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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25
ORDINANCE No. 287.

AN ORDINANCE REPEATING ORDI-
NAME 245 OF THE CITY OF ARD.
MORE, OKLAHOMA. PASSED AND
APPROVED ON THE 10TH DAY OF
MARCH, 1917.
Whereas, on the 10th day Of March,
1917, the Board OF Commissioners of the
city of Ardmore passed Ordinance Mum.
Der 245, which was duly approved by
the mayor, and which was an ordinance
making the assessments and creating a
lien for the payment of street improve
ments on all that portion Of 'K" street.
southwest, from the south line of Bixby
avenue, to the north line Of Stanley
boulevard, southwest, together with al.
ley crossings and street intersections
thereon, and constituting Improvement
District Number 25, and
Whereas, such assessments were
made for an amount in excess Of the
contract price for such improvements,
Now, therefore, be it ordained by the
Board Of Commissioners Of the City Of
Ardmore:
Section l. That ordinance 245 Of the
city of Ardmore, passed by the Board
of Commissioners Of the city of Ard.
more, and approved by the mayor on
March 10. 1917, be and the same is
hereby repealed
Section ?. For the immediate preser.
walton Of the public health. welfare,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25
l. w. w. AND GERMANY.

We had |. w. w. troubles before the
war. This pernicious type of European
"syndicalism" is no new thing. Il
merely shows its purpose more clearly,
and becomes more offensive to civilized
society, at time when we are engag.
ed in a crucial, cooperative struggle
for high social and national ideals.
Neither is It a characterlstically Ger.
man product 1t is French rather than
German In its origin. German radicals
tend naturally toward a rather orderly
Socialism, whereas Syndicalism verges
toward Anarchism-the opposite Of
Socialism. The Syndicalist or the In.
dustrial Worker OF the World repre-
sents extreme, lawess Individualism
rather than cooperative effort. He
wants others Of his kind to hang to-
gether with him long enough to over.
throw the established order He wants
TO destroy government and capital, CON.
fiscate the worlds wealth. take his
share of the loot and do what he
pleases with II. Just what is going to
happen afterwards is not clear to any
body outside the charmed ranks Of the
l. w. w perhaps they don't know
themselves.
This extremely un-German institution
the German government. following its
usual custom Of stirring up the dregs
IN hostile countries. apparently has
tried to use for its own purposes. II
has not been proved that German
money has gone into l. w w. treas.
uries or TO |. w. w. leaders, but there
is no question that German influence
has been used. And II is a profitable
enterprise for Germany-provided the
scheme works. What an excellent
thing to induce widespread strikes IN
mining and manufacturing industries
necessary TO our war preparations!
II is our governments business,
however, TO see that II won't work. This
is no time for our usual good-natured
indulgence. Venal and traitorous leaG-
ers must be punished. Meddlesome
aliens must be put where they can't
meddle Then the misguided followers
will probably go back to work.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25
THE DRAFT QUOTAS.

Il Is no wonder that dissatisfaction
has arisen over the apportloning OF the
selective draft among the various states
and cities. The allotments are unfair
TO many communities, and the method
Is wrong In principle.
The matter was turned over TO the
federal census board On the theory
that the males from 2i to 81 years old
are a trifle less than oneninth OF all
the people In the country. the board
proceeded 10 turn out lot OF imaginary
population statistics. II assumed that
the population OF any given community
was equal to the number OF its regis
tered men multiplied by 90 Then the
ratio OF that imaginary population 20
the total population OF the country was
taken 10 indicate what part OF our ar.
my that community must furnish.
This method Is obviously inaccurate
NO far as the true population figures are
concerned. That would not matter
much, however II the thing did not
work out unfairly The question OF
population has strictly nothing TO do
with the matter The only thing that
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25

counts is the number Of men of selective
draft age in any given community.
What fractional part of the whole
community they constitute varies, of
course, with the nature Of the commu.
nifty. In some cities there are more
women than men, in some more men
than women, in some more old men
than young men, and vice versa Every
community should stand on its own
merits by the one basic test-the num-
ber of men subject to registration, and
the ratio they bear u the entire mum.
Der of registered men in the country.
But something more is needed to do
full justice. Many of the registered
men are aliens, not subject to the draft.
In some cities they are as much as one.
third of the total registration. In others
they are negligible. In a community
of the former sort, il is evident that
two-thirds Of the total registration must
provide all the soldiers for the whole
registered numberS according to the
present system. Thus that city Is
obliged to furnish so per cent more of
its citizens, proportionately, than the
city with no alien population.
This Is particularly hard on the big
Industrial communities where many al.
len workmen are employed. The bur.
den will become grievous with subse.
quent levles if the system is not
changed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25
A SURPRISE
By Ezra Ward
OF the Vigilantes).

Well, Sir, I'm the surprisedest man.
reckon, in New Canaan.
The wonder Is, know enough
To come in when it's ralnin'.
| looked into the window
or the Post Office today
And there | saw a poster
That was pointin' right my way.
With his long accusin' finger
And his fierce accusln' eyes.
That seemed to turn and follow you
In n way that | despise.
Then | began TO wonder who
The artist had in mind,
And what he was accusin' OF
As IL he couldn't find.
A soul to stop and hear to him.
I says, "I1l bet my hat
There's some mean cuss In this herS
town
That he's a.pointin' at,
Who never seen his dooty clear.
Ner done his darndest yet.
But Uncle sam'll tend to him.
And mighty quick-you betr'
I kept n figurin' for who
That mlscreant could be,
And finally | got afraid
That mebbe Il was me.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25
ONLY WHAT YOU GIVE YOU KEEP
By Edgar Saltus
Of the Vigilantes).

A recent advertisement for Red Cross
subscriptions says when you give.
it's gone. None Of it ever comes back
to you-principal or interest"
Economically, that view may be cor.
meet, but an economic view. however
sound, is invariably sordid Moreover.
from the standpoint OF the higher
mathematics, the view has the double
demerit Of being not only sordid but
false. II is untrue that what you give
is gone. II is untrue that none OF 1t
returns. All you can keep is what you
have given away.
Joaquin Miller said that, or some.
thing to the same effect. He, though.
was a poet. Educated people thlnN
differently. But then the ignorance Of
educated people is notable. Educated
people by reason Of their education,
which occasionally includes mythology.
know that happiness is the greatest
Of all the gifts which the gods can he.
stow. Being mortal they try to get H.;
being ignorant they fail.
Ignorance confounds happiness with
pleasure. Pleasure comes from without.
happiness from within. People may be
very gay and profoundly miserable. By
the same token they may be really rich
yet actually poor. In either case their
condition is due to the fact that tho
happiness which they sought, they
sought for themselves Therein is tho
poignant error OF life. People who
seek happiness for themselves fail q
find IT, But they who succeed In Sc
curing It for others. discover that on
them also IL has been bestowed.
The greatest happiness is the cessa-
ton OF pain. That pagan aphorism the
Red Cross should put on its banners.
Spiritually IL Is defective. but practi.
cally II is valid and we have the mis-.
fortune OF existing not In the spiritual
world but In one which that fellow
the Kaiser. burglar and pestilence com
bined. has been turning into morgue.
The suffering induced by this apoca.
lyptic beast is beyond computation. But
relief the Red Cross can immeasurably
supply, II. 20 employ an engaging vu''
garism. we all chip in.
Chip then. There are those who
do not like TO give" the Divinity OF Iran
confded to his prophet The high god
added: satan awaits them"
Few OF us believe in Satan any more
That II very wrong. Satan is merely
an oldfashioned name for unhappiness.
Chip. therefore. DO not credit the
misguided statement that what you
give does not return to you. II does
return, II returns in happiness and all
the happiness that the richest. the
poorest. the wisest. the stupidest can
ever possess, is precisely that happiness
which they have given away.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25
FEDERAL CONTROL OF NEGROES.

While we are adopting federal control
OF everything else. why not do some
thing in the way Of controlling the
ply? Is there any other intelligent
civilized nation that would let large
part Of It's working population shif;
around the country as our negroes are
doing just now?
The negro mig alton 20 the north
has produced grave economic and 20.
cial evils We might ignore. for the
present. the problems OF social and
physical adaptation to a new environ
ment. and let local communities
wrestle with them. But surely the dis.
turbance Of the nations essential in.
dustries in war time is reason enough
for the government 20 take a hand in
the matter.
Almost without exception, the negroes
are needed in the south more than In
the north They are necessary to rai7e
and reap cotton and food They are
more productive there for immediate
purposes Of war efficiency, than In the
lUuuHtINl ftUAtln w MHlNN Nli's hi'
drawn by the lure of higher wages.
We do not want 10 tie individual
citizens down to particular jobs and
force them to stay on those Jobs. Car
ried TO extreme. that would be slavery.
There must be some liberty OF choice
in the selection of ones work. But
surely the government could, and
should, do something to keep labor
where II is most needed, and handle
necessary migrations itself instead OF
letting them occur so chaotically.
The old law OF supply and demand
can no more be trusted today in the
labor market than In other departments
OF our economic life We should have
control, not by manufacturers who
brihg southern negroes to northern
factories without regard to the gem
eral welfare. but by central authority
that knows what II Is doing.
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PAGE THREE

writings Of ideas or things. Hence the
Chinese have no alphabet. strictly
speaking. For this reason, the Chinese
must employ an astounding number Of
characters 1t takes about ten thous-
and characters to print book in the
Chinese language; yet sometimes an
entire thought or a whole sentence is
represented by one character! The word
black" is one character. and so is
mother" dead" yes" and a great
many other words. With such a con-
glomeration, is it any wonder that the
American printer wonders how it is pos
sible to print anything in Chinese?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25

peace and safety an emergency is de-
clared to exist by reason thereof and
this ordinance shall be in force and
take effect Immediately from and after
its passage, approval and publication.
Passed by the Board of Commission
ers and approved by the mayor on this
the 24th day of July 1917.
w. R. ROBERTS, Mayor.
Attest: G. w. GROOM, City Clerk.
(SeaD.
First published July 25, 1910.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25
Chinese Printers lob.

Popular Science Monthly: Chinese
characters do not express sounds al.
though the pitch of the voice is signif.
icant. Their letters are ideographs, or
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25
OBSERVATIONS.

A. Mitchell Palmer, Democratic ma.
tional committeeman in PENNSYLVANIA,
charges that Governor Brumbaugh Of
that state has appointed almost none
but Republicans to the draft exemption
boards"
The plan Of the National Security
League to have German societies and
citizens of German ancestry declare
their loyalty at mass meetings and by
similar public action has not met with
a cordial response. There have been
no mass meetings and no declarations
A Democratic state primary is TO be
held ia Virginia on August Z, and the
campaign is being conducted in the
oldfashioned way, the candidates FOR
governor holding joint debates through
out the state. A Democratic nomina.
tion in Virginia is equivalent to an
election
This is a peoples war" says Presi.
dent Woodrow Wilson, "a war for free
dom and justice and self-government
amongst all the nations of the world.
war to make the world safe for the
peoples who live upon 1t and have made
1t their own, the German people in.
cluded.
AS a preliminary to the battles for
the ballot next November, the New
| York suffragists will hold state con.
ference at Saratoga, Aug. 20 and 80.
The women are very confident that they
will win the battle now that Governor
Whitman and other prominent men of
the state have enlisted under the suf-
frage banner
The political pot in New York City is
passing the simmering stage and begin
ming to boil. Mayor Mitchell has con.
sented to accept another fusion nomi.
nation and Tammany is mobilizing its
forces for the fight of its life Tam
many has not yet selected its candidate
for mayor, but indications are that
Frank l.. Bowling, president Of the
board Of aldermen, will be chosen.
If the war is then still in progress
and that is highly probable, the con-
,gressional campaigners of 1918 are like
ly to be the most interesting ever
There will be new issues, and new lines
Of talk for the orators. The conduct
of the war will enter into the writing
and speaking of the hour far more
than the questions that have divided
the voters heretofore. Nobody can
safely predict what will happen in The
political world in 1918.
Georgians are giving the country an
example Of loyalty that deserves the
widest attention. They have served
notice upon their two United States
senator's, Smith and Hardwick. that
they have no patience with their oppO-
stion to the administration at such
time as this and demand that they sup.
port the government. Perhaps Missor-
rians will serve like notice and make
like demand upon their senator's.
Stone and Reed.
~ N"ShiibtuH HeWS item II 10 tHe
effect that some United States senator's
are indignant because Vice President
Marshall. the other day. expressed the |
opinion that some of the senators |
have been talking themselves and every |
body else in Washington to infinite |
boredom, just TO hear themselves say |
things in public Most people entertain
a like opinion and everybody knows
who are the talkative senator's whom |
the vice president had in his minds eye.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25
SCISSORS AND PASTE

SClSSORS AND PASTE
I'll Keno Democrat Now and then
the courts try what they call a test
suit but khaki answers all purposes
Tor patriotism.
Idabel Democrat.Record. Oh. yes. the
| russians have re-entered the fight and
are doing some fine work And they
promise to keep up the job until it has
been finished
McAlester NewsC Capital: The Ger.
mans should concern themselves more
about the peace terms they will be able
to get, than the terms they propose to
grant.
Talihina Tribune. The kaiser
charges that the Americans are going
to war to protect our investments
Right; for more than 100 years we've
invested In the cause Of freedom, and
that investment we are going to pro.
tect-y'r dern right
Chickasha Express: When a fellow
becomes a confirmed fisherman it seems
that II is simply impossible for him to
Keep his tales within the bounds Of rea.
son.
Muskogee Times-Democrat: If our
boys are to dig in in France. the tax.
payers must dig into their pockets.
Durant Democrat: With the oat crop
yielding from seventy to one hundred
bushels to the acre, what better country
could you find TO dab down on a farm?
The land will almost pay for itself with
one years crop.
Gainesville Texas) Register: The Rus.
slams are fighting In way which
proves that the kaiser had the right
bunch when he decided to offer them
terms for a separate peace. But Uncle
Sans Elihu Root beat 'em to II.
Tulsa World: Russians Press On"
says headline. One press that proba
bly, will not be hampered by the cen.
sor.
Guthrie Leader: The Russian often.
sive must be living up to its name from
the way it is biting into the Prussian
line capturing points and prisoners.
Lawton Constitution: What the Am.
erican people want in the papers, are
the facts whether good or bad
Drumright Derrick. Lloyd George
says Eve are pounding a sense Of in.
feriority into the German mind" And
the United States is just about ready
to pound something out of the remain.
ing German population.
Norman Democrat.Topic: The young
ladies who are wearing transparencies
instead OF clothes should be careful not
to stand between the male population
and the sun.
Sapulpa Argus: II seems weakness
with all dethroned kings and rulers TO
Keep on insisting that they are stfl |
kings. Yes, but they are no longer al. !
lowed to sit In the game and win any
white checks.
Sherman TeXasl Courier Teach the |
boys while young habits Of neatness in.
dustry and order and they will always |
be grateful for the lessons
Bartlesville Examiner: What has be. !
come OF the old fashioned Swede who |
was always looking for a fight and was
always willing to scrap no matter
whether they had a chance to win or
not.
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El Reno Democrat: Now and then
the courts try what they call a test
SUIT but khaki answers all purposes
for patriotism.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25

The best medium for the small adver.
tiser: the want ads.
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ldabel Democrat.Record: Oh. yes, the
russians have re-entered the fight and
are doing some fine work And they
promise to keep up the job until it has
been finished.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25

McAlester News-Capital: The Ger
mans should concern themselves more
about the peace terms they will be able
to get, than the terms they propose to
grant.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25

A. Mitchell Palmer. Democratic ma
tional committeeman in Pennsylvania,
charges that Governor Brumbaugh Of
that state has appointed almost none
but Republicans to the draft exemption
boards"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25

Talihina Tribune The kaiser
charges that the Americans are going
to war to protect our investments
Right; for more than 100 years we've
invested in the cause Of freedom, and
that investment we are going to pro.
tect-yr dern right
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25

AS a preliminary to the battles for
the ballot next November, the New
York suffragists will hold state con.
ference at Saratoga, Aug. 20 and 3d.
The women are very confident that they
will win the battle, now that Governor
Whitman and other prominent men of
the state have enlisted under the suf
frage banner.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25

Bartlesville Examiner: What has be.
come Of the old fashioned Swede who
was always looking for a fight and was
always willing to scrap no matter
whether they had a chance to win or
not.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25

Sherman Texas Courier: Teach the
boys while young habits Of neatness. in.
dustry and order and they will always
be grateful for the lessons.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25

This is peoples war" says Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson, "a war for free.
dom and justice and self-government
amongst all the nations of the world.
a war to make the world safe for the
peoples who live upon 1t and have made
1t their own, the German people in.
cluded.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-25

Sapulpa Argus: II seems a weakness
with all dethroned kings and rulers to
keep on insisting that they are still
kings Yes but they are no longer al.
lowed to sit In the game and win any
white checks.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-13
RED CROSS RELIEF
WORK IN RoUMANiA

Washington, Nov. 9, 19l7.-Tne
American Red Cross War Council mas
appropriated one and quarter mil
lion dollars for emergency relief work
in Roumania. w. H. Anderson, CHAIR
man of the Red Cross Commission to
Roumania, has cabled Henry P. Dav-
ison, Chairman Of the Red Cross war
Council of shortage of food and es-
pecially food fats. The military hos
pitals also are in need Of bedding,
and surgical and medical supplies in
large quantities. No supplies of this
kind are available there.
Approximately one million dollars
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-13

FOR RENT-10-room home com
pletely furnished. Modern con-
yeniences: close In, for the season
to right party: also furnished ave
room fat. Call at 5o2 Z. Orange
or Phone s1s Red. 6sss
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-13

SEA ISLAND COTTON SEED-A
limited quantity for sale at SO. so
per bushel here. Personally in
spected and guaranteed to be the
best of stock now growing on the
Sea Islands near Charleston, and
no boil weevil in the neighborhood.
Quick action. J. R. DAVIS.
$3.50
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-13

We h1ve for sale some OF the NEST
desirable truck and farm lands In
Florida. This property IL in Y mile
city nmits and can be had ct the
eight price and terms. Let us show
you some flne 10 and 2o,acre tracts
For particular SEQ @. c. Rogan,
Rooms / end :. Deem and Bryant
Bldg., Phone II.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-13
FO R S ALE
eOR SALE on easy terms. somc very
fine lake front orange grove prop
erty. D. H. Sloan. eS62

FOR SALEEBy owner, one Of the
best little truck farms in South Flor
ida Of IL acres. 0h acres in high state
Of cultivation. and growing truck. new
cottage ceiled and screened, good
barn, fne well of water, and farming
implements, four miles from Lake
land, right on public highway. VIII
make bargain price with terms for
quick sale, as the owner must leave.
Address Truck Farm. or phone 337-
Black. 5000
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Of the appropriation will be used |.
the purchase of two thousand to,. ;.

OF the appropriation will be used =.
the purchase of two thousand TIM, !.
foodstuffs. Another large item !, a
appropriation will supply forthv A,.
sand pairs of shoes. Medical sunni.
will be sent in large quantities
The need Of relief in Rouman,. 1.
particularly pressing because Of A,
overcrowded condition Of cer,s
areas, caused by the war operas,,,
In a territory normally occupied 1
one million persons there il nov
population Of three million, accordip
to advices cabled by Red Cross vot
ers in the field. Measures to rells,
the needs developed by this situsun
will be put into effect as speedi, i
possible.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-13
FISH AND OYSTERS

l sell Apalachicola Oysters all the
time. Phone 365 Red. The Old Re-
liable.
r. o. PARK,
6885 214 w. Main St.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-13
THE LAKELAND
EVENING TELEGRAM

1t is the only daily paper in Polk
County; 1t carries Associated Press
dispatches and thoroughly covers all
the State, County and local news,
while It is NEWS. 1t is clean, re-
liable. newsy and dependable. Sub
scription rates $500 per year. $3.50
for six months. $1.25 for three
months.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-13

FOR RENT-Cottage on South Boul-
evard, Dixieland. $40 per month,
Paul O'Doniel. 6s57