The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-27
N|BLACK SCHOOL IN
LOYALTY PROGRAM
PATRIOTIC EXERCISES MARK
CLOSE OF TERM-ARoMoRE
PEOPLE ARE SPEAKERS.
FOODSTUFFS PLEA
c. o. Bum Praises Farm Boys Raising
Feed and Livestock, Declaring They
Are Serving Government as Eff.
eiently as Men at the Front.

Boys Of Carter country who are
raising foodstuffs and caring for live
stock are just as patriotic as those
who are serving their country in other
ways This is the substance of the
remarks made at the patriotic exer.
cises which closed this years term Of
Mary Niblack school, seven miles
southeast Of Ardmore, Friday night
A patriotic address was made by c.
O. Bum. A. X. Busby and Lewis Ba-
kcr also were on the program. c. L.
Anderson explained the meaning OF
the Liberty Loan and Mrs. II. H. Sayre
discussed briefly the work and the
needs of the Red Cross.
c. o. Bum, in his address. referred
to the world contest between the ar.
istocracy Of Germany and the democ.
racy Of the United States. Our gov.
ernment, he said, gives us many valu.
able privileges. We, on the other
hand, have great possibilities.
Right now it is the duty of every
body to obey the government" he
said. TO win this battle for democ.
racy the government may find it nee.
essary to place the sharpshooter at
the machine and the machnist on
the firing line This war is a serious
thing We are directly concerned in
the loss Of every man who dies at the
front. We are as much at war as
Great Britain and France. We are all
in the same boat We must do as
former patriot said-'hang together or
hang separately Our country will
rise in great majesty out of this strife
but It Will take great sacrifice of mon.
ey and blood"
Mr.. Bum told of the part that
France had taken in helping us during
the revolutionary war. He said that
France made direct loan to the Unit.
ed States Of $5O,OOO,OOO on security
scoffed at by the financiers of the
world and that S4O0, 900 was spent
by the French government in assist.
ing us in other ways. Had It not been
for this help we would not be here,
he said.
The Liberty Loan.
c. l.. Anderson explained to the
meeting that he would assist anyone
in buying Liberty Bonds by letting
them have the money at the same
rate of interest which the government
would pay him. Mrs. H. II. Sayre, sec.
retary of the Ardmore Red Cross chan.
ter talked on Red Cross membership.
a. X. Busby said the present war
is one of determination; that we are
fighting fran fha %
man power, and are not seeking terri
tory. He said we are not awake to
the seriousness of the present conflict
Lewis Baker said that the people of
the United States had always fought
Tor liberty and are ready to do il
again, He reviewed the wars of the
past, pointing out that we have al.
ways been on the side of freedom.
Carl Russell, federal farm demon.
strator, explained thPf h. hoe 1l--, ~
under way by which the farmers can
secure cans for preservin" hic w..
fruit crops. The department OF agri.
culture is working through the county
agents to get the cans To the farmers
in all parts Of the country. They can
w ''utHN 'Htdptl from inc UtpdTt-
ment than anywhere else.
Every number on the program Fri.
day night was Of patriotic character
Flags and national colors were used
extensively in the exercises and deco
rations. The program given by the
school follows:
America School.
Reading Velma Jones.
Colors Of our Flag Three girls.
Reading Mrs. A. X. Buzbee.
Flag exercises Nine girls.
Reading-Cora Carter. "a
Song of the Free'-Girls
Drill-Eight girls.
Reading Mrs. Lewis Baker.
Ellis Island Play-Girls.
Uncle Sammv'-G Girls.
Tableaux-Girls.
Address-A X. Buzbee.
Address Lewis Baker.