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The state herald., 1917-05-11
ANY CORN LIFTS OUT,
DOESN'T HURT A BIT!
No seeiIshnsssi LIT your oorns
and eailusss on with hnosrs-
ivs like maoIel

Bore corns. hard corns. soft corns or
any kind Of corn. can harmlessly be
lifted right out with the fingers II you
apply upon the corn a few drops Of
sreexone. says u Cincinnati authority.
For little cost ono can get . ssnall
bottle Of frecxons at any drug store.
which will positively rid ones feet Of
every corn or callus without pain.
This simple drug dries the moment
Il 10 applied and does not even irri.
tate tho surrounding skin while ap-
plying II or afterwards.
This announcement will interest
many Of our readers. II your druggist
hasn't amy frccxone tell him TO surely
get small bottle for you from hls
Wholesale drug house.--adv.
The state herald., 1917-05-11
cuTIcuRA STOPS ITCHING
instantly In Most case-Writs for q
Free Sample.

Cuticura Is wonderfully effective.
The Sonp to cleanse and purify. the
Ointment to soothe and heal all forms
Of itching. burning skin and scalp af-
fections. Besides these super-creamy
emollients II used daily prevent little
skin troubles becoming serious.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard. Cuticura. Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The state herald., 1917-05-11
DOAN'S h!RHET P1Hns
soe Ba at All sts.. Fs'tz alIsn G. D.i.l r. A o.hs
A WsarIsome Lecturer.

A Wearlsoms Lecturer.
"BlIggins Is always lecturing on pa
triotism."
''Yes. Sometimes I think he IL an
alien enemy and Is trying to make
patriotism unpopular"
The state herald., 1917-05-11

Tho man who would always tell the
truth dare not tell everything that II
told him for the truth.
The state herald., 1917-05-11

When wisdom cries In the streets tho
police run II in.
The state herald., 1917-05-11

Not the Right Kind.
II have nm option on some town
lots"
II hope It isn't local option"
The state herald., 1917-05-11
Giving Up Luxuriies Will Aid In
Solving Nations Labor Problem

"How can the American banker aid the farmer in
sustaining the country through the war;"
This problem is not financial one. 1t is not
problem that the bankers solve. The newspapers
can do, and are doing, more than anybody else to
solve it.
In the first place, it is matter of awakening the
people to the full seriousness of the problem. That
means the awakening Of producers well consumers
Let how vital it that we as people, discharge
fully obligation to feed ourselves and our allies
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23
HOMES NEED CENTpEDEs.
Household Necessity for the Eradica
ton OF Small Bugs.

AWh W t'asAstN Dh8Hs
Chicago -ews: In these spacious
days Of big events one is prone to over
look those small necessary functions
the sum of which is the foundation Of
national welfare, and to look abroad
with a telescope for duties and oport'In
tiles instead of undertaking those at
hand that are visible 70 the naked eye
The home, for example, must be kept
in absolute order, for the home is thu
rock upon which the state is built; yet
the home guard, in all it's finer details,
is too often unorganized. A family
thinks it has modified its home pro.
tective forces to the fun when it has
set up a watchdog, a cat, a canary, a
rubber plant, a war garden and a fly
swatter These are all very well as far
as they go, but the world has been NOV.
ling swiftly and the most progressive
and efficient households now have
added the house centipede -vulgarly
called the thousand legged worm"-to
! their forces. We learn from a recent
monograph on insects that:
''An examination of the head Of the
cenupeue Will reveal PAIR OF strong
Jaws that are used against enemies and
for the purpose Of capturing small in
sects for food. It considers the fly a
great delicacy and, besides this, it eats
fleas mosquitoes, moths( reaches anC
other small household pests II hunt.
it's food mostly at night The hous,
centipede has seldom been known t,
bite a person, and IT, in selfdefense
it should pinch the baby's finger o.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23
RED RIVER FARMER
KILLED BY NEIGHB0K

Marietta, Okla, Sept 22.-,SpeciaLl-
George Shorter. "a farmer who lived
few miles east Of Marietta, near
Tucks Ferry, on the Texas side Of
Red River. was shot and instantly
killed Thursday afternoon, by John
Henry. a brother.inlaw and neighbor
farmer Henry was arrested by the
Cooke County sheriff and placed in
the Gainesville Jail
Shorter was found dead in the field
where he was plowing, his body rid
died with buckshot that had been fired
from shotgun. His left breast ano
back were badly torn, which showed
that the shot had been fired at close
range Henry admitted the killing
but failed To disclose the motive which
it is thought was over family af
fairs
Both men are wellknowu here anJ
are sons-n-law OF j. NJ Tuck th,
f,rIyman
The body of Shorter was mterre,
in the cemetery near his home Fri5a,
afternoon
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23
IN GREATEST BATTLE EVER FOUGHT
100000 GERMANS KILLED, WOUNDED

Verdun August S-(Correspondence
The greatest battle ever fought an
eighteen months struggle for Nerdun,
which has been in progress since Feb
ruary p, 1916, has been a brilliant tri-
umph for the French army. Today not
only the famous city but its outlying
belt of forts are in the hands of the vic
torious French defenders while the dis
comfited German assailants lie behind
their shell-shatterd lines suffering Sc
verely from the hard hits they have
received and unable to do anything
more for the moment to retrieve their
most recent defeat than to try to hold
back their antagonists while they re-
cover breath.
Among the onetime wooded valleys
and hills in the vicinity of the fortress
no fewer than 100000 Germans have
fallen dead or wounded. Tens of thous.
ands of their bodies were buried where
they fell only to be 'disinterred again
by shells tearing up the ground in the
course of the incessant bombardments
and then once more covered by earth
thrown up by other exploding projectiles
The correspondent of the Associated
Press had frequent evidence, while
crossing the torn.up battlefield during
the fighting, Of the temporary character
of the graves. Around DOuaumont
VauX Pepper Hill, Goose Hill. Dead
Mans Hin and Hill 3O4. all centres OF
the most serious fighting during many
months the earth is impregnated with
blood and the churnedup soil is sc
dessicated that in dry weather it forms
into deep beds of dust while in wei
weather it is just swamp of ooze
through which it is difficult to make
progress.
Time for Killing Comes.
In the battles of August and October
1916. Verdun had freed itself of som,
of the heavy pressure of the German
hosts, but the outer line Of hills an,
woods surrounding the city still was II
the occupation OF the enemy The grea
Flanders battle this summer was wei
under way when the French command
er.in.chief. General Petain, decided tina
the time had arrived for new push a
Verdun, before which a strong German
army under the orders Of the ,crowi
prince was sitting.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23
MARIETTA NOTES.

Marietta. Okla. Sept 22.-Nis- Que.
pha Burch has been spending the
week with her brother Waldo. who
is stationed a. Camp Bowie near Fort
Worth.
Mrs. o. N. Bates and daughter.
Miss pusy We're here the first Of
the week visiting friends They were
former residents Of tins city hut they
have been living az Big Spring Texas.
An educational rally was held at
the First Christian church last night.
Many patrons OF the Marietta city
schools were present An interesting
musical program was given by Miss
pearle Turner. Instructor of piano and
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23

toe, the swelling produced, if any.
could quickly be alleviated by an ap.
pllcation of ammonia
In the light Of these recommendations
who can afford to be without one OF
these admirable beasts? It is noiseless
night watchman, as it were-and its
upkeep cost is practically nothing In
the event that it rids the house com
pletely of al1 pests enumerated-par.
ticularly the "and other" the grateful
household should be willing to pension
It on small bits of meat or whatever
its system Graves II could be taken
into the family and given a pet name.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23

voice and Miss Lucille Snider, teacher
Of languages. Short talks We're made
by the Rev Nh Armstrong Of the
Methodist church W NJ Balthrop,
president of the Board of Education.
and T. D. Fclts. former county SUI
pcriuteudeut 4 receiving line was
formed and the new teachers were
presented Several important school
announcements We're made 10y su-
pehntcndent Johnston.
Mrs. ". L. Hagan left Thursday
for Rochester Mimi, where she goes
TO undergo AN operation at the Mayo
Brothers hospital She was accom-
panied bv Mr. and Mrs. w a. Thomp-
son
Nj and 1lrs Rural Askew have
rented the home of Mrs Ottley. in the
north part of the city
Mrs l.. r Burton took her son. Win.
die. To- Dallas the first of the week
where No. was operated on 10y a spec.
iali-t n the hope OF restoring his
hari.- The boy stood the opeg
alton won and it s thought that
no win regain bis hearing which Was
almost entirely destroyed
William London. OF Denton. Texas
has accepted @ position no the smith
! uhlrmacy
/ Mrs ". h. buchanan and daughter
and Miss Mynan Eiois are in Ardmor,
| the guests Of friends and relatives.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23
AN UNUsUAL CLASS.

Ever since the Glass of 1918 organ
lied as freshman. with John Thompson
president, David Dawson and Bonnie
Duston, vice presidents; Maurine Eas-
ley secretary and treasurer, and How
ard McNeese and Jerome Alexander,
yell.leaders, it has been travelling with
rapid strides toward it's goal a
record-breaking senior class.
The goal was reached last week
when the class organization was
former. John NJ Thompson, as a
Seward for three years Of faithful
leadership, was unanimously elected
70 serve as president. Bonnie Dus-
ton was chosen secretary and treas
urer; Thomas Norman was elected vice
president; Katherine Adams, chairman
Of the entertainment committees; Rob
ert Harrison, athletic manager; Neal
Ferrel, sergeant-atarms; Jerome Alex
ander yell-leader; and Margaretta Gra-
ham. advertising manager and regis
trar.
The following committee, Thomas
Norman, chairman; Jerome Alexander
and Eloise Sandlin, has been appoint
ed to draw up bylaws for the class.
The first entertainment committee
composed of James Stark Florence
Vernon, James Pulliam, Floy Weeks
| and Frances Luke have the honor OF
entertaining the class for the first
! senior year
The class organized early, has money
in its treasury; class spirit in abund
| ance good officers and the bes
teachers of the faculty backing II
Therefore, it expects and intends t
make this senior -p'ass a shining ex
ample for all senior classes that fol
low
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23
PhlladeIphia Mayor in Tronhle.

Philadelphia, Sept. 22.-Mayor Thorn.
as b. Smith. for whom warrant was
issued last night charging him and
two other men with conspiracy to com.
nit aggravated assault and murder in
connection with the killing Of a police.
man during a primary election here on
Wednesday, today entered his own re-
cognizance in the sum Of $4,000 for
mis- appearance at a hearing next Tues
day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23
Neutrality.

Cleveland Plain Dealer; Mrs. Newly.
wed-"We are neutral, aren't we
George?"
Mr. Newlywed-"Ye dear"
we mustn't show any bias, must
we?"
mo"
Then | did Just right"
in what way"
why | gave all our French mustard
and our German soap and our English
breakfast tea and our Russian caviar TO
Mary, the cook. Mary said she didn't
think her folks were neutrals-and she
was quite sure they needed the soap and
things Wasn't that thoughtful Of me?'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23

an investigation of wholesale prices
Of milk charged by members Of the
Southern Illinois Milk Producers asso-
ciation The members Of this associa.
ton supply a large part Of the rilk
sold in st. Louis
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23
THE El5Poy,T

Washington star: M. love" her
husband said 90 this lady you spend
al your none. getting your palm read"
And you, delr" she rctouod spend
il yoss getting your nose ryt'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23
on THE OTHER HAND.

Passing SHOW: Mike during dinner
hour discussion The foreman Doe jab
bers An phVat Is hc' Hos dirty
scouudrel. am that's all that can be- said
m his favor
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23
G IA k

Preparations We're carefully made and
the artillery began its work OF destruc-
ton Of the German positions about the
beginning of the second week of Au-
gust. The Germans replied vigorously
and the reciprocal cannonade gradually
increased in volume until the morning
of the day fixed for the French infantry
to go "over the top" That dawn when
the writer made his way across the
scared and scorched earth towards the
front line in order to observe the open
ing of the engagement every noise
conceivable by the human Imagination
seemed TO have combined to break the
all about great slugs Of steel fell and
scored and wracked the soil
The result Of the last battle may be
told in few words On n front stretch
ing i'm a straight line just about twelve
miles territory Of depth of from 1893
yards 10 5000 yards had been recap
tured by the French. the villages of
Champneuville and Samogneux, as well
as the woods Of Malancourt Avocourt
Camard and Cumieres had been occu
! pied. Goose Hin and Talou Hill had
been taken, Mort Homme and Hills 30i
and 344 had been stormed and occupied
over 1 900 prisoners had been rounded
up and nearly fifty German cannon haC
been taken or destroyed, together will
more than 200 machine guns and about
! forty trench mortars.
/ Outright the Germans.
! Nerdun had been freed from the con
stant menace of the Germans, and tn,
! French troops had shown their marked
I superiority to the Germans both on. tn,
! defensive and the offensive. They de
/ Tended the citadel with tenacity an,
wonderful courage when il was threat
! ened by apparently Overwhelming
/ forces; and when their own time CANT
they executed brilliant offensiv
movement which pushed the invader
back until at the moment of writing TN
nearest German line northward is owe
six miles away from the city while Z
the eastward the Germans are onl
slightly closer The French. however
are in possession Of all the commandin'
hills and are able thus TO observe tn
enemy's movements and to take th
necessary precautions against furthe
attack
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23
She Beat Him Out.

Life: Budding Authoress-I got even
with that horrid old editor last night
Friend-How dear?
Budding Authoress-He always re-
jected my manuscript you know, so last
night / declined his son with thanks
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23
Hnd Knnwledpe of RotII.

Boston Transcript. Banker-Do you
know anything about checks and drafts?
Applicant--Yes sir, I've run our fur
mace for years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23

Dominican republic is an area Of 90
600 square miles has a population OF
100000 Its 1917 sugar crop is estimated
at 10000 tons.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23

Wars on Milk Dealers.
St. Louis, Sept 22-Attorney Gener-
al Brundage of Illinois, today began
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23
A wOrd to those nouing in nelO Offices. Remember!

roll
andJ the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23
All the Worlds Best Music
Is Yours With a VICTR0LA

at viii the greatest singers and musi-
CLANS OF all the world-the famous art.
lists who are captivating thousands in
the great musical centers. the famous
artists who make records. exclusively
Tor the Victor
Come boz and hear tine Victrola. Wen
demonstrate the various styles-Si5 TO
S4o0-and play amy music you wish to
hear. Terms can be arranged 10 suit
your convenience.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-23
JUST TELEPHONE Us FOR
THOSE VICTOR RECORDS

ANY time YOU want Victor records
quickly call us up and Wen get them
Co you bon "a iiffy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-15
FOR COMFORT IN TRENCHES
"Cootie Shirt" is Latest Device For
Fighting Vcrmin

New York-A model of the very
latest thing in trench fashionable
vermin-proof "cootie shirt" has
Just been received here and the
American fund for French wounded
is planning to turn them out by
hundreds at it's factory in New York.
The "cootie shirt" which is said to
enjoy great popularity among the
men in the trenches, is made of
cheesecloth, and is dipped in creosote
and other germicidal solutions. Ow-
ing to the texture of the fabric, the
shirt can be made only by hand.
THE vermin cling to the cotton
fabric and are destroyed when the
garment is dipped in boiling water"
said an official of the organization
today. 1T isn't pleasant to talk
about such things, but think how less
pleasant it is for the soldiers to
have to put up with coolies along
with all the other hardships."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-15
Well-Known Sport Scribes
Have Joined Uncle Sam

New York, Dec. 15.-There will be
many familiar faces missing from
the press box when the next baseball
season opens at the Polo grounds
unless the war ends before next
spring-a prospect that is hardly
worth considering.
OF the baseball writer's who COW
cred the 1917 openings a dozen are
in khaki, or will be before Christ
mas.
Perhaps the best known is Grant
land Rice, who has enlisted as q pri-
vate and has been assigned to. the
One Hundred and Fifteenth Artil-
lery. Thirtieth Division, at Camp Sc
vier, Greenville, s. C. At 35, Rice is
giving up a successful career TO serve
his country.
The other night a few of Rice's
friends bade him a formal farewell.
Two of his former associates were
there in uniform. Major Bozeman
Captain "Bill' Mcclellan attended
to bid the boys" goodby. McGee-
han has been ordered to active duty
in Texas and has left for San An
tonic.
Lieutenant Innis Brown, formerly
of the Sum- will report at Camp Dix
next week, as will Lieutenants Jack
Wheeler and Eugene O'Connell.
Lieutenant Bill Wright, who former
ly covered baseball for the Tribune,
was a graduate of the first Plattsburg
camp, and is now in France. Donald
Day, who wrote baseball for the
Morning Telegraph up to last June,
is now an aviator in one of the Long
Island camps. Frank O'Neill, an
other Tribune man. is an artillery
man at Camp Wadsworth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-15
WAR HITS CAGE
LEAGUE LEADERS
Vacancies to Fill at Scholastic
League Meeting Tomor-
row; Important Session

The effects of war have extended
even into the inner circles of the
faculty directors of the Central Penn
sylvania Basketball League, fop when
the directors meet in this city Satur-
day afternoon for their fall session,
two of the officers will be absent
through having Joined Uncle Sans
forces.
Secretary and Treasurer Fred. L.
Frost, of Lebanon, recently severed
his connection with Lebanon High
school to enter a military camp. Jo-
seph Malin, vice-president of the
league, has become a member of the
National Army.
While these two officers will be
absent, representatives from those
two places will attend the meeting.
Rumor has it that other faculty di-
rectors will soon follow. The meeting
will be held for the election of new
officers for the ensuing year and also
to raSy the schedule.
Important Meeting
With the opening of the season De-
cember 81, business matters of the
league will soon have to be fixed in
order to insure a successful season.
The withdrawal of Lancaster has left
only seven teams in the league, and
at this late date it will be impossible
to get an eighth entry to round out
the league. 1t will also furnish an
opportunity to thresh out the matter
of officials for the year. Formerly
each team suggested an official that
all the other cities accepted as salts
factory.
Third Season
This will be the third start for the
league, with Central and Reading
winner for the first two seasons. Tech
looks formidable this year with al
most n veteran team. The season
proper will be inaugurated January
4, Lebanon will come to Tech and
Allentown will travel to York. 1t will
be the first year for Allentown, but
the Lehigh Valley lads have always
been strong in the indoor game.
The meeting has been called by
President p. L. Grubb, of Tech, who
is the only remaining officer. Other
members are c. E. Bilheimer, York;
B. w. Saul, Central; Leroy Lightner,
Reading, and the Allentown repre-
sentative.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-15
BY PETER P. CARNEY,

editor National Sports Syndicate.)
A perusal of the 1917 report of the
Interstate Association for the En-
couragement of Trapshooting is the
best and quickest way to find out
why trapshooting is the king OF
sports.
One can get an idea, too. of the
magnitude of trapshooting from the
vast array of figures which are most
interesting. especially to those who
have a penchant for statistics. 1t is
interesting, too, to compare the fig
ures for each of the past five years.
for in that time trapshooting entered
the front rank as sporting propo-
sition.
With the entrance of the United
States into the big shoot" there was
a feeling that trapshooting would
suffer like other sports, but, If any
thing, the war has acted as stimu-
ius for the trap-gun game, Thou
sands of trapshots Joined the colors,
but thousands of others were taught
how to use the gun and shatter the
clay targets. so that in time they, too,
will be of service to our Uncle Sam
uel.
Elihu Root some time ago in COM
menting on preparedness for war,
said:
Il know of nothing more important
in the way of preparedness for war
than teaching the young men of the
country to shoot straight"
Trapshooting does this and every
gun club in the country threw it's
doors and traps open to those who
desired to become proficient in shoot
ing. Therefore in some respects 1917
was an even greater year than the
banner one of 1916.
There were more trapshooting tour
naments in 1917, but there wasn't as
many individual shooters as in 1916.
Five hundred and ffty-one tourna-
ments were registered in 1917; 504
were held and reports were received
from 493. In the 493 tournaments,
6.175,S4S targets were thrown. In
1915 the number of targets thrown
was 6,366,110. When the reports from
the eleven missing tournaments come
to hand it is more than likely that
the 1916 figures will be exceeded
The individual conestants numbered
S.763, while the year before the shoot
ers number 10,52S. The number that
took part in 1915 was $40; in 1914,
7,S47, and in 1913. 7,014. The number
of tournaments registered by the In
terstate Association in 1918 was 2S6;
in 1914 the number was 314; in 1915
the figures mounted to 1888; in 1916
Increased to SAG and went to 551 in
1917.
Twenty-six Million Targets Thrown
Thirty eight state championship
tournaments were held in 1913, thir-
ty-nine in 1914. forty-two in 1915 and
forty-six in 1916 and 1917, counting
the United States Navy championship
as state tournament. Targets
thrown in 1913 numbered 4,526,520, in
1914 the number thrown was 4,7S0.-
$50 which further increased to A.
Sl4,260 in 1915 and to 6.366.110 in
1916 and fell back to 6,175,S4S in 1917.
The total numbers of targets thrown
in five years is 26,663,25S.
With the increase in the number
of tournaments the average number