Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 156, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 10, 1918 Page: 3 of 16
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Sunday March 10 1918
DAILY ARDMORETTE
Striding Posters for the
Third Liberty Loan
SCOTCHMAN IN NEBRASKA
IS ALIVE AT 124 YEARS
Washington March 9. Posters
proclaiming the third Liberty loan
in striking phrases and colorful de-
signs nine million of them in more
than a dozen styles now are being
distributed to every city and hamlet
of the United States.
They are the silent sales agents
of the bonds and their preparation
lias taken months of planning and
careful choosing l.'irdly had the
second Liberty loan campaign
closed before the country's fore-
most artists and designers were in-
ited to go to work un posters for
the third loan.
The result is a collection of strik-
ing posters considered artistically
and psychologically better than any
yet attempted in the two previous
loan drives. Soon they will be fa-
miliar sights in store windows on
bill boards and all public places.
In addition 5.000.IHK) window
stickers 50.000.0(H) poster stamps
ami 16000000 badges have been or-
dered and will be ready for the
opening day of the campaign.
Some of the designers of the Lib-
erty loan posters are Howard Chan
dler Christy Joseph l'ennell J. C.
l.eyendecker Sydney Reisenberg
Herbert Pans Henry Raleigh and
Sydney S. Stern. All contributed
their work without pay and scores
of other artists submitted designs
which were reluctantly rejected.
Popular appeal was considered
carefully in the final choice.
"We must teach all kinds and
classes of persons" treasury offi-
cials reminded themselves continu-
ally. They hope to grip the heart-
strings and equally the purse
strings of the young and old the
city and country bred the native
American and the adopted alien.
A Striking Poster.
One of the most striking posters
that of Joseph Pennell the Phil-
adelphia marine artist portrays a
great battleship alongside wharves
bustling with war-time activity
motor trucks swinging cranes and
smoking stacks with airplanes
overhead. It is executed in etch-
ing style and the title subscribed is:
"Provides the Sinews of War Buy
Liberty Bonds."
Howard Chandler Christy contrib-
uted a stirring design. A slim
young modernized goddess of lib
erty waves aloft an American ban-
ner and with outstretched arm
points to a tile of soldiers marching
past. "Fight or Buy Bonds" is the
title.
A poster which will arrest in
stunt attention shows a steel-helmet
cd American soldier springing from
a trench and bearing a billowing
American (lag. "Over the Ton For
Vou P.uv U. S. Government Bonds
Third Liberty Loan" is the nies
sage it carries. The work was done
bv Svdnev Rissenberg.
The fact that many naturalized
Americans contributed largely to
the success of the first and second
Liberty loans has been recognized
and one of the posters was planned
particularly for distribution in the
foreign language sections of the
cities. A sturdy immigrant with his
wife and boy are seen in the fore-
ground wit 1 1 flag behind and the
words of the advice are: "Remem-
ber the Hag of Liberty. Support It.
Buy L'. S. Government Bonds."
The Lincoln poster has attracted
much attention in advance of its
general publication. It shows a
bronze tablet with a bas relief of
the martyred president the quota-
tion from his Gettysburg address:
"So thai government by the peo-
ple of the people and for the peo-
ple shall not perish from the earth."
The words "Buy Liberty Bonds"
have been added.
"Halt the Hun" is the watchword
proclaimed by another poster show-
ing a stalwart American soldier
smiting the helmcted figure of the
enemy about to seize a crouching
woman with her child. Henry Ral-
eigh drew the design in crayon with
a buff background streaked with
red flames.
Figure of a Girl.
The figure of a little girl clasp
ing a Libertv bond to her breast
adorns one of the posters with this
superscription : "My Daddy Bought
Me a Government Bond Third Lib
erty Loan. Did Yours?" Publicity
directors of the loan regard it as
one of the most appealing of their
entire collection. .
An agricultural poster depicts
farmer lad in khaki bidding fare
well to his father saving: "Good
bye Dad. I'm Off to Fight for Old
Glorv. You Buy U. S. Government
Bonds."
Independence llall is shown on
one poster with the historic liberty
bell in a corner. "Ring It Again.
Buy U. 'S. Government Bonds" is
the inscription.
"Are You 100 Per Cent Ameri-
can?" is the caption of an attractive
poster by Sidney S. Stern a young
New York artist.
Herbert Paus has contributed an-
other of the soldier designs show-
ing a group of fighting men climb-
ing over the trench top with the
words: "To Make the World a
Decent Tlace to Live In." The
dark figures are silhouetted against
a lurid sky.
For billboards the publicity man-
ager has arranged a huge design of
a soldier asleep with no man's land
in the distance and above him in
a vignette the embodiment of his
dreams of victory cheering troops
marching homeward. "Make His
Dreams Come True the poster
preaches. "Buy U. S. Government
Bonds. Third Liberty Loan."
Another poster portrays a child
at his mother's knee praying for
the safety of his brother in France
in these words:
"Now I lay me down to sleep
1 pray the Lord my soul to keep
God bless my brother gone to
war
Across the seas in France so far
Oh may he fight for Liberty
Save millions more than little me
From cruel fates or ruthless blast
And brine him safely home at
last."
CONVENTION OF FARMERS
AT COURTHOUSE SATURDAY
O. K. Dardeti of Lone Grove and
other farmers who were in the city
yesterday announced that a conven
tion of Carter coutny fanners will
be held at the courthouse Saturdav-
afternoon at 2 o'clock. This meet
ing will be held for the purpose of
discussing the duty of the farmer to
the government during the period of
the war.
The world is being impoverished
of its food supply and the farmer
occupies an important position. The
cotton acreage will be one of the
subjects discussed. There is a fee
ing that the cotton acreage should
be reduced it the acrege is needed
tor food crops.
Farmers are taking a more active
interest in the war and their proper
attitude toward the war saving
stamps the council of defense and
other activities will be discussed.
The convention will be thorough
ly advertised and a large number o
farmers are expected to be present
His
An Old Bible Shows Date of
Birth.
Grand Island -Neb. March '.
The doubt that a white man can
live more than 124 years has been
dispelled in the minds of many who
reside in the southern part ot Cus-
ter countv. In the hills eight miles
north of Anstev. and 15 miles south- j
west of Arcadia on the farm of
Charles Mitten there lives an old
Scotchman named Thomas Mor-
. He was aged when he came to
this country and no one thereabouts
ever knew him other than as a very
old man.
Mr. Morris was born in Barren
North Wales Scotland on January
15. 1"4. The remnants of the Bible
in v.Hieh was inscribed bis birth-
date are still in possession ot me
Mitten family. Now in hi-. 12?th
year -tr. .Morns is nniui. nanny
able to hear and unable to walk lie
has not left his room for two Years.
nit he retains his mental faculties
and has a good appetite. Mr. Mor
ris is believed to be the oldest white
mil ii living in the L'uited States and
possibly in the world. When the
occasion permitted he used liquor
and he still smokes a pipe.
Through a chain of circum-
stances Charles Mitten became the
adopted sou of the old man when
14 year.- of age. Mittens' parents
were separated and finding life not
agreeable with either he was tak-
i en up liv .Mr. .Morns. 1 uev nave
lived together for about half a
centurj. Mr. Mitten says that Mr.
Morris first started making a liveli-
hood as a butcher in Scotland but
soon gave this up and became a
cobbler working at that trade about
pli' years lie lost bis only swect-
! heart Morris often asserted to Mit
ten wlien a young man. Nie was
an Knglish lassie and he remained
true to his first affection. Mr. Mil
ten and bis foster father emigrated
to this country on October 3. 1871.
The memory of the old man is still
very clear of that time the year of
the great Chicago fire he said. First
they located at Streator 111; later
at Blackstone III.
Mr. Morris remembers well how
on a Sunday morning they started
from New York for the West after
a 1.5 weeks' vovage. I'hev sailed
When more than 100 years old liej
took to fishing and with his lunch j
under his arm walked a mile and a'
half to Clear creek and generally;
carried home some fish. too. Hej
made his last fishing trip in his
117th year.
About 10 years ago Mr. Morris'
eyesight failed him in one eye.
Later he became entirely blind lie
is gradually losing his hearing and
his ".'-hank horses." as he calls his
limbs played out about two years
ago but his memory remains re-
markable. F.vcn today he tells of
his experiences in Scotland and how-
he spent 20 years at the Cock ("Tor-
den Inn where he was the public
cobbler.
Always living a quiet and peace-
ful life Mr. Morris was never seri-
ously sick. When slightly indis-
posed he soon recovered and his
remedy was generally a drink of
liquor. One thing indeed the mem-
bers of the household cannot make
him understand is that he cannot
get any more of it. To him this is
the strangest thing that ever happened.
from Liverpool in the "Colorado"
and landed at Castle Garden. The
two lived in Illinois until 1SS1 when
they moved to Missouri. In ISSo
thev came to Custer Countv where
Mr. Mitten bought land. Naval Dry Zone March 16.
Mr. Morns continued to follow Washington March ''. .secretary
his trade as shoemaker and had a i Daniels today announced that th'
simp at Wasteryille. Neb. for aj five-mile dry zone order for seven
number of years. It wa.s about 20 1 naval training-camps and stations
years ago that he quit work hue J and the academy at Annapolis will
he was active until recent years j become effective at 4 p. m. March 1.
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You will Like This Suite The Pattern of the
Because of its Comfort
The first requisite of.
all living room furni-
ture is comfort. This
suite will not disappoint
you in this respect be-
cause careful workman-
ship combined with
p r o p e r construction
gives the cushions in
every piece the utmost
comfort.
Tapestry is Artistic
It has n peculiar color
harmony which seems
to be exactly suited to
its lines. The cushions
deeply padded are
loose which is a feature
the women will appreci-
ate because it makes
cleaning so easy.
Bass Furniture & Carpet Co.
STAMM GETS NEW JOB.
New Orleans March 0. lohn C
Stamm for ten years train master of
the Alabama & Vicksburg railway
at Yicksburg has been appointed
superintendent of the Vickshurg
Shreveport & Pacific railway to suc
ceed 11 II. 1 learn who recently re
signed.
FRENCH CHAMBER ADOPTS
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
Paris March 0. The chamber of
deputies yesterday gave a vote of
confidence in the government for
its action in the I'olo Pasha affair.
The vote was -100 to 75.
We want you to come in and take
a look at our new spring line of
woolens. $17 Tailoring Co. 23 N.
Washington St. " 10-3
IF IT IS TO EAT WE HAVE
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Fashions Latest Fancies Find Expression in
Charming and Distinctive
Models for Spring
Our Millinery Department is now filled with the most complete collection of slylisli orig-
inal hats one-of-a-kind models. Hats that were created in our own workrooms and models
purchased in the leading fashion centers of America.
NEWLY INSPIRED MODELS
Constantly Arriving
Our assortment is so extensive and the variety so great it is difficu.it to describe any item
in particular you must come and see for yourself. A truly remarkable showing ranging in price
from the inexpensive hat to the more elaborate and higher priced models.
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Women of America! BuyWisely!
Buy the Best! Look for the
Queen Qualitytrade mark
onyour Spring Shoes
The beautiful painting "Liberty "at the left
will be shown in thousands of store windows this
month. It is also shown on the cover of the
Spring Style Book Every American should
see this inspiring work of art.:
Thomas G Plant Company .
Manufacturers Boston
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Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 156, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 10, 1918, newspaper, March 10, 1918; Ardmore, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc156378/m1/3/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.