The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-04

Wisdom has corn IN the roasting
ear and says it is looking fine but
the crop will need another rain dur
ing the week OF the Fourth of July.
Cotton is doing exceedingly well and
threshlng has been begun in his com
munity.
j. w. Johnson was here yesterday
from Milo talking for the picnic and
barbecue to be given by his people
July % and 80. The Milo people
extend an invitation to all the people
Of the county TO come and be with
them on these two days. Mr.. John
son will have on exhibit greater
number of Indian curios than the
State Historical Society has. He will
show a blanket woven by hand some
150 years ago, the tomahawk and
the pipe of peace are among his rel
| les.
Mrs. Vernon Terrence left Thurs.
day for Cambridge, Vermont where
she will spend the summer with rela-
! tives and friends. She expects to
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. d. Smith
who are summering at HIighgate
Springs, Vermont, before returning to
Ardmore.
Company e, Oklahoma National
Guards will have rifle practice Sat
urday and Sunday at their range
near the city lake. The company
| boasts some good marksmen and good
scores are anticipated as much friend
ly rivalry exists among the shooters.
1 II. ID. McElroy, u prominent farm
city has the distinction Of bringing
the first cotton bloom to the city.
Mr.. McElroy states that his crop Of
35 acres is looking fine, and he
predicts the biggest yield in years,
in that locality.
c. w. Callerman, district farm
agent with headquarters at Saltwater,
was in the city Friday on his peri
odical inspection trip, and was in
consultation with county agent, j.
L. Denniston, relative to the work in
Carter county.
County claims are being audited by
the county attorney preparatory to
their being presented before the board
cf county commissioners, who will
be in regular monthly session, Tues
day.
From the number of young lady
deputies and stenographers resigning
their positions around here, it looks
to me as if wedding bells would be
heard in Ardmore before many days, "
remarked Henry, the colored janitor
at the county courthouse as he con-
tinued to polish the marble wainscoat-
ing in the spacious lobby.
All roads leading to the Alverson
ranch near Glenn, tomorrow, when
the large delegation Of invited guests
will leave Ardmore to attend the
annual picnic and barbecue to be
given this year by Col" James AL
verson and his friend and neighbor
Major Dennis Fitzgerald. The fat
ted calf, nay the OK, has been made
the sacrifice, and all the good things
that accompany such feasts will be
added 1t is expected that this will
be one Of the greatest events ir
neighborhood history, and all are an
ticipating it's coming with grea
deal Of interest.
Candidates in Ardmore were al
thick as fleas Saturday, and tht
number Of cards handed out would
reach into the thousands. Beside
the literature there was considerably
more than less hot air spilled upor
the ambient atmosphere in the wilt
scramble for votes that is now goinG
en- in Carter county.
The probability of a battalion o
heavy artillery being located in Ard
more in the event that new stat
organizations are authorized, ha
aroused lot Of interest, and ther'
, is no doubt about getting the mel
to man the guns should it be de
cided to enlist them in this city
Also there is no doubt about tn
ability of the Chamber of Commerce
! to employ a competent director ant
organize a regimental band tina
would be made headquarters aggre