The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 295, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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THE ARDMOREITE IS THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA RECEIVING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS SERVICE
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VOLUME XVIII
AUDMORK OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY EVENING SKIT.ri 1912
NUMBER 205
PROGRESSIVES OF
IT
ARTHUR L. GARFORD NAMED AS
PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR.
PLATFORM IS APHPTED
Prohibition of Child Labor Mir
... ...n n V
wage ror wumen rronioiiion .
exiejni worK ror women re irn-
portant Planks.
Columbus Oho Sept. Arthur 1.
iai'ford was today nominated by the
progressives as their candidate for
governor :n the state convention.
I'he platform adopted by the con-
vention endorses the prohibition of
child labor a minimum wage scale for
women the prohibition of night work
for women eight-hour day for wom-
en schools for industrial education a
municipal home rule and a non-partisan
judicial ballot.
John L. Sullivan republican can-
didate for secretary of state was
nominated by the progressives foi
the same office. Ho resigned ?9 the
re; ublican nominee. L. J. Tabor of
Helinont was named as the progress-
ive candidate for lieutenar.t gov-
ernor. Missourians in Wrangle.
Jefferson City Mo. Sept. 5. Gov-
ernor Hadley denied today that he
told L. A. Kills of Kansas City over
tho telephone yesterday that if the
republican Judicial candidates . were
nominated by the progressive party
they would withdraw from the ;x-
publican ticket if required to line
up for Tart. "1 gave Kllis what in-
formation 1 had as to the attitude
of tho republican Judicial candi-
dates" said Hadley. "but didn't make
the statement that Kllis was quoied
as having made and I am Informed
by the convention delegates that Ki-
lls didn't make the statement attrib
uted to him." VJHs today re'teruted
iris statement of yrstp'flay.
Dr. Gilcreest's Condition.
Reports from lr. Cilereest this
morning at 1 o'clock stated that he
was resting quietly and gave his con-
dition as follows: Fever 100 3-10;
pulse !tl); respiration 22. Gainesville
Hesperian.
Uncle Ezra Says
"It don't take more'n a gill uv effort
to git folks into a peck of trouble"
and a little neglect of constipation
biliousness indigeston or other liver
derangement will do the same. If ail-
ing take Dr. King's New Life Tills
for quick results. Easy safe sure
and onlv 25 cents at Ringer Drug Co.
It might lie agood Idea for the lo-
cal merchants to get busy. A large
mall order ho'Jse It la understood i were valued at $.".00. The cattle
distributed today through one of thelCOuld not have been In the cane
big express companies operating In-
to Ardmore over five hundred gen-
eral catalogues.
Rftnwnbe?
Dont aneer at the man who rails
nit remember that he at least dared
o try.
ButinM Men.
Boalneaa men are divided Into two
ilaasee those who have machines and
hose who are. Life.
Fire
DON'T
let another setting sun
find your property un-
insured. For rates see
J. C. Kind & Co.
General Insurance
Post Office nulldlorf
Live StocK Bonds
NO INDIAN AGENT FOR ARDMORE
This City Loses Office Through Work-
ings of New Law.
The new law which eliminates In-
dian agents in all except those sec-
tions where the Indian population is
very dense strikes Ardmore.
S. A. .Mills the agent here receiv-
ed telephonic notification yesterday
that he and his assistant C F. Kol-
nieyer would he expected to report
at the office of the chief Indian agent
I). II. Kelsey at Muskogee in a fe.v
days for field work.
Mr. Mills said this morning In
speaking of tlie matter to an Ard-
moreito representative that he had
not so far received any o ft' L: in I no-
tice of what disposition would be.
A. ide of his services. The telephone
"p.
A int'..r.fl t ani'd flint !i Witter
v
ctions T.ould follow but so
la;- is. ' etter had not been receiv-i-1.
Xo reference was made In tli ;
message to any contemplated disposi-
tion of the clerical force of this agen-
cy but it is tnouaht that all clerical
help will be eliiDitinted as the: new j
'aw reduces the revenue for the main-.
tainnncc f all agencies and there will
not be a sufficient amount of money
available to keep but a Hurtles num-
ber of the clerks who are now em-
plived. Mr. Mills said that he had instruc-
tions to remain here and maintain tho
office at this point until he received
confirmation of the orders calling him
to Muskogee by letter.
Return from Outing.
The iarty of young i epole chap
coned by Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Sue;
son and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cleary
and Mrs. Meyers returned late Mon
day night frcm a pleasant outtn
at Pipe Springs on the Washiti.
Tnose comprising the party were
tV.r- Misser. Barney McUride Ethel
Nnilson W.n-.i Jones Elizabeth Mc-y
us of Ardmore and Edith Gllmore
of Oklincnia City and Messrs. Axell
ThieHnder Everett Brewer Josepn
Wilson Par. Mann Ed. Trammel
Earl Kmerick Harry McBride ana
Fred Lee
Tho time spent in camp tmd
a general good time mas enjoyed by
all. Fishing and hunting afforded
sport during the day and the waters
of the Washita were invaded by
all members 6f the 'party who arraj
ed in bathing attire cared to so dis-
ort themselves.
Two double wagons and two sur-
eys were used as a means of trans
portation for the fun seekers while
a thirj wagon carried the cainn
equipment and the groceries wet
and dry. A forty-foot seine went
along too but rumor saith that there
!nre still some fish left in the Wash-
lita.
ICANE KILLS COWS AND HOGS
Eleven Head of Stock Lost by Dairy
man Near Hobart.
Hobart Okla. Sept. 4. C. S. Halt
er who conducts a dairy one mile
southwest of Hobart lost eleven head
of fine milk cows Monday when they
broke over a fance and ate green
sugar cane. The eleven cows lost
ipatch more than five minutes. A
veterinary surgeon was called and
when he cut Into the stomachs of
a few of the cows it was found
some had eaten but two or three
bites. It iwas the second crop of
the cane.
W. A. Bailey who lives two and
one-half miles northeast of Hobart
lost seven hogs when he turned them
Into the cane. The entire lot died
shortly afterward.
Tornado Plate Glass
Telephone No. 224
Accident
MOST OF THE DISTRICT AGENTS
WHO LOST JOBS EMPLOYED
AS FIELD MEN.
.Muskogee Okla. Sept. 4.-District
Indian agents in eastern Oklahoma
are to lose their jobs as a result
of the lud.au appropriation bill but
most of the ni are to be employe d
as field men according to Dana II.
Kelsey Indian superintendent of tno
Union agency who has returned from
Washington when- he conferred with
the secretary of the interior regard-
ing the rearrangement of the work
for the ensuing year.
"It will be necessary to cut down
our present office force some but
we will manage to keep up with the
work some way" Mr. Kelsey said.
"The ork of the Indian department
in Oklahoma Will 'be conducted prac-
tically the same as heretofore and
while some of the clerks will be
dropped from the force ft is not ex-
pected that the work will get be-
hind. Everything qiossible Will be
done to look after the affairs of
the Indians in the territory where
they reside and only in extreme.
?:ises Will thry be forced to come o
Muskogee."
Mr. Kelsey said that anticipating
the action of congress in doing away
with district agents he had left va
cant a number of places on the Mus
kogee office and for this reason but
few of the recent employes would
be dropped.
Smith-Dunnaway.
A pretty wedding took place In tl
apple orchard at the home of the bride
at Oakland Wednesday morning wnen
Miss Dorothy Smith was married to
Rev. Marshall Dunnaway of Nashville
Tenn. Hev. Masters of tho First Hap'
tist church of Ardmore performing the
impressive ceremony. The only at
fondants were Mr. Dow Dunnaway an
Miss Clara Mansfield.
Golden rods from the fields had
been placed under a large tree and
banked against it forming a pretty
background for the bridal party as
thev came from the house through the
high waving cane.
Kev. Dunnaway Is a young Meth
odlst minister at present pastor of a
church at Earlsboro Okla. but this
fall goes to Nashvillo where he has a
suburban church and at the same time
to take a post-graduate course in the
theological school there.
Mies Smith is an accomplished
young woman and one of Ardmore's
popular teachers leaving many friends
to regret her resignation.
Those attending tho wedding were
Mr. and Mrs. O. Smlih parents of the
bride Mrs. White Mrs. Stella Jackson
Miss Florence Smith sisters of the
bride; Mr. Dow Dunnaway and Mr.
Odd Dunnawav. brothers of the
groom; Mr. James Txing cousin of
the groom; Mr. and Mrs. "Woody Miss
Evelyn White Mr. Claude Smith Jr.
Miss Hattle Harper Mr. Leonard
Woodv Miss Marguerite Jackson
Misses Itea Wolverton Clara Mans-
field Kate Gait and Mr. Irvine White
Airs. Griffith sister of the bride
served a three-course luncheon to the
bridal rarty after which Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall Dunnawav left for Oklahoma
City.
ENGINEER MEETS DEATH.
Missouri Pacific Engineer Killed and
Fireman Badly Scalded Today.
St. Louis Mo. Sept. 5. Michael
May an engineer on the Missouri Pa
cific's fast train for Kansas City was
killed today when his engine left the
track at Fern Glen twenty-one miles
from St. Louis. Fireman .T. F. Stan-
key was badly scalded. None of the
passengers were Injured.
Will Erter College.
Robert Crittenden son of Mr. and
Mrs. II. T. Crittenden of this city left
today for a visit to friends and rela-
tives in Louisville and Frankfort Ky.
After spending a few weeks In the
Kentucky cities the young man will
enter the University of Cincinnati
where he will take a course In civil
aud electrical engineering.
TIFT CBIPPLEO;
OFF ON A TRIP
TAFT LEFT WASHINGTON TO
DAY FOR TRIP TO NEW YORK
CITY.
T
President Unable to Walk Was
Wheeled From White House Door
to Automobile May Take Rest at
Beverly.
Was h hit;; on I). ('. Sept. resi-
dent Taft left the capitol today for
New York. As a result of the in-
jury to his ankle he is still lame.
He was wheeled from the white
house door to a waiting automobile
which carried him to tho railroad
station. He will board the Mayflower
in New York City this afternoon.
The i resident is scheduled to ad-
dress the Atlantic deep waterways
convention at New London Friday
and this engagement may be canceled
The president's physician says that
a week's rest at Heverly will put
him on his feet again.
SURVEY WILL BEGIN MONDAY.
Ardmore & Western Location Work
Will Start in Earnest.
D. W. Spooner the engineer who
will have charge of the location and
the construction work on the Aril-
miore & Western arrived here from
Joplin Mo. yesterday afternoon. Mr.
Spooner upon arrival at tho com-
pany's offices in this city found that
all preliminary steps had been tak-
f n and that the company were wait
ring on him. He has wired his chiet
of staff at Joplin to join him here and
be ready for work Monday. It is
understood that the balance of the
engineering corps will be filled with
Ardmore people. The survey will
lie pushed as fast of possible from
the very start until It Is finished
and the line located.
ANOTHER RESIGNS OFFICE.
Assistant to Doctor Wiley Also Quits
Government Service.
Washington D. C Sept. 5 Dr.
F. L. D. Diinlap of the bureau of
chemistry and who was associate
chemist under Doctor Wiley while
the latter was chief of the bureau
has resigned to accept a commerciil
position in Chicago.
Hyde Trial January.
Kansas City Mo. Sept. a.The
third trial of Dr. II. Clark Hyde Tor
the murder of Colonel Swope was
today postponed until January fi
1913.
Here Looking for Location.
R. W. Copeiand of Fayetteville
Tennessee 1s in this city this week
Mr. Copeiand is engaged in the dry
goods business in Tennessee and is
out here seeking a location.
Mr. Copeiand "ta'ed to au Af : .eo-n
ite reporter last evening that he
had visited several other states and
also that he had been In several
other towns in this state but that
from what he had seen of Ardmore
and vicinity during the few days he
has been here he thought the op-
portunities offered here were the
best to be found anywhere. It is
more than probable that "Mr. Cope-
land will decide to remove nere.
Part of the Profession.
When a man makes politics his pro
fession he begins to cultivate the
habit of seeing only one side of a
thing. Chicago Record-Herald.
Something Beyond That.
Education Is not merely the taking
if Ideas out of one's bead and pouring
Ihem Into the heads of children.
Live Each Day.
Foresight Is very wise but foresor-
fow very foolish and castles are at
any rate better than dungeons In the
lir. Sir John Lubbock.
Want ad get results. Read them.
HELP ASKED BY Y. M. C. A.
Soliciting Committee Will Call upon
Ardmore Citizens Tomorrow.
.U the meeting of thu executive
committee of the local X. M. C. A.
held in tho club looms of that organ
ization in this city Sunday the report
of tho treasurer A. (.'. Straohley was
read and filed. This repoit shows
that all obligations during th0 past
year have been met and disposed of
e opt the paving tax.
Alter the report had been received
the committee made up the budget
for the ensuing ear and found that
J-.Putl will bo necessary to cany on
the work in tho proper manner r.
was then decided that the member
of the committee should see the peo
pie o! the i lly Friday ol tins week
and solicit thejr support.
The Y. M. ". A has done much good
work in Ardmore and it is felt by th.i
different members of the committee
that our people recognizing this good
w ill respond most liberally lo the nii
for aid.
There Is propably not another in-
stitution in any civilized country that
is as far reaching in influence nor
as unselfish in principles as Is the
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSO-
CIATION and It is sincerely hoped
that tho heeded func's will be raised
with which to continue Its work her.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
Especall Beneficial to Agricultural
Interests In State.
Oklahoma City Sept. 5. Farmers
truck growers and all Interested in
the agricultural upbuilding of Okla-
homa are very much enthused over
the proposed Oklahoma Development
commission to be organized in Ok-
lahoma City on September loth.
Oklahoma 4s well known as an
agricultural stale? and therefore the
farmers represent the biggest Inter-
est in it and are the first uud great-
est beneficiaries of any develop-
ment. No state-wide movement can
be successful without the hearty and
unite d co-operation or the agricul-
tural interests.
The farmers not only constitute a
very la-ge majority of the popui.v.'.on
of the state but also represent the
largest number of taxpayers.
While the commercial organisations
of The state have Initiated this
movement every ot'ier interest '.n
the state has been invited to partici-
pate in the proceedings.
Responses have been received from
nil over the state which Indicate
that a large attendance of people
determined to enact tills movement
and have same effectively in opera
tion at once for the future of the
state will bo present.
A general Invitation is extended
to all of the people in this state en-
gaged in agricultural pursuits to
attend this conference and co-operate
with the commercial interests In
this movement for a state-wide de-
velopment commission of which th
state is 'In great need.
Not only should our commercial
organizations and business men at-
tend this convention in Oklahoma
City September 10th but the farmers
'in and around our community should
do likewise.
Absolutely non-sectional non-partisan
and having only the future wel-
fare of the state In view this new
state-wide commission Is entitled to
the support of all our 'people.
This- is a splendid opportunity for
our own people to unite with all of
the interests in this state In this
general upbuilding. We need such
an organization in this state. Our
city will receive large benefits
therefrom. Let us all get together
and lend every effort toward making
this a success.
Want ads get results. Read them.
Stop and read the Want Ads.
HUNT'S PLANING MILL
Manufactures and puts in Modern Store Fronts all
kinds of Counters and Shelving. Be sure and get our
prices where you are sure to get a mechanical job. $.
H. T. Hunt Planing Mill.
Third Avenue and E St N. E. Phone 329
ROBBER S SKULL
IS FRACTUBED
BOLD
TRAIN BANDIT CAPTURED
AS HE WAS FINISHING SUC-
CESSFUL "JOB."
HIDES HIS IDENTITY
Roer R0bbed
Mail and Baggage
Cars and Male Passengers of Five
Pullmans on Louisville & Nashville
Trin.
New Orleans La. Sept. 5. Suffer-
ing from fractures of the skull be-
lieved to be mortal the! bandit who
single handed robbed the Louisville
V Nashville New York Limited m!ar
here la.-a night was brought to tho
charily hospital today.
The bandit boarded the engine at
Midland a small station in th
swamps and when the train was about
two and one-half mles formthe town
appeared on the tender marched thj
engineer and fireman ahead of him at
tho point of a revolver rifled the mail
and baggage cars and then robbed
the male passengers of the five Pull-
mans on the train obtaining about
one thousand dollars. None of the
women passengers were molested.
The robber forced the trainmen to
march ahead of him placing the toll
from the passengers In a small grip
which he carried. He kept the train-
men in front of 1:1m bo that no armed
passengers would shoot. After having
gone through the train he marched
the engineer and fireman back to the
engine and ordered them to proceed
with the train.
He had ridden about twenty-five
miles when the engineer catching
him unawares dealt him a crushing
blow on the head with a brass torch
knocking him unconscious. The ban-
dit refused to give his name.
Train Robbery in Kansas.
Osage City Kan. Sept. 5. A man
boarded a west bound Missouri Pa-
cific train here last night held ur
the conductor and auditor and cleared
out the smoker. When the train
stopped west of town the robber
jumped off and escaped. lie obtained
about $20.
HYDE CASE AGAIN POSTPONED.
Both Sides Agree to Continuance
Until January.
The It. Clark Hyde murder trial will
go over to January. It was called yes-
terday before Judge Porterfield and it
was agreed that there should be a
continuance. However no written
agreement between the state and the
defense was produced and In the ab-
sence of this Judge Porterfield did no;
set the new date. He said he would
receive the stipulation for a contin-
uance on Thursday and adjourned to
that time. Kansas City Journal.
RUSSIAN SAILORS MUTINY.
Naval Judge at Sebastopol Placed Un
der -Arrest by Secret Police.
St. Petersburg Russia. Sept. 5. AJ
mutiny in the Ttlaek Sea squadron of
the Russian Fleet has led to the ar-
rest of the naval Judge advocate at
Sebastopol by the secret police who
accuse him of showing partiality to-
ward the mutineers.
If you knew of the real yalue of
Chamberlain's Liniment for lame
back soreness of the muscles strains
and rheumatic pains you would never
wish to be without It. For sale by
all dealers.
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