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gatltj arDmorcilc. SIDNEY SUGGS, Proprietor. Entered at the PostoOce at Ardmore as Second-class Matt Matlrr. November 2. ISM. Published every afternoon (except Satnrday) and Sunday morning. Offlc of publication. North Wash ington street. Subscription Rates: "V . .... 15 KTUV n r. One month . ?r Om year .i 00 The OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER of the ' United State Court for the Southern District, Indian Territory; also for the Cblckaaaw Stock Association of the Indtan Territory, and the official organ of the city. Any erroneous reflecUon upon the character or reputation of any person which may be printed In the Ardmore lte. or any article baaed on report that are false will be gladly corrected If brought to the attention of the pub lisher. TIME TABLE. Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway. (Southbound.) Galveston & Chicago Exp. . .3M0 a. m. Cleburne & K. CExp P- m- (Northbound.) Galveston k Chicago Exp. a. m. Cleburne tc K. C Exp....ll:W a. m. Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway. Arrive at Ardmore 1:35 p. m. Leave Ardmore P- - Local freight carrying passengers also. No trains on Sundays. All United State malls close 3' minutes prior to train time. DAVID n';tF1EI.P. P. M. If you turn In a flro alarm by tele phone, don't call for the flro depart ment, but tell "Central" where th Ire Is. L. C. SLAUGHTER, Chief. Use the Long Distance Telephone and call up 'Phono No. 5, If you want the Ardmorelto. rn Ardmore, Tuesday. July It 190?. If the negroes should ihange their politics and refuse to vote the Repub lican ticket some of the Northern states wmld not permit them to com la President Roosevelt haa decided to take the rural freo dollvery service out of politics. Just why he ever permitted It to be put down Into poll- Uck has not been explnlned. There are somo thoughtless mortals who fancy that the race question Is soon to be settled. It Is the question of all agos and racos. It has Its roota deep down In human nature. It will never be finally or fairly settled by man. Within a few days the editor will havo something of Interest to give the public anent his rccont official do- caMltalion. The second chapter Ur almost ready for tho press. Meantime phantom fighting will not bo Indulged In nor will the readers of the Phoenix be nauseated with hysterical out breaks. Tho Washington dispatches say there will be no official lnvcstlga tion but ths Washington dispatches are mistaken. Thero will bo and will be tbrrcugn. Phoenix. STORY OF A BURGLAR. "I could starve to death myself, but 1 tonlC not look on and see my chil dren hungry, and I stole to buy them Wad." Such Is the oonfossUJ cf a burglar who Ilea dying In a New oYrk bos pi in I. A man who was n mooibor of the Frlvatlon Army by day ar.d a robber it night, who lost everything that he could beg. borrow or senl at the ra.es, hardened In crime ns he must li&ve been, offers as '-.H excuse his w.fc and babies. Ills downfall has been r.n easy and lapld one. A Kentucklan, born among horses, lr.ta thing In tho atmoiVcre of the t'irl from his earliest days. It was but one step more tc nture to any depths to secure money w'lb which to feed his appetite for gambling. And yet through It all his love for Ms little one never le blm. Men are suppose to be wanting In that' great love which makes a wo rcan sacrifice anything on earth to rave her children from vant. Women have parted with their trink eta (heir furnlturv, their clothes to buy bread and butter. , They have given up tbolr beauti ful tresses of halt again and again to buy bread alone They havo allowed tholr strong per fect teeth to be dravn out that their llttlo ones might not cry for hunger, and they havo sold honor for love of their clinging little babes. But with a man such sacrifices aro cot of common occurrence. Somehow lathers shake off caro ant) responsibility and like to let affairs ad' just themselves. Perhaps thoy don't menn to be self lull, but how many can you count who k III IIIMf U MM III -ake iheir own lives and leave b3.nd thm the cowardly exenae that ihey caa't bear to aee tfcotr fllle taSer. and re em4 K all that they way aolloak on? Br.t tit ws waa a ataa who waa afo a father. A aa whore lore for Ms Tory wa bis object tsa Hrtes. A man who begged. Ue and gam bled for his children, mxy mc be a mode) for a Sunday school book. bt be is a father above all. He may hare been gsMty of every crime known In the annals of the courts. Ills record may bare entitled him to years of punishment behind prison bars, but above all the blackness of bis act, shines oat the one white spot which shows him to have been In finitely better than many of his fellow men. Kansas City World. TELEPHONE NEWS. Mannsvllle. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Coe last night, a daughter. A big Christian meeting Is In prog ress here. Ravla. Two farmers, who arc alleged to have poisoned some bitters which was given to some Mississippi Choctaw Indians a few days ago and from the effects of which one of them died and two others were quite sick, are on trial at Tlsboialngo today before Judge GuUetL Springer. Several wagon loads of grain and some five or six loads of bay went to Ardmore today. There Is a small medicine show here this week. J. W. Smith Is here representing the ArdmoreUo. Mrs. O'Brien, Roy 0Brkn and Ed gar Schrum wont to Ardmore today. The threshers are atltl at work near here Elk. Ramp Prnltt aecMtttaUy shot him elf while handling an old WtechMter yesterday afternoon. The ballet paseod through the lower part of hi -loft Iobr. He Is In a critical condi tion. K. R. Poole and L O. Majors went to Ardmore today after some gin Machinery. Graham. The corn Is doing very w but the farmers are complaining of worms be ing at work in the tfsiton (gain. Mlto. Ed Spears Is on tho sick Met Misses Mabel and Willie Johnson, who havo been sick for the past week are able to bo op again. Mr. Taliaferro has his gin house about ocmpleted and will In a few days begin patting In bis machinery. The farmer are complaining of grasshoppers destroying the June corn. Rain Is needed badly for the corn cran. ... Very Best Bread. The sight of all sights In Ardmore today Is the display of good things to cat at Solomon's Bakery. We have seen them. Havo you? 12-C If you do your buying now you car. get a good saddle for small money at Noble Bros. Sdtwlm Chickasaw Summer Normal. Examination Is close at hand and there Is an increase In Interest and Work. W. T. Conway, vlce-prosldent of the Indlanola Coilego, Wynnewoood I. T., Is among our latest arrivals. We note among our visitors Messrs Banks and Ryan of the Ardmore board of education and Prof. John son. We are glad to see them. Rev. Dunkle. pastor of the M. E. Church, gave us a short talk and cordial Invitation to attend the solcal given by the Epwarth League at the rosldenco of Mrs. Conway tonight This Invitation is appreciated and will be accepted by many of our teachers. W. A. Grisbam of Elraoro, who was called home last week beause of the sickness of bis child, has returned and reports his daughter much better. W. O. Harris of the Sulphur Indian academy, has returned to the normal His report of the wonders of that fa mous resort are such as to Induce the teachers to hold their normal there next year. To make room for a new shipment of Whlto Elephants, we will sell you a buggy cheaper than you ever bought ono before. WILLIAMS. CORIIN & CO. The cheapest place In Ardmore this week to buy millinery is at Miss Band's. 12-C Every one is self made. In some cases the work Is belter done than In others. W!eii one reaches the full list it things that it is dangerous to eat ho worleri he Is to eape starvation. Secret Societies MASONIC Knights Templar. Ardmore commandery No 5 ,K. T. meets first Monday In every month. a M. TORBETT. E C E. W. ROBERTS. Recorder. R. A. M. Ardmore chapter R. A. M. No. 11. Regular meet ing second Tuesday night In each month at 7:30 o clock. Masonic temple. O. H. BRUCE. H.P. M. MUNZESIIE1MER, Secretary. A. F. and A. M. Ardmore lodge No. 31 A. F. & A. 11. Regular meeting on or before the full moon In each month at 7:39 o'clxk. Masonic temple. A. H. PALMER, W. M. O. 1L BRUCE, Sec, C. S. Ardmore chapter No. 7t O. E. S. has regular meeting on the night of the fourth Monday In every month at 7: 30 o'clock. MRS. EVA SNYDER, W. M. NISBETT. Sec. D. T ODD FELLOVS. Ardmore lodge No. 9. I. O. O. P.. meets every Tuesday night at Odd Fellows hall at 7: 30 o.clock. W. C. GARDNER, N. O. W. T. GARDNER. Ssc. Encampment. Indlanola Encampment . 10 I. O. O. F. meets every Friday night at Odd Fel lows hall at 7:30 o'clock. Wm DEVENY, Chief Patriarch. D. T. NISBETT. Scribe. Rebekahs. Ardmore Rebekab lodge No. 20, I. O. O. F. meets every Thurs day night at Odd Fel lows halt at 7:39 o' clock. MRS D T VOATHA DEVENY. N. O. NISBETT, :r. Canton. Canton, Ardmore No. 4. Patriarchs Militant, I. O. O. F.. haa regular meet ing oa first and third Monday nights In each month. D. T. NISBETT, Com. I. R. MASON, Clerk. K. of P. Myrtle lodge No. 7, Knights of Pythias meet In Castle Hall. every Thursday evening N. E. MARTIN, C. C FLEM DESKINS. K. of R. & S. ELKS. B. P. O. Elks meet second and fourth Frl day In each month at Elks ball, West Main street J. C. GRAHAM, E. R. L. SANDERS, Sec. R. I. O. R. M. Washita tribe No. 33. Improved Order of Red- I men meets In Odd tel flows' hall every Wednes day night at 7:30 o'clock. D. T. NISBETT, Sachem. ED SNDLIN, C of IL w. o. w. rcsfjz& Ardmore Camp No. -y2pSirv 33, Woodmen of the WprWgiy world meets second M5s5t' and fourth Friday nights In K. of P. hall J. N. MORGAN, C. C. ED SANDLIN, Clerk. Lady Maccabees. Belle of the Prairie hlvo No. 1, Ladles ot tho Maccabees meets on the first Wednesday af ternoon In each month in the Odd Fellows hall. MRS. DORA NISBETT. Lady Commander MRS. E. M. GOFF. Keeper of Records. The Woodmen Circle meets evory third Friday night and first Monday afternoon In tho K. of P. hall. MRS. I. R, MASON, Guard. MRS. H. P. EVETTS, Clerk. The Modern Woodmen of America meet every Monday night In the K. ot P. ha'.l. J. F. SON. V. C. ERl'.ETT DUNLAP, Clerk. The sensation of the week Is Webb's stamp photos. 24 for 25c. 14-if Cures Sciatica. Rev. W. L. Riley, L.L.D., Cuba. K Y., writes: "After fifteen days of ex cruciating pain from sciatic rheuma tism, under various treatments, I was Induced to try Ballard's Snow Lini ment, tho first application giving m tirst relief, and the second entlro rc lief. I can give It unqualified recom mondatlon. 25c 50c and 1 at W. I Frame's. At Hobart, Ok., In a house of 111 fame, Mattle Donaldson took lauda num and died. You will bo better pleased with your refrigerator if it's a Whlto Moun tain. Stceii Kennerly & Spragin's Co. a Don't forget to Vote, they are Free. I s GET IN LINE And be convinced that when we Advertise Bargains you can come to our store and get them. o-$tttttteeeettteeeeeeeetoeeee-e Silk Gloves in tan, mode, brown, castorj 1 gray and steel in the Amsterdam Silk Glove 2 tripple figures. The best Glove made, regular 50c seller go Monday and Tuesday at 35c t Ons 75c grade Silk Gloves in the above f colors and brands go Monday and Tuesday I at 50c X Oar $1.00 grade Silk Gloves in the above ? colors and brands, we will tell them Monday and Tuesday rtt . 75e J We bare Mitts galore in black, white and 1 all colors, oar 50c grade go these two days X at : 38c Entire line uf Mitts in blacks and colors, both plain and dropstitched in 75c grade go at per pair 55e Our entire lice of $1.25 colore in plain and lace go day at, "M- stt-SHt'M4Ht ONE PRICE. A MAGNIFICENT LIBRARY. Nearly Two Hundred Volumes of Beau tiful and Instructive Books. A few of the merchants and others with -the Ardmorelte, have secured a superb collection of valuable books which they offer free to club, lodge, school, orphanage or any other eligi ble organization securing the highest .number of library votes by the 5th day of September text at 12 o'clock noon, when the contest ends. All are cordially Invited to be In the race. Now, let everybody vote early and often. It costs nothing to vote, and it Is no trouble to vote. Each fifty cent purchase entitles you to flvo votes. A dollar purchase from any of tho firms named below entitles you to ten votes. A Ave dollar purchase is good for fifty votes, etc The library Is on display at Young's furniture store, and among tho vol umos the Ardmorelte noted that there Is a complete set of Charles Dudley Warner's library of tho world's best literature; also a set ot the World's Great Classics. We notloo such great authors and scholars as John Stewart Mill, Hegel, Darwin, Creasey, Lord Bacon, Shakespeare, Talne, eb These classics composo their greatest ef forts in othor words those gems of literature that havo stood the test of time and criticism. Then follows a complete set ot the American Encyclo- pedia and Dictionary, besides numer ous work on history, fiction, travel and adventure. Tell your friends about this and get them to vote for your favorite organization when making purchases In Ardmore. Tho Ardmorelte will announce In each Sunday's Issue the standing of all the contestant In the race, so that you can see every week just how your favorite club or lodge stands. Some worthy social, educa tional or charitable organization will certainly get a valuable lot ot books, which will be a fine start for a library, a nucleus to build from, an Impetus ot encouragement which will no doubt re sult In securing a much needed en terprise. Tho merchants and others and the Ardmorelto are perfectly neutral as to what organization wins tho library. Votes aro free. The club that does tho most hustling will certainly get If. Tho Ardmorolto will print each Sunday morning at coupon called the "Ardmorelto Voting Coupon." This' coupon will be good for ten votes when properly signed and mailed or brought to the Ard Peerless Patterns none better 5, 10, 15c. Our entire line of $1.50 plain and Lace; Mits in black, white and colors go Monday! and Tuesday at 11 15; Our entire line ptn checked Silks ing shades', and and CiG checks Tuesday at per Unr entire line ohecks in the $1.00 checks in this sale Oar entire Batistes Grenadines, our 502 quality in this! sale per yard , 33c; Our entire line of Batistes and Dimities in the 15 and 20c grade for Monday and Tues day they go at per Mits in black and Monday and TnR Onr pntfrA linp 'oc 10 and i2ic sellers 4-S-444HMi WM.i'i'i,.i,t.i;HHn'n7.Mm.M,i'.i,i - - 108-110 MAIM STREET. ARDMORE, 1..T. moreite oSlce. This coupon will bo dated and will not bo good unless cast within one week from date of Ibs'.ie. Cut these coupons ov.t and bring or send them to tho Ardmorelte cfllce and they will be duly counted. Votes May Be Obtained. You can obtain library voting tick ets only at the following places: Dry Goods Burton-Peel Dry Goods Co. Shoes Lynn, the Shoe Man. Bakery and Confectionery J, H. Spelgle. Furniture A. C. Young, Groceries J. B. Smart. Groceries J. A. BodowlU. Drugs, Books and Wall Paper W. R. Frame and Ardmore Drug Co. Gents' Furnishing Goods Ed Ring er. Jewelry Bulard &sSon. Hardwaro Buggies, Etc Williams, Corhn & Co. Lumbor, Paints, Etc Loldlaw Lum ber company. Livery T. W. White. Meat Market Pyeatt & Frazler. Ice. Ice. Ice any day or any time of the night at 'phone G7, Porter Staples, the Red Headed Grocer. 12-3 Chamber of Commerce Committee. Finance J. A. Blvens, C. L Ander ton, J. A. Madden. Manufacturing and mercantile In terests C. R. ones, J. R. Pennington K. P. CampbelL Public hlgnwaya Max Westhelmei L. B. Roberson, W. S. Wolverton, A H. Palmer, H. H. Pennington. Advertising Slg Simon, T. N. Cole man, Orln Redfleld, Railroads, etc W A. Ledbetter, F. M. Gates, John L. Gait, W. F. Whit tlngton, C. L. Herbert Agriculture J. B. Boone, John F. Eaaley, J. 8. Mullen, M. Munzeshelmsr. Membership C. L. Byrne, R. W. Dick, Don Lacy. Entertainments John L. Gait, A. V. Doak, E. W. Roberta. House R, W. Dick, W. A. Wolver ton, A. C. Young. Arbitration 0. L. Herbert, Lee Cruce, D. E. Allen, W. P. Poland, J. B. Epragins. SIDNEY SUGGS, Pres. C. L. BYRNE, Sec'y. Two Bottles Cured Him. "I was troubled with kidney com plaint for about two years," wrltf A. H. Davis of Mt. Sterling. Ia.. "but two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure effected a permanent cure. Bonner & Beoaer. . 1 t of 50c quality corded and in white cords and all even the pin checked in 2x2, 4x4 go in this sale Monday and ! yard 35c J of it inch Taffeta in pin ' grade, 2x2, 4x4 and Gx6 Monday and Tuesday 75c line of Lace stripe Novelties, yard: 12c nf Ln tcna nml VtnlSetoa nnt- in this sale at per yd 7 , .niii We will have hero within a few days a car of new Whlto Elephant buggies, and to make room for them wo offer bargains In those wo have In stock. WILLIAMS. CORHN & CO. To make your home complete and' your kitchen neat and comfo'rtable you need only a Garland stove. J. B .8PRAGINS & CO. Come and see our new, clean, up-to-date bakery and the good things we have to cat at Solomon's Bakery. 12-6L . r 1 The Famous Twin Burners Blue Flame Oil and Gasoline Cook i u g Stoves. "Lightning" Quickest ice Cream I Freezer on Earth. The Torapson Ball Bearing LAWN MOWERS. Water Coolers and Screen Goods at WEEKS BROS. Practical Tinners and Plumbers, West MiIb Stmt. -ptone 79. ARUflORE, I. T. BOB McGEE, City Scavenger Prompt attention Riven every order for Sanitary work. : : : i . P. O. BOX 704. Delightful rnwi GAXVMT6. Texas, to SIW'TIWr. 4 MILIARY S.l MIR I t kS5&-'? tor PnpMt " Ocan Trip." m s ot s I