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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-11
NO TAXIS IN LONDON.

London, Feb. 11.-This city is without taxicabs today, owners of these vehicles having withdrawn them from service for 24 hours, be- ginning at midnight, as protest against the increase in the price ot aasaIz@e
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-11
DIRECTORS FILE REPORT.

The directors of the Stanley Court Realty Co. of Stamford filed a repor: in the Superior court today in which they stated that the company has been dissolved. Assets amounting t1 $5,353.33 have been distributed among the stockholders. In their. re- port the directors stated that there are no creditors of the company al present and no claims have been fI. ed against the concern.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-11
LIBRARY CLOSED TOMORROW

The Bridgeport Public Library will be closed all day tomorrow, Linco1ns s Birthday The reading room will be open to the public from to p. m.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-11
3 KILLED; NINE INJURED.

Worcester, Mass, Feb. 11.-Dis- trict Fire Chief Clarence -G.lHemen- way and another firemen were killed today and nine other were badly iR- jured when they were buried under a falling wall that collapsed while they were fighting a blaze in the Royal Woolen Company store house bA@A
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-11
VIOLATED GAME LAW.

Columbia, S. C., Feb 11.-In sending President Wilson a wild tur- key S. B. McMaster, a local sports man, violated a state game law and was fined ten dollars.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-11
The Weather

Bridgeport and vicinity Fair and slightly warmer to- night; Thursday fair.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15

The large cotton buyers purchase
for the account Of the mills for ex-
porters or for clients abroad. They
are usually firms Of strong financial
standing. and they are bankers Of fac
tors themselves. financing growers or
small buyers during the growing Of
the crop and the drst concentration of
the cotton. But when the large move
ment OF cotton is on 1t is frequently
necessary that they. like the local
banks. must be financed In order that
they may execute their orders or, as
Is frequently the case, accept cotton
sent to them on consignment
Until recently warehousIng In Its re-
lations to the textile trade had not
been developed to the extent which
might have been expected. Modern
warehouses Of approved type. however,
with all requisite facilities will soon
be established.
The cotton merchants have estab.
lished great common markets where
they may meet and enter into transac.
tons with each other. and the whole
world. which are necessary to bring
the cotton into the channels of com.
ruerce and keep It moving to Its multi.
tudInous destinations. These markets
are In addition to the numerous local
markets where the preliminary con.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15

centration takes place, and to some
extent they are subsidiary to the lat
ter, where the cotton of the actual
quantity and quality they are seeking
Is to be had In the first instance. Yet
1t Is the great markets which establish
the prices.
These great cotton markets are
those Of New York and New Orleans,
in the United States; Liverpool, In
England; Bremen, IN Germany; Havre,
In France; Alexandria, In Egypt and
Bombay, In India.
The output Of the manufacturer
finds Its way to the ultimate consumer
through variety OF channels. What
these are will d,pend upon how the
various mills are organized, and their
respective policies as to the marketing
Of their products. Some mills, usually
very large organizations, will have
plants completely equipped, In every
department, spinning, weaving. dyeing,
printing. finishing. etc, and will process
all Of their goods themselves in every
detail. Offering them on the market In
their finished form.
Then there are q great number OF
cotton mills, many of them Of very
large size, which do no weaving at all,
but conflne themselves 20 spinning
finding r market for ,beir ynyps VIII
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15
{ B JEFFERY FROM STATE
HEADQUAR TERS PH0N {
COMPANY VISITS HERE

Ardmore has recently been made
district headquarters for the South
western Bell Telephone Company ac-
cording to n statement made today
by F.. r. Jeffrey. Mr. Jeffrey Is
commercial superintendent for the
south half Of the state with head
quarters in Oklahoma City and he is
here for n few days looking after the
business OF the local plant and visiting
with the manager w. II. Berry.
On account OF this honor having
been conferred upon the city all the
superIntendents for the district will
make their headquarters here. Among
these people are b. l.. Rasor, who
formerly lived here and who has re-
turned to Ardmore. He is the plant
superintendent and has charge OF the
installation and maintenance work
II. o. McEwen who is district traffic
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15
TWO MEN ARE ARRESTED
ON CHARGE OF THEFT
OF AUTOMOBILE PA RTS

Policemen Allen Crosby and Ed
Chancellor yesterday arrested Joe T
Maddox and Willie Buchamon. who 1t
is alleged stole three new castings,
three rims. and innertubes from the
automobile of Jim Wales some time
last week. at sulphur
The police were called to the An
drews Salvage House where the alleg-
ed thieves were reported as trying
to sell their booty. Upon tho entry
into ths place OF Chancellor. the men
jumped into a Buick touring car and
attempted. to make getaway. The
police followed in the motor patrol
bus and apprehended the men on
North Washington street. where a
blockade OF traffic caused them to
slow down.
In the Buick were found two c2s-
ines. two tubes. and two rims, which
were stolen at sulphur.
One OF the men is now In Ardmore
JAIL while the other has been turned
ov.r In tha authorities at SULPHUR.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15

The management Of the Roundup
Association, have arranged for box.
ing carnival at Convention Hall Fri
day night and have arranged a very
attractive card Tor the benefit OF the
fans.
Bobby Hughes Of New orleans meets
Mutt Mckee Of Oklahoma City In the
main event Of u rounds Battling
Harris OF New orleans, meets Jimmy
Riley of Tulsa In ten round ~
and beside there. good prcllminarics
and semi-wind-up will feature the
evening.
The show starts promptly at $50
o'clock and the rccords ~ the mcu
engaged entities the managers to o
good house.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15
SUFFRAGE TANGLE
c.,or,or Of Connecticut Withholds
Certificate Following Action
of the Legislature

Y Hartford. Conn" Sept ie'-uoVer,'u' vs
Marcus II. Holcomb, doubling s ene
LEGALITY Of the ratification OF the ls.h
amendment. by the legislature yester-
Say has withheld certification OF the
ytction. ,, ,t r,o,or for the
suffrage association, last night ISSUED
copy OF the ratification ana lei'
for washington to file 1t with secre-
tary OF state Colby. - ,.,,
The legislature has been called ih.o
.sss,on next Tuesday to receive from
Governor Holcomb the script Q, tns
18th amendment and proeiar'auV,' !,
which Secretary Colby sent him. anu
on which he expects the legislature
TO act.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15
',Ss :nsny ,-s-ts, ln-- vs.ch hsve

re many y.s~ts, ih-- ~s.ch hsve
sHlraing plants.
Numerous Mills, both large ard
snail. manufacturing, principally,
goods Of a staple grade, which may
either be Of fne or coarse character,
sell their entire product in the gray,
or unfinished state.
A substantial part Of the output OF
the mills (but -~ullng Ike that OF for
ner years, and it grows relatively
smaller every year) is disposed OF d.
rectly to dry goods jcb5ing houses and
by them 10 retail dealers, Who sell 1t
BY the yard to the consumer. A fur'
ther enormous yardage passes even
rually through the cutting houses
which manufacture garments OF every
kind, from overalls to paJamas or from
ra,ncoats to shirts. and dispose OF
their products to distributors VINO
eventually sell them to the puphc.
Then there are retailers whose re-
ouirements for goods Of particular
kinds are so considerable that their
orders are of sufficient magnitude 10
warrant the mills in dealing Win tnem
direct.
Asain. there are the great mall Or
der bouses. with gigantic annual
turnover. whose catalogues 60 to every
mart of the land, and which handle
great quantities Of piece goods, as
we'll as made-up garments, and whose
custom is eagerly sought for. In ao-
d,t,on 70 these, and other domestic
outlets. a great quantity OF goods N
produced for export Such goods are
handled through houses specially or
ganized for that trade
The financing of the cloth market
again illustrates the economic impor-
tance of banking service. The mill
frequently pays cash for Its raw stock'
or else buys upon short term noees.
The average mill does not have .
working capital large enough to enable
II "a tie up the thousands Of dollars
necessary for such a proceeding, as
well ms the funds which must con-
stantly be paid out for wages, for op-
Grafton expenses Of all kinds, for up
keep. and all other overhead. Mills
as matter Of fact are frequent bor'
rowers, either from general banks. or
from textile banks or factors, or from
their selling agents, who combine their
primary and original function OF SELL
ing with that Of supplying financial
assistance.
| Despite the very remarkable growth
which had taken place between 1910
and 1913, the United States ranked
fifth among the nations exporting cot
ton goods.
Until recently, the banking facilities
abroad were insufficient to the needs
of q greater commerce and shipping
facilities, in pre-war days, were not
such as to make regular shipments pos
sibe to many foreign markets.
The war served to disarrange the sys-
TEN of cotton cloth distribution Of the
whole world. While In 1913 our total
exports Of cotton goods amounted to
about 445,0OO.0O0 yards, in 1917 the
figure was about 69O,O00,0O0 yards, an
increase Of flfty-five per cent The
Increase. moreover, had been In the
colored cottons, the uncolsred cloths
showing an actual decrease.
Our best ond most vermanept mar
kets are probably to be found in such
countries as Cuba, Mexico, the Philip
pines, and CNAnal and esuth America,
and, to a certain e1tsnt Canada and
Ause,~a,. ed psyts Of Asia aud
! Afy$~N
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15
REAL ESTATE MAN IS
NOW ENTHUSIASTIC
CON CERN|NG TANLAC

Nothing in the world can beat
Tanlac as medicine" said A. F.
Barr, of 46l5 Park Blvd. San Diego,
Cal Mr.. Barr is one Of the best
known and most highly esteemed
real estate. loan and Insurance men
of San Diego
Il am feeling better and stronger
than for twenty-eight years" he said,
"and l can't make my endorsement
Of Tanlac too strong.
MY troubles started with indiges-
ton and gas on my stomach, then
my nerves went to pieces and at times
couldn't bear people talking in my
presence. Nothing | could do seemed
to help me and | remained in this
condition twenty-five years. fell off
in weight to a hundred and nine
pounds and got so ! couldn't sleep
at night: my stomach swelled up with
gas after nearly every meal and l be-
came so weak | had to give up my
business almost entirely. tried
everything | knew Of but didn't even
get temporary relief.
"one day my doctor said; why
don't you try Tanlac? believe /,
will help you" acted on his sug-
gestion at once and before finished
the first bottle was astonished
at the way had improved. kept
on getting better right along until
now am well man. after suffering
more than a quarter Of n century. ]
eat anything. my stomach and nerves
are In excellent shape. My recovery
is the talk OF the neighbors, and II
anyone doubts this tell them TO see
me or write me"
Tanlac Is sold in Ardmore by Grav-
1T Drug Co. Healdton by smith
Mcknight Drug Co., and city Drug
store. in New Wilson by city Drug
Store. in Poolevile by l.. o. Majors
and Lone Grove by Hefin Drug Co
adv.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15
MANAGER OF TELEGRAPH
COMPANY ASKS 7AE
COOPE TION e PUBLIC

W T. Salisbury r-"~ ger OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company
rerorts that he is greatly handlcan-
ned on account Of being unap'e 70
secure boys for messenger serN' W
and has had to resort to other means
70 rst messages delivered in the city
FOR some time boys were In serV-
ice but they have not been apie 10
cc,tinue. on account OF ch'eri"s
ecbools Girls were also enlploEeN
fo, n time and while hey were re-
coraed as more courtc us ana eili-
cicnti than boys. they dld not use
,,,o,,c,ess and as n result were slower
an making deliveries of messages
and for that reason were no' who'''
satisfactory.
Mr. Salisbury has been employing
sary,,cc cars at So per hour TO make
ao,iyor;es for several days. but says
,hat there are several boys in 'hf
oirv who are not attending school
Vim would make good delivery CLERKS
oou,d they be induced to work
THE cltv has been divided in zones
o,a messenger boys are paid by the
,iece for making deliveries SUM
hovs recently made as hlgh as S-V
nor week, and some as low as w. pu.
Inc general average would be aoou'
sl5 a, this time, which Mr.. SALISBURY
thinl:s pretty fair wages for 00S
10 earn. q.
Under. the state laws boys oil ~
,.oors Of age or over must be EN-
ployed for night service ana .os % o;S
service they must be 10 years o'>'
or over ao,,res
Mr.. salisbury says that he desires IS
70 give good service and Is Wiling 70
nav we'll for help, hut asks that tho
nublc cooperate with him In making
this possible.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15

while New England had climbed to
only l,753,2S2. However, as competi.
tion with the South increased, New
England following the earlier lead Of
Old England, has tended always to
produce q finer and finer quality Of
cloth, leaving the coarser grades Of
sheeting, drills and ducks to the South
ern mills.
At any stage OF the industry. cot
ton represents a large part Of the ma
tion's wealth. There are two very
clearly marked stages In the process
Of financing. The first has to do with
the raw cotton, as 1t goes from planter
to mill. The second has to do with
the journey from mill to consumer.
The first Is usually called the raw
cotton market and the second the
cloth market The planter begins his
work early In the spring. His crop is
dependent upon his ability to pay for
tool1 and machinery and his own ex-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15

In police court this morning. J. W.
Blevlns was fined s. for violation Of
the traffic ordnance
Two cash bonds OF 800 each were
declared as forfeited by the mayor
this morning. when the persons who
had put them up failed 20 appear at
court. They were lnez Wright and
Olive Bills, In whose possession was
found a quantity Of morphine
Ed Clancy was fined $40 for disturb
ing the peace. Two officers had
called at Clancy's room to seek some
information. He refused them ad-
mittance at first. and told them to
go to HI" whereupon the police
men made the arrest.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15

penses. Small planters must borrow
money with the growing crop as
basis. They may borrow from the
country merchant Credit here Is
through the "charge account" system.
whereby the merchant supplies the
planters wants by giving credit to bis
farm hands. When the picking season
begins the merchant may take the cot
ton, credltlng the grower at the mar.
ket price. The cotton Is sold TO local
buyers or occasionally to shippers or
exporters. In the case OF the larger
plantations or groups of plantations,
operated by syndicates or corpora.
tions, the cotton Is frequently shipped
direct to the mill or more often to q
warehouse. The larger producers, In
stead of getting their credit from the
local stores. as their tenant farmers
do, are financed either By their bank
or by their buyers. who In turn are
financed by their bankers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15

Oklahoma City.-Increase OF tele-
phone rates in Oklahoma City, Tulsa
Okmulgec, Muskogee and Ardmore was
asked by the Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone Company in applications filed
with the state corporation commits
sion Hearing was set for October 3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15
BY FRANCIS n. sissoN,

By FRANCIS n. SISSON,
Nee President Of Guaranty Trust Com.
pany Of New York
~HE United States for some
time to come, as II has been
~ doing for years. will con.
tinue to supply the greater
part of the worlds raw cot.
ton. Cotton is second in value OF all
the crops Of this country. and furnishes
approximately fifty-six per cent Of the
worlds total. No single competitor ap-
proaches It India follows with II per
cent; China with 13h per cent; Egypt
and Russia with Az per cent. and the
remaining AZ per cent Is made up by
Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Turkey, Persia,
Japan and several other countries.
The United States first became an
important cotton producing country
toward the end Of the eighteenth cen.
fury. This development was sudden
In 1892 the United States exported
only 275 bales. The next year. 1893
III which Ell Whitney invented the cot
ton gin and revolutionized ihe Indus
try. Is the most important In the his
tory Of cotton growing In the United
States. The acreage increased enor
mously. The volume OF exports leapet
overnight. New England became 9
cotton goods manufacturing center
Iron works and coal mines were aban
doned and men turned their energies
from the culture OF corn. rice. ant
indigo largely TO the raising Of cotton
The Civil War and the freeing OF thu
slaves held up production only tempo
rarily. In 1914. the banner year. ths
crop reached the tremendous total o.
16.lS4930 bales, OF fve hundred
pounds each. There are now $4,000.
600 acres devoted 70 cotton. a seven
teen fold increase since 1899. when tn,
first statistics were complied.
A little spinning had been done her,
in the seventeenth century, but II
1TS7.SS the first regular factory, locat
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15

ed In Beverly, Mass. was put into
operation by group headed by John
Cabot and Joshua Fisher. This fac
tory failed chiefly because of the
crudeness of the machinery. But Sam
uel Slater. newly come from England
with models Of the Arkwright machin-
cry In his brain, set up factory in
Pawtucket In 100. From that time
forth the growth was steady and sure.
In manufacturing. however. we have
not led. though Europe has drawn on
us largely for the raw material. In
1910 American cotton made up almost
exactly three-quarters Of the whole
amount imported into Great Britain
The other countries Of Europe have
also developed spianng industry by
no means inconsiderable and Ameri-
can cotton Is sent to almost all those
European countries which spin and
| weave
British supremacy in cotton manu-
featuring has never been truly chal-
lenged, but there has been an appre-
ciable growth in several other coun-
tries. and in Germany and Japan, at
least, the recent development has been
little short OF phenomenal.
1t has been In the South that the
growth Of the American cotton manu-
featuring industry In the last few de.
cades has been most phenomenal. In
1850 there were 324,052 splndles in the
cotton growing states. compared with
S.632, ,0S1 In New England. In 1917
the figures we're: Northern States
19, ,S356S2 spindles devoted to cotton
spinning exclusively; Southern States
14.292,9lS spindles.
About 1880 the southerner first saw
bis opportunity in manufacturing his
own cotton. Then he was consuming
only 1SS.14S bales. while New England
took 1.l29.49S. In ten years he was
utilizing more than half million bales
while New England had just passed
the million and half mar. In 100;
the South consumed 2,140,151 bales
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15

chief is making his headquarters
here. His district reaches from here
to the Arkansas line on the east.
+. j.. Clark who is district manager
has moved here and assumed his
duties.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15
TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES

NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
WILL GO TO PRESS SOON; AR
RANGE FOR CHANGES, FULL
FACE TYPE AND ADVERTISE
MENT AT ONCE. SOUTHWESTERN
BELL TELEPHONE co. 1873
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15
WANTED BIDS

on additional to school bu.ldius
springda'e. Oklahoma. Plans AMI sn,
ciflcatlons may be had at count
superintendents office. office In cour
house. also at Cornwall s Chowu.nt
Lumber Co.. Blvens. Corhn and Frcns.
ley Hardware Co. Bids will be urcr
at 2 y. m. Saturday. September th'
18th. 1890. In county superintendent
office. Ardmore. Okla.
published In Daily Arimorei,c
Sept. IS. and ls. ies0).
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15
A Correction

Due to typographical error. the cost
Of the proposed American Legion
building TO be erected by popular
subscription. was printed as $4,000
to $4,000, II should have read $780,
100 To s5QQ.QaA
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15
EXTRA SESSION CALLED

Austin. Texas, Sept. i5.-The Texas
legislature was called to convene In
apcclal session at II o'clock Sept.
III. hy Governor Hobby today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-09-15

Use Arimorelte waas Aas for quick
rasi,i's.
South Bend news-times., 1920-12-09
TWO CHICAGO MEN
HELD ON SUSPICION
OF STEALING GOODS

Two men giving the names OF r
". McGrdth and A W. Perkins,
residence Chicago, are being held
at the local police station They
were arrested Wednesday morning
on the north side OF tho river where
they were trying 10 dispose OF shoes
and wash ties. They are travelling
In & Ford touring machine and
when taken into custody had six
cases OF shoes, about 80 pairs and
about So dozen of ties. Chief Pfen-
der has wired Chicago and various
other cities, as it - thought that the
men might have been implicated IN
some Of the recent robberies and
brought the goods here to dispose
OF them.
According to information received
the men were endeavoring 70 sell
their goods at wholesale to mer-
chants in the west end OF the city.
They claim 20 have bought the me--
chandise from Sears & Roebuck.
one of them told Chief Pfender that
his partner owned a store on Van
Buren St, Chicago.
Mct1Tath and Perkins will be held
here until word has been received
from the Chicago authorities.
South Bend news-times., 1920-12-09
ARMY WILL
PROVIDE XMAS CHEER

The local branch OF the Salvation
Army is apL ealing for funds 20 pro-
vide a Christmas basket 20 needy
families. Ensign SChnarr and his
co-worker have started on n collec-
tion campaign. which. II is thought
will be OF such liberal proportion
as 20 insure well filled baskets
These VIII contain chicken. potatoes.
canned fruit. vegetables. cranber-
ries, celery. etc. Friends OF the army
are asked 20 keep the pot boiling. d"
The ensign has received a letter
containing a dollar from a man who
is out OF work and who Is sorry he
could not make Il more. Anyone
willing 10 help il asked 20 call
MishaWaka 69a-
South Bend news-times., 1920-12-09
DENIES MICHIGAN
POTATOES IRE HELD
FOR PRICE INCREASE

CADILLAC, Mich. Dec. s.
Michigan potatoes are not being
stored in warehouses in anticipation
OF a high price, according 10 A. B.
Large, manager of the Michigan po-
tato growers exchange here today.
Michigan potatoes are OF the
highest quality and demand a high
premium In all markets" he said.
There il a constant market for the
Wolverine tubers and consequently
no reason for holding for higher
prices"
The congestion in warehouses Is
caused by a shortage OF cars and
said