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The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-24
See w. w. Boyce about your plumbing. All work guaran- teed. Phones 565 and 527.

Lost-Last spring, bright red, wool coat sweater. Reward for return to Sara Frances Morehead.-1022d3t*
 R. w. Gragson returned this morn ing to McAlester, Okla, following a visit to his parents, MT. and Mrs. w. G. Gragson, and brother, V. H. Graz son.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23
CROKER REJOICES OVER
ENDING OF FAMILY WAR

DUBLIN. Ireland. Dec 23.-"The
This is the statement Richard Crok-
er is reported TO have made on his
sickbed here, referring 10 the settle
ment OF his 80 years trouble with
his sons.
Croker was for II years chief OF
Tammany Hall and the strongest po-
litical boss New York City ever had.
Ii was his second marriage in 1914
to a Cherokee Indian that brought
10 public notice his long family war
fare.
Croker's sons. following an unsuc-
cessful attempt In 1929 10 have their
father declared incompetent To man
age his own affairs. started series
OF suits for the recovery OF various
sums alleged To have been advanced
by them. for certain rIilroao shares.
In June. 1921. these suits came up
In court, but they were never pressed.
The Crokers had announced set
Element of their difficulties out of
court.
Born la Ireland
Richard Croker was born in Clcna-
kitty. County CORK, Ireland. OH NOV
20. lS4l.
At seven his parents brought mn
to the United States. He was edueat
Cd IN New York public schools ahd
later became macninist.
In 1866 he became interested In poll
ties and was elected alderman in 1869,
1907 and 1883. From 1879 10 1879 he
was New York coroner and from
1889 TO 1880 ne was city chamberlain.
During his administration OF thi'
office. Croker became the pronouneeu
opponent of the Tweed ring. Attei
the mos, bittei political battle fought
in America. Croker was elected Tam
many chieftain. over Tweeds opposi
ton.
On his resignation IL years later
Croker returned 10 Ireland still re-
tanning his American citizenship, an'
WAS granted the freedom u Dublin II
1907.
Crok-r's first wife was Miss Eliaa
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23
CAN YOU TELL?
BY X. j. and A. w. BOOMER
No. e?-Why We Contract Our Eye
Muscles When We Cough

We always contract the muscles
around our eyes during a violent or
even a slight spell OF coughing. This.
is a wise provision Of nature TO pro-
tect the eyes from the excessive blood
pressure. Coughing causes the blood 10
flow more freely 10 all parts of the
head and the pressure of the blood
in rhe arteries and veins is increased
so greatly that If these eye muscles
did not contract there would be seri-
GUS danger of ruptured vein or
artery.
Our eyelids close also when the sur
face of the eye is touched. This is an
other Of natures methods of protect.
ing the eyes. This movement Is not.
however. caused by the action OF the
nerves, but is the result of the action
of the brain Oh what appears 10 be a
threatening danger. Movements Of
this kind can sometimes be prevented
If our brain tells US that there is no
actual danger at hand. For instance,
II blow Is struck at us when the
striking hand is so far away hat it
could not possibly reach US. the eyes
do not close. This is not true, how.
ever in al cases. for II you go TO the
zoo and stand with your face TO a
glass case filled with snakes, q far
different insult may occur. You are
fully aware of the fact that the snakes
cannot reach you, the glass being u
certain protection. In spite of this
| knowledge, however. If one of the
snakes strikes at you YOU will jump
back quickly. Your will and your rea.
son are in this instance powerless
against the seeming danger. This oc-
ours because your Imagination is deal
ing with danger you have never
before experienced.
Copyright. 1921. by Public Ledger Company
TOm0rrOw-HOw May Playing Cards
Interpret the Bible?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23
HOMETOWN
STUFF

Many woraan who has never iar
en- up law can lay 1t down.
Movie stars marry in winter!z
finds a writer Yes. mostly the same1
ones every winter.
Ireland seems TO have quit throw
ing bricks and started laying them.
Automatic toy music boxes can be
fixed with an ay.
Emma Goldman says she is & wo.
mar without country. America is
fine country for Emma TO be with
out.
1t is not known who offered or won
the 1921 prize Tor taking the most pic
lures Of Harding.
You must sing song of expense TO
get 4 bottle full Of rye.
Mother misses father when he i5
out hunting because she is afraid the
hunters will not
A man who goes to jail for the
time OF his life doesn't have it.
fat men never do esthetic dances
because they are too easy TO hit.
! Spring hats and customers are
being trimmed
The masses will be elevated when
! aifplanes get common.
| Looking at a ton of coal makes us
believe that even big dealers do bus
mess on small scales.
Two can live sleeper than one.
A good mixer has lots OF friends,
especially a good wrink mixer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23
A NATION ON BUDGETS

THE people will watch with interest and very like
ly at times WIKI amusement, the efforts Of those
responsible for government finances to keep within
the budget which Mr.. Dawes has submitted
For generations the business Of the nation has
been at loose ends with appropriations. engend
cred in extravaganza and waste constantly increas
ing in number and amount. Reform will not be easy
especially since this hearsesS schedule leaves no
loophole Tor the convenient deficiency bill" Def
ciencies not supposed to occur under budget
II will be an excellent thing if. simultaneously
with this governmental effort the people will put
their domestic and business affairs each on its bud
get. The same careful apportionment OF expendi-
lures with regard TO the income and the same emi-
nation OF waste which is expected TO rule in federal
business during the coming year. ii applied to pti-
vate finances, would mean more than any other
thing the return of permanent prosperity. The ex-
perence in private budgeting would f,t the people 10
Judge accurately what i, to be expected in
federal finances. Since they must pay the federal
bills the knowledge is worth gaining
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23
SUNDAY GONE FROM TULSA

RlLLlE SUNDAY has gone from Tulsa. Many
hundreds reported to have hit the saw dust
trail during his revival The papers OF Tulsa re-
marked about the size OF the check he bore away,
which somewhat more than $1,000 The news
eoitor OF the Okahoman used the Tulsa story to
manufacture a local item OF news. Billie Sunday
also held = meeting in Oklahoma City He received
Tor his services there $4,000 The Okahoman inter
viewed the different pastors OF the city and learned
that the Sunday meeting did very little Tor the
regularly organized churches The pastors OF
the opinion that their numbers were not built up
by the Sunday revival in substantial manner. Mr..
Sunday lett Tulsa Tor California.
Whatever remarks might be made concerning the
work OF Sunday it can be said that he is man OF
power in the pulpN. He attracts vast crowds and he
possesses remarkably sharp intellect and is rapid
forcefu talker.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23
!2s Ss Spur tGs (! Moment

Bill Hart who is about to take literary career
will find that broncho busting and outlaw fighting were
hard after all
Among the home ties that forgeLs are
the his wife gives him for Christmas.
Interpret This Adv. TO Suit Yourself
"Just smoke of this tobacco when you at
home and say nothing your wife about it and listen
to what she says when she smells t"'-From Detroit
prospectus
William Fox, the moving picture man, is collector
of old musical instruments. If he will visit our
block do plain and fancy collecting viii &C
$3.50 the We would also like to whisper the
address the trombone player the fourth floor front
That guy has mercy
"Women Run Oklahoma Town a headline
Well how does that town differ from any other?
"Sit down when you in trouble" says financial
expert, "and where you stand"
The average information booth is the place where
they all busy give you.
Long Island took a drink OF prohibition
bulge last week with suicidal intent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23
Editorial of the Day
Is HONESTY so RARE:

Newspapers are often blamed FOR saying much
about the bad things and little about the good things
in everyday life The logical reason of course Is that the
papers publish primarily occurs, not they
would like have II occur and that goodness is SO
that II has very little value being mat.
Of but evil is often spectacular and Is there
fore worth printing. But in while the order is
reversed and the is alert TO print something
unusually good that it is really one is
startled by the suggestion that honesty uncommon
that case OF the exception is really notable
The pretty story comes from New York that Grip
pied boy who waited long Doctor Lorenz the lam.
Austrian surgeon, at last got his chance In un-
expected way He picked up bug containing 500 worth
OF rings and turned 1t the hospital, and
suit preference the list awaiting the
Some people who have always been scrupulously hon.
est Will say ~.ch very unusual ana that in
ordinary life special reward is given for honesty This
may be handling money goes, since fraud
IN that field is discovered.
But in buying and selling goods, IN working for and
employing other people there plenty OF chances for
trckery The world Is full of those methods thut
those who prove themselves square and reliable do w
special attention and confidence. They may get
ahead temporarily fast as those who take The short
cuts Of crookedness but whatever gains they make
permanent The uickery folks queer their chances
by their yellow records-Tusa World
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23
FRIDAY, DECEMBER %, 1921.
SOME NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

TT must have been an inspiration to have lived
when the world first discovered the power OF
steam 1t must have been interesting then to see
visions OF its power rivers and in raversing the
country and even in crossing the ocean But II IS
even greater inspiration to have the pleasure ol
living now when wireless telephony is just develop
ing Last Sunday night boy OF Is in Corsicana,
Texas with machine which he had rugged up
himself sat in his home and heard the Rev. George
w. Truett preach in his Dallas church. He heard
the announcement of the hymns, heard them sung
and listened to the sermon that followed
On the night following Roger ". Babson the
foremost business statistcan OF the country speak
ing in Massachusetts, was heard by as many as S5,0O0
people bv means OF the Radiophone. Men sat IN
their homes in Canada and in many places in New
England and on vessels out at sea and heard the
lecture on the business problems OF the world Mon
day night OF this week made history because 1t was
the first talk business ever to be sent out TO
Others hundreds OF miles away.
1t has been just Is years this month since an
arpane was held above the surface of the earth
for one minute Today airplanes have been devel-
oped until they are used successfully for commercial
purposes. One air machine has travelled 1000 miles
without stopping and it is not at all unreasonable
10 believe that they be used to pass around the
globe in one trip
Our age is making notable achievements.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23
Kansas Farmers Saved
From Ruin by Chickens

EMFORIA, kan--Hunoreds Of
chNkens--of the feathered variety
are not earning their salt accord
ing to farm agents OF several cvun'
ties VINO met IN Emporia. Lazy chick
ems should be cullod. killed aud eaten,
the agents declared.
while the Stockyards corporations
are shouting at the farmers 10 hold
his live stock and the farmer finding
bearish market when he does ship 1t
IN. the barnyard hen has come TO
the rescue of the farmer. Chickens
are ,hc real mortgage ruisurs" IN
Kansas the poultry men said.
Statistics show that the egg pro-
duction la Kansas has increased fully
one-third In the last two years,
But farmers who feed lazy hens
are working a hardship on their com
munities ana will save hundreds OF
dollars by getting rid OF them. the
county agents concluded
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23
TRAMPED AS A SOLDIER

AN English preacher who had heard much OF the
employment among the former service men
and who knew bur little fe upon plan TO add to
his knowledge OF the situation. Playing the part OF
former service man he walked the country from
one end to the other. He found the people very
liberal with him in offering advice He found some
who bestowed upon him few coins OF small de-
nomination but there was not job offered him and
tired and weary. but with better information OF the
actual situation he returned TO his pulpit to tell his
story and TO tell OF his adventure which must be
the experience OF many in England.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23
BOOZE MAY HELP FORMER
SERVICE MEN SOME SAY

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Feasibi.
it, OF raising funds for a soldier
bonus by a tax on beer and light
vine will be considered by the house
ways and means committee. Chairman
i'ordney annouced Wednesday, afte,
the Christmas recess when the comm.
tee takes up the adjusted compensation
question, particularly the phrase re.
lating 10 the raising Of revenue TO
finance il.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23
Theatrical Men to
Act Against COughers

NEW YoRK.-"lf you must cough
IN the theatre. do Il at the boN OF
iice. IL the reaction OF local theatri'
cal managers TO news from Paris that
producers there have started an anti
coughing crusade,
Local producers are following the
example Of Jersey City minister
who IL said to begin hia sermon each
Sunday morning by saying that u
persons In his audience must cough
they should at least wait until th'
collection plat. Is passed and thet
cough up as hard ~ they please.
The cough In the theatre usually
somes at the most dramatic poin, IL
the play. producers say.
Local authorities agree with Paris
SPECIALISTS that about 10 per cent ol
the theatre coughs are ineaousablc
they say moments concentration
when the first coughing urge Is felt
will generally stifle II.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23

LONDoN.-A human hearl preserv
ed in alcohol and enclosed in a
bronze vase bearing the date January
l743. and Il Latin inscription, you
are dust. you return TO dust" has been
discovered in 1 tomb in convent at
Geneva.
The heart is believed TO be that Of
one OF the Dukes Of Milan. The con-
vent was built In the thirteenth cen.
tllrX
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23

81. LOUIS. Mo.-Mrs. Rhgdc Island
Red is whale Of hen. George Sic.
fert. policeman will tell the world.
1t takes big. eggs to keep cop
per" up. declares George. His prize
birdie" is the mother" of three eggs
that tip the scales at II ounces. one
Of the hen berries" measures 10
by Gis and weighs four ounces.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23

BERLIN--An extraordinary discov'
cry was made by surgeon at the
pankhow Hospital. near Berlin. wher
operating on q patient for appedicius
when the patient was cut open II
was found that his heart was or
th. risht side OF the body and th'
appendix on the left.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23
ChiIdlcss; so Ends Lie

BERlylN.--Henrich Haggenmacher
multimillionaire. eigthy.siS years OF
age. who owned numerous factories
mills. breweries and restaurants
throughout the country, has commit
ted suicide.
In q letter which was found on his
office desk. HsREenmacher. who was
a chilJless widower stated that his
lonely life had 5ecome unbearable.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23
CHRISTMAS MALL HEAVIEST
IN YEARS AT CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-Christmas mai!
at the Chicago postoffice despite un.
employment and prevailing hard times,
IS heavier than in past years. Mor-
than 1900 tons Of parcel post matter
was handled yesterday. while on Dec.
", 1920, total OF l045.7 tons reach.
ud the postoffice.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23
Embezzlement is Charged

OkMULGEE, Okla, Dec. 22.-Com.
plant was sworn out today before
&. j. Shields. justice of the peace, by
Mayor j. II. Osborn Of Hoffman, and
against K. A. Meyers. treasurer of the
/ Incorporated town OF Hoffman. charg-
ing embez2lement of 5000 of city funds
on Nov. /. Warrant for the arrest
of Myers was issued
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23

Chicago newspapers in 1860 wasted very little none!
in telegraphing They could wait for the mails and so
could their readers
But in 1885. when the revised version of the New
Testament war brought out, u Chicago newspaper mad
every il telegraphed from New YORK where the
first copy had arrived that it might appear III iuli
in print "A hours earlier than If sent by mail
So much OF change had been wrought in 20 years
70 sure the New Testament more important than
even speech, but people already had the Testa
ment and besides, the Testament longer and more
expensive.
Living faster is assurance of living better; but
there virtue saving in being behlnd
the methods of ones own day and generation
Trousers may graceful than Roman toga, but
man of today do business IN the garb OF the
days Noah of julius Caesar or Of Adam.
We with We are left behind There
is virtue living in the past The past was present
Yesterday and today il is certainly past the days
Hannibal and XerXes. The language, the method, the
mental approach, be those of today
There time when no railroad used telegraph
line business but the railroad that would
operate today would of business with great
crash Every business conduct itself in the life
spirit of its generation. And that is as true
Of education and religion it is OF anything else
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23

FULLERTON, Cal. - Sunflowers
which are said to rival the largest
that Kansas ever produced are now
growing on the Fullerton municipal
farm. The stalks range from ten TO
20 feet in height and from one TO
four inches in diameter How to
permanently get rid OF the crop is a
problem, as "a team cannot get
through the patch TO plow them under.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23

krupp's works at Essen, have 4V,-
200 laborers and sooe officials fully
employed on peace work.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23

There has NOT been report OF Armenian
massacre in whole month. The Near East must
he making some moral Improvements.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23

MIR. AND MRS. RICHARD CROKER
beth Frazier. whom he married In
1878. She died in 1914, after which he
was wed to Miss Beulah Benton Ed
mondson. who was OF Cherokee eXtrac
ton She had studied music IN Bos'
ton and had become u teacher u mu-
sie Ia New York where Croker met
her.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23

The nation tina, builds up the creates, chemical
plants is the nation that can accomplish the greatest
destruction in a given time
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23
Timely Views No.inths News
BY DIR. WM. f. BARTON

BRAHAM LINCOLN delivered his ad-
dress in Cooper Institute, New YORK, on
Monday. Feb. 81. The preceding day
he had heard Henry Ward Beecher
preach. That address was one OF the
notable steps in his ascent TO the
presidency
No Chicago paper, as ! am informed
by a man who has recently searched
the files. made reference to the ad-
dress next day, though TO Illinois II
was of great moment. Apparently no
single word was telegraphed from
New York.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23

Peace has her victories no less renowned than
war. Peace also has her battles stubbornly
fought as war
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-23

Union labor find consolation in the
fact tks. all kinds OF congressman draw the same
pay.