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A DAILY TIMES
WICHITA DAILY TIMES, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1916
broad zone through which he marched
from Atlanta to the sea. ,
Europe has wasted blood and treas
ure on a scale never before approach
—————- ed, but none o fthe principal beliger:
Tshtened ivery Week Day Afternoon ents has experienced war as the South
Puisne Met Saturday) I knew it in the last year of the Confed.
2. 3 (APPE P---2 eracy. Nor has any country made such
- , sacrifices as the South made before it
ram rings PUBLisNiNG COMPANY yielded to ruthless necessity.
“(printers and Publishers) if we remember that. it is the eas-
win--------------------------------fer to understand why there is no ser-
Times Building, Corner Seventh Street fous movement for peace in Berlin or
eed Scott Avenue________Vienna, in London, or Paris or Petro:
MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MUCH PUBLICITY JAR FACTORY IS
GIVEN THIS CITY TO REOPEN SOON
COOPERATION WITH FARMERS
CAUSES COMMENT IN
MANY QUARTERS
WILL USE OIL FOR FUEL AND
BURNERS ARE BEING
INSTALLED
grad or Rome. Neither the military nor
the economic resources of either side
----------------wane nan have been exhausted, and this is not s
Watered at Ibe Posioffice at Wichita Falls war out of which an academic peace
second-class mail matter______can be constructed. There Is no states
* EUECORIPTION RATES: | manship in Europe equal to the task,
as year (mall or carrier) ......$5.00 Germany is ready to discuss peace;
the month (mail er carrier) .......50c but not to discuss a possible peace,
" L- ■ -- ■ ---------------------~ nor Is there good faith back of the Ger:
Phones— . man suggestions. They are Intended
Business Office ..............167 for home consumption more than for
.......1671 foreign consumption.
__...-----------------1 For reasons of domestic politics, it
Wichita Falls, Texas, Dec. 14, 1916 was necessary at the outset for the
_;----Imperial Government to justify Itself
mor Ito the German people proclaiming the
war to be a defensive war, undertaken
UTai (only to protect the Fatherland from
_.__- —jealous end unscrupulous enemies. For
'dynastic reasons, that fiction must be
The reoccupation of Chihuahua City maintained to the end. In accordance
no the Carranza troops was good news with it, official Germany has profess-
by the Carranza iron a ed a willingness to discuss peace
to those Americans who are still hiop-lever since the Battle of the Marne
in. that the Carranza government will shattered the dream of Teutonic dom-
ing that the a 3 order mation. But the only kind of peace
prove strong enough to restore or that Germany is prepared to consider
in Mexico. There is a genuine senti-is one based on the status quo ante
ment of good will toward Carranza and that is a peace which the allies
among the American people, many of “" not accept. Nor can they be blam
whom are hoping, despite all that has However obscure the original sources
happened that he will be able to sup-of this war and in whatever manner
nappe u Southern his tory may ‘apport ton the blame, one
press the disorders in the Bouthe essential fact remains, ermany began
Republic and bring about the reformsirt before all the resources of diplomacy
which he ehampions. The evacuation were exhausted. In view of the sacrifl
, nhn Cite one of the principle ices that they have been compelled to
of Chihuahua City, one of the • make, neither the French nor the
centers in northern Mexico, a few British people could permit their gov.
ago by the Carranza troops and ernment to accept at this time any
y he the villis. terms that-Germany would accept. In
its occupation and looting by the vims that they are right. Acceptance of such
tas, was a seeming blow to such hopes, ‘terms would be an acknowledgment of
here was the Carranza shew or defaiody can foresee the end of this
strength melting before the first real war, but it has plainly passed out of
of Villa since the Columbus, the hands of governments and into the
PI. or bands of peoples. To that extent it is
New Mexico raid and the entry of a popular war, and it must continue
American troops into Mexico. The oC-uatil there is a dominating popular sen-
nation of Chihuahua. It was felt, timent on one side or the other in fav.
cupation of Cninuan a or of peace on the most merciful terms
would result In great accessions to that cun he obtained. There is no such
Villa's strength and would give him sentiment today anywhere in Europe.
I - n important for and any government outside of Rus
possession of an important DAN . sia which proposed a peace unaecepnas
operations In northern Mexico. The ble to public opinion would face revolu-
. extent of the Carranga victory, as this "Euro eam governments are no long-
la written, is not known, but twouer masters of the situation. Third rate
things arc apparent. If Villa offered statesmanship and third-rate diplomacy
inings a can involve the world in a war that
but slight resistance and felt cou en oven first-class statesmanship and
' ed only in getting out the loot, it will first-class diplomacy cannot determine
show that banditry is his main purpose our civil war ended, when the Souths adsi
Editorial Room ....
PRAISE FROM PRESS REPAIRS UNDER WAY
Texas and Other Papers Have Told Pipe Line Will Be Extended to Plant
Recently What is Being Done
Here .
—Improvements Now Being
Made
Operations will be resumed at the
Ball Brothers Fruit Jar factory in the
factory district as soon as repairs now |
in process and oil burners are install
ed under the boilera. according to the
statement made by T. 11. Smock, local
manager today. The rept rs being
made are of a general nature such as
In addition to the help which has
been afforded the farmer dairyman
and to the members of the boys pig
clubs through the Chamber of Com
merce, Holstein cattle importation and
cooperation with the First National
baink in financing the securing of muauc ..s .. . ........ ______________-
fine hogs by the members of the boys is usual prior to resuming the season’s
club, this program has been the cause operations. ’ .
of nation wide advertising of the pro- In addition to this work and the in-
gressive spirit of Wichita Falls, .Malini ion o fthe oil burners, a pipe
its Chamber of Commerce and First line for the pumping of fuel oil will.
National bank. A statement of this be extended to the Ball Brothers plant
program was gotten up by BeertarX by the Panhandle Refining company,
B. F. Johnson and sent to all the which is now furnishing fuel oil to,
daily papers of Texas and to all theja number of the concerns recently cut
fa rm papers in th", i nited States and off from the natural gas I
practically all of the m have used l | The plant will probably be in opera-
as a news item, and not a few com
mettled on it editorially in a flatter
The plant will probably be in opera-
tion in the next sixty days according
to Mr. Smock, although delays at this
time unforseen may postpone the com-
ing mannercaie usurper
In a lead editorial in a recent 1st mencement of operations to 90 days
sue under the head “The Spirit That
Builds," tlie Fort Worth Star Tele-
gram after mentioning a comment In;
the Amarillo Dally Panhandle says in 4
time.
parc:
“ There are many things for which,
the folks in this section of Texas have •
to be thankful for this year, and not
the least of them is the spirit of co-
operation which is abroad throughout
the Panhandle and West Texas. One ter busher today
hears it daily and the weekly and ••r 99A
daily press of that section reflect it
on nearly every page. It is the spirit
Market Report
Local Markets.
The price wheat remained at $1.60
New York Cotton.
of the builders who sing a song of Es Associated Press.
triumph as they work. They are New York, Dec. 4.—The cotton mar-
building civilization on the Plains and ket opened steady today at A decline
It makes one feel good to he a part
triumph
ia
they
work. They are
of it all . A
“For example, the Amarillo Daily
Panhandle comments upon a fine in
stance of this cooperation furnished
by Wichita Falls. It points out that
the Chamber of Commerce of this
thriving little city was one of the
first commercial organizations of the
Southwest to undertake the task of
assisting the farmers on a really ex
tensive scale." Here follows a des
eription of the work being done by
the local organization and the editorial
of 11 to 26 points January contracts
worked down to 19.87 and May to!
20.27 or 22 to 2G points net lower. I
After Ute early break, which carried,
prices about $0.50 per bale under the
high record of last Monday, the mar
kot steadied on covering and buying. 1
The € lose was steady. December |
19,91. January 20,06. March 20.28.;
May 20,52. October 18.54.
Chicago Grain.
REAL REDUCTIONS
MEN’S AND BOYS’ SUITS, OVERCOATS AND MACKINAWS
This Sale Began Saturday Morning—Will
Continue All The Week
Men’s Suits, Overcoats and Mackinaws
Men’s Suits
$18.50 Suits........$12.95
$17.50 Suits... ... $12.45
$16.50 Suits ;.......$11.95
$15.00 Suits ....... . $9.95
$12.50 Suits........$8.95
$10.00 Suits........$6.95
Men’s Overcoats and Mack,
inaws
$20.00 values .......$15.95
$15.00 values.......$11.95
$12.50 values.......59.95
$10.00 values.......$7.95
$8.50 values.......$6.95
$7.50 values......$5.95
$6.50 values . .... - $5.45
1 *
Boys’ Suits, Overcoats and Mackinaws
c
.....$3.95
$5.00 values ....
$4.50 values ....
$8.00 values .........$5.75
$7.50 values .........$5.45
$7.00 values ........ .$5.25
$6.50 values .........$4.95
$6.00 values.........$4.45
$5.50 values .........c4.25
.....$3.65
$4.00 values........$3.25
$3.50 values.........$2.85
$3.00 values .........52.45
$2.50 values.........$1.95
Chicago, Ike 4.—Heaviness ‘devel-
oped in the wheat market today.
Opening prices which ranged from 21
! cent decline to 34 cent advance .with .
! May at $1.72 1-2 to $1.74 and July
at $1.41 to $1.41 1-2 were followed by !
material setback all around. The,
close was nervous 3 1-2 cents lower:
to 513 cents advance with May at!
$1.72 1 2 to $1.72 3-4 and July at
$1.41 2.4. Reports of large supplies In
sight at country stations had a bear
ish effect on corn.
“This is fine! And the best of it is
that It exemplifies a spirit of coopera-1
if the latter was any tests consistent with civilization, tion which is abroad throughout the
. ... .______%.a Th. European war will end when one Panhandle and West Texas
The Weatherterd Herald in comment
Ing on the same thing says:
“Here is the beginning of a work
which will result in bringing pros
perity to the younger generation
Wichita county and will be an over-
lasting monument to the Chamber, of
Commerce and the First National
bank of Wichita Falls." . =
"With such a bank and such a Cham-
ber of Commerce, the visitor to
Wichita Falls will ' never be str
prised to find that one of the most
progressive cities in all Texas, ways
the Houston Post, ,
These extracts, are samples of the
comment evoked in the press all over
the country. Among the other Texas
papers to tell of what Wichita Falls
is doing in this line are the Beanmont
Enterprise, the Galveston Tribune,
the Amarillo Panhandle, the Austin
... , .driven by hunger and destitution and
and not a political move for the over death, was prepared to accept peace on
throw Of Carranza. •• tuu -----------*7 -o **=---- ----,
1The European war will end when one
his object It is certain that e side or thetother is ready to accept sim-
have concentrated all his resources In Alar terms, or, ns an alternative, when
the effort to hold fhlhuahua and the all the belligerents are so exhausted
the — that they can no longer continue the
success of the Carranza troops in dry struggle and must accept mediation,
ing him out would show at once vul" s St. Louis Post Dispatch.______
weakness and Carranza’s strength, so Prosperity Pointers For Farmers.
that viewed from almost any angle the in the interest of further develop:
qwer success of the Carranen troops INK UET. NTELINOLl niN Ard TUNET
In reoccupying this center is most grated, the Fort Worth * Denver City
„ , i and Wichita Valley Railway Compan
ifying. , Iem have issued an attractive thirty
** * ’ _ » I page booklet entitled •■Prosperity
I Pointers For Farmers" and containing
valuable information regarding soil
conditions and the money making
crops to which same is best adapted
as proven through the production of
the numerous bumper crops which
have produced generally prosperous the Amarilio rannamn.-. •
conditions and are constantly making! American and the Southland Farmer. ■
it possible for renters to become pros- V
perous home owners. A few, of these m
===== ERPECL NIC AIEENWG1
therein. It now remains for the husk Andreases’we will find pleasure in Al H. 00 Illi MIEETINO X
ness men of every town in the StateMAning them copies of the issue re- 6
10 prepare so that the farmers, may i marred to If you have friends to
be sure the crop will be saved. In this I from you would like to send copies E..thino
connection the Conroe t Courier Saxe: Fourse r. Instead of having us do so. Everything
“in every county where sweet potato! wewill be glad to send you the I Bang
curing plants have been established: booklets desired free of cost,
farmers are getting from 25 to se cents W. F. STERLEY. G. F. & P. A.
a bushel more than they are getting in Fort Worth & Denver, Fort Worth,
this county. This is a heavy loss to
the farmers of Montgomery county,
more than enough in one year to build
and equip a plant." . ,
it is likely that with increasing pri-
ces for other foods sweet potatoes
will be used on Texas tables more and
more each succeeding year. They are
of as great nutritive value as many
more costly foods. Property prepared
there is nothing better In all the
word to eat. There is no reason why
they should not be valued as lushly as
the white potato—and they will be I
' But it is absolutely necessary that _____
curing plants be erected to care forSale of Red Cross seals, always a
them. And it Is the duty of the towns feature of the Christmas shopping
people to attend to this matter. They | season will this year be handled In
should see to It that not a single sweet Wichita Falls by the school children,
potato is alowed to waste in Texas ' Superintendent Clark has consented
this year or ever again In the future let the pupils engage In this chart-
—Houston Post. -------— w-L the ananarn.
Fort Worth Live Stock. . 1
Fort Worth Texas, Dec. 4.—Cattle
receipts 13,000, ten cents lower:
steers $6 10 $7.55; Stockers * to $6.85
812
814 i
Ohio
Avenue
: /X
22z2li7lio
WICHITA FALLS
“Popular Merchandise at Popular Pr ces"
812
814
Ohio
Avenue
SWEET POTATO COMING PLANT
The greatest opportunity that now
ta open to the business organisations
of the smaller Texas towns la In pro
viding plants for the proper curing of
the sweet potato crop which in other
years has been allowed to %o n
waste because there was no known
way to save the tubers.
With the knowledge that only the
WHEN THE WAR WILL END
Texas
CHILDREN TO SELL
RED CROSS SEALS
will
Endsavor By This Means
Raise Money For Anti-Tuber-
cuiosis Fund.
....... Ready for Thursday’s
Banquet—Attendance May
Reach 200.
Everything needed at the Town
Builders banquet Thursday, night at
the St. James has been ordered y
those in charge of thearranse
ments Acceptances continue to
come in both from local people and
out of town visitors at such A rate
as to Indicate an attendance of about
to
OIIRSE see ** -----
table work and will ask the coopers-
tion of the public in disposing of the
the public in disposing o fa large num-
ber the seals here.
The seals, which sell for one cent
each are sold for the fund for tuber
CUE P**1 " .1. Iastian t
No people In Europe except the
Poles and the Servians have not yet each, are nota rANor
suffered one half the physical hardships cular children under the fineetiont is
and privations that the people of the the American Red CrattiT "senman
South endured in the Civil War.
Nor has any part of Europe except woman
Poland and Servia been devastated as •.
Sheridan devastated the Shenandoah expected to
Valley or Sherman devastated the worth.
made to sell one seal for each man
women a nd child in the community, ......-
at which rate Wichita Falls would be while here.
7x1.*’™ to purchase about $ 180 ", ___
worth.
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21 Latters received by B. F. Johnson
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were in a fair way to be realized.In
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Hog receipts 5000, five cents lower;,
bulk $9.60 to $9.80. Sheep receipts
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METHODIST MUSICAL
PROGRAM HIGHLY PLEASING1
The special musical service at ahe
M. I!. Church South last night was en t
joyed by an unusually large audience,
the program consisting of a cantata:
A Song of Praise". Much flattering
comment was heard on the work of
Mrs E. L. Fulton, the choir director 1
for the splendid manner in which the
choruses were presented and the solo-
ists. too. received their full meed of
prise. The special parts were taken
by Mrs. George Thorburn. Mrs. N. M
-Clifford, Ivan Murchison, tirover Bul-
lington and J. Uly Woodside. Miss Ila
Cook was organist. Following the can-
tata the pastor, Rev. S. A. Barnes,
preached a short sermon and,a special
I offering for the musical department1
was taken.
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t The following suits have been filed:
In tch Thirtieth district court Mrs.
Maude Ingram vs. J. L. Ingram, di-
vorce: A. C. Lamb vs. W. A. Coc ke et
lux, damages: Mary Butler vs. Lee But-
ler, divorce.
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JIM EARL ONE OF
SECTION’S PIONEERS
Aged Citizen Who Died Last Week
Drove Stage Coach In Early
Days Here.
The death last week of Eugene.
"Jim Faris, old time settler and for
mer stage driver, brings to mind the
slow, but steady passing of the pio
neers of this section. .Almost since
there was a town of Wichita Falls.)
Jim Earls has been here first drive
ing a stave coach for George Soule
who died several years back. He had
served during four years of the con
flict between the states in the Peder-
al army and as an old settlor naively,
put It. owe liked him in spite of it |
Faithful, honest and sincere, all who
knew the man are quick to praise
him and to mourn his passing as that
of a true friend. .
For some years Mr. Earls had not
been engaged in any active employ,
ment living at home with his step
nw. J.5 Taylor and family. He
was about 70 years old and had been
in this part of Texas for 40 years.
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