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V Sljc Jinily SUDmorcUc. SIDNEY SUUOB, Proprietor. astercd at the l'ostolllco at Arilmoru as Socond-clnss Mali Matter. November 2, 1893. hibflshod every afternoon (except .Uturday) and Sundny morning. Offlco of putfllratlon, North Wash rmiton gtroot Subscription Rates: On weok 16 Ons month CO Oss year .j .IK 00 ThoOFFICIAL NEW8PAPER of the Onltod States Court for thu Southern Dlitrlct, Indian Territory; also for the Chickasaw Stock Association of the Indian Territory, and tho ofllclnl nrgan of tho city. TbKMS OF U. 3. COUHT. At Ada DcrIiih September 28, l'Jt holds two weeks, and February IB. 1904, holds three weeks. At Tishomingo Ileglns October 10, 1003, and holds two weeks, and Fob nmry 29, 1H04. and holds three weeks. At Chlckasha Iteglna November 2. 19u3. and March 21, 1904, each lerm two weeks At Ryan HvkIus November Id. 1903, and April 4, 1901, ono week each term. At Purcell Hegins November 23, 1903, and April 11, I'Jiil, each term nno week. At Pauls Valley H.'glu-i November .10, 1903, and April 1H, 1901, throe weeks nt each lerm. At Ardmorc -lleglns December 21, 1903, and May 9, 1901, seven weoks each torn). A MISER AND HIS MONEY Ardmore, Friday January 1, 1904. January 1, 1904. Happy Now Year to all. Resolved, That your it-solution stick. Ardmoro bun lonu well In the past . help mako Its future hotter. Shnwneo Is holnc Hooded with couu terfett GO cents and one dollar silver pieces. The ollleers are making u thorough search for the counterfeiters. Nineteen hundred and three lias soon wonueiful progress In the growth of Anlmore. and by a continued unlteil effort, 1901 will witness still greater developments. The Washington Tost says that St. I .mis should luue will a delegation of her boodlora to secure tho luitlonal eonvi'iillon. They have n reputation lor allowing m-thlng to get away from lb. 'in M r Rockefeller ha Just given tlio im.uo linlvcrslty a present of a lit-Mi- ot'i- a milium ami a half; but he imk not vt announced what the In u'lwe in the irlce of renin! oil will lie Houston Tost. (lullirlc and Oklahoma City are both ontortalnliiK tho territorial touuliors thin week. In conronnlty with tho terual lit nets of things. Oklahoma City Is entertaining the white and (liithrle the coloitxl. Oklahomun. This year Is leap your. Will Hie wntii; Indie please have their propo sitions ready at 12:01 a .in.. January i 1H" i? Tnko time by the forelock tul i.ioso who have missed out dur-i.-. the iast year can get the boys v.hi ii tin- Inst stroke of the bell has IUHl OUt. Nowata man discovered u pimple ii i In- hide of his nose," snys tho Ad erti'.'r, "and nttemptod to remove II iMih an ointment. Rut the pimple .lounbed like a green Iwy tro and wt'ti grow to tho size of a teacup. When thu man began to Invent Igiue in lisi-oveied that his buttle of olnt- ii nt bad been misplaced and lie lind been using hlu wlfo's bust developer ' '.'in John O. llliick of Illinois, com-i.unnder-iu-chlef of the (Irand Army. a. not coinplnln that republics are nr.giatoful. Ho draws $ lou anuutllt for lotnl ((Isablllty." and I'resldcut Roose ill nan made him a member of the i.vil service comniUslou. If his disa bility Is total how can he earn three salaries and ft pension at the same inio? 'Still Candidate Koosevdt had i do something to enable him to rnr- ii Illinois. Did you swear off this morning? If you Uon"t mean to keep your oath, don't make It." snys a New iork proachor. "It you do well," 1ik -ontinuos, "you will stand by yom resolves until the middle of the month. it Is an old trick. We have all played ' and for the malulng eleven and one-naif months' wu Have reflected on us futility." In short, he advlsos that i is bettor not to resolve at all th.-t to resolve and fall by the wayside. Semi- of us differ from this view. There Is something to be gained b Ik ing "good" a little while. I'orhnp we may die before that lialf month up and go to our reward, whereas If we had noi lusolved, who Knows where we'd eo? .Starving and $fiO,nini lying wiliim i itch of his hand " Friendless and a fortune Mining blm In the face. Doanrted nnd surrounded by wnlth. So died an old man. out In Nebraska, the other day. An old man ol mi. living alone, and a fortutio bnsldu him a useless for tune, because It could not buy blm friends or food. The innti was a miser. ,lle loved gold ho well that ho had no time, no desire to love anything else, and prob ably If ho bad found thn opportunity nnd I ho will, ho would have fought them both down, because Ii might have taken a few ilollnra to pay ro his elllOtlollH. lie liiol gtUhortsI In and hoarded up bis coins one iiK)ii another, idled them up In llttlo sacks, rolled tltem le even lulls, Mid. died In the midst or them, hungry and thirsty. He had si tent all tho best years i his life accumulating his wealtn He could havo had every comfort, ovory luxury. He could havo nnd wife, fiimlly, home friends, and he had noth ing, nothing, absolutely nothing hut a lot of money that he could make no use of. As bo lay dying ho could atretcb his fingers and draw tils beloved rich i"'. lose to his (Mild heart his trembling iirnis could gather it In, all Into their weak circle, and get all of It togeth er, jet could not bring lilm tho bit of bread. Hie. sup of water, for want of which ho died. What ii or man he was, what a miserably poor crealuro! What good was his money to himself of to any one? What good? Why. It viik not worth tio dirty rags and paper In which It wiih wrapped. , Not one dollar of It bad i vcr gone I) charity. Not ono cout hud ever been given to a llttlo, ragged beggar, not one nickel to it hungry woman, not a dliiiu to a poverty-stricken church. Ills money all lay beside lilm as be died the haivost of rigorous saving and exacting self-denlnl. How tho silver dollars and the lilthy bills would have laughed and sni-ered ' hint If they had the power, now the coins would havo Jingled against each other mockingly, and the bills llatinled themselves derisively before his dying eyes. How they would have tuuiitod lilm with their nearness ami their use lessiiess. Ho could u ct take his wealth wll blm. it could not even be burled with him. and he died as he lived, poor, friendless nnd nlone. Kansas City Worl. The New Year, as Is customniy. was ushered In by ringing of bells, blotting of ttbistli-H, shooting or pi:; tols and singing and dinging -all kinds of noise. Watch High! services weie held in several parts of the city. and In the tetlred seclusion of many homes the young folk watched for the passing moment of time which brought Into existence the year 1901 leap year. ICven the evangelists have iiwakcmv, to the Importance of advertising. At tlio present time tho territory is well supplied with evangellBls. tho major ity of w.tom run picture ot them selves In the locnl nanera, together with their advertisements, just like any other kind i.f business. This demonstrate that printer's Ink Is not only useful in saving dollais, but In saving souls as well. A headless body was loimd in the ttisMls near Ronton tho other day. Perhaps It was the Republican party. Sopor the Only Candidate. William Mellette, present Republi can national committeeman for Indian Territory, has retired from the race for re-election, throwing bin support To Pliny I.. Sopcr or Vlnltu. who Is now the only candidate. The announcement came after a conference held recently between Mel lette, Super and Judge W. 11. II. Clay ton. Tho Choctaw nntlon organisation controlled by Clayton remained loyal to Mellette until Sopor's election was conceded. Soor will not be;t candidate lor r-olection as Unltod States nttornoy for tho northern dlhtrlct and will as sist MeTictte In succeeding himself as attorney for the western district. The Fire Last Evening. Yesterday afternoon iRte an alaun o' fire was turned In from Palmer's gin, and tho department loat no time le getting there. The fire originated in Uie seed house, presumably from ft match, but was extinguished liefore Uio lire department got teady for action. No damago was done. Legal Holiday. Today being the llrst day of the year, Trt!ugnl holiday and In conse-. uuonro'all government otllcos, post otllco, etc., are closod. Wo notice that tho union barlcr shops are closed ' Subscribe for thu Ardmorolte. CITY GOVERNMENT. A FEW FIGURES WHICH WILL TELL OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY Its Size, Wealth, Fertility, Crops, Towns, Churches, Schools The Position a Cotton Crop-Occupies Wealth of Farmers. Alter a careful compilation of ng urea, which lias taken the Ardmorolte some t lino to collect, we In tho brief-t-M manner iHMMrlhle present the fol lowing which shows tho unlimited tteslUi and resources of the Chicka 4RW Nation: The ChickasAw. Nation comprises 4.70.1.108.05 acres of Isiid, every foot oi which may be used profitably. In this nation there are about 2i0 towuo, groat or small, and aa many churches and school houses. The schools are supported by subscrlptlcn except In the larger towns. Homo of theao towns range In pop': hit Ion Blmoat to Uio city murk. There U one of 10.000, one or S.00O, three 0. about 3,nio and seven of 2,000 or more, nnd so on down to more postr (l 111 cos. The chief crop of the country Is cotton, for the ginning of which there nro now 2CS ootton gins, which hnve up to ditto turned out for this season about 91,000 bales of tho average weight of G00 pounds which hns sold a! a price ranging from 10 nts to 1. t cunts per iioiind, besldoa 1,000 pounds of seed cotton to each bale, which Is in constant demand at not h- than $1-1 per ton. Resides this staple of total export, there are thousands of head of cattle, more than this country could consume l!t years. Hay, alfalfa, wheat, oats, corn and other feed stuffs produced in truiulond shipping (jnantltles each year, and the farmers have enough sweet potatoes, pumpkins, molnsscs and meats of their own at homo to last them until the yield cornea again. Resides this tho farmers havo now on deposit lu the banks of tho Chlck umw Nation $ I ,:4r2. i:ir."; with sever al banks to hear from. There are about forty of t!iotc banks, located In 2(! towns and oper ating on a capital of almut $1,600,000. The Idea that merchants are lu a flotirlslilng condition follows, naturally- There are mon who live lu ih" tie Inland towns who have invn following tho -plow to a((iituulut merchandise fortunes as great u. $275,000. and that within the irciiinr ' young men. That tills i.-, tin placi lor the energetic fortune liiinii r i plain, but a plainer truth ih tli.it Hi s U the Ideal place for the man wl.,, willing to work and live at hum. , whore he can raise the llnc.-t fruits and vegetables of almost every de scription, besides this he can gamer a hundred bushels more than ho can use ot Uio very lluost kind i.f pe cans each fall. For further Information address TUB ARIJ.MORF.IT'- lii-up SMITH STRUCK BY ENGINE. Knocked From Snnta Fe Track Last Night Injuries Slight. I.iibI night about Ssln o'cloi k T. I. Smith started homo and was wnlkiiu: along tho old main line of tin- Santa Fc, north or the old depot. Upon reaching tho water tank he saw a freight train standim- o.i i , track 'and stepped on the otln v luJ. to avoid tho same. At this Juncture a locouiomc auu along the track occupied by Mr Smith . going north, with the tender in front which. Mr. Smith said, stnuk him m tho back, knocking him fiom the track to the ground between tin tracks. Mr. Smith's head stun k a ros- to . Intllctlug a painful but not sen. u wound on the forehead. The lid, ,n tho back, we are told. Is not serums and with the proper care Mr Smith will be up In n few dnys At the Jail, ltay Johnson, u whlto boy iO years of nge, was brought In by Deputy Mad sen from Chleknsha, charged with stealing goods of tho vnluo of $lf He wns placed In Jail In default of bonds men. The name olllcer brought n anetlu r young 7ilto man, 21 years .M. iharg ed with larceny. He was at-o plan I in Jnll. There nie now 117 iniiuitis m i'.. frderal Jail. Texas Has General Rain. Dallas, To., Dec :u.- TliiUt-il i from morn than twenty Texas points tonlgTTt show that a general rnln i falling over tho entire cotton and grain belt and much of the tattle ran go country. It Is raining from the Indian Teirl tory to the Gulf and fnmi Texaikana to the Hrnros river and bevond that stivatn. R. W. Dick Mayor John h. Oalt Pollco Judga D B. Hooker Chief of Pollco , J. II. MaUiors City Attornoy 0. II. Ilruce... City Clerk Frank Ilutt Treasurer W. It. Uoberts AesV and Collector Rob McfJeo City Scavenges J. W. Moffett City Physician i mkam o nrmPUIDC General - Insurance - Agents Office Up stairs in new Ledbettcr building, becond stairway west of the WlilttltiRtoii. Aldermen, First Ward It. Hardy, J. 8. Mc Charen. Second Ward J. S. Mullen, C. F. Fraloy. Thlru Ward C. L. Byrne, It. W Rondol. Fourh Ward W. A. Ollllam, W. F. Wblttlngton. ARDMORE, IND. TER. MStt'S Board of Health. Dr. J. W. Moffett, city physician; Drs. 8. 8. Carr, J. W. Smith, Walter Hardy. Mayor K. W. Dick. Committees. Finance It. Hardy, chairman; C. I.. Ryrne, W. F. Wblttlngton. Street and Alley -Thn aldermen for each ttaid ai" thn mmmiMer for tl.elr respective wards, with the nunoi .h chairman over them all. Police. C. F. Fralcy, chairman; J. 3 McClinren, W. A. Gilliam. Flro W. A. Ollllam. chairman; C. F. Fralcy. n. W. Uantlol. WnterworksC. U Ily-nc.i Iniinuaii; W. F. Whlttlngton, It. Hardy. Ordlnnnco. J. S Mullens, chairman; U W. Itandol, C. L. Dyrno. Cometory 11. W. Randol, chairman; W. A (iilllain. J S MeCharn S'aniiarv I S Vit'lia-'U ..i tii.it.. r. F. FraU-y. J. S Mullen. Improvement W. F. Whittington chairman; R. Hardy. R. W. Itandol, C, I,. Ilyrne. SANTA FE EXCURSIONS. Sunny South Handicap Shoot, Hten bam, Tex. Jan 10 and 17. Unto $12.35. Ixsil holiday excitraion to points on line or 0. C. & S. F. railway. 3m tick et agent. Date of sale December 23 "A 2f, 21'.. 31 and January 1 Sec ticket agent for sumn er t. ur 1st rate. W. A. DASHIKMi, Ticket Agtut Subscribe for the Ardmorelte. 1 Co Cigars I Are made from the finest leaf Havana offers. Q "Are Really Excellent." JfJ WAPLES-PLATTER CIGAR CO Jallas, Tex, jM It ToMyCusto mers And to every reader of the Ardmoreite I send N ew Year Greetings And wish for you a prosperous year during 1904. If you have bought es a araes& During 1903 from Johnson.it follows as night the day that you have been pleased with your purchase, and I invite you and your friends to trade with me during the new year, I want to call your especial attention to my LIQUID HARNESS DRESSING. Its use imparts to harness and traveling bags a beautiful soft jet black luster that will not smut or peel off. My stock of baddies, Harness and Farmers Supplies for the year 1904 will continue to be the largest and best selected in the Indian Territory, -9 JOHNSON, The Saddler, ARDMORE, - - I.