The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 309, Ed. 1 Monday, October 4, 1915 Page: 4 of 8
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Ardmore Monday October 4 1915
PACE FOUR
THE DAILY ARDMOREITE
GJifr Daily Artmuimtr
By The
ARDMOREITE PUBLISHING CO.
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Ardmore Monday October 4 1915.
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SYMPATHY
FROM PRESS
a a a a a a a a a a a a a a
Others Know Ardmore.
Ardmore has limn been file target
of editorial wit In Oklahoma' because.
f the willingness Of its citizens to
occupy public ol'llce. One of the pre'.-
tiest little cities in the state It has
boasted of its streets paved with
rock asphalt mined it the vicinity.
It is the center of one of tlie richest
agricultural regions h' southeast Ok-
lalioina. Many Choctaw's exercised
their right to select ullotmonts In the
Chickasaw nation tlie two tribes be-
ing full partners and those who get
lands near Anhnore were cbjects of
envy. Hut Ardmore has been more
renowned for Its statesmen than for
its paved streets its magnificent
buildings its large bank deposits and
its expanding commerce. It has fur-
nished the new state a governor a
judge of the supreme court a judge
of the criminal court of appeals a
member of congress the ' warden of
the slate penitentiary a state high
way commissioner and a multitude o'
appointive ofllccrs. Some of the lead
lug lawyers of the capital and metro-'
oils are from Ardmore. 'The fact tin t
no 'many of die early settlers came
from Gainesville. Trx. . ' .Too 'flallev s
town and the center of deinocra'ic
politics in Texas may account fir
their interest and their prowess i';
tlie political game. When Ardmore
once gave an "old home" week the
Oklahoma newspapers Insisted that
most of the state offices bad to li '
closed fur tlu casiou.
Kut no shafts arc aimed at Ar.l
more now. All Oklahoma is pouring
out the balm of sympathy on the
stricken city mourning the loss el
nearly ll:ty dead and over a hundred
injured and a properly loss of half a
million dollars as a result of the
explosion of a gasoline tank car u
workman was trying to repair. The
city authorities are sternly bent on
fixing the blame and everybody hopi .
that such criminal carelessness as th
accident suggests will not go unp'in
lshcd. Hut the loss is irreparable
Ard. nore will soon rebuild tlie build
lugs destroyed and repair 'all other
property damage l'.ut she will niouin
like Kachi'l over the loss of life due
to soiiii'liiidy's carelessness. Tie;
touch of irony in the event is fur-
nished by the fact that the compara-
tively recent tind of oil in the vicin-
ity had given Ardmore a new hope
of again rivaling Tulsa and Musk'v
gee whose magic growth after 1'"'"
came largely from oil discovery auJ
development.- -Globe-Democrat.
For Sorrow-Stricken Ardmore.
Ardmore brave city that she is
refused at first to call outside aiu
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Tulsa has orjpnize a
"5uv-it-at-Home Club'
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Ardmore would do well
to follow suit.
We are in and of Ardmore pay
rent taxes. lighting contribute
to the poor boost for the town
sell coed goods guarantee sat-
isfaction in Tit. Style and Work-
manship. $17
.00
TAILORING CO.
Sample Room Next door to
Post Offtoe.
her hour of wholesale tragedy
came.
But Ardmore struggling down
there under her weight ot woo
NEEDS your help your spiritual he p
anil your material help whether she
says so or not.
To one who us gone through a time
of but single tragedy tragedy of
single death the problem of Aid
mine's many and midden tragedies
would seem too much for one coin
munily to bear.
Hut thu city IS bearing Its mm
stir sorrow though tbo throats of
its citizens are choked with grief
and their eyes hot with tears that
only time and the blessed forgetful-
ness time brings will stop.
Let Oklahoma City then not follow
the course of least resistance and Jo
the merely natural thing aecome en-
grossed with the dally duties that
cluster around and forget her stricken
neighbor.
Let us all watch that progress of
burial and reconstruction down south
of us and while watching help help
until help Is no longer needed.
Oklahoma City has a peculiar rea-
son for affection toward Ardmore.
Those who went through the niiny
state capital lights will recall Arc1-
more as ever a staunch supporter
when not all the state by any means
was for the metropolis.
This reciprocity reminder at a lime
like this when it is not a question ot
mere material return for favors ren-
dered but a vastly siihlimer question
of human kindness toward the sor-
rowingIs pointed out nevertheless
that action may be the quicker.
Lee Cruce ex-governor is the one
in charge of the funds for Ardmore's
relief.
Send your contribution today.
Oklahoma News.
A Friend in Need.
Tulsa's offer to succor Ardino;. in
this her hour of need is only one
of this city's characteristics which
has attracted attention from not only
all parts of the Vnited States out
the whole civilized world. It is an-
other example of the spirit which lias
sent Tulsa forward with wider' strides
than most cities of her class; il is
demonstrative of prosperity f rater
nalisin and charity; conclusiv" evi-
dence of the true caliber of the ciiy s
populace. And had Ardmore been
any other city no matter how far
distant Tulsa's offer of aid woi:U
have been quite us prompt and un-
doubtedly as readily accepted. It is
Tulsa's way and always will he And
now that the call of the needy has
bei n heard Tulsa will respond cheer
:ully. readily ami bountifully. A por
lion of tier plenty will take happiness
to many sorrow-ridden homes clothe
those who have lost their all pro-
vide food for the hungry and aid In
resurrecting the little city a con-
siderable portion of which so sud-
denly was razed through a combina-
tion of uncontrollable elements. And
in after years when Arilm re is
herself again when rreriiulioi! ; h ive
been taken to prevent repetitions of
such disasters-then it will be that
those who were succored Wuii thev
needed
m.irv el
World.
succor
at the
will look b:iK
'Tutsi spiril."-
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l-ulsa
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The Price of Neglect.
The sympathy of the people of Kan
sas goes out to the stricken city of
Ardmore in our sbster state to the
south where half a hundred live
were snuffed out and over two but:
drill persons injured in the terrible
explosion which wrecked two blocks
of buildings in the heart of the city.
A spark from a workman's hammer
igniting a tank car of gasoline is given
as the cause of the explosion. .Hist
how a spark from a hammer could
ignite a car of gasoline unless the
car was open or leaking is a ques-
tion and it looks as if carelessness
was to blame for the catastrophe. It Is
a terrible thing to be suddenly crush-
ed by a falling wall or burned to
death while pinned in the debris as
were the people who perished in the
Ardmore disaster. If gasoline tanks
are so easily exploded it is a marvel
that other cities have not shared the
fate of Ardmore. No large gasoline
tanks should be allowed in the heart
of a city. The risk to life and prop-
erty is too great at the best and
the danger from carelessness and
neglect is always to be reckoned
with. Wichita (Kans) Kagle.
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Sympathy for Sister City.
The sympathy of the entire state
gees out to the stricken people of
Ardmore. whose homes and loved
ones wer- destroyed in the twinkling
of an eye by the terrillc gasoline ev-
I losi.m. It always takes some catas-
trophe of this sort to bring out in
bold relief the strong bond of sym-
pathy which exists between cities
and communities of the slate. Kverv
community In the state is discussing
with most sympathetic feeling the
Ardmore catastrophe and every com-
munity stands ready to offer any
assistance necessary. Ardmore is a
splendid city boasting of most map-
tiilicent citizenship and the material I
when
SMITH Hi
PASSED MY
THIS IRIG
WELL KNOWN CITIZEN PASSES
AWAY AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
WAS SERVING SECOND TEKM
AS COUNTY OFFICER.
Smith Itodmon one of the pioneer
citizens of tills city died at his home
on South Washington Htreet thu
morning after a brief Illness. Mr.
Kedmon had been complaining f.i:
several days but it was thought hi
was improving until early this imrn
ing when he began sinking rapidly
and died at six o'clock.
Mr. Kedmon was 49 years of rge
ai me time or ins (leatli and was
serving his second term as county
weigher of this county. He Is ur
vived by bis wife and four children
one son and three daughters. No
arrangements have been made for the
funeral but it will probably occur
tomorrow according to a statement
of ids son who is waiting to hear
from relatives in other states. He
was a member of the W. O. ' also
the Modern "Woodmen. One of these
orders will probably have chargo of
the services.
Mr. Kedmon was highly respected
by all. For a number of years Ho
was a member of the police force of
the city and gained an enviable repu
tation as a fearless officer.
Tlie sympathy of the entire com-
munity is extended to the beroived
family in their sorrow.
damage wrought will be of little con-
sequence but it will be a long long
time before the wounds caused by
loss of human life are healed. Times-
Democrat Muskogee.
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From Durant.
The Ardmore disaster Is a severe
shock to Oklahoma. To the stricken
residents The Democrat pxtends the
most sincere condolence of til's people
of Durant and vicinity. Hut It is
not improvable that a finer and
greater city will rise from the ashes
of the ruined one Durant Democrat.
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Ardmore in Sackcloth and Ashes.
Ardmore the queen city of south-
ern Oklahoma mourns the loss of
nearly fifty of her citizens by a ter-
rible gasoline explosion which oc-
curred at 2:1." o'clock Monday after-
noon. A spark from the steel ham-
mer of n workman who was repair
ing a leak on a 2.10-barrel gasoline
tank car ignited the fumes caused
the explosion. The terrible loss of
life the suffering of the hundreds
who were injured and the enormois
loss of property has caused a wave
of sympathy all over the state for
the sufferings of stricken Ardmore.
Doctors nurses food and supplies
of all kinds needful will lie rushed
from the cities of Oklahoma and
neighboring Texas because calamities
of this kind make all communities
kin. Hut Ardmore's progressive citi-
zens will soon rebuild the wreckel
portions of the city and. like San
Francisco and (lalveston. Ardmore
will emerge stronger than ever.
Hi nfrovv's Alva Record.
O
From Guthrie.
The people throughout the stat
sympathize deeply with the people
of the city of Ardmore in the disaster
which has befallen that city with
such frightful destruction of life and
property. Ardmore is one of the old-
est cities of the stale. Former resi-
dents and relatives of residents and
intimate friends of residents by the
thousands are scattered throughout
the country. The news of the disas-
ter aroused in nearly every commun-
ity a personal anxiety and a feel-
Iiir of personal loss. Our hearts
go out to Ardmore's people as they
follow the remainR of loved ones to
the last resting place or minister to
the wounded. Guthrie Leader.
O
From Sherman Texas.
The Ardmore (Okla.) Dally Ard-
morelte is to be congratulated on the
splendid manner in which It haf
handled the news of the great catas
trophe which occurred In that city
last Monday afternoon when a lank
of gasoline exploded in the local ra'l-
road yards taking nearly fifty live.
nnd doing damage to tho amount of
more than a half million dollars to
the property in the city. In fact the
people of Ardmore are to be con-
gratulated on the splendid manner
in which they have borne up anl
worked to straighten things out.
From the first The lemoerat l is
believed that Ardmore should ask
for help from the outside and st it-.I
immediately after the great triiiiy
that that help should be forthcoming
immediately. Sherman Democrat.
STATE DEPARTMENT ASKED TO
SAVE CARGOES OF MEAT SEI7
ED BY ENGLAND ON TWENTY
NINE SHIPS.
Washington Oct. 4. representa-
tives of Chicago meat packers for
mally requested acting Secretary of
Statu Folk to make representations
to tireat Hritain regarding disposition
of twenty-niii seized ships carrying
$12500000 worth of American car
goes.
The representatives said their ef-
forts were designed to prevent the
cases from reaching the British prize
court where recently the cargoes o'
fcur other ships valued at $13000000
were forfeited on the ground that
while consigned to the Scandinavian
countries they were really for the
German military forces.
Mr. Polk received from the packers
a statement setting forth their con-
tentions but did not indicate what
action if any the state department
would take.
The packers' statement said they
had requested the state department to
obtain redress for the past seizures
and an opening of neutral ports o
the same freedom of trade which
this country enjoyed with those port
prior to the war."
Included in the statement Is the fol-
lowing: "The so-called blockade order vio
lates the fundamental principles o'
international law; namely that a
blockade must be Impartial; that it
must not bar access to neutral ports;
that it must be effective. There is
no pretense that the blockade is
effective or impartial. It is common
knowledge that the commerce of
Sweden Norway and Denmark to
German ports Is not being and cannot
be interfered with by England's as-
sumed blockade and that such at-
tempted blockade is wholly ineffect-
ive as to such trade. It is American
trade to neutral ports that is being
interfered with."
It Is claimed by the representatives
that none of the shipments was law-
fully subject to seizure under the
F.ritish order in council of October
2! 1!U4 and that seizures under the
order In council of March 11 I91"
known as the blockade order was
"unlawful and an infringement of
tho neutral rights of American citi-
zens." CARD OF THANKS
A pall of intense sadness hovers
over us in the loss of our loved one
hut through the dense cloud of grief
there is one light kindle-.! in our
hearts by the kindness and watchful-
ness and sympathy of those friends
and neighbors who rendered our loved
one every assistance that mortal hands
could render and who lightened our
burden as best they could.
We only pray that such a sad be-
n i vinent may never come into their
lives under such terrible circum-
stan ces.
We wish too. to thank them for the
beautiful floral offerings and shall ev-
er hold in fondest remembrance their
deeds of kindness.
MRS. J. T. GIL-KKF.Y and
FAMIL.
Mrs. G. A. COOK
W. M. SIMS.
Funeral of M. E. Atkins Yesterday
The funeral of M. E. Atkins yester-
day afternoon was one of the largest
attended ever held in the city and
attested to the high esteem in which
the deceased was held by his friends
and neighbors. The music was most
appropriate to the occasion and the
funeral oration by Dr. Young was a
fitting tribute to the finish of a useful
life.
Dr. Cooper read the scripture les-
son and Prof. Richards sang a solo
"Face to Face" while the music of
the choir was especially arranged.
The Weekly Arflmorelte reaches the
farmer.
REAL ESTATE
IF YOF WANT to rent buy or sell.
Phone 45. R. T. Dallas. 3-3
FOR REAL ESTATE LOANS and
insurance see E. E. Gulllot No
9 North Washington street Ard-
more. Okla. Phone 832-L. 15-1 m
FOR TRADE Nine-room house and
five acres of land at Lone Grove for
Ardmore property. I also have some
fine fsrms I will trade for close-in
Ardmore property. I can fit you in J
any size tract you want. J. E. Mc-
Carty. Thoce 1061. 15-tm'
PAGKERSMAK
REQUEST FOR
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No Advertisement tor thi Column Amounting to Lest Than One
Dollar will be Accepted Unlesf the Caah Accompjniea the Ad. Ada
A that Amount to One Dollar will bt Ck tried to Any ReiponiiMe Perton.
FOR RENT
FOR RENT Two modern five-room
houses. Telephone 3Li. 13
WANTED Girl for light housekeep-
ing. Apply Itoom 11 l'laza Hotel
FOR RENT House on A street and
2nd Avo. N. W. Phone Slu. W'U
ter Thompson. 20-tf
FOR RENT My bungalow and home
N. Washington street. Mrs. Mat
thews. Phone blue 847. 12-lm
FOR RENT 7-room modern house
on C street southwest. Phone 225.
Julius Kahn. 6-1 m
FOR RENT Four -room modern
brick cottage close in; also hall
room. Phone 1028. 4-3
FOR RENT Furnished room for
gentleman. 414 E N. W. Phone
1044. 4-3
ROOM AND HOARD $5.50 per week;
meal tickets $4.00 at Mrs. Ward's
111 W. Broadway. 4-lm
FOR RENT Desirable room for one
or two gentlemen close In. Uoard
next door. Phone red 853. 3-3
FOR RUNT Furnished room for gen-
tleman. 414 D street N. r. Phone
1044. 3 3
FOR RENT Furnished 4-room cot-
tage close in. Address Box 513
or phone 807. 3 3
FOR RENT Furnished rooms ut 210
N. Washington. Phone Green 853.
Mrs. Attaway. 3-3
FOR RENT Six-room nouse close in
on Fourth Ave. N. W. Mrs. M. L.
Alexander. Phone 40. 1-3
FOlt RENT Large office room over
First National Bank. Apply Wm.
Green Coleman Drug Store. 1-3
FOR RENT House between D and C
on Sixth Ave. N. W. Phone 579.
1-3
FOR RENT Furnished room to two
gentlemen; modern conveniences.
Phone 579. 1-3
ROOM AND HOARL' For man and
wife or two ladies with private
family on North Washington. 11
Fourth Ave. Phone 910. 3-lm
FOR RENT Five-room modern
house garago outhouses garden
and chicken yard. W. I!roadwiy.
Phone -IS:!. "-3
FOR RENT-
bed rooms;
Phone .'15.
St. N. E.
Light housekeeping and
modern conveniences.
Mrs. C. G. Sims 222 A
1-3 I
FOR RENT Four-room cottage. Mod
ern w ith basement. 311 Second Ave.
N. W. Possession October 15' 1915.
Phone 799. 3-3
DESIRABLE 2-room furnished house
for housekeeping also furnishtd
rooms in residence. Mrs. Eva Noole.
Phone iss red. '.-3
HOl'SEK KEEPING ROOMS Also
bedrooms connected $(1.00. CIosp
in. 15 Fourth Ave. N. W. Phone
red 491. 30-lm
FOR RENT Furnished rooms for
light housekeeping or entire housi;
furnished or unfurnished. Mrs. S.
E. Wallace. Phone white SCO. 30-3
FOR RENT Two nicely furnished
bed-rooms or one-half modern dou-
ble bungalow for light housekeep-
ing. Close in. Phone Red 766 3-4t
FOR RENT Five-room modern house
at 833 O St S. W. Newly painted
and papered. Dr. D. t Johnson.
Phone 164. 29tf
FINANCIAL
FARM LC'iNS Plenty or money at
low rate. W. B. Frame. -la
FARM & CITY LOANS Low rates.
G. P. Selvldge. ; 16 W.Man. Phone 230
MONEY TO LOAN Plenty of it;
long time low rates. Redfteld
Realty & Loan Co. Phone 96. 1-lm
MONEY And lots of it tolouu cay
property. Apply now for quick
results. O. M. Redfield. 2-3
J. H. POl'LTER & SONS will sail
you a new home and loan you all
the money to pay for it. or month-
ly payments at 5 per cent per an-
num. Phone green 628. f-6
FLOWERS
I WOULD APPRECIATE your orders
for Cut Flowers floral designs
bulbs tc. Besides my own grow-
ings I supply products of learUng
florists at tnelr prices. Mrs. Joe
M. London. JJ'.m
FOR SALE
1 SELL AND RENT TYPEWRITERS.
G. P. Selvldge. 16 W. Main. Phone 230
FOR SALE Fine charcoal delivered;
free in city. Phone 3CC. C. P. Hall.
22-1 m
FOR SALE My residence in Sulphur
or will trade for Ardmore property.
D. J. Kendall. Sue I. R. Best. 1-2
FOR SALE Large Hat office desk
child's bed and davenport. Randol
Hotel. 3 3
FOR SALE My property at B street
and Broadway. Phone 477 or see
C. B. Gardenhire. 3-&
FOR SALE One gray mule about 14
hands high will be sold October 12
for charegs at the city pound. Ed.
Leach Poundkeeper. 4-3t
FOR SALE One No. 10 and one No.
6 Remington typewriter also one
Gurley engineer's transit and one
Young's solar. Miller's Loan Of-
fice. 3-3"
FOR SALE Half interest In 10f
acres of land Sec. 30-2-3 cash
$30.00 per acre. Address R. F. Mor-
ris Care Post Office Wagoner
Okla. 3-lm
FOR SALE Strawberry plants Klon-
dike and Excelsior single hundreds
85 cents delivered. Plant now and
get berries next 6pring. C. ' E.
Ringer. Phone green 357. 2G-12t
FOR SALE Three room House with
electric lights gas good barn lot
79x340 feet; located at 817 C St. S.
E. Will sell cheap for cash or good
payment and balance monthly. O. R.
Britton. Iff
LIVESTOCK
WANTED TO BUY A three-gallon
cow. Phone' 74-L. 1-3
FOR SERVICE My fine Jersey bull.
Will call for cows. C. P. Hall.
Phone 366. 22-lm
STRAYED OR STOLEN 'Hay horse
5 years old. Finder return to
A. C. Butzow and receive reward.
4-3
MY FINE JERSEY BULL will mane
season at my barn on West Main
street. Will call for cows. Phone
blue-630. Will Cardwell. 4-lm
TAKEN I'P at Leon Wagon Yard soon
after explosion one light bay horse
black mane and tail bailing wire
brand figure C. Prove ownership and
pay expenses. W. W. doer at Leon
Wagon Yard. 1-3
LOST AND FOUND.
FOl'ND On North Caddo street fold-
ing pocketbook containing fob.
Owner call at Ardmorelte office.
LOST One hunch of keys on ring
tagged "Santa Fe". Reward of $1.0o
for return to Room 1;: Guaranty
State Bank building. 3-:i
MISCELLANEOUS
OFFICE MOVED Room over First
National Bank. Phone 45. R. T.
Dallas. 3-3
WANTED To do your plain sew-
ing at 131 D street N. W. Phone-
762. ?-3
WANTED Boy 16 to 18 years with
wheel. Apply Cross Electric Shop.
8 North Washington. 1-S
WANTED 1000 men to let me write
their Sre cyclone and auto Insur-
ance. T. C. Bridgman. 26-lm
J. H. POULTER & SONS will build
you a home on monthly payments
at 5 per cent per annum. Phone
green 628. 3-6.
" ".- III" ! ..IP J
TO OUR PATRON'S Call us at sarre
old number 370. Stand at Cali-
fornia Cafe. PALACE CAB LINE.
3-fit.
ARDMORE CAB LINE Telephone
1026; stand at 208 East Main. Bill
Lebus driver; Dan Blackburn prop.
20-1 m
WANTED To do your building loan
you money on long time and low-
Interest free plans and specifica-
tions. W. D. Taliaferro Contractor.
JUST MOVED to No. 12 North Wash-
ington in building formerly occupied'
by Statesman office where I will
do a general loan and pawn busi-
ness jewelry and gents furnish-
ings. Ardmore Loan Office R..
Greenburg Prop. . 3-lm-
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