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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-12-10
STATE PARAGRAPHS.

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Repairs to the United States gun
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yard, than likely INC oi e
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days. Emerson anu ponlplne 'ne p0lo1 ~
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great zeal o gas 'o0 at the F.
rating indication OF OIL Methodist Church at Shreveport
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with state
gineers United hold its
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gin in Claiborne parish. The prospec-
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and throng visited the Her dress caught ne from
fields where the kitchen and before her sis
aroctad Mrs Eldridge Treadway, &C
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is estimated that this country will
this the large conventions WI
wear than previous to New orleans next
will he Southern Conference
Education Industry. Supe
~ osed for the season Two tendnt public sch
thousand gnned this adVces nat s Doa VIZ
son against 5000 In 1914 probably meet April ID 10 zL
highway Engineer Cappe of ostons pretencns mart
Orleans
route gravel not borne figures compiled
to be the Ten Ward the United Department
road district Avoyees This road ommerce for the
will Eola the South ~ contaber 40 1915 For
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26

With the reins OF power In ner
hand. Theodore showed true great
ness. Though her enemies might
plot against her, the Empress al.
ways Was the strongest. Her
knowledge seemed nothing less
than supernatural. Scores OF people
declared that they had seen a "a
miliar spirit at her elbow. 1t was
known that Justinian was continual
Is haunted by shadowy clawed
creature. Night after night he
paced the imperial palace at
Constantinople with this Evil
Thing whispering behind him.
while Theodore was sunk in a
strange white-faced sleep.
Evil IS that dark shadow may
have been, its counsels were not.
The reign OF Justinian is marked
in history BY some OF the finest re-
suits OF the first millennium. The
great code OF laws, the "Pandects.
and the "Institutes." were planned
In those haunted cogitations. The
demon may have whispered plans
OF extortion and extreme taxation.
but-save for the extravagances OF
tHcouoI WISELY
spent. Marvellous buildings
sprang up throughout the Byzan-
tine Empire. even the great Church
OF st. Sophia being the work OF
Justinian
At last came the plague. One
out of every six persons In Con-
stantinople died. Both Justinian
and Theodore sickened, and it was
long before they overcame the In
lection. But people, like nations.
never quite recover" from the
plague, and Theodore grew weaker.
Three years later she died from a
cancer that developed from
plague spot. Wrapped in gold, her
body was laid in state in the Tri-
clinton.
Just on the point of land where
the Dardanelles widens into the Sea
of Marmora. the ruins of the Hy-
meneal Palace stand. those ruins
rent apart by the bomb of the
British aviator. And Theodore
waits. unknowing whether the
Cross or the Crescent shall sur
mount the great Church Of ST. So
phia that Justinian built in honor
OF the circus girl who became EN-.
press and Mistress OF the World.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26
The Bomb of an
English Altman
Breaks the Effigy
OF the Great Theodore in Justinian's
Ruined Palace and Gives New Life
to Strange Legend of One of
History's Most Picturesque Women

cannot help but praise her beauty.
lie has a little fling at her by
saying that she looked unhealthy.
put admits that her marvellous
eyes haunted man forever IL he
mad seen them close to him ONLY
once. Eyes that cat up the face"
ne called them. She was small.
dark, and radiated femininity like
n spell. The only remaining pic
lure oil her, a mosaic in me church
or 81. Nitalis, Ravcna, does not
show her TO be so beautiful. &C.
cording TO modern standards. but
1t must be remembered that mosaic
does not lend itself to portraiture.
When she returned to Constan-
tinople. Theodore sent for Bell
sarius, the commander.in-chief.
whom she had met in Asia. The
great General came on the instant
as did every man 70 whom Theo-
dora called-and the old friendship
was resumed. Through Belisarius,
Theodore met Justinian. the EN-
peror. To meet Theodore was TO
become ensnared. Two weeks
later the circus girl took up her
residence in the imperial palace.
a friend or Theodora named An
tonina was introduced to Bell
Sarius to compensate him for his
loss, and she made the famous
General a faithful and devoted
wife.
Although Justinian was so serI-
minded and unimpassioned a
man that 1t was common saying
that he had missed youth on the
way TO manhood" the lure OF
Theodore held him fast. From the
day that she set foot in the pal
ace the same chain OF strange and
demoniac events began which had
haunted Ecebolus. The cords
frightened closer and closer around
Justinian. But there could be no
marriage, for the law forbade any
one of noble birth. or holding ex-
allied rank. to marry any woman
OF known dissolute life.
Theodore persuaded first the en-
peror, then the leaders of the
blue" to annul this law. and short
~ afterwards she was married to
Justinian with great pomp and dis
play. Not content with that, soon
after she was made co.equal with
him as Empress of the Roman EN-
pire in her own right.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26

In sports was the menace OF the
Byzantine Empire. Kings we're
made and unmade, Popes seated
and expelled by the influence of
blue or green" favorite Of the
circus. Theodora's father was
green
AS soon ms he died. Acacius's
widow hastily married another
animal-trainer, SO as to keep the
circus position in the family But
more eager claimant had pulled
wires even faster. and when Thco.
dora's mother appliedl she was
informed that the post was already
awarded. Accordingly, at the next
exhibition the widow paraded in
front OF the grand stand with her
three daughters. aged thirteen,
eleven and five years, behind her,
the girls wearing the minimum of
clothing prescribed by the some
what lax rules OF the circus
The elder sister az once was
given by the blues" small part
in the pantomime, and before she
was fourteen her support was as
sured by admirers. Theodore,
after only a few months as an
assistant 10 her sister, branched
out for herself She became n
buffoon, or clown, her extreme
youth excusing more audacious
performances that even that loose
time would usually tolerate. Even
her worst enemies admitted that
she was screamingly funny and
her unprintable coarseness was
forgiven for this reason
AT the age OF seventeen she de-
clared that she was tired Of the
life OF Constantinople and accom-
panied Ecebolus. Governor OF the
province of Ethiopia. TO his CAPT
tai. There she remained for three
years, when re dismissed her,
loaded with jewels. His accusa-
ton was that she was too FIRE
hot in soul to be only a woman"
The Philippians believed her to be
mere panther.
Theodore returned home by easy
stages, travelling through Asia
Minor and making conquests wher-
ever she went. When at last she
returned to Constantinople she
was twenty-five years old. pos
sessed Of great riches and at the
height of her attractions.
Procopius, who has no words
vile enough by which to call her,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26
me Empress Iheodora-trom the Painting by Constants

life that over thirteen hundred
gears after she has passed away
her memory should still be bower
III. History records no stranger
life than hers, raised from ribald
clown 10 the throne OF the Hy2au.
tine Empcrors, the august mistress
OF the world. SO marvellous was
her personal force. so unbridlcd
her passions ana so vindictvc was
ner revenge that rrocopius of
'h"Sarea, her backstairs hi.
ographor, declares that She was
demon rather than Queen.
There is a shuGdcring horror in
mat mod!aeyal Creek relic of Pro
copius called "Anccdotcs. which
bears out tho general belief Of her
time that there was something in
human in Theodore. No student
OF Byzantine history can fail to
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26

note the fear of her that swaycd
Inc whole world III the century in
which she lived There is some.
thing so characteristic Of Theodore
III the figure OF the broken cCiisy.
as reported half-sitting, listening
eagerly TO the fighting overhead
and the groans OF dying and
wounded that it creates instant
belief.
Daughter Of an animal.trainor.
hcacins. tho keeper Of The bears
Theodore made hcr first entrance
mo the spotlight, soon after her
fathers death. All The roli,jc.l
rings" ana all the church fac.
lions were allied 10 the blue" ar
me green" parties OF tho cjrcu.
the colors being worn by char.
io'ccrs in the races. For over twn
hundred years bitter party riyalry
COpyT!rh,. lax
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26
The Ruins of Justinia's and TheodOras Palace
on the Sea of NIarmora.
Constantinople. Aug. 81.

w Hancock, flying over tho
Turkish defenses OF the
Dardenelles recently. dropped a
shell on the Hymencal Palace of
Justinian, where lies buried the
Empress Theodore, a SILVER went
over Turkey. For over the empire
Of the Crescent hangs the prophecy
of the famous Queen:
When the foes of my faith
come conQuering, they shall
know my grave and let me
sleep;
When the friends OF my faith
come conqUering, they shall
know not, and move me from
my bed"
To the English lines has leaked
the story from the Turks that the
English aviator's bomb fell near
the foo OF Theodora's tomb. break.
Ing the effiCy in half. so that tho
splendid wanton now sits half
upright, staring with sightless eyes
for the coming OF the Christians
"of her faith"
The Palace OF jog. in which
Theodore lived for almost three
years before she was successful in
manipulating the passage OF the
law whicM. enabled .Mstinian TO
marry htf and make her empress,
was built at her reOncSt. \ native
o! Cyprus, that island OF olive
groves circled ny the blue waters
OF the Mediterranean. Theodore
loved the sea. To please her whim.
tha proot IpG,iria lpl, .Ii.- poI,no
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS

WANTED-Set of books to keep after
p. m. Phone 56i. 24-tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
DEMOCRATS SATISFIED.

One of the doctrines of the demo-
cratic party is that the proper dis
tribution of wealth is to make tn"
farmer and the laborer prosperous and
allow prosperity to rise to the larger
concerns of the country The coun-
try has Just such an opportunity be
fore IT now. Every farm product is
high and the farmers must make
money. As they make money they
will buy supplies and that places Ia
Dor at work in all the different en-
terprises in the country. There Is a
market at high price for almost
everything the farm produces. we
expected cattle to go lower in price
when the tariff was removed but cat
tie instead have gone higher we
expected wool to get cheaper When
the tariff was reduced but the price
has more than held its own and is
selling higher. Poultry products are
high. there is market for every can
of vegetables and fruits which have
ben put up on the farm. The time
for prosperity is here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
ENFORCEMENT A FARCE.

Federal enforcement of prohibition
is practically a farce. 1t seems that
in order to convict man on a
charge of introducing that the offend
er must be seen by eye witnesses as
he crosses the state line and it must
be known that what he carries is Ii
Quor and few more technicalities
must be complied with and now If
the government will just please take
hands off we will handle our own af-
fairs and punish our own law vio-
lators. As long as the federal gov
ernmenj is active, coIntics and cities
are not going to try much. Officers
generally leave the enforcement
Of one law to one set Of officers and
as long as the federal people have il
the state officers do not feel the re
sponsibi.ty II the government can
keep liquor ont il is a cinch that it
cannot be sold here What crimes
are committed in the name of protec-
ton to the Indians
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
Death Of Leon Brown

Leon Brown, brother of Mrs. I. &.
Bridgman died at Johnson City Tenn,
age 3S. The remains will be shipped
to this city for interment.
Deceased was Spanish-American
war veteran and contracted his ill
ness in the army, The government
took charge of his case and did all in
its power to cure him. He was sent to
the hospital at Hot Springs last sum-
mer and from there was taken to Min
nesota for treatment. He was finally
sent to the hosuital at Johnson City,
where he died. He was without fami-
ly. 1t is not known just when the
remains will arrive.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
DON'T SHOOT I'm IRISH"
WAS HER PASSWORD

London, Jan. 2S.-(Correspondence
of The Associated Press. )-"Don't
shoot. I'm Irish" served as pass
word to safety for a young woman
student fleeing from convent near
Ypres when the fight was raging
there few days ago An account OF
the incident reaches London in SOL
d-er's letter;
"One night, after we had moved to-
wards Ypres we heard light foot
fall close to our outpost
THE man in front challenged
quickly. and raised his rifle to his
shoulder with the intention of firing
if he did not get satisfactory an
swer.
Don't shoot. I'm Irish. came the
reply and then pretty young woman
dressed as a man stepped out of thC
darkness,
I'VE are always suspicious nova
days. no matter what the person
looks like. and for a time we woult
not take this woman at her own val
uation. We allowed her to approach
but covered her with rifles all the
time.
she soon satisfied us that she haC
made her way from the Irish con-
vent at Ypres. She was sent home
to England the next day"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
BEATS A BOND ISSUE.

There Is much talk in municipal
tiles concerning the issuing OF bonds
for the purpose of creating labor 1or
the army of unemployed. Locally,
there is need of some cooperation,
but there is no necessity of muni-
cipal bond issue. Before an election
could be called and the bonds sold
business will open up in the ordinary
way and there will be work for all 1t
is almost certain that with the com
ing of the spring months there Will
be lust as much work in Ardmore as
there ever was. A man who moved
here recently and who was thrown
out of employment in two days after
he arrived has by industry made a
living for himself and family. He
has not drawn the line on any kind
of honest labor and his family has
had all the necessities of life This
is the situation that prevails in al
most every case. People who own
homes in Ardmore and who conduct
places of business here can better
afford to CO. operate with the unem-
ployed now than they can to vote
bonds to give them work. There ls
much work to do about each home
and a man can be hired to do it,
Good wages can be paid. No man Is
iustifiable in making labor work
cheap under circumstances like these
The sensible thing to do is to hire
the gardening done, pay wor care OF
trees, pay literally, help the unem-
ployed until spring work opens. 1t
is better for labor, it is better for
the city than to vote bonds and sad
die more taxes on the city. If you
own a home in Ardmore call up Mrs
Curtis Monday morning and tell hei
to send you man for a few days
work
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
NATIONAL LEADERS TO
ATTEND Y. NJ. c. A. MEET

Tulsa. Okla. Jan 23.-An unusual
number of national leaders in the
Young Mems Christian Association
have accepted places on the program
for the state convention to be held in
Tulsa four days February II, -, 1S
and H. Among them are Dr. w. d.
Weatherford, secretary of the Inter-
national Committee of the Y NJ. c.
\. and G. s. Bilheimer Secretary
for the Western Division of the In
ternational Committee. comprising
eight states.
DR.. Weatherford whose headquar-
ters are at Nashville, Tenn, was for
merly with the Vanderbilt University.
He is the author of the famous book,
Introducing Men to Christ" and two
noted books on the negro problem.
He is a speaker of national reputa-
tion. and one of the most active con-
vention leaders in the Y NJ. c. A.
organization in this country.
Mr. Bilheimer has had fifteen years
experience in association work. He
was five years secretary OF the Colo
rado State Association. three years
secretary of the Denver Association
and formerly Secretary of the Little
Rock. Ark. organization. He is the
man who established the Y. NJ. c. A
Summer School for the Western Di-
vision. at Estis Park. Colorado, and
has the credit of building the Y. VI
c. \. Homes at Fort Collins and
Grand Junction. Colorado.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
KINDNESS APPRECIATED.

We fellows of the country press
are in our glory this winter. We have
McCrory as speaker of the house
and he will be able to tell us OF
many wonderful things he learned
while in the city. Bill Kinds of the
Husonian is in the capitol in the Of
flee of the state auditor and con
tinues to. edit his Hugo paper, In
the last number he tells us of some
of the things he has learned since
going to the capitol. One Of the
pieces of Information that Will be
appreciated Is a statement of tue
correct style of arranging the silver
ware on the dining table. He has
learned the different uses of all the
spoons and forks and knives and he
goes into details in telling of their
use and of their arrangement about
the plate. That will b. very useful
to the other members of the press
when they go to capitol to influence
legislation or get a pardon for n
friend
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24

With wheat s. a bushel, with corn
81 bushel. with oats 75c a busheL
with hogs and cattle and sheen all
selling at good prices the farm is so
ing to look attractive during the year
OF 1915. Everything the farmer has
to sell is bringing a good price eN-
cept cotton and that product is set
ting higher now. The man on a farm
always has roof always has some
thing on his table, he always has
work for his hands, there is no Job
hunting. there is no street walking in
search for WORK Being farmer
beats being factory worker, being a
farmer beats any job for wages.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
Diplomas have Arrived

The diplomas for the 1914 gradual
ing class OF the Ardmore high school
have arrived and Superintendent Rich
ards announces that he is ready to
give them to the individual members.
There was a delay caused by a fire
in the printing plant who were to fur
uish the diplomas and for that reason
they were delayed.
All members of the class may pro-
cure them by applying to Superin.
tendent Richards at the high school.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24

Melvin Cornish who is one of the
members of the new state banking
board was at one time the Washing
ton correspondent of The Ardmore-
lite. He has been a student of these
columns for twenty years and all as
piring young men of Oklahoma are
urged to read the same literature in
order 10 climb to heights of fame
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
A Good Plaster.

Meritol White Liniment is a Splen-
did application for Sore Throat, Cold
on the Lungs. Group and Pains in the
Chest. Saturate a piece of flannel
cloth with the Liniment and use as a
plaster. 1t is very penetrating. will
not blister and is very effective Prices
CSC, soc and s1.OO. F. J. Ramsey, Ex.
elusive Agents
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
FINANCIAL
BIDS
OHlce OF the State Capitol Commission
Oklahoma CITY. Okla

BIDS
Office Of the State Capitol Commission
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Sealed bids win be received at this Of
hce until 10 O'Clock A. NJ. on the 25th
day of February, 1915, and at that time
publicly opened, for supplying the fol-
lowing material to be used in the con-
crete frame Of the Oklahoma State Cap
itol Building at oklahoma City. Oklaho-
ma. IN accordance with the specifications
and form of proposal copies of which
may be had at this office or the Office Of
the architects. Layton & smith. 7Ol Ma
ma
2$,5oo TT. isinch Conduit; 2l 500 #. 3.
inch conduit; 1870 4-iach round outlet
boxes, q inch hole $50 4-inch round out.
let boxes, l2-inch hole; 36l 4-inch square
outlet boxes. single gang covers: 26O sin
sle-Eang switch boxes is three gang
SW!tcn a'. BOXES; four gang switch box:
hvergang switch boxes; 1910 fixture
studs with store bolts: 200 q, ,-iuch lock
nuts and bushing; 2,200 y inch Lock nuts
and bushing; % floor boxes. 100 4-inch
huZZer system
Each bid must be accompanied by a
certified check for the sum of Five 90
per cent of the amount Of the bid, to be
forfeited. assessed as liqujdated dam
ages in case the bidder fails. neglccts or
refuses 10. comply with the conditions or
agreements Of his bid.
Bids must be in duplicate. the original
~ " lllth WIN llt Cdpllbl commission.
and an exact copy of the same filed with
the Secretary Of State. An affidavit shall
be enclosed with the original bid to. the
effect that the copy filed with the Secre-
tarN OF state IS true and exact copy Of
the original bid.
All bids will be submitted to the duly
authorized committee Of the legislature
for their advice and approval.
The right is reserved bv the capitol
commission to reject any and all bids
BY order OF the state capitol commits
sion this % day Of January. 1915.
BY I. J. GOULDING.
Attest: Chairman
IRA MITCHELL,
Secretary. calm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
Fire at Yoakum, Texas.

Yoakum, Tex. Jan. 23.-Fire last
night caused loss of thirty nine
thousand dollars here The Shrop-
shire Drug Company was the prin-
cipal loser.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
FIRE AT MINERAL WELLS.
Thirty Thousand Dollars Loss Friday
Night-Fire at Yoakum Also.

Mineral Wells, Tex. Jan. 23.-Fires
did thirty thousand dollars damage
here last night destroying four bus
mess buildings and one residence.
The Hamilton and Kelly buildings
were among those destroyed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24

Chickasha boasts of a record break
ing day in the county clerks office,
when 1876 chattel mortgages were filed
in one day Move to Ardmore where
your face is good at the bank.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-24
HELP WANTED

MEN Increase your earnings. Learn
barber trade for which there is al
ways a demand. Many jobs waiting
at wages higher than you would
expect. Taught in short term by
our system. Earn while learning.
Write today. Moler Barber College,
Kansas City, Mo. 17-G