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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-11-17
EDITORIAL
OF THE DAY
THE RICHEST BABY

About twenty years ago the news.
papers were full of stories about "the
richest baby in the world" At the age
of nine weeks this child inherited S5,-
600, 900 from his father and ten days
later he got another $4,000, 900 from the
estate of his fathers brother. Later ON ,
other millions poured in AMI at the
age of four he had a steam yacht, Il
raised especially for his consumption
two trained nurses, three maids. per-
sonal physician n valet and u governess.
Now, according to all of the tradi-
tlons of n rough and Sparton democracy
this pampered baby ought TO have come
to some bad end, for everyone knows
that the only way to reach true great
ness in America is TO be born poor, To
split rails, study Webster's spelling
book by the light of a pine knot and
wear blue jeans, one gallus and no
stockings.
However it is painful duty at this
point to confess that the baby of 20
years ago, whose name Is John Mich
las Brown, has just won John Harry
ard university fellowship for travel ana
study in Harvard university and the
dispatches say that he gained the honor
by plain hard work. 1t appears, there
fore, to be true that you cannot Keep a
good man down even by smcthering
his infancy in needless luxury and per
haps, on the whole, that is the better
American doctrine.-Detroit Free Press.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-11-17
TEN YEARS AGO
Happenings i'm Carter County and
ArdmOre as Told by the Files
OF the Ardmoreite.

Attorney L. d. Slough filed suit yes
terday afternoon in the district court
for Amanda Scott against the American
National Insurance company of Gal
weston. Texas. The suit is for the re.
covery of the face of an accident poll
cy which the brother of Miss Scott, Hy-
man Scott carried at the time of his
death. Hyman Scott met his death some
months ago by being accidently shot.
The petition of the plaintiff claims that
the clauses of the policy covers death
from accidents such as his.
NJ. +. Morris of Milo planted ten acres
of kaffir corn this year, more as an eX.
pertinent than anything else. He har-
vested an average Of so bushels per
acre and says that next season he will
double his acreage. hundred bushels
from ten acres. TO say nothing Of the
forage, is some feed yield and goes far
to keep up the name kaffir has already
made for itself as a mortgage litter
and a home builder.
w. r. Baber and his daughter. Miss
Selma Of Lone Grove, We're in the city
saturday. Mr.. Baber has lived here
many years and says he never saw so
many people on the streets of Ardmore
as there were here Saturday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-11-17
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The Associated Press is exclusively
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all news dispatches credited TO it or
not otherwise credited in this paper and
also .ne local news herein.
All rights Of republication OF special
dispatches herein are also resayved.
July 25. 19l7).
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-11-17

Americans who feared that wed
never grt ldol thr money we loan
cd to Europe" were surprised at Eng
lands recent payment of $4,000, 1000 as
part of the interest on what she owes
us.
More interesting. this brings her to-
tai payment. as principal and interest
on her debt to our government up TO
more than 1861 900. 600,
John Bull more than intends to pa,
he is actually paying.
Continental papers, please copy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-11-17

One thing back to pre.war prices is
Red Cross Seals.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-11-17

People have sympathy for the under
dog, but not for some other kinds. tn
Duncon Banner saws.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-11-17

Lots of times a newspaper hears of
a good news item through someone who
asks to have it kept out Of the paper
says the Waukomis Hornet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-11-17

In these days of frantic effort TO
modernize everything it is a relief TO
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-09
Cuff Links at 30c

Those enamel cuff links are well liked
for their neat appearance and their
possibility of matching them in the col
or of the shirts. Can be used alike for
stiff and soft cuffs, and are regularly
soc pair. Sale price 39c.
BAMBERGER'S-FIRST FLOOR
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-09

1900 BEDS, S.75-Two inch continuous
posts bed with one inch filling rods.
White or Ivory enamel finish. All sizes.
$500 BEDS, $3.50 - One and a half
square all steel bed, with low head and
foot. Finished in mahogany, walnut,
ivory, golden oak or birdseye maple.
1900 BED SPRINGS, 11.75-One of
our very best all metal bed springs, made
with high block and guaranteed to give
many years of service.
TTErrT TT AnD
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-09
Satin Taffeta Ribbon
-60C Yard
Far Below Original Price

For sashes and girdles on the new
spring frocks, for hair ribbons too, and
hats.
Many are the uses to which this wide
and lustrously sheened ribbon may be
put because it is shown in wondrousl,
beautiful colors in all the newer tones
Made to sell for 1.25 yard, at 69c.
BAMBERGER' S-FIRST FLOOR
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-09
Beds and Bedding at Lowered Prices

PKICES ON IKON BEDS AMI
TIVE BASSINETTES ARE ALSO INCLU
14.OO BED AND SPRING COMBINA-
TION, 6.O0-White enameled bed and
National Spring, 2 #. 10 in. wide. The
very thing for children's rooms or bunga-
lows.
$3.50 BASSINETTES, 15.00-Ivory
enameled bassinettes on wheels, in attrac-
tive design, large size-20x40 inches.
Good quality cotton mattress included.
BAMBERGER'S s.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-09
Popular Collegiate Hat
Now Shown in Leghorn
Sale Priced at $500

estionably smart
Black, brown, navy, tile, jade, cherry
and periwinkle are the colors of some,
while not a few are Of the natural leg
horn, with grograin band and brim bind
ing of jade, copen, cherry, periwinkle,
black, brown or navy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-09
$6.75 Is Very Low For
Women's Sports Skirts Of
This Grade
MEANING THE TOP GRADE, OF COURSE

Only these are different. Not in that they
are plated, most sports skirts are; not i'll
that they are cut full, but
Along with their top grade material and
top grade patterning these skirts show top
grade tailoring.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-09

Becoming to everybody and unqu
Using leghorn for theim material
is distinctively a departure. Under
ordinary circumstances such models
would of necessity be very much higher
than 800 for their initial showing. Not
so these. Purchased especially for this
sale, they are marked close-albeit they
are the very latest.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-09

In that they are made of a soft, satin fin
ishcd worsted fabric patterned in an I'M
usually beautiful and interesting series Of
designs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-13
merchandise Fair Establishes Its Success
As Contact Point for Buyers and Sellers
What Retailers Are Buying
By Alfred Fantl

ran apparel displays and preferences shaw, 10
he wholesale field during the fairly definite ndca
u 'ne trend of the market
s association of America held evening at the Hotel
a 0v wholesale buying
No,'ous TRIM including ostrich bow effects
ee aise good buying of
are continually called
eapped The cloth
e'y smart IN It's lines with fur playing
1 appear to satisfy universal
aano makes 1t clear to buyers that stocked up
De saieabe
suit of plain
me majority OF buyers strongly inclined
take special lots that all of one price
IN lurs early fal tendency
MINK stone
more costly SKINS Hudson Bay Russian sabes STYLES
IA girls dresses from six the
with desirable wi-back
The coae acquette selling offer
IN many patterns in full lines
h povers and uxedos inclined to show high
distinctly attractive
offering underwear in hand made aor
envelope
OF the material being used They
trimmed
desirable radum envelope chemises
terms In ce and brasseres fey
arec
In neck sections country calling plain and
orocaded collar and cuff SATIN chiefly in the Bramy
In slks, The
fabrics
There prevails scarcity of bber
snapped the visible supply of these wolens
fourth oeekEy surveys oholsa
markets. pko a de1a SverFinania, and
Business Editor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-13
The Stock Jobber

Being responsible for the policy of
an investment column in a newspaper
has it's varying aspects. Whenever a
stock jobber or high pressure master
salesman whom we have been CRITICS
ing with what little force can be trans
mittad through the printed word
comes into the shop to plead in his
own behalf we are filled with mingled
emotions. Individuals who organize
agencies to sell to the unknowing divi-
sions of the general public so-called
securities which we deem unsuited to-
their needs are, after all, members of
the same human race to which we all
belong, and we who some times feel
called upon to say biting things about
them experience occasionally feeling
of regret. When we think of what
things might be we are reluctant to
remember that in the present status
of the world of finance, high and low,
it is not practicable to deem every
product of any security mill as
splendid, high grade investment Those
bent on selling give the Impression
that their Offering, no matter what it
appears to be worth to the independent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-13
Building Record
Is Again Broken
At New Orleans
Third Time Since January
That New High Has
Been Established; Bond
Sales Double During July


NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. 1O.~-The
announcement of plans to double the
capacity of cotton warehouse, now
under constructor, and another record
breaking week in building activity
have given New Orleans a strong
shove through the business shadows
of August.
The New Orleans Compress Com
pany, capitalized at S1,0OOoOO. has
been organized to compress, warehouse
and export cotton. 1t has taken over
the warehouse of the Anderson-Clay-
ton Company, that was building on the
outsklrts of New Orleans, and decided
to double the capacity by making the
buildings two-story instead of one
story. The first unit should be ready
IN October This will give the port
| another cotton handling facility, the
others being the public warehouse on.
Grated by the state labor board. and the
private esta Adjustments.
rms time last year building permits
issued by the city architects office
We're around $l56,o00. Last weeks
building permits were for $9I2,575-
the third time the record has been
( startlingly broken, for a seven dav
period, since January. The other rec
ords were hung up half a month and a
month ago, being, respectively, S455, 445
and SS56,650. When it is considered
| that permits this year already exceed
$S,0O0,O00 and that about $15 ,000. 900
not require much optimism to foresee
q 100000 year, which is epochal for
New particularly at such
| times as these.
Another indication of improvement
is the doubling of the bond sales on
the local Stock Exchange during July.
The total was s505,150; for July, 1921,
the total was $253,630. Bond sales
from January l to July 81 here were
kS5, ,010; during the same period last
year they were $4,017,960.
Business interests here consider of
extreme Importance the settlement of
the legal difficulties connected with the
Improvement of the Illinois River. The
locks in that stream at Marseilles will
| be resumed Immediately is taken as
indicating that the long dreamed barge
connection between New Orleans and
Chicago will be a fait accompli within
two or three years.
large volume Of import and export
business between New Orleans and
Chicago is now being handled by the
Mississippi i-Warrior Barge Line as far
as Cairo, ILL.,, and st. Louis, Mo-, going
by rail the rest CT the way. The COM
pletion of the through waterway, with
a nine-foot channel all the way will
enable the interchange of freight with
out transshipment. Rail rates between
Chicago and New Orleans and Chicago
and New York are practically the
same, and the 20 per cent cheaper
waterway rates should send a larger
share of the Central Vests business
to New Orleans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-13
Stress Ne,c Accounts

Throughout the week the manufac-
turers laid great stress on the fact
that the opening Of new accounts was
progressing in good order. eve know
all our old customers" said one ex-
hibitor, land when they come to town
they visit our salesrooms. Up here
in our booth we are looking for new
accounts, and are finding them"
While the manufacturers were look
ing for new accounts the buyers also
were looking for new sources of mer-
chandise and finding them in many
cases. For every new account put on
the books by manufacturers and
wholesalers some buyers also found a
new source of merchandise supply.
Some of the buyers operated with
manufacturers of whom they had
bought before, of course, but this could
not have been attributed directly to
the influence Of the fair.
In addition to the opportunity to view
new lines of merchandise the buyers
reported other advantages that they
had gained from the fair. In many
lines direct comparison of competi-
tive lines was possible to greater ex-
tent than buyers ever had had before.
1t is difficult for the buyer to carry
specific pictures of the merchandise
of one house In his mind to compare
with the line of another house seen in
a show room across the street or a half
block away. At the fair the COM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-13
Ne,c Display Ideas :

Buyers also found the fair rich in
ideas and news. Many of the displays
themselves furnished the buyers, who
manage their departments in retail
establishments at home, with sugges-
tions for displaying merchandise in
their own departments to attract the
attention of ultimate consumers. The
head Of one Western retail house, after
viewing the exhibits at the fair, wired
home for his display manager to come
on INN ediately. "The manufacturer of
an article" he said, "knows more of
it's possibilities than does the distrib-
utor. Accordingly he is able to dis
play it to better advantage in most
cases. He may not know as much
about consumer appeal as we retailers
do, but he should and does know the
merchandise. 1t is that angle that I
want our display man to get, so I have
sent for him.
Another development that was novel
to many buyers who visited the fair
was broadening of their outlook on
merchandise in general. Many buyers
handle only one OR a few lines, par
ticularly those connected with the
large department stores. At the fair,
although merchandise was grouped in
departments, the buyer looking for
any one department probably had to
pass through two or three other de-
partments before reaching his destina-
ton. Natural curiosity impelled others
to view the entire gsmut of exhibits.
In this way the buyer of one commod-
ity was brought into closer touch with
other lines, many of which have direct OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-13
4 Time SAFER

Above all, however, the create st
commentator ON the fair, from the
standpoint Of the buyer, was the time
saving that arose from the grouping of
merchandise from many different
sources into two buildings. Over
thirty different lines usually carried in
department stores are grouped in the
Grand Central Palace. Each line has
several competitive representatives
The buyer of one, two or three lines
can and does view a number of repre-
sentative displays in few hours at
the fair, compared to almost as many
days in the general market where 60
ing from one building to another, and
even from one section of town to an
other is necessary. 1t was this ele-
ment in the fair that elected the most
favorable comment among the buyers.
One of the features of the fair last
week was the number of foreign buy
ers who were present. These came
from many corners of the world, not
especially to visit the fair, but being in
the states thought it would be worth
while to pay it visit. The result is
that merchants in such foreign cities
as London, England; Alexandria, Egypt;
Kobe, Japan; Amsterdam and Rotter-
dam, Holland; Sydney, Australia; Hon
duras, Central America; Shanghai,
China, and Buenos Ayres, Argentina,
will haye the more complete stocks of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-13
The Big Crop

How vital part cotton plays in the
economy of Southern farm life is gath.
cred from the official calculation thai
of the total receipts for farm products
of every kind in the cross section taken
of typical producers, cotton formed "a
per cent Certainly low costs and chear
labor are things of the past. For, as
one authority declares: THE agricul
tural labor of the South is in the proc
ess of a reimbursement. A careful fig
uring of the rations (allotted to the
tenant cotton farmer) indicates that
the cost of living on account of in
crease in comfort will be around eight
times more than it was, say twenty
five years ago.
Let US take the items of food, cloth
ing and housing.
decided Improvement in the quality OF
these necessities, but q very decided
increase in the quantity also. For in
stance: A family of four-man, wlte
and two children-under the old
regime were issued four pounds OF
meat week, mostly for the use OF the
man. Now they are demanding sui
fcient for the Cse of the family ten
pounds. Such a family in that era got
two pairs of broken shoes year. Nov
they want two pairs of brogans, two
pairs of shoes for Sunday wear, two
pairs for the chi.dren-siX pairs in all
AS to clothing, the man got one WOODEN
suit about every two years In the OLD
days. Now he wants at least one such
suit every year. The same ratio ap--
plies to the clothing for the wife and
children.
"Under the old conditions they lived
in a one-room log cabin, built without
brick, glass windows, screens or cell
ing. 1t cost approximately $50. They
are demanding now a house with sew"
eral rooms, brick chimneys, glass WIN
dows, screened and ceiled throughout
When these increased comforts are
viewed in the light of the tremendous
ly increased costs of recent years the
enhanced cost Of producing American
cotton will be appreciated. Noewlth-
standing these increased comforts, the
better class of negro renters and crop
pers of cotton lands are leaving the
farms as the boil weevil advances and
going North and into the cities, leav-
ing the more shiftless and ignorant to
become burden upon the landowners
The American cotton grower suffers
from an illusion of oppression--that
whatever his degree of poverty it is
q result of conspiracy among
others, who are 81 part Of the com
plex of the cotton industry as whole
to keep him under the heel The cot
ton farmers might probably take to
heart the advice rendered by James
w. Morton, of Georgia, before the
tcontinued ss page ssven1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-13

are based on guesswork. Speculation
is no mass enterprise, but an activity
of many individuals. An expression re-
gardlng the future value of a stock
ought to have a time schedule at
tached, for in the last analysis all
shares to go up and down. 1t is impor-
tant for the trader to know when. Sue
cessful speculation, a rare thing, de-
ponds on uncanny judgment, capacity
to read the financial and business signs
with acumen, and to act instantane-
ously. The stock market is not like
the horse races, where a contest is held
and is soon over. The market is con-
tinuing thing, with new buyers and
sellers entering the price ladder at
every rung.
Il =
In the pigeonhole of finished bust
ness the whole question of rehabilitat-
ing the credit of ne Mexican govern
ment may soon be tossed. President
Obregon has formally approved the
agreement entered into few months
ago by Minister of Finance de la
Huerta and by Thomas w. Lamont, of
j. P. Morgan {, Co., representing a
committee of international bankers. In
essence, the settlement provides for a
resumption of interest on the Mexican
national and railway external debt.
which has been in default since 1914.
The approval of the Mexican Congress
alone is necessary TO conclude the adj
justment, and make it effective. Few
observers have recalled the fact that
the negotiations which led to an agree
ment were initiated by the former Pres
ident Carranza, who expressed his in
tentions through Minister of Finance
Rafaelo Nieto. The fall of Carranza
interrupted the conversations, but the
Obregon regime was even more aware
of the asset value of a good credit
standing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-13
Should Open Fair

A panorama of merchandise is laid
before the eyes of buyers from all
parts of America at the list Regiment
Armory and at the Grand Central Pal
ace The emulation of the Leipzig idea
il for representatives of retail estab
lishments only. The ultimate con-
sumner is excluded, to avoid crowding.
1t would be wise, in our opinion, for
the National Retail Dry Goods Asso-
citation to open the doors of The mer-
camille fair to the general public on
the last few days. Just as birdseye
view of the local offerings of goods of
every character at single place is
expected to give stimulus to trade buy
ing, it also would strengthen the urge
of the ultimate consumer to acquire
merchandise.
AS result of the Merchandise Fair
Manhattan Island was the objective Of
more buyers than ever before since
white men gained control from the In
dams. Those segments Of the daily
press which chronicle the arrivals were
deluged with buyers lists. Where
there is so much smoke there must be
some buying.
A press dispatch from Berlin says
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-13
Cash and Credit

Let US take the balance sheets OF
two corporations 90 bring out these
points. Take the American Locomotive
Company and the Virginia-Carol
Chemical Company. The former, as the
name indicates, deals in locomotives
which are sold as near to cash basis
as anything, except the products Of
public utility corporations The latter
makes a speciality of selling fertilizer
to farmers, giving long credit. AS a
result Of the universal freezing OF
credit Virginia-Carolina carried among
its current assets as late as May 81,
1929, unpaid bills and accounts to the
huge total of $29,000,000 To carry
along this burden the company had
$23.000,000 of loans at the bank and.
not altogether hopeful of immediate
collection of receivables, has been put
to the necessity Of selling new bonds.
most of tie fertilizer companies.
Manufacturers of railroad equip
ment, on the other hand, finished the
year of depression with more cash than
they could employ in their business.
We find in the American Locomotive
bclance sheet cash and readily market
able securities valued at $4,000, 600,
less than s13,000,00O Of receivables and
less than s5,000,0O0 of Inventories
raw mdtelIdlS ana NnlSheu gOOuS. inns
company owes nothing to the banks.
Instead Of facing bond issue it has
enough working capital to handle all
the business that the country can fur
nish for q long time. The balance
sheets of these two companies are set
forth here because they are typical, and
not with any intention of influencing
the holders of the securities Of either
Of them.
The inventory problem has been
solved by the rise in prices of nearly
every commodity, but the lessons Of
the last two years should not be for
gotten. Just as surely as the sun rises
and sets there will be another period
of imitation and excessive speculation
in goods of every description. There
will be another peak of prices and an
other crop of corporations caught with
exceedingly heavy supplies of goods
and materials bought at the top. In
the mean time the bigger profits will
go to those corporations least bur
dened with emergency debt resulting
from tho Ia ca rio,