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FARTHING BROTHERS
Clothing French dry cleaned
and steam pressed. Only
French dry cleaners 1- v.
Phonn 4HR Bine. &
Our Foundry Is in operation, and
we are making tine eastings of all
kin is. we have a few ultcu weights
in stoi k to move iik k.
Jones-Everett Machine Co.
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VOLUME XVII
ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA MONDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 27 1911
NUMBER 12.)
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NOW CETTINC
OUTSIDE DISTRICT IS COMING TO THE FRONT BALLOT BOX
STUFFED TO THE BRIM EVERYONE GETTING BUSY.
Amazement has given away to act
ion in the big contest that is being
conducted by The Ardmoreite. The
contestants and their friends are get
ting busy and It will surely be a case
of the "survival of the fittest."
Most of the candidates are going in
with the determination to win the au
tomobile. Thte prize, as are the oth
ers, Is worth all the time the candi
dates can spare for the four weeks of
the contest.
New nominations are coming in and
will be for a week or more and If some
one enters your name, don't delay
v.alting for .the contest man to call on
you, but come to the office and secure
a subscription book and "get busy."
If your name appears In the list, but
you do not wish to be a candidate, call
The Ardmoreite office and have It
withdrawn. This will save much time
and work for the managers of the con
test who do not know which ones of
those entered are going to try, and It
will also save the votes of those who
are helping you, as otherwise they
will be wasted.
Most of the candidates are voting
the limit each day, which is one
thousand voles more than the leader
had In their district. This does not
apply to the coupons which are good
for one week from the day Issued.
There are many shrewd moves be
ing planned by the candidates that
will have a telling effect before the
contest is over. Plan your campaign
at the start and follow 1t out as close
ly as possible so as to make every
moment count. "Write to your friend
outside of Ardmore for subscriptions.
A little book of rules can be enclosed
with the letter explaining the contest.
PRIDE
The Tinner
The Plumber
PHONE 388
We use the best material,
our workmen are skilled,
our prices are reasonable.
We Protect Oar Customers
We firmly believe in a "square
deal" and make it our personal
business to see that every custo
mer gets it. You can't do better
than to buy your meats and gro
ceries here. We handle only the
best.
W. A. GILLIAM
Phone 66 East Main Street.
PHONE
C. P. HALL
New and second hand goods,
bought, sold, repaired, rented
and exchanged. Call for tickets
15 00 worth gets you a hand
some piece of premium china
ware. Cash or collections.
Special Wagon Work
In hauling brick and stone and asphalt and other heavy material you
need an extra heavy wagon. One of the "HAND-ME-DOWNS" will not
meet the demands you have for a WAGON. Come here and see how
little more It will cost you to have one made big and strong and
where you can inspect every piece of material that goes Into it.
AL M.
19 BROADWAY
jtest is
WELL UNDER W A V
WAS
All it will cost you la the mailing and
you will be able to secure scores
of subscriptions In this manner.
The way for the inactive candidates
to show they are in earnest Is to cast
a good sized vote and get near the
top. Then your friends will see you
are in the win and help you toward
the goal to which you are striving. No
one wants to help a laggard. And don't
wait until someone has secured the
promises of your neighbors before you
start out. You will 'be handicapped
from the very start. Although we
have known where a good hustler has
gone In the last two weeks and won
the big prize we would advise you not
to wait that long. The kind of candi
dates we have In this contest are not
the kind to go to sleep on a propo
sition like this.
"Contest Done."
We have limited the number of
candidates to 10,000 so you will have
to hurry If you wish to get In.
Remember someone thinks you
could win the automobile if you tried
That's the reason they entered your
name.
What would you do if you lost by
50 votes? Great Caesar, just think
of it?
Remember this is a chance that only
comee once In a lifetime and old Fath
er Time Is hobbling after you chop
ping off the golden moments with his
scythe. So E-e-w-a-r-e! ' The time Is
short.
One candidate said today that all
the contestants should have an auto
mobile for their work. Wouldn't that
be nice for the contestants.
Perhaps the telephone company will
have a job repairing telephone poles
the next day after The Ardmoreite
contest.
Rushing Work or Court House.
"I expect to be in my office in the
new court house by the first day of
June " said Judge Russell this morn
ing. "Because 'Dob' Scivally Intimat
ed to me that the new building would
be ready by that time."
"Say," continued the judge, "do you
know that that fellow Scivally is the
best business mau in this county?
He ifi for a fact, and I'll tell you why.
He has the affairs of the county at his
fingers end, has the best Judgment of
any man I know of, you can call him
over the .phone at his home at Spring
er, at the dead hours of night, ask him
about a piece of work on roads or
bridges in any part of the county, and
he will tell you just what has been
done and what will be done on that
particular job. Bob ifi a wonder."
Carter county's new court house
will be an ornament to the city and
county, and every one of the county
officials are longing to install them
selves therein.
MILLION DOLLAR HIGHWAY.
Delaware to Have Finest Highway in
the United States.
Wilmington, Del., FeD. 27 Dela
ware is to have the finest highway
in the United States, if not in the
world, ag a result of the public spirit
of Coleman du Pont, the millionaire
RICE
ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA.
powder magnate. This was finally
assured today and nothing remains
but to complete the plans for the
great road, whlcJi will traverse the
entire iength of the state, 103 miles.
Mr. du Pont will advance $1,000.
000 for the project, and has agreed
to be reimbursed under an arrange
ment whereby the counties will turn
over to him the difference in tax
ation -between the existing assess
ment and the assessment that the
improvement will create. He be
lieves that the increase in property
value will 'be so great as to repay
him in a few years.
iMr. du Pont desires a highway 101
feet In width, but other good roads
experts are in favor of sixty or
eighty foot road. The outcome of
the project will probably be await
ed with Interest all over the coun
try, as if It is successful it is likely
that wealthy men in other states will
follow the example set toy the pow
der king. The building of the road
will give employment to hundirods
of men and will solve the unem
ployed labor question in Delaware.
EIGHT INDIANS KILLED SIXTY
MILES WEST OF TUSCARORA
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
ONE MEMBER POLICE KILLED
Battle Took Place at Kelley Creek
in Humboldt County, iNevada,
Twenty-five Miles North of Col
conda. Reno, Nev., Feb. 27. In a battle
yesterday, sixty miles west of Tus
carora, eight Indians were killed
and the balance captured.
One member of the police force
was also killed.
The battle took place at Kelloy
Creek in Humboldt county, twenty
five miles north of Colconda.
Bandmen, Attention!
Meet promptly at 7:13 tonight as
we will play for the railroad meeting
at the court house. Meet at band
hall. All are urged to be present. We
need a few more 'members, see if you
can't Induce a friend to take up music.
DOES ROCK ISLAND
WANT AYRES SURVEY
REPORT CURRENT THAT THE
SALE WAS MADE DIRECTORS
DENY THE REPORT.
A report was current on the streets
this morning that the Rock Island rail
way company had purchased the
Ayers charter and survey from here
to Chickasha. The report was credited
to a gentleman who is building a rock
crushing plant on the Santa Fe north
of here and he said he knew that the
report was a reliable one.
Mr. Heffner and Mr. Pennington,
two directors of the Ayers road were
seen today and they stated that no
such sale had been made and that It
could not be made without their
knowledge, that the majority of the
directors of the road lived in Ardmore
and if such a sale had been consumat
ed it would have been with their con
sent. But little credence ifl given to
the report.
Haskell Promoting Interurban.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 26.
Former Governor Haskell is pro
moting a line of interurban railway
between Muskogee and Fort Gibson,
a distance, of eight miles. The road
will pass through what Is known as
the Linton addition of Muskogee on
the east, cross the Arkansas at
Frozen Rock and through the Fort
Gibson Iwttom to the town. The pro
moters are purchasing 1,100 acres of
land along the route for truck farms.
Another line the former governor
has in view is from Muskogee to
Webber Falls, a distance of fifteen
miles. , ,
AGAIN
1 WARPATH
UNIVERSITY TO EXPEL
ALL POKER PLAYERS
HEAD OF DISCIPLINE COMMIT
TEE AT KANSAS UNIVERSITY
BEGINS INVESTIGATION.
Lawrence, Kan., Fefo. 27. Profes
sor Carl Becker, head of the disci
pline committee, has started an in
vestigation of pojker playing in tho
Kansas University.
Students spending unusual amounts
of money attracted attention. It is
said that Becker has tho names
of thirty-five players and others are
being added each day. It is be
lieved that the expulsion of several
students will result.
N IS
ASSIST, TREASURER
ROBERT O. BIALEY NOMINATED
TODAY TO BECOME ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF TREASURY.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 27. Robert
O. Bailey, private secretary to Secre
tary of the Treasury McVeagh, was
today nominated by the president as
assistant secretary of treasury. Bai
ley will succeed Charles D. Hilles
who It is said, is to be secretary to
the president to succeed Charles D.
Horton.
Bailey Is a former newspaper man
CORSET WORKERS
i
GO OUT ON STRIKE
SEVEN HUNDRED MEN AND GIRLS
AT KALAMAZOO QUIT THIS
MORNING.
Kalamazoo, Mich., Feb. 27. Seven
hundred men and girls employed by
the Kalamazoo Corset Company, went
on strike today.
A cut of from two to three cents ,per
dozen In piece work, precipitated the
strike.
Groups of young women strikers pa
raded the streets today.
ROCK IS, IMMIGRANT
TRAIN INTO DITCH
ONE MAN KILLED WHEN TRAIN
WAS DERAILED NEAR JENNINGS
KANSAS TODAY.
Jennings, Kan., Feb. 27. Extra
Rock Island train loaded with western
immigrants went into the ditch three
miles east of here this morning.
C. W. Vancleave, emigrant passen
ger, address unknown, was instantly
killed. His son who was in the seat
with him, escaived uninjured. No oth
er passengers were seriously hurt.
POLICE CAPTURE TWO
THFUL
TWO BOYS CONFESS TO NUMER
OUS RECENT BURGLARIES IN
OKLAHOMA CITY.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 27.
Charles White, aged 18, and Albert
Helfingstine, aged 17, were arrested
here today charged with a series of
spectacular robberies.
The boys confessed, the police say,
that they left their homes in Dayton,
Ohio, a month ago, and came to Okla
homa to become bandits and Saturday
night held up a local meat market and
shot the proprietor.
Later they confessed they robbed
the cash register and patrons. A
"Diamond Dick" robbers outfit was
found in their rooms.
Dr. Davis of Sneed was In the city
today on business.
TAFT IS CZAR OF PANAMA.
Isthmian Justice Declares Despotism
Is Absolute.
Chicago, Fob. 2i. Lorln C. Collins,
until two months a;;o associate Justice
of the Biipre-mo court at Panama, Sat
urday night said tho president of the
United States has usurped tho func
tions of tho legislative branch of the
government at Panama and now rules
there under a desotisin as absolute
as that of Russia. Mr. Collins epokc
before Ave hundred Chic-jpo lawyers
at a banquet and reviewed tho history
of American rule in tho Canal zone
during his six years as justice.
"The president's word, not tho law,"
ho eaid, "governs everything. Tho re
suit is there lias been built up under
the American flag, a bureaucracy
which controls everything in the zone,
and agaliiBt which even tho courts nre
powerless,"
A -blessing for which we are not
grateful is more than half loet
LOIIER CASE
TO BE PUSHED
FRIENDS OF THE ILLINOIS SENA
TOR TO PRESS THE QUESTION
TO AN EARLY VOTE.
LAFOLLETTE THE UNCERTAINTY
Lorimer's Friends Believe That Even
Though a Filibuster Was Inaugur
ated, They Will Win Unless Opposi
tion Gains Reinforcements.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 27. With
the full realization that after today
there would be little opportunity to
give consideration to the Lorlmer
case, his friends went into today's ses
sion of the senate with a determina
tion of pressing the question to a vote
before adjournment.
Senators Stone, Crawford, Root and
Owen are still to be heard, but all
have promised to be brief.
Senator LaFoliette is still the uncer
tain factor, but supporters of Lorlmer
are confident that even though LaFol-
lette's opposition should develop into
a filibuster, they still could force a
vote unless reinforcements come to
his assistance.
WILL THE HOUSE
PASS RESOLUTION
U. T. REXROAT REQUESTS ARD
MORE PEOPLE TO WORK FOR
REPEAL OF RAILROAD SECTION.
At the request of Representative V.
T. Rexroat who was in the city yes
terday mingling with his home peo
ple, a number of telegrams were sent
from here last night and today urging
members of the lower hoi.se to sup
port tho resolution whl.'.i iiHSsed the
senate Saturday subu:i'. iii.; to the peo
ple a proposition to chnr,o a: tide 9,
section 9 of the statu constitution.
'his article is sail to '.ie in i'ie way
f railroad development and Mr. flex
roat is working earnestly for its
limination. He eaid yesterday he
as of the opinion that the house will
nass the same resolution that was
ssed by the senate.
Ardmore .iieople who have worked
rnestly for the repeal of this section
ill urge Mr. Cruce to call a special
election at which time the amendment
will be submitted to a vote of the
Iteople of the state.
Five Negro Children Burned.
Outhrie, Okla., Feb. 23. Five ne
gro children ranging in age from 1?
months to 10 years, children of I. D.
Dillard, living sevii miles south
east of Okemah, in Okfuskee county,
were burned to death In a fire that
destroyed Dillard's farm house last
night. The parents put the children
to bed and then went to spend the
evening. The 3-year-old child of Ed
Fisher, a negro of Atoka, was burn
ed to death last night, it3 clothing
Igniting from a store.
HIS RESIGNATION
HEAD OF FRENCH CABINET FOR
PAST TWO YEARS HANDS FAL
LERIES HIS RESIGNATION.
Briand Declared That He Was Tired
of the Bickering of Parliament,
His Differences With the Socialist
Party Causes Resignation.
Paris, Fob. 27. Premier Arifitlde.
Briand, who became the head of the
French cabinet on July 23rd, 190it,
tendered his resignation to President
Fallcrics today.
He has declared himself tired of
the bickerings of parliament.
Tho premier's differences with the
socialistic party was largely respon
sible for the present move.
FAVORS AMENDING LAW.
Educational Association Passes Res
olution Embodying Cruce't Ideas.
Muskogee, Okla., Feb. 2t!.The Okla
homa Educational Association in its
fifth nnnual session today passed res
olutions declaring for a state board of
education which shall have control
of all state schools, In accordance
with the idea of Gov. Cruce, In favor
of amending the constitution so that
the officers may be elected from the
body of the organization.
A resolution condemning the hoy
scout movement wbb voted down.
New laws were recommended provid
ing for a sufficient tax levy to have
at least Ave months of school In all
districts.
Organization of girls and boys' clubs
and prizes offered for best .progress
In agriculture pursuits was Indorsed.
The session was officially closed
this afternoon and all the delegates at
tended the push hall game between
the teachers of the east and west
sides of the state.
Would Abolish Court.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 2G.
Mr. 'Soarer, Mr. Acton and (Mr. Clay
ton of Logan county have offered a
bill In the legislature abolishing the
superior court of that county. The
court Is declared to be useless and
an unnecessary expense upon tho
taxpayers.
FRIGHTENED TEAM
NJURES CHILD
M. QUINN'S TEAM TOOK FRIGHT
AT ARDMOREITE CAR NEAR
MARIETTA CHILD INJURED.
M. (.,! ii Inn made complaint this
morning in Marietta against Mr.
Spratt, manager of the Ardmoreite
Automobile Contest and the driver of
the Maytag car, II. L. Ix-o of Dal km,
Texas. The car was purchased in Dal
las and was driven through the
country. After leaving Marietta, this
morning, and while alout six miles
out from town the car juised a
wagon in which M. Quinn, a well
known citizen of Love county, was
driving with his two little girls. The
horses took fright at the car and
wheeled around, overturning the wa
gon and painfully injuring his little
daughter, about six years of age.
The child's collar bone was broken.
Sheriff Al Davis came up from Mari
etta today and placed Mr. Spratt
under arrest and would have placed
Lee under arrest had he not return
ed to Dallas before the officer ar
rived. Mr. Spratt said he was a
cripple himself from an auto acci
dent, and while he did not know
that the team was frightened, he
sincerely hoped the child was not
seriously hurt. Civil action will also
be brought against the two men.
Lee is the son of Otto Lee of the
Regal Hotel in Oklahoma City.
The accident was a rery unfortu
nate one and no one regrets It more
than Mr. Spratt and the Ardmoreite.
KEDf OF SEA
I
THIRTY FOUND FROZEN TO
DEATH ABOARD A DERELICT
VESSEL OFF ASTRAKHAN.
VESSELL IS MASS OF ICE
Derelict Vessel Discovered in Cas
pian Sea, Few Miles off Astrakhan
According to Dispatches From
Odessa.
Ixmdon, Feb. 27. Dispatches from,
Odessa tell of a tragedy of the sea
which was revealed In the discovery
In the Caspian sea, a few miles oil
Astrakhan, of a derelict vessel.
The whole crew of thirty was
frozen to death.
The ship was a mass of ice.
CONSOLIDATION OF BANKS.
Central Reserve State Bank and
Oklahoma City National Merge.
Oklahoma City, Okla,, Feb. 28.
iCtnsolUatIon Iwas brought yCyut
today of the Central Reserve State
Itunk, with capital of $200,000, and
the Oklahoma City National Bank,
with capital of JlOO.noo.
The new bank will be known by
the latter name, and have capital
of $500,000. Henry Williams, former
ly of Greenville, Texas, president
of the Oklahoma City National, will
le president of the consolidated
bank, ajid A. M. Young, formerly
state bank commissioner and pres
ident of the Central Reserve, will
be vice president. Don Lacy, former
ly of Ardmore, will continue S3
cashier, and M. S. Bonner and Mr.
Clark will continue es assistant
catohicrs.
A. W. Anderson, cashier of the
Central Reserve, will go to a Kan
sas City bank.
Within thirty days the Continent
al Trust Company, with $250,000
capital, will bo opened for business.
with A. M. Young, president, and E.
B. Cockrell, state 'ban1 commission
er, and I. B. Levy, vice presidents.
FRANKLIN MAKES ADDRESS.
Negro Educator and Lawyer Is Ap
plicant for Superintendent Sciocl.
B. C. Franklin, a negro attorney of
this city, and considered one of tho
strongest and most prominent educa
tors of his race in Oklahoma, returned
last Saturday night from a trip to
Boley where he has been to deliver
the annual address for the colored
teachers' state association. This as
sociation is composed of over eight
hundred members.
Franklin is a candidate for the of
fice of superintendent of the Deaf and
Blind, Colored Orphan Home, located
at Taft, Okla., and his life has been
such in and around Ardmore where
he was reared, that he has the Bolid
supKrt and backing of all bis home
people without regard to race or color.
He is far above the average of his
rn-e in every particular, and should
he be the lucky one in securing the
position to which lie aspires those
placed under bis care would Indeed be
in safe hands, and the state's Interest
so far as that school Is concerned,
would be honestly, efficiently and con
scientiously looked after. Franklin's
place on the program of the Boley
meeting has heretofore been assigned
to negro educators of national repu
tation, which fact in itself shows the
high esteem In which he Is held by
the educators of his rase in Oklahoma.
Judge Gait had a bunch of five be
fore him this morning charged with
disturbing the .peace and drunkenness.
The usual fine was assessed In each
case.
Get the want ad rablt.
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