The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-17
CITY BRIEFS

/ CITY BRIEFS /
Divorces filed in district court dur
ing the past few days include Minnie
Majors VS.. Wallace Majors; Mrs. Jew
el l.. Allen VS.. John l.. Allen, ana
Minle Collins VS.. W. L. Collins.
OF seven cases called in police court
yesterday afternoon by Judge Sullivan
all Of them drew the penalty. -Four
persons charged with lettering plead
ed guilty and were fined sls ano
cost.
Benjamin Franklin's birthday was
! Just like any other day in Ardmore'
Not store was closed, nor bank,
nor public building. Even the schools
did not commemorate his birth.
Charles W. Foster, official booster
of sulphur, was in Ardmore today dis
tributng booklets recently gotten our
by the Chamber OF Commerce there.
Miss Naomi Tyer, who has been
deputy county clerk has resigned that
position and is now associated with
the Peoples Building Loan associa-
tion.
$. p. Richardson, staff correspond
ent Of the Associated Press, Okla
homa City bureau, arrived this morn
ing TO cover" the two sessions ol
district court here this week.
Slow progress is being made on the
Woodrow Wilson Foundation fund ac'
cording to Don Lacy, treasurer, Mr. |
Lacy reports that to date not more
than 800 had been turned III TO him.
BY order of the Federal court, Dep |
uty United States Marshal Cardwell
destroyed a lot of what is known
as Edgerton's Salt Brick, when upon
investigation, by the pure food de-
partment it was found that the bricks
did not contain the ingredients claimed
for it.
Eugene Thompson who was re-
Gently arrested by Deputy United
States Marshal Cardwell when found
with six half gallon fruit jars, con.
tanning corn whiskey, in his posses
sion, has been bound over to the fed
eral grand jury. He was released on
bond The arrest was made at Oil
City.
Four cases in bankruptcy was heard
before Judge Mcmillan today, includ- |
ing Ike Sein of Ada, first hearing; |
Isaac Sparks OF Tishomingo, meetinb |
for discharge; Charles r. Dyer OF
Waurika, and NJ. B. Cox of Madill,
continued meeting.
A large attractive electric sign
with the inscription Broadway Meth
odist Church" has been placed at
the corner of the church property.
Broadway and B street, northwest.
w. S. Tate of Oklahoma City is her,
on q brief visit with his sons, Ralph |
and II. c. Tate of the Tate Insurance
company.
Tige Thompson of Marietta is in |
Ardmore today. Mr.. Thompson Is
very optimistic over the new well
west Of Ardmore and predicts great
future for the city on its account
The Sulphur Times is new weekly |
publication TO be published in that |
charming little resort city northeast |
OF Ardmore. Raine, Stevenson and |
Byars are the publishers. It is con-
solidation Of the Mill Creek Herald. |
Sulphur now has two newspapers.
A. A. Brown brought TO the Ard |
moreite office Monday q stalk OF blood |
weed containing two boil weevils which |
had bored in and were alternating |
for the winter. The weed was cut Just |
on the edge of town on the overbrook |
road
| Farmers are urged to burn all weeds |
growing on their farms In order TO |
stamp out the boil weevil and other |
pests that have been a menace TO |
crops during the past few years This |
is the advice OF A. p. Mitchell OF |
near Overlook who was in Ardmore
Monday.