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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30
AN ALL AMERICAN BAND
At MUSk0GEE FREE FAIR

Muskogee, Okla, Aug. 30.--When
the band at the Oklahoma Free
State Fair, October 4 to 9. plays pa
triotic airs this year the audience
can rise on its toes and yell until
It feels like quitting in the happy as
surance that the national tunes are
not being ground out by citizens of
another country for the sake Of the
dollars they are being paid. An all
American band is coming 10 make
music at the Oklahoma free state fair
this year This band is the Million
Dollar Band, organized for the army,
named by the army and until dis
banded after peace came a purely
army organization. The band played
when the 1l6th Engineers went into
action in France. Its members won
honors and received wounds with the
rest of the boys over there and were
so welded into one big brotherhood
when the war was over that Harold
Bachman, who had organized the
band, decided TO keep the organization
together as Concert Band. Tho
only recently added members are tho
women soloists and they are real
Americans. The Million Dollar band
is a splendid musical organization
with q fine repertoire and the inspir.
ing and entertaining music that il
will render during the fair will please
all classes of music lovers. II cost
lot of money to seeure this band for
the fair and its week in Muskogee
will be the first appearance Of this
organization in the southwest.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30

at college, is certain that modern
life Is the undoing Of the race,
But neither mother nor father is
capable Of passing Judgment upon the
human race, Both have lived in
another era; they cannot now ad-
just themselves to the changes that
have been wrought. II they could
remember it, their own mothers and
fathers talked about the decadence
OF the times, fifty years ago, just
as they themselves are talking about
1t now.
The truth is, there is just as much
hope for the world today as ever
there was. Men and women are
just as honest and discreet, just as
capable of taking care of themselevs,
just az modest. if you please, as in
the days gone by. They are no more
extravagant than in the past, either;
they have more TO spend and the
standard Of living calls for q greater
ou'l'tyi thal Is all, Inc Ialner VINO
gave his boy a dime fifty years ago
was encouraging prodgality just as
much as the father who now gives
his boy dollar, or five dollars In
fact, the chances are it crippled the
father of the long ago much worse
to give the lad the dime than it now
does to give the five dollars.-Colum.
bus (Ohio) Transcript.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30
Editorial
of the Day
DEMOCRACY AND THE FARMER.
(From Ada News

Q'rom Ada News
Every farmer will this year vote as
he pleases, He always has done so and
always should do so. But the farmer
like every other citizen ought TO think
of politics in terms Of his own bust
ness interests. and before casting
a ballot to repudiate a national dem
ocratic administration he ought 10
figure out just what that administra-
ton has done for him.
Eight years ago or a little less the
curtain went down on Republican as
tendency in the United States. Six
teen years of Republican rule had
come to a stormy close We of Ok
lahoma have some very painful recol-
ections of that era and can recall
with the utmost ease the financial con.
dition of Oklahoma farmers at that
time We doubt if our farming popula-
tion can ever entirely forget the grue-
ling days when Republicans sat in the
seates OF. the mighty at Washington
and everything except interest rates
and taxes were cheap as dirt.
Eight years ago farming and slav.
cry were almost kindred terms. 1t was
time when agricultural products were
so cheap that the most thrifty farm
er had to hustle TO win the bare ne
cessities of life. Thousands Of the
most thrifty didn't have a single dol
lar TO show for their years labor
when That year came TO its discourag-
ing close. Ten Of thousands Of honest
and industrious farmers had all but
lost hope and the spectre of hunger
and penury was abroad in the land.
The richest river lands of Oklahoma
would hardly support the men who cul.
tiv>~>d then because Of the dirt cheap
prices paid in the open market for
what the farmer produced
Eight years ago you could drive
through an entire township in Okla
home and fail 10 find a single resi-.
dence that was really fitJto stable cat.
tie in. Because of Inadequate prices
the tenant was not able to buy the
land because Of inadequate returns
on his investment the land owner was
not able TO improve his land, on every
farm could be found the one.room
shack, free Of porch or window screens
the roof leaking and the walls letting
in the frigid winds of winter. The foot
prints of poverty and destitution were
visible on every farmstead.
Eight years ago the Oklahoma farm.
ar would sell his years products and
then visit his banker He would enter
he bankers presence much as the
Did time school boy went into the pres.
ance of the old time school master.
He went in 10 ten of low prices that
made it imperative that his mortgage
De renewed for another year. The
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30
GREAT AMERICANS

The city was celebrating its cen.
ternial with a pageant (costing one
hundred thousand dollars). Promi.
nent in the cast were those whose
ancestors were residents Of various
parts Of the Old World at the time
the city was founded.
The only descendants of the first
settler living in the city was unable to
be in the pageant because she had a
job in a cracker factory, and the
first mayors great.grandson couldn't
witness the pageant because he didp't
have the price of admission.-Lae.
The great American annual road
race of $50 miles was staged at
Elgin, Ills. lasr Saturday. Eight
cars entered. Six of them a la
creme Of the European motor indus.
try. Two of them were American
cars of mediocre standing. The win
ner was an Americanized foreigner, a
son Of the land OF the Tiber One
American ear looked fairly promising,
but the driver who had been released
from the hospital only half an hour
before the race became physically
exhausted before the race was fin.
ished-Ardmore Observer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30
MONDAY, AUGUST 80. 1920
"A TIME FOR FAITH

This is not Washington's world
nor Monroe's world, nor Lincoln S
world-it is our world They walked
in what light they had with no guide
but their faith, their courage, their
passion for n better world. They re.
fused 20 be in bonds to their past and
they would ask us to initiate only
their high capacity to build new
roads into a robler future.
Those who quote washingtons fare.
will addr ~ with its wise counsel for
a newborn state a century and a
half ago sn,s't we'll also quote the
words IL seIc he sought to establish
company Ct men who gathered to-
gether to frame a document which
was in its own day as daring an ex-
pertinent as the League Of Nations
is in ours. Let US raise he said
"a standard to which the wise and
good may repair. The event is in
the hand OF God"
This is a time for faith-faith in
God, which is faith in justice and
truth and brotherhood There are
fundamental stabilities against which
the storms of time beat in vain. The
world will have light enough to so
blythe light Of duty, Of love, Of fair
dealing, Of generous confidence in
other men. We can always follow
the nobler vision and trust the
larger hope.-From The Congrega.
tionalist and Advance.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30
MEMBERS Of COMPANY {
DAT T|ONAL GU RDS TO
Re CE|VE PAY CHECKE
FR|DAY light At AMORY

Members Of Company f. Second In.
fantry. Oklahoma National Guards.
will receive their pay checks for
service including service from Sep.
tember l to December 81, 1913. Fri
day night at the armory.
When asked the reason for the de.
lay in issuing payment to the men,
Capt. F. o. Mclean stated that the
rolls had been sent in time and again,
but that in some way errors would
be made and as result the pay
checks were held up until such time
as the papers were correct in every
detail.
Since September !. 1918, a number
of the members have resigned but
all who served during the time Of the
dates stated will be paid according
to length of service.
Following . is a complete list OF
those who will receive pay checks
William Hutchinson, Frank o, Nc
Lean, Charles II. Adams, Giles c.
Paine, Jake A. Bodovtz, Henry c.
Smith. Fred c. Ryburn, Raymond p.
McRoy. Jackson w. Carnes, Charles
S. Hunter Floyd L. Swindell, George
G. Hunt. William +. Masters, JOS
eph S. Garner, David A. Homer,
Doc L. Howard, Earl F. Otis, Thomas
+. Little. William NJ. Hunt, Albert
L. Worley, Ezra Az Davis. Charles
]. woodard, Barney L. Mckinney,
Daniel b. Lynch. Stoney S. Rogers,
Russell G. Thomas, Tom Ford, w.
@. Patterson, Claude o, Roark. Perry
C. Carpenter, G.. c. Stacks, Roy
White, Walter NJ. Scales, Les W.
Pogue, Victor Barefield, John d.
Davidson. James F. Lasiter, Noah j.
Keith, Marion c. Woodard, Joseph
S. Collins, George p. Brown, Henry
c. Berry, Jim Boston, Herbert S.
Baum. Byrd F. Berry, John Berry,
Ernest Chandler, Marion f. Cart
wright, Arvel r. Cole, Easterwood
Clifton, Roy Finley, Willie D. Flee.
nor, Cecil R. Foster, Marion r. Full
cher John Garnand. Hugh f. Gar.
rison, George Y. Harmon, Alex
John. William A. Lewis. Samuel c.
Leonhardt, Thomas B. Lovett, Oscar
j. LaFountain. James H." Manning,
Archie Marris. Walter G. Moon, Dan
tel c. Mckinney, Oria McClurg, Madi-
son s. Oliver, Ehret +. Park, James
f. Parlier. Orestus ]. Pendley, James
w. Poe, Walter NJ. Ramsey, Edward
II. Reid, Walter G. Richardson, John
V. Spell. Hick Souse, Fred L. Stog'
dill, Ned Sockey. Edgar Stephens.
Charles s. Timbes. Willis Watson.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30
NIONEYGRANIS

Money talks and stops talk.
All that money says to most Of u
is Goodbye"
Money, like charity, covers mul
titude of sins.
The nickle has dried more tear
than the five dollar gold piece.
Money makes a mare go, but a little
fodder will help her pull the load.
Although the penny is a little say
age, II is seen in church oftener thar
the dollar.
The man who coins his conscience
will never make a profit large enough
TO buy it back.
If poverty is a blessing in disguise
the disguise is certainly effective fol
most OF US.
The man who measures the profits
of religion in dollars and cents, viii
never strike a heavy balance.
A man with an empty head and
a full pocketbook is more dangerou:
to society than a small boy with q
loaded pistol,
When your money goes out at the
door get long distance telescope
to look for your friends.
DO not marry for money. You car
get rid Of the money all right, but
you may have some difficulty getting
rid of the trouble that came with It,
The rim of the dollar marks the
horizon Of some mems vision, ano
the ring OF the dollar is the only
music they ever hear or care te
hear.
Money ls good servant, but n
bad master. To possess 1t will In
crease your happiness for it to pos
sess you, will increase your misery
When q mans treasures are In
heaven he does not suffer palpitation
OF the heart every time he sees the
collection basket passing his way
here on earth.
Don't look at your bank.book to find
out whether you are rich look at
your character. The most miserable
bankrupt ON earth is the man who
has nothing but money.
There are no pockets IN q shroud.
You can take nothing with you on
that long journey. There Is no credit
for benefactions disbursed through
an administrator. Be the executor
Of your own will.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30
THE END OF ALL

The average man seems to think
as ne nears his earthly end, that his
passing will be the end of all. In
fact, taking note Of the changed
and changing conditions, and renem.
bering only the conditions under
which he has lived. ne is likely TO
come to the conclusion that every
thing has gone astray. Few of US
are able to adjust ourselves to the
march of time, or to see that we do
not ourselves represent the present,
but rather the past.
The mother, recalling the days Of
her girlhood, is Mortified at the way
the girls Of today dress. She looks
upon the prevailing styles as disgust.
ing and wonders what is going to be.
come Of the race. The father, re-.
membering how hard a struggle he
had when ne was boy, and now
paying the bills OF an extravagant son
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30
CURRENCY AND GOLD RESERVES

The amount Of gold reserve of the
United States available against notes
in actual circulation on July /, 1920,
was more than three times that of
any Of the nations of Western Eu,
rope, according to information pub
lished by the National Bank of Com.
merce in New York in the Septem-
ber number of its magazine, Com
merce Monthly. This country had s2.
2S4, 900, 900 in gold as against s4,5l2,.
Q0Q 600 in notes, giving it a reserve
OF 49.5 per cent OF the paper circula-
ton, a ratio which a'so far exceeded
that of any European country.
The nation most nearly approaching
this countrys per centage of reserve
was Great Britain whose gold holdings
amounted to 3l.5 per cent of her
note circulation, while France on the
same date had only SO pc recent.
Germany and Austria had reserves Of
only l.6 per cent and 04 per cent re-
spectively. Italy, on September 30,
4SiSB NilN IittSb hdNt AOl WulCu udld
are available. possessed a gold re.
serve OF only rs per cent of her
paper currency, says the banks mag.
aZne.
Wide differences are shown by the
bank also TO exist between the total
amount Of notes outstanding in the
various countries. The S45l2 900 OOo
of paper money in the United States
compares with sl6lO4 OOO, 900 in Ger.
many and sl2,559 900, 900 in Austria.
Hungary Great Britain's note clrcu.
lation on June 80, 1920. was on,y
$2,25s 900 900 1ta'y on September 30,
1919, had s9,l57, ,O0OO 900 OF paper out
standing. In giving these amounts the
bank has converted the units of
foreign currencies into dollars at their
respective pars Of exchange.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30

/ banker dreaded to see him coming
| fortune that the farmer was sure &c
/ tell After an hours petitioning the
/ farmer might get the bankers prom
ise that the mortgage would be re
newed but only a small part of the
/ prior loan would be advanced for the
next years accommodation.
The farmer of eight years ago re
members the feeling Of blue discour'
agement and humiliation that depress-
ed his soul as he left the bank and
went back to the home in the black
Jacks or among the hills.
But with the passing OF Republican
rule at Washington the financial clouds
began to pass from the agricultur-
al skies of Oklahoma We have seen
the changes wrought by the past eight
years. We have seen thousands OF
farmers become the owners Of their
omes. We have seen hundreds Of farm
ers pay for their homes with the pro-
ceeds of one year OF labor We have
seen the prices of agricultural prod.
ucts creep " fro mthe zero mark
Of 1912 to the unprecedented figure
of 1919 and 1920.
We have seen tha Old one.room
shacks disappear one by one and com
Portable homes take their places. We
have seen the old pen Of poles give
place to the ample barn, We have
seen the banker leave his desk and
go outside his door to urge the farm.
er TO call and get acquainted We
have seen the harried look pass en-.
tirely from the face Of the man who
tills the -oil
We have seen the era OF forty per
cent money pass away We have seen
state law enacted by Democrats and
a national rule enforced by a Dem.
ocratic official placing a legal in
hibition on usurious charges. We have
seen the Federal Reserve law enacted
and vitalized by a Democratic con-
gress increasing the volume OF cur
rency and making money easier in
every part of the United States. No
greater change has ever been wrought
in the history Of this republic than
has been wrought in the centers of
agriculture during the past eight
years.
Many men are fond of saying, many
men are paid to say, that the prosper
ity that has come to the farmer is
due entirely to the r:ivages of war.
But these inspired preachers of poiti-
cal fallacies have not yet explained
TO the American farmer why the Unit.
ed States alone of all the nations has
been visited by this wave OF prosper.
ity They may have a year and day
TO explain to the farmer why the
only great nation in Christendom made
during the v/r is the only
nation in Christendom having the Fed
eral Reserve law.
The attention of the Oklahoma farm
er is respectfully directed to the ayow-
ed intention of the Republican party
to amend the Federal Reserve Act
and to get" John Skelton Williams,
whose order terminated forty per cent
interest rates in the United States.
His attention is also directed to the
promise of Senator Capper to reduce
the price of cotton Ito a decent fig
lre' if the Republicans succeed in
the country. If he wants to
go back to the conditions that cused
Oklahoma eight yel's ago, he should
oy all means vote the Republican
ticket
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30
HANDS AND FEET TIED;
MAN FOUND IN KANSAS
CITY WITH THROAT CUT

Kansas City, Aug. 30.-The body
of an unidentified man, bound hand
and foot with his throat cut, was
found yesterday by children playing
IN a weed patch near Mount Washing.
ton, a suburb, the police announced
today. The body was that of man
80 TO 40 years of age, weighing
about l35 pounds, and five feet 7
inches in height. The ground nearby
showed evidence of struggle. This
hands were tied with a rope and the
feet with the dead mans belt.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30
New Telephone Manager

Shawnee, Okla, Aug. 3O.-M. J.
Holland has been promoted from 10.
cal manager at Shawnee to district
manager at Guthrie and will have
Jurisdiction over 23 exchanges OF the
Southwestern Bell Telephone Com.
pany. W. z, Dougherty, formerly
local manager, returns from Okmul.
geo ns manager OF this district with
headquarters nt Shawnee. Tho change
become Immediately effective.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30

If you happen to be one of the
losers in the primary, it is very
likely you are that much better off,
especially in a financial way. If you
are a good loser like Sir Thomas
Upton, you will obey the will of the
majority and support the nominee Of
your party We believe there are
but few who will not support the
nominee, but will get into the har-
ness for his election in November.
True sportsmanship is best shown in
this manner-everyone likes a loser.
Senator Harding, having swallowed
the Borah-Johnson bait, hook, line
and all Of course these two gentle
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30

men are now for Harding for presi'
dent Having no platform but what
would permit of the most extreme
elasticity this was possible, and II
was very easy to perform. The Re
publican platform is masterpiece
Of constructive camouflage,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30
Oklahoma State
Press

! Colonel Geers, old time editor, says
II. his paper, the Mill Creek Herald,
III you are behind in your subscrip.
tion, you know it. Send in the
money. Don't wait to be dunned"
Miami News thinks that one cf the
horrors of peace will be found when
Uncle Sam gets hold of the sayaphon-
ist he is advertising for "to play
for the army of occupation"
Why n hospital here?" asks the
Hugo News. Blest if we know. unless
ii is because it is needed We have
usually noticed that hospitals and
graveyards flourish in almost any
old sort Of town.
Editor Of the McAlester News Capt..
tai thinks that if the gasoline short.
age becomes really acute. some Of
he newly rich citizens Of Oklahoma
viii learn that they are yet able to
walk down town.
The Tulsa World, Republican, be-
lievcs that it is possible Jake Hamon
will be called before the senatorial
clinraign expense committee, ID tell
what he knows about Senator Hard
ing's nomination for the presidency.
Oklahoman says that Ardmore
should feel proud OF its growth. Ard
more does, but it would have felt
three thousand times "prouder" If
the census returns had have told the
world all about the $4,000 we thought
we had.
Muskogee Times Democrat wonders
if the Pullman porter will receive
his tip from the railway owners, now
that the poor public has to kick in
with luxury tax on newly rich prices
every time he forks a Pullman for a
nights ride.
Chickasha Express wonders If the
fellow who persists in running with
his muffler open thinks that his ac.
tion makes the world really happier,
or if he just don't care a damn and
figures things out along the line Of
the public be damned"
Headline in the Chickasha Express
states, American. now princess, fled
from Russian terror" but fails to
state if it was her princling husband
or some other male member Of the
big bear species from whom she scam
pered.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30

Screen Stars to Stage Front
Porch Film at Harding's Home VII
lage. Headline. If Harding is to
appear as a character in this movie,
we wonder whether the men who have
been prompting him during his
speeches, will do his motions for him
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30
BARGAIN

FOR SALE BY OWNER
BEST BAkGAlN IN the CITY, y
ROOM BUNGALOW, NEARLY NEW.
BRICK AND TILE, MODERN, BEST
kESiDENT DISTRICT IN SOUTH.
WEST, A REAL HOME, CASH OR
TERMS. PHONE 3VI.-Adv. .z4.o
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30

1t is reported that the Red Army
is bottled by the Pole advance. 1t is
well known fact that the Red Army
has been picked and stewed for
quite some time, before they were
bottled.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30

Since reading Governor Coolidge's
speech Of acceptance; and comparing
it with that Of his running mate
Senator Harding, there appears to be
some misunderstanding Of the issues
in this campaign as between the two
We are really led to believe, as some
Of the Republicans have already ex-
pressed themselves, that the Chi
cago convention got the cart before
the horse in the selection Of standard
bearers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30

Labor troubles throughout the state
are as unit in their opinion that
the new Labor-Farmer party viii pol!
very few votes in Oklahoma this
fall; in fact they believe that there
will be practically no following to
that party from laborcrs. 1t is a
Labor party IN name only. The farm
ers are not going 10 support this
new ticket any more than the labor
ers are.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30

The Tulsa World, Republican, be-
lievcs that it is possible Jake Hamon
will be called before the senatorial
c1lnragn expense committee. 10 tell
what he knows about Senator Hard
ings nomination for the presidency.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30

Colonel Geers, old time editor says
II. his paper, the Mill Creek Herald,
If you are behind in your 'ubscrip.
tion, you know it. Send in the
money Don't wait to be dunned."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30

Editor of the McAlester News Capi.
tai thinks that if the gasoline short
age becomes really acute. some Of
he newly rich citizens of Oklahoma
viii learn that they are yet able to
walk down town.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30

why a hospital here?" asks the
Hugo News, Blest if We know, unless
ii is because 1t is needed. We have
usually noticed that hospitals and
rraveyards flourish in almost any
old sort of a town.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30

Miami News thinks that one cf tho
horrors of peace will be found when
Uncle Sam gets hold of the saxaphon.
ist he is advertising for 40 play
for the army Of occupation"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-08-30

Don't look at your bank.book to find
out whether you are rich; look at
your character. The most miserable
bankrupt ON earth Is the man who
has nothing but money.