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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-12
American Methods Used

Chicago Ill. Dec. 10.-American ag-
rlcultural methods particularly Coz
operative marketing methods will fur
nish much of the basis on which the
Czecho-Slovak republic will build its
representatives who have Just com
pleted visit to Chicago. While here
the representatives conferred with
farmers organizations and visited
the international Livestock show and
he Hay and Grain show
John Loebel an agricultural expert,
of the CZecho-Slovak department OF
agriculture, is making Il tour Of the
United states securing information
for use in his own country. For the
past five months he has been in the
middle west, following his arrival in
America from consular service in
Siberia. He has visited the universities
Of Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Nebraska,
Minnesota and Iowa and also spent
some time at Cornell.
The first six months Of next year
will be spent at Washington. where
NJ. Locbol expects to obtain much val
liable information from the depart
ment Of agriculture.
"The United States, even in war
time, made remarkable progress in ag-
riculture," NJ Loebel said. we are
anxious to know how this country
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-12

l saw thousands OF acres abandoned
to the weeds because the farmers
were afraid to risk the vast amounts
of money that would be required to
keep these fields clean with labor at
SO to S. a day. Some of these fields
produced only a tenth of bale OF
cotton to the acre when the season
justified three quarters Of a bale tc
the acre. If they could have known
in April that cotton was going to
sell at As cents n pound in Septem-
Der, these fields would have been
kept clean.
Cotton is staple crop. 1t is not
subject to decay like wheat or corn
1t can be stored for long periods OF
time IL protected from the weather
Once the cotton farmer is on a cash
basis and has some assurance that he
will be able to sell his cotton at a
profit no matter how small tina,
profit may be, production will be
vastly stimulated and the south will
come into its own.
Our cotton crop is too important to
the United States as whole and
too important TO the world TO be
handled forever in the wasteful. slip.
shod method that has characterized
its production in the past. While
children have been enslaved and con-
demned to illiteracy to produce cheap
cotton, the cheapness has not been
passed on to the consumer. There
Is entirely too much profit made on
cotton between the farmer and the
spinner.
The world at large would be vastly
benefited by aiding the cotton farmer
to get on solid economic basis. Once
he Is there he can produce much bet
ter and cheaper cotton. His methods
at present are wasteful The world
gains nothing by the fact that he
must pay such q high rate for money
to hire cotton pickers in the fall. Tie
world gains nothing by the fact that
the cotton farmer has bad roads and
worse bridges and that he lacks cows
and hogs. All Of these problems are
essentially southern problems.
The world is willing to pay what
cotton costs. That cost could be de-
termined from time to time by com
petent investigation. Also the cotton
farmer needs help. He is half way
along the road to independence now,
or perhaps more than half way. Hun
dreds of thousands have actually
achieved independence during the past
three years. If they must go back
to prices based on the conditions of
10 years ago, there will be unceasing
disorder in the south.
There is good reason to be opti-
mistic about the outcome of the
struggle. II the independent cotton
grower can save himself from dis
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-12
WHAT WILL Be THE
TOLL FROM POISON
WH|SKEY THIS YEAR
ASKS AN OFF|CE R

One prominent official who keeps in
close touch with affairs said today that
he expects 70 hear Of at least 40
deaths in Oklahoma between now and
Jauary /, as a result OF drinking
poison liquor. and asks very appro-
priately, who shall it be, some mcm-
Der of your family or of mine?" Wood
alcoho enters largely nto the manu-
facture Of present day intoxicants, he
said, and advises every person TO alb
stain from taking any chances what
ever on the booze that is offered them
during the Christmas holidays. "A
look at some Of the stills that | havs
helped to capture in the past few
months would cure and drinker of
ever taking another drop Of the stuff
as long as he lived. they are awful,
and the stuff that is peddled out by
the operators is an absolute menace
TO the country. Let il alone is the
best advice that | can give" he con.
cluded.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-12

GAS AND ELECTRIC BILLS FOR
NOVEMBER ARE DUE AND PAY
ABLE. BILLS MUST BE PAID BY
DECEMBER 10TH IN ORDER TO
GET BENEFIT OF DISCOUNT. CON
SUMERS LIGHT a POWER co. 5-6
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-12

THE BASS FURNITURE COM
PANY WISH TO KINDLY SAY TO
THE PURCHASING PUBLIC or
CARTER COUNTY THAT WE ARE
DISPOSING OF OUR SURPLUS
STOCK OF FURNITURE, RUGS AND
DRAPERIES. MORAL: "THE EARLY
BIRD GETS THE WORM" 1O2
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-12

eiRInizcs its agriculture 90 quicSW
and so efficiently. Your business
methods are wonderful Here you
make money--in Europe they raise
crops only TO feed their families"
With NJ. Loebel is Prof. Nicolas =.
Grafton Institute of Russia.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-12

aster, he will inevitably apply his
surplus to cheapening the cost of pro-
duction of cotton by modern methods.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-12

GIFT SHOP. 1913 WEST BROAD
I2-2
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-12

VOU never saw more exquisite
L cabinets.
The world has never produced any
more exquisite cabinets.
These cabinets are descended
out of the Golden Age Of Furniture.
This was the age when Europe
built its most luxurious palaces,
created its greatest works of art,
developed its finest types of crafts
manship.
Mr.. Edison's designers went
hacn - the furniture masterpieces
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-12

of this period. They adapted II
of them for the modern American
home. They made every Edison
Cabinet a period cabinet even the
least expensive.
You must see these cabinets.
Only then will you appreciate what
wonderful richness and atmos-
phere one will add to your home.
Ask about our Xmas Budget
Plan. 1t manages your money
economically. 1t makes 1921 help
pay; and that's good business.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-07
No Doubt Who Was Boss.

Sometimes it is easy to see, even
before a couple is married, just which
one is going to be the boss of the
household. Recently a big, robust
woman stepped into the office of Reg
lister of Deeds Adler Johnson. rs
this where get license?" she asked.
''What kind of a hcense" asked
Adler
"a marriage license" said the WON
an.
mo, we don't handle Them" said
Adler. $50 to the first door down the
hall on your right"
at knew at first that this wasn't
the place." said the big woman, with
an air of disgust; "that's what told
him." Thereupon she stepped into
the hall, and when the door opened
Adler could see a little man waiting
outside.
It was evident that the woman had
usurped command and was going to
take charge Of the marriage license
business, not to mention. of course.
the honeymoon and all the rest of
alliance-Fort Scott (Kan.) Tril
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-07

George was in d Respondent mood
But, Mabel, dear" he said. marriage
is out Of the question just now. You
seem to have forgotten that I'm poor
clerk on a meager salary"
"Oh. George, don't let poverty inter-
fere with our happiness We can live
on one meal day, if necessary
But youtknow nothing of household
duties, sweetheart. Why, you can't
even cook"
Indeed. | can, love. l have kept it
secret from you but the time has come
for my confession. George, dear, 1 got
a certificate from a domestic science
school three months ago"
The young MAI gasped MY dar-
ling" he said, "coF1e TO my arms. It
shall be as you wish-one meal
a day will be more than enough"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-07
PICK EMPLOYEES WITH CARE
Modern Business Men No Longer Rely
on the "Hit-or-Miss Method OF
Selection.

There was a time when picking en-
pfoyees was a hit-and-miss job, trial
and-error matter which few employers
believed could be corrected. This is
the day of doing things right and the
modern employer is now selecting his
associates, from the Office boy to the
man highest up, with as much care as
he would launch on an entirely new
business venture. William Marvin
Jackson. director of the Personnel De-
velopment service, writes:
"If employees are carefully selected,
with an eye to their real adaptability
and fitness for the work to be done, it
goes without question that they are
much more likely to take an interest
in their work, and hence, the business
itself. If they are interested, they will
get along we'll with their fellows ana
cooperate with their superiors. All OF
which means that they will grow, and
there is no satisfaction for the en-
nloyee greater than that which accom-
panies the knowledge that he is get
ting somewhere. Patting him on the
back may make him feel good, and
paying him a good salary may make
him work harder But giving him
new Job and bigger Job will alone
make him supremely happy, will alone
make him work with complete aban-
don. with thorough-going enthusiasm.
Forbes Magazine.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-07
Boy 4Polieemanm eets Results.

Bill Zerbe, formerly of Indianapolis,
is motorcycle policeman in the Lo-
gansport police department. Both the
young and old know Bill because of
his record as a tanner of speeders.
A few days ago the driver of an
automobile permitted the motor of his
machine TO run while he went into a
store. When he came out he found
a piece of paper in the front seat of
the car. On the paper were these
words: "You are pinched for permit
ting the engine of your machine to
run over Is minutes. Bill Zerbe.'
The driver of the car went to po-
lice headquarters to pay his fine and
exhibit the evidence that he had been
caught. On being assured that the
paper presented had not been pre-
pared by Zerbe, the driver of the ma
chine recalled that he had seen a
small boy with a broad grin on his
face standing near when he started
toward the police station.-Indianapo
lis News.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-07
New Work LandmarEs GOING.

The downtown" section of New
York is losing one of its landmarks
by the demolition of the Eastern hotel
to make room for an Office building.
For nearly a hundred years it has
been the favorite hosiery of American
seafaring folk. Dynamite Johnny
O'Brien, well-known for his practice Of
shipping arms to the Latin-Ameriean
countries, concocted many Of his fill
clustering schemes in this hotel, which
he made his headquarters.
One of the features OF this build
ing was its beams of solid mahogany.
In 1922, when it was constructed, car
goes of supplies were frequently
shipped from New York to South
American ports. and when a return
cargo could not be secured mahogany
was brought back. serving the purpose
of both cargo and ballast. These car
goes were sold cheaply, and were often
used in the construction of New York
buildings of that period.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-07
FOR TORPID LIVER
tennessee Lumberman Talks Of His
Successful Use Of Black-Draught
for Colds and Headaches.

Jamestown, TENN have used
Thedfords Black-Draught for years, In
fact it is the only liver medicine that
does me any good says Mr.. L. A.
Ragan, a well-known lumberman OF
this place. when / was single, used
1t for headaches, and especially II l
get cold and feel feverish, take a
good dose of Black-Draught, and it
sets me right.
Since I have been married, haTs
used it In my family, and never have
found its equal for torpid liver or dis
arranged stomach, especially with
children. l can recommend Black.
Draught, and gladly do so.''
Every member of the family occa-
sionalfy needs the assistance that
Black raught can give, in helping to
cleanse the system and relieve or pre-
vent the troubles that come from
lazy, torpid liver.
IL your liver is not doing it's duty,
you may suffer with headache, consti-
patton, biliousness, indigestion, etc.
Unless relief is obtained, serious sick
ness may result. In its long and sue
cessful use, Thedford's Black-Draught
has been found in thousands Of cases
to relieve such disorders, by stimulat-
ing the liver to do its important work.
Ask for Thedford's Black-Draught,
and insist on the genuine. NC-137
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-07
INDIAN IDEA OF RECKONING
Time Designated in Simple Fashion
Journeys and Distances Told OFF
by Sleeps"

The American Indians of early days
reckoned time by what they called
sleeps" and moons" The Indians
sleep referred to a sun-to-sun day
of "a hours and his moon to what
the white man roughly and improperly
calls a month. The Indians indicated
the noon hour by pointing vertically
upward. To indicate the middle of the
first half of the daylight period-9
o'clock-he pointed upward midway
between the horizon and the zenith
and to indicate mid-afternoon - 3
o'clock-he pointed toward the oppo-
site quarter. He spoke of the eastern
horizon as sunrise and of the west
ern horizon as sunset"
Journeys and distances between diff
ferent points were measured in
sleeps" Thus, when he undertook
to tell how far he had Travelled or TO
tell how far one point was. from an
other, the old-time Indian would say
a certain number of sleeps" Ordina-
rily, "sleep" in this sense correspond
ed to something like 81 miles-the dis
lance q man could cover in a day, trav-
cling at an ordinary pace on foot.
However, it was not unusual for men
carrying important messages to make
twice 35 miles or more in single 24-
hour period.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-07
GET RESULTS FROM HOLIDAY
Vacation Days Should BE az Care
fully Planned as 10 the Work
of the Year.

To the question, "What will you do
On your holiday" some might reply,
discerning possible tilt against the
strenuous holiday, "Nothing!" That
would be as wrong as doing too much.
The perfect holiday, for the average
worker, should be on crescendo and
diminuendo lines, observes a writer
in London Answers.
You pass into your fortnight or
three weeks quietly. Your body is,
literally, machine 1t has been do
ing work-hard, monotonous work
for year. To switch it on suddenly
to something quite different is to ask
for trouble.
The walkers to Bridgton don't
plunge at the walk. They begin with
short walks, to get themselves in trim.
So whatever you are going to ''do"
on your holiday do it slowly and quiet
ly at first, so that the machine of
your body may change gears" with
out jar, break or mishap Then by
the middle of your holiday you will
be in good trim and the best of health.
And it is necessary, If your holiday
is to do you real good, and build you
up for another years work, that you
should gradually slow down with your
holiday activities, resume your work
without, as it were, having to make
yourself do 1t.
Who has not known that post-holi-
day feeling of not being able to settle
down? 1t is the result of living "a
holiday at high pressure and ending
at high pressure. Let the steam off
gradually, so that you may pass from
your holiday back to your work with
out effort.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-07
REFUSED TO ABANDON GAME
Plucky Terrier Died With Fox 1t Had
Run to Earth and Killed in
Combat.

What is believed to be an unprece-
dented end to combat between a fox
and terrier is reported from the
Lake country.
A stout hill fox hunted by the Blen-
cathra hounds for three and a half
hours on the mountain heights above
st. Johns-in-the-Vale sought sanctuary
in assure of rock in crack near the
skyline of Wanthwaite. Here he faced
one of the gamest terriers belonging
to the pack and, scrambling to a shelf
in the rocks, was able for some time
to give as fierce punishment as he got.
The terrier killed the fox, but re-
fused to leave it and followers and
hounds had at last to quit the crags
so that they might make the descent
of one of the most dangerous ravines
of the mountain range before dark
ness. When huntsman and whip re.
turned next morning to the crag they
found terrier as well as fox lying dead
outside the borran.
An examination of the terrier show
ed that the fox had inflicted no mortal
wound upon him. The terrier had
dragged the fox out and then, 10th TO
leave it. had laid down beside it 1t
was clear that he had died from ex-
posture during a bitterly cold night.
No similar case has. so far as is
known, occurred before.-London
Times.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-07
City Minus cafeteriasl

Buenos Aires has no cafeterias for
women and only one in a modified
form for men. The first one for girls
in The city is soon to be opened by the
Y. W. C. a The only steam table in
Buenos Aires was discovered by Y. w.
C. A. secretaries in the storeroom OF a
gas company. It had been sent from
England for a food exposition and
never used after that. 1t is now in
stalled in the Y. w. G. A. The cafe
terra when opened promises to draw a
crowd for more than the usual reason.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-07
TO DESTROY INSECT PESTS
Two Forms Of insecticides Necessary
for Successful Protection of
Plants and Foliage.

Do not waste your time spraying
paris green on insects that suck the
juices from plants and foliage, such
as lice, green, black and white aphis
or fly, mealy bug, red spider and scale,
by thrusting their proboscis into the
leaf or stem, for they are not affect
ed by stomach poisons. They must
be destroyed by contact insecticides.
Those in powder form kill by clos
ing the breathing pores in the insects
skin, or in fluid form by being alb
sorbed through these pores, the Amer
lean Forestry Magazine points out.
The best contact insecticides in pow
der form are hellebore, slug shot and
tobacco dust The best in fluid form
are aphine, black leaf 40, fish (whale)
oil soap, nicotine tobacco extract,
kerosene, miscible oil and lemon oil.
Insects that eat plants, foliage vege-
tables, fruits, flowers, ETC., whether
bugs beetles, worms, caterpillars or
slugs are more quickly and effectu-
ally destroyed with a poisonous sto-
machic insecticide such as arsenate of
lead. paris green or hellebore. These.
If applied according to directions, are
so diluted as to be harmless to vege-
tation and to animal life. Less poi
sonous stomachic and contact ihsecti-
cides are kerosene emulsion, slug
shot, etc.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-07

FAR NOah'S ark SAID Mr. t5osUock.
"Then I specialized on manufactured
sheep, but it took long time for the
lion to find out that they were not
good to eat Finally d live lamb was
introduced At first the lion looked
surprised, and then lay down and gent
" paved the stranger The lamb did
not like this. and drawing back pace
or two butted the lion in the shame.
This appeared to amuse the lion great
ly; ne playfully rolled over on his
back, while the lamb butted again.
Now they are fast friends, and an in
surance company would be justified in
taking the lamb as a first-class risk"
F. H. Cheley in "Stories for Talks
to Boys"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-07
HONEYM0ONS IN ODD PLACES
Persons of Adventurous Disposition
Have Spent Them Amid Arctic
and Savage Dangers.

Mr.. Elkins, the wealthy young
American who recently took his bride
for honeymoon "as near the North
pole as he can comfortably get" is
by no means the first bridegroom who
has spent his month of honey" in
this chilly environment, says London
Answers.
A few years ago Mr.. Max Fleisch-
mann, a Chicago millionaire, at his
brides request, took her straight from
the altar to the Arctic wastes, where
they spent, on their own evidence,
delightful" months, hunting seals,
reindeer and polar bears, two of which
fell to the brides own gun. Mrs.
Fleischmann's honeymoon wardrobe,
we are told, consisted of an assert
ment of sheepskin dresses, lined with
leather.
Less chilly, but no less adventurous,
was the honeymoon journey of Major
POwellCotton, who took his bride on
a long and hazardous journey through
Africa, spending many months in the
heart of the Ituri forest, hunting the
okapi and making friends of the saw
age pigmies, who had never before
even seen white woman.
But the most daring and adven-
turous of all recorded honeymoons
was that of Captain Andrews, an
American sailor, and his bride, who
started to cross the Atlantic In a
"cockleshell," u feet long, and were
never seen again.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-07
PLAYED FEW SAFETY SHOTS"
Men Who Have Won Success in Life's
Game Satisfied With Moth
ing but Victory.

Walter Hagen, the golfer, says
'Neyer play for safety, but always
try for the cup"
Kings in other trades as well as in
golf have found that it pays to "try
for the cup" remarks "Girard" In the
Philadelphia Press.
Safety shots are often careless shots
in business as In play.
Rockefeller played six hole out in
the oil world and he made a par and
then some.
Morgan hammered the ball straight
for the flag and it flew above every
bunker and sand pit in the financial
world.
Col Tom Scott had no safety
shots in his bag when dreaming out
the Pennsylvania road system, nor did
Franklin B. Gowen when he made his
master stroke in buying the Readings
coal lands.
Theodore N. Vail, the telephone
giant, never minced his game nor re-
sorted to a half shot to- save his face.
He went out with the long stroke and
came home to the final shot with a
record card to his credit.
The big-league teams play to win
the game, not to win compromise or
tie the other team.
The great merchant nails his flag to
the mast, says "damn the torpedOes,"
and shoots straight at his target.
So in business as on the links the
adage should be: Hold your head
still and play for the cup"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-07
Electricity to Locate Metal.

The idea of using current trans
mftted through the earth as means
of locating metal ores is familiar, the
belief being that the greater conduc-
tivity of these metalliferous regions can
be clearly indicated, and the area
mapped out, says the Scientific Ameri-
can. The location of oil deposits,
which according to the Electrical Re
view is now being investigated cleo
trically, presents converse problem.
In this case the insulating properties
of the oil diminish the current. and
oil-bearing regions are detected ac-
eordingly. In view of the great depth
TO which it is often necessary to bore
for oil-oil that only exists simulta-
neouslg ewith-an almost. ou-free area