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The Washington times., 1917-10-18
LONDON FEARS BIC
RAID WITH COMING
OF HARVEST MOON

LONDON, Oct. 1s.-The Evening
| Standard says:
THE hunters moon has arrived, but
London did not see its silvery rim un-
til Tuesday. London is particdlarly
interested In this moon, which will
wax to fullness on the 30th.
THE London county council has de.
cided that all the schools shall be
closed, as regards instruction, from
Friday afternoon. October &c, until
Monday, November Q. This affects
750, 900 scholars and thousands of
teachers.
Schools are shelters.
Inquiries in official quarters elici-
ted the fact that in recent raids $50
schools were utilized as shelters. 1t
was found in some districts that dur
ing the recent raids the children had
been up the greater part OF the night
and were too tired to fix their atten-
ton on their lessons. The teachers
were having corresponding difficulty,
hence the council decided to prolong
the usual mid-term holiday"
The home secretary has announced
that London has bombproof shelters
for 1000 900 people. The government
10 now taking a census of buildings
and will require all owners Of suitable
sheds to place them at the disposal of
the people. II required. Already no.
tices are observable frequently in
London reading substantially as fol-
lows:
"Air raid shelter. People invited to
take shelter In the basement below
this building at their own risk. Own
ers accept no responsibility"
Relief Fer Victims.
The government has taken steps for
relief of air raid victims. including
immediate grants equal to the army
separation allowances. funeral and
medical expenses, clothing and furni-
ture, and grants for death and disable
ment. .
The Standard 10 authorized to say:
'It IL necessary to request the public
not to be alarmed, but to expect far
more noise from the barrage gunnery
than on any previous occasion should
q raid be attempted. Field Marshal
Haig has been consulted, and as a
result of the night raiding expert
ences in Flanders various vital i'm
provements In repelling the enemy
win be installed After all, much viii
depend on the weather..
Would Cease Fr1Ehtfulness.
Much attention is bestowed to the
Muenchener Posts suggestion in view
of the threat to bomb German towns
that all bellIgerents agree to cease
bombing open towns. This change of
German heart offers support to those
who again are pressing the govern
ment for speedy action as the quick
est way to deal with the Germans.
Such pressure il revived also in par
lament.
Meanwhile, w. II. veno, of Man
chester, who offered 5000 to the first
airman who should drop q bomb on
Berlin, revises his offer in view OF the
inability OF an officer to accept such
money offers and will pay $4,000 to
any charity nominated by such air
man.
The Washington times., 1917-10-18
WAR PRISONER IS
P|N|NG FOR HOME
INU.S.AF TER WAR

DULUTH, MINI, Oct. 1S.-T want
you to keep me in mind for q nice
little home at Lakeside" writes Frank
Xavier Bemil, formerly Of Duluth. and
now a German prisoner In a camp at
Paris. France.
, Mr.. Bemil, who Is twenty-seven
years old, came to American from
Germany nine years ago, and settled
in Duluth in 1908. He began work
with Marshal-wells Hardware COM
pany in April, 1908, and lived here
to Germany to visit his parents.
While here he bought his own home
at 40 East Eighth avenue, but sold
IL to buy property in the eastern sec
ton Of the city. Shortly after selling
IL he started on his home trip and
arrived there just as war broke out.
He was watched day and night by
the German secret police and after
being there two weeks was drafted in
the German army and sent to the
front.
Money Lost ut Sea.
During the time he was at the
front. Mr.. Harris of the Harris Realty !
company sent his wife, who was
staying with his parents, the money /
coming from his parents property here
IN Duluth and on the 18th Of October, I
1915. sent her 543 marks $3.50. Last
February Mr.. Harris received a letter
from her stating she had not received
the money and after getting in touch |
with the postofnce authorities here
he learned that the ship on which II |
had been sent was sunk. He will |
make application to have the money |
sent by the authorities, as the letter
waj insured.
Anxious to Get Back.
The following letter was received
on the 2eth of this month by Mr.. Har-
ris from Bemil and, translated. Is as
follows:
Dear Mr. Harris:
while the liberty was given me to
write America, am able to inform
you that I am q war prisoner in
France. Am treated fine and enjoy
fine health and hope the same for
you. Kindly write me how things are
about my properties in Duluth Frank
ly speaking. know that you are
taking care OF everything. and I will
find everything In the best Of order
upon my return
my wife wrote me that you sent
her approximately 543 marks on the
18th of last October, but she had not
received it. what became of the
money? VIII ever get II? Therefore
don't send any more money to
1 want you to keep
me in mind for a nice little home at
Lakeside or Woodland avenue for
about $1,000 or a little better. Ap-
the war will be over soon
as that I can come to America, which
is my home. Ny wife and child are
still well and are wishing and praying
to God that they could get back to
their home again
"Good-by. With kindest regards, 1
your best friend
FRANK XAVIER BEMIL"
Married In Duluth.
When a German prisoner can prove
that he Is an American or owns prop
erty in America he is given all the
liberty he wants In regards to writ
ing and receiving letters and when
Mr. Bemil proved he was a Duluthian
he was Immediately allowed to write
home.
His prison address is as follows:
Frank Xavier Bemil, Landwehrman,
Regiment No. 3, Kompagnie No. 10,
Prisoner Guerre (prisoner Of war;,
No. 124, Ecole Militaire, Paris, France.
The Washington times., 1917-10-18
THE LOCAL MARKET
GAS REACHES
NEW LOW MARK.
Ten Shares Of Stock Sell at 5sK
and IS at 5s-No Sale Of Bonds
During Day Depresses Dealers.
Ten Shares Of Loan and Trust Go
for $40.

Washington Gas featured today's
trading on the Washington Stock Ex-
change. selling down from 6sh to a
new low level of 50. Ten shares of
the stock sold at 6eh and fifteen
shares at 50, Odd lots of Capital
Traction went for 80. and four shares
Of Washington Railway and Electric
preferred brought 1871. Ten shares
Of Washington Loan and Trust
changed hands at 24O.
After call the trading was confined
to Washington Gas. one share going
at SO and two lots Of fifteen selling
for IS. Bonds continued inactive to-
day. there being no sales during the
session.
To elect a council of administration
for the coming year, the District of
Columbia Bankers Association will
hold q special meeting tomorrow
night in the rooms of the American
Institute OF Banking, 1914 T street
northwest Various standing com
mittees are to be appointed and mat
tiers concerning the Liberty Loan
drive are to be discussed.
America expects every man to do
MS DUTY - To-Day the slogan or the
Washington Association of Credit
Men," announced at the first fall ban
quet OF the organisation at the Com
mercial Club last night by William T.
Galliher, who spoke on the Liberty
Loan.
At q meeting OF the directors OF
the Munsey Trust Company yesterday
afternoon the resignation of A. B.
Claxton, treasurer OF the institution
since Its Incorporation, was accepted.
His successor has not Is yet been ap-
pointed
The Washington times., 1917-10-18
THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
PRODUCE MARKET.

The following were the prevailing prices At
the Municipal Farmers' Produce Market to-
day. according TO the Department OF Weights.
Measures. and Markets Of the District:
The Washington times., 1917-10-18
The Safest Investments

Are those that do not nuetuAts during dil
,urbed conditions OF the money or stock mar
<eta First deed OF trust notes tnrSt mort
Eakss), well secured on real estate IN -
District Of Columbia, constitute "giit-edgo'
ne financial responsibility Of individuals q
for their stability. We can Supi
ply such investments In amounts from 80,
upward. Send for booklet. Conserving
Loans and Investments"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08

summer wanes and the winter comes.
and whon~the cotton sphere bursts. tbs
ball Of snow. but "A dazzling white.
spidery snow. which warns and does
not chill, brings comfort ana not care
wealth and the rich warm blood and
rot the pinches of poverty.
There are those who cannot hear
Gods voice unless He speaks to them in
the thunders of Sinai, nor see Him un.
less He flares before them in the bon
fires of "A burning bush. They grumble
because His messenger came to a tribe
in the hill countries Of long ago. They
wish to see the miracle of the dead aris-
ing. They see not the miracle of life
around them. Death from life is more
strange to them than life from death
'Tis the silent voice that speaks the
loudest. Did Sinai speak louder than
this? Hear il:
IL am bloom. and yet reflect the
sky from the mornings star to the mid
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08

have been profitable for him 10 have
paid even $40 per bushcl FOR the super.
Tor grldc for his entire field.
The farms of j. = Mullen perhaps
produce more cotton than any other
lands In tho county. Mr. Mullen has
900 tenants and owas hundred OF acres
under cultivation. Other large land
owners who raise cotton are q. ".
Young, Wood Herndon and j, u. Pen.
nington.
\ chart recently issued by \. Sordent
company. OF New York. indicates the
variations In the price OF cotton slnce
1893. IL shows the price this year Ia
the highest In Il quarter OF a century.
In 1898 II dropped as low as nvc and
a quarter cents. while the highest pre-
vious mark vas reached In 1910. when
Il went 10 nineteen and threc-nuarter
centa
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
CHAMBER or COMMERCE.
HIGH GRADE SEED CAMPAIGN
i,ESiLTED IN BETTER CROP

During the winter of 1916 the Cham.
I her of Commerce purchased 900 pounds
Of high grade Mabian Triumph cotton
seed, from \. D. Mahian. nj Lockh1ri.
Texas. for distribution among the farm.
ers Of Carter county. The seed did not
sell as well as had been expected but
those who did make purchases that year
fully demonstrated the great advantage
In planting high.grade seeds Before
the second ear was purchased. 1901.
practically every Dusnel was subscribe
for. one benefit derived from this
high grade OF seed was the higher lint
ing per cent uf the cation ana a better
staple. Probably the largest purchas.
ers from the second ear lot were j. j.
Eaves of Pooleville and Henry Croskin
II Berwyn, each OF whom bought 100
bushels.
In this county about 5000 acres are
planted in cotton. the average field be-
ing from 30 TO 40 acres. and there IL 4
total OF 1000 cotton growers. Some OF
the finest grade of cotton grown this
sfhii JuhkIlh rum tnt Nlciu ana mar
ket value, II that produced by Erie
Stringer. MIR. Stringer has so acres In
cultivation. The rows are six feet apart
and is yielding something over bale
an acre.
Among the largest cotton growers is (
Henry Croskill. who has about 200 acres. !
His farm lies south and east of Berwyn. I
Noah Hooven. whose farm lies between |
here and Springer has 100 acres
An interesting fact concerning the |
value Of cotton is brought out in the !
experience OF w. u. Simpson. who has |
only twenty acres, north Of Ardmore i'm |
the Caddo bottoms. Mr.. simpson Of |
fered TO sell his land for S35 per acre |
in the spring. His rent cotton now 1
is bringing him $50 per acre.
j. $. Shirley. OF Mcmillan. who pur-
chased seed from the Chamber Of Com
merce last year. stated that Il would |
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
COTTON ~ ARDMORE
TWENrN.FIvE YEARS AGO

TIE accompanying cut rrpruiuces
the cotton yard of Judge !. l.. Gah
AZ Aidnore about twenty-five years
ago. The two ncn on the cDt,on are
Judge Cali and Charles Carter. the
latter now congressman from this dis.
iilc., and that time 'sistant to Judge
Galt.
Judise uah mainuiin~f his coiton
yari at Ar.ltnore FOR about Fourteen
years. ~ the time this picture was
taken the rec.ipts were about ls.G3o
halos. ani Judge Galts ynrd hanilo,i
10000 bales or this. The population OF
Arimore then was about 5000.
Cotton. which as the time sold FOR
six a.'i seven cents per pound was
aalspoltl1 distance OF nfN' mprs.
fron as far vest as Duncan, Tisho.
mingo on the east. AMI Oakland ani
hadill % the south.
The cotton was raised on Indian
iand, which vas held in common by
the Indians. Cotton was the only i'm.
portant product brought here Tor sa'.
NJ that time.
with the division OF lands aud the
changing OF ownership. which resulted
IN the country becoming more thickly
settled. cotton receipts began 20 de-
crease. further reduction OF street
sales resulted when other railroads
were built and towns sprang up near
Ardmore. However. this h still the cot
ton center far all this territory ana
most OF the cotton bought at the small.
er towns is shipped to Ardmore to be
compressed, on is sold In bulk 20 cotton
buyers here.
Moss OF the cotton OF that period was
shipped 10 Galveston. There were mum.
erous cotton buyers, but the Blg Iron
Store bought about fourth Of the TO.
TAI receipts. This store building was
100 yards lony and carried an immense
stock or goods. Mr.. Daube was one
u the prOprietors.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08

cotton until the weather becomes too
cold and then return to town The
picking season usually lasts abott eight
weeks 4 good pickey can average
about 100 pounds OF cotton q day and
at the present price of picking. vhich
g. sl.2j 20 $3.50 per hundred pounds. a
.anily can make a substantial stake in
D.; lew weeks. one picker sad hat he
and his wife and four clildron made
ou an average s25 q day ard usually
picked about eight weeks durins the
year
Cotton picking rs rule cr,us here
M about So cents to IS cents per hun
dred and, last wear, toward TIE close Of
tho season. ran to 80 cents This ear,
cotton being ~ a much hishor ~ &c
than usual. picking prices were adj
vancod accordingly. Usually. iarfse
auinber of the cotton pickors Of Ard
more GO To- tho fields of western OKLA
home, but this yc;r they are mostly
stavinc in this part Of the state short
cge Of the crop IN thc wcstef'. PORTION
nE account OF tho sercre dioush;. is
th" principal cause Of this
Thc"c VII he no ",op cYop" This year
because OF the dry weather and weevn
arascs. The turn out of the cotton q,
ish,er this yeo' ;haI usual. Last year.
!H tAis iocol.tv loo pounds sf seed
cI:tol would make $50 pounds oe li1t.
bat This year the same amount yn
hardly make q bale If 500 pounds.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
iRDMORE COMPRESS.

Ardmore has one Of the largest and
best equipped cotton congresses in the
southwest. ]. NJ. Love. although a
comparatively young man for such re-
sponsibilities, has been exceptionally
succe essful
A glance at scene which Is repro
duced In this paper will give you some
idea Of the extent OF the facilities this
compress has for handling cotton. as
well as the amount usually on hand
during the season, though at this par
ticular time the platforms We're not as
crowded as they usually are. And then.
this il early In the season.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08

nights. ! am "A flower. yet show you
the heaven from the dawn OF its birth
TO the twilight of its Heath. ! am a
boil, and yet a miniature earth, stored
with silks and satins. oils of the olives,
minerals Of all lands. And when / am
ripe | throw open my ive-roomed grln.
airy. each fitted to ;he finger and thumb
of the human hand. with a depth be.
tween equaled only 10y the palm"
o voice of the cotton plant. do we neel
to do oracles or listen for . diyiner
voice than yours when thus you tell
US: Pluck?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
The Cotton Blossom

John Trotwood Moofe's beautiful trit.
ute TO cotton; Introductory "a his novel.
The Bishop of Cottontown."
The cotton blossom is the only iiower
that b born In the shuttle of the sun.
beam and dies IN the loom.
II Is the most beautiful flower that
grows, ana needs only 10 become rare
To become priceless--only Ia die 20 he
idealized.
For the world worships that which
IL hopes To attain, and our ideals are
those things Just out OF our reach.
Safety has ten points and possession
Is nine Of them.
IL. In early August. the .delicately
green leaves Of this most. aristocra,ic
or all plants, instead Of covering acres
oi the southland shimmering under n
throbbing sun, peeped daintily out from
among the well kept beds OF some noble
garden. men would flock to see that
plant, which, OF all plants. looks mos,
like miniature tree.
n stouthearted plant-a tree. dwarf.
ed. but losing not its dignity
Then. one morning, with the earliest
sunrise. and born OF IL. there energies
from the scalloped seashcll OF the bough
an exquisite, pendulous. creaM.white
blossom, ciasping In its center a golden
yellow star. pinked with dawn points
ot nght and, setting high up under its
SKY OF milk white petals Ranked with
yellow stars, II seems to the little nes.
tiing field wrens born beneath II to be
the miniature arch Of daybreak. ere the
great eye OF the morning star closes.
Later. when the sun rises and the sky
ABOVE grows pink and purple. il, too.
chahges IT'S color from pink to purple.
copying the sky from zone To zone from
blue to deeper blue. until. at late eve
hing' the young nestlings may look un |
ana say. In their bird language: 1T is |
twilight"
What other flowers among them can |
thus copy nature. the great master?
Under every sky is a sphere. and un.
der this sky picture. when night falls
ana closes IL, sphere Is born. And I'm
that sphere is all of earth.
It's oils ana minerals are there. and
one day, becoming too full of richness.
II bursts. and throws open a five.roon
granary, stored with richer fabric
than ever came from the shuttles Of
Fez and holding globes of oil. such as
the olives Of Hebron dreamed about.
And in that fabric is the world clothed
Oh. little loom of the cotton plant-I
Poet can show us the sky painter that
paints II. artisan that reaches out. and
from the sken OF a sunbeam the loom
of the air and the white of its own soul.
weaves the cloth that clothes the world.
From dawn and darkness building a ,
loom From sunlight and shaded weav. I
ings threads Of such fineness. that the /
SPIDERS were ropes OF sand and the I
hoar frosts but clumsy icicles II
Weaving -weaving-weaving them. | /
And the delicately patterned tapestry Of '
clouds forming patterns /
Of n fabric. white as the snow of the a
centuries, determined that since it has s
to make the garments of men, II VIII
make them unsullied. i
Oh little plant, poet. painter, master. I
irtisan
II Is true To nature to the last The &
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
HAS WEIGHED 10000
BALES IN FIVE SEASONS

Il. NJ. Dilard. the county weigher. has
weighed about 10000 bales OF cotton
in five seasons.
This year he has, so far. weighed
about 5000 bales and is receiving about
200 bales per day.
Mr.. Dillard estimates that the re.
ceipts VIII he about 1900 bales less this
year than the total OF last year.
The price for this cotton is averaging
% cents per pound and some sold this
week as high as 2G cents
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08

John Trotwood Moofe's beautiful trib.
ute to cotton; Introductory Ia his novel.
The Bishop of Cottontown."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
BOYS COTTON CLUE.
Fcr!y-SiX Garter County Boys Furnished
Sued BY County Agent.

'ttu y! N"HHI! fEtHI.
Carl Russell. county demonstration
agent, furnished +6 Carter county boys
a half to two-thiris Of bushel of
Mabian Triumph cotton seed, which
they planted, and the results from these
seeds are being awaited with interest.
The boys clubs in other products
have been reported and the prizes re-
cesved et the Carter County Fair pub
lished in the Ardmoreite. The boys in
the cotton club are expected 10 make a
good showing. although the season has
not been as favorable as usual in this
county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
PICKERS WELL PAID.

Some Negro Families Make as Much
a. Ss5 Il Day.
There are several Ardmorc negro
families who depend largely for their
support upon the picking OF cotton
These families so out each fall and pick
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08

The introduction Of the cotton llan.
into the United States is tracked buck
as far as 1886
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-08
RAILROAD RECEIPTS.

The 1917 cotton receipts OF railroads
entering Arlmore. up 10 Thursday
night follow:
The Washington herald., 1917-08-19
SHERWOOD WINNERS
in Tennis LEAGUE
Defeats Y. M. c. A. Racketers in
Final Games in City and
Suburban Circuit.

Sherwood and Y. M. C. A. went into
their closing match yesterday after
noon even up, with thirty-five games
won and ten lost. This was brought
about by the Washington Railway and
Electric Athletic Association forfeit
ing to the Y. NJ. c. A. a formerly
postponed match.
With the question of who should
represent the City and Suburban
League in the inter-league matches
hinging upon the last match, Y. NJ.
C. A. invaded the Sherwood courts
with grim determination. The result
was the most interesting match yet
played in this league, each match ex-
cept one going to the limit of three
sets.
Y. NJ. c. A. started out well by TAX
ing the two singles matches, and then
also won the first set in the first dou-
bles match. but then the tide began
to turn and when the last point had
been made Sherwood had won all three
of the doubles matches-thereby secur-
ing lead of one full game over Y. NJ.
c. A. and the championship of the
City and Suburban League. The re-
suits of the final matches in this
league follow:
SHERWOOD. ); Y. NJ. c. A..2
Singlcs-Witt. Y. M. G. A., defeated Conk-
ling. Sherwood. 6-l, 4-s 6-3; Stauffer, Y. NJ
{. A.. defeated Kause. Sherwood, rs 40 60
Doubles-kause and Marsh, Sherwood, de-
fested Witt and Staufer. Y. NJ. c. A., ST,
90. 60; Conklin and Robbins. Sherwood, de-
feated Newly and Duncan, Y. NJ. O. A., o..
rs; Fox and Kemon. Sherwood, defeated
Crawford and McLarin. Y. NJ. c. A.. 6-s.
40, 81
TAKoMA PARK, S; SPRING ROAD, O.
Sipgles-E Beale. Takoma Park defeated
Brent, Spring Road. "a, 6-5; Williams, Ia
koma Park. defeated Brown. Spring Road. 60
"a
Doubles-Platt ard Lilly. Takoma Park, de-
feated Brown. and Weaver, Spring Road, g.,
6-l; Speare and Stoddard. Takoma Park, de
feated Brent and Kneessi. Spring Road, 6-i.
50; +. Beale and Avery. Takoma Park, won
by default.
FAIRMONT. 4; W. R. & Z A. Al.
Singies-Stewart. Faimont. defeated Sisler.
W. r. & z. A. A.. SO Is, 81: Hoover,
Faimont defeated kimball. W. R. & L. A.
A, Ga. So
Doubles-Sislcr and Kimball W. R. & Z. A.
A, defeated Pierce and Pipes. Fsirmont, rs.
6-2; Stewart and Hoover, Fairmont. won by
default; Stone and Polk. Fairmont. won By
default