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True to ttinir Instincts of mlnrnp- reoontntlon, the Republican organa which during tho Into rnmpnlgu vlll flotl nmt lied n'-ut tho Indian Terri tory, anil mmlo a canvass upon the the ory that tho people wouhl bo deluded as easily as convinced In any other manner, nre Just now busy falsifying tho I' vlsl tho THE VAPLES-PLATTER GROCER GO. DISTRlPUTOrSS. Fort Worth, Denison, Dallas, iu m now i TTEKB are some China Bargains I I - A 1 1lr,i. mi huh rn e- . 1 . J . t'f 4-lto4" I has ever been offered in Ard more. We are selling cheaper than those who claim to be sell ing at Cost. Compare goods and prices. DINNER SETS, $8 TO $35. TOILET SETS, $3.50 TO $10. PARLOR LAMPS, $1 TO $10. Our stock includes a lovely col lection of , FVonr-h and Hprman China. Salad Dishes Caborets, Ramikens, Cake Plates, Celery i Trays. Chocolate Sets, Sugar and Cream Sets, Bread and Butter Plates, Etc. A nice line of Wcdgewood and Lueller's hand painted pottery. Bisque figures and dolls. We . n -1- l 1 1 r nave uie rignc kihu ui j goods, and tempt you 1A A C IIVIUIIU J with the right prices China U. THE WHITE HORSE Specials for This Week: IIORSE BLANKETS, LAP ROBES, all kinds, prices and Styles. Price Here Before You Buy. WHEN THE HORSE Siberian Atrocities. Vienna, Doc. 13. Dr. Molotkorr, a well known IluBslnn medical expert, has published an account of his Inves tigations of tho condition of lunatlca in Siberia, from which It appears that, with tho exception of tho great towns, there aro no asylums throughout tho vast cquntry. Tho Siberian custom lo to chain a lunatic up like a savage dog, and to kcop him thus for the rest of his life. Dr. Molotkofl. found one peasant who for elgh. u.i years bad been tied to a stako by a chain ouly ono yard In length. Ills own son had forged the fetters, whllo his wlfo and children wero living comfortably In a cottage a stono's throw distant. In another caso Dr. Molotkoff found an old man of 05 who had been chained to a spot for twenty-four years without once being removed. Another young man was chained to the ground so tightly that ho could neither stand nor sit upright, and but for tho doctor's Intervention, would havo spent tho rest of Jjls life In a re cumbent position. GETS AWAY IT IS TOO LATE to wish tnat you stronger harness. had a new and All things in this wearing world wear out. Hence your horse sometimes needs a new harness just as you occasion ally need now clothes. WE HAVE IT good, strong and cheap. All kinds of horse goods at fair prices, L. J. JOHNSON The Saddler. Roberts & "Walling, BARBERS. NEXT TO K, D. PUQII'S. Bxpert Workmen Oood Work Guaranteed, Call and See Us. . Tho host opportunity ever offered In heating stoves In Ardmoro Is now offered by WEEKS I3UOS. 14tf. Practical Tinners and Plumbers sensation HHMMHHHHHBM in Stove Selling. & . .... uunng trie next seven days we will clear our store of every heating stove in it j if the lowest prices on earth & will do it. eludes SIB 3l Our stock in- ' 4s Handsome Coal Stoves, Handsome Air 'Ight Healers, Plain Air Tight Heaters, The Old Reliable Box Store, Franklin Goal Stoves, Office Goal Stoves. 0 There are no stoves bet- 4 ter than these, and the price $ is cut in two. $ WILLIAMS CORHN L s -stort mm m, Hires None but First-class Mechanics. Uses only the Best Grades of Material, and Always Turns Out First- class Work. We Do All Kinds of Buggy Repairing, Blacksinithing, Woodwork, Painting, Top Trim ming and btorra Aprons. Horseshoeing tne best, Rubber Tire Work a Specialty. Get Our Prices which Are the same to All. EX K. Allen. AILCHS M w W. S. Kennedy and W. A. Duke, for mer citizens of Marietta, have moved to Ardmoro and embarked in tbe meat market business on Caddo street. Their families will Join them within a short time. Wo welcome theso business gentlemen to Ardmoro and trust that their business will be successful. Foley's Honey and Tat cures cnM. nrvcnts nneumonhj. As a cool weather suggestion thero Is nothing elso as appropriate as a Leader beating stove. Sold by Spraglns. City Suffers for Water. Detroit, Mich., Doc. 13. Anchor Ico clogged tho Intake pipes of tho local waterworks system In Lako St. Clair during the night, and tho city Buffered from a water shortage until nearly noon. It was bo serious during tho early hours of tho morning that a num ber of factories wore compelled to sus pend for tho day because for tho lack of water. It Is estimated that 3,000 or 4,000 men woro compelled to bo Idlo and lose ono day's pay on account of tho water famine. Use Ardmoro coal. Lumber Co. sells It. Tho Laldlaw 2-tf 24-karat gold plato novelty clocks at 14-tf. A. A. BULAItD & SON'S. Tho holiday rates .to tho Southeast this year via the "Hock Island Sys tem," Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf It. It., are unusually low, with additional dates of sale and long limit. Ask your nearest ticket agent for full Information. Mad Mullah Slain. Aden, Arabia, Dec. 13. A rumor has reached hero of tho assassination of Mad Mullah In Somallland. Tho report was brought to tho coast by a natlvo runner from Garrcreo via Her bera. Tho Mullah is said to have teen killed by a spear thrust In tho atom ach, inflicted, whllo ho was praying. of Dissolution Notice. Tho firm of Arnold & Myors Springer has this day dissolved, J. M Arnold continuing tho business and It. N. Myers retiring. J. M. Arnold will collect all debts duo tho firm and assume Its indebtedness and will not bo responsible for any contracts mado by It. N. Myers. J. M. ARNOLD, Dec. 10, 1902. Springer, I. T. Foley's Kidney Cure wanes Kidneys ana bladder rlsht, House Numbers. If you havo not had your houso num bored corao to this office and wo will sou that it is dona right. To Cure a Cold in One Day Cures Crip la Two Days. Take LXatlVe ttrOItlO QUimne Tablets. JB ry & on every Seven Mffiioa boxes toM la fxut 1 2 months. This SlZnatarG. Wl BOX. THE NELSON DILL. N'olson bill. 'artlculorly thoy attack tho uro- Ion of tho Nelson bill relating to school lands and assort even whun tho very wording of tho bill proves them falsifiers, that It means destruction of everything else In Oklahoma, and that Oklahoma will bo compelled to support tho Indian Ter ritory schools. Tho Inecdth of such statesmanship rould bo measured with tho hair off tho tall of a horse. If tho torrltorlos aro united In 0110 stnto thoro will bo no Indian Torrlto It will bo tho statu of Oklahoma. and ono section will got no more bon- ofltB than another. Thoro aro no sec tions In a stnto. Its people are ono. Intorttits ono nnd Its nlms nro one. Tho" absolute puerility of tho argument advnnod by those ilotpornte two-sinters Is past Intelligent understanding. Thoy nro not nblo to comprehend that If thoro Is no school land taken out of tho Indian Torrltory for lonslng purposes, thuro will bo Just that amount moroof land occupied by act ual sottlore and uiton which taxes will pnld for tho Riipport of tho govern ment, and that under this Just law of compensation tho portion now embrnc- In Indian Torrltory will pay n much Inrgor amount of stnto taxes thnn will o present nroa of Oklahoma. Hut to tho main question. Section sovon of tho Nolson bill Is ns follows: Sec. 7. That upon tho admission of tho stalo Into tho Union sections num- bored sixteen nnd thirty-six In ovory township In Oklahoma torrltory, and othor lands, equivalent to sections six teen and thirty-six. In every township Indian Terrtory, shnll bo granted from tho public domain In Oklahoma torrltory. In Hon of sections sixteen and thirtjvslx In ovory township of In- inn Torrltory, o.xcept sections sixteen and llilrty-slx In either territory, or parts thereof, that havo been reserved, sold, or otherwise disposed of by or under tho authority of any act of con gress: Provided. That said indemnity lands, In lieu of sections sixteen nnd thirty-six of tho townships In tho In dian Torrltory, shall bo selected In such manner as tho legislature may provide, with tho approval of tho sec retary of tho Interior, nnd shall bo granted for tho support of tho com mon schools of said proposed state of Oklahoma: Provided further, That sections sixteen and thirty-six embrac ed In permanent reservations for na tional purposes shall not at any tlmo bo subject to tho grant, nor to tho Indomnlty provisions of this act; nor shall any lands embrnccd In Indian Torrltory, military or other reserva tions of any character bo subject to tho grants or to tho Indemnity pro visions of this act until tho rescrva tlons shall havo been extinguished and such lnnds bo restored to and becomo a part of tho public domain, It will bo seen by Oils section that 3,777,883 acres of government land, "of Indemnity lands In Oklahoma aro to bo selected in lieu of sections sixteen and thirty-six in tho Indian Territory Theso Indemnity lands nro not In any way lands which aro already set apart for Oklahoma. Thoy aro to bo taken entirely from tho present public lands of tho territory, nnd will In no way affect tho lanus or tho school fund that Is already tho herltago of tho Oklahoma peoplo. According to tho report Just Issued by tho secretary of tho Intorlor. thoro nro In Oklahoma at tho present tlmo 3,777,883 acres of government land, of which over 3,000,000 arc located Ileavor county. Tho amount of land which would bo equivalent to sections sixteen and thirty-six In tho Indian Terrtory will bo about 1,500,000 acres. One-half, therefore of tho govern mont land located In Heaver county alono would compensate for all tho sections sixteen and thirty-six In tho Indian Territory, It must bo rcmcmbePod that this land In Heaver county does not belong; to Oklahoma or any city of Oklahoma. It belongs to tho government of tho United States, which has tho power lo assign It to Oklahoma (or school pur poses If It chooses, and tho peoplo oC Oklahoma would havo reason to b grateful for tho valuable gift. When tho government owns tho land nnd proposes to donate It to tho state of Oklnhomn. what buslnesH Is K ot ours where tho land given us la lo cated? What difference does It make? whethor It Is In tho northwest or the southeast part of tho proposed stato?' Neither Oklahoma nor any of ita citi zens own tills land or havo anything: to do with It, nor would thoy lose any thing by receiving a gift or 1,500,000 acres of land, that anybody knows of: Porlmpa theso wlso two-stnto graftorn know, but thoy have failed up to thin date to make it plain. Supposo thnt one-half of tho public land In Ileavor county Is set apart as indemnity Inndb for tho bcIioo! sec tions In Indlnn Torrltory. That land Is not now taxoblo nnd It never will bring a cent of revenue to tho terrl tory so long ns It Is government lamr It Is not In nny way adapted to agri culture It Is now being pastured by rattletnen. who pay nothing for lt uso. If It woro sot apart for school land It could bo leased to theso cattle- mon and tho stato could get a rovuniu whoro It now gets nothing at all. And In tho menntlmo tho sections numbor sixteen and thirty-six In tho area now comprised Jn Indlnn Territory would bo settled by Industrious fnrmors, who would bo paying taxes Into tho stnto treasury cvory year. Tho Nolson bill thus makes ample and Just provision for school lands to equal tho lands now hold la Oklahoma for school purposes. It makes n gift or l.GOO.OOO acres or public land, which now belongs to tho government antf not to Oklahoma, and It furthor pro vides that tho loglslaturo or tho pro posed stato shall select tho lands: Tho bill Is Just in its provision for school lands, ns well nB In all othiw features. Oklahoma lnsnn nnt nnd'thu government nmUen nn iii, Its own lands what tho Indian Terri tory Is not able to furnish. Tho sntno elements of prlvnto craft and political charlatanism that oppos ed slnglo statehood and lower taxar tlon during tho lato campaign aro now opposing tho Nelson bill. Thoy aru not content with reviling tho bill, thoy must Ho about and misrepresent its provisions for tho evident purpoeo off keeping up tho deception which ha betn unmasked by tho senate. Tho Nelson bill Bpcaks for itsolf. It has proven that tho two torrHorlca can bo united with Justlco to both and" special prlvllogo to neither, and whllo it proves this it has also proven Uiat tho leaders In tho two-sUito cnmnnlen prior to tho election in this territory deliberately misrepresented facts and stuffed tho peoplo with lies in ordnr to carry their plot for two states It. Its unholy completion. Thoy aro dying hard, and with Ui- same old Ho on their Hps. But tho death rattlo Is in their throats. Okhv- homan. Wo havo a 'big assortment of art squares, and all tho undesirable onos will bo returned December 17. Mako. your selection at onco. 14-tf. A. C. YOUNG. New Throunh Car Lines from Mem phis to Pacific Coast The "Itook Island System." Choctaw. Oklahoma & Gulf railroad, havo es tablished through personally conduct ed tourist Bleeping car lines to Cali fornia and Portland, Oregon. Tho California car leaves Memphis ovcry Tuesday at 9 a. m., Llttjp IlocJc 1:1B p. m., South McAlester, I. T. 10: CO p. m. samo day, Oklahoma City1 2:40 a. m. Wednesday, EI Itono 3:40 n. m. arriving El Paso, Tox., Thursday morning and San Francisco Saturday morning. Tho Portland, Oregon, car leaves Memphis every Thursday on the same? schedulo arriving Denver 7:30 Satur day morning, Ogdcn Sunday mornlnji and Portland Monday morning. 7-t Havo you secured your tickets for tho Itebekah banquet and ball next Thursday? Slow Starvation In tho fato of sufferers from dyspepsia and indlgeitlon. It your food remains undigested li can't build up the body. In fact, It does actual damage by decaying In tbe stomach and poisoning tbe system. KODOL Digests Wkat Ysu Eat. Kodol is tbe senslblo remedy. By digesting what yes eat It strengthens tbe body and at tbe same time rest the stomach. This rest soon restores perfect health. Cathartics and stimulants only reach the symptoms Kodol cures. It Is Nature's tonic. Fire yean ago a dlieue ths doctor called dripepila took each a hold on m thai fcuaM aearcely go. I took quantities ot pepsin and otfjer medicine, but ooUUn helped me. A u drowning man eraipe At a straw I grabbed at Kodol. I felt an Improvement at once, and atw a few bottlM am Bound and woU. Oeohoi 8. MA will, Attorney-at-Law, Mocosa, Tex. It can't help but do you aootf The nbotUecontalniSUttmeaaimnch (actual measurement) n tbe trial site a iTepareo py is. u. wwiu K eg, umcago. t ) as tb e trl at site whies Mils tot M Bold by all dealer. HWitrs wild uzci save . aoothlnff. healtnir aonllcatlon for cllaa. skin diseases. Uewar ot counterfoil.