first
100 new or renewals a. chance at $35. 90
worth of valuble farm merchandise,
aside from the valuable premiums given
with each year subscription. You must
be quick. There are los old subrcribcrs
On the Pagcland rural routes, who will
be eager to renew their subscriptions to
the old reliable Orange Judd Southern
Farming. Edgar Williams, Representa-.
tive for Chesterfield county.