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The Jasper news., 1919-10-02

nevertheless is the largest, most pros
porous and most important of them
all. Its railroads, metropolitan cities
and agricultural developments make it
one of the chief islands of the Antilles.
If Great Britain's price for all these
islands were to be fixed at the rate
per acre paid for the Danish West
Indies it would amount to about
So, 0O,OO0,OO0.
Undoubtedly the islands belong geo.
graphically to the American continent.
For the past several decades the Brit
ish possessions have belonged to the
United States economically for the
bulk of their trade has been with
America and only n small part of 1t
with the mother country. Lingulstical-
ly there Is no choice. Sympathetical-
ly, assuming that the wishes of the
inhabitants are to be taken into con-
sideration, there Is little doubt thut
the Islanders would vote to join them
selves to the United States. The ex-
ample Of Porto Rico before their eyes,
where poor people prospered with
American aid, is too striking to pass
unobserved. Moreover, they realize
that they are no longer the fuvorites
Of England. The Indies under British
rule are not particularly prosperous.
Probably the production Of the Is
lands could be greatly stimulated I'M
der American control, and with en- In
creased market. Sugar, cocoa and ba-
nanas are things that everybody wants.
! Strategically the position of the
British West Indies is important from
our viewpoint. The purchase of the
islands might be an extension of the
Monroe doctrine-by which Uncle Sam
sets great store.
And what job 1t would be to
straighten out the various complica-
lions of these many islands There Is
now q joint resolution before congress
appointing q commission to report on
conditions In the Virgin Islands. In
the documents 1t Is related that there
is urgent need for action. Danish GUS
toms, Danish laws, Danish methods Of
judicial procedure, are still In vogue
in the Islands. There Is great need
TO Amerlcanize them. The land ques-
ton needs serious attention. The ma
tives own but per cent of the land
of the islands. The rest Is owned by
Danes or by those to whom the Ger
mans have transferred title: The own
ers of the land will not lease 1t or sell
1t. This Is resulting In condition
where the inhabitants of these islands
have no part in The sale of the land
and no chance to make a living out of
agriculture. The great necessity is
some land law that will enable the
people to acquire land. The Ameri-
cans, since their occupation, have done
considerable work along lines Of sani-
tation.
The people of the ISLANDS feel that
they have been neglected by the Unit
ed States; that when the American
flag went up in the Virgin islands II
should have been followed by Amer.
lean laws, customs, ard idealc as soon
as possible.
Congress Is without sufficient infor.
nation to act In these matters, and
there would be great benefit, in the
opinion of the committee, in having g
small commission visit the islands.
The Jasper news., 1919-10-02

Der OF other questions, such
as this, which may be asked:
Does the United States want the
British West Indies?
Is Great Britain willing to sell them
to the United States?
Can the two nations agree on a
price?
Answers to these questions will have
to be guesswork largely. 1t was first
rumored in diplomatic circles in Wash
ington in 1917 that the transfer was
being considered. Nothing official,
however, has ever been made public.
Secretary Of State Lansing says he
knows nothing about 1t.
Giving color to the possibility of the
transfer are two facts: One Is that
the United States is apparently in the
market for West Indian islands, as
shown by the purchase in 1917 of the
Virgin Islands from Denmark for $685.
100000. In this connection 1t is to be
Kept in mind that the Panama canal
is located in this part of the world,
which fact may have something to do
with Uncle Sans apparent desire to
invest in islands off its Atlantic ap-
proach. The other fact Is that Great
Britain owes the United States about
four billions, has a national debt now
In excess Of $4,000, 100000 and is ap-
parently finding her West Indian is
lands more of liability than an asset.
The British West Indies comprise
the greater number of the string of
pearl-like islands that Is flung like a
necklace from Florida to South Amer
lea, around that corner of the ocean
known as the Caribbean. All told,
there are some four thousand of these
bits of land, though not many more
than a hundred are populated, and
most of the Islands are only great reefs
thrown up from volcanic sea In some
by-gone day.
The British West Indies have a total
area of 1900 square mlles-equal to
the states of Massachusetts and Con.
necticut. They have a population OF
nearly 100000, for the most part ne.
groes, but with scattering of few
thousand whites and curious mixture
of other peoples from all the world
Hlndus, Javanese, Chinese, Siamese
Christians, Mahometans, Buddhists
and Confucianists. Some of the islands
are sparsely settled, while others are
more densely populated than any other
region on earth except China.
Bermuda, famous for its climate
The Jasper news., 1919-10-02
cid-Stofllach
Makes 9 Out of 10
People Suffer

Doctors declare that more than 10 nom
organic diseases can be traced to Acid
Stomach. Starting with indigestion. heart
burn. belching. food-rspeating, bloat sour.
gassy stomach. the entire system eventually
becomes affected. every vital organ suffering
In some degree or other. You see these Vic
Tins of Acid-Stomach OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
who are subject to nervousness. headache.
insomnia, biliousnoss-people who suffer from
rheumatism. lumbago. scistiea andsaches and
pains all over the body. II is safe to say
that about people out of 10 suffer to some
extent from Acld-Stomach.
II you suffer from stomach trouble or.
even II you do not feel any stomach distress:
yet are weak and ailing. feel tired and
dragged out. lack pep" and enthusiasm and
know that something 10 wrong although you
cannot locate the exact cause OF your trou-
ble-you naturally want 20 get back your
grip on health as quickly as possible. Then
take EATONIC. tho wonderful modern rem:
edy that brings quick relief from pains OF
indigestion. belchinH. gassy bloat, etc. Keep
your stomach strong. clean and sweet. ess
how your general health improyes-noW
quickly the old-time vim. yigor and vitality
Get a big SOC box of EAToNIc from ye1s
druggist today. 1t IL guaranteed to pleas
you. II you are not satisfied your dru9gtl
will refund your money.
The Jasper news., 1919-10-02
Hob Prices and Low Diet.

Doctor-"lt Is little difficult to
diagnose your case. Perhaps you have
been eating too much" Paticnt-"lm-
possible. This hotel Is run on the Eu.
ropean PLAN"
The Jasper news., 1919-10-02

Love of a man for himself never
grows less.
The Jasper news., 1919-10-02

Even the miser is generous to his
faults.
The Jasper news., 1919-10-02

Accept california" Syrup of Figs
pnly--look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child is having the best and most harm
less laxative or physic for the little
stomach, liver and bowels. Children
love its delicious fruity taste. Full
directions for child's dose on each bot
tie. Give it without fear.
Motherl You must say California"
ADV.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-06-18

Thursday, June 49,. -Centerville, 10
a. M; Liberty, 2 p. m.
Friday, June Gloster, IL a. M,
joint debate with Lee Russell.
Saturday, June 21-Montgomery
picnic IL a. M; Georgetown, 4:30 p. m.
Russell Confident.
Captain A. B. Schauber, campaign
manager for Lee M. Russell, candi-
date for governor, gives out the fol-
lowing statement:
Lee M. Russell has spoken in RAN
kin, Jones, Stone, Forrest and Law
renee counties the past week. He re-
ports that he was met by large and
enthusiastic audiences at each of his
speaking appointments. His friends
are confident that he will be elected
the next governor of Mississippi.
"Lee M. Russell challenges his three
opponents to point out any vote that
he ever cast that was not for the. best
interests of the mass of people of Mis-
sissippi. He invites the very close
inspection of his record.
"The people know that Lee M. Rus
sell is their friend, that he has the
interest of the great mass of the peo-
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-06-18
Says LOnginO Gaining.

Chairman Woods c. Eastland Of the
Longino state campaign committee,
gives out the following signed state
ment:
Governor Longino returned to the
city this morning, after an absence Of
three weeks. While away he visited
East, Northeast and North Missis-
sippi, speaking at a number Of places
by special Invitation, and at many
places by arrangement The govern
or reports that at each Of the places
where he spoke he had good audi
ences, and that he has added many
friends to his already large list in
each of the counties visited. In many
of the counties voluntary working Or
CARNATIONS have already been per-
fected and the governors friends are
confident of his election.
Like reports come into these head
quarters daily from every section Of
the state, and from practically every
county, and from these reports we
are able to make the assertion that
the governors strength is growing
daily"
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-06-18
The Gubernatoriial Race.

seated interest that portends TO the
best interests of the state. The peo-
pie are thinking, they are studying
the merits and the character of the
various candidates and reading their
political records so that they may be
able to vote for the man who is best
qualified for the office, best qualified
to handle the reins of government for
them the next four years"
Fortunately for the people, and un-
fortunately for some of the candi-
dates, perhaps, they all have a record
that is staring them in the face, and
there may be chapters in that record
they would like the best in the world
to get as far away from as possible.
The fact that never before within
the memory of the oldest man con-
nected with the state government
and some of them have grown gray
in the service, and are now perhaps
more valuable than ever because of
their long experience-was there such
strong demand for legislative jour
nails. These journals, and the acts of
the Legislature, show beyond all
questions, what has been the record
of the public life of every man who
has served the state, and they are
not to be gotten away from. And all
the candidates for governor have said
they stand by their record.
However, only one of the four will
stand. The record of their official
acts may not cause them to fall, but
lack of votes will bring at least three
of them to their knees by August s.
Mr. Johnston and his campaign man
ayers have never shown q very boast
full spirit. They have not been so very
cock sure that he will be nominated
in the first primary, but they have
claimed that he viii be in the second,
if there is one. They claim in their
"size-up" Of the situation today that
"Mr Johnston win have large lead
over his nearest opponent in the first
primary"
Longino's manager does not say
anything today to the effect that they
are confident he will be nominated
on the first round Of votes, but they
declare that 'his strength is growing
daily"
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-06-18

pie at heart, and it is very important
that the people have friend in the
governors office.
"The friends of Lee M. Russell all
over the state are confident that the
white Democrats will elect him the
next governor of Mississippi, as he
has a clean record, one that he can
meet face to face, and he has nothing
to cover up.
HE has the following speaking APP
pointments for the coming week:
"Winona, Montgomery county, 10
a. m. Tuesday, June II.
duck Hill, p. m.
MARS Hill Church, 8 p. m.
Stewart, Montgomery county, 10
a. M, Wednesday, June 10; Poplar
Creek, p. M; Huntsville, p. m.
camden, Madison county, 10 a. M,
Thursday, June 10; Flora, p. m.
"Gloster, Amite county, joint de-
bate with Mr.. Johnston Friday, June
20.
Napoleon, Hancock county, 1870
p. M, Saturday, June 81; Logtown, 8
o. M"
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-06-18
Weekly Health Talks
q WORD ABOUT rye WIDMEl
BY DOCTOR WATSON.

People are easily frightened whep
they think something is the matter with
their lungs or heart, aud well they
may be; but few people understand
the dangers of diseased kidneys. These
organs have duty of vital importance
to perform, and if they are diseased,
there is no telling how or where the
symptoms may appear. The kidneys
are filters, and when they are healthy
they remove the poisons from the blood
and purify it. When the kidneys are
diseased, the poisons are spread every
where, and one of these poisons is uric
acid. The uric acid is carried all
through the system and deposited in
various places, in the form of urate
salts in the feet, ankles, wrists and
back - often forming bags under the
eyes. Sometimes the resulting trouble
Is called rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica
and backache. Finally, come stone
in the bladder, diabetes and Bright's
disease.
DIR. Pierce, OF Buffalo, N. Y, in recent
years, discovered that a certain COM
bination Of remedies would dissolve uric
acid (urate salts) in the system. He
found this combination to be harmless,
so that he made it up in tablets,
of double strength, and called them
Anuric Tablets. They dissolve uric
acid in the human system rs hot coffee
dissolves sugar. II you have uric acid
troubles, don't delay in taking Anuric
Tablets, which can be secured in the
drug stores. You can write DR.. Pierce,
TOO, and he viii tell you what TO eat
and how 70 live 50 that more uric acid
win not form in your system. DE-. Pierce
win not charge for this advice.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-06-18

JACKSON, Miss, June 14,-Polit-
irally and unexpectedly Mississippi
il warming up, but the boiling point
has not been reached. Nobody has
stopped work to talk politics. AS Os-
Sar Johnston, candidate for governor,
said in his Jackson speech a few
nights since, "there is an apparent
lack of interest, nobody is throwing
his hat in the air, nobody is doing any
loud shouting, but there is deep
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-03
New State Charters Issued

Oklahoma City, Sept. Joe s. Nor
ris, secretary of state, has issued the
following charters:
Reed Supply Company, Oklahoma
City; Thomas B. Reed and b. II. Mark
ham Of Oklahoma City and Sara 5.
Reed Of Pauls Valley, incorporators; !;
capital $4,000.
Turner Falls Park Company. of
Davis; Robert f. Scivally Of Ardmore
and NJ. Y. Easter and W. NJ. Moore.
Davis, incorporators capital SIPS, 900.
Idabel Building and Loan Associa,
tion, Idabel; d. Il. Strawn, II. c. Nor
ris and j. r. Kniseley, all Of Idabel,
incorporators; capital 100000.
Enid Laundry Company. Enid: f..
c. Smith and T.. T.. Barker, both of
Enid incorporators; capital increased
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Metropolitan Cigar Company. Shaw
nee NJ. j. and NJ. +. Mclaughlin,
Shawnee, incorporators; capital in
creased from $4,000 to $25, 900.
Magma Oil and Refining Company
of Wilmington, Delaware II. Apple.
man, \. j, Lewis and l.. Olsen. all of
Tulsa, Okla, incorporators; capital
$4,000, 600, 10000 in Oklahoma.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-03

No, Ferdinand and Isabella, we didn't state
editorialy in Sundays paper that Labor Day is
"puerile," or that "we deplore and deprecate"
labor's rest day-nothing like that at all. From
a reading Of the first two lines of two captoned
editorials you may have gained that impression,
but if you happened to read farther along you
probably changed your first impression into
the belief that the editor had his mental troll
leys crossed Nothing Of the sort, fair Isabella
or stalwart Ferdinand! No; you see it was
getting close to Labor Day, and some Of the
labor in the composing room Of this famous
organ Of uplft was busy anticipating what a
picnic it was going to have Monday and con-
sequently didn't work overtime with its con-
centraton. The editor is not always crazy
when the editorial page makes him look that
way. You must not be too eager to jump at
conclusions, Ferdinand and Isabella.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-03

a part Of every gcnuewoman's
equipment % on 50 years ago. They
believe that she will 20 on buying
the costlicst things. no matter what
prices they ask. They cannot con
ceIVc of her returning to her needle,
or in amy way cuuyatlng a spirit
of prudence which she has not
shown of late years.
If every woman in America read
the presidents message yesterday
morning ana took that message to
heart. We would soon see "a decline
in the eNtrayagant practices of the
past eight or ten years. The one
great obstacle to that consumma.
ton ia the lack of individual resyon.
sibllIty. one woman reading the
presidents warning will say. Yes.
mat Is quite right, | must and l
viii cconomi2e in consumption until
the world can adjust its affairs"
Another reading it may not even
sense the meaning of the message.
or, iI she does, she will say, "Why
if she does, she win say, "Why
should l deprive myself of anything
l want SO long as ] have the money
to buy? What have | to do with the
law Of supply ana demand? ! should
worry about the cost of living so
long as it does not Inconvenience
me-
II Is every Woman's duty to think
solemnly Of the problems before us,
Just as much so as was her duty
during the war to knit, to make
surgical dressings and garments for
our soldiers, to buy and sell Liberty
bond ana War Savings stamps. In
fact, | believe that the duty is
greater and more insistent, because
the danger is greater now than il
was then. OF course there is no
romantic lure about this thinking
and planning and saving in order to
bring about a readiustment of cost
conditions, ana for that reason it
will be harder for a good many
women to take as serious the duty
confronting them.
At a time like this we can very
well go back to the words of Emer-
son when he said that economy is
a high. humane office, a sacrament
when its end is grand, when it is
the prudence of simple tastes, when
it is practiced for freedom. or love
or devotion"
a reasonable and wise economy is
not dlstasteful to any except those
who are petulant or bored. People
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-03
The President Calls Us to Practice Economy
Edith c. johnson in The Oklahoman

Greater production ana less con.
sumption is President Wilson'S adj
monition to American workers in
his Labor Day message, as two
means necessary to reduce the cost
OF living.
The duty to labor and labor well
in any period of the worlds history
is written on the body of man. 1t is
written in the knotted muscle of his
arm, in the keen sparkle of his eye,
in the energy of his step. While
this duty to labor well is ever pres.
ent, it was never SO great as now
when the worlds stock of goods is
depleted, when the shelves of the
warehouses are emptied faster than
they can be filled when the demand
is greater than the supply, II was
never so great as in this day when
the world looks to labor to speed up
production, not to cut 1t down,
As to this other phase, the saving
ON consumption, that is where We
women come in. We have our great
opportunity today to carefully econ.
omi2e, as the president charges us,
and 10 hold steady Il situation Jhat
lis fraught with possibilities of
hardship and suffering to "a large
part of our population" We WON.
en- saved during the war; and we
can do it again. Indeed. we should
be eager to perform this duty when
we have been told that such an ef.
fort on our part will do much to
overcome condition of greater
danger than the danger Of the war
If we women want to play into
the hands of the profiteers and
|hoarders of raw materials there is
nothing we can do to serve their
purposes more completely than to
buy whatever we may happen to
want and not care what we pay for
lit. Again and again the merchants
have said that high prices are our
fault, that we do not care how we
|spend our money SO long as we sat
| |isfy our latest caprice. The profit.
GERS and hoarders of raw materials,
| we are told, actually count on the
| folly of the American woman. on
| her habits of extravaganza, to main
Rtain a scale of high prices. They
| do not believe she is capable of sti-
fling her desire to buy every pretty
| and desirable thing she sees wheth-
er she can afford it or not. They
lcannot conceive of her reviving any
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-03
job for Grand Jury

Governor Cox, of Ohio, has directed
all local prosecuting officers of the
state to get busy after the profteers
in their localities and has promised
grand Jury proceedings where neces-
sary. Two other governors have
threatened the grand jury process,
And what is better calculated TO ferret
out the profiteers and prositeerng
than the grand jury? Why would it
not be a good plan for prosecuting of
ficers in all states to get down to
business against the profiteering com
planned Of? And let the courts call
in the grand jury for indictments
ii ciuptIons promptly. It's yrIy Saa.
and economical to use.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-03
A COWARDLY ASSAULT

By GENE BYRNES

II the booze runners can not be
apprehended without cndangering the
life of innocent women and children
then the booze runners should be per
mitted to ply their trade. \ child lies
in a Tulsa hospital with bullet
through her little body, fired by am
officer of the law, bliudly, criminany.
careless of results The child and
her parents We're tourists. The booze
sIeuths hailed the passing car in the
night. The tourist thought he was
being held up by highwaymen and
the Slcuths thought booze runner
was escaping. So they unlimbered
their artillery and opened fire on the
car. The child was asleep on the
back seat and a bullet crashed into
her body.
What right had the officers to open
fire ON that car? Not "a legal right in
the world. Had they known that the
car was driven by lawbreaters bent
ON escape, yes. But ON the mere sus-
picion that it might be driven by law
breakers, no-a thousand times no.
They should be- given the limit of the
law. And their commission taken from
them permanently, for they have shown
themselves void Of that judgment ab-
solutcIy essential to Il proper conduct
of the office they hold.
1t may be pleaded that the enforce
mcnt officers are charged with stop
ping the illicit traffic in intoxicating
liquors, and should have the moral
support Of all good citizens. As an
if. in the concrete, tine attempt to ap.
prchcud the miserable characters who
engage in the Illicit liquor traffic is
to cndangcr the lives Of the innocent
who are driving over the roads Of The
country then the attempt at enforce
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-03
PNULS VALLEY WAREHOUSE
FORMALLY OPENED FOR BU SINESS
Especial to The irdmoreitc)

Pauls Valley, Sept. 2.-The Pauls
Valley Warehouse Company opened for
business Monday. September /, with
Mr.. Loller Of the Pauls Valley Grain
Company as manager.
This is Il home company, capitalized
at $4,000, and is a bonded warehouse
for thl storage OF broomcorn cotton and
other agricultural products
The broomcorn buyers have begun
using the warehouse for assembling
and loading purposes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-09-03

The criminal mob that shot up the county
Jail at Knoxville last Saturday night accom-
pished several things, though it did not get
the negro prisoner it was after, that person al
ready having been removed from the Jail and
the city, as the insane mob leaders had been
informed. The mob damaged the Jail build
ing seriously, thereby saddling more expense
upon the public; it liberated sixteen prisoners,
several Of whom were murderers and now are
at large; and it placed Knoxville, Tenn, in the
growing group of cities north and south that
should be put under martial law by the federal
government and disciplined into decency. A
mob always is made up Of potential criminals
and actual coWards-always, without eXcep-
ton