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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16

A story is going around about a
manufacturer who was asked by his
employees to advance their wages. He
told them he was not making a living
and could not meet their demands.
They said they were not making a liv-
ing at the pay they were receiving.
So the boss decided that it was time
for every body to quit and closed up his
plant. The question that naturally
arises is who received the greater
benefit or sustained the greater in
jury from the new arrangement. The
men of course could obtain other work
il there were anything else they knew
how to do. The boss probably had
spital sufficient to live on for a while.
Apparently the public, in the circum-
stances. would be the heaviest loser
thru the consequent lessening Of pro-
duction and the increase in prices
which would follow If this method of
settling labor problems should be
greatly extended.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16
The Woman Who Lovcd-and
Earned A Modern stoay Of Home and Business
r., ZANE PHELPS
Blu JANE PHELPS

home. Tell madame you must have
vacation. she won't dare refuse you.
II she does; and you want to go back
to work, You won't have any trouble
getting a job. There amt many can
sell hats like you cam"
but Mary
Wait. Don't ask Robert a thing
about it. Just tell him it is done, that
you are tired and need rest. Then
put it up to him to hustle so you can
get it. I'll Move over tonight. Card
ner will help me, and you and Robert
can move in"
''I don't see how can"
You say you won't give Robert
UP. It's him, Gerry, or the job. It's
up to you"
anything rather than let Marion
Hovey have him. y, Then I added:
81 know very little about housekeep-
ing and cooking. Mary"
You got common sense, amt you
Then there's my cook book. 1 didn't
know ham from beefsteak when
started home all by my little lone
some. 1 guess you know as much as
L did"
'Tn try it a month";
81 guess that will be long enough &c
prove I am right, and that all that
ais Robert Meredith is too much
boarding house, too little wife, and SC
no ambition"
That afternoon I told Madame
must have at least a months vaca-
ton, and that I must leave that night
But Gerry! ! can't let you go or
such short notice
ut is short, l know But l cannot
help it,"
She stormed for while, but finally
| paid me and let me go-first assuring
! herself that l did not intend going
elsewhere.
I felt a strange exhilaratin as
| hurried home. 1 had burned my
| bridges behind me. I would put al
| the effort. I had put into the busl
ness of selling hats. into this bust
ness of winning back my husband
I didn't yet believe that just keep
| ing house was all that Robert needed
| but it might be one of the things
Mary had been so sure; and Betty ant
Jane both had often told me that Rob
ert would love a home
AS 1 had told Mary. I would de
anything to keep my husband.
(Tomorrow-A surprise.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
ALWAYS SOMETHING 70 DO.

A1tt . 1N4fAL-L ~ OOs
The straig path to failure is to
have-nothing to do
There is really but one dangerous
element in society at large, and that
lies in those who have nothing to do.
The idler. the mere talker, the COM
Plainer-these are consumers, not con-
tributors.
Always have something to do-be-
ing certain, however, that it is some
thing useful. Honest work is honest
work, whether in California or Nor
way. And it counts.
Theodore Roosevelt always had
something to do. He had made the
habit of work so much a part of all
that he was, taht hardly a minute of
any day got away from him. 1t was
his custom to have a book always
about him so that he could thrust his
active mind into it's pages at every
interval during the great tasks of his
career.
Minds don't wear out. They merely
go to sleep with the body.
Youth hides behind wrinkles and
puts a touch OF glory in hair that be-
comes silvered-where the mind and
body have worked together against
sloth and waste.
Always have something to do.
Work gladly and with heart. All
profit lies in service. And service is
measured in intention. worked out to
the best of ones ability.
The harder you work, and the more
you do, the greater number of mis-
takes you are sure to make. But II
you don't know how to make mistakes
and then to profit from them-the
chances are that you will accomplish
comparatively little.
Always have something to do that
makes,yeu happy and that adds to the
happiness of others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16

Every attempt at a reduction in the
cost OF living that is not accompanied
by increased production not only fails,
hut in most cases adds to the hard
ships of those least able to stand an
additional burden. The widespread
movement for reducing the cost OF
clothing by wearing overalls probably
will be no exception to the rule. The
men who are putting on denim may
save little money If they make their
purchases in advance of the inevitable
rise in prices which will follow theNin-
creased demand. but the laborer, who
must have overalls at all times, will
suffer from the burden of added cost
To him overalis are a necessity. He
must buy them at whatever price. The
new buyers plan to save money for
themselves at the expense of the men
who labor with their hands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16

The six days shalt thou labor" of
the commandments is interpreted by
Cincinnati paper house to mean not
six hours q day, not even eight hours
a day, but SO many hours as may be
required to do all the work needed.
So long as production Tags behind the
needs of a hungry world, all our work
is not done, and every hour wrested
from the working schedule of the
week. it holds, is an hour of violence
10 humanity and of blasphemy to God.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16

patched them to our representative at
the Mexican capital. AS the news dis
patches had it. the communication
carried instructions ito make speedy
representations with the view of Sc
curing the prompt apprehension and
punishment of the perpetrators" How
familiar it all sounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16

The names of McAdoo and Bryan
we're on the Democrat ticket in the
Michigan preferential primaries. de-
spite the announcement of each that
he is not candidate, and the party
in the state nominated Herbert Hoover,
who had declared himself a candidate
for the Republican nomination only.
Michigan Democrats appear to be vot-
ing just as they please. They may do
the same thing in Nevember.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16
Dorothy Dix Tails
BIZ DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Old Woneis.-f.

Sometimes 1 go down to the poorest
part of the city and see the old ~om-
en-. the very flotsam and jetsam Of
life, that misfortune has flung upon
its dirty pavenents. Often these
women are staggering along under
great loads OF sweat-shop work, too
feeble for their strength to bear, or
else their backs are bowed under
loads of wood that they have gath
cred on the street. and that they are
carrying home with which to make a
fire to try to warm their cold old
blood.
Long yeas of toll and hardship,
and priFation have robbed these WON
en- of almost every semblance OF
femininity. Their shoulders are
stopped: their hands are knotted and
gnarled: their vriHkled faces are
parched by sun and wind until the,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16

The entry of the new secretary of
state into the presidents cabinet has
brought no change in our Mexican
policy. But none was expected. The
president said he wanted a secretary
whose mind would run along with his.
and Mr.. Colby's evidently fills the bill.
The military attache of the United
States embassy at Mexico City has
been attacked, and an American citi-
zen has been murdered at Tampico
and a companion probably fatally
wounded. Immediately upon receipt
of the news the secretary called for the
printed forms used in such cases. filled
in the proper names and dates and dis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16

The organization of overall clubs
for the purpose of reducing the cost of
living is announced from a number
of cities in the south. Now look out
for q big advance in the price OF over
alls and a consequent demand for
higher wages by the men who already
are wearing them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16

mot only in Michigan, but every
where over the country" says the De-
troit News. 'it has been taken for
granted for some time that the diff
ference between the two great parties
is not visible even to the eye of an ex-
pert" Are we to conclude from this
that both are right or that both are
wrong?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16

room in my perfectly good spring
suit"
''Bully for Joi" cried Billy. 81 al
waSs knew when 10 came to get mar
ried she'd do it somehow. some way.
wouldn't be 10 if she didn't
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16

newspaper down in Texas pro-
the presidency. So long as Texas does
not offer Burleson for the job she will
be given respectful attention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16

thoroly united as it was following our
entry into the great war. Similar
unity now might bring about peace, as
it brought about victory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16

Two hundred women of Kewanee,
ILL.,. attacked 500 strike breakers with
sticks and stones and it is reported
several of the men were injured. Who
said a women cannot throw straight?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16

Not that it matters. but we do no
wish the impression that the Leonar'
Wood campaign committee is handi
capped thru lack of room to &c
abroad by way of the column.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16

While we greatly admire John Sharl
Williams, we believe Mr.. Villa m
went too far in charging the Repub
lean leaders of the senate with a con
spiracy to cause the death of Mr.. VIII
son. Bad as they are, the Republican
leaders of the senate would not. at thi
critical juncture, attempt to cause tn
death OF the most valuable ally tn
Republican party has had in years
MF. williams is excited.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16

We have referred to it as an enter
polation." 1t isn't of course. But we
don't know what it Is and hope some
it for us.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16

Touching national politics at an
other angle, we wish to acknowledge
the column was in error in stating
that the Leonard Wood campaign
committee had rented suite of ten
rooms in the Congress hotel in Chi
cago. We have since been reliably in
formed that the Leonard Wood cam
paign committee occupies an entire
floor of the Congress hotel, two suites
in the Hotel Sherman and one in tho
Hotel Morrison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16
International
SundaySchoolLesson
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

For April IS is. 1.-THE Victory of
-Gideon's Band."-Judges 7.
The Right Man for a Troubled Time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-04-16

AS we may hitherto have noted. we
merely indicate the scenario. We per
NIT readers of this epic in fiddle-fad
die to write their own script. But the
thing that intrigues us is that @. II.
F. employs the Interpolation (sic)
with such reckless abandon as to Gre
ate the impression that he Knows
what it means. We have always
wished to establish friendly relations
with some cultured soul who knew
what it meant and how TO use 1t.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-15
OHIO REPUBLICAN SAYS
ARDMORE SHOWS ACRES
OF DUCKS AND A Nj An
.A PRESIDENT MAKER

In Ohio we count wild ducks 10y
two's tens and twenty-five's but
out here in oklahoma | see you count
them by the acre" said Bill Miller
Of Columbus, Ohio, today.
Mr. Miller who has served as at
torney-general Of the state OF Ohio,
who has served his own country as
county attorney, who is now practic-
ing law in Columbus and who was
one Of Senator Harding's pre-conven-
tion campaign managers, is in Ard
more spending several days with Ma
tional Committeeman Jake l.. HamOn,
and other prominent Republicans Of
this state.
During the day, Saturday, Fred h.
Ellis promised Mr.. Miller that he would
show him a thousand wild ducks,
Mr.. Miller accepted the invitation to
go with Mr.. Ellis. but never dreamed
but what Mr.. Ellis was speaking
fguratively when he used the term
thousand ducks but upon their
arrival at Battle Springs Country
Club Is miles out of Ardmore, they
saw as many as five acres Of water
covered with wild ducks thicker than
corn stalks grow in Mr.. Miller's home
state.
There was not only thousand
/ ducks" said Mr.. Miller, there were
| thousands Of them, yes there We're
acres of them and | believe that's
the way ducks should be counted in
this state Yes count them by the
acre"
Mr.. Ellis, who learned to shoot
ducks on the big lakes about Law
ton. became busy with the gun and
he bagged Is of the ducks. o. II.
Wolverton Of the City State Bank
bagged eight, and Frank J.. Ketch
brought into camp two OF them. In
all there were rs ducks slaughtered
Frank l.. ketch took charge of the
game and he had it prepared for
dinner last night at Hotel Ardmore.
honoring Mr.. Miller of Ohio.
Seated at the table We're the host
and the honor guest and ten others
comprising Jake l.. Hamon, Roy NJ
Johnson, Fred Il. Ellis. Olin II. VOL
verton, L. IL. Roger, Edwin b. Cox
Charles Kesterson, Julian c. Clopton
Errett Dunlap and John Il. Easley.
The affair was informal, the wild
game was prepared in most ex'
celent manner, the service was the
kind that has made Hotel ArdmorC
famous.
The honor guest, Mr.. Miller. tolC
the friends of Mr.. Hamon the par
that the national committeeman from
oklahoma played in the nomination
of Mr.. Harding. Mr.. IIamon appear
cd upon the scene in Chicago at Z
time when the Harding offices wer'
being closed Tor lack of means. Mr.
Miller said that Mr. Harding wa
not "A rich man. that the men VIII
were back of his pre-convention cam
paign We're not wealthy and the tim
had arrived when they We're unabl
to hold the office open any longe
when Mr. Hamon advanced the none.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-15

Use Ardmoreite Want Ads for quick
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-15
HEALTH WEEK PROGRAM
TIL ROUGHOUT OKLAHOMA
by X. II. WILSON,
State Superintendent Of Schools


One of the most valuable lessons
taught by the war was the value of
health. Public interest in the subject
of health has been growing steadily
ever since the first draft call, and it
has eliminated this year in health
week" in Oklahoma from December
to II.
The week will start with Health
Sunday on December 5, when special
health prayers will be offered in
churches throughout the state. Eyers
Rotary club in Oklahoma is behind
the week, which is also known as In
ternational Rotary Health week. and
the week has been given the approval
and support of the state health de-
partment.
Rotary clubs will observe the week
by making health surveys in their
communities, by devising plans to pre-
vent the spread Of diseases, etc, and
in aiding in the annual sale Of Tuber-
culosis Christmas seals.
All schools under the Jurisdiction
of the state superintendent OF schools
have been authorized TO hold special
health exercises during the first week
in December, simultaneously with the
Tuberculosis Christmas seal sale.
| A healthy citizenship means a citi-
zenship freed from poverty, suffering
and lack of ambition. Many man
is an object of charity because Of all
health. One Of the biggest tasks be-
fore us as Oklahoma is to promote
public health until every one is
happy healthy and progressive
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-15
Woman Fatally Burned

Chelsea, Okla. Nov. l5.-When Mrs.
Pies Cooper, living near the plant
No. 2, of the L!qufied Gasoline com
pany, eight miles north OF here
started to clean some clothes with
casing-head gasoline in her kitchen
an explosion resulted that burned
her so seriously that she is not eX-
pected to live. Her husband. in drag
ging her from the burning home. was
also badly burned. Cooper is foreman
of the plant. Mrs. Cooper Is about
80 years old
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-15

dead man can no more be moved
by the call from ON high than he
can respond to strains of heaven
ly music. / cannot preach to stones,
the mountains, for there is nothing in
either to give any answer TO my
appeal. When conscience is dead,
though angels from Heaven should
preach, the heart gives no answer.
Let it be remembered that there Is
an objectionable sin in every sphere
of life. Let the arm be tied in
sling for seven years and it never
can be used again. Let the eyes be
blinded with bandages for seven years
and they will never see again. Let
the greatest musician begin TO play
ragtime and he loses his power
Nature always takes from us any
power that is not used or is abused
There is an objectionable sin against
health and in business and in music
SO when the conscience or the mind
or any other God given faculty is
misused, God or nature or whatever
power that makes or governs US takes
away that faculty forever. When
conscience no longer functions there
is no contribution for sin and conse-
quently no repentance and no possi-
bility for forgiveness
The objectionable sin then is not
any particular act or sin but is any
sin wilfully continued until repent
ance is past. 1t follows that the
objectionable sin can be committed
by Christians and has been commit
ted when it is impossible to renew
them to repentance seeing that they
have crucified Christ afresh and put
him to open shame. The unpardon-
able sin can be committed by the
man who is not a Christian who per-
slsts in wrong doing against his own
reason, until there is no contrition
Then he is beyond the possibility OF
soul conviction. Without faith 1t is
impossible to please God and mer
can turn away their ears from hear
ing the truth so long that it becomes
to them no more than Changing
cymbal The gospel is the power
Of God only to them who believe
/ Wllul Slllliib DpAt' "i'N
bars the doors of heart and minc
until faith can never come in.
Conclusion: The man who is afraiC
that he has committed the unpardon
able sin has not committed 1t, fol
when it has been committed the con
science is dead and he will nevel
care again. If you do not care to
night as you once did you are OF
the road to the objectionable sin. Th
farther you go in that road Tn
less you will continue to care unit
the cross of Christ will be Of m
, effect, and though one arose from
the dead you would not repent. Men
Stop tonight, there is help for yol
; now, there may be no help for yo'
tomorrow! Not because God is unwill
ing but because you may be unabl
to grasp the life line. Come tonight
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-15
FRIENDS TELL HER
SHE IS NOW LOOKING
10 YEARS YOUNGER

"A few weeks ago my friends and
relatives didn't expect me to live
much longer but now they are all
telling me that | look fifteen years
younger said Mrs. Minnie G. Tay-
lor, $40 21st street Huntington, w.
Va.
During the past year l was so
bad off l spent much of my time
in bed and when | did manage TO
be up it was an effort for me to get
around at all My digestion was so
extremely poor that l was almost
afraid to touch bite and when
did eat anything it was through
force. / suffered untold agOnies after
eating and / felt so nauseated l
could hardly breathe Nervous spells
often came on me and / lost so much
sleep was on the verge Of a COM
pete breakdown. ! tried 50 many
medicines without getting relief, that
almost gave up hope.
"Ffnally one of my friends who had
/ been taking Tanlac advised me to try
| it. Tanlac has built me up from a
nervous wreck to a well and happy
woman. My appetite is just fine and
1 can digest anything ! eat without
the slightest trouble at all Ny
nerves are just as steady RS can be
and [ am sleeping soundly every
night. ! have new life and strength
and | will never be able to pay the
debt of gratitude ! owe Tanlac for
it has been one Of the greatest bless
ings of my life"
Tanlac is sold in Ardmore by GRAY.
lit Drug Co. in Healdton by Smith
Mcknight Drug Co., City Drug Store,
in New Wilson by City Drug Store, in
Pooeville by l.. o. Majors, City Drug
Store, in Lone Grove by Hef'in Drug
Co.--Adv.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-15

that kept the office open, he fur
nished the revenue that resulted in
the nomination Of Warren Harding.
Mr.. Miller said that Ardmore had
as one of its citizens a man that
Harding feels very close to and one
that will always have Il welcome at
the White House during the next ad-
ministration.
During the evening many kind
things were said Of the host, Frank
l.. Ketch, Of his connection with the
building Of the mammoth oil organi-
zation Of the Hamon interests, APP
preciation for his holding the offices
here when the temptation was strong
TO move them away was also heard.
The dinner was most pleasant oc-
casion and the guests shall always
have happy memories of the event
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-15
OKLAHOMA CITY
LIVESTOCK MARKET
Especial to The Ardmoreite)

Especial to The Ardmoreite)
Oklahoma City, Nov. 15.--Cattle:
Receipts 300. Market, slow and
lower with heavy runs to the north.
Steers, quoted with plenty of margin
to protect buyers from quoted top,
ranging from S5 TO $l1.5O; grassers.
1915 to $S.S5; cows, s. to $3.50;
helfers, s. to 80; Gamers and cutters,
SO to 1915; bulls. $3.50 to s4.5O calves,
common, SO to $3.50; calves, good
heavies, $3.50 to $3.50; stockers, $4
to sS
Hogs Receipts. 1900. Markets in
Chicago and Kansas City look steady
at 20 cents higher, while local market
shows nothing doing, at slow to
weak. Best heavies, SIZES to s12.3O;
mediums, S11S5 to $12.20; plain mixed
$l1.5O to S11.S5; pigs, IS to 80.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-11-15

Dr. r. l.. Davidson pastor of the
Broadway Baptist church. went TO
Blackwell today to attend the an
nual Oklahoma Baptist State Con-
vention which opens there Tuesday
morning and continues until Friday.
DR.. Davidson will make the OPEN
ing address at the morning services.