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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-23

DEAR X. c. B.-Will you please de-
eide the following debate hat l started
at our mess table in the Seventy first
Regiment armory the other day:
Suppose a general met a buck" pri-
vate who was eating an apple and the
private offered the general a bite. And
suppose the general accepted. Would
this prove, as some contend, that the
general was democratic, or would 1t
prove, as l claim, that the general was
hungry?
Your decision is awaited with interest
by every man in my outfit-the Good
Luck, Sam" company, which played to
crowded houses at the Lexington for
two weeks, and is now knocking 'em
SERGEANT E. A.
MY DEAR Sergeant:
IF IT wasn't.
THAT YOU are a soldier.
AND ARE very busy.
KNOCKING EN- dead.
AT THE Knickerbocker.
SHOULD decline.
TO PAY any attention
TO THE silly question.
YOU HAVE asked.
ER%
AND ANSWERING it.
ALL can say.
IS THAT it depends.
WHERE THE general a
WHEN HE bit the apple.
THAT WAS offered to him.
BY A 'buck' private.
sUPPosING, FOR instance.
THAT THE buck" private,
WAS HAVING a medal.
PINNED ON his breast.
BY HIS friend the general.
AND THE buck" private.
SHOULD PULL out an apple.
AND TAKE a bite.
AND HAND it to the general.
IN THAT case.
IF THE general took a bite.
HE'D BE hungry.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-23

You could not evade your RESPONSE
bilities. To say, Il am not strong"
II ave no gifts" would not give food
to the children nor care to the hus-
band. Such cases are not uncommon,
as o probably know. But they are
the wrong ~upbringlng Of girls.
The unwritten statement that UNI
derlles your letter is this, Il want to
marry a rich man, and be well cared
for, and provided with those things
which | consider necessary for my hap
piness."
To no one, ever the most favored,
Is life one perpetual pathway Of roses,
The storms come. You, poor La Cigale,
viii encounter yours, And If you have
not provided yourself with a raincoat
and an umbrella, you are going to find
yourself very wet and uncomfortable,
TIC achieve Il successful marriage, to
manage a home as 1t should be man
aged and give young children efficient,
intelligent and tender care Is one OF
the most exacting professions a woman
undertaking that, why do you halk at
the Idea Of engaging In some femunera-
tive occupation, that would give you a
priceless sense OF independence and
self-respect?
Then when you met the right man
gNu "Vulu NC obl1 W llaily lSt lONNg
and not for expediency.
The woman who marrTes for a home
or to keep from going to work or for
any other reason than love isn't play
Ing SQUARE, More than that, profound
selfishness Is a poor foundation IN
which to build a lasting home.
You say that you are not very strong.
That Is probably because you are idle
and drifting, blown hithcr and thither
by the winds of chance, and the sub
conscious anxiety and fear of what
may possibly befall you no doubt az
fects your health.
How do you know that you have
not a single gift? Power TO him, who
power exerts." Your letter shows that
you are OF an emotional and possibly
artistic temperament, rou might be
a success upon the stage or have a
TALENT for designing. You are probably
very clever at a number Of things.
Why not try to find out something
about yourself, instead Of sitting like
n young bird in the nest with its mouth
open, waiting to be fed?
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-23

DECEMBER 29, 1893,

]. NJ. Kelley and family have returned
NeVadas,
Civil war Ia expected In Hawaii, as
Queen Lilioukalani Is preparing to send
an armed force against the provisional
government troops, it is reported. in an
attempt at restoration.
Admiral Mcllo, Brazilian rebel az
miral, has gone to sea in search OF the
dynamite tshelD ship Turos, belonging
to the government,
All city machinery Is set for the mu-
nicipal election on Jan. A.
Congress adjourned today until jan
uary, 1894, closing the last legislative
day of 1898, with a prayer by the
speaker.
L, Lenow, Of Sardis, Miss, Is spend
ing the Christmas holidays with his par
ents. Mr., and Mrs, Ludwig IL. Lenow.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-23

Twice Told Tales
DECEMBER q, 1918.

The steamer Peters Lee ran ashore
off Birds Point, Mo, yesterday, but
was pulled off with slight damage.
Red Cross Christmas stamps are on
sale at 80 stores on Main street.
Because the Beale avenue market
house is operating at a loss, a move
is afoot to turn the police station on
Second street between Washington and
Adams into "A public market.
Two hundred thousand Chinook sal
mon eggs we're shipped today from
Rcdding, Cal, to the Argentine re-
public,
Lieut.. Hugh O%sterhaus. Y. s. n, Is
the guest of Mrs, Fairfax II, Proudfit,
23S Madison avenue.
Plans are being arranged in Wash
inEton for the inaugural ball, in which
rrcaident-e elect w. II. Taft will be the
guest of honor next spring,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-23
DOROTHY DIX'S TALK
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
WHAT HAS MARRIAGE TAUGHT YOUf

manage a teething infant, she has
found the answer to the riddle of how
to Be happy though married"
Marriage Is a great education. It gives
you endurance and staying powers and
makes you an expert in diplomacy.
That is the reason you find that near
ly every successful man or woman is
married"
Copyright, 1918, by the Wheeler Syndi-
cate, Inc.)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-23
UNITY

1t is interesting, l~amentable, in fact, to note that thc senate
finance committee, in consideration of the revenue bill now Dend-
ing, divided along party lines, all Democrats recommending fine
bill for passage, and all Republicans, with the exception of SEN
ator LaFonete, who, as usual, agreed neither with the maioritv
nor the minority, but stood alone, signed a minority report.
1t is difficult to understand how party or partisan politics
can enter into the consideration of a measure which has for is
object the collection of $6OOOO00m from all persons and con-
Germs coming under its provisions. 1t would appear that if there
was reason for division the members of the committee would as
likely divide without reference to party as any other way.
This is a measure that should be considered without thought
OF politics, without thought of favontism and without thought
of advancing the fortunes of one party over those of another.
The man who pays the taxes wants to feel and should be made
to feel that he is faring neither better nor worse than his
neighbor.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-23

will soon be completed. A large ma
tortty OF the young men have returned
to their homes, some of them having
come from other states, but a few will
remain In school. The barracks on East
College street will he d~ismantled. and
has already been leased and will be
operated as a boarding house.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-23
TheP Public Be SerUed
GaR At EN


OR SURPRISING, for instance.
THAT THE buck" private.
HAD STOLEN the apple.
FROM 4 poor fruit woman.
AND HIS friend the general.
TOOK A bite.
IN THAT case.
HE'D BE democratic.
IF YOU get what I mean.
OR SURPRISING. for instance.
THAT THE buck" private.
AND HIS friend the general
WERE IN a she'll hole.
AND COULDN'T get back.
AND THE buck" private.
SHOULD PULL out an apple.
AND START to eat 1t.
AND THE general should grab it.
AND EAT it all.
IN THAT cas-
HE'D BE democratic.
AND ALSO hungry.
AND, ANYWAY.
I'VE TAKEN as great pains.
TO RUN your letter.
WITH THE ad in it.
ABOUT GOOD Luck, Sam"
AS YOU took;
WHEN YOU wrote the letter.
AND I understand.
YOU HAVE m~atinees.
ON WEDNESDAY and Saturday.
AND THAT the evening curtain.
IS S:15.
AND THAT this week.
IS THE last week.
AND IT'S a very good show.
AM I right.
OR IS the general hungry?
l THANK you.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-23
S, A. r. G, DISCHARGED,

JACKSON, Tenn, Dec, %. (Spl)-
or the more than 200 young men in
Quoted into the students army training
corps at Union university, there re-
mains only Lieut.. Fellows. and his work
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-23

Otto II. Kahn is a millionaire, thinks like a millionaire secs
like a millionaire, feels like a millionaire, but, singular to relate
writes like an economist imbued with proletariat ideas.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-23

Young brooded sows selling at over $500 apiece should con-
vince anyone that good stock pays better than common scrubs.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-23

When the boys come home the stay-athomes who failed to
win : wife may as we'll give UP trying. :
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-23

Wilson's "tameness" or his Indifference to kings and the
~trappings of monarchy is shocking to those who have been
accustomed to seeing men bow down before the semblancc and
outward insignia of power. But the American president can
look with steadfast gaze, and without blinking, into the ewes
of the greatest monarch on earth, courteously and respectfully,
of course, but without qualm or culver, and without being made
to feel that the representative OF 100000 free Americans need
change his views because Of any of them.
What was right and what commended itself to his judg-
ment and his conscience before he left has not changed; neither
has he, nor is he likely to.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-23
CHANGED

The cables are at great pains to inform us that, after talking
Ito kings, premiers and the great ones of Europe, President
las he thought before leaving home. This is not surprising to
Americans, no matter what Europeans may think OF it. The real
hmerican is not overawed or crushed by any exhibition of pohu-
kal greatness, be it kings or generals, premiers or what not. Ills
haiure to. kotow and grovel surprises foreigners.
When the Scotchman, Alexander Sekirk, was marooned
Nor four years on the island OF Juan Fernando, which gave the
Ibas;s for Defoes immortal Robinson Crusoe,' he was like the
European in contemplating Wilson. His metrical %biographer
kuakes him saw:
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-23

"The beasts that roam over the plain,
My form with indifference see.
They are so %unacquainted with man,
Their tameneSs is shocking to me"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
MA d | L l.
w. j. BELL.
Representative for Marshall Co.
Full Carrier Service.

1t is seldom that good things come
to city without great effort be
ing put forth to procure them. Ma
dill is rejoicing over the fact that
t. Frisco general offices have beer
removed to this city and that too
without any effort upon the part OF
the citizenship of the town, or the
expenditure of any money in hav-
ing them located here. The Frisco
offices have been located in Ma
dill because this is the logical place
for them.
The superintendent of the Frisco
system, T. B, Coppage, formerly OF
Fort Worth, Texas, and who held
the position there of vice president
and general manager of the Frisco
lines in Texas, is in the city and for
the present has his office estab-
liShed in the freight depot. Mr.. Cog
page was selected as superintendent
because of the fact that the business
transacted here will be extremely
heavy; and his efficient manage
ment of the Frisco lines in Texas
is ample proof that the biggest man
to be had has been placed here as
superintendent of the Frisco system.
Mr.. Coppage expects to be in his
new office which is being erected
Just north of the passenger depot
within a short time.
J. X. Moll, chief clerk to the sup
erlntendent, formerly of Springfield,
Mo-, has been in the city for several
days and has his office force work
ing in good order Mr.. Moll was
assistant chief clerk to the general
superintendent in the general office
at Springfield before coming to Ma
dill
Others who have been located
here since the Frisco moved the
superintcndcnt's office here are
ID. a. Bowcrsock, general foreman
bridge and building department, who
came from Tulsa, having been CON
nected with the Frisco there for sew
eral years; a, Lewis, roadmaster
from Francis, and clerk; J. Sharon.
roadmaster from Hugo and his
clerk; 5. X. Kennedy, chief Dispatch
er from Sherman, Texas and clerk,
Miss Ethel Davis; Harry p. Hart,
assistant chief clerk to the superin-
tendent, Glenn S. Utt, of Spring
field, Mo, chief filing clerk; Miss
Lesta w. Lewis, Springfield, Mo.
assistant filing clerk; X. A. Epps,
Springfield, Mo-, chief time keeper;
Mrs. J. N. Bowen, assistant time
keeper, and number of stenograph-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
PROVINCE NEWS NOTES

Prof. G.. c. Adams returned Sun
day from West Texas where he went
to the bedside of his sister, Mrs
Cora Conner.
Robert Michael is improving slow
ly.
The Free Baptist meeting is still
in progress. The Rev. Mr.. Tatum
of Caddo is conducting the meet
ings.
X. L. Lucas and family have
moved to a farm near Clarksvillc,
Texas.
The Rev. Mr.. Lindsay came Sun
day and preached in the afternoon.
Miss Liggons, one of the Provence
teachers is i'll.
!. V. Holly was in Sulphur Fri
day on business.
J. +. Gayle was in Mannsville
Saturday.
DR.. q. f. Goodwin ,.as here Sun
day to see some of HI p-.ents.
The Free Will Bap.is;" have had
twelve a!.iitions to thei- church
since Sun'ay.
Elvada Rodgers, thl Provence
postmaster, spent Sunday with rela-
tives in Ardmore.
]. A. Rice. former pastor of the
Baptist church here, was in Prov
ence Friday on his way home from
Pauls Valley.
News reached here today that G.
NJ. Loggons is sick at his home near
Prairie Valley. west of Ardmore.
w. t. Williams has the Durwood
gin in first class condition and is
ready for the first bale.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
Paulls Valley
MANILA FELTS
Correspondent and Agent

Jack Brown and family of Durant
are visiting relatives here. They
made the trip in their car. Mr.
Brown states that his farm, south
west of Durant, is looking better
than any he has seen between Pauls
Valley and Durant and he expects a
fine crop this year.
Last Saturday evening the Rich
ardson Chapel B. Y. p. L. enter
tanned the Pauls Valley b. y. p. L.
at the home of the Misses Ivy, eight
miles west of Pauls Valley. The
Pauls Valley crowd went in cars.
There was a large crowd present
and interesting outdoor games were
played. One of the most enjoyable
was the candy match The Pauls
Valley B. Y. p. u. expects to enter
tain the Richardson Chapel b. y. p.
L in the near future.
Rev. T. II. Azsman, pastor of the
First Baptist church of Norman
filled the pulpit at the Presbyterian
church Sunday morning and eve
ming.
Miss Lucille Felts of Hot Springs,
Ark, who has been visiting her un-
Gle, w. +. Felts of Edna, Texas. is
here visiting her uncle, T. d. Felts
and family.
Mayor Ed OvcrholSer and Ed
Naught OF Oklahoma City were in
Pauls Valley yesterday and adj
dressed large crowd at the court
house at S:45 o'clock on the "Su-
preme Tests of Citizenship" The
meeting was given under the aus
pices of the Chamber of Commerce
and Community League and the City
Federation OF Womans' Clubs.
!. r. McChcsney has gone to Ok
lahoma City on business.
T. II. Rice, democratic nominee
for commissioner, Of the third dis
trict, was business visitor in Pauls
Valley yesterday.
I. NJ. Tethers has returned from
a business trip to Oklahoma City.
Miss Byrd Mitchell of Madill was
the guest of Mrs. Bob Carter, Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Froman Grant, Mr..
and Mrs. Barton Lee, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Burks, Mrs. Carlyle Mitchell
and Misses Ruth Carter, Gretellc
Burks and Nelma Carter were Sui
phur visitors Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Ballard are
home folks. Mr.. Ballard !
IS in the aviation service.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
ANOTHER TRAINED
\ j RISE TEST|F|ES
Never Until I Took Tanlac Did
Get Any Relief" Says
Mrs. Hall.

Another splendid endorsement for
Tanlac was given recently by Mrs.
Joe B. Hall who resides at 1903 Ave-
d, San Antonio, Texas. Mrs. Hall
was at one time trained nurse and
by reason of her wide experience in
relieving suffering her statement re-
garding the merits of Tanlac, will
appeal to everybody, especially those
troubled as she was before using the
medicin. Mrs. Hall said:
Il had suffered for three years
from indigestion and the worst kind
of burning and pains in my stomach
| had no appetite and all | ate
seemed to go completely against me
My head ached drcadfully. | had
dizzy fainty spells and was so ner-
vous | couldn't sleep. have often
gotten up in the middle of the night
and dressed and tried everything |
could think of to get my nerves
quiet.
Il resorted to every treatment ]
knew of, even had an operation or
two. but never until | found Tanlac
did | get any relief. | decided to try
Tanlac because it was endorsed so
highly but | never dreamed of get
ting such relief. Being able to eat
without suffering. sleep soundly and
feel well like | do now certainly is
a blessing Tanlac is wonderful and I
will at any time be glad to tell Just
what it has done for me. | know
there are lots of people suffering
lust like | did and lust want to tell
them | believe that il they take Tan
lac they will get well.
Tanlac is sold in Ardmore by the
Coleman Drug Company and by
leading druggists and dealers every
where.-Adv.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
New Wilson
MRS. ]. w. JONES.
Correspondent
Correspondent

Tom Parks has gone to Boone
vile, Arkansas on business.
c. G.. Durham of Duncan spent
Saturday night with his family here.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. p. Brimer and
sons, Earl and Samuel, motored to
Walters and spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Franklin.
Mrs. J. w. Jones and son, Dur
wood, left Monday for an extended
visit in Alabama and Tennessee.
Misses Elvia Bounds and Iva
Reale spent ednesday in Ardmore,
with Miss Beale's brother, L. {.
Beale.
Mr.. Sparks, representing the Nor
ris Meat Company, was in Wilson
Monday on business.
A card has been received from
Victor Alley, who left Wednesday for
the training camp at Fayetteville,
Ark, which states that he passed
the final examination and will be-
gin training at once.
c. Lyles, stationed at Camp Fun
sta, kans., and who has been Wis
iting his mother at Fox, returned
to camp Wednesday. He was ac-
companied as far as Ardmore by
Misses Iva Beale and Elvia Bounds.
Mrs. f. w. McCord of Ringing,
was business visitor in Wilson
Monday.
Miss Teeola Davis, who spent the
summer in Wilson, returned to her
home at Cresson, Texas, Friday.
Mrs. Ben Cooper and her mother,
Mrs. Townley, spent few days at
Duncan last week.
Mrs. K. /. Waggoner, who has
been visiting at Hobart, Mangum,
and Oklahoma City, returned home
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
Making Roads In France.

Canadian Enquirer When "the
big push was on we could not get
stone. As a result we canvassed
the surrounding country for every
thing that could be put onto roads.
Consequently. there are many vii
lagos of which not a single brick,
stick or stone is left. We took the
bricks from the houses and from the
ruins and put them on the road.
We carted the stones from the brok-
en- walls. The army. as they ad-
vanced, used all the wood for fires
to cook their meals. We used the
larger timbers, roof rafters, etc. to
fill up shell holes and TO plank mud
dy places. 1t is a fact, therefore,
that of many villages there is not a
trace, virtually not one stone being
left on top of another. One village
Of 1000 inhabitants, that | have in
mind, has disappeared absolutely
with exception OF piece of granite
block which was laid where the CEN
Ter OF the village had been
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
Gigantic American Plant
In France un7i17g Out
Many Fighting Planes

saw mill where the wood going into
the factory sheds was being swiftly
cut and as swiftly put into buildings
and to the enormous assembly
bays that Liberty workmen were
throwing up like magicians.
But l was not too tired for the
big question.
when are we going to be ready to
burn up Germany with deluge of
bombs p
Take it easy" I was advised.
america is doing nothing excitably
in this war. We are making sure of
everything. But just as sure as you
can see these buildings rising and
spreading, just as sure will America
accumulate air might hat will be
bitterly felt by our enemies before
long"
| believe that.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-21
MARIE
Mrs. NATIVE N. ROSE.
Agent and Correspondent
Bell 7 elephone Office.
Full Carrier Service.

Mrs. Claud Johnson lett yester
day afternoon for Gainesville, Tex.
where she will visit her mother.
Misses Madeline and Leona
Gwynn returned yesterday after q
weeks visit with their cousin. Miss
Bessie Proffer, at Gainesville, Texas
II. w. Black received a letter from
his son, Sam, who is in France, stat
ing that he had been wounded in a
recent engagement and was in a
hospital, and would likely be there
two months.
Rev. F. w. Dickey was in Ard
more Saturday.
Joe Strauss. who underwent an
operation in the Hardy sanitarium.
returned home Saturday much i'm
proved.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Selvidge and
daughter returned Saturday after a
visit with relatives and friends at
Sprihgtown and other Texas points.
s. Westheimer and Sam Strauss
left Friday for New York and Chi
cago.
Mrs. Ira Moss and daughter Car
oline. returned home yesterday al
ter a weeks visit at the home of her
father, Thos. L. Rose and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Adams and
children. of Ringing. arrived Sun
day afternoon. Mrs. Adams and chill
dren had been in Colorado and Wy
oming. but hurried home in order
TO see her brother, Lieut.. James 4.
Rose. whom she had not seen for
twelve years. They are visiting their
father, T. L. Rose and family.
Miss LA Norvell returned to Nc
Alester Saturday after visit with
her parents. She came also to bid
goodbye to her brother, Oscar T.
Norvcll. who was here on a furlough
and will leave for France in a short
time.
Carl Kisselburg returned to West
Lafayette last Saturday after a short
visit with his parents. He will leave
for France in a short time.
Word has been received by the
parents of Nathan Levine that he is
with the Canadian troops in Eng
land.
Word has been received that Wal
do Burch and Charles Liddell have
arrived safely in France.
]. II. Jones of Thackerville was
a business visitor here yesterday.
Ed Jackson was an over Sunday /
visitor at Wynnewood.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. +. Osborn were
over Sunday visitors at Burneyville. /
Bert Wheeler of Purcell visited
friends In Marietta Sunday.
Miss Minta Roberts visited friends
n Burneyville Saturday and Sun
Law.
Hays Bailey was business visitor
Il Ardmore yesterday.
Mrs. May Moore of Whitewright.
Who has been visiting at the home
II l.. A. Burch. returned home yes
erday.
Ben Mays OF Berwyn was here
unday.
Miss March Norvell left Saturday
Or Washington to enter govern
lent service.