The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-25
IN THE SPRING
COMES BIRDS, BEES
AND CANDIDATES!
Two Aspirants to Commission
ers' Posts Have Thrown
Their Hats in the Ring.

Now that the holidays are nearing u
close, and material things of 1921
Will soon be in tre discard, local
CliticS may be expected TO take on
TIE appearance Of life ana the well
known welkin will do some plain
and fancy ringing during the days
that are TO come.
Tho good year 1922 will bring
among its manifold blessings, state
and county elections. with the incident
excitement of the ever present pri
mary brawl, whereby we are 10
decide by our biennial family fued
just who will have the honor OF car. /
rying the banner Ct the 'untcrrifed !
10 victory in the general election.
From the time the first blue bird, |
gentle harbincer of spring makes it, /
appearance, uhtil the hated opposition |
is snugly laid away in moth balls
after the ides OF November. excite. |
aent will wax warm and furious, an.
the plumed eagles will take oratorical !
flight to realms of rhetorical heights, !
piucli a pine from It's towering crag,
and using it ps brush, plant vel
fal rainbow across the political firma
ment
Candidates Are Mentioned
Speculation rs to who county can
d.dates will be in the next general
marathon. Is speculation, nothing
more ana one person has as gOou
right 20 hazard a guess as an. ther.
until the ones now in office make NJ
,hcir minds whether they desire 10
succeed themselves for another term,
or until some one on the outside make,
an announcement to tho general eff
feet that they are looking for iob
themselves, not much can be knowla
The voter can rest assured Of one
fact, he is practically certain TO hca
a multitude Of announcements short
ly after the first Of the year. and
tie sovereign citizen in the ruru
districts who will be regalod with
much speech making, a great deal o.
hand shaking, to say nothing Of a
wonderful shower of campaign litera.
ture. He hal as well begin looking
over his poultry flock now, and pre-
Iere for the invaders, because IL
there is one dish more than another
that the average candidate is partia,
70. II is platter OF fried chicken
cooked as only country house wife
Lows how TO cook and serve 1t, ano
~ all history, no candidate has ever
hcen known TO refuse an invitation
e park himself at n table when the
above menu was to be served
There
of Carter county who already are
;tvowed candidates for office, in fact
they let 1t be known Immediately al.
ter the last general holocaust that
their lids were already in the well
Known ring. and announced that they
would be there or thereab uts when
the time for gathering the next har
vest OF votes arrived
Commissioners in Race
Reference is made to the race for
the office of county commissioner
from the first and second commission.
ers district.
II will be remembered, and especially
hv the two gentlemen who were can
didres before the people last time
aud suffered the sting Of defeat. that
some one tossed a monkey wrench
IN the machinely, and tho grinding
gears of fate wrought havoc with
their fondest dreams; one received
'Lis'n' in The primary election. when
The other brother Of abiding faith and
democratic prcclivities beat him to tho
tape and is now enjoying the hon.
ors and emoluments Of the office.
Tho other was successful in the pri.
mary election. but was sadly. most
.Gly disappointed in the general clc.
iion. when a man unknown 10 po.
lucal fame. end unwisc in the ways
ard wiles OF tie seasoned politician. Of
political complexion hitherto un.
known TO the family OF office holders
IN Carter county, made the race so
hot that IL took him off his feet at
The first quarter, widcncd the gap at
the half, and all but gave him the dis.
tonce ilag in the final stretch. com.
ing under tho wire winner by a very
handsome majority.
We Introduce Them
Right here Il IL time TO unmask
these two, and expose them to public
'i'Ns th'i'iViet u ~ WIN pleasure
We arc able to introduce jefferson Q.
o'Bricn OF Ardmore and the first com.
nissioncr's district. and George Law
renee Evans OF Newport, in the SCI
cnd district WHO have aspirations an,
an abiding ambition to servo the pco
PIE In their respective haliwicks.
Mr. Evans served the people of his
district Tor two terms az commission
,r. and was succeeded by Marian =.
Pierce. present incumbent Mr.
oBricn served an uncxprcd term and
WAS tho succossfu. candiatc In the
democratic primary last ycar.but was
defeated in the general election by Roy
VI. Johnson. the only republican cyof
elected TO office IN Carter county.
GIVE HEALTH: RIN CURISTN\S