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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-26
LARGE FORT
SMITH BANK
IS CLOSED
AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK WITH
CAPITAL OF TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND CLOSED BY EXAM.
INER.

Fort Smith, Ark, March 25.-The
American National Bank here, one OF
the largest in Arkansas, was closed
today by a bank examiner. The bank
has a capital of 100000 and deposits
Of 100000. Its loans aggregated
$500, 900
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-26
Tourists Visit Porto Rico.

Washington, March 25.-Porto Rico
is enjoying its most prosperous tourist
season, more travellers having visited
the island this winter than ever be-
fore, government reports show.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-26
TWENTY-FIVE AMERICANS WERE
ON BOARD STEAMER SUSSEX
CHANNEL STEAMER WAS VICTIM OF TORPEDO OR MINE
WHICH BLEW PART OF VESSEL INTO ATOMS-NISS
BALDWIN, DAUGHTER OF PROMINENT AMERICAN
RESIDENT OF PARIS AMONG THE INJURED.

Edward Huxley President of the United States Rubber Com
and Francis Drake, the Company's European Man
ager, Among the Saved-Loss of Life Undoubtedly Heavy
and Believed to Include Several Americans-Between
Ninety and One Hundred Survivors Landed Dover and
Two Hundred and Fifty Landed French Side of Chan
nel-Exploson Occurred at 300 O'clock Friday After
but the Wireless Was of Order and Help Did Not
Arrive Until Midnight Friday Night-Reports Reaching
Paris Say that the Sussex Torpedoed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-26
STORM AT ANNA TEXAS
TWO Men Injured by Flying Timber
Property DAMAGE $4,000.

Mckinney, Tex, March 25.-A small
cyclone struck Anna, Texas, fourteen
miles from here last night, doing dam
age estimated at $4,000 and injuring
two men by flying timbers. Although
the gale lasted but two minutes. more
than half Of the houses in the town
were damaged
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-26
EIGHT VICTIMS Of WIND
STORM IN MURRAY COUNTY
EIGHT MEMBERS OF FAMILY OF ALEX EDGMON
KILLED IN STORM EAST OF DAVIS FRIDAY NIGHT.
BODIES ALL BROUGHT INTO DAVIS WILL BE IN
X TERED IN ONE GRAVE THERE TODAY

Tornado Travelled in No!teaserly Direction am IS Accom-
panied by Heavy Hail and Ran-Roar Of S7ylnd Could
be Heard in Davis, Three Miles AwaV Sae Victim of
Storm Mrs. THOMPSON Aged Eig' & ears, Who was
Bnd-Family Of Married Son Cams -dgrnon Home for
Safety and All Lost Their Lives Farm Homes
Blown Down, but no Other Fatalites-L O. Franklin and
Wife Living Near Chigey, Inured-Famiy of Reverend
Low Escaped Death by Taking Refuge in Storm House
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-26

Deputy Sheriff Tom Jones captured
two barrels of beer near Wilson Fri
day night and also took into CUSTODY
the alleged owners of the same. The
case will be up for hearing Monday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-26
Paris Says it was Torpedo.

Paris, March 25-RepOrts of the ac-
cident 10 the Sussex received here, say
that she was torpedoed..
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-26
WEATHER FORECAST

New Orleans, La, March %.
The weather forecast for
Oklahoma for Sunday is fair
and continued cold.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-26

Read the want ads
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-26

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-03-26

CONTINUED on PAGE EIGHTY
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-08
Congress Moves
On Washington
SERBIA'S LAST GASP.
War Has Reduced Country to Pitiful
State.

"Tell our brothers in Saloniki to
make haste, for Serbia is near its last
gasp"
This message was brought direct
from old Serbia by a special CORE
Spondent of the Paris Journal who
with great daring. rowcd across the
Danube during the night from the
Roumanian shore and landed in the
occupied territory of the farther
shore. He and his companion found
awaiting them many haggard figures
in ragged uniforms and armed. These
Serbs, officers and soldiers, are the
survivors Of last years Serbian army,
a mere handful of the heroic 10000
guerrilla troops who are fugitiveS in
their own land and who have taken
to the mountains.
With these phantOms of old Serbia
grouped about. the correspondent con-
verSed with one of the leaders. He
was Il captain and was wounded dur
ing the great retreat twelve months
ago. He spoke of namelesS atrocities
committed by the enemy during the
early days of the occupation. of mas
sacreS and famine to which the coun-
try was succumbing. Stocks of food
estimated large enough to last the
whole population for two years had
been Communicated with the most
pitilesS thOroughnosS. The whole of
this seasons harvest also has been
requiSitiOned so that by the end of the
year he said the people would be
starving.
DeStitutiOn is bOundless, and chill
dren are dying by the wholesale for
want of food, he said. Conditions are
worse in towns than in the country.
Many persons have committed sui
eide in order to end their sufferings.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-08

Every year, along about this time,
we begin urging our friends to do
their Christmas shopping early.
Our semblance of apology for this
is that the advice is eminently SEN
sible-hence must be repeated fire.
quently, and with emphasis, to make
the majority of people pay any at
tention whatever to it.
However, we shall not weary in
we'll doing-and especially this year,
when, really, it is little more SEN
sible than ever, confronted as we are
with extraordinary conditions as to
shopping in any circumstances.
Shopping early in the day and
early in the season means always
great advantage to the buyer.
1t means a larger selection from
which to choose. 1t means room in
the stores, dealing with clerks that
are not exhausted by impatient
crowds. 1t means, above all, the sat
isfaction of showing consideration for
others.
This year, there is another partic-
ularly good reason for doing your
shopping early and doing it immedi-
ately.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-08

at once to secure control of the dem
ocratic organization, state and nation
al. Nearly half the states are now
dry, and the number will be swelled
to nearly, if not quite, thirty before
1920. To take the side of the saloon
is to invite disastrous defeat. To
take the side of the home is to draw
to the party the strong young men
who are coming out of the schools and
colleges and who will, within a few
years, be the dominant force in poll
tics. Again in the nations life the
old question demands an answer:
Choose ye this day whom we will
serve!"
The Commoner is in this fight and
calls upon its readers to organize for
the struggle which is to determine the
party's attitude and it's future
strength. Space will be given to let
ters reporting the situation in differ
ent parts of the country. Let the
work of organization begin, and be-
gin NOW.-W. j. Bryan in the Com
moner.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-08
l5EEl!'&||;A
The High Cost of Printing.

The print-paper situation has reach
ed a stage where it is being felt Sc
verely by newspapers generally. The
Tribune was fortunate in having a
contract running until December Is.
After that date, it is beyond the pow
er of this paper to say where and
how it will get the white paper sup
ply necessary to continue publication.
The mills absolutely refuse to make
contracts or, in many cases, to even
quote prices beyond January /. The
brokers are therefore unable to do
business. The latest quotation on
neWsprint is seven cents a pound, an
advance of 300 per cent, above the
price The Tribune has been paying.
With paper at seven cents a pound,
the white paper consumed in filling a
years subscription to The Tribune,
will cost more than the subscription
price-which, it will readily be seen,
makes the cost of operating the paper
a dead loss.
The Tribune has been forced, al
ready, to reduce the size of its type to
the smallest possibly usable. 1t has
also been compelled to abandon the
publication, for this year, of its Year
Book, inasmuch as the paper required
for that publication would cost three
times as much as the total possible
revenue therefrom. Neither will we
be able to issue our usual large
Christmas Number. Without
change in the situation, which does
not now seem possible, we will furth-
er be forced to cut down the number
Of ragcs in the daily paper to about
one-half the customary number.
Increases in subscription and ad-
vertising rates must necessarily fol-
low. All the newspapers of the coun-
try, except those so fortunately sit
uated that they can afford to operate
at heavy loss, will have to adopt SIM
liar plans in order to keep out of the
bankruptcy courts.
The conditions which have brought
this about are not the fault of the
newspapers or of the newspaper pat
ronizing public. But the public will
have to bear with the newspapers in
their difficulties, appreciating the tre-
mendous sacrifice that will have to be
made in order to continue publca-
ton.
Not only paper but every other item
included in newspaper making has
advanced to practically prohibitive
prices. No newspaper in the country
can expect to make one cent of profit
for the next year, at least. The
problem with most of them will be not
the making of profits, but the paying
of actual running expenses, or how
long they can exist under the contin-
uous drain of a daily deficit
The Tribune is straining every eff
fort to make arrangements which will
permit it to obtain enough paper to
avoid a suspension of publication. In
the meantime, we must ask our pat
rons to be tolerant of shortcomings
and to take into consideration the diff
ficulties under which we are laboring.
Tampa Tribune.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-08
The Great Moral Issue.

The prohibition issue is here, and
here to stay until the saloon is driven
out of the United States. 1t is the
great moral issue of this generation
and the democratic party is the party
to lead the fight in the nation.
The election just held has unexpect-
edly released the party of any obliga-
ton it may have been under to the
liquor interests. They threw their
influence to the republican ticket and
went down to defeat with it. And
the democratic bosses lie in the same
dishonored grave. They must con-
fess EITHER THAT THEY WE'RE
REALLY AGAINST THE PRESI-
DENT OR THAT THEY CAN NOT
DELIVER THE VOTES WHICH
THEY CLAIM TO CONTROL.
Which position will they take? Did
they betray the party or are they i'm
potent to aid?
Let the dry democrats begin work
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-08
Do Your Christmas Buying Now
ATLANTA GEORGIAN

Every day the cost of merchandise
increases.
Few toys are imported, the home
supply is very scarce. Three or
four weeks from now it is safe to
predict that the toys you want for
your children will cost twenty-five,
thirty, or fifty per cent more than
they do now.
Therefore, shop early.
Early shopping this year will mean
money saved for you.
1t will mean peace of mind for
workers in the stores.
1t will mean better opportunity
for merchants to serve the public to
the best of their ability.
The man who has consideration for
others finds in the long run that 9TH
ers show consideration toward him.
Be considerate of the thousands of
workers in the Atlanta stores, the
merchants, and be considerate this
time especially of your own pocket
book
Shop early, shop now, and have
done with it before the worst of the
Christmas rush begins.
Every day that you wait the goods
that you must buy will cost more and
the choice be smaller.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-08
First Estimate of Citrus CroD

| The Bureau of Crop Estimates b.
issued the first forecast of tha o;4ns Id
fruit crop in boxes. C. C. Hare N'fL fo1 u
agent for Florida, calls attention ,'et' It
the report as follows. - y
The estimate for the United c+o+.
in 1916 is 23,S35,0OO boxes; 1915 'Uve ~
100000 boxes. The 1916 estimate l' f.
Florida is, oranges 6,335 900: ~r.no ~ NJ
fruit 100000. In 1915 the nrodpo T dpo
tlon was, oranges 6,148,000 bovoS
grapefruit 100000. ''N'S
OF the total number of citrus troo
of bearing age this year 70 per y ceu eu
are oranges, 29.5 per cent are grona ro
ly. The boxes of oranges per % tpe tre
this fruit, and 0.5 per cent are 1ime e
and lemons. Of the total citrus e nro,
this year the percentage probably vii vii
be, oranges 76.7, grapefruit %, Iima
and lemons 0.3. The percentapes IaS
year were 74.6, 25, and 0.4 respertivo
year are estimated at 1.64, granefrni
1.5; per cent of normal yield, Il G an,
70 respectively. The average boxa,
or oranges last year was 1.56 per tree
grapefruit 1853; percent normal vieI(
6S and 76 respectively.
There is an increase of ) per cen+
in bearing orange trees, s per cent II
grapefruit trees, and l per cent lime,
and lemons over last year. Of tbt
total number Of orange trees the fol-
lowing percentages are of the age in.
dicated: 5 per cent year; 7.2, ;
years; 1912, A years; 6S per cent {
years and over: grapefruit 5.5 pc,
cent, l year; 6, 2 years; 1O.S. 8 wears,
63.2 per cent 5 years and over.
The quality of this years crop Of
fruit is rated at, oranges % per cent
and grapefruit 81 per cent of nor.
NAL crop. The percentages bright
and russet of oranges are GS and a.
respectively.-Agricultural News Ser
vice.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-08
RHEUMATISM MAKES
YUU FEEL OLD
Pains And Aches Yield To Sloan's
Liniment, The Family Friend.

When your joints become stiff,
circulation poor, and your suffering
makes you irritable, an application of
Sloan's Liniment gives you quick re-
lief-kills pain, starts up good cir
culation, relieves congestion. 1t is
easier and cleaner to use than mus
sy plasters or ointments, acts quickly
and does not clog the pores. 1t does
not stain the skin.
You don't need to rub-it pene-
trates.
Certainly fine for rheumatism, stiff
neck, seiatica, lame back, toothache,
etc.
For sprains, strains, bruises, black
and blue spots, Sloan's Liniment re-
duces the pain and eases the soreness.
Its use is so universal that you'll
consider Sloan's Liniment friend of
the whole family. Your druggist sells
it in 25c., SOC. and $1.00 bottles.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-08
Why Not.

Editor Jordan of the Punta Gorda
Herald strikes chord of wisdom and
good common sense in the following:
Christmas has become a nightmare
to most bread-winners who have to
pay the cost. Why not quit giving
presents to any persons over fourteen
years old and let people over that
age merely exchange Christmas
cards?
There is no good reason why adults
should buy and exchange expensive
presents at Christmas time. The sea-
son was never intended for that pur-
pose. 1t stands for an exchange of
good will and good cheer but not of
costly gewgaws. The children, of
course, must have their gifts, but
they need not be expensive. The
ordinary child derives more pleasure
from a dollar toy than from ten dol
lar ornament.
Christmas giving has been greatly
abused. Persons give expensive pres
ents when they are not financially
able to pay for them and when they
urgently need the money for some
other purpose. Many of them take
the money which ought to go to pay
ing their bills and purchase costly
gifts for relatives and friends. 1t is
a false proposition in economy. 1t
entails succeeding weeks of depriva-
ton, of being "hard up" for money
for the necessary expenses of life.
Some day the public will wake up
to the folly of this expensive Christ
mas giving and then Editor Jordan's
suggestion will be adopted. Every
body will be happier and better Off
Tampa Tribune.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-08
MRS. SLACK'S LETTER
To Mothers of Delicate Children

Palmyra, Pa.-FMy little girl had a
chronic cough and was SO thin you could
count her ribs, and she had no appetite.
Nothing we gave her seemed to help her,
until one day Mrs. Neibert asked me to
try Vinol, and now she is hungry all the
time, her cough is gone, she is stouter
and has more healthy color. 1 wish
every mother who has a delicate child
would try Vinol."-Mrs. ALFRED SLACK.
We guarantee Vinol, our non-secret
tonic, to make delicate children
healthy and strong.
Stewart Drug Co.. Palatka.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-08

In the Circuit Court, Eighth Judicia
Circuit, Putnam County, Florida

tircUit, Iutnam County, flbfIuH'-
IN CHANCERY.
Consolidated Naval Stores }
Company, corporation
under the laws of the
State of Florida,
Complainant
w S. Middleton, Lizzie W. }
Middleton, his wife, ct AL,
Defendants.
1t appearing by affidavit appended
to the bill filed in the above stated
cause that Mary Emily Erwin Cathey
and II. j. Cathey, her husband, and ?
V. stephens and p. V. Stephens, as Ad'
ministrator of the estate Of Louis |
Stephens, deceased, and Blanche Grill
Randolph and John II. Randolph Jr.
her husband, and Craddock-Tcrry Com
pany, and kohn, We'll & Company th'
defendants therein named are non,
residents of the State of Florida, anC
that Mary Emily Erwin Cathey anC
H. j. Cathey, her husband, are anC
each of them is a resident of the city
of Asheville, Buncombe County StaI'
of North Caroina, and p Y. stephens
and the said p. V. Stephens, as Admin
istrator AFORESAID, are and each OF thelI
is a resident of the City of New YorH
and State of New York, and HIanchs
Grill Randolph and John II. Randolph
Jr., her husband, are and racn "
them is a resident of the City OF Sa,
Vannah, State of Georgia, and cach q
said defendants is over the age q
twenty-one years and that there y
no person in the State of Florida thS
service of a Subpoena upon Whoiq
would bind said named defendants, o'
any of them; and that Craddock- Ter
ry Company, Is a corporation naNlh1
it's principal place of business IN tny
City of Lynchburg, State Of Nlrglhl1
and Kohn, We'll & Company IS COZ
poration having a place of business
the City of New orleans. state "
Louisiana, and that there IS no pc.
son in the State of Florida, the ser
vice of a Subpoena upon whom WouIj
bind said defendant companies, o.;
either of them; it is Therefore orueIS
that said nonresident defendants "
and they are hereby required 20 AZ
pear to the Bill of Complaint hleu Y
said cause on or before
the First Day of January, \. u III SbIttII
otherwise the allegations Of sald III
will be taken as confessed Dy say
Defendants. .,- orI
It is further ordered that this Ur,
der be published once a week t0r iTpjI
consecutive weeks in The 1T
News, newspaper published /" ."
County and State. 49,, .,oI
Witness my hand and otticla' All
this, the Goth day of NoyemI91S,TIs.
(SeaD HENRY HUTCHINSCN, \,
Clerk Circuit Cout,
BY A. X. Hutchinson, Deputy o'''
f. J. LEngle, Esq,
Solicitor for Complainant
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-08
Rank and File Arrived In
Force
BUSY SESSION EXPECTED
Many Problems of Importance Con-
front the Lawmakers, But the High
Cost OF Living Overshadows Every
thing-Nati0n=w Prohibition.

Members of the congress returned
to the nations capital in large num-
bers for the rcaSSrmbIing Of the con-
grcSS this week.
Returning members talk Of new is.
sues. but it is the general opinion that
little other than appropriation bills
can be passed in the short session.
Surface indications give assurances
that the high cost of living will at
least be Il subject Of much discussion.
and that many proposals Will be
made, ranging from an embargo on
food exports to official investigation
of alleged conspiracics to initiate
prices.
While congressman appreciate that
railroad problems, conservation leGiS-
lation, immigration, suffrage, national
prohibition, corrupt practice measures,
and other unfinished general business
will be pressed for consideration, and
that efforts may be made to invcSti-
gate alleged election frauds and cN-
penditurcS of the national campaign.
those subjects at present are over
shadowed by the high prices of food
and measures for relief.
Because of the crush of business
house leaders, among them Speaker
Clark, are advocating abandonment of
the usual holiday recess and urging
night sessions at least twice Il week.
Among returning Democratic scna-
tors the question Of selection of a
new president pro TEN is one of alb
sorbing interest. Among senators be-
ing mentioned to succeed the late Sen
ator Clarke, Of Arkansas, are Pom
creme, of Ohio; salisbury, of Della
ware: James, of Kentucky; Walsh,
Of Montana, and Bankhcad, Of Ala
bama. Some southern senators have
urged the selection Of western Dem
ocrat in recognition of the Democratic
triumph at the recent election in that
section.
That the senate will be urged
early in the session to consider the
corrupt practices bill limiting cam
paign expenditures of the last ram-
paign was assured by an announce
ment Of Senator Owen, of oklahoma,
that he would demand early cOnsid
GRAFTON of his corrupt practices bill,
and would again press some form of
Cloture to get a vote on the measure
before March 4. He also proposes to
Introduce a resolution directing the
committee on privileges and elections
to investigate campaign expenditures
Of the Republican and Democratic
parties.
Chairman Webb, of the house judi
ciary committee. upon his arrival. be-
gan working for passage of his ma
ton wide prohibition and export trade
bills. He declared he did not believe
the suffrage amendment would be
passed by the present house.
Il have great hopes that my pro-
hibition bill will pass" Mr.. Webb
said. "Undoubtcdly the liquor QucS-
ton is one Of the greatest issues now
facing this cOuntry-the last election
showed that-and it is high time
some additional federal action was
taken on it. The bill would prohibit
the manufacture, transportation and
importation of liquor for beverage
purposes. 1t would not interfere with
using alcohol for scientific. artistic or
saCrampntal purposes"
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-08
WEAK, SORE LUNGS
Restored To Health Pv ".

Camden, N. J.-"I had a door . a
cough, was rundown, and NV NIep IIpp seate'
weak and sore. l had tried lungs aUlss Wer
suggest d without help. onSs orS'alnl IN
n ming g 1 !. read about vinol and 0de 5so;s0 eye
to try it. Soon I noticed an in, ueclde'
ment. I kept on taking Il and improve
am am a well man. The soreness Js'y ia :,
gone from my lungs, I do NOT t'1s Sa Is al
cough and have gained fifteen T%Se no',,, any
HILLMAN. 'n pounds
we guarantee vinol for oh,..
coughs, colds and bronchitis an and tfnroni' fa
weak, rundown conditions "nu lor al
Ackerman-Stewart Drug Co., Palatt,
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-08
JELLICOE NAMED
Commander of the British High Seas
Fleet.

Sir John RuShmore Jellicoe. com
mander of the British high seas fleet,
has been appointed first sea lord of
the admiralty. Sir John is Il vice
admiral.
Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty has
been placed in command of the North
sea fleet.
The first sea lord Of the admiralty
is one of the most important posts
in the naval branch of the govern
ment. He is consulted on all ques-
tions by the first lord of the admi-
ralty, who at this time is \. J. Bal
four.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-08
Makinu Love,

A girl Of seventeen once asked a
grass widow:
when man makes love to q girl.
Is 1t a sign he wants to marry herr
"Ies, my child" the grass widow an.
swered grimly, "and when he stops
making love to her, it is usually a
sign that the marriage has taken
place. Free Press.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-08
Cough Medicine for Children

Mrs. Hugh Cook, Scottsville, N. Y
says: "About five years ago whel
we were living in Garbutt, N. Y,
doctored two of my children suffering
from colds with Chambe-lain's Cougl
Remedy and found it just as repre-
sented in every way. 1t prompt,
checked their coughing and cure,
their colds quicker than anything
ever used" Obtainable everywhere.