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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-01

lnli1 oTrrg rrrnt fold for future
HunpllcH of aluminium There nrr
great doIoHlln of lnt,titc and bauxitc
frou which plumluum In derived. Il
10 Hpid thnt tho Indian product could
to placed pp tho market at a figure
but little more than half that cf the
prctcut quotation Tho use Of this
mom ia handicapped by the cost at
prcroat aad ir tho metal could be
rccur,d at lower cost its aold Of
up,tumons wnul3 lo grcptly cxpaadod
There are many comparatively ac.
ccppialc pciutp where factories for the
extraction OF aluminium could be 10.
Gated
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-01

IN easy way 10 clean glass bottles
In 10 cut lemons In small pieces. drop
into the bottle. half I'll the bottle with
water and shake well.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-01

lpsido the lid nf u trunk patented
by New York man Is slide that
can be extended to form bed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-01
FARMS AND CITY PROPERTY.

| CAN FURNISH YOU-Any size
tract from acres to any size
tract you want, part cash, balance
In five years. at per cent and
per cent. have farm land TO
trade for Ardmore property. II you
have any property to sell, rent or
trade. see me. ]. L. McCarty.
Office phone No. 40. 27-1m
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-01

large reinforced concrete non.
'oop 20 working successfully aH -
lpudmg ptaHr Ia an Australian ferry.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-01

II thlH sprlns lu oomtng In like u
hmb. II ia chilly little lamh
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-01

Try Bcrry's Cream Loaf Every
one better one. lOtf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-01

WHY pAY RENT all your life? own
your oVn home. Pay $500 or $500
cash. balance Ike rent. Virgins
Of fort worth owns three nice
houses. all modern, cloge-in, which
you can buy on cagy terms WIN
pay you 10 hurry. for you soon
cant yet clogc-ln property In Ard
more. # surely pays 10 have a
home of your own. BOX ll5I Fort
worth. Tex ZZti
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-01
LIVESTOCK.

SEE WILL CARDWELL before you
sell your fat cows. calves and hogs.
Phone blue-530. Tim
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-01
TO ExCHANG GE.

FOUR LOTS in College Hill Addi
tion to trade for Chckasaw Lake
stock or auto. w. d. Taliaferro.
21tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-01

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-01
LOST AND FOUND.

LOST-Bunch of keys, finder return
to this office or to Bob Poland. 1-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-01
REAL EsTtTE

4 EKAL BSAP-A beautiful lot, one
bl0ck sDuth " Main gtreet,on Il,
81. .GG1. 300 cash. balance $500
monthly. Must trade quick Or no
trade. Gee u =. Curtis or Roy
abores Him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-29
Harrison Law q Success

Reports made to the commissioner of internal revenue indicate that the Harrison law to prevent the sale of habit-forming drugs is being enforced with comparatively little expense to the government and is receiving the active cooperation of druggists throughout the United States. With a few exceptions, here and there, drug gists have been found quite willing to aid in stamping out the use of habit forming drugs. One of the largest firms in the country informed Secre- tary McAdoo that it's sales of habit forming drugs had been 75 per cent less than they were before the Harri- son law went into effect.
 Doctors have been put to great deal of trouble in complying with the rigid requirements of the law, but they have also given valuable assist ance to the authorities and have suc- cessfully treated large numbers of drug addicts who are now restored to health. There was doubtless a great deal of suffering among these unfor- tunates when their supply of drugs was suddenly cut off, but steps were immediately taken to care for them and all who wanted to take treatment were given that opportunity.
 Although a drastic measure, the ease with which the Harrison act is being enforced is highly gratifying to humanitarians everywhere who feared that this important piece of legisla- tion might prove ineffective.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-29
Prosperity Strides

Not only is there no Tagging ill in- dustrial activity, but the demand for iron and steel increases week by week.
 More orders for rolled and forged stNl are rendered than can be ac- cepted and even at that the volume of new business is reported to be in ex- cess of mill capacity, and indications point to new high records in produc- tion through the winter and spring.
 The railroads are buying equipment on a large scale and it is believed that their requirements will roll up a greater volume of business from this source than has been recorded in many years past. It has been long while since the carriers, as rule, expe- rienced good times, but in this era of prosperity they should be able to catch uc They will certainly come to, their own if the interstate commerce com- mission cuts out it's antagonistic at titude
 As it is, the railroads are contribut- ing extensively to industrial prosper ity's permanence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-29
Removing Illiteracy

Perhaps no section of the annual re- port of Superintendent Feagin of the state department of education will be read with more sympathetic interest than that which sets forth the activi- ties of the Alabama Illiteracy commits sion, of which ex-Governor William D. Jelks is president
 Soon after the commission was or ganized early in the year, subcom- mission, which usually includes the county superintendent and the princi- pal of the county high school, was named for each county and the results have been most encouraging. Tt is not possible at this time to estimate accurately the extent of the movement and the definite results that have been realized,' says Mir. Feagin, but enough has been done to convince the most dubious person that every adult illiterate in Alabama will in the near 1 future have set before him the oppor | tunity to learn to read and write." Especially fine results have been achieved in Dale and Shelby counties; and 15 or more counties had nighi schools in session during the summer
 though what has been done," as Superintendent Feagin remarks, "is only an earnest of the future"
 | Many persons not of the pedagogit profession have volunteered to assist in instructing adult illiterates, but the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-29

firearms. These two methods of shuf- fling off this mortal coil are so much more common than other ways of com hitting suicide that hanging or stran- gulation, which comes next in the list had but 5445 victims. A total of 441J persons asphyXiated themselves. The ease with which poisons and firearms are obtained in this country accounts to some extent for the large number of people who shoot or poison them selves.
 The increase of suicide in the United States is alarming and hard to ex- plain. This is problem of great i'm portance to which little attention has been paid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-29
THE "PowDER HOUSE JAG,

Alcohol is greatly feared by the powder people and rightly so. But they cannot eliminate a strange maiady that appears among their workmen in the powder mills. As subterranean labor in com house jag," which is described as fol- pressed air produces the bends,'' work in the powder mills creates the powder lows by Merle Crowell in the December issue of the American Magazine:
 "A powder house is no place for an un- steady hand or an unseeing eye. But the powder house jazz a freak product of the plants themselves. is something which no amount of diligence can fore fend. Large quantities of alcohol are used in the making of smokeless powder, and the air in the shops frequently gets heavy with its fumes. Men have been known to leave the plant reeling and stupefied, while one serious accident re- gently was caused because a fume-fu fud- dled workman threw on both the high same time.
 "A weird nervous disorder that steals upon powder-makers has been called
 powderitis. Treading all day with hub ber-sole shoes in shop which vag- rant spark will change into a crater they get keyed up to nervous tension that even when off duty they nearly jump through their collars at an unex- pected flash of light. Although powder unless 1t is confined, does. not explode at a spark under normal condition, a powder shop may be changed into an in- ferno of wildfire in a few seconds"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-29
Permanent Prosperity

Jesse Shearer of the Oliver -Shearer, Roebuck Realty company, is strong be1ieevr in the permanency of the re- turned prosperity to the Birmingham district "I have noticed" said he, that the rentals of the houses we have on our list have picked up wonderfully in the last few months It was not long ago when there were numerous houses in all sections of the city that were vacant and could not be rented at any price.
 Recently the rental business has picked up greatly and the result is that everyone is commencing to believe that the improvement is here permanently. Conditions in every line of business grow better daily and eventually we will have the same good times that we used to have. The insurance busi- ness is also improving and this with in itself is one of the best signs of prosperity It is extremely hard to interest a. man in any line of insur ance when times are hard, but when conditions are good every man has time to listen to a proposition which will protect him at the time he needs it and add to his stability in the com tnunity I am optimistic over the fu- ture outlook and am of the opinion no one will have reason to complain if things continue to pick up as they have in the last few months.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-29

From the Journal of the American Med-
 ical Association.
 5srsrsn osan,ss. ya s aanns af thsr s shs
 A population, has naturally thrown unwonted responsibilities on women. In various callings, positions from which women had previously been vigorously excluded, or to which they had been ad- mitted only under protest, are now be- ing thrown open, and women are eager ly invited to enter. In the medical pro- fession especially the demands of the military service have produced a de- ficiency in the supply of civilian prac- titioners which can be remedied only by utilizing the services of women physicians
 Our London correspondent reports that the medical journals in Great Britain are full of advertisements of fering posts to women, and that the sit uation has become so acute that a large hospital sent an application to the sec retary of the London School of Medi- cine for Women, Send us any woman at any salary" A daily newspaper also states, on the authority of the London School of Medicine for Women, that an infrmary post ill the Whitechapel dis trict, previously held only by a man al a salary of $500 year and emoluments is now advertising as open to a woman at 5000 and emoluments. This extreme demand for women, of course, cannot continue indefinitely after the close oi the war. Still, for many years after the cessation of hostilities, it will probably be literally impossible to fill all medi- cal posts with men as exclusively as heretofore Not only will the medical staffs of the armies in the field return from the front with ranks thinned by the hazards and hardships of war, but also the younger generation of men physicians will be- greatly depleted for a time by the fact that the young men who should now be acquiring a medi- cal education are serving under the flag. This prospect of a continuance oi the demand for women physicians. at least for some years, has caused a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-29

marked increase tn the numbers od women medical students. The reg,s-| tration in the London School of Medica for Women has doubled. Other British medical schools and hospitals are said to be considering the admission of wom Il en, and one (Charing Cross hospital) it is reported, has already opened It's doors to women students.
 In Germany, according to press rel ports, in spite of the absence of the| customary numbers of American, Rus
 sian, English and Swiss women stu- dents. the enrolment of women medi
 cal students has risen from STA to 1150l and the entry of German women in the|
 medical course has been greatly facil Il
 itated by recent measure recognizing
 the diplomas of girls schools as ade !
 quate entrance credentials throughout -the empire.
 While at the close of the war mem
 will tend to displace women physicians
 again to a greater or less extent it4
 may be taken for granted that the old
 order will never be established in it s
 enti1.ety. If there are fields of medica !
 work for which women are entirely unfitted, the fact will have been dem
 onstrated and they will be replaced as speedily as possible; but if there are posts which a competent woman may fill as well as competent man Git is said, by the way, that even in the or l ganization and administration of Red Cross units women have done excel lent service), it will be impossible for conservatism any longer to deny all opportunity to women. If there is any department of medicine to which wom ] en are especially adapted, that fact also will probably have been demonstrated on a larger scale than has hitherto been possible. After the WI, in short. there will be readjustment accompanied by more or less friction: but European women physicians may undoubtedly look forward in the end to fair field, from which old prejudices have been to a considerable degree eliminated py the pressure of necessity It will pc Interesting to see what use they make of their enlarged opportunities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-29
JAPAN's CANDY ETIQUETTE

f1Cmer Croy III Leslie s.
 But with all that, they have their nice-
 ties about eating. One day as I was go-
 ing along the street I saw a caiidy man sitting on a stool beside his cast fash-
 ioning deleaeies with his two flying
 thumbs. Taking a ball of candy mix
 ture he would give it a few pinches, a
 twist, dab on red spot and there would be fish. Taking up another ball he
 would give it a few twists and he would
 have radish. Half dozen of these he
 would put into a thumb made candy
 plate, the size of a chocolate wrapper,
 and sell for half a cent. Buying a plate of tiny delicaces I gave it to a girl ex-
 pecting to see her down it in good old
 American fashion, but instead of falling on it greedily she made a courtly bow and tore down the street as fast as her wooden shoes would let her I looked after her in astonishinent, thinking that this upset every child theory I had, and
 determined to try it again. So I waited
 until the two flying thumbs had nodded another delicacy and preferred this to second child. Down the street she flew, too, her walnut knot of hair webbing ex- citedly. When I bought the third deli cacy I gave 1t to child that was
 weighted down with a, baby on her back and followed after, while she went bob bing down the street. the baby's head rolling heavily. I found her sitting on the floor, eating the sirupy fish and candy radishes with many delighted sucks and appreciative grunts Then I understood | it was not polite to eat on the street, but | under her fathers gray tile roof it was 1 the height of form to dispose of the 1 sweets with all the gustatory gurglings that her delighted soul wished
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-29
Christmas in the Trenches

The soldiers fighting the battles of Europe will be remembered back hon." when Christmas comes. "Iom- my Atkins" for whom Kipling has written that nothing is too good when he's fighting for his country and near ly everything is too good when there is no war, will feast on pudding. A million Christmas buildings are being turned out by one of London's largest wholesale bakeries. More than twenty five thousand buildings have already been made, packed and shipped to the front. Contributions are pouring in to one of the Christmas funds and 1t IS predicted that nearly two million pud- dings will be sent to the soldiers of Great Britain. In fact, at this rate there would be approximately one for every Tommy
 Moving pictures in the busy bake shop, where hundred people are ex- ecuting this delectable 'war order" have been taken and will be shown on the screen in Great Britain, France, Russia, the United States, Canada and nearly everywhere, except in the Teu- tonic kingdoms, in Bulgaria and in Turkey. A donation of only 12 cents will provide two pounds of pudding for soldier.
 The buildings are made in lots of a quarter of a ton at time. The in- gradients, which are heaped on a large table, comprise 100 pounds of raisins, 80 pounds of currents, so pounds of suet, AS pounds of flour, 40 pounds of sultanas, seedless raisins produced near Smyrna; 19 quarts of milk, 10 quarts of eggs and suitable quantity of spices. One million pud- dlings will cost $120,O00, but the money will be well spent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-29
A DYING CATHEDRAL

Edith Wharton in the Saturday Evening
 Post
 When the German bombardment began the west front of Reims cathedral was covered with scaffolding; the shells set it on fire, and the whole church was wrapped in flames.
 Now the scaffoding is gone, and in the dull provincial square there stands a structure so strange and beautiful that one much search the Inferno or some tale of eastern magic or words to pie ture the luminous, unearthly vision.
 The lower part of the front has been warmed to deep tints of umber and burnt sienna. This rich burnshing passes, higher up, through yellowish-pink and carmen to sulphur whitening to ivory; and the recesses of the portals and the hollows behind the statutes are lines with a black, denser and more velvety than any effect of shadow to be obtained by sculptured relief The Intervening of color over the whole blunted, bruised sur face recalls the metallic tfnts, the pea cock and pigeon iridescences. the incred- ible mingling of red, blue, unber and yell low Of the rocks along the Gulf of Aegina.
 And the wonder of the impression is in- creased by the sense of it's evanescence; the knowledge that this is the beauty of disease and death, that very one of the tlansfixed statutes must crumble under the autumn rains. that every one of the pink or golden stones is already eaten away to the core. that the cathedral of Reims Is glowing and dying before us like a sunset.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-29
Yesterdays Age-Herald

Yesterdays Age-Herald was striking for the variety of subjects of interest it contained, both in it's news and spe cial feature departments. There were some beautiful pictures in the Roto-
 gravure Section and many thought the views of European soldiers the best yet published. The industrial scenes of the Birmingham district caused spe cial comment
 The Calhoun County Section was val uable, not only as a historical record but as fine chronicle of the progress being made by this great county. Yesterdays Age-Herald contained 1916 separate advertisements, occupy ing 3464 inches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-29
Dr. EdmOnds' Audiences

w. A. Dameron, secretary of the Bir- mipgham Newspaper club, Is an ardent admirer of the Rev. pr. H. M Ed nlonds. q have always been interested in pr. Edmonds and believe him to be one of the finest ministers in the com munity I am surprised as well as grat- ified to see the many different classes of people that attend his services at the Lyric on Sunday nights. Each time have been present the theatre was crowded to it's capacity. Various nation alities attend. I was particularly struck with the fact that two Chinamen were in the audience apparently interested in every word that was being said by the minister.
 "All classes and creeds seem to be interested in the gospel of Jesus Christ as expounded by Dr. Edmonds. You may see some of the wealthiest and some of the poorest people scattered throughout his congregation. This means that the man Is delivering a message that appeals to all the people and not to one particular class of people. He is a calm, deliberate speak CT and his enunciation is wonderful. He takes examples from life and draws the moral in clear manner that will be understood by all that are listen- ing to him. l suppose I am one of his adherents for life. I shall always take delight in going to hear him preach every Sunday night"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-29

work in the main has fallen upon the shoulders of school teachers, liar more than upon any other class" says MT Feagin, "and we may be sure they possess the ability and the spirit of self sacrifice and consecration that will make them big enough and re- sponsive enough to human need to carry on the work"
 As the members of the State Hit eracy commission and the county sub commissioners serve from philan- thropic motives and therefore receive no pecuniary compensation, their la bors should be all the more appreciat- ed. Their slogan is, "Alabama's llllt- eracy-Let's Remove It." and in this great work hearty cooperation on the part of the people in general should be always in evidence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-29

intend to sell to others, we must be prepared to buy from them in ex- change; for the simple reason that all foreign trade ill the mass is nothing less nor more than barter. even though in detail the operations may be high ly complex and delicate. From this it follows that if we wish to export we must be more ready to import; and an enlightened public opinion will in due course of time cease placing obstacles in the way of imports, the only method by which our customers can pay for what they buy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-29
Suicide in the United States

An interesting article on suicide in the United States has been contrib uted to the Spectator, New York, by Frederick l.. Hoffman, statistician of the Prudential Insurance Company of America. The seven cities which show the highest suicide rate are San Fran cisco, San Diego, Sacramento, Ho- boken, St. Louis, Los Angeles and Oakland, in the order named. It will be noticed that California cities pre- dominate to a surprising extent. All of these cities have a suicide rate of 32.0 or over per thousand, and with the ex- ception of St. Louis and Hoboken, the rate during 1914 increased in compar- ison with the average for the past dec ade. Out of one hundred cities re- viewed by Mr. Hoffman, fifty-one show an increase in the rate and for ty-eight show decrease during 1914, as compared with 1904-1913.
 The average rate for small cities was 17.5 per 100000 population, which increased to 1S.2 per cent in 1914. In cities of 25O,000 population and over the average rate of 20.4 increased to PIP in 1914. In the eastern states, where the population is congested and the struggle for existence presumably harder, the rate was lower than or the more sparsely populated Pacific coast and in the south.
 Another table shows that from 191( to 1912 there were in the United States registration area 1O,995 sui cides by poison and 11,146 by fire arms. For both sexes combined sui eide by poison is now nearly as com mon as suicide by shooting. How ever, suicide by poison is more com mon among women than among men the latter showing a preference tol