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WICHITA DAILY TIMES, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AUGUST 10, 1911.
WICHITA DAILYTIMES
Published at
Times Building, Corner Seventh Street
and Scott Avenue
- Published Daily Except Sunday
The TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY
(Printers and Publishers).
these bonds, and if they are not voted,
it will be the county vote that will de-
feat them. Just why there should be
opposition to the bond Issue in the
county, the Times is unable to figure
out, unless perhaps it comes from
those who own great tracts of land,
and who want to hold It for grazing
Baptist Workers' Meeting
PROGRAM OF WICHITA COUNTY BAPTIST WORKERS’ MEETING
AT BURKBURNETT, TEX., TUESDAY, AUG. 15, 1911.
Key Word, Cooperation.
GREAT SALI
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Officers and Directors:
id Howard, President and Gen’l Mgr.
R. E Huff ............Vice President
G D. Anderson .............Secretary
B. D. Donnell......Assistant Manager
J. A. Kemp, Frank Kell, Wiley Blair,
T, C. Thatcher, W. L. Robertson.
Subscription Rates:
By the Week (mail er carrier) ....'.14c
By the Month (mail er canriler ......50c
By the year (mail or carrier) .....$5.00
Entered at the Pestoffice at Wichita Falls
as second-class mail matter.
ma Howard ....... General Manager
B. D. Donnell...........Managing Editor
J. A. Wray ...... City Editer
a nd not for agricultural purposes.
There is a very good excuse' for such
property owners opposing a road Im-
provement bond issue. Good roads
are not so essential in the conduct of
their business. But what good rea-
son can the man who owns a farm
offer is what la just now puzzling most
people in the city. There’s no better
way of adding value to farm lands
than the construction of good roads
This has been thoroughly tested, and
has in no instance been disproven.
In case Governor Deneen seeks a
third term, which now appears a pro
bability, the primaries of Illinois next
spring will see all the outgoing State
officers candidates for renomlnatlon
8:30. Devotional Service ...................
9:00. Cooperation in the Local Church a....
.....Rev. J. W. Morgan
.............Rev. Cornell
9:30. Cooperation in the Woman's Work in the Local Church...
..........:.......'........ :..,. Mrs. T. L. McGee
10:00. General .Discussion. ,
10:30. Cooperation in our Associational Work .......Led by Rev. Ferguson
11.00. Sermon ...............................:.......Rev. E. M. Yeakley
, LUNCH.
1:30, Devotional Services ..............................Rev. 'Ferguson
Cooperation In the work of the Baptist General Convention of Texas:
2:00. Cooperation In the Associational Union .............Mrs.Womack
2:30 Cooperation in State Missions.....................Rev. C. II. Steward
3.00. Cooperation in Educational Work ..............Rev. J. W. Morgan
3:30 Cooperation in the B W. M W. ..............Mrs. W. H. Davis
4:00. Cooperation In general ......Mrs It. B. Stayton, Rev. Shelby King
1:30 The World’s Baptist Alliance ..................Rev. J.. P.. Boone
FIGURED LAWNS—SATUDAY ONE
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8:15. Sermon
Rev J. P. Boone
- All members of the County Board of the Wichita Baptist Association
are requested to be at this meting as there are important matters for the
Board to attend to.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
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with the solitary exception of the
State Treasurer, who is barred by
constitutional provision from succeed
Ing himself.
Wichita Falls, Texas, August 10, 1911.
Charles R. Jones of Chicago, chair
man of the Prohibition National Com
mittee, has been making an extensive
r*
. ‘ Now is the time to begin to plan for
your full advertising.
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There are 265 Democratic members
of the house and senate, and 153 of
them responded to a poll on presiden-
tial preference made by the New York
World, divided as follows: Wilson 45;
— tour of the far West consulting with
the leaders of the party In regard to
the advisability of holding the next
national convention of the Prohibition
party in that section of the coun
try.
After a long and hitter fight Timo
thy L. Woodruff, former Lieutenant
Harmon 3; Clark 26; Underwood 17; Governor of New York and former
organization because, being composed
of the people, denial of the organiza-
tion would be repudiation of its mem-
bers by themselves—a thing impossi-
bie. Take for example the Direct Pri-
mary. It is no more a novelty—it has
long been an established institution in
many States. In all the history of the
Direct Primary, never has party co-
hesion or discipline been disrupted by
it. Whatever discomfiture It has caus-
ed, was discomfiture of personal ambi-
tion—of the greed of individuals for
■ bower. Party regularity, and party
'constituency, have been maintained
and strengthened." Party effectiveness
has been uniformly Increased by trans-
Folk 14: Marshall 14; Foss 1.
Society item from Europe: "Dear
John—Although Miriam has been as
pleasant as she can to several counts
and dukes, it seems absolutely impos-
- sible for her to win one of them, so
that we may realize our ambition and
have a title in the family. 1 have.de-
cided to elope with Baron Unster
buzzy." - :
chairman of the Republican State
Committee, has been forced to relin
quish control of the Republican or
ganization in Kings county, where he
lives.
THE PEOPLE'S WAY.
100 pieces, or rather, 5,000 yards pretty figured Lawns,
our regular 15c values, all this season s newest patterns,
stripes and figures, also solid colors, on sale Saturday only
at the Big Busy Store at only the yard . . . 19c
Whether true or not, a great major-
ity of those who voted for statewide
prohibition look upon and regard Gov.
Colquitt as the special attorney of the
liquor interests of the state, and in
refusing to turn over to him the evi-
dence of fraud committed in the recent
election, Col Ball, leader of the pros,
did exactly right. It is far better to
have no investigation into election
frauds at all, if such investigation is
to be made by those whom it is charg-
The people are determined to have
their own way This invincible resolve
of the people to work out their own
salvation bymethods chosen by them-
selves is the fact which includes all
other civic facts of the time. It is the
universal key which unlocks the door
of every political pilot must use, who
honestly wishes to fathom the minds
of his fellow-men, and guide the ship
of party aright. It is the magnetic
needle which must be pivoted beneath
the compass-glass of every political
organisation that wants to know which
way is North.
It is a truth whose form of expression
ed and believed were to some degree, s , to
. . are many because its scope is as wide
at least, responsible for such frauds.
aa a nation of ninety million people.
ference of the means of party direction
to the people. So long as parties ex-
ist. there must be leadership and dis-
cipline. Rule of the party by the peo-
ple is the only source from which gen-
uine leadership can be evolved. Self-
discipline is the only discipline, to
which a self-respecting party will sub-
mit. .
The people’s control of party tactics,
is the corner-stone of public confidence
in party methods, men and measures.
We are rapidly getting past the stage,
when, if a party committee meets, if
a party convention assmbles it will be
assumed in the popular mind that such
committee or convention is going to
do whst any man, or any group of men
tells It to do. The erea of direct ac-
tion. of leadership that is responsible
because it is responsive, and represen-
tative because it reflects the will of
the people, and must receive its clean
bill from the people themselves or not
at all, is at hand. The stigma will be
removed from party mechanism be-
cause the cogs, wheels and levers of
Within the next sixty days there will
in all probability, be at least a dozen
or more flowing wells in the Electra
field. Already there are three wells
producing a total of nearly 4000 bar-
rels daily, and there are now twenty-
seven drilling out-fits at work in the
field. With the development already
accomplished, it is not too much to
expect that if the present rate contin-
ues, the Electra oil field will prove by
far a greater and better field than any
other in Texas.
Direct Primaries. Direct Election of
Senators, the safe-guarding of elec- the mechanism without which no party
lions by Publicly, Limitation of Cam-
paign Expenses, with its elimination of
unfair advantages of the wealthy can-
didate, or the candidate backed by rich
and powerful interests, over the poor
candidate, are all conspicuous exam
ples of the determination of the peo-
ple to assert the sovereignty reposed in
them by the Constitution.
The central principle underlying all
these phases of a universal movement,
is transfer of government, and of the
can he run, will be composed of the
people. The people are bound to have
their own way, and they are getting it.
—Norman E. Mack in National Month-
ly.
THE BIG STICK OF OLD BUSCH.
Home and state.’ ‘
Adolphus Busch, the old alien brew-
er, who has fattened for more than a
quarter of a century off the women and
party organization which is the mater children of Texas, and grown immense,
ial out of which government is made,
worth of road improvement bonds for from the hands of the few to the hands
Wichita county originated with the of the many. It is a reclamation, a re-
The proposition to vote $200,000
Farmers’ i nion of Wichita county, at affirmation, a recovery and a putting
the meeting of that organization held in practice, of the Democracy on which
at Burkburnett, and is therefore look all American institutions are founded,
ed upon as a promotion scheme by its object is to enable the people to act
the farmers. If the bends are voted, for themselves in all matters wherein
every dollar’s worth of city property
will be taxed to pay the Interest and
principal on these bonds, and not one
cent of the money realized from the
sale of these bonds can be legally
spent on roads or streets within the
corporate limits of Wichita Falls. But
the people who own property in Wich-
ita Falls, or at least a great majority
of them will vote for the issuance of
immediate action by them is possible,
and where It is not, to secure genuine
representation of the people Instead
of the oligarchy of machines.
The favorite plea of those who are
hostile to the people reserving for
themselves the rights inherent in them,
is that such popular control means
disruption of party organization. On
the contrary, It means a stronger party
ly rich at their expense, seems to have
settled down in the belief that he owns
Texas. We doubt not but that he put
large cash into the hands of the anti
committee with which to retain his
ownership of the state in the prohibi-
tion election. u---■
Some weeks ago he made a great
stir-in Dallas by proposing to buy the
city hall site and erect a million dollar
twenty-story hotel, provided that Dal
las citizens would chip in and furnish
$150,000 of the cash. This they did,
and then it was cleared away, the ex-
cavation made and the foundation put
in. Upon it four stories of the steel
frame were put in place. Then, just
a few days before the election, old man
TONIGHT-DESTRUCTION
------—-----------OF THE—----1---------------
Battleship Texas
The Most Thrilling and Vivid Picture of the Destruction
of a Modern Sea Fighter Ever Witnessed
The Battleship Texas was destroyed in Chesapeake Bay on March 22, by the New t
Hampshire, by orders of the War Department in order to test the resisting power of
the old ship against the projectiles of the newer class of navel vessels
The Wonderful Picture Will be Shown at the Gem Theatre To-Night Only
Two Other Reels of Pictures and a New Song
Admission only 10c
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Busch received some sort of a tip from
anti headquarters, we presume, for all 1
at once every hammer on the building
stopped and the workmen dispersed.
Fortunately for the antis, the real fact
did not become known, else the major-
ity in Dallas county for the amendment
would have been augmented. Busch
got an idea that the antis were play-
ing a losing game and he did not want
a million dollar hotel In a dry state
However, the fact did not come out
until after the election Then it de-
veloped that Busch had the work stop-
ped and the stop would have been perm
anent had the amendment carried.
But he refused to begin work until
business men assured him that not-
withstanding the county came very
nearly voting,for Statewide, there
. would not be any local option elec-
tion. Then it ‘was last Tuesday that
Busch ordered the workmen back on
the job. *
What are we understanding by this 1
big stick performance? Why, If Tex- 1
as undertakes to run her own affairs 1
In,her own way, Busch will not Invest 1
his money in Dallas This high-hand- 1
ed performance on his part ought to 1
be resented by every honest Texan. |
If he thinks he can drive Texas into 1
his ideas, of morals by the use of his 1
ill-gotten gains, he needs to have a 1
lesson taught him. Let him pull down 1
his steel frame and hle away lo some 1
other state If he desires, his bik stick 1
will not influence Texans—honest Tex 1
ans. Every brick in the million dollar 1
hotel will be covered with the blood 1
of women and children of the State, 1
and it will be a monument to their 1
poverty, sorrow and desolation any.
way. He has wrung every nickel of ,
it from men who ought to have put it
into their home necessities for the bet-
terment of their wives and children.
Instead of that, they have flung, it
into Busch's treasury; made him rich,
and filled the State with crime and
poverty. Now he puffs himself up and
threatens to take his money out of ,
Dallas unless he has assurance that
local option will not be tried in the .
county. And the shame of It la, that
some “business men" get down on
their craven bellies before him, crawl
tn the dust, and tell him to let the
hotel go on. and they will see to it
that there is no local option in Dallas
county. Well, the pompous old St
Louis brewer had just as well move
if he does not want a million dollar
hotel in a dry city in a dry State, for
the thing ia booked to come off not
many years hence. On the with bat-
tle! ' -
flood roads, good farm homes and
good rural schools go hand in hand and
nothing better set-yes to promote the
latter than the development of the
first named provision. This fact of
itself should be a sufficient argument
In favor of the proposed bond Issue,
to say nothing of the good results that
will accrue from the standpoint of in-
creased values and better facilities for
enjoying farm life.
Presidential booms are now in order
In Texas, but merely as a side line
to the great pyrotechnics in the dis-
play of gubernatorial lights. Texas is
too busy with internal political strife
at thla time to give more than passing
notice to presidential possibilities, as
evidence by the lack of general enihu-
siasm in connection with the recent
Wilson and Harmon meetings.
More sand and less water may solve
the sticky problem that confronts
street pedestrians anyway the plan
Is worthy a trial. "
It is said that “a new broom sweeps
clean,” but will the city sweeper re-
lleve us from the disagreeable conse-
quences of the oozing creosote? If so
it will be the city's most popular pro-
vision, especially with the ladies.
BIO LAND DEAL.
Kansas City Capitalists Invest $800,
000 in Texas Property.
By Associated Proas.
Alvine, Texas, Aug. 10.—The Irving
pasture lands’ in Pecos,. Brewster and
Jet Davis counties has been purchas-
ed for $800,000 by Kansas City capi-
tilists and it is proposed to put twenty
thousand acres under irrigation and In
cultivation.
IGANTIC SALE LINON FLAXON
. Hundreds of Yards to Select
* from—Figures and Stripes...
Lot One—More ‘than
twenty-five pieces to select
from, all pretty new pat-
Our regular
terns.
5c
values on sale Saturday
only at the yard
1Oc
Lot Two — Thirty-five
pieces Linon Flaxon,
stripes and figured. Our
regular 20c values on sale
Saturday only at the yard
12%c
You positively cannot afford to miss this sale, just the
goods you .need at this season of the year. Don’t fail to |
attend this sale. Sale starts Saturday morning next,
promptly at eight o’clock4—come sure.
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>ENNINGTON’S......
THE BIG BUST STORE %
All Confederate Veterans are cordially invited to '
attend THE COLONIAL free tonight to witness
the GREAT WAR DRAMA PICTURE:
Service Under Johnson and Lee”
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n Comedy Singing and Eccentric Dances
Top liners in vaudeville, booked for this week, as the
best artists in their line in the Southern Circuit
THREE GREAT REELS OF MOTION PICTURES
, "IN SERVICE UNDER JOHNSON AND LEE’
A Dramatic Story of the War of the States
“THE COSSACK DUKE" -
A Drama of Russian Military Life
“THE LUCKY BANANA SELLER”
A Real Comedy Sketch
New Illustrated Song by Mr. Taylor
Admission 5c and lOc
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