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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04
COTTON CROP IN
FINE CONDITION
CONDITION AVERAGE FOR
ALL STATES is 1928 PER
CENT OF NORMAL.

Washington, June 4.-The condi.
ton of the cotton crop on MAY 2;
was 82.3 per cent of a norman com
pared with COS on that date last
year; us in 1916; so in 1915, and
79 the ten-year average, the depart-
ment announced today.
Revised estimates announced
show that the area planted and in
cultivation at the end of June last
year was 34,925,000 acres. while the
area picked was 1891 900 acres.
The average yield per acre was 1897
pounds of lint.
The estimate of the acreage plant
ed this year will be announced in
July.
The condition by states follows:
Virginia, 50; North Carolina, 81;
South Carolina, 80; Georgia. 7S;
Florida, Is. Alabama, 7S; Missis-
sippi, SO; Louisiana, IS; Texas. 50;
Arkansas, IS; Tennessee. 90; Mis-
souri,, 70; Oklahoma, SO; California,
81; Arizona. 90; New Mexico, 80.
Almost Record for 10 Years.
The cotton crop was in better con-
dition on May 25 than that date in
any of the last ten years excepting
1911, the year OF record production.
the department of agriculture an
nounced TODAY in its first cotton re-
port of the season.
No official announcement will be
made on the area planted until July.
but unofficial figures have indicated
a large increase over last year. From
these conditions. officials feel this
years crop will be close TO record
proportions.
Official Statement.
In a statement the department
said:
The condition of the cotton plant
on May 25. namely S2.3 per cen. OF
normal. was higher than any of the
past ten years on May p except in
1911. when the crop was a record
one. consequently the crop is start
ing well. whereas a year ago the
condition OF the crop was worst OF
the ten-year period. and the final
outturn of the crop was poor. In
general. the crop is somewhat late. I.
but the stand is good; the amount /
Of fertilizer used is greater than for
several years. and the quality of seed /
ised is tending toward improve
nent."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04
STOP DRIVE TO PARIS.
Offensive Lasts Eight Days Battle Splitting Series of
Iesse Ems

Paris, June 4.The French have stopped the German
drive toward Paris be safely said AS
cast when the offensive began it lasted just eight days The
movement splitting into series of battles
positions in which the French have advantage of terrain
The region of Ourcq where the making his
est effort forms roughly into which he marching
On the northern side of the the dominating physical
the village of and the south hills
ranging toward the Marne around Cochere of these
hill positions held by the French
On the west the enemy is confronted by the obstacles
formed by the rivers Ourcq and Saveres that he is held in
on three sides.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04
WEATHER FORECAST

For Ardmore and Vicinity:
Tonight and "wednesday. cloudy
Oklahoma: Tonight and
Wednesday. cloudy.
West Texas. Tonight and
"Wednesday. cloudy: probably
showers in the extreme western
portion.
East Texas: Tonight and
"Wednesday, cloudy.
Local Temperature.
Maximum temperature yes
terday. % degrees; minimum
last night, q.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04
HUN PRINCE is KILLED
Bulletin

Washington, June A dip
lomatic dispatch from Switzer-
land today says that Prince Won
Buchau, the commanding ger
eral of a Bavarian division. has
been killed in the fighting on the
Marne.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04
LIST OF SHIP VICTIMS
OF HUN SUB RAID
At Least Ten Vessels so Far Known
to Be Sunk.

New York, June 4.--The long ex
pected visit Of German armed sub
marines to American waters has re-
suited in the destruction of at leas,
ten vessels flying the Stars ant
Stripes, according to reports from
various ports along the north At
lantic seaboard.
The attacks were made by two
r-submersibles and most of the
vessels were bombed and sent to
the bottom last Sunday, although it
is known that two of the craft were
destroyed prior to May 6.
So far as known there has been
no loss of life.
Chief interest today aside from
the coast patrol by airplanes and
naval craft to prevent a possible re-
currence OF the raid, centered upon
the fate of the 220 passengers and
crew Of l30 men of the 8,00O-ton
steamer Carolina of the New York
and Porto Rico line. The liner was
attacked Sunday night when within
200 miles of Sandy Hook, and as
nothing has been heard from her
since her IS. O. S" signals were
picked up, her owners assume she
was lost.
The crew and passengers in small
boats were reported IS miles out to
sea headed for the New Jersey coast
early today and coast guard cutters
were on their way to verify the re-
port and pick up the survivors If
possible.
Reports that the Savannah liner,
City of Colu mbus, also had fallen
prey to the lurking meance of the
seas lacked confirmation, as was
the case OF the schooner, VIM. A.
Hathaway.
Revised List of Victims.
A revised list OF the toll of the
under-sea raiders follows:
Steamer Texel. OF 3,2l0 gross tons
sunk Tuesday by bombs 6O miles
off the Jersey coast.
Schooner Jacob NJ. Haskell OF
Boston, sunk Sunday by shell fire,
oil Barnegat, n. J.
Schooner Edward H. Cole OF Bos-
ton, sunk Sunday by bombs %
miles of Barnegat.
Tanker Herbert l.. Pratt OF Phil
adelphia. sunk Sunday off Cape
Henlopen.
Schooner Isabel B. Wiley OF Bath,
Maine. sunk Sunday off Barnegat.
Schooner Edna of Machias,
Maine. picked up May %. as dere-
ict off Cape May, n. J.
Schooner Hattie Dunn of Thom-
aston, Maine. destroyed as a dere-
hct, May y, off Winterquarter
Shoal light ship.
Schooner Happaug OF New York,
sunk 25 miles off Barnegat. May 2S.
Steamer Winneconne, sunk May
%. off Cape May.
Steamer Carolina sent wireless
ralls for help while being shelled
Sunday by a submarine, when of
sandy Hook.
Were Of Huge Size.
Member OF the crews OF the yes.
sels on their arrival here and at
other ports agreed generally that
he German submersibles were OF
great size and well armed. Some
that the craft was about
he same size as the U-53, which
conducted a raid off Newport. X. l.;
,efore Americas entry into the war.
Ports along the coast still were
losed today by order of Secretary
# the Navy Daniels. As soon as
(Contsoued On oa0~ a.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04
Held As a Stacker.

Tom Henderson has been placed
in the county jail charged with be-
ing a Stacker.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04
BRILLIANT WORK OF GEN.
PERSHING'S MEN IN THE
CHAMPAGNE AREA.
IS OFFICIAL STATEMENT
On the Marne Front Huns Are
Driven From Attempt to Cross
River; Combined French -Ameri-
cans Units Do Deadly Work.
(By The Associated Press. J

Paris, June 4.--American troops
thrown into the battle on the west
ern side of the Champagne salient
have stopped the German advance
near Neuilly wood and in a dashng
counter-attack have thrown back
the Germans, the war office an
nounced today.
On the Marne front German
troops which had forced passage
OF the river were driven back again
by French and American troops.
With the American Army in
France, Monday, June 5.-An Amer
lean combat patrol engaged in a des-
perate fight with a large enemy pa
troll near Ancerviller in the Lune-
vile sector early today. The Amer
lean losses were Slight. The Ger
man casualties are not known.
The Americans discovered the
German patrol and endeavored to
surround and capture the enemy.
During the fight the Americans
found themselves being surrounded
by overwhelming numbers, but man
aged to eXtricate themselves and re-
tire, fighting all the while. 1t is be-
lieved certain that punishment was
inflicted upon the enemy by the
grenades and rifle fire of the Ameri-
cans.
Nice, France, Monday, June s.
The first contingent Of wounded
American soldiers who had been
amalgamated with French troops
arrived at Nice today. They were
sent to the American hospital here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04
800 OF PASSENGERS
AND CREW OF THE
CAROLINA LANDED
PICKED UP AT SEA IN OPEN
BOATS BY SCHOONER
Eta DOUGLASS.
N|NTEEN OTHERS RESCUED
Picked Up by British Tramp Steam
er and Landed at Lewes, Della
ware-Thirty-Six Survivors of the
Steamer Texel Sent to New York.

New York, June 4.-The possible
death toll from Germany's subma-
rine warfare on the American side
of the Atlantic during the last ten
days was reduced today to fewer
than $50 souls,
An Atlantic Port, June 4.-Three
hundred OF the passengers and crew
of the torpedoed steamship Carolina
were picked up at sea in open boats
by the schooner Eta B. Douglass.
The schooner anchored mile off
Barnegat inlet at | 80 o'clock this
afternoon, apparently awaiting or
ders regarding the disposition of his
shipwrecked human cargo.
Philadelphia, June 4.-Nineteen
persons of the torpedoed steamship
Carolina were picked up at sea in an
open boat by British tramp steam
er ani landed today at the naval
station near Lewes, Del.
Eighteen of the survivors were
passengers and one was an engineer
of the lost vessel, which belonged to
the New York and Porto Rico
Steamship Company.
1t has been stated that the Caro-
lima carried 220 passengers and 10
crew. Practically all of the passen-
gers were Porto Ricans.
One American, w. H. Morton
secretary of the Porto Rico Fruit
Company, was among those landed
here.
Nothing could be learned from
the survivors of the whereabouts Of
the remainder of the passengers and
crew.
Atlantic City. N. J., June 4.-The
thirty-six survivors of the steam
ship Texel, sank Sunday afternoon
SO miles south of New York by two
German submarines, prepared today
10 leave here for New York.
THE first warning we had" said
Capt X. X. Lowry, was when a
'hrapnel burst over the bridge at
20 on Sunday afternoon. Two
submarines next drew alongside our
ship. The captain, who spoke good
English, boarded our boat, demand
ed our papers and ordered us 10
cave the ship. The guns OF mis-
J-boat were kept trained on us
After the submarines commander
lad taken over the Texel. Captain |
Lowry reported the captor said:
Il hate like - to do this, but
We have been ordered to get into
ction or return home. We have
,een over here for two months
There was no attempt to get the
nen,' Captain Lowry continued:
We manned the two boats and ey-
rybody was saved. When we were
eaving one submarine nearly crash
d into us. The captain shouted
nd waved us back to safety.
The Texel sank at Sis.
Mobile, Ala. June 4.-Mrs. p. ].
hamilton and her daughter. Miss
'arlotta Hamilton. of Mobile, were
board the steamer Carolina. sunk
Continued from page o.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04
UKRAINE RECOGNIZES
WHITE RUSSIA REPIBLIC

Amsterdam, June 4-The Ukraine
government has recognized the
White Russia republic. according
to telegram from Kiev.
Ukraine. while nominally "inde-
pendent" is in a reality a conquered
Russian province in Germany's grip.
Hence any political move by the
government" is by Germand de-
mand.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04

New York, June 4.-The possible
death toll from Germany's subma-
rine warfare on the American side
of the Atlantic during the last ten
days was reduced today to fewer
than $50 souls.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04

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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-04

Mobile. Ala. June 4.-Mrs. p. ].
Hamilton and her daughter, Miss
Carlotta Hamilton. of Mobile, were
aboard the steamer Carolina. sunk
Continued from page o.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-04-16
Took Their Grain to Mill.

The report published In a Bridge
port newspaper that the owner of a
grist mill at Sandy Hook, Conn.,, having
secured few bags Of wheat, ground
it up and sold it to his neighbors to
be mixed with Western -four, the result
being a cheaper material for bread.
brings us back to the days Of hardly
more than generation ago, when
Northern farmers produced grain on
their farms and had 1t ground in the
neighboring grist mill, then an institu-
ton to be found within a few miles of
every neighbOrhood. There was no in
dication In those days that the ground
product of the grain, whether corn or
wheat, was inferior to any produced
elsewhere. But now with the advent
of modern machinery our civilization
seems to demand flour from which
every particle of nutritious gluten, so
far as it tends to discolor the -four, is
eliminated. AS for homegrown, home
ground cornmeal, that is q rarity,
known only to few Old-time epicures
and secured by them with considerable
difficulty. In the southern Appalach-
ians, however, the Old-time grist mill
is still in use.-Providence Journal.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-04-16
The Short Skirted.

Formerly women wore clothes
which left to surmise a great deal
which is now open to discussion
There is nothing immoral or i'm
proper in short skirts. They were
worn in Europe by the peasant girls
hundreds of years ago, and are still
worn by that class. The more seen
of we'll turned ankles the less
thought about them possibly, but the
fashion of the day is just a trifle
trying upon those who would not
secure first row position in mu-
steal chorus.
The feminine foot is not always
as small in fact as in poetry and fic-
ton and family tradition. 1t is far
better to let it have room. 1t is bet
ter for the health and the happiness
of those underpinned by it, but
short skirts do turn harsh uncom-
promising light upon the foot which
is not small or well proportioned, and
upon which the ankle is fat where
it ought to be slender.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-04-16
A Patriotic Call For Nurses.

The Lake Division of the American
Red Cross has issued the following
appeal:
Our Government must have many
thousands for nurses before the
close of 1918. SurgeOn-Generai
Gorgas has asked the Red Cross to
enroll 5000 registered nurses by
June i, for service overseas and in
American cantonments. Ohio, Indi-
ana and Kentucky are asked to sup
ply 500. ALI Red Cross workers can
aid the Government and the Lake
Division Bureau of Nursing by Civ
ing wide verbal publicity to this ur-
gent need for nurses; urging physi-
cisns and individuals employing reg.
istered nurses to make it easy for the
nurses to enroll. Many people ara
telling the nurses they can't be spar
ed for Government service; pushing
the home care-of-the-sick work and
influencing young girls to take up
nursing courses; telling registered
nurses that when they are in the
Government service they are entitI-
ca to War Risk Insurance"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-04-16
EDITORIAL MUSINGS.
.s~s>~>>>~>>>>~>>i
Watch Yourself!

Delays are dangerous where dis
ease is concerned.
If you tire easily and are "all
played out" don't dope yourself with
So-ealled "tonics" and stimulants.
See doctor for WEAKNESS is usually
the FIRST sign of tuberculosis.
If you have indigestion don't de-
luge yourself with stomach tablets. :"
Even if they give relief, they do not
remove the cause of your trouble.
If you are little feverish in the
afternoon, don't guess at the cause.
Dsa,t believe it is ''just a little ma
LARA" Undergo an examination.
Ifyou spit blood, don't assume that
it is from your gums or your throat.
Probably it is not. Splitting blood is
toes.important matter to guess
about Find cut the real cause.
If your are losing weight or are
below your natural weight, there is
.sorae cause for it, Do not feed your
stomach with oils and fats and beer
and ether fattening foods. Find out
why a normal diet it not supplying
your needs.
If you are nervous or have had a
nervous breakdown, be sure there is
not a physical cause.-The tubercu-
1osis-at the bottom of it. Nervous
ness is often the only sign of early
tuberculosis.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-04-16
And It Is Even So.

An old timer who has neVer
known anything but work, with
many consequent happy vacations III
between, talking the other day Y:
the recent order regarding easy liv-
ers and Migrants, said to THE NEWS
man: Young fellow, work is moth
ing but a great blessing in disguise.
You cannot see how but some day
your will say that you were fortunate
in your own younger days that you
were made to work, and word hard
too. You cannot get the power to
do things save by doing them. Look
over the successful men you know in
Paris. Every blamed one of them
knew what it was to work hard
when they were boys. Get their his
tory. Nearly everyone was COMPEL
ed to work when these fellows werf
boys. They toughened their muscle:
by hard work and sharpened their
brains by looking out for themselves
The loafers are the ones who really
have the hardest jobs in the world. y
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-04-16
BIG OLLIE JAMES WANTS TO Be
SENATOR AGAIN.

Ollie M. James, Kentucky's senior
Senator, has formally announced his
candidacy for reelection to the Unit
ed States Senate, subject to the &C
ton of the Democratic primary, to be
held in August.
His formal statement is merely in
line with intentions previously well
understood. Senator James is con-
Guiding his first term, which has
brought him well forward in the
ranks of his Democratic colleagues.
On the floor he has been the consist
emit defender of the administration
and frequently he has spoken with
the direct authority Of the President.
His original allegiance was to VIM.
Jennings Bryan, and, although they
have not always stood together since
the election Of Wilson, their friend
ship remains unbroken.
Mr.. James campaign for re-elec-
ton will stress the patriotic issues
and lay particular emphasis on the
close relations existing between him
and the President.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-04-16
Oh. Yes, Many q Time.

&c Did OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES h r / n
Apfil?"
Now these words came from be-
tween chattering teeth when the
ouestfoner put them tostheSquestion-
"a, and meant, in good old every
day English, did you ever see such
weather as this in April?" 1t came
from between schattering teeth in q
single lump, 'sorofto !, speak, for the
speakers were standing on street
corner waiting for a dust cloud to
pass. ~- g. - "a $780,
xeYoa have no doubt heard this on
many a street corner during the past
spell of cold weather Many a time
wehave experienced just such wealth
ef as this IN April. We can recall,
cAn we not, deep snow on or about
May z3rd, in 1899 or thereabouts
Sx=1wberries were ripe in Kentucky
thBn The bluegrass was ins bloom
The snow siattened out the bluegrass
and lay heavily upon It for several
hss<rs In the late AFTERNOONS when
the snow melted, under a sbrillian.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-04-16
The Farmer independent.

From almost every viewpoint the
farming element in this county, as
we'll as in other counties, is in better
shape now, save for the shortage o.
labor caused by war conditions, than
at any period since the Civil War.
Most people own their homes and
little farms; more are free from the
yoke of bondage imposed by burden
some debts; big tobacco crops have
helped the county in many ways;
more are becoming Independent each
year by making a comfortable living
for their families; and more are
waking up to the necessity of giving
their children better educational ad-
vantages. Taken all in all, prosper
ity and contentment seem to prevail
throughout the. county. Let progress
still be the watchword.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-04-16
HOW FRENCH WOMEN SAVE
Their Natural Talent for Economy Has
Done Much to Help Withstand :
Hardsliips Of War "

The French housewife, with her ma
live talent for economy, has saved
France up to the present time fully
as much as have those fighting in the
trenches. Good advice has been given
to Americans, if they will only take it.
Rich women who have had many
servants now have few. Expenses are
cut all along the line. Simple meals
and simple habits replace elaborate
ones. A lady buys clothes, but for or
phans and refugees, not for herself.
Poor women, who must reduce sim
plicity to frugality-what do they do?
They make one sou buy two sous
worth by watching every centime.
This, for countless women In Paris,
means getting up at five o'clock in the
morning to get choice Of things at
the great market, Les Halles; walk
ing long distances to go where things
cost not so much as nearer home;
walking instead of riding; keeping Wig
liant watch on the vendors carts along
the street for good values; turning
plain foods into attractive dishes by
well-flavored sauce and a garnishing
which costs nothing.
In the old residential quarters of
Paris there are hundreds Of women of
aristocratic connections and moderate
means who before the war had several
servants and who now have none, or
perhaps one. And to women Of all de-
grees of wealth there could scarcely
be a more interesting study than to see
how these gentlewOmen and their
humble helpers give charming touch
to hard economy.
A representative household is one
where the regular income has suddenly
stopped, but leaving little more than
the small government allowance. The
ingenuity of housekeeper and cook &C
complishes wonders. In many home
butter may now be served once a week
and perhaps with only one course.
Perhaps three large strawberries
must suffice for each serving at des-
sert, but they will be served with a
grace that makes the eating of them a
pretty ceremonial. If gooseberries and
eurrants are inexpensive they will COM
bine remarkably with other berries for
a compete. Perhaps dessert will be
spoonful of jelly with a simple little
cake; or perhaps dessert will give way
to cheese, taking on a new attractive
ness on its plate of green leaves.-Les-
lies Weekly.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-04-16
Eleven, by Actual Count.

An old topper started home one night
In his normal condition, with a tur-
key which he had bought for his
Christmas dinner.
The road was rough, and he fell
several times over all sorts of obstruc-
tons in the PATH, dropping the turkey
each time, but picking 1t up again.
Entering his house, he steadied him.
self as well as he could, and said to
his wife:
"Here, wiley, I've brought you
eleven turkeys"
"Eleven turkeysw cried his wife. 81
see but one"
Nonsense, you're blind!" cried her
good man. ''Why, fell down eleven
times coming home, and swear pick.
ed up turkey every time"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-04-16
Powerful Exterminator.

In India and Australia a rat and
rabbit exterminatOr was tested some
time ago. 1t consists Of an outer and
inner metal shell, like one small egg
in larger one. In the outer shell is
sulphuric acid, in the inner metal egg
is dry cyanide Of potash. The outer
shell is filed with acid and placed IN
the rat hole or burrow, and all rat
holes are tightly sealed.t After an hour
or so the acid eats into the cyanide
and turns loose a lot Of deadly pfussic
acid gas. ->-
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-04-16
ADVERTISING RATES

Display Advertisements, $1.00 pei
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each subsequent insertion.
Reading Notices, 10 cents per line
each issue; reading notices In black
type, 20 cents per line, each issue.
Cards of thanks. calls on candi.
dates, obituaries and resolutions, and
similar matter, 10 cents per line.
Special rates for large advertise
cnents' and yearly contracts.
The right of publisher is reserved
TO decline any advertisement or other
matter for publication
Announcements for political Offices
must invariably be accompanied by
the cash.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-04-16
We've Seen It Here!

When we see so many young mcT
with their hair parted in the mid
die and hanging down over their
foreheads so as to obscure every trace
of intellect and so many young wo
men with their hair all frizzly-
frowzly and Topping around over
their faces in fifty different direct
ions, we are not surprised that the
followers of Darwin are now posi-
lively sure that mankind descended
from monkeys.