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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-12
OUCH! RUB BACHACHE
STIFFNESS LUMBAGO
Rub Pain from your Sore, Lame Bach
With a Small Trial Bottle of Old
st. Jacobs OIL"

Back hurt you? Can't straighten up
without feeling sudden pains, sharp
aches and twinges? Now listen!
That's lumbago, sciatica or maybe
from a strain, and you'll get relief the
moment you rub your back with sooth-
ing, penetrating "St. Jacobs OIL" Moth
ing else takes out soreness, lameness
and stiffness so quickly. You simply
rub it on your back and out comes the
pain. 1t is harmless and doesn't burn
the skin.
Timber up, Don't suffer! Get a
small trial bottle of old, honest "St.
Jacobs Oil' from any drug store, and
after using it just once, you'll forget
that you ever had backache, lumbago
or sciatica, because your back will
never hurt or cause any more misery.
1t never disappoints and has been rec
commended for 60 years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-12
Regain the Mastery
Over Blood Trouble
No Matter How Disheartening
You Can Overcome 1t.

Blood disorders are quickly checked by
s s s, the famous blood purifier. 1t
rushes into the blood and In three MIN
utes has traverscd the entire circulation
II penetrates to where the blood Is made,
II washes out those spots and places
where stagnation has settled. it cleanses
the membranes, drives irritation from
the Joints. fills the blood stream with
antidotal influence and from head to foot
creates conditions that make for blood
health. There are people in every COM
munty who know this to be true. They
have used S. S. S. for severe forms Of
rheumatism, for indolent, liberated spots,
for eruptve skin diseases, for any and
all those bodily conditions caused by
blood loaded with impurities. Being a
pure product of Nature it can not hurt
the stomach and has therefore been the
their dilemma by first flying to those
dangerous mercurial drugs which have
claimed so many urfortunates. II the
skin breaks out In a rash, If bOis or
other eruptions appear, If there are blood
risings or any other indca lions of i'm
pure blood get bottle of S. S. S. at
once of any druggist. But beware of
substitutes. If in doubt as to your trou-
BILE or you wish competent medical ad-
vice free write to the medical depart
ment, The Swift Specific Co., 5S Swift
Bldg, Atlanta, Ga. This department Is
known far and wide as one of the great
est of helps to blood sufferers. But don't
delay to get II bottle Of $. S. S. today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-12
PIMPLY? WELL DON'T Be!
People Notice It. Drive Them
Off With DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets

A pimply face viii not embarrnss you
much longer If you get n package OF
DIR. Edwards olive Tablets. FHe SKIN
should begin to clear after you nave
taken the tablets a few NIGHTS.
Cleanse the blood, to bowcis and tho
liver with olive Tablets.
Or. Edwards Olivo Tablets are tho
successful substitute f.r calomel.- i
there's never any sickness or pain after
& Trne Br Edwaras' siSiiia ollvo Tablets do that
which calomcl docs, AMI just as eftec-
lively. but their action H. gentle -,
safe instead OF severe and Irritating -
No one who takes olive Tablets
ever cursed with "a dark brown taste,
n bad breath, n dun, li9tless. no gool
feeling. constipation, torpid liver Dad
disposition or pimply face.
DR., Edwards Olive Tablets are purely
vegetable compound mixed with olive oil.
YOU will know them by their olive color.
DR.. Edwards spent years among pa,
tients anicted With liver, and bowel
complaints and Olive Tablets are the
Immensely effective result.
Take one or two nightly for week.
See how muci better you feel ana look.
~ and l5c pei box. All druggists.
The Olive Tablet Company. Columbus, q
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-12
REV. HOMER T. WILSON
DIES IN SAN ANTONIO

San Antonio, Tex, Feb. 10.-The
Rev, Homer T. Wilson, widely known
minister, lyceum lecturer and writer,
died here today. He had come to
San Antonio fifteen years ago as a
pastor of the Central Christian
church. During the last ten years
or so he had devoted most of his
time to lecturing in various parts Of
the south. He was a native of Ken
lucky. His first charge in Texas was
at Dallas.
DR.. Wilson will be buried at Mis-
sion burial park in San Antonio at 4
O'Clock Thursday afternoon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-12
Wilson Invited to Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City, Feb. 10.-Governor
Williams today issued proclama-
ton calling attention to the coming
Southern Commercial congress, which
will meet at Muskogee April 26 to
30. and urging it upon the favorable
attention of the people. In this con-
nection he also wrote a letter of
invitation to President Wilson, asking
that he attend the congress, a thing
which the president is understood to
contemplate.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-12
Boy Killed by Auto.

Tonkawa, Okla, Feb. 10.-The /
year-old son of p. J. Harms of Ton
kawa was struck by an automobile
while playing marbles on the street
Tuesday evening, and received in
juries from which he died during the
night. He jumped up from his play
and waved his hands at the ap-
preaching car. The driver sweryed
the car and tried to avoid the child
but the fender struck the boy on
the side of the head and his skull
was fractured.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-12
A WIDELY POPULAR AUTHOR
George Barr Mccutcheon Has Written
Many Successes Since His Big
Maiden Effort.

Few authors have stepped as quickly
into great popularity as did George
Barr McCutcheon, the author of our
new serial, BLACK Is White" and very
few have retained it in such undim-
inished measure.
A facile writer and born story tell
er, McCutcheon wanted to emulate the
examples Of his brothers, John, the
celebrated cartoonist, and Ben, an edi-
tor, and that of George Ade, intimate
friend of the family, but his excessive
modesty held him back, and for time
he did not attempt anything. Finally
he wrote "Graustark," but undertaking
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-12
DEATH CLAIMS JUDGE
T. S. REESE OF TEXAS

Bryan, Tex, Feb. 10.-Judge T. S.
Reese died at the home of his SON
in law and daughter, Prof. and Mrs.
ID. w. Spencer at the agricultural
and mechanical college, this afternoon
at five o'clock.
Judge Reese was one of the most
distinguished jurists of Texas, and
until a few weeks ago was one of
the associate justices of the court of
civil appeals, first supreme judicial
district, when he was forced to re-
sign because of all health. He was
60 years of age. The funeral will
be held at Hampstead Friday after
noon at two o'clock.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-12

Occasionally the fighting in Mex
leo narrows down to what Kentucky
would have regarded as fair sized
feud.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-12

ABOUT tnlS C0So.-
~ 10 St. Keyscr, W. Va.
"beufienicn IL was taken sick In
November. IoaS. grew steadily
worse. Had two consultations. The
verdict was the fever had affected
my lungs and that my case was
hopclessi only gave me two months
to live. My physician had tried most
all kinds of treatment and none did
me amy good, so he asked my hus-
band IL he objected 10 him trying
proprietary medicine. 1 began
your Alternative. I wns In bed from
November 30, I0OS, until February
-, 1000, ana was thought dying sew
ernl times. Today ! am healthier
and stronger than ever" lAbbre-
Niated.D
tsiGnedD MRS. II. Ia. BRILEN.
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Accept no substitutes. Small size.
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of reCoVeries.
Eckmnn Laboratory, Philadelphia
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-12

Official bulletins are calculated to
show that even a war can be de-
scribed in such a way as to make it
comparatively uninteresting.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-12
George Barr McCutcheon.

his effort he did not try to find pub
Usher His brothers, however, and
George Ade, instantly recognized the
worth of the manuscript, and having
induced the author to submit 1t for
publication they had the satisfaction
of bringing out of obscurity one of the
literary successes of the year.
The successes of the several stories
that followed is common knowledge to
every lover of good fiction. Brew
ster's Millions" is another of his big
winners, and The Hollow of Her
Hand" has also met with wide popular
ity. Today the name of McCutcheon
attached to a story is all that is neces-
sary to assure its quality and secure
a reading from those who appreciate
and enjoy good fiction.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-12
Must Pay Alimony.

McAsester. Okla, Feb. 11.-Be-
cause George P. Wood, a McAlester
jeweler. wanted his wife to work for
a living, the wife, Mrs. Maud E.
Wood, obtained a divorce; at least
that was the allegation of Mrs. Wood
in her divorce petition. Along with
the divorce, too, was given judg-
ment for $1,000 in cash, with pay
ments of S25 a month to follow for
the next two years. Wood is rated
as worth $4,000.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-12
Had Lung Trouble
and Expected 10 Die

Ihe many recoVeries brought
about by Eckman's Alternative are
attracting wide attention. Read
Ahnnf fhIs ON ~
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-12

Don't worry; want ad will help
you.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-12

The fact that several of the ten
commandments are officially sus
pended during the time of war does
not prevent expressions of strong
religious sentiments by leaders of ma
tions engaged in hostilities.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-12

Steel managers say they would
rather omit a dividend than cut
wages. This should help to con-
vince labor that capital does not al
ways have the best of it.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-29
War News Fifty Years Ago

All was quiet the Richmond and Peters
burg tronts yesterday. The troops both sides
nave All thcE can possibly do keep from
iree@inS intense cold prevails. and field opera
'lons are simply out OF the question
II is reported on what is believed bc good
authority that Il Federal force, 10 900 strong is
moving up the Chowan River, with the design
Of striking the railroad lines at Weldon " C.
This report has not been confirmed at tho War
department., but there is nothing strange about
tnat. since the W3r Department has acquired
the habit of refusing to confirm or 10 don v
anything.
General Rosscr's cavalry had a brush las,
Monday with Sheridan's Edinburg,
IN me valley during which the federals were
s"FcrciF punished and driven back beyond
Woodstock.
In his farewell address to the Army OF the
Tennessee. General j. i. Hood said it at
his urgent request that he had been relieved
of the command of that General Dick
TAYLOR has been assigned TO the temporary
command.
longer doubt that General John G. Hrcckin-
ridge has been appointed to the office OF Score
lary OF War. Tho nomination was sent to the
Senate yesterday BY the President and confirmed
in secret session. However Mr.. seldom was
sun at the post last night
Night before last, as the william Allison the
nag of truce boat. was returning To Richmond
from Narinn. and was in tho region short
distance below Rockets, She into tho
torpedo "ne-Sun boat. engaged In taking
torpedoes down the river. Tho Torpedo was
sunk in few minutes, and her commander
Lieutenant Armstrong, lost his life by drown
ing.
General Singleton. OF Illinois. said To be
of the numerous peace commissioners who have
been coming to Richmond of late yesterday
visited Libby Prison and spent nearly half the
day there. He declared that he could not
where complaint OF the prison it's
agement could be justly made He said the
prisoners were fed and cared for well Il
is possible feed and for them He also
said that prominent Federal officers who
being held there prisoners confirm his view
of the situation.
Colonel John :. Mosby's wound has nearly
healed and the report comes from iynchhurs
that he will be in the saddle again within the
next week
Cold sold yesterday al Davenport & COS
auction -housc at $i7 for one. y, the same time
ii could be bought. and was bought. privately
AT SO. Several knowing made quite
little spcck hIIying more less large quaint.
ties At the lower figure and selling it NJ auction
At SiT.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-29
CORRECT WORK on PUBLIC ROADS

NEW YORK, January 2S.-'I he
licVc that IL Is entirely practical to
establish road camps made up OF long
term men" This conclusion Was
reached by Warden RattiEan. OF Au-
burn Prison. New York. as the result
OF the seasons work OF the Honor
camp" sent out from Auburn prison at
the request of the Mutual Welfare
League. Eighteen men, Of whom ave
had life sentences. and the others We're
serving from three to fifteen years.
We're selected by the league for this
camp. All the men came back at the
end Of the summer with muscles har
dcncd and a new layer OF health with
which 10 continue the fight against
the killing atmosphere of the prison
house.
This road work has been made pos
siblc largely through the activity of
the National Committee on Prison and
Prison Labor, which brought convict
road work before the people Of The
state. so that in 1914 the appropriations
Included an item Tor convict road
wori; Of whicn Sl2.50O was allotted to
Auburn Prison.
From Auburn Prison Ia men were
sent to six road camps. Owing 10 a
scarlet fever epidemic there was delay
in beginning the work, the nrst camp
starting out July .: the sixth on Au-
gust y. The work continued until the
end Of November, and the record is
entirely crediiablc TO the men especial
~ when it Is remembered that there
was no incentive. such as wage to
urge them towards efficiency.
The prisoners throughout the State
are proud of the Auburn record. which
is described in the following detail in
THE star OF Hope" the paper pub
liShcd at Sing sing:
Camp No. /. Fleming, II. Y.-Spread
one mile OF gravel on one road: and
!. construct one mile OF road leading
off the state road: This road, twelve
feet wide, was graded. and several
heavy cuts were made. The base Of the
road was iicldstonc, topped With about
fourteen inches of gravel. In its con-
struction two concrete culycrts were
built, as well as two iron and con-
crete bridges. The work was ncces-
Sarily slow here because Of Il long haul
of gravel from pits three miles from
the point where the road was con-
structcd.
Camp No. >, Wcedsport. y. Y-The
township picking stone. filling wash
widencd three -eishths Of mile OF one
gravcied three-q quarters OF mile
mile Of still another road, from thirteen
to twenty feet, and spreads gravel on
ii. Further. they widencd another road
from twelve To twcntyfour feet, for
one and onc-quartcr miles, and spread
gravel on the same: also they built
one concrete culvcrt 2Mx2Mx2i feet
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-29
Economy Should he Wa,chword
DREslDENT WILSON'S Cabinet confer

. RESIDENT WILSON'S Cabinet conference,
TO discuss means and measures OF
economy in the expenditures of government
is indicative OF an administration attitude
that deserves the support OF the people gem
orally, and T the Democratic party in par
ticular. The Democracy is in power, and it
must justify at the next presidential election
the manner in which it has discharged its
trust.
The war in Europe is destroying the re-
serve capital of Europe. The United States
heretofore always ii debtor nation. assumes
already some OF The functions and RESPONSE
bhtles of creditor Exhausted Europe will
turn TO lis for funds with which to repair the
raVages OF war. South America will look TO
Us for extensions of credit that it has OBJ
tanned in the past from London, Paris and
Berlin.
Under the circumstances. economy is a
duty this nation owes not alone 10 itself and
TO its own people but to the world The gov
eminent should set the example. Ey,raya
Sance and waste are hateful always: now they
wear an even baser aspect
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-29
FRESH AIR is FREE
ny ELIsI:Hr IIIinI,Anu

An eminent physician ana surgeon
of Minncsoia-a man OF world wide
famc-has recently said: More women
patients, three To one, arc sent TO hos
pitfalls than men This comes, in large
Indoors and breathe dust laden. sec
ond hand atmosphere. "i;C!. dcpl.tes
their vitality"
All life is a fight between opposing
forces of life and the force Of dissolu
ton.
Happily. there are millions Of germs
in every human body that are lighting
Tor health. and when these health
germs are in the ascendant we are
we'll
Eut whenever the maicvolcnt germs.
or germs of disease. outnumbcr tine
germs OF health. we decline, grow
weary tired, get sick and die.
The thing is TO preserve resilicncy--
and resilicucy Is resisting power.
DR.. Weir Mitchell one OF the most
eminent physicians In the world, once
said What we call diseases ARE only
symptoms Of conditions. ALLOW the
mans Vitality 10 be reduced to a certain
point and he is ripo for any g! these
weaknesses which We chl disease"
Disease is AN endcavor on tho part OF
the innlevo!cnt germs TO force the man
into bankrupicy.
ihtS nave appointed themselves re-
cciv"rs and are forcclcsing on the
claim.
Man is an air-brcathinE animal lie
begins 10 breathe the moment hc is
born: and when he ceases To breathe
for four minutes he liz dead; the spirit
takes its hight ana the body returns To
the elements from which 1t was formed.
Tn. integrity OF the body * maiu-
tanned only so long Us the blood IL
oXygcnated through the breath. The
air We cMhaie is laden with carboHic-
acid Sas--a Ytrulcnt poison.
All things in the world have three
forms; these are GASEOUS, liquid and
solid. Everything is moving from one
Of these icrms into another
For instance, the sputum Is a liquid.
Dried in the open air IL soon becomes
solid. Then, prlvcrized II Is taken
up by the 2ir and circulaics I'm minute
dust particles, some Of which are too
small To he seen.
Air, ont of doors, in motion. is in a
state OF puriiication. Only running
water is pure.
Where the winds blow and the waters
run you Will hnd health Activity is
the one great secret of life Everything
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-29

F., is in motion. Movemon, Is ctcru.l
/ There is nothing permanent but
change.
Air inside Of house is pretty near
! y static. IN the inc!osed walls th..
iaIr - caught and held. and we breath.
~ oyer and over.
N~ll does seton Thompson say that
"aii OF our diseases are ia our heads,
land half are IN our houses
/ In Hinter we have double Windows
/ and storm doors. and these arc ncari,
l"s bad Tor shutting out fresh air az tna
/ old-timc custom on the farms or bank
! inS the house with compost. climbing
the 'front.' door and mailing IL light.
/ and putting strips OF cloth in all crcyices
! OF the window frames fastening Them
close until springtirne came
4 such conditions made the family my
sic!an necessity.
Mumns, measles. whooping couch.
! typhoid. ague, chilis, Intermittent; fever.
I pneumonia. sciatica, rheumatism. gran
/ ulated cyelds. colds and a lot OF other
cheerful things ioilow as = natural re-
/ suit.
/ No man ever successfully made love
when nc had a cold In the head. Also
/ no man ever devised 81 great bust
ness scheme when he had asthma
! Adenoids, enlarged toHsils. defective
hearing. myopia. often come from bad
sanitary conditions that weaken the in
l 49, 'bHAif N'bAi1 Nll' etIlils ~ 1lStasc Et'
! HIN in their despOtic Gluten.
, Appendicitis follows faulty circula.
( ton. Imperfect elimination, Inpactiuu
\ Then come congestion, Inflammation
ana condition Is ripe where the sur.
geons knife Is a necessity In order u
save the life OF the patient.
The air Is tn. life. We can 20 with
out thinking water for SIX days We
can <" without -, Ing for forty days.
But we cannot go without breathing
/ for four minutes
I To DE strong, we'll. happy and efficient
wc must be hySienic In our habits
+ oniE healthy people are lovely aud
I lovnble.
I We eat our peck OF dirt all right.
and then 20 ON and eat another but
+ We cannot breathe peek OF dirt with
OUT stopping up lung cells. and then
follows u condition where the blood 81
iinp"rfectly oXygcuatcd. The germs OF
tuberculosis jump the claim. and the
toxins that these "tubercs" produce
poison the we'll springs of life. and we
get what the people out West call a
\ hunger"
I II is on!y within rccen, times that
we nave recognized the necessity OF
! fresh air. and the moral IS: Use II.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-29

in the first place. and, in the second, bring
ing him back TO New York when he escaped.
Daring the Canadian effort, people up that
way were openly opposed to him and in favor
of Thaw and he had little better popularity
in New England, whore all the popular feel
ing was for the fugitive The pursuing law
yer was constantly in receipt OF threats and
intimidating messages. and it took man OF
nerve and conviction TO stand 10 his guns.
Much of the publicity the case has received
since Thaw's incarceration rs an insane per
sou has been due to the personality of Jerome.
That's the reason above all reasons why his
withdrawal now will make the Thaw affair
shine less like a star and more like sour egg
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-29
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1915.
Stree, Cleaning improvements

THE TIMES-DlSPATCH will welcome with
/ as much gratitude as the correspondent
who signs herself Housewife and whose
letter appears on this page to-day such. inn
PROPONENTS in the Street Cleaning Depart
ncnt as the Administrative Board can make
We have tried not 10 become excited over
this situation and 10 discuss it calmly, but il
really does not lend itself to that form of
treatment. The plain and simple facts are
that Richmond does not realize an adequate
or satisfactory return on the money il spends
for street cleaning, and that the department.
as whole, is grossly inefficient
If in the past there has been failure cor
rectly TO appreciate or properly TO resent the
continuance of these conditions. Richmond is
coming around to theory more in accord
with the situation and more creditable to its
set-respect. The city is beginning TO believe
that almost any change that could be made in
the Street Cleaning Department would he for
the better
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-29

and cleaned the brush from one ighth
OF u mile of state land and repaired
one-cighth OF mile Of guard rail
Camp 80. 3, Ira. y. Y.-Thc wQrl,
on this road was very difficult. sew
era! hills had To be cut down, ami
much hiiinS had to he done in order
TO make the proper grade. Quite one.
and one-Guartcr miles OF road war
made. field stone being used a s n bass
on this gravel was spread twenty-five
| inches in depth and twelve feet wide
! The cuts made in this construction
totalcd GOO feet from three tn Nv. f..t
of earth being taken from the cen
tire of the road. Before this good
road was built, a team laden with .uou
feet of green lumber had 10 be doubled
with another team TO move the load
in many places. over the new road
one team takes 1890 OF like lumber
unaded.
lamp No. 4, Meridian, y. Y.-Onc
mile or macadam road was constructed
ut this point. Much grading had TO
be done, ncccssitstins heavy cutting
and large fills Ia reach the grade
I his road was constructed OF No.
stone for base, then No. l. No .
No. : and finally the top drcssing
puddicd in. The material is about
fourteen inches deep twelve feet yyid,