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The Detroit times., 1915-08-18
BLIND.
~ Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)


There is one class of readers of this
paper to whom now have something to
say.
/ mean the BLIND.
They may not be really readers" but
they have the paper read to them. hope
this article will reach them.
There is story you ought to know:
there is magnificent life that has just
passed. which ought to be great in
SEPARATION to you.
John B. Herreshoff, one of the most IA
nous and successful boat builders in the
world, died on the twentieth of July, at
Bristol. Rhode Island. He had been blind
since he was about Is years old. At that
age a film grew over his eyes, forever
blOtting out this pleasant earth to him.
1t was q calamity. Instead of souring
him, it stimulated him. Instead of pity
ing himself, he braced up and went to
work.
The loss Of his eyesight reused his am
bition, Quickened his imagination and
made OF his brain a most wonderful ma
chine. He saw more acutely with his
mind than other men see with their eyes.
He had an Unborn love of boats. When
blindness came he went into the boat
building business.
His fingers became so sensitive that he
could judge of boats lines with marvel
lous accuracy by rubbing his hands over
the surface. He, blind man, designed
the old Qui Vive, which was the speediest
craft afiOat for several seasons.
In time England, South America, Rus
STA, and other nations, besides the United
States, came to him for fast war boats,
and the blind mans products gave better
satisfaction than those of the men with
good eyes.
His application of the coil-boiler to
steam vessels met with instant success.
With his brother he formed company
which turned out many torpedo boat,
passenger vessel. and yacht, which were
all the best of their kind. The blind man
beat them all.
So weird was his sense of touch. it is
said, that strangers often insisted he was
only pretending to be blind.
"An instance of his remarkable pow
ers," says a newspaper sketch of his life,
was given in the late eighties, when the
consul of a South American republic,
then on the brink of one of its periodical
wars. sent for him to come to his Office.
Mr.. Herreshof arrived at the appointed
hour. The South Americans wanted
three torpedo boats of novel design
built in sections so that they could be
shipped in pieces and then assembled at
their destination. They also wanted
other innovations. Mr. Herreshoff lis
tened intently and then said: I must
nave time to think it over
How long a time? 2 they asked.
"'Oh, about twenty minutes the
Blind Boatbuilder' answered, and. true
| to his word, he made the intricate mental
calculations necessary, and at the end
of the time submitted his bid and OBJ
tanned the contract"
But the best result of John B. HERES
hoff's life is not the boats he built, nor
the money he made.
The best result will be the encourage
ment, hope, and ambition that his career
will arouse in the thousands of the blind.
Cheer up, O sightless ones! Why
should you despair when one of your
number has outstripped all his competi-
tors in efficiency and usefulness?
The Detroit times., 1915-08-18

ponds TO a great
degree on the con-
ditions of ones
feet and the care
they receive.
Do not start
away on a trip oil
an outing of any
kind where walk
The Detroit times., 1915-08-18
A CHILD OF MISFORTUNE

An undertakers in a California town
brought the price OF funerals down to | cent. n
anything like that should occur In Houston II
would be our luck for the doctor to tell us we
were eligible for 2o-year life insurance--Houston
PootL
The Detroit times., 1915-08-18
This Hideous Act Already
On It's Perpetrators Heads

There is q band of men IN Georgia who
s3Jiave made blood enemies of 100,000.000
people.
BY IN act of hideous vengeance they
l1Inye made themselves outlaws.
The power Of the great state of Geor-
Sje Has been loosed against them; they
9ve defiled the justice of the common
S1ealth; their crime is analogous to trea-
The Detroit times., 1915-08-18


children
"No me n he
special English this
citizen" should whisper behind
hand
citizens"
the comfortable and the for the night lampght
twilight In the Arctic There floor 2ysrod police
drinking
killed by the village hunters and OF the weather
The Detroit times., 1915-08-18
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The Keep Well Column
FEET.

The fun to be had on a camping
trip that involves much walking. de-
The Detroit times., 1915-08-18
Jofre and Napoleon

A saying OF Gen. Joffre's which
has never yet been given the pub
licity Il deserves comes from cor
respondent who vouches for its ac-
curacy. II illustrates charmingly
the modesty OF the man who has
saved France. The general was ex.
planning to . favored American Wis
itor the position OF the French army
intrenchments on the plain beneath
the hill where he stood. and ne
traced the course of the German
lines beyond.
ITS a big job" said the visitor.
But ] guess even Napoleon. II he
had had all your troops to night with
here. would have had TO dig himself
in Just the same"
"Ah" said Joffre. slowly, strokins
his chin. Napoleon. No. think
Napoleon would have thought of
Observation-Disclosures Guardian.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-18

Nh has been l00sed against them; they
n Spe defled the justice of the common
WEALTH; their crime is analogous to trea-
Leo Frank was convicted of homicide,
3h1tt On such evidence and under such cir
ISSunnetsnces that the whole United states
sytJs revclted at the idea of putting him
& dAath.
S cry for justice was heard from
a coast.
4ho conviction grew that he had not
n gtven fair treatment, and those who
BouSht he might be guilty united with
JoGo who felt him innocent in great
y Tor mercy.
oe1ner Gov. Slaton heard and needed
& & nv, and commuted Franks sentence
f i1mprisonment, on the ground that
I ~ were indeed innocent, his blame
< ~ might at some time be proven,
paxation might be done him.
M flne thing for the governor to
4 ) manly act in the face of q prejudiced
IS To only just course to take. in the
zy's widely-exprsssed opinion.
IS III Frank went to prison. with hope in
~ oait that vindication would come,
p tina
seased to b . menace to the COM
M III Ne had ever been one) Geor-
rights and liberties were safe; the
nv WAS satisfied.
That service was done by the gang
HIT lynched Frank
~ their desperate act they thrilled
4 he country with horror at the thought
6at the majesty and power of great
Sgo1nmonwealth is nothing to passionate,
1ts- driven men.
II was the win, not of Georgia alone,
at u the entire United States, that
nnk should live.
Is ~ the win Of this small band of
does that he should die, and their
tk1ulnphed over that of the one hun
M million.
T. 4 was large and important matter
AAt Trunks life be prolonged, in the in
!1S&t Of justice, how much greater and
INV much more important is it that the
mn responsible for the violation of Geor-
IN BE- brought to booki
n Nor should Georgia stop with the dis
pvery and conviction Of these men.
= prison 50 easily entered as that of
" Ijedgeville has something radically
runS in it's government.
Everyone in authority, from warden to
3t1ftis, should be brought before the bar
Justice, ard charged with killing Leo
t11k: and until he has cleared himself
f n suspicion, each man should be held
M trial. - an accomplice before the fact.
II = almost Uncomfortable that SO WELL
yg1ntzed and 80 inclusive plot should
sk6te been utterly unknown to all who
sN1<N connected with the penitentiary.
epeyia owes It to the entire nation to
e. 3 thiS matter TO the bottom, and to let
6uilty man escape.
~ 1tt IA ~ - >ft -
~ um&whefS there is band of men who
- lnnins to realize what they have
full realization comes, justice, in
ect viii have been accomplish
~ csorsia ever receives repara-
y aln eGtroyins feeling to re-
11ot ene's life Il forfeit to
The Detroit times., 1915-08-18
Ane.tIors.e peds oosvsss.

There was n young teacher named
Ludlum.
Who'd pick up her pupils and cud.
lum:
But at teaching-sood night!
That Jane was fright
She couidnt do nothin' but mud.
Ium!
Strickland GILLIAN. IN Judge.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-11-22
The Palmya PaiN

Though a Tmail poem enumerates
500 ways in which the Palmya palm
may be used, one of it's most interest.
.ng uses is the production of sugar
called jaggery This is the result of
boiling down the fresh Juice, and is
one of the c!ief sugars OF south India.
Four or five quarts per rree per day
is the yield for four o: tive months
Once in every three years the sap
drawing process is omitted, as other
wise the tree would die. The tree
begin, to yield al fifteen years and
continues for abon fifty years. The
female tree yields about twice as
much sap as the male. Three quarts
OF this sap make one pound of sugar
or jaggery. which is the chief sugar
used Oy the poor classes of India.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-11-22
VALE SKA SURATT
Star Of The Soul Of Broadway" at the
Palace Theatre, Thursday

| Naleska Suratt, the most discussed
| woman of the stage or screen. is, as
is known to theatregoers the country
over, the fashion plate of the dramatic
profession Her gowns have made mil.
| lions gasp by their beauty and daring
as well as by their dazzling lavishness
Of design. In making her screen de
but in "The Soul of Broadway" the
latest of the great William Fox pho
to dramas, Miss Suratt has outdone
all her previous efforts in gowns and
millinery, fashioned by famous mo-
distes.
In all she wears $50 gowns, some
daringly and uniquely simple; others
that are calculated to make the femi-
nine portion of her spectators break
into astonshed eXclamations when
they see them. 1t is estimated
that in the course of ."The Soul of
Broadway" Miss Suratt changes her
garments with every forty feet of film.
Many of them are designed to match
the sets" of "The Soul of Broadway"
which latter in themselves are quite
unlike anything yet seen in motion
picture, and were especially designed
for William Fox by celebrated artist
of the ultra modern school
"Loge" Seats will be reserved at the
Palace" and all who are contemplat-
ing attending the show Thanksgiving
Day will do well to reserve their
seats as early as possible as they are
going fast. Seats in all parts of the
house, except the "loges" are not re
served, and will be and 10 cents
every day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-11-22
A City Of Churches.

Warsaw is also a city of churches.
with six Russian and more than thirty
Roman Catholic. Among the latter is
the Cathedral OF st. John, north of the
Palace Square and connected with the
palace. A magnificent view OF both
buildings may be had from the oppo-
site rising bank Of the river. The ca.
thedral dates from the fourteenth cen
tury.
Warsaw has long been famous for
Its printing and carriag, industries, its
woven goods, and its plated ware. 1t
Is also the clearing house between the
North and the South, coal, leather,
and wheat being the principal ex.
changes, which, before the war, passed
over the railways centered here. In
drainage, waterworks, and rapid tran
sit facilities the city has not kept
pace with its growing industrial i'm.
portarce.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-11-22
DO PENALTIES GO TO COUNTY
OR CITIES; CASE IN COURT

Oklahoma City. Nov. 21. Practical.
ly every county in the state of Ok
lahoma is interested in the outcome
of a case that will be threshed out
in the state supreme court Thursday.
involving the question as to whether
tax penalties belong to city or county.
The hearing is expected to deter.
mine, for example, whether the s67..
| 600 in tax penalties collected upon
Oklahoma city property are to be
retained by the county or turned over
to the city treasurer.
Since 1903 all penalties and inter.
est collected upon delinquent taxes
have been retained by the counties
and carried TO the sinking fund of
the county Such sums aggregate
thousands of dollars in every county.
| and il now is contended by the cities
and other municipalities that these
penalties should be apportioned
among the different municipalities ac-
cording to their pro rata share of
the gross tax.
The case came up in the case of
the city of Clinton aaginst the county
treasurer and others of Custer coun-
ty and also in the case of Shawnee
against Pottawatomie county. both
of which are now pending before the
supreme court of the state.
Chief Justice NJ. J. Kane recently
notified George T. Webster. attorney
representing the city of Clinton in
the matter at issue, that the high
court had set aside the entire day
November 10, for the hearing of oral
arguments in the case and requested
him to notify attorneys or munich
palities throughout that part of the
state which was Oklahoma territory
to that effect. Attorneys will be here
from Enid, Guthrie Shawnee. Elk
City, Clinton and other places. A
favorable decision will give Clinton
about $4,000 from this source, and
a recent audit of the accounts of
Oklahoma county show that it would
enrich the treasury of Oklahoma City
$4,000
John Embry will appear for Okla
homa county at Thursdays hearing,
and it is understood that A. r. Boys
will appear for Oklahoma City.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-11-22
THIRTY YEARS IN U. S. NAVY;
EARNED FORTUNE RETIRED

Seattle, Wash, Nov. 21.-Sergeant
Major James Deayer, United States
Marine Corps, wealthiest enlisted
man in the united services, was re-
tired here last week after thirty years
service with Uncle Sans sea soldiers
possessing real estate. stocks, bonds,
mortgages, and personal property val.
ued at more than one hundred thou.
sand dollars
Deayer had no capital when he en-
tered the Marine Corps in 1859 and
has been dependent entirely on his
pay as an enlisted man, and his
own efforts in the accumulation of
wealth
He will continue to draw from the
government about $40 a month re-
tired pay as long as he may live.
By strict economy Deaver man
aged to save several thousand dollars
in the first fourteen years with the
marines, and when he was trans
ferred to Seattle in 1899, predicted
that this city would one day be the
metropolis of the great northwest.
He wisely invested his savings in
Seattle realty when values were
low He sold his holdings several
times and re-invested opportunely
until his wealth passed the six figure
mark.
The wealthiest enlisted man re-
sides with his wife and young son
in their beautiful home at 4226 South
Alki street, overlooking the waters of
Puget Sound.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-11-22
A PINE WHOOPINo COUGH
REMEDY,

Mothers, DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey
Is just the remedy for your children's
cold ailments. The fact is that pine
is quick enemy of cold conditions.
Its qualities loosen the mucous in the
throat, soothe the lungs and open up
the air passages. The combination Of
honey, soothing and pleasant, with the
pine quality makes this an
ideal cough remedy for children Each
passing year brings for it, new friends.
A family of growing children cannot
afford to be without it. 25c a bottle
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-11-22
COLDS DO NOT LEAVE WILLINGLY

Because a cold is stubbornisnoreason
why you should be. Instead of wear
ing it out, get sure relief by taking
DR.. Kings New Discovery. Dangerous
bronchial and lung ailments often fol-
low cold which has been neglected at
the beginning. AS your body faithful
ly battles those cold germs, no better
aid can be given than the use of this
remedy. It's merit has been tested by
old and young. Get a bottle today
SOC and $100
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-11-22

There is No better investment for
a business man than judicious news
paper advertising.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1915-08-14
CRASHING At The SHADOW

No man--especially IL he is mar.
ried--would deny woman any right
she demands. Take the earth and
give us peace. but why does woman
long for the ballot?
When all Is said and done, 10 not
the selection of the butcher more i'm.
portant to the home than the election
of mayor; IL not the employment Of
the dairyman q far more important
event in the life Of the children than
the appointment Of q postmaster; Is
not the selection Of books for the
family library more important than
voting bonds for jail and court house :?
Why does woman lay aside the i'm
portant things in life? Why leave the
substance and grasp at the shadow?
Be 1t said to the credit of woman
hood that 1t Is not, as a rule. the
woman who rocks the cradle that
wants to cast the ballot; 1t is not
the mother who teaches her children
to say Now lay me down to sleep"
that harangues the populace: 1t 10 not
the daughter who hopes to reign a.
queen over q happy homo that longs
for the uniform of the suffragette. It
ID, - rule, the woman who despises
her home, neglects her children and
scorns motherhood that leads parades
and smashes windows.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1915-08-14
EsCALIOPED POTATOES
WITH PEPPERS.

medium sized cold boiled 20
tat Oes.
cup white sance.
| slice of onion (minced).
lcbopped red pepper.
1chopped green pepper,
] Tablespoonful parsley (mIpc'
ed).
Season with salt and pepper
Cut the potatoes in ] inch
cubes Puts IL er of potatoes
in the bottom of a but tered bak'
ing dish. Mix minced pepper,
parsley, onion, and seasoning.
and add a layer Of this mixture
Continue putting alternate layers
of each until the mixture Is all
used. Pour over this the cream
sauce and put thin layer OF but
tered bread crumbs on top.
Bake for % minutes. Serve hot.
To make buttered crumbs, melt
l tablespoonful butter and stir
into it / cup soft crumbs.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1915-08-14

tain IL, with the consequences
that there has been q marked
falling off in recorded cases of
the usual crime. When ] was
on the road IN the South in Ben
Hur and the Prince of India we
played small town in South
Carolina where a lynchiDg occur
red exactly as it does in THE
NIGER. Investigation showed
that the negro who suffered the
penalty for his crime at the stake
had been brutalized by the vile
whisky manufactured 10y the men
who formerly piled their trade
throughout the South just as
Clifton Noyes does in the play
/. was also discovered that these
distlllers, who we're white men,
had decorated their bottles with
pictures of nude white women.
In order to satisfy their greed
For the almighty dollar, they did
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1915-08-14

In Philip Morrow Mr.. Sheldon
has done more than create a part.
He has written role which per
sOn,fies the true salvation OF the
South and her prob. ems. Nor
rows ,nvincible courage aud skill
I'd state craft lead him to place
his finger on the ulcer Of modern
conditions 10 the South as uDer
ringly az q surgeon would locate
wound"
s"MOrrow sees that under it all,
under the vexed negro problem,
les . still greater one, namely
Whisky. | firmly believe that
the original performances Of THE
Niger were largely RESPONSE.
BILE for the wave Of prohibition
which has swept over the South.
Il is not impossible to get liquor
in the South, but 1t is next door
to impossible for a negro to OBJ
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1915-08-14
-sEgssyAsyES Y
INSPIRATION Of
THE COUNTY FAIR
BY Peter Radford.

When you enter the agricultural de-
partment Of the county fair, you feel
YOUR soul uplifted and your life takes
on a new power-that is the inspira-
ton of the soil You are overpowered
by the grandeur and magnificence OF
the scene-that Is the spirit of the
harvest. You can hear the voice OF
nature calling you back to the soil
that is opportunity knocking at your
door. It is a good chance to spend
quiet hour in contact with the purity
and perfection of nature and to sweet
en- your life with It's fragrance, elevate
your ideals with its beauty and expand
your imagination with its power.
These products as food are lit Tor
the gods. and as an article OF com
merce they ought to bring tp-top
prices on any market in the world.
The products of the soil are teachers
and preachers as well. Their beauty
gives human life its first entertain
ment. their perfection stirs the genius
In artists: their purity furnishes mod
els for growth of character and their
marvellous achievements excite our
curiosity and we inquire into the won
derful process of nature.
Before leaving the parlor of agricui-
ture where nature Is parading In her
most graceful attire and science 1s
climbing the giddy heights of perfec-
ton, let us pause and take a retro
spective view. How many OF you
know that after these wonderful prod
ucts are raised. they can seldom DC
marketed at profit? Take the blush
ing Elberta, for example-they were
fed to the hogs by the carload last
| year. The onion-the nations favorfte
vegetable year rots by the
acre In the Southwest for want OF a
| market and as result hundreds Of
| farmers have lost their homes. Cot
| ton-nature's capitalist-Often goes
| begging on the market at less than
cost of production.
| 1t is great to wander through tht
exhibits while the band is playing
pixie" and boast Of the marvellous
fertility of the soil and pride ourselves
| on our ability to master science, bu
| it ia also well to remember that there
is a market side to agriculture tina
does not reflect its hardships In thu
| exhibits at a county fair.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1915-08-14
canned peaches.

q
Other vegetables that offer in
terestlng possibilities are car
rots, parsnips, and sweet pota.
toes These will all be found
satisfactory il put up In the fol.
lowing manner:
Carrots, Parsnips, and Sweet
Potatoes.
Scald one TO five minutes In
boiling water. Plunge in cold
water and remove skins. Pack
whole or sliced. Add boiling
water and Q level teaspoonful OF
salt for each pint. Place rubber
and top and partially tighter.
leap tins and solder vent hole IN
cap Sterlllze one and q hall
hours In hot water bath, one
hour In water seal outfit, or one
hour with 5 pounds steam pres
sare. Remove jars, tighten Gov
ers, invert, and cool. Remove
cans, invert, cool, and label.)
Carrots may be canned whole
sliced lengthwise, or sliced cross
wise. II will add to the attrac
tiveness of the exhibit to have
some jars put up in each way
Weekly News.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1915-08-14

One Of the conntry's largest
bankers m AIDE the statement not
long ago that "the smali-towD
banker il in position to render
his community a most valuable
service il he will recognize and
take advantage Of the opportuni
ty by doing his full part in CON.
munity welfare work"
His statement elected an OK
preston from one OF our small
town bankers to the effect that q
large majority OF smaIlt0wD
banks really do more to retard
com muDity welfare and develop
ment than they do to promote
them. This is a most lamentable
condition even if only partially
correct as stated.
Many bankers consider their
bank 9 institutions for community
ser vice and conduct them accord
ingly. A splendid example OF
this class came to my attention Q
few days ago.
The president of a bank in q
small town, when asked as to HE
idea concerning q banks duties
aud it's obligations to the commu