Wichita Daily Times. (Wichita Falls, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 70, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1907 Page: 3 of 8
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Chamber of Commerce Meeting-
On account of Thursday being the
first day of the month. the meeting di
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the Chamber of Comemrce called for
that day was not attended by a quorum
and the meeting was postponed until
Monday afternoon at 4 .o’clock.
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____*IC*ITA DAILY TIMta. WICHITA FALLS, TEXAa, AUGUST 2nd, 1107.
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en most individuals.
‘A story, of Binine.-
James G. Blaine made hi* first ap-
pearance on the stuuip in the canvass
in Maine In 18*:. He went to Far-
mington to hear-Senator William Pitt
Fessenden speak and with no'inten-
tion to speak himself. But Mr. Fessen-
den did not arrive on time, and some
‛t Close Your Building Contract
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CONCRETE, LUMBER O^ BRICK
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greateat and moat ornate
Bohandle. Every known law o
with. We serve Pets’ and tl
trust*, reform the tariff and reduce the
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Throughout the house that it will pay
you to investigate before buying.
bls sitnation io that of a farmer who
had a horse for which he asked $500.
A horse trader offered him $75 for the
animal. “It’s an awful drop.” said the
farmer, "but I'll take it.” The story
took ant! no did the speech that/fol-
lowed.
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ICE! ICE!
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It will pay you to get
We have received: our
fourth shipment in the past
39 days of Fashion Skirts,
ranging id price, doA An
each, from $6.50 to KU.U
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The lowest price garment
in the lot is made with the
same care that is used in
making the best garment
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We also have a job or left-
over line of skirts worth
from $3.00 tp $6.50 that we
will sell the next 30 days at
AO eon the Dollar
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MORRIS 8 FARRIS
PHONE 60
the money thus saved in buying what
the manufacturers have to sell.
Now is the time to dissolve the
Give un your trade through
August. We’ll show you
tha we APPRECIATE
your business by giving
your "‘carefully selected
goods and prompt service.
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THE CRESCEtIT SYMBOL
How It Came to Be Adopted by the
Mohammedans. ,
The crescent symbol of the Moham-
medans hn* nothing to do with their
pectiar religions opinions aud cere
( wuonies. It was not originally a-symbol
of the fol l •> wens of Mohammed at all,
but was first used by the’Bzantines.
‘Thonsands of coins have bieen found
in all parte of Turkey which date hack
to the time when Constantinople was
known as Byzantihm, and on ench of
tilt*' tin* symbol of the ereseent np -
pears, prving conclusively that it
was in use as an emblem among the
people of that region long before By
zantinm wa* overthrown and its name
changed to Constantnople. The story
of the origin of the erescent symbol I.
«« follows: When Philip of Maredeniu
besieged Ryzantium he had planned to
storm the city on a certain cloudy
night, but before his arrangements
were completed the moon shone ent
and diseovered his approach to the be
sieged eitizens. who accordingly mareh
ed out ami repulsed his forces, some
thing whih would have licen imporsi
We in the darkness After that event
all Byzantine coins ore the syubol of
the erescent moon, ‘which was alwayr
alluded to as the “savior of Byzan
tium.".
After many yers the horiles under
Mohammed !L raptured Constantine
de., At that time the erescent was
used everywhere ami upon everything.
Suspecting that there must Ite magieal
power in the emblem, the Mohamme-
duns appropriated it and have mince
used it as their only symbolic decora
tion
I We give the best of service. Best quality
of ice and guarantee weight. Phone No.
6 for ICE or COAL.
Wichita Ice 'Company-
'P. C. MORICLE, Kintpr.
W. E. SKEEN
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.Ths Roman Climate.
Gales are very rare in Home and nev-
er blow with extreme yiolenee. The
most striking peculiarit of the Roman
elimnte is the absence of higl winds.
The air is pure andelear. owing to the
nlmost complete absenee of smoke,
even in the winter months. The aver-'
age yearly movenent of the nir is only
five miles an hour. Tills is of enormous
advantage in winter, since the "tra-
montana" (north winei. which is the
prevailing wind in this season. I*. If
strong, decidedly cold and bracing, but
when under eight miles n hour is de-
Ilzhtful for most people, including In-
vnlids. The south winds aregssen-
tially sea breezes. Tney frequently
alternate with the tramontana.- The
sirocco (southeast ‘wind which fortu-
nately does not often blow^ is moist
nne enervating. It gives rise to languor
Drugand Jew-
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American Beauty Corsets!
I We have iU8* received and opened for your inspection
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25 dozen American Beauty
Corsets ranging in prices
each, from 50c - $6.50
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factories in the Unit-
ed States. Hence I a m
able to give you the I
best goods for your •
money.
ALWAYS SOMETHING
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No Danger of Paniq, ।
' There is no danger of a pnic. Those
who are predicting it overlook rife fact
that the world'* volume of money is
increasing. Rising prices follow an In-
crease in the currency and it is im-
i possible to have a general panic when
i prices are rising. Of course, there will
be readjustments in Apecial cases
where speculation raises prices above
the normal level, but we may expect
a steady increase in the level of prices
and a continuation of prosperity as
long as'the volume of money increases
more rapidly than population and bus-
FIRST
electricity to g ve It new life prolue
lug qnalities and eqnip It as heaven’s
messengerto earth once more.
pose, to he store
Vt a little mettee trap otmeeo ceeve
ter-Smith Drug Company
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tainly give you values
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A DROP ’OF WATER.
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It Has a History That Is Full of the
Wonders of Romance.
Water that is now in the orean and
In the river has been many times in
the sky. The hjstory of a single drop
taken out of a jilann of water is really
a romantic one. No traveler has ever
accomplished sieh distaices in ips
life. That partiele may have refected
the palm trees of coral islands and
have-cangiit the sun ray in the arel
that spans a clond clearing away from
the valleys of Cumberland or Califor
nia. - -
It may have hcen carricil by the gul?
stream from the shore of Florida or
of Cnba to le turnel into a crystal of
ice Isolde the precipice# of Spitzber
±en, it may have hovered over tie
strents of London and have formed n
part of murky fog and have glistenol
on the. young grass blade of April in
Irish fields it has heen lifted np to
heaven and sailed In ggea wool pack
clouds across the sky. Arming part of
a cloud monntain echoing with thun-
der. 11 has huag In-a fleery veil many
mlies alwve the earth nt the clore of
long sensms of still weather. If his
desrended ma} times overin showers
to refresh the earth and has sparkled
anl.bulied in mossy fountains in ev-
ery cohntry hi Europe. --
Ami It hn4 returned to its . native
skies, having accomiplished its pur
Nothing else is so contagious a* en-
thusiasm. It l» the real allegory of
the Inte of Orpheus. It moves stone.
It charm* brutes. Eithusiasm is the
genius of sincerity, and truth accom-
pllabes no victory without It— Bulwer
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If we had no failings ourselves we
shonid not take so much pleasure in
nding out those of others-Roche
’If contemplating the pur-
lchase of a corset give us a
call and look the line over. . -
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. The trouble is notwith wealth pro-
duction. but with dytribution.5 The
trusts ary bleeding ‘the public, the
tariff baron* are extorting from con-
aumcr* and the rallroads are ove-
charging patrons, but these thing* can
be remedied now easier than before.
The trust* can be dissolved and they
will employ more people and sell more
goohs under competition: the tariff can
be reduced and the wage roll and the
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Each and every garment .
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Marriage License iesued.
A marriage license was Issued yes-
l terday to 8. C. Magee and Miss Annie
1 Holder of Iowa Park.
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You will find verything nice and
clean and good that you get from King
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WILS AUTOMOBILE ' COMPANY
Molcitsane patrouimeof all.
Autom toconyey pamenuerto
any part of the city or neld-
loring towns, charues nwUWi-
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— Rogulagtriee.to Lake
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on kundaya. A full th.; of '
Alto muppllea eorried in Eto k <
nud repair work of all kind:
done tn * first -eluas mnnner. .
If yon »• nt to own your own i
nuto rar. see us before ¥pu
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A Checking
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Whan you pay all bills by
check your business la record-
ed accurately. Each item
shows for itself. There is a
correct record of all receipts
and expenditures In your
bank book.
For every bill you pay, you
get a receipt. You have posi-
tive proothat you paid each
obligation.
We give the same careful at-
tention to both large and
small accounts.
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