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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-17
War Savings.

Nicholas Murray Butler The gov
ernment plan for war savings stamps
is sound in principle and convenient
in operation. 1t does not call for a
direct contribution to the government
as in the case Of taxes. 1t asks only
for a loan to the government, at a
fair rate of interest. The plan is one
which, for success, invites and re
quires the cooperation of the great
mass of the people, men, women and
children. The great banking institu-
tons can and do render service in
connection with the great bond issue
that the government has made and
must still make. 1t is for the indi-
vlduals to do their bit in connection
with the War Savings Stamps.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-17
WANTED TO BUY
LOST AND FOUND

LOST-iBunch Of keys, on chain; be-
tween Guthrie Garage and lone
hotel, Friday Return to Tom Welch
Guthrie Garage.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-17
MISCELLANEOUS

GRUNDEN has two of the best Jersey
males in the county. See him.
ROOM AND BOARD and room or
board without room at 9f0 North
Broad Phone SOC -
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-17

In the Cushing tDeld
The Prairie oil & Gas Co has what
locks Ikea hundred barrel No
s W.acocf2 farm in 2l-lS-1 1uh-
vest corner Of the southwest Of the
section. It is the Bartlcsyile sand.
The Doak Oil company test in III
s is spraying forty barrels after a
sLot. ~
The AIyerez OH company IN l3-l9-7
is rated as 5O-barrel well after
sbot. The top Of the sand found at
259l feet
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-17
Negro Pleads Guilty;

Negro Pleads Guilty;
Gets Two Years
Judge Hickam sentenced James
Smith, negro, who confessed that he
had burgla1ized the Bymer home last
March TO two years in the state epn-
.itcntiary this morning
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-17
Deposed Texas Governor.

Deposed Texas Governor.
viii Run Again.
James y Ferguson, whom The Texas
Legislature impeaGbcd and removed
from office last year after seusa-
tionaI trial, will again make the race
for governor @" ask vindication by
the people, is his slogan
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-17
WANTS WANTS
CLASSIFIED CLASSIFIED
n y 4, s y n q 4 E & 4. e e q 8 q
A ANNOUNCEMENTS

" q e Il 3 I & Il 3 u q q I
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-17

Attest. GEO. L. ANDERSON,
City Clerk.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-17

lFOR SALE-Fiye room modern house,
one lot, garage, close in, only
100000.
Room, modern, 2 lots, cistern and
barn, North Side, $1,7OOOO
Room house, lots, barn, cave and
cistern, close in, $4,000
Two room house and 2 lots Capitol
Hill, only $175.00
Several good farms at from $25 90
to 5000 per acre.
T.. j. BLACKMAN.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-18
COTTON GROWERS
OPPOSE GOVERNMENT
REGULATING PRICES

Washington, July lS.-Opposing
price fixing and other government
regulation of cotton. delegation
of cotton growers and others in-
terested in the industry, including
Harry d. Wilson, state commis-
sioner of agriculture of louisiana,
conferred here yesterday with the
war industries board, the shipping
board, the federal reserve board,
and other government agencies.
They said they wanted cotton
left alone so far as any legislation
is concerned. They asked the sec
retary of agriculture to put i'll op-
Grafton the federal warehouse law,
under which he can provide ware
houses for cotton and issue ware
house certificates for the cotton so
stored. The federal reserve board
was asked to facilitate transactions
of southern banks as to the cotton
crop, and the shipping board was
called on to supply as many bot
toms as possible to facilitate trans
portation of cotton at sea.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-18
DECORATION OF GEMS.
PERSHING AND BLISS
is OF HIGH ORDER

London, July lS.-The elevation
of Generals Pershing and Bliss to
the knighthood of England is con-
crete evidence of the recognition
given their services In the great war
by the British government.
The Most Honorable Order OF
the Bath is one of the Oldest of the
knightly organizations in Great
Britain. 1t was established in
1890, fell into decay during the
reign of Charles II and was revived
by George /. 1t consists of -
military and u civil members, ex-
elusive OF the sovereign. princes OF
the blood royal and distinguished
foreigners who may be nominated
to the honorary distinction. The
Most Distinguished Order of St.
Michael and st. George is conferred
exclusive OF honorary members. on
naturalborn subjects OF Great Brit
ain who may hold, or have held.
high and confidential offices within
the British territorial possessions,
and is the reward for services i'll
relation to the foreign affairs of the
empire. The knights grand cross
are limited to 100, exclusive of hon
orary members. The order was in
stituted in 1918.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-18
British Sectors Quiet.

Flanders, Picardy and the front
from the Argonne to Switzerland
are quiet. There has been only raid
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-18

court. They were fined S. each
and advised to leave Madill and
look for more essential work. They
claimed that they had come from
Ardmore and had worked in that
city for three weeks without moles-
tation.
A meeting called by Presiding
Elder s. II. Babcock OF the Du-
rant district conference, to elect
four additional delegates to the
next annual conference, convened
in Madill Tuesday with about thirty
preachers and laymen Of the district
in attendance. Mr.. Babcock re-
Gently returned from Louisville,
Wy, where he had attended the
training camp for United States
army chaplains. He finished the
three months course in two weeks,
was commissioned first lieuten-
ant and has been ordered to report
August 10 for oversee duty.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-18
PURLOINED GOOSE
CAUSES RUMPUS IN
u. S. CAMP IN FRANCE

Headquarters American Troops
With the British Army in France,
June ll.-(Correspondence of the
Associated Press)-A purloined
goose was the cause of so much
trouble for a few soldiers OF the
American army recently that they
now consider that the bird would
have been cheap even at the high
war prices that prevail in these re-
gions.
The complaint from the woman
who lost the goose was the only one
received at the headquarters of the
division to which the men belong
ed; she promptly received satisfac-
ton in the coin OF the country and
the men were obliged to digest
their feast in the guard house while
they reflected upon the rules re-
garding 'foraging.
"Of course there are worse things
soldier can do than to swipe A
goose" said an officer OF the di-
vision in question, but even that
is more than shall be permitted in
this force. We came over here to
do a laudable thing and we are 60
ing to do it clcanly. Whatever
we draw from this country is 60
ing to be paid for in due form and
the few men in our ranks who
dare try any other system will pay
dearly for their experience,
Other units OF the American army
in this zone have not had a single
case of this kind. The men be
+ have even better than at home;
they are getting on splendidly with
the inhabitants and with their al
lies. Guard house cases are the
rare and are generally Tor insig-
nificant misconduct.
'lnsubordination' said one Off
GER, SIS often the consequence OF a
crouch. Our men have few
grievances and we have little trou-
Bile with them
The dignified but friendly way
in which the average officer tells
man where he falls short provokes
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-18

ing and slight artillery activity on
the British sectors. The enemy
shows no inclination to start an
other blow until the present effort
has run its course.
In the Italian mountain region
there has been lively activity at va
rious points but no fighting of mo-
ment. French troops in eastern Al
bania have taken another village in
their advance up the Devoli valley,
and added to their capture OF pris-
onerS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-18

earnestness instead OF the resent
ment that more brutal methods en-
gender in some European armies,
That's bad" said a lieutenant IN
charge OF company at rifle prac-
tice, handling poor record to a
soldier. You'd better try again
II never could shoot much, sir, "
replied the soldier, visibly relieved
at being let down SO easily, but
III do better next time He came
on with another detail and did far
better.
The excellent feeling between Of
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-18

ficers and men that results from the
kind OF discipline is apparent ev-
erywhere among the troops billet
ed in this area. 1t is difficult 20
find a sour countcnance or to hear
a word OF complaint. All the men
seem to realize what respect their
mission over here commands. They
are showing themselves worthy OF
that respect.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-18
WAR SUMMARY

early Report by Associated Press
Strenuous efforts are being made
by the Germans TO enlarge their
gains astride the Marine and south
west OF Rheims in an apparent en-
deavor TO outflank the cathedral
city on the south. Combats of the
most violent character continue
there. Elsewhere the enemy is be-
ing held we'll in check as he has been
since Monday.
The fourth day of the offensive
finds the Germans struggling des-
perately to develop their successes
along the river and between the riv-
er and Rheims. Enemy progress has
been slow and at an enormous cost
in casualties.
Attack after attack is being hurled
against the allied troops on these
two important sectors. In many
places the enemy has been repulsed
completely, while what gains he has
made have been made in the face OF
strong resistance.
South of the Marne.
South of the Marne, despite
heavy bombardments and the use of
fresh troops, the Germans have
made no great gains. The situation
there is rather uncertain, as villages
and heights are constantly changing
hands in the desperate fighting.
Immediately south OF Dormans,
where the enemy has made his
greatest penetration south of the
river about three miles-French and
American troops have gained some
ground north of St. Agnan. Astride
the river toward Epernay the Ger
mans are near Montvois an advance
of about six miles, but they have
not been able to spread their pro
gress to the south.
In the woods and valleys OF the
forest of the Mountain of Rheims,
the great natural obstacle south OF
the city, the Germans have driven
the Italians and French to within
FIVE miles OF the Rheims-Epernay
railway, the only line of transporta
ton in the city yet held by the al
lies.
Heavy fighting is taking place
about Pourcy and Monteuil-la-F Fosse
which mark an average advance OF
about five miles since Monday.
On the American Front.
Between Dormans and Chateau
Thierry, where the Americans have
their largest forces in the line, the
is sporadic. Around Fossoy
the Americans improved their po-
sitions slightly, but further opera
tions have been hampered by heavy
rainfall. The Germans maintain an
intense bombardment of the Ameri
can lines. American aviators, ac
cording to French observers, have
brought down thirteen German air
planes in the same region Tuesday.
The Americans claim nine.
West and southwest OF Rheims
the enemy has failed to gain in
further attacks. Just east of the city
his efforts have been broken up by
the French. In Champagne, General
defense still is maintained
and the Germans have been unable
TO make progress.
Reporting on the fighting OF
Tuesday, Berlin says that 5000 ad
ditional prisoners were captured,
bringing the total to 1900. The
German statement on Wednesdays
fighting has not been received.
British Sectors Quiet.
Flanders, Picardy and the front
from the Argonne to Switzerland
are quiet. There has been only raid
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-18
Austrian General Quits.

Amsterdam. July l8.-Emperor
Charles, Vienna telegram says,
has granted the request OF Field
Marshal Conrad Won Hotezendorf.
former Austrian commander! l.
chief, and lately in command of the
Italian mountain front, that he be
relieved of his command. General
Archduke Joseph has been appoint
ed commander of an army group
and General Prince Alios Schoen-
berg-Hartenstein, commander OF an
army.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-18
Carlisle School Abandoned.

Washington, July lS.-The Car
Isle, Pennsylvania, school has been
permanently abandoned and turned
over TO the war department for hos
pital purposes and for the rehabili-
tation and re-education OF sick and
wounded soldiers. The students
will be transferred TO other Indian
schools
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-18

Even the QUALITY is paramount
with US. Our gigantic purchasing
power through our Big Oklahoma
City Store and Eastern affiliations
will enable US to offer you the very
highest grade apparel at the most
moderate prices.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-18
BUTCHER-NOTICE TO HIS
CUSTOMERS.

Will close my market today. Am
called away 10 attend business. viii
open August 10th with full line OF
meats of all kinds. Thanking all for
their patronage.
1873 +. r. HERNDON.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-03-22
NO REAL BRITISH MOBILITY"
No Member Of the English Peeraue,
With Few Exceptions, Can Give
Proof OF Ancient Lineage.

In England the Saxon shane" was
transformed, after the Norman con-
quest, into a "baron" unless the doml-
nant power entirely deprived him Of
his position as nObleman. 1t Is
possible that many thames were alb
sorbed In the English yeomanry. In
France and Germany the prefix "de"
and ''von," which are essentially To-
cal, designated noble rank. Even In
poor old Ireland, where nearly every
man boasts Of his descent from kings,
20" and "Mac" are aristocratic SYM
bols, although many Irlshmen Of today
have for one reason or another discard
ed the prefix. But In England the Gus
tom has died out.
The wearing of coat armor was for
centuries badge of nobility, but the
right to wear coat armOr was grant
ed so lavishly that the members Of
the English peerage can, with few ex-
ceptlons, give no proof Of any ancient
lineage. There is, in fact, no real
mobility" In England In the sense
In which the word Is used In CONT
mental Europe. 1t Is a curious cir
cumstance that many real gentlemen"
in the heraldic sense Of that unfortu-
nate word, have never worn coat armor
at all and were neither DESTROYS nor
competent to exhibit a coat-of-arms to
the persons who attach value to such
an empty possession. Heralds have
failed to establish any mans right to
call himself gentleman" and the
majority of genealogles given for the
British mobility" and gentry" are In
all probability mythical or, in the
American vernacular, fakes"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-03-22

Once upon time the python did
not have to depend upon its strength
to kill Its enemies. The story says
that this huge serpent was the only
one Of the big snake family that was
poisonous, and he was so terrible that
he could kill man by biting his foot
prints In the earth.
The crow was Just as mlschIevous
q bird then as now. One day he
watched for the python, and when he
was under the tree where the bird was
perched, Mr.. Grow had brilliant idea.
80 he told the python that the last
man whose footprints he had bitten
had not died. He was alive and per-
fectly well. This was too much for
the python's pride. He spat out all Of
the poison and the other snakes swal-
lowed It, so that they became the poi
sonous ones and the python was left
with only his enormous strength as his
weapon. From this time on he had to
crush the life out OF his victims.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-03-22
MOVED WELL INTO THE ROAD
Experience Of Ezra Tetlow Proves
That Hole In the Ground ls Not
Always Permanent Fixture.


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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-03-22
Tho Unadventurous.

At every corner handkerchiefs drop.
fingers beckon. eyes beslege, and the
last, the lonely, the rapturous, the
mysterious, the perllous, changing
elews Of adventure are slipped into
our fingers. But few Of US are will
Ing to hold and follow them. We are
grown stiff with the ramrod Of con-
vention down our backs. We pass on
and some day we come. at the end OF
a very dull life, to reflect that our
romance has been potted thing Of h
marriage or two, a satin rosette, kept
In a safe deposit drawer, and life
long feud with a steam radiator
o. Henry In the Screen Door,"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-03-22
Wrote 4 Famous Soma.

Annie M'Vlcar Grant Is a name that
will always be hOnored by Scotchmen,
as that Of the author of "The Blue
Bells of Scotland" She was born In
Glasgow 1872 years ago, and as u child
was brought to America by her father,
an officer Of the British army. Her
childhood was spent In Albany. At
thirteen she was taken back to Scot
land, and while still a girl became the
wife Of Rev. James Grant. Her hus-
band died, leaving her with eight chill
dren to support, and she turned to lit
erature as a means Of earning u living.
She was prolific writer Of both
verse and prose. Her Letters from
the Mountains" In three volumes, and
memoirs OF an American Lady" In
two volumes, were widely read, and
these and other literary works provid-
ed Mrs. Grant with an excellent In
come. OF all that she wrote, however,
only her famous song, "The Blue Bells
Of Scotland" has survived to the pres
ent generation. Mrs. Grant died In
1888, at the age Of eighty-three.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-03-22
OP0SSUM HAS QUEER TRAITS
slow-Movlnu, Stupid Animal, One Of
the Most Widely Known In
America.

The Virginia opossums (the only spe-
cies occurring In the United States)
have from FIVE to fourteen young,
which ut first are naked, formless little
objects, so firmly attached to the teats
In their mothers pouch that they can
not be shaken loose. Later, when they
obtain coating Of hair, they are mini
AZURE replicas Of the adults, but con-
tinue to occupy the pouch until the
swarming family becomes too large for
1t. The free toes Of opossums are used
like hands for graspIng, and the young
cling firmly to the fur of their mother
while being carried about In her wan
derings. They are rather slow-moving,
stupid animals, which seek safety by
their retiring nocturnal habits and by
ponresistance when overtaken by an
enemy. This last trait gives origin to
the familiar term, playing 'possum."
While hunting at daybreak I once
encountered an unusually large old
male opossum on his way home from
a night In the forest. When we met
he Immediately stopped and stood with
banging head and tail and halfclosed
eyes. walked up and, after watching
him for several minutes without see
Ing the slightest movement, put my
foot against his side and gave n slight
push. He promptly fell fiat and lay
limp and apparently dead.
The opossum has always been a IA
vorite game animal In the Southern
states, and figures largely In the songs
and folklore Of the Southern negroes.
In addition, its remarkable pecullari-
ties have excited so much popular In
terest that It has become one Of the
most widely known Of American ami
mals.-National Geographic Magazine.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-03-22
SHE NEEDED NO POLICEMAN
Athletic Young suffragette Gives I'M
pudent storekeeper the Sur
prise Of His Life.

An athletic young suffragette stroll
ing down Fifth avenue, In New York,
the other day gave the surprise of his
life to the proprietor of an antique
shop. The man was In the back Of the
store, and the young woman had been
wandering about In the front of 1t
several moments before he became
aware that she was there. Then he
came forward storming and declared
she could not leave the store without
being searched.
"You come sneaklng In here to take
some of my things while my back Is
turned" he cried, Selling her by the
arm.
"You impossible personl Don't you
dare to touch me-" said the young
woman coolly. "Why don't you stay
in the front of your store where you
belong to wait ON people"
BY this time they had reached the
little flight Of steps leading down into
the shop, the man still clutching at
the girls elbow. She looked around.
There was no policeman in sight. SO
she settled matters herself. With one
vigorous push she sent the proprietor
Of the antique shop sprawllng down
the steps, then continued her calm
stroll up the avenue.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-03-22
Heroic Books.

Life is not habitualIy seen from any
common platform 30 truly and unexag-
geratedly as in the light Of literature.
Books, not which afford us a covering
enjoyment but In which each thought
Is Of unusual daring; such as an idle
man cannot read, and a timid one
would not be entertained by, which
even make US dangerous to existing In
stitutions-such call good books.
The heroic books. even II print
ed In the character Of our mother
tongue, will always be in u language
dead to degenerate times; and we must
laboriously seek the meaning OF each
word and line, cOnJecturlng u larger
sense than common use permits out Of
what wisdom and valor and gener-
osity we have.--Thoreau.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-03-22
FARM WANTED

Large farm on which man could make
a living. Send full description. including
size, quality Of soil. number of acres in
cultivation. number of acres Of pasture or
meadow, fencing. roads. exact location.
Party wants to rent with privilege Of buy
ing on terms.
have a number of houses in Wash
ington and Takoma Park that could be
exchanged for small farms. Send me
descriptions Of your farms If for exchange.
One party has half-acre lot in the town
Of Takoma Park. Md. unmortgaged, price
$500. will give as part payment on a small
farm.
would be glad to send you my complete
list Of properties for sale or exchange.
j. S. FRASER,
Takoma Park, Md.
Phone-Col. 4368w
sep 8-3m
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-03-22
FOR Said,

One double house. FIVE rooms in each
house. town water and sewage, located in
Rockville. Md
Two houses near and adjoining said
town, one Of six rooms, newly built, one
acre Of land. splendid water, shade and
fruit; and one four-room house, five
eighths Of an acre Of land.
These properties are near churches,
school, steam and electric roads and well
located. Good investments.
Apply to
B0UIC & B0UIC. Attorneys,
For estate Of Samuel English. deceased.
ian Aft