The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 81, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 10, 1915 Page: 3 of 16
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Ardmore Sunday January 10 1915.
THE DAILY ARDMOREITE
PACE THREE
DYNAMITERS
ARE ASKING
FOR PAROLES
RAPIDITY WITH WHICH THEY
CONSTRUCTED CELL HOUSE AT
FEDERAL PRISON URGED IN
THEIR PLEA.
lieavenwr.rth Kan. Jan. 0. The
rapidity w ith which they constructed
the west cell house at the federal
prison here was one of the argu-
ments for paroles put forward by
seventeen structural Ironworkers
oonviet-tl in the dyuainke conspir-
acy oases at Indianapolis who ap-
peared Friday before the federal par-
ole ltoard. Having served one-third
of their sentences the men are eli-
giMe for parole.
Frank M. liyan of Chicago former
head of tlie Ironworkers was not
eligible for parole not having served
a sufficient period of his sentence.
WIh'.'i the men came hack to I ho
prison' after their appeals had been
denied. Warden Morgan decided to
imit them to work on the. w.'jjt cell
house. For seven years the prison
management has been trying to get
this completed but at no time were
there enough ironworkers in prison
to finish that part of the job. Kyan
was made foreman of the work. It
had been a long time since the 0"i-year-o!d
head of the ironworkers
had been on a job. but he (showed his
old-time skill and ability and within
six months the iron work on the cell
house was completed.
Only one of the men who applied j
for parole failed to do his share
in the construction work. That man
was Hockin. and he was willing to
help but the others objected because
of the part Hockin played in the
prosecution of the ironworkers by
tho government.
The applicants for parole are
.1 T Hutlcr. lluffalo. N. Y.; II. S.
Hockin. Detroit; K. A. Clancy .San j
Francisco: I'. A. Cooley. New Or-
leans; 1 II. Harry St. Louis; V. J.
Morrin St.. Louis: II. W. Legeitn"i j
Pittsburgh; C. T. Ho.um Minneapo-
lis; Edward Sinythc. I'eoria. 111.; Y.
IS. Frown Kansas City; I. .1. Smith
and George Anderson Cleveland. O.;
Frank C. Webb New York; V. K.
HoHrlln Milu'fLilkeiv V .1. IlinuillS.
Ito.ston; W. C. Mernhardt. Cincinnati !
and K. V. liascy of Indianapolis.
Owing to the Sickness of Bob Leon
ard "The Master Key" will not be
shown at the Theatorium next Mon-j
day Jan. 11. The next installment;
No. 8 will be here Monday Jan. 18.'
Got thf Best of JefHes.
A rtory Is told of an 4d l'untrn and
his encounter with Judge Jeffries in
the seventeenth century. Jfffries
hearing the case against the '.'uritan
was trying to inakd fun of the old
man. as was his hal it. "I honor you
iir" f.u'd the judge. sn( crlngly "from
your head to your feet.' "And I houot
you sir." said the old Vurit-m "frotr
tho crown of your head to the sole
of your feet." "I honor you" went on
on the judge 'from Land's ICnd to
Johr O'tlroat's." "And I honor you
(rom th Eipiator to the Antipodes."
"I holier you" said 'the judge irasci-
bly ' to the gates uf Hell'' The Tun
tan didn't reply at once Then In:
said. "Sir there is a passar-e in Holy
Wrft that ays Answer a fool accord
lug to his folly.' 1 have done so. Hut
there is another passnge that f-ays
'Answer not a fool jiccord!:.g to his
faiiy." Sir I decline 'j follow you to
Hell!'
Much abused people usually deserve
it.
Spirclla Corsets
Guaranteed
EXPERT FITTING
Mrs. Lena Fielder
PHONE RED 847
li. bth. Ave. N. W.
Regular Dinner
25c
We are now serving
regular meals at
From 11 a.m. to 2 p. m.
Short Orders at any hour
THE VENCEDROA
$5.00 Meal Tickets $1.50
STATE PUR-
CHA1G AGENT
PROPOSED
BILL TO ESTABLISH SUCH OF-
FICE AND ABOLISH THE STATE
BOARD OF AFFAIRS IS OFFER-
ED FOR GREATER ECONOMY.
Oklahoma City Jan. S. Senator
Fdmondson added to the nholishmeiit
inovenient today by introducing a
bill to create the oflice of state pur-
chasing agent and abolish the stale
board of affairs. The purchasing
agent would be appointed by the
governor and give bond of $100000.
A new angle was taken on the
school land investigation movement
by introduction of a concurrent reso-
lution by Mr. Sutherland providing
for investigation of that department
under direction of the governor. The
resolution contained a preamble re-
citing the uselessness of a legisla-
tive investigation as proposed in the
house concurrent resolution l lie ros-
olulion went over until Monday. The
house resolution was passed dually
by that body.
Senator Iognn's bills to abolish
several boards are understood to have
been introduced by him on li is own
responsibility and to have no con-
nection with the wishes of (iovernor
Williams in regard to these matters.
In conversation today Senator Logan
said his ideas as to abolishing the
board of affairs are based upon his I
study of the efficiency of purchasing
agents elective by tin; people. lie
pointed to the economical adminis-
tration of this business in Texas.
Change Divorce Proceedings.
To provide against violations in
the matter of securing divorces Rep-
resentative Norton introduced a bill
which directs that when a divorce
case is filed a copy of the summons
shall Immediately be served on the
county attorney. It is the duty of
the county attorney to appear at t lie
hearing and determine whether or
not the court has proper jurisdiction.
It Is the further duty of the county
attorney under the hill to determine
whether any collusion or fraud has
been used and whether or not the
contestants have children. The coun-
ty attorney is to be allowed $10 for
hjs services the money to be depos-
ited by the plaintiff when the divorce
petition Is filed.
In the house twenty-six more bills
were introduced. The speaker lec-
tured tho employes briefly tejling
them that tho administration is to be
for business and that they are ex-
pected to earn their salaries.
Tonight many members of the leg-
islature attended a banquet given by
the Chamber of Commerce In the
auditorium.
This being Jackson day. Luther
Harrison of Wewoka addressed th"
house at length upon Invitation
thereof. His topic was "The Demo-
cratic party."
' Farmers' Caucus" Formed.
Twenty-six members of the Fifth
legislature have formed an organi-
sation to be known as the fanners'
caucus. list object is lo take up in
secret session all bills that affect
the farming community and decide in
this caucus the attitude' to be as-
sumed by the real farmers in the
leivislat.ure. The caucus adopted a
rule that membership In the body
shall be limited to members of the
house and senate who are farmers
or w hose principal business is farm-
ing. They agreed however to admit
any other member who may receive a
two-thirds vote at any meeting of
tlie caucus. The farmers' caucus
promises trt be popular and there Is
expected to be a rapid accession to
the membership under the two-thirds
rule.
frank Carter a representative from
Caddo county Is chaiunan of the
caucus and H. H. Fltzpatrlck a rep- j
resentative from Kiowa county Is
secretary
Chines Feache
Two yean ago seedlings of a peach
tree which was found growing It
Tibet at an elevation of 8500 feet
were brought to this country it Ip
expected that this tree can be tmi'tM
to bear frouit In New England ter
up to the Canadian border. If these
topes are realized the peach tree will
have umergooe a marvelous trans
formation. When first brought to Eu
rope about three centuries before the
Christian era It would not ripen frnlt
north of the island of Rhodes. This
'stand is at the extreme southern
edge of ths A:gean sta. and has a
rlimate much like that of southern
California. with less liability o frost.
Those first peaches were tenoer as s
navel orange. This Chinese variety
is kardy as a northern apple.
J
A dollar fairly got is worth a thou-
sand that are noL - )
PAYROLL OF
T
WANTS NO "DEADHEADS" ON
LIST OF EMPLOYES.
A CALL UPON THE LAW MAKERS
TO PREVENT USELESS TAX
UPON AGRICULTURE.
By Peter Radford
Lrctun-r National l-unin;rs' futon
The farmer is tho paymaster of
industry nnd as such he must meet
the nation's payroll. When industry
pays Its bill it must make u sight
draft upon agriculture for tho amount
which the farmer is compelled to
honor without protest. This chock
drawn upon agriculture may travel to
and fro over the highways of com-
merce; may build cities; girdlo tho
globe with bands of ntccl; may search
hidden treasures in the earth or
traverse the skies but in the end it
will rest upon the soil. No dollar
will remain suspended In midair; It Is
as certain to seek the earth's surfaco
us an apple that falls from a tree.
When a farmer buys a plow In; pays
tlie man who mined the metal the
woodman who felled the tree tho
manufacturer who assembled tho raw
material and shaped it Into an ar
ticle of usefulness the railroad that
transported It and the dealer who
sold him tlie goods. He pays the
wages of labor and capilal employed
in tho transaction as well as pays
for the tools machinery buildings
etc. used In tho construction of tho
commodity nnd the same applies to
all articles of use and diet of liim-
i-elf and those engaged in tlie sub
sidiary lines of industry.
There is no payroll In civilization
that does not rest upon the back
of the fanner lie must pay the bills
all of them.
The total value of the nation's
annual agricultural products is around
$lJnuni)i0000. and it is safe to esti-
mate that 9Ti cents on every dollar
goes lo meeting the expenses of sub-
sidiary industries. Tlie fanner does
not work more than thirty minutes
per day for himself; the remaining
thirteen hours of tiie day's toil he
devotes to meeting the payroll of the
hired hands of agriculture such as
tho manufacturer railroad commer-
cial and other servants.
The Farmer's Payroll and How He
Meets It.
The annual payroll of agriculture
approximates $ 120(10000000. A por-
tion of the amount is shifted to for-
eign countries in exports but tho
total payroll of Industries working for
the fanner divides substantially as
follows: llailroads $1232000000;
manufacturers $1305000000: mining
$;r"it'(ionno; banks. $200000000;
mercantile J.'l.r.OO.OOO.OOO and a heavy
miscellaneous payroll constitutes the
remainder.
It takes the corn crop the most
valuable in agriculture which sold
last year for $1 0'.) 2000.000 to pay o.'f
the employes of tho railroads; the
money derived from our annua gales
of livestock of approximately $2.oun.
000000 the yearly cotton crop valued
at Jii'JO.OiiO.OOO; the wheat crop
which is worth $C10000000 and the
oat crop that Is w orth $ I lO.coo.OuO
are required to meet the annual pay-
roll of tho manufacturers. The
money derived from the remaining
staple crops Is used In meeting the
payroll of tho bankers merchants
etc. After these obligations are paid
the. farmer has only a few bunches of
vegetables some fruit and poultry
which he can sell and call the pro-
ceeds his own.
When tho farmer pays off his help
ho has very little left and to meet
theso tremendous payrolls ho has
been forced to mortgage homes work
women In the field and increase tho
hours of his lnbor. We are there-
fore compelled to call upon all In-
dustries dependent upon the farmers
for subsistence to retrench in their
expenditures and to cut off all un-
necessary expenses. This cotirso is
absolutely necessary in order to avoid
a reduction In wages and we want
If possible to retain the present wage
scale paid railroad and all other in-
dustrial employes.
Wo will devote this article to a
discussion of unnecessary expenses
and whether required by law or per-
mitted by the managements of the
concerns is wholly Immaterial. We
want all waste labor and extrava-
gance of whatever character cut out
We will mention th full crew bill as
Inline back may come from over-
work cold settled in the muscles of
the back or from disease. In the two
former cases the right remedv Is H.-VI-LAUD'S
SNOW I.1NIM ENT. It should
be nibbed in thoroughly over the af-
fected part the relief will be prompt
and sntisfactory. Price 2.ric. 5oc und
$1.00 per bottle. Sold by Bomar Urns
Co.
FARMER
Have you a house or a room you
wu t0 It wil nn but thlrty
centa nBi utry tne want ads.
Illustrating the character of nnneces-
sary expenses to which we refer.
Union Opposes "Full Crew" Bill.
The Texas Fanners' Union regis-
tered its opposition to this character
of legislation at the last annual meet-
iug held in Fort Worth Tex. August
4 1911 by resolution which wo quote
as follows:
"The matter of prime Importance
to the fanners of this state is an ade-
quate and efficient marketing system;
ami we recognize that such a system
Is impossible without adequate rail-
road facilities embracing tho greatest
amount of service at tho least pos-
sible cost. We further recognize that
the farmers and producers in tho end
pay approximately iij per cent of the
expenses of operating the railroads
and it is therefore to the interest oT
the producers that the expenses of
tho cummon carriers be as small as
is possible consistent with good ser-
vice and safety We therefore call
upon our law-makers courts and
juries to bear the foregoing Jaeis in
mind when dealing with the common
carriers of this state and we do espe-
cially u-allirm the declarations of
llio last annual convention of onr i
State I'nion. opposing the passage of
tlie so-called full-crew' bill before
the thirty third legislature of Texas."
Tho fanners of Missouri in the last
election by an overwhelming ma-
jority bwept Ihis law off tho statute
book of that state anil it should
come off of all statute books where
it appears ami no legislature of this
nation should pass such a law or
similar legislation which requires un-
necessary expenditures.
The same rule applies to all regu-
latory measures which increase tho
expenses of industry without giving
corresponding benefits to the public.
There is oft times a body of men as-
sembled tit. legislatures and they
have a right to bo there who In
their zeal for rendering their fellow-
associates a service sometimes favor
an increase in tlie expenses of In-
dustry without due regard for the men
who bow their backs lo the summer's
sun to meet the payroll but these
committees while making a record
for themselves rub the skin o(f the
shoulders of the farmer by urging tho
legislature to lay another burden
upou his heavy loud and under tho
lash of "he il enacted" goad him on
to pull ami surge at the traces of civil-
ization no matter how he may sweat
loam and gall at the task. When
legislatures "cut a melon" for labor
they hand the farmer a lemon.
The tanners of the United States
are not financially able to carry "dead
heads'' on their payrolls. Our own
hired bands are not paid unless wo
have something for them to do and
we are not willing to carry the hired
help of dependent Industries unless
there is work for them. We must
therefore Insist upou the most rigid
economy.
Legislative House-Cleaning Needed.
While the war is on and there Is a
lull In business we want all legisla-
tive bodies to take an Inventory of
the statute books and wipe off all
extravagant and useless laws. A good
house-cleaning is needed and econo-
mies can bo instituted here and there
that will patch the clothes of Indigent
children rest tired mothers and lift
mortgages from despondent homes.
Unnecessary workmen taken off and
useless expenses chopped down all
along the lino will add to the pros-
perity of the farmer and encourage
him In his mighty effort to feed and
clothe tho world.
If any of these industries have sur-
plus employes w can use them on
the farm. Wo have no regular
schedule of wages but we pay good
farm hands on an average of $1 0
per day of thirteen hours when they
board themselves; work usually runs
about nino months of the year and the
threo months dead time they can do
the chores for their board. It they
prefer to farm on their own account
thero are more than 1 1000000000
ucres of idle land on tho earth's sur-
face awaiting the magic touch of tho
plow. The compensation Is easily ob-
tainable from Federal Agricultural
Department statistics. Tho total
averago annual sales of a farm in
the continental United States amounts
to $516.00; tho cost of operation is
$340.00; leaving the fanner $176 per
annum to live on and educate his
family.
Thero Is no occasion for the legis-
latures making a position for surplus
employes of Industry. Let them come
"back to the soil" and share with us
tbo prosperity of the farm.
When honesty Is merely a
policy it is a poor virtue.
good
Lazy farmers are just as useless as
dead ones and take up more room.
When the soul communes with the
spirit of nature the back to the farm
movement prevails.
There are two kinds of fanners.
One tries to take all the advice he
hears and the other won't take any
at alL
Child Shoot Mother.
Madill Okla. Jan. 9. Mrs. Albert
Hooper wa. shot and seriously
wound-d at her home: near Lebanon
soulhwost of Madill Thursday after-
noon. A little 5-year-old son of the
woman was playing with a 4.1 caliber
Colt revolver which was accidentally
discharged the ball striking the
mother in the abdomen. Mrs. Hoop-
er's condition 1s serious. Mrs. Hooper
did not think the gun was lod;d
-when It was given the child to play
with.
BEST BUSINESS YEAR
Wo have been in the GKOCERY BUSINESS
in Ardmore SINCE 1901 nnd have just closed
the I JEST IJUSINESS YEAR of our experience
showing an INCREASE of nearly 20 per cent
over all records and we are just now started.
People are fast realizing what we mean when
we say QUALITY QUANTITY AND PRICE
because we carry them all We lead others fol-
low. I F IT IS TO EAT WE 1 1 AVE IT.
w.
AROMOBE ELKS TO STAGE AN
ELABORATE WilNSTREL SHI
What will prove to b- the theatri-
cal hit of the season Is the forthcom-
ing Hlks' llenelil Minstrel which Is
now being rehearsed by firty ladies
and gentlemen picked from Ard-
nuirc's Iwst talent.
This will he the most elaborate
and carefully staged production ever
presented in this city and abounds
in catchy coon songs popular ballads
and late novelty numbers while the
jokes and comic situations are en-
tirely new and guaranteed to produce
an over-abundance of good whole-
some laughter.
The producers Messrs. Ivowrey and
Sncders who are gentlemen of wide
experience In this class of work are
greatly pleased Willi the excellent
talent they have encountered here
and are very cntthuslastlc over the
interest manifeted by the Elks and
SULPHUR
WARRANTS
ILLEGAL AND VOID
Oklahoma City Jan. ft Validity
of $1S000 of warrants issued by the
city of Sulphur in 1!I08 Is attacked
In ten appeals from judgment of the
district court of Murray county filed
Friday in the supreme court by at-
torneys against the city had been
obtained by -persons w ho had bought
the warrants.
It is alleged the warrants are il-
legal and void for the reason that
they fail to chow on their faces the
amount of funds in the .Sulphur city
treasury at the time they were Is-
sued. It is alleged further that the
amount represented by all the war-
rants issued is far in excess of the
KO er cent debt limit provided by the
state constitution and that the con
Our Laundry Work
Never Fails
To Please
That Is because It Is good work
We employ tho kind of assistants who understand how to pro-
duce satisfactory work. They have the most modern methods to make
use of.
The result is that we can guarantee satisfaction. Those who
send their laundry work to us. are always certain that the laundry
returned to theiii is the best kind of work.
This is the kind of work that you want. Why not take advant-
age of this knowledge and send your clothing here?
EXCELSIOR STEAM LAUNDRY
M. W. WHITTINGTON
Owner and Manager
Phone 573
LANE
Iheip rriends. Kvery precaution has
b"en taken to please Die most criti-
cal and fastidious taste and a pro-
gram has been carefully selected to
amuse all ages of children from six
to sixty.
Fvery member or the big cast and
chorus Is being drilled in their
parts much attention being given
to every detail.
This minstrel will be staged In
identically the Fame manner as the;
leading professional shows of thl
class. The public will be delighted-
to learn that Iowcnstein's Orchestra
will take part In the capacity of ac-
companists which will assuro the
success or that part of the perform-
ance. The Klks Ileneflt .Minstrel will b
tho most talked of event from now-
until Thursday. January 21 tho date
set for the attraction.
tracts on which they were based1
were not made by the city council
but by tho city clerk.
Another ground upon which It Is
demanded tho supreme court shall
hold the warrants worthless la thut
it was intended when they were la-
sued that they should be discounted.
The warrants were Issued during
the panic of 1!)08. Many of them
were for salary claims of police of-
ficers and officials of the city.
Carter Avenue Methodist
Sunday school at a. m.
Sermon by the pastor at 11 a. m.
and 1:'.Q p. in. You are cordially
Invited to attend these services and
worship with us.
W. T. Fit K KM AN Fastor.
It's Impossible to defeat an ignor-
ant man in an argument.
Phone 573
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