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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
PREACHERS AT THE POLLS

A TULSA newspaper suggests to Senator Rob
Davidson who controls the selection OF the
secretary OF the election board in all cases that he
name minister care for the business OF the
country The editor adds The time has come
when men would rather meet their preacher than
their bootegger at the polls"
Ihe phrase IS almost insult to our form OF
government but there is germ OF truth in what
is said. We do not believe thar there /, , boo,.
teger in the state holding the office OF secretary
OF an election board. But there may be cases where
minister might be an Improvement.
We do not much approve the suggestion that a
minister be appointed where vacancies occur bu, we
DO insist that the highest type men available should
be chosen.
Carter county Is fortunate in its present secre-
tary VINO is man OF unquestonabe integrity. But
II ever occasion arises ior change we earre.tl,
suggest that the highest type OF practical Christian
gentleman be selected
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
Editorial of the Day
MEASURED PHONE TALK

The public may have the opportunity to pay
Tor telephone conversation by the minute" an In.
stument now installed In the Everett wash telephone
system Us adopted generally.
The telechronometer begins registering the In.
smnt the receiver il lifted from the hook and il ceases
not unul the receiver is replaced. Incidentally A not
only reports the time consumed by the person talking
nut checks up the listener in" and that parcuar
sinner must pay for his eavesdroppng
At first this sounds like much of a good thing In
the long run however IL Is said to work very iustly
OFFICIALS OF the Puget Sound Telephone Company bs.
eve that these meters will reduce telephone costs 10
fuly so pr cent OF their subscribers They have made
careful tests which they point such result They
found that onethrd Of all their subscribers used two.
thirds Of all the registered time During thirty day
test 1t was found that business firm used only 10
minutes of telephone time while another $40 min.
utes Party line disclosures show similarly surprising
variation on fouparty line subscriber used about
10 minutes month another used 20iO minutes month,
and the other two used good deal less than maxi.
mum though than the minimum. Yet alt four paf.
ties would pay the basic rate under the old system
Tho moderate taser will pay less than formerly for
telephone scrvicc. onEwinded takers will pay pretty
heavily The phone hog. the bore and the gossip may
have To find other pasiimcs That In itself make
the new system invaluable e-pursnt Daily Democrat
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
THE COAL STRIKE

A NATIONAL coal strike means JUST another den,
in an industry that is already badly battered BY
industrial confusion. Mine owners and operators
have had sorry sailing ever since the war Both
have their share in the blame yet neither wholly
responsible
Edgar Fenton president OF the State Federation
OF Labor summed up the causes of trouble in the
coal business when he said that overdevelopment OF
mines, inroads of fuel oil and surplus of miners all
were contributing causes
But be that as it may the people pay the bills
The people generally pay the bills, for that matter
That's why method must be discovered for
ayerting national tie-ups.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
Ilona Surprises Her Mother.

Turn me around mother Turn me
around and tell me how | look. do"
commanded Truda Cameron one eve.
ming week later as she stood before
the mirror looking at herself, prepara.
tory 10 leaving for the all.important
ball at the country club.
Lovely as possible. darling chile, -
answered her fond mother, rafting the
pretty party frock here and there look.
ing adniringly at the girl before her.
She heaved sigh Of contentment.
Truda always did one credit somehow
She was so easy TO get up"
Il hope that llona is getting ready
She told me she would call me when
she needed me and that dress of hers
IS 4 dream. She will certainly make q
hit with some Of the men there tonight
That is, the younger ones. of course. IL
she sets her mind on it," said Truda.
compacently.
II do wish mother that she was safe
Ut some good school though. The Door
child does and says the strangest things
at times. She's SO blissfully uncon-
scious Of her effect on people too. It's
really a scream. Jimmie told me all
about her talking turkey to his mother
Not that he seemed to find anything out
Of the way in what Iona said. You
know he wouldn't.
He assured me many times that his
mother hadn't, either Rather liked
sisters frankness and all that. but
think he was merely trying 10 be nice
for my sake. You know how Mrs. War
burton is, don't you?"
Yes. but then again / also know
that Mrs Warburton was on the stage
when James married her and no doubt
under all that veneer lies the woman
she once was! She was more than gay
In her time from all accounts" said
Mrs. Cameron with u smile.
who In the world would ever think
II now? Ny. wonder why folks have
to change so after they get husbands?
Wonder II | will. and Ilona, and the
rest OF the girls. too?'
Reckon you Will hon. History does
repeat itself. you know"
Here came rap at the door and un.
nounced llona entered. Mrs. Cameron
and her daughter gave a simultaneous
cry OF amazement as they saw her.
then a reproachful Iona how could
your" came from her mother
why. what do you mean, mummy"
she asked In bewilderment. Don't 7
look nicer Marie just did my hair the
way YOU like II and. and" here she
hesI,ated at the look in her mothers
eyes.
"llona when on earth will you learn
what is right and what Is not rieht?"
walled the poor woman. az she turned
to the SMILING Truda Tor help. NO
young girl. and such young one rs
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
THE GOVERNORS TRIAL

A VERDICT one way or another in the approach
ing trial of Governor ]. B. A. Robertson Will not
perceptably change the public mind with regard to
the case
The people long ago lost confidence in Governor
RobertSons administration. We think this was
largely The result of the Governors hair trigger
temper and his impulsiye statements
1t is not so much what Governor Robertson has
or has not done, but how he went about it,
And here's interesting question: II J. B. A.
Robertson is convicted can Governor Robertson
pardon him?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02

people trained In the special work of testing the purity
ol the water Accordingly it is these days yer,
dangerous to drink water out of the faucet
When special pollution Of the water supply occurs
e pubic is supposed to be notified at by the
thoritics, so that they may take precautions
Greater caution is usually required i'm the country
and in small cities whore regularly inspected
ana "ere here is any uncertainty regarding its purity
In such cases the water should be either boiled or
inferred or chemically purified with chlornated lime un.
der chemists direction
Inc domestic inter as ordinarily used has limited
sanitary value If the water is infected reliance should
not be placed upon any household filter operated in the
usual way Bacteria typhoid may often grow through
the walls of filter.
When water is not infected. but muddy household
tilters are seryiceable in rendering clear
To he really sure, however. that the water Won drink
VIII not cause sickness and possibly death. you would
better boil it and play safe
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
TEN YEARS AGO
Hsppenings In Garter County and
Ardoore 2s told By the fll0
Of the ArdmsreitA.

iiitruy makes his announce
inent today as candidate for county
attorney TO succeed James II. Mathers
who will not be candidate for re.
election. Mr. Hardy's father. r,
Hardy, moved TO what is now Carter
county when his son was only two
years OF age and has resided here
since that time.
~. ID. Allen and W. C. Bleakmore
Killed a fine lot of wild ducks in a
re" hours time this morning.
u. C. Rickets was in the CITY yes.
terday from Fox. Mr.. ricketts, will
probably be candidate for county
commissioner from his district. having
received so much inducement from
his many friends that he has almost
been persuaded 10 throw his hat in
the ring
Il. X. Jones, u merchant of Prov.
ince was in Ardmore today. He states
that business is good and crop pros.
poets very encouraging.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
BertOn Braleys Daily Poem
OnIheWdy

Youth passes, blithe and gay and sweet:
Before my window down the street
The young girls saunter on their way
To shopping and TO matinee
Silk-stockinged, sliis with dainty feet.
At times. with glances ndiscreet
They frt with someone that they meet
That's natural when some 1.-the gay
Youth passesl
And now and then. from this my seat.
| try to catch a glance that's fleet
But-l am forty. getting gray,
And To those flappers I'm passe
once was young-now, ! repeat.
Youth passes"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
DALLAS CITIZENS
OPPOSE RANGERS

DALLAS, Texas.-A telegram urging
Governor Neff not TO send state rang.
ers to Dallas in connection with the
recent whipping cases was sent to the
governor Friday night. Ii was signed
by Robert N. Seay, and Chas. A. Rip.
pen. judges OF the criminal district.
Dan Harrison. sheriff and Naurey
Hughes, district attorney. and was sent
following rumors and newspaper reports
that rongers either were her or would
come in CONNECTION with the floggings.
The oificials informed the governor
they believed local authorities capable
of handling the situation and rangers
are not NEEDED.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
Home Forum

Editor, The Ardmoreite:
The generosity Of the Rotary Club
dumiounded the members OF the HI.
wants Club when three Of its members
forwarded the sum OF $40 toward the
payment of the equipment on the XII
wants Club playground. This equip.
ment cost approximately $4,000.
To receive such a liberal donation
from the "On to Muskogeeans,' prob.
ably deprived six members OF the Ro-
taTy club from attending this meet.
ing, as this would represent the cost
Of six John Bull" hats.
This is II beautiful cxemplification
Of the Rotary Clubs motto-"Scrvice
Above Self"
Il. ii. DOYER.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
PUSSYFooT JOHNSON

WHILE there many OF Us who NAV not am.
prove the tactics OF Pussyfoot Johnson we
must admire The superb motive and aplomb Of the
man With one eve out result of an attack by
hrtSh students We might imagine that mi, veteran
crusader agans rum is ready to retire.
Far from it, \ few night ago bomb wa. b,,rl.d
INTO church where Pussyioot was speaking against
the demon rum. friend who happened to he near
me bomb acting instincts OF self.pre,erya,ion.
picked 1t up and hurled it through an open window.
The church was IN turmoil Many terrorised men
were seeking to Jam out OF the entrance
Pussyioot with magnificent composure pointed
TO his blind eye and said
They cannot worry me-"
Truly there is spirit that burns in the breas,
OF some OF these reformers that is beyond the
comprehension even of the men who agree y,b
them 1t is small wonder THAI they succeed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
Com
Sins
Says

A Chicago traffic cat was fired fos
flirting. The girls just couldn't res's'
an officer.
IT'S ABOUT TIME TO REPORT
THE ANNUAL SHORTAGE or
EASTER LILIES
Several senators want to see the
four power treaty missing on one.
April showers will bring June brides
presents.
From the disputes over Wrangel
Island II seem that, like Yap Island,
| il lives up 10 its name.
The world Is y stage. Lois VI
husbands only have thinking paris.
1t is easy to rise Ia your own ESD
nation.
! One college advises It's girls to get
jobs as caoks. A shortage OF can goods
is predicted.
THE MAIN TROUBLE WITH A RE-
FORMER IS HE OFTEN BECOMES
A DEFORMER.
The king Of Siam has 10000 wives
Bet he hates to go shopping.
About this time Of the yenr poll
ticians begin TO love the American flag.
The time your welcome lasts depends
or the way you use II.
yClstexd, we read, will have
hard time Getting reelected. He
ought TO poll the bootIegger vote.
When q woman looks her best she
finds what she is after.
A boat load of Russian ex.generaIs
has arrived in New York. so there
will he no waiter shortage.
SHARP WORDS DON'T CUT MUCH
ICE.
Fathers singing usually sounds worse
than baby's crying.
-
All the foreign cabinets are resign
ing: but the Italian one is now two
designations in the lead.
A square deal is good deal.
Business tips say nearly everything
has been Debated. Yes, everything but
the profiteers' heads.
Canadian Shooting Season Over
headline. Now the Canadian can roam
at large.
Florida bootleg ring Is getting pub
licity, 20 the flourish season ought to
be successful.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
A Newspaper That Serves
SPRING FEVER

HAVE YOU noticed your annual attack of spring
fever coming yet? Watch for the symptoms
ltS fine time to take psychological inventory of
the Ego, that mysterious being that moves our bodies
as the operator OF maronette show moves his pup-
pet-actors with strings
Scientists never have been able to agree on ex-
actly what causes spring fever
Some say it's lehargic drowsiness caused b,
the body eliminating poisons accumulated during
the physical inacton OF winter
Help the elimination by taking long walks breath
ing deeply OF the fragrant spring air or starting =
garden.
Another theory about spring fever is that It's a
reaction from winter. first warm weather making MS
droop into the suggshnesS OF the tropics home OF
our prehistoric ancestors.
Maybe too, its an inheritance from the time,
when the cave man. after long and monotonous
winter in his den, Strolled out to bask laziy in the
spring sunlight
Odd thing is temperature regulator OF the
amount OF energy your body generates
Hard to work at all on a hot summer dav RAINY
weather, also makes many folks sluggish and
drowsy.
Researches by Ellsworth Huntington. OF the Ma
rional Academy OF Sciences, show that human eff
cheney goes up or down with the mercury of the
thermometer
At % to 65 degrees do our best physical and
brain work, anu healthest That's why the tenn
perature OF house office or workroom never should
go above 6S in winter
Sap starts rising in the trees. Grass sprouts green
Plant life buds. Chipping birds pause on their way
north The ice goes out fish run on the surface The
bear leaves his den. Timber wolves stop running in
packs and mate
This is spring-the sunrise OF a new period OF
liie.
The backyard gardener Stirs. Farmer whistles in
the fields. Coli bug smacks his lips Fisherman goes
over his tackle. Small boys swarm with marbles.
basebals, kites.
spring IS the time 10 take new lease life to
get fresh start Fill your lungs with fresh air
and go TO it.
The best thing about spring fever is that its
prelude to another round OF intense human actyit,
Except OF course for the gent tha, has spring lever
S65 days OF the year
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
He GOLDEN GIPL
u bY puYIlE pIulllps.

YOU, not even out yet, ever goes to q
dance in black! Where did you get
that impossible dress in the first place?
We certainly never ordered it,
The other day, when dad and ] went
shopping on our own, dear. We both
thought it simply scrumptious. SO
French, chic. And everything"
TO be continued.)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
BISHOPS ADVICE
Death Peril Turks in Tainted Water
BY. DIR. X. II. BISHOP

ANY a city has murdered thousand Of
its citizens by supplying them with i'm
pure drinking water
The water YOU drink may look clear
and sparkling. may taste refreshing
when You drink ii, and yet may CON
tain the deadliest germs of disease.
Following installation of water fiji.
tars and adoption of other means Of
purifying city water, death rates from
typhoid and dysentery always have
fallen remarkably.
In big city the water supply is
regularly nSnected by hncterinlneiete
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02

MORE NEW TyPEWRITERS AND
EQUIPMENT ORDERED FOR ARD.
MORE BUSINESS COLLEGE. EX.
PERlENCED TEACHERS WILL PRE-.
PARE YOU FOR THE BUSINESS
WORLD. ENROLL WITH THE
April. CLASS. 81.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02

The daily newspaper is the only European geo.
graphy that small boy can carry these times
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02

The trouble with baseball is that there are too
many pitchers in April and not enough in luiy
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
Beautiful antique furniture. colonial
design In rosewood. mahogany. cherry,
or walnut. Prices reasonable. WIN I'LL
orders. Phone C39. 3Q.3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
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HOME

How many miles did you railroads last year?
The average S55 miles for each American That was
30 miles less than the year before.
You explain II by high passenger rates? There were
other causes The really are manifestations Of
the tendency OF people cling closer home during
hard times When money is flush off and the
hills.
Hard times are bringing families home together
again
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02

II the present soldier bonus act will raise revenue
like y raises hopes it will bv hum.dinee
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
Growers Want Canning Plant.

GrOWcrS Want canning FbAt.
HUGO-Considerab agitation for
an experimental canning factory here
has been made. according to W. T.
Larimore. eorctary OF the chamber
OF commerce A surplus In the TO-
mato crop will furnish the material.
Larimole saiG
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
YOU AND

DO you own anything made Of ivory? II so II prob.
ably passed through the Antwerp London ivory mar
kets during its long chain OF elephant
er and ultimate consumer
\ check.up shows that these two markets last year
handled less than half much ivory as in 1918.
Haru times have been wofld.wi Every human on
earth has suffered less. Hard times have ex.
tended from the sGts Of governments the heart OF
junges None small enough to slip through the net
IL is the price Of war
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-02
The City State Bank

A. H. PALMER. President.
o. H. WOLvERTON, v. P. and Cashier
b. 5. FROST. Assistant Cashier.
a. 4. CATHEY, Assistant Cashier.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-01-25
DEAR BRUTUS

Not so many years ago James NJ
Barrie wrote a play and called il
Dear Brutus." The play simply tolc
the truth of the statement in Shakes
peare's play, Julius Caesar"
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in
our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are UNI
derlings."
Doubtless, many of readers have
seen or read Barrie's play, If they
have been so fortunate they will re-
call how all Of the principal charact-
ers in the play We're conducted into
a beautiful forrest where at their own
request time was moved back and they
were allowed to live their lives over
again.
And the amazing truth that Barrie
brings out is that, when the char
acters come together in the last act
after the second chance at living, they
had become no better or worse than
they were at the end Of their first ex-
istencc. When confronted with the
same choices for good or evil, they
made the same decision the second
time which they did the first.
We often think of this moral of Bar
rie's. Every day with renewed hope
and courage we turn over a new leaf
in our eXistance. We anxiously scan
the horizon and ask what of the
future, and each answers in his own
terms. One man replies, "All will be
well as soon as capital and labor be-
come reconciled.'" Another says, "All
will be well with me when demand
picks up for my goods" Another
says, "All will be well for my bust
ness when foreign exchange rights it
self" Another says, "All I need is
for Congress TO pass the soldiers
bonus"
And not one Of us out Of a thous-
and considers that none Of these deci-
,ions which Congress or anybody else
IAN possibly make is of any import
luce 10 us compared with the decis-
ons we shall make for ourselves.
Let MS see this thing in its true
and whether as employ
,rs, or statesmen, or Just as individuals
'csolve that we will depend not on
lur stars but ourselves for victory.
IL We choose rightly all will be
we'll Let us remove from our paths
he obstacles we have placed in our
lwn way and the chances are we can
forget the handicaps imposed on US
BY others.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-01-25
THE CHAMPION SPELLER

Mrs. E. B. Finley, aged 81, is the champion
speer Of Bucyrus, o. She won her title in recent
public spelling bee in which she defeated Is
youthful and middle aged competitors who were
graduates Of high schools and colleges. Mrs Fin
ley is a graduate of a one-room district school.
Renaissance" rendezvous" "syzygy" and the
other old-timers never feazed Mrs. Finley She
had been brought up to spell correctly, and she
spelled for the glory of the Lord, as many an
other white-halred old lady can do, to the shame
Of her grandchildren.
The little old red schoolhouse" is coming in for
some pretty hard knocks just now. 1t had its
faults, no doubt, and on the whole the big, graded
country school with its teaching specialists and
its varied activities does more to develop the
young idea for the needs Of the new age. But one
merit that little old district school certainly had
It drilled into the pupils heads spelling and the
multiplication table and other simple fundamen-
tails so that they stuck.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1922-01-25
KEEP YOUR TEMPER

Keep your temper. Nobody wants it.
Socrates used to bring many friends uneX
pectedly for dinner into the house
1t is said that is about all he brought in.
The fact is that particularly fragrant abuse
of this habit once melted his wife, Zanthippe to q
terrific fit of scolding, which she concluded by
throwing at him bucket of water.
Whereat, all Socrates did was simply to remark
nonchalantly:
After the thunder comes the rain"
Socrates knew that poise is power that self
control is the better part of vaor.
This idea he did his best to inculcate in the
ancient Greeks who crystallized it into the pro-
verb:
"They whom the gods would destroy, they first
make mad"
Racine, undoubtedly, had this thought in mind
when he wrote:
Don't insist on destroying yourself, and you
are safe"
These truths are as potent today as they were
at the time they were first enunciated; the fellow
who loses his temper still gets the worst of the
deal
A racing, uncontrolled automobile is dangerous
and may be deadly. If it is not checked it will be
wrecked. Also humans
When you get mad" you stultify your sense
of reasoning. You say and you do things which
in sane moments you would never think of say
ing or doing. All else being equal, what chance
would a boxer who lost his temper have against
another who had complete control of himself? The
man who is mad" is in the position of the mad"
boxer. He just hits around wildly and hurts no
one but himself.
Most of US, perhaps rightly, do not care overly
much about the man who never gets angry.
But the man who does get angry and who does
not lose his head-who remains master of him
self-that man usually commands our respect and
admiration.
And this is because we realize from personal
experience exactly the vast extent of this mans
victory-and we know he has within him pos
sibties for big things.