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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-01

FOR RENT - S.room modern house;
servants house. garage; large lot; at
II: ID Street Northwest, close in; $35
per month. See X. 4. Mckiddy. 1863
West Main or phone % or l243. 3O3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-01
Positions w anted.

YOUNG MAN. experienced in oil and
gas leasing, has business education
and can furnish car. wants position
with oil company. Well acquainted
in Stephens, Cotton and jefferson
Counties. Cslt-edge references fur
nished. Address 1870. Care Ardmore-
ite. 30-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-01

FOR SALE-FIrst $1,000 buys fun blood
Holstein male calf. l.. West Ard
more Dairy. 800
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-01

'OR SALE - Twenty acres, 3 miles
from town. all in cultivation; i'm
provements all new and worth $500,
but $1,000 buys 1t. Farming tools and
S25 worth of good hay thrown in if
bought by Tuesday night. See Yates,
the Earth Man.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-01
Salesrnen Wanted.
STOCK sALESMEN

Financial house has opening for five
$1,000 per month stock statesmen TO fol
low up live leads which cost us from
$40 10 SIS piece in small towns. Strong
selling issue. Have active endorsement
of many prominent men. 25 TO 30 leads
when salesman starts-more continu-
ally. Excellent references required
Address Sales Manager, 1852 Chicago
Ave, Chicago, III.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-01
STOCK SAIESMEN

A fast selling proposition open for
first-class statesmen mot oil or renneryl
a splendid opportunity for the right
parties. 335.340 Huckins Estate Bldg
Oklahoma City. Okla. 29-7
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-01
Livestock

ESTRAYED - Black horse mule; 13
hands high; right eye out. VIII pay
s. for recovery of mule. VIII Scriv-
ner. Lone Grove, Okla. 1-5t
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-01
Personal.

YOUR FUTURE FORETOLD. Send
dime, age, birth place for truthful,
reliable, convincing trial reading. ii.
Hause. p. o. Box 14os, Los Angeles.
ca 24-S-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-01
Miscellaneous.

PROPERTY OWNERS-List your prop
erty with us for results. Guillot &
Hall 4 Is
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-01

FOR SALE-6-room house; good barn
and other improvements; good lot;
well located on best street in North.
east Ardmore. Price $1,000. S400
cash handles deal. See this buy and
get your moneys worth. Yates, the
Earth Man.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-01

If YOU have got just little money
and q big resolution to own u home,
see Yates, the Earth Man. l-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-01
Oil Stocks.

WANTED - Burkheart Oil Company
stock at s1.5O for 81 Roy Alexan-
der. Phone l6.. .03
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-01

FOR RENT H. -Four room brick bunga-
low. modern. close in; also light house
keeping rooms. Phone 1923. 25-7
The Mena weekly star., 1918-04-18
The KdiSer,S Talk tO He'll

The Kaiser called the devil the day The girl at central listened in to ali they to Hell" Kasers Man Satan home? Just tell him 1t is Kaiser Bill that the The devil said hello to Bill, and Bill said you I'm running here earth hell, tell mew to do" What can do" the devil said, "my dear Bill If there's thing that do O help Isure rewil" The Kaiser said, "Now listen and will try te The running, earth, a modorn My went thru Belgium shooting down. We all her country and blew up al he towns I've saved for this for That it may be a modern job leave that to My Zeps dropped bombs cities killing And those the Zeppelns didn't l started out for Paris with the aid of The Begans, darn then stopped My submarines devils; why them 6ght They a-sneaking thru the and sink a ship sight T running things o suit me till year or so ago. When called Woodrow Wilson He to "Dear William don't to So be and tell U-boats We have told for the time, up to you And if do not stop it, will have to fight too" l did not listen to hims and he's coming afte me, With million home across the sea Now, that's call you Satan want advice from you And know would tell just what ought to do My dear old Kaiser William there's For the Tanks will hotter in I've been a old devil but half as you The minute that get here will leave my job for you I'll be ready coming, I'll I'll have all ready when the to For the boys in khaki will nothing Hang the phone and get hat
 Exchange.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-04-18
Disioyalty Legislation.

From The Fort Smith Times Record
 A bill very comprehensively deal ing with disloyalty was favorably re- ported yesterday in the Senate and has every prospect of being enacted.
 Under it's rigid restrictions it be- comes exceedingly dangerous for the disloyal to spread by word of mouth or by printing or writing sentiments to the disadvantage of the flag, the country, the President, the army and navy and the uniforms thereof, the constitution, or the government The law applies to any language calculat- ed to bring any of the foregoing into contempt. scorn or disrepute or any language calculated to incite resist. ance to any regularly constituted state or federal authority in connec- tion with the prosecution of the war or to threaten the good or welfare of the United States or the government thereof; or to advise or urge any cur tailment of the production of any sup plies essential to the prosecution of the war.
 This is very good, so far as it goes, in consideration of the heavy penal ties imposed, maximum of twenty years imprisonment and fine of ten thousand dollars, but there is much left to be desired unless it is intended in another act to deal with espionage
 The law for the punishment of acts of espionage is woefully weak. It needs a proviso for standing up against blank wall and before a fir ing squad those who are guilty of acts of espionage and some at least of the acts enumerated above and labeled disloya1ty come perilously near es- pionage in the estimation of the Times Record.
 There can be no doubt of danger ous and widespread agency of Ger man propaganda at work in this coun- try; to deny it, ignore it or to mini mize it is foolish. At any moment it may lead to q catastrophe or coiom- ity or to serious loss and interference with plans for prosecuting the war. It would be much better for the gov ernment to deal strineently with this class of persons than for them to be left to punishment by an outraged public
 Concededly, the work of vigiiantes in this direction is lawless-there is no denying the fact-but it will go on and be condoned by the public senti- ment so long as the government deals leniently with those who seek to cripple it in its great undertaking. This is the peoples war and the peo- pie will not brook interference by spies and traitors--not while the peo- pie are sending their boys to the trenches to fight for world liberty.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-04-18
TRY CIVIL CASES
 IN CIRCUIT COURT
Real Estate Firm Wins Appeal Suit for CommissiOn-Docket Light and Petit Jurors Get Day Off-Grand
 Jury Adjournment Soon

There was so little business in Cir cult court that Special Judge w. C. Rodgers Tuesday morning excused the petit jurors until 8;45 o'clock on Wednesday morning. In the mean time there were one or two cases tried before the court.
 The grand jury has been steadily at work since taking the duties Mon- day afternoon, but the indications are that the work would be completed by Wednesday afternoon.
 W. E. Holt, Lee Cole and W. L. Nichols were appointed as jury com missioners to report for duty next Monday morning. at which time they will be instructed in their duties as to the selection of grand and petit jurors for the October term of court.
 In the case of w B. Thompson vs. R. L. Floyd the jury returned yer dict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $7.50. The action was brought for the settlement of an ae- count and was for the amount of $15.
 The first jury case tried at this term of court was that of J. P. Payne and J. L. Horner vs Frank G. Collins in which the verdict was in the amount of $10O in favor of the plain tiffs. The action was brought for the collection of commission for the sale of the Collins farm by the plaintiffs as real estate agents. The case was an appeal from the J. P. court of s. H. Smith, wherein judgment had been rendered in favor of the defendant, and from this judgment the appeal was taken to the Circuit court. The suit was filed for the collection of $50.
 In the case of G. W. Bennett vs. NJ. D. Smallwood judgment in default was rendered in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $325.25 with interest at the rate of 10 per cent from Deeem- Der 1, 1914. It was further ordered that the amount of $500 in the hands of c. R. Dick and Myrtle Dick and owing to the defendant Smaliwood, be held subject to the discharge of the judgment rendered against the said Smallwood.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-04-18
HOW A FARMER VOLUNTEERS.
To Help Win His Country's Fight He
 Grows Food.

Little Rock, April 15-"In order to perform my duty to my country in winning the great war, hereby VOL UNTEER and AGREE as FARM FIR to plant, cultivate, harvest and otherwise care for the following acre age of food and feed crops and to raise live stock as indicated below for the support of myself and family and to market food for the nation and all dependent upon the nation for sup port"
 Then follows list of crops, with blanks for the number acres of each. and the following additional pledge:
 This is all I can handle with my present supply of labor, teams, tools. and other equipment. I will make any needs for extra help at certain sea sons known to the proper author ities and will cooperate with other farmers when necessary to increase food production and eliminate all pos- sible waste. l will do everything pos sIble on my own farm to prevent waste of destruction of crops in fields or in storage.
 "l make this voluntary offer to the United States government and in or der to do my duty in this hour of need"
 This is the pledge which is being pushed all over Arkansas by the Ag- rieultural forces, volunteer speakers. the State Council of Defense. and the various county councils.
 In advocating this registration. the government is also asking a mobiliza- ton of every ounce of man-power in the nation toward the one supreme object of winning the war. It is rec ognized that the farmer is as import ant 3 factor in winning the war as the soldier himself, for if the physical support of the army should fail at it's source, the result can be nothing short of disastrous.
 The indications are that thru plans already inaugurated and that are un- der consideration every man and woman in the United States is to be registered, to the end that there shall be definite information as to the &C., tual resources of the nation for any required service.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-04-18
POLK COUNTY IS PATRIOTIC.

Every citizen of Polk county may we'll be proud of the part she has played in the country's war activities, her last great accomplishment being big over-subscription to the Third Liberty Loan.
 She was asked for $I2i 300 as. her quota, and comes forward with $780, 900 or better, and this in week and a day from the beginning of the campaign.
 In the big Red Cross drive Polk county did her part nobly with more than $5,000, and then gave her quota, $1,625, to the Y. M. c. A., and was strong in the Second Liberty Loan, as well as in the purchase of War Saw ings Stamps and Thrift Stamps.
 Facts are that The Star believes the powers that be" are calling on Polk county for pretty strong part, considering her mountainous charac- ter, lack of development and wealth. This, however, gives us all the more reason for pride in the "gameness" of her people, who go right at any task assigned them and come thru with it.
 In short, Polk county serves notice on Kaiser Bill and all his disreputable gang of murderers including the un- speakable Turks--that it is not doing its BIT, but doing its BEST to put an end to such abuses as are being heaped upon the world.
 And that BEST is growing every day as does the spirit of the people to light and give and sacrifice that the world may be free.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-04-18
WHY AMERICAN WOMEN
 SHOULD BUY LIBERTY BONDS

tBy Cora Harris, author of the wide
 ly read "The Circuit Riders Series)
 was sent abroad by the Saturday Evening Post in September of 1914 to report the condition of women and children in the war zone.
 l was in Paris just after the Ger mans came so near taking the city. The streets were deserted. The peo- pie had fled. The banks were closed. There was no business, nothing but silence and desolation. Into this great tomb the women and children from Belgium and northern France came by the tens of thousands, starved and mad with terror of the Germans who had driven them from their homes.
 l understood then what many peo- pie say, but do not realize, that the safety of women and children, the protection of the home and the preser- vation of property depends directly upon the safety of the nation. There is no such thing as property, or homes or personal security in country men aced by terrible and ruthless enemy.
 In this country we know what peace is; we have no conception of how az invading army sweeps every founda- tion upon which we stand and every security. But nothing can save us from this terrible knowledge except a victorious army of American sol diers in France, and no such army can be sent there, nor maintained there, without enormous expense.
 This is why every American woman should buy or at least share in tine purchase of Liberty Bonds. She buys them to support her soldier son in France, who alone can protect her from the fate of those starving and despairing mothers saw flying from Liens and Antwerp.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-04-18
 Universal Military Training.

From The Fort Smith Times Record
 There has been much in the course of the Chicago Tribune since the en- try of the United States into the war that is unworthy of the endorsement of patriotic people, but it's preach ments in regard to universal military training are too sound to permit con- troversy as to their worth. In a re- cent article on this question the Tri- bune says:
 If opponents of military training are wrong there will be positive hell to pay for their mistakes someday in the future, just as it has been to pay in the past. They will not pay it because the man who keeps another from getting trained intends to rely upon that man, untrained, when he is needed for soldier. The untrained man, the unready nation, will pay it.
 If the proponents of universal training are wrong, the nation, adopt ing their scheme, has merely, so far as military preparation goes, invested in fire insurance against a fire which did not catch.
 If our opponents are wrong, the damage is incalcuable. If we are wrong the damage is negligible. The risk is all on the side of the opposi- tion.
 "We deal with experience and say, be prudent They deal with hope and say 'be rash We say take no chan ces. They say take them all. So much for the strictly, purely military propo- sition of defending a nation.
 "We assume that the nation is worth defending. We assume that it's freedom is worth maintaining, that it's people would rather pay taxes than tribute, that they would rather have their own government than another, that they do not want their fields torn up by shells or their young men dying in their own lanes. We assume that they do not want to look at the wrecks of their own farm houses and the ruins of their churches.
 "The pacifist says this cannot hap pen. It happened elsewhere now and it has happened turnout the whole ex- rerience of the human race.
 The nationalist says he does not intend it to happen if he can help it. It will not be chargeable to his lun- acy or attributable to his trick head edness.
 "The chance that the United States can get a protective system may be gasping its last in congress at this time. It has had about as hard a time as common sense can have among soft eyed, daisy picking illusionists.
 "Now is the time for the nation to take step that will insure its safety in the future"
The Mena weekly star., 1918-04-18
'Kultur." "

The following is taken from an ar ticle by Frederic Harrison, in the Fortnightly Review, describing Ger man barbarities in France:
 Every village they have passed thru has been the victim of what is only organized pillage. Every city has been practically sacked, ransaeked on system; it's citizens plundered, it's civil officials terrorized, imprisoned, outraged or killed. The civil popula- tion have been, contrary to the usage of modern warfare, forced to serve the invading armies, brutaIly put to death, reduced to wholesale starva- tion and -desolation. Vast tracts of the richest and most industrious dis tricts of Europe have been deliberate ly stripped and plunged into famine. solely in order that invaders might make war cheaply. Irregular troops. contrary to the practice of war, have been systematically murdered, and civil populations indiscriminately massacred, solely to spread terror. A regular system of ingenious terrorism has been directed against civilians, as horrible as anything in the history of civil or religious wars. Large and populous cities have been, not once, but twenty, thirty, forty times, bonn barded and burnt, and the women and children in them wantonly slaught- cred, with the solo ohiect of infiictino suffering. All this has been done, not Tn license or passion, but by the call culating ferocity of the scientific sol siiers. g
 This might have been written yes terday, so well does it fit present-day facts. But it was written forty-seven years ago to describe the German in- vasion of France in 1871. Mir. Harri- son is still living and is one of the worlds most eminent publicists.- Current Events.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-04-18
THE GRAND JURY's REPORT.
To the Hon. W. c. Rodgers. Special
 Judge.

To the Hon. W. c. Rodgers. Special
 Judge.
 We, your grand jury, for April term, 1918, of the Polk Circuit court, have investigated all crimes of which we had knowledge or which came to our information, and in so doing ex- amined 53 witnesses and returned in- to open court 19 indictments.
 We have, thru our committee, ex- amined the poor farm, county jail, and court house, and desire to make the following recommendations to the county court:
 Court house and jail:
 We find there are many leaks around the cornice and fiues of the jail which should be repaired at once and in order to preserve the same.
 There are also many leaks in the roof of the court house which should be repaired, and we again recommend that the circular window On the north side of the building which is broken. be repaired. Other than these rec concentrations we find these buildings in good repair.
 Poor farm:
 Our committee reports the buildings and outhouses at the poor farm are still in very bad repair, window lights gone, leaks in the roof and many oth- CT needed repairs which we insist be made as soon as possible. The bed clothing at the poor farm is in very bad condition and we recommend that the condition of the poor farm gener- ally be improved. In it's present con- dition we report the same unhealthy and unsanitary.
 County officers:
 We have examined the books and records of county officers and while We did not attempt to determine the
The Mena weekly star., 1918-04-18

Governor Brough designated this week as week of prayer for our suc- cess in the war; Hamp Williams fol- lowed with an appeal to all patriotic people to make sacrifice in doing with out flour and all wheat products Why not, in Mena, add definite work to the other efforts in finishing a job that needs doing, and has hardly been be- gun, that of cleaning up the city, each property owner his or her own part
 Could there be trio of things more in keeping with the needs of the time :?
The Mena weekly star., 1918-04-18
OTIS WINGO ANNOUNCES.

Congressman Otis Wingo, serving his second term as representative of the Fourth Congressional District of Arkansas, in the National House of Representatives, is candidate for re- election, and without an opponent.
 Aiena and Polk county people have found in Mir. Wingo a loyal friend, and have taken pleasure in giving him strong support, even at times when there were other candidates for whom they could well have had grounds for allegiance.
 Mir. Wingo seems to be taking his responsibilities to his country seri- ously, and is giving his best to aid our President and nation in the great tasks of the day, and perhaps it is more due to this fact than to any other that there is no disposition to change horses in the middle of the river"
 The Star trusts that our Congress- man may long continue to bring hon. DTS to his state and to himself.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-04-18
The Time to Buck Up.

From The Arkansas Gazette.
 Armentieres, described by Major General Maurice, chief director of mil itary operations at the British War Office, as little more than heap of ruins." has fallen. Twenty-four hours before Armentieres fell General Mau- rice saic it's loss would not be vital matter. He added however, that he hoped Armentieres would not be lost
 Before this great offensive is ended other towns will be lost and many walls will go up from pessimists thru out this country. The pessimistic and the faint hearted should read carefully the recent speech of the British pre- mier. He is at the helm in a country that has undergone one nerve rack ing experience after another for near ly four years h his speech on the man-pcwer bill in the House of Com mons on Wednesday evening he said the war would not be over if the Ger mans by any chance or misehance won the colossal battle now under way, for las iong as we have ship afioat We shah not accept German peace"
 The premier warned Great Britain that many fluctuations or hope. many hours of despondency are in store for the allied people. He urged "let us go thru the vicissitudes of this tremen- dous struggle with stout and sturdy hearts. Surely no hearts are stouter than American hearts,
 The great battle has just begun. If it is lost the allied cause will suffer a grievous hurt. If it is won the Ger man cause, according to the best be- lief, is lost. This is time for every patriot to do his best and to welcome an opportunity for service. Also it is the time to buck up
 
 y0ff xuili And all thn y,~...>......
The Mena weekly star., 1918-04-18

A. 2. Bedford, president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, offers a sincere tribute to those men of affairs who are silently, quietly and successfully working out the big problems that the country is facing in this war, referring in the main to those who are giving all their time and talents for s1 year. And when the history of these trying years is written. it will be enriched with the names and the sacrifices of such true blue Americans in degree only less than of those who are offering their lives in the trenches.