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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10
ARDM0RE OIL MEN
ARE PLEASED OVER
NEWS FROM DUN CAN

Judge Thomas w. Champion had a
telephone message from Duncan this
morning in which it was stated that
tho Empire well to the west OF the
discovery well at Duncan had been
drilled into the sand. The discovery
well is in 80, 1s.Sw and the offset is
in 80, 1s.Sw.! The offset well is said
to be a better producer than the dis
covery well which means that 1t Is
making better than 1000 barrels. The
Shamrock well in 4, 2s.Sw which
Is southeast diagonal offset to the
discovery well Is in the pay sand
and has made two or three flows and
is being swabbed. Both of these
wells were drilled into the sands with
rotary tools. a well in "a, ls.Sw has
been drilled to the top of the SAND
with rotary tools. and the pipe has
been cemented and standard tools will
be moved in to make the completion.
The same report is made with refer
ence 10 the Writ Franklin we'll in
section 9, 2s-Sw which is the farthest
we'll drilling on the west side. The
Empire also has an east offset TO
the discovery we'll which is near the
sand level These wells made the
Duncan field look mighty good and
the interest manifested here is in
tense. Ardmore people have made
big investments there. The Ardmore.
ite will carry story within a few
days which will give a minute de.
scription of the holdings and of the
activities of the Ardmore boys in
that field. Writ Franklin is pos.
sbly the heaviest buyer in the field
His investments are estimated at Il
half million.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10
GEN OBREGON CAPTURES
BIG CITY ON GULF COAST.

Houston, Texas, May l0.--Tampico,
important oil town on the Gulf of
Mexico, capitulated to forces Of Cen
eral Obregon yesterday according TO
radio advices received by local oil
interests here early this morning The
advices said the town went over to
TO the revolutionsts without serious
disorder.
The message received here was
filed with the United States gunboat
Sacramento at Tampico by an Off
cial Of the Mexican Gulf Oil Company
and was addressed TO the Gulf Re-
filming Company, at Houston.
The advices stated that revolution
lists troops entered the customs house
Sunday at 4:30 o'clock. The mill
tary commander escaped on the gov.
ernment steamer Jalisco. with files
and records, it was said.
The city is quiet this morning and
Is well policed by municipal and mill
tary authorities, the message, which
was filed Sunday, declared.
Foreigners were unm olested accord.
ing to the message, and operations in
the big oil fields around Tampico
were said TO be proceeding unmolest-
ed.
The message stated that advices
received from Mexico City before Tam
pico went over to the revolutionists
declared that several government de-
partments were prepared to leave the
capital, for Vera Cruz. The sender
Of the message declared it was re.
ported in Tampico that Vera Cruz
Is now the seat OF the Carranza
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10
COMMUNIST GANGSTERS
FACING FEDERAL COU RT|
ON CONSPIRACY CHARGES

Chicago, May 10.-Twenty-six al
legged radicals who are said to have
gathered here last September to form
the communist labor party were
placed on trial in criminal court
this morning charged with conspir.
acy to advocate the overthrow Of the
United States government and with
criminal syndicalism.
They ara numbered among the 165
communists, /. w. w. and commu.
mist laborites in last January follow
ing the nationwide roundup OF sus-
pected radicals.
Forty.two, including three women,
were indicted as organizers OF the
communist labor rarty, but 16 have
never been apprehended. Several are
reported to nave fled to Mexico and
Europe. One, John Reed, Harvard
graduate, magazine writer, author
and first bolsheviki envoy to the
United States. is now in Jail at Abo
Finland. according to state depart.
ment reports, accused Of smuggling
from bolsheviki Russia.
What effect Secretary OF Labor
Wilson's ruling that membership in
the communist labor party did not
constitute grounds for deportation,
will have on the trial Is problemat-
zeal. The state contends 1t will have
ncne as the defendants are American
citizens charged with conspiracy.
The outstanding figure of the group
which faced Judge Oscar Hebel, in
criminal court this morning is vii.
liam Bross Lloyd. millionaire ser.
geant-at.arms of the communist Ia.
Dor convention. Lloyd, who Is the
son of the late Henry D. Lloyd said
TO have been a rich Boston philanthro.
pist, Is a plose friends of William d.
tBig Bill Haywood, former secre.
tary gen.ial of the /. w. W. and
now head of the /. w, w. national
defense committee. Haywood is un-
der sentence Of 20 years in Leaven-
worth peritentiary, but is at liberty,
under bond furnished by Lloyd pend.
ing an appeal, which will be heard
next Monday in federal court here.
Lloyd also furnished $4,000 bond
for Haywood when the /. w. w. lead
er was arrested in the January round.
up and indicted by the state.
States attorneys are prepared to
submit samples from tons of pampil,
lets, books and records seized in
raids ON radical heaquarters here tc
support the charge Ct conspiracy.
The trial. they estimate, will last
three months Selection Of jury
alone is expected to take from four
to six weeks and exhaust a venire.
Of 1,4O0 men, as each, side will have
300 challenges.
Among the state witnesses will be
Ole Hanson, former mayors of Seattle
and member of the central eXecu-
tive committee" which attempted TO
rule Winnipeg, Canada, during the
strike last year
The defense is represented by n |
of leading lawyers, several of
whom have been identified with near
ly every prominent socialist or radi-
cal trial in recent years. Among them
are Clarence Darrow, Seymour Sted
mann, and William A. Cunneau.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10
CHA| RIM A n REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL COMMITTEE IS
D RDA|N Ed AN ELDER

Sullivan, Ind, May 1O,--Will Hays.
chairman of the republican national
committee was 'ordaned an elder in
the Presbyterian church of this city
yesterday. Chairman Hays has been
an active member Of the local church
for a number of years, having taught
a class\of boys in the Sunday school
for more than 15 years.
In being ordained, Mr. Hays sue.
cceds to the office of his father, the
late John Hays, who was an elder
for 30 years.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10
SPECIAL MISSION TO BE
CONDUCTED AT ST. MARY'S
CATHOLIC CHURCH

The Very Reverend Henry Becker,
OF the Redemptorists Order of San
Antonio, Tex, will arrive in Ard.
more during the week and beginning
Sunday, May u at 9 o'clock Mass
will conduct a Mission study at st
Mary's Catholic church.
The Redemptorists Order make q
speciality of preaching Missions, hence
its members are well fitted for the
work.
Father Becker will give short In
struction each morning at Mass and
each evening will give q lecture talk
ing as his subject 1.-The Holy Catholic
Faith"
The missions Is not intended for
Catholics alone, but also nonCatholics
to whom the members of st. Mary's
Parish extend hearty welcome.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10
THE STATE CORPORATION
COMM |SS|ONER RUSSELL
TO Be VISITOR HERE

State Corporation Commissioner
Campbell Russell and Mrs. Russell
will arrive here early tomorrow and
Mr.. Russell will conduct the case for
the city Of Ardmore against the San.
Ia Fe Railway Company in which the
city has asked that Pullman service
be established between here and Ok
lahorna City.
The Chamber of Commerce has re-
1uested Campbell Russell to speak to
these people tomorrow night at the
Convention Hall. Mr.. Russell has
accepted the invitation and the Cham.
Der of Commerce requests that tho
people hear the commissioner. His
talk will be along live issues that
affect the state. Mr.. Russell has
many close friends in this city who
will be glad to learn of this announce.
ment
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10
FIFTEEN HUNDRED men
IN DOCK SHOPS QUIT
WORK TO JOIN STRIKE

Pittsburg, Pa May 10.-Fifteen
hundred shopmen in the McKees
docks shops Of Prittsburg and Lake
Erie railroad failed to report for
work today, having voted in secret
meeting last night, 1t was stated, to
join the striking yard crews.
Six men who attempted to speak
at a street meeting Of the national
committee of iron and steel workers
and the American civil liberties union
at Du Quesne, 4 steel town near
here, were today sentenced to serve
thirty days in the Allegheny county
jail.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10
MIR. AND MRS. CROCKETT IN
OKLAHOMA CITY THIS WEEK

c. A. Crockett. manager OF Bass
Furniture Company. went to Okla.
homa City yesterday on short bus.
iness trip. Mrs. Crockett preceded
him one day and win remain there
several days for n visit with friends
and relatlvcg,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10
AMER| CAN RESTAURANT
KEEPER SHOT RECENTLY
BY N EX|CA \ TROOPS

Los Angeles. Cal. May l0.-Mrs.
Harry II. Lyons of Ventura today re.
ceived word that her husband. an
American was shot by Mexicans in the
state of Durango late in April ac.
cording to a story which the exam
iner printed today.
Lyons had been conducting a res.
taurant in the Mexican state, the
name of the town not being stated,
according to the story.
1t is declared that Lyons was
arrested by men opposed by the
Carranza gfernment and executed
after being sentenced by military
tribunal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10
COTTON GROWERS PLAN
COOPERATIVE SHIPPING

Oklahoma City, Okla, May 10
Merabers of the Oklahoma Cotton
Growers Association began a two.day
meeting here today for the purpose
of formulating plans for cooperative
cotton shipping and marketing faclli.
ties in every section of the state. 1t
was said the association would oper-
ate gins, provide storage and market
Oklahoma cotton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10
CONVENTION DELEGATES
TO MEET SENATOR OWEN

Oklahoma City. Okla, May 1O.---A
call for all democratic national con.
vention delegates from Oklahoma to
meet with Senator Robert l.. owen
on the morning of May "a, at the
governors office. was announced to.
day by Governor Robertson.
Senator owen requested the gov
crnor by telegram to call the meet.
ing What matters are to be discuss.
ed at the meeting, the governor said
1t not know
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10
Organize Medical Fraternity

Norman, May l0,-The organiza.
tion of Alpha Sigma, local medical
fraternity at the University of Ok.
lahoma to petition Alpha Kappa Kap.
pa, was announced by twelve Sooner
medical students this week. Founders
of the new local are B. +. Dozier
Pond Creek; Hugh Sites, Norman;
Stark Caspter, Okeene; w. r. Ma
gors, Burkburnett. Tex; Earl Gar.
side, Norman; Ellis Moore. Oklahoma
City; Dave Stuteman, Shreveport, La.
Quintos Wilson, Blackwell; Charles f..
White, Muskogee; william Lunsford.
Poteau; Merle Cliff, Blackwell; and
j. Sims Norman, Trenton, Tex.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10
Prominent Carranzistas Shot

81 Paso, Texas, May 10.--General
Candido Aguilar, son.in-law OF Presi.
dent Carranza and Francisco Muir.
guia, have been executed, according to
an unconfirmed report received here
today by Roberto V. Pesluelra, revo.
lutionary financial agent in the Unit.
ed States.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10
sKIWANIS CLUB TO MEET
AT MAIN CAFE

The regular weekly meeting OF the
kiwanis Club will be held tomorrow
at tie Main Cafe promptly at 1915
O'clock All members are urged to
be present promptly.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10
Attends Directors Meeting.

j. Robert Gillian left today for Ok.
lahoma City to attend meeting Of
the directors of the Oklahoma Saw.
ings and Loan Association Of which
he Is the nresident.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10

New York, May 1o--The national
socialist party nominated Eugene V.
Debs. as its candidate for president
at meeting at which speakers de.
nounced both the republican and
democratic paltios -..-.------..-.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10

Washington, May 1O.--The Ameri-
can embassy reported that revolu'
tionary forces occupied Mexico City,
that there was no disorder and that
foreigners were not molested.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10
preadnaught Oklahoma Sails.

Washington, May l0,-The dread.
naught Oklahoma was ordered today
to proceed from New York to Key
West, Fla, for possible duty in Mex.
Jean waters.
The ship will stop en- route at Phil.
adelphia to take on a full company OF
marines from the League Island sta.
ton. She is expected to arrive there
tonight.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10
Weather Forecast

Oklahoma: Tonight and Tuesday
cloudy, probably thunder showers.
East Texas: Tonight and Tues
day scattered thunder showers
West Texas: Tonight and Tues
day partly cloudy to cloudy, prob
ably thunder showers in the Pan.
handle.
Local Temperature
Maximum yesterday, 80 degrees.
Minimum last night, 60 degrees,
Rainfall
Precipitation to Z q zn.v -. inoh.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-10
Over 6,OOO Americans in Mexico

Washington, May 10-Estimates Of
the state department placed the mum.
ber Of Americans in Mexico at be-
twen 5000 and 1000 including radi-
calls and draft evaders. The depart.
ment had no additional advices today
from the American embassy or any of
It's agents in Mexico.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
DOLLS

We are showing the best assortment
OF Imported and Domestic dolls in the
country.
Sleeping Dolls with Hair $3.50 to SIS. 90
dressed Dolls - ---------35c to $1.25
emma Limb Dolls - --------25c to SOC
Rubber Dolls 1Oc to soc
Celluloid Dolls Internationally 1Oc to SOC
Novelty Dolls -1Oc to S.. 90
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15

said the said lot being known as Lot
No. 3 on a map of town lots of j. NJ.
Bradham of record in office of Clerk
'of Court for said County; the whole
lot measuring seventy (7O) feet front
on Bradham Avenue and having a
depth of two hundred and fourteen
and one half feet on it's eastern line
and two hundred and eight (208) feet
on its western line and bounded as fol-
lows: on the North by lands of
Rhame; East by Lot No. 8 hereinbe
fore conveyed; South by Bradham
Avenue and on the West by Lot No.
ID. 1t being the intention of the
grantor herein to convey unto the
grantee the eastern half of said lot,
so that part herein conveyed shall
measure thirty-fvo feet on Bradham
Avenue and thirty-tivc and one-half
l35la) feet on its Northern Boundary
line.
Terms cash, purchaser to pay for
papers.
+. X. Plowden,
Sheriff of Clarendon County.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
MOTION PICTURE MEN
PLEDGE 81, 800 900

New York, Dec. 14.-The motion
picture industry in America today
pledge ditself to Herbert Hoover tc
raise $2,500,000 to succor starving chi1
dren in Europe.
Mr. Hoover, addressing a confer
cnce of film magnates meeting to dis
cuss plans for combating proposed
Sunday "bluc laws" asked that they
arrange to rescue $4,000 of the $500
600 children reported in imminent
periol Of starvation saying relief So
cicties would be forced to suspend
operation sunless aid came within
sixty days.
William A. Brady, president of the
National Association of the Motion
Picture Industry and Sidney r. Co.
Zen, president Of the Motion Picture
Owners of the United States, then
pledged the industry to raise $780,
coo. -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
Harry Steinhardt, Ida Stemhardt, B
Walker Holladay and l.. II. Har.

| VS..
Harry Steinhardt, Ida Stemhardt, B.
| Walker Holladay and l.. H. Har-
vim, Defendants.
Pursuant to Decree of the Court
of Common Pleas for said County and
State, made in above entitled action
to me directed, which Decree is dated
December 18th, 1920, |, f.. r. Plowden
Sheriff of Clarendon County, will sell
at public auction to the highest bid
der for cash on Monday, the third day
of January, 1921, being salcsday,
within the legal hours for judicial
sales, in front Of Tie Court House at
| Manning, S. c., the following is de-
scrlption of the mortgagcd premises
hcrcinbcforc mcntioncd:
!. All those certain lots Of land
of land known, numbered and dcsig-
mated as lots numbers q to 27 inclu-
sivc on that certain plat of the estate
lands of the Walker property, record
ed in Office of Clerk of Court of Com
mon Pleas for Clarendon County in
Plat Book No. 5 at page IS, to which
plah reference is hereby directed for a
more full, particular and detailed de-
Scrlption than is here given, and which
plat is hereby adopted and made part
and parcel of this description.
:. All those certain lots Of land in
the County Of Clarendon South Caro-
lima, known numbered and designated
as lots numbers ninety, one hundred
four and one hundred five on a plat of
the lands Of estate Of Walker, which
is duly recorded i'm Plat Book 5, at
page Is, in the Office of the Clerk of
Court Of Common Pleas, Clarendon
County, and to which reference is
hereby directed for a more full, par
ticular and detailed description than
is here given, and which plat is here
by adopted and made part and parcel
of this description.
3. All that certain, piece, parcel or
lot of land lying, being and situated
in the Town of Manning, County of
Clarendon and State aforesaid, being
Lot No. 8 on a map of town lots of
}. M. Bradham Of record in office of
Clerk of Court for said County, said
lot measuring seventy (70) feet in
front on Bradham Avenue and having
n depth of two hundred twenty-one
(22D feet on it's eastern line, and two
hundred and fourteen and onc-half
feet on it's western line, and being
bounded as follows: North by lands
of Rhame; East by Lot No. 7 on said
map; South by Bradha mAvenuc and
West by Lot No. 9 nsaid map, said
lot measuring seventy and one-half
I7O@) feet on its northern boundary
line.
4. Also all that certain eastern
half of that lot of land situate, lying
and being in the Town of Manning,
County Of Clarendon and State aforc-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
"OPEN SHOP POLICY
FIGHT IS ON, CLAIM
Big Steel Concerns Charged Witt,
Blocking Operations
WHERE UNION MEN WORK
Heads Of Two Of Americas Largest
y Building Companies Furnish Tes-
timnny

New York, Dec. 14.-Testimony that
the Bethlehem Steel Company, the
United States Steel Corporation and
manufacturers of fabricated steel are
blocking building operations in New
York, and other cities by attempting
to force their "open shop" policy upon
builders who employ union men was
heard today by the joint Legislative
committee Investigating the alleged
builders trust"
Instalment of the "open shop" prin-
ciple in steel construction in New
York and Philadelphia, it was testi-
fed, is merely the "opening wedge"
of the system which was to be ex-
tended throughout the country.
Despite personal appeals to Eugene
Grace, president Of the Bethlehem
Steel Company, and Charles Schwab,
chairman of the board Paul Starrctt,
president Of the George A. Fuller Com
pany, and Louis Horowitz, president
Of the Thompson-Star Company
two of the largest construction COM
panies in the United States-testified
they were unable to purchase, struc-
tural steel direct for erection under
union shop conditions.
They declared they had been vir-
tually driven out Of the steel erection
business because Of their employment
of union men and had to have all
their structural work done by mem
f'Bers Of the Iron league of New York
or the National Erectors' Association
thus increasing the cost Of construc-
tion work
Besides inquiring into the alleged
"open shop domination of steel manu-
facturers, the committee also began
an inquiry into the alleged combina,
tion of bridge builders and struc-
tural steel workers organization, the
. &sshSidge builders and structural society
(which includes in it's membership the
american Bridge Company, subsi-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Clarendon
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
DECREE,

The First National Bank of Manning
Plaintiff,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15

that the amendment is not such as
Congress is authorized by article of
the Constitution to propose to the
Legislatures of the various States to
be ratified by them, and the other
that it was never properly ratified
by the Legislatures of three -fourths
of the States.
Everett P. Wheeler, Of New York,
representing the American Constitu
tional League, is associated with the
local council of the defense league.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
SPECIAL LOT DOLLS AT COST!

We are offering lot of extra fine
Bisque Character Dolls. Sleeping eyes,
at cost. Get one before they are gone.
These dolls are simply wonderful. Let
us show them to you.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
mon Pleas here TODAY.

The action is directed against the
board of registers of the seventy pre-.
cinct of the eleventh ward that they
be required to strike from their books
the names of two women, one white
the other negro, because petitioners
do not admit the force Of the amend.
ment.
Two main points are set forth in the
petition OF the anti-suffragists; one
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
II Got Real Mad When Lost NV
Setting Hen," Mrs. Hannah

81 went into the hen house one
morning and found my favoritc setter
dead. l got real mad. Went to the
store, bought some RAT-SNAP and
in a week | got six dead rats. Every
body who raises poultry should keep
RAT-SNAP." Three sizes, 35c, Csc,
$l.25. Sold and guaranteed by Dick
son Drug Store and Plowdcn Hard
ware Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
WAR ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE

Baltimore, Dec. 14.-Trial of the
suit brought by the Maryland State
League of Defense to test the validity
of the federal woman suffrage amend
ment was begun in the Court of Com
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
l30 PERSONS MISSING

4amaguchi, Japan, Dec. l4.-One
hundred and thirty persons are miss
ing as a result of fire il a coal
mine near here. Five bodies have
been recovered from the mine Twen-
ty persons were injured in the dis
aSter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
FANCY WORK

In this exchange you will find wond-
erful assortment of handmade fancy
work to select from. Prices Csc to $2O
1t will give you real pleasure to look
this department over.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15

diary of the United States Steel Cor
poration and the Bethlehem Bridge
Company.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15
FIRE WORKS

FIkE WORKS.
Cap Sticks - 25c
Ammunition 5c
Fire Crackers, package --------1Oc
Salutes z and 3 in, package -------1Oc
Iorpedoes, package - ---------10c
70 Ball Roman Candles, each ------25c
Is Ball Roman Candles, each zoe
IL Ball Roman Candles, each 15c
10 Ball Roman Candles, each - -1Oc
6 Ball Roman Candles, each SC
8-inch Sparkles, package -------1Oc
36-inch Sparkles, each -15c
2O-inch Sparkles, each --------15c
Sun-of-a-Guns, four for Sc
Repeating Cap Guns - -S1.O 90
Vesuvius Torpedoes, large, four for SC
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-15

SQfotQ Claus Headquarters Qt The s. 1922 Store

Tyan