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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-18

one time had been a sailing captain
In the trade with the mother coun-
try, left his wife and children at his
death five thousand acres of land.
more or less unproductive; twenty
TWO slaves, a slender purse and a lean
larder. :,
While at Mt. Vernon, which his old
est brother, Lawrence, had inherited,
ne learned the simple rudiments of
surveying, and Lord Fairfax, who lived
nearby, employed him to survey a
vast estate in the Valley of Virginia.
In his young manhood Washington
round his fluctuations strongly bent
to arms" To softer arms than those
OF Mars the young militarist also was
inclined.
Frying posterity finds him at six
teen plning for mysterious "lowland
oeauty, who would not have the pen-
nlless surveyor. He received also nv
MS own confession "cruel sentence,
from Miss Betsy" and afterward
was rejected by Miss Phillipse of New
York. At last the oft-disappointed
wooer came to the White House on
the Pamunkey, and once more he lost
ms heart The mistress of the manor
Mrs. Martha cambridge Custis was
wise enough to keep 1t, being a widow
OF seven years, the mother Of two
fatherless children, the owner of Iarge
! Estates. 80
| When flying embers from tha wor
fields of Europe ignited tba sorora
forests of the New World, Washing-
Ton was militia major, and he was
dispatched on mission to the oh;o
perilous journey of ten weeks
through wintry desolation Tho
next year he went again with a hon5
Vi soiolers, for now the Seven Years,
war had spread to America.
Now General Braddock cama 20
seorh the colonial breed while he
showed them how British reor,ons
tought In proper, soldierly forma tion
The undrilled red children Of tho s o..'
est stubbornly refusing to fight on a.
european plan, Braddock fell amid hiS
panic-stricken troops on the News"
heia' At the head of his grave n tho
wilderness the prayers for tbo 49,
were read by Colonel WASHINGTON N'
Although Washington had won u
battles, he had made most imnorta ~ !.
conquest. When the Seven Years, ~ -
came ne was still an Engllshman ana
to him an island three thousand Ill, aau
away still was home. In his oo INES )
with British officers he was shnn ,ae,
to find them aliens to him and his s Mas
World and himself only colonial !, y
their eyes, With native condescan seems =
they undertook to teach him MI n,aaa
but with native independence he '" IS
jeeted. ne %
BY the time the Seven Yeors, ~,
was over the colonial colonel M 49, -
was an Englishman. That illusIon n So
gone and had left washingtnr a. :.
american ~
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-18
GEORGE WASHINGTON
9XTASHINGTON was made of the
wv CANA CLAW aq most Americans

GXTASHINGTON was made of the
wv same clay as most Americans
who have won high leadership and,
like them, he cut his teeth on the
crust of poverty. Only four or five
Of our presidents came from poorer
homes than our first president and he
had less schooling than four-fifths of
his successors. He was, in fact, the
only president in the first forty years
who was without college education.
Not starting to school until eight, he
had to leave at fourteen to go to work.
Thenceforth until the Revolution the
woods and fields were his only school
room and life his only schoolmaster.
We never can truly understand this
man If we start with the mistaken idea
that he was the product of wealth and
aristocracy. His people really were
only plain, though always highly re-
spectacle family, living nsthe out
skirts of the cavalier castle which set
up its manors In the James river
region. Georges own father, who at
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-18

my rooms and placed revolver with
one chamber discharged in the dresser
in my bedroom. 1t was evidently
placed there for the purpose of throw
ing suspicion on me, of making me
out the murderer. The detectives
found it there and arrested me. If
you did not enter my apartment to
hide the revolver, why then were you
there?"
II knew nothing about the murder"
she answered irrelevantly, until this
morning-until read about it in the
papers"
what about Wick2" l hurled at
her. "Didn't Wick tell your"
wick" she repeated in a puzzled
way. "Oh, Mr., Wick, the superintend-
ent. No, / have not seen him for sew
eral days."
did you do nothing yesterday at
his direction?" n.
"How absurd! OF course not"
"Why, then, did you go into my
rooms?"
She looked at me with a frightened
face, and her manner became more
confused. .a
II really believe you are trying to
implicate me in your crime" she eiac-
ulated. tits absurd for you to try
to question me this way"
Lady" interrupted the keeper.
you'll have to be going now. Times
up" ~.
Promise me-" she begged hastily
in an undertone, as she departed.
whatever you think about me, you'll
keep NY sister out of it."
I'm promise nothing, unless you con-
fess everything" / repeated, deter
mined, if could, to drag her secret
from her, even though 1, as well as
she, was eager to shield Barbara's
name.
Claire Bradford's attitude, must
confess, puzzled me greatly. Her de.
NAL that she had seen the revolver
or that she had been working In con.
junction with Wick seemed to ring
true, and was also inclined to be.
lieve her statement that she knew
nothing of her former husbands pres.
ent whereabouts. While was pon,
dering over her statements, my cell
door opened and German was let in
"Well, young fellow" he said, "this
sleuthing business didn't turn out eS,
actly the way we expected it to, did
It?"
"You don't think I'm guilty, Il
Jou"
l waited in agony for his answer
If he failed me, there was no one
absolutely no one, to whom / could
turn.
CTo BE CONTINUED
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-18

fore my fathers death-not since tina
marriage was annulled."
s'Nor heard from him." persisted.
aNo, nor heard from him." she hesi-
tated, "unless-
''Unless whatr ! insisted, as she
stopped abruptly.
Il can't tell you" she said firmly.
81 don't know. They must have come
from him, from someone that knew
the letters"
"What lettersi Tell me about
them"
Il can't tell what don't know. l
haven't the least idea where CASTOR
Maurice Is. had hoped he was dead
in the war. Yet he can't be. ! have
had anonymous letters threatening
me. They mast have come from him
or from someone whom he told OF our
marriage7 How else could they known
Her distress was so real and her
manner so convincing that | decided
that she must be telling the truth.
WELL" said |. "lf you cannot tell
me where to find CASTOR Maurice
there is one thing that you can tell
me-"
what is that?"
why did you visit my apartment
late last night7 Why did you put that
revolver in my dresser?"
Revolver" she queried in puzzled
tone, what revo.yer?"
1.-THE revolver with which Miss Luz
tan was killed."
She eyed me in shocked surprise.
"Why do you say this to met
never saw the revolver"
"You cannot deny that you were in
my apartment last night"
"But the revolver" she protested
"What do you mean by that? know
nothing of any revolver"
Last night, few minutes after
Miss Lutan was murdered" said
sternly, "some man or woman entered
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-18

ceived the surrender sword q rs
wallis, washington surrenderssS ,nsa
own, unstained by personal "a lt@
to the people who had entr .s, frOs
him and went back to his farm, n he
which he was called to becopS
first president of the republic ,,,,stt
No president has been more oohipst
abused than the first. hls eretsr
quarreled until Jefferson, his seer .sSrs
of state. resigned, and his next = n
tary, Edmund Randolph, pas.R IolS
trayed him. His vice preslaepSm ntton
Adams, called him "an OLD .u I'll
head" who had "not been foan sss Il
only because he kept his nouln n spi
'Treaclierous In private frlenus Tnorps
hypocrite in public IRE, .a he Re
Paine pronounced him. Becau ,,st,onarl
fused to take the side Of res .,a street.
France, 10000 persons In tne ,nitaL-
of Philadelphia"-then the ton cf
"threatened to drag Washlns,, s rs
of his house" John Adams 'e, .sts 4
Notwithstanding the ou'pu, ropt
partisanship, he retained -" When
dence Of the country to the no, ~, II BIZ
the people at the inaugura .'ns pres
successor followed the retirin ~ ues
dent into the street and lel' ,ss IOps
president all but deserted. ! MOus
task of the homesiek exile lro'D
Vernon was done. .,..r.ai
lcopyrlshs. 1870. BIZ James "s
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-18

TIME choice of Washington i
= commander in chief of the Ri
luton is one of the mysterious \
happy accidents of history. Moth
In the deeds of this militia coas
who had lost every fight that he Il
fought, pointed him out as the n
and only man to meet the armies
the greatest empire in the world. NqtH
ing In the words of this fams
who never made a speech, lnsprsS
the congress at Philadelphia to tus
to him by unanimous consent as en-
leader of the young nation. TN
Patrick Henry testified that this II
lent member was "the greatest mad
in an assemblage which Lord eAaf
ham declared never had Its supggv
anywhere in history.
AS he went to the front, he met
courier on a lathered horse, beaHa 4
the dreadful news of Bunker Hill 1aI
the militia fight?" was all he wisa|
to know. Eyes" Then the lIbets|
of the country are safe" Although
is said that Washington never In hb
life read but one book on the art Il
war, he knew that if the people would
only stand up to the kings reguIaS
they could lose every battle and aa
defeat an enemy who was 5000 mild
from his base.
The Revolution was not won by ~
sword of Washington, but by bis y
domitable character. It was his char
acter, slowly built up by poverty aa
struggle, which had given him ifaa
the start the leadership over na
who talked more; yes, and who kre'
more.
The invincible fortitule of peOps
heroically embodied in him, oVertnis'
the kings army and navy and y
Hessians. The uncOnquerable sMI
of the 5000 hunted, hungering si''
ering, ragged Continentals Of Vals
Forge wrested from the British crow
an empire greater than all the en- y,
quests made by Napoleons sraA
army.
At the last, as the Americans leapa
those last hurdles to Independents y I
British redoubts at Yorktown NS
ington only said: "The work IS u's
and we'll done. Bring me my nUlS,
The war was over, but the nO0ls
victory was yet to come. HaSMS
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-18

Undoubtedly she had resorted to this
ruse TO make sure of seeing me while
at the same time concealIng her own
identity.
overjoyed at her coming, delighted
20 know that l had read her heart
Alright and that my confidence In her
trust in me was justified, l FASTENED
with the keeper to meet her.
Delighted as l was ut her coming,
WIS formulating in my mind how best
TO make 1t clear to her that she must
leave at once and that no matter what
happened she must keep her lips
closed about the events of last night.
Under no circumstances would l per-
NIT her to sacrifice herself to save me.
In the counsel room yelled figure
awaited me. sprang forward eager
ly toward her. The woman standing
there put up one hand In repell'ng
gesture and then flung back her veil.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-18
unappreciative Guest.

Ralph, three years old, was spend
ing the day with his aunt. Thinking a
custard would appeal to him, she In
quired If he liked them. at which he
answered: ooh, my, yes" However
upon being served it fell short Of his
expectations. He ate a little and
passing It TO his aunt said: "You can
have 1t Aunt Myra. am so full. and
II you want some water to wash II
down. here's my glass"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-18

be the chair for yours II you're not
careful. You've got no chance proving
an alibi."
"Why nots never saw Miss Lutan
until saw her body In her rooms.
never was In her rooms until went
in there with Mr.. Wick after we had
heard the shot. What's more. ! never
owned revolver In my life and never
saw the one the detectives found until
they pulled It out Of my dresser
drawer"
Incredulously he listened. could
see that he did not believe word !
was saying.
"You don't look like dope fiend,
either" he observed scathingly.
Look here.' retorted, ut is bad
enough TO have the police take It for
granted that ] am a criminal and a
murderer, but when the counsel the
court assigns me starts out on the
same course, we quit right now. TIL
get lawyer OF my own when need
one.p
''I'll come around this afternoon and
see you again." he said coolly. "a few
hours In the Tombs will make you see
things differently"
A few minutes later l found myself
ensconced In cell again, still conf
dent OF my speedy release, but some
what puzzled as to what would be my
best method of procedure. was I'M
acquainted with any lawyers; In fact,
with any one in the whole city with
whom could consult. My Immediate
hope lay in my friend, Detective Cor
man. There was nothing for me to do
but to wait until / heard from him.
Fortunately ! had had the fore
thought when the detectives were ar
| place in the bookcase my little hoard
| OF money. This enabled me to send
| out of the prison and have luncheon
brought In. Making myself as com
Portable as possible, sat down to wait
| for German, occupying my mind mean
while with thinking of Barbara Brad
| ford.
The thing uppermost In my mind
was how 20 prevent her from being in
any way involved. She must never
know that only by her testimony would
be able to prove an allbi. Should
she ever realize this, knew that her
sense Of justice would make her come
forward and tell the truth, even
though 1t meant the loss of her own
reputation and the scandalizing of all
her aequaintances. She must not be
permitted to talk.
She must not even try to see me
while was in prison.
The one way--the only way--I saw
| by which l could escape from the laws
tolls without duplicating her was
through the speedy rounding up of the
band of criminals who l was positive
We're responsible for Miss Lutan's
murder as well as for all our troubles
l was relying on German to do this.
] A keepers voice interrupted my
chain of thought.
you're wanted down In the counsel
ROOM" he said "There is a visitor for
YOU"
/ "A visitor" l cried excltedly. ''Who
Is it?" ! thought of course 1t must be
German come to my rescue. IT
'Its your sister," he announced.
My sister! A thrill shot through
me at his announcement. l knew OF
course 1t could not be my sister. Both
of them We're mere children far away
in the West. II must be Barbara
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-18
i The House OF
\ Whispers

stood there astounded. 1t was
not Barbara. 1t was her sister Claire.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-18
FIVE MINUTE CHATS ABOUT
OUR PRESIDENTS
ss~~~~~s~>~
BY JAMES MORGAN
FIRST in WAR AND pr,e,

f775-June IS, appointed !.
mander In chief.
i7sf-oct. rs, received tina H.
render of cornwalII. !,
Yorktown. "
17ss-Dec. %, surrendered i.
commission to congress
17se-ApriI 80, inauuur,,,.
first president, aqed H.
seven. 4
l793-March q, inaugurated
second time.
17s6-September, Farewell !.
dress.
17s7--March 4, retired.
f799-Dec. IA, died.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-02-15
MANY MARRIAGE PERMITS
ISSUED BN CLERK GRANT

According to the marriage record,
kept by Court Clerk Grant, cupid has
been using his little bow and arrow
with telling effect during the past
few days, on couples who have pass
ed the period Of romance. Accord
ing to the high mogul in this office
the cause Of all this is attributed to
the fact that In the springtimc a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-02-15
ujy Rcdyns)

There is not much to record in the
local political field for the past week,
and things seem to be at a standstin
so far as candidates and prospective
candidates are concerned, although IL
who viii be who when the names begin
to adorn the announcement columns
OF the public prints.
No ne candidates for commissioner
have made their bows in the first
ana second district, there already
being two from each, and in the
third no one seems to be inclined to
play with Joe r. Taylor who has
made his announcement and it begins
to look as if he might play lone
hand for some time to come.
There are two candidates for the
office OF county treasurer at present,
with others lowering in the offns
waiting for their friends TO insist
little harder for them to get in the
game.
One candidate for sheriff has ~.
ready announced. but he is going 10
have at least one opponent who will
make his announcement in a short
time according 10 adyices from his
friends.
Two candidates are in the field for
county superintendent of public iu-
struction. with the chances very Gooi
that there viii be at least two ana
perhaps three more before the end Of
the race is reached.
One candidate has announced for
county wcigher with one or two moro
flirting with fate ana trying to induce
friends to start boom in their
behalf There seems TO be u general
aversion this season for friends TO
start booms for any particular can.
dldate. and the prospective ones are
beginning to find this out with the
result that most of them have decided
to nurse their own boomlcts.
one thing the candidates have bt
gan to learn is, that the women are
going to cut some figure in thc
coming campaign, and they are all
doing a little flirting round ana abouc
with the fair sex in order that they
may ingratate themselves to the
extent that they viii be able to garner
the votes cast by the female Of the
species.
The registration books when com.
pletcd will show that the women are
taking an active interest and win
IL l., ttst, & "a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-02-15
New System of
Fat Reduction

Here's a new way for all fat people
to laugh together at that old bugaboo
Obesity. The saying that there
is nothing new under the sun" does
not now apply 10 fat people any more
Here is something new for them
new sensation, n new pleasure, a new
and graceful figure, easily found by
anyone who is passing beyond the
limits Of slimncss. Everyone has
heard Of the Marmol1 Prescription;
that harmless combination OF fat
dcfying elements discovered by one
Of our foremost physicians. Now,
from the same high authority, there
comes another idea--the idea Of con
densing these same pure, harmless
ingredients into "a pleasant little tab
let. Taken after eating and at bed.
time. They help the stomach to dis
pose Of all the fatty foods, converting
them into compact, solid flesh, mus
Gle and energy, without dieting or
exercise. Marmola Prescription Tab
for you what bodily cxerton and
self-denial can not do. and the fat,
once routed, is gone for good You
can prove all this at a trifling cost.
Marmola Prescription Tablets are sold
by all druggists or sent postpaid By
the Marmola Co, S6i Woodward Ave,
Detroit Mich. A large case--sufficient
to bring lasting results-is but ST..
--ady.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-02-15
BUCK GARRETT ANNOUNCES
FOR SHERIFF. CARTER COUNTY

with today's issue Of the Ardmore-
ito appears the formal announcement
of Buck Garrett as candidate for
the office Of sheriff OF Carter county
subject to the action Of the demo.
cratic primary election August Srd
1920.
In making this announcement Mr.
Garrett states hc is doing so upon
the same principle that elected him
to office when he first came before
the people and asked their suffrage,
serve all tho people to the best Of
his ability under any Ind all condi-
tlons.
Mr. Garrett has served the people
faithfully for the past ten years, and
during that time has established q
reputation as a peace officer second
TO none in the southwest.
Conditions have materially changed
in Carter county since Mr.. Garrett
assumed charge Of the shcriff's Of.
flee When the state was young horse
thieves and cattle rustlcrs had little
respect for the law and less for the
officers in this section. and thcfts
OF livestock were numerous ana bold.
1t was not long after he took charge
Of affairs before the rustlers began
to realize that there was 4 new man
on horseback and by the time he had
captured a half dozen Of them and
had them sent TO the pen, the rest
concluded that other climes were bet.
ter suited to their health than Carter
county.
When the oil fields were opened in
the western portion Of the county an
influx OF operators came with such
r1pidity that new towns sprang up
in that section over night. With the
better element Of workers came a
lot Of bad actors who usually follow
the oil game for what they can pick
off the honest workers, they We're a
bad lot and rs usual began to terror
ize good citizens by their high handed
methods. A few visits from the sher-
iff, a few of the bad ones given a
timely warming, and a few more
landed IN jail or in the hospital, soon
convinced that element that they had
real man to deal with. The result
today Is that the oil fields is as or.
dcrly n place as could be imagined
and person, man or woman, is safe
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-02-15
ARDMORE MOTOR NOTES

world. Every local motorist who has
seen any of them regards the solec-
ton of this community TO get space
on the boards as a cause for gratifi-
cation.
Each OF the boards Is in the shape
Of a great open book. Across the top
Of each page appear the words Ills
tory Of the United States" on the
left page are set forth historical facts
Of interest regarding the town which
is advertised. on the opposite page
Is the simple announcement, United
States tires arc good tires"
The big tire company has been de-
luged with letters and kilograms from
chambers Of commerce and officials
Of cities from coast to coast urging
the erection Of these history books
near their towns.
Many stories are told concerning
the books to show their interest to
automobiles. One Of the best Of
these anecdotes has to do with the
only coal mine in Rhode Island.
The woman who owned the prop
crty on which the mine was located
leased q few feet Of ground for 4
bulletin board. 4 few weeks later she
made q demand that the board be
removed, declaring that she was driv-
en- to desperation by the number Of
motorists who stopped at her house
asking TO see the coal mine.
Instead Of removing the board, the
company suggested that the charge
over the mine. She adopted the sug-
gcstion and in the remaining summer
months made more money in this way
than She had been able 20 derive
from her farm in the Two preceding
years.
Another book was placed on the
front Of Il famous old mission in Cali
fornia at the request Of the monks,
end brought hundreds Of additional
sightsccrs to the place.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-02-15
Young Men Talke Notice.

Just received our new vast Spring
line Of suits. priced $500 to $500.
Also a big assortment Of all kinds or
young mems trousers.Also we carry
that weu.known Seize royal buc
shoes in All styles. Just try one or
these straight last Wei Red shoes.
price $1,000 to $3.50. London, the West
Street Ciothier. l2-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-02-15
CHAMBER or COMMERCE
WILL NOT DISTRIBUTE SEED

The Chamber of Commerce will not
handle cotton seed or seed oats for
distribution among the farmers this
season as in the past. The secretary
states that lack Of funds is the prln'
cipal reason that this course was de-
Cilcl uDOn.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-02-15
Things Political At Temporary
Stand-Still While Candidates Are
Making Goo-Goo Eyes at Women Voters

the day of the election and Il correct
line obtainable as to the exact mum
Der Of legal voters in the county.
BY the end Of the winter it is con.
fidcntly expected that some radical
developments will bee visible, and
with the coming Of fair weather
things political will begin to hum IN
this neck Of the woods.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-02-15
GARTER COUNTY land MAPS.

SHOWING CARTER COUNTY BY
SECTIONS WITH EACH INDINlD
UAL OWNER. COMPLETE LOG OF
THE OIL FIELD DISTRICT AND
OTHER INTERESTING DATA. \
LIMITED NUMBER or THESE
MAPS MAY BE OBTAINED At THE
ARDMORITE OFFICE WHILE THEY
LAST AT SLOO EACH. THEY WILL
NOT LAST LONG. COME AND GET
YOURS TODAY. ARDM0REITE PUB.
co