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Friday. March .1 1918.
PAGE FOUR
DATT.Y APTWOPFTTE.
DAILY ARDMOREITE
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A rilinnre
I'riiiay March t WIS-
CONGRESSIONAL SHIRKING.
. . .. .i : .
J-rom a
patch we
recent ua-:inu;io in-
take ibis Intel f-tiii;j dc-
I l..t
M-I 1U1 HUl ol Wll.lt Hie '""1' 1 ' '.'
call- a "typical day
at lb'-
capii ol ;
slid ei
it boilv
"n the bouse an
n 1 1 s u c c e
furt was made l
-e th
;!n:nl
le
.iiinr ri ill -n el ai inn ' " i
IlliM:
ne I 1 nn eiui "
MeAdoo is pressing i .lit tin
her decided to Mih t i ai k aclii
.haui-
II nil I
i 1 1 1 1 ; t
tail
III nliler in iniisinei a
resolution aut not imi; i .i- ' -on
the public grounds in tin- city ol
Washington ol a lalim James
Ruchanan a lonner ptc-i'hnt ol the
United State-.' Those who iavoied
action on the railroad bill be-all
(ilibtistcring aerainst the bill for he
statue with ihe result that two
hours was spent in calling the roll
for a quorum. When tin- house
finally reached the point ni passing
the measure under cmiMdcrai'oii it
as found that it could not ! e en-
acted because an engrossed opy of
it had not been received."
The senate wasted the day m
similar trivialities.
Congress had been in session
three months and in all that time
had enacted only one important
piece of war legislation the declara-
tion of war against Austria-! Iun-
gary. It has found time though to
order an investigation of a vision-
ary imcntor's perpectual motion
machine and the construction of
two bridges over rivers several
thousand miles from the war zone.
Meanwhile there were pending
such vital measures as these:
The railroad control bill;
The war finance bill ;
Sixteen annual appropriation bills
totalling $13.UOUUOOu00.
The bill to extend food control;
The bill to provide money for
building houses for shipyard wo: k-
ers ;
The bill to draft men who have
reached 21 since June 5 I'M";
The bill to co-ordinate activities
of the various federal departments
through authority of the president.
The country is getting tired ol
the interminable talking and patter-
ing of men who ought to be legis-
lating for the big war. The country
wants action.
CONVERTING AN OBJECTOR.
A h u .sky young man walked i
the offiee of one of the drari
peais boards and announced that
didn't believe in lighting it "!i
his conscience." The head of
i:to
a ii-
he
urt
th
board sized him up and replleiV
"You don't want to fight eh?
Well don't tell me it's ynur con-
science. It's your nerve. You're
cowardly that's all. Yon Know
what tbev'd do to your mother and
sister if they got t
And still vou don't
e opportunity
want to light.
I'm ashamed of you."
I'.y this time the husky objector
was red in the face lidgeting lroin
one foot to tin- other winking hi-
hands and trying to get a word in.
'There are religion -eels in the
l'nited Stales" continued the ogi-
cial calmlv "who have waived .aside
their creeds to permit their young
men to light for freidom and de-
cency and safety ut their country
and people because they icali.e that
here's a cause so big and noble and
righteous that it sweeps away all
petty academic scruples. And yet
you come in here and My It will
hurt your conscience to carry a gun
and help put an mil to the whole
rotten business. Yotrvc got nerve
to do that but not the right sort
of nerve."
Ry this time the obieetor was
frothing at the mouth. He made a
lunge at the official yelling "Don't
you call me a coward! You've gone
too far. I'll make you eat those
words.''
"Just a minute" interposed bis
persecutor quietly. "You think that
Germany and the allies ought to ar-
bitrate their difficulties without any
fuss. Very well let's arbitrate this.
There's no use fighting about it."
"Arbitrate hell !"-shouted the en-
ranged visitor. "I'll make vou
tight!"
And that happened to be just
what the draft official wanted. "I
knew if 1 got you mad enough you'd
want to light" he sadi. "That's tin-
spirit I was sure you had it in you.
You've got the making of a line sol-
dier. When you get to Franco
you'll settle a dozen Germans. Go
on home now and get ready to
join the colors."
And the conscientious objector
marched off without another word.
MORE SUGAR.
A note of cheer has been intro-
duced into an otherwise gloomy
food situation. There is going to
be more sugar. Shipments from
Ciiba are steadily increasing. Afl
parts of the country will receive a
more plentiiul supplv as the warm i
weather conies on and the car short-
age is relieved.
There isn't going to be. any sugar
to waste. Rut after our hand-to-
mouth experience this winter there
will be few persons disposed to
waste it.
There will he a sufficient supply
for all legitimate purposes for or-
dinary household use anil for the
manufacture of the essential food
products. And as a matter of spe-
cial interest to the average con-
sumer the food administrator an-
nounces that there will he plenty for
domestic miming during the sum-
mer and fall.
With our new appreciation of the
value of preserved fruits jellies
jams and vegetal. lc- the American
housewife will want to go 'nl" c:ul"
fer scale
!e than ever this
year. It is reassuring ti
thus earlv that she may d
lie told
O SO Willi-
out fear of having her
spoil for lack of sugar at
cal moment a misfortune
materials
the criti-
that lie
fell
fall.
manv a domestic canner la-4
MUD.
Somebody is all wrought up over
the discovery that there is mud in
the training camps. Horrible I
If that is the worst thing that can
be said about thetii what care have
we? True nobody wauls our boys
to plough through the mud but un-
fortunately it's just what they are
training for the mud is deep in
Halhlcrs.
Instead of worrying about the
mud nil their waterproof shoes let's
get out onto the farms ami into the
garni
a litl
ami hack up the hoys with
mud on our own shoe..
r mud on the shoes than a
tide of I'riissiauisiu owr-
ng democracy.
SHRAPNEL.
I: an American ainiv and a I:
ap-
ane-e aims
jointly invade Siberia
t here ' w i
be s(iiie fur tl' ing at no
distant date.
Army surgeons w on t
iccept
.vice.
aid-!
We!
beaded men into the m'
should worry if the (lie
our poli-hed ('.nine next
do tickle
uiniuer !
A merchant shipped a number of
eases of eggs out of town last week
because for the lirst tinu the sup-
ple exceeded the demand. No won-
der! H ltll Hell
1 ru il at II
cents ;
tier dozen even w t
oil magnate
have i
reached our limit.
Wealthy Irish taiuiiles are (put-
ting" the country estates and Hock-
ing to Dublin to avoid the Sinn
I'tiners. And what will the pig do
lor a
li vint
while they are gone
What has become
I bov w ho used to
j boot-?
of the
"black'
il-time
Dad's
I
M'rs. Con
lelitis
Yauiierhilt of
refused the use
New York wl
of a private
southern lit v
III w.i
car
will
for a trip to a
probably have to
traicl in a :
listen to the
inanity. I
tainlard
talk of
Pullman
ordinary
and
hu-
Mr.
heart
Solomon
is a good
lid: "A
medicine
cheerful
; but :i
bones."
broken
pint
dricth up tlu
Chat'lc-
era Is of
Schwab says the aristo-
thc future will he people
who work either with brain or
brawn; which reminds us of a tru-
i in uttered ;i long time ago by Theo-
dore Roost viTt. who said he "pitied
the man who did not work no mat-
ter at which end of the social scab-
he considered himself to 1
I
Pretty good i
isn't far away
plaving marble
idication that spring
when you see boys
in the vacant lots.
lias
to die-
away pencil ?
it really added anything to
nipils' intelligence
liih the old-time
the doing
slate anil
i daft inefficiency favoritism hick
of law enforcement may rule tor
a time in any city but its day is
brief. Swift retribution is certain
to come.
lt h
fraud
as been discovered that va-d
schemes are being practiced
manufacturers and whole-
among
salers.
who nave contracts lor sup-
plyiiu
our army with clothing food
stuffs etc. We still insist that a
nice little hanging bee would be
almost the proper method of enter-
tainment for such traitors.
President Wilson informed the
striking ship-carpenters in the east
that they were aiding the kaiser '-y
retarding shipbuilding lie told the
I blunt truth. If the kaisc w ins this
j war how much will the laboring
class of America prosper thereby?
1 Retter think hoys before vou tie
I'ucle Satuniv's hands!
Cuba has shut off sugar to Me-
ten. .now .Mexico may in her
wrath shut off goats' mill: to Cuba.
! The Russian bolsheviki say that
they are not going to allow the
.Germans to make their march
through Russia a promenade. Rut
it looks like a promenade to folk
across the sea. Yet the Hun may
get something akin to the dose one
Rotiaparte got. Russia may prove
the graveyard for the kaiser's am-
bitions. THE MEATLESS GRACE.
A hie -sing on my meatless d: y
For just between ourselves
I'm minus of the price to pay
To make less lean my suehes!
And ' hei' the bacon-hope is lied.
I have more grace for daily bread.
I fee' more thankful to the helds
For fruits of harvcs: then;
For all the gracious ground that
yields
Large answer to
The praver bv all
nw praviv.
can.h's children
said :
"Give us this day our daiK bread."
Atlanta C-ns Union.
Political Observation.
It used to he the saying among
congressmen and poI;'iciar.s that
"suffrage is coming ?.s sure as
fate!" That has changed now and
thev are saying: "Suffrage is al-
most here ' W e might as well get
on the handwagon."
"There will he a third-term presi-
dent and his name will not he
Roosevelt." Thus saith Senator
William II.
from Kansas
supposed to
what is going
litical world.
ThoniDsoti senator
hut Thinipso.i is not
know much about
to happen in the po-
New York
their exact a
women inn-.
reveal
ippear
ages when tluv
at the po
s t o register i . e
is is the
nt New
j mandate
of the tmg.ill.i
j York
to li
senate which bv a v.ie nt ..4
i .
reiecteii an aiiieuumeui pm
wiling that women need only give
their approximate ages when regis-
tering. The "baby carriage vote" of the
newly enfranchised women ol New
York is expected to be a new and
ital factor in future elec.inns in
that state. It is planned to hive
a woman outside of everv polling
place to take charge of the baby
while the mother is in the voting
booth.
An Amc rican-lioru woman mar-;
hied to an unnat in alia d i.ireigncr.
is not entitled to vote win''- a for-I
; i ign born woman married to a na-
tive horn citizen nr to a nat iralized I
i citizen can register and vote pro-j
iding that she has resided within i
ithe l'nited States for hie years.
Tammany Hall which a.'.miltedly
is the most perfect piece of political
machinery in the world has decided
to give to women cumpht-- repre-
sentation w ithin its org u.ization.
I ere are to
ie as many
c.xecuiie
captain for
women as
i men on t lie
..mmittee
c.cll elec-
and a woman
tioti district.
Indiana Democratic e
their Washington birthday
:ors at
banquet
1 eschewed politics and coiiai
I talks almost entirely to pa
-d their
riotisiu.
in the
Thev gave it out cold tha
coining campaign tin
I K ;i .oc rat ic
not wish the
party in Indiana does
support or votes of the i
pro i ierman element.
'ova! or
"1 am a political suicid
shall
devote mv entire
and lav aside all
time to prohibit ion
iiubitiou fo' poliii-
cal aenievi'iueiu s. n w as not u
liam I. r.rvan who said it but Cap-!
tain llobsoii former cot.g: essman
from Alabama. Ilobson's iefeat for i
the senate by Oscar W. I'tiderwood j
seems to have smothered all politi j
cal ambition in him.
i- . i. .ii-:i
Dan Anthony who has tcprcsent
id the l irst Kansas distne: m con
gress six terms and who G a candi
li- I
date for the seventh term faces a
real light this year. The Democrats
have about persuaded T om Mox-ey
of Atchison a young liwyr of abil-
ity ii former member of 'he state
legislature and a w hirkvii d cam-
paigner to make the light against
I he Leavenworth man and if he is
finally persuaded there will be a hot
time clear up to November in the
I'ir.-t district.
In Indiana the
Republican si.V.e
I i mocra-ie and
ci i.-niiti e-.'s have
arrati'..
1 for unii'd
action :n sup-
port
d
tlu hex' lib
il v
i;.n car.i-
s!ip of
will ap-
l hat thi-
ol the
paign
which
prove
en! in
T his i ; I'ip .t iisv
all pauiotic citizen
for the ii-Milt w ill b
political tiKuTiiher
state Will
tiotial and
ing of t!r.
ie enlisted in a gteat na-
pairiotie endeavor. Noth-
sort has a
yet
state
I een at-
but the
tempted in any other
; In liana tdati ought to be adopted by
the political parties of ciery state.
Special elections f. r congressmen
to till vae.-i'teics "iiiim- ' by the resig-
nations of Derno-tai- are o be held
march 5 in iniir Xew York districts
tin- Seventh l.ihiV. Tw niy-first
and TVen: v-sceoud. Owing to the
coinparai iv !;. sn TI major. y that
the 1 letiioc- ii Irw in the house of
. represent i.ii s ln-re is a ad of in-
ters! i-i th . ampaign. an 1 a heavy
vote
are
i ex-iecied The i
Seven' h ill i liit John
( Den i Jol n ' S.
iln
ales
J. De-
iavnor
W.' F.
lan
ev
.') ; 1 -. i 1 1 h district
C
earv I D-r?.) W. I Mo .rehouse
1 1 Rep. i; Twi my-!irs distint J. I-'
j I lonov.m ( Detu. ) j hn A Rolles
j i Rep. i : Tv 'aiy-iconi! distnct. An-
jtiiony J. C-nlhn (Lent.) Richard
j Rurlong ( Ren )
THRIFT AND THE WAR.
Ry Ar.ges Repplier.
Author of "In Otir Convent Davs".
Thrift is not merely our neigh-
bor's duty. It is our duty and our
neighbor's. It is not merely the
citizen's duty. It is the duty of the
government and the citizen. It is
not merely and individual duly. It
is the duty of corporations and of
individuals.
The adminisration should sec to
it that not one dollar raised for
liberty loans or by heavy and will-
ingly paid taxation is wasted in
futile endeavor. The Red Cross
Society should sec to it that not one
dollar given by the people is wasted
in extravagance. The rich man
should see to it that his wealth is
not wasted on self-indulgence. The
workingtnan should see to it that he
makes sacrifice for his country's
sake.
So and so only shall we win our
war.
VANDAL'S VICTMS.
Women and little babies
Soldiers and sailors brave
These are the vandal's victi-ns
Linked in a common grave.
A coward's blow th.u st ruck them
Rut out of that blow shall l.se
The death'ess determination
That fights till the coward ices.
St Joseph (Mo.) Nc.vi-l'ress.
SCISSORS AND PASTE
McAlester News-Capital: Stone
thought he was throwing a brick but
some people call it mud.
Kansas City (Mo.) Star: The
way the Russians have been fight-
ing lately even the crown prince
probably could whip them.
Ft. Smith (Ark.) Southwest-
Amerisan: The kaiser's dentist an
Ohio man who has just returned to
this country says the Germans
think there are only 30U(H) American
soldiers in France. They must
have got the idea from reading
l.'n i ted States senators' speeches.
Rrownwood (Texas) llulletin:
Roosevelt heard himself talk until
abscesses appeared in both ears.
Sherman (Texas) Democrat:
To prevent homesickness among
the Missouri mules the kind hearted
officers have admonished the Ameri-
can boys not to profane around
thetii as they will recall the good
old days back in the dear old L'nited
States.
i
i Colbert Times: Lots
i seek temptation in order
! their strenght.
ot
to
men
test
l.artlesville
who had to 1
r.xamincr
The girl
ang up her ni
lit gown
because
a visit
the lirst time in her
her mother was away
lives in I'.artlesv ille.
in her lile
on
(
hickasha
i has to lie
Express : ( )f course a
to his wife occasional-
nit general
. i-e policv.
peaking it is not
! Ilurant Democrat: When the
government hues the rialroad's little
towns like Randolph Kavia RusSett.j
I' illinoi e
schools
incut w
I ory etc..
w ill he without
or near
ill pav
y so as th.' govern-
no taxes. This is
i something for us to think about.
1 Irutnri
it Derrick: The United
Mates
a prut
of t lu-
marine band is practicing on
ram to he given on the steps
rosal palace at j'.crlin.
Guthrie Deader: The people of
New York must lacking in initia-
tive or asseriiveness when they
must be ordered to stop eating eggs
at ''i) cents per dozen.
St. Joseph (Mo.) New-Tress :
Trotzky tried to appeal to the Ger-
man canseichce but that's impos-
sible so long as the military auto-
cracy controtis the megaphone.
THE MEN WHO CAME BACK
(.Copyright by the I'.ritish-Canadian
Recruiting Station.)
Re Serg. Major Steele.
i 1st Rattery Canadian Field Artillery
enlisted with the
rou:
i riders
ad been among horses all my
lite
race
Glass
.My lather used to own some
horses when I was a child in
:ow. Scotland and when I was
! about nine y ears of age 1 was a
jockey. I stuck to that ran away
from school and would do nothing
i else until 1 got too heavy T hen
I took up shoeing horses and docter-
ing them.
' As a dispatch rider I had some
strenuous work. Once for three
days that was at St. Julieu I was
scarcely oil my horse. I was riding
with order.; and sometimes bringing
up rations on horse hack. There
was one instance when I was bring-
ing up rations and just as 1 got into
the town ot ) tires I nut some ofti-
; cers. (me of them shouted. "Don't
go over there. Sonny or you surely
will get it.' No sooner were the
words out when a shell lighted on
j the ground thirty feet away burst-
I ing. spattering dirt in all directions.
The stones and dirt struck my
horses and also me. I thought I
was sure hit. My horses were
frightened and started to run away
and they never Mopped till they
reached the town of St. Jean. The
horses kept me busy for a while
wounds or no wounds. I never
knew what happened to the officers
who tried to give me warning.
Over there an arlillcary man's
best Iriend is his horse. He looks
after his horse before himself no
matter where he has been or how
long on the road. At M. Julien and
Ypres 1 was on the road all the j
time. hen you have a horse you
always have a chance to get away.
I thought as much of my horse as
I did of myself.
Riding with dispatches we used
to memorize them unless they were
very long. Seldom carried papers.
There were three of us dispatch
riders as a rule. So if one fell the
others "carried on."
At St. Julieu 1 was able to make
only two of the batteries with my
orders. There the Tenth Rattery
Third Rrigade of Toronto practical-
ly saved the night. They were
about the only battery of the whole
three brigades that were left in
action some of the others spiking
their guns and leaving them and
others pulling out The Tenth stuck
to their position firing at a range of
150 yards about eight shells to a
minute until they got reinforce-
ments up from the infantry
"SPARERIBS AND BACK-
BONE." (Line- left on a farmer's table after
a feast.)
Sparerihs and backhon;
We know where we are at!
We'd fast a-many p-rk ess days
For just one feast 'ike that!
An1 many breadless days we'd
wait
For country muffins on our plate!
Sparerihs and backbone
Their praise we love to ; ng;
Linncd sausage hoine-mat!e bis-
cuits When bells for break'ast ring!
Denying days will come but
then
The old-time bill o' f;.re again!
Atlanta Constitution.
Edfiftori&I Pag(g3
TROTZKY AT BAY.
Boston Transcript: Renewed
and far-reaching developments of
the German campaign against north-
ern Russia now appear certain.
That gentle Nirvana of politics in
which a country may live "neither
at peace nor at war" Mr. Trotzky
has been given a reason to discover
possesses no actuality except in the
subconscious realm of bis dreams.
Of a surety it is a state unknown to
the war-lords of Prussia. They still
recognize but two cond.t ons of
human existence either pro-German
peace or t erman-nia ie war.
Failintr to wriiiL' extreme terms from
the lIohheviKi by negotiation the
Kaiser will shortly do all in his
power to git them by force. To
what extuit Troi.ky and his sup-
poiters will develop the moral
stamina and the military stp.nght to
resist the invader does not yet ap-
pear. The only present .aiurce of
comfort is the evidence the situa-
tion gives that not all is moving
smoothly in the east for the brigands
jot l.erlin and mat tnev are mining
it still too soon to count on an .en-
tire reduction of their amies along
the northern fronties.
Meanwhile German and ustrian
plans for rifling the I'kraine proceed
! apace. Military occupation ot the
territory newly brought to sitbjec-
jtion is announced as means ol
guarding the transport of Russian
! grain into the Centra1 I'.Tpire .In
this sphere of influence 'o'' Kuehl-
' ntann does not propose to recognize
the l'ctrogaid government as en-
tilled to any rights whatever. He
gives
the bland assurance that I- k-
j rami' a
(fairs
now concern only the!.
territory itsell and representatives
of Germanv and Austria. Here is
ii.r .hki tintentk- an i rn'oii i st ic
Illltl"
to the
interest id the n iMievik
leaders in north Russia. Will they
recongizc the menace and do ail
in their pouei to oppose it or will
they wait until German troops are
at the gate of ! 'et rograd ? They
have onlv one of these two alterna-
tives if they .could preserve a valid
national existence. The other pos-
sible course immediately accession
to any and all German de." iiids for
the sake of peace involves Teutonic
subjection of the Slavs by the very
terms of the bargain. The Ih.lshcvik
is at hav. W'll he show any
strength of resistance?
INDIANA NOT SLACKERS.
Tulsa Times: Oklahoma Indians
iare doing as much lor the war as
I oihers and hey are doing ii will-
i inglv. I'tulei the direction of Super-
j inteiideut Poker of the Muskogee
Indian agency the Indian- of the
fixe civilized tribes the "r-stricted"
Indians have made a good start to-
ward bu ing a million dollars' worth
of war savin.-
a part of th
Indians have
stamps TTi'.-i is only
ir activities for the
invested heavily in
Liberty Ronds.
Fven this is not all. Three thou-
sand restricted Indians are in the
army or navv and thty aw- stmd-
i:ig alongside the other merieans.
The five tribes have subscribed
:sr'ii).S.U to Ihe first Liberty loan
and isJ ." ri.5.all t ) the second loan.
They have donated 'N0r) to the
Red' Cross. $2.J5t) to the arniv Y. M.
C. A... !s.l .! to war rel: f work
and other mr cclkinous movements.:
making a total of Si t. 11' lor this j
cb'ss of donation. I
The area comprising the lands of;
the five civ.lized tribes amounted
orginally to about nineteen million
acres in Eastern Oklahoma. Allot-;
nieiits were given troin this acreage
to lM.Ot.'O members of the tribes.
Formerly all these allotments were
under the supervision of the Indian
agency but1 from time to lime re-
strictions have been removed by law
and iit this lime only twenty-five
thousand art- "restricted" Ir bans.
About ten thosand members
the civilized tribes are wi-hin tin-
draft age and of these twenty-five
hundred are "restricted." i'. cording
to estimates mad" at the ag'-ncy. It
is estimated that at lost thiee thoti-
sand Indians from these tr'.
at present in service in one
ics are .
branch I
or another
The war may do some'.hin- for the
Indians of l.klahoni.t. It mav re
sult in removing the restrictions i
from many more of them.
UNPOPULAR HISTORY.
l'ort Smiilt (Ark.) Soitliwest
American: A lot of actual fact s
pertainning to former wars in this
country have been comp'lcd from
government records and printed
under the bet-ding "1'npopiuar llis-
ory of the L'nited States." The
title was given because it is always
unpopular to have the truth told
if the truth L; at variance w ith what
has been our general belief and the
facts set down in the "L'toopular
History" are certainly contrary to
what many people believe concern-
ing other wars.
l-'or instance in reading the com-
mon school h-storics one would nat-
urally concu'iie that the people were
so patriotic during the Revolution
ary war that it wasn t any irouuie
to recruit soldiers. Rut such was
not the fact. The people of this
country were by no means united to
overthrow the reign of the British
king. Recruits were so slow in com-
ing to the front that rewards had
to be offered in the way of bounties.
Two hundred dollars' bounty failed
to induce enough men to enlist and
the amount was increased to seven
hundred and fifty dollars.
But here i? a fact that will show
the true sOte of affairs. Four hun-
dred thousand men were ncruited
during the war but three hundred
thousand of them simplv got tired of
war and went home p'.vn ordinary
deserters.
Then the "Unpopular History"
gives us little consolation mi con-
nection with the War of 1S12. In
that strugRh our troops outnum-
bered those f Grent Britain thirty-
two to one but we made li't'e head-
BEFORE WE CAM BAM GAIN
By Willian Alman Wolff
of the Vigilantes
Suppose you made a bargain with
Jones who lives across the street?
Suppose he gave you his word to
do a certain thing say to pay back
$50. that you lent him as a friend
and a neighbor without a note
without any evidence of indebted-
ness? And suppose to keep his
word? Probably things like that
have happened to you.
And then suppose that Jones came
to you after a while chastened
perhaps by adversity and said that
of course he had been wrong and
that after a while he would discuss
with you the matter of pavhig you
your $5') hut that meanwhile he
would like to enter into an arrange-
ment with you to do certain things.
What would you do? Wouldn't
you tell him that since it was to
vour interest as well as to his to
-. i 1 . i . i
eai with mm von wouiu proviueu
you got a guarantee ot good tatth
from him? An agreement say
sealed and witnessed with a bond
probably for the faithfu' perfor-
mance of his part of the contract?
And suppose Jones drew himself
up st i fly and said you were insult-
ing him tin t his word was good.
Wliat would you do? Tell him to
go to the devil of course
Germany guaranteed the neutral-
ity of r.elgium. Germany broke
her word. You can't trust the Ger-
man government that committed
that monstrous breach of faith any
more than you could trust Jones.
T he German people are probably
pretty well disillusioned. They have
suffered enough it may be to
chasten them and incline them to
be neighbor!' and law abiding. Hut
is matters stand it isn t the I ierman
people mat peace can lie made in
Fngland and in France there are
responsible governments. In Ger-
many there isn t. rro-lacrtuans and
German apologists use a good deal
of camouflage in this matter. Ameri-
cans must go behind that and real-
ize the truth. The talk of repre-
sentative of that camouflage. It
centers on the reichstag which in
Germany is equivalent the Ger-
man apologists would have you be-
lieve to Parliament in Fngland or
congress here. They will talk to you
about the system by which its mem-
bers are cho-en. Thevwill tell vou
way. For two years
of onlv five thou:
a Rrhish force
and men did
about as is p. eased in this count ry.
even niiiuni ine lapimi a:. v asil
ington and miming over ihe coun-
try at will. Fifty thousand militia-
ment were called out during 1812-13
to take care of eight hundrec Rritish
regulars. Rut there is nn use in
rubbing it in. The facts ar- we have
never been so patriotic as ac present
nor so ef'iciuit regardless of the
pictures we 'nay paint of the past.
j
SIDELIGHTS ON WAR NEWS.
J
More enlistments from Wall street
families are recorded ir. the war
offiee than from any other one class
of families in the country.
Testimony of German prisoners
as to conditions within their lines
generally is unreliable. To learn
true conditions and what the Ger
i m:m
soldier is thinking allied of-
liecrs trust to letters lound on tin-
men. German officers who arc captured
generally are the most unruly in-
dividuals the allied soldiers are
forced to handle. They make loud
demands for their rights and even
insult their captors though re-
ceiving the best of treatment.
German newspapers no longer are
permitted to publish pictures of the
kaiser which portray him smiling.
The kaiser now prefers those which
AMDM01E IN
From the Files o(
ONE YEAR AGO
A scholastic census of the coun-
ty showed an increase of l .153 in
enrollment in the rural schools. The
total enrollment was 12468.
County Agent Carl Russell dis-
tributed seed corn among the mem-
bers of the boys' corn clubs.
Novcrta deck assistant in the
office of the city bookkeeper re-
signed to accept a position with the
Ardmore National Rank.
Congressman Carter was chosen
chairman of the special committee
to investigate Indian affairs.
FIVE YEARS AGO. '
Mayor Dawson issued a procla-
mation calling a special election
Marcli 10 for the submission of city
chatter amendments.
Promoters of the proposed basket
factory were displaying products
that would be manufactured in the
plant.
A German colony was moving
into the neighborhood three miles
west of Ardmore. The land was sold
to the colonists at an average price
of $25 an acre.
P. M. Ashley purchased 100 acres
of farm land near Lone Grove fot
$2400.
TEN YEARS AGO.
A report of the fire chief L. C.
Slaughter showed that fire losses
for the preceding 60 days totaled
$2350.
Funeral services for Mrs. W. G.
Ilobson who died the previous Fri
that the system of proportional rep-
resentation is actually more dema-
cratic than our own. Wll may-
be it is. It docs give better repre-
sentation to minorities. Such a
system here would give the Repub-
licans in the South a voice in our
government.
Rut licavet.? about what's the use
of the best system in th. world
of electing a member of a body
that is helpless after it is elected!
What can ths reichstag do? Talk!
Suppose it disapproves of the chan-
cellor's policies? Nothing happens
If a Rritish or a French ministry
is beaten in a vote in parliament
or the Chamber of Deputies that
ministry falls and a new out comes
in. That isn't true in Germany. And
until there s a ministry in Ger-
many responsible to the reichstag
and so to the German people 1
for one don't know which it will be
possible to believe. What good are
the treaties the promises the agree-
ments of a government that dosen't
keep its word? You wouldn't trust
a man like Jones who had proved
himself to be a liar. How can you
trust a government that has proved
itself to be a liar?
It isn't as I see it a question of
the kaiser so much. If the Ger-
man peple wan to keep him on
let them do it! They ought to be
punished to a certain extent any-
way and perhaps keeping the kaiser
on the job is a good way. Rut
they can't expect the rest of the
world to deal with him
Here is another analogous case.
Suppose you were doing business
wit It a concern and'dealing w ith its
general manager? Suppose Tic
broke his wind and .generally mis-
behave himself. Naturally you
would have nothing more to do
with the coi.ccrn. Suppjse then
that its president or owner came
to you and asked you to resume
relations. You would tell htm that
if he cube-- fired his generall
manager or clipped his wings you
would do so. That is what we must
say to the German people. Whether
they fire the kaiser or reduce his
authority is up to them. The point
is that we must deal with principals
after this not with people who have
proved that they can't be trusted
to use the powers delegated to
them.
depict him in sorrowful mood and
( as a man worn bv the tremendous
: burdens which he is carrying.
The train of Emperor William has
seven partly armored cars and loco-
motives designed to withstand even
bomb and shell attacks. Everything
that makes for efficiency is pro-
vided including a library car on the
walls of which hang hundred-; of
military maps.
Shoe experts who have been em-
ployed at army camps say that only
'' stiii in me men wear snoes
which lit properly. The reasons
riven are inclination of men as
women to choose shoes too small
not enough right sizes and manu-
facturers' mistakes in making sizes.
Spcakin gabout Von Ilindenburg
planning to be in Paris by April
ve are reminded: In 1914 German
troops were to be in Paris in sixty
lays; in 1915 Calais was to be tak-
en in a week; in 1916 Verdun was
to capitulate in folr days; last year
England was to be submarined to
death in three months.
A Eusiness Proposition.
Life: Judge I'm going to fine
you $5 for the chickens you stole
the last two weeks.
Rastus ITowTl it be if Ah pays
seben-fifty jedge? DatU pay foil
up to an' includin' aexi Saturday
night.
THEE YEAES
The Ardmorelte.
day night were held at the home
of her daughter Mrs. Sallie Smith.
Will Winans accused of
slaughter was acquitted.
man-
Including the linters ginned and
packed at the Ardmore mill the
season's receipts of cotton to date
totaled 20000 bales.
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
V. A. Pride of the firm of GoU
Hedge & Company completed the in-
stallation of a waterworks system
at Gainesville.
A call for a meeting of tbe choral
Club to be held at the home of
Max Munzesheimer was signed by
W. R. Burnitt.
An advertisement offered
at the rate of $3 a week.
board
Market quotations included: Eggs
8 1-3 cents a dozen butter 15 cents
a pound and chickens $1.25 to $1.75
a dozen.
BABY BONDS.
A thrift stamp coits 25 cents.
Sixteen thrift stamps and 13
cents or $4.13 this month buys a
war savings stamp.
The government redeems the
war savings stomp at $5 on Jan
1. 1923.
Tour profit Is 87 cents or four
per cent Interest compounded
quarterly.
Buy stamps at postofftces. bnnks
and patriotic stores.
You ore saving money for the
future and helping the govern-
ment win the war.
negln buying today.
tt
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