The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 12, No. 283, Ed. 1, Sunday, April 15, 1906 Page: 4 of 20
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Ardmore Sunday April 15
T.HRDALY ARPMOBEITC.
FOUR
ADDRESS OF
- ROOSEVELT
AT LAYING OP CORNERSTONE AT
WASHINGTON YESTERDAY.
Growth of Our Government llliutrat
ed Human Nature the Same
Now as In the Dayt of Wath-
Ington Evil Tendencies
Washington April 1 1. In tho pro
raco or it dlHtlnKuUhi-il iiBHCinblaRO
wKJt tho prcnlilfiit takliJB a prowl-
nout part nml with tho Btiproino cmirt
anil sennto nnd Iioiiho of rupnwontn-
UtoH nnd illploumtlc cori an Hpectu-
tors nnd htforo n Itiruo runcoiirao 01
pt'npli' tho cornoratoin) of tho olllce
IjuIIiIIiir of tho Iioiiho of reproiHmta-
Uvi' wnH lnld with linprotta euro-
monloH thin afternoon. The nddrots
of tho day wnB mndu by l'roildsnt
Itooauvrlt who upoho on 'The Mnii
With tho Muck Itnko." Otnor hIhh-ch.
o wito mnilo hy (Iranil Miidtcr W.
A. Jlrown HpeiUuT Cannon Ilopro-
jwsntAtlvv Hi'phurn of lown Jnmoa 1.
JUchiirdson fornur ruprwwnlntlvo
from Tennessee nnd Rrnml command-
it of tho Supremo Council of Bcottlnh
JUto Kri-o Mimonry.
"Over u cwntnry nun WnnhlnRton
lnld tho cornerhtono of tlto cnpltol In
-what was then Uttlo morn than a
tract of wooded wlldi'rneart hero ho-
aide tho Potomac. Wo now rind It
rcoary to provide by Brwit addl-tlon-tl
bulldlnpn for tho buslni'Sfl t
tbi Kovvrnnivnt. TIiIh Krowth In tho
need of tho liotmlni? of tho uovnrn-
nieut Ih but a proof nnd exuniplo of
tho way In which tho nntlou Imh
Krown and tho upborn of nctlon of tho
national govcrnim nt Iihn Krown. Wo
now administer tho affair of a nation
In which tho extraordinary Rrowth of
population ban boon oulMrlppod by
tho Rrowth of wotilib nud tho Rrowth
In complex IntfrostH. Tho material
problems thnt ruco im today am not
uch ns they went In WaHhlnKton'M
time but tho nudirllnK furU of hu-
man nature are the mmo now na thoy
wero then. Under altered oxtirnal
Jprm wo war wnh the am6 louden-
clra toward ovll that woro evldont n
WashlnRton'8 time and nro helped
ty tno anmo tenduncloa for Rood. It
is about some of Hicho that I wlnli to
my a word today.
Thtro nro. In tho Inxly politic
wnomlc and floclal many and Rravo
vvlls. and tbcro la urRont nocowilty
Tor tho Hterneit war upon them.
Thorn should bj rdonllesa oxpomiro
ot and attack upon every evil man
whether politician or btiHlneKa man
em-y ovll practice whether In poll
lca. In bUHlncRH. or In nodal life.' I
Jiail ax a benefactor every writer or
upraVer every man who on tho plat
form or In book magazine or nowa
paper with morcllePB woverlty makes
wich attack provided always that no
In hi turn rcmembcrH that tho nt
tack Is of tno only If U Is nbnomteiy
inithfiil. Tlio nrlH no whit bettor than
the thief and If his mendacity takes
thn form of Blanden be may bo vorJi
than most thloveH. It puta a premium
npon knavery uutrutlifully to attack
no hntiPHt man. or even with' hvHtorb
cal bxaKfcofatlon to nasall a bad man
villi untruth. An epldomle of InnN
criminate tiBBnult tijwn chariieler does
rot roo.I. but very prent lint m. Ti
ouA of every ncoundrol Is rVi 1
rirneii whenever nn bonet man U ih
julled. or oven when n scoundrel Is
untruthfully assailed.
"Now. It Is euy to twist out ot
mtpo what I lmvo Just Bald. onay to
affect to mUundorstand It and. If It
in slurred over In repetition not ticn
cult ro.allv to mUundirBtand it
.Souio persoiiB ant Hlncorely Incapable
of nnderstaudluK that to itrnounw
tmid Hllntilnc does not moan tho en
lnrsement of whitewashing; and both
the Interested Individual who need
srhltewaslilnB. nnd those ot s who
nrartlco mud sllnKltiK like to encm
rh confusion of Ideas. One ol
tho chief counts nunlnst those who
make IndlBcrlmlnalo nssault uioi
men In business life Is that they la-
Ttti n roactlon which Is wire to to'l
powerfully In favor of the unflcrupub
mi scoundrel who really ought to bo
nttneked who oiifiht to bo oxposcd
rho otiRht If possible to bo put In
iho penitentiary. If Arlstldcfl Is
-pmUM overmuch ns just people Rot
lireJ of henrliiR It; nnd overconsnro
of tho unjiiHt Anally nnd from simi-
tar roasonn results In their favor.
"Any exceiis Is almost sure to n-
rlto n renctlon: nnd. unfortunately
the reaction Instead of tnklnR tho
form of punishment of those riiIH.v
nt the excess In very npt to take tin
lYmn of tho unoffendln or of plvlni;
Immunity nnd fven strenisth. to of--fmrt-K.
The effort to miko llnnnclal
or political profit out of the destruo
Han of chnrnetor can only result
n
.nlnmlli' ftrnm nnd reoklCOS
auu.mltu nn Minmpt fr. whether on tho
rf'imp or In newspaper magazine or
book- crealo a morbid nnd vicious
public sentiment nrd nt the Ramo
tl-mo liet ns a profound deterrent to
aiMn men of normal senBltlvoneaj
and tend to prcrcnt thorn from enter-
ing tho public florvlco nt nnv prlo.
Aa nn Instnnco la olnt I may men-
tion that one strious difficulty encout-
torcd In Retting tho rlpht typo of mon
to tile tho Pnniima Canal la tho coi
tnlniy thnt thoy will bo cxtwscd both
without nnd I nm sorry to iy
fiomi'tlmes within conross .o u'.fsr-
ly rcckloBS nssaults on tholr clr.iraetcf
nnd capacity.
"At the risk of topoUtlcn let me fay
nRaln that my plon. Is not for Im
munity to but for tho mot .(Uipf-
InR exposure of tho polite r vho bo-
trays bis trust of tho Mb iusiiiom
mon who mnkos or spends tali fattune
In lllwltlmate or c ).-; it ways.
Thoro should bo a resoluS elfort to
hunt every such man out ot I ho post
lion he has dlsprrnce.1. Mxpose tee
crime ami hunt down th criminal
but remembor that even In lb rnt.o
of crime If It Is att-icit 'd in s.-..a-
tlnnnl. lurid and utitnitVel faehlon
ll. nttaek may do moro dii.n- to
liio imbllo mind llftn tho Jrlnio Itnelf.
It Is beeanso I fel tha' thni fliould
bo no rest In the endless w.if nunit
the forces of evil thnt I ask th.tt tho
war be conducted with wni' ns well
as with resolution. T.ic men with
tho murkrakos nro often In l!xpni-
lile to the woll belnR of society; but
only when thoy know when to stop
rnklnR tho muck nnd to look upward
to tho cclofctlnl crown nbove thorn
To tno crown of worthy ondeavor.
There are bountiful thlnps nbove nnd
round itbont them; nnd If t.ioy Rradu-
ally grow to feel that tho wholo world
Is nothing but muck their power of
usefulness Is pono.
"To assail tho prent and admlttiM
evil of our K)lltical nml Industrial
life -with such crude and sweeping
generalizations as to Includo decent
mon In tho general condemnation
means tho Bearing ot tho public con
.deuce. Thero results u general nut-
tude either of cynical belief In an In
ditlorunco to imbllo rort option or
ilso ot it distrustful Inability to dls-
iTlmlnuto betweuu tho ood nnd tin
Imd. Hither nllltudo U fraught with
untold datiiK' to the country as u
wnole. Tlie fool who has not sonje
to dlscrlmlnnto betwetn what Is bo1
and what U imd Is well-nlKh as dau-
serous us tho man who does dlscrlin
Inato und yet chooses luo bud. 'I lu re
Is nothing more distressing to every
Rood patriot to cveiy good Amoilcnn.
thttti tho hard scoffing spirit whlcti
trootu tho allegation of dishonesty In
a public mnn an n cnuse for laughter
Such laughter In worse than the
crackling of thorns under a pot for
It denotes not murely tho vacant
mind but the heart In which high
emotions have been choked befun
they could grow-to friiltlon.
"There Is nuv amount of good In the
world nnd there never was a time
when loftier nnd more disinterested
work for the betterment of mankind
wns being done than now. The forces
that tend for evil are great and t rn
ble. but the forces of truth nnd love
ai'd courage and honeBty and gener
oslty nnd sympathy nro also utrougor
than ever before. It U a foolish and
tltnld no less than n wicked thlug. t
blink tho fact thnt tho forces of evil
sue strong but it Is even worse to
fall to take Imo account the strength
of tho forces that tell for good. Jls
terlcnl sensationalism Is the very
poot est weapon wherewith to ugh1.
for lasting ilghteousnoss. Tho men
who with stern hobrUty nnd truth ns
sail the many evils of our time wheth
er In the public press or In trntgn
Iuub or In books nro the lenders
and allies of all engaged In the work
for M)olal and political betterment
Hut If they give nood reason for dls
Must of what they say. If they chin
the nrdor of those who demand truth
as a primary vlituo they thereby be
truy the good cause and play lino
the bands of tho very men tignliiBt
whom tiny are nominally at wai.
"This truth should be kept coa
stantly In mind U every free poonK
desiring to preserve tho eamty and
poise Indispensable to the pormauent
succtss of self-govurnment. Yet on
tho other hand. It Is vital not to per
mil this uplift of wuilty and sell
command to decenerato Into mere
mental stagnation. Had tlioiiKh a
sate of Phynleal excitement as.
and evil tuougn tho rosults
which como from tho violent oscii
lions such excitement Invariably
produces ypt a sodden acquiescence
In evil Is even worso. At this mo
incut we nro passing tnrough n period
of Rront unrest social political nnd
Industrial unroht. It Is of tho ut-
most lmportnnco for our future that
this should prove to be not tho un
rest of mere reb'olllouncss against
life of inoro dissatisfaction with tho
Inevitable Inequality of conditions
but the unrest of u resolute and eager
ambition to socuro tho betterment of
the Individual and the nation. So far
a:i this movement of a'pltatlon
throushout tho country takes tho
form of a fierce discontent with evil
. nf a determination to punish tho an
' thorn of ovll. whether In Industry or
politics tho feeling Is to be heartily
welcomed a a sign of healthy life
"It Is a prime necessity that u tho
present linreet W to rccult In pcrmn
ncnt pood tho emotion shall bo trans-
lated Into action nnd thnt tho nctlon
shnlT be marked by honesty sanity
and self restraint Tliero Is mighty
little good In n mere spasm of re-
form. The refoini that counts Is
that which' comes tUrough stendy
continuous growth; violent omoti
nllsm leads to exhaustion.
'More Important than might else Is
the development of tho broadest sym-
pathy of man for mnn. Tho welfare
of wngo-workurs the wolfaro of tho
lller of the soil upon these depend
the welfare of tho ontlre country;
their good Is not to bo sought In puli
ng down others but their nood must
bo the prime objecl or all out sUiteg-
irmnshlp. "MnTetUlly wo must strive to so-
uro a broader economic opportunity
for all men so thnt each shall have
a better chance to show tho stuff of
which he I made. Spiritually nnd
ethically wn must strive to bring
about clonn living and right thinking.
We appreciate that the thing of the
body are Important; but we unpfe-
dale also thnt the thlnr nf the vml
are Immeasurably more lmporUs.nl.
the foundation stone of national lire
Is and ever must be tho high' hull-
ldunl charncter oT tho avorng oltl-
lun."
NEGROES RAPIDLY DYING.
Consumption Increasing Among the
Dl.ickt Dirtho Decreasing.
Washington I). C April 12. (Spo-
lal) President ItcxMovelt ban had
brought before lilm In a matter of fact
way the terrlblo spread of consump-
tion nnd other diseases among the
negroes of tho south. Tho other day
hi had n conference with Dr. Senle
Harris of Ilullock county Alabamn
who has Just been elected to the
chnlr of modlcltto of tho University
of Alabama. I)r. Ilnrrls has mai.o u
lifelong study of tubercolosls espo-
dally among tho negro race. Ho wns
for ft long tlmo tho henltli officer of
Ilullock county and In tills position
he had every opportunity to Investi
gate the question.
Dr. Harris told tho president that
the health conditions among the no
KTOt-s of the south was becoming so
alarming n to bo a menace to the
white people. Ho wild that tho doatn
rate from consumption nnd other con
tagious diseases among tho black
had Increased to a remarkable extent
within tho last generation. The pres-
ident lUlened with much attention
and exprestd tho RPMteht Interest
He told tho Botmioni physlclnn that
there was little that ho could do In
SMi official way but that ho would re
tile matter to tho proper depart
mental 'chdnriels for Invest Igntloa 'and
report.
"I think tho question Is tno most
Important feature of tho negro prob
lam." said Dr. Harris to your corrfr
ftpondent as bo left tho white lurne:"
A grent ninny scientists of the
south." continued tho doctor "have
expressed tho opinion thnt this Is ttie
solution of tho race problem the dy-
ing of tho race by tho ravages of J!b
oaso.
"The dlsoaso which nt proving
most fatal to tno neroe Is tuberco-
losls. Since the war this dlsenso has
niado fearrul ravaces among the col-
ored p-yplr. The sta'lsllcs or tho city
or CluiUston. K. ( show Unit bo
roro the civil war the death rate
among the negroes wnH loss than the
white. TCow It Is throe times greatei
than among the white population Tu
bercolosls wns nn exceedingly rare
disease among tho negroes before
tho wnr. There are few statistics up'
on the subject but from what I can
gnthor I would hay that the dentn
rate from cousumpilou Is about ISe
In every 1.000 deaths while It Is bin
121 In ovory 10m) deaths among tht
wbltes.
"Insanity Is alto limbing gruv
strldos among the colored people mi
figuroa fiom the records of tho Geor-
gia state asylum show that In Ibtse
there were but II negroes coniluix!
for Inwuilty. In 1000 there were t.lue
"Another serious fact Is that while
tho doath rate Is Increasing the birth
rate I dcoreaMng. In somo actions
of the south tho death rate among
negroes now oxceedn tlio birth rate.
Tho cnuso of this decrease In the birth
rnto Is the loss or sterility duo to
disease contracted through Immoral
conduct Yes It Is n Tact negro.
are dying raster than they nrv bora
and unless something Is dono the re
suit will be I Tear as many eminent
physicians nnd dentists havo tald
the exttnet'on or tho raco by dlase.
"Tho hortlth conditions tire o alarm
Ing Home sections ns to ho n menace
to th owhlto populutlon. Wiore thoro
Is a grent donl of consumption union i
tho negroes It Is suro to spread Ui the
whites."
"Doctor what Is tho remedy for
this condition of affairs!"
"The remedy Is education nloug tne
right Hues. N'ogroeB should bo tnusbt
hygiene. They should bo tnught that
tubercolosls Is rT contagious dlsens
and bow to prevent It by taking prop
er caro of themselves. In effeet. I (
think tho eTmntloa of tho negn'e
ph-lcal self Is more ImiKirtant Uian j
tho education of his mind." J
THE CHURCHES.
East Ardmore Presbyterian Church.
Sunday school 2:M p. tn. Trench-
Ing 3 p. m. II. U WALKBIl l'astor
Catholic Church.
High mass will begin nt 10 a. m.
At 7:30 p. tn. Vespers will bo sung
followed by benediction with thu
Messed Sacrament.
J. J. VALLKA11 Pastor.
First Oaptlst Church.
Prt-nchlnB this morning by I W
lreddy of Texas. This evening by
tho iaslor. Sunday school at 10
o'clock. II. Y. 1. U. 2:30 p. m. All
are made wetcome.
J. ti. KKM.Klt l'astor
Central Baptist Church.
I'reaohlng at thu Central llnptlst
church In tho morning nt 11 oclock
by the pastor und at night by Ilev 1
W. l'roddy of Texas father ot our
towntman J. C. l'reddy. Uvtrybody
Invited. J. T. UACSWK! U
l'aator
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Sunday school 3:15 n. m. I'naih
.ugr Haster service 11 n. m. .lunlor V
K. 4 p.'m. Senior C. B. 0:30 p. m.
I'renchlnR at 7:30 p. m. Special pro-
gram ot music. Itcv. U. H. Harrison
of Dallns Texas will preneb at tlio
ovonlng hour. Strangers welcome.
H Ii. WALK Bit l'astor.
Episcopal Church.
Thero will bo the following nervlces
held nt St. Philip's church today:
Barly celebration S n. m. Baster ner-
vlces nt 11 n. m. nnd 8 p m. Sunday
school !:1S a. m. Special music will
bo rendered nnd a solo by Miss Ima
I) rook h will bo rendered at tho 11
oclock sorvlco. Tho public will bo
eordlnlly welcomed.
K. A. JUN'Y. Rector.
Dro.idw.iy Methodist Churcn.
Special Kaster services. Sundny
sobool 9: 15 a. m. Sermon by pastor
11 a. m. on "The Hesurroctlon." Spo-
dnl music rendered by tho choir. At
7: IS thoro will bo n special song f-'r-
vice. All nre cordially Invited lo at-
tend. II. H. WATSON Pastor
First Presbyterian Church.
Sorvlces will bo held today as fol-
lows: Sunday school 9:15 n. in.
Tdornlng services at 11 a. in. Special
Baster son Ices for tho Knlgllls Tm-
plar nt 3 p m. Bvenlng .services at
7: 15. Tho public Is cordlully Invlb d
to nttend theso services. Tho otter
Ings today will bo for tho Jnpnms"
fnmlno BUfforent. Pleaso remember
that tho "IaitA loveth a cheotful
given."
CIIA8. C. WBITH Pastor.
Christian Church.
Tho usual Sunday hchool will !'-
held thla morning at 9: 45 n. m
Preaching nt 11 a. m. The Btidei-t.r
aocloty will meet nt 7 p. m. Prj.vh
Ing will begin at S p. m. A conlUI
Invitation Is cxtendqd to cvj--ono
lo nttend theso services.
SAM It. HOUIBS. Pnator
. Our Hath and Daisy Thormomr-ter
nro guaranteed nccurat'e. Look here
first for such RoodB. Flno assort
racnt and prices nro right
P. J. UAXISBY DntgslM.
Rheumatism Makes Life Miserable
A happy homo Is tho most valuable
possession thnt Is within the roach ot
mnnklnd but you cannot enjoy lit
comforts ir you nro Mirroring with
rhoumntlBm. You Uirow naldo buelnois
earcti when you enter your homo nn I
von col be relieved Horn those rhee
nntlc pnlns by applying Chamberlain'
inln Unlm. Ono application will rIvo
vou relief and Hb continued uso for a
hort tlmo will br'-ir about a permn
unit cure For hnle by K. J. Itnmscy
V. II. Brntne Ardmore Drug Co. Hon
or .t llotiner.
Fine
Perfumes
Yutoplu nnj Lcust
lilossoms 75c un cz
Royal Ohorry Uih1s
Rwn't MatHry. Ucn-
Uur una Huinonn DOc
an os.
The Dest There is for
tho Price
COLEMAN BROS.
Drugs and Jewelry
Phcne 26)
W. T. NIXON Silversmith
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