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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-01

these reports with the consent Of Mr..
Page, II is assumed that such con-
sent was given. in view OF the fact
that. with the Whitlock report was
Published note from the British for-
eisn office to the ambassador, stating
that the British authorities expected
to make the report public.
Secretary Lansing had = long con-
ference with Minister Whitiock. who
Is here on leave OF absence. and all
though neither would discuss the in
terv!ew. ii is understood on reliable
authority that it dealt with the Cavell
case. Ii Is believed MIR. Whiti0ck
reiterated to the secretary much Of
what was contained in his report con-
corning the deception to which he
was made victim by the German mill
tary governor at Brussels as to the
plans for the execution OF Miss Cavell,
but added that the publication of the
CONFIDENTIAL report was calculated TO
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-01

amt now than the preceding one. az
1t draws the workers closer TO the
goal. and rWeitty-four hours neares
their prizes. Aud just what this prize
Will be must lie determined by thu
work done during each day. Tha
time is loo short now for parleyfngs,
and vigorous campaign should ~
made, Prizes of great value ara
hanging in the balance, and their
value warrants the keenest compett-'
ton.
Double Votes.
One new subscription now Is worth
AS many votes as two new subscraIs-
tons according to the regular sched-
use Now is the time to do the most
effective work. ana the candidates.
evidently appreciate the opportunities
given by the double-vote offer, a. ats
courasing reports are being received
from the candidates In every zone. Al
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CANDIDATES SCORES SOAR SKYWARO
UNDER STIMULUS Of DOUBLE VOTES
Workers Steadily Increase Their Totals and Strengthen
Their Positions Splendid Work Being Done In Every
homework Prize Home Being Rapidly Promoted
Double Vote Offer Closes December H.
Going Up,
Going WAY Tn,

Going Up'
Going Way Up,
The candidates are adding thou
sands of votes to their totals. as the
effect of the double-vote offer makes
itself known. The voting list today
shows that the increase in votes is
most steady one. and that everyone
is making IA determined effort now to
increase his total. Several wa, s. ago
score of better than "a 0 votes
would have seemed am nnreasona bile
rigdre To reach. but glance at the
list today shows that several have
already passed this figure. and the
majority OF the candidates are Gam
gerously near it.
A generous offer. which Is now run
ming, and which closes December II,
will serve to increase the scores OF
the candidates. and thousands OF
extra votes will be garnered in be-
fore the close of the present week
Each day that passes Is more import
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-01
OSCAR II WILL Be
A FRIENDLY Ship
Eaeryho.t, T. Expected tn Know
Every body Else and All Are so
Feel Very Much ut Home.
EAPf.CT WARM WELCOME
AT NEUTRAL PORTS
Professor and Mrs David Starr Jordan
Among Those Who Have Signihel
Their Intention to Take Trip 10
Boost Peace Work.

New York. Nov. ~ IF there Is
any body aboard Henry 3serd's peace
ship Oscar ii. when she sails on Salur-
day who does not knew ANYBODY else.
'ifitrednctiuias I'll be YsisanesEassg- Mr.,
Ford $ idea is to have il a friendly
ship" il was explained today At head
quarters at the Fillmore.
All the passengers VIII wear little
silver framed tags, containing .he'r
calling cards, and ike a college re-
union. viii be expected 10 greet eac n
other by name 70 further facilitate
getting acquainted. there Will he an
official introducer at n desk in the
main saloon. TO whom all may apply
who want to meet fellow NoyaEers.
Nine. Rosika Schwimmer announced.
also that the interior of the sGlG via
be decorated with peaCe deSiL9s;.
which an artist is now planning But
there will. be no doves nor palm
branches nor stars Of hope. Nine
Schwimmer added; nothing conVen-
tioaal or hackneyed. An appropriate
design may be painted ON the ships
side. though Nine. Schwiulmer is sure
TO submarine would torpedo It
Mime. Schwimfaer is most 50 nguine
of an enthusiastic reception al Chris
tiania. Stockholm, Copenhagen and
The Hague. and has plrt ady eabled
pE1luitHt GlNtidfS OF tHe NSVlFat gov
ernments ~ look out tor the Ford
party.
Expect Much Fuss"
W her We were there with the
woman's peace delegation" said MrsH.
Schwimmer, we had receptions al
Copenhagen Ny the governor Of t&e
city. by the American minister. an&
by others. There were bands piayine
ana flags living. and people came from
all the country round 10 see MS. OF
course, it Will be the same this time.
We Will have meetings and confer
ences and speeches both on the ship
and when we get ashore We haven.
decided vet whether we will parat =
with a brass band.
President and Mrs. David Starr
Jordan, OF Leland Stanford University.
teiegraphed Nine. Schwimmer that
they would sail on the Oscar II, on
Dr. Wiifrid Grenfel1 the
Labrador missionary. also wired that
he would go, as did Mrs. William l.
Thomas, of Chicago, secretary OF the
national woman's peace party. whose
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Only Hole in Ground Left.

The explosion MAS sa severe that
only a hole in the ground marks the
spot. The packing house was blown
To pieces. As were other structures
nearby There we're twent five men
and youths from eighteen - twenty.
one years at WORK la the packing
house. None survived They wcss
all blown 10 atoms not enough OF
anybody being found To enable itie,3-
LITIGATION, The others Killed We're ont
side the building For hours after
the explosion, other workmen In tho
yards were busy with buckets and
baskets picking up arms, legs harfds
and remnants OF flesh scattered over
the surrounding country and hanging
from trees for over quarter Of mile
The only body .4identified. among
those known IT. haVe been In the
packing house. is thar of Allen A.
Thaxter. OF Portland. Maine. foreman
In the miii. The trunk Of his body
was blown across the Brandvwing
Greek. and was jdeHtihed by shreds
of clothing that chung to the uangied
flesh.
The men injured were al work out.
side the packing house or IN aaioin-
ing mills.
Mystery May Never BE solved.
WHEN an official OF the compamy
was asked if the explosion could he
attributed 10 outside agencies, his re-
ply was that it was mystery. and
while thorough investigation had
been started and would he pursued
diligently, there is nothing on which
to base any suspicion the real cause,
rs is frequently the case. may never
be known.
The disaster was one of the worst
that has ever occurred in the history
OF rfe Dupont Conluauy Twel1tv-
i've years ago six mills in the same
plant exploded and killed fourteen
men and injured d number OF others.
The money loss today will only be 4
few Thousand dollars
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-01
GERMAN REICHsTAG
AGAIN IN SESSION.

Berlin via Amsterdam. Nov 30
The Refchstag met today for its sixth
war session The president in
opening the session, said
Our enemies have allowed them
selves to he deceived as 10 our 4inan-
cial strength. which Is proved bv the
astonishing results Of the war loans.
They are similarly deceived concern
ing our economic strength We have
nm abundance Of corn and potatoes.
the most important food of the peo-
pie.
III there may be some scarcity of
other things, the hardships thereby
caused to the majority Of the poorer
people will be overcome by the or
ganizatton of provision markets.
Financially and economically we
have every reason to contemplate the
future with Arm determination and
nnshaken confidence
The finance minister presented a
bill for the taxation of war profits,
urging q speedy discussion so that
mono could escape the tax. The bill
Was referred to the committee
Kitchener Back In I.pl-ipu,
London, Nov 3o.---Lord Kitchener.
secretary for war, returned to Lon
don today from his visit to Greece
and the Near East
No statement has been made re-
garding the results of his VISIT.
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Have you somefhInk to-
sell? The Virginian's Want
AL Columns will find II
ready buyer. Call Mad.
1853.
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In each iss;ic ~ The
virginian tterc e +"'''"-
thing advertised that you
may want. Read ,ist
advertisements regularly
each day.
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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-05-20
/
A Place of Opportunity

When one settles the dollars
and cents" questions as he con-
siders moving to a new location,
he next turns his attention to the
climate. In fact, the climate is
foremost in the minds of many
when move is contemplated.
Maryville and Blount county. as
well as East Tennessee, have the
climate. Strictly speaking, Blount
county is in the temperate zone,
but from its valleys to it's mount
ain peaks one can find almost
any temperature desired at any
season. The summers are warm
but heat prostrations are un-
known; winters are mild. There
is just enough cold to purify the
air and invigorate the blood with
the life that makes East Tennes-
see famous for health and activ-
ity. #S
Nature does a splendid Job Of
irrigating; she provides heat and
moisture for two to three bumper
crops every summer, and she has
spared US from tornadoes, floods
and like convulsions. In fact
Maryville, near the center
of the great fertile section
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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-05-20

Rev. Robt. E. L. Jarvis ant
Prof. Benjamin F. Butts begal
on Tuesday afternoon the thirC
week of the fourth series of un
} ion revival meetings. DR.. Jarvis
has been doing some very fine
preaching which has been grip
ping the hearts of the people.
People on the streets are talking
about his sermons. Last Satur-
day afternoon he preached a
strong sermon on the Man that
Satan Chooses" Saturday night
the prisoners from the county
Jail were brought to the service
and one of them made a profess
sion of religion. Sunday after
noon DR.. Jarvis preached the
baccalaureate sermon to the
Polytechnic school. His subject
was "The Cotter's Saturday
Night. . 1t was a very forceful
and eloquent plea for Friendship,
Home, Virtue and Patriotism.
Sunday night the record for at
tendance was again broken.
Nearly l, 600 came to church and
the service secured fourteen. pro-
fessions of religion. Prof. Butts
gave his gave his finest musical
grogram at this service. He
placed the Children's Chorus
Choir in the balcony of the4An
mex together with the Brown
Gamble Quartet of little girls.
His main chorus choir was on the
platform in their usual places. |
The singing of the children
brought some applause from the
large congregation.
These are some of the Jarvis !
isms:
If you are prepared to live
you don't need to waste any time
in getting ready to die
Satan doesn't work among
the people of the saloons and
brothels : his throne is in your
churches. He already has a mort ]
gage on those other people for
more than some of them are
The devil is no slouch. He is
The most respectable man doing
business in town and / don't
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-05-20
Maryville Girls Sing
At Farmers MeetinS

The Blount County Girls Can.
ming club quartet, comprised Of
Mary and Isabel Brown and
Helen and Ruth Gamble, sang al
the Farmers convention in Knox
vile Wednesday. The children
were accompanied by Miss Nan
cy L. Broadly, county superin-
tendent. About twenty men,
bers of the canning club were in
the party. Several women were
in the party.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-05-20

mean that as an insult to youl
other business men either"
There is only one place fol
dignified christians and that's ir
the cemetery"
No man ever went a shorter
cut to prosperity than by the re-
ligion route. +"
.some church members remind
me of a terrapin. You have to
coal of fire on their backs to make
ohem move.
Many people have hobble-
skirt religion because they never
get anywhere. /"
THE mar who is strongest in
denying the Bible is usually the
most ignorant of its contents. !"
DR.. Jarvis and Prof. Butts
have announced a special series
of services for every night this
week which is as follows:
Thursday, May 20
2::30 Special Service for Old
Folks. DIR. Jarvis: THE Law
of Love-.
7:30 Special Service for Fra
ternal Orders DR.. Jarvis: Some
body Cares.
Friday, May q
2::30 DR.. Jarvis: Death, Gain
not Loss.
7:30 Old Settlers Night-Dr.
Jarvis: THE Invitation Reject
ed".
Saturday, May 20
2:30. Boys and Girls Service
under 18 years. Prof. Butts
speaks and sings.
7:30 Everybody's Night DR..
Jarvis: Christ the Final Author
ty in Religion.
Sunday, May %
2::30 DIR. Jarvis: ''The Hero
Joining Home.
7:30 Farewell Night-D JAR
is: God With U.s..
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-05-20
FLAG DAY

June Ia will be flag day in the
United States. All citizens are
urged to place American flags on
their residences and places of
business on that date.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-05-20
Special Preaching
At Clark's Grove

Rev. D. NJ. Kerr, of Green
back, will preach at Clark's 8
Grove, on the fifth Sunday of
May at 10,30 o'clock. A cordial
invitation is extended to all.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-05-20
Decoration May 20

Graves in sthe Cedar grave
yard will be decorated on Satur-
day, May 20. Friends and rela-
tives are invited. This cemetery
is on the Friendsville road.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-05-20
Decoration

The fifth annual decoration
will be held Saturday, May 20,
at Union Grove.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-05-20
Prot. Harry Clark Orator
at the Polytechnic School
Commencement Friday

Prof. Harry Clark, of the Uni
versity of Tennessee, and one of
the leading educators of the state,
will be the orator at the COM
mencement exercises of the Poly
technic school Friday night. The
program will be rendered in the
Baptist church. Musical num-
bers and addresses by class repre-
sentatives, and the awarding of
diplomas by the principal, Prof.
Chas. w. Henry, will be other
features of the program.
Thursday night in the school
auditorium the music class, unC er
the direction of Miss Vola Emert,
teacher, will give a recital.
Friday afternoon the class day
exercises will be rendered.
The general public is invited to
all of the commencement exer-
cises.
The past year has been the
most successful in every respect
in the history of the school.
The program for the musical
recital Thursday night follows:
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-05-20
Public School Commencement
Exercises to be Conducted
Thursday Evening

The closing exercise Maryve Public Schools will be he'll
in the Baptist church Thursday evening" beginning prompt
ly at o'clock.
President Sidney G. Gbreath of the East Tennessee Stat
Norma who is one of the most prominent educators of the state
viii deliver the address.
Patrons of the schools and all who interested the welfare
Of the boys girls Maye and who desire to have in Mary
vile system of public schools the equal of the South
earnestly requested to be present.
The program follows:
Invocation
Elizabeth Everett and Kathaleen Reese
Defamation The True Grandeur of Nations
Arnel Lasater
Girls Chorus
ESSAY Some American Heroes
Blanche Rowan
Reading Dasy's Music-practice Hour
Bernice West
Music Vocal Duet
Mary and Isabel Brown
Address IsIt Worth While?
President Sidney G. Gilbreath
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-05-20
Presentation Of certificates.

past year has been the most successful the history of the
public schools of Mayv and Prof Curtis and teachers de-
serving much praise from the patrons of the school, Prof Cur
planned the system next and make second
to none in the stase.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
From Vshomingo Capital Democrat;
District Court.

District court Is steadily grinding
this week with Judge J. II. Line
baugh on the bench. The Judge has
forbidden us publishing the testi-
mony in the Turnbull murder case
for the reason that II We did so, he
could not get a jury. Our readers,
therefore, will kindly overlook this
matter as we cannot afford to edit
this paper in jail for there is where
We would land should We disobey the
courts instructions This case, on
account of so many being trie< ac
cessories to it, is attracting a great
deal of attention. The court room
is crowded at all hours.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
Do YOU SUFFER
FROM BACkACHE ?

When your kidneys are weak and
torpid they do not properly perform
their functions; your back aeh. 5
and YOU do not feel like doing much
of anything. You are likely to be
despondent and TO borrow trouble
lust as if You hadn't enough al
ready. Don't be a victim any longer.
The old reliable medicine, Hood ;
Sarsaparilla, gives strength and
tone to the kidneys and builds ~
the whole system. Get 1t today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
From Marietta Monitor:
Shooting at Thaekervllle.

A shooting scrape occurred at
Thackeryille Sunday night as a re-
,ult Of which Tom Culbreath was
shot in the leg and is now in the
hospital ward OF the county jail
From what We can learn OF the
affair. Tom Culbreath and Buford
Mckinney engaged in a difficulty and
Culbreath drew a pistol and in at
tempting TO take the pistol from his
aggressor by Mckinney, the gun was
discharged. the bullet striking Gull
breath in the leg between the knee
and ankle making a very serious
wound. about two inches OF the bone
being shot away.
Culbreath is an old offender and
has recently been released from the
state penitentiary.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
Dangers OF . Cold

DO you know that of all the minor
ailments colds are by far the most
dangerous Il is not the colds them
selves that YOU need TO fear but the
serious diseases that they go often
lead to. For that reason every cold
should be gotten rid of with the lea t
possible delay. To accomplish this,
you Will find Chamberlain Cough
Remedy of great help to YOU. 1t lOos-
ems a cold, relieves the lungs, aids
expectoration and enables the system
to throw off the cold. For sale by all
dealers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
Ted Colbert Wins Loving Cup.

At the Winter Short Course which
was held at Saltwater last week,
Ted Colbert won a $50 silver loving
cup. which was presented by the
Capper Publishing Company for the
best exhibit of ten ears of corn
grown by any club member in the
State of Oklahoma. His score on
exhibit was S2.3 while that of his
closest competitor was 1872 His yield
was 76.5 grown on one acre.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
Residence Burned.

Fire last Monday night destroyed
the residence of Mr.. +. H. Herring,
who is engineer at the Foley dam
where the house was located. 1t was
the property of p. T. Foley of Par
sons. Kansas, owner of the Tisho-
mingo electric light and power com
pany Mr.. Herring lost practically
all of his household goods and cloth
ing
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
From The Mannsville Monitor:
Want Big Store.

]. NJ. Smith, the druggist, and
his wife and son, Clyde, were in
Ardmcre last Saturday shopping. Sew
eral went to Tishomingo on the same
day on the same business. There are
several big dry goods stores in those
cities If we had a big enterprising
dry goods store here, people would do
their shopping at home.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
Indian Found Dead.

Last Friday morning section hands
found the body of dead Choctaw on
the right Of way near the Atoka
county line. three miles north of
Caddo
The body was identified as that of
one Thompson, who come from Atoka
to Caddo Thursday and must have
started to walk home. His head was
split and Bruised as if with an axe
Papers and blood we're found some
200 yards from the body.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
Appointments.

Appointments of Mannsville Circuit:
Norris School House and Anderson
Flat first Sunday.
Mcmillan and Oakland third Sun
day.
Mannsville second and fourth Sun
days
Norton second Sunday, p. m.
A. G. WHITE, P. c.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
Portia Club.

The Portia Club met on Friday ev-
ening. Jan. 10, 1915.
Some were absent on account OF
the weather being unfavorable.
The program rendered was very
interesting to the visitors as well as
to the club members.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
Athletics.

The Johnston County Athletic Meet
and Speaking Contest will be held
this year under the direct supervis-
ion of the Murray State School Of
Agriculture on April 9th Prof
Henry D. Rinsland who has been di
rector of the Meet for the past two
years, will again have charge of the
Meet and other contests.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
From The Caddo Herald:
Pink Williams is Hurt.

The team of Pinckney Williams
who lives three miles north of town.
became frightened Tuesday afternoon
while pulling harrow and ran
away In some way Pinckney got
caught in the harrow and was
dragged about three hundred yards
before the team stopped.
He was severely. though not dan
gerously injured, being skinned and
bruised from shoulder to feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
Miss Pitchlynn to Washington.

Young Miss Sophoba Pitchlynn
left yesterday for Washington, D. C.,
where she will make her home with
her aunt. Miss Sophia Pitchlynn, sis
ter of E. f. Pitchlynn. She was
accompanied by Sam Maytubby, Jr,
who goes for a visit to see the sights
and look in on congress while in ses-
sion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
Autry- w elsh.

The marriage of Miss Nelma Autry
and Mr.. Harry Welsh, two of Mariet-
ta's most popular young people, oc-
Cured at the Presbyterian manse in
this city Wednesday evening at 1880
o'clock. Rev. J. Il. Flow officiating.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24

nher to Governor Cruce during his
term as governor, has accepted an
impor,ant position in the office of
state Auditor Howard. Miss Woods
before taking the position under
Governor Cruce. was stenographer
for the law firm Of Eddleman d
Graham for several months.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
From Milburn News:
Business Change.

Mr.. Ralph Clark has sold his drug
store to Messrs. J. B. Morris and Bob
Hatcher of Hastings and E. c. Philpot
of Gainesville. Mr., Clark will move
to his farm north of town, and will
get a much needed rest We were
very sorry to hear that Mr.. Clark
had decided to retire from business,
hut his health demanded that he take
a change.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
Narrow Escape.

Wednesday night about II o'clock
fire was discovered at the home of
]. A. Burns. The fire was discovered
by the odd Fellows just as they We're
leaving the lodge room.
Had it not been for the good citi-
zens of the town who responded TO
the alarm the house would have pro-
badly been a total loss.